i Sv" > > "jiir"'f " W * *
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , MAY 22 , 1888 ,
THE DAILY BEE.
PUBLISHED EVEUV MOIININQ.
TF.n > rs OP BtniscnirrioN.
a , t > r ( Homing Edition ) Including Sunday
HF.R , One Year t'P
J'orBlxMonth ! . . . " '
S. 4 J'orThreeMonths. . . . . * w
Tlio Omaha Sunday BKE , mailed to any nil-
dreM.Ona Year * w
n * tiA OFFICF . No .914 isnfllfl FAnKAV BrnF.F.T.
UNMT YoniorncK. HOOOTH AJCD 15Tijinni
IIUII.DINO. WASIIIKOTON OFMCK , No. 613
FotrnTEBNTii BinEtT.
J OOnnF.8PONDF.NCK.
All communications relntlng to noirs nnd cdt-
| torlixl matter should be addressed to the Eunon
All Inislness letters ami remittances Mipuldbo
nddreised to TIIF. HF.K I'lTntisntNO colir-Awr ,
OMAHA. Drafts , checks and postofflce orders to
tie made payable to the order ot the company.
Ilic Bcc PnlsMnFcipy. Proprietors
E. noSBWATEIt. Editor.
THU DAII Y UEE.
fiworn Statement ofOlroalatlon.
Elate of Nebraska , Jg < lli
' of The Hoa
tadlnp May 18,1888 , was as follows :
Saturday , . Mny 13
Hiimlar. May 11
Monday. May M
Tuesday , Mny 11 ,
\Vcdnpsday. May IB
Thursday. Mny IT ] W * >
Friday , May 18 .18.1W
18.230
AYcrmze
8
GKO.Il.TZSCHUUH.
f-Korn to and subscribed In my presence this
19lhdayofMnyA.D. , 1888. N.I1. FEIL.
Notary Public ,
Bl ate of Nebraska. I
' _ _
B
County'ot IJougTas. „
dally circulation of the Dally llee for the month
of May , 1R87. was 1427 ! copies ; for Jdno. 1887 ,
34.117 copies ; for July , 18S7 , 14,033 copies ; for
August , 1887 , H.lftl copies ; for Hoptombor , 1887.
] 4flfl : copies ; for October , 1887 , 14.533 copies ; for
November , 1887 , 1G.220 copies ; for December ,
1HB7 , 15,041 copies ; for January. 1888 , lRaw cop-
IPB ; for February , 1888 , 15W3 coplesr for March ,
16(4. ( 10.C80 copies ; for Ak ' $ scH CK :
Sworn to before tno and subscribed In my
presence this Sd day of Mny. A. D. 1883.
N. I1. F1I1L. Notary 1'ubllc.
AVERAGEIU1L1'CIRCULATION 18,230
Tun Novr York exchange has iust
elected a Wilson Bull for president.
For all that the bears \vlll often run the
Bull in the market.
THE Van Pelt Manufacturing com
pany starts up its works this week for
business , and expects to paint the town
ted or any ether color in a very short
tirao. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB boldness and cruelty ot .Mexican
train robbers will deter timid excur
sionists from taking a pleasure trip
through Mexico this summer unless a
galling gun is mounted on every car.
SOMK enterprising publisher ought to
immediately publish in book form the
funny things said by funny congress
men. The past few days have .proven
that there are moro Bill Nyos and Mark
Tmtins in congress than out of it.
WliENKVEU English politicians want
to touch British pride they bring in
alarming statements about the wretched
condition of the army. That is the only
way to make the sovereigns come out
of the breeches pockets of John Bull.
MELVILLE . FULLISH has boon en
dorsed for the office of chief justice by
two such staunch republicans as Judge
Gresham and Walker Blaine. But it
would seem that Senator Edmunds is
hot reading letters of endorsement
this year.
THEIIE never was a state university
that did not somehow mix up professors ,
politics and bad blood. The Iowa state
university is no exception to the rule.
An investigation is now in progress
which nvikos a mountain out of a mole
hill and interferes with the educational
work of the college.
GENERAL GIIEELEY is about to put in
use self-registering thermometers to
eivo indications on the street of the
official temperature of the local signal'
eorvico ofllco. This looks like a monopoly
ely on the temperature against which
fcvory unofficial thermometer in the
land will bubble over with indigna
tion.
TliEUB is perhaps no ether city in the
country where public improvements ,
When undertaken , are pushed less vig-
rously than in Omaha. "Take it easy"
Booms to b.o jho motto of everybody con
nected with the branch of the munici
pal government having control of pub-
tic improvements.
THEIIE is a good deal of residence
building being done in Omaha , much of
it of a superior kind , but the need o (
phoap houses is still felt , the demand
for residences nt a moderate rental ex
ceeding the supply. Capital invested
Jn houses suitable for persons of email
Jucomo would bo found very profitable
in Omaha for many years to como.
OK the authority of ox-Senator Booth
of California , it is stated that the re
publicans of that state are confident of
swooping everything before them in the
November election , no difl'eronco who
the presidential nominee may bo. The
democrats have tricked the people once
too often on the Chinese question for
the voters to pin any faith on democratic
promises in the futuro.
THE last weekly report of the Cin
cinnati Prim Current rolls up the "hog
majority" for 1883 in favor of Omaha to
cult the expectations of the most ox-
toting packer. In comparison with
lost year , 46,0(10 ( moro hogs wore
Slaughtered from March 1 to May 0 ,
3883 , than for the corresponding period
of 1887. Whereas , Kansas City killed
pnly 200,000 in 1883 , as compared with
238,000 in 1687 , a loss of just 48,000.
FAIIUIUHY , the county scat of Jeffer
son county , and one" of the principal
cities near the southern boundary of the
etato , wants direct railroad communica
tion with Omaha. The engorness of
this enterprising little city to trndo
with the metropolis of the state is shared
Ly every town in the tier of counties
inado tributary to St. Joe and Kansas
City by the St. Joe and Grand Island
railroad. A boo line from Omaha
through Jefferson county would place
Omaha in direct relation with the rich
farming districts of that part of the
Etato , and it is to bo hoped that the
Hock Iblutid will build the prospective
. .llr < soon. '
Cleveland' * Convention.
Two weeks from to-day the national
democratic convention will moot in St.
Louis to go through the formality of
rcnominating Mr. Cleveland , selecting
n candidate for the vice presidency ,
nnd announcing a platform. Rarely
has there been a national convention
of olthor political party whoso work
waa BO entirely forestalled as la that to
bo done by the democratic convention of
this year. That body will bo entirely
dominated by the wishes of ono man.
It will not dare to do anything that is
not known to bo agreeable to him.
There will bo no voice raised to question
his absolute autocracy. Ho will himself
bo ronominatcd with a noisy oxprosslon
of enthusiasm. His associate on the
ticket will undoubtedly bo the man for
whom ho shall Indicate a preference.
The platform will sound his praises ,
nnd will bo made to accord with what
is understood to bo his policy. In a
word , the eight hundred representa
tives of democracy who will meet at St.
Louis on the fifth of Juno will bo as so
many puppets in the hands of Grover
Cleveland. It is an anomalous position
for the old democratic party to occupy ,
and ono that must cause the veteran
warriors in its ranks a keen sense of
chagrin and humiliation. Neverthe
less they will doubtless fall into line
and hurrah as lustily as the newer
actors on the political stage. Demo
crats of the north will see
tholr brethren of the south , for whom
the president has shown especial favor ?
again assorting their right to rule , nnd
they will acquiesce without n question.
It would seem that a party which has
thus bccorao the moro instrument of an
Individual , which is compelled to put
itself in accord with the will and wishes
of ono man , ought not to havo' much
chance of success. It is a confession of
degeneracy and weakness which it
would seem must load thousands of
voters to lose confidence in the party.
Never before in l.ho history of the party
has it shown such complete submission
to one-man domination. Even Andrew
Jackson held no such absolute and un
questioned sway as does Grover Cleve
land. Then , however , the demo
cratic party had stcong and great men
in its ranks. To-day it has none , elsa
Mr. Cleveland would not bo necessary
to it and in a position to absolutely con
trol it.
Unnecessary Delay.
It was the duty of the executive de
partment of the government to proceed
promptly with the work necessary to
carry out the law providing for the
opening of the Sioux reservation. Thus
far , however , nothing has been done ,
and information from the reservation is
to the effect that the fullest advantage
is being taken of the delay by those
who are opposed to the cession. The
white men who are interested in having
the reservation remain as it is are re
ported to bo very busy sowing among
the Indians the seeds of dissension and
dissatisfaction , and nro meeting with
some success. Certain of the chiefs ,
also , who are unwilling to surrender a
part of their domain , are working hard
to strengthen the opposition. The most
influential men among the Sioux are un
derstood to approve the project , but it
is not safe to trust too much to this.
Indian assurances are entitled to only a
limited degree of confidence , and to bo
certain of them it is well to have them
in such form that they cannot bo af
fected by a subsequent change of mind.
A great many people are anxiously
awaiting the time when the reservation
will bo declared opened. It is highly
probable that within a year after this is
done every acre subject to white settle
ment will bo taken up. The extension
of railroads through the reservation is
also contemplated and will doubtless bo
begun as soon as It is assured that this
territory will bo opened. It ought to bo
the policy of the government to roach
this result with the least possible delay ,
and as the work to be done is compara
tively bimplo its postponement is un
necessary and unwise.
The Damage to .Business.
Members of congress nro receiving
letters from their constituents stating
that tholr business is suffering by rea
son of the uncertainty regarding rev
enue legislation , nnd urging them to
prompt action. Our Washington cor
respondent has furnished a sample of
ono of those letters , in which'tho writer
says that ho will bo compelled to shut
down his factory unless the tariff ques
tion is soon settled in congress , ono way
or another. Ho Is receiving no orders
and doesn't expect any until his cus
tomers know what the tariff on imported
articles in his line is going to be next
fall. Undoubtedly there are hundreds
of manufacturers in the country
similarly situated. While members
of congress are using up days
and weeks in the plati
tudes of tariff discussion , those busi
ness men are keeping open their estab
lishments at a loss , and nt the season of
the year when they should bo in active
operation. Nor docs the damage fall
alone on the manufacturers. All de
partments ot business to which the tariff
has any relation experience the ill ef
fects of the uncertainty , nnd labor em
ployed in manufacturing has to bear its
share of loss.
Congressmen generally seem to bo en
tirely oblivious to the business interests
of the country In a matter of this kind.
In the struggle for political advantage
the material welfare of the people is lost
sight of. Even now , after n month o :
discussion In the liouso , it seems proba
ble that at least another month must
pats before the country will know
what is likely to bo done
with the tariff bill. Both parties are
figuring for an advantage , and it is al
most certain that there will bo furthoi
delays before a vote is reached. Mean
time business is chocked , and both man
ufacturers and labor are losing money.
There is certainly no sufficient excuse
for thie state of affairs , for which the
politicians in congress alone are respon
sible. A vote on the tariff bill might
just as well have been taken in the house
two weeks ago , so far as the effect of the
'discussion has been in changing part\
linos. It is safe to say that all the
wordy controversy has not won or lost
a vote for either side , nnd what
ever may be done hereafter will be
equally ineffective. The duty of the
louse Is to bring the bill to ft vole with
out further delay , eo that the business
of the countr may know what its
chnncos are nnd bo governed accord-
nglv <
= = = = = = = =
Tin : situation in Irado circles during
nst week wns decidedly qulot. The
insensonablo weather retarded business
n many sections of the country. A
glance at the bank aloarlngs ot eastern
cities is n fair index of the unfavorable
condition of trade generally. In No-
miskn , the outlook was better than the
average. The winter wheat plant has
> ccn bonofitlcd by the recent rains ,
although the corn planting in the
lorthorn oountios has boon somewhat
otarded. The markets have ruled
stronger owing to the reports of n short
vhoat crop : At Chicago , quotations
mvo been advanced * three nnd one-
eighth cents per bushel and local prices
were firm. Corn began moving moro
freely from Interior points to Chicago ,
where a syndicate of speculators is
lolding up the market , and advanced
one-half cent per bushel within the
week. The rise in wheat and corn is
likely to hold out at least to the end of
the present month.
Anvicns from Colorado report extra
ordinary activity In the mining opera-
Jens of that state. The activity is not
confined to any particular portion of the
state , but embraces it nil. Old mines
, hat have lain idto for years are again
joing worked , and generally with the
most satisfactory results. Equally fav
orable information comes from Mon
tana , and indeed the mining country
jonorally appears to bo realizing some-
Lhing of a boom. In view of the fact
that under the law foreign capital is
excluded from this sort of investment
In the territories , it would seem that
liomo capital is being embarked moro
freely in mining enterprises.
THE recent cut on pig iron of $2 a ton
causes an unsettled feeling and dull
ness in the pig iron industry. Pennsyl
vania iron barons found that West
Virginia and Ohio could undersoil them
in the market. To crowd this competi
tion into a corner , the Pennsylvania
firms made the above cut in the ruling
prices. In consequence of this reduction
the pig iron industry of West Virginia
and Ohio is handicapped. If protection
is held up as the national policy , it
would bo as consistent for West Vir
ginia and Ohio to protest against the
competition of Pennsylvania , as the
latter state protests against the compe
tition of foreign ores.
LINCOLN formally opened to the pub
lic Sunday , Garfield park , a beautiful
spot of ground in the southwest part of
that city. In a few days Cushman park ,
containing ninety acres , will be de
dicated in the same city. But Omaha
has been talking and planning boule
vards and parks for the past two years ,
and has elaborate ideas where they
shall bo located all on paper. As the
years slip by , it will become painfully
evident that every city and town in Ne
braska will bo beautified , while Omaha
will still ho talking ahd appointing
committees to locate her parks and
public pleasure grounds.
IT is announced from New York that
the Pennsylvania railroad company is
about to run a through train from Jer
sey City to San Francisco. The state
ment may bo somewhat premature , but
it is not unllkcly-that within the next
twelve months an arrangement will be
perfected whereby a continuous and a
rapid journey from the Atlantic to the
Pacific will bo assured. The vestibule
train has marked a now era in railroad
travel which alleviates the discomfiture
of a long trip , and is just suited to make
the transcontinental run from Now
York to San Francisco without change.
Six presidential candidates to choose
from ought to satisfy the most discrimi
nating voter. Four nominees are al
ready in the field , Belva Lockwood rep
resenting the national equal rights
party , A. J. StrcotcrandR. H. Cowdrey
representing the two labor parties , and
Clinton B. Fisko representing the pro
hibition party. In Juno the democrats
nnd the republicans nominate their can
didates. If any more nnmoa nre to como
before the people the bolectlon had bet
tor bo made right off before "time" is
called. _
VOICE OF T1IK STATI3 PRESS.
"Notwithstanding the fact that John M.
Thurston was elected a representative In the
Chicago convention , It wns demonstrated in
the state convention that there la n strong
sentiment that the railroads nro taking too
active a part In our state politics , " remarks
the Humphrey Independent.
Says the Liberty Journal : "Hon. Tobias
.Castor , delegate to the national convention
at St. Louis , has a bill before congress asking
pay for a span of horses valued nt 1,000 that
were stolen by the Indians something loss
than a hundred years ago , Tobu should have
Ills m'onoy if ho is confident it was the In
dians who did the stealing. "
"TUoro should bo some means whereby the
Pullman Palace Car company could bo taxed
in this state for the property that it operates
on the different railroads hi the state , " says
the Falls City Journal. "Tho people pay
their good money for the privilege of riding
in their cars , and they should contribute
their fair share towards the support of the
state and municipal government. "
The Hastings Independent thus confi
dentially speaks : "Tho republican party lias
some sins to answer for. It is not like the
pope , infallible. The greatest fault to be
found with It is the tendency to ignore the
peoule. Although republican in the past it
lias como to bo unropubllcan in some things ,
at least apparently so , of late , The machine
is too all-powerful in dictating the nominees. "
ThoChadron Democrat figures it ; "Not
withstanding the prediction of TUB OUAUA
BEIS to the contrary , Charlie Green , attorney
for the 1) . & 61. , and O. O. Hates , attorney
for the Chicago & Hock Island , were elected
delegates to the national convention from the
First district by about fifty majority. Now
with John M. Thulium as one of the dele-
gatcs-at-large , Nebraska will not bo bchiiu
in her representation at the great conclave 01
railroad attorneys in Chicago Juno 19. "
Tearfully and sadly the Lincoln Oomocrai
feels called upon to say : "The man who
runs the 1'addoek-Munderson-Dorsey-Lalrd
literary bureau and floods the press of this
state with dispatches ubont the wonderfu
work done by these gentlemen in Washing
ton lias mistaken hU calling. The biggest
circus in the world lias an aching void iu its
ndvanco agency that only ho can fill. There
Is raoro rot printed about the Nebraska dele
gation or aggregation than any otbor In ttio
country. "
Hon. C. II. Van -Wyck wns on hand at the
republican stnto convention with a full sot of
anti-monopoly resolutions , but the noble ola
[ toman was hooted' 'flown. ' Charles H. Van
Wj-ck represented a New York district In
congress for olghfr years ) was nraombbrof
, lie Nebraska constitutional convention in
1875 ; served In tbo Btnto .sonata for three
: crms nnd was a United States senator from
Nebraska for slxycap , yet ho is figuratively
spat upon In a state , convention of his own
arty. Why ! Bocauio Uo Is with the people
nnd opx | > scd to corporations nnd monopolies ,
says the Ord Democrat quite pointedly.
Tbo Seward Reporter cannot stand It all.
It says : The D. & M. candidate , C. J.
Greene , secured an election to the national
republican convention from the First district
last Thursday. The First district republi
cans are n queer lot. Four years ago they
scut Church Howe to the national conven
tion , following that move with the nomina
tion of the same gentleman for congress ,
which resulted in the election of the first
democratic congressman from Nebraska.
Not profiting by that experience , they have
now elected n prominent railroad man nnd
Lobbyist to the national convention , and will
[ irobably nominate him or some other weak
man to load the party to defeat In the con
gressional campaign this fall. The republi
cans of the First district make us tired.
"Somo of the democrats , " says the Fre
mont Tribune , "aro su.iilng very audibly
over the apparent endorsement of Grover
Cleveland by the republican state conven
tion at Omaha. The papers published the
resolutions adopted , nnd in them appears n
paragraph commending the president for his
action in vetoing certain classes of pension
bills. Now that the democrats have enjoyed
a good laugh over the matter , they will bo
sorry to learn that this whole paragraph was
a base forgery. There was no such a thing
in the resolutions adopted by the convention.
Some smart mugwump or Moroy democrat
has imposed upon the reporters for the
Omaha papers and run in a cold deck on
them. It being Into when they were adopted
by the convention , the forgery was not de
tected until they were printed next morn
ing. "
Under the head "Genuine Gall , " the
Fanners' Uoview thus speaks of ex-Senator
Fuller , of the late and unlamcntod legis
lature : "A case of genuine cheek was ex
hibited by Senator Uobbins when lie accepted
a prox to the state republican convention , nt
Omaha , utter being defeated by the icpub-
lican county convention as a dologatc to the
same convention jby an overwhelming major
ity. Wo had always believed there was
honor among nil classes of men , but
since this action of Senator Robbins wo
have lost faith in the above saying
to such an extent that wo are obliged to ac
cept as true the verdict of a republican of
Valley county whom wo heard remark tlint
Robbins had ratlior earn $5.00 unmanly
than to earn $10.00 manly. When Robbins
was defeated by the convention of Valley
county ns delegate to the state convention by
an enormous majority , it wns not intended in
the face of such an opposition that ho should
accept a proxy and-rcprescnt a party who
declared by their Vote , 'We do not want
Robbins to rcprcsoatius in the convention. '
When wo can look at these facts how can the
republican voters of Valley county do other
wise than pronounce Senator Robbins' ac
tion as genuine gall.1'
1 '
I'lio UallnclotCIinuncey Depow.
llitladclplita Times.
In the nation's arena , oh say have you
seen a
Statesman of rubicund hue ,
Renowned for his able orations nt table ,
Whoso name it is Channcoy Depow 1
Have you
Ever gazed upon Chnuncoy Dcpew !
In the days of old Greclcy ho-acted quite
freely
And o'er party fences lie- flew ;
But ho got a good licking , and now Is
done kicking.
And works with the regular crow.
Oh , penitent Chauncoy Depevv.
In the stnio of New York there is plenty
of pork ,
And corporate influence , too ;
Should ho enter the rinpr there's a pow
erful wing
Of Ills party will cry out "Hurro !
Hurrool for C. Mitchell Dopowl"
But out in the west , it must sure be
confessed ,
There are grangers who count not a
few ,
Who say , "We've boon fooled by such
men as Jay Gould ,
And gaze with n critical view
On you ,
Most eloquent Ohauncey Dcpew I"
Yet all men admit ho nas plenty of wit ;
And what is he going to dot
Will ho act as n toy for Blaine to decoy
His cherished old plans to renew !
Is't true
That that's your game , Chauncey
Depcw !
Free hahor'H Coffee.
llecuid.
Every white man's cjp of Rio ought to
tastu u hit better now that the blacks of Bra
zil have been set free ,
Exchunue.
Mr. Depow Jooks so much like Adam Fore-
paugh , the circus man , that hlb readiness to
enter the canvass isn't astonishing.
Her Tille.
Clilcaao ffeii-i.
Mrs , Victoria Guelphfs title now is : De
fender of the Faith ; Queen of England , Ire
land and Scotland ; Empress of India , and
Mothur-iti'luw of .
- ' Germany.
AVlmt 11 Terror.
Kitrrlttmcn Herald.
The navy department has ordered the Ter
ror to bo fitted up with n pneumatic apparatus.
If the old sea dog at the head of the navy de
partment wants to make the Terror still
more of a terror , let him provide her with u
waterlng-placo hotelbrand , of piano.
Horse anil Donkey.
.l/imeu/x ( > lU _ 7'rfbmie.
They are actually talking of Tliurman as a
candidate for ttio vicnvrusldciicy with Cleve
land. vVhy , it wojijd bo llko working u
thoroughbred Arabida and a spavined inulo
in double harness alia Mr. Thurinan would
not bo the spavlucdjUilo ) { , either.
A Hint to Alayor Itroutcli.
Keio Toift H'orW.
The police comniteJioncrs have notified
Mayor Hewitt that , , iifoy will act on his re
quest nnd put an onitc | > the littering of streets
with wasw paper , advertising dodgers , eto.
Orders have accordwply been Issued to the
force to uriest violators of the law in this ro-
spcct.
Hotli In Season.
I'/iIladdp/iJa / Ledger.
An exchange boldly asserts that Chauncoy
M , Depew and Roswell P. F x-er nro about
as much alike as a strawberry shortcake and
a chicken salad. If this comparison bo true ,
it may bo stated , on tuo authority of the of
fice gourmand , that the two statesmen do not
agree ,
Yes , Open Ilio Doors at Onco.
/fanw Clta Journal.
"Thirty-two manufacturing enterprises are
knocking at iho door of Omuba , " says TUB
BEE. "With proper encouragement they Will
como , bringing others in their wake , " As a
piece of disinterested advice wo would sug
gest tuat Omaha flpen the uoor at nnco.
Kanens City has n habit of scooping In any
manufacturing enterprises which it finds
knocking around this western country.
Fnto Assured.
nntqpsUi Tribune.
The emperor of China is learning to piny
poker. Thatsottlos It ; ono of these days
Minister Denb.y will come back with the Chi
nese crown dangling nt his bolt.
Mason's Wit.
Canarttftottal Jteonl.
The brigadiers ring the caucus bollj
The doughface cries for shame ,
"I'll the brigadiers "
not bo bossed by ,
But ho gets there Just the same ,
STATE JOTTINGS.
Nebraska.
Tramps nro entirely too numerous In Fro-
niont.
The Sioux county Republican Is the title of.
a now paper published at Harrison.
Sixteen fanners in Richardson county
will build each a f2,000 dwelling this season.
The Snundors County Leader Is the name
of a new paper published at Ashland by W.
A. ICelthlcy.
The editor of the Ashland Gazette mourns
the death of his sorrel marc , Jennie. Peace
to her ashes.
Paddock's Express , Beatrice , issued n
finely Illustrated edition , last week , really a
very creditable thing.
The late cold and wet weather , says the
bucolic press from nil parts of the state , 1ms
killed the chinch bug.
The citizens of Superior now demand that
the B. &M. keep Its fingers out of certain
suits now pending in the courts.
Judge John H. Suldcr , the patriarch of
Oakdulo , died Monday , the , lllh inst. Ho
bad lived four ecoro nnd one years.
Glanders Is prevailing to some extent near
Republican City , Farmers are becoming
very watchful in this part of the stato.
Fnlls City wants the outside world to dis
tinctly understand that she intends to cele
brate the nation's biithduy in a fitting man
ner.
ner.Wymore celebrated her twenty-first .birth
day yesterday. Governor Thayer and stall
and other prominent muii of the state were
there.
McCook Is all excitement over the location
of the machine shops which they now say Is n
sullied fact. Everybody thcro has gone into
the real estate business.
Measles and whooping cough nro doing
sail work in several towns in southeastern
Nebraska. A number of deaths are reported
iu northern Ncmaha and southern Otou from
other discuses.
A largo number of the railroad boys who
have made Chadron their homo for the post
year or two , have gene out to the front , and
will probiy spend the summer between Glen-
rock and Fort Casper.
Prom a census report shown us by Super-
intcndeut Price wo learn that the total num
ber of children of school ago in Duudy
county is , l.OUJ. Of this number 517 are
males and 485 females.
The oQlciuls of the Ord Driving Park asso
ciation uro waking great preparations for the
second annual mooting , which occurs May ! U
and Juuo 1 , ou the Valley county fairgrounds
near town. A number of good horses will bo
on haud.
Thursday , the 31st inst. , a special election
will bo held iu and for Beatrice school dis
trict at room 3 in the high school building ,
upon the question of issuing bonds in the
amount ot $2J,000 at 0 per cent for the pur
pose of purchasing two school sites and erect
ing buildings thereon.
Henry Cross , of York county , a wealthy
and prominent citizen , tigcd seventy-four
years , died on the ISth inst. Ho arose on the
morning of his death in usual health , ate a
Hearty breakfast and scat-oil himself to road ,
falling from his chair dead at 10 o'clock.
Paralysis of the heart , said the doctor.
C Thomas county claims a population of a
thousand , an increase of eight hundred since
the ye.ir began. Although Thomas county
is iu thu "sand hills , " the claim is well
founded. To these people who desire to
rancli a few hundred head of cattle Thomas
is recommended as a region worthy of inves
tigation.
The body of O. H. Martin , of Oelrichs ,
who was drowned in White river north ot
Oolrichs on the tith iust. , has not yet Lecn
recovered , though incessant boarch has been
made since that day by Mr. Martin , the
father , assisted by a large company of
friends. The recent heavy rains have ma
terially retarded the search.
The Central City Nonpareil has cut loose
from the time honored legends of the hoop
snuko and the two-headed calf and regales its
readers with realistic descriptions of four-
legged chickens instead. Such enterprise on
the part of the Nonpareil not only reflects
great credit upon the management but sheds
a halo of glory upon th3 entire profession as
well.
well.Two
Two railroaders atTnlmaue recently locked
themselves in n room on the second floor of
Washcndorifs restaurant and proceeded to
settle an old grudge. They fought to a finish
nnd Justice Rogers gave them $10 and trim
mings for their fun. The newly converted
prohibition town is evidently finding a rocky
road to travel , as the parties to the fight
were both beastly drunk.
Ihe Pouca Journal says : If the former
coal experiences and explorations in this
vicinity ore to be relied ; on , the drilling now
going on will show a four and one-half foot
vein of good coal ut a depth of less than 000
feet. If they find it , the sun of prosperity
will beam upon this town. In the meanwhile ,
as the drill goes down , let all hold their
breaths and hope for success.
Suys the Beatrice Republican : "A pre
liminary hearing wus had before Judge En-
low labt Monday in the contest case against
Mayor Krotamger. There were fifteen counts
in plaintiff's petition , ono of which was held
to bo iv ground for action. The hearing of
the case will take place soon. J. E. Cobboy
appears for the plaintiff , and the defense is
represented by Pemuerton , and Griggs &
Hiiiiiker.
W. II. Flynn , says the Press , Nebraska
City , in reported missing. Ho loft his homo
in HendricKs precinct. Otoo county , drawing
SJUO from the First National bank at Syra
cuse Monday , the 18th inst. . intending to pur
chase u team of horses , llo took the B. &
M. Wedncsany morning , it is said , homeward
bouiul , but ho has fulled to reach thoio and
hia friends fear that ho 1ms been robbed and ,
possibly , murdered. Mr. Flynn was n promi
nent democratic politician of Otoo county.
"Tho editor of the Madison Chronicle , "
says the Fremont Tribune , "has won laurels
as a defender of helpless females. In tlio
dead hour of a recent night ho was awakened
from his innocent slumber by the piercing
shrieks of u young woman living iiuar. He
grabbed his rusty gun and started for the dc-
tcncu. Ho was thrilled to meet a neighbor
who had also heard the clarion notes of the
girl. They searched Hie premises but found
no murderers anywhere , The editor ex
pressed it ns his opinion that the first tiuio
the girl yelled she scared the horrid mail
clear over into the next county. "
Iowa.
A volunteer llro company will bo organized
at Asbton.
The married men of Storm Lake have or
ganized a base ball club.
The LoMarti jockey club will have their
Juuo races on the tith and 7th.
Sulpo shooting is tuu principal occupation
of the local sports at Everly.
Rov. J , Hogarth Lozier Is announced to
lecture In Little Sioux Juno 1 and 3.
LoMars boasts a eong and dance team.
They will shortly start out on the road.
A rat measuring twenty-two inches from
the Up of the uou to the tip of thu tail was
recently captured at LoMars.
The state board of underwriters has ad
vanced the rates on business property at
Ksthervillc from 25 to ! M per cent.
Sioux Rapids seems to bo almost on the
verge of a potato famine. Potatoes are very
hard to obtain ut present , oven at H and
I1.20 per bushel.
The recently organlxed agricultural society
at Fonda is now inaKing preliminary arrange
ments for u fine display of agricultural
products this fall ,
A ball player of ICeokuk says there is better -
ter material in ICeokuk to-day for the organ
ization of u semi-iirofoisioual club than thuro
has ever been before.
The Clear Lake Driving Park assosiation
is making extensive preparations for summer
business , and expects to in tike it one of the
leading features of the summer festivities
The mimiul camp meeting for Sheldon dis-
ttlct , Northwest Iowa > iifeieucf , will be
held at Spirit Luke , commencing Juno 20 nnd
closing July 3 , The services -of an evangelist
will be dispensed with aud the work will be
done under the leadership of the presiding
elder.
Beginning with firodn and ending with
Oftawn , the towns nlong the Maple river divl
sion of the Northwestern have 1,000.000 bush.
cW of corn in crib. Between Wnll Lake ami
Movllle are 600,000 more. Whan It Is consid
ered that this Immense quantity for this son-
son of the ycnr Is in crib In a strip eighty
miles long by fifteen miles wide , noino idea
of tuo wealth of northwestern Iowa can bo
formed.
O NEWS.
Tliq "Q" Strike-Hit With n llrlok-
Tuo Accidents- General Items.
The local committee of the Brotherhood ot
Locomotive Engineers , who have boon In
Chicago for two or throe days , have returned.
The only business done was the receiving of
reports from division points along the liuo of
the road nnd n general discussion of the
policy to bo used In the future.
In regard to ttio former it wns learned
from 0110 who was present that nt no tlnio
during the program of the strike had the en
gineers cause to feel so confident of ultimata
success as nt present. For instance , the
committee from St > Joseph , Mo. , report that
two engineers , two firemen and two switch
men were discharged by the Burlington com-
pnnyntthnt point last weak. From Galesburg -
burg co tncs the report that ten scab engineers
quit work voluntarily during the same
per'od. ' Three have shook the dust from
Creston , Iowa , from their foot , ono being
discharged , the other two quitting. At sev
eral other ixnnts along the line instances nro
reported where the cuglnccrs nnd fireman
have quit. The reasons assigned In 00 per
cent , of these cases were that they could network
work day nnd night , nud Sundays In the bar
gain , for the wngos paid.
At Aurora , 111. , the strikers waited on the
mayor In a body and nskcd that the scabs
either bo disarmed or that the encinccrs bo
given permission to cam' arms for their own
protection. The mayor nas the matter under
advisement nnd will probably decide upon
the former action.
The question of boycotting the "Q" by re
fusing to handle its cam was not mentioned ,
the engineers expressing themselves as not
willing to injure the business of Individuals
who live nt paints nlong the line of
the road , and who cannot ship over lines
other than that of the Chicago , Burlington &
Qulncy. The committee nro confident of
success , und do not bcllcvo that radical meas
ures are necessary. The "Q" business Is fast
depreciating notwithstanding their declara
tions to the contrary. For example , the fast
stock train on the B. & M. from Pacific
Junction to South Omaha , which usually
carries from thirty to tuirty-fivo nnd some
times oven moro cars of stock , this morning
hod one car. Other instances without num
ber could bo shown , but.it is unnecessary.
Since the strike was declared forty-eight
engines have been laid up at various points
along the line for repairs , and yet "Every
thing is runnlngsmoothly. "
HIT IN THE HUAD.
Thomas Fisher , engineer on passenger
tain No. 5 , while passing a high bank about
two miles below Gibson Sunday , wns
struck in the head by a pebble nbout thaslzo
of a walnut , which made a slight abrasion of
the scalp. Ho pulled his train into the depot ,
took his lunch pail and went homo to bed.
With the manifest tendency to magnify
everything as much ns possible every man
on the Burlington system yesterday was
ready to assort that his skull was fractured
nnd his collar-bono broken. Fisher will take
his run to-day as usual.
aiiBENc OUTS ms WOHTC m.
Charley Greene did not aocuro an election
as delegate to the Chicago convention for
nothing , oh , no. The announcement is mndo
by the B & M. yesterday that the delega
tion from Nebraska would travel over the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy , leaTiug
Omaha on the moming of Juno 18.
B1MKES.
General Freight Agent Miller of the Bur
lington , who has been laid up for some time
with a broken leg , is out again , but on
crutches.
A. C. Golner , ticket agent of the B. & M.
at Lincoln , wns in Omaha Sunday.
J. G. Everest , traveling passenger agent of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul , was in
the city Sunday.
J. A. Munroe , general freight agent of the
Union Pacific , accompanied by his wife , left
New York on Saturday for-Liverpool.
All the roads in the 'country excepting
these in the Transcontinental and the Kan
sas and Nebraska associations have decided
to grant reduced rates to the music teachers'
national association at Chicago , July 3 , atone
ono and one-third faro for the round trip.
The Northern Pacific road claims to want
fifty moro locomotives and 1,000 freight cars
to transact Ita business.
The Santa Fo and Rock Island have . en
tered into a agreement by which the former
is to use the lattcr'a track into Pcoria.
An excursion of 175 from California cast-
ward will pass through Omaha on Wednes
day on the n. Sz M.
G. M. Cummlngs , general manager of the
St. Joseph & Grand Island is iu the city.
The St. Joseph Gazette is authority for tbo
statement that on Saturday last an engineer
running from Lincoln to Atchlson , n dis
tance of 140 miles used up five engines.
MEMOIUALDAY. .
Preparations For lie Observance On a
Grant ! Scale.
The arrangements for the observance of
Memorial Day are progressing in a remark
ably gratifying manner , nnd from the present
outloolc the demonstration will be the grand
est ever given in Omaha. The memorial
committee held n meeting at the Paxton last
evening and many reports of coniuiittccs
were heard. The chairman of the finance
committee stated that Inrgo subscriptions
had already been made nnd that there would
ho nn abundance of funds to properly carry
out the elaborate programme for the observ
ance of the day. Thu committee on music
stated that six brass bands had boon engaged
for the day , and also n double quartette would
furnish the vocal inuslo in conjunction with
the ( Joncordia singing society. The chair
man of the couimittoo on invitations an
nounced that acceptances had been received
from nearly all the civic organizations In the
city , nnd that consequently the parade will
undoubtedly bo the grandest and largest ever
seen In Omaha. The committee on flowers
stated that many promises of donations had
been made , nnd this committee requests that
all llowcrd bo sent to the city council cham
ber on the afternoon of May J. Thu entire
committee will meet again Monday evening.
HAD A BTOLKN HOUSE.
Tlmt is Why AV. Kniccr Was Arrested
Yesterday.
Ah innocent looking young man named W.
Kokcr is suffering the ignominy of being a
prisoner ut the central station on the grave
charge of liorso stealing. The horse in dis
pute is claimed by William Scales , of Clark
county , Iowa , and ho says that it was taken
from his barn last September. Ho was in
Omaha yesterday anil happened to sco ICo-
kor driving down the street \vith the _ horse ,
and immediately caused his arrest. Kokor
wns greatly astonished when ho found him
self in the custody of the ofllccrs and on his
way to jail. Ho says that ho traded a inulo
for the horse from a man named Bradkln
last Saturday , and ho knows nothing what
ever of the previous history of the unluiul ,
His story is corroborated by Hyron Rood ,
who held a mortgage on the horse while it
was in Bradkin's possession , und has since
tratisfoned It to the mule for which the
horse was traded. A policeman will prob
ably interview Mr. Bradkln as to how the
horse came in Ills possession ,
Hroko Hotli Jut ; * ,
A cltlzeu from Iowa who is weary of drink-
ini : aqua pura and wtio had determined to
provide for harvest tlmo by purchasing a
quantity of the liquid which drivc away
sorrow and cures snake bites , arrived in
Omaha Saturday night and after partaking
of a hearty meal started out and bought two
two-gallon jugs aud a quart bottle of sour
mash find retired to hit room. Once there
ho namplod the bottle aud naw that it wai
good Then he tued one jug und that was
good. A. pull at the othur conclusively
proved that that also was good. But there
wu a dln'uronca somevvhero und ha de
termined to discover It aud accordingly
sampled Ill-tit ono jug and Uit-u the othur
until sleep overtook him nud ho dropped
Into repose no nearer a decision thun wfiun
he begun. Upon waking ho continued
hie Jabor and kept U up until truia
tlmo when ho found his boltlo empty nnd.
Ktlll the noticeable difference in tasto. But
ho started for the depot. At Hell's drug
store ho tried another drink and Instead of
setting ono of the jugs down tried to drink
out of both nt once , nnd In cohscquoneo mtuto
n total wreck of Jug No. 1. Gathering up
jug No , 2 In both hands bo started on his
perilous voyage across the trucks. Alas for
lown hopes , his boot caught in a frog ami
down ho went and Jug No. 3 was smashed.
When n policeman picked him up ho mut
tered : "Well , ( hie ) I didn't ( hlo ) lose It alt
( lilo ) anyway. "
Yosterdny in police court ho paid tJ
nnd costs. His uamu was Jones , plain every
day Jones.
For Iho Fourth.
Representatives of eighteen of the labor
organizations tnctnt Twelfth mid Farn ut
streets lust evening for the purpose of making
the preliminary arrangements for the cele
bration of the Fourth of July. The move
ment wns enthusiastically endorsed , nnd it
wns rosolrod to try nnd collpso the celebration
of last year. It was decided tlmt a call Uo
mndo upon all business men of the city for
subscriptions , nml it is desired that fully
$5,000 bo expended for the celebration of the
day. The programme will bo similar to that
of last year , nnd Invitations will bo sent out
to nil pnrts of the state asking various labor
organiiutious to participate. The following
committees were appointed : Executive com
mittee Julius Meyer , chalrmau ; F. J. Mo-
Ardlc , secretary ; J. Wlgman. treasurer ;
Thomas Vlck Roy , M. T. Black , Jamas AlIen -
Ion , Richard O'Keafo. Invitation F. J. Mo-
Ardlo , chairman ; E. R. Wood , secretary ; P.
A. Soxmati , John M , Kcnn , S. Blake.
Fixing For Chicago.
A joint committee of the Omaha Republi
can club nnd the state central commlttco hold
a mooting nt the Mlllard Inst evening nnd ap
pointed Wnlt Scoloy , Frank Hnnlnn nnd D.
H. Wheeler ns n commlttco to go to Chicago
to arrange for the Nebraska headquarters In
that city during the national convention.
Arrangements have buon made with the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad to
convoy the Omniums who desire to bo there
during the convention , to that city and ro-
turii. The train will leave from the Onmlin
sldo , nnd it sufllciont names can bo procured
two trains will bo despatched. Herb T.
Lcnvett was appointed to receive the names
of these desiring to go with the party.
An Innnno Immigrant.
Olio Rasmusscn , n Dane Just from Copen
hagen , while stopping over between trains
ycstcrdny , was discovered to bo insnno , or nt
least n man of very great eccentricities. It
was thought unsafe to leave him nt largo and
ncconlingl.y ho wns taken to the central
station last ovcniug.
ItliHtnkcii Identity.
The arrest of Frank Hatcher , who was
charged with stealing a pair of pants from
Jacob Block's store on Sixteenth street ,
proved to boa case of mistaken , identity , nnd
the case was dismissed.
Supposed ShootUts in Ijlmuo.
F. McCnblo , S. nnd H. Vick and Jaraoi
Dnlloy nro under arrest nt the contra !
station for supposed complicity with the
shooting affair at South Omaha yesterday
morning.
9
Champion , Chase County.
The Champion , published in Chose
county , after dwelling nt some length
upon the advantages possessed by that
county to settlers , concludes : Tlmt
portion of country of which we particu
larly speak lies immediately surround
ing the growing village of Champion ,
situated in the county of Chase ( the
town and county both being named for
the Hon. Champion S. Chase , of the
city of Omaha ) , located on the French
man river , a stream of great utilityus a
powor-furnishing adjunct , beauty
and picturusquoncss ; the valley
through which this stream flows is one
of exceeding fortllity.and whoso beauty
is remarked upon by all who como thfa
wav. The idea is prevalent with these
living in the states cast that rain fall
in this section is too scant to assure u
growth of crops sufflcientfor its support.
This idea is erroneous. Although hav
ing berne the nomenclature desert , and
as yet at times the same , yet it ia fur
from resembling such. Wo have had in
the last two weeks at least fifteen inches
of rain fall amounting to what would , bo
in your fiat countries , a deluge to bo
droadodas it would have Bet everything
afloat. Such is the nature of our sou
that our farmers can go nt once into the
field and plow , our roads are in good
condition for teaming , and crops that
are out are growing rapidly. There are
at the least calculation 60,000 aoroa of
corn already planted , in the country.
Our climate is healthful , our soil is pro
ductive , our people arc charitable and
industrious , and there's room for moro ,
and wo invite you to como.
A Bootblack Capitalist.
Frank Solick , the boss bootblack of
Chicago , who , at the ngo of twenty-
throe , can boast of n bank account of
moro than $3,000 to his credit , is a hus
band nnd a father. Ho dates the be
ginning of his prosperity when ho be
gan to sell the Herald , nearly seven
years ago. Frank found himself on the
corner of Madibon and Clark streets , {
shouting the first issue of the Herald. jt
Ho mot with such success that ho continued - J
tinued at that stand for several years , " 1
sullincr papers in the forenoon and
blacking boots after the morning sales
were over. Frank saved every cent
that ho earned , and , unlike a good
many other newsboys , he totally
eschewed cigarettes , and all other
forms of extravagance and dissipation ,
showing n weakness only for base ball.
Directly ho opened abootblackiug stand
on Jackson street , put up u number of
chairs and employed .several boyu. In
this way ho became a man of business , , j (
but ho was always at the brush himself , \ <
and was the hardest worker of his stall. V
Then it was that ho fell In love with
Miss Minnie Ward , n pretty little brun
ette employed as a clerk in the Boston
hlore. Ho pressed his null , Minnie ac
cepted him , they were married and are
now happy with a pretty five-months-
old girl baby. Frank has continued in
the bootblacking business , saving all
his earnings , until ho now has some
$ U,000 ahead and is looking about for u
good opportunity to buy himself a homo.
Ho has a boven-ohair bootblacklng
stand , and is every day at his work with
sleeves rolled up to his shoulders.
The Mail man nt tlio JOIyueo.
London Dally News : A great public
character in Franco can hardly ronli/o
his position until ho is the object of at
tention on the part of lunatics. When
Napoleon III. was at the Tuilerlea ,
Thiors nt the Versailles presidency ,
Gain butt a nt the Palais Bourbon , and
Grovy at the Elysco , they were attacked
by madmen. M. Ciirnol lm , so farboon
neglected by the demented class. To
day for the liret time an attempt wus
made by a porbon out of his mind to ob
tain access to him. The undatable visi
tor was a mason , who on entering the
porter's lodge at the palace said ho
wanted to make a communication of an
urgent and highly important nature to
thu president. The porter , seeing that
ho had to deal with a madman , tried to
keep him engaged until the police
agents wore fetched by lulling him that
the president was not at home , and ask
ing liim to fait down and state in writing
why he wanted an audioncw , which wus
the usual way of securing one ; but thu
mason , booing the trick , got angry , and ,
taking a revolver from hia pocket ,
bln/.ed away. Luckily the cartridge *
which ho uboil were blank. When
taken into custody he gave a rambling
account of a grievance which ho said M.
Curnot alone could remove. The pistol
bhots , ho explained , woru mount to cull
attention his wrongs , as nothing' was , ' 1
further from his thought than to wound ;
the-president of the republic.