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v f * * * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 188a THE DAILY BEE. r unijiaiiisn KVIZHY Monnmo. TERMS OF BunscnimoN. ( Morning Edition ) including Sunday Yfi r 00 KorThreo Months. , . . , , . . . , sm Hie Omaha Sunday 11 KB , mailed to unr aa- One rear . am < lre * , OMAHA Omen. NfW.91lA tiPlfl /AnriA il STREET. NEW YOHK OFFICE , UOOMS H AND nTRinowK Jlt'IMJlMl.VA8IIINOTON OFFICE , hO. 613 FOUHTEKNTII STHBET. COlinESI'ONDENCB. IiuSiNKijS iji iaunts All business letters anil remittances should bo nddmnertto Tim Urn 1'tjnr.iBiiisn COMI-ANV , OMAHA. Drafts , checks and pMtomco orrtors to be made payable to tuo order ot Uio company. The Bcc PiiWisliiD ipany , Proprietors E. ROSEWATEU. Editor. THE DAlfcY 1M8IC. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Etntf of Nebraska , I- . County of Douglas. fB > * nco.Ii.Tzschuck , secretary ot Tlio nee rub- llRlilnii company. Oocs solemnly swear that the Bctuafclrculatlon of the Dally lleo for the week cndlnp May li , 1888. was as follows. Saturday , May la If. * * Hiinday/itay 1.1 B. 0 Monday , May 14 Tuesday May IS > . < / Wednesday. > l ay 10 18.KS1 J ilUrSilHy jtliij Ji . .I.------- ii'jrt llrlday. May 18 i .18.100 Avcraco 18.230 B OKO.J1.TZSCIIUOK. Fworn to and subscribed In my presence this 10th day of Jlay , A. D. , 1S88. N. V. FK1I , , Notary 1'nbllc , State of Nebraska , I. , f " 8 > County of Douglas , Oeorgo JJ. Trschuck , bclnf ? flrnt duly sworn , flepo-ics and says that he Is secretory of The lleo Publishing compnny , thnt the actual averaso tlallyclrciimtlon of the Dally lleo for the month of May , Ifb7 , waH 14 37 conies ; for June , 1W7 , 14,147 copies ; for July , 1& > 7. 14.CWI conies ; for Axiflust , 1887,14,151 copies ; for September , 1837. 14ifl9 copies : forOctober l 87,14.333 rnplet ; for November , 18S7 , 15,220 copies ; for Docenibor , 3P87,15,041 copies ; for January , Ihffl , 15 00 cop ies ; for rcbninry , 188S < , 15ro3 coplesr for March , 1S8& , 10,080 copies ; for April. 1R8J ) , 18.744 copies. OK6. 11. T/SOHUCK. ST > orn to before mo nml subscribed In my presence this I'd day of May. A. D. 1W3. N. P. FKIL. Notary Public , AVEUAGE DAILY CIKCOLAT10N 18,230 THK SUNDAY BEE to-morrow will bo fully up to its usual standard of oxcol- lonoo. Among the numerous attractive nnd superb features oxnressly prepared for It will bo \VnsblnRton letter concerning - corning the management of the govern ment printing office and n readable and tcrosslpy budget from our San Francisco correspondent ; nn hour with Nebraska poets ; n , special article criticising the shabby and ungrateful manner in which our government has treated the pension claims of revolutionary war heroes ; "Pen Pictures of Dago Alloy1 ; ' a his tory o the origin of Decoration day , and "The Talkative Grlpman. " Among the departments selected and compiled will bo "For the Ladies ; " "Marriage nnd Divorce ; " "Tho Animal " " the Electricians " Kingdom ; "Among , nnd other fresh and readable miscel lany. The summary of local news will 1)0 complete and interesting. The full est review of the week's society events ever published in any paper in Omaha , _ together with an original so'cret society department , adds another Icaturo to bo appreciated. The special cablegrams convoying information from all the principal news centers of the old world , coupled with our complete and perfect special telegraphic service throughout the United States , has long been recognized as a loading feature of THE SUNDAY BEE. A BNAKB appeared on the floor of the Now York stock exchange the other day. It is not stated out of what stock broker's boots it crawled. THE Omaha and Council Bluffs wagon bridge looms up with graceful proper tions. If the work goes on as rapidly as it now progresses the wagon commu nication between the two cities will bo perfected before fall. By the way , did unyono see the railroad attachment which is said to belong to the bridge'r1 A CONVICT of Sing Sing prison in Now York is writing n book on "Crime ; Its Origin and Proper Treatment. " As Sing Sing is now pretty well filled with ox-bank presidents , cashiers and other high-toned magnates , it would not bee e trail go for Ferdinand Ward or some other literary convict to turn lis | ban ate to writi ng books. WOMEN ns school directors have not turned out n success in Now York. A Mrs. Dodge who was on the school board received an anonymous letter attacking the character of a pretty lady teacher. She hired tv private detective to "follow" the youg lady , anil getting manufactured evidence from the detec tive , she allowed her zeal to run away With her discretion by exposing the young teacher. It now turns out that the school teacher has an irroproach- nblo character , nnd Mrs. Dodge has n big llbol suit on her hands. , THE stocks of grain in Chicago elevators - * vators May 10 were 4,700,000 bushels ol Wheat , 8,825,000 bushels of corn , 1,105- 000 bushels of oats , 27,000 bushels of rye , 103,000 bushels of barley ; total , 920- , ! ! 000 bushels of all kinds of grain. This is a smaller showing than the corro- respondlng stock of grain n year ago bj 11,780,000 bushels. The visible supplj of grain in the United States and Can ada is also smaller for the corresponding week of 1887. This shortage in the present supply of grain ought to insure n. fair price to our farmers , as well as to the bulls on 'change. TUB Mill Creek , Mo. , accident is the uiora deplorable since it cost the livei of two horoiu Rook Island brnkcmen When the bridco fell with the ill-fntei Rook Island train upon it , the railroad men-saved themselves from the wrecli by jumping. Hardly had the roar o the falling cars and bridge ceased whor the rumbling of the approaching Wn bash train was heard coming at ful epood toward the bridge. Thougl wounded by being dashed agaliist rock : nnd trees in their perilous leap for life Brakeman Armstrong and Brakcmai lloyston , instinctively true to the ! duty , rushed onto the Wabash track al most in front of the engine to warn tin engineer. But it was too late , Tin train wont into the ravine-with n terri bio crash. The two brakemen rlskei their lives to suvo the train , and boll wpro carried down with the wreck Such heroism is unparalleled in his tory , and is worthy of the highest en coniums. Democrats. There is want of harmony in the dom- c-CTfttlc camps of Now York and Penn- ylvania. Some astonishment was caused to democrats generally , nnd no Httlo concern created in administration cir cles , by the failure of the Now York IcmocrnUc convention to endorse the .ariiT policy of the administration as re flected in the Mills bill. Favorable ac- .lon on this policy by the democracy of ho Empire stnto was expected by the arty generally as being of the very ilghost importance. There depended on it several votes in the house from hat state in support of the tariff bill vhich were believed to bo hos- , llo to the ineftturo , nnd which t is now pretty certain will bo. Fur thermore , It was most Important that the democracy of Mr. Clovelnnd's stnto should uot dcclino to approve the only > olicy upon which the party will have any claim to consideration in the cam- mlgn. To do so was virtually to con- lomn that policy , nnd thus put the Now 3Tork wing of the parly in nn logon ism o all the other wings. Such a state of affairs could not fall to complicate inat- , ors at St. Louis , where the weight nnd nfluonce of Now York will bo very ; rcat. Absolutely necessary to demo cratic success , the will of the democracy of Now York cannot bo safely ignored at St. Louis. But despite the fact that a refusal to approve the tariff policy of the admln- stratlqn , as reflected by the bill in the louse , was certain to put the party in n dilemma , the democrats of Now York did it. Moreover they elected men to represent them in the national con vention who are pretty certain to do nil , hey can to prevent approval there. It snotprobablo they will bo successful , nit they can 'very greatly disturb the jcautiful harmony that was expected to n-ovail. The factional difliculty in ? ennsylvnnia is quite 'as earnest , but it vill not bo felt in the national convon- ion , and is consequently loss import ant. The victory of the aduiin- stration over Its democratic oppo- monts in the Keystone state was very decisive , but as that state is certain to give its electoral vote to the republican candidates it will matter little whether the result of a disaffection shall bo to swell the republican majority one or , wonty thousand. It is an incident merely of the situation that serves to show the broaches in the lines of the democratic army. It is of course a foregone . conclusion , hat the national convention will en dorse the administration fully and un qualifiedly. It would bo worse than 'oolish to go into the campaign with Mr. Cleveland as a leader unless they did this , and Cleveland they must havo. But is it equally certain that .ho thousands of democrats in Sow York who nro unfriendly to the tariff measure of the majority of the ways and moans committee will rally , o the support of the candidate whoso policy is understood to bo represented in that measure ? Is it not quite proba ble , as has happened before , that a con siderable number of these democrats will subordinate the question of party suc cess to what they regard as a principle of moro vital importance , and withhold their support from the candidate of their party ? Is there not quite as much reason why they should do this now ns eight years ago ? Democratic- hope rests on Now York. The party cannot bo successful without that state , while the republicans can. Disaffection there is consequently a matter of most serious import to the democracy. There is evidence that it not only exists , but has a great deal of strength , and its future manifestations will bo watched with interest. There may bo reasons before another month has passed for transferring Now York from the doubtful to the republican column. Butchers nml the Beef Trust. There docs not scorn to bo the most friendly relations between the eastern butchers and the western dressed beef companies. At the meeting of the National Butchers Protective associa tion a resolution was adopted , that the various states should pass laws prohibit ing the snlo of cattle for food which have not boon killed subject to the in spection of the municipal sanitary au thorities within whoso jurisdiction the moat is retailed. This is intended as a blow against western beef packers who have practically made local beef killing east of Chicago unprofitable. The butchers take this stand on sanitary grounds.- But they have very Httlo evi dence to substantiate their charges that the , beuf slaughtered in the west and shipped east in refrigerator cars is not wholesome as n food product. For the past four or five years , western dressed beef companies have boon gradually supplanting local beef in the eastern markets. In consequence butchers draw their supplies from the west and the business has been com pletely revolutionized. Eastern butch ers have all along endeavoro l to chock thu western dressed beef business. But all their efforts have been futile. It is doubtful whether this last move , will avail them in stopping the consumption of western dressed beef. The butchers , however , claim to have a grievance which , if it exists , they have a right to remedy. They allege that they are hold under the thumb of the cattle pool of Chicago , which fixes the price of hoof at such a figure as to give the retailer but a small margin o ! profits. The pool being in a condition to dictate the price of cattle on the ranges and the price of beef to the butcher , the Chicago beef trust gets the profit which rightly belongs to tlio cat tle grower and the butcher. Such nn nrtillcial nnd unfair distribution of the profits of the meat business is a wrong to the grower and the butcher , as well as to tlio consumer , and deserves the condemnation which the butchers' as- boclatlon has pronounced upon it. I'ollco Violence. Some time ago a judge of n Philadel phia court , in rendering nn opinion re lative to the duties and responsibilities of policemen , said that such offlcpre could not bo too careful in avoiding nil unnecessary violence to the pin-sons of parties la their custody. The duty of i policeman , he said , is to preserve the aw , not to break It , tvnd ho should use extreme measures ngnlnst ft f risonor in ila chnrgo only under circumstances of such n nature ng lo render such meas ures clearly justifiable. Until all 6rdl- nary means arc found to bo unavailing with a prisoner there should bo no re sort to extreme methods. The policemen of Omaha seem lo cqulro instruction of this sort. THE BEK has within the past few days re corded nets of violence by policemen on citizens for which there appears to hnvo ) con no sufficient justification. In ono case a man was vigorously clubbed about , ho head after ho had become helpless 'rorn ' being pounded , nnd but for the ntorforonco of bystanders the Infuriated officer might have knocked all > ho life out of his victim. In the other case the violence of the officer was less Bovoro , but no less , as it appears , with out warrant. This sort of thing must lot bo encouraged , as it will bo if the > olico commissioners do not give itat- ention nnd instruct the force o oxcrciso greater care in , ho oxcrciso of authority. There are of coursemanyoxnspornlingcil'CUm- etnnccs in a policeman's experiences. EIo has to deal chiolly with the lower nnd rougher class of community , which bos Httlo regard or gratitude for considerate'treatment. lie is not with out the human weaknesses which inant- 'cst themselves 'under trying cbndi- , ions. But a policeman should train limsolf to remember that ho is merely n guardian of the peace , with no other right or authority than to interpose 'or the preservation of peace and order in the community , and that in the exercise - ciso of this right and authority ho must not himself do violence to the law. Even in the arrest of persons charged with the most serious offenses against the law the policeman is not justified in ijoitig beyond what is necessary to se cure the parties. No man who cannot understand these restrictions on a police officer , and who is not competent Lo control his impulses and temper under the most aggravating conditions , is fit to bo a policeman. THAT the delegation of southern gen tlemen from Augusta , Gn. , who honored Omaha with their presence were pleased with our city is putting it mild. They wore delighted. As they viewed out- busy thoroughfares , our substantial business blocks , our varied industries , our beautiful residence streets , expres sions of surprise and admiration came from their lips. Nor was the pleasure wholly on their side. It was with no little gratification that our citizens , who extended to them the courtesies' of the city , pointed out the unmistakable signs of energy and progress. Omaha can well bear comparison with her sister cities , Kaiuas City , St. Joseph - soph and the other cities which these gentlemen visited. The impression made on them here was most favorable. AS representative business men of a prosperous , pushing city of the south , they are in a position to judge of the relative merits of cities. It is therefore a matter of congratulation to us that Omaha stood so high in their estima tion. The result of this'visit is des tined to develop into something more substantial than an exchange of friendly greetings. Omaha is interested and will bo represented at the Augusta expo sition. The commercial relations which already exist between the two cities will bo the closer cemented. And not the least outcome of this visit may bo the establishment in our midst of a largo fertilizing establishment by Mr. J. Rice Smith of the Georgia Chemical works. THEUE appears to bo a fatality con nected with the business ventures of the sons of General Grant. The Ward con nection , which bankrupted the family , is still fresh in public recollection. It had its great compensation in giving to the world the "memoirs" of the great soldier. Only a few months ago U. S. Grant , jr. , bought an interest in the "Cosmopolitan" magazine , published'in Now York , which was generally sup posed to bo on n profitable basis. It is now reported that Grant invested ono hundred thousand dollars of his mother's money , and that the company which was backing the magazine having failed the publication , which was expensively carried on , will probably hnvo to go , carrying with it all the Grant investment. If this shall prove to bo the case it will naturally suggest that Gran't was drawn into the enter prise to bo bled , but it will still moro strongly suggest that the sons ol General Grant lack business discern ment and ability , and to bo on the safe side should , keep their hands out of practical nllaira , unless it bo as salaried employes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O3IAHA bears a charmed name nnd is the most popular city In America. When the name of our city was brought before the republican national commit tee as the place for holding the national convention , it was the second choice ol the committee and came within a few votes of supplanting Chicago. The popularity of Omaha was again shown at the general conference of the Metho dist church , when this city was the second choice next to their own cities of each ono of the 111 members of the committee who had in charge the loeu' tion of the conference in 1892. When therefore , the balloting began , and the advantages of Omaha were pointed out nsn convention city , the votoof-tho com' mitteo was almost unanimous for Omaha , Other Lands Than Ours. Notwithstanding tlio fact that the govern racnt has asked for large apuropriations fen military and naval purposes , tbo war scare in England has not wholly abated. This i : duo mainly to tlio fact that now defects an being * discovered almost daily in the con' ' ditlon of the navy and in the defenses , wliicl tlio money already ask d for will go but t small way to remedy. There bas been i stupendous amount of extravagance , and ai equal degree of tncfUcIoncy , in Uio military and naval establishment of Great Britain and Uio disclosures are naturall ; somowliat startling to a peojili who have been resting in tin confidence of complete security. But th < fear of Invasion and conquest , w hlch intolll gout newspapers have contributed to , soctni altogether nbsurd. Tlio declaration attri buled. to General \Volsoley that a hostili ( it my of 100,003 inca landed in England could if well handled , overrun the country , seoini t3 the average intelligent outsider to bi wildly juudludicrously extravagant. Tto volunteers , mllitln nnd yeomanry ot the United Kingdom , toother with the regular forces nnd the nrmy reserves which ixro sta tioned there , mftko n total of over 400,000 soldiers in GrcntUritftln and Ireland tit all times. At least S30,000 of these could bo made available for service in England. Such n force os this , If properly directed , it Is safe to say , could hold at bay 100,000 or 100,00(1) , ( ) of tlio boat aoldlorn over gathered , tofeolher. Hut how could 100,000 of a hostile force bo brought to England ! It It were a conti nental country the task would not bo dlfll- cult , but the fact that many miles of sea would hnvo to bo traversed before the objective point could bo reached would render the feat botb delicate and arduous lethe the last degree. To collect a Butllclont num ber of ships to transport such nn nrmy would bo work of weeks , if not of months. An nrmy of 100,000 mon , with its nuotn of arms , horses nnd munitions of war , has never yet boon transferred by water by any country ut ono time. But oven if it were practicable to move such a ble nrmy at short notice , how could it make n landing ? England has a fltronger navy than nnv other two nations in the world combined , while its coast line is comparatively short. If the British navy , wltli nil its preponderance in men nnd im proved appliances of war , bo not adequate to dofcnd this line against any hostile com bination likely to bo directed against it , then British manhood nnd British energy and skill have deteriorated since the days when they were last brought to a lest in armed conflict with n formidable foo. % Political aftnlra in Franco seem to hnvo settled down to n stnto of complete tranquil- ity. The Coulnngor excitement has spent Its force , and tlio "Idol of the people" appears for'tlio time being to have passed out of con sideration , or at least to have no moro ac corded him than is given , to ordinary people who enjoy BOHIO prominence. Ho , too , seems to ho behaving himself with becoming cir cumspection. Meanwhile the business of legislation is actively resumed aud suvoial measures of considerable importance are re ceiving consideration. The decrco Issued by the Gorman government regarding Frenchmen entering Alsacc/Lorrniuo Is a source of some nnnoyanco to the French , nnd the Paris newspapers' have shown a disposition to stir up public feeling on the subject , but with no great success. Tlio deeruo is obviously precautionary , and ns such cnunot reasonably bo objected to. Past difficulties are the Justification of such n , measure , uiid it should bo rightly regarded rii intended to avert nny danger which may exist by reason of the abscnco of such an ar rangement. The decrco provides that trav elers entering .Alsace-Lorraine from Franco must have a passport revised by the Gorman ambassador at Paris , , and foreigners neglect ing this requirement will bo prevented from continuing their Journey , nnd very likely es corted back across the frontier. The only persons exempt from these restrictions arc Germans arriving JfrW Franco nnd inhabit ants of frontier districts entering Alsace- Lorraine on business , and even they must satisfy the fronj-icr police that they are what they profess to ho. * * When the great hankers of Berlin refused to lend to Russia the money she needed , the czar appealed to thibankers of Paris. But Berlin is now tlio greatest loan market of Uuropo , and the adverse decision of n nota ble group ot Gorman capitalists was a "bear argument" which had great weight in France. Months naSsed , and still the bank ers of Paris wcrounwilling to risk their monoy. At last the required sum was offered , but on terms that were humiliating. The lenders proposed conditions like ttioso which might ho cxncUxl from Peru , or some nation that had rofusejLto pa5r its Just debts. These terms , at 'first scornfully rejected , have now been accepted , and Uussiu will ob tain from the French syndicate an imme diate advance of $75,000,000 , with the promise of $145,000,000 more. The negotiation of this loan may disturb the peace of Europe. Until she procured a supply of foreign money Hussia lacked the sinews of war. With a full purse she can hasten these preparations for war which have been delayed. * * # A few days ngo , at "Valparaiso , there was a great colouration of Chili's triumph over Peru. Whllo the special reason for indulg ing iu rejoicings on that subject nt the pres ent time does not clearly appear , there can hone no question that this enterprising republic may take Just pride In the prowess of her arms. With Peru and Bolivia both against her , she succeeded in inflicting on the former ono of tlio most complete disasters , both by land nnd sea , recorded in recent warfare. She annihilated the really strong navy of Peru , carried her victorious army Into Lima itself , broke the Peruvian army into frag ments , until only a few fugitive guerillas were loft , and exacted n war indemnity , the cession of territory , and the control of the disputed nltrnto nnd gunno districts as con ditions of peace. From the flrst she took the utjBressivo und won victory nfter victory. Chili has slnco shown good scnsu in cultivat ing pence rather tlinu keeping up the war spirit. She long ngo amicably settled her Patagonia dispute with the ArgentineKopuu- lie , nnd , witli no neighbors whom she fears , ought now to bo able to remain ut peace for generations. * * * Should the emperor of Brazil , who is be lieved to bo mortally ill nt Milan , Italy , dlo , the cmplm will ho governed by a woman.'nnd a very remarkable womnii , too. Tlio Princess Iiabolhas boon noting as regent in har fath er's absence nbroad , but she lias ndt scrupled to tnko the initiative in very grove matters of state , without icferring such matters to the emperor. Last month she dismissed the cnl > Inet which her father had loft her , because she was dissatisfied with the Blow progress of the work of slave emancipation , Shou'hl she como to the throne she will certainly not bean an empress who reigns without governing , Her husband , the Comto tl'Eu , is a neu tral in politics , but } ho ' princess only needs an opportunity to m'uko her influence felt throughout the South , American continent. She is forty-on a years of ago , nnd It has been said of her that she combines the religious enthusiasm of her namesake of Castile with the energy of her ancestress , ftlaria Theresa , of Austria. She certainly knows her mind with all possible distinctness , and has away of having her will obeyed which is well un derstood and rather admired by her subjects , * * * The Chinese question in Australia is the speck no larger tfmn n man's hand which may yet cover thoi whole political horizon , New South Wales has miulq a bravo attempt to exclude Chinese. Tlio law passed was not ono of excessive severity , but ono which would exclude. At this early day the battcrlng rams of the coolie employers nro brought to bear upon the law , A Sydney court' has pronounced ugaiust the legality of the action of the colonial government. The Chinese minister to London has shaken his fist at Lord Salisbury , and Salisbury responds with the assurance that the home government will not give its support to any immigration laws passed by the colonies independently of the imperial parliament , and will es pecially oppose any such laws directed particularly against the Chinese. Tha Chinese minister apparently shook his fist to some purpose. The reply of the Eng lish foreign minister , who is also premier , is all that the Chinese minister could have ailccd. It rcmalus to be seen what action New South Wales will take lu the matter. It also remaiui to he seen what tto other Knf lls'i cabbies will ttilal of the i > o ititu in which the reply of Lord Salisbury bas placed them. They have apparently to cheese between submission to the Imperial ( fbvcrnmcnt In n matter ot the greatest Im portance to the colonies and making nn iwtio which may find its only solution in independ ence. If Chinese immigration into the Australian Islands Is permitted it Will soon roach n magnitude that will threaten the political character of the colonies. China can spare moro people than there are on these Islands and not know thnt they nro absent. STATE AND TEllIUTORY. Nebraska Jottings. Bold buri lo mon abound In Fremont. Colfnx county bas 4,000 school children. Ex-Senator Van Wyck speaks at Schuylcr Saturday afternoon. Sioux county's court house , to bo built nt Hnrrlson , will cost $9,000. McCook again announces thnt the B. & M. machine shops have been located there. There are more buildings In course of erec tion In Fronftntthau nt any other time siuco it was founded. The Nebraska City Prcsa calls for the en forcement of the law which prohibits tha selling ot tobacco lo children under uftcoa yenra of ngo. Track laying will bo pushed on the Beaver Valley branch of the B. & M. It will bo ex tended nt once to St. Francis , about forty miles west of BlaUcman. Otis Smith , a colored boy about twelve years old , was sent to the reform school from Boairico. The boy was sout up on complaint of his mother , who was uuablo longer to control him. Slnco Bcntrico has assumed metropolitan mrs , the police Judge says that the picketing of cattle near sidewalks , which ROUIO people nro doing , must bo stopped , or the force of the Inw will ho Invoked. lied AVillow county republicans are en gaged In n factionni light , tlio Indianoln crowd being licensed of defeating Mr. Bali- cock , of McCook , who wnntod to go to Chicago cage from the Second district. Satorla , BufTalo county , wants n boom , n snlpoiT , a milliner , a city dray , a barber shop , a sign pajntcr , a meat market , a wagon- maker and a bank. From thin list of wants iSntoria was lucky in securing n name. The work on the Insane asylum nt Hastings is progressing In n most satisfactory manner Mr. Hoynolds , ono of the contractors , says that if Htono be secured the foundation will soon be completed. Mr. Laws , of the board of public works , pronounces the work so far ns satisfactory. The state of Gage will have a delegate In each of the three national conventions. F. It. Joy ofOdcll. will nttend the prohibition convention nt Cincinnati , May 29 ; D.V. . Cooke of Beatrice , goca to the democratic convention nt S. Louis. June 5 , and C. O. Catcs of Beatrice , will represent Gage county In the republican convention at Chicago cage , Juno 1'J. . While John Curry of Schuylcr , was train ing one of his colts in a sulky Monday even ing and when going at a pretty rapid gait , his coat tail strayed into one of the wheels , jerking him from his scat und tearing off that portion of his garment. Ilo was pitched and bounced around on the vehicle for a tune before fore ho was landed on the ground , receiving innumerable bruises and cuts on various pnrts of the body. The moral is plain : Never wear a dress suit while training horses. _ _ _ _ _ lowa. Captain Perkins , of Onuwa , reports 4.33 inches of rainfall In April. The artesian well ut Duulap is down 1,3TO feet , and water is within seventy feet of the surface. The thirty-ninth annual fair of Van Burcn county will bo held atKcosauqun September 13 to 14 , inclusive. A man at Lognn recently purchased a $10 wolf to chase 0 cent chickens out of a f'J garden. The wolf is for sale. The Pilot wants a railroad from Storm Lake to Early to connect with the North western , and thinks a 5 per cent tax would got it. The examinations for mine Inspectors were commenced at , the state house iu DCS Moincs on Tuesday. There were only seven appli cants. There are now 8T5 children ia the institu tion for focblo-mindcd at Glcnwood. Appli cations for thp admission of several hundred moro have been received. At tlio soldiers' homo they issue tobacco only to those men who do not draw good sized pensions. If a man gets moro than $4 per month he has to buy 1m own tobacco. Governor Larrnbco has issued a proclama tion offering a reward of $ .100 for the arrest and conviction of the party who burned the court house , at Sidney , Fremont county , re cently , George E. Jones has presented to congress , through Senator Allison , his petition for money duo him as postmaster at Boonsboro twenty years ago. The amount claimed is over f 1,300. A committee of arrangements met In DCS Moincs , la. , to make arrangements to hold a rouiiion of the Eighteenth Iowa infantry und they resolved to hold it at Charlton , la. , on the 14th , 16th nnd lOtii of August. For full information icgarding same corresixjud with Robert Dcnbow , Albion , la. Dakota. Custcr City citizens will organize a board of trade. A teachers' Institute will ho held at Cnstlo- wood next week , conducted by Prof. Dempster. The big farmers in the Ued river vnlloy claim thM it only costs 23 cents to raise a bushel of wheat. The Elk Point schools are making elabor ate arrangements for ii big time nt their clos ing exercises. The Norwegian college deal at Sioux Falls is settled , and work will soon bo commenced on the building. Dcadwood realty is on the jump. Actual casli sales-show its value has increased over GO per cent in six months. White Ghost , chief of all tbo Crow Crook Indians , with his children nnd grandchildren , camped near Chaiuburlnm Monday. JIo ro- polls tliat his people nro anxious to have the reservation mutter settled , and will all sign tlio treaty. Tlio farmers nro complaining because It is not easy at this season to dispose of their butter In the markets of the Black Hills. Certain brands which are well known Hint u rcadv sale , but others nro compelled to offer thulr product for 1- and 15 cents per pound und cannot dlsposo of it for time. A BLACKMAILING SCIIKME. A. Prominent Oinalia ItiiHlucas Man Held Up for Money. A special telegram from Minneapolis In yesterday's BE is gave u very one-sided ac count of tlio unpleasant family troubles of Mr. Lorenzo D. II. Hill nnd n divorce pro ceedings that IB on trial in the courts of that city at the present time. The facts that have brought about the pres ent suit uro us follows ; Mr. Hill was mar ried to n Minneapolis lady in about the year 188'J. Some time after their marriage they separated nnd ho applied for n divorce. The decree was denied. In ISSil ho moved fo Da kota and went into biibincss. After ho had become n resident of that state ho applied for H divorce and the deoreo was granted. His former wife had full knowledge of the legal procejcdlngs in the case , and Uld not appear against him. Tlio cause of their separation was her ill treatment of his two children who were born to him and his Jlrst wife who was do. ceased. Some months after ho was granted a divorce he married a lady in Maine and moved to this city wlicro ho has been engaged - gaged in the house furuisbing business for some tune. In l&ir the Miuneauolls Mrs. Hill went to Dakota accompanied by her at torneys and asked th'o court to reverse the decree of divorce. The court huld that the ' refused to 'divorce was regular und ro-open the case. Bomo time afterMr. Hill's thlidmarrlugo Jio transferred live lots that ho owned iu Minneapolis to his present wife for a money consideration , When the Miiinc- . apolis Mrs. Hill heard of the tranbfer of the property last summer she began the dlvorco null that is now on trial und also asus for tlio bwiuostration of the property that is now " > thp name of Mrs. Hill of Omaha. Mr Hill H in the Minneapolis courts witti attorneys de fending the case , A handsome complexion ia one of the ereatesl/charms a wotnnfi can possess , Completion .powder gives it. TUB HA1LUOA1)3. The Clmngo In IliUcs on Lire Sldok Other itfaltcM of Interest. A nnmbor of the southwestern roads , In nddltlon to Iho lines west Of the Missouri nvcr , are protesting ognlnst the notion of the W6stcrn association In Jotarmlnlnf * Ihnt nil stock nhiinwd should bo charged for At actual weight , nml claim that the now ar rangement was mndo In the Interest of the companies owning nnd running palace slock cars. Not as ninny cattle cart bo crowded into n palace stock car ns In nn ordinary one , and In consequence- the charging of notunl weight would crowd out ot service common cars , ns it would cost virtually less to ship in nn Improved than In a common car. Oattlo shipped In improved cars do not logo as much weight in transportation , nnd roads using Ihom would receive greater rcmuncr- nlion. The lines west of the Missouri made the rate on live stock nllko for nil kind of cars , to offset the advantage * derived by roads cast nnd west of the rlvor In UfUng Im proved , Unless tlio roads o.nt nnd west of the Missouri ndopt the weight system , the the action of the western und northwestern roads amounts to nothing. Tiinr IIA.VR Amman. The managers of the western and north western roads , who hnvo been in session In Chicago for some time , have adopted an agreement by which a board of control has been appointed who are empowered to nroso- cute any road violating the provisions of an cgreomcnt made by tlio meeting concerning rntos. The mntter can bo taken cither to the intcr-statu commerce commission or in the United States courts. visiTixo ornciAt.s. Car 37 of the PHtsburg , Cincinnati fc St. Louis , came In over the Union Pacific from Denver yesterday. It contained General Mnnagor McCrary , General Passenger Agent Ford , Gcncrnl Superintendent of Transpor tation Wood and Mr. Norton , nil of the Pennsylvania lino. The party claim that they have been out on n pleasure trip but it seldom occurs thnt railroad oAlclnls tnko pleasure trips in this style. They loft for Chicago nt 0:45 : via Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy , behind n scab engineer. 8OMCTHIXO ST1HXOR. In railroad circles it is "few dlo nnd none resign. " But closely following this comes the announcement that S. P. Jeffries , re cently appointed master of transportation on the Kansas City , St. Joe & Council Bluffs has actually resigned , and says ho will take his old place as conductor. sriKES. The Sioux City & Pacific will build n new depot at Sioux City. And the headquarters of Iho Fremont , Elkhorn - horn & Missouri Valley road are not as yet In Omaha. General Manager Jeffries of the Illinois Central , is on a trip through Iowa nnd has ulvcn it out thnt ho will visit Omaha. This fact has caused the railroad man on the of ficial B. & M. organ to announce a now'rall- road with Omaha as its western terminus. If all the roads ho announces were built passengers to Chicago could cheese from 349 different routes. The rate to the Knights of Pythias con clave at Cincinnati Is 519.TO for the round trip. In regard to Mr. Fisher of the Rock Island becoming general manager of the Union Paclilc it must bo boruo in mind that Thomas L. Kimball is at present the general manager and that the directors have refused to displace him. E. P. Iliplo5' has boon appointed general traftlc manager and Paul Morton general freight agent of the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy , to tnko 6ftoct May 23. S. F. Hoskins , thoUniou Pacific agent at Peoria , 111. , is In the city. H. H. Morlcy , passenger agent of the Michigan Central , with headquarters at Kansas City , was In Omaha yesterday. A Tnnouon COACH. Commencing Monday , May 23 , the Union Pacific will ran a through coach between Council Bluffs and Denver on train leaving Council Bluffs nt 8:40 a. m. . nnd Omaha at 0:00 : a. in. , returning on train leaving Denver at 8:30 : a. m. and arriving in Omaha nt 7:55 : n. in. and Council Bluffs at 8:40 : a. tn. Natural Born Blind Render. A reporter had his attention called to a green pasteboard sign bearing the above legend on , a door on Howard street. The mind reader was not at homo , so a personal description of her cannot bo given. A col ored individual who claimed to have had his mina perused by this "natural born" won der , informed the reporter that "sho was Jist like any other woman , foah God , sah. " From this it must be presumed that "natural bora" mind readers are not unlike anyone elso. 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It it pleas r'a ft * BultB. pmciay ASH BITTERS CO AN OLD TRAPPER'S ' HOW HE- SAVED THE LIFE OF Hll INDIAN COMPANION. A Meeting of TrnpperH and Minor * & Their Btorlcs of Mnrrow Ktcnpea And Ihrlltlntf Adventures. In tlio Jims of n Grizzly. A few nights ulncc , whllothe rain wm pourlnir down thick anil fast , n notable croup ot men sac In ono corner of the ofllcfl of one of our prom inent hotel * . They had met by chnnce ami were renewing old acquaintance1 ! nml tolling their ec- Derlonces at narrow escapes in tha wmtem ' "R that I sot ott on Know-shoes , accompanied by nn Indian , to n small lake In norths imrtof Dnkotn. to fetch Rome il U couetit the pr vlou < i mitumnvhlcli lay frozen in n IOR cabin on the nhore of the lake some ten miles off. We took a train of docs nnd calculated to return before dark. Wo had proceeded abdut six miles , when the Indian who was In advance , paused nnd appeared to nee xomo footprints In the BIIOW , tutor u moment's snrutlny , li rose nnd said , tliat n bear had passed not long before , and could not bo far off , nnd he wanted to follow It. 1 told him to follow , and 1 would brltiR the dogx In his track , as the bear w as ( tolnR In the direc tion of the lako. The Indian nlarted nwaywltu his nun , and was soon lost In the woods. For a quarter of nn hour I plodded on , occasionally stopplnpc to listen for pome sound from the In- dlani At lint I heard the discharge ot his ( rut ) , nnd Immedliit8lynttorhenrd a second discharge. Then all became Rlloiit , and I concluded that ho lind killed the bear , and that \\onld noon como up and llnd htm Rkltuilng It , Just then howo\cr , 1 was startled by a fierce growl , nud selzliiR my rlile. I rinheil forward. A loud roar from the bear as ho saw mo coming caused mo to lonk.up , and as I did. jny snow shoo cntiRht at somctlilng.aiid I pitched forward , accidentally dlsclmrninH my rillo nn I fell. I sprntiK to my feut ngulu , iiiul , wltli my rllle clubbed , I waited for the coming of his boaishlp , who had loft the poor Indian almost dead and w na rushlnc to meet mo. As he real eil himself on his hliid legs for n friendly embrace , my oyiw foil on on tlio Inilluu'.i nxc. that had been diopped In the struggle. Kclalnir It 1 brought It douu with all my etrungtu on the grlzzley's head , ho foil on mo und touether vo rolled down the hill. Upon ex tricating myself 1 found that the blow from the nxn had killed his bcarnhlp , and that I was uninjured , but the poor Indian was terribly torn and today hobbles around the fort cutting llrowood or some such thine. " "V'cs , that was a narrow eicapo , " said one of tlio mining proBpcctors , n Mr. Koynolds. who ha * prospacted extcunlvcly through Colorado nnd the Hlack Hills , nnd Is the owner ot several gold and tin claims In the IHack Hills , "but It Is not a circumstance to n narrow escape I had not long ngo. " About ono year mo I noticed that my nose was swelling nnd getting quite rod , and a Httlo plmplo formed on the side of my nose , but rtldiftcrow much larger , until ono day It broke , thuiiallttlo scab formed over It : It bothered mo nnd I plcKcd It off , trhon a larger ono came , this I picked olT , nnd n larger sore was under It : this commenced to spread , until the whole end of uiy nose was a raw sore. I commenced to get Beared , then , and looked around for pome doctor. I wont to several doctors in the lllnck Hills. Botna didn't know what It ws and told me it was a can cer. I had seen some ot the ad vertisements in the Omaha pa pers of Dr. Mc Coy's cures , and I made tip my mind XI would go and nee him. I got in OmnhatliolWth of Mm cli , and went up to his oIUoo. Ilo examined my nose carefully nnd prononnced IIEFORE TREATMENT. thodlseajsCupUS and said It would take very active treatment to prevent Its spreading more. 1 told him to so ahead on It If there was uny hopes. Ilo made several applications of a chemical , and niter such treatment , the sere place grew less until it was healed , but it hud destroyed a 'part ot my nose , and the doctor suggested talcing a ploco out of inv check and putthip it on my nose. I consented , and ho took a piece out ot my right checkbut kept uuo end of it att ached to the skin to keep it alive , then ho made the flesh around tha scar raw againnnd sot the pleco In It and stltchod it to the sides , it healed therewith the ex ception of one Httlo place , but I was saUslied with it as it was , and didn't ask for any more. . l have read nbont such diseases , und have talked nbnut it to others , and the general conclu sions ha * been that it was incurable AFTEH TREATMENT. now you see how narrow my escape was , nnd If It had gonu 'til now , I uellovo it would hare eaten way out Into my checks. I cannot speak too highly of the successful way In which th doc tor treated me , and ot what I hoar of the opinion of hlx other patients his succofas Is general. Mr , Jeff ItevnoMs , now resides at Menlo.Tn , ana ulll willingly and chueriully coroborato the above statement. Can Catarrh bo Cured. The past age might bo called n superstitious one. The present can moro properly bo culled among tlio Impossibilities have now become everyday possibilities. It would bo superfluous to euumuruto them. IJtit hiivo wo reaihod the utmost limit ? Have we ? I'hyslclans who claim to make certain ailments the human body is subject to a special study and claim to boablo to-suro such illsciiNes. are pronounced by other solf-satIsllcdpractitioners as promimptuonsbut ; docs tlu-lr sa ) IIIK so mitke It su1'ne man who cornea tha nearc.st to overcoming the beemluu Impossibilities of others is now ml tlio race , and wollrtofH ho or they do&urro the hiiccc.sa they have labored o hard to attain , Jr. J , C'resap McCoy or his RHSocIates do not makeclalms to anything marvelous , Mich HH raisins the dead and Hiving thi'in now llfoj neither ! o they claim toKlvoslKhiu > thoblludbut by their now und BCluntlllo method of lieailng catarrh they have cured and do euro catarili , as w el I as bronchial and throat troubles. They make cntmrh a specialty bocausoit Is ono of the most pre\alent and tronblcHomo dlseaHi'H that the people of this ell in u tu are heir to. Slnco Jr. itcGoy nnd his absoclatcs have localod In this city they hare treated with KIICCCEH hliiidiods of iicisons M'iiom other physicians have tola their dlseneo uai claBHcil uinon the Inciirablin. Do they not pub lish trom week to week In tlio dally papers tea- tlmonlals from some of their many uiHtertil patients , Klvlus In each rasu the full name and uddruss of the pert > on iiuiKlnK the ututn- mont , that the doubting and vWejitlcul may call nnd interview the said people pilor tovisltlnff the doctor's ollices for consultation. Ilio people advertised as curt d lira by no means obsruro or unUnottn. but In the inujorHy of cases nro tltt- zem Mnli known by the bimlueas peopl and community at largo , and ft ulll inorathauiapuy any 0110 bitirerlnu from caturrlml ntrectlous to visit thojulioio htatomi'iits nro publiahud , or consult with the doctor or hU najuclaton ut hU DOCTOR Has Omces No. 310 nnrt 311 n mm.niN'o. OMAHA. NKK. Where all curable cusenuni treated ttltli uo- Medical diseases treated skillfully. Co tlon , Uiiylit'it iltHeaue. DyBiiuiinlii. tlioumiUUm , uuilallNUHVOUa JUBUAHIaS. AlUltets to Iliu ucXes a npeclalty. UATAURU UlNsill.TATION at olllce or l > y maUJI. Many tllseusea uic treatoil BUi'iuMfully bjDr. . McCoy UiruiiyU thu niAtlx , and it U I liui jttftsiblu fur those mmblu to inuka tun lour * toy to obuin succuAiful iio ; > Jtftl treutr.icut at tlir'.r bomos. OAra hours 9 to 11 a in. : 2 to < p. m , : 7 io u. m. hUNI ) A V HOUltS FROM 9 A. U. TO 1 F.U Cirruiii > oucleiiru rcceivua jnomtit alttutlou. No letter * answered uul as accomponled bj t Ciuti Iu utinipi , Adders All mull to Pr. J , 0. McCtfjr , Houo * Slo Aud JU tutngv ' . ulldlttr , Oiuuhfc , Ncl ) .