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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
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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 -
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ,
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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. Why not advertise an unnatural born
one ! _
"Tho best on earth , " can truly bo
said of Griggs' Glycerine Salvo a
speedy cure for cuts , bruises , scalds ,
burns , sores , piles , totter and all skin
eruptions. Try this wonder hcnlor.
25 cents. Guaranteed. Goodman Drug
Co.
Easily digested : of the flne t flavor. Ahearty
beverage lor n strong appetite ; a delicate drink
for tne sensitive. Thorougniy tented ; nutritious :
palatable ; unexcelled In purity ; no unpleasant
. after elfects. Requires no boiling.
B0t.lt I1V
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Iff. O. WILBUR & SONS ,
, I'A.
THEY DID IT. .
What ? Cuied among others the
following. They \vrlto :
SUa Central A\o , Cincinnati , O. , I
January 4tu , \ > m. f
AtfilojJioroi PlllK lja\n enrol me of liver
onmiiliUnt ami dyi > i > cp Ui. I Rave tea nt
tljn IlUatoa frleuil who Is troublttl wltli
Indication aud ho lias jnjiiro\i l won
derfully. 1. II. UOWEKAUI- ,
10 lloseUft St. New Haion. CL. 1
JtoluiuryloUi , l m. t
AtlUnrliorcw 1'ills worked womlurn In my
cu.se of d ) Bx'ilo. | IMHI : U CiauK.
Atli-lo-iilio-ros Pills are amnll and
pleasant to take , yet wonderfully
effective. Invaluable for kidney
and liver complaints , dyspepsia , indigestion -
digestion , constipation , headache ,
etc. They'll take away that tired
feeling giving new life and strength.
43 > Scnd 0 cents for Iliohcnutlful coloied pic
ture , " Mootlili MalUtu. "
THEATHLOPHOROSCO. 112 WallSt , N. Y.
, 5ENNA-MANORAKE-BUCHIJ
\uo \ OTHB3 iRiuiur unciiwr nuroits
It h Bttood tha Teit of Yoaro ,
in Coring all Dlieaets of the
BLOOD , LIVES , 8TOM
' ACH , KIDNEYS.BOW
ELB,4e. ItPnrinesthe
Blood , InTigorfttei and
Cleanses the Syetem.
D7EPEPSIA.COK6TI
SATIOH , JAUHDIcr ,
BICEHE&DAOHK.BIL-
LIVER lOUBCOlIPLAIHIS.&C
dliappcar at ont under
KJDNEYS Its IcuBflelal iiiflueaCB
STOMACH
AND tB Its
* i '
homage. 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 ) .