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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , MAY 29 , 188a
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AVERAGE MAI LY CIKCULATIOX 18 , 128
GKNEUATJ BLACK'S vice-presidential
boom is received vojry cordinlly by the
Illinois domocrnts. It is , as it were ,
almost blnck in the face.
QUKKX VlcroniA has ordered that no
married American woman- shall bo pre
sented at court without her husband.
And angry American husbands are in
quiring what they have done to deserve
this humiliation.
SrouTiKO men are complaining ; that
n presidential year interferes with the
pool room and the horse races , and that
the outlook for the business this year is
bad. It's an ill wind that docs not
bring hard luck to somebody.
DKS Moixus has a street car company
which , if report be true , defies the law ,
the courts and the city council. For
downright cussedness , the average
Btreot car company , if disposed , can
equal any monopoly in the land.
WISCONSIN democrats have nomi
nated the author of "Peck's Bad Boy"
for governor. It is evident that the
Wisconsin democrats are going into the
canvass for fun , and the joke will bo
called when the funny man gets loft.
IT will bo gratifying to many old
soldiers to learn that the monument
commemorating the spot whore General
Hancock fell in Pickott's charge has
just been completed on the field of
Gettysburg. General Reynolds is the
only other corps commander honored in
a similar manner. No doubt within a
few years General Meado's part in the
battle will bo suitably remembered by a
lasting memorial.
THE bank clearings of Omaha for the
week ending May 20 , were the greatest
in the history of our city , being
$3,902,035. If the clearings of the pri
vate banks of tbo city and totals of South
Omaha wcro included , the clearing fig
ures would show an oven $ -1,000,000. It
is a fact that the clearing house of
Omaha is much moro conservative in
making its-record than any city in the
country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GOVEIINOU HILL'S friends do not
want him to bo a candidate for rouomi-
nation , but urge him to settle down in
Now York and practice law. They ns-
sure him mi income of at least thirty-
five thousand dollars. But as Mr. Hill
gets ton thousand dollars a year and a
house to live in as governor of the state ,
the probabilities are that ho will cast
his hot in the muddy waters of politics
rather than fish for suckers with prom
ises as bait.
TJIH Knights of Labor of Colorado
nro about to start an experiment in co
operation at Glonwood Springs , which ,
if successful , is destined to have a great
influence on the order. Several hun-
drcd acres have boon secured on Grand
river which are to bo turned into farmIng -
Ing land. Canning works and kindred
establishments are to bo erected which
ill introduce a now industry into Cole
rado. The colonists who have under
taken the work are enthusiastic and
bespeak for the enterprise the support
of not alone the knights but the people
of the state. Co-oporntion in the United
Slates has not boon a success. It is to
bo hoped , however , that the Knights ol
Labor have evolved a plan which will
prove eminently beneficial.
IT is gratifying to observe a growing
opposition to the system of maintaining
private armed mercenaries. The Chicago
cage Jfcmhl says : "Of all the heinous
departures from freedom , the business
of private military , private olllccriug o
the people , private butchery of the in
habitants for the hire of quarreling cm
ployors this business has been the
widest dollectlon from liberty. " It ic
only necessary for intelligent men tc
consider the true nature of this "dellec
lion from liberty' in order to discon
the danger it involves to the rights o
the people and to the principles or
which American institutions arc
founded. It is in every possible aspcu
hostile to our system of government ant
a menace lothoso constitutionalguarau
toes upon which rests our security as r
free people. It is a dangerous und in
tolerable evil that has been bteultuil ;
growing upon us until it has rcachci
alarming proportions , and it mu&t Lt
firmly met lind put 'down.
Pacific llnllrond Legislation.
There appears to bo very Htllo proba-
> lllty that any legislation relating to
ho Pacific railroads will be enacted at
he present session of congress. The
louse committee having charge of pro-
> oscd legislation has recently boon glv-
ng attention chiefly to the question of
ho funding of the Central Pacific debt ,
which has boon under consideration
rom tlmo to time for two months or
ongcr. It BOOIUS to bo a source of great
> orploxity to the committee , and not n
top 1ms been taken , towards form
ulating a bill to solve the prob-
cm. The explanation of this is
aid to bo that the committee fears
o jeopardize the chances of the
Outhwallo bill in the house by the In-
reduction of a Central Pacific measure ,
as the Huntington lobby was never
stronger at Washington than it is
to-day. Should the commlttcio report
a bill to refund the Central Pacific debt ,
ho torrns of which would be in any way
advantageous to the government , it is
cared the lobby would make a descent
upon both measures and prevent the
MVBsugo of cither.
Such is the extraordinary admission
vhlch is reported to be freely made in
.ho . confidence of the committee room ,
vhilo valuable tlmo ia wasted in dis
cussing the draft of a bill submitted by
C. P. Huntington , shortly after his mo-
norablo appearance some time ago bo-
ere the committee , when ho tearfully
recounted the hardships that ho and his
co-laborers had suffered in constructing
the Central Pacific. This measure
nodcstly proposes to extend the limit
'or the payment of the debt ono hun
dred stid iweuty-fivo years , It is not nt
all likely that the committee will re
port the bill , but it is a reproach on the
committee and on congress that so as
tounding a proposition from the Cen
tral Pacific robbers was given a mo-
nent's consideration , Meantime the
jill of Mr. AndorsoiJ" which provides
'or a forfeiture of charter and the insti-
.utlon of suits against the mon
who have impoverished the roads
and brought thorn to their pros-
out insolvent condition , has re
ceived little or no consideration anij is
probably permanently pigeon-holed.
Such is the situation and the outlook
after all the time consumed and money
expended in investigating the Pacific
roads with a view to arriving at a fair
and equitable basis on which to readjust
their relations us debtors to the govern
ment. There are no facts wanting for
the information ot congress. The
knowledge of these roads is full and
complete. The rights of the govern
ment and of the people in the matter
liavo boon clearly set fortli and ought
to bo well understood. Yet the people
sco their representatives perplexed ,
awed and helpless before a Cen
tral Pacific lobby , with the
chances of any legislation in the public
interest growing every day smaller. It
is an instructive exhibition of congres
sional incompotoucy , imbecility and
cowardice.
The Grcston Dtonstcr.
The report of the Iowa railroad com
missioners on the disaster at Creston ,
which occurred on the 18th of last
April , was submitted to the governor a
few days ago and will be found in full
elsewhere. The commissioners lay the
primary responsibility for the accident
on the conductor and engineer of the
freight trainj who neglected to ohservo
the rules and regulations. But these
mon had been on duty respectively
thirty-six and thirty hours , and wore
unfitted to give proper attention to
their duties. They had been over
worked and were physically worn
out. This was the fault of the
company , which , regardless of the pub
lic safety , compelled these men to per
form a continuous service that was beyond -
_ yond their powers of endurance. In the
case of the conductor , tired nature being -
ing no longer able U > stand the strain ,
ho foil asleep at a critical time , and
while the engineer remained awake ho
appears to have been incapable of exer
cising the care and vigilance which the
circumstances required. "Tho manage
ment that directed these mon , " say the
commissioners , "to be kept in continu
ous service without rest for thirty and
thirty-six hours , respectively , until the
men were unable to keep awake , and
wcro physically unfitted for places
whore every faculty is needed to bo
active and awnko to avoid accidents , is
certainly censurable. "
This is a very mild sort of reproof , at
which the guilty managers of the Bur
lington will doubtless smile. Fortun
ately there were no passengers injured
in the accident , but the fireman of the
freight train lost his life , a bralcaman
tfas so badly Injured that it became noo-
casary to amputate hi log , and other
employes were injured. Do such consequences
quences of mismanagement call for
nothing more than a mild expression ol
censure ! * Can any language bo too
strong in which to condemn mon who in
their determination to crush labor , com
pel the employes of their corpo
ration to work beyond endur
ance , thereby endangering life am1
property ? In strict justice , does not the
primary responsibility for this accident
rest upon the managers of the Burling
ton road , rather than upon the worn-
out conductor and engineer ? The man
agement of the Burlington system lint
boon guilty , a great deal of this sort ol
wrong to its employes and to the publii
during the padt thrno months , and the
wonder is that there have not been more
accidents duo to the same causes whicl
brought about that at Creston.
There will have to bo some vorj
stringent state and general legislation
regarding the too common practice o.
railroads requiring excessive con tinuouE
Borvieo of employes whose employment
has direct relation to the pub
lics safety. The Iowa commissioner ! :
say that "they regard the working o
men without rest or sleep for long
periods of time us hazardous in the extreme -
tromo , and not justifiable oven if the
men do not object to the extra hours , '
But the corporations will pay no atton
lion to suggestions of this kind whoi
circumstances or their interests are iiol
favorable. So long us they are amenable
only to the eoubure of public opinion thcj
will not-reform in this particular. 'The
matter is unquestionably of public con
ccrn , and ought to bo made a subject ot
tatutory regulation.
Our ToHco Force Sufllctrnt.
Chief Seavoy has boon asking for nd-
lltions to his force. There Is no neces
sity at present for moro pollcomon in
Duiaha. While fifty more officers could
> o used , wo have no monpy in the treas
ury for the employment of these mon ,
and wo cannot afford the oxponso. The
city has very nearly reached the stand
ard in the ratio ot patrolmen to popula-
rion. The fact that some over-zealous
friends of Onmlm have exaggerated the
wpulatlon to some extent need not bo
considered in this connection.
It is true that a largo share of that
class which gives the pollco trouble is
ocatcd at South Omaha. But pollco
survoillnnco in South Oinalm has noth-
.ng to do with our metropolitan force.
South Omaha is no part of Omaha at
ircsont , and if a disturbance ot the
> caco occurs at South Omaha , the local
authorities there must take charge of
.hotr law-breakers. If assistance is
needed in that city to put down lawless-
less , the sheriff of the county is the
iropcr person to appeal to , and not our
chief ot police.
Thai Mr. Seavoy wants as many mon
as possible under his command is
a natural dosiro. Every colonel
n the army , doubtless , would
ike to bo division commander , and
every division commander longs for the
day when ho may bo made corps com
mander.
At this time , however , Omaha can
not gratify Chief Scavoy's ambition by
an increase of the police forco. The
city is loaded down with taxes.
Until the army of tax-enters
is shut out , the police force
must necessarily be confined to its pres
ent limits. Some of our pcoplo go to
extremes. For a long time Omaha was
illowed to sulTor by inadequate police
protection. Now that wo have good
l > olico protection , some of our states
men want to over-do the business by
joing to the other extreme.
IT is not surprising that Germany is
threatened by a socialistic upheaval ,
the mutterings of which are plainly
heard. The opportunity of shaking oil
the strong imperial hold , which Bis
marck created , could not have boon
chosen at a moro propitious timo. With
Emperor William dead , Frederick , Bis
marck and Von Moltke n oaring their
graves , the revolutionists count upon
the death of these three men to over
throw the imperial creation of a united
Germany. The socialists are working
upon the feelings of the various south
ern German states. Their propaganda
is spread through the agricultural dis
tricts. They plausibly point out that
the unity of the empire was accom
plished by force , and that the different
states submitted themselves to the
domination of Prussia in the
hope that the union promised
peace and prosperity to all.
These not-unionists demand that the
states shall move and obtain the auton
omy from Prussia which , they claim ,
has boon the solo beneficiary of the amal
gamation. That Prince William , when
ho ascends the throne will listen to any
such measures , is out of the question. If
the revolutionists are anxious to regain
the autonomy of the various states they
must fight for it. But the struggle will
bo a desperate one. Prince William
has all the mettle and temper of the
Hohenzollcrns to hold a firm grasp on
imperial Germany. If ho comes out
victorious and the Gorman empire re
mains intact , the voice of disunion will
bo silenced forever , and the young
prince will most worthilj' wear the em
peror's crown loft to him by his illustri
ous grandfather.
THE Republican wants the city coun
cil to take immediate stops to provide
$200,000 for paries and boulevards for
Omaha. The Republican has been n
long time coming around , and has
changed its front since the memorable
fight over the charter. Before the
Republican champions the park ques
tion , it had better explain where Cndol
Taylor stood during the fight on the
Omaha charter when the clause re
lating to parks was under discussion.
In collusion with boodle contractors and
interested real estate men , he
did everything in his power to pre
vent any provision for parks in the
city of Omaha. The clause in the
charter giving the city authoritj
to buy land and lay out a system ol
parks was struck out by the help ol
Cadet Taylor and his satellites. It is
to say the least , in bad taste now to tr >
and foist a job on the city to nceomino
date certain schemers. Omaha is toe
heavily in debt at present to bond her
self for the extension of her park sys
tem. The land that could have been
secured at a nominal price under the
park-claubo of the charter , will nov\
cost Omaha hundreds of thousands o :
dollars. Wo cannot run recklessly inte
further debt , and for that reason Till
BEE is directly opposed to the scheme
THE national republican convontioi
meets in a hall which will hold no more
than seven thousand pcoplo , A grea'
deal of complaint has been hcati
against the national committee for no
providing a meeting place whore a' '
least twice that number of pcoplo couli
bo accommodated. But the specia
committee having the matter in charge
was expressly instructed to engage IK
building that would hold moro thai
seven thousand people , The action o
the national committee was commcndn
bio. A national convention is eome
thing more than a great mob mass meet
iug where the galleries have moro U
say than the elected delegates. Tin
nominating of n president should bo i
deliberate , cool , and business-like procedure
coduro , But when a howling , irre
sponsible body pack the hull and out
number the delegates fifteen to ono
the convention is practically handee
over to these outsiders , who can make i
farce of the deliberations by electing i
curb-stone candidate.
FOK the two weeks ending May 23 , tin
number of hogs slaughtered in Omaht
was 21,000 in excess of the tuimbei
slaughtered the previous fortnight. A
this rate Omaha is likely to surpass
Knnias City asa pork packing centlri
.within the next six mouth's' .
LAUOK NOTICS.
A COO ton nmoltor has Just boon orJorod by
a Butte ( Mont ) firm.
The capacity of the Laramie ( \Vy. T. ) glass
works will bo doubled.
A St. Louis company has made 200,000
pairs of shoos slnoj January 1.
The Detroit unions are pushfnR an Investi
gation of child labor In that town.
A St. Louis firm lias turned oror 0,505 car *
rlngos and buggies sinca last Mny ,
Bricklayers1 laborers got f3.75 n day In
Brooklyn , and f3JO.ln Now York city.
About 2,000 Scandinavian families have
settled In Cannda during the last two years.
The bois bakers of Toronto , Can. , have
signed last year's scale of wages and regula
tions.
A Contocook ( Mo. ) man has Invented a
mnclilno that makes twenty paper boxes a
mlnuto.
Now Haven , Conn. , stonecutters struck to
have an obnoxious mnu discharged , and they
succeeded.
The car-wheel plant ot Birmingham , near
Kansas City ( Mo. ) , has a capacity of 123 car
wheels a day ,
The yarn exportation from Bombay , Indm ,
to China and Japan amounts to 00,000,000 ,
pounds poryoar.
Goal dealers are being driven out of busi
ness already by the Introduction ot natural
gas in Indianapolis.
The Mechanical Engineers , who mot at
Nashville souio diiys ago , will meet at Scranton -
ton , I > a. , la October.
Tlicro are 130 miles ot electric railroads in
operation In the United States , and 1GO more
have been contracted for. The greatest area
of miles is In Pennsylvania.
Fifteen members of the St. Paul Sou-Pro
tecting Tailors' association have struck
ngainst a reduction of 20 i > or cent.Tho firm
is sending its work over to Minneapolis.
San Antonio ( Tex. ) is claimed to bo the
largest wool market In the southwest , the
greatest horse market In the country , and
the greatest nocan market In the world.
Our consul at Malaga , Spain , ordered a
stove from America , which nt llrst was not
looked ou with favor by the natives , but now
they llko it , und thcro Is a great cry for
stoves.
A 500-loom cotton-mill for the manufacture
of the finer qualities of ginghams , seersuck
ers , etc. , will bo established at Columbus ,
Ga. This will bo the first mill of the klud in
the south.
Indiana is ono of the largest flour produc
ing states. It has about ono tbousaud mills ,
which employ 4,000 men , the wages of whom
the Indianapolis Journal has estimated at
about $1,500,000 , a year.
Ono ot the Baku ( Russia ) oil wells re
cently produced about 53,000,000 gallons in
115 days. The greater portion was lost , be-
cnuso there was no apparatus to control the
output , which flowed away into the river.
A Catling gun company has been formed nt
London with a capital of $4,000,000. The
company has nn agreement with the Ameri
can people which gives it exclusive control
of all markets outside of the western hem
isphere.
The capacities of the Blshopton knitting
mill at Wuterford , fj. Y. ; Fries' woolen fac
tory , at Salem , Ni C. j the Fonda ( N..Y. )
woolen mill ; the Columbus ( Ga. ) knitting
mill , and the Koxuury carpet mills , at Saxon-
villa , Mass. , have been increased.
The free miners in the Pratt mines , near
Birmingham , Ala. , have struck for G5 cents
a ton. The last scale paid was 50 cents a ton
in winter and 45 cents ia summer. The com
pany employs about 1SOO persons. About
SOO convicts arc at work around the mines.
Notwithstanding the severe laws ngainst
strikes in Germany thcro arc a number in
progress. The silk weavers of Bochult have
struck work , and in consequence of the
movement the Bochult mills have been
closed. A general strike has been declared
f or an increase ia wages among the doc or
ators and upholsters of Hamburg and Al-
tona. At Dortmund the bricklayers have
agreed to demand a minimum wage ot 40
pfennings per hour ( lOo ) . and as the employ
ers are unwilling to grant this a general
strike is imminent.
STATE AND TK11IXORIT.
Nebraska Jotting.
Benklcman will secure n largo grist mill.
The Missouri Pacific will build to Kear
ney.
Beatrice will enjoy an anti-saloon conven
tion Juno 9.
Nebraska City is reaching out for a Y. M.
C. A. building.
General Von Vyck will speak at Fremont
on Memorial day.
It is reported that the Uock Island is sur
veying up the Plattc.
The Beatrice Paper Manufacturing com
pany is maturalizing.
Falls City will celebrate the completion of
her water works July 4.
South Sioux City lias issued $2,000 bonds
for now n school houso.
The Sun Is the latest venture in the news
paper Hold nt Huntley , Neb.
Falls City has organized n gun club com
posed of shootists from away back.
The sanitarium , Just completed nt Mllford ,
will soon bo opened to weak , suffering human
ity at so much per week.
The Nebraska Industrial homo at Milford
to bo built by the state and to cost $15,000 is
underway. It will bo of brick lour stories
high.
The six-year old son of Joseph Hammang ,
of Arlington , who was accidentally shot by
Ins brother while playing with a revolver , is
recovering. -
Beaver Crossing , Scword county , comes to
the front with " 18 population. It claims that
an adult boom Is about to leap forth in a
blnzo of glory.
The Broken Bow Republican prints an decant -
cant boom edition , setting forth the advan
tages of the town in readable stylo. Broken
Bow is booming.
Two horses belonging to Dison Anderson ,
of Big Springs , wuro killed by a stroke of
lightning. Hull broku u urcat many window
lights in the vicinity of Big Springs.
The B. it. M , railroad will build 100
miles of road west of Alliance on the
main line and twulyo miles of the Black
Hills route to Hcmlngfonl. The surveyors
arc on the ground und work will commence
by the 1st of Juno.
The following sporting Hem from the
Bcotiu Republican on thu habit of the rare
bird known as the pelican is of interest :
' Mr. James 1'atton killo d n pelican ou the
river the other dny which measured seven
fuct and four inches from tip to tip of wings.
It is said that the mouth will open wide
enough to contain n gallon Jug'o think
this one would Imvo easily contained a half
gallon jug. Most paoplu would bo satisfied
if they could hayc u jug to hold to their
mouth oven if tlieif mouth was ordinary
blzo. "
This item from the Blue Springs Motor
gives an idea of whut can bo ui/coiniiiUliCii in
Nebraska : "Within , the past thirty days
thcro has boon bhippcd over the Union 1'a
cilio road ulono sovcnty-nlno carloads of cat
tle and eighteen of hogs. Nearly all of these
wcro ralsod and fo J by fanners of southern
Gago. Wo are plud to bee our farmers thus
feed their corn uml get good prices for it.
Wo never saw n class of farmers so well-to-
do und thrifty us thcro are around hero. Most
ot them feed from ono tp bix carloads of
stock.
low A IllMllS.
CornluK will have water-works , also on engine -
gino house und u city hall ,
The Grccu county jail is entirely destitute
of occupants at the present time ,
Tlicro is uomo prospect that a flax mill
will bo built ut Uock Rapids in the near
future.
A iKitition to the mayor and council of
Uock Rapids is1 being circulated asking them
to establish a free library.
The prospects for the musical - normalto
bo hold nt Jefferson , commencing July 10 ,
are 'growing brighter as the time draws
noar.
Low Krout , of Cedar Rapldn , wni fined
$100 for whipping hl wife , nnd the line was
RU8 | > ended , at the ro < iucst of his wife , during-
good behavior.
The officials of the NorthwoMorn have
notified the grain buyers of Odobolt that
unless local rnpitnl would erect an elevator
with a capacity of 85,000 bushels they would
brine in n company that would put up such a
building. They gave as nn oxouso Hint thcro
was too great a dolnivnd for cars In the busy
season , and that a place should bo provided
for storage MiiUl it suited the company's con
venience to haul the grain ta njorkot.
Dnkotn.
The Brulo Index Is seven years old.
The first boat of the season , the Batoholor.
loft Bismarck last Saturday night for Fort
Bcnton , loaded with passengers nnd irolght.
The May term of the supreme court of Da-
kotn closed Saturday after a long nnd labori
ous session nt Ynnkton. The term has dis
posed of much accumulated business ,
The report that the Catholic American-
organ of Bishop Marty's diocese is to bo
moved to Ynnkton Is erroneous. No change
In Its location or editorship Is contemplated.
The corn region of Dakota has boon sub
jected to almost constant rains during the
month of May nnd prospects are becoming
somewhat gloomy. The promise of Improved
weather which cnmo this week has boon dis
sipated by copious rain fall during the past
twenty-four hours and fields are again n vast
sea of mud. With drying weather from this
tlmo on the danger of a short crop caji bo
averted , but another week of moisture will
seriously impair the crop.
Colorado.
Loadvlllo enjoyed a snow storm Sunday.
Work on the rolling mill nt Trinidad has
been commenced.
Colorado City Is the proud owner of nn-
ether paper. The Kaglo will Hop its wings
and crow for all future time.
Thompson , the man accused of stealing
several dozen horses lu Ilucrfano county ,
and said to have killed men In Kansas and
Texas , was to-day bound over in $100 before
n Justice of the peace ut 1'ucblo. Poetic Jus
tice.
tice.Tho
The stockholders of the Denver & Rio
Oramlo voted at a late meeting to expend
$3,000,000 in Improvements nnd extensions.
The earnings of the road above interest ac
count were $4,000,000 after paying every
thing. The rood , like the government , is
troubled with a surplus.
Never , perhaps , has the agricultural out
look in Colorado worn n brighter appearance ,
and as a result the farmers , as well us all
other classes , are correspondingly cheerful.
Money which has been laid up to use in case
of a season of drouth ana a failure of crops
has been put into circulation and business in
the various branches ot trade is decidedly
active.
"It is the unanimous sentiment ot the people
ple of Colorado , " says the Republican , "that
the rates pn west-bound freight from the sea
board , as established by the Panhandle nnd
accepted by the roads from the cast , should
not bo advanced , cither now or at any future
timo. Colorado has paid tribute to rapacity
long enough , nnd it is tlmo now for Justice
to have an inning in the matter ot transpor
tation rates. "
Equal to tlio Occasion.
Kortfich litillctin.
President Cleveland has written a letter
to a ten-months-old baby. It was n very nice
letter , considering the writer's limited ex
perieuco with babies.
"Honest Dick" Tnte.
Loulfvttle Courier-Journal.
The Tate report covers 150 pages of fools
cap. As wo have lot an "honest official get
away with $347,000 of our money , foolscap
scarcely expresses the situation.
They nro KnUlers.
Kansas Citu Times.
Judge Wakeley has decided that the Oinalm
baseball club can play ball on Sunday. '
From its performances hero the Kansas City
club is of the opinion that Omaha can play
ball every day in the week.
Sir. Martin of Texas.
St. Louli Globc-Dtmncrai.
It Is a singular and significant fact that
the most entertaining speech upon the tariff
so far during the present debate in the
house is to bo credited to a statesman who
blow out the gas the first night after his
arrival in Washington.
For Const Defences.
'ftma.
A valuable collection of armor preserved
from the middle ages is soon to bo placed in
the Smithsonian institute. In the absence of
coast defences this collection may como
handy should Washington over bo at
tacked by a sea serpent or any other marine
monster.
Trade Schools.
lit ( Zad Ii/i / fa Keii-s.
Trade schools for young men beyond the
period of ordinary school training , and to
which which they may become idcnturcd as
apprentices arc then to bo welcomed with in
telligent zeal , welcomed no less for their
direct aims than for the public proof they
give of the educational fallacy of the "indus
trial education" of the mere child.
Avast , Shipmates.
CMcaao Tribune.
By order of the Mexican government the
old Mexican war-ship , "Dcrnocrata , " is to betaken
taken to the harbor of San Francisco in
ordcrtobo careened and have her hull ex
amined nnd scraped. An old barnacle-
covered hull with a name strikingly similar
will bo turned keelupward in a few months
and left In that position by order of the
American people.
The lied and the White.
CMeagu Times.
Our servant is with us no moro ;
She dwells on that beautiful shore
Whcro fovcred souls lava
In the cool , shining wuvo
Till timeless eternity is o'er.
It was all on account of the fire
That she booued with the heavenly choir.
The kindling was irrt-en ,
So she used kerosene
Its spirit the moro to inspire.
Sho'd often before made it win ,
And successful e'en now might have been ,
But she happened to scratch
A rcd-bcadcu match ,
So the palo horse of death galloped in ,
MOUSEY AM ) TH1'2 U. 1' . DHIiT.
Was thcltnnrd of Trnilo " WorJcod" to
Knvor the Kxtonslon ?
Some days ago the board of trudo Issued a
circular to the business and professional men
throughout the state suggesting that they
use their influence with their congressmen to
induce them to favor the bill providing
for the extension of the time of payment of
the Union Pacific indebtedness , Ono of
thcso circulars was sent to Congressman
Dorsoy in Washington , yesterday un answer
from that gentleman was received by Secre
tary Nuttinger bearing upon the nmttor. In
it the congressman says :
"I am in favor of the Outwoita bill for the
extension of the indebtedness of thu Union
Pucitlo road , provided the house ncccpts the
amendment offered by jno in which the con
trol of the Union Put-illo is conceded to
the state of Nebrabkn. The committee
lias nec'optcd nnd will recommend
the amendment. Wo hope to pas * tha lull
before the adjournment of the present ses
sion. "
Mr. Dorsoy does uot clearly set forth the
nature of his amendment In the reference to
it mudo above. It in ; general terms , was
called out by Judge Oundy's decision that
the Union Pacitio was beyond the control of
the Htatu and was intended to make nil roads
receiving governmental aid subject to the
control of the states through which they ruu ,
and not Nebraska ulouo , as appears In tno
letter.
This same circular has a little history which
will bear publication. It was ivilopod ot u
meeting of the board of trade when tlwo
were but thirteen members presentand than ,
the adoption was not by uny means unani
mous. The dtruular , . Jiovvovur. fiiis gouo
abroad with the . ullvgcd
ot the board , Ono of the mem
bers of Iho loiter objected to the sending
of such an Important subject abroad ami
committing to it the immo of the board with
out nu attempt bolng mudo to hare n full at
tendance of the members , Ho went oven
farther mid stntud that ho be-
llovcd the resolutions had been
prepared In the headquarters of the
Union Pacific railroad , bccftuso when pre
sented to the mcoUnirthoy wcro typo-written
rfn It tho.v had bcou prepared with exceeding
earo. So much for the board's endorsement
of the Outhwallo bill.
TUB UAlMtOAl ) I'ltOJEOT ,
A Committee Appointed to Formulate
n Specific 1'lnn.
The mooting of the Union club last evening
wns called to order by Mr. Frank ColpoUor ,
who stated Its object to bo to tnko the initial
stops to secure for Omaha a northwest rail
way , n union depot and a bridge open to the
URO of all railroads. Ho said it was con
templated to ask Douglas county to vote n
bonus of $1,000,000 , to bo placed In the control
of wise , trusty men , to bo paid to the railroad
corporation complying with the conditions
lini > osod. Mr. Colpctrcr had talked with
many citizens and had hoard no objections.
There were lognl difficulties In the way , but
ho bollovcd they could nil bo mot. Ho Invited
the gentlemen present to give tuolr opinions
Informally.
A running discussion followed , chloflly en
gaged In by Mcssrs..CoIpetzcr , Joseph Barker ,
O. M. Hitchcock , Gcorgo uarkcr , F. W. Gray ,
Thomas Kilpatrick nnd A. P. Hopkins.
In answer to a query Mr. Colpetzer said no
plan ot action had been drafted.
Mr. Hitchcock raised the point that the
subsidy must bo voted to some corporation
in existence nt the tlmo. Ho believed the
plat of a road had to bo filed bofor6 nn
olcction took place that the iwoplo
might know exactly what they wcro voting
upon. Ho knew this difficulty had been a
stumbling block in the way of many enter
prises.
Mr. Colpotzor bellovcd that , with nn
honest intent , the Icpul obstacles could bo
mil-mounted. The only question with him
was : Will Douglas county vote the bonus !
The gentlemen present had no doubt it
would , providing a plan could bo presented
tlmt would command the confidence of the
people us effective and not liable to nbuso.
Mr. Colpetzer thought Mr. Hitchcock's ob
jection could bo mot by voting the bonus to ix
loi-nl coritoratlon the Nebraska Central , for
instance with an understanding that it
should give up the subsidy to another com
pany , If unable to meet the conditions
itself.
Mr. Hitchcock , carrying the idea further ,
suggested tlmt the Nebraska Central might
traiiBfcr to the county's ' nine trustees n ma
jority of its stock in trust , to insure the per
formance of Its covenants. Ho thought
Omaha must look to a trunk line for relief ,
but it might use a local company as n figure
head.
head.Mr. . Hopkins suggested that the club make
an explicit statement of the needs of Omaha ,
nnd then toke an unofficial poll of the county
to sco if the bonus could bo carried. Ho
thought the sentiment of the voters could bo
obtained in ton days by a vigorous canvass.
Ho believed it would bo so overwhelmingly
favorable to the proposition as to rive ample
assurance to the railroads that an election on
the bonus would carry. Mr. Hopkins said l.o
had boon told by ono of the county commis
sioners that they would not submit a proixjsl-
lion to vote bonds to bo put in the hands of
trustees. The reason given was that some
way would bo found to get them out of the
control of the trustees without complying
with all the conditions , if at nil onerous.
Air. Joseph Barker said that thcro need l > c
no hope of carrying the proposition to bond ,
unless it wcro distinctly understood that any
and all railroads should have the right to" use
the proposed bridge , the depot and the track
through Omaha at fixed and fair charges.
The Union Pacific has promised this many
years , but unfortunately bus been unable to
do it. The city must do what it has been
watting tens-cars for others to do. Ho had
heard men worth from $500,000 to millions
suy they would back the enterprise if they
can bo convinced of its honesty and effect
iveness. Douglas county will not tolerate
any doubtful scheme. Omaha must have n
free bridge , a free depot and a free right of
way in and out of the city. It needs a rail
way to the northwest and another to the
southwest. The roads using those terminal
facilities will pay a reasonable interest on
the fixed charges , The size of Omaha prevents -
vents railroads coming into it. Property is
too valuable. An official of the Milwaukee
had told him that the cost of
a bridge was not so much a
difficulty as the gang of speculators who
would buy up Land and demand 100 per cent
profit. Ho asserted it would Cost his com
pany $2,000,000 to get into Omaha. Mr.
Barker s.iid managers of other roads had
told him Hint if Omaha would form a com
pany and provide terminal facilities they
would bo glad to como in and pay a hand
some dividend on the investment.
Mr. Gray moved that a committee of seven
be appointed to formula ! * ) n plan of action ,
prepare a form of propositions to bo sub
mitted to the voters and report nt nn ad
journed meeting.
The motion carried without dissent , and
Mr. Colpotzer , who had acted as chairman by
tacit consent , designated as the committee
Dr. George L. Miller , J. C. Cowln , Joseph
Barker , G. M. Hitchcock , F. "W. Gray , Her
man Koiintz und A. P. Hopkins.
The meeting then adjourned to reassemble
next Monday evening.
*
POLITICS AND flIKUCY.
AVhatvntt Done nt a I'rotracted Itlcct-
liiK of Colored Voters.
President P. J. Williams , of the Omaha
Douglas County Colored Republican league ,
rapped to order about ono hundred members
of the orgnnl/4itinn at the council chamber at
9:30 : last uight , and Price Sanders took notes
on what was transacted. It was n monthly
meeting of the organisation , and after
the transaction of routiuo business
the executive board , to whom had
been referred the matter of secur
ing a new trial for , or executive clemency ,
in the case of the unfortunate young man
William Ferguson , who was sentenced to u
life imprisonment for the killing of Ole Ol
son , a Swede , in n saloon , reported that thny
could not agrco on a course of action. Thu
report caused considerable discusHion , which
was brought to un nnd by the introduction
and pabsago of the followlug resolution by S.
B. Smith ;
Bo it , Resolved by this league that
P , J. Williams , C. A. Willis nnd M. F.
Singleton are appointed a special
cornmltti'o with full authority to act in the
promises und to Ube the name of the league
in obtaining the HUUI of JlOi for the purpose
of having the case of the state of Nebraska
against Willl.im Ferguson resumed in the
supreme rourt of the t > tntc , and that said
committee are empowered and authorized to
rcooivo money and receipt for the same , nnd
pay the same over to the proper attorneys in
the caso.
Air. II. Scroggius introduced n resolution
tlmt the constitution bo changed so as to sat
isfy the ideas and viowx of members of thu
league , and those who were anxious to join.
W. II. C. Stcnhcntioii discovered in the J-CHO-
lution "an nbonyulorod gentleman in Iho
wood pile , " and tlmt it hud been incited by
mugwump tendencies. The speaker main
tained that the league was composed of out
and out and dyed in the wool republican * ,
who voted mjd hurrah ( < d for the straight
ticket , nnd ho was in favor of kicking out
mugwumps nnd so-called Independents If
they were not satisfied with the consti
tution. Ho scored Judge Singleton
und intimated that ho had dic-t led
the resolution. The judge denied thu allega
tion , and Air. SUJphonson retaliated by Hay
ing , "tho Judge is very cunning. "
Judge Singiilton iiiHisted that Mr. Stephenson -
son wus out of order , and demanded the chair
to call him down. To this the chair replied
tlmt he did not fully undert > tuud the resolu
tion , and iionsofumtly could not comply with
the Judge's demands. Mr. Stcphoiigon
wound up by bcggiug his hearers to vote
down the resolution ,
II. W. B. Grcer looked upon the resolution
as a bail to catch the candiUuU ) that had the
longest purse , a sort of bid for the boodle
voter.
Mr. Scroggins defended the aspersions
hurled ut him. Ho was an independent re
publican , und votwd just as ho foil. Mr.
Scroggins closed by assuring his hearers that
ho was not an otilce hunter , nnd never ex
pected to get nn office. The principles of the
republican party were dyed in his heart , and
ho'd vote for principle every time , but not for
men whom ho dhiu't doom in the nmcririofct
secretions of his. heart fit for the positions
they uspired to.
Auild Inucu confusion and cries of , "Mr , .
chairman , " "t wish to bo hoard,1' "Tho gOn'
tlcmixn 1 % out ot order , " ot < > . , the Scroftglns
resolution wna condemn oil ( o the wosto bas
ket. After oovcrnl other stormy scenes the
gentlemen retired to their abodes as the
clock In the steeple struck twelve.
TUB OKAlT'llBUOKB.
Completion oT tlio DrtnlN For Ob *
scrviuioo of Memorial Day.
The flnixl details relative to fi proper find
fitting observance of Memorial df.y were
completed nt p. meeting of tlio executive
committee held nt the Mliinri ! a t ulfijit.
A report submitted by the finance committee
WR3 to the effect that sufficient sums bait
been subscribed , and the committee on KI-IITOS
reported that fliigs hnd been plnced on the
graves of dead heroes lu the various ceme
teries. It was requested that the decorating
committee report nt Imposition hall promptly
at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning ; Hewers to
bo delivered Tuesday evening ; that nil
societies taking part in the procession np-
preach their iwsitlons by way of Capitol
avenue or Davcniwrt street. In order to avoid
confusion , nnd that the nhlcs meet at the
office of tha innrnhnl.on South Fourteenth
street , nt 10 n. m. , Wednesday.
The following programme was adopted as
the oxorclscsat ; tlio high school grounds !
Music Second Infantry band
Music Consolation Dow
By n double quartette , under direction
of Prof , Francis S. Smith.
Prnyor by Chaplain Comrade W. 13 , Copeland.
Music "Rest. Soldiers , Rest'1 ' Record
Double quartette.
Introductory by the president of the day ,
Comrade Champion S. Clm c.
Oration Comrade W. P. Hepburn , of Iowa.
Music , Musical Union orchestra
Address by his excellency , Comrade Johu M.
Thnycr.
Music "Under the Tree Tops U Rest"
By the Concordla Singing society.
Ritual sen-ice of the G. A. R.
During this service there will be music
by the double quartette.
Singing "ThoVucant Chair" amVAmcrlca. "
Benediction Chaplain
OMAHA UUftVUDS.
They Mnke mi Kxocllcnt Showing
15 ( fore Invited Giinstn ,
"
The exhibition drill of the Omaha guards ,
jrivon at the nrmory lust night , was nn Invi
tation affair nnd was attended by several
hundred of the elite of Omalm society.
Among the guests were Governor Thayer ,
General Brooke , General Wheaton , Colonel
Fletcher , Major Butler , Major Hughes , Cap
tain Ray nnd Lieutenants Kinro , Mallory ,
Turner nnd Wright.
The programme included company forma
tion , dress parade and inspection by Gov
ernor Thnycr and Chaplain Gardner. Tlio
governor addressed the assemblage in a
pleasant Informal manner , commending' the
ofHcicney in drill and the fine nppoaranco ot
the company and recommending it as nn or
ganization in which Omulia might and should
take especial pride.
After a short intermission the drill corps ,
composed of thirty members selected from
the compauy , gav nn exhibition in marchings ,
facings , ovadmgs , firings and the manual.
The maneuvers were made under the direc
tion of Captain A. H. Schnrff , commanding.
The music was furnished by the guards'
band , recently organized with twenty pieces.
It was led by Herr Schuuko nud gave excel
lent music. Ilcrr S. is a veteran of the
Prussian army , and has been elected sargcnnt
and band master of the company. Ono fea
ture of the dress parade was the drum corps.
The latter part of the evening was given
up to dancing , and the participants appeared
in full evening dress. Hero again the music
was furnished by the guard band , which
gives promise of great artistic achievements.
Refreshments made an agreeable inter
ruption. The armory was handsomely deco
rated with the national colors , draped and
festooned in much taste. ]
Trying to Pnwn Valuable Jewelry.
A German , giving his name as Nick Miller ,
was observed by Officers Ormsby , Dcmpscy
and Havoy , to visit three different pawn
shops on Tenth street yotersday. On inj
quiry it was learned tlmt ho was offering to
soil a ? 50 gold watch for $7. Miller was run
in on general principles , nnd the search ro-
vcalod the folio wing articles : A gold brace
let , set with cameos , and valued at 850 to ( CO ;
two gold rings , ono of them Bet with a
diamond , and fS4..ri ( ! in cash. Miller IB a
rough looking customer , nnd gave no satis'-
factory account of himself. He is hold ou
suspicion to await Developments.
SOUTH OBIAHA NEWS.
The School Hoard Muddle.
There scorns to bo un unwarranted delay in
settling up the affairs of the old school board.
When they retired from office they handed in
a statement of the receipts and disburse
ments , but their successors nskud for the
vouchers that should accompany it. They
wcro refused on the ground that , although
public documents , thny were the private
property of the retiring members , who
wished to hold them for their own protection.
Such papers as they did hand over wcro then
submitted to Mr. Gibbons , of the South
Omaha Savings bank , to cxnmino as nn expert -
pert , but BO far ho has nut received a suffi
cient number to enable him to begin work.
Superintendent Bruuucr has visited thCl
scene and ordered an immediate tmrraidnr of
all documents , and at the xumo time or
dered the members to refund the 4 < 100
salary that they each had drawn.
The salary is wild to have been
paid under peculiar circumstances. At ono
of the last meetings of the old board n num
ber ol citurns ( estimated at from half a
darcn to twenty by the friends and enemies
of the board ) represented themselves as the
district , and on motion of the then City
Attorney Grico , moved that the board bo
paid for their services. This was carried ,
and the board paid themselves , but , as above
stated , Superintendent Bruneihus notified
them that it is illegal nnd tlmt they must re
fund , the secretary alone being entitled to
compensation.
By the w.iy , the now board does not seem
inclined to let the people know anything what
is going on , und religiously refuse to notify
the reporters us to when and whore their
meetings are to bo held , Thcro will bo ono
this week. _ _ _
An Old Sottlcr doll's ,
"Yes , lie's lived hero over thirty years ,
and thuro never yet wus a nmu that could
speak an ill word of him or anything ho over
did , " HO npoko ono of the mom-ncra that re
turned from the funeral of Philip Cansidy
yesterday and his sentiments were en
dorsed by all those that knew the deceased.
The funeral was the largest over attended in
Soutli Omulm , und the cortege WIIB upward *
of u miln in length. leaving tlio Into rosl
deuce of the deceased it wended its way over
Savapo'K crossing to St. Bridget's church
here the burial nervines were read by the
Rev. Father Moriurty. From thence ft pro-
( eiided along Twenty Jlftli street to St.
Mary's cemetery , nnd as the licurso passed
through the nat' ' the rear mid of the pro
fession was crossing the railway tnu-Ks a
mile away. Unelo Phil hnd mudo frienda
union ; ; the dumb an ( malt , as well as among
his fellow-men , and u goat ho had often fed
was among the mourners. It followed the
rumuins to the church , und after vainly attempting -
tempting to enter the odillco along with
tbocouln , it lay down quietly beneath Ihu
hearse. When the procession started for the
cornet cry it kept close to the eoflln , and after
witnessing thu last rites it had to bo driven
from the grounds and at once mudo its way
back to the old homestead ,
Tlio I'olluo Court.
"Fo1 God , jedgo , I nebbor knew flat eatln1
pop corn w.vs breakln1 ob ilo peace , " said
Daniel Tuck , a colored man who was yanked
up before Judge Routhor yesterday. Ho
lives in Omaha nnd came down to pass a
quiet Sunday in South Omaha , but having
unfortunately Invested a nicklo in
pop corn instead of beer , ho
Bat down ou the curbstone to cat it. He ivaH
at oiico run in , when ho pleaded in extenua
tion , "Doy Hnd do popcorn , now don't line
me. " Tlio Judge relwitod , and Dan went
free.
II. Johnson , P. Anderson nnd II. Hnnscn
all \vont to the county lull on a fine of f4 and
costs , and Richard Roe remained behind ta
clean out Urn culls. A. C. Bund had sand
enough in him to pay SI and costs for being
drunk , and Frank Garviu got twenty min
utes to leave for his uativo state Iowa. J ,
Swalo and Charlie Nuller went not very
drunk , und were told not to do it Ufa in r and
discharged , _ _ _ _ _ _
. Drink Mill to.
