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THE faith euro isgottint ? in its deadly
work this year earlier than the green
apple nnd watormollon.
ALL eyes arc turned toward St. Louis.
But the only things visible at present
nro inverted glasses nnd full bourbons.
I IN the great boiling cauldron of Iowa
politic * ? , it is gratifying to scothat Hop-
burn's name is not used by the political
cooks.
Mil. STKVK EMCINS and Mr. Steve
Doi-soy of Star Route fame have some
how stopped to the roar since the cam
paign of 1881.
TUB 417 Nebraska excursionists have
returned from Kansas City. Tlio
Hastings visitors builded bettor than
they know. In consequence of their
visit to the town lot emporium , the
clearance record will incrouso GO per
cent.
DESPITK the effort to provo that ho is
in excellent health , it appears that Jay
Gould is really a sick man. Ho is
probably getting in position to "freeze
out" some ono. The wizard's im
promptu sick spells are getting to bo
chestnuts. The pity is that ho is not
oick all the time.
Mil. BnooKS , who killed Prollorvrill
hang July 13. The court did not mor
alize upon tlio folly of packing trunks
with friends , but charitably allowed
the murderer time to hoar from the
democratic convention , after which ho
will probably want to die.
"IF the people believe mo to bo an
honest man , " says Judge Thurman ,
"they will lot mo alono. " From this
expression it is to be inferred that the
old Roman's opinion of democratic can
didates is not favorable. And the judge
1ms boon on the ground floor of many
democratic pow wows.
ON the first day of the tariff debate
under the llvo minute rule , the house
. continued in session for twelve consocu-
, live hours and got as far as the first five
lines of the bill. At this rate it will
take ninety-nine and three quarter
years for the Fiftieth congress to finish
the reading of the measure.
Till ! twenty-fifth national saongorfest
of the North American suongerbund ,
will moot in St. Louis the Ittlh. Not
withstanding the fact that many oral
traditions of its vocal powers are re
membered , whoa compared with the
convention now assembled in that city ,
the saongerfost will not bo a howling
BUCCOSS ,
Mu. DKIMSW figures it out that ho can
carry Now York. But Iowa , Michigan ,
"Wisconsin , Nebraska nnd perhaps Ilh-
aois are states that ho fears. As presi
dent of the Now York Central railway
on a salary of $10,000 a.yoar , Mr. Dopow
must content himself. The producers
of the west have much reverence for
party , yet at the sumo time their liberty
is of some importance.
SINCIS General Colbyof Gage county ,
has purchaser ! the beautiful white horse
once owned by General Grant , ho ex
pects to ride the animal into the state
senate. The go 11 oral is at case when
riding on hobbys nnd ou frco passes ,
but us either a white or black horbo
candidate ho will never again provo a
success , unless his record in the last
legislature is expunged.
IT is indeed a oiupUinent to the
Btato thnt Nebraska's distinguished
citizen , Colonel "William F. Codyjwas
vociferously cheered as he rode in the
great parade memorial day In Now
York city. All the youngsters know
Buffalo Bill the moment they caught
eight of him , and if they had the mak
ing of the president of thollnited States ,
lie would bo their unanimous choice oil
Uio first ballot.
Cleveland's Convention.
Tlio convention thnt assembles at St.
Louis to-day to carry out the behests of
Grovcr Cleveland is regarded with less
joneral interest than any democratic
jonvontion in tholastlwontyyears. This
Is duo , of course , to the fact that its work
is known to bo purely perfunctory the
formal ratification of the programme ar
ranged nt "Washington by the party
master. Everybody understands that
Mr. Cleveland will bo renomlnatcd ,
very likely by acclamation , and thnt n
platform will bo adopted unqualifiedly
indorsing the administration. It has
been intimated tlmt so far as the tariff
question is concerned the convention
would probably simply reiterate the
last national platform , but it is hardly to
lie supposed this would bo satisfactory
Lo the president. Ho undoubtedly at
taches a great deal of importance to the
fact of his having proclaimed n policy
tor his party on this questionami , not to
linvothat fully recognized and approved
by the national convention would de
prive his ronomlnation ot a prestige
which ho must regard as of the very
highest value. If , as is generally under
stood , the platform is already prepared
and in the safe keeping of Congressman
Scott , it undoubtedly contains nn une
quivocal endorsement of tlio president's
position on the tariff , and the covcution
will unquestionably adopt it. The only
real matter of interest relates to the
Boloctlon of a candidate for
vice president. There is n
possibility that thcro may bo a
little squabble over this , but the indi
cations are that Thurman , who is un
doubtedly desired by Mr. Cleveland ,
will receive the nomination. In a. word ,
whatever is found to bo the wish of the
president will bo finally acquiesced in ,
though there may bo a little kicking
developed.
The convention will probably do noth
ing to-day beyond effecting a permanent
organization , and it is expected to com
plete is work by Wednesday night.
There is no good reason why two days
should bo spent in carrying out a pre
arranged programme , except that to
rush it through might detract some
what from the weight of the results ,
which should bo given the appearance
at least of deliberation and dignity.
Meanwhile TIIK BEK , having exper
ienced representatives on the ground ,
will keep its readers fully informed of
the progress of events at St. Louis , and
of all facts and incidents of general
interest , which will bo chronicled with
entire fairness and candor.
Preurmnt AVlth Danger.
It is lamentable that within two
weeks of the meeting of the national
republican convention there are repub
licans who seriously express a prefer
ence for Chauncoy M. Depew as the
candidate of the party for president.
What was said months ago in behalf of
the president of the Now York Central
as a possible candidate was readily ac
counted for n ? an expression of the ad
miration and confidenceof personal
friends , beyond whoso ranks the boom
of the railroad magnate was not ex
pected to spread. Nobody supposed
that in any contingency a considerable
body of republicans in Now York and
other eastern states would come to seri
ously regard Mr. Depow as a proper and
available man to head the national re
publican ticket this year. The
mention of his name in this relation
was regarded as simply the compliment
of zealous friendship. Yet the fact is
now apparent that the seed then sown
took deep root , that it has boon care
fully nurtured , and that as a result the
republican party , almost on the cvo of
the national convention , is confronted
by the danger of having the faithful
servant of the Vandcrbilts urged by a
formidable backing to bo its standard
bearer in the national campaign. There
is no fact in the political situation so
pregnant OB this with danger to the re
publican party.
The drift of sentiment favorable to
Dopow in the cast is duo to a blind
disregard of the welfare of the
party every where except in Now York ,
or to ignorance of the popular
fooling in the great republican
west. In the faith that ho , moro surely
than any other republican , could carry
Now York , the Dopow following cannot
or will not permit themselves to sco the
probably disastrous consequences of his
candidacy in at least half of the western
states. Ono of the most intelligent
journals in the east says : "While it is
by no means conceded .that the republi
cans cannot succeed without Now York ,
the chief battle ground of the next
campaign will bo in that state. If they
can carry it they are almost certain to
carry the country. On the other hand ,
if they lose that stnto they will
have to win almost every other
inch of debatable ground in the
whole union. Mr. Dopow , therefore ,
will bo strong because ho will have
the votes of those delegates who rep
resent the most commanding
pootlon of the national fiold.and who
are presumed to have a moro intimate
acquaintance with the local conditions
and requirements of success than the
delegates fronTothor purls of the coun
. " Herein is indicated
try. an unques
tioning confidence that under nny cir
cumstances western republicans can bo
depended upon to accept what is offoro ; ?
thorn , if they bo only assured that Now
York will bo safo. Complimentary as
this may bo to the party loyalty of the
republicans of the west , wo venture to
say that there are some things that
would make a demand upon their fealty
to party which thousands of them would
refuse to honor , and among these would
bo the nomination of a man who for i\
quarter of a century was the at
torney of the greatest rail
road kings in the country men
who had no interests or sympathies in
common with the people and who is
to-day the representative of the de
scendants of these magnates in the
management of the most important part
of tholr vast railroad system. The man
who has spent the best years of his Ufa
in the service of the Vandorbilts , as-
sUtlng them to the full extent of hia un
questioned ability in their sohorncs of
solf-aggrandizomcnt , regardless of the
public interests and welfare , could not
get the votes of tons o ( thousands of
western rnpubllcaus oven though it
were certain that he could carry Now
York and the other doubtful states of
the east. These republicans earnestly
desire the success ot the party , but not
At the price of placing n railroad attor
ney and president , with nil his
interests nnd sympathies identi
fied with the corporations , in
the executive chntr nt Washing
ton. The nomination of Dopow would
make debatable territory of several
states besides Now York.
Wo do not seriously apprehend thrtt
the convention will commit so grave a
blunder. Wo recognize the danger ,
but wo have confidence thnt the repre
sentative republicans who will moot in
convention at Chicago will not put the
party so wholly and hopelessly on the
defensive as it would bo with Chauncoy
M. Dopow as its candidate. His ability
is freely nclcnowlcdged ; his popularity
in Now York nnd other portions of the
east is not doubted. But his past career
nnd his present connection would de
prive him ol any earnest and en
thusiastic support in the west ,
nnd wo confidently believe thnt
his candidncy would bo disastrous
to the party in at least half n dozen
western states. The republicans of the
east will do wisely , in the interest of the
party , to direct their vision away from
Now York for n time and study the
availability of candidates with reference
to other sections of the country. A little
serious and intelligent observation
ought to fully satisfy them that there
could bo no moro fatal blunder for the
republican party than to make Chauucoy
M. ' Dopow its presidential candidate.
THE late Thomas J. Potter was n solf-
made man. Ho had no greater advan
tages In youth than the majority of
boys to whom the public schools of the
nation are open , and ho began the prac
tical duties of life in an humble capac
ity. Ho had a genius for railroad busi
ness and ho developed rapidly , attaining
in comparatively few years national
reputation ns n railroad manager , nnd
doing a great service for the lines with
which ho was connected. The secret of
his success was indefatigable Industry
and the application of all his energy
and ability to the task in hand. In this
respect his life 'was an example. It
teaches the lesson of what may bo ac
complished by steady devotion to nn
object and untiring labor in its
pursuit. It is proposed to com
memorate the services of Mr. Potter by
a statue to bo erected in the city of his
homo , Burlington , la. , and for this purpose -
pose subscriptions are being solicited
from railroad men. The movement ought
to succeed , and undoubtedly will do BO.
It would bo creditable to these engaged
in the railroad service to thus honor a
man who represented character , integ
rity and commanding ability in railroad
management. There ought to bo little
dilllculty in securing a suulciont sum to
orcct to the memory of Mr. Potter a
statue that will worthily perpetuate his
achievements nnd his personal claims to
bo thus remembered.
AN interesting comparison of the
average number of hogs packed in the
three leading pork packing centers of
America is shown by the following rec
ord from March 1 to Juno 1. For the
three months ondinc May 30,1888 , Chicago
cage averaged in the number of hogs
packed per month 210,000 ; Kansas City
averaged for the corresponding period ,
123,000 , and Omaha , 83,000. For tlio
same timo.lastyoar Chicago packed on
an average 237,000 ; Kansas City , 100,000 ;
and Omaha , 68,000. These figures
nro significant. They show that
for 1883 , as compared with the
pork packing season of 1887 , Chicago
has just about held its own. Kansas
City however shows a marked decrease.
For the three months of the summer
pork packing season , the 'city , which
holds second place , falls short in round
numbers 40,000 of the number of hogs
packed in 1887 to date. Omaha shows a
clear gain of 15,000 over last year.
These figures speak for themselves.
They unmistakably indicate that both
Chicago and Kansas City are losing
their hold as pork packing centres and
that Jlio business is being transferred to
Omaha and other Nebraska towns.
Tim committee of the Masonic craft
which has in charge the raising of
funds for the erection of the proposed
Masonic temple on the corner of Fnr-
nani and Sixteenth is meeting with
gratifying success. The plan by which
the $300,000 is to bo raised is so popular
that it allows the humblest member of
the order to become a shareholder in
the building. Tlio time has como when
the Mabonio order of Nebraska must
have u temple that will do it proud. It
is safe to predict that within two years
n magnificent structure will bo erected
by the Masons in Omaha which will
equal any similar structure in the country
try- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GovEimou TJIAYKH issued positive
orders to Dr. Gorth , the state veterin
arian , to inako n thorough examination
of all the dairy herds about Omaha.
This is as it should bo. The health of
the community is of too much import-
unco to admit ot trilling work in the
movement for stamping out tubercul
osis. Thcro is no doubt but that Dr.
Gorth will inako n most rigid examina
tion. Backed by tlio hearty co-oporn-
tion of the governor and county ofl'cinls
the state veterinarian , if opposed by
unscrupulous dairymen in his work ,
can enforce against thorn the severest
penalties of tlio law.
BY the purchase of the St. Louis
Whites , Denver becomes a member of
the Western base ball association. The
change will undoubtedly result in the
strengthening of the league. Denver
is an enthusiastic base ball town and is
ono of our bet. She has boon anxious
to join herself in the world of sport as
well as the world of business to her sister -
tor cities. The opportunity has pre
sented itself , and Denver will do her
level best to stand at the head of the
association.
IK nominating Laird at such an early
date , thus giving the intelligent veteran
an opportunity to think of tlio folly of
returning such a third-rate railway
lawyerCto represent the people , the
packed convention did n wise thing.
Already the independent voters of the
Second district are talking of running
n representative man , regardless of the
cry ot party. After nil the onrly con
vention may not have caught the
worm.
THE Now York legislature has .taken
stops requiring nil cities of the stnto to
designate police stations whore women
prisoners shall bo detained under the
cnro of police matrons. In Massachu
setts nnd other Now England states the
police matron is regularly appointed in
the cities of the first class. This is
simply nn net of decency nnd humanity ,
and it is to bo hoped thnt similar laws
will bo i".isscd by all states of the union.
THE labor organizations of the city
are perfecting arrangements for a
Fourth of July celebration. This means
success. The business tnon should respond
spend liberally and see thnt n sum suffi
cient to carry out the programme is sub
scribed. The celebration of ' 87 , in thq
hands of the labor organizations , could
not have boon hotter.
Tni ? spooks and spectres abounding so
plentifully in St. Louis will doubtless
maintain a rigid Bilonco after seeing
the local ro prose ntatlvos of JoiTorsoninn
ideas who loft Omaha to mingle with
the mad mob whoso duty it will bo to
declare Grovcr Cleveland a statesman ,
The spooks of St. Louis Will not stop in
where angels fear to tread.
STATE AND TKHlUTOlir.
Nebraska Jottlnga.
Nuckolls county Is frco from debt.
Thcro are 433 school-children in Sioux
county.
Fllltnoro county h.is bettor crop prospect1 }
tlmu over before.
The Clmutntiqua assembly at Crete will bo
largely attended.
Fremont claims that she will have the
Northwestern shops at no distant day.
North Loup claims the finest base ball
grounds in the western part of the state.
Since the Indian scare at Oolichs , every
man and woman In these parts carries a gun.
The editor of the Nclsonian , shot by a
supposed tramp at his homo , Nelson , Is im
proving.
The boom edition of the Nelson Gazette
was a model of neatness and a cyclopedia ot
information.
The dedication of the new Fullam hall at
Broken , Bow was the event ot last week in
that booming city.
The heaviest rainfall occurring in Sioux
county was last week. Nine and one-half
inches being the measurement.
The fat man's eating contest at Shnga Is
land resulted in dcmonstiating that a man
would founder himself If It were not for the
saving rules of etiquette.
Sam Samision , of Nordcn , undertook to
cross the raging Niobrara tlio other day , but
made a bad scald pft it. Ills wngou upset
and ho lost a calf , Me ! spade and got a good
ducking , und Just ejldjtpcd with his life.
The Nelson postomco business for tlio quar
ter ending March ; Q makes the following
104 , and number received 07.
The Ord Democrat chants this refrain :
"A group of 'medicine men1 nro in the
vicinity doing up tie | humble grangers' .
They guarantee a s\iro euro for all chronic
diseases , and parties who sign the contracts
thoycarry ultimately discover that they have
given their promissory notes. Look out for
them and keep tuefohot gun loaded and the
bull dog unchainoJ.y
Mr. Morton , of Valentino , has met with an
unfortunate accident ! ? While talcing his gun
on Ids shoulder lib accidentally pulled the
trigger and the entire load was discharged in
his leg near tlio ankle.As the other leg was
lost some tlmo ago it is almost a miracle that
ho was able to drag himself along at all.
Nevertheless Uo succeeded in getting to his
pony , which was a little less than a milo
away , and with thn courage and strength
bom of dire necessity and unflinching grit ,
lie managed to mount his pony and and rode
a milo or moro where ho came upoii some
men at work in the adjoining valley.
The Gallaway Headlight makes this sug
gestion : "It is the Headlight's opinion , that
tlio gandcrs [ question should bo investigated
by some person or persons who do not get
pay for destroying horses I It is well known
that a man may contiact glanders from n
horse by inoculation ; and tlio discaso thus
contracted is extremely dangerous , if not
necessarily fatal. For this reason veterinary
men often pronounce horses glandcrod with
out knowing whether they uro or not , because -
cause they are backward about making a
thorough examination for fear of catching
the disease ; while others pronounce horsed
glandorcd because they don't know what
glanders is. Many other diseases may bo
mistaken for glanders , and it becomes a
question whether this wholesale slaughter
of horses should bo allowed on the judgment
of one man , whoso living depends upon the
supppositiou that glanders are prevalent. "
Ucyond thu
The thermometer reached 82 ° at Tacoma ,
Wash. , Tuesday.
The cost of u breakwater at Santa Monica
is estimated at $0,000,000.
Tlio Trcadwell mill at Sitka , Alaska , is to ,
bo enlarged by 120 stamps.
There are many Philadelphia and Uoston
excursionists at Santa Cruz.
Portland , Oiegon , is flooded with straw
berries. The crop has matured with a
rush.
rush.An
An Indian was run over by n Southern Pa
cific train at Iiidio on Monday , Ono leg and
both arms were crushed off.
Sacramento county is Just now supplying
Chicago with toothsome new potatoes grown
in the region down the river.
John A. Daley allot and killed Thomas
Tackott during a round-up on Indian uieek ,
Idaho , ou tlio 17th iiibt. The killing uus done
iu sclf-dofciiso.
There have been very heavy rams throucli-
out Humboldt county , with the exception of
n strip along the Ilumboldt livur from Mill
City to Iron point.
Hobeit Geary and family of Heiio returned
Tuesday fiom a trip to I ngland. They woio
only llftccn ditys in coming from Liverpool ,
nearly eight thousand miles.
Dick Willonghby , a Stockton prospector ,
found some fossil bones near Junoau. Tlio-
aknll weighs bUO pounds und measures eight
and one-half feet across tlio front.
An Indian known jis Bncltaroo Jim is
suspected of murdering \\lilto man named
James Hiiu'lit in Hornoy Valley. Oiegon.
Jim was at largo at jlust accounts , but thu
autarkies wcro endcavoiing to clTcct his
capture. Liright was shot while in the moun
tains. i t
William I3oll was aecjdcnUy shot and killed
at Cortez , Kuroka ojrunfy , Nov. , by a man
named Cutter , who jv.is explaining to Hell
the safety of a Smith & Wesson Imniworless
pistol , and on drawing the weapon fi om his
pocket it was discharged into Bell's body , in-
Dieting a fatal wound , from which the unfor
tunate man died the < Iiiy following.
Owing to tlio iuei eased number of trains
running on tlio Cent ml I'aeille r.tilioad , gays
the Battle Mountain Central Kovadan , tlio
water from the liiopom springs lias proved
inadequate to nieot tie | Demand , and consequently
quently the railroad people have decided to
bore an artesian well near the water tank in
town and raise tlio water into the tank by
steam.
The Nevada City Herald says that these
Digger Indians known as the I'amblos 1110
preparing for another "big soup , " to bo held
near tlio Oregon house , at the expiration of
ten moons from the piescnt dato. This , it is
said , will bo a "big soup" of great magni
tude. The Diggers liavo been verj success
ful lately in their hunts for Jackass rabbits ,
and are uow going on a grand round up ,
The appointment of J M. Eddy as general
manager of the International & Urcat Noi th
orn lias been cotitlrmcd , '
Frank 13. Smith , with S. A. Orchard , con
templates a mouth's visit to Cedar Hapids ,
la. , for a private business venture.
W. E. Clcss , o DOS Moinoc hatter , and ono
of the leading society joung men of tliut city ,
is at the Paxtoii ,
TIIB SCTlOOh ELECTION.
A Close Vote Thrco Non-Partisans
nnd Flro llombllonna. |
Tlio election held yesterday to cheese mem
bers of the bonrd of education passed oft
quietly. A llvo Interest was manifested , but
there \vas no particular excitement. The
race was close so much so that the result
could not bo told until the returns were all
In. Tlio result is mixed. Tlio now bonrd
will liavo three members from the nonpartisan -
san ticket nnd five from the straight republi
can , as follows ;
For the term of ono year Wchrer ( rep. )
nnd Parker ( n-p. ) . For two years Mlllnra
( n-l > ) . For thrco years llcoso ( n-p. ) , nnd
Coborn , ICollcy , McConncll nnd Kosicky
Following is the aggregate vote on each of
the sixteen candidates :
Non-Partlsnn Parker 1,4M , Wlthnoll
l.SSO , MtUnrd 1,004 , Urighl 1,318 , Goodman
laSO , Heeso 1,401 , Pratt 1,310 , lloslcky 1,337.
Uenublicau Coburn 1,010 , IColloy 1.477 ,
Cone 1,193 , McComioll 1,400 , Brodorick 1,327.
Thompson 1,211 , Wchrer 1,453 , Spaulding
1,401.
BOAUD OF E1 > UOAT1ON.
A $20O Check Forfeited Electric
Ijlglit Offer Claims niul llcporUi.
At the meeting ot tlio board of education
last night all members wcro present but
Messrs. IColloy and Clark. The nocrctary
manfully tackled twenty odd big pages of
minutes , but tlio board soon tired of the
reading nnd suspended the operation. A
motion was made to let the president read
and approve tlio minutes , but that gentleman
liromptly sat down on tho. brilliant tluio-sav-
Ing device.
The first matter brought before the board
provoked the only considerable discussion of
Uio evening. It related to tlio plumbing of
the Walnut Hill school building. Wlion the
board opened the bids for the plumbing of
thrco now buildings Dennis Fitzputiick was
found to have given the lowest figures In
each case. Ho signed two contracts , but re
pudiated that for the Walnut Hill building
on the ground that ho had overlooked certain
water-closets in nuikin ? his esti
mate , nnd would lese $700 to
$300. Ho had sent a certi
fied check for $200 with his bid , and ho
wanted to know whether tlio board would re
turn it. Fitzpatrick's bid was $785 and the
next lowest bidder's flf > 09. Some members
thought It unncighborly to take advantage of
what was clearly a mistake , but others
wanted to know what u guarantee vyos for if
not to compel a man to carry out his agree
ments. A motion to return tlio check was
lost , and it was covered into the treasury ,
Later in the evening the contract in question
was awarded to Woods & Andrevs. the next
lowest bidders.
Ilochoford & Gould wcro allowed a pay
ment of $1.0uOou the mini estimate on the
Webster building.
Tlio president nnd secretary were author
ized to draw u warrant for the grading at the
Mason building as soon as the committee on
buildings and property shall certify the work
completed ,
The applications of William McGregor and
L. Zicglcr as Janitors and Sadie Buukor as
teacher of the summer school were referred
to committees.
The Edison electric light , company sub
mitted a proposition for lighting the bigli
school grounds. The offer was : For six.
lamps , 100 candle power each. 050 ; twelve
lamps , fifty candle power each , $ i)00 ; twelve
lamps , 100 candle power , $1,050 ; twenty-four
lamps , fifty candle power each. 51.200. The
estimates include dynamo and all electric np-
Dliances complete , wirng and lamps to bo
hung from painted poles and each lamp to
.liavo a handsome reflector. The proposition
was referred to a committee.
Tlio Knox Presbyterian church offered a
note for $500 signed by its trustees. Tlio
secretary was directed to ask tlio tmstees to
sipn the note in their individual capacity.
Tlio monthly report of the treasurer iimdo
the following showing : Receipts of general
fund. $127,293.87 ; expenditures , S3aOG7.S ! .
Receipts of sinking fund. $37,159.15 ; expen
ditures , $3,030. and bonds on deposit ,
810,500. Receipts of school site and
building fund , S7"J,0300 plus $101,500 from
proceeds of $100,000 bonds ; expenditures ,
S1.4S1.
Claims aggregating SM.SSO wcro returned
approved by tlio committee and ordered paid.
The following payments were ordered :
S. L. Maxdon , two per cent on $25,000 for the
plans of the Walnut Hill building ; Men
delssohn , Fisher & Lawric , two per cent on
5539MX ) for the plans of tbo Mason street
building , and the same on f 3,757 on the
Lake street building ; Strang Ac Clark steam
beating company , on account Webster street
building. ? 9')2. )
An examination of teachers was ordered
for Juno 29 and HO , and July 3 and 3.
Apaymontof $2,550 to Uice & Bassctt on
account of tlio Omaha View school w.is
ordered.
The proposition of John A. Harbach for
opening Twenty second street was accepted.
Tlio proposition was for an exchange of nar
row strips of adjoining ground to inako tlio
opening of the street possible. The presi
dent and secretary were authorized to make
the necessary conveyance.
Tlio committee on ventilation and hoatinc
were directed to examine Park school and
report whether the furnaces should bo sup
planted by steam heat. It was staled that
the building was poorly heated last winter.
TH.I3 IlAirjUO/VDS. /
The annual meeting of the directors of tlio
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul was held at
Milwaukee on Saturday. The old officers
were ro-ulectcd and the [ wlicy of reform
mentioned in manager Miller's recent letter ,
reference to which was made in the IJni ; of
some days ago , was endorsed. It was ex
peeled that a new general manager would be
elected but Milllcr had lee many voles at his
command for tiio opposition lo fight against.
Tin : c. it. A Q. STIIIKI : .
Notwithstanding the fact thnt much has
been said concerning the strike on the lines
of the Chicago , Uurlington & Qulncy there
is n ccilain amount of unwritten history
which lurnislies very readable matter which
is as yet unpublished.
When the strike was first talked of and
wbcu the biothorhoods submitted tholr scale
of wages to the manager of the road , ono
Stone , that gentleman informed tlio dltcctors
of Uio matter und when asked if it could not
bo better lo make some soit of
settlement replied that iu the event
of any trouble lie could retain 80 per
cent of tlio 2,200 engineers in tbo company's
employ. Acting on this information Uio
dlieclors placed the entire lesponsibilltv in
Ills hands. In consequence Stonu i of used lo
sign Uio schedule , whoreuK | > n 2,197 men
walked out wbilolhrco held their places.
From UIQ day that tbo strike was doclaiod
tlio re eel ] its of tlio road declined und the
quaitoily rcpoit submitted showed a net
loss of f J.OOO.OOJ. The second quarter of the
year and the second month of tbo slriko
began simultaneously. Since tlmt time tlio
road has operated under prcssuio , and
notwithstanding the oft repeated assertion
"everything is running smoothly , " the
amount of business done has been far from
sutisfaclory. In order to carry on its busi
ness the load has drafted every idle man it
could obtain mlo its service Farm hands
and male dairy mulds have bcrm employed
ns switchmen. Firemen on threshing en
gines liavo been given locomotives and ditch-
diggers from Arkansas Imvo boon nmdo
stokers. Wrecks without number , tbo causes
of which were the result ot gross incom-
potency , liavo occurred , the results
of which liavo been carefully concealed -
cealed by tbo Uurlington officials. Dam
aged engines and broken cars have filled
the shops , disabled and maimed pussongors
liavo crowded the hospitals und in the face
of all this has como the oft totaled asser
tion , "everj Ihmg is running smoothly. "
Pmkerum men have been Htationud along
Uio line to provoke , if not by Ihoir actions
bi their presence , u i iot und in many in
stances they liavo been successful.
Hut during all this time the engineers ana
firemen liavo luuiaiiicd linn. Thu Hwltcli-
men , who likewise went out are there to
stay und have been nobly supported by their
resM | > ctivo brotherhoods. KaUi month they
have drawn their p-w and have jufused to
accept employment ou uny other road , thus
showing that the fight was to bo fuught to
tlio bitter end , as it will bo.
For the information of tlioso interested the
following extracts from lotion , written from
various points along Iho line uro published ;
OTTUMWA , la. , May 20. "Wo como to the
front more dctenniued luau o\ei to ma.
The wreck on the 'Q.1 yesterday will costlho
company $15,000. President Perkins stated
yesterday that ho would not run mAU
longer without his old inon. "
DBXVBn , May CO. "Wd will stay with you
nntll the Icicles hang from the roof of
hades. "
LINCOI.V. Nob. , May 23. "Wo arc still
hero ( solid ) . Local trains on the U. ft. M.
have from four to thirty passengers while
others nro full. "
n , Nob. , May 23. "Wo nro with
you to stay. The 11. & M. onlolals are afraid
ana will bo ns long as scabs pull the throttle. "
KBOKUK , Iowa , May 83. "Wo bob up
serenely and have endorsed the Galcsburg
resolution that more radical measures bo
adopted and weekly circulars sent out for
the purpose ot keeping every ono posted. "
AURORA , 111. , May 20. Wo are as solid as
over and bound to win. "
CniCAdo , May 27. "Wo will pull the
Brotherhoods last string to win tnls battio. "
PIATTSMOUTII , May 28. "Wo are solid and
firm to a man. Engines coming In daily
broken up ami burned. "
HANXIIUL , Mo. , May 23. "This day opens
up with a full houso. WHU a long and
strong pull wo will get thoro. "
UBVHDSTOWM , la. , May 27. "Wo Imvo en
dorsed the Qalcsbunr resolutions. Lot the
good work go on. We nrfl waiting for the firIng -
Ing of the big gun , "
The above are all extracts from the various
divisions of the engineers' brotherhood and
are printed by special permission. They tend
to show the feeling In regard to the matter
among the strikers.
wiu , NOT nuir.n.
Because President Sticknoy of the Chicago ,
St. Paul A-JlCnnsas City allowed nn option ou
a piece of dock property and adjacent ground
at Superior to expire the Chicago Times as
serts that the road will not bo built to the
head of Lake Superior as anticipated. Tills
will bo bad news for St Joseph , Mo. , as tlio
denizens of thnt borrough hail intended to
imiwrt their whlto fish direct.
TIl'S rilOM TIIK TIBS.
The Chicago & Northwestern was the first
road to Inlroduco twonty-flvo ton coal and
oil cars nnd now all the lending roods of the
country which haul this class of freight nro
building them. It lias been found tlmt thcso
cars nro handled more quickly and economi
cally than other cars.
General Passenger Agent Tcbbitt's has
issued an order rolatlvo to the issuance ; of
baggage transfer checks from the Union Pa
cific depot to the Missouri Pacific. It ap
pears that the conductors have boon somewhat -
what careless In this respect and the order
has been issued for the purpose of remind
ing them of their duty.
J. M. Hcchtc ) , Union Pacific agent at Chl-
gage , is lu the city.
KID OP BAD IIUBBISH.
"Or. " Reeves' "Successors" Skip
Quietly and at Nl Iit.
"Dr. " Powell Hooves Is no more at least
In Omaha. Ho was driven out of hero by
Tun UEK some time ago , but a brace of ad
venturers undertook , under his name , to run
the old fraud's ' old stand , ou the corner of
Thirteenth and Hurnoy streets. They did it
in tlio hope of living down the charges which
had been made against the impostor by this
paper , and eventually of reaping various
sums from suffering but over credulous
people who could easily bo Induced to pay al
most anything which might bo demanded if
only promised a cure. Thcso adventurers
know how to make promises , how to bleed ,
financially , the people whom their lying ad
vertisements led to patronize them , but they
did not know how to effect a euro. THE Bun
got after them , allowed up their record and
thus clocked their game both at homo and
abroad. Besides they stood in danger of
bodily attack from the people they had
robbed and concluded to quietly vacate their
old quarters , like thieves in the night , shut
up shop and skip. Their departure was not
known until last night , and whcro they have
gone nobody knows. Heeves is supposed to
bo still in the vicinity of Buttc , Montana ,
but the papers there have read Ins record in
THE Biu , and tlio fraud's next landing may
bo at the cud of a rope or in the Pacific ocean.
Tlio AVood Buffalo.
There still remain some of the wood
buffalo , says the Montreal Gazette. This
is an mutual larger than the American
bison of the plains. They are larger ,
coarser haired , nnd straighter horned.
I mention this peculiarity of difference
in the horns because it is believed that
the slumaand the broken and crooked
nature 6r the horns of the nrairio buf
falo has boon cauod by his habit of dig
ging into the gravel , whereas in the
more northern spocics they had to con
tend with other conditions , where
straight horns would bo of moro use , as ,
for instance , they use them thoro" for
clearing aside from their pathway the
brush and luxuriant undergrowth.
These animals would weigh at least 150
nounds moro than the buffalo of the
Saskatchewan plains. In the northern
regions the vetches and grasses are so
high , and the snowfall not being unduly
heavy , they have not had to
paw and break the crusted
snow , as was the habit of the buffalo ,
und that may account for their
superior slzn. In the country where
thcso are found horses cau bo used in
pursuit and they are stalked in the
manner that tlio moaso and the ether
largo animals are. It is dilllcult to form
an uQcurnto estimate of the numbor.pf
those animals that may yet bo left , but
perhaps investigation may show that
500 or GOO may yet remain in scattered
bands. Owing to tlio fact that tlio horse
cannot bo used in pursuit , it is moro
dillicult for the Indians to hunt them ,
nnd , indeed , to find thorn , than it was
in the old days of hunting UDOII the
plains. So rank is the undergrowth of
this rich country , and bo dilllcult is it
for thu Indians togotat these animals ,
that perhaps juht now any attempt on
the part of tno government to nlTord
protection to thorn would bo usolcba. If
however , some regulation would pre
vent white sportsmen from deliberately
coming into the country to hunt these
animals for moro pleasure it might re
sult to advantage. At present it would
bo vexatious to the Indians and of no
great use , an the animal has become in
its habits ho much like the moose that
ho is able in a great measure to pro
tect himself.
An Old University ,
The University of Bologna , Italy ,
will celebrate , ou Juno 12 , the eight
hundredth anniversary of its existence ,
says the UosUm Courier. Americans
abroad and friomlb of learning will find
it very intorobting to witness such
uniriuo holidays. Tlio uholo civili/cd
world will follow thib celebration with
moro than usual interest. Hologua uni
versity is tlio oldest school of learning
in the world , and lias its origin in the
law school of Emperor Tlioodoslus II. ,
liJ5A. D. It has given to IJologna a
very great renown over since. Thou
sands , bornotimcB 10,00(1 ( foreign stu-
dontB , were there every year to perfect
tbomsolvos in ciortnln brunches , and
such foreign guests had their own departments -
partmonts , which were called by their
nationality : GormanSpanish , French ,
etc.
etc.Ono of its strange points was the female -
male lonrncd members of the university ,
1 wbo attained very often a high standing
among the savants. As Into ns in tlio
coinmoncomont of the eighteenth cen
tury , wo flnd there the Dottorosso Ilassl
lecturing on mathematics and natural
philosophy , and uftor her Clotilda Tarn-
broni occupying thtf chair of Greek lit
erature. .Bologna sot forth the light of
enlightenment in tlio darkest times of
harharibrn , and the moit celebrated part
of it was always the law school , \vith
which wo llnd Haly'n greatest jurists
connected. Prom Uologna cornea the
foundation of all past and present law
systems , and its influence ever social
politic circumstances was very deciding ,
and for Gormay , for instance , very im
portant. Some of Germany's greatest
doctors of law hud their education at
Hologna , nnd law teachers of Uolrgna
had served the Gorman umperoM of the
family of Hoiionstaufon as counsolois in
many very important dccSbions.
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Advertising Physicians
RECENT EXPOSURES BY THE
DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF
OMAHA.
Of tlio Quacks "nnd Uumbnga tlmt nro
nt I'rcMcntlnfcatlng tlio City.
Other Mutters of Intoreat.
"It would aMonlxh yon , " remarked n citizen i\
weofc URO. "If you kn w the mimbor oTqnacK :
doctors , JupKlers , montehaiiKs , fortunn tolliim.
rcatnjt * and scoundrels maniiuerodlug n Aklllou
and Bdioolotl physicians In Omaha. The Inw
prohibits thorn from oren claiming to lie doctors ,
but liy purchasing bogus certificates they nro
allowed to bunclInRly administer their Infernal
drug * , nn < l credulous and Ignorant people MI ( Tor.
If tfioy affect & euro , nlnotlmcHont of tonltlsby
mcro clianco. They Kllbly talk of tholr wonder-
fill experience anil largely Increasing practice.
They pretend to talk Latin when they have only
n smattering of Knalltlt. loctaro on anatomy
when they conld not dissect it mw-liorw.nttanint
to cure a nick person when , Indeed , thay could
not euro a liam. Those frividulout professional
murderers Room to Increase rather than doorcase.
At the tlino the Dee routed and scouted that
prlnco of humbugs. Dr. Flshblatt , thcro were
many of the fnlso disciples of < 1 > cu1apousviio
had preyed upon UniHlia , iiulotly left town. Hut
they uro coming again , nome ara already hero ,
and \rhllo many reputable people nliouldshun
them , even as they should shrink from a ravag
ing prostllenco , ( her receive them with opnu
arms Into tholr families w linro , 11 opportunity la
offered , they will corrupt , ilchanch and poison
the mind nnd body. It ns.'inH to me that tnn Dee
cannot do a nobler work than to again vontllato
thcsu nostrum nuisance * , so disgustingly iiloutl-
fnl In Omalm.-iVHijr. < n lice of Mausf.
Whllo wo believe the above to bo tmo In re
Bard to poino of thii pretcndera who arc now lo-
cnted In this city. It u 111 certainly not apply to
all. A Rrvnt many people think tlmt when a
atrangu phj slclan arrives In a city and opens up
an olllco for Koncral practice tlmt ho must either
bo a humbug or a quack , nnch it not
always the case. It a doctor advertiser
in the newspapers there la Hiiro to bo n cer
tain number of persons who will hold off and
say , "lie ii only a ipmck and will only stay lioro
loug enough to swindle our people and then go
to another town and play the same game there. "
Almost a your ago Dr. .1. Crcsap McCoy cnmo to
Omaha , nnd Immodlntely commenced advortls-
Ing In thu dally ne\vpapers.lmtthu testimonial * )
that have appvarodntdlfTercnt times In Ills ad
vertisements and the fuotthat ho Is atlll lioro ,
located permanently lu thu Hamgo block , corner
rifteonth and Itarney streets. Is an evidence that
ho Is neither a humbug nor n quack. The fol
low lug oxtmwslouH from some of the cltlrens of
Uinalui are taken from the testimonials that arc
given the doctor.
Jamc Callnhan , a blacksmith at the Union
1'aclllc shops ami who resided at No. Tin ) North
Fourteenth street , says : "Jr. McCoy cured my
catarrh and made mofeelbottorino , ro\vmouths
than 1 hud felt for years. "
Mrs. I. N. Douel , w Ifo of a prominent contrac
tor and builder , residing at NO. 2826 Pa trick avo-
nnc , uftor suffering for moru than a your , grow-
lUKVeakur and weaker until her family and
friends all thought nho had the consumption.
Bhn says : "The doctor cured mo and 1 caunot
speak to highly of his skill and painstaking , not
to mention the moderate feoa ho charged mo. "
Ueorgo F. Grllenbech , the minstrel , and night
\\atchnionat the Dally llea olllce. says : " 1 am
feeling better todav than I have for a nnmber of
years , and feel aatl'lled tlmt I am entirely cured
at 1 have none of the Hymptomg now. "
KHKOIIO Mathers , engineer at the Hotel KB-
monde , after suffering with a catarrh for
suvcn or eight years os treated by Ir.
McCoy add ho ays : " 1 began to Improve
at once and contlnuo to Improve until
today I feel as much llko a now man as the differ
ence between daylight and darkness and 1 can
say thuro Is no doubt In my mind but that Dr.
Mi-Coy's treatment Is both practical andnclen-
title , and that every promise he makes to his
patients Is fully and falthf uly carried out on his
part. "
Mr. Jacob LJntnger. a prominent member of
the 1C. of. In and an employee of tlio Union
Pacific Coal company , residing at the comer of
Sixteenth and Frederick streets , says : "Dr.
McCoy treated me for ono- month and made iv
now man of mo. 1 have none of the disgusting
nnd distressing symptoms of chronic catarrh
and have no hesitancy In recommending him to
any and all persons suffering as I did. "
Mr. Lawranco H. I < arfona brick moulder , who
resides at the corner of Cumlng and Elizabeth
streets , says : "My trouble began about six
years ago , and for that tlmo I was in ft bad way ,
but to look at me now you would not think so ,
out tlio reason for that Is that I have been
relieved of all my sufferings. Dr. McCoy cured
me entirely of a very bad case of caturrli and.
has made tm entirely now man of me. "
Can Cntnrrb lie Cured.
The past ago might bo called n superstitious
one. The present can moro properly bo called
an age pf surprlso-for many things once classed
among the Impossibilities. Imvo now become
everyday pos&lmlities. It would be miperllnous
to enumerate thoui. Hut Imvo wo reached the
utmost limit ? HavoweV Physicians who claim
to make certain ailments the human body Is
subject to a special study and claim to bo able
to sure such olbcascs , aie pronounced by other
self-batlslk'dpractitioners as presumptuoiubut ;
docs their saying so inako It HO ? Tno man who
comes the nearest to overcoming the seaming
Impossibilities of others Is now all the rugo , ami
well does ho or they dcservo thobitccosa they
have labored so hard to obtain. Dr. J.Crosap
McCoy or his associates do not. umko claims to
anything marvelous , such as ratting the dead
and giving them now life ; neither do they claim
to glvu sight to the blind ; but by tholr now ami
scientific method of treating catarrh they liavo
cured and do cure catarrh , us well as bronchial
and throat troubles. They muko catarrh n
specialty because It la one of the most prevalent
and troublesome diseases that the people of this
cllmato are heir to. Since Dr. McCoy and his
associates have located In this city tlioy have
treated w ith HUCWSS hundreds of persons whom
other phjfllclans have told their dlsenso was
classed among the Incurables. Do they not pub
lish from week to week In the dully papers tes
timonials from some of their many grateful
patients , giving in each cas > u the full name
and address of the person making the state
ment , that thu clouhtfiiK nnd skeptical may call
and Intenlou the said people prior to visiting
the doctor's olllces for cousult.itlon. Tlio people
adertlsod as cured are by no means obscure or
unknown , but in the majority of cases are cltl-
zcni well known by the business people and
cnmmunlty-nt largo , and it will moro than repay
anyone sunVrlng from ratanlinl Directions to
visit these whose statements are published , or
consult with the doctor or his associates at his
olllce.
TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS.
A. Few Symptoms of DiRonso Tliat
May 1'rovo Serious to Voti.
Do you luva frequent Ota of mental deprca-
Do you cxpurloucu ringing or buzzing noises
Injouriurn/
IK > ) ou feel as though you must snUocuto
when lying down/
Aio sou troubled with a hacking coughnml
general dubllity/
Are jour oyus generally weak and wut ry and
fruiiuuntly Inllaiuod/
Does your volco Imvu a husk , thick sound und
a nasal hort ot tw ang ?
In your breath frequently oirciidlrofroin some
unaccountable tnusu/
Iliuoyouu dull , oppressho headache , genet ,
ally locutnd over thu j en/
lo ) ou hiivn to hawk and rough frequently In
the eirort to clear jour tin out I
Are you losing your konio of smell audls your
soiihfl of taste boioinlnjf dulled/
Deus your nuaoalwiijo teul utopped up , fore-
Ini ; joii to In eat h through your minith ?
Io jou ficijiifntly fool illr iy. pnrtlculaily
\\linn stooping to pick nn > thing olt tno lloor/
Does o\i-iy Uttlo draft or air and uxtry blight
tlmngo of tuinporatiiro gU eou a colil/
A ro you anuoj bd by a constant doMru to ha k
and spit out au endless ijunntlt ) , - -
DOCTOR
J , CRESAP M'COY ' ,
Late ofBellcYHB HosDital. New Yofy
Hns Olllcoa No. 310 and ail
It AMOK IIUIMWNO.OMAIIA. NKH ,
Whore all curable cases uro treated with sue
Mt'dlcal diseased ticutud skillfully. Coimimp *
tlon , llrlifht'M dlsRdsti , I\dj > rpslu. IthunnuUsm.
und ill ! NKUVOl'H JJIHKAHKS. All dlseax M pe
culiar to thu bexea a vpi-clalty. UATAIillll
coNbi'liTATION at olllce or by mall II.
Man ) illsenso * are titatc-d tncctasfully by Dr.
MUX > y tluoiiKh the inojlu , and it U
Unix possible for tlioso unable to make the jour-
try lo obtain sumuitful hospital treatment ut
IliiJr homtm.
Olllrn liourK'J to 11 n in : 2 to 41 > . m. : T to8 n
m. bUNDAV JIOUUS 1'ItU.M V A. .M TO 1 I'.Jl
Orrospondimco received prompt atttmtlon.
No lotion * answered unlu * * accumpunled by !
ceiiUIn Mumps ,
AddreHu all mall to Dr. J. U. McCoy , Itoouu
ud 311 Uuuigu building , OuiiUa , % 'c'j ,