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coinnioml us to the paper which is pass
ing away its docliniiiLMhiysin the Ininds
of Hoeoivor Yost.
KX-GOVKUNOK BUTMSII is rather lalo
in the iliiy with his bill to ho re-imbursot ]
for the cost of his iinpotichmonl triul.
The slntuto of limitations has long ago
nppliod to Mr. Butler's ciso. :
CAN any niombor of the legislature
guess within five thousand tons a your
how many tons of coal the state of Nc-
brasUa pays for to supply heat and
power for all the state institutions nnd
public buildings ? If so ho is entitled
to a modal.
11' Pat O. Hawes has no claim before
the present legislature the session of
1889 will ( jo down into history as the
most remarkable that has over con
vened since his excellency Governor
.Tamos I danced in a "Lincoln saloon in
his stocking feet.
Tins proposed suburban train to bo
operated by the Ellthoni from Fremont
lo Omaha will supply a long felt want.
The success of the suburban service of
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
will soon load to local trains * ou all the
roads contoringin Omaha.
Tin- : most serious objection raised to
the Fiu'imm street location for city hall
is that it would stand side by side with
Title DICK building. The three million
dollar postollico Philadelphia stands
squtiroly against the Ittcord building ,
but nobody in Philadelphia raised
any objection.
IT now looks as if the uncomprising
opposition of Tun BKE to the Pinkerton -
ton mercenaries would bo unanimously
endorsed by the legislature. There has
boon quite a revolution in public senti
ment on the Pinkerton police since
Captain Foley and his Hessians wore
patrolling the B. & M. road.
Tim Omaha postofllco bill is now in
the hands the president , and there is
very little doubt that the six hundred
thousand dollars appropriated will bo n
fixed fact within throe or four days.
Great credit is duo both to Senator
Mandorson and Representative Mc-
Shniio for securing this appropriation ,
which assures to Omaha n public buildIng -
Ing that will rank with the most impos
ing structures erected by the national
government in the largest cities of the
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country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THIS jobbers and manufacturers of
Iowa have by no moans given up their
struggle to enforce otjuitiiblo freight
rates. The decision of the courts with
roHpoot to the Injunctions asked for by
the railroads is awaited before summary
action will bo taken. It is highly prob
able that should .Tudgo Brewer render
hln decision in favor of the railroads ,
Governor Larrnboo will doom it his duty
to convene a special session of the legis
lature. There can bo no doubt that the
pcoplo of Iowa are uroiiBod as one man
to secure fair transportation rates.
AN effort Is being made in Iowa mill
ing circles to awaken popular interest
among wheat growers of the state to ex
tend the area of their wheat acreage.
It has been suggested hat the wheat
crop could bo improved if the sowing
wore to take place in the fall , rather
than in spring. What applies to Iowa
In this respect applies to Nebraska as
well. Although both states are unques
tionably host adapted for corn raising ,
there arc sections in each of them
whore wheat could bo grown moro
profitably provided the proper methods
wore adopted.
NAVAL circles are moro than' pleased
with the remarkable performances of
the dynamite cruiser , Vesuvius , which
has just completed her third oflloial
trial. The boat has qualified herself as
the fastest vessel alloat , having made a
record of twenty-live statute miles an
hour. Dut nsldo from her speed , the
Vesuvius Is destined to revolutionize
modern ships of war just us the Monitor
in her day made the modern iron clad
a possibility. The now dynamite gun
with which thin vessel is armed , lias
brought into use the most terrible agent
of destruction known to modern war
fare. It1 is safe to say that a number of
euoh vessels armed with such pieces of
ordnance will bo a match for the navies
of the old world.
anomxa COMPI.WA rtoxs.
The International relations of the
United Stales possess at this time rather
more than ordinary interest. The troub
les In Samoawith which our government
has actively concerned itself , contains
the possibility of serious complications
with Germany. The president having
gone as far as he has authority to defer
for the protection of American Inter
ests in Samoa , has referred the
matter to congress , and all the
facts relating to thu troubles arc now In
the hands of the proper congressional
committees. Meanwhile two United
States war vessels are in Samoa n
waters , and the naval representa
tive of tills country has full Instructions
to do whatever ho shall find necessary
for the protection of American citizens
in Samoa.
All the evidence shows that the con
duct of the Germans with respect lo
affairs in these islands has boon arbi
trary and not consistent with treaty ar-
rangidiicnts , to which the United Stales
is a party , or with the professed desire
of the German government to co-operate
with this government in maintaining
the autonomy and independence of
Samoa. The representatives of the
German government are charged with
the most high handed proceedings in
which no regard whatever was puid to
any other than Gorman interests in
Samoa. The only reasonable conclu
sion from this is that it is the purpose
of Germany to obtain a strong foothold
in those islands which shall enable her
to completely dominate thorn and ulti
mately turn them to whateversollhm
advantage she shall desire. This the
United States cannot allow to bo done.
The Siunoan islands lie in the highway
of the growing and important com
merce between Australia and this coun -
try , and our interests demand that
they shall bo independent of all
foreign control. It was to secure
this that treaty arrangements were
effected between the United Stales ,
Great Britain and Germany , which the
latter country now seems disposed to
disregard. It may bo that the clear
statement made to the Gorman govern
ment of our position , and the action
taken to protect the interests of Amer
ican citizens in Samoa , will have the
oll'oct to induce Germany to change its
attitude , but if they should not , the gov
ernment of the United States must in
sist upon treaty obligations being ob
served at whatever risk to Iho peaceful
relations between the two countries.
It must bo obvious to all that this
country cannot recede from the
position it has taken without prac
tically surrendering Samoa to Ger
many , which would bo both a material
sacrifice and a great loss of prestige.
There is promise of complications in
another direction. Advices from the
American consul at Panama report a
threatened crisis there which may com
pel this government to interpose for the
protection ot American interests , as it
had to'do ' some three years ago. The
action of the senate in passing the reso
lution hostile to permitting any Euro
pean government to control or interfere -
fore with the construction of the P.-A-
ama canal is resented by the people
of the United States of Colombia , and
undoubtedly if the threatened crisis at
Panama shall come , nnd it is not easy to
see how it can be averted'American
interests there would have little regard.
If the United States government exerts
its power to protect them , as unques
tionably it will , it is by no means im
probable that a serious difficulty -with
Colombia might result.
These incidents have a particular in
terest as illustrating the almost contin
ual danger of international cohtrovor-
siosand contentions which besets a great
ana growing commercial nation with
steadily expanding interests that reach
out to all the world. They emphasize
the necessity of such a nation being
always in a stale of preparation to as
sort and defend its rights. The United
States is no longer wholly free from the
dangers other nations are subject to by
reason of its isolation , and 'with ' every
stage of its commercial progress it must
find the chances of international con
troversies increase. It should , there
fore , bo prepared to meet those possible
difficulties with a power sufficient to
enforce every right which it may justly
claim and to maintain whatever policy
its people shall doom necessary to ad
vance their welfare.
CONTROL OF 1MMIORAT1OX ;
The bill agreed upon by the Ford com
mittco of the house of representatives
proposes some radical changes for the
regulation and control of immigration.
A good feature of the bill Is the proposal
to take the supervision and inspection
of immigrants entirely out of state con
trol and place it in the hands of the
federal government. The abuses , cor
ruption nnd injustice that have boon
practiced by the emigration commis
sioners of Now York furnish a sufficient
reason why the national government
should assume the entire control
of this business. The commis
sioners nro very largely respon
sible for the violations of existing
laws in permitting improper persons to
land , but even more serious has boon
their collusion with railroad companies
by which immigrants have for years
boon shamelessly fleeced. The dis
closures which have boon made of
abuses nt Castle Garden are disgraceful
to the state , yet nothing practical has
ioen done to remedy them. Federal
officials in control of the supervision
and inspection of immigrants could
not possibly do worse limn the * commis
sioners have done , and there is every
reason to suppose that they would in all
respects do very much bettor. .More
over , the business distinctly belongs to
the federal government ,
Persons intending to emigrate to the
United States will ba required to give
at least thirty days' notice of their intention
tontion to an American consul , accom
panied with a statement ns to character
ind condition , and whether they intend
n good faith to become citizens of the
United States , No immigrant will bo
lonnitted to land without a consular
: ortlflcato , and a steamship company
jrlnplng over persona without such ocr-
Ulcate will bo compelled to carry thorn
back , and may also bo subjected to pros
ecution and lino. If all cousuls were
juarantoed to be strictly honest this plau j
would doubtless work well , but it would
obvlonsly offer tin opportunity and
temptation to consuls to sell certificates ,
the only check bolnp the risk of expos
ure. In order to meet the necessary
expense of the inspection service , it is
proposed to increase Hie head tax from
fifty cents to live dollars. This of itself
would very likely tend to reduce immi
gration , though it Is far moro liberal
than the demand of those who would
like to put a tax on immigrants practi
cally prohibitory. Persons coming from
Canada and Mexico are to bo subject to
the same conditions as those coming
from other countries.
The proposed law would perhaps si
lence some of the clamor that has boon
raised during the past year for a moro
rigid regulation and it restriction ot im
migration , but whether any improve
ment would remit from It would depend
upon its faithful and honest on force-
men I. The present laws are sufficient
if fully carried out , and the enactment
of a new law. with an increase in the
machinery necessary to its execution ,
would not insure a removal of the evils
complaincd'of.
NoTlUNd could bo more absurd than
to assume that because the British
government does not send n minister to
Washington , nnd is understood not to
intend doing so until the next adminis
tration comes in , therefore Lord Salis
bury and his colleagues are in sympathy
with the republican party. The truth
doubtless is that the members of the
British government care no more for
one American party than for the other ,
though if they have a preference , it
would seem natural that it should bo
for the democratic party. However ,
in this matter of a successor to
Siiclcvillo-Wcst , the plain intention
of Lord Salisbury is to admin
ister a rebuke to the present ad
ministration for what ho undoubtedly
believes was an injustice to the ox-
trudcd ambassador and an affront to the
nation ho represented. The attitude of
Lord Salisbury may be somewhat pue
rile , but it doubtless satisfies English
public sentiment , to which Sacltvillo-
Wcst has been appealing , nnd at any
rate the English premier has shown
that ho is capable of taking a very small
and narrow view of things. Meanwhile
we arc getting along very well without
a British minister , and would prefer to
continue the situation if England can
not very greatly improve upon her last
ambassador , at least in the matter of
personal character.
CotiOKADo is wrestling with the liquor
question in dead earnest. A high
license bill' is now pending in the legis
lature , which is combattod by the liquor
dealers who are foolishly playing into
the hands of the prohibition clement.
The struggle to a great extent is a re
petition of the light which was waged
in Nebraska in 18S1 , when the Slo-
cumb law was first brought forward.
The press and conservative element are
pointing out the folly , of resisting any
concession to the movement in favor of
high license. .The question has nar
rowed down to hierh license or prohib
ition in that state , anil the suicidal pol
icy adopted by the liquor do nlers in
fighting the former , is driving largo
numbers into the camp of the prohib
itionists. It is to bo hoped that Colorado
rado will not make the fatal blunder
that has blighted Iowa. If Mioy will
model after Nebraska they will have
high license where public sentiment
would not uphold prohibition , while in
localities that favor total abstinence
they can decree that no liquor shall bo
sold.
WITH Mr. J. H. Millard on the board
of directors of the Union Pacific , Omaha
may be able in the near future to secure
a compliance on the part of the road with
the unfulfilled obligations incurred by
its managers eighteen years ago , when
this city and county voted nearly half a
million in bonds to insure the erection
of a great railway depot and'the advan
tages of terminal facilities. Mr. Millard -
lard is the third citizen of Omaha that
has served on thodiroctory of the Union
Pacific. Mr. Augustus Kountzo was a
ehnrtor member , and among the first
directors. Mr. S. II. II. Clark was a
resident of Omaha when ho was placed
on the board and chosen vice president
of the company. It is to be hoped Mr.
Millurd will bo potential enough to
hasten the consummation of a long-folt
want the erection of a grand union
depot.
RiH'OKTS regardingtho views General
Harrison will 'present ' in his inaugural
address on the subjool of the ballot in
thcsouth should not bo too readily ac
cepted. If the matter is referred to nt
all , the president-elect maybe expected
to speak plainly , But conservatively.
IIo understands fully the difficulties
that surround the question , and In poli
tics ho has shown himself to bo thor
oughly practical. lie may bo depended
upon nol to say anything at the outset
to challenge the distrust of the southern
iiooplo , and this ho need not do while
still voicing the sentiment of the best
element of his party on this subject.
The indications are that General Harrison
risen will not give very great attention
to extreme opinions in shaping the
policy of ids administration either as to
this or any other question.
Tun junket of the committee on pub
lic lands and buildings to the various
stale institutions in the past has always
cost the state thousands of dollars while
it has afforded the committee rich ana
varied entertainment. For thai reason ,
if for no other , membership on the
committee of public lands and buildings
has been greatly sought by ambitious
legislators. The resolution , however ,
just introduced into the house to the
ofToot'tlmt the secretary of state shall
furnish the committee on public lands
and buildings with transportation and
their actual expanses only while visit
ing the various state institutions , will
dampen the ardor of its members , and
reduce the financial rating of this com
mittee in the eyes of the legislature ,
TUB not-work of overhead wires ut
the corner of Foi'num and Eleventh
streets interfered seriously with thd fire
department in its attempt to control the
fire in the Max Meyer building , The
danger of cumbering our business
with telegraph , telephone and
olcrtrlc light poles with their spicier
web qf wires is too imminent nol to
are sd.immcdlato attention. Property
owners nnd insurance companies espe
cially1 should make n determined effort
to nrcjiiso the city authorities to the
nocpssity of ordering all wires under
ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THU estimates of current expenses
and-necessary incidentals , which have
been presented to tlio legislature by the
heads of the various oxeeutivo depart
ments nnd heads of state.ehnrltnblo nnd
correctional institutions , should bo
thoroughly sifted. It has become the
fashion among state oflicluls and super
intendents of state institutions to ask
for twice as much as thoyiu'tually need.
If the legislature euts thorn down , well
and good ; if It gives all they nsk , so
much the bettor. It Is safe to sny there
is fully fifty per cent margin in nearly
every estimate submitted.
Sonic Constitution ,
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As a fact Unit may afford tlio democrat to
iwrty some convolution in its dying hours , tt
may be mentioned tlmt land lu northern Da
kota 1ms increased 2) ) per cent in value since
the November election.
Ily the Size of ills Hat.
Attentive observers who have been wateli-
iiiK Senator lirarts are satisfied from the URO
niul general appearance of the hat lie wears
on the strout Unit ho 1ms little hope of being
invited to tulco n position In the cabinet.
How lo Kill
OfncfmmM Bin/Hirer. /
Matthew Stanley .Quay , who flics to Flor
ida for refuge , should mint out ex-Treasurer
Spinner , and botli should write their mimes
upon Hie sinul. Then the pluintivo alligator
may crnwl up and go into spasms In a frantic
effort to read the chirogrnphy ,
Some Truth In This.
SI. Loula HcwitiUc.
The easiest way to settle the question
about the admission of Dakota is to wait
until the people of tlmt blizzardous territory
ngrco upon the immos under which they
would come in as two states. That would
rcliuvc congress of all further anxiety on
the subject during the remainder oftliia
century.
Another Do IjCH > .cps Hooin.
2few Yi > rlt H'orW.
If the now Paunura Canal company suc
ceeds in raising funds enough to carry on
the work the danger of any international
difllculty will disappear.Vo cannot object
to a private corporation as a successor to the
old one. Anything that Do Le Lcsscps is
identified with is likely to bo largely endowed
dewed with a phocnix-liUe quality , and it
will uotbo surprising if the old man gains
his end yet.
TlioOhicntiol'ress on Tulcy's Decision
Chicago Tribune : Lot us hope that the
meii\be'rs of the Arbeiter IJuiid will remain
the quiet and peaceable people they toll
Judge Tuloy they are , and that the chancel
lor will never while sitting in the criminal
court-have occasion to try any of them for
murders done while attempting to subvert by
violent-inoans the present system of "wage
slavery'tbat / is , taking compensation in a
stipulated sum matlo in the business instead
of working for the state for their "grub ami
duds.J'.advocatcd by socialism.
Chicago Times : In the chancellors'
ation oir inviolable rights there is no comforl
for any other than law-abiding citizens. 1 :
the policeman is pointed the way of duty so ,
too , turbulent persons desirous of inciting
people to violence and disorder have admoni
tion from the bench. Through the entire
opinion runs the lesson that law must bo respected -
spectod by everybody , whatever his station
It is n grave , a learned , u useful ana a timely
opinion. It dicta are specially welcome ,
for what says the constitution of Illinois , the
inviolability of which the chancellor has ns
sorted with force and dignity ?
Chicago Herald : Chicago lias already
suffered from anarchists all that it can , en
dure. The people generally sustain the po
lice nutuorities.in their attempt to keep down
that olement'wliich is at war with society.
Chancellor Tuley has temporized with them
unduly. Ills decision is right , but his general
oral argument is out of place. There Is not
the least reason to believe , or oven imagine ,
that the right of American citizens to peace
fully assemble is now placed in the slightest
jeopardy.
Chicago News : The decision is a notable
one in many respects , nnd the incidents
which led up to it wore fortunate in occur
ring at a time wlion , without passion or excitement
citoment , the public attention was sulll-
ciently attracted to secure the fullest profit
from the lessons taught. With oqmil hand
the chancellor holds the scale between the
contestants and defines with certitude the
rights of each. Ami while thus ruling in the
spirit of strictest equality on the point at
issue , there may bo road not between the
line * , but in every line the lesson of loyalty
to the law which every anarchist needs to
take to heart.
PISUSONS.
Patti , It is said , 1ms lost certain notes of
her voice. But -ho ha ? never lot any bank
noteS within her roach.
Uonjamin Harrison will know how to lay
his political pipes , now that ho 1ms received
a call from a Wow York Plummor.
When John L. Sullivan appears upon the
stage ho will have the eyes of the ushers
painted in suggestive hues of bllick and blue.
The largest individual taxpayers in Hoston
are Frederick I. . . Amos , who pays $ IUjr5.51 ;
on 3,01U,000 of real estate ; Ebon D. Jordan ,
who pays ? 20,013.fH on $1,518,10' ) of real cs-
tate and $30,000 of personal esUtuj Joshua
M. Soarn. Who pays $ ! 50,15U.63 , on $11,017,800 of
real estate and $ IM.OJO of personal ostato.
and Arioph Wontworlh , who pays ? 20(9I.OO ( ( (
on ei-iUI,4uOof real and $110,000 of personal
ostato.
Joint's Harry , England's ' famous hangman ,
IB a mnn'who bollovcs that his position cn-
titlcs-nim to noolnl distinction. His , visiting
card is-of palo mauve , highly glaxieu , fringed
at the aides nnd tops with a dolionto spray of
nmlrten-Jiair Torn in polu , nnd benrine the inscription -
scription , in gilt Old English letter : "James
Harry , public executioner , Bradford. Orders
punctually executed. " After nn execution
ho often H truts to a ooffeo room and Insists
upon drinking with the assembled guests ,
If theyJshow a norror uf his presoheo ho be
comes abusive ,
AM ) TICltltlTOItY.
Nolrasku Jottings.
The cl'octrlo lights were turned on at Ash-
luud for-iho llrst time Wednesday night.
The estimated expenses of .Tonnsoii county
for 18Sr ( foot up ? (50JOO ( ! , which is $ l,70U moro
than the Jovy last year.
The high water in the Ncmnlm has torn
out tno dam of the grist mills at Palmyra ,
occasioning a heavy loxs.
Hurglnrs wolkod off with fSO worth of
clothing , which they sccurod in Hoffor'a dry
( roods store at Fafrtlold , and did not leave a
clue ,
During tbo last year Ulysses exported 720
oars of produce , 1V4 of live Htoek and 3J of
potatoes , and imported 423 car loads of pro
vender.
A saloon keeper failed at Grcoloy tlio other
day and now the State bank of that place
has taken out the license and will dispense
liquid refreshments until May 1 , at loast.
Charges linvo boon made before the 'bo ard
of supervisors of Madlsou county against
Sheriff Flynn for accepting a bribo. U is al
leged that Flynn was paid f. ' 0 for allowing a
prisoner to escape ,
Three Grooley Center men wuo were hard
up for n drink burglarised a saloon and became <
came so intoxicated that their condition con
victed them of thu crime. They wcro bound
over for trial in the district court.
for breaking Into n storehouse and steal
ing ar > 0 bushels oteorn , \ \ . II. Hull nnd Her
man Hrewster , of Stockwell. have been
bound over for trlnl to the district court.
Both nro .young men and Brcwstcr was mar
ried JiiMt before Ohrlstmas.
Three prisoners oscnped from jail at ltc.it *
ric'O In broad day light by sawing the prntiiig
from a side door mid thun crawling through
the nperturc. The Jail bri'ukera were mieak
thieves who wcro awaiting trial , four other
Inmatus preferred jail life to liberty.
John W. Hiinn , of the Wuunotn llrcozo ,
nnd his'brido have Just returned from an ex
tended wedding trip , They visited General
Harrison , the rvntonuinl nt Cincinnati , rota
tions lu I'unnsylvniila , and Mr. Mann's
people mid otlit-r frlt'iuls In Stoubon county ,
.Sew York , on their wuy out , mid on returnIng -
Ing , relatives in Hamilton , Canada , In De
troit and Mlddlcvillc , Mich. ; nl < * o at Chit-ago
on their return. _
Wyoming and Colorado.
Tlio Standard Oil company Is salil to have
taken hold of the Wyoming oil hinds , nnd to
hi * about beginning the sinking ot a network
of wells ,
The Minn Del ore company 1ms filed arti
cles of incorporation at Cheyenne , where its
Wyoming olilco will bu located. The capital
stock is $1,5)0 ( ) , < MU
Tlio Colorado Pioneer association has re
fused to extend their limitation of time for
membership so as to include thusu who came
there not later than IStJ , " .
The stockholders of tlio Wyoming fair as
sociation arc snld to bo In favor of u spring
race mcotmg to occur at the fair grounds at
Cheycnno the last week in Juno.
Tlio party from 11 Ion wood en route for the
now oil Holds in the neighborhood of White
Hlvor City , with nti outllt to prospect for
oil , met with an iiueiilent u ftnv mile * below
Hlllo Crook. The wagon which carried the
engine mid bollur went over a precipice , com
pletely wrecking the machinery.
The liviinston Chieftain reports tlio dis
covery of nil immense coal vuin under the
old workings of No. 4 mlno , u thirty-foot
stratum underlying Kviinston and Aliny. The
Chioltain predicts a grunt boom for tliat re
gion in consequence of this discovery , nnd
says , "Wo are destined to bo the Pittsuurg
ol the west. "
The people of Johnson and Sheridan
counties , in W.vomimr , arc arranging to uroct
u monument to these of the fated Caster ex
pedition who wore murdered by tlio Indians
on Mnssiicrc Hill. A memorial picnic gath
ering will tuko place about the 1st of Juno ,
when the base ot "thu monumental lublot , in
a hollow square , will be laid by the people's
own hands. "
George Cam and Jo Reynolds , tlio latter n
nephew of "Diamond Jo , " went to Colorado
some time ago from Elkhorn , Wis. , and took
up a ranch near Glonwood Springs -under the
pro-cmption law. Tlio ranch was only two
miles from the well known" springs , and the
young men took unusual care of their prop
erty. Three clay-tf ago they wcro offered and
accepted S)7,000 ) for it by the Denver & Kio
Grande Kuilroiul company , which Intends
putting up shops on the property.
SIDti SiiilMOS.
The clerk of the weather scorns to bo get
ting up some ex-ico laws of his own.
Mr. Weaver , M. C. from Iowa , may bo n
grocnbacker , but ho is not n como backer.
"That's a saw spot with me , " remarked
the trump ns he viewed the farmer's wood-
pilo.
pilo.What
What are the great astronomers ? The
stars , because they have studded the heavens
for ages.
A woman glass-eater named Eliza , in a
Denver dime museum , is known locally u :
Crystal Lize.
It Is much easier to turn over a now leaf in
springtime than in midwinter. There arc
more now leaves to turn in the spring.
It is a safe wager that each and every one
of the leaders in the Indianapolis nnti-dnnc-
ing crusade began lifo witb an inaugural
howl.
The critics who gush so extravagantly
over the star actresses and priinn donnas
are liable to die from an overdose o"
laudcn'em.
Minister I notice that you nro much closer
in your attendance ut the church in winter
than in summer , Mr. Jones. Jones VVoll ,
there ain't much fun going fishing when the
thermometer is at zero.
Mr. Jinks I doirt know how you will feel
about it , sir , but the fact is that my wife ,
your daughter , is a dreadfully hard woman
to live with. Mr. Blinks I can sym
pathize with you , sir. L married. her
mother.
UNION PACIFIC AND SCAhPRK.
The Old , Old Question of Unsigned
Railroad Tickeln.
On the afternoon of January 15 , J. G. Par
ker , n ticket broker at 814 South Tenth
street , sold a ticket to Ed Stout entitling him
to transportation to Denver over the Union
Pacific. The ticket was originally sold Jan
uary 0 , at Indianapolis , nnd was limited to
thirty days on the out-going trip , and for return
turn , until April 0. It was issued by the
Louisville , New Albany & Chloago road. It
was : v first class unsigned ticket , nnd Mr.
Stout purchased it , paying $111 , and obtained
n rebate order of 523 nt Denver , by deli voring
up that portion of the ticket entitling the
holder to passage between Denver and In
dianapolis. Mr. Stout started for Denver
Tuesday evening , nnd when ho got to South
Omaha , Tram Agent C. U. Cook took the
ticket mid toro off the coupons betiveon
Omaha and Dunvnr , and handed him back
the remaining portion of tlio ticket , nnd then
told him that the coupons were no good and
that ho mn&t pay hm faro or got off. Mr.
Stout paid his faro to Waterloo , whcro
ho remained over night , returning to
Omaha Wednesday morning. As BOOH
as lie arrived ho called on tlio ticket broker ,
who instructed him to go and see J. S. Tub-
bets , General passenger and ticket agent of
the Union I'acillc. Mr. Stout repaired to
tlio headquarters , and an attache of the pas
senger department informed him that his
ticket was no good. Afterward A. L.
Lomnx , when visited by an ntiacho of tlio
scalper's ' cilice , was willing to return the
coupons tlmt had subsequently boon turned
over b } the train ngont , but this
was not satisfactory- J. G ,
Parker & Co. , the brokers , siato that they
will enter suit for $10,000 damages
against the Union Pacific , for violations of
its obligations as a common carrier and in
jury to their business , about next Monday.
Ed Stout , it is stated , will also bring another
suit fora similar amount. Tlio Union Pu-
cilic officials stated that the ticket was not
iood because It was not signed by its origi
nal purchaser ; but the ticket brokers state
that for this mason Iho ticket was open for
for tlio signature of ICU Stout , tlio holder ,
mil upon tins point they maintain they
tmd good grounds for action.
JtlK Coal Discovery ,
It is stated that the Union P.ioilic has
struck another large vom of coal in the A liny
listrlct near Evanston , W.vo. A few months
igo tlio old mlno caught 11 ro , and the work at
.hut point was necessarily abandoned. About
.hroo wcoks ; ( ( ) the company sol a diamond
Irill at another point on the old ground
ivltli a view to ascertain Whether
, here was n lownr strata of coal
it that point. At the depth of
linety foot below the old coal bed , tlio drill
lussod through u twolvo-foot vein of pure
. oal , next was a thin layer of line clay.
t\ftor passing through ' .ho latter , coal was
iguln reached , mid tholowor vein has been
> Wood to u depth 6f twenty-thl-oo feet , and
ct no end Is reached. The coal is said to
jo of superior quality to any yet found In
Wyoming , and the opinion prevails that a
mst quantity can bo found ut tills point. The
; oul department of the Union i'/iuillc / has put
i largo crow ot man at work sloping the
ground , and when tlio summer season opens
ho mining Industry will bo carried on ox-
-onblyoly. It is thought that the territory
'or miles around abounds With coul.
Statements Conflict.
Tlio statement purported to Imvo been
nado by Vice President Holcombo to u rop-
csc'ntatlvo of THE BEU in Boston , in which
to states .that ho did not authorize the pub-
ication of the statement tlmt ho Intended to
nauguruto tlio system \p \ vogue on the
s'orthorn Pacific , thereby abolishing the do-
lurtment of general superintendent , was the
nuso ot considerably comment In railway
ilrclos yesterday , 'for the reason that the
.uatero vice president has placed himself on
rceonl In public print to that effect. At hcmrt
quarters It wns stated tnnt lloleombo has
evidently run iigntnst nn obstacle which ho
little expected to meet , when ho undertook to
enrry out his plans in this direc
tion. In railway circles the opinion
prevails that when It comes down to n square
issue beforotho board of directors , Holcombo
will be enlightened on his authority mid
privileges as vice prnsldunt of the Union P.t-
cillp. In nn interview with n i-nportor for
TIIK BKI : about one week ago Mr. Holcomba
stated tlmt such n elmngo in the operating
uVpiirtniont was bolngcntortiilncil , and when
shown n copy of the paper containing hi * remarks -
marks on the subject he did not offer any de
nial , but merely stated that ho did not intend
tlmttlin matter should bo made public at that
time. U Is thought that In i-nsi' surh n
change is Imingtinitod , Kd Dickinson will
bask under the otllriul title of assistant gen
eral manager. Should this bo brought ntioiit ,
It is said it will bo nt tlio instigation of Mr.
Dickinson's friends on the board of directors.
Now Train Schedule.
All trains connecting with the Union
Pacific nt Council Bluffs on tlio'roiuls plying
between Chicago and the above pnlnt. that
have hitherto left Chicago sit norm will leave
Chicago at ! ( > : & ) p. m. . connecting with the
Union Pncillo at Council Bluffs nt ( > :15 : tbo
following ilny. This clmtigo was brought
about at a incetmi * of the mamigar.s of
western roads held at Chlcntro lust night.
General Superintendent Dickinson , of the
Union Pacific , IVIIM in iiticndnnce nt the
tm'i'ting anil nsjrccd to elmngo the pnssimiter
train schedule of the Union Pacilic so
ns to comply with the above time with the
exception tlmt about forty-live minutes will
intervene bctwoim arrival and departure of
the connecting trains at Hie BliilTs. The
overland train nnd the Union I'acillc now
departing at S o'clock will be changed to
o'clock p. in. Other olmni-cs in tlio de
parture of innrning trains will bo nindo in
the schedule of tbo Union Pncille .so ns to
correspond with The morning trains on the
Iowa roads. The Union Pacillo commenced
preparing a now train schedule yesterday
The ohnnijo in the arrival ami dtiparturo i *
wild to bo mmlo for accommodation to the
traveling public.
Ki'dJi | ( Audits Meet.
The freight agents of ttio roads west of the
Missouri river wcro in session yesterday at
Kansas City. The meeting was called for Iho
purpose of revising freight tariffs in Kansas
and Nebraska , with n view of bringing
about a uniformity in rules. Assistant lion-
oral Freight Agent Smith of the Burlington
loft Wednesday night for Kansas City , ami
will bo present at the meeting to-day. It is
thought but slight changes will result.
Appointed General
Webster Snyik'r , who held down the first
general nupBrintondcncy of the Union Paci
lic. nnd was afterward appointed general
manager of the Louisville & Nu hvillc , mid
also , the Santa Fo road , has boon appointed
general manager of thu Mexican Inter
national , a new road in the course of con
struction from the City of Mexico to Pueblo.
Tin ; Train A-ctt ( Sy.stpm.
The Union Pacific has inaugurated the
service of train agents. Individuals wh
occupy a position of this class are wha
might bo termed super-conductors. On th
Union Pacific it is In vogue on the overland
trains. Tlio train agent boards the train a.
Omaha , and takes up , or punches , all tickets
and "tags" each passenger. Alter finding
out that all passengers on board fire properly
provided with tickets , and tlmt no irregular
ity exists , he turns the ( .rain over to the con
ductor and returns to Omaha to rupcnt thu
operation. This system of operating is con
ducted by the Cliicngo , Milwaukee & St.
Paul on its short-lino trains between St.
Paul nnd Minneapolis , and , it is said , is re
sorted to as n medicine to prevent conduc
tors from being tempted to appropriate the
"small change" of the company.
Service.
Yesterday n carload of general mer
chandise arrived in Omaha direct from Now
York , making the trip in Just for days and
nine hours. It was forwarded by tbo Mer
chants' Despatch fast freight line to Clii
cngo , where It was convoyed "thenco to
Omaha over the Burlington. The trip was
made in twenty-four hours less than the
schedule time on fast freight.
AVANTS THOUSANDS. .
The Erratic Notions ol' nn Af > cd
Woman Concerning U. M. Patt.craon.
R. M. Patterson , returned to this city yes
terday from a business trip , and was as
tonished and indignant over the charge
brought against him by Mrs. Hattie Uobel of
bastardy. Ho 1ms been in consultation with
his attorney , and preparations are being
made to suoMrs. Ucbul for criminal libel.
Mr. Patterson and his attorney both do-
clnra the case is an unsuccessful attempt nt
blackmail , and will leave no utonc unturned
to bring the blackmailer to justice.
Mr. Patterson is u young man of only
twonty-llvo years , but during the past four
or live years ho has amassed n splendid for
tune through his business sagacity. In n
talk with his attorney the following facts
were ( 'loaned :
Three years ago Mrs. Uobol bought a lot
from Mr. Patterson and realized n profit of
p.0n ! on it in n few months. Ploasud with
tl.is lucky speculation she came to Mr. Pat
terson again two years ngo nnd bought two
lots in Patterson's first addition to South
Dnmha , giving a mortgage on her house and
ot at 5085 Chicago as security. Not ronllz-
ng nn immediate return on
-ho property , last May Mrs.
Jcbcl made up her mind she wanted lo
rude back. Patterson told her tlmt tlmt
vus not a business way of doing things , but
igreed to trade back on a discount of 15 per
: ent. She refused to tradeon anything nut
m oven exchange , and threatened him If ho
vould not consent to this she would got oven
vith him. Mr. Patterson , however , paid no
ittuntlon to this.
In a day or two she returned and told Mr.
PiUto-rnon If lie did nottrnao b.ick
would Imvo him nrrestod on the
bastardy nnd would swo.ir Hint ho
father of a child to which she VMS soon
glvo birth.
Mrs. Uobol , It Is elmmcd. Is over fifty yo.iJ
ofngo. The Idea of u Immisomo VOUIIK' < |
low like Pnttorson playing the gallant
such a woman was regarded as n joke 1 > J
number of tlio former's friends , who were !
his nnice nt the time slio nppoarod. Ho
inclined to believe the womnn was in.itl
and did not think Hint she really ninu
blaokm nl. She culled a number of tun
however , nnd pressed the matter , malt
the stiiuo threat , Mr. Patterson's broth
feared that , the woman might carry t-
threats into execution ami | v. ;
her the money In his nbsn. .
She llion went before n tie >
public with them ami on Itcr oa > li
elnrcd that no criminal Intimacy It.ui o >
existed between lior nnd young Pinters ij
When Kuclnlph returned nnd ' "iirncd l > I
his urotliprs had submitted to thf blni'kiiul
ho was very Imlluiiaiit , but mmlo good Hi !
loss to tils brothers. He next bi'gan to mnll
preparations to have tinwninati arroatud.bi ]
his brothers , droadlnv tlit > iiultlii-tty ot sui
an nffair , finally pi'i-simiW him to lot t- ,
matter drop. j
hast Moiulnv MIP appeared nt Itudolph ,
olilco and doummleil another fl.ooi ) from li
on the same threat , but hu wns ordered nl
with threat of arrest She loft , Init throi-i
mind him if the money was not fbrUienininl
and yestenlnv she currlod her threat n > to ol
edition by swearlni ; out a warrant , for bl
arrest on tlin clmrce of bastard } . Uist Mil :
when she brought the llrst cliargo s )
claimed that n child would ho born in ihr ,
months , but eight mniiths Imve passed aj
the same claim is still nuide.
The only time Mr. Putlorson ever was
lior ( uittniru was to collect a payment of 1
eoupio of years ngo and ho was nrcompaml
nt the time n.v lioorge Ili-cmor , who vouch j
for Mr. Patterson's bolmvior on that oi- < |
sion ,
Whore Will tlio I'oMnllleo Bn ?
A hundred sites are already proposed f j
the new pnstnlllcu. Speaking on this siibM
nil old citi/en said yesterday tlmt the s ]
of Iho present postollico was purchased
subscriptions from citizens , the passage j
mi appropriation hill for the erection of til
building having be-on secured l [
Senator Ttm.vor on condition that Omnll
would donate the ground. "Thoro nmv II
mi idea , " ho said , "to obtain n block of growl
in the ilonresl purl of the city tor tins bh'lf '
ing , which will cost more than tuo amouj
appropriated. Tins would reqii
the citizens to subscrilio. to ail
make up the sum winch woi
thus bo required. 1 nm opposed 1
this. There nru four splendid blocks footwel
Seventeenth nnd Twentieth , nnd Knrwil
nnd Dodge , ai'.v ono of which could bo limigl
for 8.0MJl ( > 0 , to say nothing of ? 11)0,01' ) '
which they would be worth if about jU.l.ol
wore applied to put them to grade. I suj
pose , however , there will bo any number
sites offered. "
Onunly Court.
Lorenzo B. Williams entered suit again !
A. H. Sewer to recover SUM claimed to j
duo through nn error arising from the si I
tlcmont of certain business matters botwcj
tlio plaintiff ni.d defendant.
The jury returned n verdict for f 100 diinj
ages in the suit of Connolly vs. the City i
Omaha , which was brought to recover a
caused by grading.
In the suit of the Boston Buckboard ail
Car company vs. John Mitchell and W. II
JIaincs , this jury returned a verdict of f 271 j
against each of the defendants for goods so
and delivered ,
Chattel SfurtKaKCH lulled.
George B. Carpdiitor llled four chattl
mortgac-cs yesterday , covering his stock
liquors on Huriiey and Fourteenth strcdtl
The total nmoiint is § .r.bO ( ! : ! , divided as Til
lows : Bank of Omaha , 8200 ; Glndstoil
Bros , , sar5.80 ; A. E. Knickerbocker , ? 5I , a
Jolm Morrison , ? ; ; 4. I
FranIcColpotzer tiled a chattel mortjjal
for $ -1,001) ) , on tlio building , on lots 11-1'JJJ
blocic " , Koiintze addition. It is in favor
Herman Kountzc.
Marvinue. IHCPIIHOS.
The following marriage licenses wcro i < |
sued yesterday :
Name and resilience. A < |
Moses Scliwartue , Omaha
Mary AlexandroiiHo , Omaha
W F ttiscr , Omaha
Mary Snoilgrass. Council Bluffs
The use of Angostura- Bitters oxclul
the appetite anil keeps the dgosti\ !
organs in order. Dr. J. O. 11. Sio e
& Sons , sole munnfai'Utrerd.
The Underground System ,
The Omaha Subway company filed arl
clcs of incorporation yesterday. The incij
| > orators nro A. M. Kitchen. W W Keysj (
George E. Barker , F. B. Johnson , W.
Taylor , 13. L. Bierbowor , Max Meyer , J.
Savillo and Ernest Hiull. The oxistoncol
AID corporation it > limited to ilfty years , nl
i capital stock of $500,000 , divided into shall
> f $100 each. The business ot the coinpal
s to construct underground conduits , stj
-va.vs , pipes or mains for the purpose of ill
-ribuling underground wires , pipes or maii |
Approaching the Knd.
The latest report received ycstcrdl
ionccrning tbe condition of Colonel A } l
. orbos , Is to the effect that ho is gradual !
ipproaching the end of his flays.
"Bottor late than novnr,1' hut hettcl
lever late when troubled with a eougll
iv cold. Take Dr. Bi oIow'H I'ooitiwi
: uro at oneo , which ciiru.s all throat uni
iinsT troubles sfO | < 1ily autl thorough/ ! . ]
'luasaul for children. fiOc and $1.
Sionv City HlkH.
Omaha lodge No. : ! 'J , B. P. & 10 goes , ol
lionx. City Friday evening , whrro it wil'l '
iko part in the institution of a now loilgo ) ( J
lie order which has just been established ,
When children gather in delight , Let Ivory Soap , that's made with care
To fill the air with bubbles bright , Of purest oils and essence rare ,
Of this let parents all be sure Be used by those who bubbles blow
The soap they use is good and pure , And greatest pleasure will 'they know ,
For , common grease in some we find For brighter bubbles will be seen
With evil mixtures well combined Where soap is pure and fresh'and clean ,
That soon with burning sores will tell While not a fear need cross the mind
On lips and tongue , and gums as well. Of bad results of any kind.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There arc mnny white soaps , each represented to be "just as rjoml ns Ihn 'Ivory'/ ' '
they ARE NOTi but lilte all counterfeits , lack the peculiar ami > inblo qualiliei
of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it .
Copyright 18SO , by l'octur < i Guinblu ,