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    THE OMAHA DAILY BE ] * ; FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15 , 1889.
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TUB insuniuoo lobby tit Lincoln evi
dently hud its tonkins well reused for
action.
Tin ? question lias not yet been
unaworcd , what will bo Uio favorite
paving1 nnuerin.1 this season ?
THK best evidence of Omaha's pros
perity is the unbounded confidence of
her public spirited men in her future.
IT was a very pretty valentine which
congress presented to Mr. Harrison of
Indiana and Mr. Morton of New York.
SHALL every little town on the Mis
souri river from St. Louis to Sioux City
get a union depot and Omaha still po
abcgginp. _
THK Indian children who have been
robbed of their little earnings at the
Genoa school will now begin to npnrc-
ciat civilization.
IF the gas company cannot , afford to
furnish gas for less money , it certainly
can afford to furnish a bettor article for
the present rate.
WITH the prospects of a speedy pas
sage of the now charter , Omaha should
bo casting her eye about for suburban
parks and boulevards
IP CIUTAIN husbands and papas ever
get hold of the St. Louis person who
calls himself "Jack the Kisser" ho will
probubly think his name in Dennis.
Tun prospects of additional street
car service are encouraging. .Some of
Omaha's suburbs are a distressingly
long way from the business center.
Tins extensive preparations made by
the brick manufacturers of Omaha for
an early output in anticipation of the
building revival this .spring , speak-
louder than words.
Tun modesty which gleams dimly in
the columns written by Morrissey is
really touching. Viewed from the stand
point occupied by the gentleman him-
bolf , Morrissey is a great man.
WITH a snug fortune of throe hun
dred thousand Secretary Bayard will
not bo compelled to go into the practice
of the law to keep the wolf from the
door when ho retires from the cabinet.
EASTKKN capitalists are already in
the Jiold looking over the prospects of
the west for making investments' . It is
not a little gratifying that one and all
are most favorably impressed with
Omaha.
Dons it puy to keep a state ollicial at a
Janey salary to injure the farmer's ma-
Qorial interests , and then pay from the
3 > uhlio purse for the damage donoV This
query is suggested by the course of
Billings.
IT does not appear why a secretary of
agriculture should bo selected from a
section where beans have to be planted
with a shot gun , yet , as might have
boon oxpootod , Now England clamors
for the place.
JAY CoujjD is said to bo completely
under the thumb of his son George.
But the people of tlie country are much
moro concerned in learning what is
completely under the thumb of Jay
Gould himself.
Tin : barb wire barons who have
grown fat on royalties ptild by the farm
ers of the country for alleged patent
v rights are likely to have this source of
revenue cut short if it proves true that
barb wire Is a foreign invention.
INVESTIGATION- the Indian school
nt Genoa reveals a bad state of alfairs.
The missing superintendent will hardly
bo Investigated personally unless the
committee bo sent to Canada. It is a
shame that his peculations should have
boon allowed to cover a period of years.
Tim days of using well water in
Omaha have passed , There can be no
doubt that the wells in the thickly pop
ulated portion of the city are contamin
ated and whore used are the source of
disease. The crusade Inaugurated by
the city physician should bo followed
up and householders should bo com
pelled to illl the wells as n sanitary no-
cosalty.
rjm.vo TO DO TOO MUCK *
The attempt to force through the tog'
Islaturo atnrudmmn rate bill which covers
ors forty pages , is bound to prove n
dismal failure. The make-up of the
present legislature la not favorable to
null-monopoly laws. That fact lias
been patent from the outset. II
the men who are honestly seek
in ? to give the people re
lief from extortion or Imposition
by the railroads desire to do somothitif
practical will bo content with a fov
simple provisions they may bo able tc
accomplish something before the legls
laturo adjourns. A bill that will compel
pol nil railroads in Nebraska to main
tain the same classification that now
prevails in Illinois and Iowa wouh
perhaps have some chance of passing
both houses. Such a bill wouk
prevent overi'hargos to shippers by
change of classification and lay tin
foundation for regulation that would
prove effective. A bill that would cstab
lish the local tonnage rate for the fem
principle ) staples that are transported bj
Nebraska railroads namely , coal , him
ber , grain and cattle , with proper dilTor <
entiation for the long and short haul
would be more effective and practical
than tin indexible maximum rate
schedule with nearly as many article ;
as are embraced in a national tarilT bill ,
There is such a thing as trying to dc
too much.
TllK XATirilAUZM'Wlf LAW.
The bill reported to the house of rep
resentatives from its committee on
judiciary , providing for the amendment
of the naturalization law , is a measure ol
importance. Changes in the Inwwhich
will prevent its abuse , whieh will ele
vate the character of citizenship by
shutting out persons who are unworthy
of it , and which will give till practicable
assurance that those who hereafter be
come citizens of the United States will
understand and bo lilted for the
great privileges and rcsponsllitos
involved , are undoubtedly to be
doslroil. The report of the com-
initteo accompanying the bill stales
that now any sort of criminal may ob
tain all the benefits of citizenship in
the United States by making an alll-
davit of intention before the clerk of
the court , while the goner.illy careless
l > ractice of judges allows an alien , how
ever had his character or ignorant he
may be , to become a uitlzon. Tlio law
docs not deny citi/onship to persons
who have come into the country in lla-
grant violation of the immigration law.s.
The naturalization law dates back to
the administration of Jctrerson , and the
original act lias been amended
but once , such amendment sim
ply providing that a declaration
of intention may bo made before a clerk
of any of the courts named in the
statute. The only safeguard against
improper or unworthy persons becom
ing citizens is in the requirement that
it shall bo made to appear to the satis
faction ot the court that the applicant
for citizenship lias during the specified
period "behaved as a man of good moral
character , attached to the principles of
the constitution of the United States ,
and well disposed to the good order and
happiness of the same. " Obviously
there is ample latitude hero for a care
less judge , or ono who has a
political purpono to serve , to grant
citizenship to persons wholly unfitted
for it , and it is a matter of common
knowledge that this is widely done.
The recurrence of every important
election makes citizens throughout the
country of thousands who are unworthy
of that boon. When this law was passed
by the Seventh congress there were
very few aliens of the objectionable
classes coming into the country , and a
liberal sentiment prevailed , under the
inllucncc of JolTcrson , regarding the
extension ot citizenship. But it muot
be conceded that the conditions have
changed , and as the privilege of being
an American oitly.cn is of greater value
now than then the necessity of guard
ing it more carefully is stronger. The
alien who now renounces his alle
giance to his native land and takes
upon himsfllf the obligations of a citi
zen of the United States , secures the
proluolion of 'one of the most powerful
and respected nations , with opportuni
ties which no other country can give.
It is curtuinly the right of the nation
to have the strongest possible assur
ances that the man whom it takes to its
guardianship and its privileges is
worthy of them.
The bill reported by the committee
will of course require very careful and
deliberate consideration. There is no
demand for hasty action , and it is not
supposed that there will bo llnal action
upon it by the present congress. But it
will bo ready for the next congress , and
in the mean time it can receive full pub
lic discussion.
THE KECim ) NORTH AND SOUTH ,
The discussion in the house of repre
sentatives on Wednesday , preliminary
to the vote on the ElUotl-rfmalls con
test , which rosulled against the col
ored contestant , waa mainly Important
as showing the narrow spirit of the
men who dominate southern politics.
So far as the contest is concerned , it ,
has been irrevocably determined by a
nearly strict party vote , but two demo
crats voting with the republicans , and
[ lean bo to little purpo.-iu to continue
the controversy. Undoubtedly Smalls
was entitled to the seat , and it is not
creditable to the majority of the house
or to the party represented by that
majority , that ho was deprived of his
right. It was an action that will stand
in evidence lujniim all future profes
sions ot the democratic party that It is
disposed to deal justly with the colored
man , It Is a lesson which the colored
cltl/.ons of the country ought to
thoroughly learn and remember.
The effort of the southern politicians
to justify their conduct In suppressing
colored republicans , and nullifying the
clcf.tlon of a colored roproaontatlvo
from that section , by arraigning the
north because It has never sent a col
ored man to congress , was the most
puerile application of what Mr. Ludgo
characterized m the "your'ro another"
argument over hoard in congrous. There
area number of congressional districts in
the south in which the colored voters
are in lho majority , while there Is not
ono such district In the north. Colored
mon are chosen to legislatures In the
northern states solely hs a matter ol
fairness to the rnco , and it Is not to bo
doubted that it there were con pros
slonal districts in the north with n pro
nondoranco of colored voters , as there
are in the south , some of them wouh
have colored reprcsontatlvoj. Their
vote would not bo suppressed , am'
It would bo fatrl } ' counted when
cast. But there is no reason why t
colored mnn should bo sent to congress
gross from a northern district slmplj
ns an affair of sentiment , or as Mr
Hemphlll of South Carolina put it , ti
"make a living example of his fitness t <
make laws for the people of the United
States. " Experiments of this kind li
politics are neither expected nor to b <
desired.
It will be useless for the southon
democrats to attempt to justify their
conduct toward the colored citizens ol
the south by such argument as this , 01
by citing casual Incidents of hostility
to colored men in the north. The fact
remains , supported by evidence
that can not bo successfully ques-
ioned , that hundreds of thou
sands of colored men nro denied then
political rights in the south , while In
the north they are as tree and untrunv
moled in the exercise ot these rights
as the while citizen. This is the plain
and simple issue , which cannot bo removed -
moved by taunt and recrimination.
i'lAlILK HKCOltD.
No member of Mr. Cleveland's cab
inet , not oven Secretary Bayard , will
retire from public life with a moro un
enviable record than Mr. Vilas. While
postmaster-general the whole aim ol
Vilas scorned to bo to turn over the
postal service as rapidly as possible to
democrats. Very early after entering
the department ho issued his memorable
conlldenllal circular to democratic con
gressmen , instructing them as to the
method to be pursued in order to re
place republican postmasters with dem
ocrats. The exposure of this
bright schema by a congress
man who was not so much
of n partisan as to have lost his solf-
respect , for a time chocked the plans of
Mr. Vilas for a clean sweep , but ho re
turned to the work with a vigor , the
results ot which wcro speedily appar
ent. Tlio consequence was a pretty
general demoralization of the service ,
which was never in worse condition
than when ho left , it to assumes the
duties of the interior department.
As secretary of the interior , Vilas
has done nothing of advantage to the
government or to his own credit. lie
probably found the administration less
anxious than it Had professed
to bo to antagonize the cor
porations and other predatory occu
pants of the public domain , and none
could have been moro willing than nc
to acquiesce in this fooling. The con
sequence is that his administration ot
the interior department has had few
practical results of value to the people.
Recently Indian Commissioner Oberly
virtually censured Vilas for his course
in the Chippewa timber cutting scan
dal , and the circumst'inco illustrates a
phase of the character of the present
secretary of the interior. The question
involved was on a complaint made by
the Cliippcwas of northern Wisconsin ,
that the Superior Lumber company
was helping itself to lumber
from their reservation. One Gregory ,
a former employe of tlie lumber
company , was made Indian agent at La
L'ointo , in which capacity ho passed
upon contracts between the Cluppowas
and the Superior Lumber company , per
mitting the company to cut timber on
the reservation. Evidence produced a
year ago before a senate committee led
, o the resignation of Gregory , but ho
: ias remained in possession of the ollico.
There have also been rather intimate ! ro-
ations batwcon Vilas and Gregory. It
is sulliciont to say that the cause of
Commissioner Oborly's reflections on
, 'no action of the secretary of the in
terior was the fact that the latter de
cided the matter in controversy against
the Cliippcwas , and until another secro-
.ary of the interior comes in to set this
decision aside , as undoubtedly it should
) C , the Superior Lumber company will
continue to prey upon the timber of the
'ndians. The country is to be congratu-
aled upon the early retirement of Mr.
Vilas from public life.
ATTRITION is being directed in the
nanufacturing centers of the country to
the possibilities to which the waste
n-oduets of corn can bo put. Ono of the
atest discoveries is the manufacture of
> apor and cloth from corn husks. It is
ilaimcd that the linen inndo from the
eng fibre of husks gives an excellent
substitute for the coarser grades of llax
ind hemp and is superior to jute , funny
cloth and similar products. While the
shorter fibres of the husks are most ad
mirably adapted for the manufacture of
taper , which is stronger than the
Kipors of like weight made from linen
or cotton rags. There can bo noqucs-
, Ion that within comparatively few
years manufacturing enterprises will
spring up in Nebraska and other of the
Bo-called agricultural states of the west
to convert our natural products by
nothodsyot to bo discovered or still in
their infancy into articles of general
utility. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tim laboring element of the country
vill have its attention attracted to the
eccnt action of the National Associa
tion of Builders , which recommends im
portant changes in the lien laws of the
various states. The association seolcs
to amend the lien laws so that laborers
ind journeymen shall have no claim
ipon property for labor performed in
excess of the twenty-four days' ' earnings
'or each individual. It is a serious
question whether mechanics and labor
ers should bo deprived of any right
which they are accorded by existing
awn. As between contractors and lab
orers the latter should bo entitled to
the greater protection. For that rea
son atato legislatures will be loath to
ntorforo with the lion laws at the bid-
ling of the builders. It inay bo do-
icndod upon , moreover , that a most
vigorous protest would come from labor
organizations In the event of any such
iction ,
Accoitm.vo to the comptroller of thn
currency the national banks have never
sounder or batter managed than
to-day. The nowycnr lias opened undei
favorable anslccp | and there Is a buoy
nncy and hcalthfulness in the monoj
markets which bespeak confidence
The decline iw speculation has permit
ted the banksi\o \ como to a sounder basl
and to disposejpfthoir holdings of securl
tics not easily noffotlable. Thouinrvelou
expansion of tli6lr deposits has put inti
the money ccntros more money than can
find investment , All this is gratifying
ns It prepares the way for a season ol
enterprise and prosperity , the monienl
the wheels ot industry are sot in motion
Pitovisioxs should bo made for th
payment of inspectors of public work
this season out of current funds. Tin
abuses which have resulted from com
pulling inspectors to wait until tin
special levy had been made for theii
particular services , have boon pointci
out time and again. Not alone is it nt
injustice on the part of the city to delay
lay payment to these inspectors , but
too often the public Interests have boon
sacrificed , duo to the dependence of inspectors
specters on contractors for pecuniary
favors.
Foil attempting to kill Dr. Kelly and
incidentally jeopardizing the life ot his-
wife , two mun have been held In $ iGOi ! ;
bonds each. The bonds are too light ,
unless It bo known that there Is no
possibility of raising even such r
modest sum. It is generally believed
that attempts to murder constitute an
offense meriting punishment.
YKSTHIIDAV the French ministry re
signed , thus acknowledging the power
of Boulnnger. France might as well
deed herself to this adventurer. It is
pitiful to see an alleged republic in the
power of a man whose greatest achieve
ment thus far-has been getting hisnccU
in the way of Floquct's sword.
OiiAHA should be made as great n
corn market as she is a cattle and pack
ing center. With meat in one hand
and grain in the other , our city would
draw till kinds of manufacturing indus
tries , and would double her population
in the next five years.
Kcho Answers "Wlilthei- ? "
Chtcaun Trtltutic.
An express trust and a watermelon trust
within two days ! Whitlicr , O whllhcr are
we drifting I
A CenU-r Hliot.
A'lllS'TS Ctlu TfmM.
When Uio Now York Times alluded to
' Jud o" Timrston , as a "ridiculous person , "
it struck a small .carpet tack smauk on the
head.
( i
General , IJarrimm Is Calm.
.SI. lM\tI \ < t I'ost-Dlsiintch.
There is apparently only one republican in
the country who is not worryiiiR himself
over the cabinent appointments ; his name is
Harrison. ' '
llrutiil.Coul Harons.
I'lirjail lDltta llcconl.
The soft winter has made life more toler
able for the poorj ibtit it has not softened the
hearts of the coal ' 'companies. In order to
keep up prices they are stoppitiR work in the
mines. . ; t )
How Hoes Mr. Harrison Feel ?
It is a quostjon whether Mr. Harrison
thanks President .Cleveland for signing the
act creating another cnbiaot oflicer , or
whether ho feels like talcing htm by the coat-
collar.
Slightly Disll iirca But .
Chicago llernM.
Queer things are happening every day
now. Tlio boy who fell from a tcntli story
window in Denver is alive and kicking1 , just
as the democratic party is after a similar ex
perience.
A I'lay on Words.
New Tortc Il.'or/d. /
Mrs. Humphrey Ward \vill not appeal in
vain to the sympathies of the American pub
ic in her protest against the dramatisation
of "Uobcrt Elsmore.Vo have a uealthy
prejudice against a play on words.
PAUAGRAPUS.
Chicago Inter Ocean : A Baltimore tailor
ms twonty-livo children. Misllts in his
stock must couio handy.
Chicago News : In three more weolts the
goddess of liberty will accept General Harrison
risen as her steady company.
Pittsuurg Chronicle : An Oakland girl has
an admirer who always brings her euewing-
guni. She calls Uim.Gumbcau.
St. Louis Globe Democrat : "Robert
Clsmero" has been dramatized , and now
iiay wo hope that a similar fate is in store
for the Westminster Catechisms ?
Nomstown Herald : In Volapuk "galon"
neons to rejoice. That is what a young
man does when lie has a gal-on his knee.
Yolanuk Is no slouch of a language , after all.
Chicago Times : A man was rcsoued from
the waters of Niagara by a guide. Uut it is
a question whether the man had anything to
ivo for whou the guide got through with
urn.
urn.Kansas
Kansas City Times : Hcpubllcan onice-
soakers are pouring into Washington by
every train and roadway. And the Indiana
delegation lias not yet started. Alas lor
Carne , alas for Ben ,
Chicago Herald : The now and the old will
jo in striking contrast wliun the Chicago
juso ball club lays out a diamond in ono of
ho vacant lots in Jerusalem. Still Captain
Anson is no spring chicken.
Philadelphia North American : There are
some prominent Ata rlcan defaulters at 'tho
Montreal Ice eaniiyjV ) . They ought to make
good tobogganers. , , ( They know how to slldo
from the states tO'Canada. '
Now York World : , A tcrnblo French duel
ias.beon fought li | , Pjjirls with swords. Ono
of the combatants was wounded twice in the
upper 1I | > . Uut then the duellists wcro a
loot and a critic. ' '
Cincinnati Enmiirflr ( J : The experience o'f
Hov , S. U. Leech , chaplain of the Now York
senate , shows how hard It U lor a minister
of the gospel to JiVl _ 'puch a position. Ho put
some politics in Ills [ prayer to please ono sldo
ami was promotljUtnouked out by the other.
It is indeed ilifilcAilt to make religion and
) o1itlcs mix smootjily ,
Chicago Tribune ! ' 'A representative of the
"lillauolplila Press went to sou Walt Whit-
nan the ether day , but his interview was
ovidcntlv uhort , us ho published an account
of It shortly afterward under the Head ,
'Two Minutes with Walt Whitman. " The
old poet must have displayed a physical vigor
altogether unoxpected.
6TATK AND TKHKITOliY.
NohniHlca
Clcarwatcr is In great need of n public
lark.
A big building boom is expected in Crctu
the ensuing bcusuu.
The Hamilton County Leader is a new
ournalistlu enterprise.
Them is not a criminal case on the docket
of the Polk county district court ,
t'ivo years ago four Mlndon young men
nado a but of $1 each with a young lady tlmt
she would mnrry Insldo of five years. T.li
time was xln last week 'aud the boys hud t
settle.
A street cnr robber lion locntoJ at ttoMrk
and bis tlrst professional vrorU netted hli
$10.
lr , JntnesS. Itolce , one of the loading | > b , <
alciati * of Crete , died nt lentcr , In. , of heal
disease.
For tlio first tlmo In Us history HIP dtelrii
court room in the court house nt licatrlc
was scrubbed out tlio ether day.
Charles Goodale , of Huchard , cmiRbt on
ot his Iocs In the machinery of a wind mi
and nearly had his limb twisted off.
There Is talk of opening a brick yard I
Marquette to furnish material for seven
buildings which nro to bo erected the cotnlti
season.
George A. Gamblo.a former Furnns count
man , has been arrested In loxv.i on the char ) ;
of running mortgagee ! horses into Kanso
and selling them , and 1ms been bound over i
Arajiahoo lu $ ; iOiH ) bonds for trial.
Tlio county surveyor of Custer count ;
with a force of eleven .men , is busy inakin
tlu > survey for the proposed canal to connc (
tlie Dismal river with the Muddy and tint
furnish n magnificent water power fc
Uroken How.
Tlio editor of the Garflcld County Qunvci
realizing that smncUilnit must bo done t
boom the matrimonial market now that Ion
year is past , 'iTers to send the paper free fc
ftlx months to every couple getting tunrriv
in the county.
luwn.
Mnrshalltown wants a beet sugar factory
There is talk of starting a cotton factory i
Clinton.
The Ames agricultural college will open o
the 'J7l.li inst.
A mysterious veiled woman In black 1
mystifying tlie Dubuque police.
The rolling mills are to be removed froi
Lturllngton on account of city legislation thn
proprietors don't like.
Tlio North DCS Moines school board hn
decided to establish kindergarten .schools a
a part of tlio school system.
ISnergotiu steps arc being taken to organiz
a commercial club in Tort Dodge , to lool
after the city's business interests.
The Catholics in tlio eastern part of Wei :
stor county will organise u church and buili
a Hue new building at Uuacombe station li
tlio spring.
Mrs. Peter Jennings , one of the oldest pet
sons In thu slate died recently aged ninety
five years. She was the mother of lion
John D. JenniiiL's and Dr. Charles Jennings
of Dubuijue. bho had been a resident o
Dubuijuo for the past thirty-live years.
The Chronicle says : "It is quite evidon
from the way that things are coming to ligli
of late that Fort Dodge is sadly in need ol
some other prohibition than that we now
have. On Friday night a baby boy was bon
to a highly respectable waman living in tin
southeast part of the cit.v who has been :
widow for eight years. The woman lias re
fused to make an out-and-out confession , 1m
her talk is of a nature that would implicati
a highly respected businessman of the city. *
AVyotnlnji.
The coal mines nt Casper arc developing
nicely and the vein enlarging as work pro
grosses.
The citizens of Carbon are urging tin
county commissioners to sink an artesian
well at that place.
Tlie mining outlook in Wyoming was novel
moro promising and every indication points
to a boom in tlio sprint ; .
The catholic ladies of Cheyeuno have or
ganized a St Mary's relief .society to aid tin
needy , visit the siek and comfort the afllicted
The Caspar Mail prints a long story about
the mythical town of Hothwell and entitle ?
it " 13otluvell as u Home , or the Townsito
Aecnt's Hovcngo. "
Uov. Dr. Huntinpton , ha * resigned the rec
torship of St. Thomas' church at Unwlins
and accepted u call to the church , of Heavenly
Rest at Saratoga Springs.
The Pacific Short Line has unoHlciallj1
asked what Douglas will do with regard to
terminal facilities in and right of way
through the city , together with ground for
depots and reuair shops.
It is stated that an effort Is now being
made in New York city to form a syndicate
for the construction of a pipe line from the
Wyoming oil Holds in the Big Horn country
to a point near the Northern Pacilic railway.
Tlio Sundance Gazette says that 113 colts
and young horses have been killed in a few
weeks' time by wolves , in the neighborhood
of the Hello Fourche. The ranchmen are
getting up a petition to the next lecislature
to have a bounty placed on wolf scalps , if
they have any stock left when it meets.
A herder on Seven-Mile creek , near Lara-
inle , recently visited the corral and found
twenty dead shoep. Ho looked around in
wonder , as a ten-foot fence enclosed the
sheep , and he couldn't understand what had
done the mifchief. While he was looking
around a mountain lion came out of the hay
stack , dropped to the ground and , clearing
tbo fence at ono jump , "was off and away.
The herder was petrified with surprise and
horror at his narrow escape.
Gfispcr's County Sent.
Er.wooo , Nob. , Feb. 14. [ Special to Tim
HKK. ] The county scat of Gosper county is
still haulting between two points , Elwood
aud Homcrvillo , with the records at the lat
ter. The county oftlcors , instead of moving
the records hero at the time contemplated ,
allowed them to remain at Homervillo till a
decision should bo had from the supreme
court , Dually disposing oi the injunction that
was dissolved by Judge Coehraii of this dis
trict and taken to the supreme court on error
and argued and submitted there on the Ifitli
ult. No delay was expected. In a few days
notice of a restraining order was received to
the effect tnat the county oflicera should
await the further order of the court. Very
recently notice from the supreme court was
served on the county ofllciato summoning
them to appear before the court at Lincoln ,
July L' , 18S' ' . ) , to hear the discussion of the
case. So the matter thus rests , with both
sides preparing for the content case pending
in the district court that convenes at the
county seat , if it can bo found , on the 2Jth ( of
March next.
A ease that has rested quietly , but is liable
to create no little sensation in this county ,
and now pending in the district rourt , is the
statp .of Nebraska against Abraham M.
Whislcr , confined In jail ami charged with
ra o on the person of Rachel D. Myers , who
is about eleven years old.
WHAT 1'IjUl'ljIj 'I'ALIC AlJOUr.
Views and Interviews Gathered lu
Hntnl Corridors and KIsowlicrc.
J. W , Smith , tlio founder of Callaway , a
comparatively new town located in what he
is pleased to call the btato of Cubter , lias
been visiting and doing Omaha for two or
three days. Mr. Smith is a large , portly ,
good looking and jolly democrat. Ho was
the candidate of his parts last fall for sena
tor but fell short several hundred vote ? , and
had the pleasure of congratulating L. II.
Jowctt , Ins republican opponent , Judging ,
however , from the tone of a short conversa
tion , had with J. W. this mnriiing ho wai not
very lavish with his congratulations. Uho
issue in that district was county division and
on it the light for senator and representa
tives was made. Smith stoou ns a divls-
lonists.
'Wo want , " said he , "Custer made into
four counties and sooner or later will have it
[ lone. Hut it will take time , The people of
Broken Bow , the county seat , oppose it now ,
thouuh thuy will not always bis strong enough
to defeat us. Tlio county is now so largo
that many of its Inhabitants are compelled to
travel 1-0 miles to transact their county
business to pay their taxes and attend court
as witnesses or jurors , Imagine the hard
ship Imposed upon thorn when they have to
make that trip in thu winter lime over ro'igli
mil slippery roads. By making four counties
aut of Uustcr , wo would then have larger
- ounlles than any in that section of the stutu
[ it present. A bill has boea introduced in the
legislature1 continued Mr. Smith ,
"which the newspapers ought to
oppose ami kill. If passed it
would leave us in a duplorablo
condition. Jowott , pledged himself not to take
my action on the question of division and ,
so far as outward indications went kept Ills
pledge , but wo all underatand who Is at the
bottom of the mcauuro now pending , The
1)111 ) was Introduced In the house by u mom-
ixir from some small county in the eastern
luirt of the btato who lias no possible Interest
whatever In division. It provides that a
lure-fifths majority of all the votes cast
ihall bo rcijuired to carry a projiobitioii for
livision of counties ; also , that after the < jues-
lion has been voted on , another election cau-
not bo held for thrco years. If it goes
through , Iho only thinp left for in' , will bo to
boom Cftllow y , anil got in enough voters to
carry the day. While I was the democratic
candidate , a majority of tlio republican *
voted for mo. Uint | Hrokon How , thn di'ino-
crnta knifed mo. This Is sufllciont to show
you that politics cut very littio llguro in Hie
election , "
Mr , Smith says Ualiowny Is growlnc like n
green bay tree. "U'e liuvo four banks , an
opera house , plenty of business and the finest
water power In the stnto of Ncbrnskn , Wo
have also organized u strong company and
will soon commence the erection of u largo
flouring mill , llcforc long Oalloway will
have two railroads and then you can set It
down thattslie will bo ono of the best inland
town * within the borders of Uio state.
James H. Angell , tlie president of the Ann
Arbor college , Is a very pleasant man to
meet when ho is nwav from home. Lnst
evening ho smiled affably and said that it
always did him good to mvot newspapur men.
Hut It was almost impossible to interview
the distinguished old gpnUeiiian. So many
of the alumni of the university surrounded
and talked to him , He managed , however ,
to say that this his first visit to Omaha Inul
been something of n very pleasant surprise.
He had not expected to see quite so large ,
well built aud busy n town.
Ann Arbor is prospering flu ply ,
The college has moro students there this
year than ever before , nml is growing all the
time. " President Angell will lecture before
the State University of Nebraska at Lincoln
to-morrow night.
J. M. Steele , of Hiiller county , was seen
nt the Mlllard. "U'e do not , " ho said , "ex
pect n big boom this year. A stead v , sub
stantial growth beats n boom every tlmennd
that is what wo are having. David City has
become a very line county scat. She fs im
proving rapidly in tno way of now and hand
some buildings , her merchants arc carrying
excellent stocks of goods , and 1 think the
people are justly happy , "
Judpo Hroad.v , of Beatrice , was n visitor
at tlie big temple of Justice on tlio hill this
morning. He expressed himself as well
pleased at the arrangements for doing busi
ness , and wished that ( Inge county could
boast of such a bulldinir. "VVo have 250 cases
on our docket , " said hiT "which you under
stand , is less than the iillottincnt to either of
the four judges here. " The judge thinks
that his town mid county have prospects of n
lively and prosperous season before them.
James V , Mahoney , commissioner of the
freight bureau nt Sioux City , was in Omaha
to-day. He was enthusiastic over the out
look for his cit.v , nml predicted that it would
bo in the near future the great railroad cen
ter of the west. He said : "Our citizens
have enterprise , and this , together with our
working in harmony with the railroads , is
the hey to our SUCCO.HS. We will have a rail
road from Sioux City to Ogdcn in a few
years. Yes , sir ; it is backed up by the Man
hattan Loan and Trust company , and bioux
City alone will contribute f 100,000 to the en
terprise. "
If your complaint is want of appetite ,
try half wine glass Angostura Hitters
before meals. Dr. J. ( J. U. Sicffert it
Sons , solo manufacturers. At all drug
gists.
SISnU-ANXUAIi AWAUD3.
Mmle to DeNCrvliiK StmlenlH ! u
OclDillon University.
The semi-annual distribution of prizes at
Crcighton college hall took place Wednesday
afternoon. The programme opened with a
"Welcome to " choir of
song , Morning , by a
forty trained boys under tlie diiection of
Mrs. Uurkbard , who played the accompani
ment upon the organ , "Mlnnchaha" was
recited by T liomas Loc and with such effect
as to deserve special mention. "Tho Life
Boat" was recited by Frank Kinney and
this was followed by a declamation by Frank
Lovett. "Tho Queen of Franco" wns admir
ably rendered by James Kinsler.
Medals of excellence wore awarded to
Joseph McCarvillc , J. Kinsler , II. J. Mur
ray , James Lahey , Francis Id nncy , Joseph.
Kcnody , John Corbett. Premiums of elocution -
tion wcro awarded to I-1. ICmncy , John Bran-
nan , William Barry , William Flynn , Frank
Stockdale , Philip McArdle , Thomas Lee.
The pupils who distinguished themselves
in the examination are : ts follows , and com
prise those who received 75 out of a possible
JOU , the number after each name represent
ing the notes received by the students men
tioned :
Charles Barry , SO ; William Barry , 83 ;
Robert Howtol , 1)2 ) ; John Brannen , 6.1 ; Fran
cis Briardy , 8S : Edward Brown , ill ; Thomas
Brown , S < i ; Adrian Burkhard , 80 ; John By-
ers , 81 ; John Cain , 78 ; Edward Cannon , 77 ;
Charles Charles , Si ( ; John Connolly , 70 ;
John Corbett , Ooi Joseph Cunningnam , 75 ;
William Curry , S5 ; John Daniby , 91 ; John
Uaughorty , 77 ; Albert Davis , 87 ; Kdgar
Dennison , ' . ' 2 : Joseph Dobroy , SO ; Albert
Driscoll , 70 ; John English , SO : Nathan
iel Field , 83 ; Warner Field , 82 ;
William Flynn , 8 ; ! ; Clifford Forbs , 70 ; Bart
Ford , 80 ; James Ford , 91 ; Timothy Ford , (10 ( ;
James Fox , 75 ; Louis Frirk , 811 ; Clarence
Fumy , 80 ; Clarence GullaRlicr3y ; Frank
Gallagher , 89 ; James Gammon , 81 ; Patrick
Gammon , 92 ; William Gibbon , 70 ; Fredrick
Hall , 82 ; John Hcllwig , 9'J ; Joseph Hobrceht ,
S5 ; Louis Hopkins , 8i ( ; Leslie Hosteller , ! )3 ) ;
Arthur Howser , 87 : Francis Huba , 8. ! ; John
Ivastl , 80 ; Thomas ICelloy , 77 ; Francis Ken
nedy. 112.Ins ; Kennedy. 90 ; Frank Kcmiedy.OO
Albert Kinsler , 91 ; James C. Kinsler , ! HS ;
Willie Kroll , til ; James Lahoy , 03 ; Henry
Leary. 7'J ; Patrick , 79 ; Thomas Leo , 81 ;
Kustiico Lovett , 82 ; Frances Lovett. 85 ; Kd-
ward Lynam , 8-1 ; James Lynch , 85 ; Philip
McArdle , 82 ; Alphonso McUann , 85 ; Joseph
McCarville , 8S ; Philip McAvoy. 81 ; Patrick
McGovcrn , 8U ; Michael McGrlovy , 84 ;
CharlesMellugh. S'J ; Philip McMIllhn , 80 ;
Michael May , 88 ; Edward Miles , 81 ; Charles
Morinrty , 113 ; Cornelius Murphy , 77 ;
Kdward Murphy , T5 ; John Murphy , 1)0 ) ;
William Murphy , 83 ; Hartnctt Murray , S3 ;
Eugene Moon , fO ; Patrick O'ConnclI , 87 ;
Michael O'Coiuier , 9'J ; Harry Perkins , 80 ; ,
Henry Pony , 75 ; James Ryan , 91 ; Morris ]
In the evening the question , "Kesoh'od. \
that the cru.sndcM wcro detrimental to Ku- f
rope , " wns thoroughly discussed by Mcs rs , V
Dollono nnd Flynn on the nfllrnmtlve , and I
Messrs. Murray and Urannon on the iictra.
live , _
AN INJUNCTION UANTIM > .
lnil > ; o llrrwnr Grunts the Western
Union nn Injunction.
The Union Pacific has received Its first
call-down in the Injunction proceedings
brought against it by the Wcstorn Union
telegraph company , The case was called nt
l.eavcnworth , Kiin , , before Judge Hrowcr
Wcdsosday , nnd after the attorneys had con
cluded their arguments , pro nnd con , the
court granted the Western Union u tempo r
nry injunction , restraining the Union Pacific
from operating Independently the linca between
tween Oiimtm nnd Opdeu nnd Kansas City
nnd Denver. The result ot the hearing nt
Lonven worth wns nmdo known by Judge
Kelley , the attorney for the Union Pncllic1 ,
through a tolegmm to the officials
nt the headquarters to that. , effect.
When asked what would result
from the action of the court nnntlnchoof
the Union Pacific said : "Well , wo will now
have to operate Jointly with the Western
Union regardless of the obligations Imposed
upon us by tin net of congress to the con
trnry. Wo will operate Jointly from this
time on until a filial decree of the court is
rendered. " Judge Kelley and L. H. Kort.v ,
the latter superintendent of telegraph of the
Union Paoillc , was expected from Leaven
worth last night or this morning , U is
stated that the netlon of Judge Brewer is
what was expected , but in view of the exist
Ing obligations of the Union Pacific , by va
lue of an act of congress requiring tlmt com
pany to operate independently of the West
em Union , the road was not vested with
authority to enter into nay combine with the
Western Union in maintaining Its telegraph
service.
SNYDKU'S
One ol' tlio Cliaiios ) nt LciHt Blade ( o
Stick.
John Snyder , the street car driver , who
claims to bo persecuted by a woman named
Virginia Miller , was tried before Justice
Anderson yesterday iil'tornoon on the charge
of basterdy. Ho was found guilty ami held
to the district court in the sum of $1,000.
Snyder was before Justice Head on the
same charge Monday , but was discharged on
the grounds that Miss Miller was not n resi
dent of this state and that the enso would
have to bo tried in Missouri , where tlio
child was born. 'J he case of bigamy ngainst
tlio man was nlso dismissed from tlio district
court , but since that time lie lias been in tbo
county jail several times on this latter of
fense.
Judge Anderson held him to the district
court , in order to lot a Jury decide whether
or not the child would become a ward on Iho
county. The counsel for the defense tried to
compromise the inattnr by having Snyder
and his present wife adopt the child and give
bond to the county commissioners for its
support. Tills they agreed to , but the at
torneys for the woman objected , for they
were only trying to prove that Snyder wns
the father of the child and not endeavoring
to make him provide maintenance for It.
AH ho admitted that the offspring belonged
to him by making the proposition to adopt It ,
the prosecution was moro desirous than ever
of bis case going to the higher court ,
Jlo Swears Vengeance.
If there arc moments when Business Man
ager Jake Koscnthal is not thinking- "Tho
Little Tycoon" opera , these moments como
to him when he is asleep. He is , as it were ,
stuck on the music of tlie opera. Knowing
his devotion in this line a prominent railroad
man in this city put up a job on Jake yoster
Jay. lie inveigled him into a prominent
music store and induced him to buy a music
box on the lid of which was posted the title
of tlio popular waltz song of the opera "Love
L'omcH Llkon Summer Sigh. " On Booing
iliis Jake could not buy the box quick
2nougli , and planked down 55 before ho
icard it play. Ho could not get to Boyd's '
) pera liousu quick enough , nnd rushing up to
; he box oflieo he Raid to Doc Hnynos and
FomBoyd : "Listen here , boys I who says
Jio music of 'The Tycoon" is not popular ! "
\.nd then Jake wound up his triok and sot it
; oing. What did the disgusting thing do !
: t simply set up there and ovoU-co from its
nusical inwardness tboso terrible tunes ,
'White Wings" nnd "When tno Hobms
tfost Again , " until the tears ran down the
: hecks of Boyd and Hnynes from laugtitor.
An Iiinnno Mother's Deed
HonoKi'.x , N. J. , Feu. 1-1. Sophia Buck ,
igcd thirty , living on the second floor of 11
onoment in this city , became suddenly in
ane. this morning and throw her sovcn-
nonth-old child out of a window , fatally in
uring tlio babo. The mother was placed
indcr arrest. She wis ; abandoned by her
lusband , who left her ill and destitute , and
rh lie brooding over her pitiable condition
, er reason gave way.
Tlio IJiu-li Wlro I'ntciit ,
Wonc'ESTKit. Mass. , Fob. -Charles G.
Vashburno. of the Washburn & Moon man-
factnring company , states that the alleged
French patent" of Louia jTnnindoes , willet
ot make void the Gllitdcn patent. Gliddcn
laims to have invented the twisted fenc-o
'Iro with n spur bent nt the middle jior-
on and clumped in position by the other
'ire. Ho does not claim to have invented
10 spurs or prongs.
r"nhere is no gain so certain as saving what you have. " Why
JL th.cn destroy valuable garments by using common and impure
soaps upon them ? Prof. Gcnlh , of the University of Pennsylvania ,
says : "I find tlie Ivory to be a very superior soap. It gives a fint
lather , and it can safely be used upon any fabric , "
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white suaus , each represented to be " just as Rood aj the ' Jvory'i" '
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
of the genuine. Ask for "Ivor/ " Soap and insist upon gelting it.
lbS9 , t ; I'/ccter ic ( iambia.