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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKZDAY , APRIL 10. 1830. THE DAILY BEE. ISVEUY M01MUNO. TEHMfl oFBUnSCIUPTION. Dally ( Horning Kdlllon ) Including BUNDAY UKH. One Your . . Slg M t For 8/r / Month * . / . BOO For Thrco Month * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 W THR OMAHA SMROAT Her , mulled to anr address. One Venr . . . WRKKMT HUB , Ono Year . < * m OMAHA Ornne. No .fll4 nnd trio KAUNAM BTIIBKT. CHicAno Orricr , IA : Hoonnitr liaii.nixn. Nr.wyoiiKOrnce.Hoom 14 AND 16 TiuiioNn JIOIUIINO. WAIUIIMflTO. * Or IOK , NO. 613 VODIITKRNTII BTHEET. COUimsrONDF.NCK. All commiinlcMions relBtlnst to news ntid cdl- torial matttr should De addressed to the Eution , , . Alt liusltiMi letters nnd remlttnncfi sHouwba ftddressod to TUB HKB I'onr.tsinnu COMI-AN * . OMAHA. Jr f ts , cuwns and postonica orders to be mnilo payable to the order of the company. lAc Bcc PalillsWngcSpany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER , Editor. Notice to Agents n l fltilncrlbers Wo will consider U n favor If agents nnd BUD- ecrlbers will notify u nt once when TUB llur falls to reach them promptly. In order to sun cosfuHy remedy any fault In the delivery of pnpere. It Is absolutely nocessnry that wo know the ilntn on which papers were Into or missing. If late , give the tlmo nnd train on which "TiiE UKB reached your town. Also stoto from what direction so tlmt wo can locate thu trouble nnd ripply 'the proper remedy. Vapors nro fro- < ltiently carried by n town through the cnro- legalists of the roulo nsents. ana when this" oo curs , wo can , with full Information , place the blame where U belongs. TJ1L3 U14I2. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btftte ot Nebraska , ( . . . County ot Douglas , f " George H. Tzschuck. secretary ot the Hee Pub- llshlnK comoany , does solemnly swear that iho actual circulation ot Tim DAILV llr.B for the week endlnir April 13.1KW , was as follows : Funday. April 7. I" . * Monday. Aprils. 19.100 TUCF.UV. Awll n HV-71 Wednesday , April 10 .2I.TOI Thursday. April ] 1 ! WrM Kridny. April 11 ! 1B.NIO Saturday. April 13 .18.827 Average II151 OKOUOK U. TZSCHUOIC. Bworn to before mo and subscribed to in my uresenco this lath day of April. A. D. } t > 89. 8enl. N. 1' . FK1L , Notary I'ublle , State ot Nebraska , I County of Douglns. f ss < Ouorgu I ) . Tziciiuck. boliiR duly sworn , do- poxes and says that ho is secretary of the lice Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation or THIS JAirv linn for the month of April. 18-w. 18.741 copies ; for May. 1BSX. 18.18 ; ! copies ; for Juno. ISiW , 19'il : copies ; for July. 188S. 18rtHccplei ; for August , 1HS8. 1MF3 copies ; for Sopteinbor , 1H88 , 1M.154 copies ; for October. 1883.18U3t coplos ; for November , 1883 , in.flbflcopies ; for December , 1888.18'iSl copies ; for January. 1SKO , 18,671 copies ; for February , 1889 , 18H fl copies ; for Mnrcli. IRb'J. nRi4 copies. GKOItOK II. TZSUHWiK. Sworn to before mo nnd subscrlbod'ln my presence this 10th day of April. A. IX , 1R80. N. V. FKIL , Notary 1'ubllc , OMAHA'S place ns third among the pork packing centers for the sixth woelc of the summer packing 1ms not been disputed. Miss BtKCHLKit claims to have spout twelve hundred dollars for getting out of the toils of the sheriff in Omaha. Who got that money ? PAHKS and boulevards are next on tlio Hat of public improvements. With the platting of the parking system a great impetus will bo given to the real estate market. NEW Youic has just floated a forty year loan of some nine millions at the unheard of low rate of two and one-half per cent. This would look as if money Is actually begging for safe and perma nent investment. Tun collapse of the police investiga tion is not a surprise. No other result could ho expected. The disposition to obstruct the investigation was manifest from the outset. Now lot the charges against the offending policemen bo brought directly before the police connnissfon. Ex-Govuitxou PiLTjSiiiriiY. ono of the regents of the Minnesota state uni versity , has just presented that institu tion with a gift of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Nebraska's regents would perhaps emulate the example if somebody would place them in posses sion of a million or two. THE spectacle of some thousands of emigrants encamped on the borders of Kansas ready to swoop down upon Okla homa with its two million acres , on the 22d of this month , has never been equaled in the history of our country. The great question is how will it bo possible to satisfy this army of land I hunters when there is hardly enough land for one-half the claimants. TllK number of consulships to bo im mediately disposed of by the present administration is only about two hund red , and for those there tire thirty-five hundred applicants. This very well Illustrates the wldoly-porvading appe tite among Americans for olllco , lor most of these consulships have nothing to commend them except the title. AMONG the Boors of South Africa it Is not considered proper to wash the hands nnd face oftener than once n week. Some of the girls nro very pretty , and all tire very fat. They love to flirt , but courting them is a very Pla tonic affair. You will Ilnd a letter toll ing all about them and many other in teresting things with regard to these curious people in Tun SUNDAY BEE. TITK Cleveland papers , where Edwin Booth has been playing the last four alchts , state that ho has never acted with moro vigor and spirit. His physical health seems fully restored , -Jiia voice is in excellent condition , nnd in a word the great actor "is himself again. " This Intelligence will bo especially gratify ing to our citizens , who are to have an opportunity , next week , to apaln see Mr. Booth. Tins board of "trade excursion to the Black mils should bo representative in material and numbers. Every promi nent business man in iho oily should join In making it worthy of the com mercial metropolis of the Missouri val loy. The benefits to bo derived from perwoiml acquaintance with Iho people of the Black Hills cannot ho estimated In dollars and cents. Wo now largely control the commerce of that region , ttnrt it behooves our business men to form u closer alliance boforoothor rail roads nnd other cities divide the trade , Make the excursion representative of every loading business , nnd show by numbers that Omaha desires the good will and trade of Dakota's great min eral camp. COMPTHOLLEn Of TIIE The Important oflico of comptroller of the currency , which hns been vn cant for some time , was AUod yesterday by Lho appointment of ox-Congressman Lncoy , of Michigan. Singular ns it may sooin , there was until two or three weeks ago but ono applicant for this po sition , R. O. Parsons , of Ohio , who wag strongly supporto-1 by Senator Sher man. An investigation of the record of Mr. Parsons evidently led the prcsldont to conclude that ho would not , even in deference to the wishes of the Ohio senator , appoint him , nnd the Michigan man was selected. The national banking interest , with which the comptroller of the currency has most to do , will receive with inter est the facts regarding the now ofllcinl. Mr. Lacey has himself been n banker , nnd thus brings to the position n prac tical knowledge nnd experience in > financial affairs , which dught to bo ot value. Before the present ndmlnistra- tion expires it will undoubtedly bo called upon to recommend to congress legislation rcgardnp the national banking system , the maintenance or abandonment of which will have to bo determined within the next few years. A variety of expedients have boon suggested and discussed with rof- orcnco to continuing the system , but there is a great diversity of opinion as to what should bo douo. A practical banker oucrht to bo able to do much to ward enlightening and uniting opinion upon u practical plan , fair nnd just , nt once to the publio and the banks , by which a banking system unsurpassed by that of nny other country can bo njnin- tamed. In another respect n practical banker ought to bo ofgroat value in the office of comptroller of the cur rency , nnd that is in remedying and preventing the abuses that have devel oped in tlio national banking system within n few years. The chief of these is the opportunity that hns been per mitted bank nlllclnls to enter largely into speculations with the funds of their banks , for which the lax vigilance and interest o ! the comptroller's olllco has boon in no small measure responsi ble. It is proverbial that the examina tions of national banks required by the law , and which are loft entirely in the discretion of the comptroller of the cur rency fis to when they shall bo made , have grown to bo of the most perfunctory character. Almost every bank failure in the last half dozen years , if not for n longer period , has followed soon after the favorable report of an ' examiner. Incompetent and careless , if not corrupt , men are appointed to this impor tant duty , and the result la that these examinations have come to bo re garded as practically worthless. A re form In this respect is urgently needed and a practical banker should know how to institute it. The congressional record of Mr. Lacey - coy shows him to hnvo been an anti- silver man , so far as continued coinage under the Bland act is concerned , but in favor of bimetallism. In congress nnd subsequently ho expressed himself ns being favorable to nn international agreement looking to the free coinage of gold and silver upon a common ratio , though not regarding hopefully the out look for Such an agreement. Ilis past attitude in this respect , while it will commend him to a largo class of finan ciers , may render him unpopular with others , but whatever his present opin ions may bo regarding this matter and it is quite possible his views have un dergone some" modifications they can not exert a controlling inlluonce. At any rate , it is safe to expect a concur rence of views between tlio secretary of the treasury on this ns upon nil other questions relating to the currency , so that congress and the country will not have to choose between conflicting rec ommendations. What is most to bo hoped for from Comptroller Lacey are such practical reforms in the adminis tration of his oflico as will render it moro useful than it has been for a num ber of years. PRESIDENT. President Harrison has boon in office forty-five days , anil already the wear upon him is greater than ho would have experienced in so many months from the work of his profession. This is not duo to the labor incident to the legiti mate duties of the executive office , butte to the ooa-jolesd , persistent , and moro or less exasperating pressure of the olllco-seokors. Very likely no prgsi- dent has over encountered a greater or moro aggressive host of place hunters than hns overrun the national capital during the past six weeks , and if Presi dent Harrison had entered upon his official duties without having exper ienced any of the debilitating olTocts of along and arduous campaign ho must' still have HUtforcd from the strain ho has since boon subjocto'd to. But for months before the election , General Harribon was in an almost uninterrupted whirl of activity of the most exhausting kind , and even afterwards , until the day of his Inauguration , ho found little respite , so that when ho assumed the duties of ollloo ho was muoh in need of rest. All the axaotinjr ordeal that ho had passed , however , was hardly moro than play to that which ho subse quently encountered and has since boon bravely , though with steadily declining vitality , battling against. It is , there fore , not difficult to credit the reports that come from Washington of the men tal and physical woarlnuds of the presi dent , and to appreciate the urgent ne cessity for his taking a porlol of rest and quiet if ho would oscupe complete prostration. Everybody will agree that it is desi rable to protect the president against the hungry horde of ollieu sookord. All intelligent men have some apprecia tion of the severity of the. hardships to which every chief executive of the na tion is subjected by the ravenous army of plauo hunters. They understand , uUo , that the time of the president thus taken up must bo nt the expense of other governmental nffnlra. But how shall ho bo protected ? Oflico seeking can not bo prevented by legislation , It is the right of every American citizen to npply for n place in the public service nud to obtain II if ho can do so , nnd President Harrison lias said himself that the do st ro to hold office under the govern ment is legitimate and honorable. Neither can the president , with duo ro- gnrd for the rolntton of his office to thb people , nnd with nn honest desire - sire to ilonl fairly with nil in mak- ing-nppolntmonts , refuse to hour these who can present n just claim to his at tention. Doubtless the frnmors ot the constitution , could they hnvo foreseen to whnt vnst proportions the nppointm'g power would attain , would have dis tributed it so ns to glvo the executive less responsibility in this particular , but since they lacked this provision the executive must boar his burden. Pos sibly the time will come when changes in the administration ot the government by the succession of parties will , bo fol lowed by fewer changes In the public olTiccs , but the trend at present does not promise an early realization ot this. Meanwhile there seems nothing for the president to do but to find rest and ro § cuporntion by running nwny from his persecutors as often as ho practically can , to some secluded place where they can not conveniently reach him. SENATORIAL DISCOURTESY. Senator Mandorson has n peculiar way of his own for waylaying political adversaries and people who do not cringe and bow before him. While ho has always boon n great stickler for senatorial courtesy , ho never thought of senatorial courtesy when donllng with his colleague , ox-Sonator Van Wyck. During the four ycnrs In which Mnu- doreen nnd Van Wyok represented Ne braska on the floor of the senate , Air. Mundorson's private secretary , Ham , kept firing volleys of slander and abuse from the ninbush ot thu sonntor's com mittee room nt Vnn Wyck , through Omaha nud Lincoln dallies in their Washington correspondence. The sen ator professed not to know anything nbout this discourtesy , nnd nssurod Vau Wyck that ho had no knowledge ot this cowardly method of assassina tion of character , but it was kept up to the end , nud the senntor did not exhibit courtesy enough to order his hired bushwhacker to desist. And now wo have another sample of senatorial courtesy and political chiv alry from the bamo quarter. Out of the senatorial committee-room at Wash ington n perfect shower of Parthian arrows nro fired through the Omaha Herald at ex-Senator Saunders , and , in directly , even nt President Harrison. A senator who never ceases in vaunting his stalwart republicanism , using n democratic paper to strike down a life long republican like Alvln Saunders , who , at the head of the Iowa delegation voted for Abraham Lin coln in the convention of 1800 ; was the wnr governor of Nebraska throughout the rebellion , nnd served in the national senate six years , is a spec tacle that can hardly inspire public re spect for senatorial courtesy. A fair specimen of the utter disregard of common courtesy duo from ono gon- tloinan to another , to say nothing of senatorial courtesy , is the following dis patch to the Omaha Heraldt which bears all the oar-marks of Senator Mnndorson's personal dictation , and which everybody who has mot the sen ator recently , will readily recognize as his utterances : WASHINGTON , April 17. [ Spoclal to the Herald. ] All the Nebraska delegation Imvo left for homo except Sonntor Manderson , Senator Paddock and Congressman Laird. The assistant Nebraska delegation consist ing of ex-Sonator Saunders and ox-Sonator Van Wyck remain on hand. Senator Saunders dors , who arrived In Washington with tno presidential party and has stuck lioro since , continues to make himself very active in the matter of Nebraska appointments and the postolllco flght. If there has been a day in which ho has not buttonholed the president or called at seine department about Nebraska affairs with which ho bad primarily no con cern , no ono lias been able to discover the fact. Ho seems to Imagine that his connec tion by marriage with the president's family gives htm an important right of consulta tion on affairs for which the senators and congressmen are hold responsible by their constituents , nnd he boasts of the largo mall which ho receives from oulco seekers and refers to the departments. These moro intimate than Senator Saunders with the Nebraska delegation do not hesitate to say that his performances have been very embarrassing , und that his assumption of importance is , to say the least , extremely distasteful to the delegation. The flrst stroke of the ox-senator which sounded a discord ant note was a virtual demand upon the delegation that ho should receive the ap pointment of collector of Internal revenue for Nebraska. As the delegation hud al ready decided upon another man , the recom mendation of S.iundors was out of the ques tion. Thoy. however , called upon President Harrison und presented the name of the ox- senator us a candidate for the Utah commis sion , which pays double the salary of a col- Icctorship with bit ) half the work. It is said that Saunders was at flrst satisfied , but later , thinking a bird in the hand worth two in the bush , once moro pushed his demands for the Nebraska cnllcctorship. This time , rumor has it , ho was flatly told that the dclogation could not and would not recom mend him for the position named , and that if the appointment was made it would be made ever the heads of the delegation and on the president's own responsibility. Tlio ex-senator then is said to have sub sided for a day orvo , wben ho bobbed up with Editor Uosowator in tow and for a fort night besieged Secretary Windoin's oflico daily with arguments against the Planters' house postoRlco site nnd in favor at Eigh teenth and Farnani streets , near which ho is said to own property. , Ex-Senator Vnn Wyck was called in as a contingent helper , but was early dropped as of no account by reason of his great personal unpopularity in Washington. Up to date , Saunders' Influence has not made itself felt at the white house. A number of the presi dent's friends repel the Idea of a kitchen cabinet and insist that President Harrison cannot bo Influenced la Nebraska-matters ex cept through the regular representative channels and that the plodga given the dele gation to the national convention at Chicago to tha effect that Saunders should not , bo permitted to ovor-rldo the Nebraska senators and representatives , still holds good. For all this the ex-senator continues to outsit the Nebraska delegation at Washing ton , to receive and refer mull from ofllpo- scokcrs , to introduce Nebraskans at the de partments and to ( line and tiup with the pres ident. Ho is losing no weight and dropping none of his Importance and Is evidently con tent to await developments which will show who 1s on top after alt Among Nebraskans who know him most and respect him least , ho Is given the sobriquet of "Old Vow- Vow. " NYas ever senatorial discourtesy carried to greater extremes ! nave ox- senators lost the right to revisit Wash ington ? Are they all barred from the privilege which American citizens enjoy In common to corao nml go where nnd ° when they ploasoV Have ox-soimlors forfeited tholr right to visit the president or nny members ol the cabinet on nhy orrnnd they may Imvo ? la Senator Snundors to bo excluded from the whlW houao while Harrison la president , Just bocnuso his daughter mnrrled liussol Harrison ? Are rollcc- ttons to bo cnst upon the president's conduct it hb $ oos fit to on tortaln Governor - ornor Siiuntlors ns his guest ? Isn't this talk about Siumdors at the whlto house very small business for a big senator to engage in ? Nothing definite Is known to outsiders about the Bo-called compact with the Nebraska delegation at Chicago to bottle - tlo up ox-Senator Saunders politically , but in view of the fact that the latter Svos worker at an out-and-out iiarrlson Chicago , while the delegation was unanimously adverse , those references to violated compacts will hardly justify senatorial bushwhacking through dem ocratic shotguns. RESPECTFULLY DECLINED. Another bombastic challenge has boon issued to Tins BKK to compare circula tions with a shoot that has scattered papers broadcast among people who do not want them and refuse to pay for them. THIS DUB'S circulation has boon publio for years. All the world knows exactly how many copies of each edition hnvo boon issued , whether the circulation fluctuates up or down. What possible purpose could bo subserved in any com parison between a firmly established daily that ranks with the great news papers of the country , and n concern that has never earned enough by ton thousand dollars a year to moot ex penses nnd has utterly fall oil in its last experiment to reduce the heavy drain upon th'o purse of its proprietor through a Sunday edition that has proved Itself a Hat failure. THE motor people announce tholr de termination to lobby for the repeal of the ordinance requiring payment in advance - vance for pavements torn up. They claim that the ordinance is oppressive and unjust , because it takes from the street car companies largo sums of money which are needed for exten sions , while property owners are given ton Y ° ars to pay their assessments. There is sorno justice In the claim. Street car companies should be given equal privileges with owners of abut ting property in paying taxes. Distend of exacting the full amount in advance , a bond should bo required , binding the companies' ' to pay annually their share of the cost. It is unfair to exact the full cost of pavement laid ono or more years before the street is occupied by railways. A fair and equitable adjustment could bo made by dividing the 'cost ' into tenths , and deducting - ducting one-tenth for every year or fraction of a year in which the pavement - mont is used before the tracks arc laid , and annually pay the proportion of the cost thus determined. The money re ceived from this' source can bo sot aside as a special fund for repaying or re pairing the respective districts ; In this way it will prove beneficial to the property-owners and street car com panies alike. PAUL VANDKHVOOUT lias at last been pensioned olT with an appointment ns superintendent of mails at Omaha , with a salary of sixteen hundred dollars n year. The oflico itself has boon created for his special benefit through the per sistent efforts of Senator Mandcrson. Its duties , as we understand them , will consist of keeping truck of the mail socks between the depots and postotlico. From general superintendent of the railway mail service of the United States down to overseer ot the mail-pouch handlers and postal wugon drivers is very much liico a descent from general superintendent of the Union Pacilio railway to head janitor and superintendent of head quarters cuspidors. Vandervoort is notoriously unfit for any position In the public service , but the creation of the olllco may bo of some benefit in expedi ting the mails. General Vandcrbum will be on probation , and if no redcoms himself by strictly attending to the transfer of local mails , nobody will com plain. If ho resumes his old ways ho will have to make way for abettor man. TilEitK is no reason in the world why our principal suburban streets , soon to bo covered with electric street railways , should bo disfigured by unsightly polos. An ordinance , recently passed , regu lating the erection of poles and wires , providos'that iron poles of an ornamen tal shape and pattern shall bo erected except in districts outside of the busi ness portion of the city. Just what the council intended by this ordinance is hard to toll. If it moans that within the business cantor only iron poles are to bo erected a palpable mistake has bean inado. If ornamental poles arc to bo erected on any streets , surely they should bo on , our main resident thoroughfares-for the reason that the poles arc to bo permanent. Whereas on the businosqjstroots , the poles uro likely to bo temporary , and will bo cut down at no dista'jU day , together with the forest of telegraph and telephone masts , The council should amend the ordinance in question , or inako it more specific , in order to eovor-tho residence streets before the work of erecting poles begins. THE American consul at Marseilles , in a report to the state department just made publio , gives n very satisfactory account of the results of replanting with American vines , the destroyed vineyards - yards of France. This has boon most extensively done in southern Franco , where the ravages of the phylloxera were most destructive , and it has boon found that the American vine success fully resists the attacks of the insect. The result is that the vineyards of Franco have boon restored to nourly tholr normal productive capacity. It is also slated that American wines uro steadily and rapidly growing in favor abroad. THK telegraph and eloctrio light companies ol Now York City have ap parently folded tholr hands while the work of cutting down the poles is being vigorously prosecuted by Mayor Grant. It Is the manifest purpose ot the vari ous companies to ( nconvonlonco the public as muoh as possible. The .result is that many quarters ot the city are plunged in darkness , while newspaper and brokers' offices are deprived ot direct telegraphic communication. Within the proscribed district ot Now York , the city Is sufficiently supplied with subways , so that the vnrldus com panies have no excuse but tholr own stubbornness for not using thorn in plnco of polos. There can bo no al ternative for them but to submit to the inevitable and place tholr lines in the underground conduits. MONDAY last , the closing day of the Ohio legislature , was signalized by the passage of a bill providing for a tax of ono dollar n mile on all railroads In the stato. The bill requires that ouoh rail road company , at the time of making its annual report to the commissioner , shall par into the state treasury ono dollar for each mile of road operated in the stato. A strong effort , was mndo In the late Ohio legislature , to secure legislation regarding the railroads for the benefit of the state treasury and the people , but the above was about all that was accomplished. The railroads are hardly loss of a power In Ohio than In Pennsylvania. THE rivalry of the street car coin- panics for possession of the viaducts is a warning to the council against giving a monopoly to any ono company. Every company should bo given equal rights nnd privilegesand care should be taken to reserve control of the approaches. Viaduct franchises nro valuable , as is shown by tlio tender oT ono thousand dollars by the Omaha street railway company. They should not bo voted away for a nominal rental. By Impos ing a reasonable annual rental , and making them free to all companies accepting the terms , the city will secure a revenue sufficient for the maintenance of the structures. TIIR friendliness of Postmaslor-Gon- \Vunamakor toward the newspa pers is already in notable contrast to the spirit shown by Uis predecessors regard ing the press. Even so slight a matter as restoring the privilege to trainmen on other than mail trains of carrying newspaper correspondence , which was forbidden by the last administration , will bo appreciated by the press generally - ally , and without doing the slightest in jury to the postal service will bo a posi tive benefit to the public. The Place For Gould , Chlcaaa Herald. Jay Gould saya that Now York is Rood enough for him. Some people think that tliero are much worse places than Now York that are good enough for him. ' Homo Slndo News. Sfottc CdJournal. ( . The Omaha Herald's Washington corre spondent , who has recently boon 'discussing the surveyor-generalship for the district of Iowa and Nebraska , has evidently forgotten that the olllco was abolished a year or two ago. JBcntliii ; Its Record. Globe-Democrat. Last year nearly a do m democrats in the lower branch of the Now York legislature voted for the ballot reform bill , but this year the party was solid against it. Even hi in iquities the democracy this year is cutting down all its former records. Hiuuls Tlmt Are Famous In History. Smi Francisco Alia. Paunccfoto , the now British minister , is descended from the lady who ransomed her husband from the Saracens by cutting of ! her right hand and sending it to thorn. If tlio new diplomat meets General Schonckand Dick Wintcrsimth he will see some hands fully as remarkable as that of his ancestress. Heaven Is Thou1 Homo. Providence Journal. , The political rewards for Hon. Joseph Manle.v , of Augusta , Mo. , have thus far been of the same nature asthosoof Colonel Elliott F. Shepard , of New York tiatnoly , the ap proval of a good conscience ana the satisfac tion of successful patriotism. To the truly peed these are bettor than mercenary post- ofllcos or gaudy ambassadorships. Tlio AVixv They tfo In Mexico. Kansas Cttu Journal , Pour men were arrested u few weeks ago In Mexico , charged with an attempt to derail the train bearing President LJaz. That was tlio lust heard of them until it was an nounced n day or two ago that they had been shot noon after thulr arrest. The duo uroccss of law in Mexico is expeditious when train wreckers are concerned. Olcvnlnnd'ri "Jmw Firm. " lllclimmitl Jt i > icli. ( W. S. King , a millionaire miller of Minne apolis , Mlim. , who is now in the city , and who employs the law firm In Now York which Citizen Cleveland is said to bo a mem ber of , declares that ho knows It to bo a fact that Cleveland Is not n member of the firm , but simply has dusk-room in iho office. This was indeed news to the people hero , but Mr. King claims to know what he is talking ubout. HITS AND M1SSI2S. Sugar is getting so hleh in Omaha that people who "waste their sweetness on the desert all" can turn an noneat penny by tying it up In small packages. Tliero is considerable difference of opinion among the Omaha ) dramatic critics us to the antiquity of "La Tosca. " The Hopubll- can insists that the Bcono is laid in Homo in 13SO , while the Herald claims it U "tho his tory of a woman of another time. " Buch variance of great minds shows the growth of cult in the metroplis. Hascall has expressed his opinion of Mayor Broutcli und Uroatch has reciprocated In kind. Their language is not choice , but vigorous. Iho county board la unable to determine whether it is safe to take Architect Myers by the wool and yank htm out of ofllcc. Meanwhile the ferocious five atrut around lllto the Uonnobrook gentleman , inviting somebody to step on the tails of their coats. NOTES. The policemen of Ithaca , N. V. , are on a strike for an increase of wages from $3 to $13 per wook. Hanover , Muss. , citizens In man mooting have fixed the wages of city workers ut 30 cents per hour fur a nine-hour day , In Germany labor troubles are spreading , Three thousand bricklayers are out on a strike lu the northern districts , 1U3 ! ! tullnra in Hamburg nnd 800 house tnmtors In Co logne. Carpenters are warned to stay away from Brunswick , Ga. , as the place Is crowded with idle men unable to find employment. Over two hundred men have been thrown out of work by the burning ot the LouNvillo Urldgtj nnd iron company's worKs nt Louis- Yillo , ICy. The British consul nt Panama recently distributed broad among the colored laborers on the Panama canal , who have suffered great distress since the sutpanslon ot the work. Carpenters and machine hands nro re quested to stuy away from Windsor , Ontario , ns there Is no work to bo had , nnd there Is n largo number ot Idle men In the vicinity nt V rose nt. A (5,000 fund has boon raised in London to pay the way of several English workmen to the I'nrls exposition. Indianapolis papor-hnngera have organized and demanded twelve nnd n-half cent * for each bolt of plain work and twenty to twenty-five cents for gilt. Carpenters nro requested to stay nway from Pullman , 111 , , ns the men there are out on strlko against n reduction in wages. Urlckmnkors nro warned to stay nway from Philadelphia , Pa. Philadelphia is over crowded Nwtth brlckuiakors who are unable to find employment at nny prlco. Secretary Wlndotn has notified the silk- ribbon weavers' union that ho has instructed the American consuls In Germany , Franco nnd Switzerland to keep n close watch on the immigration of Bilk-ribbon weavers under contract , Tlio French and Swiss consuls In this city have promised to aid hi preventing the importation of ribbon weavers under contract from tholr countries. * STATI3 AND TEIUUTOUY. Nebraska Jottings. The corner stone of thn Clmsc county court house was Inld nt Imperial with fitting cero- inonics. Lon DIckey , n Palmyra man , has n mon strosity in the shape of a pig with the head of an elephant. The Odcll Optic was sold at sheriff sale nnd purchased by Dr. ITannln , who will move the plant to Colorado. The prnlrlo schooners nro becoming very numerous in Keyn Pnlm county and now set tlers are arriving rapidly. Eight prominent young men of Bennett pleaded guilty to aiding una assisting In n Sunday horse race nnd wore each fined $5 nnd costs. A reward of ? < 500 has been offered for the capture of the murderer ot Edward C. Mnhcr , who Is suoposcd to bo ono Miles II. Henry. The Broken Bow water works company lias eight wells completed nnd the work of erecting an cuglno house will be begun shortly. Thrco of the teachers in the college nt Fairfield have resigned because they do not npprovo of the withdrawn ! of the institution from the state board. On n petition of residents , Sprlngviow was incorporated , but a counter petition has been circulated asking the county commissioners to rescind their action. For twelve days S. C. Cutler , living near Crawford , thought be had been robbed of u full-blooded Herford bull , but while walking through his pasture the other day ho heard n strange noise in an nld well , and upon in vestigating found the missing animal. With the aid of n rope nnd tucltlo the bull was brought to terra firma nlivo , although a little emaciated by its twelve days' imprisonment. lown. Mt. Pleasant will have free mail delivery July 1. An old Indian grave was discovered in the streets of Burlington. Wnvorly shipped 1,930 , hogs in the throe months ended April I. The Episcopalians of Fort Dodge propose to erect n $10,000 church. Mrs. Van Cott , the revivalist , Is conduct ing a series of meetings nt Algona. The ICossuth county old settlers are ar- rancring for their annual meeting in Juno. An effort ! s being mndo to organize a militia company at Fort Dodge to fill the vacancy in the Sixth regiment. Cedar Rnplds has more pretty ladles than any other city of its size in the world , ac cording to the Gazette. A woman at Tracy , Marion county , was fined S10 and costs for slapping a young man In the face during church service. The Ottumwn opera house company has filed articles of Incorporation with the sec retary of state with a capital stock of 550,000. The guards at the Sioux City jail the other night discovered a man passing whisky through the grated windows to some female inmates and tired on him , but ho escaped unhurt. The trustees of Jefferson township , Ring- gold county , and Grant township , Union county , have ordered tlmt all dops m the township sball bo killed or securely tied or muzlcd. A considerable scare exists iu these localities. George Beyer , an Kaglo Point fisherman , bruised his thumb a few days ago while pull ing his boat ashore. A surgeon who was called wanted to amputate his nnn , but Uoyor would not consent and now the arm has become blackened und terribly swollen and there is little hope that his life will bo saved. "VVyomlnc and Colorado. The Edison electric light station now has 800 lamps connected at Evnnston. A mass of rook weighing over a thousand tons fell into the Platte nearSaratogaWyo. , recently. The Sundance ( Wyo/ ) board of trade s poslllvothnt a flouring mill will bo built t hero this spring. W. II. II. Icld ! Is to begin the publication of nn Independent workitigmmi's weekly pnpcr nt Ohoyonno. Tlio Plntto Valley Lvro reports tlmt n flock of pctrlflod duck * has boon discovered nt the head ot Pass creek. Tlio supreme court of Wyoming will hold n special session Juno 0 to hear the appeal In the Trumbull murder case. Astroakof tellurium running $3,000 to the ton Is reported nn Just found in the Florence mine nt Douglas Orook , Wyo. . The Bessemer Oil Plncor Mining company soon.begins the work of putting down an oil well ono mlle west ot Bessemer , Wyo. Thcro nro 3,030 men nt work nt Newport , Wyo. , the presumed terminus of the North western rend , nnd they nro working oust , H Is reported that 00,000 head of Texas cnttlo will bo unloaded nt Wondoros , Wyo. , and driven northward through the territory to Montana. A Lcadvlllo rann named Corboy tried to Mibiluo a bnlky horse by breaking Us Jaw with n cobble stone and gouging out ono of Its eyes. Ho has boon hold to the grand jury.Thcro Thcro wore 2-13,800 ncrcs of publio land In Wyoming disposed of Inst year , the lonsl quantity for nny year ulnco 1SS3. The totul sales of publio land in the territory for ten years reach 3,041,037 , acres. Converse county will take ndvnntujjo of the not passed by the last Wyoming legislature , authorizing the funding of the county In debtedness , nnd will Issue (05,000 worth ol bonds , at 0 per cent interest , for that pur pose. pose.Tho The appropriations by the last Colorado legislature amount to $3,073,377.13. Of this J'JOO.OOO Is set npnrt U > complete the stata capital , and the total for publio buildings is (1,293,744.03. To build reservoirs , canals , roads nnd bridges , $303,500 was appropriated. IV1NNI3 ON TWIN 13. An Interested t'nriy Docs Not Pear the Fnriuor Jloyontr. Mr. D. P. Wlnno , a member of the hi ? twine trust , Is in Omaha looking around , but ho claims ho 1ms not come here to gobble up the country or do anybody harm. A UitR reporter mot Mr. Wlnno In the P.ixton hotel Inst night. Mr. Wlnno smiled , was very affable , exceedingly pleasant , nnd talked freely , but could not bo Induced to admit that his business came under the head of trusts , or Is Intended to work hardships upon thcpeople , or crlnnlo other industries. Said ho ' 'tho the ; newspapers nnd farmers have been trying to wage a war on usthough that cuu bo accounted for on the grounds that they know nothing of the combination under which the manufacture nnd sale of twmo Is to bo carried on. However , " ha continued , "thoy nro coming around all right now. and mark uiy word , you will hoar the farmers howllug for twmo before tholr har vest Is half over. Our capacity for making blndlng-twino is so limited tlmt wo will not bo able to meet the demands. Now that the largest factory in this country has boon de stroyed by flro , wo nro worse oft than over. " "Havo not the farmers In Nebraska and other western states decided to usa wire in stead of twiuol" "No , I don't think so. How can they , UBO wire without the wire machine ! " "Won't the binders in use now do the work I" "Not at nil. The wlro machines wore dis carded llvo or six years ago. There are none on the market , and the time Is so short now , you sco that the farmers cuu not get thorn , oven If tho.V should want them. I don't sea nny alternative for them but to keep right on using twino. " "What increase over last year's prices do you propose to domaudl" "I think the raise will not bo ever two and a half or three cents u pound. " "That will require considerable of an extra outlay by the many who harvest a largo acreage - ago , will it not ! " "Well , yes , It will , but right hero I wish testate state that before this trust , as you call it , was formed the competition was so great that prices wore reduced to figures below what the manufacturers could stand. With the raise wo will not bo able to realize anything like n half way decent profit. " Mr. WInuo haa gene for tho. purpose ol closing several largo contracts for twma Hindu by Mills , KuiiKlu ft Co. , the trustj agents In this city. < No buITct should bo without a bottle of Angostura Uittors , the South Ameri can appetizer. Munufutured by Dr. J. G. B. Siogcrt & Sons. Ask your drug gist. Hospital Arches TumUlinir. Report reached the county commissioner ! yesterday that one of the largo doubla window arches , in the south wing of the now hospital , had fallen clown. All members ot the board , except O'ICooffo , at once assumed n look of astonishment. "I antici pated , " said ho , "that the arch was not strong enough to holu the weight on it , therefore am not surprised tit the result. The contractors said that -before coining to notify us that they had ordered iron keys made to put In when they repaired tlio break , but I countermanded that order and told thorn not to mnko nny changes without consulting Meyers or some architect the board might employ. We have not heard from Moyors yet nnd I don't know when wo will. Ho seems in have thivbonnl where thu hair Is short. Tlia falling arch didn't cause much dnmngt ) , but it shows that there are weak spots in thu building. " O'KeofTo ' Is n witness in the Mlllcr- Hitchcock c.ieo , nnd for that reason could not got nwav to visit the hospital. AGNES "He praised your tresses in liis rhyme , -Your shining hair , your golden hair ; He sang that sunshine lingered there , The sunshine of the summer-time ; He told you love had hid a lair , In tangles of your shining hair. " LOUISE "Yes , Agnes , I have caught a beau With these blond tresses fair ; Because I cleanse them oft , you know , With IVORY SOAP , as pure as snow , The soap without compare. " A WORD OF WARNING. Thcro are many white soaps , each represented to bo "just as good as the 'Ivory' ' ' ; " they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable quilltlei of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting It. Copyright 1838 , bjr Procter & UuubU. MC 'cr ha * H. o r f A 1 ,1