Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 26, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
. T THE OMAHA DAILY BflE : FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 18S9. THE DAILY BEE. ft'UIlMBHED J5VKIIY MOUN1NG. TEHM8 OP BUnSCRIPTlON. J ) tl7 ( Horning KdlUon ) Including 80KDAY m.r. . Una Yenr tin 00 For Six MonthH . , 6 00 J'orThree Month * SCO JTjir. OMAHA. SUNDAY Ilise. mailed to any Addreiu , ODDYear. . . . . BOO VXXKLT DEE. Ono Year - B 00 OMA.IU Orncx , No .9H and Bid PARK AM 8nt T. CriicAfioorriCTt , B67 UooicBnr litm.mmi. NCTT YOIIK Ornra , IIOOM * H AKD IB Tninuwa HuiLDixn. WASHINGTON Qrtict , No. 613 FOCItTKEXTII STltltBT. COKKBSI'ONDENCB. All comrnunlcntlons relating lo n ws and ixll- lorlfil natter nuould bo addressed to the EDITOR UUDltllloo tJl. L I MlfcJ. . . . All bntlness letters and remittance * should bo Kldromed to Tiiie Hr.K PUBLISH INM CoMrxNr , OMAHA. Drafts , checks and p < ntoUlo orders to t > made payable to the order of the company. neticc PQMIsWnE Company , Proprietors , E. RO5EWATEU , Editor. JSntlco to AKOIIIH anil Subscribers. In order to successfully rectify any fault In Iho delivery of papers. It Is absolutely nocos- lory that wo know the date on which papers wore late or missing. It late , give the time nnd trjiln on which THE JIBE should hare leaclicil four town. Also state from what direction , BO that wo can locate the trouble and npply the proper remedy. Papers urn frequently carried Dy a town through the carelessness of the route Kgents , ana when this occurs , ivo cnn , with full Information , place the blame whcro It belong * . Wo will consider It n favor If agents and sno- crlber will notify us nt once when THE JiKV falls to rcnch them promptly. TIU3 O/VlliY 1JKB. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Blnte of Nebraska. I . County of Douglas , f " Ocorge II. TzBoliuck , eecretury of the nee Pub- llthlnc comtinny. does nolomnly swear thut iho nclimrclrailatton ot Tine DAILY HKI : for tno veck endlnc April 'M. 188'J. was as follows : Eumlnr. April 14 1".800 Nomlny. April 15 1B.TIU * Tuej Uav. April IB 1B.CJ1) ) Vcdnesdny , April 17 D.Oir. ThurBday. April 18 18.ar "Frldixy. April in 1S.OU Batnrilnjr. April SO .Ig.UJC Avcrugo . . . .18,718 ( lEOUQE It. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to before me nnd subscribed to In my fcTcsencu this JMUi clav of April. A. 1) . 1889. Seal. N. 1' . FK1L. Wotnry Public. fitateot Nebraska , I0. County of DoiiKlas. fBS > GOOTRB 11. Tzacliuck , being duly sworn , de pones and savs tluit he Is secretary of the Heo Publishing company , that the actual avernifo ilally circulation ot THE DAILY Unit for the month of April. 1888,18,741 copies ; for May. imH JH.183 copies ; for Juno , 188W. nSKl copies ; for July. 1BSH , 18O3 , ceplos ; for AURUSt , 1N > 8 , 18.1K ) roples ; for September , 1HK8 , 18 rt copies ; for October. 1888. l , im copies ; for November. 1RW , 18,080 copies ; for Deeomber. 1888. 18'iSl copies ; for January. 18 9,18G7i copies ; for February , Jf89 , JS.Mil copies ; for Mnrch. 1K8H. is.b"i copies. GKOHUI ; K. Tzsuiiunic. Sworn to before me nnd subscribed In my presence this 10th day of April. A. D. . 1889. N. I' . FBI U Notary Public. A FE'W moro county commission or picnics and wo will hnvo 501110 daylight thrown upon the inner workings of that close corporation. Tun tfuth has como out at last. The county commissioners confess that the county hosnital building is a white olc- phunt on their hands. Now comes the City oL Mexico and orders the putting of overhead electric wires under ground. The example sot by Now York is contagious. TinsY are already quarreling over the number of people in Oklahoma. The next thing in order will bo n boom in corner lots in the rival towns. Nebraska White Caps can flnd no other material to threaten than a 1.1" fourth-class postmaster , it shows that the order is hard up for an excuse for its existence. Tnii Vanderbilt system proposes to reduce its Sunday freight train service. The experiment will bo watched with interest by railroad employes and shipper ? . "WHAT the people of Omaha are inter ested in learning is , what definite ac tion was token nt the annual mooting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific regarding1 the union depot. GiCNKRAL BOU&ANOEU and his train of admirers mndo a triumph.il entry into London. But the Britishers have hoard of the doughty g onontl before in the strains of the Boulaugor inarch. ASSISTANT CliAitKSON appoints on an average a Jiundrod and twenty-live fourth-class postmasters a , day. This should bo chcorful news to applicants on the anxious seat. THIS reception to bo tendered by the merchants of Baltimore to Captain Murrlll , of the steamer Missouri , who rescued the passengers of the Danmark will bo a worthy recognition ol a gal lant and humane olllcor. | A. Tin : men who stole the ballot box nt A.V Plummersvillo , Ark. , at the November election , an act which caused con- eidorablo excitement all through the country , have boon npprohondcd. As might have boon expected they nro all Bciona of the best families of Arkansas. CHAUNCHY I. FILMSY , of St. Louis , declines to take the consulship .it Hong Kong fit r * salary of five thousand and the perquisites that run up to two or three times that amount. But there is no danger that the post will go a-bcg- TUB poople'of Minnesota will have an opportunity at their next elec tion to vote upon a constitu tional amendment making it valid for five-sixths of a jury to render a verdict in civil cases. This is a move in jury reform which will bo watched with interest torost in other states. What advan tages this system , if adopted , may have , it will certainly lessen litigation by diminishing the number of jury dis- agrpomonts , THIS annual ronort of the directors of ( the Union Pacific is significant in that it outlines n distinctly new policy in the matter of discharging its obliga tions to the government. The stato- jnunt is made that in order to guard against ua increase of the indebtedness of the company to the United State * , which now amounts to fifty millions , the directors have decided to sot apart each quarter from the surplus revenue of the company a t > uui of money or se curities EuDioiont to prevent u further increase of the government debt. This it certainly a now departure in Uniou 1'acitlo hlstoiy , and if carried out in good faith , will show a desire on the part of that road to pay oil its just obligations. TilE NRW APPORTIONMENT. The Fifty-first or the Fifty-second congress - gross will Imvo to consider a very im portant political question , namely , whether the house of representatives shall bo increased or diminiuhcd in the number of its members , or loft ns it is nt present. It is expected that the next census will show nn increase of population of tibout fourteen millions over that of 183U. At the same ratio of apportionment that exists now , ono member to about ono hun dred and fifty-two thousand of the population , the housa of rep resentatives would bo increased from its present membership of three hundred and twenty-five to four hun dred and twenty. It is the opinion of a great many that the house is now too largo , and that n reduction in the pres ent membership would promote olloc- tivo legislation. It is therefore not probable that the house will bo in creased , but rather more likely that it will loft as at present , the ratio of rep resentation being raised BO ns to effect this. Certainly , if the house is now un- wicldly , as ig qulto generally agreed , it would bo a grave mistake to increase the membership , and it is altogether probable that it will not be done. An effort will bo in ado to have the census of population taken in time to enable the Fifty-first congress to make the apportionment. The result of the count in 1850 , was submitted to congress early in January of the following year , and there is no good reason why the same can not bo done with the next census. Undoubtedly Su perintendent Porter will fully appreciate - ciato the importance of doing this , o that the Fifty-first congress , which is republican in both branches , can fix the ratio of representation upon which succeeding houses for the ensu ing ton years shall jbo elected. There are very strong political considerations which render it most desirable that the determination of this matter shall fall to the next congress. If this is done , the presidential election of 1892 will beheld hold on the basis of the reap portion- niont , and the west will bo given a largely increased strength in the elec toral college. In any event , the west is certain of n materially increased rep resentation in congress , but it is doslr- able and important that it shall bo given its full weight in the next presi dential election , aud this it may not ro- celvo if the rcapuortionment is not made by the next congress. Of course , there is a chance that the Fifty-second con gress would make the apportionment in time to govern the choice of presiden tial electors in 1892 , but it Is a chance which it would not be safe to take , be cause that congress might bo demo cratic. Those , and other considera tions , are unquestionably fully appre ciated by those who will have charge of the census , and undoubtedly the population will bo ascertained in time to allow the next congress to act in the matter of reapportionment. Assuming that the next ratio of representation will bo about two hundred thousand , Nebraska will gain two , and possibly throe , congressmen. THE COUN'J'ir HOSPITAL. The whole trouble about the county hospital is in the fact that the county commissioners have departed from the usual business methods in the letting of the contract and in the supervision of the work. While law and usngo require the commissioners to lot contracts for pub lic work to the lowest responsible bid der , they are expected to exercise their judgment as to the responsibility of competing contractors and their repu tation for doing good work. If the contract had been awarded to John F. Coots , the Withnclls. Ittnor Brothers or half a dozen other builders wo could name , there would have boon no moro danger of the hospital arches tumbling down than there is of the commissioners being buried under the walls of the court house. Walsh and Ryan hnd never built a public building anywhere , and for that matter are not known to have constructed any largo building worthy of the name. The commissioners know this when they awarded the contract just as well -as they do now. Architect Myers1 plans for the hos pital are probably as complete and per fect as were his plans for the court house. If the contractors had followed out the plans and the building had been constructed in a first- class , workmanlike manner , out of the material designated in the spccillcntions , wo doubt whether there would have boon any defect in the building. Architect Myers has shown himself to bo very indilforont in regard to this building , and ho cannot be-ex cused for neglecting to respond to the calls of the commissioners , when in their opinion , his personal advice was desired. But the blame for wretched construc tion and lack of vigilant supervision cannot justly bo placed on his shoulders. SOIJOOl , SITES. Two vital considerations should bo weighed in determining the location of now school buildings : The permanency of population and thu grade of sur rounding directs. The board of educa tion should carefully consider the future growth of u district ns well ns the present population. The natural drift of population west /roin tlio river front has demonstrated the folly of erecting lurge buildings in sections where residents have boon crowded out by business. A similar fnto will befall tliu proposed-school at Fifth and Hickory streets. While the number of children in that neighborhood at present is sulllcient to warrant the erec tion of a largo building , there is no cer tainty of permanency. They will ovont- unlly bo crowded oat by manufacturing and business interest * . The building should bo located nt least four blocks further west to insure its occupancy fern n reasonable term of years. The proposed enlargement of the Haitinau school site is a needless waste of public money. The present buildings flhould bo torn down , the lot p-ntdod nnd the new structure built thoroon. The old building must bo abandoned in nny event , and the site is ample for a now uud enlarged bchool. There is no necessity for changing the site to Fifteenth street nnd squandering nine thousand dollars in nn adjoining lot. The difference in the grade of Fifteenth nnd Sixteenth street is such that the erection of n building on the proposed site would Icavo a high mud wall on the west , endangering the lives of chil dren , nnd seriously affecting light nnd ventilation. No building should bo erected on n slto until the grades of surrounding streets nro permanently established. The costly mistakes of thu past should bo avoided and tcs selected where there is a reasonable certainty that the buildings will not bo endangered nnd grounds destroyed. The number of schools now perched on high banks aud walled in is a warning to the board to exorcise care and judgment in the solcc- , tion of now sites and the creation of buildings. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The decision of the intor-stato com merce commission in the case of the Grand Trunk railway of Canada , to which wo referred a few days ngo , is important. The complaint was that the Canadian road was carrying coal from points in the United States to points in Canada at a certain published rate per ton , but wns allowing favored shippers a rebate. The commission hold "that Iho reduced olmrgo accepted or rcbato allowed is in violation of the act to regulate commerce , and unlawful. " It decided that the Canadian road comes within the scope of the intcr-stato com merce act as long as it shall continue to do business in the United States , and that it must hereafter publish its ratoa of transportation for persons and prop erty , giving.duo notice of changes , as required by the law. It must comply with the provisions for joint tariffs , not only on goods carried between points in the United States , but also on goods carried to points in Canada , and it must discontinue all re bates or discriminations on such ship ments. In order to escape these obliga tions it will bo necessary for the Grand Trunk to receive its shipments in Canada , and this it may elect to do. The justice of this decision will hardly bo seriously questioned , and it is of general interest because of its far- reaching application. The principle involved , of course , applies to all Cana dian railroads which do business in the United States , and Its enunciation is important as affecting the competition of such roads with American linos. It applies to the transit trade from one part of the United States to another part over the "Soo" routes and the routes across the upper portion of On tario , which have for some time been a source of complaint by managers of American competing railroads. It was not generally expected that the inter state commission would assort its right lo require Canadian roads doing busi ness in the United States to conform to the law regulating American roads , but now that it has done so , its action will doubtless be generally approved. It is apparent that while .our own roads are under the restraints of law , it would bo unjust to them , " and perhaps ruinous" permit Cana dian railroads to carry on competition within our own territory without re gard to the restraints and obligations imposed by the intor-stato commerce act. The decision in the Grand Trunk case ought to bo very satisfactory to the managers of all American railroads with which the roads of Canada com pote. It is an assurance to them that the commission will go as far as its authority will allow in giving them protection. A LETTKH of Mr. Gladstone , written to a gentleman in Buffalo , acknowledg ing the receipt of an extensively signed memorial expressing sympathy with the Irish cause , is published , in the course of which the "grand old man" notes having received , on the day he wrote , April 12 , a communication from the legislature - islaturo of Nebraska. Mr. Gladstone writes eloquently and hopefully of the prospects for the great cause which ho has most at heart , expressing the opinion that were nn opportunity now offered England she would record a verdict de cisively in accord with those of the other portions of the United Kingdom and of the Anglo-Saxon race at large. Referring to the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of George Wash ington , regarding which ho had re ceived requests "to intimate an assur ance of my participation in your na tional joy , " Mr. Gladstone eloquently says : "It is a real and a grateful par ticipation , for the statesmen of the American revolution have taken their place once for all among the greatest political instructors of the world. George Washington was their ac knowledged and illustrious l oad , and to him and them I have long felt that I owed no trivial part of my own public education. Long , without limit of length , may that union flourish under the blessing1 and favor of God , with the foundation of which their names are inseparably associated. " are said to bo on foot by disappointed and desperate boomers to eoi/-o thu Cherokee strip and stake their claims immediately on Indian lands. The Indians , however , would bo justi fied in chocking any such movement , und in using force to drive out the in vaders. Certainly the government would not lolcrato any such lawless ness. Tin ; action of the French government regarding the importation of American adulterated lard , places that country in accord with England , Germany , Canada and Mexico , all of which huvo legis lated to exclude such lurd. Tno ten dency of this will doubtless be to stimu late the pure lurd movement in this couutuy , which is really in a great de gree responsible for the action of for- oiirn governments , and national locisla- tie : : may become necessary in self de fense. The oxport.of lurd is nn import ant item in our commerce which wo can not well afford to lose , and in order to re tain it something may have to bo done to relieve this product from the dis credit in which U is now hold abroad. The producers of pure lard demand that the compound lard ahull bo sold for what it is , antlllio foreign governments think this should bo done and propose to protect llujjr people against what they regard n an imposition , although thccompound article Is notunhonlthrul. It is really n question of honest dealing , and It looks OB if wo would bo compelled lo acquleaco in. the view of the govern ments whoso ncoplo use a largo part of the lard wo export , or lose that import ant trado. JUTS' AN1 > MISSES. Chlof SonvoyTias fixed upon May 10 for dog-dny. Curs nnd dogs of hinh degree must bo togged before that timo. ho says , or bo slaughtered. Owners of puppies must pay the annual tax of ft nnd receive n tng. It Is qulto likely that the order will bo lew Rcncmlly rospootod than It was lost year , o\vlng to the fnct that the promised slaugh ter nt thnt time never came. The wires nnnounco thnt Mr. WlUls Swcot has been appointed Unllod States attorney for Idaho. Ten .roars ago Mr. Sweet was a moinbor of Tun UER staff. Men got promt' ncnt nnd Influential very soon nflcr they Icavo the training-school of a grcnt dnlly. Tlioro nro undoubtedly men on THE linn staff now , who , sooner or later , may bo dragged into some federal ofllcc , and com pelled to nccopt tbo salary thereof. Less probable things have happened. It is a small matter , you say , but trifling Incidents bavo provoked nations to war. Something might bo done to dispossess the hack-drivers of the streets of. Omaha. In larger cities a police officer at street inter sections compels drivers of vehicles to ro- 8Kct ] ) the prior legal rights of podostriuns to cross-walks. Whoa the latter nro "run down" by careless nnd vicious drivers , the offenders of law and street etiquette nro promptly run In and fined. You may stand upon any comer at midday In Omaha , nnd In every direction you will see men , women nnd children dodging hither and thither from the cross-walk out into the street to escape a tonm , No ono is safe , and the utmost vigilance is necessary to avoid personal in Jury. Drivers know they have the advantage of Doing out of reach of the fist of the man they nro pursuing. Some moans should bo provided to protect pedestrians. Colonel Artomus Wnrdc , of the Herald , it is said , has purchased the Black Hills , and will bring them to Omaha. The 27th next Saturday will bo the birthday of General U. S. Grant. Sometime in our national history , the day will not bo allowed to pass unnoticed by patriotic men. A Consolation. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. These who have boon dotalncd on the way to Oklahoma can console themselves witli the reflection that they will thus bo enabled to cot the start of the returning procession. The Croxvnlntr Outrage. C7i | rcm Herald , A cork trust has Just been organized. Pretty soon somebody will organize a cork screw trust , and then on angry nation will rise in its might and crush out the whole 'trust business. Jerry's Soft ; Snnp. Cincinnati Etvjuirer. The last congress having failed to appro priate any money to pay for the distribution of seeds , the now nRriculrural department , under the supervision of Secretary Rusk , is loft with nothing to do. Danecrously AVcIl. For the benefit of certain senators , who shall bo nameless , wo would remark bor rowing an Idea from Lord Byron that Mr. Hiil-stead , who has been dangerously ill , is now dangerously well. I'niiiting London n la American. 7/on < ; < m LMer. Two Americans gnvo a London police mag ] Istrato n sensation the other day by'bomg brought up on the complnint of a cabman thnt they had amused themselves by flnng their revolvers through the trap door In the roof. Grand Old Missouri. Clilcaao Tlmct. The name of the ship that rescued the passengers of the sinking Danmark is Mis souri. The much-abused old state of that name can now have something else to point to besides the brass statue of Thomas H. Bon ton. 'Ttvould | ) o n Reminiscence. .PMrt ( < Iclii / fct Koilh American. That great boomer of the territories , Con gressman Springer , Is out with an Interview in which iio states that the solid south is a detriment to the democratic party. Ho does not say what the democratic party would amount to without the electoral votes of the solid south. OLE VJ3II WOMJ3N. Miss Rctta McICee , of Wilmington , O. , Is nn enterprising young lady who is required to answer in court the charge of stealing two horses. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's now novel is to bo , It is said , n frankly human pieceof flctio'n , She is finishing the manuscript In Italy. Monn Calrd , who raised the question "Is marriage a failure ! " has her now book in the press bearing on the subject. It is called "Tho Wing of E-trael. " Miss Mamlo "L. Hatcuett is the latest per son to take a hack at Ainello Hives' new boo ic. Of course she cute * it all to pieces. Ethel Grigs , a German woman , says she can whlstlo Mrs. Shaw into a smauicful sileuco in exactly thirty uiinutos , nnd she threatens to como over before long to do it. She la n handsome woman , although of a ponderous build , and she has been warbling aver sincn she was n child. Minnlo Palmer , the uctresj , tor good nud sufllcleni renson/sot about washing nil the public statues in jNow York that Is , her deputies did m.prdor that It might bo commonly - monly known during the centennial celebration - tion whom the Btat'ucs represented. At last accounts the park department hnd inter fered and arrested the scrubbers. Helen Chalmers , the daughter a ( the notnd Scotch dtviuo , lives in Edlnburg in ono of the lowest uccttons of the city. Her homo consists of a few rooms In an alloy. The drunkenness , poverty , and Buffering of won aud woman distre vlicrbut she is constantly with the fallen. lEvery night she gees out Into the lanes of Jjljo city with her lantern to light her way bgfafo her , and sbo uovor re turns to her qurtcrs without ono or moro girls or wometf she lia taken from tha street. Tboso pioplo love bur , und she is never molested or Insulted. Kate Field cxpmlnod to u Boston uudleuco the oilier evening how she would'etop drink. Ing. "Abolish the idlotlo custom of treat- lagV she said. "When pcoplo treat they take more than they xvunt. How men maao in the image of their Creator can stand that custom I cannot conceive. Make treating and perpendicular drinking an offense. " Miss Margaret Blalno is fast earning the reputation of being ono of thu wittiest young women jn Washington. She Is clover and sarcastic , but ued her powers with rare judgment and good nature. Her volco is particularly pleasing , and It Is said that istio has n nalvo wuy of Haying "Don't you luiowi" that Is tbo envy of till tuo other Washington belles. Sue acquired it In Hug. I , land during her visit Inst y-'ar , nnd uses It frequently la her apoooh. STATE JOTTINGS. ' Hutlor county hni voted 150,000 in bonds for n now court houso. South Dentrlco will enjoy the luxury of street earn in sixty days. Ice cream sociables are ripening , but the cucumber Is several cramps behind. Kearney's city hall bonds sold for 98 } { > They draw 5 percent and nro duo in twenty years. Wolf scalps nro worth f 1 of Otoo county's coin , nnd hunters are polling the treasurer at n lively rate. North Plntto wants a biwo ball club. Ap plication * should bo ncooinp.inloj with pho tographs in uniform. Nebraska City already fools the great benefits nrlsing from her park system. The trees make splendid hitching posts. Vendors of rod liquor nnd foaming collars nre required to pay an occupation tax la Sprlngtlold , In addition to the regular license. Plnttsmouth Is moving for cle.ctrlo street , railways. The venerable capital of Cnss county Is displaying uncommon enterprise and push this year. Mnd dog scares are blooming In various sections of the state. A poultlco of onk tanned solo , vigorously applied , will banish the fright In short order. The Nebraska City grnnd Jury toyed with the case of a burglar for four days , nnd suc ceeded in returning nn indictment sovcrnl hours nftor the crook had flown. The St. Paul postofllco lias been decorated with n handsome nnd artistic Ed Chlnn. Samples can bo hnd at all linnrs. Thn post master is determined to plcaso his patrons. A quartette of young nnd beardless scaven gers bavo boon hauled into court In Frutnont for printing and circulating an obsccno poem. They wore placed under bond and bound over to the district court. The Rev. Sam Small will lead a triumphal procession "From the Bar-room to the Pul pit" in Lincoln next month. It Is presumed that Sam has arranged to secure n supply of Inspiration nt the starting point. A simple decree of dlvorco in Nebraska City deprived a Bishop of ruuK , emoluments and stuff nt ono sitting of the court. It was a great relief to the wife of Dr. Hoyt O. Bishoo. She took her maiden name. The Dally Telegram Is the latest Journal istic venture In Columbus. It is n neat nnd compact specimen ot typography , spirited In editorial and lively nnd crisp in its news columns. D. F. Davis is the publisher. Columbus cries out against the nude in dramatic art. A bevy of raw and wrinkled Amazons disported on the stage tlicro ro- ccntly and actually shocked the Journal man. They must have been frightfully tough. ' The waterworks company of York has rescued its plant from the auction block , nnd Adam's ale again Hews unchecked D.V me chanics' lions. York is a pioncor among tiro- hibition towns , and water must bo had nt any price. * Plattsmouth will dig up the hatchet on the 30th and apostrophize the virtues of the cherry tree chopper. After the ceremonies it is proposed to present the hatchet to a prominent Burlington olliclul , accompanied by a sketch of the long-promised depot. Norfolk rejoices over the certainty of anew now railroad. Thirty thousand dollars in bonds have been voted to the builders , and surveyors have already boon turned loose on the road to Yanktoii. The construction of this line is likely to force the Omaha & St. Paul company to cover the gat ) between Hnrtlngton nnd Ynnkton this season. 'iho financial backers of the Fremont can ning factory propose to clip the wings of A. Bird , of Pluttsmouth. They have decided to shut ofC the wherewith until the soaring gen tleman descends from his lofty perch nnd fulfilli his contract Five hundred dollars in hand it worth several birds in the bush. Mrs. A. Zolncr.a Michigan womantracked her faithless spouse to the wilds of Platte county , last week , and found him cavorting with the affections of a flckln female. The SCQIIO wliich'followed can bo pictured by the imagination. The interesting fact is cheer fully chronicled that Zelnor was yanked by ( ha back hair and toted homo nt railroad speed. The gauio was not worth the effort. The howls of returning Oklahoma pilgrims are rising above the hum of busy life in various sections of the stato. They bring with them a wholesome regard for Nebraska soil nnd climate , and disgust for the red- crusted land of the boomers. Experience costs money. The amount squandered In the wild rush to Indian Territory would secure - cure farms in Nebraska superior in every respect. "Misfortunes never como singly but in droves. " The new postmaster of Spring , field , Sarpy county , had scarcely become ac quainted with his duties when some heart less rascal abducted the family cow. The Monitor tells that on top of this application came the Springfield Glee club , primed for a serenade and with appetites a yard long. Tlicro aio depths of grief which can not bo milled by ordinary sympathy. It is sudl- clont for the p. in. to know thnt the public fool for him. The Fremont boomers c ! the oil regions have commissioned an ngcnt to purchase hoisting works and pipes for the Wyoming Oil nnd Pipe Line company. A number of Omaha capitalists interested in the lubricat ing fluid propose to join with thoFrcmontcrs in building u plpo line from the oil Holds through the state , and the enthusiastic sup porters ot the suhcino nro confident that the work will bo completed in two years. The undertaking is a mast Important ono. It has hns been agitated for the past few years , but nothing dollnito has been accomplished. The construction of a pipe line would solve the fuel problem for Omaha nnd eastern Ne braska and return handsome profits to the owners. THE INDUSTIUAlj l-UKljD. The big Woonsocket ( R. 1. ) rubber works will employ 1,000 hands and manufacture 20,000 pairs of rubbers dally. The Laborers' Protective union of Jersey City , N. J. , has nngagod a physician , with a yearly salary , to attend sick members. Southern iron makers are putting forth strenuous efforts -Increase their business in northern markets. These efforts have brought forth n number of concessions on iron , but have not brought much business , for the bar mills nro not running and do not want forgo Iron , and , second , the possibility of a drop of 25 cants in Pennsylvania forgo is entertained. A compilation made bv the Tradesman , from actual returns received by It , shows that CO 1 industries were established in the south during the past three months , against G25 now Industries established during the same period of last yeir. The Mexican government has decided not to sell to ona company all thn mining conuos- elons In Lower California. It Is preferred that practical miners shall take up the claims , and ovcry effort will bo made to In duce minors to cntor upon the mining land , A Massachusetts firm Is testing a. machine for riveting shovels to tl'.olr tiuucllu.If a success the contrivance will itnublo six men to do the work now done by twonty-fivo. A largo party of Hungarian wor'cmon has loft Potutown , Pa. , to return to the fatherland - land , whore they will buy farms with the money accumulated since they eutno to this country , fojr years ago. A Massachusetts Yankee is said to have patented a barrel hoop of corrugated steel. Four of these are equivalent to ten wooden ones on n Hour barrel. Many clock manufacturers are i.ow uaing soft sheet * teel lor portion * of time piece * which were formerly made of brass. The result IM Raid to give much satisfaction. A London paper ropirts that suwossful experiments have boon made In costing Iron wlthcoppur. The method was follow * ! A plcco of Iron was IMH > OU to nearly white heat , thoroughly tpiinklod with white-col ored powder , and usain boated until the powder hud entirely disappeared. The Iron V.MS then pluiiROd Into melted copper , re moved , instantly und allowed to cool. The copper coating win perfect , and the surface , though rough , was ainooth onouxh for use oa the bottoms of uliips , tubes of bollcra , etu. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES , Excltomont Occaslonod By the Ho- oont Tragedy Dying Out. THE FOLLOWERS OF MINEHART. Tlioy Ask to Unvo Tlielr Nnincs Htrlokan From the Itolla or Uraco Church Now Notaries IMibllo. LlNOOLS liUlllCAU OF TUB OUiRA. Uf.lt , 1 1029 P STBKBT , } Ltxooi.v. April 25. I John Taylor nnd Charles Curtis , the sup- IKisoil murderers of Bob Woods , passed n sleepless nlRht In tliolr respective cells nt the county lalf. It Booms that they had premonitions - monitions that all might not bo well with them if they chanced to fall Into the hniuls of nn lufurnntcd mob. Indeed , they were told during the day by some of their visitors that there was strong talk of a lynching party , nnd that they would bo tno victims. The talk , however , proved to bo Idle. IJut It is learned that two binds of darkies mut not a few whites , numbering probably 100 onch , gathered together In the bottoms in the south west part of the town , nnd discussed the lynching very earnestly. During the duy the talk was so serious Hint Sheriff Mcllck took precautionary steps to repel any assault that might bo mndo upon the Jail. A portion of company D , of the stnto militia , ten .In number , wore snugly domiciled , witnm the walls of the county prison , and it would not huvo fnroj well for nny assaulting party. The sheriff could have repelled 600 men with oaso. Ju t before midnight , Tins BKB representative visited the ] all , and while tlicro was ndtntttoa to the cells of the prisoners. As ho approached. accompanied by the sheriff , Taylor whined out. "Is everything quiet on the outsidot 1 declare I can't sloop. " "No danger , " cheer fully replied the sheriff. "I will BCD that you are not harmed. " "All right , " said the wretch , "Jso strustln' in the Master and you , Mr. Mcllck. " Curtis remained quiet. Ho refused to reply to nny questions put to him. Grace Church Air.iirs. Written notice was served upon Ilov. Crelghton , the present pastor of Grace M. E. church , that ninety-three muinbors of that church under the ministrations of Pus- tor Minehnrt , desired their names stricken from the records of that church. It is un derstood that this membership express the desire to bo numbered witli Minchart in the now movement , which formally denounces the action of the committee that recently do- cidcd to cut oil his ecclesiastical head. In view of the fact that over a month has elapsed since the church trial , now a matter of his tory , it can hardly bo denominated an action duo to excitement or pressure , and it is doubly cheering to the beheaded preacher , ho says , to know that the paper wont to the now pastor of the church without any solici tation from him. It is also noteworthy that Mlncharts "rift raff , " us nis followers - lowers and friends have been denominated , comprise such citizens of East Lincoln and Lincoln as Dr. Dawson nnd wife , W. 13. Howard and wife , E. J. Miller nnd wife , W. G. MoFall nnd wife , W. H. Putmoro and wife , Herman Elclio and wife , Mr. Mary J. Spencer , George E. Fisher and wife , Thomas Crobbia and wife , P. A. Hovoy nnd wife , C. A. and A. M. McMastors , David Bangnrt , H. G. Rcdfiold nnd wife , and many others who are equally prominent , all of whom are roc- ognlzoa ns among the purest-minded and most enterprising people of the city. Their friends , however , scores upon scores , repu diate the name that has been so unkindly be stowed upon them by the unthoughtful friends of Minohart's opposition. It ought , also , to bo taken into account that twelve of tlio "riff raff , " who express the wish to have their names stricken from thu raster of the church , were former oQlcials of the church. Six of the number ask for letters , nnd in the orcnt that they are rotusou , there may bo another intcrtstinc : chapter in the Grace church diftlcultics. The assurance is also given that another grist of names will be handed in to bo checked off. New Notaries I'ublio. The governor to-day appointed the follow ing notaries public : O. E. Kub.ink , Hayes Center , Hayes county ; W. P. Dutton , Pe- tcrsburg , Boone county ; Jnmoi W. Manor , Vorongo , Perkins county ; Edgar L. Means , Orleans , -Harlan county ; Edwurd W. Gil bert , York , York county ; H. McFarlnml , Dowccso , Clay county ; O. M. Quackenmish , Tobias , balino county : Joseph McSparran , Blair , Washington county ; Eric Johnson , Holdrego. Plielps county ; Finloy H. Lamia , Homorvillo , Grispor county ; Ilose.i B. Thornton , Oakdalo , Antelope county ; Thomas C.xrroll , Fremont , Dodge county ; Edmund W. Nagle , Allston , Uundy county ; Henry H. Uny , Oakdalo , Antolooo county. Midway Uriok Company. Articles incorporating the Midway Brielt company were tiled in the ofllco of the secre tary of state to-day. The principal place of business of the company is at Kearney , Buf falo county : capital stock $15,000. , April SO , ISb'J , was the date fixed upon for the com mencement of business. It will continue under the articles as Hied , far a period of ton yours. Incorporators : liollin L. Downing , John J. Uartlctt , George Gray and William W. Mannlx. Pacific Moving. It has just been lcarno < ! that a company of Missouri Pacific engineers passed through Lincoln to-day en routu for Superior , where n survey will bo commenced for a new brancti of this railway system , The com pany was moving under instructions from Engineer McDonald , and it is safe to say that It menus business for that part of the etutc. It is distinctly given out that the Missouri Pacific folks will not remain idle during the present season. This road has evidently entered the state to stay and grow up with the country. City NOWB and Noti-s. A case was commenced in the district court , to-day , enjoining W. S. Hamilton from taking hit icnt In the city council. The cma wns brought by O. W. Wcbntcr. His poll- tlon seta up that the first election was local , and upon this point ho bases his suit. If sus tained by the court , W. J. Cooper will repre sent the fourth ward In the city council. Tnylor , Curtis and Mrs. Wood * will have their preliminary hearing before Judge Stewart , to-morrow , for the murder of IJob Woods. Curtis nnu MM. Wood * will bo ar raigned ns necoMorlo * before the fact. It U qulto generally thought , to-day , that Mrs. Woods will bo discharged nt the hearing. It h said that Sheriff Mollck expresses this opinion , nnd ho Is in possession of more of the facts connected with the crime than nny other person , Ho alto says ho hni enough evidence to convict Curtis nnd Tnylor , American Arlstoornoy. Ke\o \ ri > rfc Commercial Advtrllitr. Speaking of the four hundred and every body is speaking of the four hundred reminds minds one of Saxo's verses : Depend upon It , my snobbish friend , Your family thread you can't nsocnd Without good reason to apprehend You'll llnd it wnxod nt the farther end Uy.souio plebeian vocations Or , worse than that , your boasted line ] J May end in a loop of stronger twine That plagued some worthy relation. Of all the notable thinirs on earth , The queerest ouu Is prldo of birth Among our ficrco democracy ; A bridge across a hundred years Without n prop to snvo it from sneers , Not oven n couple of rotten peers , A thing for laughter , floors mid jeers , American aristocracy. WHAT ABOUT. Views nnii Interviews Caught In Hotel Corridor * nntl KlHOivhoro. Walt M. Sooloy , the great republican sec retary of all central committees and conven tions , Is In town , having Ju t returned from n hunting tour through the Indian territory. "No , " said ho , "I wns not In Oklahoma , except - copt on the edge of it. I don't want any of Oklahoma in mine. There are plenty of places . down in that country much uiora desirable , to locnto in than that , t know where to find nny amount of the best land you ever saw , and far better than anything in Oklahoma. " .loo Eastordny , Prank Mao- doimld , of Lincoln , nnd W. C. Long wore with him. Ho says that they went through every place they wanted to go without molestation , had nn elegant time , enjoyed the trip immensely , saw some beautiful country nnd picked out the spot whore they all expect to eventually locate. _ Harry Mann , many years ago advance ngcnt for Evnus & Hooy , was In Omaha yes terday with his family , en route to San Francisco , where ho is to take charge , May 1 , as general manager of the Now California theater. Ho is very enthusiastic over the prospects of becoming n great man in his business there , nnd oxpocls to soon inako an immense fortune. The liouso will bo opunod May ID , and , said ho : "it is going to bo the finest theater in the world. " Airs. O'Con nor , a very wealthy widow in 'Frisco , is building it as a monument to her enterprise and love for the drama. A U\K \ Dnkotaii. Major A. W. Edwards , of the Fnrgo , Dak. , Argus , and C. G. Sohuylor , cashier of the Citizens' National bank of Fargo , are at the Allllard. Major Edwards is the best known news paper man in Dakota. Ho Is a character. The stories that have boon written about him would fill volumes. The major tips the scales at 337 pounds , but that fact don't bother him and ho is as chipper na a school boy. Ho has boon a power in Dakota politics in the past and really is now , although ho and the Argus wore rather knocked out ut the last elections. Hut the major , like truth , crushed to earth will rise again , and ho and his Argus atlll cut a very big liguro in North Dakota. Shaking of the political situation in that coming state , thn major said tluit Gopthill , Mondonhall und llausbarough are the most prominent candidates for the gu bernatorial chair. Ex-Governor Ordwny , he of capital commission fame , has been spoken of in connection with the olllco , but the major doesn't think that he's a candid ate. Ex-Govonmr Pierce and Harrison Allen , ho thinks , will bo suut to the son a to , but as to who will go to the lower house ho is not so positivo. as locality will have much to do with that. Ho says tlicro will bo lively times in the territory this year. Miss Porsson'K Story. The homo of Mr. Sidney Barkalow was a glad ono yesterday. Bcuodicta Porsson , for more than six years nurse in Mr. JJnrka- low's family , and who , by her kindliness of disposition , has entwined herself about the hearts of the cntiro family , was a cabin passenger on board the Ill-starred steamer Dnumark , and during the many days of sus ponsc , she was mourned as ono lost ; but yes terday Mr. and Mrs. Barkalow and thu chlldroii hnd the pleasure of wel coming her home. Bcncdlcta is u little Swedish girl , with dark hair and eyes , and very comely and neat In appearance. There nro no traces ol the suffering , mental and nliysical , endured during the days that she was adrift upon the occnll > . A Can-less Watchman. Oniccr Ormsby reports to the chief of police - lice that at 1:45 : a. in. , Olllccrs Fahoy and James Brady found the back door of the jewelry stoio at HI. ! Douglus wide open , und with considerable difficulty they awakened the man sleeping in the store and made him lock the door. Hundreds of imitations dangerous to fabric an.d hands are tugging away at the props , which have put and' still hold Pyle's Pearline in its present enviable position. It's the standard pure effective harmless a necessity in millions of homes. These imitators take names end ing in INE to deceive peddle their goods from house , to house claim them to be "Pearline" "same as Pearl ine , " or "good as Pearline. " Beware of them one wash may ruin your clothes. Their methods alone should denounce them evidently they do for ihe consumption o ( > Pearline increases each day. If tloes away with the drudgery . . of woman's hardest work. f > f > J JAiua PYUt , NOW Ycrk.