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TiU5 Dr. Crunin myatory is raoro than
over a mystery.
JAKK KILHAIK is coming homo.
Where is Champion SulllvanV
PUHUC nnd private ontorpnscs mast
go hnnd in hand in building up Omiiluu
TIIK rosubmissinn of school bonds in
Juno to the voters of Ortmhtv grows in
favor.
THE overcrowded condition of the in
sane wards of the county jail calls loud
ly for the curly completion of the new
hospital.
A LONO pull , n strong pull itnd a pull
nil together on the Dart of our solid
moneyed men will put Omaha on the
high road to prosperity.
TliEUK is nn unwritten law that ought
to prevent any man from holding moro
than ono ollico. That law should ho oh-
served in the selection of members of
the school board.
ALT. , parties interested in local street
railways violently protest against con
solidation. When corporations vigor
ously denounce each other , it is an un
failing indication of an early union.
THE people of Omaha can taUo their
choice and draw their own conclusions
from the statements made by various
directors whether or not the rival street
railway companies want to consolidate.
OMAHA realty is the cream of the
country. Distance adds to its golden
charm. The Tucoma gentleman who
imagines ho owns a quarter section of
it , ia voted the luckiest man in the wide
northwest.
A BEE line from Omaha to Green
Bay , Wis. , is ono of the possibilities of
the near future. It means for Omaha
direct communication with the heart of
the lumber region and another outlet to
the great lakes.
SKVEIIAL prominent eastern jobbing
houfios are looking about for quarters in
Omaha. They can not como any too
soon. The larger the number , the
wider the territory the wholesale trade
of Omaha can command.
AltE the British to own America ?
They are not only buying up breweries
all over the country ; but are actually
considering the proposition of purchas
ing the principal milling establish
ments at Minneapolis and other Hour
da liters.
SA.M SMALL assorts that state laws
ro insufficient to enforce prohibition.
A member of the Omaha prohibited
club recently declared that prohibition
cannot bq enforced until women are
Iflvon the right to vote. Here wo have
two advocates of modern blue laws sub
stantially agreeing that they are a fail
ure.
t < i :
JAMKS D. FISH , the ox-prosldent o !
the Marino bank of Now iforlc city
pardoned out of Sing Sing , is now ox-
pooted by the people ho duped to turnover
ever a part of his ill-gotten millions.
But Fish is not that kind of a gudgoou.
I L * It wasn't for that purpose that ho served
hi ? two years in the penitentiary.
attention will ho given in
the forthcoming COIIUUB to the hoof sup
ply of America. It has boon douidod
that careful stutiatlcs shall bo gathered
on cattle growing and on our beef nnd
pork products. It is claimed by exports
that Iho etntlstlcH will bo important on
the ground that the moat supply per
head of population is becoming less
from year to year and it may soon
become a serious pronlom whore
Buniclont beef will come from to
supply the homo demand , to say
nothing of foreign consumption. It is
claimed thnt in 1600 the number ot
cattle in this country wna eight hun
dred to ono thousand population , while
iu 1837 the proportion duo to heavy
losses was reduced to seven hundred to
s- ouo thouwuul population. This state
ment , while it may bo true in itself , by
no moans establishes u law of diminish
ing rutio in the moat supply. The cur-
i J rout belief has boon that America has a
pupply wholly sulllclont for present or
future demands , and recent investiga
tions us well as the continued low price
of cattle on the hoof would bear out this
\intorprotatlon.
OUll SUCCESS
If the reports sent out from Berlin
nro to bo relied upon , the American
commissioners to the Samoan confer
ence hftvo boon unexpectedly successful
in securing R concession of the demands
of this government. It would Boom
that about all they have asked has boon
nllow6d , greatly to the displeasure of
the Gorman press , which has critlxod
the German government , with such
plainness nnd vicor as it duro , for what
it regarded us too great magnanim
ity. Before the conference mot
there wn3 apparently substantial
reasons for the belief that the
American demands generally would
fail , nnd that the conference would bo
cither a repetition of the Washington
llasco of 1887 , or that Germany , witli the
aid of England , would be allowed pretty
much all she desired. The attitude of
the English commissioners , however ,
has thus far shown no loaning toward
the side of Germany , hut lias r.xthor ex
hibited a desire to bo absolutely fair and
impartial , in view of which It would seem
necessary to dismiss the idea that the
visit of Count Herbert Bismarck to
Lord Salisbury a few weeks before the
meeting of the Samoan conference had
any relation to that matter.
But despite the fair appearances
and the assurances of correspondents
that all is well , there is still a suspicion
that Germany has not made so great n
surrender oa the newspapers of that
country prolend. Very little that has
actually boon agreed upon lias become
public , nnd it will bo well to wait until
the results of the conference are fully
made known bolero Indulging In con
gratulations. Mr , Phelps stated some
days ago that it was not a one-sided af
fair , but that concessions had been made
on both sides , and it may appear that
in the reciprocity Germany has gained
quite as much as she has given up. But in
any event the American government has
been successful in thwarting what
Boomed to bo the evident plan of Ger
many to obtain complete control of the
Samoan islands nnd turn them into n
Gorman colony dominated by the power
of that government. Whether or not
wo shall bo able to secure for the people
of Samoa that independence of foreign
interference and control in their gov
ernment affairs which a consistent re
gard for our own political principles
would lead us to desire , we shall at least
obtain for them a degree of homo rule
which they unquestionably would not
have been allowed but for our in
terference , The autonomy of the
islands will bo preserved , and the gov
ernment that is established agreeably
to the understanding reached by the
sonforonco and approved by the intor-
ttod governments will be assured
against the danger of overthrow from
foreign machinations. Under the cir
cumstances this is perhaps the very
best wo could do. It would doubtless
have been more consistent with Ameri
can principles to have demanded and
insisted that the Samoans should be al
lowed to maintain suoh government as
they please , instead of joining with
Germany and England in deciding who
shall be their king and the form of gov
ernment they shall have , but in view of
the revolutionary and chaotic condition
of u Hairs in the islands , is is very doubt
ful whether it would have been wise to
have loft the Samoans to themselves to
solve the questions confronting thorn.
When they are bettor instructed in the
business of government , as well as in
the value of a stable political system ,
they will undoubtedly have no dilflculty
in securing their full rights of self-gov
ernment nnd homo rulo.
BRITISH DEFENCES.
A dispatch from Ottawa , Canada , re
ports that the Canadian government
has boon notified by the imperial au
thorities that work on the Pacific coast
defences will bo begun this summer.
The British admiralty last year detailed -
tailed an officer to make an examina
tion of the coast of British Columbia ,
between Vancouver and Esquimault ,
with the object of deciding upon sites
for the erection of batteries command-
manding the entrances to Puget
Sound and protecting Esquimault.
The matter had dropped out of the
attention of the British government
until the renewal of negotiations at
Washington regarding the Bohringsoa
question , when it was decided that the
work on coast defenses should be begun
at once.
The fortifications already constructed
on the southerly corner of Canada's Pa
cific coast line , and which will soon bo
garrisoned by a big force , are the
strongest on the continent. It is not
easy todivluotho motive which prompts
the Britsh coverunidut to a further
heavy expenditure for fortifications in
that quarter , aud it is a mat
ter regarding which our government
might perhaps with propriety make
inquiry. When the President of the
Canadian Pacific railroad was before
the Donate railroad investigating com
mittee in Now York , ho replied to a
question vygnrdhig the object of those
fortifications , that they wore intended
as a precaution against possible trouble
with Russia. This was obviously a sub
terfuge. Of course they are con
structed in rcnponho to a demand of the
Canadian government , autl the precau
tionary motive can hnvo reference only
to the United States. Doubtless the
right of the British government to con-
struot fortifications on ite own terri
tory can not bo questioned , but its
doing so at least suggests the ox-
podlenoy of the United States provid
ing like defunsoa for the territory op
posite , whinh is now defenseless. If it
is the design of the British government
to make a second Gibraltar at the en
trance of Puget Sound It will ba the
duty of the government of the United
States to confront this menacing enter
prise with defenses of equal proportions
and strength. Wo recently noted the
opinion of a San Francisco pujwr that
ono ol the uioat important matters
which this government should consider
la that of obtaining possession of British
Columbia , and that to accomplish this
the government could afford to pay tiny
price. It is not Improbable ; that Cana
dian statesmen feel that the possession
of this portion of the Dominion by the
United States may bocoma n soriou f
question of the not remote future , and
that U is well to bo prepared for it. At
any rate there scorns no sound reason
for the construction of nn elaborate and
expansive system ot defenses on the
Canadian Pacific coast unless it Is in
the apprehension of possible trouble
with the United States.
ELEVATK THK STAXDAJW.
The board of education should bo nonpartisan -
partisan in the broadest BOMSO of that
term. Its membership should bo com
posed of men choion because of their in
telligence nnd superior fitness for the
management of our public schools , and
not on account of their political creed.
They should bo chosen in accord with
the spirit nnd letter of the law. The
framers of our school laws have pur
posely separated the school board elec
tions from the general elections. They
have extended the franchise to women ,
located the polling-places in school
houses , aud closed the public schools
for that day with u view to awakening
n live interest among the parents of
children who attend the public
schools. The manifest intent of all
these provisions is to divorce
the school management from polities.
But party hacks and political bosses
have for years sought to override the
will of the peoples. They have used
the party machine with its packed cau-
cusscs and conventions of ward bum
mers as the source that supplies the
candidates for the board of education.
ThoolToet of this political interfer
ence could not but bo domorali/.ing. It
has exerted a most pernicious inlluonco
upon toachorsniid janitors. Our school
management lias degenerated into n
dispenser of patrongo , and spoils-hunt
ers have dictated who should or who
should not administer the affairs of our
schools.
Now there is no moro reason why our
public schools should bo a partisan en
gine than our judiciary. Omaha has
discarded the political bosses and
snowed under yellow-dog candidates
for judicial honors. Shall wo permit
our public schools to bo prostituted for
political ends ? Is it not our plain duty
to olovnto the standard ot our school
board , and plnco it above dependence
upon party bosses and spoilsmen.
THK Biu has for years refused to
countenance partisan nominations for
the board of education. It is now
moro than ever convinced that its aims
have been in the right direction. But
when wo advocate non-partisan nomin
ations , wo do not moan crazy-
quilt tickets made up from
candidates that have been put
in nomination by democratic
and republican conventions. Those
candidates are the product of the
party primary and caucus. They are
necessarily creatures of the machine ,
nnd cannot rise above it , any moro than
the stream rises above its source.
What is needed to free our school
system from partisan domination is a
ticket made up outside of party lines ,
of material that cannot be used for
political ends. Such a ticket can and
will bo elected two weeks hence. The
people are ripe for a change. They
have a surfeit of the party hack in the
school board and are determined to
break up the combinations which have
their mainspring in party affiliation.
THE manner in which the secretary
of the navy is addressing himself to the
business of the department in the mat
ter of the construction of new vessels ,
gives assurance that the urosont secre
tary does not propose to bo outdone by
any of his predecessors in this particu
lar. Seven war ships are now building
at various yards , and existing legisla
tion authorizes the construction of
eight moro at a cost of upwards of six
million dollars. Secretary Tracy is devoting -
voting himself assiduously to the pre
liminary work connected with the build
ing of these vessels , which he may have
learned from the experience of his pre
decessor is no small task. Secretary
Whitney was only able to begin twelve
out of the twenty now war ships pro
vided for by congress during his ad
ministration of the navy , and ho was
only able to complete ono. But ho had
to encounter all the difficulties incident
to the initiative of so vast a work , and
under the circumstances ho really ac
complished a great doal. With far fewer
obstacles to overcome Secretary Tracy
ought to hnvo all the vessels now pro
vided for in commission long before the
end of his administration , and doubtless
he will.
THK constantly increasing amount of
deposits in the New York banks , despite
the shipments of gold abroad , excites
the wonder of financiers. Recent state
ments show that the deposits iu that
city are fast swelling , and that the
amount of loanable funds will soon
roach the high water mark of four hun
dred and fifty millions. There has never
been in the history of our country a
time when so much capital was idle in
the banks awaiting profitable invest
ment.
ATTENTION is directed to the in
creased activity in the shipment of corn
from Nebraska. The grain movement ,
however , is not confined to our own
state. Fourteen hundred cars of grain
were roctilved at Chicago one day and
two thousand another day this week.
The recent unexpected foreign demand
coupled with the anxiety to got rid of
the surplus before the new crop , has
stimulated the movement , which is
likely to keep up until mid-summer.
THK factional strifes of officials and
the imbecility displayed in the con
struction of the hospital combine to
prove the utter incapacity of the county
board to properly manage county at'
fairs. The members wnste tholr time
in fruitless personal jangles , while im
portant nmttors requiring prompt con
sideration and action are allowed to
drift from bad to worse.
"MEUCJIANTS' wook" can bo made a
grand success by energetic action and
unity. The carnival and trades display
of past years demonstrated what Omaha
could do on short notice. With nn early
boginninvr on n definite plan of varied
oiitei'talnnients , Omaha can attract
thousands of people from the surround
ing UUY.IIS and country , benefiting alike
the visitors nnd the city.
Judge.
Jlo lon juur/iul.
In court ut JS'Ovr JJodford tt day or two ago
Jndfto Borilon refllsotr to Issue final papers
to n liquor doaloc whfc'nppllcd for naturaliza
tion , on tbo grouba Iff having sold liquor to
ntnrm whomhollriovV'to bo of Intemperate
habits ho wns hot'a > person of good moral
character , nnU therefore JWas not ollglblo to
citi7cnshlp. ' I
lilm of Home.
The p.iunt , travol-stnmcd nnd footsore
man wns making bis way bock from Okla
homa to Topokn oil fobt. Ho looked hungry
nnd felt thirsty. As the heart pnntcth for
the cooling water ' brooks , so panted ho for
the drug store soda of Itansas' fair capital.
"StronRor , " ho rfnld'husktly ' , as ho paused
by tbo wayside , ' "doth not yon singular
shaped cloud nour the horizon's brim portend
tend n storm of no ordinary character ,
thlnkcst thoul"
"Thnt , " replied the sojourner , looking at
the cloud with the eye of nn expert , "is an
cyclone. Don't you sco It Is funnol-shnpcd ,
you chuoklc-hcad I"
"
"Mothinks I do , " rejoined the traveler in
nn eager voice , "and Its shape rojolcoth my
heart. Since I loft my loved Topokn , half n
moon ngonc , mine eyes have not been glad
dened by the sight of anything as thirst-
quenching na oven a funnel. I would fain
huvo a closer viow.
And drawing the bixck of his hnnd across
his mouth bo hurried on In the direction of
the cyclone.
Ho Didn't Get There.
ti'ctv York aribMic.
The opinion is being expressed In n num
ber of democratic papers that Mr. Cleveland
Is to bo "tho Moses" of "InrllT reform. "
Y-o-s. If wo recollect Oistlnctl.v , Moses
( owing to circumstances not under bis own
control ) never reached the promised land.
An Kmpty Theatre.
Ktarucii Kntcrprlte.
"This paper is a Ulgh-toncd theatre , In
which there ure a certain number of reserved
seats for advertisers , nnd each seat has its
value. " Omaha World.
Glad to hear it. Let us know how the
tickets uro selling. There appears to bo
plenty of standing room so far.
Moro Hoom for HritUti Royalty.
Chicago Kctcs.
Now that Quern Victoria has another
grandchild the British government will
probably annex n few moro Soutn Sen islands
or the domain of some Indian niaharajah or
other.
Lot's Hope So.
R'ew I'm ft IPnrM.
It is now certain that ex-Secretary Bayard
is to bo married. It Is to bo hoped thnt his
domestic administration will bo moro of a
success than bis foreign policy.
Prohibition Not Wnnted.
Kannaa CUy Times.
Illinois' legislature decides that prohibition
docs not prohibit. The state will worry
along awhile in the same olu way.
HITS
Pistols , gasoline , , , Howor-pots and arsenic
nro making a combined effort to populate tno
suburban hillsides. 1 At last accounts gaso
line wns several loa'gucs ' ahead.
"From u non-partisan standpoint , " ex
claimed Colonel Gallagher. "I consider the
rehabilitation of Clovdland premature. I
nm laboring zealously tb make the adminis
tration of General Harbison a whooping suc
cess. My official .relations with him are so
close nnd affectionate that it would bo indel
icate for mo to express my admiration for
him publicly. Rcmcmb6r Miilvany 1"
The practice of showering living bouquets
on passing pedestrians is not a success as an
advertising medium" ' It is hardly fair to
mortise a man's skull with n pot to attract
his attention to the virtues of patent medi
cine.
cine.Tho
The union depot threatens to become the
Tascott ot Omaha.
THK INDUSTRIAL FIEL.D.
Within several years Chicago workmen
have gained these concessions : Bricklayers
have had their hours reduced from ten to
eight , and their wages increased from $1.50
and $2.25 to ? 3.50 and $4 : carpenters from ten
hours and § 2 to eight hours and 82.50 to $3.50 ;
painters from ns low as $1 and ten hours to
$2.25 and eight hours.
Tbo Now Orleans bricklayers will work
for the old scale , 35 conts.
A strike is threatened in the lace factories
at Nottingham , England.
The St. Paul & Omaha Railway company
will no longer employ Italians.
At Cleveland 100 girl clonk workers have
bad a cut from 1.25 to 85 cents for a certain
cloak.
At Skowhegan , Mass. , a factory for turn
ing out coats nlono is being built. H will em
ploy 2-40 men.
A Now York woman's operatives' union is
trying to bring before the legislature of the
state a bill providing that employers of work
women shall not require their employes to
work in rooms which nro so poorly ventilated
as to endanger the health of the occupants.
The bill also demands that decent sanitary
arrangements bo provided , and the working
girls bo allowed to sit down whou not en
gaged in occupations which make standing
necessary.
The third annual report of the New York
board of factory inspectors shows that the
condition of worklngwomon in that state has
been ranch improved within tbo lost year ,
The law prohibiting girls under thirteen
years of ago from working In factories bos
been so well enforced that now compara
tively few of them are thus employed ,
The Homatlto Iron works nt Barrow-ln-
Furncss , England , employ ubout 3,000 men.
They nro paid from Jl to 7 a wcolt.
Locks are do cheap in WHlonhall , Little
London , England , which is Devoted almost
entirely to their manufacture , that when a
workman lots part of , his work fall ho does
not think it worth hia while to pick It up
aguin. The men earn from $3 to $5 a week.
Hecent revelations of the condition of
factory ( jlrls employed In tuo larger cities
have stirred philanthropic women every
where to Join hands 'In helping them. Now
York has u very ablb organization of this
kind , headed by wjbmpji who have botii
brains and money. .
"
Great preparations ore being mudo In
Paris lor the international congress of workingmen -
ingmen , which isCo take place there in
August. Questions'rolafiug to strikes and
combinations will bo among the matters
taken up , j-
The tailors are thC'besti organized workers
in England , and aro'Uble'lo * earn good wages
In the largo cities.
The Cincinnati Post Buys the wages of tbo
1,100 girl shoo-workerd there Imvo been cut
DO per cent in a year.
tiTATIt ! AND TliHHITOUV.
Nuliraska Jotting * ,
A Good Templars ledge has been organ
ized ut Holdrege.
Stanley IB to nave- bank , which will bo
run by Kourney parties.
Tocumsch now ban a V. M. C. A. organiza
tion with u membership of forty.
Fifteen newly arrived Norwegian emi
grants settled at Humphrey thin week.
A frisky horse kicked In throe ribs for.
Elijah Jordan , a Howard young uiun , but the
youth will recover.
Two hundred protilbltlouUU mot at Syru ]
CUSP nnd formed n county organization for
tbo coming amendment fight.
Religions excitement has driven Mrs.
Kllzuboth lilgclow , of Hastings , insnno , nnt
nbo will bo sent to the Lincoln asylum.
H. A. Harding , editor of the Oakland In
dependent , has gene to Washington to aocuro
n plnco In the government printing office.
Cut worms have done considerable damage
to garden truck in the vicinity of Spring.
Hold , nnd In some Instances hnvo attuckcil
the corn fields.
Valparaiso Is making n reputation ns the
boss scandal town In tha stato. The latest
Involves four married men , onoyoung tnxn ,
one widow and one wlfo. The gossips nro
happy.
Fin PIorsollwho stole a horse nt Nebraska
City , was captured nt York and returned to
llu- scene of his crime. Ho has confessed ,
and snys ho was only trying to rniso money
enough to leave the country.
J. II , Foxwoithy , of Lincoln , who sued
the city of Hastings for $10,000 damages for
Injuries received by rolling through defec
tive sidewalk , has ngain lost his suit In court
nnd will now nbanuon Iho litigation.
The widow iOonnls. living near Aurora , bo-
cnmo dlssntlsllod with life on account ol
trouble with her son nnd his newly acquired
bride , nnd tried to end her oxistmico by Ink
Ing latidiinum , but was foiled by a cruel doc
tor. Then she tried the butcher knlfu route ,
but friends interfered , and she still llvos.
A Columbus lawyer lind n very peculiar re
quest mudo of him the other tiny , according
to the Telegram. A Polntulor called nt .T. .1.
Sullivan's law ofllco nnd said that a certain
young Irishman was liiihlo to go on another
tear , and thnt us he wns ready to give him u
warm reception , ho would llko to take out n
license to kill the nforosiud Irishman. The
Polandor was very much disappointed when
Hulllvan made it plain to him Unit It would
bo impossible ) to grunt him the license.
1\VJV Itlitl H.
Juno 20 Is the dnto of the Marshall county
old settlers' picnic.
E. S. Elsworth , of Iowa Fulls , lias como
out as n candidate forntato senator from that
district.
The Atlantic police captured thirty-two
gamblers the other night , each of whom
paid n line of 39.85.
llccnuso her parents objected to the nmn
she loved. Ida Yobcrg. a pretty Clayton girl ,
took Btrichnlno nnd came near crossing to
tbb land where there is no marriage , or giv
ing In marriage.
Mrs. Williams , a Corning woman , got n
big revolver and chased the members of the
Corning Gun club from close proximity to
her promises , where they persisted in shoot
ing nt a mark , to the peril of passers-by.
The mayor was among the members.
George S. Hoswoll , of UcsMolnes. who was
convicted of bigamy uud fined § 25 , now has n
divorce from his lirst wife and everything is
nil serene. The light sentence imposed on
him wns because it was clearly shown that
ho supposed Ids first wife had obtained u di
vorce.
Miss Hope Glenn , ono of America's finest
singers and worthiest women , wns murricil
in London , England , on the 10th , to Richard
Hcnrn , nt Rev. Donuld Frazor's Presby
terian church. Sir Arthur Sullivan gave
away the bride. Miss Glenn was born and
reared in Iowa City , where her father was
in trade. She has been n success upon the
concert strge for a number of years
much of the time abroad. Her parents now
reside In Atlanta , Ga.
Dakota.
An electric ligtit plant is to bo put in ut
Mitchell utoncc ,
Edmunds county has voted bonds for n
court house and jail.
The pupils of the Sioux Falls schools have
set out 0,1)03 ) trees this year.
Plans for a. now city hall have been se
lected by the Watertown city couucil.
Aberdeen now claims a population of 6,80.
based on the names in the new city directory ,
The Deadwood Wolls-Fargo express oflico
stands third in the amount ol business
handled in what is known ns the Nebraska
division.
While crazy with whisky , n prisoner in the
Sioux Falls Jail sot the building on lire four
times in ono night and narrowly escaped
cremation.
A fracas occurred between George W.
Hopp. senior editor of the Brooklngs Press ,
and Rev. C. F. Finwali , pastor of the Norsk
Baptist church , growing out of the circula
tion of hand bills charging Mr. Hopp with
pandering to the democrats and conduct un-
becomi.iK a prohibitionist , and for the circu
lation of which Mr. Hopp slapped the minis-
tor's face nnd the clergyman had bim ar
rested. Ho was lined $50.
W. H. and Henry Myers , of Rapid City.
have sold to Gen. J3oylp and Judge Pope , of
St. Louis , the Gold Safe group of mines in
Grizzly pulch for ? 2o,000. The same capital
ists also purchased of Myers. Cook & Rotors
the Grizzly Hear group , iu the same locality ,
for $2 > ,000. The latter property includes a
twenty stamp iniU and a valuable site and
water right.
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FINANCIER FISH'S MONEY.
An Effort to Bo Made to Force Him to
Yield Up.
Nnw YOUK , May 23. [ Special Telegram
to THE UBK.I Ono of the penalties of the
freedom that the ex-flnancior , James D.
Fish , has already enjoyed nearly two weeks ,
will bo the revival of numerous suits that
were lying dormant during his convict days.
There is an impression in many quarters
that some part of his millions , which are rep
resented to have been swallowed up in the
crash that startled Wall street flvo years
ago , is whore ho can get nt it. Ono of the
most important suits in which ho will appear
as a defendant is thnt begun long ago to re
cover the money that the city lost by the
failure of the Marine bank , of which insh
was president. When the bank closed its
doors in May , 1881 , in consequence of the
failure of Grant & Ward , there were 81,000-
000 of municipal funds on deposit. The
United States bunk examiner took charge of
it. Several dividends have been declared al
ready , nnd another Is shortly expected ,
Which will bring the total up to about 75 par
cent , so instead of losing § 1,000,000 , the city
will bo out only a quarter of that amount
through the bank.
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AKRE9TKD KOK SWINDLING.
IMcn Indicted on the Testi
mony of Nrln-askn People.
CHICAGO , May 23 , | Special Telegram to
THE 13EE.J Frank L. Loomis , Howard G.
Looinls and Edwin L. Jewell , ofllcials of the
Century Book and Paper company , have
been indicted by the grand jury. For BOIIIO
weeks the business methods of this company
have boon a matter of discussion in various
Justice courts. Witness after witness 1ms
taken the stand and testified to the aliened
fraudulent practices of the company. Tticso
witnesses have , with ono or two exceptions ,
boon victimized , as they nflirm , by the trio
mentioned above , who were placed under ar
rest last evening. They became tired of the
dilatory tactics the company's attorneys
were pursuing in the justice courts und
transferred tholr cases to the criminal court.
Among these young men who were induced
to put up their hard-earned money to secure
alleged agencies of the company was ono
from Omaha , ono from Lincoln and two from
the state of Iowa , bcaldu u number from Illi
nois ) , Indiana und Ohio. The sums obtained
from them range from $200 to 11,000 , ouch.
The prisoners wcro balled.
Simply a ! ! ! ) Kalcc.
WASHINGTON , May 22. [ Special Telegram
to TIIK I3iiic. ] Tli ore wns u silly fake in an
evening Brooklyn paper yesterday announc
ing the probable resignation of Bialne ,
Wlndom lind Proctor. Hlaine is the only
ono of the cabinet ofllcors in regard to whom
a suspicion of dissatisfaction 1s entertained.
In reply to a card of inquiry , ho pencilled , in
big capital letters , the word , "Nonbenso. "
Secretary Rusk nays there wnro only him
self , Ulalno. Wlndom and Miller present ut
the last cabinet meeting , and the wbolo pro-
ccodmgs were of the most agroeabio and
harmonious character. Proctor was not
thoi o at all.
FonrTroublo With BtrUcorH.
MiN.VKAi-oi.i8 , May 23. The Journal's
West Superior special says the mayor of that
town has closed all the saloons In anticipa
tion of trouble between the coal heavers who
have struck und the new men Imported to
taku their places. The now men are workIng -
Ing under strong police protection.
STATUS OF NO MAN'S LAND ,
Indian Tltlo to a Portion of Nebraska -
braska Not Extlnot.
A PROCLAMATION NECESSARY.
Bo Says Attornoy-Onitornl Iiocso
Striking ritunborfl The District
Court Lincoln Council luvrstl-
cntloii Wllcox's Ucnl.
LINCOLN UtmisAU OPTHB O\utu Ban , )
1029 P STUBRT , V
LINCOLN , Mny 33 , |
A Washington special to Tnn URB of the
15th , contained an Item regarding the lands
embraced In the strip coded to Nebraska In
1SS2 , by the government , north ot and on the
Niobrara river. It may bo remembered that
nt the soeclal session of tUo Nebraska Icgis-
Iftluro , In 1832 , this territory contained
nearly 700,000 ncrcs , the best part of the
Sioux reservation , which was duly accepted
by the state In accordanoo with the pro
visions of the bill. The bill providing for
accepting this gift to the atnto was senate
lllo No. 0 , entitled "A bill for nn not declar
ing the assent of the state of Nebraska to nn
nctof congress of the United States , entitled
'An net to extend the northern boundary of
the state of Ncbr.iskn , approved March 23 ,
38S2. ' " It was passed at the special session
of the legislature , May 23. Hut the condi
tion still exists , that before it becomes u part
ot Nebraska the Indian title shall become ox-
tinct. Jn its present condition It is not In the
Jurisdiction of Nebraska , and may really bo
called "No'Mnn's-Lnnd. "
With these facts in niind , suggested by Ed.
A. Fry , of Niobrara , TUB BEE representa
tive called upon Attornoy-Gonoral Leesc , to
day , for the why and wherefore. In reply to
the questions suggested by the existing facts ,
ho Raid :
" 1 do not know about the 'No Man's ' Land1
part of it. In my opinion , the federal courts
of Dakota have Jurisdiction over the territory
in question , mid will hnvo until the president
issues his proclamation declaring that the
Indian tltlo to said territory has been ex
tinguished. This has never been done to
my knowledge. The stnto has done its part ,
and it seems to mo that the only thing to bo
done is in the hands of congress , and that
our delegation there ought to attend to the
fcdenil part of it. It Is a nlco tract of land ,
and ought to DO brought undortho jurisdic
tion of the stnto as soon as possible. "
Wllcox's Don ) .
The trial of the case of Hancock vs Davoy ,
in the district court , brought to light nn item
of news that has boon overlooked. Atten
tion will bo attracted when ttio statement is
made that the defendant is W. H. B. Stout's
right bower. The suit was brought for nn
nccouiitlug ot the money oxpcndoil during n
partnership that existed botwocn the parties
prior to the suit at law. Among the items
the dofcndcnt made in Ids statement of the
expenditures of the firm was ono of J100 paid
to Architect Wilcox. Investigation loads to
the knowledge that the nrchitoct was paid
this sum for "passing" the class of lath used
on the now capitol building. In other words ,
ho boodocd tno manufacturers and patcutcrs ,
Messrs. Hancock & Davov , for recommend
ing this patent lath , which , as a matter of
course , the lirui desired to have used. It
turns out at the ninth hour that Hancock ob
jected to this class of deals , and hence sought
an accounting in the public courts.
Now Notnrlco Public.
The governor to-day raado the following
notarial appointments : Lovl H. Eib , Minden -
don , Kearney county ; D. S. Joseph , Elsie ,
Perkins county ; Marquis L. Dopuo , Mlna-
taro , Scotts Bluffs county ; Milton M. Starr ,
Lincoln , Lancaster county ; Elby C. Mordon ,
Madrid , Perkins county ; .1. J. Ochsnor ,
Sutton , Clay county : II. H. Buckley , Platte
Center , Platte county ; Elva 11. Kuiftln ,
Weeping Water , Cass county ; William S.
Hughes , Oxford'Furnas , county ; Cyrus P.
Flick , Lincoln , Lancaster county ; F. C.
Holbert , Plainview , Pierce county , J. J. Mc
Carthy , Emerson , Dixon county ; Alfred E.
Blaufuss , Omaha , Douglas county.
The DUtriut Court.
The case of Millard F. Gould vs Ada Van
Pelt and A. C. nickels , was on trial before -
fore Judge Field , to-day. The action
was brought to settle the rights of
parties in the Railroad Remedy and Railroad
cough euro , invented by Mr. Van Pelt , do-
ceased. The plaintiff was in partnership
with Van Pelt and owned a half interest in
his remedies. Mr. Van Pelt died , and his
widow , the defendant , purchased from Rick
ets , the administrator , her deceased hus
band's ' interest. The question at Issue in this
trial is to ascertain , determine and settle the
rights of parties in the remedies described.
The plaintiff claims that Mr. Van Pelt had
acquired her interest subject to n settlement
lie bad made with tha administrator , and
further claims that if the wbolo case is
gone into-ho is entitled to $7,000 , which ho
advanced in the purchase of materials to Van
Pelt , and for advertising , which is the great
cost for getting up a profitable business in
patent medicines. The defendants generally
deny the allegations of the plaintiff and seek
to have a full accounting , and the incmiry
promises to bo protruded ,
In the case of Hutlor vs Bnitor the plain-
till got Judgment for SI. It will bo remem
bered that lie wanted $25 for damages that
defendant's cow did to bis growing crops.
Testimony in the case of Hun vs Lancaster
continues burore Judge Chapman and a Jury.
That Invosllfj.itlon.
On the 14th of April , and on prior dates ,
Tnn Bnr. published nn exposition of boodlort
nnd boodllng In the old city council , and it
has brought forth fruit , but nothing now in
the way of developments , although some of
the papers continue to turn the matter over ,
There is no doubt but what Tun llRttM ex
pose at n timely dnto led to the appointment
of an Investigation committee by the city
fathers , nnd the outcome Is watohod with no
llttlo Interest. The opinion , however , 19
freely expressed that It will provo to bo an
other cnso of whitewash. So far as Burns1
is concerned , the charges ho makes will be
thoroughly ventilated In the courts , But
the Meyer ot al matter bids fair to reach as
obscure plecon-holo. Messrs. Connor nnd
Dean can not cscnpo so well. Distinct
charges stare tlioin in the fuco , and ns yet
they hnvo not oven ventured n donlal. Tha
committee of Investigation , consisting of
Messrs. Bushnoll , Hamilton , McLaughllu ,
Pace nnd Doan , hnvo n good deal at Make ,
nnd It Is altogether probable that they will
make something of n showing , "Wo nro
after them , " they say , nnd the future will
determine just how hard. Tno inuddlo in
the Lincoln council will likely produce a
profound stir when the committee com
mences to knock the bottom out of tha
charges.
Striking IMumliers.
The striking plumbers In this city ndmli
that they can help their Omaha brethren
very llttlo by quitting worlt. "Tho reason , "
said n prominent inombor of the union to
TUB Bnn roprcsontatlvo , to-day , "IB bccausa
there nro no heavy contracts In progress in
this city , nnd before any commences our
places can bo supplied by non-unionists. But
the bovs propose to do what they can , nnd I
tun with them. "
City News nnd Notes.
Hon. James D. Snoddy , of Lo Cygno , Kan. ,
Is in the city. Snoddy has served In the log.
Islnturo of that state twelve terms , nnd flvo
terms as speaker of the house of representa
tives.
Hon. Charles Casey , the Pawnee City
bunker , is in the city.
Ladies take Angostura Bitters r-onor-
nlly when they fool low spirited. It
brightens thorn up. Dr. Siogort & Sons ,
solo raanu factu'rors. At till druggists
Nobrnnkn nnd Iowa 1'ostmaitors.
WASIUNOTON , Mny 23. [ Special Telegram
to THE Br.E.J Nebraska postmasters ap
pointed : George Bantu , Colton , Cheyenne
county , vice John Meyer , removed ; O. M ,
Koss , Ml n go , Choyoune county , vice Frank
Burs , removed ; Mrs. C. M. Latham , St.
Llbory , Howard county , vlco Ernst Wollor ,
removed : W. V. Van Potion , Stanton , Hitch
cock county , vice J. 11. Slim , removed ; J. F.
Gillmoro , Wolbach , Grooloy county , vice L.
M. Mulford , removou.
town postmasters appointed : J. G. Person -
son , Adolphl , Polk county , vlco Noble John
son , removed ; William Hoylo , Boonvillo ,
Dallas county , vice James Winter , removed ;
D. B. Rico , Dcsota , Dallas county , vlco K. C.
Payne , resigned ; J. A. Henry , Durham ,
Marion county , vlco C. H. Durham , removed
moved ; William Painter , East Peru ,
Madison county , vice C. W. Wright ,
removed ; J. II. Boston , McCallsburg"Story
county , vice A. B. Grifllth , removed ; Daniel
Stoltz , Norwalk , Warren county , vlco J. A.
Siorllo. removed ; James Bartholomew , Pal
myra , Warren county , vice C. E. Reynolds ,
removed ; T. .1. Prentice , Ploasantville , Ma
rion county , vice G. G. Stevens , removed ;
P , W. Brown , Rannolls , Polk county , vice
L. T. Brown , removed ; Sidney West , Tay-
lorsvillo , Polk county , vice J. T. Harder , re-
J moved ; O. B. S. Peterson , Story City , Story
county , vice A. N. Torp , removed ; J. W.
Smith , Truro , Madison county , vice Ella
Earl , removed ; R. A. GIvens , University
Place , Polk county , vice T. O. Morsham , re
signed ; J. W. Welch , Van Motor , Dallas
county , vice F. M. Ross , removed.
Biff Schemes lor Persia.
BANGOK , Mo. , May 23. [ Special Telegram
to TUB BUB. " ] Frank Clerguo has ( organized
the Bank of Persia , the Persian Railway and
Construction company , the Persian Electrlo
Light company and the city of Teheran
Waterworks company , each with $1,000,000
capital. Ho has started for St. Petersburg ,
where ho will complete his negotiations with
tno shah of Persia and czar of Russia during
their meeting there in June. Clcrguo carries
with him strong letters of recommendation
Irom Secretary of State Blaino. Clerguo i
heavily backed by the Reuters.
IMuch Railroad 1'ropcrty Burned.
NOHWALK , Conn. , May 23. The southern
terminus of the Housntonio road nt Wilson
Point was entirely burned last night. A
quarter of a mtlo of now wharf , freight
buildings , coal bins , passenger depot and a
largo number of passenger and freight cars
wore destroyed. The New England Terminal
company bad expended 100,000 nnd the
Housatonic company a like sum in improve
ments thoro. Steamers and sail boats nar
rowly escaped.
Crime ofn Jealous Husband.
PITTSBUKO , May 23 A Chronicle-Telegraph
special reports that Frank Compton killed
his wife , Dora , at West Pittston , this morn
ing and then cut his own throat , dying two
hours later. Jealousy is thought to Lava
boon the cause of the deed.
Morn .London Gnmblors Pined.
LONDON , May 23. The persons taken Into
custody bv the police at the time of the raid
on the Adelphla club , were arraigned for
trial to day. The proprietor of the club was
fined 500 and the secratary 200. The play
ers were discharged.
Fifty-eight nilnorH Entombed.
LONDON , May 23. The roof of the colliery
nt Morthyr Tydvil , Wales , fell in , killing
ono miner and entombing ttfty-eight othera.
They wcro all rescued.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
The makers of the Ivory Soap have been engaged Fn the man
ufacture of Soaps for over fifty years , and the "Ivory" is the .happy
result of their long experience , and is unquestionably the soap to be
used by all who value the advice ( quoted below ) of Ellen H. Richards ,
Instructor in Chemistry , Woman's Laboratory , Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology , who says , "In the purchase of soap , it is
"safest to ciioobe the make of some well known and long established
"firm who have a reputation to lose if their product is not good , "
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps , each represented to be "just nj good ns the ' Ivory V
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar ami rnr.iarkajle qualities of
the genuine , Ask for " Ivory " Soap and insist upon getting it ,
Copyright 1880 , by Procter A Gamble
