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THE OMAHA * B3JJK ? TUESDAY. JEDSTE 4. 1889.
THE JDAlIjY BEE.
BVKIIY BlOnNINO.
mima oFsunscRimoN.
'Dily ( Horning Kdltlou ) Including SUHDAT
llf.r , uno Year. . . i. . . (10 99
JTorRlx Montlw . 600
For Three Months . . . . . . . . . . 3M
TMK OMAHA BDIUIAT HER , malted to any
ad drew , Ono Year . 200
WMXI.Y llr.it , One Vonr . 800
OMAHA Omc.No .fll4nnd 910 FAnNAMSTHRCT.
f CIIICAOO urt-icr. , ro : HOOKBIIV Iiuii.niua.
NKW YOUK orriCJt. HOOKS 14 AND 16 THIMUNII
HuiMiiNo. WARIHNOTO.X Orvicp , No. 613
t STHEET.
COIIlE31'ONnRNOR. (
All eommunlcntton * ralntlns to niws nna edl-
, lorlal m&ttcr should 1)0 wiarussed to the Kunon
liuoiii ivBa Hi * 11 i * vai . . .
Alt business letters anil remittance * should b
addressed to TUB lln Punt.isiiiNti COMI-ANIT ,
OMAHA. Draft * , checks and postolllc * orrters to
bo made payoblo to tlio order of tlio company.
no BCD Famishing Company , Proprietors ,
E. RO3EWATEU , Editor.
THIS DAILY I3I5K.
Rworn Slntcinont ol'Circulation.
State of Nebraska , I. .
h County of Douglas , I
OcorpelLTzsrhuck , secretary of Tlio lice Pub-
HshliiKComnany. does nolomnly swear that the
actual circulation of TUB DAILV linn for tha
veclccnutncJuno 1 , IfcfcA was as follows !
Ftmday. May 2
Wornlnv. Mny27
Tuesday. Mny " 1
Wednesday'in.a )
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Gaturday , Juno 1 KKll
Avcruuo 1B.NS5
ui.oitnr. n. TTSCIIDUIC.
Bworn to Ijoforo mo and subscribed to lu my
tmetico this 1st day of June. A. 1) . 1HS9.
i beal. N. 1' . KK1L , Notary 1'ubllo.
State of Nebraska , IB.
County of Douslas. fBSl
i Ooorgo II. IVschuric , being duly sworn , d -
poic * and says tlmt ho Is ancretaryof The llco
J'ubllshliiK compiiuv , that the actual average
ilully circulation ot Tlio Dally lloo for tlio
month of June , IHffl , 1D.2I2 copies ; for July.
JfrBX. lH.033coplcii : for August , JSfS , IH.lKJcop'.es :
for September. 1 33,1H.154 copies : for October ,
18S8.1MB ! copies ; for November , 18t8. I8.9SU
copies : tor Docoml/vr , 18HS. IB--J.I copies ; for
January. lf > 8'J ' , llillTl copies ; for February. 1889 ,
lHovfl copies ; for iturcn , 18SO. I8.WI copies : fov
April , 1889,18.M9 copies : for May. 1W9 , 18,609
conlen. OKU. It. T/SCIIUGK.
Sworn to before mo and subfcnbed In my
LSoal.1 presence this 3d ilay of Juno , A. D. ,
N. P. 1'BIIj , Notary Public.
DKCOHATION dtiy knocked the pins
out of the bunk clearings lust \voolc.
THE binding1 twlno trust appears to
have found rope enough to hung itself.
IF OMAHA ia to become the convention
city in 1892 , where are the hotels and
the auditorum for the occasionV
THE Xcpubliran has just discovered
that rotten cedar blocks have been used
in the pavements of Omaha.
CorAiiA capitalists need not stand
around with their hands in their pock
ets waiting for something to turn up.
LET contractors of public works begin
.operations without further delay. Every
day wasted is a day lost to hundreds of
'laborers.
SOUTH OMAHA is nothing if not on-
tcrprising. A seventy-live thousand-
"uollar opera house is the latest evidence
of packing-house culture.
* JA CIRCULATION which is based upon
papers given to people on trial may be
good enough for the affidavit man , hut
for the advertiser It is a delusion and a
en are.
THE authorities of Dubuque have no
tified all saloonkeepers that they must
' pay their licenses promptly or their
shops will bo closed. Dubuauo is lo
cated in Iowa.
A SKIMMER is not so full of holes as
the "agreement among gentlemen" is
likely to be by the time the rate war in
augurated by the Burlington & North-
era is in full blast.
Ar/li the blizzards , cyclones and prairie
flrcs of Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas
are not worthy of mention in the same
breath with the horrible floods of Ponn-
Bylvania , Maryland , Virginia and Now
York.
THE republicans of Ohio have served
'notice to the democrats of that state to
put on their armor. The political cam
paign soon to bo waged among the
Buckeyes is not going to be a milk-and-
water affair.
THKIIE is a chunk of cold comfort for
the west in the announcement that an
Indiana man will succeed to the va
cancy on the supreme bench. As long
as Indiana is provided for the rest of
the country should bo content.
THIS appellate court of Chicago has
luindod down a decision to the effect
that the city authorities can not pro-
iiibit citizens from marching In procos-
pioiiB through the streets of that city.
tL'ho case is likely to bo appealed to the
Bupromo court of Illinois.
* MHH HMMMMMM M MMM
DAVID B. HILT , , of Now York , lias not
lost his craving for the leadership of
the democratic party , but the attempt
to stir up enthusiasm in his behalf in
the west and south is acknowlged by
loading democratic papers to bo a signal
failure.
Touimaxi first-class hotel such as
Omaha imperatively demands would
Jake at least eighteen months even
Voro its construction to begin to
morrow. There should consequently bo
no delay in pushing forward the project
in order to bo ready for the Omaha of
1602.
"MATTIE WiNBHir , " a spanking ,
eaucy Yankee smack , has just been
Boi'/od by a Canadian cruiser near Capo
JBroton , charged with fishing Inside the
thrao-mllo limit. There is likely to
bo some trouble in diplomatic circles
if "Muttto" does not come sailing home
Bgain. _
THIS number of building permits is-
BU.ed and the aggregate value of the
buildings in course of erection for the
first flvo months of the current year
compare rnoxt favorably with the record
for the corresponding time of 1888 , dur
ing which the numhor of building por-
Bills granted was seven hundred , to the
| . / " ' Pggroguto value of seven hundred and
sixty-tlvo thousand dollars , This year
Boniothlng llltu eight hundred and
twenty-five permits wore issued , repre
senting a value of about onu million
four hundred and twenty-live thousand
dollars. The record is a gratifying one.
What ( a remarkable about this showing
is the largo number of cottages oroctcri
fin tho. suburbs , which indicate the
ytoady growth itud extension of Omaha.
HUMAN VULTURES.
Humanity Is scandalized by the van
dalism of the wretches who were found
robbing the dead at Johnstown. It is
almost incredible that h' a civilized
and there are beings so utterly devoid
of every instinct of humanity us to go
about plundering the lifeless bodies of
the victims of such a calamity as that in
Lho flood-swept Conomaugh valley. In
that most terrible catastrophe there
would scorn to bo nothing wanting
to touch the sympathies and
awaken the pity of the most hardened ,
Or , if not this , it would scorn that the
worst of criminals would bo awoil by
such n fearful scene of death land , dis
aster to the repression of his criminal
Instincts. Must wo conclude that there
are natures so debased , brutal and
fiendish , living in this enlightened
land and claiming the privileges of
free men , that every spark of human
tond6rncs and pity is extinct in thomV
The acts of the ghouls at Johnstown
show them to bo such.
Fortunately there was swift and
summary retribution for some
of these wretches. The dead they
mutilated did not suffer , but , none
the less , outraged humanity needed
to bo avenged , and it was. It was the
Ijlghest justice that strangled some of
these monsters to death and drove
others to their laqt account in the surg
ing Hood. The regret is that any of the
fiendish ghouls escaped. The examples
made , however , will have a wholesome
inlluonco in deterring others of like na
ture , boHldes which the precautions
taken will doubtless prevent a repeti
tion of this most heinous crime.
A nVHULE PRICKED.
"Whon a man. walking through the
woods , becomes frightened , ho whistles
to keep his courage up. Thlsiis strik-
inply lllustr-ited by the course pursued
by one of our contemporaries.
For more than two years its proprietor
has boon vainly trying to keep his news
paper balloon from collapsing In mid
air or sinking into the son of oblivion.
To lighten his burden ho throw over
board the world-famed humorist ; ho
dismissed the artist that made
chalk pictures for his patrons ,
and Jlnally dropped Fred Nye from
his sky-loft. The balloon still
kept tending downward. Then
ho Improvised n Sunday annex to the
balloon in hopes that it would nlTord
him relief. But this venture was n.
complete failure. The patronage that
was expected to float the air-ship did
not materialize , because the WodA was
utterly unable to cope with any of its
three Sunday rivals in point of quality
or quantity.
With disaster staring him in the face
our intrepid balloonist is trying to keep
his by vain-glorious -
courage up vapor-
ings about the wonderful prosperity of
his tottering concern. For months ho
has boon scattering papers right and
loft , not only in Omaha , but in every
town on the roads leading into the
city. Not content with simply
blowing bubbles about his in
flated circulation , ho issued a cir
cular to merchants , the palpable
intent of which was to procure a trans
fer of patronage from THE BEK to his
own sheet by representing THIS BEE as
being on the decline. This transparent
Imposture proved a boomerang with our
merchants , who only hold in contempt
a concern that seeks to injure a com
petitor which it can not hope to rival.
Moreover , our business men can not bo
easily humbugged. They know where
they got the largest returns for their
money.
And now another attempt is made to
imnoso on the credulous. The Omaha
Evening Hubble claims at last to have
distanced THE BEE in its imaginary
race for supremacy , and a fictitious
comparison is made to show that the
World exceeds by about two hundred
copies the city circulation of THE BEE.
To the credulous this may
sound very plausible , but we
happen to bo in position
to prick this bubble with figures that
can not bo truthfully contradicted.
Two weeks ago THE BEE started to
take another house-to-house newspaper
census in order to put an end to iho
cheap clap-trap about rival local circu
lations. The returns from the can
vassers , embracing about five-sixths of
the territory covered by carrier de
livery , show that within that radius
THE BEE delivers a fraction over six
thousand copies to regular subscribers ,
while the World throws around in the
territory a fraction over two thousand
eight hundred papers by carriers. But
it also transpires ( what Is well known
to most of our citizens ) that a very large
percentage of this so-called circulation
of the World Is delivered on trial. In
other words , givou away to people who
have not subscribed. On the con
trary Tun BEE is the only Omaha paper
that docs not resort to this method of
promoting extraordinary growth.
Further particulars will bo forthcom
ing when the census has been com
pleted. Meantime u newspaper bubble
has been pricked.
7'/jr/sr.s ix 'HIE supnmiE counr.
Too little attention has been given tea
a decisiou of the United States supreme
court just before its adjournment , so
far as it related to trusts. The case
case was that of the superintendent of
the Equitable Gas company , of Balti
more , against the Consolidated Gas
company , of that city , brought to re
cover fifty thousand dollars for services
in effecting a combination between
rival companies. The two companies
thus combined agreed to raise the price
of gas to one dollar and seventy-live
cents per thousand feet , and to pool
their ravonuoa and divide thorn on a
stipulated basis. The purpose waste
to destroy comuotlon , establish u monopoly
ely , and force the public to pay a higher
price for gas. For having brought this
arrangement about the superintendent
of the Equitable company presented a
claim for fifty thousand doUurs , which
was rejected by the Consolidated com
pany on the gVound tliat it hurt not
agreed to pay for this borvica.
The defendant pleaded n law of Mary
land , prohibiting any combination or
contract * between gas companies , and
whijo Chief Justice Fuller , who de
livered the decision , hold thU law to be
abar 16 recovery by the pluiutiiT , ho woa !
farther in declaring combinations ol
this kind to destroy competition and
raise prices to bo against public policy
and therefore unlawful. Innumerable
cases , said the court , might bo cited to
sustain the proposition that combina
tions among those engaged in business
Impressed with n public or quasi public
character , which are manifestly prejudicial -
judicial to the public interest , can not
bo upheld. The law , it was hold , con
notrocognlzo as Valid any undertaking
to do what fundamental doctrlno
or legal rule directly forbids. "It
is also too wall settled to admit
of doubt that tv corporation can
not disable itself by contract from per
forming the public duties which it has
undertaken , and by agreement compel
itself to make public accommodation or
convenience subservient to its private
interests. "
The application of this view , proceed
ing from the highest tribunal , can not
bo difficult. All corporations whoso
business is of a public or quasi-public
character , ns railroad , telegraph ,
gas and water companies , can
under this decision bo reached by
the courts in the case of combina
tions "which are manifestly prejudicial -
judicial to the public Interests. " It is
also important to boar in mind the
view th.vt corporations which have un
dertaken the performance ot tv public
duty can not disable themselves by any
agreement that would diminish their
power to perform that duty. This
opinion docs not distinctly * apply to
combinations of private corporations ,
but it "does recogni/.o an authority to
deal with those. That is , if not al
ready within the roach of the courts
they are not beyond the power of the
legislatures. In effect it declares that
all combinations made to promote what
a statute has declared to bo wrong
are void. The importance of those
opinions from the highest court of the
nation is very great at this tune when
the vital questions as to the legality of
trusts and combines are everywhere re
ceiving attention.
THE HOSPITAL JOB.
The report of Superintendent Coots
on the condition of the new county hos
pital confirms the charges of THE BEE
in every particular. In material and
workmanship the structure is a costly
fraud. Tno plans and specifications
have been totally ignored in vital par
ticulars. There was a systematic at
tempt to defraud the county and unload
on the taxpayers a cracked and crumb
ling rookery.
The county commissioners were
warned time and again of the dishonest
methods of the contractors , and their
wilful disobedience of orders. But the
commissioners approved their estimates
and paid out the county's money for in
ferior work. These payments have gene
so far that , it is doubtful whether the per
cent retained will cover the cost of the
changes which Mr. 'Coots asserts are
necessary to make the building safe
and habitable.
The whole job is a dlserraco to
the county. Had the commissioners
given the contract to responsible , ex
perienced men the county would have
been spared the disgraceful proceed
ings which have marked the hospital
job from its inception to the present
time.
HELP THE SUFFERERS.
The deplorable condition of the home
less , destitute and bereaved people at
Johnstown , Pa. , and other points in the
Conomnugh valley swept by the flood ,
maiccs an appeal for aid that should bo
heard and responded to generously in
every quarter of our prosperous land.
The appalling experience of those un
fortunate people , deprived in a few
hours of nil they possessed and now
sitting in bitter sorrow by the coffins of
their ( load or seeking in unspeak
able anguish the victims of the
relentless torrent , has aroused a
universal sympathy. Everywhere
the harrowing and pathetic details of
this moat terrible calamity , unparall
eled in this country in the fearful de
struction of life , have been read with
profoundest sorrow. Thousands'of men ,
women and children hurried to death
in the mad waters. Hundreds of
homes , with all they contained , swept
awny , leaving no vestige to show
whore they once stood. Happy and
prosperous communities decimated and
reduced to destitution almost in the
twinkling of an oyo. A fair valley ,
clothed with verdure and musical
with the hum of industry , turned into
n desert of mud and a region of woo
and suffering. It is an awful catastro
phe , the merest recital of which must
awaken the deepest sympathy ot nil who
can feel for the sorrow and misery of
their fellow-creatures.
These most unfortunate people must
be generously cared for. It is not
enough that their immediate necessi
ties are provided for , as is being clono.
There should be stuch provision made
for all their wants as will carry them
through the long period that must
elapse before they can replace by their
labor a small part of what they have
lost. Every prosperous community has
a duty to perform In this matter , and
among these Omaha should not bo the
last or the least generous in responding
to this duty.
Mayor Broatch and other citizens
have issued a cull for a mass meeting of
citizens Tuesday evening , and Manager
Boyd has tendered the use of the opera
house for this purpose. Every citizen
who has u dollar to give to this cause
should attend this mooting , to the end
that Omaha's contribution to the
sufferers fahnll bo worthy of
the city , and a Hubstantial
as.-iuranco to the sorrowing and
destitute people of the Conomaugh valley
loy that the sympathy their awful expe
rience hits evoked in us profound and
sincere in this western city as among
the people who are their nearest neigh
bors. The spirit of philanthropy in the
presence of such a calamity should knbw
no lines of state or section , With the
universal sympathy there should be uni
versal help for the objects of sympathy.
It is to ha hoped the opera house will bo
filled Tuesday evening by people who
will go thoru uroparod to civo to this
most worthy and urgent cause.
THE operation of the alien law piusod
by the lllluoU legislature will bo
watched with considerable interest in
labor circles. The law prohibits the
employment of aliens in state and municipal -
cipal works , and contractors of such
works are subject to its provisions. It
is a now departure in stnto legislation ,
and is not likely to benefit those for
whom it is intended. Like all laws
passed for n poMtlc il purpose , it will
aorvo ns a rnllvlnj cry for the doma-
gojjuos tlurlntf camp , igns and become a
detul letter in * pi otloo. The great
need of labor making-arbitra
tion of disputes between employer and
employe compulsory.
the country of its great
forests is undoubtedly ono explanation
of the great Hoods of recent years in the
valleys of the Ohio , Susquohamia and
the Delaware. Thirty or forty years
ago , \vhon the sections nor ? flooded were
heavily timbered , they suffered from no
such floods ns have boon experienced in
later years since they have boon
largely denuded of the forests. These
who have given careful attention to the
matter maintain that these disastrous
floods are largely duo to the disappear
ance of the forests , and this view is cer
tainly not to bo dismissed as wholly
chimerical.
TKE annual report of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company has just boon
made , and the earnings for the year
ending April 30 were eighty thousand
dollars in excess of the earnings for
last year. It is just eight months ago
that President Huntington testified
that the shutting out of Chinese immi
gration would seriously cut down the
revenues of the company. Facts provo
that Mr. Huntington's fears were
groundless. Whatever loss has boon
sustained by the stopping of the coolie
traffic , now avenues of trade have been
opened up to the advantage of this
steamship line.
Ait Every Day Affair Tliore.
Chicaun Tlma. .
A member of the Hhodo Island legislature
Is accused oT buying his float. If ho wcro
only a mouibor of the United States sonata
nothing would bo thought of such a charge.
liiko Koolv'r ? Motor.
riilladeluliln I'rcsa ( Hci. ) .
Already the friends of ox-Prosidout Cleve
land are are.iuiliiR of electing him a United
States senator to succeed Mr. Evarts. The
schouio looks well , which is to soy , it won't
work.
A Crtido Method.
Lnutxvtlle Cnurler-Jiiurnal.
These fellows ftT Arizona who ambushed
the United Statds paymaster to get Uncle
Sum's money nrb'u'dull sot. They should
have gene into politics , talked patriotism ,
aud got a really good whticlc at the treasury.
Q. ' * ?
Two Unncocssnry Institutions.
Totalo lilcule.
It is all well enough to say that America
needs tmined diplomats , but when wo can
send commissioners abroad thnt can boat
Bismarck at his own game , the founding of a
college of diplomacy is not a pressing want.
At least it can wait until our schools of
journalism get better established.
Governor Hill anil Mr. Gut-Isle.
Cliicnoo Tribune.
The portrait of Governor Hill , as printed
in the Now York World of Friday morning ,
bore a strong resemblance to that ol the
eminent Chicago financier who has just re
turned from Canada , This coincidence may
or may not be regarded as having some bear
ing on the luturo greatness of Now York's
distinguished governor.
Firm , DlqnlUon and Moderate !
Kew York Mall and Exi et .
The bitterest enemies of Mr. Blaine can
not deny that ho has conducted the foreign
affairs of the United States with a truly
praiseworthy degree of ilrmnoss , dignity
and moderation since ho has had charge of
the state department. His course m regard
to our claim of Uehnng Sea is not likely to
bo out of accord with his previous conduct of
our foreign relations. Cool , wary and de
termined , the Hon. James G. Blaine is a
gentleman who is pretty sure to know what
ho is about. *
Ho Wrote 'Dnrlinc Nellie Gray. "
Columbia Prcn > .
Thcro is a little green mound and humble
slab in a secluded corner of Ottorbom ceme
tery , about twelve miles north of this city ,
which marks the grave of the author of that
famous ballad , "Darling Nellie Gr.iy. " A
visitor to the spot learns from the inscription
on the stone that It is the last resting place
ot Benjamin Russell Hanby. The seclusion
of the tomb , the neglect shown it by all save
a few relatives , and the general ignorance of
its location form another illustration of tbo
forgetfulness of tbo human raco.
FHENOII AFFAIRS.
Mcljnno Talks of the Exposition , I'oli-
tlcn and Boulnnnor.
NEW YoitK , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to
TUB UEE.J Itobert M. MoLuno , ex-minister
to Franco , arrived hero to-day and was in
terviewed concerning French political affairs
aud the exposition. In speaking of tbo latter
ho said the American exhibits , in the matter
of machinery , wcro not at all satisfactory.
Edison's electrical exhibit was the greatest
in the exposition and the most wonderful
portion of it. Spoaklng of the political insti
tutions of. Franco , McLano said there is no
country in the world with free Institutions
that could not improve by their example. Al
though there is a strong dynasty element op
posing the republican form of government ,
the majority of the tteoplo of the legislature
are devoted to reimU.licitp instltutionu. The
purity of the ballot And .tho independence or
the electors uro far. gnmtor than they
uro either In , .this country or In
Great Britain. Too , plccton ! laws offer
much greater projection and much
greater privacy to jtno voters than those of
the grout moorityr'of ] , pur own states , and
however earnest ' .and impressionable tlio
French voter mavbc , ( io is absolutely in
dependent and incorruptible If u mun would
dare bribe him. 'Tl'ho , recall of the Duo
d'Auinsilo uoos no } ( indicate a political reac
tion la any degree. aUt was u spontaneous
act of Justice , ilomu/idq ) by popular opin ion
and tliu moral end ottUQ country.
'As to General piUlatiger ( , I have always
maintained ? rlonalyrylu.tions with him and I
have never beliovwl. that , ho would abandon
the republic , liowoyihni'ucli these opposed to
It eook his support. .Hut I am very sure if bo
should abandon the republican party , they lu
their turn will abandon him. All of his CUD-
mios say that ho will turn up on the republic ,
and all ot bis friends fl.iv that ho will not.
As to Ma Intluonoo , it has decreased a littlo.
Ho certainly has not the satno Influence that
ho had before ho left Frauco. "
Nuw Cornornllonfl.
The Conservative Loan and Building asso
ciation , with o oapltal stock of tJUd.OUO , HloJ
articles of Incorporation with the county
clerk yesterday , The object of the company
Is to buy and soil real estate , erect buildings
and do general businoa * lu that lino. Tlio
liicorporators are M. N. Green , \V. F. Allan ,
T. F. Williams , Louis Schrooder. John \V.
Gurla- and A. J. Hunk.
I'lutt'Mt lilorlli-Hili ( ) Uo tIi ln 411 unit
chemically destroys dibcasu-brcuding
aiuttur.
DIDN'T KNOW 'TWAS LOADED ,
A Negro Boy Kills a Playmate at
Lincoln.
PLAYING HE WAS A SHERIFF
Knport of Stnto Institutions The
Irish National Ijcncno 8u-
prrino Court Decisions
News nntl Notes.
LINCOLN LJOIIRAU or ran OHA.HI HUB. i
1039 P STUKKT , J-
LINCOLN , Juno 3. I
.Tnmcs Estc.i , a colored lad sixteen years of
age , was arrested , this morn'ng ' , for the mur
der of Walter Johnson , also colored and
about the same ngo. The crlmo for which
younc Estcs was arrested was committed In
this city , lust night , about 0 o'clock , on Fifth
street , between O and D , In what Is known
as "nigger town. " Estes and Johnson nnd a
number of other boys , both whltonnd black ,
were playing In tlio streets nt the tlmo
the tragedy ocurrod. Ellis Vnnco , ono
of the parly , had a revolver and ho handed
it to Estcs with the remark that it was not
loaded. Taking his play fellow nt his word ,
Estes solzod it , declared hlmsolf to bo n
shorilT and pointed it nt Johnson , nnd told
him to hold up his hands. This created n
deal of mirth among the boys , nnu the re
volver was snapped while covering Johnson
once , twice and thrice. The hammer was
pulled back for u fourth tlmo , and to his con-
atorn.uion , on pulling the trigger , the re
volver wont off mid Johnson foil back
dead. The ball entered his mouth ,
ranged upward nnd lodged In his
bruin , not coming out. Esto * wns torror-
stricken nttho result of his foolhardy play.
Olllcori were soon upon the scene , but at the
time no arrests were made. The coroner
summoned n Jury , which viewed the body
and adjourned until 7 o'clock this evening ,
when the inquest will bo formally hold. No
ono Uinlts that Estes did the shooting with
inalico or forethought , but that it was the
result of recklessness.
The verdict of the Jury was in accordance
with the facts as above stated. EstGs , however -
over , was hold to the district court on the
charge of manslaughter. Both Estcs and
Vnnco. the owner of the revolver , had their
preliminary hearing this afternoon in ud-
vance of the Incjucst. Ynnco wns discharged.
The Jury in its Undlng indicated criminal
carelessness on the part of Estcs and the
verdict met with general approval.
Irish Nntlonitl League.
. The regular mooting of the Irish National
Icnguo was hold at Fitzgerald hall yesterday
afternoon , with a largo audience present.
The meeting was ono of more than ordinary
interest Irom the fact that excellent
talent had been secured to render uupro-
priato music for the occasion , also from the
fuel that the question of electing delegates
to the national convention wits made a sub
ject , for discussion. Secretary Sutton an
nounced that ho had received a cabled re
quest from Parnell to postpone the conven
tion until after the present session of parlia
ment. Thii action wus asked for to enable
Parnoll and largo delegation of Irishmen
to attend the convention. The election of
dolncatos was therefore delayed until tlio
data of the national convention is agiecd on.
A letter was read from E. H. Andrns ,
wherein he offers the use of Cushmaa park
to the league for a grand picnic during the
mouths of Juno or July.
Now Notaries I'uhllo.
The governor to-day appointed the follow
ing Nebraskans notaries public : J. S. Will
iams , Ogaliala , Keith county ; H. C. Howe ,
Ponca , Dixon county ; S. S. Green , Beatrice ,
Gage county ; Grace MoFnrland , Omaha ,
Douglas county ; S. S. Waters , Amelia ,
Holt county ; C. J. Johnson , Omaha , Douglas
county ; E. E. Hnlstuad , Ponca , Dixon
county ; E. W. McMahou , Omaha , Douglas
county ; J. Levy , South. Omaha , Douglas
county.
linntricn Starcli Company.
The records in the ofllco of Secretary of
State Laws show that the Beatrice Starch
company has become a legally incorporated
institution. Its purpose is stipulated to bo
the manufacture and sale of starch , corn ,
flour and any and all other articles in any
way pertaining to the business. The capital
stock authorized by the company is fixed at
? 100COO. Business commenced Juno 1 and
continues thereafter for a ponod of fifty
years. Incorporators : O. Cochrano , C. C.
Uisloy , W. U. Ballard , E. W. Strudling , E. J.
Hodwick and A. C. Scheiblieh.
The bank of Benkleman also filed articles
of incorporation. Business commenced Sep
tember 1,1SS7 , on an authorized capital stoolc
of $25,000. Incorporators : John K. Clark ,
V. Franklin and Oscar Callihan.
Uoport or Stati ) InHtitutlons.
Warden Hopkins , of the state penitentiary -
ary , reports as follows for the month of
May : Convicts in prison May 1 , 851 ; re
ceived from courts during the mouth , iM ;
total , 835. Number whoso term expired
during the month , 10 ; pardoned by the gov
ernor , 2 ; released on commutation of HOII-
tonce , Q ; total , 14. Remaining in prison May
31 , 371.
Superintendent Mallallcu , of the state in
dustrial scuoolalso reports UB follows : Girls
received during the month of May , S ; num-
of boys , G ; total , 13. Number in attendance
May 81 family A , 03 ; family 13 , 43 ; family
C , U'J ; family E , 48 ; family F , 48 ; tola ! , 240.
The report also shows that S members of his
ctiarga are out on parol. In the tailor shop
2TO now articles worfa made and 1,040 re
paired. In the shoo shop 85 pairs of boys'
and girls' shoos were made nnd 110 repaired ,
nnd the work is valued at J310.0. ! ! In the
girls' sewing room 423 articles were made
and 010 repaired.
Supreme Court UcclHiona.
The following decisions have boon handed'
down by the supreme court : .
Burgo vs the state of Nebraska. Error
from the district court of Douglas county ;
affirmed ; opinion by Chief Justice Hecso :
1. Where an information was Hied against
A , charging him with nn attempt to kill B ,
ho pleaded "not guilty" nnd uskod for a con
tinuance of the case upon the ground that
certain persons named who resided out of the
state were necessary witnesses ; "that ho fan
provo by each of said witnesses that this ujll-
unt has suffered from hereditary Insanity tea
a greater or loss extent all through his lifo ;
that ho inherited the same from his mother , "
etc. , tbero being o allegation that there
were no other witnesses by whom the same
facts could bo proved , nnd no allocation that
ut the tlmo of the committing of the olTonso
complained of the accused WAS unable to dis
tinguish right from wrong in regard to the
particular act charged. Held , that tbo ulll-
davit was wholly insufltoicnt to Justify a con
tinuance.
2. Whore the opinion of an export is sought
upon the question of the insanity of the ac
cused , the hypothetical questions to such ex
port must bo HO framed as to fairly rollcct the
facts admitted , or proved by othur witnesses.
U. Instructions examined and hold not
erroneous.
Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy itnilroad
Company vs Clark. Error from the district
court of Lancaster county. Kovorsed and
remanded ; opinion by Cliinf Justice Iteeso.
City of Omaha v Scliallor. Error from
the district court of Douglas county.
Atlinncd. Opinion by Mr. Uhlof Juatice
Uoeso. ,
1. In nn action agnlnst r. municipal corpor
ation for damages sustained by a lot owner
by reason of tlio oxoavatinn of a street in
front of the property , for the purpose ol ro
duuing it to an established grudo , the nuc *
tion of the proper method of proving dam
'l'11'lO v w * i
-ejacnruo joq aiaX ax '
jd jqj A"JQ uajpi9 | | |
ngos crm not bo for the first tlmo raided in
tbo supreme court.
3. Special bonoflta which fthouM bo deducted -
ducted from damages sustnlnoJ by ronl cv
Into by reason of a public Improvement tniMt
bo such as especially benefits the particular
property dnmnRod , asldo from bonoflU con *
forrod on other property generally , In the
neighborhood of , or adjacent to the Improve
ment.
8. Instructions examined nnd no error
found In such as were given and la refusing
hose not given.
Sloan vs Cohum. Error from the district
court of Douglas county. Hoversod nnd ro-
mnndod. Opinion by Chief Justice Hooso.
1. Where the grantor of personal property
was heavily Indebted nt the tlmo of the conveyance -
voyanco nnd soon after the transfer mada
statements In derogation of the bona lidos
thereof on his part , In a contest between the
grantca and the creditors ot the grantor over
the prop orty , the creditors tillcglni ; the sale
to have been fraudulent , such statements are
proper to bo proven for the purpose of show
ing fraud on the part of the grantor at the
tlmo ot the conveyance. But not for the pur
pose of showing fraud on the part of the
Krntttco , or pf Impairing his title.
2. Where property Is rcplovinod from nn
ofllccr who has possession by vlrtuo of a levy
ot mi order of attachment , and the trial of
the replevin suit results In a verdict and
Judumont la favor of the onlcor , his rooasuro
of damages Is the amount duo the attach
ment plaintiffs at the tlmo of the levy of the
order of the replevin ( with the raluo of the
property ) , and not Including writs of nttnch-
mont which catno in his hands after ha Imd
been dive stcd of Ills possession by the re
plevin proceed Ings.
3. Wtioro a debtor , for the purpose of securing -
curing a debt , convoys personal property to
his creditor , giving him the possession
thereof , with the authority to the creditor to
sell the same and account to the debtor for
the surplus after paying the debt BO secured ,
together with the necessary expenses of sale ,
etc. . the Instrument by which the conveyance
made will bo trcntod ns n chattel mortgage ,
ns well between the grantee and the credit
ors of tlio gr.iut or as between the parties to
Iho transfer.
4. Instructions given to a Jury upon the
trial of a causa must bo applicable to the
evidence adduced.
6. Evfdcnce examined and hold not to
sustain tUo verdict.
A Murderous Fight.
Oeorgo O. Walker , the bartender at
Phillip's saloon , nnd Thomas Pieklo , the
portly restaurateur of the same block , got
into nn altercation that came near ending in
murder to-day. Walker used a hatchet , ho
had lu his hand freely , nnd Pieklo got the
worst of the deal. ' Ho was brulsod consid
erably In the light and when they were sepa
rated , was bleeding like a stuck bog.
Walker was arrested for assaulting with n
deadly weapon and put under bonds to ap
pear lor examination * Wednesday , whllo
Pickle's recognizance was takou In the sum
of $100 to appear as a witness.
City Nuws null Notes.
W. W. Smith was lodged in Hopkinsvlllo
to-day by ShorilT Wincholl of Perkins
county. Ho will do forced pcnauco ono year
for burglary.
Governor Tnayor , Auditor Honton and
Treasurer Hill returned to-day from Fort
Worth , Tex. , where they have boon recre
ating for : i week past.
Hon. E. M. tihaw , assistant Inspector-
general , U. A. R. , of Soring Crook , Johnson
county , was ! u Lincoln to-day , on route for
Grand Island nnd other points ot' the state
for the uurposo of conferring with other
Grand Army dignitaries.
Commandant Hammond , of the soldiers'
and sailors' homo , Grand Island , was In Lin-
coin to-duy to make his monthly report ana
settlement with the hoard of public lands
and buildings , which was in session for iho
transaction of monthly routine business.
Church Howe , of Auburn , was hero to-day
to put in a claim for bounty on wolf scalps ,
lu u lot of 100 , ho had a genuine rod one ,
branded "M. " captured among the lillla
skirling the Missouri , and ho got very red
in the face when Deputy Auditor Bowormnn
refused to allow him but SI for it. Church
says it pays bolter to raise pumpkins.
STATE AND TERIllTOUY.
Nebraska Jottlmrs.
The sporting men of Hanroft are making
arrangements for a race track.
The contract for erecting a wing to the
Chadrou academy has been let , to cost
$10,800.
There are S.C42 children of school ago In
Dawes county , an increase of 400 over a
year ago.
The. citizens of Chase county have organ
ized an association for protection against
horse thieves.
What is supposed to bo hydrophobia has
carried oft eight head of cattle belonging to
13. A. Uoborts , of Albion.
F. W. A ult nnd Mrs. MnyUlon / have the
honor to bo the ' llrst couple married in the
now county of Vintrston.
The Itichardson county teachers' institute
will be hold nt Salem , commencing July 29
and continuing two weeks.
Headstones furnished by the government
wcro oroetcd over the irravos bf flvo old sol
diers at Hebron lait week.
Sickness has compelled Froil R Sooloy to
dispose of the Clearwater M6s m ; o , and tha
paper has been purchased by Bhortt , Stock-
well & Welch.
The depot grounds for the Yankton , Nor
folk & Southwestern , nt Norfolk , have boon
located In Verges' addition , between Third
and Fourth streets.
The annual mooting f Iho old settlers of
Cumtng county Is to bo. hold at Wen Point
on the 10th lust , for the purpose of tiiukinu'
arrangements for celebrating Old Settlers'
day.
day.Four
Four hundred Koyix Palm citron * have
signed a petition , addressed to Iho NobraMm
dniogatlon , praying for the appointment ot
lion. A. J. Uuruhumas Indian agent at lioso-
bud agency.
lown Itouifl.
There are 134 national banks In Town.
Creston hopes to secure frco mall facilities
in n short tluio.
DubUQUe U to furnish Sheldon with a
$15,000 cracker factory.
Thirty saloons have been closed In Fork
Dodge In the last two mouths.
The southwestern Iowa editors will hold a
meeting at Corning , .luno 11.
L. P. Monroe , sent to the penitentiary In
1677 from Sao county for fifteen yours , has
boon pardoned.
Citizens of Holmond have subscribed n
(3,000 bonus and will secure a futmlni ; mill
factory In return.
It Is said that more breaking has been dona
In Pocahontas and Calboun counties this
year than in any other season since their
organization.
A longheaded Washington county man last
year started n fish pond ot which ho Is now
qulto proud. The pond contains about n
quarter of an aero , and Is supplied by his
drain tlio. lie put eight little innocent Ger
man carp Into It , last Mny , and now lie has
three schools that ho estimates contains IM- )
000 fish , in size from an inch nnd n half to
four In length. A man living near Fnlrllcld
In Jefferson county , Blocked a pond with
carp about llvo years ago , and makes n good
thing out of it now. Charles Koestner , a
Dos Molnos county farmer , has such n pond ,
started three years ago , nnd now Is catching
lots ot four and flvo pound carp.
The Great Northwest.
Old-timers at Helena celebrated the twon-
ty-fltth anniversary of the organization of
Montana as a territory on the iUth ult.
Thomas Klloy , the deputy postmaster at
Marysvlllo. Cat. , who had charge of the of
fice , ana who Is blamoworty for the shortaga
in its accounts , has gene to Australia. IIU
peculations amounted to $2,000.
Several hundred song birds , lately received
fiom Germany , comprising uightingalossky-
larks , thrushes , starlings , gold , green and
DUllflnches , linnets , eta , havn boon turned
tooso in the City park at Portland. ,
After looking over matters at Butte nna
Anaconda , J. 13. Haggin Issued orders to ro-
bulld the burned smelter Immediately , and
both the Union Pacific and Montana uniou
will put in all needed trackage aud Improve
ments.
David Collard , of Mlssoula , Mont. , got up
in the night recently , hearing some noisa
about his chicken house , and fired two shots
at random in the dark ; ono of them struck
and killed n man named Charles Campbell.
Collard was arrested.
In the second trial of Mrs. J. Langford
against Dr. Henry E. Jones , Portland's most
prominent physician , for 20,000 damages , for
malpractice , the jury returned a verdict
awarding $1,000. In the first trial 'a verdict ol
$5,000 was awarded to Mrs. Langford.
General Bates , a retired English army ofil-
cor of moans , Is on a tour through Washing
ton territory. When ho sat down to dinner
ut the Occidental hotel , Seattle , a few days
ago , ho met with quite a surprise. The
waiter who took his order was hia own son ,
who had run away from homo to scalp Ini
dians some seven years ago. Ho bad switched
oft to hotel scalping.
According to'the Cheyenne Sun tbo condi
tion of cattle being shipped over tha Cheyenne <
enno & Northern for the Montana ranges 1
exciting much comment ; not only hero , but
all along the road.At Wendovor there Is a
great heap of rotting carcasses that is being
added to every day. Thirty-seven bead ot
dead cattle were taken from ono train last
week , and the proportion of dead averages
ono to every car when tlio few hours' trip
over the Cheyenne & Northern is completed.
Inhuman treatment is given as the causo.
Cora Clark's Denial.
Br.Ain , Neb. , Juno 3. To the Editor of
THE BEE : In your issue of Juno 2 Is given
what purports to be an interview had with
me regarding tlio Blair postofllco complica
tion. Whatever the facts in the case may ba
will probably soon bo known. But I dcslm
to Bay that I have not been interviewed , and
that I am not the author of the statement at
tributed to mo. COHA. CLAUIC , P. M.
A Now Mall Cloric.
Gcorgo A. Davidson of Douglas , Nob. , re
ceived hU appointment as a railway mail
clerk. He takes the place of E. S. Ames ,
who has resigned , on the Missouri Valley
and Deadwood run.
.
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this age of adulteration there arc few things more difficult to obtain
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inferior soaps is done before their dangerous nature is discovered.
The IVORY SOAP is w fo % Pure so mzY c rel'ed ' upon as entirely
safe to use.
A WORD OF WARNING.
Them arc. many white soaps , each represented to be " just as good as the ' Ivory' j"
they ARE NOT , hut like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
the genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap and insist upon getting it.
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