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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JULY 21 , 1880.-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE r > AITAr BEB. 15. HOS13WATIJII. Kill tor. 11VKHY MOltXIMG. or 0 nlly ( Mornlnif Kdltlon ) Including Gnniloy lite. Olio Venr . . . .JO CO Torsix Months . li 00 1 otTnr i-o .Month * . . . . SCO 'JhrOnmhnfiumlny H6c , mnllctl to nny nililren , Ono Year . . . . . . . . " OJ Weekly HPP. Ono Year . 200 Dmniia Olllco , lloo InilWIiitf , N. W. Corner Boventcenth n l 1'arnnm Strt-nti. Cnlcairo Oinro , ! 7 llooicory HulldlnK. Now York onico , llooms 11 ana 15 Tribune " ' ' "vwl'un'ston Office. No. 613 I'ourtccnth Street. Gouui:8i'ONiRNcnr : ) All communications relating to news nntl odl- torlnl matter should bo addressed to the Lditor 0111101100 All liuMnoss letters and remittances should 1)0 ) nildrcs od to The c 1'nbllMilnn Company , rjmnlm Jirnris , checks and postolllco orders to bemiulo paynblo to the order of the company. The Bco PnblisbtagCilpy , Proprietors , Uin : Building Farnam nnd'Sovontocnth Sts. 1'IIK JjAlhY niSB. K\von > Stntrinutit of Circulation. Btalo of Nebraska , I County of Douglas. JBS' Oeorga II. Tzschuck , secretary of The Iteo Publishing Company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of TIIK 1)ii.v HUB for ths week ending July 20th , 1889 , was as follows : Sunday. July It . . . 1B.W3 Monday , July 15 Tuesday , July in Wednesday. July IT . . * . * Thursday. July 18 Friday. July lit . lS.r.73 Baturduy , July 20 . 18,583 Average . IH.OS.'J OKOHOK n. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to licforo inu and mmscrlbed to In my presence this Will day of July , A. ] ) . 1880. lSeal.1 N. I' , rail , , Notary 1'ubllc. State of Nebraska. I County of Douglas. ( " Gcorfjo ! ' . Tzschuck , being duly sworn , do- POSOH nnd says that ho is secretary of The lloo I'uhllshlnx company , that the actual average dally circulation of Tin : DAII.V HIK : for the month of Juno. 18SH , ui.243 coplos ; for July , 1888 , l . (31 copies : for AURUst.lW8. 1K.183 copies ; for September , IhSf , IH.Kil copies ; for October. 388S. lt,0 ! , 4 copies : for Nnvcmbor. I88H. 1H,0 8 copies ; for December , 1888 , 1H.S3 copies ; for Jnnimry , IKcP. 1H.5T I copies ; for February , 1889. ] HWHJcopIo < ; for March , IbS1) , 18.H51 copies ; for April. ItiSU. 18.G&9 copies : for Mny. IS-W , 1H.BU9 . eoplo * . (1KO1IO ( K Il.T/SUIlUCK. Sworn to Uefnro mo and .subscribed In my ISonl.l presence this aid diiy of Juno , A. D. IM . N. I1. 1'KIl , . Notary 1'ubllc. Tins Chnutnuqun graduate is now fill ing the hind and crowding the college mnn to the background. Now is the time \vhon the club at the tail end of the base ball league is of fered for fnlo to the highest bidder. HKTWKKN- providing settlements for the roy.il fninily and running down Jack the Ripper , the English are hav ing a hot time. WK have been wailing now for ton days to learn whether Mr. Jim Croigh- ton wants a fountain or band stand in the center of Jefferson square. Silt JUIJA'N PAUNCKi'ouTE has sailed lor England nnd will return in the au tumn with his wife and family. Ho is quite fascinated with Washington so ciety and poker. cable companies are about to consolidate , and the council de mands that ft system of transfer chocks shall bo inaugurated on the system. Hero is a hint for our council. WHY not imilco an effort to secure Theodore Thomas , with his orchestra , or Gllmoro's great band for Merchants' WookV They would prove a great at traction and a drawing card. A UBDL'CTION of the bridge motor lino's faros between the hours of tlvo and BO von , both morning1 and evening , for the benefit of workingmen , would be n move in the right direction. KiMtAiX now says ho has had enough of Sullivan. The general public is in the same frame of mind. This remark is equally applicable to Mr. Kilrain and the whole brotherhood of bruisers. As was predicted , the local train service - vice inaugurated on several of the lines leading into Omaha is a pronounced success. Now lot the Iowa roads like wise establish local train service be tween points in Iowa and the Missouri river. A3IONQ the most worthy of charities in largo cities are those which provide tor summer outings for poor children. Now York , Philadelphia , Boston , Chicago cage notably have inaugurated such series of summer excursions whereby the children of tenement districts are son tout to hospitable sanitariums at the sea shore or in the country. The bene fits derived from those trips by the sickly and emaciated children of crowded cities may bo hard to estimate. Nevertheless they are greatly enjoyed nnd the money which goes into these fresh air funds is as certain to yield as largo returns as nny recreation which benevolence and charity can devise. OMAHA is more or less interested in the success of the Yank ton Cement works , just being estab lished in that city. On the testi mony of exports it is said that the qual ity of the clay found in Ynnkton is al most equal to the famous Ingredient found minr Portland , England , of which' Portland cement is made. Should it turn out to be true that the Vault ton , cement Is of a superior quality , it will develop ti great industry in that city. , Omaha will bo bonollltod In being able to purchase n superior article at n price probably not exceeding the cost of other American ' cements , of which this city uses' large quantities annually , espe cially hi public works. TIIK early possibility of introducing electric lighting in this city , top-other _ with the rapid extension of electric 'motor lines through our ttroots , both business and suburban , once more calls attention to the danger of overheat ! wires. There is no escape from the fact thnt such electric wires are a con stant source of peril to' life and prop erty , as demonstrated by the fatal acci dents nnd fires which happen nlmos' ' daily in Now Yorlc nnd other cities of the country , It IB n serious question whether Ufa should bo wantonly irn- perilled or property destroyed by the deadly overhead wire. The counci linn taken preliminary steps to build an underground conduit system , and it be hooves that body to roach some definite conclusion us to the disposition of olcc trio wires before our streets become a perfect apidur ivcb of them. TIIK CAnXirAL 117277K. The business men of Omaha have finally got together to celebrate Mor- qhnnts' week In a way thnt augurs suc cess. A complete nnd satisfactory ar- angomont has boon effected between ho Fair association , the Coliseum man- tgcmontnnd the projectors of the Mer chants' week carnival. The date for lolding this joint entertainment lins jcen llxcd for Septembers , nnd nothing " omalns but to complete the necessary lotntls of the exhibition. Fortuntiloly ho province of each association has ) eon carefully mapped out , mid there is Htlo danger that the various organIxn- iona will conflict In the list of their nt- ructions. The fair association , follow- ng the custom of previous years , will' lold its annual agricultural and animal display at the fair grounds. The Coli seum association will spread under the ample roof of Its building an elaborate view of the mercantile and manufactur- ng interests of Omaha , South Omaha and vicinity , with such other attrac- .lons . as may bo appropriate. To the various committees of the Merchants' Woolc carnival Is delegated the business ol providing attractive features and amusements for the week which ahull draw thousands of visitors nnd invite norchants from tins and neighboring states to accept the hospitality of Omaha. Such is the schema In outline to advertise Omaha at homo and abroad ind to make the weak a flattering success. In a project of thlschnracter it is well o impress upon the management in charge that Merchants' Week is not ntondcd to bo a catch-penny device , 'ts purpose is to furnish such cn- tortalnmenl as will atiraut and keep crowds of visitors In Omaha. The enterprise demands earnest work and enthusiasm on the part of those in charge of its management. It would ) o n burning disgrace to Omaha should the a ( Tail- fail through the indilTcronco of citizens to take hold of the colobru- , ion in a manner befitting its import ance. On the committees in charge of the Merchant's Week carnival it is es- iccially incumbent to provide popular ind novel attractions. In fact , the suc cess of the week rests largely on their shoulders. The young business men nto whose hands the preparations have jcon 'placed are energetic and onthusl- istic in their efforts. It remains for our citizens at large to liberally aid and encourage them. In no other way can the various attractions and pageants , decorations and amusements bo planned on an elaborate scale that shall oilect credit to Omaha and repay visi tors for their attendance. MOUNTAIN Within a few weeks the Senate com mittee to investigate the subject of ir rigation in the arid regions of the west will enter upon that duty. The neces sity of irrigation in order to render available for agriculture the vast'torri- tory in which the annual rainfall is in adequate is universally conceded. It is also generally acknowledged that if this can be safely accomplished by the moans proposed , that of constructing mountain reservoirs where the waters are to bo stored for use" upon the dry plains below , the achievement would unquestionably bo worth many times the financial outlay , enormous as this must bo. But this question of safety is a serious ono , so serious in the opinion of sorno as to bo regarded by thorn as presenting an in superable objection to the scheme. A writer in an eastern journal , who has evidently given this matter careful and intelligent consideration , suggests some of the dangers to Do apprehended from the storage of n vast body of water in a system of mountain reser voirs. When wo consider the thou sands of square miles which it is pro posed to irrigate , he observes , and estimate the vast amount of water that will bo needed to give each acre as much as might fall elsewhere upon this space in n. single summer shower , wo can begin to understand what an enormous capacity these reservoirs must have to ho of any practical benefit to agriculture. Ad mitting It to bo within the limit of en gineering skill to construct dams that will not yield under the pressure of a given weight of water , yet it is a fact that both in this country and in Europe the walls of reservoirs which have boon pronounced safe by exports have opened to release torrents which have desolated a thousand homos. No ono can toll what agencies of disintegration are at worlc in the foundations of such a structure. The engineer can measure the pressure of so many foot of water , nnd if he knows the quality of every solid yard of nmloriat in his em bankment ho can estimate its power of resistance when his work is finished. But ho never can bo sure that some ohomlcal agent is not corroding nn ob- Bcuro portion of his masonry , or that some insignificant animal is not under mining it. ' Other pertinent considerations pre sented by this writer are the liability that the work could not bo properly done , the difficulty of making any ade quate inspection of such enormous dams as these proposed for the mountain gulches of the west , and the constant menace of some unusual danger. For example , nn earthquake so mod erate that it would do no otnor damage might easily make a fis sure in the dam at some storage reser voir which would admit enough water to open a passage for the sea that was crowding behind it. In short , concludes this writer , there is danger always from largo bodies of water hold In by arti ficial construction , In investigating the practicability of the proposed system of irrigation the senate comtuittoo will un doubtedly have regard for the very con siderations suggested by the writer from whom wo quote , the importance of which is obvious. Yet they are by no means conclusive tvs objections tea a project ot such enormous possi bilities if it can bo successfully accomplished. The reclamation of the vast nrld region of the west would give the nation a territory capable of sub sisting , it is obtlmatod , a population greater than that of the nation at pres ent , and which in time would contri bute Incalculably to the country's wealth and power. Such a region can not bo kept permanently from the use nnd service of the people by the fear of rcmoto danger from the only moans by which it is believed it can bo re claimed , nnd whatever may bo the re sult of the senate investigation it cnn safely bo predicted thnt in time the .housnnds . ot square miles of arid torrl- ! pry in the west will bo subjected to n thorough system of irrigation. SlltPPJXO PAUPliltS TO AMEttlOA. Several weeks ngo it was reported 'rom ' London that considerable number ? of people wore being shipped from the western coast of Ireland to America by order of the British authorities. In order to ascertain whether there was nny truth In the report , one of the com- nlssionora of emigration In Now York wrote to the parish priest at Errls , county Mayo , and also to n loading mor- ; hant of that place. In reply ho re ceived the statement that the poorest and most worthless class were being sent from that place on what is crmod the free emigration by what is there called the emigra tion committee , n nominal body noroly , to cloak the operations of ho agent of the government nuthorl- .ies. . These statements have rocotvod additional verification from nn Irish man who arrived in Now York on last Triday , nnd who gave the Information .hat the English poor authorities are making arrangements to send over to , ho United States two hundred nnd Uty poor Irish families who nro un able to support themselves in the old country. One of the New Yorlc commissioners of emigration said a lew days ago that there is a systematic movement on the part of the European gov ernments to dump their paupers on our soil. Binco the protest on , ho part of our government in 1834 their movement has been con- luctod secretly , but not without suc cess. Lost year , according to the ro- oort of the commissioners of omigra- ion.out of some three hundred and eighty thousand who landed at Castle Gardenonly five hundred nnd ono were sent home. Under the condition of af- 'alrs existing at Castle Garden , as rop- cscntcd by this commissioner , there is ample encouragement to foreign gov ernments which may desire to unload .heir . paupers upon us , and particularly , o the English government , and if the 'acts ' ho states are true , the commis- * ionor is right in saying that so far as Jastlo Garden is concerned the country would bo bettor off if it-were wiped out of existence. There is matter in these aisclosures or the serious consideration of both the secretary of state and the secretary of the treasury. The former should take prompt stops ta plflcially nscottam. whether England or any other country is shipping its paupers to the United States , and if such is found to bo the fact the protest against the disregard of our laws and of international comity can not bo made too vigorous. The duty of the secretary of the treasury is to make provision for a moro olllcient and faithful enforcement of the law pro hibiting the landing 61 ' 'paupofsTantl" doubtless ho could not nuiko a bettor beginning than by abandoning the ar rangement under which the treasury department delegates to the New York emigration commissioners duties and authority which should bo exorcised only by officials of the general govern ment. A little looking up on this sub ject in Washington , where it has appar ently received tho-loast consideration , , if indeed it has received any , would bo generally commended. The informa tion certainly appears to be sufficiently definite and trustworthy to warrant the national authorities in taking notice of it. AJIMY ItlFLE MATCHES. The army riilo matches this year promise to bo of more than usual in terest. The greater attention given within the last few years to marksman ship In the army has been productive of gratifying results , and the marked ad vance made in this important element of soldierly olllcienny insures a con tinuance of the practice , with such im provements from year to year as ex perience shall suggest. In the matches qf the present year there will bo some changes from the re quirements of preceding years. Two y ars ago n now competition , that of distinguished markmon , was established to alternate with the army competition. It accordingly again comes up this year and will be hold in the latter part of August , nt the Bellevue range , Omaha , under the supervision of Major Guy V. Henry , with cavalry. , This year there are separata competi tions for the cavalry , who must use the carbine , while the artillery and in fantry use the rillo. In the competi tion of distinguished marksmen there will also bo separate trials for these who use the carbine nnd those who use the rifle. The cavalry competitions In general are released from department limits and accordingly those for the departments of the Plntto , Dakota nnd Columbia will bo hold nt the Bellevue range , taking place in August. Thus the two important events ot the competition of distinguished marksmen and the cavnlry competi tions of throe departments are to talco place hero , the Bellevue range getting by far the most interesting mutches ol the year. Rillo practice Is pursued with in creasing enthusiasm from year to year by both officers and men. So deep and widespread lias the devo tion to it become that some o Ulcers of the Inspector general's de partment are said to liuvo urged its cur tailment , on the ground that it unduly absorbs the time , attention and energy of which other parts ot the soldier's training merit a larger share than they now receive. But whatever force this objection may possess , it is not likely to bo effective , for if over-do ration can bo permitted in any direction In the army it could bo manifested in no more ex cellent cause than that of educating the soldiers in marksmanship. Certainly no other attainment of the soldier is more necessary than that of ability to use his weapons "with the greatest oBlclcncy. There is ono sug gestion made in connection with this practice which appears to bo worthy of the attention of the military authori ties , and that Is that the soldiers should bo furnished with tv bettor class of nrms , It is said that the arms now in the hnnds of our soldiers nro old-fash ioned , and the system ot mechanism has for years given way in foreign armies to others fan bettor calculated to win victories than our slnglc-flro pieces. Good marksmanship with nu- tlquidalod weapons may rolled greater credit upon our soHllors than If su perior arms w ropsod / , but our small army should bo Supplied with the best nrms to bo had. WHKNKVKH a franchise is to bo pro cured for the private control of a public improvement , the parties whq apply for them nro very profuse in tholr promises of great plants that nro to be erected and maintained. When a rail road company wants n subsidy from any town they promise to build n handsome depot or round house or mammoth machine shops. When the road Is built and the bonds have been gobbled the town finds itself in posses sion of a ten by twenty freight house , a round house with throe stalls , or a big shed with n plant for repairing broken down hand cars. It Is the same with the Btroot car lines and motor companies. Vote them a franchibo nnd they promise to build great power houses , mammoth cur shops , with a plant that would glvo em ployment to hundreds of working men. By the time the franchise has boon voted the promised extensions dwindle down to a few miles of track , the mammoth power houses become moro relays , nntl the car houses moro sheds for keeping two or three cars out of the rain. The franchise has , however , become a vested right , and the moment any competing line attaints to build , the courts are in voked to protect the speculators against the encroachments of rivals. WITHIN the past few years Omaha has drawn n considerable amount of her lumber supply from the south. The growth of the southern lumber trade is n matter only of the lust eight years. Before that time the forests of Wiscon sin and Michigan alone furnished all the lumber used in this section of the country. Another great lumber region is about to bo placed within our reach. It has long boon known that ono of the most wonderful pineries of the world existed in Northern California , Oregon and Washington. For years , however , it has been inaccessible. But the ex tension of railro'ads into those states opens up largo tracts of lumber lands which can now bo worked profitably. There is little question but that just as Georgia pine found its way into our markets so will California redwood and Oregon pine shortly bo * brought exten sively into use { p tjio construction oi > our houses. With Michigan and Wis consin on the north" , Georgia on the south , Californta''anfl ' Washington on the west.to draw from , Omaliu should soon develop into a great lumber supply depot for this section of the country. IN many rosnocts tbo session of the National Educational association jubP closed at Nashvillfi was tbo most suc- cossrul in the history of that body. Not tiiono was a largo attendance present , but its deliberations and discussions excited a widosurcad interest. It is gratifying to note that a spirit of en thusiasm pervaded the session and that the educators were in hearty accord with the movement to malco industrial training a leading feature of public school instruction. Unusual interest was manifest in the merits of Kinder garten training , the discussion of which occupied a considerable part of the meeting. The result of the convention is encouraging to the friends of educa tion. It demonstrates that the touchers and instructors of this country are pro gressive , wldo awake and alive to the needs and necessities of the present day. . . Herc'H Your Mascot. Clitciujn Keirs. A creat grandson of Andrew Jackson has Just been born nt the Hermitage. The dem ocratic party should adopt him us a mascot. Tlio Anti-Uliilno Gossip. ira hlii/t ( / < m Pint , Depend upon it thnt whenever Mr. Blaine gets ready to resign ho will step down and out in broad daylight and iu full view of the country. About tlio Size oT Ir. rilixliiiru Chioncle-TdcaraD/I. ( / A subscriber wants to know what a com mercial "trust" is. It is a lot of men who get together to take care of your property for you and to prevent you from xvasting It or getting It back. Hotter Call in the Grave A bottle of Dr. Hrown-Sctnmril's nawly discovered ollxcr of hfo should bo brought over hero Immediately and tried on the dom cratlu party. It would bo nn improvement upon trying It on the dog , Petting t o 1'rolilbs. Ke\v \ Yorl : Tribune. It is instructive to note what , quantities of oxtra-swoet taffy the third paity prohibi tionists nro now receiving at the hands of democratic newspapers. . Nearly every Hill organ In tba state has Dedicated a generous supply of this confection to llicso pcoplo. In fact , the democracy dotes upon the prohibi tion party for rovonua only. A Surplus ol' Constitution. Oaf cjcldii Keici. Texas has inorp constitution than any other state , over threa times as much as tlio United States , moro than is nccdcd * by any ten states a surfpij , indeed , of organla law so vast and voluminous , , varied nnd intricate , that after thirteen yonrs of study and con struction its provisions are conceded on all litituls to bo above aud 'beyond all human un derstanding. f I'arilon or the Drutos. /ii < lf < 7iiajv > Ifa Journal. If nny person can discover or analyze the feeling which has caused such u general In terest In this brutal and degrading exhibi tion wo should like to luu-o It explained. All cant and hyprocrisy aside , \vo are in. dined to bcllovo it is because there is in bu rn mi nature a largo element of the unspeak able and Irreclaimable brute. Under Harvard' * ClnHHlc Bluiduw. KiiiiifM t'lTime ( | * . A sporting gentleman , writing to the Times , says : "Speaking In regard to Kil- raln , the great prize-lighter , whcro was ho bornl" Wo nro not speaking "in regard of Kilraln" to any great extent just now , but lie was oorn at Groonport , N. Y. , receiving his curly flstlo training in Massachusetts under the shadow of Harvard university. To this popular Institution of learning both Mr. Sulllvnn and Mr. Kllnila oivo much ot tholr advancement. NotnMnti to Hn Shoved , If the time ever comes when , for nny cause , Hlitlno wants to step out , lioMl stop. Hut ho won't ' bo shoved from onico by nny man or nny clique of rumor-mongers. COUNTRY'BREEZES. A Typographical Celebration , ' 7 > iMit ( CounljStar. . Wo Imvoto npologlzo to our renders for the ninny typographical errors In our Issue of last week. Our only excuse Is that the typo celebrated , _ 'lrlbuta to a Contemporary. As n political fuctor it is "too do.nl to skin , " but ns a disseminator of runic and in credible lies Its succcsi grows In erratic eus- Bodnesa every wcclt. Two HorHfrt nit Mr. - lI'ii/iiK / ) Dtmncral , On lost Saturday a Mr. Clmac , of Stauton county , was In Wahoo getting out papers to recover sonic stolen horson which had been stolen from him some time ago nud sold to Mr. Morse , of Morse UlnlTs. In the words of a bystandoc Mr. ( Jlmse got n clew nnd chnsod the horses to Morse HlulTs , but ns his bluflhlg failed to awaken nny rcmorso In Mr. Morse , ho had to co nt It with n replevin suit , which was probably the most .suitable proceeJinc ; under the circumstances. That is probably two "horses" on Mr. Morso. InorniiHoit the Foron. Dutfr Scnttnd. Yo editor was married yesterday to Miss Mnry Sallctt , ono of the most charming Indies wo hnvo ever met. These owing us on subscriptions or Job work will greatly facilitate the purchase ot rng carncts , cord wood , baby carriages , etc. , by settling at onco. KiiibarrnBEUiicnts of a "Hustler. " On account of moving our ofllco , llxmg up our house , and the ntnkncss of our composi tor , wo didu't hnvo much time to "rustic" Mils week. Wo never stopped to oat , drink nor sloop , but kept , right on moving. Wo nsk the indulgence of our rctulora for this ono week. Wo ulso tnko liberty to whisper In your car that never in your Hfo a moro appropriate tnno to pay your buck duos to this paper. If you ever have started tokoop houto , you will know that : t takes money. Wo nro not very fastidious cither , nnd can stand it to use the bed of our press as a table and n dry goods box to rest our weary limbs on. Wo don't mind to use old wrapping paper ns sheets , and a bundle of old ex changes for a pillow. All those things wo cnn endure , but like to hnvo the stuff to buy bread and butter with. Delinquents please tuko notlco. i V.- * ' - V.ISNTlXliED ISNTlXliED TO TUB HOUTE. Omaha Street Car Company AVins An Important Victory. What Is known as the "Thirtieth stroat naso" among motor , cable tramway and horao car injunction TStflts , was brought to a closb yesterday mornfjip by Judge Uoano in a lengthy opinioncovoflhgtho constitutionality of the consolidation of the two latter com panies under an act passed by the state legis lature last February. Several other points iu controversy were also settled. Because of the nllcgoJ unconstltutionality , the case , being that of the liorso railway against the Omaha motor company , attracted moro at tention and aroused n deeper interest , especially among lawyers , tuan any of the rothcrauits. . " On Aoril 24 , plaintiff applied for and obtained from the board of public works , pu mission to extend its line from Twenty-seventh and Lake streets to Thir tieth street , ihenco north to the city limits. About thut time the street railway people ascertained that the Motor company had designs on Thirtieth street and was about to occupy it , and proceedings were com menced for nn order enjoining thuin from carrying out their intentions. The court said : "Proofs satisfy us that .plaintiff . is entitled to the route In con troversy by virtue o't prior appropriation , providing It is m a position to claim the right to occupy any of the streets of the city. It Is contended on behalf of defendant that plaintiff has no such right because the law under which the Horse Hallway and Cable Tramway companies wcro consolidated is unconstitutional nnd void because the terms of the law were not compiled with. "As to the first objection , this court will not presume to declare- law unconstitu tional upon nn application for temporary in junction. After a very careful examination of the law itself , and of the arguments of counsel ns to the uncoustllutionallty of the law , wo cannot hold that it is so on this ap plication , but , on the contrary , thinlt it frco from objection on that account. "On the second objection , as to the failure of the plaintiff to comply with the terms of the law In order to effect a consolidation , wo do not understand that the question can Da inquired into collaterally. That can only bo done by u proceedings in the nature of quo warr-uito , instituted by the proper ofli- cer for such purpose. " It was further hold that these two compan ies had made a good showing uf strict com pliance with the law in the terms of the con solidation. Sections of the act wcro read clearing every point supporting the plain tiff's position , and holding thut the street car company was fully entitled to all rights , franchises nnd appurtenances owned by each company before the consolidation. The Individual property was morgea Into the now concern nnd justly belong to it. The injunction was granted , nnd the attorney for plaintiff gave notlco that ho would have the decree ready oy Monday. Senator Pajdock was in court , hoard the decision read , mid , nt its conclusion , went away feeling Jubilant. The result Is considered a great victory for the Omaha Street Hallway company. Now tliat the matter has boon decided in laver of the street railway company and the validity of its franchise established , the company , according to Mr. Murphy , the president , will Immodlntoly begin to push extensions In nil directions. Ten miles of now stool rails was ordered for this purpose yesterday. The work upon the South Omaha- lines will bo pushed forward as rapidly as pos sible. Ono of these will run out by the way of Thirteenth etreot anit Vlnton , nnd the other by the way of Hun- scorn park und Thirty-second avenue. Trains will bo run on each line every ten minutes , giving a tivo-minuto nor- vlco between the two cities , The motlvo jrawor on this line will bo electricity. It Is the intention of the company- UBO electricity on the level and the cable for the hills. The liorso cars wfll bo abandoned ex cept on Byib lines. The most important move that the com pany contemplates is the construction of a cable line on Fnrnam street. Vork upon this line will bo commenced nt onco. Altogether the company expects to have thirty miles of oloctrio road and lifteen miles of cable iu operation bo ; ore the close of the season. _ Proposed Paxton Improvements' . Several months ngo Kitchen Hros. desired to incloso the porches on the east and north sides of the Paxton hotel , and applied to the supcrintsndcnt of building for a permit to do the work. The application was acnlcd on the ground that cxcopt authorised so to do by special ordinance , the superintendent had no power to grant permit to build over the property line on the street. The Inclosing of these iiorchcs from the second story up to the roo. ' plates would add several handsome suites of rooms , and the hotel men persisted. At the meeting of the city council on the 0th inst , , the c&mmltteo on buildings reiwrtod , Instructing the city attorney to prepare the proper ordinance , and grant such permis sion. Tno city attorney hod not boon no tilled of his duty In the mutter until questioned ro- Kanllug it last evening by n UKB reporter , ho bavingjust returned from Missouri. Ho will attend to the matter early this week. BUZZINGS. "I notice , " snld ono of the hoary property owners on Farnnm street , "thnt certain par ties hnvo succeeded In getting n scheme through the city council to enclose the porches of the Paxton house , under the pretense - tense thnt it will Improve the looks of the hotel. That U nil very well , nnd I would lllto to sco thn hotel Improved in its appear- nnco , but t question the right of the city council , or tlio mayor , or anybody In Omaha to glvo a permit for nny such use ot n street as Is contemplated. "Tho Paxton house porcos are said to ex tend nearly fifteen foot Into the street. They were allowed to be built this \vay because some mistake had boon tnado by the engin eers , or , at least , it was so protended. As open porches they might bo tolerated , but to enclose them nnd make rooms of thorn above the first floor would simply mcia that the city has conceded so much of the street to bo used for hotel purposes. "I hnvo no 111 fcollngs towards the Kitch ens or the now proprietors of the Pnxton hotel , whoever they may bo ; but 1C the Paxton - ton house Is allowed such privileges , every other man on every other street has the sumo tight. "Tho law gives four foot In the street for areas running along a lot line , nnd I would not object to even six feet bolng taken up for colonnades , but to have twelve or fifteen foot of a street enclosed and con vortod Into rooms for a hot el would bo nn Imposition of the worst kind. It would cut oft the light from adjacent property , and i contrary to equity and Justice In every respect. I hope the council will rescind Its action In this case. " o "Did you see Fred jJyo's lastopon luttcrl" remarked an old nowsp.tpor stuij < j-lioro who Is just now laying off. "Yes , Indued , I have seen it , If yon refer to the letter In which ho says that the Republican was n wroott when ho tooic hold of it five months ago , and had no circulation to apaak of ; while now ho al leges its circulation runs away up above ton thousand. "Ono would suppose that Fred bad done something marvelous , but after all ho has done what any wrecker might do. Ho took the paper as a wreck , und will leave it a greater wreck than it was nt the time It loft thu hands of the receiver. The more circu lation ho guts nt the ruinous r.ito ho is fur nishing his paper for the moro ho is losing and the nearer ho gats to the verge of u complete - ploto collapse. That kind of a boom nnvor lasts , boc.iuao there can bo no stability in a paper that will circulate for loss money than it costs to uro- duce the paper. 1 have boon told confiden tially that Fred nnd his partners have sunk thirty thousand dollars since they tooic the paper out of the hands of Yost , and nt that rate it is only n question of a very short time before they must haul in their horns or stop scattering papers on trial or ut ton cents n week. " "This chchp newspaper business , " said another man , "has been the ruination of every man who has ever attempted it , except perhaps Mr. Pulitzer , of tlio Now York World , nnd Mr. Luwson , of the Chicago News , who have a million and n halt of people behind thorn to servo. The Now Yotk World now charges 2 cents per copy , and 5 cents additional for the Sunday issue. That makes 17 cents per wook. I3ut most of Mr. Pulitzor's'pap'ors nra sold to dealers , and not by carrier delivery , which is computed to cost in this town at least3 cents per weak for each paper delivered. "At St. Louis , the Post-Dispatch , which is the most prosperous paper , dollus the penny sheets and ignores thorn entirely , charging 20 cents per week for its six day ovonlng is sues nnd the Sunday morning pditlon. The Glo > ) o-Dcmocrat charges § 12 n year , and $ t a month by carrier delivery , and yet there nro two give-away sheets in St. Louis at 1 cent apiece which are on the verge of oaiikruptcy all tlio time. "At St. Paul and Minneapolis the pipers have been running each other down on rates , giving away books nnd all sorts of premi ums , and the result has been that the Tri bune of Minneapolis sunk nearly $50,000 last year , nud the Pioneer Press lost thousands of dollars by its ruinous give-away policy. "You may set it down as a llxcd'fact that no eight page dally can bo delivered for less than 15 cents per week without actual loss , nnd anybody that tries that garao is sure to go into the bunds of a receiver sooner or later. It is merely a question of how much money a man cnn afford to sink iu trying to rniso himself over the fcnco.by Ins boot straps. " "Collector Peters , " said a prominent poli tician , "Is succeeding In straightening out the affairs of his ofllco. No collector since the inauguration of the internal revenue of fice here in Nebraska has probably over had such a job upon his shoulders. Colonel Gal- noun's administration , which ended wo sadly , was characterised by carelessness aud a lacit of administrative ability , and thta more than anything else Is accountable for the trouble wniuh has scandalized a number of ofllciuls connected with it. "Tho special agent whoso duty It was to report upon the condition of affairs in the of fice , and to whom the collector himself had n right to look for advice , was n rollIcKing Kontuokiau who borrowed heavily from young Calhoun , nnd who ought to have known , If ho did not , that the young man was conducting himself in n way which would bring disgrace upon his father nnd an Investigation of the collector's ofllcc by the federal courts. "When the now collector entered the ofllco ho found charges of peculation brought against the deputy collector , scores of letters coming In from all over the state charging that tlio funds forwarded for special stumps had miscarried , ami such a general demoral ization nmong deputies nnd employes that It was Impossible to make head or tall out of the ofilco. Mr. Peters had fortunately boon treasurer of Hoono county for years , and ho took off his coat nt once , nnd wont to work to straighten out the situation. "It Is understood * that so far something like six or seven thousand dollars of cmbe/- zlcmont has boon checked up , and that the end is not yot. "Mr. Peters has already made n numbor'of appointments which command themselves on civil service grounds for eflleioncy and hon esty. By the end of next week the entire ofllco will have been thoroughly reor ganized " "Spooking of the federal building , " chimed in another gentleman , "thoro nro not likely to bo many moro clmi.ges for a few months , nnd perhaps for two yeam to come. District Attorney Prltcliott absolutely refuses to re sign , on the high moral ground that ho has heard of intimations against his ofllcionoy , nnd , therefore , can not lot loose hl grip of so good a salary while on the /ire. / "Jt is understood thnt there has been con siderable pressure brought upon Mr. Prlt- chett to relieve his mind on this score , but so far without avail. U is barely possible , however , thnt the trouble In the accounts of tbo late deputy collector may have some bearing upon Mr. Prltchett's case , as Mr. Callioun was an nssociato of Mr , Prltchett polftically and federally. This being the case , the administration may deem It ad visable to inaho a change In the district at torney's ' ofllco In order that the prosecution of young Calhoun , which has nlruady boon ordoicd from Washington , may bo put in the hands of a district attorney who Is entirely now to the federal building. "This view of the casn , It lJ understood , lias already presented to tbo attorney gen eral , anil Mr. Prltchott's tcnuro of office It threatened from a sltlo which n month fttfo was apparently impregnable. " % * Captain John Uourko.of the Third cavalry , who Is making n short stop In Oinnlia , tins Just returned from n very Iinportnnt mission to Alabama , whcro ho was sent ns the confi dential agent of the secretary ot wnr to In vestigate the condition of the Imprisoned Ajiachos at Alt. Vernon biurauks , and to ro- uort upon a suitable reservation In the cast to which they could bo removed nnd where they could bo tnueht the arts of poaco. These who only know Captain Uourko ns for many .years the faithful nnd cfllcleut nldo of General George Crook , or who 'rnvo ' mot him In a purely social way , will bo surprised to learn that the captain's reputation ns nn ethnologist Is oven more cxtonslvo In foreign countries than It Is In our own , For twenty years ho has kept one of the most romarknblo collec tions of notes on the native races of tlio Uni ted Stntes which can bo found in nny coun try. During all of Captain liourlco's cam. pnlgns with General Crook among the vari ous Indian tribes of the west' , he jotted down dally every interesting feature of snvngu life and customs which came under his observa tion , and gathered In addition n moat Inter esting collection of clothing , war Implements nud utensils , which might bo Interesting und illustrate snvnvu life and manners. Since his detail nt Washington , whcro ho was soul nt the request ot many of the most prominent scientific men of New Kuglnnd , Captain Uourku tins been engaged under thu direction of the secretary ot war Iu prepar ing a compilation of his memoranda for pub lication. Ha law already published three books ; ono entitled "Tlio. Ap.icho Cam paign ; " another , which was bsuod In England , "l'ho Snake Dance of the Mon.nl Indians , " nnd an other , upon certain peculiar religious ceremonies common to various savaire tribes throughout tlio world. Tills latter pam phlet , which was published by the govern- mi'nt , the captain 'las ' enlarged to n volume of four hundred pages , which will shortly nppcar. Of nil the army ofllcors stationed nt Wash ington , Captain Bourke Is probably , most thoroughly conversant with the American Indian , nnd his ndvico nnd Information has been found invaluable b.v the wur depart ment where ho is now stationed. MARTHY'S YOUNKIT. Km/Ciie I-'ictd. The mountain brook sung louoaouiollko 'nd loitered on its way Kz it It waited for a child- to Jlno it in its play ; The wlnto ( lowers of the hlUaldo bent down their heads to hear T > io music of the little foot that had , somehow , grown so dear ; The magpies , like winged shaddors , was n-lluttcriu' toand fro Among the rocks 'nd holler stumps in the ragged gulch below ; The pines 'nd hemlocks toast their boughs ( line they wiu artiH ) 'nd made Soft , solluui music on the slope whore ho bad often played , Hut for those lonesome , solluui voices on the mountain sldo , There wuz no sound the summer day that Marlhy * younkit died. Wo called him Marthy's younkit , for Murthy wuz the name Uv her ez wuz ills mnr , the wife uv Sorry Tom the satno Ez taught the school house on tha hill way back in sixty-nine ' When she married Sorry Tom wlch ownt the Gosli-all-Hemloclc inmo ; And Marthy'syounUitwuz their first , wlch , boin' how It meant The first on Hod IIoss mountain , wutrooly a event 1 The miners unwed oft abort on work cz soon oz they got word Thnt Jock Df vine allowed to Casey what had jest occurred ; Wo loaded up 'nd whooped around until we all wuz hoarse , Siilutin' the arrival wich weagbud ten pounds , uv course I Three years , and scch n pretty child I his mother's counterpart Three years , nnd scuh a holrci ho ho hud cot on wary heart I A necrt ni.d likely little tyke with hair cz red oz gold , A laughin' , toddlln' everywhere 'ml only three years old I Up yonder , sometimes , to the store , und sometimes down thu hill Ho kited ( boys is , boys you know You couldn't keep him still 1) ) And there ho'd play beside the brook where purpel wild llowcrs grow And the mountain pines 'nd hemlocks n kindly shador throw And sumj soft , sollum teens to him , while In the uleh below The magpies , lllto strange spcrrils , went lluttorlu's to 'nd fro. Three years , and then the fever comes it wun't right you know , With nil us old ones in the camp , for that llttlo child to go I It's rij/ht the old should die , but thnt u harmless little child Should miss the joy uv life 'nd love- that can't bo reconciled I That's what we thought that summer day , nnd that Is what wo suld Ez wo looked upon the ultoous face uvMnrthy's younkit dead ; Lint for his mother so ubin' the IIOUBO wui very still , And Sorry Tom wuz lookln' through the winder down tha lull To tha patch beneath thu hemlocks whore Ills darlin1 used to play , And the mountain brook sung loncsotnollki and loitered on its way. A preacher come from Hoarin' Forks to comfort 'em 'nd pray , And nil the camp wuz present nt the obsciulci ) next day ; A feninlu teacher staged it twenty mllc to sing a hymn , And wo Jlned her in the chorus big , husky men 'nd grim Sung "Jesus , Lover uv my Soul , " 'nd then the preacher prayed And prcacht u sermon on the death uv thnt fair blossom laid Among thorn other llow'r * ho loved winch sermon set seen weight On sinners boin1 always heelt against thn future si-ate , That , though It had been fash'nablo to swear a perfect htrcak. There warnt no swoarln' in the camp for pretty nluh a week I Last thing uv nil six strnppin' men took up the llttlo load And bore It tenderly nlong tlio windin1 rocky road To whcro tlio coroner hail dug n prove bc ldo the brook In sight uv Marthy's winder , whcra the same could set nnd look And wonder if his cradle in that green patch long 'nd wldo Wuz cz soothln' oz the cradle that wuz empty nt her side : And wonder if the mournful songs the pines wuz slngln' then Wuz cz tender us the lullabies ' she'd never sin ? ngaln ; And If the bosom uv thu earth' In which ho lay at rest Wuz half ez lovin' 'nd oz warm oz wuz his mother's breast , The camp f.s gone , but Red Hess mountain rears its kindly head And looks down s rt uv tenderly , upon its cherished dead ; And I reckon that , through ah the years , that llttlo boy which died Sleeps sweetly 'nd contentedly upon the mountain side ; That the wild llownr.s uv the summer time bend down their lieaila to hear The footfall uv u llttlo friend they know not slumbers near : That the magpies on the sollum rocks Btrnngo llittorln' shudders make , And thn pinch 'ml the hemlocks wondar that thu sleeper doesn't wuku ; That the mountain brook sings loucsomollUo 'nd Uilturs on Its way Cz If It wultrd f'r ' a child to Jlno it in Us play. l-xlitiidmu llio Jjlnr. The Oinulm utroot railway company to-day made application tn extend IU linim from ilaiidcom park to thu bull line , und ou Six teenth birout from lluruoy to Furnuiu ,