Nebraska Newspapers

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Tin : era of emotional Insanity Is at tin
end in Is'obruskn.
Till" people of Omaha put tliolr do-
tfactors to slmmo.
Arrin the hattlo cpmcs tlio calm and
the epidemic of political funerals.
Tin : country IB saved mid all eyes arc
now lu filed on next year's corn crop.
wonthorln Nebraska reflects
Rreat credit on the republican adminis
tration.
Tin : fnco of the next logislatiu-o is not
yet clearly discernud througn the amoko
of battle.
WITH iniilieo toward none and charity
for all , lot us return to the peaceful pur
suit of commerce and
A rAiitUU day never wanned Nebraska
citi/ens to their duty. Cloudlcs- ) skies
symbolized the rout of the hosts of dark
ness.
IT may bo stated with eonfidonco that
recent events ofTocttmlly converted Col ;
onol Yjivdloy to the principles of por-
fronal liberty.
AND now the colonels and majors , the
lieutenants and corporals , the salvation
hhoutofsnnd ttirobourino thumpers , will
Sold their touts and silently sncuk way.
TIIK railroads which undertook to boy
cott tlio Union Pacific are In the condi
tion of the fellow'that grubbed a loaded
telegraph wire. They are exceedingly
anxious to lot pro , but cannot , while the
allied lines are turning1 on the current.
TIIK lottery law was primarily aimed
at national ovils. To apply It to loea'
trifles , such ns rallies , church fairs ant
the like , tlio publication of which In
newspapers is a. matter of news , shows
design to pervert the Inw and render it
odious to the public.
Tin : more fact that the country is dls
appointed by the figures of the niitiona
census docs not prove that it is not cor
rect. If Mr. Porter has counted all the
people there are ho has done his duty.
Ho cannot ho expected to increase the
population ever two million by his own
per&oiml efforts In ton years , however
patriotic ho may bo.
DAVID B. Ilinr , has received a very
handsome rebuke. Ho takes it from the
hands of Secretary Nohlo , who replies
to his partisan insinuations in regard to
the census of Now York in u manner to
suggebl that oven the governor of
prcat state may sometimes ho too fresh
The secretary's letter is none the lea
cutting because it is dignified , and none
the less just because It is severe.
iihics are not only grateful but
humane. Commander MoCallu , who was
condemned to thrco years' -penal borvl
tudo on full pay and rations , with libortj
to roam at will among the fushionabl
resorts , has received permission to winter
tor in Washington. Such delieato con
sldoration for the hero of the thumbscrew -
screw , the thumper of manacled men ,
unit the groggy assailant of subordinates ,
lifts thjo merciful republic above the
effete monarchies of the old world.
L.Axr > COMMi8SiONieuGicOFF 1ms or
dered a general curtailment of expenses
in all land ofuoos , The decrease in the
number of entries as well as the
receipts demands economy in ex
penditures. The work of the land
offices lias actually increased in
the aggregate , while the cost of main
tenance , owing to the increase in
number and division of labor , exceeds
that of previous years. Tlio present ad
ministration la compelled to take up
and determine the countless number of
contests and rohonrings hung up during
the reign of Sparks , consequently the
land department's record for the present
is forced to bear tlio bunion of past nog- '
ligoiu'o. So far as the land otllcos
nouig K'ss business now than under
Sparks , the actual work 'done has boon
largely in excess , ns appears from the
record , which shows almost double the
number of cases disposed of and patents
issued during the first year of republican
administration than during the lost year
of Cleveland's. Nevertheless , Judge
Groff .proposes to cnforco economy all
along the line.
THE cnr or F/M vn.
For moro than two months the prohi
bitionists have boon laying a foundation
for a contest of tlio vote of Douglas
county. They started out with charging
that a great conspiracy was being
hutched to import voters from Iowa ami
Misbourl into Unmlia for the solo pur
pose of enormously Increasing the voting
ing population. They uho charged that
the conspirators wcro organizing gangs
of repeaters and ballot-box stutters who
wore to Inflate the vote of Omaha ami
pad the returns of the election. To
give these charges plausible backing
they concocted the reports of Inflated
census returns and bolstered up their
cock and bull storlos through Imported
forgers and vagabonds who rnn atkod
private otllccs and palmed off perjured
affidavits upon the credulous.
But the registration of the voters of
Omaha and South Omaha which wns
conducted open and above board
under tlio most rigid scrutiny of
prohibition detectives and agontfi ,
gave the Ho to the malicious
fabrication. Every man who presented
himself for registration , no matter
how prominent and well known , was required -
quired under oath to testify to his eligi
bility ns a citizen and place of residence
by street and number. The lists wcro
made public and prohibitionists wcro al
lowed to copy them. No city in America
has ever made a more perfect and unim
peachable registration.
As a last desperate resort the prohibi
tion managers howled about anarchy ,
riot and outlawry in Omaha , while they
wore importing thugs and elmllengorsto
obstruct honest citizens In casting tliolr
votes. But in splto of tliolr
talk about the reign of terror
the election was moro quiet and orderly
than any that had ever taken place in
this city. Every saloon and barroom
wab closed , and merchants nmnufnetur-
ersand professional men wore out doing
volunteer duty at the polls.
In only four out of the forty-one voting
ing precincts was there the slightest
rlpplo or disturbance. In thrco of these
precincts the trouble arose ever the at
tempt of imported and non-resident
strikers to obstruct the election and an
attempt to impose upon voters by hand
ing them bogus tickots. In the other
precinct four men wore taken into cus
tody by the police for interfering witha
prohibition ticket peddler.
These isolated instances wcro Im
mediately magnified into a terrible on
slaught upon prohibitionists and dis
patches were Hont and circulated broad
cast that a bloody reign of outlawry had
swept ever Omaha and deprived pro
hibitionists from casting their voles.
Thot-o dispatches had u twofold object
In view. Ono was to throw a ilrobrtmd
among voters in the towns and villages
and thereby increase the prohibition
vote. The other was to pave the way
'still further to the long-hatched tchemo
to disfranchise Douglas county by the
cry of fraud and intimidation.
From the present outlook the prohlbl-
tionlhts will got very poor comfort from
throwing out thovotoof Douglas county.
But Tnu BIK : deems it its duly to dispel
the falbo impressions which these /.ealots
tire trying to create as regards the con
duct of the election in Omaha.
0'DHtEX AMKltKA.
The Irish loaders have arrived in
America , fresh from the clutches of Bal-
four. They have temporarily adjourned'
their eases from the courts of Jiublln to
tlio forum of American public opinion ,
and , whatever the results , they are at
lea&t in no danger of being arrested for
cxcrcibing the right of free speech.
Dillon and O'Brien htuo
come to ap
peal for help at a most critical time in
the hifatory of the homo rule movement.
Recent bye-elections hold out Haltering
indications of a coming victory. It is
apparently only necessary for the fol
lowers of Parnoll to keep up their vigor
ous campaign in order to place G ladstono
once moro at the head of affairs and to
realize at last their loner dream of homo
rule. The Irish statesmen are pressed
hard for funds to maintain the enor
mous drain upon them. Tlio expenses
of the party and'of the campaign are
great and constant , Tlio immcdiato
constituents of the men who are so
bravely fighting for their people can do
little to meet this demand. To America
principally the homo rule party is
obliged to look. And it is to bo hoped
that it will not now look in vain , as It
novcr has before.
Ireland has a large representation In
America. It is a useful and loyal cle
ment of our citizenship. It Is not
strange that the presence of so many
sons of the green isle should lend moro
than the ordinary American enthusiasm
for freedom to the immense moral sup
port which has always gonb out from
this country to the homo rulors. The
influence of this united backing of
American public sentiment mnv not have
boon largo directly ns applied to British
politics , but without the financial aid
which it has carried with it the homo
rule leaders would have boon crushed
long ago. New that they appear to bo
nearer success than over before , the an
swer shpuld bo oven moro prompt and
hearty than formerly.
Dillon and O'Brien represent a cause
that Americans have sustained and are
still willing to encourage.
THE DttlFT OV POPULATION.
"Westward the star of empire still
takes its way , despite the attractions
and inducements offered by other geographical
graphical divisions of the country.
The federal census for the post decade ,
just completed , proves that the great
west is the magnet for the vast majority
of homo-seekers. The completed tables
of population divide the stales into five
groups. Of these , the northern cent nil
comprlso what may bo termed the
agricultural omplro of the north , taking
Oliio on the east , Indiana , Itssouri and
Kansas on the south , and extending
north to the British possessions. Twelve
states included in this group show an in
crease ) in population of five millions. In
round numbers they contain twenty-one
million souls. The Pacific and Rocky
mountain states and territories , forming
properly a portion of the great west ,
add to this total three million people ,
or a total increase In ton years of a frac
tion ever six millions.
The north Atlantic division , compris
ing nine states aud Including Now York
nnd Pennsylvania , ranks second in popu-
ntlon nnd Increase , The total approxi
mates sixteen millions and tlio increase ,
two million eight hundred thousand.
The southern states , seventeen in num
ber , comprising tho' two remaining
groups , show the splendid results of the
enterprise nnd activity which has been a
conspicuous factor in the development of
the now south. The growth in ten
years Is a fraction over thrco nnd a
quarter million , almost equalling the
average of the two western groups.
The growth nnd development of the
vyst Is practically In its infancy. While
the eastern states included In the north
ern central group have passed the Hood
tldo of progress , the great west nnd
northwest , from the Mississippi to the
Pacific , afford the most inviting fields
for hone seekers nnd investors. Pos-
osslng one-fourth of the entire populn-
ion of the country , and increasing at
ho rate of thrco hundred thousand a
car , the vast agricultural nnd mineral
'csources ' yet untouched , will soon'bo
undo to contribute to the general
ivcalth of the country , now avenues of
mploymont nnd Industry will bo opened
nil limitless opportunities afforded for
millions yet to como to acquire homes
ml a competence , asr well as homo and
brtunc.
The thousands who have followed
Horace Grceloy's ntlvlce , bringing little
lore than a strong constitution and n
vill to do nnd dare , are today in the van
f < progress nnd their success Is a pornm-
cut Invitation to brawn nud brain to
brsnko the jostle of the crowded east
: ind follow tlio march of empire.
AN EXTHA SESSIOX OF cuxamsss.
It appears to bo generally understood
hat the president will at an early any
all congress together in extra session.
The fact that there are moro than thlr-
eon hundred bills on tlio calendars of
ho two houses would seem to sufficiently
ustlfy convening congress in advance of
, ho constitutional date of meeting , the
first Monday in December , but the real
2auso of urgency is found in the election
nd apportionment bills , which will oc
cupy a great deal of timo.
The election bill has passed the house
ml is in the senate , where it may bo
discussed to the end of the short session
.mless the sentito can effect a change in
the rules restricting debute. Tills is
ikcly to prove a dllllcult matter , for the
eason that a number of republican sen
ators have gene on record as opposed to
such a change. They may have altered
their minds since , but oven in that cnso
i departure from the uniform practice
of the senate since the organization of
, ho government regarding debate will
not bo easily accomplished. The elec
tion bill probably cannot bo passed with
out a rule reslrictinc' debate , but in any
event the contest is certain to bo pro-
onged , and hence the importance of
.i&ing all the time available before the
date of regular meeting.
The apportionment bill is also certain
to consume n great deal of time. It
would seem to bo a matter that might bo
very easily nnd quickly disposed of , but
numerous difficulties are likely to bo en
countered. The ratio of representation
generally expected to bo adopted is one
hundred and seventy-five thousand ,
which would increase the membership of
the house to about three hundred nnd
fifty-seven members , but the states that
would lose representation under this con
siderable increase in the ratio , and pos
sibly seine that would only retain .their
present representation , are likely to
make a fight for a lower basis. It is a
very serious question whether the mem
bership of the house should bo materially
increased , and while there are some who
will contend that there is no valid objec
tion to doing 1,0 , the largo majority are
likely to favor the view that a liouso of
about three hundred and fifty members
is likely to bo moro efficient nnd a bettor
business body than one with n much
larjotl ( membership.
If congress is convened by the middle
of the present month a good deal of un
finished business can bo disposed of
before the holiday recess , nnd the decks
cleared for the contest ever the election
bill. There appears to bo a general desire -
sire among the republicans for an extra
session , and it is not doubted that the
president will accede to it.
A QuiisTiox erA
A New York firms of importers has
taken an appeal to the United States
clrputt court from the decision of the
board of customs appraisers in support
of the law classifying worsteds as
woolens. The act wan passed last May ,
and the journals of the house records
one hundred nnd thirty-eight yens , none
in the negative , and thq presence of
sovonty-flvo members who did not vote.
There being present in tlio house when
the act was put on its passage two hun
dred and thirteen members , forty-seven
moro than a quorum , the speaker
counted enough of those not voting to
make a quorum and declared the bill
pnfcscd. The question raised by the
importers is whether the law was con
stitutionally enacted , and this question
alone will properly considered by the
courts. The matter for judicial decis
ion is simply whether the language of
the constitution authorizes the speaker
of the house to count as present members
not voting in order to establish a
quorum.
Tlio constitution provides that "enoh
house may determine the rules of Itq
proceedings , " nnd "a majority of each
shall constitute a quorum to do business ,
but a smaller number may adjourn from
day to day , and may bo authorized to
compel the attendance of absent mem
bers , in such , manner and under such
penalties ns each IIOUHO may pro
vide. " There is wide diversity of opin
ion regarding the beopo of this provis
ion , though It certainly appears to war
rant the view that the power of compel
the attendance of members involves the
authority to count them when .present if
iieco ary to c&tabllsh a quorum. There
is another provision of the constitution ,
however , which sooina to give a differ
ent aspoct'to the matter In controverhy ,
and that is the one which provides that
"tho yeas and nays of the members of
either house on any question shall , at
the closlro of ono-fifth of thosu present ,
bo entered on the journal. " The act
whoso validity is culled in question was
declared passed on u yea vote number
ing loss than a majority of the houao
nnd with none In the negative. Does
this conflict with the provision last
quoted. „ , . . ,
It npponrrt.Uhhnro been uniformly de
cided by state ] Vcnirts that the record of
the houio journal is conclusive , but the
matter now tyrotyght before the federal
courts raises n wholly now question and
one of the vofjvhlghost Importance , the
decision of whll'h will bo regarded with
general and lery great interest.
Tun closing speech of General Web
ster at Nebraska City was a magnificent
one. It was tin address worthy of the
man and an honor to the cause of truth
and justice.
Stanley Declines.
Cliteaao Inter-Octan.
Mrs , Henry M , Stanley declined the honor
if being Mrs. Governor of Conpo , aud Henry
I , will tell the lilnc of the Belgians so.
'Jlio I'nlr Tiling to lo ,
lluffalo Uwcft ,
It the counting and casting of ncfrro votes
ivcro , In fact , an impossibility , fairness would
demand tbo dlufranchlscmcnt of tlio negro
.nd tlio reduction of southern representation
n congress and In the electoral collORO. Hut
ho enforcement of federal law is not an 1m-
lossiblllty la tlio United States.
A Count In Hard buck.
JVciw York irorM.
The tips and downs of IniDCCtmlous royalty
; ro seldom bolter illustrated than la tlio case
if Count , Sackondorf , who is now conductor
if an elevator In n Cincinnati hotel. la nddl-
lon to this the count Is defending himself In
a suit for $300 brought against him by a Oasc-
born churl who keeps a restaurant and sells
baked beans.
The Hoot is on the Other TICK > 'ow.
SfaminnM/nfnn.
Bismarck is a protectionist for Germany ,
but bo never offered an objection to a free
market in the United States for Gcrnmu
products. It was remarkable that after tlio
Fronco-Ucmian war twenty years ngo both
: intlons when over the struggle strengthened
their lines of protection. Bismarck nnd
Thlers wcro agreed In holding that the adop
tion of tuo protective principle was a neces
sity , and they carried McKiuley bills.
SOMJS XOTAIIbE X.IME8.
.Androw-Carnesio's mascot Is n brass lolo-
; raph keo. Ho keeps it in a gloss caso.
Strauss h perfecting a waltz that will
admit of conversation while dancing it.
Medford people say H. J. Moon , aged sixty-
one , is the original Of the village blacksmith
in Longfellow's famous poem.
ltusscU'Sii o keeps an old one dollar bill
the first dollar ho over earned in a ulass box
n his ofllco. Mr. Sage thinks a great deal
oflt.
General Joseph E. Johnston at S3 is a
sprightly , soldierly looking old gentleman.
To the ordinary observer ho appears to bo
twenty years youagor than he is.
The country place of G. "XV. Guilds , ' Bryn
Islawr , is said to be ono of the finest In tlio
United States. The Day roll for servants
nlone averages about 51,000 a month.
General Butler owns the Craig ranch ,
below Pueblo , consisting of 100,000 acres. Ho
is also the owner of three-fourths ol a 000-
000-ucro ranch In Now Mexico ,
Tbo new state bistorian of Now Hamp
shire , A. S. Batcuellcr of Littleton , is a law
yer and Dartmouth graduate , who has given
much time to studing historic mutters.
Colonel Herbert , who has boon appointed
to command the Canadian militia as successor
ser to General Mtildlctbn , is a man of thirty-
iilno years , and a favorite of Lord Wolsoloy.
Judge Howcll C. Glenn ot Atlanta. Ga. , Is
dead. His old mother pronounced this cul-
opy upon him : "In all his llfo ho novcr
gave mo an Impatient 'word , and that Is why
I love him so dearly. "
Archbishop Eyre , of Glasgow , who is
about to bo raised by the POJM to the Snored
college , is one ol the most papular prelates
in Great Jlrituin , and his promotion will bo
hailed la Scotland by nil classes with en
thusiasm.
Ex-Secretary Whitney Is forty-nino years
old , His father was collector of Dostou
under Buchanan. Although a democrat , It
was his vote in the Massachusetts legisla
ture that first elected Sunnier us United
States senator in 1851.
Commander Dennis W. Mullan of the
United States navy , who commanded the
war ship Xlpsicvhllo that vosiel was at
Samoa , was presented with a gold chronome
ter \\-ntch , chain and charm ht Annapolis lost
Thursday , The gift vras voted him by the
Maryland legislature at Its last session In
recognition of nis gallant services during the
hurricane at Apia lost year. The prcsouta
tiou was made by Governor Jackson.
Advice to Jliichrlora ,
with the ' father in
Agree girl's poli
tics and the mother in religion , says the
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette ,
If you have a rival keopan eye on him.
If ho is a widower , Iccep two oycs on
him.
him.Don't
Don't put too muoh sweet stuff on pa
per. If you do you will hear it read In
after years when your wife has some spe
cial purpose in indicting upon you the
severest punishment known ton married
man.
man.Go homo at a reasonable hour in the
evening.
Don't ' wait until a girl has to throw
her whole boul into a yawn that she can't
cover with both hands. A little thing
like that might cause a coolness ut the
vorv beginning of the game.
if , on the occasion of your first call ,
the girl upon whom you have Bet vour
young alTootlons looks like an icobcrc
and acts llko a cold wave , take your leave
early and stay away. Woman in her
hour of f roezo'ls uncertain , coy , and hard
tO'plcaso.
.In cold weather finish saying good
night in the house * Don't stretch It all
the way to the front gate , and thus lay
the foundation farjutpro asthma , bron
chitis , neuralgia , nnd chronic catarrh to
help you to worjy the girl to death after
she has married.
Don't lie aboutrour financial condi
tion. It is voryj unnoying to abrido who
has pictured a Li , f apt ease In her uncos-
tral halls to learoutoo late , that you c\-
pcct her to asl : U biildhoadod old parent
who 1ms been uniformly kind to her to
take you in out of 'Yho ' cold.
Klcotriulty Spjvcs tho' ' Problem.
Pa nor manufacturers have for a long
time uoen muchoi'prclscd with the pro
blem of procurlrilr'nt ' a reduced cost the
caustic soda nnu'lfif ) chloride of limo or
bleaching powdo'r which constitute items
of considerable oxnouso in paper mills.
It has been hoped lhat theao two chemi
cals would bo obtained directly and
economically from common salt by the
aid of electricity , nnd ut length
this hope has been realized ,
Tlio apparatus which has been devised -
vised for this process is automatic , the
salt solution passing regularly , and the
caustic soda being drawn oil at any
strength up to 10 or 12 per cent of pure
cnustiu bodu. The chlorine , which can
aUo bo used dlroot for blenching , Is ah-
borbcd by blacked limo , and blenching
powder is thus produced. By tills pro
cess , which is simply the pnMing of tin
electric current through common salt , an
increased proportion of bleaching powder
is secured and tlio quality of the caustic
soda Is greatly improved.
IS KATIE IIARIAN INSANE ?
The Girl Under Arrest for Incendiarism Be
lieved to EJ Mentally Unsound ,
EVERAL MORE PARTIES IMPLICATED ,
< V Nci > ru Runs Off with a Street Oar
Cnsli llov 'Iho lOlootrle Motor
Power Hoimo A Gay
Kloper Captured.
LINCOI.V , Neb. , Nov. i. [ Special to Tim
> nn.J Whether or not Katie llurlan , the
'omostlc employed by Judge Stewart , who Is
, ndor arrest for setting llro to the judge's
residence , Is mentally unbalanced , Is' a dls-
lilted question. Nevertheless thcro Is con
siderable method In her madness.
Lastntght she broke tbo silence slio lias
ithcrto maintained with the police relative
o her cnnncction with the case , and told
Marshal Mclick that J. H. Hunt , who boards
icnr Jj nnd Tenth stiTds , was the man ivho
iad induced her to sot flre to Judge Stow-
rt's house , ami that ho had promlcsd
0 give her 7. > for doing so.
Ittnt was iin'estcd about midnight
: > y Marshal Mcllck and Cuptuln Carder.
'Io apiHired to be pre.Ul v surnrised at his nr-
cst. and protested that he did not know the
larlan girl. When confrotitcduy his accuser
t the station ho ndtnittod his ucnuahitnneo
H'ith the girl , but stoutly protested his Imio-
: enco , Kutlo positively identified him ns the
man who had Incited her to tbo act of Inccn-
: llarism , anil ho was locked up. Hunt says
lie drives a co.tl wnfffon for Oakloy , nml that
all the acquaintance or conversation with the
girl he over had was when ho delivered coal
it Mr. Stewart's house.
The police are working on another clue ,
1n 1 : iowovor , nnd the girl's man tier
and Hunt's strenuous denials im
pressed I them with the bollef that the
tirlwns trying to shield tfio guilty man nt
. Unit's expense. ' The t-lno they wore woik-
} IIR upon resulted in the arrest at'J o'clock
tils morning of A. W. Day , manager of the
uilucoln Btcam Inunilrv.
When tbo girl was put in the "awent box"
soon after her arrest she acknowledged hav
ing frequently taken walks with u young
man , whom sno referred to only as I'rank ,
iind said that ho was a druggist. To Uett-ct-
> o Crow , who uormcd the story out of bor
j > y icprcscntlng himself as her attorney , the
girl told her story. She said tluit shocauio
to Lincoln seven months ago from Leaven-
woith , and that prior to coming hero slio
bad been ruined by a young man.
Boon after she arrived nt Lin
coln she took service with two pscud'o dress-
imkors on n prominent street. Those women
iad frequent visitors , nna among thorn wan
"Frank , " who seemed to bo attracted by
Katie , nnd after the "dressmakers" hail loft
the city ho appears to have followed her up.
At any rate she confessed to having hud im
proper relations with , "frank , " and that ho
supplied her with means and appliances for
destroying the evidences of her threatened
maternity. She said Unit slio uad frequently
taken walks with the man , and that their
relations hud long continued.
Day was afterwards released on ball fur
nished by C. W. Mobher.
Ho refused to say \\hothcr or not he know
the girl , and is as mum ns an oystur. Ho in a
married man , and formerly lived nt Twenty-
lirst and S sticcts. Ho hns been iu the laun
dry business for a number of years being
connected at times with the I'ecrlcss , Crys
tal aud other laundries. Ho has hitherto
borne a peed reputation.
The police rotusc to divulge what evidence
they have against Day , but have placed the
clmrgo of arson against his uamo on the
docket.
ELECTRIC MOTOll I'OWEl ! HOUSE.
The managers oC the Lincoln street railway
company have chosen the vacant lots on the
corner of 1C and Eighth streets as the slto for
the power house where electricity is to bo
generated for the purposes of locomotion.
The lot Is MiixlCO feet and the building to bo
erected is to bo 90x150 feet. The power
liouso is to bo built of brick. In addition to
the rooms for the generation of electricity
thcro nre to bo other apartments to bo used
as machine , construction and paint shops. In
the power house proper are to bo four 100-
horse power dynamos and four engines of
l&Vhorso power each.
Plans for the building are being
drawn and will probably bo completed by
Wednesday next. "In such event ground will
bo broken for the structure on the Thursday
following. It is the intention to have the
building completed by January 1 if possible.
By February 1 it is expected that the engines ,
boilers mid dynamos will nil bo ready for
UhO Tlgho nnd Bum' , the engineers , loft
today for the east to give directions concern
ing the machinery and the motor cors. There
are to ho thirty cars ordered , nil of the latest
and most improved patterns , nml will bo Uu
1 ihod in elegant stylo.
By April I at the latest , Lincoln will bo
the best equipped in electrical locomotion of
tuy city of its si/o In the country.
nonuRU A briiruT iun nuivcn.
Jack Hayes , a driver on tbo Uanld Tran
Bit line , was robbed last _ evening by a negro ,
about 3 being taken. Hayes .was driving
north ' on Twelfth street , between T and U ,
tb'c only passenger on board bolng the burly
negro who stood on the front platform with
the driver. Hayes stopped the car near U
street to let a lady get aboard , when the col
ored fellow grabbed the driver's cash box
and ran ott with it. Pursuit was mailo but
in vain ns the negro was ( loot and seemed to
Know all the alleys in that part of thu city
.suitable for hiding places. A description of
the thief has been loft with the police and
tlioy are looking for the follow.
WAS HE A LINCOLN MAN ?
Eugene Carlat of Kansas Oily writes to
the chief of police hero concerning the
identity of a roan found in the river near that
place. The body had evidently been In tlio
water for two or three weeks and wus de
cayed almost , beyond Identification. The
corpse was that of a man somowhcro be
tween thirty and fifty years of ngo , height
live feet four Indie's , aud wuipht about ono
hundred and flit } ' pounds , A dark colored
.suit was found ou the body. On the coat
was found the trademark of A. Hurlbut , a
dothiur of this city , showing that the gar
ment had been purchased here.
bL'srKCTEIl 1IK11 IlL'SnVND.
About a year ago Mike Bailey got tired of
domestic turmoil und attempted to end his
troubles by swallowing strychnine , but was
drugged back to the stern rc.Ulliei of life by
the physicians. It nnpean that all Is not yet
sorcno in the Bailey houscholu , and the huad
of the house is still annoyed with the jealous
unties of his better half. Last evening Air ,
Bailey had occasion to go up town and hU
wife got the notion Into her head that ho
was going out to meet another woman.
After ho left she got out of bed , although
she has been sick for thrco weeks , anil
slipped out of the house without the linowl-
cdgu of her daughter.
Notrucoof the sick woman could bo d is
covered anywhere , and ut 11 o'clock the tild
of the police was invoked , About midnight
the woman was found several blocks away at
the home of a friend , on whoso doorsteps s ho
hud fallen in sheer exhaustion. She declared
that hu could not 11 nd her husband any
whcro.
711K ULOrua OAPTUHED.
Harry Hurst , who raa off with Mr. Clurk's
wife aud six children , 1ms been an as ted a
Cedar Bluffs and the ofilcers hero have been
notiliod of the fuct. In addition tothochargo
of criminal Intimacy , a warrant hits boci
Hworn out for the turostof Hurst on the
charge of running ott with mortgaged prop
urty.
OIIDB AND rNi > s.
Whllo N. G Franklin was lu the public
reading room last evening , siunn thlof wnlkci
oil with his overcoat.
Whtlo Jesse Allen was attending n mcctltif ,
at a church two miles this side of Knglc
Bonio thlof stoic his spanking team of liorsii :
and brand new buggy.
At 1 o'clock today tlio flro department xvn
culled to 114'i L street to extinguish n blazoh
a house belonging to 1C il. Oalcluy. Th <
roof was damaged about K > 0 worth. Tbj
cause of the llro was a defective iluo.
Mcxluo Clly'H Census.
Anil liow the City of Mexico IB mm
about ltd COIIHUS too. It oxpoclod the
onumorutoni to tint ! -iOO.OQO inlmhitantH
but nil they could Iind nindo but ; iL7,0H (
und the citizens of tlio Mexican capita
nre ad mud with tlio ( rovornment as tin
Now Yorkers with Suporlntcndon
Portor. Tlio COIIHUS taker's lot IB not u
liuupy ono tiny where.
TIIK niumi OP AN ISLAND.
low n Now Nnmo Wits Atltlctl to the
Ton mi Group In tlio 1'nolllc.
About four nnd n hnlf years ago the
people on tin island In the southern part
f the Tonga proup in the Pacific oh-
orvco n terrible commotion fur out nt
on , PtvyH the San Francisco Exnnilnor.
t Fcoinod to them Hint tlio waters were
rolling1 nml that smoke was rislmr from
lie Burfiico of the oconn. A little while
before the waters near their shores had
Ken agitated in an unaccountable man-
or. timl blf ? wnves rolled In , although
hero wns not much wind stirring.
A few of the hrnvost atnonpr the pcoplo
uunohcd ono of their wiilboats nnd
ttirted toward the scene of dlBttirbaneo.
Tlioy halted tit a consldorablo dlstatico
rom Iho center of the commotion , but
, hey were neiir enough to dotorinino nc-
curatelv the nature of the phenomenon
> oforo { horn. „
A now island was coming Into
view. Ono of the volcanic vents
at the bottom of the sea had
sproail Us innlton rock nml fishes
ever the ocean bed until the growing
nass rcnchod the surface. No longer
inpoded by the ponderous weight of
vtvtcr tno volcanic debris shot high into
ho nlr with a ronr that wns heard for
natiy miles and wnsslftcd over Iho grow-
tig mass. By far the larger part , of it
oil to ono side of the crater through
vhldi the mutter was finding vent. A
ory large part of the tlobris wns nothing
but ashi 9 , nnd the prevailing wind car-
led nearly of it to ono side of the orl-
Ico. Tlio eruption lasted for several
lays , and when it finally censed a now
laiid Iind boon tiddod to the Tonga
proup , and it now bears the iituno of
Viilcon Island.
It was the old story , hut ono that has
ioldoin had eye witnesses to record it ,
iiiyg the Now York Sun. In a similar
nannor the whole of Icclnnd was roared
\bovo the sen within a recent geological
igo by matter brought from the bowels
if the earth. Hundred of Islands along
ho line of volcanic action , stretching
nr across the Pacific , came to the light
n exactly the same way OH Falcon island.
This latest of the volcanic Islands wus
the product of a very moderate eruption ,
nnd wo can inmgino what gigantlu con
vulsions of nnluro attended the birth of
nany an island that is a hundred fold
nrgor than the now little speck in the
Tonga group.
Those islands , which were reared
nbovo the sea only by prodigious and
irobnbly long extended eruptions , are
ikoly , oven in these Inter days , to bo tlio
scene of the most stupendous volcanic
ictivlty. The great eruption of Sknptur
i century ago is believed to Imvo cov
ered a part of Iceland and the adjoining1
seas with a larger mass of lava than JIIIH
[ loured from Vesuvius nndEtna com
bined since the burial of Pompeii. It
killed one-fifth of the population , de
stroyed the arable Innda and frightened
the lish from the adjacent waters , PO
that for a long time the people
were in danger of starvation. The
volcano vent that gave birth to
Little Falcon island is right in line with
the great chain of volcanic islands in
the Malay nrchlpulago , where most of
the stupendous eruptions of modern
times have occurred. It was on Sim-
howu , a little oust of Java , that aji ex
plosion occurred sixty eight years ago
audible for nearly 1,000 miles , and HO
completely burying a whole province
that only twenty-six persons escaped in
a population of 12,000.
In October of lasl year J. J. Ll&tor vis
ited Falcon island , then four years old ,
and ho has just reported the results of
his observations to the Royal Geograph
ical society of London. The line grained
dust or ashes , greenish gray in color ,
of which the island is composed , is very
friable , und the waves dashing against
the now obstruction in their
way , have torn elf the edges nnd con
siderably reduced the island's aren. The
largest amount of material is gathered
on ono side of tlio crater , through which
the debris is poured ; and there a clill
lf > ( ) foot high fronts the ben. Inland the
clill slopes gently down until it rouehes
the level of the tongue of land , nbotit n
inilo in length nnd only ton to twelve
feet above high tldo , which forms the
rest of the island. It is a bare , darlc
heap of ashes , which the ocean rollers
are doing their best to bury out of night
beneath tlio sea. As Mr. LIstor walked
ever the hillside there was a distinct
odor of sulphur in the air , and the
distant parts of tlio island wcro seen
through a thin blue haze.
'
Tlie'exploror found that beneath the
surface the mass was still very hot. At
the surface Iho temperature wns 77 do
grcos ; two feet below th'o surface the
thermometer registered 85 degrees ; nnd
six feet six Inches bulow it reached 100
degrees. Notwithstanding these dis
couraging conditions nature was begin
ning to put forth efforts to cover tlio un
sightly heap with the luxuriant verdure
of the South Sea islands. Two cocoanut
trees were struggling upward , but they
did not look prosperous. Specimens of
gratis and tvvo other plants were found ,
and stranded fruits wore found hero ntid
there , all ready to germinate if they had
any encouragement. The only living
things the visitor saw wore ti bird nnd n
small moth , but ho found the burrows ol
some creature.
Mrs. Harwell's Vet. Itobln.
A remarkable expression of bird intel
ligence has boo manifested by a , robin
at Weal villo , writes a Now Haven , Conn. ,
correspondent of the Now York Times.
Early in Iho summer of 1889 Mrs. A. R *
tturwoll , who resides near tlio end of tlio
Now Haven and "Wostvlllo herno car
line , found the young robin in her door-
yard. It had fallen in its lirst attempts
to fly and was rendered hclplnsn by tlio
Injury. Mrs. Hurwcll tenderly oared
for the bird , and it gradually recovered
and grow stronger until it was ns vigor
ous a bird as any of Its kind.
It became quite tame , seeming to do-
slro no greater freedom that the IIOUHQ
afforded , and It learned to answer tlio
whistled call of members of the fam
ily by an imitating chirp. For an entire
year the bird remained with the family ,
hut last Juno Mrs. Burwoll decided tc
liberate her pot if it wished to go. The
bird , when taken out of doors hovered
about for a time and then disappeared.
On Wednesday of this week Mrs. Har
well was occupied in front of her hoiiHo ,
when she heard the familiar call of tin
robin above her head. Slio looked tin
and saw her little bird friend on the ont
of a branch. Holding out her hand , HH
gave the old call , and iiibtuntlv the bird
llow down to tlio ground and then up to
her hand. It was borne into tlip house
chlriilng its willingness to become t
captlvo , and since then it lias shown m.
dlspodltton to resume ita liberty. It is
believed that the bird did not Icnow what
else to do and so llow back to Its previous
winter homo.
Mrs. Uurwell Is tlio wife of aeon
dtictor on the Derby railroad. She ro
latcstho story us hero told , und there If.
no doubt of its authenticity. The returi
of the robin was witnessed by pcoplo
who were on u passing hon > o car , and
scoreof pot-dons have called nt the Hur-
well resilience to sco the bird.
A Jlcrolo Florida Hey ,
Clurenro Philips , u boy residing in
Tampa , Fla. , has boon pruhontcd with a
handbomo medal of gold and silver bv
Mr * . J. C. "yVilliuinfl , for bravery in put
ting out In u louky boat to. the ruscuo of
a party of Indies in a disabled yacht , and
succeeding in getting the imperiled < " -ift
intohafo harbor. Hngravoa upon tbo
inodqj is a view of Tampa bay.
\VIIY HI ! WKAItS A IICAIII ) .
1'lm Weird Story Told Ijy n Now Voile
Imvjer. .
A well-known lawyer who has n ,
taken conslocrnblu pride in tlu < cin
mould of his ctcnn-sliavon fiicoupp. . t.
nt tlio county court IKMIHO roront i\
n well-developed growth of vor\
coming board , says the New Yoi I * I > <
Kvory friend Hint ho mot want i
know why lie didn't get shaved , M i
imlly ho corrolod half a do/on of < ,
in a corner nnd told them the roav.n .
Uo had never learned the art of. , , .
ing lilmself and liiul nhvays painnr |
ono harbor. Not long ago tlm I.H .
dropped Into tlio habit of tolling i , llt
that no ( the lawyer ) had aincsun-iu , \
Tito lawvor didn't ' mind much \ \ li.it . ' t
harbor thought of his eye so long n i ,
shaved him satisfactorily , ihit lm\n -
dlt-covorod that the '
- lawyer's mo \ \
inosinorlc , the harbor wont a stop fui t lt
nnd once in n white nftor nmldng n , ,
with ills razor would explain tlmt r
was bocatiso lie was inesmoriml nut1
ho did not know * what ho WIIM u > u >
Matters wont on this way for a VM , i , , ,
so , the harbor insisting that lie v. i ,
mesmerized every time the ] . \ \ \ , i
looked squarely ntliim , nml the 1 \ <
It for ted that the
taking gran mosnii'i i- \
business was u doilgo of the barhri' * > >
oxciuu the occasional cuts of liN r.i m
A dllToront aspect was put on Hi.- . , , . .
however , the Inst time the Kni r
shaved ills lawyer oustomor , I.IMH .
over him after lie had finished , ho > N 1
if tlio lawyer thought a man wmiKl ' .
excusable for cutting the throat n ( < .
who inoHmorlzod him , The law . ( ! i i
ho certainly would not bo oxcimnlilf \ \
got out of the chair ns quicklv as p > -
bio. Ho afterward learned tlmt ' i
barber hml become n perfect mink i
the subject of mesmerism ami imili- ,
will persuade him that ho illd n t h \
ti narrow escape. lie will jmibil > ' \ i
to another barber some time , ln'it it
present his nerves are so shaken In CM
occurrence that ho prefers toMIII m i i.
becoming hoard to sitting down in nny
barber's chair.
Snvo the TrerH.
Garden and Fores has wannl.m . < , .
catodsaving the last grove of yi.ini .
quoins , "tho big trees , " in Tu IM
county , Californin , and both houii"-
congress have passed uimnhiumM u lv i
setting apart the grove forever : i u pn'i- '
lie paric , eays u writer in -
weekly. The act secures ah-o thoxpi in <
of streams that llow through the pin
nnd provides for the preservation of I h
timber and natural object' ? , for t lie pi n
tcction of Iho lish and game , nnd fm t h < <
maintenance of the park in its mtna
condition.
Garden nnd Forest now asks win , i
similar reservation should not bo in m ,
of a tract of the redwood forest m tlm
coast range. Tlio trees are to -.ilu.1' ! ' >
that they are rapidly falling utulci t h >
axe , and trees almorft as intcrostn ! r , . ,
the big trees , and oven moro bcauiful ,
will disappear. It hopes , also , thai tlm
coinniitloe.s will report the Yoii'inn , '
park bill , nnd undoubtedly iu resrn i n '
these noble tracts from destruction run
gross might bo sure of universal pnlih
ajiproval.
The public Interest in forcsly , i\hi. \ . It
has boon faithfully and forcibly foilrn il
by Garden and Forest , has arlbcn hap
inly in time to save much that ou lit to
bo saved , but could bo saved only hj n
strong expression of opinion. The great
beauty and the universal cnjo.nu'iit of
the parks , which have been laid o > t
within recent yonrs have shown \\hnt , i i
immense bonelit and delight a IM-
tlo forethought may Hccuro to our cln-
( Iron. The reservation of Niagara , in
Now York , and the earnest struggle f ir
the Adirondack forest , are fruits of tli < >
spirit which hns been awakened , an.I .
whether the parks arc vast tracts in Hio
wilderness or breathing spaces int'i' '
city , the fooling which reserves thc-ni
nnd which in turn they develop and ( n-
courage , is a source of the purest puhlu-
ploasuro.
oT tlio Nun IMotli.
From various parts of Buvarin mum
alarming1 news of the destructive nt
iigos of the nun moth , says thf London
Daily News. For a couple of centum"
or moro the forests on the conUm-nt
have boon attacked by this pest at ion , '
intervals ; but never , it would scornwith
moro disastrous results than at pi-i -
ont. The Forest department of the nun
islry of iinanco reports that the plni.ni , '
extends over nearly nil Bavaria soulh of
the Danube , nnd so great Is the foitilnv
of the Insect that no measures of dc.stru. .
tlon are of any avail. It attacks chidlj
the pine and fir , with whioh Havana"
forests abound , but docs not despite t lu <
beech , oak und other forest trees , and u
oven known to feed on shrubs and par
don plants , .It never attacks corn or
wheat , and there is ono tree it will not
touch , namely , the horse chestnut
"Tlio moans of destruction arc various
Forest bonfires are one. The insTrH
are attracted by tlio lire and
are smothered in the Binoke , Imi
only a comparatively small number nn )
killed. Children and boys are alw ) st tit
out to destroy the iiiboots. But the on ! , ,
really otllciont general measure SOPMH
to bo the cutting down ofN whole fen -i-
when much infested. Ono other mothm !
is used by the state , but is not uitl. .
roach of communes. A largo elect r. .
light is placed in the forest by night
This attracts hundreds of thousands > f
'nomieii' to the mouth of a ftinn. i
through which a rapid exhaust cum n" "
of uir is forced , sucking in the inso M
by thousands into a hole under du
earth , whore they are buried. "
Harper's Bazaar , In on editorial on w I-
dltiffIfts ( , lias this to sny concerning 11 i '
torn which happily is no louifflr countunain , il
by the bt-3t society : ' "That 0110 may luivu r-
many recurring wedding festivals as tlni <
nrowedding days recurring , no one w ill
deny. But Unit ono may turn any of tin n
festivals into nn excuse for bcKlfiiiB nml n1
cclvInK , an excuse fur iiiiiHMliij , ' iinotli t
domestic tax upon friuiuls und ' "
quiilntaucea , no ono now will asicrtvim'
over may huvo been politu usaKQ UKcnciuti >
sinou. , . . Induoil , whcnvur nno thin.
ol tbo ( jroat sacroilnoss anil tcmlnnicss ( if t h
ninrrint0 { relation , It HCUIIIS dlnlciilt t" >
how any can bo willing to vul-uriro ( nnd pi >
fnno U by such n cu.stom as tlio asking u > I
receiving of Rifts , nml wo would nxjicti IN
anniversaries to bo ctilobrntcil not In i 11"
incrrymul-Iiig , but with u sort of
solemnity uwklntf such things
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trustHjnctHi\B trniiBfor ancnt and trunU'o > '
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