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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY , APRIL 14 , 1891. THE DAILY BEE E. HOSKWATHK BUITOII. PUBLISHED KVKRY MOHNING. Trims or s IISOIUPTION. I'ftl'y ' Hce ( without Fit ulnylOno Your. . ,8R CO Tially nnd Sunday. One Your . 10 no Hlxiiiontlis . . . 1 Tlirca innntti" . "M Hiimlny In i-.Oiio Year . jj * ' \Vcukly llU-.Onu Year. . . . . . 100 OI'TIOES : Omotin , TliPllrpllullellmr. , Hnnlli Oinnlin. Coiner A nnd Mill Streets. Council HI n ffs. IS IVnrl Street. Oilmen < > ! ! ' < c , : 17 Chnmtirr nf Commerce. New York , Itoin ) < ii,14niid : l.1TrlljunulHilltlln ( ? Washington , 5KI I'diirtpontli stieet , COItnKSl'ONmiNCE. Allronitmitil''alloiH rulntlna to news nd rdltorlnl mutter should bo addressed totho Lclltorliil Department. . . AllbuslnrtRlcltnrs and roinlttnnrr"tah6uld bonildre ed tiiTlin lire I'nbllshltiB Company , Oiniilni. Draff , nhi'i'Kn ' mill poslonico orders to hoinnclo jinyublo tothoordur of the coin- puny. The Bcc Piilsliifii COUIPY , Pronrielors Tlin linM HUIUINn. RWOKN STATIMINT : : or OIKCUI.ATION. . btatoof M'hinsliii ' , I , , County of Douglas. f _ Ooort'i ! II. TfHcliui'id scciclnry of THE Ilrr. riibllsiilnj * company. does solemnly swear tlml thonrtimlclieiilutloii of Tin : DAILY HER for the week ending April Jl. 5bUl , was at follows : . . . Hmday. April r. . -C.-2 ' Monilsy. April n . ! : Tuesday. A-I17 | ) . ' " & TVtdiiowliiv. AprllH . y < fi Thiirsdiiv . April 0 . Kl.lp7 1'rldnv. April 1U . SUM b'atiirdny. April II 2I-OI Average. 2-5.7U7 II. Ty.SCIIt/'OK. Fworn to Vpforo 1110 nnd siitjscrll cd In my presence this llth day of April. A.I ) . 1891. N. I1. KKIU Notary 1'ubllo. ttntoof Nebraska. ( . . . County of Doiiclsi ! ! , f RS Cforiip H. Trachiick , belnj : duly sworn , de- o'rfl nnd pays that ho Is secretary of TiiKltKi : f 'uhllshlii ' ) ; company. that Iho actual average diiilv clrenlntlem of 'I m : DAILY Dm : fortho month of April , 1800 , S0r > f4 copious forMuy , Km. SO.IM ) copies : for June , IHO , 20.101 copies ; for .Inly. 1HX ) . auB ( copies ; for Aiipust , I8W , SO.'iftl copies ; for b'eptembcr. UH ) . SO.&TO copies ; for October. If'fK ) . iJp.TGi copies ; for Novetn- brr , Jtro , 2' . > ,1M copies ; for December , 1MX > , 2:1,471 : copies ; for Jaiiunry , IH1I. 28.445 roplpss for I'oliriini v. IM > I , 8SH8 ! copies ; for March , 1MM. 24,01 ( i . GK.onnE II. T/SCIIUCK. to I pforo nip. mid subscribed In my this ; id day of April , A. I ) . . 1POI. N. I' . KKIU Notary Public. OMAHA should bo well represented at the Kansas City commercial congress. WITH Foropuigh ; and Bnrnum both load and BulTalo Bill in Europe , the boys of America , are woll-nlgh discon- Bolalo. HUSTON has actually resigned and the president has accepted his resigna tion. These two facts will relieve the tologrnph iviros and newspaper oflicos of n , very muoh shriveled chestnut. COUNCIL BLurtvs , Omaha's nearest neighbor , awakes from winter to put on Jiow strength. Encouraging reports of the prospects for the coming season float ncross the bridge and Omaha responds with her good will. iiS of the clearing house re ports in Tun BRK may wonder at the de creases shown , not only in Omaha clear ings , but in many of the other cities. The general depression of business explains - plains a largo part of the decrease ovorvwhoro. Tun convention of republican leagues to bo hold in Cincinnati on the 21st inst. will bo a notable gathering. It will bo attended by many of the great republican leaders and will clearly prove that the party now in power has the vitality and the ononry to remain at the holm. TUB disappointed followers of Crogior in Chicago thought to dispose of Carter Harrison by calling him a "stuffed oaglo"but when ho put his hands in his pocket and gave 810,000 to prosecute democratic ballot box stulTors they found the "stulllng' ' was not all knocked out of him by his defeat. Di'MOCHATiu free traders who point with malicious glee to the strikes among Pennsylvania * minors , and insist upon charging 'all labor troubles to the Mo- Kinloy bill , do not take the trouble to explain the causes of far more serious troubles on the continent of Europe , Vrharo there is no MuKinloy bill. SMILES of hope have boon wreathing the faces of Sioux ' City's buncocsd capi talists as rumor has chuseu rumor from ( Jorlngton to O'Neill over the Pasillc Short Line , but it is observed that Mr. Ellis Biorbowor of Omaha continues to sign the passes over the line and Donald McLean is not visible west ot Chicago. TUB old time campaign cry of " 51 10-- or fight' ! is again brought to the atten tion ol the publio by the discovery that nn error in locating the line of the forty- ninth parallel in 1852 as the boundary between the possessions of the British nnd Americans in the northwest gave to this government a nleco'of land as large us the state of Rhode , Island north of the correct lino. * Tun world of philanthropists will re joice over the news that the English parliament has enacted n law abolishing the opium traflla England fastened the deadly drug and the opium habit upon C'hina , and lias found it profitable to con tinue the nefarious tralllo for these many years against the protest of the world ana her own best citizens. * OUtt old friend , E. L. Morritt , ono of the dozen or less managing editors of the Hemlil when it was the personal or- Han of Nebraska's solo democratic con gressman , is making war on tho.$1,000- 000 world's fair appropriation in the Illinois legislature. The affectionate terms applied to him in the Chicago papers make it appear probable that ho will succeed in cutting the appropria tion in two. This St. Louis IfrjftiMfc pees after the scalp pf Congressman Crisp of Georgia with a deliberation and malice afore thought which fllls republicans with comfort and consoles them for much of the adversity which has recently boon visited by providence upon the faithful. It distinctly announces that Mr. Crisp having once boon a Randall democrat is ineligible to the sponkershlp , and in a half column editorial says all talk about the able Georgian being , placed in the chair is "drool and npnsonso. " They are "getting together , " but not in the old Sam Randall stylo. THK VRKSWKNTlAJt The olllco of president of the United States is the most exacting and laborl- us in the world. The ruler or oxecu- ivo head of no European country has inposed ujwn him the amount of actual ivork that must bo performed by the n-csidnntof this republic , and when-in ddltlon to that there is considered the line and nltontion ho Is called upon to jive to the applicants for olllco , to vis- tors who can secure presentation from : nombors of congress and to a variety of nnUcrs which ho finds it Impossible o escape , the exactions of olllco are in- iompnrably greater than these of any Hhor in the world. No man could indorgo this constant and heavy strain vithout suffering an impairment of his r'itnl forces , and a president who should ndortnko to go through hid entlro term A'ithout seeking rest and recuperation \vrny from his post of duty would bo very ikoly to fall , or else would go out ot the ( residency at the and of four years a ihyslcal wrdck. 1'rosidoJit Harrison has attended very loscly to his olllcinl duties. His Indus- ry Is proverbial , and his whole life has loon a training in hard work and close implication. Although not a larpo man , nor in the ordinary sense robust , ho is of hat strong and sturdy libro that is able , o endure a grqat deal moro than most non of larger mould and apparently greater physical vitality. lie has not omplatncd , as did ino'it of his prede cessors , of the wear and tear of olllulal ilutles , and wont through the so- , 'oro labor Incident to the long Session of the last congrcsb without experiencing any ill effects to his icalth , but undoubtedly ho needs a rariod of rest and freedom from the cares of ofilco , and every fair minded jitizon will bo glad that ho is going to , ako it. Presfdont Harribon will fatart 'rom ' Washington todav on his trip to the bouth and west , which will extend through moro than one-third of the tales of the union and c'ovOr about nine thousand miles. It will bo ono of the most extended single jour neys over taken by a chief ex ecutive of the nation , and will in troduce to the president a section of the country of which he has no per sonal knowledge , but whore ho will see : i great deal that cannot fail to greatly interest him. II is a good thing for the president of this great country to ac quaint hlmsolf by personal observation , us far as practicable , with all sections of it. The effect of doing this must bo to enlarge conception of thq vastness of the republic and its possibilities , to give a larger meaning to clti/.enship , and to strengthen the sentiment of patriotism. Travel and intercourse with the people furnish the best remedy for the spirit of sectionalism , and the citizen who knows his country best is pretty sure to bo the most ardent In his affec tion for it as a whole. President Harrison has earned a vaca tion nnd all the conditions are favorable td his taking it at this timo. Tbo affairs of government will go on as smoothly in his absence as if ho remained in Washington. Every right-minded citi zen will sincerely wish him a safe and enjoyable trip. At the dinner of the Massachusetts republican club last week , in several re spects a notable occasion , the principal address was made by Hon. Benjamin P. Tracy , secretary of the navy. It was a n oai'nost and eloquent presentation of re publican principles and policy , nnd us well a candid review of the work of the administration. Secretary Tracy said it had been a working rather than u , talking administration. During its two years the revenues and ex penditures of the government have reached the sum of $870,000,000 , and this money has been collected and disbursed by over 02,000 fiscal agents , including postmasters appointed by the executive. In the handling of this vast sum not 0110 cent hah boon lost by defalcation or be trayal of trust. This is n record of In tegrity of which republicans have a right to boast , and while it is true that these ollicors who have hold over from- the lust administration are entitled to their share of thd credit , it is in the generally high character and capacity of the men who have been appointed under the present administration that the ex cellent record of honesty and fidelity must bo mainly attributed. If the presi dent has appeared to bo slow in making appointments it was because ho would not act without being satisfied that ap plicants wore fit and qualified to occupy positions of trust There has been a conscientious care to secure men who had an unquestionable claim to confi dence , and it is justified in the result. Regarding the surplus , Secretary Tracy said that "while it had boon the policy of the last administration to hoard money nnd to accumulate a largo surplus , the policy of the prefcont administration has boon to use the surplus in the purchase of bonds , thus reducing interest and restoring - storing money to the channels of trade. The difference in these two lines of policy is shown in the fact that while from March 4,18S5 , to October 1 , 1880 , the amount disbursed in the redemption of bonds was $70,000,000 , in the corresponding spending period of 1880 and 1S90 the amount dibburwod was 8239,000,000 , thus oiToctlng a saving in aggregate interest of $50,000,000. Another fact of no loss interest relates to the cur rency supply. While in the firbt year and a half of the last administration there was an aggregate decrease in the circulation of $21,000,000 , during the corresponding period of the present ad ministration * there was tin aggregate incroabo of $9.,000,000 ? , and the total in crease in the amount of money in circu lation from March 1 , 1889 , to January 1 , 1891 , was $124,000,000. Thobo facts fur nish indisputable o'vldonco that the finan cial dopartmcnt-of the government lias been managed under the present admin istration with judicious reference to the best interests of the government and the people. With regard to the largo appropria tions of the last congress , of which the opposition to the party in power is on- iloavoring to make political capital , the responsibility cannot justly bo laid upon the administration. But it' is safe to buy that the outcry against the&o appro priations will bo of very little service to , ho democracy with intelligent nnd inndld men. Admitting that they might have been reduced a ( ow million lollars without Impairing Die olllcloncy f the public service or doing injury to ny Interest , it can bo shown that there ivas a justifiable demand for nearly eVery ncronso made , andthoro Is every reason 0 expect that the results will abOndant- y demonstrate this. The people are giving tiTtolllgont attention to the char- ictor and work of the administration , .nd there can bo no doubt ( lint it Is toadlly crowing in the rospoct'and con 1 don co of the country. SKKKIAO Arizona territory Is ll.u iiomo of the Glla monster , Iho t'lrantuln , the most prolific variety of rattlesnake and the iVpacho Indian. The citizens of that errltory hate ono with about the same lordlalily as Iho other and are about as certain to shoot down the Indian as to club the life out of the reptile or spldor. t was not surprising therefore that iolcgato Smith should rlso In congress list winter and-make a speech in donun- iatlon of the red devils of the Arizona osoi't In a discussion of the Indian ap propriation bill. His utterances wore so bloodthirsty and extravagant that ho withhold tlioin from the record for ro- flslon and tempered their rooklossno-is .intil they wore decidedly unsonsational. Mr. Smith's speech ; vas very much ap- H'cclatod by his constituents who road ho nowsp.iuor reports of it and ho ilmost regretted that ho had modified : iny part of it for the permanent record. Soon after the speech was dollvoro 1 ho superintendent of schools of the lor- Itory bethought himself ho might [ iclilove fame also by jumping ilpon the Apache. It was safe for the reason that the lalter is pretty closely watched by United Stales troops on a reservation and Ui3 superintendent's ofilco is a long distance from danger. An excuse for making the exhibition was wanting , but the school man was fertile in expedients. Oji August 15 , 1S9U , the commissioner of Indian affairs had mailed to him a circular requesting him to inform the district olficors of publio schools In the territory that the government would.pay $10 par quarter per capita for the tuition of any Indian children who could bo induced to attend such schools. The circular was nix months old and had been favora bly commenled upon by every other superintendent of public instruction in the west , but it could be mane the text for an attack upon the .Apache , and so on February 15 ho is said to have com posed and forwarded a reply which for red , reeking atrocity completely 3lmd- owed the delegate who had startled con gress with a proposition for paying a bounty on Indian scalps. The superin tendent's lotler was filed among the thousands of documents in the Indian otllco and nothing was heard of it After chafing at his failure to startle the eastern sontimontalisls for two long months the gentleman finally gives his lotlor lo the Arizona Iteimblicun and has its substance sent out by Associated prebs. Among the startling sarcasms of this blood-thirsty educator appears this interrogatory : "Can it bo possible that you ( the commissioner , , of Indian affairs ) would permit the budding infant minds of those poor victims of the white man's avarice and barbarity to mingle with the cubs of the oppressors ? " The whole communication is couched in sim ilar lerms , though in sorao cases it is positively brutal in its suggestions. The facts are that with the exception of the Apaches , and possibly the Nav ajos , there are no moro peaceable In dians anywhere than the tribes of that territory. The Pimns , Papagos , Mnri- copas and Moquis are as docile as chil dren. The Yumas , Mojavcs and Haul pois are degraded , but they have not committed any atrocities for a genera tion. The Navnjos give Arizona people no sort of uneasiness and are in no wise turbulent. The Apaches are the moan' est Indians on the continent , and per imps the best fighter ? . A band of ton era a dozen can lorrorizo Iho whole frontier. But this territorial official , taking the Apache as the typo , Includes all other Indians , good , bad nnd indifferent , in his extravagant denunciations. The mouthings of a man seeking to at tract attention should not have much weight , but unfortunnlcly the friends of the Indian in the east , who are a power in developing publio sentiment , regard these utterances as the outward expres sion of the inward fooling of western people generally. Extremists like this man Cheney , superintendent of public instruction of Arizona , on the one hand and Dr. Bland of Washington on the ether , the extreme .hater and the ex treme lovqr of the rod man , keep the sensible , practical people of both the east and the west apart upon the In dian question. . OIIGAXI7.K TUK HKAL KSTATK OH'XKIIS THK BKK endorses the suggestions published elsewhere from the pen of ono of our bobt known citizens , n largo properly - - orly holder , for the organization of real ostalo owners for the general advance ment of the city's Intoresls. There are ever fifteen thousand real estate owners , small and great , resident in Omaha. As an organization con tributing their influence and cash to any' well directed purpose they would bo In vincible. Under our revenue laws the real es tate owners bear the greater part of the burden of taxes. It is proper that they sluKild organize for active participation in municipal a Hairs. They are not ma nipulators of primaries , caucuses and conventions , bu\ they are voters. Their power can compel political parties to se lect good men for ofilco nnd defeat bad ouos when nominated. Tholr inlluenco in dirooting public improvements will also bo advantageous. The necessary expense of maintaining a powerful organization distributed among so large a membership would bo trilling. A very small sum per month from each member would * pi'ovido an nmplo fund lor maintaining the organ ization , ndvortlbing the city , negotiating with manufacturers and railways , and stimulating the growth of Omaha in every reasonable direction. The fact of the existence of such an organization manned by officers in whom the citizens have confidence , would have a whole i- some otl'ect upon our city and county governments. It would bo always ready to co-oporttia whh-ithp board of trade , real estate oxc'l xiyo and olmllar bodies In furthering plans for Iho bonollt of the city. V By all means ivt\lh $ suggestion bo car ried out. The rtjjl estate exchange can oncourngo the l l-rvby appointing a com petent committee/at / once to formulate a plan of organizationto bo reported at a public meeting aVrcok or so hence. In numbers there Ig'ijtrongth nnd a combin ation o ! real ostivtiT owners In this city based upon any1 f .reasonable . platform , costing but a trfiio to onah member , would bo a power for good whoso im portance can hardly bo ever estimated. o un nuxDun JXDKH TKDXK ss. Our revenue system is wholly bad. On the face of the figures our limit of bond ed indebtedness is placed at 12J per cent with a distinct expectation on our part of reaching that limit The limit of mu nicipal Indebtedness proscribed by the cotistllutlons of several states Is 5 per cent. Such is the law in Minnesota , and Missouri. In Colorado it is but ! i per cent. The cash valuation of Iho property of Omaha Is not less than $150,000,000 , yet our assessors make oath to but a trlllo ever $2,000,000. Taking Iho low valuation Into account our maximum of indebtedness is less than Minneapolis , Kansas City or Den ver. To the eastern purchaser of oily bonds it is well nigh impossible to ex plain the discrepancy and as a consequence quence Denver and Kansas Ciiy sell 4 per cent bonds while onr lowest rate thus far has boon 4 } per cent. Not only so but eastern investors who have already invested In Omaha se curities are uneasy. Thovpercolvo that for Bovoral years there has boon prac tically no increabo In i the assessed valu ation of the city , in fact that the valua tion is less than it was two years ago. They are at a loss to account for this anomalous condition of affairs. Wo have shown thorn by our census and board of trade figures that our popula tion and wealth have had a phenomenal growth , while on the face of Iho rolurns our olllcinl values appear actually to have decreased. Something must bo done soon or Omaha's credit which has been first- class will bo seriously impaired. The valuation should bo increased this year lo $25,000,000 at least for the sake of maintaining our btunding among the fiscal agencies who must market our bonds. Omaha cn'lld sell 4 per cent bonds at a proinhim if the valuation of the clly were increased so as lo show our indebtedness at.7 per cent. Mil.YlLMA3l IWAIiTBIl PltKH'S , the American minislor lo Germany , unques tionably merits all the credit ho is get ting for the zeal and judgment ho has shown in connection with Iho demand for the removal of Hie restrictions upon the Importation ol American pork products into Germany. . IIoj has shown superior diplomatic ability , , and it is just to rec ognize it. Bull after all , the in- Jluonoo thai was * most 'potent with , . . . * - * a.l 11 X * ] the Gorman government was the ; inspection law and > tlioi'-.roialitttory provision that goes with it. The prede cessors of Mr , J'holps'laborcd ' faithfully to have the restrictions "removed , but having no such leverage as the now law affords they were powerless to accomp lish anything. The Gorman government could not very decently refuse to accept our inspection conducted under federal authority , and what was still more im portant it could not afford to have Iho Irado of Germany with this country se riously crippled. Still the thanks of those Interested in our foreign meat business are duo to Minister " tor Pholpg- for a very sidllful management of the American case. Our minister to Franco , 'Mr.Vhitolaw Reid , Booms not to bo making any progress with his negotiations for getting our meats into the Frdnclf markets , but it is highly probable ihat in time that will bo accomplished through - the same in lluonce thut has been olTcctivo in Ger many. In view of the profitable returns calllo and hog raisers are now gelling and the diminishing supply , there would sooui to bo no good reason for further so licitudrognrding Iho export demand. THIJ individual whoso case waft the ba sis of Police Judge Helsloy's decision thai the board of fire and policocommissioner can only revoke a license after an olTon- dor has been tried and convicted before a magistrate , has gone out of business and loft the country , hence the issue is not likely to .bo lalton lo the higher courts at present The commission should not allow the decision lo stand. An Issue should bo made on Iho next case involving the question and a dcci sion oblnlned finally determining the authority of the board. In the interos of good government it is to bo hopei" Judge Holsloy's intorplotatlon of the law is incorrect THK council at , Ua next mooting wil probably net uponijftk ! ordlnanco calling /or ft special election to vote bonds for sewers and pavlHc" inlorseclion's. The citizens of Omaha , are desirous tha public work sliall' ' bo pressed. They are willing to pay fort proper nnd necessary improvements. TJiy will not vote n dollar lar for boodle unit the council may just as well nccopt thj situation first us last. If the bonds tire to bo used in booming ncro property orLunrichliifr contruulors they will not bo fylfcd , however plnusl- blo Iho.proposltlun may bo uj > on its faco. OMAHA fnrodty , well at Iho hands of the Into legislature. The nmondod charier , llio law v < b'/iulring / saloons with in Iho Iwo mile limit to pay I icon so nnd the warehouse bill are measures of lasting importance lo the oily. Tlioro was some prejudice -worked up by Iho disgruntled prohibitionists at the open ing of the session which was nol entirely wiped out before its close , but on these three measures the body finally uetod with fairness ami judgment. DuMANnsupon Ihoslrcot car company should bo reasonable. Omaha's night workers are not sualcionlly numerous lo warrant an all night service. The mid night trains now carry very few people except on special Occasions. It would bo aVonvonionco , no doubt , nnd the pub- ' He would bo grateful for an all night service , hut the publio IB nol in position to demand a sacrifice of actual cash for heir bonollt. Timlin Is a conflict between two sec- Ions of the charter In the manner of dectlng the city clurk. Ono provides or election by Iho people and the ether by the council. Tills Is of very little consequence , however , for after the poo- no h"vo elected the olllcor the council an endorse- their selection. IN making preparation for the prosl- lontial parly Iho mooting of the Ne braska Business Men's association of the week following will not bo overlooked. Omaha extends to her merchant visitors the cordial welcome they deserve and will make It pleasant for them all around. the taxpayers Into nn asso ciation for the good of the city. These ire Iho people who know what the city iceds. I'rouil ol' I ho Navy. lliittnn H/ohe. / One of Secretary Tracy's purposes In visit- tig Jloston Is to see with his own cyos the mvnl battnlllou of Massachusetts. Hlnco Iho Common wealth discovered thntlthnd n navnl establishment it has boon growing prouder and prouder of it Individuality In iJoiminll0m. riilraao Jnurnul. Some English Journals uubhsh signed edi torials , but the practice does not conduce to the dipnlty of journalism. It Is the authority of tbo journal Itself , not that ol the Individ ual writer , that gives unfty and force to the work ot a newspaper. imlliuiH UN Soldiers. Detroit Krro l'ir s. The Indian can bo trained in all military tactics , aud ho woula inn no the best solulor in the world if ho would light as white men do. Thnt's the rub. Koch ono wants to go in on his own hoolc , nnd as cavalry they could novcr bo made to charge together. It in nn Uphill Job. Illchimind Times , Mnlna has adopted another nnd a now liquor law. Beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant .Mnino has been having liquor , or rather nnti-liquor laws , and yofc liquor drink- lug has been kept up all the same. It is to bo hoped that this lust ono will Drove somewhat moro effective tlma the others. Dollars Will Itrln Them. Intltanattdlt A'cics. It is reported that ttio French artists will not send tlielr best pictures to the world's fair. Thov may talk iu that way , hut the prospect ol the good American dollars that they may receive for these pictures , to say nothing of the orders for more , will doubt less bo too strong to be resisted. Tlio Alllanoo llirontened. Cfeiv/aiiii / Leader. The present indications are that the farm ers' alliance will receive a staggering blow within the next few months through the par tial failure of the wheat crop In Franco and other continental countries. A few seasons of good crops sold at good prices would inalto the nverago western farmer lose all Interest iu his schemes. lii Polities. I'httnlc'phta ' Ledger. The first act of the city admtdistrallon has been the publication of an order requiring all persons connected with the bureau of pottco to resftrn from political committees or from the police force within ten days. There is special reason why police officers should not take active part in political matters , for their duties are such that they are under tempta tion to abuse their authority If actively engaged - gagod in political work. But It would not bo too much to ask that a similar order bo issued to firemen. Democracy's Gloomy Sky. JVciu l" r/c / Ittcurilcr. A brlcht spot in a gloomy democratic sky is tbo election in Colorado , whore the rcpub Heads seem to have mot with general reverses. But taking the country by and largo , but llttlo remains to the democracy of the pride of last year's triumph. That iu many places , as In Chicago , failure has boon the result of factional division , Is no consola tion to the defeated. Nor is there comfort to bo drawn from the fact that the defeats wore mostly "neat's , " as William C. Whitney used to call thorn when the democracy just sue ccodod la missing the presidential prize dur ing successive contests. - Tlio IJIMV'H Klajesty. Continent , r Andrew Carnegie is the last proat man to distinguish hlmsolf by being urrestcd not for orson or murder , bo It understood , but for iicglecthiff to appear in a Pennsylvania court to which ho had boon summoned as u witness. Not long ago Jny Gould was fined $050 for avoiding jury duty. Then Messrs. Dcpow and Rockefeller were iudictod.owlngtoau in fringement of railroad regulations by a com pany of which they were directors. And now Mr. Carncgio is served with a wan-ant for ignoring a subpcuna. American law does not scorn , after all , to truckle so abjectly to the rich and influential. \ol > rHNkun. York lleeoiiler. Mr. Samuel A. Kagan of Nobrasknv/ho is a successful farmer aud a very intelligent man , was at the Fifth nveuuo hotel. Mr. Engan is ono of the few wostonj men who is not carried away with the craze for free silver , aud his views upon the subject nro all the more interesting because of the fact that ho is apparently In the minority among the western people , so far as that subject is con cerned. Ho expressed the opinion that the strong advocacy of free coinage was brought about moro especially with the view of bono fltini ; a small class of debtors , who m the event of its success would bo enabled to pay oft their obligations at n pretty liberal dis. count. Mr. Eagan's idea of the kind of policy to bonollt the farmers all over the country Is the ono which will tend to develop agricul turo. "Tho prime factor in the case , " said lie , "is for tho'farmer lo know how ho cm : ralso the best crops and dispose of thoin lethe the greatest advantage in currency that is worth Its full face value. " 11ATII.K , F. H. Hurton. I saw n battle yesterday ; And would you have mo tell The story ofthis fearful fray , And how It all bofolH Acalnst the mist the sun made war , The fopsy mists you know , That In the morn by sea and shore Tholr ghostly forces show. The sun shot down his shafts of life And pierced their ranks , ana made Them scatter Into shreds of white And Hying bit of shade. It was an utter route , I ween ; The mists were vanquished foes , No bugle called , no blood was scon , 1 heard no clash of blows. Yet In un hour the day was clear , The sky triumphant bhoua ; While , from a bush that budded near. The wind u llowor had blown , Till at my very foot It lay , All white within tha sun ; It was n Hag of truce , to say The fight was fought and won , XOT < 3VMIT\\ Arraignment of Mrs. Slioody null Mon day Mo Pur I nnd. Liscot.v , Nob. , April 13. [ Spoclal to Tun JKIC. ] Mrs. Mnry Shoody mul Monday Mo- Purland , charged with murder in the first legroo , were arraigned before Judge Hall In district court this morlng. The third , fourth , Itth and sixth counts of the Indictment were road to the prisoner * , to each of which they responded not guilty. Mrs , Sliced ) * made ler responses In low , firm tones\nd | ; whllu lot looking any \vorso than she did at the irellmlimry examination , yet her face boar.s .races of her confinement. She was accom panied by her sister , Mcltarlnud has his -rln with him , but It was n trlllo moro seri ous and subdued tlinti on previous occasions , Messrs. lilllingslov nnd I'hllpott were up- polnU'd to defend hlmund Iho trial bet for Monday , May 4 , before Judge Field. The county attorney was ordered to endorse the mines of the state's witnesses on the Indict- incut by Saturday noxt. YOt'Xtl fit.OI'EHS. A telephone mossauo was received at the police station last night by Captain Miller from an evidently excited man at Sprague , asking for the police to look out for and talto into custody Bart Beck and Miss Mary Him- merman , n young couple from that vicinity , who had run away to got married. MJss Zimmerman was not described very compll- mimtarlly , The telephonist stated that she was twenty-three or twenty-four years old , weighed lir > pounds , light comploxloned , freckled , with coarse features and largo mouth. Beck is said to bo younger and not yet of marrhigcabla age. ills parents are understood to bo the parties Kicking , and a brother or an tnclo came up this morning to IIml out If Bart had applied for a marrlngo license. Ho hadn't gotten any here , however , and the prospects are that by this time the elopers have sought some other state where the marrlago laws nro loss strict. Ilt'llOI.AlllOl'S VISITS. The grocery store of Fullerton Brothers , at 1823 O street , was entered through -tho transom of the roar door by burglars Satur day night. They forced open the cash drawer and secured $2 in money , and about $100 worth of notes , cherks and receipts. A lot of tobacco and canned goods were also taken. Some ono broke into George Snyder's barn at 911 F street the same nicht , and stele a fine sot of harness. An act of vandalism was committed last night In the Voung Men's Christian associa tion rooms on South Tenth street. Some follows cut n liolo In the panel of the front door sufficiently large to admit their arm , and then throw back the bolt. The money drawer was broken open , but finding nothing , the fellows In their ancor took n quart bottle of ink nnd sprinkled the contents over some valuable books iu the library , completely ruining them. At 11 : ) last night Special 'Onicer Oreon , on duty on East O street , discovered two chaps working at ono of the roar windows m Maxwell , Sharpe & Ko s' store , at 1KKI O strcot. They were just In the act of raising It when they caught sight of the officers , and fled toward Sixteenth street , turning north. The ofllccr pursued them lo H street , firing three shots at them , but withont effect , and the fellows got away in the darkness. OH , IXSI'KCTOK tiniMIIOI ) . At 11 o'clock today Louis Heimrod of Omaha entered upon his duties as state oil Inspector , vlco Smith Caldwell , bohoadod. The appointment ot Mr. Holmrod is very gratifying to the German democrats of the state nnd to Iho personal rights league , of which ho was president and the members of which organization insisted that bo should have some reward for his services. The last issue of the onlcial paper of the Business Men and Bankers' association of Nebraska declared that the appointment rellected great credit on the judgment of Governor Boyd. Mr. Heimrod declares it his Intention tq watch thopublio , interests in the state oil in spection with the same zeal that character ized him as u member of the board of public works of Omaha. STATI : iiousr. GOSSIP. MiT Horace Boyles , late stenographer in Iho district court of Douglas county , has suc ceeded Mr. Hocmoy as stenographer to Gov ernor Boyd. Mr. Bovlos ivas for a number of years president of ouo of the buslnos col leges In Omaha , In the supreme court today James H. Mercer - cor ct al. , filed a petition in error from the district court of Clay county asking for the rcvcrtal of a judgment against plaintiffs for only $53. . Both parties to the suit have al ready spent nearly double the amount at stake for attorney and court expenses. John P. Davis asks the supreme court to reverse the decision of the district court of Clay county In giving ftlichaol Hartlerodo judgment for S319. ODDS AND RNI1S. The case of Mavor Graham , who Is charged with assaulting Editor Llttlollold , was con tinued again today. The hraring time Is sot for Wednesday. The present city council moots tonight for the last timo. The returns of the recent elec tion will ha canvassed and published , and to morrow night the mayor , now councllmon and city olllcer.s will bo sworn in and start the wheels of business uirnln. The ram caused a postponement of the ball game between the Chicago and Lincoln nines this afternoon. Judge Hlggins , private secretary to the governor , is confined to his homo with sick ness , In which la grippe is playing a promi nent part. Colonel E. P. Hoggon Is seriously 111 with pneumonia. The will of John K. Richards was filed for probate today after being road to the family. All the personal property nnd real estate , amounting to over $100,000 , Is bequeathed to his wife Kllza A. Uichards , who is appointed executrix without bond. The will was signed Juno 18 , 1881. and is witnessed by C. C. Burr and W. U. Kolly. Dotectlvo Malone this morning arrested Frank Burner and Charles Smith , two tough youths of sixteen , who were jailed on the charge of havjnif broken Into the city library on N strcot , and having failed to secure any money took a bottle of rod ink and throw it ever books and caipots. The boy.s , with two others , v/oro going along the strcot , when the ofllcer noticed that Burner's hands and clothes were covered with rod ink , and on being questioned failed to give n satisfactory account of hlmsolf , . Judge Hall finished up the case of the Badger lumber company vs Mayes this morning. The case of J. J. Butler vs the city of Liu- coin for 3,100 damages for change of grade In front of his property on P street near Tenth has boon settled by the cltv paying him $1,449 , the actual cost of making the chai'ges ' In his building. The court had bold that plaintiff's signing a petition for a change of grade was not a waiver of damages , and the Harvey grade was not established by law. law.Judgo Tibbotts mid a jury are struggling with the case of Henry D. Ewan vs E. M. Wheeler , an action to recover on notes for S3')0 ) , given as balance duo on notes for a stock of groceries sold by Ewan to Wheeler , The Uasmusscn dlvorco case is sot for nn airing on Thursday next. Oiijlil to HHVO Ili-okoii It Ooutly. A'ciu 1'oilc Sun. "What Is the matter ? " asked Mrs. Waldo , as there was a sudden commotion in the ball- "Penelope Adanr s has fainted , " said Lowell J. Einer.um. "That brute Shelby Hlggins told her without any warning that Chariot I. j has boon proven not to have boeu the author I I I of the 'Elkon Baslliko/ " j I f > cttliii , * Un in the World. llnxMim l.tfe. Shoal the art gallery ) Is this your pic ture , Jack > Jack Not much. 1'vo struck somathlng hotter. That's my frame Now York Herald ! Wiggins Well , It U natural enough that Italy should kick , lll tflna How sol "Why , you ace , she Is built that way , ' ' ' WHAT l.OVK CAN MIC. Love may bo blind , but Love can see That there's plenty of room fur two On one small ehalr , if they sit with ear * And stick just u * close as gluo. * i Now York World : During the prcaont strained relations no onr > who loves peace should give the monkey n hot penny. Blnchamton Lender : A man naturally finds it necessary to have recourse to lui "uncle" after ho has "auntled" too niui-h. Boston Herald : Why shouldn't ' women distinguish themselves In archltec-turol They have always boon known as dcslgnliii > - females. Puck : "What was the Idea of dressing the Iltllo page at the Hevoro wedding hko a western desperado ! " "Oh , ho was to hold up the train , you know I" In Boston there Is a house on the door of which Is a sign reading "Caution Scarl.'t Fever. " And in the widow is n placard bearing the legend "Kooms to Kent. " Life : Primus I saw Dudley's wife con sulting a lawyer nloiio today. What's up ! bccundus She Is estranged from Dudley. She has Just heard that ho promised to meet his first wife in heaven. Now York Herald : May opinions ex pressed by use of the deaf and dumb alpha bet bo said to be unsound I Hero bos ( In sections ) the body of Mine , The last of the great McGlucs ; Ho sal on a heg of dynamite And lit his pipe with a fuse. Baltimore American : It Is a kind Provi dence that tempers the wind to the now str.iw hat. Elmlra Gazette : Of course a drowning man will clutch at a straw , especially If ho Is drowning sorrow. Blnghamton Republican : Corn In the field is shocked and when It Is made into whisky it is shocking. St. Joseph News : A man maythliikth.it his will is law , but the contestants generally show that It is very poor law. Boston Connor : The law-breaker may not bo.ist himself an early riser , but ho is quite ant to bo up bcfon.tho judge , Lowell Courier : It may sound paradoxical , but when feathers are dear it Is porfeitiy proper to say that down Is up. Yonkers Statesman : A few shivering robins I made their appearance j cstordiiy. They were the only green things to bo seen. VKItSOXAIi I'.l It.I f.'tt.l J 7/ . B. Newman Is In Chicago. < J. E. Hunt of Papllllon is at the Paxton. J. C. Lynn of Kearney is at the I'axtou. 11. H. Martin of Kearney is at the Paxton. L. Goodman of Talma'o ; is at the Paxton. Otto Bajman of West Point Is at the Mur ray. ray.John John J. NIng of West Point Is at the Murray. H. W. Hall of Bloomlngton , III. , Is at the Millard. W. C. Brooks of Beatrice is at the Millard. W. W. Kamp of Fairmont is at the Millard. George S. Scott of North Bond Is at the Paxton. J. L. Parkins of Weeping Water Is at the Paxton. Mr. W. S. Hector spent Sunday In Nebras ka City. Mr. Uosowator left for Chicago Sunday evening. N. S. Esmay ana wife of Fremont are at the Murray. G. F. Swift , went to Chicago yesterday afternoon via the Burlington. Captain W. P. iVIlcox is dangerously 111 at his residence , 2217 Howard street. Mrs. Spocht , mother of the councilman from the Slxtti ward , Is very ill with a com plication of diseases and Is not expected to recover. Dr. A. W. Lamar of the First Baptist churcn leaves today for Philadelphia , wiii'ro ho meets with n larce delegation of Baptist divines for the purpose of considering the wants , needs and methods of the young people's societies of the Baptist chlirbh allover ever America. Chief Seavoy nnd wife have returned from a three week's vacation In Florida. Mrs. Seavoy was very 111 during her absence , hut her health Is now Improving. The chief reports excellent shooting and fishing and brought homo a number of shells and the scales of a number of largo tarpons that were victims to his skill. Tim Dollono J. Duke Murray , Harry I ) . ( Jurli , Cincinnati ; I ! . W. IConni-dy , ( J. A. Kolfor , E. A. Johns-oil , ChloiiKUl K. U. llulnrn. M. J. Itoann. f. I' . Grand , IMatto Cen ter : ! ' Howard , llulfalo : O. R Hudgory , St. l.ouls ; O. K. Keatlnir , South Onmliu ; A. U. . ' , O. n. Georiro. Clinton ; 0. H. Cross unit family , Mlimcapols ; Oarl Morton , J. II. lliitch- er , Nebraska City. ! The Murray K E. Eswny and wlfo.ru1- mom : O. J. Showers and wife , LoiiK 1'lne ; Charles ItliiKcliiiiin , Ue Molnos ; H. IMtulstmi , Kock Island ; Clmiles 1) . KttliiKor , W. E. M < - - I'liorson. Mrs. O. Khodos , fi. Snlnsbnrjror , O. M Dul. IIHO. . E. Maul , W. Leopold , I ) . K. Sulll vi > n. xll. ICiihn. II. M. Honors , I1. H. Smytlie , ,1. T Ilnmbau , , / . U. UiimtnliieH. Chlcauo ; W. S. I'll oiilrn. M. Curtis , A. M. WolRprt. I' . Dri-rlm ; , J II. Holman , II. .Mont ? . 1' . Vtirhof. W. Mr I ) . Siiuerwnlt 1'ranU llalcht. H. 1' . Glmisnn , .1 S O'Connor , Now York : 1 > . U. Eastman , llostou ; S. Goldsmith , SU I.oiils. At the 1'uxton 0. T. Marian , Ottumwa. la. ; L. M. WiMlako , I'ltlshnr , ' ; W. H. Clark , IliiHIt ) Creek , Mloli.t 1' . V. llully , Albion ; J. 11 , 1'liirty , Plttsburg ; E. I ) . Hlohnnison , Cumhrldut' , III. ; I * 11. U'c-iit , Orleans , Neb. ; James Diuieis , Or- lonns , Nub. ; . I. W. Koborts , Cleveland , O. ; K. It. Harris. Ghlcaen ; II' . Swift , t'hlcimo ; It. A. Hlmp-on , Itluo Hill ; 9. Goldstein. HI. l.ouls ; T. J. Iliirinlnuhniii , GiUoiia , 111. ; Otto Iliiuiiiann , West I'olnt , Nol ) . : It. Kiisltnr , Wostl'olut , Nob. ; I' . Lawless , Now 1'ork ; II. R Hoswnll , Chlcio : | ; E. T. Crosliv. yt. I'uul , Nob. ; T. Walsh. Nor folk ; R Iliown , Detroit ; Jumcs M. Woods , Itniilil City. H. I ) . ; N. D. Allen , Kansas City ; C. A. Lnncdon , Kansas Olty ; E. R Lawrence. Chlraco ; W. O. Stixlil.ini. Chlcaco ; Kills Mor ris I'lillmnn , III. : II. N. Morris , Cincinnati , O.j E. D. Webster , St ration. Nob. At the Casey A. U. Skinner , DCS Momin ; W. J. Armstrong , Chicago : John MeAhtr , Deadwood - wood : L. A. Mornio , Sloan , la. ; A , K.ald - ron , Lincoln : ! ' . Il.llnknly , Huwnrdi Hurt Hod- lek. CrulKhlon ; I ) . L. Strleklaml , Wnyne ; ihirl , Itodlok , Crostoii , la. ; Thi'odoro J. lioanblii , Detroit ; W. L. .Slum. l < oiritu ; Tln-odoro I'oylu , Ilurton : ( ! . 1' . Doiliw. Wood HUM : R S. Mlilor and wife. Crete : .loo Mornch , North IMnttu ; A , II. Law : Kraiik Waller , Lincoln ; J. R H.UIII- dors , Minneapolis ; M. E. Klst'iimn. Chleavo ; Hurry D. Gain , Cincinnati ; Hiidolph Ilettliio , I'luiiKHit : A. J. Campbell , Columbus ; I , A. MiiAinbcr , Itochester. N. V. ; H. HtiekHtntr , Chicago ; II. M. Wulruth , Stockton , N. J. ; At thci Mllliml-O L , Kiirm , lledfonl ; W. E. ( test , .lames It. Nash , Chlcaco ; C. W. Herr , Milwaukee : J. II. Uluhardson , Utlcu , N. V. ; M. IE. llopewull , Tokaiimh : W , R Hopeo , O , K. UohnrlK. Uliluaen ; Leo Iliiynuin , Now York ; W. E. OroniHhnrdt ) , KiiiisnsUltyi Hnnryllrown , St- Louis ; L. K Swift. Chicago : II. II. I'lllton , IndlanapolU ; C. U Jtlehard and wife , llolmm ; 1' . M. I'lerco. UliloiiRo ; W. U. Lynch , Hi. Li > Ula ; R II. Daniels. Omaha ; J II. DnlHinnn. Mini Dnlsiuaii , Uoluiiilnm : I'uiil Hudson , Toiiuku , Kan. ; John (1. ( Wutts , Nuolu , Nob. ; W. II. Schutto. ClllP Ko : J. ' } - . . ? , OKiluili I H. Stove.is , Ht Louis ; Guurtio Masun , Cleveland , O. ; H. II. Mi Grain , I'rooduiont. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder ABSOUUTELY PURE
