Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BJBB , SUNDAY. MAY 3 , 1891-TWENTY PAGES.
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IN the newspaper business Drug is n
peed iloy , but Hold-'in-fast is abettor
ono.
TIIK Omnhn man who thinks ho could
bontCitl/.on Train on a. Whirl uround the
glebe ! H not familiar with the capacity
of Train us a whirlor.
TIIK Irreverent Chicago pnpora.call
her "Colonul' ' Phoebe Cou/.ins. This
is a moan stab at the lady because she
comes from St. Louis.
SENATOR CALL is still on the anxious
scat Ho has endorsed the snh-troasury
scheme and executed several ot.hor r. "
litical somersaults , but the farmers hold
off suspiciously.
A r.Aitniirrigating ditch has just
boon completed in Scott'n Bluff county.
It is the beginning of the end which
shall mnko all western Nebraska defy
the possibility of drouth.
IT is cruel to null it up again , but wo
nro still looking for the capitalist who
was Induced to locate in Omnhn by rend
ing the $ . "iOO advertisement inserted in
the Arkansas Traveller by the board of
trade.
TIIK nnti-Doyd democrats elected S.
M. Urass chairman of their little dele
gation at Hastings. John M. Rugnn
was clearly entitled to the distinction
in fact , but the other gentleman's name
was bolter suited to the occasion.
PHKSIDKNT Pout of the southern alliance -
lianco is an organiv.or. Ho wants to ap
point IW.OOO lecturers on salaries to bo
paid by the farmers to advance the
cause of the alliance. With an army of
this size oven Polk himself might become -
como n candidate for president.
Two STRUCK , the lender of the Brulo
loHtilos in the late Sioux campaign , has
Iritton to Captain Pratto of the Car-
jlo school that ho has had all the war
ia cares for. Two Strike knows when
o lias had enough. Wounded Knee
as a terrible accident , but it opened
the nborignal eyes to n Btato of facts not
supposed by them to exist.
A MAD dog bit General Lope/ the
Mexican whc bolwvcd Maximilian and
ho died of hydrophobia. A more horrible -
riblo death could hardly hnvo over
taken the man who had betrayed his
best friend , and who has over since
boon despised by his countrymen and
Bcornod by his relatives and hated by
his former army associates for his por-
fldy. _
Prof. Bacon refused to vacatn
the suporintondenoy of thu State Blind
asylum some years ago , uncharitable people -
plo expressed the opinion that ho was
acting the hog. And now Prof. Bacon's
successor cannot BOO his way out of the
blind asylum because Governor Boyd's
title is in dispute. Tills only illustrates
the adage , there are none so blind as
those who will not soo.
THAT horny listed nntl-monop , John
M. Rngan of Hastings discovered that
the Second district democrats wore not
ready to be delivered to the independ
ents and therefore ha kept well out of
sight during the jirogross of the Mny
party at Hastings. As between a rail
way attorney posing as nn anti-monop
olist and n real democratic governor ,
the bourbons were for the governor by
a largo majority.
has liovor boon n bonstor.
Knch issue speaks for itself. Its patrons
have never boon conlldencod by ficti
tious claims of circulation or mystified
by statements gotten up to deceive the
credulous. Its press rooms and books
have always boon open to inspec
tion and its columns exhibit the
exact state of its subscription list
year in and year out. Those lluctun-
tiona , like these ofa. i . barometer ,
nro a rollox of the conditions that create
proator or less demand for nows. It goes
without saying that the patrons of our
advertising columns , knowing just what
they nro paying for , nlwnys get their
money's worth. In this respect TUB
13KK hns for yonrs hold and continues to
bold n monopoly In Omaha , notwlth-
itnnding the underhanded methods of
inprlnciplcd would-bo competitors.
AX KXCOUllAOtXa OUTLOOK.
The season ia now advanced to that
most delightful period in Nebraska
when prairies nro green , trees in leaf ,
nnd fruits in llowor. The smnll grain is
pooping out of the soil nnd fnrntors nro
linrd nt work planting corn , trees nnd
late vegetables. The Notlrnsknti who
ian trnvol over the stnto nt this season
nnd bo dissatisfied with his citizenship
ivlll bo n trlllo unhappy in parndlsc.
There Is no sight on earth more serenely
beautiful than n fnrmlng settlement on
our prairies just at thla period.
Tlioro nro reasons nsldo from the
beauty of the landscape for congrntu-
nting oneself that Nebraska is his home.
The season has been peculiarly favor-
nblc for the fnrmer. The soil is moist-
onud by snow nnd rain to an unusual
depth. The spring showers have been
timely and nbnndnnt , but not too much
so. The seeding was all done in good
season nnd the inter corn planting is
well under way , The pastures are grcon
: uid stock Is thriving. In fact the out
look for n successful crop year hns never
before been more encouraging. The
long night of agricultural adversity Is
breaking away at the dawn of n renewed
era of pcaco , plenty nnd prosperity.
In Nebraska the business prosperity
of people in all other walks of life Is so
related to the condition of the farmer
and his crops that adversity to the latter
menus close times if not business re
verses to nil others. The whole people
of the state therefore rejoice with the
agriculturists in the prospect , feeling ns
they do that nn era of good crops
means a general Improvement of trade
and commercial activity In every direc
tion.
tion.Good
Good crops alone will Improve the
commercial conditions , but good crops
and good prices for a single year in this
state accomplish n linnncinl revo
lution. Tiiis team will draw
the mortgaged farmer out of impend
ing bankruptcy , will stock his farm ,
build his granaries , Improve his dwell
ings and nwnkon now energy in his
whole being. It will make him forgot
hard times and look forward instead of
backward. Good prices promise to rule.
Assuming that no disaster will befall
our crops and that the yield will bo
large , It is fair to expect bettor prices
than have been enjoyed for perhaps ten
year's. Failures in Kuropo , in South
America and Australia all point to a do-
inand from foreign lands * not known be -
fore for a long period. The homo mar
ket , too , has no surplus to curry over
into next year. It is almost safe , there
fore , to bank on good prices and pros
perity , oven at this time before all the
seed is in the ground.
.t A'/iir COAT/-/ ? ? ' UO.VB intoxa.
About the time the legislature ad
journed the now government director of
the Union Pacific railrod , Major Pad
dock , fell in line with Paul Vandorvoort
and young Mr. Hitchcock nnd announced
himself now , henceforth and forever as
an uncompromising foe of monopoly and
particularly of the railroad cormorants.
It was expected therefore that Govern
ment Director Paddock would give
practical proof of the new faith that is
within him at the very first opportunity.
That opportunity presented itself at
the Boston meeting of the Union Pacific
directors at which Sidney Dillon publicly
repudiated the contract for a union
depot and reciprocal bridge transfer at
Omaha which ho had personally urged
upon the managers of the Milwaukee nnd
Hock Island roads , and to which ho had
aflixed his olliclal signature. But so far
, wo nro unable to learn that Major Pad
dock made any remonstrance against
this flagrant broach of faith or against
any other measure , method or policy
which Jay Gould has forced on the
Union Pacific.
Tliis is a very sad disappointment to
the independents who have pinned their
faith in Major Paddock's rather abrupt
conversion to anti-monopoly principles.
It has always been customary for now
recruits to the ranks of any creed to bo
loudest and most aggressive. Major
Paddock Is evidently not up to the role
which ho has decided to play during
these piping times of agrarian war. .
MIKE KDUVATIOX Iff KXULAXD.
The result of the movement which the
conservative party in England is mak
ing for free education will have great
interest for the American people , for al
though the plan proposed falls short of
what the friends everywhere of free ed
ucation would desire , and nnthwith
standing the reasonable presumption
that the motive of the conservative
party is political , the movement is in
the direction of progress , nnd therefore
to bo welcomed. It is not very long ago
that the present chancellor of the ex
chequer , Mr. Goschen , was ono of the
most pronounced and vigorous of the
opponets of the policy which his
party , largely nt his own Instigation ,
linn now proclaimed as a loading feature
of its platform , upon which it may decide -
cido to inako nn appeal to the country
during the present year , nnd it must bo
regarded ns a very decided gain to the
cause of free education to have secured
the support and services of so nblo and
influential a man in English affairs as
Mr. Goschen. It may be true , as his
political enemies charge , that ho is in
spired by a desire to give his party , on
the eve of a general election , a
great popular issue that will
nrouflo the enthusiasm of the
masses nnd induce them to support
the party that offers them this valuable
boon. It may bo a fact that it is more
anxiety for party success than concern
for the welfare of the people that would
bo bonellted by free education which
has prompted the conservative party to
espouse this policy. Still It is n stop
forward , nnd it Is ono from which the
pt rty cannot recede. It is the rccognl
tion of a sound principle and although ,
as hns been said , what is now proposed
to bo done stops far short of n full
realization of what ia under
stood by free education in the
United States , nothing is moro
certain than that if the con
templated stop is taken others will fol
low until the principal becomes oper
ative in its broadest sense and widest ap
plication. Movements of this nature do
not go backward , though they may bo
checked and retarded , nnd the promise
hold out to the English people will have
to bo fulfilled. It ia not important ,
borcfore , wlmt the nintlvo inuy be that
itw proniplod it.
The budget recently submitted by tlio
chancellor of the exchequer showed a
tirplus revenue ( or the vcnr of nearly
10,000,000 , lariroly derived from
ho liquor tralllu , and it is
tills surplus which It Is pro
posed to apply to the c.iuso of frco edu-
ntion. As the plan of the government
nercly contemplates frco education In
ho primary grades ; it is estimated that
lot moro than half of the sum staled
voutd bo needed for the ensuing year.
Hut if Iho entire mirplus should bo re
quired It could not bo put to a bettor
tso. There is dense Ignorance among
.ho millions of poor foil : in the United
Kingdom , and the testimony Is that lllit-
orney is not decrotiHlng. There would
scorn to bo , nlso , in view of
the steady increnso in Iho con
sumption of liquors , very urgent
necessity for the frco school house ns
a restraining influence upon the dram
shop. The present ministry has pro-
) Obod nothing so crodit.iblo to It ns Us
: ) lnn of frco education , dosplto its lim
itations nnd the motive that is presumed
to hnvo prompted it ; nnd Its diiceesssul
accomplishment will bo hoped for by
Iho friends every where of educational
progress. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1'IIU MAUIC CITY.
In IfiS-J , when the llrst spadeful of soil
wiia turned upon the excavations for the
Exchange building nnd stockyards at
South Omnhn tlio editor of TilR HKK
was present. There was not n building
in sight except the old Drexel homo-
stond , tisi'd ns nn olllco , nnd n few fnrm
houses nt n distances , Tlio now enter
prise wns begun on the raw prairie ,
and where the city now stands wns
n corn field. The wonderful results
which hnvo rapidly followed that
important purchase of farms nnd an
nouncement of a purpose to create n
great packing center nnd stock ninrUet
upon the homesteads of the farmers cnn
only be appreciated by those who have
witnessed them.
A city of 10,000 people hits grown up
where tliero were not 2 > seven
years ago. The nsscs-scd valuation of
the city is nearly $2,000,000. In iisingle
year more than two-thirds of iv million
dollars have been ox ponded in buildings.
It is tlio third packing centre of
the union nnd is fast striding
forward to second place. It has
waterworks , gas. electric light ,
sewerage nnd nil the conveniences of
metropolitan life. Where only u single
railway track passed through the valley
in 1881 , now there nro 12 trunk lines nnd
acres uiion acres of side tracks. Tlio
banking business roaches $2,000,000 per
'
day. The two sides of the city are con
nected by viaducts crossing the railway
tracks and what was live years ngo u vil
lage sunk in the mud is now n city with
paved streets , motor cars , nnd nn air of
thrift promising largo increased in popu
lation nnd a steady prosperity , backed
by industries , capital nnd enterprise ,
which cannot permit a halt in the on
ward march to financial greatness.
The schools nro well graded , well sup
ported and a credit to the community.
Tlio various religious denominations nro
represented by lit churches. The bank
ing1 capital is over half a million nnd the
deposits lust year were nearly seventeen
hundred thousand dollars. There nro
daily , weekly nnd monthly newspapers ,
The annual receipts of stock have grown
from : iO,80S cattle , 1,801 ! hugs , 4.1S ! )
shcop , nnd 400 horses nud mules in 1881
to GOO.O'J ' ! ) cattle , Il57ilil4 : hogs , lf > 0lSi (
ahcop nnd o'il8 horses and muled in
1890. South Omaha hns become the
great central market of , this
interior and grows with the de
velopment of its tributary territory. The
four great packing houses slaughtered
1,404,793 hogs , 317,010 cnttlo and 54,193
sheep in 1890. Those iiguros nro phe
nomenal and surprise oven those most
sangulno of results at the outset.
South Omnhn has not only grown
mnrvolously herself , but she has stimu
lated the growth of Omaha proper.
Within the corporate limits of that
bustling little city are by far the most
important elements of this city's pros-
noritv. Grent is South Omaha and innv
she continue to grow until the boundary
line between herself nnd the greater
Omaha is obliterated and the union of
interest shall bo complete.
MAY DAY AT HOMKAXl ) AltltOAD.
May 1 passed with less of the alarming
domonstrnlioiif on the part of labor than
had been apprehended both in Europe
and in the United Stated. In this coun
try the decision of the executive board
of the organized coal minors to defer the
proposed strike for an eight hour day
relieved the threatened situation of Its
most serious danger. Strikes of minors
were Inaugurated in Pennsylvania.
Ohio , IllinoisIndinnnand Iowa , in some
cases for a reduction of hours , and in
others for an advance in wages , but these
are local outbreaks , and while they
involve a considerable number of men
their general olTect will not bo particu
larly serious. It is possible that their
tendency will bo to draw others into
conflict nnd thus hasten a general strike
which otherwise might have been hold
In abeyance for months , and perhaps
for another year , but this is improbable
in view of the statement regarding the
financial resources of the organized
miners. Strikes In the building trades
were numerous and In Now \ork , Pitts-
burg , St. Louis , Chicago and
other places n largo number
of men are idle , nn eight-
hour day being the issue. The move
ment , however , was by no moans general
with those trades , and in a number of
the larger cities there was no demon
stration of a hostile character. With a
few trifling exceptions the day passed
without violence or lawlessness and with
fewer utterances of an incendiary nature
than might have been expected.
In Europe there were some sjrious
troubles , nnd nt several places the day
was marked by bloodshed , but on the
whole it passed with lower dllllcul-
ties of n serious nnturo than
had been feared. The various gov
ernments had adopted unusual prccau
lions against popular outbreaks of vie
lence. In most of the continental coun
tries every kind of open air demonstra
tion , such ns labor parades or mass meetings
ings , was prohibited , nnd largo bodies
of troops were concentrated in the con
ors of Industry U > enforo the order. In
lungnry , Italy and Austria Indoor na
veil ns ouldoof j observances of the day
voro forbidden , nnd the ministers of the
ntorlor nt Vienna nnd Pesth
ssued notices Umt abstention from
vork on May day ; would bo regarded as
n broach of contract , punishable by the
aws as such. Those repressive incns-
ires had the Desired otToct in most of
ho countries Whore they were adopted ,
) Ut there werij-dwndly | conflicts between
the worklngmen and the authorities In
Rome nnd FJofrpnco , while- desperate
lotlng marked the observance of the
lay In a number of French cities. In
England the day was not ob
served , the labor demonstration
laving boon postponed until to-
lay , preparations having boon
tnado for immense meetings in London
nnd elsewhere. The worklngmen of
Berlin have also arranged to hold moot-
, ngs today and demonstrations nro ex
pected In other cities where Mny day
was not observed. ,
It would bo hazardous to predict what
ho outcome of this movement for an
eight hour day will bo , but it evidently
lias the powerful support of organized
.nbor . everywhere , and If this remains
united and makes a peaceful and persis
tent fight for n reduction of hours , ulti-
mnto success Is highly probable. The
movement may bo retarded , but will not
bo suppressed by the repressive meas
ures of governments and on the other
hand it cannot bo carried to success by
violence nnd n disrognrd of the just
rights of these who employ labor. There
should bo intelligent nnd candid dis
cussion of the subject on both sides and
in all Its relations. It is to bo said to
the credit of American workingiuon , so
far ns the testimony of this year's May
day demonstrations show , that they ap
pear to take this view of it.
TUB IIAILM'AV 1'HOltLKU.
When n prominent railroad official
condescends to admit that the American
railway system under present methods
of management is a monaco to the com
mercial and industrial prosperity of
tliis country , it is a concession which
anti-monopolists must bo gratified to
receive from an unexpected quarter.
Mr. A. B. Sticknoy , one of the dl rect
ors of the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas
City railway , has ventured to grnpplu
with the railway problem in a book of
over 2oO pages that cannot fail to prove
instructive and interesting. It is , in
fact , tlio most candid and exhaustive
review of the methods , defects and
abuses of the ' railway system that has
over emcnnted frqm the pen of u railway
m.in.
Inasmuch , however , as Mr. Sticknoy's
book is not within the reach of the
masses wo deem it not out of place to
quote his views and conclusions :
The railroadtpr'oblotn , says Mr. Stick
noy , has growtj up from conditions never
before existing. . , The commerce of the
world prior to 'the advent of steam as a
motive power found no such sharp com
petition as required the attention of
legislation and .developed no such dis
criminations ivs arpused public senti
ment. Caravan and sail wore alike { oo
slow and too 'dangerous to develoj
a commerce which should invite
capital from all walks of life and en
gage the attention of speculators
as well as merchantmen.
In the United States the railway de
velopment has been phenomenal. The
canal boat and river bnrgo has been
crowded out by the locomotive. Our
waterways are practically useless so fai
ns they nlTcct domestic commerce. The
groatsystom was scarcely bet'im when tlio
war broke out. The advantages of rapii
transit were just beginning to bo appre
ciated , but the commercial centers had
not adapted themselves to the now
order of things. The railway was a
luxury nnd not a necessity. Wo cheer
fully permit our grocer to overcharge
us for cnrly strawberries , but wo resent
an attempt to increase the profits upon
staples. So in the railway world. As
long as railroads were n luxury wo
quietly nnd oven joyously welcomed
hem to our midst , subsidized and potted
and acceded to their demands
upon our purses without remonstrance.
Vlion they began to compete with each
other and to prove to uu by their own
nothods that they were necessary to
onunorco they at the sanio time ro-
oalcd the fact that the profits of rnil-
oads were very handsome and the peo-
) lo began to complain of their oppros-
ion. This was the first stop.
Having made themselves necessitous
ind built up n tremendous internal traf-
le , the competition between the
companies grow sharper. Stations
vhich had the benefit of two or
nero railways experienced immense ad
vantages over these not so fortunate.
Hero the discriminations began which
od to discontent among shippers. Tlio
nil ways were short sighted in allowing
t to bo true that a station solely do-
londont upon ono road should bo inercl-
ossly sacrificed to the growth of a for-
, unato competitor which secured two
railways. The discriminations were so
glaring and 'linjust as to demand
iho attention ofdeurislnturos. If our rail
way managers liadgrown in wisdom as
rapidly as our Sylvius grow in mileage
this caubo of dissatisfaction might have
hnnn
The era of construction was marked
by wonderful nativity. The manngemont
of the now syst jff'of transportation was
developed out of tuo conditions. Credit
Mobilier eonstfillHtion companies ox-
plotted stockhqjtfjjra nnd entailed a fic
titious capitalization that has enormously -
mously increased'fixed charges aid con
sequently foreovor-cnpitalizo.l roads
to exact oxcdsftinro tolls from their
patrons. Ambitfon and avarice com
bined to mnko competitors cut each
others' throats. Tariffs and agreements
followed rule wars , but the non-compotl-
live points were overlooked nnd the people
plo through their representatives began
to murmur. Then followed n stop taken
slowly but which on citation rapidly became -
came n crying evil , viz : the issuance of
passes to legislators , public officials and
all other persons to whom railways
might look for reciprocal favors or from
whom they might reasonably fear an
tagonism. The abuse of the pass sys
tem was the last straw which broke the
camel's back of the people. They felt
that the corporations were not only
robbing them by extortionate rates ,
ruining their trade centers by unjust
discrimination , but actually debauching
their public officers by bribes nnd the
granger legislation begun with the first
law hi Minnesota.
The author truces the effects of the
logislntlon nnd describes the memorable
legal contests which finally established
the right of the legislatures to regu
late transportation charges nnd cor-
lect manifest abuses in the innnngo-
mont of railway corporations. The man
agers , the senate , the supreme court , the
ablest financiers , the most asluto law
yers and the public fought over the
ground with the result that railways
are declared common carriers subject to
the general laws governing them and
amenable to the lawmaklng bodies of
the country. This was the first victory
of the people nnd the first blow to the
arrogance of the railways.
The grangers enacted fair laws. They
brought the railway people before them
and patiently weighed their arguments.
It was within their power to have made
the low rates from competitive
points the basis of the maximum
rates for the entire stato. They did
not , but reduced the maximum to the
average rates charged. The railways
resented oven this interference and re
sorted to pools and agreements for the
maintenance of rales. The people have
nevertheless boon fair-minded. In no
state thus far have the rates bylaw boon
fixed so low as to bo unfair. The gran
gers are entitled to credit for their mod
eration in tlio face of great provocation
and the immense odds of corporation in-
finance and oppression.
Following on this line and discussing
the intorslnto commerce net and portray
ing its inadequacy as a force with which to
revolutionize against the active opposi
tion of tlio malingers , tlio methods of
conducting transportation on moro than
12o,000 miles of railroad valued at over
87,000,000,000 , earning annually over
5823,000,000 , earring over 331,000,000
passengers nnd over 400,000,000 tons of
freight annually , the little book leads to
the subject of fixing rates. On tliis topic
ho is especially interesting , showing by
diagrams how it is possible for the gov-
ermndnt to legislate upon the question
intelligently. His conclusion is that
competition , having failed nnd combi
nation being dangerous , thci-o is noth
ing loft but government control , not
of the properties but their charges.
This in his judgment should be the aim
of railway managers as well as people.
It recognizes railroads as natural mo
nopolies , which make competition im
possible because the lowest rate charged
by ono company at competing or com
mon points must al&o bo tlio rate charged
by its competitors. A standard rate es-
tabhshed and maintained under govern
mental control and supervision would
abolish nil discrimination nnd extortion ,
while at the same time it would prevent
ruinous rate cutting that benefits the
shipper or passenger temporarily , but
for which the people must pay in the
long run.
Coining from a railroad export , Mr.
Sticknoy's conclusions should command
moro than passing attention at the
hands of railroad managers. To out
siders , who have studied the railroad
system in all its bearing.it has Ion
boon manifest that our railroads must
inevitably either submit to rigid gov
ernmental supervision with rates based
upon the cost of service and reasonable
returns upon actual values of the roads ,
or national ownership nnd oper
ation. The former is the most
practical under present condi
tions , but if railroad monarch ; ?
are bat blind and persistently continue
to obstruct and resist the demand for
uniform nnd reasonable tariffs and stop'
page of all favoritism and discrimina
tion they will share the fate of the
bourbon kings of Franco , whoso stub
born resistance to popular demands for
relief brought on the French revolution
AVliy We Prosper.
Sf. hint * nii > l > tnrinncrtit ,
No other ndininlstration within the pasi
twenty years has dealt with so many mi
portant international questions In the sanx
length of tlmo as the present ono has , nnd al
of thorn have been dealt with Intelligent ! )
nnd satisfactorily.
Standing Army Tnlk.
Free l'ir * .
The humorous suggestion of Mr. Henry
Wattcisun , that the state of Pennsylvania
maintain a standing army for the suppression
of its own disorders , has a sting in its tail.
There Is no state mora corporation ridden
and none moro strike rlddoa. In addition to
this it is remembered that , on the occ.islou of
nn inauguration at Washington , not moro
thiin four years ago. the militia of the Key
stone state disgraced themselves by rowdy-
Ism and were restrained by companies from
elsewhere. By ull moans , have n standing
army. ' _
Ills View of U.
Jfotre ( u Atthlmn ( Unite.
I'ooplo should not fear death as much as
they do. Physicians will toll you that the
nearer a man approaches death the moro
reconciled ho Is to go , and in many cases he
is glad that his trouulo Is over. The olrt
tlmo doatli bud repentances , confessions and
visions are passing away. Either men are
Becoming moro horolo about mooting punish
ment for their sins or they nro moro con
vinced that there Is no future punishment.
In olden times the flr.st question ablted of a
dead man was , "Did ho rcpenti" You never
near that question asked nowadays. Neither
do you hear of death hed visions.
HVXU.IV
Xew York Jlerntil ,
There's the girl with dark aad laughing eyes ,
Who hasn't mucn to say ,
And the girl that , when I meet her , sighs
And looks the other way.
There's thu girl who talk * and laughs with
zest.
And the ono with hnlr ncurl ,
Dut of nil the girls I lova the best
My darling Sunday girl !
In Cluircli.
There's nn nngol up by the pulpit stair ,
Of marble wlilto and cola ,
A saint of goodly deeds so rare
That In history thov are told.
But \vlienovor I look hl.i II IM are dumb
And his eyes nro turned nwny ,
And I find that myheiirt and miiul are numb ,
And I cannot think to pr.iy.
A girl sits down In the pow boncath ,
With serious , saintly eyes ,
Thatgiuo from under her hat's llowor wroatu ,
In most Uoiuuro .uriirlso.
She looks mv way tind her OJTM meet inlno
With a sinllo in sweet nnd fulnt
That I find In my heart pruyur dlvlmt
To this pretty modern saint.
And I vow old vows in my childhood made ,
As I sit in the pow alone ,
Tor 1 llko a snliit that Is taUor-mudu
Bettor than one of stouu.
HUTCfflSSON STILL AT LARGE ,
Marshal Mclick Returns from Ashlnnd After
a Fruitlcsa Searcb ,
IELIEVED TO HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS ,
Clopor Heck Disclmrgcd from Citntoily
Kuticrnl of Ku ciie llcntou
Stnto House Gossip Other
Lincoln NI
LiN'cot.x , Neb. , May 2. [ Special to THE
; JIK. ] Marshal Mclick returned last oven-
tig from Ashland whcro ho had gene to run
lown old man Ilutchinsou , whoso presence
s Oadly wanted In Lincoln. Mr. Moltek on-
ured on the case with his usual enthusiasm ,
but Ilutctiln.son had too many friends In nnd
round that place who believed that the old
man had ticca Illy treated by his boys nnd
ivho would assist in secreting him. Consequently
quently Mr. Moliek gave up the search and
cnmohoino. It U thought that Hutchlnson
itis bojn or will bo smuggled out of the
country , and the onicer.i who have thus far
been working for glory have about given up
the dmio.
Hiitchliison's wlfo llvos on the homestead ,
nboul a inilo from Memphis , oil the banns of
the crude , lie has a brother living near by
also.
also.U
U Is said nt Ashland , whom ItuU'hlnson'v
business transactions art ) known , that his
speeulaUons ruined him completely , and ho
mortgaged the homrstoad for ? 7IX)0. ) The In-
turost on this mortgage occamu duo some
tirno ago , and the old ( nan was unable to moot
t. The son claims tlr.it ho made his father
the proposition to a sumu the mortgage If ho
would deed tiio land to him. Un the other
hand the old man claimed to his friends that
ttio property , whleh consists ofISO acres of the
llnest farming land in the Wahoo valley , was
worth n great deal moro than the mortgage ,
nnd that in consideration of the deed being
made the old man was to get { 1,000 in notes
besides the cancelling of the obligation. lie
.said that iif tor thu deed had passed , however ,
the son refused to mnko the notes , nnd Uio
old man went down with a revolver
and compelled the deliverance of the same.
Tlio notes were brought to Lincoln and
placed by Wider Hutehinson In the safety
vault , but that through Mrs. tit-eon and a
party iu Ashland , aided by an Omaha attor
ney , the notes were secured by the woman
and llnally reached the maker nt n eost of
* 1IX)0. ) This is the story as told Mellck in
Ashland. Hutehinson was almost penniless ,
ns before leaving Ashlnnd ho borrowed $10.
Mrs. Greene , Ilutchinson's victim , is still
hovering between life and death , but her
physteians say that she cannot possibly ro
t-over.
IMIITI iiuoiiN TIII : nx-coNVirr.
ICmil I'opporkoni , an ox-convict , whoso
courtship of Mrs , Maria Brown in prison ,
and their marriage a few weeks ago , after
the release of the pair , was detailed in these
columns , was arrested by Oftlocr Hob Malone -
lone yesterday afternoon. I'epperkorn had
in his possession n lot of silverware , which
ho was endeavoring to dispose of. Ho Is
charged with peddling without a liecase , but
the police siis'pieioned that the goods were
stolen somewhere. I'opporkorn assorts that
the goods belonged to his wife , now living at
Gibbon , and that he was selling the sumo for
her.
her.Since
Since getting out of ttio penitentiary Pep-
purkorn has had n hard time to get along and
has had to sell what few valuables his wtfo
possessed to got along. Poppcrkorn is a man
of colloiriate education and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for eloping with a.seventeen-
year-old girl. As she was under the ago of
consent the girl's parents out of revenge had
him sentenced to the penitentiary for seven
years.
In speaking of his arrest yesterday Pepper-
Icorn says : "If n man has been in the peni
tentiary once , oven though unjustly , every
fellow "wearing a blue coat nnd brass oullons
feels as though ho had n license to harass
and browbeat him and do everything ho u.m
conceive of to send the unfortunate fellow
back to the earthly hell known as the 'pen. ' "
THE KLOl'KK niSCIIAIinKII.
Dart Heck was put on tlio stand yesterday
aUcrnoon In his own defense. IIu said that
bo bad not intended to steal the muli's , and
after ho had carried the trunk to UoWitt ho
wanted to return the horses to near Spragno
and turn them loose , but on nfivico of _ lus
companion. Mary Zimmerman , ho lot th'oin
loose at Wllbcr , tying a note on the harness
to the olTect that they belonged to Spraguo.
This story was corroborated by Miss Xim-
merman. 'Tho jury found him not guilty and
he was ordered discharged. Route says ho Is
going back to Sprague to settle up accounts
and then go to Missouri to square matters
with his wife if ho can.
The Van DIestUrother3 ; , who were out tbo
use of the team from April It ! to 22 , nnd
were also compelled to pay the $25 rowaid ,
are anxious to know what kind of a deal
they got iu this matter. The Zimmerman
girl has promised her father to stay homo in
the future.
Reek told Deputy Sheriff Iloaglaud that ho
oxpeetod to go to hpraguo , but would not go
iioiir the girl. Ho propofod to got a divorce
from his wife and then if Mary was willing
they would nnrry. Mr. Hoaplaml antici
pates that Heck will bo roughly handled if ho
visits Sprague , as tlio people down that way
are very wurm.
TALKED T ) Till ! JUIIV.
Mrs. Gertrude ISdutiy Hied a motion for
new trial today in her case against .1. K.
Hautn , in which she scoured a verdict for
* . > 00 instead of thu 'Jr > l)0 ) asked for. The re
quest is backed up by a number of allldavit ! > ,
in which It Is charged Unit J. K. and 11. Hnuni
would make It a point to intercept the jury
on Us way down town and speak to them in
a kindly way and sympathize with them in
their long trial ; that the jury was forced to a
verdict and that the court erred In allowing
the jurymen to HoparaUi at night. The charge
is also inado that W. Dahlstrom , one of the
jurymen , after vociferously announcing
his belief that , the woman was cheated
out of at len.st $100 a lot , ho suddenly
changed his opinion after the Arbor uuy re
cess nnd afterwards believed the transaction
was all right ; that William Harr , one of the
jurymen , had professional relations with 0110
of the attorneys for the defense , who was his
attorney ; that in open court ,1. 11. Copper-
stone announced that thu vord'et was not his.
J. II. Copporstnno , Peter Luther , U. Kast-
man and M. IT. Friable , jurymen , say that
they grow tired and wanted to go homo , and
agreed among themselves and did elect one
man to cast the ballot for the whole , which
was $ : > 00.
WATCIIINO SAI.OOXH ANII .NOT CIIIMIVAI.S.
James Heed , an old follow with the appear
ance of a hard drinker , was up before the
oxclao board this morning. Heed wo * ar
rislod lust Thursday tivenlng by Ofllcoi
Schmltt just as ho WAS coming out of ( Hot
feller's saloon , Twentieth mm O streets ,
about 11 o'clock Another man who \\nl \ \
been drinking with him oscnprd by nniiilnq
awny. Kocd's allldavlt to tlio olTect that he
had been drinking In tlio saloon from ( until
11 o'clock WIIH taken down uiul sworn to before -
fore Mayor Weir. Hood was evidently too
full to know when ho got the last itrlnlc nnd
about the only damaging fact brought out
against lllotfeltcrwas that honllowod men Ic
tils plnco after closing hours. After Hoed
had gone out ho wanted to call Glotfoltor
nsldo for n private conference , but the latter
gave him a vindictive answer. Ulotfeltor
will receive notice when the board will hour
Ids c.isc.
WOIIK or inn TiiUMir.iinoiT.
During the .itorni last night the lightning
played some queer freaks In and nbout tint
city , The house of Prof. Harbor , on the
northwest corner of D nnd Eighteenth
streets , is surmounted by nn iron railing and
the bolt struck that , run completely around
it , smashed the chimney , next dodged under
the eaves , sending -shingles Hying , and
Himpi-d down Into an upstairs room where it
knocked over a stove and then disappeared.
Another sportive bolt struck the cupola on
the old Park school homo , n frame stnicturu
situated on the north side of the block whew
the big hrlclt now stands. The front of th <
building was completely tom off.
A number of tlio farmers In tno drouth
strirltcn districts Insist , on advertising their
needs , or , as the state relief commission bo.
lijvcs , exaggerating thorn. The commission
has managed to got hohl of n circular from
t''ur'ns : county , signed by Hopresciitntlvu
Ktovons ami n number of citizens In Arapahoe -
hoe , among which nro a minl.ster ami an ed
itor. The circular l.s worded in such a man
ner as to croalu the belief that the peojilo ol
that county are actually starving. Uov.
Ludden expresses great surpilso tlial aucli
men lire willing to misrepresent the nrtua'
condition of tlio fanners. Ilo l.s Inclined t <
bellovo that it is ignorance of tno real coml ] . -
tion of the farmers rather than a wilful ptr
version of the truth.
OOno farmer in Hitchcock has beoi
enjoying n nlco little trip In Iowa
His neighbors contributed enough monov ti
pay his expenses In Iowa for a month for'tin
purpose of soliciting monov for the alleged
starving farmers In Hitchcock county. lie
remained there over four weeks , canio bai'k
lookinir remarkably robust aim well fed ard
turned over onlv $ .17 to the county treasurer.
The treasurer writes to Uov. Ludden asUInq
what ho had better do with that simil
amount.
ITXKIIAI. or Ul'dKN'R HKVTOV.
1 The last sad rltos over the dead bodv of
Eugene Heaton were performed tnis aftr
noon at thu family residence , 11 ID K strcot.
The friends and acquaintances of the de
ceased were present In largo numbers to i ay
their respects to thomomory of the departed.
The floral offerings were very profuse , many
handsome pieces from friends in various
I parts of the state having be-on sent as tokens.
j I Ono of the handsomest was a magnificent
I scioll from an uncle in St. Joseph. Thu
J casket was n ninsslvo ono and one of Ihu
i llnoit over manufactured , being of a kind
that the deceased had requested ho bo in
terred in. The funeral cortege was a long
ono , nnd the remains were placed in n vault
with appropriate ceremonies.
Among the persons who were present from
other cities were Messrs. M. O. Alntil , P. I' .
Heafoy , H. 1C. HurKott and C. W. ( irecn of
Omaha. These gentlemen contributed a
largo floral pillow with the word "Host" in
immortelles in the center.
STATI : nofsi : nossir.
E. K. Hurchell , Editor of the Mcrna Hec-
ord , was nt the state house this morning ,
The order of the Iron Hall has , after n
somewhat stormy debate between representa
tives and Deputy Auditor Wheeler , been
authorized to transact business In the stato"
of Nebraska.
Governor Hoyd , Secretary of State Allen ,
Land Commissioner Humphrey and Slnto
Treasurer Hill returned from ICoarnoy nt
at Uli : > p. m. todav. _ .
The raso of Willott L. Isiah vs. John F.
O'llanlan ct nl. . .in error from Dotiglns
county , was filed in the supreme court this
morning. The case involves the payment of
a lumber bill amounting to fllyj. .
IHSTlltCT COl'llT.
In the case of Sarah O. Cllbson vs the city
of Lincoln , detailed yesterday , the Jury re
turned a verdict this morning after remain
ing out an hour , finding for the city.
Judco Field overruled motions for now
trials ir the case of Wohlenbory vs Mel-
chert , Johnson vs Munforcl and Hums va
Howcrs. Motions for n now trial was filed in
the case of Hcllum | > vs Stewart.
.ludgo Field overruled the motion to strike
certain names off the Sheody information
and allowed the endorsement of Dr. Lymon ,
Dr. Jlrower , A. C. Langdon and Mik
Mooney thereon. The coroner was ordered
to fllo his Inquisition papers.
Lawrence HelsUoll was allowed ? r."i for de
fending II. W..Ink. .
The Utirllngton this morning filed its an
swer to the petition for 3. > ,0K ( ) damages filed
by Charles F. Hover. They claim that It
was tils own ncgligonco which caused tliott \ ?
jury , but that to avoid litigation they covi-
promised the case with him by paying hiuf
cash.
onus AND ENDS.
Perry W. Hampton , city editor of the Call ,
left last evening for a short trip to Missouri ,
The new city directory which was deliv
ered recently seems to bo n great , disappoint
mcnt , if the word of the business men is anj
criterion. His printed on inferior paper and
alleged to bo so full of errors vhat as an au
thority it is practically worthless.
Tlio old folks concert at Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church last evening" was avirj
pleasant affair and the attendance laigo. The
quaintncss of the costuming and of the songs
were tlio chief cnarms of the cntcitainmonl.
Dctoetlvo Mnlono loaves tomorrow for tin
Iowa state prison at Amunosa where ho will
meet ono J. F. t'arliu and Oicort him hu ( It to
this citv. Carlin is wanted hero for forging
a bill of exchange and securing H. A. I'.u-
sign's endorsement thereto for $ iun. i ui m
was formerly a traveling man , but tins bucn
in the Iowa prison on u .similar charge.
Uosa Ucasloy , n young irirl of about six
teen , who has several tlmo boontno reclp'cnt
of extensive advertising because of moral
obliquities , is reported to DO missing from
her homo on South Fourteenth .street. Mm
went to visit friends in South Lincoln
Wednesday , slnco which tlmo she has rot ,
been seen , Ko.sa has probably tnkon It it toner
nor head that she ncods u change of scene ,
and has gone after it.
The Jury in ttio case of Charles Molson ,
charged with grand 1mcony , came Into ilia
court yesterday aftorncon -1:2land : an
nounced that It would ho ImposslLla fort'iom
to ucrco on a verdict. The court questioned
them ns to the mutter , and then disc Ir rnrei ]
them. Melson wus tUori hold in $ ' 100 bail tc
appear Juno 1 next. The Jury on tl o lust
ballot stood nine for acquittal to tlmo foi
conviction. At the start live were for con
viction , but thrco of those never changed.
On account of the muddy condition of tin *
ball grounds there was , no game today.
Detective iNtalono was tlnou $5 and cos'i
this morning for pounding Editor Littlelleld ,
To escape the worthless abominations offered under
the title of Flavoring Extracts , and force them out
of the market , rests wholly with consumers. They
are the ones that have to suffer. Look upon cheap
goods as evidence of their worthlessness. Pure
articles cannot be sold as cheap as adulterated ones.
Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts
are acknowledged to be the purest and the only
scientifically prepared Flavorings in the market.
Now used in a million homes and daily increas
ing in popular favor.