THE OMATIA DAILY" BMK ; ; HfJESIAY , FlSKilUAUY 23 , _ 1892. THE DAlTjY BEE. H. UOSKWATEII. KniTOit. KVERY MORNING. Tf HMS 01' srilSOIlIPTION. llftllr lle i ( wKliont Siiiulny ) Ono Year . . . $ J j'nllvtinil fcundny , Onu Year . M J Btx Month * . 5 ? ? 3 lirun. Months . H 1 riimlny Hoc , Ono Yrnr. . 2M Mturilny lice. Ono Your . In' Ackly lice. Ono Ycnr. . . ' 01 I'lCES. Omnlm. The lire Hulldlnjr. PoiiiliOnialii , corner N nnil Sf.lh Streets. ( .otincll HlulK 12 I'carl Slrtct , Olilcnt o Ofliep. : ii7 I litunLcr of Commoreo. Ni.w York.lioonisP. MnmlLVrrlbunollulldln ? Washington , M3 Foiirtrenih street. rOUUKSPONDKNOn. All communications rolnllns to now ami editorial innttrr should bo addressed tc the Ulltorlnl Ilep.irlmemj 1IU8I.NESS UiTTEns. AllbmlncM letters nn'l ' roinltlnncrs nhould t t ndil reused in The Hue 1'ubllshlnp Company. Onialin , Drafts , checks nml poslunien onion to lie inndo pnyablo to the order of tlio com- puny. The Bcc Fulilisliii CUPY. . Proprietor frWOKN STATEMENT ot' OIKOUI.ATION. Matoof NolirnsUa le _ County of nought ) . [ " Oco. 11. Tjsclmck , secretary of The IiKR I nbllnhlnif coinp.iny. iloci Boloinnly swonr Unit Iho iictuiil circulation of TUB IAH.V ) HF.B for the week cmlliiK roUruurySO , 1W- ' , was as follows ! „ . . . . t-unilnjr. fob. II . U' ' ( Vonilny , rub. n . ; A' ' Inridny. Krli * 10 . J.4..V ) Wclno ilny. Tob. 17. . . SjOiO Ihursilnv , I'oU 18 . - ' ' rrltlny. rob. HI . ' * ; fciiturdny. I'ob. 20. . . . . 24.0(11 ( Avorato . ' ' | onbV RTX/SOHUCK. / bworn tot cforo ( no nnd subscribed In my 1 rncnio thlb'JOtli day of Kobrinirv. A. I ) . IBJi bKAU N. 1' . I'YIU Notnrvl'ubllc. AtnntKC ( ; li dilution fur . .Tiinimrjyt.II'JI. . OMAHA gota nothing from the railroads - roads unless slio lights for It TBXAS is on our side in the effort to open the Omaha market to thoToxaa cattle - tlo rangcH. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tar. Omtilm man who smokoa tone- jnont hotisa oljjnrs oujjlit to bo ashiunod of himself. GAH/A'S revolution having ondoil wo mny br-tfin to look for ono in Mexico with an entirely now naino. TIIK Now York express robhor is not BO successful as ho of the west , but his Htylo anil grit vnoro picluro&quo and BoiiBiitlonal. ELECTIONS in Buenos Ayroa possess Borne ot the characteristics of elections in aoino of the southern states in thin country. The bullet nnd the ballot are closely associated. Louoics of South Dakota will have an interesting time of it making his St. Louis brethren bollovo the National Union company is not an offshoot of the National Cordage company. OitiHNAKii.Y the Mormons have been rnthor shrewd politicians. In their ro- rent efforts before congrchs to secure the admission of Utah their hands seem , however , to have lost their cunning. SUNTIMKNT in favor of the election of United States senators by direct vole of the poonlo is BO strong in" all sections of the country that oven the American IIouso ot Lords will bo forced to yield obedience to it. THAT question of voracity botwoeon Commissioners Thnmo and Uorlin raised iu October last has never boon adjusted , and now comes ono of a sim ilar nature between Commissioners Paddock and Stonborg. POST raortoms continue to come high , but it is to bo hoped the republican cor oner will bo loss curious as to the affects upon the human organism of accidents resulting in death , and that hereafter post mortoms will bo loss frequent. THE equities are on our sldo in this mutter of cattle rates from Texas to Omaha. Wo ought In all justice to have Kansas City rates , but when wo are willing to pay a differential of $7.50 par car there should no longer bo any quest * tlon about it. Tniur : things wo have a right to demand - mand from the railways mllling-in- transit rates , the abolition of the bridge arbitrary on trafHo from Omaha to Iowa [ joints , and the adoption of n differential rate of not to exceed $7. . " > 0 a car loud on Texas cattlo. Tin : announcement K made that Gor- j man bus parted from Brlco and Hill. Possibly this is a mistake. If not. the i ihrowdcst and deepest politician of the j three has gene out of the comblno. Thu i other two will sadly miss his level head j ' and remarkable foresight. I ! "OMAHA presents greater inducoinonlfl tor the location of a boot sugar plant than any other place west of the Missouri rlvor , " remarks a prominent Omaha business man. Everybody agrees with him on the proposition , but the stubborn fact stands that talk , res olutions and beet sugar associations will not bulKl a goOO.OOO factory. LIINI : > STANKOUD'H 2 per cent land loan IH1 ) may make the subtroasury cranks of the country at largo fuvorliblo to him for prosldout of the United States , hut it does not catch the alliance irowil in Callfornln. They declare they ire not looking for u Ciusar , iv Crom well , n railroad monopolist or u mill ionaire for a loader. They look back itlll further ana desire a Clnolnnatus. IOWA republicans are not altogothoi Iho victims of circumstances if they arc jigain hoist upon the prohibition petard , The democrats are interested of course In keeping prohibition in politics. Foi that reason they have boon insincere ir their efforts to pass the Schmidt license law. Nevertheless there is reason tc believe that if the republicans favorabU to local option nnd high license had united with democrats favoring the wuno methods of regulating the llquoi tratllu , a proper measure could him boon pubbnd. Perhaps it could even no\\ \ be curried through the legislature. Tin trouble is that the republicans luvvi boon afraid to act in harmony with theli h moist views in uotUlng with the liquoi truffle. fOATBKA'/AO IP.lTB/l An Idaho paper says that in the southern part ot that state corporations are cornorlug vnlnnblo water right ? , and that it is beginning to occur to the farmers that this must ultimately operate to their disadvantage. The pnpor cxTirosaos the opinion that their fears are well founded and that It Is not conducive to the best interest of the ngrleulturarreglons of the stale to have the water which Is essential to the land controlled by speculators. What Is taking place In Idaho la doubtless going on in other slates where Irrigation will bo necessary to the de velopment of agriculture ) . Men zealous in promoting tlio cnuso of irrigation are at the same time engaged as members of corporations in securing control of valuable water rights which will eventually , If their expectations are realized , become the source of largo revenue , paying a generous return upon the capital invested. In his last annual report the fcecrotary of the interior said that private corporations and asso ciations are now substantially given the flold of the water supply for the vast domain that may bo re deemed by Irrigation , and that this flold la bolng rapidly seized upon. It is ono thing , said the secretary , for the'Individual to own his claim on which ho resides ; it is qulto another tor him to bo a member in n largo association , or stockholder In a corporation controll ing the water nocassary for the cultiva tion of his claim. Existing legislation does not retain to the United States any control and but weakly nnd insulllciontly establishes the authority ot the states or territories. The control of the water Is handed over to corporations or associa tions. "Thoso individual associations , " said the secretary of the interior , "will bo driven to Incorporation by the neces sity there will bo to avoid the frequent changes of ownership and other diffi culties arising from death or assign ments of Interests , and the owners of the water and the owners of the farms maybe bo expected to soon become distinct bodies , with almost opposite interests. " It Is evident that this is getting to bo the condition of affairs In Idaho and in all probability elsewhere. Under the reservation of authority ex pressed in the act ot congress of March , IS'll , the states or territories nriy oxor- cbo borne control of the water compui- ies and protect their clti/ons from op pression , but as the secretary ot the in terior suggested the United States government , from whom those vastly important and far-roaching privileges emanate , should not release altogether its hold upon the water supply anil Its ultimate distribution. In order that monopolies and speculators shall not become too strongly intrenched in the control of the water supply in the state ? and territories needful of irrigation there should bo as little delay as pos sible in providing required legislation. .IV IMPOVKlllSlIKD Senator Carlisle is reported to bavo i omarkod recently that outside of Mr. Cleveland the democratic : p.irty had no available presidential timber , and also that it is the first timj in muiy years that the democracy finds itself confined within a very limited circle in the selec tion of a candidate. A little reflection upon the political history of the last quarter of a century would nave sug gested to the Kentucky senator tlnvt the democratic party has been as poor as it is now in available candidates for the presidency in nearly every presidential year since the war. In 1808 the party was practically non- ffnod to the choice of ono man , Horatio Seymour. There were other men of a little higher rank than moit of the can didates of today , but all of them wore lacking in availability for ono reason or another and Seymour was selected as best representing the temper and spirit of the democracy of that timo. Four years later the party was in a still moro Impoverished condition , and having no man doomed to bo available undo Horace ace Greoloy its candidate Before the presidential year of 1870 came round Samuel J. Tildon , as govornorof Now York , had acquired national reputation by his efforts in overthrowing the Tweed ring and thus became an available can didate for the presidency and the only ono of that yoar. Ho continued to lig- uro in that relation down to 1880 , when it was found that his infirmities pre cluded his nomination , and the p'vrty , after much casting about fo.1 an avail able candidate , solocto.l Gjiiorul II in- cock us its candidate In the hopa that his brilliant military record would off set h's want of cxporionco .vnd knowl- otlgo in civil affairs. The phenomenal majority received by "Mr. Cleveland when elected governor of Now Yarl < made him the only available candidate of the dwnocr.ioy for the presidency in 1881 , and there was no ono to dispute his claim four yours lator. Mr. Carlisle may be correct in the opinion that ho Is still the most available man the demo crats could nominate , but it is evident that he would not bo permitted to carry New York , mm without that state the democracy cannot win the battle of 181)12. ) It Is unquestionable that the demo cratic pirty is very poor In available presidential timber , but the circle with in which it may select a candidate IB hardly moro limited than it has boon In any presidential yiur during i1. quarter of a contury. The truth of the matter Is that in all these years the democratic party has baon at war with every form of progress and out of sympathy with the aspirations of the Amorlu.in people , and hence It ha < > not davolopod leadort- who wore at the bamo time statesmen. It looks now us if the parly is about tc puns ontli ely into tlio control pf such unscrupulous and balf-sooklug politic ians ai Hill and Gorman. lilXTKKXTII STllKKT VI.WUCT , The railway companies diovo a shrewd bargain when they paid their proportion ot the cot of the Sixteenth street viaduct , we must adipit , but that bargain does not prevent the city from compelling the companies to construct an entirely now viaduct upon Sixteenth street. Section 48 of the charter reads as fol lows : The mayor and council shall have power to compel nuy railway company or companies owning or operating any railway track or trucks upon or acrosi any public street or btreots of the clt } to erect , construct , reconstruct , com plete nnd keep in repair any viaduct or viaducts upon or along such street or streets , and over or under such track or tracks , Including the approaches to such viaduct or vlalucls. as may bj doomed and declared by the mayor and council a ? necessary for the sifety and protec tion of the public , provided that the approaches of any such viaduct which any rr.iltoad company or companies may Ijo required to construct , reconstruct and kcop In repair shall not exceed for each viaduct a total distance of 800 foot , * * . * * The width , height and strength of any such viaduct and the approaches preaches thereto , the material thorofor nnd the manner ot the construction thereof shall be as required by the Board ot Public Works , as mav bo ap proved by the mayor and council. These provisions nro very specific. They Icavo no loophole by which the railroad companies may evade the man date ot tha mayor and council to con struct or reconstruct any viaduct they may deem necessary for the public con venience and safety. Whatever con tracts have boon made by former councils as regards the present wooden bridge on Sixteenth street , the charter for metro politan cities clearly establishes the right of the present council to order anew now viaduct that will moot with the demands of the Increased tralllc and will afford safe passage for all vehicles and street railway trains. Tun Bin : has never had any difficulty in mttking itiolt clearly understood on any and every issue which It has boon called on to discuss. There are mind- readers who can even toll how Till : HRH fools on any question and what it intends to say before Tin : BKI : has said any thing. It is exceedingly amusing , however - over , to note how poisons gifted with second sight do on occasions shoot wide of otvcli other's mark. On Sunday morn- intr the Lincoln Herald [ ox-confod-dotno- crat ] announced : Tin : OMUI.V Bnr.is frantically hammering at Governor Hovd with tlio apparent pur pose of forcing him to call nn extra session. It orotonds to ehlofly wnnt mltnnd regula tion. It always wants railroad regulation whoa the lei ishuuro is not la session. On Monday morning the Omaha World- llcruld [ indopondont-hippodroino-domo- crat ] , evolved the following startling piece of news : The Daatrlco Kxpie s and ether republican stntc papora oppose an extra session. The man who above all ethers droatls an extra session is EJitor Iloowatcr of Tun But : , nnd his recent attacks on IJoyil are duo to the lattor's refusal to ploJgo Ilosuwator that there would not bo au extra session. In view of the fact that THK Bni : has , up to date , said nothing either , for or against the proposed extra soosion , the Omaha and Lincoln "mediums" are making themselves supremely ridicu lous. Tin : announcement of the intended resignation of Mr. Whitolaw Reid , the American minister to Frauffo , will bo re ceived with regret by these who are familiar with his valuable services abroad. Ho has labored with intelli gence and zeal to promote American in terests in Franco and has boon signally successful , though owing to the minis terial crisis in that country he may have to leave his work uncompleted. Such valuable concessions as ho baa obtained will , however , stand , * regardless of cabi net changes , and contemplated arrange ments ot a commercial character are doubtless in such shape that his sueoos- t.or will have littlo-dillioulty in bringing them to a satisfactory conc.usion. Few men in to brief a diplomatic experience have made so creditable a record , and Mr. Reid will return homo with an increased - creased claim to the hearty respect of Ills fellow citizens. CONOitnss ought not to delay in pro viding the appropriation nnccssary to carry out the act for the protection of the lives of the miners in territories. This act was passed by the Fifty-first congress , but so Into in the session that no appropriation was made to carry it into effect. It provides for public in spection and supervision of mining in the interest of the protection of the minors. The president has by special irioisugo called the attention of congress to the omission of an appropriation and urged that the money necessary to meet the salaries and necessary expenses of inspectors bo provided. The duty to do this is so obvious that there can bo no excuse for delay in making the required appropriation. TUK ladies of Omaha have done a good deal toward encouraging homo in dustry. In all lines of household goods , where the ladles control the purchases , business has improved immensely ainco the beginning of the agitation for homo patronage. Between -00 and 300 addi tional men are now employed as n direct result of the enthusiasm with which Omaha housekeepers have rallied to the support of Omaha industries. A reform never amounts to much which does not enlist female sympathy. The homo patromigo movement has the sincere , earnest , substantial aid of Omaha ladies and therefore has succeeded. Thu Itiilnlitm In TIIXIIU. ( lldlie-leiiuicrtit. It is Brailfylnir to hear that perfect har mony provmla in the ranks of tbo Texas republicans - publicans , wnlch means that Ute democratic majority In the stuto-lUis year will bo Icopt down below 200,000. ( iotlmiii'n MoiiiiiiiuntK"ny. . Xeu > Vi/i/f / Itcrnnl'r , The selection of ( Joncral Horace Porter to bo prosldout ot tbo Grant Monument associ ation is ua good a ono in eon 111 h'tvo boon mado. Ho will work bard to honor tha memory of uU old communiler , ( iniU'lul Ohm inn. SI , ImiU Hi'inilillc. Mrs. James G. niutpty Jr. , li.n her divorce at last , with alimony for herself uud child. It is to bo hoped that young James will have to earn Iho money to pay it and that she will rollevo tbo country by relapsing Into ob scurity. _ To Pruvi-nt C.il.imltlu * liy 1'lru. The tint thlui ; which u civilized commun ity should require In 'tho erocttpu of houses which are Intended to no used for holds and IhiMitcrx and hulls Is that they ahull bo prac- tlcnlly nro-pioof , If peopln are "willing to take tlio rUk" tbo public should refuse to penult thorn to take It. If propar aud roa * > otiublo precautions for safety Increase the expense of buUdlns , ronU mav bo iticro.ueil , uuu the price of lodging , Tboro need be no four that n hotel vhlch Is known to bo prac tically flro-pvbojfwlll not bo amply supported because Its ra e Lnro higher than thoio of n death trap , UnUmltloj Ilko the burning of the Hotel Itoynf have beoomo so common that it I * not without serious npniolanslon that travelers iijSw enter their rooms in ho tels , The collect rope which Is supnosod to bo designed to help them In n direful emerg ency merely rA'tllndi them of their peril nnd of their praba'filo inability In a suihten alarm to cope with ltj | ( _ _ , , % ' a vii.il I UP . Senator 7/jil fn Xnrth Amrrttin Krrffic. Thn roptibllcap party will lake Its chances "before the poopla upon the doctrine of pro tection ns opposed to free trade , or what Is called revenue reform ; but this doctrine In 1SU ! will bo enlarged nnd expanded and popularized by Its now ally und hand maiden , reciprocity , which , when protection has built up the product ot American labor , furnishes a market abroad for Its overplus , without In the least endangering that product - duct by the competition of foreign underpaid labor. The whole scheme of reciprocity , mainly directed to trade with the slater re publics of the American continent , goes hand in hand with protection. The democrats pc-rvort Its moaning , ilorido Its uses and yet , It Is plain to see , are afraid of IU Tim U'ooilM Am Full of Them , 'Gene Melil in CMcauii Xttcs , ' Now that Boyd has boon reinstated as Governor ot Nebraska everybody Is his friend. That man Thnycr must bo n very remarkable individual to huva hold the fort so long against tbo multitude which Is now fawning before the ether fellow. Yet all the tlmo-sorvors and bootllcks do not live In Nebraska. * Nor tha Subtrcnmiry JfcJioino. ( llolie-Dciiriciat , There is n good deal of uorvo in the peti tion of the California cold minors for nn ap propriation of § 1,500,000 to enable them lo resume - sumo hydraulic mining ; but It Is not moro notable In that , rcjpoct than the appeal of the Colorado silver miners for a law tbat shall add . ' ! 0 per cent to the value of their product. WHAT AUK tl'K lll'Ati : VOIl'f Chicago Trtbuno : It goes without saying that , the members will return to Washington all the bettor prop.irod not only for their duty immediately connected with the visit , but for nil their dutloa by reason of their three days' cxDotlonco in the great business nnd political center of the country. ChicaRoAIail : Toll us if you honestly and candidly bellovo Chicago should contribute not only the brains , energy , genius , grounds nnd $10,000,000 , but also the * 5.000,000 which must bo forthcoming if the fair Is to bo the success which yon and the people of this country want it to bo. That , gentlemen , Is what jou are hero for. Chicago Tinios : Chicago has not Invited thcso members of the national ussomoly to como within its gates for the purpose of belittling its own hospitality bv tiny solicita tion for favors. Chicago wants no favors. Congressmen may judpo for themselves whether or not Oi6 city Is redeeming its word und meeting fully Its obligation. Chicago l > 09t"It : h113 boon truly snltl that thu greatest Or.hlblt at the World's fair In Chicago will bb.'Chieago Itself. If this fact Is berne in upon our visitors ; If in viewing the fair they also ; cat eh glimpses of the city whcrosnch UjtrUrncIo is possible dazzling , bewildering , delightful why , wo can't well help It. Wo eire modest , out wo trust wo also know ourjo yyji worth. Chicago Herald : lee trumpery of claw or heruldlo device annoys the commoners and senators \vhoqrp Chicago's guests. Like freemen they , como. By freemen they nro uelcoroed. To'Igvostlgato a great nationul undertaking is their llrst and chief mission. Incidentally to flfccopt at the hands of their fellow countrvmoii courtesy of common fellowship Is iiU'lhat Chicago solicits. Chicago Nowsi Tboy coin.q west on a unlntfo'exeursio'irto visit a unique city. The hospitality of Chicago has been accepted in good faith. These senators and representa tives will bo treated to the nest Chicago has and thsy will not bo asked to vote Jor n World's full-appropriation , oilhor. If old- fiisbioncd hosnUalitr counts lor anything those dins none of the partv will return to Washington with anything save good wishes for Chicago. y Jll2' < 1K1' TJ11HIC .l/.I.V. A Deputy Slierlir Dispenses a .11 ol ) Which Hud Itroki'ii Into .rail. OwiNasviM.B , Ky. , Feb. 23. About mid night last night a mob of fifty or sixty men called at the Jail in this place to have a pris oner locked up. Jailer D. S. Nickson was suspicious , however , and refused to lot them in. The mob then revealed their true inten tion by , breaking down the front door of the Jail nnd rushing in , saving they wanted u man conllncd there , at the same time firing toward the bead of the stairs whcro the jailer aud his son were standing. The jailor returned the fire and tbo mob rushed rapidly out. It is not known whether any of thorn wcro struck or not. Some thinn they wanted to release George Green , sentenced to the pou for lllo for the murder of J. 13. Davidson , whllo others think thov wanted lo lynch tlio nrpro. Jones , who murdered Marshal Taylor of Sharpsburg , Christmas overling. LAVN OlTill1 : l.Kilir.llKAllCKlt. Chicago Tribune : The coffin trust will shoitly raise Ibo price of colllns 2) pur cent. Tbo obvious dutv of the public toward this monopoly Is to 11 vo it flow n. Washington Star : The nsttonnincr who linn innclu a telosconlo discovery Is nalurutly proud of hlsood [ looks. Itlnsh-impton Republican : It Is the busi ness of the newspaper editor to "inaku a Ions story fihoit. " Dallas News : Ono of the hurJost lines of duty Is the clothesline , . Now York Herald : Cloioflst , sr. When I wnsvour ago I wasn't n mule , as you seem t : ) be. Oloseflst , jr. Evidently not ; iho father of a mule usually Isn't. i MOTION. 'I 'lines. The bniiko-stcoror talks and clints , WliCii pliiyln.1 hla dcup game ; Tim motor It-snys nr.iiijlit at all , Hut got * thuio just the a.imo , llDslon .lector : "Isn't Ihoiiait Miss Wilnkio taltiih u terribly ucly ono'/ " "Vcs , butdldymi over tuo anyone nmro nut- n rally BlfiwI for It ? " _ Knochj "Won't you sinllo , ploixso ? " said thii phntoxr.iphur iff the hitler. "Certainly. " wfitthu ready rouly. "Do you curry a llahk , oijliill ; ) wo huvo 10 go do n " _ Now Vork IluBilil : Wlirirs Miss Leftover. ouii of our uhonmu'lr H , lulls mo him will eelo- hr.itK her Iwentliilh hirllidiiy on tbulnst day ef I'ubrunry- . ' I'nllltL's Hho doesn't look her ne. ; \ViKSs-No ; iu < Uri'o would UUo hur to bo M. - l'l I. MI KONO. Citn.itllnllon. The iiiu''wulitilooiii'a ! an empty thing I'hoy strlvtfjljyvnlii to mtriu liori Thu only I-OUK Ul < ) puoplu ln. Is , "Hill's broKe [ oosii In liuorglu ! " Lowell Courlur ? fine of the mint persistent forces In initiirrfltPtliu nunillu , which always earrlt's us polnUanU always lias iin eyooiu for buslnehs etui- _ Uoslou llnllolln/'J'riio nnil ) who roiilly In- londH tn "uiown IKf sorrow In drink" should jump nverbourd. Hiftlia-j : "You won't iniltmu at all. " us Iho niiin Kind lo Iho talhir who rofu.sml him enullt , lUmliu ( Juretto ; Minii-y talks , nnil tills N liiobiibly why wo luur sil Hindi about loud chocks. * Kcw Yurie 'ftlhune. David hail ; i Uttlo ,1.1111 , ' Tliut tried Its licit to pin iso. And uvury time that David miulTod The RIUIS W.IH sure to inco/o. It followed him to town onu Uiiy To hroiik the purly IIIIM | ; It in tdu the p iriy r.ttiu un < l uur- Tj ( co such ur i/on loo's. And ttj tlio parly turned Ililown , Hut Htlll It lingered nuar. An I wiilted mournfully about I'or Duvld to nppo-ir. " \\hut ncido thu K ti't lure David so ? " Thu eii' er pi'uulo C.TV ; "Why D.tvld fo i I no KIIIII ; , you Know , " Tnu knowing oneii .luniy- WILD NATURE ROBED IN WHITE Pen Pictures of Midwinter Scenes Betwoan Okeyemio and Zion , DAZZLING MANTLE OF THE BEAUTIFUL liKlnilrl.il DriiM ( lliniliiR In l'lcll < > r Snii I ) hi iniiniNVjdin In ' < At trite lions iir : ( < ltoii t'nrnltiil In Suit I.nku SALT f KB CITV , U. T. , Kob. 10. fSpoclaj to Tun BBI : . | Prom Choyono to Ogd'on the scenery , la summer time superb , clad In winter garb U wealthy with now nndstrango glorios. The mountains nro now what wo fondly pictutod thorn In youth , mid whenever over the tenderfoot period hail our Ideals rudely effaced by finding thorn not only not Inncccsslblo to man , but presenting easy pathways by which the Iron horse "tho great clvlllrer" mav climb over the most majestic and tunsslvo of the snow-crowned moimrchs nnd carry the commerce of the world in his train. The Sherman hill , once a holy terror to travelers , because at this season of the year trains were HKoly to stick In a snow bunk nnd remain there for three weeks , has lost Us prcstluo. There are few delays now In that district of the Wyoming division ; in fact , the division itself Is oper ated so clorony that it has pnssoil Into A provorb. Thu l.uniinlc I'liiliin. Dropping down from Sherman , threading our way through Titanic masses of granlto roc.k , drifting in midair ncross the torrlblo chasm spanned by Ualo crook bridge , all the time in sight of towering peaks , and \\on- drously beautiful vallovs , both mountain and vale changing with every rurvo that is made until It Is like crazing through the kaleido scope of the Almighty , thu triiln suddenly dashes out upon the Laratnlo plains , ono of ' the grandest' richest and most highly favor oJ sections iu ull the west. "Tho Plains" nro raoro rolling than the prairies of Ne braska. They siretch away from Diamond Peak , near the Colorado litio , northwest ward across the stato. until their domain Is disputed bv the flig Horn and Wind rlvor chains , sentinels whoso foot nro so t Irmly planted in the rock thut the most violent earthquake could not send a quiver through their frames , and whoso heads nro so tar above the clouds that they nro never touched by cloud or storm , but bathed perpetually in the light of the sun , the moon or the stars that march across the sky- nightly In splendid array. Ttio reulon is perlmps 300 miles in length and GO to 150 ratios wide. A I'liraflUn Tor Colonials. It was apparently at ono time the bed of n vast inland sea , whoso shores have loncslnco been transformed into mountains that now shelter the en tire basin on every side nnd from whoso snowclad summits como the sparkling rivers that make it possiolo for man to live hero aud enjoy all the comforts of life. Besides the Bit ; and Little Lnramio rivers and their tributaries threading the plains in every direction , tire lakes of all sizes , and on the banks of all those bodies of water are ranches whcro the agri cultural possibilities huvo proven as limitless as those iu the department of mining ur slock raising. Irrigation ditches us long , ns wldo nnd ns deep as the Erie canal and coating fabulous sums of money , have been constructedbring- Intr hundreds of thousands of ucros under water , offering to tha colonist who is looking for a homo and is willing to reclaim it from "tho desert" the richest farming land iu the world , tbo water-Hunt free , and absolute Immunity from thodroutb.llood or destructive insects against which the farmer at a lower elevation has to contend. A Frozen Ocean. Iho Black Hills on the cast nnd the Medicine - cine Bow range on the west present just now , in connection with thonuovo mentioned plains and rivers , a landscape that is marvelously - ously beautiful. The snow that has fallen at , short intervals ever since early October has given to the basin of Iho pro-Adamito soi ; the uppcarauco of nn ocean frozen over during a calm ; its billows snatched forever from the power of the pill loss storm , and at the moment when the gcntlo swell loft all their graceful outlines perpetuated for future generations to gaxo upon. On the margin of this marble imaco carved by nature , the bills that shelter tbo whole stretch of country from tlio storms of winter and- summer alike ] rise abruptly. From tbsir barren flanks the wind has whipped away every vestige of while , but above this a snowy wave envelops their hugo formsand , covering their rugged crests elision In thut sunlight with the satiny &bscn of un angel's shoulder. The ice-bound rivers , on which rest two feet of crystal surface , every inch as "flear and pure us the bosom of a star1 , stretch like two silver chains across the entire length of jtho plains. Those , with the lakes , viewed from tbo dark brow of the Black Hills In the full glare of Iho morning sun , glow like diamonds sot In opals they are so dazzling one cannot look at them for moro than a second or two they fairly burn through tlio eyes and Into tbo brain. A. Cri-at Sllr Ciiinp. In sight of the lovely town of Laramie , "Until c'lty of the Hockies , " is the now sliver camp that is fondlv hoped will become a second Lcadvlllo , or perhaps the grealost silver camp on the continent. It lies on the eastern slope of the Snowy rnntjo and under the evening shadow of the Great Divide. The belt so rich in this precious metal is not yet familiar to these who bavo looatoi on and are developing it , but it has ulrcady boon prospected for n distance of fourteen miles und tl-o "lime dyke" is at least 100 foot wldo on the average. The claims that have boon most extensively developed durinc the past year are the BrooiUyn nnd Now Yorlr , owned by the Lucky Six company ; the Kcd Bird , owned by .1. J. Fein , nnd the Big Strike , JndgoC. W. Bramol's property. On the tlrst named lodge a shaft has boon sunk to u depth of over fifty feet and the rock has boon steadily Increasing in value , Before 11103- had sunk ton feet the owners were offered P3."i,000 for the mine. Now hey would proba bly not consider any offer. Tbo ere is not only high zrndo , but the lodco practically In- oxhaustlblo. The whole side of the moun tain is rich in the precious motals. If Indica tions go for anything , for wonderful loads ot sliver , copper aud gold huvo boon discovered everywhere from the head of French crook to the head of Hock crcoi : and ut the foot of Old Sprint' , alouir Douglas rrcoh nnd Ita tributaries , are pincers that have been worked profitably for the past twenty years , together with rich quartz lodes , of which thu Keyslono and the Florence have been noted pioducors for it long timo. From Lo Pliita U is but six miles across Iho ridge lo Gold Hill , which has boon fully described many limes In TIIR Him. Ono can In inlowltiler snovv&boo It over In a very Bliort time. Tbo Larumlo plains have been mentioned as u typo of tbo whole htatc , for are left lo be considered tlio vast oil basins , the im measurable Holds of coal , the rich ugil- cultural districts and other re-sources almost without number that are to PO found on every side and whoso development will produce nn amount of treasure that no in tin can com pute. Tlio ( Irt'Ht Coal ( Jump. Carbon , Hnnnn , Qann , Rock Springs and Almy nro all coal camps that uio last coining lo the front. It Is claimed by tlio.-io well In formed on the BUbjout that Hunna is the e-omliis great coal came of the west. U U certainly growing like maglo In population and as Iho population is composed almost ex clusively or miners it Is to bo Inferred that the output is buing proportionately in creased. Klrrtlon I ) y , Owing lo delays on the Nebraska division , tbo train did not reach Salt Lake until about 'J o'clock a. m. It was election day und ovcry other Interest was lost sight of in tbo strug gle for supremacy between the Mormons and tbo Utilities. It is useless to deny the fact lhat the same old battle la still on , Republicans and democrats hero are what third parties nro In the east. 'J hey servo ns auxiliaries lo ono of Iho old combinations ami Inv.ula'jly ruin the very cause they seek tondvuncu that is , unless onu party la so poworlul that It can overwhelm the whole cauoouk1. Thu enthusiasm on all aides wus un bounded. There was the usual array of car- Hugos with llamlng , banners , the saloon * \\vtf > closed , ihero was a crowd surrounding ovcry polling place , and there was enough squabbling nnd fraud to do credit to the old "Hloody Third" In Omaha. Tun liberals won the day nud In the evening thev celebrated their victory. The women , who once voted , were disfranchised ! > oino years neo , but they helped to "demonstrate" all the snme , nnd 1 bellovo I never saw Mtrh n carnival before. There wcro bonfires on every hand , generally nbout six lo the Work. Men , women and bovs went nbout blowing tin hnrns until the din would hnvo .shaken dowu walls leu times RS strong ns the o of Jericho , hsdthey kcptup the racliot. L idles who were evidently respectable would walk up nud toot their horns right In the face of the pasier-bv. Kids of lender venrs swelled the pnndomonlum. Bands pla\ctl and men In uniforms of the wide- awnko pattern marched UP nnd down the streets until lone after midiilcht. A new feature I noticed was the npponranco of majors In the crowd It was a mlnliitnro nmrdl gnu , n mimtnoth bal masque without thu musin and iho nanclng , n cnralvnl 'nt Home or Venice. It was the wildest , most rccklesi , most demonstrative nluht I have over even read of , outside of Poo1 * "Masnuo oflhoUod D.'nth. " Yet thny say tlmt thov have bnd seven such contests m this city nnii that this wasn't n nmikcr to some of them. The night wound up with a fire on the main street In whlcli two prominent business housoi wcro burned out , and I verily believe the people would hnvo enjoyed seeing half the town go , rather than forego the delirious bliss of vic tory. A Illc MHItr. The second notable ovontof tbo week was the striking of another big well ot natural gas on the line of the Union Pacific , twelve miles north of the city , by the American Nnttitnl Uns company , nnd the ceremonies attending its llrst tiring. After eight weeks of boring ntm nt n depth of 715 feet the tlrst sandstone ot the carboni ferous period was struck. It was the KOIIU- tno Trenton stone nnd , when the drill pene trated it , it was hurled upward , the great Iron mass not onlv coming to the surface , but Hying fully 200' foot higher in the air. This was followed bv n shower of earth nnJ gravel , rock nud debris of all sorts , that when It fell formed n crater- like circle around the bolo nnd sunk Into the surface to n depth of seven feet. The man ager nntl his workmen were engaged about that time In hunting for the Union Paclllu track , n half mile nwny , or plainly sponklug , for refuge from the shower that was ns dan gerous as that from an eruption of Vesuvius. The now strike naturally caused 5 great sensation In Zion , where they nro banking heavily on the value that natural pus will prove to the city in the way of inviting man ufacturing : and Industrial llrms to locate hero ; public curiosity was excited to the highest pitch , nnd the Union Pncille ran n special excursion train to thu icono to enable the public to size up the situation to their own satisfaction. Arriving nt the point nearest the well , which Is probablv 1,000 foot from the well tlrst discovered , two enormous torches were descried burning near the shore of the lake. There was also hoard the melodious voice of a calliope , operated through the medium of n two inch pipe from the old well , set up near tha Union Pacific taaek. J. C. Elliott , an old time nnd well known Omaha plumber , who has boon locatrd hero for the past Ihrco years , and who has done nil the pi pa tilting for those wolb , supcrin- lendod Iho exhibition. Every few minutes ho would hold a handful of red , blun or green lire powder near tlio lower orifice of the largo pipe stem , so lhat the suction carried It. up into the torch , producing very line effects , not to bo equaled bv the bost'spec- tacular business in tlio country. Meanwhile the scene was successfully photographed by two of the leadinc nrllsts of.ion. . Soon there \"ns hoard , off to the west a rotrlng sound like that from a locomotive when the blower is turned on. but many times louder , and the crowd began to surge that way. Arriving near the cncino house of Ihe now well , a grayish column was seen shooting upward from n six-Inch pine that extended twenty feet above the well and wits puyed with ropes nnd fastened to the drilling rig. Tbo column slrcnglv resembled n huge fountain of sand , and was about 150 feet high , aud twelve toot wide nt thu Inso. This was what the visitors had como to see , but they did not know It. It could only 'bo lighted by means of I'nman candles , the many-colored balls from which were sent llyinir in the di rection of the llaino .which did nut light un til Iully ten feet above the vent. After sev eral ineiTcctr.nl attempts , one of the balls vas sent directly through the jrrtiy columu , Ihcro wus u spln'sh und lnstiiiitiiiroiml.v a Itii.ir that mndo every min nnd woman start ; horses that had been ridden or driven close lo Iho well plunged and snorted , and n stam pede seemed inevitable. But iho fractious steoMs wore soon ciirbad nnd brutes as well as men stood awe-stricken in the presence of tnu greatest torch ever llghlod in the Rocky mountain region. Tlio roar of the oscnpiug gas was awe-inspiring ; the flame as il shot upward was terrible lo look al ; Ilia glare of Iho torch lighted the liiirhost mountain and was visible leu miles nxvav. Boys throw snowballs into the nmbt of the column of burning gas , nnd they were snalchcd up nnd thrown .Vjll yards away. The full pressure of the gas was not turned on by any moans , but there was enungh In the spectacle 10 conlirm- those who have scouted the idea of there being enough natural ens in this country lo hoof practical advantage to manufacturers nnd for city heating nnd lighting. W. II. KBNT. COIMKKIt 1'fMl'IAS b Thuy Sell Tlirli- Homos on I'romUu ol IVeci I'.isriii o to Alilru * NiVo i IK , Fob. 'JJ.--A party of colored men , numbering about a hundrud , arrived hero today. The families are on their wnv from Indian Territory to Ijlberia , Africa. They were n curious looking lot of peoplo. The police took them to Stephen Merrill's mission to give them shelter from the rain uud something lo oat. One of tbo number , George Washington , uvonoiable darkey , told the story of their wanderings , Ho said they came from Kodland , I. T. , In the Cherokee nation , liftoon miles from Fort Smith , Ark. Aiost of thorn owned properly and raised cotton , but the last summer the crop was a failure and thi v became dissatisfied. 'J ho trip to Liberia had boon discussed last June. Hov. Mr. Hill , their pastor , favored the pro ject and concluded to go with them us their leader. Hov. Mr. Hill told Ihuin lhat It would cost thnin $1 , . " > 00 to got to this city anil that the stoiim.-HiIp com puny would give them free passage to Africa. His proposition was accepted , Many of them sold their hnmci far almost nolhini. ' in order to raise the amount. He said thut some time ago ho received a circu lar from a man immea Coppmgor of Wash- Iiiflon , manager of the American Coloniza tion society. The circular stated that negroes could BO to Africa free of uhargoafier taking the oath of allegiance to the African gov ernment administered nt Ihe custom house. This they found was untrue. The pastor und his people nro loft hero without moans and all of thorn bereft of homo and farms. A I'nlilli : llntrrtiiliimciil. A free public entertainment will bo given ut the rooms of the Omaha commercial col- Ioh'0 over the lioston Moro , corner SlxlPonth and Douglas streets , next Thursday evening , February - . " > , The entertainment will con- hist of an auJross by Bishop John 1 * . New man , und u literary contest luitwoeii the cimiinorcial literary society und the Stenog raphers' association , Inlorspersod with ex cellent music. On Friday evening , February 23 , ibo students uud ox-studunts will lilvo u social and bumjuut ut thu rooms ol tlio college with an Inform it program , The publicU cor dially invited to attend the entertainment Thursday evening. Admission both oven- lugs will be by complimentary llcliets , which may bo had at thu college ofhco. Oumliu MeillrHl OulUt u No ten. Dr. Joseph Neville Is nbout to rot ire from iho college and will bu succeeded by Dr. A. F , Jonas. Dr. l..obenrintr , for many years lecturer on obstotrici , will leave uoou for u trip to Cali fornia. Dr. E. W. Cbasu will till tbo chair for the rest of the year. With the completion ot the now St. Jot- cph's hospltul the Modlcal coiloiro will pro bably either build in the vicinity of tbo hos pital or will move to u inora central location. Tlio Klllt-cl mill I'oRr InJiiU'tl. ' FoitKsr , Miss. , Fob. ! W. A construction train on iho-VloUsbursr & Morldan road was wrecked near thii station. Two negroes , section hands , were instantly killed , and Conductor Ramsey , Section Foreman Rodg er * ana two braUomou were fatally injured. CARNS KEEPS THE RECORDS Tlmyor's Inspector Declines to Turn Ovci Books nud Papers to Hoimrod , WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYJ Alt Dormnouti IVrliilnliiR to tlio Olllcs Must lip Turned tlicr on t.cmluc l.nnt of tint Deputy Oil In- spl'rlors N'litnril. LINCOLN , Nob. , Fob. ill iSpoclal to Tim UEII.J Allhougli Louis Hoimrod has bad charge of tlio oil Inspection ( loparlmontMnco the Slh Instant , ho has as , vet failed to re ceive from his predecessor , 13. 0. Cams , the vouchers for moneys expended , statements of oils Inspected and stub books of the deputies showing record of nils Inspected and foes re ceived. These records belong to the oillca and should have bncn loft there when Mr. Cams turned It over to Mr. Hctnirod , At torney General Hustings has rendered an oflloial opinion. In which ho plainly sny.sthat "It Is the duty of nil retiring officers to deliver - liver over to their successors In ofllco nil books , papers , records , voucher * , furniture , etc. , pertaining to said ofUoo. " The law U clear on the subject , nnd if Mr. Cams kept such vouchers and deputy's receipt books asv ha was In dtitv bound to do , ho has no right to rolnln ihom after ho has retired from ofllco. H Is especially desirable lhat the oxpenan vouchers nnil deputy's receipt books should bo kept on file In the office of the state oil In- spoiler. Inspector Ciildwell's records of a similar nnluro nro on lllo and so nro Inspector Hclmrod's. The public will naturally Iu. quire , "Why has not Mr. Cams complied with the law nnd placed his ovpeuso vouchers , ntc. , on lllo ! " Chief Inspector Hclmrod has made n second end formal demand upon Mr. Cams for the return of Hie expense voucher * , olc. , whlcli properly belong to Iho slate. Mr. Hoimrod todav completed his force of deputies by appointing C. 12 , Forbes of St. Paul as the tifth. Coitlp nt the Slnto 11 ml ic. Todav being Washington's birthday and n legal holiday , Governor Hey A guvo hlsonicliil executioner u day of rest. No removals or appointments were made , but several may bo expected tomorrow. Pawnee City's donation of 1,000 bushels of corn was imulvuitantly omitted from Iho list published in Iho dully papers lost week , but U accompanied the train nevertheless. A check for f'J. 10 was received today for the Russian relief fund. It was forwarded lo Akron , O. , where it will bo applied to the purchase of corn meal. Editor Wahliiulst of the Hastings Demo crat was n state bouse visitor toilay. Nelson McDowell , the chief clerk in tha ofllco of the sccrolnry of state , returned this afternoon from Beatrice , where ho spent Sunday. Warning to Oil DculerM. Oil Inspector HoimroJ today sent out a cir cular calculated to remedy any abuse lhat had arisen through Iho carelessness of former inspectors. It explains itself : To Du.ilois In Petroleum Oil In the .Stato of Nubi.isun : ft has eoniolo my notice thatecr- tain dealers In tiotiolnnin oil bavo iio loetoil toiomuxoor olVacu llui brand of tlio oil Inspector specter on i-nipty barrels casks or p.iokagns I herewith call your intention to HuulluiiHof the ol ! Inspection law of Nubraska. "Section H. Any person sol in.'or dealing Iu the Illuinlniitlng oils lierelnboforo Hpeelfioi ) , who shall sell or dispose nfnny empty Imrrulo , casks or p ic uses tlmt lias oneo been used fo.- such oils nnd been branded by a stute or deputy Inspector before- thoroughly eiuiceK- In1- , removing or ofTnehu thu In-peutlon brand on the sume. shall bu guilty of it misdemeanor nnd on conviction theiuof shun piyullueof ten dollars , ( fit ) ) , for u icn b irrel , cask or p luk- n''u thus sold or disputed of. " As It is the duty of the sl.itu oil Inspector mid his deputies tu enforce tills law. I must and will lei ; illy proceed iiualnst anv person violating the same. Louis UK Miton , State Oil Inspector. Muy lie Soinrtlilni ; in It Vnt. A sensational story was afloat today re garding a sbootiuif ulTnv at thu ponitunlliiry Saturday afternoon. A gentleman who wa nt the institution Saturday stales that u hi ? negro , whom ha was told had been sent up fioin PlntiKinouth nud who hud been em ployed in the harness department was repri manded by Warden Million for nn Infraction of the new rules lately put In force there. The altercation took place outside tbo har ness bui'cMng ' and iho negio becoming angered at iho wardau's lone started foi him. Scarcely had ho taken two stops when a guard in the tower leveled his Winchester and llrcd. Tha bullet struck the negro on tha frontal bone , high up , aud plowed through his hair , Inflicting only it scalp wound. It fulled to knock him down butduzcd him , and \ ho was easily overpowered nud placed in n "solitary. " R J. Ilynor , a clerk in the warden's ofllco , when telephoned to denounced the story as n "confounded lie.1' and Contractor Dorgan disclaimed ull Knowledge of any such occur rence. Itc.nly for Coiiiini-iK-oinrnt D.iy. Horaro 1C. Scuddor of Cambridge , Mass , lias been engaged to deliver the commence ment oration next Juno. Mr. Scuddcr Is editor-in-chief of the Houghton , Allfllln Pub llsning company. All tbo books published by this firm must first pass through his hands. But Mr. Scuddcr is best known ns the editor of tlio Atlantic Monthly. Ho has held Ibis imporlnnt position for inunv yearn and Is known lo many people through his writings. This nngigomont tills ono the list of Iho university orator.- , for Ibis year. The university authorities should fool proud thai they have been ublo lo engage such no ted and learned men us Rex * . Gladden , Rev. Kir- kus aud Mr Scuddor to deliver their nd- diesses. OiliU nnil Uiulri , William nennot , an Inmate of the Lincoln insane asylum , died Hatnnlav , ugcd Tit , Tlio remain1 ! were sent to Grand Island this aflor- noon , Iln.olVaslibnrne , daughter of Mr. nnil MM. William Wushburno , ago 2 years , dlod yesterday. The funeral occureil Ibis after noon from Iho residence , "i)7 ) Soulh Ninth street. The funeral of N. S. Scott , ono of Lincoln's pioneers , occurred yesterday afternoon from the First Presbyterian church , of which tlio deceased was an older. Interment took place ut W.xulcn. The ladle : . ' of Gnico Lutheran church will give n free j , < : w Kngland nuiiper nt Iho church , Tenth and 1C streets , on Wednesday evening of tills weelc. A cordial Invltlnn is extended to all to attend , Thu second annual entertainment given bv the pupils of St. Thcrusa high school will occur tonight and tomorrow night. A very luteruillng program has been arranged for lonlgbl. Including choruses , tableaux , etc. W W ICorllng of West Oak precinct has taken Die position In Ibo ofllco of the district court cleik mndo vacant by Steve Junes' resignation. Mr. Korling is wnll known throughout tbo county , nnd will make an ef. llclent clerk. The pleasant hour party , which was lo have been hold Wednesday evening at thu Lincoln hotel , has been postponed on account of a proposed leap year party , which will ha given at thu same place this week , probably thu saino ovenlng. The funeral of Herman M. Cornell , who died Saturday evening , occurred at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the First Baptist church. Deceased was a student In the Lincoln Busi ness college , and ibo school attended the funeral In n bodv. M.ltiS.tVHKIt HY JN1HANH. Hoiith Ainiirlrnii Ili'iUlilui ( lo on III * U'ur I'ulli. Li PA/ , Bolivia , Fob. 22. At Hualro , In tbo Peruvian department of Ayacucbo , Bolivian Indians attacked a number of farm houses. Before the savages bad forced an entrance , two regiments arrived and routed the redskins , killing twelve of their number and badly wounding thrco others. Advices from other parts ol the state tell of un In dian oulbroaK anil tha massacre of a number of missionaries and settler * . K.iy tliti llovolutloii In OUT , CITV w MEXICO , Fob. 22 , A thorough In \ vestigation of tbo frontier and Iho coasts In dicates that there is now no uangor of an up rising In Mexico. The ( jarza bandits , who hud been operating In United Kluloi terri tory , appear to have disbanded with no like lihood of ruorgaui < ui .