Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1881, Page 2

THE DAILY BEE.| MBS e M. CoNKLING has committed politi- cal hari-kari. SromeTaRy Wixpow's extended sixes already bear a premium of 13 per cent. New Yok has lost her Worlds Fair, but she has a sensation which discounts it a hundred per cent. York have endorsed Conkling. much as the committee was a portion of the- machine, this is handly to be wondered at. Tue state department has success- fully exploded the lies concerning American pork and Chicago again hoists her banner with the pig ram- pant. Ax now let the New York legisla- ture send Wm. H. Robertson to the senate in the place of Platte, and re- turn Conkling u wiser and a sadder man. Tue senate will adjourn this week and the great principlesfor which these wisacres have been contending have been lost sightof and apparently aban- doned. Mx. Savspess will not forget to vote for Robertson’s confirmation. Even his most ardent admirer, Brooks, who is very much shocked over Ro ertson and the spoils can’t induce him to stay away from that executive sess- ion, Ax exchange announces that 40,000 of “Bricks Without Straw” have been sold in the last six months. One hun- dred times that amount of brick, with or without straw, could be sold to-day in Omaha if those intending to buiid could only lay their hand on. them. Tuz, census office reports 962 daily papers which are published in the United States. These 962 journals have an aggregate daily circulation of 3,681,187. To sustain them the peo- ple of the United States pay annually £26,250,000. The average price per annum is §7.33 or 2 cents per copy. The average retail price per copy. is 4} cents, the largest average being in the state of Nevada, where it-is 12 coniz, and the lowest in Delaware, " |from each 'WE were not at all surprised at article in last evening's bolter's b on the New York ufi)mgln‘fi fact is Judge Robertson receives his rewand for the onc—let us say “in- consistent,” while others eall it ““dis- honorable”— act of his life; an act of the same kind that" Rosewater had committed dozens of times in this county. Our Douglas county bolter hopes that a national precedent will be established, whereby bolters and kickers shall be sure of their reward. [Republican. The national republican committee in its call for the "Chicago convention- requested the ‘appointment of Tour delegates at large from each state in the Union and two delegates congressional district. The congressional district which selected . Judge . Robertson as_ its representative in the national conven- tion was overwhelmingly in favor of James G. Blaine for the presidency. The district congressional convention was the body to which Judge Robert- son was directly responsible for his acts as a delegate, and the national convention so ruled when it absolved delegates from the operations of the unit rule which packed state conven- tions, had adopted under the whip of Conkling, Caweron and Logan. The New York convention that in- structed the delegates of that state to vote as a umit for General Grant had no right to issue such instructions except to the de gates at large. If these delegates were representatives of a constituency they were in honor and duty bound to vote according to the known and expressed choice of the congressional district. Judge Robertson and others, who were elected as he was by congressional dis- trict conventions were not traitors and bolters but gentlemen whose moral courage in refusing to, obey the impe- rious dictum of the boss of bosses, stamped them as fearless and honest representatives. Judge Robertson is not appointed collector of New York as a reward for his services to General Garfield, but as . representative of a large and influential element in the republican party. It has been the aim of General Garfield to recognize -and honor all the-elements of the party, but the ‘bosses of the Conkling and Cameron; order. insist that “allegiance to their personal fortunes is more binding than allegiance to party. For years they have tram- pled under foot the rights] of every- ane of their opponents in the party and have driven thousands out of the party who left_in sheer despair and disgust over the intrigues and close where the average charge i8 1} corporation tyranny which has been conts per copy. The ., leading| remorselessly exercised in the Empire newspaper state is New York, which| gtate. Upon this class of men the has 115 dailies, 44 of them being morn- ing and 70 evening papers and 1 pub- lished &t noon, and having an aggre- gate circulation of 991,620. Pennsyl- vania comes sccond in journalistic prominence with 93 dailits, Like New York, 44 morning papers andone noon paper, but only 56 evening papers, throe of which are afternoon. ed- tions “of mornng papers. The ag- name of bolter falls harmless. Their attachment to republican principles has been demonstrated time and again. They were republicans when the great body of patronag followed the wake of the great boss were over in, the democratic ranks. They were republicans on the battle fields of the Union when some of the gregate circulation s 597,419. Tllinois | 1oud.mouthed heroes who' now make has 73 dailies, 20 of which are -morn- ing papers. The total circulation of the dailies is 268,335 Bieeoive Kansas 18 teceiving the attention of the press”throughout the country over her new prohibition law which evidently doesn’t work as its friends intended it should. - The Springfield Republican makes the following timely remarks on the ques- tion: “The iron-bound prohibitory law in Kansas went into effect on the 1st, and though the drinkers can| hardly be supposed to have yet wholly exhausted the extra- sup- plies then laid in, there is already talk ofacompromise. Theold difficulty of enforcing the low is said to be e clearly recognized that the temperance people are willing to come to an illegal *‘un- derstanding” to let the selling of beer go by default, at Leavenworth at least, if the saloon-kecpers on their part will abstain from selling spirits and will keep their places religiously closed on Sundays. This of course makes & nico thing for the saloons which , will sell without molestation and are spared the expense of high- priced licenses; but it is a question if this is not after all a very good tem- perance compromise,— leaving out the morality question of making laws which cannot be enforced. “‘:& only one week's experience it has become evident that the prohibitory law can- not be enforced. Kansas people are bound to drink something—whisky perhaps more than anything elsc; they would naturally drink still more of that under a prohibitory law, and it is asensible arrangement which will rule that out and substitute the less harm- ful lager. Tur Br will please cast Rosewa- ters eyes over the following, which we take from a di in Mondays In- ter-Ocean: “It has been developed that under a misapprehension about his pair Saunders, of Nebras- ka, who would have voted for -he con- firmation of Stanley Matthews as a justice of the United States su- premé court, refrained from vot- ing, and thus Matthews Jost a vote.” And so The Republican was in error, in point of literal fact when it called Tae Ber's attention to the circumstance that Senator Saun- ders voted- for Stanley Matthews' confirmation. He did not so vote, but he would have so_voted, had he voted. Tue Bee will have to take the will for the deed, if it is anxious to recognize the deed. —{ Republican. SenatorSaunders will probably feel very grateful to his newly acquired to the farmers of -the state as.an ad- mirer and supporter of Stanley Mat- thews, who was notoriously the cham- the grant monopolies in ted States senate. We have been aware for some time that the senior senator from Nebraska had in- tended to vote for the confirmation of Stanley Matthews, hence it would not have surprised-us in the least had his his endorsement of Hitcheock as con- sul general to Paris, and his vote against the Thurman bill, Senator Saunder's _ comrse . did Not meet our approval, but the gen- ator,s special friends of jthe Omaha ican who have no more love for ‘theyhad Before he was clected, seem to delight in pa- pretending to be his warm supporters. They troat the senator, a8 if he had | was gone'into second childhood and could not comprehend that every word in favor of a public man by the monop- so much noise over their party fealty were staying at home or doing their fighting through substitutes. They were republicans when Andrew John- son’s political treason had a host followers among the present stalwarts. And they are republicans now from principle and . not from patronage. General Garfield, who was raised in the hot beds. of abolitionism, in the Western Reserye, where John Brown got his recruits, kmows énough to know a eal republican- from a sham republican, and that is why he has lected a man of Judge Robertso stamp to fill. such an_ important . posi tion as the collectorship of customs in New York. Axx this may be fun for- Blaine, Conkling, and Garfield, but it is death to the republican party. —Republican. The republican party is not so weak- ened in public confidenceas to depend for its existence upon the favor and good grace of one man. For eight years past Senator Conkling has repre- sented an element in the party which has beena constant dead weight to its progress and a most fruitful source of trouble and discontent. That wlement has furnished the campaign ammunition for its enemies and has drawn upon the party a continuous fusilade from its friends. Bossism has received a death blow, but the republican party will be strengthened by the settling of the question whether one senator can dictate terms to both president and prty. OLY six republican senators have the boldness to brave the possible loss of patronage. and Murat Halstead in Cincinnati Commercial, In Chicago, after the nominatior Garfield, the pre-eminent New York semator contrived not to see hjm. Ohio men ran after the pre-eminent and nominated Arthur to please him, but he was not in the least concili ated. General Garfield presently visited Washington and wrote aletter to Sen- ator Conkling, telling him that he had called at his hotel in Chicago, but there wasa0 response. Two awful things had - happened— Charlie Foster had spoken at Fort Wayne, about hailing from Ohio and “his name is General G.,” ammd Gas field had put himself in the power of Carl Schurz on ‘wheels for half a mil. Conkling’s friends thought he might and should be saved from nervous prostration by an interview with the candidate, and the Fiith avenue con- ference was held; and yet Conkling could not be seen. e Garfield was assured that if he would slip off to Copey Island he.could meet Conkling, but he drew the line at Coney Isiand. Then, after time en. ing spell, it became e republican pezty was in 2 winning position, and Senator Conkling made a great speech, bestowing upon the candidate for the presidency, the thin- mest possible common-place. His next appearance was at Warren, for a fish- ent that the and the New Yorker's utterance rela- tive to the candidate was an irritating disappointment. It was so cool and carcful as to be contemptuous, almost disdainful. ", Simon Cameron, General Grant otk kY ing to. but there i however. s made the best t was pleasing that to their candidate. | - Now wehave Mr. €o s own version of his call at Mentor, on the ‘ventute Gbservation that a -meaner exhibition was never made of human nature. The president-eloct was informed in declined. - There was no 1 no ‘accommodations for - the “outside - téa ready, and the. e datind o ake on. thoege 5o }mm hold his nose in case of the sharks, spoil huntersand jobbers, who | N the New York senator had at last con- | electric .. i wick to wait for the midnight train. id you ever hear of a case of cussed- wa;aemced.ing this? B E t was, we paralleled-when o senatot: tollidbs president he [pointment to office of oppdnents of third term. - That is, the president, is case he recognized those who had made his own election possible, was to regard it as a complacency on the part of the primate i b would give his consent by holding his nose. And when the president spoke of the -collectorship, €onkling assured him there was nothing 1o say of that present. “We” hadn't given it at- tention. At this point the stock of presi- dential patience gave way, and the Robertson appointment was sent to the senate. TUpon this the senator organized his “courtesy” and the abject caucus sat like a squad of old hens on their spoiled eggs in awe of the awful Tooster. The only popular objection to the President is that he did not fight the vulgar an preposterous pretensions of Mr. Conkling soon enough; and now every blow well aimed at the Primacy of impudence will be applauded throughout the land. publican party will not suffer from this warfare. The one thing needful for the party is that the pleth- ora of the bosses be reduced, and that there shall be no pre-eminent sclfishness in any quarter. If the end of the party must come when one rather thin pair of legs give out, the time has come to die. Senator Conkling has already lost his grip in the state of New York,and if he does mot give his best work to the party organization he will be crushed out and go to the political dust-heap. New York has seen stronger men than he is, and a breath has unmade them as a breath has made. POLITICAL. Seven former governors of Texas are stil living. Senator Anthony of Rhode Island openly defends “‘the courtesy of the senate,” but Gen. Burnside is inclined to rebel against it. Tt is said that Gen. J. B. Weaver has canceled his_eastern engagements to address greenback meetings, plead- ing other engagements elsewhere. Mathematically ~ speaking, Mr. Conkling is one seventy-sixth of one- half of one-third, or one four hun- dred and fifty-sixth of the United States government. North Carolina colored republicans will follow the example of their Mary- land brethren, and, at their state con- vention in Raleigh on the 19th, will demand more government patronage. Ex-Governor Fairchild, minister to Spain, has tendered his resignatic and will return to his home in Wis- consin as soon s his successor is ap- pointed and arrives in Mads Gov. Fairchild should have taken this ac- tion before the senatorial elections last winter. make a good head for a soldiers’ state ticket this fall. In his speech at the chamber of commerce dinner, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, who is a regulation post-pran- dial talker, said: “I will close with one single word, ‘monopoly.’ Give York a monopoly of trade and Ohio may havera monopoly of presi- dents.” ~ Well, Ohio, it would appear, is to have the presidents. The Texas legislature recently passed alaw granting a land certificate for 1,280 acres to aid persons who have boen permanently disabled by reason of wounds received while in the ser- vice of the state or the confederate states. The certificate is_to be locat- ed on the unreserved public domain of Texas, the locator is also to lo- cate a like amount for the benefit of the permanent school fund hefore either shall be patented. Texas isthe only state possessed of a public do- mamn, and do not know how th could mak be use of it than thus allotting it to disabled confeder- ate soldiers. Secretary of the Navy Hunt is turn- ing out some of Dick Thompson's favorites. Capt. Richard L. Laws, of Indiana, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, has had to and will be succeoded by Admiral Nichols. Pay- master Stevenson, who has held the favorite place, the New York office, for years, has been succeeded by Pay- master Caswell of Massachusetts. Pay Tnspector Joseph A. Smith expects to succeed _ Paymaster-General Cutter, who will be retired August 1. The Eleetric Exposition. ‘The ninetecnth century may fitting. Iy be termed the century of stcam and . The progress made in the construction of steam machinery was splendidly illustrated at the Phi. ladelphia exhibition. During the coming fall an_exhibition will take place at Paris, where all the nations of the earth will be represented by their inventions in the field of electri- city. The great hallof the Industrial Palace at Paris will be filled ‘with these wonders of the world. In the centre of the hall there is to_be found a small lake, on which a diminutive steamer will lay a submarine cable ac- cordingto the Kolassystem. In the rooms under the hall the visitors can witness the ‘manufacture of all sorts of telegraph wires and all electric apparatus known; also the:nanufacture of isolators, tel: egraph posts, and all other parapher- nalia incident to thetelegrapiy. Over the hall a_lighthouse is to be con- structed and operated according to the Serrin system. Telegraphers will be at work at all the different instru- ments, and_during the evening the hole exposition building will be illu- minated with electric lights. All the different systems of eleciric light will betested. A dynamo-electric-engine 0£1,500 horse-power will serve as gen- erator. In another pavillion the fire and police telegraph will be exhubite 1, also the electricsignals and brakes wed. h{fi railroads; — furthermore, all heelectric apparatus registering the speedof ruind tonand u;?:fmuut of steam in propelling them. In the uppe: halls of the the tele- phones will be on_exhubition, several of which are to be located in separate Tooms. m§ brought in connection with the Grand Operahouse and. the The- atre.. is, 80 “that music, song, and declamation’ may be heard by the visiters. In another room the tele- phone system of Herz will be exhibit- ed to the public; where they can talk telephone to therr friends in Lyons, ibs of eight 0., in-Garfield's district, old friends, relatives and mhmbm ete., are telephones. - In the parlor are clocks, clectric candelabras, figures, and other playthings moved by electricity.. In the billiard room the game is marked by an electric hm'bym the music room a piano is electricity, and ?imuiou:a:‘x brashes are to be found in sleeping _ apartments. el isrung by the aid of an an electricshock, the strength k can be controlled, to_desist from further attempts at disturbance. In other rooms will be exhibited many electric playthings, too numerous to , magic lanterns, ete. On "ge 1st of A the exhibition will i tan take a ride d railroad o5 Sk slaryod on an iC on the mh However, he would |h .| which receives muni | and yet is practically freed from mu- juced to Berlin pub- lic) from to the palace of exhi- bition. The t Commissioner of the exhibition is Mr. Berger, assisted Commissioners Cockery, Parrost, erg, Sadi, Carrot, Hebrard, Bapst Reinach. Siemens system (which has just been sucocestall and von PERSONALITIES. Charles A. Dana wears a gol i pig a8 a watch chain charm. Gov. Smith, of Wisconsin,and staff, will attend the Yorktown centennial celebration. Ben Butler's oblique eye has been straightened by a New York oculist, at a cost of one thousand dollars. Gen. Hancock is getting fatter and rosier. His mint-julips are getting famous with his visitors to Governor’s island. “I am glad to notice that John Sherman and Eliza Pinkston are not involved in the star route scandal.”— S. J. Tilden. Star-route Brady's friends say ho is a very able man, not at all afoolor an easy-going person, but wide-awake and sharp—what is called a first-rate busi- ness man. On one star route in New Mexico the cost to the government for the carrying of a single letter was $700. The rate is high, but a grateful coun- try must take care of its Dorseys. John W. Forney, Daniel E. kles and John Kelley appeared on one lec- ture platform, upholding _political re- form. They are supposed to represent the world, the flesh and the devil Henry Watterson remarks in a dou- ble leaded manner that there is not a finer girl in the country than Mary Anderson. Louisville young ladies aro now forming anti-Watterson socie- ties. Charles O'Conor is not quite satis- fied with Nantucket as a_permanent residence, and proposes to pass his summers there and his winters in Bermuda. In going over to England on a pro- fessional trip, Emmet was but carry- ing coals to Newcastle. They can get as drunk there as he can; where- fore his performance is no novelty. Ambre said she had lost 878,000 in cash on her operatic venture, besides her time and services. It is a good thing that Ambro went to Europe im- mediately after making this statement because it was calculated to make our home liars feel small. Uncle Rufus Hatch asserts that Bermuda onions caten raw morning and evening are a sure antidote to malaria and sewer-zas. Uncle Rufus is undoubtedly correct. A healthy Betmuda onion well masticated would drive away a swarm of locusts from Southern Asia. Professor Tice, the St. Louis woath- er prophet, damns with faint praise his Canadian rival. He says that Ven- nor has made some good guesses, but that is about all he deserves credit for. Tice, on the other hand, can hit an earthquake every time, and strike a cyclone right where it lives without half tryi The Tt is a very easy matter for writers to predict the approaching fall of great nations, but it is seldom that such predictions are verified by future events. The only way by which the fluctuations of a nation’s power can be correctly stated is from actual ob- servations of the present. From such a standpoint there are cogent reasons for believing that Great Buitain is on the broadroad to national decadence. Facts have been given in these columus, time and again, proving that this country is wrest- ing from Great Britian her commercial and industrial supremacy. Well authenticated reports now prove that the English agricultural interests aro also muufli’ on the decline. Trust- worthy information, coveiing about oné-half of the agricultural arca of the kingdom, demonstrates that the value of arable land has materially depreciated within the last few years. Good land in Lincon- Shire which formerly rented at from six to eight dollars per acre now onl brings from three to five dollars. The castern and midland counties are still worse off. In Leicestershire land brings just_one-half what it did five yearsago. In some districts there are large estates deserted by tenants and covered with weeds. The cause of this agricultural trouble is the com- petition of American products, the worn-out condition of she soil in Eng- land and a series of bad harvests. The war footing of England is de- scribed in a recent article in The Nineteenth Century as simply do plorable. Her navy, though the trongest in the world, is regarded as weak considering the calls that maj be made upon it for service in gu ing a vast expanse of seacoast, pro- tecting the road to India by way of the Mediterranean, and defending vast maritime interests distributed all over the world. The writer calculates that it is possible at almost any time to, Iand fifty thousand foreign soldiers| within three days march of London, and that only 47,787 English soldiers could be put in the field against them. There are three hundred thousand militiamen and _volunteers in Eng- land, but the writer thinks that they could be of but_little service against the well-disciplined and well-armed troops of any Eurobean nation. The Powerfof Monopoly. Cloveland Leader. In various parts of the country, particularly in the castern and western sections, there is a growing spirit of resistance to the usurpations, extor— tionate exactions and tyrannical im- positions of the great railway corpora- tions. The opposition is assuming the form of organization, and the best and ablest citizens in various localities are giving themselves to the work. For cxample, the anti-monopoly leagues of Jersey City, although but recently organized, now number more than 3,500 active members, the great mass of them being property owners who suffer from burdens imposed by the corporations having a terminus at that point. By means which corpora- tions always know how to organize, the great railways running to the Hudson river have managed to secure with the exception of a single wharf, the entire water froi ¢ strotching from Bergen Point to Bul's Ferry, a dis- tance of ten miles. Not satisfied with this possession_they have extended their” yards far inland, closing streets, and covering valuable ocks of ground both in Jersey ty and Hoboken. The value of this property is variously estimated at £rom £35,000,000 to £60,000,000, all of ipal _protection. nicipal taxation. ~As a result the bur- dens of the people are enormously in- creased. Private property is made to pay the taxes of overgrown, money- making corporations. Against this the people rebel, and are looking to anti- monopoly agitation as a means of ob- taining some sort of redress in the fu- ture. This, however, can only come through a change in the state consti- tution, providing a way by which the extraordinary privileges of the cor- porations may be cxtinguished. Jersey City furnishes only a sample case of the growing tyranny of rail- ways and the burdens they impose. There are other ways and methods through which they impose upon the ublic and. private interests. Vithin a day or two past it was shown at a meeting of the New York board of trade and transportation_ that the policy of the great trunk lines was doing seriots damage to the commerce of that city. It was said that these trunk lines, running east and west are firmly bound by a_contract to pool their freights at such rates as the pool commissioner may- fix, and that as a result the rates arealmost prohibitory, espocially 8o with reference to grain. The_rate per bushel for grain, b MORNING MAY 19-1881. barges from St. Louis to New Orleans is five cents, while. the Eool rate by rail from St. Louis to New York—a less distance—is twenty cents per bushel. - The mate of freight from Néw Orleans to - Lit l is about 6d per. el, from New York to Liver- pool It _therefore appears that ‘grain is-caried from St. Louis to Liv- erpool, via New Orleans, for seventeen cents perbushel, while it costs via New York twenty-nine and one-half cents. From St. Paul, Minn.,the rate through to Liverpool via New Orleans is twen- ty-seven cents per bushel, while in New York it is forty-two and one-half cents. Asa result of all this, grain carrying vessels are lying idle in the port of New York, or otherwise_are obliged to proceed in ballast to New Orleans to obtain European cargoes. The board charges that there is a co certed movement to damage the con merce of New York andlays the blame at the door oy the trunk lines. Barb-Wire Extortions. Tracr (lows) Clipper. The great dailies of the country arc going, one after another, into the con trol of railroad millionaires. ~ Seven New York dailies comprise the associ- ated press. It is said that Jay Gould only lacks one of controlling the dis- patches. The Inter-Ocean seems to be in the pay of the barbed wire com- bination, %0 the_press is sliding into servility. The Inter-Ooean supplant- ed The New York Tribune in Iowa, when Horace Greeley turned his po- litical sommersault. The Towa farmer can spew out The Inter-Occan, and will if it gives us much more trucu- lency to_any interest but legitimate, fair dealing industry. A Talk With a Nihilist Prince. Manchaster Examiner. When Alexander 1I emancipated the serfs, the prince, then a man, though he had large poss welcomed the measure with all the thusiasm of youth, for erty and sympathy, with his oppressed fellow countrymen rendered him as in- different to merely pecuniary conside: ation as he was to the fancied inte ests of the order to which he belon; ed. But the czar influenced by e advisers, and haunted by a foreboding that if he advanced furtheron the ath of reform the fate that befell| ouis XVI would befall him, with- drew his hand from the work he had begun. The press was again muzzled, freedom of speech forbid- den, and the agitation of representative _institutions and aun amelioration of the lot of the peas- ants, which at one time had been tac- itly tolerated, if not openly encour- aged, sternly suppressed. At one stroke reformers were converted inf conspirators. The prince, Who taken an active part in the movement, and many others were arrested and cast into prison. After being kept in solitary confinement, without trial, for two and a half years, and so badly treated and fed that he became a vic- tim to scuryy, from which he still suf- fors, he succeeded, with the help of his political friends, in making his escape. Shortly before this event, one of his brothers, in writing toa friend in London, happened. to mention the fact of the prince’s im- prisonment, and expressed a natural indignation at the trcatment ho had received. This letter was opened at the postoffice and handed to the po- lice, whereupon the brother seized and without any sort of trial, was deported to Siberia. This was in 1875, and he is in Siberia yet. After the prince got away, one of his sisters, who had visited him a. few times in prison, was arrested on a charge of having at his escape, a charge un- supported by the slightest shadow of proof. When her innocence had been established and _acknowledged - in priva was not set at liberty. “That is un- fortunately unpossible,” observed the man. _“You sce we told the czar tint the princess was an accomplice, and it would not be pleasant to have to tell im we were - mistaken.” So to save the credit of the police with the emperor, the unfortunate lady was kept in prison. “CAt this moment,” said_the prince, “there are_thousands of men and women perishing in Russian prisons and wearing out their lives in Siberia —men and women who have never been tried, whose solo offense is ask- ing for alittle freedom, or who are simply suspected of holding liberal opinions. And that is 1ot the worst. Look here (laying on the table a group of photographic portraits, inscribed “fighters and martyrs); this is the likeness of a young man of 19. He was_hanged “for affixing a so-called revolutionary placard—it_only asked for a constitution - to awall. This one was hanged for distributing revolution- ary pamphlets. Here is a portrait of a young girl—20 she was; they sent her to Sibera for a similar crime, and she died there in prison. Imprisonment in Russia for a state offence is almost certain _death. The allowance for food is 13d. a day, and even a part of this is purloined by the officials. Af ter_a few months'or a few years of such treatment, according “to_the strength of their constitution, prison- ers dies of scurvy or dysentery. you think people of education, or peo- Ple who know right from wrong, peo- ple who are passionately yearning_for a little freedom, will tamely submit to such brutal tyranny as this, or that it fails to kindle in thousands of hearts a hatred that can only be extinguished in blood? Violence begets violence. Killed by a Catapult. Elizabeth Power, known to circus- ers as Elizabeth Devane, died in the Kow York hospital on Friday mornin She was 21 years old. On the after- noon of May 3, in Wilkesbarre, in the course of the performance in Barnum’s circus, she was shot from a catapult. She turned in the air as she had been accustomed to do in the feat, but for some reason she fell upon the netting in such a way as to wrench her neck. She straightened out upon the netting and asked in a low voice for assist- ance, saying: T cannot move either handor foot.” She was assisted to her dressing room, and, though a phy- sician discovered that she was paral- yzed in her limbs, it was expected that she would recover. She was brought to this city. _ The ‘spitfe_was not fractured, butit was supposed by the physicians that a pressure was ex- upon the spinal marrow. The effect of this would be tocause paraly- sisof the limbs. Subsequently rheu- matism set in. Miss Power was one of the French Davene troupe of gym- nasts, consisting of Mr. Davene, his wife, his daughter and herself. ~She was Mrs. Davene's sister. They were organized originally in London, but they have visited nearly every part of the world, In this city they . had played in Niblo's garden, Tony Pas- tor's theatre and elsewhere. The in- strument from which she was pro- pelled into the air is intended to rep- t Roman catapult, constructed differ- ently, Cumulative force is given by means of a series cf rubber springs. The instrument continued to be used in the circus, Miss Davene taking the piace of Miss Power. MUSIC HATH CHARMS, ETC. St. Louis Western Watchman: One of the great manufacturing interests of Buston, is the Emerson Piano com- pany, whose pianos are used with hi appreciation and_satisfaction wmufip out the world. Ina recent conversa- tion with Mr. Jos. Gramer, one of the Jroprictors, that gentleman remarked: have used that splendid remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, in my family, and found it to be so beneficial that I will neverbe without it. Tt has cured me of asevere case of rheumatism, after other remedies had failed. Almost Crazy. _ How often do we see the hardwork- ing fathee straining every nerve and a friend of the family called | & on the chief of police to ask why she port his family. Imagine bis feelings When rcturngig Homs from a hard day’s labor, to find his family prostrate with disease, conscious of unpaid doc- tors’ billsand debts on_every_ hand. It must be enough to drive one almost crazy. Al his unhappiness could be avoided by using flectfin Bitters, which expel every disease from the S bringing joy and happiness to thousands. Sold_at fifty cents a bot- tle by Ish & McMahon. ) GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- sumption is certainly tho greatest ical remedy ever placed within the h of sufforing humanity. Thou- sands of once helpless sufferers, now loudly proclaim their praise for this wonderful discovery to which they swe their lives. Not only does it posi- ively cure Consumption, but Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Hoarseness and all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs yields at once to its wonderful curative pow- er as if by magic. We do not ask you to buy a large bottle unless you know what you ase getting. We therefore carneitly request you to call on your druggists, Tsu & McManox, and get a trial bottle free of cost which will con- vince the most skeptical of its wonder- ful merits, and show you what a regu- lar one dollar size bottle will do. For sale by Ish & McMahon. ) Worthy of Praise. As a rule we do not recommend pa- tent medicines, but when we know of one that really is a public benefactor, and does positively cure, than we con- sider it our duty to impart that infor- mation to all.” Electric bitters are truly a most valuable medicine, and will surely cure “Biliousness, Fever and Ague, Stomach, Liver and Lidney complaints, even whero all other rem- edies fail. We know whereof we speak, and can_freely recommend to all.—{Ex. Sold at 50 cents a bottle, by Ish & McMahon. ) Mrs. Beutler, 78 De I havo tised Dr. Thomas' uralgiv and found permanent reliet from it NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, CGOUuT, SORENESS or e CHEST, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLINGS FROSTED FEET EARS, was | § BODILY PAINS, TOOTH, EAR axp HEADACHE, connived | gi DIKECTIONS 1Y SOLD BY ALL DRUGOISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDIGINE. A. VOGELER & CO. Baltimore, Md., U. A W. NASON, Dentist,. Jncobs® Block, corn th street, Omaha 4 Oric Capitol avenue and Fif 5. 2 R. M. STONE, M. D., General Practitioner and Obstetrician. Officc opposite Post Office, over Edholm & Erickson's. ~Residence, 2107 Chi- cavo S mise NOTICH. Any one having dead animals T will remove them froo of charge. Leave orders southeast comer of Hamey and 14th St., second door. CHARLES SPLITT. J. H. FLIEGEL, Successor to J. H. Thicle, MERGHANT TAILOR No. 230 Douglas Stroet, Omaha, Neb. D.T.MOUNT, MANUPACTURER AND DRALER 1X SADDLES AND HARNESS. 1412 Farn. St. Omaha, Neb. AGENT FOR TIIE CRLEBRATED CONCORD HARNESS Two Medals and a Diploma of Honor, with tho ery highest nward the judges could bestow was ‘this' harness a¢ the Centennial Exhibi- tion. ‘Common, also Ranchmen's and Ladics’ SAD- We keep the largest stock in the west, wite all who cannot examine to send for. KENNEDY'S EAST - eanvaraan “WSILYWNIHY w A FAMILY TONIC Sole Manufacturers, OMAHA. To Nervous Sufferers. THE GREAT EURGPEAN REMEDY. 1t s & posttive cure for h | Weokness, Impotancy, and all from -’ m_Sclf-Abuse, 03 ‘Mental An; Memary, Pains in the Back or Sid The Oldest Established BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. Caldwell, Hamilton & Co., Business transucted same 2 that of an ncor- porated oank. Accounts kept In carrency oF gold eubject to sight check without notice. Certificates of deposit issued javable In three, six and tweive months, bearing interost, of ou dcmand without interest. Advances made to customers on approved secu- rifies at market rates of interest. Buy and sell gold f exchange, govern- ‘ment, state, county and city bonds. Draw sight drafta on_England, Ireland, Scob- tand, and all parts of Europe. Sell European passage tickets. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. augldt United States Depository. NationalBank ——OF OMAHA— Cor. 13th and Farnum Sts. G ESTABLISHMENT IN oMaHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS.) EsTABLISIED 1556, Bank August 20, 1568, $300,000 Specially authorized by the Secretary of Treas- ury to receive subscriptions o the UNITED STATES 4 Per Cent. Funded Loan. OLDEST B. Esn Organized as a Nat 'ROI [OVER - Joux A..Crmauro: ¥. . H. Davis, Asst. Cashler. This bank receles deposits without regard 10 amounta, Tusties i certiflcates bearing interest. raws dratis on San Fronclsco and princh of the United States, also London, Dublin, burgh and the principal citiesof the contl nent of Kurope. “Sells passenger tickets for emigrants in the In- ma ay1dst DexterL. Thomasé&Bro. WILL BUY AND SELL RBAY. HESTATE; AND ALL TRANSACTIONS COSNACTRD THRRRWITIL. Pay Taxes, Reni Houses, Ete. 1P YOU WANT 7O BT O saLL Call at Office, Room 8, Crelghton Block, Omaha. aps-dtt Nebraska Liand Agency DAVIS & SNYDER, 1606 Farnham 8t., ... Omaha, Neiraska. 400,000 ACRES Carctully selected land {n Fastern Nebrska for ins in improved farmne, And WEBSTER SNYDER. R. Aptebet BYROS RED. Lawis RmD. BYRON REED & CO., oLomT ETABLBIED Real Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abstract of _title to all Real Estate in Omaha and Douglas connty. _ may1tt AND STILLTHELION coxTINUES T0 Roar for Moore(s) Harness ”éaddlery. iy . S & Thave adopted the Li all my goods will by i for one. " DAVID SMITH MOORE. Business College, THE GREAT WESTERN QEO. R. RATHBUN, Principal. Creighton Block, oxAnA, NEBRASKA. novandswtt M. R. RISDOM, General Insurance Agent. REPRESENTS: £77Send for Circular. co. 500, CAN CENTRAL, At 00 Southcast Coc. o Fitsenth and Doglas St oMAik, N J. G. RUSSELL, M. D, HOMEPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Discases of Children and Charonic Diseases & Specialty. Offico at Hesidence, 310 Casm strect lours—$ to 10 a. m., 1 m., and atter 6p. aplidsm J. R. Mackey, DENTIST, Corner 15th and Douglas St Omahs, Neb. Priccs Reasonable. John G. Jacobs, (Formerly of-Gish & Jacobs,) UNDERTAKER. No. 1417 Farnbam St., 0 Stand of Jacob Gis. &3 Orders by Telegraph Solicited. _ap21-ly L Vax Caxr, M. D, E. L. Sworxs, M. D, Medical and Surgical 7 gsesssen ta] o oo ot peti tients for the TREATMENT of ALL N and SURGICAL DISEASE CHID& | Drs. Van Camp & Siggins, Physicisns % S irgeons, PROPRIETORS. Omabha ,, ODD FELLOWS 323 4 N:ewl York Clothing House HAS REM VD TO 1309 FARNHAM STREET, (Max Meyer's Old Stand,) WHERE THEY SHALL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AN IMMENSE STOCK OF MEN'S BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S (lothing, Hats, Caps & Gend’s Furnishing Goods PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. CALI. AND GOODS AND PRICES. H M & M.PEAVY, 1309 Farnham Street, Omaha, Neb. More Popular than Ever. THE GENUINE SIITN G-E IR New Family Sewing Machine. e o oty T hich S Tn 1878 we sold NE SINGER in 1570 exceerled that of any previous year during “01d Reliable” Machine has been before tie public 366,422 Machines. In 1579 we sold S - a31.167 Excess over any previous year - - - 74736 OUR SALES LAST YEAR WERE AT THE RATE OF 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY. Toe evey bosinns day I theyou REMEMBER : THAT ZVERY REAL SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS TRADE - MARK CAST INTO THE IRON STAND AND IM- BEDDED IN THE ARM OF THE MACHINE. THE SINGER MANUFAGTURING CO. Principal Office, 34 Union Square, N. Y. 1,500 Subordinate Offices, in the United States and Canada, aud 3,000 offices tn the 014 World and. uth America. seplodgwt PianosaaOrgans J. 8. WRIGHT, AGENT FOR— THE GHICKERING PIANOS. AND SOLE AGENT FOR Hallet, Davis & Co., James & Holmstrom, and J & C. Fischer’s Pianos; also Sole Agent for the Estey, Burdett and t e Fort Wayne Organ Co.’s Organs. ™E ““ LD RELIABLE” " SINGER IS THE STRONGEST, SIMPLE 8 THE MOST DURABLE SEWING MACHISE EVER YET CON STRUCTED. 1 DEAL IN PIANOS AND ORG, THE BUSINESS, AND HANDL 218 Sixteenth S¢., City Hall Building, Omaha. HALSEY V. FITCH, Tuner. DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING POWER AND HAND P U RMES! Steam Pumps,.Engine Trimmings, MINING MACHINERY, BEL] IRON FITTINGS, PIPE, PAC HALLADAY WIND-SAILLS, CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS. A. L. STRANG, 205 Farnam St., Omabha. J. A. WAKEFIELD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN STE, AU VEESEIER, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOLDINGS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, BTO. ENT FOR MILNAUKEE CE OMAHA, NEB. J. B. Detwiler’s CARPET STORE. EFSTATE Near Union Pacific Depot, - - The Largest Stock and Most Com- plete Assortment in The West. We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets, Oil- cloths, Matting, Window-shades, Fixtures and Lace Curtains. WE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. REMEMBER THEH PLACH. 1313 Farnham St, Omaha. H. B MYERS, DECORATIVE PAINTER. BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. ARTISTIC WORK. QBT MY FIGURES WRPORS OEDARING WORE RLSXWHRRR, 8IGNS, PAPER HANGING, PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS, at REASONABLE RATES. 1318 Harney Street, Omala, Neb. ..cwciin