Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 6, 1882, Page 4

e ————— 4 ¥ BB M. B e, RIS I'fils UOMAHA DALY Bh: THURSUDAY APKIL 6 is82 ——— e The a_iaha Bee Published every morning, except Sunday, The oniy Monday morning daily, TERMS BY MAIL — £10.00 5,00 One “ 1 fAE WEEKLY BEE, pub ery Wednesday. TERMS POST PA hree Montbs. . 1.00|One . o CORRESPUNDE —All Communi. eations relating to Ne TaE BEE BUSINESS LETTERS—AIll Businees Betters and Remittances should be ad dressed to THE OMAHA PUBLISHING COM- FANT, OMARA. Drafts, Checks and Post. office’ Orders to be made payable to the erder of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00., Prop'rs. _ | ness men have exercised their privi- £ ROSEWATER. Editor. A—(—]nunfl for the living, tears for the dead, —General O'Brien. —_— A vew more chapters from Dr. Cushing’s letter book will be served up at an early day. — Dr, Muier wants to take his straight democratic hereofter, but the democrats don’t want any Dr. Miller in theirs, . Three Months . $8.00 00 #0| over law and order, but a vindi and Editorial mat- ore should be addressed to the EpIToR oF A SIGNAL VIOTORY, The workingmen of Omaha have won a signal victory through the bal lot box. bined chorts of corporate monopoly, They have routed the com- who were massod against them, regard- .| leas of party. This is, however, not a triumph of rioters and communists tion of the principle that this is a govern- .| ment by the people, for the people and not a government of corporate monopoly, for corporate monopoly. The moral effect of such a victory can hardly be estimated. The posi- tions contested for were of compara- tively But the fact that the workingmen and busi- minor importance. logo as voters regardless of the threats and dictation of corporation hench- men affords a guaranteo that this com- munity refuses to disfranchise itself, There is a double victory for the workingmen in this signal defeat of Hascall, who had conspired by trick- ery and the use of money to divide and destroy them. The outcome of the contest has Tae Chilians are even carrylng off | shown that the split umong working- the rails from the Peruvian railroads. The Chilians seem to be natural born bank cashiers, — men was simply Hascall and a small gang of his hired men on one side and the workingmen on the Tuar wasn’t much of a shower|other. Tuesday, but Thurston and myself got caught outside of our ‘“citizens” water proofs.—Frank Walters. Sax Fraxcisco is shaken up by the president’s veto of the anti-Chinese 11l almost as much as if they had been visited by one of those periodical earthquakes. By the way, what has become of the tive thousand oppressed and down~ trodden women of Omaha that failed to put in an appearance at the polls on election daj —_— ‘NEw YORK is waging an earnest fight in favor of caucus reform bills, The demand for a thorough reform of our primaries is spreading with a rapidity which shows the urgent necessity for such a movement. S—— Or course farming in New Jersey i8 not the best diplomatic school, but Secretary Frelinghuysen ought to have known better than to publish secret instructions at the most critical moment in the Peru-Chili negotia- tions. ‘Wirn the appointment of Richard “T. Merrick, the charge of pariisan- ship in the star route trials fades en- tirely away. Mr. Merrick is a demo- cratic lawyer of great ability, and Brady, Dorsoy & Co. have no cause for congratulation over his appoint- ment, — DuriNG March the immigration to this country was 44,000, or nearly deuble the number which arrived in the same month last year. The waves of immigration promise to beat with still greater violeuce upon our eastern coast line, and the United States has room enough for all, Tue Washington Star thinks that the great political contest of the pres- n ent season will be over the admission of Dakota. Two new republican sen- ators and an additional republican senator are enough prospective ovils to induce a united democratic opposi- ticn to the measure, SexaTors Logan and Cameron are held responsible by many democratic papers for the prospective dismissal of Secretary Kirkwood. wood's chair, Tuk New York Tribune character- izes las & most dangerous and wicked form of practical treason the attempt of South Carolina to nullify the na- tional election laws, No republican, no democratic politician, it says, could hold up his head for state. “These two stalwarts,” they foolishly say, “‘first coaxed, then threatened, but it was no use,” and now they expect that Sena- tor Teller will cut a wide swath as soon as he is installed in Farmer Kirk- week in any city of the north, justifying such crimes as have been perpetrated in that And now that the victory is won, let us assure the taxpayers, and es- pecially the the business men of Omaha that there is no plot here to overthrow . good government; that the workingmen who have shown such moderation in all their trials since Omaha was occupied by the troops have no disposition to fetard the growth of this city and no desire to antagonize capital where it is em- ployed legitimately. All they ask is that the machinery .of government shall be conducted for the whole peo- ple, and not for the fow; that taxes be imposed upon all classes ot prop- erty and all classes of citizens alike; that the courts shall dispense justice but not persecution. As these are the objects to be achieved all good citizens, whatever their occu- pation maybe, should rejoice with the long as working people. THE ARMY RETIREMENT BILL. The house of representatives hav- ing passed the army appropriation bill with the attendant clause provid- ing for the retirement of officers, the corresponding promotion will take place on both staffs and line. Every regiment will be more or less aflected. Major Generals McDowell and Pope will go, raising Genoral Terry to the ravk of & brigadier gen- eral. Genoral Ingalls in the quarter- masters department will be shelved, placing (ieneral Holabird at the head of that department, As General Sheridan is only 55 years of age, he will still have seven years to serve be- fore affected by the provisions of the bill. In the commissary department (Jeneral Wilson, now senior captain, will receive & majorship. (ieneral Crook will be advanced two files, and Lieutenant Colonel Royall, of the de- partment of the Platte, will receive his coloneley. The senate will consult, not only the interests of the serviee, but the good of the country, by speedily passing the bill as it stands; and in justice to the army favorable action ought not long to be delayed. THE CITY TREASURERSHIP. The death of Samuel J. Mallette caused a vacancy in the office of city \treasurer about four months ago. Mayor Boyd appointed Truman Buck to fill that vacancy, and Mr. Buck's appointment was confirmed by the city council. When this appointment was wade it was given out that Mr. Buck was appointed to fill the entire unexpired term of the late city treas- urer, who was elected for two years from the second Tuesday in April, 1881, There was a difference of opinion, howeyer, as to the right of the mayor to appoint Mr. Buck for any period beyond the first annual city election. Acting upon this view, the republican city convention nomi- nated (ieorge 8. Doane for the vacant city treasurership, and Wm. Sexauer was nominated by the workingmen, The democrats made no nomination because Mr. Buck, the present in- cumbent, proposed to hold the fort against any contestant. Sexauer received 1,623 votes, against 554 cast for Doane, It re- mains to be seen now whether Mr, Sexauer will be installed in the posi- tion to which he has been elected by such an overwhelming majority. We are informed that Mr. Buck will refuse to surrender his office on the advice of the city atterney, who is said to have given as his opinion that the mayor can fill the va- canci for the full unexpired term. With all due respect to the city at- torney, we fail to find any such auth- ority in the city charter. 1n fact the charter does not even confer author- ity upon the mayor to fill the vacancy for any period. The only authority to appoint elec- tive offificers is containea insection 15, measure goes up to the senate for the spproval of that body. The bill ought to pass in the form in which it is handed up from the house. The absence of any adequate law for com- pulsory retirement has been a serious handicap to the efliciency of the army sinco itsre-organizationin 1869, Anti- quated fossils have held on to thejr positions simply for their pay, owing to the impossibility of swelling the retired list above the number author- ized by congress, while every depart- ment of the staff line has suffered from the compulsory retention of men who have outlived their useful- The injustice of the present condi- tion of affairs in the army is thrown in still stronger light by the benefits which have been found to accrue in the navy from compulsory retirement. There promotion is rapid. The navy is, as a rule, manned by young, ambiti>us and effective officers, while the spur of certain promotion is held out as an inducement to redoubled efforts for the country's benefit. “In the army, death and the good will of politicians have been the only hope entertained by officers for advance in the ranks, and gray haired captains and majors have for years held positions which ought to have been filled by their juniors, Statistics prove conclusively that the best ser- vice in every army in the world has been rendered by youngmen. In the army of the United States the posi- tions of command are now, and have for years past been held by officers far past the prime, while younger men have been forced to hold subordinate commands, with little hope ef pro- motion, the greatest inducement to a Tlll. Omdnbnckhye;_ union has | faithful preformance of their ofticial come into possession of the $00 star | duties, route contribution which Hascall had placed on dejosit at Tur Bee office, Now let Hascall give them an order on Miller and Brooks for the bundle of greenbacks that created such a sudden change of sentiment in the Herald and Republican about those star route cases. —e ArprorriaTion bills aggregating 17,337,000 have been handed in by congressmen from thirty-seven states, Nebraski being the only exception t the rule. many of her congressmen are yet t be heard from. need” $1,150,000, while asks for only $1,025,000, nia is good for $1,005,000. New York state heads the list with a request of §3,160,000, and Texas stands next in amount, and wouid like §1,525,000; Kentucky next with *‘an immediate Michigan Pennsylva- Mr. Butterworth's bill, which been passed by the house, is approved by an overwhelming majority of the ary itself, It provides for the com- pulsory retirement of every officer of the age of sixty-two, or who has passed forty years in the service of his country. To this rule there are no exceptions made. Generals Sherman and Sheridan are not except- ed from its provisions; neither de- sires to be. Both recognize that the o | measure is casential to the good of the service, and are willing to fall under its provieions. o Under the bill, if passed by the sen- ate and approved by the president, forty two officers will be retired at onca on three-quarters pay for the re- mainder of their lives. Within six years one handred and twenty ofticers will be placed on the retired list and a which empowers the mayor and city council to provide for filling such vacancies as may ocour in the oftice of councilmen or other elective officers of the,city, by calling special elections for that purpose. This clearly im- plies that all vacancies in elective of- fices shall be filled by special elections, unless they are filled at the regular annual election, as was done last Tuesday. This version of the law is further confirmed by section 69, which gives the mayor powar by and with thecon- sentot amajority of theentirecouncilto appoint all officers, ‘‘other” than those provided for in this act. In other words, the mayor can only fill vacan- cies of appointive, but not electiva ofticets, The only case where the charter authorizes the filling of a Vacanoy for the entire unexpired termis in section 87, which empowers the city council to remove a dishonest treasurer and appoint his successor. In such case the council alone has authority to appoint a successor to the defaulting treasurer, Mr. Mallette was not removed by the council on impeachment, and neither the council nor the mayor can, in our opinion, legally fill the vacancy except for the period intervening be- tween Mallet'e's death and the elec- jover the scene. (ded, There was one more victim, but tion of hus successor by the people. The mere fact that the mayor did not include the office of treasurer in his election proolamation, cannot bar Mr, Sexauer from his rightful oclaim, Suppose the mayor had for- gotten or purposely refused to issue any election proclamation, should that bar the people from hold- their annual city election. In this instance the mayor has omitted the position of treasurer from the election proclamation because he be- has|lieved he had the right to fill the place for the full unexpired term, but the people saw fit to elect Mr. Sex- auer city treasurer, and the courts al- ways recognize the will of the sover- vign people as above the individual appointing power, except where the laws expressly authorize such appoint- ments, We take no stock in the pre- tense that the people had no right to fill this vacanoy except at the géneral city election when they elect their mayor, police judge and other city officers, The late election was in law just as valid as a general election as the general election held last year, All elections designated and required by law lo be held at stated peziods on a given day and date are general elec- tions. year at which only judges of the su- preme court and university regents are clected are general elections just a3 much as the elections at.which the people elect their governor and other stite officers. The charter elections at which six councilmen and three members of the board of education are elected every other year can hardly be classed as special elections, and if they are not special elections, what are they’ We have no fault to find with Mr. Buck, He is a competent and rel ble troasurer, but he has not seen fit to submit his claims to the people. Mt. Sexauer 18 their choice by a very decided majority, and the courts will haradly attempt to override the popu- lar will when 1t has been so emphati- cally expressed through the ballot- box. THE ASYLUM HORROR. Burning of the Home for the Insane of Dakota. Four Patients Known to Have Boen Destroyed, and Two Missing. Yankton Press. The Sabbath day brought to Yank- ton a horror which will live in the memory of our people for all time to come, When the fire alarm was sounded yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the populace roused itself from its after dinner nap and stood in the doors and gazed forth to ascertain the cause of the clamor which had bro- ken in upon its Sunday rest. No smoke was visible, no fire could be seen and there was a general disposition to pass the affair by as a causeless alarm. But from out upon the prairie, two miles away, had come a messenger whose panting horses gave evidence of a hard drive oyer the dusty road, and the messenger’s information was that the insane asylum was in flames. Then the excitement became intense, for it was known that the temporary wooden structure which was the home of the insane people of Dakota was crowded with patients, and that there was hard- ly a hope that all the unfortunates could be rescued. From thecity could be seen the wooden structure envel- oped in flamer, and from the pyre as- cended ablack column of smoke which swayed toand fro 1 the gale and cast its ominous shadow like a funeral pall There was hardly need of actuzl knowledge that DEATH WAS BUSY and dragged him out. By this time many of the FXCITED LUNATI®N were striving to get into the midst of the conflagration, thourh there were several cool-headed ones who gave valuable assistance In keeping their orazed aesociates from carrying out their designs. Michael Rogers, a Deadwood patient, threw himself into the blazing structure with mad frenzy, but Mr. Heflen followed him closely, seized him and earried him out with his hair, beard and clothing singed. As soon as this was acocmplished Mr. Heflen heard the screams of another ntortunate and rushed in his direc- tion, just in time to meet him coming through a sea of flame with his cloth- ing all on fire. As he reached the outer air a pail of water was thrown upon him, but he fell dead upon the ground with his clothing and fiesh ablaze—a sickening mass of half- roasted humanity, This was Amen Iverson, of Yankton. His body was dragged a few rods from the building and left upon the turf until the fire Wwas over. OTHER FORMS WERE SEEN rushing hither and thither amid the flames and smoke and battling with wild frenzy with the terrible element whosedeadly embrace they had sought. It was not possible to rescue them. Mr. Heflen made a final rush for a man who had thrown himself into the soothing mass of destruction, and white endewvoring to reach him the roof of the west wing fell in and Mr. Heflen could only save himself by the most active movements. The man went down in the funeral pyre and his blackened remains are to-day lying where he fell—in the ashes of the asy- lum There were two others near him_ in'that charred heap, unrecig- nizable. Death was speedy and the crazed victims hardly knew any suffer- ing. Mr. Heflen thinks it was not more than twenty-five minutes from the time he first discovered the tlames until the roof feil in. While these events were transpiring in the west wing all wes confusion and excitement in the other departments. Fartunately THE FEMALE WARD, which contained nineteen patients when the fire broke out, was in the east wing, and farthest from the place where the fire originated. Dr. Mc- Glumphey was just coming out of the new building, located several rods away, when the flames burst through THE NEW YORK ry Goods Store. A CROWDARD E O U S HE. A CROWDAED HOUSHE. A CROWDID HOUSHE. CROWDED WITH C0ODS ! CROWDED WITH NOVELTIES. Orowded With Thousands of Customers. READY TO BUY New York Prices EROM A SELECTION OF GOODS, . Which in its Great Variety SUR PASSES ANYTHING Ever Known vin Omabha. We do no catch-penny busi- ness by ‘alluring Customers'in of- fering Domestics as baits. As a Rule we 8ell All Goods Cheap. THE NEW YORK DRY G0ODS STORE, IS UNDISPUTAEBLYX the roof. He hastened to the rescue, and with Mrs. McGlumphep and the female and other employes, succeeded in getting atl the patients out of this ward in good order. They also saved some of the bedding, the asylum books and papers and a few articles of furni- ture. In aroom over the office was the laundress. AMELIA DERKS, in that lurid pile. All who saw it from a distance felt that many would be the victims, and the spectators turned their gaze from the doomed structure with a feeling that they did not care to learn the after details The crowd which filled the several roads leading to the asylum did not reach it until the confiagration had accomplished its work, and thera was little for them to do upon their arrival, except to stand around the smoking ruins and listen to the ghastly details of the fiery visi- tation. It was then learned that FOUR UNFORTUNATES WERE BURNED and that two others were missing. The names of the dead and missing are: Peter Peterson, of Fargo. Oran Lynch, an idiotic boy from Eik Point. Amen Iverson, of Yankton, Joseph Haverly, of Deadwood. L. J. Prindle, of Deadwood. Prank Conlon, of Deadwood. Of this list it is known that Peter Poterson, of Fargo, Oran Lynch, of Elk Point, and Amen Iverson are it is not yet possible to determine whether it is Joseph Haverly or L. J. Prindle, both eadwood patients. Frank Colon, of Deadwood, is known to have escaped and is at large, and as there were found only four bodies in the ruins it is concluded that either Haverly or Prindle also got away. It is the opinion of the asylum officers and employes that Prindle was the fortunate one and that Haverly is among the victims. The remains, with the exception of the body of TIverson, are charred beyond recogni- tion.j§ THE PARTICULARS, Mr, Heflen says that himself and his brother, Marion Heflen, who is his assistant, had the male patients— thirty-four in number—out on the lawn, where they had been engaged in a game of ball, a recreation in which the unfortunates take an active in- terest. After their hour of sport had ended, which was about three o'clock in the afternoon, the Heflens started to take the patients back to the ward, which was in the west wing of the building. Henry Heflen headed and her door was locked so that she could not escape. Marion Heflen hastened to her nssistance, and to reach her room was compelled to crawl through the female ward close 1o the floor to secure breathing room. He burst open her door and assisted her hhmuvg a window upon tke roof, from which place she was rescued by means of a ladder. There are nu- merous instances of narrow escapes which cannot be gathered in the ex- citement whick follows the disaster. All of the officers and employes about the asylum at the time of the fire la- bored with marvelous heroism and rsistence to save life and property. Wymore has five doctors, A grist mill will be built at Oxford. The new xaw mill at Arapahoe is buz. =ng. The busy burglar is plying his tools at Hastings, Dawson county is gathering a large crop of prairie fires. The Cedar county district court meets at St. Helena April 15th, Prairie fires in Gosper county, week, destroyed considerable property. Judge Gaslin disposed of several notor- jous criminals at the last term of court at Sidney. The roofing of a stable belonging to Mr. Arnold, living near Red Cloud, fell in the other day, killing two horses and one colt. ‘Within the last two weeks fifteen lots have been rold in Wakefield, with the agreement that buildings shall be erected on them this season, Two Hall county farmers *‘pa’med off ! a spavined nag on a horse trader in Grand Island, and proceeded to jubilate on their shrewdness. Two hours after they bought back the plug at an advance of $20. Talmage is a lightning town, During @ late storm, a_bolt struck a house and knocked one end out, without injuring the occupants, Another bolt set fire to a barn, destroying the building and contents. Two horses and a cow were burned to death, We had a small express package come to us from New York, The charges from that_place to the U, P, depot in Council Bluffs were 45 cents, while from Council Bluffs here lheg were $1,10. A serics of the procession and as he opened the door of the west wing he saw that the T0Om Was FILLED WITH SMOKE, He sprang up the narrow stairway to ascertain the cause, and as many as a dozen of jthe lunatics crowded closal; behind him. As soon as he reache the head of the stairs Mr. Heflen dis- covered that the whole upper dormit- ory of the west wing wes in flames overhead, the fire reaching clear across the room and lapping up the wooden interior with savage rapidity. He turn to descend and found the stair- way below him blocked by the rush of excited m.aniacs who had followed him. He crowded them back down the stairs and out of doors, knocking some of them down and dragging them along with him in his descent. Mr. Heflen then ran the length of the ward below, unlocked the kitchen door and then passed around the out- side of the building and kicked in the back door This opened all the aven- ues of escape from the male de- partment. By this time the whole wing WAS IN A BLAZE, Mz, Heflen’s brother had left him to attend to a female employe who was imprisoned in her room, the others wore all busy rescuing people and pro- perty from other parts of the building and he was alone in his efforts to pro- vent tho males in his charge from The state electi ons held everyother \llufl:n ran into the burning building rushing into the fire. There had been ono decrepit patient, Mr. Mathows, of Deadwood, left in his room, and Mr, such is en to make anyone ‘‘anti- monopoly.”—Rising City Independent, Ira T, Hill, of Syracuse, concluded to take a rest on the lounge, and that too without removing from his lplp pocket a little Gatliug, The pistol fell to the floor and was followed by an ox{;lnnion, the ball passing thruufh the leg of his wife, whe will no deubt be a cripple for the remain- der of her days. Jennie Maple, the Cass county maiden who nmurud suicide with arsenic, is getting well. At first she refused to take either medicine or food, insisting on *‘peg- ing out” by the starvation route, but her oting parent struck the *‘tender chord” by promising her a $10 Easter bonnet, a new dress, and the return of her lover, and she did eat, —_—_— ‘Woman's True Priend. A friend in need is a friend indeed, Thix none can deny, especially when assistanceis rendered when one is sorely afflicted with disease, more particularly those com. laints and weaknesses &0 common to our fomale population, Kvery woman should know t{mt Electri tters are woman's true friend, aud w itively restore her to health, even wh all other remedies fail. . A single trial always proves our as- sertion, They are ant to the taste, aud only cost fifty cents a bottle, Soldby Schroter & Becht. —_——— fake *BLACK-DRAUGHT " and you will never be bilions mr——————————————— SEHOW ashn —AND-— store Fixture Werk nd French Do fck Flat and Bent Show Case Glazs 0. J. WILDE, 1316 and 1817 Cass Street. hat the list of casualties is so small is evidence that their endeayors were not in vain. STATE JOTTINGS. ne last | THE Headquarters F'OXR Everlasting “ Completeness B O p s STOCK AND VARIETY, AL NDae LOWPRICES HONEST DEALING x —AND. Price to All All are cordially invited to call on JOHN H. F. LEHMANN & CO, 1310 AND 1312, G & C. NIEW DRY GOODS STORE 1307 Farnam Street, BETWEEN 18th and 14th STREETS, DRESSGOODS, Black and Colored Silks Nuns' Veiling, Brocades. WEITE GOODS. Allthe New Novelties in Ecruand Pearl Shades. HOSIERY. A Large Assortment of Elegant Styles, HANKEROHIEFS AND LACE NOVELTIES WORTHY YOUR ATTENTION, FANS, “T00 UTTERLY UTTER." We waut you to call and Examine Goods and Prices. GARRABRANT & COLE, 4 1307 Farnam 8t S.W. WYATT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath, Shingles, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND MOULDINGS, ! 15th and Cuming Ste. OMAHA, NEB Ny