Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1885, Page 5

THEVERPOORTEN TRAGEDY. & habit of his when he was not using his I knew him well and know this was his habit.” The Coroner’s Jury Sits 00 THE BOAY, | and e mrms Homma e e tin 8% Testimony Damning to Ballard, Verdict of Murder Premeditated, CORONER’S INQUEST, At 10 o’clnukyutsrdnymom'nq Coroner consult. When the doors were open the following VERDICT was rendered by the jury: STATE OF NEBRASKA, | (o Douglas conaty, §° add verdict At an inquisition holden at Omaha city, in Douglas ecunty, on the 16th ot March, A. D, 1885, before me, J, C, Drexel, coroner of said Drexel empanelled a jury conslating ot | Donglas county, upon the body of Henry M. George Eastman, E. A, McClure, Charles | Verpoorten, lying dead, by the jurors, whose Landrock, Geo. Gibson, (. C. Hobble, | némes are herennto subscribed, the sald ju- W. H. Shields. After formally viewlng the remains, | wound inflieted by Thomas B: rors upon their onths do say that said Henry : Verpoarten cume to bis death by u guashot d; and we the taking of test!mony began, Distrlot | further find that the said killiog was deliber- Attorney Entelle representing ths state. Jno. F. Bliven: hotel building, In Omaha, and do businass In the building where the shootin, ocourred. Sunday afternoon Ballard came into heard a shot In a very few moments after and started to barroom, met someone who told me Henry V. waashot, My room is upstales above the hotel floor, the bar- room s In basement. I had seen Ballard during the day; he seemed quict snd nothing boisterous. He had been drivk- Ilive In 8t. James | iy, g iy About 5:55, or theroabouts, | Wi WWiisor " " mwy | Chas, Olstadt, storo when 1 was at work, and said, | J. W. Boquet, “‘there will be & sonsation here in a ahort | I. F. time.” He then loft the room,and I | I*aSmith, ate and with promeditated malics, In testi- whereof the anid jurors have hereunto eir handa the day and year aforesaid, WITNESSES JURORS, blevins, L. Barney, the on Pacific general ticket departmant, are partially obscured by a emile of incalculablo dopth, brendth and sweetness, ing noveral days and did not act like bim. | It 18 credibly reported that the primal cause colt exactly, tho' on yostorday was more |Of the phenomenon isa buxom boy of weight like himself than on Saturday. walked without staggering. J. W. Boquet—Live In Omsha; am hackman; well. I wasin the upper (French) sal- oon; came cama towards St. James; met Ballard, and went into bar of St. James; Ballard followed also. 1 called for beer and deceased was behind the bar. 1 stood to Ballard's left as he leveled pfstol and ficed. I did not see the pistol until hoe pulled and leveled it. Deceased was not exastly opposite Ballard when he Ho |ond general description unknown, who has just put in appearance upon the scens ot Mr. B.’s domestic life, Both mother and gon are know accuted and deceased | d0mng well; also the father, ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Tie Day of Days fo Irishmen in Every Chime, fired. When Ballard fired he sald, “‘I've Public Displays Give Way to Social done it, I Intended to do it, I'm glad of it; 1 bought the gun to do It with.” Don’t know where gun was bought; de- ceased immediately fell behind bar and sald nothing. Several of the boys took away the pistol from Ballard who who made a little reslstance; sald, *¢ shot deceased to save the Damon famlly. Gatherings—A Feast of Musio ‘With Salad Accompaniments, The day on which every Irishman, no matter where fate or the many necessi- tudes of life have placed him, turns his T'm glad I did it I did it and am glad I |thoughts and directs the fond aspirations did it.” Ihed noteeen Ballard before | of his soul to that dear old land among this during the day. He was I thought | oy 00 hils sober as usual. Nothing unusual in his manner. Said nothiog about beiog dis- charged. Ballard went out shooting on sidewalk. say nothing on day Don't know where he bought the pistol. (Pistol produced by coroner). Witness thought this the same pistol but would not say so. after | here. Heard him | his velns does not feel a quickened pulea- before | y1on in his breast when St. Patrlck's and picturesque valleys the morning of his lifoe was spent, is again ‘Who with a drop of Irish blood In day is montioned? That bright and glorious day they remember so well when at early morn_in their youthfal joyousness they sallied forth to gather banches of the Wm. Wilson—I went into St. James |emblem of their faith and national feel'ng hotel saloon Sunday afternoon about |‘‘ihe dear little ehamrock,” and exhaus twenty minutes before six o'clock; was | their artlstic skill to excel in preparing talking with a man standing at the end of | & A young man was behind the | plant the bar. of ths the bosom *bouquet” mystic for of thelr bar; suddenly I heard a shot fired from | preferred of the davghters of Erin. The my rear and a voice eald, “You son of a ,I've got yon and I'm glad of it.” Witness took the pistol and gave it to Mr. Drexel, the coroner; it was like that (plstol shown. I was busy trying to dis— arm him and heard nothing ssid by Bal- lard while we were taking the gun; he afterwards saic something about eaving the Damon family. I live at 816 Dodge streot. He way behind me when he fired. 1 did not see the shot fired, but heard him say he did it. Pistol iy 38 calibor, Britlsh bulldog. I remalned in the ealoon till coroner came and gave him the platol Ballard had in his hand. Chas, Alstadt—I have lived in Omaha for 16 years. I tend jbar in St, James hotel for Mrs. Damon. Was in the sa- loon about 6:20 p. m., on Sunday, March 16th, I was standing at the bar talking witk some gentleman; soon heard a pls- tol shot, looked around, and saw Henry fall. I went to Bell's drug etore acroes the straet for a doctor, and on raturn went to Henry and asked if he was dead: hia only answer was, ““oh! oh!” in a sort of agasp. As Ballard backed off from the bar after the ehot at Henry with his plstol, he bad a stiff bat in his hand, and, striking the hat against his neck, sald: “You sons of ——, I've done it; and am glad of 1it; I've got a mneck; I've got s neck.” Ballad told ms that Henry told him there would be a blg change ia the St. James hotel soon, He did not like Henry, I know. Heard no quarrel botween deceased and Bal- lard. Nothing said by Ballard when he cams in the saloon, Ira Smith--I live at St. James, as clerk and mansger. Was there yesterday when the shootiug occurred. Yestorday I was | qoing to rest, and deceased camo up to help mo {n morning, and I helped him in tho afterncon. Abont 6 'clock 1 stepped down fnfo the ssloon at_the beok of Ballaro, and us I entored ho fired 85 quickly that I barely knew when the shot was fired. [ Witness conflrmed the testtmony befors given as to his words and his striking bis hat agaiast his neck.] "Twas so_quick I did not soo him pull the pistol. I know he did it; 1 saw i, a8 it wore, the instant it had been fired; saw the pistol smoking tn his band, and yet It was 80 qulok and unexpected I did not tes him draw and fire, Know nothing about this platol [One shown witness by coroner | it is somowhat like the one Wilson took from Ballard. This plitcl (showa by sons and daughters of the sea girt is'e are scattered in many climes, far away from the scenes and companions of their early days. But many of them will recall to theic recollestions similar incldents of their childhood and budding maturity and they will remember also the causes that forced them to expatriate themselvas. The historic island and cradle of their homes where once the teachings and ex- ample of St. Patrlck unitad ull at the same altar and obtained for it the appel- lation of the ‘“Island of esints and schol- ars” is no longer a free land. It s in the graap of the atranger ,and those only who have felt the burden of the oppres- sors tyranny can understand the fearful exactions and cruelties practiced on a oace happy and enlightened people. Reduced to unusael poverty and deprived ef the right to educate thelr children they were held up to the nations of the earth as ateeped in Ignorance and vice and the slaves of superstition, and at last goaded to dispair they fled the lacd to seek among the stranger a homo and a liveli- hood denled them in their once happy country. Yet amid all thelr wander- ings the love of fatherland and the belief of again beholding it free and independ- ent, {8 ever uppermost in their minds and each recurring yoar in the celebra- tion of their nationsl anniversary they plodge themselves to renewod exertions to the attainment of the dearsst and the all absorbing dream of thelr lives. In all the large cities ¢f the country St Patrick's day will be cbserved a3 Lertofore with all the ‘‘pomp and cic- cpmatsnce” of olvil pagentry—marching thoueancs under the emerald ensigns flanked by tho etars and stripes, keeping step to the stirring muslo of scoros of bands. Thus anoually the Coeltic race proclaim anew their love of fatherland and faith, and renew theirpledges to work uncensingly for the oue great object of Irish nationality. In this city public parades have long sinco been sbandoned, and wisely, too. The coet of such displays {s entirely out of propoition to the benefits secured, and the money and time thus practically wasted can be put to other and worthior uses. Last year there was s parade of tho Hibernian rifles and the A. O. H., but the weather was unpropitious and a drizzling raln spolled what was otherwise a splendid turnoat. Th's year there will be no public displsy, but social gather- ings in the evenlng will properly cele- coroner) does not belong about the S, | brate, with music, song and feast, the Jumes hotel. Ballard took ocoastonal | anniversary of St. Patrick. ARASoN; FatrepaT L ‘;]‘;“‘:‘r"{";n""h‘ul::l"::g Hon, Win, H, Platt, the demooratic war st time of shooting, but he did not ke | horse of Grand Ialand, Is & gueat at the Pax- deceased; I don’t know why, but think | ton: Judge Platt is as happy as @ sunflower, from frequent conversations Ballard has | for Cleveland is inaugurated and he (Platt) had with mo that he did not like Henry, | succeeded in clearing his Wood River people 1 think from 1ulomy a5 an old employe | at the late special term of the Hall county of the hotel, I had but the houte rented; | district court. 1 bad given it up and settled with Mrs, Dn;nn. 'hteh proprietress. h}‘h “‘change” Uourt Oullings, made was that I was to become clerk on| The case of Bates against Price 1s still the 15th of March. All debts were to be | on trial before Judge Wakely. patd off, Ballard, the girls, and all bills| Befors Jud eville thls afternoon were paid. I pald Ballard about $560, snd | th. f t Told bim tho " thing was all eitled” and | Kiunss who is charged witt hotng oo 1 should be clerk hereafter. I|cessory to the murder of her husband, told him virtually that he was discharged. | John Klass, will be taken up. It will Ho bad, I think, 80 cauro to- thiok this | be' remombored that she was. Indicted discharge was occasloned by deceased. | jointly with Frank Grabe for the crime Ballard knew that Henry had called in | of murder, and that the latter, being Attoraey Baldwin to consult with him placed first on trial, was convicted of about this settling up business. murder in the second degree. Mesars, Doctor R, H. Darrow: Live in Omahs, | Breckenrldge and Burnbam have been am physi:ian, was called Sunday evening | ass'gned by the court to defend the a little after 0 o'clock to attend the de.|woman, who ({fs unable to pay for cesssd. When 1 arrived he was lylng | counsel. bahind the bar, clothing untouched. n{ Mr. Parke Godwin has filed a de- saw where the ball had enter:d clothing, | murrer to the plaintif’s petition in ihe ?mi opening vest saw that ball had en- | Garpeau-Wade case, of recent notoriet; fered just below left ulpple, and strikipg | The demurrer objects to the petitio fifth rib, deflected downward, psssed bo. | stating that tkere are not enough fac tween fifth and sixth rib, passed directly | alleged taerein to constitute a sufficlent through muscle of hesrt, moving a little | cause of action, upward and entered the spive. This ball| In thelcounty coart th's mornivg fhe caveod the death, Just before this thirg | creditors of Hawley, Langworthy & Co., occarred I saw Ballard In front of Bell's [ held a meeting to discuss the situstion drug stare, acroes street from hotel, spoke | and eleot an awignee, As there was not 10 blw; he moved off and started towards | a euffictently large representation prescnt, St. James hotel, and ram as & train was | the meeting wes adjourned. rqndng; he did not stagger; he had band | The United States court has adjourned his pants pocket as be ran, This was | unt!] the 26th inst, THE DAILY BEE--TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1885, L - — MO0DY MEETINGS. Opening of the Great Moody Conven- tion To-Night, The firat preliminary meeting of the great Moody convention waslastright held at the First Baptist church, corner cf Fif- teenth and Davenport streets, Rev. Hall delivercd a sormon In the evening. A mistaken idea of the Moody meot- ings has gone abroad. Many persons have an Idea thit Mr. Moody will only speak at one meeting, This is a mistake. Mer. Moody will speak at each and every meeting during the convention, and if you cannot attend one service attend another, and you will be sure to hear the great revivalist talk, The programme for the weok will be as follows: Convention, TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH, m, —“Presonco of the Holy Opened by Rey. L. B. Graham, 10 a. Spirit.” Omsaha, 11 a. m —*The Uss of the Bible in Ohristlan Work.” Opened by Rev. A. K. Bates, Oouncll Blufls, Towa. 12 m.—Prayor meeting. Conducted by Mr. Moody. 3p. m.—“How Can We Make Oar Prayer Meetings Moro Attractive.” Opened by R. N. McKaig, D. D., Lin- coln. 4 p. m.—Bible reading by Mr. Moody. 7:30 p. m.—Sermon by Mr, Moody. WEDNESDAY—MARCH 18, 10 a, m,—‘‘Qualifications and Prepar- atfons for Winning Soule.” Opined by Rev. O. 0. Pierce, Liacoln. 11 a. m,—*‘What More Can be Done to Reach People Who do Not Go to Ohurch.” Opened by Rev. J. L. Maile, Omaha, 12 m.—Prayer meeting conducted by Mr. Moody. 3 p. m,—*‘How to Promote Revivals.” Address by Mr. Moody. 7:30 p. m.—Sermon to Men, by Mr. Moody. THURSDAY, MARCH 1978, 10 a. m—‘‘Spiritual life in our churohes,” Opening by Rev. Prof. Mar- tin Noyd, Wahoo. 11 a. m,—*‘Opening of Questlon Box.” Answers by Mr. Moody. 12 m.—Prayer meeting. Conducted by Mr. Moody. 8. m.—*“The Holy Splrit for vice.” Address by M. Moody. 4 p. m.—Address by Mr. Moody. 7:30 p. m.—Sermon to Men, by Mr. Meody. SaL'S SPLENDOR Temporarily Dimmed by the Moon's Stadow This Moratrg, Ser- Details and Figures of the Eclipse Phenomenon, Yesterday morning occurred the partial obacuration of the sun, a phenomenan which has been awaitad with a great deal of Interest throughout the ecientific world and in local circles with a lively degree of anticipation. The eclipse as visible in Omaha, began at about 10:20 (s‘andard time) and the black shadow of the moon crawled slowly across the base of old Sol until at about 11:10 the max!- mum obscuration, (nearly two-thirds) was reached, after which the black shrond was gradually withdrawn, and at about 12:50 the eclipse ended. Earlier in the morning the heavens had been somewhat clouded and apprehensions oxisted that a full sight of the phenomesnon might In this way ba prevented. But 88 88 the momont for the beginning of the observation approached, the clouds grad- ually retreated and left the glorlous orb of day in fall expssure. The phenom- enon was very planly discernible at this point, and many were the pieces cf smoked glass which were directed heav- enward in the observation of tho phe- nowenon. A few psrsons of sclent!fic bent took exact observation of the vari- ous phases of the eclipse, using for that purpose telescopes, instead ¢f the mcra crude and plebian smoked glass, THE FORMER ECLIPSE. On Feb. 12, 1833, there was a large eclipse of the sun in our Atlsntio states, which was annular in part of Texas, Louleians, Mistissipp!, Alabama, Geor- gia, South and North Carolina, Virginla, the eastern shore of Maryland, and in two towns (Nantucket and Chathem) at the southeast exiremity of Marsachu- soits, in both of which towns all of the four contacts of that eclipre were suc- cessfully observed; at Nantucket by the late Willism Mitchell. After the ususl interval of fifty-four years and thirty-one days that eclipse returned under nearly similor cirgumstances and was visible throughout North Amerlea and the adjacent Pacific and Atlantic oceans, ex- cept a small strip soath of about 16 de- grees of Iatitude. This eclipse was so confined to these limits that the only place outride of them In which any part of the obscuration was scen was the west of [reland, where the beginning of the eclipse was visible a few minutes before sunset, The line of the central eclipse struck the earth at sunrite at the point in the North Paclfic ocean in latitude 36, longltude 167, and reached our continent at Cape Mendocino, Californls, in lati- tude 40, longltude 124, There it passed in 8 noriheast direction over the morth- weost corner of that state, over Osegon, Idaho and Montana to latitude 49, thence acroas America to latitude 56}, longitude 913, where it came _central at noon, Thence it passed still in a northeast directlon over Hudson’s bay, Baffin’s bay and Greenland to latitude 71, longltude 156, where at sunset, it left the earth, having ocoupled two hours and twelve minutes 10 orossiog it. The width of the riog, or annular eclipse, was in the United States about seventy milss, but no large town is iucluded therein, and Eureka in Califorals, and Bozsman in Montans, seem to have been the most important places. In our extreme south- ern states, Flo Texas, ete., the mag- nitude of the eclipse was small, but con- stantly becoming larger, toward the north until the central Jine is reached. In New England more than one-half the sun wss obscured; at Dabuque and Obisago, wseven tenths; st 8| St. Paul, five-sixthe, and at the three cities of 8Ban Francisco, Sacramento and Winnipeg, Manitoba, eath of which were about 160 wiles southwest of the central line fifteen-sixteenths, for the computa- tion of the beginning, end, etc., of the eclipte, the clements of the sun and moon, as glven by Leverrierand Henses, were used, except that the corrections of the longitude and latitude of the moon suggested by Prof. Newcomb were iatio duced, corrections which refard the com- puted times at each place thiety and forty peconds. The timesusad for ‘these com- putations is the cld mean solar at each place, and not the newly invented method of computation, which is some- times called ‘‘standard time.” THE DOOR IS WIDE OPEN. Cleveland’s Reform Methols Disseoted by & Veteran, The Political Guillotine Already at Work, but Rusty—Great Changes in Oongress—A [Rebel Yell, Special Correspondence of TiE Bre, Washivarox, March 12.—The sight- seers, those who came only to witness the extraordinary spectacle ot the inaug. uratlon of a demooratic president, have gone, but the hordes of rock-ribbed, rock-rootted, rock-bottomed democrats, ara here, and thelr name is legion, Impa- tlent for the good things to be divided among! the faithfal. The sxe has begun to fall, slowly but surely—it will work more rapidly after awhile; they must hold back a liftle ot first, for appear. auces, If any people suppose that this admin- fstration will not make removals except for cause (not politlcal), I predict they will find themselves mistaken. In my judgement, Mr, Cieveland, In his letter to George Willlam Uurtis, and In his in. avgural, has left {he door wido open on this subject; wide enough for a west- ern frelght team of ten yoke of oxen and three trail wagons to pass through. He speaks of partisanship and protecting the people from incompstent officeholders. Will not every republican in a federal office be found to be a partisan, or Incom- ggtent, no matter what the fact may be? ill not those who have responded to assessments, about which pure minded democrats have been so shocked, and have helped to make up what the demoorats have called the corruption fund, be sufficient cause ; for removal? ~ Will not democrats be able to ehow that repub- lican office holders have mingled in.re- pablican conventions and electionered for this or that candldate and that others are inefficient or Incompetent, though thev may be ever g0 efficlent and compstent? The glvings out about clvil service reform, and few changea, are for a purpose, to drive away the crowd, to gat rid of the pressure, for it is not surprisivg It must be borne in mind that the democrats have been wan— dering about in the demccratic wilder- nesy, lo, these many yaars, a quarter of a century—iometimes permltted to lock over Into the promised land, but never to enter till now, snd they eing and shout, ‘‘Oh, this is the time we long have sought and mourned becauee we found it not,” and they swear they ara not going to mourn any more. Can Cleveland stand all this presiure? He is just be- ginning to have a foretaste of what is coming. He will need of all the patience of all the Jobs who ever lived, and then, I fear, will be tempted to use a little cusaword once in a while, Daring Inauguration time the two peneion office buildings were most elab- orately decorated; they were gorgeous to behold, literally glittering with- richly embroidered banners, flags, and buating. These bufldings stand on Pennsylvania avenue and it was expectsad Mr, Cleve- laud would bs completely overwhelmed by the magnificence of the display. Mr. Clarke, the commissioner of pensions, was the first victlm whose officlal head rolled ioto the basket. Mr. French, one of the assistant secretaries of the treas- ury, tendered his retignation when he found ke would be removed. While he has been in office, he has qusrlered not much lees than a dozen of his family and relatives in the different de- partments, The truth Is there are many republicans in oftics who ought to be removed; of course, the administration will make a show of adhering to the law embracing the m'nor offices of clerks, but other officars, such a1 district attor- neys, marshals, land officers, surveyors general, governors and secretaries of ter- ritories will have to go. Inlooking over the senate I notica but two new members of that body who wero members when my friend Tipton and the writer entered 1t in 1867. They oro Senators Sherman and Edmunds, Vice President Hendricks was then a eenator, The only one'who entered the sepate when we did, and is now a member, i3 Senator Morrill, of Vermont. Of the then senators Fessenden and Morrill, of Maine; Sum- ner, Wilson, Anthony, *Wade, Cnondlsr and Howard, of [Michigan; Grimes, Yates, Howe, Morton; Fernis and Buck- ipgham, of Connectlcat, and. Van Winkle of Wesi Virglnia, are dead. The only members of the last Houss who were members of Congress when Nebrarka was admitted io (1867 aro Judge Kelley and Charles O'Neal, of Pennsylvania, and 8. 8, Oox, of New York. . A fow instances of long periods of eer- vioes In the government: Capt. Bassett, doorkeeper of the Senate, has been con- nected with it fiifty fiva years and has assisted at fourtéen inauguration cere- monies, He hes been familiar with all the great characters who have in the Senste attracted the attentlon of the nation and the world; he bas seen them come end depart, such as |Webster, Clay, Oalhoun, Van Buren, Benton, Sl[u ‘Wright, Hayne, McDaffie, Bell, Crittenden, Cess, Chace, Fesenden, Sum ner, Wilson, Wade, Chandler, Morton, and maoy others, who have left a name in history, Dr. J, H, Marr, chlef clerk for the first assistant postmaster-general, entered that department fifty-four years ago, and has served under twenty-eight different postmaster-generals, Willlam Hunter, second assistant secretary of state, has been in the state department fifty-five years. Lindsey Muse, a vener— able-looking colored gentleman, has been meesenger {n the navy department for fifty-seven years, These haye all been In continuous service, One feature of inauguratlondsy, I heve not mentioned. Union generals in the procession, such as Slocum and Hartranft, scarcely oreated a cheer, but when Gen, Fitchugh Lee, son of Gen, R. E. Lee, in ove in sight at the head of the Virgioia troops, In grey, huzzas rent the alr. Well, was {t not an ocea slon to make the confederates rejoice! 1n the cabinet there is ene union soldier, and one confederate soldier, Lamar. Two of the cabinei were menbers of the con- foderate congres:—Garland and Lamar. Gen. Walthal, another confederate brig: adier, succeeds Lamar {n the senate. Has ever such leulency been shown be- fore to a robelllous people since God per- mitted the sun to shine? J. M, THaYER, direction. i of the country and the conscience of the senate to it, Aol dents ax the savage his fetiches. the pressure for office is tremendous and | deo; hearts railwaya have oftentimes so many pcor precadents than the representatives cf the people, who are trying to establish a precedent of a different sort for the fu- ture. be found on the side of the railways. Thers is, of course a sma'l but eminently respectable clasa of senators, headed by Thomas Francis ware, ced of thesa considerations. generally kept in the minority. Runcicg down the list let us look at some of the WASHINGTON NOTES. States_Senate. Monopolistic Corporations, ‘Washington correspondence Phila, Record, hopo of the delinquent rallway corpora tions, An analysis of the causes obatruct politles. ¢ Their representatives sentatlves on the floor. stats the fact, which lesser majority. which legislation fs dirested. I Interest, that they can us upon as certain to vote [ag portant measure which railway corporations on a baals of equal- ity with other persons before the law. Then there are others, against whose characters no word of condemnation has ever been uttered, whose conduct In denling with the rallway problem is, to say the least most peculiar. They scem to examine 1t with the clear eyes of judl- clal fairness but somehow or other, what- ever the particular question may be they always dacide it in favor of the railway corporating and against the people, They seom to have a constitutional blas in that They bend the constltution inst any im. Then there are some very technical lawyers who worship prece- “Stare .” will be found engraved on their when they dle. Inasmuch as the Senat-rs of this class will usaally Bayard, of Dele- who are not influen- in favor of the railways by any But they are “railway senators”’. Thers is Edmund’s of Yermont presiding over the Senate, growing very pald as to his head and very white as to his hsir and beard. He wears a black skull cap now-a-days. Ho isby nomesns a conslstent supporter of the rallways., But as general counsel for the Central railroad, of Vermont, at once the greatest corporation and the strongest poliiical ring in the state, his sympathies are generally with thersilways. Hosees the strong points in a railway’s case very quickly. Still, he deserves groat credit for some good speeches and, tome good votes on this subject. There is Alli.on, of Iowa, a suave, sweet tempered, echol- arly man, who rather leans toward the railways, especially those In his own state, dearly as he loves the people. His collesgue, James Wilson, s a famous railroad lawyer who has represented the great Western rall- ways here at odd times when not in con- gress, It is not strange that long exper~ ienco as a railmay lawyer should have made him a raflway advocate. Wilton's stout, siurdy figare—his brown hair turning white at. the ends and etanding straight up on the top of his big head— has been tomiliar here foryeare. He haa come to bo known as cne of the friends of the rallways. Bowen, of Colorado, came here with that reputation, and_has done nohing so far to alterit. Heis the friend not only of the rallways gener ally but ¢f tho railvay men of Colcrado particularly, and is connted on very con- tidently whenever they get in a tight place. Bowen is a shabby-looking citi- z3n with akeen face, whose sharp out- lines are being gradually dulled by the life he leads. Dolph, of Oregon, is one of the two or three hsndsome men of the A tall, broad man, with a clas- head, gray-haired and well- finished, with a long, flowing, eilvery beard, He is a rich lawyer, and a man who knows a good thing when he sees it. He knowsall about the railways of the northwes', Now Brown, of Georgia, knows all about therailways of the south- east. He is the saintly looking sinner, with the flossy white beard snd the fall white facs, with its gold-spectacled, un- searchable eyes. When he was chief jus- tice of Georgla in 1879 heland his friends got possession of the most important rail- way in Georgia, the Western Atlantlc,a road owned by the state, and by the state governmens leased to him. He promptl, resigned the chief justiceship and ool the presidency of the VWestern Atlantic railroad company, which he has since held. He is just back from a ten day trip to Atlanta on railway business. Camden and Kenna, the senators from West Virginis, are railway men e: F. officlo, The sevators from We Virglnla, always are, Cawden s better known as a Standard Ol company man, FEugene Hale ls a rall- way senator by virtue of the Investments of his father-in-law, the late Zach Chandler, of Michigan. Palmer, of Michigan, like all the rich republicans of has two or three railwsys on . Plumb, of Kanaas,is a friend of Jay Gould, and is always found fight~ ing under the banner of the railway barons; Sawyer (fclleltious name), the Wisconsin lumber man, loves a railwey corporation almost ae much ss he does a thoueand-acre tract of *‘pine lande;’ Miller, of Californis, the fur seal monop- olist, looks kindly ‘on the suffering rail- waye; Bewell, of New Jersoy, is well known in your cily as a reilway lawyer; Mahone has a record as & railwey wrecker only equaled by bis resord as politiosl wrécker. And so 1 might go on; but I bave raid enough, I think, 1o show you that the rallways have friends at court. Please remember that 1 charge none of these men with enything mora then a ‘rlendly interest in alnoat every rallway corporation brought before the bar of public jus ice. Reilroad Mogoats in the United Senators Who Act Friendly Toward The United States sonate Is the Iast ing leglelation designed to correct the evils of the rail way aystem of tho coun- try or to compel the payment of what is due the government from the subsidlzed rallways of the west reduces them sll to varlations of one great oause, and that is the opposition of & majorlty of the senate. Mind, I do not eay the majority of sen- ate, whether republican or democratic, but a majority. Monopolies have no and friends in congress sink below politics, 1 do not mean to be understood a8 saying that the representatives of a railway oor: poration in the lobby bribe a majority of the senate at any time to be its repre- But 1 simply evorybody at all familiar with the work of con- gress knows to bo well understood at tho cap'tal, that across the path of every man who tries to bring the artificial per- rons of the country to a legal level with the natural persons, making the same rules of justice and cquity spplicadle to both classes, stands tho sonate of the & J United States by the will of a greater or [ Jerwelry, Watches, Diamonds, Silverware, Etc Why is this? It is be- cause, in the first plage, so mamy mem- bera of the senate are personally iater- eated in the rallway corporations ab can name twenty senators who have such an interest in some rallway er other, or in whom some railway or other has such an Ily be counted ‘would place the TOTAL CLOSING 0 THE LARG Ll EST IN TH 5 OF MY IMMENSE STOCK. $200,000 WORTH OF T SHLR WEST Will be sold at great reduction, at cost and below cost to facilitate my retirement from business. Silverware, Roger's spoons and forks, Clocks, spectacles, silver thimbles, and thousands of pieces of Jewelry will be sold at half price, articles marked in plain figures with former reg- ular and reducedprices, I request all my friends to honor me with a visit and see for themselves tha the above sta ement is really carried out. A. B. HUBERMAN, Cor. 13th and Douglas Sts. All | G A LINDQUEST & CO. 1206 Farnam Street, FineTailors Wish to announce that they have from this time marked down ALL GOODS, and will for the next 60 days, make a reduction o 10 per cent. Overcoats, Suits and Pants well mad and sure fit. Now is the time to buy GO0D CLOTHES AT LOW PRICES SPRING VALLEY § -l e N STOCK FARM One mile west of Fair Grour d, near Deaf and Dumb Institute, OMAHA, - - NEB. Seven Young Stallions for Service. BLACK WILKES, Standard, No, £541. Sired by George Wilkes 2:22; dam, Fanny Bell by Confederate Chief, own brother to Woodford Ch'ef 2:224 . George Wilkes has now 35 in the 2:30 list down to 2:15, Will be used this year a9 a private stallion, SIRIUS . £tandard Hambletonian, No. 8542, Bright bay, 16 hands; sired by Enfield,2:20, son of Ryd’s Hambletonian; dam Starlight,by North Star Mambnino; 2:26}, Terms, $20 seagon, ROYAL PRINCE, Mahogany bay, 16} hands, 1700 Ibs; English draft; sired by Roval Prince; dam, Barefoot Boy; erand dam, Prince of Walss, mported from Evgland, 'Pure bred English draft stal- lion, Terms, $10 senson. LORD CLYDE. Black, with star, 17 hands, 1600 1bs, with tho actions of a thoroughbred. He took silver medal at our state fair in a show of 40 stal- lions In the ring. Sired by an imported Clydesdale weighing 1900 Ibs; dam, full bred Morgan mare. ~ Terms, $10 soason, ® GIANT, arge black Jack, Bred by Caldwell & Co., Danville, Ky., by his imported Jack, Giant; 16 hands high, with the actions of a race horse. Caldwell refused $2,000 for him last summer at Lexington fair, he taking first premium, Terms, $10 season, JUMBO A besutiful Shetland Pony, 36 inches high, nilk white with large bay apdt on either Hipi imported by A. J. Alexander, of Lexington, Ky, at & cost of $500, Termy, $10 season, TIP, Datk Bay Shetland Pony, 35 inches high; imported by Camble Brown, of Columbia, Tenn. As finea pony as ever crossed the water, Terms. $10 season, The above seven stallions service for the season, with the usnal privilege of return the lowing seascn, if mares do Bot prove with foal, Having reduced the prices of service for the above stallions to about one half what it should be, T hopo to bo able to satisfy sll, Terms, cash at time of tervice, Mares will be kept on reasonable terms, but all accidents and eacapes st owner's risk. The above stal- lions will stand at Dr. 1. L. Ramacoloti’s Yotorinary Intriary, 1413 aud 141, Horaoy 8t., noar Farmer's Hotel, every Wednesda and Saturday, from Apiil 1st. The best balf mile track on the farm for developing the trotter, that can be found in tho state, = For ireulars contaafiug fusther pasticulars, ad- ress, N.I D. SOLOMON, Omahe, Heb, Formerly 1204 Farnam Strect, dealer in aints, oils snd window glase, L UNITED STATES National Bank! U. 8, DEPOSLIORY. S. W. Cor. Farnam and 12th Sts Capital, - '$100,000.00 0. W. HAMILTON, Proa't. 1. T, BARLOW, Oashies DIREOTORS: H, M, OALDWELL, 0. W, Hamiurox, Q. Wins B. ¥. Smirn, M. T. BARLOW, HAMILTON, Acgounts soliciterd and Kept sun ject te sight check. Uertiflcates of Bopwait lesued gy 2*bloinZ Gand | monthe boari fnterest, er on deinand witheut ins torest. Advances made 10 cunstom approved securltlos a2t market of Intercst. The intorests ef Customors tre n'egoly guardod and overy faciiity compatible with principies sound banking frooly extended. Uraw gightdrafts on Inglandfre €0 eseaoTVickatoPo o ot Scotiznd, and all parte o7 Bu- United ftates Dopository First Hational Bant =OF OMAHA — Cor. 18th anda Farnam £ig, The Oldsst Bl;nklflg Establishment n Omah a, SUCURSSOES TO KOUNTZE EACTRKA, Orgaaived in 1858, Organised ss a Natlonal Bank In OAPITAL SBURPLUS AND PROFITS . OFMIoEMS DIRNOYOMS. Hxayax Kouxrus, President. Joun A, Camairon, Vioe Prestdent. A eusrus Kounrss, 3d Vios Precidens., A Bl Bdtae Aleo London, Dublin, by citios of the ‘eontinent and 7. I Davin, Ceabiel, Ouahlor. o business. lssues Hm Draws drafte on Ba 1o Ahe Unibed Blatos urgh aad the prinoips Europe, OOLLEOTION PROMPTLY MADA Capital Stock, Liability of Btockholders, 800,000 OMAHA SAVINGS BANK | Cor, 13th and Douglas Sts. 81 50, U06 Five Per Cent Tnterest Paid on Deposits LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTA1R OmMmoerms o Directorms JAMES E. BOY] W, A. PAXTON, L. M. BENN) J. W GANN HENRY PUN. ETT, JOHN E. WILBUI CHAS. ¥, MANDERSON, i MA B L. BTONE. X MEVER,