Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1885, Page 4

4 e THE DAILY BEE. @uana Ovrom No. 914 D 918 Fanuax By, Mww Yoxx Owrion, Roou 6 Tamsvws Bomo- e, ot The wrery morning, .S Monday morning dally pabl unday. In the state. YERXS, POSTIATR, , with prom!um. Ooe Tour, wikho premium #ix Months, without premiuim. ®ne Month, on trial omt rolal aod Editerial feations relating bo Nowe et iould be sddressed 4o the ERtToR OF TEE [ A, B, Fitoh, llfllfl"& Daily Oircalation, P, O, Bor, 438 Omal ok, Creveuaxn breathes easlor. Tammany hes endorsed his poliey. [ A Now that notlce of conteat hae been served upon him, 1t would soem that Mayor Boyd does not read his title clear. To 1ne people of Des Moines the Anglo-Russlan war cloud Is o more speck when compared to the war that ls raging betwesn Governer Sherman and Auditor Brown. —ee Newraska's claims for office have at last been recogaized, Georgo Tracy has been appolnted postmastor at Wilber. Now let all this howling among the demo- crats cease. War between England and Russia has been temporarily postponed. Mean: time oach will go on with lts prepara- tions for the struggle, which must come sooner or later. Tae warm raceptlon given to the Prince of Wales In Cork waa.a little too warm. His Highness, who was bom- barded with an onfon, no doubt thought 1t was a sweet-scented affair. At its present rate of circulation— 250,000 copies for the may number—the {ncome of the CGentury 1s $1,000,000 a year, estimated on a basts of 27 cents a copy for the magazine and $300 a page for Its advertising. Tur secretary of war has issued an order that the employes In that depart- ment must pay their just debts, or take thelr walking papers. This is cvidently dono in the Interest of Washington boarding-house keoperz, and s a step In the direction of reform that will be appreciathd by them. D, Miuier has written another card, This time it is not about postoffices, bus about the catalpa tree. A careful pe- rusal of his Jatest card will convince any unprejudiced man that there is more honor and mors profit in pianting and cultivating tho catalpa than in secking postoffices. This is Dr. Miller's experi- ence. Norrcr of contest of election has been served upon Mr, Boyd, The action s brought by a private individaal in behalt of the workingmen and the republican party, and Mr. Marphy has nothing whatever to do with it. The party who Institutes this proceedlng Is confident that evidence can bs produced to prove that Mr. Boyd was not legally elected mayor, 1f this can be shown, it certainly ought to be done, for the purity cf the Dallot-box must be protected. St, Louis is made happy by a new fast mail, which leaves that city at 10 a, m. and reaches New York at 7 the fol- lowing eventug, a galn of five hours on the previous schedule. The run of the evening train to New York is also short- enened three hours, The return train makes the ran in 29 hours. This puts St. Louis as near New Yorkas Chicsgo is, and saves the St. Louis bsnks one day’s Infterest on thelr remlttances, amounting to £1,000,000 a day. Tue petition business 1s balng carrled to an extremo never before witnessed,and this {s particularly the case In Omaha among the seckers for local offizes. The candidates for clty attorney, city mar- shal, policemen, and other appolntive poslilons, are rushing around town for signatures to patitions to Mayor Boyd, and the amusing part of the performance is the perslsiency with which they appeal to the so-called oltizens' committee for endorsement. It would not surprlse us 1t the citizens’ committes would lssue a card declining to slgn any more petitions. Russia would be & good mlsslonary field for the prohibitionists. According to the report of the United States con- sul to Russia there are In that country 2,617 distillerles which snnually turn out nearly 103,600,000 gallons of spirits, Prior to 1873 there were 137,553 licensed saloons, or one to every 617 inhabltants. Blnoce the year named high license has re- duced the number to 70,064, or nearly 50 per rent. But the reduction of drink- iog places has not interfered with the Ruslan coneumption of liquor, Not only do they con~ sume the products ef the distilleries, but vast quantities of ale and beer are cen- sumed In addition, The consul general says that the reductionsof the saloons has resulted lnan increase of clandestine drink- Ing-places all over the country. In 1883 there were 17,088 such places dlscovered, the largest number being in St. Peters- barg. In districts where the sale of spir- 1ts bad been totally prohibited It Is said that the population bave taken to drink- iog colcgae water. The Rues'sns are a drinkiog people, and will gratify their propeneity at any cost cr hazard, OMAHA'S OUTLOOK. The outlook for Omaha this spring fs of the most encouragiag character. The prospects arc that there will ba more bulldings erected this year than there wers last, and smong them will be & large number of substantial business structures. Although the business cen- ter of the olty la now paved, the system of pavement will be extended somewhat. The morsey thus far expended In pave. ments hae proven one of the best Invest- ments that Omaha could possibly have mads. She is to-day the baet paved and the clesnest cily In thls country, Her pavements have glven her more of an ad vartirement among atrangers than any of her other publlc improvements, and have beon the means of bringing here a large THE DAILY BEE~FRIDAY APRIL 17, 1885 removal could not be made known to him for weveral months unless another naval boat should be sent In pursuit. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. In the event of war between England and Rusis the Unlted States will be given » commerclal opportanity that should at once be taken advantage of. Every American vessel will be neutral, and will thas bo enabled to handle the osenn commerce without any fear of depredation at the hands of crulsers and privateers, At present the great bulk of the Atlantle commerce la carrled in Brit- ish vessels, which, in case cf war with Russla, are llable at any timo to be cap- tared by tho ememy. It will be seen that shippers will paturally look to the vearels of neutral natlons to carry their number of people to make thia clty their permanent home. It It generally conceded that Omaba fabound to be a very large clty. Itis evident to those who are secking new locations that Omaha cffers superior advantages, and that now is the time to got a foothold here. Omaba's position glves to her the command of a large ter: ritory which I being very rapldly popu- lated and developed. The growth of this tributary territory contribubes largely to the growth and business of this city. But Omaha Is deficlent In some things. She has not a sufficlent number of wholesale houses. She ought to have the difterent lines of {rade more fully represented, and this is particularly the case in dry goods. There s room for at at least two more dry goods houses, and some elfort ought to be made to induce some eastern dry goods men to locate in this city, Therq ate also splendid openings for manufacturing establishments of varlous kinds. These are mattors that should en. gage the attention of the board of trade at an early day. We belleve that if the proper efforts are made the number and varlety of our wholesale houses, factories and other industrial concerns can be largely increated within the next year. It is a faot that nearly every manufactory that has been started In Omaha so far has prospered, which Is certainly encour— aglng. Another matter that the board of trade should agltate Is the bullding of a rallroad to the northwest which would bring those sectlons of Nebraska into direct communication with Omaha, The trade of northern Nebraska, which should come to Omaha, is being Iargely diverted to Sloux City and Chicago, owing to the fact that the rallroad connecticns are such that a dlecrimination against Omahs is the result. This can only be done away with by the building of an Omaha road tnto northern Nebraska. That part of the state is being very rapidly settled up, and Is being developed Into one of the richest agricultural regions of the west, Now is the time to take steps to tecare its trade. Still another enter- prise that the board of trade should en- deavor to push forward is the contem- plated wagon bridge between Omsha and Council Bluffs. A charter has been se- cured, and now {f the capital can be ob- tained the bridge can bs built. It would prove a benefit to both cities. GEN. GRANT'S CONDITION. The constantly improving conditlon ef General Grant affords some hope that his life msy be spared for somo weeks and perhaps months. There is alto a grow— ing hope that bis diseasa after all Is not cancer, and that he may entirely rocover. Hosleeps blter, {akes more nourishmet, ana is in better spirits now than he has been for three weeke. The old hero is fighticg bravely against «11 odds, and hls wonderfal nerve may bring him through ali right, The gloomy predictions made from day (> day by the doctcrs bring to mind the cate of the late Charles O'Con- or. In that instance, as in this, the physicians not only abandoned hope, bat wero positlve In thelr declarations that immediate death waa taln, In that case, &g in this, the patlent presently grow better, to the surprise of his attendants; and the natural hope of an anxious peo- ple Is that In this case, as in that, the distinguished pstiont may confound c'en- tific prediction by making a completo ro- covery. The New York Commercial Advertiser says that “medicine is not yet even approximately an exact science, and while the nature of Gen. Grants malady scems grestly to marrow the grounds of hope for complete recovery, every anxlous and sympathetle mind—and all minds are anxlous and sympathetic In Gen, Grant's behalf—will be encoursged, by the remarkable im. provement In his conditlon, to entertain some slight hope that after all the doo- tors have made s mistake similar to that which they unquestionably made when Charles O'Conor lay, as they supposed, actually within death’s door,” cer- Tuk governor of Alaska appears to be a man of more than ordinary shrewdnees, He spent nearly all winter In Washing- ton, where he wrote his annual report, and It cconrred to him that, In view of the chaoge in the administration, it would be & pleatant thing for him to have a summer crulse along the Alaskan coasts and among the seal islands, if he were not sooner superseded by a democrat, Agcordlngly, not long before March 4th, Secretary Chandler, by request, issued an order to the commander of the naval tug Pinta directing him to place the boat at the service of the governor of Alaska, Some days #¢o the governor left for his northwestern post. Meantime the ‘men who have spplied for the position of goy- rncr of Alaska bave dlscovered the ex- Istence of the Chandler order and are en- deavoring to haveit revoked, They fear that if thegovernor oncesecures possession of that boat he may easily get out of the reach of the malls aud remaln out for an indefinite period, and bis resignstion or merchandise. Every available American ship would be called Into the commerclal service on the Atlantle, but the supply would be found to fall far short of the demand. Under the existivg laws no foreign bulit veesel can eall ander the Amerlcan flag, and this of course would prevent Americans from purchasing forelgn_ships. __Cone- “quontly we would be unable to handle the trade that would naturally be offered ve. The possible war has demonatrated the folly of longer continulng such an absurd law upon our statae-books, and hence there is a demand that, upen the declaration of war between England and Russla, congress should be convened in extra sesalon by Preeident Cleveland to coneider the nayigation laws, which should either be repealed or suspended 0 aa to allow the purchass of. foreizn built vessels. If this is not done the Amerlcan merchant marine will not_be very much benefited by the European war, It is eyident that this will be a grand opportunity to once more float the to this country a marltime importance which she has not enjoyed for many years. The 1des that American vessels must bo American bullt was taken from the Eng- lish, but the English long since saw how foolish it was and changed their law so a8 to permit the purchase of foreign ves- sels. Dariog the Amerlean civil war nearly a thourand of our vestels were traneferred to Britlsh purchasers, snd in this way they secured the advantages which are given to neutrals, For some reazon or other, congress in 1866 prohib- 1ted the re-transfer of such vessels to the Amerlean flag. The time has now come for the repeal of that act together with the removal of other obitacles that ars in the way of purchaalng forelgn built vee— sels to sail under the American flag. Even if the European war does not take place, this should be done at the next session of congress, so that in the future we can be prepared to meet any emerg- gency of thls kind. Tar Canadlan psople, who are already heavily taxed, the debt of the ccuntry being §256,000,000, are not by any means in favor of a prolonged war against Riel and his half-breeds, as the campalgn |is costing $40,000 a day, and so far nearly $1,000,000 bas been spent in this expedi tion. Even the government orgaf, the Toronto Mail, is opposed to the move. ment. It says the grievances of the half- breeds will haye to be heard some day, and the sooner the public understands them the better. It adds: ‘‘Fighting for the mere eake of fighting for revenge is poor business, and our people will be best pleased with a blocdless, if succeesful campaign. If Riel offers to submit, no doubt wisdom .will guide the deliberatlons of thoss who will have charge of the nogotiations.” These utterances coming from such a source ave rather slgnificsnt, aud 1t i belleved that they were Inspired by Sir Jobn McDonald. At all events itlooks very much as if the government were dlscoaraged at the wild-gooss chase which Ricl is-giving the Dominion troops. It I8 oven intimated that negotiations are being now carrled on with Riel for the purpose of bugirg him off, as was done in the Red River rebellion of 1870. If this is done, it will go far to confirm the oft-repeated charge, that Riel re turned to the Northwest Territory with the mercenary motive of replenishlng his purse by stirrlng up another rebelllon, Bat even if Riel is bought cff, the gov- ernment onght to eeo that justice is done to the half-breeds whose grievarces sre baced on substantial grounds. Avrrover Mr, Burchard, tha director of tbemint, 18 no ralation to the gen- tleman of alliterative fame, a determined campaigh has been opened agalnst him by parties who are anxious for his posl- tlon, His term of oftice 1s five yeare, and extends through President Cleveland’s term, Although it ls admitted thst he is &2 excellent officlal, an attempt will be made to show that he is exerting himself to prevent the removal of any of the re- publican employes under him. His re- moval, therefore, will be demanded on the ground that he Is an offenelve parti- san. We question whether the attempt will succeed, Cleveland’s course so far. Just what constltutes an “offensive partisan” has not peen determined, and the democrats are evidently preparing to force the administration to define the term. Perhsps the case of Barchard mway bring out a complete definition. The Illinols democrats in order to find exactly what the adminls- tratlon considered ‘‘offensive partisan. ship,” told President Cloveland that & certaln postmaster, whom they wanted removed, had procured a hulf decompored dead bull-deg when the state of New York was claimed by both parties, after the electlon, and had propped It op in front of the postoffice with s label on i, “Thisflis Grover Cleveland,” and thst democrats had to hold their noses in golng for thelr American flag upon every sea and give | use judging from President | mall. This, they thought, was a clear oase of ‘‘offonsive pertisanchip.” M, Cleveland, however, seemed to think It was 8 ma ter that should have been ree ported to the sanltary authorities, As that postmaster yet remaina In office, the Tllinols democrats are more than ever puzzled over the term *‘offensive partisan. ship.” —— Tug Herald yesterday dispensed with about two columns of stereotype plates and filled the space with matter set up in Its office. enterprise and was the occaslon of & double-leaded editorlal about *‘improve ments"” in that paper. It was also intl- mated that the docter propcs s to attend strletly to businees. This will be sad news to his host of frionds whe will re- grot to note his absence from the whirl- pool of politios and postoftices. Oamruery, tha republican candidate for congress In the sixth Towa district, has, in his contest for the seat of his opponent, shown by the evldence taken that enough illegal votes wero cast for Weaver to overcomoe his majority of sixty-cight, Mr. Weaver will have his day In court and attempt to show that he waa falrly eleoted all the same. He undoubtedly has the advantage, aa ho {s In and Mr. Campbell isout, SecrerAry ENpIcoTT proposes to order most of the army officers who have been loafing around Washington for years to their roglments. This /s an excellent ro- form. It will remind these gentlomen of the soft-aervice [brigade that they are still In the army and sabject to orders. STATE JOTTINGS. Fifty houses are going up in Wayne. Town lots in Sidney are selling rapidly, Hartington will lay out a park for future Winter wheat promises good returns in Johnson county. There are 1,289 children of %chool age in the city of Kearney. Niobrara and Creighton are anxious to “'Hello"” at each other, Confidence men are following ths immi- grant rush to the northwest, The Fremont creamery churned 18,000 pounds of butter duricg March, Fremout papers recommend buckshot as a remedy for the tramp plague. Cre'ghton has 700 population and supports three newspapers and three churches, Freight rates from Chicago to Chaldron are said to be 70 cents, and from Valentine to Chaldron §2.60, Cosl prospectors are_horing in the vicinity of Tecumseh. It 13 hoped the returns wiil not prove a t ore, A herd of wild horses is said to bs ranging in the extreme western part of the state num- bering about 150 head, The B. & M. railway compsny has expend- ed several hundred dollars rip-raping the river bank at Nebraska City. ~J. Sterling Morton will deliver the Arbor day address at Nebraska City, which occa- sion is to be generally celebrated, At the teachers’ iustitute, recently held at North Bend, 100 teachers were enrolled, the Iargest attendance of any institute held in the county. The Sioux City and Pacific railroad has_lo- cated the supply station for the Pine Kidge agency at Bear Creek crossing, sixty miles west of Valentine, The Lincoln News eays “‘Satan is in_com- mand of the wicked here and corn juice is king unto death.” One woman has applied for license to eell liquor, The Lincoln Maennerchor agpeals to the citizens to come down with cash donations to ineure the success of the Saengerfest to be held there next June, The Chadron Journal reports the discovery in that region of & wall built of square blocks of stone, extendivg for several miles throngh valleys and over hills, A cheap jewelry fakir invested $15 in_Ii- cense and carriages in Fremont and realized ten cents on_the investmont. He took the first train for Lincoln, Edltor Wolfenberger, one of the founders of tho New Republic, was warmly efligied by bis admiring friends a few nights after s de- parture from David City, The Buffalo County Agriculiural eociety will hold their ffth annual tair at the grounds of the society at Kearney, Neb., on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 19th of September, Ainsworth has a_promising youth of 19, named Edward Stiles, who measures six feet e1x inches in hoighth, an ugcommon breadth of beam, and weigbs 305 pounds, ‘There has been no resignations of federal officeholders in the state up to date, and the faithful aro anxiously looking for a plagua of some kind to bury the brigade, Navigation on the Kearney capal is stopped for want of water, and all passenger and {reight boats are dry docked. .Schooners however, are still sailiog over the bars, Durink & storm at Gaslin on the 5th lightning struck the residence of a man named Parsons, killing one ot three children sleop- in & bed near the stove, The other two were unharmed. Beatrice 15 still discussing sites for the feeble minded home. If the debate continues much longer it is feared the town will make a large contribution to the inmates when the institution is ready. Waterloo, In this county, ehows ns mapy signs of improvement as any of her nelgh- bors, New buildings, fonces, heds, and cleaniog up on every hand, A $5,000 &chool houee will be a hig feaiher for the town. The Burlington & Missouri river railroad unloaded two carloads of scrapers and gen- eral gradig outfit at Custer last week. and it is said will begin grading westward about five miles, thence north through Geneva and Fair- mowat, An aged man near Kearney, known in_the locality as Granpa Lanchrey, died suddenly whilo evgnged plowing ia the fleld, . Whey discovered he was sitting upright in the seat of the sulky plow with his hand geasping the lever, but stone dead, Soveral farmers noar Falls City have dis- covered the use of railroad rails in breaking down corn stalks to be altogether too expen: sive for ordinary farming, The railway com- pany have caused several arrests for taking rails for the purpose mentioned, “An immigrant on reaching Hustings rounded up his brood to find one missing, Haatily telegraphing abead of the train, the conductor found the fnnocent towhead curled up in a seat sweotly dreaming, He was aroured and urned to his anxious parents by the next train, Clay Howard drew & $100 feed grinder In the Omaha Weekly Boe distribution, and our old friend, Julius Brewer, csptured & bice sewing machive at thessmo drawiog. All Julius needs now to complete his heuseliold s to capture & good -looking widow o old maid, - [Boone County Argus, Two lawyers, two patent right men and two ordipary citizens piled into a boat at Brownville, last Friday, and procseded to sall the turbulent Missouri, A land squall struck the quaking craft, d & huge billow swept the deck, carrying away her craw, dis lodging the rudder and making kindling of the mizzen wast and jib, The water-soaked mariners floundered for several minutes amid the threateniog o#, when the life-saving crew, under the lead of Mike Borada, threw out & line and hauled them safely to shore. One sack of mail was lost, The grain men of Plattsmouth have a gold mine in the grain business these days It was reported on the street Saturday that one firm pi P $2,200 on & wheat des! in Ohi- cago inside of & week on account of the sumors of war and the advance in prices. Another party who lives hore who has over two bundred thousand bushels of corn In This was considered great |{{ oriba and warehouses along the B. & M. R. R., ray" his profits have been over $10,000 in the last ten days on this advanca. Think of it, ye suffering public, and compare their lot to the poor, hungry editor, who ie willing to accept an armfal of kindllng wood or & ham sandwich for a_subscription to his paper. [Plattsmouth Herald, The business of the land office of Niobrara for the quarter ending March S1st was as fol- lows: Unsh sales— 52 commuted homesteads, 7.607.28 acres, $0,450,16; 82 pre.omption act 11,648.14 acres, $14.660.24; 12 excess d entries, 52 60 2 ceas timber culturs, 12 vato entries, 120 cre 10,400,80 ncres, $24, 0 _h 05 acres, 815,85 2 pri 8160 —total oash sales, 250,64, Fees and com stead entries, 28,528.84 | homestoad entries, timber culture en- final timber cultures £328; 3 H. B. filings, Indian homesteads, Total roceipts of the g Stoux ncren (no fees) , 828,063 Wihen boysgo hunting with shotguns it is an infallible sign of a funeral, Thers are few exceptions, but they are so fow and far be. tween that parents should take to the rod when youngsters talk of shooting, A sad ac cident of this naturo happened near Lincoln Saturday last, Arthur Cornell, I iward Col. ling and Lucius Bumstead started ont on a dack hunt, They were down along the creek, and were creoping up after some ducks, Cor nell becams alidhtly separated from the other boye, and getting behind some busbes came out just asthe other boya fired, He was some twenty fect of more away, just in front of young Bumstead, and the lead struck ths back of his head, literally tearing off the whole top. The boys had not teen him, and did not know what was done until the smoke cleared away and they ran forward, There is now a strong probability that the editors of the Plattsmouth Herald and Omaba Republican will settle their differences with the revised edition of the code. It will be re- membered that during the recent municipal campaign ‘the Plattsmouth deacon charged Nye with being a rod-headed leader of the mugwumps, to which the latter replied, with school boy vindictiveness, ‘“You're another.” The atmosphere between the two towns has since been streaked with sulphurous invective, which reached a crisis early this wesk, when the Deacon flared up and charged the Omaha mugwump with personal cishonesty and ly- ing. Preparationsfor a bloody meeting with all its deadly pharaphernalia were 1nstituted at once, The fact that the deacon’s weight could only be pulled down to 160 pounde, even with his boots off, rendered a fistic en. nterout of the question, as the Omaha light weight, girded with sheoting sticks and slugs would searcely tip the balanco at 100 pounds, This _disparity in physical proportions _ called for more dead- ly and deliborate weapons of gore. Eighty pounds clubs were eschewed, lskewise revolvers and shotguns. The only weapons now left with Wh‘gh the ‘‘honah” of these bloodthirsty gentlemen can be vindicated aro steel edged shears with knuckle guards ot of quills dil!ped in redink. Dr. Seorge I Miller, of the Herald, will eecond Mr, Nye in his laudable effort to annihilate the “‘red mouthed yahoo of the Platte,” while Brother Sherman. lisutenant-colonel of the post bri- gade, will stand by his colleague till the last soa of green turf is swathed in blood. The battle will doubtless be fought to a_finish on plains of Oreapolis, aud the fioustatle mayors of the respective cities will see that there is a falr count and an honest funeral. Special trains will run on the day of the battle pass- engera will be carcied for half and pugilists on passes, and every effort will be made to enter- tain the vast concourse expected, Further pn‘;ncnlr\m will be given ia hand bills painted red, ——— AN ERRING BISTER DUCKED. How the Matrons of Weston, W. Va, Upheld that Community's Honor, WestoN, W. VA, April 13.—Yeater- day great excltement was occisioned in this place by the forcible Immersion in the river at midnight of a well-known widow, the perscns layirg violent hands upon her being equally well-known. For some time past the widow in question, Mre. Dodson by name, has been con- ducting herself in a manner wh'ch failed to meet the approval of her neighbore, and at an infcrmal gathering of half a dozen females it was determined that an A MONUMENT TO PAYNE, Erected In Tanis by Mr, Oorcoran, Tunis (Italy) Cor. New York Tribune, Mr. W, W. Corcoran has been putting a besatifal memorial over the empty tomb of the author of “Home, Sweet Home,” in Tunis, When on January b, 1883, Mr. Corcoran, at his own expense caused the body of John Howard Payno | & to bs exhumed there, the old slah that had covered the grave for so many years was replaced, and it was resolved by the frionds of Payno in Tunls to add a state- ment to the inscription and then keep the spot sacred atill—ns they had already done for 8o many yeare. But thefr loving Intentions came to naught, becanse of the removal of the slab Itself soon afterward to America. I know that Mr., Corcoran regrotted the removal of tho s'ab from Tunis; and it was broken in transit, hav- ing been badly packed. Later on, when ho heard of the disappolntment felt by tho Earopeans in Tunts over the takivg awayof the lattremaining mark of Payne’s first sleeplng place In his mother earth, he commiesioned the American consul at Malta to Have a suitable and substant’al monument made and place 1t over tho Tanis grave. The monument has boon completed and ehipped to Tunie, It was made in Malta by a skilful firm of chitel wielders, and ls composed of the indestructble, granite-like, close gralnod hard stone known as ‘‘zoncor’ which {s found in the Maltese island of Gczo. This stone was a favorite material of the Knights who employed it when thoy buils anything that they wanted to last. It can be pol- Ished to nsurface as smooth as Scotch granite, but without the glare of the Jatter. Its color is a yellowish drab, the prevailing tone being a soft gray. This new monument to the memory of Payre stands seven feet high on a base four feet square. The shaft curves gently as it rlees from the bate and then curves out to the cap-piece, belng slenderest in the cantre. It is surmcunted by a sym- bolical decoration in snowy marble in quiet but effective lines. The Iyre re- clines against & book and a scroll, while a marble ribbon—that may have escaped from the book—bears the first strain of ‘‘Home, Sweet Home.” The deslgn I8 suggestive and appropriate and yet simple and pure. It tells half the story of Payne's life and accomplishment without aword. Un the front of the shaft Is cleanly and clearly carved: IN . MEMORY OF JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, AUTHOR OF “HOME SWEET HOME,” BORN JUNE 9, 1791, DIED APRIL 9, 1852, On the right side is carved In rellof n shield, eagle snd the “*E Pluribus Unum” legend——the arms of the country in whose service Payne died while United States consul. Beneath the arms ara the words: DIED AT THE AMERICAN CONSULATE, IN TUNIS, AGED SIXTY YEARS AND TEN MONTHS. On the back Is this statement In the tomb beneath this stone the poet’s remaina Jay buried for thirty yeors, On January 5, 1883, they were disintered and taken away to his native land, where they received honored and final burial in the city of Washington, June 9, 1883, On the loft is the single and Impress- ive line, “Then be content. poor heatt.” In brief, the appearancs and effect of the whole structure are modestly attract— ive, full of repoae a3 well as strength. Its four tons welght and the abiding charact- Peanut flonr Is becoming an important products of the s>uth. It makes very fine blsouits } and pastry, YEST YOUR BAKING POVDER T0-DAY, Avertissd as absolutely pure CONTAIN ADMMONIA. THE TEST on A BoLstove untl: heated. them 4 smoll. A cliemist will Bot be re presence of Ammonia. DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA. ITS HEALTIFULNESS 1AS NEVER BEKN QUSTIONS, In a milllon homes for & quarter of a century 1t bas 00 the consumers’ relfable test, THE TEST OF THE OVEN. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., MARERS OF Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, rongest, most dellelous and natara| favor known,and Dr. Price’s Lupulin Yoeast Gems For Light, Hes Bread, The Tiest Dry Hep In the ‘World. FOR SALE BY CROCERS. CHICAGO. ~ 8T. LO! LINCOLN FLORAL CONSERVATORY Cor. G & 1744, on lino o f strce Loars. Greenhouse, Bedding Plants, Roses, Flowering Shrubbery, + Evergrecns, Small Fruits, Ete Dxttas with evory order, Eentlo any BweetPotato and ol v season. Ilustrated Catalog W. S. SAWYER & CO., Teleplione No. 344 Lincoln, Nebraska, G. SvANSON. C.SVANSORN & CO 1116 Farnam, Bet [Ith and 12th St,, iz Ava ScnirormiT example should be made of her. Acoord- | or of the material assure durabi ity for it ingly about 11 o'clock at night seven or(in the sunny clime of Tunis, 1t is a eizht ladies who felt that the good name | gracefal and subetantisl memorial, and of the community was being placed in|will boa marked additlon to the very jeopardy by thelr erring slster, mot at [ prettyand well kept cemetery of St, tho residence of one of their number, | George, in which Payne was firs: burled, MERGHANT disguised themselves eo as to be unrecog- nizable, proceeded to Mrs. Dodson’s home and knocked st the door. The unsaspecting widow opened it in . few momente, when she was scized by her assallante, a shawl thrown over her head to stifle her screams, and the party hur- rl:d their victim toward the river, a hun- dred yards distant. Mrs, Dodsop realizing that the party meant mischief, made a dcsperate reslstance, but her ef- forts to teat off the women were unavall- ing, and she was dragged to the bank and unceremoniously tossed into the fcy cold water of the stream, the party rapidly meking their several weys hemeward as soon as see siruck the water. Narrowly ercaping death by drowning, Mrs Dod- #n managed toreach the bank and regain her home, when she gavethe alarm and a search for her aseailavts was instituted, but no trace of them covld be foun T he victim is expected to swear out war- rants for a namter of euspected parties in a few daye, however, and the town is on the quivive in anticipation of sach ac- tion, elidoss Gisil o Arbor Day Proclamation, Exgcurive Orrice, | Laxcow, April 13, 18%, § To the people of Nebraska: The state board of agriculture, at its January meeting, 1874, adopred the followivg resolution: *Resolyed, That the recond W April of each year be and is hereby designated, dedicated aud'ret apart as arbor day for the state of Nebraska, and that the sgriculturists Nebraska do 'petition the lvgislature to id arbor day a legal holiday; that un ade holiday the governor be requested to call attention to said arbor day by procla- mation, and request the whole people to ob- serve it by plantiog forest, fruit and oma. mental trees.” In response to this action of the State Board of Aericulture, the governor issued his procla- mation, urgently recommending sn ol V. ance of the day designated ua 4rbor Day aa desired and expressed in the resolution herein referred to; and each sucoeeding year the gov- ernor of the state has issued his proclamaion calliog attention to this day. The iportance of the work thus begun has finally received legislative recognition. In furtherance of the ides expressed by the State Board of Agri culture, the legisiature of this year passed a g the 22d day of April as Arbor ud declaring the same to be a legal hol- ednesday of , therefore, I, James W, Dawer, gov ernor o the atate of Nebraska, contemplating the day in all its Importance, and with tae earnest desire that it be observed faithfully and well by the people of the state, do hereby issue my proclamation, and, as preecribed by legislative enactment, designate, WEDNESDAY, THR 21D DAY OF APRIL, 4. D, 1885, to be obseryed as Arbor Day, The result of these annual periods of tree planting for the past eleven years can be seen on every band. The once’ treel P es are doited with young forests, and there is scarcely u village, or & homestead, or & habi tation however lowly in the state that has not its complement of tree, shrub or vine, the re sult of honest toil on the day ket apart as Arbor day, Thisis well, Taecre should be no decrease in the number of trees planted each yoar, no discovtinuance in the work of beau- tifyiog the bowe, no surpension of the ob- servance of Arbor Day, which is now the le ol boliday cf the Nebraska husbandman, In testimony whereof I Live hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Nebrasks, Done at Lincoln this 13th day of April, A, D. 1885 E'?, the governor, Jauxs W, Dawgs, Rogox, Becretary of Btale ? | the treatles of 1856 e —— OKLAHOMA, Reason for the Decision that ItTs Not Open to Settlement, WasuiNeron, D, C., April 14,—The Administration bsees its opinfon that Ok- lahoma {8 not open to settlement upon These treatles were made with the Ssminoles, the Crecks, and the Cherokeer. They are fcr the most part identlcal in larguage, differing only in the articles which relate to the matters of special intereat to the respec- tivo tribes, The phrascology of the traaty upon which the claimis mado that the Unifed States holds the land in trust is undoubtedly the following, ss there is no other sentence in the text of any of these trea'ies whick appeora to create such a trust. The phrase fs: *‘In compliance with the desire to lo- cate other Indians and freedmen thereon, the Seminoles cede and convey to the Unitea States their entire dom " ete. The sime phrese Is found in all the treatles, It is undoubtedly upon this language that the construction given to tho trcaty by Secrotary Lamar {8 found- ed. o —— Senator Manderson's Views on Okla- homa and Dr.Miller, Chicago Tribune April 15, Sepator Manderson of Nebrasks ar- rived at the Pacific Jast evening to attend the congress of the Logal Legion. ‘‘There can be nothing done In the Okla- homa question,”” he said, “‘until Congress acts on the extingulshment of the Indian title, The Senate sub.committes will soon be on the ground to lnvestigate {he charges that the lands are occupled by Inter'opers. If the catllomen are found there they will have to go for if actual settlers are to be debarred from the lands there 18 all the more reason why the cattlemen should not b permitted to oc- copy them,” Turning to the politics of bis State the Senator suld be did not believe Dr, Miller aepired to be the dispenser of praronage. Auy one who hsd experienced the wor of officeseekers did not loog to have it continge. He did not believe, however, that removals except for cause were to be made save at the expliration cf the terms of officehiolders. *‘I'nat cause, Cleveland expressod himself to a friend of minc,” he continued, ‘‘must be more than mere partleanship. It must be shown that par- tlsanship has caused s neglect cf duty.” L ——— Vanderbilt's Mausoleum, New York Commerbial Advertiser, Willlam H. Vanderb It has contracted for the buildiog of a family tomb of Quincy granite sfter a design by Richard M. Huot. The tomb will be of the Ro- manesque style, 100110 on the ground and 63 foet from the surface to the apex of the domes, of which thers will be two, The exposed portions of the structure will be composed of Quincy graite,while the vestibule and catacombs will be built of marble and the arches and piers of limestone. The structure is to be ereot ed in the Morovlan cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island. It will require abont 8,000,000 pounds of granite, marble and lime combived to completo it, The cost Is estimated at $260,000. TAILORS Finest selection of Spring Suit- ings, Perfeet Fit, and complete sat- isfaction goa- A. KALISH. Merchant Tailor 816 South 13th Strect, 3 DOORS SOUTH OF FARNAM. rat-class tailoring in all its branches. wh'ifonifile Hatter 22, Fay i &2 2 P " Opey L=y MEeNs' FURNISHER. Save Money by Buylng AcorN BrovEs “Every Stove Warranted. JOHN HUEBIE, 2407 Cuming St. Sole Agents In Omaha AND RaNoES. INSTITUTE HOTEL! OCORNER 13th and Capitol Ave., Formerly Creighton House. Refurnished, §1.60 & day. Bpeclal rates by tho week. Omaha National Bank, 4. H. MILLARD, WMIWALLAG Oasble CAPITAL*"SURPLUS $600,000. Omaha Safe Deposit VAULXS. Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. For reot ab row §5 %0 60 per sanam