Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1885, Page 4

TKE DAILY BEE. THE SUPPRESSION OF VIOE. ‘We have recolved from some person in Owrien No. 914 axp $18 Faswau B, | New York—probably the authorized !-' Yoz Owron, Roox 65 Tamsuxa Bono- | agent of the opponents of Anthony Com- e, stock and the Soolety for the Sup resslon Iehed morning, The | of Vice—a copy of the proposed amend- m°mmfil:"::. ments to the l},{ew York penal code and Joat.. Ilalmu&- _:‘ 1% | code of eriminal procedure, with reference ¥he Weakly Bes, Publihsed svery Wedneaday | to the sappression of vile and obscene v‘-ln. rosTrAD. literature and pictures. The object of f -} Gy 4 1% | the smendmenta i to curtall the powers g ontha, withows premium. 78 | of Comatock and his soclety by allowing bmmabeghei--— T LI, any publisher to leave it to the judgment All Communioations relating be News and Editerial of the distrlct attormey and grand jury gathrs should be addressed bo $he ESITOR OF TER | hgthr any artlclo or publicatlon comes PUSDYRSS LATTRRA. [ within the meaning of the law. Thisis Bustacms Letbers and Remitignoss to be determined by a vote of the grand S s Fow ofhon ovters 8 w8 made PAP | jury, who shall do‘:i’de whether an indlet- ment shall be found. If the jury shall Ohecks able 40 the order of the declde not, then a certificate to that of- company. fHE BEB PUBLISHING CO., Props. fect shall be given to the publisher or pe- B ROSEWATER, Eprrom [,‘d,nn'-_ 488 o-.h.,! N.E,‘“' tloner, who ‘‘therenfter shall be free from molestation or arrest on account of pos- Tue city councll in framing an ordl- |* slng, publishing, manufacturing or nancs to define the dutles of the audltor |selling doplieates of such book, print, work should be earsful not to lay out more | of “"- l’h""?fl'fllfli orarticle.” Oneof the work than can be efficlently performed by [ Provisions in the P_“’P"“d amendatory one competent man. It won't do to make act 1s that ‘‘a conviction cannot be had the dutles of the oflice too complex and [ upon the testimony of an accomplice un- Iaberious, so that the seryices required | 1088 he be corroborated by such other evi- will be more than aix men can attend to, [dence as tends to connect the defendant The counil should ascertaln from other [With the commission of the offense olties of 50,000 to 100,000 population [charged, and any person nclfngungent. what the dutles of auditor are in such |informer or spy for any socioty or a places, and then frame an ordinance ac- | ¢ y. idual who i a prosecuting officer under the of ocordingly. e —— this state shall be held to be an accom- AxD now comes the Albany postmaster police.” with his petition for re-appolntment| The amendments, with the exception ander the Pearson precedent, but he |of that which refers to accomplices, seem will probably find that precedent is not|to be upon their face fair enough, but golng to be followed by Mr, Cleveland, | nevertheless we question the proprle!‘y of The Buffalo Express, a Blaine republican their paesage by the Now York legisla- newspaper, says, in commenting upon | ture. Whntevu.mlyba sald of An’hony the case of the Albany postmaster, that Comstock and his methods, thers is no ‘‘eoform doctrines require President |denying the fact that he has done in- Cleveland to appoint honest and capable | calculable good by his efforts to suppress men to official vacancles; but reform doc- | Indecont publlcations, advertlsemonts trlnes do not require him to appolnt re- [and pictures. He has undoubtedly saved publicans.” thousands upon thousands of young per— B sons from corruption. crimeand ruin, and A SENATOR entered the president’s he deserves the thanks of the respecta- room and enquired for a map of the |ble people In every community in this Unitad States, which he scrutinized for|sountry, Tt Istrue thatin his zeil he T s pratore® IF vac” ook | sometimes makes a mistake, but ho 1 ro- Ing if my state was still in the unlon. I |sponsiblefor those mistakes, and they are see 1t is,” replied the senator. “‘How I8 |so few in number that they are hardly "h‘"l'l “"1‘“‘“‘i :.he president. I‘;(l)(;" ‘: worthy of consideration. The trouble 1s you have glven It no attention T.did not |y o 410 bublishers of flash and criminal know how 1t was. 5 ltterature, who are making immenee for- —New York Sun. tunea out of thelr nastiners, are begin- Munday. in the Both smlled grimly. Inasmuch as Nebraska bas yet recelved no attention from the president so far as the distribution of offices is concerned, the democrats no donbt think that the above story applles to t his state. Ir the law 1s enforced In Montana the Sallivan-Ryan fight, which was arranged to come offi n Butte on the 16th of June, ing to fear that Mr. Comstock will suc- ceed in compelling them to elther step within the bounds of deconcy and res- pectability or abandon their nefarious business. Itis from the publichers of such vlle sheets as the Police News and the Police G'azette that this anti-Comatock movement evidently emanates. They have dlscreetly put their case In the hands of men who lay claim respectabillty, and who by virtue of that claim are enabled to galn some recognition ot the hands of the leglalature. Its is unnecestary to ad- vance any argument in behalf of the Socisty for the Suppression of Vice' lts atms and objects are for the public good, and it should be encouraged In its work in every posilble way. It opponents maintain that “'It sonsists practlcally of & set of ofticers who have constitnted them- selves & board of censorship In art and litorature, for the purpose of regulating UnpEr the recent deal between _Lho the morals of the people In accordance clty councll n?ul thf county commission-| Lyip thotr own Ideas.” If Indecont plet- ors, the principal city ofticers are to oc- |y req ¢ome within the limits of art, and if cupy rooms In the basement of the NOW |y o 1o gty that appears in flash papers court house for a perlod of five years, or | g jymoral publications can be called until a new city hall is bullt. The ob- |10 0tnro then Indeed the socioty Isakoard joot of this move s to protect the clty | ¢ oonyorehip in “art and literature,” and rocords from fire, as the buildings In |, - public ought to be thankful that which they are now kept are Mablo to bo |4y oo iy yuch & board but, otherwise, the deatroyed at almost any hour. Havirg soclety is not a board of centorship, In- secured fira-prnol'qnlrten the records cldentally, we would ask 1f 1t Is not bet- ahould be immediately moved thither.| oy "poCo cioh society endeavor to reg- “They should not be allowed to remaln in ulate the morals of the people according the fire.traps another day. In not mak | b S o0 a0 “than it is to have ing the tranefer at oxce the city authorl- the morals regulated according to the tles aro gullty of gross nogligence. They {450, of tho publishers of debasing papers, may delay the matter justone dsy 00|y, yy and pictures? That it fs an irre- long. sporsible board in that It Is not com- Tho Omaha BEE frota much its unamia- | Polied to glve any acoounting to tho pub- blo glzzard because this paper belittles lic or Ity 9ilnclnh in roference to its pro- and tears down Omahs, and eays we do |ceedings, is an equally absurd argument, not “‘materially hurt” that city. Bless | pho rosult of its work is pretty generally , we didn’c intend to hurt Omaba (- tmatorlally or othorwise, We have now |K00WR to the public, and the public is and then joked o 11tlo ab tho expense of |satlsfied with 1t. Nearly all the other shat mngY; pufed up olty. But we had | arguments produced agalnst the workings Torgotten ““"(fl“”‘l: ) “‘]"m‘“, 800 | of thesooloty ato no botter than those we nor take a joke, will lok again af the remnrk: this paper made about its have “f“”dl :“k ‘:;B ‘s" lltglltn ':‘;" beloved clty and interpret them in the |With all its mistakes the Soclety for the light afforded by good humor, good|Suppresslcn of Vice is accomplishing a ;ilfieltlon and an easy consclence, 1t will | ;reat good, and any attempt to curtail Its 0 ulge in a goffah that will echo against should b T ST ] g 83 powers should be carefully investigated. Oouncil Bluffs,— Lincoln Journal, Wo venture to asmsert that In neatly 1r fhage i prer brea guysush. thivg every instance where any opposition as humor In the so-called jokes appear- 2 _|to the moclety Is manifested the prime i j3 e wnestied eoluman 18 K9 L mover will be found In the background, Sl VOl whan froo Lo contoss Hhat | i tier asa publisher of vile *art and lit “jokes” of the would-bs humorlst are of erature,” orss & plrt'y who 1s otherwise auch s character that they: onght to bp|interested. If thero isany place In this tos fo|00Untry that needs such a man as m"f;:':m:’jof:fl}::”;’ BO1e8 101 A nthony Comstock and his soloty, 1t 1s New York city, and 1t is to be hoped that .3 the leglslature of the Empire State will Tk next Important public bullding | o0 oy yeself tobo controlled or fn- that ought to bo put p at an eatly day |y, 000 by tho frlends of the flash pub- 1a & olty hall. ,h “’oped that the clty lishers so as to throw any serlous ob- council will submit to_the people, at a e T P speclal electlon, as recommended by Mayor Boyd, a proposition to vote bonds| T actlon of the clty councll of Sloux for the building of a clty hall, It is be- | Clty in passing a so-called tavern orai. lieved that with the increased valuation | nance providing for a “‘high license” of of property at least §100,000 can be voted | $1,000 per year for ealoons, nsturally this year. 1f this be done the bullding |excites considerable comment through- can be begun this year and completed | out fowa, While the ordinance s good next season, We believe that the majorlty | enough in itself, it Is & dlrect violation of the people of Omaha will be in favor of | of the prohibitory law. The city law- bullding a city hall that will be almost{makers bive simply put themselves in equal to the new court houte In size and | the very (uestionable attitude of law- atyle. The clty needs as much room for | breakers. They have Invited the ealoon the transactlon of its official business as | keepers to break the law of the state. as the counvy does, and it wounld be folly [It seems, however, that some of the to erect a building in which the quarters | saloon-keepers have more sense than the would be cramped from the start. The |majority of the clty councll, They well public nasturally wants a large first-clas | know, that the council had no right to fire-proof bullding that will reflect credit { prss any such ordinance, that it ls llle. upon the clty in the eame mapner that{gal, and that it affords them no protec- the court houss does, tion whatever. Even should wlll not be permitted to take place. The prohibitory prize-fighting law passed by the last legislature, a modification of the Ohlo law, which has stood the severest test, entalls on its violaters six months in the penitentiary and not exoeeding $5,- 000 fine. It is not likely that the prize* fighters, when informed of the risk they run, will be very anxlous to fight in Mon- tana, It is to be hoped that they will be unsble to find a place where they can encape tho law. e———— ity, 8l wenknoss Ofg OnEFRUYE b) o Uy wall J, HOWanser? THE DAILY BEE--SATURDAY APRIL 18, 1885 they pay the $1,000, they could be elosed by Injunction at any time. To demand $1,000 of the saloon keepera under such clrcumstances looks vey much like blackmail, Other towns in Iowa where the prohibltory law has been en- forced will paturally expect to seo It obeyed in every part of the state. The Sioux Olty policy will therefore be gen- erally condemned, A similar evasion was attempted In Keokuk but failed, and the resalt will bo the same In Stoux City. The prohibitory law has been declared constitutional, and if it is to be enforced evory communlity should be treated im- partially. One town should not be per- mitted to have saloons while another ia denled that privilege. If the majority ot the people don’t want prohibition let them repeal the law. By its striot en- fercement it may be made so obnoxlous that its repeal will be generally de- manded, what has become of the market house proposition? Did it dle with the old council? It is to be hoped that the new council will revive the en- terprise and push 1t through so that we shall have a market house this year. Omaha certalnly needs such an instita- tion, which will not only prove a great public convenlence, but will tend o .| cheapen prices, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The expected declaration of war be- tween England and Russla hss again been postponed, and there ls some proa- pect of war being entlrely avolded, at east for some little time. The dl patches, however, are somewhat conflict- ing. We are told that Russla makes no secret of her intentlons of invading Afghanistan {f the Afghans compel her to o80. Of course, in the event of such invation, the Russians will maintain that the blame rests alone with the Afghans, In St. Peteraburg the opinion is enter— tained that England {s commliting her— welf to a dangerons policy In forming an alliance with the Ameer without securing absolute control. Upon the heel of the announcement that Russia ineists on re- talning the poslticns that she has already occupled, and intimates that unless England holds herself responsible for the acquiescence of the Ameer, General Kom- aroft will advance and secure Herat, comes the newas that Baron de Staal, at London, has been re- quested by the czar to inform the Euaglish government that in the czar's opinion war would be most deplor- able to both countries, ard that he hopes & prompt and simple arrangement of the present difficulty may be established. It 1s stated that Baron de Staal bas tele- graphed the czar that the English gov- ernment has gladly accepted the commu- nicatlon. This would look as If the Russian bear had backed down, and that the British llon was glad of it. It re- mains to be seen whether ‘‘the present difficulty” will be satisfactorily arranged, even if the reported communication of the ozsr s gonuine, which Gladstone doubts. As to the alspatch concerning Pendjeh, for which Rusala is repcrted to have made a demand, Earl Doflerin tele- phs from India that it is not worth tighting for, Meantime England con- tinues her preparations for wan so that she will be ready for any emergency. The old suspiclon of Russia’s trickery is still entertalned by England. The English believe that Russla will act as she has in the past by givioa assuran- ces that no advance will be made, yet that advances will be pushed all the same. Russia's excuses for the battle of Kushk and the occupation of Penjdeh prove entirely unsasisfactory to the Brit- ish ministry and people. Each new pre- varlcation seems only to diegust the Eng- lish dignitaries and_public; and matters have not been mended by dispatches from St. Petersburg contalning additional ex- planations aud excuses. Gen. Komaroff now states that he was in possession of positive information thatanight attackoa his troops was contemplated by the Afghan commander, and that in order to forestall the consequences of a surprise he was forced to dislodge the Afghans from the threatening positlons which they held. The latest dispatches Indi- oate that Komaroff knew officially about the St. Potersburg agreement with Lon- don, which was made on the 17th of March, which was that England was to deter the Afghans and the czir was to de- ter his troops from advancing beyond positions they then respectively occu- pled until some subsequent sgreement about the demarcation of the Afgban frontier could be reached between the two governments. The battle on the Kushk was fought therefore several days after Gen. Komaroff had been made aware of the agreement nct to advance, The prevalling belief in England, as has already been intimated s that Russia has only been prolonging negotlation to gain time for the massing of troops on the Afghan bord nd that when she is ready for adeclaration of war she will have a conslderable force within striking dlstance of Herat. This view is cortaln. ly eupported by the information attslne- ble concerning Russiap movements, and 1t it is correot the possibllity of an Eng- lish advance to Herat In time to save 1t {s very doubtful. The capture of Herat, cetsarily the firat objeet on ! sides, can determine nothlng, Should Russla succeed In taking it, ele will have to defend it sgalnst a regular investment, without tlme to strengthen the fortifications or to victual the place. The surrounding country affording no means for hasty provistonlog, it 1s open to question whether a force large enough to 3ohnd the city can subsist any length of time in it. Difficultles owing to the sterllity of the country would of cous affect both belligerents, though not equal- ly, since the Britlsh base of supplies would be much larger, and the communi- cations—on the assumptlon that the Af- ghavs remain friendly—more easily main- talned. But it Is plsin that if Russia gains Herst, the English task will be enormously increased, and that the war will be more prolonged, costly and d calt, A war between England and Russia would be carrled on by sea as well as by land. Russla has a considerable navy— 385 veseels of all classess, carrying G671 guos. Of these 40 are iron-clads, of which 6 are ships of the first class, with armor from 14 to 16 inches thick, and 11 are sesgoing crulsers, with from 4} to 7 inches of armor. The Black sea fleet of A R /thing short of equal terma, ted last yosr of 08 vesnels, Inclading 7 Iron-clads, Is proba. bly of only local Importance, though its existence necessitates the stationing of a strong British fleot in the Mediterranean to keep the Russians within the Black sea. But it Is tolerably certain that in oase of war the Russfans would try to send a gnn at least of their Baltic flaet to s 'his fleot containa thirty-three iron clads and forty-nine ubarmored frigate cruisers, some of them reputed fast, be- sidos ninety-five torpedo boats and varl ous gunboats and minor vessels, The recent reports that the approaches to COronstadt were belng lined with tor- pedoes means, we may suppose, that on these and on thelr numerous torpedo boats the Rassian engineers mean to rely for the defence of their Important har- bors. The first alm of the English will be, of course, to blockade the Russian fleet In the Baltlo. It is for this end, no doubt, that the British admiralty is now concentrating & powerfal Iron.clad floet in the channel and North esoape to sea of even a isers might be a serlous matter to the English. Such » floet, well managed and relnforoed by a fow ships now on the Siberlan coast and elsowhore, might, without stopping to fight equals, worry Ita enemy in many ways. A threatened descent upon the British West Indies, for instance, would necosaltate the diversion of a numerous Eoglish fleet, as well as of troops, to pro- toot those exposed possessions. Two cr three fast and well armed Russian crulsers in the Indlan ocean would employ another and considerable British force to protect the Maurltlus, the Cape, and, perhaps, to guard some Indlan ports. Inall probability the English cam- palgn in the Soudan is virtually at an end. It is true that the troops have not been withdrawn, and thero is ashow of activity on the Red Sea littoral; but Endglllhmen at home are growing more and more averse to & war against the Arabs for vengeance only. They do not love elaughter onlees _they are greatly enreged, or see much commercial advant- age at the end of it. If war breaks out betwecn thelr natlon and Russia, there will be the best possible excase for with- drawing the British troops; but even if that emergency ehould not arise probably eome other excuse will be found for abandoning the Soudan. The reports that the forces ol the mahdi are rapldly disintegrating seem to have & basls of truth/inthe ceseation of hostllit Tribal jealousies and the influence of rival aepirants for prophetic honors are apparently more powerful against the mahdl than the valor of the British troops. If these reports shou'd prove true it would be a great stroke of good luck for the English, Whether or not true, they come opportunely to relisve the discomfitnre of the Britlsh retirement, which seems to have become practically necestary. Tho proclamaton of the emperor of China that the French barbarians had humbly sued for peace and that he had granted their prayer, seems to have been a little previous, Perbaps the haughty tone of His Chinese Highness rather net- tled the excitable Frenchmen in Paris. At all events obstacles have arisen in the way of an immedlate settlement of the difficultles, and theve 1s a gnod deal more mystery about the reported conclusion of peace negotlations between Franca and China than seems necessary to a sincere wnd genuine arrangement of terms. The statement that France bhas proposed the evacuation of Tonquin by the Chinese, as a proliminary to the removal of the Formosa blosk- ade, moreover, does not sound promising; while the reticence of the new ministry, just glven thirty milllons of francs for war expenses, Is not reassuring. The sucooes of the attempt of Costa Rica, Nioaragns and San Salvador {o resist the usurpation cf Barrlow shonld lead tothe out of the good olements of plon of union, Honduras having v joined the allles, Guatemala is left alone, disorganized and probably ready to accede to any peaceful arrangement. What the southern and smaller republics objectod to 1o strongly was not unfon In d | itself, bat unlon under so unscrupulous & dictator as Barrics. As long as It re- :l:lud united action to resist wreng, the ought may suggest itsel! to the allles that permanent contolidation may be effoctive to perpetrate right. A compact unlon of the five states, if formed by un animous consent, would certalnly not be viewed with disapproval by this conntry, provided our interests there were not eacrificed, | — DEAD BARRIOS. voting of thls sum at the very moment when peace is said to kave been made resembles somewhat too closely the Ras- slan way of dolng things: negotiating and preparleg for war slmultaneounsly. Per- haps the strongest Indication of a pacific nature at present ls the pres- ence of General Campenon at the head of tho war department, for it iz well known that he has been oppozed to the war with China from the first, and it ls possible that he may haye made the con- clusion of peace a conditlon precedent to taking office. But China has to be reck- oned with, and after her success at Lang- son it is not probable that she will be dispcsed %o accept humiliating or any- That she would consent to withdraw from Tonquin. befora the French 1aised the blockade is unlikely, unless her real aituation ls much worse than s generadly known «r believed. The visit of the Prince of Whales to Ireland cannot in any wsy be termed a txiumphant march, 1t was not alto- gether unexpected, howsver, that there would be mora or less disturbance and riot. Even the Influence of Mr. Parnell could not prevent riots, The loyal m t Mallow were prevented irom ex pressing what the Poet Laureate once described as ‘‘their loyal paaston for thelr temperate Kings” by the troops and the police, wha drove them out of the station, Prevented from welcoming their rulers the dispersed Nationslists gave vent to thelr feelings by emashing the windows of houses which were decorated in honor of the royal vislt No doubt Mr. Parnell would have pre- vented this riot if he could. Perhaps the most curlous testimony to the extent of his influence thst glven by the mayor of Dublin, when he was histed by the crowd on Monday, He Informea the agsembly that ‘“he would at once telegraph to Mr, Panell at Cork and at Mallow an account of what had occurred at Daublin, and they would see what the result would be.” The ectual “‘result” was the rlot at Mallow, but this was probably not what the mayor mesnt, He meant that the kiog, that Is to say, the Boes, of Ireland would be displeased with thelr proceedings and would testify his displeasore. Whether Mr, Parnell foresaw the riot at Mallow or not, no- body can doubt that if he choee to do so he could make the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales a contlnuous rlot by glying a signal to that effect. If the Siait haa any polltical purpose it is that of coaxing the people of Ireland from thelr . alleglance to Parpell. It has so absurdly falled of that pur pose that It ls perfectly manifest everybody it can be effected only by Parnell's forbearance, if not by his active interference, in behalf of the “honored guests” of the people of lre- land, It might have been fcreseen that this woula bappen, As a demonstration that Parnell s omuipotent In Ireland and that the future kiog of England is impo- tent the tour has alresdy been complete- ly successful, Thisis a pretty position to put the prince in, and the political eagacity of the stetesmen who advised this sipgular method of extending an clive branch 1s equaled only by the wis- dom with which the war In the Soudan has been conducted 1t would mot bs at all ramarkableif the Friends Gone to 'Frisco to Meet His ¥amily, Who will Reside in ow York, A Ber representative mot the 8:20 traln yesterday evening, on which he had learned were friends of the famlly of the Iate General Barrlos, en route to San Franclsco to meet Mrs, Barrios and her children, When the train rolled into the depot almost the first person encountered was Mr. Jacob Balz, consul general at New York, of Guatemala, Hondaras and San Salyador, triplet republics of Central Amerlea, and the scene of the late ex- ploita of General Barrlos, whose tragio ond at the head of hls troops in battle, seeking to consolidate the petty govern— ments of the troples south of Mexico into one substantial repablic, is known to the world, OF the dead there 1s no purposs now to speak, except tosay that the fallen chieftaln was brave, intelligent, bitious and wide-viewed. His idea was a broad and stateemanlike one and, now that he has passed/away,his admirersand scattered followern well ‘mayinquire, *Whom have we left with us now to wield the spear ot Archilles or to bend Ulyeses’ bow.” Consul General Baizis a middle-sged gentlemsn, full of nervous action, rapid of speech and like his countrymen, quick to ask and answer questions. He stated that the party knows little of the facts attending Gen. Barrios’ death, but he presumad he has been accorded a mili- tary burlal as became hls rank and fame. The object of the vieit to 'Frisco is to meet the widow of the deceated soldier and escort hor snd ber seven children to New York clty, whera they will hereaf- tor reslde in a luxurious home owned by them there. Antonfo Barrios, Esq., a youthful son of the general, accompauied Consul-Gen- eral Baizon his sad miesion. Don Anto- nio has been a cadet at Wes! 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The largest room in the world unbroken by pillars is at St. Petersburg, Itis G20 feet in length by 120 feet in width, The roof is a single arch of iron, To light it 20,000 wax tapery are used, , has been Sacremento was recently visited by an ina- wmense swarm of bectles. They wero drawn by the electric lights and attacked the city in droves and swarms. They banged against the glass doors of the stores, covered the side- walks snd flew into the faces of the pedes- trisns. - Nothing like it was over stenthere ore. A curious discovery was msde recently whon a lightniog rod, which had been in pla fifteen years imbedded in soft cl " There was found attached to it s wolid lump of iron ore weighing ni mety-six pound posed to have been produced by the couversion of the clay by the action of electricity, The Bridgetown (Nova Scotis) Monitor entions & case in which five members of a Binily had six toss an each foot, Four of the poreons receptly had the superfl toensm- putated, while the fifth, « little small feot that the mallormati noticeab) The father of the childien hi six fiogers on each hand, and from mother's side of the family the peculiarity said to have been inherited, A pewbird s sald to have sppeared in Oregon City in flocks of about seventy. The bird 15 a trifle emsller than the robin, And the wsle is decked outin beautiful colo his back, head and neck being & golden p cock green, whereas thess psrts on the fe are of & sonbre ab color. Both a white under the wingr, and on the back curved ribbon of white, forming 4 crescent, each of the two arms of which commences at the front part of the wing—supposing the bi is at rest—and moets the other on the poster- for part of the back o — Ladies! Physicians and chemists haye snalyzed Pozzoni's medicated complexion powder and recommend its use to their wives and lady friends. What better could be sald of 1t! Your druggist sells it. - — A wa attacked with Bright's Disecase, or any kldney disease, doo’t want fi words, but its conqueror, Hunt's [Kid ney and Liver| Remedy., We must tell of tho grest specific— Hunt's [Kidoey sud Liver]) Romedy. It never falls to cure Diabetls, D:opsy, Bright'a Dissase, {2 WAR ON THE LOUP. A Fatal Stooling Affedy at Brighton Ranch, A Mob Visits the Ranch, Buru Horses and Carry off Per- sonal Property. A One Sided Statement by the Daw- son Uounty “Ploneer.” A man pamed Powell shot and mor- tally wounded s man named Provence, In Custer couuty, 'ast Friday wmorolng, under the following ofrcumstances: The man Provence was a squatter upon a proved-up clalm belonglng to Stephen D. Long, and Long belng a single man, was living in hls own house, with a family named Powell. Long had re- peatedly warned Provence to leave the place, and quite recently had nolifed him and his nearly grown mons to de- slst frcm plowing. Durlog last winter and while Lopg was llving alone in his house, and doring a temporary absence, the Provinces carrled off his personal effacts. A wsearch warrant wss gotten out and a porticn of the goods were found in the dwelllog of the Provlaces, aud the statement of a small boy of the family revealed the underground hid- ing place of Loog's boddimg, together with some hides belonglng to cattle which had been mlssing from the Brighton Ranch, The old man Prov- ence was arrested, bubt not punished. The trouble between Provence and Long, which had been gathering strength for fully a year, expended its force last Friday morning, when Prov- ence, armed with a shctgun and revolver, Q went to Long's house and, mooting Pow- oll outside, asked him to inform Steve Long, the —— —— —— that he want- ed to settle with him (or words of slmilar import). Long was on the outside of the house, and as Prevence had but a day or two before threatened to killi him, he coneidered that he must now have to fight for his Jife. He went In and got his Winchester and emerging found Provence in the act of leveling bis gun at him. Both fired almost simaltaneously, neither shot be- ing offoctive, however. At this jpoturo Powell ordered Provence to atop shoot- ing into the house, where his wife and children were. In responee Provence leveled his gun at him snd fired, one shot taking effect in Powell's hat. The latter got his gun and began firlng at Provence, and Provence drawing his plstol, fired three or four shots at Long and Powell, when the battle ceased by Powell shootlng Province through the side, when he fell, Province's two sons, who were som- ing rapld)y with fire arms to the aid of thelr father, stopped when they. saw him fall, aud dropping their guns, osme upon the scone unarmed, and_ finally 7o- moved Province to his house, where he died the foliowin night. Long and Powell at once made preper- ations t) deliver themselves to the ofticers of the law, but fearing mob violence, they dared not go to Broken Bow. so they remained seciuded until the arrival of Sheriff Foote, who, after consultmg with the Allys, agreed that Charley Allyn should take the prisoners to Wood River and torn them over to him there; from which point he would canvey them o Plum Croek. The sgreement was aazr- rled out and after & preliminary examin- ation before a justice of the pesce, Powell and Long were bound over to await the sction of the grand jury; sud failing to give bail were brought to Plum Gteek, and lodged in jail, on Saturdsy. The same dsy a mob of aboat 100 rasn, well armed, made thelr appearance, and | buraed: Long's house, together with the personal. effacts of L mg and Powell They wont to Virg, Allyn’s residence, who, however, was abaent, the premises being in charge of Gene Boblits and Lat Lamms, who were not molested The mob went into the house and heiped themeolves to canned grocerles smoant ing to about $100 in value. A small quantity of whisky being found, an offi- cer of the mob, named Merchant, spiiled it upon the ground to prevent tho, men from imbibing it, fearing they might be led through its influence to commit.some excessen. Weare informed that thls same man Merchant, In his officlal capacity as county coroner, summoned a juey of the mob, to investigate the death of Prov- once; and that they brought in & verdict that the deceated came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by either Long or Powell. Afier leaving Allyn's residence the mob, in pure wantonness, set fire to & rocfless double log house, ealled the “middle ranch,” which bad formerly servod as Virg, Allyn's residence. Then the mob lelt the locality, and have not since appeared In the neighborhood. ln- formation of the movements of the mob were brought to Plum Creek, on Saturday, and Will 2llyn, with twelve or thirtecn others, immediately proceeded to1hia ranch for the purpose of protecting tho property. They re- turned Monany, with the report that all wos quiet in the South Loup country. Many fear that the end is not yot, snd that the trouble has but just begun. —— A OELEBRATED CASE. The Dakota Land and Graziog Com- pany Score a Victory, Gen. Cowin returned yesterday morn. h | Ing frcm Siduey where ho has been engag- 1 od 1n » case, recently trled In tho district court at that pont, befors Judge Halmer, The sult is one of more than ordlnary in- terest and lmportance. On April 10, 1884, the Dakota Stock and Grazlng company purchared from Price & Jenks, a noted firm of stock men in thet locality, s large ranche, sap- pored to be stocked with & certaln number of cattle and made » payment of £50,000 on the property. It was the understanding between the two partners {o the eale that the ranch was to be left in the mavagement of Price & ks, whomould run it for the Dakota the the afterwards dlscovered that number of cattle for which the contract was msde had been delivered, and that Messrs, P, wero running up improper bills of ex- pense, which were entirely unwarrauted by necessity. The Dakota Stocs and grezlog compsny immedlately brought sult sgalost Price & Jeoks to recover the $50,000, with interest, which hsd been pald, deemiog this the best way to get out of an unwholesome bar- gulo, Price & Jenks, on the other Shortly purchasers —— N hand, entored an off set clalm that the Dakota Land and Grar'ng company had not fulfilled thelr part of the bargain, and demanded tho balarce of the oon tract money, somwo £30,000. The first time the oarc was tried in the district court at Sidney, the jury dissgreed. Upon the second trial, thero resulted a verdict of 854,733 for the plalntiffs, the Dakota Land Cattle com jany. The battlo was bitterly fonght and every inch of legal ground was oontested with dire determination, On the victortous slde wero arraged Gen. Corwin, Col, Herst, of Sldney, and Judge Novllle, of North Platte, The defendants wern representod by J, L. Webster, assisted by Judge Wright, of Ohoeyenne. The case will be appoaled. THROUGH TO OHIOAGO. The First Shipment from the Union Stock Yards over the B, & M. and C. B, & Q A fow days ago the B. & M. completed its track to the Unlon stoek yards, South Omaha, This work was begun last year, and proved qulte an undortaking, the ex- pense of which was over £5600,000. The new lino was Inaugurated on Wednesday Inst, when the B, & M. took out a ship- ment of five cars from the yarde, followed on Thureday by a ehipment of three cars. The first through shipment to Ohieago over the B. & M. and C. B. & 4. from She Union atock ysrds was mado yester- day by W. F. Brown & Co., live stock oom n merchants, who are perma- nently established at the yarde. They shipped out six cars of stock over this new through route to Gregory, Cooley & Oo., of Chicago. Stock going over this route ara chipped through from the Omaha yards direct to Ohleago. This Is & bigcard for the B. & M. and C. B, & ud will be appreciated by all atook m on. 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