Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1885, Page 4

YHE DAILY BEE. e T B S:_'i.;"."' oy :“..:".‘. Tatsom Do WA, merkany daiy o connmronmcal fleations relating te News mahters should be sddrossod ¥ the Evrvon of THE SURIORSS LaTYRRA. Bariness Letters Remittanoes should be thressed v Tan Ban ;“nu-m- CoMPANT, ONARA. Ohooks and Powt offioe orders 40 be made pay- YHE BLE PUBLISEING O, Pros. R ROSEWATER, Eorron 1¢ | portation of OMAHA AS A PORT OF ENTRY. Omaha Is now a port of delivery, but 1t should be made a port cf entry for the immediate transportation of dutlable goods, There are three classes of porte. Those on the seacoast are ports of entry, and belng sach they are always points of appralsemeny. Those in the Interlor are ports of delivery, Then there are cer- taln cltles throug hout the country known a8 ‘I, T." ports, for the Immediate trans- dutiable goods. Now, whero a lot of Imported goods come directed to a port of delivery, which s not an “I. T." port, they mast remain at the port of entry untll they have been appralsed in thelr tarn, unless there Is some local pressure to have them appraired out of turn. The result of this natarally is that the interlor ports have thefr goods greatly delayed at sea.port towns, So | i Manager Daily Olrculation, %5, ory ai Omaay Neb. | Tnr Saturday oirous waked up the Sunday belt line anaconda sufficlently to makeo it oross Eighteenth street. —————— Tre most interesting clrcus perform- ance of the season 1s liable to take place in the Illinols legislature this week. | B Tae rovised railway edition of the old testament according to the Omaha belt 1line managers commands the anaconda to rent slx days and then put In a whole wook’s work on Sunday. Tk belt line, lke the anaconda, sleeps theough the winter and wakes up In the spring. Having crossed Eighteenth strost we suppose the belt line anaconda will take another long rest. Secrerary Esprcorr will find the Rowdy West nearly as clvillzed as New England. Nebraska has imported a great many of its *‘rowdles” from bean.cating Boston and other cultured clties of the east, and we are not ashamed of them. Tue latest batch of new postmasters contains the name of Mr. J. O. Morgan, who has been appointed to take charge of the postoffice at Kearney, Neb. Mr., Morgan, who was formerly editor of the Councll Bluffs Globe, moved to Kearney sbont two years ago, and for a fresh arrival is doing qulte well, Tue English government proposes to sond a medical commisslon to Spaln to in- vestigate the newly dlscoyerad system of Inoculation to prevent cholera. Our gov- ernment ought to follow suit at once. If the discovery is really a valuable one, every phyalclan In the country ought to bo afforded facllities for obtalning a knowledge of it at an early dsy. —— Tue alleged dynamiters, Cunningham and Burton, have been convicted of trea- son and felony, and have been sentenced to ponal servitude for life. Both prizon- ors asserted their innocence, and there are many people who will doubt thelr gullt. If they were innocent, however, it doos seem rather strange that they could not prove that they had no connec- tlon with the dynamite plot. In all probability justice has not been misled in this case. TuE senate committee that proposes to investigate the Oklahoma land question and other matters in the Indian territory 1s hardly composed of the right men for this important work. Two of the mem- bers are known to be altogether too Intl- mate and friendly with some of the cattle- kings who have obtalned leases of vast tracts of land from the Indlans at a nominal rental, and 1t s suospected that they sre interested In some of the big deals that have taken place in the Indlan territory during the lest two or thres We venture the prediction that the report of that committee will be a whitewash affair for the benefit of the An attempt will very likely be put forth to make it appear that the Indians are well satlsfied with the system of land-leasing as well as the prices pald, and that everything Is just as it should yeara, oattle men, be. Tus Omaha Belt Line Railway com- pany is ot lta old tricks. During Satur- day pight and Sanday 1t put a large force far as Omaha is concerned her importing merchants have frequently orderad goods for the spring trade, and owlng to delay In appraisement at the port of entry they have not been recelved until mid- summer, and goods ordered for the fall trade have not reached here until mid. winter, We know of large shipments for the holiday trade which were landed in New York In October and November, yot the pressure of business was so great a8 to prevent thelr aporolsement and shipment until January or February, the result belng a serious less to the import- ing merchants, Sach delays are slmply roinous, It Is a matter that effects not 0.ly Omaha but several other impor- tant Interlor citles. and the question has been how to remedy the evll. In June, 1880, an act was passed by con- gress giving the r'ght cf immedlate trans- portation of dutlable goods to large ports of delivery throvghout the Unlitzd States, and among them was Omaha, In this act there was a proviso that these ports should be made L. T.” ports {f they had an appralsement officer who could appralee without creatlng additional expense to the government. The treasury depart- ment, however, cliimed that by reason of this proviso it had the right to exclude from the “I. T.” provislon any of the ports named in the act, and acting under this clalm the secretary of the treasury excluded nearly iLirty ports, Including Omaha, from the banefit of immediate transportation. Upon learning of this unfortunate and unjust conditfon of affairs Sen- ator Manderson aet to work nearly two years ago to induce the treasury department to restorse Omaha as an “I. T.” port. The solicltor of the treasury, however, decided that the department had no such power. Thereupon Senator Manderson sought to remedy the matter by leglslation. Notwithstanding some considerablo opposition on tho part of eastern eenators, the bill passed the sen- ate making Omaha an “L T.” port. This bill, on account of a lack of time, falled in the house. However, In order to ob- tain the desired result, Senator Mander- son asked a ruling of Attorney-General Brewster as to whether the treasury de. partment had the right to make “I. T.” ports by executive order. The attorney- general coincided with Senator Man- derson on this proposition, overrul- Ing the solleltor of the treasury. The senator 1is according’y now making every effort to have this order is- sued, and it is hoped thathe will succeed, as it will bea great {benefit to the mer- chants of Omaha and her nelghborlng clties. The objectlon to its Issuance seems to come from New York largely, for of course the result of establishing “I. T.” ports throughout the country will be to decrease the number of ap- pralsing officers In ports of entry. The present system simply mikes the large cittes of the west play the part cf suburbs to New York. The New Yorkers claim that we have no expert apprafsers, but this is answered by the fact that the sur— veyor of customs and his deputy could expense to declde the matter. placing another officlal here. The gov- ernment would got all that it {s entitled competing with those of seaport citicn, of men at work In extending its track across Eighteenth street. courts could be obtained to stop it. ‘There certalnly ought to be some way of preventing corporations from violating Iaw and acquiring by force what a private indlvidual could not take without com- mitting felony. There is no doubt what- ever that if the belt line has any public thoroughfare to cross and the object is properly explalned to the elty councll t will secure its right of way on condi- tlons that are fair to the clty and to the railroad company, but from the beginning the belt line company has shown a dlspo. sltlon to play the brigand and seize prop- erty that does not belong to it and to eccupy public thoroughfares without It bhas extended its legal authority. lines on several occasions across streets either at midnight or on Sundays when the courts could not be appealed to. It is noanomoly that our courts are closed and {noperative on 62 days in the year, and that upon those days corporations msy commit trespass and other wrongs with- out any fear of the law., The belt line may become a valuable auxiliary to our railroad system, and we have no dlspoel- tlon to obstruct its extension, We insist, however, that its managers should con- duot thelr affairs in cbecienca to law. If they want any extension through the public streets let them make the prop- or applications to the mayor and council, This was done to steal a march on the property owners and the city in recurlog a right of way across Eighteenth street without golng to the trouble and formallly of lawfully ob- taining such privilege through the eclty councll, The company chose Sunday for this work 80 that no Injunction from the I behalt of the citizens of Omaba we extend a hearty welcome to the eecretary of war, Mr. Endicott. The metropolls of Ngbraska has for more than fifteen years been the headquarters of the mil- army and Its officers have contributed of the clty. As cltizens of one common country we take pride tn extendlng the hospltallties to a member of Presldent Cleveland’s cabinet, whose position en- ables him to become useful to this section in more ways than one. While many of the old cltles of the east perhaps have more refinement and polish, Secretary Endicott will find Omaha possessed of more pluck and push to the squars Inch than In any other city of its elze on the continent, Tae cable announces the dangerous ill- nees of Vietor Hugo. elghty-two years of sge 1t 1s not likely that he will recover. This famous Frenchman, who 1s universally beloved by his countrymen, has had sn eventfal carcer. He recelved an excellent educa- tion, although spending much of the time of his fyouth in roving through France, Spain aud Italy. He esrly ex- hibited » taste for literature, and deter- mined to mske it his life pursult, He wrote and published a number of novels and dramss between the years 1823 and 1840, all of them meeting with great pop- ularlty, as did aleo two volumes of lyric poems. He was glven the credit of cre_ sting a new literary school In France, and upon the appearance of his poems, make the appraisement by calling in the assis'ance of alocal expert at very little These appra'ssments can all be made wlithout to under the tariff acts, and the interlor merchants would stand some show of itary department of the Platle, and the largely to the businees and soclal welfare As he ls over THE DAILY BEE- o "'UESDAY, M F o~ AAW AY 1 L T he wae acknowledged the greatest cf llv- ing French poets. Louis XVIII gave him a pension as early as 1823, when his literary efforts first began to attract a tentlon. Louls Philippe created him a peer of France In 1845, and In 1848 he was clected a representative of tho oty of Parls both to the constitational and the legislative assembly. Napoleon banished him from France In 1851, and while an exlle on the laland of Guernsey he added new laurels to his literary fame. Upon the establishment of the republic he re- turned to Parls, and was recelved with great demonstrations of joy by his hosts of admirlng friends, Of late yesrs he has llved a qulet 1fe, and has written nothing. D OUR SCHOOL FINANOCES, The financial sffalrs of the public school system of Omaba are In excellent condition, We do not believe that there is another city In the country that can mako a better showing. The board of edu- catlon can not only pay off the £100,000 high schovl ten per cent bonds, but also all other indebtedness, amounting to about 50,000, this year. The bonds, however, are nct due until a year hence, and it Is not likely that such gilt- edged securitles will be surrendered by the holders before they are due unless tho foll Interest Is pald them. So it will be meen that Inone year our publle echool system will bs entirely free from debt upon fts property, which includes fourteen echool bulldings and sltes, amounting In value to nearly §700,000. The gratlfying conditlon of oar school finances is due to the high license system. This fact cannot be denied, and yet there are some people who would do awsy with the revenue from the liquor dealers eimply because 1t comes from such a sourca. Under the high llcense eystem the Omaha schools now recelve $134,000 a year from the liquor dealers, The other sources of rev- enue are the pollce court fines amounting to about $25,000, and the apportionment fand of about $20,000. The total Income this year will amount to nearly $200,- 000. With this annual income we can not only pay our current school expenses, but have a handsome surplus which can be used In employing more first class teachers and In building substantlal school houses in answer to the demands of the growth of the clty. The time is not distant when this cliy, with its con- stantly Increaeing school revenues will be able, without ald from the state, to establish, In connection with the high schocl, a first-clazs normal school for the training of our teachers. This has been done In Cleveland, and it can be done in Omahs. A colleglate course can also in time Do established which, In a few years, might bo made to equal that of the Boston Latin echool. All these things can bs accomplithed with money, and Omaha will have no lack of funds for such purposes hereafter. Tz people of New York clty will have to submit for some time longer to the extortlonate prices and the poor gas of the Consolidated gas company. The gas consumers assoclation made a vigorous effort to have a bill pasted by the leglsla- ture to regulate not only the price, but to compel the company to furnish a better quality of gas. Everybody supposed that the bill would pass as there was no ap- parent oppcsition, but just at the critical moment the monopoly lobbylsts bribed a sufficient number of the members, at a cost of $I,000 to $2,000, to defeat the measure, This money was not pald, but promised. Thls is where the lobbylsts displayed great shrewdness. When the gentlemen who had sold out the paople called for their checks {hey were informed vhat they had not yet fully earned their money, as the de- feated bill would immediately resppasr in a new shape, and they must beat It before they could get any cash. The bribe-takers returned to tho leglslative halls and when the new bill came up they promptly defeated it. Thus the gas monopoly etcaped the expenso of buylng the legislature a eecond time, The gas-consumers’ assoclatlon has given up u diegus! any farther attempt to beat the consolldated monopoly. Gas stock is quoted firmer and fs taking an upward tendency. The consumers of course will have to make up to the monopoly what it cost to defeat the will of the people, Fisi CommissioNer May has returned from Washington to Fremont, where he has resumed business at the old stand. So far as heard from, his political hatchery has not epawned out very well. Srcrerary Exprcorr ehould not forget that General Howard stands first In the line of promotlon for the next major generalship, General Howard is an in- offensive non-partisan, Tae edltor of the Des Molnes Leader has written a solid column of taffy for the reform administration, The Des Moines postcilics has not yet been disposed of, Tuk so-called Omaha bage ball club will confer a favor upon its friends in this clty by either winniog & game cr changlog Its name. Tue consul-general at London has re- slgoed, He is not an offensive partisan, but he might as well rasign as to be kicked out. Ir anybody wants a postoffice In Neb- raska lot him start a democratic paper, Dispensing Bolid Justice, sw Youk, May 18,—Sergeant David H. (b Crowley, who waa on Friday found guilty of committing assault on Maggie Morris, at the Standard hall, was today sentenced by Re- corder Smith, of the genoral sessions, to_im- prisonwent in the state penitentiary at Sing Biog at hard lebor for fifteen years and eix months, “EGD" AND “VETO.” The Conecil Blofis Conccil bas a Monkey and Parrot Time, The Mayor has Six Speoial Police in the Rear of the Room. Dalrymple Declared to be Clerk—The Lieutenant-Governor Takes A Hand, The city council met as a board of equaliza. tion last night, and after the tranraction of a little business, adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon, The aldermen then met a3 a board of health, and _divided up into committees for enoh ward, to look after cleaning up the_city and to file complaints, and the marshal was in structed to enforce all rules of the board, The board of health then adjourned. A council meeting was then called. A committee was 1struoted to prepare_an agreed statement of the facts in regard to Mr, Vincent's contract on the Indian craek sew 80 that no questions in dispute might be re- ferrod to some judge for decision, The oath of offica of Capt. Bicher, as chief of the fire department, was presentod and placed on file, Lieutenant-Governor Manning presentod the oath of office of A. Dalrymple as clerk of the city and the superior court and the official bonds, The mayor stated that the law re- quired that the bonds of the clerk must ba tiled with the mayor, and that they had been presented to him, and he had refused to re- ceive them until the present controversy was over. The governor desired to have the minutes show this tender was made and re- fused by the mayor, He asked also that the council approve the bonds. A motion to approve the bonds was carried Ly four to two, Aldermen Geise and Mynster voting nny. The esme record was made in reeard to Alderman Eicher, Governor Manning thendemanded that the old clerk's office expiring with the election and qualification of his succeesor, that the new clerk take his seat and assume the du- o8, Alderman Sidentopf moved that the new clerk take his place, The mayor declared he would not entertain any such motion, and would not ke bulldozad Alderman Mynster moved to adjourn, No second. ‘Then followed some talk, and intimations of having an arbitration were made. The mayor in the meantime completed his veto of the clerk’s election, and filed it, He then notified the council that ii the mova was to create a discord he would call on six men, whom he had eelected as speeial po- lice, and whom he would call uponto protect the room, Governor Manning gave due notice that he could not be intimated, and that he meant no discord or riot. The mayor asked the governor if it was not an evidence of disorderliness to have the now clerk standing at the corner of the table, ready to jump into the chair if the motion was carried, The governor eaid he was glad to have the mayor thus recogeize Mr, Dalrymple as clerk, 'he mayor— He is your clerk, not miae. Governor Manning then continued, and denied the idea of the mayor being able to veto an election, He did not care whether the mayor’s veto was read, or not read, voted up or voted down, The mayor said what vexed him was that the new clerk should prepate to jump into the seat of the clerk. Governor Matniog eaid that Mr, Dalrym- ¢le was not going to grab anything, Alderman Siedentopf then explained that ne had called Mr, Dalrymple up there to whisper to him sbout something else, and that accounted for his getting so near to the clerk’s chair. This explacation caused much laughter, and made the mayor’s alarm and his provision of six special policemen seem ridiculous, The mayor's amended veto declariug the elc%fiun ot Mr, Dalrymple void, was then read. The vote was called on the action of Aid, Siedentopf, that Dalrymple take his placa as clerk, Themayor euggested that if the council wanted to be fair thay should leave it to ar. bitration. He would leave it to one_republi- con and one democratic lawyer of his own choosng, and the ccurcil to chooso Gov. Manning, Ald. Siedentopf thought that the mayor in choosing two out of the three was getting tho big end of the handle, Ald. Mynster raid he was not afraid of the law, but was afra d of ‘‘four to two.” Alderman Sicdentopf thought it queer that two men should ru'e four, Gorernor Manning then showed up the law fully and clearly. The mayor interrupted him by intimating that it was not fair to have Mr, Dalrymple represented by an attorney, while the incum- bent clerk, Mr. Troutman, had no attorney present, The governor continued to show the mayor that he could veto nothing but an ordinance or resolution, and that no resolution was re- quired in order to elect a clerk, and that theie was nothing for the mayor to veto. He urged that the council at once declare who 1 tha opinion of a majority of the coun- cil was the clerk, In regards to the problem of the meaning of “‘two-thirds” majority, tho governor declared plainly that it meant just two-thirds of the'council, and he did not cara to spend time in such foolishness, Alderman Shugart eaid that the city attor- ney had advised the council that they could postpone the election from time to time, and that no motion was necessary. He called on the city attorney for corroboration. The city attorney i response declared that under the statutes the city council could elect a clerk at any time, and corroborated the alderman’s 5'atemont, The city attorney then proceeded to scorch the republican members 10r using their power for political purposes. He claimed that they were elected by independent citizevs, and were acting recreant in being partisan, Alderman Benvett denied the charge of partisauship, They had given tho chief of the fire department to the democrat», Alderman Mynster declared that the coun- cil had acted unfair by the old clerk, by post- poning the election, and giving him to under- stand that he should hold over, The mayor suggested that they should hold Mr, Troutman as clerk, as ho was an_impor- tant witness in many cases against the city, ¢ ming up in the present term of court The city attorney thought that eventually Troutman would have to get out, and he might as well retire, and let the aldermen take the respousibility, 1t was charged that the four republican aldermen held secret caucuses and did wot invite the democratic duet in, Alderman Siedentopf replied that last year he was the only regublican, and he was not invited into the democratic caucuses, The motion to seat Dalrymple as clerk was :t last voted on, resulting in the old four to WO, Aldorman Siedentopf moved that the mayor’s veto be placed on file, on the ground that it was on matters over which he had ne veto power, Alderman Mynster moved to amend, that the veto be recaived aud voted on, The am- endment was lost by four to two. The mayor decided that the veto was sustained, (Hisses and faughter.) Alderman Siedentopf raised a point of or- der, It was over ruled and an appeal taken, The votestood, two to sustain and four to over rule, ‘The motion to place the vote on file was carried by four to two, =Adjournment was then taken until 4 o clock This afternoon. The new clerk did not attempt to take his lentle than seamen have known for many yoars—and some passages acroes were the rovghest that voteran eeamen over met with. The rough westher set In in December and continued for five montha, It Is not entirely through with yet. The Germanlc, a rtout, good steamer of the White Star line, sailed into New York & fow daya ago, after baitling with the most terrific storm she had ever encoun- tered. A heavy sen struok the shlp on ber bow aud completely overwhelmed her sweeping from stern to stern and leaving two feet of water in the cabin. The Helvetla, a Begian steamer, was knocked to pleces in the lce In the Gulf of St. Lawrence and sunk last weok, and ) steamer that arrived at Now York from Liverpool Tuceday reports having eailed for miles along a huge wall of lce. But while nearly every regu'ar stcamer between New York and Europe has en- countered stormy and difficult weather, and some of them have met with mishaps not ono first-class steamer has been lost. Some have had their radders broken, some their sides stove In and their cabios Inundated, and scme have been half turned over in the sea, but all have weathered the tempests and got Into part. The fact is a tribute to the admie- able atylo cf ship-building that pravails at this dsy. Thore Is no uscful art that modern civilzatlon shows higher trlumphs in than the construction and equipment of iron ocean steamers, They are nearly invulnerable In a stcrm, Pad- dlz-wheels have gone out of fashion, and the propeller, being under water, ls comparatively ont of danger; and even If the steamer rolls over on her side, she will, if well balasted, right sgain snd keep on her course, A first-iate Iron steamer is a symbol of ocean svpremacy, and the nation that builds and owns the mokt of them must atand at the head of the powers of the earth. e — Improved kt Western Agriculturalist, What a wonderful revolution In stock rafalng cn the westorn farms as compared with 25 years ego. Then the masses of farmers bred the native scrub stock, and althcugh they had but little expense, they made but little money. They jeered at thelr more enterprising neigh- pors who ploneered the introduction of tho Improved breeds of stock, just as a prejudice has fought the progress of our Improved farm machinery, and Indeed the improvements in manuafacturing ma- chinery and on every department of our natlcn’s progress. These western states constltute the great stock brecding ground of the world. In climate, in soil, in grass, in graln, and in its great boundlees extent, 1t has no equal tn all the world, while our farmers are ttock farmers. Grass is be- coming a standard crop, and our graln fs more prcfitably marketed through good stock than In any other way. Every farmer raises more or less stock, and with the Incrensed value of our lands we have increased the value of our stock. We have eagerly secured the best animals of all the best breeds of stock threughout the older countrles of Europe, Our enterprisiog impcrters and breed- ers are now liberally encouraged, and are taxed to thelr utmost capacity to sup- ply the rapldly incroaslng demand for breeding apimals for the farmers, Kv- ery farmer 1s grading up h's horses and cattle, while the hogs and sheep are now generally of some of the established breeds. In many localitfes the cattle are sll grades of the Storthorns, Here- fords or Polled Argus, and in the deiry districts thero are many grades of the Holeteins and Jerseys. As there are wany counties where only these fall- blood bulls are uted, there the scrub bull is a thing of the past. There high grades are eagerly bought by the feeders and shippers at high prices,and they make money with them, A prominent Shorthorr breeder in Tows, baviog pastare likely to go to waste, snd not being able to got grade cattle of suitable age, went further west and bought a lot of common cattle. He pastured them through the summer and fed them three months on corr, and when gold the tsil bronght more than the top, and both ends lost him money. He bas concluded hereafter to make winter pasture of hils grass if he cannot find grades or thorcughbreds to eat it in the summer, Thus it is the ecrubs have been crowd- ed back by the improved breeds giving the better ficancial returne, and with the improved breeds comes moro grass. Good grass and the growthy grades give the easiest and highest prosperity to the farmer, and the higher the grades the greater tho profits, with an increased ra- to to thorovghbreds. From the report ¢f the department of agriculture for 1684, the percontage cf increased value ¢f high grade cattle in the rentral western siates of Ohlo, Ken tucky, Indiena, Ilizo's, Iows, Missourl Konsas end Nebraska, was 40 por cent, estimated January 1, 1884, and the lm- provement durlog the past year Is much greater than any previous year; we would placa the incrcased velue at fally 60 per cent by reason of the iatroduction of the improved brezds. This report gave the average valuc of improvement throvghout the United States as 8D per cent, therefore, of the present value of cattle, $1,106,715,703, the unimproved valuaticn would b $810,263,789, and the value of the im- provement, $287,451,916, added to the value of our cattle by tho improved breeds, This is an argument In favor of gradiog up, and the lmportant feature is this $187,000,000 is on the profit stde, as it costs but little more to raize a good thoroughbred or high grade that matares esrly and sells at the highest market price, than It docs to ralee a scrub. Let the farmers of every community breed only thoroughbred bulls and that per cent can be increased to 100 per cent, and what Is true of cat le is also true of our hcrses and other stook, de up and breed up to the greatest profit. e —— The Fastest Tramn in the World, The limited express train on the Lake Shore & Mich/gan Southern railroed, be- tween Chicago and New York, has beaten all previous records and maintalns its position at the head of long distance tralns in this country, and In the world. The distance from Chicago to New York 1s 980 miles, The train leaves Chicago at 5:30 every evening and arrives in New York at 7:30 p. m, the following day, making the trlp In twenty-five hours. This is an average of thirty-nine and & half mites an hour, Including stops. The seat last night, or make a formal demand for the books and papers, After the council had adjourned there were intimations given quietly that the mayor's declaration vhat he had sworn in six special policemen, and that they were in the room ready to serve his biddiog, wight et him into trouble. It was hinted that an attempt would be made to impeach him for thus teying to intimidate the action of the cowneil, Ta fact the war weges otier, — The Modern Ocean Steamer, 8, Louis Republican. Last winter acd the firet part of the present spring furnished more stormy and dangarous weather on the North At- train copalets of a baggage oar, an ele- gant buffet smokivg car, sleeping cars and saperb d'ning cars made expressly for the fast express, e —— Polinical Trials in Chicago. Cicaco, May 18,—Justice Harlan, of the United States supreme court, and Judie Gresham, of the United States circult court, sitting a8 an appelate court, began the hear- ing this morning of the motion for writ of error in the Mackio-Gallagher election frand conspiracy cises. The points raised in the argument do not involve the guilt or inno ceuce of the convicted parties, but the re lanty of the proceedings in the United States .n.v.:&c: court, where the conviction was e cured, THE HUBBARD TRAGEDY, Frank Williams, a Brakcman, Killed by Tramps Yosterday. His Murderers Arrested—Particulars ot the Affair. Frank Williams, a brakeman on the Chicago, St. Paul, Mioneapolis & Omaha rond, was shot and ki led about 10 o'cleck gosterdsy mornlng by a tramp., The tragedy ocourred at Hubbard etation, about 110 miles north of Omaha, KFrom partloulars as at pretent recolved, it sp- pesrs that two tramps were stealing thelr way through to Omaha In a frelght car and were put off by Williaws, whereupon one of them drew a revolver and shot him in the head. He livad but a very short time. Tmmediately after the shocting tha two tramps ran toward the river. The sheriff of Dakota City was_telegraphed for, and quickly arrived on the scene with a pisse of men. Shortly befora Conduetor Ktn- cald, coming down cn_traln No, 1, saw two strange characters in the mareh near He noticed at the time '.l[u\t He Hubbard. their actlons were highly suspicious. dtd not think eerloutly of the Ivcldent, however, until he arrived In Hubbard and heard of the murder. The alarm was qu'ckly given and a speclal train was sent out from Hubbsrd, having en board a number of railroad men and citizens, Arriving at the marsh the two suspects were speedily surrounded and captured, without any reslstance on their part. They were placed temporarily in the Dakota City jail and were taken last night to the jail at Hubbard. Upon In- tertogation the two men confessed the act of murder. Tho excitement in the town and county fs Intense, and it is not improbable that a lynchirg episode will furnish a retributive feature to the teagedy. Very little is knowu about the ante- cedents and relatlves of the murderad man, Willisms. He commenced work on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolls & Omaha road about two months ago, and run between Harding and Crvington. 1t is believed that his father resides in Chi- cago, being a stationary englneer at that point. An Associated Press account of the murder recelved at midnight says in ac- dition to the detailed facts given above that a round-up of tramps was made near Sicux City late yerterday afternoon, and eleven caplured, but mot until eeveral shots had been fired by both sides. One tramp emptied his revolver twice. One tramp was seen to fall when a shot was fired at him, but the policeman who dld the sbooting says that he got up and es— caped, though there are sirong susptelons to the effect that he was killed. A PROGR:MME PREPARED. The Commiesioners and Committee of Lawyers Arrange for the Open- ing of the New Court House. As has slready been stated in these columns, Douglas county 1y to bave a grand ple nfc on the 28:h instant and formally dedicate to the purpeses for which it wes erected, that magnificent temple of justice, cn yonder hill, the new court house. To fittlngly observe the day and maks the event one memor- able In history, the committce of lawgers appointed last Saturdsy to assist in making the necessary arrangements, met yesterday with the coonty commissioners and promu'gated the fcllowing: The new court house will be formally opered and dedicated on Thureday, May 28,1885, The bullding will be thrown open to the public from 8 o’clock a. m., until 10 o’clock p. m. ot that day. All citizens of the county sre Invited to view the building and insgect the work of the county sommissloners. The more formal recoption will take place in the evening from 7 to 10 o’clock, At 8 o’clock p. m. the following pregremme will bs car ried out: Presentation on behalf of the counfy commissioners to the convt and the peo- ple cf the counfy. Hox. J. C. Cowly. Acceptancs and dedication on b:half f the court, Jupce B. WAKELY, JupceJames NeviLL Acoeptance on behulf of the pecple. Hou Jayes W. Savaor The old ccurt house snd its history. Gen, E. Estankoox The past juilsprudenca of D.uglas county, Hox, James M. WoorworTir, Remiucscances of the Douglas county bar. How. J. 8. Repick Tke futuro bar of Douglas cornty. Arraur WAKELY, Ricuarp O'F H. W. ConLess, GEORGE T1MME, County Commissionsrs. W. J. CONNELL, E. W. S1mMERAL, W. A, Repick, Committee. e — Corporations ana their Party Oats- Paws, Philadelphia Record. After an experlence ¢f more than ten yeoars the people of Pennsylvania know to their sorrow that the Constitution which they ordalned cannot enforce itself, They bave discovered, too, that the Constitu- tion cannot be enforced unloss true men ont to the Legislature for the pur- . The d¢foats which they have ~ex- perienced this winter in the Leglslature they have brought on themselves by thelr carclessuess in the cholce «f thelr Repre- sentatlves. In anticlpation of this strug- gle to euforce the Constitution agalnet fnequalities In frelght charges the rail. road corporation managers were alert, vigllaut and united by a common purpute, while the public, whether in ita ospacity of etockholder, ehipper of frelghts or con- sumer, was divided or took a lauguld fn- terest in the question that £o nearly con cerned its Interests, The honest voters were amusing themselves in the sham bat le of the ballots bstween IRepub!; and Democrats and the corporation man- agers corried cff the prize. ¢ was noth. ing to them whether the candidate for the Legislature was & Domocrat or 8 Repub- lican, proyided always that they secured a railrcad man, As a rosult of the activ- ity of those having a daep stake In per- petuating the abuses and inlqalties of railrcad management on the one hand, and of public divisions, indiffeience and neglect on the other, there is a compact and formidable body of Representatives witneasod In the spectacls of Domocrats and Republlcans leashed together by the symo corporation string, and hunting down every meaturo to protect the public Interests. Thess Representatives, lately divided by imeginary politioal lines, have been drawn together by a stronger tie than party, and owe allegianco to a more potent authority. They have thrown off the party badge so convenlent when can didates, and thelr constituents, who bes leved they were electing a Republican or a Demoorat, rab their honest eyes and dlscover In tho yeas and nays that they were only sending to the L gielstare un- der one namo or the other & corporation sotvitor, How long will the people of Ponnsylvania continue to sacrifice thelr best Intercsts In a ridicalous homage of the fatloh of party? TUTT'S = PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age! BYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. 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