Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1885, Page 4

YHE DAILY BEE.} A Orrion No, 914 axp 018 Fanwax By, 1 Youx Orvion, Roou 65 Tarsows Bomo- 1une, 0 wvery morning, Sunday. The m morning uu‘y'nbl od in the state. Monide Whe Woekly Bee, Publihsed every Wednesday TRRMS, POSTRAIR. :: Year, with promium. Yoar, without ‘nnl e'lonl ‘without pret Monih, on trial. . CORRASPONDENCE | sl and B4 e h A dreed 5 the Rovon. cF #21 WUSINRSS LITYERS. Pusiness Letters and Remittances should be A %o Twa Ban PURLISEING OOMPANY, OMANA. (Ohecks and Post office orders $o be made pay- ahis 46 the order of $he company. THE BEE PUBLISHING C0,, Props. 2 ROBEWATER, Eiron. [ . Witoh, Manager Daily Oirculation, 2. B, o8 Omaba: T | Cor. Froyp has resumed his old place on tho calendar for marshal. Tur miayor’s nol;nlnltlng machino re« minds us of [ Keeiy’s motor. It doesn't go. Mack1y, the Chicago electlon crook, is like John Roach’s Dolphin. He will have to be given another trial. ‘We have heard a good deal about the mistakes of Mores, but they are no- where when compared to the mistakes of Cleveland. Tur water supply at Washington has been dlscovered to ba of a very poor quality. It wiil not, however, affect the health of the democratic adminlstration, “Tuere is nothing like a revised edition,” remirked Mr, Cleveland, when he withdrew Willlams and made Camp- bell marshal of the southern distrlet of Towa. LecAND Sranrorp attributed the im- proved condltion of General Grant to the use of clover tea, and now the frlends of Samuel J, Tilden say that his improve- ment is due to rhubarb ple. These two elixirs of life ought to come Into great demand. CrevELAND and Bayard are at outs, and Mr. Lamar is tired of the interior department. Coming cabinet changes oast their shadows before. There may Le a chance for a Nebraska patriot yet to LAND GRABBER VAN WYCK. To afford an Idea of how big a thing y appesr in dim perspective that dls- | tingulshes the magnificent distances that characterize the natlonal capital, we pro- duoce a floatlng paragraph trom a Wash. Ington paper: d Senator Van Wyck a fow days ago ealled the attention of President Cleveland and Secretary Lamar to the fact that several citizens of Nebraska were recently murdered while trying to take homesteads on public lands illegally fenced by a British cattle com ] oy ‘@ aro glad to see Scnator Van Wyok #o zealous In restorlng the public domain to the people, who are the rightfal own- ers thereof, and we will aid him a little ina work mo beneflcial. It is freely charged and widely believed that a fraud haa been perpetrated cn the government whereby a large tract of land In Otoe county, this state, was obtalned on false pretenses by a gentleman who now holds the position of U, 8. renator from Ne- braska, and whose name is Van Wyok, It 1s related that he hired men to come out west and locate pre-emption claims 1n his employ; that these men did convey their lands to him In pursuance of a con- tract with him, and contrary to law and the peace and dlgnil{ of these Unlted States, This matter .is orylng for an in- vestigation, and we urge upon the senator that he include it In the crusade he is now making so actlvely against other peo- ple who are charged with acquiring land in the same way.—Liucoln Journal. The editor of the Lincoln Journal is a monomaniac on Van Wyck, For yeara the mere mention of Van Wyck’s name has had the same effect upon him as the sight of water has upon a mad dog, He snarls, snaps and foams at the mouth, and tears hiy own flesh with his en- venomed teeth. And the disease, con- tracted as far back as 1876, when Van ‘Wyok first appeared in the atata senate and exposed the priating swindlers of the Lincoln Journal, growa worse from year to year, No wonder the friends of the wretched monomaniac are becoming serl- ously alarmed, Van Wyck’s land grab, like so many other silly canards which emanate from the disensed brain of Mr. Gere, has some foundatlon in fact, but the foundation is so flimsy that no sane person would at- tempt to build upon it a charge of fraud or intentlon to monopolize the public lands. Van Wyck came to Ne- braska immediately following the Kansas- Nebraska excltement. Nebraska had only been carved out of Loulsiana five or six years before, and land In the terrltory was almost worthless, Atthe time Van Wyck pre empted his Otoe county farm, Jand within the present olty Lmlts of Omaha could be bought from Uncle Sam for one dollar and twenty-five Jcents per become a member of President Cleve- land’s official fomlly. Every shyster in town, who has never had a case is court, Is now tramping around town to drum up business by bringing suits against the clty for imag- inary damages sustained by reason of grading. In most cases there sults are being taken on contingent fees,and arich harvest Is expected. — Dr. Mrier's “only rellglous” daily Is now shouting for joy over the great reform brought about by the conversicn of the Buckingham dive into a working girls’ home under the auspices of the W. C.T.U. When the Buckingham was ranning in fall blast with its immoral shows and wine-room orgles the Herald dld not have a word to say. Tar Douglas County Agricultural So- clety proposes to hold an exposition for four days In June at therink, Xt will be & beautiful display of frults, flowers and vogetables,and Is an enterprise that de- serves the hesrty support of our citizens. Ttwill be the first annual]dlsplay of the soclety, and every effort will be exerted to make it a brilllant snccess, Numerous premiums will be offered, so that thers will be an indacement to exhibitors to make the very best displays, A ordinancs has been introduced in the city councll prohibiting the running at large or herding of certsin animals, and providing for a poundmaster. This ordinance ought to be not only passed, but sirletly enforced, but if it 18 to be- come & dead letter like other ordinances of & gimllar character it is only a waste of time to adopt it. Such an ordinance has from time to tima been patsed by the city councll and enforced for a week or two, when, owing to the pathetic appeals of persons who think that thelr cows ought to be allowed to pasture in the streets and in the lawns and gardens, it has been allowed to die. That the en- forcoment of such an ordinance s very much needed here Is no question,as cows are allowed to run at large all over the olty, and hardly a night passes without some garden belng rulned by these ex- pert gate-openers. Wame we belleve that ths mayor should have the appointment of the pollce court olerk, we think that it is his duty to make a change at once In that office. He hes aeked the police judge to prefer charges agalnst Clerk Pentzel, but we cannot see how this responsibllity can be placed upon the shoulders of the judge. The mere fact that the records of the ocourt bave not been kept up ls evidence of gross negligence, and without further delay the office should be made vacant, and a competent man appointed to fill the plase, If the rule which the mayor secks to apply to the police court clerk- ship should be applied to the other cffices the eouncil could call on him to file spe: olfic charges against every officer whem he wishes to remove. From a civil ser- vica point of view this would be a proper mode of procedure, because the offices are not the pereonal perquisites of the mayor or the patronage of any polliical party. In the matter of the police court clerkship, however, the conditlon of the records when the mayor came Into coffice ought to be sufficient to justify an imme- diate change without any red-tape oere- wony, acte. Tho so-called land grab, which the Van Wyckophobla-stricken canine is barking about so furiously, was nothing more or less than an exhilltion of confi- dence in the future of Nebraska. Van Wyck was then a young man. He might have located his farm, with land- sorip, In Kansas, Tows, Minne- sota, or even In Witconsln or Michigan at that early day. He chose tolocate in Nebrasks, because he was far- aighzed enough to recognize that this would become the garden spot of Amer- ica, Had he taken the land for zpecula- tion alone, he would have eold it years ago, ata round profit, and Invested the proceeds in other and cheaper lands in this state that were sure to advance. But Van Wyck has held on to his Otoe county farm even at the risk of becoming notor- fous as a land-grabber. That mammoth ranch In Otoe county is thestock in trade for the Linooln monomaniac for the next senatorlal campalgn, and it has farnished some of the whipper-snappera down in Beatrice and Hastings much comfert and consolation, Meantime the farmers of Nebraska and the men of all classes who endorse the fearless course of the senator will continue to look upon all this kind of malicious warfare with the utmost contempt. PresiDENT CLEVELAND 18 being sharply criticlsed for some of the recent appoint- ments that have been made. Even such & warm supporter of the Oleveland ad- ministration ss the New York T'imes does not hesitato to condemn in no nn-- certain terms the appolntment of such men as Meade, offMisslesippl, Montgom- ery, of California, Pillsbury and Troup, of Matsachueetts, and so on. While blaming the cabinet, the Zimes helds the president responsible, It is evident that there I discord brewing among the mem- bers of the cabinet, and we should not be surprised to see a lively rupture. The president cannot afford tolose the friend- ship and support of some of the leading papers which dld so much to elect him, The 7'imes s8] Such incidents as the appointment of Pills- bury snd Troup in Massachusetts, the re- moval of Mr, Bean, the internal revenue col- lector at Milwaukee, a gentleman who was in all ways the reverse of au offensive partisan; the appointment of Meade, the Copiah county kuklux, to & postoffice in Mississippi, and tha selection of Mr, Montgomery, of California, as an assistant to Attorney-General Garland contrast strongly and unfavorably with the general action of the administration and with the possession of principle by which it should be guided. They have led to some feeling of istrust among the president’s supporters be uge they have been nolsily hsiled by the avowed opponents of reform in his own party a8 showing that he has abandoned the reform and is converted to the doctrine of a “clean sweep,” It Is very desirable to have the market house located centrally at a point that is accessible to travel and traffic. and such a place is the Kounlza property on 5% Mary's avenue, as 1t is on & paved street and Is reached by the streat cars. The terms upon which Mr, Kountze proposes to lease to the clty a site for a market- house are however, a little one-sided. He can well afford to be more liberal, especislly when the fact s taken into conslderation that all of the surrounding property which he proposes to retain will become very valuable for buslness pur- poses, as soon a8 the market-houss 1s opened. The ground occapled by ths city wlll be entirely free from taxation, which is an important coneideration, THE DAILY BEE---THURSDAY MAY 28, 1885, Mr. Kounizs asks $800 a year for the market house site for five years, at the end of which period there Is tobs a re- appralsement of the property. The sum of $800 is six per cent. ona valaation of $13.333]. Suppose the property by reason of being the market- house site should be greatly increased in value, and re-appraised at the end of five years at 230,000, or at the end of ten years at £60,000, we would then have to pay, at therate of six per cent.,an annual ground rental of 1,800 or $3,600 as the case might be. This would be altogether too much for the city to pay. The only proper way for the city council is to have a definite rental fixed for the entire period of twenty yesrs, and then there will be no uncertainty. As a matter of faot Mr. Kouoze can afford to donate the ground to the city on condition that a market house be maintained there perpet- ually. The increased vslue of the re- malning properly would well re-pay him, QuiTe a number of cotton-planters see a bonanza looming up in the near future, in the shape of claims for cotton eelzed by the government In 1865. After the issue of the amnesty proclamation In June of that year, the secretary of the treasury sent agents south, and, under the plea of selzing all cotton belonglng to the confederacy, took a lot belonging to private parties and had it sold in New York, the proceeds belng turned into the treasury. The supreme court has de- clded that this money is held in trust for the orlgloal owners, There are in Ala- bama alons 339 claimants, representing over 23,000 bales. Cotton was worth over 40 cents per pound at that time, so that Alabama is entltled to something over $4,600,000. The government ad- mits the correctners of mavy of the claims, but others kave yet to be estab- lished. The selzure of the cotton will after all prove a pretty good Investment for the orlginal owners, if they are psid for 1t at the rate of forty cents a pound. Tue New York Ierald is strongly advoeaticg “‘a Satarday half-holidey” among the business houses .and factories of that city, and the sentiment of bus!- ness men, as expressed In interviews, seem to be decidedly in favor of it. Many of the houses that have for years closed at 3 p. m. on Saturday, acknowl- edge that eyen that much of the day given to their employes {s productive cf good reeults, and they heartily endorse a fall balt-holiday, beglnning at noon. It is to be hoped that the Saturday half- hollday; especlally durlng the summer season, will become an established custcm not only In New York butin every clty of the country. It is generally admit- ted that the employes Jof thelarge estab- lishments will be benefitted by this much needed recreation, and that they will perform better servlce throughout the week by reason of It, while trade will not suffer to any notlceable extent. ——— ANorHER building has fallen and killed several persons, this time In Jersey City. Accidents of this character are becoming alarmingly frequent, and it would srem that steps onght to be taken in every city to put an end to them. The tenement in Jersey Olty was known to be intecare, and wata waiting repalrs, yet the inmates were permltted to remain In it. The bullding inspection department, if Jersoy City has such a thing, is responsible in a large measure for the loss of life. It Is but another warning to our own board of building Inspection to see that every building within its jurisdiction is erected properly. Tue effect of the recent supreme court decision with regsrd to damsges arlsing from grades Is alresdy shown by the actlon of the city council in passing an ordinance prohibiting the acceptance of any additions to the clty unless they have established grades and accurate sur- veys, and forbidding any eales of lots in such additions until the provisions of the ordinance are complled with, This con- firms the BEE’s statement that the ru- preme court decition would prove a black eye to cutside property. It will not do for Omeha to take =a rest in the matter of public improvements and enterprises generally. It should rnot be forgotten that other western citles are reaching out, and we should keep up our gaitin the race for supremacy. We have in valn walted for many years for the rallroads to do us justice, but as yet they have done little or nothiog In that di- rectlon, The time is near at hand, how- ever, If we keep up our growth wben we shall be able to bring the railroads to time and dictate terme. Tae little family dlsturbance that was created among the democrats of the sovth- ern district of Iowa, by the appoint. ment of Mr, Williams, an unknown man, to be Unlted States marshal, has finally | 5 been quleted by the withdrawal of his name and the substitation of Edward Campbell, a recognized party wheel horese. All is lovely now, and the ani- mosity toward Mr, Cleveland bas been burled. He cou!ld not stand the pres- sure, which was about two hundred pounds to the equare Inches. Tue Indiana legis'ature having materl- ally reduced the telephone rates in that state, the telephone company of Indian- apolls threatens to quit businers if the law 18 sustalned by the supreme court, This may be regarded as a pore bluff, as the reduction still permlits a handsome profit. 1t is eafe to say that the ‘‘hello” will con- tinue to be heard throughout Iadianapo- lis, no matter what the supreme court decislon may ber OauirorNia hoppers, 1t Is eaid that they are of the specles that devastaied the Missouri val- ley some years, they will not come east of the Rocky mountains, There is no pest that is so much to be dreaded as grasshoppers, as many farmers in this part of the country know feom sid cxperience. STATE JO 1 TINGS, A Fremont druggist has & twlve pence English coln 574 years old, Twenty miles of the Brighton ranch fence was cat one night last week. A five stall addition_will be built to the B, & M. round house at Lincoln, Potato bugs are said to be hungering for the spuds to appear in Sarpy county. Stock business on the B, & M. and U. P, in (uite extensive at the present time, Fremont has Invested $825in a hook and Indder truck, to be delivered in July, The commissioners of Dawea county have ordered an election to fill the various county offices, Tenne Trusty, the o shooting scrape in at Towa City, A Plattvmouth girl, writing to her news paper lover, affectionately dubs him her “ipapier mache,” Oreighton’s immediate wants would be as- suaged by a brick yard, & creamery, a foundry and a grist mill, Nebraska City has issued a quarantine or- der against the small-pox infected town of Shenandoah, Iowa, Fairburg struck another miilestone in its progressive march last week, A roller rink was thrown wide open, _Dr. O, V. Harris, a former. practicing phy- sician of Fremout, Ly recently baen engaged in a shooting affray at Valentine, A large number of -pgliunts have sn- nounced themselves as candidates for _exami- nation for the Annapolis cadetship in Con- gressman Dorsey’s district. . Neligh has a profesional beggar, a woman in comfortable circumstances, who makes rerular and profitable begging excursions in- to the adjoining counties, _ An 1nnocent fish story.comes from 1’ lion, that a party of anglers of both sexes cap- tured in one day ‘‘nearly” 900 of the finny tribe, Bass ale was the 3 It took two dootors to remove a kernol of corn from the wind-pipe of the five year old son of W, B, Welton, of Harvard, The wind- Flpo was opened to get the kernel out, The ittle sufferer is doing well. Since the first day of last January the county clerk of Sarpy county has received fifty-four wolf scalps, "If the business con- tinues at this rate the county will pay over two hundred dollars bounty on wolves durine the present year, The United States court at Omaha is wit- nessing tho novel spectacle of the Brighton Cattle Ranch company, composed of a syndi- cate of boastful aliens, disputing title to the public domain with the general government. —[Sioux City Journal, The city council of Kearney has repudiated the canal bonds issued to the Canal corpora- tion because the latter failed to complete their part of the contract. Navigation on the canal is closed indefinitely and the cowboys shrill cry now echoes over tho tow path. At Columbus the city council has passed an ordinance that persons under eighteen years of age will not be allowed to attend the skat ing rink without_a written permission from their parents, Vet experience thows that it is the boys over eighteen that need watching, The state superintendent of public instruc- tion has appolnted the superintendents of the counties of Douglas, Washington, Saunders, Dodge and Sarpy to act as a board to examine applicants for state and first-prade certifi- cates. Kxaminations will be held at Fre- mont August £5, 27 and 28, A ‘‘fly” father named Cullam shook his wife and four childrcn at Plattsmouth and_ scat- tered himself amorg tho damsels of Wahoo, He was succeseful, took a fresh wife, as well a8 some of the funds of the firm in which he was employed, and started on & wedding tour. The sheriff shortened his bliss and landed him in jail, Frank Helms, a Blair boy of 17, looked long and lovingly into the barrel of a revolver Seeking an outlet for an old cartridge, The temptation was too much for the gun, The bullet entered his noee at the nostrel and paseed into his inexperienced head beyond the reach of the eurgeon’s probe, Barring the possibilities of blood-potsoning, the wound is not considered daugerous, The Union Pacific company have submit. ted, through the commistioners of Sherman county, a proposition to the voters to build a railroad to Loup City for $38,000, the road to be complated by the 1st day of September, 186, The bonds will bear G per cent, and will be iesued to the company as soon as the road 18 completed, The proposition is to be :Io:ded on Juge 23, and will doubtless be car- Accordiug to assessor’s report in the -cata- logue of persons in Wyoming precinct, who have suffered loss from hog cholera within a yeur, appears the name of U. S, Senator Van Wyck with 200, a fine lot. The total as given by the Nebraska City News, foots up 4,937, In Nebraska City precinct, the number of deaths among the swine population, foots up 01,678, Ezra Tyler is a resident of Franklin, Re- cently converted to adventism, ho determined to give his wife a revised edition of his new faith by observing Saturday as a day of rest and recreation. His lawful spouse did not take kindly to this innovation, and on refus- ing to go to church, Ezra caressed her with a bible till gospel yelis awakened the neighbor- hood, The biblical impressions on Mrs, Ty- ler's face did not satisfy Kzra's craving for salvation, 8o taking his helpmeet by the bair he circussed around the room till the hand of the law grabbed him by the collar, and yavked him to the cooler, His eubseuent career is recorded—$100 fino and costs, or ninety days in ja ——— How Tbree Millions Disappearcd Chlcago Tribune, . A lawsuit has been brought egalinst Jay Gould and Ruseell Sage to dlscover what hecame of $3,000,000 of the assets of the Kansas Pacific Raliroad company. The dirappearance of this aseet was incl- dent to the consolidation of the Unicn Pacific and Kansas Pacific companies, and has never been accounted for; now the holders of the bonds under the consoli- dated mortgage are anxious to know what has become of it, since the recovery of this large sum would enhance materi- allly the veluo of thelr securlty. The story of the transaction 1s told in brlef as follows; In 1879 the Kansas Pacific company owned $3,000,000 of Denver Paoific stock western ension of the Kansas Pacific road), which a8 one of its assets was covered by the mort- gage. The president of the Kansas Pacific was Sidney Dillon and Messrs, Gould and Sage were directors of the company as well as trustees of the mortgege. Janm. 17, 1880, President Dillon wrote to Trustees Gould and g that the stock was no good so long it was held under the trust; tut if they would turn it over to him some use might be made of it, To this they re- plied that they bad doubts about their power %o do it, but would ask a court of competent jarisdiction, The 20th of the mocnth pro- ceedings were bzgun before Judge Donohoe in New York city; the 22d the court ordered the trustees to turn over the worthless stock to President Dillon, and the 24th the articles of consolidationof the Kansas Pacific with the Unicn Pacific were vigned, whereby the ed-to-be worthless $3,000,00) of Denver Pacitic stock became couvertible, share for share, iato Union Pacific stock, then selling in the market about par, : Now the question is, What became of the $3,000,000 realized by the conversion of the stock? No trace of it can be found anywhera. The trustees turned the property over to sidney Dillon as presi dent, and themselves as directors of the com- pany, There all trace of the matter is lost, This was certainly a very mysterious transactlon, but Mesers, Dillon, Gould and Sage ought t be able to tell what was done with the $3,000,000 of good stock, worth rearly par at the fime, into which the £3,000,000 of worthle:s etock was converted Itseems to b zdmitted that Gould and Sage held the Danver Pacific stock as trustees; thet under an order of court they traneferred it to Presidont Dillon cf the Kansas Pacitic; Foung man fmplicated in incoln, was apprehended directore of the Kansas Paclfic, and were in a position to control the disporal of hls stock after it passed from thelr hande #8 trastees into their bands as directors. It may be that this stock was properly dlsposed of; bat, if o, the parties to the traneaction should make a plaln state- ment of what was dene with {t. Cer. talnly as one of the assets of the con- solidated o mpany the bondholders bave a right to know what became of {t. Mr. Gould 1s represented as being very much irritated about the suit, and denounces It as a scheme put up by ocer- taln persons who are interosted on the bear eide of the market. But this ex- plnaation is neither olear nor satlsfac: tory. If there Is a prospect of unearth- iog $3,000,000 of aseets the laweult s rather & bull movement than a besr movement, for the securitles of the Unlon Paclfic will certsinly be worth more with this $3,000,000 atset than they are without It, Buat whether it be a bull movement or & boar movement does not appear to affect the merlts of the sult. It ia charged that $3,000,000 worth of stook has dissppeared, and the property oughtto be found and accounted for, It hasn't vanished Into thin alr, and some- body haf realized the value thereof. Now is an excellent time for searching out all the unexplained events of raflrond man- agement. The railroad mansgers are not very busy, the operations on the stook market are excoedingly dull, and every- body has time onough to make the search. e — IOWA 1TEMS, A trout farm is belng cultlvated near Sao Oity. One hundred and eighty [edltora are booked for the Oregon excurslcn, The masonic socletles of Boone con- template building an opera house. Hog cholera is said to_be annihilating the pens in Mills and Pottawattaime countles. T'wo quack dootors aro under arrest at Ida Grove for cbtaining money under falso pretenses, The OChicago, Burlington & Quincy shops at Creston were damaged to the extent of $6,000, Saturdsy. Harels, the Creston droggist who dled from morphine poisoning, Friday last, proves to have been a cage of sulelde. Unmuzzled dogs have been outlawed by the police of Des Moines. The natives will run fcr cover when the shooting begins, The state agricultural eoclety at Des Moines have founa tho falr ground fund still short $2,300, and are endeavoring to raise this amount. William Vaughn, an aged farmer re- siding near Carson, was found dead in his field Thursday, enppoeed to have been killed by the kick of a horse. Mrs, Davidson, living near Chester- field, Polk county, was kicked in the stomach by a horse, Thuredsy, dying from her injuries in a fow hours. Six buildings in Wells, a small statfon on the line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway, were de- strayed by fire Friday night. Lossabout six thousand dollars; partlally insored. The hardware establishment of R. S. Keith & Co., of Creston, was burglarized last Thursday night. The eafe was drilled and b'own open, and a large number of revolvers, etc,, stolen from the show- case. John K. Warner, a confidence operator and forger, was entrapped at his own game in Burlington last week while try ing to sella forged mortgage. He will doubtless go over the road for a term of years J. W. Barget a cattlemen from the town of Ankeny. near Des Moires, is the latest sample of verdancy to blow ont the gas at the Trausit houss, in Chlecago. Burget was discovered in time to miss fatal resolts, Henry Nels, a German farmer liviog near Sigourney, a man over 50 years of age, was sentenced a few days ago to twelve years In the Fcrt Madison state prigon for rape, committed on his own daughter, a young woman 20 years of age. The Rev. George A. Hann, 'vastor of the African methodist eplscopal church, Des Molues, fell forward on his pulplt and expired /n the presence of the con- gregation Sunday evening. He was 37 years of age and a native of Ontarlo. The soldier’s reunlon at Spirit Lake, June 14, 15, and 16, promises to be the qroatest gathering of the veterans of the war ever held in northwestern Iowa. Elaborate preparations are belng made |, by the cltizens for the reception and en- tortainment, Two burglars plugged the safe in the stora of Seth ¥', Stewart, in Des Moines, Sunday night, and startled the nelghbor- hood with an explosion. Securing $500 in' cash, besider, notes mortgages, and two watches, they glided out of the storo and into tne atfectionate arms of two policemen, . “ho grand jury Is said to have found an Indictment agalost O. C. Haskell, formeily secratary of the Capltol City loan and building ssiociation, of Des Moioes, and who, it la alleged, embezzled $27,000 to §40,000 of the essoclation’s funds, He wau srrested and gave bonds to appear for trial, The salocn llcense continues the lead- ing topic in Sioux City. A week ago a compact was made by the mayor with the fiftesn leading saloon keepers to pay a licento of $1,000 a year, as proylded by the ordinance of the council, It was understood thst those refusing to pay would be closed up, Then came the fug of war, The $1,000 llcense was the ulti- matum of the tamperance alliance, but how to close non-licensa saloons without closing all is the questlon, The kickers propose to prosecate the high license crowd If they are closed. e — The Kearney Postmaster, Plattsmouth Herald. The fine Itallan hand of Dr, Miller s sgain made manifest in the appointment of J, C, Morgan as postmaster at Kearney Two years ago Morgan was a reeident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and if we remember rightly was a member of the state legis- lature; but the macedonian cry went up from Kearney, Nebraska, for a democatic paper there, and Mr, Morgan was the man who threw himself in the breach, always an admirer of Dr. Miller, and conse- quently in return wae admired by the great dootor, all that was necessary for Mr, Morgan to do when he saw the Kearney postoffice In view, was to send word to the local democratio physiclan for Nebraska and was healed. 1t Is eaid that an old-time resldent of Kearney, had a petition of nine-tenths of the democrats and patrons of the Kearney postofiice, and volumunlous endersements from other parties for the same position, but they prevailed not sgainst Dr, Miller. In these days of postoflice struggles, what does It profit a man if he hes the whole world on bls petition and Dr, Miller la sgaiast him? — Straw H from Be up at Saxe's. Cheapest stcra in Omaha, HONOR THE HEROES. The Dey That Stould Be Obscrved by Everyone. Great Preparations for Decorating the Graves of Dead Soldiers With Flowers—The Programme to be Followed, Saturday next ls the national holiday, for this year,that has been set apart and will be devoted to decorating with flowers the graves of all dead soldlers and sall- ors, This ccoasion, which comes each year on the 30th of May, brings with It memories of the wonderfal and bloody events that transpired during the years 1861,'62, '63, '64, and 65, when America, land of the free, was darkened with olouds of battle smoke and terrorized by the ramble and roar of a gigantic war, A fow years after peace had been re stored, and prosperity again smiled on the nation, living heroes of the conflict concelved the happy ldea of doing honor to thelr dead comrades, at least oncs every year, by strewing thelr grassy mounds with flowers, nature’s tenderest, urest and most affectionate emblems of ove and friendship. At first only the boys In blue gave thelr attentlon to the custom, but each suceeeding year it has increased in interest until DECORATION DAY is looked upon as the most eacred holi- day the American people have to cele- brate. That it will be unusually Inter- enting this year at Omaha s shown by the extensive preparations being made for a proper observance of the day. Fol- lewling is the programme that has been arranged: Tho committes having charge of preps- rations for the c¢hiervance of Memorial dsy announces to tho public: 1—That comrade A, Allee is detailed from George A. Caster post No, 7, G. A, R , 88 chief marshal, 2—Allmen, women and children in Omaha and vicinity are invited to joln in the observance of that most fitting cere- mony, the strowing of flowers upon the graves of our honored dead. 3—Tt is requested that the public and private offices and shops be closed from 12 m., to 6 o’clock p. m., 4—The Hon. John L, Webater is an- nounced as orator of the day. H—Attentlon is called to the order cf the chlef marshal giving formation and route of the procession. G—Citizons are requested to appro— priately decorate thelr houses and places of businees, By order of the Executive Committee. ORDERS OF THE MARSHAL, In assuming the duties of chief marshal for Memorial day, Iannounce the follow- ing a8 my assistants, who will ba respected and obeyed accordingly: Firat aesistant, Charles E Barmester, of Omaha post 110, G. A. R. Second esilstant, Comrade Samuel Stopes, of George A. Custer post No. 7, G. A. R. Third asslstant, Comrade Charles Kohlmeyer, of George A, Custer post No.7,G. A. R. ORDER OF PROCESSION, First division form cn Sixteenth streot, right restiog on Douglay, under the com- mand of Firs Assistaut Marshal Burmes- ter {n the following order: The fourth U. 8. infantry band. Dapartment of the Platte, Gen. O. O. Howard, commander, and staff. Battalion of the fourth U. 8. infantry. Battery D. fifth U. S. artlllery., com- manded by Mbsjor J. D. Do Rauesey, U. 8. A, Second divislon, Comrade Samuel Stobar second assistant in command, will form on Fourteenth street, right resting on Douglas street, in the follow- ing order: ‘The Bohemian Band. The Omaha Light Guards, commanded by Captain E. G. Crap. The Orator of the Day, Hon. J. L. Webster. The Mayor and City Council. City and County Officers. T T e e cas——y T Ttlsto be hoped that]that they (Russell and Sage) wore alsol streets, for amsignment to thelr proper and respective posltions, Owners of toams and carriagen are re- quested not to oater tha.c:metery ou- olosure until the procession has pussed the gate. All other organizatlons not bereinbefore mentioned, whko wish to take part in tho procession, will report to the chief marshal for asslgnment in line. A. Auier, Ohlef Marshal, —— Enlarging in Eloquence, Nothing In Omaha seems to bo mak- Ing more progroes in the lire of eduoa- tion than the Creighton College Debating society. The members who, a few months ago, thought of nothing else than of keeplng the soles of their boots still when on the stand, are becoming elo- quent speakers, and are of the greatest intorest (o the studeats snd faculty. An Intorestlog questlon, “Resolved, the soldier has galned more honor for his country than the statesman,”’ was dis. cussed yesterday evening; and the cuts on the fine statesman made by the aflirm- ative greatly amused the audionce, while the elcquence of Mr, Miles, who strongly supported the statesman, galned the de- cision of debate. The question: ‘‘Re. solved, That the savago has a right tothe soil,” will be debated by Masters Rusasell and Malone on the sffirmative, and by Mastera Miles and Toner on the negative next Wednesday. Everybody will ex- Eect a treat of eloquence from the boys efore the end of the prosent scholastic year. TEST TOUR BARING POWDER T0-DAT! Brands advertised as absolutely pre CONTAIN AMMONIA. THE TEST: Place a can top down on a Lot stove until heated, then remove the covar and smell. A eliemist will Dot be Ter quired to deteot the presenco of wmmonia. Judges of the U. 8. Courts. Judges of the State and County Courts. Qusartette of Slngers from St. Philo- mena Cholr, Lodges 1 and 19 of the Danish Brother- ood. The Bohemian Turner Socist!es. Third Division, under the command of Comrade Charles Kohlmeyer cf George A. Custer, Post No, 7, G. A. R., third aseistant marshal, will form on Thirteenth street, right resting on Douglas streot, in the following order: Sistorhood of states, represented by thirty elght young misses, Liadlee’ Floral Committee,'in Carriages, The Band of Hope, W.C.T. U, in charge of Mrs, G, W. Clark. Gate City Drum Corpa. Omaha Poet No, 110 G, A, R.,, M. Rls. don commander. Phil Kearncy Post No. 2 G. A, R., Oscar F'. James, Commazder. George A, Custer Post No, 7 G.A. R, John W, Houza, Commander, 0Old Soldiers and eatlore, Masrines and Sons of Veterans, All of eald posts, soldlers, sailors, marines, and sons of vererans under the immediate command of Comrade John W. Houza, Commander of George A, Ouster Post No. 7 G. A. R, LINE OF MARCH, East on Douglas to Tenth street, south on Teath to Farnam street, west on Far- nam to Sixteenth, north on Slxteenth to Cuming street, west on Cuming [to Saunders street, thence in a northwest: erly direction to Prospect Hill Cemetery. At Prospect Hill cemetery the follow- ing order of exerclses will be observed: Muslo by the Fourth U, 8., Infantry band, Prayer by the chaplsin, Muslc by the Bohemian band. Song by the band of hope, christian temperance union, Oration by Hon John L. Webster. Special memorls] services by the grand army cf the republio. [ymo—*‘Rest, Spirit Rest,” by a quar- tette from St. Pailomeua's choir. Music by the bands. Strewlng of flowers on the graves. ‘The procession will atart at 1 o’clock p, m. sharp. All organizations and parties desirlng to participate are urgently re- quested to report not later than 12:30 p. m. soldiers, sailors, and wmarines and g0) of veterans will report to John W, Houza commander of George A. Custer Post No, 7, G R, at Groening's buildlog on Douglas street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, to bs formed into a battalion with thelr comrades of the G. A. R. All other organizstions acd so- cleties will report to A, Allee, chief mar- shal, headguarters at the hall of George A. Custer Post No 7, G, A, R,, on Douglas between Twelfth and Thirteenth omen's DOES NOT CONTALN AMMONTA. 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