Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1885, Page 5

him, They have tried in every way, by slanders, libels and other ways, but he Is not crushed or killed yet. His life here has bean an honorable and good ome. He has not rendered himself in any way smenable to criticiem on that subject, He has been independent, it. is trus, My friend Hall wishes to crush all independents out of the land, e saya 1f you are a repub- lican you must always vote the republican ticket or else yon are a falsifer, & betrayer, & slanderer and a villan, no matter if the nomi- noe be the worst man in the country. It is unnecessary that I should say anything more a8 to the character of Kdward Rosewater, either during the war or his life here or in reference to these infamous libels as we have a voice from the grave which tolls us what was thought of Mr. Rosewater, The deposition of General Anson Stsger who died a month or two ago declares that he belleves him to be o loyal man, That ho beeame acquainted with him in Ohio before the war and would not have had him in the military telegraph, in any oapacity, much less in the war depart- ment, (showing the care which they exer- cised there) if they had had any doubte at all about his loyalty, He was loyal during the war, he passedjunder these scrutinizing eyes in the war department. There probably never was & better man than Mr. Stanton to read character in this country. He passed upon his qualifications as a loyal man and declared that he could be trusted, and General Sta- gor did the same, 1t was a part of the efforts of this ring to crush Rosewater and destroy his influence in the community where he was doing so mnch for the laboring man against the gigantic cor- poration, and it was in pursuance of that that this libel was started. In spite of what coun- wel has said, in apite of what they have assert- ed from time to time, is there any other proof that this libel had been known and spoken of years before it appeared in the columns of the Republican? Isay. and I believe you will bear me out when I say there is not one par ticlo of truth in it, that they haye rumaged all over their old papers and ecoured the city for witnesses who felt unfriendly towards Rosewater and not one particle of testimony have they discovered that Rotewater was ever charged with being a traitor or a rebel spy until the 8th day of December, and not in this city untilthe 20th of Dzcamber,}1882, They had got tovether, a few of them, unfriendly towards Mr. Rosewater, and had a conversation, and in that conversation it was surmised that during the war Rosewater was disloyal, and finally that they could prove and would prove it by his own newspaper that he had declared himself to be disloyal. When the paper is produced, the only proof 1s that at the south he was regarded as an abolitionist. He was not called a epy until 1875, years afterwards, when they looked back and said he had re- ported Jeff Davis's speach, but had not re- ported it fairly and honestly, and had put Davis before the country in a licht that since the war was over he did not choose to appear in. Hence Rosewater was a spy. That Rose- water wrote the article himeelf with no object except to maintain the truth of history he de- clares, and that Jeff Davis did make a spsech exnctly as reported he states. But, they sa; there is another evidence of Rosewater’s dis loyalty in Stevenson, He was the man to re- ceive Jeff Davis and welcome him to that town, Why, gentlemen, he was a boy 19 years old. Do you believe thero wag not a man in Stevenson who could act on that committee and go down there? He says he was not on the committos; except merely to point Jeff Davis out, Jeff Davis was some times not anxious to be pointed out. There ‘was a time when Col. Pritchard, of the Mich. igan cavalry, was anxious to find him, Do you believe Rosewater would not have been glad to point him out then also? (My friends -on the other side have called him a traitor for showing Davis to his countrymen. Tbelivye, if I know myaself, that there never was & drop of blood in my heart that was untruo to the union; and yet I attended the session of the convention in Georgin that put Georgia out of the union. I met friends there and met them as friends, and talked in a friendly manuer over what the possibilities of the future might be. Yet I was not dis- loyal, I eame home ws did Rose- water, and I added my | little mite towards the salvation — of the union, My name does not appesr in the history of the war as often as Rosewater’s does there, but notwithstanding I was in the south a short time just before the outbreak ot tho rebellion, I declare I was a loyal man, They began by whispering, Rosewater was disloya! and later that Rosewater was a rebel before the war, They say that he did not de- nyit; that he let that pass, There was uo great outory made and it did not crush Mr, Rosowater to call him disloyal and to call him a rebel did not crush him, So they said ‘“‘as he has not denied this, we will go one step further, he was & traitor and o spy.” And they gave as their reasons for eaying it that he had boen called disloyal and “hadn't de- nled it.” Now let alone the fact that he had denied it, let alone tho fact that he never had been called anything but disloyal, snd let us see where we stand on the testimony in this case. Vandervoort says that he was called a confederate spy, but when you come to cross- examine bim, heZsays I don't think that was the language, but it conveyed an impression of disloyalty.” It was bis own article which he was talking about, It was his own pen that wrote the words and he knew what they were, He says he dido't use the words ““confederate spy.” No indeed he did not, The first man that called Edward Rosewater a traitor and a spy, aud it was brought to his knowledge was sued for it. The only one that dared to cnll him & spy was under the great shield and aegis of a corporation, The Tribune Printing <ompany, which cannot be shot or kicked, dared to do it and nobody else, These libels were whispered about, although they did not goto this extent, by Hawes, Vandervoort, Nye, Hascall and one or two others, Mr, Hascall is unfriendly toward my client. This ia one of his periodical attacks of hostility, To-morrow ho may get over it, Yestorday he felt unfriendly, I have umothing to say agalust Mr. Hascall, but I have this to sy for him, that although I be- lieve him to be vindicative and unscrpulous in his porsuit of poltical oppenents, I do not believe when you put Isaac 8. Hascall, under the sanction of an oath, in that chair that he willlie, What does he say? He declares that there never was any statement about being a spy; that that was an inference drawa from the fact that he stayed within the rebel liges after the cordon of troops had bsen drawn around Nashville, and he gives that ns the only resaon, There is not & word of , tes- timony that Rosewater was a rebel or a dis- loyal man, Perhaps it would have been better with the peculiar idess of the libelers that Rosewater had wade a full and explicit de- uial, Hedid not do it becauss that was what they wanted, to put him on the defensive in auy fight that might occur, Allow me to digress for one mowent oua personal matter at this point where it teoms t2come fn, Mr, Thurston said last nieht that being in Chizago he was accosted by a gentleman who profassed to know me in New York, the stete where I formerly lived, and who asked him about his republican friend, Judge Savage. It by that remark, which I presume Is truly reported, that New York lawyer, whose name Mr, Thurston could not remember, intended to assert or imply that I ever changad my politics, that I ever voted a republican ticket, that T ever called myeelf & republican or worked for the republiosn party, that T was ever known by any friend or asso: clata of mine as a republioan, ho states a false- hood, not as damsging, perhaps, but as gross a8 that which we have made the subjest of this action, Now, why do I deny the state- ment, why do I correct what that lawyer told Mr, Thurston? I agree with Me. Thuraton that a man coming from New York City to this place may have time to change his poli- tics, Ttwon't affect this case; my personal feolings and politics are matters of the small- ost moment to you, I do it because it is nec- essary, according to Thurston, to make a de- nial, or to-morrow they will say that I was u candidate for an office in the republican party injthe state of New York; and the next day they will say T changed my politios on account of fright in Pennsylvania and the next issue of the paper will contain an article that I was a rebel general during the war, and was con verted to republicaniem under a threat of being shot. That is the case here. I have taken up your time to agreater)ci)1 than T intended to, but T will say that I have made a denial and when my own case comes into court I can prove that I have denied the charge as distinotly and emphatically as I could. But what a coward I am to deny a charge like this which is not trne. What do I care what other people say of my senti- ments? Why should I take notice of them ? How much better it would have been to fol- low the course which.Sir Walter Scott eays he followed under such circumstances, In that deliehtful life of his by his son-in-law, he says, in substance “‘Since I have bzen dipped in ink, T have alloveed no personal at- tacks to provoke me to reply. I will not deny that T have beenvexed on such occasions, and have sometimes wished to have the rascale, whero the muir-cock was the baillie, or as the Irishman would say, upon the sod— but I never let the the thig cling to my mind and always resolved that if my whole character and tenor of life did not refute such slanders, my pen never should,” Mr, Thuraton tries to make you think that they could have proved that the plaintiff was a traitor and a spy if they could have got the witneeses, but they have all died and left, and you cannot get hold of them to prove it. That is the only point in which I agree withhim, The witnesses do not exist; but we have no trouble in finding witnesses to show that Rosewater was a loyal, good and upright citizen, The witnesses do not exist in this state, but we brought in two or three who knew Mr. Rosewater when he was in the army, Mr. Vandervoort says that he does not feel unfriendly towards him, but has an utter contempt for him that induces him to say nothing about him. He would not have a word to eay about Rosewater for the would, Such an utter contempt for the man that he would not speak of him, and yet he sits down and writes a libel and puts it into a nowspaper, His contempt is 5o greut that he has to talk on the street corners with Mr, Hascall and others about him, They say that this article was really published in a friendly way tc give Rozewater an opportunity to see what the people out in the country said about him, and give him an opportunity to say that hewas not a traitor or a spy. Butitis claimed that the language of the libel was not that the plamtiff was a spy and traitor but that tradition said he was, When they said the fright received made a republican of him, they say they are merely repeating a tradi- tion, But the article says “he is a spy and a traitor now.” What does that mean? Read a little of this article which my distinguished literary friend has called your attention to, “If tradition is true, Rosewater is & spy and traitor now.” Suppose I should eay to you, *'If tradition is true this is an exceedingly hot day.” What would you say of such lan- gusge as that? You would say that the old man must haye had the sun very strong in his eyes last night, or he took his drin’: too early in the morning, or is a fool, Tradition that he is a spy to-day, what doesit mean? It means nothing. I will not reply to it further; it's a cowardly sneer at your in- telligenca, You know that the word “‘tradi- tion” does not apply to it, You know that when he says spy “and traitor to-day,” there isnot a word or thought about “tradition,” and it refers to the charge of his suing for mercy; and they did not care to say that he sued for mercy, except by tradition, because none would beliove that he sued for mercy, even a boy of 19 as he was, So too they eay that the word “spy” does not mean that he is 8py upon the government now,but a spy in the republican party. 1 took down the names which they applied to Rosewater yestorday, a fow of them, They were, “mountebank, pretender, charlata lier, rebel, spy, mugwump, traitor, hypocrite, elanderer, and villain,” These gentlomanly epithets I took down from the lips of the counsel, and those words were used with re- gord to Rosewater, I supposethey would eay now if called to an account, *'Oh, but we were conversing about the article that starts out with the language, ‘If tradition is to bs be- lieved,’” and therefore, we eay he is a hypo- crit if tradition is to be believed, Aud if tra- dition is to be believed he is a villain, a mountebank, and a liar. The Tribune print- ing company, under the control of a higher power, have taken » large part in the con tract of crushing Rosewater, They have been the main contractors; they‘®mployed sub-con- tractors, and the sub-contractors employed common laborers, and the common laborers, with the sub-contractors and contractors, were put upon the witness stand, but the head of all, the employers, never made their ap- pearance here, They kept out of sight; but the Tribune Printing company have taken the main part in the controversy and have de- cided since they could not kill him that they would crush him by libel and slanders. I ask these gentjemen if some years ago when Rose- water by a notorious gambler of this city was assaulted and all but killed, I ask them if there were not charges made at that time in the public prints and on the streets, that the publishers—— The defendant objects to the use of such | M) language by the plaintiff and excopts to the same. Mr, Savage, I was using it by way of iilus- tration, I must have travelled far outside of the record to have equalled the gentleman on the other side. Not one word of what Thurs- ton or Hall said yesterday wa) in the testi- mony; but let us suppose s case in which man has been grossly assanlted, suppose thut on the street corners and in the public prints it was charges that the publishers or e.itors of uumexupnr had had to do with this, bad fomented a feeling, had tried to have a man sesassinated, and this man didu't deny it; would you believe 1t any sooner on ' that ground that they were guilty of so gross an offense? I leave it to you to say whether you would or mot. I "tbink not, I think the mere want of denial does ot prove effectuslly 8o rage, Though my My. Hall has taken this case sgai Rosewater Some times young bo the profession, say to themeelves, “if I cun get hold of an old lawyer to tackle, it will be the very making of me. If T can by a little bitter, a little ilpertinent, towards an older man, towards some reapected member of the ofession, by as much as I injure him or urt his llelinfw. by 8o much shall I elevate myself in the leeal circle.” I presume that this was one motive which induced my friend Mr. Hall to spend an hour or two in the abuse of Mr, Rosewater, They put on an appearance of great wisdom and sobriety and honor and decency, and say that of all these qualities Rosewater is devoid, (ientlemen, when you seo such things you are inchned to think of the wurds of the wise man, '‘See’st thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of & fool than of him,” But _whatever injury they can _do Mr. Rosewater by the tirade of yesterday, they are welcome to. They follow it up by calling the nawes which I gave a few mo ments ago, and follew it up by attacks so gross, so unwarranted by the testimony that Mr. Thurston was obliged to confees when he was attacking the reputation of Mr. Rose water, that there was not a word of truth to sustain the allegation. Not a word of evi dencs, This calling of names I don't think amounts to much, I never found that I gained anything by it, and I do not believe that my friends will either, God once em ployed two she bears to oorrect this calling of bad names, That race of bears has proba bly died out, but conld these two animals be let loose in Nebraska how fat and lussious would be the meal that they would make of some of these young fellows, A man who called himself editor of vhe Republican, and snid his name was Nye, being asked if he had any hostility or antipathy to Rosewater, de clared that he had not. That he had published this article as an item of news or comment He also said that he published it because it had been perfectly well known over the whole state for twelve or fourteen years. I see now why the Republi con has taken such a high standard in this community a8 a newspaper. That is the se- crot of luepmr up sucha papor, by never printing anyth ng that waa actually new, and always taking old articles, somothing for in- stance like the histcry of the Jews, or the war in Mexico, or the disloyalty of Rosewater, As a comment he said, “'let the einner live,” T trust that he and his friends will let the sin. ner live. I hope that if they have any design of assassinating him that these designs have been frustratod, ‘‘Let the sinner live,” I hope that he will live until he has done his work iu this community, and until the people of this state see that his view as to labor, a8 to monopolies and giant corporations and as to morality are the true views to be adhered to, I believe he will live long after the cubsidized papers which sttacked him have gone down into oblivion and been for- gotten with their editors and publishers so entirely that the hand of resurrection will not stir them, Mr, Nyossid that he didn’c feel friendly in timos of political activity. AndT asked him what great political move was on foot on the 20th of December, 1882, and he was entirely uunablo to answer, but finally declared that there was not any, so that this libel, atrocious, gross, wicked, and shameful as it is, was published at the time when there was no hostility on the part of Nye, as he declares, and no_hostility on the part of any one, I notics Mr. Thurston thinks that he ought to have brought suit against the St. Paul Phonograph, as that paper was published eight or ten days before, and as Thurston eaid it was in Rosewater's hands immediately atterwards, and he ought to bave denied it then, instead of waiting, and having suit commenced_against the Tri- bune Printing company. I have corrected 80 many mistakes of Thurston’s that I hate to say that it is_entirely untrue, that Rose- water had seen it beforeit was published in the Republican, Thereis no testimony to warrant it, but it is probably an inadvertent mistake of Thurston’s, The reason why we did not. commence suit against the St, Paul Phono- graph was that we were not in the habit of tuing beggars. We choose to strike at the head of this; for the employer, not for the employed. _Don’t you believe that whoever put that article in the St, Paul Phonograph did it under instructions from headquarters? This is a suit for libel, as you probably by this time have become aware, Ths pulica. tion of ths article is’admitted, There is no sallegation that it was copied from the St. Paul Phonograph, They alleze that it had been generally known and circulated through- out tha state, but no where, and at no time before the trial of this caze, until Thurston came to make his speech, was there a pretonse that the charge was true, The court will in- struct you that in cascs of this kind, thera are various defenses and various modes of trying the case, We sue for instance for libel. The defendsnt may say in answer, that he didn’t publish the srticle, or that it is a true statement, That is called justification, and if the ent le 18 true, if you publish it as an item of news, or for any other good and worthy motive, you are not liable, But two things are needed to make a justification, that the statement is true and that it was published for good rea- eons. The defendant can atso set up other matter such as has been introduced here. He can set up matter inmitigation, which means that though the jury are bound to find a ver- dict against the defendant, they may consider certain matters to_decrease the amouut of damages which he is to recover, For instance, if it is » general report and believed in the com- munuy‘hwhlla they musthave a verdict against | . them, they say it onght not_ to be so large, betause they honestly believed it. But when they set up mitigation thsy must make the defense as broad as the charge. I'o set up that he was a rebel spy they have to prove it and if they ~ ses up that he is a traltor they have to prove it, and if they set up that he is a traitor they have to prove that he was a traitor before the publication of the article. It they only prove that he is disloyal, it is not evinence in mitigation, such 28 you are entitled to recelve, Suppose that he was universally believed to be a rebel spy; supposo that they proved that every mav in this state belioved that he was a rebel spy duriog the war; that would only help them in mitigation, ~ We, on the other hand, on our part, are entitled to produce evidence in agrravatfon; and what becomes of the miti- gation? We have proyed before you a case of the grossest libel, and have proved as matter of aggravation that it was repeated. There never was & time when thoy have corrcoted their pretended belief that Rosewater was a traitor and a liar, Now we have anotber mat- ter which we have atked the court to churga: and that is that the conduct of the trial itself was a matter of aggravation, and I intend to point the court to a section where that doo- trine is laid down, where an English judge had said they might take these circumstances un- der consideration, and if the jury believe that the speeches of counsel were libelous they could use it a9 an aggravation of damages, ‘Whatever his Honor charges on that subject will ba entirely satisfactory tous, You are to take the words in their ordinary and usual acceptation, If & man is charged with belng a rebel spy and a traitor it must ba proved that he was such, We have asked you for $10,000 dam- ages, Is that too much? Isa man’s charac- ter worth less than that in this commumty ? T believe that you will say that it isnos I can recall numerous cases of those large ver- dicts wherein editors have published state ments with regard to individuals, and finding they were false, have immediately retracte: them, made every :puloflln their power, and done everything they could do to rectify the injury, Here Meesra, Thurston and Hall bLoth rose to object to the statements of the counsel as belog outside of_the evidence. Mr, SAVAEBAR 18 uncourteous in the ex- treme for these gentlemen to interrupt when Mr, Simeral snd myself sat here with our client mute duriog all his argument acd lis- tened to such language as he chose to utter outside of the tesiimony; we sat here and lis tened to the foulest slander heaped upon my client, and yob we were mitte. - b interrup- tion which was made wus not made by me, r. Thurston does not like to have me go into these matters outside of the testimony; 1 told bim when I started Idid not mean to, I am glad to be interrupted when I get outside of the testimony, for there is enough in it for forty verdicts of the eize that we ask you to give us. I know that you will give us some thing, because the law requires you to, and I believe it will be a verdict that will teach these gentlemen some thing of what journalists ought to know in this community, My friend Thurston said night before last when I was just finishing the exammation ot one of the witnestes, the editor of this paper, that I appeared to be rattled, Now I truumu that thatmeans that I was confused, that I was ehocked, that 1 exhibited signs of emotion which attracted attontion, The charge was true; I was shocked. The witness bad declared on the stand that if Judge Neville, Judge Wakeloy, Mr. Thucet n or any intimate friend had had charges slanderous and libelous made agsiust them and it was not denied, or deial had not cowe to his knowledge, he would publish these charges, It was infamous doctrive, 1 was infamous to eay that the judge shall come down from his lofty seat todeny a false charge, or eles 1t will be regarded as trae, and given ciroulation. I say it is an ontrage on justice, itis an outrage on law, and on the honorabls profession of journalism that such sentiments should be epraad abroad in this com. munity, and 1 believe they will be rebuked by you. I know that you donot believe that that is law; that yon won't regard the efforta of that individaal to SPECIAL SESSION. Night, The Board of Education Meeting Les! set yourselves aright every time there isa rumor agsinst_you He said he would pub lieh the same thing that he published against Rosewater of any person ‘‘under the circum- ttances,” What are those ciroumstances? If the rumors exlsted, and they hadn't been de- nied, and there he stopped, There are all the circumstances. If such is the doctrine which he openly avows,watch for the slightest charge against yourselves, Have men stand- ing on the street corncrs to watch your repn tation, er he may publish them, Such things a8 that are to be expected. It is to teach this man a lesson of decency In journaliem that we ask you for a verdiot in this case, I do not ask for mercy for Mr, Rosewater, Mr, Rosewnter is, as has been said, amply able to take care of himself. I do not suppose that libel has ever caused him ons moment’s loss of sleep, Mr, Hall says that it didn’t do the least hurt in the world, that these newspaper attacks, that the attacks upon Cleveland as to his chastity never cost him a ringle vote, and that the attacks upon the other candidate did not injure him, What ideas of journal- 1sm? Can it be that that honorable profes elon in this country bas sunk 80 low that no. body believes a word that it says? Can it be that the Republican bas sunk so low that it can’t hurt nnybudi? There were days when 1t could, When Mr, Taylor was editor of that faper, what it said meant something; and when he was succeeded by Balcombe, and Pottor, and Brooks, the paper was conducted by gentlemen, and people believed what it nif{ And they knew that though it might make false statemonts, still the editor believed what it said, They were eentlemen in those days, and if the plger has fullen so low that it does no harm it is time for it to die, And I ask euch a verdict as will assist in bringing about that desirable consummation, T eay L do not supposs that Rosewater under some circumstances would have cared for this libel, but his reputation is as dear o him gentlemen, as mine is to me, and yours to you, and if there is anything I am proud of, 1t is that T was loyal during the late struegle, that I did what I could to sustain the armies of the union, and no man can hurt me wor ] than tosay I was a traitor. No man can hurt me worse than to say I wes sny sgainst my country; but ha can suffer from other causes than that. From the time Mr, Rose. water came to this community, he has lived honored and rospeoted. His domestic life has baen a model for men who dared to call Mr, Ro-ewater a traitor and o epy, He has raiced children, he has raised daughters, they ars just budding into. womahood, and’ dure ing all these years they have ktown their father only that he was rospected, only that he was upright, coly that he was kind and honored. They have loved him, and I do mot care what my friends on the other side micht sy, there are others that love. respect and esteem his character, His family have loved him in that peouliar way in which daughters love their fathers and wives love their husbands, and on the 20th of December, 1882, they believed that he was honest, upright, loyal, and bore himself gal. lantly and honorably through the struggle of the union. They awoke to find that for twenty years his life had been a lie, that he was a 5py, that he was a_rebel, and that so far from being the man that thay supprsed he was, ho was & hypocrite and liar. Do you believe that? Do you beliave that through these lacerated bosoma atter the article ap- peared in the paper that Rosewater could not have been burt? Do you think that he did not suffer with those poor suffering women? If you do, then you know not the fealings of manhood. There are times when such a slander sgainst you, youjwould brush away, not caring so much about it as to resent the attack, Bnt when you see that one who loves, trusts, and believes in you has been wounded and is suffering from a falso charge, you euffer ton and so will every man who is not so blinded by venom, slandar, lying and wickedness thrt he has lost _all semblanca of humanity- I ask you, gentlemen, wheu you go into your jury room to take these things 1nto consideration, PERSONAL. Mason Gregg and wife of Lincoln,are at the Paxton. Sieg Meyer, Chicago, is stopping at the Millard, T, C. Hammer, of Kearney, Is quartered at the Millard, Mr, and Mrs, Levi Carter have returned from the east. C. K. Oralle has returned from » pleasant weeks' trip in the east, A. V. Scott, Geneva; John Finn, Waboo; S, D. Cloud, Cheyenne, are at the Arcade. Miss Jennie Tousland, of Davenport, Ia., ng her sister here, Mrs. C. B, Har- rigan, Miss Nellie M. Burns leftyesterday for Cin- cinnati, Ohio, for a second year at the Young Ladies' Tnstitute of Mt, Auburn, Judgo J. H. McCulloch, of the county court, left 1ast night for Monmouth, Ills. and will spend o short vacation there, He will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dillon, who will visit friends in the same city. Among the Nebraskn graduates of the St, Louis manual training school this year are K. C. Barton, Omaha and Clarence A. Howard, of Grand Tsland, The gold medal for best scholurship record during the course has been prescuted to Mr, Howard, Rev, E, B, Hurlbert, D, D,, one of the honored members of tha faculty of Dorgan Park Seminary, Chicsgo, and Rev. D, H. Cooley, the new pastor of the First Baptist church at Council Bluffs, were in the city yes- terday. W. H. Bonnett, superintendent of public property, Madison, Wis., and wife, were vie- iting in Omsha Sunday, He says that the city far exceeds in point of growth and pros- perity his expectations and he thinks a great future is assured, 0. H, Phillips, Beatrice; F, H, Pierson, Columbus; F. L. Cotton, Kearney; A. Hitchcock, DeWitt; A. S, Vowel, Chicago; Juo, 'Wetund, Ushkosh; W, O, Green, St. Paul; P, O, Sturtevant, Geneya; H. M. Simpson, Cheyenne; Geo, C, Godfrey, Fre mont; M, Shepard, Grinnell, Ia,, are at the Canfield, At the Metropolitan: E. A, Hammond, . C. Dans, Lincoln; D, D, Rusphey, Grand Island; Miss Anna Dyer, Hastiogs; J. P. McCarthy, Norfolk; 0, Coner, Fremont; L 1, Evans, Sutton; D, H, O'Shes, Lincoln, Neb; K, W. Savage, Minneapolis, M. A. Tonlon, Esex, Is; M. D, Sherman, Chicago; James . Morrieey, Joliet, Ill; Al McElwaln, Sheldon, Is; J, N, Straham, Malvern, Te; D Farrell, Now York; R. Lindeay, Council Bluffs; D, Leuhne, Chicago; O, W, Dunith, ; ¥, M, Haynos, Pittsburg, Pa; N. Furrier, Missouri Valley, Iowa; Jackson, L, Carson, Tama City, Is; ud Frank Braiasrd, of Holoyke, Mass, ————— Judge Dunday, of the U, 8. district court, returned bome from Topeks, Kas,, yesterday, where he held court for Judge Foster and tried a Star Route case, —Shanuon, the cowardly thug who slugged old man Payne, in a dark alley, ono night last week, is vow begging Judge Stenberg to let him plead guilty of assault and battery and pay & fine, The judge however will not do any thing until he sees whether or not Shan now's victim gets well, A very notorious sneak thief by the name of Toule Ryan, was sent up for thirty days on bread nnd water last evening, for stealing a |8, kit of carpenters tools from James Gr fieth's | J shop, Sunday. A boy, called “‘Sleepy;” by, the police, reported Ryan and had him arrested, The Question of Hecting Certain School Baildings Under Consider- ation —Other Important Matters. The Beard of Education met In special sesslon last evenlng and way oalled to order by Its president, Prof. Polnts. Miea Olaré Rustin and Ralph Gaylord, who had been appointed on the com- mittee to examine teachersfor certificatos, sent in lotters resigning the position and asking that other persons be appointed In their stead. On motlon of Mr, Long the resignations wereaccepted and W. W, Keysor and Mrs. T, K. Sudburrongh were appointed, The committee on balldings and prop- erty, which had under conslderation blds for asidewalk on the east slde of the high school grounds, reported that the bid of Andrew Sales was the lowest for Oolorado ssnd stone; J. R. Mackenzle's bid the lowest for Ft. Scott sand atone; J. O. Conner's _bid the lowest for Eaolid eand stone; J. B. Ralfield’s for artificlal flagglng and Hugh Murphy’s for Grand Island flagging. This report was accepted, and a motion instructing the secretary to advertise for more bids to do this work, provided state- ments were made that better offers for the work can be secured. The same committee also reported on the Hartman school building matter, rocommending that the contract for repairs, be awarded to I. Douglas, for the sum of 83,363, provided he can glive a proper and sufficlent bond. The report wes adopted. As this meeting had been called, prin- clpally to consider the question of heating school buildings, Mr. Cope- {and, chairman of he special committee, made the following report: Your committea to whom was referrad the matter of heating Cass, Hartman, Farpam and Castellar schools have at- tended to thelr duty and would report that they have received bids from Milton Rogers & Sons proposing to heat the Cass school with four furnaces for $1 137 00 and the Hartman schocl for §387.92 from Suallivan Brothers, for the ssme bullding $1,675 and $479; from Henry E. Cox, $1,550 and $450. The bill of Milton Rogers & Son being the lowest, we would recommend that the contract be granted them., Your committee would also recommend that the president and sscretary sign the contract withthe Ruttan company here- with presented for Farnam and Castellar schools. W. E. Coreranp, HeNry LIVESEY. On motlon of Mr, Clark, the propo- sltlon was divided Into two parta for cun- sideration, ths propoeition of Milton Rogers & Son, to heat Cass street bulld- {og belng taken up and the others lald over for another time when all members of ths board are present. The propositlon of Rogers & Son, s to this effect : That they agree to place in the Cass street school building, four furnaces of ample capscity to do the heating In the coldest weather; also provide for ventilation, heat the eight schcol rooms 8o that they will be comfortable on the coldest days; the cost to be $1,137 42, The motion, with an amendment that fifty per cent. of the contract money ba withheld untll the work Is tested, was carrled. The Ruttan heating company also have in bids for heating the Casteller and Farnam street buildings. For the first named $1,465, and for the other also $1,465. Theme were lald over. manual industry in the common schzols, the speclal committee made recommend- ations as follows: Your committee have consulted with the superintendent and with some of the teachers of the high school and it is agraed that the course of studies can be arranged to admit of Introducinz manual training. the expense of providing rooms for man- ual training in wood work and find thst a competent teacher can be secured for from $800 to $1,000 per annum, that the benchee, tools, and materlal will cost from $1,200 to $1,60C; $2,600 will pro- vide for all expenses. Your committee would recommend, first, that manual trainiug be made a part of the high school course for boys, end that if thero be sufficlent room, the boys of the eighth giade be sllowed the prvilege. Second, that carpentering, jolning, psttern-making, turning and high echool eystem of studies, which shall give opportunity for the pupils enter the manual tralning department. ¥ourth, that the sem of $2,5600 be appropriated for the salary of a teacher of manus training and for the fitting up of work rooms in the central echool. The following resolutions were offered and adopled: By Conger—Authorlxing the president and secratary to draw a warrant in favor of 1. 8. Hssoall for $400 as part payment for grading Eighteenth street and Cas- tellar achool grounde, . By Long—Iustructing the board of examiners for teachera certificates to hold a three days’ eeeslon, beginning June 29 and in the high echool rooms, E. J. Brennan, contractor for con- structing a retaining wall in front of the high echcol grounds, put in a bill for $783.16 over and above his origioal con- tract of $2,726.26 on account of the extra work that Las been put into hls « iract. A motlon prevailed allowing Mr, Brennan $2,000 on account, snd the extra amount asked was refcrred to a|® pound. When the craze dled out it |tercwents,to-wit. speclal committee for investigation, sald committee conalating of Messrs, Conoyer, Livesey and Hall, The time for holding the high echool commencement exercises at Boyd’s opera house, was changed from Friday to Thuraday night, one week from next Thursdsy night, The commiitee on finance made a spe- olal report, as follows: “‘The law governing publlec #thools in clties of the firet class in the state of Ne- braska require that the board of educa- tlon thsll annuslly, during the month of Juue, report to the city councll an esti- mate of the amount required for the sup port of the schools for the fiecal year next ensulog; also the awount of fands required for the purchase of school sites, the erection and furnlshing of echocl bulldings, the payment of Interest on all bonds issued for school purposes and the creation of & sinking fund for the pay- ment of such indebtedness, rintendent and teachers pay roll.§ nitor's pay roll. ... .. . Coustruction and building A City hall. ... " Repairs 1| never so large. Insurance . . o Wekvea Improvements. .. ... we '3 Furniture. ... .. . Fuel and light o veimn 8 Supplies “s Books. stationery, etc Apparatus. .. Rent, . . School honsa sites Grading, curbing, taxes, etc Interest. ... Mitcellaneons Secretary’s salary 8 Sinking fand “ 15 000 Total 0, e 8228 450 Revenue from which the above s de- rived 1 follows: Fines and licenses. . . State appgrtionment Taxlevy........ Total.... ieaies )y 0 A commun!eatlon rrom Ida M. Streot, who wants to_be aseistant in the high school, was filed and the meeting ad- journed, 760 3 000 2 000 1 600 1 500 15 paving, gnttering 8140000 60 ! 00.00 e —— SOME HIGH PRIOCED OHIOKENS, Plenty of Oochins Sold for Fifty Dol lars Each—One Pair of Gray Shanghais Bring Five Hundrea Dollars, New York Mail and Express, A pert young sslssman stood beside a great coop of pigeons in a poultry fan- cier's store yesterday, talking about the merits of thrco handsome chickens In a small coop befors him to another youth, while a white halred old farmer from Jersey stocd by and listened attentively. “‘These are genuine Cochins,” said the man, ‘‘and they are an unusually fine lot. Cochlns ordinarily sell for $12 for the trio, but the boss aaya that these must not be gold for l2ss than §30. Hoe is particularly plessed with the matched colors of these, and don’t caro whether anvone buys them ornot, I don’t be- lleve that as great a price was ever asked for chickens before.” “‘You are wrong there,” sald tho old farmer. “I can tell you a story, and {t's a trao one, about prices paid for fowls that are eimply beyond ordinary beliof. In 1850 or thereabouts a number of bright poultry-ralsers in Eogland under- took to increase the prices paid for the stock they deslt in by pretending to lm- prove thelr breeds, They imported a varicty of Chinese fowls and pretended to accomplish resuits with them far be- yond anything that could possibly be done. They isiuod learned pamphlets which dlscussed the new varletles of stock, and printed long eesays in the magazines. The impulse given to the business was clear beyound their wildest anticlpations. There wers plenty of market breeders who were really anxious to get a variety of fowls that would lay more eggs and would welgh more when dressed for the table than the old breeds that had been common for yoars. The Cochlns from China were the favorites. Wonderful stories of the number of eggs lald by them were told. *‘Finally, the ladies and gentlemen of leisure, who are always on the lookout for some new dlvertion, took a fauncy to the chicken business, They cared noth- ing for the profits, They must have the best fowls in the kingdom, fowls that could beat the record and ehow a pedl- gree at tho eame timo, The queen her- self bought fancy fowle, and it then be- came the fashion to take an interest in poultry publications and poultry pedi- grees, The prices began to soar. *‘Ihe Increased demand for fine stock brought out new varietles. White und gray Shanghals soon competed with the Cochins. and Ohitiagongs with Canton Chinese fowls, and heated discusions over the relative merits of the breeds were held on the street-corners, and over the stiles in the hedges around the fields. ““As soon as the mania was fairly started, fairs were held for the exhibition aund sale of the fowls, Early in 1850 a fafr In Norwich, England, brought out 110 Cochins belonging to a lady. The Cochlns were sold and realizxd £36L 4s. 6d., tne highest price being 20 guineas for a single cock. Many eingle fowls brought from £3 to £7 each. ““That sale was the scle topic of con- versation in all Eogland for a month thereafter. The excitement lasted, and manla spread to America, In 1853 or Burnham, who knew a good hen when he saw it, sent out {o a Birmingham, Eogland, fowl show a cage of gray Shang- hais. A trlo sold ateight for §100, and at the end of the fair a pair from this csge carrled off the first prize, and they were 80ld to a Mr, Taylor, of Shepherd’s Bush for §500. This is the highest price onrecord I believe, for a single pair. There was plenty of sales eurlng 1853 and 1854 for from £30 to £50 per palr. *‘People think that $2 per dozen 1s & big price to pay for pure steck eggs now- odays, but then single eggs sold from §5 ing bo taught. Third, that the | to $10 exch, and it's on record that half | the hend, wir 'n dull wen ;fi;’;iffz:ng-no-x:fgaa courss In the | dozen chickens just Latohed sold at §10 | dack” purt, Pnin wnder ¢ apleca.” “Yousald the mania spread to this country,” sug zested the salesman. “Yer, bus the prices paid here was Boston seems to have been the headquartera of the businees Everybody wauted fancy chiokens, Tne ordera to the Braston importers came from Malne and from Texas, snd one firm there sold in 18563 over $23,000 worth of fowls. orders amounting to §1,200 to $1,6(0, and this firm eola one lot for $2 230, “Good business, that,” sald the clerk ‘‘Certainly. It costs ne more to hatch and rear a fine towl than one of common breed; in fact, It cost less then and it costs less now to keep fowls of good breeds, Plenty of men made large sums of money out of chickens while the mania lasted, and plenty who came while the boom was booming got caught in the shower. Thero were too many people In the business and too many poor fowls sold with forged pedigrees. People got disgusted, and then the eight psund Cochin hens went into potple at ten cents left the country with a fine stock of fowls, and the prevalence of such beauties as those in the coop, for there ars & great many fowls that are as valuable Intric- sically as those, is due to the caze, Bat until fowls are developed that will lay eggs to order, something which people very much expected thiriy-one years ago, | 5! there will be no more fancy prices pald.” e —— —One of Crecn's large cottonwood trees was steuck by lightning Sunday night and completely split in two, © ——— A large stock « f Summer Clothing just recelved st B, NEWMAN & Co. 1216 Farnam street. e —— Having opened a repository at our ware rooms, corner Jones snd Ninth streets, we have now on exhibition a complete line of carriages, buggles, phactors, road carts and buck bcards thet we offer at living prices. Call snd see the goods and get prices, Paruy, Orexporrr & MarTIN, e ——— Prane Nugget at Stephers Bron', 0 0 500 000 200 00 H00 Lixcouy, City, St. Joe, T¢ Neb,, LINOOLN, STATER, Reported by The Ber's Bureau, June 16, ~The Pionser 800 | Sangerbund, composed of societios at Kansas Leavenworth, Atchi opeka INCIDEXTS OF THR DAY AT THR CAPITOL OF THE There were single | 2 son, Marysville, Council Bluffs, Plattsmouth, Columbus, Grand Island, Seward, Schuyler, Lincoln and Omahsa, will begin its annusl musical festival here on tho 23rd inst, All trains bringing societies are expeoted o bs in Ly 12:30 on Tuesday, when the reception of societies will take place by the president. Governor Dawes and Mayor Burr, of this city, have besn invited to deliver welcome addresses. In the eve begining ot 8 Ry 00 [ o'clock, reception the concert will be given by the societion as societies, On Wednesday at 10 a. m, the rehersal will bo condnoted by Prof. A. Weber, director and leader of the Pioneer Sangerbund; Prof. _Fairbrother. lender of the mixed chorus, and Prof. Gieorge . Sauer, diroctor of the Omaha musical orchestra. At S o'clock in the evening the first grand concert will bo given, Thursday, the 25th, the exercises will be the same oxcopt ' change of the programma. Friday, 20, at 10 a, m, the society will form in procession on Historical rquare and march through the principal stroets, passing hotels and ptblic builditgs nnd returming to the hall, In the afternoon the Lincoln svciety will en- tartain tho visiting societies, showing them through the public buildings and places of public interest, In the evening a ball will be given 1n Festival ball, Saturday, 27, will be picnic day, The picnio ground is a beautifal grove near the city snd is fitted up in fine shape and will be liberally decorated with flags, bunting and evergreens. A largo plat form will be erected for those who desire to follow_good mugio in the mazy waltz. Good grounds adjoining have beeh provided for those who desite to drive out, so they can leave their teams without inter- fering with the pionic grounds proper, Tn tho ovening a grand dispiay of fire works will tako piace at the picnic grounds, so that young and sged alike may enjoy the oceasron. = This will close the festivitios, Kach society will bring bands, besides several additional brass bands expected, Round trip rates over all roads running into Lincoln have been eecured. The executive committeo will entertain the singers and bands free of expense. The hall will be lignted with electric light, will have a telephone and a postoffice, so that all mail addressed care of the Saongerfest will be distributed at the ~ hall A guarantee fund _of $3,000 has beon raised so that if n deficit should occur in any way the programme will be fully carried out. The heaay winds of the past two nights have fully testod the building 80 that nothing short of “a resl cyclone can move it The architect of the building is J. J. Koun, formerly of Omaha, The cficeas of the Pioneer Sangerbund society are Henry Brugmann, presdent; Godfrey J . Bluchdorn, secretary, and George Seifert, treasuror, ‘There will be no saloons or eating honses on tha grounds, The commissionors are still busy adjusting and working on the equalization board, Matters at the state houso are very quiet, the officers aud clerks being busy with routine work, J. W, Steward, Nebraska Gltv Ex-Gov, Nance, J. Walliog, and R. Van Patten, Hastiogs; N. Herron, Beatrico, and I, E Williams, Fairmont, are in the city. TThe case sgainst Pound for killing Griffin, tho state treasury robber, has bzen continued till next term, The district court opened to-day with the trial of the thieves who broke into Gran Ensigns house eome time since E, e —Mary Wellington, a very profano and tough-looking black woman swore out a warrant in police court last evening for the arrest of her husbaud, George Wellington, who she accuses of having beaten and other- wise abused her, —Audrew Double, Sr., had Andrew Double, Jr., arrested yesterday for assault and battery and lodged in the city jail. #—Jas, Johnson, who keeps a saloon under the Merchants National bank was robbed yostorday evening of $16. Suspicion is fastened on two young men who were 1n the saloon about that time. —Jim Lee, that notorious tough, and leader of a gavg in We:t Guming stroet, was fined by Judge Stenbarg §25 and sentenced to serve a term of G0 days in the county jail, —Pat Delany, who was arrested yestorday for beating his wife, received the chilly infor- In making its report to the bosrd on|102lots of fowls, one of which contained | matiou from Judge Stenberg later that he would be compelled to servo a ten days’ sen. tence in jail. —The Creighton college faculty havesentout very neat cards of invitation to those whom they wish at the commencement exerclses of that institution next Mondsy night, —The river made aslight raise yestorday, It is now fifteon feet ten inches above low water Your committee have inquired as to 1864 a Boston Yankee by the name of | mark at this point. 26 YEARS IN USE. fhe Greatest Tfadical Triumph of the Age SYNIPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of appetite, Bowels contive, Pain fn n in the shoulde nde, Fuliness after enting, with a di Inclination to excrtion of body or mind, trritability of temper, f.0w apirits, wiin ufeeling of having neglected some duty, Wenriness, Dizziness, Fluttering at the leart, Dotn beforetho eyes, Headacke sver the right eye, Restlessness, with Gtful dreams, Highly colored Urine, nnd CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S PILLS aro especially adapted 20 such cases, ono dose effects such & ‘Bange offeclin s toastonish thosuterer, Jhey Imerense thi { Bpeit el sovten 14 body to Take on HERE, 55 1l Sto . Nt B roduced, Prive 2o, ATy RN XL ' 5 FUTT'S HAIR DVE. GRAY HAIR or WiISKERS changed to & GLohey BLACI DY & single applichtion of this DYE. It imparts a uatural color, Instantancously. 80ld by Druggiats, or agnt by expresa on yeceipt of 81, fice, 44 M e In the Cireult court of the United Stet talot of Nobraska; North western T, Horn, Bt. Al In ince and by virbue of an cxeoution feued: out of the Ofrcuit court of tre Unite ! States for the district of Nobras's, bearing duta of May 10th, 1886, ‘and to me directed nud de ivercd, | will oxpose 1 #ale the fo! Tandn and tinements, havirg leve ied upo o right, titie and Interest of tho aforckaid refentants in andto said lan Al tracts or parcels of jand N W} of sction ‘No. 19, lying w st of the eust bank o thio Codar Viver, |0’ Lowaebip ¥ 0,10, north of rangr 0, Wost P. M., con’siainy 60 & r s moro ce less in Nence county, Nobrasks, all of w hich 1 willsell 80 the highest end b.st bidder at public sals ae $he law directe, on the 7th day of July, A. D. 1385, hour of t n o'clock in the foren offie bullding, In tre city of Ow aba, Douglas o ty, Nebraske; 5a\” ta'o 13 to 89 tisfy'a judgment of cour’, obtained at the Ma'yterm A. D. 188, In favor of the Northwe tcra Na! ional Bavk ve W. P Slanghtor sud Central ment " Company, ¥. A, H O Craig 0. 8. Marshall. L E. ALLEN, Deputy, FHANK MARTIN, Pla v tiffs Attorney. to dally J 2:0 16.28,50 GONSYMPTID +1 ught ERBOWE! B Lindsey, A. ELLIS L BI 170 1 inody for i of (tiie a 10060 this W w YIINT'S TV AGENTS WA To work Life axd Accldent Tn urance for & steony New York ooinpauy, in ¢ very tawn 1 Nebrasks and Tows, Good commiseion (o workers. 4 ddress E. 0. WILCOX & 00, Cherm i, bt da