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

THE DAILY BEE. Omawa Orrion No. 914 axp 916 Farwaw Sr. New Yorx Orrion, Roox 66 Trisonz BuiLp- INNG, Pub'ished every morning, except Sunday. The only Mondag morning daily published in the state. TERNS RY ATL One Year 810,00 | Three Months Six Months 5.00 | One Month,...... 1 The Weekly Beo, Published every Wednesday TRRMS, FOSTRAID. One Year, with premium One Year, without premi 8ix Months, without premium One Month, on trial CoRRRSPOND All Communications relating to News and Editorial mtters should be addressed b0 the Evrron or Tus b FUBINRSS LETTRRS All Business Lottors and Remittances should be addressed to Tina BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMATIA. Drafts,Checks and Post office orders $0 be mado pay- Able £ the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Props. . ROSEWATER, Enrmor ) '%‘.»,’,“4‘32'0“,‘“’:?.27“&&{3.“" Nt Gov. Dawes has pardoned a horse- thiet ont of the penitent ary. His ex- cellency seems to be partlal to horse borrowers, Tax last batch of postoffice appolnt- ments falls to reveal the name of any Nobraskan. It is evident that the demo- cratlc bomses of Nebraska have not renched the natlonal capital. Ir the jury bad dlsagreed or had ren- dered a verdict in favor of the defendant, what a unanimous shout of delight there would have gone up from the tin-can brigade that is tied to the narratlve of the Republican, Tuere have lately been cyclones in Iowa and Nebra: and now the Ne- braka democratic pollticians are looking for a windfall. It fs expected that it will occur withIn the next two weeks, if the bosses who are at Washington have enough atrength to shake the bushes. Tue telegraph companies in New York have pald llttle or no attentlon to the efforts made to compel them to put their wires under ground. But they wlill now hava to como to it. The underground wire commission blll, passed by the last legls- 1ature, has been signed by the governor, and hasbecome a law. It provides for the appointment of a commlesion to en- force the act passed last year. To be compelled to create a commission to enforce a lew is certalnly a singular proceeding, and f necessary with one law why should it not be neces- sary with others? As a role the poeple obey the laws, but corporations never do unless forced to 1t. This explalns the necasslty of a special commleslon to make the telegraph companles bury their wires. TaE movement in favor of a Saturday half-hollday in New York racelved an encouraging impetus on last Saturday. It is estimated that over 1,000 business men participated In the Initial step, and that over 5,000 working men and women were directly benefitted. Darlng the morning the shoppers all over the city were met by walking slgns, upon which was painted the appeal: ‘Ladies, buy nothing after one o’clock to-day, and you willoblige theclerks who will oblige you the rest of the week.” This had the desired effect In many of the leading rotal streets, Accordingjto the New York papers of Sunday In the retall distrlct from Canal strect up and from river to river there was a general cessation of business at 1 p. m. Daring the afternoon and evenlng up-town Broadway presented the app:arance customary on Sunday after- noons. The store curtains were down shut ters were up, and doors were locked. 1IN almont every city where large bulld- ings under consiruction require an ex- cavation under tha ridewalks the con- tractora are required to leave sufficient room for the safe and conventent pas- sege of the public In front of such structures, In Omsaha the builders seem to think that they have the right to fence the entlre sidewalk, and keep it obatructed for weeks and months until the building Is completed. This is not only a great nuisance and inconvenience to the public, but it is occasionally very dangerous, especlally upon dark nights. Strangers, as well as others, who run against these obstructions are liable to serions Injury. There Is no doubt that where parties are badly hurt they can recover damager, both agatnst the city and the property owners. It is high time that we should have a new departure in regard to bullding methods. The con- tractors should be made to understand that the public have some rights. CHicaco papers and Omaha papers of the same date reach Laramie on the eame train, ‘This is owing to the Burlington fast mail, which leaves with the Obicago papers still wet from the prees and folded on the train. This fast mail gots to Omaha at 7 p. m., when the Union Pacific through mail leaves with Omaha papers twelve hours old,—[Zaramic Boomer- ang, This shows how the fast mall works, 1t s operated solely for the banefit of the Ohicago morning papers and the Bur- llogton road, It isan Injury to certaln business Interests in Iowa and Nebrasks. In the first place, if it were any benefit, we cannot see the falrness in glving an exolusive contract to one road, which can serve only the strip of terrltory through which it rons, Why should not the other Iowa trunk lines carry » fast mail for the benefit of their respective tribu- tary territoriesl Why should one sec- tion of Towa bave fast a mail and all the rest of the state none! The fact is that the fast mail isa humbug, and does more injury than good. The scheme s one that ought to be atandoned by the post- office depariment In responee to the pro. tests of the people at every lmportant point reached by the fast mails. Iuostead of helping to bulld up enterprises that ara intended to develop and advertise the communities in which they ars located, the fast mail is serlously damsgiog them, A NOTABLE ACQUITTAL. The oase of the state against Alvin MeGuire, for attempting t rob the state treasury Inst March, was called in the district court at at lincoln Saturday. The witnesses exam. Ined by the state were Troasurer Willard and Deputy Trensurer Bartlott, while Governor Dawes, Sheniff Malick, Mrs, McGuire, and Alvin McGuire were examined for the de- fente, The line of defense was that McGuire was mede drunk and decoyed into the com. mission of the crirfe by the detectives, and R, D, Stearns and C, 0. Whedon made as strong » onse o3 the facts wonld permit. The cace was given to the jury, and somewhat to the surprise of everybody who had given the oneo any thought Whatever, they brought in & verdict of “not guilty.” McCGuire s again ot liberty. A nolle pros, was also entered in the case against Davis, the detective, who kept the governor posted aa to the progress of the scheme before its commission, and he was set at liberty. The only remaining court proceedings to arise out of that attempt to rob tho state treasury is the trial of Detective Pound upon the charge of murder for the shooting of Griffin, the one-legged man who pacticipated in the attempt. He will probably be acquit- tod also, as witnesses will testify that Griffin snapped his rovolver at Pound before the lat- ter killed him. Other witnesses, it is true, will swear that he did not so enap his re- volver, but the testimony,of the first men- tion will be sufficient to give rise to the rea- sonable doubt necessary for mcquittal, and will probably bring about that result. The only sufferers from the affair will prob- ably be the tamily of the doad participant,— Plattsmouth Journal, Bat how abont the other accessories in this crime? What about those officials behind the screen, who knew all about the affalr before it took place, and who must have been acquainted with the methods by which this man Maguire and his pals were made the victims of a con- splracy with a view of getting a large re- ward from the state? Thera is still a yery deep myatery connected with this tragle ocourrence which may possibly never be unraveled, but with proper court ma- chinery and active prosecutors the real fasts In the case may be ascertained and the men whs are respon- sible for the death of Griffin may be brought to juetica. Robber though he was and burglar though he may have been, he was entitled to life. No man orset of men, whether officlal or detec- tive, had a right to take his life withoat due process of law. Much less was there any justification for any officer, high or low, in concooting a plot whereby ke, Griffin, was Inviegled Into a trap and THE DAILY BEE-~-WADNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1885 avit wan, it failed to stimulate speculative buying or to advance prices, Present stocks are s drag on the market, and the fesr of deliverios and of the effect of warm weather on grain now in store has canred a good deal of “switohing” of speculative contracts from July to Angust and later months, and the difference in price between the options has in- crensed in some markets in favor of the 'late deliveries, This fs a weak feature of the sitution, and exposes the purely spoculative character of the present supports of the market, Corn prices have advanced from one-half o one cent per bushel for im- mediate deliveries, but the reported increase in planted ares has caused some weakness in Inte futures, The strength of actual corn comes from the moderate stocka and a well- sustained demand for export. Whatever may be the extent of the invisible supply hanging over the market, it is certain that the meve- ment from farmers’ hands has not materially increased, although the cheap freights now available have offered au extra incentive to shippers, and the receipts at seaboard markets are promptly taken for export. Latest cables indicate large arrivals of Danubian corn off the const of the United Kingdom, and this may temporarily lessen demand for prompt shipment. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. This Is a busy practical age, in which a useful, rather than an ornamental, edu- cation {s demanded, and in response to this growing demand manual tralning schools are being eatablished in connec- tion with the high schools in nearly all the large citles, The manual training achool 1s not any longer an experiment. It has been demonstrated to be a success, and hence it {s bound to become an im- pertant branch of our common school system., In New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Montelair and Newark, N. J., Buffalo, Cleveland, Chleago and other citles, mannal tralning schools are now in successful operation at comparatively emall expense. In Cleveland an inde- pendent manusl training scbool has been incorporated, with a capltal of $25,000. Itisintendedtoerect immediately a three- story brick building at a cost of $15,000. No special trades uxe to be taught in the school, the main >bject being mental and physical development, and the acqulre- nient of skill In the use of tools and ma- torlals. It Is the intentlon of the men who are promoting this commeandable en- terprise to secure the attendance of public sohool pupils, who will thus be enabled to galn some knowledge of practical work, and to acquire habits of accuracy and in- dustry, They will be taught self-reli- ance, and will be asslsted in choosing a made to attempt the commission of a daylight robbery, and then killed in or- der to give the aetectives notorlety and roward snd the officials something to Crow over. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. No material Improvement Is noticeable in trade clrcles since our review of a week ago. There is but little actlvity in any branch of business. This may in a large measure be sccounted for by the fact that the dull summer season is near at hand, A conservative policy Is belng pursued by manufacturers and merchants. Owing to the restriction of overproduc- tlon durlng the past year, a scarcity in some lines of goods might be caused by a sudden demsand, as the stocks have been kept down to the lowest possible limit. However, no immediate demand is looked for. While there will be a big shortage in wheat, other crops promise well, and the outlook In this direction in- dicates that the farmers will have upon the whole a prosperous season, The weok's fallures show a slight decrease compared with the number of the week before. The dry goods trade has been very in- actlve. The only noticeable event in this line was the eale at auction In New York of 20,000 pieces of flannels. The prices realized were very low, a result to be expocted from such an extensive forced sale. The goods were all disposed of, which is taken as an evidence that the stocks thronghout the country had been allowed to run down to the polnt where replenishing became necessary. The same may be eald in regard to cottons, a heavy salo of which was recently made. Dallness prevails In the wool markets of the seaboard, but in the interior markets the new clips are being purchased at good prices. This s conaldered as an indication of confidence of the wool dealers in a no distant Improve- ment In trade. The favorable and im- proving prospects for growing cotton have encouraged free selling on the speculative market, a result of which prices on ‘‘futures” have declined 25 to 30 points within the week, while actual cotton has been shaded 1-16 of a cent a pound, owing partly to the decllne fn contraots and partly to the continued dullness of trade, Of the present stock of less than 400,000 bales at the cotton ports, New York has 283,000 bales. Parchasers of anthraclte coal are buying only what they need for immediate con- sumptlon, and the trade remalns inactive, without prospect of early lmprovement. The iron trade Is similarly situated, The western suspension has not stimulated business in eastern mills, owing largely to a prevalent bellef that It will be of short duration, The Philadelphla Record in its weekly review says: Notwithstanding the bolstering the wheat wmarket bas received from bad crop reports and the bullish talk of holders, the net result of the week's business shows a decline of 1 to 1} cents per bushel, Nearly everybody who knows anything about crop conditions at home and abroad professes confidence in the belief that waeat prices are likely to rule higher during the next twelve months than they have bsen during the past year, but the specula: tive public is loath to invest in the chance of a rise in prices while foreign buyers main tain their present attitude of indiffererce and the volume of - old stock to be carried into another harvest season remains so large. The national bureau report. for June was more favorable for spring wheat than had been expected, and the proba- ble decrease which it indicated in the yield of winter wheat was not s0 great as the more rampsnt “bulls” bad predicted, so that, bad vocation for which they may be best fitted. The work will conslst of carpen- try, wood turning, and pattern making, forghge, vise work and metal working. ‘While thus providing for boys whose the- oretical education Is belng cared for, it is aleo proposed to aid those, who, belng at work durlng the day in shops, receive practical education, but not theoretical, by giving courses of evening lectures on mechanics, physics, and ochemlstry, and instruction in mechanical drawing. The Oleveland school will no doubt be a model Institation, It s the outgrowth of the efforts of tweaty boys who volun- tarily organized a manual school for their own benefit in a barn. The fact became known to some public-splrited citizens who thereupon decided to establish such a school on an extensive basis. We are gratified to see that Omaha Is about to follow in the footsteps of the eastern cltles In regard to industrial edu- cation. The "actlon of the board of education in this matter will be heartily endorsed. The speclal committee,having this subject under conslderation, has re- ported in favor of making manual train- ing a part of the high echool course for boys, and that carpentering, jolning, pattern-making, turning aud wood-carv- ing be taught. The committee recom- mends that a room be fitted wp for this department In the Central school bullding, and that the sum of $2,500 be appropriated for the salary of a teacher and for tools and ¢quipments. This de- partment will he opened at the fall term and we have every reason to believe that 1t will prove a great succ Tue poeople of Arlzona, who have be. come tired of the periodical outbreaks and butcherles of the Apache Indlace, demand that if they cannot be subdued and clvllized, they should be removed to the Indlan territory or some other place where they will be less disposed to make thelr raids and bejlees powerful. They are urquestionably the worst savages on the continent, and it {s dounbtful whelher they can ever be tamed, They do not in any way manifest the same desire dis- played by other Indians to become clvil- ized and self-yustaining. The San Fran- cisco Call re-schees the unanimous senti: ment of the cltizens of Arlzona when it says that it would be wiwe to take the Apaches away from that territory, for if they coutinue thelr depredations the day is not far distant when the exasperated people will rise and exterminate them, The most practical solution of the Apache problem would be to plant them under- ground, This s about the only way to make good Iundlans out of these red- handed murdere Avrnoves Omaha has a falr start in manufactures, there s no good resson why she should not now make more rapid progress in this direction. Coal s cheap compared to what it was when scme of our leading establlshments were started, and besides we now have a water supply which 15 so neceeeary In many branches of manuofactures. It s a gratifylng fact that every manufacturing Industry in this city that has been properly mean- sged has grown and prospered. Nocity In the weet effords as good an opening for manufactorers as Omaba. She is advantageously located as to rail- roads. By virtue of her position she commands & vast extent of territory, rich in natural - resources of every char- acber which are beivg rapldly developed Now is the time to secure a foothold here, and If the board of trade would make a proper e ffort to attract manufac- turers to this olty we belleve 1t could induce quite a number to locate at this point. The board of trade should at least make a special effort to have flour- Ing mills started In this city. It does seem rather a singular fact that In the commercial metropolis of a rich agrl- caltural state like Nebroaka, there is not to be found a slngle flouring mill. This Important industry has been entirely neg- lected. We ship our wheat to eastern markets, and when converted Into flour it is shipped back tous. We believe that flouring mills in Omaha would prove profitable. It would seem so at least, if extensive mills can be successfally oporated at Schuyler, seventy-five mliles west, where coal ' coats more, and where the shipping facilities are inforlor to those of Omahas. Large flouring mills are what we need and must have, in con- nectlon with elevators, to make Omaha a promlnent grain market, Tue charge of ‘“offensive partisanship” can be made to fit nlnely-nine per cent of the republican office-holders. It {s on this charge that Representative Singleton, of Misslsalppi, ' proposes to eject from office Albert T. Morgan, of that state. is In the peneion department, once wrote & book entitled, ‘“Yazoo, or the Plcket Line of Freedom,” In which he mercilersly exposed the shot-gun and ballot-stuffing methods employed by the bourbons, On this account Is he espe- cially obnoxlous to the bourbons of Miuslesippl. . TuE estimate of public school expendi- tures in Omaha for the coming year, as reported to the city council by the finance committee of the beard cf educatlon, Is $223,450. OF thls required sum $140,- 000 will come from liquor licenses and fines. No stronger argument than this fact can be made tn favor of the high li- cente eystem which has become firmly establiched in Nebrasks, and is being adopted in many other states. Nebraska was the first state to adopt high license, and her example has been preductive of great good. TrE coming surveyor-general, Judge Gardner, of Falls City, has been quite prominent in Nebraska politics for some considerable time. In 1872 he was a candidate for governor. He enjoys a high reputation for Integrity among the people of Richardson ceunty where he has resided for many years, There will not, however, bs very much surveylng for him to do in the state of Nebraska. Judge Gardner doubtless will perform the duties of his office as efliclently as any of his predecessors. A HARD HUSBAND. Louise Homan Fetitions the Court, for a Divorce. Mrs, In the district court yesterday ter- noon Mrs, Loulse Homan filed a petition praying to b divorced from her husband, Henry A. Homan, She alleges that of late he hes bzen an extremely cruel and hard husband. Qn the 24th of May, 1882, they were merrled at Glenwcod, Tows, and almos: immediately thereafter moved to Omaha where they have been ltving ever since. For a time their do- mestic career was smooth, peaceful, and full of blies. But about one year ago, he commenced to get abusive, and steadlly grew worse in his manners until she conld stand it no longer. Her &ccutations say he Is guilty of adultery, that he repeat- edly applied to her all sorts of the most hetnous and vlle of names, and further- more that he choked her, and beat her, and kicked her, and raised thunder gen- erally, on every occasion that it was pos- slble for him to do so. — ———— EX-PRESIDEST AnxvdUR, How He Spends His Time—HIis Pro- fessional and Social Daties, New York Letter to the Utica Observer. Ex-Presldent Arthur bad none of the prevaiilng Anglomania, so far as I know, snd yet he was stricily English in the style of his whiskers and the longings of hisappetite. Before hls elestion to the vice presidency he used to eat most of his luncheons in a down town shop house of {he London sort, and since his return to private citlzenship I have seen him several times over his steak or shop and bags In the eame old place, Arthur has not yet appeared in court In resumption of his law practice, but he s regularly in the offices of his firm, and the un- derstanding 1s that his eervices are in falr demand. Having been the collector of the port, and therefore famillar with the laws and usages of the custom house, he expects to strile right into remunera- tive cases involving importers’ troubles. That there was a difference of opinion as to what share of the firm’s profits he deserved was proved by the fact that up to within a few days of the issue of » circular announclog the co-partnership the other members declared positively that he would not re enter the concern. Socially Mr, Arthur 1s leadlog a quiot life. Many have been curlous to see whether he would resume hail-f¢llowahip with some of the local pollticlans with whom he used to be cronies, for it was known that his offishness toward them while in the white house bad angered them, The upshot seems to be that he has kept up hls close friendship with the dezen polite and cultured men out cf the lot, and has dropped the mere heelers, with whom his relations were never any- thing aslde from the machinery of politi- cal control. He spends some of bis eve- nings congenlally in the Union League clab, the members of which stood by him pretty firmly in his campaign for a renom- fnation; ke goes to the theatres once ina while, always silting behind the drapery of a private box; and he has been at the Jerome Park horse racss, where 1 saw bim win fifty doilars one day on a chance risk of ten. A Sheriff of Good Intentions, Bavniory, Md., June 16,—The hour of 11 o'clock to-day was the time appointed for flogging Heury A. Myer, convicted yesterday of wife-beating, Sheriff Airey provided bimself with two rawhides for the work, but a motion ew trial will cause delay. The shexiff will obey the order of the court and do the work thoroughly, Morgan, who' MANUAL INDUSTRY, ————— A Report From the Special, Board of Education, Cimmittee. Some of the Many Reasons Why Amerioan Boys Shomld be Taught How to Work and be Made Good Mechanice, The subject of “‘manual tralning” in Omaha's public schools, is attracting con- slderable attention and will probably be- come a feature of next reason's courses of learning. When the mattor was first brought up some time ago in the board of education, that body selected from ita members, with Mr, Crawford as chair- man, aspeclal committee to investigate into the eystem es carried on in other oltles and make a report of their Investi- gation to the board, That report was mede at Monday night's special meeting and referenco was mads to it in theso ;zo}lnmnn, but following is ths report in all: To the Honorable Board of Education of the Clty of Omaha: Your commlttee, to whom was referred the matter of man— ual training In connection with the pub- lic schools, have carefuly attended to thelr duties, The chalrman has vislted the manual training schools of St, Louis and Chlcago, and had a conference with the teachers of these inatitutione, as well as 8 ocarefal Investigation of their methods of work. Your committee corresponded with the princlpals of the manual training schools of Eau Claire, Wis.; Toledo, O., and Baltimore, Md., and have read with care what has been wrltten upon the subject, especlally ““Education and Its Relations to Manual Tndustry,” by Arthur Mc- Arthur, which contsins an exhaustive treatment of the whole subject, and the report of Mr, John D. Philbrick, pub- lished by the bureau of education, which has many pages devoted to the subject. But one opinion prevalls among those who have glven the matter any attentivn, which {s that manual training, in connec- tlon with public echools, is both practical and valuable. These students are of the opinion that, apart from the practical bearing of such training, in fitting the youth of America to pursue some {rade, lts effect on the mind is of the greatest value. Herbert Spencer tells us that the percep- tive faculties should be trained firat of all, while in the ordinary echool work they receive scarce any attention; but manual training secures for these facultles equal development with all the other powers of the mind. The testimony of all, who have had an opportunity of testlag the matter, {s that boys who recelve manual training, excel In thelr other studies, the companions, who do not have the advant- age of exerclsing their hands and the powers of perception. The houra spent in manusl training seem to clear the mind and to enable the student to succeed better lu his other studies. Of the value in after life to the young people of such training, too much cannot be sald In favor of manual education. The complalnt hag been made for years, of the scarcity of skilled mechanics of native birth. Our ekilled workmen are imported, and master mechanics are un-- willing to take our boys In thelr shops, since in the absence of any apprentice system it does not pay them to teach them who, when they have half learned their trado will leave. Theknowledge of the use cf tools, methodsof work imparted by manual traioing fit the boy on graduat- ing to rapidly a:guim the technic:1 part of any trade and in a romarkably short time to earn wages as a journeyman. There has grown up among young Amer— icans a distaste for working st = trade, and the distaste seems to be fostered by our preeent sohool methods which tend to increase the class that seeks for a sup— port without any great exertion of muscle. ‘Whatever be the cauee, the evil is great and needs a remedy, which is found in manual tralning elevating the work of the hand {o its proper place. 1 10ne great difficulty with the schools of Omaha as at present conducted, fs that the boys leave the echools after paesing through the sixth grade. The lower grades are crowded while in the upper gradei tho classes are emell. Tie main reason for this conditlon of things is the need felt by the parents of fitting their sons a8 £oon as poasible to earn their own ltving and contrlbute eomething to the common fncome. Your committee be- leve thet ihe introduction of manual traing will go far to remedy this evil, sinca the boys will galn s dexterlty In the use of tools which will greatly shorten their apprenticeshlp in any particular trade. When parents kuow that by remainlng in school after the sixth grade, thelr eoms will not only be galnfug a better education, but aleo a preparation for rapld advsnoement 'in some mechanical pursuit, wo shall find the seventh and elghth grades filled up end a largely Incressed attendance in the high school, The experiments in Eau Clalre and Boston are specia'ly Interestlog and in- structive, In Eau Claire fnstruciion in wood work hes been given during the past year to pupils In the high school to both boya snd glrle, with excellent re- sults £o far as_tbe other studies are con- cerned, In Boston certain classes of boys in the Dwight school have been in- structed in wood work with 8o much suc- ceas that the system is to bo more exten- slvely intr.duced. Manual training in connection with the public echools 18 no longer wn experi- ment, it has been successfally adopted in too many ocitles for any one_to doabt Its utillty. Your committee have counsulted with the superintendent and with some of the teachers of the high school and it is agreed that the conrse of studies can ba arranged to admit of Introducing manual tralning, Your committee have inquired as to the expense of providing roows for man- val tratning in wood work and find that a competent teacher can be secured for from $800 to §1,000 per annum, that the benches, tools, and materlal will cost frem $1,200 to $1,50C; $2,600 will pro- vide for all expenses. Your committee would recommend, first, that manual tralolug be made a pert of the high school course for boys, end that if there be sufficlent room, the bays of the elghth grade be allowed the prvilege. Second, that carpentering, Jjolning, pattern-making, turning and wood carving bo taught, Third, that the saperintendent arrange a course in the high echool system of studies, which shall give opportunity for the pupils to enter the manual tralning department, Fourth, that thesum of $2,600 be eppropristed for the eslary of & teacher of manusl tralnlng ana for the fitting up of work rcoms in the Central schocl. Fifth, that the superintendent be instructed to cor- respond with the faculty of the Bt. Louis manoual tralnlog school and secure the best possible teacher at a malary not ex- ceeding 1,000 per year, Sixth, that the prineipal of the nigh school make inqalry as to the nomber of boys in the high school and the eighth grade who desire to avail themeelves of instrneciion In mannal teainiog and report at the next meoting. The sixth recommendation was adopted, but as to the rest of the report It was thought best that no actlon should be taken on it untll the next regular meeting, RAILWAY MATTERS. Items of & General and Personal Nartare, C. M. Bisseil, superintendent of the maln line and all branches of the New York Oentral railroad south of Albany, ond aleo of the Harlam division, passed throogh this olty yesterday enrouto for Oalifornfa. He was accompanied by his wife, who goes out to that country for her health. The superintendent ¢f bridges and buildings for the Union Pacific road seoms to be a man whose wit and humor boil over, even under the most trylng and saddest of circumstances, In re- portlng to headquartera yesterday an ac- cident by which one of h's men had a shin barked, hesays, ‘‘It was caused by a stone turning over withcut lotting the victim know that 1t was going to turn.” The storm of Sundsy morning blew down feur hundred and eighty panels of snow fence along the Omaha & Black Hills branch of the U. P. road. L. H, Korty, assls'ant saperlntendent of telegraph for the U. P., went to Chi- cago yesterday. Fifty-six excursionlsts from St Louls to Callfornia will go out over the U. P. rond to-morrow. The Iowa editorial excurslonlats bave been heard from. They arrived at Portland, Oregon, last Sunday, and are now making a trip up to Puge! Sound, Ashion, Astoria and varlous other points of interest in the far northwest. It 18 reported that Mr. Geo. B. Harrle, asslstant general manager of the Santa Fe road has tendered his resignation, and asks that 1t take effect at once. The same authorlty says, slso, that Mr. Har- ris Intends to quit railroading and go into some other line of buriness But this {s not altogether probable. Mr. Harris s entirely too good a rallrond man to think of going into any other business. He will more than likely be heard of next as the general manager of some road. BASE BALL NEWS: An Interesting Gamo to be Played Next Saturday—The West- ern League, The trouble between the old U. P.'s and the Athletic association blds falr to be settled at an early day. The difficulty has been so far adjusted that the two have arranged a game to be played on the Athletlc grounds next Saturday afternoon, between the U. P.’s and the Athletics. Both nices will appear in strong trim, ready to pull each other’s hair in a lively manner. The positions of the U. P.’s have not yet been exactly determined, but Bandle will probably catch to Rockwell's and Saliebury’s pltch- ing, with McKelvey holding one of the bases, and Funkhouser in the field. Other materlal will be eelected, of such quality ss to strengthen the nine. It will be a source of pleasure to local base ball enthusissts to know that Omaha will not be entirely dead to base ball this season, even though she can not be represented In any one of the league organizations, The Omaha boys will not go to the Hastings tournament on the KFourth, as they cannot get eway from their work. This is a pity. It would cause the Hast- Ingltes to make pltifully wry faces to ewallow a good old dose of Unlon Pacific. Omaha hss no regularly crganized club, but she could easily scre pa tcgether a team which could rend every member of the Hastings nine to the hospitsl for a year. The dissolation of tho Western League s at hand. The only two clubs now re- malning are the Milsaukees and Kansas Oltys. The Indfanapolis tesm has been transferred to Detroit, taking a place in the National Lezgue. e — Military Matters, Recralt Emil Fisher, enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah, assigned to company A, Sixth infantry. In addition to his dutles as acting ne- sistant quartermsster at these headquar. ters, First Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladen, Fourteenth infantry, aid-de-camp, will take charge of the cflice of the inspector general of the department until the ar- rival of Major Robert H. Hall, Twenty- second Infantry. e — Clap-Trap at Washington, Chizago Mail, Tne fact that the sale by auctlon of a fow old horses end the dissharge of a few $36 a-month clerks in the departments have not crested any large amount of en- thueiasm throughout the country, must be a rore dlsappointment to members of the cabinet who had determlned to con- duct this mighty goverament on the tin dinner-bucket simplicity system, 1t has finally dawned upon the minds of the Jacksonian ministers of state that the people do not want to see thelr govern- ment managed as if it dldn’t know where next dollar was coming from. There is & natural Inborn pride in the heart of every good oitizen which revolts agalust ths iotroduction of cheap clap-trap into the affairs of the natlon, Were the best Interests of the people watched with the same jealous cara that hes been displayed around the barns of the cabinet officers, and among the small- salarled clerkships, there would be some excuse for the valgar display of ¢conomy at Washington, but when the tressury is full of gold, silver and bavk notes—so fall that new vaults to bold the overflow- ing surplus have become necesaary—the people are bound to arrive at the conclu- #ioa that the democratic administration bad better turn its at‘ention from the potty details of house-wifery to ths no- bler pureuits of statesmsnsbip. After spending four montbs In cutiing down the expsnses at Washingtoa the cabinet ofticers have not saved as much to the tax payers as the government is losing every day in interest on culstanding bonds, which should be ealled in. The hundreds of milllons in the treae- ury are lying ldle, while the coon'ry is passing through a period of |. deprenston likely to prove as disastrous ab eny a8 we have ever exparlenced, Surely the great men of the nation ought to find something better to ocoupy their thoughts and atiention than the saving of 8 few dollsrs a dey In the ruuning ey exponses of the dcpartments! It strikes us that there are numerous questions of great public concern which onght to em- ploy the massive intellects of the cabinet officers, While they are posing as ex- amples of frugslily aud economy the country fs suffering because of thelr neglects of interests which are vital to the Industries of the pecple. The tin dinner bucket businoss at Washington may please a fow tin dioner bucket In- tellects hero and there, but the average Amerloan citizen doesn’t care to carry his Tunch in a tin bucket, snd fsn’t likely to have a very strong affootion for & govern- ment which c>mpels him to do so. s NEWSPAPER OUTFITS. TO PUBLISHERS. The Western Newspaper Union, at Omaha, in addition to furnishing all sizes and styles of the best ready printed sheets in the country, makes a specialt; of outfitting country publishers, botl with new or second-hand material, sells ing at prices that cannot be discounted in any of the eastern cities. Weo handle about everything needed in a moderate sized printing establishment, and are sole western agents for some of the best makes of Paper Cutters, Presses, Hand and Power, before the public. Parties about to establish journals in Nebraska or elsewhere are invited to correspond with us before making final arrange- ments, as we generally have on hand gecond-hand material in the way of type, presses, rules, chases, ete., which can be secured at genuine bargains. Send for the Printer's Auxiliary, a monthly publication, issued by the Western Nuwspu}»ur Union, which gives a list of prices of printer's and pub- lisher's supplies and publicly proclaims from time to time extraordinary bar- gains in second-hand supplies for news- paper men. ‘WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, Omaha, Neb. PERSONAL, L. E. Behr, of St. Louls, is a Millard guest, John Hess, of Plum Creck, is at ths Pax- ton, J. C. McBride nnd wife, of Lincoln, are at the Paxton. J. . Markel has gono on a fishing expedi- tion to Wiscontin, Mr. and Mre, C, D, Homan, of Yoklahoma Japan, are at the Paxlon, 0. T, Stacy, Des Moines; Geo. D. ;G ould, Moline, are at the Millard, W. F. McMillon, of the U. P. ceneral freight offico returned from Chicago {Monday. evening. C. J. Pierson, Jefforson; E. E. Halo, Chi- cago; U, M. Case, Battle Creek, Mich,, aro at the Arcade, W. H, Griffith, nssistant peneral freight agent of tho U. P. road, started to San Fran- clgco, Cal, Monday, Mrs, Strickland and hor daughter Mrs, J. B. Hoynee, returned Monday feom a visit to friends in Aurora, Neb. Charles Gratton and Will Ohamplin who have been engaged in surveying for the Union Pacific betweon this city and Cheyenne, havo roturned. Judgo Andres and Paul Weichagen and wife leave to-day for Newark, N. J., to attend the national Turn-Fest. Mrs, Wein- ' hagen will spend the summer with friends in Roston. Judge Dundy, of the U, S. district court, roturned home from Topeks, Kas., Monday, where he held court for Judge Foster and tried a Star Route case, Joseph Smith, editor of the Herald, a Mor- mon organ at Decatur, Ill., passed through the city yesterday en route to Salt Lake Uity He goos there a3 a missionary to abolish polyg- amy and preach the more modern and elava- ted 1dea of mormonism, L. H. Smith, F. L, Cotter, Kearney; Clark Moore, Atchison, Kan,; J. J. Suenier, North Platto; D. A. Wheoler, Plattamouth; Chas, Fuget, Lincoln; Frank Sanders, Rockport, Mo.; S, O. Reymond, Columbus; H. H. Marsh, Chicago; G. H. Kincaid, Sionx City, are at the Canfield. At the Metropolitan: H. W, Meekin, Red Cloud; Fred Lavin, Lincoln; L. D, Woodruff, York; Willie Morris, Lincoln; R. Syuester, Grond Island; Mrs, E, A. Hall, ‘Wallvok; J. H, Powers ani wife, Lincoln; H. E. Havsen, Andiew France, Ottumwa; Frank P. Miller, Paris, Ind; J. C. Perry, Denver; A. F. Duncan, Ottawa, Il; H. L, Omaley and wife, Mitchell, Dak; J. Jacobs, Milwaukoe; George Reiley, Blencce, Ia; F. J. Ciarke, Ocorge Perrine, Chicago; O, H. Norris, Atohison, Kong; J. R. Lindsey, O, H, Turner, Council Bluffs; D. C. Stover, Freoport, Ills; O. N, Reed, Deos Moines; H. E. Holbrook, Detroit; A. M., Mead Sioux City, and C, F, Miner, of Chicago, of Itching and Cured by And Lvery Species Burning Diseas Cuticura, T\CZEMA, or 8a t Rheum, with lta agonizing Itch- g, andl burning. instantly relioved by o warm bath with Cuticura Soap, and & single ap} ' sation of Cuticura, the great Skin Cure. This repeated dall, with two or three doses of Cuticusrs Kesolvent, the New Blood Purifier, o keep the blood cool, the ‘per- spiration puro'wnd uniritating, the bowels open, tho J{ver and kidneys active, will speedily ouro Ecsoma, Tettor, Ringworm, Poriasis, Lichen Pruritus, Scalled Head, Dandruff, and overy species of Itching, Scaly and Fimply Humors of tho Scalp and Skin, when the best phyiclans and all kncwn remedics fail, Wil McDonald, 2642 Dourbora Strost, Chlcagos gratetully acknowled; of Eczoma, or Salo iheum, on head face s and logs {or_soven: teen years- not able to move, except hands and knoes for one year; not ablo te holp mysolf for oight years; tried hundreds of remedios; doctors pronounced his case hopelows, permancntly cured by the Cuticura Resolvent (blood purifier) internally, and Cuticura wnd Cuticurs Sosp (the grana skin cures) externally. Chas. Moughton, ton, reports & case of vation for ten ye body and limbs, an had been applied without_beneflt, which was conipletely cured solely by the Cpticura ' Rome- dios, leaving & clean and healthy skin® which covered the patien which all known methods of F. H. Drake, Esq., Detr suftered untold tortures from & Salt Rheum which ' appeared oo his hands, bead and face, and nearly destroyed his eyos. Attor the most careful doctoring and a_consultation of physicians falled to relieve him, ho used the Cu- ticura Romodies, and was cured, aud has remained 80 to date. Mr. Johu Thicl, Wilkesborre, Pa., writes:—I have from Salt' Rheum for over eight o that I could not attend to ook time, Threo boxes of Cuticuraand four bottles Resolvent, bave entirely cured me for this dreadtul discase. Cuticurs, 50 cents; w0l Povisk Dave Axb' Cumui. Eend for “‘How to Cure Skin Diseasas: BEAU TIFY tne Complexion avd Skin by usiog the Cuticuss Soap,