Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1885, Page 4

THE DAILY BIE. Owana Orrion No. 914 wp 916 Fanwaw St ”Hfl Orrion, Roou 86 Trrsoxa Bomwo: — Pubiished every raorming, Sendey. he enly Monday morning éally v It sate. Pablished overy Wadnesday —— rorraAm. with premies. . " withoat promiun. Bix he, without premium One Month, on trial. . . 1200 All Communioations relating to News and Editorial matters should be addressed %o the EDitom or run b FURINESS LATTIRS, All Business Tetters and Remittances should be addressed to Tin Bes PUstisuixg COMPAXT, OMATIA Drafts,Checks and Post 0fos orders 4o be made pay able £ the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Props E. ROSEWATER, Epmor A, H._Fitch, Manager_Daily, Ciroulation, Satrr s atill the sonsation of the day. Evergbody now ssys, */I told you so.” bl Sl T Chicago Tribunc spesks of 8 ator Van Wyck of Nevada The une In old enough to know better. Bex Hooax, the converted prize- fighter, has turned up again, this timo in Chlosgo, where on Sunday last he preached a sermon on “Naaman and the Lepor.” — Mr. Kriiey 4as proved an elephant upon the hands of the administration, About the only way to dispoto of him s 1o place him in some zoological garden, Tar scriptaral text that the first shall be last, and the last first, has been adopted by Harvard college in the mak- ing up of Its honor lists. The scholar of highest rank under each classification s the last one named. Presipent OLEVELAND I8 beginning to get the pins for carrying New York state for the democrats next fall, The demo- crats haye the Inside track, but deverthe- Jess they may come in second at tho fin- ish. p— By the closlng of the saloons the city of Lawrence, Kansas, loses §12,000 a year, and the olty vouncll 1s now trylng to make up the deficiency by an occu- pation tax, This plan s not at all ac- ceptable to the business men, who are making a vigorous protest against 1t, THERE is always some way of evading law. The telephone companies of Indl- ana In order to get around the law for- bldding a charge of more than $3 dol- lars a month for the use of a telephone now proposes to make charges for batter- {es, services, and incldentals. Ir is reported that President Cleveland will probably visit the west this summer, and Dr. Miller, of the Omaha Herald, says that if he does come west he will come to Omaha,—Des Moines Leader, Here Is an opportunity tosecare for the Omaha exposition an attraction that ‘would be sure to draw an immense crowd. Tue Mexlcan government has been seized with a spasm of economy. This reform has been caused malnly by the extravagant rallroad subsidies. The preeldent has reduced his salary one-half. There is no likelihood that the president of the Unlted States will ever reduce his salary on account of the subaldies granted to rallroads- Towa, according to the enumeration just completed, has now a population of 2,200,000, This ls an increave of 60,- 000 in five years. 000 to its population, suburbs, contains 40,000 persons, while Omaha, the largest olty in Nobraska has a popalation of 60,000. Ir is now clalmed that copper is a sure preventive of cholera, as no workman en- gogod in the copper mines or in the man- ufacture of copper was ever known to have the dlsease.. Sclence has demon- strated the fact that cholera has raged tho least where the pregence of electricity in the alv was most positive. English and American physiclans have, therefore, recommended the wearing of strlps of clean copper or of copper and zlnc next to the body. When the cholera strikes this country there will probably be great demand for copper, Tux ease with which the exchange. read the documents, TaE meanest tnlog that was sald the other day before the Inter-state com- merce oommittee was Mr. Gere's re- sponse to the question whether he was a friend of the railroads. The head of our bogus comsiesion actually bad the temer- 1ty to declaxe that he was under no ob- ligations te the railroads. Could base ingratitude farther gof Why this man Gere ls the creature of the nrailrcads, They made him what he le. They gave him whatever prominence he enjoys. They have fed him and his paper for yeare, and he Is obligated to the rall- roads and thelr influence for & slnecure of $2,000 a year. obligatlons to the rallroads, who 1sf RUINOUS COMPETITION, » a . tent of the coinage act, as he Interprots The collspse of Smith's dry goods[it, Is that the office of director of the house afford striking Illustration of the [ mint shall not be changed on account of disastrons resnlt of rulnous competition. |a change of administration In the head Smith came here with a grand flourish of |of the department or for personal or trumpets. He had made a small fortane | political asons, He cltes the fact that in graln gambling, and proposed now to [his predecessor, appolnted by Grant, which has seldom, If ever, been equalled In any olly of this country, Omaha acquired notriety for mercantile dash and enterprise which loft all the western olties far in the shade, While the artifi- clal boom was sure to proves boomerang, for the time belng it gave great impetus to the dry goods trade In Omaha which literally caused a genuine craze for female flum. mery and apparel. It beoame household adage throughout the length and breadth of Amerlca, that while elee- where It was customary to throw ina spool of thread with every dress pattern, |tn Omaha the purchaser of a tpool of “|cotton was presented with an elegant dress, This revolation in the dry goods business was due to the bold and auda- clous tactics of the mercantile Monte knight of the carpeted sidewalk, his brass bands and free excurslons, was like a stlck, The sensatlon was very great while It lasted, but the dry goods king's explolt Is not likely to be repeated very soon, The ruinous competition begotten by gambling methods applied to legltimate traffic has not only stranded the wrecker, but has for a time the entiro dry goods trade of Omaha, It became & necessity on the part of competing merchants to keep pace with Smith and offer thelr stock at prices that literally slsughtered all profits. Those who could not afford rulnous competl- tlon were forced to the rear, and virtu. ally driven out of business. 'The only benefit from the dry goods battle through glve-awsy prices was neutrallzed by the fact that the buying craze has filled ev-— ery household within a hundred miles of Omaha with a superabundance of wear- ing materlals, The outcowe will be that the buyers of cheap gooda will find that in the end they are mo better off. Many of the cheap goods are not needed, and thelr purchase was not In the inter- est of economy. There 18 no economy in buying things you do not need simply becausa they are cheap. This s a very small Increase compared to that of Nebraska, which in five years has added over 300,- The largest olty in Towa is Des Moines, which, with its new organizstion, dently a man who can accommodate him- - A PN self to otroumstances, will no doubt prove | 0128 bim an injury by endesvoring to = valuble political fuctor fn his mew. pu. |47t & presidential boom for him at this sltlon, which 1s quite an inflaential and | "™ important oflice, which ho has learned from previous experlence to work pollti- cally for all It 1s worth, ing pretty fast on water. natures can be obtalned to pstitions was practically de- monstrated In New York the other day, A man made a wager that he could get fifty signatures within two hours to a pe- tition formally Imploring the British gov- ermment to make Immediate war with Russla, In order to benefit business in In less than an hour he had secured the slgnatore of fifty names of mer, who did not read the petition, but simply took the statement that It was for the benefit of a friend. This incldent conclusively proves thatpetitions as a rule are utterly worthless, as the majority of tigners do not take the trouble to even [ ers, If Gere {s uuder no|why he should be put out of the office, his term was forfive years, and the in. Sixas W. Burr, who has been appolnt- ed to be naval officer of customs In the districtof New York, is no stranger tothe position having held the office before un- der a republican administration. He was appointed naval officer in 1879. When Folger ran for governor in 1882 Burt en- llsted with tie bolters, and contributed largely to Folger's defeat. When Burt's term expired the next year, President Arthur let him out, and promoted Sur- veyor Graham to the place, but at the same time offered Burt the office of chief examiner for the federal clvil service commission, Burt, however, declined to accept anything at the hands of Arthur, but turned round and accepted from Governor Cleveland, whom he had g0 materially assisted, an appointment as chlef examiner for the New York state civil mervice commission, In the presldentlal campaign of last fall he worked as ‘hard as any full fladged demccrat could for the election of Cleve- landand Hendricks, He ls sald to be the most ardent and conspicuous advo- cates of clvil service reform in theory and in practice that thero Is In the coun- try. 1t is rather singular thercfore, that he should accept the present appointment in view of the fact that the term of Mr. Graham weuld not explre until 1887. Graham was suspended because the proe— ident proposes to reorganize the whole | book will probably not be as complimen- [son. The | 8! custom’s service In the port of New York, This plan is in accordance with his belief that public polley requlres a complete —— TweNTY-FIVE miles an hour is travel- It is equiva- lent to the average speed of a railroad passenger train, This rate of speed was recently attalned by the llttle steam yacht Stilletto on the Hudson river. She Is only 94 feet long, and It is clalmed that she can probably reach a speed of 27 miles an hour. She Is of peculiar build water-line, The englne, which has great power, ocoupying but little space, and with only slight vibration, can make 450 revolutions & minute with 150 pounds pressure. The object of constructing this novel craft was for the quick convey- ance of business men between the city snd thelr country resldences, The pres- Ident of the company ithat bullt this boat states that ocean steamships can be constructed on the model of the Stilletto, and cap be made to run a higher speed by reason of superior size and power, The probability is that the principal feat- ures of the Stilletto will be adopted at an ly day In the bullding of ocean steam- — Mz, BuscrARD, who refused to resign If he resignation while s that he could see no good reason as Mr, Burt, who ls evl- | w, multiply his weslth In the dry goods |although of opposite politles continued in trade by the same reckless methods, For|office under five sucoessive secretarles of | a fow months he kept up afarore in trade | the treasury until his death. Mr. Bur-jthem the more you will injure the peo- chard has filled the cffice efficiently, and was In all probabllity removed a8 he himeelf Intimates, because the sec- rotary of the treasury deemed the rela- tions of the office to be so Intimately con- nected with the tressury department that the director of the mint. Tho summary removal of Mr. Burchard may poseibly bring about a conflict between the repub- the questton of confirmation comes up, owlng to the fact that the tenure of of- fice in this case Is different from that of other offices. Tur financial depression and criss in Mexlco will be severely felt In tho clty of Boston, many of whote capitallsts are in- terested in the Mexlcan Central rallway, ith. Tho reckless career of the | t0 Which the subsldy psymenta have been [ clamor CHUEL T vt @ with | stopped by the government, The Boston | publc capltalists who have been hit hard several very severely, but they entertaln the hope that the Mexican government will soon be able to resume the subsidy pay- ments, as President Disz s exerting every possible effort to tlde over the storm. The commercial outlook In Mex- lco s certalnly not very encouraging. It crippled [ is only by the most extreme measures of | This city owes Ita ex economy that the government will be able to mest carrent expenses. ———— SexaTor VoormEEs has lost none of his old-time eloquence. In the Johnson murder trial at Chattanooga the other day he ‘‘swayed the great audienco with his elcquence till it quivered with emo- tion like a forest of atpen lesves,” as the Washington Critic describes It, ““and his peroration brought everybody to tears, including judge and jury, and sucha display of molstened pocket-handker- chlefs was never known In the history of the country.” JEFFERSONTAN simpllcity has recelved a severe shock by the arrival in Washing- ton ot the imperlal coach of his excel- lency, President Cleveland, Ths vehicle Is of the nature of a Victorla. The body s painted black, with green strlping; the running gear dark green, strlped with black, It Is finlshed In dark green mo- rocco and cloth, The box s built with raised seats for coachman and footman. IN the matter of gross recelpts of the postoffices, St. Louis falls far below Chi- cago. The receipts of the Chloago office for the year ending March 30, 1885, were $1,875,591 while those of St. Louis were only $808,903, lesving a balance of over a million {n favor of Chicago, GeN, Orook has taken the field in person to hunt down Geronimo and his murderous band of Chiricahua Apaches. He proposes to employ agalnst them thelr style of tactice, fand the probabllity is that he will eventually corral them, — THE new director of the mint, Dr. James L. Klmball, is sald to be & very competent man for the place. He is pro- fessor of economic geology In the Lehigh university at Bethlehm, Pennsylvanla, and Is a thorough mineraloglst. Tue Now York Herald is authority for the statement that William E. Chand- ler will appear as the attorney cf Mr, John Roach In all matters pending before the navy department. Tue second volame of Mr, Blaine's tary to Mr. Conkling as tho first. complimentary season with Mr. Blaine 18 over, S Tur real frlends of Gen, Logan are — JonN McCuLLouGH is now In a lunatic asylum, where he should have been placed long ago. — THE MONOPL OHAMPION, Dr, Miller Before the Inter-State Commerce Committee, Ihave come to the conclusion that railway leglslation {s a hinderance to the intere There s no interference positive injury to the people themselves. 1 believe commerclal law will asssrt 1t~ self over statutes, and that you cannot remedy evils in commerce by statute any more than you can moral evils, I be- lteve in absolate free trade in rallroad: a great deal of the popular clamor againat reilway management is the result of the mistaken Ideas of the people, through lack of experlence in the Intricacles of railway buslness. In my own state, for example, I have seen all the alleged evils of rallway monopoly, as it is called—that Is & large word now and I am almost afrald to use it, but I AM A MONOPO- LIST myself, as you have no doubt in- ferred, absolutely and completly, I ad- vertlse that fact very often and others for me oftener Mr. Chairman, I have from the directorship of the mint, has|secn this state develop with a power that been suspended by the president, had tendered his charges were belng wade agalust him he would have had no opportunity to set| American people are too much fn the himself right, Burchard in his letter of |habit of running to congress with their June 19th, virtually refusing to resign, imagloary wrongs, whether they are|Two men were killed and a large number might be’called magio, in the absencs of railway loglslation, snd I have seen i grow up to be a great state in a very short tme, I think our moral, physlcal or commercial. The peo- ple have gotten into that rat of thinking there is no help except by statute. Senator Callom—You n't heard of anybody to Washington to have their nwambufi Dr. Miller—No; but I shall expect to before long, and In some cases It would do no harm I am sure, The time Is not far distant when the people of this coun- try who control leglslation will see that all this s a mistake. If you undertake to control Inter-state commerce or to regulate railroads by legislation, you will find that the more you interfere with ple—not the railways. The raflways need protection to-day. In other words, the peoplo are belng hurt by the oxooss of railway building,. A man has only to rido across the state to see whore com merco In demoralized to the Injury not of the railways but the peoplo; Istand apon the Iidea thatyou cannot a | ho should have the privilege of naming |huet a great teunk railway without Injue. ing the peoplo adjacent to it, Here are five groat rallways mcross tho state of Towa. Rates are broken, trado Is uncor- taln, The merchant fs induced to buy an a|llcan senatora and the prestdent, when |oversupply to-day and to withold to-mor- row. 1 donot believe in railway legiala- tlon, but if thero s anything to be done by leglslation to help the people It Is to stop the bullding cf trunk line rallroads, vot the branches, I belleve in the branches being bullt to the door of every farmor, If nocessary, thus bringlng him near to market, 1 have seen the rich grow richer and the poor also grow richer without rallroad leglelation. I want to say one thing more, Contrary to public and & large volume convictlon, honestly by strong and good men, I bellove that the publlc land grants to brilliant but brief, He went up like a | tmes lately by the depression of rallway [ the rallways of the western statos has Fourth of July rocket and camo down |stocks willfeel this blow from Mexlco [ been the ureatest bl g ever bestowed tipon a government of the people. By 1t these lands have come Into the hands of the poor, and the rallways after laborlng for many yesrs and expending large sums of money have brought to this state population and wealth, bullding it up where the buffalo had roamed under my own eyes until it blooms and blossoms In the sunshine emanating from the eame, ence to the Unton Paclfic, it owes Its development to It and to its branches and to what that road by its ploneer work brought here, e — Thomas I, Kimball and the Farmers, To the Edltor of the Bee. Mr. Kimball, just at the close of his essay before the Callom committee, gave his 1dea of how a Natlonal Commission ehould be constituted. He would have the country divlded into four groat eoc- tlons, and would glve each ssction threo members, to be made up by one expert railroad .man, and one lawyer. Some gentleman present called his attention to his omlsslon of a farmer. He replied thrt he ‘‘wonld not object to & genuine farmer—but he wanted nothing of thcse ‘mers by proxy, who wera prospective candldates for .congress or the legisla: ture.” This was Intended, and recetved by the farmers present, as a direct insult to them ,and thelr class. There were only two farmers who appeared before the committes, Nefther of those were “farmers by proxy,” but both live upon and cultivate thelr own farms, and both left their corn fields to give thelr views, at the requost of the com- mittee. Idonot kmow that either of them 1s an office seeker, present or pros- pective. But Iclaim that a farmer has an good a right to seek an office as a rall- road manager or attorney has to control one after 1t Is filled, if not better. If in the present state of publioc feel- ing, Mr. Kimball can’ afford to insult the 'mers of Nebraska, they can afford to nd it., Yours, etc., . ———— TRADE DOLLARS, How Thousands of Them are Bought up, Sent to China and Melted, “‘Trade dollars are still offered, though notin such quantities as they were at first,” s8id a member of the banking firm of Willam G. Hopper & Co. on Saturday to a Philadelphia Press re- porter. - “During the past thirty days 1 should suppose that somewhere in the nelghborhood of 200,000 trade dollars have been shipped from Philadelphia to New York, and from there 1t s a fair presumplion that they they go to China. To-day we purchased 1,200 or 1,300 dol- lars, and within a week we got $5,000 in one lot, but the general tenders were in emall amounts and come very largely from the country. The price glven is 85 oconts if the coin be In good condition.” T am posliive that no trada dollars are held in Philadelphia by speculators,” s3id Mr Stevenson, of Saller & Steven- “Since Philadelphla brokers be- buying this repudiated coin after the adjournment ¢f congrees in March, I presume that tho shipmentsto New York must aggregate close on to $250,000. We have purchased largely, and are still taking all that Is offered, but rarely re- ceive at present any large amounts in siogls lots. At one tlme, I suppore, Philadelphia and lmmediate vicinity had $2,000,000 of these dollars and a groat deal of this Is yet held here. Most of it, however, is in the possesslon of those who belleve that congress will eventually re- deem iv, and, as they were 8o sltuated ss to be able to hold withont Inconvenience, they prefer to do 8o instead of selling at 15 cents discount. We send our pur- chases to New York, whence they go to London, and thence to China, ere, I understand, the most of it ls melted up and refssued.” At Wm, G, Huey & Co.'s similar in- formatfon was glven. “So large have been the China shipments,” sald one of the firm, “‘that If congress does redeem the trade dollar it will find bat few of them on the We are purchas- fog all that are offered us, and every ranging from $100 up, The offerings are not very large at present. Most of the holdings now are in the hands of the wealthy, who bel n thelr eventual redemption, and do not care to sacrifice the face value. o —— Officers Elected. Omaha Typographical Union No. 190 held a ‘meeting Sundasy afternoon and elected officers for the ensulng term as follows President—Chas. Willlams, Vice-president—0. R, Mitchell, Treasurer—A, W, Button, Financlal Secretary—F, 8 Horton, Corresponding Secretary—K, W, Run- es, Recording Secretary—Lee Hartley. Sergeant-at-arms—0, B, Ford, Executive Board —James Dermody, chairman, C. M, Hopkins, E, H, Picker, J. Robinson, C. J, Waechter. Application Committee—W. P, Ooe, chairman, J, R. Lewis, Doc Armstrong, — — The trouble in the Polish Catholic church |* Toledo, Ohio, culminated iv a genaral riot, Weapoos of all kinds were used. of Sunday, wounded, A large number of arrests bave been made and the polico now guard the prop- erty. A man was killod in the church year oo, and recently an attempt was made to blow it up with dynamite, POLICE COURT. A Heavy Grist of Business in Judge Stenberg's Tribunal, Judge Stenberg was confronted by & large array of prisoners yesterdsym orning, and his business was rushed through at a Maud S, pace. John W. Huff was arralgned on a charge of wife.beating. It appears that his wife had gone to take dinner with a neighbor, aud her husband fiddIng her there, orderad her to go with him, and beat her all the way home. It is alleged that on other occasions he has been gullty of notorlously shameful conduct toward hls fspouse. He was fined £25 and coate, and tent up for fifteen days to the county jall, The next victims were the Inmates of the notorlous Ella Mitchell and other dives palled Saturday night by tho pol's. Maggie Johnson, Jane James, G, W. Wiggioe, H. L. Longress, Leo Boles, H. Austen, M. Elvle, F, Dillon, May Wallace, F. Shepherd, C. H. Myers, Minnle Stuart, were fined 85 and ocsts for belng Inmates of & house of ill-fame, All pald but one. J. H. James, Albert Wilson, Alfred Harmon, Dalsy Hall, George Branch and Charles Clark were arraigned on slm- ilar charges and released, Mary Doane, Lottic Jackson, Grace Reed, Laura Marks, a quattette of frall creatures, were Itkewlso discharged, Belle Hughes and Marla Johnson, ar- rosted for disorderly condact, sustalned a continuance of their cases, Henry Brown and Will Marlette, two worthlees loafers, were ordered to leave town at once. Thomas Plunkett and Ed Ryan, ar- ralgned for vagrancy, were discharged. ames Burke, Mary Welllngton, and Jake Duffy were fined $5 and costs for disturbance of the peace. Green Wilcox was muloted $3 and costs for a similar offense, John Gohen had been fighting and was 810 loser by it at the hands of Judge Stenberg. Pat Kearney, the *‘bsozing cobbler,” who was just releated yesterday morning from the county jall, was disoharged thongh arralgned on a complaint of drunkennose, Oharles Anderson was fined $5 and conts for over indulgence, Ed Uook §3 and costs, Henry Lewis was fined $10 and costs for obatructing the sidewalk with his horse and wagon. He was ordered off the sldewalk by a policeman, but refased to go, ordering the cop to betake himsclf 0. G. Danlels had been indulging In the pleasare of pounding Joe Gorman and squared things up by the payment of a $5 and costs fine. James Smith assanlted Willlam Sprin. er, who had been bestlng a horse, and 4 paid a light fine of $1 and costs, — —— BEAUTIFUL BUGS. The Fell Destroyer at Work Among Nebraska's Insects—Some of His Victims, Even more beautiful in death than In life were the hundreds of corpres which filled one of the rooms at the high school last Friday. Draped in their robes of black and white and crimson and gold, the numerous ‘‘remains” were so placed in their caskets that they might be viewed by the spectators at the best advantage. The desks upon which the students had been wont to lean their weary arms dur- 1ng the long hours of school were utilized for supports on which to rest the cvskots containiog all the mortal remains of more than three thousand insects, slain by the puplls of Miss Harrls' clas: entomolu- gy. Herewasto be seen noarly every variely of fnsect which infests the state of Nebragka in the spring and early summer time—from the common house- fly to the gaudieat butterfly that wings its way scross the fields. This beautiful dlsplay is the work of slxty echolars, who have been engaged in making a collectlon of Nebraska’s native insocte for tho past slx weeks. each of them bringlog at least fifty specimens to the echool for inspection. A nrumber of these collections are very fine, and em- brace some very rare varieties. Tho rarest “‘find” was made by Emil Kar- bech, who has in_his collection a Lappet moth, a species which has never befors been known in this conntry. There ars also several speclmens of Luna moths, which are also quite rare; ten variotles of butterflles, and mora than twenty different epccies of moths, One of the best collections is that of Gilmoro Price, which contalns over fifty varieties carefally mounted in aneat case. Among other ocollections deserving of speclal mention are those of Ephralm Pratt, Eddle and May Sherwood and Anna Conoyer, the latter containtng a number of excellent specimens of moths and dragon flles, Darlng the summer thete youthful etomologlsts will add to thelr collections, and by fall it Is expected that the entire Insect world of Nebraska will be fally represented in the high sckool collection, e — - A New Train, Commencing Monday June 20th, the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley railway will run & new train between West Polnt, Neb. and Omaha, also con- nectlng with Blalr, Following is the time for running: W11 leave Omaha at 5:40 p, m., will leave Blalr at 7:00 p. m., will leave Fremont at 8:00 p. m, Wil arrlye at West Point at 9:16 leave West Polnt at 6: leave Fremont at 7:45 a, m., will arrive at Omaha at 10:00 a, m, Giving all dsy in Omaha, A DEAD LEADER. The Demise of a Military Man Wel Known in Gmaha, Telegrams recelved this morning from Bt. Paul say: “Lieut. Col, W. T\ Gentry, Twenty-fifth in- mmanding officer at Fort Snellivg past, died Sunday evening at 10:50 of Bright's disease. He was 63 years old, n native of Centerville, In 8, graduate of West Point, class of '56, was alde-de-camp of Genersl Meade during the war. He leaves no family."” As Uol, Gentry was well known In Omaha, having been statloned here some years, & brief skotoh of his carecr may not prove uninteresting, He was a cadet In the United States demy at West Point from to July 1, 185G, when he graduated and was promoted In the army to brevet eecond lieutensnt of infantry, serving at varlons posts in the esst, and from 1857 to 1861 at Fort Hasklos, Ore- gon, and San Bernardloo, Cal,, as second licatenant, Fcurth infantry. He was brevetted first lieutenant, Beventeenth Infantry, May 14, 1861, and oaptain October 24, 1861, werving during the re- bollion and achleving & gallant record. He served from December, 1861 to March, 1862, In the defense of Washing- ton, was on the staff of provost marshal general of the Army of the Potomac In 1862, continuing on the stsff of Gen. Andrew Porter till May, 18 was on mustering and dlsbursing duty at Harrlaburg, Pa., June 10 to July 1, 18 served as acting aide-de-camp to Major General Couch, commanding the depart ment of the Susquobanna, July, 1f was on reglmental daty (srmy of the Po- tomae) from July to November, 1803, ex- oept while at New York darlng the draft rlots, Augnst 22 to Sept. commissary of musters, Nov, 4, 1863 to July 21, 1865, belng broyetted major July G, 1864, for gallant services” at the croseing of the North Anna and during the campalgn before Richmond, Va., and afterwards belng brevetted lisutenant colonel April 1, 1865, for hils gallant conduct at the battle of Five Forks, Va. From this time, Col. Gentry served in varlous positions In tho department of the Gulf and the department of the Mis. souri. He was stationed at Fort Omaha from 1870 to 1884, when he was appoint. od lleutenant colonel Twenty-Fifth in- fantry. Ho afterwards served in the de- partment of Dakota, and the pnat yoar has acted as commanding general at Fort Snelllng. He was always known as @ brave officer ad & gentleman of worth and many good quallties, Hisdeath will promote to the lleutenant ocoloneloy of the Twenty-Fifth infantry, Maj, James J. Van Horn, now cammanding at Fort Stanton, N. ., while Captaln Dancan M. Vanv, of the SIxth Infantry, becomes major of the Thirteonth Infantry. BROUGHT T0 TRIAL. The Oaso of Thomas Bailard Taken up Yesterady; Morning—Other Legal Matters, It was on the night of the 15th of March, at about quarter past six o’clock, that Henry Verpoorten a bartender em- ployed In the St. James hotel, was ehot and Instantly kllled by Thomas Ballard, a ranner employed by the same house. Ballard had been drinking all day. He nourlshed, it appears, secret thoughts of rovenge for some fancled injury, and de- termined that day that he would kill the man whom he fancled to be his bluter enemy. The shooting was witnessed by a number of people; and Billard was im- modiately plnned and compelled to give up his revolver, which he was flourlshing wildly around, He was speedily taken In custody by a police officer and taken to the connty jal where he has since been. Verpoorten, the victlm of the deed, oxpired almost instantly. The ball, & 38-calibre, passed directly into the left elde of his breast, and deflected by a rib, plerced the heart. Several months have passed; the swift retributive decree of justice has brought the murderer face to face with his crime, Yesterday morning Thomas Ballard was into court and placed on trlal for mur. der. He has changed very much slnce the commitslon of the crlme with which he stands charged, Ie broken down and greatly enfoebled la appearance. Ballard’s attorney is Gen, O'Brlen, who will be assisted during the trial by Chas, P, |Bitkett and Moses O'Brien. Tha stato {s represented by Dlstrict At torney Estelle and C. A. Baldwin, Yesterday morning after the prellml- nary formallties were gone through, the work of Impanelling a jury way commen- ced. Two speclal venires for twenty jurors were issued, and- befors afternoon both of them had been nearly exhausted. Thero are yet two *‘challengca” for cause, and the regular sixteen peremptory ctal- lenges to bo heard, Tt ls not probable that the active work of faking testimony will be commenced much befors to-mox- row afternoon. Before Judge Wakeley yestdsy the case of Obapman vs, Morgan was stiil on trial, The suit ts one brought to tettle certain partnership troubles, In the county court yesterday morning Judge McCulloch tried the case of Thompson vs, Dees, 1t appears that the plaintiff, ten year-old lad, was working in the brick yard of defendant, when he lost one of his fingers, In the molding machine, No damages wera awarded him, as it was clearly proven that the ac- oldent was caused by his neglost. e ———— Resolutions of Respeet, The followlng res 'ntlon+ relative to the death of Carson Telfs have just been drawn up for adoj tlon by Om ha Lodge No. 26, K. of P., of which de .cazed was a member: To the Chancellor Ccmman "er and Mem- bers of Omaha Lodge Nu, 2o, K. of P,z Your committee appointed to draft resolu tions expressive of the senso of this lodge on the death of our brother, Carson Delfs, would rellpe«:tlul]y recommend the adoption of the following: ‘WieReas, It has pleased the Great Chan- cellor of the universe to romove by death from our midst our brother, Carson Delfs, a worthy member of their lodge hereby Resolved, That we, the members of Omaha Lodge No, 26, K. of P,, in humble submission to the Divine will do sincerely deplore the loss of our departed brother, and herewith extend to his bereaved widow and fatherless children our heartfelt sympathy in their affliction, Resolved, That theso resolutions be placzd on_our lodge records and published in the daily papers, and that & copy of the same be presented to the widow and children of our deceased brother. H. G, Krause, W, Bchamw C ttee; Rt Palas E e A Good Marriage Law, New York Tribune, The new marrisge license law which will soon go {nto effect In Pennsylvania is » atep In the right direction. It says that no person shall be jolned In m rviage without a license, and declares that if 8 marrlage ceremony is performed where no llcense has been lssued, the winlster, justice or other person who pirforms the ceremony shall pay " alty of §100, The purpose of the law is to punish persons who perform the mar- rlage ceremony where the necessary re- qualrements have not been complied with, A somewhat similar bill was before the New York loglslature, but failed to pass. The law makes no change In the rul- Ings of the courts as to the validity of loformal marrl Unlicensed mar- rlages are not declared void, but any cer- emony where & mun recognives n woman a8 his wife wlll be as binding In the fa- ture as in the past. If that were not so, ill informed women would constantly be at the mercy of adventurers, who through the connivance of a third person could quiet thelr scruples by a pretended marrlage ceremony and a bogus liconse. If such marrlages were vold, the man uld discard the woman whenever he w fit. Happily, such is held not to be the effect of the law. But Its purpose to punish & person who may perform such & ceremony where a proper llcense has not been obtained isa good one, Sommrin, S § 882, ane Toers sgo 1 wae athacked with Intense and desthly pains in my bach Ridney “‘Extending to the end of my toes and to my brain| ‘‘Which made me dellrious! From agony!!! ‘‘It took three men to hold me on my bed at timesl Z ‘‘The Doctors tried In valn to relieve me, but to no purpose, Morphline and other oplates! “Had no effeot! “After two months I was glven up to When my wife heard a nofghbor tell what Hop Bitters had done for her, she atoncegot and gave me some, The first dose eased my brain snd seemed to go hunting through my { systom tor the The o 80 much that ¥ slept i not dons for two sontha ttles, 1 was well and at_ work Tthrow away my crutches d hept on using the bitters T Locamo ag woll as any man liy- 18, and have boen so for six years sinc it haa alto cured my wife,whohad been slck for yoars, and has kept her and my children well and healthy with from two to three bottles per year. There Is no need to be sick at all' if these bitters are used J. J, BErg. Ex-Supervisor. 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