Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1885, Page 5

THE DAILY BEE---\I()NDAY, JULY 6, 1885, pays taxes on one hundred and sixty acres of land while the wealthy corporation, absolute owner of millions of acres, pays not a dollar on Its princely domain. Stlll we amuse ourselves on the 4th ‘day of July by boastlug of the soverelgn- ity of the psople. Ses for the last six- teen years tho abject humiiity and sub- serviency whoreby the demands of great land grant railroads ware obeyed at the executlve department, whers attorney genorals and secretarles wers acting as clorks to resord decrees Infamous to the rights of the people and the honorable wottlere, Settlors In this state and In all the northwest have recelved wrongs and In. justice at the hands of corporations, more outrageons than thote inflicted by Eog- 1ish landlorda on the Irish peasantiy. True, durlng that period, there ° been faithful, humano and patrlotio cfli- cers, but thelr successors wero careful to reverse all the good and just things they attempted, so the brief brightness only intensificd the after darkness, At this time there is PROMISE OF REFORM in the broaking rays which, we trust, precedes a better dawn, Thnt vlgorann efforts aro being made to cescus and re- store such portion of the public domain, on which the tentacles ot ths devilfizh of corporations wera fastining a deadly grasp. Matters of personal liberty, of publio honeaty, decont administration of the publlc dumala are above and beyond politics. Monopolies f>r thiir own galu had fastened a desth grip upon «nd over- welghted one greai party, bocause it was dominant and could be controlled in theic interest. Corporetions are always wise as uerpm!n if not harmlees as doves. y Gould eays the principles of a rnly do not disturb them; that they can eap with great agility from one to the other. If they find they can control the party now In power, they wlill eoon atrip their saddles from the party they have temporarfly crippled; and fasten them upon the new, prancing charger, They can perform, with great dexterlty, a feat seldom attempted, that of changing herses while crossing a stream. It s the Interest of honest labor that the husbandmen may recelve fair reward for his toll; may not be mere hewers of wood and deawers of wator; of those who may hope to ralse themselves and families above want by the bounty of one hundred and sixty acres of land. ‘We earneatly hope that what appeared to many a8 a politleal calamlty msy prove a blessing in disguise by radically changing the policy which administered the public domuin &t the dictation of the fow re. gardless of tho rights or happiness of the many. Wo also can beast that the lines have fallen to us In pleassnt places, for ina generous goil, In the energy and intelli- gence of her pupulnlon Nebraska Is sec— ond to no state in the Unlon. Journey- ing 1,600 mlles from the capital, over mountain and valloy, through states ‘larger and weslthier than empires in f:r.\pe, yet no whers are the crops g0 unttful, the country eo rich in promise; 1o where thn homes, the hearts and faces of the people indlcating more sf content- ment and hepplness than within our atate borders. The prairie of yesterday I8 to-day ripe for the harvest, and cities with homes fit for the abodes of celestlalz epring up ss if by mogic. Foremost among them your own besutifal cily, a source of pride to yourselves and the state. Since only two years ago, it seme, some Aladden, with his magle mp, had converted the prairie of grass into the prairie of corn and adorned your city with homen that would grace the olds: clvilizaticns of the east. But am!d the brightness of this day, the eongs and shouts and rejoiclog, the echoes and re-2choes of booming cannon, a ehadow pasees over the face of the na- tlon, its great Leari-throb pauses, its great «ear |8 bending, and -Hh a hush that is felt above the cannon’s roar, to catch the ‘pulse-beat of one of Awmerica’s, the world's greatest generals, grandest soldfor, trucet cilizen. The proudest feature cf this dsy, that glves absorbing truss for the patriot is the thrilling admi- ration for THE DYING HERO AND PRESIDENT, All his struggles and sufferings in life must be more than compensated in his contemplation that around his couch 50,000,000 freemen are gathered and praying that the polsoned arrow may bo averted. Ho can depart in peace with the assurance that a grateful naticn accords to him llvmg what 18 too cfien delsyed ss n garniture for the tomb, From the broad ocean, the inlnnd ses, the qulet sizeamlet, the dashing; f.om the teeming city and the distant pra'rie; [rom the massive palace and the dugout on the frontler, from the battle-scarred north and south; from fields whera gras acd vine are hiding pertehing forts vud rifla-plts, the name of Grant is heard cn the lips above all others, and amid the hush of silent prayer, a unlverzal nota of adulaiion, a «oonsciouenees that one life, one name Has enlarged the life and added honor and | brilllancy to the name cf the great ~ republic. t is one of the privileges of this day to glorlfy oureelves and bosst that we elect our rulers; but you find that sov- Jl ty sometimes ends with the closing %a ballot-box, for too often the con- descending, promlsing eervant of the peopls bacomes tho uhle:]ulmu servant of an interest la direct conflict with your own. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ELECT RULERS . and an oligarchy owns them. Examine . for a moment If this dlsmal statement be | trme. A few milllons of acres of land, hich corporations claimed, and to which had no more right than the emperor f o! fiun la, were, by the last congress, through much tribulation, forfeited and lllwlod to the publlo domain, For this ‘rwplo were duly thankful and re- jolu a8 8t & great victo The people everywhere demanded r{ yet the rulers they electad gave it umdglngly. To-day there are over one hundred mllllons ot .oru which should promptly be resoued. g on this fourth of Julythe peo- ple of the natlon, excepting, of cours the financlal priesthood, who own water- edclockl and fraudulent bonds, snaa few pald attorne) idi cou!d before heaven glva an aye and nsy vote, who her the prey should be taken trom the spoiler and the land forfeited, what & tremendous aye would roll from the Atlantlo to the fi Now watch the progress and ece what toil and labor and spxtety wili be re- quired £2 obtsin that which all the peo- ple, as with one voice, demand, Then answer who are the real soverolgns? Mark agalo how stealthily ons o . lon follows another and secures a . Years ago the most grasping would have dared defy law and public sen- pteut, Now they boldly fence, without pretenss of right, millions of acres, The reasors presuwme on the forbearance of :.‘f people, or what Ia batter to them, the forbearance or acquiesence cf the officere of the government, Many of these tres pasaers ara nobles of England and barons of Bcotlaud, who, at thelr over populat:d hoines, have hrxe posecsslons for deer er pastares and hunting grounds. They, with the nobles and barons of Amerloa, presume to do the same thing In th country, shut ont the poor man from public lands thatthey may have EMPIRES TO GRAZE profitable herds. Fortanately congross at {ts last sesslon passed an sst providing for the snmmary removal of such {res- patsera and the destruction cf fences. The people are oxpectlng the president toexercite the power thus granted as a3 vigorou:ly as he would disperse a band of gyplies who thould camp on the grounde, or the east room of the White house, There Is no reason why the de- mand of the wealthy and lordly wrong- doers should bo graclonsly granted than the plaintive appeal of the small offender. The only desirable land accessable to the worlds weary pilgelmage 1s In Amerles, and In the western states and territorles. Let us husband it well, end rescue from corporatlons and trespassers thelr filegal holdings and guard it sacredly for the home-steader—for those who are seeking tor daily food and ralment from dally labor. We have a right to be proud of the grandeur and bencficlence of their government, that its ports and pub'ic do- maln may ever be open {o tho oppressed snd toller of other lande, We ask them to como and shara with us all a bountiful soil and the largaet liberty guaranteen, And the oaly return is that they shall ald to keep this government pure, ) that liberty may be perpetual. This and precceding gonerations asvad it on the field of battle, Let ua and those who como ¢fter us proserve 1t sgalnst the {neidious and ocovert designs of those geasplng for great wealth; who are effec- tually stealing our llbu'tieu when stealing from honest labor the fruits of iis toil. THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE for the evils they suffer, Asa rule man- kind enjoy belng deceived, and rospect and fear the men who always batray them, A stranger from another planet, with a knowledge of the power in the handa of the paople, would marvel that ther tolerate evils and continue in rule their authors; that they willfaily extend necks, as does the petient ox to the yoke; that they suffor the Gould’s and Vanderblit's and the men whom they elcct as ralers to place on their necks the saddle on which they ride majeatically into power, and then are ex- pected t> bo as humble as the war steed 1vvllm ylelds to the plgmy who beatrides hm., Through those whom you elect you make laws, imposs taxes, maks assess- ments, create speclal privileges, clasa leg- islatlon, organize monopolles, ranke {t poseiblo for the few to smats fabulous wealth by abatracting the earnings of the many end escaping thelr honest share of taxation ; by oppressive charges of frelght and tnnspannMon ; by dividonds on fradulent and watored tooks and bonds, You as meekly ask legialative control of raliroads ; a realilmtisn of forfelted lands ; and are as powerless as the Hin- doo In India or the serf In Ruesta. The moropolies laugh yoa to scorn, and the servants whom you have chosen snap their ficgers in your facrs, And if a representvtive dare do his duty, and obey the demands of those who elect him, the chauces are that the prople will qnletly 8¢ monopolies grind him to pleces, if they do not actively aid themu by crying ‘‘crucify him! cruclfy Not a week sgo notes of exultation spread from ocean to ocean that justico had been administered. But why this shout of rejoloing ? s not this a country of law as well as liborty.: A wealthy crlminal, the presldent of a New York City bank, had abused his trust and in stenling tho fortunes of others nad wrecked his own. Compazed with some not yeb convicted HIS SINS WERE SNOWY WHITENESS, aud hls bank account pure &8 the ‘‘ser— mon on the mount.” Corporations, trustees to a certeln extent, violate eacred trust, deliberately scheme to plunder not 'ia secrot but by notorlous vlolation of honesty. Opprezs the hus- bandman, extort from labor, add In illegal and fictitlous stocks and bonds an amount greater than the nstionel debt which is a mortgage upon the property and induatry of the entire nation, on which interest is exacted by modes as grievious as that wheraby taxes are wrung from the tollers in Indls and Egypt. Remember, the prica of llberty s watchfulness to check the firet sgzression. TILE TOLERATION OF ONE INVITES TANOTHER and another inroad, Let us be warned by the fate of modern republics ay well s ancient who were csjoled futo sub- mission until they saw thele Magna Charta given to the winds; snd above the ruing of free Insiitutions r:ss the conclaves cf wealthy aristocracies, *‘Tls liberty alone gives tho flnwr of floeting life its lustre and perfume.” No price or labor 1a too costly for ity preser- vatlon. Lotit pass from the hands of this generation as tree and pure as we recelve Then we can indulge the hopes that the world wlill contlnue to point to America as ““The land of the free and the home of the brava.” —————— —A gang of 500 Mormon emigrants from Europe, enrouto to Salt Lake, went out over the Union Pacific yestorday, TEST YOUR BAKING POVDER T0-DAY: Brandsadrertised as absolutely pare CONTAIN AMMONIA. ice remove tho oo st will nol B8 oot s presanice Of Ainimunia, DOES NOT CONTAIN ANMONTA, AT8 HEALTHIULNESS HAS NEVER DEEN QUESTIONED, 10 a millton homas for & quarter of & century & bas #t06d the consumers’ rellablo test, THE TEST OF THE OVEN. PRICE BAKING POWDER Co., MARERS OF D, Price's Special Flavoring Extrac[s Tha stro Aae Br, Price’s Lupulin Yeast flom ¥or Ligb, Neaithy firead, Tho Bost Dy Hop % 10 the World, FOR IAIJ BV _GROCERS. CHICAGO. LlNGOLN Incidents of mc Day at ths Capital of e §tate. Chunks of Patriotism Displayed in Various Forms. The Emall Boy on the Top Wave— The New Insurance Company — Personal Mention, AT THE STATE OAPITAL, ITENS ABOUT TOWN. Reportad by The Br's Bureau, L1NcoLN, Neb,, July 5,—Lincoln was ex ceodingly nuist from the fact m at nearly all the smaller towns, i reached by rail from this p'mlt and had the advantage of excursion rates and were liber ally patronizad, Even the sports were gone. Enough small boys were left to keep up a con. tinual pop with the abominable firecracker, and when the excursionists returned it made lively worlk for the policemen locking up for- eign budge., It is said the trains brought in the largest number of plain drunks that has been unloaded in this sity fo many days. Considering the day and the large number of fireworks and combustible material disposed of the people wero excoedingly fortunata there being but two cases of injury. Carl Godman, son of & promineut hardware man was trying to blow a blazs into some powder and was succesnful, avd will probably lose an eye, IHis face and head were badly burned, A son of M., Joera got his face badly burned by gott- ing too close to a bunch of tire crackers about th time they wero ready to celebrate, The candy kitchen bad quites fine line of fireworks exposed to view upon the sidewalk for the purpose of selling them to the enthus- fastic and & wicked little boy dropped a light. ed firccracker among_them when a furious sizzing and popping began which to alarmed the people that the fire compaies were callod out. Before thoy arrived however, the dis. play was over and a bucket of water had dis- patched the firo, Tn the evenivg a grand display of fire works were visible from all portions of the city, the finest perhabs being from Funke’s opera house and the school houte on C and Ele h streets, where balloons and some of tho finer grades of displays were disposed of to the amusement of hundreds of childrenatd grown people. The inmates of the penitentiary enjoyed a holiday on the Fourth. In the morning they were assembled in the chapel room, where they took part in and witnessed an entertain- ment consisting of songs, dances and ballads, and were permitted to hear one of Miz Ethel Howe's choicest solos. After that they were turned loore in the yard and allowed to run races and play liko free Americane, At the insane asylum the inmates were liberally treated to_ice cream, lemonade and other delicacies, and allowed as much freedom as people in their unfortunate cocdition uuld be permitted to enjoy. In the evening a lib display of fire works was given, which ald be plainly seen from the city. The exengerfeat building was lighted up and » large number enjoyed a festive dance keep- ing it up till the clock stopped a few minutes before midnight. An unfortunate farmer named Wentel liv. ing near Denton was brought in on the 4th and three finge:s of his richt hand were awm- putated. He was a little too careless with his shot gun and has a bad hand, Isaac Johuson and family have bought vheir tents and will pitch them this week on the banks of Spirit Lake. Lund, a bad man who wants to burn out his neighbors and shoot for fun, was taken out of & church yesterday morning and carried to jail for want of bail, e wiil have & hear- ing to-morrow morniog. LTIty thok oovaler olork Rt tha ot mercial house, starts to-day for Atchison where he will rusticate few days, this being his first absence for two years, The state house cfflsials were disposed of as follows during the Fourth: Governor Dawes, at Omaha; Secretary of State Roggen, at home; Auditor Babcock, at Grand Island; Treasurer Willard, at home; Lisnd Commis- sioner Scott, at home; Deputy Secretary of State Wintersteer, at Geneva; Attorney General Leese, at Seward. It is_a matter of no little pride to the citi- zens of the South Platte country that the insurance company crganized in this city last week is composed of #o strong a body of men, the stockholders being mot only of state repu- tation but thorough goicg business men who transact their business on business principles and have no snap games or lighteing-rod schemes to work upon the people, The uames of the officers alone are a sufficient guarantee that the compspy will do exactly as they agree, Their capital is bona fide, and in this state, includiog their eecurities, They have no connection with any other company, por have they any hail attachment with which to gull the people on fair promises, The secretary, the Hon. S, J. Alexander, is well and favorably kuown throughout the state, R. J. Johnson, the superintendent of agencios man of many years oxperience in the field and for the past twd yesrs a resident of Omaha, ~ This com- pany is a credit to the state and by the or- oraanizstion of these home companies of which there are two now, many hundreds of thousands of dollars which have heretofors and now are going into Towa and other eastern companies can be retained at home. Tate Friday night a man named Neal was arrestad for assaulting Dr, Dunn, and a5 12 o'clock, midnight, Justice Cechrane fingd Mr, Neal §20 and coats, H. D, Ithes, o candidate for connty judge and prominent attorney of Bennett, who was mentioned in this lotter of Saturday, was found by Policeman Oarnahan_Friday night meatdoring in an alley, lcst. Ho was placed in the cooler for the bal:nce of the night and will again appear before Justica Cochrane this morning, Saturdoy evenivg Policemen Thompson, Moore and Carnaban all arrived at the cooler at the same time with their man, who had too much liquid celebraticn, Am'mg the day’s promineft arrivals are: W. E. nard, Western; S, H, Welch, B, J. Bussey. i immerman, B, J, Scannell, Omaha; Tred 1. DBaker, Hebron; A Ug ham, Syracuse; W. It, Adams, Falls City; J. . Dickson and wife, Jewell; J, Flotcher, Beatrice; A. O. Crum, Lincoln; W. R Adair, Omaha; 'Cooper, Liouisville, The lectute last evening at the masonic tem- ple by the Rev, Naomi Tamura of Tokio, Japan, was a treat to tho people of this city. He is & young man 20 years of ago, ate of the university at Tokio, Jap: month graduted from the seminary at Auburn, NewYork, and has been regularly ordained as & minister of the Presb; wytarian chuch. Haspealcs Englsh quite well and i canvereationist a8 well as lectures winter he will travel thrmlfih the s in the spring will return to his home in Japan where he will write a book wuurnlnq the re ligious, political and everyday life of Amer- ica. He will go to: Omaha to-day to spend the day there and the balance of next week will lecture, John Clanceri, s switchman in the Burlington & Misgouri River railroad yards was killed in this city last night about 9 o'clock. He was coupling flat cars loaded with steel raile, and must have stumbled and become ht een the bumpers in some tide was crushed, and Ho has lived hero about two yei worked in the yard as night man a monthe, He is about 21 years old and has a fli)l.her ‘wnd sisters livingin Mount Sterling, an interesting Next A TRIP TO KANSAS, A Ohat with Col Dorsey B, Houck on His Late Trip, Col, Dorsey B, Houck has just return- ed from Leavenworth, Kansas, where he spent a faw days visiting with an old friend and comrade In the Mexican war, Mr, Caldwell, Mg, Houck waes seen by # Bee reporter Fridey sad durlng the course of the conversstion the follow- Ing Interesting polnts were picked up. Mr. Houck sald he was driven to Mr, BT, 1-QUIB, | Caldwell's farm, about twelve miles from Leavenworth and he declares that he never saw & mora handscmo farm., 1 conslats of 10,000 acres with a sufficlent number of livmg springs to sitlsfy the demands of all stock, There are three hundred acres of heavy timber land and threo hundred scres under cultivation,the remaining four hundred acres bnnn in meadow and pasture land, In the pas- tures aro the very highest grades of blocded stock and it a sight to make well sore eyes to gaze upon the sleek, tat an imals, samples of nature’s most perfect work. Me. Houck said: “Wo remained here until the next morning, returning to the sight of the scldlers’ home, The western branch of the homs for dleabled soldlers is locatod at this point, The act of congrees estab- lishing this home providing that it might be located in elther of the states of Ar koneas, Missour!, lowa, Minnesots, Ne- braska, Kensas or Colorado, Is reqaired that the sight for the home should con- alst of not loss than three hundred acres and that this land might bo obtalned by purchase or by donation, A namber of cltfes In tho states named Interested in the contest to securo the homo, the slate of Iowa, by an act of its 1aglulumre, offered fifty thousand dollars Fonus if it wos located anywhere in Iowa, and sev eral other clties of tho same state cflared a donation of one thousand acres of land. Other offers were made by the clties of other states The board of managers of the home met at Dayton, Ohlo, and there gave a hearing to the soveral contostants, after which the managers visited the sav- eral statos and looked over the eites offered. The oltizens of Leavenworth offered alx hundred and twenty acres of land and {n addltion, fifty thoussnd dol- lars for the embelllshment of the grounds, This offor was accepted and thehome was located at Leavenworth, The site selectsd Is jast south of the cily and has a river frontage of more than a mile. Itis a place of great natural beauty. A portlon of the grounds 1sa natural forest, well sot in blue grass, and shaded by the stately elm and oak. The plan of tho government s to build fifty bulldings, with a capacity to accomo- dste 6,000 soldlers, the grounds to be ar- tistlsally laiiout in fino drives, gravel walks and mintaturelakes. Threa hund- red thousand dollars has already been appropriated by the United States, and the work of bullding has began. It estimated that more than $2,000,000 will be expended, and will, when done, af- ford this elty a park unsnpassed by any in the west. On the north of Leaven- worth is the reservation of Fort Leaven. worth, conalsting of 6,000 acres, upon which more than $3,000,000 has been ex- pended fn bulldinge. The Ualted States Military prison is lo- cated on thess grounds and at this time contains eight hundred prisoners. The geounds of Fort Leavenworth are of gran natural besuty, snd, without a doubt, it fs the most attractive military post in the Urlted Statee. With the Soldiers’' home on the south, and Fort Loavenworth on the north the city has the advantage in romantic and pletures- que drives. One of the most interesting features of this place is Sheridan's road, which extends over a high ridge along the whole resorvation. A natural forest of trees growing along elther eide from an arch the entlre length making the drive most delightful in the cool shade and onoly now and then the sun peeps through thefr branches. This road Is on an clevation of over three hundred feet abover tha valley, overleoking Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth City, it was lald ont RAILWAY RUMBLINGS. Resolniions of Thauks to Brave Men--- Other Notes of Inerest, The U. P, Railroad Accident. Oa the merning succeeding the smash- up which occcurred on the Unlon Pacific rallroad near Valley station, the prasen- gors on the wrecked train adopted the following rcm]uimn!, which were signed by as many a8 the limited time would permit: Vautey Starron, U. P, R. R, July 4, We, the underalqnud paseengers nlon l’.\clllcluln No. 1, which left Omsha on July 3, and whish met with an accidont 80 nearly of fatal result o many lives, desiro heroby to express to Mr. Jnuoph Hay, the brave engineer In charge of eaid train, our slncere admiration of his conduot at the time of tho accident, That hls cool preeenco of mina and calm counrage In the faco of almost certain death to himeelf were the means of saving many lives we have no doubt, nor can any one doubt who wit- nessed tho terrible wreck from which he was 80 miraculoutly saved. We extend to him our sincers sympa- thy for his eufferlng, and repeat the expression of our deep gratitude for the herote falthfulness with which he stood at hia post of duty. To his associates also, the conductors Mesors. Arthur Blakesley and J. B. Gray, and to Mr, George Fullmer, fireman, we give thia testimontal of our gratitude and thanks for thelr prompt snd efliclent action, Weo hereby commend thowo sbove named to the officlals of their company as worthy of any reward or promotion they can glve. We further resolve that copies of these resolutions be furnished for publication to Omaha, Denver end Oregon papers. G. M. Hitcheeck, Omaha; M. L Hom- medien, Celorado; M. H. McGuire, North Platte; W, H. Lane, Omaha; D, M. Egan, Omeha; N. T. Smith, St. Louis; Perry Heazlit, Omeha; F. J. Heys, Omsha; George Hulst, Columbus; Mrs, H. Hulst, Omahs: Miss Miriam Chase, Omaha; E. C. Wilbur, Omahs; D. E. Tyler, Omahs; B. B, Heywood, Oregon; George C. Sears, Oregon; Wal- ter H. Holmes, San Francisco, and othera. Mr. Frank Birkenshaw Barrowclough, of the Burlington & Miseouri head- quarters, left for Denver Friday. Not being convinced without ocular demon- stration of the existonce cf snow in the mountains at the prezent time, he re- eolved to investigate the mattcr, honce his trlp, He expects to return this evening. S. 8. Smtth and J. G. Burness, of the frelght audlting depariment of the Bur- lingien & Missouri, are enjoying a trip to Denver. Mr. Joseph Hay, tke Union Pacific engineer who recelved Injuries in the wreck at Mercer siding Friday night, is at his home in this city recovering nicely and will be ready for duly again in a few doys. NOTES FROM THE COUNTRY, Unlen Pacific surveyors are cross sac- tloning the country between St. Paul and Fallerton. The Fremont & Elkhorn Valley rail- road have increased their cap!tal stock from §10,000,000 to $15,000,C00 and have and constructed under the management of Gan, Sherldan and is called Sherldan’a drive. Returning home from Fort Leaven- worth we arrived at Mr. Oaldwell’s resi- dence, which {s one of the finest in that state. A brlef description could notcon- voy 1o the mind of the reader but a faint 1dea of its elegance and granduer. Agaln sea'ed in the carrlage we were drlven to the works of the Kansas Wagon Manu facturing Co., of which Mr. Caldwell is president, it alresdy belng known as one of the largest of its kind in the weat. The next morning found us abosrd of the traln for Kansas Clty, Mo., one of the livellest towns along the Missourl river, twelvo railrords running lInto the union depot. We took a carrlage and were drlven over the entire City. The cable road belng one of the ontorprices of that place. We had the curicslty to board the traln across the cable line, haying jaat como from Kanses, a prohibition state, in which there are only three hundred siloons. In Leaven- worth I saw a sfgn on elther side of the door of a saloon reading as follows: ““We ara here to relieve Kansas sufferers;” the other, “What is the size of youe hlp pockets, pints or quarta?” e —— PERSONAL, C. A, Brant, of Las Vegns, N, M,, is at the Paxton, ¥, J. P, Canulla, of South Wallis, is regis- tered at the Millard, J. H. Bosler, & prominent stock man of Carlisle, Pa,, is at the Paxton. R. C. Chamber(ain and wife, of Salt Lake city, are guests of the Paxton. 0. J, Stowell and W. H. Killigar, of Au- bur, registered at the Millard to-dny, Gen, James 8. Brisbin, of the United States army, and family are guests at the Paxton, John D, Howe, counsel for the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha railroad, is 1o the city at the Paxton, The Millard hotel register was decorated yesterday with a large number names of per- gons who came in from the rural districts to spend the Fourth, Mr, Samuel Shears, of the Millard hotel, and his two daughters, Misses Minnie and Lola, left last evening for North Lake, Wis, Mr, Shears will roturn in & few days, but the young ladies expecs to remain there all sum- mer, At the Metropolitan: James Chase, A, L. Hall and wife, and John Wiater, Lincoln, Neb; I Phillips, New York; John Smith, Cincinnati, O.; J, M. Straban and son, Mal- vern; George Kingsworth and William Liv ingston, Sioux City, Ia; P, Holbrook, Bos ton; W, G. Thomeon, C. E. Lullenberger, Glenwood, Iowa; Jobn Brown, Hamburg; harles S. Madden, Des Molnes; J. E. Smith, Washington, D. C. B Base Ball, The two games of base ball on Sator day drew large crowds of spectators, and were interzsting events of the days do inga, The forenoon game resulted In & victory for Omaha over St, Louis, of four to one. At the afternoon game, howe er, the contract was much closer, and some very fine playing wes obeerved, At the end of nine inpivgs the ecore stood eight to seven in favor of the vislt ing club, Duagen and Fay, cf the S: Louis team, wero ihe only players who made three baas hits, one hour and fifty minutes, . | to look after it. filed a certificate to that effect. Union Pacific passenger No. 4, due here from the west at 4:10 p.m., was two hours behind time yesterday. East gound tralns at the transfer watted for er. Fairbury, In Jefferson county, has great hopes of securing an esrly extenslon of the Union Paclfic system from Beatrice. President Adams smiled approvingly on the scheme when brought to his notice. A censtraction train on the northcast- ern road jumped a switch at Valentine, The engine dug a helo in the ditch and ten card of fron and ties piled on top of her. The engineer and firoman jumped in time, Jacob Wolf, a brick moulder at Grand Island, swoopsd down a cargo of beer and lald down with his burden on the raliroad track, The incoming train threw him into ths ditch but could not kill him, He wlil wear & gore head for some ‘Ime. Grand Islinders calculates that the shops the people thero taxed themselves to construct for the Union Paclfic, will eoon be utilized, now that the compuny hass poesesslon of the St, Joseph & West- ern, It {s time they were started up and recompense property owners for thelr bonus of §50,000, Articles of incorporation of the Grand Island & Maryeville raflroad company acd the St. Joseph & Marysville railway company, heve been filed with the secre- tary of state. The new name Into which the others have merged is the St, Joseph & Graud Island railway company, and is to have a corporate existence of ninety- nine years. Brakeman Mallory was robbed and thrown from a () traln by tramps at Corning, Iowa, Wednesday, sustainlng serlous iojurles. The boys should heed the words of a B. & M. wheel twlster: “‘Whenever I ree atramp on the traln I order him cff at once, and if he won't jump, by the eternal he can stay. Wages are just the same,” The Plattemouth Journal tells a good story of a prominent under officer who has been In the scrvice of the B. & M, half adoz:n years, He was recently gly- ing out officisl directions while on an officlal visit at Pacific Junction, when a rather commonplaca looking railroad ms: oflerrfl suggest/on conir ary to the offi- cer's directlons, Turning haughtlly toward the presumptious speaker the offiver with an air of great dignity and authori'y, “How long have you besn ilroading, sir!” as much as to say, What in the d—1 do you know aboat it?" The old man placidly stepped a foot or two cloger and replied, “Well, I don't know exactly how long, but both Tom Potter and George Holdrege broke fur me twenty-five years eg2.” The officlal had nothing more to say. S ——— LOCAL BREVITIES, ~Mzr, M, Donovan is the owner of ten acree of land just outside the southern city limits, not far from the Thirteenth street car terminus, This land is under cultivation and is extensively planted with fruits of various kinds, but Mr, Donovan being engaged in business in the city, has not been able to give it that attention it deserves, He accordingly rented it last spring to Mr, Spoer] for seven teen dollars a mouth, as he wanted some one Mr, Spoerl gave him to un- derstand that he wanted it for a gaden, A few days ago Mer, Donov appened to be in the south part of the clty, and was attracted Jand the noise incidental to the hilarity of & plenic, What was his surprise to findan s sembla of soveral hundred persons gathered upon a shady grassplat, listening to the de lightfal music and quaffing frothy Iszer beer, He could hardly be lieva it Was It only n Sund or was it o permancnt beer zmnltn Ir. Spoerl ho demanded an ¢y “lndn t I rent this land to yoa for & garden ?* inquired Mr, Donovan livid with rage, (Yes air, I rented it for a garden —a beer gardon,” replied Mr, Spocrl, This was too much for Mr, Donovan, who would have annihilated Mr, Spoer]l had it not boen for the intervention of the bystanders, among whom were somo well known citizens and a prominent brewer. Mr. Donovan finally cone clnded to raise the rent to $35 per month, not expactiva that Spoerl wonld be able to pay it, ho being a poor man, but Spoerl, who was backed by the brewer, acceptod tho proposi- tion at once, and remained the lessee. Mr. Donovan, however ia considerably put o1t absut the affair, and may sellthe pzoperty, for which we underetand he can get $35,000 from the brewer already reforred to, as he wants to convert it into a beautifol pack, for the sale of his beer, —Col, E. ¥, Hooker, who is well known in Omaha, where ho has many friends, is in Now York on a visit, and the Tribune of that city hias the following bit of pleasaut goasip con planation. . . I, Hooker, of Des Moinos, lu\n. " short, stous man, with o flowing whito b a ruddy face and & biack slouch hat, sat Tifth Avonuo hotel the other night, waiting for a stago, He was once n stage owner him- self, proprietor of tho Western stags company, which sent stages across Towa befora theie wore any railronds. In connection with the stages was an express service, and it 18 one of Col. Hooker's plossures, now that he haa re tired from active business and injwealthy, to watch the fortunes of tho young men who were his messengers in that servico, He de- lights in the record that only one has gone to the bad, and most of them bave become wealthy, But he is tho proudest of D), H, Moffatt, of Denver, president of tho Firat National bank and of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, Moffatt had chargs of one of his strong boxes for eightoen month Thon he drifted on to Denver, He ope bookatore, and when he had bought 800 stock, for part_of which Le went in debt, ho thoughit ho had conquered the world, It was only a short time befors he had £70,000 in stock, and when he divided with his part- ner to bicome treasurer of the bank, his share was a cool $100,000. Ho is worth his mil- lions to-day, and Col. Hooker credits it all to the 01d express line experience, —Near daylight Saturday morning some brainless youth, anxious to be celebrating before anybody was up, fired a pistol ball into o window in Henry Pandt's residence on the corner of Eleventh and Douglaes streats, — A carriage with four gentlemen in it was run against on Sixteenth street, opposite Jefferson equare, Saturdsy night by n cab, and turned overon its side, Fortunately no injuries resulted. —A splendid rain cooled the atmosphere yesterday afternoon, DISSATISFIED REGULARS, The Following Complaint From Fort Omaha Explains Itself. To ths Editor of the Ber. Sir:—Knowing that yon are a friend to soldlers as well as to citizens, we ask you to give (us? space In your valuable columns to express our_dissatisfactlon at the treatment we recelved on the 4th while in your city, The day was rather warm for our men to march from the fort, and through your streets simply to amuze the cltlzsns. We would gladly do anything in our fpower to show our respect for them, snd for this ead mostly every man in our garrison turned out by order of tholr commanding gensral, ut what respost did the citizens ehow usin return? They did not even offer us a drink cf k'e'.l watar to allay our thirst. We would not argue the worth of anything, but w look into the principle. Of coarss some of us were treated with respect privately by citizene, anino blame rests upon any of them excepting those who were the princlpals In drawlng ns from ouz enjoy- ments in the garrson toshow us off in the clty. Some citizens remarked that wa were to be treated cordlally but finally we found fi to be the reverze, Many of them may imagine that we are under obligations to them becanse we are paid by them through the government. But wo glve them to un- cerstand that soldiers were thelr advance guard in all their difficulties darlog their sattlement In this state at an earller period, therefore we owe them nothing. It is our desire to be fn friendehip with all, but we cannot help showing our dis- plossure at prosent. Our treatmont on the cceasion must be elther through neglect or contempt. We can appreciate generosity, and we glve the hint here to all whom it may concern, never again call upon us on the Fourth of July, to form the main por- tlon of the parade withont proving to us that you are cltizens worthy of our at- tendance. We, as soldlers do not under value ourselves in the least, therefore we do not much care about taking part in any procsedings where we may be at a dlscount. It ia not our intentlon to re- flect on citizens as a body, for we know that many of them are warm friends to our boys, But we reflect upon those who called upon us and allowed us to depart from the clty /n the heat of & scorching son without cfferlog us a cap of csld water, Privare Jones, Batsilicn D. o —— Smoke Sesl of North bacco, A STRANGE DEATH, An Unknown Man Found in the River and Taken to the Hospital Where He Died, Caroling To- Saturday eveming a etrange men was found near the rlver bridge, without clothes of any kind on him, sofferlng with spame. Ho was then almost beyond the power of speech, but managed to {ell that whils In the river bathing Seturday wmorning, two {iramps came along, stole bis clothes and carrled them away. He hed lald in the water all day weiting for somebody to come alorg and give bim assistance, and became eo chilled that the effects threw Lim into spaems, He was taken to polize headquarters and from there sent to Bt Josephs hotplta', whers he died yesterdey morn~ ing, The budy was taken to Drexel & Maul's &nd preseved, 2o as to bs kept until the unfortuuate’s friends can be found, if he Lss any. ts not known, Several pereons looked at the body yestorday, but nene of them oulify 6. Three or fgur, how- atisfied that they had seen ) t Owaha, He iz five foet l th m.hu tall; has reddish hsir, cut #hort, aud o heavy red mousteche, His The geme lasted | to his property by tho wmusic of @ brasa baud unesk bones are high, his cheeks sunkeo, {and he looks to be 30 years of age, The mau’s name | BLICKED H[R EYE. A Dimestic El‘flDllfIl sl Valertice Tnat Hes Croated Groat Excilement, James Morris, Registcr of the U, Land Office, Strikes Mrs, Morris in the Eye With His Fist—=Par. Affair, ticalars of the The little town of Valentine is just now revelling in the scandalous details of a domoztlc eruption, there, which has alnce Its ocourrence created considerable excitement, and furnished an unlimited supply of sevsaticnal matter for the peo. ple to goes'p upon., Last Wodnesday night a speolal dlapatch was reesived at this cflice atatlng that James Morrie, register of the United States land office at Valentine, had struck his wifo in the oye with his fist, and brictly gave the de- tails of the sffalr. That dlepatch, how« ever, was not published, because it came from an ensmy of Morr's, ond also because the Ber Is loath to print nows of this kind without first baing sure of lis trathfalness, and cot even then unless it bacomes » maticr of court record. Since thon, however, ssveral lotters have been recelycd from roliable parties who verify the report and also give extended stato- ments of the facts, Among the letters recetved is oue from Mre. Morris deny- ing that any troublo had existed batween herself and her husband, but, no doubt ber only deslte wa: to uh!cld him from exposure. Morris fs a public man, holding a responsible government post- tion, and it has boen charged by nev- eral cltizens of the upper Elkhorn coun- try, that the Ber would not publlsh any- thing about him, bzcause he was at one time the private sccretsry of Senotor Saunders, and through that gentlemen’s influence, asatsted by Senatcr Van Wyck, recelved his appointment, thereforo the aflair is given publlcity in thkese col- umns as & matter of newe. The facts as they have Dbeen cetalled miy bo noted es follow: On the aftercoon cf Juno 29, My, Mor- 1is sald his wife wanted to reo Judge Tacker, In his (Morris’) private cflice. On entering, Mrs. Morris stated that she had come there to protest egainst her husband employing a cortaln men from Alnsworth, charging as her reasons therefore, undue intimacy between her hueband and this man's wife. By way of parentheeis it is ssscrtod thet Mra, Mcrrls has been driven a'most to distractlon, by reacon of her husband’s Jntimacy with other women, but the BEE's informant declares that she is ontirely mistaken in her accu- sation agalnst the lady reforred to, be- cante she is looked upon as belng en- tirely abova reproach. It seems that matters weore temporarily scttled at the office, but when Morris went home in the evening, 8o the story goes, he proceaded to chastise his wifs by striking her in the faco and eyes with his fiet. After being thos asssulted, Mrs, Morris went down town, three-quarters ¢f a mile, after the sherriff to arrest her husband, but she was followed by her son Alfred, who, with his pleadings and tears, finslly succeeded Zin inducipg her to return home, without having Morris arrested. At the time Morrls struck his wife their davghter, Mrs, W. E, Wllte, was pres— ent, and remonstrated with him for the disgraceful act, whereupon, in his anger, he ordered her to leave the house. Mr. Walte, who is a cattle man, was out at his ranch when all this ccourred. On returning the next day and learnlng the pitnation he took his wife and baby, and through a drenching rain, rather than live in the Morria house any longer, moved tn another home. It Is rald that the populace of Valen- tine s very irdignant at Morrls, and denounce him in unmeasured terme, Mr. Waite arrived in Onaha Saturday and is the gueet of Mr, Truman Buck the city treasnrer, They are partners in the cattle buslnezs. A Bee reporter called on Mr. Walte last night aud seked bim for o statement of thls affalr, but having given his promlse befora leaving home not to do o, he refused to say a word, elther to confirm what has been re- lated above or to deny it. Theee are the plain, unvarnished facts a8 they have been furnished to the BeE, and on account of the zoclal and political prominence of the partics, the affalr has created the greatest excitement in Valen- tine of any thing that ever occarred there before. ——— Annuzl ricnie, The Anclent Order of Hibernfans held thelr annual plcnic Saturdsy at Hascall's park, and had an immenee time, All kinds of games and other features neces- sary for the complete enjoyment and succeesfal consummation of an affair lke that were provided. In mauy of the sports contests for prizes were hed. Seven deputy sheriffs preserved good order, ] MADAME’ « il 3NI1II[IddIIS Ladies?, withoy Eadies) witl Nuratn, witl bdominal, Misse OADWAY, NEW YORK, FOR RALE BY CHARLES H. ATGOH. 15617 Douglas Strect, Omaka, snd leading houses everywhere,