Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1886, Page 4

''THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1886. THE DAILY BEE.| OMANA OFFICE,NO, 014 AND 016 FARNAMST, NEW YORK OFPICE, ROOM 65, TRIRUNE BUILDING WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 513 FOURTEENTH ST. Published every morning, except Sunday. The gnly Monaay morning paper publistied f tho late. TERMS DY MAIL: £10.00 Throe Months 5.00 One Month. . Published Every Wednesaay. TERMS, POSTPAL o Yoar, with premiom e Year, without premiun x Months. without premium e Month, on trial v CORRESPONDE! Al communication relating to_ news and edi- torial matters should be addressed to the Ept- HOR OF WK BEE. BUSINESS LETTERS: All business letters and remittances ghould be modiessed 10 Tre BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMaitA, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 0 be made paynble to the order of the compuny. B ROSEWATER. E01TOR. HusTiNG the pole is Bismarck's latest freak. Another Arctic explorer, so to speak. D Lissirs has arrived at Colon. He will reach a full stop before he sails through the canal. AN appropriate name for the Saturday evening coasting woulld be a “‘carnival of accidents.”” The wonder is that nobody was killed, GrAvsToNE has “kissed the queen’s hand,” which means in common Engli; has expressed his willingness to form a mew ministry. Jupaivag from some of the Iate rulings of the jumping ja of the railroads in in Nebraska, the sins ot “‘commission” are worse than those of omission. Ir misery loves company the seven men who are to be hanged on one gal- Jows at Fort Smith on April 23 will not feel lonely. This is about the only conso- Iation that can be given them under the circumstan Tue Chicago 7'ribune has a long edito- rial upon the subject of uniting the dem- ocratic party. If it is split as wi in other states as it is in Nebrs unification would be as impossibl union of oil and water. Tur Marquis de Mores thinks of ex- orting “frames” of lean young stock to rance to be there fattened by the French farmers. This has at times been quite a . trade with Scotland. Mores says he can land the stock in France for $50 a head, and that when fattened they will be worth §130. Tur Cincinnati Graphic of January 80 has a spirited sketch entitled *‘Imi- tating the Empress of Austria—Omaha Girls Enjoying n Horseback Ride.” The phic mokes the following comment: “Omaha is celebrated for the daring horsemanship of its young ladies, and the artist has made a spirited picture of three belles enjoying a morning ride.” A SINGULAR discovery has just been made in Des Moines. A prominent citi- zen who 15 honestly entitled to the titles of coloneland judge has during his resi- dence of several years in that city never been cnlled anything but plain “Mr.” This is the only authenticated case of the kind on record. That gentleman is enti- tled to the prize as the most modest man in the United States, if not in the world. Onana ranks fourteenth in last week’s report of the thirty-one clearing house citics. Her clearances amounted to $2,058,886. Her increase over the corres- ponding week of last year was 43 3-10 per cent. New York, Omaha and Boston Tead the country in the percentage of in- oreaso. ' Omaha is sandwiched in be- tween the two great financial centers of the country. Omaha is doing quite well. SewiNGg machines are receiving great attention from inventors of late. One kind is held inthe hand. Another in Germany has a musical attachment, which plays soveral tunes to the delight of the operator. This leads an esteemed contemporary to remark “that it is quite within the possibilities that they will eventually have them with bath rooms attached and perhaps, bay windows and & ball room.” MoNTREAL is now nearly free from the gmall-pox plague, which has paralyzed that city for six months, The number of denths is equal to the per centage of - gholera deaths. Besides the numerous fatalitics, business has been completely . ruined, and the result is that many houses _ have fuiled, while others are trembling in the balance. All this is the result of the superstitious opposition to vaecina- tlon on the part of the French Canadians. %o prevent a repetition of the plague - gvery effort should be made to convince Junadians of the foolishness - G far Chicago 7ribune has opened a vely warfare upon the telephone ser- 3 vice in that city, The cvil of the bob- § il telephone service, as the T'ribune . ealls it, consists in the tact that it im- | poses the most possible labor upon the Subscribers and the least possible upon ~ the ewployes of the compuny. This i “gqually true of the service in Omaha as it 48 of thut in Chicago, and the following applics nearly as much here as it does re: Que vequest fora conneetion should suffice. The clerlis ot the company should then pes form the labor (often very trying to the nerves and temper) of putting the persons . who wish to speak in communication with each other, 1f this were done, it would less frequently happen that the wrong conunec- dion would bo made, and when made the ‘mistake could be instantly corrected. Now, ~when the wrong person is called up, it is a ! of five or ten minutes to attract the ‘attention of the telephone exchange, so that " the @rroncous counection may be broken 2 the right one made, * * * ;g bob-tail principle were carried out er affaiirs as it is in the telephione busi BRAes o should cxucet (0 seo a wan black Gf his own boots while a boy blacked the ol arry in s ov » while the ser- arved the fowl ¥ hold his eab herse »dviver elimbed down ephone importaut A Blasted Campaign. The shriekers for the demonetization of silver in the east are receiying poor consolation go far from congress. The anti-silverites make a poor showing when set against the advoeates of a double standard. There is not the shadow of a shade of w possibility that ecither senate or house will pnss any measure looking towards the dishonoring of a portion of our national enrrency. The temporary suspension ot the coinage, which before congress met was considered probable, is now very doubtful. The only effect of the howling crusade of the banker and broker brigade has been to solidify the opposition to any change in the coinage law. Senators like John Sherman and William M. Evarts, who were confidently counted upon to champion the attack which was to drive silver from our cur- vency, decline the duty. On the con- trary, Mr. Sherman comes to the front with a measure whose avowed aim and object is to maintain both metals in cir: culation, and to furnish a monthly mar- ket of from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 for the products of our mines, that amount of bar bullion to be exchanged for cer ficates redeemable in coin at the mar! rate of silver on the day of redemption. In every debate raised by the introduc- tion of this silver question in congress, the monometallists have been at a dis- advantage. Exprossions ot opinion in Europe lately furnish new arguments for the advocates of the maintenance of a double standard, At a recent meeting of the International Bimetallist association in London where not only the bank of England but several of the greatest private banking houses of the city were represented, the mee expressed a strong hope that silver would be restored to the coinage of civilized Europe. Itis expected that the forth- coming reports of the royal commis: on the causes of the present depre: of business will specify the demoraliza- tion of silver in England as one of the most eflicient eauses. The German min- ter of finance, too, has expressed him- self very strongly in favor of a reconsid- eration of the course taken by Germany. Incidents such as these do not bear out the assertions of the Wall street literary bureau that a single standard and pros- perity go hand in hand and that a return toa double standard in England and Germany is no longer discussed as one of the possibilities of the future. On the other hand they bulwark the proposition of the bimetallists in this country who demand the maintenance of a double standard side by side with the coinage of an honest dollar A Poor Policy. Omaha has reached a point in her de- velopment where experimenting ought to be o thing of the past. She has been forlunate in_suffering less in this way than most of her rivals. In her pave- ments and sewerage she has profited from the mistakes of others and has se- cured the best at the very outset. The Farnam street macadam was the only experiment in this line, and that mistake remedied at comparatively little But there has always been more or s trifling with the matter of grades, g to the short sighted opposition property owners who could not look beyond immediate damage to future advantages. Grades have been established in the first place as matters of compromise after much struggling on the part of interested lot owners only to be found entirely in- adequate to the changed conditions of trade and traffic in this rapidly advanc- ing metropolis. The fight over the Far- nam street grade resulted in a comprom- ise which, while materially improving that thoroughfare, does not fully cover the requirements. The same contest is in progress over Leavenworth street. The grade on Sixteenth street is now be- ing assailed and an cleventh hour move- ment made to make it what it should be from Harney street to the point where the viaduct is to begin. The BEE cannot too strongly urge npon property owners and the council to unite in demanding that the half-way policy of the past be abandoned and that future improvements shall be inangurated and carried out with a view to their assured permanency. The question of Farnam street is settled by the court house loca- tion, but on the other streets men- tioned no such barrier 1s in the way of a radical and lasting solution of the prob- lem of proper grade establishment. To cut the dog's tail off by inches is painful to the animal and unsatisfactory to the operator. But this is just what Omaha has been doing for years in grading and regrading her principal streets. Ttis high time that it should stop. I've coke operators m Pennsylvania, according to the Philadelphia Z%mes, are getting somo very unpleasant experience with cheap labor. Sonie time ago, in or- der to break the backbone of a strike for higher wages, some of the leading coke burners imported a lot of Hungarian miners. By this means they succeeded in driving out the old miners and boasted that they were masters of the situation. But it soon turned out that the Hungari- ans wanted higher wages, and now the question is pressing, who is to drive out the Hungarians? While the old miners went out peaceably, the Hungarians pro- pose to light before they go, and promise to give no end of trouble before the strug- gleis ended. And this leads the Zimes to remark that ‘“cheap labor is often des The lessonto the coke operators, however, is that a peaceable, law-abiding mining population is cheaper in the long run, eyen at a higher rate of wages, thun a half-civilized horde of foreign workmen, who soon learn to strike for higher wages and accompany their strike with all manner of violence. The importa- tion of cheap foreign labor for the pur- pose of earrying a point against native strikers doesn’t pan out well in the end, as the coke operators are learning to their cost.” Tue attacks of the organs of the Bell telephone company upon Secretacy La- mar and Attorney General Garland have finally made themselves felt in congress by the passage of a resolution of inquiry iuto the charges which are supposed to aflfect unfavorably the official integrity these two wmembers of Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet. The charges, briefly stated, ave that Attorney Geueral Garland isa large stock holder in the Pan Electric Tele- phone, a rival of the Bell company, and that lus personal interest in that organiz- ation was the guiding cause of the suit recently ordered to be begun in the cato the patents of the Bell bonanza. Mr. Garland, it seems, purchased his stock long before he became attorney general, There is no evidence to show that he has nsed his official influence to advance its value. On the contrary, he emphatically declined to institute proceed- ings to test the validity of the Bell pat- ents, and elaims to be in no way respon- sible for Secretary Lamar’s decision upon the recent hearing. But itis unfortunate, for appearance sake if nothing else, that the attorney general did not promptly dispose of his interest in the company the moment that it became apparent that the success of the enter. prise was in any way dependent upon the attitude of the government, By lus failure to do so he laid himself open to attack from a powerful corpora- tion, who are certain to defend their as- sailed franchises by every availablo means, fair or foul. The assault on See- retary Lamar is entirely uncalled for, His decision that a suit should be entered against the Bell company in the name of the government was arrived at after a Iaborions hearing of all sides of the case, New evidence was adduced which fur- nished strong presumption that the pat- ent office was used to defraud Gray of his rights to a patent. Upon this presump- tion Mr. Lamar acted, and very properly directed legal investigation by suit. WueN Proctor Knott made his famous funny speech about the glorious possibili- ties of Duluth, ‘‘the city of the unsalted seas,” he little thought that it would ever attain the growth and importance which it has acquired during the last five yen During this period Duluth has increased its population 680 per cent, and receipts and shipments of grain 700 per cent. As a grain center it now stands next to Chicago, and it will continue to main- tain that position. Numerous immenso elevators have been built there, and the number is being increased every year. Largo flouring mills are being con- structed, and we have every reason to believe that in a very few years Duluth will outrank Minneapolis as a flour wifacturing — eity. Conl can be transported as cheaply to the Superior iron and copper munes as the ores can be carried to the coal, and hence the people of Duluth see no ob- stacles in the way of turning out iron and copper for themselves and the entire northwest. In all probability it will soon become a good iron and copper manufacturing place, and this great in- dustry will add many thousands to its population. Duluth certainly has bright prospects, and is destined to become one the great cities of the northwest. CHANGE 8 in fourth-class postmasters are not being made so rapidly as they were at fi When the machine was in good working order over 000 changes a day were made, but the number has been reduced to. 100 a day. Since March 4th about 15,000 fourth-class postmaster have Dbeen appointed. The number of offices of this class, which includes all postoflices where the compensation is under $1,000 per year, is about 59,000, and the re great many changes made necessary, in- dependent of the will of the department. Then there are some 2,000 new offices es- tablished each year, and a large number are discontinued. The work of making changes simply for change's sake is about over, and the future movement will be to fill the vacancies caused by resignation, and to supply new oflices with postmasters. Oun thrifty neighbor, Fremont, is jubi- lating over the certainty of a straighten- ing out of the Elkhorn Valley line so as to encircle the city, and the extension of that road to Lincoln, giving Fremont new avenues for trade. Fremont is one of the prettiest and liveliest of Nebraska cities of the second class, and is increasing rapidly in population and importance. OwmAnA is not the only city in which silmen have been charged with Nineteen members of the Patts- burg city council have been charged with bribery and corruption. Why the charge did not include the other member is what puzzles us at this distance. ONLY 326,411 immigrants entered the United § st year. This is a de- crease of 19 per cent since the year be- fore. While times continue as hard oyer we can stand this falling off without com- plaining. Heavy immigration means in- o labor market. Excur senators are anxious that execu- tive sessions shall no longer be held with closed doors. Their rapid conversion is said tobe due to a desire to discuss the president’s nominations before the pub- lic, and not on account of any fecling that secret sessions are useless and anti- quated relics of the past, 17 was pretty small business in the sen- ate committee denying Gen. Howard the right to aceept the decoration of the French Legion of Honor, Gen. Howard's principal decoration is an empty sleeve given him by a confederate cannon ball at Fair Oak Tue Cincinnati zoological gardens are encumbered with a debt of #$135,000, and it is announced that they must be sold unless the mortgage is promptly raised. This shows how a zoological garden can dwindle down into a white elephant. GENERAL Ha is in hot water once more. Thistime the charge made is that he has recklessly squandered government money in the signal service, contrary to law. It begins to look as if Hazen was reaching the end of his tether, ble discovery of the Herald that President Bechel has sold or is about to sell his house and lot, willsend a thrill of laughter througn the city. Mr. Bechel should now follow Tom Cummings ~=and go. Tk hor (LER has tripped east to prove s of the departments at Wash- ington that he is quite out of politics. He will have a few remarks to make on be- half of the packing-house democracy. ———— Two days have passed and no paper wads have been fived at the slaughter- house democrats. Is Dr. Miller's gun out of ordert , PruxeLr will not accept a seat in the English cabinet. He knows better than to hamper his influence by an enforced vame - of the govermment 1o va- ‘ endorscuent of any winisterial policy, Another “Mdre'k Nest." The Herald has made ranother ling discovery” of a genttine mare’s nest in the case of President of the Councll Bechel. According to ite editor there are strong grounds for believing that Mr. Bechel has sold his Omaha real estate, which, it assumes, at once disqualifies him for holding office. in the eity council. Tlis announcement would be startling if true. Unfortunately for our spasmodic contemporary it is not borne out by a reasonable construction of the law. The city charter requires as one of the condi- tions of eligibility to the office of council- man that the candidate shall be a real estate owner. The object of this proyision is to raise the character of the body by providing that none but tax-payers shall levy taxes on citizens, But the law no- where says that councilmen must retain the pieces of property which they owned when they entered office. If it did, in nine eases out of ten there could be no transfers of real estate by council- men during their incumbency. Every councilman who happened to own only a single lot would be debarred from real- izing on it even if he chased another with the proceeds within twelve hours after the sale. Such a construction of the law is foolish and absurd. It would re- quire a daily inspection of the real estate transfers to determine whether the coun- cil was properly constituted. We are not informed whether President Bechel has or has not sold his Omaha real estate. But we apprehend that it makes little difference. Sueh an inquivy will be a proper one when he comes up for re-elee- tionin April. At the close of his term of office 1t has no interest to the public at large. For may years past the Pennsylvania railroad company controlled the leg- islature of New Jersey, body and soul, Its ownership scems to be as strong as ever, judging from the recent protest of that body against the bridging of the Arthuar Kill to Staten Island by the Balti- more and Ohio, which hopes in this way to secure an independent entrance into New York. The legislature, primed by the Pennsylvania lobby, warns congress not to authorize the bridge on the ground that it would be an infringement of state rights. This is sheer nonsepse. The right of congress to bridge navigable waters is unquestioned, and s from its power over interstate commerce. No one ever disputed its right to grant the charter to the St. Louis bridge company, the Omaha bridge and a half dozen others, T ENATOR LOGAN has heen presented with a live Americani eagle by admiring friends in East Tennessee. He will cut the eagle loose in 1858 R — CANDIDATES for governor keep bob- bing up all over the statec Fhere is no lack of gubernationaltimber, such as itis. —e THAT LIBEL SUIT. St. Edwards Star: Just how the suit has or wiil terininate, we have not learned, but are willing to predict that; Hotfinan's damaged character will notbe repaired five cents worth by this suit. g Nance County Journal: The first step in the great libel suit of'J. Milton IHoffman against theeditor of the Ber is the taking of the deposition of the man who in 18 iloffman a horse and never saw the horse af- terward. It is very damaging testimony, from which it appears that the plaintiff was not seriously misrepresented by the B Weadvise him to withdraw the suit or put down the damages to correspond with the ac- tual narket value of his character, Weeping Water Republican: Rosewater's libel suit has been commenced in Lincoln and now the public who like to hear people’s characters aired will be gratified. Mr, Hoft- man thought he would drag the ease aiong, but the defense, represented by Mason & Wheedon, had the first deposition taken be- fore a notary. Rosewater is bound to see the thing out. York Times: Rosewater seems tobe fully as eager for the fight as does Hoffman; if he has to pay 830,000 he wants to pay it and have it off his mind. Instead of indulging in dilatory motions and demurers, to which we understand the pleadings of the plaintifl were quite susceptible, the defendant has gone right in and is forcing tne fight onto the plaintifi, It is about the liveliest defence we ever read about, and Hoffman will soon be sorry, if he is not already, that he stirred up the hornet's nest. Already the evidence of the principal witness s been taken and is published in full. It is there testilied that Hoffman was avrested in Missourl for steal ing a horse in Lincoln, and though released without prosecution, it is evident thatt transaction was not straight. The suit was brought at this late day for political purposes only, and it was supposed by the prosecution that it would hang fire until after the sena- torial election and then it would doubtless have been dismissed. Roscwater has headed off that scheme, however, and the action will be a boomerang to the plaintiff, —_— PROMINENT PERSONS. President Cleveland’s favorite tune is “The Mocking Bird.” ‘I'heodore Roosevelt denies that he has a pecuniary interest in the magazine Outing. General Butler in his mink overcoat of multitudinous folds looks like Santa Claus, Roscoe Conkling, ina 1ecent speech at a dinner, called over Cleveland a “second Abraham Lincoln,” Governor Hill does not eate much for cial organizations, but he is 4 great adin of Indian clubs, Donald G, Mitehell (Ik Matvel) is to give a series of lectures on EngliSh literature at New Haven this winter. Richard Smith, of the Cinginnati Commer- clal Gazette, observes that ‘fthe newspaper i erally of a higher tone than the readers demand.” Mrs, James K, Polk, widaw of President Polk, states through tho Nashville papers that she is not a candidate for state librarian of Tennessee. : 4 In appearance General, Welseley is said to be decidedly effeminate. - Haids disposed gen- erally to be quite sociable bubis not popular with the rank and file, Hon. N. C. Moak of Albany. New York has one of the tinest private Iibraries in the United States, 1t contains 22,000 volumes, of which 16,000 are valuable law books. her cordlal manner and sati e her weekly receptions very agreeable, they have been largely attended. Mrs. Chief Justice Wa receptions in Washington are always largely attended. She is a charming hostess and seems ever to have the right word to say to the right person. Prince Bismarck’s decoration of the Order of Christ is a finely worked cross several inches long, with a large pure diamond in the center and swaller diamonds radiating from D. D. Swith, a Norristown dentist, has fallen beir to about $2,000,000, bequeathed to hiw by his graudfather, e will now be able to get a pull In pol'tics without taking the stump, Mrs, Frances Anne Kemble attributes her attainment of her seventy-fifth year in full liealth and vigor to her lifeslong persistenee in out<loor exeroise, especially on horseback, in all sorts of weather. Mme. Patti at Vienna received on the stage a Christmas gift in the form of a tree, the branches of which were interlaced with a golden chain, each link of which bore in dia- monds the name of an opera in which the prima donna had appeared. Of President Cleveland a Washington cor- respondent writes: “His whole face and manner bear the impress of a lofty soul, in- spired by an earnest purpose, and no more noble and impressive figure ever wore the Roman toga in the days when heroes of royal mould lived and moved on earth,” e Spark's Brightness. Chicago News. In dealing with the land question, Com- missioner Sparks appears to appreciate the fact that the term “innocent purchaser” covers a multitude of The Most P Rosewater says the railroad commission is “a roaring farce and must go.” Dr. Miller says Gardner is a member of the slaughter- fa iently “must go.” Times is willing for Gardner to go when his office isabolished by law, and is anxious toseo the railroad commission bounced by the nest I Rosewater s riding the most popular hobby, and his caudidate for “going” will distance the doctor’s much- groomed racer. —— A Hard Word to Tackle. Weeping Water Republican, The Lincoln Journal says the evidence Rosewater is attempting to bring against Hoftman in the damage suit is diaphanous. That is a very nard word or country editor totackle and we suggest that in the future the Journal will say “clear,” it will be casier for the typo and lessen the number of lunaties. - —— A Case of Libel. Philadelphia_Press. “Here, Pettifog, the Tri-Weekly Clarion has denouncad me as a fraud and a swindler, and I want to sue it for libel.” “Well are the charges true! Suppose they are—what has that got to do with the matter?” “But how are you gomg to prove malice in the publication?” “Sir, I'd have you understand that in case the truth is always malicious.™ Judgment for plainti my —— Let the Sharks Suffer the Loss. Weeping Water Republican, Here is another chance for our western senators, and all eyes will be turned toward Van Wyck as a leader in arresting fraud upon the people. Tt Is nothing less than an attempt on the part of the money sharks of New York to get a law passed by conz redeem the trade doll: t 100 cents, same sharks favored their coinage for purpose of shipping west and the pa: of Chinese labor, The cost to them was but 90 cents and the western people and Celes- tials took them for 100 cents, They are now worth 75 cents, and if they can get the government to buy them for a full dollar it would be quite a scheme. We have confi- dence enough in our representatives to be- lieve they will sitdown on any such move- ment, Let those who have made enough on this fraudulent coinage suffer the loss visited on themselves by their own actions, oo S Sparks Is Doing His Duty, . B. Washburne in the Chicagn The general land office, for the or twenty years, has, according to my ju ment, been the most eorrupt department that ever existed in any government on the face of the earth. For years and years the land jobbers and the land grabbers scemed to have had full sway there, and it is quite time they were rooted out. And [ am glad to tind that an [linofs man like Mr. Spa courage to attack these stupendous abuses and to attempt to recover for the benelit of the people at large some portion of the public lands which had been obtained from the government by the rallrond companies, I hope that his hands may be strengthened and that he will continue in the course which he has laid out for himself. Some say that a pressure has been made upon the president and upon the seeretary of the interior, Mr. Lamar, and that it will be necessary tor him to be removed. 1t is impossible to beiieve that such can be the case: that an honest, falthful and incorruptible public oflicer should be hounded out of his placa by the men whose action he has exposed, and who is making such laudabie efiorts, as I think he is, to get back for the governmont hund of millions of ac of public lands which have been literally filehed from itby the land- grant railroads. AT S Friends Old and New. Make new friends. but keep the old ; “Phose are silver, theso are gold. New-mado friendships, | will mellow and refine. iendships that have stood the tests— me and ehange—are surcly best. Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray, Friendship nevor Knows decay. For 'mid old friends, tried and true. Onee more we our youth rene But old friends, alas, must die, New friends must thelr place supply. erish friendship in your breas New is good, but old i bes Make now f new wine, JEtHL o - The Silver Problem. Chicago Tribuie. Another interesting phase of the silver problem is presented by the “gold con tracts,”’ now so popular in New Yorkand Boston, Of whatuse would it be for con- gress to provide bimetallism or silver monometallism if the capitalists who con- trol the money in the country have it nommated in the bond that payment must be made in gold? It has be quite the fashion such a provision in notes, contraot bonds, and it is already an intel and may become an impor whether such agreements are valid. Sen- ator Van Wyck has introduced u bill in congress declaring all *‘gold contracts” void on the ground that they are opposed to public policy and intended to establish adifferent legal tender from that pro- vided by law. Under the constitution not only has power to coin but to ‘‘regulate the val- thereof,” and to make all s which shall be necessary and proper for earrying into exceution’’ its legitimate authority. N the ‘gold confrac money “regulating the ng its constitutional powe tion. Congre y to interfere with ! ace between individ but it ought to be equally elear that citizens have no right to' make agreements op posed to public policy and calculated to nullify the execution of the laws right “of the individual ends w public interest begins § Wyck's bill may ling” or even “nionsirous” and the course of a few years find its wi the statute book. W s been slow in compreh rs of congress over the , and it hecom ne 1 For beanty, for comfort, for impravement of the skin, Use only Pozzini's powdes, BRIDGE BURNERS BAGGED. One of the B. & M. Fire Bugs Discovered and Arrested. They are James and Charles Grimes The Latter Makes a Complete Confession of the Whole Aftair. Republican City (Neb.) Democrat Posted in the depots of the B. & M. rail is nflaring advertisement of which the following is a copy: $1,000 REWARD. t A reward of One Thousand i Dollars will be paid by the i Burlington & Missouri River : Raflway Company for the rest and conviction of any one placing obstructions o its i track or attompting to wreek : ¢ trains by interfering with @ :track. G, W, Holpreee, @ H Ass’t Gen'l. Manager, Last October a dastardly attempt was made to wreek a passenger train on_ 1 Oberlin branch by attempting to burn the bridge near the state line, The facts, as near us ean be gathered at this time, are as follows: No NIG PASS leaving this ¢ at ¢ Conductor Birdsell, was proceeding down the branch at the usual rate ol speed wihen near the state line the engineer suddenly discovered flames arising from the track a short distance ahead. At the seene of the conflagration the train was stopped and with the assis- tance of passengers the trainmen put out a fire which was rapidly consuming the woodwork of n bridge structure located on the farm of James Grimes, THE FLAMES were extinguished before material dam. age had been done. The train proceeded on its way and to all appearances the ex- citement” was over. The report that reached this city did not carry with it the impression that anything of a seri ture had occurred or that a dark, crime had been committed, What comment the aff caused was soon nded, and, apparently, the fact that the bridge had ever been “fired was entirely unknown by a large portion of the people in this vicinity until the announcement, Tuesday, that one of the bridge burners had been arrested, caused some commo- tion and fresh inquiries to be made about the matter. It is evident to those who put out the fire that it was the work of an incendiary, from the fumes of BURNING OI1. with which the woodwa rated, and as it now appears of catching the bridge burne ly put in motion, with what be seen from the following: 'J‘ucsdn}' morning a b looking young feflow, 18 or 19 yea a8 brought in on the branch and taken tc McCook. This w: nephew of the man James, who own; land adjoining the state line, where the bridge “was fired. At McCook, young Grimes was taken to Supermtendent Campbell's office where he made a COMPL| NFESSION to his participation in the crime and im- plicated his uficle as the instigator of tl deed. The story he tells is very plaus ble. He says that his unele paid him to apply the mateh, after Grimes, the el der, hail poured the oils upon the bridge and secreted himself in the brash. After starting the fire he also sealed the fence and concealed himself in the brush, From their hiding place the villainous pair wit- nessed the arvival of the passenger train and rescue of the brid Shortly lence of James Grimes was ) TO THE GROUND. large amount of insurance on the building, a: young fellow now states that as instigated to burn the iving for the job a double-barreled shot-gun. Whether the unele got his insuranceSmoney or not is unknown, as yot, but he has hied him- self away (o other parts, The young fellow expresses much feeling over the matter and to ease his conscience had already told the story of his crimes to a Mr, Steveas before the authorities secured him, The Jocation of the bridge is just over the line in_Norton count ans: about ten miles from this city, so that it is expected he will be takes ero for trial to-day. There will be several applicants for THE R of $1,000, we unde: prominent among whom is John Dawson, attorney, of Alma. RAIN in charge of atu- heme suecess ma sh el B MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL. How the Lads Labor—Making Ste Engines, Tools, and Articles of Woodwork. The Chicago manual ve its fiv annual re- ternoon and evening, sk in the wood-work o, molding, sing, and machin shops. The forging department or black- ith-shop is situated in the basement. sounding ring of the an flying sparks that filled the air so of young smiths plied their mers lustily on bits u} red-hot showed that real wor was going on. Young students are apt to hit their fingers once in awhile instead of the iron, and others haye incautiously pic picees of uncooled metal, but one or two Such experiences ave genernlly onough to initiate them, They wear the regular muachinist’s garb, "~ the conventional Jeathorn apron of the smith heing dis- prnsed” with, “and each boy has his own orge, which is furnished with a tn blast. the smoke s carricd off by exhaust fans, so that the atmosphere in the room is uniformly good. The work in this department is preparatory to that 1 in the machine shop. Tho student st given simple excercises in pound- ing load, and these followed by spikes and patterns. At first only sim- ple patterns are attempted, but gr;«lnnllr more difficnlt work is introduced, such as check-valves, safoty-valves, —and drawer-handles. The molding-sand used is brought from Allmnr. N. Y. Horels & boy making one of thess molds for a casting. He takes the nowel, or lower part of the square iron flask, and puts it on the mol(hu’l board, just under which is the trough filled with sand Then he lays the pattern on the board in- side the flask and sifts fine sand over it until the nowelis full, After ramming the dirt down around the pattern with a rammer he scrapes off as much of it as may _be ne ry to leave the nowel evenly full. Then he turns it over and exposes to view the raised surface of the pattern which is imbedded on the other side in the sand. Then he screws the cope, or half of the flask, onto the and also _fills that with sand, ramming it down ound the — pattern as before. ing done this he takes the flask apart and you see on the nowel the pattern as Defore, and on the cope an impressson of of such part of the pattern asstood above the surface of the now when the cope wat wed onto it. - Then, after mak- ing a little “gateway ™ in the sand from the edge of the pattern, to the side of tho flask in which to pour the molten metal, ho caretully withdraws the pattern, serews up the flask, and pours in the zige, brass or load, of which the casting is do’ signed to be made, When brass castings aremade the mold is sprinkled with fine flour in_order to give a smooth finish to the ensting. the wood-working — department, whichis on the second floor, there are twenty-four cabinet benehes, each one of which is furnished with a besides plancs, chisels, and other necessary tools. At fivst mortice, nels and tenons are made for practice, and then umbrella tare frames, desks and ladders Above this department is the awing room, in which every student in the school is Yequired to spend an hour a day. re all the drawings used in the varions departments are made. Thore is also a library connected with second nowel 8- sons in drawing, upsetting, and bending round the iron, As the student acquires proficien put upon more diflicult work, such as the making o open-cyes, hooks, staples, nails, drawn and welding tongs, and drawn hey also make large numbers ded eap-serews and bolts construction of engines and Besides these they make all their own tools, such as blacksmiths’ tongs, chisels, punches, lathe-tools, shov- ols, and hammers. Fach young arti vorks from a dvawing, giv ‘1‘ siniply form and dimensions, and the natu each piece 18 thoroughly explaine leeture before work upon it is begun. Having spent a year in this kind of work the student is ¢ for the machine shop, which is sitnated * just ahoy blacksmith shop, Lhis roon is equipped with seven 14-inch Prentiss 20-inch Blaidsell lathe. two sp one shaper, and one drill. The class is engaged in the co six stean engines of six cach. One of these has @ completed, and it is now run nf factorily the room. It is ex that the ho hed and six The : we sutis- boug Adjoh rooin meuns of tain atool when is ulso turned by and bolts. Just back of tha maghme-shop is the molding-room. b it there are twenty- four molding troughs, two furnaces, and fowr cruclbf@s, together with rawaners, 1 taol- nd by way ob Lion studs of checks e Wi bl into the school belonging to the Amer Llectrical society. The books treat main 1y of subjects connected with eclectricity physies, chemistry and kindred subjects, The school will graduate its first class next June. —— AN EDITOR'S ROMANCE. Why a North Carolina Journalist Changed His Name, A Raleigh (N.C) telegram Richmond (Va.) tes says: For some time past the Wadesboro' papers, the Times and the Intelligencer, have been at daggeis’ point A statement was made by the form Henley, iling under was not in hiding. In imes affidavits are eflcet that Henley's Sperry W, Hearn, and om Tappahannock, Va., ue of the Inteligencer, Editor Henley velates his whole history, and acknowledges that Sperry W. Hearn is his proper name. The story he tells is a strange one. Fifteen years ngo Henle, he must now be called) Tappahannoc| Essex Gazette to the s issue of the S to_the name is really that he came In_to-day’s (or Hearn as printer at 1 the employment of the There he fell in love with a pretty school-girl, and from this simple beginning all his future_troubles dated. lfi claims that in 1874 a dark cloud eame between the girl and himself, and he attempted to commit suicide. He had a rival in an ex-union officer, and sought to foree him into a duel or even astreet fight, For two months he kept the town in state of turmoil. This aroused the ion of the people, and all his £ one, deserted him. sted at his own folly and decided to 1 the place for- eve In October, 18 he et hannock for Baltime sumed the n; S. » which until now he has borne. Since that time the people of ‘Tappahannock have not known aught of lhm whereabouts. For years they him In con- sion he says: ‘I have now had my say. I have en- deavored to tell the whole and entire truth, and I have littie fear that the peo- ple of Anson county will think less of me now that they know the secret of my life than ey did when they knew mo simply as S. W. Henley, but knew noth- ing of my anticedents. Having said this much, I'am done forever. Abjuring the name of S. W. Henley, and thus lu aside the mu\ll\' unde: 2 'S as- dead. A Rat Completely Disintegrated by a Current of Klectricity, Philadelphia omplete disintegration of electrieity so that it retained all of its natural appearance, but crumbled to dust as soon_ as fouched Dy metal, is vouched for by Mr. Henry ‘Tolbert, now visiting Philadelphin-—a though electricians connected with th e light plants in_ this city remain sineredulons. The story was told a News-gatherer yesterd: The city of Re tion of its light duces the cle the Brush machines. that he visited the plant_of the Reading company, and w, looking at the brushes” gathering the sparks of the fluid a rat came running over the floor. To escape his human enemies, he jumped directly to the floor on to one of the brushes and was thrown back to the He lay motionless, apparently inly dead, but without even a One of the vmp]ufi» sent with to gather iv up, but as soon as the shove ched it the rat fell to dust, with a little cloud of particles rising from the pl; where its body had seemingly lain, * There was no vestige of hair, flesh or bones remaining. nished a por- ny which pro- by means of Tolbert says ground, and ce hair tury | srec LAVORING T PERFECT MADE Purest and strongest Natural Frait Flavers, Vanllla, Lemon, Or Almond, Rose, elc., slavor a3 deiicatély and uaturally as the PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO. 8T, LOUIS Cure without o Putonted ber 18, 1876, Onu' box wiil cure the most obtinute cuse in four diys or 1653, an'sSoluble MedicatadBou s madl 0Oto L3, copiiba o /] Ay 2 pe s sl ot ailod o Pt budans RE o' prod 5 of b 7. C. ALL.S Beuas, N