Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1886, Page 4

| | THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERVE OF SURSCRIPTION : Dyily Morn 4z Editon) including Sunday Ber, Ono Voar v $10 00 For 8% Months 510 For Threa Montha ¢ 20 e Omaha Swnday e, madied to’ any nddress, One Year . 20 OWATA OFFICE, NO. 014 ANT, NEW YORK OFFICE. 1004 RINCNE BOGDT WASHINGION OFFICE, NO. 014 FOURTERN 111 STREET 8 FARNAM STREFY CORRESIPONDENCE! Al communioit ons relating to newa and ed torial mattor siould be addrossed o the Eut- TOR OF THE DEE. £SS LETTERSE hould bo MIANY Drafts, « wmade piy wble L0 (he 0rder of the compuny, THE BEE PUSLISHING COMPAYY, PROPRIETORS, ROSEWATER, Eniton ™ DAILY B &worn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebrask: ] ounty of Douglas, | co. B, Tzechuck, seeretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly sw hat the actual circuiation of the Daily r the week ending Nov. 20th, 1556, follows: Saturday. Sundav. N Thursday, Nov Fric Subscribed and sworn to betore me this 2ith day A D, 188, N, P, Frar, Notary Publ ubseribed and sworn to In my_ presence this 20ih day of Novenber, A. D 15 deposes and says 1l Bee Publishing comy erage daily eirn the month of Ja ion” of the Daily B BN, was 10,878 copies; for April, 185, i for June, 14 copies: sptember, st, 1550, 12,464 copies:for 050 copies; for Oetol Gro. B Mu. Gourp has sccured the inal in St. Louis. It should now be called the city of St. Gould Wit is the hurry about platting the poor farm? Why not the matter lie over until spring? Winter is no time to get the highest prices for lots and the money cannot be used until te contracts are let. Now is the time to push things for new Iroad connections. There isnor why spring should not see work be on new lines throngh Douglas county if our eitizens will bestir them elyos. several 1 that Mrs. Cleveland into the vortex of Washington Years. This would srtain reports of It is announc will plun society after New geem to indicate that Washi ssips in reforence to presi- dential hopes are without foundation. ————— Jouy Sanrer is still sailing on the pleasant waters of a legislature still hunt with his mouth full of promises and Ins pocket filled with passes. The eruise so far has not been an unqualified suecess. It will end in shipwreck before many weeks have gone. JOKS, th ast of the old- York journalists, died on Brasrrs time New Thanksgiving d he old-time New York journalists rezarded their papers as personal and party organs only, in which apponents had no r bound to respect outside of their wants requiring which they were nd the reading public, small constituency, no ttention, ONcE more the lead the procession with a wealth of reading mat- ter, cablegrams, speeial telegrams and correspondence, which placed it above all competition in this part of the west. But the BEE long ago distunced all local com- petition. Itsrivalsinenterprise and news- gathering nowadays are all hundreds of miles distant. And they are not such formiduble rivals after all, AxoTtHER hole is to be bored to t width of the coal vein and a di drill will be used to remove a cone of the black mineral. Then we shall know pos- itively how valuable the find really is. If the vein proves half as wide as now seems probable it will be a fortune. 1f it turns out to be seven fect, or six feet, 1t will be one of the richest mn the west. Coal1s there. Of that there is now no doubt. In o fow weeks we shall know whether 1t is as abundant as all hove and as many believe. Tue eommissioners are being beset on all sides while delaying their decision on the plans for the new county hospital. Rival architects aro abusing each other and tilling the ears of the public with reports of cach other’s misdoings, and in- terested friends are urging the selection of this plan or the other for personal reasons, The commissioners should de- cide on the merits of the plans proposed. 1f alterations are needzd they should be ordered. In fact, the reportof the ad visory board of physicians plainly stated that each of the plans required changes to be made. The Bre advocates no special plan. It wants the best regardless of cost or who nas drawn it, And this is the seutiment of the Omaha public, dministration in ap- poanting a minister to Austria cannot be due to lack of material, for Pennsylvania alone presents three gentlemen who are willing to serve thewr country in that ea- pacity, Ex-Governor Curtin, who will be out of business at the oxpiration of the present congress, would like very much 1o go abroad tor a season, and although the old gentleman 15 said to be no longer in the full waturity of his powers, the friends who are urging his appointment think he still has suflicient discretion to attend to any business likely to require tus attention at Vienna, 1n other words, he would make a respectable figurehead, which appears to be all that is necessary in this mission. Mr, Black, the lately de- featea caundidate for goyernor, is also a candidate, and the other aspirant is ex- Congressman Hopkins. It is not ap- parent, however, that there is any urgency in filling this wission, and it 1s wery likely the administration will not act in the matter until Austria takes the initiative, as it is her duty to do, in send- ing a minister to Washington. Both governments ure saving something linan- cially, and they are not likely to ve losers in any other respect by not having » full diplomatio representation st their re- spective capitals. The State of Omaha, While Judge Dandy is being groomed s a dark horse for Van Wyck's brogans by the sage of Seymour's park, several gullible demoeratic lawyers have been put on the trail of demoeratic members of the legislature on a confidential mis Each of them whispers gently sion, | into the eredulons ears of these members that he is sure of Dundy's place on the beneh if the democrats will only hoid together in cancus and throw their com- bined strength to the judge when the right momen This isa very cute sehomo in which Church Howe's friend, Nelse Patrick, expects to take a hand in due t T'hie only stambling block in the is the trifling objection that rives, 10, Omaha wouid have two senators and one congressmun by this deatl for the next two years. The BEp was nover known to object to any oot that would inerease Omaha's influence at Washington. But Senator Manderson, John M. Thurston and s I other per- sons more or less known would regard it as untimely and unwise. What Judge Weaver would think of the matter we are not advised at this date. He might trade his Falls City home to Senator Dundy for his Omaha mansion and move to the state of Omaha with his lightning rod to take lus chances for a tilt with Thurston and Manderson in 1858, the way, itis not at all ce in yet whether Van Wyek will yield his seat in the senate to Judge Dundy without a strug and there is grave doubt whether the anti-monopoly democrats ulow Dr. Miller and Nelse Patrick to make the proposed transfers of their votes, Charter Amendment, where we publish an important in- terview with City Attorney Connell upon some of the needed changes in our®char- ter coupled with suggestions for remedy- ing present wants. Mr. Connell hs given tho matter earnest study for months past. As city attorney, he 1s probably better fitted than any other zen to expose the defeets of the charter under which our government is at pres- ent conducted. Every flaw and want is exposed at some time or another through suits or emburrassments which come directly under the cye of the city attorney and upon which us the legal adviser of the mayor and ecouncil he is called upon to give his opinion. Most of the topies which the eity attor- ney discusses have already been discussed in the columns of the Bre after consulta- tion on the part of its editor with leading citizens. In the main ats conclusions : to means and methods to be employed agree with those suggested by Mr. Con- This is especially the case with erence to the necessity of a new classi- ion of cities, which will permit Omaha, under a general law, to make her own charter without forcing Lincoln to muintim as expensive a government as our own, Th ne view seems to have adopted in the eapital city, where a committee has already been named to iend the charter and readjust the pro- visions to the needs of that rapidly grow- ing community. With a new classifica- 1coln can still remain a city of the ss without any clashing between delegations, plan for extending the been wcaster city boundarics is a suggestive one and will attraet attention, while his remarks upon the necessity of incrensed judicial facilities, the enforced conncetion of sewer, gas and water mains on streets to be paved, the regulation of telephone service and changes in the viaduet law will moeet with general approval. Many minor matters are also taken up which the committee on churter amendment wilt doubtless incorporate in their report. We have begun in the right manner to change our charfer, and if the matter is properly pusbed and openly discussed, there is no reason why the bill should not be dratted ready for introduction on the opening day of the session. Looking For Leaders. The surmises that are daily sent out from Washington regarding the pos- sible selections for the chairman- ships of the most important com- mittees of the next house of representa- tives, and the interest in this subject which is developed in the columns of many democratic newspapers, indicate that the matter is a source of very consid- erable perplexity to the democratic mind, The November clections disturbed and unsettled the situation very decidedly. The result made it doubtful whether Mr. Carlisle can be re-elected speaker. It removed Mr. Morrison from the hist of counsellors and leadersin the next con- gress, which the party evidently regards as o very serious loss. It gave Mr. Ran- dall an increased prestige, which it is not doubted he will make the ‘most of if his physical powers hold out, It brought back into the arena Mr. S. 8. Cox, who hus aspirations and friends, and who not only will not be ignored in the distribu- tion of favorite places, but must be well taken care of. Meanwhile, there are other ambitious patriots in the demo- cratic eamp who are anxious to profit by the changed situation, and who believe theit claims are as good as the best, while entirely confident of their qualifications for leadership. Among these may be mentioned Mr, Townshend, of Illi- nois, who is being boomed by some of the democratic papers of that state as a gentleman inevery way equipped to assume the functions which Mr, Morrison wlill sur- render. Caleulations and forecasts mude at this time, however apparently wise, may be eutirely undone by events within the next year, The organization of the next house of representatives is a matter in which the administration is very likely to take a profound interest and to exert an active influence. The president’s exper- wnee with o democratic house pulling in opposition to him in all his chief policies cannot be otherwise than unsatisfactory to him, and he must see that it has proved unfortunate to his administration and to the party. He wants to be renominated, and in order tosecure that the couditions which produce disaffection must be re- moved aud the ty harmonized. This result there is every reason to believe the president will seek to bring about, and to accomplish it there will have to be concessions and compromises which may interfere matevially with the arrange- ments and expectations of leaders and those who aspire to lead. The adminis- tration will be required to yield i some directions where the disagreement of the democratic majority of the bouse has been most pronounced, and we have not a doubt that it wili be found willing to do this, There is evidence that the presidential backbone 18 not abso- lutely inflexible. On the other hand the democrats of the house will bo expected to make some concossions to the admin- istration, and this the leaders may be in- duced to do by satisfactory assurances of reward in the event that the adminis- tration is continued. From this view of the possible situ tion a year hence it is apparent that the organization of the next house may be flucncod very largely by what the presi- dent shall deem to be his interest in the matter, and it will not be questioned that if disposed he might exert a yery great influence. It is plain that in order to smooth his pathway to a renomination he must close the breaches in his party which at present seem almost impassible obstructions. He must put an end to the contentions of leaders and the warfare of factions. He must unbend himself in the dircctions 1n which the majority of his party believe he has been too in- tractable and stifi-backed. He must put himself in more intimate personal rela- tions with the leading mon of his party id give better attention to their opin- ns. In all these respects the president s thus far shown astolid indifference which has lost him the regard of the men upon whom he must largely depend for the accomplishment of his political nims and the realization of his wolitical hope If he shall change his volicy m this regard he may make himself what he should be in his party, the leader of leaders, and thus solve the difliculty which now appears to be sorely perplexing the democracy. It is much more easy, however, to indicate the task than to meet its requirements, and it is not certain that Mr, Cleveland possesses the qualifications necessary to its performan Tue Sunday Beg contained another in- teresting account of the visits of corre spondents among the working people of the principal capitals of Europe—the carpenters being the objee iga- tion lnst we The condition of this class in London was found to be gener- ally no better, financ than that of the bric reported, They are poorly 1 out of employment a third of the id are wror more. Saving among them is impossi ble, and the social condition of most of them is deplorable. The roenters of Paris are better ofl than their brethren of the English metropolis, and it is observed that this is in a measure due to the fact that almost the ontive fraternity members of powerful unions, wh meamtain a vigilantearcof their intc As u class, however, they are industrious and sober, which fact is better reason for their relatively greater prosperity. There is abundant employment for ca penters in Berlin at present, and they are consequently domg fairly well, but they are a slow and unthrifty elass and do not ad. The reports show that on the sarpenters of Burepe are as far e Tue Me: rpenter has decamped but the Is are importing other patriots for revenue only to manage the proposed logislative eaucuses of both parties in their intercsts and against Van Wyck in conjuaction with Church Howe, Ed Carns, John Sahler, Peter Schwenk and Cap Phillips. Oneof the latest im- ported battle searred warriors is ex-Licu- tenant Governor Campbell, of Illinois. Like Agee and Carns he has made him- self useful asa stool pigeon in legis tures and expects to ex powerful in- fluence upon the Nebra legislature, STATE AND TERRITORY, Nehraska Jottings. Slmvin{( on Sunday is prohibited in Blue Hill. ‘The North Nebraska Teachers' associa- son meet in Norfolk December 28, ‘The corner stone of the Episcopal church of Sidney was luid last week. Salt ereek is frozen over, and political expeditions are postponed ull spring. A Table Rock hennery has shippe 1,560 dozen of eggs to New York this season, Cloth peddlers with shelf-worn have invaded North Nebraska in numbers. Union Pacific surveyors are busy in Wymore, and expectations are high in consequence, John W, Burnside, county treasurer of Harlan county, died at bis residence in Alma, Saturday. Schuyler wants day police with hickory clubs and superb shape. They would be n *‘take-in™ feature of the town, A nine-year-old boy disappeared some weeks ago from his “home near Wilber, and no trace of him can be found, The Ulysses Herald, democratic, re- cently estapblished in Butler county, was too good to live, Lt died young. The Papillicn Times suggeste that if the new Fort’ Omaha is not located in Sey- mour park Papilhionites should m: bid for it. The Siamese twin rits, Tom and Jerry, have made their appearance in the west, on their annual inspection of internal uffairs The Plattsmouth Journal hails the conl find in Omaha as a blessing to the state, and urges Plattsmouth capitahists to pros- pect i that vicinity, The constitutional creasing the pay of legislate Loked U8 votes of seeuring n n votes cast. Lt 1s dead, A Lincoln rustic put up City hotel, turned on the out, A convenient porter fore he reached the Sty Jake Steiner, the blacksmith of wood, was elected justice of the pe a majovity of one vote, vote cust for the oftice L. H, Case, a farmer living near Nor folk, was lugged off to Cherokee county, Kansas, to answer the charge of forging u deed to 820 acres of land L. D. Robbins, of Nebi tered his seventh rib on t aw edge of a manger while nimbly climbing out of reach of a refractory steer. Ed Sterratt, of Auburn, drew a bead on the brain YUI of John Hall, Saturday, and deliberately shattered a vlate gluss win dow. The police wisely took him in 00ds arge A amendment, in- t n Nebrasi s and blew it pped him be son- co by It wus the only The church sociable has been revived in Central City under the title of *‘tin pan supper.” The guests furmsh the “‘tin” and strike “hard pan'’ in one course. The widow of Mathias Thombson, who was run over and killed by the cars while intoxicated at Wisner, has sued the men who sold him liquor for $3,000 damag: Two bundred men were out for days vainly searching for the remains of the seven-year-old son of Jacob Bungo, of Knox county, lost during the storm of the 17th inst, The wife of 8. Betz, of Lyons, has disappeared, and gossips have it thut she skipped with a handsomer wau, Tueo- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE dore B. Gilbert, with_whom Hetz unsatisfactory lawsuit, Editor Calhown, of the Lincoln Demo- crat, respectfully and thankfully declines tho proposal to pass the hat for " his bene- tit. Heas built that, way, and proposcs to stand or fall on the meritsof s work Instead of the town of Callaway being moved, yorted ig soveral papers, she is actively laying the foundation of a progperous commpinity. Fifty substan- tial houses already have been erceted--a good record for a yearling. Beaver City, Furnas county, is thr ened with an avalabehe of railroads, The B & M., Union Pagific, Rock Island and Northwestern ru:n§u are said to be head ing that way. Vedlg the clank of the chain gang is heard in the land. The Luther-Wagner libel suit in Dodge county, involying $15,000 damages to the reputation of Martin Luther, has been continued till the next term of court. As hoth parties to the suit are well fixed, it is safo to predict that the lawyers will get the best of it, The Nebraska City News has been rudely cut off trom the fountain of dem- ocratic youth in Omaha; having received notitication from Postmaster Coutant thut “iyour paper nddressed to Miller & Rich ardson, Omaha Herald, is not taken out, but remains dead in this oflice. With the Plattsmouth Journal, the Bearice Democrat and lastly the we, listed ns bourbon outeasts, the era of democratic harmony moves along merrily The story of the bounce Holcomb, of the B. & M., as given by the Plattsmonth pers, I8 a warning to knights of the punch to switch the cork and chew elqves when the manug about. It is not only impolite, but it sups the toundation of the job to slap him on the back till his neck eracks, and shout “Why, he i+ what's the state of of Conductor your liver Better stund rigidly on your legs and dignity, brethy and command 1n imperious tones, *Tickets, lease The boycott instituted faction in Creighton seript for supporting Ser is proving u doubl tool, and’ the men who swing it are already badly eut up. A recent number of the Transcript has the following in the spac by the “stop-my-add™ follows 1ce is vacated by Bigot & Striker on count of the Transerint supporting n Wyck and the anti-ring ticket.” The paper is going to the marrow of the boycott business and exclaims with Mae beth: “Damnes hold, enough!' The snow storm of tie 17t inflicted se. vere losses on farimers and stockmen m various parts of the stute. In Furnas county at Jeast forty hogs and o number of sheep and eattle were lost. In the vicinity of Gothenberg thirty-cight head of hogs, 470 head of sheepand four horses by o political unst the Tran- tor Van Wyck, be he who first eri erish in the drift Reports from elps county show the loss of eighty-five I of cattle, head of hogs, In Wayne county twenty-five blooded frozen to death, and in Mad the loss is well up m the bead of sheep, fourteen ind twenty head of cattle, hundreds—150 turkey, The item copied in these Jot s last week concerning the burnine of a barn in Holdrege reflected unintentionally on Mt. Latta, the owner of the building. The Jottinger has no intention .or desire to harm or offend man, woman or child, nor is he ambitious to pluck the bauble of mnotoricty by misstatements of facts, but unfortu too short o pel sonally veri tents of “our e teemed conts arics,” the state press, over 800 a week in number. Incidents thus seenred are elothed to snit the va- rious tastes of the multitude of Bii read- with an adherence to truth which a life-long friendship aud brotheriy confi- dence justilies. The item referved to was plucked from a local paver, and the re- ileetion, 1f uny, had it co in Hol- drege. Towa Licms, Vight schools have opened up in Des nes. iton has an eleetrie light sy operation. Burlington's charity ball netted $500 for the poor. lighty pounds of bogus butter were seized in Knoxville last week, Adam a Cedar Rapids teamster, was kicked by o colt and fatally injured. ‘The school enrollment of Polk county 812,251, and the average attendance 7,860, Seyen divorces were granted at the late session of the distriet court in Clarke county. The oleomargarine seized in_ Dubuque last weck und again on the 24th inst., as marketed by a Wisconsin farmer. The saw mills at Clinton have ceased runming for the season. The cut of lnm- ber was larger than lust year, being about 150,000,000 feet. Tne cost to the taxpayers of Polk county the past year for maintaining the justices and district court foots up to u total of $64,491.03. The packing house at Cedar Rapids has killed 58,076 hogs so far this season, a8 against 43,821 during the correspond- ing period last year. ‘Che annual report of the county elerk of Boone county, for the year ending Oc- tober 1, shows the number of marringes to have beou 218; denths, 65; births, 302, The coal war in Des Moines hus induced outside operators to sell at #1.75. A local operator predicts coul will sell s low as $1.25 per ton before the war 15 ended. The police of Des Moines are devoting their spare moments to gamblers and gambling dens. ‘Lhe cops have socnured enough chips to replace their brass but- tons, Judge Call has made a free offering of forty lots, or ten acres of ground, at Al- gona, to ussist in the erection of the nor- mal school there, His offer hus been ac- cepted. _ By straggling reports from divers diree- tions, but principally from a number of inland count rd cider v hard eider—is gaining i popularity and demand as a winter beverage M Cl The days of the long-haired Indian doctor and tooth-pulling are nearly over in lowa. On the 15t ¢ nuary all arregular practitioners of the healing art o over the line and stay there. They ) come back into the state again by giving bond for good behuvior, On the 15th of the month the district court of Sioux City issued orders to the sherifis to seize “all Jiquors found in suloons in the cit After the laps of ten duys, the sherift started out to perform the work and lo and behold nary o drop of red liquor could be found, and the sheriff 50 reported to the court, The diluted devil- vor, but any can be town is now elated that ment is banished —under e quantity of the seductive se i for money or gilt edge tick, A document was received at the state ry with the compliments of Colonel A. C. Johnson, of Linden, which proves to be a valuable relic of the war, ~ It is a copy of the Daily Progress of date, Raleizh, N. C,, April 15, 1863, being the first paper printed under the z of the United States in that city after the cap- ture by General Sherman and bis army It contains a full of the war sitna- tion and much of interest concerning the reception which federal troops received while pushing the encmy Lo the wall, Dakota. A grist mill is going up at Bufialo Gap, Hog killing will begin at Sioux Falls next week, The Portland mine last weck shipped 85,000 pounds of ore to Omaha. A luke 0in Forest county rose two fect lately without anv visible means of sup port The Homestake wine does not cmploy MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1886, 3,600 men; as reported. The limit is 1,000, Dickenson, the county seat of Stark, vith a population of 700,’is putting up a §15,000 court house. having secured street cars and lights, 18 now organizing an his. and scient association. In Buffalo county the county seat fight resulted in the removal of the seat ot local government from Gann Valiey to Buffalo Center, The Trojan mine has contracted to sink a shaft 100 feet. Ore from a six-foot vei is beng shiy A from this le 1o Omay mine which nots the company from $22 to $25 per ton, At Grand Forks, on the night of the 23d inst., officers brought whom they found wandering on the prai- rie, half naked, a long distance from any habitation, and perfectly erazy. He was tearing his hair and clothes, and with a butcher knife in hand offered formidavie resistance. “The citizens turnced out and 1 the wild man down, and after a hard fight, in which several were severely cut, in John Tiernc captured him. Ho w ijudged insanc, and will be sent to the asylum at James town, Wyoming, A new bank building 1s nearing com pletion in Buftulo Green river is frozen over, for the fi time 1 nincteen years A score of dwellings tween blizzards in Lusk I'he Shoshone Indian agency has had $18,000 placed to its eredit Nine conviets were sent to the peniten tiary from Albany at the lust term of court Fine marble nas been discovered near Douglas. Two persons have already se cured 800 acres underlaid with the sub- stan I'lic charge is made that rustlers man- ufacture mavericks to order in the viein ity of Douglas, by sphiting the tongue I'he ealf thus tixed cannot suckle and soon ceases to follow its mother. The new variety of conl discover the mimes of Massrs, Martin Mill creok, is known in England and Scotland as the dry gas conl. This coal is non-caking, does not form coke and gives a bright, roand powerful blast. 18 these qualities that make it so desirablo in furnace and blast wor v ng up be rd & Co., on Ingersoil's Talk About Land. New York Times. Itis never too late to mend. We wd to Tearn that Colonel Robert G. In rsoll's views about the acquisition of land bave undergone a change, Sunday evening, the I4th inst., the eminent mfi del mude some cloguent remarks in Chickering I at the close of the Frec Thinkers” congress, and in the published report of what he said we find the fol lowing: No man has a rieht to own more la heean use. Wiy, Tthink if the aiv about s could be bottled u] we would have a big syn- dicate forming the Great Amorican Air-Bot- nds would die ! W pay for air to breatie, Phat s what is geing oz with the fand, and it must stop. He also declared that if nobody had too mueh land everybody would have enough and asserted that he not take un el ot 1y out puying for it Ex-Sen: tolone! 1y nment ¢ with Thon d than they had would 1 from anyone w tor Stephen W vsoll defended when the gov ised him of having eomspired a< J. Brady and oti , whom wid the ion and the taxpay L eame in possession of atract of 1 Mexico said _to be nincty miles & an miles wide, After the sixty I star-route trials Mr. Dorsey retived to this modest farm, and part of it passed into the possession of hi friend Ir oll, who erceted upon tho land & curious group of orn and costly log cabin ¢ were Lo Ter for » part of each wive him sh ) ume knownas Colonel g il they be s0ll's count eat. Agents of the land offic miliar with the tricks by which unscrupulous persons tak sion of D in- report 5 of public lanc 1 New Me trac! tigation submitted by Inspectors Hobbs and Greene to Commissioner Mel: in June, 1884, and afterwards publis congress, is one of the most interesting papers of the kind that can be found in the general land oflic That report con- tuns a history of the quartersection on which the colonel's country-house stood. That section had been taken in the name of Miguel Abeytia and afterward conveyed to S. W.Dorsey. No truce of Abeytin could be found. No such person had ever hived on the claim or in the vieity ofit. Of a group of claims, which in cluded this one, Inspector fobbs r ported: “Lstate emphaucally and with- out fear of contradiction from any qual ter, that all of said entries are fraudu- lent; that ali of said names are fictitious names, and not one of said parties ever lived in Colfax county." When this report was published it seemed to us that tho coloncl would Lasten to restore the Innd to the public domain, or would induce his partner, M) Dorsey, to satisfy tho demands of justic We were not ready to believe that he would continue t occupy the quarter section after he should become fumilinr with its history, Can any onc who heard the colonel’s cloguent remarks in Chick 1z hull believe that he still upios the mythical Abeytin's claim or owns a large part of Dorsey's principality? No. ke must have cut loose from those old associntions. 'wo or three years ago the people of Louisiana became excited over tho dis- covery of the MeEnery land-ring swindle. The brother of the governor of the state was enabled by & peculiar contract with the state to get possession of thousands of acres of fine land, and the nature of the job wus not exposed until he undertook to grab the Chalmette battleground, which the state bought and paid for sixty years sgo, McEnery d ed that is legal representative in Washington was Colonel Ingersoll, to whom he trans. terred his title to n large tract of Iand in payment for services ren- dered ecent dispatches to the ‘1ime from New Orleay suy that 15,000 s of land in the parish of St Jumes were entered in Colonel Ing soll's nnme, But this entgy was made two or three yeursago 1T it was really made with Colonel Ingersoll's knowledge and consent, and not to serve the ends of a jobber in Louisinan, we presume that the colonel has relinquished the ,)l'nu erty or refused Lo take it. - ‘No man ius a right to own more lund thao he can Unless we assume that Colonel oll, while practising law and in delity in New York, i 000 acres in Louisiana and a g of Dorscy’ 000,000 ncres in New Mexico, we must suppose that he no longer holds th large tracts. e lecture deliy n Chickering hall indicates notonly that the colonel has changed his views about the publie lands, but also that he has been laboring with bis friends whose practice with regard to those la: has not been in accordance with the sentence expressed in that ture, Probably he has used a wealth of argument and persuasion upon Dorsey and his other partuers, and it may be that they will apply to the land oflice for ln-rngh:luu to restore @ L of their holdings to the public domain, or will donute the suwe to actual settle —————— It is with pleasure that we call the at tention of our readers to the “Garland Stoves and Ranges."” They nre acknowl- edged to be the Dest in the world, and we understand, many more of thew are sold than of all other kiuds in the United States pul togetber, They cost no wore thau is often usked for an inferior article. T0 CONSIDER THE CHARIER. A Large Attendance Looked For at the COouncil Chamber This Evening. VARIOUS CHANGES PROPOSED. Efforts Being Made to Secure Sam Jones For a Serfes of Meetings ~Base Ball Matters— Lincoln News, IFROM TITE BEE'S LINCOLS RURFAT.| “We hope the meeting to-night at the council chamber will largely at tended,"” said a member of the city gov- ernment yesterday, “and that plans for the new city charter may be adopted at once.” It seems to be almost, if not quite, the unanimous opinion that the city ofli- cinls are domg just right in bringing this question up for public expression and pproval prior to legislative s and there s a deep-seated desire for harmo- nious action on the part of Lincoln citi zens, that i passing the necessary laws for the government and control of No- braska's that Omuba and Lincoln, in obtaining now charters, may work hand in hand. In conversation with a number of prominent oft and DrOperty ownersin the city it seems to be the feeling that laws should be made that would ereato two grades for cities of the first class= one grade to wccommodate Oniahia that might fix the minimum pop- ulation a 60,0 that could be first grade, and the secohd grade to apply to eities between 25,000 and 60,000 It secms 1o be the opmion of a good many that for laws to govern a city the size of Lincoln a good deal of the oxpense rep resented in the present city charter of Omaha could be obviated; that is, that tne board of public improvements could be done away with, and also the oflice ¢f auditor, that the board especially would be more cumin an would be doe- rowing cities s some t sirous, and that the work of that kind could be left in the hands of city oficers the same as at present provided for cities in the state outside of Omaha, “Lincoln needs a ter,” said Coun- citman Billingsly, “that will provide for the paving of the city, tor, are present situated, there could he no pro. visions made whatever for the paving of s wo the intersections of streets. To provide for puving also will require the enaction of new laws providing for the raising of moncy to_in the power of the city in this regard “We already feel the need of an increase in our oty waterworks, and legislation to cover this will have to he incorporated in the new charter for the city. present, also, there is no provision meude for the inspection of buildings within five limits and of thel tion, and, while this work ctiadly and in o roundab Luid upon the fire warden, legislation will be necessary to provide for @ regular in- spection and the making of an oflice to be denomin as “Inspector of Ing 150 reyeals the fact that the present fi nd police departments have exhausted all the provisions in the present limited charter of the city and that itis a ditlicult matter now to ruse the funds necessary to support the p ent foree in these departied and th, this matter will require especial provise ons in o new charter. A citizen, in speaking to this point, cited the fact that Lincoin had been n remavkably fortun- ate cily in the matter of fires, and, wh it was rapidly out i the present tilities, \ing flames, it could not hope to er escape disuaster in this line with facilitics were for out much more adegi ly provicted, A few mossbac coln, s in ¢ who ev n vills J to the surface to able extent and the prospects are very favorable that the meeting to-night & practical unan- imity will characterize the proceedings, and with « practical unanimity in char- ter legislation, Lincoln with Omaha, the prospeets are viewed by Lincoln ¢ NS as excellent that the coming year will sco tne city liftod out of the mud upon pave- ments, its water supply question settled through liberal extensions and the departments of the city put upon a found- ation t will warrant Immunity to all citizens in life, hberty and the pirsuit of happiness, BASE BALL MEETING, Saturday evening the Lincoln Base Ball association held n meeting ut the Wind- sor hotel and entered energetic- ally into the transaction of busi- ness preparatory to the coming season. The wvresident of the association being absent from the city, Mr. C. M. Carter was called to preside, which he did with all the dignity that he had acquired through a season’s sitting in the grand stand watching the defeat ot the home club. Mr., Turew, secretary ot the club, and who is higher in public” life as presi- dent of the Western league, was at his post surrounded by a small stack of let- ters trom base ball players over the land who were anxious to sign with the Lin- coln elub. The committee nlmulmell ata previous meeting reported that they had found new grouads that could be ob- tainad for the coming year. Th grounds comprise a tract of lund that present is included in the driving parl rounds in the porthern part of the city. Thoy are ensy of acoess and can be eusily made number one grounds for playing purposes, u fact that, lacking Iu-m"i’nn-, has been the dest thing the local organization has had to contend with, Mr, Threw announced that in the league srumes tme would be called about April 15, and that the schedule of season games would occupy the time to the last of O The league for the year will cor cight clubs, Hastings and K upplying the two vacant places, I Mizing for the sezson it was ngrecd found in Lin- the land, remain that the stock for the year should be $5,000 in shares of = $25 each, ent. to be paid at once und the ul of b Sheldon, n ard of directors. Mr. of the ance on nk cur compiny, heads the list of subsc with #4100 “in stock, and u num- ber of other prominent and public spirited citizens follow in like tenor, The committee on subseriptions having this matter in charge comprises Jeff Gluss, Frank Zerung und C, W, Mosher, whils the old committee on grounas, Mr Harley, Mr. McDonald and Mr. J. E.' Baum, wi continued for committee work in futury The @ been us yet no players signe for the season on the part of the | club, but Mr. Threw, the s he had on file applications twelve pitchers, eight eatchers, six | vase men, four sceond base wmen, six third base men, four short stops and six tielders, besides proposition from the Lynchburg, Va., club entire. Judging from the enthusiasm of the meeting there will be no decrease of interest in the na onal game at the state capital the com- ing sutmer, and an excellent club for the city will'be forthcoming. AT FEDERAL COURT. Attorneys Lambertson, Billingsly and Stear of this city, departed last ‘cven- ing for Omaha to resume work in federal court in the case of the United States against Wells and Swindler, of Denver, which the United States attorney pros: tes and Mr. Billingsly, ussisted by Mr. tearns defends. This is the cuse” that Mr. Coburn, agent of the United States dand oflice, who hus Lis oflice in Lincoln, opping out | | unearthed ot in Chase connty and has, has been stated, to deal with violations of timbor culture and pre-emption law It is underatood in this city that the caso has to deal, direetly or indirectly, with some 25,000 acres of land, and it is watched with interest WANTED—SAM JONES, A goold many of the leading citizens of Lincoln who are active in church mat- ters, since the sermon of Sam Jones in this city Saturday evening, are anxious to seenre him for a sories of mectings in this piace and have dy commenced planning with that end in view. Lincoln people expected much of Sam Jones and his sermon, and eyidently none were dis satistied for his single meeting ronsed much enthpsiasm, 1t is stated that Sam Jones him¥elf, bofore leaving Lincoln, sed a desire to come again and .t is sty probable that such arrangements will be consummated, THE COONS TRIAT will be continued to-aay before Judge Parker, tho stato not having conelude the case at the Saturday evening ad- journment. The case, as it progrossed on that day, developed the fuet that the prosecution’ was delving down deeper and deeper into what at first qm-mm\ " minor ense, and it looks as though the defense made was compelling the prose- cution to make a heavier ease than they even ol to in s inception Instead of, as was supposed, the state finishing its side inan hour or two at the time of first_abjournment, it has occupied one enti Wy siee and not yot rested, ABSENCE OF POLITICS hore was anabserce of politics and po- Ditical workers around the hotels yoster day t was most conspicnous from the fact that it was the first notable depopu- lation of sec s oceurred party i the ci after something that since election, Tho only yesterday who has been mentioned for a legislative oflice w B M. Correll. of Hebron, and he has not yet announced whether he is in the r. for chief elerk, as has been stated, or not, Mi. Correll quartermaster general of the state militia s i the city preparing his biennial report. AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS vesterday there was atotal laek of up to 8 p.m,, and the were undisturbed, whil who happened to be about discussed the suspension of Officer Kaiser, and appa ently had expeeted such 4 movement on the par the chief. Ono day night arrests that will | to-day was y Who, apparently sober at the time, insulted alady i the ¢vening on the |»r|nm 1| street, frightening her so that she entered w stor d called the police. That chap ought to be faught a salutary lesson by the ju when the court assemble {E] egular boarders the policomen - Higher Than the Liberty Statue. London News: In this morning’s Daily News the statue of libe just aungurated at New York is de towering “to the skies above all statues of the y [ resent and the past, as “the Great Eastern of statues,” writer may be excused for not knowing that a much higher statue exists, and has long existed, in Afghanistan, ¥ ¥ % These statues are oa the principal rond hetween Cabul and alkh, at o locality known as Baminn. At that place the road passes through valleys, with rped cliffs of conglomerite. Probably about the rly centuries of the en the Budilhists excav as monasteries rock of these vallg cavations still exist, by thousunds. In addition ntmber of statues of out of the solid rock still standing, ane wred by Caplain so that we stian ted numerous ex themselves, in the mcient ex be connted to these Buddha we: T'wo at least the largest was me albot With the theodo. now know the height to rehes. The measurement feot high; that i by a few inches th clson column in ‘Trafalzar squ t higher than the N nd ean nearly 70 fo figure I:)li\ ficure of Buddha is the r at brated Memnon statues of only come up io the knee of t 1kon, At Bamian there 1s another figuro of Buddha, 120 feet hight. The cereet standing figures; there is also ting figure about 30 feet high. There are the remams of two other figures, but they in a ruinous condition—one of them is estimated to have been about 50 or 60 feet. These statues were originally, wo know, either gilt or co d - with ptal. The Chiiese Pilgrim, Hiou Thsang, passed the spot in the first half of the ceventh century, A, D, and from him we have a description of the two largest figures as they existed at that date. Thoe statues have of con suflored from time, Armies hayve ofton passed by the road. Geoghiz Knan and Timur- Lung’s hosts did so, but they had only bows and arrows to throw at the idols. In later times Mohammedan soldiers have passed with artillery, and in thel hatrod of “bhuts’ or idols they fired solid shot. The idols have, thanks to their great size, stood this treatment very fairly, and in spite of itthe true character of the figures, as well as the art style to whioh they belong, is still faithfully pre served, s mighty sit- Bl ONI'S MEDICATED COMPLXIONPOW - DER For infant's toilet is an indispensable ar ticle, healing all excoriations immediato v Mothers should use it freely on the itile ones. 1t is perfectly harmless. For ale by druggists PO ———— For some time past rumors have been current in Constuntinople of the dis- covery of u fabulous treasure m the di trict of Sivas, in Asia Minor, and the attention of the government having be called o the matter, the report has been proved to have soms foundation. It ns that an Armenian of the name of lyan noticed that se inhabit of Silvas displayed curious gold , which, on being questioned s to ‘origin, they sald had been found in n inhabited by poor shebherds and finally excayations, are suid to have revealed “a buried temp) whase interior is de ed a8 contining jowels of all kinds, as well us muny it coing NATURAL FRUT FLAVORS ' MOST PERFECT MADE Preparod with trict regard to Parity, Ste G DTl nss, D T lEa's Hokind Boweiar danians Bo Ammonis,Lime,Alui or 1'hosphates. Di Prico's Extracts, Vandlle, Lemon, etc., favor deliciously. POWOER L0 Lrie PENNYROYAL PILLS “CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH." i Madis Ank for e T