Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERWA OF SUBSCRIPTIO Dafly Morniaz Bdition) Iu- luding Su Bre, One Year For 8it Months For Three Months The Omaba Swnday e, mul nddress, One Year. .. a;um OFFICE, No. 014 AxD 818 FARVAM STRERY. FW YORK OFFICE, ROOM UNE iDL ARHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 51 FOUKTEENTA STREET. $10 0 d 1o any b | ] CORRESPONDENCR?! All communieations relating to news and edi- torial matier should be addressed 1o the Eoi- YOR OF THE DEE. RUSTNESS LETTENS AN busine«s jett and remittances should ba Mdressed to Tur BRa PUBLISHING CoMr OMAuA. Drafts, chocks a %0 bo made payable to tho orde THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPR E. ROSEWATE! e THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, 1o o County of Douglas, {* . B. Tuschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual cireuiation of the Daily Bee for the wock ending Jan. 2ith, 1557, was as follows Baturday, Jan, 22.. Sunday. Jan. Monday. Tuesday, Wedne Thursday Friday, J company, ET0RS: Average. .. Subscribed presetice thi and sworn to inmy th day of January A. D)., 185 N. P. Frrn, [SEALI Notary Publie. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says thiat he 1s secretary of the Bee Puplishing company, that the nctual ay- eraze daily circulation” of the Daily Bee for the month of Janua ] for February, 1859, 10, 188, 11 copies: 1856, 12,208 (‘nph‘u for July Tor August, 1556, 12,464 copic 1886, 13,080 copies; for Octol copies: for November, 1556, 1 December, 1556, copios, GEo. B, T25C1HUCK. \\\nrn to and subseribed before me this 1st ay of Jannary A. 1. Al tary Tublie, s a twister of the British lion's tail, Senator Ingalls now fills the place once occupied by “Richelicu” Robinson. additions to Omaha have been platted and recorded since the 1st of November, This does not include the Buz Roost. e e TLLINOIS ig not only out of debt but has F250,000 to spare. Nebr with gement, n soon be in the same happy and independent condition. zood Dr. MriLer is in Mexico nt missson, He is acti (()Inl\nlh e to ascer Kentu an im smell- "W much rbon ean on 3 lawyers of Omaha are just now ated upon only one subject, and that is who will be the new judges in this dis- Ii they knew in advance whom ayer would appoint they to trim their Cornyis the most active ducer in the legislature, U has introduced measures designed to re- form cvery condition of a the heavens above, in the earth beneath and the waters under the earth, with several countics still to be heard from. bill intro- yto date he UNION PACIFIC ATTORNEY POPPLETON, oflicials of the horse ear company, w works and gas company united in drs ing the new charter which the lunatie of the Herald pronounces a raid on the cor- povations. The only ‘‘assault” on the corporations is a eclause providing that they shall not be exempt from municipal taxation. Every town, village and city in Nebraska will join in saying Amen to this provision. I1 is expected that the sup: of Indiana will render Smith-Robertson ease The speeeh of Senator Harrison on last Friduy, deny ing the ju ion of the court, was an eifort of extraordinary power, but repub- licans are not 1guine of a decizion fa- vorable to his view. Four of the five s are democrats, and although they seided that the eourt had no jurisdic- tion to rest the sceretary of state from certify to the sy of the Bouse the election retur itenant governor, it is apprebended that they will hold a different view of the judicial power in the present case SeNaTor TELLER, who has been one of the boldest of corporation tools in public li virtuously indignant over Mr. DBeck’'s bill prohibiting senators from acting as attorneys for the subsidized railronds. “Mr. Leller,’ notes the New York ZWmes, ‘was i good trim for speaking, owing to his recent prolonged explanation and defense of the action of the interior department, when he was sceretary of the interior, with regard to the notorious and seandalous Backbone land grant —a grant which Mr. Edmunds on the same day for his editication de- seribod as “tho most awdaei or heard of inthe United Stutes.”’ Rervpricay members of the legislature should watch sharply Senator Snell’s ap- portionment bill which unites Douglas and Sarpy countics and gives four sena tors to the distriet thus created, This scheme if adopted will send at least three democratic senators out of the four from the senatorial distriet proposed, and will correspondingly decrease the republican representation in the islature, There is only one proper method to adopt in making the apportionment for Douglas and Sarpy counties t method, based on fairness and on the numerical pre- ponderance of votes in the county in which O is situated, is to give three senators to re p iblican Do wd oue float between Douglus and Sarpy R. Cox, of North who it is understood will sue- . Cox as minister to Turkey,was fier general in the confedera nd commanded o division the surrend Appomattox. Ho is serving his third term in eongress, h £ been d for re-nomination on account of bis advocaey of the ! policy of the administratio h not ar dently admired by the demoerats’ of the district he ro Heis a man of avinments and good address, and besides the fitness of having one Cox sue . @eed another there is no reason to doubt that he would be satisfactory to the sul- sn and draw bis salury with proper punctuality. eme court a decision in the to d resents They Can't Decelve the People. One of the eminent judges of this state has given it as his experience that no criminal will hesitate to add perjury to his erime when he wants to clear himself before a jury. The reprobates who be- | trayed their constituenis and deserted the leader whom they had pledged them- selves to support in the late senatorial contest are inventing ail sorts of false- hoods to cover their infamy rly every one of them tells a different tale to exeuse his duplicity, but theso palpable falschoods can deceive nobody. Mr. Newton, of Clay cotnty, we are assire tries to excuse his desertion of Van Wyck by telling some of his eredulons friends that the straight republicans offered to guarantee Van Wyek's noming i cancus, which would have insured his election, but Rosewater jumped up and said, “No, we don’t need these republi- cans, We have democrats enough to clect Van Wyck, and will elect him with- out theaid of the straight republica 22 Thereupon Newton and the little band of s made up their minds to teach ck and Rosewater a lesson to us directly from Clay a party who heard Mr. his story, and we are tistrue. Our answer is it there is not a word of truth in it. [here never w ny such offer made to Van Wyek, and if there had been Rose- water would have been the last man to spurn itor advise its rejection. We defy Mr. Newton to cite acredible wit who will corroborate him. Next comes Mr. Whitmore. had mmself quoted as calling God to witness that he didn’t know anyth about Thurston's aspirations to the sen= ate until two days before balloting com- meneed for senator. Itis an awful thing to call God to witness when a man knows that he is not telling the truth, Does any intelligent person believe Mr. Whitmore when he makes this denial 1n the face of the fact that hispreference for hurston as second choice was made pub- lie throngh the Pamllion Z@émes before the legislature met, and furthermore in the fuce of the effort of Mr. Whitmore to convert one of the Douglas delegation to Thurston during the lirst week of the session. Mr. Whitmore's pc e denial that he tried to force a seccret ballot in cancus in the interest of Thurs- toa flatly contradicted by vatious members who were in that caucus, and furthermore by the fact that he suceeeded at one time in getting two of the Doug- las delegation to join him in this effort. But Whitmore, Newton, throws the blame of his defection on Rosewater, He ays he refused to be Rosewater's slave any more, and therefore went over to the ailrond faction. What was he ever asked to do which would confer a per- sonal benefit upon Rosewater? Was an appeal to him to live up to his pledges and remain true to his constituents an attempt to make a slave of him? Can he ever esplun away his wied indiflerence, at the opening of sion, when he must have known t giving aw two votes to the enemy s a deliberate surrender? Then we have the gallant Colonel rd, of Dukota county, who wants it understood that he deserted Van Wyck and went over to Thurston be- cause he was too pure and holy to as cate with anybody who had the good will of “Rotten Joe” Holman. That will do to tell the marines. Up in Dakota county the people will always believe that Baird sold them out. We have neither time nor ns. deserte Yan W; This comes county, from ewton tell isked wheth 058 Hoe has is ce to con- tr crites of this stripe have concocted . e e The New Charter. Where is Dr. Miller and what has be- come of Lyman Richardson? We ask this question because it has become manifest to every thinking person that the paper which they own has fallen into the hands of a maniue or an idiot. Every day the community is shocked Dby the crazy sssanlts and Iooney schemes which emanate from the hair-brained person that has charge of the editorial page of the Herald Nothing but an absolute c create n sensation (lrtlhmrlunu' account for the stupid and silly raving about the new city charter which appear in the Iast edition of the Merald, unless indeed there 1s a method in this madness and the attempt to destroy the new charter is inspired by railrond managers. The charter, as everyvody knows in Omaha, was publicly discussed for three weeks and adopted in the main by the com- mittee of fifteen. This committee was composed of representatives of the moneyed interests and corporations together with members of the conneil and two or three prominent citizens. The charter itself was drafted by the city attorney and finully adopted with three or four changes by the Douglas delega- tion. The citizens of Omaha and the legisla- ture are now admonished by the mono- m ¢ of the Zerald that the new chs ter dangerous document full of bid- den perils and unbeard of schemes to benefit the two Rosewaters. The joke of the whole matter 1s that nine-tenths of the terrible features which the Herald raves about have been in our present charter from two to sixteen years. The powers of the mayor and council which are donounced as dangerous and extraor- dinary are greater in the present charter than in the new one. At present the mayor hus absolute power to refuse to join the council in making a contract, and if out of spite or spleen, he choses to defeat any measure involving a contract he can do o by withnolding his signature and no court ean compel him to athix it At preseut the wmavor and couneil con- trol absolutely, the police and fire de- partinents as well as the grading of and other improvements, whereas, under the new charter these powe! re exercisedin the main by the police and fire commission, park comnission and board of public works. Great hue and ery are aised over the seetion giving the mayor and couneil power to regulate tolls over bridges which is construed as meaning a scheme to tix the Union Pacitic bridge tol This power was conferred as far back as 1571 and is now on the statute hooks, page 20, Session Laws, 1871, We are told that a dangerous raid is being on the water company by giving mayor and council power to appro- and condemn private prop- As a matter of fact this wus inscited at the re- quest of and for the benefit of the water company to enable them to extend their works and remove their pumps to & polut where the sewer- e to could streets e e pris er section o streets ' fHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. age dovs not contaminate’ the Missouri:| river. A frightfol picture is painted by | reference to the section whieh allows the council to license auctionecrs, pawn- brokers, ten pin & express wagons, peddlers, ete. Asthe council has had the same power in every chaster for the last twenty years, the idiocy of the man who writes such twaddle 1s manifest. A ter rible revelation made about the the commissién adjustment to bo composed City Engineer Rosewater and two free hold- ers. This commission was created by the legislature two years ago, is em- bodied in the present charter and was approved by the committee of fifteen after full discussion. The levy and tax distribution and the limit of ten per cent are denounced as something unheard of. They have only been heard of since 1869, when Omaha got her first charter as y of the first class. The city engineer'ssalaryisra regpond with those of engineers in other citics, and his r.v\pnnflhllil s and duties are doublec was done by the commit aised the salary of the mayor, police judge, street commissioner and other oflicials. The ctions which inerease the responsibili- ties of the city engincer are modelled after those in the charter of St. Louis where 10 objection wus raised by news- paper eranks bec the engineer” name was not Rosewater. The city printing clanse 18 denounced as a scheme of the present city printer to dive into the pockets of the tax payers. The fact is that the city printing® proper, which costs from 200 to $£10,000 is not touched by the charter. It mavbe done by the Herald but it cannot be done by th becanse it has no job ofhice. The city advertis: ing is regulated on business principles. Each paper bidding is required to state its circulation and in the award the rela- tive circulation is to be taken into ac- count. Isthere anything unfair in that? There is another safeguard in the pro- viso that the city shall not pay a higher rate for its adyertising than the lowest rate charged to any other patront by the official paper. There can be mno swindle in that. But the real objection to the new charter, way down dcep, is the power granted the city to make railronds bear their share of city es, To a man who don't pay a dollar like the Herald monomaniac this is of no moment, but fair minded men and tax payers generally will regard it as just, equitable and absolutely neces- sary. The defeat of the charter which is called for by the railroad organ would be a blow from which this city would not recover for ¥ Tts reformed police system, parks and boulevard xtended water wor larged city limits and other vital needs would be postponed for three years, which means incalenlable damage to property interest. owth and complications of all sorts. know the citizens of Omaha want this charter, and the people of Nebraska have much at stake in the growth and prosperity of Omahia which now pays one-tenth of the state t is of of ed to cor- nse The Treasury Portfolio, There appears to be good ground for the report that Sceretary Manning in- tends to surrender the treasury portfolio, although he is reticent on the subject. Perhaps, indeed, this fact is of itself good evidence, It is stated that Mr. Manning will retire to accent the presidency of a new bank in New York City. Itisa matter of authentic information that a national bank is being organized there with a capital exceeded by only one other bank in that city, of which Treasu- rer Jordan is to be the vice president. There every probability that Manning is to be its president. Such a position would be far less labor- jous than that of secretary of the treas- ury, and Mr. Manning's health will not nd hard and sedentary employment. It is true that for some months he has not been requred to give close attention to the details of his office, and many mat- ters formerly made a part of his duties have been relegated to the care of sub- Hul a conscientious pubbe 1 will not be satisiied with a long continuance of this method, As a bank president Mr. Manning would have less exuaeting demands upon his time and at- tention, and he would be much better paid for lis services. It 1s fur- thermore not unlikely that however congenial may be the duties of the treasury department to Sceretary Man- ning, he feels that his usefulness has been so impaired by the vefusal of his party in congress to give heed to his views and recommendations, and the promise of its doing so appears to be so hopeless, that he has no heart to continue the conflict at the expense of vital ener- gies which require careful husbanding. Very likely were Mr. Manning in vigor- ous health ne could not be induced to give up the effort to educate his party to his views, but under existing conditions the perils of the struggle are too great, and he naturally wishes to avoid them The guestion of & successor to Secre- tary Manning, earnestly discussed when he tendered his re nation last summer, will now be renewed. A just recognition of faithful and meritorious ice, as well as & regard for the principle of civil serviee reform an its best application, would give the succession to Assistant Seeretary Fairchild, Such promotion would also satisfy the country. There is no question respecting the ability of Mr. Fairchild, and his course during the period in which he was acting secretary commended him to the country as a ju- dicious and sate man. The wisdom of the policy he pursned has been abund- antly justified by results, and indeed it 13 entirely fair to say that whatever success has attended the management of the sury department under the present pinistration is to be credited quite as much to him as to the secretary. I'he country would feel more certain of a ju- tive policy on the is and consery part of the treasury with Fuirchild at its head than it would be likely to do with a new and untried man. But there will be democratic aspirants whose claims to cousideration the president will not find it vasy, or perhaps convenient, to ignore. It is believed that Mr. Cleveland is meore susceptible to party demands now than formerly, and these may outweigh all ions. If this belief is ance of Mr. Fairehild iuet position 1s not dicious being elevated b very promising Turee weeks of discussion of the Omaha charter, during which every pro- posed change wus published snd com- mented upon by the press, have made our citizens thoroughly familiar with its con- tents. It ha 1ce been passed upon sec- tion by section Ly the Douglas connty delegation. This js a very late day to raise a disturbance over the charter and to aceuse 1ts framers of seeret designs against corporat and in favor of in- dividuals, ns D] The Treaty of 1818, The frequent reference made to the treaty of 1818, in discnssions of the fishery | dispute, and the faet that it is upon this convention that t he Canadians rely for a justitication of their course, as does the government of the United States for its ground of complaing against the out of the Dominion authorities upoy Amer- ican vessels, give it a peculiar interest at this time. The fivst articlo of the treaty is the only one ing upon the fisheries, which for a number of years before the negotiation of the treaty had been a source of controversy and more or less ill feeling and trouble, threatening at times serious results. This article vecites that whereas differences had arisen respect- ing the liberty claimed by the United States for 1ts inhabitants to “‘take, dry and cure fish on certain coasts, b har- bors and crecks of his Br nic m 3 dominions in America, it 18 agreed be- tween the high contracting parties that the inhabitants of the Umited States shall have forever, in common with the sub- jeets of his Britannic majosty, the liberty totake fish of any kind in that part of the south coast of Newfoundland which ex- tends from Cape Ray to the Rames islands—on the western and northe mnsu of Newtoundland, from the Cape Ray to the Quipiron islands, on the shores of the Magdalen islands, and also in the coasts, bays, harbors and crecks, from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador to and through the Straits of Belle Isle, and thence northwardly m- definitely along the coast.” It was also agreed that American tishermen shounld have the liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundiand and of the coast of Labrador, so long as these remained unsettled. The United States renounced forever any liberty theretofore enjoyed or elaimed to take, dry or enre fish on or within three marine miles of any of the consts, bays, crecks or harbors of i majesty'’s dominions 1m America not - cl\ulvd within the above mentioned lim- it being however provided that Amer- all be admitted to enter such bays or harbors for the pur- pose of shelter and repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood and of ob- taming water, and for no other purpose whatever.” Nothing could be plainer than that reference is made in this article to in- those within three marine “the coast line, which tishermen ve repeatedly de they do not wish to invade, and which were not inyaded by any one of the vessels seized by the Domin- ion authorities last summer. But if it be granted for th ke of argument that there might be a fs difference of opinion on this point, there certanly ean be none regarding the rights guaranteed by the last clause. Yet it was for at- tempting to 1 themsclyes of these clearly defined rights, about which no possible question can exist, that several Ameri v E ed. It is the unquestionable violation of the treaty in this matter of which the United Statc chiefly complains, and whick, together with the declared purpose of the Domin- ion government, throuzh hostile legisla tion, to continuc this policy on an en- larged scale, is the incentive and the justification of the proposed policy of re- uliation, Ir now turns out that the Fremont eurthquake was nothing more nor less than a collision between a meteor and a seetion of Dodge county. If it had fallen near South Omaha it would huave been promptly laid into a new addition by our meteoric real estate men. CURRENT TOPICS The lawyers who are hunting the con- cealed tortune of James IHenry Paine, tl New York miser, say there is no doubt $3,000,000 will be unearthed. Senor Caralla, a Madrid scholar who has been for y years at work upon a rhymed version of the bible, has just completed his task. The book contains 260,000 verses, Robert Ferguson, the burglar recently wounded and arrested in Grain Valley, Mo., while breaking into the depot, was formerly prineipal of the Garfield school in N leans. Governor Gordon, of Georgla, does not in- tend that the crop of southern colonels shall become extinct during his reign, 1le ap- pointed a stall of twenty-one aides-de-camp, who are entitled to the rank of lieutenant- colonel, Little Johnay Blossom, of Harrodsbure, Ky., has swallowed sixteen cents in pennies and three cent pieces, and has suffered no inconvenience therefrom. Little Johnny is expected to bloom into a great financier, or at least a receiving teller. Finis Gower, eighteen years old and a cousin of Frank and Jesse James, has been detected in robbing the mails in Tennessee, Asheis under arrest with a strong case against him, justice will probably write “Finis” at an early day upon his career of crime, New York Herald: C. D, Jaffray, treas- urer of the American Opera company, says that not a single piece of baggage has been Jost since the company went on the road. This is quite remarkable, 8s the organization has 35 trunks under its care and a number of chest notes, e A Suggestion to Nehraska. Philadelphia Record. The people of Nebraska ought to rencal their law authorizing a designation of the popular choice of United States senator at the ballot box, or else they ought to send rep resentatives to the legistature who will obey the law. Portland Transcripty There is no other pain 1ike this, Of hiaving done sometning amiss That wounds a heart for which we eare More than for aught else that has birth Like ours upon our mother eartii; Naught else can give us such despair, That we, who think that we should die To save that heart from couiing nigh One sli- htest touch of pain or grief, S8 ild in some sudden anzer sheath Sharp sword-points of stern words beneath ‘That heart, surpasses all beliet, Yet knowing this is so, shall we Not ready with our pardon be When those we love shall ssem unkind? Rememb'ring that we loved not less Those sad times when we failed to bless Lecause our anger made us blind, ———— Benefits of High License, Piiladeiphia Fecord. 1t Lias been said that the high-license law of Missouri yielded morc revenue 1o the pube FEBRUARY 1. lic treasury last year than did 4ll the faxes levied by the state on railroad, telegraph and bridge companies, and on mines and manu- factories put tozether,. Under a prohibitory systemn there would have been as mueh drink- ing and no revenue, - The Lobbying Among the items of Pacific road expendi- tures is a little one of $2.000,000 which Mr. Huntington says went for lobbying pur- poses, It would be interesting to know how much of it went to defeat Van Wyek, 1If it had all gone for that p se it would prob- ably have been a paying investient. - STATE AND TERRITORY. und. Nebraska Jottings. Grand Island puts her improvements for last year at $600,000, The First National bank of B City has been autherized to begin ne vor busi- An Illinois capitalist is negotiating for a bonus and a site for a twine factory in Columbus The treasurer of Platte county collected in taxes r $130,550 $101,708 asury b 200,112, Dodgs unty has abolished the oflice of superintendint of the poor. Thero was a surplus of dignity and too little benelit in the title, In the matter ot business Sidney steps to the front with a record for last year of 1,084 car loads of merchandise unloaded at that point, The tests of the Columbus waterwor L~ prove them to be satistactor, respect, and up to the requirements of the cont Thet surplus of isas City & Omana road offers Hamilton county for « Kansas City outlit has few equals no superior in the state. A Nebraska City man was held up by i 'nts a few evenings ago and relie 50 and & plug of tol The gentlemanly Turpins handed the tag of the plug and kept the re- mainder, The survey of the Missouri river at Ne- braska City shows a ledge of hard white stone at a depth of lifty-tive feet. The en- gineer states that there are few better places on the river for a bridge. The picket line of the Salvation army has struck Nebraska City. A preliminar recovnoisance has convineed the eom mander that the entire army will be quired to muke a successtul assault on that citadel of sin. re- Towa ltems, A savings bank with a capital of §50,- 000 is to be started in Des Moines. Mr. Walter Booth, near Nashua, sold £$007.70 worth of butter from cighteen cows last year, Within eight years Burlington h for its water service Si6 than $16,000 per annum. Gene Manager Potter, cago, Burlington & Quincy, another farm near Creston. About 8 per cent of the schools in Dutuque county have complied with the new Law in regard to teaching the hygiene of the use of narcotics and alcoholic stimulants. The ten-year-old daughter of Amos Weiler, who was visiting Stephen Hardy's farm, seven miles northeast of Des i s kiiled by ashotgun in the playmate. ical union of Keokuk ters of regret’ from and Messr ilds and Drexel, of Philadelphia, for inability to be present at the ball of that society on the evening of Febru 10. They will be published in the Proof Sheet, whieh is to be the organ of the fraternity on the oceasion of the dance and will be sct up and printed in the hall. Prophet Foster, of Burlington, predicts for Februar *“The time for the com- mencement of one of the greatest storm ds of the winter is close at hand. we repeatedly given warning of coming storms and given the dates ry 1,7, 13 and 18—at which the ~1urnh\\1]l( ss the Mississippi river, and that the first and tiird dates given would be very heavy storms. We expect very cold weather to follow the first storm as predicted soveral weeks ago, The path of the first storm was calculated toreach far south, the second and third farther north. Gene bud weathe with great extremes in temperature a exp 2 s paid ~more of the Chi- Las bought . Dakot Rapid City planning to move United States court from Deadwood., The doctors of Fargo have petition for s the practice of med- wine, the consumers of Yankton ave urged wnd break up the pool of ¢ox treating ores will be Naced in the @ ool of mines I'he cost of the estimated at #10,000, and the gislature has been asked to appropriate that sum, According to Commissioner Dunlap’s bieny report Yankton county raised more corn in the years 1885 and 18:6 than any other county in the territor In cattle and hogs the county stands even with Turner and Hutchinson, A council of Congregational mimsters is to assemble at Yankton to inquire into matters which have of late disturbed the Yankton church and to settle all diflerence upon a christian basis. The council will convene in the course of a week or so. for Wyoming. Ina quarrel over g game of cards at Yort Ste John Johnson AN Bhat Aan kilied Ly s man named M- Lennan nor Moonlight has appointed his 'r, Miss Nellie, is private , and the number of gentlemen ers is increasing daily. The Laranmie Boomerang has informa- tion of an exclusive kind that the Union Pacitic will 1n the spring begin the con- struction of a branch line leaving the main road at Rock Springs, and follow- ing a general northwest course. The Big Sundy will be erossed low on its course, the Green river will then be imed, and the developing line will then pass through the La Barge and Fontanclle settlements, over to the Snake riyer, up that stream to kson's lake, and thenee to the national park, An Cregon wrecked by snow S v. Heavy si has prevailed that region for s al days, and at the point indicated the two locomotives draw- ing the tram ran into a huge drift, de raihing both engines, the mail, expres wage und second elass couchies, leay ing only the first elass coach and the Pullman on the track. One tireman was Lvll. d and an engineer slight hurt Noue of the passengers were anjured, The Cheyenne Sun the gencral government g monopolist of the terri possessor of a very | and will neither nor seli it atare Short dri Line train wa near Granger declared war on s the nt land 3 tis the E area of land y AX (8 s upon the san sonable price to per- sons who will purch Worse than all, it declines to make any use of its large domain. This monopolist does not raise a head of live stock, w po- tato nor make any p we ments upon its land.” In snort, this non progressive, hold-fast, dog-in-the man, will do nothing to inercase the taxab! wealth of the territory and in all that tends to develop the resources of this part of the country it 108 L0 con tribute in any way. Itisu the euterprise,” d head in | | asperated | | ! i . BILL (‘fll;l;l’(' TORS, How They Are ‘to be Supplanted—A Plack List, Bill collectors are a nceessa life, and they are well represented in this city. There are many full fledged spoci- mens of the genius here, all of whom are able to cope with the backw *btor in the most summary manner imaginable, A new scheme for collecting debts is being developed by a genius, and will soon be put into effect. A wagon is being prepared for a ne who is to be appointed head bill collector. This individual, it might be mentioned here, is a muscular specimen of the ra nble to cope with a half dozen angry and ex- victims, tle wears a large which is inseribed the legend, *“Trying to colleet bad debts.” The wagon which he pilots about is a gorgeous aflair, noticeable two blocks aw It has a sort of eylindrical arrangement in the box, which is made 0 display such signs the following: “Bad débts colleeted “In the house trying to collect bad debts,” ete. This vehicle stops in front of a man's hounse, the swarthy bill collector rings the door bell and presents his account. As u gon- cial thing,two or three visits,it issaid 1 bring a man to time, ‘I'his is especially the case when he 18 possessed of a soul sensitive to the ridicule of his neighbors ortownsmen, The company which proposes ate th n has issucd a “'black book” containing n list of Owaba people who are not worthy of eredit. The names of v well-known citizens are contained n. The book is sold by subscrip- tion among the merchants and business men of the eity. hat on to oper. GINEY ceident On the Union Pacific unday Tracklaying. s received at headguarters yesterday of which occurred at Almy Ju No.1on the Union Pacitic rain, wiile running 'd, broke a swilch nd three car: riled and mashed, The fireman iped in time to eseape dangerous injuries, though he was pretty badly hurt. The enzincer, Murphy, was not go lucky. He was caught under the tank and squeczed to death. When taken out from beneath the tank he had evidently been dead some minutes. Fo tely none of the pas- sen s were injured. The amount of the. re cannot yet be estimeted, Messrs. Thompson, Burns and Hack ney, of the Union Pacifie, returned Sun- day from a tour of inspection which carried them as far west as Idaho TRACK LAYING. Sunday morning at 7 o'clock a force of Union Pacifie trackmen were sei to work extendimg atrack tothe Chicago, inneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha transfer line, north on Th nth to voi - yond Nicholas, Tor au time it was sup- posed that the Sunday movement was to avoid an injunciion in ocenpying wha was supposed to be the grade of the Min- neapolis road. The Union Pacifle co pany, however, claims that the track was laid Sunday beeause it enabled them to save 8o much time, and the grade, instead of being that of the Min- neapoiis roud, was built by the Union Pacilie lu) its lme up 10 Gray’s new lnn- be: north of Nicholas on T teenth. ™™ KiLLED, An News w Union Pacific an a ccident ction to train y night. ab lightning lever. The COMING They Cast Their Shadows whem, The month of February, to-day promises to be teresting events. The few of then Febraary 5.—Ball ot Swedish Taby ass0e] t Masonie hall and b tournament at_exposition building. Febroary ball at Millard hotel February 8.—Hyperion club at Masonic hall February 9.—K. of L. bail at hall ¢bruary 10.—Metropolitan Metropolitan elub hall sbraary 11.—Brotherhood of Reilw kemen ball at Cunningham hall Pacitic band masque at Be which prolitic followiug opens in in- are a iy cle ilks Masonic club at v nd An- Br Union de Nova Febraary 14 at Masoni February nee , 1N February Concordia masquerade Brotherhood of bail Masonic hali —FPhilomen club at Ma 18—Home Ci sonic hall February 19 of Pythias, ball ai Fibr 21.—Ki exposition buildin February 22.—1 i 3 at exposition building and Masonie party at Masonic hall, The Musical Union or- chestra has been engaged to play at the events numed above. An Engagement Party. The engagement of Miss Ray Horwich to Dr. N, Dymondberg, was celebrated Sunday ht at the lady’s residence, 1020 Douglas street. Dancing, games and an excellent supper served to render the evening one not soon to be forgotten by the thirty young friends of the happ, couple who were present, Miss Horwich s the daughter of Mr, M. Ho wich, a well known business mian of t city, and is very popular wherever she is kuown. Dr. Dymondberg is a young ]vlnr-n'mn. scently arvived from St uul and is about to locate in Omaha The happy couple were the recipients of many valuable pi its, The ma will take place in about two months, Ma Annex. its of Labor ball at rnver Eheolutely Pure, This powder never varies, A marvel of purity,strength and wholesomenc More onoinic than the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in ¢ etition wi h the m titude of low hort weight phasphate powders, Sold Royal Baking Pgwider Co New York ovil of | | 70 securca tot in that be wtiful ad dition, PTON PLACE All lots Teft on Feb, 1, will e ed 25 per aentin price. N to buy and get the benetit S were sold in advanoe- wis the time of the i Lipton Place Before it could ba elaked onf. Do not be deluded by additions advertised to be nearer than Lipton Place, but come and take a ride out and sce for yourself that what we tell you is true. CARRIAGES Going out at all Times. will be in operation a switeh n be Iaid. We are ating with Kansus City purtics L patent A lumber yard soon as i ne | to locute I Roofing Manfaetory Here which will employ men. Thisis a sure thi waiting to deeide which u( two pic land they want, both on from 40 to 50 as they To you who want HOMES IN S, OMAHA be sure to see Lipton Plac fore 1 Notr Cotner. & Archer's ADDITION, which has only been on the murk duys. Improved and unimproved property iu all parts of the city, Lipton Place The most of lots we have sold to be built onan the of their nearne and st ton Plac and packing here \re int houses o living in Lip- rinthe stock yards have pleaty of time back to ur, on piacking k yurds, W hous to to go home dinner v work 3 thau an D. R. ARCHER AND C.H.SOBOTKE Room ) Rediek's Block, 1509 Farnan St