Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1887, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY ~ THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF SUBSORIPTION : m:-mwrnmomlne ding Sunday Bp. One ot ;nr Bix Monthe . Throo Months The Omaha Swnday Bee, mnlled to any address, One Year. ... 500 250 M8 FARNAM STREET 5 TRIBUNE BULLDING 4 FOUKTEENTH ST CORRESFONDENCE: ANl communications relating to nows and edi- forinl matter should be addreseod 1 the Evi- TOR OF THY BRE. BUSINERS LPTTERSE A1l buciness lettors nnd remittances should ba Sddressed to Tur. ks PUBLISHING COMPAXY, OMAnA. Drafts, and postofico orders Vo bo made payable 10 the order of the compnny. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATE % Eprron. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, 1o o County of Donglas, | * * Geo, B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual cireuiation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Feb, 4th, 1557, was as follow: 14,250 18,550 Baturav., Jan. 2 aaneaday, 1'e Thursday, I Friday, Feb, Average. Subscribed and sworn to, |n my presen this5th day of February A. 1 EIL, L1 Notary Publie. Geo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the i v- erage dally eirculation” of the Daily Bee for the month of Fubruary, 1856, was 10,5%5 copic: for March, 185, for Apnl L 191 copi ' 1886, 12,4 3 for June, 185, 19, for J1il 14 coples; for Anum. or Sentembor, 80, 13030 copios: for 886, 12, for November, 1886, 13,287 5 copies. . B, TZ8CHUCK, Subseribed and :\mm 0 before me this Sth day of Februa D. [SEAL.I copie Page 1. New York IHerald Cableg, ~General Telegr Specials to the Brr. ews. clezraphic News.—City News.— + 3, Speeial Advert] Page 4, Editorials.—1 Hum y, Gossip. Points.— Ill \l-\\fl Joe Howard’s Let- erti Page 6, Ur\lm'll ”l\lfl'i News.—Miscellany, ~Advertiseme Page7. Social fivents in Omaha, General and local markets Page 8. City Nows.—Advertisements. % Paget. Don’tGive llis Name, by Werd o Calitornia Yams,—A Detee- st Will— 1. Donglass crard Harry . Tetter From Simple Smile, by . Honey' for the Ladiés.—Connubialities.— Advyertisements, Page 1. Woman’s Love for Woman.— Russian Adventure on V' Dukes and Duffers.—Early Day he souri, an Originai Story "by ~~Wrunl‘—1\d- yertisements. Page 12, Concerning the Carniyal, by Adam Badeau.—Dainty Dabblers in Dotign, by Clara Belie.—An Interesting Letter by General Brisbin.—Musical and Dramatie. Advertisements, 5 —— Corwy should join the mosquito elan. - As an introducer of bills he stands with- out an cqual. Mg. CLEVELAND may be in favor of the old flag but not of an appropriation tor its defenders. Tue strike which Omaha will welcome with supreme satisfaction isa strike of natural gas on the bottoms. Tur tender solicitude of the paving contractor for changes in the charter to protect the city’s interest 1s cnough to draw tears from a stone wall. Is Omaha’s boom to continue? The answer depends upon the passage or de- feat of the new charter which provides for continued public improvements and the extension of the city limits, property in this city contin- steadily and surely. The sure foundation of the solidity of the boom is found in the increasing values of city lots purch: { for permanent im- provements AN appropriation of $100,000 for en- larging the Omaha post oflice has been secured in the senate by General Man- derson. An appropriation for enlarging the force would fill a still greater and long felt want, 80 FAR this year the railroad mileage constructed is about two and one-half times as great as that of the correspond- Ing period of 1886, There are many well Informed persons who believe that 1887 is » destined to pass all former years in the matter of railroad building, and the dan- ger is rather that too much instead of too little track-laying will be done in the ‘next twelve months, More moderate work now would lessen the d rous force of the reaction which 1s likely to tollow. — ToE announcement that Mr, Manning 18 to rotire from the cabinet has given ‘rise to reports that a general reorganiza- ‘tion of that body is to take place. The ‘return of Mr. Pendleton from Germany ‘was an incident, which was made to play ~ ta part in this connection, These reports ~ bave taken various forms, no two being Just alike. This circumstance is of itself ~pnough to cast a doubt upon their eredi- [ bility, even if it were not stated upon " what appears to be very good suthority | that the president entirely satistied | with his associutes in the government | and has no desire or aisposition to purt ~ with any of them. ‘Phe two men whom reports indicated as most likely to reuns, Bayard and Gafland, are said to “be quite as strong in the confidence of the president as tlu-y have ever been, or ps any of the other members of the | gabinet are. The public criticisms of " these oflicials have had no eflect upon - Mr. Cleveland, unless it has been to | Btrengthen his regard for them, which might be a natural re- " gult in view of his opinion of press. Moreover, - Mr. Bayard n't want to get out of the cabinet ~and Mr. Garland doesn'tintend to. This doubtless the correct statement of the ,* ation, so that the only change will be o the treasury, and in making that it is lerstood that the president will not be indful of his duty to himself. That o say, the successor of Manning must only be a Cleveland wan, tirst, last all the tume, but one who can be ~f ¢ service in that relation. . $0m | 200 | The Pension Veto. President Cleveland’s veto of the in- valid pension act which passed both houses of congress by heavy majorities, will subject him to general and well de- served eriticism. The bill proposed to | secure to ex-soldiers and sailors of the } late war and dependent parents who are unable to earn a liying a monthly pen sion of #12. It was designed to relieve local communitics from the burden of caring for veterans in absolute want and to throw upon the general government which they had preserved the responsibility of ecaring for the necds of the nation’s defenders, The sentiment of the country had been fully eanvassed as to the meas- ure. It had been warmly debated in both houses of congress and the full scope and bearing explained and understood. President Cleveland's veto comes as a direct slap in the face to thousands of needy veterans and as an insult to con gress. ‘Lhe causes nssigned for his action will e reccived as an adequate explana- tion of his course. The fear that fraud and I\iul" will m'nkolln- mount 4-ullul ble 1\~~um|m<m of bml ad- vnmmruu-u of the pension oflice, whose operation Mr. Cleveland imself controls by apvointment, it frauds are possible under any law, r veneficent or necessary, may readily be admitted, But it is the mark of able administration of the law that such frauds be made diflicult of execu- tion and the swindlers promptly brought Such « possibility calls for ‘ased safe guards, not for a refusal s laws which may be distorted from their object. 1f the pension oflice is not properly administered Mr. Cleve- land has it in his power to place 1t in hands where the government's interest will be more caretully guarded. The proper remedy does not lie in - curtailing the work of the office. Year by year the country is piling up an enormous surplus wrung from the ex- orbitant tariff taxation of the sull masses. In fa of the failure to sccur relicf, the application of the surplus to pension puyments which places the nmoney sceured by taxation 1in an eir- culation among the people seems to be a public policy. Lessons of the Horror. The fearful accident on the Vermont Central has been the international topic of comment during the week. The ori- gin of the disaster by which eighty human beings lost their lives is still shrouded . mystery. Whether by a broken rail, a broken axle or a broken wheel no one knows or can ever know. But by one or more of these causes two passenger cars and two sleepere left the track upon a wooden bridge across a pid river, and fell some 60 feet to the river bed, and then catching fire from the stoves and lamps blazed up as swiftly as a brush heap, eaught the age-seasoned bridge in flames and cut oft all hope of rescus for the unfortunate in- mates, It was a holocaust unparalleled since the Ashtabula horror of 1876, Something should be learned from it. It is generally conceded that the danger of the bridge was entirely unnecessary. It was wooden and old, a trestle without guards and strained by years of use. The wron bridges now in use on all well equipped roads are furnished with a guard rail on the outside of the track on each side which prevents cars from V- ing the track even if dermled while on the bridge. Had there been such a rail on the Vermont bridge the accident could not have happened. The fearful plunge into the ravine of the White river would never have occurred, Guard rails on all railroads should be en- forced by law. 'This is one lesson of the disaster. Another lesson which cannot be too quickly learned is that the meth- ods of heating and lighting cars must be changed at once all over the country. Some mode of steam or chemical heating must be adopted, Wood or coal stoves, whether open or boxed in iron grating, should be banished, No matter what the inconvenience to the companies the change must be made, veral New England roads already practice steam heuting. Others should be to fol- low suit. ‘Ihe use of kerosene lamps for lighting cars even Jess excusable. Electric lights have been perfected so that they can be introduced without dit- ficulty, The Peunsylvania roads already have them. Verdi's Latest Trinmph, At the age of nearly scventy-three years, Giuseppe Verdi, the great com- poser, has just achieved one of the most notuble triumphs of his remarkable carcer, On the evening of the 5th in- stant, at the theatre Della Scala, Milan, his new opera “Otello” was given its flrst presentation, with the most pro- nounced success. The event had been announced for several weeks, and there wis a great audience present, both as to size and character. Verdi is to Italy what Wagner was to Germany, and not only in the “land of song,” but in musi- cal cireles throughout Europe the pro- duction of this opera was regarded ns the great musical event of the decade. Thero were cousequently in attendanco composers, librettists, critics, managers and musical devotees from eyery capital and music conter of Europe. No more critical or ntetlectual audience, it is said, was ever brought together in La Seala to approve or condemn a new opera, and having given its most en- thusiastie approval, having demonstrated its boundless pleasure by calling Verdi out twenty-six times before the con- clusion of the opera, crowning lim at last with a wreath of laurel amidst an unexampled ovation, there cannot be & question that grand opera has received another great acquisition, The verdiet rendered at 1 rarcly fails to b the verdiet of the world, Having its iaspivation in one of Shak speare’s greatest tragedic the new opera possesses 4 peculiar interest for all English speaking people. It does uot, however, follow strictly the course of the tragedy, being in some portions & wide departure from it, but the motive is dis- tinctly preserved, and we judge froin the description given of the opera that the student of Shakspeare will find no dithi- culty in discovering the source of the in- spiration. Musieally the great composer is said to have made s distinet ascent to- ward a higher plane than any which he has hitherto reached. He has abandoned the conventional forms of old [talian opers and ereated his work on an en- tirely difterent plan. The score is written with remarkable freshness of invention, and notwithstanding bhis daring evelu- tion Verdi has sustained the Italian na- tionality of his work. The well known qualities of his genius are made apparent, though in a more brilliant light than heretofore, The orchestration, says no less an au- thority than the great tenor, Campanini, is one bright jewel of musical art. The eminent maestro whose latest tri- umph seems to be his greatest, gave his first opera to the world forty-eight years ago, and a total of twenty-nine operas make the record of his genius. He has had his failures, but much of his work is imperishable. The operas by which he 18 best and most widely known are ** nani,"’ “Rigoletto,” “II'Trovatore,” “La Tray ,"" “Un Ballo in Maschera” and “Aida," all of whch, if not sure of im- mortality, will hold the stage for gener- atious to come. The Coming of Patti. The announcement of a grand operatic concert to be given atthe exposition build- ing on Thursday evening, February 24th, by Adelina Patti and the distinguished ¢ tists associatedd with her, will be most cor- dially welcomed by the citizens of Omaha, 1t will be one of the distinctively notable mwusical events m the experience of this community, and in respect at least to the peerless artiste who maintains her pre- eminence with undimmed glory 1t pre- cludes all comparisons. The privilege of hearing the supremely gifted Pattiis one the value of which cannot be measured by any other musical experience, how- ever large and varled it may have been The opyprortunity will not come to us again, as the great singer is under- stood 1o have firmly decided not to re- turn to this country after she has com- pleted her present engagement. 1t is of course superfluous to refer to this illus- trious artiste with the elaboration neees- sary to introduee the comparatively un- known singer. The trinmphs of Adelina Patti have filled the world with her fame, and wherever there 1s knowledge of music her name is known, Other great singers come and gone, winning flecting glory or imperishable fame, but there was 1o one among them ali who could justly claim the crown of Adelina Patti. Her's has indeed been a marvelous career, and it is not the least wonderful rt of it that her superlative gifts are ummpaired and that she is still uncom- ssociated with Patti areof e Mme, S S a prima donna contralto without asupe- rior, \vlnlv Allwrt uille, tenor, Antona nd Tranco No b.\s~u. are need and adm artists. Arditi is an almost unegualled conductor. Mgr. RANDALL, as chairman of the house appropriations committee, prac- tically controls the fate of the measures providing for coast defenses, and there said to be some anxiety felt as to his probable action regarding them. It was stated some days ago that Randall was very favorably disposed toward a gen- erous appropriation for defense, partly for the reason that his constituents de- sire it, but there appe: now tobe a good deal of doubt ubout his position, with a fear that he may oppose a large appropriation. Very much depends upon how Mr. Randall shall mterpret the popular feeling, and whether he can see his way to make capital out of the matter for himself. The motives and conduct of Randall are directed under all circumstances by the one considera- tion of self, Tne New York strike is reported ended by the surrender of the strikers. The in- jury to one proved the injury of all in a holesale paralyzing of transportation in the great metropolis. Successful must be ed on causes which at e appeal to and secure public sympa- POLITICAL POINTS, Henry Clay is a candidate for tax collector in Philadelphia, and his opponent is named Benton, Representative Wil Ochiltree’s successor, “Texan-born man from T Luey Stone predicts that a woman will be president of the United States in the year 2000, 1t is feared that both Kate Field and Susan B. Anthony will be too old by that time. Judge Miracle 1s a candidate for the su- preme beneh in Lowa, and is said to be a very able and upright judge. Under these eir- cumstances it will be a miracle it he gets there. Jack Sprain was appointed postmaster at Big Springs, 11, by President Jackson in 1851, Ho resigned the other day and re ceived a cheek for $170 for his nity-three am H. Crain, “Tom” is said to be the only xas in congre: The United States legation in Mexico is deprived of its Poreh, but so long as Man- ning remains there need be no fear of the minister's abundant ability to put a mansard roof on it and paint it red. Ten languns g wezlan, Swedish, French, h, German, Nor- Bohemian, Finn, Polish, Italian and Chinese are spoken in Minnesota, ‘The governor's message was printed in each of these languages. Hon. Jehn Baker, who defeated “Horizon- tal Bill” Morrison last fall, is an elderly man with a head and face resembling Mr. Glad- stone’s, He is an unconventional speaker of marked force but little oratorical grace, Governor Church announces that none but residents of Dakota will be appointed to the territorial offices, Had Cleveland adhierea to the demoeratic platform in this regard Judge Church would mnot now be Governor Church, ispard Pacaud, aged fifty-soven, is a member of the Canadian parliament, with every prospect of attaining prominence in that body. Two years ago he was a clerk In a Detroit dry goods store on a salary of 0 per week. Congressman Glover of St, Louls says Cleveland is running the federal machine in Missouri in such a way that the people will repudiate his administiation when they come to vote for delegates to the national convention., John P, 8t, John is leeturing in the east on “The Great Question of the Age,” but he fails to tell how much he received for his can- Vass in 1554 as an assistant democrat, which is the only question eoncerning him in which the people are interested. New York Sun: The Hou. J. M. Glover, of Missourl, is credited with the opinion that the Hon, D, B. Hill would be a great deal stronger as a candidate for the presidency than the Hon. Grover €leveland, 1n this opinion Mr, Glover eives evidence of an ob serving wmind and a level judgment. Dr, Jany Bodman is the prominent Kentucky democrat who says he does not want the oflice of governor, and would not accept It if unanimously tenderea. The doe- torkas already one lunstic asylum under his charge and does not careto enter upon the larger David ‘l‘urn_u.. who is claimed by the demo- —r— erats of Indiana as legally elected to the United States senate, setved a brief veriod as senator in 1863, j1e was elected to serve out the unexpired term of Jesse D. Bright, who had been expelled for giving letters of introduction to Jefierson Davis toa man who lad invented wu jmprovement in fire- arms. P SOME ODD ITEMS. A southern far company advertises for 100,000 cats. Mrs, Mary Murphy, of St. Louis, is 100 old and is eutting her wisdom teeth. Nearly $25,000,000 worth of candy made in California during the year. A man in Iona, Mich,, has a turkey which pulls a sled and makes good time. Boys under sisteon years of age can no longer buy tobaceo at Grass Valley, Cal. A man’s petrified body was discovered in a cave ou Sand mountain, Tenn., a few days ago. A ship broker in New York has alistof 137 English steam vessels which the owners are anxious to sell. Hugh Barnett, of Edwardsport, 1L, died while laughing at a pun—a curlous illustra- tion of the blindness of justice. Tnere is a dealer in second-hand crave stones in Buffalo. ile buys old ones, erases the inscriptions and engraves new ones to order, Fifteen years ago Kinch Kitehen, of Talla- poosa, resolved never to get mad or vexed. He claims to have lived upto his resolution so far, The whistle of the locomotive is driving the wolves to the meighborhood of Scott river Valley, Cal, in force. They travel in gangs of three to five, and attack the dogs viciously. Albert Nickerson, a12-year-old lad of Sax Harbor, daily sits down to the table with his father and mother, grandfather and grand- mother, and great-grandfather and two great- grandmothers, An Indian ealled upon the editor of the Crescent City, Cal, IRecord a fow days ago and threatened to sealp him for publishing his name in the paper for get- ting drunk and raising a row. A Santa Cruz, Cal,, constable arrested a man recently, and, not wishing to vt him in a cell for a trivial offense, he handeuffed the prisoner and his wife together and locked them in a hotel-room, where he found them safe the next morning, The bottomless pit is not a mere figure of speechnow in the Sandwich islands. Pro- fessor Alexander declares that he has yunded the extinet crater near the leper s tlement at Molokai and a line #,500 lon, mained taut and failed to reach the bottom, While Captain Cameron of Portland, Ore- gon, was walking on a aock the other morn- ing smoking, a ball from some unknown ritfleman struck the pipe, carrying it all away except a little bit between his teeth, The captain swore roundly at loosing his smoke. A fourteen-year-old school-zirl met a sad death at DuBois, Mich,, recently. S turned to the school to get her books, having torgotten them, She pushed the window- sash up, and was in the act of elimbing into the school-house when the sash fell on her neck, holding her there till she died. Boston people will find it diflicult to be- lieve that the following advertisement ap- peared in the Evening Post of Boston in was “To be sold by the Printer of this l’dm‘r the very best Negro Woman in this ad the Small-pox and rt. a Horse, a Bird. nn«l will work' like a Be: ver, Aug. i s queer evanzelist religious mectings in Denve Here ave some of his dogwatic utteranc *“No man who wears tight pants can be a christian and no woman who pays $4 for an eight-button pair of kid gloves ean enter the kingdom of Reaven. T see you kirs are inclinad. to kick at that, but I don’t care, Hell is full of peo- ple who kick al the trutn,” —— A Pressing Need. New York World. There are no hostile fleets in sight yet, but the burden of the war tariff_goes on forever Coast defenses are important enough, but the need of tarifl revision 1s more pressiug. —~ Beware the Terrible Militia. Baltimore American. Great Britain is politely informed that the militia strength of this country is seven and ahalf millions. 1f Great Britain eversaw a militia company on a Fourth ot July parade she will appreciate the force of the figures and hoist a flag of truce. ——— An Enthusiastic Reformer, Chicago Tribu The man who robbed Senator Maxey of $850 last week in a sleeping car is doubtless an enthusiastic reformer who has become alarmed at the rapid concentration ot wealth in the United State e, and is willing to do all that one man can do to stop it, The Range o Chicago Tribune, verett Hale thinks every man at twenty should know the ze of his abilities, This is an odd expres such a man as Edward Everett Hale. Some men develop at twenty, some at forty feel their strength, It may be remarked inci- dentally, too, that those who take up the pace at forty are often leading all at sixty, -— When the Chick ens Come Home to Roost. Ernest McGaffey, in Inter-Ocean. You may take the world as 1t comes and goes, And you will be sure to find will square the accounts she owes, Whoever comes out behind; And withall things bad that & man has done, By whatsoever induced, Return at last to him, one by one, As the chickens come home 1o Toost. now holding Edward E ¥ou may serape and toil and pinch and save, While your hoarded wealth expands, Till the cold, dark shadow of the grave Is nearing your Jife’s Iast sands You »IIIKI ?m\‘u your balance struck some nigh And you will find your hoard reduced, You'll view your lifé in another light, When the chickens come howe w roost, You ean stintyour soul and starve your heart With the husks of a barren creed, But Christ will know if you ]l.l) o part, Will k need Aml then as you wait tor death to come What bope can th o be deduced From a créed alone 1 will lie there dumb While your chie l\l'h! cowe howe to roost, Sow as you will, there's time to reap, For thie ood and bad as well, Aud conscience, whether we wake or sleep 1s either a heaven or helly wrong will find xhlllnca. very passion loosed, rifts back and meets yon face to face— When the chickens come home to roost, Whether you're over The r You cannot escape the liand 0f God, You miust bear your sip or shame, No matter what's carved or a marble slab, When the items are all |-rw|ur«n| You'll find that St. Peter was keeping * And that chickens cone lululu 10 roost, St. Valentine, (Written for the Bee by Lu B, Cake.] Come, dear, to e, and let mine eyes Look down into those eyes of thine, While beart asks heart, exe old Time flies, “Are you my own, sweet Valentine?”’ And waiting from the world of art, Oh, let our souls now intertwine b Wwords to hind us heart to heart , love; for aye your Vi ——— A Ringing Speech. Schuyler Herakd. Hon. ©. D, Casper, senator from Butler wnd Polk counties, made 8 ringing speech before the senate ou the railroad question last Thursday. Mr. Casper’s speech showed bim to be tharoughly posted 00 thls iwmpor- tant question. Mr. Casper is a staunchadvo- cate of the rights of the people, but he has a hard crowd to deal with at Lincoln, and we are afraid that his ardent labor will not be crowned with success, —an. Canine Legislation, ‘This is the text of a bill recently introdueed in ti& Maine logislatur Sec, 1. Thedog is hereby declared to be a dm|w~l|(~ animal. 2. This actshall take effect when ap- Prml‘d ‘The bill was introduced because under the present law a dog is not revarded as a domes- tic animal, and if it is stolen the thief therefore be punished. - Afraid of Earthquakes, Chicago News. By an order of the mayor of Jeffersonville, Ind., every business honse, gambling-room and saloon in the city was closed last Sun- day, and the day had not fairly begun when a tremendous earthquake shock was felt throughout the state. Now we know why Mayor Harrison makes no attempt to close aloons and gambling-rooms in Chicago on Sunday. 1t the little town of Jefferson- ville can on so slight proyoeation shake upa whole state and parts ot two others, the en- tire solar system would be shaken out of wear it all the holes in Chicago were stopped up. - Righ and Dry. New (rleans Pieayune. Bars in Maine hotels are kept in the atties, By the time a stranger lands there he is high and dry. - SUNDAY GOSSIP, “So vor want to know something about the Council Bluffs boom?” said a Counell Blulls gentleman who was in Omaha yester- day. “Well, it is certainly apleasant sub- jeet for us Bluffers to talk about. he boom, as it is called, 15 very peeuliar, and has its patlietic side. Something like eighteen or twenty years ago Couneil Blufls with brighter prospects than any eit partof the country. It was a gres ting point, doing a large business, and widely known, Then followed the tedious fight with Omaha as to supreniacy and the initial point and transter of the Union Pa- cifie railroad, ‘The Initial point controversy was nominally decided in favor of Council Blufis, but as a matter of fact Oma retainred nearly all the substantial benefits, Property was very high in Council Bluffs at that tivie, and it was purchased largely by persons of means, who toa cer- tain extent have been hanging on to it all these years, and never been able to realize anything on it. They became property poor as nconsequence. As an instance, tuke the case of a widow who has been in v moder- ate circumstances since the unfavorable turn of affairs years ago. She owned sixty acres of land on the bottoms. Only a few weeks ago 1t was unsalable—virtually good for nothinz, It would not have brought over in this outit- $2000 if a could have been found. It was only a few da ago that she was offered $15,000 for it. That alone will make her aflluent for life, Last fall two butehers bought some land on the bottom to be used as a corral for theiv cattie. They paid for it a few hundred dollars. The other day 000, These are only two of a great many similar instanees. There have been great numbers ot persons who had proverty seattered about, but It was unsalable, After this boom struck the city they have had notrouble whatever to re far in excess of any expectations they may have ever had. Mhe Council Bluffs real estate boom was first started by an Owmaha man, Mr. N. Merriam, who not long ago purchased the Catholic chureh vroperty for $25,000, which at that time was considered a remarkably high figure. Citizens in Council Blufls won- dered how he was going to get his money vack. e purehased other property on Broadway. When it was discovered that substantial and responsible citizens of Omaha were buying property in Couneil Bluffs the people of that eity commeneed to think that there might be something in it Then the bridge project was revived, ana it was believed that the whole boom was based on Omaba’s movements. It was thought that if properly in Omaha was really worth anything like what it has been selling for during the last eighteen months, that property on the east side of the river, situated within less than three miles trom the heart of Omaba, was ridiculously cheap. Other Omabn capitalists besides Mr, Merriam be- wan purchasing property, and the items as published 1n the newspapers attracted the at- tention of capitalists in Davenport, Des Moines and other cities, who sent represen- tatives to Council Bluffs to make investments for them, and today there are buyers from a lar pumber of other towns, including Shenandoah, Hamburg, oux City and Ce Rapids, with author- ity to invest in real estate. The result is that property on the bottoms, which two or three weeks ago sold for less than ) per re is to-day readily bringing from 1,000 to 1,600 per acre, and in many instances being paid for i cash. One syndicate of Council Blufls and Omaha men bought a tract of eighty acres for $%0,000, and the ne: they were offered $150,000 for it. ‘Th began on the bottoms, and has extended to town property and farms, One farm near the ity lately sold for $35,000, a “There have been more transfers of prop- erty in Council Blutfs during the past two wecks than there have been during the past twenty years. ‘The boom secms substantial, Tt is now thought that if Omaha is to become avery large and wealthy city, as it gives every promise of doing, with a first-class bridge between the two cities, it would be impossible for Council Bluffs not to be largely benefitted and share her prosperity. ‘The jealousy so long felt by the citizens of Council Bluffs has been entirely dissipated by their recent good fortune, they having the good sense to realize that Omaha cannot grow withoutalding them to a certain extent. \\u Tife has boen fnfused into the ™ eity. Broadway is to be paved clear to the river, thus giving a continuous and direct lmwd thoroughfare to Omaha, The briage will ainly follow. 'I'wo or three men own about a mile of property on each side of Broadway, and they, of course, will pay for & large part of the proposed paving. A street car line is to be built to Lake Manawa, which lias become a summer bathing resort. 1t is settlasl beyond question that all the roads centering In- Couneil Bluffs are to havea union depot, a depot company haviog been formed with General Dodge as president, ‘I'his depot will be built the coming season and will be ready for cecupancy by fall. A large, first class hotel isto be built either on the present site of the Pacific hotel, re- cently purchased by a syndicate for §30,000, or ou Woodbury's corner near the park, * **x “The bottom property between the city and the river hes never been overflowed but once, about five years ago. The water did not, a8 many suppose, back up from the river, but overfiowed from Big Lake, north of the city. A year or two after the over- flow the city expended about five thousand dollars on & levee, and the council bas just passed an ordinance providing for its com- letion. ‘This levee will render it impossible for an overflow 1o oecur agalu. **x “Oneof the men who is assisting In the Council Bluffs boom is My. Benson, who is beavily interested in Omana real estate deals, He 1s one of the men who owns a large tract of land along Broadway on thé bottoms, and who will, there- fore, contribute heavily to the paving ef that street, whieh is to be fifty-six feet wide, Aunother man who s taking a very active part 3, 1887 ~TWELVE PAGES is Mr. Evang, a capitalist. 1 understand that the Omaha street ear folks, particularly Messrs, Murphy, Clark and Marsh, and also Mr. Guy C. Barton, and the cable company, are going to assist in pushing the new bridge project, So you see that evorything is combining togive Council Blulls a great lift along with Om: “By the way of a little reminiscence it may interest many of the new comers to be in- formed th until the cowmpletion of Union Pacific bridge, in the spring of 1578 the Couneil Bluffs street railway ran down Broadway clear to the river, the terminal voint being about opposite Douglas street, in Omaha. The lowa rallways all ran to the same point, connecting with the ferry boats, four in number, by which the transter of pas- sengersand freight was made, The channel of the river was then nearly half amile farther east than it isnow. The channel changed in 18576, When the Union Pacitic bridge was completed the ferry trapsfer was, of course, abandoned, and the nm“._n pulied up their tracks and conneeted with the Union Pacitic at Spoon Lake.” “Titr: real estato boom at Los Angeles,Cali- fornia, Is remarkable,” said Mr. John T, Bell, who recently returned from a visit to that eity. “Though the city only halt the population of Omaha two deeds are filed for record there where we filo one. Our daily list at present is about forty, whereas during the last week | was in Los Angeles, ending January 20, the lowest number filad, per day was eighty-four, and the highest nincty eight, the total for the week being 503 tra fers, representingia valuation of $1,202 For the same week the transfers in Chics footed up 915,900, though it has a population of over 600,000 while Los Angeles claims only 50000, and her peovle are not at all modest as to elaims. The figures given do not include sales on contract, which liere we have a fashion of estimating at onc-third of the amoeunt in_ value of the corded transfers—an exces @ estimate, doubtless, as the property sold on contract consists usnally of cheap lots. “What are the drawbacks to this country?” inquired one of vur party, of a resident of Oak “Flies and 11608, was the prompt reply. But it seems s nearly devoidof drawbacks as ean well be asked. A perfect climate, ex- cellent water, eharming scenery, abundance of fruit, and a soil of the most unpromising appearance, but whieli irrigation transforms intoa garden for productivencss—these com- bine to render California a wonderfully at- tractive rezion. Wealth unlimited and peo- ple by the tens of thousands stream in that direction now, and the next decado will do more for California than any ten vears of the gold fever. What is necded in the southern part of the stato s cheaper transportation to castern markets, and_that vroblem would be solved if the Union Pacific folks would ex- tend a line of road from Frisco, Utah, south- v Angeles. 1 sugzested that mueh to Mr. Poppleton the other day, and he fully agreed with me, but added that it took ¥ to build railroads. ‘The distance to Los Angeles from Omaha would be shostened by at least two hundred miles if this line werebuiltand a fine country south of Salt Lake City opencd upand aconsiderable local business secured at onee.” Tir conduct of Patti during the excite- ment following the explosion of an_infernal machine in the Grand opera house shows her to be n woman of great cooiness and pre- sence of mind. When the audience was panic-stricken, she advanced to the foot- lights and sang “Home, Sweet Home.” Patti has during reer been in many perilous and ng situations and has always maiutained ner composure and pre- senceof mind. “When I was sixteen years old,” said she to Mr. E. Rosewater while she was in Omaha three years ago, “1 was sing- ing in concert at St.Thomas, in the West Indies. An earthquake shook the ground and opera house, | and & stampede ocenrred among the audience. 1 was not aware of the eause of the stampede, but called out to the audience, ‘Don’t o yet; I haven't quite finished my son, and I kept on singing to the end. Most of the audience halted and heard me through.” TuEe country is safe. Let the war talk pro- ceed. We have no need of coast defenses so long as the festive cowboy comes to the front, as he promises to do in the following com- munication : To the Editor of the Br Dbraska will in case of war w nish 1,000 cowboy cavalry the good work o on Tur man who had the reputation of never changing hisshirt is dead. It is almost un- ry to say that his name was Henry He was a Methodlst minister, a politician and an orator with but few equ “When I was a student at the lowa uni- versitz,” said an Omaha man, “Henry Clay Dean came there to loeture. He was shabbily dressed, his clothes hung ill fitting and v dirty. He wore along, soiled linen duster, and his shirt cuffs were nearly black with dirt. Some one induced him to reverse the ends of his cufts and pull his coat sleeves down to hide the soiled part. Soon after he began talking he pulled up his coat sleeves and_exhibited his durty shirt cuffs, The audience bezan laughing, and thereupon Mr, Dean turned himselt loose and gave the students a most scathine rebuke, after which lie resumed the thread of his lecture,” Western N h England fur- and po Lot Cownoy. - 4 A Kansas Opinion, QuickviLLe, Kan., Feb.11.—To the Editor of the Beg: The defeat of Senator Van Wyek hus cast a deep feeling of sor- row all over northwestern Kansay, It was the wish of all hon minded men that he would be his own successor, but the trmmph of weachery and fraud will be short lived. It will be a disgrace to the fan name of Nebraska if the people allow the legislature renegades to go without just rebuke, The people of this secetion wounld gi hem ‘n practical re- minder of their unfaithfulness, READER, Richardson County Wrathy, Faris Crry, Neb., 11.-To the Nditor of the Bre: I find after a some- what extended trip over Richardson county und a general talk with eitizen: who are the constituents of our legisl tors, that the action of the latter in aid- ing and abetting the defeat of Hol Charles H. Van Wyck, the people choice, is openly and frankly denounced, It was the people who were beaten and Senator Van Wyck, though robbed of his re-election, has to-day more political strength in Richardson county than any man in the state. The day is not far dis- tant when his voice will again be heard in the leading councils of the nation. While treachery and unserupulous use of money by railrond corporations may dominate for a time, it is only stivring up wrath for the coming of that day of wrath when a burst of popular indigna- tion will sweep corrupt parties and rings from existence. I fear republican- ism in our county is dead—in fact many bitherto strong party men have now changed its name to “monopoly party.” This seems 1o be very .mpru|uml4~ w the light of the late scnatorial Lancoln. Our repre: Vi present legislature were instructed by the voice and votes of their constituents to support General Van Wyck, but the record does not show a »mglv voto for him. While we would like to honor them, it is impossible to honor that which 15 not honorable. A creature gifted with reason cannot kiss the hand uplifted against it. The people made their choice for United States senator legally aud by the most sacred weans Awericans and froomen enjoy, but our representa: tives have robbed them of their rights and forced upon thém a hitherto chief of monopoly. A UONSTITUENT, A Senntor Criticized, Farrs Ciry, Neb, Feb. 11.—<To the Editor of the B The following reso- lution was unanimously passed by the Farmers’ Institute of Richardson county, in a meeting held February Resolved, That we do hereby denounce, in the strongest terms the action taken by Senator Linn. of this connty for opposing the passage of Senate File No. 52, as intros dueed by ing among g enator Keckley, prohibiting poois \ m\(| cattie buyers, Jous Licury, E B ©_Committea, SAVMUEL Licnty, o, it Seeretary. Farmers of Stunart, . Stvant, Neb,, Feb, 11.—To the Editot of the Bre: Through your columns the Pleasant Valley Farmers' alliance wishes to express its high appreciation of all such men as stood by it in the late hard fought contest in trying to secure thoe Hon. C. H. Van Wyck as United States senator, and herchy pledges itsolf to stand by all those who stand by it and its interests, We also congratulate the Ber for the honest and manly part taken in the con- test. While we sorely regret the loss of Senator Van Wycek, who was the peo- ples choice, we are 411 in hopes that the senator-eleet will prove as worthy of the respeet and support of the people as our friend, the senjor senator. Monopoly is op ive in the extreme, and we do here voice the true sentiment and requoest ot not only the ditferent alli- aneces, but the people at 1 , and w therefore, urge you to use the influenc of your valuabld paper in advocating tho | ts, especially, of the rmers’ alliance of Nebraska. .M Taveon, Wi Lase E.W. Turn = Committee, “They Were Botrayed, ReyNorps, Neb,, Feb. 9.—To the Editor of the Brr s Lam a citizen of Buckley precinet I feel it my duty to inform the public at large of the manner in which our last eleetion was conducted, The majority of all parties was in favor of K, but alas; the people of our have been sold to the highest Aporoved: vicinity bidder, They have been betrayed. It was thought the wishes of the people would have been respected by our sup- posed “worthy”’ representative, Pembor- ton, Our tickets were headed for choice, Our ropresentative th headers with Van Wy name, lymhul-ly knowing he would bo defeated if he posed the wish of the people. no minute made by the bonrd ard to the wish of the peovlein favor of Van Wye It was also a surprise to learn that Alexander of Nemaha county_went back on the people’s friend, Van Wyek. As [ amacquainted with him, probably his backbone weakened like ' some of the balanee. who Thanks to the noble four uted the ]u‘u||h' P, repro ahe Timber Culture Law. Mr, W. W. Phelleo of Ayr, Neb., writes that Senator-cleet Paddock is not really the father of the timber culture act, but that the eredit belongs to the late ex-Sen- ator . W. Hitchcock. In this connce- tion he givesa history of the bil! until it beeame a law, He says that in the winter of 1872 a petition to congress was drawn up and signed by residents of al- most y m Nebraska, It was the vr ption laws and the passage of a timbe ilture net in lien thereof. The latter was m sub- stance that person conld enter one quarter sec of government land, naturally devoidof timber under a timber enlture ac! oviding that they should “breuk up™ forty nercs of said one quar- 3 1d caltivate the same one or s; then plant to forest trees, way; to cultivate trees until ho years from date of entry; then the entry- mun should be entitled to a patent for 160 acres. ‘I'nis petition was put into the hands of the Iate Senator Hitcheock early o Mr. Philleo /s it was never to congress,” alleging a8 a the railroads did not want the pre-emption Jaws repealed as then “thoy could not hire men to pre them to locate towns on and et titles in six months or less timo as they were doing by fraud and per r Hiteheoek did frame a timber agsed both houses of ongress and beeam Y lw March 3,157, law required forty acres on 160 ac tract to he 0 forest trees and that wuld be twelve foet apart, thus ing the number of trees required ated. Mr. Philleo says: “‘Had Mr. Hitcheoek secured the ra I of the e © that time Land Com- ete,” Ar, Paddoc entered the enate in March 1875, The timber culturo .u! had been a law for two years and had been amended in the er of lN:l He further ame: the act by requiring only ten 160 to be pl.um d to timber, which is all Senator Paddock had to do with it, — - Maising the Price CnieaGo, Feb, 12, change has resolve sale price of anthracite coal fifty eent lhil:\: 8, of Conl. This will compel retail dealers to make & corres sponding increase in their price, so that chestuut and range coal will sell for $8.25 and cgg at $M, Vlhien the wholesale men incraased the prices claimed it was foity of cars and Now in addition fifty cents a month ago 1l done on account of the se: searcity of coal in the city, to thesa reasons, which they claim still exist, they alloze that the railroads intend to crease the freight rates fifty cents per ton after Monday next. Lediia The K. of L, Headq PHILADEDIHTA, Feb, 12, —The Knights of Labor have purchased property on North Broad street for $65,000 and it will be fitted up with offices to be oecupied as general headquarters of th order of the United States and Canada, - - Bank Statement, New Yourk, Feb, 12—The weckly bank statement shows the reserve decreased $1,562,000. The banks now hold §15,610,100 in'excess of the legal requirenients, - - The Tory Plan. LoNnox, Feb, 12.~The cabinet held a ¢ sion this afternoon to consider the proposed bill for the government of Ireland, The Montreal Carnival. MONTREAL, Feb, 12,-0Owing to the heavy snow storm yesterday, outgoing trains were all cancelled and many visitors wero forced 10 remain another day. - In 1850 the total expenditure for schools in New York state was $1,000,000, now it iu . There are 5, o teachers and - 2,973 femal the ve salaries is cities are $701 and in towns §201; the Ktato has 03 10& seliool houses 1o its territor the length of the sel year is 30, weeks 1o the cmnu and 44,610 the towns, ———— Fha New York academy of musie, whicl wlll be sold at public auction soon, has ruine e managers, lost mwore munf{ 'and durin lls time contained more wealtn than au) Louse in thecountry, says the News ketter 3K