Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1887, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1887, THE DAILY BEE. | B. ROSEWATER, Bn THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF RUBSCRIPTION ¢ m*ny (Morniag Edition) including Sunday Er, Ono Yoar v $ For 8ix Months For Throo Month The Omahn Sui ad OMATTA Oppice, No. T4 AND 918 FARNAM STRERY. . ROOM 65, TRINUNE BUILDING. 615 FOUKTERNTH STREET, CORRESPONDENCE? All somrmunieations relating to nows and edi- torial miatter should be addiessed to the Evi- TOR OF THE BLE, BUSINESS LETTERS] All business lotters and remittances should be dressed to THE BEx PUBLISHING COMPANY, MARA., Drafts, d_postoffice ordors 0 be made payable to the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWATER, Epiror THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Otrculation, Btate of Nebraska, }& " County of Douglas, Geo. 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P.Feir, Notary Publle. cop GoverNOR THAYER wisely asked for time to review carefully the evidence in the Marion murder case. Ir the New York boodlemen will give New York reporters a chance, a cholera seare will be the next thing on the list. Tuegreat and good Carter Harrison wiil again be a candidate for mayor of Chicago. St. Louis may boast of its spectral horses, but Mr. Harrison is no spook. GRAND ISLAND started out to banquet the members of the legislature. Before the feast was half over thev found they were entertaining nine lobbyists to one legislator. IN the book of destiny, where it was written “Grover Cleveland shall be president,”” the sentence also occurs that the eccentric Virginia gentleman, Mr. Riddleberger, “‘shall have the balance of power 1n the fiftieth congress.” Acrons and actresses who make their ‘‘farewell tours' sometimes roturn again. Itis arefreshing fact that some actors do not attemipt this. This winter will prove Mr. Agoe’s farewell tour and end his political career. Tak bill appropriating Mr. $5,000 for his New Orleans exposition hus passed the house. The two bills passed by our legislature to reimburse the ox- governor muake agrander exhibit than the ex-governor’s entertainment at New Orleans. Ee—— WneN Mrs. Colby’s husband said to the senate the other day that a wife could tostify ngninst the husband in everything but criminal matters, the Gago county statesman demonstrated the fact that woman's rights are stronger in the stato of Beatrice than they are in the state con- stitution, Tur Hamilton county dodo continues 1o paw the air in the lower house. His nprmal school bill remans his hobby. Every member of tho legislature now re- Frets that he was not made speaker. ‘Thoy please themselves by thinking that had he secured that position he would have made less noise. However, antici- pation was always more beauutiful than realization, EE———— Tuk inflation system 1s being worked for all it is worth in Kansas City, and eastern pcople are beginning to see through it. The Somerville (Mass.) Jour- nal says: ‘‘Real estate transfers in Kan- sas City aggregated $1,500,000 last week. Yeoplo out there may do something else besides swapping their property all around, and then swapping it back fift) two times a year, but wedon't belicve it." S———— NorHiNg ought to be allowed to stand in the way of the passage by the legis- lature of the bill compelling railroad companies to diseard the stoves from passenger and baggage cars. Recent equipments on southern roads prove that 10 heat by steam is practicable. Let Ne- braska lead the northern statesona mat- ter of such grave importance. It would seem as if Carter Harrison absolutely owned the city of Chicago, or if not that, that heis as firmly seated upon its shoulders as the Old Man of the Sea was upon those of Sinbad the Salor, and cannot be thrown off. He has been an incubus upon the Lake Side City for some ten years, Demagogieal in all his wrotense of principles, corrupt in atl his practices, sustained by and sustaining the worst elements of the city's popul; tion, the gamblers, keepers of low rum shops, ballot box stuffers, repeaters, forgers of election returns, he has been able to dofy all attompts by the better olass of citizens to loose his hold upon tho chief oxecutive office of the eity, and it would scem as if only death could re- lieve the city of his balefui rule. But death loves a shining mark, not a dirty . one, and so Carter is likely to be spared " theso many years to afilict Chicago. He . hus etfocted & compromise with the Iro- L guois club, which makes him solid again . with the democratio party, and he is " soheming to capture the labor party, whioh doveloped such unexpected . strongth at the last uleotion, His - ““friends,” who are no trionds of the aity, already fool jubilant over his chances of ' re-olection, and ns they have eoverything _ atatake, often thoir personal liberty— m.l’l"' the privilege of proying upon ~ oity, they aro not apt to make & mis- _ #ako. Alas! for Chicago. SREN The Bill Should Paws, The senate bill No. 49, requiring foreign corporations (o become corporations under the laws of this state to the extent of making them eitizens, thus preventing the removal of suits between them and itizens of this state to federal courts, is one of the important bills before the leg- islature. It was on Tuesday recom- mended by the senate to pass, and it will doubtless pass both houses and be- come alaw. ‘The BEe gave the textof this bill yesterday, and from it our read- ers will by le to judge of the benelits to the citizens of Nebraska designed to Dbe secured by its passage. There is no hostility to other states, or the ecitizens of other stutes, contemplated by this bill; its intent is simply to place toreign cor- porations doing business in our state, de- riving revenues from our citizens, upon an equal footing with those citizens before our state courts. 1f our state is a good enoungh state to make money in for foreign corporations, our courts should be held good enough to determine causes between our citizens and these corporations. Notwithstanding it is a notorious fact that the Unite bnrdened with bu. court of the Ul long been considering some 1 relief without arriving ata solution 3, indeed, for this very reason—: zens and corporations of other states rarely if ever submit their oauses to the courts of the state in which the ground of action arises. As these foreign citizens and corporations are usually defendants, the plea is made that state courts would not give them justice, but the real r in ninety-nine cases out of a hund that these foreign defendants, corpora- tions and capitalists, hope to worry the plaintiffs by the greater expense and de- 3in United States courts, into com- promising or abandoning their claims. And this is very often the result. Thus, a vractical denial of justice, not only to the citizens of Nebraska, but to those of other states, often results from re- moval of causes from state to United States courts. In view of the fact that judges of fed- eral courts are so hardly worked, it would seem reasonable to expect that they would discourage, so far as they could, any increase of their labors, but the fact is that for ycars there been a steady encroachment by the federal courts upon the jurisdiction of state courts. Appeals from the latter to the former have greatly of late increased in frequency, and by apparently strained constructions of law, jurisdiction is now assumed by federal courts that years ago would have been denied. There is neither justice nor propriety in this. It1s tiue that if John Smith, of Nebraska, sues Capitalist Brown, of New York, or a New York corporation, in our state courts, and the cause is removed to a federal court, a Nebraska jury has stll to pass primarily upon the case, but the delays and the costs in the federal court are both greater. And then if it is a case involving a large amount, appeal from the latter court would lis to the supreme court at Washington, with im- mensely increased expense and delay, wlhile otherwise it would be to our supreme court at Lincoln, with moderate expense and delay. The constitution of the United States secures to citizens of each state the rights and privileges of citizens in other states —-not greater, but the same. It is there- fore the right of our legislature, in ex- tanding the protection of our laws to citizens and corporations of other states locating here for business purposes, to require them, like oitizens of Nebraska, to be subject to our laws and courts. A Nebraska [nsurance company, if sued by a citizen of Omaha, cannot remove the cause to a tederal court in order to wear out the plaintiff’s patience or exhaust his resources. Why, then should a New York company competing here with our home company, have that right? The bill is right ; let it pass. Mules Against Railroads, The following communication speaks for itself, in plain words and figures, and directly to the point: Hroron, Neb., March 7, 1887 —Editor Omaha B Last month we had an invoice of seven corn planters, seven check rowers and two stalk cutters shipped from Gales- burg, IIL.: freight from Galesburg to Lincoln, $14.78; freight from Lincoln to Hebron, $24.08 on the same goods. Having about 6,500 pounds more of goods at Lincoln, we hired two teams and giving rallroad rates (5 cents per hundred), they started and made the round trip in six days, thereby making a little over $8.00 per day, and saving us drayage at both ends. Since then we have had several applications from farmers want- ing to haul freight from Lincoln at railroad rates. Respectfully yours, MALOWNEY & WILSON. The Hebron Journal, of March 3, gives the teamster's statemont in regard to the above, as follows: 8. H. Andrews reports that he hauled machinery from Lincoln for Malowney & Wilson at the same rate as charged by the rallroad, and made with two teams $6.00 a day, being two days going and four days re- turning. This 18 a practical demonstration that freight rates are too high. This is a fair sample of the local freight charges of Nebraska railroads. It is a convincing argument for the necessity of a stringent law regulating railroad rates in this state. The inter-state commerce law does not touch a case like this; it af- fects only rates between es. At rests with the legislature of each state, there- fore, to protect its citizens from the op- pression of exorbitant tariffs within its jurisdiction, When mule teams can at this season of the year, when roads are often very bad, haul goods at railroad rates between railroad stations and make living wages at it, can it be pretended that the railroads couldg not greatly re- duce those rates and still make fair earn- ings upon their capital® Of course railrond managers may re- ply that there is no law prohibiting coun- try merchants from employing mulo er ox teams to haul their freight if they choose to do so. But that iz not the point. The point is that the people of this state have given valuable franchises to railroad companies not primarily for the purpose of making stockholders of those companios millionaires, but avow- edly for the purposs of developing the state’s rosources by quickening travel and transportation and reducing the cost thereof, thus directly benefiting the people of tho whole state, whose right it was and is to grant or withhold these franchises. The veople had no right to expect that after those roads were built they would still be oblighed to pay old stage rates for travel or ox-team rates for carrying their crops and merchandise. They did not abdicate their right to use stage coaches and ox- teams, but in the granting and accept- ance of railroad franchises and the pro- tection of the state's laws extended over railroad property, there was not only an implied but a legal obligation on the part of companies accepting those fran- chisos and enjoying that protection to give the people quicker, better, cheaper transportation, But they have violated the contract. After driving oft the coaches and the teamsters they have taken whatever rates they chose. They have taken a half or two thirds of the farmer's crib for carry- ing the rest; they have taken o larger part of a merchant's fair percentage of profit for carrying his goods, thus compelling the farmer to pay the greater part of what remained of his crib in excessive cost on his family supplies. If a farmer has occasion to travel fifty milles on the roads he permitted to built, they clean out his thin wallet for the privilege, and if he sends his representative to the legis- lature to put acurb on these cormoraents, they go there and with the farmer’s hard earned money they unblushingly, by s that are dark and tricks that are effective, defeat the people's will and tighten their grasp on the people's throats. In conclusion we express the earnest hope that every member of the legislature will carefully read and consider this ar- ticle. We say to each member individu- ally that we mean him personally. We say to each that his duty 1s first and above all to the people, and as a journal supported by the people for the express purpose of maintaining and defending the people’s rights, it is our privilege and our duty to demand that the peoole shall be protected from the outrageous extor- tion of the corporations—the creatures to which they have give life and the priv- 1lege of existence on Nebraska soil, —_— A Great Railroad Deal. New York and Baltimore dispatches announce one of the most extensive and important railrond deals that has ever taken place in this country. ‘This is the projected purchase of the Bualtimore & Olo railroad, with its telegraph lines and express service, by a syndicate em- bracing the Jersey Central, the Reading, the Richmond Terminal, and perhaps some other corporations not named. The project, according to the advices at hand, is not yet consummated, but the indefi- nite statements that could be obtained from the reticont memboers of the syndi- cate make it pretty certain that the nego- tiations have proceeded so far that the deal will be earried out. The inference from the dispatches is that the negotia- tions have been in progress for some time, but they have been carried on with the profoundest secresy, and the divulgence ot the scheme yesterday caused a good deal of excitement throughout railroad circles and semething very like conster- nation in Baltimore, to which city the selling corporation has been for many years the business backbone, while hold- ing also lnige public and private invest- ments. No conceivable event would be 80 grievous to Baltimore as the transfer of fhe control of the great railroad that has had so much to do with the progress and prosperity of that city to another and outside coutrol. The wnole country, however, has an in- terest in this transaction asanother for- midable concentration of corporate power As an independent corporation the Balti- more & Ohio company, under the pro- gressive and eonterprising management ather and son, has been ing force in opposition to the plundering schemes of rival corpora- tions, and 1ts power has been necessarily exerted in public interests. This has not unfrequently been done, undou btedly, at a serious sacrifice to the company, and the floating debt, estimated variously from $9,000,000 to $15,000,000, attests the cost of such enterprise, but its value to the business interests of the country must be estimated by much larger figures. Under the new control it would of course coase to be a force in this direction, and would become instead an added instru- mentin the hands of the consolidated corporations to aid in carrying out what- ever plans against the public might be deemea in their interest. It is said that the consummation of this project will give the combination and the roads in harmony with it complete con- trol of all the anthracite territory in the country, and undoubtedly this is one of the chief objects sought, What such a condition means the country has had a fair opportunity to learn from the overa- tions of the anthracite pool the present year. But the great object is to. remove the power that has hitherto held the grasping designs of other corporations in check, and as a member of the syndi- cate expressed it, to bring about rela- tions that will ‘‘assure harmony and co- operation’’—in other words, that will enable the combination to have its own way regardless of the interests or wish of the public. From every point of view relating to the public welfare the ab- sorption of the Baltimore & Ohio road by this syndicate of corporations would be cause for great regret. A Wise Judge, A case of more than usual interest, be- cause of the very sensible ruling of the judge, 13 just now before one of the Chi- cago courts. A Mrs. Shea shot and seri- ously wounded one Matthew Clynch, a grocer, whom she claimed was trying to effect an entrance into her house. At the preliminary hearing on ‘fuesday last, some evidenco was introduced indicating that Clynch went to Mrs, Shea’s house by her invitation, Judge White, how- ever, brushed that all aside by saying: If it is true that Clynch nad an appoint- ment with Mrs, Shea, then he isa disreputa- ble man and 1 would not believe him under oath 1f he was here. Ho tried to break up another man’s family, I don't believe he ever made such an appointment. If he did there is little to be regretted it he is killed. At's no loss at all if ne dies. Continue this matter for ten days, when we can find out whether he dies or not. 1f he dies I'll nolle pros this case. This 18 the soundest kind of common sense. It holds a man responsible for the consequences of his illegal presence at snother's house. Granted that he was there by the woman's invitation or con- sent, the purpose was destruetive of pub- lic morality and domestic peace, and the judge wisely held that even if the woman had previously made the appointment, she had the right to repent in her cooler moments and to resist the man's en- trance, even to the extent ot killing him if necessary, and that the killing of & man engaged in an attempt to break up another man's ‘family and wreek his domestic peace 15 ng crime If this is not good, law, 1t should be. 1t is true that: | the law do not in words hold a guiltless for the killing another for the seduction of a wife or daughter, but ji do, and always will, ‘Lhe Kkilling of Key by Sickles, of Cole by Hiscock, of Rich- ardson by McFarland and many others are cases in point. Why then should not a woman and wife who may have listened to the tempting of a libertine be held Iy guiltless if in her repentence or re ce she shpols and kills the base wretch who secks her ruin, the disgrace of her children and the wrecking of her husband’s domestic ife? By publie opin- ion she wonld be, and it is gratifying to know that at least in one court she will by the ruling of a judge. The same rule of law or common sense would apply to other cases. For in- stance, a teusted clerk or watchman might be indueed by a robber to assist in the robbery of his employet. On the night agreed upon, the tempted employe, having repented, might be on guard to defend that which he had cozsented to aid in stealing, and in so doing might have to kill lus whilom confederate. In the face of the ¢! st evidence of the previous conspiracy, probably in the face of the employe’s aidmission of it, this rul ing of Judge White would hold him harmless for the killing, in view of his subsequent repentence, or at least any jury would, for the greater criminal would be held responsible for the conse- quence to him of his own crime. The letter of the law it 1s which kills; the spirit maketh alive. Let us have more of the spirit and less of the letter, and we shall have more justice. Southern Towns. The party of congressmen of which Senator Sherman is the central figure is on its way to Cuba, After a brief season in the ‘‘queen of the Antilles” this com- pany of congenial statesmen will return to their native land either by way of Florida or Louisiana, and agreeably to a pre-arranged programme, not yet definit- ely known, will honor with their special tention several of the southern states. Herein lies the real interest and sigmfi- cance of this southern tour, from the point of view of the politicians. Itiscer- tain that no action or movement of Sena- tor Sherman during the next eighteen months, not strictly within the line of his crsonal affairs or his ol 1 duties, will ail to be given a political coloring. Hence the real purpose of this tour is as- sumed to be political--a plan to enable Mr. Sherman to test ropublican senti- ment in the south with respect to himself, ve the republioans of that section a ce to know hinj, and at the same e to give a stimulus to the growth of republican feeling jn the south. It is not improbable that there may be something in this view. The statement is made that the friends of Senator Sherman in the south have advised him that in half a dozen southern state§ the democrats are wolully disorganized, and that the oppor- tunity is most propitious for strengthen- mg republicanism in those localities. North Carolina, Tenyessee and Virginia are especially indicated as promising fields for repub work. Inthe first named the democracy is divided on Cleye- land and anti-Cleveland lines, witn thei ablest leaders and best fighters in opposi- tion to the administration. ‘This division gave the legisiature to the republicans and independents. If it continues until the presidential election more unlikely things have happened than would be the casting of the electoral votes of North Carolina for the republican candidates. In Tennessce the democerats are far from being harmonious, and the election of brother Bob Taylor for governor intensi- fied their troubles and created new ones. Tennessee 18 not the most certain among the democratic states for 1883, The de- moralized condition of the Virginia demo- cracy was demonstrated in the last elec- tions, and the situation has not since im- proved. There are several newspapers in North Carolina which have announced their preference for Senator Sherman. Tennessee is said to have a compact Sherman organization, and heis believed to stand at least as well with the repub- licans of Virginia as any other man, With these facts in mund it 18 quite conceivable that Mr. Sherman saw the ex- pediency of improving the only good op- portunity he will have to make southern republicans acquainted with him, to in- vigorate their zeal, and to impress the policy of his party, as he authoritatively can do, upon the people of that section. Such & mission would be entirely proper and commendable. Republican leaders have made a mistake in keeping aloof from the south and leaving to their op- ponents the unquestioned control of the poliical sentiment of that scetion. They have been too willing to believe that the political solidity of the south could not be broken. But if there was at some time an excuse for this conduct and feel- ing there is none now. There isevidence that the new south is not irredeemably wedded to the old 1dols, but on the con- trary is growing very tired of them, and in the more populous and prosperous sections is about rendy to cast them out. It 1s beginning to be clearly seen and un- derstood that they are obstacles to pro- gress in every direction, This teeling needs to be encouraged and stimulated. Material advancement is working toward the desired result, but attainment may be expedited by a judicious policy of po- litical instruction that would convey to those people a great many new ideas and remove from their minds a great many false notions,, Perhaps there is no man better, qualified to wisely perform. this task than Senator Sherman, and if his southern tour really has a politighl purpose it can- not be doubted that good results will fol- low. It issaid that anothqr jnteresting south- ern tour is eontennx\ ed. A Washing ton dispatch announces that after getting through with his unfinished work the president and Mrs. Cloveland may take a trip southward. [t is thought that such a trip might remove some unfavorable impressions entertained of Mr. Cleveland inthe south, It might heal the wound causel by the Richmond incident. It might remove the ill-feeling caused by the heartless indifference of the president to the sufferings of the people ot Charles- ton at the time of the earthquake. It might placate those southern democrats who do not regard with admiration the appointments of Matthews and Trotter. There are good reasons why tho presi- dent might find it expedient to take & man | trip to the south, but it is hardly likely that he will do so. If he has any time to spare from oflicial duties for junketing he would better emvloy it in New York, where just now there scemsto be the greatest danger to his politieal future. In the hurried history of the day the name of Mr. Church Howe has of late been omited. Tie hotels at Nice during the earth- qu tumbled down. The prices re- mained the same. Wrritall her other failings it can be said of Miss Van Zant, that as yet she has not taken to the lecture field. Tue coming possibly irrigal tions to Omabh; iso of the Missouri may some of the recent addi- 1l Council Blufls, campaign only men with clear records can be elected. There can be no contractor's ring forced on this city of 80,000 people. Nor satisfied with .defeating all rail- way legislation, the railroad companics take a hand in defeating all bills calcu- lated to relicve a burdened people. M. CLEVELAND i8 now explaining why he vetoed so many bills. ‘The pres dent's explanations are hardly strong enough to make a good coast defense. 1z Omaha charter I8 getting a na- tional reputation. The Nutional Repub- lican says Omaha “apy s to be as ner- vous about the matteras an aged spinster when being litted to ner first set of store teeth.” By very shrewd management the vill appropriating $359,000 for the purchase of u site for a postoflice at San Francisco was passed in the house on the last day but one of the late session. The scnate passed it at the first on, but Holman fought it determinedly in the house. Day and night for the last two wecks of the session Representatives Morrow and Fel- ton has the promise of the speaker’s recog:- nition for a motion to suspend tbe rules and pass the bill, but Holman was obdurate, declaring that if he let that bill through he must let others. On the day before adjournment, however, Morrow's opportunity came. Ilolman wag absent on a conference, and Morrow being recognized by the speaker promptly moved the passage of the biil under a suspension of the rules. Half an hour was allowed for debate, during which not a word was said for or the bill, and then it passed without senting vote. It was promtly ts the senate, immediately eurolled and sentto the president, who signed 1t 1n the evening. Thus the great objector was for once outwitted. We sincerely regret that similar good fortune did not attend Senator Manderson’s bill appropriating $100,000 for the enlarge- ment of our postoftice. Possibly, Judge Weaver did not have the speaker’s promise of recogaition, or if he did, Holman may have returned too soon. Mr. McShane may be more fortunate in the next congres: RIRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, The Nebraska City schools had an at- tendance of 883 last month A building and loan asso organized in Nebraska Cit; A gm\fz of four vagrant burglars have been jailed in Nebraska City. Stanton is discussing ways and means to raise §1,000 and plant” it in water- works, Palmyra holds out her hand to the Omaha Southern and promises aid if the road comes that way. The Knights of Labor Co-operative as- sociation, capital $25,000, has been or- ganized in Beatrice, The B. & M. proposes to put Lincoln on its metal by builaing a circle railway. It has the true ring. The board of education of Nebraska City has deferred the introduction of the German langaage in the iigh school for ion is being has fifty acres of land, which will be fitted up for permanent ex- hibition grounds. The little daughter of Dan Stephens, of Stromsburg, was thrown down and severely mutilated about the face by a ferocious dogr. The bark was promptly tanned with a shotgun. A McCook chap with both eyes on number one, is organizing branches of *'Knights of the Giolden Cross™ in neigh- boring towns. The organizer takes the fiold, $10 a head, while the members ear the cross. The Holdrege Nugget is just out with a tinted boom edition illustratiug the prom- inent busincss blocks and residences, and picturing the future prospects of the town in glowing colors. The Fupor is a sPlr‘ndid advertisement for Holdrege and Phelps county: Norfolk papers declare that the yard- mastor who smashed James Davy's nose and skipped the town to avoid prosecu- tion, 13 working in Omaha. T'he charge of assault with intent to kill, which had been made against him, will be dropped, as Davey does not want to prosecute. moerial cdition’ of the Hast ctte-Journal is a spring blossom sing beauty. It 1s the neatest thing of the Kind issued this yoar, and is a credit to the enterprising publishers and the metropolis of the southwest. It contains twenty-four pages of well- soned statistics of the growth of the cit; illustrations of business blocks and resi- dences and a glowing pen portrait of the future. Coal finds are now so numerous that the demands on the state treasury for the #4,000 premium is liable to ruin the sur- plus. The town of Gordon, on the west- ern border, is the 35t claimant for boodle. Veins are so thick out there that children had been making playhouses on them before their value wus discovered. Chadron tips her beaver to Gordon and coal reigns on the Minnecadusa, ‘fhe museum at Fort Robinson has been enriched with a whiskered “Cardiff Giant,”" & local product, measuring twenty-two feet in height and seven feet across the breast. His tecth are three inches in length and his jaw resembles the basement of a trip hammer. Local experts declare the stiff to be the remains of one of the soldiers who camped there in the early days. His enormous size is doubtless due to his struggles with gov- ernment beef and pea soup, The ncident mentioned in the BEk a few days ago, that a passenger was bounced from a B. & M. train for pay- ing his fare, has taken a new and inter- esting turn. The victim was J. M. Rob- erts, of Weeping Water, who, while in Lincoln, neglected to xrouure a pass and purchased a ticket to Ashland, as hesup- posed. The sight of the money nearly paralyzed the ticket seiler. He recov- ered his perpendicular and handed Mr. Roberts aticket to a western station. The ticket was refused by the conductor and Roberts was bounced between sta- tions. He has now sued the company for $10,000 damages. lowa Items, An ascociation of ex-prisoners of the war has been formed in Sioux., Deposits in the banks of Sioux City in creased $30,000 in the last two weeks, showing that outsiders are squatting on the edge of the real estate boom The semi-ans auditor shows th youths of school a, apportion to 20 cent Fd Berrias, a livery stavle hostler in Dubugue, hustled ont of town Saturday night with his employer's hired girl, event would have passed the “‘corroding tooth of time™ without a squeezoe had not Berrins negl along. The latter sent a w. nt and an an officer after the runaways and they were captured and jailed. ‘Ilie Union Stock Yards company, of Sioux City, has increased its eapital stock from £100,000 with $25,000 pad up, to §1,000,000 with %600,000 paid up, and hasamended its article: 80 a8 10 enlarge its pow Dr for the building and operating of pork and beef packing houses. Che com- pany's fuglemun brags that an even $2,000,000 will be planted where it will grow into corner lots this summer. The Des Moines Leader, in an editorial on the shooting of Constable Logan, suys: “1t is_fortunato for the public, fortunate for Des Moines, fortuuate for lowa, fortunate for the whole country, that the first man killed i the prohib- itiod warfare in this city was killed 1n self-defense. The man who was killed fired the first shot, * = * rybody felt that the tragedy was coming.” The depth and agony of this fecling has been unutterable. To-day we stand in the awful presence of the tragedy itself. It shocks us all the more wuse it was so generally expected and so often talked about witl: bated breath, God grant it may be the iast one. Meekly indeed have the loyal people of thus city borne the outrages that have been perpetrated upou it in the name of law, Our people bave said, not trom terror but from loy- alty, “let the law at all hazzards be obeyed.” On our veaceful citizens no officer has had cause to draw a revolver and shoot. Yet it has several times been done. This time the citizen was missed and the officer shot." Wyoming. Cheyenne is talking up a new court house. Douglas is slowly emerging from the snow drifts of winter. Laramie is confident of securing con- nection with two new railcoads this year. Cheyenne has struck rock bottom of hard times and an carly bound upward is looked for, A company with a capital of $10,000 has been formed in Douglas to sink an artesian well. The Sundance Gazette advertises, *C. Hehl, dealer in ammunition, ete.” The average reader will in all probability C Hehl sooner than he desires and have a splendid opportunity to test the quality of the ammunition dealt in, at that time. ——— Two Loves, Ella Wheeler Wilcor. The \\l‘nnmu Le loved, while he dreamed of er, Danced on till the stars grew dims But alone with her heart, from the world apart, : Sat the woman who loved him. The man he worshiped only smiled When he poured out his passionate love, Wahile the other somewlere kissed ner treas- ure most rare— A book he had touched with his love. ‘The woman he loved betrayed his trust, And he wore the scars thro' life; And le cared not, nor knew, that the other was true; But no man cailed her wife, The woman he loved trod festal halls While they sang his funeral hym But the sad bells tolled ere the year was old O’er the woman who loved him, -~ FORTUNATE PERSONS. Congressinan McMillan’s wife is heir to about seven million dollars, Vito Cercolone, who died recently at Milan, has lett by his will his entire fortune, amounting to $160,000, to King 1lumbert. Sir Charles Dilke's great aunt in 1804 mar- ried a Mr. Snooke, and they had two chil- dren, both of whom are now dead. The Snooke family fortune has thus been be- Gueathed to Sir Charles Dilke, and it amounts to something more than §500,000. Coon hunting seems to be a lucrative sport in some parts of Missouri. ‘I'wo hunters re- cently chopped down an evident *‘coon tree’ near Trenton and got three coons, 400 pounds ot honey and an oyster can in which were §280 in gold. Misses Stella Hays and Irwin Laughlin are two wealthy little women of Pittsburg. The former is fourteen years of age, and one of four heirs to 5,000,000 left by her grand- father. Irwin Laughlin, ten years of age, 18 an orphan and sole heiress to many mill- ions. General Beals of Washington, I3 one of the largest landed proprietors in the United States, 1lis cattle ranch, Tejou, embraces 250,000 acres, eighty miles north of Los An- geles, Cal, upon which are 40,000 head of cattle and horses. He has a farm of several hundred acres eight miles from Washington, where ho has a stud of bloeded stock. He also possesses a large estate in Chester, Pa, Ross R. Winans, of Baltimore Is noted for his gencrosity to his tenants. He is now in Europe, and every two weeks sends home $100 for the poor of his city. William Winans, his grandfather, is the owner of vast estates in Scotland, and is noted for his tyranny and unpopularity. R. G. Head, president of the International Range association, has capacity to get ahead in the world. He was once a cowboy ut a salary of $15a month; later he had charge of the Prairie Land & Cattle association at $20,000 & year, and since then he has accumu- lated a vast fortune inbusiness for himself, W. Caspar Stewart, an employe of a Pitts burg firm of glass wanutacturers, who es his ancestry back to the Stuarts of Scotland and England. has heard that an estate of over fifty thousand dollars is awaiting a braneh of that family in Great Dritain, So far twelve beirs Lave been discovered in Aumerica, —— ANAMOSA ITEMS, The Short Corn Crop and Its Results —8ome 01d Feople, ANAMOSA, In., March 7.—|Correspon- dence of the Bee.]—Siuce the last corn crop was injured in Jones county, 150 carloads of corn have been shipped into Anamosa from other parts of the state to supply the needs of the furming country tributary to this market. The corn crop last year amounted to but three-fourths of a full crop. Three hundred and firty carloads additional will be required to supply the requirements of the mers until the next corn harvest, making a total of 500 carloads, or 250,000 bushels the farmers of this viciuity will have to buy to earry them from corn harvest 1836 to corn harvest 1857, Figuring the of the above at 5 cents per bushel laid down in Anamosa, it would amount mt £87,500-—a very large amount of money to be drawn outof a community purely ag. ricultural in ats riches The fav mers are in no small degre to blame for this deficit, Thoy have overlooked the value of & sucoession of erops in growing corn, and have reduced their | od to take his logal wife | | average to engago in dairying. The re. sult is they have been obliged to pay out more money for corn than they have realized for their pastures This year the plows will be put into the pastures and the corntields will be enlarged, with better results, we trust, nexty Last week there was a birthe held at the home of Mr. J. P, of this county, 1 honor of hi fourth birthday, There were fourteen guests present, their heads ing seen the frosts of ny winters, and whoso aggregate age w 5 years, or an aver age of seventy-or ch, Anamosa claims to have within its borders as old u eitizen as the state aflords. e 18 the father of our well known age manu facturers of state reputation, aud is now ninety-nine years of age, and is stll “of sound mind and good bodily vigor, and so far as can be seen bids fair to lhive many years ret. Wo have u half dozen or more people here who are eighty.six and upwards. Who can beat it? Our business men are greatly annoyed by an influx of counterfeit money,mostly of the half-dollar denomination.” W here it comes from i varty Iman, eventy- They Mect and Deliberate—A General Organization Demanded, About two hundred and fifty carpenters and joiners met at 1316 Douglas streot ‘I'uesday night pursuant to a call to dis- cuss measures to better unite the soveral hundred carpenters in Omaha for more effective service and for the praotical promotion of methods of co-operation. The president, G. N. Coats, explained the objects of the meeting and called on Mr. Lewis, of the i, who delivered an address, and counselied all to join, in- veighed against unskilled laborers be- coming contractors, and spoke of the reo- duction of the standard of earpentery through machine prepared wood-work. Mr. McCardle, chairman of the Central Labor union, strongly urged all to put their names on the roll. He said the line between skilled and unskilled Iabor must be wiped out, and all laborers Jjoined in one united force. Mr. Black snid he had been a member ot the Carpenters’ union for three years, and believed that all were benefittod by | Troight conduetor, who the union, whether members or not. In some cities carpenters are thoroughly or- f,nmzud, and they reap benefits in shortor hours and more wages. This gives more men work and a larger percentage of their wages. He spoke of the help given to members by the organization. He would like to 800 more clonfi to it in Omaha, If all would join good carpenters would not Ye working for 15 cents an hour, Mr. Toft read an address counsellin, organization asa remedy of the evils suf- fered by producers. His article was well prepared and compared the condition of carpenters with bricklayers and other la- borers who wore organized. He de- nounced advertising for carpenters to reduce wages. Mr. Magregor counselled organization in a forcible and pleasant manner. He said it was the only way to begin. He made one of the most cffcctive talks of the evening, Mr. Green spoke of the duty of each man to become a member and better him- self and his fellow workmen. Mr. Roed spoke about the benefit of es- tablishing a Iaboringman’s library but was opposed to strikes. Charles Wiere was called on and made aneloquent appeal for organization. He is a tinner. Several others spoke, some favoring & unity of all trades unions, others favor- ing Separate orgauization. An explanation was made of the con- stitution and laws and many joined the organization, e Creighton College ftems, Creighton college, a fow days ago, re- ceived as a donation from John A. Creighton his valuable lot on the north- east corner of Ninoteenth and Chicago, with the church standing on the ground. This donation was made the basis for the purchase of the house and lot in front of the college. The property thus acquired belonged to Mr. John Mo Creary, who valued it at $18,000. He re ceived from the college the 1ot on Nino- teenth and Chicago and a bonus of $3,000 besides, making in all the value of $18,000 for the lot 104x132 and the building upon the lot. The college intends to romove the barn and laundry and use the resi- dence for scientific purposes. A spiritual 1ctreat for the students has been going on for the last threo days at Creighton college. It is conducted by Rev. H. Moeller, president of St. Louis university, St. Louis, Mo. Bemng a very fine speaker and a scholarly man in many departments he makes the exerocises ex- ceedingly intoresting for all who attend, Tho retreat will close with gencral communion on Thursd:\r morning at 7:30 a.m. It1s noticeable that very faw of the Catholic students have missed the discourses of Dr. Moeller. — ‘‘Longfollow's Da; In November last & Chautauqua Liter- ary circle was organized in the southern part of the city by Mrs, T. C. Clendening, wife of the pastor of the Tenth Strect Moethodist Episcopal church. The society is in n prosperous condition, meeting regularly once in_two weeks for recita- tions and work. Tuecsdayevening the so- ciety mot at the home of the president, Mrs. Clcmluninip It was the oircle's “Longfellow's Day.”’ e programme was as follows: Roll Call—-Quotations from Longfellow. Sketch of Longfellow's life o0 rs. E. A. Jackson watha. Witson Clendening ‘The Story of Miles Standish......Mrs. Sears *The Children’s Hour”..Miss Clara Jackson Reading— ‘Elimbeth"; Music o ge', “The Old Clock on the Hendening wmes Loage Alexander o .. Miss Goodman of tho s Alice Harmon iss Cora Smith Recifation lesperu I Music—""I'he Day is Done’ - The Garbage Ordinance. Henry Coombes, & #arhage man, was arrestod yesterday for dumpiug garbage on the bottoms, instead of at the dump provideda for that purpose, Judge Stenberg said yesterday that the amended garbago ordinance as passed last night by the council would make things more satisfactory all around. *“This will enable a licensad express- man,” he continu ashes, offal and m s, slop must be carricd away by the regular garbage man, This will » a good many complications that Lave arisen un- der the old or Bernard Doran, who met with the frightful accident Tuesday, is at St Josaph's hospital, whoere he was removed yesterday evening. The physicans ean- not say whetier he will die from his in- juries or not. Fleming, the B. & M. A his foot cut off in the union depot, on Monday night by & moving ear, is aiso in the hospital and doing as woli as conld be expeotad. il ing repainted and gen- ap. number of n The hosprial is Drigh Alargy eing treated in the establish- erally brigh Pationts wie ment