Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1887, Page 4

interes*” 1887. DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. = LENUS OF SUBSONTPTION | Dally Moeniag Bdition) including Bre, One Y oar vepig For 8ix Months For Throo Months ... .. The Omahn Swnday B wddress, Une Year. . muiied to nny 014 AND 18 FARNAM STRERY. M A5, TRUGUN K BUTLDING 0. 513 FOURTERNTHL 8TREET. OMATIA OPPICE, EW YORK ( ABHINGTON OFFIC CORRESPONDENCE All communioations relating to nows and edi- torial matter should be addressed Lo the Ept- TOR OF THE BER. BUSINERS LETTENS! All businoss letters and romittancos should be addressed to Te Bee Puse NG_COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, chocks and postoffice orders 0 be made payabie to the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETCRS, ROSEWATER, Eptror THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, ! P County of Douglas, | ™ ™ Geo, B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Mar. 11th 1887, wus as follows: Baturday, Mar. 5. Sunday, Mar. 6, Monday, Mar. 7. ... Tuesday, Mar, 8. Wednesday, Mar. Thursday, Mar, 1 Friaay, Mar. 11 Average... Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to be- fore e this 12th day of llnr&h]/,\. D., 1857 . P. FrIL, ISEALI Notary Publie. Geo, B, 'lzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- erage daily circulation” of the Dally Bee for themonth of March, 189, 11,657 coples; for April, 1886, 12,191 copres: for for May, 1888, 12, - 450 coples; for June, 1886, 12,208 coples; for July, 1856, 12,314 copies; for August, 188, 12,464 copies; for September, 1886, 13,030 copies; for October, 1856, 12,080 copiea; for November, 1856, 13,348 coples; for December, 1686, 18,237 copies; for January, 1887, 16,200 copies; for February, 1887, 14,198 copies. . Gro. B, TzSCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March, A. D, 1857, ft’sEAu P Notary Public Ferr LADY CHURCHILL'S P ysis was en- tirely cured by the Riviera earthquake. We know now what earthquakes are good for, Tue latest advices from Lincoln would seem to indicate thatone or more bills have been introduced with a view of blackmail. OxAnA real estate arithmetic consists of addition, multiplication and division. Additions to the city, multiplication of investments, and division of profits. X1V at one time had 206 sccre- taries. s history shows how reckless the state senate could have been. As it is the entire 83 members only have 111 clerks. BostoN recently bought a base ball piayer, Mr. Kelly, for $15,000, and now Philadelphia offers $9,000 for Mr. Lantham of the St. Louis Browns. Base ball ma- terial seems to be having as much of a boom as Omaha real estate. HENRY WARD BEECHER was a great money maker. During hislife he carned $1,200,000, nearly every cent by brain work. He did not, however, leave more than $150,000, owing to his generosity, poor judgment, extravagance, and care- lessness in business matters. Tue latest seismic disturbance has oc- curred at Lincoln. The charges pre- ferred in the house by Mr. Rosewater are something of an earthquake shock to the parties Interested. An investigation has been ordered, and the BEE has reason to believe that Mr. Rosewater will be able to prove his charges of bribery and cor- ruption. Wk have no disposition to influence the course ot justice 1n the Lauer murder trial. We do, however, regard the con- duct of Deputy Sheriff Phillips, in his of- ficial connection with the Lauer case, as very improper. Mr. Phillips’ partiality to the accused has laid him liable to sus- picions which are not atall creditable to an official in his position, ALFRED SULLY, who has become one of the most prominent railroad men of the country, is a native of Davenport, Iowa, and passed the first half of his life in that state. He was a lawyer in his native town when he first met Austin Corbin, who was a banker there, and who is now also conspicuous in railroad circles. The experience of the former as a corporation lawyer and of the latter as a financier made a useful combination of talents which these two men have employed greatly to their mutual ndvantage, and aftor a number of years they are still found pulling together. Of the two, Sully is esteemed the abler in railroad manipulation, and inferentially the more unscrupulous, though Corbin does not lag far behin Tue Bk recently referred to the “'grand army of vagabonds and bum- mers" around the state capital. There- upon a country idiot assailed the Bk for having attacked the Grand Army of the Republic. The other day the BEE, in a local article on Owmaha characters, re- ferred to Whisky Jack and the police- mep, incidentally calling the latter the boys in blue, owing to their uniform. Straightway an enlisted idiot at Fort Omaha rushes into print and charges the Bk with assailing the boys of the army. ‘These two incidents are certainly amus- ing, but they do not speak much for the intelligence ot the men who have taken exceptions to the BEE'S expressions. e———— G. M. Hircncock, who foots the defl- ciency bill of the World with the money left him by his father, finds fault with the 8BEE in not mentioning his paper in the tatement of comparative circulations, The fact is that G. M. Hitchcock's paper is of s0 little consequence that we en- tirely overlooked it. To satisfy tho am- atour, however, we will now state that the arculation of the BrE is nearly double the combined circulation of the Herald, Republican, World and Lincoln Journal, The Brk's city circulation is four times that of the World and about double that of the Herald, Repubdlican and World put to- gother, The circulation of the Bee, always steadily increasing, last week averaged 14,336, the Omaha circulation raging 0,605. Inthe city of Omaha alone, as we stated yesterday, the gain made by the BEE during the past year, 18 Jarger than the total city cicculation of any other Omaha daily. Grave Chargos, Charges affecting the integrity of mem- bers of the house judiciary committee been formally vpresented to the house of representatives. The commut- tee to investigate these charges, with power to gsend for persons and papers, bas been appointed by the speaker. In view of the fact that the action of the house is based upon a communication from its editor, the Beg is not in position to discuss its scope at this time. Suffice it to say that the primary object of this procedure is to put an end to a dis graceful state of affuirs. The present legislature has been beset by the most reckless and venal lobby that has ever infested the state capitol. Its corrupt interference with law-making has been audacious and demoralizing, The bill making gambling a felony has aflorded these political freebooters another chance to levy blackmail on the one hand and divide the spoils with venal members. The raid on the gamblers two years ago with the same bill had proven a bonanz for the jobbers in and out of the leg lature. It was natural that the lecches should attempt the same methods this time. The judiciary committee of tho house happened to be made up in part of have men who were in close communication with the worst elements of the lobhy. They had tasted of the forbidden fruit in the oil rooms, and hungered for a division with King Faro. Their rapacity could only be thwarted by exposure, In ut- tempting to purge itsclf of this contam- inating influence the legislature is only making an honcst cflort to preserve its own reputation, “Whither Are We Driftin, It has been made a question among thoughtful men whether this republic will continue indefinitely. 1t is won- dered if it will not, like other common- wealths and empires, have its brief day and then through anarchy or despotism be broken into fragments and take other forms of goyernment. When the *‘declar- ation’ was published to the world and a written constitution made the basis of national policy, not a statesman could be found in all Europe who was willing to risk his reputation by saying the new republic would last longer than three generations of men. It is true that the nation has lived twice that length of time. It has gone through all the dan- gers that threaton the older nations of the world, and to-day Is strounger by the ordeal through which it has passed. But all (his is attributed to the wonderful prosperity which has attended the people of the union. We are nolonger a nation in 1ts infancy. We have the evi- dences of maturity—a national debt and the tramp. Five millions of people have grown to sixty millions. In art, science, literature, wealth and skill, we, in our century of growth, have kept abreast with the world. We are apt to boast of this—of our liberties, our po- litical influence among the nations, and to fancy that the republic will be able to flourish to the last syllable of recorded time. The basis of the republic is eternal just- ice and the will of the people. As the years have run on we have departed from the faith—the simplicity ard virtue of our fathers, Corruption stalks abroad at noonday. Violence,in many places, sup- plements the avarice of the itching palm, and too often we hear the justified remark that our liberties are only a bousted sham. The reports of a demoralized and po- litically rotten legislature come from Cal- ifornia. Minnesota law-makers were bribed and influenced by railroad corpo- rations and all legislation favoring the people was entirely blocked. In short, reports from half the states in the union say that such generally de- moralized crowds of men never assem- bled to go through the farce of playing lawmakers. Hordes of boodlers and bribe-givers flocked to each capital. Our Nebraska legislature furnishes but a sample of them all, where the ruffian and the dead-beat, the blackguard and the bully, the demagogue and the adventurer with whisky and money set at defiance all law and right. For the protection of our boasted liberties Cincinnati has a “‘committee of one hundred" comprising the most reputable citizens of the place. San Francisco was compelled to organize a vigilance committee to protect the city from the jobbery of those holding posi- tions of trustand honor. New York and Chicago are just now attempting to rid themselves of public plunderers. Shall these things continue? If so, what is to be the ultimate result? If the men who are to make the laws sell their very souls, the situation really looks serious. The foundation of our government made rotten with corruption, must cause the whole fabric to fall and something must be done. A Prosperous Spring. The annual boom experienced in Ne- braska with the opening of spring has already begun. The unusually pleasant days of March this year haye resulted in marked activity. For the past two weeks reports have come from all sections of the state telling of the rush of home- seekers and investors. Emigrants from the east and from neighboring states have crowded the trains on the various lines of roads traversing Nebraska, and household goods, farmung implements and stock aro reported to be arriving by the train load. From botk the north- western and southwestern counties comes the news of the unusual influx of population, with prospects of still a larger increase when the weather be- comes more settled. Unoccupied lands are being rapidly taken up, and in sec- tions where immigration committees exist they are having their hands full. The boom is not alone confined to the country, but the cities, as a natural con- sequence, also feel the impetus of the increase in the outlying growth. Towns are filhng up with tradesmen and me- chanics, large public improvements are being made, railronds are extending their lines into heretofore unoccupied territory, and real estate values are con- stantly hardening. With every letter to the BEe from the interior cities of the state come assurances of substantial prosperity and growth. Grand Island, Hastings, Fremont, Beatrice, Sutton, Fairbury, Seward, Loup City and Craw- ford are the latest Nebraska poiuts to record their marvelous prosperity in our columns, and the showing they make is one of which each and every one of them may well be proud. These, how- ever, are only ‘instances of the unexam- pled wave of progress which is sweeping over the entire state. The coming months will show no diminution of its force, but will record its ownward march. The Delayed Railroad Deal. Financial and railroad circles in the east are still deeply interested in the Bal- timore & Ohio deal, the aspects of which have changed somewhat simee the failuro of the original syndicate to meet the requirements of 1ts option. The present status of the project isnot clearly defined, but there seems to be no doubt that itjia the desire of Garrett to dispose of the road, though his wish is not so strong as to in- duce him to part with it on any other than the most advantageous terms. The explanation is that he s tired of the great responsibility and lahor which the man- agement of the corporation devolves on him, but there are intimations that hi administration has not been so success- ful as outside appearances have imfi- cated, and that the present may be more favors time to unload than would some period in the future. The enterprise of Mr. Garrett has been broad and brilliant, bat it has also been ex- pensive, Itis said that the company has millions of bo which are on non-pro- ductive scetions, and the entire mterest account is so enormous that if the whole tem i3 now conserva- tively munaged its fixed char will eat it up. Some knowledge of this state of afl: d a desire to get more information as to the actual condition of the company, are understood to have had much to do with the failure of the original syndicate to meet its option. What other negotiations arc now afoot is largely a matter of conjecture, but it is not impossible that Sully and his asso- ciates will again make themselves mani- fest in connection with the deal. The president of the Richmond Terminal is not a man to be easily baflled, as his past achievements in railroad absorption amply attest. The Richmond Terminal is an octopus of almost unrivalled rapae- ity. It was organized in 1880 and has an unlimited charter from the state ot Vir- ginia. It was created for the sole pur- pose of buying railronds, and acted first in the interest of the Richmond & Dan- villo road. In this relation twelve con- necting lines were purchased and it be- came in time & formidable rival of the corporation responsible for its existence. Last year it absorbed the Richmond & Danville. Later the Terminal syndi- cate reached out and captured the East ‘Tennessce system, and subse- quently plans were entered uvon for swallowing up the Central railroad of Georgia. Having attained its desires in the south, this aggressive syndicate looked northward and laid its plans for an entrance into New York. The bank- rupt New Jersey Central, with the one valuable franchise of 1ts New York ter- minus, appeared to offer the opportunity, but there were rivals for this franchise, and the Baltimore & Ohio sccured the concessions sought for by the Terminal. To secure the Jersey Central rights by the purchase of the Baltimore & Ohio road is belicved to have been the chief incentive tothe pending negotiations. But whatever the purposes, the grasping policy of the Terminal syndicate will not be defeated by a single repulse, and the ultimate accomplishment of ite design cannot yet be regarded as improbable. Meanwhile those having interests in the Baltimore & Ohio which the corporations may be compelled to respect are watch- ing the progress of events with ecarnest solicitude. A Good Lesson Well Taught. A very curious case was tried at the Essex market courtin New York, last week. Arthur Brunswick, an American District messenger boy, with the frequent examples of stock conspiracies and com- binations by the capitalists in Wall street to incite him, thought it no wrong to form a combination with the other boy messengers and strike for better wages. Just as certainly as public mo- rality, and in many cases statute law, condemus corners and combinations in stocks and food by swhich the people are robbed as effectually, though not with the courage of the old highwayman’s meth- ods, so certainly has the law everywhere deolared the right of employes peace- fully to associate, that by organization they may receive the just wages for their labor which experience has shown are so often denied to individual avplication. The American District company, which 18 controlled by that gigantic monopoly, the Western Union Telegraph company, of course, soon got wind of the boys' move, and instead of inquiring into the justice of their claims and granting them, hired other boys as spies to join the juve- nile union and betray its secrets. This of itself was a crime against youth and morality, It was planting deceit and treachery in the hearts of boys, the fruit of which in later life would logically be the development of full grown criminals. In dismissing the case and ordering Brunswick’s release, Justice Murray said he was glad to be able to state that the time had not yet arrived in this country when men or boys could be prohibited from organizing for an increase in wages. He severely rebuked the company for bringing a charge of conspiracy against the boy, a conviction on which would have sent him to prison and wrecked his future hfe. He added that he considered Gould and his associates much greater conspirators. They conspire to ruin the property of their rivals, and committed acts of violence, such as cutting wires of opposition companies, It was a fitting censure from an upright judge to men whose lives are full of conspiracies and crimes against society, which only their vast wealth and superior cun- ning have enabled them to escape the punishment they merited. To destroy the property of legitimate competitors in business whom they could not otherwise get rid of; to obtain possession of the premises of tivals by the burglar's method of nocturnal entrance, and then defy the processes of the law“to oust them—all that and much more was legiti- mate to these wealthy rasoals, but a com- bined movement among a lot of hard- worked boys to secure an advance of wages was in their estimation a crime to be punished by aterm in the penitentiary! It is a matter tor regret that Justice Murray should not have a chance to deal with these great conspirators, who have added Lo their other crimes that of teach- ing boys treachery and deceit toward their companions for money. The Amended School Law. We very much doubt the wisdom of | the proposed changes in the board of edu- cation law. The increase of membership from nine to fifteen is entirely uncalled for. ‘The experience of other cities has ghown that large numbers in such a board are more liable to create discord | than smaller numbers. But the most ob- jectionable feature is the provision under which two-thirds of the board are to be v wards instead of atlarge. This will foree our board of educaton into ward polit and will ist in the gelection of ward politicians, instead of men who keep aloof from political com- binations, The present method of elec ing all the members at large has the ad- vantage in this respect, that candidates must be aceeptable to a majority of the entire voting population. Another ob- jectionable feuture is the proposition to make membership in the board a salaried office, instead of an honorary position. Two hundred dollars a year for each member is a comparatively small allowance, but 1t will prove the entering wedgo of degrad- ing the board of education to an office for which certain men will scramble for the sake of pay. The presont logislature will make the pay only $200. Two years henee it will be raised to $500, to be on par with the pay of councilmen. Some of our best citizens have served on the board without pay, and there will be no trouble in securing good men in the fu- ture without making the position a salar- fed office. With fifteen members the out- lIay would be $3,000 a year. That amount invested in free text books or paid out for additional teachers would yield much better returns to the patrons of the schools. Tue inter-state commerce law will go into effect on the 1st of April, and yet the president delays the appointment of the commission. It would seem that two weeks would be a short time to allow that body for organization and an ar- rangement of 1ts work, and there is reason to apprchend that the president’s procrastination in this matter may have unfortunate results. At this time the only man whom the president 1s believed to have certainly selected is Mr. Morri- son, who, it scems to be generally agreed, will be the chairman of the commission. Another probable member is Judge Cooley, of Michigan. But except as to the first named it is simply speculation as to all others mentionen us possible com- missioners. The president is to be com- mended for caro in making his selec- tions, and it is very likely that the delay is due to a difficulty in finding the class of men desired who are willing to accept the dutv, which' promises to be one of very considerable labor. ANOTHER railroad bridge calamity, re- sulting in a greater loss of life than any that has preceded'it in this year of sim- ilar disasters, occurred yesterday morn- ing near Jumaica Plain, on the Boston & Providence railrond. Eight cars filled with passengers went through a bridge, and the frightful record of nearly a hun- dred people killed and injured is the con- sequence. The bridge was nearly new, and the dispatches report that it gave way under the weight of the train, “‘owing doubtless to some hidden fault in the construction or material used.” This suggests a terrible responsibility somewhere, but as in all other similar cases it can never be placed where it be- longs. The coaches were completely demolished, and another fearful holo- caust was prevented by the timely arrival of the fire department, as the smoking car took fire as soon as it fell. Tis 1s the fourth calamity of the year resulting from defective bridges, and the most dis- astrous. THERE will be no n y for an extra session of the legislature by reason of the blockade gotten up by members who op- pose reckless appropriations. There will simply be retrenchment and a wholesome reduction of taxes. UNLESS the car stove 15 abandoned people will stop traveling 1n the winter. KINGS AND QUEENS, Queen Victoria, on the oceasion of her com- ing visit to Alx-les-Bains, will travel under the name of “the Countess of Balmoral.” President Grevy of France will send an envoy to Berlin to congratulate Emperor William on the approaching ninetleth anni- versary of his birth, The prince royal, of Greece, draws his pay asasub-lieutenant monthly,like all the other officers. Recently he found himself *‘docked” five shillings, in common with the others, to pay for his coming of age banquet. King Oscar, of Sweden, has written a drama, “Le Chateau de Kronburg,” which will shortly be produced at the theatre at Buda-Pesth, Itisinone act and founded on an episode of the war between bweden and Denmark In the seventeenth century. The Berlin {ournlls announce that the czar will soon start on & voyage abroad. He will first proceed to Munich. from there to Stutt- art, thence to Switzerland, and by way of taly will return to Russia by Vienna. ~The steward of the jnurnefi‘ Baron Staude, is sald to have been on his journey for some time, arranging tor the travels of the em- peror. Empress Ebzabeth, of Austria-Hungary, recently visited the Vienna lunatic asylum. Nearlyall the mad men and women recog- nized the empress, who visited the place be- fore, and several noblemen kissed her hands, whilo the women knelt to reculve her blessing. One lunatic approached her majesty and said : “No one would ever think you were a grand- mother.” ‘The Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duchess of Teek, is one of the most attractive figures in royalty., But it isy not alone her beauty that 80 endears hei 19 the people. Her gen- tleness, geniality, ahd frankness, to:ether with her utter indifference to the stiff etiquet of the court, capture everybod. Sbut the queen, who doesn’t like it), and she has been unanimously dubbed'the *'Queen of Hearts.” Never was a name'more fittingly bestowed. The queen of Madagascar and her Euro- pean ambassador, General Willoughby, are showing spiritand courage in the stand they have taken for thé rights of their nation against the encroachments of France. The queen, Ranaviona 41l., is a brave young woman, only twenty®ive years of age, and is said to be a sincere cliristian. About 400,000 of her people also profess the christian' re- ligion, Though the majority are still heathen, the queen is making strépuous efforts for their conversion and enlightment. Queen Victoria 18 67; Milan, king of Ser- via, is 83; Louis, kln|( of Portugal, is 48] Humbert, king of nu. is 42; The emperor of Germany is 89; Abdul Hawid, the sultan, is 44; George, king of the Greeks, is 41: Charles, king of Roumania, is 47; Pedro IL., emperor of Brazil, 18 61; Leopold, king of the glans, is 51; Charies 1II., prince of is 08; the kng of Spain is a few months old; Alexander ILL, emperor of is 41; William IIL, king of the Netherlands, is 69; Francis joseph, emperor of Austria, 1s 5. S Just Like Nebraska Legislators. The Indiana legislators once in a while vary the monotonous routine business by playful personal references, *‘You are a set of eowards, all of you!” remarked the Hon. Ibach In dulcet tones. “You are s liar!” responded the Hon. Stubblefield, with a rich tenor voiee, “and if you say that again I'll throw a spittoon at you.” Thus do Awmeri- can statesmen adorn the brow of liberty with beautiful flowers of rhetoric. Eilaw This is the way of | One s beloved, and One layishes all in a wild emotion, One oftors a smile for a lite's devotion One hopes, and the other believes, One liesawake 1n the night to weep, And the other drifts into a sweet, sound sleep. One soul is aflame with a godlike passion, One plays with love in an idler's fashion One'speaks, and the other h 1 love you,” and w aughs lightl: s show Ity Aund on \ \Vith smiles for the other's tears, One lives for the other and nothing beside, And the other remembers the world is wide. nd savs, “Lknow it,”" ‘T'his is the way of it, sad earth over; ‘T'he heart that breaks is the heart of the lover, Aud the other learns to forget, For what is the use of endless sorrow” ‘Though the sun goes down, it will rise to- MOrrow, And life is not over yet. Oh! 1 know this trath, if I know no other, ‘Tnat Passionate Love is Pain's own mother, pbeniebo-Caahy STATE AND TERRITORY. Nevraska Jottings. Custer county has 156 school districts. Nonpareil is the county seat of Sheri- dan. A commereial club 1s being molded Fremont. Gordon offers a bonus of §1,500 for a flour mill, Baneroft sighs for a jug i which to cork crooks. There 18 a scarcity of farm hands in Cuming county. Burnett has a mild attack ot the spring building fever. The Central seminary at Stromsburg has twenty-three students. Considerable seed wheat 18 planted these mellow March days. ‘T'he rabbit pest is spreading in krontier county, An ounce of lead taken on the hop will effect a cure in every case. The scheme for a new depot in Platts- mouth is again revived. It should be nursed with a bottle to prevent arelapse. An eighty-acre tract of land has been purchased near Beatrice by John Fitz- gerald. A lnr%fl packing house will be crected on the land. George B. Hardell, a bakkrupt Colum- bus merchant, has heen asked by credit- ors to legully explain the whichness of the wherewith. Pending a reply he has been put under bonds. The Ord Journal sees nothing but dismay and death for the Nebraska Press association in the abolition of rail- road passes. No more junkets bevond the county line, and no more ‘‘festive boards” “groaning with the delicacies of the season’ will ‘‘refresh the inner man’’ and make him ‘“too full for utterance.” There is some compensation, however, for the change from Pullman cushions to tie trotting. The ‘‘whole-souled’ pass- enger agent of the great D. H. route will lose his geniality and title forthwith and sink to the level of the average vassal while “the big hearted” host of the le: ing hotel will gaze in vain for a free din- ner puff. The times are getting out of joint surely, or the monops are working a mammoth April fool racket. Towa Items. Sioux City expects to add 15,000 to her vopulation this year. State Senator P. M. Sutton is very il at his home in Marshalltown, and his re- covery is a matter of grave doubt, West Side is building a new bank, a canning factory and will begin the ercc- tion of a paper mill in the near future, The tramp nuisance at Cedar Rapids 13 receiving the undivided attention of the police at present. A street force is being gathered for cleaning purposes. They are killing but 1,000 hogs a day now at the Cedar Rapids packing-house, owing to the scarcity of the ammals, The price has more than doubled gince De- cember. The coroner’s verdict at Oskaloosa on the death of J. L. Brown, was that he came to his death by a poisonous dose of morphine administered to him by Thomas McMilan, McMilan was arrested. Dakota. Egan has purchased a fire engine. The farmers around Gary are building a warehouse. Rapid City 18 illuminated by thirty- seven electric lights. The Kidder county bank at Steele has closed up its business, and the deposit- ors have attached the vroperty of W. F. Steele in satisfaction of their claims. A suit is pending in the district court at Fargo involving some $25,000 worth of real estate and property of an aged widow which grows out of an alleged fraudulent transaction m which several sharpers, it is charged, had recorded in the register of deeds oflice in that city, deeds purporting to convey the entire homestead prolmrt{ of Mrs. Harry Young. Several well known citizens are said to be implicated. The lady denies ever having sold any portion of her property. ‘The appropriations made by the legis- lature at the late session exceeded by a quarter of a million dollars the best pre- vious record. The principal items are as follows: Yankton hospital for insane, $106,000; Jamestown hospital for insane, 186,000; penitentiary at Sioux Falls, ‘70,700;pemmmlary at Bismarck, $78,220; university at Vermillion, $36,200; uni- versity at Grand Forks, $57,000; agricul- tural college at Brooki 1,800; Mad- ison normal school, Spearfish normal school, $21,800; school of mines, $20,000. Besides the above, hundreds of dollars were appropriated for improve- ments of various institutions, the legis- lature has scattered new offices right and left and added thousands of dollars to the salary roll. in being Ll Real Estate Transfers. Real estate transfersfiled March 12, 1887, ' W Smith and wife to I’ R Belden, lot 10, Arlington add, w d—$500, Geo W Loomisetat to T W _Smith, lots 5, 9 and 10, Arlington add, w d—81,500, T W Smith and wife to Wiltard Scott, lot 8, Arlington add, w d—$1,000, p Thos Jefferis to the public plat of Jefferis sub of lot 9, Shilo deaication. ‘Adam Morrell and wite to Helen C Rapp, lot 11 blk 15, Walnut Hill, w d—$3,000, Samuel B McClelland and wife to.Jane M Creigh, lot 8 bik 1, Marsh’s add, w d—2,500, Margaret L Gilbert to George Kneeland et al, lot 17 Sunnyside, w d—8$1,700, D L Thomas and wife_to William I Paul, lots 13, 14, 15, 16, blk 6, McCormick’s 2d add, —$2.500, o w.fillln H_Gibson et al "to the ‘mbllc plat, }’"'z'u"“" Place, situated in sec 8, 14, 13, ded- “William J Paul to Frank D _Tanner et al, lot 8 blk 5, Dwight & Lyman’s add, w d— LY ¥ Otto Lobeck and wife to D L Thomas, lnlfll h;)lt :‘!.Wllml lot 14, blk 3, Lincoln Ilace, w.)u;n {, McCague and wife to D L Thomas, lot 19 blk 1, West Cuming add. w d—$200. William J Paul to Charles Unitt, lot 3blk e itiat ot a1 o tho public plat of rthur S Potter et a 0 ‘xl’om;‘ f Cobb's 24 add, being in 10,18, 14, n, “George M DeBiolt and wife to John T Mul- len, lot 1blk 8, DelBolt Place, w d—§750. eorgw J Jones and wife to John J Corri- an et al, lot 12 bik 4, Parker'sadd, wd— Frank 1, Egleston et al to Harry Wiggins, 1k 1, lfi inview add, w d--{l.fluo. lmll‘t:nt:y 0 l’)u:rlu t M M Green etal, lot 5, Burr Oak add. w d—$1,500, Paul to Johin C Morrow, lot 9 DI 5 Ewlght & Lyinans add: w d— 8570, to Johu F ‘Twamley, south 50 feet of lot 9, blk 10, Kountze's 4 supple-add, w d, $3.000, GREED AGAINST CUMPTION Spring Turninz the Fancy of the Black Tills to ““Booms.” MINING MEN AND MCASURES. Resources—For® Have Mush- atience Undeniably Great tunes Don't Alwa rooim Growth Required. Raremo Ciry, D spondenc of the By March 11,—[Corre- t.]—In the spring the Black Hills," fancy lightly turns to thoughts of “boom of the inrush of those heavenly visitors whom ‘“‘Dutch Fred" calls, “Easdern Cobbidalists;” of rapid sales of town lots and mining claims; of the pride, pomp and eircum- stance of glorious fortune. It is inter- esting to hear men and newspapers in- flate their hopes. lafting one's self by the boot-straps was sometimes a chestnut but the time gives it daily proof se with which men figure them- selves to the ton of fortune's bicyele. Hope deferred does not even make the heart retch in the hills; and that faith whiicce is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, finds its highest exemplars among the Micaw- bers and Tapleys of this rarified region. 1 could fill these letters with particulars, as of accomplisedd facts, of operations that exist only in the imaginations of en- thusiastic schemers, DOUBLE RESOURCES. All this comes of the double phenom- ena of ||h?'sic:|l and human nature: of the boundless resources of the coantry and its people, ‘These hill; acting on each other., ed with men who came here to myg*T (gl fortunes and. who see in the c*‘.u_v minerals, ranches, ranges and timber ‘‘votentiality of wealth beyond the dreams of Avarice.” as Dr. Sam Johnson said of Thra “potentialities,” and they want to ma it now, right away; they see the potenti- alities and the dreams of avarice inflame imagination and sustain hope. The owners of clmims also know that said potentiality is immovably locked up until other acquired wealthcomes in to release it; there ure millions of fish in the sea, but what 1f a man has no fish hook? Hence the constant straining of eyes eastward for the coming of the ‘‘capital- ists,” like modern *‘wise men from the east.”” And when they come the wvros- pector often consults "his dreams for a standard of values. GREED V8. GUMPTION. The reception accorded to the “capital- ist'” when he comes, varies according to the relations that exist botween the greed and the suglncity of the individual, would- be-sel f the former predominate in the claim-owner, he will demand a price equal to all that he imagines his mine can ever be made to_produce. If he has some business sm(:mit{, he will accord to capital the share that it usually can com- mand in a partnership with original in- vention, to wit: the lion’s; he will con- cede enongh to the potentiality to tempt capital to the risk of developing unpro- ductive, untested resources. STANDARDS OF VALU I have heard a man demand 50,000 for a ledge of rocks with a streak of tin ore in it and resent as an insult the proposi- tion that he would be glad to take half the sum “spot cash,” and I have known him the same day to give a quarter in terest in it for $25 “‘grub stakes,” and be etit. The one transaction was by greed, the other by business considerations. The claim had cost him nothing but the trouble of driving half a dozen stakes and posting a notice, so he was $25 ahead and “still li A Dutchman in_the tin_district refused $10,000 for a claim. “Ten tousand dol- lars! Vot is ten tousand tollars? Notings! Ishpend him in a veek.” He probably never owned 10,000 cents at one time in his life. ‘The hills abound with men who have for years been sitting on claims. WAITING FOR PURCHASERS, a dozen of whom have been driven away b‘y prices based on the ‘“‘dreams of ava- rice” rather than the possibilities of de- velopment; and in many cases the dis- tribution of proceeds of sales has dis- closed the fact that the most of the prop- erty had nlrcudfi passed into the hands of others thau the discoverers for lrmin‘; considerations or no consideration at all, In truth it is the antecedent generosity, impecuniosity and improvidence of pros- pectors that often impel him to demand arge prices. Of the §$24,000 paid for the Tin Reef mines, only about one-fourth re- mained to the discoverer. The proceeds of the Neil purchase were still more un- equally distributed; one lawyer in Rapid City getting $300, another $1,100 of 1t, whilo two varties who had put up § apiece for the locators got over $2,000. Of another mine sold lately, the dis- covers received ong two-sevenths. Two young men who had refused to bond a mine near Deadwood for $80,000, in a burst of confidence and generosity deeded a third interest in it to a ‘‘rustler” who had befriended them and who they be- lieved could help them to sell. HOW TO ‘‘CATCH ON'' IN THE HILLS. The man who comes into the hills with money to invest on short notice is likely to be asked prices based on those dreams of avarice. The man who comes and stays long enough to learn the coun- try and the people; to acquire confidence in the one and gain the contidence of the other, can *‘get in on the floor,” Miners like square dm\ling and open-handed- ness, and hate in about equal proportion, a sharper and a niggard. They are square and liberal themselves, you see, ‘The moral of this, for monied men who want some of this potentiality of wealth, is to deal with some resident agent who is interested in propertics and is’ capable of live-and-let-live transac- tions. Concede that he is to make a good thing for himself and his partners, and look sharp that you make a good thing for yourself and your partners. I think one reason why old-timers are so ous of new-comers, who come to stay this very knowledge that the man who settles down here AND WATCHES HIS CIANC can often work into good things better than the old-timer himself. Sometimes the latter has made a record thatinter- feres with brilliunt suc in negotia- tions with miners; and mew men have considerable advantage in new connce- tions and new resources outs Some notable successes of new men in es lishing themsclves have not tended to lessen the fecling that they were poach- ing on some one's preserves. Of course, when [ speak of this spirit I attr to only u limited class of old re men of the same order of intelligence and business sagacity as 18 the prospe who refuses $10,000 cash and sells for in “‘grub and gin."" The vast majority of old residents in the hills welcome all “re- gpectable comers and are not afraid to take their chances with them all in a country with the potentiality in sight to support 100,000 population and make ten thousand opulent. I must say that I don't believe there is another community in this land that extends as hearty and unselfish a hospitality, in society and business, as do these ‘hills towns—nota- ble. Deadwood and Rapid Cu}i: WICEHOP, s el “Shall our girls whistle?” Of course if they strengthen their lungs by taking Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. “When headache joins neuralgia, then comes the tug of war.”” A wise general marshals his forces, charges with a bottle of Salvation Oil, and the doughty foe hies cringing in the dust. A CARD. TO THE PUBLIC With the approach of spring and the increased interest man. ifested in real estate matters I am more than ever consult. ed by intending purchasers as to favorable opportunitics for investment, and to all such would say: When putting any Proper- ty on the market, and adver- tising it as desirable, I havo invariably confined myself to a plain unvarnished statement of facts, never indulging in vague promizes for the future, and the result in every caso has been that the expectations of purchasers were more than realized. I can refer with pleasure to Albright's Annex and Baker Place, as sample il lustrations. Lots in the “Annex” have quadrupled in value and are still advancing, while a street car line is already building past Baker Place, adding hun- dreds of dollars to the valueof every lot. Albright's Choice was se- lected by me with the greatest care after a thorough study and with the full knowledge of its value, and I can consci- entiously say to those seeking a safe and profitable invest ment that Albright’s Choice offers chances not excelled in this market for a sure thing. Early investorshave already reaped large profits in CASH, and with the many important improvements contemplated, some of which are now under way, every lot in this splen: did addition will prove a bo- nanza to first buyers, Further information, plats and prices, will be cheerfully furnished. Buggies ready at al) times to show property. Respectfully, W.G. ALBRIGHT SOLE OWNER, 218 8. 15th Street. Branch officé at South Oma- ha. : N. B. Property for sale inal) parts of the city