Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1887, Page 4

¥ ~ §a contact with this species of poisonous - weptiles and insccts, In these days he p Id bave found them this side of Pike’ . Blood-suckers and scorpions must very common out there, judging THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: § THE DAILY BEE. " PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ! D‘lly (Morniag Edition) Including ke, Ono Y oar r Bix Months. r Throo Mont The Omaha Swndn; address, One Year.. M STREPT. W YORK OPPICE, ROOM 65, TRINUNE BUILDING (0B, NO. 615 FOURTEENTI STRELT. wul« OPPICE, NO, 014 AND 018 FARNA: ASHINGTON O CORRESPONDENCE! All communioations relating to nows and edi- torial mattor should bo addressed to the Evli- TOR OF THE BER BUSINESS LETTERS! Al business Jetters and romittances should be addrossod to THE Bix PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, chocks and postofice orders 10 be made payuble to the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISEIVG CONPANY, PROPRETONS. E. ROSEWAT! THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, County of Douglas. jss 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. 20th 1887, wus as follows: BSaturdav, Mar.19, Sunday, Mar, 20 Monday, Mar. 21 Tuesday, Mar, 22, . nesday, Mar. 25 Thursday, Mar. 34 Friday, Mar. 2... Average ceevenianssessans GEQ. B, 'I'Z8CHUCK, Subscribed and sworn;to before me shis 26th day of March A. D., 1857, N. P. FRIL blte. [SEAL| Notarv Publ Geo. B, ‘'zschuck, bclni first duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- erage daily circulation of the Daily Bee for themonth of March, 1886, 11,657 coples; for Aqsrll, 1856, 12,191 copies: for for May, 1885, 12,- 459 coples; for June, 185, 12,208 coples; for July, 1856, 12,314 coples; for Auzust, 1886, 18,464 copies; for September, 1886, 18,030 copies; for October, 1850, 12,080 coples; for November, 1856, 13,348 coples; for December, 1886, 13,257 covies; for January, 1887, 16,266 coplies; for Kobruary, 1887, 14,108 copies. Gro. B, TZ8CHUCE. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March, A, D, 1857, [SEAL.| Frrv, Notarv Public. Uontents of the Sunday Bee. Page1. New York Herald Cablegrams— Specials to the Bxr.—General Telegraphic WS, ?‘nufl. Telearaphic News.—City News.— Miscellany. Page 8, Special Advertisements, Page 4. Kditorials.—Political Points.— Bunday Gossip. Page 5, Lincoln News.—Miscellany—Ad- vertisements, l'?ao. Council Bluffs News.—Miscellany, —Advertisements, Page 7. General markets,—Miscellany, Page 8. City News.—Advertisements. Page 9. Position of the Powers,—Omaha Bociety Matters.—Miscellany, Page Falr Femininity’s Fancles.— Some Journalistic Jokings,—! iellgluul‘—AdA P Citany Matrimonial Must 'age 11, Many Matrimonial Musings.— !onnuhlnllt!es.—{wll ious.—Honey For the adies.—Musical an. .. Aties.—Advertisements. Page 12, Touching the Tournure, by Clara Melle.—~The Debut of the Diva, by Adam Badeau.—Wonderful Case of Jamse Harney, au Interesting Story.—Advertisements. ———— Dramatic.—Singular- “SrriNG, balmy spring,”” which we heralded last Sunday morning had no reference to this year. EEm——— In Canada dynamite bombs are thrown fnto the “‘barracks'’ where the Salvation -army conductsservices. It is bomb meet bum so to speak. ‘'iE net earnings of the Burlington road, in 1886, show an increase of $86,000. It will be remembered that the oil rooms ‘were not in operation during the year '86. QUEEN VICTORIA is leading an unus- nally gay life here of late. She has re- oently patronized private circuses and seemed to enjoy herself beyond descrip- tion. If the aged Queen could only see our Nebraska logislature she would never eare to look upon another circus. ALL disastrous fires have their heroes. 'Lhere is always some person unduly ex- sited, or some calm, clear-headed philos- opher who is ready to risk his own life to #ave an imperiled woman or a helpless child. The hero of the Buffalo fire was Heonry D. Rumsey, of New York, who sacrificed his life to save a little girl from the devouring flames. MapAME MixniE HAUk has received from the French government the title and dnsignia of “Officier de 1'Academie” in recognition of hor distinguished services for French musical art. This is certainly an eclipse of the greatness thrust upon Colonel William Cody by our governor, orof thetitle given to Mr. Pullman. America, as we huve before had oceasion . toremark in the clean-cut and character- dstic dialect of this rowdy west, is gettin; o be no slouch. X i SEEEEE— EX-SECRETARY MANNING has arrived in England, better for his sea-journey, though the trip was a rough one. It may be that a thorough shaking up is Just what Mr. Manning needed. Atall events, it will be very generally hoped that he will find bhealth and a full recu- peration of his powers in the quiet re- treatin England to which he is going, aud be enabled to return in good form to ook after the interests in New York of his friend, the president, who will need his scrvices. e —— ‘THE citizens of Piattsmouth are to be eongratulatod upon the advent of sub- ‘stantial city 1mprovements. The com- letion of a system of waterworks which to be an occasion of a public demon- stration in that city, on the 6th of Avril, 48 unly the forerunner of other public improvements and enterprises that will -eontribute to the permanent growth and ‘prosperity of Plattsmouth. Located at one of the gateways into the garden ‘stato of the great west, Plattsmouth en- g’l advantages which few ether cities in ebraska can boast. Her enterprising eitizens are on the right track now in pushing public improvements, and their efforts are sure to be crowned with suc- ooss. Emmsees——— WueN Humboldt returned from his ‘explorations in Mexico and South Am- ~erica, he expressed himself as charmed . with those tropical countries, but could ‘mot commond them to white men on ac- ‘eount of the vampires, scorpions and garantulas. Humboldt did uot need ex- i the Amazon and Orinoco to come Boomas of 1887, Omaha is by no means the only city in America that enjoys an active real estate boom this epring. Booms great and small have become an epidemic 1n almost every section of America, excepting New England and Canada. The present year has set in with a lively real estate boom in a number of southern cities, notably Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, At- lanta, Fort Smith, Little Rock, Denison, El Paso and a number of smaller cities and towns. In all these citics the tidal wave of industrial activity has been fol- lowed by extensive speculation in real estate with building and manufacturing projects to give the boom vitality. Spec- ulative inyestments in southern cities are toa great extent due to an influx of northern and western capital. Then we have the boom on the Pacific coast in which Los Angeles, San Diego and other towns have become centres of attraction for 1dle and specula- tive capital. We have booms also north and south of Nebraska. St. Joseph is afilicted with the craze and sells options on lots in real estate bucket shops, Wich- ita has boomed itself into an imaginary city of half a million people and business lots are sclling there at $2,800 per front foot. Away up in Duluth they have caught the fever for the third or tourth time and the spasm has brought on fab- ulous prices for lots that will only afford a good roosting place for buzzards. Sioux City, our near neighbor, 18 booming, and our sister city across the Big Muddy is by no means behind 1n the race among the booms of '87. There is this, however, in favor of Omaha, ascompared with other boom- ing cities and towns. Her growth is. on a substantial basis and her future as the most populous city in the Misssouri valley, not excepting Kansas City, is an assured fact. Sheis in the very heart of the great American corn belt, and has made trib- utary to her commerce a vast region that will feed ten millions of people without overtaxing its agricultural and stock- raising resources. 1t is admitted among the best informed and heaviest dealers in meat products at Chicago, that Omaha is destined within ten years to be the largest ment packing centre on the con- tinent. With such a substantial basis for her boom Omaha need have no fear of a reaction, at least so far as inside property is concerned, and the inside is destined to extend at least three miles from the l@ourt house. On comparative values of business property the Omaha boom has as yet not been overdone. Parties who have recently compiled the comparative real estate prices of dif- ferent cities make the following exhibit: ‘The prices per front foot of the most val- uable business property range: Chicago, $6,000; Cincinnati, Cleveland and San Francisco, $3,000; St. Louis, $2,500; Los Angeles, $3,000; Kansas City and Mil- waukee, $1,750; Minneapol and St. Paul, $1,500; Louisville, $1,200; Omaha, $1,000, and Denver $750. The prices per front foot of the cheap- est business property within one mile of the center of business are quoted as fol- lows: Chicago, $300: St. Louis, $200; Cin- cinnati, San Francisco and Los Angeles, $150; Cleveland, Denver and Minneapolis, $100; Milwaukee, Omaha and St. Paul, $75; Kansas City and Louisville, $60. ‘The prices* per front foot for the most desirable residence prop- erty are aquoted as follows: Chicago and Cleveland, $800; Cincinnati, $400 to $600; San Francisco, $450; Minneapolis, $300; St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwau- kee, $200; St. Paul, Louisville, Los An- geles, $150; Omaha, $100. These figures may, of course, be slightly inflated or contracted in some localities, but they show the relative effects of the real estate booms and the comparative market values of business and residence property in the cities named. All things considered, the Omaha real estate boom has as yet only kept pace with actual growth and solid improvements. The Colorado Way. They have a way out in Colorado of playing fast and loose with men and measures, which common people in this prairie country have not yet learned to admire. During last fall's campaign Church Howe's warmest champion was a high-toned and low society journulist from Denver. He cudgelled every re- publican that refused to cat Beatrice crow, and read the riot act to the party in general, for declining to stand up for its candidate. Within less than three months after the election the Colorado scorpion in- serted his envenomned stinger nto the vitals of the vanquished Nemaha politi- cian, in the following cruel fashion: “The meanest sneak in the gang was Church Howe, the fellow who lost a district 7,000 republican by 7,000 votes. All last week he was wearying the patience of the oppo- nents of the charter by claiming that he could buy five votes in the senate, and im- pressing on their minds that if they meant ‘business’ he was on hand, To-day he said: ‘These people are here to earn their expenses. ‘They are not running on wind.’ ” ‘The vast superiority of Rosewater over the creature was clearly shown in his course. During the fall campaign the BEE told the truth about him in virulent but explicit lan- guage. After it he was whining about the attacks and threatening libel suits, criminal and otherwise. His cooler judgment showed bim that he did not dare bring a libel suit against anybody. He is not possessed of the sort of character to stand an investigation. ‘To-day noon he sald to Mr. Thurston that he did not see why the railroads should jeop- ardize their interests by helping out thechar- ter when their gain lay the other way., A few moments later he went to George Craw- ford and said: “I am opposed to this Omaha charter. ‘There is some money in it for me In the way of contract. 1f you zan get a vote or two I will let you In on the contract.” Crawford declined to continue the conversation, asany decent man would have done under the cir- cumstances. A person who had been callea a trimmer, a liar, a political prostitute, and every other namoe which belongs to the vol- uble category of my esteemed friend, Rose- water, and who, after this, would leg for him because he falled to get money to do other- Wise, possesses vast depths of lack of self-re- spect which are beyond my reach. 1 had the supreme pleasure of passing by the thing be- fore the vote, and indicating my fallure to recognize the fact that it had lungs.” * * February 15, ’87, “0, H. R.” A few days later the Colorado reptile made this remark editorially: “Church Howe was in the city yesterday. Uphl{:'atluuot golng to press nothing was This was on the 27th of February. Four woeks later, on the 85th of March, the Nemaha prodigal 18 invited back for a meal of roast veal and Colorado gravy in language that would soothe even a more savage breast than his, We reproduce it exactly as it appears in print fram Father Rounds’ best dollar and a half per pound U. 8. ink. “The Republican fought too hard for Church Howe last fall to be anxious to stul- tify itself and attack him without cause. On the contrary, it is glad to hear something in his defense, and equally glad to publish it. ‘The main trouble with him, though, is that he is on too many sides at once. He may mean right, but his methods are much too deep for simple people. They have so many confusions that it is a little hard for an honest man to keep up with them. As far as Church Howe is personally con- cerned, we probably voice the opinion of a great many persons in saying that he is ex- ceedingly pleasant. As far as his ability in twisting o legislature is involved it is prob- ably not wrong to assert that he has an un- usually active brain. But his methods are rather varlous. They comprise too much variety, Life is short and art is long, and it is pretty hard to keep up with him. ‘The Republican is rather pleasantly in- clined towards br. Howe, But it does not care to be fooled. And it will try not to be fooled. He must drop his eipher if he in- tends to act with it in the future.” The BEE is not very inquisitive, but we would like to know what this means. We remember Charles Dickens’ story of how Oliver Twist was promised by the Artful Dodger all the benetits and vriviliges of Fagin's strictly exclusive pickpocket so - ciety if he would only drop his cipher and give up his foolish notions about honesty. We wonder whether Church Howe will take andvantage of that gen- erous invitation to return to the boon compainship of the Colorado man. Al- though not given to betting, we will ven- ture the prediction that Church will promptly accept, and drop his cipher if he can only be guaranteed that the $1,000 he paid last fall for the spontaneous sup- vort of the Colorado man and brother will be refunded. They have such funny men and queer ways out in Colorado— don't they? SE——— Purify Those Stimulants. While our law-makers are wrestling with King Faro, prohibition and the Saline land grab, we have by mere acci- dent, stumbled upon one of the pro- visions of the high licence law which has been overlooked and has remained a dead letter during the past five years. Wae refer to the clause prohibiting the adulteration of malt and spirituous liquors. Section 13 of the act, provides that every person, whether licensed or not, who *‘shall intentionally, or other- wige, sell or give away, or direct or per- mit any person or persons in his employ to sell or give away any malt, spiritvous or vingus hiquors, which shall be adulter- ated with strychnine, strontia, sugar of lead, or any other substance, shall forfeit and vpay the sum of $100 for every such offense. An analysis made by a practical chem- ist shall be deemed competent testimony under the provisions of this section." ‘Wecannot comprehend why the author- ities have never tried to enforce this salu tory provision of the high-lizense law. It is in the interest of the honest brewer and liquor rectifier, and it enforced strictly would afford a very important safeguard against the sale of poisonous compounds which are dealt out as pure wines and healthful stimulants, Now that the leg- islature has been so thoughtful of the health of the people who patronize drug stores by providing & board of pharm acy and regulating the sale of poisons, the city and county officials should see to it that poisonous mixtures shall not be sold as health-preserviug stimulauts. — 2 A Patriotic Priest. The ceremonies connccted with the in- stallation of Cardinal Gibbons, at Rome, over his titular church, possess so far as their religious character is concerned only a limited interest. ‘That interest may not indeed be confined to the mem- bers of the great demomination in his own country who, it may be supposed, are keenly sensible and duly proud of the distingunished honor that has been con- ferred upon an American prelate. It is likely that liberal-minded christians of all denominations will in some degree feel that the general cause in which they are concerned has gained by the enlurge- ment of the functions and opportunities of a very able and most worthy church- man. In broadening the field of his powers and his lubors, it 13to be expected that the emnent qualilications which have given Cardinal Gibbons his claim to advancement, and -to the earnest and even ardent expressions of affection and confidence from the head of the church, will be employed to wider and better effect than before for the advancement of the faith. In such a promise it is presumed all christian people will feel an interest. But to tho great majority of the people, who will take no account of the religious considerations, as well as to all of those who do, by far the most interesting part of the ceremonies at Rome will be that in which the American cardinal proclaimed with patriotic earnestness and eloquence his devotion to his country, and described the principles which are the glory of the republic. Amid the ‘“pomp and cir- cumstance” of his surroundings, and within a hearing to which free institu- tions and a republican system of govern- ment do not commend themselves as the wisest and best, it was intinitely to the honor of Cardinal Gibbons that he did not forget that he is an American citizen, or hesitate, from poliey or other motive, to declare that in that fact hefelf *'a deep sense of pride and gratitude.” No man m a similar situstion need have said more, none could have spoken wore justly or wisely. In that utterance he has commended himself to Ctho hearts and confidence of the American people regardless of their rehigious afliliations, and achioved an enduring place in their esteem which no title and no amount of pomp and ceremony could have given him, EES———— Gladstone's Chief Lieutenant, Among the faw Englishmen upon whom Gladstone can rely for valuable support, Mr. John Morley easily stands first. In ability, n stern adherence to his principlea and in the courage to pro- claim his opinions, Mr. Morley occubies an advanced position among the English statesmen of this day and 18 steadily pushiug forward. In the battle over Ire- land now being fought 1n parliament he has taken a conspicuons part and carried it with signal judgment and vigor. His arraignment of the government's pro- posed coercive policy toward Ireland was clear, forcible and intrepid, and although not sucnessful in thwarting the design of the n uistry, will never the 1ass remain a part of the record of lhp present house of commons most honora- ble to its author. Mr. Morely is buf f@ty-nine years old, 20 that he is still in til§ very prime of his intellectnal powers. e was edueated at Oxford, and in a very Iib- eral sense a scholar’ Until he entered politics, Mr. Morley devoted himself to literatifre,*in which he at- tained distinction. He was for sixteen years the editor of, the Fortnightly Re- view, which reached its highest succes and prestige under his editorial manage- ment and largely through his own con- tributions to its pages. In other ways his literary labors have given valuable con- tributions to the literature of history and biography. It has been said of him that his mind may be divided into two parts, one of which 18 perpetually balancing the other--one half of his brain being conservative, the other half strongly rad- 1cal. He is not distinguished as an ora- tor. Admirable as his speeches are as compositions--polished 1n diction, flash- ing the finest rhetoric and the most tell- ing epigrams, they make a less favorable impression when heard than when read, Butit is not upon acuteness as a poli- tician nor skill as an orator that John Morley is required to depend for popu- larity or volitical preferment. It is his strong, earnest and manly championship of the cause of the veople that has given Mr. Morley the honorable place he now holds among the leaders of public opinion in Great Britain, ana which will certainly advance him to higher honors if he shall keep the faith, The great chieftain whom he now follows cannot hold the leadership many years longer, and when the mantle drops from his shoulders there is no man in England more likely than John Morley to receive ic. Harvard's New Departure. Harvard college seems determined to keep abreast with the spirit and demands of the age in its sphere of work, and to still lead all other American colleges in recognizing and responding to those con- ditions and requirements in the broad field of education which are of demon- strated necessity. Among these physical training is no longer of disputed value as one of the most important. Although the chief seats of learning were slow to make any concession to the arguments of its advocates, and yielded reluctantly to its encroachments, there is now no col- lege of any repute in which physical training does not receive attention as an essential and helpful aid to educational work., The proposition that discipline and expansion of the physical functions should go hend-in-hand with the devel- opment and improyement of the intel- loctual faculties no longler encounters tho opposition of any distinguished educadtor, while thero are enrolled among its sup- porters many whq were not with its earlier advocates. But while the wisflom of the principleis thus geuerally con , there are de- fects in the methods its application which require to be removed. There is looking thoroughly competent instruc- tors. Good athletes can easily be ob- tained, but good instructors cannot, for a capable instructor must combine the theory of physical training with its prac- tice. It isto supply this demand that Howard college proposes the establish- ment this summer of a course of physieal training for teachers. It has already de- veloped the best system known—a sys- tem thoroughly scientitic inits character, and to extend this, by furnishing compe- tent and thorough instructors, is the com medable aim of the proposed course. It is the tirst time any American college has projected an entervrise of this kind, though we believe such instructions are iven in some of the larger, colleges of Europe, where indeed physical training has always received more consideration as an adjunct to every college course than in this country. Theaction of Harvard marks an important step 1n the progress of physical training, and will doubtless give the principle a vigorous and healthy stimulus in the right direction. Miss Kate Field's Lecture, Omaha will enjoy a rare treat Tuesday evening in the lecture to be delivered at Boyd's opera house by Kate Field. Few American women possess a wider reputa- tion than Miss Field. Sheis known to literary men and women wherever the English language is spoken, and has made her mark as one of the ablest and most versatile writers and eftect- ive lecturers. As a keen observer of public men and social and political aftairs, she has few superiors. Her views upon the great problems which agitate the country are from the practical stand- point. On the Mormon question she is pre-eminently sound and thoroughly in- formed. She visited Utah expressly to study the different phases of Mormonism and that twin relic of barbarjsm, polyg- amy. Her treatment of the ‘“Mormon Monster” from the rostrum is com- mended everywhere by press and people as masterly and exhaustive, AFTER the Buffalo fire a variety of bills were mtroduced in the New York legis- lature calculated to secure the safety ot guests in hotels, The Commercial Trav- elers’ association submitted one which will doubtless receive favorable atten- tion. It requires every hotel to have a rope in each room above the ground floor so fastened as to hold a weight of 400 pounds, and coiled in plain sight by a window so that any ‘guest who is not blind will be sure to s¢e it. A system of inspection by the city or village authori- ties is provided for. Thesolution to this grave problem will only be found in ab- lute fire-proof hufldlngi. S——— IN New York & woman, Mrs. Rose, has sued her husband for divorce. In her affidavit the plaintiff goes on to say, *Throwing off all réstrdint ot religion and morality, he denied pnd abjured all faith in the Supreme Being and future life.’’ As a consequenceof this Mr. Rose is said to have becomd profane. Although the once loved and loving couple have lived together for twenty-five years with- out a jar or mar in their domestic happi- ness, Mrs. Rose proposes to live away from all profanity. This is a new and novel complaint, E———— AMONG the tickets tor 1883 spoken of are “Blaine and Foraker,” “Hill and Holman,” “Cleveland and Voorhees,"” “Sherman and Hiscock,” ‘‘Hawley Harrison,” “‘Carlisle and Hewit! “Blaine and Carr,”’ “Carlisle and Wal- ler,” and many othors of a less pertinent and less permanent character. Yet, in all this grand array the name of Robert Lineoln finds no place. It may he bacely possible that no other great man would care to couple his fortanes with the mar- tyred president’s son. Wirraiy a very few weeks the roll of employes over all principal railroads will be materially increased, by adding the names of all railtoad lawyers, railroad doctors, brass-collar editors, general in- surance agents of the railroad lobby, town site sharks, and honorable bilks of high and low degree. Such employes will be entitled to passes, but all other patrons of the rond must pay fare. POLITICAL POINTS, Senator Voorhees is urging the name of ex-Senator McDonald for a cabinet position. Blaine has been working very hard revis- ing his speeches and papers for publication. The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette is booming ex-Senator Harrison for governor of Indiana. Ex-8enator Warner Miller 1s talked of for the republican nomination for governor of New York next year, Iowa republicans talk of re-electing all their state officers, but will probably change off a United States senator. The recent visit of Smith M. Weed to Washington revived the story that he Is likely to become secretary of the treasury. New Hampshire politieal lights think Chandler will be again defeated for the sen- ate through combinations on the part of other candidates. Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, considers the passage of the interstate law the opening step towards complete government control and ownership of railroads and telegraph lines. Massachusetts republicans are trying to Ret up a little enthusiasm over the idea that the election In that state this year willbe a kind of opening gun for the presidential fight. Ex-Senator Thurman Is in Washington, and democrats are very generally expressing a hope that the president will avail himself of the opportunity to make the acqualntance of a shinon-pure democrat. Judge Fontaine Fox, prohibition candidate for governor of Kentucky, modestly re- marks that the ticket of which he is the head is “the best one, morally and intellectually, ever nominated in Kentucky.” Cleveland is said to have shaken hands with more people than any other president ‘We can readily believe this, because within the last two years nearly the entire demo- cratic party has been to Washington in pur- suit of oftice. Ex-Congressman Ben Le Fevre of Ohio is sald to have the inside track tor the consul generalship at Paris. The salary is $6,600, with fees and perquisites of about $10,000. Ben Is a good man according to the Cleve- land standard, He weighs 800 pounds. Mrs, Sarah A, Kelly, the “Bard of Shanty 1Lill,” announces herself asa candidate for the presidency In 1838 upon a poetical plat- form, Bad as her alleged poetry is, in & com- petitive contest she could probably distance the present occupant of the white house. General S, B. Buckner, who aspires to be the democratic candidate for governor of Kentucky, may as well withdraw from the field. His opponents have unearthea and are making much of the damning fact that *‘he could spare only a pitiful $100 for the con- federate home, but he sent Mrs, Granthis C‘!:trck for §1,000.”” That settles Simon Boli- S —— Very True. Boston Courier. ‘When a man i825 he knows something; when he is 45 he wishes he knew something. Sy o How to Rednce the Surplus. Chicago Times. It 1s sald that it costs $900 to fire one of the modern large s'ege guns, and a few such guns owned by the United. States government would reduce the surplus if they didn’t re- duce the enemy. s The Railroad Commission, Chicag) Times, There is no trace of railroad influence in the president’s appointments for the inter- state commerce commission. The commis- slon looks on railroad corporations, it is said, much as Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, does. The Senator Hoars and the Jay Goulds ot the country probably won’t like it. —_— An Error Corrected. Chicago Times. Through an error in the wording of a dis- patch from Lincoln, Nebraska, printed in the Times of February 21, the idea was con- veyed that a resolution had been adonted excluding Mr. E. Rosewater from the floor of the logislature for the remainder of the ses- sion. A resolution to this effect was intro- duced in the lower house, but was tabled. — Heating Cars by Steam. St Louis Globe-Democrat, Public sentiment has just impelled one at least of the great trunk lines to abolish stoves in cars and try the experiment of heating by steam. This line is the New York Central. ‘That road claims to be entirely satisfied with the new scheme. Now if the oil lamp should be eliminated the dangers of railroad travel would be materially lessenea. L Little Nel Written for the Sunday Bec by Lu B. Cake. My little Nell! God bless the child! Yes, John, you have a home; I've been a dreadin’ all along 'I'o see this hour come. For Nell's our baby* Jokn; she’s all That's left to wife and me, Our bonnie lass! without her here What would the old home be? Don’t mind it, John; I'm womanish About my little Nell, Yes, yes, L know, I know you will You'll always use her well- She's tender, John, a snowy lamb T've carried on my breast, That's kept my old heart warm so long, Been fondled and caressed, And sheltered from the storms »0 well, She’ll need a love-kept fold. 1 know it, John, you're good and true, And we are gettin’ ol She'll need a stron’s arm by-and-by; Perhaps ’tis just as well ‘That she shouid go away from us As us from little Nell. Let's see; the house is roomy, John, There's only wife and me, There's plenty bere ard welcome, too, For you and Nell, you see. ‘The nizhts are gettin' long to us, Our year’s are gettin’ few, We'd like to have our Nellie near Until she's left to you. ‘T'he farm has got teo big for me, ‘'he hands want leadin’ well, So you ban take the for’ard plow And I'll stay back with Nell, God bless you, then; come right along, My little Nell is yours; You'd better go and tell her Johnj I'll see abont the chores. e ‘Why the Machine Howls. Stromaburg Headlight, Rosewater continuec to feed the old ma- chine managers on something worse than “'eold wittles,” and stings them unmereifully a8 he exposes the rottenness and corruption of the gang of sharks that continues to dic- tate legisiation, and make the state a bye word and a laughing stock. Oh, how they do nate Rosewater or -any other man who will oppose the gang. ‘“'But [ hate him, for Le never prophesied gooa unto me, but al- AY, MAKUH ¥i 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. WA, 11" Talk don’t kill Rosewater, but unn::ur‘s talk and the Rkr are aimed squarely at _corruption and that is why the wachine howls at his tail twisters, e Railroad Passes, Philadelphia Inquirer. “The diseussion of the railroad pass ques tion i having at least ono good effect. Iti making legislators show their constituents how miteh they value thess favors, and how much they are willing to do in return for them. In revenge for cufting of passes in Iilinois a bill has been already introduced 1n the I lature making all railroad fares two cents a mile, instead of three, as at present. SUNDAY GOSSIP. ‘Trx: tearing down of the old United States National bank building to make room for a magnificent modern structure removes one of the oldesy landmarks in Omaba, The foundation was laid in the fall of 1854, and the building was completed in the spring of 1855, It was built by Jesse Lowe. e “I had my law oftice in the northwest cor- nerrcom of the first floor of that building in 1865, said Hon. A. J. Poppleton, “and 1 went to house-keeping in the southwest cor- nerroom. There wasa central hall, and the Western Exchange Fire and Marine Insurance company had its banking room on the east side of this hall. It was in this hall- way that Unitea States Marshal Eli R. Doyle was accidentally killed by falling down stairs, 1e and his fanily lived in the upper story. I occupied my rooms in that building about three months. 1 then moved my law office to a one-story brick building, which I had erected for that purpose. The site is now covered by Snyder’s butcher shop. At the same time I took up my residence In a new dwelling house at the northeast corner of Fifteeenth street and Capitol avenue, where the exposition building now stands, When I moved out of the bank building Leroy Tuttle toek my rooms. He was cashier of the bank, and afterwards was for a time treasurer of the United States.” **a Another old landmark that has recently disappeared before the march of improve- ment was the brick bullding at the northeast corner of Farnam and Thirteenth streets, where the Merchants’ bank Dbuilding s now going up. 1t was a two-story brick structure and was built in 1850 by Pundt & Koeng, grocers, who began business in Omaha in 1856, Mr, Pundt Is still engaged in the gro- cery trade, and has the honor of belng the oldest groceryman in Omaha. The three new bank buildings now in course of erectlon within one block of each other, are to be very substantial fire-proof structures. ''he aggregate cost of these build- ings will be in the vicinity of §700,000. This is a straw which indicates the solid basis upon which the growth of Omaha is founded. “My attention was first attracted to Omaha through the utterances of George Francis Train,” remarked ex-Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, while in this city the other day. “T'rain was & remarkable man during the days of his mental vigor. Ialways admired him. His predictions about Omaha years ago have been more than verified. 1 would suggest to the people of Omaha that they ought to erect a monument in honor of Train, who did more than any other man to bring the place into prominence during Its infancy.” “1 saw by the dispatchesthe other day that a boat load of young naval officers at- tached to the tralning ship, Saratoga, was up- set In San Fernando auchorage, near ‘Irinidad,” remarked a Washington gentle- man yesterday. “One of the drowned was Albert Taylor Cowie, whose father is Colonel George Cowie, an old Iowa soldier, and for many years head of the consular bureau of the treasury. He had four sons in the navy, and a fatality scemed to attach to them. The eldest, James, was lost on the ill- fated Oneida, that was run down by a British vessel in the Pacific. The other two had narrow escapes at sea, and if they are now in the service will most probably meet fates as diretul as their brothers’. Socon- vinced was the mother of these young men that they were doomed to be drowned she would never consent to any of her children zoing on water voyages, much less becoming attached to the navy. This was notably so in the case of her son, John D, who had charge of the famous dele- gation of Japanese dignitaries who visited this country some years ago. He wasap- pointed by the government to manage the American trip of the party. Hg performed his duty so well and pleased the orientals so highly that the latter oftered him a leading position under the Japanese governinent—in fact one that would make him wealthy and prominent for life. Few young men have ever had a greater opportunity tendered them. John D, refused, however.in deference to his mother’s wishes, for the acceptance of the position would entail an ocean trin. He is now a leading ofticial ot a bureau of the United States treasury and like all mem- bers of his tamily Is a favorite In Washing- ton.” “IT looks as if all the real estate firms in the city would have base ball clubs in the field this seagon,” remarked aun old knight of the willow. *“I'his movement is for advertising purposes of course, The first time the ball and bat were ever prominently used in this way was when the Bop Biiters company of Rochester, N. Y., put a nine in the feld. It was a strong team, including Andy Leonard, the famous left fielder of the old Cincinnati Red Stockings; Duz Allison, the champion catcher of the same old organization; Alec MecKinnon,a first baseman of note now play- ing; John Manning, one of tlarry Wright's old Boston champions; Tim Murnan, a fa- mous fielder, and others' ‘The schemo dldn’t work, however, tor all outside clubs would not recognize the mame of ‘lop Bitters,’ nelther would the press, The club was always called ‘Rochester,” and consequently not serving the end desired, soon disbanded. This firm was also prominent in arranging several rowing matches between Ilanlan and Courtney, notably that at Chautanqua lake, where the ‘sawed-boat ngured,’ and that at Washington." e A Wicked Oity, The licentious pictures and caricatures which are now exhibited in the shops and kiosques on the boulevards are be- coming so thoroughly indecent, writes a Paris correspondent of tho London Tele- graph, that even Parisians, who are by no moeans Puritans or prudes, are con- strained to cry out against the obscerne display. Everywhere nude ll?umi are to be seen, while the venders of disgust- ing cards and erotic newspapers ply their trade on the boulevards with abso- lule impunity. ~The latest production of the porographic order is anengraving of a naked priest with a rope round his neck. The letter press accompanying the picture is disgustingly naturalistic and has reference to the Tecent scandal of the Abbe Roussel and the girl Har- choux. T Tips About Tailors, Never troubled with fits—A poor tailor. A cust-'em tailor—one who can’t col- lect his bills, ‘The tailor is a man of leisure, His work is always dun. 1t is bad enough to break but it isn't half so embarr have them work around under your ear, 1t is quite true that God made man,but it is not so certan that e would be able to identify some of His work when the tailor had got through with it. Tailors are naturally proud of thelr good fits, but youn*ol:len on the streets who have not paid their clothes are &nlu nervous when a tailor looks at em admiringly, 5 MORMON MARY'S MARRIACE, Sad Fato of a @irl Who Wanted a Gentila Husband. MIDNIGHT AND SELF-MURDER Church of the Latter Day Sainty and Its Ty y—Romance of the Jericho ey in Utah, A Utah correspondent writing under date of March 2, says: Sixteen years ago Samuel Bates, a Mormon, then the possessor of two wives, Ann and Jane, the latter being childless, took Mary Lee an orphan, to bring up according to the rites of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. As Ann had many children to comfort her the babe was placed in charge of Jane, adevout Mormon, her- self born in the faith, Mary Lee's par ents were from England. Her mother was a delicate little woman, well rem- embered here as a tearful and unhappy person. Times were hard with them when they first appeared here, and they grew havder for some reason. Justas her husband was about to take a second wife, evidently against the wishes of the companion of his youtn, he was killed in a snow slide, and three months atter that his widow died, some said of a broken heart, leaving little Mary alone in the world, Samuel Bates was some- thing of & man among the Mormons. He was called Brother Bates. His first wife was a hard, coarse woman, but Jane, to whom the little or phan went, was tender, rather good- looking, and filled with a stern and un- bending fuith in the divinity of her religion and a determination to “live" it to the end. The child which thus fell to her partook of her dead mother’s dispo- tion. As she grew to womanhood sho became fair to a degree not often seen in these parts, but in spirit she was gloomy, sad and reticent. Snrrouudndfi y Mor. mons and taught by the pious Jane, she beeame almost a fanatic on the subject of religion herself, and readily accepted all that was instilled into her mind as the inspiration of the Lord. A year or two ago Mary Lee became acquainted with a young man hving in o mining camp not far from here, a Gentile of course, as no Mormon _delves for gol and silver, The youth, Seth Bentley by name, rarely lost an opportunity to |Im the girl little attentions, and at length it became the rumor that he was her ac- cepted lover. She would stroll away to the foot-hills to meet him, of evenings they would be seen by the mountain brook which winds through the town, and on_Sunday afternoons, particularly when Brother Bates was away from home, they would be riding or walking together. “Jane made no op[vos'xllon to the 1ntimacy, but when Brother Bates’ attention was called to the matter ho felt it was his duty to interfere. Little by little Jane's mind was won _over to his way of thinking, thoughat first she had been unsuspecting. entley was for- bidden the house, and the girl was told that she must never meet him again. But they met after this, not as a result of Mary's disobedience, but by reason of Bentley's persistence. He found her one day last summer down by the brook, and when she would have run from him he caught her, and, holding her closely, he told her of his affection for her, and en- treated her to become his wife, and in re- turn received some encouragement, From that time on they met occasionally, unknown to Brother Bates or Jane. In September Brother Bates went to New Mexico on an_exhortation tour, and when he returned in October he brought back with hima Mormon elder named Cratty, who, seeing Mary Lee, be- thought him that he would like to take another wife, his fifth, and he nccordingly broached the uut:‘Iecl to her on the second day after nis arrival. The girl repelled him with horror, but he pressed his suit, but at length brought Brother Bates ta his assistance. At first Jane op- posed the proposition. She was a sincere Mormon, but her affection for her toster child got the better of her faith for a time, and until she conld be glncnmd Elder Cratty had to hang his arp on the willow. The means resorted to to bring Jane to see the error of her ways are familiar to all who have had intercourse with the strange people who inhabit these valleys. Brother Bates had a vision, Then Elder Cratty had a vision, Then a bishop who was passing through Jericho valley had a wision. Then the Sunday school superintendent, the Sun- day school teachers, and the local elders and mussionaries had visions. By a sin- gl\'flnr concensus of opinion all had seen the same thing. Mary Lee God's choice for Elder Cratty’s wife. Still the gir), most of the time in tears, like her unhappy mother, dead sixteen ycars, shrank from the proffer of the visitor and her foster mother, the kindly but super- stitious Jane, still demurred, though growing weaker and weaker in her oppo- sition, The vision failing of the desired effect, Elder Cratty and Brother Bates went up into the mountains some time last month, end, fasting for fourteen days and nights, they wrestlod with the Lord, and at the end of their vigil they were rewarded by seeing a great light and hearing a voice from heaven saying that Elder Crauty should take Mary Lee to wife, and that further delay would be both unseemly and displeasing to the Lozd. With this revelation and the further assurance that a spirit had appeared unto Cratty in a vision saying that it Mary Lee would marry him she would receive the requis- ite affcction for her husband by praying for 1t in the temple, the two wended their wiay homeward and communicated to Jane the result of their rmy('n and fast- ings. In the face of such undoubted evi- dence of the Lord's approvul that good woman could say no more, and taking the girl toone side she advised her to ive up her Gentile lover and cling to the Euabsml selected for her by God,who had promised his servants that if she did not ove him now the spirit would confer great and uurl gsing affection upon her at her nuptials, Mary Lee's own faith was strong and ¢lination to follow the teachings of her religion was great; but it took mun; more interviews to bring her to admit that she had decided to obey the com- mand. When she at last gave her con- sent there was much joy in Jericho Val- ley, and a great company was made up to go along with the wedding Eurtym the temple. They were to sturt by wag- ons on a Monday morning, When the sun came up over the mount- ain range that morning it saw M!I‘K Lee down by the brook, revolver in hand, stone dead. She had risen during the night, and having sought a secluded spot. where she and Bentley often met,she had. taken bher appealat once to the J\xdge of all earth. Her religion would not per- mit her to marry the man of her choice, and her womanhood revolted against the allinnce which, according to earthly in- terpretation, the unscen powers had ar- ranged for, e —— A citizen of Ionia, Mich., ran, at a house when ho called, and t patiently on the iron doorstep nymul the slow servant opened the door. Then be turned pale and cried out that he paratyzed; for when he tried to walk he could mot move, e folt better just e soon a8 he discovered that his wet boota had frozen to tne irou step as he stood walting. the bell on stood 1N