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

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April2 inday, April londay, April 4. . ay, April 5. ‘adnesday, April 6 AR Average. RO JICHUCK. Bubscribed and sworn to be fore me this 9th dayof April A. D., 1897, N. P. FriL, ISEALI Notarv Publie. Geo. B. 'l'zschuck, Nlnxi first duly sworn, and says that he |s secretary of The Publishing company, that the actual av- erage daily eirculation of the Daily Bee for themonth of March, mn, 11,587 coples; for Apri, 18%, 13,101 enpies orfor May, 189, 12,- coqles; for June, 1846, 12,208 coples; for f“’}:‘ 836, 18,314 coples; for August, 185, 3, coples; for September, 1886, 18,050 1es; for October, 1836, 12,989 eoples; for lovember, 1586, 13,348 copies ; for December, 18,287 copies; for January, 1587, 16,266 eopies; for Fobruary, 1887, 14,198 copies. Bubgerbed and sworn ts before me this 6t and sWorn to before me eagor Marn, A T3 T by SEAL.| N. P. Frir, Notarv Publie. Contents of the Sunday Bee. New York Herald Cablegrams— Plffl 1. g;;eclla to the Bre.—General Telegraphic Wi 8. Page 2. Telezraphic News.—City News.— Miscellany, Page 8, * Special Advertisements, ® 4. Kditorlals,.—Dolitical Points.— b ay Gossip. g6 5, Lincoln News.—Miscellany—Ad- vertisements. Tage6. Council Bluffs News.—Miscellany, —P “;“s?llmmfi Miscell age 7. City News—Miscellany. Page 8. % Advertisements. Page 9. Omaha Society Matters.—Adver- tisements. ¢ Page10, Facts For Fair Femininity.— Humor For Happy Hours.—Religious,—Ad- vertisements. Page 11. Hearthstone Happiness — Mu- sical and Dramatic.—Honey Kor the Ladies. ! —Education — Singularities. — Advertise- ments, - hP 12. Clara Bello's Letter. Bervices.—General and Local i EE——— ON this joyous Easter morning the new et which is “‘too lovely for any- thing” will be displayed eyen if it rains | pitchforks. . 4 ' BARA BERNHARDT has a new and novel I.flnfl advertisement. This tune it is an Assault upon n waiter at a New York Botel, and not upon her dear companion, ' Miss Colomba, EE—— a ‘Tae Oregon & California railroad com- * . pany has been compelled to surrender a ‘forfeited land grant. The monopoly has eoughed up 275,000 acres of land and re- | stored it to the public domain. . PLEASURE seekers, foreign and domes- o, have all agreed that California will ‘e the resort in the future. The spring, Dowever, is an unseasonable time to ad- wertise winter resorts. ‘Mz. GLADsTONE'S specch Monday will bave no uncertamn ring. He is striking Mor liberty in behalf of an oppressed i ple. Though an old wan he may ve to sce his work accomplish the de- - sired end. || Itissaid that King Kalakau, the gon- El manager of the Sandwich 1slands, is ' nking himselt to death. Unless he ts to Join the majority Mr. Kalakau better dispose of his few islands and n Kansas. | TaE telegraph is busy denying cam- stories sot afloat, oaloulated to in- Sherman’s presidential boom. If lons republicans waste all reserve ocratic thunder, the sturdy Ohio man will be a dangerous opponent. emsEms—— UN April 20 Roscoe Conkling is to de- “3iver a speech at Pittsburg, the anniver- iry of the birth of Ulysses S° Grant, in r of the late general’s memory. Be- subjeot upon which Mr. Conkling v 's to talk, he will no doubt add new v rels to his fame. ST——— TuE railrond commissioner who edits a ‘pallroad and boodle organ at Lincoln " wras very jubilant when he turned over - $he city to the prohibitionists acd dewmo- . prats. But he may find before he grows . much older that & few more such vic- fories will be the death of him-—-politi- eally speaking. THE cable report this morning, wired paspecial to the BE, isa full and com- Pplete statement of all happenings in the pld world. Each foreign capital and all portant news centers are represented our columns. This feature, worth @ more than the pricoof the paper, be found in the BEE only. SEEe————— INQUESTIONABLY the years of 1886-'87 pass into history asthe yearsof -lot booms. Yet real estate booms p do not make a great city. It re- the investment of capital in manu- turing enterprises, the push and energy oitizens and the work of years. n l":‘ sohdity is an evidence of this oposition. EE——————— ‘Tur question of cutting down tho sal- ar of teachers in-New York public ols, is being seriously disoussed. od teadhers and adequate pay are al- desirable. By reducing salaries comploying incompetent instructors ns demoralization m the school room fountain head of knowledge. o ____ ] " Tax Pall Mall Gazelte makes the stuto- et that Curzon wrote “‘Howe, Sweet jome,” 1 1848, It isa historical fact Sir Houry Bishop's music of tho melody, as sot to John Howard words, was publishod 1 1833, people con! in their mad- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. APRIL 10 1887.~TWELVE PAuGLS. LAberty and License. FEditor of the Bee: The outrage on Chris- tian and religious liberty committed by the city police, under the direct orders of the city council, in the imprison t of a band of re- ligious enthusiasts—the Selvation army—has aroused a feeling of deep indignation in this city. Men with the instinct of gentlemen, who take pride in our free institutions; men who are truly American at heart, whether church goors or not, utterly condemn and spurn the bigoted, whiskey influence which prompted this outrage. Shame on the peo- ple of Omaba if 1t be permitted to go unre- buked: Shame on a council and police ad- ministration which can see crime or disorder in the parade of these relizions people and at the same timo see our streets blocked up with charlatan swindlers selling their wares; vag- abond quacks humbuiging the ignorant sick and defrauding them of their money on the public streets. Negro minstrel troops, and cireus processions taking complete possesion of our pub- lic highways, and yet for sooth, the parade of a band of these religions peo- ple merit in their eyes a special ordinance, and under it christian young women are in- carceratod over night with the vicious and drunken violators of the law with all their reeking filth, disease and obscenity. God forbid that such aldermen as voted for this ordinauce be taken as the representative men of Omaha! Who among the noble and true men and women of Omahn, religious or frreligious, are willing to band together to march with these people toses that they have the protection zuaranteed to them by the constitutions of the United States and the stataof Nebraska? The subscriber, not achurch member or a regular attendant of any church, will be one. Who else will “fall In” and join the procession? FAIR PrAv. We have made ita rule to hold the col- umns of the BEE open for a full and free expression of sentiment on any question, however much at variance our views may be with the opinions advanced. The stirring and sympathetic appeal to liberty-loving and true-hearted Amer- icans strikes a very tender chord in the pobular breast. Few men or women, whether born on American soil or for- eigners who have found shelter under its banner of freedom, will withhold their sympathy from the lowly and oppressed of whateyer creed. But there is such a thing as yielding to a false sentimental- ity, and allowing the emotions of a large heart to outweigh the clear judgment of a well-balanced mind. However much all true Americans rever- ence religion and love liberty there are limits within which liberty, to be worthy of the name, must be restricted. The Salvation Army has a perfect right to worship in any manner that may ac- cord with its faith and in the free exer- cise of its devotions it is entitled to the fullest protection of the law, the same as any other creed. But neither the Salva- tion Army or any other sect can trench: upon the personal comfort and freedom from disturbance of any community. Under our form of government every citi- zen is obliged to surrender part of his liberty for the benefit of all. Otherwise liberty would degenerate into license, wlhlch means turbulence, violence and riot. The Salvation Army the first body of religious which has laid itself lable to police interference. History tells that six hundred years ago a religi- ous sect sprang into existence in Italy known as the Flagellants or self-beaters. Great numbers of the people in the larger cities of taly and other European coun- tries were overrun by bands of wen and women carrying in their hands leathern thongs, with which they drew blood from their tortured bodies, amid sighs and tears, singing at the same time, peniten- tial psalms. This religious craze con- tinued for nearly two hundred years. 1t is an historic fact that tha Flagellants in the fifteenth contury overran Austria, Germany, Hungary and Poland. Their exhibitions gradually awakened the disgust of the better class of society and the tumult and dis- order resulting from their gathering soon led to their prohibition both by the clergy and oivil rulers. In some cities of Germany the Flagellants, men and women, marched from city to city, in a nude state, singing and shont- ing to the Lord, and at the same time committing all sorts of outrages on de- fenseless people who refused to join them. It would hardly be contended that a sect of Flagellants, travelling from city to city in America would enjoy per- fect freedom in their peculiar mode of worship, and their processions should not be subject to police interference. Twenty-five yoars ago asect calling themselves Free Lovers, whose oreed was chiefly based on affinity and promis- cuous marriage, regardless of divorces, became quite numerous and finally were made too uncomfortable to stay even.at Berlin Heights, Ohio, their headquarters. Religious liberty there had degenerated into license. Would our big nearted contributor appeal on behalf of such a sect in case the authorities attempted to exercise their police powers? Long before the advent of the Salva. tion Army in Omaha its disorderly con- auot and constaat clashing with the po- lice of many American cities and the suppression of its noisy and turbulent processions has been chronicled by the press. The city authorities m nearly all the prominent cities in which they have appeared have had trouble with them. In fact, they have courted trouble elsewhere as they have in Omaha. Some ot their so-called cap- tains, licutenants and buglers are by no means reputed to be models of virtue and morality. On the 15th day of the present mounth one Rovert E. Van Brunt, once known in the Salvation army as Happy Bob, will be executed at Castile, New York, for the murder of William Voy, whose half-sister was a captain in the army. Van Brunt was one of the lien- tenants and the cause of the murder was a scandal. At Charlotte, N. C., a coufi- dence game was played by Salvation army officers recently and one Captain Yoder is said to have in- duced Miss Fannie Whitesides, a gullible girl of seventeen, to sign awsy $1,000 worth of property under false pretenses. At Cleveland, Ohio, the Balvation army were instrumental in in- ducing little girls to abandon their homes and renounce their families. A few months ngo, in & small town in Pennsyl- vania, a personal encounter, growing out of jealousy, occurred between two female members of the Salvation army. They were separated, but subsequeatly one of them made an assault upon the other with » boulder, striking her full in the face. The blow inflicted dangerous wounds ana disfigured the victim for Life, ‘Awo boys named Simpson who were in the Omaha jail the other night, were en- 18 not zealots ticed away from their parents by the army. It strikes us, theretore, that the action of the council was not such a great out- rage after all, but rather in the lme of what has been done 1n other cities. ‘The army had been ullowed to roam about the streets of Omaha unmolested, for more than a month, and the crowds of hoodlums aund roustabouts who fol- lowed in the train of its processions had grown larger every might. Hence 1t be- came a question of time only, when some action had to be taken. It is not true, as charged, that the defenseless religious devoteesewere forced into a filthy jail. They were taken to the police station for resisting the police after being notified by the police that they had orders to stop the procession. Had they submitted to the order peacefully they would unot have been taken to the police station. It is not true that this is a bigoted persecution insti- gated by the whisky dealers. In Towa where the drug store has been substi- tuted for the saloon, the Salvationists had the same trouble in neurly every large town. At Marshalltown, which is strictly a temperance city, several of the army were jailed for two weeks. It does not stand to reason that they are all pagans and barbarians in christianized Towa. Itis perfectly preposterous to as sume that the love of liberty and rever- eace for religion has died out at Rochester, Bulfalo, Cleveland, Pittsburg and other large cities wherever the army processions were suppressed by the po- lice. In conclusion let us add that the BEE has no apologies to make for the police in permitting disturbance and street blockades by nostrum venders, fakirs and bands that parade the streets for low variety shows. They are all nui- sances that ought to be suporessed. Cabinet Developments. 1t1s in the nature of a gratifying sur- prise when the public is permitted to learn anything of cabinet proceedings. The councils of the president and his advisers ordinarily yield less for public information than do the cabinet meetings of most foreign governments. Those of the present administration have been for the most part especially uninteresting to the public for the reason that the cabinet is not individually strong and the vopular belief is that i completely dominated by the will of the president. The mecting of Thursday last seems to have been unusually extended and im- portant. According to our dispatches it was chiefly devoted to the consideration ot the government's foreign relations. The most interesting development re- Iated to the prosent status of the fisheries controversy. The country has been given to understand, none way and another, that thero was promise of an eurly and amicable settiement of this issue. There have been intimations that the imperial government did not regard the position of the Dominion au- thorities ~ with entire favor, and was disposed to treat with great consideration the representations and attitude of the Americau govern- ment in the matter. This is not the case, On the contrary our government appears to be informed that England fully sus- tains the Canadian authorities and is in no case disposed to make any confessions to the United States. Thisis not surpris- ing from the ministry now administering the sffairs of the British Empire. Lord Salisbury is instinetively unfriendly to the United States, and that feeling would naturally be aggravated by the popular hostility in this country to his Irish policy. Having this knowledgo, what is the proper and dignified course for this gov- ernment to pursue? Plainly to rest its case and carry into execution the retalia- tion law or the very first occasion of the rights of an American yvessel being de- nied in a Canadian port. There ought to be no more puerile haggling in this matter, to the humiliation of the Ameri- can people. Every fair and honorable effort has been made on the part of this government to settle the disagreeable controversy without recourse to extraordinary measures. Our representa- tives and demands have been treated with insulting indifference and disre- spect. This was made evident by the correspondence submitted to congress by the secretary of state. Another member of the cabinet characterized the course of the Dominion authorities as brutal. Still the government has held to its policy of forbearance, and continued its efforts to arrange a satisfactory scttlement. The outcome is complete failure, and nothing different is to be expected from further effort while the present unfriendly En- glish ministry 18 in power. Let nogotia- tions on the part of the American gov- ernment, therefore, stop, and the law of congress be enforced the moment that a cirenmstance arises justifying its appli- cation, Thereare indications that the occasion will not be long delayed, as the Canadian authorities are fully prepared and determined to carry out their policy. Hereafter the American government will always be ready to renew negotiptions, but the proposal to do so must come from the other side, Theo letter of President Cleveland to the American Fisheries union of Massachu- setts shows that while the executive will take no hasty action 1n this matter, he is fully alive to the requirements of the sit- uation, and will act promptly and firmly when the necessity shall arise, A Southern Hero. The unveiling at New Orleans, on last Wednesday, of an equestrian statue to the confederate general, Albert Sidney Johnson,was an event which in itself every broad-minded American will commend. The erection of the monument, as Presi- dent Cleveland sad in his letter, in reply to an invitation to be present, is a fitting testimonial to the affection’ in which the gallant soldier is held by his comrades in ivil war. Pride in the distinguished al s of General Johnson can be shared by all Americans, Hu was a citi- zen and soldier ot the republic, who had served his country with fidelity and merit. He owed to the nation his mili- tary tramning and experience. All that he had acquired of knowledge and repu- tation had been secured under bis country’s flag. Whatever he was, there- fore, when he drew his sword against that flag, the whole country can properly honor him for. Beyond that point there 18 really nothing to honor, tor in the service of the confederacy he had little opportunity to show whether the reputa- tion that had given bim high commana would be justified. " The criticisms which the event has ealled out relate entirely to the falsilica- tion of history conveyed in the eulogies on Johnson by men who spoke with a certain authority. This has a degree of importance. The history of the great conflict is not yet fully written. These contributious to it will have a weight with the historians of tije future. They eannot fail to insome degree color and qualify their judgment of the capacity of the generals whom Johnston encoun- tered, and of the possibilities had not the confederate general dallen almost at the beginning of the contlict. ‘To permit them to go unchallenged wbuld strengthen their influence. This falsification consists in claiming that but for the death of Johnston at Shiloh that memo- rable battle would have resulted in a complete confederate victory, with the most valuable conscquences to the south- ern cause. The persistence with which the southern people cling to this idea, despite the ample testimony confuting it, is perhaps not remarkable. It prevailed for a time in the north, where the “taking off” of Johnston was regarded as in the nature of a special providence. As a matter of fact, however, instead of Johnston being ‘‘snatched by death from the very arms of victory,” as Jef' Davis proclaimed, he fell in the face of inevitable defeat, which he was making the most extraordinary and confessedly ‘courageons effort to avert. 1f the straightforward and evidently can- did statement of General Grant regard- ing the events atShiloh were not suflicient to settle all controversy, and to show that victory for the confederate forces was at no time probable, thereis other testimony to the sume effect which even southerns cannot reasonably reject. The son of General Johnston and the members of his staff are on record with the statement that when the general was k he was engaged in rallying demoralized troops who refused to fight any longer under the orders of their officers. It isnot con- rivable that ageneral of an army would, when in the very arms of victory, have put himself in such a position of peril as Johnston did. An army with victory in sight might have spared the demoralized remnant. But at the time he fell the bat. tle was going against hita, and he saw the necessity not only of rallying every soldier to the fight, but of inspiring them with his own daring. It was a soldierly and heroicsacrifice he made, but if it cost the confederate cause nothing it would not have suffered without the sacrilice, To the military fame of General John- ston, however, it is now apparent that L was of the highest value. Had he lived defeat at” Shiloh would have de- thronad him from the high place to which be had been elavated in the confi- dence of the southern people, and there would be no statue now to commemorate him. It was the tufning point of his earecr. Death rescutd him from failure and preseryed to him untarnished and with an added glamgar the fame he had won. 4 Patronize ic Liberally. Omaha owes 1t to itselfto fill the Ex- position building to overflowing at the coming opera festival. The Amecrican Opera which is to vyisit us for the first time during the present week 15 without peer among organizations of the Kkind which haye left thewr impress on the operatic stage of America. It exceeds in the number of its stars, the size of its chorus and the strength of its orchestra any of 1ts predecessors in eastern cities. Its stage settings and costumes are the rickest and most varied among contemporary — companies. Neither time nor expense has been spared by its munificient patron to make it what she intended 1t to be, the substantial foundation and the welcome forerunner of a school of permanent American opera, which should in future generations do tor this country what the Opera Francaise and Covent Garden have done for France and England in fostering the love of art, stimulating its study and affording perpetual opportunities for its gratification. In selecting Omaha as one of the few cities where a season of grand opera will be vresented, a handsome compliment has been paid in advance to the intelti- gence and culture of the community. It is in tself a presumption that our city knows what is excellent in musical art and is willing to patronize it if opportunity presents. Itis an appeal to the refin- ment and education of Omaha which must not be permitted to carry its own denial, The BEE urged several times during the winter that steps should be taken to secure through public subscriptions what is now offered without guarantee. It promises its readers 2 musical and dramatic treat which the east has pro- nounced the best that America ever has been afforded. Liberal patronage will assure future visits of this match less or- gunization. To a large degree the audi- ence of next week will determine what Omaha is to have in the future in the line of grand opera. We repeat that every seat should be filled, The present season promises to be one of unexampled prosperity for Omaha. In the first place there will be a larger employment of labor than ever before. Two new lines of railroad are to build through Douglas county and into the city. The extension of the corporate limits will at once stimulate public 1m- provements, induce extensive grading and paving and make heavy demands upon the labor market. Then there 1s the removal of the waterworks plant, the erection of the city hafl all of which will call for muscle and’ an increased pay roll. Quite aside from the trades which will be called upon to assist in the gemeral building movement, there will be & large demand for unskilled labor in connection with the millions of dollars worth of private stores and residences now in: process of con- struction or which will bé soon begun. Itisto be a prosperous yéar for lavor; and labor's prosperity, meaps the pros- perity of every community in which, like Omaha, laboring men's wages are a most important element. The signs point to a large increase in our manufacturing facilities. A number of our permanent institutions are enlarg- ing their plant responsive to the enlarg- ing demands for Omaha products. Searcely a day passes in which some foreign manufacturer does not visit us.to scheme for the inauguration of a new enterprise. Flour- ng mills, oat meal mills, elovators, new foundries and machine shops are certain to put in their appearance. There is money in investments, Capital will not long overlook this fact. . Omaba' bas mpde much of South Omaha, and it will make more from this important auxilliary and feeder of the city in the year to come. The shrewd and broad guage management of liberal and enterprising citizens has made it a valuable factor inour prosperity. It will be still more so in the near future. New packing housesare to rise around the stock vards, and added facilities will be afforded to what 18 already the great eat- tle and hog market of the state and the adjoining territories. The menand the investors who are backing their judgment of Omaha with cool cash will have no reason to repent of their faith. She has all the marks of a great and growing city. Other Lands Than Ours, England is all aflame with the discus- sion of the Irish question. Within the past few days there have been remarka- ble development of popular hostility to the coercion bill. Inthe north of Kng- land the demonstrations have been es- peerally marked, and the people of that section appear to have been particularly influenced by the reports from this coun- try. Numerous public meetings have been held to protest against the policy of the government. don John Morley addressed an audience of 6,000, making a powerful arraignment of the government. Other largely at- tended meetings have been held at Chelsea and Birmingham. Still others are projected under the auspices of the council of the Liberal federation and the Cettic league. 1t 18 not apparent that these povular manifestations of dis- approval have had any inflaence upon the government and its supporters, who give no sign of a purpose to relinquish any part of their programme, but they are unquestionably making public senti- ment in opposition to the ob- noxious measure, which may be expected to produce an effect when the final trial comes in the house of commons. The longer that is delayed the more certainly will the opponents ot coercion be able to show not only the essentially unjust and oppressive character of the government's vroposed policy, but the worthlessness of the coercion bill as a remedy for any of the evils that either Irishmen complain of or Englishmen admit. All previous coercion bills for Ireland have bad all England and Scotland behind them, and were supported by, if not & majority, a considerable portion of the Irish mem- bers. Even with this moral and politieal backing, however, they have generally been only half executed, and have never secured either peaco and order any more than content. The notion that one like this, which half the English and nearly the whole of the Scotch members are op- vosing with fierce indignation under the leadership of the greatest English states- man, against which the most powerful portion of the English press is taunder- ing, can ever be carried into effect, or can, in fact, result in anything but an in- credse of disorder, and frightful conflicts between the people and the police, is al- most ridiculous. The opposition it is en- countering will kill it for all practical purposes, and a ministry not blindly ob- urate would see this. PR Political affuirs on the continent of Europe continue to offer little of interest. But unhappy Bulgaria is still the prey of mtrigues and outbreaks. The obstinate purpose of Russia to force the resigna- tion of the present regency before listen- ing to any proposals for the future gov- ernment of the country is a source of great danger and an encouragement of plots of rebellion. But still more im- portant to note than temporary upris- ings of disaffected troops here and there is the reported understanding or military convention arrived at between Bulgaria and Servia. The ratification of such an agreement would be a recognition by Servia of the validity of the regency, and accordingly a movement against Russian interests. King Milan well un- derstands that his throne is threatened by the intrigues of pro-Russian sympa- thizers, and possibly considers it safer promptly to make anally of Bulgaria, his recent enemy, than to await the de- velopments of Muscovite diplomacy. Austria will not be sorry to see this good understanding between the two Balkan neighbors. » e Another revival of the protectionist craze is being experienced in Krance, this time in the direction of making bread a little dearer. ‘The law increas- ing the duties on wheat from 3 to 5 francs per 100 kilos and those on flour from 6 to 8 francs, was oflicially promul- gated pesterday. Cargos afloat are not exempted from the additional tax, bnt a bull fixing a term of exemption will ben- troduced by the goyernment right away. As usual the taniff advances will not stop here. The idea that dearness in bread- stuffs is better than cheapness has got a firm grip on the French government, and proposals are already made to in- crease the duties on other cereals and on cattle. It took several years of corn law agitation to root that 1dea out of the British mind. However, America will lose little by these higher tariffs. France has not been of recent years a great mar- ket for our products, and if she chooses <0 still further wall up her vast military camp, we should be the last people in the world to find fault. The secret of the situatiok 1s the pressing necessity of the govern ment for revenue, to enable it to carry the tremendous financial burden. 2" Writing from Cape Town, South Africa, Henry M. Stanley expresses be- wilderment at the constant evidence he sees of British yiclding and shrinking be- fore noise and bluster. *‘In the west and north,” he says, *‘France and Portugal have strode with audacious and frantic baste to exclude British trade. Now I come to Zanzibar. There 1 find that the British fleet has given way to the Ger- man, and that the German traders out- number the British. There1s a relent- less aggressiveness about the Germans that i3 ominous. Their manner is haughty and overbearing, and carries an air of ‘you reust.’ The natives look on in wonder, while, while the British effect superb indifference. Zanzibar was like a ripe plum ready to drop within the pale of British belongings as a reward of patient nourishing and of upholding a feeble state, and at the first sign of & Ger- man gunboat it is abandoned. It is no business of mine, but I confess to a senti- mental regret that Enghsh statesmen should be so easily lnqnhhod‘. hhdi' other interesting ‘evidence of the de- :Enm power an vr:-uxu of John Buil. ‘The clemency DM;I. the teaders of the rmutmfltulmwlhquu‘ ro- At one in South Lon .| gent of Spain, evidently has not carried the revolutionary party to eall a halt, Bombs have been put to use against the chamber of deputies, ana the feeling of alarm has been revived. Through all agitations, however, the bit of a king, unlike many of his crowned confreres, re- maius soothed with the swoet syrap of infancy. Perhaps the little fellow's head will not be weighted with a crown when be shall have grown old enovgh to read history. Thero is a Scotch proverb that “it's a far cry to Loch Awe,” and judging from the progress of democratio thought in Europe, it is not lhkely that France will have imitators in the matter of republican forms many a month be- fore the last year of l.hc centnry. " The ridiculous obtuseness of the ezar nota new phase of his char- ; refused to allow any of his subjects to take any part in the promo- tion of the great exhibition to be held in Paris in 1880, on the ground that the ex- hibition is the ‘‘outcome ot a gigantic revolution.” As his power is absolute, he ecan, of course, excrcise it how he likes, but when he condemns an enter- prise simply beeause the government or- ganizing it 18 republican, he shows that the fear of dynamite hasdriven out of his imperial head what small amount of sense it ever contained. “A Youne Man's Marriage Endow- ment association, with headquarters at Minneapolis, has recently ‘“‘suspended.” The plan of operation was somewhat novel. The constitution of the associa- tion provided that whenever one of its members was married all members were to be assessed $1 each, the married man to reccive $1,000. It developed that a man named Smith and another named Jones did all the marrying. A Bangor, Maine, & dozen young men pad $75 each before they discovered the fraud. They should have married early in the game, in order that their wives could have taken care of them POLITICAL POINTS. William T. Coleman of California, who flatters himself that he is a presidental possi- bility, has a tortune of 20,000,000, a bald head, and a big mustache. Governor Biggs, of Delaware has ap- pointed his son attorney general. The governor does notappear to share the gen- eral belief that Delaware is nota Biggs state. Ex-Congressman Ranney of Massachusetts says he 18 perfectly well aware that Mr. Cleveland s ‘‘after” the Bay State,politically speaking, but he has no fear that it will be captured. * Dan Lamont, it is said in the east, could have had one of thecommissionerships under the inter-state commerce law, but he refused it. As assistant president he hasa better thing. Senator Stanford, being interviewed npon his return to California, expresses the opinion that Cleveland will be the strongest candi- date the democrats can name in 183 and that a majority of republicans are in favor of Blaine. Presidential names will be well repre- sented 1n the Fiftioth congress. There will be a Washington, an Adams, a Taylor, and a Hayes. Washington, who is from Ten- nessee, will be the first of the name to sit in conzress. For many years the letter Y has been unrepresented In congress, but it can now boast the two names Yoder and Yost. Congressman Glover, of St. Louis, said to a San Francisco reporter that “Cleveland’s administration has been very unsatistactory to the party in the east. It has been strictly a New York administration on the financial and every other policy. One thing is cer- tain: if Governor Hill, of New York, isa candidate for nomination--and there is little doubt he will be—he will carry the New York delegation against Cleveland,” A 2o Duaddy ODDLY NAMED PERSONS, Messrs. Chew, Swallow and Hungering were recently zuests at a San Francisco hotel, while Messrs. Fish, Bacon, Pluw and Cooke were located at another house. The hotelsshould have pooled their guests. ‘William Badd, of Melbourne, 13 a better man than his name would indicate. He spends half his income every year in re- lieving the needs of deserving people. John Freeze and wife, of Harvard, IIl, have been married only twenty years and are the parents of eighteen children, 1tis no wonder old settlers cowplain that the climate of 111inois has been growing steadily colder for the last two decades. Mrs, Marion Todd is a successful lawyer in Albjon, tMich. Her husband ougit to be very fond of his Toad. e A Justifiable Act. 8an Fra clsco Chrowicle. An Arizona newspaper man wrotea bio- graphical sketch of every member of the Ari- zona legislature and then went and killed himsélf. The coroner’s jury should justify the act. B ey Don't All Speak at Once. Schuyler Herald. Will some of Russell’s admirers please in- form an anxious public what this man of gi- gantic intellect has accomplished at Lincoln? Will some one please mention just one thing that he has accomplisiied for the good of the country or state. Now don’t all speak at once. B — Through the Mist, Irabel Hotehliss, "Nhat Is life? A little grief, A little joy, a little pain, A smile, a sifih, a sweet refrafn, Atlower, n sadly withered leaf— And then—what then? What avails this little stay Amid the t0il, amid the strife, ‘Amid the busy walks of life, This working on from.day to day— And then—what then? What is life? A twice-told tale, A hour of joy, & year of pain, A bitter loss, a little galn, ‘With none to care if we should fall, ‘And then—what then? A llttle climbing up the height, A little gazing nt the skies With smiling, and with tearful eyes, Until the beauty fades from sight, And then—what then? A little sunlight thro’ the mist, fi'l.rlem\ to love nelzlun:i :‘s:y ! hope, 80 00D ) An angel’s voice—Oh, m«. oh, leN And then--what then? What is life? A little space Y 1n which to work, in which to walt “Tho will of some remorseless fate, Another boundary line to trace, And then—what then? B SBUNDAY GOSSIP, Trk appointment of C. V. Gallagher as postmaster of this city touches a string on the harp of recollection t o which old settlers like to lend a listening ear. The coming “‘in- cumbent” Is the youngest who was ever hon- ored in a similar manner in this city. Still apparently but little more active than A. D. Jones, the first postmaster of this eity, who received the ofticial honor thirty-four yoars ago. Hoth these gentlemen were seen together yesterday—a matter of momens only in a demoeratic point of view be- cause it was s kind ot bistor fcal jolning Grover Cleveland—a bridging over & demo- oratic chasm of some thirty-live years, In fact one might say it was a communion of the near end of a party beginning and a near begioning of a party end, * . **e In November, 1853, A. D, Jones came to Omaha—that Is to say, to the spot whero Omana was afterwards located,—and through the influence of Doctor Enos Lowe ho was appointed postmaster aud given authority for the following federal sign: OMAHA POSTOFFICE nY A. D, Joxes, ‘There was no appropriation for the trans- vorting of the malls to Omaha in those days 80 Mr. Jones had to do the work por- sonally, ‘T'hus he was postmaster, mail car- rier, mail deliverer and in fact combined the entire oflice force in himself. In May, 1854, he claims to have erccted his postoffice in Park Wild subsequently Traintown, just south of the Uni Pacifie depot. Subse- quently he announced shat he would dellver mail matter at the **Big Six,” which was the first saloon in Omaha and located at the cor- ner of Thirteenth and Chicago streets. It was kept by @& man named Clancy, who was a prominent member of the first legislature. Subsequently the office was removed to the Douglas house, corner of Thirteenth and Harney, which had been erected by David Lindley. Tho latter was apoointed deputy and had the honor of being the first ofticial of that kind in Omaha. An ax box was the first real mall receptacle In “‘these parts,” being a substantial successor to the ancient hat of Mr. Jones. The man- agement of the oftice was afterward given to a Mormon named Frank, who was one of the refugees from Fontenelle, Neb, when the Indians made their famous raid on that historical Elkhorn town. He keptthe mail in a bushel basket and anyone inquiring for a letter had tomake hisown selection. Mr. Jones resigned his position and recommended Mr. Lindley. The latter recelved his commission, but, strange to say, he refused. Democrats in those days seem to have been different in some respects from their brothers of the pres- ent. In fact, for a time the office went “‘a- begging.” Finally the Mormoa, Frank, was made postmaster, e W. W. Wyman, father of A. U. Wyman, late treasurer of the United States and now vice president of the Omaha National bank, succeeded Frank and was the first to get the Omaha postoflice in shape, as well as the first to have lady employes as the members of his family attended principally to the bus- iness of the ofice. lle soon afterward erected a brick building on the northeast corner of Douglas and Thirteenth, which was for 80 many years the headquarters of the Herald, and afterwards of the Repub- lican. To this structure the postoffice was then removed. T. H. Robertson got the next commission and moved the oftice to the southeast corner of Tenth and Farnam streets. The citizens did not like the new incumbent and got up a remonstrance which officially decapitated him and placed Mr. Wyman again in charge, He was succeeded by Charles Hamfilton, the well known banker, but strange to say, a re- monstrance also struck his official ship aoafs the buinnacle, and Mr. Wyman again ap- peared on the quarter deck, The office under the Hamilton administration was kept in the rear of the railroad ticket office on the north- east corner of Kourteenth amd Farnam. * *"e Then came George Smith as postmaster. He removed the oflice to the Caldwell block on Douglas street midway beiween Thir~ teenth and Fourteenth, J. H. Kellom sueo- ceeded Mr, Smith and continued the office at the ‘“old stand.” Joel T. Griffin next received postmaster recogaition and was the last ofticer to occupy a rented bullding for postoftice purposes in Omaha. It was, during a portion of his administration, located in Simpson’s building on Fourteenth street. The present federal structure was completed in July 1873 and the postoftics re- moved thereto. Mr. Griffin was ousted from his position because of usingsome mall sacks for grain purposes on his furm during a press of grain shipments. It also broughs him *‘into court” and came very near being th cause of sorious trouble to him. Casper B Yost succeeded Mr. Griffin who In turn gave way to Thomas F. Hall and then came the present incumbent Charles K. Cou / tant who has only a day or two to ‘walte before the politically expressive words of “Letter go Gallagher” will sound in his ears. s Al these postmasters of course represonted the different political shades of Nebraska. Mr. Smith was the first incumbent under state organization and was tue appointee ol the present governor, then Senator John M, ‘Thayer. The latter controlled the patronage until Senator £. W. Hitchcock secured the position for Mr. Yost. Senator Saunders gave this federal plnm to Thomas F. Hall and Senator Manderson transferred It to Mr, Coutant. The new postmaster, Mr. Galla- eher, being a democrat has of course no sen- atorial backing from this state, his influence being directly from the Hon. John A. Mo~ Shane, the state of Nebraska's first demo cratie representa tive. B Should 1 Not Love Him? Easter Hymn Wrilten for the Sunday Bee. L Dropped from the star that the angels hold Glittering bright in the song-ringing skies, Lol in the manger of Bethlehem, Jesus the Savlor, the heaven-born lies. Leaving the glory the Fatuer had, Giving up all for the sinner that fell— On!If Mis love gave up all for me, Should [ not love him who loved me se well? 1w Knowing all sorrow, acqualnt with grief, Tempted as 1 am, aflicted, meligned, Homeless, *“and hungered” and beawen, dis- pised, Healing the sick, glving sight to the blindg Raising the falien, forgiving sins, Dolng and suffering all no tongue can tell, This was His love for a sinner llke me— Should I not love Him who loved me se well? . Bowed in the garden, betrayed, accused, Dragged unto judgmens and falsely con- demned, Thorn-crown’d, to Calvary bearing Ilis cross, Mocked by the throng in whose hate He is hemmed; Nail-pieroed and crucified, dying there— Oh, love of Clirist that all love doth excell This is tbe love with which He lovea me, Should 1 not love Him who loved me so well? 1v. Still and unseen as the secret hands Op'ning the tomb for the clear-rising day, Was the light touch of the angels there, Rolling the stone that was guarded, away. Lo, Resurrection and Life have comel Hope in the toll of the funeral bell | Christ now is risen and lives for mel Should 1 not love Him who loves me #0 well? . v Gather the 1ilies and wreathe the eross, Cover It over with dowers all fair, Never again life so pure and sweet, Ever can fade as was sacrificed there, Flowers and fragrance aud pray’s and praise, Oh! let my heart with Its gratitude swell, Breathing the incense of Easter joy, For [ do leve kHim who loves me 80 wull, o % Lv b, Cakm,