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

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WE read in Puck that ‘“the best thing on record is the deed of a corner lot.” Puck doubtless had an eye on Omaha when this was written, Tue Chicago Times gives it out in a scornful manner ‘‘that Chicago is not dependent on pork packing for its greatness.” This is a hint for Mr. Low- ell to roturn his visit. —— Mr. FORAKER'S prosidential boom has apparently collapsed. He has not been heard from since the Delmonico dinner. Those Delmonico dinners set heavy on political stomachs of presidential candi- dates. — JOoRN SHERMAN'S wealth already both- ers a great many politicians. Within the last two wecks the senator has made $20,000 1n a Findlay, Ohio, real estate deal. A shrewd business man is not nec- essarily a corrupt politician. EE—— It is now thought that an extra session of congress will be called for October. It will really be amusing to see the sena- tors and congressmen paying railroad fare for the long haul to Washington. THE next time we have an opera fosti- val the managers of the exposition build- ing should charter excursion trains over the lowa and Nebraska roads leading into Omaha. Brass band Smith’'s enter- prise in that regard aflfords a valuable pointer. . SEE—— Ir cost Maurice Bernhardt, son of the actress, the modest sum of 2,500 for one lesson in the American game of poker, at New York, a short time ago. Sara _ should hurry her hopeful toOmaha. Af- ter July Fourth there will be no such games out here. EE——— Tue Chinese killed in Wyoming Terri- toty, during the riots about a year ago, cost the United States $147,000. Secre- tary Bayard recently gave the Chinese minister a warrant for that amount. This 'was the most expensive set of China Uncle 8ams boys ever smashed. ———— ‘THE telligence that Mr. Blaine has almost recovered from his recent illness ‘lm’nu!ylng. Mr, Blaine is one of the fow really great men of America, and the country cannot well afford to lose him. The announcement of his malarial sttack caused serious alarm. emm——— It has beon written that concentrated effort will accomplish wonder/ul results, ‘The king of of the Sandwich Islands has recently secured a loan of $2,000,000 and declares that he will squander it all for gin. The pluck of his royal highness eertainly challenges admiration, EESSSeS— A TExAs legislator a short time ago complained in a bitter speech that none of the newspapers would set him right. ‘This shows the differencg in law-makers, The Nebraska legislators complained in bitter speeches because the leading paper of the state set them right. —— A RETAIL coal dealer in Cleve!and, Ohio, has been fined $100 by the local coal exchange for selling a ton of coal that did not weigh 2,000 pounds. This secms rather late in the season to set such an example, but customers could ‘with profit paste this item in their hats. AN eastern exchauge, nnder the head of an “‘Unhappy Czar,” pictures that im- portant personage as holding fast to a bear's tail, willing to det go, but afraid to. ‘With assassinution reduced to a science and a system, and a hundred nihilists camped on the trail of the great ruler, thero 18 indeed but lttle satisiaction in wearing a erown, EEESe———— ‘Tuosk in Nebraska who have the Cali- fornia fever, will do well to heed the advice gratitously given by the San F¥rancisco Argonaut, which is briefly : “A farmer in the east who will close out his property at half its value and invest 4o land in southern California at $600 an > mere is nothing more or 108s than an ass of the first family." L __ OxE good foature resulting from ti fnter-state act, relative to pas ‘shown in Itlinois. = After the mumhd:s " the legislature of that state surrendeic ‘ll:‘.:nul paste-boards it was no that they got down to solid work. eustumary three-days’ vacation wuch . weok was postponed and no excursions _ were indniged iu until the tinal adjourn- o A Politioal Brace-Box. The falling out among the keepers of Omaha gambling houses will probably bring about an earlier closing of these resorts than was to have been expected. The new anti-gambling law does not go into effect until the Fourth of July, and the prevailing impression was that Omaha gamblers would not break up kouse-keeping until business became too risky. The law-abiding and orderly peo- ple of this city have no reason to deplore the prospect of the early closing of the gambling dens. No matter how honestly conducted some of them were, from the gamblers' stand- point, they always have been a cancer eating away the vitals of the community. They have been the training school for the penitentiury for hundreds of men who otherwise would have remained honest and upright. They have swal- lowed up the hard earnings of laborers and mechanics and made embezzlers and defaulters of clerks, bookkeepers, mer- chants and quite often public officials. But they have been tolerated in Omaha under our peculiar administra- tion as a necessary evil, and every effort to restrict them has been met by the plea that they are the life of every city, and without them business prosperity was utterly impossi- ble. It 18 rather amusing now to hear edi- tors who only a few weeks ago insisted that gambling houses could not be closed by law, and would always flourish na booming city llke Omaha, make the most rampant appeals to the city author- ities to close the gambling houses at once. We detest imposture in any form, and most of all the hypocrisy which ap- peals to the moral elements from under the cover of vice and immorality. The intimacy and close comniunion between editors who are playing the high moral dodge, by clamoring for the immediate suppression of gambling, and the keepers of the leading gambling houses, is & matter of common notoriety. The great zeal of these self-styled re- fogmers, so suddenly exhibited at ths time, is either a miraculous conversion, or a part of the confidence game which they have played all along since the memorable combine against the charter. Perhaps Mayor Boyd may experience just such a miraculous conversion and close the gambling dens on the eve of the election, in order to mollify the moral sentiments of the community which he had contemptu- ously ignored all along. Such a brace game in politics might win over the credulous fools, and would not damage the political standing of the gamblers with their own cappers and the lawless elements which have been sheltered under its protecting wing for years. It is barely possible that the republican paper, which openly supported Jumes E. Boyd for mayor two years ago, is now laying the pipes for re-electing him, in case the gangof which Paul Vandervoort 18 the general-18simo, fails to cavture the primaries and eonventions. This would only be a repetition in Omaha of what has been done in the city election at Lin- coln, when Mr. Roggen, the republican candidate, was beaten because he did not train with the public plunderers. Fair Play. Our contributor, ‘‘Fair Play,” has handed in another letter on the Salvation army ‘‘outrage” which, by reason of its length, we cannot print in full. In the main it is a repetition of the letter pub- ilshed Sunday. The only new point made is the assertion that **Christianity started with out-door services; the Savior of mankind and his apostles sought the multitude where they could be found, and the groves were God's first temples.”’ Nobody will attempt to gainsay these historical facts. Our friend might have gone back farther than Galilee or the worship in groves. He could have pointed to the first chapter of Genesis where Adam and Eve are represented as promenading the flower-embowered walks of the garden of Eden in the most primitive costume. The liberty enjoyed by the aboriginal couple would hardly be accorded to any man or woman, even if it was mid-sum- mer, and their sole raiment was the tra- ditional fig-leaf. The only point worthy of notice is the charge that our authorities have singled out a religious band for persecution at the Instigation of the whisky element, while no notice is taken ot street fakirs circuses, and other noisy parades, There is just enough truth in this to create a false impression and arouse a mistaken sympathy for the Sal- vationists. The whole truth is that circus parades only take place two or three times a year and inthe day-time, when disorder and turbulence are not likely to occur. ‘I'he Salvationists have paraded the streets for six weeks and al- ways at night, when the hoodlum and rowdy element are present in greater numbers and more “difficult to restrain. The street fakirs pay a license for a fixed period, but the ordinance authorizing that nuisance ought to be repealed. It is not true that the resolution to stop the salvation parades, introduced by Coun- cilmap Caspar, was instigated by hiquor dealersor anybody belongingto that class. Mr. Caspar 18 chairman of the committee on police, and in response to complaints from citizens and business men, not sa- loon keepers, he 1ntroduced the resolu- tion which should have originated with the police committee. We know “Fair Play'’ to be a gentleman who Dbelieves in law and order, and he certainly cannot de- fend the defiant attitude of the Salvationists when they declare that whey will parade the strects whatever the courts may decide. If the army is a law unto itself and above our police regula- tions, the sooner we know it the better. They have enjoyed the full protection of the law in Omaha and will continue to enjoy it. Two men charged with dis- turbing eir devotions have been urrested und fined $20 each by the police court. Police huve been detailed to pre- vent hoodlums from assaulting or dis- turbing the Salvationists, and that is all they or any othér réligious sect ought to expect or ask. — An Unfortunate Official, The international relations ot the [Tnited States are every year becoming “liroader and more cowplicated. This is | i inevitable condition of onr expansion s u grest comuuercial nation, eutering into competion with all other countries for the world's trade, We have thus far been ablo to regard the advice of Wash- ington to avoid ‘‘entangling alliance.' Whether we shall always be able to do so may be reasonably doubted. There are 97HK OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 ] American statesmen of to-day who are not averse to a departure from this policy. ‘I'ney would have political d commercial alliances go hand-in-hand between this country and all others in this hemisphere. As the nation advances in population and productive power the American people are likely to become more solicitous to control or dominate everything American, and more jealous of all European influence and competi- tion. The sentiments now entertained by a few will then become comiron, and administrations and congresses may be elected with reference to extending the political power as well as the commercial business of the United States, Meanwhile the state department must sontlnue to be a branch of the public ser- ice of great and growing importance, demanding the best wisdom and judg- ment in its admimstration. It has had these in the past, when some of the fore- most of American statesmen were at the head of the department. It will require them still more urgently in the future. The selection of Mr. Bayard as secretary of state was not a continuation of the line of statesmen 1 that position. There may have been men at the head of the department less worthy even than he of the title of statesman, but perhaps from luck of opportunity there has certainly been none who showed greater capacity for bungling than Mr. Bayard has done. Up to this time his career as secretary of state has been a disappointment even to those who expected leust of him. While by no means a great man in legislation, he still disclosed some qualifications as a senator which warranted the expectation that in conducting our international rela- tions he would exercise sufficient good sense to save the nation from embarrass- ment and humiliation. The record is familiar to the country. There is very little of it thatis in any degree creditable to Mr. Bayard. We are not disposed to go to the length of some of his critics in condemning every- thing he has don8, or for which he may properly be held responsible, but the most charitable consideration could not excuse most of his mistakes. The newest development relates to the question of American rights in Alaskan waters. This was raised by the seizure of British vessels found capturing seals in those waters Inst summer. This government has claimed jurisdiction of all the adja- cont waters of Alaska, over which Russia excercised undisputed control when the the territory was purchased from that country by the United States. The right to this dominion England denies, and the seizures having been made at from sixty to 120 miles from land, pursuant to treasury regulations as provided for by statute, the demade upon this govern- ment to release the vessels and remit the fines. The headland theory is not neces- sarily involved, but it seems that in the controversy Mr. Bayard has taken a position reapecting the theory which is entirely inconsistent with the attitude of the goyernment 1n its contontion regard- ing Atlantic coast fisheries. The effectis to place the government in an embarrass— ing situation, of which the British gov- ernment will, of course, take every pos- sible advantage. This is but one of several examples that might be cited to show the careless- ness or incapacity of Mr. Bayard. Itis said to have become a byword among the diplomats at Washington that no trap can be set for the secretary of state in which he will not take pains to fall. It 18 not to be supposed that diplomacy con- sists in efforts of the representatives of one government to entrap those of an- other, yer natives, like individuals, al- ways aim to get the best side of the bar- gain. _Those who have had to coutend with Mr. Bayard aj Feur not to have found it ‘a very diflicult task to secure pretty nearly all they wished. Business Present and Prospective. The activity of business during the two or tirec weeks before the inter-state commerce law went into effect, due to obvious causes, was expected to be fol- lowed by a marked lull in trade, but the evidence is that this has not taken place to anywhere near the degree that was anticipated. Reports from all the trade centers represent the business of the past week to haye been on a gencral scale. Notwithstanding the fact that many merchants had stocked up rather more liberally than usual, the consumptive de- mand has been so much better than a year ago that merchants have found 1t necessary to enter the market again, and thus the current of trade has been kept moving at an unexpected and very grati- fying degree of activity. There could be no better evidence than this state of things furnished of the general prosper- ity. We noted a few days ago that there are at least 400,000 more industrial em- ployes now at work throughout the country than were laboring two years ago at this time. There 18 in this fact a basis tor an estimate of the general ad- vance in prosperity which the country 18 now expericncing. This amount of added labor means a large additional production, and it also means a greatly augmented consumption Thus for the industrial movement ap- pears to be entirely legitimate. There is no evidence anywhere that production is being forced, but rather that it isthe policy of a majority of producers not to exceed the limit of apparent wants. So long as this safo principle prevails there can be no good reason why a state of healthy prosperity shall not continue, - Looking at the situation broadly, and without reference to details, the prospect seems on the whole favorable, It is not improbable that before the yearisup some of the evidently speculative real astate booms in the south and west will have culminated and gone to pieces, but the effect of this ean be only local, and it might result in good by turning the at- tention of investors to localities where there is & substantial and lasting pros- perity. The latest crop news is rather unfavorable as to winter wheat, which has suffered from unseasonable weather in several states, but this condition may be improvea later on. The crop question is always an uncertainty in the business calculation at this season, but experience for a number of years has shown the folly of borrowing trouble on this score. We are importing heavily, but we are also sending a large amount of our products abroad, and there is no apparent probability that we shall have any balance to pay in gold. As we have heratofore observed, the one danger is a serious currency contraction from piling up.the treasury surplus, but this way be overestimated, and at the worst is not irremediable. In a word the conditions are such as justify fath i an era of prosperity extending at least over this and next years, in which the west will undoubtedly shure most largely. THE oty attorneylid not do his duty yesterday, when le refused to appear in police court and don of the Salvation army. His judgment as to the propriety of the prosecution ought not to have led him into a neglect of his official business. Wl'lm'ro was a question at stake. It was not whether the Salva- tion army had done wrong, or had vio- lated an ordinance. It was whether the city council has a right to determine the question of what is disorder. The coun- cil had determined that parades of the Salvation army were disturbances. It was the business of the city attorpey to appear and present this view of the coun- cil to the jury. e —— THERE has been a great deal of talk in certain quarters regarding the small salary of the penitentiary warden, which for a long time has been $1,500 per annum. This isn't very large to be sure, but it has been noticed that ex-Warden Nobes managed to save some nioney out of it. The numerous buildings owned by him at York would indicate a **paying salary." Wasasn, Indiana, has discoyered natural gas, Peola, Kansas, prospectors have been successful and found a paying supply. Utah is filled with wells sup- plying a large portion of the territory. This ig certainiy a flattering prospect for Nebraska, It may require the expendi- ture of a large sum of money to tind it, but there is good evidence that it can be found. — Now that the Leavenworth street grade is a fixed fact it may dawn on the #t. Mary's avenue property owners that they must cither reduce the steep grade of that thoroughfare or see it deserted by travel and traflic within the nexttwo years. It will be very costly tochange that grade, but itisa ground hog case. SENATOR MANDERSON still lingers somewhere between Cuba and the British channel, but Omaha feels grateful that she has not been entirely forgotteu. She will soon have three hundred dollars expended by Uncle Sam 1n repairing the sidewalk in front of the postofiice. CaBLE road and horse car franchises are all the rage but we should like to see a better service on the existing street car line and something more than promises from the cable company. ————— Tue fight among Omaha gamblers has opened the eyes of the vlucked birds. When thieves fall out_honest men get their dues. Smm—— Ir the gamblers ‘all 'go, what will be- come of Charley Green, Herb Leavitt and Will Gurley ? ——— Waat will become of the Dodge street tobogzan line if the cable road is to climb that hilla ..~ PROMINENT PERSONS, Herr Krupp is going to start a first class daily nowspaper at Essen ifor the use of his 20,000 workmen, Baron Alphonse de Rothschild has sent 10,000 franes to those who suffered by the recent earthquakes in Italy. Mary Anderson is determined to rival the empress of Russia as a horsewoman. Bhe has been taking riding lessons in London. The duchess of Albany is the most Inter- esting royal widow at present in England, but she is refined looking ratber than pretty. ‘The monument to the late Schuyler Colfax, to be erected at Indianapolis by the Odd Fellows of Indiana, will bo unveiled May 18 with elaborate ceremonies, Mrs. Noah, the once famous actress, 18 still living in Buffalo at the age of elghty. With that name and those years what an attrac- tion she wonld be in the baliet! Colonel Tom Ocniltree gnd the marquis de Mores both had their diamond pins stolen from them in the Hoffman house, New Yerk, the other day. The thief afterward returned them, Lord Tennyson, it is rumored, may resign the laureateship this year. This would seem to furnish the opening for which Mrs, Sarah A Kelley, “The Bard of Shanty Hill,” has so long yearned. 8ir Arthur Sullivan has pald a recent visit to Berlin, He called on Bismarck and was cordlally recelved. Rismarck is sald tobe very tond of the music of the “Mikado,” and quite taken with the character of Pooh-Bah, Sam Small, the ex-editorial revivalist and co-worker of Sam Jones, has been very sizk for several weeks at his home in Atlanta. He I8 suffering from blood-poisoning, super- induced by hemorrbolas, and his recovery Is scarcely expected. W. D. Washburn of Minneapolls is the greatest of American millers. He has one mill that turns out 5,000 barrels of flour a day, and is Interested in others whose output is enormous, There Is probably no man living who is so largely interested in flour. Ll Where Electricity New York World. It maybe very well to Kkill criminals by electricity ; but what is needed at present is more electricity 1 the progress of criminal trials. Needed. —e Lamont Not at His Best. 8t. Louts Glohe-Democrat, Colonel Dan Lamont Is not at nis best in the letter to the Albert Sidney Johnston celebration, signed *‘Grover Cleveland.” He speaks of the confederdte Eeneral as having been *‘conspicuous for valor, for military celebrity, and for the highest personal char- acter.” We submit to Colonel Dan that to represent a man as_‘“‘conspicuous’ tor celeb- rity” 18 not the highost style of epistolary fellcity. Lend Them a éhnrcb. Lincoln Jourgal, The arrest and incareeration in the city cooler of the euntire rank and file of the Omauha Salvation ariy tho other day, and the holding of the men and women compos- ing It through the night in company with the thieves, tramps and intoxichted persons who had been gathered in on the same day, has caused quite a commotlon in the social, re- ligious and journalistic cireles of the city. The fact is that a Salvation army 1s a diffi- cult thing to handle. They make a good deal of noise and frighten horses and disturb the sick and nervous, but their inteutions are good, we suppose, and they do not de- serve cruel treatment. Butthey are as obsti- nate as it is possible for people of a certain feebleness of mind and fanaticism of spirit 10 be, and they are not easily silenced. It nothing but imprisonment of the night will stop their drumming and singing and shouting in the stréets, & sultable place should be chosen in which to loek them up. Inthis case the ‘‘army” utterly refused to stop singing and shouting and kept it np all night or until they were exbausted. Why should not the good people of Omaha lend the police & .courch in which to lock thew ct the prosecution | when it becomes mecessary to take extreme measures? ——— Love's Springtime, London World.. All things are here to make the season sweet; The rush of pure, sweet air through pale, clear ski ‘The scent of shower-soaked earth beneath our feet, Whnn‘v frall green shafis from winter sleep arise; And shall yourheait not waken, nor your eyes Look into mine,and grant what mine entreat? What more can love desire than to bohmr ‘To this first hour when faintly fiushing spring, Born but to-day, is yet so fair and strong That she can'set life's pulses quickening? And shall r soul ot listen while I sing, Learning love's springtime lesson from my song? P S— STATE JOTTINGS. The election in McCook was an *‘‘alf and "all’’ affair. The Niobrara presbytery will sit at Madison on the 21st. They had a little game of poker in Loup City last week for a pot of $2,000. sportive minister was the principal vic- tim. Pierce declared for license last weck and the town drug storc went into bank- ruptey. Pronibition and prescription are insepurably linked. Twenty-five young braves and one maiden, from the Shoshone agency in Wyoming, have arrived at the ludian schiool at Genon. Their ages range from eleven to twenty-two, S. T, Hunter, an Iowan who settled near McCook, and built himself a neat frame cottage, was preparing to move in, last week, when a prairie fire came along and wiped it out. The bashfulness of the boom in New Yerk cannot be ascribe to the news- papers. The Times followed in the wake of the Democrat with an illuminated ed- ition of the town's growth aud future prospects. A furious wind and sand storm, the worst in years, swept through Picree Iast Friday and Saturday. Many fields of lighter soil were so scooped out as to do much damage to lately sown grain and weaker vegetation, A lively hail storm entertained the cit- izens of Ainsworth Sunday evening. Nuggets us large as hen's eggs covered the ground. The sound of their falling was like the rush of a mighty wind. The damage was confined to the breaking of glass. A disastrous prairie fire swept over a large part of the county east of Wayne last week doing an immen: amount of damage. William Frazier had $200 worth of grass sced which ho had sown this spring burned up, and in addition lost a twenty-ton stack of millet and a ten-ton stack of hay. The Wayne Gazette has inside informa- tion that a committee of Yanktonites will visit town this we¢k ‘“‘in the interest of a proposed railroad from Omaha to Yankton:and it is suid that if the amount of $300,000 be raised in stock and county aid the road will be built before snow flies next winter.” Thelittle dnughter of Andrew Coswell, living near Bulknu}). Holt county, was burned to death a few days ago. She was out herding cattle with two younger sisters and they were amusing them- selves burn‘ng,z grass, when her dress cnugl\t tire, burning her so that she died. There is general regret in Fremont that the fight between Cuthbert and Cain did not result iu a douvle funeral and thus rid the town of two worthless “‘chaws.” The I)lu,z uglies fought out- side the city limits. Cain's head was doubled in size and softened and his ankle crushed. He was carried home in an unconscious condition. ira Bachelor, a St. Edwards peda- gogue suffering from matrimonial heart- ache, started on horseback to see his best 'girl. The animal became fright- ened at the shadows cast by a full moon, and threw the gallant cavalier on a barb- wire fence. 'The pointed shafts of iron hooked on to his pantaloons and held him a prisoner for several hours. Mr, Bachelor was not favorably impressed with the straddle. Citizens of Utica, Seward county, have received assurance that a line will be built through the county thisseason. ‘‘In the light of this fact,’" says the Record, *it scems to us that now is the time for action on the part of our citizens, If this line is built through Utica it will add ’l‘;‘imnd impetus to our town, but if it is u It south of us we had about as well |. throw up the sponge and turn our town- site into a cemetery.” Omuha and Nebraska will have a choice of roads to the capital of Wyom- ing before the close of the year. The determiation of the Burlington to build to Cheyeune met with a substantial greeting and the company showed its ap- &mclnnon by purchasing the famous Varner block for a depot. The price is said to have been $100,000. The building is & solid single story structure with tow- ers, angles and verandas, and will make a magnificent depot and oftice buliding. The route of the extension to the city is not yet knmown. ltis likely, however, that it will leave the main line near the Nebraska boundary. FLAGS FLYING IN TRIUMPH. The Salvation Army Acquitted of Disturbing the Peace—They Rejoice. The trial of the Salvation Army on the charge of disturbing the peace was con- ducted yesterday afternoon before Judge Stenberg and a jury composed of Martin Dunham, N. J. Edholm, W. T. Scaman and E. T. Duke, The captain of the army was attired in a rubber gossamer and a winning smile. The lieutenant held a prayer book open before her and attentively studied it. The court room was crowded and shoruly became oppressively hot, At 2:15 o'clock City Attorney Connell had not appeared. Judge Stenberg stated that he had been informed by Mr. Con- nell that the latter did not intend to ap- pear and he had thercupon sent the attor- ney a notice. The judge was unable to state whether Mr, Connell would pay any attention to it or not. 1If that ofticial did not appear he believed that he would dis- charge the prisoners, b se the whole question would hinge upon the construc- tion of the ordinance relating to disturb- ance of the peace. At 2:80, the court having evidently clumyud his mind, and the place of the trial having been changed to the council chamber, called the case. T'he counsel for the defendant made a statement in which it was snid that the defendants had come to Omaha for the purpose of spreading their peculiar form of religion, and a part of that religious observance was to ‘parade the strects, singing and Imnlin‘.’ a drum. Marshal Cummings was sworn and testified that he had instructed the police- men to stop the parading, under penalty of arresting the puraders; that he issuod those instructions in accordance with the instructions embodied in a resolution by the couneil, Ofticer Pulaski was sworn, and testifiod to the manner of placing the army under arrest, as heretofore published. He swore that, in his opinion, they were disturbing the pesce. Mr. Murphy, formerly a special police- man, testitied that he was at the junction of ‘Thirteeuth and Farnam streets on the evening when army were ar- rested. did not believs singing and noise by the armny would digturb the :"m and order of oity. every- ody was like him, it would not. ,.0n8 of the its, stated that the members of the band were not making any more noise than usual; that disturbance of the peace of the city was the farthest thing from their in- tentions. He stated further that he is & stenographer, emplnxud at the Union Pa- ciic headquarters. He heard minstrel bands making more noise than the army on the street. A 1uo.1|.|on was asked the witness ro- gard ng his having been notified by the marshal that the army should not parade any more with drums and singing. The witness replied in the affirmative. Miss Lehman, one of the aefendants, testified that it was the custom of the army to parade every night, The object was to gather a crowd who would follow them to their place of meeting. She admitted that people had been ar- rested for being disorderly when follow- ing the army. She added, however, that it was the purpose of the army to keep order as much as possible. T. J. Tooley testitied that he had heard both the Salvation army music and min- strel band music and did noi consider either a nuisance. The counsel for the dofonse, in a brief argument, set forth statements that the Salvation army had been arrested on charge of disturbing the peace for doing what they believed to be right; for doing charitable work of a fit(rod character; for extending the worl 80 that at was being felt by people in Omaha and who were squirming. He declared that the resolution was ma- lhicious and was subsequently practically withdrawn, He contended that the army were not disturbing the peace, and that the council knew it, as the action of the council in referring the resolution to a committee had shown. Judge Stenberg said that the counsel ought not to misrepreseut facts. Tho resolution had not been withdrawn, Another resolution had been introduced rescinding the previous resolution, but it was lost, and the first resolution was then reforred to the committee on police which had not yet reported. . The counsel proceeded to disclaim .any intention to msrepresent, saying that he had stated the case as he understood i1t. Hesaid it was unnecessary for him to make any misrepresentations. Other arguments were made by the counsel for the defendants, and the jury then retired for an hour and a half, when they rendered a verdict, in accord- ance with the evidence, of acquittal. Lasc evening the army paraded with banners flying and drums beating and the captain sang her sweetest songs. THE COMING ELKEOTION, The Propositions to Be Decided By Omaha's Voters. The city election will occur on Tues- day May 8. The nine wards have been divided into nineteen polling districts, three in the First ward, and two in each of the eight other wards.. The polling places, so far as they have been desig- nated by the mayor, are as follows: First Ward--First district at southwest corner of ‘L'enth and Jones; second dis- trict, at northeast corner of Sixth and Pierce; third district, at No. 4 engine house. Second Ward--Polling places not yet designated. ‘Third Ward—First district at 917 Cani- tol avenue; sccond district 805 South Twelfth street. Fourth and Fifth Wards—Polling places not yet designated. Sixth Ward--First district at 1618 Saunders street; second district at cor- ner of Saunders street and Ames ave- nue. Seventh Ward--Polling places not yet designated. Eighth Ward—First district at 2017 Cuming street; second district at 2404 Cuming street. Ninth Ward—-First district at C. J. Johnson’s store, Twenty-ninth and - nam; second district at Hertzman block, Werner avenue and Eureka stre The polls will be open at8o'clock in the morning and will be closed at ¢ o'clock in tho evening, Lhe following city officers” will be voted for at this election: Mayor, police judge, treasurer, comptroller und nine councilmen at large. In each of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth wards, a councilman will be elected for the short term ending January 1889, In addition to the election of the above named oflicers the following questions will be voted upon at this election: The 1ssue of paving bonds in the sum of §75,000. The issue of sewer bonds in the sum of 100,000. 100,000. The issue of city hall bonds in the sum of $200,000. The question of granting franchises to the Omaha Horse Railway Cable com- pany, the Omaha Cable Tramway com- pany, the Omaha Southwestern Railway company, the Omaha Motor Railwa company, and the Omaha & Soutl Omaha Street Railway company. EXCURSIONISTS GOING HOME, A Full Traln Load of Eastern Vis- itors to the Occident, Six Pullman coaches composed & train which came in from the west last even- ing at 10 o’ciock. The passengers were 142 ladies and gentlemen who reside in the New England states, Philadelphia and New York city. They are in the care of J. A, Whitcomb of the firm ot Raymond & W hitcomb, transcontinental excursion agents, and are returning home from a tour of dehightful charac- ter. They have visited New Mexico, old Mexico and California, and have been absent about three months. Among them were a number of well-known Now England business men; Mr. Smith, who wrote ‘‘America,” and the Misses Ober, of the 1deal opera company. The very complete arrangements for their tour” had enabled the whole party to visit in smull companies the locations they most especially desired to see. Of California they unanimously had but one opinion and that was that it was the only u}:ul in the world for perfect happiness— 1f one had money enough. . Mr. Whitcomb stated that something was remarkable of these excursionists; not one had been ill seriously, and there had been no accidents vy rail or to in- dividuals. The train left for the transfer depot at 11 o'clock and will continue eastward to-day. AN ELEGANT SOCIETY EVENT, Three Hundréd and Fifty Gaests at Mr. and Mrs. Squire’s Reception. The bandsome pariors and spucious dining hall ot the Millard hotel were brilliant with a blaze of light and mag- nificent costumes last evening upon the oceasion of the reception by Mr. and Mrs, Charles Squires. Fully 850 guests were present. The ladies' toilets were remarked as the handsomest of the sea- son's social triumphs. To the strains of Hoffman's music dancing was enjoyed until & late hour. Atmidnight a suiptu- ous luncheon was s d. Among those p nt were General and Mrs. y eral and Mrs, Crook, Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Barton, Mr. and Mrs, Cowin, General Hatch, Mr. and Mrs Barringer, Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Morse, Mr. and Mrs. W, A, Redick, Mr. and Mra, Dan Wheeler, jr., Mrs. E. 8. Dundy, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ed_Dickinson, Mr. and” Mrs. Swobe, Colonel and Mrs Eddy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colpetzer, Mr.and Mrs. Louis Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rosewater, United States Sena- tor Paddock, hugfirintendent Burt of worth, AN rae, , Collins, firowd, Weut snd Miss Bishop, of cnves. : . A GARD T0 THE PUBLIC. With the approach of spring and the increased interest man- ifested in real estate matters, Iam more thdn ever comsult- ed by intending purchasers as to favornl')le opportunities for investment,and to all such would = When putting any property on the market, and ;:dvertising " it as desirable, T have invariably confined myself to a plain unvare nished statement of facts, never indulging in vague promises for the future, and the result in ev- ery case has been that the expec~ tations of purchasers were more than realized. I can rofer with pleasure to Albright's Annex And Baker Place as sample illustrations. Lots in the “Annex" have quadrupled in value and are still advancing, while a street car line is already building past Baker Place, adding hundreds of dollars to the value of every lot. Albright's Choice was selected by me with the greatest care aiter & thorough study and with the full knowledge of its value, and I can- conscientiously say to those seek- inga safe and profitabloe invest- ment that Albright's Choice offers chances not exoelled in this market for a sure thing. Early investors have already reap- ed large profits in CASH, and with the many important improvements contemplated, some of which are now uander way, every lot in this splendid addition will prove a bo- nanza to first buyers. Further information, plats and prices, will be cheerfully furnish- ed. Buggies Ready at All Times to Show Property, Respectfully W.G, ALBRIGHT, SOLE OWNER, 218 South 15th Street. Branch office at South Omaha N, B, Property for sale in ol} parts of the city.