Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1887, Page 4

¥ TN T it 4 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ¢ Dafly Morniag Editlon) Including SBunday Bee, Oge Yea . The Omaha Sun ‘address, One Toar ATA OPPICE, NO, 014 AND §18 FARNAM STRERY. EW YORK OFFICE, RooM 5 TRINUNE BUILDI NG, OURTEENTH STREEL OORRESPONDENCE? All communioations relating to news and edi- torini matter should be addressed 1o the Evi- TOR OF THE BrR. BUSINEES LETTERS: ATl bueiness letters and romittances should be addressed to TAE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders %0 be made payablo to the order of the compuny, THE BEE PUBLISKING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, EpITOR. THE DAILY BEE. 7 Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, }, s, %‘ount{’oflmuullm il Geo. B. ‘Tzschuck, secretary of The Bec Publishing company, does solemnly swenr that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending April 15, 1857, was as follows: Saturday, April 0 Bunday, Aril 10. Monday, April 11 Tuesday, April 12 Wednesday, April Thursday, April 14 Friday, April 15, Average... Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of April, 1557, N. P. Feir, [SEAL.] Notary Pubiic. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily cireul: n_of the Daily Bee for the month of April, 1886, 12,191 copies; for May, 1856, 12,439 copies; for June, 1886, 12.208 copies; for J ul’z', 1586, 12,314 coples; for August, 1546, 12,464 copies: for Septem- ber, 1850, 13,0: ies: for October, 1856, 12,080 copies h ber, 1886, coples; for December, 1856, 13,237 copie: January, 1887, 16,266 coL\leq; for February, 1887, 14,195 coples; for March, 1857, 14,400 coples, Gro, B. TzsCHUck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, A, D., 1857, [SEAL| N. P. Frir, Notary Public. “Owr to the inclemency of the weather,” it is safe to say that few trees were planted on Arbor day in Nebraska. THERE {8 this advantage in J. Warren Keifer's speech. The Garficld statue can perhaps stand it to be harangued better than an audience of people. INDIAN AGENT OsBORNE has been ex- onerated from killing Smith, at the Otoe agency, in the Indian territory. It seemed from the evidence that it was a plain case of self defense. —— ‘Lue Haddock case now occupies col- umns in editorial pages of many papers throughout the country. It was to have been hoped that the Haddock case would end with the jury’s verdict—one way or another. EpE— THE appointment of Dr. Kelley of Omaha to the position of supcrintendent of the Norfolk insane asylum will be generally approved by the medical fra- ternity, who know him to be well quali- fien for the place. THE members of the West Virginia legislature have met at Charleston, in extra session, for the purpose of passing appropriation bills. In Nebraska the appropriation bill, to pay members, was the first thing passed. — IN the city of Indianapolis, Ind., the police have found a cellar, where from thirty to forty boys have been in the habit of congregating each night, and indulging in the national game of poker. Cellars will be in demand in this state, after July 4th. — 1IN these early days of presidential can- didates, when booms and boomlets ap- pear and disappear with much irregular- ity, the namo of General Phil Sheridan is now announced. Papers on the Pacific coast handle the boom tenderly and with much seriousness. ScawARrTz and Watt were convicted at Mortus, Ill., of the Rock Island train murder of fExpress Messenger Nicholls and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. In Nebraska such scoundrels are hanged. And yet tho ‘‘lawless west" is pictured as a terrible place. Ep—— ‘THE New York Tribunc recently sent toall G. A. R. posts a printed circular asking for an expression of the different members on the veto of the Pauper Pen- sion bill. This was regarded, by some, as a bait of the paper to catch subscrib- ers. At any rate tne prominent mem- bers of the G. A. R. refuse to answer the questions, and insist that the grand army s not in politics. ‘Tue Denver News 1s rejoicing over the prospects of Colorado for new railroads this year. It olaims that the mission of Jay Gould and his friends to that state, was to make arrangements for increas- ing Colorado’s railways. The News says: “This is Colorado's ralroad year, in which her improvement in this respect bids fair to equal the recerd made by Kansas last vear, if it does not exceed it in dollars and cents.’ ONE of the beanties of the inter-state law is, that its enemies are now making happy contrasts between long hauls by rail and water. All this will tend to turn the public's eye to our waterways and may resultin finally bringing railroad tolls within the bounds of reason. For fustance, in showing how the new law works, the fact is presented that the frieght on raisins from California to New York is 70 cents per box, while from Spain to New Yorkit is only § cents. EE——— Ir Secretary Bayard can finally induce “hus party friends in congress to pay some attention to his desire to 1mprove consu- lar service of the country, there will be a disposition to accord him praise, and per- haps overlook some of his mistakes. He has not thus far received any encourage- ment at the hands of his own party in congress, but he is said not to be hopeless of carrying out some of his plans. There is certainly room for improvement in the diplomatic and consular service, and if Mr. Bayard has the right view of how it may be accomplished, it is to be hoped he will be able to impress it upon his party. Experience, however, does not - warrant a very ardent expectation that this can be done, Democratic concern for this service has always been merely . perfunctory. ; 1mported Labor. The aot vr d by the last congress, providing for the exclusion from the United States of alicns under contract to perform labor, was in repsonse to a sen- timent which has becomo very gencral during the past few years, and is now confined tothe labor interests. The de- velopment of this sentiment was due to the fact that varions manufacturing in- dustrios had engaged in importing large numbers of laborers from Europe, whose services were sceured at a less price than workers to perform similar labor could be hired for in this country, and who were bound by strong contracts for a number of years. This system had grown into large proportions, Agencies were established to carry it on, whose emissaries were dstrib- uted through Europe enlisting men who should be ready on call to come to these shores and displace the labor already here. In this way tens of thous- ands of the lowest class of European la- borers, only partially civilized and igno- rant not of the laws but of the language of the country, and with very low stand- ards of living, were brought to the United States. Serious troubles, both industrial and political, resulted from these impor- tations. The labor which these people displaced suffered, and the communities into which they were injected experi- enced a more or less decided deteriora- tion. They vielded reluctantly to law, conformed slowly to the requirements of their social surroundings, and consti- tuted everywhere a troublesome and damaging eclement. When at last any of them became aware of having been duped, as they could not fail in timo to do, they also became a dangerous element. Some of the most stubborn and sanguinary labor conflicts of the last few years have been carried on by these people. The first step for remedying this un- questionable evil was taken by the pass- age of the act of February®6, 1835, which forbade the importation of aliens under labor contracts, with certain exce The excepted classes were pers domestic servants, professional actors, artists, lecturers, and singers, or work- men to be employed in any new industry not already established in the United States. Thatactimposed heavy penalties for 1ts violation on the employer making such a contract and on the master of the vessel knowingly bringing the aliens over, but the prosecution was left to the United States district attorney. For this Iatter reason the law was found to be in- adequate, and the amendatory act passed at the last session goes further. It charges the treasury with the duty of seeing to the exccution of the law by sending agents on board of incoming passenger vessels to “‘examine into the condition of passengers’’ so far as may be nece: y to ascertain whether any of them come under the provisions of the law. If any such are found—that is, foreigners com- ing to the United States under an agree- ment to work—those persons are to be sent back to the country from which they came at the expense of the vessel bringing them, under penalty of the ex- clusion of that vessel thereafter from all ports of the United States. It has been said that the president signed the last act in the press of busi- ness and without giving it due considera- tion, and its constitutionality has been questioned. The capitalist enemies of this sort of legislation 1n the 1nterest of American labor may be expected to re- gist it, but the importation of alien con- tract labor will not be tolerated by the people of this country. The present law may need some modification, but a thoroughly effectiye statute to secure the object will certainly be had. Telling evi- dence of the necessity for such a law is furnished in the following statement 1n a recent Staffordshire (England) paper: “There is & great demand in KEnglish managed poteries in New Jersey for pot- ters. The wages offered are 50 per cent better than those paid here, and men who will sign contracts to work for at least one year at 74 ver cent. under Tren- ton standard prices can secure free trans- portation for themselves and their families.” The law defects this scheme of the New Jersey pottery owners, and thereby prevents what would be a wrong and an injustice, both to the English and the American potters. Thus far but one case has arisen under the present law. Last week eight English women, expert velvet cutters, arrived in Boston under contract with the Crompton company, They were permitted to land when it was shown that they were required to estab- lish here a new industry. The incident is interesting as showing that the cus- toms officials understand what is required of them under the Iaw and are atterding to it. SEN——— The Duty of the Convention, ‘The convention which is about to nom- inate a republican city ticket has a duty to perform not only to the party, but to the citizens who above all things, desire good government. In order to make party success at the coming city election reasonably certain, we must have a ticket that will command the respect and sup- port of all factions. The candidates must not only be men of known integrity and competency, but they should be popular enough to secure support from the large body of independent voters who are not bound by party allegiance. As a matter of fact the material interests of the city, and the interests of individual taxpayers and citizens are paramount in a munici- pal election. Omaha is now on the eve of an era of growth, which demands at the hands of the people a city govern- ment equal to the emergency. In common with the great body of re- publicans the BEE hopes that the conven: tion will nominate a ticket that will re- ceive undivided and enthusiastic support. But we desire the convention to bear in mind that all the politicians and repub- lican papers in Omaha have not influence enough to elect a& ticket made up of disreputable or unpopular candidates. It is not a question simply who has carried the primaries, but who can run the gauntlet of the campaign and secure a majority of the votes oa election day. The BEe has no candidates to nurge upon the convention, but it trusts to the good sense of that body to nominate a ticket that it can honestly and vigorously support. SEE—— LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS expresses surprise at the decision of the supreme court confirming the title to the Maxwell land grant. In a recent interview he is reported as saying: *No man has greater respect for the supreme court or greater confidencein the rectitude of its decisions in aU cases as they are presonted for its THE‘ OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. ‘APRID‘ 23. 1887 consideration, but I know nothing of how this case was presented to the court; that was done by the department of justice anud my office has no business with it, except to supply whatever pa- pera and information 18 called for, The case, though, seems to have been pretty much in the hands of Mr. Bentley, ex- commissioner of pensions, and com- plaints have been made that the case was not thoroughly prosecuted by him. About that I have no personal knowledge, but after the study [ have given the case, 1t will be very hard to convince me that the patent to that whole truct of land-- nearly 2,000,000 acres--was obtained with- out fraud. This decision of the supremo court, however, does not cover the whole case; it is not applicable to that greater portion of the grant which lies in New Mexica. It applies only to the smaller portion lying in what is now the state of Colorado.”” From the fact, however, that in Colorado a large portion of the land is occupied by squatters, the de- cision certainly gives cause for surprise. THE action ot the president in mitigat- ing the sentence of Major Benteen, of the Ninth cavalry, will be generally com- mended both in military circles and by all civillans who know the major. The sentence of the court martial was doubt- less the only one that could be rendered under the law, but in recommending the major to executive mercy the court in- dicated what its action would have been if it had been free to find a verdict dif- ferent from that rendered. The punish- ment of suspension from rank with half pay for one year is sufficient. Major Benteen is an excellent ofticer, whom it will be well for the service to retain, while personally he is a gentleman who deseryedly has a host of friends in civil life who would have greatly regretted s retirement from the army. TuE wild winds played sad havoc ves- terday. Missouri, Kentucky and Chey- enne were visited by cyclones. The ac- counts of loss of life and property are fearful to read. The cause of these death-dealing storms yet remains a mys- tery. Some wild-eyed scientist could cover himself with glory by determing their origin. The fact that they are be- coming more frequent and violent, sug- gZests the idea of studying the habits of the ancient Cave Dwellers. —— THE great body ot Omaha working- men are not thick and thin republicans or democrats. It is their manifest inter- est to exercise the balance of power which they hold in the interest of good government and well paid honest labor. It will depend very much upon the make-up of the party tickets as to which candidates will command the support of the workingmen. Tue Dubuque jobbers and manufac- turers propose to test the inter-state com- merce law. Suit has been begun against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road for violation of section 44, wherein it is provided that ic shall be unlawful to receive any greater compensation for a shorter than for a longer distance. TrE SUNDAY BEE, as usual, will be a model paper. The many special features of the SUNDAY BEE, including the New York Herald's intercsting special cable- grams, make it the best Sunday paper published in the west. JAYy GouLp has come and gone. So has the Missouri Pacific extension project. Tur rowdy element in Omaha politics will have to subside. Other Lands Than Ours. The crimes bill passed to a second read- inginthe house of commons on last Monday evening without a division. Dis- cussion of the policy of the goyernment has occupied the time since, and there have been some notable utterances from the leaders of both sides. On the part of the conservatives the campaign has de- generated into one of slander and base misrepresentation, disclosing the des- perate nature of the battle they are wag- ing, not alone agamst the peace and happiness of Ireland, but in opposition to the just judgment of mankind. The slanderous attack of Major Saunderson upon the I[rish leaders has gone into history to the everlasting dishonor of its author, while with all fair-minded men everywhere 1t has proved a help to the Trsh cause. The brutal insinuations in the harangues of Mr. Chamberlain have operated in the same direction. No less reprehensible than these, and equally fu- tile as a means of strengthening the tory policy, has been the attempt to fasten upon Mr. Parnell a letter in which the writer virtually justified the murder of Burke in the Pheenix park, and explained that he had denounced it merely as a matter of policy. The explicit denial of Mr. Parnell that he wrote the letter and his avowal of sentiments the very oppo- site of those it represents, is accepted as conclusived of the fact that 1t is an out- rageous forgery by all except those whose prejudices are beyond the influence of evidence. Such palpable confessions of tory desperation cannot fail to react against them if all sense of English jus- tice is not dead. * «*s Were 1t not for the overshadowing in- terest in the lrish question, the situation m Afghanistan would canse commotion, if not consternation in England. The ameer evidently has not heard the story of a pacific agreement between Russia and England on the boundary dispute, or else does not put faith in it. He ex- presses a fear of a Russian advance at any moment, and gives that as a reason for not detaching from Herst 15,000 troops at the reauest of a provincial gov- ernor. The ameer 15 between two fires in having to conduct operations against the Ghilzais and their allies and to keep watch against the Russians As the Russian general staff, we believe, estimates his entire forces, in. cluding the irregulars, at only about 87,000 strong, his objection to detaching 80 large a portion is natural. Herat has been called the key of India, and cec- tainly has great capabilities of defense, although these have probably not ‘yet been well utilized. The value of its strategic position in relation to India, Persia and Turkestan is obvious, while the fertility of its surroundings gives it abundant supplies. The Ameer must therefore speak with some bitterness in saying that the English may have se- lected Candahar as the first point for cheocking a Russian advance. Candabar is well toward .tho . southern border of Afghanistan, so that such a purpose would léuve the Ambor to his fate, But there is little dutlger that tiie British staft officers are not alive to any real attempt upon Herat, or that'steps would mnot 1n- stantly be taken to ¢heck it. » ' Except the military operation on the Afghan frontier, there have been no de- velopments during the week to justify fresh apprehensions of war. On the con- trary the action of the Austrian cabinet, the emperor presiding, in declaring that extreme moasures for defense are no longer necessary“owing to the peaceful aspect of affuirs, is regarded as in the highest degree reassuring. Some politi- cal significance is sought to be given by the Paris papers to the arrest of a special French commissary by a German police commissioner, on the alleged ground that the commissary was an anti- German agitator, but there does not appear to be anything in the affair likely to seriously disturb the peaceful relations of the two countries, Neither is the bid of Russia for an inter- national loan regarded in Europe as a menacing circumstance. The most trustworthy expression is that the peace of Europe is not in any danger at present, " The petroleum interest of the United States will be greatly interested in the report that the Rothschilds of Paris have mvested two million pounds sterling in the petroleum business which centers at Baku, and already have a hundred tank steamers running on the Caspian sea, with another ten ordered to be con- structed this year. The latest report in connection with the business is thata pipe line 600 miles in length is being planned to carry the oil from Baku to Batum, the vort on the Black sea which was closed by Russia about a year ago. The competition of Russian with Amer- ican oil is already so close as to have caused a large dechine in the selling value of the article. while the cheapness of the former has reduced the price for seal and whale oils in the Russian markets to little more than one-third of what they sold at a few years ago. he oil fields of Bur- mah, which have recently been annexed by Great Britain, are estimated to be equal to the supply of the present con- sumption of India, with a liberal quant- ity to spare for China. The annual pro- ductionof crude mineral oil, which is now estimated at fully 1,500,000,000 gal- lons, may be expected to rise speedily to 2,000,000,000 gallons and the result may be a revolution not only in some de- partments of commerce, but also in man- ufactures. " The annual reports of the mine in- spectors of Great Britain for 1886 show that 561,092 persons were employea dur- ing the vear in and ‘about mines. More than 5,000 of these were women em- ployed adove the .ground. The casual- ties dealt with by the expert statisticians present a paintul picture. Take the coal mines with about half a million workers. There was one fatal accident for every 644 employees, and one death tor every 545 persons emplayed; 210,665 tons of mineral were wrought for each fatal ac- cident, and 178,391 tons for every death, as compared with 214,651 and 150,629 tons respectively m the preceding year. On the whole the state- ment of accidents and deaths compares favorably with the record in the past ten years. Each year presumably sees some advance in the use of precautions, and rather more thoughfulness, it is to be hoped, on the part ot mine owners and managers. But at best the story is o pitiable one, in spite of the mines regula- tion act framed to make the life of these working people more tolerable than it used to be. » e Gatching, which- is the only place in Russia where the czar is supposed to be safe from the attacks of the ninilists, owes its existence to Peter the Great, who constructed the chateau there for his sister Natalie. It has been hitherto chiefly celebrated for its kennels. At present this retreat of the czar 1s guarded with excessive rigor. The roads which terminate at Gatchina are patrolled by soldiers, who stop all passers-by and ask for their papers. The railroad station is equally guarded, al- though it is only used for traing for the members of the household. People who do mot belong to the imperial service cannot enter or depart from these trains at the Gatchina station. Around the park wall there 18 a chain of sentinels, who are placed seventy-five feet apart, and they in turn are relieved every hour, so that there can be Do re- laxing in the vigilance of the guard. Ad- mission to the park and the chateau is not permitted, not even to the servants or the employes of the imperial cabinet, except upon the presentation of an ad- mission card, whose color is changed every eight days. More than this, the peoble living in the chateau, no matter what may be their rank at court, are for- bidden to shut the doors of their apart- ments either night or day. General Richter, who has charge of the imperial troops at Gatchina, and General Tscher- win, chief of police of imperial safety, have the right to enter any one of these chambers when they please in order to make any search they' may deem neces- sary, .* A good deal of 'solicitude is felt in regard to the health ot the Brown Prince of Germany. = His throat 1s said to be in a bad condition., There is a prophecy in Germany that the Crown Prince will never be king, and the croakers are mak- ing the most of it. + The unpopularity of the Crown Princess scems to be growing. She is a very able, shrewd woman, but somewhat stern in character, not specially generous about money, and her religious views do not meet with much sympathy from the Germans, PROMINENT PERSONS, Buffalo William’s Indians call the prince of Wales, *Man-with-the-scalped-head.” Jay Gould’s family are already laying plans for the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniyersary of Mr. and Mrs, Gould, which will occur next winter. Edward Everett Haloe has one son doing promising work in the Paris studios, and an- other in the central freignt office of the Pennsylvania railroad, 1t Is now understond that Mr. George M. Pullman of Chicago will decline the decora- tion and title recently conferred upon him by the kiug of Italy, not deeminz their u(lullluon consistent” with his principles as a cltizen of a republie. e The Pinnacle of Fame. St. Louts Republican, Mr. Joseph Pulitzer is about to attain the highest pinnacle of New. York greatuess by. buying Mr. Tilden's yaoht, It makes Mis. souri proud to remember that such a man once condescended to shoot & member of ber legislature in the toe. She May He Coy. Phitadelphia Times. Before wedding woman to the ballot box it will be necessary, as in other weddiugs, to get the woman's consent. —ee Greater Than Kissane. St. Louts Republtean. Kissane held on in the newspapers remark- ably well, but he has finally been crowded out to allow the man who had his special rate abolished space to pronounce the inter- state commerce law “a desperate mistake,” W P A In a Very Tight Place, New Orleans Picayune. ‘When Iynchers grab a negro he might as well confess to all the crimes he is charged with. He will be hanged anyway, anda confession Is looked upon as some sort of justitication for the act. It sort of softens the barshness of the remedy. piothihie e A Some Severe Blows, York Times, “‘Straight” republicanism is receiving some severo blows in the state. The old bosses who have been pleased to call themselves straight are being defeated in the caucuses, and they proceed at once to bolt the nomi- nees and vote the democratic ticket. In Lin- coln the State Journal people got left in the convention, and went out and hanged them- selves onto the democratic ticket and com- mitted the unpardonable sin of voting it. So they have joined the long line of mugwunps. “Heads, you lose; tails, I win,” dobib it et The People and the Railroads. Pittsburg Dispatch: The regulation story that “the effects of the Inter-state commerce law are l)eghmhls to manifest themselves in this city” by the decrease of freight traffio made 118 anpearance yesterday, This refers to the effacts of the railroad attempt to make the law obnoxious by imposing rates that the law does not call for, When the railroads begin to tind out that this costs more than it comes to then we may have a chance to see what the effects ot the law are. Richmond, Va., State: Any attempt on the part of railroad companies to bring in- ter-state commerce legislation into discredit by inflicting greater charges upon shippers Hlli"l!‘"l in commerce within a state, instead of leading toa proper demand for the repeal of the tederal law, will make necessary the demand for the enactment of state laws sup- plementary to the federal law. The railroad companies can neither deceive nor intimi- date the people of the United States. Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer: Here and there are impatient men who exclaim against the act, but the large body of intelligent ¢ izens see that the rallroads which have will- fully and mnllclmmlr misinterpreted this Iaw are alone responsible for the heavy in- crease of freight charges and the vexations and outrages put upon passenger travel. Portland (Me.) Eastern Argus: Although the inter-state cominerce law was made to gromo(e kood management and to prevent ad management of railroads there are not wanting men and journals that continue to decry the law and to prediet dire results from its operation. Happily, they will be wofully disappointed. Concord (N. H.) People: The law has come to stav, It 1s right in principle and will be made right in operation. It may be amended, but it cannot be broken down, and the corporations engaged in the mnefarious attempt may as well make up their minds to the fact first as last. Portland (Me.) Eastern Argus: It is only where special rates and discriminations are made—not to promote business but to ex- tend favoritism and monopoly, thereby hurt- ing trade—that the law will siep in and stop huch injustice to individuals and to the pub- . Pittsburg Press: The inter-state commerce law shuts out many o‘)purtuultlcx for the fa- vored fow to get rich in_a few vears at the expense of the many. No wonder there is a howl against the law. : St. Louis (Mo.) Republican: The people have placed their hands on the corporations and will put abit in their mouths, and they no longer have reason to fear them. Washington (D. C.) Critic: The bill is growing in popularity with the business com- munity, exccrt among those whose secret re- bates are abolished. Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette: Under the inter-state commerce law commercial centers will obtain their legitimate dues. L Peace, London Spectator. ‘Winds and wild waves in headlong huge commotion Scud, dark with tempest, o’er the Atlantic’s breast; While underneath, few fathoms deep in ‘ocean. Lte peace, and rest. Storms in midair, the rack before them sweeping, Hurry and hiss, like furies hate pos- sessed ; While over all white cloudlets pure are sleeping 1In peace, in rest. Heart, O wild heart! why in the storm-world raging Flit'st thou thus midway, passion’s slave and jest, ‘When all'so near above, below, unchanging, Are heaven and rest? L SHOT IN THE CHEER. A Dangerous Shooting Affray on the Boulevard Yesterday Morning. Yesterday morning about 11:30 o’clock a shooting affray took place in Ford’s grocery store on the corner of Twenticth street and the boulevard, the result of which, at the time of going to press, had not been ascertained, The store mentioned is owned by a Mrs. Ford. She has a clerk named Ed, Kerr, aged about thirty-four years. One of her cus- temers 18 a carpenter named Daniel Way. The last mentioned, itisclaimed, has been running a book account, and allowed 1t to run so long with- out payment that Mrs. Ford in- structed her clerk, Kerr, to give Way no more groceries until the account should be settled. One of Way's children called this morning for some groceries, and Kerr, nccordingm instructions, refused the request. This brought Way to the ocery. An altercation ensued, when it is claimed Wav reached over the counter and seizing Kerr by the throat, was drfigging him ~toward him, when err drew a revolver and fired. Onec bullet hit a bystander on one of the fingers, the other struck Way in the chin, inflicting, howcver, but a tlesh wound, although some time was re- quired to extricate the bullet. Kerr has beed arrested. LINCOLNITE SOLONS. They Come to Omaha to Investigate Our Paving System. Yesterday morning the Lincoln council arrived in this city to gain information with regard to the paving methods of Omaha, and also the style and the cost thercof. The delegation comprised the following: Messrs. Brock, Billingsley, Briscoe, Burks. Dailey, Dean, Ensign, Hovey and Pace. Besides these members there were also present the following Lincolnites: Messrs. J.J. Butler, &. K. Randall, N. S. Harwood, W. J. ey H. T. Clark, Phillips Payne and Will Owen Jones, city editor of the State Journal, After dinner, yesterday afternoon, the visitors met in “room 48, Puxton hotel where Mr. House, chairman of the board of public works and James Creighton, ex-chairman of that body, attended, and gave the yisitors the benefit of their knowledge and experi- ence, with reference to the different nl,Ylan of paving and the cost and dura- bility of the snme. The council went home last evening intending to return again when tae weather is agreeable, so that they can drive over the different paved streets. SCORED A VICTORY, Lumber Men ©ome Out Ahoad-~Rail Notes, The tumber men and railroad repro- sentatives continued their joint confer- ence yosterday morning at the Paxton hoe tel. The lnmber men were victorious n sceuring substantially all they had asked for. The railroad men agreed to estab- lish a now set of differentials which would do away with the discrimination against Omaha, in favor of northern and eastorn cities, in the matter of lum- ber shipments. A new tariff was roughly sketched out, which will be revised and vut into effect as soon as possible. A meeting will be held next week in Chicago at which the matter will be taken up and disposed of finally. Mr. Morehouse, the geveral freight ‘agent of the Elkhorn valley road, expressed himself as ready to do anything possible for Omaha, and said that he had always been friendly di!,}o!l‘,ll to this city. Union Pacific trains between North Platte and Cheyenne are delayed by a snow fall on that division, F. Milligan, general passenger and ticket agent of the St. Joe & Grand Island road, 18 in the city. Division Superintendent Dickinson has returned from Denver. Chief Clerk Warrack, of the Union Pa- cific general freight oftice, will bo at home with his bride at 2412 Cass street, after May 1. A Coward’s Deed. 0. H. Rothacker, the editor of the Re- publican, is under $1,000 bonds to an- swer the charge of attempted murder. The assault of which Rothacker is ac- cused was committed about 10 o'clock yesterday morning opposite the store of Max Meyer & Bro., on Eleventh and Farnam streets. Mr. Rosewater, the editor of the BEk, was the victim of the attack, which characterized by every one whosaw it as dastardly and out- rageous. Mr. Rosewater was coming up Farnam street, from Tenth, having just read the scurrilous and filthy articles printed on the editorial page of yesterday morning's Republican. At the intersection of Ele- venth Rothacker crossed his path. Mr. Rosewater turned to him and commented on the outrageous nature of the attack made by the Republican. He offered no violence whatever,but Rothackerj umped on him with a billy in hand, and dealt him a powerful blow, just above the left cheek and an inch below the temple. G —- d—- you, I'll kill you,” he said at the same time, mlrcminf: a step or two backward. Before he could continue the cowardly assault a number of by-standers_rushed in and separated the two men. Mr. Adolph Meyer, one of the firm of Max Meyer & Bro.. took from Rothacker the leaden “billy” with which the assault was committed. It was a muriderous looking weapon, six or eight ibmx'ics long, with an extra heavv leaden all, Accompanied by his friends Mr. Rose- water went directly to the police court. Rothacker followed him, after procuring his attorney, E. M. Bartlett. A complaint was at once filed charging Rothacker with assault with intent lo commit murder. By this time Roth- acker had reached the court room and the warrant for his ar- rest was placed in the hands of Officer Turnbull, who at once served it upon him. Through his attorney he entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. Judge Stenberg tixed the amount of the bond at $1,000, upon furnishing which Rothacker was releasea to appear for preliminary examination next Tuesday. Mr. Rosewater states it as his intention to prosecute his assailant to the fullest possible limit. The erime which Roth- acker committed is a penitentiary of- fense and is punishable by imprison ment of from two jto fifteen years. The assault was committed in broad daylight and a number of reliable witnesses can be brought to proveit. As to the murderous character of the attack, there can_likewise be no question. It was committed with a deadly weapon, and had the blow been an inch or two higher, it would undoubtedly have been fatal. By the merest chance the blow struck below the temnvle, and the injury is consequently not a serious one. The affair created no little excitement on the streets. Everywhere it was de- nounced as a cowardly outrage. The sentiment was general that Rothacker ought to receive the fullest limit of pun- ishment. “I witnessed the assault,” said one gZentleman to a reporter, “‘and I want to say that it was one of the most cowardly and unealled for attacks that [ ever heard of. Rothacker was evidently pre- Km‘ml for sowething of the sort, as he ad the strap of the slung-shot fastened about his wrist. He probably had the leaden end of the billy doubled up under his sleeve, 8o as to con- ceal it, as when he walked to Mr, Rosewater, I did not notice any- thing in his hand, Mr. Rosewater said something to him about the outrageous character of the assault which he (Roth- acker) had made editorially this morn- inlz, and then Rothacker jerked out the billy and dealt the blow which came so near proving fatal. Mr. Rosew:ter owes it notonly to himself but to the decent element of this community to send Roth- acker to the penitentiary for the crime committed this morning. Curry, the negro, committed an exactly similar as- sault, and was sentenced to aterm at hard labor. And I fail to see why Roth- acker should not be treated in exactly the same manner.” Rothacker’s houndish nature 18 shown by the manner in which he acted when he was seized and prevented from con- tuing his assault upon a defenseciess man. A bystander named 0. C. Schwerin seized him by the arm and held him back. Rothacker turned on him svarling and foaming like a cur, and deliberately bit him on the wrist. The wound inflicted by the fellow's teeth was a painful and ugly one. Mr. Schmitz in St. Louls. Edward Schmitz, formerly one of the members and proprietors of the German Comedy company at Boyd's, who left here some time ago, has secured charge of the Apollo theater in St. Louis. This he 18 running, producing German plays rekly. In connection with the place 13 a large beer hall, the management of has also come into the hands of : Schmitz, Mr Schmitz's friends in this eity are many and they are pleased to learn of his managerial enterprise and wish him success. L. J. MARKS & Co. Grain and Provision Commis- sion Merchants, 10 and 12 Pacific Avenue. Grain und Provisions b and s0ld oo marging on the Chicago Board of Trade. ¢ nAenCe 80~ licited. Daily or woekly market lof nt on sppli eation. Ieferenco—Corn Kxchungo Bank, Chicago. 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