Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1887, Page 5

2 .THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ¢ iy mwmeq Edition) Including Sunday CORRESPONDENCE! Al communications relating to news and edi- forial matter should be addressed to the Evi- EOR OF THE Bek. BUSINESA LETTRAS! Al lulln:u Mun n-snmmumuhoula e Duuu‘ Duru. nn be mado paysble m o ondeEor the oo THE DEE PORLISHING COMPANY, PRORBIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Epiror THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circalation. Btate of Nebras| la.s. l'mml of Dol 8. iy’ Geo. B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulatjon of the Daily Bee the week ending April 15, 1857, was as ollows Saturday, Aptil 9.. unday, Avril 10..... onday, April1l .. Aa«hy. April 12, my, Aprll 13, ;:.hlny. Aprl} h Average. 2 Subseribed and swom w be(ula me tils 16th day of April, 1597, b FIL, [SEAL.] Nfllll‘)’ Publie. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being tirst duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of uw Daily Bee for the month nl April, 188, 12,191 coples; for May, 1886, 12, ies; tor June, 1888, 12.208 copies; for J 1883, 12,314 _copies; for Angnst, 146, 12, N?;Ie : for Septem- ber, 18%, 13,030 coj fes; for October, 1456, 12,060 copies: for November, 156, ' 13,543 coples; (or l)pnunl\or, 1586, 13,237 copies; for Januar 16,266 coples; for ‘ebruary, 1887, xlvm coples; for Mnreh, 1887, 14,400 copies, Gro. B. Tzscruck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 15th dl( of Aprll, A. D, 7. 1887, . Fri, Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday Bee. Page1. New York Herald Cablegrams— .pec als to the Brr.—General Telegraphic 8. ’. :fi 2. Telecraphic News.—City News.— I'ue 3 flpcclll Advertisements, Page 4. Editorials.—Political Points In the Lighter Vein—Passing Events.—Sun- 931D, 'age 5 Lincoin News.—Miscellany.— Adurthe enta, l‘uefl. Louncll Bluffs News.—Miscellany, dvertisements, 'age 7. General and Local Markets,—Ad- wertisements. l’lges. City News.—Adve) Humorists’ lhppy menh. Sen- l-‘anwk{ o w. Bounle Annle Laurle—Honey Py For the Ladies.—Connubialities,—Advertise- men! s, Page 11, Mme. Patti’s Inconsstency, b ©lara. Belle.—Citizen John Sherman, h; $Con,”—Muslcal and l)ramllle——E&nem— Sional.—-Religious.—~Dakota’s Misfortune.— vertisementa. 'age 12, Omaha Soclety Events.—Omaha Maidens Who Work.—Advertisements. S— Ounr state tish commission has sent for 25,000,000 more eggs of wall-eyed pike. Wur vrairies will be alive with 'em by mext fall. SANATOR REAGAN, not satisfied with his fame as an inter-state railway regulator, 48 now stumping the state of Texas for wrohibition. A wan who would lubor to do away with railroad passes and cock- 4ails is cortainly a public benefactor. . ———————— ‘Tng Dominion ot Canads is in debt $333,000,000. Extravagance is assigned #s the cause of the rapidly increasing in- debtedness. Aad this, too, in the face of - the fact that the United States sends large mumbers of its best tinanciers there every year. 5 EEESeeE———— ‘Tuk Salvation army purades the street .of Peoria, IIl., and defies the chief of ,police. A town with thirteen distilleries nnn(n‘ night and day and a BSalvation " army runuing at large should repose in Rhe arms of happiness and be eblivious to all the strnggles of the outside bustling ‘world, Mg. Ku“. of Illinois, has succeeded in & “gallon law,” which prohibits ke selling of liquor in country districts #n quantities less than fivegallons. There @&te many Illinois statesmen who would ' @oorn to purchase less than five gallons of liquor at one time. p——— Wz are much pleased to learn that *‘the .@xpress companies have no complaint to mmake against the operation of the inter- Mate commerce law.'’ Presaumably not. They never charge more for a short than dor a longer haul. People who have been fobbed by express companies will testify to this. e— * WowmaN is working wonders in Kansas. A judge, who no doubt was captivated By the sirenical blandishments of a woman suffragist, recently decided that ‘s woman does not change her name by marryiog, but that she retains what is &enerally known as her ‘maiden’ name Shrough life. e ] DESMOINES has & base ball olub, and ‘M the papers ara to be believed, her oiti- mons feel proud of it. And by the way She spring of the year is the proper time 20 foel proud of a newly organized base ‘Batl olub. When the boys come home, dater on in the summer, with a nest ot . “'goose eggs” marked after each contest, _ somabow or other it is hard to feel proud of them the: E At a recent meeting of prominent Seachers in Illinois, Dr Hewitt, of Chi- ©ago, in the course of the evening, told +Bow, when he began to teach forty years he was fortunately able to get about a month and the privilege of *‘board- " ang round” and he presumed that no one . Jelse could tell a mmilar story. It was “finslly recalled however that a large ber of the most eminent professors America commenced their life by '\ teaching on a small salary and ‘‘board- _ dag round" in the district. —— A LARGE hill in Georgia has been dis- wovered which sends out electricity with fervor. Excavators are cured of tism, and people not privileged ‘have that sportive disease are cheered not inebriated by the electric cur- It is thought that electricity will solve the prohibition guestion,” . _THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. APRIL 23, 1885/.~1wW &LVE PAGES. The Republican City Ticke The ticket nominated by the republi- can convention commends itself to the cordial and united support of the party. W. J. Broatch, who heads the ticket as eandidate for mayor, enjoys the respect and contidence of all classes. He has for years been identificd with enterprises that have contributed to the growth apd prosperity of Omaha, and is emi- nently fitted for the responsible position of chief executor of a metropolitan city. John Rush will bring to the position of city treasurer the experience of two full terms as treasurer of Douglas county. Louis Berka is admirably qualified for the duties of police judge. g E. K. Long, the present city auditor, re- ceives merited recognition by his nomi- nation for comptrolier. The candidates for the city council are for the most part well known citizens in whose hands the interests of the tax payers of Omaha will be safe. Our limited space does not ad- mit of extended reference to individual esudidates, We shall endeavor to do them all justice during the aining ten days’ campaign. Palliating Murderous Assaults, The dastardly assault made upon my person by O. H. Rothacker would require no commenton my part were it not for the concerted attempt of local contempo- raries to gloss over the outrage by mali- cious distortion of the facts and circum- stances. . Ldeem 1t both due to myself and the patrons of the BEE who are in sympathy with the cause which it has for * years championed. that the misstatements pub- lished with regard to my controversy with Rothacker be refuted. When that person took charge of the Omaha Republican with loud professions of devotion to high moral principles as a guide for tho future conduct of that sheet he received a cordial grecting' at my hands, with sinccre wishes for the prosperity of the paper, under huis editorial charge. He had not been at its helm three months before its columns were teeming with personal abuse of my- self and a desperate effort in combi- nation with notorious jubbers and boodle politicians to thwart every measure and defeat every enterprise which the BEE ad- yocated. The warefare upon the charter by this ‘‘combine” and its criminal efforts to defeat honest legislation at Lincoln are still fresh in the memory of every- body. When I had taken the measure of this man by his dissolute and disrepu- table associates, I served personal notice on him that henceforth there could be no friendly intercourse between us and my duty would be to acquaint the public with his dangerous methoas and infam- ous ways. From that time until Friday not & word passed between us. In the midst of the conflict with the Jobbers and public plunderers at Lincoln, Rothacker through the Republican sought to befog the people by the most vicious personal assaults oo me. In one of these tirades he assumed the role of fire-eating swashbuckler, and issued a bombastic chullenge to mortal combat, which the BiE treated with derisive contempt, as entirely out of place in this latitude. With evident intent to provoke a per- sonal encounter in which he should en: joy the privilege of murdering an adve sary under the plea of self-defense, thi: genteel dosperado renewed his slander- ous and filthy assaults- On the 2d of March, the following edi- torial trom his pen appeared 1n the Re publican under the caption of “SPEAKING OF BUGS"” “When a man has been in a community for twenty years, and is generally rezarded with loathing and contempt, there is some reason for it. There must be something ex- cessively Indecent In his make-up which calls for such a general judgment. We drop this as a general proposition. Mr. Kdward Rosewater answers this gel eral description. A person cannot assuult him, because he is without courage d will not resent an assault. Nothing offens- ive can be sald about his character, be cause apything which might be sald has been said time and again, and would De re- garded as & chestout. He is a moral im- pertinence and has never had a character. * » * ) » » . Men who have been here only a few wmonths have a betler social position than the editor of the BEE. Men who have been bere & short time have no record of string- ing up one side of a street while a constable was on deck on the other. Men who have but easually dropped in may get a slight and incidental reputation for courage and manliness. This little scoundrel, whose ohysical smallness fits his woral abbrevi- atlon, is withont a single instinet that be- longs to a decent man with self-respect, mora) assertion and personal courage. He is a concentration of everything that a reputable person should not be. To spit In nis face would be fastery.” Now I submit whether any man with a spark of manhood in s composition would tamely allow anybody to use such language without resemting it at any hazard. The language used bore on its very face the design of the author to violate the public peace. A few minutes atter I read this article at Lincoln 1 met Mr. Cadet Taylor, one of the owners of the Republican, and I did not hesitate to say then and there, while laboring under the temporary excitement, that I should have killed Rozhnqer atsightor taken the chances of being illed had he come in my way at the mement of reading the article. 1added further that were it not for the fact that | had a wife and family, one of us would have to die or he would have to apologize. This expression, somewhat distorted, was telegraphed to the Omaha papers to show how badly Rothacker had “‘done me up.” It is a matter of notoriety that during the exe ing contests at Lincoln with the legis- lative lobby, threats of violence were made against me by the contractors’ gang, the cappers of the gamblers and strikers who were hanging around tho legisiature, On the advice of friends, I had armed myself with a revoler, which was laid away when I came howe two weeks before adjournment, where it has remained ever since. Aud pow, after more than mix wecks have elapsed since the exciting talk with Cadet Taylor at Lincoln, Rothacker's cowardly and mur- derous attempt upon wmy life is sought to be justified by the flimsy pretext that I had threntened to kill him. ‘We had passed each other on the streets and almost jostled. at elbows several times within the last two woeks. But after he had published another aggarvat- ing and flthy tissue of lbels Priday mouhchunu along the strect be- “:ut."e‘ th weapon ‘of the Mk--hhvu B fatal had he not missed his aim. This dastardly outrage is treated with levity by the editor of Cobngressman Meshane's paper, who tries to mislead its patrons by representing Rothacker using the slung-shot in self-defense against a re- volver. A few extracts from the Herald must convinee any fmpartial mind that Omaha journalism, in the hands of reck- Tess men, has fallen to a very low level: [Extracts from the Omaha Herald April 23.) BOTR WOADED FOR BEAR. Mr. Rosewate; earried a revolver, and Mr. Rothacker carrie« o slungshot. In the first and only round she slungshot in the hand was mightler than the revolver in the pocket. **e NOT EXTIRELY OUT OF LUCK. Perhapa it is no time for levity, but the suggestion is irresistible, that Mr. Rose- water’s luck has not entirely deserted him. The ‘‘combine” was dissolved Inture the slugging commenced. "y The Herald cmmo; ua that the matter 1s one with which public sentimont need con- cern ftself. 'I'he matter should simply be rel- egated to the police court. The talk about ‘‘penitentiary offense” is bosh, and if the friends of the two editors are really anxious for the welfare of both they better quash all further proceedings, To endeavor to make a public scandal out of a street brawl is idiotic and will not be tolerated in this com- munity. ‘The reporter of the Herald had cour. teously been given all the facts by my- self. He was positively mformed that I was unarmed when assaulted, and that 1 sought to defend myself by trying to wrench a cane from the hands of a by- stander. The statement that thero was an encounter botween a revolver and a slung-shot 18 as infumous as was the at- tack itself. The sume deliberate malice is shown in the reprinting of Rothacker's grossly libelous editorial of Friday morn- ing, for which I could, if disposed, prose- cute the publishers, ecriminally and civilly. ROSEWATER. The Result of Investigations. An investigation now and then into the affuirs of insurance companies and other institutions of like nature sustained by the public, as well as into the books and accounts of public officials, results in no harm, and often accomplishes groat good. The special joint committee appointed by the Michigan legislature to investi- Rgate the mutual insurance companies of that state, report that nearly every as- sessment company operating 1n Michi- gan is rotten to the core. The investiga- tion revealed the most villainous cun- ning and infamous practices resorted to by officials in high finaucial and social standing. Superictendents of the poor have in- sured for their own benefit the lives of numerous paupers, and 1t was supposed that when one of them died or was starved to death, a “‘division” Wwas made between the insurance officials and the superin- tendent. Another novel feature of the testimony taken by the committee was that doctors have been taking out graveyard policieson the lives of their own patients. Such shocking revela- tions make humanity shudder. The re- organized Beatrice concern, in 1ts palmi- est days, never equalled the Michigan frauds. The disclosures are yet being made, and it is thought that many lead- ing citizens of difterent towns in that state will be implicated in trafficking in human lives. The big shaking-up, happening in Chi- cago, where an investigation was or- dered in the affairs of officials holding positions of trust and honor resulted glo- riously. When the charges were first made by the newspapers, a wail of woe rent the air, saying that such persecuation was shameful and cowardly, Already some twenty-five or thirty of the of- ficers and their pals are in the Cook county jail awaiting trial witn several indictments against each man. Among other things several alleged pau- pers were found who are able-bodied men and women, able to buy $700 pianos for their danghters and give them every educational advantage. Some of the beggars were doing a profitable mercan: tile business, all at the expenso of the tax-payers. An investigation if con- ducted by honorable men is agood' thing, if there are any grounds to justify it. The further an investigation proceeds, ns a genersl cule, the more startling the ravelations. terate Minors, ‘There is pendlnp in tho legislature of Massachusetts, a compulsory education bill desiguated to correct the widely ex- tended evil of illiteracy among minors in that state. It will surprise those who have regarded Massacnusetts as the fore- most exemplar in all matters of popular education, to know that only now is the tirst serious attempt being madg there, with a promise of success, to rescue thou- sands ot children from the darkness of complete illiteracy by compelling them to acquire at least the rudiments of an education. Yet such appears to be the fact. A Boston journal, commenting ap- provingly on the proposed measure, re- marked that *‘the policy of the state in education, while most progresaive, has neverthelessbeena studied one, and at all times tempered with conservative judgment. The acts which make up the school code have been passed after ap- peals and arguments founded upon un- questioned authority—facts unimpeach- able and unimpeached.” It would seem that this extreme conservatism has been all these year3 discovering the imperative duty that rests upon the commonwealth to not only provide a way for the eduea- tion of its children, but to insist upon its aeceptance, removing all obstructions to such acceptance. Yet so far as unim- peachable facts were concerned they were amply provided by the records of illiter- acy, state and national. A conservatism that for half a century bhas been proof against the appeal of such facts can have no admiration 1n this age, with which it is wholly out of sympathy. Official and undispnted statistics show thatin the mills and manufactories of Massachusetts there 18 a great body of children unable to write their name; that many of these children are under the present school age, whose baptismal rec- ords are ih other countries, and hence beyond the control of the school officials; that most of them are in the state to stay, and in a few years will have passed their minority. In Fall River alone their are 9,292 persons ten years of age and over unable to read and write, and the num- ber of such personsin the commonwealth lol l'l.'” hors bosa l‘-‘i‘hm...u.."i:‘m‘a'. speculation a3 to how this illiteracy ex- ists or from whepce it comes, ‘The startling fact is, thpee, illiterate persons are here, and 80 far as ean be ascertained tuey have come td stay. The fact that this illiteracy is of foreign origin is no reason for excmpting children from school attendance, but on the contrary, it isthe best reason *why they should be brought within and uhder school influ- ence and insiruction.'’ It will be a dis- paraging commentary on the character of Massachusetts consarvatism if it shall be found still invalnerable to the grave facts of the situation ‘and their obvious and unanswerable logié. But Massachusetts is not the only one of the eastern states which has been deri- lect in this very vital matter. In fact none of them has exercised the care and vigilance it should have done. The census of 188) showed that in Connecti: cut there were 20,000 persons of 10 years and over who could not read, and 28,000 who could not write; in Maine, respec- tively, 18,000 and 22,000; in New Hamp- shire, 11,000 and 14,000; New Jersey, 89,000 and 53,000; in Rhode Island, 17,000 and 24,000, and in Vermont, 13,000 and 15,000. Iiis not questionable thatin all of these states the number of illitorates is quite as large asin 1880, and doubtless in some there has been an increase. Yet %o far as we are informed there has been no adequate effort made in any of thein to remedy this evil and check its progress, probably because of some such blind and narrow conservatism as that which has prevailed in Massachusetts. it may be hoped that the legislators of Muassachusetts will show the wisdom to set an example in this matter that will be followed by the other states of New Eng- land whose laxity in this respect is so disparingly evidenced by their records of illiteracy. A Bright Outlook for lowa. The most encouraging revorts of pros- perity come from Iowa. The outlook for a large orop was never better at this time of year. The farmers, generally speak- ing, have ample means, and merchants are reported as doing a good business. The workings of the inter-state com- merce law, it is claimed by the news- papers, are against the larger cities, but reports from the smaller towns and vil- Iages indicate that by the change they are benefitted. The jobbing trade and manufacturing interests are entering a vigorous protest against the enactment. They claim if the local rates were not so high, they could get along with the new Iaw, but as it is, competition is impossi- ble. Chicago manufacturers and jobbers get the long haul as cheap as [owans got a shorter haul. The Sioux City Journal, in a spasm of virtuk, denounces the rail- roads in terms too gmphatic to be misun- derstood. If the tone of, [owa's papers Is any evidence, the ndxt legislature of that state will be olected 'on the railroad issue, and it is probable that 13ng aceded regu- lation will be tbe ‘resul{. The Journal sensibly says: ¢ ‘Thereare several obvious ways In which the state can attack the rebellion of the railroad corporations, and there are certainly innu- merable other modes of’ attack which will open up, now that the people have entered practically upon war agdinst railroad czar- ism. 1tis always so, when a people is reso- lute for the maintenanes of its independence of atyrant. Now. as;to one of these re- sources of the people of lowa. Iowa lies be- tween two great navizable rivers, the Missis- sippi and the Missouri. The Iowa railroad lines, with but very fow exceptions, run lat- erally across the state, cutting at its boun- daries, these two great natural and free high- waye, which communicate with the seabourd. The regulation of state comuneres is, con- fessedly and by the atjudication of the high- est court of the land. wit hin the power of the people of a state, acting through its legis- lature. With a bountiful crop, railroad rates offering a living rate to the farmers and’ making it possible for manufacturers to compete with eastern houses, manufuc- turing an!urprlses consequently develop- ing on evory hand, a more hopefal pie ture for increased prosperity was nsver before our sister state. —_— Jusr after the passes had expired, Sir George Pullman originated a new device to make traveling by rall more enjoyable. It is now possible to get u bathor a shave on wheels. A newspaper reporter who stood on a side track and watched the train pass, thus describes it: *“The first «conch was a combined bagzage room, buffet smoker, bath and barber shon. Next came a dinmng car, followed by three sleepers. Between each pair of coaches, on the edge of the steps, a wooden wall or partition was erected- ‘These partitions were joined by rubber bagging which yielded to every motion of the train, but, with the partitions, formed a perfest vestibule between each couple of conches.” THOMAS J. POTTER, first vice president of the C. B. & Q., has tondered his resig- nation, which was reluctantly accepted by that company. His reason for this was to accept the position as first vice president of the allied lines of the Union Pacific, with headquarters at Omaha. The change takes affect May 15. As managig director of the consolidated Union Pacitic system, Mr. Potter cannot fail to prove a valuable acquisition to that corporation. Mr. Potter is well and favorably known to our citizens, and he will receive a very hearty welcome when he comes to make his home in Omaha. POLITICAL POINTS, Congressman Butterworth Is for Sherman first and Allison next. | Steve Elkins has been a registered voter in West Virginia for two yoars, and claims a reside nce there. Ex-Con:ressman John D: White is trying to have a prohibitory plsnk inserted In the Kentucky state platform. Senator Reagan's decfaration on the prohi- bition question arouses the Texas democrats to a teoling that their trou bles ale yet to cowe, It Is stated that asmany as forty demo- cratic congressmen still dinger in Washing- ton to keep the mugwumps from walking otf with the spolls. Ex-Senator Davis of West Virginia says the legislature of that state, when called in special session, will undoubtedly try to elect uccessor to Senator Camden. Joln @. Carlisle, in the estimation of the 8t. Louls Republican, is “the democrat who stands next in the presidential succession to Grover Cleveland.” “Nomination” Is evi- dently the word the Republican was after. ‘The New York Voice, prohibition organ, single prominent republican newspaper or leader champloned the prouibitory amend- ment in Michigan. QGoverner Curtin of Pennsylvania will s0on have his memoirs ready for print | Colonel Frank l-t s .dl.- Itls expected that the book will throw licht on mueh obseure politieal history of the war mloq. The Demoeratie Hot Blast of Anniston, Ala.. thinks that Judee Reagan of Texas showed a good deal of cunning in keeping his conversion to prohibition a secret until after he had secured his election to tne senate. George Jones, of the New York Times, told a San Francisco reporter that he thought. from the present indlcations, that Cleveland and Blaine would be the standard bearers of the democratic and republican parties in the next campalgn, and, in that event, his paper would support Cleveland, as it had done in 1884, Becretary Whitney, if an observing politi- clan, of Washington, is to be believed, is liable to be up for a presidential nomination, next year. He and Hill are said to have an understanding, and Whitney is in a pos ition o command all the factions of lhe demo- cratic party in New York. iiieicsiion Gotting On First-fate. Living Church. Dr. Lyman Beecher once replied to an in- quiry of Dr. Hawes, “How are you getting on?' “First-rate! first-rate! first-rate! ever since 1 stopped trying to run this world." i st An Absurd [dea. Chicago Tribune. The idea of England sending her heavy war vessels over to fight the United States navy seems absurd. Nothing could be more preposterous than shooting at a forty-dollar mud-scow with a $300,000 cannon, e A Great Bucces: New York World, Listen to this for a line of poetry: “Make their nelghborhood healthfuller.” And yet ‘fennyson received 810 for those words— $2.50 a word. From a tinancial standpoint the Laureate’s Jubilee Ode was a great suc- cess, il In Trouble in Indiana. Alta California. Indiana democrats are reportad to be great admirers of a speech with ‘‘the old-time ring in it.” Such speeches are good, but let us suggest that what ails Indianais the old-time ring in her two state prisons and other state institutions. No Pass. Washington Critio. They were playing a qulet game of euchire In the smoker and did not notico the condue- tor as he came throuzh, “Tickets!” said he. Just at that juncture one of the players mur- mured, “I pass.” *“Not much you don’t,” said the conductor impatiently. **Not since the inter-state commerce bill.” -~ The Wanderer. Writen for The Sundy Bee by L B. Cale. The restless star that wandering goes, ‘I'hrough boundless realms of space, May look on many a blisstul scene, Be viewed by many an eye, I ween, And be admired—forgotten e'en As fast as it changes place. The roving heart that traveling far, Still'seeks and finds no rest, May wander many a hearthstone by, And throb with many a song and sigh, Admire, and be adinired—and die Unknown, unloved, unblessed. e IN THE LIGHTER VEIN. THE BURNING ISSUE. ‘The sllver question grows weary and stale, Fxtra sessions of congress don't amount to a straw, Ana all publie topics most eertainly fail ‘To equal the comment on the inter-state law. Our “Fisheries Dispute” is a flashgin the pan, And the world loses interest in the game of base ball; ‘The war cloud of Europe doesn’t amount toa d—n Compared to the question ot the “long and short haul.” ABDUL HAMED, sultan of Turkey, has 48¢ wifes. And yet Abdul is hopefully lo»klnz for a spring boom. KRASZJEWSKI, the late Polish poet, hast- ened his death in trying to remember some word that would rhyme with his name. Tue London News apologizes for printing Tennyson’s jubilee ode. There are times when an apology fails to give satistaction. AN agricultural paper prints a half column article, “How to Grow Strawberrles.” The question ot the hour is, How to buy a straw- berry. AccorniNG to a city ordinance it costs 40 cents to swear in Oxford, Pa. Well, no doubt there are times in a man's life when he would consider this a bargain. AccorpiNG to our dispatches yesterday morning & man in Iowa, named Goslin, blew out the gasand smothered. The man who turns off the gas is no goslin. ‘TnE Boston Globe writes a column on the “Bright Side of Theater Going.” We pre- sume it refers to the part where the man goes out to get a clove on the side. U~DER the provisions of the inter-state law some men can’t pass a saloon without going in to take a drink. 8o it would seem that the pass system is entirely abolished. A SocIETY has been orzanized among the Javanese women to cultivate a taste for for- eign cooking. It Is supposed that the dusky, almond-cved creatures have no taste for their own cooking. JAMES RUsSELL LOWELL has gone to Eu- rope. Since his recent visit to Chicago, he has prepared a lecture which he will deliver in London, the subjeet being, *The Ham As She Is Made.” I is said that three or four couples of In- diana lovers are wanting to go up in a baloon to get married. They will probably want to goupin a baloon much worse after they have been married a year or two. But they would not go in couples. SARAN BERNIARDT'S rising son, Maurice, exhibits the talents of atrue artist. Not sat- isied with losing 82,000 in & game of poker, he now indulges his fancy in a prize tight. He undoubtedly has inherited his mother’s tastes, to say nothing of his father. Tae New York World says: ‘“There seems to be something unlueky about the preiix ‘pan.’ Pan-Electric and Pan-Handle have both produced gigantic defrauding con- spiracies.” And it could have said that Pan, the Greek god of old, was held up by a Chi- cago spook. AccorpING to a Chieago paper an “At- lanta, Ga., hack river gate 88 in change for a $10 confederate bill to one of his pa- tronsa few daysazo.” It was Mr, Shake- speare, we believe, who remarked, “And thus the whirligig of time brings his re- venges."” Tue Lick monument to Francis Bcott Key is the finest ever erected in Awmerica. Mr, Key, it will be remembered, wrote only one poem, “The Star Spangled Baoner.” Here 1s a very fine suggestion to beremembered by all who contemplate courting the poetic muse. Write one poew and die. A jEALous wife commitied sulcide at Charlottetown, Nova Scotia, last week, by | thrusting red-hot pokér down her throat, tense degree of burning bitterness. Some women would not have gone to the trouble of heating the poker, but swallowed it eold. OuT of the thirtoen samples ot “Toilet Cream,” warranted to beautify the complex- lon, analyzed by & Washington chemist, ev- ery one contained stuff ceriain to ruln the faceafter a year's use, and some of them were highly poisonous. And out of every thirteen women wiio know this to be a fact, twelve of them will continue daubing their faces with the polsonous compounds. As Mr. Bolomon one time remarked, the ways of a woman pass all understanding. MRs. CLEVELAND has become a member ot the Women's Indian association, of Albany, whose purpose It is to, proote the domestication of the red man. The beauti- ful and accomplished little lady of the white house Is no doubt sympathetic in her nature, Herlife is unquestionably one,long day of con tinued and cloudless sunshine, She belfeves no doubt, In her sweetness of disposition and goodness of heart, that the Indian s an abused‘and persecuted human who roams the wild, wild west dressed alternately In an army blanket aud hectie flush and sunshine. We venture the opinion, however, that it the goed woman could see one of the misguided dusky-faced #ons of L,o on his native heath, indvlging his appetite in raw dog and watch him at his best in the giddy maze of a Terpsichorean whirl, she would think that “domestieation of the red man” was impossible, aud would with the poet s; *“T'here aln’t no trustin’ an Injin, I1e’s a cater-wumpus cuss, And when he's a-doin’ o’ suthin’ bad He's a wishin’ ‘twas suthin’ wuss,” et bt PASSING EVENTS. Tur wildest successtul sally Cupid has re- cently. made, Is told in the announcement yesterday morning of the mariiage of An- drew Carnegie, the millionalre iron manu- facturer of New York, to Miss Whitetield, also of that city. 'The longer account goes on tosay that Mr. Carnegle and Miss White- fild have known each other over sixteen years, and often used to o riding tozether in the park. Indeed Miss Whitefield's first at- tempt at horseback riding in the park was made under Mr. Carnegie’s watchful eye. They have long been devoted to each other, and Mr. Carnezie mnever made any secret of his profound admiration for the young lady. Sixteen years of perpetual courtship by a nan a millionaire several times over, should have succeeded in bringing this little matter toan end long ago. There is something pe- culiarly pathetic about young love's dream— something to which gray hair and faded cheeks fail to add thattinge of romsnce which should be associated with the “ties that bind.” & ' Tne Canadian government’s expedition to the Yukon country left Ottawa Wednesday. It consisted of Dr. Dawsou, assistant direc- tor of the Canadian geological survey, two subordinate members of the survey staff and the Dominlon land surveyor, Ogilvie. The chief object of the expedition is to locate and make a preliminary survey of the gold fields in northern British Columbla. The expedi- tion will traverse a part of Alaska to reach the base of cperations, and a safe conduct permit was obtained from the Unitod States authorities. From the fact that there have been no recent “‘finds” In the gold fields, and the further fact that forty years ago the fanous Fraizer river mines were discovered, makes the result of this exploration Interesting. ¥ty NORDENSJOLD ngain assures the people that he shall make the voyage to discover the south pole. Just what he intends to do with it, should he aceidentally run against it, has not been stated. The recent foolhardy at- tempts of Gilder and McArthur in attempt- ing to find the north pole arc enough to dis- gust all explorers. It isa good thing for the country that there are no more poles lost. * e THERE was something almost hallowed in the renewal of their old acquaintance by George Bancroft and Mrs. James K. Polk. Mr. Bancroft arrived at Nashville, Tenn., Saturday night. A committee of the State Historical society met him at the depot and escorted him to his hotel. The aged historlan entertained the society until 9 o'clock. He had informed Mrs. Polk, tae wife of our president of forty years ago, that he would not call until Sunday. Buthe did. At 9:50 he stood before the Polk mansion. He mounted the steps and announced himaelf. The story goes that he had to wait but a mo- ment in the parlor before the venerable Mrs. Polk entered. **Dear Mrs. Polk,” said the venerable historian, advancing, “I am so glad to see you and to find you are looking so well.” There was a noment of hesitation, a recognition-and a smile, as the distinguished widow sald: *Is this Mr. Bancroft? 1am so grateful that you have como sofar to see us.” The hospitalities of the mansion were ex- tended to the visitor, who In turn treated the hostess with the most graceful deference, It is even said that he spoke of the time when she was “‘slerider aud graceful,” and that she could never forget that he was so ‘‘con- tinually thoughttul” of her when & member of the Polk cabinet. It wasa scene worthy of a paluter. e Charles Walker Morse, who died last week, athis home' in Saybrook, Conn., was the eldest son of Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse. In his early life he shared his father's labors In the strugzles of the electric telograph, and also rendered experimental assistance to Colonel Colt, of revolver fame, who was a frequent visitor of Prof. Morse during the telegraphic experiments, In 1857 he ren- dered valuable services to the government in the protection of its property on the Upper Minnesota river during the trouble with the Sloux Indiansat the Spirit lake Massacre, and was to have led the government expedi- tion under “Little Crow” against Intrapu- duta’s band, but as the expedition was en- tirely composed of Indians the goyernment withdrew him after complimenting him uvon his bravery and willingness to go. Mr. sMorse was aman of many accomplishments, being o fine penman, an excellent draughtsman, an artist and the patontee of several inventions. 1n 1853 he had the decoration of the “Bust of the Liberstor” conferred upon him by the Venezuelan government In recognition of valuable services aud suggestions in the es- tablishment of the Morse system of teleg- raphy in that country. He leaves a wifeand three children. s Tar Immortal speech of Dennis Kearney, the sand lot orator, will slways hve. le made a happy hit, and aceidentally told the truth when he the Chinese must go. At least they are going one by oue. The report comes in that a Chinaman killed a white woman at 8t, John's. Cala., a few days ago ond then fled. A mob started in pursuit. Two other Chinamen in ditferent localities were ot and strung up by the necks and nearly killed in order to make them tell what they knew about the murderer. The sequel proved that they knew nothing about him. A third Chinaman, who was wealthy and well known in the locality where he lived, was mistaken for tue murderer by the frantic mob and shot dead. A coroner's jury fully exunerated the men who shot him. * Tuz report that the late General Logan's forthcomlag book, *The Volunteer Soldier,” will contain letters reflecting severely upon General Sherman has created considerable interest. The charge is thatlieneral Sher- man broke his word, or otherwise acted dis- honorably, in not making John A. Logan an army commander after McPherson's de ath As (o the letters General Shermaa io s in- térview recently, sald: “There are certainly B0 lotters we want to conceal: The She Il man’s have nothing to conceal. They don’ say anything they are ashamed of, and when they make s mistake they acknowledgo the corn,” e ‘Tar fallure of Mrs, Howe’s Boston bank, and her subsequent journey to Canada, while it gave staid old Boston ight sensation nll has again settied down, and the women who have given Mre. Howe some 830,000 of their earnings are hopelessly waiting for tle shrewd woman to settle up, The tact that Mrs. Howe, in 187 ran a bank In Boston, suddenly disappeared with & larges bundlo of “boodle™ as it is now termed, and for her crime remained 3 years in jmil, was caution enough to the lato depositors, But Mrs. Howe claimed th\t she had reformed, and opened up another woman's bank. Its avowed principle being the reception of de posittunds trom poor females and the women of Boston who have been 1aken in, will proh ably be more cautious when she returns from Canada, !o umlmk nnln. BU\I) Y (.OSBIP- Scelng a statement_from the Omaha B ®oing the rounds of tho press as to the mean- ing of the name “Omaha” and its origin writes Clark Irvine, of the Holt County (Mo.) Press—allow me to contribute my share towards settling the question. Early in 1850 [ was quite intimate with some of the tribe of Omahas. There were several half breeds, together with Henry Fontenolle, all very well educated men, and we often passed a day or two In company. Kontenelle's father was the chief of the Omaha tribe. One afternoon we were out atthe town site of Fontenelle, lounging the hours away. 1 was making some inquiries as to the origin and meaningof some Indian words. Itoccurred to me that here was the opportunity to find out the meaning of Omaha,as already 1 haa heard among whites several definitions. Thero were five young men of the tribe with me, and all were well educated ana some very intelligent. 1 asked the drigin and meaning of the name Omaha. Young KFontenelle, without any hesitation, said,“Omaha means, ‘against the current.’” He continued, “A great many years agoa large tribe was located down the Missouri river. It became too large and it was agreed to divide., Those who went Nemaha, (or iemaha,) or ‘with the current’ were one portion, and those who went Omaha were our pmi” e turned around and asked the others if that was their understanding and they all agreed. The word “Nemaha” (or Gemaha) was said to be the opposite of Omaha, I re- marked that [ had heard old Iron Legs, a white man who had been ralsed among the Indians. and who got his name by reason ot araca he ran fromup the Platte down to the Missouri, and who lived at Fort Calhoun when it was occupied as a fort—the orizinal Couneil Bluffs—say that the word meant “‘earth workers,” but they laughed at and re- pudiated the statement. Iron Legs settled down in Missouri, became a wealthy planter, and I happened, one day in '56, to be wan- dering around the old fort grounds, when a white man with a few negroes came driving through the high grassa lot of cattle. ‘The white man accosted me, asking the name of the place. I told him it was Fort Calhoun. He sprang from his horse, yelling, screaming and j umping up and down. “By G—, 1 thought 1 knew it, man! 1 was here, lived here years ago. lam Iron Lezs, who ran from the Platte.” [ never saw anyone so delighted as he. **But where Is the river— it used to run against the bluffs here?” I ex- plained that it suddenly disappeared. We had quite a long talk. The blacks were his slaves and be was going with cattle up to some agency to supply it. We nearly got Into a quarrel about his siaves. He belonged n Clay county, Mo., I believe he said and [ think ¢his name was Daugherty —Colonel Daugherty—or some such name. [N looking overhis colloction of souvenirs recently, the editor of the Bre found a very interesting New Year's calling eard. [t was triangular in shape and had written upon it the names of Win. B. Strong, Chicao; H. C. Nutt, Council Bluffs; and 8. H. H. Clark, Omaha, The date was Jan. 1st, 18i4. At that time Mr. Strong held s subordinate posi- tion wlith the Chicagzo, Burlington & Quincy railroad, at Council Bluffs; Mr. Nutt, who inad been for many years connected with the ferry company, was still engaged to a limited extent in the steamboat business; and Mr. Clark was a division superintendent of the Union Paclfic. “These men hava all pros- vered and have steadily advanced since those days. Mr. Strong is now the president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe raliway; the president of the Atlantic & nd Mr. Clark, who was for several years general manager of the Union Paclfic, 1sonce more Jay Gould’s trusted lieutenant, his present position being vice president and general manager of the Missouri Pacific, ALMOST from the very day that Licuten- ant Powell arrived in Omaha he talked and acted straneely, so much so that some close observers remarked that the man was men- tally off his balance, He certainly sald and did things which no really sane man would have #ald or done. HLis illness and death in Washington corroborated the belief In Omaha that he was insane. Lieutenant Powell was really a bright and talented young man, and had made a good record prior to his coming to Omaha. We say this much, advisedly, and in order to remove some wrong impressions concerning the un-~ fortunate ofticer. General Greely recently wrote to the edltor of the Bei rezarding Lieutenant Powell, of whom he spoke in the highest terins. Among other things he sdid that therelatives of Lleutenant Powell pro- posed to pay every cent of his indebtedness. ‘I'his will interest quitea nunber of Omaha creditors. * Lieutenant Powell, after reaching Wash. Ington, never regained consciousness. He was a native of the District of Columbia. In April, 1573, he entered the signal service, and was promoted to be sec- ond lieutenant on November 1, 1579, He was third on the list of second lieutenants, ac- cording te sénfority, and had acquired an en- viable reputation for the reliability of his weather indications, a work for which he evinced especial aptitudo. s record in this branch of the service excelled thatof any other ofticer. He accompanled Lieutenant Ray on the latter's expedition to Point Barron in 1582, and published a series of 1n- teresting letters from the arctic regioms. When Greely's party returned from the north Lieutenant Powell accompanied Gen- eral Hazen to Portsmouth, N. H., and had personal charge of the arrangements for tho reception of the survivors, ‘Tue proposed New Y ork Life Insurance company’s building will prove a big thing for Omaha. It willbea ten-story fire-proof structure, and will cost In the vicinity of $500,000. The plans have been drawn and work will be commenced at once. The ¢ edit for securing this great improvement fo* O inaha belongs to Mr. C.'I. Taylor, the company’s general western agent. Thecom- pany, under the laws of New York, is not permitted to loan meuoi but s allowed to erect its own office buildings. It is thereforo utting up handsome and substantial bulld- 1 large cities. In looking over cities some nionths ago concluded fo invest in sas City, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and -klp Omaha. When Mr. Taylor learned tuls fact he at once set about to convince the company of its error in overlooking Omaha. ile pre- sented facts and I\(uro« showing its populn- tion, -h.dy filo\'l ts !mprovenunu. snd If i tho'o:mu:y fll:‘"'n:‘:s ceeded In Inducing build in Omlh: if suitable grouna wuld be red at mnohln Mr. Tayloe sacul I-.r. ' lce, .P.' H, llhrd viewed g lh