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

e I I T ——————— A GNP AT NS T 1 s P e % . 1177 0 0 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERNS OF ny (Morniag Bai _e, One Y oar 'or Bix Moriths N . * Three Months foree The Umaha Sunday Ber, mailed to any address, One Yoar. .. e NO. 014 AND 916 FARNAM STREFY. ROoM #8, TRIBUNE B NO. 513 F All communications reluting to news and e torial matter should be adiressed 1o tho Kui- TOR OF THE Dk, BURINESS LRTTERS? All bueiness letters addressed 1o Tu i OMANA. Drafts, chocks postofiice orders 0 be miade payabie to the order of the compuny, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAYY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWA'I Ep110 THE DAILY BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation, State of Nevraska, | o County of Douzlas. | Geo. B. 'Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending April 22, 1857, was as follows: Saturday, April 16 Sunday, Avril Monday, April 13 . Tuesday, Avril 19 Wednesday, April 30 ‘Thursday, April 21 Friday, April 22... Average. . 8. Tzscuvek. « Subseribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of April, 1557, N, P’ Frir. [SEAL.] Notary Public. . Tzschuck, being tirst duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual averago daily circulation of the Dally Bea for the month of April, 18, i for May, 135, 12,439 copies; for 12.208 copies: for July, 1535, 12, for August. 1558, 12,464 copies: for ber, 185, 18,030 copies; for October, 12,08 copies: for November, copies; for December, 1855, 13, January, 1857, 16,206 copies: for February. 1887, 14,195 coples; for March, 1887, 14,400 coples. 14 copies: Geo. B. Tzscnuck. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, A. D, 1857, SEAL| '~ N.T. FEiv, Notary Public OQur democratic polly wants a whole cracker factory. MONSIEUR GARNEAU is an elegant young man but he is altogether too too for common people. GROVER CLEVELAND Keeps Mr. Lamont busy explaining his posit The scere- tary’'s name should be changed from Daniel to Denial Lamont. A CmcAGo alderman the other day slugged Health lnspector Sweeny of that eity. The dignity of the aldermanic chair st be sustained in the City of Hams. TaE idea should not be forgotten that mnatural gas might be discovered in Ne- braska. The vaporings of the fossil who «declures there is no use to prospect should a0t be heeded. —— A MorMoN elder with three wives and eight children was arrested at Chicago, ‘on Sunday, and held under bigamy pro- ceedings. A man so sorely afilicted should not have been molested. OMARA'S German-American Demo- crats are wild with delight over Gar- meau’s candidacy for mayor. He sings the Wacht am Rhine with a perfect Pa- risian accent. Hurrah for Monsieur Crapaud. Tae average condition of winter wheat in the west and northwest is estunated as falling below that of last year. The out- look for the crop of spring wheat and corn is very favorable. All indications up to this time for a bountiful crop are flattering. : THE “‘American party’’ 18 now strug- gling for resoguition. The few dissatis- fied people composing the new organiza- tlon insist that it is the ‘‘coming’’ party. It could with propriety be suggested in this connection that the millenium is also “‘coming.” Tae New York Tribune waxes warm and says indignantly: ‘“Hill in the gov- ernor's chair, Jones in the Lieutenant- goverror's chair—what a precious com- bination of pea-nut statesmanship,” Yet the Tribune must remember that Hill has & boom and Jones, ‘he pays the freight."” IN accordance with the special direc- tions of the last congress, Carroll D. ‘Wright, chief of the bureau of labor sta- tistics, has gone to Boston to begin the work of collecting statistics as to mar- riage and divorce in the United States. Chicago would have been the proper place to commence this gigantic task. BECAUSE & common carrier has grown to be acommon fraud, the inter-state * eommission must not be hoodwinked. The reckless and unfounded utterances of subsidized and subservient newspapers _ must notbe allowed to mislead. The spirit - of the inter-state law, fairly interpreted, offers only protection to the people, and in no way undertakes to infringe upon the legal rights of railronds. E——————— Tue inter-state commission has gone south and begin 1ts investigation of the southern roads in reference to the long and short haul section. The com- mission should do more investigating and less suspending. The people want an honest trial of the law. The railway companies who employ expert clerks to mystify, will doubtless convince the com- mission in its southern investigations that the law should be entirely supended. — ‘Tne development of destructive en- pes of war goes on. The latest an- cement from this field of invention is bax: of a rapid firing machine gun which roduct of the joint labors of Lieu- *‘)ugp and Schroeder, of the - x gun is adapted to both field \arvice, and some extravagant aafinade forit. One is that it is ly that there fthousand bullets in the air at R point blank or a shghtly ele- jectory. Its most important ad- over other approved guns is in gMsed weight as compared with equal tructiveness, so that it can be hanaled "~ writh greater facility. The improvement vt . _ 80 impressed the army ordnance bureau * that aspecial board has been designated | 0 proseoute elaborate experiments with ~ $he new projectile, and tho world will ubtless soon have further interesting regarding the Duggs-Schroe- dor gua. . A Judicial Outrage. The discharge of O. H. Rothacker, who wag under bonds in the police court for felonions assault, 18 pronounced on all hands a judicial outrage. The fact that the assailant struck a murderous blow with a slung-shot was established by his own admission. The deadly weapon, duly identified by the witness who took it from Rothacker, was laid before the court, No testimony whatever was pro- duced (o justify Rothacker's brutal as- sault. The proof was conclusive that he struck the blow with murder- ous intent, under the cowardly pre- tense that he imagined himself in danger | of his own life, when in fact he saw that his victim unarmed and defense- less. To sirike a man on the head wilfully and deliberately with o deadly weapon, such as the slung-shot 13 known to be, 15 proof of murderous intent. Because that blow did not maim or kill, Judge Sten- berg has discharged the prisoner under the plea that, in his opinion, the intent of Rothacker to kill was not established, and therefore he should go free. lnas- much as that court had no jurisdiction over folonies, the judge's plain duty was to bind Rethacker over for the higher courts, which must finally determine the case, This, however, is not the first judici outrage perpetrated by that court. citizens of Omaha will soon be relieved of Judge Stenberg. His term of office is drawing near its close, and it is not likely that the people will ever honor him again with any oflice. — The Democrati licket. The democrats have nominated a ticket which is eminently respectabie but decidedly we: Their candidate for mayor, Mr. Garnean, is a bright young man with a good deal of dash but no ex- perience in public life. The only time he has been before our citizel A can- didate, was last spring when he failed to defeat Bechel for the council. Mr. Shroeder, their candidate for urer, is more popular than Mr, rneau and fully qualified for the posi- tion, but he 18 running aguainst heavy odds. John Rush alw. has been elected by very large majoritics. Mr. Reed, as the competitor of Judge Berka, is at a disadvantage. A candi- date for police judge who has scarcely been known to practice law and never has filled any judicial position, can hardly hope to succeed. Charles Goodrich for comptroller will be a hard man to beat. He is popular with all classes and has made a good rec- ord as councilman. [t remuins to be seen, however, whether the citizens of Omaha will set Mr. Long adnft, in view was tr of his faithful services. Of the democratic candidates for the council, we can ouly say that they repre- sent all the elements—good, bad and in- different. Reform in Klection Methods. The very general tendency toward im- provement in election methods, with the object of preserving the purity of elec- tions and guarding against the abuses of the elective franchise, is a fact in which all good @itizens will find cause of grati- tication. It evidences a wide: ular awakening on this very vital which has been far too slow; and tains the promise also that the fears of those who regard the abuse of the elec- tive frunchise as the most serious menace to American institutions will not be re- alized. How grave these have been, and in some quarters cortinue to be, is a fa- miliar fact. How much wrong and in- justice, political demoralization, and evil and corruptlegislation they have caused, is an unwritten record, the magnitude of which can only be imagined. It is reas- suring to find that there is n strong pub- lic sentiment demanding a correction of these abuses, and that the movement to that end is making progress. ‘Three noteworthy examples of this are at hand. In Wisconsin a new clection Jaw will go into effect June 1, which, if properly enforced, will do away with some of the most pernicious and corrupt- g influences about the polls. In Dela- ware the most important act of the lust legislature was the passage of a registru tion law based on the New York model. In the Michigan legislature a bill is pend- ing which vprovides for some radical reforms in the election methods and machinery of that state. ‘Lhe measure is 80 much in advance of, or a departure from, the election laws of the other states with respect to some of ita features, that it will be interesting to note what these features are. The most important provi- sion is that which requires that all ballots voted at any election in the state, held in any incorporated city containing over 10,000 inhabitants, shall be printed by the state. The ballots are to be of three different colors—white, red and blue. The whitc are to be used in voting for constitutional amendments, presidential elections, and state oflices; the red for legislative candidates and city and ward oftices; and the blue for congressional can- didates, circuit and probate judges, sheriff and other county oflicers. The printing of these ballots is entrusted re- spectively to the secretary of state, the city clerk and the county clerk, and to be vaid for froin the state, city and county treasuries. The buallots must be of uni- form size, with the name of state, county, city or ward printed at the top. A person nominated for any oflice by an assembly, gathering or convention of aualified voters can have his name placed on the ballots by presenting to the offi- in charge of the printing a certificate of his nomination. This must be done thirty days before election by a candi- date for a state oflice, twenty days before by & candidate for a county office, and ten days before by a candidate for a city office, and accom- panied by a fee respectively of $30, $25 and $10. The torm of the baliot must give the title of the office, the candidate's name, and his politics. Several penal- ties are provided for the failure of those charged with the printing of the ballots to perform their duties as preseribed. The election districts are to contain not more than 500 voters, and at each polling place boxes shall be provided for voting, as muny in number as the kinds of ballote, and corresponding 1n color to the ballots, The voter is to be supplied with a ballot by an inspector of election, marked with the initials of the inspector. The voter may then retire to a compart- ment provided, where he will be free from observation, and indicate by a cross in the margin of the ballot the candidate for each office for whom he wishes to vote. The ballot 1s then to be foldea so a8 the nonceal its face aud expose the in- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27. 1887. Is of the inspector, and returned to that official, who shall place it in the proper box. No one except the election officers and policemen are allowed to re- main in the voting room, and the number | that cun be admitted at one time is lin- ited. Bullots can only be distributed in | the voting room, and no ballot can be de- posited without the inspector’s initials. Any attempt to influence a voter in the voting room or after he hasobtained pos- session of a ballot is made unlawful, with heayy penalties. It would not be [difficult to voint out one or more features of this measure that arc unnecessary, if not especially objec- tionable, and others that are of question- able wisdom, but in the main it doubtless would be found a very great improve ment upon the present election methods in Michigan and in most of the other states. At all events, it is interesting as an indication of progress on this execed- ingly important subject. — Responsibility of Officials, ‘The railroad commissioners of Massa- chusetts have placed the entire responsi bility for the calamity of a few weeks ago at Rosindale, on the Boston & Prov- Iroad, upon the ollicers of the vl No other conclusion could be reconciled with the plain facts of the case, but it is gratifying to tind commis- sioners who make no attempt to cvade the facts or nntigate their force, and can render an unqualified verdict agai reck indiflerence of a corpo the public safety. The commissioners fina that the breaking of the bridge was due to the weakness of the structure, wheih had become so worn out as to be Able of bearing the weight of the nd not to derailment or any other and unavailable canse, ns the ailroad officials elaimed, doubtless with a full knowledge that there was not the least foundation for such preten. These oflicials had known for a long time that the bridge was in an unsafe condition. Their at- attention en called to 1z spoken to engineer within a week before the disaster, but 1t would cost a considerable sum of money to re- place the worn-out structure, and per- haps some annoyance and delay to the business of the road, and these consider- ations outweighed the question of the public safety. The penalty of this neg- lect was one of the most terrible ealami- ties of the year, Tne report of the com- missioners isin line with fair and un- prejudiced public judgment. It m: a severe indictment against the officers of therailroad. Thus far the popular sense of justice is satisfied. But must justice stop at this? If thero was ever a case de- manding severe exemplary punishment this is one, and the people of Massachu- setts will be faithless to themselves if they fail to invoke whatever law may ex- ist for punishing these railroad offieials as they deserve to be. Anxious Farmers. Among the interests which are watch- ing with very keen interest the operation of the inter-state commerce law are the farmers of New Eogland. These people feel that their future welfare largely de- pends upon the maintenance of high rates for the shipment of western agri- cultural products, aud they are said to be greatly concerned respecting the pos- sible action of the commission upon the western petitions asking & suspension of tie long and short haul clause. The sit- uation of the New gland farmer, as presented by the Springfield Republican, 18 certertainly not an enviable one. That paper says that agriculture as a fairly profitable industry has come to be prac- tically unknown in a great many see- tions of New England. Down to 1860 the business flourished, reached its culmina- tion at the close of the war, and has been runningdown hili ever since. A major- ity of farmers are gaining little more than & plain livelihood, farming property generally has greatly depreciated, and deserted or mortgaged farms, especially in the hill towns, are getting to be the rule rather than the excoption. Tho blight extends even to the richer river valleys. ‘This statement of the situation is in pretty strong contrast to one we read some time ago from a New England statesman, who drew a very pleasing picture of the comfortable life of most farmers of that section, and said nice things of the neat farm houses, the well kept fields, and the evidences of thrift and happiness he had scep. But we are more disposed to give credence to the statement of the newspaper than to that of the statesman, and heunce do not doubt that the position of the average New Eng- land farmer is not a desirable one. ‘The Republican attributes this state of affalrs chiefly to *‘burdensome taxation imposed by a high protective tariff and inability to compete with western prod- ucts brought into our markets by these low through freight rates.” Long haul rates have given the west command of the markets of the east for grain, dressed meats, provisions and wool, driving out the eastern producers of these commoli- ties. The inter-state commerce if the long and short haul clause s rigidly enforced, the New England farmers be lieve will give them relief and a fair chance, and they are watching the com- mission with great solicitude, It might be agreeable to olfer these anxious azri- culturists some hope, but apart from any consideration as to the wisdom or expedi- ency of favorably regarding western petitions for the suspension of the long and short haul, it is obvious that the question should not be determined with reference to the eflect for or against the interests of the New England farmers The ebject of the 1aw 18 to guard and con- serve the general welfare, and not to promote any special interest or especially benellt any particular loeality. For thi reason we suspect the attitude and argu- ments of the farmers of New England will not have tho desired weignt with the commission, Mr, Broatch and Temperance, Mr. Broatch has been advertised by the democratic organ as a rank prohibition- ist and fanatic. This was to have been expected. The same charge would have been made had the republicans nominated A. L. Strang, Fred Grey or Mr. Fried, Mr. Broateh i$ no more a prohibitionist than any of the candidates of eitlrer party who have pbeen prominently mentioned in connection with the mayoralty. The fact that Mr, Broatch does not sport a bay window or a ruby nose does not necessarily make himn a prohibitionist. Mr. Broatch has a- record on the temper- ance issue which shows axactly how far the restrictions of raflic. He was a he is willing to e i the evils of the liqu member of the lgfid@ture in 1881 when high license and proffibition were pitted agamnst each othgr. "Mr. Broatch both spoke and voted agaipst prohibition, and is on record in favor of the high license law which is now in the statutes. ‘The fact that Mr. Broatch was at one time & member of the Law and Order League doesn't make kim a fanatic. It simply shows that he, in common with some of our very best citizens,was identi- fied 1 an eflort to break up the low dives and dens which ca¥ried on their lawless- ness with a high hand. The editor of the Bek, who has never been classed with prohibitionists and fanatics, was identified with that moyement, So was James Creighton and other prominent democrats. The outcome of that move- ment was the closing of the Buckingham low variety dive, and other resorts that harbored crooks and entertained slug- gers and foot pads, ‘I'here is nodoubt that Mr. Broateh will have arrayed against him all the outlaw elements, but that is to his credit, and should not deprive him of the support of liberal minded and law-abiding citizens of any class or nationality. A Mistake A mistaken notion prevai ward is entitled to one councilman at large, and that the candidates nominated at large are designated as councilman from the First, Second, Third ward, ete. A councilmun at large is votin any sense award representative except as his prop erty interests may attach to the ward. ‘The object of making one-half of the city council elective by all the voters of the city is to get representative men, rdless of where they may reside. The councilmen at ge may all live in the sume ward if the majority of the voters of Omaha consider it to their interest. Itis, of course, desirable that the representation in the council 1l be properly distributed all over the city, but it is not obligatory for the conventions to nominate or for voters to elect men from each ward. On the contrary thema in ob- ject of the Inw is to do away with mere ward representation, which often rele- gates the candic to the choice of ward bummers ‘THERE has been a great deal of fault found by the contractors for street sweep- ing because the police have insisted that they shall sprinkic the streets before sweeping them. In New York city 300 men were arrested by the police last week for sweeping dust into the streets. The New York police resorted to a little strategy in making these arrests. The night platoon which came off’ duty at day break was ordered to change its uni form for plain clothes, and the disgnised policemen, marching down in abody, ar- rested the street Sweopers, who were fined from $2 to $5 wpicce, with & notice from the judge that; the, second offence would be followed with imprisonment. Inasmuch as the Omaha contractor for street cleaning is rfequired to sprinkle the streets before the sweeping machines run over them, he should either be made to fulfill his contract, or the council s hould annul it Stovx Crry, lowa, vcontinues topsy- turvy. Afier the #aloons: had been closed, “jugs” and “joints,” where small quantities of poor liquor could be pro- cured, were plenty throughout the city. The oflicials raided the places Monday, arresting a large number of the venders of the vile. Each man was fined $25, which was immediately paid out of the profits on the sales the preceding day. Nebraska does not londly boast of her laws, yet we imagine that the Slocumb high license law is infinitely better than the so-called prohibition statute of lowa. WEe are notilied by Mr. McShane's cditor that the Bek cannot drag him down into the slums of journalism. We cannot drag & man into the slums when he went there on hisown free will, and remains there all the time. Mz BLAINE has left Chieago. He goes direet to his Augusta home, where he remains until his departure for Europe in June. Crossing the Atlantie, at least, Mr. Blaine will escape the daily inter- viewer M. Bovp wrote a letter declining the nommation. There is no doubt of that, But he kevt it in his pocket ready to pub- lish in case he was nominated—or to burn it if he gets there by acclamation. —_—e ALL the city gas companies of Chicago are now consolidated. Gas will be manu- factured more cheaply by the new com- pany, bat the question i, Will not such a great monopoly charge higher prices. ‘'ne sale of the county poor farm takes place to-morrow. ‘This s one of the best opportunities for safe real estate invest- ments ever offered in Omah; It is rather remarkable after all ti out of the six hundred real estate agents in Omaha, not one of them was a candi- date for muy o organize the liquor dealers against the republican candidate for wmayor is liable to prove a boo merang. 1 OMEN. SOME NOTE b 452 Lucy Stone is small i color, and motherly in_ gis women find her a fast [uie! companion. Mrs, Frances rotund, with round Englishdtype of face and pink and white m.u.pl:;loug Her manners tature, fresh in ition, Young and charming nn.lgn& urnett is short, are youthiful in the extr§me. Kate Field excels s emanship, of which exercise she is paSsiomately fond. She makes a fine figure on Morsedack. She pre- fers a chestuut sorrel to dny dther color. Mis. Jenness Miller: tho dress reformer, besides beinga very pretfy WHnan is a strong minded one as well. ~ Sht made several speeches during the campaigi of 1554, in Ben Butler's behalt, Miss Murfree, known to tle reading pub- lic a8 Charles Egbert Craddork, I8 not pretiy or girlish, She has a strong but sweet face and a determined manner. Her chirography is masculine in eharacter, Mrs. Julia Ward ITowe hasonly one dread. She is terrorized by the progect of crossing a crowded stri When shcis In the center of Broadway she is as helpess as the weak- est-minded sister in the worll. Mrs. Josephine Redding, ditor of the Art Interchange, of New York,is said to be a brillant newspaper woman and has made a success of her venture. ShiIs young, slight, brown-haired, pretty, any has charming manners. Miss Kute Gordon, of St. Paul, who s now in Europe, Is sald to be the most beautiful woman in the northwest. She has a perfect complexion, wonderful figure, fascinating eyes and the most sympathetle speaking voice imaginable. She has created social furore in Paris and London, and, being very wealthy, has no intention of utiliziug ner triumph on the stage. it His Claim Established. Ithaea. (N. ¥.) Journal, Hill's etatement, “I am a democrat” needs no further corroberation. His last veto was sufticient. PRS- The Need of the Hour. Philadeiphia Press. ‘The Springfield Kepublican calls for an in- ternational tisheries commission, but it will doubtless call in vain, What this country needs is not a commission, but a chief mag- fstrate who has uerve enough to smite the Canadian pirates on their cheeks with & dry salted codfish. P — Carrency of the Country. Phitadely o, ‘The currency of this count: gold, silver and paper, amounts $1,314,608,342, There was never so much be- fore. 1f the nation could keep one-half of it moving we should all be hapyp Dead noney is of no good to any one. 1t is only useful when it assists in the exchange of one thing for another thing. - - For Future Reference, Arapaho Public Mirror. The Omaha Br's analysis of the members of both nouses of the late legislature, should be read by every voter in the state, as it is full of meat and in most cases paints the leg- islator in his true color and according to the record made during the session. The articles are too lengthy for our limited space, but Wwill bo preserved in the Mirrot’s serap book for future reterence. - Not Sound Statesmanship. St. Louis Republican., Governor David B. Hill's veto of the high- license bill is not sound_statesmanship and it does not louk like good politics. Even in New York sound statesmanship and good politics are moro or less identical, as will ap- pear when the people who wanted reason- able regulation of the liquor traflic are heard from further. Some Pertinent Questions, Siowr City Journal. If the railroad corporations can afford to sacrilice millions of dollars to defeat the ef- fort of the peovle to bring them under re- sponsibility th me as other citizens, how many millions is it worth to the people to have tie railioad corporations subjected to law? If the railroad corporations are now taking a course, as they certainly are, invol- ving the loss to them of scores of millions of dollars, for the purpoese of making themselves free from legal responsibility, whom do they expect to reimburse these score of millions of dollars after their object shall have been obtained—whorm but the people? ettt bl oy April to May. Jane Ellis Joy, in St. Nicholas for May, I am speeding away So, my fair daughter' May, The earth will soon be in your keeping, You'll find everything new And In very good form,— In thie air stores of dew, And the winds sottly warm To coax up the crocuses. peeping. You will find the hills green, And in valleys between Wild violets telling the story Ot how I caressed them With sun-waves and shower, And fed them and dressed thewm,— ""Yes every small flower ‘That swiles in’its blue-purple glory. And my dearest child May, 1f you tind things delay— Like buds, wiiich oft linger brown-coated— Do not worry or fret, But wait gently awhile; That a frown never yet Did the work of a Smile Is something [ often have noted. sttt STATE AND TEHR EITOI\Y. Nebraska Jottings Grand Island is rushing work on a four story brick hotel. ‘The gang of hungry thieves now oper- ating in Fremont, broke into a slaugh- ter house Saturday and stole 135 pounds of meat, The United States Investment company of Grand Island, rccently organized, is ready to plaster mortgages on every farm in the country. The militin fever has attacked the youth of Hay Springs, and a company will blossom as soon as the proper au- thority and equipment be had. The prosecution of . L. Puatney, ex- editor of the Oakdale Journal for infanti- cide is in progress at Oukdale. General Cowin, of Omaha, is employed as attor- ney for the defense. A loose-jointed broncho launched a heel at the cheek of a sewing machine agent in Norfoik, missed the mark, and tapped him below the belt. The doctors have slight hopes of strzightening him out. Mrs. Moser, postmistre at Oakdale, has been wrestling with toothache, mumps, measles and whooping cough, and otherwise paying the penalty of holding office under a democratic ad- ministration. The noted Gibson-Westbrook shooting scrape at Ponea last year was ventilated in the district court last weck. James Westbrook was tried, convicted and sen- tenced to two years the penitentiary. Four more cases growing out of the same serape, 2o over to the June term of court. The tax shirkers of Norfolk are being stirred up. About $5,000 o delinquent taxes were placed in- the hands of an at- torney for collection. The same process of compulsory work will be instituted in all the precincts of Madison county and $25,000 or $30,000 placed in the treasury. Perry Booram collared a stray horse in Hamilton county g was himselt col- lared in Hall connty while trying to di pose of the animal for cash. evidently a kid at the busine only nteen years of age A se in the pen will tend to curb his ambi tion. The police of Lincoln, under the dem- ocratic dispensation, give promise of b coming wodels ot sobriety and propricty. They have been ordered to swear off aud sign the pledge, but a special indulgence was granted on “bock beer” day and thoroughly enjoyed. “‘One of the finest™ was heard to exelaim, Monday morning: “Jay Gould’s overcoat wouldn't make a I was so full.” lowa Items, The state treasury contains $677,037.17 in cash and securities, The banks of Burlington show deposits to the amount ot §2,200,00. It is the intention to have the insane hospital at Clariuda ready for oceupuney by October 1. Mr. Ashford, of Lehigh, whose pension claim has been filed for sixteen ye; lust week received $1,000 back pension, The city council of Cedur Rapids have ded to pave the city's str ve ordered a2-mill tax to me cost of paving street intersections and alleys. The following cross-roads sign is posted near Britt: “Notis. Yew kant go crostthis field ef yew du yule git sude. P."* Just below and dated two days the following: “‘Eny man't sez | kant drive crost here'’s a durn fool, fur 1 tried it. Truly Pete.” Gov, Lurrabee has appointed C. A W eaver as commissioner of pharmacy on the state board to succeed W. E. Craw- ford, whose term has expired and who declined reappointment. Mr. Weaver has been secretary of the board ever since its creation. On May 1 the poor of Dayenport will be obliged to hustle for themselves, as the board of supervisors of Scott count, will thereafter refuse to furnish rent and supplies without a new examination and application, The poor of the city cost the county $8,178 last year. Mr. Melchior Werner, of Dubuque, on the 23d nst. celebrated his ninety-fourth Lirthday, Mr. Werner is a native ef Baden, Germany, a survivor of Napo leon's army. He was in the fatal expe- dition to Moscow from which but twenty five of the 2,000 members of the regunent to which he belonged returned alive, the majority of the others having been frozen or starved. He was also at Leipsic and Waterloo. Wyoming. The Ancient Order of United Workmen will build & $30,000 temple in Laramie. Rich and valuable coal mines have re- cently been discovered on_the Glafcke ranch near South Bend on Horse creck, and twenty-eight miles from Cheyenne. T, 8. Ferguson and wife, of Laramie, closed a season of two months' married Ife with a quarrel, during which they both toyed with reyolyvers, and the wife shot herself. This is Ferguson's account, butthe fact that the bullet penetrated the abdomen tends to show that he 1s too haundy with his gun. The wound is not fatal. Cheyenne is trying to work up a boom as o summer resort. The pure dry air of the town is said to have a wonderful effect on invalids. Undoubtedly. When the air is in motion, however, power- tul gay. Only last Thursday oved about with such foree ‘‘that” it was with extreme difficulty that the few pedes- trians who were abroad could make their way from one point to another, and it was absolutely unsafe for a person to venture yery tar from shelter, as there was danger of becoming confused and bewildered to such an extent that serious and even fatal results would follow. The wind roured and howled so fiercely that in some of the blocks near the business center of the city persons talking in an :.;l'mnnry tone of voice could not be eard."” The first trial in Wyoming under the new Edmunds law occurred at Evanston a few days ago. An old Mormon hving at Almy, who had three wives, had been indicted’ by the grand jury, but he wig- gled out of the thing in fine styie. e swore that when the law was passed he had a council of war, which was at- tended by his several Ives and their children.” There was Jane, o whom he had been lord and master for twenty A Sarah, whom he had taken bosom eleven years ago; and Amelia who had been closed in his embrace ml]_r seven summers before. He told his family of the new law and said that he wanted to be a good citizen of the government, and so in future would hold fast to only one of his dear wives, and naturally that would be Amelia, The others told him this would suit them perfectly providing he pre- }mn-d for their temporal wants, and as he had an abundance of this world's goods he did this. ot T Ty THE DEMOCRATIC CHOICE. The Kesult of the Democratic City Convontion Yesterday. The democratic city convention met at 2:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the city hall. Chairman Conoyer, of the cen- tral committee, called the convention to order. Upon motion of Pat Ford, Thom as J. Duiley was selected as tem- porary chairman and George F. Hines was chosen as secretary. The following gentlemen were ap- pointed as a committee on credentials: Julius Meyer, Thomas Lowrnfi B, P. artin, Truman Buck, Wilham Nightin- gale, B. McGuire, Cy Morton, John Mor- s, William Dwyer. A recess of ten minutes was taken. The committee on credentials reported the nceredited delegates, The tempcrary organization was made permanent. Upon motion of Frank Morrissey, the convention proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for mayor, the rule bein, established that the chairman of each ward dclegation should announce the vote of the ward. C. S. Montgomery, arising to place a candidate in nomination, referred to the republican convention as a ‘‘cat and monkey'’ time, and said there was consid- erable dissatisfaction among the_republi- caus. Henominated Joseph Garneau, ir. William Anderson nominated James G. Boyd. Mr, Boyd’s nomination was greeted with enthusiasm, Mr. Coggeshall inquired 1f Mr. Boyd would accept. Mr, Anderson—"He will. for him.”’ A protracted discussion arose over the method of nomination and a number of motions and smendments were made, all of which were finally ruled out of order and a motion to proceed to an informal ballot was carricd, ThuJ\rinclpul dis- cussion was upon the adoption of a motion by Mr. Morton to “R:pmm a com- mittee of three to wait on Mr. Boyd and ascertain whether he would accept. This was antagonized by Messrs. Brown, Montgouery and othors, and tinally withdrawn, Messrs. Morrissey and Coggeshall were appointed tellers. The ballot re- sulted: James G. Boyd— 48. Joseph Garneaux, Jr.—15. When the result was announced there was an attempt at enthusiasm and Mr, Morrissey moved tie appointment of a committée of three to wait upon Mr. Boyd and ascertain whether he would accept. This was antagonized by Messrs. Montgomery, Brown and others. During the talking there was a stir at the door and the crowd in the lobby made way for a gentleman whose arrival had caused the commo- tion. As he took off nis hat and ad- d the convention broke into cheers, Mr. Boyd. He had sonicely timed rival that he was able to accom- plish exactly what he had been figuring after—create enthusiasm and secure an endorsement of his administration He was quite pale as he mounted the rostrum, but was composed in the delivery of his remarks and evidently had carefully pre- pared himself. After the chairman had informed him of what the convention had done, Mr. Boyd said : r. President and Gentlemen of the ention : To receive the nomination for mayor of Omaha would be a very great honor under certain circumsta would be most grateful to me. There have been a great many inquiries ad- dressed to me concerning my acceptance of a renomination for the mayoralty. There have bheen good reasons why [ have thought it_proper to not give a de- finite reply. There are some reasons why I should like to again be mayor of Oniaha, but there are 100 more reasons why I caunot. The people of this city ] the eredit of having im- partially discharged my duties, have certainly endeavored to do so. 1 would like to accept the momination because I believe 1 could be elected. Also be- cause I believe the next council will be democeratie, and in the next two years | could remove incompetent and dishonest officials, which I have been unable to do in the past.’ " “Then the speaker became reminicient and told how he was nominated in 1851 on the earnest application of a committee of citizens of whom the editor of the Bee was one, how he had declined renomin tion, and how in 1884 he had again ac- cepted. He olaimed that he had always been the friend of labor and laborin, men, and asserted that he had afforde equal protection to all eitizens. He con- cluded: ‘‘For the last two years, at great personal sacrifice, 1 haye assumed the duties of the oftice. Pecuniarily, it has been a disadvantage to me. Whatever honor there is to the office I have ea- I will vouch Cony joyed it for four years, I8 satistied. In~ vacating leave the city free of indebtedness and on the best tinancial footing of any city Now, gentlemen, let say that never for a moment have I been urdecided concerning this nomination No inducement could lead me to again nssume the duties of the mayoralty with its burde { its annoyances, I must positively mly decline to be your eandidat Mr. Morrisy moved that Joseph Gar- neau, Jr., be nominatee by acelamation. The motion prevailed, Mr. Garneau was cailed for but failed to materialize. Louis Schroeder was nominated for treasurer by Juling Meyer and his nomi- nation was made by acclamation. Mr. Schroeder was called forward. He said 1'm going to rustle from now untii elec- tion time. 1f I dou't get there my name will be Dennis Mr. C. 8. Goodrich was nominated for comptroller by acclamation. A. C. Reed was nominated from the l-:ifilnn ward for police ‘i“df"‘ hilip Andres was nominate from tho Second ward. James E. English wasalso nominated but his name was subsequently with- qrawn, On the informal ballot Andres received 86 votes and Reed 27 votes, Some delegate objected to Mr. Read's candidacy, stating that ne had been placed in" nomination by a gentleman who was not a delegate. = Pat Ford re- jomed to this that, although he wns unaware of the fact that Mr.” Read had n irregularly nominated, he could sny that lre would have nominated him, Heo wanted to see a straight democrat nom- inated. There were & good many demo- crats present who wouldn’t vote for An dres. They wanted straight goods and not a Rosewater henchman, ‘T'he formal ballot was then taken and resulted: Read, 35; Andres, 28. Councilmen-at-large were nomi as follows: “irst Ward--William Knebe. defeating William Allison and Willam Tracey. Second Ward—Carles L. Van Camp, der feating Ed Wittig. Third Ward—Adam Schn, Fourth Ward--W, A, L. “ifth Ward—Thomas Dail Sixth Ward—M. T, Murphy. Seventh Ward—John F. Boyd. Eighth Ward—Jeff Bedford. Ninth ward—D. C. Sutphen. Frank Morrissey submitted a resolu- tion endorsing the administration of Mayor Boyd and Treasurer 1lruman Buck. It was adopted. The following new central committee was elected: First _ward—P. Desmond, Thomas Casey, Wm. smuhlmgv Scesond ward—! . Hines, James Flannery, Charles Kammerer. Third ward—P. Ford, A. Pansh, IL Utoff. Fourth ward—Truman Buck, J. J. O'Connor, Frank R. Morrissey. Fifth ward—James Douglas, Henry Osthoff, B. McGian. T. Murpby, Wm. and my ambition the oftice | ated rider. bbon, Sixth ward--M. Nightengale A. G. Benecke. Seventh ward—J. J. Mahoney, C. Daniels, T. A. McGeath. Eighth ward—W. M. Gardiner, Ed. ward Gurske, John 8. Brady. The committee then adjourned. The Central Committee. The democratic central committee met after the convention adjourned and ors ganized by electing Charles Connoyer, chairman;” G. T. Hines, secretary; Trus man Buck, treasurer. WHAT'S IN A NAME? The Question Now Between J. H. F. Lehman and the Turn-Verein. The case of John H. F. Lehman against the management of the German association, came up Monday afternoon in the district court before Judge Neville. Judge Savage appeared for Mr. Lehman, and Mr. Clarkson for the associatiods Mr. Louis Heimrod, vresident of the Turn-verein, was present, This action was begun about eight months ago, and was occasioned by the change in the mane« agement of the German-American schoo} on Hurney street. This bailding was erected by the German association,mded by subscriptions from leading citizens and financial institutions of Omaha, In the pe tition filed by Mr. Lehman, it ape pears that the primary object of the ase sociation was sociability, the erection of a muasium, an the establishment of a school. Al these things were secured. Finally, the management of the building and the affairs of the society were transferred 1o the Omaha Turn-verein, and thename changed to the Iatter. is was done at a mecting of the association in June last, after all the members had for several weeks been notified of the proe posed desire to amend the constitution, Mr. Lehman was one of the members of the association. He had contributed to the erection of the building and when the name of the society was changed, sought an injunction to restrain the association from further ncfln;‘ in the disposal of property, until the matter could adjusted by the courts, In the argu- ments yesterday Judge Savage con- tended that the vote making the change was not l“fi“]‘ and that no orgsnization under the law could radically alter the object for which it was created, such, foe stance as a railroad company changing to a banking institution or a hotel going into the wholesale liquor business. He claimed this is what was being done by the present management of the associas tion—originally intended for an educa- tional a: ation, "it was degenerating into an athletic society. It was further alleged that the management in leasing the rooms on the second story to th Deutscher club had acted without wal rant. Mr. Clarkson showed that education was only one of the objects of the asso- ciation, that sociability was the governe ing idea, and the present management, in leasing some rooms to the Deutscher club, which was a social organization, was carrying out that idea to the letter. 1t was also looking well after the gyme nasium, and the school was never better managed than at present, there be three teachers and a treasury of $1, The leasing of the second floor wasa source of revenue, while, if more school Toom were required, it could be had on the first floor. The object of the change in name was not to transform the affair into a turner society, but, while keeping up the objects of the eciety as at present, to have a name which would express the objects and enable the association to join the Turner association of North America. Besides, it would do away with the mis- understanding which now arises because of the two societies. Judge Nuville, however, granted a temporary injunction, feeling that the yote on the change had not been entirely formal. The question will next come up upon the nght of the organization to change its name. e i—— A Youthful Colored Bride. G. W. Chivis, the colored letter carrier of this city, is to be married on next Thursday. His expectant bride is Miss Mattie Johnson, residing at 935 North T wenty-fifth street. ‘The groom's court- ship proceeded satisfactorily us did also the marriage arrangements unlil the in+ tending husband announced to the clerk of the court the age of the prlo.uwuuu Mrs Chivis as sixteen years. This was ounger than the law allo and the iconse could not therefore be issued, until Chivis repaired to the home of his love and returned thence with the grand- mother of the latter, who thereupon pube licly gave her consent to the nuptials, The license was granted and Chivis will Bow marcy bis wife, ”