Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1887, Page 4

, 10 1 | | | 'THE DAILY \ 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF AUBSCRIPTION | fly Morniag Edition) Inoludin Bunday ar.. , One Vo o0 ¥o y For Threo Montha 8% The Omaha Swnday Bee, mmlcd 0 any address, Oue Your. .. 200 x Months TRIBONK BOILDING ABA OFPPICE, NO. 014 AND 018 FARNAM STRERY. EW YORK OPFICK. ROOM 515 FOURTEEN (il STREET. ABHINGION OFPICE, heckd and postofice orders %0 bo wade payuble 10 Uhe order of tho compuny. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR, ROSEWATER, Eptron. THE DAILY BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nobraska, 1, County of Dou:las. | % % Geo. YI ‘Izschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual r"rl'\lll\llnn of the Daily Bee for the week ending April 20, 1557, was as follows: Saturday, April Sunday, Avril 24 Monday, April Tuesday, Avri Wednesday, A Thursday, Ap! ¥riday, April Averaze.. Uy Subseribed and sworn o' before me this 0th day of April, 1557, g ¥ Notary Pubiie. first duly sworn, oratary of Th [SEAL.] Geo. B. Tzschuck, bein deposes and says that he Bee l’uhlls!lllu{ cnm{mny. that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the April, 185, 12,191 copies; 19 copies; ror Tune, 189, ¢ July, 1588, 12,314 copies; for Auguist, 1546, 12,404 pies; for Septem- ber, 18, 13,00 copies: for October, 1%, 12,08 copies: for Nove 1880, 1 copies; for December, 397 coples; for January, 16,268 coples: for. Fobruary. lK'(‘Il 14,195 copies; for March, 1587, 14,400 onth of '4‘ 12, Gro. B. Tzscnuvek. Subseribed nnd nwnrn to before me this 15th day of April, [SEAL.| Op! PRIz, Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday Bee. Page 1. New York Herald Cablegrams— l!pw als to the Buk.—General Telegraphic l’a vfl. Telegraphic News.—City News.— Miscellany. nga'L spnclnl Advertisements, Page 4. [Kditorials.—Political Points.— -—l’llmlml Events. Page 5 Lincoln News.—Miscellany.— Advertisements, L'age 6. Council Blufs News.—Miscellany. —Advertisements, Page 7. General and Local Markets.—Ad- wvertisements. Page8, City News,—Advertisements. Page 9. Omaha Society Events.—Pearls Cast Before Swine.--An Interesting Letter From Paris. Page 10. Teaven's Best Gift to Man— Hlnznnf With the Wits.—Advertisomente, Slavery’s Singularities.—Critics 'l‘lke Warnin ingularities.—loney for the Ladies.—Musical and Dramatic.—Con- * ° mublalities.—Novelties in Jewelry,—Adver- ke 15 Jesting for Ttoyal Favor, by CI 'age 12. Jesting for Royal Favor, by Clara Belle,.—Mulberry Sellers Outdone, by Twicehop.~Familiar Maxims, SCHNAEBELE has been released. This $8 8 happy termination of the last foreign war. Mg. Jounson, of the tramway com- ®any. trumps Mr. Barton’s card and &oes him one better., | R.B. lluls has not written any war articles, but he has in press an iuterest- #ng treatise on “How to Set a Hen."" : Tue Fourth of July orators are already ing through scrap books and histories ;:ennring their impromptu addresses. {\* Tue prohivitionists in Louisiana will puppla with the liquor problem in a mbort time. The struggle in Texas still J bravely on. IN the language of Richilieu, ‘‘there is 0 such word as fail.” If the republ- ns put their shoulders to the wheel ®hey will elect their ticket Tuesday by a gousing majority. Tue National Editorial association will %old its annual meeting iu Denver in Beptember. The editors lving in the . extreme eastern part of the hemispnero Jave already started. EE———— Pat Forp declares upon his honor that ke will never take another office if he can only get Garneaud elected. ‘T'his might be an inducement for a large muraber of voters, if they were sure Pat ‘would not change his mind, 800N after recovering from the earth. quakes Mote Carlo has experienced an- other calamity. By means of prepared cards, ete,, proprietors of gaming tables have lost £16,000. This is the first in- stance reported where the players have got ahead of the proprictors in Moute Carlo, ‘THE latest schemo originated in Chi- ©ago is where a company with §75,000,- 000 capital stock has been organized to pupply that city with gas from Pennsyl- wyania. Since Carter Harrison has re- tired the City of Hams needs natural -~ ST THOUGHTFUL men who desire to see fhe affurs of the city administered on Susiness principles, by a man experi- enced in public affairs, will cast their wotes for Mr, Broatch. It is no reflec- gion on Mr. Garneau's qualifications to @arry on his own business. Nobody con- Sends that Garneau has mismanaged or neglected his factory, but he has never ‘been in a position where political fune- tions were to be exercised or questions of faw had to be acted on as they must be the Mayor of Omah: ProrLE who are interested in the pro- gress of dramatic art would not greatly regret the destruction of the combination system, as an effect of the inter-state law, 4f the result should be the revival ot the _stock system which for years has been abandoned except by a few theaters in the country. Woa believe it is the feeling among the better class of actors, and particularly the “‘old timers,"” that dra- amatic art has been steadily declining since the combination plan beeame gen- @ral, and that more than cver before in ghe history of the stage, acting has be- come a merely mechanical effort. The effect of the system has been to destroy the ambition of many people with genu- $ne histrionic ability, w t has drawn 80 the stage scores of mere automatons who manuge fairly well with a part to which they have been teainad, but would e worthless cxcept ax “supers,'’ or at best, “‘utilities,” in a roguiar stack or: @anization on the good old plan. Forcing the lssue, Whom the gods wish to destroy thoy first make mad. The false alarm of pro- hibition raised by the domocratic organ has been followed by acombined on- slanght against Mr. Broatch by the liguor dealers and keepers of dives, dens and gambling resorts, This is nothing more nor less than a bold and defiant at- tempt to plene the control of municipal aflairs for the nextthree years in the hands of nien pledged in advance to vio- late their oaths of oflice and trample under foot the safeguards which the state has placed around the legitimate trnfllc in liquor. W hat other object can there be in this political coalition? The charge that Mr. Broatch is a prohibitionist is not believed by the parties that madeit. Mr. Broatch is on record against prohibition and in favor of the pre t high license law. But Mr. Broatch is opposed mainly be- cause his competitor, Mr. Garneau, is r garded as ‘‘one of us,” so to speak, by the sporting fraternity, which wields a powerful influence among the men who deal in In forcing thisissue upon our ci the liquor dealers are liuble to rouse a sleeping lion. They make a very seri- ous blunder if they imagine that their political confederation will not meet with very vigorous resistance at the hands of thousands of voters who always have orposed prohibition. [f they persist in the foolhardy attempt to deliver Omaha over to the law-defying clements, they will arouse the resent- ment of men of all parties, and invite & warfare that would only end disastrously to themselves. The Hurdle Race For Council. We are asked by a citizen of the Seventh ward whether he is obliged to scratch Boyd, who 1s running at large on the democratic ticket, if he wants to vote for Lee, who is a candidate at large on the repub lican ticket, aud resides in the same ward. In other words the question is raised whether the voter in any ward can vote for two candidates at large, who live in'the same ward. Our friend is laboring under a delu- sion. There are eightcen candidates running a hurdle race for the council. Nine of these only can be elected. Their place of residence cuts no figure in the result, because the plurality of votes cast in the entire city entitles the candidate to a seat in the council. . Mr. Boyd is not running agamnst Mr. Lee any more than he is against Hascal, Dailey, Striker, or any of the seventeen other candidates in the race on both tickets. Voters of the Seventh ward may vote for Boyd and Lee if they see fit, and both might be elected. In fact, there is nothing to prevent the election of nine councilmen from the same ward, if a majority of the people of the entire city should see fit to cast their votes for them. The object of electing candidates at large, as we have atready rtated, is to get the cumulative choice of the city regard- less of the residence or ward divisions. Omaha and Denver. A gontleman in this city who desired to make a contract with certain eastern papers to publish matter descriptive of Denver, its resources and its boom, applied to the Omaha Beg. That paper sent back his letter, hav- ing written across it a statement to the effect that it would make no such agreemeent. The Bee would have been well paid for the space occupied in its columns, but it was afraid to advertise Denver. Well may it be afraid to let the public know about the ad- vantages end atttactions of Denver, If the people of Omaha only knew how blessed a thing it is to live in Denver they would all be wanting to desert their town and come here.—Denver Republican. The generous patronage which the BEE receives at the hands of the business men of Omaha leaves this paper in a position to exercise discretion in accent- ing foreign advertising, no matter what the rate offered may be. The people of Denver have excellent newspapers, which if properly patronized are in position to keep the outside world in- formed as to the advantages and re- sources of the Queen City of the Plains. So far as Omaha is concerned she has no jealousy or fear of Denver. A Cheering Outlook, Winter has tinally surrendered to the sunshine and genial warmth of the sum- mer months, and the prediction is safe that *'balmy spring’ is here. The poet can Jay aside his manuscript on beauti- ful snow and now write upon beautiful hoe, ditto mow. And the spring has brought with it general happiness. From all parts of the country, east and west, north and south, come the cheering re- ports of a good business outlook. Com- mercial interests have of necessity been affected by the sudden enforcement of sweeping and radical changes in trans- portation rates and methods. Much of the embarassment in special branches has grown out of the antagonistic policy of the railway interests in their arbitrary construction of the new law. Trade in some lines and localities is suffering from the reaction that naturally follows a period of unusual activity, such as was stimulated by the expected changes in freight rates. But this trouble is only temporary. On the whole, erop reports appear most favorable, General and coplous rains throughout the west and southwest are reported, and every indication seems to guarantee the farmer ample returns. Of the country at large, stern paper, comparing the present situation to that of other years, says: The eheering outlook of the present spring is based on the most substantial foundation. Capital is rapidly diffusing itself into pro- ductive enterprises: labor is better rewarded than it was durin: the exceptionally high wages of war times, as the ne es of life are greatly reduced in eost: the peovle were never so free from debt and never so able to consume, and there eral hope and con- fidence throu -hout all the various vroducing interests of the entire conntry. Employers and egployed are gradually attaining better relations toward each other, and the univer- sal distrust ot one year ago, caused by the unfortunate cyclone of labor strikes, bLas been effaced from business eircles, In our own state the prospeets are in- deed flattering, Nebraska farmers have their spring work already far advanced. The winter, while 1t has been long, and part of the time severe, has left the live stock in splendid condition. The state is free from hog cholera, the cribs of the majority of farmers are filled with corn, and thus with many hogs to feed the chief product of the state wil bring a ‘price commensurate with the cost of its production. A more encouraging outlook for the laborer has never been presented. In all towns and cities in the state public and SUNDAY. MAY 1. 1887~TWELVE PAGES. private improvements are contemplated onevery hand. Omaha will furnish work at good prices for every laborer within her confines. Every county seat and every village and hamlet in Nebraska will this season have abundance of work for the laborer. Improvements of all kinds are in progress. Many miles of new railrond will be constructed in the western part of the state. Taken all in all there can be no possible justitication for complaint, whiie on the other hand there 1s every reason for general rejoic- ing. The Bravest of the Brave. History reiates that Michael Ney, one of the bravest of Napoleon's marshals, was on December 5, 1815, found guilty of hign treason, and two days later was shot in the gardens of the Lexembourg. There has been some question, however, whether this was a real or a mock exe- cation, although the memoirs of Ney by his sons give no intimation of a doubt that the great soldier met his death at the time and place recorded in history. The circumstances surrounding the execu- tion, however, were 8o peculiar as to give rise to suspicion. The verdict and the sentence were not publicly an- nounced. On the morning of December 7 a file of soldiers murched into the gar- dens, and immediately there appeared a carriage from which an officer and Ney descended. There were no ceremonies, The condemned man took a position, the soldiers fired a volley, Ney fell forward, the body was placed in the carriage and driven away. The whole pro- ccedings occupied only a few minutes. It has been believed by many that blank cartridges were used by the soldiers, and that Ney at once left France and came to America. On the other hand the surviving members of his family say that his remains were exhumed and identified, and there appears to be no doubt among those regarding the hero's death as recorded. The skull of Marshall Ney was trep- hined, On this fact the Historical Society of Wisconsin propose going into the grave for proof. According to a Salisbury, N. paper physiciauns of that city, at the instance of the president of the historical society, propose next Tuesday to take up tha remains of Peter S. Ney, which lie buried in tne Third Creek graveyard at Salisbury. It seems that sixty years ago an old Frenchman of distinguished appearance and soldierly bearing settled in Western North Caro- lina and opened a country school. He called himself Peter Stewart Ney. Re- garding his past life he would say nothing, but on two or three occasions, in moments of unusual excitement, he was betrayed into the aa- mission that he was Michael Ney, grand marshal of France, duke of Elchingen, and prince of Moskw 1f the skull of Peter S. Ney shall be shown to have been trephined, as was that of Marshal Ney, the Wisconsin Historical society will have revived an almost forgotten mys- tery and given it a more puzzling aspect. Otherwise history will stand unchai- lenged by any substantial fact and the Ney of North Carolina will be disposed of as an impostor. The result of the in- vestigation will in either case be inter- esting. We have been told that there is a tradition in the Rudolph family of Ohio, of which Mrs Garfield is a mem- ber, that Marshal Ney was a Rudolph and the uncle of Mrs. Garfield. Also that he fled from krancein 1815 and died in this country. Reform in Marriage Laws. There is perhaps not a state of the union that might not in the interest of society reform its marriage laws in the direction of eularging their requirements and providing for their better enforce- ment. It 1s certain that in many of the states legislation on this subject has been extremely lux and inadequate, even if the utmost latitude be given to the view that marriage 18 simply and only a eivil contract. This subject is discussed in the May number of the Foruwm by Judge Edmund H. Benuett, who takes radical ground in favor of a general reform of marriage laws, for indeed until the re- form shall become general the evils now complained of cannot be wholly re- moved, however stringent the laws may be made in certain states. ‘Tho steady increase in the number of divorces throughout the entire country Judge Ben- nett considers to be quite as much due to the loose and insuflicient marriage laws as to the lax and easy divorce laws now existing in so many sections of the country. *When children of twelve and fourteen years of age are allowed by law to assume marriage obli- gations; when consent of neither parent nor guardian is required; when no pub- licity is preseribed, no previous an- nouncement necessary, no opportunity for the prevention of fraud allowed; when, as in most states in the case, no ceremony before any person, minister or e, is demanded, nor even any ion or marriage promise before a single witness, what else can be ex- pected but the most unwise, rash and absurd unions?" From such unions comes most of the domestic wretched- ness that is finally aired and ended in the divorce tribunals. The reform which Judge Bennett re- garded as of first importance is to raise the lawful age of marriage. It ought to be eighteen at least, and he thinks it would be better still if it were twenty-one, unless the parent or guardian consent, Clandestine and foolish marriages would be pre- vented by requiring some previous an- nouncement, publication or public regis- try of intentions to marry, so long before the event that friends and relatives of either party would be enabled to inter- vene if all was not right. A third pre- caution would be that all marriages should be solemnived in presence of witnesses, before some minister or civil magistrate, who should keep a record of the same, signed by the parties, the witnesses and himself, He should have the power o put the ties under oatli as to their age, situation, antecedents, ete., and false swearing should be per- jury, punishable as such, Another pro- vision should be to make the laws regulat- ng the marriage ceremony peremptory, and declaring all marriages otherwise entered into null and void, subjecting the parties thereto to criminal prosecution. Mere prolbitory laws are insufficient; they should be highly prual, It is not necessary to approve every requirement of this plan of reform in order to commend its general charaeter, or to obtain from it a system of marriage laws that would certainly ve #very great improvement upon those now existing in wany of the states. Doubtless no systews would prove & pan- acea for all domestie’ differences. The reform that will accomplish tha not to be secured by legislation. But ehere certainly are practicable precautions and safeguards which would prevent evils that are now increasing in number and do much to lessen the probabilitics of domestic discord, Prospects of Cremation. The practice of cremation makes slow progress. But it seems to be advancing. The growth of the innovation isnot regu- lar and general, but is manifested at in- tervals and in spots, The latestevidence of progress is furnished from San Fran- cisco, where after long effort the crer tory socicty bas raised money enough to build a ctematory in that city. It is pro- posed to erect a building that shall be ar- chitectuaily splendid. A local papersays the rich forms of the renaissance style, adorned with sculptuees 1n terra cotta and gray sandstone, and decorated with au ample and airy colonnade, will tend to rob the new abode of death of eve thing like gloom and will clothe the rest- ing place of the mortuary man witha brightness which is unknown to the or- dinary grave. In that cheerful edifice the mourner may contemplate the ashes of the departed without & thought of the worm which dieth not, and with none of that sinking of the heart which visions of the damp, cold earth are apt to inspire. Itis not probuble that cremation will ever entircly supersede subterranean sepulture. The time may come when the former will be widely practiced, chiefly or wtolly by those who are more con- cerned for the practical and hygienic ar- guments inits support than for the senti- mental and religious opinions to which it is offensive. But it is not probable that the great majority of religious people will ever abandon their opposition to a method of disposing of the dead w hich they believe contraries seriptural injunc- tion and divine example. These people insist, and will doubtless perpetually in- sist, that cremation is a barbarism of the ancients—the G s and Romans-- that is intolerable to the Christian spirit and sentiment of this age, and especially hostile to the doctrine of the resurrec- tion. The problem of what shall be done when the cemoteries are full does not give them any present concern, and they regard the sumed dangers arising from the proximity of burial grounds as greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless, these are really very important considerations. In most of the older and larger cities of the country the question of providing ceme- tery room is already a troublesome one, and every year grows to be more serious. In France cemetery grounds are used again, but this 13 repugnant to American ideas. With regard to ccemeteries as dangerous neighbors the evidence is not uncertain, The graat Paris cemeteries inflict headache, diarrhes, and ulcerated sore throat on their immediate neighbor: and a mass of sumilar well authenticate: facts ure brought against more recent cemeteries than those of Paris in various countries. The cremation movement in Europe has been for years advocated by the most distinguished , physicians and chemists upon sanitary grounds. The successful efforts of the San Fran- cisco crematory society will pernaps give the movement for which it is working an impetus. Itappears to have gone about the matter in the right way, with an ap- preciation of the fitness of things in con- nection with the lemn business of re- ducing the dead human body to ashes- But the strong sentiment and deep-seated religious feeling against this method will yield very slowly. Iven where the pro- cess of incineration is conducted amid the softening and soothing influen ces of art. Decoration Day. The oclebration of Decoration day, May 30, receives more attention each re- curring year. In the south new interest has been awakened 1n this grand day and soon 1ts observance will be universal. A committee of R. E. Lee Camp No. 1, Con- federate Volunteers, Richmond, Va., has recently addressed & memorial to' the confederate memorial societies of the south suggesting that the same day be selected throughout the southern states for paying proper respect to the dead of the late confederacy. The 30th of May is recommended for the reason that. flowers will be abundant in every part of the country at that time, and being a national holiday, atl who choose can give that day its proper observance. The different divisions of the Grand Army of the Republic, 80 thoroughly or- ganized throughout the north,are already preparing to appropriately observe this day. With the assistance of a grate- ful people who love to honor the soldier boys, hiving or dead, the observance of at day this month in Nebraska will be almost universal. Wherever a Grand Army of the Republic vost exists,no mat- tor how small the membership, active preparations are in progress by those *in the field” to do duty to the honored dead. Aud as the mounds in the cemeteries become more numerous, it suggests to them that rapidly and quietly their ranks ara being thinned, and soon they, too, will be ealled to join their comrades on the thither shore, where florai tributes cently been renderdd ih New York, by Judge Andrews, in the supreme court. Some months ago, Mary Minaic Clark, a poor girl, was married to H. L. Kittson, the son of a millionair. ‘After onc week of uninterrupted bliss, young Kittson concluded, after hearing a very able argu- ment from his father, that he was tired of married life, and at once deserted his wife. The girl sued for divorce. The plaintifi”’s counsel introduced evidence to prove that at the time of marriage the groom was under the influence of liquor and accordingly *‘was not able to under- stand what he was doing.” The supreme court refused to grant a divorce, claim- ing that there was no marriage. A prece- dent should now be established, making amarriag unlawtul when, after the cere- mony has been performed, the husband saturates his body with liquor and makes a beast of himself. If a marriage cere- mony performed while the groom 1s in- toxicated is illegal, the same idea might with profit be carried a little further. e— WHEN Mr. Barnum was purchasing tickets for his family to the Patti opera in New York, he said: “I have no rea- son to growl at the price, bacause [ can remenber very well when I charged $15 and $20 for tickets for the Jenny Lind concerts.”” And those who purchased the tickets no doubt have tue same dis- tinct recollection, Towa is busy this year building churches. Council Bluffs, Dubuque, Mt. Pleasant, Creston and scores of towns have com- menced the erection of what will be beautiful structures upon completion, POLITICAL POINTS. ‘There is a man at Berrien Springs, who holds tive village oftices. Robert C. Winthrop, of Boston, says he doesn’t recoznize any such disagreeable term in politics as mugwump. Tom Ochiltree says if Roscoe Conkling would accept the labor nomination for presi- dent he would sweep the country. In Ohlo the republican committes meets May 4 to fix the date for the state convention. ‘I'he democratic committee meets May 10 for a like purpose. New York politicians were badly fright- cned the other day by a rumor that Jake Sharp would be a witness for the state and tell all he knew. ‘Lhe Memphis Appeal was probably right the other day in claiming that Sherman was stronger than Blaine, but it is understood now that Blaine has almost fully recovered. Minneapolis Tribune: Mr. Cleveland is quoted as saying that he won't have a second term—won't even accept the nomination, Meanwhile he is digging his trenches, pateh- ing up his fences, and laying his wires with great industry. A prominent officer of the Knights of Labor tells the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser that the labor party will not probably havea presidential candidate in the tield in 1888, but that its members will divide up between the two old parties. Ex-Senator Thurman is being again urged to accept a democratic nomination for g ernor of Ohio, but he manifests no dispo tion to permit himself to be again slaughtered to make an “old Roman' holiday for the benetit of the boodlers who run his party in that state. Chicago Tribune: Thae unearthly silence of President Cleveland on the question of a second term might be faintly suggestive of the sphinx, but for the fact that no sphinx known to the history has ever gone its silent way down the ages in company with o hanger-on like Dan Lamont, Practically California has four Unitea States senators. Nevada senators never liye in that state, but when not in Washington make their home in Franoisco. Fair, wlhiose term has just expired, did not spend a week in Nevada during his six years as sen- ator. Jones lives in San ncisco, as does Stewart, who succeeds Fai el Mich., One Thing in Savannah News. Building railroads on paper has one advan- tage over the old vlan—it is not expensive. — Its Most Generous Provision, NorthAmerican, The operation ot the inti abline actors to save more money than ever by walking. One Side Issue. North American, ‘Temperance reform will always have one side issue—the family entrauce to the Sun- day saloon. =i Concerning a Single Thought. Chicwg) Heral d Although Ira Davenport has just been mar- riedin New York, it will bs remembered that David B. ITill doubled him up in 1535, i Phitadelphia Record. The inter-state commerce law has not checked the demand for new locomotives. ‘The railroad companies are ordering them faster than the manufacturers can turn them out. - With a Single Tlmllth. Chicago Herald. An era of good teeling has been ushered in at Omaha, where the retiring postmaster sat down to a banquet with his successor. 1t ap- pears that the one was ready to go and no- body ever questioned the willingness of the other to step in. Where Holiness M-ken a Difference Chicayo Times. An oxchange #ays that ‘‘even Jerusalem— the ancient and orizinal Jerusalem—is en- joyine a real estate boomn.” But land there, Loly land as it is, Is probably not held at as high prices as real estate at ungodly Kansas City or Wichit: Cousin Ben Karns His Salary. Chicago Tribune. Amid the excitement attendant upon the apotheosis of the Whitney baby, the opera- tion of the inter-state commerce law. the Chicago election, and Calhoun-day, it seems to have been generally overlooked that Cousin Ben Folsom has made a report on the subject of the white lead manufactured in Sheflield. We are glad to see that Benjamin is doing something to earn the salary paid him by a benign and indulgent governwent. K ‘There is no reason for m‘(llm{ rattled be- ' cause the railroad have adopted & concerted system of Kkickinz, General interests are greater than special interests. The railroads and the pets to whom they have been grant- ing diseriminations ars making nearly all the troubls. Ninety-nine outof a hundred American citizens are in favor of enforcing the law, erushing pools, brushing away dis- criminations, and fixing just and reasonable rates. PASSING E TS. Russell Sage was upon the witness stand in New York last week, tostifying against a besutiful Miss Mattern, wiio claims that the bold speculator owes her some §7,000, It ap- pears that Mr. Sage has been the dupe of a “gay deceiver. ie proceedings of this somewhat novel trial occupy mauy columns in the New York papers. he ‘I'ribune paints the story in as interesting a manner as Dickens portrayed the predicament of Pickwick when he “inquired within” to se- cureapartments of Mrs. Bavdell. Mr. Sage was nervous. ltcould not have been the amountat issue which made Mr. Sage ner- vous, P’erhaps it was the fervid address of his counsel, H. 8. Bennett, which made him ill at ease, for in opening for the defense Mr. Beunett spoke with tears in his voice, and dropped it to pathetic whispers now and again, as if he were ploading before a jury for the life of an innocent young man eruelly led astray frow the paths of rectitude by the other side, ‘The story is told in the following manner. Sergeant Buzfuzz it would seem was Mr., Bennett: “This lady, and the counsel dra- matically pointed to Miss Mattern, who blushed and cast down her eyes—'‘this lady introduced herself to him, appealed to him to speculate for her—without a margin.” ‘I'ne last three words were thrillinz in their intensity—without & margin. le was moved by that anpeal: he did spesulate -for her, buying and selling, under her direction only, several hundred shares of stock, which resulted in a profit to her of 8600, $500 o Whien she drew. He told her at the time that he was no broker, but of course he charged her commissions, merely becauss the board of which he is a member requires i, Then iv reference to the lady's allega- tions he contradicted the conversations she supposed she had had with Mr. Sage, showed how Mr. Sage alwavs dutifully carried out ber orders, and In the sale of the Metropoli- tan bond actually paid her more for It than he was able to sell it for because he had hap- pened to tell her he thought it was worth more, Then leaving the beaten path of al- leged facts, the counsel softly chanted: “We do not intend to charge the lady with wil- fully telling these stories; but hatlucinations she may have had. ‘There are many persons who wish they had done something they might have done and didn’t do, and which by constantly dwelling upon, they become impressed with the fact that they actually id. She says Mr. Sage told her that the Wabash railroad was flooded and the stock would not pay a dividend. Why, gentlemen of the jury, it is notorious that at that timo there was a most oxceptional drouth and all the farmers were praying for raiu,’ 0 e For several years past a rather plain look- ing car has been standing on one of the tracks In the ear yard of the terminal works of the Northern Pacilic in tue far northwest. ‘T'his car was built for Henry Villard, when he was president of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company, and is one of the finest in the world in its appointments. When Villard came to Portland on the ‘*‘Last Spike” celebration, he left the car here and it has remained in the yard ever since. A few days ago a telegram was reeeived from him, asking for its use to make another visit to the land of Webfoot. The one-time rail- roadmagnate, who thundered tothe Pacific I n his own palace car, surrounded by winesand cards and obseqiuos attendants, will go this time, an ordinary iundlvidual—without for- tune or power, **e Hon. William F. Cody, our own **Buffalo Bill” i3 being received in London with that consideration which is unquestionably due him. Colonel Cody asa gentleman and scout, aside from his distinction of being the greatest showman of the world, is a man in whom the statesmen and distinguished gen- tlemen of Europe will find an interesting and instructive acquaintance and one from whom they will gather information of great value, not to be found in tie books or learnod elsewhere. Late dispatches state that Mr. Cody has entertained that greatest of all esmen, Sic William E. Giadstone, who, with his estimable wife, looked in upon the Wild West and expressed themselves charmed with its interest and wierdness and beauty. A special cablezram to the New York World will be of interest: *“Tho most noticeable party ot Americans seen at the theater here for a long time wasoneata Drury Lane last night, made up of Buffalo Bill and some of his Indians and cowboys. ‘They occupied half a dozen boxes, and the Indians, being in their paint and feathers, created a great sensation. Some of them had never been in a theater before, and none of them had ever before seen anvthing like the pantomine of the “‘Forty Thieves,” in which there is much brilliant spectacle and many ballet girls. At one point the scene was quite exciting, Buffalo Bill rising and giving the signal to the Indians, who joined in the applause with a regular war-whoop. It almost took the breath away from the Brit- ishers, **x E. L. M. Simmons, who has been arrested charged with burning the Hotel del Monte, at Monte Cal., will not cause much surprise, as it is stated that the officers have a clear case against him, and several arrests will be made ina few days in connection with the burning of the Del Monte. It has been known fora long time that Mr. Sim- mons lived far bavond his salary, and he is snid to have set fire to the building in order to pocket the insurance money. Kortunately no lives were lost, but no one who may think the matter over can lightly rid himself of the thought of what mitht have happened. The water pipes had been tampered with, it seems, and there was minor evidence of fiendishness. T'he fact now comes to light that he was a defaulter in the east, was t:ied, convicted and sentenced to five years in the state prison. He served two years and was par- doued out by the governor. Shortly after- wards he went to California and secured a position as head book-keeper at the Hotel del Monte, He held the position for two yeurs under George Schonewald, and when Mr. Schonewald retired to assume charge of the Palace, Mr, Simmons was promoted and was made manager of the hotel. 1f the evidence 18 good agalnst the man, when it is won- dered how many lives could have been lost in the flames, had it not been for a lucky ac- cident and tho services of a few brave men, no penalty would seem severe enough for him, RS Another New York man is numbered among the victims of the gold brick trick. A well known and wealthy party deposited four large bars, supposed to be gold, with the assayer to be refined and made Into standard gold bars. The gentleman said the bars were from California and were estimated to be worth about $10,000 each or $40,000 for the tour, and the assay which ho had made be- fore showed the bars to be about 72 per cent fine. The bars were recelved and receipted for in the usual torm and the gentleman de- parted in full confidence that he had $40,000 1n gold in the hands of Uncle Sam. The suspicions of Mr. Graham, the receiver of de- posits, were sreated by the light weight of the bars, their specific gravity being only about 89, whereas the specific gravity ot gold i3 193, Samples were taken from th four bars and assayed, when it was found that the bars were of copper with a thin wash of gold on the outside. In short the four bars turned out to be worth about $4 instead of $40,000. Itis strange, inaeed, how long a man may live and move and have his being in this worldof sin and sunshine and not learn what a gold brick swindle 1s. A New York paper commenting on this dust trick says: “When the last American man seats himself upon the ruins of the Brookiyn bridge he will weep because there is no other American man to swindle him,” **e Stéps have beentaken injLondon for estab- lishing at Stratford-on-Avon a universal me- morial Shaksperean library. The movement is as wide as the intelligence of the ilobe and appeals to every educated nation where books are written and read. A copy of every book, critical, biographical sketeh, or his- torical, relating to Shakepeare, Is invited to take a place in this library, America was present to take part in the movement to honor the world's greatest writer. The United States minister,the Hon, E.J. Phelps, was there as an active varticipant, In the weantime, it [:natius Donnelly proves that Bacon wrote Shakspeare, the Stratford-on- Avon will not lose all its intérest. e Roscoe Conkling, because of reasons which for several years have imposed abstinence in all cases from political and other public ocea- sions compelled him to state to the committee his inability to be present, and he could but repeat that he must deny himself the pleas- ure of accepting the Invitation to be present at the dinner in Pittsburg, given 1n the memory of the birth of General Graut. The illustrious Conkling said in his letter: *“To Join in paying honor to the memory of a man s0 illustrious and so true to his country and his friends, so firm set, so calm and enduring under calumny, suffering, and sorrow, would be a mournful and grateful privileze. [ should feel at home in dolng 50 with those who did not wait for the glorification of his death to show them the rugged grandeur of Grantor the honesty of his purposes and his reverence for the right of every fellow-crea ture, 'I'ho armies he led have disbandsd— never, | trust, to reassembla in batile array. The party he led to victories—victories per- haps ot less useful than those of war—has not disbanded, though it may bave not kept step in the march of events. All who be- lieved in it and strove for 1§ would like to #ee It resue the wpirit, the prowess, and the earncstness which made and kept it great, and useful, and trlumphant, The sur vival of the fittest among the political orean- izations now asking publie contidence mizhs be realized by the revival of the republican party, provided it can discover the questions deserving of attention, take the right side of them, and then act up to its comvictions Some such thing may be considered at your provosed dinner; it would surely not be in appropriate to Grant's birthday. Indeed, one way in which his countrymen may 2 homage to his memory is to lay to heart suck lessons as his deeds, his words and his exr perience Lave loft us, A [Writlen for the Sy Beaby Lu . Cale | 0! we've met and my heart whils thou werd near Was suffused with heaven below, As 1 felt the presence to me most dear, ‘Than all others on earth 1 know, And the meeting glance of your tender eyes, And the joy of your smiling face, - Were imparting the bliss of Paradise, And earaptured our trysting place. And I could not speak, "though my heart was filled With the volumes [ thought to say; 1 could only gaze while my soul was thrilled, And the moments fled fast away. Oh! the speech of silence Is that of love, Ana the secrets unspoken thers ere most sweetly told, as the joys above Are unsullied by words of care. So the sunbeams meet on the cottage floor, And all silently there unite, But the humble walls are still gilded o'er With the joys of their golden light, So the firelight falls to the hearth below, And is held in a warm embrace, | And there tells, in a language all hearts know, Of such bliss as {nspired thy face. Then I found a word which I whispered thee, And your vo.ce gave me noreply; But a tell-tale blush revealed to me ‘I'he response of thy downcast eye, ‘To unseal thy lips [ then held thee near, For a moment ot bliss supreme, And I touched them (oh! shall L tell it, dear?) Lawoke and "twas ull a droam, THE K\IGII’I‘\I A D ROME, Why Cardinal Gllrhons Has Suddenly Started for Home. Barrisore, Md., April 30.—[Special Tel- gram to the Brr.]—Private advices from Paris have reached this city to the effect that Cardinal Gibbons, who was not expected to sail for America until the latter part of Au- kust, will suddenly return at onee. Ostens bly the motive for this sudden return is i : in realicy there are other reasons b neath the surtace. The tuinult and unre among the Catholics in the United States who are chiefly workingmen, are likely to increase during the summer, when thous- ands are thrown out of employment. Cardi- nal Gibbons has put his position regarding the Knights of Labor upon record, and the facts he presented to the holy sce aré of suf- ficlent import to make suspension of Car- dinal Taschereau’s condemnation necessary. ‘The action of the holy oflice has been almrly to withdraw its decision concerning the ord Itis well known that Cardinal Gibbons’ views are not entirely in accord with the views of other archbishops, The ~ase re- mains in suspense until all their facts and views can be laid before the holy office at Rome. The threatening aspect of affairs has caused the sudden return of the cardinal. 1t was laid down as law by the recent plenary council that when a society was to be con= demned it should be doneonly by a council of all archbishops in the country, du'y nulll- moned for consideration of the facts. twelve centleman who will meet (':ll’llllllll Gibbons at his residence in this city will come and depart with hardly an echo of their presence going abroad. Each archbishop will submit the dats he has gathered and the views they have led him_to form, and a concord+ ance of opinion will, if possible, be reached. If they fail in this, then two mllmrl! will probably be wade, & miajority and minority report, and bothi transmitted to Rome. Care- ful consideration of the matter may lead the holy office to continue suspension and re serve its final decision for futare develop- ment of 1acts. It is idle to forecast whatthe upshot of the matter will be. 1 believe mon of the archbishops are on the liberal side of the question, and wi_recommend the holy nllllcs to allow .the Knights of Labor free play. e All Quiet at Louisville, LouisviLLe, April’ 30,.—Everything I8 quiet this morning about the jail and courg house square. The meating agreed upon by the mob leaders last evening has *not material ized, and it is generally believed all danger of mob violence has passed. Turner and Patterson spent a miserable night. They re- fused to eat and could not sleep with any peace. They were called upon by two col= ored ~ ministers ~who endeavored to pacify them, but only partly succeeded. When Turner was asked if Patterson was he would reply in the aflirinative, and n hever failed to reply that It was not true, A dispute would then follow, each swearing that he was right and the 'other wrong. Both prayed incessantly, and when the mob was loudest ti literally rolled on the tloor in agouy and fear, s were told that the militia and n had appeared, they grew quiet. Jennie Bowman continues in the s dangerous condition. She is res! easier this morning under the i but It is still thought she cannot re- The alleged attack between 12 and 1 lock this morning did not amount to any- (hing, the militia, not. taking any (part; A howling crowd of boys threw stones at the police, and nuinerous arrests were made, but no one was hurt. — - Sure Cure for Thett. Proctor, W. VA, April 50.—The bodles of three negro brothers, named Sylvester, were found hanging to a tree on a_ roadside six miles east of ‘here yesterday. Each' body bore a rl card on which was written, *‘nigg ger thievery must be broken up.” ~ Farmers in the neighborhood have sufferad depreda- tion at the hands of unknown parties, and 1% seems they finally settled on the Sylvesters as the guilty ones, These negroes lived com- fortably, but scarcely ever did any work. No arrests have been made, fdiBiil A Samaritan Chief in London, London News: Therc is now in Lon- don the sheik of the ancient Samaritan people Jacob-esh-Shellaby. Anyone who has been in Nablous will remember the beautiful valley and the little town nes- tling among the gardens under the slopes of Gerizim, where the Turkish govern- | or's house stands conspicuous; nor will he have forgotten the quaint and vener- able little synagogue wheih is the religious home of these Samaritans. The present community was elected in . His people now wumber only 135. He is the patriarch of his clan. “All we Samaritans.”’ he aays in his hrolun linglish, “‘one family.” “The ob- s to raise the sum of £200 to ll‘l‘llll.\ some land belot to his community, recently mor ous terms to meet the Turk Of late severe two tuxes, three taxe one year. Buat the sult littlé of the money.” Th corn, grass, cotton, and other There 18 searcely any trade in 3 one or two of the Samaritans d stufls from Damascas. A few others carry vegetables and such like garden produce on donkey-back from the valley to the hill villages around. But without their land thels means of living are seriously diminished, and the da m gor of extinction presses on the tribe, reik Shellaby is known to Canon Lulnlon. who has helped him with a dons munluf £5aud a hearty et recommendation. ; "l ul: ‘:’ \tholics have not unnaturally de- clined to wid, and cven the liberal Jews or to have no dealings wuh the E tans. 1he matter presses. Shel- laby has been in London seven wecks, in o dismal attic in & by street off Fitzroy square. e does not know how to ylear I. s cause. Meanwhile his people are et treating him urgently to returs, 5