Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY - BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF NURSCRIPTION ! Daily Morniag Edition) including Bunday Bep, Ono Yoar L 8§10 00 For 8ix Months W For Three Montha ; fhe Omabs Swnday e, malied address, One Year.... MATIA OTFTCR, NO. 014 A%D B YORK OFFICE, RoOM ) CORRESPONDENCE: Al sommunications relating to news' and edi- torial matter sbould be addressed 1o the Epi- TOH OF THE BEE. BUSINEAS LETTERS? All business Jottors and remittances shotld be dressod to THE Bis PUBLISTING COMPANY, Om Drafts, ehecks and postofice ordera % be made payuble Lo the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAYY, PROPRIETORS, THE DAILY BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, } a8 County of Douzlas. Myt . Geo. YL ‘Izschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Junc 24, 1857, was as follows: Saturday,June 18, Sunday, June 19, Monday, June 20 . "uesday, June 21 Vednesday, Juna ‘hursday, June 25 Friday,June 24... Average...coiiiiiin SCHUCK £O0. 13, T s Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of June, 1557, N, P, FEIL, [SEALL) Notary Publie. hea. B. Tzschuck, belng first dily sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Beo for the month™ of for June, 185, 12208 coptes; for July, 199, 12,314 ' copes; for August, 155, 12,464 copies: for Septem: ber, 1856, 13,080 coples; for October, nm* 12,080 coples; for November, 1583, 1334 coples; for December, 1856, 13,237 copies; for Jmmlr{ 1857, 16208 coples: for, Febriary, 1857, 14,105 coples: for March. 1887, 14,400 cgg\le!; ‘for April, 1887, 14,310 copies; for May, 1857, 14,227 coples. Gro. B, TZSCHUCK, Subseribed and L to before me this 4th day of June A. ., 1557, ISEAL.| N. P, Fem, Notary Publie. Tik grave of Ovid has been found, but Mr. Thurston is yet missing. IowA jobbers denounce the inter-stato law. The law is all right--the railroad jobbers are wrong. ‘The Crete assembly opened under the most favorable circumstances, and the attendance will be large. Ir will be worth tho attention of those living near Wakefield, to hear General VanWyck on 4th of July. Tne “Fisheries Dispute’” has not caused a war for several weeks, The signs of the times all point toward har- mony. —_— ‘WHEN it comes to printing steals and crooked jobs in connection with public printing, commend us to Rounds & Taylor. lunatic at Columbus frightened the people yesterday. He claimed to bo the mascotte of Omaha's base ball club. AN escaped IT is said that Mr. Cody is leading a very gay life at London. Yet when he thinks of his opportnnities, he is astonished at his moderation, IN order to more fully occupy the field, the evening appendage of Lincoln's morning paper, will soon receive the as- sociated press reports. “THERE are fifty-five empty jails in Tows," 1s the claim of an excited prohi- bition exchange. Probably Quinn Bo- hanon 1 hiding in one of them. Tue Council Bluffs papers still keep howling about the bridge question. If those editors would go to work and build the bridge and do less talking we would have more faith 1n the enterprise. Iz is reported that Editor Cutting has finally taken to the lecture field. He is unmolested while the Chicago boodlers are denied bail. Here is a pointer for some benevolent anti-poverty society. Trere willZbe a baloon ascension in Omaha Suly 4th. It will not equal the famous ascension of the BEE's balloon in 1875. No air ship in this world will ever equal that It will be humiliating to the American eagle to be obliged to hear Howe, Hum- phrey and Colby speak on the Fourth of July, But then the eagle will be com- yelled to do it, if it holds its job. THE same day that Jay Gould was re- ported dead, six Baltimore politicians were sentenced to two years in jail for sorrupt political methods, It seemed that the 1dea was to make a clean sweep while about it. FORGETFUL of the fact that Jay Gould recently made an association a present of a few acres of land, the New York Z%mes, according to our dispatches to- day, lampoons the Wall street gambler In a shaweless if not shameful manner, Tue Jersey Lilly has made San Fran- pisco her legal residence. After six months she will sue for a divorce. Inthe case of Freddy Gebhard, this shows what strict attention to business will accom- plsh, A LINCOLN paper Thurston is out delivering his “famous lectures on Grant” and does not know that he is wanted in Omaha, A lecture on what the eloquent man knows about oil rooms would coms nearer filling a long felt want. ———— BEN BurLer has written a long letter denying that chutch bells confiscated by him at New Orleans, during the war, were sold and the proceeds appropriated to his own use. Geueral Butler will pretty soon circulato the story that he used those spoons to manufacture can- noon. Em—— KissANE, allas Rogers, the Californis millionaire, has finally come into court, through counsel, and filed a demurrer to the swt of the Chemical National bunk of New York, claiming that the suit is barred by the statute of limitation. This may be good legal gronnd agsinst pay- ing the claim, but it will not belp Kissane in maintaining his ciaim that he is a re- formed man and trylug to load an up- right lita, Close of the Flscal Year. The fiscal yedr of the national govern: ment ends with (o-day, when the: boaks which record the vast operations of the treasury for the past twelve months will bé closed, There are no continuons ae- counts in the government's system of doing itsfinancial business, All elaims upon the government which are not in controv and for whick suflicient ap- y congross, will be so far as the The operations of the year closing have been consider- ably in oxcess of the estimates given by the sccretary of the treéasury in- his last annual report.. The receipts will go beyond the estimated amount by at Ieast §30,000,000, and very likely more. A month ago the indica- tions were that the total receipts for the year could not fall below $370,000,000, more than two-thirds of which has come from customs. As the expenditures pro- vided for by approvriation bills and statutes amounted to $266,000,000, the surplus of receipts over expenditures in the closing fiscal year mnst amount to over £100,000,000. To-morrow payment will begin of the remaining three per cent bonds, amounting to $19,700,000, and the appropriations for the new fiscal year will go into effect. These disbur: ments will help the money market, which, however is not at this time in pressing need of help, but after the treasury has redeemed the bonds income will again run ahead of outgo, and by the first of October at farthest the sur- plus will begin to pile up again, Careful estimates place the accumulation in the next fiscal year, before any legislation by congress for reducing the revenue could become operative, at $75,000,000. It is this pretty well assured situation that has caused a good deal of apprehen- sion in financial circles regarding the future of the money market, induced a pressure on the president to call an extra session of congress for the specific purpose of dealing with the ques- tion of revenue, and led to much inquiry and suggestion regarding the probable policy of the treasury and the authority it possesses for coming to the relief of the money market. We have heretofore referred at length to the last of these matters, and it is sufficient at present to say that while the secretary of the treasury appears to have no doubt of his authority to buy unmatured bonds or to anticipate a year's interest, he evi- dently is not disposed to use the author- ity uniess the exigency shali become ex- tremely urgent. There is reason to be- lieve that he does not now entertain any fears that such a condition will be reached. With regard to the second mat- ter, there has been no indication that the president has at any time looked fa- vorably upon the proposition for an extra session. Events after July may change his views, but at present he is undoubtedly not disposed to convene congress in advance of the regular time. As to the anxiety in financial circles it seems to have recently abated, due to the convincing fact that notwithstanding the accumulation of money in the treasury there has been during the closing fiscal year an increase of nearly $70,000,000 in the currency. In view of this experience there is certainly some difficulty in impressing the view that an in- crease of the treasury | surplus must necessarily result in cur- rency contraction, however probable and natural that result may on first thought appear. But in any event the accumulation of a vast sum in the treas- ury annually 1 excess of the require- ments of the government 18 a very seri- THE OMAHA DAILY BEL: THUKSDAY, JUNE 30, 1887 is vory likely to bo repeated. Tho mis fortune of it Is that most of the capital already ‘embarked belongs to the large class of small proprictors in. France, none ‘of whom ‘caun bear heavy. losses, When tho collapse of thisentérprise shall come it will carry down with it to ruln thousands of familie: Helping the Gamblors, The action of the secretary of the treasury in directing the advance pay- ment of the July interest in bonds, with- out rebate, for the purpose of relieving the money stringency in New York last week, brought about by the operations of the stock gamblers, has subjected him to the first unkindly criticism he has re- cewved. The New York IWorld remarks upon it that it *‘will again excite the in- quiry whether the main business of the treasury department is to guard the in- terests of Wall street speculators and help them out of their ditlicultics when their ventures and schemes get them into trouble.” That journal refuses to admit the force of any of the several obvious arguments which might be urged in defenso of the treasury, none of which it thinks would probably have had any influence if there had not been a flurry in the stock exchange. The secretary of the treasury had prece- dent for his action, and the anticipation of interest by a few days is perhaps not in itsclf a serious matter, but the policy of making the treasury a bulwark for the speculators and thereby encouraging this clement, 1s certainly one to be con- demned. Tho people might justify the secretary of the treasury in straining his authority to avert a financial disturbance that would imperil the legiti- mate business interests of the country, but they cannot approve of his most moderate use of any power he may possess to help out the schemes of stock gpeculators or any similar cl of gam- blers, These persons have nothing in common with the interests and welfare of the people, and it is ti¢ people to whom the natioual treasury belongs. Whatever aid or support it gives to the speculators is therefore inimical to the welfare of the great body of those whose propefty it is, Secretary Fairchild has shown a care- ful and conservative tendency, and doubtless he had only the best mo- tives in this matter, but it must be remembered that he i3 a New York man, aud that Now York financiers are proverbially under the influence of Wall strect. In the present administration political direction comes from the south and financial opin- ion from the mart of the nation’s money centre. Itis not possible that the pres- ent secretary of the treasury will be able to resist this influence if he should desire to. We quite agree with the World that “our national financial policy is not likely to secure public confidence if it is to be regulated or influenced by the ec- centric movements of Wall street and the reckless schemes of adventurous speculators.”’ Rounds and Taylor's First Job. When Rounds and Taylor came to Uma- hafrom Washington, with the raputation as the most expert boodlers and jobbers that ever had control of the government vrinting office, those who knew them best predicted that it would not be long before they would get their work in at Omaha. We have not been waiting very long. They began laying their pipes for araid on the city treasury during the session of the legisiature, when their rowdy editor, with their backing, carri on the most disreputable ous matter, which must be a source of distrust so long as it is continued. The treasury would be in an abundantly safe positiou if it held only one-fourth of its present surplus, and unquestionably the people would be better off to the amount of the difference. The Disastrous Ditch. A great deal of information has re- cently been given the public regarding the present condition of the Panama canal project. All of it has come from people who were in a position to know the facts and whose responsibility gives character to their statements. It shows that scheme to be in a very bad way, and if possible, a little nearer the point of complete collapse than ever before. Sev- eral Frenchmen connected with the canal company recently arrived in New York on their way back to France, and they all agree in representing the situation and the outlook as most unpromising, It is the well-worn difticulty of a want of money. 1t has been a hard push with the company for some time to meet their large and neces- sery expenditure. The labor has not been paid with regularity and this has created much complaint. The company reduced its staff and cut down salaries, but it still ran behind in its financial af- fairs, Then new difliculties in the work have been encountered, one of which is the disposition of a mountain to slide down into the cuttings, which on account of the clayey soil and abundant rains has proved a most troublesome obstruction. If this could be readily overcome another obstacle would be found in the Chagres river, no way of controlling which has yet been discovered. It is believed that to effct either of these objects will require as much capital as 15 already sunk, amounting to several hundred millions of dollars. Oue of the returned Frenchmen gave it as his opinion that it would require mne yoars yet to complete the canal, that is if everything works in perfect order and there 1s plenty of money provided. The question of securing the money is & very serious one, concerning which the inter- viewed Frehchman was not altogether hopeful. On the last subscription made 200,000,000 francs are to be paid in July, provided the company is able to show a sufficiently large output to war: rant further subseriptions, This 1t cannot do honestly, but it will undoubt- edly not permit any sentiment to stand in the way. Itis very likely, thereforo, that the French subscrivers wiil allow themselves to be again gulled by Deles- seps and supply him with their good money to e buried beyond the hope of recovery. While everyhody “else sces that the construction of the Panama anal on the present lines is very nearly impossible, or conceding its possibily that the cost wiil be so enormous that it will never pay as an investment, the French people seem to be blind both to the evidence of facts and rvea: don under the . spelll . of Delessop’s romantio assurance. At least that bas been the experience, ‘and it fare upon the honest members of the Douglas delegation, and caused the charter to be mutilated by the judiciary committee boodlers. The tight between the council and the police commission over the appointment of Seavey as chief of police, in which their billy editor has played his part as confidential counsellor, adviser and champion of the Moymihan combine, has given Rounds and Taylor the desired op- portunity to make themselves solid with Pat Ford and other members of the council who liberally patronize certain saloons and resorts in the Third ward. The objective point all along has been to capture the city advertising at an ex-~ travagaut figure and make the Republi- can the oflicial paper of Omaha. For the past ten years it has been the custom of the council to direct the city clerk, hy resolution, to invite proposals for city advertising, under specific conditions. A schemie was devised to steal a march on all competitors and, if possible,to rush'this job through the coun- cil by omitting the passage of the usual resolution and without specifying the conditions under which bids were to be received. To this end the city clerk was induced to sandwich a word or two about *‘printing" into an official advertise- ment for bids. This was done by insert- ing the followinz card among a lot of official advertisements: NOTIOE. The undersigned will receive bids until 4 o'clock p. m., Saturday, the £th day of June, A, D, 1857, for the following supplies to be furnished, and the official printing to be done, for the next fiscal year commencing July 1, 1887, as follows, viz: Hay, oats, corn, coal and ice; also the printing of ordinances and oflicial notices from the various city offices. ‘The city council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. J. B. S0UTHARD, City Clerk. Can there be anything more ingemous? Mixing the ofticial printing with bids for hay, onts, corn, coal and ice. It is a put up job on its face! The parties who con- cocted and engineered the job did not in- tend that there should be competition, and their bid1s proof of that fact. 1If Taylor & Rounds were allowed tocarry this job through to the end, the city would pay them double the rate that they gladly accept from Omaha merchants and foreign advertisers. By mere accident, the printing clause in tms hay, corn and ice notice was discovered by the editor of the BEE and the trickery of the schemes, became manifest at once. This was only two or three days bafore the 25th. He filed the BeE's bid with the clerk on Sat- urday, just in time to have it received with that of the Rounds & Taylor jobbers, ‘This was done as a mere maiter of form, From the outset the 'peculiar notice in- serted by City Clerk Southard was re- garded by us as illegal and not in accord with the requirements of the charter. The section of the charter relating to city printing reads as follows: Sec. 133, ‘The. coumell at the commence- ment of each year, or a8 soon thereafter as may be, shall designate some daily news paper. printed in* the city, as the ofticlal paper of the city, Ia which shall be published all general ordinances and all notices or other proceédings required by law or ordi- nance to the publie. All publishing of the eity shall be leg by contract to tlie lowest respon- | sible bidder, and the newspaper which shall | be awarded the contract, as the lowest re- | sponsible bidder, for publishing allthe matters | hereinbefore speeitied, shall be the one des- ignated as the official paper of the eity. Provided. That said paper shall have at least two thousand (2,000) cirenlation for six mon*hs last preceeding the time of bid. The manifest intention of the law is First, that all proposals shall expressly st for “publication of ordinances,” and not for ¥ printing,” because *‘oity printing” implies the printing of blanks, letter heads, ete., for which any job oflfice may bid, while official advertis- ing can only be done in a daily news- paper, and that paper should be required to accompany its bid with a sworn state- ment of circulation for at leastsix months previous to the bid. Second, the law re- quires that the contract for official ad- vertising shall be let at the commence- ment of each year, The council has no right to invite bids beyond the the commencement of the next year. Third, the clerk specifies the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1887, The next fiseal year, under the charter, begins with Jan- uary 1, 1888, City Attorney Webster, when asked yesterday to state whether the council could legally let the advertising beyond the first of January, construed the charter provisions as meaning that they could only let such contract from July, 1887, to Janu- ary, 1888, Upon assurance from Council- man Haseall, given just before the coun- c1l was called to order last evening, that the clerk would doubtless be required to readvertise for proposals with the spe- cific conditions required by law, the bid of the daily Bre was withdrawn. This was not done secretly, but nearly eyery councilman was advised of the fact. In spite of the assurances given by these councilmen that the proposals should be considered vold, the council has awarded the contract to the Republi- can, at an exorbitant price. The way it was done showed jobbery on its face. The Rounds .& Taylor bid was referred to the committee on printing, and two | the exposition for the exhibit. members of that committee, Ford and Manville, ignoring Mr. Kitchen, its chair- man, who was absent, made a report in- stanter, when common usage and de- cency required that the chairman should at least have a chance to take partin its decision. The question is, will Taylor & Rounds be allowed to dip their venal hands into tho city treasury with impunity—almost before they have become voters of Omaha? If jobbery and boodling are n active forces in the city council, the taxpayers will have to invoke the power of the courts, as they have doue on several former occasions. The Lesson of Jake Sharp. Since the conviction of Boss Tweed by a New York jury, no event has transpired in the American metropolis that will pro- duce a more wholesome effect in check- ing the political blood poison that has threatencd the very life of the nation, than the conviction of Jake Sharp. The corruption of municipal, state and na. tional legislatures has become a matter of such common notoriety that the popu- lar conscience no longer resists attacks upon the integrity of the law making power. It i3 only when the moral sentiment of communi- ties becomes thoroughly aroused by the bold and reckless infidelity of trusted public servants, and the wholesale bribery of aldermen and legislators, that district attorneys and jurors are nerved up to the fearless discharge of their sworn duties, The operations of Jake Sharp, like those of the great Tammany chief, were of such magnitude and car- ried on with such disregard of all the ordinary precautions that are usually taken by men who are engineering a great scheme through bribery, that it be- came the prevailing impression that hi accomplices were too numerous to ex pose him to any risk of being brought to justice. Both Tweed and Sharp doubtless believed that public sertiment had become so dulied to prevaling lack of integrity in public places, that the officers of the law would note their conduct with indifterence. The conviction of Boss Tweed broke up the corrupt Tammany ring and set the wheels of municipal reform in motion all over the country. ‘The conviction of Jake Sharp following close on the heels of the Chicago booelers, marks the be- gining of another era of municipal and legislative reform. The fiat has gone forth that brivery must be rooted out, and boodlers must be treated tho same as burglars, mcendiaries and highway- men. ITis reported from New York that Jake Sharp, the father of boodlers, is dying. It is certainly the sufest thing that Mr. Sharp can do. THe crown prince has had another convulsion, The prince has and tho doctors will giv needed rest. zht cold, him a long STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. . Gage county ranks third in young ideas. Richardson county farmers are har- vesting wheat. Plattsmouth is thréatened with a fur- niture factory. Lincoln gamblers now divide the spoils with the police court. Minden’s ereamery building is com- pleted and ready for’business, The Fairfield Herald has been turned into a sluice-box of prohibition. . The Lincoln Democrat was thrown into painful contortions a day or two ago by the announcgment that the Elk- horn Valley road 'had selected Omaha for its Ncbraska headguarters, and uttered a prolonged snarl about ‘‘stub lines' and such rot, These daily exhibi- tions of petty jealousy are getting bald- headed and hoar;. and only excite a great gulp of pity for the author, A gallant member of Omaha's drum- ming brigade, while sampling Cheyenne by gaslight, found the sister of a Sioux City acquaintance on the threshold of a life of shame, It was the old story of waywnrdness and wickedness in equal parts, but the slight glimpse she hal‘ of fiuded misery was suflicient for a life- me, Tears of repentance and promises of reform were exchanged for the neces- sary funds to return home, where a sor- rowing mother and anxious family awaited her. The generous drummer did a noble act and booked a large order on the ledger of St. Peter. *‘We publish to:day,” says the Rapid City Journal, “‘another letter relative to making a display of Black Hills mineral aud agricultural productions at the Omaha esposition whieh will be held from September 5 to 10, inclusive. This letter1s from J. H. McShane, sceretary of the Omaha fair and exposition associ- ation, and supplements the offer of the railrond company of free transportation, with a tender of vlenty of znudf hace mn ho peo- ple of the hills should meet such ad- vances half way. The time 1s near at hand when they will do a great deal of pusiness with the people of Omaha and Nebraka generally, and here an (r{)umrlth mty is offered for the display of much that we have to sell where it will attract the attention of those who may become buyers.” lowa Items, The Twenty-first Towa will hold their next reunion” and annual harvest home at Manchester, about the 20th of August. The gas well at Fort Dodge proved to furnish a tine quality of carbolic acid gas —the kind which puts out a fire instead of igniting. Creston ladies have subscribed a sufti- cient amount for the purchase of a mag- nificent silk flag for their base ball clutv, the particular pride of that town. ssessed valuation of Des Moines 0,000, an increase over 50,000 The valuation of personal property has decreased $400,000. The business men of Fort Dadge he agreed to rai cure the location in tha nois Central round house and repair shops. The salvationists struck hard luck when lhn{ attempted to convert Davenport, and Saturday gave the {nb up and left town in disgust. They also left consid- erable rent unpaid. An unknown man ticketed for Han- over, Kan,, was Killed by the cars at Pa- Junction a few days ago. The body s cut to pieces by the train. About £500 in French gold coin was found in his pocket. The farmers of the vicinity of lreton have organized an association to ship and market gram, live stock and all kinds of farm produce; also to buy and sell lumber, lath, shingles, ete. Articles of incorporation have heen filed with the secretary of state. The Sanborn lady who practices the mind cure a few days ago out riding behind a vicious mustang, when the ani- mal ran aw (ll-nmllehing the and somewhat injuring the lad profane are now calling upon tie phy- sician to heal herself. Dakota. Rapid City real estate is valued at $1,056,000. The damage to Grand Forks resulting from the recent tornado is now placed at $160,000. Crop prospects 1n the country tributary to Yankton are said to be the best in the history of that region. A new kind of bug that works on the growing flax 18 giving too farmers of Brookings county much trouble. The Deadwood Smelting Works com- pany, capital $100,000, has been organ- 7 One half the stock has been sub- scribed. The Dakota Bell declares that “Colonel Hossdealer, before being lynched Wed- nasday mght, handed us $2 and re- quested that the paper be continued to his family for another vear. The colonel s a gentieman aud a pu spivited eiti- zen. Our best wishes accompany him.” A huge wild cat attacked the henro of John Day, in Oliver county. Mrs. Day, in the absence of her husband, after finding forty hens and ducks killed, drew a shotzun on the cat. The small shot served to infuriate beast. Mrs. Day de- fended herself with an ax, desperate struggle Killed th The Custer City Chronicle “inside information’’ that the B, & M. surveyors are running a line up Beaver creck. The party has been on that stream for the past two wecks and that they have run three different lines from the Wyoming line up Beaver creek, a distance of twelve miles. Their camp bas been about seven miles above the S.and G. cattle ranch until recently, when they moved twenty miles further north. It is evidently their intention to surveya line into the o1l, salt and coal fields of Wyoming. Wyoming. Oil and mming companies, with un- lhmited capital on paper, are l‘looding the territorial roads. Specimens of ore from the Ristori mine in the Silver Crown district, assay $180 to $190 in gold per ton. A board of trade with 100 members has been started in Cheyenne, to whoop up the town ana country. The penitentiary commissioners have returned from an eastern trip, filled with a variely of styles for a territc i The Oil City Oil company, with stock placed at $2,500,000, has been in- corporated to work a claim in Crook count A big court martial will be held at Fort Russell early next month. General Henry Mororw, of Fort Sidney, will be the president. Fine specimens of goid bearing quartz have been brought to Donglas from Gle: rock. Iich mineral developments al od 1 that neighborhood. <essment roll of Laramie county, including Cheyenne, foots up $8,016, as aganst 87,235,028 last year. This does not include railroad assessment, which will bring the total up to $11,000,000. The Fort Laramie Irrigating Canal company, with a capital of §70,000, pro- to construct a ditch and necessary carry water from the North Platte river for mechanical and domestic uses and for irrigation. The total loss from the destruction of snowshed No. 8, which burned west of Sherman on Friday night, is over $5,000. The shed was 1,300 feet long and the r: road ties th it were destroyed, while the rails w rped out of shape. Colorado. Waterworks are bemng built at Mont- 10! The Duckett fish pond at Cuenin, con- tains 260,000 trout six months old. Beer has dropped to five cents a glass in Durango, and is still going down. The corner stone at Pueblo was laid by the Masonic fraternity last Thursday. The Beleher mine near Carbon has been sold to a New Yorker named God- frey for 100,000 eash. Father Matz, pastor of St. Ann’s Catho- lic church in Denver, has been ap- pointed coadjutor of Colorado, The carpenters of Denver have re- solved upon the nine hour day, and as the contractors refuse to agree to it a strike 15 an early certainty. The Fort Worth & Denver railroad has voted to increase the capital stock to £20,000,000, the surplus to be used in completing the road between those points, A young man in Delta was tunmerci- fully cow-hided a fow days ago for merely asking one of the ranchmen if he could spark his daughter. The old man gaid that if the young man had asked him to court or set up with her, it would have been all right, but that the word spark made him kinder mad. Sl The License Board. The license board met yesterday in the mayor’s oftice. The board consists of the'city clerk, president of the council and the mayor. The board refused a license to C.”A. Becht, Twenty-cighth and Dodge streets, on complaint of per- sons. in the neighborhood, and reported the names of fifteen saloonkeepers to Chief of Police Seavey, who are to be notified that they will be closad n twenty-four hours unless their bondsmen qualify. After general discussion of li- cense aftairs, the board adjourned, ghton College Commencemeant. he minth annual commencement of Creighton college took place last even ing, and was a brilliant and conspicuous event ‘in Omaha's colleginte annals. Every inch of available space in Exerciso hall of the college building was occupied by the smiling and expectant friends of the ambitious young students, The hall was beautifully and beeomingly decor- ated, especially the stage, which was fes- tooned with flags and flowe On the right of the platform was & portraiture he late Edward Creighton, the foun- r of the college, and on the left his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Creighton, while im- mediately in the rear of the platform was o large and excellently excented ainting of the Right Rev. ishop James O'Connor, D, D. Among the distinguished persons vres- ent were Governor John M. Thayer, Hon. John A, Creighton, Rev. John Jennette, Rev. McDonald, Rev. Ryan, of Columbus, Rev. Inieri, secretary to bishop, Rev. Choka, Rev. Coop- mans, 8. Wilboos, The even- ‘ing | oxercises were inaugurated by a charmingly rendered overe ture, “The Tourist,” by R. Schlepperely, at the hands of Prof. 8. Hoffmann’s ad- mirable orchestra, Following this came the prologue, or introduction, by Alfred Donaghue, which evinced carcful preparation and was de- tivered with an esprit that told of a most thorough course oF elocutionary study, “By the Kitchen Fire,” a lecture by Wm., T. Doran, in which the entire class took part was one of the most enjoyable and instructive features of the evening's programme, being nothing more or less than a profoundly titic disquisition on heat, its personnel, its powers, eflects and utility, the wonders it has already procreated and what may yet be attained from its development and stuc After various interrogat s by the class, Mr. Doran said: “‘Heat may be used, not only to express a particular sensation in the sense of touch, but also to deseribe that particular state or condition of ~matter which produces that sensation in us. There is no essential difference between and cold when we abstract our sen- sation and consider only the body which impresses it. The action of heating ig simply the inverse of that of cooling and the word heat designates the cause of this_kind of action,” and thus he pro- ceeded enlarging and expanding upon the subject until the brain became bewil- dered with its complex and abstruse phases. He entered into a deep yet com- prehensive exegesis of the subject, ex- plained why one feels cold and ancther warm under the same conditions; of the intensity necessary to melt the different metals, and how it acted in the process, of contraction and expansion, of the ossibilities of radiated heat; latent heat, ts capacity and effects, the heat of crys- talization; the causes and preventions for spontancous combustion, fire damp and so forth and so on ad infinitum, During this very scientitic and learned dissertation Mr. Doran was assisted by all manner of scientific and ingenious apparatus pirome! , wrometers, ther- mometers, otc., ete. All these instruc- tive experiments were accompanied by their chemical explanations, and set forthin a manner as to make them under- standable to all. Following all this scientific profundity came a most cheering and exhilarating selection from the opera of Rigolletto from the orchestra, which was heartily applauded. “I am a shepherd of the valley, la, la, la, , 1a, la. With my sheep I wander daily, Where the tender erass is growing, where the laughing waters play, Where the vernal winds are bl With my flock I love to stray. Weroe the sweet, entrancing words, at- tuned in softest melody, that here filled the hall, It was a lovely song and sang with inimitable grace and harmony by St Caecelia choir, an organization that owes cverything to the eflicient and masterly training of Prof. Hoffman, An encore that would not be denied again bronght forward the choir, and this time they gave with equally pleasing effect *“The Boat Song.” The choir con- sists of eighteen boys, ranging from the age of eightecn to eight, and the melliflu- ous blending of their fresh voices, and their admirable time and rcl’\'cct meas- ure, spoke volumes in behalf of their proud and able instructor. The dramatic dialogue, ‘“he Coming Journalist,”” with Tiu)m{ Lee, Denny O'Neill, Will Waddell, EI Lowery Rod Murphy, James Davis and Albert Murphy as the dramatis personm, kept the audience n a beautitic state of titilla- tion from exordium to close. The hits and -ofls by theso embryonic news- vaper men on the fraternily” of the day were numerous and of the ‘most salient, pointed, and sometimes satirical acrimonions description, but failed to bring down the house. he violin solo, an aria from Rigol- letto, with orchestral accompaniment, by Master Emil Hoffn , Was & number par-excellence, a performance of genuine merit. The young man’s marvellous hower over the violin will some day give hiim a posftion among the greatest of yers, The music of the violin is an exquisite musie that appeals directly to the heart in tones almost human, awak- ening responsive chords everywhere, and wearing a magic spell impossible to resist. Young Hoftman has a delicacy and fecling, a refinement and purity of tone that is fairly incredible in so young an artist. Another song by St. Caecilia choir, swinging ‘“Neath the Old Apple Tree,” was greatly enjoyed, so much so, in fact, as to demand a recall, when “Fair is the Morning'’ was rendered. The second premier event of the even- ing’s brilliant programme was the lec. ture of Charles Frenzer, entitled **Behind the Engine.”” This was another scien- tific tre: 2 that held the audience en- rapt, asall well digest compositions will. The sciences, there is something s0 resistless, attractive and absorbing in them, when comprehensively and ea bly treated never fail to engross an intel- Iigent audience, and the aud ( owing, never ma terially y a model engine which was mounted and running full blast upon the stage, to- gether with innumerable other scientific impedimenta, told all about steam, 1ts uses in the Al:\%’s of its most primitive dis- covery,when the wolopile took the place of the steam engine of to-day, Watts' grand discoveries, advancements'and improve- ments, the strains, different pressures, atmospheric influences, aerometry, and in fact a clear, complete and able anali was pinned up by the distinguighed chief executive, Tho next in merit were Patrick Burke and Henry N, Town, Tho gold medal for the best origial ssay was awarded to Eugene C. Noon, rold medal for excellence 1 de: ate was awarded to Patrick Burke. I'he govereor, in presenting the medals and premiums, shook each proud recipi= ent by the hand, and said something en= couraging, congratulatory and pleasing in his ear, and the scehe was one that afforded much amusement and pleasure to the admiriug frierds of the young stndents, T'his happy ceromony was over, and the governor, at the urgent solicitation of President Dowling, sepped forward and said : Ladies and Gentlemen: I have found. Rev, Father, President Dowling, 1 ha no thought of being pressed into the ser= vico this evening, not the slightost hing that I would be expected to make speech. — Some weeks ago I received & cordial invitation from the president to be present at the laying of the corner= stone of St. John's church. 1 came and was amply rewarded for com= for it was then I reeeived a most st to be present here this wening, My friends were so imperss tive i their invitations, that, as you see, Iam ne I cannot express the pleass ure I derived from the presentation of these testimonials to these young stue dents. It was nnexpected, consequently the more enjoyed. 1 am glad 1 was thug honored. The sight of these boys in cols lege here isa grand one to me, and as I 100k over this splendid audience I cannot help but reeall Nebraska as 1 knew it thirty-three years ago and contrast it with to-day. \When [ first saw Nebraska there were but few whites within her . borders, and most of thosc were at the old mission house at Bellovue. It was but one broad and limitless expanse of prairie,but look at it to-day. How beautis zation of this wonderous 1ncredient of potency and power in all of its entirity. R Franzer was voceferously applauded and the recepient of a beautiful floral tribute, This l\ll-nll'xlwd with a lyri ‘The Song of Steam, eloguence and drama burke. An orchestra! interlude, the lute to 1m,” a beantiful and inspiriting Irish medley overature, followed, and was rrected with the resounding plaudits of and and voice. Father Dowling, president of the college, here aunounced that the presentation of the medals and pren- !um)& would be raade by Governor Thayer, who was present by special invitation, and who was at this juncture escorted upon the platform, and’ without further deluy this interesting portion of the pro- gramma was carried out. - The gold medal for elocution, for which there was thirty-five competitors, was awarded to Willam ‘L. Doran, who could not repress the happy and tri umphant smile that wreathed his counte- scture was appropriately sup- eflusion entitled spoken with much effect by Patrick nance #s the beautiful reward for his | TALS TR with its floorishe ing cities and towns, trecless pains cut up into charmin and thriving farms, with its churel steeples towering up from every village and every town, and school houses every- where. Here in the midst of this beauti= ful city, fast growing in_ population, power and influence, everything evinces a high degree of prosperity. hat has caused these changes in human power, energy and life, what has brought about these great and grand results? Nothing, my friends, but christianity and _education, ‘They o hand in hand and carry forward pro- gress and _enlightenment among all the people. Where these exist you will find the highest type of civilization. Christi- anity and education is the bulwark of the nation; they uphold the people, tend to muake them better, to elevate them to a higher &nlnnu of life. The object of all should be to improve the condi- tion ~ of those around them. I rejoice at the prosperity, the beneficent influences, the ennobling ef- forts of Creighton college, and am glad of an opportunity to thus manifest my interest init. We cannot take too deep an terest in our schools and colleges, for in them our children are to be taught the ways of the right. The governor was uproariously ap- plauded, and to the enlivening strains of the orchestra the throngs dispersed. A NUISANCE. The Ltesidents in the Vicinity of the Hay Market Objecting. A petition was yesterday presented from property-owners to the city couneil, complairing of the horse and hay mar- kets on son strect as & nwisance, A Beg reporter visited the market and in. terviewed a number of the residents in the vicinity, The market extends along Jackson petween Thirteenth and Fourth- teenth strects. Wagon horses, wagons and hay stood around on all sidesin the most promiscuous manner and almost blocking up the street to its full extent, The residents of thejlocality are indignant that the nuisance has been allowed to .. exist so long. They say that apart from the stench arising from the presence 50 many horses in front of their resi- dences, they have seen more reason to complamn about the conduct of the men who stand around making use of bad and often obsccne language at their ver door. 8o much is this the case that it impossible for ladies to appear on the verandas of their houses, and when obhiged to go out, it is often with difhi- culty that they can force their way through the crowd of men, many of whom are intoxicated, It is also worthy of note that there is co ness in the vicinity, ari from the nuisance compl MORTUARY MATTERS. Facts About Those W parted this Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock the funeral of Joseph Crawford took place from his late residence, 722 Picrce street, The deceased was a momber of St. John's lodge A.F. and A. M,, as also the Moulders' union. He had worked for a number of years in the shops of the Union Pacifie, and the members of his union, as also a number of his masonie brethren took partin the funeral. Out of respect to his memory the foundry of the shops was closed to-day. RUDD, Dell Rudd, the popuiar assistant of C, S. Higgins, mourns to-day, with his wife, the death of their bright ‘and promising little son Adelbert, aged eight years, whose death occurred Tuesdny night. The funeral will take place to-day at 10 a. m. from the residence of his parents, DIED, HILLOCK—In this city June Hillock, aged 58 years. Funeral to-day at 2 p. m. from his late resi- dence, 1512 Marey street. RUDD—In_this city June 23, at10 p. m, Adelbert 11, son of Adelbert and Elizabeth Rudd, aged 5 month Funeral to-morrow at 10 a. m, from the family residence, 437 Division street. Friends of the family invited. SITREMAN—In this city sune 20, Elizabeth wife of Charles Shireman, aged 23 years and 8 months. Funeral to-morrow at 10 a. m. from her late, residence, 501 Cedar street. —~In this city June 20, at9a. Archie, son of William and Laura Rees aged 1 year and 2 months. Funeral to-morrow at 2 p. m.. from the family residence, 1008 Douglas street. 25, James B, Glad Tonowanka's Friendly. A squalid band of Indians are en- cumped above the fair grounds and to day several of them huve been working the begging racket throughout the eity, “Tonowanka,' s tall, wiry, yet antedi- luvian looking buck, prescuts a paper which reads like this: Sir: Tonowanka is a zood Indian and he dare not go to the hunting grounds because ho is friendly to the whites. Give il & ¢ tobacco, old clothes, anything. thankful for the kindness, WoiLEy, Agent. pleasing to note that Tonowunka is friendly to the white man, as there are only about thirty pohcemen in Omuha to defend 100,000 of them, - - Meeting of Tinners. A moeting of union and non-union tine ners was held last ht ut their rooms, corper of Thirteenth and Douglas straets, A number of speakers addressed the meeting, urging upor, the men the neces- sity for orgunization. Some eighteen or twenty new members were admitted to the union, i | it impossible to resist any request of our X e,