Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 21, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUNSORIPTION ¢ Dafly Moeniag Edition) including Bunday Bes, One Y oar [} For Bix Months For Throe Month The Omaha Swnday Bek, matied address, One Yoar. FARYAX STRE AUNE BUILDING. 13 FOUKTRENTH BTRERT. ARA OFFICE, NO. 014 AND w YOuK OPFICE, ROOM ASHINGTON OFFICR, N/ CORRESPONDENCE! Al 6ommunioations relating to news and edk torial matter should be addressod to the Evi TOR OF T Ban BURTNESS LETTERSS All business letters and romittances should be ddrossed to THE BRS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders be made payable t0 the order of the company, TAE BEE PUBLISHING CONPAYY, PROPRIETS, E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of-Nebrask: a8 County of Douglas, g 'P‘(Iuio.m . Tzschuck, rcrem of I’l'he Beo blishing company, does solemnly swear thiat the actual clreulation. of the. Dally 1308 for the week ending July 15, 1837, was as follows: Saturday.July 9., Sunday, July 10. Monday. Jlllty 11 Tuesday, Jul X 12 ‘Wednesday, July 11 Thursaa; ..lulg 4, Friday, July 1! Average. Gro, B, TZ8CHUCK. Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this 16th day of July, A. D, 1857, 9 [SEAL. Notary Pubiie. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, Geo. B, Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily cfi-culnnon of the Daily Bee for ;hn Amonm 13"“ '1"'“35 IB!!IX, 11{31 ‘!w'l"”: lor Augusf 2,484 coples; for Septem- ber, 186, l’lza.um Coples; for October, "1% 12,90 coplea; for November, 1886, 13, coples; for December, 188, 1317 copies; for Janu 1857, 10,260 coples: for Februar 1887, 14,196 coples; for March. 1887, fes: for April, 1887, 14,316 coples: for May, 167, 14,227 coples;for” Jume 1887, 14,147 copies. Gro. B. Tz8CRUCK, Subscribed and sworn to before me tuls 1st day ot July A, D., 1897, EAL. N P. FEm, Notary Publle. THr “faithfal fathers” is what they are now styled by the jobbers who lately retired from the government printing office. TnrE Rev. Dr. Savidge should not forget to deliver one or more of his very excel- lent sermons for the benefit of insulting aud impudent street car drivers. Here is a chance for genuine reform. ————— Youna Manville, who is acting deputy city clerk, is a chip of the old block. The way he shuffled Mr, Kierstead's res- olution out of its place to give prece- dence to the *‘whereas” of his father last night shows that he is capable of most any kind of trickery. ———— TR general baggage agents of the United States are in convention at Den- ver. Just what is done at these conven- tions has never been known, but they are held year after year and baggage 13 lost and never found with as much regu- larity and system as it was before the days of cunventions. eE— ProrLE who were afraid the bottom would drop out of the boom in Umaha, will be pleased to learn that during the year ending June 1, 1887, as shown by the report of Bradstreet's Mercantile agency, there was an increase of 30 per cent over the year before in the total number of firms and individuals doing business here. e—— Tae people of Erie, Pa., openly pro- test against Honry George's eulogy of Dr. McGlynn in his address to the Knights of Labor in that city, on the ground that the doctor permitted an old and superanuated uncle to die there in abject poverty in St. Vincent’s hospital. ‘Whether this charge against the doctor is true or not, it is to be said in his behalf that 1t was some time before the founda- tion of the anti-poverty society. THE inter-state commission has dis- missed the actions brought by Western roads which had been boycotted by the Pennsylvania and New York Central growing out of the refusal to pay com- missions to ticket agerts, There is no more reason why a ticket agent should be bribed by paying him a commission than that his salary should be daily raised, because at times he thinks he ‘6wns the road. The ticket commission must go. Tue importance of the election in New York this year will be in the revelation the result will give of the relative strength of the two great parties in that state almost on the eve of the presiden- tial campaign. Great interest is now being taken by the politiciuns of both parties in the united labor party, which will hold a state convention next month. The republican managers are said to be doing thelr utmost to encourage and stimulate the movement of the labor party, which, however, does not appear to be in noed of such help, while the scheme of the democrats is to work some of their own men into the' labor ranks and thoreby, if possible, introduce an ele- ment of discord. Among the delegates of the labor party already chosen to the state convention are Dr. McGlynn, Henry George and John McMackin. ‘There will undoubtedly be a labor ticket 1n the field, and it will draw most largely from the demooracy. . — A BRIEF telegram from Richmond, Va., on the 19th, announced the death of R. M. T. Hunter, and mentioned that nearly fifty years ago he wa: speaker of the national house of representatives, subse- quently a senator of the United States, and during the existence of the con- federaoy its secretary of state and a sen- ator. Forty years ugo the man of whom this briet mention was made was one of the most conspicuous among the public men of the country at that time and a recognized leader of southern opinion. He stood in the very front rank of the southern statesmen of that day, and at one period no other one of them exer- cised a larger Influence. He was aggres- sive 1n politics, an able lawyer, and a good deal of an orator. The institution of slavery and the doctrine of states rights from the southern standpoint had no bolder or more uncompromising de- fender than R. M, T. Hunter, and he was among the foremost in support of seces- slon, He was filiug some small oftice at ‘ne time of his death snd died poor, The Monétary Situation. Notwithstanding the fact that the July disbursements of the government and of the railway and other corporations are estimated to have been fully $75,000,000, and that this large amount has nearly all gone into the channels of trade, together with the fact that there is no apparent cause for apprehending a serious mone- tary disturbance at least during the cur- rent year, but on the contrary all the conditions to a prosperous business seem favorable. There is a disposition shown in the money centers to discriminate against long loans by hardening the in- terest rates. It is noted that while the tendency in short loans has been to greater ease, the opposite disposition is being shown with respect to long come mercial and collateral paper. In view of the plain conditions, the only explanation of this appears to be that the money lenders have con- cluded that the fall demand for money s certain to be so great, with the proba- bility of a diminished supply, that it will pay them to await that demand. One of the wealthiest of the insurance compa- nios of the east is reported to haye re- cently declined mortgage loans at 4} to 5 per cont because of & belief that a little later on 6 per cent loans can be vbtained with ease. Such a circumstance docs not indicate any present lack ot money, the fact being that the general supply is ample. Itisto be regarded simply as sigmifying a conviction that money is pretty sure to become closer with an as- sured demand that will make 1t dearer. If this situation is realized, the business of the country for the next six months will be done on a money value from 1 to 2 per cent ligher than at present. The advantages of this would be chiefly with the money lenders. It may be interesting to note in this connection the actual circulation of the country, as derived from official state- ments. These suow that on the first of the current month the amount of coin in cir- in circulation was $482,172,189, and the amount of paper, consisting of gold and silver certiticates, legal tenders and bank notes, $836,611,842, miaking the total cir- culation §1,818,784,081. This was au in- crease over the total circulation on July 1, 1886, of $65,720,200. This is a large increase in the circulation in a single year, and the fact that it has been fully occupied 1n the operations of business is ovidenco of an extensive expansion, while the additional fact of financiers now re- fusing long loans from a belief that higher rates for money must prevail shows that they anticipate & still further expansion of business. The conditions are certainly favorable to this view, but there are some shrewd men in the financial world who have ex- vressed a doubt whether the prevailing state of affairs, so far as it partakes o, the character of a general boom, can be maintained much beyond the current year. They argue that the rapid pace at which nearly everything has been mov- ing is exhausting, and that a halt, when it shall come, may be very sudden and severe. Some deference to such opinion may be wise and prudent, but with abundant crops assured, all departments of industry in active operation, and population steadily growing, there surely appears to be very little ground for pes- simistic forebodings. And this evidently is the view of the financiers who are holding their money for higher rates of interest. A False Alarm. A great deal of the noise that has re- cently been made in certain newspapers regarding immigration, had its origin or incentive in the assumption that tho British government had instituted a sys- tematic policy of deporting paupers from Ireland to this country. The arrival of less than a hundred peoplo who had re- ceived government assistance was seized upon as a text for many elaborate and fervid editorial dissertations, which be- ginning with the defensible proposition that paupers should be excluded, by a quite natural process speedily expanded into a demand that not only should ex- isting laws relating to immigration be rigidly enforced, but that the time had come when the national policy regarding immigration needed to be enforced in the direction of curtailing the incrense to our population from this source. A num- ber of reputable and influential news- papers and a few men 1n public fe and positions of authority have freely pro- clamed their belief that the interests of the people of this country require that a strong check shall be put upon immigra- tion, with little regard to the condition of those whq come here from foreign lands w0 make their homes among us. The Ber has heretofore quite fully ex- pressed its dissent from this view so that its readers can have no doubt as to where it will be found should the guestion be- come one of sorious consideration at any time in the future, What we desire to call attention to at this time is the fact that the assumption from which the anti-immigration cry received its inspiration was ground- less. The United States consuls in Great Bntain and [reland concur in reporting that there is no systematic deportation of paupers, and that in fact this class of persons seldom cross the seas. The larger portion of those who come from Ireland are day laborers, while tha English and Scotch emigrants include a considerable nuin- ber of mechanics, engincers and iron- workers. With regard to factory opera- tives, the consuls find that the majority of them are not clined to emigrate. In- vestigation shows that the workers in the manufacturing districts quite gener- ally are fairly contented. A few of them at times develop uneasiness, particularly when the news of a boom in this country reaches them, but the exodus of this class is never very large, and it has been found that when the booms have run their course many of these operatives re- turn to where they are sure of steady employment, oven if the average earn- ings are a little less. In the last thirty-five years this country has received between tour and five millions of people from Great Britain and Ireland, ft 1s hardly likely that so large a number will comeo from those countries during the next thirty-five years, for the two reasons that Ireland cannot contribute so largely as she has done, unless that country is to be depopulated, while the inducemonts to the people of England, Scotland and Wales to come bere are growing less. Land is getting higher ia price, all the public domain ht for seitlement will probably be taken up within the next two decades, and while the opportunities of obtaining a livelihood in tkis country are THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: still unquestionably much better than in any country of Europe, our fiscal policy as at present makes the cost of hving considerably higher than in any Euro- pean country. While, therefore, we shall continue to have immigration if not shut off by legislation, and doubtless on a liberal scale during the re- curring boom periods, there is vety little doubt that natural causes must in the not remote future operate to restrict the growth of population from this source. The total number of immigrants that have come into the United States since 1820, less aliens not intending to remain, is a little more than 13,000,000, It is by no means, certain, even if immigration be left unrestricted except as provided for by existing laws, that thisnumber will be greatly exceeded in the next sixty-seven years, There {8 certainly no warrant for alarm in such a prospect. E—— Tecumseh's Prophesy. William Uecumseh Sherman, 1t 18 sald, recently expressed himself to the effect that ‘‘some of the most terrible wars the world has ever known'’ will take place in this country in the near future. General Sherman’s expressions of opin- ion are often wise and sometimes other- wise, His prophesy that men now living will see “‘terrible wars right here,” may safely be classed in the latter category. He argues that history shows the going and coming of warlike eras and that after the present time of peaco will come one of bloody conflicts. The general does not seem to under- stand the fall signiticance of the mew factors that have entered into civilization during the last quarter of a century. Mankind now sece the relation of nations in u new light. Disputes are settled by diplomatists rather than by warriors. Kings are no longer of divine ordination and need not be blindly followed to death, The sentimentalists urge the bar- barity of war; the commercial spirit of the time opposes it; the philosopher de- clares its uselessness, Time was when war spread civilization and intelligence. That time is past. The press, the rail- road, the telegraph have revolutionized intercourse between nations. During the past decade there has been evideutly an influence opposing declara- tion of war in Europe, that scene of countless conflicts, strained relations be- tween nations have been passed over without rupture. Diplomatists have been enabled to bring home ‘‘peace with honor," without the shedding of blood. If the tendency in Europe is to preserve the peace, it is still more the tendency in this country, and General Shermasn’s assertion to the contrary notwithstand- ing, there are no issues that would seem to call for the arbitrament of the sword. It is pretty safe to predict that General Sherman’s prophecy will not be fulfilled. Governor RHill's Boomlet. The New York democrats have pre- sented Governor Hill with another presi- dential boom. As 8oon as one bursts, or collapses, a new toy of thiskind is manu- factured for him. Each one amuses thoe recipient, no doubt, as it floats away hike a Fourth of July balloon, in the murky democratic atmosphere with which he is surrounded, and is lost to sight. The rebel flag episode 18 said to be the hydrogen in Governor Hill's present boom, and his friends want him to go into active training so that he may float to the white house 1n 1888 like an athlete ona ‘‘skyey’ trapeze, in the sight of a gaping multitude. But what 18 the meaning of this taking up or dropping of a presidential candi- date with the fluctuations 1n Cleveland’s vopularity? Don’t we all know that the president will not be a candidate for an- other term? We have his own word for it, and he is lan obsti- nate man; he will stick tohis point. When his constituents cometo him and mform him that they have selected him as their candidate once more, how he will elevate his brows in surprise and say, “Why, gentlemen, don’tyou remem- ber what 1 said about one term? Well, T am a man of my word, My wife would like to stay here another four years, how- ever, but—what do you think I ought to do?” and the candidote who hesitates is Eleven members of the council voted to over-ride the Injunction of Judge Groff against the frandulent printing contrast by a resolution directing all city officers to have the city adveruising done in the Omuha Republican until a contract is let legally. Three or four of the councilmen were misled into a support, of this job by mis representation. They did not reali¥e that they were violating the injunction or the plain provisions of the charter, which exvressly requires that the official advertising shall be done by a daily paper which makes the lowest bid in an open competition. Six or seven of the councilmen who voted for this job did so with their ‘eyes open. They voted for the job to reward their bosom friend and boon companion in the bar-rooms, who has the freedom of the police patrol wagon when he gets unsteady on his feet early in the morning. Chief among this convivial ciique is W. F. Bechel, who 18 m a fair way of becoming a wreck mor- ally and physieally by dissipations with the rowdy editors and Moynihan might watch. Mr. Bechel's conduct during the last tew months has been a source of serious regret among men who have formerly esteemed him, As president of the council he should at least set an ex- ample of common decency, out of re- spect for the position. There might be some excuse for award- ing the official advertising to a paper known to have a large circulation in the city at a lower price than is now paid by the city. But what justitication 18 there in voting to take the advertising from the Bek which has over six thomsand regular subscribers in the city and awarding it even at the same price to a paper which cannot stow one thousand actual paying subscribers in Omaha. As a business proposition nobody can jus- tify it, and if the council had the interest of the city at heart instead of trying to reward boodlers and bummers they would never countenance such a scheme. — A Signal Failure. Mr. J. L. Webster has been city attor- ney for two months, In that brief time he has shown himself to be utterly unfit for the place. The city pays him $3,000 a year, and pays $1,500 a year for his as- This entitles the city, not onlyto eflicient and faithful service, but diligent care in the transaction of 1ts legal bus- THURSDAY, JULY 21 1887. Mr. Webster has been a signal fail: ure in every essential requisite of his office. Unlike his prede: cessor, Mr. Connell, who always was ready and on hand to try the suits pending against the city, Mr. Webster has at the very outset shamefully neg- lected the business of the city in the courts, and staved off nearly every suit that was called up for trial. This will result in loss of thousands of dollars to the city. Mr. Webster did,however, find time enough to look after the interests of private corporutions thut retained him as their attorney. As a legal adviser, Mr. Webster has been equally derelict of duty. The city comptroller and other officials have time and again vainly tried to get any legal advice or opinion from the city attorney on matters that are of vital importance, Mr. Webster h: howeyer, sought to make himselt solid with the bummer and boodle gang that infest the council, and for them he has had opinions to suit the emergency. It would naturally be expeoted that a city attorney would acquaint himself fally with every law relating to the business of the municipal corporation, but Mr. Webster up to this time exhibits the most Iamentable ignorance. He allowed the mayor and council to call and conduct ‘a special election for railroad franchises under the old law when he ought to know enough to know that the failure to com- ply with the new election law, which took effect on the 1st of July, renders the clection invalid. He stood up in the council when this franchise, illegelly voted and illegally canvassed, was de- clared carried, and never opened his mouth to set the couneil right. Mr, Webster holds a commission for two years, but it strikes us that the city can better pay him a round bonus to re- tire. ness. THE remarkable change which is said to have come over Secretary Bayard dur- ing the past two years is ascribed in part to the failure of his expectation to domi- nate the administration. It is said that when he accepted the position in the cab- inet he believed that his power ‘and 1m- portance would be increased, and that he would become a much larger figure in the eye of the country than when he was in the senato. But instead of this he has become more obscure and of less conse- quence, His disappointment is due to the fact that the president does not toler- ate any domination save his own The habit of Mr. Cleveland is to treat his cab- inet secretaries as so many clerks, whose advice he seeks rather asa matter of form and courtesy than with any idea of being guided by it. To the members of the cabinet who aro new in public life this probably causes no feeling, but 1t is eacy to understand that to a trained political leader like Bayard it must be extremely humiliating. —— WHEREAS, said contract with the Bre Publishing company was and is illegal, for that the same was not approved by an aye and nay vote of the city council.’” —Resolution by Manville. The old toper from the Sixth ward evidently is losing his memory, The contract with the Bee Publishing com- pany last year was and is law- ful. It was voted for on a call of the council by ayes and nays, and the following is the vote: Yes—Goodman, Lowry, Casper, Schroeder, Bechel, Good- rich, Cheney, Bailey and Manville. No— Ford and Daily. If the clerk made no record of this vote, the fact that the con- tract was legally awarded cannot be gamsaid. But what does a man care about lawful contracts who is laying around the saloons night and day, and makes himself the willing tool of jobbers? Ir is bad taste to commend & man for an honest act, as a rule, especially where he has previously bound himself by con- tract. We often see an insurance com- pany patting 1ts own back by reason of promptness in the fulfillment of a con- tract to a beneficiary, while in fact it is entitled to no more credit thereby than is a man who pays his grocery bill. When such an announcement appears it carries the suggestion that such promptness of payment under a contract is an excep- tion with the company and not the rule. In these days of mushroom insurance companies, itis a matter of regret that ‘“‘commendable promptness” is at a pre- mium, and also that many of the com- panies delay their settlements an unrea- sonable time, In the fulfillment of their contracts they should display the same avidity that they do in writing policies. AnortHer corner has collapsed and several more men who expected to be- come millionaires find themselves poor— or should so find themselves. This tune the attempted corner was in the cotton market, Julius Runge, an extensiye Galveston cotton operator, at the head ot a wealthy syndicate, tried t6 put the screws on the Liverpool and New York markets with the effect of becoming his own victim. The curse of this country is the spirit which is always seeking to get something for nothing, much for little. T statement of President R. R. Cable, of the Rock Island road, that peo- vle who talk about wild western real estate booms usually go upon premises that are faulty, 15 more than corroborated by the report of the local Bradstreet Mercantile agency s to the present busi- ness situation in this section of the country. E—— KINGS AND QUEENS, Queen Henrietta, of Belgium, is passion- ately fond of horses, King Humbert of Italy. is very industrious and says he works bLarder than any hotel clerk, Kaiser Wilhelm has placed all his jubilee gifts in the Hohenzollern family museum in Berlin, The czar has mot expressed himself as favoring any particular candidate for the Hawalian throne. Queen Victoria hasjust been presented with & cream colorea parasol by a London firm, and is very much pleased with it. The king of Sweden has a great passion for farning and fine cattle. He should come over here and 2o into the ranching business, Count di Marifiorl, son of King Victor Emanuel, is one of the greatest winemakers of ltaly. His vineyards at Lucca cover nearly 7,000 acres, Queen Victor recently slept in camp at Al- dershot, whieh was her first camping experi- ence since the return of the English troops from the Crimean war. Queen Victoria has sent a cabinet which belonged to Mary queen of Bcots, swld s lock of ber bair, for the Ic*ersborcgh ¢ =bitien n conneetion with the tercentenary of the cottish queen. The sultau of Johore has a wonderful palace near Singapore. Its wealth and beauty rival the “Arablan Nights” tales of splendor, and he is always willing to show his marvels to the many strangers touching at his snhore. 1o entertalns his guests at meals with food served in golden vessels, which service cost 8700,000. The regalia he wears I8 valued at £500,000, & sword Queen Victoria presented cost the neat sum of 850,000, and he delights to dazzle the eyes of his enchanted spectators with these wondrous vistons of wealth, ————— Next Fall's Programme All Arranged. Peoria Transeript, President Cleveland s a little undecided as to what he will do this fall, but his fall for next year has been arrangod. prarttnse- Sl )y One More Pass. New York World, After the coercion bill passes parliament and becomes alaw, it may still have some trouble 1n pussing the land league. femababtumiuiiy ‘What They Lack. Atlanta Conatitution, The greatest deficlency of southern colleges i3 their lnck of faellities for physical develop- ment. They turn out too many dyspeptic geniuses, [RE P —— A Face In the Btreet. George Russell Lewis. As hurriedly along the erowded street 1 pushed my way, a woman’s awful face Confronted me and darkened all the place Wherain we walked; then falthful memory e Rushed back into t8e dusky past to meet Great Dante's creatures—all that direful race Of piteous souls that traversed hell’s wide space And vnplnly battled with the woes that beat Against the naked spirit. Ana I thought: his woman’s face to some lost soul be- longs, Escaped from its dark prison and distraught; And now it glides among the eager thronea ‘To clutch their souls with terror and restrain Their feet from luring ways that lead to pain. —_——— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. ‘The crop prospect 1n Brown county is one of the finest, Fairbury has voted $11,000 to the Rock Island extension. A gang of forty tramps are pasturin, in the suburbs of Oakland. £ ¥ The Hastings street car companies are again warring for right of way. Chadron bored into the earth and dropped $2,000 in the hole without the least provocation. She has tho hoe. A farmer’s daughter in Nance county was hurried to the shining shore, a few days ago, by the festive kerosene can. A quarry of rock salt has been dis- covered in the Republican valley, butthe lucky finder declines to toll the location. Out in_Franklin county the girl baby of Erick Erickson fell backward from a high chair, broke her neck and instantly expired. The South Sioux City Shouter is {aying up a stock of caloric for the openin whoop early in August. The initi number will be a Jay-dandy. Hyer’s Coon howlers ran against a snag at Long Pime. The Bugle says when they take the people there for a set of chumps they are on the wrong track. Elmer E. Thompson, a Nance county ranchman, puiled & Winchester out of a wagon, muzzle foremost. A large bullet penetrated his stomach, and his chances of remaining on tov of the earth are mighty shim. Hoffman’s halter and derrick in Ne- braska City are being greased for the eternal spring, to-morrow. The thought of the coming event keeps him awake nights., The local militia company is being drilled to give a mulitary aspect to the background. An organization of liars and tall tale tellers has been perfected in Hastings. ‘The membership is limited to the stafl of- ficers of the newspapers and a retired preacher, the latter to give it a sancti- monious coloring. Under the patronage of Duke Thompson the club will issue a monograph on “The Nude in the Art of Lymg." The Fremont Tribune rises to ask ‘“where the BEE gets its information on the bloomers?” By atanding in with the darling dozen and taking their measure with a pocket camera. The band, to be a success, must be able to paralyze ‘*Hail Columbia and hustle over a gutter with both hands to windward. The suits will be *‘just too sweet for anything’’—short symphonies in seersucker and sonatas in striped stockings. lowa Items. Clinton had nine deaths from sun- stroke. The twine famine in most portions of the state has subsided. LThe competitive examination for the appointment of a West Point cadet for the Tenth district will be held at Webster City, August 4 'he sheriff at Clinton has in jail A man who gave his name as C. H. Martin, but to be C. H. Mallory. He refuses to but letters from two Dakota oints describe the young man and charge im with forgery aud theft. A bunch of five prominent farmers near Sloan have been arrested for bor- rowing and_seliing cattle belonging to other people. Their names are Matt Johnson, Mike Hearn, Pete Fouts, G. Vanceyars and John Losey. The lowa teachers in attendance at the national convention'in Chieago presented Mr, James A. Edwards, of the Normal Monthly, with a beautiful gold watch as a token of their appreciation of his kind- ness in providing for their entertainment while in attendance upon the convention, School ma'ams are very appreciative. Frank lves, aged twenty, while sitting with a |).'|r!ay of youngfriends ata window in the third story of the Teachout build- ing, at Des Moines Sunday, playfully threatened to fall out backwards to scare the girls present, Finally he said, “‘Now I am 'zmug. sure,” lost his balance, fell through an awniug to the pavement and broke his neck. e died instantly. Dakota. The fair of the Deadwood Fair associa- tion will begin September 20, The rails on the Manitoba are now laid within fifteen miles of Watertown. Judge Palmer is drafting a bill to be introduced by Delegate Gifford atthe next session of congress, providing for two more judicial districts in the terri- tory. The contract for the complation of the grading of the Doland extension of the t‘hhm 0 & Northwestern to Groton has been let. Whether it will be built from the latter place to Urdway, Columbia or farther to the west and strike Tower City, on the Northern Pacific, is 8 matter of speculation. The Cheyenne Sioux took out from Pierre last week fifty new wagons and 100 sets of harness. The Free Press says they had the same number furnished them last fall. The highways of the re- servation are not conducive to the pre- servation of wagons, it would seem, e Indian bureau should send a gang of white laborers in to make roads for these favored rednien. LR Pressing the Camera. ‘The pressmen who distinguished them- selves in their march in the fourth of July parade, wisely concluded to perpetuate the appearance they then made by %‘et— ting ‘themselves photographed, ne men appear in the linen ulster and the white tile hat which they wore and made amost sausfactory appearance, A NURSE'S VIEWS OF SPIRITS. Mrs. Whittaker S8ays She is a Spiritualist, but Not a Medium. COMMON RUMOR SET AT REST. She Denies That 8he Recclved any Knowledge of the Witter Case from the Bpirit Land— Mrs. Witter's Lifo., Denver Republican: Some of the friends of Mrs. John A, Witter have claimed that Mrs, Whittaker, the woman who nursed Witter for three days and a half prior to his death, is a spiritualist, and that, in their opinion, she had seen visions or something of that kind instead of tho actual powder in the cup of milk which Mrs, Witter had propared for her husband. 1n order to loarn what particular views the nurse might have on spiritualism, a Republican reporter was esterday «directed to call upon hor, and after going over the entire story which she has here- tofore related, try to draw out her par- ticular belief in the hereafter. - As noarly as possible instructions were followed to the letter. Mrs., Whittaker told the same story and in practically as many words as that related to the coroner’s jury, with the single excartinn that she spoke of the glass of milk in the refrigerator. She was reminded that this was something she had failed to tell the writer on pre- vious occasions, and that she had not said anything about it at the time of the inguest. HER EXPLANATION OF IT, “I know I didn’t tell the jury,” wasthe re)lxly, *“‘but they did not ask me. You will remember that all 1said was prac- tically in_response to questions. The doctors first, and after that the lawyers told me to talk, and 1 have tried to obey them, but you reporters seem determined to learn everything, and_that 18 how I rossih y said moro than I should before he trial.' *‘But doesn’t it seom unreasonable that Mrs. Witter should let the milk remain in the refrigerator where her children could get at it any time if it was really voisoned?"” “‘Of course 1t does; but I can not hcl(ll that. What I see with myv owa_eyes know to be truo—no differonce how un- reasonable it may be to other people.' “How do you feel toward Mrs. Witter?" “More kindly than I can tell. I know her sufferings were terrible, and she was eomiuu to desperation. I know that Mras. Witter did not like it that [ came to her house a8 a nurse, but she treated me with the utmost consideration, When I made that discovery in the glass it was too late to save her husband's life, and 1 have often wished thatit had escaped my observation. But when I saw the powder it was my duty as & nurse to speak of it to the physicians.” MER VIEWS ON SPIRITUALISM. “*How was it,” suddenly asked the re- porter, “that this_premonition came to ou from the spirits that Mr. Witter had cen poisoned. “‘Premonition? Spirits?”’ said the nurse. ‘“‘Why, what do you mean?” “I mean that you are a Spiritualist and and that through that means you knew your patient was poisoned.” *'No, no. That is all a mistake. I never }1.1;11 a premomtion, as you call it, in my ife.”” ‘‘But you are a Spiritualist?” “Yes; but not in the scnse I think you mean, I velieve that each person has a soul which lives forever; that when they die this soul goes to the hereafter exactly as it leaves this one, and that there it can improve or remain 1n 1ts normal condi- tion exactly as it chooses.” “But {'ou believe in spirits returning to the world, communicating with feiends, and that kind of thing?" I am not 50 sure about that. I have never seen any of these mediums per- form wonderful feats. They have never happened when I was about. But friends have told me of wonderful things and on any other subject I should not think of questioning their wond." “But you have heard how the spirits claim that John Witter came to his death?” ‘“‘No, nothing of the kind, and now I understand you, Iam not a medium, nor bave I had any premonitions.” It was very cvident to the reporter's mind that Mrs. Whitaker meant wkat she said. MRS. WITTER AT HOME. Mrs. Emily O. Watter passed yesterday quietly at hor home in the society of her atherI. A. Marble, (who will remain until his* daughter's great trouble has reached a climax) her two children and the two lady frionds who have remainod loyaliy at her side. There were but a few callers, as Mrs. Witter has thus far religiously obeyed the advice of her nt- torneys, and excluded herself from all callers. From the first many friends who have failed to see her personally have sent let- ters, encouraging and sympathetic, and many and elaborate floral offerings have been sent to the house. Among the latest letters received by the widow was one dated at Corona, Cal., and signed, **A Church Member,” mn which the writer urged her to stand firm, keep up a braye heart, and, throwing all her burden upon God, trust in divine meroy and ad. MRS. WITTER'S MARRIED LIFE. A Republican representative has ob- tained from Mrs. Witter herself and from some of those who have been near to her during her married hfe, something of a sketch of her marital c As has been heretofore John A, Witter married Emily O. Marble, when he had just completed his school days and the young lady was but eighteen years old.” She is the duught tleman who is highly rosy place of their resids South By After we were married,” s Witter. “we lived for several ye a farm belonging to Mr. Witter's fatl about e miles from South John said he never cared to live any- where else but on the farm, and we got along comfortubly and quictly and hap- pily for some time. “About two years later we came to Denver and made a visit, and then re- turned to our home. From that time John was discontented and was continually longing to come west. Finally we came to Denver and went to live in a house on Arapahoe street, That was thirt years ago. About eight years ago w moved into our present home. The house in which I now live and the one mnext to it were given to me by my father. Both of my élnlnlr-:n were born back east. Pearl, the little girl, is now thirteen fage and Johnnieis nearly vine.” king of the many rumors been set afloat, since her hust death, some of which tried to refle her character, Mrs. Witter said: “W may say that [ nevor, almost, went out from my house without taking my chil- dren along with me. I have always thought that there was no better protec- tion to & wife and mother than her chil- dren when her husband is not with her." Speaking to an intimate friend some time since of ber married troubles, Mrs. Witter remarked: “*1 worried and fretted and got thin and nearly lost my health, and then 1 eame to the conclusion that 1 could not mend maters that way and 1 let affairs take their course.” R “When Mrs. Hiram Witter was sick at one time,” said Mrs. Witter yestorday, “I went to her home and pursed her, cooked for her-and looked after her eare fully. 1 wentan my cart atu late hour oue night to geta nurse for her and came home here in the darkness alono. After she got better John and Hattie Hatton called there one aftornoon and Mrs, Witter told them how good I had been to hor and what nice care she had had, But they greeted her remarks with a sneering laugh, “When John was first taken sick Mrs, Hiram Witter said that she would think that John would hire a girl to _attend to the kitchen work and let his wife devote herself to attonding to him, beeause sho was such a good nurse." LETTER FROM “‘HATTIE." Appropos of the claim that has been made that Jonn A. Witter's affection for Mrs, Hatton was only the naturai regara of an uncle to a favorite nicce, it is stated upon the very best authority that during Mr. Witter’s fatal illness thero were ro. ceived three lotters from Mrs, Hatton, The letters were taken by the daughter Poarl and delivered to her father. After the man's removal from his home and subscquent death the lettors were found in his room. They had been opened by the recipient and when found a glance rovealed that they were addressed to “‘My dearest John,” and were signed by “Thineown." i — SHAKSPEAREAN CRANKS, A New Key to the Author of Shaks- pearo. Texas Siftings: Ignatius Donnolly with his Shakspearean cypher has set a lot of other cranks going 1n the same di- rection, and one is liable to encounter them in unexpected places. Do you see that man with a note-book and a “pencit in his hand?" said a con- ductor on the Sixth Avenue “L" railroad the other day, as we were coming down from Harlem, *Yes; what about him?" “'Some of you newspaper fellers ought to write him up."” “About how far up should we writo him" “'He's a Shakspearean crank, and the flmoyen chap that travels on the line. o rides up and down every day, and 18 always nlud‘ylnz the advertising cards that you see in the car.” ““I'hat is what they are for isn't it?" k" (03, but he says they contain the key. “Key to what?” “Key to the author of Shakspeare.” “‘He isn't Ignatius Donnelly, is he?"' “‘Don’t know anything about Ignatina Donnelly, but that’s what he says. Take :‘"’("5‘ alongside of him. He likes to Curiosity impelled us to do as the con- ductor suggested. *“‘Does it got any plainer?” we asked tho man in quest of the cipher. *'Ah," said he, evidently pleased to talk about his pet theory, ‘‘you know some- thing of m( long and patient search,” We nodded. “Donnelly 18 wrong,” he said vehe- mently; “'he’s on the wrong scent. The clew to the authorship of Shakespeare's plays 18 not to be found in the plays them- selves.” “Where is it, then?” “It's right before our eyes dally. In these advertusements, for instance, sus- pended by an apparently oareless hand, et fraught with so much meaning, lies the whole truth, could we but unravel it."" “That’s the trouble Donnelly finds, to unravel it,” we said. “But I'll do it yet. does that card sa; We read: *'0ld Crow Whiaki')(" “Yes, Old Crow Wihisky. oes that get you atall?” “Well, it used to occasionally, but we don’t give it any chance now." “Read the card opposite.” “Mumm’s Extra Dry,” “;l‘hum now is sonu-d:lng to commence on."” *‘And wind up on, too,” we added. t"l)on’l you know what [ am driving at?”’ “I think I do,” we replied, casting an eve in the direction of the Bloomingdale lanatic asylum., “I thought you would," he safd, rub- bing his hands. “Drop the w off Crow and you have C r 0. Take u double m oft Mumm and m romains, which being attached to CrogiveusCrom, Now don't you catch ont” “‘Hardly.” **Suppose I find ap additional combina- tion of w-e-)-1, what would I have then?” “Cromwell, of course." briskly. “And “Exactly,” he cried, e amo right bofore " See here. What overhead there?' there is the rest of the you—Crosse & Black B “That's English, I know, but I don't sce where Cromwell comes in,"’ “\‘\'u have found Crom?" “Yes." **Cross off Crosse & Black. and we havo “Waell, that is so. You have put the lord protector of England together sure cnough, 1le wrote Shakespeare, did he?" “That's what l. A " he exclmimed, “Cromwell w speare. 1 hit on it the other duy fing ‘Old Crow.’ It ecame over me like a flash that Old Crow was the key—'" “Whis-key!"” “The cipher, I should say, that led up to old Cromwell.” “‘But Cromwell wasn't born until 1599, and he was only 17 years old when Shakespeare died.”” *Don't make any difference about that, He wrote Shakespeare. 1 tell you, and here's the key to it. Read that sign over there.” We read: “Iron Bitters."" *“There it is again. Iron. Didn't they call Cromwell's men ‘Old lronsidest’ Another thing. Ain't these signs all overy” *‘Pretty much all over.’" “If that doesn't mean All-over Crom- well I would like to know what does,” he exclaimed triumphantly. We were compelled to admit that the weight of evidence from his standpoint seemed to bein favor of Oliver Cromwell having written Shakespeare, and on ris- ing to get off the car we told him we thougnt his theory was fully ns sensiblo as Donnelly’s Baconian cipher, which scemed to pleas atly, und he re sumed his figu A Chicago man, in attempting to jump on a closing bridge, had both legs broken When he had been taken to a hospital and reheved, as much as possible, of his suffering, a physician asked him 'why | jumped upon” the bridge, **Was vo time s0 valuable that you felt it to be r duty to risk your life¥" ' es, sir,"’ That's the way with our Chicago peo- ple,” swd the physician, add one who stood nea B sacrificed upon the altar of time; but it is this rushing spirit that hus given Chi cago an advanced position among the great citics of the world, My friend,” wgain speaking to the wounded man, “you did not stop to consider the danger of your unfortunate hury, did you?" “No, sir.” “Your aim was to get over on the North side as soon as possibie®” “Yes, sir." “Your mind was wholly taken up with the business awaiting yout” “‘Yes, sir."" “Wonderful people, sir,’ said the phy sician, agaiu addressing the hystander, “Andg,” turning to the wounded man, “you would have rushed in front of a railroad train?” *'1 guess 1 would, sir.” “W business was it that could not allow you to wait a few minutes until the bridge could be closea " “Well, you see & fellow named Jim had just opened saloon, an' tapped s keg of free beer, an' putout alunch, an'l knowed that if 1 didn't hustle the fellers would get away with it all, an' 1 dian’t have time to wait for the bridge to close but I almost wish now that I bad, for I've lost my chance anyway.’