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

THE DAILY BEE.| 1y o the prosdent to Pate delphia last week was mot without its politioal developments. No such public ococasion in this country could very well be. The salient fact disclosed by this event was the cordiality that subsists be- tween Mr. Cleveland and Governor Hull, There was a report sent out that the two did not speak as they passed by, but doubtiess the more trustworthy state- ment is that they not only spoke, but en- tered into an extended conversation in the course of which there was a good deal of smiling on the part of both, with other manifestations of cordiality. 1t appears that Hill was the last gov- ernor to arrive with his staff, and found the reviewing stand pretty well crowded, with the governor of Massachusetts and his staff just ahead of him and making strenuous efforts to get a place. The position was s somewhat embarrassing one for the New York governor, and the attention of the president having heen attracted to 1t he promptly interested himself in be- half of his former colleague and more recent rival. After an exchange of salu- tations between president and governor, the former notitied one of tho ushers of the latter’s awkward position, word ran along the line that Hill was outin the cold, and in less time than it takes to tell e B R R R 3 1l communications relating to news andedl- ufmmum-wu_w to the Eur- TOK OF TMR BaR. BUSINESS LETTRASY AT bueiness and remittances should be mmflnm Tur Beg P-';‘hlllllll ool‘;l“:'v', AHA. Drafts, postofice 40 be made payable 1o the order of the eompany, THE BEE PURLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, EpiToR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Ulrcalation. BState ot Netrask t:oun:{;o(, elas. "“' Pnblh’hln'l com| n:l'. does nlc:rnly .-% ihat the etual clreaation of the Dally Boe the week ending Sept.I0, 1887, was as Saturday, Sept. 10, 14,550 Bunday, Sel Monday. Sept, 12. ‘Tuesdav. Sept. 13. Wednesday, Sept. 14. ‘Thursaay, Sept. 15. it & way was opened for him and he was Friday, Sept. 10... given an eligible vosition on the stand. At the subsequent roception given the visiting governors by the president it was especially observed that Cleveland and Hill stood apart from the others for some time, and Hill remained after all the other governors had departed. In short, they seemed to particularly enjoy one another’s society and to be entirely contented and happy together. The fact Average. Sworn to and_subseribed in my presence thia 10%h day Of Septetmver, A, D. 1857. [SEAL.] Notary Publle. Btate of Nebraska, Dourlas County. Geo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, fluu and says that he is secretary of The Publishing company, that the actual frerage dally eircuiation of the Daily Bee for the month of Se 184 mo! ym ber, coples; | must not be lost sight of, either, thut {:',' 9,&"’"- tl ':‘.” m"mfl&“““" Mrs. Cleveland was exceedingly friendly 18297 coples: b gug 07 1887, 16, toward Governor Hill, a growing im- coples; for February, llfln'.?‘.lwm l.i for | portance being attached to the manifes- by Pl d:fl,wu&‘; g2 ta: | tationa of favor or displeasure on the June 1887, 14,147 eon'mi g»,r imlgi Ulf. 14,- | part of the prosident’s wife. Atfter such 003 copies: for A“l‘“‘bm-n‘ lm%. evidence of good foeling between Mr. Cleveland and the only man who hus ever been thought of as likely to dispute with him the favor of the next na- tional demooratic convention, it 18 en- tirely superfluous to refer to individual assurances that a perfect understanding exists between the president and the governor, and that Mr. Hill will not offer the slightest opposition to Mr. Cleveland having the solid New York delegation. Still this clashes & little with the ro- cently reported statoment of one of the chief lieutenants of GGovernor Hill that the governor had not retired from the field as a presidential possibility and does not propose to, as well as with cer- tain maneuvors of a political nature with which the governor has been per- sonally 1identified within a short time. It is explained, however, that the nomination of Coionel Kred Grant by the republicans made a change of the democratic programme neces- sary, a compliment to the strength of the colonel which oughtto be reassuring to the New York republicans. Atall events there is no reason to doubt thatall is serene between Cleveland and Hill, and for the sole reason that the latter clearly sees the hopelessness of any further ef- forts that might be made in his behalf. Sworn_and subscribed in my presence this 5th day ot Sept. A, D., 1887, [SEAL.| N. P. FEiL. Notary Publie. Tre number of state November elec- tions this fall will be unusually small. Sir states only elect stato officials. These are: Jlowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. pene— CONSIDERABLE alarm has been caused in Wall street by the decline in the price of soats on the produce exchange. Can it be that Mr. Boyd’s late purchase has something to do with this sudden fall? E— ‘THE recent solar eclipse seems to have been a thorough one. Not oaly did the wmoondo her work effectually, but clouds Jppear to have obscured the whole line of totality so that the various expensive ex- peditions sent out to study the phenome- non were wholly in vai e— A NEW and novel combine to secure a “‘corner” has been effected in Chicago. “The teachers in French have formed an organization to keep up vrices, and the result is expected to be disastrous. It will be a hard winter for the residentgof that city who have not already acquired a French education. FEARS that Kansas City’s boom is about to collupse cause the Leavenworth Times to exclaim: *‘We hope there 18no founda- tion for the claim that there is an imme- dinte prospect of a collapse in Kansas City's boom., Kansas City is Leaven- worth’s most important suburb.” THE frequency of the attempts recently made to wreck railroad trains indicates that more stringent laws against such deviltry are needed. Mexico had a law punishing this species of crime with death, but it was recently repealed. The law was effective, for attempts at train wrecking aro almost unheard of in that country. 1t might seem a Little barbarous, perhaps, but a similar law would work well in the United States. It would be no worse to hang miscreauts who are ready to plunge a whole train load of people into eterrity than to execute anarchists who never threw a bomb. —— CoaL shippers have recently raised the price of coal 50 to 75 cents per ton. This additional extortion will tall most heav- ily on the poor who are unable to lay in s supply during the summer months. At present there is no remedy against the rapacity of the coal ring, but it seems a8 though some of the methods of the coal robbers might come within the jurisdic- tion of the laws against conspiracies. Something ought to be done to bring them to justice. History cannot show more heartless oppression of the voor than is practiced by the coal flends. They are starving their workmen and their families by the thonsands, and grind the poor consumers into the dust. —————— Tae Pacifio railroads commission is again at work in New York, with Crocker as tho first witness. It will be romembered that when the commission was in San Francisco it elioited almost nothing from that individual, and it re- Dispensed With Bossos. The republican party in Douglas county does not need a hoss, It is perfectly capable of running itself by the approved plan of co- overation among members. The time has been when its direction might be influenced by shrewd manipulation. That was because in the bustle of business zood citizens over- looked the importance of the people govern- ing themselves. The neglect of political duty cnst the tax-payers a good many dollars. That time 1s past now: the sense of public duty Is aroused in the party, and it has be- come its own boss, In vulgar parlance, ““I'nere are no flles on it,”” and the self-con- stituted *leaders” will save themselves from being snubbed by recognizing the fact.—Re- publican, Co-operation is good, but conspiracy is the correct name for it. So we have dis- pensed with bosses, to make way for the Co-ops. and Conspirs. This delightful change we owe to Cattlefish Cadet and his reform brigands. We have got rid of bosses,but Hascall,Bechel,Mike Lee,Roth- acker and Pat Hawes have been ceded a monopoly of appointing all the delegates to the state convention, with a view of getting a supreme judge nominated who will obligate himself, to co-operate with the Copspirs and Co-ops. There is a good deal of hidden truth in what the Republican 1s pleased tosay about the ability of the party to run itself without bossism, but the novel plan of co-operation, by which a gang of political pirates propose to steal an entire delega- tion to the state couvention is not yet approved, and never will be. Prating about proxies and purity while caught in the very act ot political grand laroeny reminds us of the hymns Canada Bill used to sing while engaged in beat- ing a viotim at three-card-monte. The methods which the Republican's co-operatives have adopte d to purify the varty are, to say the least, decidedly original. Bechel, the chief conspirator, calls together a secret conclave of Co- _ ops,, and devises a plan for maians to be seen whether he will be more bun;lnrixing the party under communicative now. ‘Then he had not | 4o pretenso of legitimate the backing of the Fiald decision, and it would be natural to expect that with that support he would be still less disposed to answer the questions of the commission. But these people may have learned something from tha expressions of pub. lic opinion, and it 18 ‘possivle Crocker's prosent testimony will not be valueless. The commission, it is understood, will terminate its investigation in New York, Ee———— CoMPLAINTS of a money stringency in the east continue, notwithstanding the as- sistauce given the money marke: by the treasury and the fact that gold tlows stendily n from Eurcpe. Ay sxplana- tion of the situation is by no means easy. The circulation ot the country is larger by many millions than at this time a year ago, and there is a steady addition to the supply by the commage of $2,000,000 a month, There are no groat speculations on hand to tie up money. The opoera- tions of the treasury last month did not show a very greataccumulation, Where is tho money? In reply we quote the opinion of the New York Commercial Advertiser that “'the locking up of money in the national treasury,and the unnatural stimulation of land boom speculation in the west by the establishment of reserve cities there, are the most obviously active canses of the present stringency in the money warket.” If this be the true so- lution the situstion is not likely to be im- mediately relioved. political usaga. The republican central committee is then 1nvited to a feast in the courcil chamber. Only a handful of them putin an appearance as was ex- pected and intended by the Conspirs. Then fifteen Co-ops, three stool pigeons and Diok O'Keefa's “‘supe,” Mike Lahey, are given front seats, The proxy men united with the Conspirs, have things all their own way. Bechel gives Con- spirs and Co-ops all the committees, puts himself at their head and presto change! the republican party by approved co-operation 1s pocketed and put in the care and safe’keeping of Hascall, Bochel and company. ‘This dead open and shut game was played with loaded dice. To make assur- ance doubly sure, forgery had to be re- sorted to, Some of the co-operators were given manufactured proxies, forged for the occasiou. Douglas county has seen much villainous work but never such bare-faced rascality. This system of co-operation certainly does beat bossism. ——— An Unpromiring Beginning. At the first step of the new American party to orgamize it ‘‘stubbed’’ its toe. ‘This common experience of youth is not dangerous, as everyone knows who has passed through the vicissitudes of boy- hood, but it is bad on the temper, always annoying and sometimes troublesome. In'a race the boy who stubs his toe is 2 JLA certain to be the loser. The boulders the new party found in its path were prohi- bition and the tariff. The Iatter 1t simply walked clear of, on the ground that it is merely & squabble between the republi- can and demooratic parties. But when itonme to the prohibition boulder it couldn’t avold it so easily. The platform builders concluded that 1t would not be expedient to say anything at all on this subject. The object of the party belng solely to restriot immigra- tion, it had properly nothing to do with prohibition, As the chairman explained, it the one purpose for which it was pro- posed to organize could be carried out that of itself would be in the interest of prohibition. With fewer foreigners com- ing into the country there would be a re- duced supply of saloon keepers, which was illustrated by the statement that of the nearly seven thousand saloons in Philadelphi x-sevenths are kept by Germans and Irishmen, while Americans are responsible tor less than three hun- dred. The argument was not satisfactory to all the delegates, however, and the result was a pretty hot fight, in which the new party lost some supporters at the very outset and put 1tself in a position, by refusing to recog- nize prohibition, to be fairly cuarged with bidding for the whisky vote. A more sonseless movement than this slleged American party was never con- ceived of. Itis wholly without demand or reasonable excuse. There is not a point 1n the platform of any importance that is not covered by the platforms of one or both of the existing varties, and such as are not will receive no attention from intelligent ana fair-minded men. It 18 obviously the effort of a few self- seeking individuals to gain notoriety, and perhaps put themselves in a posi- tion to make vprofitable political bargains. For this purpose they hope to secure the support in the several states of a suflicient number of the narrow-minded and prejudiced class of Americans to make a show of strength that will give them a vantage ground between the two parties. The terrors of an unrestricted immigration is to be the war cry. It will get some fol- lowing, but one very much below the hopes of the projectors of the new party. Intelhgent American judgment finds nothing to apprehend from immigration not already prohibited by laws that are ample if rigidly enforced, and it will not give its support to an organization which might fairly be expected not to halt in its essentially un-American crusade, 1f encouraged by success, until it had prac- tically erected a Chinese wall for the ex- clusion of foreigners. There is no real danger in this movement, because it has no rational ground to stund on, but it is well to make timely exposure of the fallacy in order that none may be caught by it unawares. AND now the veracious historian of the government printing office thinks he has struck a diamond mine. Ho has found a man about town who knows that the pro- fessors of Cberlin college who were im- prisoned at Cleveland in 1838 for taking part in the Wellington rescue of a fugitive slave, went.to jail ot thewr own free will and had the freedom of the town. This informant is about as v@iable as Cadet’s printing ink accounts were at Washing- ton. The truth of history is that James Buchanan's United States marshal had the Oberlin men in custody and kept them in jail for weeks. One of them, Mr. Bushnell was sentenced to imprisonment for six months and served out his term. ‘The others were fined and released. Of course, they were accessi- ble to fricnds as were other prisoners in jail. There was much sympathy for thein and large crowds gathered at the jail Sundays to hold divine services with them. Nobody pretends that carrying letters to them from their families at Oberlin was heroic, but it shows that the person who volunteered to do this was in sympathy with the anti-slavery cause, and therefore one of the pioneors of re- publicanism. THERE are no doubt a number of policemen who are unfit to remain on the force. They are either men of very fiery temper, = who resort to violence when there is no need of it, or men whose lack of good judgment unfits them for the perform- ance of police functions. But that does not justify the malicious and .constant assault on our entire polica force which Mr. McShane's paper keeps up from day to day. It is very consistent for that paper to howl itself hoarse over the Chicago Bnarchists and cry “No mercy!’ to the seven men now under sentence of death, and then ' incite anaroby at home by encouraging resistance to the police and representing everybody who lands in jail for disturb- ance and crime as victins and martyrs. Such a course may have to be pursued to advance Mr. .MoShane's political schemes, but it is an outrage on the com- munity and utterly unjustifi able. iiii———— THE republican convention for the Third judicial district has been called to meet in this city on the 17th of October. Douglas county has been given thirty- two delegates while Sarpy, Washington and Burt counties together will ounly have twenty delegates. This apportion- ment practically leaves the counties out- side of Douglas out in the cold. Twenty 8ix out of the thirty-two delegates of this county will be in position to dictate the whole ticket. If this power is abused by selfish aspirants and their friends in this city, the chances are that the republicans will lose the district. While Omaba 18 entitled to the lion's share of the judicial positions it would in our opinion be very unwise and unjust tooverride the balance of the district because she has the power. e——— A BT. Lovis merchant has given the Chicago papers another chance to get a whack at the Garden City'srival. In ac- counting for a business failure the St, Lows man asserted that the store where the firm transacted business was hoodooed and no money. had ever been made in it. All of which causes the retort from Chi- cago that the real truth of the matter appears to be that the hoodoo has settled down over the whole city, being spread on & little thicker in some spots than in others. Foor old 8t. Louis. e——— THOSE who know cluim that the ten- tral western states have the best climate in the world for silk culture. The in- dustry may become an important one after a time, but it needs encouragement, There 1s but little demand for raw Amer- acan silk as yet, and no tariff on the for- DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. S I U T i ifornia shipments, now moving on the coal tariff. The rate on hard is $15 & ton more than the Omaha rate. As bold defiant highway- men the railroads tower al bes! efforts of the Balkan bandits. 1 thoroughly cosmopolitan too, and re- lieve the rich ana poor with equal cheer- fulness. The unconfirmed rumor is skurrying through the state that the Hon. Lew May has been promoted to the superintend- eucy of the baby show section of the next state fair. There is & charming signifi- cance in notifying him a year in advance and giving him an opportunity to perfect his knowledge of nursery squalls by prac- tical experience. And the pretty eligi- blesof ¥remont and several in Omaha will cheerfully approve of the appoint- ment. Lew must choose betwoen fish und the fair sex. The stock yards and packing house scheme in Hastings is dead sure thing,’” according to local vlgere A company has been formed with capital stock amounting to $1,000,000. The in- eign product. Kansas is the only state that has a silk station sapported by the government, e—8 It has cost the taxpayers of Omaha a good deal to get" ome eminent men to looate here. The saintly Cadet has al- ready taxed tho taxpayers of Omaha and Douglas county over three thousand dol- lars for teaching them the ‘‘approved method of co-operation” and division. But thatis only a beginning, At the end of three years ho oxpeots to do better here than he did in Washington. — Tur prohibition candidate for gover- nor of Massachusotts says that ‘‘the re- publican party has elected its last presi- dent,” and that on its grave ‘‘we shall road ‘rum did it’ " How did the candi- datecome to overlook the rest of the Rev. Mr. Burchard’s alliteration ? E——— Tre great Wiggins storm which was to have occurred on the 19th did notput in an appearance, Mr. Wiggins will not mind a small discrepancy like that, i . | corporators are A, D. Yocum, W. H. Dil- hto;wv:r. He still lives to predict an: d|n!a. C. F. Parmele, J. M. b‘flrguson. C. Gk A James Laird, H. Bostwick H. Dietrich, and M. L. Elsemore, and Alexis Halter and Thomas Fitzgerald of Lincoln. The company had already secured 700 acres of land, including the Kamball tract of 820 acres. The property is about one and a half miles from the city and be- tween the B. & M. and St. Joe & Grand Islund tracks. The far-seeing managers of the Holt county fair have secured a triple-headed attraction for the coming show that will discount all other exhibits, The editors of the home papers—Killoran, Riges and Matthews—have agreed to a prize con- test on their shape, provided a committee of married ladics can be secured to pass upon their points of beauty. The only hitch to the show is the demand of Killo- ran that the wives of his opponents shall be membors of the committee. There is a refreshing dash of gallantry in this de= mand, proving that the Tribune man has a frame of surpassing symmetry. Talk about big pumpkins! Wait till this ag- gregation begins. The Hon. Richard Thompson, of the Hasting Demoorat, a dashing bachelor and nuthor of the touching novelette, *“The Nude Art of Lying,” has been en- lightened on the the subject of ‘“The Girl ie Tights,” in an unexpected and entertuinmg way, by a lady “‘who has been there.” Sho dashes to earth and tramps upon the conceit that ‘‘Man is the Noblest Work of God.”" A full developed woman, she claims, towers above man- kind, and the verdict of the world is with her. How do the sex secure their de- velopment? The writer gives the secret away in a few lines: The most refinea of our sex are admirers of fully de- veloped womunhood. Those of us whom nature has not provided with those charms which tend to make us attractive, use artificial means to supply the want. Lacking full development in limb, or bust we pad. We fully realize thut a scrawny limb or flat bust is neither appreciated or admired by either sex, and we supply the lack, in appear- ance, by artificial mesns.” Dressing in tights is one of the most fatiguing of duties, First, one is obliged to put on a pair of stockings that is a size too small, next comes the leggings or perhaps more properly, the pantaloons. You ladies who have worked an hour trying to pull x and a half kid glove over a seven and a half hand; or you gentlemen who have labored for an hour trying to pull a number nine boot over n number ten foot, can form some idea of a lady put- ting on her tights, She next puts on her corset which inust fit her like a glove. It must be so shaped as to contract her waist and swell her bust. It is no small effort that enables a woman to contine herself inside & corset. After this comes the bodice, which must be low cut at the neck, not so low, however, as those worn at evening éntertainments in fashionable society, fitting her closely, displaying just enough of a well rounded d shoulders to create n desire to e more. This is followed by a peculiarl constructed article of attire whicl bridges oyer the chasm between the runmluons and bodice. These, with a ew ribbons, laces and frills, make the wardrobe of a girl in tights." A it —_—ee THE posthouse keeper assures the BEe that he 1s attending to business, 8o are all the other tax-eaters, whose only busi- ness it is to draw salaries from the mu- nicipal tressu —— ANy man who served on the district court jury during the two previous terms should be excluded this term. The law oxpressly prohibits such persons from serving. ES——— AccorpING to the Epistle of Saint Cadet, genuine proxies are very obnox- ious, but forged proxies are all right. S—— PROMINENT PERSONS, ; Prof. Proctor will soon go to Florida to re- side on a place he has bought there. General Ben Butler Is worth $3,500,000, and Lis law practice is worth $100,000 a year. Count Mitklewicz may be appropriately called “the Chinese Gordon of Finance."” General Simon Cameron, who saw Mr. Blaine recently, says he is only trouvled withindigestion. Colonel Robert Ingersoll has returned to New York completely cured of his throat troubles. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has returned to Paris for the autumn and winter, with her two daughters. Tennyson has recovered from his recent attack of gout. His poems, Lowever, will never quit limping. Tom Hughes has gone to look after the Rugby colony in Tennessee. He still belleves it will pan out splendidly. President Cleveland and his wife will probably attend the state fair at Easton, Mad., on the 23d of this month. Walter Besant writes only three or four hours a day, but hé puts in much time revis- ing copy and taking observations of the con- tiguous world. = One of the most remarkable features con- nected with Robert Louls Stevenson's stories is that the base of a number of them were suggested by dreams, J. T. Trowbridee.the author, has grown rich by the rise in property at Kennebunk port as a summer resort. ‘I'rowbridge brought the advantages of the place before the public, Goneral Longstreet is living quietly at Galnesyille, Ga., writing a book on the war. As he finishes a chapter he sends the manu- script to Washington to have all dates and figures veritied from tho offivial records. Dr.J. G. Gatling, of Hartford, Conn., is man of medium height, far advanced in vears, His famous gun has not made his fortune. [lis daughter Is the wifeof the Rev. Hugh G. Pentecost, one ot Ienry George’s most earnest supporters, Secretary Endicott is very fond of having his picture taken, A photographer says that Mr. Eundicott is one of the best customers among public men that he has ever known. Mr. Endicott, it Is said. orders a dozen or more pictures everv two or three weeks. ——— -—— SPRINGBORG'S VICTIM. The 1 0. O. F. Take the Matter in i Hand. There is but little doubt that Spacial Ofticer Springborg has got himself 1n a serious dilemma. He is the man who shot John T. Russell on Friday evening last, claiming that he caught him in the act of breaking into Peterson's bake shop, 2805 Cuming street. There wasn't a particle of evidence to sus- tained his story, and the shooting was utterly unnecessary and without cause. The BEE showed up the horrible manner in which Russell had been handled and treated at the city jail; how he had been tumbled into one of those foul cells, and left then in his blood and excruciating distress the entire night and how at the morning session of court he had be ushered before the judge in lirious condition, The BEkE's expose led to an_investigation of the circum- stances surrounding the case by & com- mittee txopolnlod for the purnose by the Omaha Lodge No. 2, L. 0. O. F., of which Law-Making Enthusiasts Ponder. New Orleans Picayune, Nolaws have yer been devised that can make men temperate, virtuous and honest against their will, —_—— Very Good if True. Atlanta Conatitution, The Standard Oil company, the most pow- erful monopoly the world has ever seen, is now engaged in choking itself to death, The oil fields in Pennsylvania and western New York are going to wreck. ——— More Tribute to Monopoly. Chicago News. The latest *‘trust” 1s for controlling linseed oil. Nearly all of the linseed oil mills in the west are in the “combine.” Hereafter sup- vly and demand will not regulate the price of oil; it will be fixed by the “trust.” This will Dbe another Instance of consumers being com- pelled t o pay tribute to monopoly. ‘“he Autumn Spell. Edward Wells. Russell is a member in the hest of stand- White clouds ara I!omnT in the azure skies | ing. Yesterday morning Drs. Neyilleand ‘The ermine edges ot fairautum’s gown Ralph performed an operation on the ‘Wind-stirred when stirless lies the thistle down. Girded and glorious in hersunny guise The goldem goddess beams from halt-closed eyes . Her %nflon-llddefl glances earthward bent Fill drowsy nature with a sweet content, And atternoon in rich half-summer lies. Her shadow lingers on the sunny field, Soft as the dewy touch of early sleep, ‘Dill buttercups and daisies languidly Bending their jeweled heads, in slumber yleld Themselves to dream, while cloudy shad- ows steep ‘The poppied spell of autumn lothargy. — STATE JOTTINGS. Burglars are hitvesting considerable coin and valuable§ in Hastings. The printers of Hastings, to the num- ber of twenty, haye formed a union. The rebuilt Congregational church at Hastings will be dedicated next Sunday. wounded man at the hospital. They re- moved about a quarter of an inch of the skull where the bullett had struck and which was pressing on the brain. Rus- sell only recovered consciousness yes- terday, and for two days his death “has been looked for. However, since the surgical operation yesterday morning he has been improving ~ and the physicians are of the opinion that he will ultimately recover. The pressure of this fragment of skull on the brain, in some manner, affected the man's power of speech, and a8 yet he has been unable to articulate a single intelligible word. The committee in charge of the matter say that Chief of Police Seavey was waited upon for information regarding the affair, but re- fused to talk to them about the matter at all. They have, moreover, rathered all the facts, without police aid. &'nll committee also ascertained that Springborg has the reputation of a bully Plattsmouth has received its first in- | and a braggart voice of street cams and another mile- = stone of progress has been planted. Disastrous Runaway. The team of horses attached to the delivery wagon belonging to F. T, Close, grocer, corner Saunders and Hamilton streets, became frightened yesterday morning at u dog with a tinpan tied to his tail, dashing under their heels, and they ranoff. Atthecorner of Seward streetthe vehicle collided with & buggy in which was a couple of boys. They were both thrown out, and one of them suffered a dislocated shoulder. The frightened steeds only brought up after the deliv- ery wagon had been smashed into kind- ling wood. The little daugtiter of Mr.- and Mrs. Graham of Kearney, fell into a tub of water, Sunday, and' was drowned before the accident was digcovered. The Episcopal ¢onvention of North Platte, diocese of Nebraska, assembles to-day iu St. Matthews' church in Nor- folk. Bishop Worthington will preside. Frank Robinson, the contractor who skipped out of Hastings some months ago, leaving his workmen unpaid, was picked up in Illinois last week and es- corted home. The South Sioux City Sun hears ‘“‘that the Burlington road has begun a policy of economy. This will not interfere with the extortionate rates exacted by the licensed public line of highwaymen, The Democrat declares that the Beatrico cemetery '‘is a shame and dis- grace to civilization.”" The mere thought of ocoupying a corner there iy sufficient to give o being “spinal convolutus' or some other fatal disease, ‘The fame of Omaha as a commercial mart is recogmzed in the: heights and hollows of Idaho. The Ketchum Key- stone says “it is becoming a dangerous —_— Py Army News. Colonel Blunt, inspector of the rifle practioe of the United States army, ar- rived from Washington yesterday morn- ing to attend the shooting at the Bellevue camp. Owing to the miscarriage of a tele- gram, the colonel got off at Bellevue, in- stead of coming directly to this city, where General Breck was awaiting his ar- rival at thedepot, General Sheridan in- tended to comes but he had a prior enga- gement at the Philadelphia constitutional celebration, THE GA_l WELL. An Expert Examiaation Made—The owed. Ortoa Theory Opp: Nicholas Hartman and Charlos Schwan of Pittsburg, Pa., are in the oity and have made several visits to the gas well near Sulphur Springs. ‘They have prac- tical experience of a life time with the gns wells of Pennsylvania and are thor- oughly posted on such business. Both pronounce the gas well here a good one. ‘They say it is foolishness to pronounce it marsh gas for its purity of flame, the ab- sence of odor, the fact that no other gas springs are in the vicinity and its grow- ing better every day, shows that it is gen- uine gas from lower earth escaping through some rocky fissure. “Why,” said Mr. Hartman, “I never saw better surface indications in all Pennsylvania and [ have been time and time again over all the Imminent £as re- gions. The gas according to the listI made yesterday is far purer than I am using now at my home in Pittsburg. The question of quality is all right. The qulrll‘n‘t'y has "to be setiled by practical work. Mr. Schwan, sald “I can cordially ree with Mr. Hartman. I consider this showing without any proper \gu well machinery trul{ wonderful. You must remember that in Pennsylvania we never think of striking gas at a less dis- tance than four or five hundred feet. There you have gas on the surface and it is gradually growing stronger as you go down. See what you haveata distance of less than fifty feet.” “‘What do you think of the marsh or swamp gas opinion, Mr. Schwan?” “Oh, that's all nonsense. 1n_addition to what Mr. Hartman has said, I can add another rea n, showing that this is not swamp gas. The latter never Rives forth any hent. See the heat in the gas at this spring which we have proved by practical tests. 1 think Omaha has struck a bis thing. There is no one thing that wouls be more beneticial to your city than the discovery of gas. See Pittshurg gas to-day. We cook with it, illuminate with it, run our manufactories, warm our houses and do all such necessary requirements. These gentlemen “are staying at the Arcade hotel and haye paid several visits to the'gas spring and made different practical examinations, ‘They are en- thusiastic in their criticism of the spring. It is now understood that Prof. Orton of Ohio,who pronounced the gas marsh gas, made no test but just looked at the flame for a few seconds. Mr. Casey, proprie- tor of the Arcade, who has lived for many years in the oil region and 1spersonally ncquainted with Messrs Hartman and Schwan pronounces their opinions on gas wells as deserving of the highest credit and their standing in Pennsylvania the best. “They are practical oil and gas men. In fact I have been at work in the sume linein Pennsylvania and I know some- thing about gas wells from _practical ex- perience, not from books. I tell you the opinions of Messrs. Hartman and Schwan are good and their reasons sound. I believe this gas spflng is a good one and should be developed.” ‘These gentlemen made another test yesterday and stated on return that they had no reason to change their favor- able opinions, but were more confirmed in their convlictions, ‘It is only a ques- tion of quantity,”’ is what they say. “There is good gas there which should be developed.” ’IIIE_UOU ;KTB. Arraignment of Prisoners—Judicial Politics, The different branches of the district court attempted to get in working order yesterday. In the criminal branch Judge Groff presiding, the effort was suc- cessful as tar as the arraignment of pris- oners was concerned. The following 18 the list of those who pleaded, everyone saying ‘‘not guilty’’ but a colored pris- oner. County Attorney Simeral advised him to join the general chorus of inno- cence until proved: John Simpson, threatening, abusing and resisting an oflicer, pleaded not guilty; N. J. Burnham appointed to defend prisoner. Michael _Conroy, burglary, pleaded not guilty; Mahoney & Minahan appointed 1o defend, ~ Dennis McCormick and Michael Connell, robbery, pleaded not guilty; Ma- honey & Minahan appointed to defen: Johu Jones, robbery, pleaded not guilty; Mahoney & Minahan appointed to defend. Charles Whiting, grand larceny, pleaded not uilty: . W. Lyon appolnted to defend. Lew Hutchins, adultry, pleaded not guilty, same attornev. George Hawthorne, horse stealing, pleaded not gullty, same attornays, Oliver Woods, assault with intent to kill, pleaded not guilty; E. H. Crowell n)’g\(‘lnwd to defend. Lew Hutchins and Pat O'Hern, erand larceny, Hawkins, pleaded not guilty, Verner, first naune unknown, assault with intent to kill,pleaded not guilty; on motion "’”‘f"" E. Sandstrom was appointed to de- ond. P'aul Goeber, assault with intent to kill, Wade & Seabrook appointed to defend; Charles Blue, assault with intent to commit rape, pleaded not sum v J. W. Lyons ap- pointed to defend: Frank Green and Charles Allen. not guilty, J. W. Lyon appointed to defend: John Gleasoz, burglary, Mlhon%yk M(ngnhnn appoiuted to defend; L. C. Tay- lor, lary, C. A, Baldwin appointed to de- fend; Ben D, Devine and John Dailey, rob- bery, Mahoney & Minnahan appointed to de- fend; John Kelley, murder in second de- 5r?o, fil‘enml not gullty, Kstelle appointed to efen Noue of these are very important cases except that of of John Keiley for killing Billy Nugent, he being charged murder 1n tha second dalzru‘ 'his case will be tried during the ) term. The first case to be tried is that of L. C. Taylor accused of burglarizing Cap- tain Rustin’s residence. It will be catled this morning at 10 o'clock to which hour the hour the jurors were excused at noon yulerdn{; Judge Groff will try the case of John Jog;: to-day. The latter is charged with robbery. County Attorney Simeral filed a suit in the district court yesterday for the recov- ery of $1,000 bail bond given by John 8. Christisnson, who is the surety of Jacob Peterson, The latter is charged with for- ery, and when the case was called he fiellulwd. A SERIOUS INJURY. An important suit has been commenced in the district court, by Parke Godwin, in favor of David E. Lohuee, one of the employes of Himebaugh & Taylor, who was injured on a_defective sidewalk on Mason between Tenth and Eleventh, on the 81st of last month. Lohnee was going to work with a friend early in the morn- ing, when the latter, stepping upon the end of a plank, raised the other end of the same, and throwing Lohnee for- ward on his breast, and causing him to strike_a plank, the end of which was turned toward him. The result of the injury has been paralysis, which inca- pacitates him for business, and which some physicians say 18 lisble to become permanent. The amount sued for is $10,000. AGAINST ROTHACKER. An information was served on O. H. Rothacker, late editor of the Republican, at noon yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Lew Grebe, 'This is on the criminal libel suit in which Gilbert M. Hitchcock, editor of the World, is complainant. THE CIVIL BRANCH. Judge Wakeley was occupled yes- terday in endeavoring to find some civil case ready for trial, but out of nearly 1,100 on the docket no attorney had his case ready. The equity docket is being called in the afternoon. Judge Hope- well and Judge Neville were present und if rooms can be_obtained 1t is probable four branches of the district court will be running this term. JUDICIAL POLITICS. . “I don't think there will be much busi- ness done this term,” said an old lawyer, “potwithstanding . the erowded docket." Why 507"’ was the query. . “Too much jodicial politics, . Why "ted to retain their atter part of the | don't you know that nearly feo s T e o there 18 more fass and feat about litics this term than there is about the rial of oauses, Ibelieve noxt January will see an entirelv new set of judges in this district. Judge Neville intends to retire, I understand. Judge Wakeley will not enter a partisan canvass and the other judges can make more from their practice than on the bench,” COUNTY COURT. Oscar and Barthold Hollander have commenced suit against the West Daven- port Furniture company for $257.48 il his court. Perry Hutchinson has sued L. A, Stewart & Co. for $420. In the case of the boy Baker against the Union Pacifio railroad for damages while emploved by the road. a confossion of judgment was made yesterday morning for and the amount paid. “SEDGE" COOLEY'S PROXY. How tho “00-Ops” Managed to Run thie Central Committee. At the meeting of the republican county central committeo last Saturday fitteen persons presented themsclves as regularly elected membors of the com- mittee and in “‘aporoved co-operation," as the Rapublican puts it, took posses- sion of the machinery of the party. It now transpires that some of these proxy men were traveling on torged passports. Among those most prominent at this memorable gathering was the renowned “Jedge" Julius Cooley. He wasduly nd- mittes ‘l? Bechel & Co,, as the proxy for W. B. Peyton, a member from the Third ward. It now transpires that Mr. Peyton did not authorize Cooley or any other man to represent him on the com- mittee, and the whole performance is an unmitigated fraud. Mr. Peyton saysthat on Fri rjw nmight John Sahler and ““Tedge” Wright called on him for his Proxy, but he declined point blank. The ollowing affidavit 18 a clincher: State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss. ‘W. B.Peyton,being first sworn,deposes and says, that he Is a member of the republican central committes, of Douglas county, and was duly elected as such by the republican county convention,lheld at Omaha,Septe: has since continued on ommittes as member from the Third wi that he was not present at the meeting of the central committee held at the city counc!l chamber, Saturday, September 17, 1887: that he authorized no- person, either verbally or in writing, to act for him at said commlittee meeting. . B. PEYTON. Subscribed In my prosence and sworn to before me, this 20th day of September, 1887, JOHN JENKINS, De L uty Commissioner, burean of labor se~ tistics. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Miss Carrie Bowers, of Atchison, Kas,, is visiting Mrs, Reynolds. A oar load of meat was shipped to San Francisco by the Anglo-American Pro- vision company via the Union Pacitic railway. H.J. Gehr, of the B. & M., departed on a pleasure trip to David City, Neb. Lodge 79, K. of P., recoived their fa- tigue dress yesterday morning. Mr. W. B. Wyman will go to Chicago to meet his wife who.is returning from a trip east. The Omahs Waterworks company will begin to lay a sixteen inch water wain from the city to vhe stock yards, with distributing pipes to various ~ parts of the city. ‘Several loads of the mpes were received yesterday morning. Several real estate sales were made during the past three days. The first sale was 25x60 feet in lot 7 block 86 to a Council Bluffs party for £2,200, also 25x 108 feet in block 77 for $8,500 to Matthew Leity, of Lyons, Neb. Six residence lots were sold for $2,425. All the property will be improved by the purchasers, COUNCIL MEETING. An adjourned meeting of the city coun- cil was held Mondaay night. Mayor Savage prosided and the meeting was attended y Messrs. Smith, Gary, Burke and Raff- erty. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A petition from 8. L. Wiley, of the water worka company, was presented, asking the right of way through the streets for the lnymE of water mains and pivers. The petition was received favorably and the city attorney was in- structed to draft an ordinance giving the company the right of way, The charges against Policemen Sexton and Keenan were withdrawn and the officers permit- osilions. The following bills wera ordered ‘mld: South Omaha Lumber company. $167.17 P. Tracy... John Sexton. . Woodward Marshal Rice (fe E. K. Wells.. ceresesee The ordinance setting ap the Union Pacific depol was a two-thirds majority. The South Omaha Lumber company is ohnr;.viud with fencing up the county road and the committee on streets and alleys und county attorney were 1nstructed to look into the matter and report at the next meeting. Bills amounting to $445.10 were sub- mitted and referred to the finance com- mittee. The salaries of the police officers were ordered pad, An old warrant issued some years and whioch is now in_the hands of a third , was presented for payment. Ac- 10n was deferred on the matter. Adjourned until Wudnesday evening. Pt e et e e ~ VITIATED BLOOD Cuticura. HROUGH the medium of one of your books reccived through Mr. Frank T. Wray, Druggist, Apolio, Pa., 1 became asquainted with our QUTICURA REMEDIES, and take this oppor- unity to testify to you that their use has por- manently oured me 0f one ot the worst cases of blood poisoning, inconncction with erysipelas, that I have ever scen, and this after huving been pronounoced incurable by some of the best physicians in our county. I take groat pleasire in forwarding to you this testimonial, unsolicited as it is by you,Inorder that othors sufforing fiom similar malndies may be en cournged to give your CUTICURA REMED.ES & . il 8 WHITLINGER, Locohburg, Pa. Reference: FrANk T, Wiay, Drugkist, Apolio, Pa. ne prisoners)... 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