Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1887, Page 2

2. l"QRCF.D THEM TO RECANT, Employes of the Milwaukes Road Oom. pelled to Exonerate the Company. AN OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDING. Driven To Perjury To Save Their Heads—Northwestern Trains Col- lide Near Ames—Sioux City Politics—lowa News. Find They Were ** Mistaken.” Dunvque, la, Sept. 30.—[Special Te gram tothe Bre.|—A remarkablo story is be- ing told in connection with the Eazle Point disaster on the Milwaukee road, not far from this eity. At the coroner’s inquest nearly & ascore of conductors and engineers testified unfavorably against the road and Train Dis- patcher Rogers. Since the verdict was given all these engineers and conductors have been summoned to L Crosse, where in couples and fours they were taken before Assistant General Superintent Earling and Division Superintendent Underwood, where they ‘were subjected to a rigid cross-examination and at the end were rgquested to sign a state- ment to the effect that after mature deliberation they found they were mistaken «in laying the blame of the accident on the train dispatcher and the company, and that Conductors Clark and Engineer Foles, of the down-coming train, were alone to blame. They were told in laconic languake: “You had better sign.” All ot them did slkn except four, who have since been summoned to Milwaukee. All understood that if they did not sign the statemeut exonerating the company they might consider themselves discharced, There is great indignation in this city at this at- tempt to bulldoze employes so that the com- pany can escape from responsibility for the disaster, Swediah Missionaries Meet. DEs Moisges, Ia., Sept. 80.—|Special Tele- gram to the Brk.1—The Swedish Missionary Union of North America opened its annual #ession here to-day. This body of ministers numbering from sixty to one hundred comes from all parts of the United States and repre- sents 150 churches, widely scattered. Reports were recelved from different branches of the work. Rev. P. Peterson, the missionary sta- tloned at Castle Garden, reported that he had distributed 35,532 tracts io _his newly arrived countrymen. ‘I'he appointment of the exec- utive committes, the main working body of the church, resuited in the ehoice of Rev. C, A: B. Jorck ot Chicago tor president, Rev. W. Sandling of St. Paul, Minn,, for vice-pres- ident, and Rev. E. G. "E"m' of Galesburg, 111, for secretary. Rev. R. Larson, of Otta- wa, Kan., and Rev. J. P. Eagle, of Lafyette, Ind., preached the annual sermon to-day. Exhibits Rapidly Arriving. Stoux Crry, la., Sept. 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.|—Today has been the busiest day at the corn palace. A very large number of counties and townships were in with their exhibits and the artists are busy arranging. ‘These exhibits comprise speci- mens of all kinds of grain. vegetables, grasses, etc.,, and mammoth corn, potatoes and pumpkins are numerous. Twelve com- anies of national guards will have places in he parad e and in the battallion drill the day following, Robert Grabam arrived in the city from Deadwood, Dak., Iast evening. He has a large collection of mineral and ore products of the Black Hills countr: These specimens are of silver, tin, coal, salt. In fact all the numerous min products ot that country will be shown. The specimens will be arranged in a tent. A Wreck On the Northwestern. MARSHALTOWN, Ia, Sept. 50.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.[—A colllsion occurred this morning between a freight and a special freight on the Northwestern road in the first cut east of Aines. The tank of the special und four or five cars rolled down the bank and the remainder of the wreck was piled up in the cut. Ittook all day to clear the track, Engineer Shoreman, on the special, was badly bruised. Some mistake in tele- graphing train orders caused the disaster. Sloux City Politics. Stoux Ciry, la., Sept. 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—The republican wara caucuses were held to-night and good sized delegations were preseut. Delegates to the forthcoming county convention were se- lected, the ward organizations for the ensu- ing year were perfected and other business done. The prohibitionists were out in_ full foreo and tovk an _active part gonerally in the proceedings. Much work has been done during the past several 'm{u to get every member of the Law and Order league out to asslst in making up the delegatious as far as possible. Ihe Paciflc Investigation. New Yok, Sept. 80.—Auditor Mink, of the Union Pacitic, before the Pacitic investi- Rating committee to-day, submitted various records which had been called for. The com- mission called on Cohen, attorney for the QCentral Pacific, to produce the check stubs drawn by Huntinzton from 1872 to 1850 and the letter press books of the New York of- fice for the same time, Cohen declined, say- ing he didn’t propose to recommend any further expenditures to accommodate the mmission, as that body had already run up early 810,000 for transportation, food, wine, ete. Cohen was told to presont an itemized account. C. P. Huntington was recalled and asked many questions mgnr-lin?fl money matters, old check books, etc. No infor- ation was secured from him. Colien presented the bill of the ¢ cific against the commission for $7,75 whi Governor Pattison said would be paid whe rlflllkl upon. Adjourned subject to the call or the chal o -—— The Rulo Bridge Completed. St. JosErH, Mo., Sept. 80, —[Special Tele- pram to the Bre.|—The last work on the bridge across the Missouri river at Rulo, Neb.,, has been completed and Sunday, October 2, the Burlington & Missoun River rallway will run its freight trains into this eity, ‘The time card has been printed and wl{lbc given to the public to-merrow. St Joseph will be the terminus of the road and the through freight and passengers will be iransferred to Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, and the Hannibal & St. Joe through coaches going to Kansas City with- out change. ———— Dakota Land Troubles. MINNEArOLIS, Sept. 30,—There s consid- eral excitement in Fargo and central Dakota over the recent order of the United States land department in regard to the withdrawal of lands granted railroads in the ten-mile indemnity limit. People within this limit are considerably stirred up over the matter. 1¢ will cause much trouble, not only to big farmers, but to quarter section purchasers as well, It is said that every quarter section in ‘Thraill county, from the Manitoba road to the Red river, has beem jumped. The disas- ter wll{lbe widespread and mav endanger shed. e e, Weather Indication For Nebras| and Jowa: GQGenerally warmer, fair weather, lizht to fresh winds, generally southerly and increasing in force over Nebraska, followed over the western pululon of Nebraska by cooler weather and rain. Central and Eastern Dakota: Warmer, fair weather, followed by cooler, rainy weather, fresh to brisk soutberly winds. - An Indemnity Griated. Pamis, Sept, 50.—Count Von Munster, German 2mivassador, has infotmed M. Plourens that that the German government, ‘without awaiting the issue of the judicial in- iry, has decided to grant indemaity to the '3.1;"-'& of the gawekeeper, the awmount to be tixed later, Iinois State Fallure, OrNKY, L, Sept. ‘he Illinois state falr 18 closing under a cloud. It has rained every day during the week. The attendance hias been Jight and the entire receipts of the week will not be suflicient to pay even the ordinary expenses, aside trow $24,000 in preuiums. al Arohbishop Oroke in Paris. (Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Rennatt.] PArts, Sept. 30.—[New York Herald Cable-Special to the Bee.|—Doctor Croke, archbishop of Coshen, was received at the Irish college yesterday and a most hearty ovation accorded him, His grace was asked by the students to address them on the wrongs of Ireland. The archbishop then spoke in very vigorous lauguaze of the tyranny of the KEnlish tory reign in Ire- land, branding it as repugnant to the ideas of mudern civilization. There 18 no truth in the report, freely circulated here, that the archbisliop was called to Rome to receive a cardinal’s hat. His grace left PParis for Ire- land last night. Still Persecuting )'Brien, Dunriy, Sept. 50.—Lord Mayor Sullivan and William O'Brien have been summoned to appear In police court to answer the charges of publishing reports of the doings of suppressed branches of the National league, TEMPLE, Tex., Sep -Two of the most daring stage robberies ever perpetrated in ‘Texas occurred Iast night in Runnels county. The stage bound from San Angelo to Ball inger was halied at 11 o’clock by a single highwayman, six miles from Baliinger. He stood the elght passengers in a row and went through their poc'zets, securing nearly $2,000 in money and considerable jewelry. \Yhen the stage going in the nrptmlle direce tion came along shortly after he went through its passengers in the same way. i A Methodist Pastor Drops Dead. Rockrorn, L1l Sept, 30.--Rev. William August Smith, pastor of the Centennial Metbodist Episcopal church, of Rockford, 11L., dropped dead this morning. Mr. Smith was one of the oldest members ot the Meth- odist conference, - Anarchist Transoript Ordered. CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Counsel for the con- demned anarchists to-day gave order fora transcript of the record on_file 1n the su- preme court, stipulating that it must be tin- ished by October 15. y Coal Goes Up Another Notch, Ci1cAGo, Sept. 30.—The price of coal In this city was agaln raised to-day by the syndicate of “barons.” Kgzcoal now sells l:t §7.25, and range and chestnat at $7.50 per on. A Chinaman Choked. AN Francisco, Sept. 30.—Le Sare Bo, a Chinaman, was hanged in the county jail to-day for the murder of w fellow country- man five years ago. b AR, Postponed Until October 15, CiticAGo, Sept. 50.—The Patron-Jay-Eye- See race announced to take place at Wash- ington park to-morrow has been postponed until October 15, -— The ““Weekly Graphic” Assigns. CINCINNATL Sept, 30.—The Graphic Press c()ul[mn{. publishers of the Weekly Graphic, assigned to-day. Assets from §35,000 to $50,- 000. Liabilities about $30,000, e e, Schnaebele's Son Released. Benuix, Sept. 30.—In response to an ap- peal for clemency, Emperor Wilhelm has or- dered the liberation of young Schnabele. e st Personal Paragraphs, W. R.Lunney, of Fullerton, is at the Paxton. George C. Bush, of Lincoln, is at the Mllard. S. A. Cunningham, of Leavenworth, is in town. F. A. Starrett, of Ravina, yesterday. John H. Roe, of Kearney, is a guest at the Millard. John Dewcose, of Lincoln, is staying at the Millard. W. A. Bradley, of Blair, is registered at the Arcade. S. M. Rieser, of Chicago, was at the Paxton yesterday. George W. Jenner, of Sudney, is regis- tered at the Millard. S. L. Martin, of Kansas City, is regis- tered at the Paxton. Ed Shelden, of Nebraska City, was at the Paxton yesterday. J. M. Russell and wife, of Cgden, Utah, are at the Paxton. N. E. Bla| ee, of Wahoo, was in town yesterday. He is at the Arcade. A. W.DPearson and wife and Mrs, C. Davis, of Deadwood, are at the Arcade. E. P. Holmes. a prominent business wman of Lincoln, was in town yesterday. G. P, Graves, a well known business man of Grand Rapids, 18 at the Paxton. % Gillantz, of Colorado, and Leon Wilson, of Chicago, are at the Barker hotel. Z. F. Swith and wife, of North Bend, are enjoymg a few days in Omaha, They are at the Millard. M. L. Roeder, of the National Life In- surance company, of Vermont, has es- tablished an office in this city. Mrs. Nilos, of Bement, 11l., and Mrs. MecGee, of Council Blufls, are in the city for a few days, the guests of Mrs. Fred Drexel. A. R. Drexel has returned trom Colo- rado after an absence of six months, where he had been on the Union Pacitic enginecring force. Jack Curley, the well known printer and pugilist, who stood up so knllnully betore Charley Gallagher in 1873, is in the city, having come 1n from Chicago yesterday. General John Stebbing, one of the most prominent Odd Fellows in the cmmlrf, was & passenger on the ‘Q" yesterday morning. He is on his way from Rochester, N. Y., to San Francisco. L O O F All members of Allemannen lodge No, 8 are requested to meet at Odd Fellows’ hall on Saturday,October 1st. at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of participating 1n the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the new hall being erected l|i"('mmlr|ch lodge No. 144, Cuas. Kuprg, Secretary. was in town piano at a bargamn. A strictly first-class C. L. Eri 16th. Ma- son & Co., 212 N, e e——— Mrs. Magrane has returned from the east and will open her dancing school next week. The regular evemings will be advertised later, o ———— Cheap Rates to Chicago. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway will sell excursion tickets to the luter- national Military Encampment held at Chicago, Oct. 18t to 20th, ut §17.15, from Council Blufls to Chicago and return, in- cluding admission ticket to the encamp- ment. Tickets will be sold on Oct. 4th, 7th and 10th, good returning until the Monday following date of sale, Be sure that you get your tickets and secure your sleeping car berths by the Chicago & Northwestern. For further information call at ticket office of tius company, 1411 Farnam street. W. N. Bascock, General Western Agent. — e ———— Mendelssohn & Lawrie, architects. D, L.Shane, superintendent. - ———— Frod Herrmann & Co., cor. 14th and Leavenworth, have opened a shoeing, wagon and repair shop in codnection with their boarding and sale stable. All work guaranteed and at lowest prices. o ——— Dressmakine at reasonablo rates 1509 Harney st. Taylor system used in cutting. O ——— From $10 to $15 saved on a suit at Wannamaker & Brown, 1511 Dougias st. Satisfaction guaranteed, T ——— Manufacturers will receive lands free and unexcelled railroad facilities at Por- al. Office,105 South 15th street, Omaha. “THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SATURDAY. OCTOBER - 1887 - [THE POLITICAL STRUGCLE. Result of the Selection of Delegatas to the Republican County Convention. WHERE THE FIGHT WASHOTTEST, None of the Three Candidates For Clerk of the District Court Secure a Walk-Away For the Nomination. Result of the Primaries. The republican primaries are over and atired lot of politicians went to bed early last night for the first time in many da; To say that the struggle for supremacy was not a warm one would hardly ex- press the situation, although in most of the wards no undue excitement attended the voting. The chief interest centered in the fight for the fattest office—the clerkship of the district court—and all other issues were for the most part lost sight of. The three candidates for the nomination were, of course, in the thickest of the fray in their respective wards, and that they all were more or less successful is shown by the number of supporters which each secured to represent them in the county convention to-day. Alchough the result is somewhat mixed, the prob- able strength of the candidates in to- day's conuention, as far as the city is concerned, will be as follows: Frank Moore: Ibyn L. Frank, 26; Colonel Aiken, 19, ‘L'he delegates from the coun- try will probably be greatly divided, and thus the final outcome of the struggle is uncertain, but that no one will have a walk-away is sure, The greatest struggle at the polls was in tige Fourth ward over the placing on the ticket of Wilhlam F. Bechel. This caused a bitter feeling on the part of the better element and an effort was made to shelve the obnoxious candidate. That this movement was not successful can be attributed to gallant aid furnished the president of the council by democrats and outsiders, These latter made their headquarters in O'Malley’s saloon, acros sthe street from the place of hold- ing the primary, and enough ‘infloo- ence” was dispensed and Third ward re- cruits secured to carry the contest in favor of Bechel. Pat Ford, Phil Mo- Shane, Cap O'Malley, Rothacker, Miner and others were on hand to cheer on their champion to success. As the result of the poll shows, however, Bechel needed all the outside support he re- ceived, for the residents of the ward scratched him so liberally that he only pulled through by a few votes. In the Seveuth™ ward Mike Lee proved too big a load for the ticket which Col- onel Aiken put in the field, and in conse- quence it went down. Had it not been for the Lee incubus thers is no doubt but that the colonel would have come out with flying colors in his own ward. As usual the rough and rowdy element predominated in the Bloody Third, but there was no onru.fll(inn_ to Sp of and everything was harmonious. Below is given the result in all the wards in the city and the country pre- cinets so far as obtainable: ¥l WARD. Lattle or no opposition was offered in the First ward to the toilowing ticket : i ALTERNATES C. C. Thrane DELEGATES. S, John Christopherson George Hofman K. W, Bandhauer Ernest Stuht Wm. Humpherson 1saac S. Hascall Wm. A, Kelly A. J. Hoban 8. J. Burgstrom E. J. Cornish J. H. Butler John Rush Charles Hanley Charles Schrote L. H. Webster. SECOND W ARD. i Only a light vote was polled at this ward, the ul«R:gm.vs elected receiving 154 ballots, no numsuiun ticket being in the fleld, The following are the chosen: TES, ALTERN A is Specht, Andareen, M. Leahey, rank_Kaspar, F. L. Van Dora, William Alstadt, Fred Hoye, Frank Dworak, Fred Pflaeging, THIRD WARD. % The primary in this ward was held in the rear of Knight's saloon at the corner of Tenth and Capitol avenue. There was considerable interest manifested, but the contest was one-sided. The following ticket was elected, receiving 341 votes DELEGA S, 0. H. Rothacker M. O. Ricketts Lee Helsny Charles Menter William Peyton Charlay Branch ) Seth T, Cole P. J. Williams . R. Groves Louis Faist, Constable—George Church, Paul Stein. An opposition ticket headed by Tom McVittie in_the interests of Colanel Atken for clerk of the district court received 64 votes: FOURTH WARD. The primary in this ward was held on the southeast “corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets. A heavy vote was polied and the excitement kept up from the opening till the close. Thera were three tickets in the field, but the scratch- g of the name of William F. Bechel was the main point at issue. The fol- lowing is the result of the vote in detail: F. W, Gra 496 Tony Kment, John Boyd, J. F. Behm, ALTERNATES, John Campbell Lon Bowman Judge Lytle T. 0. Gorman Julin Cooley Ed Leeder GLustave Ed Hane; «d Whitethorn. C. R. T William F, P. L. Perine M. Hellman, ‘The alternates selecte Wheeler, D. D. McDonald, Alex Mcln- tosh, George S. Smith, E. L. Crapp, Charles R, Turney, E. M. Bartlett, D. B. Houck. The following were also endorsed: Justices of the peace, Gustave Anderson, John 8. Morrison; constables, Dorsey B. Houck, John Hokinson; assessor, James G. Carpenter. FIFTH WARD, . There were two tickets in this ward, one known as the Mercer ticket, favoring the candidacy of D. H. Mercer for judge of the county court, and the other as the Callan ticket. The former was success- ful by the following vote: E. A. Parma- lee 809, B. F. Redman 309, D. H. Mercer 810, James Wilson 307, John Wallace 311, C. 'W. Wedell 810, Thomas Cummings 466, John Jenkins 807, Thomas Callan had 165 votes, ths iargest number cast for any eandidate on the opposlu*uokct. The total vote cast was 459, For the ward oflices the following were approved: Assessor, Schuyler Waketield; ‘uslmu of the peace, first distriet, E. Bartiett, sec- ond district, Joseph Redman; eonstables, first district, W. H. Butler, second dis- trict Charles Hollo. The sixth is Mer- cers’ wand, though the vote above shows that he 1not as popular as some of his coufedorfs, especially e.x-l\lurshal Cummingp who was on both tickets. SIXTH WARD, In the sixth ward there were two ticl The fight, however, was not a ver, tter one, and the following ticket s elected by 150 majority: DELEGATES, 3 d were Daniel H, Joseph Rowles,' W. . Morrow, John Stephenson, 1. 0, Hawes, Louls Littlefield, 0. C. Johnson, ' #Louis Kamier, John F. Page, # 4Charles Rowles, Cyrus Gelatte, A “Thomas Golden. SEVENTH WARD. The primary in’this ward was held in the room in thd Park school house on Georgia avenue. Dyring the entire day the greatest intdte§t was menifest, the total vote cast beibig813. The following ticket was elected, Teceiving 199 of tho votes cast, n majosity of 85: ?j‘fl'lfll,\'."l‘l‘;& Moses Wm. B. Clancy, R. E. Pierce, C. R. Woollay, Capt. W. .l-‘ran«nn.'A. The opposition ticket was headed by Mike Lee, C. N. Powell and W. H. Alex- ander, and bore at the head ‘‘Henry C. Akin for District Clerk." EIGHT WARD. 0 The Eighth ward had two tickets. The ticket headed by CharlesJ. Green was de feated by 205 majority, cut of 427 votes cast. The following ticket was elected: DELEGATES, ALTERNATES. Cadet Taylor, 2. J. Saville, P, 8. Boien, Peter Smith, 0. H. Ballou, Charles Hellwig. James Allen, William McCague, Dr. Hostetter, 8. B, Lake, M. F. Singleton, Heury Scrogeins, Jos;(ph Hatfield, G. 8. Benaway, N. K. Pearson, C. J. Barber. The following wers endorsed for the ward offices: For assessor, Charles B, Fry; for justice of the peace, J. J. Casey. NINTH WARD. The primary in the Ninth ward was a very quiet one, and the regular ticket had no opposition. There were 194 votles cast for each nominee aud the following were elected: DELEGATES, 1. W. Blackburn, rge ‘I'. Brown, J. Johnson, r’ 1. Baber, C. J. Ryan, Charles Unitt, ALTERNATES, Hugh McCaftery, John Ledwick, Jolin Peterson, Charles ‘Ujureen, Frank Chandler, Charles l'aggart, D. L. MeGuckin, Hamiiton Martin, Charles A. Coe, H. L. Seward. SOUTH OMAHA PRECINCT, Last night's primary was the first ever held in South Omaha precinct. There were seventy-five votes cast, which was not as heayy as anticipated. There was only one ticket in the field. The follow- ing delegates and alternates were elected ATES, 1 J. R, Gricw, J. M. Glasgow, A.J. Baldwin, M. L, Leonard, . . Savaze, J. B. Erion, Fred M, Smith, Con Groner. | M'ARDLE PRECINCT. The voters of McArdle precinct seemed to have no use for Pat McArdle's ticket yesterday, and he found it out before the polls were opened. In consequence he did not put any of his tickets in the field. The following delegates were elected, each receiving an average of 130 votes ('xle}. E. Shannon, Co0 ALTERNATES, James Rolfs, ed T,ewon, ' Henry Eicke, Paul Thompson, Jerome Allen. The sentiment expressed throughout the day in Millard, Douglas and McArdle precinets was in favor almost unani- mously of James Walsh for county com- missioner. e THE BAR MEETING. Judges Wakeley, Hopewell and Groff Endorsed For Renomination. The bar meeting: held in the district court room yesterday was a largely at- tended, spirited, and yet harmonious affair. Judge Brown ofliciated as chair- man, and Attorney Cornish 28 secretary. After the mecting had been called to order, Judge Doane read the following letter from Judge Wakeley : HoN. Gro. W. DoANk: .Dear Sir—The purpose of our meeting to-day and tho fact that L have been frequently asked 1f 1 would consent to be a_candidate for re- election as judge, will, tIuru cuse this communication, which I ask you to submit 1f the there shall be occasion to do so. I now hold with the general concurrence and support of the bar and the voters of this distriet. 1 resolved and have endeavored to portorm its duties zealously, tmpartially and fearlessly to the best of my ability. 1o what degres my efforts may have been successful, or how far short they have came, others must judge. But L have not sought nor am [ now seeking a re-election. I am very willing that what I have done shall be accepted as a full acquaintance I may oweas acitizen toenter or rewain in the public service, and of the debt which as a lawyer [ have owed to my profes- sion. - I must further say that in view of the cir- cumstances under which the office was con- ferred upon e I could not now consent, even if desired, to enter upon a partisan can- vass for the place; nor be a candidate except by the general consent and approval of the bar and the people. With this reservation and this frank state- ment I shall acquiesce in whatever action the bar way deem to be for the public interest. Very respectfully, E. WARELEY, The following resolution preseanted by E. M. Bartlett was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this bar meeting that Judge Wakeley is the unani- mous choice of the members of the bar of Douglas county, 18 one of the judges to be eleeted in the ensuing election and that the respective political conventions be notitied of sueh choice, and recommend that he bs nom- inated as one of the candidates for the judees of the Third judicial district by all of the said political conventions. Judge Savage presented the following resolutions which were also adopted: Resolved, That the bar has contidence in the learning, integrity and ability of Judges Groff and Hopewell, and do recommend their selection as candidates for judges at the coming election, and that the respective poli conventions be notified of such choice. Resolved, That the bar has heard with re- gret of the contemplatea retirement of Judge eville from the bench, and desire to express s full appreciation of his legal ability, in- dustry and urbanity, A committee of f®e was appointed to present the names of the candidates to the respective conventions, It consists of Judge Doane, E. M. Bartlett, 1. Congdon, W. A. Redick and J. P. Breen, Printers Have a Scrap. T. J. McGovern and D, Delehoyed, two printers, were brought into the police station yesterday afternoon in a frightful condition. It seems there was a girl con- nected with the case’in some way, but what it was all about 'neither of the men themselves nor the; ofticers could tell. Both typos were covered with blood. The face of one was crimson from the gory effects of the fray, They were muddy, and drunk and subdued. It seemed as if they had had enough. Each blamed the other ‘for beginning the “serap.”’ ——— Hacoail Will Not Attend. John Evans, chaifman of the board of trade committee winah was appointed to confer with the poliee commissioners and Hascall's committee from the council for the purpose of straightening out the police muddle, if possible, states that Hascall will not attend the pruposed meeting with his committee until the return of Mayor Broatch. Brevities, ! Yesterday's internal revenues amounted to $10,938.86. The democrats of the Third ward hold a caucus this evening at Nieber's saloon on the corner of Tenth ana Capitol ave- nue. Frederick Sands, aged thirty-five, of this city, procured the only marriage license issned by Judge MeCulloeh yes- terday. It was a permit to wed Mrs, Hattie Fuller, aged thirty-tive, of Glen- wood, lx, : Four years ago I received the office which ¢ A DISFRANCHISED PEOPLE, The Peculiar Government of Washington Oity—Some Jld Laws. CONGRESS AS A TOWN COUNCIL Some Interesting Facts Concerning the District of Columbia—A City Which Has Tried Almost Every Form of Government, WasiiNGToN, Sept. 27.—[Correspone dence of the Be The recent criticisms of the district commissioners, the return of “Boss' Shepherd and his welcome by many of the citizens of Washington as well as the approach of congress has called faesh attention to the anomalous and interesting character of the govern- ment here—a subject that is always un- der discussion, but that 1s understood by the very fewest people inside Washing- ton or outside, There was a meeting of the citizens held here a little while ago which resolved formally to issue an ad- dress “‘to the American people” to ‘‘en- lighten them on the peculiar character of the municipal government of the na- tional capital.” The attempt at reform 1n Brooklyn and New York, and in other cities, and the direction of giving greater authority to the chief executives are mild experiments compared to the meth- ods at Washington, The city has passed through seven dis- tinct phases of muniecipal evolution. The District ot Columbia at first included three natural municipal divisions, viz., the city of Georgetown, laid out in 1751, the newly planned city of Washington, and the county of the same name. Cou- gress retained both sovercign and loeal wathority over them until 1802, when the city and corporation of Wash- ington were established consisting of a maycr appointed by the president with the rigiit to name his subordinates and a council composed of two branches, elected annually by the people. In 1812 the duty of selecting the mayor was given to the city council. In 1820 an ex- tension of corporation jurisdiction was made to include important functions of local government, and the grant to the citizens of the right to elect their mayor, who was to hold office for a term of two years. . The war had AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE uPon Washington. It became an object of national attraction and was aroused mtoa new life. But this revival was only temporary, for after the war was over it bade fair to settle down into the old rut again. A few public spirited citi- zens,however, were determined to prevent this 1f possible, and, ficlting control of affairs they inaugurated a new era of im- provements, costly, extravagant and in maoy respects ill-advised, which, during the five years from 1866 to 1871 ivolved the corpcration 1 a debt- of $3,000,000, and drew $5,000,000 of extra taxes from the people. 'This was too much. Con- gress was implored to do away with the existing, and provide with a new form of government, and the act of 1871 was the result. By this the city corporations of Washington and Georgelown uand the levy court of the county were =all abolished and a uniform system of ad- ministration given to the whole district. The new form comprised a governor, a board of health, and a board of pubhe works, appointed hy the president with the consent of the e, a council of eleven members chosen by the president, 4 house of de! , numbering twentys two and a territorial delegate to congress elected by the people, Thisregime lasted for three vears and is known asthe reign of the board of public works. It was durmg this period that the transforma- tion of Washington into THE BEAUTIFUL CITY we now see was begun in carnest. Discontent again widely prevailed and congress took action, In 1871 a tempor- ary form of government, in which ex- ecutive power was invested in three com- missioners appointed by the president, was incorporated. It lasted till July 1878, when the municipal regulation of the district was permanently provided nt basis. ars that Washington tried almost. every form of go which the fertile brain of congress could onginate. From beng controlled en- tirely by the national legislature 1t {ms'sod i stages into a full-fledged ipal democracy. Then it became an aristocratic commonwealth and to-day if we accept the views of some of the chronic grumblers we would liken its ad- ministration to the ancient Greeian tyr- anny. In the capital of the great Ameri- can republic the franchise has been taken away and no citizen can vote for even a school trustee. Is the present form of government adequate to the multiplied needs of modern civic life? Dows it rep- resent n step backwards or forwards in the solution of vexed municipal prob- lems? ‘The local affairs of the district are ad- ministered by three commissioners, two of whom are residents of the district, ap- pointed by the president and contirmed by the senate, for a term of three ycars each, the third an ofticer of the engineer corps of the army above the rank of cap- tain, designated by the president with- special limit of time. 'The com- missioners appoint all district oflicials except the judiciary and oilicers of record. They receive each £5,000 a year. All legislalive authority is vested in congress, 1n which the citizens of the district are unrepresented. ‘T'heir inter- ests are looked after by a special com- mittee in_the house and in the senate, and one day in each month is regularly set apart by both branches to consider matters of district legislation. THE COMMISSTONERS have no discretion in the expenditure of money, as they are compelled to conform to the specific’items of the nflmmpriutiun, They draw funds from the United States treasury upon itemized vouchers, certi- fied by a majority of their number, and their nccounts are audited by the fivst comptroller. Thus there is every safe- goard against unwise, extravagant or illegal expenditure, Chiefs of police, market and fire ser- vice, health ofticer, superintendents of schools and telegraph and telephone ser- vice, school trustees, building inspector coron police-court judge, attorney, assessor, collector and ~auditor with the personnel of their various departments are appointed by the commissieners and admnister the details of local govern- ment under their direction, Such is the municipal system of the District of Columbia. How does it work? On this subject there is an edifying vari- oty of opinion. Some feamures commend themselves to all, while others are the cause of hitter complaint. ‘The district government is by no menne perfect either in theory or prac- tlce, but in most respects it is far supe- i tically to the municipal rule of ority of American ciues. Con- gress is uniformly apathetie, often mg- gardly in dealing with 1mportant local interests, But every dollar which comes from the pocket of the taxpayer or from the legislative appropriation is spent for legitimate purposes and strictly ac- ccunted for. The law governing the commissioners in makiug and awarding contracts is especially exacting. Collu- sion with interested parties in the execu- tion of important public works, the bane of our large cities, could not be practiced without immediate discovery. Still the people have ABSOLU in the government of the ci tion. They are disfranchised. The government is not conducted has nment NO W 1 or the na- without some friction. ' Tho executive authorities shorn of legislative powers, and the citizens wllhhofil from the right of snfrage, cannot remedy real grieve they exist, Congress alone can deal with them. The present law: of the district are fragmentary, defec tive and sometimes contradictory. They have never n coditied, They are drawn from a great variety of sources, the common law of England in force in Maryland in 1700, the statutes Mary- Iland also to that date, ordinan of the mrrorxmnu of Washington, Georgetown and the levy court, resolves of the legis- Iative assembly of the district, orders of the commissioners and ucte of congr According to district law & corporation bull should be kept in each of the wards of Washington and geese running at large upon Pennsylvania avenue must be apprehended by the town constable. Until the last session of congress the commissioners had noauthority to make police reguiations or to make rules for steam engineering, while there was no legislation satisfactorily dealing with arrears of taxes, compelling the ercction of fire escapes and enabling foreign exe- cutors and administrators to sue in the district. The energy of the present nu- thorities has secured something but much remains to be accomplished. The record of the past shows only too plainly THE NEGLIG OF CONGRESS, The federal government owns about half the real estate 1 Washington, yet from 1790 to 1876 it appropriated but five million dollars for improvements, while the district during the same period spent twenty millious. ~Since 1878 the burdens have been wilmllv adjusted, but if con- gress should assume “the whole of the present debt, some $20,881,050, 1ts obli tions to the District would merely be di: charged. Here s one method, 1t is sometimes argued, for getting rid of a part of the surplus. The enhanced value of 1t8 real estate would be n partial com pensation and the remainder could be derived from the added prestige of the nation’s capital, It is undoubtedly an anomaly that citi- zens of the federal capital of the world's greatest democracy are deprived of all voting vrivileges. The faults of the pres- ent municipal system are to be found on its legislative, rather than 1its executive side, But committees composed of out- siders cannot always have the keenest interest in local matters, and factious esmen will sometimes waste days in filibursteing, that shonld have been de voted in passing useful measures, can the legislative side of the local gov- ernment be made more eflicient? Thisis the question that needs answering now. Nobody can tell what congress may do, and it is not.entirely impossible that the subject may take sach a turn asto be- come in some way a political iss F. DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to be miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irrita- ble, languid, and drowsy. It is a diseaso which does not get well ot itself. It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off tho causes and tone up the diges- tive orgaus till they perform their duties willingly. 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Firt National Bk, $600,000 Capital. . 100,000 Surplus. MARKET GARDENING An Intervicw With One of Oma ., 9 - W'y Vegetable Gardeners, An Article of literest to All—The Life of a Sailor—Ilow tia Good Ship*‘Health" was Founderad Eic,, Fte, T!qum- of 8 satlor Is often_ ver reading o the citizens o1 the west du. Kuowing this to be the fuc oporter ot deelng his note book and Faber No 2, stattea out ta find an old sailor, and interview' him on the matter, The reporter mot Mr. Hornard Carstens, who rosidos in Central Park noar the city limita. Mr. Carsten's, s Gornn by birth i8 in businesy as w_ gardier and trucker and Supplies the hotels ind _restauirants of Omahn with fresh vogetables overy morning. On bein ted by the roporter ho snid: **Yos, 1 8 fOr About ton Yenrs, and in_ that od almost every couutry in the world. | China, Australin, New “Zealand, the bast In- dins, and almost every seaport along the Medi- terranean sen. The lifeof a suilor 18 a hard one As well 18 n dangerous one, and only a man ) interosting sailed visit- o to Herman Kountze, President. John A, Creighton, Vice-President, . H. Davis, Cashier, W. H. Mequier, Asst.-Cashier, Witha very good constitution can stand it very long. lenjoyed my life on the sens and was Always henlthy there. In factl never hind a days sickness until kbout one year ngo." **Then you have boen sick latoly,” asked the lost my ap- reporter, “Yos. 1 waataken sick last fall. T petite, could not eat enough to keep & child alive, had night swoats, would get up in the inorning feeling worse than & man who had not slept at all, could only eat little broukfust, and would have to vomit that w very koon after oating it. I was attacked wit ad hucking cough which w carise me intense pain in my chest und lungs, would have chills nnd fover every three or Your days. My condition became nlarming 1 could scarcely 1ift a8 much ua n child. A& 1 snid bofore 1 bo- no alarmed, nud hearing and ronding oon. siderable about Dra. McCoy and Honry 1 con- cludod to_call upon themw, which 1 did about three s Ko and was examined. They told me ‘1 had eatarchal consumption and promised to cure me intwo months, Not quite amonth has clapssd and T am well weain. 1 hAve no more night awents, no more chills and fever, do not vomit any more in tho morning, and to tell the truth focl like & now man alto- gether. 1foel as though I could not say enough for Dra, MoCoy and Henry f ave 1 dee”worked wonders in my ¢ MR DERNARD CARSTENS. The above cut ia n very good | Carstons, who rosides in Central Park, noar the city limits, wherc he will gladly corrohorato the above statemont to anyone who will take the rouble to call or ad him thero, LEADS TO CONSUMPTION, INTERESTING EVIDENCE OF A CONDITION NOT TO HETRIFLED WITH, catarrh has existod in tho head and the upncer part of the thront for noy length of timo ~-tre pationt living in a district whero people are gubject to catarrhal affcotion— and the dis- enso has been lort uncured, the catarrh invari- ably, sometimes slowly, extends down the windpipe and_into the bronehial tubes, whioh tubesconyi ’= the Air to the ditferent pirts of the lungs. The tubes become affected from the swelling and. tho mucous avising from catarrh, nnd, in some instances, become plugged tin A8 frooly na ft pes of breath follows, and the with lahorand dieuliy. > thoro 15 n sound ot erackling nside the chest. At this stage of breathing s usually more rapid in benlth, Tho pationt has al-o hot his boa The puin which of andull breust bo piin vy n isense th me and go--lust L be abscent for several others, cough that oceurs in the first stages of hronchial catarrh is dry,comes on at_intervals, hucking in charno- at night and fthe disense ox- the tough mucns 80 VIOIENt 18 Lo cause voums ng. Later on the mucus that is raisodgte - found to contain small particles of yeilow m ter, which indieatos that the small tubes in t lunje ed. With this there e lood ‘mixed with the mucu Insome cuses the patient becomes very. pal has fever, and expectorates hefore wny coug! appenrs. In some cnses smal Jmasses of cheesy gub. &tance aro Apit up, which, when pressed be- tweon the fingers, omit a bad odor. [n othe: chalky nature are Spit up. or onalky lumps| indicate sorfous mishief rk in the lungs. What It Means, How It Acts, and What It Is. You sneezo when you get up in the morning, r nose off every time you You huve 8 it there was & piug in eaoh nostril which you eannot dislodge., 1 blow your nose until your enrs crack, bt it don't do ny good, and the only result is that s coed in getting up # very red nose, and you so irritate the lining membrane of 'that organ ve unable Lo vreathe through it nt ail, t and not overdrawn pictute of starrh, or ‘‘Sneezing o Now, what does this condition indicn Acold that causcs mucus to bo poured y the glunds in the nose: then those diseusod glands are nttacked by swarms of litt the catarch gorm—thut flon where the irritato tho sensitiv and nuture undertukes to rid herselt of thom by producing & it of sneczing “Witon the Bose becomes fillad with thickoned and disensod muous tho natural channels for the introduction of air Into the 1u the person 80 effcted nust puth, and by such hod nnd dry " the through b tarrhni 1h t h - * DOCTOR J.Cresap M'Coy Late of Bellevue Hospital, N.Y Columbus Henry | Have Officos 310-311 RAMGE BUILDING Cor. 15th aud Harney Streets Omaha, Neb. Where all curable enscs are treated with guo- Coss. dienl disenses troatod skiifully, Cone Bumption, Brigats D scaso, Dyspopsii, Rhou. matisn Al NERVOUS DISEASES. All di- BONSEE [ECIINT L0 thy sexvs o spociulty. CA- TARRH CURED, CONSULTATION at oftice or by mail $1. Ofice nours: 9 10 11 i 10 ) A g Te i prompt attention. Kucoessfully by De sCoy nd it is tnds possi. blo for those 0 mahe & fourney 0 ob- tain 8U0CORsTUl NGapfal trewtment at thelr homes. No lgitora answorcd uniess woccompae iied by €0 In stwmps, i N ddrons wll letters to Dr, J. C. MoCoy. rooume S10and 311 Ramge Buildiug, Omats,