Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 17, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. SUBLISHFD EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBECRIPTION. Wally Morning Edition) including Hunda: or i Montha. Three Montl @ OmahA Sunday dress, One Year, " OMANA OFFICE, NO. 014 AND 015 FARNAM 815 NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOM 65, TRIBUNE ¢ ING, WASHINGTON O No. 6l TEENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE, All_communications relating to news and itorial matter should be addressed to the LTOR OF THE DKk, BUKINESS LETTERS: oAl bustness lottors and remittancas should be dreesed to THE BEE PURLISHING COMPANY, MAHA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to ‘made payablé to the order of the company. The Bee Publishinfifimauy, Proprictors, E. ROSEWATER, Epiron. 00 BT, ™ THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, ) ¥ County of Douglas. s Geo, \ck, kecretary of The Bee Pub- Ushing company, does unlo‘mnlf' swear that the aotual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Oct, 7, 1857, was as follow Baturday, O . . Bunday, Oct Monday, Oct Thursda, Friday, O AVerage. ..o Sworn to and_subscril Bth day of October, A, . 1567, N. P. FRIL, (BEAL) Notary Piblic Btato of Nebraska, County o Geo, I I Douglas, (58 zschuck, being es and ways thit he s s Publishing compauiy, that the a daily eirculation of the Daily Bee of October, 6, L coplos; for for December, 1886, K87, 16, ) for March, 187, 14,400 416 coples; for May, 1887, les; ¥ 461 copien; « Sworn to and subscribed in’ my pi oth :Iule' of Octol . 1887, (SEA Notary bubil ORONER'S jury in the Kouts di aster has mikdly censured the railroad company, as usual, and laid the chief blame on overworked and underpaid employes. A GRAND ISLAND paper remarks that the Public Fountain has again begun to flow regularly. It should not be ex- pected that the Fountain could supply a baby and the public at the samo time. How insignificant the magician who swallows swords and other iron imple- ments must feel when he sees Knight of “Black Friday” storing a whole rail- road or telegraph system in his maw without wincing. AND now settlers in the Texas Pan- handle region are undergoing a pro- cess of evictions at the hands of a “‘com- puny.” Perhaps it would be well for this country to stop declaiming about the evictions in Ireland until our own are stopped. ——— ANOTHER political party was born at Springfield, Ill., last Friday. This makes the ninth now in the field. It was named the “Industrial Reform” party. and Mrs. Lockwood, late presidential candidate, is its guardian angel. The courage of the woman who brought it forth must be out of the ordinary, as the day was Friday. Tuk price of coal is raised in many parts of the country this week. In Chi- cago the people are discussing the ques- tion whether gas could not be used as a fuel. It has been demonstrated that gas can be manufactured in that city for about fifty cents per 1,000 feet, and would consequently be a cheaper fuel than coal at its present prices. No doubt gas could be manufactured for a similar purpose in Omaha also, which would bo cheaper than using coal. If the extortions of the coal robbers should lead to the invention of a cheaper fuel than is now in use, we would havea very pleasing instance of monopolistic groed working its own defeat. Tie late holocaust at Kouts station has revived the assaults on the car stove, which stubbornly holds its place in spite of all denunciation and all the horrible co ceeded from its use. Although the ag- itation for getting rid of this instru- ment of torture and the most terrible deaths in a railroad wreck was started early in the year, very little has been accomplished for its removal. ter, but on nearly all the roads of the country this terror of the traveler will continue to be found in full blast, ready to cremate caged and helpless humanity There whenever an opportunity offers. has been ample time for every road in the country to have been provided with other means of heating, but in the ab- sence of legislation compelling them to do this very fow have paid any atten- tion to it. It is to be feared that the terrible stove will remain until legisla- tion absolutely prohibiting its use be- comes general throughout the country. THERE seems likely- to be a serious hitch at the outset of the negotiations upon which Mr. Bayard is soon to en regarding the dispute over the Can fisheries. concessions. of the part her own Canadian sioners people, fish free, on the of themselves to popular Canada and as a condition precedent to her acceptance of any arrangement upon which the joint commission might If this is the spirit in which agree, Canada proposes to enter upon the con sideration of this controversy the sooner Mvr. Bayard drops the matter the better be will please the American people. equences that have pro- Two or three railroads are expected to wholly or partially abandon the stove this win- The advices from Canada in- dicate that the temper there is not altogether such as promises a calm and thoroughly judicial discussion of the controversy, but rather denotes a dis- position to insist in advance on certain Among these it is an- nounced that the Canadians will agree 1o no arrangement unless their fish are allowed to come into the United States free. Apart from all considerations as to the desirability, in the interest of admitting commis- this country would very promptly subject condemnation were they to make a concession of this | orany other point at the dictation of Mercer and Shields. Omaha Herald: The Ber intimates that there are “several thousand workingmen in Omaha who will vote against Mr. George Shiclds and for Mr, David Mercer, solely be- cause Mr. C.J. Smyth did not receive the democratic nomination, ‘What? Is politics with the Bee spitework of the kind which would advise the defeat of an honest, deserving young man who has been self-made in Omaha before the eyes of its peoplo, and for the sake of & man who was a paid lobbyist of the Union Pacific rail- roadt Where is the Ber's consistency in opposing Lee Estelle for the judiciary and supporting David Mercer? The Ber has given no supportto David Mercer and it never will recom- mend him as a fit person to fill the posi- tion of county judge. But it also declines to exert its influence on behalf of Mr. Shields. It is a notorious fact that Mr. Shields was nominated to re- buke Hon. C. J. Smyth for supporting General Van Wyck and opposing the charter mutilators in the last legisla- ture. Rothacker, Morrissey, Moynihan and the strikers and desperadoes that train with that disreputable combine were on the floor of the convention working with might and main for Shieldsand against Smyth. The spokes- man of, this infamous gang, Dan Angel, openly raised the Van Wyck issue be- fore the convention in & most insulting harangue. Mr. Shields may not be responsible for tho character snd conduct of his backers, but the BEE will not stultify itself by giving even an indirect en- dorscment to any man who owes his nomination to venal wretchesand black- legs who prowl around conventions, city councils and legislatures like wolves and hyenas in search of prey among carrion on a battlefield. Furthermore, the BEE does not pro- pose directly or indirectly to give coun- tenance to the remotest reflection on any representative who was loyal to his constituents, stood up manfully for the rights and interestsof the industrial classes in the halls of legislation, with- stood the pressure of corporate power and resisted the corrupting influence of jobbers and public thieves. It is unfor- tunate for Mr. Shields that this issue has been forced through his nomina- tion. He should never have accepted it under the circumstances, and he will have to charge his defeat up to the reckless, vindictive and unprincipled combine of which the editor of the Her- ald is on e of the master spirits. —_— Open Sessions, To-day the Omaha board of trade will inaugurate open sessions for the trans- action of commercial business, and it is 10 be hoped the occasion will be signal- ized by a general attendance. - There is a great deal in starting right. If only afew manifest interest in the enter- prisc it would very likely happen that subsequent sessions would show a de- clining attendance until finally the daily meetings become mere informal gathe ings without purpose or value. There should be a general and hearty interest manifested at the beginning and steadily maintained. Every business man who is n member of the board can afford to devote an hour daily, or at least three or four times a week, to these sessions, even though he may not trans- act any business at all there. Associa- tion with other business men, leading to an interchange of views relating to the general welfare, he will certainly find to his advantage, and then his ex- ample will be useful. The experienced and intelligent busi- ness men of Omaha who are members of the board of trade, and many of whom doubtless have been connected with other similar organizations, do not re- quire any advice or suggestions as to what should be done or how they should conduct themselves in a matter of this kind. They may safely be assumed toun- derstand fully what is meant by an open session of the board and just how to pro- ceed therein. It may also be supposed that they will discern what is necessary to be done from time to time o advance the usefulness and attractiveness of these sessions. We feel quite sure that however grateful they might be for the solicitude which manifests itself in formulating instructions respecting what shall be done and how it shall be done, they do not need it., But it is en- tirely proper, and may even be neces- sary, to urge upon them the wisdom and importance of making a right start by such a general exhibition of concern for the success of the enterprise as will have an impression and effect not con- fined to the business men of Omaha. The first open session of the board to-day should be fully attended by the members, and all should feel it to be an important part of their daily duty to bo present at these sessions. Few who do 50, we venture to predict; will fail to find that they have profited by it. Vilas for Second Place. There can be very little doubt that Postmaster General Vilas desires the democeratic nomination for the v idency next year, and there is some reason to believe that Mr. Clevelund has a preference for him, The. candi- date will almost certainly be taken from the west, and Mr. Vilas has had an ex- cellent opportunity to convince the president that there is no more availa- ble man than he. The postmaster gen- eral is a very plausible gentleman, is quite an orator, and bears a military title which he won by merit. The recognition of the soldier which would be implied in his nomination would be expected to atone in a measure for the past course of the adwinistration re- garding this clement, and to give promise of better things in the futuve. As to his democracy it is of the s been more ording to ber of the administration I industrious and zealous, his opportunities, in_ replacing repub- licans by demoerats. So eager was he to “*turn the rascals out” that very soon after entering into office he addressed | his attention to finding a thorough and ) | expeditious plan for affecting a elean sweep, the result being the famous secret circular to congressmen. This notable example of the political acumen - | and partisan zeal of Mr, Vilas would be recalled by a certain class of democrats to his advantage. As to the prominence he has enjoyed during the later portion through-and-through kind,and no mem- | of the president’s tour, it may not have been prearranged, but it is not easy to dismiss the idea that it has a purpose R’"M to affect the choice of o national democratic convention. Meanwhile it is interesting to note that Colonel Vilas is not the unanimous choice of the democracy of his own state as a candidate for the vice presi- dency. It has just developed that there is a very considerable opposition to him there, who charges him with having manipulated appointments in his state in his own interest, and in o doing has wrecked the party. This allegatior ias friends warmly deny, and the imme- diate promise is that there will be a pretty thorough discussion of the issue among Wisconsin democrats. It might not make any serious differenco to Colonel Vilas whether he shall have the full support of the delegation of his own state or not if he is secure in the favor of Mr. Cleveland and it is deter- mined that the president prefers him for the second place. . The outlook is that everything will be done in the next national convention of the democ- racy to gratify Mr. Cleveland, and it is altogether probable that he will not hesitate to make known what will grat- ify him. If all signs are not misleading, Vilas is a little the safest man to bet on for second place. Mr. J. L, Webster has become a very great man in his own estimation since he was hoisted into a three thousand dollar attorneyship on the city pay roll. He actually threatens to enjoin the erection of a three-foot wall on the BEE Publishing company’s own ground adja- cent to the lot owned by the city, under the pretence that the wall willendanger the city hall building. This is rather cool, t0 say the least. Let Mr. Webster get that injunction, by all means, and let him also put up a suflicient bond to pay all damages for delaying and ob- structing the building, which will in- clude also the rental of the building for atleast six months if the foundations are not allowed to be put up in this scason. Mr. Webster is doubtless willing to let the city pay these damages, bnt we doubt whether the taxpayers of Omaha will permit him and others to carry out a little personal spite work at the city’s expense. THERE will be two registration days this week, Wednesday and Friday. The results of the first day of registra: showed a general lack of inte this most important and necessai of the voter which was hardly to be ex- pected, ahd which is very much to be regretted. It istobe hoped that the opportunities that will be given this week for registering no voter will ne- glect to avail himself of, as but one more chance will be afforded after these and it is not safe to put off this duty to the last day upon which it can be per- formed. The election in November is important, and every voter should be prepared to exerciso his right on that oceasion. In order to do so his name must appear on the new registry lists. Attend to this vital duty this week, get it off your mind and be on the safe side. THERE are several delegates in the district judicial convention from Doug- las county, who, we are informed, are almost openly in the markettothe high- est bidder. For the benefit of these boodlers we will state that the new elec- tion law makes the buying or selling of delegates to any convention a penitenti- ary offense. The provision as to dele- gate covers the alternate, whenever he acts in capacity as a delegate. THE democratic county ticket is a dead cock in the pit from the start. If the candidates had all been what they should be, they never could have com- manded their full party support after the send-off that was given them by Burchard Angel, and the threats of McShane’s bull-dozing editor that he would support no man who had voted for Van Wyck last year COMMISSIONER TIMME has been the hardest-worked official in Douglas county. He has labored both day and night for his constituents and drawn pay for Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. He has drawn mileage enough in six months Yo have traveled around the world. WHEN any citizen of Omaha has en- terprise enough to undertake the erec- tion of a three hundred thousand dollar fire proof block, it is very becoming in councilmen and ecity officials to vent their personal spleen by throwing ob- structions in the way of improvement. —— IF the beggar on horschack who was peddling out worthless newspaper stock to Ballou and other dupes Ohad it in his power to pay off his creditors with judgeships wo have no doubt he would ‘gladly do it Van Wyck in Sioux City. South Siouz City Sun. Ex-Senator Van Wyck, oneof the most widely known western men, deliv- ered the opening addressat the corn palace, Monday evening. Many thou- sand people were in attendance. The strictest attention was given the grand old man. Original and eccentrie, elo- quent and wonderful, Mr. Van Wyck held his audience to the end. Yet the address was not just what many people expected to hear. They supposed, some of them, that his speech would be a sophomorical essuy, a carefully studied lecture on corn and Sioux City's growth —but it was not. He paid a glow- ing tribute to the enterprise courage of Sioux City's and complimented the ence of the palace as a new and novel idea. Striking the key note from the beginning, by asking who raised the corn to whom the treasure should be given, he went beyond the petty plication, and scored the million railway robbers in no uucertain terms. The idea was not new to him, and his address was listened to by those who immediately saw the soundness of his logic and appropriateness of delivering it, in that place and at that time. When he said that two monopolistic millionaire railway magnates could sit in a parlor at Saratoga and dictate the price on corn—the product of two mil- ion toilers—the = audience returned rounds of applause, He ‘told all about the conflict between capitol and labor— aud wondered in hissarcastic style, why BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER the man who had stolen & fo'penny loaf of bréad was gent to prison—and 'why Gould and Vanderbilt and other great public plunderers who have stolen their millions were never invited to partake of the hospitalities of & jail, Mr. Van Wyck has that happy man- ner of saying what he thinks, and also possesses tho necessary apparatus to think with—and regardless of what peo- ple want to hear, he makes them bear what he wants to say to them. Yet in tho audience were a few men who immediately insisted that Van Wyck wns a demagogue and a crank, because they had heard their masters say he was, But demagogue or crank, madman or idiot, he is the oly person in this new west who has had the courage and ability to battle for the rightsof the down-trodden and oppressed. He knew better than any other man in the vast audience Monday night, the ends and measutes to which railways will go to secure legislation favorable to their interests. He has repeatedly charged men in the senate of the United States, with being corruptand purchaseable,but all the other mean and contemptible things that the monopoly press and monopoly hirelings have suid about Van Wyck, they have nover been able to show that he ever attempted to levy blackmail or aid them in their dis- reputable work of plundering the labor- ing men, Out of politics, out of office, Mr. Van Wye 18 the same hard ~shoulder striker that he was during his last six years in the United States senate. The Sun has said before, and it firmly belioves, that the next legislature of Nebraska will be solid for him, almost toaman. Andif heis clected, those who know him best know that the peo- ple will find in hima still stronger riend—and God knows that what this western country needs is some kind of a balance wheel, something to hold the railroads partially at bay—or every farm in the western part of the United States will be covered with a mortgage, and the railways will foreclose them. Quin Bohanos Chicago Herald. At some time previous to the year 1882 Quin Bohanon, of Nebraska, killed a man named Cook. Thegmu rderer was found guilty in tho second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. But he thought the sentence too harsh and carried his case to thesupreme court. That tribunal reversed and re- manded the cause. It came again for trial in the lower court on the old in- dictment, when the sentence was fixed at death. Thereupen Bohanon went again before the up- per bench, submitting that he had been tried twice for his life, in con+ travention of the fifth amendment to the federal constitution, which declares that “no person shall be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” " The supreme court of Nebraska held that he was wrong and should be hanged. To this procecding the convicted prisoner interposed an appeal to the supreme court of the United States, in which body the record has just made its appearance. O'lhe state declares that it has not twice put Bohanon’s life in jeopardy, or that, if it have, the fifth unlL'lnsm nt of the Federal organie law doesnot extend to the states. But it would seem that Quin Bohanon, nevertheloss, was twice in danger of thé hemp which he no doubt richly deserved. The case is one of broad int ,and the delay involved, stretehing over @n interval of more than five years, may be patiently borne by the student of criminal procedure, as the finding of the highest court will cover many cuses other than that of Bohanon. In fact, it will have cases if it cover anything at_all, as Bo- hanon escaped long ago, and this par- ticular murder may by this time have dropped entirely out of his mind. iar Case. to cover other e e il A Noted Forger at Liberty. New York World: Sing Sing lost one of its most noted and best behaved free boarders yesterday, in the person of William E. Brockway, the celebrated counterfeiter and bond forger, who was sentenced toa term of five years for forging a number of Morris and Essex railroad bonds in 18833 but for good be- havior the usual one year and five months was deducted from the sentenc His tall re form, “over six feet in height, is as erect as ever, while his deep sunken eyes seem to possess all the old time fire, Brockway first came to notice as a forger in and his exploits through- out the principal cities of the United States soon became well known to all the TUnited States detectives, In order to beecome more proficient in his calling he entered Yale college, studied chemistry, graduated with high houors and then thoroughly mastered the printing and electrotyping trades. His escapades as a eriminal would fill a large volume,the most noted of which was the forging of $204,000 worth of United States bonds. For this crime Brockway and Charles Smith were arrested, in connection with James P. Doyle, and sentenced for ten years. The bogus bonds and notes found in Doyle’s possession when arrested, and Brockway was convicted on the evidence of Smith,and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. He then promised to surrender all the plates for forging notes and also to make known the whereabouts of other counterfeiting establishments, performed this portion of the work so sutisfactorily that he waus soon given his freedom. In the Morris and Essex forgery, for which he has just completed his term of service, he wis assisted by Louis R and Willinm B. Foster, the former being sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but on anew trial the verdicet, evoked i Maetin dis- charged. wrtly a Martin - was stricken with blindpess, and he is now in Califorr The Cor London Truth: | Fashion long been favorable to dogs. Cu e NOW coming forward. Some charming belles at Luchon thought this s the Pyrenean cat-r+which is a creature, and not 5o wild as it l.-uL.~ a suivez-moi, jeung homme. The no- tion sprang up in this way. A beauty down there was given, in one of her ¢ cursions, a lovely ¢ were laden with wountain flowe carry it? A pensan d cutting a hole at one of the of & hund- Dbasket for needlework just large enough for the ‘s neck 10 be held in without strangulation when the 1id was fastened down. As the basket was pndded and lined with satin and bedizened with fringe and ribbons, pussy did not object to being a prisoner 1l 10 being placed” on the lady’s : pack. There was no other means of carrying the feline unless there. So the basket was fitted up with strings to tie on to the waist, and so borne Luchon, The arrangement was daring, o Wl and piquant, itators, and in a few days the not Pyrenecan cats enough for th bustles, Fashion even dared to invade the sanctuary at Lourdes with a moun- tain tom or tabby on the dorsal hump. A fashion prophet tells me that next winter the back part of the muff will coutain a pouch in which & cat is to lie. has 17, 1887, STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Aurora’s halo is & foaming schooner. Earnest Conn, a ten year old, was }idlled by the cars at Sutton last Thurs- ay. o rank D. Taggart has purchased the Kerr opera house in Hastings for #75,000 The new station recently located five miles north of Platte Center has been named Burrows. Seward and Hastinge now rejoice in direct connection with Omaha over the Elkhorn Valley road. The Second regiment band, of No- braska City, captured the first prize in tho second-class at Chicago. The milkmaids of Plattsmouth gave o public pull a few nights ago. The milk consisted of big dollars. Christinn Weinberger, of Hall county, toyed with a separator in motion, and lost the fingers of his left hand. The Nebraska City board of trade is dying. The president and secretary have resigned. *‘A solid growth beats a boom. J. A. Ernest, of Columbus, tumbled down an elevator shaft in his store and seriously bruised his head and internal machine: The seven-year-old son of J. D. Pur- rington, of Seward, lost an arm in the rollers of & cane mill. Amputation at the shoulder was necessary. The Norfolk Journal sumsitup briefly: “President Cleveland has gazed upon the metropolis of Nebraska and now re- turns to Washington satisfied.” The Beatrice Free Lance threatens to move to Lincoln and by itself in the political pustules flourishing there. An enemy could not wish it a worse fate. The Kremont Tribune considers the candidacy of Tom O'Day a8 a supreme joke. The Herald of the same town de- clares that he does not catch on like a praivie fire. Saline’s depity sheriff is well named. When he gazed at the shining barrel of Ferd Arndt's_gun he promptly Legged for shelter. He is a man of peace with rapid running gear. York will soon have facilities for hel- loing direct with Omaha. The sonsand daughters of York are well d and can readily accommodate the large vol- ume of sound of the metropolis. The Hastings Democrat adds this mite to the volume of praise: *Omaha, how- did herself proud on the occasion, and the presidential party cannot help but have a good impression of Ne- braska.” The West Point Progress is stumped for words to describe the president’s re- ception in Omaha, “We can only say it was grand in the extreme. The city was highly decorated and everybody was happy.” The Cheyenne Leader says: ‘Mrs, Cleveland’s share of the Omuha property is valued at $200,000. so it may be tauken for granted that she look with much in- terest for the first time on the flourish- ing far western porkopolis.” Several state papers moderately ap- pluud the saloon order of Acting Mayor Bechel during the presidential visit and the sittings of the democratic con- vention in Omaha. Giving the bour- bons unlimited rope and unlimited whisky is considered the best means of killing off the party. “He laughs best who laughs last.” Conductor Hallett of the construction train at the Nebraska City bridge, stood on the end of a plank chuckling’ at a man who had taken an involuntary bath in the river. The plank broke and Hal- lett tumbled in. The ducking changed his tune considerably. The Columbus Democrat says of the reception: “The welcome extended to President Cleveland and wife by the citizens of Omaha and Nebraska, was cordial and hearty. Everybody was en- thusiastic and jubilant, the guests were smiling and happy, Omaha was at her 5 d the weuther contributed to the ment of the occasion.” One hundred men are at work open- ing the Quier quarries at La Platte. It is said that the B. & M. railroad has an interest in the and will put in a usher to furnish crushed rock for its between Omaha and Plattsmouth. Iifty thousand dollars was the amount paid for the quar containing 160 acres of land in the vicinity. The Blue Springs Sentinel, during a spasm of dry rot, perpetrated a funeral oration on ihe republican party. Fear- ing that its colicky lamentations could not penetrate the decs lung i Jer with blue pen- cil exclumations have been sentout. The party continues to live, however, and will cheerfully help to bury the Senti- nel and all other cranks in its pathwa The Freeman Herald is not disposed to embrace every democratic candidate without question, and quotes approv- ingly the following from President Cleveland: ‘It behooves us all to guard against a blind, selfish and unreasoning prty feeling, regardless and thought~ ess of the country’s welfare, and which leads us away from good citizenship as well as true democeracy.” The Lazyman’s club, of York, has thrown its combined weight and adipose tissue on woman's rights, and thus de- fines its its position: ‘‘Resolved, That this august ¢lub is decidedly in favor of woman s rights, and are therefore op- posed to the heathen Chinese coming to York, and doing the washing that vightly belongs to our dear wives, and consequently deprives them of that much of their natural right, and us men of the income thereof.” Towa Items. The new Jewish temple at Des Moines will be dedicated next Friday. Catholic ited church next The new will be dedi Bishop Hen Frederick Wise, an old settler of Du- buque, died Thursday. He had resided in that city since 1844, The total cost of the Kennedy murder sout Dubuque will amount to fully $2,000, and the end is not yet. The work on the new Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern depot at Cedar Falls is progressing rapidly. Davenport capitalists are invited to subscribe $150,000 to secure the build- ing of the Chicago, Iowa & Northern road. The will of the 1 man, of Davenport, to probate. The estate $50,000. The glucose works at Davenport are busy filling orders that come in from all ts of the United States and Europe. apacity is 8,600 bushels of corn per duy. Most of the corn coming in now is from western Iowa. The matrimonial misfit record in Seott county is sixteen desertions of wives in ten months. In nearly every the abandoned wives are young, good looking, good natured, in- dustrious and economical. The Creston Independent American disputes the assertion of Governor Lar- that the farmers of the state are prospering, and declares that ““he knows that 85 per cent of our farms are mort- gaged nud that our people are sinking decper and deeper into debt cach year, Railroad Commissioner Coffin, in a recent lecture at Dubugue, stated that at Osage Sunday by Ebenezer Sher- been admitted is valued at in the nine years there have been killed in this state, whilo coupling cars and bclnF caught in frogs, over 200 men, maimed and crippled for life, 965; killed by falling from cars chiefly, 2415 crippled, 474, making & grand total of 7,80 men, or nearly two regiments of soldiers. ® Dakota. The cry of the Yankton press con- tinues for a railroad to Omaha. A big colony of Polanders are settling at Orystal Springs, North Dakota. The incandesent electric light has been tested in Sioux Fallsand found to work like a charm. The banks of Yankton report greatly increased business activity since the crop began to move. The mountain of tin discovered ncar Custer City is said to be the most exten- sive body of tin yet found in the Black Hills. The extension of the Elkhorn Valley road north from Rapid City is going on at a lively rate. The track layers reached Sturgis Saturday. Four Yankton manufacturing estab- lishments are run by motors supplied from the city artesian well and one Yankton manufacturing establishment is run by its own artesian well through a turbine wheel. Charles W. Meloy, a slick swindler only nineteen years of age, is resting in the Yankton jail on the charge of using the mails for unlawful purposes. He organized wildeat banks in different parts of the territory and had drafts, checks and bills of exchange printed. Whenever he got hard up he drew on some outside bank, and generally suc- ceeded in getting funds. He uséd- the mails in disposing of his drafts and thus incurred the enmity of Uncle Sam. The parents of Meloy reside at Burbank and are highly respected people and keenly feel the shame which their boy has cast upon them, 3 Wyoming. The new capitol building will be en- closed in two weeks. A ranchman near Laramie raised 216 bushels of potatoes on half an acre of ground. Theamount of money reccived at the United States land office in Kvanston for the quarter ending September 30, 1887, is $63,162.01. The Standard Gas company, capital $100,000, has been incorporated in Chey- enne. One of the idcorporators is the noted Bob Ingersoll, of Now York. Buffalo, Wyo., is nothing if not en- terprising. or latest move is in tho direction of securing electric light, and the town will accordingly be lighted by electricity within ninety days. Lander is showing remarkable evi- dences of enterprise when even the Chi- nese laundrymen take double column display advértisements in the Mountain- eer. The Lander Celestial is a cuckoo. MeCoy, the ecseaped murderer, man- ages to keep out of reach of hi suers, and is now in the wilds of ¢ Wyoming. The last heard of him was in the neighborhood of Lusk, where he held up a man for $40. A large number of men are on his trail. Colonel Rhodes, one of the Nebrask excursionists to Cheyenne, paralyzed the residents with aseries of astounding predictions in a public speech. With a single swipe of his tongue he declared that the b}urthwusturu road would be in Cheyenno inside of eighteen months, that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and also the Denver & Rio Grande will be there inless than three years, that the Colorado Central will shortly be re- opened, that the Illinois Central will come before 1890 and that in ten years Cheyenne will have a population of from 100,000 to 150,000 souls. The Cheyenne Leader says: “Of all the English snobs of great pretensions who flew high and sank low probably the KFrewens are the chiefs. Their career in Wyoming, as great cattle kings, will long be remembered. They planted oysters on Ireland’s coast; or- zanized o bat guano cave stock company in Texas; constructed a beef packing house on the summit of the Rocky mountains; made cowboys of freshly im- ported English lads; maintained a princely establishment on the frontier that would have bankrupted Monte Cristo; erected a city residence in Cheyenne which they occupied less than one month a year; established relay stations so as to make lightning journeys through the territory; had lowers shipped by the wagon load to their “ranch,” and conducted business in general upon a high pressure, go-as- you-pleaso system that wus a constant surprise to even the most. reckless and extravagant Americans.” To them is due in part the collapse of Post’s bank in Cheyenne, and bringing discredit on the cattle business of the west. They cut a swath in the horizon like the trail of a rocket and came down bankrupt and useless. —— A Big Bar of Bullion. Helena Independent: The second largest bar of bullion ever melted in the United States assay office in Helena was handled yesterday by Melter Mey- endorf. It came from the Jay Guued mine, weighed about two thousand five hundred ounces and was worth abont $27,000. The gas furnaces were not nearly large enough to handle it, and one of the great coke furnaces, now sel- dom used, was heated up. When it was thoroughly reduced to a liquid, molten mass, a set of grippers was at- tached to the melting-pot, and by the aid of chains and pulleys it was lifted out of the bed of burning coke and char- coul and dumped into a mould, When it had changed from a liquid into a solid but red-hot bar it was immersed in water until it had suf- ficiently cooled to be handled. The operation, which included several in- ing features other than those de- tailed, was intently watched by a small party of visitors, who were much _inter- ested in g« #27,000 changed from a solid to a liquid form and then to solid again. The only larger bar ever handled in the office was one of about three thousand three hundred ounces, but several have been melted of larger value. Since January 1, the office has received about one thousand deposits, many more than for the corresponding lx iod of last year, and of considerably arger aggregate ue, Ex-S¢ Auniston, (Ala.) Hot Blast: Ex-Se tor Jones of Florida is undoubtedly dy- ing of brain disease. He was nota tem- perate man, but harmed himself more than any one else. In mind s in phy- sique ho was robust and masculine. Rising from humble life and honorable toil at the carpenter’s bench, he became a great lawyer and noted United States senator. His aberations of mind were noticed some years ago, but did not be- come a public matter nntil he aban- doned his seat in the “house of lords” at Washington and camped out at De- troi ‘While Mr. Jones was presumed to be in pursuit of a western heiress, wo once asked a senator what was really the matter with him. He said: “Jones is crazy on several subjects—on religion, on women, on liquor and on the consti- tution. It isasad case.” This unfor- tunate man had a lovable, genial, al- most boyish temperment, allied to great strength of mind and body. He showed his metal & the progress nade from the bottom of the ludder almost to the top. — ator Jones' Serious 11 Strango Indian Dancé. Cosmopolitan for October: The night of my arrival at Fort Reno was bright and clear. The garrison was strong; the Indians were held well in check. not troubled with foars for personal safety. A noise of voices and drums flonted Ihrmuih tho still night from tho tepees soveral miles away. Mr. Curtis, one of the fort scouts, saddled a couple of horses, and after supper we galloped across the level prairie in the moon- light to attend an Arapahoe dance. An old drum was on the ground in the center of the tepee; around it squatted six men lustily beating tho drum, and at the same time bawling at the top of their powerful lungs. No notice was taken of our en- tranco. Woe quiotly placed ourselves in the braves’ corner. Presently a squaw arose, and with a kind of reeling mo- tion advanced toward us. She glanced o moment at a row of bucks, then tap- ped one on the head; he arose and stood in silence. Tho squaw scanned again the faces before her. She seemed about to tap me on tho head, but hesi- tated, and finally bostowed her favor upon Mr. Curtis. He arose to his feot; the squaw placed herself between her two partners, her faco looking in_ tho opposite direction from which the looked; then putting her arm aroun the two men’s necks, all three began springing up and down, howling in con- cert with the Lowls of the men beating the drum. Other squaws came forward, selected H\urluurs, and joined in the strange dance. 1 congratulated myself on being a wall-flower; but my solf-gratulations were premature, for when the row of braves was protty well thinned out, a kind-hearted maid took pity on m loneliness and tapped me on the head. Her other partner was u villainous-look= ing Indian, who could doubtloss have run all day without ti Certainly the springy motion, wh excoss- ively fnli,-,»uinfi to me, did not seem to please him! Moka Wolftrack (that was the name of my squaw partner) was une sparing in the looks of contempt she bestowed on the tender-foot pale-face from the cast. Perhaps a blunder made in the very outset helped to forfeit her good opinion of me. From sheer forco of habit, when T avose to dance, I put my arm under her shawl, around her waist; there was naught there but the bare and yielding flesh. Moka removed the arm” with & jerk and an indignant glance that is hard to forget. She looked for the moment as if she would have liked to porforate my body with splinters, and then sot them on fire and wateh me slowly sizzlo. At the conclusion of the dance, after springing up and down until completely exhausted, my partner did a singular thing; she turned and gave me o Kiss s%:uu‘u on the mouth! I submitted with what seemed to me a very good grace indeed, but Moka, nevertheless gave me another savago look, abruptly removing her arm from round my neck and retreated to her corner, apparently disgusted as well as offended, My offense, as I subsequently learned, lay in not transmitting from my mouth to hers, when she kissed me, some bead or other trinket, as is customary. Mr. Curtis, who was acquainted with the custow, transforred to his partner, by kiss, a bright blue bead, and so came out of the dance with as much eclat as though ho were a real Indian, instoad of a mere Indian scout. PR A A Million Dollar Diamond. A model of the Victoria, the Great White Diamond, or the Imperial, has been sent to New York city, and Mr, G F. Kunz gives in Science the following: “Concerning its early history very lit- tle is known; in fact, where the stone was found is only a matter of conjec- emarkable circumstance when ider that it is the largest brile liant in the world.” An explanution by aletter in the London mes wus given as follows: “This stone was mnot found in English domains at all, but in the neighboring Orange free state; that it had been found by a boor on his farm, who, knowing it to_be a diamond, but fearing to be turned out of his farm by amob, kept the secret a whole year, until a Mr. Allenberg of Port Elizabeth saw it and forwarded it to London.” It is, however, believed that it was found by some one in one of ~the Kimberley wines, South Africa. Thefirst intimation that any of the various mining companies had of its existence was when the; hoeard of its safe arrival in London. It is generally supposed that in the month of Juno or July, 1884, the stone had been found by one of the surveillance of- ficers of the Central Mining company in the Kimberly mines. It being his duty to search others,he had the privil- ege of not being searched himself, and 50 tho stono was passed through the searching house, and he was afterward supposed to huve found means of com- municating with illicit diamond buyers. Before cutting, it was estimatoed that the crystal would furnish either of the following gems: 1f cut as a briallette, 800 carats; as a drop, 230 to 240 carats; as a lozenge, 250 carats, and s & mathe- matically perfect brilliant, 150 carats. 1f cut in"the latter form it would have furnished cleavages that would cut into one 40 carat, one 20 carat stone, and 40 carats of smaller stones. It was finally decided to cutit into the largest possible brilliant, still preserv- ing a good shape, and Amsterdam woas selocted a8 the place whero the gem could be best cut. It was accordingly sent to the polish- ing mills of Jacques Metz, who erected a special workshop for the purpose. In order to better obtain the brilliant form of cutting a pieco was cloaved off which furnished a 19 carat diamond and was sold to the king of Portugal for £4,000. The cutting, of the large stone, which was commenced on the 9th of April, in the presence of the queen of llullund, took ubout twelve months,since, instead of being cut by abrasion with another diamond, as diamonds are usually cut,it wus polished down the scaif,and a gront amount of time was consumed by the cooling of the stone, us it heatod after an hours running on the wheel. The cutter of the stone was M. B. Barends. The stone in its finished condition weighs 180 carats, and is the largest brilliant in the world. Itis19 16 in- ches long, 111 64 inches wide, 1516 of an inch thick, being exceeded in size by oue dimmond only, the Orloff, be- longing to the Russian crown, which weighs 1941 carats, but is a large deep rose, and not a brilliant. The Victoria exceeds tho regent in weight by 144 carats. [fThe Kohincor weighs oufy 108 1-16 carats. The form of the imperial is notentirely even. On one side of the gir- dle there is quite a flat place, a natural unpolished surface, necessary in cutting to prescerve the large weight of the stone. It is, however, a perfoct 68 facet brilliant. The original weight of the stone was 4574 carats, 3 1-60 ounces troy, The stone to-day is held by a London syndicate for £200,000. Two men were fishing on the Kinche- foone creck, in Georgia, when one got a bite and saw his cork go down like a shot. He began pulling in and with the assistance of his companion suc- ded, after a good deal of difficulty 1 bringing outand killing a turtle tha weighed 200 pounds. e Graders on the Burlington extension are at work within the city limite ef Cheyenne.