Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 22, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily (Morning Edition) including Sunday 1ER, One Year ) ¥or Bix Months. Three Mont Omaha Sunday Dk, maiied io any ad- OMAHA OPFICE, NO. UT4 AND 010 FARNAM STREET. NEW YOnk Orrice, ROOM 65, TRIBUNE BUILD- ING. WASHINGTON Orrick, No. 613 Foum TERNTH BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. 4 eot unications relati 10 news An afl&n-lmx:’-mr should be :sdrauvd to the Eoiror or THE DEE. BUBINESS LETTERS: All business letters and remittances should be addressed to BEx PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAMA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to De made payablé to the order of the company. The Beg Pablishing Company, Proprietors, LE. ROSEWATER, Ep1T0R, ——— THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas, L9 chuck, secretary of The Beo Pub- ny, does solemnly swear that the jon of the Daily Bee for the week Oct, 14, 1887, was us tollows ay, Oct. 8. Bunday, Oct. 0. Monday, Oct, 10. Tuesday, Oct. 11, Wedne: Oct. AVErago...veeries 7 K. d in my presence this N, P.FEIL, Notary Public Sworn to and_subscrd 1¢th day of October, A. (SEAL) Etate of Nebracka, County of Douglas, Geo, . Tzschuck, nmnr first duly sworn, de- ones and says that he is secrotary of The Teo publishing company, that the actual average Qaily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of Oc K6, 12,08 coples; for Novembor, ; for December, 188, 13,251 'y, 1887, 16,266 copl 1 >ples:’ for March, 1887, 867, 14,316 _coples: foF Ma; tor April, 5, 227 coples; 'for June, 1687, 14,147 coples} I8 14,18 coples: for Angust, 1887, 16, 301 coples; for September, 1847, 14 GEO. 1. 3 CHUC worn to and subscribed i’ my pros 6th day of October, A. D. 1857, _N. P. FE (SEAL) Notary Public. CLEVELAND weather in Atlanta proved to be a deluge of rain, and now the Constitution of that city comes out with a bitter attack on the signal ser- vice bureau. CALIFORNIA is now actively engaged in the manufacture of towns and cities. One paper states that all that is needed to make a metropolis of one newly fledged city is a blacksmith shop, & school house, a church and some women. ‘W still insist that the county com- missioners are in duty bound to conduct proceedings at statod times in a busi- ness way, and have every resolution and vote recorded immediately upon the conclusion of each meeting. The law requires that these proceedings be published, and there is no excuse for keeping them back for weeks. e—— THE less Mr. Ballou’s champions have to say about his spotless integrity and eminent fitness for judicial honors the better it will be for him and his reputa- tion. The right bower of Charles Banks in his confidence games and notorious methods of imposture has nothing to brag on in the way of spotless integrity. As to his legal attainments and judicial mind not hing need be said. It is now almost certain that an over- lap of about fifty thousand dollars has been created in the general fund by the council in giving out grading contracts and carrying on an extravagant amount of work under the street commissioner. This overlap, in violation of the string- ent provisions of the charter, lays each councilman and his bondsmen personally liable for the excess voted, and in all probability some of these parties will be called on to make good the deficit. LAST week a school building in course of construction in New York City fell and killed five workmen and severely wounded many others. There are be- sides grief-stricken widows and chil- dren who must endure hardships and poverty for years to come. All this misery was caused by criminal negli- gonce. In view of the many recent disasters that havo resulted from such negligence, is it not time that justice wore meted out to those who are guilty of it? A few convictions and sentences for manslaughter would do more to check these calamities in & year, than a century of truckling consure bya coroner’s jury. me—— WEare now approaching the end of the third month since the policy of starving the police was inaugurated. The citizens of Omaha have received police protection through all this time, but their bull-headed councilmen have rofused to vote u dollar to the men who have faithfully served the city. The forbearance which has been shown by the public to councilmen who are re- sponsible for this disgraceful state of affairs will soon be exhamnsted, The BEE once more admonishes the council to cease its revolutionary course, There is not another city in America where such a reckless attempt to create dis- order and incite disturbance would be tolerated. eme— Tk decision of the supreme court, which declares as unconstitutional the .provision of the new election law relat- ru;; to vegistration in metropolitan cities, does not necessarily nullify the eutire election law, or any of its provis- fons relating to the appointment of judges of election, separation of ballots, mothod of counting,and making out the returns, or supervision of the canvass. All these provisions are in no way in conflict with the constitution, and the only question is whether the bill as a whole is rendered void by some defect in its title, or whother the bill as signed Dy the governor differs materially from the engrossed Lill passed by the legisla- ture. If the supreme court has not passed upon its genoral validity the law will stand so0 far as it relates to eve thing except registration. On thispoint, however, it may require investigation by the city attorney. In case the lnw is entirely void the county commissioners will have to step in and carry outthe provisions of the statute applying to goneral and county eloctions. The Responsibility. ‘The Bre seoms to have the Omaha charter bill and the election law rather mixed. It accuses the opponents of the former of re- sponsibility for the latter. The fact isthe election law passod just as drafted by the member who introduced it. No one else is responsible for its defects, except the legisla- ture which passed it and tho governor who signed it.—Herald. The Ber has made no mistake in charging the responsibility for the chaotic state into which our citizens are thrown by the free-for-all unregis- tered elections on the men who tam- pered with the charter and caused it to be mutilated by the Russell’s judiciary rogues. The old registration law ap- plied exclusively to cities of the first class, which at that time meant Omaha. ‘When Lincoln became a city of the first class by procfamation of her mayor certifying to thirty thousand popula- tion, Omaha was virtually compelled to formulate a charter that would apply exclusively to this city. Hence the new charter for cities of the metropoli- tan class. This charter dragged along by reason of the outrageous inter- ference of,a corrupt lobby until the last day of the session. The uncertainty of its final passage prevented the Doug- las delegation in the legislature from procuring a mew registration law ap- plicable to metropolitan cities. The Lincoln charter for cities of the first class, which was pushed to a passage ahead of the Omaha charter, repealed the old charter under which Omaha had been working,and when the new Omaha charter finally did paes there was not time enough to amend or revive the registration law for cities of the first class and make it applicable to cities of the metropolitan class. The BEE called attention to this fatal omission immediately after the legislature had adjourned, and it was then generally believed that we were left without any registration law until the new election law was dug up, about thedst of July. That law .appeared to cover our wants and would have been in the main satisfactory. The defect which made it uncounstitutional leaves us in a deplorable condition, and we re- assert that the responsibility rests with the oil-room lobby and the combine of contractors, jobbers and newspaper ad- venturers, who obstructed the passage of the charter andliterally had it picked to pieces. The Chicago Boodlers. The men convicted at Chicago of having Tor years carried on asystematic robbery of the people of Cook county will leave no expedient untried that the ingenuity of lawyers can develop to es- cape the just punishment that should be given them. They will use all the proceeds of their plunder if necessary, and as much more as their friends may be willing to put up for them, in order to defeat justice. ‘‘All that a man hath he will give for his life,” and these men are virtually fighting for their lives. This is their right, and there can be no complaint if they take the fullest ad- vantage of it. But honest men everywhere are to be congratu- lated upon the indications that they are making a hopeless struggle. On Thursday they were de- nied a new trial, and to-day an effort will be made to secure an arrest of judg- ment. There is every reason to expect that this also will fail, and that the final condemnation which will put an indelli- ble stain upon these conscienceless rogues will be pronounced. Never were men more clearly con- victed of crime than were these Chicago boodlers, and it would be a misfortune to be generally deplored if, through any technicality or twist of the law, they should now escape the full penalty for their unbridled rascalities. When a couple of weeks ago a stay of sentence was granted to Sharp, the New York boodler, whose criminal course was no worse in kind if greater in degree than that of the Chicago gang, the whole country felt that justice had been betrayed and rascality had won a victory. The judge who did this for Sharp canceled all his claims to public confidence, if he did not likewise proclaim his own dishonor. Any consideration shown the Chicago boodlers, not most clearly justified under the law, would equally be re- garded by the country as a betrayal of justice, and would consign any judge who should grant it to a popular repro- bation not less severe than is felt for the boodlers themselves. The punishment of these men is not an affair of simply local importance. The example would be effective everywhere and it is ‘needed. The lesson cannot be too strongly impressed that the man who betrays a public trust and robs the peo- ple who have reposed confidence in him and committed to him the care of their public interests, is a criminal less de- serving of sympathy and clemency than any other class of scoundrels known to the law. To prove a man a boodler should be to fix upon him the most odious title in the vocabulary of crimi- nal designations. For indeed what other class of thief is there quite so contemptible and debased as he who with pretense of impregnable integrity gecures public trust and in the sccurity of the popular confidence uses it to rob the people, corrupting and debauching all with whom he comes in contact? With such rascals the law cannot deal toosevervely, and the general welfare demands the certain and swift punishment of the convicted boodler. When this princi- ple shall universally prevail there will be fewer to punish. Omio is having a rattling campaign, and the republicans seem to be making the most noise. Whatever may be thought of Foraker elsewhere, it is evi- dont that he is very popular with his party in Ohio, nor can it be fairly de- nied that he is making o strong aggres- sive campaign. Powoll,on the contrary, sn't appear to awaken much demo- : enthusiasm, and it would seem { that he has disappointed the expecta- | tions of his party. That he is not a { muteh on the stump for Foraker is un- questionable. It is reported that tor Sherman is not entirely ple: with the dFift of the political current in Ohio, and is not disposed to lend much further aid to the campaign, but such statements must bo taken with a good deal of allowance. The assump- tion of gome that Foraker has more in- terest in Blaine than in Sherman is doubtless wholly gratuitous. Thurman will have something to say for the dem- ocratic cause before the campaign ends, but the “old Roman’ does not appear to have much heart in the contest and is notlikely to exertavery greatinfluence. ——— Now that the registration law has been declared void the only safeguard against repeating and other frauds at the coming election in this city must be vigilance at the polls, and challenges of all persons who are not known to be legal voters. Tne alleged military encampment at Chicago is broken up. It was as dismal a failure as anything could be. Its fi- nances are left in an inextricable snarl, everyone connected with it is dissatis- fied and complaints are as plenty as cash is scarce Other Lands Than Ours. The meeting of the congress of the liberal federation at Nottingham was signalized by a very vigorous address from Mr. Gladstone, which has com- manded very marked attention. In so far ag it was a denunciation of the gov- ernment’s policy in Ireland it merely met the public expectation, but it seems to have created something of a senea- tion in the announcement of the liberal attitude on the question of church dis- establishment. In declaring that the time is at hand for action on this ques- tion, so far as it relates to Scotland and Wales, Mr. Gladstone has aroused a profound interest in quartors not greatly affected by the overshadowing political issue of which he is the fore- most champion, und in making disestab- lishment contingent upon a majority for home rules appears to have introduced into the situation a new complication, the effect of which cannot be surely foreseen. There are undoubtedly a great many voters who will be won to the cause of home rule by the promise of disestablishment, but it remains to be seen whether the coupling of these two questions will not lose the liberal cause a great deal of valuable influence it has hitherto had. Disestablishment, not only for Scotland and Wales, but for England also, is a result certain to be accomplished in time, and Mr. Glad- stone may be right in saying that now is the time, but the wisdom of combin- ing this question with that of home rule and making the success of one depend- entupon the accomplishment of the other is not clearly apparent. It would be most unfortunate if such association should prove harmful or obstructive to the evi- dently growing cause of the more im- portant and urgent question of home rule. The government continues to give assurance, by act and word, that it intends to firmly adhere to its Irish policy, though it does not appear to be accomplishing much in furtherance of that policy. The recent meeting of the cabinet did not result in anything, but measures for the suppression of the na- tional league are understood to be under consideration and will doubtless be adopted hereafter. " " The demonstrations of the unemployed people of TLondon have been more for- midable than for several years, and have resulted in some serious acts of law- lessness for which the leaders are now in prison. The arrest of these leaders has been hailed by the press of London as the timely suppression of a danger- ous movement, though it by no means follows that such will be the result. The ugly and menacing fact is that thou- sands of able-bodied men sleep nightly in the public parks of London and other cities because they have no shelter and cannot get employment. Even if legis- lation could better the situation, there can be no hope from that source so long as the Irish question has the field. Meantime the feeling in favor of pro- tection has been making itself felt under the surface. When ‘‘fair trade” was suggested a fow years ago as a substitute for free trade it was ridiculed. Now, however, it would command & respect- able vote among business men and manufacturers. A reform in land ten- ure would do much to check this move- ment, for it would tend to better the condition of the agricultural classes. ‘We do not know whatsignificance there isin the fact, but it is tobe noted that sev- eral representatives of ancient families are turning their landed property into cash. Lord Salisbury himsclf within a few weeks has sold over $5,000,000 worth of real estate in the heart of London, thus parting with property that has re- mained in the Cecil family for genera- tions. A ‘“house-rent league,” with a plan of campaign upon the land league principle, has recently been organized in London with the avowed object of re- ducing rents. B General Caffarel, convicted of having sold decorations of the legion of honor, has been deprived of his military rank, had his name stricken from the list of members of the legion, and now lan- guishes in prison, an utterly disgraced and ruined man. Bou- langer's arrest turns out to be inthe nature of & punishment for an offense acknowledged rather than detention preparatory to trial. The order of the Legion of Honor was founded by the great Napoleon in 1802, for the reward of conspicuous exhibitions of bravery and mevit, and then as for many yearsaf- ter the star and ribbon meant something. It meant that a soldier had been a sol- dier indeed; that poets, artists, savans, people humble and people great, had hewn honor out of laborious and well- deserved enrollment in its resplendent legion. Between 1805 and Napoleon's first abdication, 1814, the nominations to the order numbered 48,000, of which 1,400 were of civilians. The Bourbons reorganized the or- der, fixing the proportion of military men in the legion at three- fifth. The chevaliers are the lowest grade and their number is unlimited. At the time of the reorganization of the order, in 1870, grand crosses. were limited w 70, grand officers 200, com manders to 1,000, officers 4,000. The grand cross is the highest insignia. 1u 1874 the military members of the order numbered 89,798, and the civilian | 16,000, The debasement of the decora- tion began under Napoleon I1T. and has continued, until ik i now no longer an honor to possess it. ‘ e So far as Bulgnria is concerned the treaty of Berlin appears to have become a dead letter. The work of weakening this historic compact began with the neglect of the powers to take notice of the irregular way Rumelia was annexed to Bulgaria; but it i the course of ob- struction pursued by Russia that has given what seems to be the death blow to the treaty. While that power has from the first insisted upon the letter of the treaty, it has used its prerogatives as a signatory power to prevent a settle- ment of the difficulties. Russia will neither agree to any nomination for the Bulgarian throne nor make a nom- ination. Meantime the people of Bulgaria have made a choice to suit themselves, the elections for the so- branje last week demonstrating that the country is practically a unit in pursuing a policy of practical independence. The Central European league, which Prince Bismarck so skilfully revived at a time when France was sulking over a quasi Russian alliance and Bulgaria working out its wishes in the face of treaties, puts the czar in a position where he must receive in unkingly silence one more rebuff or announce that he no longer acknowledges the Berlin com- pact. In either case he loses prestige. * ' It is evident that England will retain possession of Egypt. Last spring she made an offer of settlement to Turkey which should pacify the sultan asto Egypt and Europe as to the Suez canal. There was a loud protest among the am- bassadors at the sublime porte, and the sultan, deeming it possible to get better terms, interposed, like a good Moham- medan, that he could sign no treaty until the close of the long fast of Rama-~ dan and the feast of Bairam. This religious scruple served to delay the treaty. England is now in a position to claim everything. Egypt is to “‘drop of her own accord from the Ottoman Empire,” and France may whistle for satisfaction. France,on herside, would not support Freycinet when he struggled to retain the dual control, and now she will hardly fight, having nine points of the law of conquest against her. Egypt is England’s,and England will keep the rich jewel. France has had Egypt once, and has had a half interest once. Both times the Gallic empire was closed out at creditors’ sale. So long as the Mos- lem must give to the christian, England may as well own the Nile as may any other nation. Itis difficult to see what the Turks have gained by refusing, at the behest of France, to accept the fic- tion of Ottoman rule at the court of Cairo. * Samoa has been_fie center of a good deal of interest on, the part of three great nations, buttxgo triangular strug- gle which has been going on for suprem- acy in the islands®seems clearly des- tined to be decided'in favor of Germany. This is the result of intrigue, bulldozing and free expenditiires of money. Bis- marck has set greedy eyes upon these rich possessions, and events have come about in such a way that the German government has been able to overawe and coerce King Malietoa. The United States have not only lost prestige in Samoa, but have thrown away whatever chance they may have had of developing trade in that direction and of gaining the upper hand, and England has been unequal to Germany in the policy of gobbling up the islands. So manifest destiny points to their annexation by Germany. Ac- cording to trustworthy accounts the Samoan people have preserved their primitive habits and characteristics in a marked degree. They seem to stand greatly in need of christianizing influ- ences, for they are described as notori- ous liars and thieves. * s Socialism is to be found in practice in the colony of New South Wales, says ite governor, Lord Carrington. He re- cently made a speech showing how nearly every one of the demands made upon Lord Salisbury by the English social democratic federation were al- ready in force in New South Wales. ‘We have, he said, vote by ballot, no no property qualification for members of parliament, equal electoral districts, no state church, and no hereditary aristoc- racy—in short, a democracy with a con- stitutional sovereign at the head.JEight hours are considered long enough work- ing hours, instead of the ten, twelve and sometimes seventeen in England. Public houses on Sundays are shut and museums are open. A statute makes the sale and transfer of land cheap and easy. Men unable to find employment are provided with work by the govern- ment, and education is practically free. Lord Carrington says the result is that New South Wales has almost a perfect system of goverumcgt. " Itis only a question of time when Yankee methods shall be applied to railway building and agriculture in In- dia. Several railway bridges have al- ready been constructed in that country on American models, and there is a ris- ing school of the younger British engi- neers in India which favors Ameri- can ideas. The cumbrousness and inconvenience of English rolling stock and the slowness of native labor are beginning to make themselves felt as obstructions to the work of civilization, | In spite of theso drawbacks the railway mileage has in- creased from 8,000 in 1872 to nearly 18,000. The grain elevator is soon to be introduced in Indis, and the immense wheat crop can thep be brought into competition with that of other countries. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Robert Garrett is to spend the winter in Mexico. James G. Blaine is still in Paris, where he is lionized a little. The appeal of the condemned Chicago an- urchists covers 8,950 pages. Mrs. Ben: Perley Poore is in Washington settling her late husband’s business affairs. Abraham Lincoln's ndson, sou of R. T. L., is in training to be his grandsire’s biogra pher. Denman Thomson lost $16,000 on the races this spring and has retired to the “Old Howestead.” % There is no truth in the story that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has bocome ad- | dicted to cigaretto smoking. It is said Tom Nast, the cartoonist, has severed his connection with Harper's Weekly and will start a republican pictorial paper, Robert Louis Stevenson has been groatly benefitted by Adirondack air. Heo is at Sara- nao lake and has decided to spend the winter there. ‘Will Carleton, the poet and lecturer, sails for Europe next week, to be gone an indefi- nite time. He will spend a short time in France, but the object of his journey is to make a thorough study of Italy. Asonof Attorney General Gatland has ‘been appointed to a clerkship in the office of the clerk of the supreme court. Another of Garland's sons is & messenger in the post- office of the house of representatives. The most successful solicitor for a life in- surance company in the United Statesis Samuel Dinkelspiel, who has an annual in- come of $25,000 from the New York Life. He is a Canadian, and a heavy better at horse races. Mrs. Proctor, widow of Barry Cornwall, is the most interesting old lady in London So- clety. She is eighty-seven years of age, “igoes everywhere' as the phrase is, and is eminently popular for her wit, good spirits and conversational powers, H. 8. Phillips, of Montreal, who has be- come JohnL. Sullivan’s backer and man- ager, belongs to one of the wealthiest land- owning families in Canada. Mr. Phillips is said to be worth about $1,000,000. He is & well educated man, a fluent talker and has traveled through this country and Europe. ‘When President Cleveland and his wife return to Washington they will take up their residence at the white house. The house at Oak View will be put in trim for the winter. Mrs. Folsom will pass most of her timo at the white housoe, but will go to Oak View ‘Wednesdays to hold her usual ‘‘drawing- rooms" from 1to 8 p. m. — . 1s Gould on the Hunt Again. New York Times. Can there be any truth in the distressing snspicion that Mr. Jay Gould is gunning for Mr. Cyrus W. Field's good friend, Mr. R. Sage. —— Begin the War at Once. New York Tribune, The inter-state commerce commission should make war on the car stoves. It has begun its fall and winter scason with a par- ticularly melancholy horror. ———— A Green Gobbler. Philadelphia News. 1If there are any small telegraph companics lying around loose they will please send their address to Dr. Norvin Green, New York. Mark the letter R. T. B. G.—Ready to be gobbled. —— A Hint for Edison. St. Louts Post-Dispatch. Now let some dawning genius inventa presidential hand-shaking machine that will turn out about one thousand shakes a min- ute. Such a contrivance would fill a pain- fully felt want. 0 7 DN N An Alley of the Coal Robbers. Philadelphia Record. But for the tariff of 75 cents per ton, which keeps out of our market the excellont Nova Scotin coal, the pricesof both bituminous and anthracite coals might be forced down below the present lovel. . A Delicate Task Well Performed. New York World. The president deserves credit for koeping up a very just equilibrium in bestowing com- pliments on St. Paul and Minneapolis. It 'was a delicate task, and Mr. Cleveland was lucky in finishing it without serious detri- ment to his supposed boom. T S T Profitable Dreams. . Parkersburg Sentinel, John Nein of Parkersburg, Va., is engaged in the oil trade. Hehas made the most of his money by stock speculations. The peculiarity of his operations lay in the fact that . he de- pended upon dreams to give him “tips.”” In the long run his dreams proved profitable. ol Purely Personal. Chicago Times. There were two gentlemen at Atlanta, Ga., the other day who are understood to be very favorably impressed with Randall and Grady for a presidential ticket. Their names are Grady and Randall. This favorable impres- sion, by the way, is confined strictly to them- selves. —— A Self-Acting Smile, Kansas City Times, It's a wonderful smile, that of the presi- dent. It goes on attending to business in its methodical way, conferring equa rights of courtesy on all, including Indians not taxed, while the president calmiy stands behind it and goes through the closets of hia mem- ory or turns the kaleidoscope of his imagina- tion and looks with the spectacles of experi- ence at the promise of the future. —_—— Fate. Two shall be born the whole wide world apart, And speak 1n different tongues, and have no thought Each of the other’s being, and no heed. And these o’er unknown seas to unknown lands Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying death; And, all unconsciously, shape every act And mng each wandering step to this one end, That one day out of darkness they shall meet And read life’s meaning in each other's eyes. And two shall walk some narrow way of life, So nearly side by side that should one turn Ever so little space to left or right They l;l.‘(!fll must stand acknowledged face to And yet, with wistful eyes that never meet* With groping hands that never clasp,and lips Calling in vain to ears that never hear, They seek each other all their weary days, And die unsatisfied ; and this is Fate. -~ STATE AN TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A new elevator is going up at Pierce: 0Soft coal is down to 83 a ton in Red Cloud. A broom factory is the latest industrial sweep of York. A lonesome defective flue in Waverly swallowed up 815,000 worth of property without straining its capacity. Kearney proposes to lend a hel hand to the Eikhorn Valley ro: build down that way from Allison. A debatable question in Hastings just now is, **Will the Missouri Pacific Ever- est in its wild penurious raids on the people?” ‘uming county has fallen back on D, W. Clancy for treasurer. He is one of the old reliable safety valves for tax- payers. Official honors do not inflate nor work weary him. The Seward Old Settlers’ picnic at Milford was successfully omnibussed at fifty cents a head. The country hack- men never shear their patrons. They take the hide with the wool. The annual hunt of the Plattsmouth club was a successful one. The side headed by J. P, Antill came oft victori- ous hy 852 points. the score of the two sides standing for the Antill p:n".f' 1,198, Dr. Cook’s 830, with the privilege of paying for a game supper. The Plattsmouth Journal is not sur- prised that the B. & M. issuffering rom numerous wrecks, and instances the fact that aedispatcher who, while in the Lincoln telegraph office, was respon= sible for a number of severe smash-ups, ing to has been fired from his Lincoln po'slthm only to be mado. o train dispatcher farther west. The Ponea coal mine, according to the Journal, is ‘“‘an incalculably rich mine of true cannel coal. It is found to be a better coal than that taken from the best mines in Iowa and Illinois, Bear in mind that this is the only real coal vein in the state. Wo repeat, let everyone see and_ burn this coal and they will see they have in all these years, been entertaining an angel una~ wares. A black angel to be sure, but a most comfortable one in cold weather.” ¢ Towa Items. Davenport is trying to raise $60,000 to build a railroad to Anamosa. Dayvenport threatens to go into the base ball business with a $4,000 club. Steel rails are being put down on the Illinois Central between LeMars and Sioux City. The grand lodgeof I. O. O. F., of Towa, is now in session at Des Moines. At present there are 471 lodges in the state, with a membership of 22,000, Prophet Foster cheerfully declares that “Indian summer may now be ex- pected to control the weather moro than half the time from this till the 2d of November, and this will be the time to get ever, ything in order for an uu- usually bad “‘spell” of weather that will include more than half the days of next month.” Dakota. Huron is to have more electric light. The Methodists dedicated a mnew church at St. Lawrence. The mines around Deadwood yield $300,000 & month at a cost of $200,000. The Methodists at Faulkton laid the cornor stone of a new church last week. The man who struck *“‘Spud Murphy” has supplanted “Billy Patterson” in th affections of Rapid City. The city council of Deadwood has re- fused right of way through the city to the Deadwood & Black Hills road. ¥.l‘he bull team and stage coach are the joy of the town and they must be protected. i i BROKE BOTH LEGS. A Workman's Frightful Fall From a Railroad Bridge. A terrible accident happened yesterday morning to a laborer named Thomas Watson ‘while working on the railroad bridge east of the Union Pacific depot on Seventh street. ‘While standing near the edge of the bridge he stepped backward off the structure and fell a distance of thirty-five feet. He landed on both feet, but fell immediately in a heap unable to rise. He yas taken to St. Joseph's hospital and Dr. Galbraith was summoned to wait on him. An examination of his in- juries showed that he had suffered a com- l:o\lml fracture of the right ankle and had roken four of the bones of the left. It is thought that it will be necessary to amputate both of his foet. He came from Berlin only a few days ago agd commenced work on the bridge only the day before he was hurt. gy Armour's House and A Strike, On the 25th of last month J. E. Riley com- menced the erection of the additions to the old Lipton house and the new buildings con- templated by Armour when he bought out the former house. The work was to be finished and the house was to commence to kill and pack on the 1st of nextmonth. But four days remain in which to complete the brick- ‘work according to contract, but the fact that the projectors were one week behind in turn- ing the site over to Mr. Riley gives tho latter ample time to finish the work, which is now, indeed, almost completed. A knowledge of this fact, however, did not prevent Mr. Riley’s bricklayers from striking yesterday, thinking it was possible to force him to increase his wi ‘The men consequently demanded $6 per day. The demand was refused and the men struck. ‘When they commenced to work on the build- ing they were paid $5per day. They were imported to this city from Chicago, Mr. Ri- ley paying the fare. One week later their wages wero raised voluntarily to $5.25 per day, and on the second week they were given 85.50 r day. Yesterday, they demanded $6, and Mr. Riley refused to accede to the de- mand. He put another gang of men at work on_the building, and is paying these men $5.75 per dap. The work done and the time specified, i8 somewhat remarkable. The building in course of erection is 814x234 feet, is now in almost every maunner ready for packing, which is soon to commence for the n. season. Last evening one of the striking bricklay- ers, in n]mlkimf to a BEE reporter, said that the strike was hatched in one of the board- ing houses while the men were eating, and on returning to their work they demanded a raise of 50 conts a day. This being refused, all threw down their tools With the exception of a few men, who returned to work at a raise of 25 cents a day. There were in all twenty-eight employed on the work, and when they quit about twenty socured fmmediate employment on Swift's establishment at the same rate they were getting on Armour's, They claimed a8 a reason for tho strike ~that they had to work too hard to got the contract done at the specified time and thought they deserved more pay. It was cir- culated about the city yesterday that Riley ‘would rw $0 per day to-day, and if any of the strikers desired, those whom he picked out, could go back to work. As most of the men now have other employment it may be hard for him to secure men. e Sam Gardner's Benefit, Sam Gardner, the veteran minstrel, was given a rousing benefit at the Olympic theatre last evening. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity and as a result the old min- strel was presented with nearly $500 at the close of the performance. After the regular programme had been given the volunteers were announced by Manager Sellon. The first was Charles Gardner, who treated the audience to a couple of vocal selections. He was followed by Bob Primrose in pathetic ballads. Miss Mollie Cole, serio-comic, ren- dered in_ her usual manner, “The Flower Girl,” and followed with a good selection on encore. John Ostrello rendered a number of harp and vocal solos. Then came Sam Gard- ner, the beneficiary. He was groeted with round after round of applause and in re- sponse sang, “The Old Sexton.” As he finished Mr. Henry A. Parrish stepped to the front and in a neat speech pre- sented the old veteran an ebony cane, sur- mounted by a massive gold head, in behalf of the employes of the Olympic. On the head of the cane was inscribed, ‘“‘Presented to Sam_Gardner by the employes of the Olym- pic theatre, October 21, 1887.” Mr. Gardner, inafew well chosen words, thanked the givers and in response’ to u request sang “Larboard Watch.” The next numbers on the programme were Prof. Hall, the clever cartoonist, and Harry Nusel, in motto bal- lads. The entertainment closed with a clever set-to between Rooney and Lindsay. The Courts. The case of Mrs. Maeder vs. X4 Mauer is again on triul before Judge Wakeley. This is the third time of its appearance in the courts. Mrs. Macder claims about §900 and interost for services renderad Mauer. The following criminal defendants were arraigned before Judge Groff yesterday. Willium Lewis, forgery; pica, not guilty. Peter Lutz, murder; plea, not' guilty. William Brunner, for oa, guilty. William Morse, grand larceny; plea, not uilty. E'LWis P. Borghoff, obtaining goods by false preteuses ; plea, not guilty. The criminal case, state of Ncbraska vs William Lewis, will come beforo Judge Groft this morning. Kiley, who is charged with murder in the second degree by killing 1illy Nugent, will be tried next week. Lew Hawkins, who chirged with burglary, and whose case was heard before Judge Groff, was discharged yosterday. The jury brought ina verdict of not cuiity. The Monitor. The pastor of the North Presbyterian church of this city has started a little folio sheet called The Monitor, which will be de- voled to the publication of the uews appor- taining to that church, AMUSEMENTS, Modjeska Makes Her Becond Appoars ance at Boyd's in * Mary Stuart," Mary Stuart, as an unfortunate princoss, persecuted by an unfeeling brother and pur- sued by the inveterate hatred of enemics of her faith and authority, sought refuge in England. Instead of finding asylum she was confined in a dreary prison for about eighteen years when she was brought to trial. To this travesty of justice, it has been said that the history of the world affords no parallel, Upon a variety of slanderous and atrocious charges, Mary was condemned to capital punishment and ascended the scaffold, under the death-warrant of her sister Elizaboth, after a wearisome incarceration. It is this incident, with the intrigue of Leicester and the inordinate devotion of tho young Mortimer, which Schiller aims illustrato In the rmy in which Modjeska ap- peared last night. The author troats the rival queen with equal justice, especial when it is considered at how much variand the side of each has been assumed while that of the other has been contemned by ardent partisans, Mary is described s @ mindful of her position, cognizant of dignity to which she is' subject, yet fearless in the appreciation of every orpommlly to encompass her escape, if nced be by the flatterers who surround her sister’s throne. Elizabeth, on tho other hand, is depicted, with all her power, as the victim of a love for Loeicester, whom, despito his treachery, sho is unable to futhom, a woman envious of her sister's power, her sister's boauty; desirin her death and 'yet lackiug the manly monin to encompass it. Thus constituted, the quoens meet et Fatheringay. Hero Mary, conquering her ‘vrhh‘, kneols to her sistor in abjoct suppliance’ and prays for freedom. Rejoicing over her victory, Eliza- both replies to the petition with taunts and bittor reproaches, sncoring at her rival's beauty and flinging in her fuce the conduct which Mary's enemios claim conduced to her downfall, The Queen of Scots, casting prudence aside, and to the terror of her friends, proclaims the illegitimacy of Eliza- h and heaps upon her the curses of her outraged spirit. This is the supreme mo- ment of the play. Under the assault Eliza- beth retires, defeated in a battle of her own choosing. If Modjeska has been tender and patient thus far, in this outburst she is womanly and resistless. The imputation upon her character, for the moment, transforms her into the foarless quoen and her repulsion of tho attack brings face, form, voice and at- titude into brilliant play.’ Just before she bo- gins her invective she indulges in a passion- ate prayer for words to smite her libollor,and in this the speaks 8o rapidly that the enunci- ation is far from perfect. As Elizaboth, Miss Shaw was consistent and effective. Her features aro scarccly strongly onough marked for an ideal exponent of the charac- tor, and her groatest success is in thosa emotional passages which tell of love for Leicester, her weariness of power and the scathing rebuke inflicted upon her sistor, rather than in those which show the in- tonsest feeling. The other characters were fairly well sustained. Police Court. The morning’s business: Edward Thomas, for refusing to pay car faro and abusing an officer, $13 and costs; Jim Brady, John Fries- ner, T. Braseo, and Billy Mahone, tramps, were ordered ncross the river; Nellio Roth, vagrant, was read the riot act and once moro turned loose; Dick Hathaway, destroying property, $10'and costs. Hansen & Rasmussen, who were arraigned yosterday before Judge Berka for selling liquor without a license, waived examination and were put under $400 bonds to appear be- fore the district court. Charles Bertolas, for driving down Six- toenth street in a reckless manner and at break-neck speed, was fined $12 and costs. How John L. Will Look in Marble. Boston Transcript: The statue of **“The Boxer,” modeled in heroicsize after the pugilist, John L. Sullivan, by one of the most brillant of young anrlcnn sculptors, Mr. John Donoghue, is now nearly completed in clay. It is less striking in originality of pose than either of the other best known works of this sculpmr. “The Young Sophocles” and the “Nymph,”—both of which have a dash and a strenuousness of movement thatare fairly thrilling. One might have expected from: these examples of daring in the selection of attitude that this statue of “The Boxer” would pre- sent some such picturesque pose and broad movement as are scen in the classical statues of athletes, gladiators and discus-throwers. ~Movement and spring there are indeed in Mr. Donogh- ue’s ‘“‘Boxer” of the most intense kind—the energy that is re- strained, or, rather, expectant and Kmpnmd for instant movement. The uge yet beautiful figure (which, by the way, is seen at a glance not to be thay of Sullivan in his present_state), towers firmly, yet lightly, poised on feet and logs planted well apart, yot not strik- ing any boxing attitude, even that of “‘on guard,” and the arms terminating in massive wrists and doubled fists hang swinging at the side, just far enough from the body and just governed enough in their swinging movement to show the athlete’s waiting and preparedness for the word that is to send them into bat- tering play. First the overpowerin mass nné imperfeet symmetry, and af- terwards tho latent strength and the half relaxed spring and readiness of the muscular paragon, impress the specta- tor—undoubtedly the order of impres- sions as they would be received in fac- ing such a champion in the flesh. Thus that canon of sculpture which demands repose and the human longing for ex- pressive action are both satisfied. 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