Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1887, Page 4

= e e e — THE DAILY BEE. B PURLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUDSCRIPTION. Dafly (Morning wnllumlmlmlhn( sunday llvv..lnn- VEAL, o x Month« “ I lr'l'h"v Months The Omaha Sunday Bek, madled to'any ad- i | | #1000 7w w 2 0 B4 AND 016 FARY AN KTiee 10w, ROOM 5, TRiwes e B0 OFFICE [ dress, One Yer OMANN OFFICE, New YOuk O ING, WARHINGTON TRENTH STRERT. & CORRESPONDE! ANl communications relating — news and editorial matter shonld be addressed o the Eviroun or Tie Ik nrsr LETTRRS: Al Dusiness letters and romittances should be addressed to THE_BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, DMAIA. Drafts, ehseks and postofMice orders to e mude puyablé to the order of the company. The Bot Publishing Company, Proprietos. E. ROSEWATER, Eption. 'y of The Tee Pub- inly swear that the nily fee for the week B s, fworn to and -nhur‘flh«l in’ my presence this 26th day of November, A, D, I8 (SEAL) State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, I Geo, B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, dr- oses and suys thit Le is secretury of “‘l"l‘hlll“’(v"l pany, that the actual Guilyclrculation "ot the Dally month of November, 180, December, 186, 187, 16,200 copil i for M .. FEIL, Notary Pblie llvu 13,3 GEO. B. TZSCHU Eworn to and subscribed (n m €th l||'|) of October, A. D, 18 weather bureau has done its y of the work well. Mr. Foster, the weather prophet, has been left out in the wet, 50 to speak. . TrE Standard oil monopoly is stretch- ing out its long arms toward Asia. It will probably have the oil production of the Caspian region in its grasp before long. — It is said by observers that the fig- ure 7 always appears in an American panic year. If such a thing intends overtaking us this year, it must hurry along. — Toe New York World formulates six reasons for the opinion that Mr. Blaine will not be the republican candidate for president, and then does not exhaust the subject. THE vacancy left by Mr. Sparks i causes much wild speculation. The land-grabbers and land-grant roads arve most anxious to know who is to be Sparks’ successor. —— IN Vermont a governor is elected but once a year and his salary is five hun- dred dollars, This may explain the reason why the land of wooden hams is so well governed. E— Now that Congressman McShane is in Washington near the great father, the hungry and starving good demo- cratic Injuns are looking expectantly for some ration BECAUSE Omaha wants the national convention the Chicago Mail refers to her as a presumptuous youth. There is nothing at all presumptuous about the new porkopolis. Nothing at all. MR EDWARD ATKINSON, who insists that the United States should buy Can- ada, points with pride to the fact that “once upon a time” we bought Alaska and are very well satisfied, Thero is a little over a thousand mil- lion dollars of coin and bullion in the country according to the estimate of the director of the mint. This is rather more than our share of the world'y supply. e— JAY GOULD has been interviewed in France. From the unbosomed story he relates, it inay be safe to conclude that Mr. Gould, like Talleyrand, thinks speech was given to man to cenceal his thoughts, e——— THESE are glorious days for the newly elected small-bore statesmen. Their names are daily blazoned forth among 4 the prominent arrivals at the national capital. They may not be heard of again, but they are great men for the time being. . QUEEN VICTORIA had madé up her mind 10 take a vacation this winter and visit San Rewo, but it is now officially announced by the foreign office that she will stay at home. Poor Victoria is evidently tied to her ministers’ apron- strings. OLATHE, Kan,, has discovered o natu- ral gas ‘well, which causes rejoicing ' among the citizens of that place, Their % old gas machine is temporarily in ope- ration in Chicago, much to the delight of the friends of free whisky. JAKE SuARP is onee more at liberty on bail. The kiug hoodler is, however, a little too fechle to join his bond-jump- ing aldermanic brothers on the other side of the St. Lawrence. He stands o better show of crossing the Styx. The probability is that the prohibition cundidate for president next year will be General Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, The general enjoys a rather eunviable reputation as a talker, and of bLeing one of the most zealous in the vrobibition eause. If a candidate he cun > be relied upon to make himself heard, L __ __J THE we enforcement of the high licensc luw, as regards the provision requiring pre- payment of the $1,000, is the plea that it will reduce the schoo! fund by $50,000 a year. Nover mind the school fund. We can safely stand the decrease of revenue and take the chauces of keep- ing the schools running. = It will be worth §50,000 a year to the ciiy to close - a few of the dtves, st argument against L hoe | Sclf-Tmposed Martyrdom. The mayor and councilof Lincoln still remain voluntary prisoners in our county jail, awaiting relief from the United States supreme court. We have refrained up to this time from com- menting upon the merits of the case, and their treatment by the United States circuit court, simply beeause it is case almost without precedent. We ow Judge Brewer to be an upright and conciencious judge. While we re- gard the penalty imposed by him upon the Lincoln council for contempt of court in disregarding his restraining ovder as extremely severe, there is 10 doubt that the Lincoln municipal au- thorities were imprudently advised by their attorneysin refusing torespect tho order of the court, On the merits of the Parsons impeschment there can be but one rightful conclusion. Parsons was justly deposed for fiagrant misdemenn- ors in office which it was the duty of the mayor and council to take notlee of and punish. Tt is heeduse Mayor Saw- yer and the Lincoln council acted in the interest of good government in the removal of thé erovked police judge that public sympathy at Lincoln is with them, and against the heavy penalties to which they haue been subjected. This sympathy will also be accorded them by the people of the st And yet it would have been more sensible for the people of Lincoln to petition Judge Brewer to remit the fines instead of letting them remain in jail while an appeal is pending.from the judge’s or- der. Should the supreme court refuse to intevfere, their self-imposed martyr- dom will b High Rates For Money. For two or three moaths past monc has commanded rates which borrowe have felt to be onerous. The expe ence hasnot been confined to particu localities, but has been general. The natural conclusion of many hasbeen that this state of affairs was brought about by a concert of action among the banks of the country. A Chicago paper refevs to business men in that city who have expressed the opinion that there is something very like a combination among the heavy lefders to advance and keep up the rates of money. Simi- lar expressions have been made else- where, and the fecling is doubtless as general as the condition that inspiresit. Plausible arguments in support of the theory are not wanting. It is urged that it is for the in- terest of bankers as a class that money should be scarce and rates of discount high. Another apparent rveason is found in the possible effect to be pro- duced in congress favorable to more liberal legislation in behalf of the banks, that would enable them to ex- tend their circulation. To demonstrate the neeessity for this, a contraction of the bank currency might exert some force. As a cluss bankers are not fricndly to the legal tender circulation, and it is thought not improbable that a combination muay have been formed to secure 10 the banks the entire paper cir- culation of the country, which a policy of contraction might possibly promote. In a word, the impression of many ap- pears to be that the banks have come to a common understanding in a policy designed to convince the country that in order that its financial wants shall be properly carcd for these institutions must be relieved of much of the re- straint now imposed by legislation and freed from the competition of the legal tender circulation of the government. There is probably no substantial foundation for the theory that any gen- eral agreement exists among the banks of the country to make money scarce. Granting concert of action for this pur- pose to b practicable, it isnotat all prob- able that it could be maintained for any length of time. The interests of in- dividual banks and of all banks in cer- tain localities would be speedily found destructive of any such arrangement. No judiciously managed bank would for a great while continue a policy of curtailing the de- anunds of large and profitable customers at the v of damaging their business, reducing their accounts, and perliay ultimately losing them as custome But there are plain and practical rea~ sons for the scarcity of money wh away with any necessity for se others or advancing insubstantial theories. They are found in.the enor- mous amounts of capital that have been invested 1n all sorts of enterprises in every portion of the country from many of which there have been as yetno returns, The cireulation of the country has been increased deving the past year fully seventy million dollars, but this and u great deal more has been absorbed by the vast improvements and enter- prises projected all over the country. The surprising thing is that the rates of money have not ruled higher. There is still a pressurc on the money market that will doubtless pre- cent any reduction of rates before Janu- ary. but with the incoming of the new year lower rates for money may bo reas- onably expected. The Offcnsive Partisan, The intermeddling of Mr. Cleveland in the New York and Massachusetts campaigns wus a matter that is stili troubling the mugwumps of those states, It seems that of the two letters written by the president to New York he would ve been glad if that endorsing Pel- lows had not gone to the publie, but al- though the last written and sent, it was the first to be published. There is a controversy us to whother Mr, Cleve- land sought to have this letter withheld, but the weight of testimony appears to be that he did not, and that the fuct of his having committed a bad blunder only duwued upon him after he had re- coived numerous telegrams from mug- wump sources announcing the dis- pleasure of that element with his action, It was then too lute to do any- thing, and the unfortunate letter is on record te plague Mr, Cleveland and his wugwump ullies. As to the president's interference in Massachusetts, involving the endorse- ment of the spoils element of the party in that state, the displeasure of the mugwumps appears to, be extremely earnest and detp—wuud One of them in a burst of protest asks: *‘How in the world can an independent and reformer _next month patrol certain streets,would get around Clevelandism in Baltimore, New York and Massachusetts?™ and the Springfield Republican, always willing to find an apology for the president’s shortcomings, has the candor to admit that his intermeddling in New York was an elevation of “the spirit of partisanship above higher eonsiderations better known on the spot” and that it went quite beyond what was becoming to the president. That journal also charnc- terized his action as as “a daumaging display of excessive and mispiaced par- tisanship,” which had “done more to shake popular faith in the president's good senge than the whole series of acts which he had performed since entering public life,” It was a very bitter dose the president administered to the mugwumps, and while some of them have swallowed it and will continue to pin their faith to him, albeit he has unmistakably shown himself a partisan capable of any degree of partisanship where his personal in- terests are at stake, there are undoubt- edly others with independence enough to form some other allegiance. And the number of these may be found larger than is now supposed when the count of the next vote for pr Tne publication of the assignment of policemen and patrolmen for the ensu- ing month is in our opinion a grave blunder, Such publicity is of no bene- fit whatever to law-abiding citizens,who do not care whether John Brown or John Smith is assigned to a given beat for the next four weeks. But erooks and footpads may takeadvantage of this information. The assurance that a given district will be patrolled by cer- tain policemen may enable them to ca out their depredations with greater im- punity. For insf if o certain patrol- man can’t be managed to keep off his beat during a given hour he can be way- laid or switched off op a fool's errand. On the other hand, the knowledge that a policenran who can be decoyed or in- duced to close his eyes will during the afford outlaws and crooks an incentive for operating in that particular neigh- borhood. It scems to us there is noth- ing to be gained by the publicity given to policemen’s assignments, but on the contrary, it is liable to work gres mischief. S —— NEBRASKA'S compulsory education law is a failure, and the same state of affaivs exists in New York. The superintend- ent of public instruction in that state gives two reasons for it. He says: School trustees elected to supervise the schools, and serving without com- peusation, naturally object to being turned into constables and police officers for the purpose of apprehending delin- quent children or the children of delinquent parents. Moreover, the schools are full.” The number of children who attend the schools in New York, as compared with the number en- titled to attend, has been decreasing since 1870. It would appear that the school system in New York has devel- oped an unhealthy growth. This is not the trouble in Nebraska. The defect seems to be in the law. —— Tug democratic congressmen in Washington are said to make no secret of their determination te keep Dakota out of the union. The only condition on which they will listen to a proposi- tion to admit that territory is that Utah also shall be made a state. One of them 18 quoted as saying that the bast Dakota oan expect is that congress will provide for the election of a constitutional con- vention next November. Democratic sentiment regarding the admission of Dakota is well understood by the coun- try, but it is desirable that the ropre- sentatives of the party in congress shall be put squarely on record on this ques- tion. To that end it will be the duty of the republicans to strenuously insist upon a recognition of Dakota’s demand for statehood. THE Paciflc railroad commission is said to be divided in opinion, and it is expected that two reports will be pre- sented to the president, one represent- ing tho views of Mr. Pattison and the other those of his colleagues. The chairmun of the commission is under- stood to favor radical action against the Pacific roads to' compel them to pay their indebtedness to the government, and the difference in the commission is supposed to arise from this, the other members probably favoring a policy more in conservance with what the cor- poration managers desire. The divi- sion, if there is one, is unfortunate, since it will tend to further complicate the question and give the roads an ad- vantage they desire. THE intense interest manifested by certain so-called enterprising business men and numerous clerks and wage workersin the trial of gamblers in our district court is a sad commentary on public morals in Omaha, The gambling habit is more pernicious by far than in- temperance. Excessive drinking is often the parent of poverty and petit larceny, while the gambling vice makes embezzlers, forgers, swindlersand often even burglars out of men who would otherwise bave led a life without re- proach. —— INDEPENDENT of the thousand dollar license question, the mayor and licens- ing board should exercise the authority vested by them in the law, to reject the application for license of every notor- ious dive and disorderly house. It is not a question of revenue, but good government. Close the dives and low dens, and the eity can save money for extra pohice service. Close the resorts where the crooks congregate and the crooks will vacate the town —— THE troubles of the widow of Editor Storey do not seem to be ended after all. Just as she was about to dispose of the Chicago Times a ‘mysterious gentle- man” discovers an erasure in the will of her late husband, and the old trouble is likely to be raked over again. Surely the life of a poor editor's widow is not a Lappy one. E— TrrEnE is trouble in the prohibitian party’s ranks and a threatened split. Committéeman. Cliapin is - dissatisfied und proposes o make it hot (or the pres- that the dissenting member is in league with the saloon for the overthrow of the one and only party of temperance. ———) AN Towaman loved his wife so well that he took his own life to give her the insurance. There ave lots of wives who have earnestly prayed for a like con- summation: plenty of old maids who would marry men who would show their love with their live climate is not healthy for the lecher. A sl community without one dissenting voice, has si marily disposedgof one of the species by the rope route COLeRADO Wi FRENCHMEN make more fuss over the election of a president than Americans, but we make up for the lack of liveli- ness by the length of our campaigns. PROM T PERSONS, Senator Evarts has astonished Washington by appearing there in a new hat, h Porter denies that he is at work on a revision of Webster's dictionary, . An effort is made in Boston to obtain fonal recognition of Lief Ericsson as chief discoverer of America. It is said that H. Rider Haggard contem- plates writing as sequel to *‘She.”” As he totally annihilated the old lady at the end of his former novel, & sequel seems to be an im- possibility. In December the secretary of state will reopen his house in Washington, which has been closed for two seasons, and his eldest unmarried daughter, Miss Nannie Bayard, will preside, William Andrew Jackson Sparks, whose resignation from the general land ofice has just been accepted by the president, is u tall, crect man, fifty years of age and rather handsome. His hair is tinged with gray and his mustache and chin whiskers are nearly white. The most remarkable feature of his costume is his hat. He has his headgear es- pecially manufactured for him. It is made of black stiff felt, with a top like an inverted flower-pot, and a perfectly flat brim about three inches wide. This peculiar hat he wears in both summer and winter. B S, The Suspicion Killed Him Politically. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Texus congressman who resembled Danicl Webster was not returned. Possibly some of his constituents suspected him of being connected with the dictionary. pertihin - A Resignation-Proof Cabinet. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. If President Grevy wants to choose a cab- inet that will not resign he can find some good material on this side of the Atlantic. In the production of cabinet officers who are proof against resignation America is ahead of Europe. LI RCEN A Hint to Saloon Men. Lincoln Democrat. The Omaha BeE is very much concerned about the violation of the Slocum law which is the rule in Omaha. It needn't worry. By the time it gets the Omaha council qut of the snarl into which ft has plunged itself, prohibition will come- along and saw off the whole business. Omaha is doing more to ad- vance prohibition than all the professional advocates of the measure. SEnmeSR e Somebody, Pearl Etynge. Somebody thinks the world all wrong And nover has a word in its praise; Somebody sings the whole day long, Likes the world and all its ways. Somebody says it's aqueer old place, Where none of the people do as they should; Somebody thinks it Bl or gnice And wouldin't change the folks if he could. Somebody calls it cruel and cold, Full of sin and sorrow and pain, Where life is but a search for gold, And souls are lost in selfish gain, Somebody merrily laughs, and cries: “‘Hurrah for such a 50(1!' old earth! Success shall crown the man that tries To make his mark by honest worth.” Somebody groaus and shakes his head, Calls his lot a wretched one; Somebody wishes that he were dead, For somebody else has all the fun. But somchow 1 notice you generally find, In good or evil, pain or care, To one thing surc you may make up your mind : Somebody alwa, STATE AND TP‘II.RITORY. Nebraska Jottings. John Fitzgerald has entered suit against Plattsmouth to recover $3,500 due on defaulted bonds. Judge Crawford has concluded to peacefully retire from the bench and show proper regard for the Powers that be. In the opinion of. the Norfolk News, “It will be a proud day for all Nebraska if Omaha gets the republican national convention.” The railroad grading camps in Cus- ter county furnish first-class material for a hospital in Broken Bow. Three maimed and mashed victims were hauled into town last week. The heartless press of Hastings cry out against the incarcerated councilmen of Lincoln and declare “if the doomed wretches look anything like their pub- lished uhtmus, hanging is too good for them.” The papers of Wayne eagerly watch the varying winds for a sign or sound of the defunct Omaha, Waypne & Yank- ton railro The lookout is usele: The Nebraska Central is the v will bear watching, early next spring. The ‘“margyrdom” of the Lincoln councilmen is rendered unnecessari cruel by poetic aflictions and hmhcl ger puns, Friends of “*home rule” should govern their passion to weave wreaths of glory for the condemned. The time between drinks is limited. The Grand Island Independent thus relieves itself: *Nebraska's cipher who will sit on end in a senatorial scat for the next five years by the grace of railroad conspirators and oil room regu- lators, has arrived in Washington again, but so far ag rvesults are con- cerned Nebraska will never be aw: of it. V' lzfls his share. Dakota, The #52,000 gas plant at Grand Forks 1l be completed in' ten days and the city will have both gas and electric light. ¢ The grading work on the Illinois Cen- l~nl and the Duluth, railroads is about completed to Sioux Falls, The Central company has been in hopes of being able to begin running trains into Sioux Falls next week. The government has directed that a suit be instituted to recover 844,000 from William Scott and French Bros., of the Deadwood land distriet, for timber taken from public land by Scott and sold to French Bros. A solicitous Yankton mother whose son was i1l |>lu|)n~wll an internal applica- tion of epsom salts, but by mistake fed him on baking powder. One dose not being heard from, the patient wasgiven another, and another, until the kid be- gan to rise after the seventh spoonful. Satisfled with the work, the mother ap- slied the salts to biscuits and started an nternal commotion in thojrest of the family. Chgycune papers are beginning to show symrloms of Jealous of Deadwood. The Lead rluturm it as ‘‘a town sit- uated in the heart of the Black Hills so deeply imbedded in the Deadwood guleh that the sun doss not appear above the hill tops much before § o'clock in mid- summer, and disappears over the oppo- #ite hills about 3 o'clock in the after- noon. The town consists of one long street and one short paralicl thorough- fare- Four different eorporations are now struggling for the exciu- sive right of way through the town, and if any of them is granted the privilege the question of when the town ean be convenicently stowed away without impeding railroad trafic or miking the population vietims f o modern Ju;.,;.u-rmuu. unable to find afety on eiuiicy «ide of the track, hx one of obtrusive publie imporiance, Dead- wood is u strange town in many respects outside of its physical featuves. The county in which it is located has a debt of #600,000 hanging over it, and in the way of public buildings is recompensed by a log jail and court house, recklessly vallued at $250. Just now, however, all other questions sink into insignificance compared with the great railvond problem. A tunnel or an elovated road might bridge the difficulty.’ Utah and Idaho. There is o big forest fire raging in the mountains cast of Ogden. The southern section of Ldaho is sol- idly opposed to division or annexation. The Cour d’Alene mines have sent several bags of fine gold nuggets to the Helena banks for exhibition. The banks of Salt Lake report the re- ceipt for the week ending November 23, inclusive, of 887,048.50 in ore and $51,116.96 in bullion. u total of $138,165.46. The management of the Mormon church isnow in the hands of a receiver. All buildings belonging to the church have been taken by the receiver, and some of them have been rented ata good sum to the church pcnph:. The Pacific Coast, Sucramento prepares to invest $50,000 in a public market. One thousand Chinamen embarked at San Francisco for home last Tuesday. quantitics of coal are being shipped from Ticoma o San Francisco. Pasadena proposes to have three parks, and the land has alveady been s leeted. The Oregon Short line is unable to supply nearly enough freight cars to carry to market the products of the In- land Empire region. Nevada ranchers along the Carson river say that beavers are cutting wil- lows and storing them under water near the river banks. This is interpreted as a stgn of a severe winter. Southern Californis p(u'htuhu'lg the towns of Los Angele san Diego and Pasadena, are crowded with people on a hectic hunt for health. Accommodations in the misnamed hotels are abominable. Th oms are like jail cells and the grub is worse, although four prices are charged for it. The southern dry belt is a good country to die in, and that is its best recommendation. A gypsum deposit near Lovelock, Humboldt county, Nevada, is said to have been sold for $150,000 last week. The area of gypsum exposed on the sur- face is estimated at 10,000,000 tons. It was purchased by a syndicate of Eng- lish capitalists represented by A. B. Caw, of London, who has inspected the purchase and found 1t better than rep- resented. Tt is located about five miles from Lovelock, on the Central Pacific railroad. e e The Development of Wyoming. Denver Republican, Wyoming stands in the carly morn- ing of a brighter and more prosperous era than it has ever known. It has been night with Wyoming ever since it was made a territory. The opinion has gone abroad that it is a barren, desolate country, but little better than a desert and almost wholly unfit for the habita- tion of civilized men. But immigration as it comes west- ward looks far ahead to see what course it shall take. It was not until recently that the limit of its western progress would be found at or near the hundreth meridian. But when that meridian was reached by the vanguard, it was still found to be nece: to look for- ward. Thus it has been discovered that Wyoming and Colorado are not so deso- late as they have been pictured. Probably all of northern and certainly a very lage part of southeastern Wy ing ma e cultivated without ir tion. itis believed by some pe that the western line of the arable ar follows the general course of the Mis- souri, maintaining about the same dis- tance from that stream all the way as far as Kansas City, We know that the arable area extends upon the parallel of Denver to about 500 miles west of the river, Owing to the fact that the course of the Missouri river is from northwest to southeast this distance would in Wy- oming throw the western limit of the rrable land far toward the center of that territory But apart from considerations of this sort, Wyoming possesses much arable land. It contains many streams which may be utilized for the purposes of i gation. The area of llns and which may be reclaimed by irrigation is prob- uhll very nearly equal to that of k‘olo- rado. The climate is favorable to the l~ull|- vation of small grains. , Although farther north than Colorado, Wyoming is, upon the average not so much ele- vated above the sea. For this reason there is little doubt that whatever may “be grown in northern Colorado may be grown in every part of the plnln: nmu]lh\ of Wyoming. i resources of our northern neigh- bor coal, ivon and oil are wonderful in their extent. Coal may be found Oil known to is quantity in the Sweet- where. water country. In the southern and southeastern parts ivon exists; and the recent discovery of excellent iron about one hundred miles north of Chey- ar the line of the Cheyenne u railway, justifies the belief that Wyoming ir 2 may be profit- nbl\' Hlllm‘ll(’(l in thi w railways in the rei '\nll attract immigration and thus develop its resources. This effect, we believe, will be seen in its beginning next year. Probably a large addition to the population will take place then, and each following year will see a sim- ilar increase. T Personal Paragraphs. Mike Maul, of the firm of Drexel & Maul, is dangerously ill, J. W. Sampson, one of the f; dealers of Blue Hill, is in the cit D. P. Newcomer, of Blue -Hill, mem- ber of the house of representatives in the last legislature of the state, was in horse the ci esterday on his way to his old home in Maryland where, with his wife, who is acconipanying him, hic will spend several weeks, Louis Torissaint Tougas and his wife, a french couple residing in Worcester, Mass cently celebrated their zolden dding. They have twelve children, ty-seven grandchildren and three \1-gl'nmhlul|hen. A MURDERER HEARD FROM. Mittman Surrenders Himself in San Francisco. RUNYON AND EFFIE CORRESPOND Two Elopers Tell Mother and Friends Not to Grieve ¥or Them T Highwaymen Make a Very Good Hanl, Murderer Mittman Surrenders, Mittman, the man accused of murder and who jumped his £10,000 bonds, has been heard nd vossibly before many days will be hrnllxll( back to this city to present himséi! for trial. The charge against Mittman is the killing of a railroad construction foreman in his saloon at Millard in June, 1886, The dead man was a trusted employe of Metealf & Cushing, contractors, and had charge of a gang of men engaged in working on an ex tension of the B. & M., between Papilion and Millard, and with u party of his co-laborers went to the saloon of Mittman., There isa conflict of stories as to the real cause of the shooting, but it is true, nevertheless, that Mittman did it, as he alleged, in self-defonse His bail was placed at £10,000, which was readily furnished by Mr. Mack, the whole- liquor dealer of this city, and another. Owing to peculiar phases of the law, which occurred from time to time, the trial of Mittman was postponed and deferred, and some months ago he turued up missing. Sov cral days had elapsed before his bondsimen got wind of his_departure, and the floeing Turderer suceeoded well in covering up. his tracks. A description of him was spread broadcast, but it proved of no avail, as he continued to evade the polic A fow duys wgro u louer sty Francisco was received | and_the conte of the long-looke surrendered to tl cord, and the I by himsclf, was of mental order, His wanderings from place to place in continua .\ fear of being arrested at any mom fully described, and he laid pa on the unmanly w he had acted towards his bondsmen in leaving them in the lurch He also referred his hours of and brooding over his, which, he said, haunted him tinually by night aud duy. conclusion he id that he was williag to re turn to Omaha nd trust his case with judie and jury. In this he submitted a proviso that ex-Deputy Sheriff Grebe be suthorized to come and get him, Arrangements to this end were immediately entered into, and it is reported that Mr. Grebe started for Sun Francisco yesterday with fuil power vested in him to bring back the culprit. Mr. Grebe has been very mysterious in his movements for the past few duy hhe yestorday moviing applicd to Juiler Mi for'a pair of handeuffs gives sufficient ~crod- ence to the report that he Las gone on bis mission. and from the fact that Ll RUNYON HEARD FROM. He and Effic Gentry Are In San Diego, Cal. Tidings were yesterday received from R. N. Runyon, the man who so mysteriously dis- appeared from the city Nov. 16 with his nicce, Effie Gentry, the facts of which have already been stated in the Bre. Yesterday three letters were received, two from Runy one from Effie. They were written from the Arlington hatel, San Diego, Cal., Nov. were addressed respectively to B, A. the saloon man, corner of Twelfth street and Capitol avenue, a personal friend and c fident of Runyon's and Mrs. Gentry, the di tracted mother of the girl. Runyon in his letter to Fuller diseribes his trip, speaks. in glowing terms of the town and attempts to persuade him to go there and look the plac over with a view of settling. Mr. Fuller feels that he has been wrongfully censured for the part he took in Runyon's departure, while acting i the role of a friend, and di avows playing any part in the transactic that could be construed as being wrong or illegal. Runyon’'s letter to Mrs, Gentry, who is his sister, and that of her daughter Effie, have proven a source of consolation to her and she expressed her satisfaction and happiness over their receipt of the letters by telegraphing to the police authorities of San Diego to in no way interfere with the couple. In his letter Runyon says he took the girl away because he had forebodings that if she was allowed to remain in her present surroundings she would eventually go to the bad, and that he could not permit of. He promiscs to protect and shield her, and bring her up as she should be. Efiic herself sustains all these representations, says she is satistied with the course she has taken, and asks her mother not to weep or grieve for her Some curiosity is expressed as to what dis- position Runyon intends to mal whom he married only six w Pereyville, Ta., where she still is. well-known fact that after the ma ceremony Runyon returned to Omal ing his wife, whom be times since, the match was an unhappy and undesivable one is sustained, as Runyon imported the in- formation to confident friends a few days be- fore his elopement that “he believed his wi thought more of another man in Percyville than she did of him.” , leay- has seen but three behind. The impression that WORSE THAN THE WILD WEST. A Gay and Festive Cowboy Held Up and Robbed. Fred Field is, or rather was, a gay and festive cowboy, and when on the ranch his postoftice address is Hillsburgh, Dak. Wish- ing to wind up a season’s hard work with a whirl of pleasure, he struck for Omaha, and on Wednesday night put up at the Tremont house. ast night he took in the town, and by 10 o'clock was telling all who would listen how differently things were run in the wild west, where two or three men at least were killed every time the boys went out. Two hours later he was in search of a policeman to aid him in finding four men *‘dressed like gentlemen who had beld him up and robbed him of a watch and chain and §55 in cash. He met Oflicer Cullen, who at once made a tour of the Third ward dives but the victim was unable to identify auy of the frequenters as his assailants. It seems that Field met four well-dressed men near Farnam’ street, and asked to be shown the sights, Only too willing to se- mmodate_him, his guides led him to the vicinity of Capitol avenue, where they denly covered him with “{hree guns,”” wh one of them went through Lim. When he recov- ered from his fright his friends were gone, and with them his wateh, pocietbook and two finger rings, but he was so dazed that Le could not tell the officer precisely whera it had happened. Word was telophoned to the central station, aud al an carly hour this morning Fred ‘was still scurchiug for his vanished wealth, United States Court. TIE BAKADA TRIAL, The continuation of the triul of Barada, the alleged murde: consumed the time and b tention of the court the entire day yesterduy. Phe testimony on both sides wus finished and specches were made by Attorney Pritchett in behalf of the state, and Attorneys Mahoney and Minnahan o’ the part of the dofenso At will_make the ¢ Bpe 2 for the prosecution. Th all who have followed the Herada will be cieured general o trial thron, of the churge broy {am Morse eharged with burgiary, brouglht in 4 verdict of guilty after. being out thirty hours. D MOTT SESTENCED, Charles De Mott, who pleaded not guilt to highway robbery, was scntenced to threo and one InIf yeurs & pomsientiiry yester: ay ufternoon, b, o Wakels Sy 9 wake the Ju court stated that he woul @ light one fn consiceration of ke previows | good conduct of the prisoner. De Mott not dotray the slightest feeling while judge was addre him, Police (‘n“l‘t. The In the police court Delicimos, Jim Sheridan, Dick Ownes, Pat Kelley and Mr, b were nssessed a fi drunkenness, Wade s on a charge of suspic AMUS| A Very Large Audience Witnesses tat Boyd's, bewan a three Miss Fannie Davcaport nights' engagement at Boyd's opera house lust night in the famous play which Mr. Sardou wrote for Sara Bernhardt. The audienc Davenport a avery large one, cived Miss 1 her admirable company with mptom of rapturous enthusiasm and “Eedora’ is a strong and beautiful ov delight. play, and since its production here has been staged wi ¢ throughout. All the costimes and accessories have been the w of studious attention, ind are ex- ile Miss Duvenport's ot i beautiful as Her sitely reproduced, wh rdrobe is us mag 1o Russian dition of the rdinary .nmmnr of > title role is us superb and flawless as and in it she reache: ard of tic excellence invulne " to eriticism, isidered skill sho attends to the minutest detail, most effectaally embodying her idea of what u woman * l “edora’ must have been with rare Hersup. port is fine and w pussing notice. ) S iy of work, and in latter acts his im- s of emotion and he re stic applause. A of Miss dudith ceived as he dese The Countess O Berolde was spl inced spark ling_ubility in “the humorous lines, M. Archie Cowper was greatly liked in the y of De Sericux in truth, the whole the cust was . the Val and Miss Carr, Madame Mr Isabel Vay and all of them evincing an individuality and character that was most acceptable, ” In conclusion it can again be v said that “Fedora” is a great play, ¢ rpicce, really blood curdling i’ its and yet the more diligently jore andmirable and fasein- ‘e secn to be its countless beauties. © was a recall at the end of each act that tld not be denied, HOW ABOUT THIS, ANYWAY? Was That Sam Stevenson Arrested at Colorado Springs? Jumes Flanuery, one of Sam Stevenson's bondsmen, and who was deputed togo to Colorado Springs and ascertain whother the rest there was Stevenson, tele graphs back to Chief Seavey that he Is tho wrong mun. Hd adds, however, that Steven- son's two partners are in Denver, and that he has put the ofticers upon their tr In speaking of this Stevenson affair a Ber reporter was informed by an ofticial in high standing that the opinion is that the man ar- ted ut Colorudo Sprins was Stevenson, “Why. cognized by Why, he isn't wanted. The bondsmen have been squared by old man Stevenson, and all this fuss und feathers of bringing Sam to justice was ahollow mock- ery. There must have been some shenanni- gan in the deputation of Plannery.” e, Railroad Notes, A NEW STATION ESTABLISIED, Ord station, 24.08 miles westof Greely Cen- ter, on thé Union Pacific, will be opened for pussenger and freight business on Monday next, with Thomas Connor as agent. SECOND AND THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS, Second and third class passengers from the east having cupon tickets for Nebraska points on the Union Pacific railway will havo their tickets exchanged at Council Bluffs to insuro them passage on the “Overland Flyer" and Train 3 leaving Omaha, A STATION TO B ANDO! Sheridan station, on t Kansas bu\mh of the Union Pacific, will be abandoned and Me- Allister station’ opened with A, H. Parker as ageut, PERSONAL. R. Taft, for a number of years cashier of the passenger department of the Burlington, has resigned and took his departure last night for New Mr. Taft is a thorough railroader, ble “and _accomplished gentleman old associates part with him with regret. His successor AR Hildreth. George H. Danicls, chairman of the Cen- tral Traffic associntion, arrived in the city from Chicago yesterday on busiuess pertain- ing to his comini Insured in England. of Police Seavey is in receipt of a day from estel F. H. Coulter, a son of the old fireman 1 ntly killed at the rds fire. The letter is dated orge’'s Place, Horton Lane, Brad- ford, York, England, November 1887, and was necomy 1 with a coronial death cer- tifleate, which Mr. Coulter requested the chief to have officially tilled out and returned to him. He explained that he held a smatl insurance policy on his father's life in & Lon- don compuny and it could not be collec (m{ until the enclosed cortificate had been filled out and recorded. The chief will have the document duly attested and returned. pa Cap. Wood's Horse Stolen. While Captain Wood, the clerk of the polico court, was in a store on Douglas street ubout 7 o'clock last cvening, some thief untied his horse and phacton, which he had leftin front, and drove off with them. The captain upon discovering that his horse was missiug sent, word to the police station, uud the ofticers scoured the town to find some trace of tho {hief or the stolen property, but as yet there 15 1o clew as to the huuls of either, Too Slow to Shoot. Henry Webber, Charles Black and Georgo Ashleyman got into an altercation at the horn Valley house late last night, when Web- ber in a fit of ang vor to kill Black, The wea from his grasp before hie could uccomplish his object “1““ the trio were taken to the central sta- tion. A Couple of Larcenics. Laura Grant, a courtesan living with Myr tle Bates, has disappeared with a lot of Myr- tle's clothes, among them o #35 cloale ;i Robert Robertson and William Conchlin were arrested by Officer Clark last evening for stealing a cout and vest from Churles Albin, oOfficer Godola Suspended. At roll-call last evening Ofileer Godola was informed that, by the order of the fire and police commissioners, ha was te suspended from the police force, ‘The rea- Sons for this punishment were not given. B A Huge lco Gorge. The ice gorge in the river between this point and Florence has in nowise abated, and yesterday evening it was possible for a man to cross the stream without much jecp- ardy upon the proj lmz,; Only Onc Pormit. Only one building permit was issued yes- terday by Superintendent Whitlock, it being to Victor White for a_cottage on Suunders atreet near Nicholus, $1,807. Will Meet Tuesday Night. Tho city council did uot meet lust night as intended, but will bo on hand at the regulay ieoting noxt Tuesday night » Internal Revenu lellections. Yesterds rnal revenue collestions amounted to “ranciseo ist oharged o 50 for tweaty-two hours’ mouth, The sufferer wouldu't puy, The dentist sued. The courts cut the bith down to $70 aud the Gefendant prid profaptiys A San ) customer 8550, work in is