Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1887, Page 4

= THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER G0, 1887 THE DAILY BEE. Pl’l“.lfl"lll) EVERY MORNING. TERME OF 8URSCRIPTION, Daily Mornjug Edition) including Sunday e, O1 ar Voeoss ¥or Bix Months o Three Months he Omaha Sinday Bk, malied to any ad- dress, One Y ea OMAIA OFFICE, N NEW YORK OFric ING. WARHINGTON TEENTH STREET. CORRE #1000 TNAM ST UNE Bt 613 K 4 AND 016 K {ooM 65, T OFFICE, PONDENCE, news and I o the All_communications reluting r should be [ editorial mat addre Eviror or i BUS All usiness e S8 LETTERS ers and <hould be addressed tc By Pt MPANY, hecks and to the ord npany. Tle Bee Publishing Compauy, Propietors. E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, ! County of Donglas, ity Geo. 1%, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- mpuny, does soletinly swear that the renfation of the Datly fiee for the week was s follows Mshing ¢ actim ending [ Saturday Surida, Thur«day, D Friday, De Average. Sworn toand subscribed in my presence this 34 day of December, A. DD, 187, N, P. FETL, (SBAL) Notary Public Btate of Nebraska, % s, County of Douglns, %% Geo, | . being first duly pres and says thit he I8 secretar Publishing company, that the actual datly circulation ~of the Daily B the month of December, 136, 13,2 for Junuary, 157, TusrY, 1887, 14,195 cople coples: for April, 15 6 cople: for May, 48, 14227 coplos: for June, 187, 14,147 forduly, 1557, 14,046 copies: Torr Augtist, 18 T01 copies; Tor September, 1595, Thb cop October, 1887, 14,583 for November, 18 coples, g . B TZSCHUCK., Sworn to and subscribed in_my presence this 80 day of December, A, D, 1847, N. P. FEIT, (SEAL) Notary Public. of 1, 1857, 14,400 ONE of Omaha's needs is a hotel with double the capacity of any she now has. Tne erection of anice-skating rink in Omuha is a pretty sure sign that this oity will have an open winter. THe Kansas prohibition law has been endorsed by the United States supreme court. The cork-screw must go. M. TURPIE, of Indiana, was sworn in as United States senator. The Hoosier gentleman has gained the first point. THE Boston Adver!ser is figuring on the death of Jeff Davis. There is nothing like that in store for us this season. ——— THREE polygamists have been sen- tenced to jail at Salt Lake City. They are now reading the scriptural injunc tion, “It is not well for man to live ~alone.” 'TrE national contest is on once more and the great question now is whether the rules of the Marquis of Queensbury or those of the London prize ring shall be adopted when it comes to a personal encounter. Tne Kansas City Journal wants a re- form in funerals. It maiutains that “nowadays the burial of a man or wo- 1 standing is an enor- man in fair soc mously expensive affair, modified. and should be EpIToR CUTTING comes once more before the people, attempting to collect his claim against Mexico. From the fuet that Cutting abandoned the lecture field, a grateful American people hope he will recover his claim. THe most graceful way for Jake Bharp to end his woe is to die. An old man with the penitentiavy staring him in the face, certainly findslittle en- joyment in living. Yet Mr. Sharp will probably attempt to bribe the grave digger. THE grand jury of n Francisco ate tempted to look up the recent clection frauds where wholesale bribery was in- dulged in without even an attempt to hide it. The grand jury was unable to find any irregular.work. A grand jury is often like Justice—very blind. TuERE is general rejoicing among the traveling public over the recent de- cision of tho transcontinental railroad companies to adopt a through checking system. Baggage can now be sent from ocean to ocean without rechecking. This arrangement will be a great con- venience and should have been adopted long ago. — AN important decision was recently rendered in the United States cireuit court at Boston, Tha case was an ac- tion Livught by the attorney-general of Massachusetts to collect a tax of over ton thousand dollars on the corporate franchise of the Western Union com- pany doing business in that state. The latter contested payment of the tax on the ground that it was illegal. The court declared that it was not. RUGER CLAW t person in Utah convieted and sent to prison under the Edmunds anti-polygamy law, has just been pardoned by the president. Ho was sentenced to three years and #ix months and to pay a fine of $800. His case created great excitement in the territory at the time. This is no doubt a wise step on the partof Mr., Cleveland, as it is possible Utah may become a dem- ocratic state before his term is up. EEsveE——— A cOAL famine in the country and a bread famine in the mining regions are the bitter fruits of the policy which the mwine owner; of Pennsylvania are carry- ing out in order to erush the unfortun- ate miners or bring them to terms. The situation in the Lehigh region is repre- sented to be deplorable, while in many portions of the country there is much suffering among the poor who cannot pay the prevailing high prices for coal, It is reported that the barons are in- tending to import miners from Belgium, but it is not probable that these con- seienceloss monopolists will supplement theiv utter disregard of the public in- terests by an attempt to defy the law which forbids the importation of foreign labor under contract. They are not in- _eapable, however, of doing even this. have the gainers, been eminently satisfuctory to all that portion of the publ rive from these abolition of fr states that veduction in passenger fares, cspocially in th reflex action business men has been highly favorably the the conditions demanded by the people for their protection ag crimination, has at the same time con- trituted vantage of the The changes in the law, and most of these rela ions to more perform its act, “grounded on principles that will stand the only time and experience can determine whether all the provisions made for their workable, was the outcome of years of delibera- possible obstac] few defects have be: exceptional and gratifying o most cred act. longer doubts that the regulation of in- ter-state commerce as provided for by this and there ave porh: would advise its ebandonment. been shown to be w sar simplify its operation and extend its benefits is that the five hundred porations subject tothe provisions of the actshall willingly and faithfully regard them. ing to do so us soon as possible. expense of putting in the steam heating but the demand for it is imper: must ultimately be universally complied 4 ith, residents of Dakot: in the admission business, recent figures show that she has been paying somo considerable attention to agricultural pursuits and her mining interests. In stock raising, too, the great northern territory is rapidly whether admitted to the union, or left out with its cold, a fewy wonderful changes. the sheep industry and dairy interests; the establishment of creameries; the de- velopment of tin, coal and copper mines 80 abundant in part of the territory, together yith the wonderful wheat crop grown yearly, there is every reason to believe that in a very short time Dakota will distance all western states in the matter of wealth and population, scelers that Dakota was a cold, viting, arid region has been dismissed by the well authenticated reports of her development and resources. On every hand is evidence of prosperity and ad- vancement, and all predictions of the tervitory’s future are favorable and well founded. bition has proven a failure. organs of the prohibition school insist that the banishment of the legulized sa- The Inter-State Commission Report. The first annual report of the inter- state commerce age and strengthen the faith of the country in the law under which it is ing. mths during which the act to regulate commer commission fi it has, in gen many quarters there was at inconvenience v tion of the law, and the business of some parts of the country is not even yet fully adjusted to it. but in the main the prin- ciple for ommission will encour- After an » of xper » has | n in operation, the s justified i saying that ral, been beneficial. In first some sulting fromthe opera- and policy of the regulation which the act provides been vindieated. In put- ting an end to rebates, draw- backs, special rates on freight business nud free passes in inter-state panssenger traflie, the railroads have been veally while th ults have which did not de- or personal advants wors. With regard to the passes the commission there has onsued some spec charge made for mileage tickets the northwest. The exceptionally large volume of freight trafiic for the yeur the commission believed was in no small de ree stimulated by a growing confidence that the days of rebades and special rates were now ended, and the report remarks that “the of this confidence among the roads act, while Thus largely far, thevefore, fulfilling winst unjust dis- very substantially to the ad- ailronds. on suggests commis: very few ¢ to matters of detail and provis- for enabling the commission thovoughly and efliciently work., With regard general features of the commission says they are the the test of time and experience, and enactment are sufe, sound Notwithstanding the and law tion in both branches of congress, the fact that after eight months of operation, with fevery e thrown in the way, so en found in it, is an xperienco able to the framers of tho Theve is perhaps no one who any ct has become o permanent policy, s very few who Tt has y just and neces- and all that is now required to cor- Making Slow P rogress. How little in a political way has been accomplished towuard getting rid of the railway car stove, therefor some other method of heating, is shown by tho results of inquiries ad- dressed by the Railroad (Guzette to com- panies operating 51,000 miles of and having 12,000 cars that must be heated in some way. and substituting road The reports ob- tained show t| on these ronds 1,302 cars and 407 engines are fitted with apparatus for continuous heating by steam two-thirds of the cars and half the engines are on the elevated roads of New York city. 1t is noted that there are fully s in vequive to be heated it will be s that still very with all the direful sugg ive of peace of mind that may spring from its presence. the gratifying statement, however, that most of the roads continue experiment- ing, and the number of ca for trial is increasing daily, so that it is possible there may be an extended sys- tem of steam heating before the winter is over. York Central will inaugurate heating taken from the locomotive, and more than When the 25,000 use in the United States that en must the traveling during the pr generally encounter public esent winter the stove, tions destruc The G ette make rs equipped It is understood that the New stenm this week, and several other ads in the east ave said to be prepar- The apparatus is considerable, and many companies will undoubtedly yield the veform very reluctantly, tive and Tt may be remarked to the credit of the eastern roads that they appear to be manifesting more interest in this matter than aj re those of the west. Dakota's Prosperity. Notwithstanding the fact that all are busily éngaged advancing, and s will witness The fostering of The idea entertained by easterr home- unin- lowa's Failure. The effort of Towa to establish prohi- While the loon {8 a guccesa, statistics, polico court records, newspapers who want to be honest about it, and citizens knowing the facts, all agree that a more ineffec- tive statute was naver written. InSioux City, Dubuque, Des Moines, Craston and dozens of other towns and cities, the sa- loon or the “hole-in-the-wall™ is con- ducted on a paying basis. There is of course no regulation, and these illegal places of business are vun on the broad-gauge plan—with the motto ““to get while you are getting.” and the conseqence is that unrestricted and wholesale selling of the vile is in- dulged in by the violators of the law. An ocensional d” or “fine” has but little if any tervor to the evil doer, and while the prohibitionists are resolving that prohibition prohibits, the habitue of the **joint™ and ‘“‘hole-in-the-wall™ is partaking of the midnight orgies of the gilded up-stairs or down-cellar **jug saloons,” regavdless of all Inw and claims of those who insist that Towa is a model prohibition state. Time may change the present appall- ing condition of affairs, but viewed from the standpoint of to-day, high li- conse is certainly desirable and should be sought. A Question to Be Solved. In the northern pavt of Nebraska are two Indian reservations—the Omaha and Winnebago. At the last election in Dakota county, poor Lo girded on his armor, painted his face in the colors of the war-path, substituted election tickets for the sealp-lock—and went forth to battle with the ballot. The old brave who had ambushed the pale face from the sage brush and rent the air with his wild war-whoop, d the ht which made him a oreign, without his elegibility g questioned by the white man who had given him gin-mill gratui- ties for his support. But the younger braves—some of whom were less than sixteen years of age—became imbued with a desire to vote, and the good democrats, it is alleged, contended that they should e the rights of citizenship, and accordingly the ballots were deposited for Mr. Davey, who was the candidate for treasurer. Dr. Wilkinson, the republican candi- date for the same office, beaten by one vote, will now contest the election, and it will be determined whether or not an Indian buck lgss than twenty-one years of age, whether soaked with fire water or fed on government rations, has a right to shape and form the destiny of a county ticket and its candidates. be erc WHEN James Gordon Bennett pi jected a Parisedition of the New York Herald there was some doubt as to the wisdom of the enterprise. The opinion was that American newspaper methods would not be favorably received in the Irench metropolis, whose people have Deen educated to something quite differ- ent and could not readily be induced to fovego their prejudices in favor of the French style of journalism. The result thus far, however, has vindicuted the sagacity of Mr. Bennett, and the Paris edition of the Herald is pronounced a success. The enterprising publisher gave on Sunday, to both Paris and Lou- don, a notable example of American unewspaper encrgy. The eleciion of a new president of France was anevent of international importance, warranting the most liberal oxpenditure of jour- nalistic effort, and the Herald was equal to the occasion. The Sunday edition contained not only-a full account of all the proceedings and incidents connected with the important event, but was also freely illustrated with portraits of the new president, the ex-presidents of the republic, and the most prominent among those who were candidates for the presi- dency. Thousands of the paper were sent to London, where they arrived in the evening and were eagerly bought from an army of newsboys, thus freely acquainting the people of the English metropolis with this most important news of the day twelve hours inadvance of the London papers. It was one of James Gordon Bennett's master strokes, and merits the heartiest admiration and commendation of American journalism. THE first trip of the new fast train on the B. & M. was successfully accom- plished, and the advance step thus achieved in rapid travel between the custand west is one upon which the publie and the Burlington management are to be heartily congratulated. It marks the beginning of a change that cannot long be restricted to one road or to a single daily train. The other railroads will learn that there is a demand for faster travel in the west which they cannot ignore without injury to theirinterests, and they will be compelled to meet the new schedule of the Burlington. It is probable that before the end of the year all the roads will have a fast train, and it is very likely that next year there will be a further reduction of time. Im provements in othor respects will accompany this change, so that in every direction it will be benefi- Al Among those who will particu- larly appreciate itare the readers of the BEE in scores of Nebraska towns, who will hereafter receive their paper sev- eral hours earlier than they have been doing. In allaspects the fast train isa good thing, Now let the other roads promptly emulate the commendable ex- ample of the Burlington. THE latest news concerning the na- tional convention is to the effect that Chicago is represented in Washington with large quantities of the ardent. Everything is free at Chicago head- quarters, and citizens of the great ham center are hopeful. The contest be- tween Philadelphia and Chicago will be the most exciting,. with chances favorable for Omaha as a dark horse, The train carrying the Omaha delega- tion passed through Chicago, stopping only for water. TAE American philological society recently appointed a committee to look into the merits of Volapuk as & univer- sil language, They have just made their report, which is unfavorable to it. The committee regard Volapuk as a d tinet retrogression in linguistic prog- ress. They think the subject two large for a single individual. The task of framing a universal language should be confided to an international committee representing six or seven leading Aryan nationfifties, hat while the railroads heiv speed, the excess- in Nebraska remain at e, I'T 18 notic are increasing ive freight rajy the same top i CONGRESS has commenced its grind. There will be a recess of two weeks pretty soon. For these things we are thankful. \DUSTRY, Balti- THE F A #100,000 brewery more. Chieago architects are quite busy upon fine dwellings. The silk mills are busy, and more are wan is to be built at hands Brick-yards are springing up ull over the south and west Water gas is being introduced into several southern cities, A blanket factory 18 to be built at New Cumberland, Pa. A great jected at Boston, A central labor union will soon be formed at Lynn, M A North Chicago rolling down during January. A Chicago firm has just shipped Australia its third disintegrater, apartment houses are pro- mill will shut Valuable veins of fire-clay are being found throughout the far west. Philadelphia parties are prospecting for a shoe factory at Bristol, Tenn, Several large store foundries will shortly be put in operation in the west, Common labor at the Troy steel works will be reduced to §1.25 after Thursds There is a groat deal of activity among jewelers on both sides of the water, 1t would take 1,000 windmills to furnish power enough to drive a modern rail-mill, An ingenious cigar manufacturer is mak- ing excellent imported Havana cigars out of paper. Tywo pumping engines of 15,000,000 gallons capacity cach will soon be erected in Minne- apolis. Some yarn spinners in obliged to work d with orders, The Scottish Miners' Federation hasagreed to work only five days per week and cight hours per day. A large amount of business i being done in boots and shoes in all New England manu- facturing centers, A shoe-lasting machine has just been in- troduced in England by which eighteen pairs can be lusted per hour. The coke workers of the Connellsville re- gion threaten a general strike unless black- listing shall be stopped. In spite of the lateness of the season there is a less than usugl falling off in building per- mits throughout #hip country. The daily proddtd of the Murraysville gas- field is 7,500,000,0008fcet. There ave 125 wells within a radius of; ue mile, Tve miles of Cincinnati is c fect of gas daily, and roars like a tHunder storm. Egypt has 825,000 acres of land under cot- ton cultivation. The European consumption of Egyptian cotton is 425,000 bales Hundreds of families are waiting for houses to be completed at Findlay, O., where there is already s population of 15,000. Ancw brick machine hos just been pat- ented by an_Attanta man, and a company vith £100,000 capital has been organized to it A large steel plant is to be erected near Lebanon, Pa., on a tract of forty-eight acre just purchased. Work will be begun on it this weel. The workingmen of Virginia will meet at Staunton to take steps to have convict labor abolished and to establish a state bureau of labor statistics. New Hampshire manufacturing industries are prospering beyond all precedent. Manu facturers talk of cnlarging capacity, and many are already doing so. The pressed-brick ma there is such an_ urgent demand for brioks that the railway facilities are unequal to handle all that are offered. Six hundred artists in wood earving, and 00 carpenters are engaged in manufacturing igar cases, newspaper and picture frames and napkin rings in Berlin, “The largest boiler ever made in the United States has just been completed at Seranton. It is 35 feet 4 inches long, 10 feet 6 inches wide and 11 feet 6 inches high. B A Comprehensive Name. Washington Critie. They have a Baroness Blanc in New York. The name of Blanc, however, covers the entire dude family. ——— Better Than the Salt Water Variety. Duluth Paragrapher. When you have to pay & dollar an hour for aone-horse sleigh it is easy to understand what is meant by a revenue cutter. E M Conneticut are and night to keep even ors of Chicago say Sthical Culture in Chicago. Buffalo Courier, Chicago has an ethical association. It may be necessary to expatiute to St: Louis people that ethical culture is a leading grade of leaf lard. RN Wl A Foolish Editor, Exehsige. The editor of an English health magazine Y died from foolishly adhering to his own rules of hygiene. Sensible saloon keepers never drink, wise doctors never taice th own medicine, and shrewd gamblers never “buck” their own game: se. Washington Critic, Some people who want the earth will take your umbrella if they get a chance, e The Paper-Maker. By the Queen of Rowumania, Thosa picces of rags bo quick and bringt The dirty old shreds Are just the thing— For pulp, for pulp to record life's wrong, For pulp, for pulp fora poct's song. It comes out smooth and glossy and thin From rollers and wheels and cylinders’ din. For lords aud ladics their notes to indite; For petty poets, wha crawl by uight. A?d newspaper scriblers who bluster and bl For little love letters where compliments glow; And stories in which the affliction of men Are wretchedly told by an unskilled pen On just such rags as once wiped away The tears, whereat thou weepest to-day ! e In Their New Quarters. The new counting rooms and private offices of the United States National bank are pe haps the most superb in this city. The de orations are simple but elegant. The fixtures are of old onk and are very massive. The two vaults have time locks, Taken altogether the United States Ngtional has one of the handsomest buildings in the countr —— Thomas H. Thorp, of Des Moiucs, Ia., is at the Millard, theso “Shang at home in blood and thunder tale stooped to unjournalistic methods. the celebration of the Humboldt centennial, of sl P of him, the Herald of that city say: years ago.. Ho began ear SHANG ANDREWS IS NO MORE. Inglorious Wind Up of & Gifted Newspaper Man. HIS CAREER WHILE IN OMAHA. Stories That O1d Settlers Tell of Him While He Tarried Ameng Them in the Early Days of the Clty - Reminiscence. Resting in His Grave, Early comers to Omaha and old settlors still have remembrances of hang” An- drews, who, during the year 1870 and a part of 1871, acted in the capacity of reporteron the Republican and Herald. He was o man of more than ordinary ability, a ‘‘rustler and a genial, jovial soul. By the aid of his manifold peculiar gifts he found no difficulty in working himself into public notoriety and respect, and even to this day tho old timors take special dolight in rociting “Shang's” es- capades and greatness, “Shang” came west of the Missonri carly in 1870, and secured a position on the local staff of the Republican, The scribes on the opposition papers discov- ered a tartar in the new arrival, whose am- bition in life was to “scoop” them on current happenings, and in this he succeeded admir- ably. Omaha was then in the “wild and wool- 1y west,” and the opportunities for news of a sensational character were numerous and of pade the most. He was right and the weeks that passed without giving him an opportunity to display his ability in th direction were few and far between, His motto was “get the news, no matter how," and in the fullfillment of this, “Shang During he was on the Republican, and through broken promises made with the principal or- ators to furnish the Herald with_copies of their speeches, he secured all the manu scripts and kept them back till too late to be to his esteemed contemporary, He is known fo have plagod similar gume pease his hunger for “scoops,” but for of this kind he atoned by his wood fellow- ship, warm heartedness and liberality. Finall *transferred his allegiance from the Republican to the Herald, and there was weeping und gnashing of tecth in the former zether with him on the Thorne, another *“rustler whom the old sottlers will remember, and between them they made the Herald popular and the Republican green with cnvy. Both “Shang” and Thorne were hard drinkers, and muny are the stories told of their wild revels together, Thorue ended his carcer in Omaha in @ bar-room fight, where he re- ved injnries which proved fatal. Early in 1571, ufter having been employed on the Hemld' for some months, went to Chicago, where he has just d leading & wretehed and wicked lif oftice, By the death of “Shang” Andrews the levee has lost the most picturesque ter that flourished during its sinful days, He entered upon life in_the State street quarter when it was struggling into prominence just after the fire, and he was_ closely identified with 1t until its decadence began, four or five to publish a pa- ¢ devoted to the er that’ was so thoroughly interests of the levee and its frequenters 1 it became a sort of an ofifeial organ, and was recognized as such by the rounders who patronized 1t. It was through this pa- per that “Shang” reached prominen He wielded an abusive and caustic pencil that left its mark whercever it touched and he did not hesitate to direct it against people who crossed him. It was tho scepter that practically made him king of the worst quar- tor and the worst eloments in the city until Mayor Harrison interdicted him, his paper, and the most of his subjects. The famous May order of 1882, directed against the women of the levee, was the begin- ning of the end of Adrews' down- fall. His paper, always indecent and unfit for anybody’s perusal except those for whose delectation it was especially printed, became so disreputable that Muyor Hurrison ordered the police to suppress it. The order was obeyed to the letter, but “Shang" was in B list ailinioagea. s biogarad anbthor printing outfit, put it up in a basement on State street near Polk, and got out his paper again two weeks afterward. ~ Then followed another police raid, and the destruction of type and machinery a seccond time. After that the police watched the editor so closely that he could bring out his paper only at intervals. He brought it out, however, though he was arrested every time he did so, until his funds gave out, and then the Street Gazette became a thing of the past. There never was anything like it in Chicago before, and there never will be again. The only thing t conld at all compare to it was a publication in Detroit called Rose's Nose, after the rosy probo s owner, whose name was Rose, but he was kept movi along in those days, the harvest that han, the fall of his paper an tread the downward path, He lost his grip on the classes he had ruled, advancing years and infirmities prevented him from working any more, and he sank into com- plete oblivion. Until his death was heralded on the levee Wednesday night his name had not been mentioned pt by way of remin- i y two years, so' completely heen forgotten, bvt the news caused I and genuine regret, Old-timers like Nic Ries. Billy Bassett, Jim Lomax and Jim Appleton, who had known “Shang" in his wealthier days, when money was found, not earned, set on foot inquiries about thé finaneial condition of his family, and when they found that it was bad they started a sub- scription paper which was so industriously J ('ulumJ that several hundred dollars was raised before midnight Wednesday. There are plenty of old-timers who remem- ber “Shang” Andrews when he was a re- porter for the Times under Wilbur F. Store; A thorough Bohemian, of convivial and gen- erous instincts, a bright writer ana a splen- did news gatherer, he was one of the most popular newspaper men iu the city. His love for drink and vicious a: iates, however, dragged him down so low that he was forced to abandon legitimate newspaper work and cko out an existence through the paper the police suppressed. There was one incident of *Sh nected with the 11 trate his capacity and versatilit had been running to the practically ignored the religious field: so much so, . that it had become a matter of common goesip. Editor Storey determined to retrieve in the igigus fleld, and he chose a nati ntiof of ministers that et here in 1568 to his determination into effect. “Shang” Andrews was assigned to *'do” the convention, and his orders were 10 “run” is as fully as he could. “Shang" did splendid w His reports were maryels for accuracy and for the space they oceuy One day while the convention was in progre: Shang’ took a run up to Lake View on a rk street car to get a little freshair, which long confinement in the convention hall had made necessary for him. When he got to Lake View he met a policeman of that town to whom he confided his identity, and he was not a little astonished to "lll‘jllfllfl('lf o pris- oner charged with disorderly conduct. The T'imes had been “‘roasting” the town govern- ment, its police und other officials, and its re- porters were not in favor there. “‘Shang” was dragged before a justice of the peace, who fired him §25, or just $15 more than he had with him, and then threatened to send him to the Bridewell unless he paid up promptly. “Shank’ appealed to the oficers to bring him to Chicago so he could get the money h'um his friends, but they were deaf to his entreaties until he offered 1o pay #10 for the service, and then a big constable volunteered to go with him. The two went to Tom Foley’s old billiard room, on Dearborn street, and Tom paid the fine at “Shang's” request, thus releaging him from custody, Then “Shang’’ hurried over to the ministers' convention which had been on se eral hours, and with the aid of other repo ters, tried to cateh up with the proceeding He did well enough until he came to the re ular morning sermon. Nobody had reported that and the divine who had delivered it had gone out of the town for the day. *Shang’ had to have the sermon to round out his re- port, and 80 he got the minister's text and wrote a sermen for it off-hand. The next v the minjster went to the Times office and personally thanked Editor Storey for his paper's splondid report of his sermon, and he subsequently thanked “Shang" in the con- vention hall in the presence of @ score of began to The paper sensational, und other ministers, ““You Itked that report1” eyoing the divine sharply, “Yes, I do, 80 much," was the reply, with mhay effusive gosture. “Well, you ought to, sine solf," was the cold-bloc made the minister wince, After he abandoned regular nowspaper work and began the publication of his queer paper “Shang” became w devotee of the game of billiards, He used to pl; with Bharles Matthews all day for §1 a game, and _not in- frequently as far into the night as the room keepers would permit. Once, when he had pluy ed with Matthews all day, and had lost 400 in cash and #0 in promises—he staked his paper sgainst the whole sum on the last game, He lost, and Charlie Mat thews was the proprictor of the paper. Charlie, h did not know what to do with his new acquisition, and he gave it back to “Shang” with compliments, It was ac. copted. St used to be ©8) Shang” askod, I wrote it aponse my- that ed clight to give m annual ball for the * socioty of the levee, and these were always lirgely ut tended and generally quite orderly, consider ing the crowd. Fverybody who knew the beneficiary liked him in spite of his failings, and in order that his annual ball 1ot fall_under the ban of the police there was a dozen pair of hands to preserve the peace whiere a single pair were raised in war. = For several years past no such entertminments were given, for “Shang” yielded to the rishes of his devout wife aud” daughter and 10 again & respectable. and God-fearing citizen, MR. WEBSTER'S OPINION. He Upholds the Cancellation of the City Hall Contra Yesterday City Attorney John L. Webster gave to Mr. Balcombe, chairman of the board of public works, his opinion in regard to the annullment of the coutract with Regan Bros. for the construction of the basement of the new city hall. After the usual summary of the letting of the contract, and the reasons advanced for its annulment. Mr. Webster says: “The power of the an of the board of public works to annul and cancel said contract under certain_conditions is therefore given in language of no doubtful meaning. Parties to a cont make any agrecment what- ever, as long as said agreement is consistent with law and public policy. The pro- visions of said contract are neither in violation of, nor inconsistent with any ordinance of the ty or any law of the state. It is a special stipulation betwoeen the parties to this contract, applica- ble to this contract only, conferring upon the artment of the ci nment primarily ted with the power to muke contracts, i power nowhere existing, to cancel and annul this coutract upon certain conditions therein named, This feature of the contract is not unlawful: if it is objectionable, the objection should have been urged bofore’ the provision beeame the mutual obligation of the parties to the contract. After the execution and very of the contract, any objection to the provisions thereof comos too late. Is said provision _of said contract contrary to public policy! How in any manner it can cortainly does not suggest itself to mind. The” duties of the board of publi works preseribed by law especially put it in their power to know when contractors are fulfilling their obligation. Said board makes the contracts on behalf of the city, and super- intends the work done, And obviously it was because their duties were such as to enable them best to know when the contract was assigned, the work abandoned, the instructions of the engineer violated, or the specifications and _stipula tions iu said contract neglected, that this provision was put. in_said contract by the agreement of said bourd and said Regan Bros. with the_approval of the mayor and city cour The whole design and offect of the provision is to subserve the public in- terests, My opinion is, therefore, that if the facts or conditions, o any of them existed upon which it was' agreed by the terms of said contract that the chairman of the board of public works might cancel and annul the same, suid chairman had the power and it was his duty to annul and cancel said con- nd such annulment and_canceliation, od reasonably—not _arbitrarily and sly—is conclusive on both parties to contract. The charter provided then as “It shall be the duty of such board werks, and it shall have contracts on behalf of the city for the performance of all such improvements as may be ordered by the mayor and council: to Superintend th performance of all such work and the erec- tion of such improvements; to approve the estimates of the city engineer which may be made from time to time of the value of the work us the same may progress; to accept any work done or improvement made when the same shall be_ fully completed according to contrac subject, nowever, to the ap- proval of the mayor and council, and to per- form such other dutics as may be devolved upon them by ordinance.”” Tt will be seen under this section of the charter that the board of public works is primarily clothed with power to make col tracts for public improvements in_ the nam of the city, but subject to the approval of the “mayor and the council.” ~So, likewise, the of pubiic works shall accept work completed, subjeet to the approvul of muyor and the eonnail,” If we look at sections 15 to 69 incl the ch; we will observe that the * and Council” are continuously law-making power of the city. This was equally true under the old charter. This luw-making_power, représenting the of Omaha, by its approval of the Re; Bro's. contract, vested the power of cancel ing the contract'in the chairman of the board of public works. It was the city of Omaha, acting by and through its designated officer. now, of public power to make of Tayor amed as the Can _ the “council,” by @ resolution, annul that actiont' T think not. The power of cancellation was not, by 1he contract, made subject to the approval of the counc Nowhere in the charter do we find any authority vested in the council to undo or modify a pre-existing, or to nullify any executed transaction of the board of pub- lic works, made or doue under a duly exc- cuted centract. The contract having been annulled by the chuirman of the board of public works, Re- gan Bros. cannot be compelled to go on with the work unless they choose so to do. Re- zan Bros. may accept the cancellation, and if 80, the right of the city of Omaha and of Regan Bros. must be determined as matters stood on the day of the cancellation. The council by & resolution cannot compel Regan Bros. to complete the work. This g ‘llation was and is binding upon both {ies if Regan Bros. so accept it. The city of Omaha might have extended the time for the completion of the work, and might, by some proper action, have waived any short- s on the part of the contr 'he city might also have controlled the action of the board of public works relating to this contract What would be the effect of 1 lation on this subject by the mayor and coun- or what would have been the gt of action by the mayor and council, "instructing th tinued prosecntion of the work before the can tion had taken place 1 do not express an opinion upon, us 1o such state of facts i before me for consideration. 1tis my opinion, therefore: 1. That, by the trust of the contract with Regan 13ros., the chairman of the board of public works was clothed with authority to annul and cancel the contract, and that his action in cancelling the same annulled the contract, and that the same is at an end until the me shall be in some legal manner revived. 3 2. That amere resolution of the council ng of the action of the board of public in eancelling the contract did not revive the contract, Joux L. WensTeR, city attornc ne Back and Was Arrested. e ) claims to be & map pub. lisher, but who appears to be a crook and t, was arrested yesterday for jump ing a board bill amounting to §20 at the Mer- chants’ hotel, He skipped some six weeks ago, but returned last week, taking care not to be observed near the Merchants’, Nat Lrown, the proprictor, got wind of his re- tefrn, however, and with the aid of an oficer hunted him up and had him arrested. Sines being locked up it has been discovered that there 1s a w t out for his arrest for forg- ing a cheek for about §$10 on Kuhln, the druggist e Beautiful Women are made pallid and unattractive by functional irregulavities, which Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Presceription” will in- fallibly cure. Thousands of testimonials, By driggists, Its Origin Purely American—Wh Omaha People Had to De Thanksglving day has come and gone, Tn 163, Fathers Tanded in and immedintoly Thanksiying anksgiving day the presidont o governors of states also fssue their proclamation £ own constituency. Draska hud plenty to be thankful for; the crops rhave been plenty and fruitful; state, and no nts have marred (he rec Among the many pe ITamation, afte during the ye ¢ of Omaha nono @ cause to bo thankful on that day than the family of Mr. Wiggs, residing at the corner Pwenty-eighth and Burdetto streets. che,a Titte five.yew Mr. Wigs, wits taken sick with scarlet fover. 8ho recovered from the dise diys nfoer an e Fight ear, n chronie abse ually discharging pus., under yarious designatio fulons or tuberculois whsc SIOW 11 1t progress. whout the cis the resuit of the scarlet chronfe abeess often following such low for The discharge was the most profu: o night, ‘often saturating the bunduges we We doctored for it from duly until Septomber, and it was_ confnunll 10 duughter of , bt n o few scess formed on et neck under < that wis contin- CHronte Ahscess appens such ms cold, scro- It {5 one that s in_talking to would puit on it. ‘od the advertisements o and told my wife she had hett ‘he and go see them. She did and in one month the ! t gear that w! to A bright and with her lttly 1 the reporter that hor nec Mr. Wiggs cal hrothier and show was as well as ever it was, BLANCHE WIGOS. s resides at the corner of Twenty. Burdette strects, and wtll corrobor The following statem Coy and Hen “Sinee these eminent weat, they have treate nt regarding Dra. Me- ry 15 made upon f and _cured over str thous- and casea of catarrh and_chronie throat and lung troubles, and of these cases 40 per. cont had beon declared and pronounced incurable.” CATARRH DESCRIBED. The Symptoms Attending that Diseaso Which Leads to Consumption, When catarrh has existed in the head and the purt of the thront for any length of time patient living in a Mstrict where the peo- hj to catarrhal affection hus been left uncured, the catarrh in- varibly, sometimes slowly, extends down tho windpipe and_into the bronchial tubes, which tubes convey the airinto the different partisof the Decom aflected from the swell- ing and the mucous arising from catarrh becomes plugged up so that the air cannot get in as freely us it should. ss of breath follows, and the pationt breathes with labor and difticul se thore s a sound of eracklin ng inside the chest. the disease the breathing {3 usually more rapid The patlent has also hiot Tungs, The tube in some instances, At this stage o than when in health. \ nccompanes this condition 1s of a dull character, felt in the chest, behind the breast bone or unds ouin may come and be nhsent for several others. s in the fivst stag The cough that, nchinl catarrh is omes on at futervals, hacking in character, me i the morning and is usually most on arlsing, of going to bed at night, and it may evidence of the disedss extending into the lungs. Sometimes there are fits of coughing induced by the tough mucus o violent #s to canse yom- Later on the mucus that is raised is found to contain small particles of vellow mat- ter, which indicates that the smafl iubes aro are, often streaks I some eascy has fever, and ‘ugh Appears. masses of cheesy sub- stance ave spit up, which,when pre he fingers, emit a by now aftected, of blood mixed with the mucys, the patient becom expectorates hefe In other cases par- alky nature are 8 Fious mischiet ai work in the Tungs, Tungs in a fow w in other cases it months, and even years, s thie lungs su rference with {h ause serfous in- to such a pofnt the pa- different parts ot lght in the morning, higher fu the afternoon and evening. SNEEZING CATARRH. What It Means, Whate it 1s. You sneeze when you get up in the morning, you try to snee hich differs with tl How It Acts, are exposed (o the least draft of afr. er the front of the fo nose until your ¢ o1 8o irritate the lining membrane of that orgin that hrough it at rdrawn pieture of acute ut- of catarrh, or “Sneezing Catarrh,” as it is what doas this condition indicate? First 1508 mucns to pe poured out by hen those dixeased ked by swarms of little germs - n the air inalo- ct imd not oy a cold ‘that c: ) ridherself of w becomes filled with thickensdq channels for tae in. 5 18 Catortered cted inust breathe with, and e person Al becames pi access to yhe throat and lungs, DOCTOR CRESAP M'GOY, ate of Bellevue Hospital, N, Y., AND DOCTOR COLUMBUS HENRY, 310-311 RAMGE BUILDING, Corner 15th ana Harney Streets, Omaha, Nebraska. alty. CATAI ey through the mafls, aud it i to mike & jour- thus possible for those unibi Al treatment at ney to obtain successful 'No lettors aiswered unless sccompanied by 1 letters to Drs, MeCoy & Heney, Rooms 10 sod o1l Kewge Bullding, Omula’ 4cin stampe, o S BT L