Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1887, Page 4

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Morning rr, One Year For 8ix Months. . or Three Months N he Omaha Runday i, mwalied to'any ad- drces, One ¥ 2 00 14 AND 016 FARNAM STREET. %, ROOM 66, Trines e Biinn- SHINGTON OFFICE, No. 513 Foun STREET. CORRESPONDENCE, ANl communications relating news and editorial 1 should be addressed to the Evtroi or BUSIN All business letters and addresscd to Tue ek 1 OMAIA. Draft Ve miade payab) The Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. ks and postoffice orde 16 order of the company. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Stateof Nebraska, Ly g County of Douglas, (% 1. Taschuick, secretary of The Res Pub- ompany, does solerinly swear that the uctual eireulation of the Dally i3ee for the week ending Dec, % 187, was as follows Saturday, Nov, Sunday, Nov L. 14816 HUCK, Bworn to and subseribed in my presence this 84 day of December, A, D, 1887, N. P FEIL, (REAL) Notary Public Btate of Neb) County of . fse Geo, 3. Tzschuck, being first duly eworn, de- pres and says thit he is secretary of The Bee bublishing company, that the actual averago the Average.. daily circulation of Daily Hee for the ‘month of December, 186, 11,257 coples; Junuary, 147, 16,206 coples; for Feb: 1487, 14,108 copies: for March, 187, 14,400 : for April, 197, 14,516 copies: for May, : f ne, 1887, 14,147 copi or Angiist, 1857, 14, 1887, 14,040 coples; for for November, 18 " GEO. B. TZSCHU Sworn to and subscribed i’ my presence tils ' day of December, A. . 187, © T (REAL.) coples. Tue fact should not be lost sight of that we want penny postage along with other things. —— IN the brevity of his message President Cleveland scored a point. It has evi- dently been read. — T claim presented by Minneapolis for the convention was like the last talk of an expiring anarchist. THERE has been no political trust formed yet. Politics rises above the buse ends of scheming tradesmen. Herr MosrT goes to prison for one yoar. Mr. Sharp is out on bml, while Justice is wondering what she is here for. E— JUNE 19th is the aate for holding the republican national convention. What will be so rare as this day in June to the man whe receives the nomination? EEt—— A NATIONAL convention of barbers is in session at Buffalo. In allowing Buf- falo to capture this national convention Kansns City lost the opportunity of a life time. IF the report is true that natural gas has been found at Nebraska City, that town’s future is assured. In the mean- time let us have figures to prove that there is no mistake. — I¥ there is as much effort put forward to elect the nominee as there has been to secure the republican national conven- tion, there can be no doubt concerning the general result: e———— . FRox the latest reports we glean that the Continental Insurance company, of Hartford, Conn., isafraud. In a column editorial discussing the matter, the New York Zimes concludes by saying the concern should have been closed up long ago. A SYNDICATE has been formed in Omaha for the purpose of building a system of fire-proof market houses. That Omaha is in need of such build- ings, has long been admitted. Whether the present syndicate is given permis- sion by the couneil, makes no material difference. What the city must dois to ascertain what is best for her own in- terests and grant, the privilege accord- ingly. — oIT is again reported that the scheme of the Omaha & Yankton railroad is to be revived. We should be very glad to welcome any practical steps for the ac- complishment of this project, which we have not a doubt would be a profitable enterprise to Omaha and to all those in- terested in it, but naked rumors as to what somebody is said to be contem- plating have lost their power to excite enthusiasm, —p—— THERE is a crying demand in fany cities, both cast and west, to rid com- munities of quack doctors. Laws are enucted to prohibit bungling surgeons and stupid physicians from practic- ing; but the laws remain in the stat- ute books, ‘and quacks maultiply. A competent doctor soon makes a reputa- tion in his legitimate practice, A quack or mountebank is also soon found out. If nersons insist upon giving em- ployment to unprofessional blacksmiths who violate law and assist in debauch- ing the morads of young men and women, the respectable elements of communities should, in their own way and season, rid themselves of the un- couth vultures. —— ToEe council at its last session in- structed the eity clerk to advertise for sovera! pieces of land for park purposes, none to be less than ten or more than 2,000 acres. This is a promising step which will be approved by all classes of citizens. Omaha ought to have two or three additional parks, and the timo to get them is now, when the required land can be secured for lesssmoney than it will bring in the future. Mean- time it would be well to make provision for properly improving the fine natural park Omaha now possesses, which with a moderate expenditure could be mado a most inviting and delightful resort. This park question is a very important one that will in time deserve more of the public attention than it has yet re- coived. . ¢ i ond, that she did not possess facilities sufficient to entertain and care for the vast multitude comprising the conven- tion and its followers. cerning our location was entitled to but little consideration. publican convention was held in Chicago in 1860, larger than Omaha to-day, and oocu- pied to the east. lack of hotel accommodations and hall room was a strong one. conve effort would have been made to have cared for all who might come. would have been a sufferer within the gates of the metropolis of the Missouri valley. ¢ on the president’s message was not given for political effect it would not be easy to find any satisfactory reason for its deliverance. expected that the Maine statesman’s views would be sought and that he would make some comment, the charac- ter of which could easily have been foretold, but it is very certain that under ordinary circumstances he would have compressed his opinion into a few paragraphs, and perhaps into a sen- tence. dinary one in the estimation of Mr. Blaine. golden opportunity, the equal of which is not likely to occur again before the national have chosen the party candidates, for issuing to the country a proclimation that might operate as an antidote to the policy of the administration, stiffen the backbone of the tariff supporters in con- gress, and assure the followers of Mr. Blaine that he is still traveling on the old and familiar lines. .It was virtually an assertion of counscious leadership, suggesting a conviction on the part of Chicago Captures The Convention. Chicago has been designated as the place for holding the national republi- can convention. the date agreed upon, our ¢ity to secure the gonvention, our ecitizens have the consolation of ing that Omaha has made a noble fight. She has been advertised as an applicant for and breadth of the United doubt her efforts in this divection prove a great benefit, as the committee of our represcntative pressed the claims of Omaha brought her advantages and prominently before the people could have been done in any other way. The 19th of June is In the defeat of know- the d honor, the length States, No will stinetive citizens who resourcs more than On the first ballot Omaha received hut one vote less than Chicago—and wus second in the list. satigfaction to our business men and cit- izens who subseribed so liberally and were ready to make the sum still larger if necessity This vote furnishes squired. The two principal points urged against Omaha were, first, that she was not the senter of population although geograph- ly the center of the continent. Sec- The claim con- The national re- At that time Chicago was no relatively the same position The second objection, But had the been located here every tion No one By her vigorous effort Omaha has brougkt herself into prominence as a candidate for future national conven- tions, and four years hence, with a city of over two hundred thousand people, located in the center of the continent— we will ask and receive. However, Chicago has been chosen and as we congratulate her, we have no tears to shed. care so much this year about republican national conventions. been favored with three national con- ventions during the year of 1887—the Presbyterian and Lutheran,-and the charities and corrections. ent time Omaha does not need politics s0 much as she nceds religion. After all, Omaha did not She has alveady At the pres- Mr.- Blaine's Comment. If the elaborate opinion of Mr. Blaine It was to have been But the occasion was not an or- On the contrary, it presented a political conventions shall Mr. Blaine that it was necessary for him to speak strongly, plainly and fully, whether others said much or little. No other circumstance that hasoccurred with the Maine statesman as a party to it, since his departure for Europe, 80 obviously indicated his profound in- terest in political events in this coun- try and the purpose he has in mind. The motive of Mr. Blaine’s manifesto s not concealed to those who care to see it, It is not necessary to discuss Mr, Blaine’s opinions. They are those commonly held by all advocates of high taviff protection, and will be distrib- uted in unlimited quantity during the next nine or ten months. They go over the same old ground that has been trod- den again and again for twenty years, presenting nothing new unless it be in additional sophistries and misrepresen- tations. Yet we do not doubt that Mr. Blaine’s views will have their effect. It would be foolish to say that he does not still exert a very considerable influ- ence, and while the supportersof a high tariff will have their faith strengthened and their zeal quickened by his expres- sion of opinion, some others who may be in doubt as to the course they shall pur- sue will perhaps be determined by it. But the significance of Mr. Blaine's ex- tended comment lies in the fact that it discloses his self-conscious leadership and his very great desire to have it recognized. The National Banks. The question of providing a way for continuing the national banking system, assuming it to be the desire of a major- ity of the people andof their representa- tives in congress that it shall be con- tinued, may not be immediately urgent, but it is one of very great importance and must in time commaud the serious attention of congress. The controller of the currency in his annual report states that more than forty plans for a new basis of circulation have been pro- posed, and in discussing them he does not find a single one to be entirely prac- ticable. It is reported from Washing- ton that Senator Farwell of Illinois will introduce a biil to perpetuate the banking system, providing that in lieu of registered bonds of the United Statés any banking association organ- ed under the national system may nsfer and deliver to the treasurer of the United Statesany state ov municipal bonds,or any first mortgage railroad bonds upon which interest has been promptly paid and where market or cash value is equal to or greater than their par value, and which bear not less than four per cent interest. A similar proposition was among the forty sub- mitted to the controller, and his view of it is thus expressed: *“The proposi- tion to substitute state, county and mu- nicipal securities for United States bonds as a basis of circulation is subject to the fatal objection that the power to accept some und re- ject others among those securitic would have to be lodged somewher and as its exercise would incider raise and depress the prices of such s curities, it would be dangerous to adopt any scheme involving the conflding of such power to any official or any board.™ The force of this objection is obvious, and will doubtless be conclusive against any such meuasure as Senator Farwell Proposes, Other methods suggested are to re- quire the deposit of gold and silver as a basis of circulation: to do away with the note issuing function of the banks: to increase the inducements for the banks to deposit United States bonds: to provide for a continu- ance of the present or some modified system by a new issue of bonds, and to allow the banks to issue circulation upon their general credit without requiring specific security to be deposited. The first of these the controller dismisses from consideration as containing no in- ducement either to the public or to the banks to adopt it, and the second is ob- jectionable on the ground that the con- stitutional authority of congress to char- ter banks that do not issue currency is questionable, As to the proposition to make thf: holding of bonds more profit- able to” the banks, the objection is made that it would not be to the public interest to do so.. The proposition to make a new issue of honds spec ly as a basis of circu- lation is dismissed as in contravention of the settled policy of congress. Ouly in the plan of allowing the circulation to rest upon the general credit of the banks does the controller find an y merit, and this is the one which would be very likely to encounter the strongest and most general popular opposition. The conclusion of the controller is that no substitute yet proposed for'the present basis of national bank circula- tion is sufficiently free from objection to be adopted, and this statement forcibly indicates the difficulties that beset this important' question. There is for- tunately no immediate urgency for leg- islation, as the four per cent bonds of the government available as a basis of circulation have still twenty years to run, in which time, as the controller of the currency suggests, no doubt some- thing acceptable will be devised, but the question is one to be kept in mind. As a relief from the inconvenicnces of the existing law the controller suggests that it would be both safe and wise to reduce the minimum amount of bonds to be kept on de How the Congressmen Stand. The New York World has made special inquiry at Washington among the states- men composing the Fifticth congress, and it finds, to say the least, widely varied and divergent opinions concern- ing some of the important issues of the day. For instance, among the repub- licans, in the choice of president, there are forty non-committal; twenty-five favor Blaine; seventeen ave in favor of nominees of the convention without in- dividual choice; Sherman has but eight expressed admirers; Harrison two; sham Jone; Robinson of Massa- chusetts one, while four express them- selves as opposed to Blaine. Seven of these republican statesmen favor Cleveland's tariff ideas while sixty-nine oppose them and nineteen are non-commital. Nine are for tariff reform while thirty-cight favor revenue reform in some v In the list thir four are non-commital concerning the subject while twenty-three are emphat- ieally against any change. In the democratic camp ninety-three favor Cleveland’s taviff ideas, fourteen are non-commital and six are opposed to them. For tariff reform only, fifty- nine members fivor it, while ten are for revenue reform as well. For tariff and revenue reform thirty-one members will paw the ambient air and eight of them will be indifferent. Against any change, whatever, eight stalwart demo- crats stand pledged to fight to that end. So it will be seen that unless there is a radical change little else can be looked for except a wrangle and division on all subjects of importance. Concerning a tariff reform, with the combined strength ef republicans and democrats, something favorable to the people will be effected. The American congress, like the American legislatures, offer little satis- faction except to lobbyists and venal members who barter the rights of their constituents for a mess of pottage for their own table. The Fiftieth congress, like its predecessors, will bear but little if any legitimate [ruit. Investigate Anyway. The Port Angeles co-operative colony is now reported by its traveling lec- turer and organizer to be one of the largest and most novel things off of wheels, on earth. The BEE, in cau- tioning its readers to be wary of any of the evangelists who insist upon it being the earthly haven of rest and enjoy- ment, based its remarks solely upon the editorial statements of the Portland, O Oregomian, of November 19. That paper, without gloves and apparently familiar with the subject which it treated, denounced the colony as a swindle. It went far enough to say'that the entire scheme was such an impudent and extravagant fraud that people who had been gulled by its projectors aid not care to admit that they had been so unmerecifully fleeced, and accordingly did not expose the methods by which suckers were carefully taken in. The BeEE knows nothing positive concermng the colony, Mr. MeAr- dle, who draws a salary as [ lecturer upon the sub- ject, writes us that the Oregonian is guilty of uttering base falschoods in condemning the outfit and denouncing itasa fraud. This may be trug. The Oregoniun concludes a scathing editorial upon the subject in the follow- ing vigorous manner: It is but Just to the people of the middle west to say that the foundersof Port Angeles colony have neither: tho confidence nor re- ‘spect of the people of this coast. The prin- ¥ cipal man is notorious as an anti-Chinese agitator who contributed a great deal of “thunder and bleod™ rant to the disturbance two years ago at Piiget sound. His name is George Venabld Smith; he claims tobea lawyer, but is unfit for any useful thing in this world, is too lazy and too worthl to work at apything, is a professional “agitator,” aund nuisance generally, Having neither spirit, purpose, ability nor industry to accom- plish anything for himself, he proposes a scheme for taking care of everybody else— a scheme for the veconstruction and enrich- ment of society. It, is astonishing that so shallow o quack should succeed in duping anybody, But of course his “colony™ schemoe can't last long. Hé has lived upon it during two years past, and in much better style than hie has been accustomed to: but “ethical culture’ 18 no substitute for labor, and the philosopher of Port Angeles will soon drop again through the seat of his trousers, Ve remavked a day or two ago and would insist upon it, that persons who think seriously of joining the colony should investigate thoroughly before making a long, expensive and tedious journey. If it is not a fraud an investi- gation of the matter can do no harm, while if it isa fraud, it will save both time and money:. It is a lamentable fact that the high school building is not yet provided with fire escapes. This is a matter of great importance, and those clothed with au- thority should see that ample provisions for escape, in case of fire, are at once secured. Parents justly feel uneas know that their children ave 1n the top room of a four-story building, wholly without protection should a fire occur. It was never intended that the building should he occupied until this important defect was remedied, and why any time should be wasted in rendering the building safe. is a question that cannot be honestly answered. Parents have a right to demand that their childven’s lives are not placed in jeopardy: the scholars should know that they are perfectly safe in the event of a confla- gration. The school officials are tardy in the exccution of their duty in pro- longing this matter. What is wanted, and at.once, is a system of safe and sim- ple fire escape so thata boy or girl could get out of the building if nece: sary without imperiling life. There have been steps taken in this direction we understand. But no time should be lost. THE experiment of night schools in other cities has been found to give most satisfactory results, and theve is no rea- son to doubt that it would do so in Omaha. It is certainly worth trying. PROM NENT PERSONS. General Grant's wjdow visits the tomb in Riverside Park every Sunday. Roswell P. Flower has been quite ill for some days, but is now recovering, A recent convert to esoteric Buddhism is Mrs. Celia Thaxter: the artist and poet. Lady Habberton,, the London dress re- former, is coming to the United States. Prof. Bell is deveting all of his spare time to perfecting amachine for talking to deaf mutes. L3 Mrs. N. P. Willis, widow of the poet and essayist,will take a house in Washington for the winter. B 1 | Ex-Senator Yale, of Connecticut, is charged Mith having missappropriated $100,000, as treasurer of a Wallingford company. Postmaster General Vilas is quoted as ex- pressing the belief that telegraphy will ulti- mately form a part of our postal system. By the marriaga of Senator Hawley the number of widowers in the upper house of congress is reduced to three. They are Sen- ators Gibson, Voorhees and Beck. John W. Young, Brigham Young's eldest son, is said to be a successful business man and shrewd builder of railroads in Utah Territory. He has only three wives. Mr. Peter Hademan Burnett, the first American governor of California, has lately completed his eighticth year. He lives in San Francisco and enjoys capital health, Mayor Hewitt of New York is' a hard worker. He declines dozens of invitations to dine out and to address meetings every week, in order that he may attend to the duties of his office. W. K. Vanderbilt is bringing home with him from Scotland a bag-piper, and the New York custom authoritics ave questioning ‘whether to let him land as an artist, or send him home under the contract labor restric- tion law. Mr. Blaine ‘has been having his portrait painted in Paris by the famous artist Healy, who has placed on canvas the faces of a great. uany modern European celebrities. Some weeks ago Mr. Healy called on Mr. Blaine and asked the Maine statesman to grant him a few sittings. Mr. Blaine consented and the portrait will soon be finished. Healy says that Mr. Blaine has a nose especially fitted for caricature, and the most peculiar droop- ing of the mouth he has ever seen. 'W. Byrd Page, of Philadelphia, tiie cham- pion high jumper of the world, will retire from the athletic field after two more public exhibitions. His absolutely farewell jumps will occur at the meeting of the Baltimore athletic club next month, and at the in collegiate sports next spring. Mr. Page the vost-graduate department of the univ sity of Pennsylvama, and is devoting him- self to the v h he intends to retire from active competition in athletics, he says he will alway defend his championsh Injustice Predicted. Cincinnati Enquirer. Itis safe to predict that there will be no new states admitted to this union at the first session of the Fiftieth congress. e A Tést of Insanity. Philadelphia Times, Perhaps it was because Jones of Florida was in the United Statés senate twelve years and is @ poor man that some folks say he is insane. T Black and White Di Baltimore' American. A contemporary furnishes the important information that a ton f diamonds is worth $30,000,000. It i8 althpst as precious as a ton of winter coal. J S - Try Something More Practicable. Cineinnati Comniéreial Gazette, Fair-minded men will' accept the Atlanta experiment as practically conclusive. If pro hibition cannot be enforced in Atlanta it can- not in any other city of the same size. Promise and Performanc: Baltimore American, This is the season of the year when the newly elected legislator tels his constituents that he will raise the roof of the state house yet. When he gets to the capitol he will con- tent himself with raising the blind. e Protective Tariff a Double Tax. Grand Ropids Demoerat. A protective tariff tax isa double tax—a tax which is practically collected twice—once out of foreign workmen ,and ufacturers and again out & the American consumer. It limits the market .or foreign goods and reduces the demand foa forgign labor, thus mond. cutting down foreign wages, while aj the samo time it greatly incroases the cost of corresponding American goods. The foreign workmon, ground down to a mere pittance in wages, pour into this conntry ns a result, and he effect is to reduce wages here, —— Bitter But Wholesome, Chicago Tribune. the boodlers: Swallow it like good children. Tt may be unpleasant, but it is the only thing that will cure you, Indianapolia News. Do you think 1 have forgotten the day 1 carried him at my breast ¢ Many fair children I've loved s But I think that I loved him b Tor he was our first-born child, And T have not the heart or w o love him loss: whatever may come He's my boy stiil, ce then, I remember when he was a little lad, How he used to elimb on my knee; How proud we were of his beauty, Of his wit and his mimi Aud I know quite well he With a wild stubborn will; But whatever he is to you, John, Ho's my boy still! Ho was just like the sunshine about the house, In the days of his happy youth You know that we said With all his faults He had courage and love and truth. And though he has wandered far away, I'd rather you would say no ill; He is sure to come back to his mother; He's my boy still! QL man now, I know there was never a kinder heart, And T can remember to-day How often he went with me And knelt at my knec to pray And the man will do as the boy did, Sooner or later he will; The Bible is warrant for that; so He's my boy still! A mother can feel where she can't see, She is wiser than any sage; My boy was trained in the good old way, T shall cortainly get my wage, And though he hus wan, 1 know whatever, wherever he it is, He's my boy still! - . STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Odd Fellows of Norfolk dedicated their new hall with a dance. Chadron has organized a company to work the marble quarvies at Buffalo Gap. The telephone exchange at Norfolk faiied to connect with suflicient support, and is hung up for the present. The money sharks of Novden are gath- ering up the fat of the land. Ten per cent a month is the usual rate on loans. The Beatrice street car drivers dis- play an _unusual amount of sand just now, and prevent their vehicles slipping up on their patrons. Next year will be leap year and eli- gibie but lonesome girls should prepare by rigorous exercise to jump at the first opportunity and get into the union. Eminent foreign authorities have de- cided that the smallest bore is the most. effective. This will put the Sioux County Gimlet on the high road to usefulness and profit. A syndicate of farmers near Indianola smashed the fuel famine by shipping in five car loads of coal for their own use. The local dealers were unable to meet the demand. Evidences of progressive civilization are continually multiplying. Columbus is threatened with a second brass band. An application for Nebraska City’s ex- hausted instruments is proposed. Plattsmouth has two sets of fair of- ficers with but a single track. It is pro- posed to hitch both to sulkies and send | them over the course with a ten-foot gad. The contest will be for blood. The board of education of Fremont propose to strike a blow at the liberties of the young by abolishing the school recess, making the session continuous. The flow of carved epitaphs and auto- graphs on the premises will be dimin- ished if not entirely wiped out. lowa Items. The Franz and Sclzer breweries in Sioux City have been abandoned. A bridge company having a capital stoek of wm,(m& has been formed at Muscatine. J. M. Bunker, a farmer, was killed Monday by the explosion of a boiler in Abbott’s elevator at Zearling. A piece of property, in which was eighty acres, was sold at a tax sale in Davenport this weel, the taxes amount- ing to $2,000. Manchester has reason to be proud of its record as a dairy point. During the month of November Manchester shipped 75,425 pounds of butter and for another item sent out 3,174 dozen eggs. Nathan Sanders, aged cighty-eight, ied Sunday morning, and his wife, aged eighty-four, followed him Tuesday morning, both dying of old age, atGrin- nell. The old couple werc pioneers there and widely respected. A singular accident occurred at Clarinda the other day. A man fell under a moving freight train and two wheels passed directly over his thigh, yet no bones were broken and the only injury was & severe bruise and some laceration, The thigh was fleshy and the fat formed a cushion protection for the bone. He wasonly laid up a few days by the accident. Dakota. Sioux Falls has a business club 100 strong. The hotels of Fargo threaten to close if prohibition is enforced. The Norwegian normal school will be planted at Sioux Falls if a bonus of $10,000 is raised. The Deadwood Pioneer is now con- trolled by a stock company. Mavericks are excluded from the stafl, Peter Freidland,a miner of Terraville, fell into an open cut while engaged in mining near that place Saturday, caus- ing instant death. A vein of coal sixteen feet thick has been found at Whitewood, twelve feet below the surface, and seventy feot be- low another vein more than three times as thick. The coal is said to be as good as any in the country. The Cheyenne & Northern will reach Douglas on or before July 1, 1888, Work is progressing rapidly on the oundation of a hotel in Laramie. Blundering assessments have knocked Carbon county out of $17,000 in taxes. The capital stock of the Laramie Glmesworks company has been blown up to 875,000 Several ranchmen along the Big Lar- amie river are going out of the cattle business this fall and announce that they will devote their time and energies in future to sheep and wool raising. The regular Burlington celebration in Cheyenne is looked for the first day of the ye ixcursion trains will be run from neighboring towns. Anample supply of red five will decorate the oc- casion. The proprictor of the Inter-Ocean hotel in Cheyenne claims that the Pacific ratlroad investigating commis- sion has failed to pay a board bill of $20. The bill has been sent to Washington for collection. A flowing well of petroleum has been discovered near the head aof Poison Spider creek in Albany county. 2 Offi- cials of the Northwestern railway arve interested in the find and will tap the oil fields next spring in case the develop- ment work prosecuted this winter re- sulted favorably Kiralfy's “Dolores laree audi outinues to attract es at Boyd's, Lust evening the and the frequency of the applause attested to the satisfaction of the performance, AT Seven years ha ince €. L. Smith appeared in this cit ced in the piece produced at the Grand opera house last nizht ton small audience in the old Academy of Music. Last evening 1,600 people witnessed the perform “Alvin Joslin® is a dramatic crazy-quilt. Tt is something of everything and not very much of anything. All the melo-dramatic situations which have figured in the Bowery since that place first delighted the gods, “have been planted in it And they have grown, too, and are now in the enjoyment of mature but rather chestnutty virility, Davis, for ten years, has been condemned as an_ actor, and the condemnation has been merited. But his audiences laugh, vell, roar and call him be- fore the curtamn at the end of every act. He may be no actor, but his work is appreciated and has brought him thousands. Last night, it was greeted with thunders of applause. The setting of the piece required several of Davis' own drops and wings and these were very beautiful, notably the new Brooklyn bridge at night. Mr, Davis' pri is Miss Wayland, who has heen fore in “Storm Beaten.”” Though disposed to mouth_cousiderably, she is yet a pains- tuking und successful actress, - He Contradicts It. Omana, Neb,, Dec. 8.—To the Editor of the Bek: Sceing an editorial in last evening's Bee headed, “*A Colony I'raud,” and being an interested member of the colony referred to, I deem it my duty to contradict the false statements contained therein, You buse your article upon an editorial appearing in a recent issue of tho Oregonian, Journal does a great injustice to an honest and hon- orable cause and must be actuated by the basest of base motives in its attack upon tho colony and the person of Mr. George Venable Smith, Ihave been at the colony site for threo weeks and left there October 11 or 12 My object in going there was to investi- gate its’ condition, location, resources and climate. T did not depend upon the members of the colony for my information but visit farmers in the neighborhood and others in the neighboring citics, therefore I know what Iam talking about. 1. George Venable Smith never held meet- ings and poke in Nebraska on the colony question. 2. About October 10, there were 437 per- sons on the colony site, 8. The chief evangelist does not assess all who join or make any salary thereby. 4. There has never been a single casc of a member refusing to go to the colony when wanted or who has remained away by reason of even a suspicion of its honesty or stability and only one case of a member who withdrew up 10 October 9, 1887, to my positive knowl- edge or to date that I am aware of. 5. It is true they did not raise enough farm produce to n\lel,\' them this winter, but they purchased machinery and erected a saw mill, shingle and Jathe ‘mill, got out logs and sawed up lumber since the beginning of September, 1887, averaging 18,000 to 20,000 feet per day, and established since May 15 last, twelve departments of industry, T have, also, built about thirty-five cottage four large’ two story buildings, one 50x100 and three 40x100 feet, which are used for stores, offices, a school and hotel purposes. The ‘Hall and Society of Ethical Culture” is a meeting one evening each week for the dis- cussion of questions of ethics, and is held in the school room. Lastly, the authority of Mr. Smith is that given hiin by the members of the colony and can be taken away from him in forty-eight hours, and his salary as president is no greater than that of u fairly paid{mechanic. Thi -operative colony is no fraud but 1s a genuine practical reform and it is a shame and a pity if its progress should be retarded by the malicious lying of an_unprincipled journal like the Oregonion. All progressive movements have their enemies and that the colony has thus far escaped isnot a little The following persons have left for the colony since J Warner E. Smith and family, John' and family, August Schultzo and fz F. S. Lewis, C. D. Hammann, Pal erry, John Coleman. Their friends in this city will speak for them, or you can write to them at Port Angeles, Clallam county, W. T. No end of guarantees of the soundness of our enter- oise if space would permit. As this is an important matter both to us and others I hopo you will duly investigate it for yourself and do us justice. Yours Respoctfully, I"RANK J. MCARDLE, —— Two Court-Martials. A general court-martial has been appointed, to meet at Fort Siduey, Neb., on Wednesday, December 14, for the trial of such persons as may be properly brought before it. The de- tail for the court is as follows: Captain Stone, First Licutenant Duncan, Fist Licu- tenant Williams, First Licutenant Bonesteel, First Lieutenant Parke, Second Lieutenant Kernan, Second Licutenant Palmer, Second Lieutenant Parmerter, Second Lieutenant Brooke, Twenty-first infantry, judge advo- cate. Another court-martial has been appointed, to meet at Fort Laramie, Wyo., on Thursday, December 15, for the trial of such persons us may be properly brought before it. The de- tail of the court is: Captain Comba, Captain Kirtland. Captain Williams, Captain Reed, Captain Brechemin, First Licutenant Robin- son, First Lieutenant_1sooth, First Licuten- Johnson, First Lieutenant Frederick, nd Licutena Lieuten- First Licutcnunt Charles A. adjutant Scventh infantry, judge Sec ant Mclver, Worde! advocate. S Died Hotel. Mrs. J. T. Raymond, aged thirty-three years and nine months, died at the Windsor hotel shortly after 10 o,clock last hight in the presence of her husband and son. Last Thursday night Mrs. Raymond and her son joined her husband at the Windsor, having come on from Junosville, O., for the purpose of locating in California. Upon her srrival at the hotel she was taken sick and Dr. Bul- lard was summoned. As her condition did not_improve, Dr. Coffman was called in and he did everything in his power to save the life of the unfortunate woman, but of no avail, death claiming her at the time above speci- fied. The remains will be buried in this city and the proprietors of the Windsor are doing everything in their power to assist Mr. Ray- mond in his sad misfortu - The Engincers Reply. To the Bditor of the 3kg: An articlo ap- peared in your paper of the 6th inst. headed A Conflict of Authority,” purporting to give an account of difficulties between Mr. Burns, agent at Council Bluffs, and the engineers 1 wish to state as I firemen, ete., ete. vish tho engineers u article 15 @ base fabrication hood. Engineers do not do the s through the papers, and hereafter any le appearing without the signature of the chief of the division, may be considered as false. Jonx M. Byens. e Licensed to Wed, The following marrisge licenses were granted by Judge McCulloch yesterday: Nume and residence, W. Tillson, Omaha... 5. Robertson, Huxley, la.. { Thomas Tackaberry, Fort Omala. . 1 Johanna Johuson, Omaba. ... \ Olaf Peterson, Omahi 1 Betsey Herrikson, Omah Yesterday articles of incorporation of the Hebrew Knights of Charity was filed with the county ¢ The ofcers are: Presi- menson; vico president, A. Cor- 1. Liphshitz; firat truste ‘ond trustee, 13, 8. Pelzor! illiam Catlin; cierk, J. D! third trustee, Nathanson. Granted a Continuance, A continuance unutil this morning at 9 o'clock was granted yesterday to Neil Cooke and H, Morrison, ulias H. Grant, who are in custody ou t charge of obtaining oney under false protenses from Dan McGuckin, RAILROAD_NOTES. It has at length boen ofclally announced that the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifio fast train will commence to run on the 18th of this month, It will leave Chicago at 7:80 in the evenimg, reaching Omaha sixtoen hours later or at 11:30 o'clock the next day. The train will leave this city at 4 o'clock in the afternoon reaching Chicago at 8 o'clock next morning. There was a mecting yestorday of the passengor and ticket agonts of the Nehraska lines at the B. & M. headquarters, but no business of an inportant nature wis trans- acted Yestorday the reduction in the sleeping car rate from Kansas City and Council Blutts to Los Angelos, to &1 rate to San | MEETING OF FREIGIT AGENTS, An important meeting of freight represeating lines in - Kansas and Nebraska are holding secret sessions at one of the hotels in the eity ho purpose of regulats mg the freight rates as it effects these two states. The gentlomen were in session all day yosterduy, and lat . What they' did is known onl will be given to the complete their wor some days to do represented: Atel Chicago, Kui Missouri P; rancisco, Southern Kansas, Fort Scott and Gulf, St. Joseph and Grand Island, Burlington & Mis- souri River and Fremont & Kikhorn Valley, — Horse an' Horse, “Shake you for the drinks, Johni" “Go you once, if 1 lose.” “High or poker dice?” “Poker--first dash out of the box, and lorses. " Lot her go, Gallagher." This little dinlogue tovk place between John Huffman, saloon keeper, corner Thir- agents teenth und Williams streets, and Frank Bashers, an alf-round-man of the first ward. The latter's challe Ari was accepted and th “Horse on you, to vibra John, as voed Bashers, assented John, sputearose about atcock” die First it was words, next curses, and finally biows. Huffman was first at bat, and he hit Bashers a grounder. Then Basher's brother im, who was in the audience, hit Huffman with o club,and after pounding him Tor three singlos, n double, and u home run, Johu rolled ‘over und prepared to die. The en- thusiasin_ attracted the police, and shortly the patrol wagon. Huffman was taken to the hospital and Bashers to the central sta- tion. The other Bashers escaped. The gumo will be continued to-day, with Judge Berka as umpire, “Horse and, Personal Paragraphs, W. A. Wolfe, Lincoln, Neb, in the city. E. J. Isham, of Kansas City, is at the Wind- sor., Sein, of Waterloo, Ia., is at the Wind sor. J. G. Hall, of Gibbon, Neb., is at the Wind- or. A. H. Cramer, Hastings, Neb,, is intho G. Walker, of St. Joseph, Mo., is in the C. B. Cooke, of Boone, Ia., is at lard. Edward Blewett, of Fremont, Neb., s in the city. J. H. Yates, of Neligh, Millard. R. S. Watson, of Salt Lake; is at the Millard. J. B. Butler, of Cedar Rapids, Ta., is at the Millard. the Mil- Neb., is at the The “Alvin Joslin' company is at tho Miilard . ithridge, of Des Moines, Ta,, is attho Millard. E. . Leonard, David City, Neb., is at tho Miliard. C. M. Aldrich, of Kansas City, is at the Miliard. W. 8. Weavor, Cheyenne, Wyo., is at the Millard. C. L. Ervin, of Plum Croeck, Neb., isin the cit, E. F. Willis, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Windsor. T. E. Alderson, of Creston, Ia, Is at the Windsor. F. Do Lisle, of Dubuque, Ia., is at tho Windsor. B. Whitwer, of Buruett, Neb., is at the Windsor. James Jennings, Dos Moines, In., is at tho Windsor. G. W. Whitaker, of Kearney, Neb, is at the Miliard. Gorham F. Betts, of Lincolu, Neb., is at the Millard. Otto Baumany, of West Point, Neb., is at the Millard. C. . Bowman, of Raymond, Neb., is at the Millard. James Jonnings, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Windsor. C. L. BErwin, of Plumb Creek, Ncb,, is at the Win W. A, and wife, Atkinson, Neb., are at the Millard. K. C. Morchouse, of Missouri Valley, Ta., is in the cit, J. E. Branch and wife, of Yankton, Dak., are at the Millard, WA Campbell, jr, of Fairfield, Ta., is & guest at the Millard, Dudley McAdow, of “Mixed Pickles com- pany,” is at the Millard. Messrs. G. M. Hohl and T. Aylesburg, of St. Joseph, Mo., are in the city. 3. M. Ferd, d wholesale dealer in toys, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Millavd, ThomasM. Howard and wife, of Weeping Water, Neb., visiting in the city. Mrs. W. C. Lockart and Miss (iortie Lock- art, of Red Oak, Ta., arc at the Millurd. Dr. George P. Wilkinson left last evening for a visit o his old home at Keokuk, Ia. Hon, Duniel V. Finclh, United Statos dis- trict attorney, of Des Moines, la., is at the Millard, ik Marthis and wife and Mrs, R. A. , of Falls City, Neb., are at tho . Paddock, post-trader at Fort Rob- inson, is visiting his parents, Major and Mrs, Puddock, at their city residence, 1405 Sher- man avenue. Mr. Charles 13, Sloat, western traveling Ch Rock Island & Pacific the eity yosterday days in, of Lincoln, is the . McShane. She will ren- 24, at the Creighton college musicale, this evening. M. H. De Young, cditor of the San Fran- cisco Chronicle, accbmpauicd by his family, passed through Omaha last ovening on his way home after a somewhat extended trip through the eastern states. Sceretary Nattinger, of the board of trade, was yesterday summoned to Ottawa, 1L, by the receipt of a telegram informing him of the approaching death of his aged mother, Mr. Nattinger left at once for Ottuwa. =TTon. D, O Finc ted States district i M. 8 ] ited States deputy marshal . Ford, attor« nev for the € gton & Quincy, all from Des Moines, 1 by Hon, Edwin Campbell, jr., marshal ut Fairfield, Ta., were in the city yesterday on legal busines v ything. Poter Magerus, residing at 251 Johne &on avenue, Breoklyn, I3 D, N. Y., Biys: Duving the last been using over s in my fanily eighteen yeurs T have ifty Allcock’s Plasters 1 have found them a most e wal vemedy. They have repeatedly cured me of rheumas tism, to which T am subject every win- tor. They have cured me of paing in back three times. M on and mother-in-law tell me Alleock’s Plasters are the best rem. edy ever made, 80 agve tain. I know they have cured my wifo aing in the back and a se ‘ough, in-law has been cured of & most severe cold, which threatened to turn into preumonia. by Allcock’s Plags ters. Prrer MAGERUS, o h