Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1887, Page 4

* and ingist upon a hearin, PUBLISHED EVERY MORN THSCRIPTT 1 including Ay #1000 § 00 01 hs E e Omia Tny Bier, maiied (o any ad- dress, One Y OMANA OFFIC NEW Youk OF NG, WARHINGTON TEENTI STREE % TS 813 Foun Orrice, No. Al commu editorial mat EDITon or ™ cations T v should by 1 All business Addressed to OMAA. Dr cos £hould b G Comp ts, checks und 1l bemade payable to the order of the company. g Bee Publishing Company, Propritors. E. ROSEWATER, Epitor. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, La. s, County of Douglas, (%% Geo. 11, Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pab. 1ishing compuny, does soleninly swear that the frlrul ation of the Daily Blee for the week Dec, 2, ‘was as follows* Mouday, No Tuesdny, Noy Wodnesday, Thursday, Dec, Friday, Dec. 2. Average, 14660 14,640 14,060 14.816 CHUCK, nce this Bworn to and subscribed in my p 84 day of December, A. D. 1857, " . FEIL, (SEAL, Notary Public Btate of Nebraska, !" County of Douglas, (%8 Geo. Il Tuscliuck, being frst duly syorn, de. res and says that e s secretary of The Rea ublishing company, that the actual average dafly circulation ~of “the Daily Tee for thie ‘month ot December, or. 1 coples e 18 1 GEO. B TZECHUCK. Sworn to and snbscribed in_my presence this 84 day of December, A. D, 1857, (SEAL.) ober, 1887, coples. I has come to such a pass in Kansas that the cry on the® highway is now, “Your money or your coal.” age were stolen and used by Wall street speculators was too weak to survive its birth. — A rLORAL harp was placed upon Sam Randall’s desk when dongress opened. If its sign#dication meant harmony it was conspicuously mislaid. THE twenty-five per cent l't‘dm‘l;)n in freight rates between Chicago and the Missouri viver is what we have long needed. The new rates go into effect January 1. THE railways are swinging into line, ‘ust Trains™ is the motto of every compuny. The Rock Island, commenc- ing December 18, will run trains from Omaha to Chicago in sixteen hours. AN open winter may have its disad- vantages, but tho weather thus far has been n great boon to lubor in this city. Some interests may bea little disap- pointed in their expectations, but ag- gregate results have been largely to the advantago of the community. S——— T evidence is cumulative that local option and high license have been fol- lowed by satisfactory results wherever tried. Prohibition has in the main proved a failure. These fucts leave no room for argument as to the relative merits of the two methods of dealing with intemperance. Tie Canadian Pacific has been cut- ting rates on our transcontinental lines and now & bill is to be introduced in congress to cut off Canadian competi- tion, it is said. If our lawyers lend themselves to such a scheme in favor of monopoly and against the public, the wet will be dastardly but not a new one. e——— THE New York lawyer conducting the criminal proccedings against Jay Gould and Russell Sage for grand larceny reit- erates his belief that the defendants can be convicted. Such credulity is vefresh- ing. Who ever heard of a man worth two hundred million dollars being con- victed for a crime? E— A ricu New Jersey man, whorecently died, willed the greater part of his property to Henry George. He isto use % in spronding his political doctrines among the people. ' The will is con- fested, however, and George will have to fight for the money. But whena man is born lucky a small obstacle like that signifies nothing, THE movement in Omaha real estate is good for the season and the market is firm. The universal feeling is that next spring will witness an influx of popula- tion and a consequent activity in realty unprecedented in the city’s experience. There is abundant confidence in the future of Omaha, and time will shew that it is not misplaced. —— A COMPLAINT reaches us from G ton, to the effect that the B. & M. r road company has failed to make the re- duction in their grain rate to Chicago, that the secretary of the railway com- mission . promised farmers should be mude. The BEE knows nothing about what has been promised. The farmers,if they have just grievances, should lay their compluint before the commission, \f- WHEN the BEE said severzl days ago that all the railronds beiween Clicago and Omaha would undoubiedly reduce their time before the close of tho yeur it based its opinion upon conditions which rendered such action on the part of the ronds absolutely necessary. It has tinally been decided by all the roads to put on fast traius after the 15th of the present month, and the arvangements agreed upon wiil reduce the time, between Chicago and Omahn to sixteen howrs. Delay in reaching this arrangement was due to an issue as to the hour of depur from Chicngo, and this was fi termined agroenbly 1o the uitimu Vice President Potter of the U cifie. Mr, Potter has been the directing spirit in. this whole maiter, und: the sousummation s most credituble to his ndgment. Satisfied Virginians, The decision of the supreme court of the United States in the Virginia case s received at Richmond with great re- joicing. Tt wns hailed as a signal victory for state rights, and men tossed up their hats and shouted theinsclves honrse, It is not necessary to state the political afilintion of these men, and that being understood there will be no difficulty in divining the motive of their cuthusinsm, They are southern demo- crats of the class who believe that this decision of a republican court amounts toan admission that the states had a vight in their sovercign eapacity to se- from the union. It makes no diffevence that they may not have the slightest wish or expectation of ever making such an ap- plication of the decision, it is a source of infinite gratifieation to them to think that their view has been vindi- cated, and that by a republican supreme court, ‘We have not observed that so far as its legnl aspects are concerned the deci- sion has met with any’ disapproval. There is no considerable body of the American people that does not desire the states to enjoy every constitutional right that belongs to them. But there are a great many people who will regret that the offect of the decision is to sus- tain the state of Virginia in her policy of repudiation, and to carry the assur- ance to all*®he states that they would be entirely safe against any judicial power in pursuing a_similar policy. Under this decision all means of redress are pt away if the government of a state chances to fall into the hands of corrupt and dishonest men, and it will not be an exaggeration to saythat the chancesof thisbeingdone are steadily inereasing in most of the states, so far at least as the law-making power is concerned. The course of Vir- ginia regarding her debt is a stigma on the nation, and however legally cor- rect the decision of the supreme court its effect will certainly not be ‘to de- crease the stigma. And so long as the party now in power in Virginia holds the reins of government it is morally certain that nothing fair and just will be done to repaythose who bought the bonds of the state in good faith. Forti- fied by the supremo court decision they coede sW will laugh at the holders of the debt, as might the high- wayman ov pickpocket at his victim when he knew he was securely heyond the reach of the officers of jus tice. The remedy is in the hands of the people of Virginia, but it is to be appre- hended that a majority of them are so tainted with a preferénce for repudia- tion that the remedy will not be applied wheu the opportunity comes to them. Not Quite in Accord. The conferences of Mr. Cleveland and M. Carlisle before the meeting of con- gress, supposed to have reference chiefly or wholly to the tariff question, may not have considered that subject at all, or only in the most casual way. At all events the message of the president and the address to the house of the speaker are pretty conclusive evidence that there was no understanding as to the policy that should be urged upon the party. The message of the president contains no suggestion of compromise, but on the contrary very plainly implies that such™ a course is uot to be desired or sought. He makes entirely clear his belief that such a policy is not what the pledge of the party will warcant it i adopting, and not what the exigency demands. He evidently felt in writing his message that there was no chance to make an issue with any plan of compromise, and that the democracy needed an issue. On the other hand, Mr. Carlisle quite clearly intimates in his address a a position favorable to a compromise for re- ducing ionand revenue. His lan- guage is not explicit on this point, but consideredin connection with his previ- ous utterances itissufficiently plain that the s} desived to have the house and the country understand that he would not oppose measuros dividing the reduction of revonue between internal and customs taxation. What effect, if any, the stand taken hy Mr. Cleveland may have in deter- mining the future position of Mr, Car lisle time will develop, but obviously the difficulties of the situation are not reduced by this want of accord between the public utterances of the president and of tho leader of the majority of democrats in the house. Mr. Carlisle is on record as favoring mutual conces- sions for reducing taxation, while the president is clearly unfavorable to any such policy. The obligation of the party is to sustain the position of the president, and thisis as binding upon Mr. Carlisle as upon any other mem- ber of the party. He is consequently placed in an embarrassing attitude, which very likely causes him. no little perplexity. He cannot put himself in full accord with the president without stultifying himself, and he cannot con- tinue to avow the policy of compromise hie has more than once declared himself willing to accept—in fact outlined the nature of the measures of reduction he thought expedient-——without calling in question the authority of the president as the head of the party to proclaim the policy. There are some other prom- inent demoerats in the boat with Car- lisle, but they are not in a position to be equally embarrassed with him. Itis thus seen that the unexpected eourse of the president in giving his party a square and straighforward issue has put most of its leaders in a troublesome quundary, and the outcome may prove to be an interesting and instructive les- son in politic The People Complain While the supreme court vendered oxtraordivary decision recently, in ing that the Nebraska railway commis- sion had power to wlate freight tolls in Nebraskn, it apy that littie rog lation has yet been accomplished, The valved several compluints st parts of the state {rom susiness wen and shippers who protest ngninst oxcessive rates, There is no valid ason for the of extortionste charges, There isto be, commencing not later than Javuary 1, a general reduction of rates between continuanes | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1887 Missouri r points and Chicago. Something like 23 per cent reports say. This will prove a boon to Iowa, Ulinois and Missouri producers and consumers, and in a great measure will help Ne< braskn. Yet, what is sorely needed is a lowering of rates within the state. The reduced rate between the Missonri viver and Chieago guarantees but little reliel unless shippers can get to the Missourd viver at lower prices than are now acted, The railway commission now has the power to fix what it may deem a just and reasonable schedule, and the railway companies must comply with it. In sponse to what we believe n general de- sire, complaints should be filed by those who know of existing wrongs, and the commission must speedily and fear- lesely meet the just demands of the people. Build a Hotel, Omaha’s failure to kecure the national republican convention ghould teach a lesson to the enterprising citizens of Omaha. It is this: That we should have a magnificent hotel to cost not less than $1,000,000. That such a hotel is sadly needed, goes without saying. It would not require national conventions alone to support it. The legitimate trade of this rapidly growing city demands larger hotel accommodations. From the fact that it would take two vears to erect such a structure, no timo should be lost in getting the movement started. The BEE hasalready urged that the preliminary stevs be taken at once. Money should be subscribed, the com- pany organized, plans and bids sub- mitted and work commenced with the carly spring. DAKoTA is actively at work for admis- sion. Even loeal democrats ave helping the mafter along. The undertaking should be conducted to a finish, and if the territory is finally denied statehood by a democratic majority in congress, the country will know where to locate the injustice. — It is significant on the growth of en- terprise and the increase of prosperity in Nebraska that the business of the office of the secretary of state,in record- ing articles of incorporation, has in- creased threefold during the past year. e ——— Other Lands Than Ours. Political affaivs in England have pre- sented no especially new or interesting features during the pust week. Almost every day furnishes some new fact as evidence that the government’s policy in Treland is being steadily and relent- lessly pursued, but incidents of arvests and other oppression have almost censed to excite serious attention. It is re- ported that Lord Salisbury is preparing a new coercion act, realizing already what he was warned would be the case, that government by force always re- quires increasing forges until the ad- ministration yields to the pressure of public opinion and abandons its policy, or military rule, pure and simple. supersedes the mixed kind of go ernment. The home rule party has nothing to fear, however, from cocrcion. The more of it they have the sooner will come the overturn of Salisbury and the restoration of Gladstone. The ‘“*fair trade’ movement continues to command attention ag a leading issue, and seems certain to,play a prominent part in the deliberations of parliament. It appears evident that the clement demanding a change in the fiscal policy of Great Brit- ain has made decided progress in the past year or two, and if it shall not be able to accomplish anything soon it will be protected from ultimately doing s0 only by a change in the policy of other nations, and more particularly in that of the United States. The message of Mr. Cleveland is said to have some- what dampened the zeal of the fair traders, whose policy contemplates a measure of protection to home indus- tries, but this is manifestly because of a misapprehension of the character of the message which a more careful reading of it must remove. There is also a mis- understanding as to the effect of the message, Englishmen generally not comprehending the fact that it issimply an expression of executive opinion, forcible merely as defining the policy of the administration, but wholly inopera- tive unless sustained by congress. The opponents of ‘“‘fair trade” may play upon thig ignorance for a brief time, but, with the awakening the movement is likely to receive a vigorous impulse, and the question become as deeply interesting and as pervasive among the English people as the tariff issue is with the American, " ical affairs in France have been quict since the election of the new president, and with the subsidence of all excitement there appears to have ensued a universal fecling of confidence and sccurity. President Carnot enjoys a present popularity greater than was accorded to either of his predecessors, and recognizing this fact the tongueof all the opponents of the republic are silent. Bonapartism, monarchism and the other anti-republican elements seem to have been convinced by the course of the late election and the harmony and patrotism which distinguished the conduct of the repub- licans, that if they are ever to huve their opportunity it lies somewhere in the indefinite future, and that they can- not promote nor hurry it by forcing their antagonism on public attention now. Meantime the republican seunti- ment is growing stronger and broader in France, and the judgment of the world is that the republic is safer now than it ever has been. The delay in forming a ministry is not an indication that the new administration is encoun- tering difficulty, but rather that it in- tends to proceed with such care and cir- cumspection as to avoie difficulties. The policy of the new administration will not be indicated until the new min- istry is chosen, but it is well understood that iv will be pacific in its character, il % financial reforms, ana will direct it wts to promoting the in- dustrial we!fare of the nation. * e The veported reinforcement of Rus- sian troops in Poland revived in a small way tha war scave on the continent, the movement belng regurded as a menace to Austria, hut the latest advices dd not © the matten grost importance. The oceurrence hasghowever, incited Aus- trin to inereased vigilance, und while it is said she wHll take no steps likely o pr '|vi'ulzd trouble, altowing TRussis an pportunity to ex- plain her reasons for massing troops at menacing points, Austrin will not be unprepared for any emergency that may be forced upon hep. There seems to be good reason to befteve that Russia is not in o peaceful state of mind. It is evi- dent that her velations with Germany were not materiglly improved by the extraordinar; disclosu resulting from the interview of the czar and Bis- marck, and the reason is plain. The anti-Teutonie party at no time derived its inspirvation from the letters said to have been forged in the chancellor’s name, and hence the revelation of this fraud did not avail to mollify it. Its feeling existed even long before the Roumanian question about which diplomatic disagreement arose. It depends upon @& conviction that the next great struggle for the leadership in KEurope must occur be- tween Russin and Germany. A brond gentiment of this character cannot be much influenced, one way or the other, by a specific incident of comparatively minor importance The Russians look at the fact that theve still exists a triple allianee against them in central Burope, created by Germany and only tangible evidence of Prince Bismarck’s willing- ness to let them work their will in the Balkan peninsula would be likely to pac- ify them. * ¥ Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is re- ported to be dis fied and unen He has discovered that Sofia is not so pleas- ant to live in as Vienna, and he is not getting nearly so much solid comfort out of lifo as he used to before his mother, Princess Clementina, fived his’ ambition to be the reigning prince. Then, again, conspiracies against his throne and person wre constantly being unearthed, and Russian influence is commencing to make itself felt. On top of these worrics has come the fail- ure and exposure of a cunning plot by which the Princess Clem- entina and her Oleans relatives hoped to force on a European war, which, result- ing in the defeat and humiliation of Russia, would have fixed KFerdinand firmly on his throne for a long time to come. Prince Bismarck is so disgusted that he has instructed the German agent at Sofla to ignore the prince, not ¢ officially, but i private lifeas well. nwhile the German newspapers a laboring industriously to prove that Prince Ferdinand_is not a German prince, apparentlyd with the view of alienating beforehihd any possible sym- pathy among the rman people when the time comes foddpnducting the young princeling back his ancestral halls, @ The men who accomplished the Hawaiian revolution will find that run- ning a government is a different thing from running a kigg into a corner. The first mistake of the new legislature has already been made. When the Hon- olulu rifles rose in revolt, the agent of the mnotorious Gibson was in England negotiating a loan of $2,000,000. The supreme court declared the loan illegal, but the legislature elected under the new constitution has reversed this decision and assumed the debt contracted by the jobbing minis- ters of the king. Schemes for new loans are now multiplying. A wealthy shipper wants a railroad subsidy loan, and another wants $1,000,000 raised for colonization purposes. These funds will be secured in England, and England knows how to defend the commercial rights of her subjects. These Sand- wich island patriots, who are bent upon running the new government into debt, may well stopand read the history of foreign bondholders backed by British bayonets. —_— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Elkhorn Valley company has chased ground for a stock yards in Has- tings. The Beaver City Times is struggling in a vast wilderness to boost Bob Lin- coln into the white house. E. H. Touzalin, the woell-known rail- road manager, has invested $16,000 in a farm of 160 acres near Beatric Seven Dbrick buildings, each 25x100, will be built immediately upon the smoking ruins of the recent big fire « York. L. B, Brown, a farmer living near Rock Bluff, killed a porker the other day which weighed 610 pounds after being dressed. Columbus is experiencing the tenth annual coal famine. Fortunately the weather clerk furnishes a moderate amount of warmth, Seasonable pictures of Santa Claus sport the venerable whiskers of long ago. Mo the press they bear silver threads mixed with gold. The hoary monarch from realms far north, o'er vales, flecked white, wan- ders. The tropic king through cloud vift darts and wipes away Jack's whiskers. The Ilers of Omaha bulled the corn market in Blair this week with an offer of 36 cents a bushel and secured a lib- eral quantity. The elevators were forced to come up from 80 cents. The biggest hogZl Cass county was James G. Blaine. o porker weighed 700 pounds, and was$pnt to Omaha for execution. Jim’s al went up and out in unison with his namesake in Pari The democratic papers of the state unanimously appotvi eveland’s tariff reduction message, le the bulk of the republican papers dance with joy and crack their free trade chestnut, The youngest stockholder in any na- tional “bank in America is Miss Hallie Kauns, of North Platte, who was given a share in the Fivst National bank of Tyler within twenty-four hours after her birth. The wild man of Nebraska City has turned up in the weird cavernous sides of Honey Creck, near the Winnebago reservation. The daring discoverer who scaled the precipitous ravines of the re- gions, declares that the w. m. feeds on slices of the Plattsmouth monster, and sharpens his appetite by boring for coal with his toe-nails. Blair is a promised a plain un- varnished pine depot, 14x22, with ample %mm on l}‘l);-, 'he Republic: tains thl:s dignity of the town, by declar- ing that “It will ‘be handsomer than the Union Pacific cowshed in Omaha.* The public spirit of the ilrond promises to lpad to a banquet of toast- ng tongue. The Lincoln Democrat is convinced that the contest for the republican nomination for the presidency is sot= tled, and Blaine is the man, *Blaine," argues the Democreat, “makes a twe column nonpariel bid for the nomina- tion for the presidency by cable. Blaine in Paris gets his manifosto before She man, who is in Washington. Smart man, Blai; The ground he takes in his interview, published in every morn= ing puln in the country that takes the dis, »makes him the inev- itable nominee of his party. No other man is possible.” " Bullion shipments from DButte last week amounted to $165,424, The total beef crop of Montana this year is estimated at 70,000 head. The taxes collected for 1887 in Lewis and Clarke, which includes Helena, amounted to $200,000. A vein of anthracite coal 200 fect wide is reported to have been found near Ashley, Missoula county. Ore was taken from the U. S. Grant mine, near Virginia City, last week, that assayed $1,940 in gold per ton. Tho $60,000 hotel of the Northern Pacific at Heron has been destroyed by fire, It was the finest building of the kind between Helena and Portland. The total amount paid out under the old bounty laws from the first day of January of this year until the law was repealed reaches the guuxll*’ sum of £50,160.10. It went for 709,942 squirrel skins, 165.276 prairie dogs, ayotes, 1,581 wolves, 294 bears, and 164 lions. A few nights ago a Butte man came very near being shot by his wife was going away from town, but m the train and went home about mid- night. He made a racket on entering, and his wife, thinking he wasa burglar, fired at him with a revolver. The bul- let went through his hat. Idah One hundred and twenty-five men are employed at the lda Elmors mine, Rocky Bar, Idaho. Northern Idaho is making a healthy progress, so also is South Idaho. While one grows the other must. The heaviest taxpayer in Ada county, Idaho, is the Oregon Short Line rail- road company, which pays $453,450. The Buptist congregation of Boise City have seat to Towa for a pustor. He has accepted and will arrive early next year. The penitentiary at Boise City is so full that the warden finds much diffi- culty in providing sleeping guarters for the inmates. Southern Idaho has declared against the schemo to divide the i tory and add the northern portion to Washington territory. Tho official report of the workings of the Alturas Gold company’s mine at Rocky Bar for the monthi of October shows the total weight of ore crushed to have been 2,131 tons. The yicld was as follows: Bullion 8,565 ounces, value £10,605, 17s. 6d.; oxpenses, profit for the month, 834,000, ' The mates of November production is 3, ounces and $16,000 expenses. The Pacific Coast. The great cathedral fair in San Fran- 0 netted $70,000. There are now 450 men employed at Mare Island navy yard. The widow of late Vice President Hendvri s visiting relatives in Sacra- mento. Paddy Ryan. professional pug, is training at San Rafael for a battle with MeAuliffe. A number of one-lunged eastern tour- ists visit the Chico slaughter yards daily to drink warm blood. An artesian well fifty has just been sunlk at flow is equal to 250,000 gallons a day. Some idea of the bean industry of San Luis Obispo county may be gathered when it is stated that 2 acks were shipped from Nipomo this season. J. B. Thrower, a farmer of Nord, Butte county, has been experimenting in cotton on a small scale. He has met with fair success and exhibits two bales of choice cotton. Many of the gardens of Sacramento are decorated with Japanese pevsim- mon trees loaded down with fruit. One small tree only two years old, bore thir- ty-five persimmons this year. Mayor Gregory, of Sacramento, has is< sued an order that the “‘dudes” on the police foree must dispense with their canes, discard eigarettes, quit mashing the girls and dolf their dude suits for those of a *‘cop.” —————— AMUSEMENTS. Dolores at the Boyd and Alvin JoslIn at the Grand. Bolossy Kiralfy's ‘‘Dolores” was produced again at Boyd's, last evening, repeating the triumph it secured in the early perform- ances of the week. This is the first time, in the history of the theatre that an attraction in the main a melodrama, though of course with ballet attachments, has been able to hold the boards of this theatre for a week. This is at once a tribute to the play and the performers, as also an _iudication of the met- L ropolitan ‘growth of this city which will soon require a performance nightly. Dolores, like all of Kiralfy's ventures has features calculated to satisfy all kinds of people, and this fact brings about the applause which nightly greets the power- ful situations, thrilling climaxes and the be- Witeling beduty and_ attractiveness of the ballet. ALYIN JOSLIN. C. L. Davis appeared last night at the Grand opera house for the second time in his well known piece of “Alvin Joslin,” which he has played almost nightly for ten years. Whatever may be said of the star's ability, it i3 nevertheless true that his performance én- ins, and the limit of decorus satisfaction quently reached during the progress by sansported auditors. Last. night the audi- ence at the Grand numbered about a thou- sand, and this number enjoyed the perform- ance'and the work of Mr. Davis' excellent band. A New Hospital. A move Is now under way to establish a now hospital on a large scale, in this city. At the head_is Rev. E. A. Fogelstrom, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church on the corner of Nineteenth and Cass streets, This struc- ture was built by the energetic efforts of this gentleman who is now meeting with consider- able success in securing subscriptions for the proposed hospital. One gentleman told a ek reporter that himself and his brother had contributed 2,000, and that another pub- lic spirited citizen had subscribed 3,000, and would ruise the same to $5,000. The hospital will be managed by tru: es, 10 two of whom shall be of the same religious denomination. County Commissioners. The following resolutions were passed last evening: Resolved, That it is the sense of this board that Jees Walsh stop all grading until spring—the side hill work to be done at 6 aunts per ya Resolved, That the county treasurer be instructed to raise the assessment of all lots fn block 8, 4, 5 and 6 from $3.50 to $117 on account of clerical error in assessment books in Saunders & Himebaugh's addition to Walnut Hill, i John and Mary Will Ma rry. John Klusman and Mary Peterson were given permission to wed by Judge McCulloch yesterday. Both . parties are residents of Omaha, and aged respectiv 21 and 18 years, 4 ! NURDERER MITTMAY IN JAIL, Brought Back Last Night From San Francisco. THE STORY OF HIS CAPTURE. Skillful Work of the Const Shadowe —Guarded in a Private Prison—] Salling Under an Assumed Name. A Talk With the Accused, Train No. 4 from the west over the Union Pacific railroad was three hours and fifteen minutes late last night, and among the pas- sengers ticketed for Omaha was a man whose hands are stained with the blood of a fellow being. His name is Herman Mittman, and handeuffed to ex-Deputy Sheriff Grebe, who hod been delegated to go after him, he brought from San Francisco, where he wi captured. Mittman, it will be remembered, killed Walter Durham, the foreman of & railroad gang at Millard September 23, 1886, and some time after jumped his b leaving his bondsmen, Messrs. William Mack and Gottlicb Zimmer- man, in the lurch to the tune of §,000. They have apent considerable money 4n' an effort to capture him, and last night were at the depot with a large delegation of Germans to ot a glance atand welcome the fugative b 3ut in this purpose they were sadly disap. rointed, as Mr. Grebe, no doubt anticipating he delegation, prevailed upon the conductor to allow him and his prisouner to disem- bark at Thirteenth street, from which point the march was taken up to the county jail, where Mittman was turned over to Jailer Joe Miller, There was much disap- anifested by Messrs, Mack and n and the' reception committeo long train d into the depot, and there was some ve choice but not over- sele language given vent to over Mr. Grebe's ingenious trick. psentative of the 1 Juil. He up) e called on Mitt- rarved dejected and crestfallen and was very tived after his long journey He was sullen and not overcommunicative, and he reluctantly spoke of his travels since his departure from Omaha e v last June, when he bought a From St. Louis he v and then went to San ¢ arrived last July, He work as a longshorer , and about september, fearing discovi went to Yaquina bay, Or. He returned to San Fran cisco about five weeks ago and registered at a lodging house on Battery street as Harman Hunt. It was at this lodging house that he wus recognzied by a man who had lately ar. rived in ¢ ncisco from Omaha, and knew Mittman well. As the gentleman was raving the ferry landing at the foot of Mar- ket street me face to face with Mitt- man, and exclaimed: “Why, hello, Mitt- man ! Mittman started as if he had been slapped heavily on the back, and one hand clutched at the collar of his blue woolen working shirt in 4 nervous manner. “Ah, ha!" he muttered in an interrogatory tone, and seemingly not recognizing the man who had accosted him. “‘Don’t you recollect me?" said the other. “I'm from Omaha,’” and he mentioned his ni Yes, Ttuink T do now,” Mittman replicd in-an indifferent tone, and looking fixedly at the ferry clock. “Oh, 1 thought maybe you had forgotten me,” laughed the Omaha man, not noticing the other's evident lack of cordiality. “It’s been three years since I was there.”! “Three years!" cried the other suddenly, turning from the study of the clock and look: ing at the other squarely for the first time, ““and haven't you licard from there since!” There was a change in the mannor of Mitt- man, Ho became communicative with his companion and eagerly plied him with ques- tions. ‘T'he talk lasted quite awhile, after which the two separated. The new arrival from Omaha thought no more about meeting with his old fellow- townsman until he met another friend in the shape of A. B. Lawson, a well known private detective, He then incidentally mentioned his meeting with Mittman. At 'the mention of the name tho detective pricked up his ears. He had heard it before. “Mittman,” said he, ‘‘what is his other name?" *‘Herman." The detective said nothing further, but he was satisfied that he had a good clew to a matter to which his attention had been called sometime previously. Without explaining the matter to his friend, he secured from the latter an accurate description of Mittman, The Omaha man having left that city before Mittman got into trouble, he knew nothing of his alleged_criminal act. He saw nothing further of Mittman and soon after left the cit ‘P'he detoctive, however, set himsclf to per- form a difficult task. That was to find Mitt- man. As the fugitive from justice had hinted that he was workinig along the water front, it was there Lawson determined to scarch. He spent days along the docks and sought for his man winong tho many saloons. At last he heard that such a man as ho was looking for could be found at a lod on Battery street, near the Amer: refinery. The detective saw the suspectea individual and was convinced in his mind that he was Mittman, although he was known at the house as Henry Hunt, The next move in the game was to watch Mittman, Lawson de- tailed & man in his employ who speaks German to hire o room at the house and culti- vate the acquaintance of Mittman, ‘The detective's agent reported at the end of aweek. Hunt, or Mittman, was a man of @ retiving disposition. He scldom spoke to any one and made few friends. His actions were also somewhat strange. Sometimes he would refuso to eat for a day or two and only drank intoxicating liquors, ‘principally beer. He was always nervous and would pace up and down a room restlessly and wearing a sullen look u?uu his face, and the matter progressed in this way until Tuesday, Novemn- ber 29, On that day he was more nervous than usual and told the detectiVe's agent that he was in trouble and Lie thought he would go away. In the meantime Detective Lawson had communicated with the Omaha authorities and they sent word to him to secure Mittman until Grebe could reach San Francisco. c—= As Mittman was talking of going away, Lawson determined to act. On Weodnoesday night Lawson and two men watched the boa ing house all night. At6:30 o'clock in the morning, December 1, Mittman emerged and walked down to_ scction 4 of the seawall, where he started into do some labor on board the steamer Yaquina City. The de- tective had followed him and now approached and asked him his name. 3 “Henry Hunt," replied the man, eyeing the detective closely. “sn't your name Mittman, and don't you belong in Omaha !’ pursucd Tuwson, = ° “What if mny name is Mittmani’ he in- quired sullenly “Ouly that you are wanted in Nebraska to Do tried for the murder of Walter Durham. Mittman, in the language of the detective went “all to pieces,” and in a choked voice said that it was true. The gr trembled and agreed to aceom tective and his agent to the latter’s ofice in the Stevenson block, on tha corner of Mont- gom and California strects. He was given to understand that any re- sistance on his part would bring about seri- 0US CONSeqUEnces. Once in the off can sugar o the detective felt securs of his man. ttman willingly admitted that he was the party who had fled from Ne- braska to escape trial for murder for whosa return a reward was offered. A In considering how to deal with his captiv until the sheriff could arrive from Nebraska, Lawson resolved upon 2 hold pian. This was to hold Mittman in custody himself and give him no opportunity of getting out writs of habeas corpus like Jimmy Hope, the bank burglar, and ther ying his' return to secne of the tragedy. o ym was sccured near the office transferred inw on A swall ro and to this Mittman w Thursday. Irom thut time Lawson and of His_men took turns in watching the o, He, however, made no attempt to *Even the Mblice authorities v of the kind of bird that Lawson had : The Warrants Ready. The city warrants adopted by the appropri- ation ordinance for November at the last council meeting are ready for distribution. PURLIC WORKS, Estimatos Allowed-The Mayne Resos Tution Rescinded, The board of public works met at 5 p. @ yesterduy. All,the membors were present, "The following estimates wore all H.Mec or estimate of distr 53, #0,070.87: Hugh Murphy, sowor estimato for district No. 61, &,108.48 sewer estimate of distriot No. C. D. Woodworth, curbing ‘Thirteenth street from Castellar to Vinton, £1,142.401 James Fox, estimate branch of South Omaha sewer® of south Omaha sewoer, & The following was presented by Mr. Heim- rod ¢ Resolved, adopted at the hat the following resolution ast meeting of this board, to wit: olved, That the action of the board on November 18, 1887, eancelling the contra with Regan Bros,, for building the basement of the city hall be'reconsidered,” be, and the same is hereby rescinded and ordered ox- pungoe Meossrs. Heimrod and Balcombe voted ayo on the adoption and Mr. Mayne no. Mr. Mayne, who has been making com- pleto copics of the contracts in relation to the city hall, intimating that it is preparatory to commencing civil wction, was granted the use of certain papers containing specifica tions not yet copied by him. Mr. Lowry who happened to be present, offered M Mayne some of his copies of the contracts for the superstructure, which were accopted, On request of Mr. Muyne, who suid he had iportant business to bring before the t was decided to hold_wnother meet- ing this cvening. He asked that the meot- ing bo held at 5 o'clock instead of 7 to avoid the presence of a large crowd, as the latter hour was near the time of the session of tha city council. The hour of 5 was thereforo chosen. WHITE MEN ( i BUCKS, ccollection Exe cised By the Bone Find. The announcement in the B of the un- carthing of the remains of eignt men in the oxcavation of Twenticth stroet, in South Omaha, caused quite an amount of specula- tion as to whom the frames velonged and how they had got into their unusual place of sepulture, Coroner 1 s opinion was asked. Heo said at first that he believed they were the remafos of Indiaus. A long timo 0, hie said, “between thirty-five and forty , 1 think thero was a big Indian n«a tho place spoken of in the Bie betwe® oux and Pawnces, and several hundred were slain. But these were buried deeper than those spoken of in your paper. A largoe lole was dug_about six feet deep und into this a number of sliin warriors were thrown, along with their old muskets, blankets and other articles bolong- mg to them. Over this pit was streteh covering of logs and on this was lnid u | of carth. The site is in what is now known a3 Brown's park, that is some distance south and cast of the ‘find’ of yesterdoy. I lived in the vieinity years ago’ und I romember often, when going for the cows, of brenking through the log-covering which had becono rotten, OldLombard, who is now at Fort ‘alhoun, would be uble 'to tell you of tho ot circumstan which led to the burial of the ludians thero, evening the proner again - re- to the cct, Said he: 1 been thinking © over thit discovery of remains, wnd [now know who the dead men are They are not Sioux or Pawnee, they ar 1 cither Ponens or Omahus, For many years these tribes used at intervals to camp near the place meptioned, cutting wood in the winter, and they used to wear JI"N' the kind of overalls you mentioned. camping was continued until perhaps o RS Despite the information of Mr. Drexel on the subject it may be stated that Indians as a rule are not greatly addicted to the habit of wearing watches, a luxury of which some of the deceased in life were guilty. e The United States Court, FLANNAGAN'S TITLE WAS 0. K. The jury in the case of Ward vs, Cochran, an ejectment suit for the posscssion of twenty acres of ‘land near the fort, returned averdict yesterday in favor of the defen- dant. The jury held that one Flannagan entered into possession of the territory in controversy back in 1868, and for sixteen years held undisputed sway there. In 1885 he s01d the land to Cochran, the sale going through all due process of the court, and ever since that time Cochran had been the unquestioned owner und possessor thereof, and in consequence of these fucts the verdict was returned m his favor. UIT ON A NOND, The case of Leopold Simons et al vs Robert, McCirtney, et al, to establish the validity of a $3,100 bond, is now in progress before Judge Dundy. The defendants, in fad n this case are Paxton & Gallagher, McCartney was in business in Indianola, this state. He failod. Paxton & heavy ereditors of hi of their names to his hond, and out of this grows the suit. TIE WASSERMAN TIIAL The case agninst Charles Wasserman, for perjury, owing to the necessity of obtaining a number of depositions from non-residents, was continued until to-duy. NO MORE CRIMINAL TRIALS. Although it is now only tie second quarter of the present sitting of “ghe United States court, there can be no more criminal cases o it this torm as there is no money !l to pay witness fees, congress hav- to make sufficient appropriations for it. As a result the prisoners now await- ing trial will have to drag out several more months of jail lifo, until congress votes the necessary money. This is the first time that such a thing has happened in the history of the United States court in Omaha. District Court. The case of Pello vsthe city, to be awarded damages on account of grading doncon South Eleventh street, was concluded yesterday, the verdict being for the defendant. The foreclosure case of Michael Carney vs James McMahon is on trial before Judgo Groft. ing failed MARRIED A LUNATIC. Samuel H. Tucker yesterday filed o pot/§ tion for divoree from his wife Mary K. He alloges that she was insane when he” married er, and that after the marriage sho threat- ened personal violence towa 2 | him. All jurors summoned for tho Doc T the district court were yesterday mber County Court. JUDGMENT AGAINST GEAMBACHER & CO. Sloan, Jones & Co. were granted a judg- ment in the sum of 32,11 against A, Gram- bacher & Co. yesterd Convicted of Fraud. H. C. Cook, time-keeper for the tractor, Alexander 'k, was tried yoste day with Lis companion in fraud, J. Morri- son, alias H. Grant, for obtaining moncy under false pretenses from H. McGuekin, Taking advi of the death of Black, Cook had secur v for se for Grant, W person manner whatever connceted with the squad, The matter was given a_full hearing before the court, but guilt of the prisoners being overwhelmingly evident from the tes- timony, the judge decided to give them fif- 8 cach in the county jail, ten days of L Knightly Courtesies. Alarge number of the second (Omaha) regiment K. of P., with the reghuental band, will leave on Tuesd: present at dhe presentation to the Pythian lodge of that city of the banner won by it at the late tournatient i this city ws the organ- ization with the largest number in attend- ance. ‘They will also assist in the institution new division of the uaiforn rank of that Honored, ations! Assocles on at Bufinlo, N, Y., yosterday elocted Mr. Philip Milier of this oity, vice president. Mr. Miller was ono of tho delogates from Nebraska und is ens rs of Louis Faist. gaged at the barber Council Mecting To-nig Phere will be a meeting of the councii ab their chawbers this ning, when a larga amount of unfinished business will be cleaucd up.