Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1887, Page 4

Push Manufactures, y effort should be made during the ensuing months of winter to thor- advertise the Omaha as 8 manufacturing center, to acquaint manufacturers everywhere with the inducy ed to locate her auction sale of November, 1886, that the next great sale would show a general and perhaps a substan sos. Instead of this the pri ns the same, while that ns shows n slight deeline. The meaning of thisis that furriers gen- that ,xr’\ Alaska lease will 1. ahd that before very ofe whins will e for their caleulation remarked Colonel Mussey asked a Calic to year to an incrensed pi fuel it is a matter that only a very short time must elapse the press gallery. fornian, with MORNING. improvement advantages ¥ hands in his own people’s,” remarked the colonel, and went on making notes, TERMS OF SUI; instead of other ng Edition) including Sunday % ) large skins rer ot 8ix Months ot Three Months. ¥ IEE, matled to any ad- ments that condition has already arvived as to s great many farmers in the far west, well as thousands of the poor in every portion of the country where coal isa necessity at this se 3 New York Comm to this sub, 3 an opportune moment for the practical far it may he possible find a substitute for cc - The Dreame o for the Sunday Bee by Frances Ficld. he voice of one crying in the wilderncss.” not be renew long the sufpl creased to perhaps double 200,000 i nmi: A4 AND 018 FARN AN yuld e brought to this eity inducement w son of the y A voice came out of the CORRESPONDENCE, All_communications relatiny editorial matter EDITOR oF THi ¥, BUSINESS LETTER! All business letters and remittanc addressed to Tur BEr PUBLISIN ke and postoffic order of tie compuny. When Hecate's night- X And spectres drift over the hill: u sleeper, dreaming, “Arise, O soul, in thy might! Steep thy pen in thy heart's blood streaming, And, us I bid thee, write! aware of the sed by Omaha as o mao- ufacturing point, more particularly with reforence to its position s the com- mereial metropolis of a wide terr rapidly growing in population. manufacturing industey now here pering and advay should be addresed to the | vantages pos And it called t new heart and hol uppn reading that the number of fusghahring seals which sit the rookeries at Sf. George and St. Paul islands is reckoned at notless than We are informed that ars ago $10 was a fair average price for a medium-sized skin. eld of the Lobos island and i fisheries has rather fallen The Shetland made payablé to th - fhe Bee fublisbinmlaany, Proprietors. BE. ROSEWATER, Entton. whose money 15 invested in gas worl may profitably be driwn to an oppor: tunity which seems now open to them.’ This suggestion refers to the manufac- ture of hydrogen gas from carburetted, can be done on a large sc: hout ten cents per thousand fec opinion of our the largest margin for mistake caleulation and for profit, it may safely that any of our large gas companies, having the plant and mains to spare for the purpose, could manu- facture and furnish this gas to consum- ersatncost not exceeding fifty cents per thousand feet, and at that price the certainly and v ily usurp the place of coal for purposes of tic heating, and ultimately for other and larger purposes.” Without questioning the wisdom of s suggestions or intimating a doubt importance, it is worth while plan of our con- carried out the Rouse! Echo gaunt Po That mounts to a heaven of bras Cast shame on deaf Wealth that goes by And reeks not the toiling mass, Mourn for Famiue, for Crime, for sore Sor- 7000000 & year. ind there is room Manufacturers tribute population and wealth to a city, the strong foundations of a sub- nd permanent prospority. The advancement 1, and while imitted to expedjte growth in the Patagon off than increased. nonsters that ravage the earth, DAILY BEE. rief's night for which dawns no le at a cost of morrow, Of Charity's helping, the dearth, Omaha is assur all the fur ot to-day come from the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Sworn Statement of Circulation. seals sent to mar! e ‘Wail for honor, by gold led astray, rity, foul smirched in mire, faith that endur should be devoted to encouraging manu- The board proper ageney for doing this most fully and effectively, and it could devote - it- self Lo no more necessary i task. Itistobe hoped that the time between now and spring will not be permitted to pass without some vigorous effort being made to promote the manu- facturing inte ) - oy, be assumed N A Rehearse once again the old story Of justice, sere) ‘Wearing, seemin, But hiding the itching palm. feireutation of the . the ., %, 18KT, was us follow, nd the const of Washington and ... . The consequence is that raw skins command from $15 to $40, according tosize and b ns ave worth from is thought that the da monopoly are numbered and the gov- ernment will allow the d to about should be joy in eve there have been yearnings for a sack of warmth and beauty. British Columbia. v truth and glory nesday, Nov. 20 auty, and dressed Go into the bywn, Where souls starve and make no sign ling genius and worth, That in suffering fade and repine, Rend the mantle of love from lust's shoul- gas would ver, s of the Alaska Speak for stru v household, where Tear cant from religion’s high shrine; life breuthes or death moulders, ght of the great truth shine, ction of Tmmigration. is already assured that seve measures will looking to the restriction understood that Senator n, has o bill already prepared, the salient feature of which is a nominal tax upon immigrants, to be Besides this the bill of the Michigan scustor provides that each person who proposes to muke the United States his homé shall bring with tos signed or endorsed by at his former e, certifying that he 1s neither an t.and is possessed qualifications respectable Other gentlemen Etate of Nebraska, 5. Geo. B, Tzschuck res and says thi ablishing company, that the first duly sworn, it Tue Chicago papers are nt over the succ ham centre convention. parently justly chs v, Shout, till the grey mountains call: Cry, till the wild echoes are hurled, the cloud of oppression’s pall, *a gronning world. Up! Rest thee no longer dreaming, While Wrong strides rampant over Right. Dip thy pen iu thy best b And, as T bid thee—write!” the ‘month of December, 186, benefits it would be e plish must necessarily us the coul corpol i DO AT Palmer, of Michigs be limited solong itions have the power to enter into pools for controlling the output and thereby determining the Obviously so long as the privilege of forming combinations for this purpose is allowed no competition with coal, in which coal is a factor, can accomplish veduce the prico except in a limited As it has been, rged, that Chicago with no limit to the rure the convention, Minneapolis and other highly . ! lood streaming, p®id on landing. quantity of it, price of coal. gworn o and subscribed i 18 S0 the Dreamer arose in the night, 8d day of December, A. L When the sounds of life are still, When darkuess clouds the sight And shadow: bim cortitie On the merits of the respective towns, , weird, drift o'er the hilly members of the And forth, in a rushing torrent, Gushed out his heart's red tide. Tears mingled with blood in the current; He laved in it—w national convention itching palm, we ave glad they were re- Qmaha is certain to secure all she asks for in 189: of the Fidelity bank, needs no trial, ex- | idiot nor an anare cept u hard labor for life. The Rainfall on the Plains, Iditor of the Nation: have heen two contributions to an intervesting discussion, that of the rainfall which it is alleged, has taken place of late year: was formerly called the “Great Ameri or the region lying west of the Missouri and between and the base of the Rocky mountains. Senator Dorsey’sarticle in the North American Review forms one contributions, while the other is the ad- of General Morrow before the yenne county fairat Sidney, near the eastern boundary line of Colorado. neral Morrow claims that there has been a decided increasein Dorsey tukes the other view of the mat- ss of consumers the conl combinations would continue to regulate supply price, and there is really no promise of any relief for the mass of consumers so ght of unrestricted combi- As to the statement that ent to meet :d and steadily increasing of the United States. anxious to make areputation on this question will doubtless be hes bill or otherwis congress close the opportunit Loan and fore of Cutting’s vengeful postmas- at West Springfield, Massachusetts, cott against his succes- He instituted the practice of re- ig letters at his store them to the nearest postofice in order to cut down the revenue of hissuccessful rnment is jealous of its prerogative of carrying the wmails United Stages commissioner is now mingling in the fray in a way the leading boycotter despis will probably provg a€expensive lux- before the session of inasmuch as the the most available for there s every reason to believe that it may become prominent in the public attention. There has heen within the past y growth of misdirected opinion on this subject that if permitted to crystalize into legislation would most certainly operate to the disadvantage of the coun- organized a boy s now suffering with an hibit of stuffed real estate sules. is nothing like a bhoom—unless it is the the supply of coal is ins and carrying can Desert,” know just how much value to attach to The fact well known to everybody is that the supply of this fuel is just what the mine owners determine it shall be, ' having alwags in view.their personal or corporate interests. —— ‘Where Statesmen Thrive. With the convening there are many things suggested. is more conspicuous when the members are each sized up, than the one central idea that most anybody would make a congressman. all could not dicting a green Che fully reminded that two feet of snow way cover the green sward before the 26th of Decembor. tmas are 1 es. His revenge OMAWA already has the enterprising All she lacks is a million dol- Then conventions will come ay without the asking. —— ical significance that was contained in thé neWs covering the wires a few days age; to€the effect that the C'rown Prince was suffering from a cancer in its most malignant character, has been dissolved-by jlater develop- wments which show the Prince was not iougly afflicted. 1t is gratifying td know/that he vetatws His larynx Germany will maintain her loveliness Tne grave pol Senator Palmer can i of the representati The obvious absurdity of levying w tax on immigrants is of itself enough the proposition, which there wre objeetions that would receive the ap- As the result of a number of years of continued, though not scie vation of the region inclined to concur with his couelusions rather than with But my own explanation nereased rainfall, and the cause case, is somewhat differ from that given As the subject is of interest to a large number of people, I venture to present IN the wildness of Chicago falls into dull lin after securing the convention, knew enough to ke the vote was tuken. enthusinsm, 25 of poetry. in question, T General Mor- p her poetry until the common plendent with wif and worth and eloquence like our'own Mr. Laird who long ago made his mark on the proboscis of Mr. Cobb, of In- Yet they can most all feel con- fident that they possess enough natural ability to get into congress if they have n successful in keeping out of an may not all go to is sincerely hoped gently informed us to the nece effects of such a measure. for more legislation to restrict im- migration is narrow and ill-judged, and we should fear for the future of the country if we could beli it was likely to accomplish anything. As we have heretofore said the laws to keep out paupers, lunaties, and laborers under cient if properly enforecd, and ever we go beyond this we shall have taken a step inimical to the intertsts of the count Tugr Philadelphia papers lift their voices and say, **The bucket shop must £0." One of them insists that the buck shop keeper is a gambler pure and sim- ple. Then let him £0. This whole POLITICAL POINTS. The Indiana press indicates a fair-sized presidential boom for Harrison. Congressman Kelly says it is impossiple to force tariff reduction this winter. Prof. Samuel Dickey, chairman of the pro- hibition national committee, is a Michigan it. The whole region inquestion isa gen- tle slope stretching ror about 600 miles east and west, north drained by a number of rivers which re- ceive contributions from small streams, in the nature ditches, most of which, as you go west, are dry for the larger portion of the The region is not like any which is found east of the Mississippi river,but rises to a considerable altitude only i its western portion. This vast terri from a time so far remote as to be al- ‘most incafculable, was regularly burned over by fire, and during certain grazed ov by countless herds of buffalo. Never being broken by the pough, its surface gradually assumed a brick-like consistency. As A matter of general information to parties who expect to visit the stato house within the next few weeks, we would remark that up to this date the capital has not been removed. insane asylum. and south. contract are suffi- the - world gutters or on his shoulders, is a simple and easy task compared with labors of a Senator Allison is one of the republican leaders who openly oppose the abolition of the whisky tax. “The finger of fate,” decldres an esteemed Ohio exchange, ‘‘seems to point toward Jobm Sherman at this moment.” It is said to be a matter of history that the United States senate has never yet rejected a revenue measure sent to it by the house. Fourteen democrats in congress who voted against consideration of a tariff bill last year are noav reported to be willing to sail in the stout craft THE annual v port of the secretary of the navy would imply that we really These grim pleas- century con- It is no particular fun to sit around in the nation’s capitol all day ahd get up in the morning and go out the sun is up and hire a man to write you a speech and get your copy in to the government printing office be- fore the Congressional Record goes to And then it is equally unpleas- ant to tie up a few bushel sacks of ga den seeds and send them to men whose s were furnished by u country post- Yet some strong and loving na- ture must make this sacri Our Commerce With the South The backwardness of this country in hing closer commercial rela- tions with South and Central Amer wge fact. While Amer ched out everywhe: s for money-making in those countries have been almost wholly juropean commerce monopolized trade with the commereial centers of South America. tine Republie, for instance, yearly im- than $50,000,000 m the United States +had a boat or two. antries ave indulged in by high-sa simply to keep our credit good in foreign ports. of United States senators have met in Washington and conferred with Senator Palme cerning the vrohibition que Senator Riddleberger was conspicuous for his absenc e— THIS morning’s SUNDAY BEE, usual, recognizes no competitor in the A careful comparison of its news and general features is all that is nec It stands at the head of westorn journalism in enterprise. ital has rea the opportuni of Michigan, con- this brick-like surface there grew a mossy vegetation known as “‘buffalo grass. e from this surface much as it would off from the roof of a house. It passed into the ditches or gutters above referred to, and was slowly carried down into In'fact, the whole ¢ was literally one vast tile hed, of which the Rock re a specie of rude ridge-polo. It followed, of course, that the fall of the country, instead of sinking into the soil and in some form g in the countr the Gulf of Mex vanced all this changed. 5 ile-like surface was broken, the water percolated into the soil ande was held ike buffalo grass gave administration Revenue Reform. General Sheridan political oftice. The Argen says that he wants no Sheridan always was a re- markable man, and all he cares for now is 's on the first night and oscu- ports more goods, and of thi gets only about $5.000,000. condition of thing most of the other fice that the to see new pli late the pretty the Missouri. air Presentation. If the Englishman who has wondered what sort of country this "Huame dea from the fow prom- inent characters visiting his country year, we ecannot expect that his ideas have Doubtless he is confused and iy advent of Col- his wealth of hair and neluding squaws, exists in relation to South American coun- Between the two branches of congress it should be evident to the people before ad- journment that the republican party, now as always the represcutative of positive politics, is the reliance of the country for all kinds of sightedness on our part for allow- ing Lurope to monopolize this rich IN the acquittal of Arensdorf Sioux QCity has lost her advertising boom. Arensdovf, if a loyal citizen, have been willing to sacrifice h order to keep the town up the river be fore the people. sighted, anyway. Elkins, though West Virginia, has been notitied by the New Mexico republican committee that his resig- nation as national committeeman been accepted and that he will be expected to at the coming meet- ing toselect a place for holding the conven- a legal resid As population ad- itral America has been similarly neglected, but there are signs of Amer- jcan capital going in now, however, still wondering. onel Cody with abundance of Indian: pupooses, their ponies and do; hoys out for a time, long-haired and d scouts, together with buffalo and other untamed animals, had but lit- tle to offer the Englishman who would try to get an idea of our country. fact that Cody’s Wild West show eap- tured the dollars and the handsome face and form of the owner of the show cap- tured the hearts of to see, filled the Britisher with mingled de and jealousy tion sought was not aMundant. N appear before the footlights and secur the fawning praise of royalty and aris toeracy across the pond was the redoubt- 1, of Boston, an ig- norant and debased pugilist, yet withal and a mold of form, is now being entertained to the ‘queen’s taste” by that distinguished personage, the Prince of Wales. there was that little, dried up, weasoned atomy of Jay onaire wrecker who is hob-nobbing around London and Paris, evidently ex- ecutfg a scheme to pob somebody blind. And this, then, has been the Ame that others have s*done London,” been abroad for a hrief sweet season, but none of them have been particularly attractive except the three celebrities mentioned. It seems as though Cen- taought to be afine field for The republic of there, the mc place to grow quently all the meteorological condi- tions were changed. lace there was no more evaporation rom that country during the g year than ther After the soil was evaporation Consequently both soil” and atmosphere srognated with @ moisture Some men are represent the territory railrond enterprises. Honduras has one railroad running into the intevior a dis A ticket ove rOR PADDOCK has denied oven aspired to lead the N braska delegation to the national con- rumor, "he sa 1ce of thirty-seven that road costs a Tough Sight. portion of t the roof & church. S E Anthony Comstock will soon insist upon it things must smake the mouths that only dressed beef shall appear in the ad monopolists water when v should at once extend their energies southward. raising of cattle mi in that republ problem of wintering stock is unknown. be landed at United States ports at from seven to ten dollars Various Kinds of agriculture in with profit, and there is room for many more telegraph lines than ave ol present in use. San Salvador offers fine opvortunities for agricultural industry. about nine thousand square miles in extent,is one vast garden. The climate is good except some loc: ties along the Pacifie const. It secms as though labor might be dire native railr democratic editor. S other Nobra Such Patience is Scarce. Pittshurg Dispateh, The proof of a weather prediction is in the patience that waits long enough for it to ans who deserve through the tall and fair enatural explunation of the alleged increase of rainfall, which has unquestionably taken pla is there any safe ground for believing that the climate changes have yet 3 Blaine men isthat the plumed knight's friends werve in- ignating Chicagoas the place for holding the national conven- My, Sherman, in a recent inter- s he fals to see favorable to the strumental in de: s The College Divides With Congress. A Washington correspondent writes to a w York paper about the #Fresh Men in " We had supposed that the col leges had all the freshméu. e Rocky mountains, able Colonol Sulli . would in an man from Main the atmosphere change correspondingl formerly poured nway in the soil, and then in the atmosphere, returning again to the soil Conseqiently, ther rason for doubting that the entive area of country west of and east of the fow years enjoy o rainfall sufficient to Ng erops without any con- of artificial irvigation; king up of the present ious surface of the soil a th®single condition pr The question is not only one of scien- tific interest, but it is of vital impor- tance to all the com railroads through th explanation of it derived tion and experience can hardly be other- wise than of value Water which will be held. first Appearances Are Deceitful, Abilene Reffector, erjudge by appegranges. ‘A shabby ain an’ editor, ed plug hat and sup- ! delinquent sub- THEenterpr ns of the Black ills country ave organizing, and pro- pose to place thelr advantages before the people, and solicit what they de v shave of immigration during They claim to have advantages to offer investors and health-seekers, and shall insist upon being heard. —_—— That whole man wearing a high porting a cane may cupital and ted southward with our crowded population these are frequently idle or employed with little profit. siderable degre the gencral b Forty shares of * recently knocked down to a bidder for #. his money in such an ought to have a guardian appointed to take charge of his property, THE people, or rather the miners of Qolorado, do not propose to have any ings with John Chinaman, who for ways that are ps the platter. © *wood Springs, a day or two ago, one of . the heafhens from The south, by coming ot with northern activity. man who squand more in conts now building - SA Fashionable Piece of Silver, Boston Beacon, are innumerable, An Interesting Question. If it be true, as the the coul companies assert, that the high of fuel is not due either to com- binations of mine owners or to strikes of miners, but simply to the insufficient supply of ¢ steadily increasing demand, theve is evidently urgent need for something as a substitute for coal, situation is likely to grow worse, sub- jecung the cousumers of coal from year ppresentatives of — Why the Wom Tt is certainly particularly gratifying information to the American husbands. as well as o source of happine: : wives, to know thit at the great Novem- ber sule of scal-skins in London, there wis no advance in prices. hand, the report from that city says it was coufidently expected, the celestinl king- @oin attempted to become a citizen of Fate and a few miners hoy met Johu in the wnd 10 use Bret Harte's question, $5hall we be ruined by Chinese cheap almost tore the Chinaman into Since this pleasant episode, says a writer in doubt of it, but the wost acc in this town is a round disk With a square headed girl iu bas relief on one side and a highly infuriated buzzard on the other. r Are Happy. FRANCIS ADAMS, Boston, Nov. 14, greed otherwise. Garrett's Su Bavrivong, Dec. 10.—The dil Baltimore & Ohio railroad elect president, and bis salary, it is under stood, is fixed at & salury of the His Hands in the Wrong Pocket. Washington Critie. When Senator Hearst came up to the desk yesterday to be sworn in he had his hands in +He'll never be a throughbred If the existing On the other heathens of Glenwood have been Phl(ully searce, late president, Robert Garrett, MR. BALCH'S CH. A Notable Event at the Barker Hotel Last Night. The complimentary lun-h tenderad by Mr Balch, proprictor of the Barker hotel, lust evening to his former associates in the coal eade, to the merchants who sapplied the furnishings of the house, to the hotel men of the city and to the pross, was a grand success, and the guests pre: enjoyed themselves to the fullest extent. The new and ma cently decorated dining room unique and clogant appearan laid for seventy-five guests and nea number were ent. An painted menu card, bearing the nam guest who ateach p some and of the to ocenpy the chair was placed te. These cards were very hand- were the work of Miss Skella, 't of the hotel. A handsomo e was also given to each guest. Among those present werc the following: F. L. Hull, A. Meyer, Colonel Hirsch, ex Postmaster Coutant, Rev. Mr. Copeland, Joseph and George Barker, Louis Heimrod, A. Fowler, J. B. King, A. O'Brien r, E. Ho Mr. Batwell Cressy, Major J and Mr. Hallett. The menu was as follows Blue points on haf shell. Consomme—Royal. d, Celery ....Olives " Hroiled quail on toast, Asparagras. ench peas Cold ham. .. vov. Tongue on Mr. Balch coal dealers and Mr. When the wine was brought proposed a toast to the Contant responded to i “The next toast proposed was “The Hotels of Omaha," responded to by Mr. Davenport and Mr. Hawlitt of the Millard. Mr. Hull of the Paxton was also called upon. 'he toast of “The Press™ was responded to by Mr. O'Brien. The toast master then stated that he would ask the Rev. Mr. Copeland to tell the ussem- bled gentlemen something about the heavenly hotels, The reverend gentieman replied in a most appropriate manner. He said that while he was unable to tell of the hotels of paradise he belicved that the guests there would be well taken care of. Mr. Balch then stated that all he needed plete his huppiness was a marble floor in his new ofice, . Joseph Baker related the history house and wound up by promising M a marble floor whic Wt forth p applause. It was midnight when the party adjourncd. Taken altogether the luneh was one of the most clegant und notable aflairs of the seaso of the - . CHRIS SPECHT'S F4 Brilliant. Banquet Tendered Him © Fol rope. Chris Specht, a well known manufucturer of this city, leaves this week for a visit to the home of his boyhood in Germany, after an absence of over a quarter of a contury. Last evening, in houor of this event, a number of his friends tendered him . farewell banquet at Masonic hall, Nearly & hundred guests were present, among them s me of tl @ most distinguished citizens of Owaha. After par- taking of the various eatables and drinkables which were served in lavish profusion, Hon. John M. Thurston, the toast master, in his usual eloquent and_polished style, paid a glowing tribute to “Our Guest." He spoke of the carly struggles of Mr. Specht, and industry and enterprise he had, without friends, influence or education, REWELL. on accumulated wealth in a foreign land. He described his eminently successful business career here, and ended with wishing him Godspeed in his voyage across the Atlantic. The speaker was frequently interrupted by applause, He was followed by Ex-Mayor Vaughn, of Coun- cil Bluffs, on *“The Twin Citics:" Hon. W. J. Connell, “The Bar;" Frank Walters, “Old Times and Friend , P bilities of Americ Mer “Young Men in Polit Press:” Mike Lee, “Erin_in Hascall, “Isaac Has No Wings, but He * There Just the Same.’ The speakers were all entertaiing and the various witticisms and thghts of eloquence were loudly applauded. Variety was given to the occasion by some musical selections by Prof. Franko's orchestra. At a late hour the festivities enaed. CENTRAL LABOR UNION. It is Decided to Hold a Public Sunday Meeting. A regular meeting of Central Labor Union was held at G. A. R. ball last evening. P. H. Dillon, from the Iron Moulders union, was clected president to fill the vacancy occas- toned by the resignatiof®f Jacob Jaskaleck. Nine trade's organizations were represented and four were absent. The Brick Moulders and Settlers' union was added to the list of organizations and was represcnted at the meeting last evening. The ‘reports from the trades were generally fair, with the exception of the cigar minufactur which was reported dull. A public mceti for a general discussion of labor will be held on Sunday afternoon, December I8, at 3 o'clock, at Royal Arcanum hall, Douglas street Botwoen Thirteenth and Fourtecuth strects. The public meetings will be regularly con- tinued, meeting the first and third Sunday afternoon of each month. L. A. 3,014 K. of L. presented a circular condemning the action of the Messrs. White- .y, manufacturers of reapers and Imow at Cincinnati, and who are waging a war extermination geainst the Knights of Labor, LAll labor organizations are entitles to rep- ation in thcse meetings and everyone ome to the public ones. EXCITING STREET SCENE. The Charges a Young Man Filed Against a Blind Woman. The old blind woman who grinds an ill- and dilapidated organ on the corner of eenth and Farnam streets had an excit ing experience about 8 o'clock last night. Among the charitable pedestrians who con- tributed their dimes and nickles to the con- tribution plate of the old lady wusa young man, who by mistake, as he alleges, dropped a five-dollar gold piece into her coffers, sup posing it to be a nickel. He did not discover \is mistake until some time afterwa when he hurried back and demanded the turn of his gold. The womun remoustrat with him, and the louduess with which the young man emphasized his claims soon at tracted a large crowd. The sympathics of the gathered multitude were with the womian, and when the fellow threatened to search her there and then for the missing coin, several brawny and hard-fisted men promiscd him a sound drubbing if he undertook unything of the kind. Finally the we by a guide amid a shower of tervible curses from her accuser, 1 The Co-operative Colony. Oman, Dee. 10 —To the editor of the Bre: An editorial appearcd in a recent issue of t e, headed “A Colony Fraud,” that is fulse Lar, or many of my most in timate friends and acquaintauces, who have gone to Port Angeles since last June, and later, have written me in their letters innumerable fulsehoods. 1f the co-operative colony is & fraud, its co-operating in fraud, us on of letters from them to fathers, nd sisters and friends in this city vived by me indicute success beyond expectations Iy if there was fraud their own flesh and blood would not be picked out as their victims, The only sign of fraud conceivuble is on the part of the O ¥ informant, or possibly your, us hope for the reputation of 258 that it would not be guilty ¢ an honest cn sppressed lubor of America. A MeMBER 0F OMATA B xenP. 8. C C. Killed in a Sand Slide, Brennan's sand bank, one mile south of Vinton st slid in yesterday ufternoon, entombing two men, John Bagley, who was wainfully erushed, and J. P, K hristianson, ]\\'lxn was dead when rescucd, The deceased leaves a wife and seven children. - Stevenson Wants Another Trial. Late yesterday afternoon Cromwell, one of the attorneys for the defense in the Stevenson rape case, made a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the court Lud | formed an ¢ erred ont admitfing mcompetents testimony part of the state, in repressing evi- te on the part of the defense, in retaine ing as, jurors four men who had already rion of the case, and in glving certain charges to the Jury. The judge tool the matter under consideration until Mons day, but hinted that it is probable that a new trial will be denied - A Tough One in Custody, h Barbardt,a young man whose alias® are Fred L. Piors, Jumes Goodman, Henry Bergamin Stley, I L. Davis, Fred L. Pierce, Clemens Clement and J.M. Roberts is in custo- dy in Chicago. This man of so many aliases is well known in Omaha, where it is thought ho has played pecular dishonest tricks. His ame is the raising of fgures on postal checks, which he accomplishes by the use of acids. Personal Paragraphs. vod Cunnifigham, of Farley, Ta., is in the . . Hubbard, Broken Bow, Neb,, isin the Walt. Mason, of the Lincoln Journal, is in the vity. . J. Clark, Windsor, of Beatrice, Neb,, is at the orrs, of Red Oak, Ta, is at the A. Windsor. George P, Sherwood, of Kearney, Neb,, is iu the city. 0, L. Bowman. of Le Mars, Ia., is visiting in the city. Clarence E. Brady, of Fullerton, Neb., is in the city. T, I, Van Nutta, of St. Joseph, Mo, is at the Millard, Charles H. Ault, of St. Louis, Mo., is at the Millard. G. W. Bartholomay, Lincoln, Neb,, is at the Windsor dan, of Bloomington, Neb,, is at George Christoplier, of Lincoln, Neb,, is at the Windsor. S. P. Jeffries, of the Kansas City railroad, is in the city. Daniel Hopkins, of Central City, Neb,, is at the Millurd. Daniel W. Coffee, of Plattsmouth, Neb., is at the Windsor, 1. A. Faxon and F. W. City, arc at the Millard - WORK OF AN AWFUL HABIT, chulte, of Kansag The Sad Story of Dr. Charles H Bradley New York Times: Dr. Charles H, Bradley, who two yeurs ago held an ex: cellent position as a practicing physicls an in Chicago, but who ruined himselt and his family by the use of coctine,was o prishicrin the Jeffevson Market pos lice court yesterdny. He was all broken up by the habit; and although but thirty-five yeurs old, he looked mora .. “He was_pale and emaciated ed up to the beneh when the was called, A numb i M the past son call- cians in this have wit month been victimized by a i and borrowing the pro- them up at night in an ure their hypodermic sy tense that they gent case by o physiciun whose instrus ment was oat of order. So frequent had these thefts become that one of the vies tims published @ warning to the pro= fession. The doctor admitted obtaining the nges from the doctors by means of d notes, but said that his principa { was to obtain the opium_which accompanied each case, as he had no money to purchase the opiate. He was a slave to the habit, he said, and it was impossible for him to do without it for twenty-four hours. Dr. Bradley figured prominently ba fore the publicin Chicago several timos. His case attracted the attention of the medical profession 11 and many newspaper articles have Deen writton about him. About two years ago he was in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice and resided in a fashionable quarter of the city. Ie was talented to u degree, and was looked on. as oue_of the vising physicians of Chicago. Ho had a happy howe, a devoted wife, and several interesting children. By de- grees s friends and patients began to notice that his actions were unnatural. The could assign no reason for it, bes cause everyone knew he was not a drinking mun. At times the doctor would be in exceptionally good spirits, then again he would apperr utterly de- pressed and talk as if the hand of every man W ised against him. ‘As ench of these attacks of melancholy succeeded each other, and they did sa with rapidly increasing freqency, the doctor began losing his practic tients would call at his housc onl, told he was sick. Calls were neglected and he withdrew more and more from society. Bradley sold his horse and buggy, and then his houschold furnis ture began to disappear into pawnshops, and at last his familiar and now, shabe bily dressed figure was scen but little on the streets. Then he was missed alto< gether. The neighbors were the first o notice his disappearance. Tho blinds of his house had been closely, drawn for several days. Gossipping neighbors aiscovered that Mrs. Bradley and the children had not been seen for several da Some one went to the po- lice station. An officer was sent to tho house and the back door was burst open There was no sign of life on the lowe floor, but the stepsof the searchers wero divected to the upper floor by the ery ing of children. Hurrying to one of the bedrooms whenee came the cries, w sight met the offic eyes which com- pletely staguered him On the bed in thei Dr. Bradly and his wifs wdeep sleep, and the ¢ vain trying to arouse them, The sleeves of both the sleepers were rolled up to the arm pits. the offic looked closer he suw that the arms of cach one mass of wholly or partinlly hea sores and small, freshly made” wounds. night clothos lay ) in were in The practiced eye of w medical man called in quickly solved the myste He turned to the dressing case picked up a hypodermie syr and an empty vial labeled coca 'his told the story. The doctor was removed to the insane department of the county juil, and friends cared for the wife and children. On his trial for insanity Dr. incoherently told the story of downfall, and this story he has Wdily adhered to ever since. He said he had made a special study of the use and effect of cocaine, He at first practiced on animals, but i desive to wateh the operation of the drug on the human system. Gradually he found that he could not get alon without it. He found also that his min wandered, and he could not study the effects as he formerly did, He induced low him to practice on her n both were confirmed vietims of it The doctor was adjudged fnsane and sent to an asylum, where he remained severnl months,when he was pronounced and onee more resumed practice inthis eity, Ilis next appesrance bes fore the public wus on January 7. 1857, when he ested for swindling druggists out of small quantitics of coctine by presenting orders purporting to come from promincnt physicians. His old habit had returned ‘and had again mastered him, This time he wag sent toah al from which he eseaped, He was locked up again in Chicuzo for two oo ks, and then announced himsclt cured. Since the heard of in that city. and no friends. he has not been He has ne home e A colored man, thirty-five years of age, uttends school in Davenport.