Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1887, Page 4

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People realize more and more the efficacy of this method of dealing with the temperance question and it is quite safe to predict that the mnajority of states will soon have a high lioense law inscribed upon their statute books. — ACCORDING to the investigation of the New York assembly the earnings of the telephone monopoly represent a peofit of fifty per cent on the capital in- vested. In other words the subscribers repay the capital invested every two years. This is a very good return for very poor seryice. THE Regan Bros. held a council meeting last night all for them- selves and rushed through three separate appropriations amounting to over $16,000. Judging from the pro- ceedings of the council for the last three months, the Regans and Brennans have & monopoly of the time of the council as .well as the board of public works. THE New York state} board of health, after a careful investigation of the quarantine administration at the port of New York city, reports that it would be difficult to imagine a worse state of affairs than exists at that station. This emphatic condemnation should be heeded by the New York legislature, and remedies applied. The eflicacy of the quarantine regulations of the prin- cipal port of the country is a matter of importance to the whole nation,and es- ially to the west, which receives so rge & proportion of foreign immigra- tion. THE new extradition treaty between this country and Great Britain, which was signed by representatives of the two governments in the summer of 1886, should be ratified without delay. A memorial asking for the approval of the treaty was last week presented to the senate. A list containing the names of fifty-three embezzlers, who have fled to Canada and taken with them about four million dollars, accompanied the peti- tion. Ratification of the new treaty would put public thieves and defaulters on the same footing in Canada as other criminals whose extradition is per- mitted. — THE tripartite combination between the Rock Island, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Union Pacific roads, organized with such a flourish of trumpets about four years ago, has finally and definitely collapsed. The object of the combina- tion was to give the Rock Island and 8t. Paul rouds a direct outlet west of the Missouri, and the Union Pacific east of the Missouri, thus avoiding thoe con- struction of independent lines west of the river by the Rock Island and St. Paul, and east of the river by the Union Pacific. The greed of the companies concerned in the combination, however, defeated their object, and dissensiors arose which have finally resulted in dis- solution THERE have been some particularly sad cases of destitution and suffering discovered within the past few days. Omaha has a large number of indigent poor who must be cared for this winter, 80 that the fountain of charity must not be allowed to dry up. People who out of their abundance can afford to be lib- eral should promptly place at the com- mand of the proper officials such bene- factions as they are disposed to make. ‘With the present organization for the distribution of charity there is assurance that very little of the contributions will be misapplied, and the proper way to give is through the organized chanels. E—— THE promise seems {avorable for the formal opening of the cable tramway line before the close of 1887, 80 that this year will be eredited with the inception and inauguration of this important im- provement. The character of the ac- commodations gives assurance that tho company intends to give the public the very best of service, and the public may be confidently relied upon to ap- preciate and reward such consideration. Another year will doubtless see this line greatly extended, and meanwhile it may be expected that the effect of its competition will be & marked and needed improvement of the street car service of Omaha. It has already had a decided effect for the better. . The Closing Year. ‘With the close of to-day the year 1887 will retire from business. It has made a record which; so as far as the United States is concerned, places it among the most memorable years of progress and prosperity in the nation’s history. The auspicious promises with which the year came in have been more than verified by the results, and the country's wealth has been increased by hundreds of mil- lions of dollars. In the distribution of this prosperity every scction of this favored land has shared. Of noquarter in the great domain of the republie can it be said that it has experienced no progress. In the eastern and middle states every interest has found oppor- tunity for expansion, in the south hun- dreds of industries have been founded and avast development of resources has taken place, and in the west cities have grown with marvelous rapidity lands have been opened to cultivation and ampler facilitics of commerce have been provided that will permanently contribute to its prosperity. In some sections the year's harvest fell short of & full reward to the farmers, but the aggregate yield was ample for the na- tion’s wants and enough to spare for the demands of less fortunate countries. The conspicuous facts in the record of the year’s matorial progress are the unprecedented extent of railroad con- struction and the vast amount of muni- cipal improvements and building that has been accomplished. The railroad system of the country has been increased by the addition of about 13,000 miles, ropresenting with the necessary addi- tional equipment an immense outlay which has kept in active and profitable operation numerous industries. The expenditure for public improve- ments and in building operations it would be idle to attempt to estimate, but it has unquestionably exceeded that of any previous year. All this has made a steady demand for lahor at good wages, with the result that the average condition of the workingmen of the United States employed in me- chanical pursuits and skilled labor is at least as high at this time as ever before. Unhappily there are thousands of work- ingmen not of these classes whose situa- tion is to be deplored, but this unfortu- nate fact cannot be cited to disprove the general prosperity, and must find its ex- planation in the policy that fosters pow- erful combinations to control production and oppress labor. The growth of such combinations has been one of the marked developments of the closing year which must be placed among the unpleasant chapters of its history, though the effect has been to arouse a public sentiment that will. certainly sooner or later crystalize into remedial legislation and effect a permanent eradication of these ulcers from the commercial system, The year 1887 has been disastrous to human life from casualty and violence. Several memorable railroad accidents counted many victims, and storm and fire brought death to a large number. Criminal violence was also widespread, and the victims were numerous. But everywhere the law has been vigilant, and few who outraged it have escaped its swift pursuit. In the necrology of the year there appear few names of na- tional renown. Ex-Vice President ‘Wheeler and Dahiel Manning were the most prominent among those who had held public station, while science sus- tained a conspicuous loss in the death of Professor Baird. In all the educa- tional and moral instrumentalities of the time the United States has taken no step backward during 1887. With the rest of the world the closing year was not 80 lavish of 1ts favors. Europe has made little if anyadvancein prosperity during the past twelve months. In no country has there been an unusual industrial activity, while in most of them there has been an almost uninterrupted de- pression. The war preparations of the continental nations have eaten up the substance of the people, and tho best conditioned population,thatof Germany, averages far below that of the United States. In England pauperism is wide- spread and increasing, and threatens to be one of the most serious problems with which the government will have to deal in the nmear future. Looking abroad, the American people will find in the situation of the older nations abundant reason to con- gratulate themselves that they are citi- zens of this favored land, which 1f not wholly free from political and other l faults still offers to every man privileges. and opportunities not to be found in any other. Congressman Dorsey’s Position, Hon. G. W. E. Dorsey, representing the Third congressional district of Ne- braska, has defined his position on the subject of revenne reduction and taviff revision to an interviewer of the Fre- mont Tribune, This was necessary in view of the fact that Mr. Dorsey had been misrepresented as having gone into the Carlisle camp of revenue ve- formers, a course which all familiar with the past tariff views of the repre- sentative of the Third district ought to have readily seen would be next to im- possible. There have been sudden con- versions in which a man faced about completely, but Congressman Dorsey is not the sort of man who could be ex- pected to do this. Mr. Dorsey states that he has in no degree relinquished his belief in the policy of protection to American indus- tries and American labor, but he has reached the intelligent conclusion that a revision of the tariff 18 necessary and desirable and that certain articles can very properly, in the interest of the gencral welfare, and in order to reduce the revenue of the government, be vlaced on the free list or the duties on them be cut down. He would abolish the tarif on lumber, coal and salt and reduce that on sugar, but he thinks wool should not be put on the free list. He thinks also that if necessary to the reduction of revenue the duty on steel rails might be wisely cut down. The details of Mr. Dorsey’s plan may mot all meet the views of every advocate of tariff re- vision and reduction, but they are an evidence of progress which every such advocate must cordially welcome. -Mi, Dorsey is unquestionably in the right oo e o b g e SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1887, track, and having proclaimed his posi- tion his constituency and the country will know where tofind him when the time of trinl comes, And we have not & doubt he will be there. The Diphtherla Scare, The prevalence of diphtheria in this city is causing needless alarm., There has been much exaggeration with re- gard to the number of fatal cases and the genecral extent of the disease. The exceptionally warm and variable season is doubtless largely responsible for the sprend of diphtherin and other prevail- ing throat troubles. Hundreds of peo- ple have suffered from a species of epizootic which has about the same effect upon people as it does upon horses, under certain climatic condi- tions. This throat affection has to have its run, but is not at all dangerous un- less it becomes complicated with some other discase. While there is no cause for alarin with regard to diphtheria, there should be proper precautions taken by physicians and parents to prevent the spread of the contagion. Insome cities every house in which diphtheria exists isrequired to be placarded with a sign or flag which warns off visitors, and especially chil- dren. Such a regulation would be emi- nently properin Omaha. This can be done most effectively by requiring phy- sicians to report promptly to the health officer, whose business it should be made to have the propersignal displayed from the premisecs. Tne illustrated New Year’s review of the BEE will be delivered to every sub- scriber of the daily in this city on Sun- day morning, with the regular edition for that day. Subscribers should keep an eye on their front porch., Other Lands Than Ours. Mr. Gladstone, before departing for the ¢ontinent, responded to an address presented to him at Dover, and s some things which will supply material for the English people to reflect upon during his absence. He did not look hopefully to the next session of parlia- ment, saying that it would be darker than the last unless something was done to alleviate the situation in Ireland. He characterized as the darkest blot upon parlinment the act now in opera- tion effacing the civil rights of the Irish, and after illustrat- ing with a force and vigor indicating an undiminished zeal and intellectual power, Mr. Gladstone renewed the assurance of his faith in the cause he champions by declaring that it would presently triumph. Politics has given place for the moment to the fes- tivities which at this season are of gen- eral observance in England, and no new matters of special interest have been developed. Nor is it to be expected that there will be much during the time to intervene untii the assembling of par- liament. An unlooked for event of great concern and advantage to the people of Ireland was the decree making sweep- ing veductions in Irish rents. In effect this decree reduced all judicial ronts in Ireland by an average of 14 per cent, which makes an annual reduction in the rentals of the island of about $1,800,000. If we add this to 18% per cent already scaled off by the land commissioners, the result is annihilation since 1881 ot $10,000,000 in the capitalized value of Irish land. As a matter of fact the depreciation in the value of English agricultural land during this period has ‘been much greater, but it has been done by natural causes and not by legal enact- ment. The whole essence of the gov- ernment’s Irish policy was to protect the Irish landlords by force from the action of these natural causes. Hence a sudden swinging blow from the pro- tecting hand just at the time, too, when the coercion of the nationalists is most severe, strikes the Irish landlords like: a thunderbolt. To be consistent with what he has said in the past Lord Salisbury is bound to bring in a bill to reimburse the Iri landlords wholly orin part for this forci- ble reduction of their rents. This con- stitutes a dilemma, for if he does any- thing of the sort he will excite loud howls from the British taxpayers, and if he doesn’t there will be a big stam- pede of Irish landlords over to home rule. Mr. Parnell was never more fortunate than in this diversion, which comes just at a time when there were begiuning to be ugly rumors in Ire- land over his continued absence from the country at a juncture when his in- fluence was peculiarly needed to keep the extremists of his party in check. * "% The war apprehensions that pervaded Europe a weck ago have been largely allayed. Peaceful assurances have been given both by Rus- sia and Austria, and the prevailing tone is one of comparative confidence. Still, there is a strong war party in Russia, and the czar, who there is rea- son to believe leans toward it, may bo further influenced by the suggestion that internal disaffection may be sub- dued by a policy which would be in accord with the long-cherished dreams of the Russian people. The tripartite alliance, from which Russia has been shut out; the tacit support given by Austria to Prince Ferdinand, of Bul- garia, and the occupation by the latter power, of Herzegovina and Bosnia, have all tended to irritate Russia by blocking the accomplishment of her dearest schemes, and it would take unusually large concessions to remove the feeling of animosity. There is also unquestionably both in Germany and Austria @ considerable party which would welcome a war with Russia, but the government of neither of these nations is at all in sympathy with this element. The aged emperor of Ger- many has determined to end his days, if possible, in peace, and his policy in this respect will be the policy also of Austria. In fact, it cannot be other- wise, for without the support of Ger- many Austria would be helpless in & conflict with Russia. It would seem that the preparations of the powers, which appeared so ominous of war, have really had the effect of promating peace, though it is impossible to feel sure that this appearance is not de- ceptive. " There is always an interest in con- templating the vast military resources which the great European nations have at command. The latest statistics re< garding those of Russia show that her peace effective proper in her regular army comprises a total in round num- bers of 622,000 officers and men. Re- serves, garrisons, local troops, Cossacks and volunteers bring the aggregate peace force to about 890,000. On & war footing this force is more than doubled, amounting to 1,960,000 men. In addi- tion there are sundry miscellancous forces to be redkoned in, so that in round numbers Russia’s peaco forceumay now be set, including reserves and gar- risons, at nearly§ 1,000,000 officers and men, her war effective proper at 2,000,- 000; her total war strength increased by militia at 8,000,000, Behind this is a territorial militin of per- haps 2,000,000 more. In great soldiers Russia has fewer than Germany, and in the death of Skobeleft lodt the one of most brilliant renown. Her greatedt military leader now is jourkho, who has a reputation founded on solid achievements. Unlike her great rivals, Russia lacks a magazine gun for her infantry, and this is a very serious disadvantage. Still there is a well- grounded belief that. she has new ex- plosive compounds for artillery and per- haps for other arms, and it is said that the purchase of one of these, the inven- tion of the Russian engineer Rouckte- shell, was recently sought in vain at the price of $400,000 by Krupp, the Russian government having secured it. In her fine cavalry Russia is particularly strong, and she has concentrated a great body of it in Poland. s The conclusion of King Milan of Ser- via that in a conflict between Germanic and Slavie forces Servia should remain neutral, if possible,is a judicious one, although perhapsnot wholly relished by Austria, who may have looked upon Servia as a possible ally, It issaid that Russian influences have lately been at work in that country and this may be one fruit of them. Looking ouly at the race question, pure and simple, Servia could not, of course, be expected to sym- pathize with anti-Slav influences. In- deed her hope is to reunite the old Slav elements in the Balkan peninsula, with herself as the nucleus and controlling element. If in her war with Bulgaria she had the sympathy of Austro-Hun- ary and the ill will of Russia, yet she ot forget that any gain for her dis- tinetly Slavic ambition is to be ex- pected from St. Petersburg rather than Vienna. Should Austria and Germany defeat Russia, there would be little prospeat of reward for ia; but Russin, if victorous, might vo her a part of Bosnia, just as she did give her more territory under the treaty of Sun Stafano than the treaty of Berlin confirmed. KingAilan, too, is about to checkmate the pl of his rival, King Karageorgevics, ssin’s special pro- tege and represepfative of Slay aims in the peninsula. * The golden jubilee of Pope Leo XIIT is to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination as a priest, which oc- curred in January, 1837. The event will be celebrated withygreat magnificence at Rome, while it will be observed in all cities by the Catholic inhabitants. The jubilee mass at St. Peter’s will be at- tended by 50,000 persons. The feature of the Jubilee, however, is the extent and value of the offerings which flow into Rome from all parts of the world. The liberality of the donors,who include crowned heads and nobles as well as laborers and servant girls, is remark- able. At the recent jubilee of the queen of England the gifts were her- alded as something unusual in amount and liberality, but the extent of their value did not reach half a million sterling. It is estimated that the value of the gifts to the pope will exceed three million pounds or fifteen million dollars. P The combined movement of many of the planters of the province of San Paulo, Brazil, to set free all their slaves by the end of the year 1890 is an im- portant step in Brazilian emancipation. Probably an aid to this project has been the degree of success which has at- tended the few efforts made to obtain free lahor. A good sign also is the fact that in one period of six months nearly 16,000 immigrants from Europe arrived there. A well known family of San Paulo, possessing 500 slaves, has de- termined to set them free at Christmas of next year; and the influence of a fow prominent planters who favor eman- cipation is felt among «'l the rest. It was in this province, by the way, that the successful escape of a large number of slaves recently occurred. One draw- back to emancipation is said to be the fact that on many plantations the slaves are mortgaged to secure loans from banks. The great coffee provinces are Rio Janeiro, Bahia, San Paulo and Minas-Gerahs, and there the agricul- tural problem connected with the aboli- tion of slave labor is serious. But with the provisions of the law for continuing the labor of freedmen for wages for a time, and with the gmportation of labor, it is hoped that the' cultivation of cro will go on without trouble after emanci- _pation. .’Q Another revolution appears to be imminent in the Sandwich Islands, caused this time by King Kalakaua’s exercise of the veto power. When the popular outbreak of last summer resulted in & largel curtailment of tho royal prerogative the veto power was left to the king, although from what was known of him it might have been seen that he would hardly be likely to miss an opportunity for exercising it, whether rightly or wrongly. The situa- tion is critical, and there is every likeli- hood ot continued agitation so long as the islands shall be ruled by a debauchee. On the other hand, if the people should succeed in practically asserting their independence there is the danger that some foreign power might take advan- tage of the changed condition of things and obtain a foothold on territory which is sufficiently near to us to arouse an in- terest in its future. e The anxiety shown by the German people over the probable outcome of the malady of the crown prinee, is not only a testimony of thelr loyal affection for the man, but betrays a natural fear that in the event of his death they could not obtain those liberalizing reforms which they expect from him should he be spared to become emperor. The acces- sion of young Prince William to the throne might not of itself be immediately disastrous, for the peopleare loyal to the house of Hohenzollern, and would give him their support; but the cause of 1ib- eralism in western Europe might suffer, and thoe prospoets of enlarged individual liberty be greatly retarded. CONGRESSMAN DORSEY. He Expresses His Views on the Tariff Question, Fremont Tribune: The report having gone out that Congressman Pow ey had been won over by the Carlisle wing of the democratic party to their tariff views, a Tribune reporter interviewed Mr. Dorsey on the subject and obtained from him his intentions in the matter and views on the {T question, which are herewith submitted. “What is there to the report that you will co-operate with the democrats, the Carlisle wing, on the tariff reduction?” asked the reporter. “On my arrival at Wnshinpl(on. I urged, ns did other western republicans, that we should take an affirmative posi tion on the tariff guestion and said that it would not do for us to obstruct tarifl legislation by refusing to consider & tar1ff bill as in the last congress; let that bill emanate from whatever faction or wing or whatever party it might that some of us would be compelled to vote for its consideration. I never inti- mated that I would support a tariff bill brought forward by what is termed the Carlisle wing of the democratic party, but will vote for its consideration. That, of course, would not commit us to sup- port the measure, but simply to bring it before the house for discussion. The republican state conventions in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska have pledged the people that the republican party in thoso states would favor a spoudg ‘and equitable revision of the tariff. Since tho pegeidont has outlined the policy of the rovenue reformers it will be impos- sible to secure the vote of a republican of any of the states I have named to sup- port his recommendation to put wool on the free list and destroy the sheep in- dustry of the country. I believe firmly in the principle of “protection. In the revision of the tariff I will refuse to support aay measure that does not recognize that principle.” “In_your opinion on what articles should ‘the duty be removed for the re- duction of the surplus?” “From such articles as are necessa- ries; for instance, I would cither reduco the duty on sugar to 1 cent per pound or place sugar on the free list and to save that industry from injury and to encourage and support the manufacture of sugar from sorghum as has been demonstrated is feasible, pay a bounty to sugar producers; then putlumber, salt and coal on the free list,and if a further reduction is necessary reduce the duty on steel rails from $27 to $12 per ton.” ““If you put these on the free list and that reduction on steel how much would th ceipts of the government be di shed ?” **About 875,000,000 each year. Then I’ wouldspend several millions of dollars in erecting public buildings in cities that need such buildings, and then pass the pension bill introduced by Senator Man- derson that was agreed upon in the en- campment of the G. A. R. at St. Louis; then make a liberal appropriation for building up our navy; also place atthe disposal of the postmaster general 181,000,000 at least to be used under his direction to aid in establishing new steamship lines to South America.” “What action will be taken by con- gress on the tariff question—will the democrats harmonize on any measure?”’ “Whatever is done by congress will be in the nature of a compromise. The Randall wing of the democratic party will oppose any bill brought forward by the committee of waysand means that is in the line recommended in the presi- dent’s message. A number of revenue- reform democrats say the president went too far in his message. It is impossible to even cunjfi(:ture what will be the final outcome. any democrats as well as republicans favor the removal of the excise tax on tobaceo and to secure the passage of some measure it may be nec- essary to remove that tax, but if that is done western members will insist that the duty be taken from lumber, salt, coal and lowered on sugar.” “If the democrats fail will the repub- licans Eut forward any bill and can they act in harmony?” “The republicans will um}ucstlnnnhly bring forward a revenue bill and move that as a substitute for the bill presented by the committee, and I think if con- cessions be made by the different inter- ests that such a bill would§have the sup- port of many democrats and all the re- publicans.”” **Will the republicans favor a general reduction or will it be made on specific articles ¥ ” “On specific articles, for the reason that we think the duty too low on many articles and tod high on others. For that reason the house voted down the Morrison bill for horizontal reduction.” “Will the Randall faction vote with the republicans for such a bill? Would {Lun;l;\v 1 submit to coal being on the free ist “I think some of the Randall win would favor coal on the free list an other democrats would vote for the bill if the tax was taken from tobacco. It is certainly to the interest of the farmers of the northwest to have lumber, salt and sugar as cheap as possible. Why should the people of this country pay 251,000,000 every year to encourage the sugar industry, since the total valuo of the article produced is but $11,000,000 yearly?” ‘*How will the Nebraska delegation vote on the pension bill presented by Senator Manderson?” “I think the bill will recgive the sup- port of every member of the delega- tion.” “Mr, McShane will think?" “Mvr. McShane is committed to favor fair pension legislation, and I think will support the pension bill.” *Whatabout the United States district court bill for Nebraska?” “Senator Manderson has introduced in the senate a bill providing for the holding of the United States courtat Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Hastings and Kearney. This bill provides the neces- sary machinery and designates the timo for court for each place. Assoon as the house has fully organized and general bills can be introduced T will intro- duce a similar bill and try to secure its passage.” favor it, you e Frightened Away. Thursday night Adolph Meyer,who resides at 2318 Douglas street. frightencd off a burglar who was endeayoring to effect an entrance to his residence through the back window. The fellow saw a revolver barrel through the win- dow in Mr. Meyer's hand and_jumped the fence with the agility of & hound ‘and disap- peared. —— A Wife Beater Held. Max Klette was before Justice Anderson yesterday to answer to the charge of beating d threatening to kill ms wife and two children and driving them out into the coid of Wednesday night. He was put under §300 t0 appear before the district court . 7 BENOH AND BAR. United States Court, BUIT 10 RECOVER $3,400, The Woodward Iron company filed an no- tion yesterdav in the United States cir- cuit court against Usher & Russoll, a suit to recover 83,400 on two promissory notes. These were given October 13, 1887, one for $1,655.84 and the other $1,650.82. The plam- Hiffs in their petition claim that these notos have not been paid, and they sue for the whole, togother with interest and the costs of prosecution, BIGGER GAME TIAN NAPPY JACK, Louis Passoa, or better known as “Happy Jack,"” the convicted bogus land agent, was ordered brought into court yesterday for sentence. He received four years at hard labor, 1In passing scntence the court implied that it did not hold Passoa chargeable with the conception of the extensive land frauds in which he participated last summer at Lin- coln, but rather looked upon him as the victim of shroewder rascals. Still his culpability was undeniable and the punishment merited. It will be remembered by the readers of the BeE that at the time of the oxpose of the transactions of theso land sharks it was re- peatedly intimated in these columns that there was bigger game than Passoa, tho authorities would have been pleased to lay their hands upon. It was also hiuted that soveral parties of business prominence and social standing in Omaha were suspected of being implicated, but diligent reportorial in- vestigation failed to develop their identity, However, yesterday the Hee received ii formation that fixes the parties as one Hayes and Green, and the authoritics are now upon their trail, with a good prospect .of their spoedy capture, GROSS TO GO TO AN ASYLUM. Judge Dundy suspended the sentence of Poter Gross, the convicted perjurer,yesterday morning, owing to the prisoner's shattered mental faculties, and in order that time might be hud to hear from the attorney general in regard to his disposition. Since his con- viction Gross has been going down hill, men- tally, very rapidly, and it will require but little longer to see him & complete imbecile. He has had several epileptic fits, the outcomo of which have been cach time a more pitiable condition than ever. The attorney gencral has been asked to designate some hospital or place of confinement where Gross can be sent, and where he will reeeive proper med- {c;-l treatment, being totally unfit for prison ife. District Court. THE RODINSON-JONES CASE. The evidence in the Robiuson-Jones case was completed yosterday, Mr. Jones being the last witness to testify. He was on the stand for about three hours. He testified that his bauk books and a large number of receints for money paid out had been stolen, and hence he could not produce them in court. He said that he believed his mothor- in-law to be the thief. his statement cre- ated a decided sensation. The court then took the case under advisement and stated that a decision would be rendered some day next week. VAN ETTEN'S OASE, David Van Ettten was called before Judge Wakely yesterday and asked if he had filed answer to the order of the court to show why he should not be debarred from the practice of law. Van Etten stuted that he had, and his answer was a general denial of all charges. The court said that the case would be decided at the next term of court. There were at least sixty attorneys in court yosterday when Van Etten entered and not one of them gave the man a look of recognition. TIn all that full room there was not one to come forward and shake him by the hand. Van Etten, however, was little abashed by this and exhihited the same bra- vado that has characterized his conduct throughout the trial. TRRGA G John M. Yerga divorce yesterday his wife Sarah, desertion, '8 A DIVORCE. granted a decree of by Judge Groff from The cause of the action was WANT THEIR JEWELRY, Henry E. Oppenheimer & Co. brought ac- tion yesterday against Walter Sams and others to recover a quantity of jewelry and damages in the sum of §500. BUED BY JOHN L. PIERSON, Action has been brought against Anna Rudio and others by John L. Pierson to re- cover $475 with interest, due on promissory notes. TWO DECREES IN DIVORCE. Yesterday Judge Groff granted two de- crees in divorce and has a number or others under consideration. ADJOURNMENT OF COURT. This evening the district court will adjourn without date. The judges have been kept quite busy of Iate and will no doubt enjoy their vacation and rest. RELEASED FROM JAIL. Asbury F. Powell, who has been lying in 1&“ for several months on a charge of secur- ng $4,500 under false pretenses from the Commerciai National bank and Dr.C. M. Dinsmoor, yesterday petitioned Judge Groft for his release. As tho state and prosecution expressed an inability %o produce evidence with which to convict Powell, his prayer was z:‘nnmd and he was given his freedom. Hart- gton, an accomplice, is in custody at Minne- apolis, Minn. Police Court. ©O. Wesloff and Frank Muro, drunk, five days each. John B. Cotter, drunk and dis- orderly, $10 and costs. Cotter hired a hack, saw tho city, and when asked by the driver to liquidate his indebtedness, he drew a knife and said he'd cut it out of his liver. He also refused to leave the hack, and o had an open knife in his hand, the driver judiciously climbed upon his seat and drove Mr. Cotter round to the city jail, where he was unloaded uncermoniously and caged for the night. Ed Simpson and At McFarland,vagabonds, were shipped to Towa. with ninety days star- ing them in the face if they ever returned. Wilson Hoy, another,went ap for thirty days. Joe Warner,harness thief, the same. Blanche Bradley, fine, 8. Thomas Petro, a sick man, was sent up to the county commissioners, S Swearing Them In. County Clerk Needham is kept busy these days swearing in the lucky candidates of the late elections, who take up their respective reins of powr on Monday ncxt, and accept- ing their bonds.} BABY'S SKIN AND SCALP Cleansed, Purified and Beautified by Cuticura Remedies, Last November my little boy, aged threa years, fell against the stove while' he was run- ning, ana cut his ad, and rig after th broke out all over his head, face and left car, 1had & good da r, Dr. attend him, Imt he got worse, aud the doctor could not curd him. His whole head, face and left ear were in a fearful state, and he sullered terribly. T canght disease from him, and it spread all over my nd nock and even got into my e 0- y thought we would ever get bettér, 1 felt sure we were disfigured for life. T heard of the CUTICURA REMEDIES, and procired & bottle of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, & box of COTICURA, and acake of CUTICURA SOAP, and used them con- stantly day and night. Affer using two bottles ENT, four boxes of CUTICURA, and akes of SOAP, we are perfo:tly cured with- out a sear. My boy's skin 18 now like satin. 371 Grand Street. LILLIE EPTING. Jensky Crrv, N, J. 8worn to, before me, this 2ith day of Mareh, 885, GILBERT P. KOBINSON, J. P, THE WOR| SORE HEAD. Have been In the drug and medicine business for tweuty-five years, Have heen selling your CUTICURA REMEDIES since they came west, They lead all others in their line. We could not write nor could you print all we have heard said in favor of the CUTICURA REMEDIES. One year ago the CUTICURRA. and SOAP e in our house and the RESOLVENT and Cui e r ing & young gentlemun of a sore leg, while the physicians nre trying to have it ‘amputated. 1t Will save s leg and porly Jife. oo niuch cannot be said I favor o UitA REMEDIES, 8 8. MITH & BRO. CoviNagTON, KY. R, the great skin cure, and CUTICURA qisite skin beaut xternally,and o ESOLVENT, the )4 puritier, Tnternally, are a ositive cure for every form of giin wnd blood disease. from pnplés 10 scro- uls, 0~ Send fo ire Skin Diseases, Ppages, B illustrations, and 100 testimonials D ARVIQ Skin and Scalp preserved and beauti- BABY'S el ooty Smcaun soar. 'STRAINS, PAINS In the Back, Kidneys, Hip, lost relloved in ONE MIN CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLAST first and only painkilling Piaster. New, wstantencous and lulallible, 2 couts, 1des or | A FRST INTERVIEN, When and Where the Practice of Interview. ing Originated. IT WAS AN OLD JOURNALIST. The Washington Qorrespondent of an Eastern Dally Paper Supposed to Have Teen the First to Aopt 16 “What men say and what men do are the things of paramount interost. The personal quality must enter largely into an articlo to ke it desirable, It wasan old journalist whose position gave welght to what Te sald that was talking, and the scribe listoned with both ears open, “Yes” ho continued to o friend sitting near i in the 0 u t extent for tie mod way, of comparativ hat 1t had §ts origin at no administration of And ington correspond 1s now one u} the gi west, was on ntima h. an eastern daily, who t oditors of the south- terms with the president, tters the form Known as W to set forth Johnson's peculiar clings. ‘That 18 clatmed to & the orliin of it Just here the writer had to leave the car, Bound as he was on an interviewing trip him- self, he was greatly interes<ted in the informa- tion that the journalist was ins s and re- gretted that lie had to miss the rest of it. At the blacksmith shops of the Union Pacific Railroad company the scribe met Mr. Jamos Wh l v _handed sons of toll who arn_their bread by t! awent of their “r}uv. during the course of the interview Mr, ShO el e about nine years ago 1 took what thought was u slight cold, but it did not get well as soon as previous colds. 1 would wet better and then, taking a fresh cold, would got much worse than 1 was before. This cons inued for some time, when my head to ache me and 1 had sévere pains over my eyes and, at times, sharp shooting pains through my shoulders and in-my chest, also around my heart. 1f I was sitting down snd would rise up my heart would beat yerym “h faster than usual, my nose at times wonld 50 it was utterly im- hreathie, through it, at other 1d sofl two or three handkerchiefs & day. 1 uld take colds on the least exposure, and hence had colds continually, Thad a continual dropping of mucus into m throat, which wus always more or less (nflnme and sore. At night while lying in bed this mucus would gather in my throat, and it was of frequent occurrence that in endeavoring to clear it away 1 would gag and sometimes vomit, MY EYES WERE RED AND SWOLLEN, my appetite was poor; ally was this the case tor breakfust, which at; 1 was troubled at times wi cough, aud all day long 1 would b in a vain endeavor to clean my throat. 1 was always more or less constipated, and my food did not seem to dige: 1o have n distarhe eating: I could nof had horrible dres cause u miserab) sleep again. ing Pand b whic] tingg worse, I tried differ- arious kinds of patent medi- cine, but derived no perceptible bonefit from anything I took. I was losing flesh and was be- coming the mod e complel 1y stopped u possible fo L properly, and” caused me ng in the stomach after ) soundly at night, as T hich would wake me and coling and dread to go to 1had also during the day & rour- 1z nowse {n my head and ears, ng to me, LOW EPIRITED ESPONDENT, and felt as though life was not worth living for 48 1 was in constant misery and was inolined t give up in despuir when my attention was calle to the advertisement of Drs, McCoy & Henry" wonderful treatment 1 1 up my mind to visiththeir oftico and sce if they could do any- thing for m though my faith in either dog tors or medicine was away below par, 1 took advice and began to use their treatment. 1began to tmprove ana have gained sixteen pounds siuce 1 began treatment. Butas it is I am thaukful 1 vistied their office for they Dbrought me safely through an attack of typhol fever and cured me entirely of my catarrh, and to-day ) feel as well as 1 ever did, and am'able todo'n day's work with as much ease as ever. 1 forgot to say that at times I became so nerve ous aud irritable T scarcely knew what to do with myself; but that has afl 107t me, and to-day 1 consider myself a strong and healthy man.” JAMES WHITE, Mr. James White, a8 above stated, 1s well and favorably known in Omaha, where he has re- sided for n number of years, and can_be found at his home, 620 North® Fourteenth stroet, or at the shops of the Union Pacific and will fully corroborate tho ahove statement to any one who will take the time to call on Lim. Some_ Dangers Which Are Made Known Before Consumption Appears. When catarrh has existed in the head and upper part of the throat for any length of tiie —the patient living in the district whero people are sibject to catarrhal affection—and the dis- ease has been loft uncured, the catarrh invarts ably, sometimes slowly, extends down tho wind- pipe and into_the bronchial tubes, which tubes convey the air into the different 8 of the lungs. The tubes become affected from the swelling and mucus arising from catarrh, and in some instunces become plugged up 8o’ thas the alr cannot get in as froely as It should, Shortness of breath follows and the patient Dreathes with labor and difficulty. In other cases there is a sound of crackin and wheezing inside the chost. At this stage of the disease tho broathing 18 usually more rapid The patient also has hot ccompantes this condition i3 felt in the chest, behind the Dreist bone or under the shoulder blade, The ain may come and €o-—last o few days and Tihen v ftbsent for several others. The cough that occurs in the first Ktages of bronchial ca- s dry, comes at intervals, 18 hacking in -acter aud usually most troublesome in the ning on arising or goluz to bed at nights and it may be the first evidence of the diseuss extending in the lungs, At first ihere may Le nothing brought up by tho coughs then there is a littie tough, tena- clons mucus, which the patient inds great difi culty in bringing up. Sometimes there ure fits of coughing induced Dby tough mucus—so violent as o cause vomit ing. Later on mucus that is raised 15 found to contain small particles of yellow matter, which indicates that the small tubes in_the lungs are now effected. With this there are often streaks of blood mixed with the mucus, In some cases the patient hecomes very pale, has fover and ex- pectorutes before any couxlh appears. Tn some cases small masses of clicesey sub- stance are £pit up, which, when pressed betws the flngers, emit a bad odor. _In oter cases ticles of a hard, chalky nature are spit up. 'The raising of cheesey or chalky lumps indicates serious mischief it work into the lungs, caturrh will mouths and r X tacks the lungs s lently to cause ser L) terference with the general health. When the disease hus developed to such 4 pofnt the pi- 15 said to have catarrahal consumption. joro_or less fo nt parts of the day—slight in the morning, Ligher in the afternoon and evening. Sometimes during the day the patient 0s & creeping, chilly sensation, which may last from Bl an fiour t an hour. the surface of the body feeling dry a Diring the night, near the mnr'l‘llng, the rll~ may h(' sweats. Such sweats are known as night sweats, Do pulse 1 ueaally more rapid than normal, ma the patient loses flesh and strength, fresk cold is all that 1s necded at this point to Aevelop rapid consumptio In some (nstances the pationt loses trenith a1 fesl slowly. muscles gradually waste away. ) tont sradually rogains some of his ‘wirengib, only to lose it again. J. CRESAP MceoY, Late of Bellevue Hospital, New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry (Late of University of Pentisylvunia) HAVE OFFICES No. 510 and 311 IN RAMGE BUILDING, Coruer Fifteenth aud Harnoy sts., Omaha, Neb, where all curable cases ace treated With success. Modical disouses troated skilitully, Consum tion, Tirlght's diseasc, Dyspepsiv, Itheumntism, and nll NERVOUS DISEARES. ALl disenses FUlar 0 the sexes u spocialty. CATARNKI URED. CONSULTATION at office or by mall, 81, Office hours -4 to 11 & 1., 210 4 p. m., 1108 s, m.. Sundsys included. ) Correspondence recelyes prompt attention, Many discases are treated successfully b Drs, MeCoy and Henty thiotich the miadls, e it 16 thus possible for thoso unable to make & Journey to obtain successful hospital treatment at their homes. ttors answered unless accompaunied by 4c In stamps. Address sl letters to Drs. McCoy and He ;‘(u;mnflm aud 31 Rawmge bulding, [Ty