Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1888, Page 4

oTHE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TREAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. (Morning Edftion) m‘ lutllng B-ndly KR, One f“-lr e . llOfl] 8ix Months, ... . . BOD r Three Months 2 0 Omaha Snnday Bee, walied to any ad- dress, One Year 200 OMANA OFFICE, NOSO1LAND 010 FARNAN STHERT. NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOM 65, TRIBUNF BUILD- ING, WARHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 013 Fouk- TEENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE. All_communieations relating to news and itorfal matter should be addressed to tie DITOR OF THE BRE. BUSINESS LETTERS, Al bustnoss eiters nd remittances should bo addressed o' T 1 MING COMPANY, yrafts, ch toffice orders to AYAbIC 10 the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprigtors. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. TH Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, 9.8 County of Douglass, (%% Geo, B, Taschuck, secretary of The Bes Pub- Ualiing compuny, docs solemaly swear that the actual cireu mmnull o Daily Bee for the week &8, was as follows: DAILY BEE. londay, Jan Tuesday, J Thursda, Friduy, Jn Average. Sworn to and subscribed in 1 14th day of January, A. D., 18, FEIL, Notary iy Btate of Nebraska, County of Dougliss, eo. 1 ek, Befne first duly sworn, de- ses and rays that he Is gecretary of The' Beo ublishing company, that actual o y l'trv-nln!h-nu: Bty e cu for ts.s. B, 1RRT, 14400 copie 2 tor May, 196, Jiily, fnr Apr!,l ITL o) or June, 1 nk 14,008 copi 041 cop GEO. B T25CHUCK, Suworn and subscribed b 2 day of Junuary, A. D. Tue glass manufacturers of Pittshurg propose to found a *city of glass.” That will be one of the placos where throw- ing stones will be a dangerous pustime. WriLe Jay the pyramids, Church Howe is out in western Nebraskn looking up braneh railroads which Gould's Missouri Pacifie anaconda proposes to swallow, A Nernew of Brigham Young, elected to the legislature of Utah, has Jjust introduced a bill into vhat body for an act for the suppression of polygamy and regulation of divorce. No wonder. He saw how it was himself whenever he paid a visit to his uncle’s house, e —— TEe value of preparing school® chil- dren for marching out of a burning building was illustrated in Chicago ve- cently. Fire proke out in one of the 8chool houses of that city and the pupils were quickly and quictly formed in line by the taps of a bell and marched out in safety. It is proposed that congress should erect a monumeént at Frederick, Md., to Francis Scott Key, the patriotic author wof *“The Star Spangled Banner.” The eountry owes to the memory of this man who kept alive patriotism by his soul- stirring songs a fitting tribute in s having more trouble she had built in front of her residence in New York than she ever had with Froddie. She has just been told that her fence infringes on the public sidewalk and that she is violating the law in maintaining a nuisance. obody told her as much when Freddie was around. SE——— THERE i8 much delight expressed by the democratic press over Senator Hale's discoveries in the garden of civil ser- wvice reform. All the organs take es- pecial pleasure in noting that the civil service law has proved no barrvier to wholesale removals, and that at the end ol three yearsless than a tithe of the former republican officeholders can be found after the most rigid search. Who ever imagined that they would be? The law from the beginning was drafted and passed with no idea, on the part of anyone but the theorist, that it would materially interfere with the distribu- tion of party patronage. Tt never could have been passed at all had congress, which is nothing if not partisan, not known that its construction wouid never stand in the way of the usual rewards of vty fealty, “Civil service reform” as been efficient in reforming republi- ean officeholders out of office and in fill- fng their places with democrats. It has afforded a new rallying for hypo- erisy and has given the administration ® bulwark behind which it has been @ble to safely and expeditiously carry on its campaign for the complete con- trol of the federal oftices. THE venerable mother of James A. Garfield, familiarly known to the coun- #ry as “Grandma Garfield,” died at Mentor, the home of Mrs. Garfield, yes- terday morning. The deceased was eighty-six years old, and had been fail- dng under the increasing infirmities of #ge for several months. She was among ghe pioneers of the Westeru Reserve of Ohio, and possessed all of the sterling and sturdy qualities that distinguished #he early settlers of that once inhospit- able region. Being widowed while her childron were still young, many zalr- of her lifo were passed in a hard ut patient struggle to maintain her family. She was successful and was amply repaid in secing all her children ‘became useful men and women, one at- taining the highest station in the gift of the people as the crowning achieve- ment of a most honorable career asa soldier and statesman., This most ex- eellent mother was profoundly honored #nd beloved by her children, and by mone more than by her distinguished #on, who publicly attested his affection before the world, at the time of his in- auguration, by kissing in the presence wOf the assembled thousands the aged mother to whose love and care he owed so much, The tragic death of Presi- dent Gariield was a terrible blow to his wencrable mother, but she bore it with that christian fortitude that had sus- tained her in the many severegtrials of Ber earlier years. Since that eventshe has made her home with Mrs. James A. Garfield—now absent -in Edrope eeiving all’ the care and deumun that .ecuon ooul\l m-p&ro. hoe —ro- | The Doctors and the Newspapers. Our recent exposure of a medical im- postor uffords a text for a letter on the relations of the medical profession to the press. from the pen of Dr. Morsman, he doctor holds the press chiefly re- ills the public suffers at the hands of “medical frauds and up- starts,” and scores the newspapers for allowing their advertising columns to be used by them, On this point, wuch can be suid on hoth sides, First and foremost, the American press cannot subsist onsits receipts from Their cltef sour of revenue comes from the sale of adver- tising epace. The running expenses of a metropolitan ¢ vange all the way from #00 to W per day. T he greater portion of this outlay must be mel from its ad- vertising veeeipts, unless, indeed, the paper is subsidized by some great cor- poration or kept up by political contri- butions. To strain all adv ments by rigid inquiry into the character and moral standing of its patrons would create adeficit which in due time would result in bankruptey. It is not true, as asserted by Dr. Morsman, that the newspaper is tacitly a guarantor of the integrity of its advertise How could it be? Could the business manager or advertising agent pry wnto the p affairs and methods of doing busine every commereial patron? Are they pected to make chemical tests of all the baking powder. condensed milk. hair oil, tooth powders, plated re, boot blacking. lubricators, min- eral waters and powders ¥ Ave they expected to test all the various devices and machines which are offered sale through the press? Are the, to examine pe -«muu\ all the professors . Hebrew and French is -.nnd guarantee the compe- music teachers, artists, and but not least, dentists? There are frauds in all professions. How is the newspaper to distinguizh between an honest lawyer and a shyster, between o clumsy mountebunk gnd a graceful dane- ing master? Is it not preposterous to hold & newspaper us avesponsible guar- antor for it But Dr. Morsman sharply at the medical code. us that when a doct adverti extonsively he is a quack. Ts that veally teue? Are not regular prac- titioners constantly udvertisiug them- ir own peculi, Does cidengever happen that calls for urgeon or physician whicl is not utilized to adve the attending doetor in connection with the veport of the accident? It is always “Smith, Brown or Jones was thrown from his gy and suffered a fracture which was Ifully treated by Dr. Sawbones,” he medical code does not prohibit regular doctors from filling whole colunns of newspaper space with descriptions of their operations, pro- vided al s that they get their adve tising at the expense of the publishers. Translated into plain English, the doc- tor who pays for his advertising isa quack, and the doctor who deadbeats the pap: strictly houorable worthy. Such a code isa di any profession. The Brk has always been an uncom- msible for th subscriptions. sonp, yeus inscet last, the line He tells that degrade an mendicancy. We have exposed and litevally driven away from Omaha many medical im- poste but we cannot dr: the line at men who do not vay for advertising. Some of the worst upstarts and fraudsin the profession hold diplomas fram legal- ized quack factories. When asked why the newspaper men do not select their medical advisers from among those who oceupy the most advertising space, we in turn ask why don’t the doctors who do not advertise swallow their own pre- scriptions? We are told that the only way in which reputable physiciaus can apprise the ‘public of their own skill and pro- fessional fitness is to abstain from ad- vertising. We might as well be told that the only way a minister can prove his fitness to preach is by conscientiously abstaining from paying fare on a rail- road. Would it not be more effective and honorable for the regular physicians to pay for space in the leading dailies of their city and advertise the name and address of every reputable and compe- tent physician? If that is against the code we move that the code be smashed and a new one adopted based on hovse sonse and business principles. honored profession to Railroad Training Schools. ‘Why should th not be schools for the instruction and training of men in the practical duties of railroading? General James H. Wilson, of Delaw: in a communication to a prominent nnl- road jou , thinks there should be, and makes a very strong argument in support of his views. His position is approved by a number of eastern papers, and so far as we have observed the con- sensus of opinion is favorable to the es- tablishment of such schools, The sug- gostion of General Wilson is that there should be schools for instruction in every branch of the work of operating railroads — enginee brakeman or switch-tender, dispateher, superin- tendent or manager. The idea is not wholly new, and in part it is alveady being carrvied out by several railroad compunies. The Pennsylvania com- pany has for many years had in opera- tion at Altoona a school from which numbers of the most useful and distin- guished railroad men in the service of that company have been graduated. Its curriculum, however, is confined to training in the mechanical branches of the railroad service. It is broad enough for those who desire to dis- charge the higher duties of she railroad oficial, but it does not teach those at the lowest rung of the ladder, as the fire- man, brakeman or switch-tender. N is it open to every one who would be- come a student in the science of operat- ing railroads, as the school will accept only those whom the company is likely to subsequently need in its own service. The Philadelphia & Reading and the Baltimore & Ohio companies have simi- lir training schools, or - shops, but wholly in the mechanical branches of the service. The - project. of - General Wilson contemplates - a,comprehensive | o allow system that would enable all classes of vailroad employes to receive careful and thorough training. Tt is said that the subject is receiving the thoughtful consideration of more than one of the managers of the great corporations. If such is the fact theve is reason to expect that in time other vouds will follow the example of those which already have training schools, extending the system <o as to give in- steuetion to other classes of employes than those engaged in the mechan 1 branches of the sepvice The fact is fully realized that practical experience must continue to be the chief educator of railroad men, but it is reasonably urged that & man who can learn by ex- perience could learn twice as vapidly if he had a thorough technical knowl- edge of his business. Lvery day hun- dreds of men largely or wholly unac- quainted with railrond work are being employed in thisservice. However rel- atively unimportant their duties they carvy with them a degree of responsi- bility., However vigilant and careful su- perior ofticers may be there will oceur exigencies when theywill not be on hand to divect. and calumity can be averted only by the prompt and intelligent ac- tion of a subordinate, perhans a fire- man or brakeman, An employe igno- vant of what the emergency required wonld be helpless to save himself or others from dizaster. A fow weeks ago on an eastern roand a locomotive, from which the engineer and fireman were absent. ran away with a well-filled pas- \ger train. The baggagemaster at great peril to himself clambered over the ten®er into the engine box and saved the train from wreck, He knew the danger and had the knowl- i 1d cournge to avert it, A man ignorant of what to do, but with lgment enough to see the dan- would have sought simply to, save himself by leaping from his car, Knowl- o in such an exigency is not only power, but it isan incentive to heroie effort, The man who knows what ought to he done is very likely to put forth his bravest efforts, when an extraordinary demand comes, to do it. The feusibility of establishing such schools as General Wilson suggests is a matter which the railroads must them- sclves determine. The merits, how- ever, of a system of technical instruct- ion and training for railvoad employes ave, we think, unquestionable, In the progress that is making toward the at- tuinment of greater proficiency in all departments of human activity it will not be surprising if in time railroad training schools become general. A Barmecide Feast. There is a story in the Arabian hits about a princely merchant in ad who invited o hungry mendi- cant to a feast where many rare and sa- vory viands were served up on silver platters. The beggar was overjoyed at the sight of the appetizing courses. ‘*Dost thou like this dish?” asked Barmecide, the master of the house, as the slave passed the smoking dish under the nose of the famished guest. “It smells delightful,” replied the mendicant. “Then,” said the host, “pass it along and serve us a fresh course Dish after dish thus passed under the nose of the wretched and hungry beggar without even a bite to satisfy his crav- ing. The feast to which the Union Pacific managers have so often invited Omaha is served up much after the Barmecide fashion. Fifteen years ago they exhibited a plan of a magnificent $200,000 union depot. “*Dost thou like this structure?” “We are delighted with it,” said Omaha. *Then,” said Ali-Baba-Dillon, ‘‘pass it across the river.” * What do you think of this grand depot?” said Mr. Callaway two years ago. It is superb, and just what we need,” exclaimed Omaha, ‘*we have hankered after it lo these many years.” “Then," said the U. P. mogul, it into the pigeon hole. And now Omaha is invited to the third course of the U. P. depot roast. It is magnificent, but it is still on paper. We suspect that Haroun-Al- Potter is only tempting Omaha with one of his savory Arabian-night dishes. “ pass THE necessity for a law explicitly de- fining the powers of the secretary of war and of the licutenant general has been shown by the differences that have arisen between them within the past year. The sceretary of war has Sumed powers deemed fo be arbitrary, the effect of which has been to cause a great deal of irritation and to disturb the cordial relations that ought to sub- sist between the head of the war de- partment and the head of the army. General Sheridan has pradently avoided anything like an open collision, though he has felt compelled from time to time to protest agninst innova- tions that threatened to be damaging to the interests of the army. Secretary Endicott has on more than one occasion shown an unfriendly temper toward Sheridan, and has persisted in much of his objectionable policy despite the re- quests and remonstrances of the lieuten- ant general. A bill has been framed defining the powers of the sccretary of war and the lieutenant general, which will be introduced in the house as soon as it shall receive the approval of the former. The danger is that when Mr, Endicott gets through with it the measure will be simply a bill the secretary of = war to continue in the course he has been pursuing. It may be presumed, how- ever, that congress will sce the unwis dom of permitting this, and that a bill will finally be passed that will remedy the existing eauses of controversy. The entive army is lnterested in having this accomplished as a necessity to the disci- pline and welfare of the service. Tir occurrence of several accidents during the past month in which the car stove has played its usual part, calls re- newed attention to the struggle to com- pel the railroad corporations to replace the deadly car heater with some other contrivanee for warming their coaches. A -movement was made at the last ses- sion of the Nebras the companies steam. It was smothdred in committee on the representati of the corpora- tion attorneys that$team heating was entively impracticaffle. Since that time a number railronds have adonted steam hedkivlk on their systems both for long and sh#gpt distances. The genius of inventors has been at work and stean heating has been found to be not only practicable but gasy. There is no renson why the raflfoads operating in Nebraska should not afford their patrons as good conveniencds as those given our neighbors. The car stove is an abomi- nation which is doomed as soon 8s the public is made to understand that it can readily be supplanted by a safer and more convenient method of heating. The toleration of the car stove up to the present time has been the result of ig- norance as to what could be done to remove it. S — POLITICAL POINTS. The Rev. Burchard's outspoken approval of President Cleveland is a sweet boon to the republicans. J. P. St. John considers it just too sad to sce the Plumed Knight become the champion of the tobacco worm. They talk of printing 1,000,000 copies of Sherman’s speech on the message and cir- culating them for campaign purposes. 1t is predicted that a high license and local ontion bill wifl be passed by the Massachu- setts legislature during the coming session. The Wheeling Intelligencer says Senator Vost is opposed to cducating the ignorant because be fears it would make republican votes. Governor Oglesby has hopes of renomina- tion since the halt-dozen other candidates in the ficld have each considerable strength, but 10 power to harmonize the factions. Would Senator Blair, of Now Hampshire, and the politicians who are attempting to aid him in the passage of his educational bill, be 80 ready to help the south if they did not know the money would come outof the treas- ury? The Boston Journal (rep.) thinks that “the simple fact that Mr. Carlisle has made up the civil-service reform committee in the interests ef the spoilsmen and reactionists, ht to detach every mugwump from alli- with the democrats. Mr. Robertson of Baltimore has made a motion in the Maryland house for the ap- pointiment of a committee of seven on civil serviee, to whom all matters rélating to the civil service shall be referred. The matter was referred to the committee on rules, The Portland, Mc., Press (rep.), which formerly supported the Blair bill, summa- rizes with approbation Superintendent Mar- ble's recent letter against the measure, and says: “It is quito evidentsto the most care- less observer that discussion has not helped the bill in public favor.” The calculations of the (managers of Sen- Sherman’s presidential boom include, it lid delegations frbm Vermont, Mas- n.n\msuu,s Virginia; {No®h Carolina, Ala- bama and Ohio, and halftof the delegates from New York, Tennessee, Texas, Mis- souri, Georgia, I{ansas and Kentucky. George Gorham, ex-secretary of the sen- ate, is of opinion that thejonly ayailable re- publican candidate 18.the man for whom Roscoe Conkling wilf contlescend to stump New York. The only man who fills this bill wears a beautiful little spit-curl in the exact center of his forchead, As a candidate for the presidency, H(‘m\ Clay was before the people three times—in 1824, 1832 and 1844, The frienos of Blaine, who find so mnuch in their hero that recalls the character and career of Clay, may derive encouragement from this fact. As Blaine has been beaten but once, he must have two more chances before his presidential record will completely resemble that of Henry Clay. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, an Towa woman who has combined temperance reform, republican campaign speaking and a law practice, has addressed a circular letter to the local execu- tive officers of the Women's Christian Tem- perance union, asking them to write personal letters to Iowa congressmen stating the de- sire of temperance people that all revenue laws touching the manufacture or sale of liquors may be repealed. Some one upproached General Sherman the other day, says the New Orleans Picayune, with the old talk about his being a strong candidate for the presidency. The old gentleman said that he would not have it onany terms. ‘‘But,” said he, I will be as public spirited about it as Artemus Ward was about the war. You know he said this bloody war should be prosecuted if it took the last one of his wife’s relations. If the republicans want a candidate, there is my brother, John Sherman. If the democrats want a candidate, there is my brother-in-law, Tom Ewing." e Rich Soil For Mischicf. Anniston (Ala.) Hot-Blast, Coal “trusts” and kindred associations make good soil for the seeds of anarchy to sprout in. i A Fine Police System, Philadelphia Times. Who wouldn't live in Dakota! They make policemen of the Indians, but it is against the law for them to arrest white men. - A Dirty Trick. “Death has played a dirty trick on this town,” says an Arizona paper, “by sneaking in upon us and bearing off the only bartender who knew how to mix a Tom and Jerry to cireulate through the system.” ‘What $10,000 Would Do New Orleans Picayune. The city of Louisville has spent over §10,000 in preparing for the Mobdy and Sanky meet- ings there. That sum would feed all the starving poor of the city for an entire win- ter, ——— Much Worse, New York Telegram, And now they are trying to organize a na- tional convention of lawyers to promote the science of law. There may be something worse for this country than cyclones and blizzards. padogn LIS The Right Sort of Practice. Chicago Times. As s00n as the German crown prince was ssgiven up” by the doctors hi began to grow better. This shows that thedoctors can cure a man if they only go about it in the right way. e A Bad Business. St. Louis Post-Dispateh. But the fact remains, nevertheless, that the manawho adopts politics as @ profession has [l isurance of due reward for his labor, anxiety and his perplexity than any other man that live The Vlllltr ‘With Cincinunati, Chicago Herald. *“What is the matter with Cincinnati,” asks the Enquirer, *‘that all the blizzards, carth quakes and big snows give her the go-by!" They probably think that Halstead is quite enough for one poor town to stand. i A Weakness for Towels. Detroit Free Press, The Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, loses 100,060 towels per year, the most of which are carried off by female guésts. They would also take away 200,000 cakes of toilet soap per year if they had the opportunity. Pt~y Who Makes the Profit? Chicago Journal. With the cattle industry ruinously de- pressed, and the lowest wholesale price for dressed beef ever kuown, prices at the re- tuil markets have undergone no change, and the hand of the salesman is pressed a heavily as ever on the scale in weighing the meat. What is making this enormous inter- mediate profit ¢ Attorney General Leese of Nebraska, is malking an immortal record for himself as a friend of the people in their struggle with corporations and monopolies, Mr. Leese should not forget, however, that it is a politi- cal sin (1) to menace monopoly. The exper- fence of Van Wyck should teach him this. ————— Regardless of Expense, Ol City Blizzand, We have decided that ali subscribers who call at this office and pay for the Blizzard a year in advance, commencing January 1,shall have their receints written 1 red ink. This will, of course, entail considerable additional expense, but we're making woney and can afford it. ——— Nebraska's Herolc Teacher. Denver Republican. It was a brave young girl who, having charge of a school in Nebraska of thirteen children, rescued them all m one of the sc- vere blizzards which recently swept over that state. The storm tore the roof oft the school house. But the teacher tied the pupils to each other and then to herself, and marched through the snow and the gale toa farm house three-quarters of a mile aw had not been for her courage and presence of mind they might all have perished. —— Congressional Stock-Jobbing. Pittsburg Dispatch., In a corner of one of the corridors running around the house of representatives is a small space fenced off by a railing. Within is a telegraph instrument aud a lady operator. From the instrument a wire extends to the banking house of Henry Clews '& Co., New York. 1t is the private wire of that firm. Over it is sent daily news of every bit of leg islation of intercst to the house, and over it also, are sent confidential - telegrams, usu pher, to members of the house, g them advice and instruction. queer, but it is agfac - At the Needle, In the garrets and the cellars In the close and noisome pla Where the breeze is never | Where the su ing This may scem wing, zht cannot enter, From thesunrise to the sunset, From the sunset on to midnight, 8it the weary. woful women, Working raddles, worlking bobbins, Working many kinds of necdles, Tn their dull and ceaseless toiling, Victims of a competition That is crucl, bitter, ruthless. Full of hurry, full of worry, With the children grouped about them, Little hands stretehod upward vainly, Little mouths so vainly pleading, They must work, all clsc forgetting, Switly plying weary fingers, From the sunrise to the sunset From the sunset on to midnight, With an anxious fear upon them, Whether, when the work 15 finished, They will get the meagre pittance. None need wonder if, despairing, They should loose their hold on heaven, Saving “Why should I be living? What is life that T should choose it? Only endless toil and sorrow, Joyless, rayless, helpless, hopeloss ! Yot thoy labor, worn and woful, From the sunrise to the sunset, From the sunset on to midnight, Ciotting for the ceaseless striving Just enough tofkecp them toiling, Only that, and naught beyond it. Who can save them? Who can help them? Who can change their sad condition, Giviug joy and hope in_place of Endless toil and slow starvation? Surely, in a land of Christians, Helping hands must raise the helpless, Showing something more than mercy To the weary, woful women, Victims of & competition, That is cruel, bitter, ruthless. —_——— AN IVFORMAIA DISCUSSION. Representative Men From Hastings Consult With OUmaha Merchants, Several prominent Omaha business men in- formally met at the chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon, and welcomed to the city C. E. Dietrich, president of the Hastings board of trade, and E. C. Webster, a member of that body. * President Iler, of the local board of trade, was present: Various topics relative to Omaha's interests and the whole state in general were freely discussed. There was an almost unanimous protest expressed by the gentlemen present against the proposed action of a two-cent per mile passenger rate on Nebraska railroads, the speakers main- taining that such a move would be injudicious and wholly uuwise, as it might possibly revert against o movement underway for the reduction of freight rates on Nebraska's main staples, corn, hogs aud live stock. It cus pointed’ out that the passenger trafiic was almost composed of through passengors, and that the reductions would not be of much benefit to the farmer and stock- rnl!(-x‘ as a reduction of freight rates. About 6 o'clock the meeting dispersed, and it muy be possible that its views will be' pre- scuted to the state board of commissioners. Personal Paragraphs. W. Shepherd, of Harlan, Ia., 1s at the Mil- lard, W. A. Bridges, of O'Neill, is at the Mil- lard. A. D. Chapman, of Lincolu, Neb., is at the Paxtsn. R. W. Ofticer, of Hastings, Neb,, is at the Paxton. E. G. Wetzel, of Lincoln, Neb. Paxton. Dr. I, G. Stuver, of Harlan, Ta., is at the Millard. Dudley Smith, of St. Joseph, Mo., Millard. Fred G. Jaeger Millard. E. T. Brown, of Lincoln, Millard. Niel Anderson, of Davenport, la., Windsor. Dean Addis, of Licoln, Neb,, Windsor. 0. M. Brown and wife,of Chicago,areat the Windsor. F. D. Helmer and wife, of Chicago, are at the Paxton, ¥. H. Simmins, of Minueapolis, Minn., is the Paxton. G. W. Meredith, of Ashland, Neb,, the Windsor. A. Christeson and wife, at the Paxton. Mrs. J. H. Thomas, of Minneapolis, Miun., is at the Paxton J. N. Fillmore and wife, of Denver, Colo., are al the Paxton _John Chatser and wife, of Nebraska City, b., are at the Paxton. W. G. Smyth, business manager for Tom Keene, is at the Millard, M. M. White and Mrs. C. B. Allan, of n, Neb., were at the Paxton yesterday. . Danzinger, traveling agent of the l’lnlll[l Best brewing company, of Miiwau- kee, 45 in the city for the purpose of estab- lishing an agency for the company's oods. Mr. O. M. Carter, who f y years has resided at Ashland, has his in Omaha. He + to Nebraska seven years ago, aud fifteen years ago he was 4 leading merchant in Omaha. He is well known throughout the state. Mr. Carter who remains president of a bank at Ashland, brings with him the loan -and trust company, 4 strong finaucial institution, the wanageweat of which is in his hands. is at the is at the of Sargent, Ncb., is at the Neb,, is at the is at the is at the is at Lincoln, Neb., is THE MEDICAL MEN. A Protest From One of the Profession Against Advertising. Owmama, Jan. 21.—To the Editor of the Bee: In your issue of last Sunday I reaa your exposure of Powell Reeves. If the facts are as stated, which I sce no reason to doubt, the Bre deserves credit for having exposed a fraud. Having given the Ber its Il-merited commendatio would like, with your permission, to o few words through the same medium regarding the re lation of medical quacks to newspapers. 1t is freely admitted by all that the ranks of medicine and its specialties are infosted with imposters and scoundrels who flourish at the expense of the public and who rob their vietims not only of monoy, but often times of what is more valuable, their h and their time. Now, the medieal profe as a body. would be only too glad to rid of this incubus, but it is absolutely impote Several attempts hav en made but they have been futile, and no attempt will sue- reed so long he newspapers throughout the country permit these men to use their columns and their influence to further their fraudulent designs. Now Ido not wish to throw any stones at the newspapers. 1 believe that the American newspaper is the best in the world, and there are very few editors who do not set a high standard for themselves and live up to it too. For this very reason newspapers are o great power, Nothing that is publis! n a scurvy sheet can do harm because it has no influence. But the clean, reputable newspa- per has u great influence even through its ad- vertising columns, and although it may not say so, it is tacitly a guarantor for every ad- vertiser who uses its pages. Now it is a well known fact that every re- putable paper endeavors to “stpain” its ad vertisements. No paper would aceept an ad- for burglar's tools nor for avowed meuns to produce abortion, nor any other similar thing that would be dangerous to the public, even if there was 1o law in the Let a bank open in Omaha of a suspicious taint, a bad and unsafe reputation, and 1 doubt if & newspaper in the city would knowingly publish its advertise- ment. Bat they do publish day after ¢ advertisements of medical frauds with, to say the least, strong reasons for suspicion. ow, if newspapers adwmitted toat thn were simply money-making cor they solicited such news as wou paper sell and such advertise the best, the public would be i but this is not the case. On the contr they set themselyes up as arbiters of public morals, and the eriterion by which all public standards are to be guaged. And the reput able paper becomes all this, Why then will its managers lend it to further the designs of a fraud and a scoundrel because heis amedical one! Are they not particeps criminis? he medical profession is the noblest in ex- istence. 1 say it without any qualifica No other class of men have from time im memorial done so much for mankind and at so little recompense and such gre sacrifices as medical men. Almost all the nces in their earliest times had their in coption and their growth in the brains and by the tabors of |l|n|lxu] men, Vi ks have been given to the world th never yielded their authors a penn, They have always been foremost in the science of hygiene, have made it what it is and will make it what we all wish it to be. ‘The modern practitioner spends his money and his time fitting himself at a timo whe other men are getting their start in life. I starves along until his abilitics are recog- nized, and on the shady shh‘ of life begins to acquire a_competenc who gets rich out of his practice is u curios ity. They de e the best that the newspa- per men can give them. But you say, ‘‘How can a newspaper dis- eriminate !’ casy enough. The med cal code forbids all kinds of advertising ex cept the very simplest. When, therefore, medical man presents the usual quarter, haif, or whole column ad, “he on the face of it a suspicious character, If not a fraud he has at least departed from the ranks of honest practicioners when he r fuses to be guided by the code which governs them and attempts ta take an unfaiv advan- tage of them. But the newspaper argument has _alway Dbeen that the medical code is wrong and ol fashioned regarding this matter and tha practicioners ought to advertise. The argu- ment has its origin in self-inter shallow as its origin would moment the let down and ud Vi tising becomes allowable the ncwspapers would be filled with stuff as bad or much worse than the average quack could con- ceive, and he who had too much pride, dig- nity and modesty to glaringly blazon his own skill and merits would have to take a back seat, although the better man. The compe- tition between quacks already breeds adver- tisements unfit for publicat ‘What would they become if this competition was general? It would soon be so that no decent man could be a successful practitioner and retain his self-respect. The charlatan would occupy the field. The news- paper man ives the lie to his own argument. ¢ never selects hismedical adviser from among those who occupy the most advertising space. T wanted to say something about patent medicines also, but 1 have occupied too much space already. 1 am not finaneially interested in this mat- ter, I graduated in medicine and practiced it, but abandoned for my present occupati bécause it was distasteful to me, but I have been through all its trials and I think it isa shame that the press should lend itself to frauds and upstarts to the detriment of honest practitioners and the gencral public. Without the uid of the reputabie press thess imposters could not succeed. Respectfully, A. MoisyaN, M. D. HOUSE. represented at Boyd's opera house next Wednesnay and Thursday nights by the Gorman's spectacular min- strels, the leading members of which were, any years, the mainstay of Haverly's The company is well spoken of s befng refined and original: The three an brothers, John, James and George, who give name and being to the organization, are well known to the lovers of burnt-cork humor. The company includes E. M. Hall, the famous banjo player, the Quaker City quartette, the dinmonds and thirty others, THOS. W. KEENE. The popular tragedian, Thos. W. Keene, will give u brief season of the legitimate drama at Boyd's opera house next Friday and Saturday. Mr has been so long a favorite with lo spoken in his praisq, He ranks second to'ho Amer] his well- known cb day night, Keene as * Saturd inee, and “Ric day night. The sale of scats opens Thursday morning, BOYD'S TO-NIGT. R This evening at Boyd's, the magnificent German company which appears here every Sunduy night, will present the beautiful en- tertamfng and laughable piece by L' Arronge, entitled “Dr. Klaus.” This is ove of the most entertaining pieces in the repertoire of this company, an organization which s now acknowledged to be stronger than thatof any similar organization in a city of the size of Omaba in_this_country. The cast of this piece includes all the members of the coun- try especially Messrs. Puls, Koch, Eisemann (the new leading man) Kraft, Baureis, Linde mann, Meuschke and Madames Puls-Ahl, suschke and Baureis, The entertainment jing will be for the benefit of Mr. the stage manager of the company. eis’ work in connection with this . as also in the attempt. to establish nan lrmn in this city has extended well at the Rands of hua friends. He is an actor of pro- nounced merit and his ever, duces in a great measure the pieces produced. Mr. Baurcis ught o have a big audience to-night. GIRAND OPERA HOUSE Commencing next Thursday night, and during the & of the week with Satur. day matin slebrated Hidden Hand” be presented with the little Cora Van Tassel, in the leading /i ial scenic umJ nical effects which ! e tide tion of this piec v » Hudson Tiver by moonlight, the Brooklyn bridge with cars passing to and fro, boats pl he river, Brooklyn illuminated, a v - way, the Tombs police court, Hurricane hall, and & true representation of a southern plan- tation before the war. Besides, therg: is the bauated bouse in the woods, & rain fall of real water, the caverns of Luray, Va., & mar. vel of scentic splendor. The great innundation e, o flood in the James river, is also in« troduced. he company is a strong one, and the play will be put on'ina very attractive manner. Miss Van Tassel umes the role of Capitola and carries it through with hee usual vivacity. The company is far above the average, and well merits the patronage of the public. LECTURES ON PHYSIOLOGY, Twonty-five yeurs ago lectures on hyy ¢ popittar and exercised influence over the habits of the peoy war diverted attention from them as it did from other subjects. Now, that the issues it started are protty well led, the public mind turns again with increasing avidity to ful pursuit of health and tran. w things moes facilitate this pur- suit than the lectures which will commenca in Bxposition hall night, January 13, and be given by O'Leary. He i amply cquipped with models, manikins, skeletons and all manner of means of illus! tration. The course will continue through the week, -— . G. Goodman, J.G. Goodman died at s residence, ner Ninth and Dorcas streets, yesterday afternoon, at the age of thirty-scven years, A wifo and five children mourn his death, The funeral will be from the late residence, at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and inter ment 1 Prospect Hill cemetery. The des ceased is a brother of C. . Goodman, aud until recently resided at Tekamah, Neb. Want to Be Teachers, A number of lady and gentleman applicants for the positions of school teachers were ex- ined as to their qualifications by County crintendent of Education Bruner yester- core al Revenue Collection f the Omaha internal rev Inconsistent Gr WaASHINGTON, Jan. 19, —[Correspondence of the Bere. |-~The inconsistency of the position oceupied by the greenbackers in the house, and the inconsistent theory of their principl has been pretty well shown during the past few days,” said a member of the house this morning. “The grecnbackers have fought the consideration of the Wilkins bill to in crease tie circulation of national banks to the full par value of bouds deposited with the treasurer, which would put in the hands of the people about £20,000,000 more money. As I understand it, the greenbacke * what they are in theory | o they want to seo more money in - circulation, and they baso their principle on paper. Of cours among the pe enbacke greenbac to the incrense of ating medium through banks is that it is a fuvor to the banks. [woulid like to know how the g nbackers would civeulate green backs if the government was authol 8 |-|\ enty cur loads of t hands of the peopl , for some purpose, and cannot b nm like haud-bills, It oc reenbacke most absurd of all their follies, and that it is 10 be the straw which will break the party’s if indeed there is uny such thing as a ok party.” O Arbitration vs. War. WasniNgToN, Jun. 2L.—A memorial from the Massachusetts committecof fifty recently formed to co-operate with the British deputa- tion of peace und arbitration representing 253 merbers of the house of commons which visited Washington in November, was pro- sented to the president to-day by Edwin D. Mead, of Boston, representing the commit- tee. The memorial is signed by the governor of Massachusetts, the mayor of Boston jPresi- dent Elliott of Harvard university, Presidens Stecly of Amherst college, Edward Everott Hale, Rev. Phillips Brooks, Rev. Joseph Cook, Andrew P. Peabody, Leverett Salston- tall, Andre Rice, Charles Theodore Russcll und many’of the leading scholars und_busi- ness men of Mussuchusotts. Meud i behalf of the committee, urged the importance of the opportunity by the proposition of the British memorialists for a definite step toward the inauguration of a scttled policy of urbitration with Great Britain, which could not be without signal influence upon the world at large. The pres. ident, while conscious of certain political dif- flcultles, expressed a warm sympathy with the general cause and his belief that the timo could not be fur distant when nations would look back with amazement upon their present system of wars, A similar memorial from the Massachusetts committee will be pre- sented by Mr. Hoar in the senate Monduy. g Small Hope For Thoebe. WasmzeroN, Jan. 2L.—The action of the house in adjourning to-day without disposing of the Thoebe-Carlisle case, rendored it im possible that the vote by which the resohu- tion for the reopening of the case was de- foated yosterday, can be recousidered except by unanimous consent, the time within whicl such motion could have been entered as ono of privilege having expired with to-day’ session, although there is a rumor that Mr. Carlislé will on Monday address a letter to the house asking that the case be reopened, which is declared by that gentleman's friends to be without foundation. Kven if such communication should be Tec gestiens could only be ucted upon by unan mous consent, unless the order for the vious question under which the hou operating should be considered as Withdrawai, e Parcel Post (‘0nvl'lnlon. OrTAwA, Ont., Jan. 21.—The postmaster goneral states that the convention for parcel post service betwoen 1 States has been signed by himself and Post- master General Vilas, and only requires the signature of President Cleveland to make it legal. od upon were satis. factory to both governmenis, and it h been arranged for vice to commenca March 1. Nicholas M. Bell, superintendent of foreign mails said to-nizht that the provis- ions are in eve spect the same as the visions of the purcel post couvention now force between the United States and Mexico, It provides that articles u( every kind or nature, which ure admitted to Uu‘ domestic mails of either sl be ad mitted to the mail exchanged” between the United States and Canada, at domestic rates and classifications. No aceounts will be kept between the two countrics, but cach govern ment will retain all its own postal receipts, Mr. Bell said that this convention will make one of the postal territory of the United States, Mexico and Canada. - Mr. Carlisle Interviewed, Wasminaroy, Jan, 21.—An Associated Press reporter to-night inguired of Speaker lisle what truth there was in the report that he would on Monday scud a letter to the house requesting that the Thocbe-Carlisle casa to be re-opened and that a committee be sent, into the Sixth Kentucky district. The speaker authorized the Tollowing denial of the report to be made public: 1 have not contemplated such a ste) The house must take its own course in the case without any dictation or attempted dictation from me ol i Chnairman Barnum Refuses to Talk. Cie , Jan. 2L.—William H. Barnum, chairman of the national democratic commit- was here to-day. He arrived this morn- , did not register and cautioned the clerks inst revealing his presence in the hotel to newspaper men. A bote sent to him asking for an interyiew was returned with the res mark that he was lnu buasy. A l'uxrnunm»mrnl stine. W Youk, Jan. 21.—The V Reverend Charles A. Tissani, S. F., of the commissa- riat of the Holy Land, is preparing a g pilgrimage of American Catholics to Palos- tine for the spring of 1559, The pilgrims will £o by way of Paris and Rome will proba- bly receive special audicnc om his holi- ness, Pope Leo X111 L e cola m New York. CANAIOHAKIE, N. Y., Jan. 21.=In the Mo- hawk valley nm, morning the wercury rauged from 122 to 202 below zcro. ‘Thiv afteruoon Cherry O. lenton, & well-known man, was badly frozen while dllvunz from Sprakers to this town,