Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1888, Page 4

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Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, Lan, Donglass, (%% schuck, secretary of The Beo Pub- puny, does kolemnly swear that the ation of the Daily Bee ke, wans 18 2110w r'of the company. for the week 15,510 15,110 Monday, Jan. 15,400 Tuesday, Jan, 14,085 Wednesday, Jan 15,080 Thursday, Jan. 3 Friduy, Jun, 2 Average... 15,005 16,170 1RO, B. gworn to and subseribed in my 18t day of February, A. 1., 188, Notary Publ! Btate of Nebraska, [l County of Douglass, | ® Geo. I}, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- oses and says that he 18 secretary of Teo Publishing compuny, that tie actusl avernie anily cireulation of the Daily Bee for the month of 19, 16,269 coples: for F arch, 187, 14400 = for' July, 1 coples} for October, 16,220 coples; for CHUCK. ce this 1657, 14,883; for' November, 18 December, 1887, 16,041 cop! GEO. B, TZS Sworn and subseribed to in’ my pre 2d day of January, A. D. 1 P, LLIVAN has recently been doing 80 much fighting with his mouth that a great many people would like to see him do some work with his fists. SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER rarely docs anything that can be honestly com- mended, but he is right in the fight he is making for open sessions. The sen- ate’s custom of secrecy is unrepublican, unnecessary, and ought to be abolished. THE investigation of the democratic tally-sheet forgeries in Ohio is disclos- ing some intervesting facts. The latest relates to the great anxiety of Mr. John R. McLean at that time to become a United States senator. He was willing to pay any sum for that honer, and, as is well known, did pay a great deal to no purpose. Another democrat, Mr. Payne, quite as ambitious and equally lavish of his money, was more successful. CONGRESS scems properly disposed to attach an adequate penalty to the crime of horse-stealing in the Indian terri- tory. The present law, which fixes the highest penalty at 81,000 fine and im- prisonment not exceeding one year, has had noterror for the thieves. A bill has passed the senate extending the time of imprisonment to fifteen years, at the discretion of the court at Ft. Bmith. There is also a demand for leg- islation to facilitute the administration _®f criminal justice in the territory. . Mz, PRITCHETT expresses his vie #n the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern tailrond in the Herald. A stranger " might suppose Mr. Pritchetttobe ons of Omaha’s most enterprising and pubiic- spirited citizens, but the people of this city fail to remember the time when he ever took an active or leading part in promoting any public enterprise for the general welfare. He, however, might take exceptions to this, and say that he was actively engaged at one time ina waterworks project, which thie BEE has often referred to as the Holly waterworks job. OMANA is not a well lighted city, and especially in the business center the lighting does not compare favorably ‘with many less populous and less pros- perous cities. After 9 o'clock in the avening most of the business portion 3 the city is a place of darkness and gloom. Electric lights suspended at the intersection of certain streets would afford a relief from the almost nightly pall which a large majority of the people would greatly appreciate. This day not be immediately practicable, owing to the condition of the municipal finances, but it is a matter to be kept in wind and attended to whenever it can ®e practicably done. Tnie democrats of California are ex- tremely anxious to have the national Qonyention of their party held in San Prancisco, and they seem prepared to eoffer ample inducements. It will doubt- less, however, be to no purpose. M, Cleveland unqestionably wants the con- vention held in New York, and with this fact understood it will almost cer- tainly go there. It is of great import- ance that the friends of the president shall demonstrate their ability to beat the supporters of Governor Hill on their native heath. The renomination of Cleveland in New York would give more prestige than if made unywhere elso, and Dan Lamont knows it. m—— THE conclusion reached by the mayor and the chairman of the board of public works, that they are powerless to do anything for having the streets cleaned, while the street inspector ean do noth- ing without authority from the council, presents a situation very suggestive of the lack of judgment and foresight that characterizes municipal administration in Omaha. There is absolutely no ex- cuse for such want of provision for a de- mand that everybody knew was certain tocome. It can be explained only as the conseguence of wiltul neglect or utter indifference to the public con- venience and comfort. There was ample warning, and the officials whose duty it was to heed it are familiay with the weather condi- tions that usually prevail here at this scason, and kuow what a vexation to the soul it is, to say nothing of other dis- comforts and dumages, to have to wade through Omaha mud. Itisdue to ofi- cial indifference or inefliciency that the people ure subjected to this almost in- tolerable hardship, and ir any case the situation is digpreditabie to the men i | and telegraph rules” which the C muthority, ‘Western Mail Seryice. The continued agitation throughout the west for an improvement of the wretched mail service to which thatsec- tion is being treated is having its effect in congress. The attention of the senate has now been brought by Senator Plumb to the lamentable condition of the mail service west of the Missouri river. Both houses seem at last to he fairly awak- ened to the indignation which is felt, quite irrespective of parties, throughout the west over Mr. Vilas' maladministra- tion of the postoffice department. We are likely, in consequence, to hear less for some time to come about the splendid cconomy in the mail ser- vice and a self-sustaning postoffice de- partment. With heavy deficiency ap- propriations on their hands, as the re- sult of the sham cconomy of the last congress, both senators and representa- tives are beginning to have their eyes opened to the policy of buncombe which pares down the appropriations at one session in order to make a showing of retrenchment and which requires additional appropriations at the next, in order to make up the de- ficit. Mr. Vilas’ penny-wise and pound foolish policy has resulted in a general demoralization of the postoffice depart- ment throughout the entire west. In the cnst, where the facilities have always been largely in advance of the requirements, and where rapid transit, ample buildings and full complement of clerks have united in giving to the bus- iness men of cities and towns a service in every respect superior to that of the cities of the west, there is naturally no complaint. But the howls which during the past six months have been rising from all of the western states, the protests from papors of every political shade of opinion, and the indignant re- monstrances from men of business of all parties, show the gross and shameful favoritism which has been practiced in the postoflice department purely for po- litical purposes, in order to gfford argu- ments for campaign speeches upon dem- ocratic economy and a self-sustaining postoffice department. Noone wants the postoffice depart- ment to be self-sustaining until it is suf- ficient to meet the ends for which it was founded and for which it is being main- tained. There is no demand for a fur- ther reduction in postage until the post- age already paid carries lettors, papers and packages promptly and safely. No patron of the mails cares for a retrench- ment which cripples the service and prevents the upbuilding of the business of the country through adequate mail facilitie It is hightime that there should be a united effort by the senators and repre- sentatives of the entire west. They should insist that adequate appropria- tions shall bo made to properly carry on the postoffico business of the country. 1f the appropriations called for by the department are not ample for this pur- pose it is the duty of congress to see to it that suitable provisions shall be made to place the service upon a basis where it can not only meet the requirements of the present situation but the con- stantly increasing needs of the length- ening fiscal year. With thousands of miles of new railroad being built throughout the west, stimulating the growth of communities, centering popu- lation in villages, towns and cities along its lines, it is a shame and disgrace that it is often the work of long months to secure railway mail service upon such oxtensions, and that the residents of communities, often numbering several hundreds of people, are obliged to satisfly themselves with the occasional trips of a broken down stage coach, while their senators and representatives at Wash- ngton are besieging the postoffice de- partment with requests for a single mail a day carried by rail and delivered safely and expeditiousl, 54 Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern. ‘While the county commissioners are no dou%t exercising due caution in re- gard to the Omaha, Yarfkton & North- western proposition, as they certainly have a right to do, the projectors of the enterprise ought not to lose their tem- per. If they honestly mean business thoy can afford to be patient and com- ply with all reasonable requirements de- manded by the commissioners. They will never get adoilar of bonds unless they act opén and above board so that the people can know exactly what they are voting for and that they are to get value received. That the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern railroad will prove a great benefactor to Ogaha there is not the least doubt. If Omaha contributesa liberal bonus she will be in a position from the start to control the road so that it shall be an Omaha institution. Naturally enough other railronds will fight this proposition, just as they have all others that have been intended to be of local benefit. Already they are at work to kill this enterpriso at the very start. The Union Pacific especially isat its old tricks. A prominent man who had signed the petition for the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern was indueed by the officials of the Union Pacific that road to withdraw his name. This is a straw which show which way the wind blows. As usual Omaha is being baek-capped by parties who for years have played tho part of obstructionists, simply because it was money in their pockets to do so. Nat- urally enough pressure will be brought te bear upon the county commissioners, and every possible effort will be exerted by certain rail- road companies to influence the commis< sioners agaiust tho Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern. The course of the com- missioners will be closely watched. ‘They must be careful not to put them- selves ynder suspicion that they are being wfluenced against the interests of the people, whose representatives they are. On the other hand it must be admitted t they are entitled to take reasonable time to consider the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern proposition in all its bearings so that the interests of the people in thut enterprise will be properly protected A Common Code of Railroad Siguals, On tho 12th of this wonth the Erie railroad will put into effect on'its entire system the new code¢.of “standard train - cryl Time convention, held in New York city last October, adopted. Other great corporations are. preparing to adopt the new code, and if the result expected is achieved the public will hail the innovation with satisfaction. The code might properly be termed a rail- road man’s volapuk, as it is practically o universal language of sig- nals, and it s confidently believed that if its use becomes general the possibilities of accident will be materially lessened. Hitherto there has been no uniformity of rules. A trainman who learned the signalson one road was apt to be confused when employed by another road with a dif- fering set of signals. The Time con- vention, representing 179 railroads, studied the rules used by all theleading companies and took those that scemed best. 1In the code adopted there are fifty-five rules as to signals. They cover the wuse and meaning of whistles, bells, lamps, lanterns, torpedoes and fusees. On all roads the trains are to be classified alike and their movements on single and double tracks, switches and sidings are subject to forty-one rules. There is alsoa spec- ial set of twenty-seven orders for the control of trains moving on tolegraphic orders. Another feature of the code is that each engineer and conductor and trainmen generally is required to have a reliable watch which has been certi- fied to by a reliable watchmaker as not likely to vary thirty seconds in a week, and all watches must be compared with the company’'s standard time before starting a train, 1t is believed that by May 1 the code will be in use by nearly all roads in the country. T Republican could have taken the story of Miss Royce's terrible exper- ience from the BEE of January 26,with- out waiting to copy it from the Ulysses Dispatch, which stole it bodily from the Bee. We do like enterprise. THE projectors of the Omaha, Yank- ton & Northwestern should not be so quick tempered. Keep cool. Other Lands Than Ours. ‘Within a few days the British parlia- ment will resume the work of legisla- tion, which it is expected will be pushed by the government with great vigor. Public interest will be centered in the local government bill, that will doubt- less be brought forward very early in the session. It is understood that the character of this measure has already been practically dictated by the liberal- unionists, a privilege ailowed them as the price of their continued allegiance to the tories, so that the probabil- ity is that not much time will be wasted Dbefore the measure is passed. Indeed, it s un- derstood to be the purpose of the coali- tion to make such change in the rulesof procedure as will effectually block ob- struction whenever the combined fac- tions shall consider that obstructive tac- tics have gone far enough. Further- more, if the advice of Mr. Parnell is fol- lowed there will be very little obstruc- tion offered to legislation applying to other portions of the kingdom than Ireland. The policy of that leader is to permit the tories and their colleagues to have their way unchallenged as to any plans they may propose for local government, believing that thereby they will perhaps most certainly and speedily run upon the rocks. Meanwhile, if the testimony of such an authority in English politics as the Marquis of Ripon is good for anything, the cause of home rule for Ireland is not going back- ward. Himself a member of the gov- ernment that voted coercion for Ire- land, he now declares his conviction that there is no hope in such a policy and assures the Irish people that the great party of England is on their side and the time near at hand when their hopes will be crowned with success. If anything could bring about such a re- sult it would seem that the relentless course of Balfour must do it. Not content with throwing into jail every Irish member of parlinment he can get hold of, he is preparing to reincarcerate themas fast as they are discharged from custody. The impris- oned members have been treated as common felons, gross indignities have been heaped upon them, and their health has been severely impaired by exposure in damp cells and the insuf- ficient food provided for them. Editor O’Brien emerged from prison a walking skeleton and is now in France. The re- lentless Balfour is after him again with a writ, and there is little doubt that if caught he will be recommitted. The same plan is to be pursued with other members who have been guilty of more than one alleged offence. What a travesty on justice. What a blot on civilization. The nation that boasts itself the most christingon the globe de- scends to the worst of mediweval prac- tices to maintain politieal power. It is made a crime to} have opinions dif- fering from the political majority. Ab- solute and unquestioned submission to the most galling of coercive measures is the only method of escaping arrest. The man who thinks that such ideas as these are destined to prevail in this enlight- ened age has failed to rightly read the signs of the times. * " Except the rather warlike declaration of Herr von Tisza, in the Hungarian diet a few days ago, the late European advices have disclosed no new features in the situation of great interest. The Hungarian prime minister was at pains to contradict the warlike rumors which prevailed and to profess himself sincerely desirous of peace, but his statements regarding the military preparations of Russia and the determi- nation of Austris-Hungary to continue to take all necessary measures for her own security, and for the effective use of her own army, certainly did not wear a pucific aspect. It what Herr Tisza said could be supposed to have been uttered wholly on his own responsibil- ity, not much importance would be at- tached to it, but it is believed to have had the full concurrence of Count Kal- noky. However this may be it acted #s & momentary inspiration to the war party, ~which may be still build- ing hope upon it. The only thing that can be. affirmed’ with = certainty is that the relations of the powers appear to be'as strained as at any time in the past, and that so fong as this condition remains there are chancesof war. Con- jectures and prophecies have, however, become decidedly stale, flat and un- profitable. *" The question of polygamy is agitating the kingdom of Norway and Sweden to such an extent aa to threaten civil war. The nation is divided into two hostile camps, the one of which, composed of the liberals, is fighting in favor of the adoption of polygamy, while the conser- vatives, who are in the minovity, are strongly opposed to any question of plu- rality of wives. Strange to say, the women of Scandinavin have all ranged themselves under the lib- eral banner, and one of the most eminent divines, a M. Nissen, who is president of the National Temperance union, has placed himself at the head of the crusade. The movement-is a dis- tinctly popular one, and has already become so deep-rooted and universal that the government finds itself unable to stem it. King Oscar attempted to show his disapproval by withdrawing a subseription from his privy purse to a student corporation at Stockholm which has just ranged itself under M. Nissen's banner. So groat was the outery, how- ever, throughout the country, that the king was forced to reconsider his deter- mination and continue his subseription. The leaders of the polygamist forces assert that, in proportion as civilization has advanced, the capacity for the pro- creation of the human race has dimin- ished, and they claim that nothing but a plurality of wives can save humanity from eventual extinction. Meanwhile Scandinavia is flooded with literature professedly bearing on the subject, and of the most realistic nature. - . A collision between the Abyssinian army of the Negus and the Italian forces in that country may be an- nounced any day, as according to late reports they are not very far apart. The outpostsof the Italinnsare at Dogali, where their defeat took place last fall, about forty miles on the road towards the enemy, and King John is with the bulk of his army at Adua, about eight days’ march from the Italian lines. ‘What the policy of the Abyssinians is to be, that is, whether they will fight on the plain or wait for the Italians in the mountain passes, nobody as yot can guess., If they wait in the mountains, the Italians will find the dif- ficulties of transportation very great, especially as their supply of baggage animals is veryfic(uchivu. The effec- tive [talian forcg is now set down at 16,500. Lord Napier had about as many as this in 1868, but his camp follower: were estimated at 20,000. He had, how- ever, a line of 300 miles to protect,while the Italian line at worst will not be over 100 miles, unless the Negus retires into the interior. Everybody expects him, however, either £ fight at the foot of the hills or on the edge of the plateau. It is estimated that if he called out all his fighting men, he could muster 200,- 000, but mostly armed only with sword and shield. Lt Australia’s centenary has been cele- brated at Sydney with becoming cere- monies. Although counting a hundred years of political existence, Australia’s growth is really the work of fewer than two score years. In 1788 it was only a penal colony of 830 convicts that was taken out under guard to the bay named after the science to which the botanist of Cook’s expedition was devoted in recognition of its abundant flora. The governor of this penal colony, finding a few miles north of Botany bay the much better harbor of Port Jackson, estab- lished it there instead, and thus Sydney was founded; and now, with its present population of a quarter of a million and its manifold evi- dences of wealth and culture, this city does not scruple to pay centennial honors to its humble founda- tion by convicts. The drag of this penal colony rested upon the new con- tinent for half a century. In 1820 its Buropean population, after thirty years of settlement, was only 30,000, mostly conviets or discharged conviets. Not until 1839 was the transportation of sentenced criminals to New South Wales forbid- den. Still, even then the growth wasslow, many being reluctant to venture into a community built up on such a founda- tion. In 1851 came the discovery of gold, and with it agrand transformation scene for Australia. Settlers poured-in from all directions. Victoria, with Mel- bourne for its capital, was set off that same year as a separate province, and Queensland in 1859. By 1871 the popu- lation of Australia and Tasmania had reached more than & million and a half, Ten years later it had risen above two and a quarter mil- lions. The population at the beginning of last year—1887—exclusive of abori- gines, was close upon three millions, and, taking in New Zealand, it reached 8,486,082, Added to the sheep raising, which formerly constituted most of the importance of Australia, and is still of great prominence, has-come a great variety of agriculture, with commerce and not a few manufactures.2The cen- tennial celebration thus begun by Syd- ney will be continued later in the year by the world’s fair held at Melbourne, a city which, with its environs, must now be well on toward a population of 400,000. » Princo Ferdinand’ and his mother have so improved their time of late in making the acquaintance of Eastern Roumelia that should the young ruler be invited in the spring to abdicate he will at least have thoroughly seen the country he quits. Bulgarian bishops, Turkish muftis, and Jewish rabbis have vied in demonstrations of welcome to him; Princess Clementine has had bouquets in abundance; the prince has visited a model farm, and perhaps given the model farm- ers good advice on agriculture, much as an American statesman might do under like ciroumstances. While these performances are going on the great powers that choose to make Bul- garinw aflairs their cause of quarrel pro- pare for a great struggle,and Roumania tries to secure pledges. that her neu- trality will be respected when it oceurs. That " Prince ‘Bismarck long ago de- termined that there should be no grest TFuropean war until after the kaiser's death seems ns clear now as ever but the aged monarch’s hold upon life is more tenacious than almost any body had expected. K The French council has taken off tho Legion of Honor list one hundred and fifty-seven persons who got thelr erosses fraudulently, and has suspended sixty- six others pending a more thorough ex- amination. This is the last step in the movement which recently overthrew the government of President Grevy and threatened the stability of the republie. The dispensation of illegal honors by dishonest officials is a grave offense, and in any country would have stirred up a great commotion, but in France alone could such an incident subverted the government. It shows on how un- substantial a basis the republic rests. The people are always ready to follow after any vew idea. Unstable as water, they seem to have no settled purpose except to regain Alsace-Lorraine. The nation is simply waiting for a leader and an opportunity. » *x e When the Padama canal scheme finally collapses, as it surely will v soon—as soon as De Lesseps finds him- self unable to borrow additional money tomeet the interest he has contracted to pay the poor peasantry of France on the loans they have so confidently made to carry on the work and pay the half- yearly interest charges as they mature —when this time comes, then look out! A worse than John Law panic will fol- low, and the danger is that when this monetary panie starts in France it may be so wild, so far-reaching and so dis- astrous as to shake the monetary sys- tems of all Europe, and may even ex- tend to the United States. The loss of the capital invested in‘the canal scheme will be total—no assets. Such a total ioss will be unprecedented in the world’s financial history THE OMAHA & YANKTON. Busy Commissioners and Intcrested. Property Holders—A Protest. The county commissioners employed their time the greater part of yesterday in consult- ing with General Cowin in reference to the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern railroad, and dispelling impressions that had gone abroad that they were opposed to the enter- prise. They were hopped upon by number- less representative citizens and property holders, and to each of these they denied that they were otherwise than heart and soul with the road, maintaining, however, that they were anxious that all the stipulations in reference to it should be made binding and satisfactory to the people of Omaha and Douglas county from whom the 300,000 in ponds were expected. The interview with General Cowin was had with a view of hav- ing nim draw up & _contract and proposition on which the commissioners will base their proclamation for the special election to be called to vote on the bonds and which will be announced to-day. Yesterday Chairman O'Keeffe told a Bee reporter that such taxpayers as Messrs. Kountze, Paxton and others had come to him and thanked him for the precaution the board had taken before voting the bonds away. These gentlemen were much more exacting in their provisions than the commissioners have been. They unhesi- tatingly said that they would not be in favor of voting one penny to the road until it was designated where the shops and depots were to be located, Messrs, Paxton and Kountze maintaining that the depot should not be lo- cated more than ohe mile from the court house and the shops not over a mile and a half from the same point. The commissioners wore yesterday in re- ceipt of the appended communication, which they took under consideration : Office Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern Railway Company, Omaha, Feb. 8, 158—To the Honorable County Commissioners, Doug- las County, Nebraska.—Gentlemen: Some time ago the Omaha, Yankton & Northwest- ern railway company submitted a proposition to Douglas county through your honorable body to build 150 miles of railway from a point within the corporate limits of the city of Omaha and to build and maintain its principal shops within the county, 150 miles 1o be built, equipped and in operation within eighteen months. The conditions of the proggsinon were that Douglas county issue {ts bonds in the aid of said company in the sum of ¥300,000, said bonds to_be issued only after the completion of the 150 miles of road within the time and subject to the other con- ditions cited, or upon the failure of the com- pany to complete the road within the time, and under the conditions, the bonds to be forfeited and cancelled. ‘Accompanying this proposition was a peti- tion asking that it be submitted to the voters of Douglas county. There were nearly six hundred signatures, representing almost three-fourths of its entire taxable property. After several conferences with your body the company consented to several reasonable modifications. The proposition thus modified, ‘was drawn up in the presence of the entire board by your county attorney, und mutually agreed to. It was to be passed upon the fo- lowing day, and a proclamation was to be is- sued at once, submitting it in that shape to the voters of Douglas county. Through some influence unknown to the company, your board has_violated its faith, and now refuses to trust the voters of Doug- 1as county to pass judgment upon the question involved. The _ incorporators of our company entered into this enterprise reluctantly and only at the instance and with the assurance of the support of a number of the largest capitalists in the city. Unlike other like corporations, the members of this company entered into the enterprise vigorously by advancing money and placing a corps of engineers in the field. An_ enter- rise of this magnitude cannot at this time p successfully carried out without the co- peration of the people. The incorporators of this company were not prepared to face opposition at the outset from this people’s representatives in the very face of their ex- ed will through the medium of a peti- tion unparalleled in character in this county in the extent of interests represented. view of these facts, we have decided upon and hereby ‘officially notify your honorable body that unless you carry out the agree- ment heretofore entered into in good faith, that the company will withdraw and cancel its proposition. o The responsibility of our acf with your body, and not ourselves. The Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern railway company, by D. C. PATTERSON, Secretary. on will rest SAYS NELLIE IS CRAZY. ther Asks For a r Her. Major P. R. Sullivan, father of Mrs. Nellie McNamara, the young widow who has figured considerably in the newspapers of late, appeared before Judge Shiclds yester- day afternoon and filed the appended petition : Your petitioner, R. P. Sullivan, respect- fully shows that he is the father of Mrs, Nellie McNamara, widow of M. A. McNam- ara, deceased, who died leaving an estate, which is variously estimated to be of the value of $25,000 to™ $50,000, consisting of both realty and personalty, in Omaha, Douglas county, Neb. That said M. McNamara left five children living, ol son and four daughters, aged respectively at the time of his death to wit: Mary McNamara, thirteer vears of age; Mathew S., el n years : Nellie, nin eurs; Auna, seven years, and Rebecc two years of age. That said Mrs. Nell MeNumara was appointed by this honorable court on the —day of — A. D. 153~ adminis. trix of the estate of her deceased husband, M. A. McNamara, and on the — day of — A. . 15%- she was removed upon application by this honoravle eourt in cousequence of her refusal ‘or negiect to report, and although . - cited to do 80 lhas aegieeted and refused 1o report, to pay auy debts of the estate or in any manner to fulfill her duties as such administrix. Your peti- tioner further shows and represeunts that shortly ‘after the death of her said husband, M. A. McNamara, that is to say on or about June, A. D, 1888, said Nellie MeNamara sud- denly commenced a most unaccountable and extravagant courso. of living. On or about ‘the time alleged as aforesaid, she went to Chicago and there indulged in the most travagant expenditures. Upon hor returs journey from Chicago upon the train she in some way made the acquaintance of a person calling himself William Heagle, and almost immediately commenced making him (Heaglo) costly presents and giving him money. In June_or July, A. D. 1587, she, the said Mrs. Nellie MeNamara, went to Den Col., us the petitioner is informed and b lieves, to meet said Heagle, and there la ished money on and upon account of said Heagle. This Heagle came to Omaha and spent monoy freely with his companions and openly boasted he was having a good time spending her, Mrs. Nellie McNamar: She ‘permitted this stranger and t to cscort her meound frowm place to she took carriage rides with hin visited her very frequently at her own house, and at her boarding places: she permitted him to fondle and caress her children; she spurned the advico of your peti- tioner, of her mother, relatives “and numerous friends. This petitioner further says that said Heaglo is an adven- turer and a vagrant, who has lately con- sented to leave town in order to avoid pun- ishment as a vagrant. During all this time she has been wildly extravagant, buying furnituve, rich and costly, fine clothes, jewelry of many Kinds, costly’ watches and briliiant dinmonds and other expensive articles, all, or nearly all, of which is unpaid for. The bills of the estate allowed by the court she left unpaid. The bills sho contracted on her own account are all, or nearly all, unpaid, even the education of Rer daughter at the convent has not_been paid for; she has heavily mortgaged hor real estate and her household furniture, even to her piano, and there is nothing to show for all this oxpenditure; her money is gone,- her watches and dismonds are gone, taken as your petitioner believes and squandered upon tho adventurer, cheat aud vagrant, Heaglo, Your petitioner says that by such conduct aforesaid, she has shocked, gricved and alarmed ' her friends and rela tives, who, knowing her heretofore to be an exemplary christian, wife and mother, are satisflied that because of these actions, she has become insanc and 1ly incompetent to have the charge and ement of hev own affairs, Your pe who has a parent's interest in this and none other, avers that said Mrs. amara is, as he belioves, insanc and mentally incompetent to manage her own affairs, and asks that a guardian be appointed for her person and estate, 8o that _something may be saved, if possible, out of the present chaotic condition of things to herself and her children. B P. R. SULLIVAN. A notice of the complaint was prepared to be served on Mrs. McNamara, and handed over to Sherifft Coburn. Mr. Sullivan re quested that service be postponed for a day or two on account of the fact that his daugh. ter was very ill and was physically incapable of standing the unlooked for turn in her affairs, titione mattel Nellie M —— DISSATISFIED EMPLOYES. County Officials are Sore Over the Re- duction in Their Salaries. There is no little dissatisfaction among many of the county employes as to what they claim to be the unjust discrimination of tho county commissioners in regulating their salarics. The deputy sheriffs formerly were paid $000 per annum. They claln that inas- much as they are obliged to keop a horse and buggy, which costs something besides the amount allowed them by the sheriff, that their salaries were small enough. They esti- mate that their necessary expenscs are at least $12 per month. Yet they have been cut down to $700. In startling contrasg to this 18 the salary paid to the janitor. was formerly paid $30 per month but now receives $00. This is claimed to be disproportionate in view of the work to be done, a8 the deputy sheriffs aro liable to be called upon at any time of the night or day, while the janitor has an casier time of it thananyone about the building. It is said that he merely supermtends the work and is under no expense, The assistant jan- itors who do the actual work of cleaning and outside labor have been reduced from §65 to §52 per month. One 0f them, named Kelly, refused to submit to the reduction and quit work on Wednesday and immegiately se- cured a much more lucrative posilion down town, The clerks and other employes are very indignant over the reduction and openly charge that Mr, Lahey, the janitor, has more influence with tho commissioners than any officer about the building. TEACHING THE TEACHERS. Miss Poppleton's Class in English Lit- erature, Miss Elizabeth E. Poppleton is an adept in English literature, a lady endowed with su- perior attainments. She has devoted much timo to literary study and research, is a fine clocutionist, and reads Chaucer us no one else reads hin—at least so says Superinten- dent James, Miss Popplcton has been teach- ing classes in literature composed of lu- dics, but experiencing needless annoyance in her endeavors to_induce application and - dustry on their part,she has given the classcs up. in December lust, at the urgent solicita- tion of the board of cducation, Miss Pppple- ton consented to take & classof the city school teachers, and ever since has been suc- cessfully teachiug a class consisting of fifty members. They have been meet- ing in the _superintendent’s offico, but room here becoming too circumseribed, they have at last made ar- rangements to meet hereafter in the public library rooms. Miss Poppleton had invited the class to assemble at her home to-day, Dbut owing to the almost impassable condition of the roads and sidewalks this meeting must necessarily be postponed. ~The next rogular assembly will be held in the public library. Al SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Leavo Bre advertisements at the postofiice book stor N. B, Be load of cattl ‘There were no prisoners before Judge Reuther yesterday. L. N. Colby, of Colby & Co,, is in from Bradshaw with a car of hogs. August J. Huebner is on_tho market from Norfolk with a car of cattle. The day police force were engaged in mark- ing out where the sidewalks lay yesterday. Omaha frienas of O. E. Shannon, of the Hoof and Horn, will regret to learn that Lie is seriously ill with malarial fever. Several of the more dangerous mud-holes — those over four feet deep —have been marked with danger signals on N. street. A small smoke house connceted with the Hammond estabhishment, was burned yester- day morning. Loss not known, but probably light. W. H. Newell. of C. H. topped the market with a I Plattsmouth.. He ulso brought in hogs. ra Lee arrived back at her old home last n and speaks highly of the way her friends stood by her. The aequibkal sho ex pected, and will once more resume her pro- vious octupation. Among South Omaha convalescents are Councilman Geary and Contractor Mackey, both of whom heen very low but are now almost reco: od. The ||||vw¢~nbh?nlnlu of the strects has pro vented the Grand Army men from meeting hitherto, but they will malc another attempt on Monday night to form a post. Exchange hotel guest yesterday : L. 13.Dun- rais0; A crs, Howard City ; l.L M. Cox, Hamp sren, of Wahoo, brought in & o & Co., ttle from a load of The course of true lov r does run smooth even in South Ou \ursday night a oung dry goods clerk set out to see his tady in the Aunex. Having visions of sand- s, shiggers, burglars and bad men ge ed himsell with o | Drs, McCoy wn ing. idly towards the ¥ man caught hin Ly the fect and by st cevented him from pa or | crushed Lo esh was badly lacoratod, hows not certain that he will not loose @ %L Kirkpatrick attended hium, - eland Lotel, Chicage X DESPERATE STRUGELE Thrilling Experlence of an Horole Ene gifleer in His Vombat With A RELENTLESS, VINDICTIVE ENEMY. A Narative of Faco Plain, Unvarnished Which Clearly Indicate “Truth is Stranger Than Flation,' One of the hi |\I’\| young men fn Omaha to day s Mr. D, 8, Trvin, who recently arrived in this ¢ H? from the Keystone state and who now rooms in the Higging block on Howard street, To a gentleman who knew Eim while an engl- 1 at the Penaa. Steel company's works at countenance beaming inquiring the r. lrvin u‘ i ) onc eatarrh Por ton hich time 1 have suffered hor- r' which the tongue is inadequate to portray, having during that time been treated by several prominent physicians, and used patent medi- cines without stiut, all of which falled to do me any good: in fact, Hife by hhad extended into at times | expectorated swe s, a0d was an the road to consumption, £ Stey D. 8, IRVIN, “I had & dull, heavy headache, nose all stufted up from a constant dripping from the head into throut, sometimes profuse, watery and Tid, at_ofhers thick, tennc lent, ‘bloody and_putrid; m ¥ and'inflamed. There was s ringing in my ears, and from oue of them there was a constant dis* charge of matter; f ¥ ness, constant hawking and_coughiig to clear the throat; expectorations of offensive matter, together with Scabs from ulee My volce had a nasal twang, breath very offensive, smell and taste gone, a sensation of dizzinvss, with mental depressior, a iucking cough and general debil- ed Mr. Irvin, “I was acquaint- of people in’ the east who had n successtully treated by Drs. McCoy and Henry before they came west, and noticed thelr advertisements fn the Omahi pupers. 1 mado up my mind to place myself under their caro and sce if they could do anything for me. After a careful examination they told me the drums of my ears were sound and that, in their opin- fon, my hearing could be entirely rostored. 1 Dbegan treatment at once. The doctor washed m out with fome kind of oil and warm [yiter. after which be passed & probe of somo kind {nto my nose, He then difutod my ears and to my great BURFRISE 1 COULD HEAR XUCH BETTER, “Iwent to his. office every day, followad tho directions very minutely, and now, at the ex- Jiration of fivé weeks, [ uim entiroly cured, and am truly thankful for the groat blessing of health bestowed upon me by Drs. M Henry's troatment. I can unreservedly rocoms mend them to any one tronbled with chronic catarrh. No disense continued Mr. Irvin, *is 80 common, more deceptive, dungerous and less understood, or more unsuccessully treated by physicians.” Mr. Irvin 18 an exceedingly woll informed gentieman, and can be found at the above uamod place whiere Lo will fully corroborate the above, Signal Dangers Which Are Made Known Betore Consumption Appears. When catarrh has existed in the head and upper part of the throat for any length of Hmo o patieut living n the district where pooplo are subject to caturrhal affection—and the dis- ense has been left uncured, the catarrh fuvari- ably, sometimes slowly, extends down the wind- pipe'and into the bronchial tubes, which tubes convey the air into the difr purts of the zs. The tubes become affected from the us arising from catarrh, and jos becolno pligged up so'that the air cannot get in as freely as it should, Shortuess of breath follows, and the patient breathies with labor and with'digliculty. In other cases there is & soufid of cracking and wheezing Inside tne chest. At this stage of the dise thing s Iy moro rapid than when in health, The patient also has hot flashes over his body. The patn which accompantes this condition {s of dull character, fult in the chest, -behind the Dbreast bone or under the shoulder blade. The Jain may come and go-last a fow days ni then e absent for several others. ‘Tne cough thatoc- curs in the first stages of bronchial caturrh 1s dry, comes at Intervals, 15 hacking in_character and usually most troublesome in the morning on arising or going to bed at night, and it may bo the first evidence of the disease extending i the ungs. AT first there may be nothing bronght up by the cough; then there {3 little tough, tenacious mu- cus,'which the patient finds great difficulty in brlfluflklll up. metln there are fits of coughing induced by ot cous—so violent as to cause vomit- ing. Later on the mucous that 1s rafsed is found to contain small particles of yellow mattor, which indicates that the small tubes in the lung: are now affected, With this there are often streaks of blood mixed with the mucous. In &ascs the patient becomes very pale, has fever and expectorates before any cough appears, Insome cases small masses of ch y substance are spit up, w , when pressed ween the fingers, emita bad bdor, In other cases particles of & hard, chalky nature br\'lll'l up. The ralsing of chwasy or chalky lumps indicates serious mis chief ut work into the lungs. In some cat irvh will extend into the lungs ina in other c 3 it may bo months or even years before the disense attacks the iungs sufficlently to cause serious interfer- ce with the general health, When the dieasse oped to such a point the itient is sald to have catarrhal consumption. ith bronchial catarrh there is more or less fover which differs with jhe different parts of the day —slight inthe morning, higher in tne afternoon and evening. Sometimes during the day the patient has a crecping, chilly Kensation, which muy last from et atir £ an hour the surface of the body feelng (ll'{ and hot. During the night, near tho morning, there may be sweats, Such sweats are known as night sweats, The pulsels usually more rapid_than normal, and the patient loses flosh and sirength. A 20118 all that i needed at thix point t0 de- rapid consumption. Insome inst s the pttent loses flesh and strengtly slowly. “Tiio musles gradually waste away. Then the pat- {ent gradually regains some of his strength, only to lose 1t again. ‘A weakstomich {8 & dislike for food, which seems to have lost 1ts taste, onuses the pat t think he has a disease of the stomach Mste the lungs. With these diarrhwa usually o and there Is some disturbance of the ki In brouchial catarrh the voice often b weak, husky and_hoarse. ‘There i i re is a b paiii in the throat with dificulty in swallowing DOCTOR J. CRESAP McCOY, Late of Bellevue Hospite!, New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry Anlde (Late of University of Pennsy HAVE OFFICES No. 510 and 311 IN RAMGE BUILDING, “orner ¥ifteenth aud Harney sts., Omaha, Neb, Corner B ore all curuble aob treated with Medical diseases tr 401 ention, Many disenss s, ry throu v those unishl ceonsful Hospi it 1 thus possi 4 Wnswired unless accompanisd by n stamps. AN vetters to s, McCoy and Honry Itooms 10 aud Bl Kamge bulidicg, Owabiy