Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily (Morning Edition) including Sunday. BEp, One Year .. cesrapsrins o For 8ix Months For Three Months The Omaha Sunday B dress, One Year seorivagaeneni 200 ., NOSOLAND 016 FARNAM STREET. BN K No. 613 matied to any ad- FOURTEENTH STRERT. CORRESPONDENCE, Ali communications relating to news and edi- torinl matter should be addressed to the Eniton OF THE BER. All business addressed 10 OMAnA. Drafs e made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Pablishing Unmnmy;‘ Propritors THE DAILY lll-}lc.’ Sworn Statement of Circulation. ta.s k of The Tea Pub- Mshing company, does solemily swenr that the actunl circulation of the Daily Hee for the week ending Feb, 3, IN5, was as follos Baturday, Jan, 28 .. . Sunday, Jan. 20 Friday, Fe Average. i fworn to and subscribed in iy pr 4th dny of February, A. ., 188, . P. FEIL, Notary Public. State of Nebraska, County of Douglase, Geo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- es and says that he 15 secretary of The Hee ublishing company, that the actusl averags daily cireulation of the Daily Bee for the month of Janus R8T, 16,2 fes; for Februar: March, 1857, 14,400 (‘(l'll! 316 coples: for May, 1886, 14,277 187, 14,147 coples: for' July, for' August, 1857, 14,151 coples} K47, 14,340 copiess’ for October, 187, 16,22 coples; for GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Fworn and subscribed to in’ my prosence tlils 2dduy of Jununry, A. . 14, N, B. FRIL, Notary Public. “RUINED by speculation” is what broke the Metropolitan bank of Cincin- nati. So say the dispatches. ‘‘Ruined by thieves and confidence operators’ would have been nearer the truth. THE Loie Royce fund is growing every day. The BEE hopes, through the liberality of the people of Nebraska, to raise for this unfortunate young lady a sum sufficient to provide for her dur- ing her life. THEY have discovered & man in Chi- cago who claims he is possessed of the faculty of locating natural gas. Should he come to Omaha he would undoubt- edly make his first location in the city council chamber. STATISTICAL prophets predict that the next census will show a populution of seventy miltions. If our people con- tinue to increase at this rate, we shall havea surplus in time that will be more diffieult to get rid of than the one in the treasur, COLONEL JONES, of Florida, made a speech at Indianapolis yesterday oppos- ing government control of the telegraph. Jolonel Jones’ speech was flashed over the wires to every newspaper in the land. It is safe to say that the Western Union will make nocharge for its trans- mission. MARYLAND republicans say that Gor- man or no Gorman, their state must be classed among the doubtful ones next fall. They propose to have glass ballot- boxes and a fair count at the president- ial election. During the last one they had to contend against the democrats and the cemeteries combined when repeaters voted in the names of dead men. PERRY BELMONT, who is chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, thinks the new treaty with China will be adopted. This provides that the class of immigrants against which there is so much prejudice on the Pacific coust, shall be excluded. But congress pro- poses and the Chinaman disposes to a considerable extent in this matter. —— S1. PAUL annually receives a big advertisement, as well as considerable pecuniary profit, from her ice palace. Sioux City last year establislied a corn palace and derived similar benefits therefrom., Now, let Omaha wake up and originate something that will draw acrowd and give us a national adver- tisement. It is announced that Colonel Fred Grant is to become apublisher, the ob- ject of his ambition in this direction being the well known New York maga- (zine, the Cosmopolitan, in which Mrs. Grant is reported to have made a con- siderable investment. The brief po- litical caveer of the colonel was not re- markably brilliant, and if he has really decided to eschew politics he is to be congratulated. The business of a pub- lisher he will find has its perplexities and its defeats, but they are more tol- erable than those of politics, which very gonerally disclose the hollowness of pro- fessed friendship and the selfishness and baseuness of human nature. Itis to be hoped that Colonel Grant, who scems to be not at all fitted for poli- tics, has had enough of the ungrateful experiences it brings, and that he will find both congenial and profitable em- ployment in helping to disseminate knowledge. E——— THE so-called speech of Queen Vie- toria to parliament is as dull and inade- quate as these productions usually are, and suggesws very little for comment. Its most important disclosure is the statement that all the powers show an earnest desire to maintain the peace of the world, which coming fmmediately aftor the pacific utterances of Bismarck will be regarded as highly reassuring. What is said regarding the eflect of coercion in Ireland is less commenda- tory of that policy than was to have been expected, bu is far from being a true or just conclusion. Tt is not to the law, but to the good sense and patient forbearance of the Irish people that s due the decline in what is called “agrarvian crime,” which is simply the defense by the people of their howes. These proxy specches of the queen are not only extremely tame, but havdly trustworthy. Parliament being agalir in session, English polities will resume their wonted animation and interest, More Whitewash. The report of the government direct- ors of the Pacific railroads falls into line with the majority report of the commission inrecommending the policy which the roads desire to have adopted. The directors, however, claim prece- dence, and we think rightfully so, in suggesting this policy. It simply is to extend the debt of these corporations through a period of half a century or more longer, giving them that much more time in which to collect from the people the amount of the debtand o handsome revenue besides. It isnot a policy that comprehends or contem- plates any benefit to the peo- ple of the section who must pay this debt if it is ever paid. It gives no promise of relief to the patrons of tnese corporations, whose interests it is the duty of congress first to consider. It proposes to perpetuate an incubus that hasalready been oppressive o the ex- treme limit of endurance. It practically says to the roads, continue on in the course you have been pursuing, and to the people, you must consent to bear this burden as patiently as you can. A redeeming feature of the directors’ re port is its approval of the view that the governmenc should take action against “‘those persons who may have tampered with the property of the roads and thus diminished the security of the govern- ment.” The commendation bestowed upon the present management of the Union Pa- cific may be deserved. It is said to have “devoted itself honestly and intelli- gently to the herculean task of rescuing the company from the insolvency which seriously threatened it at the inception of its work.” Itis credited with the practice of rigid economy and the ap- plication of every dollar of the earning eapacity of the system to its improve- ment and betterment, 50 as to place the company on a sound and enduring finan- cial foundation. Granting all this to be merited, it may be remarked that the Union Pacific manage- ment might have gained still greater commendution for honesty and fidelity to its trust if it had ever taken any steps or shown any disposi- tion to demand restitution from the men who tampered with the property of the road and are now enjoying the fruits of their rascality. The people who were robbed and who are still the patrons of the Union Pacific may certainly claim a pardonable right to have misgivings as to the sterling worth of the virtues which can be satisfied to permit the most unconscionable rogues of this or any other country to enjoy unquestioned the full benefits of their roguery. The whitewash administered by the government directors has become famil- iar, but though put on never so thick there are some stains it cannot conceal. Vanderbilt's Impending Ruin. A great wave of sadness, with a more or less briny odor, threatens to sweep over this country, the cable having given advance information of the com- pelling power of the impending calam- ity. Via thousands of miles of submar- ine communication is flashed the intel- ligence that W. K. Vanderbilt’s steam yacht is anchored in the offing at Monte Carlo and that Vanderbilt himself had boldly walked up to a roulette table and stakedand Lost fourdollarson his first bet. It is well understood, of course, that the parting with those four large round dollars did not seriously impair the fortune founded by the deceased com- modore and augmented by his heirs to proportions beyond the wildest dream of colossal avarice ever conceived by King Solomon. But it should also be remembered that there isa flavor of lotos in the atmosphere of Monte Carlo, which deafens the only ears to which conscience may appeal, and produces an apathy which ignores consequences. The great danger is not in the four dollars which the croupier clutched, but that America’s Creesus will bet an- other four dollars and still another four until there isan unwarranted contraction of the circulating medium or a balance of exchange against this country which will cause horror among patriotic statis- ticans. Who knows whether Mr. Vanderbilt will content himself with the homeopathic indulgence of four dollars to each turn of the wheel ? Who that "has ever gambled does not know that the only cure for the mania is in- solvency ¥ Do the American people enjoy the spectacle of W. K. Vander- bilt striding to financial ruin at four dollars a stride? With full knowledge by cable that the prodigal son is wasting his substance in fourdollar installments, will the American republic call its Swiss sister to international account or will patriotic preparation of a fatted calf be made when the prodigal has “blowed 1n”’ his patrimony, put his steam yacht in soak and returned to ‘Wall street in the steerage of an emigrant steamer ? Surely the cable has befriended the people of this country in warning them of the emergency in time to prepare for a crisis, Foreign countries have their little erises every once in a while, but by religiously mind- ing its own business the United Jhas hitherto escaped such unpl incidents. Indeed notuntil W. K. Van- derbilt rashly banked four dollars on the red did any adequate conception of a crisis enter the American mind. Further advices will be awaited with an interest equaled only by that which is awakened when an Omaha confidence man catches a sucker from*Kuansas City. Oklahoma. The house committee on territories having reported favorably the bill to create the territory of Okluhoma, its passage by the house may be regarded as reasonably certein, and there is v little likelihood of its failurc in the sen- ate. There is avery rnest demand for the new territory by the people of the contiguous states, as was shown by the convention held at Kunsas City on Wednesday to urge action on the part of congress, Resolutions were adopted declaring that the time has eonio when all the interests of the southwest and those of the Indians also demand the opening of the Indian territory to settlement. Tt was also declared that all lands taken for this purpose should be fully paid for, and that the law de- fining and establishing the new.torvi- tory should provide to the fullest ex- tent for the wants of American home- seekers, holding in check the tendency to absorb large bodies of land under single ownership. The expressions of this conference of representatives from five states and two territories clearly show that the movement in behalf of the new territory is entirely legitimate, prompted by an intelligent sense of the benefits to flow to all interests, those of the Indians as well as those of the whites, It scoms entively safe to predict that there will speedily bo added to the na- tional map the territory of Oklahoma. The promptness with which the house committee on territories reported fu- vorably the bill to create the territory must be regarded as good evidence that the opposing arguments made very lit- tle impression. It could not be other- wise with the knowledge that they were made at the instigation of interested cattlemen, land grabbers, and others who had in view simply their selfish ends. From what issaidof the region out of which the proposed ter be formed it may be expected to fill up rapidly with white settlers, and there is not a reasonable doubt that withina year after such occupation begins the Indians will be entirely satisfied with it and find it to their advantage in all re- spects. — Omaha and Yankton. The facts presented at the board of trade meeting Wednesday night by the Yankton delegates were of a nature to convince all intelligent men that the proposed road from Omaha into South- ern Dakota isan enterprise which ought to receive the hearty support of the people of this city and be pushed to completion with the least possible delay. There is no more inviting field any- where, from the practical point of view, and there can be no question that with the proposed road in operation Omaha would reap most of the benefits to be derived from a connection with the rich region of Southern Da- kota. .There can be mno doubt that Omaha would become the market for much the larger share of the pro- ducts of that section, and would find there a return trade of very considera- ble and steadily growing proportions. The more carefully and intelligently this matter is considered, the more will the enterprise of connecting Omaha and Yankton by railroad commend itself to favor. The gratifying infor- mation was given at the meeting that the incorporators of the proposed new road are busily engaged in formulating a proposition which they expect will be satisfactory to the county commission- ers and to the people. They manifestly desire nothing which the people of Douglas county cannot give with entire safety, and with every assurrance that good faith will be kept with them. The present outlook for the enterprise is wholly favorabie. VERY likely Mr. Chauncey M. Depew knows as much about the intentions of Mr. Blaine as any other man in the country. They were much together in Europe, and it is entirely reasonable to suppose that Mr. Depew, being a pro- nounced Blaine man, learned more or less regarding the political purposes of the traveling statesman. There is con- sequently significance in the statement of the railroad president that he is quite certain that Mr. Blaine will be a candi- date before the next republican conven- tion. What more he feels certain of is a matter of less significance. He can- not be accepted as an entirely trust- worthy oracle of republican sen- timent and intentions outside of New York, if he is -even there. When he says he feels pretty certain that Blaine will get the nomina- tion by acclamation the wish is father to the thought, and willfully or other- wise Mr. Depew is blind to some very conspicuous facts whiich, if he chose to see them, would compel him to tone down his sense of certainty. It is quite possible, also, that these confident ex- ons of Mr. Depew are made for At all events wo think it pretty certain, giving the indications their proper value, that he is mistaken as to part of his professed opinion, and we believe this is likely to become more and more apparent as the date of the con- vention draws nearer. Republicans, particularly in the west, are doing some very careful thinking over this matter. THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company is looking toward Omaha. We are authorized to say that that enterprising company is contem- plating the extension of its line from Granada, just across the boundary line of Colorado, in a northeasterly direction to this city, the proposed route taking in such prosperous and growing towns as Hastings, Seward, Wahoo and others. The distance by the route which this extension will follow, if constructed, from Granada to Omaha is about the same as to Kansas City from the former point, so that this road would place Omaha on equal terms with Kausas City as a competitor for the trade of a large territory in the southwest. It would also give this city increased fagil- ities in territory naturally tributary to it,and in which greater facilities are really required. We understand. that the railroad company will require some encouragement from the peopie of Omaha, but in just what form we are not at present apprised, There will very likely be further developments within a short time, and meanwhile the matter is one that might very properly receive the attention of the board of trade. Tie centennial of Washington's in- aunguration as first president will be celebrated in New York on April 80, 1889, Congress and all the legislatures will be asked to contribute funds. It is appropriate to celebrate important epochs in the history of the nation, but these celebrations should be carried on in a vational manner. The money con- tributed would be well spent in gather- ing historieal facts, statistics, erecting o lastin 'movial, ete., but not in fice- works, banguet fumes and flash oratory. THE F1 DUSTRY. The big Augusta cottou mills are paying 8 per cent. . The Bell telephone compuny earted 23)4 .. LDAY, per cent net on its capital of §5,800,000 last year, In Belfast the demand for fomale labor is very large, At Rockville, Conn,, the mills are closing at 4 o'clock. . Incandescent lights are going into a great many southern mills, A short railroad i§ to be built from ester, N. Y., to Honcoye falls, New steel works and a_blast furnace are being erected at Cardiff, Eng. The Brookiyn clevated road shows an in- crease of 20 per cont in earnings. The total number of overland passengers to California last year was Last year 87,800 tons of leather were ported into the United Kingdom. Three cotton and woolen mills were started last year at Brook Haven, Miss, The cotton mill at High Shoals, Ga., has just declared a 20 por cent dividend, A Vermont man has just purchased the big cotton mills opposite Mobile, Ala. The Union Pacific railroad company is about to place an order for 2,500 cars. A sevonty milo railroad will run through mineral regions in castern Kentucky. A syndicate is being formed at Lewiston, Me,, to run thelarge mills of that town. A company with £1,000,000 capital will run a railroad from Atlaata to east Tennessce. A $1,000,000 electrical company has been organized in Chicago to furnish apparatus, Electricians are still at work on the prob- lem of obtaining electricity direct from coal. English stecl workers are objecting to be- ginning work at 12 o'clock on Sunday night. The Waneta woolen mills, of Enterprise, Miss., have an offer for one year's product of yarn, Last week the Piedmont cotton mill owners voted to put up another 10,000-spin- dle mill, A Pittsburg firm has just secured a con- tract to supply St. Louis with 2,500,000 bush- els of coal. From 120,000 to 160,000 tons of iron rods are imported annually, which pay a duty of $12 per ton. A great deal of textile machinery is going from Rhode Island and Massachusetts works to the south, The indications from southern states are that manufacturing enterprise has been greatly encouraged. The brick machinery manufacturers are quite busy with orders for new machinery for the coming season. Thirty-one large operators are using American rock-drills in Australia in prefer- ence to English drills, Engineers who have been working on the triple-expansion engine are confident of reaching still more complete results, ‘Weighing machines, steam pumps and mill machinery, as well a8 American stoves, are finding a ready market in Australia. The Exeter, N. 'H., which was burned down has been rebuilt with all possible speed in order not to lose spring contracts. A number of new railway enterprises have been announced since the opening of the year. Nearly all of them ure inthe south and west. Roch- im- sacegite o The Other Horn of the Dilemma, Chicago Times. Perhaps it would be cheapor to pass the Blair educational bill dnd take the §77,000,000 outof the treasurythan to pay twenty or thirty senators 5,000 apiece year after year to do nothing but talk about it. b gl A Cause for Grief. Lowsville Gourier-Journal., ‘Whether it was Mr. Erickson or Mr! Co- lumbus who discovered America, either would doubtless regret, were he alive to-day, that an exorbitant and ill-shapen, tariff is working so much injury to a large part of the great discovery. L A Much Needed Invention. Chicago Herald. A German inventor has just produced a device which, by deadening the sound of the instrument, mrkes piano practicing less ob- jectionable. But a more effective remedy would be a device which deadened the pian- ist. A e S An Actor's Ode to Winter. The Blade. The snow flakes filling all the air Fall slowly all the day, Like programmes dropped by galley kids Down on the parquet; The leafless branches cranking loud Above the tempest's roar Sound like the beat of countless hands That call for an encore. The Storm King down the wintry blast In mighty pace glides, Tn tragic, histrionic steps Like Henry Irving's strides; The snow upon the frozen ground Ts lying deep and thick, White as an actress’ pallid face Who eateth arseni Seidbickve s BINE STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Columbus hassixteen passenger trains a day, and claims to be something of a railroad center. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun to-morrow, for the benclit of the South Pacific people. (X i Four gamblers, abunco man and three high-kicking sisters are registered at the Dakota county jail. Fremont has added a horse rauch and electric lights to her industries. The revival is bearing early fruit, Plattsmouth is getting ready to snap some of the factories floating around the country in search of bonuses. The Thomas County Herald, fresh from the infant town of Thedford, is pleading for fraternal recognition with a friendly *X X.” Walters and Cush- man are the publishers. Attorney Scott, of Omaha, rufiled the feathers of Judge Marshall, of the Dodge county district court; now in session ut Fremont, and was fined §25 for contempt, The unfortunate clignt who will eventu- ally pay the bill i entitled to public commisseration, The prohibitionists of Dodge county held a convention at Hooper Wednes- afternoon. The meeting gely attended and unusuil enthu; n pre- vailed. Seventeen delegates were se- lected to represent the county in the state convention to be held next week at Lincoln. # Mrs. Wagransky. of Papillion, is the latest vietim of the Beatrice mutual in- surance cnmpuuf. that gilded conce of which Colonel Sabin sung s0 cheeril last summer. Mr, Wagransky inves! in a $,000 poligy, and generously rossed the divide™ for the benefit of his family, The tear parched widow got $279." The Sarpy County Democrat read the riot act to the concern, and ad- vises the people to shun it as a pesti- lence. The flour mill at Laramie is to be run by an electric motor. Bill Maverick is the chief source of eloquence in the territorial legislature. The Laramie papers blow in unison with the glussblowers. The last test of the works was a perfect success and fixes the destiny of the plant. Articles of incorporation of the Red Butte Land and Live Stock compuny haye been filed ‘with Sc wry Shan- non, The capital stock is #125,000, There ave rumors of un cxcursion over b, AR R PR O MR EBRU/ 10, 1888 the Burlington from Cheyente to Omaha. Ttis not stated. whether this is to be a legislative excursion or not. The copper mines in the Hartville dis: taict, which were abandoned several ears ago for reasons not connected ith their value, have been leased to a wenlthy English company, and a large force of men will be put to work in the ‘mines to develop them on u large scale. The building of a railroad close to the mines and the advance in the price of pper are the cause of this new activ tiy in the Hartville district. it o MORTUARY, ROTHOLZ, For the second time this winter, death, within a few days, has deprived o family of three of its little ones. The first was that of Rev. John Williams, the next that of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rotholz, of 820 South Tenth strect, the third of whose children, Willie, aged four years, was yesterday interred in the Hebrew cemetery. Such bereavement catnot but evoke heartfelt and widespread sympathy. . MRS, 0. I1. ROTHACKER. The arrangements yesterday announced for the burial of Mrs. O. H. Rothacker were changed and it was decided to not remove the remains from the Millard to the residence of her mother, Mrs. S. P. Rounds, on Farnam d Twenty-fourth streets, The deceased lay in her room in the hotel, attended by s number of sympathetic friends, Yesterday afternoon,at2o'clock,the funcral services took place at the samo apartment and were attended only by the im- mediate friends of the family of the de- ceased. They were conducted by Dean Gardnor of Trinity cathedral, and consisted solely of the impressive funeral ritual of the Episcopal church. - A number of friends had sent several floral tributes, which were dis- posed around the room and upon tho rich cloth-draped casket, the silver plate of which was engraved with the name and age of the deceased. Mr. O. H. Rothacker arrived in the morning o) ried immediately to the hotel. mains were b e to the Union Pacific depot, where the Ain was taken for Chicago, the pall-bearers being Messrs, Thomas Swobe, Mayor Broatch, Col. J. M. Eddy, O. H. Ballou, E. M. Bartlett and George B. The ro- mains will be interred in Rose Hill cem- etery, Chicago, beside her father, who was laid to rest several weeks ago. They were accompanied by the mother, Mrs, S. P, Rounds, Mr. and Mrs. arles Smith, of Denver, and all the brothers of the deceased. FROM. J. F. From, the brother of Ida From, the domestic who was found dead in her bed at the residence of Mr. Woodward, 448 South Twenty-fourth avenue, Wednesday morning, arrived here yesterday from his home in Dannebrog, Ncb., in response to a telegram from Coroner Drexel. He viewed the re- mains of his sister in the undertaking rooms of Drexel & Maul and was greatly moved by their appearance. After ashort interview with the coroner Mr. From went to St. Joseph’s hospital where he had an interview with his invalid brother and it was decided to bury the girl in Prospect Hill cemetery. The funeral will take place to-day. Miss From, it seems, was quite a thrifty young woman and had saved some money with which she had contemplated taking o trip abroad to visit her parents in Schleswig, Germany. DROWN. ‘The remains of Mamie Brown, which have lain in Drexel & Maul's for several days, were buried yesterday afternoon in Holy Sepulchre cem JUDGE W Judge August Weiss died last ovening about 7:30 at his home near the corner of Eighteenth and Jackson streets, He was first tuken sick some few weeks ago with typhoid fever, and this, with a complication of other troubles, finally caused his death. He was o man well known and esteemed in Omaha. e She Was Not Poisoned. Wanoo, Neb., Feb, 7.—To the Editor of the Ber: I sce in your last issue that Myra Labarr come to her death by an overdose of veratrum. The statement is a mistake, as she had only two drops at 6 p. m. Friday and three drops at 2 a. m. on Saturday. She was taken with numbness, blindusss and semi- unconsciousness on Thursday night, and had none of the medicine above named until the time mentioned. She had been treated by Dr. Bush, of this city, for a growth in the right side of the ab- domen, which he told us would sooner or later end lier life, and told us thatthe probabilities were that the time would be buta few months at best. He had also directed the use of laudanum when her suffering was severe, and sho was given laudunum between the doses of veratrum. There was not a possible chance for the few drops taken to have affected her. T. E. Zingre, the doctor you refer to, is not a man practicing medicine without credentials, but an educated_physician who,_abandoned the profession fiftecn years ago. * We learned to use the medicine from him, have kept it in the house, and used it for years, und used it in all cases as directed by him, J.W. McAuLey, Inclosed with the above atement from Ben D. Rupp, dri ng that - filled any prescription with Mr. 1 signed thereto. Mysteriously Disappears. Albert Hoeft, a German immigrant, ar- rived in this city several wecks since and took up his residence at the European hotel on south Tenth street. He seemed to be & man of considerable education, and was evi- dently well supplied with means, as he in- dulged himself in those littie luxuries that indicate a satisfactory financial condition, and always paid his bills promptly and fully. Two weeks ago Hoeft, after settling up his board and a few other little outst debts, suddenly disappeared and nothing has been seen or heard of him since, He left the hotel, mobody knows when, without leaving any indications of his intentions, where he was going or whether he expected to return or not. During the past week sev- r wved at the hotel ermany, inquiring about ting information as to his hese letters were nd it is presumed of the missing signed **Herman Hoeft, written by a brother Pers onal Paragraphs. pJohn Zehring, of Liucoln, Neb., is at the Paxton. John Peters, of Albion, Neb, is at the Paxton. John €. Bownell, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Paxton. A. B, Fuller, of Ashlund, Neb., is at the Paxton, David De Paxton. S K. Cate, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Millard. G. J. Ruelsbock, of Ashlund, Neb,, is at the Millurd. Miss E.. M. Shorey, of Neligh, Neb., is at the Paxton, Patrick the Millard, Miss G. Luke, of New York, is registered at the Millard. . H. Coulton, jr., of Nebraska City, Neb., is at the Paxton. Robert 3. Windham, of Plattsmouth, Neb,, is at the Millard, S. H. Calhoun, jr., of Nebraska City, Neb., is at the Millurd. J. A. Payneand wife and Mrs, M. S. Payne, of Masou City, Neb,, aro at the Mil- lard. A. E. Marriotte has returned to his old love, the Millard, where ho Las accepted a position as clerk. Frank Lawton, Miss Alice Walsh, Nettie Lyberd and Mitehell, of the **Hole in the Ground” company, are at the Millard. Edward E. 1 rd, president of tho Merchauts and Farieers bank, of David City, D. Coe, a furniture dealer of the same town, ure in the city. Captain 1eal, one of the pioneers in the scttiement of the vicinity of Grafton iu this state, was in the city last evening on his way 10 the south to spend several weoks in the health and pleasure resorts of thit section, of Ashland, Neb,, is at the gan, of Lincoln, is registered at Miss e < The case of John Wood, who was rested for obstrueting the view 1nto his saloon, was brought up before Judge Berka yesterduy and dismssed by the assistant city attorney A CENSURE FOR EVERY OE. The Grand Jury Puils the Halr of Different Persons. INVESTIGATING JAIL MATTERS. Formal Report of the Jurymen's Deliberations Turned Into the District Court Yesterday Afternoon. The Jail Investigation. The grand jury after three days delibera- tion appeared before the judgo of the district court yesterday afternoon, and through their foreman, Richard Kitchen, submitted o re- port of what they had accomplished. They were then discharged, and - it having been mooted about the building that the jury had filed their report in the jail investigation with the clerk of the court there wasa rushto that gentleman's office to scan its contents. Jailer Joe Miller was congratulated upon the fact that the jury had not found him as black as painted by his enemics, and it 18 said that had Sherift Coburn been in Mis office when the jury handed in their report he would have atonce reinstated Mr. Miller. This formality will be observed the first thing this morning. Appended is a full digest of the jurymens report: Most of our time has been spent in an ex- amination of the Douglas county jail and the treatment of prisoners therein confined. Language is too weak to convey to your honors the awful condition of the jail, Its appointments for the proper care of the prisoners are wholly inadequate; it wreaks with vermin, Tho classification of prisoners fs impossible and the carrying out of forced punishment by the court is impossible. Ve, therefore, recommend and insist, not ouly as grand Erors. but as citizens, that immediate steps e taken by the properly constituted authori- ties of the county to make the following necessary changes and improvements in the uil building: 1. The jail should be thoroughly overhauled and all necessary repairs should be made. The wash room fioor in_the west end of the large cage, it being badly rusted, should be fixed. Hooks and chains should be put upon the cots and tables to hold them in place; the center bar of the guard on the window of the boys cage is badly out of repair. There should be placed two double acting locks on_the doors between the office basement and rotunda also two hinge hasps with large padlock on the inside of the small doors used to pass the food from the kitchen. A balcony should be placed around the east, north and south sides of the large cage for the purpose of examin- ing prisoners in the top cells; & wire parti- tion should be placed in the main corridor to prevent visitors from handing articles to the prisoners and to keep prisoners away from the jailer's room; the cellar un the main room of the jail should be arranged with proper bath and wash tubs for the prisoncrs and the floor should be properly flagged; the jail should be provided with the necessary facilities for bathing and wnnllln{( blankets and other articles; there should also be pro- vided a steam drying apparatus. This can be done at a slight expense, as a steam boiler is already located in the basement of the jail. The record book now in use by the jailer is radically incomplete because of the fact that there no space in it showmg what property, if any, the prisoncrs brought with them; a new and complete jail register should immediately be furnished, and the jailer should be instructed to strictly comply with all things pertaining to the keop- ing of a complete record of the prisoner and his property; sufficient clothing should be constantly kept on hand so tha$ the prisoners may have a change while washing and drying their own. 2. One of the main reasons that the jail is overcrowded arises from the fact that all the city prisoners are confined_therein, the city having no place for its prisoners. It is un- just to the county that it should be burdened With the support and maintenance of the city's prisoners and_we would suggest to the proper authorities of the city that immediate steps should be taken by it to provide facil- ities for taking care of its own prisoners, or that the present jail facilities be enlarged. We would also recommend and earnestly request the city council to pass the necessary ordinances providing for the working of pris- oners sentenced by tne police magistrate. This, in our estimation, will greatly lessen the commission of petty crimes if the male- ltu;‘t’ors are compelled to perform manual abor. Aftera thorough investigation, involving the examination of many witnesses touching the treatment of prisoners confined in the jail, we find the following state of facts to exist: In consequence of inadequacy of the jail guard, one man has been required to attend to the work that could only properly be done by at feast three. This has neccessitated upon the part of the jailer the employment of prisoners to assist him in the performance of his duties. Prisoners have been ap- pointed cell bosses by the jailer, who are themselves criminals of the worst type, and who by brutality and tyranny have inhu- manly abused their power by the maltreat- ment of their fellow-prisoners. The fault primarialy lies with the county commission- rs, who have ne; ed to provide a sufti- e of juil guards, and have failed to properly and frequently examine into the condition and management of the jail, and correct or alleviate the abuses which they should have kuown to exist. The sheriff has also been derelict in not keeping him- self personally informend of the condition and management of the jail and using all means in s power to vemed) the existing evils. While it would be utterly impossible for one jailer on duty, or supposed 1o be on duty, for twenty-four hours of every day, with the inadequate means athis. com- mand, to keep the jail, the prisoners and their ¢lothing clean and free from vermun, enfcree proper discipline and protect prison- ers in ul},cusus from abuse by their fellow prisoncrs and while we cheerfully admit that Jailer Miller has in the face of tho most trying dificulties performed the greater por- tion of the duties with zeal and fidelity, we are obliged to censure him for occasional harshness to those under his charge, with neglect to keep a propor record of the prop- erty of prisonera and for the failure to pro- tect prisoners from robbery and from brutal assaults under real or ded authority from the jailer, an revent the continu- ance of immoral practices to which boys and other helpless inmates have been mude un- willing parties. ‘We would earnestly county commissioner: employ at least thre of two us now and on men to take tur recommend that the 2¢ the sheriff to deputy jailers mstead as herctofore, these ching, and no pris- oner und stance should be given authority over other prisoner We feel warranted judiges of the distri gent 1 not herctofore prese the government of the jail as provided by law. A female attendant should be employed whenever the sheriff deems it necessary for the purpose of attending upon female " pris- oners. At present the jail record does not show whether the prisoners are sentencgd for vio- lation of thoe state law or a ity ordinanc This should be corrected and the mittimns as well us the jail r&ord ought to.specify whether it be the one or the other. Owing to these combined state of facts, not only in the jail building but in insufMicient numbors of fail guards, many of the rules of the court arc at this time incapable of bemg carricd nto execution. The jury’s attention has not boen called to any violation of the law regarding school lands T'yusting that the recommendations herein contained will be speadily carried out und that the abuses heretofore existing will called to the atteution of the he roport is i as foremaun, and C. 8. Swbbins as clerk. ‘A Hole In the Ground" at Boyd's— wst Performance. That Hoyt's new skit, “A Hole In the Ground,” is not a tragedy, was proved to the satisfaction of u large sudicnce at Boyd's opera house lust niziit, where it was produced for the first time in thig city. It abounds in comical situations and oddities of all kinds. It is u farce in the broadest meaning of the word, hinging.on an elopement, nearly pre- vented by a hole in the ground, which deluys the train containing the bride and causes a succession of most laughablo incidents at a country railway station. Miss Nettie Lyford as “the Iady of the lunch counter,” was very clever, showing many of the points of a sou- brette of the first class. Frank Lunton, as Gatation agent,”” was excellent, and Qeorgo Richards as “a stranger” and Julian Mitchell as “a lengno umpire” brought down the house. The threo “tailor-made girls," Misses Roso Truesce, Georgio Lake and Fanny and “the telegraph operator,” Nan ock, contributed much to the general v of the play. Daisy Hall caught on in reat shape as “the precocious kid." “Tho 'hree Tarriers,” Irish washerwomen, finish up this very flip combination, Catchy ditties, break-downs and startling familiarity with railroad manners and management, with ‘which the petformance abounds, cannot fail to tickle the popular taste. Truly, “A Holo In the Ground' merits a continuation of the success accorded it last night. GRAND ATHLETIC MEE' The Exhibition turday Night For the Blizzard Sufferers. The great athletic exhibition at the Grand opera house on Saturday evbning of this week, the entire procceds of which are to bo added to the Bk heroine fund promises to be agreat success, The programme includos the best local talent and not a little from abroad. PUGILISM, Among those who will take part are the following: Tommy Chandler, the great middle-weight of Chicago and who has fought twenty-three hard battles and never has suffered defeat. Chandler retired from the ring two years ago, but touched by the bravery of Misses Royce, Shattuck and Woebecke, has volunteered to once more ap- pear in public before his permanent retire- ment, Professor Billy Hawley, of Chicago, one of the most scientific boxers of the west., Pro- fessor Hawley is well known in Omaha and has many ad ors, Jun Sullivan, of of tho renowned van), will make his first appearance before an Omaha audience. Mr. Sullivan, like his redoubtable relative, is a very clever man and will show up in fine form. Neil McLaughling a very clover light weight, will show to the audience that he knows something about the manly art. He is also from Boston and came west expressly to get a match with the *Belfast Spider. Among the other sparrers to appear aro Jimmy Lind Dan Daly, of St. Louis, Tom Rooney, Charlie Randail, featherweight champion of Indiuna, and Professor Patsey Fallon, who, in view of the object of the en- tertainment, has consented to again appear in tights and will have a three round set-to ‘with Mr. Sutlivan. Boston, (cousin John L. Sulli- BICYCLING. John 8. Princo and McCurdy, who are matched for the great bicyclo race, will have a race on tho home trainer. Professor Leahey, by consent of Harry Parrish, mana- ger of the Pcople's theater, will give 'a mag- nificent exhibition of trick riding. WRESTLING, Clarke, the Omaha champion, and an un- Imown will wrestle, mixed style, for a purse put up bya very liberal patron of MISCELLANEOUS., There will be exhibitions of dumbell lifting by George Kendall and Professor Baldwin; fistic science as displayed by Billy Maloney and Mabel Groy, of the People’s theater; equilibrism by the boy wonder, Master Willie Parker; club swinging by Professor John Bridlu; and Professor John Pieri, known as “king of the flute,” will render several fine selections. In addition to the above there is a host of other volunteers, Tickets are now on sale at the box office at the Grand opern house. The prices are: cents, boxes §1 per seat, reserved 5 cents, and general admission 50 cents, The entertainment is to be under the per- sonal supervision of Professor Patsey Fallon, and the entire receipts will be devoted to the heroine fund. e LOCAL BREVITIES. Yesterday's internal revenue col- lections amounted to $7,803.97, James Smiley was arrested last even- ing for attempting to pass a counterfeit dollar in a‘Douglas street saloon. The Second infantry band will como in from Fort Omaha this evening and serenade General Crook in the rotunda of the Paxton. A number of leading society people of this city have been invited and will attend the con- cert. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, division 183, gave their fifth annual ball at Masonic hall last even- ing, and they and their guests numbered over 300. The affair was a brilliant so- cial success. Supper was served in the balcony. Yesterday afternoon a daring thief snatched a buffalo robe from a hack standing on the east side of the Paxton, and darted down the alley with two or three men in pursuit. He was fleet of foot, however, and managed to distance them and escape, The fire department was called out near Sheely’s packing house about 4:25 p. m. yesterday by a fire in a small cot- tage owned and occupied by a colored man named Murdock. By the time the engine reached the spot the house was consumed to the ground and with it the furniture. The loss was about $200. The Union Pacifle railroad company inform Chiefof Police Seavey yesterdny morning that it had concluded not to prosecute Charles Conners and William i{(lwfill, the penitentiary convicts who were rearrested on their release at Lin- coln on a charge of working confidence games upon the Union Pa- cific trains. Accordingly, the chief telegraphed to the authorities at Lin- coln to release the two men. —————— Looking After the Trusts. ew York World, It is well that while the subjeet of the tariff is under consideration congress should set in motion an investigation of “ipusts.” With respect to a number of things the two subjects illuminate each other and thus render a reciprocal ser- vice in suggesting remedics for some of tho evils in each, One of the ostensible objects of pro- tective duties was to encourage compe- tition and emulation in home manu- factures. The object of & manufactur- ing “trust” is to doprive the public of the benefit of home competition. Where the protective tarifl shelters the “trust,” therefore, the for 3 er is clearly diverted from its legitimate use and directed against the purpose which it was orig- inally created to subscrve. Again, the formation of a “Trust” isa confession that its goods can be man factured at home at a le price than the members of the “trust” desire to charge. 1t is clear, therefore, thata tariff which will permit a greater pr to be charged than the goods can pro ably manufactured for at homu is w arily and hurtfully high. Manu- rers who a lling to compete amoug themselves only want it suffi- ciently high to cover prices as lated by honest home competition, combination for monopolistle profits on o by the tariff would be u 1ere an excessive duty did not manufacturing *‘trust,” ay be regarded by congress fo and unerving indteation of a proper spot for reduction of taxes. It should be regarded us u special invitas tion for action. Let the committee on Manufacturer, which is engaged upon “‘trust,” com: mune oceasionully with the Committes on Ways and Means, which is cngrged upon the tarift billy