Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1888, Page 4

4. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, - TERME OF SURBSCRIPTION, v (Morning EAftion) inclnding Sanday BEE, One Year 10 Jor ik Montha ‘or Three Months The Omaha fund dress, One Year. OMANA OFFICE, NO ® b 00 aens s 2% ¢ BEE, maiied to any. ad- DUARD A FARNAM 8 NrW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBI Brinpisa. HINGTON OFFICE, NO. FOURTERNTI! BTRENT. CORRESPONDENCE. Al communieations relating to mews and edi. torial matter should be addressed to the Eniton OF THE BEE. All business lette sed "R ' b e rafta, ehaks and postofee orders to De made payable to the order of the eompuny. The Bes anmiu@wany. Proprictors w Ry Editor THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statenient of Circulation, P TX . secratary of The fee Pub- % rl’ll swear that the ve for the week Geo, I, Tasehs Hshing company, dbes sole actuad circulation of the Dail ending Feb. 24, 188, wus as follof Baturday, Feb. 18, . Bunday, Feb. 19. nndl-)'. s‘;g‘l nesday, Feb, Wednesday, Feb, Thursday, Feb, 3 Friday, Feb. 24.. X Average...... . 16,138 y GO, i dasOIUCR, Bwoin to ahd subscribed in my presence thila th day of February, A. D, 1848, N. P, FEIL, Notary Public, Btate of Nebraska, County of Douelhss, @eo. B, Trschuck, being first duly sworn, ' de- 1 4 and says that he {s ' secretary of The Hee ublishing compapy, that the actual average dajly circulation of the Dally Bee fof the month of February, 1881, 14,178 coples; for March, 1647, 24,400 coples: for April, 187, y.um mmm f%r May, 169, 14227 coplen; fok June, 184, 14,107 goplen: for July, Ieei, 100 coptesi for August, 7, 14,151 on es; Tor, Rfli ember, 1897, 14,349 oplea; for Detober, 1883, 1, for November, A m' Sryplr—fl: %D cgnnlhcr.‘ 7, 15,041 coples; for January, 1888, 15,208 coples; i GO D TRCRUCK, 8worn and mubscribed to in nflv Jrefence thls ot © 2dduy of January, A. D. 1888, FEIL ry Public. Mg. A. D. LAbD, of Newark, wants to open a button factory tn Omaha early this spring. ,Come right along,. éir. You are one of the lads the eity likes to soe. ;] — BETWEEN the Kvangelical alliance on one side and the Liquor Dealers’ Protective association on the vther, and the base ball fraternity on the flank, Mayor Broatch will have a warm time of it this spring. - ——————— THE charges against Gould and Bage have hot been sustained by the New York grand jury on the ground that the statute of 1imitations applied in the case of fraud made out against them. Justice is sherefore cheated of her prey through Jegal technicalities. —— THERE are some awful threats amd dark insinuntions made by the wor- shippers of James €. Blaine, *‘that they will be adisappeinted let if he isnot the mominee.” Is this intended as & warn- ing to knife anyother republican candi- date? Shades of the republican party, is the mugwump of 1888 to com® from the Blaine rahks? oo IT hue come to & protty pass - wheh the government is obliged to arm all - postal employes of $he railway mail seérvice in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. But this has becomie nocessary owing to tho frequency of “‘hold-ups” and train robhevies, The idea of the postmastor general in putting d4-calibre revolvers fn% the hunds of postal dlerks s, of course, to make trath robbery some- ‘what more ex¢iting and hazardous for followers of the Jesse James school. ———— OMAHA i8 afflicted with too many selfish and narvow-gauged men of means. Instead of pulling vogether on every project in which the welfare of the city is concerned, there is always @tvision and clashing. The Union club is the outgrowth of just such a spirit of rivalry that tends to create dissension rather than harmonious co-operation for the general good of the community. Ostensibly this club has been organized to foster Omaha’s commercial interests. In reality its promoteérs simply aim to break up the Omaha club and cripple the hoard of trade. In this the Union club may succeed, but how willsucha re- sult promote the prosperity and growth of Omaha? ) THE state of New York has a Sat- urday half-holiday law for the benefit of working people. It is proposed to limit the operation of thislaw to the four summer months. But the labor or- ganizations are opposed to any amend- ment, They argue that the law has mnever had & fair trial and has never been enforced to any extent, and there- fore there are no reasons why it should be repealed. Besides, all the large commercial establishments of New York city voluntarily close their doors Saturday afternoons, thus giving their clerks a half holiday. If this is prac- ticable, they say, with a certain class of laborers, why should it not apply to wage-workers in general? r——r— THE embezzlor has found a now field for his operations. Only a feyw months ago the news came of a gigantic con- wepiracy existing among the employes of the Pan Handle, whereby the company was robbed of hundreds of thousands. The embezzler has transferred his op- erations to Colorado and the Rio Grande is the sufferer. For some time past ex- tensive embezalements have been made Dy a portion of the station agents em: ployed on the line of that railroad. The loss sustained by the company is large and the number of agents implicated is remurkable. Between station agents and road agents it would be no wonder it Colorado railroads should fail to make both ends meet. —— ‘WHATEVER may be the final outcome of the engineers’ strike on the Burling- ton system, or whatever may be the trae cause of complaint, there can be no charges of rash action on the part of the brotherhood. The strike was en- tered into with reluctance after a full and long discussion with the company. Not until after a complote failure on the part of Chief Arthur to negotiate with the Burlington managers, did the engineors decide to take the final step. The unfortunate state of aflairs have this to commend them. They were carried on in thé manner and spirit in which two cool-headed business men separate wien finding themselves un- able to agree to terms. Pension Discussion in the Senate. The veteran union soldicrs threugh- out the country have undoubtedly given ‘close attention to the discussion that hae taken place in the United States senate on the biil granting pensions to ex-soldiers and sailors incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to dependent relatives of decensed soldiers and sailors. This measure was introduced at the in- stance of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and is understood to have the unanimous approval of the members of that organization. Tt has elicited from prominent republican senators able and eloquent advocacy. How has it been treated by democratic sonators? A few days ago Senator Faulkner, of West Vieginia, in placing him- &clf 1n opposition to the bill, intimated that if it should be passed it would en- counter the disapproval of the presi- dent. He committed in this a breach of proprioty, but he also disclosed the feeling that prevails throughout the whole démocratic line on this gquestion ‘of pensions to union soldiers. The na- ture and intensity of this Tecling was still more eonspicuously shown in an ex- tended spéech against the bill made on Wednesday by Senator Vest of Mis- sourt; This senatsr doclared that the limit had been teaehed in granting govern- ment aid Yo union soldiers, so far as he is concerned. Having been a confeder- ate his position had coerced him into voting. for: pension bills, but he would do .s0o mno more. He had grown. tired of hearing about the hardships and privation of the sol- diers of the union, and he denounced pension bills as having ‘“‘degenerated into a political abuse which eried aloud for redress:” Republican senators who had advocated the bill before thesenate were with labored humor marshalled as bidding for the soldier vote in the Hgveat national auction” for the presi- dency: And finally the Missouri senator declared his hope that the bill would be killed in the house of representatives, and if not there, at the hauds of the executive. 1t is the spirit that prempts and ani- mates this = utterance, With- which it may fairly be pre- sumed the . majority of demo- cratic senators are in full accord, which will challenge. the attention of the ves- ©ran soldiers of the eountry and all who are in aympathy with them. 'The spirt is unfriendliness to the soldiers of the | union and inveterate hostility to the or- ganization instituted to. guard and fos- ter their interests. It is probable that Senator Vest said more, and said it more Yoldly, than many of his political friends will deem politic, but it is safe to say that none of them will take issue with him, while the very great majority will privately, it they do not publicly, applaud his position. It {s a signifi- cant - utterance, also, 88 coming trom @& senator of the - state whose chief city has been sélected for the meeting of the democratic national convention. Isitthe keynote of what may beexpected from that convention on the subject of pensions to union sol- diers? = Unquestionaviaga voices the sentiment ol constituency, whose influence will be exerted in full focve upon the conven- vention. Missouri democracy will tight havd to save.from rebuke or stultifica- tioh at the hands of the party the man who has boldly declared that he is sick and tired of hearing the talk about the needs and the claims of union soldiers. And it will very likely not fghtin vain, There * is evidence suffi- cient that the democratic party has veached the same conclusion as Senator Vest, that it will no longer submit to be ‘‘coerced by its position” into giving further assistance to the soldiers of the union. It issaleto pre- dict shat if its convention does not en- tirely ignore the subject ite position re- garding it will not be far from that taken by the Missouri senator. Mean- while the democrats in congress will be given an opportunity to show how gen- erally they are in accord with that po- sition. Smeeete—— We, Us & Co. Out of the $2.000,000 expended for public improvements during the past year, fully two-thirds went into the pockets of hall a dozen favored contrac- tors. These contrnctors have a mortgage on a majority of the eity counoil, that cnabled them to underbid any competitor with impunity and perfect safety. With a grip upon councilmen that cannot be shaken off, We, Us & Co. are exposed to no risk in taking paving, sewer and grading contracts bélow what any other confractor could nfford to bid. All We, Us & Co. have to risk 18 the appoint- ment of competent and honest inspec- tors, and a fight with the board of public works. The class of men who for tho most part have acted as inspectors of paving, guttering and sewerage are not very strict with regard to enforcing the terms of the contract in regard to the | material and workmanship. We, Us & Co. have always been very motive in getting friends appointed who are clever enough to turn their backs when inferior materials are used, and when the work is slighted. But even where We, Us & Co. fail to influence the in- spectors and the board of public works rejects the bill for estras, the council coparceners of Wo, Us & Co. are always sure to allow the bogus claims, even when vetoed by the mayor. It is a dead open and shut for We, Us & Co. as against any competi- tors that may enter the field, so long, at least, as the firm continues to hold its mortgage on the council. But We, Us & Co. have another source of revenue which goes far to compensate that en- terprising firm of jobbers in its liberal- ity towards councilmen and its activity in packing public meetings, assisting in city hitigation, and making itself gen- erally numerous at the council meeting and legislative session. We refer to the amicable velations between We, Us & Co. and the railroads. When the railroad managers wanted to defeat the provisions of the new ch which placed the property of railroad com- panies on & level with other city tax- payers, We, Us & Co. took a lively hand in faver of the railroads,” not ouly dat Omaha, but down at Lincoln, Senator, Mest’s political | THE OMAHA DAILY BEK: FRIDAY, MARQ For this .sérvice the railroads have ¢hown gratitude in & sub- stantinl way. As long ns rébates were in order, We, Us & Co. had a soft thing. They could divide thousands of dollars in profits out of the rebate fund, while rivals, who were compelled to pay full rates, would be drivem into bankruptey. When rebates and passes were cut off by the inter-state commerce law, We, Us & Co. were puton the railroad payroll as employes, who have a right to free passage, and the rates on certain materials uséd in paving, curb- ing, ete., were made satisfactory. Thus We, Us & Co. are profitably employed all the year round ns cappers for the railronds and as manipulators of boodle councilmen, X While this state of affairs is very profitablo and satisfactory to the close corporation known as We, Us & (9., the taxpayers of Omaha are crowded to the wall with T4 per cent taxes on the as- sessed valuation of their property. — An Impractical Scheme. For the last six months Omaha ‘has been torn up from center te circum- ference By visionary schemes to erect public buildings on Jefferson square. We have had market house projects, public library buildings, and e¢ity hall relocations to keep the people in tur- moil by the Jefferson square boomers. The latest project i8 to sell the square to the government for a postofice and custom house site, and expend the pur- chase money of four or five hun- dred.~ thousand - and apply the proceeds to the purchass “of grounds for parks’ in- other sections of the city. This is a very brilliant project. Unfortunately it will not materializé. Jefferson square happens to be located within five blocks of the river. The wells adjacent. to the square strike water. within twelve fect of the level of Fifteénth and Sixteenth streets, to which the square would have to be graded, before the building is erected. Furthermore, quicksand wae struck under the Cnse street school foundation, ‘which indicates that Jefferson square rests on a bed of quicksand. A first- class government building, such as the Cineinnati postoffice and custom house, will require foundation walls below the sub-basement at a depth from twenty %o thirty teet. The government architect will never accept & location for a new public build- ing on b site where water and guick- sand prevadl at a depth of from twelve to twenty feet below the level of the lot. To erect a fireproof, iron-beam, and granite or sandstone building onm such grounds with eafety woulda require an extra outlay of $75,000 to $150,000 for piling uundér foundations. Aund even then the walls might settle and damage the structure beyond repair. This obstacle to the erection of a gov- ernment building on Jefferson square applies with equal force to any other public building whih is %o stand the test for hall a century or more. ————— THE bill passed by the house of rep- resentatives on Wednesday, authorising the secretary of the treasury to purchase bonds with the surplus revenue, is & supérfluois measure exdept a8 it s needed to remove a doubt from the mind of the president regarding the extent of authority under éxisting law for em- ploying the surplus revenue’ in the put- chase of bonds. As Benator Sherman and others have repeatedly stated, there is full and ample authority already for the use of the surplus in the redemption of government bonds, ahd no one except Mr. Cleveland has ever questioned that this was s0.- Even he has never given any vreasons why he doubted the authority most plainly expressed in the act of March, 1881, but haying conceived the doubt there were no reasons which could be presented that would remove it. The house has consequently agreed to “‘make assurance doubly sure,” and the eenate will doubtless acquiesce. With the mind of the president and secretary of the treasury thus relieved, the treas- ury may be expected to abandon the policy of combining with the banks to put money in circulation, and as Con- gressman McKinley says, “pay out the surplus in an honest and logical way upon the debt.” The banks have found the president’s doubt very profitable to them, since it has given them the use without charge of fully fifty million dol- lars of treasury money, upon which they have received the highest rate of a close market. — THE bill that has passed the senate, providing for the compulsory education of Indian children, is another important step forward in the perplexing task of improving and elevating the dondition of the “wards of the nation.” The mensure provides for the establishment of an Industrial boarding school on every reservation where five hundred or more adult Indians may be located, but this does not apply to the five civil- ized tribes nor to the Osage Indians in the Indian territory. Indian children not attending schools outside of the reservations in which boarding schools are established are to be compelled to attend these schools, where in ad- dition to primary instruction they will be trained in certain industrial pursuits, The bill is an entire departure in regard to the In- dian question, and the justification for it is found in the fact that the day schools are for the most part worthless for the reason in part that attendance upon them 1s not compulsory, and for the further reason that the children who return nightly to the wigwam de- rive little or no benefit from the educa- tion, or pretended education, they get in the schools. As was said by a sena- tor in the course of the debate on the bill, they are not taken away from bar- barism, which has a much stronger in- fluence upon their peculiar instincts than the customs and prac- tices of civilization, The pur- pose of the industrial boarding school plan is to separate the children as much &s possible from the influences of the wigwam and of the example of the adults, which unquestionably it is des sirable to do. ———— A MOXG other eXIravagniyos Governor Hili, of New York, boughta mugieal clock with™the people's ‘money, 'We don't know what tune the clock plays, but it looks veey much now asif the music of the ballot will tune up the “rogues march,” when Goverior Hill bobs up for re-elgetion. —— PROMINENT PERSONS. Dr. Mackenzie. has been appointed suc- cessor to the late Sir George MacKarren in the Royal academy, London. Congressman Allen, of Massachusctts, car- ries a pocket camera and amuses himself by taking sudden ‘photographs of his col- leagues. Geneéral Lew Wallace having located per- manently at Indianapolis they are talking loudly about him as a strong republican can- didate for governor of the state. Ex-Senator Tabor of Colorado has an in- come of over #1,000 a day from his Vulture mine, near Tucson, Ari. He recently ro- ceived from the mine a gold brick weighing 6493 onnces and valued at 812,000, which rep- resented the product of the mine for little more than a week. _Senator Sherman {s fortunate in having an amiable wife.” Though little is ever heard of her in public, all who have had the fortune to meet her are impreased with her kindli- ness and amiability of manner. Those who know her best say she is beloved by humble people, who seem to find in her a claim for first consideration and attention. Senator Morgan of Alabama is one of the most prolific talkers in this country. The other day, just as he had rolled off another hour of debate in the senate, somebody said to Henator Ingalls, who was presiding: “I should think the senator would fall from sheet exhaustion.” Tngalls dryly responded: 0, no; Morgan talks to rest himself.” Genoral Seridan’s wife is said to be some- thing of a politician, and the remark is made in Washington that she would be an adorn- ment to the white house. She is a pretty and delightful little lady, and as popular as any who hasfever appeared in Washington. She has entertained very largely since théy have been at the capital, and she has showna wonderful amount of tact. Senatot Salisbury's son is clerk of the committée on engrossed bills. Scnator Rid- dleberger's son 18 clerk of the committee on manufactures. Senator Ransom’s son draws 2,100 o year a8 clerk of the committee on private land ¢laims. President Pro Tem Ingalls has made his son his private secre- tary, J.P. Voorhees, son of Senator Voor- hees, is clerk of the senate library eommit- o, PR I Blaine's Footsteps. Chicago Herald. Josef Hofmann has also withdrawn, but not in the interests of hurmony. e Very Fervent Love. Phtek, 110va that man Cleveland. ¥ should like te take hith by the hand and kill him.—D. B. Hill, e Dginc e Are Wooden Shoes. Bt. Pt Globe. ‘With & plentiful use of wadding Mr. Har- tison might find Mr, ‘Blaine’s shoes & very good fit indeed; but they won't do to run & Chicdpo Peter MeGeéoch, the wenit down in the laAd corner two years ago, has taken unto himself & new wile-=a spare- #ib, 80 t0 speak. Poor Dog Tray. Chicago Timés. ‘We are 8o sorry poor Mr. Huntington ahd his railtoads can’t pay their debts! It mmust make him foel Yad to go to bed at hight feél- thg that e owes somebddy something. P avinritn Sy Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The democratic ground-hog must have seen ‘hisshadow. At any ratéthe party managers in arrahging their campaign seeth to be pro- viding for a late spring. —_—— A Back Action Benefit. Pittsbury Dispateh. Free sugar will reduce the surplus rev- #nve of the United States treasury, and will als0 accomplish the no less desirable redue- tion of the surplus révenue of the sugar trust, i Betting on & Sare Thing. Loutsville Cotrier-Journal, There ate two prophecies upon which prophets may be certain of never going astray, There will be high winds in March and more labor strikés in Pennsyl vania, ——— An Endless Protession. Philadelphia Record, The borax trust is the latest of the thieving combinations reported as having organizod to prey upon the public. This borax ring is se- cured by a duty of 5 cents a pousd upon the imported article. e iian Helped by Judges Also. Washington Republiean. The inter-state commerce law has been 8o interpreted by the commission that it has largely increased the profits of the railways. The able lawyers employed by the railways have in almost every instance sccured the decision desired. e O L Look Out For Him, New York Herald, As for Gresham—general, judge, states- man, reticent, shrowd, honest, with a mighty good record—look out for him. In the back- ground! Yoe; but that is a good position to occupy at a cortain stage of the game, He will bear looking at. ————— No Soul, No Consclence. Phitadelphia Press, Corporations have mno conscience, but “rusts” have neither corporation nor eon- sclence. This last invention of capital is simply an organized appetite for profit which pays no taxes, shares no public burdens and increases the return of wealth, —— Let the Tide Slip By, Chicago Mail. S. R. Johnson, of Omaha, was given a chayce a few years ago to buy the Corondo islands, in San Diego bay, for $75,000, but re- fused it, ana they were sold to a syndicate soon after for $110,000., 'the syndicate has since sold $5,800,000 worth of lots from the tract, and the balance is held at $10,000,000. D A Povt's Philosophy. George Hirdseye. ‘With all its worries, all its pai 1 find that life has still its gains, There's nothing comes affects me long; All give me subjects for my song. I fall in love, grieve and pine, Because the darling won't be mine; I take it as it comes along; Tt gives a subject for my song. Quos, by mistake, tho hap befall That I was inmate of a cell; But I was not at all enraged; 1 wrote about “The Songster Caged." Death comes and takes away a friend; ‘A melancholy month 1 spend, To longer sigh, it would be wrong; 1 weave my grief into a song. These songs I manage soon to sell, And thus they serve their purpose well, Sorrow—1 scarce consider of it, Pnt turn affiction into profit, takp it all a8 it comes along Tha! gives me subjt for my song. 2 Resord, Mp, Plawb: No, I'did: not say anything of Vbt kind 1 snid that &g fay a8 the effoct of 2, 1888 his opinfon upon me is conéerned in the cxer- cise of my duties a8 a senator, he is Grover Cleveland—nothing more, nothing less, “A. primrose by the river's brim." ” — - BTATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Merrick county treasury is short £10,000. Norfolk has eaptured the Grand Army reunion. Nebraska City threatens to pontoon the Missouri. Nebraska is a bright, bustling and well developed youth of twenty-one. An embryo eracker factory is strug- gling for a start in Nebraska City. Ten thousand dollars in stock is required to make it go, The Hemmingford Guide is convinced that there is a surplus in_the presiden- tial chair which the tariff isliableto re- duce very materially. Miss Agnes McClellan is the youngest lady editor in the state, being fifteen. She is the “Birdie” of the local depart- ment of the Seward Democrat., BEdmund Rankin Long has sued for divorce and custody of his child in Dawes county. His wants are little here below but he wants that little Long. The first effect of Nebraska City’s ad- vertising scheme is a map with all west- ern railroads centering there, and sur- rounding cities planted on her outlying additions. - Two brothers named Higbee found a herd of wild howses in the western part of Logan county suffering from distem- per 80 they couldn’t run, They lassoed six and will domesticate them for farm and ranch purposes Rev.C. W. Savidge, of Omaha, is booked for a lecture in Fremont on the subject, ‘'To Bachelors.” A novel, ef- fective and eloquent peroration éan be made by planting a score of pretty maidens on - the platform and simply pointing to his text. The Nelson board of trade has earned everlasting glorgand life passes by rush- ing bodily to the aid of the Burlington company with a commendatory resolu- tions. Of course the wilderness of silent wheels moved the instant the air {mmp of the board was applied, but at ast accounts the Nelsonites were hoof- ing it on a sidetrack somewhere in Nuckolls county nursing a severe cage of sciateia of the jaw. Columbus is now content with her railroad facilities. The Union Pacific contemplates an extension from that point to David City. The facilities for shippinilive stock to Omaha are first- class. 11 along the route through Ne- braska a night stock train is run, and goes in flying to Omaha Without any vexatious delays, & good thing for those who have fat stock te ship. Plattsmouth promptly regented the intrusion of the Pimmymn militia in the depot ‘ground bev arresting one of the numbeér. That spot is hallowed ground, and to deprive the townspeople of the right to rush there en masse to reet incoming trains, to swap masto- onic yarns and ogle with the fair in transit, woyld rob them of the bulk of their pleasure in life. Let the watch- :vaqrd"bo, “Qur liberties we shail main- in, Towa Itéms. %urlinm.ou people are studying Vola- puk. Des Moines has a cotton mill com- pany, with a capital of $100,000. The Presbyterian church of West Liberty was burned Monday night. The Congregational church of Ot- tumwa is being torn down. It was built forty years ago. Dux-lnf the past two years a farmer near Exira has bought and dosed him- self with 250 bottles of patent medicine and still he is alive. Mrs. Whitnex,a woman whe died at Cedar Rapids the other day in & hovel, has been discovered to rich, thousand dollars was found on her per- son. A severe outbreak of rabies 8 re- t:flad near Derby, Lucascounty. A dog longing to a farmer named Shar| became rabid and bit a small boy, fif- teeh cattle, several horses and hogs and severnl other dogs. The cattle, horses, hoss and dogs have died or been shot, and an effort is being made t0 save the boy. by using a mad-stone. Dakota. 'The treasury of Rapid City has been replenished to the extent of 815,000 the past month. The Unitarians occeupied their new chureh building at Sioux Falls Sunday for the firet time. The Washburn county jail has a very lonely appearance. It has been two years without an occupant. * The report that 800 Sioux Indiahs were frdzen in the late blizzard, and thatan enmrlaing Yankee is out here to get the ies and ship them east for cigar store signs, is a canard and origins ated to injure that great and glorious country. L Oontracts and Krights of Labor. Several weeks ago at the close of the state assembly of the Knlghts of Labor held in this city, it was decided to endeavor to in- duce Swift, the packer in South Omaha, and the Cable Tramway company to abolish the oontracts, with money forfeiture, which both demand of thoir employes before giving them work. Both the parties were aliowed until the first of March to do away with the system, failing in this, the knights would have recourse to means to agitate the question in a manner looking to the attain- ment of theirends. . A Ber reporter made inquiries at both the houses mentioned and founa that they still retained the contracts and had not been troubled by the knigh! ——— Indigent Priests. DYesterday Rov. F. Wolff, of Grand Island, one of the most energetic of the younger Catholic priests in the diocese ar- rived in town to attend a meeting which was held yesterday at the residence of the bishop. The other clergymen expes to attend are Rev. John Knglish, of kExeter, and Rev. John Jeannette, of this city. These compose the board of managers of the fund for the relief of indigent Catholic priest. This board meets once a year, on the 18t of March, and pays to Bishop O'Conner the money he ad- vanced during the year te priests in nced of assistance, The money for the latter purpose is obtained by taxing every clergyman in the diocese a certain rate based upon the net re- ceipts of his church during the year. The 'i"wm has but recently introduced into this diocese, and is said to be working ex- cellently. ———— Some Information. Chief of Police Seavey has issued an order that hereafter all prostitutes will be ar- raigned nominally as vagrants, instead of be- ing simply taxed for the pursuit of their business.” This specific charge is made for the purpose of dividing the revenue which comes from this source, and hereafter, in lieu of the whole being converted into the school fund, one-half of it will go to the gen- eral fund, According to statistics supplied by the oficers this month, there are forty- four landladies, who are taxed $10 per month ; three assignation houses, at $27 each, and 230 prostitutes at §6 each, all of which aggre- gates 81,91 per month that is paid over to the city. his month’s enrollment shows twenty-five more prostitutes than last month. Analarm was sounded from box 20 yesterday morning, occasioned by a blaze in the resi- dence of Tony Herald, corner of Caldwell and Saunders streets. It had its origin from the explosion of a gasoline stove. No one hurt, and but little uge sustained. SAYS THE ESTATE OWES HER. Neftfe McNamara Makos n Final Ac- | counting to Judge Shicids, Mrs. Nellic McNamara yesterday, in_ ac- [ cordance with previous instructions from Judge Shields, made a final accounting as ad- ministratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Matthew McNamara, The report was made through her attorney, Mr. Ellor, and is rather a voluminous document. Seu- eral pages of tyve writing set forth the sources from which money was received and for what it was expended, and Mrs. McNa- mara sets up the plea that instead of being indebted to the estate, as alleged, it is in- debted to her in the sum of #701.79, as por the following summing up in her reply : *In case I am not required to account for rents and profits for the said real estate, the estate of Matthew A. MeNamata fs indebted to me in the sum of $2,876.83, “In case 1 am l‘(‘?\llr(‘(‘ to account for anjd rents and profits of real estate, then the said estate is indebted to #0179, “Allowing me #150 a month for the su Idren, I have 'mi m me in the sum of rt of myself and o out §701.70 more than I have reveived the estate, including rents and profits of real os- trte, and this, without making any charges for iny services as administratix. o ‘‘18ubmit the foregoing statement of ac- count and ask that the same be examined and approved by the court, and that 1 may ve discharged from further liability on ac- \'nml!..ol(holdminislrnlun of the said os- Tho foregoing is signed by the respandent. and the hearing is set for to-day, when it is expected that Mrs. McNamara will appear i person. T AMUSEMENTS. Kate Castleton Delights a Large Audience at Boyd's. The charming Kate Castleton and her pop- ular play, “Crasy Patch,” filled Boyd's opera house last night. The naughty, sinuous, sug- gestive Kate never fails to draw here, no matter how strong or how many the counter attractions, and last night she must have experienced a touch of justifiable pride in the power of her magnetism. Her loyal friends were ot in force. They were not only prod- al with their applanse, but most demonstra- tive in their tokens of approval and delight. ‘The Klks remembered her with a large baskot of beautiful roses, and the gushing little “Oh 1" with which shé received the fragrant floral mass went tingling deliciously through the veins of every covetous male in the audience. Miss Castleton is o trifle saucier, more satirical and a good deal fatter than she was fast season, but just ag bewitching as ever. She made a hit of course in the song, “Excuse Me, I'll Tell You No More.”” The whole ¢ompany is decidedly clever, the chorus being unusually strong. Eddie Foy, who takes the lunatic, is a bright Tellow, very funny and nnlgrtiat of much versatility and origmality. Foy 1 forging right to the front a8 an eccentric comedian. Jay W, Jess, the policeman, is an improvement on Girard, who was formerly with Castieton, and Em oft some new and good lhlnflm Julia Elmore and Marie Donnelle were also well received, as, in fact, was every member of this very éxcellent company. PRETCLO e e T SRR e Carleton Opera company opened its engagement last night at E:e Grand opera house in a new opera by Alfred Collier, en- titled ‘‘Dorothy.”” The presontation of a fresh opera on the. occasion of éach visit of the Cariéton ccmpany has become a feature of the management. But it may be doubted that this commendable characteristic was ever more admirably carried out than it was last evening 1n the opera mentioned. s a musical work it is light and sparkling. As the scenes and incidents follow one another with rapidity and consistency so do the musi- eal humbers, whi are graceful, merry, u\chlh:v and beautiful. ‘l’h&lru is mot @& all namber in e work. Solos, duos, trios, quartettes and conc¢erted pieces ure really gems of the lighter order of composition, and yet are 8o tuneful; 8o grateful to the ear, that not onaof them failed in securing a recall. degree this remarkable reception was to be attributed to the work of the vompany. The 1atter is certainly 8 meritorious srganization. it (ndprewv evenly balanced and where an in- ‘dividual or two may be noted as dm‘grin below the standard of excellence whi seeihs to be the aim of the management, the exceence of the others fncluding the ehorus is worthy of Carleton’'s reputation. The story is simple and entortaining. The scone is tn England, and the date of the episode is ata d which encourages a richness and diversity in dress which is most entertaining. The costumes of both ladies and gentiemen were olaberate, rich and beautiful, and the effect presented fn all the en- sembies was really grand. Carleton was in magnificent volce and sang with his well- known earncstness and success. Mr. J. C. Taylor made ajfavorabie finpression and J. K. Murray as Squire Bantam made a hit in both acting and singing. Mr. Ches. Drew made a humorous thou, grotesque Lurcher ‘and somewhat overdrew the character. Miss Felulla Evans sang Dorothy with consider able devotion and euccess, and Fanny Rice made g pretty, piquant and_ingenious Lydia. Miss Wisdom illustrated Mrs. Privett with old-style giddy mannerisms and did so with more than usual effect. Miss Beaudet had little to do, scarcely enough to cause her to enthuse, but what she did was done veory meekly and satisfactorily. The aucience Wwas a large one. e OMAHA IN THE BAST. A Few Points Which Indicate How this City in Advertised. W. O. Taylor, manager of Bradstreets’ agency, has returned from a three woeks' trip to the east, during which time he visited a number of the more important business centers. In all of them he had talks with leading financiers and business men, and among them he found existing a ten- dency to inquire whether or not it was considered adyisable to invest in Omaha for permanent profit. The inquirers seemed not to care to speculate, but on the contrary were desirous of knowing whether property here could be improved and made to pay. In New York he met gevoral brokers with whom he talked upon the question of mottghges, during which it was evident to him that they favored city loans, while they were more or less afraid of farm mortgages, mainly because in & number of cases the interest had not been paid promptly. At the latter place a gentle- man wanted to know whether he could in- vest $200,000 or $300,000 in real estate here to advantage, and Mr. Taylor recommended him to come to Omaha and view the situation for himself, and he had no doubt that it would found to his advantage. Omaha, Mr. Taylor said was the best adver- tised city in the country and the people had a great deal of appreciation for it. Nebraska wasalso well spoken of anda millionaive whom he had met in Chicago preferred it to either country around Kansas City or Den- ver. The latter individual was desirous of locating & bank of about $100,000 which he could control and thought he would select some locality in this state. ——— The City Ball League. The Omaha city base ball league met &t Penrose & Hardin's last evening. Mr. Lally, the treasurer, feported that the foltowing clubs have paid in their forfeit and initiation fees: The C. E. Maynes, the Penrose & Herdins, the South Omahas, the Grane Bros. and the Metz Bros. On motion, Mr. Penrose and Mr. Metz were appointed a committee to call on the Council Bluffs clubs and ascertain whether they wisked to enter the league or not. The following were appointed & com- mittee of three to form a echedule for the BCASON'S F8) + J. C. Farrish, R. E. Rock- well and J. Sabotker, On motion it was de- cided to fine the manager of suy club §1 for allowing any member of his club to dispute @ decision of an umpire, It is thought that this will silence a great many chronic kickers and make the games move on more smoothly and pleasantly. Other business of a minor nature was also disposed of, s Local Sporting Notes. George Canfieid has purchased one of the finest roadsters in the city—a handsome big bay pacer, who has 4 record of 2:20, Con- sideration, $500. Penrose & Hardin have been awarded the contracts for furnishing uniforms for the Omaha base ball team: also, - the Crane Brothers, Metz Brothers and Council Bluffs teams, of the city loague. . The uuiforms to. be worn . by . the Omahas will be bbicst © ever )y 4. local team. They Will be of ite cloth, the pants and jackets quilted, with rod stockings and necktio variegated cips and fair loathor belts, Th word “Omaha,” ‘in red . letters, will be worked ncross the brenst of the shirts, Tha Penrose & Hardin team'’s suits will be dark- blue with carmine trimmir the Crane Brothers', white and blue trimmings; the Metz Brothers', green with white; and the C. E. Mayne's dark olive with red. The following officers have been elocted by the Lefever Gun club for the current yoar: W. E. Nuson, president; Albert Fitgh, W. D. Townsend, secretary; 1. Chiysle tréasurer, and Qéorge Small, captain. Boa of manages “iteh, Chrys! d Keteh The national Gun club rules © adop govern all shoots, Adjourned to meet Tues- day, March 1th, Ticensed to Wed. The following marriage licenses wero is- sued yestorday by Judge Shields: Name and Residence. { Charles Bruder, Qmaha.. Matilda Redmer, Omaha { John McMenamin, Omah: “} Laura B, thé nol 1 e Sk The “Bee” Fund. Tho present condition of the funds open: by tho 13n 18 aa follow g Lote Royee fund..,. Lena Woebbocke fund... Minnic Freeman fund.... Etta Shattuck fund.. Westphalen monument fund Grandtotal.... ..oouviiiianns 102 8§ 1 l.H_T.’y.'&fl @Qurned Out of Jall. "Thomas Van Huren “and Honry Wolf, the two Indianggvho have been languishing in the county M1 for some months for taking whisky into the Winnebago reservation, were * yosterday reloased, their term: of imprisonment having expired. — Personal Paragraphs. N. A. Kuhn, the druggist, is in Chicago. 1 'I"i P. Owen,of York, Neb., is at the Mil. ard. P. Hoffmann, of Dos Moines, Ia., is ab tho Millard. W. E. Bauer, of David City, Neb., is at the xton. E. C. Calm and wife, of New York, are at the Paxton. Charles A. Pheiffer, of St. Joseph, Mo.; is at the Paxton. J. N, ‘Thacher, of Fort Niobrara, Neb,, is at the Paxton, William Fulton, of Nebraska City, Neb., is at the Millard, 2% o J. H. Ryan and wife, of Red Oak, In., are at the Windsor. ; J. G. Talbott and wife, of Denver, Col., are at the Windsor. D. 8. Redford and wife, 8f Julesburg, Col., are at the Windsor. ALY T. W, Wheaton and wife, ot Nortolk, Neb., aré at the Paxton. D. L. Heinsheimer and sén, of Glenwvod, Ia., are at the Millard. M. Hahn, of Berlin, on his way back homo from 4 visit to California, stopped over last night at the Windsor. Mr. E: Roscwater, editor of the Bee, left for Chicago yesterday to bo absent sev- eral days. F. H. Ryder, of the Burlington sgystet of ¢onductors, arrived i the city from Chidago last-night and is registered at the Millatd. Chsrlg H. Boynton, one o{N!hn leading oelflzm ers of the Chioago & Northwestern Toad, isin this city fora fewdays, on his way to the west. Mr. Williom Neides r, an old resident ‘of Cuming county, and & prosperous far- mer there, is visiting friends and old ac- quaintances in this oity. At the Millard: J. W. McCullogh, St. Louts; C. C. Valentine, New York; ‘N G, Cook, Trenton; H. M. Joel, New York; J. E. Milligan, New York; Thomas Connolly and wife, Chicago. . A ligiin Brevitics. Hereaftor the deposit. required for postoMice box kays will be 25 cents in- stead of 50 cents. Another jafl dodket at the central station was filled vesterday. Tt consists ?‘!“Mu pages, and took justsix months to it. The corset works and manufacturing company, just .incorporated, elected their oftivers last night as fotlows: Dr. P. M. Bracelin, sident; W, R. Vaughan, vice president; M. V. Gan- non, secretary; J. W. Gross, trensuver. Yesterday afternoon John MeMena- min was mareied to Miss Laura B. Nel- son, Judge Anderson officiating. Both of the contracting partics reside in Omaha. John McGuire, who has been hiding from the poliée for three or four weeks, was arrested yesterday afterhoon. : The offense charged aghinst him is striking Jack Thompson with a briekbat, inflict- ing thereby a frightful wound, The assault took place in Dago alley. [ Gt Real Estate Transfers. ‘Wm P Stevens to Rufus B Blark, lot 10-11-12-13 blk 1 Stevens place wd..§ Jno F Flack and wife to Robert A Me- Eachrow, elg of lot 15 blk § Bedfol “;xlucnwd....... 5 . . J Wagoner et al ren land, all that part of bik 2 Bughton ing n of n line of right of wiy of K mont, Elkhorn & Mo. Valiey rail- road wd........... wieen Herman Malchien and wife o John H Lehmann, lot 10 blk 0 Kountze & Ruth's add wd..,...... 7 Geo H Ogle and wité 'to” Mary' ' C lotte Ahlquist, 1ot 7 blk 50 Valley w d Will of Thos Collins and decrce of proofts and certificate ‘ Bernard Devine and wife to 1 "W White, 869 £t of 3¢ lot 14 blk 15 Im- provement Association add w d.. John H'T Lehman and wife to Mar- aretha D. W. Malchion, lot 10 blk 9 Kountze & Ruths add, q ¢.. John M Mobalion to Patrick A ETot body ans N Jon- son lot 1 blk 4 Arbor Place, w d Lucy B Nye and husband fo Ju! Nie, 827 ft of lot 85, Nelson's add, wd.. Frank J Hc same, w d James G Mine) Jennings, lot 24 bik 2 Mayne Plac Koch, lots 1, 2, 8 village of Millard, John N Jensen to Pel lot 7, 8, blk 17, Wilcox : Josse Lowe's certificate correcting de. seription of ground in Patrick’s Saratognadd........... Alice Gertrude Howard and husband to Robert 1" Williams, lot 88 blk 1 Howard W d..,vvienneoss At e Mathewson T Patrick and wife to Wallace H Parrish wig of lot 15 blk 0 Patrick's 24 add w d Berenice Hawley and husband to ¥ Sonnenschein " lot 24 blk .1 South Omaha View w d . A E Tonzalin to the pul plat of Hillsdale reserve, a subof n 812 ft of blk 1 private avenue and vrivate alley west of blk 4 lots 1,2, 8 4, 5 and n 12 ft of lot 7, all in No1 . . A L Reed to Wilcox's 2d odd w d Patrick Mckvoy to John ne and se nw-31-16:11 w d R M Patterson to Nannie and Flor- ence Clayton, lot 14 blk 2 Patter- son's 15t add to South Nmoha wd. . John W Grifith, trustee, to ' Sounen- schien, lot 20 blk 3 Baker place wd, Twenty-five deeds aggregating......8 Building Permits. The following building permits were lssued yesterday by the superintendent of buildings N. M. Lundin, oottage, Twern wnid Pinckney . H. Harrison, cottage, I Hishor, ‘Lhiee permits aggrogating. .