Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 11, 1888, Page 4

prr s e _THE DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER. Epiror. Sworn Btatement of Olrculation. Btate of Nebraska, } . Douglas caf“ %'!mh'\fc:, 'imlnrylof The n'o.: ‘Pm: company, does solemnly swear thal K irenTatio of the Dally fieo for the. week ending March 9, 1585, was as follows ur March 3 ] un s s 851 v GRO. 1 TZSCATOK. Sworn to and subscribed in my_presence this 10th day of March, A. D, 1888, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public, Btate of Nebraska, o County of Douglass, aea Geo. I3, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de 4'and says that e ls secretary of The Dee IbIish company, thal o EI‘IT :'llrz\:lnllorrof {no Daily Bee for the month offl, n;rh s 1857, ‘IC‘UIJ rl]!‘.en-hnly 4,3 coples; for Jo_ copton; for June, 187, 14141 coples) for_ July, 1887, M08 ‘coples: for August, 388 "V0h1 coptes: for_September, 1887, 143 ples: for October, 1687, 1,2: for November, S8, 525 copies; ' for December, 1857, 16,041 m; m‘r "'"“v'a;" l,fi. 16,206 coples; fof oples, 88 IO SRR, 1, mascnUCK. Syrorn and subscribed to ih, m3, presonce tils 8 day of February, A. D. 188, /NP ¥EIL for Arnr“lj. THERE has been no end of talk about anew library building. This is putting the cart before the horse. If Omaha has any money to spare, she had better ‘buy more books, . Tre Wyoming legislature was thrown into a spasm on the last day of itssession by the introduction of another anti- gambler bill. It is unnecessary to state that the bill was choked to death amid roars of laughter. i THE University of Nebraska has just issued its second bulletin containing an account of “twenty-two common insects of Nebraska.” The articleis from the pen of Mr. Conway McMillan, and is of especial interest to the farmers and fruit growers of Nebraska for whom the preparation of the pamphlet was under- taken. APTER wrostling sixty days with the gravest of problems and the poorest of whisky, the Wyoming legislature has adjourned to meet no more. The mem- bers, the committee clerks and the hangers-on, and everybody have gono home with profound vegret that the Union Pacific had no further use for them. THE right of workingmen to with- hold their labor has always been con- ceded, so long as no violence is used and no threats of disturbance are made. No law has as yet. been enacted that can compel a man to work, or that will in- flict punishment on him for refusing to work, so long as he has the means to live without work. ‘WHEN railroad managors hold a se- oret conclave and pool their issues against state or congressional regula- tion that is offensive to them, it is strictly a business meeting. When the railroad managers get into a contest with employes, and the men agree to stand by each other, the cry is criminal conspiracy, even when nobody has been ‘molested. MR. HENDERSON, of Iowa, evidently belleves that the army needs more re- ligious instruction and that the present number of chaplains is insufficient for the purpose. He has introduced a bill into congress to increase the number of chaplains from thirty-four to one hun- dred. If the biil passes, the president will have at his disposal nice warm berths for a few gentlemen who wear white chokers. By tho way, whata snap this will be for triple-R Burchard. E——— AN enterprising Chicagocandy maker has worked up a lucrative trade in “‘whisky drops”—that is, candy drops eaturated with whisky.” Large quanti- ties of these drugged candies found ready sale among school children. In consequeuce, the good people of Chicago mre very much exercised lest the use of this peculiar candy makes youthful drunkards, Chicagoisawicked city, but even Chicago draws the line at ‘‘whisky drops.” The next row will be against mince pie. Omaha high school cookery professors please take notice. For the past few days congress has been treated to some fiery speeches walled out by the dependent pension Bill. Senators have been bitter and virulentin their arraignment of issues and partios. Constituents who read these terrible word-battles may get the idea into their beads that senators not only glare at each other in debate, but sarry their ill-feeling outside of the @enate chamber. This is a mistake. Benators and congressmen, as a rule, bury their animosities in the lobby and drown their angry passions in claret and champagne. —— THE interstate commerze law receives & very solid vindication from the annual report of the Pennsylvania railroad company. Thisshows that under the law that great corporation has enjoyed greater prosperity than was ever before experienced in its history. Last year the gross earnings of all its lines were increased nearly fourteen million dol- lars, evory branch of its system partici- pating in the improvement. The truth s that the law, instead of bringing the disaster to ratlroad interests that was predicted, has proved highly beuneficial to them, and fully justified the policy of mational regulation, w emmpE—— A LARGE pocketbook found its way into the hands of the Newark, N, J., postmaster, and not knowing its owner, its contents were examined. Tho pocketbook proved to be the property of Henry Green, associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and among other things a number of rail- wroad passes made out in Judge Green’s mame were found, A few days later the - pocketbook and contents were claimed ao. relative of the judge. It is going 20 be u delicate matter for Judge Green to explain how these passes came iuto his pocketbook. ‘T'he laws of Penusyl- wania prohibit railroads from granting free passes to any person exceot officers or employes. It will now be in order to Jook up Judge Green's decisions and see what influence those passes excried in faver of the railroads. A Monstrons Dootrine. Do the people of Nenraska realize the bearing of the injunction whieh Judge Dundy has gronted to $he Union Pacifio railroad against the state board of trans- portation? Do they comprehend the effacts of the practical application of the monstrous doctrine promulgated by this federal judge? Can they conceive what relations the sovereign state of Nebraska is to maintain henceforth toward the Union Pacific railrond if Judge Dundy’s high-handed declaration overriding the supreme court of thisstate should be assented to without resistance? Are we to have an empire within the state greater than the state itself? Are we to allow a giant corporation which operates four hundred miles of public highway within the state boundaries to defy state con- trol over the vast domain traversed by 1ts road? Is the state utterly helpless and powerless to protect its people against flagrant abuses which its con- stitution expressly prohibits on any railroad operated within the state ? Is the Union Pacific railroad company to have the privilege of trampling under foot the rights of our citizens and the laws enacted for their protection ? These are the questions that force them- selves upon us through Judge Dundy’s latest decision in the interest of the cor- poration - which has found in him a never failing bulwark. Judge Dundy, has not seen fit to filo the reasons for his action in granting this injunction and we can conceive of no grounds that would justify it. If the Unien Pacific railroad has been, and is forever to be, supreme in this state, with the privi- lege of defying all state regulation, the people of Nebraska are at the mercy of a corporate tyranny which those of no other commonwealth have ever sub- mitted to. If Nebraska is powerless to protect its citizensagainst the arbitrary exactions and unjust discriminations of one railroad, she is powerless to deal with any of themn. We concede that Judge Dundy has effectually snuffed out the state board of transportation, which was created at the instance of the railroads as the proper mediator between them and the people. For the time being the judge has given the railroads great relief from state interference. But we can safely predict that the people of Ne- braska, whatever may come of his in- junction, will resent this attempt to de- prive them of the rights of self-pro- tection which every other state enjoys. They will see to it that no other cor- porate monopoly shall exist in this state grecter than the state itself, : Frederick the Third. Frederick William Nicholas Charles, only son of the late Emperor William, under the constitutions of the empire and of the kingdom of Prussia, became on the death of his father king of Prus- sia and emperor of Germany, with the title of Frederick III. The Prussian constitution provides regarding the suc- cession that the crown is inheritable in the male line of the royal house accord- ing to the right of primogeniture, and of agnate lineal succession, that is, suc- cession through the father. It isalso provided that when the king is a minor or is permanently incapacitated from reigning himself, then the adult male who stands next to the crown in agnate succession assumes the ro- gency. He must forthwith con- vene the . chambers, which de- cide in joint session on the expediency of the regency. Pending the return to Germany of the new emperor, Prince ‘William, his son, has by virtue of an imperial decree signed aslong ago as last November been acting as virtual regent, though with restricted author- ity. Should it be found that Frederick IIIL. is incapacitated from reigning, the regency will devolve upon Prince Wil- liam, subject to the approval and con- sent of the parliament. The probability is that this will very soon be the situa- tion, unless a wholly unlooked for change for the better shall take whace in the condition of the emperor, and il the best medical judgment is not greatly at fault it can only be a foew months at farthest when Germany will be called upon to mourn the death of another emporer. All loyal Germans will profoundly hope that the nation will be long spared this added bereavement. Frederick 111 enjoys in a pre-emi- nent degree the affection and confi- dence of the German people. He has shown himself a brave and able soldier, and so far as he has had any connection with affairs of state has exhibited qualities that promised great usefulness to the empire, Now nearly fifty-seven years old, with a record of mil- itary achievement sufficient to sat- isfy all ambition of glory in this direction, were the empcror’s pow- ors unimpaired and his reign prolonged it cannot be doubted that all his efforts would be directed tostrength- ening the empive by peaceful methods and continuing the policy of the late emperor, He is understood to have been always in full accord with the views of his futher respecring the atti- tude that Germany should occupy, an aeccord due not simply to respect for pa- ternal opinion, but to an intelligent ap- prehension on his own part of national policy. He is o man with ample ability and qualifications to do his own think- ing, and with bealth unimpaived he would have besn an emperor in all the title implies in Germany. REunjoying as the crown prince great popularity both with the army and the people, by reason of his admirable personal character- istics, it cannot be doubted that with the larger opportunities of imperial rule he would if enabled strengthen this pop- ularity snd incrcase his claim to the affection of his count It must be regarded as a very g risfortune for the German empire that it is likely to be so soon depy ces of this worthy man, a: wdecd may not be permitted to secuiro of the bene- fits reasonably to be ox; 1 wevre he in health and his veign w ged. Married thirty years ago to Victoria Adelaide, princess royal of Goeat BBrituin, the domestic Life of Fre. heen of almost ideal excellenco. ress is & woman of rare culture and he has always sympathized with her tastes and her aims, secondiug cordially her anter- ¢ prises in establishing the muscums, industrial schools and lHterary soviotios that are deing such excellont work in Germany. But the empress has not fully shared the popularity of her hus- band, owing to the fact that she is English, and one of the worst things said of Prince Willlam is that ho is a member of the anti<English party whose hostility is chiefly directed against his mother. It has been said that had Fred- erick died before the late emperor there would probably have been very little provision made, beyond his own possessions, for his wife and daughters, and it was thought the former at least might have been compelled to leave Gormany and end her days in England. This danger will doubtless now be avertod. Emperor Frederick left San Remo for Berlin yesterday morning, and should now be in the German capital, Improving the Waterways, Up to date there has been no evi- dence on the part of congress of any in- tention to take up the question of im- proving American waterways. No bills ot wide-reaching importance have yet been reported and no discussion upon the question of making thoroughly available for navigation our so-called navigable streams has been awakened Auring the progress of the session. Yet the subject is one which is ap- pealing strongly to every well informed citizen, not only of the west, but of the east. So far as the west is concerned, the necessity for the improvement of the great natural inland arteries of the country is brought directly to its atten- tion through the tolls charged for the transportation of commodities from the fields and farms to the seaboard. West- ern farmers who know the tremendous importance of the Erie canal in lowering freight tariffs between the seabonrd and the lakes can- not but ponder upon the suicidal policy which leaves unimproved great rivers whose waters could float annually to the gulf double the traffic now carried by rail from the prairies to the lakes. ‘Millions of dollars have been expended by piecemeal appropriations in protec ing the levees of southern planters against overflow, in rip-rapping banks at bends, in extracting here and there a snag and in dredging at isolated spots acres of ground which are invariably filled in by the next spring rise. But there has been no systematic, well con- sidered and scientific plan as yet adopted for the permanent improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers. The various conventions com- posed of delegates from the river towns have annually presented . arguments proving beyond question what a wise economy on the part of the government would dictate. Con- gress, influenced by individual and con- flicting interests of senators and repre- sentatives, has been content to parcel out afew crumbs of appropriations for the west, while it has spent millions of dollars in the eastern and southern states with a view to making political capital for the members voting on the river and harbor appropriations. Asa result of the intrigues and chicanery of the politicians the very phrase “river and harbor appropriations” has become a stench in the nostrils of many honest minded men. Unacquainted with the actual conditions existing in the west, the possibilities of utilizing our great waterways, the vast traffic which when 80 utilized would flostdown their bosoms to the gulf and the tremendous annual saving in freight tariffs which would re- sult from such river improvement, the peole of the country exhibitan apathy, if not an opposition, which is purely due to ignorance. A straightening of the Mississippi from New Orleans to Cario with proper provisions made for the control of the overflow, the construction of the Henne- pin canal, joining the great lakes to the river, and the expenditure of a few mil- lions in making navigable for barges the Missouri from Omaha to St. Charles would be a greater national benefaction and far more reach- ing in its results than the first system of internal improvement which built the highways across the Al- loghanies and opened up the great cen- tral region of the west to settlement and to commerce in the early part of the present century. Western repre- seutatives in congress might well dur- ing the present session devote them- selves to a study of a problem, which, if solved, would add millions of dollars annually to the wealth of the great trans-Mississippi region. Wenoted a short time ago that a Georgia railroad company had volunta- rily reduced its passenger rates and asked the railroad commission of the state to recognize and authorize that action. This done, and as a result the people of Georgia are now prom- ised a reduction on all the lines in the state. The commission has notified all the raalroads that it will hold a meet- ing on next Tuesday for the purpose of taking into consideration the propricty of readjusting and equalizing the pas- senger fares on the roads doing busi- ness in the state, and the companies are requested to be represented at the meeting. The Atlanta Constitution, in approving the proposition reduce the passenger fares, says it has been demonstrated that low passenger rates increase travel and are more profitable than high rates, except under peculiar and exceptional conditions. “It was predicted,” says that paper, “by some of the railroad managers, when the commission’s rate of three cents a mile was put in operation, that their lines would lose money on the passenger business, but the result has not justified their views, There has been an increase of travel, and an in- crense of income from the passenger business.” It is believed that none of the Georgia roads will offer objection to the schedule cf reduced rates which the commission will propos Tie unorganized military strength of the United States, that is, the total number of men available for military duty, is estimatod by the war depart- went at a little over eight million. Of this number Ne- braska 15 credited with 102,000, The orgenized military strength outside of the regular army, by which is meant the militia, is nbir‘t' 100,000, of which Nebraska has 1 J.217. . We believe there nronostatidiefof the wnorganized military strengtif ol the country at the time the rebellion begun, but on the basis of the armies put into the field it was probably not much above one-third of the present strepih. There 1s but one other nation| in the world, Russin, with gregter resources of men for fighting purposes than the United States, an n(‘l-mnw- no one will pretend that lh; American does not make a very much superior soldier to the Russian. With acourage and forti~ tude equal to any, the American soldier surpnsses all others in intelligence. A nation with eight million men able to bear arms, and alle imbued with the strongest sentiment of patriotism—men quick to learn and swift to execute— such a nation need have no fear regard- ing the security of its territory against invasion from any sourc ——— THE attempt of the Burlington rond to prevent the engineers of other ronds from dropping their jobs, by serving them with one of Judge Dundy’s hand- moe-down injunctions, reminds us of the boy who tried to cateh a bird by sprinke ling salt on its tail. ——— POLITICAL POINTS, “‘Harrison and Hawley" is an alliteration which seams to strike a part of the repub- lican press of Indiana very favorably. R. B. Hayes of Ohio, enjoys the distinction of being the only republican in the country who has not been mentioned for the presi- dential nomination of 83, Pennsylvania republicans who are boom- ing the governar of that state for the presi- dency have assumed beaver hats as the ent- blems of their political hopes. A democratic paper in Indiana says that the republican party has the mumps. Well, even if this were so, the democratic party is worse off, for it has the mugwumps. The New York World says that Jay Gould, Huntington and the Wall street crowd have 1o use for Gresham in the white house. Their opposition will carry the judge through. The repulican party is not very old, hav- ing only held eight national conventions, four of which met in Chicago, two in Phila- delphia, one in Baltimore and one in Cincin- nati, Ex-Senator MeDonald seems to have been removed from Indiana politics by a sort of sandbag process that is noiseless but effeet- ual. They have no use down in Indiana for a straightforward democrat of the old school, Nomore have they in Ohio—or in Washington, D. C. General Joseph B. Carr, of Troy, N. Y., is a chain manufacturer. There are those who say that a chain'of circumstances may lead to his nominativh f§r vice president on the republican ticket.” Fhe most important link in that chain is the nomination of a western man for présideit. The only mewber of congress elected by the united labor party is Henry Smith of Wisconsin, He is about fifty years of age and was born in Baltimore, but the family removed to Milwaukee while the child was yet ababe, He had heemdn public life aboub twenty years it his ¢ state before his election to congress; and now his name is widely mentioned as a suitable candidate for president on a labor, ticket. ——— Slipper 1ows. m:anlul}‘m icution. The officers of the 8il trust appear to be so well greased that they slip out of the closest corners, e The Mills of the Gods. Atlantic Constitution. The Mills of the ways and means commit- tee grinds slowly, but he is grinding the democratic party exceedingly fine, e Wanted—A People’s “Trust." Boston Globe.. There is no end of “‘trusts,” says the New York Sun. No, but there will be anead when the people take hold of them in earnest. - Hard on His Nephews. Boston Globe. Uncle Sam scems to be doing a fair to middling business. His profits last month were something lilie $3,000,000. No prospect of our uncle going into bankruptcy just at present, e — The Bisiiop's Appsal. New York Evening Post. Tho bishop of Nebraska (Dr. Worthington) has published an appeal for funds in aid of mission work in his diocess, which is *‘about equal in size to the eleven dioceses in Massa- chusetts, Rhode Isiand, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Delaware,” and con- tains a population of & million, incroasing for the past two years “at the rate of 1,800 per week.” There are but twenty-four clergy- men at work outside of the s of Omaha and Lincoln, Schools, church buildings and men, all are wanted, The bishop says his board of missions grants Nebraska £3,000 per year for missions while the Presbyterians gave last year $10,000 for their work in the state. —_— Destiny, Clare Beatrice 8t, George, Like a shadow that flies from the sun god, we slip out of life and arc gone, The place where we were is vacant, for who will remember till noon, The drop of dew like a diamond which pleased at the glimmer of dawn { And when the singer has left us, who cares to remember the tunet In the leaves' deep drift in the forest what bird 1s s2eking the one Beneath whosoe shelter she builded her te- dious love cradling nest! 1t has lived, it was used, has perished; now lieth, its use being done; Forgotten of sunshine and songster in the dust whence it came. It is best, But we, we shrink from the leaf's fate, and we murmur, *Soon they forget; Tneso friends whom we “lovefl, who loved us and shared in our pleasures and * mirth, Our names ar® lost in the silence death bring- cth, and 5o regret ; Endureth for us, low lyidg in the green- gemmed bosom of earth,” Ob, mortal, accept the bmen, we live, we are used. and we fall, As the léaf befors us'hus fallen, from our place and aré not “The living have grief spficient, content thee 10 fold in thy pal Remembrauce and sorrowful grieving, and of the living forght. We pass LS ‘Who Shall Own the Railways? [Communicated.) Whom the gods will destroy, they first dement. I e the above quotation will apply, it must surely be in the present rela- tions between the B. & M. railway company and their employes, the engiueers now on stri 1t must, whatever be the outcome, force into prominence the oft-repeated gquestion, ““Who should own the railwaysi"” It has long been the opinion of many polit- ital economists that railways ought to be classed as “‘the highways of nations,” aud as such owned and controlled by the govern- ment, and no move objection can be wade agawst this view of the case than can be argued against the control of the Mississippi end other water ways of our countr; Our congress aunualiy votes large sumwm: money w render them uavigable, sua hitherto o m mh%ben permitted to get oon! of them, r seation lines by Iaw highways, and as such have been recognited, and till better co found, always answered their purposo. With the advent of railwAys another era was opened, and as the government did not grasp the idea of building and owning such, the path was opened for the flood of speculators to enrich themselves st the expense of the people, and the true owners, i. o, the na- tion, have looked on ' wonder and indlgna- tion at the vagaries and insolent. tyranny ex- oreised over them by those soulless corpora tions, 3 The result is what we to-day witness and prominent amongst those banded tyrants stands the great B, & M. aystom. They have in their recent constructions here virtually destroyed private property by sheltering themselves behind the six months fencing clause. They have killed stock for which they refuse all compensation, They have, by neglecting proper precautions, caused the death of several workmen in the wreck ab Deweese and sustained a loss of many thousand dollars themselves rather than spend, the paltry sum of $15 as security. They have left their road a worse ‘“death trap” by partially fencing at the scene of accident than before, and are fast filling up their measure of iniquitios which can only end in a sure and inevitable retribution, for, be it remembered, “‘the mill of the Gods grind sure if slowly.” Notwithstanding the outery against centralization which is sure to be realized if the question of *‘who should own the railways” be properly discussed. I for one have no fear what the answer will be. Under the present system the laws when made are powerless and human life and safety are calculated only on the basis of the almighty dollar, GEORGE SHEPPARD, Fairfiold, March 9, 1858 — ———— BENCH AND BAR. Distriot Conrt. HERMAN SMITH NOT GUILTY. Herman Smith was yosterday acquitted of the charge of larceny from the person and was discharged from custody. # ANTON 18 INSULTED, Anton Boynk was arrosted on the 7tn of the present month on complaint of Michael Botalla, who alleged that Anton stole &35 from his pockets. At the trial Michael failed to sustain his allegations, and now Anton wants $5,000 damages as & boon to his in- jured feelings. PETER DUFFY WANTS DAMAGES, Peter Dafly, in his complaint filed yester- day, says that on the 20th of February last, while employed in emptying pots of slag from one of tho new furnaces of the Omaha and Grant smelting and refining company, when one of the pots exploded, whereby the plaintift was severely burned and received permanent injurics to the amount of §5,000, in which sum he asked judgment, alleging that the defendents are responsible for the ac- cident., County Court. ELLIOTT & ISIU'S COMPLAINT, Blliot & Ish petitioned the court yesterday to compell Peter Cockrell to pay them $175, the price agreed upod for finding a purchaser for certain lands in Edgar. county, 1lls., owned by the d 3 Judge Shiclds yesterduy granted a judg- ment against the ‘Adams’ Bridge company in the sum of $385.06, in favor of Isanc W. Carpenter, et al. Police Court. Judge Berka sat in judgment yesterday afternoon on the case of J. H. Graham, the deceiver, who had lured Miss Jessie Knight t Omaha on promise of marrying her, and then threatened to cast her off as s beggar if she did not live with him as his mistress. The pretty little lady told the story of her wrongs, which were identical tith the account. given in the BEe. The foul purpose of Graham was shookingly disclosed and the brutality he had practiced_toward her excited the indignation of all who heard it. Graham got off very casily, the judge tolling him that if he would let her retaiu the rings and clothes he had bought for aud, given hor, and give her §20 to returnhome, e would 'dismiss the case, Graham was vory stubborn and. refused at first to agree evencto this fair settlement. When he was reminded that a heavier penalty might be im- posed, he most reluctantly came to time and counted out the money. The judge also re- ‘quired him to put up security for the roturn of her trunk, which had been forwarded to California. 'After another great kick he was again forced to come to terms, and the two wore released and went their respective ways. Miss Knight will return to her former home at Bloomington, but goes with a heavy hoart, fearing u cold reception from her relatives after this unfortunate ad- venture. PREACTING PROHIBITION. Fanning and Dickey at the Grand Opera House, A large audience assemblod last evening at the Grand opera house to listen again to Mr, Fanning, the temperance orator, and to hear bosides the dictum of Hon. Samuel Dickey, chairman of the national prohibition commit- tee. The speech was varied with songs by a lady quartette—all well received. The first speaker, introduced by Mr. Dichl, the chair- man, was Mr. Fanning, who for an hour held the attention of his audience with his elo- quence, logic and wit. He particularly dwelt upon the differences between the republican and democratic parties, illustrating Lis points with scriptural allusions. The magnitude of a party, he said, should not fill us with awe, for it no more than David should be afraid of a Goliah when he 18 armed with a righteous cause. The termination of the specch was greeted with applause. Mr. Wolfenberger, sccretary of the state prohibition committee, next took charge of the audience und told them he wanted $K0 for the cause, Aftor working them for about twenty-five minutes he retired with subscriptions amounting to over £150, Hon, muel Dickey, the next speaker, gave his reasons for making the prohibition question a political issue, He claimed that that question was greater than any other before the country. Neither of the preseut great political partics were capable of decid- ingit. He asserted that there were noissucs before the country that drew the lne d tinetly between republicans and democrats, aud defied any one present to name one. A number of persons did so, but the speaker ridiculed all of them. When General Esta- brook msked him a question, he roplied by asserting that the interrogatory was not sensible, He closed with & glowing perora- tion. THREE KNIG —_()F LABOR, They Call vo Chat With the County Commissioners. While the county commissioners were in session yesterday afternoon, a delegation consisting of three representative men of the Knight's of Labor called at their rooms in the county building, and waited patiently on the outside until the county dads concluded their dgliberations, Then the spokesmen for the trio requested a conference behind the seclu- sion of bolted doors, to which the commission- ors acquiesced with becoming meekness. The whole crowd adjourned to one of the jury rooms, and when secrecy was assured the delegates stated that they felt aggrieved over the action of the board in discharging two knights who had been employed about the building in the eapacity of janitors. To this the commissioners repli that their action was necessary, inasmuch as the work did not require the nhumber of jamtors en- gaged, and that their intentions were far rom intending any offense to the knights, Satisfied with these explanations the dele- gates 1ok their departure, and the commis- sioners went 1o their respective homes. -~ ——e Commenced Suit, W Youk, March 10.—United States Dis. trict Attorney Walker to-lay began suit in the United States circuit court in behalf of the government, against the Western Union telegraph company and the Union Pacific railroad company, to recover 812,495 paid_for telograms by Uited States cticlals ulong the line of the railroad. The oney was pai since 1881, A Terrible Earthguake. Sax Fraxcisco, March 10.—Hong Kong mail which was received here last night on a steamer from Chioa gives the particulars of & terrible earthquake in China, December 15, which continued for many days. More than fifteen thousand persous are said to have perished. THE KAISER ON THE MARCH. Rominiscences of the Late Emperor By Archibald Forbes. HE WAS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER. The Battle of Gravelotte — Graphio Description of One of the Fiercest Btruggles in the Franco- Prussian War, A Spartan King. TautAmAssee, Fla, March 10.--[Special Telegram to the Ber.]-—Archibald Forbes says: My reminescences of Emperor Will- iam are almost wholly military. Of course, like other people, I have often scen him in past times, driving about Berlin in & little open carriage, or strolling along the linden on foot, with a singlo aide by his side. In a campaign Emperor William'’s propara- tion was simple even to plainness—I had al- most said, to shabbiness, His hoadquarters Cortege in its meager militarianism con- trasted strongly with the elaborate train of luxurious carriages and ponderous, gaudy, fourgons that followed Napoleon out of Sedan, His traveling carviage was a plain, strongly built landau, drawn by four sturdy, useful horses, whose postillions wore plain blue liveries. Ho seldom had more than one companion on his journeys in this vehicle-- sometimes Moltke, but more often his favon ite aide de camp, Count Lehndorfl. The royal escort consisted of a dozen hussars, commanded by a lieutenant, and he chose his time of travel so as not to interfere with the maroh of the troops along the crowded roads. There was no fuss about his quarters. As often as not he put up ina hotel, In the villiages around Sedan tho house of the cure, on the p'ain, snug house of a local morchant was quite. good enough for him. On the night after Gravelotto, he slept on asofa in a wretched little pot house of Rezonville, and would have gone supperless to bed but for a chance fowl found roosting in the back yard. The only luxury he car- ried with him, if luxury it can be called, was his narrow little camp bed, which his old valet could put up in five minutes. The first action of the Franco-German war which he witnessed was the eolossal strugglo of Gravelotte. While Prince Frederick with the third army corps was striking hard at the French right from Verneville to St. Marie an Chene, King William remained all day with the first army corps, which Steinmets was hurling against the French loft, holding the woods and bare, sloping plateau of Stubert. Late in the afternoon the flerceness of the fighting and the uncertainty of the issue arew Willlam right up to the edge of the ravine between Gravelotte and the plateau of stubert. There he sat among the soldiers, mounted on_his black horse, watching the fierce and all but futiic efforts mado by the stouticfantrymenof Von Goben and Glumper to make head against the hurricane of fire with which the French swept the smooth, sloping glacio which the expanse of the plateau afforded. * All of a sudden there ran through the German combatants out in the pandemonium of slaughter over against us a spasm, a panic: that impulso to which, in the strain of excitement, the best troops are liable. The panic, like fire on the prairie, ran back across the ravine and caused & momentary saure ui peur among the unengaged troops about the king. Shells came crushing into the dis- located ranks, and for a moment an outburst of disorder had sway. William was borne back in the pressure, demonstrating vehe- mently with uplifted voice and the flat of his sword. Bismarck was said to have got out astride a gun, and the royal staff was wmpomrnf broken up. The panic was over in & few minutes and order restored, but the I'rench had strengthened their grip on the plateau. ‘The issue of the battle was still in sus- penso, whon, under the last rays of the set- ting sun, the reserveof Germans, the Second corps, came up at a double quick to the brink of the ravine, In the lurid glare of the blazing village King William stood by tho wayside and greeted his stalwart Pomeranians. High over the bicker of drums, the blare of bugles and the crash of cannon rosc an eager burst of cheering as the sol- diers greeted their soldier sovereign, and then followed their chiefs down into the depths of the terrible chasm, The crisis was dreadful. As wo *watched the issue in a sort of spasm of somber silence, the king sat with his back against a wall on a plank one end of which rested on a shat- tered gun carriage, the other on adead horse, Bismarck, with an elaborate assumption of indifference, made a pretense to be reading letters. The roar of the close battle swelled and deepened till the very ground trembled beneath us. Night fell like a pall, but the blaze of the najacent conflagration lit up the anxious group there by the church. From out of a medley of broken troops on the glittering slope in front came sud- denly a great shout which grew in yolume as it rolled nearer. The troops of galloping horses rattled on the cansoway. moment later Field Marshal Von Moltke, his face for once quivering with excitement, sprang from his saddle and running towards the kinf, cried out: “It is good for us. Wo have won the plateau and victory is with you majesty,” “T'he king sprang to his fect, saying: “God be thanked."” Bismarck, with a doep sigh of relief, crushed his letters in the hollow of his hand, and with a sumultaneous hurrah, greeted the glad tidings, A sutler who obanced to hear improved the occasion in & practical, quict w He brought up a wine barrel and dis- pensed its contents. King William took a hoarty k of the red wine out of a cracked tumbler, giving “The German Army” as his toast. e BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, The March number of Wide Awake, publistied by 1. Lothrop company, Bos: ton, is unusuaily entertaing and re- plete with instrictiye contiibutions. P The March Century contains several features of romantic interest. IMirst in uniqueness, perhaps, is Mr. Kennan's continuation of hisrevelations in regard to the Itussian state prisons, the défails of which are remarkable for and bear every evidence of authenticity. An interesting incident related by Mr. Kennan is the celebration in the house of detention at St. Petersburg of the Centennial Fourth of July. A narrative paper of thrilling detail is Captain Frank IS, Moran’s account of the planning, mishaps, and finally suc- cessful excursion of Colonel Rose’s tun- nel at Libby prison, the narrotor having boen ono of the parly who escaped. The article is illustrated. In *The Home Ranch,” Mr. Theodore Roosevelt gives a continuation of his graphic papers on the aaily life of a ranchman, accompanied by illustrations by Frederic Remington, done from the 1ife and of striking faithfuluess in de- tail. Mr. Roosevelt deals with such topics as the broncho-buster, mired cat- tle, practice with the lasso, winter dan- gers, and bird life on the Little Mis- Throughout the number is in- teresting and instructive, depart- ment being well supplied with import- ant and inlerusling‘conl.ribuuons. " Miss Blise Balch, niece of the Hon. John Jay, and the authoress of *‘Mus- tard Leaves,” “Zorah,” ete., has writ- ten a series of sketchesof **Old Homes,” the first of which appear in the March number of the Bnglish Ilustrated Mag- uzine, published by MacMillan & Co., New York, * P The Pansy for March contains the fol- lowing: Pansy's story on the Golden Texts for the moath. Pansy’s other story, Up Garret. .largaret Sidney’s story, The Old Brimwer Place, Mrs, Arct\ibuld'n story of a disagreeable girl, A cat story. Society nwrfi. A missionary sketches. Mrs. Livingston’s Paosy a story. Several The Indian School or. Pl at Carlisle. Baby's ures, letters to a dozon or two. A lot nsy from bosu wnd girls. And a Queer Story, D. Lothrop company, Boston, - The frontisplece of 8t Nicholas for March is an exquisite engraving of ‘‘Babie Stuart,” by T. Johhson, {rom Van Dyck’s well-known paining. Tha first article, “An Ancient Haunt of Pi« rates,’’ contains.an interesting desorip- tion of a journey through the little known region whers the cclo- brated Lafittes, Pierre and Je: carried on their privateerin, The trip was taken by Eugene V. Sm ley, and the artist, B, W. Kemble, 1 the latter has made many charactoristic drawings illustrating his companion’s account of the trip. ~ Ernest E. Thomp- son has contributed a novel and attractive paper showing what o naturalist may read from “Tracks in the Snow,” and the tracks are repro- duced so that the readers may draw conclusions for themselves, Helon Campbell tells an amusing story of ““Tho Hobart Treasure,” and shows how troas- uresmay be hidden whoere least ox- pected. © Frank R. Stocktom, in tho “Personally Conducted” sories, gives his impressions of “The People Wo Meet” abroad, and H. A, Ogden draws pictures of them. Jobhn Dimitry, in “Onatoga's Sacrifice,’ recounts alegend based upon Indian traditions of a terri- ble man-eating bird, a carving of which was formerly upon a oliff near Alton, Ill. Julian "Ralph, in *“A Pig That Nonr\e: Caused & War,” makes an au- thentic and - amusing addition to the history of the difficulty with Great Britain concerning San Juan island, Robert K. Tener, in ‘‘Tom’s Ride,” describod a brave boy's ride to bring aid to his father who has met with an accident in the woods. Itis fllus- trated by George Inness, jr.,and by Remington. Miss Magruder’s “Child- Sketches from George Eliot” are con- tinued. Mr. John Preston True glvou the second installment of **Drill.” **Ed- ward Athoy,” the plain and touching story of the life of a young Pennsylvania miner, is begun in this number. Itis written by Roy McTavish, and fis strongly illustraied by W. H. Drake. Edgar Mayhew Bacon’s essay upon *“*Ac- cidental High Art” will ba welcomed by amateurs, professionals, and Philistines with equal pleasure, and will certainly create the want which it supplies. iise Stockton, however, offers a sub- stitute sure to satisfy those still seeking artistic oxpression, and her “Some work of Lent’ is sensonable and pleas- ing. “The Bronzed Kid Shoes,” a charming poem by Marion Douglas, “Two Surprises,” a poem by R. W. Mc- Alpine, with illustrations by Brennan, and “A Regular Boy,” by Georgo Cooper, an amusing jingle with equally amusing pictures by Birch and the usual pictures and departments, coms plete this attractive number. * The March number of the Forum may be called a tariff reform numbor so far as political discussion go. Mr. Morri- son and Mr, Springer, both democratio revenue reformers, contribute articles on their side of the controversy and Prosident Scelye, of Amherst college, in discussing the political situation in goneral, shows a strong leaning to free trade. The Rev. D). P. Livermore pre- sents all that can ‘be snid in favor of woman suffrage. Rev. C. H. Parkhurst contributes an article on the public school discussion. Bishop Spalding of Peroia, discusses the dangers to our so- cial institution. Henry Holt, the New York publisher, gives an inside view of the American publishing trade with many interesting side lights on our lit- eralure, in an argument for internation= als copyright; and Thomas Hurdy writes a helpful essay on mnovels and’ how to read them. This number contains also an article on the decline of the Scotch by the eminent Edinburg scholar and author Prof, John Stuart Blackie, “‘From Rome to Protestantism™ by Prof. Huiginn, who forsook the priesthood and became a protestant; and o curious statistical study of the kinds of news printed in the leading daily papers by Honry R. Elliot. The Forum is published at 97 Fifth avenue, New York. Y, A In the March Magazine of Ameriban history there is a most agreeable variety of entertaining and scholarly papers. The leading article _this month, entitled *Historic Cannon Balls and Houses,” isan animated descrip- tion of the invasion of Connecticut by the British in 1777, and the bold resist- ance of the inhabitants of the town of Ridgeficld, by Colonel Clifford A. H. Bartlett, LL. B., and the paper is superbly illustrated, thusadding greatly to the charm of the narrative. The portrait of General David Wooster, who fell in this encounter, forms the frontis- piece to the number; it is from a rare and handsome picture made in London in 1776, The second article, “New York and Ohio’s Centennial,” by Doug- las Campbell, is a stirring account of York’s relation to the torritory now oc- cupied by the states of Ohio,” Indiana, 1llinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and it is a contribution to history that will at- tract attention and comment in every quarter, as Mr, Campbell writos ably and authoritatively. Then comes a puper by Mrs, Ole Bull on “Lief Erik- gon.” Throughout the number is un= usuully entertaining, The March number of Drake’s Maga- zme presents as_ its h'uptiufim‘e a very artistic picture photographically repro- duced from a painting in the Paris salon, titled, “Nymph i Cupid.” New York's famous police tain, Alex 8. Willams, now police in- spector.is deseribed in a short hiograph- icnl sketch, and his pieture adorns the page. Wilf. P. Pond, who recently re- turned to America from the diamond fields of South Africa, tells about the Zulus in an illustrated article. Zenas Dane has a story entitled: “The Cook of the Phoenix.” “The Swan's Song."” a gem in its way, by the famous French elist, Georges Ohnet, is comr this number and will be run serial. John De Morgan describes “Josters and Court Fools.” Edward Willett, ©*Co-operation.” Edna Sand- ford, **Southern California.” James C, Plummer, ‘‘Book-Naming.” - Quacks, as usual, is full of fun for everybody, with pictures and bright articles oy Welch, Williams, Clover and others, . e “Battles and Leaders of the Civil ‘War,” published by the Century com- sany s in great demand. Those pube lications aro issucd in paris suitablo for ordance with the taste of the purchas They consist of ware uruclus which have appeared in the Century magazine, together with & large portion of hitherto unprinted ma- torial. They are sold by subscription at 50 cents per part, and will be come pleted in thirty-two parts, the twelfth part having just been issued. The thiry-two numbers will be a most vals uablé acquisition to the library, and all who desire an interesting and correct aceount of the leaders and battles of the civil war cannot do better than by securing these publications. S Damages Awarded. 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