Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 16, 1888, Page 2

SWINDLING PENSION AGENTS, Benator Plumb Aeks Congress to Protect Soldiers, A SPECIMEN CIRCULAR READ. Weller Arralgne Olevelnnd's Message and Defends the Present Tariff Bystem—Thomas Denies Con- nection With Bucket Shops. Senate. Wasmxaroy, March Mr. Plumb sent tothe clerk’s desk and had read a Jetter written by a Washington firm of pension claim agents to a Kansas cx-soldier, saying they were conversant with his claim and be- Vleved if it were properly presented, congress would not refuse & special pension; that S03 epectal pension bills were passed by the last congress, and a still larger number would probably be passed by the present congrass; that this was just the time for the presenta- tion of cases to congress, As the country was on the eve of a congressional and presiden- _tlal clection, and parties and individuals ‘were on their mettle to make a record, Mr. Plumb expressed the belief that large amounts were being obtained through such roprosentations, although the writers could render no service whatover, He wanted the pension committee to take the letter and con- sider and make a repart to the senate so that such swindling of ex-soldiers should not be continued. After further discussion the let- tor was referred to the committee on pen- sions. The name of the firm was not wado publie. Bills were roported and placed on the cal- endar, to provide for the protection of navi- gation on the Illinois river by extending the systom of beacon lights; to authorize tho construction of railroad, wagon and foot passenger bridges at Clinton and Muscatine, Ia.; to authorize the construction of a bridge mcross the Missouri rivgr at Forest City, Dak.; for the formation and admission into the union of the states of Washington and North Dakota, with minority reports. Mr. Frye offered a resolution, which was 1aid over, requesting the president to trans- mit copies ef the minutes and daily protocols of the meetings of the fishery commission. Mr. Teller proceeded to address the house on tne subject of the president’s message. Hesald he had noticed that the senators who had spoken on the president's side of question had shown a disposition to avold the real issue presented by the presi- dent and had attempted to maKo it apvear that the. message was not of a character Avhich everybody outside of official circles, at bome and .m..é’, declared it to be. It would not do for friends of the administration to fissert that this was an attempt on the part of the president and his friends to modify, xeviso . or correct the tariff. such intention on the part of the resident could be - gathered from tho message. It had been received @verywhere, at home and abroad, as an at- tack, not on a defective tariff, not to remedy Inconsistencies, but to destroy the protective system. The president himself had spoken of that system as vicious, inequitable and fllogical. The defenders df the message in the scnate and elsewhere had spoken in ' terms of robrium, contempt and detesta- « tion, not of the tariff nor its inconsistencies or incongruities, but of the protective sys- tem. 1t had been stated the other day by the genator from Georgia (Colquitt) that the .democratic party always had been a free trade party, Heo denied that. There never .had been o @@mocratic president until Grover Cleveland who had not, at some stage of his Iitical history, been an open advocatd of a melvs tariff. In 1884 nobody supposed he democratic party In Its platform intended announce the doctrime of free trade, No- Jbody could say it attacked the doctrine of protection, and nobody could have supposed that an executive elected on that platform ‘would have delivered the message which Cleveland sent to congress last December. ‘When the twenty-five years of American Yiistory were examined, no man was justi- Aied in speaking of tho system of politi- cal economy which wrought such results 08 vicious, fillogical, iniquitous or brutal. Ho was ' not ' ashamed to point to the great results of twenty-sevean years of experiment under a protective system, to “show that it was neither vicious, illogical nor nequitable, but that it had brought to the people of this country & richness, a content wnd a glory which no other system had Brought upon any other people. The motion 10 refer the message went over without ac- tion. The undervaluations bill also went over without action, The resolutions of the house on the death of Ropresentative Moffatt, of Michigan, were mn-uml to the senate. After eulogios had n delivered the resolutions were adopted and the senate adjourned, House. WasmyeroN, March 15.—In the house to- day Mr. Thomas, of Wisconsin, riging to a «question of privilege, sent to the clerk’s deslk and had read an article in the New York Sun wrelative to pending railroad legislation. The mrticle states—while doubting the truth of fhe olaim-~that Major Reddington, proprie- tor of & bucket shop in Washington, claimed he controlled such anti-monopohstic members ns Weaver of Iowa, Allen of Mississippi, Anderson of Iowa, Snively of Indiana, #and Thomas of Wisconsin. Thomas declared Eu did not know Reddington, he never seen im and had never had any communication with him directly or indirectly. He was not E‘crl‘uwd in stock, and the whole matter, far a8 he was concerned, was an absolute falsehood and a lie, ‘The house then went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the senate amendment to the urgent deficiency bill. An mmendment nppnflyriu\inu $25,000 for the pay f nesistant custodiaus andsjanitors of public uildings and for the reinstatement of as many persons dischary February 1 as nay be necessary, was agreed to, An amend- mont striking out the clause directing the ublic printer to yigidly onforee the eight hour law was not concurred in sud the com- mittee adjourned. National Capital Notes. WasiiNaroN, March 15.—The house com- mitteo on foreign relations unanimous!y voted to-day to report favorably the Hitt resolution #to promoto commercial union with Canada.” Representative Hitt's billto promote com- ercial union with Canada, which was or- lered to be reported favorably to-day, pro- yides that whenever Canada declares o de- Biro to establish commercial union, having a uniform revenue systom like revenue taxes 0 be collected and like imporé duties upon mrticles from other nations, with no duties on !mln&bm,woon the United States and Canada, the president shall appoint throe commissioners to meet & similar commission from Canada and pre) aplan for the as- slmilation of import duties and in revenue taxes of the two countries and an equitable division of the reveipts in commercial union. R Young Bill English Pays His Bill. New Youk, March 15—[Speoial Telegram to the Bee.]—William English, r., 8 young In- dianapolis lawyer, son of William H. Englsh, who was sued a year ago by Mrs, Lucy A, Case for §25,000 damages for betrayal and as- sault, bas placed, through his father, in the hands of Mrs. Case's counsel, $15,000 and #0sts, as & compromise. He was arrested on the gang lank of a Cunard steamer Kebru- Ty 27, 1887, a8 ho was about to sail, gave -bonds, and overtook the steamer .down the . He has only lately returned, e—— Running Down the Bandits, Br. Lovts, March 10.—Late ‘news from PBinaloa, Mexico, gives an account of the at- gempted capture of the tirother of the ban- At, Chief Bernal, recently killed, Dispatohies from Los Remedios stite a large party of bandits, headed by Berpal, wore attacked by ® thoop of cavalry. Av American who was the bandits was killed. Several others were killed, m captured and a Bl wounded. A lurge &W'M of SRUiuRILon was soour Bernal THOUBLE FEARED. A Olash Brewing Between the German Populace and Police. [ Copyright 1855 by James Gordon Bennett.] BenrLty, March 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber |~The Empress Vietoria and suite agatn visited the remains to-day, but 1t is egident, from the rémarks I listened to, that she has yet to fully con- (German hearts, If, however, Sir Mor- rell's skill saves the emperor's life there is little doubt that the prejudice agninst Angli- m will disappear.” Sir Morrell advises against the enmporor’s undergoing the fatiguo of the funeral procession or of even attend- ine in person in any way toward taking the oathof office. He has advised that the em- peror chango his residence to a place of more reposo, perhaps Wieshaden, The neighborhood of the bathodral recalls the military aspect and scones of 1570, - Fric- tions botween the police aud populace are arising and it I8 feared that this may to-morrow lead to a possiblo fracass. The ¢lass o6f cathedral pilgrims are now more of the peasantey order—rather more sightscers than mourning subjec The features of the emperor were to-day waxen and the face has bécome visibly shrunken, taking on @ pained look. It looks almost as i chafMing against the display. The Prince of Wales has been assigned in the programme a conspicuous place for Friday., Should we have threatening weathor neither Prince Bismarck nor Von Moltke will appear, and, of course, not the emporor. He took a stroll this afternoon through the famous orangery of 400 trees attached to his place, where the temperature is nocessarily equitably warm. His imperial order as to the procession and its precedencies fills two columns of the evening papers. It hins been romarked how in passing under the emperor’s window the podestrians and equestrians yield to their old habit of gazing to see if himself or his shadow is there. et SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, John Taylor, of Taylor & Blair, Broken Bow, was on the market with two cars of cattle, John Krapp came in from St. Edwards with & lond of cattle. J. F. Jamieson, of Avoca, Neb,, bronght in two oars of twh.year old steers, He fed them himself and they averaged 900 1bs. and brought $3.70, Chas, Redlon, of Redlon & Rean, Groeley Centre, brought in a car of hogs and three of cattle. Harry Tagg brought in two cars of cattle from Waco, H. €. Anderson was in from Lyons with a car of cattle. George Wanzer came in from Brainer with two cars of stock. ¥ C. C. Gelwick had two cars of stock on tho market from Brainerd. Henry Buchanan was in from Hickman ‘Wwith two cars of cattle. Leroy Hough, George Brown, W. B, Wall- work, Jim Dowd, Doc Weablubee, Al Powell, J. D. Dadesman and a whole gangof them, have formed the Labor in Vam soclety, with Leroy as nresident. McGinnis takes over the treasury, and every membor is liable to be called on as secretary. The object of the club is to elevate the mental standard of the members, and some other things, but all the inaited pronounce it a success. A petition is being circulated asking the council to make Oler & Hoosac, follow the example of other firms, and remove their rendering establishment beyond the city limits. Mike Gaine and J. D. Meagher - leave for St. Paul, to put the packing house of Iowler Bros., in that place on a paying basis. Their many friends will wmiss them when they're gone. and the best element in South Omaha will miss them at clection time. There was another little quiet political caucus held 1ast night and “Black Jack,” ‘‘Whiskey Jack,” ‘‘Mussler Jack” and Mayor Linn were the delegates, They didn’t nomi- nate o ticket but they will be heard from all the same. For the benofit and information of the councilmen, it is now stated that there will be a council meeting next Monday evening. Every member is asked to be on hand, as business of importance will be brought up. Justice Wells has two cases on record for future judgement, They aro: Joseph Rich vs Alex Winters, 2650, and Zerhrung, Thorn- ton & Co. vs. L T. Kincade, a writof re- plevin. They will be heard on the 20th; but on the 19th will be heard the suit of La Borde vs Vanderbeck, for $82 worth of hay deliv- ered. A “soapine’ agent got in trouble yesterday. He bought soapine from the retail dealers of South Omaha at the retail price of Se per cake, and then put out his agents to sell it at the same figures to householders, for the pur- > of adverting it. Judge Reuther though a case of peddling and fined him £6.50. The Law and Order league have promul- gated the following, and asked candidates to to sign it. *“We hereby declare ourselves in favor of law and order, and pledge ourselves to use our best endeavor to elect good men to office in the coming city election. We a willing and hereby agree to lay aside all p litical, religious and personal feeling to ac- complish this purpose.” THE ROLL OF HONOR. Those who Have Recognized Courago and Devotion. LOIE ROYCE FUND. Previously reported New York Post list Calaway, Neb., list, Scholars Hebréw. Sabbath school. Pilger, Neb., school vors Onicers and employes Fremont, Elk- horn & Missouri Valley Railroad.. 491 75 85,852 85 .$1.621 56 $4,724 60 58 00 New York Post list Callaway, Neb., list Total,, TTA RIATTUGK FUND, Previously reportod Creston, Neb., list . Callaway, Neb,, list. . Total,..cosarsenaes a0 sreses THE OHILDREN'S KUND, Total to date The “Bee” Fund opened by the Beeis as follows Low Royce. ..., Lena Woebbecke, Minnie Frecman. Etta Shattuck ‘Westphalen monumen Grand total.. . New York Friends, New Yourk, March 8,—To the Editor of the Bee: Enclosed please find check for $116, contributed by several of our readors, as per statement below, for the benefit of Miss Freeman and Miss Royce, the two heroic Nebraska school teachers, who displayed such self-sacritice during the recent storn Kindly forward the amotnt to its des tion and acknowledge receipt to Tue EveNiNe Posr, STATEMENT, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie..... fl‘l‘& Mrs. E. W. Burnes, . b M. L. Thomas..... Felix Evergreen. seses $110 LI Explosion of a Lamp. Brue Hivy, Neb., March 15.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bea,]—An explosion of & lamp ast night came near destroyiflg the B. & M, depot. The prompt and energetic action of the employes saved the compaby much loss. e ———— Richmond, Va., asserts that she is the first city in the world to run, light and heat a car by electricity, Its new pat- ent heaters have just been put in opera- tion. Four heaters were arranged in a series under the seats, having a radiat- ing surface of fourteen square feet and electrical resistance of 198 ohms, A cur- ront of two amperes, equivalent to one horse-power of energy, was obtained from the everhead wire,and though the day was :&N and raw, the car was heated comfortably. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SPREAD T0 THE SANTA FE, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system and the Brotherh of mgmmi‘;e’m&»m and the Brotherhood of Firemen, Resolved, That Local Assembly No. 10051, Knights of Labor of Falthury, Neb,, tenders 1o tho Brotherhood of Engineers and tho Brotherhood of Firemen how on & &trikd on the Chicags, Burlington & Qumciy aystem their warmest sympathies and moral support, and ask them to stand firm, that victory may crown their efforts fof justice and equity. On motion it wns ordercd that a copy of nE, [Continwed From Rirst these resolutions be sent to the Omaba with a request that they be published therein. Resolutions of the Tatlors, LixcoLs, Neb., March 14.-=[Bpocial Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The following reso- lutions have been adopted by the journaymen tailors union of this city: Resolved, That we, the ‘membera of tho Journeyman Tailors union of Lincoln tender our warmest and most heartfelt sympathy to the striking engineers and firemet of the Uhk)m{n, Burlington & Quincy systeém, and hope their day of vietory may soon eome. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the minutes of the wnion and & copy bo sent to the engineers and ~firemen aud fur- nished the Omaha Bre for publication. Eut Rasuey, Secretary. Resolutions of St. Paul Knights. 81, PavL, March 15.—[Special to the Ber. | —Local assembly No, 9408 K. of L, has adopted the following resolutions: “ Resolved, That we extend to the brother- hoods of enginecrs and firamen of, the Chi- cago, Burlington & (“mlnny aystom our sym- pathy in their struggle for justice and right and we hope they may succeed in their fight. mmolver“,fl That we look upon all men who vouluntarily take the place of the strikers on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system as traitors to the interests of labor. - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the brotherhoods of unglnoern and firemen, ana also to the St. Paul Enterprise and Omaha Ber, COoMMITTER ON RESOLUTIONS, The Boys ve. Monopoly. Wrsone, Neb., March 14.—To the Editor of the Ber: When dificultios arise between different nations with no likelihood of u speedy settlement, a remedy is foumd in a re- sort to arbitration. Many instances are on record where war and its attendant evils have been averted by a judicious and sen- sible employment of this means, This is o way of adjusting differences which all ‘well disposed people commend. Tt is true, also, that both the great political parties advocate 1t in their platforms, so that as a means of amicably settling both personal and national grievances, the principle has acquired such popular favor as to be regarded with sacred significance. Tt is hardly to be presumed that where two individuals of themselves are unable to adjust their personal grievances, that either would be so recreant of every sense of reason and justico as to be unwiil- ing to-resort to any honorable means by ‘which these grievances might be brought to a peaceable and satisfactory settlement, A reluctance on the part of either to do this would imply niggardly sclfishness and a fear that he could not gain the advantage which might accrue did he but hold aloof and exer- cise that power which money and an unoue sense of importance renders compatible. The fact that one was willing to have the dif- ficulty adjusted by a third party, would show very clearly that he was glad to forego some immediate interest for the sake of amity Let us look at the circumstances relative to the boys and the railroad officials. The former have run on the road here nearly a half a score of years—men in whom we place implicit confidence. While it may be possiblo that every individual of them may not per- sonally have had many gricvances resulting from the unjust and arbitrary acts of the officials, yet, as men, as a brotherhood, if the name implies anything at all, every man’s grievance is a grievance of every other man, and as men loyal to their order they will yield unwavering fidelity. These men are ot 80 blunted to every sense of right, not- withstanding the wrones they have endured, 8 to rush madly on during *he troubles now extant. No one desires peaco more than they, and that the roads again resume their traffic as heretofore. But in securing that peace, the Brotherhood of Engineers are not ‘willing that these railroad ofticials, in their arbitrary way, shall dictate the terms of peace. As unprejudiced men, as_unselfish men, they are willing to abide the conse- guences of arbitration. This is a remedy of nal adjudication which we all approve, and a willingness to submit their case to it shows to every fair-minded man the Lumane spi by which the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen are govérned. For them to continue running on the road under the pres- ent order of things would be to see ‘‘men who know their rights and yet dare not maintain them.” It is asserted that the engineers and fire- men of Wymore have better homes than al- most any other class. This speaks volume in their praise as citizens and husband: This apparent luxury 18 attributed to the pay which they receive. Is it not far better for Wymore, and if for Wymore, then for every town in the union, that these men possess decent homes and that they receive the re- muneration necessary to make them sot But aoes any one know of ahome in Wymore owned by an engineer that is better than it should be? If not, could anybody hope to sec these homes in a worse condition than the are by offering the argument that they are better than most of the howes, and hence that the engincers and firemen nrght be sat- isfied with homes less attractive and cozy! Would anybody consider big pay that for which at any moment he was in dauger of losing life or limb; in which he fails to realize what a Sunday is; in which regular sleo) but a shadow constantly receding; in wh meais can never be eaten regularly; in which blackness is no name for dirt, grease, ete.; in which every inclemency of the weather must be endured without a murmur; in which for a misstep or turn “walking papers” or anathemas are forthcoming! Kngiueers only know how many other petty annoy- ances thoy are subjected to. Yes, I guess the ruy will amply reward them for all the nconveniences! There are many persons who claim that the railroad company ‘have the right to employ whomsoever tuey please to man their engines, having discharged the resent cmtlaylsn, 1f & man possesses & dol- ar he may have the right to fling it into the sea 80 long as ho does not interfere with his own or his family's welfare. In either case the right ceases. 50 long us one's action. in- terferes with the safety of the public, that action s o right ceases to exist. Tho rail- roads have the right to_employ whom they please provided they do not endanger the safoty of the public. When they do this, they have no such right. That they have 'endan- gered the safoty of the traveling public by the employment of incompetent men, needs no comment. That these men are unfit and untrustworthy is fully substantiated by the fact that all railroads hitherto have never presumed to place an engine in charge . of a man who had not wiped from three to five years and acted as fireman the same length of time. In other words the company stand convicted by their own testimony for the em- ployment of men whom they know to be ut- ly unreliable, and for the lives they thus desiroy * they and in no ° other relation than as murderers. It argues notk ing in their favor to say that “‘these meén are doipg better than was anticipated. That plan of extenuating the guilt is about as shallow as it is absurd, Engineers are sometimes indicted Tor criminal carelessness, #nd none theless excusable is the company for the criminal carelessnoss exercised 1 the hiring of men to run their trains who are ‘in nowise fit to be trusted with the lives and safety of the public. Moving Burlington Freight. MixyespoLis, March 15.—The Manitoba road to-day began moying Burlivgton freight. The men have as yet taken no action and 3% is not known whether they wili or not. e — Dr, H. C. Van Gilson, of Paterson, N.J, visited Omaha about a year ago and wade, soveral investments bere. wiks 80 well that he bas now moved here with his 3 A Glimpse of, Rpsone Conklifg. Now York Comond(moa the Globe-Democrat:’ at's Roscoe Conk- ling in the next gr. " A dapper little b¥ber was gracefully swinging a brigh 1 blade ovet my face one afternoom this week as I re- clined in o luxurious chair in the Hoff- man house barbep: shop. He danced around like o mofisy with o hot penny in his paw, god eyery few seconds threw admiring glaces r%m odcupant of the adjoining chair aifd the favored fndi- vidual who had bpen permitted by fate to caress the beard and Hyperion curl that all the world, has heard about. “That's Roscoe Conkling in the next chair,” he muttertd'Below his breath, while he swung his razor in & dervous way that made my heart beat like a trip-hammer. 1 closed my eyes and said nothing. - Tcould hear the steady click, click, click of the scissors ns they ;)w;(nod und closed on the ex-senator’s ocks. *Not too short,” T heard him say, and as I opened my eyes I'saw he held a cel- luloid hand-ginss up to his face so that he could see tho effect of the barber's work. As I closed my eyes again the little fellow who waa ‘daubing my ears ahd mouth with lather leaned over and tremblingly whispered: “That’s Roscoe Conkling in the nex chair.” . 1 said nothing, and only opened my eyes as Mr. Conkling said to_his artist: “I want my beard trimmed, short and pointed.” The young man who was attending to me heard this erder with anything but composure. He saturated a towel with bay rum and slapped it over my chin and neck like a wet blanket, s his eyes lovingly rested upon the eoccupant of the next chaiv. Then I sat up to have my hair brushed, and I saw the great senntor take his hand-glass and care- fully wateh every maneuver of the man with the shears in his hands. “Yes, that’s quite right,” he said ap- provingly in a low, musical voice. “I can see, my man, that you understand our business. ~ You are indeed an art- st This was too much for the man who was brushing my hair. The brush fled around my head like a whirlwind on a spree, and I thought the holder of it had been stricken with St. Vitus’ dance. “That’s Roscoe Conkling in the next chair,” he hiised as I motioned to him not to put vaseline on my hair. For the third time I heard the astounding infor mation without moving a muscle of my face. As I slid out of the chair to the cashier’s desk the dappor little mower of beards und hewer of hair followed me and looked at me in amazement. I dropped a silver piece in his palm, and then, as he helped me on with my over- cont, he turned around and faced me. He looked me squarely in the eyes. Then he inflated his lungs and fairly yelled: 3 “That was Rosgoc Conkling in the next chair,” e I turned to leave the room without uttering a word. As the door closed be- hind me I heard the little f2llow, who was then unable toeontain himself with suppressed rage @nhd excitement, mut ter: v “Well, the blootying idiot’s deaf and dumb!” i It was an incident,to show how popu- lar-Conkling 18. The recent talk about him as a presidéntial candidate has stirred up a few of ‘His old fricnds, who seem to think that:hé could be elected president. But tlege men are acting without Mr. Conkling’s sanction. To an intimate friend he recentlv said that he long ago knew, he could never be elected president, and ' he has no desire tohold any other office: Helives quietly but in great luxury, at the Hoff- man houso. He has o magnificont suite of rooms, for which he pays $50 per day. One of these rooms is fitted up asa gymnasium, and here the ox-senator, no matter how busy, spends an hour in the morning and afternoon exercising with dumb bells and Indian clubs. He walks a great deal and appears to be in the pink of physical health, Ho wan- dered into the Hoffman house cafe the other evening and remained long enough to shake hands with Billy Ed- wards, the light weight pugilist, and bouncer ot the establishment. Billy smiled gleefully as the ex-senator told him how well he feit, and as he left the room Billy contidentially exclaimed to a bartender: ““He's fit to race for a man's life,” e~ The Art of Letter Writing. Burdette: In letter writing be enter- taining, be brief, and if you can, be funny. A funny letter is ‘always wel- come. But don’t be funny 1f you can’t, Don’t try to be funny. Unless you are morally certain that your fun {s funny fun, save it for a sermon. Nothing in all this is so flat, insipid, tasteless, vapid, utterly savorless, as flat fun, It is h than stupidity, staler than dutlness, blanker than vacancy. Now and then I receive a letter which some writer—who is as devoid of humor as a cow of feathers—has tried to make funny for my entertainment, and as [ dismally wade through the dreary lin, my heart is painfully disappointed, be. cause 1 think: *What an excellent, sensible letter has this good-hearted fellow spoiled, because he thinks I am an idot; doing nothing but grin and giggle ull the day.” He could write a good letter, too, did he write like his own natural self. “But,” you say, “I might write a letter that 1 thought was very funny, and yet it would not be 1uun¥ at all,” Well, n-no, no. You see you have some sense. You can tell a brifliant sunset from a burn- ing lumber yard. You can count the feat of your poems on your fingers, and you know that stethoscope and phalanx make nota good ryhme. You know that when a thing is funn?' and when it is flat, You know enough to eat when you aro hungry, don't yout Woll, then you know whena sketeh is really funny and when it is only a ?{mtmua imita- tion. “Well, then,™ you say; ‘‘you profess to be funny. © Do you think that everything you wrtts s really funny?” Oh, ‘'my tender Taedgmachus, if you dreaded to see the pnlpur that contains my written words as [ do; if you went out into the wildepgess and clubbed ourself with your n . as_often as I 5(); if, with heavy Reifrt and streaming eyes, alone and in darkness of fail- ure yon buried as ma printed jokes, dead in the hour of their bisth, as 1 do, yon avould trade your pen for a hand saw and paint brushfand write spectacu- lar dramas! Why, fl’r;nu make one-half as many successes as I'have made, and do mafte twice as nfany failures, the gods will envy you A ‘Wha t the Crown Prince Falls Heir To The German crown prince has suc- ceoded to an empire of twenty-five states and one imperial territory, with 8 popu- lation of 46,855,704, an ariny of 408,000 men, & navy of 1 5 vessels, an annual expenditure of §230,421,000 and an an- nual revenue of about the same amount from taxes.. Of the 498,000 men in the army 861,000 are his own Prussians, and of the total number of his subisets srer nalf are Prussians. 31 he maintains the Prussizi policy as his father did Lzom 70,000 120,000 of nis subjects will continue to escape from it every year by coming to the United States, A sensible celebrat of the silver wedding of the prinde and princess of Wales will be a tea bo- 1,000 poor chil- dren in Folkestone. ; FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1888, ~ NEBRASKA AND TOWA NEWS, Arrest of Valentine Gulcher's Sup- posed Murderer at Atchison, MAN FOUND DEAD AT PAWNEE, A Varlety of Interesting Ttems From the Btate Oapital—towa Scholars Strike For a Vacation-The Polsoning Ons: + Murderer Moéller Arrested. ArcuisoN, Kan., March 15.~A tramp serving {6 the chain gang has been recog nized ds Gustave Movller, wanted in Grand Tsland, Neb., for the murder of Valentine Guicher,; He is hefid, as a reward is offered for him, Supreme Court Decisions. Ligcony, Neb., March 15.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|-<The upreme court met this morning pursiant to adjournment, and the following were disposed of : Boyd w8 Wilcox Lumber company: con- tifinel. Statewx rel. Horshiser vs Kinkaid; writ dented. . The following cases were argued and sub- mitted : ‘Reod ve Bagley} state ex rel. Huso vs Dixon couuty ; Rubo ve Sulllvan; state ex rel. Hnrn.i&n ilson. Court adjourned ‘antil Tuesday, March 20, at 8:30 a. m., when causes from the Eighth Judicial distriet will be tried. Thoe opinion'of the court in the following case was filed ) Berggren vs Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valloy Railroad eompany. Error from Saunders county. Reversed. Opinion by Maxwell;J., Reese, Ch. J., not sitting. 1. A rallway company condemned certain real estate and deposited the amount of the award with the eounty judge and afterwards took an appeal from said award to the dis- trict court. After the case had been pending in the district court for more that a year it filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, which motion was sustained. Held, That the mo- tion to dismiss the appoal is cquivalent to an admission of the correctness of the award, and as the company by the appeal has de- prived the land owner of the use of the money, he is entitled to interest on the award, 2. Where a railway company appeals from an award of damages for real estate con- demmed forright of way becomes satisfied of the correctness of the award and therdfore does not desire to prosecute such B[ll)cnl. the proper motion is to afirm the award, as such mo'ilon, if sustained, will carry inverest and costs. The News at Lincoln. Lavcorx, Neb., March 15.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The meeting of the board of trusteos of the Weslyan university was largely devoted to ways and means for finances. Pledges were made on lots and notes and the building will be pushed rapidly. The faculty will be settled in June and tho university opened in September. The people of Weeping Water tendered an offer of ten acres of land and an endowment of $20,000 on condition that & seminary was located theer as an adjunct to the university, A committee has taken this proposition in charge. The Vinton club of this city has prepared articles of incorporation with a capital stock of $30,000. The club propose to build them- selves a building the present summer, The Sidney Creamery association with a capital ssock of $5,000 filed articles of incor- poration with the secretary of state to- A. P. Sl of Juniata, W. A. Strickler Omaha, George T, Webster Bertrand, and H. B ter Red Cloud, were commissioned no- tal . Grand Tsland secured the beet sugar plant, and Hastings the woolen mill, both of which sought a location in Lincoln. It is stated that all the woolen mill par asked was ground for their plant, but the farm land platted around the city is evidently thought 100 valuable to donate to manufacturers, The African Methodist church of this city is making an effort to raise funds for a new church building, Six hundred dollars was raised among the members themselves at the first meeting. The question of paving material for the new paving districts is now a subject of agitation. Cedar block seems, however, to remain in favor with the general public. A new plat has been made of the wards in the city in order to take in the multitude of outlying additions platted since the ward boundaries were defined. The number of wards in the city remains unchanged. Ben Glazier, the chicl ief, has gone to the penitentiary f In his trial he made his own plea to the jury and painted himself as such a good man that the jury at once sent him to the penitentiary to reform the prisoners. ——— Charged With Jury Bribing. BraTrice, Neb., March 15, —[Special Tele- gram to the BEe‘|—In the late case in the Qistrict court wherein Cobby, city attorney of Wymore, obtained $1,500 judgment for slander against H. A. Greenwood, mayor, it now transpires that somebody tried to bribe members of the jury. Two of the jurymen, reputable citizens, filed information this morning—S. Jacobs, of Barneston, and D, k. Meyer, of Odell ——swum'lmf that 25 was offéred to éause the jury to hang, The mat- ter will be tried at once and be sifted to the bottom by Judge Brady. Jacobsand Meyer are both prominent in the south part of the county, Jacobs having had a good deal to do with the epening up (in his way) of the Otoe reservation when 1t eame into the market, i erchant of Odell and last fall 1 ving as jurors at the present term of court, one on grand and the other on the petit jury. Another Republican Club, BeLLwoon, Neb.,, March 13.—[Correspond- enco of the BBek,]—The republicans of North met last night in Hutehinson’s halland perfected the organization of a’ republican club to be known as the North Butler Re- publican ¢lub, Thirty members were en- rolied, Megtings will be held on the sec- ond Saturday of each month, at which time an cffert will be made to have prowinent speakers on hand, Contested Land Oase. Grant, Neb., March 15.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Attorneys from North Platte and Ogallala were in Grant to-day conducting the contest case of M, L. Mead vs Solomon Eaton, heard before Attorney 8. B, Reed. . Tho contest involves 160 acres of very valuable land near Grant, and the case is in the hands of the ablest Iand attorneys in this district. ‘Mead made improvements on the land before filing, Eaton filed before iw- proviog. i Found Dead, Pawxee City, Neb. March 15—{Special Tele gram to the Bee]—The body of Thomas Sloan was brought here by the coroner this aftornoon, - He was coming from Table Rock, where he had bought a stallion, A coupls of hours afterward he was founa dead in the road and the stalllon near by.” From papers on his person it was found that the deceased had come from Russell, Kan, He had sowme little money on his person, Death of a Nebraska Pioneer, Nasraska Ciry, Neb,, March 15.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Information reaches here of the death'of Allen A. Bradford at Pueblo, Colo. He was one of the earliest citizens of this county and ong of the best lnown and most prominent in the early his- tory of Nebraska, having served in the ter- ritorial legislature from 1556 to 1858 it One Sentenced, Another Oaught. NeuuAsKa, Ci7y, Neb., March 15.—[Special Telegram t2 tha Bewj=~jomm Hilling whs sentenced to one year in the penitentiary in the district court to-day for grand farceny. Chagles - Conrad was arvested to-day and bound over for forging the name of A. Ross to cheok for $6.95. B Wire at Central Dity. CeNTRAL Cisy, Neb., March 15.—[Special Delogram to the Bue:|—The butter and egg establishment of C. B, Balisbury, the cligar fastory of H. Ooroéling, the confectionary store of George Read, and blacksmith shop of John Ha , of this place, wera totally destroyed bY fire this ""‘f' The fire is su‘qmnl\d 1o have vun&m rom a stove in Salisbury's building. Salisbury’s building was insured, but the others are ' total loss. Perking Connty Will Give Fairs. Mapnin, Neb,, March' 15.—[Spocial Tolo- gram to the Bew.]—The DPerkins County Agricultural assoctation, with headquarters #t Madrid, was organized here to-night Fred. Powell was elected prosident, and 8. R. Brierly, sooratary, Articles of Incorpora tion will be filed h the secretary of state at once. Preliminary steps were taken to hold a county fair hore next fall, : ———ae Btruck For Their Vacation, Prr Ta., March 15.—{Special Telogram to the Bee.]—The strike mania got hold of the high school pupils here Taeaday. Tho disease began sproading among them last week tehen it was announced that the board of diroctors had deoided aguinst giving the usual week's vacation, the custom for the past fifteon years, A petition was circulated and unanimously sighed by the pupils, butin vain, As a last resort, activestrike measures were taken. At0:30 a.m. sixty puplls from seveh to sixteon years of age bade defiance to thd powdrs that be and marched ot of the build- ing In a body with banners and stars and stripes flaunting, On the banners were mottoes such as “We Claim Our Rights," and similar expressions. They tramped like a miniature army from the play-ground and up the railrond track into the suburbs, whore they had regular picnie of vaeation fun. The strike continued all day, the children goin, home for dinner at noon as if nothing ha happened and rrmnmly returning as if going to school, but instoad, going to the general rendozvous. Late in the evening the parents got wind of the matter and informed the youthful strikers, “They guessed they would Join ‘in the strike, too.”” T did, and the sounds of weeping and wailing and splitting of shingles that arose from those sixty ‘‘young Amecricas” have never boen equalled in the history of any otheér town in the country, Yesterday morning the recreants returncd to their studies declaring the strike off in- definitely and most of them do their sitting and walking in a very delicate manner, bt i The Towa Legislature, Drs Moixes, Ia, March 15.—When the consideration of house file 873 was resumed in the senate to-day the question wason Reiniger's amendment to Price’s amendment, to section 5, providing that a shorter haul may be incinded in a longer. Price’s amend- ment provided that nothing in section 5 should be constructed as suthorizing an equal change for a short as for a longer haul, Reiniger’s amendment to Price’s amendment was adopted, after which Price’s amendment, was adopted. At the afternoon session the consideration of house file 373 was continved. Section 7 was read providing for the publication and posting of a schedule of the rates established y railroads, In depots and freight stations, and filing such schedules with the railroad commissioners. Amended by Mr. Harsh to provide for such posting on both schedules filed by railroads and those fixed by the com- missioners, Adopted, Mr. Bolver amended the bill by giving the railroad commission the right to enforce the law by means of a writ of injunction, stop- ping the offending common carricr from transacting any business. Adopted. The bill passed the senate to change the name of Boonesboro, Boone county, to Boone, Tho bill passed granting the Chirago, Bur- Hngton & Quincy railroad the title of the state of Town to certain lands along the Des Moines river at Ottumwa, In the house this morning the comsidera- tion of the temperance bill was continued. Mr. Rice withdrew his amendment to see- tion 15, allowing druggists without permits to sell proprietary ml-gu'ines, but offered an- other amendment to allow such pharmacies to buy other intoxicating liquors, besides al- cohol for making up tinctures, ete. The bill only prohibits & pharmacist Who has no per- mits to buy alcohol, Mr. Wilbur of Floyd, supported the amend- ment by Rice on the grounds of justice to the druggist who does not want to take outa permit. After considerable debate on tho amendment the house adjeurned. A bili was passed_to legalize the reglstra- tion of the town of Knoxville. When the temperance bill was resumed Mr. Berryhill offered a substitute and amend- ment to section 15 to cover the amendment by Mr. Rice. The substitute provides that ghnrmntisls who do mnot hold permits may uy intoxicating liquors, exeept malt liquors, tobo used in compounding medicines and making tinctures under certain restrictions, Adopted. ‘An amerdment was adopted to section 18, providing that all funds shall go into the county treasury for the use of the school fund, leaving 25 per cent to be drawn on the order of the commissioners of pharmac Section 20, the repealing clanse was stricken out. Mr. Cummins, of Polk, offered an amenament providing that nothing in the first section should prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors for legal purposes within the state, or for sale outside the state. Lost. The house adjourned before the bill was en- grossed. . s The Poisoning Case Near Mason Oity. Masox City, Ia., March 15.—[Special Tele gram to the Ber,]—Judge George Vermilyea, @ relative of the Brown family, has just re- turned from the settlement in which the sad and mysterfous poisoning affair of Thursday last transpired. Justa week has eclapsed and with it has brought no new develop- ments, On Thursday Mr. and Mrs Brown wore at Yertile and did some trading, but no kind of poison was purchased, They returned to their home, about two miles from Fertile, arriving shortly before o'clock. Mrs, Brown immediately went into the house and commenced the préparation of supper, whilo Mz, Brown remained at the barn and started to do his chores. In about fifteen minutes Mrs. Brown called him to supper. He went immediately, seating himself at the tab) around which were gathered his wife, two children and his father. Nothing but ordinary food was served. The first one to take sick was the eldest s Soon other members wero affected e wife last and before she took violently ill she walked about forty rods to a neighbor’s and informed them of the circum- stances und asked the neighbor to go for a doctor. Before four hours had clapsed Dr. Phiilips was in attendance and pronounced the trouble to bo the result of powson. He administered emetics to all alike and soon the others who are now alive rallied, but the old gentleman soon died and the youngest son lingered until morning, when he died, The judge searched the house thoroughly but_could find no poison, It seems now iu- probable that any mistake could have been made in cooking. The poison was either puspossly sdmlnlstered or wmust Bavo beon in tho food when purcliased. - Suspioion now rests upon Mrs, Brown but it Is based only upon the fact that relations between her and her father-in-law have not been the most pleasant. The township trustees have now taken the matter in hand and "with tho as- sistance of the covorier some of the mysterics will soon be ferretted out. Mot Sufliciently Punished. Si0ux City, Ia.gMarch 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee, ] —Dr. Ordway, of Castana, Monona county, was in the city to-day to con- sult ex-District Atorney Marsh about the cases of John McBride and the Struble brothers, whose terms in the penitentiary are now nearly expired. These convicts two years ago attempted to murder Dr. Ordway, who is one of the wealthiest and best known citizens of western loewa, - Although the crime was one of psculiar atrocivy, they oply recoived short terms of itmprisonment.. Othier indictments were pending against them, but since thé abolition of thé offica the papers in confusion. Dz, Graway to-day said that ed Lo pro fats under tments yet - pending, years treated the. boys us a father, loaning them thousands of dollars, and then they tried: to murder and rob . him, ana Lo does not - believe * that they . have been adequately punished. He' further. said “Late do\'fl‘nphmnu connget .other . pars ties in - Monono . countys with « the attempt to murder and rob. It appears now ' to have been a well-laid comspiracy in whick other and lomger heads than the Strubles lanned my death and the robbery of my Eom. Iwaub to get at the boltoui of the dark scheme, Mr. Marsh tells mo that tLe papers aro in the clefk's oMce ot Onawa. 1 shall br it the penitentiary to meet the con~ viots with another warrant.’ tctifice Bioux City Saloons Moving. SrovX Oy, .Ta,, March 15.—|Special Telo- gram to the Bee.]—E. J. Ressogin's whole- sale stock of liguors' was today transforrel from Sioux City cross the river ta Coving- ton, Neb. ' The' stock. is valued at$20,000, The wholesale liquor stock of Joseph Mares, valded at $15,000, has also been tranaferred t0 Covington, Willism Leichs' stock, valued at £15,000, will bo transferred this weck;, as soon_ns cortain logal difficulties are disposed of. This leaves Sioux City without. a single liquor store excépt such intoxicants as aro sold under the pharmagy law. The removal of the liquor stores is the result of the prose- cutions by the law and order league .under the prohibitory law, Progress of 8foux City Bridge. S1oux Crry, Ta., March 15 —[Special Tele! gran to the Bre.]—The caisson of the third pier of the Chicago & Northwestern railrohd bridge across’ the Missourl here was safoly lowered to its foundation to-day, The piet is the highest om the Miss)uri river. The caisson weighs 5,549 tons and oceupi d fortys six days in driving Let veen the bo: of the river and the foun a‘ion, a distrnce of ninety-two feet Tho threatened 1reak-up of ico makes work on fthe two rcmaining piers much more diMcult, and the enginos, temporary railrond tra: k and all machinery have to be taken down and removed to the Nebraska shore. i Escaped From the Asyluv OskALOOSA, fa., March 15.—|Speaial Tele- gram to the Big.]—~Word received here to- day that David 8. Hites, who was chargcd with the murder of the Iall family.in Jeffer- son township, this county, had escaped from the insane hospital at Mt. Pleasant, where he was sent last December, the jury finding him insane. —gpn Oamo Home to Him, Texas Siftings: Tn an old house, long ago deserted by legitimate occupants, a young woman lay dead. The county judge. a cold, indifferent man, sent sev- eral men to bury the body, When the men entered the desolate room, a little irl. in touching supplication, was neeling on the straw the death-hed of the mother. In respect for the little one’s grief, they moved softly around the room, aud eased the rude coffin to the floor. *Oh, mamma,” she said, ‘“plonse get up.” She was too young to understand the meaning of death. “I'll be good; i’ou won’t have to whip me any more >loase got up,” and with her trombling fingers she tried to open the woman's eyo “Your mother is dead, little girl,” said one of the men. “No, she ain’t. I was bad and eried and wouldn’t hush when she tola me to, and now she’s gone to sleep and won't wake up. Please fwake, mamma, srd ru nlwn_\m be good. If yowll ouly get up I won’t cry for anything to'eat. I ain’t hungry now; please get up.” “Little girl, we must take your mother away. Move aside, please,” and let us lift her up.” “No, no, you shan’t! You want to put her out of . the house. Take your hands away!” shricked the little girl “Little girl, your mother will never get up again,” She looked at him inalarm, ‘‘Oh, yes she will. You go away and I will wike her. Oh, mamma, tell them to go away.” “What a pity it is,” said one of the men, ‘‘that she can’t understand. Poor little thing. Twish I had not under- taken this work. Let us lift your mother, httle girl. Move the ocoffin near her, Bill.” “Move the what?”’ she said quickly. How cager her eyes caught the sound. The word *‘death” was unknown to her; the palid face and the immovable eye- lids did not strike her with the true meaning, but the word ‘“‘coffin”~—that word the most suggestive, the fullest of a thought appalling—stirred her eense of something horrible. “‘Oh, take it away!” she sereamed. “Don’t you put my mamma in it. She’ll smother; go uwuy?" and she threw her- self across the corpse. ,'Dead,” she re- seated. “She is dead,” and burying }mr face in the straw, she wildly sobbed and moaned in that intensity of grief which is nowhere stronger and never s0 genuine as in childhood. “Bill,” said one of the men, ‘‘step over and tell the old judge to como here,” and unable longer to endure the sight of the dead faco, he covered it with an old apron. Presently the judge came., ““Haven’t vou fellows got the firmness to do your duty when you are paid for it? Youact as though its a thankee job. Of course, we feel sorry, but she’s ot to be buried all the same. Come, get away, girl,” and he took hold of her arm.” “Oh, please don’t.” “Come away,” and he lifted her from the floor. In her struggles she caught the apron and pulled it from her moth- er’s face. The judge gazed in a wild stare and fell hoavily to the floor. The woman was his daughter. 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