Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. St TREME OF SUBSCRIPTION. m&?mg Tation) lr{flm"ng llundn‘y - % Xour .. o . Iny dress, One Yeéar. i o 200 OMANA OFFICE, N LAND 910 FARNAM STREET, W Orr1om, ROOMS 14 AND 16 TRIBUNK 'OURTERNTR STREET, CORRESPONDENCE. 1L communtcations relating to news and sdi- fnfiml me-r mnmaPfis addressed to the EpIToR or THE BRE. BUSINESS LETTERS. 11 busts OM_}‘?"HHM: remittances shotild bo Ady r!naflnfl e BER PUsLIsniNg COMPANY, MAA, Drafts, checks and postofice orders to ‘made payable to the orde~ of the company. o Bee Pablishing Company. Proprictors J. ROSEWATER, 1 » BE Sworn Statement of Oirenlation. State of Nehraska, .8 County of Daugl i (oo 11 Tomchuek, ‘hecrotary of The Hes Pub- shing company, nmmm}cmnl gwenr that the .f!'.ll:f('lrcll jation of the )nll¥ lee for the week fling MAgeh 10, 1468, was ax follows: Average.. ¢ 20, Fworn to and subscribed in 3 Rcihcs. tite ‘worn to subscribed in my_preseénce 17th da; nxifl.m,. A. D, 88, °N.P. FEIL, o Notéry Public. Etate of Nobraska, . County of Donglass, 4 Geo. 13, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, do- Bays thlthn)fl secretary of The Boe ugfing compaRy that the actual avern laily circulation of tiie Daily Bee for the month of March a0 Sopleag for 'Apil 187, 14, coples; 1 ay, 857, 4,997 coples; for Juhe, , 14,147 coples} or July, 1857, 14093 coplesi for Augs 1687, "14Jb1 coples: for September, 1887, 134 fes: for October, 1887, 14,333; for November, 1 coples; ' for, 'December, 1887, 16,041 fes;’ for Junury, 1688, 15,206 coples; for ruary, 168, 160 CORGE, 1 mvscHUOK. . B Bworn and subscribed to in my presence this 3d day of February, A. D. 1888, N.P. ]; Ibi.l Public. 1 <o) Fel Notary NEw York Crry like a b|£%’nhy cried for bread and mlk three whole days. —— THE bond election should call out a strong vote. There is altogether too much indifféren¢e shown by voters at thesoe special elections. DENVER is preparing for a glorious eelebration over the c¢ompletion of the Denver & Fort Worth pan-handle route. The road is of great value to that ¢ity, since it is a direct conneéction with the cattle ranges 2( Texas. JupaE DUNDY’s last injunction has sorved its purpose admirably. It was telegraphed in full to associated press ‘headquarters at Chieago and will now e sedttered broadcast by the Chicago, Burlington & gu_incy bureau. MR. RANDALL has placed ice on ‘tho free list of his tariff bill. The great ‘Peiinsylvania statesinan, however, has no place'in hisvevised tariff for coal, Here is a distinction with a difference. Coul that warms the poor man is taxed, but ice 1s put Wwithin the reach of the poorest man in the country. But then ‘we bught to be thankful even for this slight favor. ————— THE railroad freight war has trans- Terred itself to Mexico where the Mexi- can International and the Mexican ‘Céntral ure slashing each other. What a splendid example the Mexican gov- ernment would set before the United States if alaw ‘were passed by Mexico ‘compelling the warlike roads to make “their lowest cut the basis for fixed rail- road rates. I7 will be but a short time when the best mineral deposits of Wyoming and Colorado, such as coal, iron, petroleum, soda wiil be developed to their utmost eapacity. The recent rapid extension of railroads through the mineral fieldg is bringing the mines within easy access of the markets. The influx of capital and labor is making of that region the great rival of Pennsylvania. Nebraska 18 deeply interested in the development which is taking place on her western borders. It means for Nebraska not only cheap fuels and minerals, but an -extension of her market for agricultural produce. THERE are more Bohemian oat men coming to Nebraska. And what is most remarkable is the fact that farmers bite at the bait, give their notes and become victims of one of the most transparent Irauds ever executed. The plan of operating the scheme condemnsit. Bo- hemian oats and Red Line wheat are handled generally by the same firm of rascals, The high priced oats are no better than common oats—it being once proven in Pennsylvania that a farmer had sold his crop at the market price; an agent brought them back to him, la- beled Bohemian oats, and he paid the 810 per bushel. In Ohio the farmers were victimized out of $100,000. The game flourished best in that state some three years ago, yet to-day courts ave declaring the business a fraud, and in cases where notes had not been trans- ferred the farmer escapes paying for his folly. ONE of our local contemporaries has gone to the trouble to ascertain how much building there is projected for the present season. The exhibit is very in- teresting, but the conclusions are in- correct, The grand total of projected business buildings and residences, not including those begun last year and un- der way, is computed at $1,800,000, but this estimate is evidently based on pro- jected buildings that have not material- ized even in the architects’ offices. As a matter of fact only two large and cost- ly business blocks now in process of ‘erection on upper Farnam are the only buildiags of any magnitude certain of being built this year. A num- ber of stores and ware houses will doubtless be erected, and in the matter of residences and dwellings the prospect is very fair. The dwellings and residence blocks to be erected this year will excel those of last year both in varietyand costliness. Whether the number of houses of this olass to be erected will exceed or fail short as com- red with the building operations of 687, 1s problematic. On the whole, we doubt very much whether the quantity ‘of brick laid in Omaha this year will veach thut of last year by many millions, unless work] begine on the new Union depot, and -the city hall building con- Btruction is vesumed. With these pub- li¢ -buildings under way, many building projeots which are held back would ma- tertalize, The Situation in ¥ive States. The dispatoh printed in yestorday’s Biew, showing the presidentinl prefer< ences 6f republicans in the five states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi- ani and Minnesota, and the eondition of the party in those states, presented sevornl facts that are worthy of more than passing attention. Perhaps the most eontpicuous of these is that note withstanding the twice declared deter- mination of Mr. Blaine not to become a eandidate there are gtill republicans in all of these states, and a great many in some of them, who earnestly believe he should be nominated and are hopeful of that result, In New York especially he is found to have, under the ¢ircum- stances, a strong following, ahd in other states men were found with whom he is still the first choice. It is to be sup- posed that what is true of these states would be found to exist in a greater or less degree in all the other statés, and as an evidenc¢e of the loyalty of Mr. Blaine's feiends is certainly interest- ing. It need hardly be said that no other man eould twice assute the party that he was out of the presidentinl race and still retain such a following, But this fact is to be considered in another aspect than as a compliment to Mr. Blaine’s personal strength., What effect is this loyal following likely to have upon the national convention? Will it attempt to make itself felt there, and if 80 is there a probability that it can ex- hibit sufficient strength to accomplish anything? There can be no doubt of the serious importance of these ques- tions. It i8 perhaps not doubtful that a- large majority of republi- cans belicve that Mr. Blaine sin- cerely wighes not to be a candidate and ave disposed to gratify that wish, but it there should be a considerable minority in the convention not of this disposition and determined to have Mr. Blaine at all hazards, it is easy to see that with the majority divided among numerous candidates such a peévsistent minority might finally accomplish its purpose. It would seem evident that yef another avowal of his determination not to be a c¢andidate may be necessary from Mr. Blaine in order to prevent a presenta tion of his name to the convention, and whether he would supply this, in view of the ample assurances hé has already given of his desire not to be a candi- date, is a question. The feeling dis- closed among republicans in the five states named, and inferentially éxisting among those of other states, presentsa situation to be seriously considered. In the wide range of preferences shown, Depew, Sherman and Lincoln have the best standing in the fivestates canvassed. In view of the fact ‘that of these Sherman alone is an avowed can- didate, the large expression in favor of the others imdicates an unsettled feeling. among republicans that 15 not entirely reassuring. If there is anything in it that can be regarded as favorable it is the effect it will have to assure a very thorough canvass of the availability of all who are named as possible candi- dates. But itis certainly not ‘encour- ‘aging to find républicans anywhere wasting their attention upon men who ‘have declared that they do not seek or desire the nomination. Robert Lincoln has repeatedly said that under no circumstances would he allow himself to be considered a can- didate, while as to Mr. Depew every- body knows that as a presidential candi- date his chanoes would be hopeless out- side of three or four states, and he has virtually said that he could not be elected. Ts it mot about time republi- cans began to concentrate their thoughts upon the men who are willing to carry the standard of the party and have some goneral availability? Sherman is, of course, the first choice of Ohio, though it is intimated that he may not be able to hold this support, and he has a very respectable following in the other four states, showing the least strength in Minnesota., Allison shows unexpected weakness in all the five states, ranking even below Sherman in Minnesota. Harrison exhibits no very marked strength outside of Tndiana and Ohio, and is nearly at the bottom of the list in New York. Hawley and Gresham show some popularity, the latter occupying the second place in the favor of the vepublicans of Mininesota. Exceot s to the wide divergence of views regarding candidates, the repub- licans in the five states named are in good condition for the national battle, and we think thisSs true of the party gonerully, There is danger, however, as has been shown here in Nebraska, from the designs of unscrupulous fac- tions, and the best wisdom and utmost vigilance of the unselfish and patriotic elements of the party will have to be constantly exercised everywhere to avert this danger. Senator Sherman in Self Defense, Senator Sherman’s reply to the nu- merous attacks which have been made upon his record in eonnection with the act of 1873 demonetizing the silver dol- tar, in his answer to the charges made by Senator Beck, was a complete refuta~ tion of the malicious slurs which have passed current as to his connection with that measure. Mr. Beck attempted to prove that the act of 1873 was passed through congress by stealth and that Senator Sherman was chiefly responsi- bie for the success of the trick. He de- clared that Judge Kelley, who had éharge of the bill \in the house, knew nothing of its certain effects; that Mr, Blaine,; the speaker, knew nothing of it; that General Garfield knew nothing of it; that the president whosigned the bill knew nothing of it, and that Senator Bherman himselfl was the only one who, with his previous financial knowledge, was cognizant of the results upon our eurrency which the passage of that measure was certain to produce. Senator Sherman’s reply was unan- swerable and conclusive, and completely demolished the fabric which the sena- tor from Kentucky had constructed, He produced the original bill as it came from the committee on finance, of which he was chairman, and proved from its very text that the clause whose after effect it is charged demonetized the silver dollar, was not only contained in it but was so plainly expressed that he who ran could ' read. He' showed from the records that - the bill when it went to the committee whs accompanicd by JAVALA LS SR lettors from the director of the mint and from Me. Knox, comptroller of the currency; in which they -enlied special attention to the very provision which is now objected to, and pecommended tho coinago of o token “dollar with a legal tonder limit to five @ollars, Senator Sherman demonstrated that before the bill finally passed eongress it was printed no leds thati hirtedn times and that at each time it contained the pro- vision for a token dollar of limited legal tender. He proved yond question that even before the bdf passed the €on- ate ecopies ‘were sent to lead- ing bankers and financiers through- out, the country, and that the legislature of California sent a peti- tion requesting that instead of the token dollar a trade dollar should bo substituted, and that it was upon this petition, backed by the unitedvoice of the Pacific coast delegation, that the trade dollar weéighing 420 grains was substituted. With these facts so clearly, presented, sustained by the record and supported by copios of the prints of the day and the reports of the committeo which Senator Sherman presented, he asked whose fault it was if any senator or repregentative did not know of the legislation demonetizing the silver do)- lar in 1873. So far as its effects in de- monetizing silver were concerned, Sen- ator Sherman protested that neither he nor anyone else at the time was able to forsee a change in commorcial condi- tions which would reduce the silverdol- lar, then worth 8 per ¢ent more than the gold dollar, to its present status, when it is nearly 30 per cent below par on the same basis of comparison. Mvr. Sherman’s speech was one of the very best which that distinguished financier has ever made upon the sub- jeet, in whose discussion he is the ad- mitted leader in this country. It com- pletely demolishes the charge which up to the present time he hasscornfully refused to consider, namely, that by trickery and stealth he of all the mem- bers of the congress which passed the act of 1878 knew that the certain offect of its passage would be to lower the relative value of the silver dollar and to that extent depreciate its purchasing power. 2 Two Examples. Two of the objectionable features of Randall’s tariff bill, which fllustrate his vaunted great principle of regulating duties, arz the proposed increase of the tariff on tin plates and cotton ties. Last ‘year there was imported in round fig- ures. 570,000,000 pounds of tin plate, vielding a revenue of $5,700,000. In ap- plying his ppinciple to this case, Mr. Randall proposes an increase of the duty, soas to at once chock ‘importa- tidns and reduce the revenue. He as- sumes that the advanced duty will not hurt the consumers of tin plates, since competition will'spring up'tolower the price. But what guarantee is there that a trust will not maintain the price, and @&ven. were there to be no restriction upon competition would it not take years before 570,~ 000,000 pounds of tin plate could be manufactured in this country? Mean- time is it not plain that every user of tin for domestic purposes, for canning, and for all other purposes for which it is employed would be compelled to pay the additional duty, -which would be simply s0 much tribute to the manufac- turers? The whole benetit of the in- crensed duty would go to them, neither the government nor the people deriv- ing any advantage from it. Another example of Mr. Randall’s great principle is in cotton ties. These cost abroad $1.20 a pound, and the pres- ent duty is 35 per cent in value. Mr. Randall proposes that: the duty shall be one cent a pound, or about 83 per cent of value. Calling the average weight of cotton ties used in a bale of cotton ten pounds, the increased duty would impose an additional tax upon the cot- ton crop of the country of seven hundred thousand dollars annually, all of which the planters would have to lose, but which would go to swell the gains of the already well-protected manufacturers, Mr. Randall’s principle is admirably adapted to Pennsylvania, but it doesn’t work well when applied to the rest of the country. Its limited scope will be fatal to it. WHEN the city hall injunction suit was before the court, Webster and Has- call, who acted as attorneys for the council, assured the court that they had no intention of changing the city hall site, or of abandoning that portion of the basement which had already beon constructed. They put upon the wit- ness stand half a dozen members of the council, each of whom swore point blanlk that he did not intend to change the city hall location. Councilman Lowry swore that hg had taken no steps for removing the city hull” from its present site, and had no intention of moving it. Councilman Ford swore that his motion to - adopt a resolution introduced by Counsman to re-locate the city hall to Jeflerson Square was only intended as a joke, Bechel and Lee each very emphatically dis- claimed of any intention to change the location. Several other members of the council were equally outspoken. And now Mr. Hascall who delights in fo- menting trouble and turmoil, proposes to renew the agitation. The question is, will a majority of the council follow his lead into another disreputable scheme which will entail expenses upon taxpayers, delay building enterprises andcannot fail to materinlly damage the prosperity of Omuba? It now re- mains to be seen whether councilmen who on the witness stand disclaimed any intention of changing the location of the city hall will deliberately violats their oaths by assisting Hascall to carry on his spite work Mn. PAUL MORTON, the general pas- senger agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, bus placed the BEE under obligations for advanced oopies of the daily editions issued by his literary bu- reau. -This sheet is circulated broad- cast as public opinion. Tt contains press comments on the strike of the engineers, but we vegret to say that we faii to no- tice any extracts from the Omaha BEE, Editor Morton has confinéd himself to olipping from papers like the Lincoln Journal, Burlington Hawkeye and other enterprising . newspapers which subsist [+ BER: TUESDAY, largely upon railroad patfonage. By the way, ME, Morton keeps at the head of his eompilea fodition the memorable dispatch from T. J. Potter to Thomas L. Kimball eallifg his atténtion to the law which does nét allow the Union Pacific to refuse to lidhdle passengor and freight traffic in its usual manner as a common earrier, Inasmuch as Mr. Potter was at the point of death when this dispateh was wired from Washington, it would seem that Tditor Morton has badly given himselt away in reproducing the bogus order. EY—— The trust ‘has already assumed an international character, and it looks as if the timo were rapidly approaching when an intérnational commission would have to take the matter in hand to regu- 1ato syndieates and corners in the neces- saries of life. TForesome time past French capitalists have been cornering coppér in the London market, and ar- rangements were perfected by which the copper supply of the world was put under their eontrol, This company has secured the whole product of the copper mines in Spain which produce nearly all the copper mined in Burope. Inthis country it got hold of the output of the Calumet, the Hecla and other mines. The next step of the foreign monopoly was to secure the co-operation of the English smelters. This has been done by guaranteeing the smelters a high price to run their furnaces on ore be- longing to the company. And now the copper market of the world is in the hands of this P'rench syndicate. BTATE JOTTINGS. The Baptists of Fremont have se- ocured plans for a church building to cost 88,000, Omaha is not justified in erowin about the weather until she gets out ol the wilderness of winter. A lonesome fly blew in before yoster- day’s storm. He shuffled his wings on' the window sill and wished he had never been born. Every mother’s son and daughter in Grant are preparing for “‘all fool's ball,” to come off on the evening of April 2, Nebraska City is something of a geo- g‘mphicnl center. Ireland, England, rance and Wales are within her limits, and dwell together in peace. The Yankton Press has ‘‘private in- formation of a reliable nature” which strengthens its belief that the Missouri Pacific will build from Omaha to Yank- ton. The Mulhattons of the Burlington are doing some tall talking just now. The traveling en—'fl:noero( the road, in anin- terview in thb Hastings Gazette-Jour- nal, asserts ‘that only Seven engines have been madgled during the strike. The BEE corréspondent at Ravenna reports that eight engines are erippled a{nd laid up for repairs at that point alone. The Hastings Gazette-Journal has issued its setond annual Imperial Edi- tion of ‘the third city’s growth and reatness. It is asuperb number, bound n magazine 'form, full of statistics and handsouely illustrated. It shows the railroad facilities of the city have doubled in a'year, the population in- oroased to 14,000, business in all lines enormously inéreased, and_all modern conveniences'for health and comfort se- curcd. The Imperial Editionis a credit to the publishérs and the thriving me- tropolis of central Nebraska. Mr. Henry Wellman, a former resi- dent of Nebraska, now living in Sacra- mento, Cal., has given the San Fran- cisco Examiner a tall and lurid tale of a pig’s tail as a thermometer of cyclonos and thunder storms. One day William and his sens had slain a half dozen or- bicular pigs for the family winter tooth, and had suspended the mortal parts by the heels, defledged and shaven clean, but not eviscerated. While at this work, at some distance from the dwelling, they saw a cyclone cloud spinning across the country ine their direction, and ran to the house as hard asthe could hook it and the whole family took to the cellar. The cyclone spared the house, however, but ‘when they went to look after the pork it had evanished thence in the howling of the storm and the scene of their labors was a wreck and a desolation. “While trying in im- agination to piece together a afimpmx outbuilding from such parts of its debris as he could recognize, Mr. Williams was startled by a cry from one of his sons, and turning saw 50130L111||g that set up his hair. A few yards away, advancing toward them asif about to resume its ]’)cndent position on a beam no longer n place, was all that was mortal of a lucked and shaven pig. From the utton on its nose to the terminus of its tail it was as white and smooth as ivory. Out of the rack and ruin of the storm, this apparition moved toward them like a beautiful sad memory out of the past. The Wellmans are brave mén—they say so themselves; but the evidence that they went away from there with- nimbleness appears to be decisive. Later investigation in a'¢ooler moment proved that the pig was not of those which they had murdered that morn- ing, but was one which they had spared for subsequent assassination. It had been caught by the prince of the power of the air and deprived of every bristle without additional Mjury. o AMUSEMENTS, “The Arabian Nights" at Boyd's Last Night. “The Arabian Nights, or Aladdin's Won- derful Lamp,” & spectacular burlesque, in the most robust sense of the expression, held the boards at Boyd's last night. A large andience was i attendance, and with the upper realms of the same the affair took im- mensely. Howbvér, an extended notice fs uncalled for, there being so much that was raw, that an_atfempt at criticism - would be ridiculous. So #af as the spectacular effects are concerned, fhp “Arabian Nights" isa creditable success, but the performers are en- titled to no comiiehdation, It was a difficult matter to distingifh the stellar Juminarics from the Om supernumeraries; the,, marches were Mdu and bunglesome, the dancing execratlhnd the gags a continuous explosion of mouldy chestnuts. The least said about the affajr, the more conducive of results, J—— There Is One Newspaper. Capital City Courier. When it is 4" summed up and with every argument introduced,there isonly one real newspaper in the state and that is the Omaha BEE. You ean always ook for the latest news, telegraphicand otherwise, and depend on finding it there unadulterated and without doctor- ing. The BEE is not owred, bm?- and soul, by corporations and politicians like the Journal, Herald and others, It gives its opinions fearlessly and frankly and cares not for prjudice, threats, ete., and . an evidence that the people of Nebraska appreciate a -good paper is shown by the immense eirculation, averaging in these dull times over 18,000 per day. By the way, it is amus- ing to note comparisons between the Journal and the BEE; It is.iike compar- ing-the Lincoln street railway to the C. B. & Q. system, MARCH 20, 1888 THE DODGE STREET SCHOOL. Its Proposed Sale Disocussed By the Bosard of Bducation. REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE. Copeland Endeavors to Have the Strang Contract Annulled--Me- morial Services in the School For the Martyr President, Board of Education Doings. The main question discussed last evening by the board of education was tho advisabil- ity of selling the Dodge street school prop- .erty to the city and county for jail purposes. ‘While it was evident that the greater part of the board were in favor of thus disposing of property, still they had given the matter so little thought that action for the present was deferred by referring to a committes. The familiar face of Mr. Auch-Moedy, recently so near death’s door, was seen In {ts accustomed place, and he signalized his return to work ‘with one of his patriotio resolutions, this time making provisions for putting the stars and stripes on the tower of the high school. The absentees were Messrs. Felton and Livesey. Applications for positions as teachers from Sarah G. Carson, Mrs, E. D. Huestis. Miss Ida Burrows and B. Rogers were referred. A proposition from Herman Kountzo as to a school site in Kountze place was referred, A proposition from J. W. Day in regard to furnishing shade troes was referred. A communication from the special com- mittee on city jail of the city council and R. O'Keefe was received offering $40,000 for the Dodpge stroet school. This called out a long discussion, Mr. Gray wanted to know what would be done with the children who attend the school, and asked Superintendent James how many and what kind of children at- tended that school and what could be done with them, Mr. James said there were between throe hundred and four hundred children enrolled, all of whom camo from below Fifteenth and almost all of themn from below Thirteenth street. Most of the children lived in the immediate vicinity of the school, mainly on the north. The present daily attendance was between 250 and 280. Fifty or sixty of these could be accommodated at the Cass school. The Jackson street school might also accom- modate a few. The Pacific and Leaven- worth schools were too full to accommodato auy more pupils. The distance to the high sohool was too far and there was o room for them there anyway. This would leave about two hundred chiloren unprovided for. The parents of the pupils who attended the Dodge school were strangely satisfied with. its pres- ent locality. Mr, Clark said that if the school house was sold, the board would have to go west of six- teenth street for a site, and mentioned the Snyder corner, seventeenth and Capitol avenue, as the only available point he now knetw of. Mr. Morrison said that there was but one reason why the school should be reémoved from that place, and that was to get the peo- ple to leave that locality entirely, on account. of the immoral surroundings. Mr. Gray said a great many of the people in that locality were reputable people, who resided where they did because it washandy to their work and the rent was consistent with their means. The rents were higher further out and it was unfair to eause them tomove. If the locality was a bad one, for that very reason a school is needed there. On'motion of Mr. McConnell the matter 'was referred to a special committee of five. The chajrman appointed *Messrs, Clark, Sholes, Gray, Morrison and Copeland on that committee. Mr. Copeland moved a reconsideration of the action of the board last week in awarding the contract for steam pipes for the Webster schoolto the A. L., Strang company. He claimed that the award of the contract was unjust, as Strang was not the_lowest bid- der. He said the matter . had caused great dissatisfaction among the other “steam and gas fitters who declared that they would not put in any more bids for any of the work of the board. He also said the action had bro:fht rebukes from the press, and as the board had acted unjistly anyway, he called for a reconsideration of its action. Mr, Morrison thought it was rather late in the, day to reconsider the action after the contract was made. “ Mr. Gray arose, and rerering to the action of Mr. Copeland, who a day or two before had assumed the authority of going to the secretary and forbidding him to let the ‘contract to Strang, scoreéd -the fatherof the cooking 8chool most wnrmlg. Mr. Gray mentiotied no names and Mr. Stoles, getting unotion in his head that he was the party aimed at, arose and commenced to defend himself, when Mr. Gray went over to Mr. Sholes and assured him' that he was not the object of his pointed remarks, Mr. Sholes looked happy and abruptly sat down. The matter ended with an utter ignoring of Copeland’s motion to reconsider. 11 the bids for the school site in the vicin- ity of Saunders and_Cameron strects werce rejected. It was decided to purchase lots five and six in block thirty-eight, Credit Fou- cier, for school sites as soon as funds were available for that purpose, The following was presented by Mr. Cope- land and carried : Whereas, the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, the martyr president of the United States, occurs on Saturday, April 14, when memorial services cannot be held in the schools, therefore be it Resolved, That Friday afternoon, April 13 be devoted to services which shall impress on the minds of the pupils in all the schools the unequaled merits and services to his country of Abraham Lincoln, The following was offered by Mr, Auch- Moedy : ‘Whereas, The school buildings of Omaha are public buildings, and it is customary to have the stars and stripes prominently dis- played on J)ubliu buildings on all national holidays aud at- half-mast when one after another of the great men of the nation pass away ; therefore be it Resolved, That the superintendent of buildings be instructed to put a tlag staff on the high school building and that the com- mittee on supplies be instructed to purchase a suitablo flag for the same, and further that it shall be the duty of the jamitor of the hi school to hoist the flag on all pleasant days 80 that the children of our schools can be taught an object lesson of loyalty 1o the flag, This car, and Mr, Auch-Moely was a committee of one to sce that the attended to. Mr, Coburn moved that the committee on finance be empowered to confer with the Omaha Loan and Trust company and obtain written consent for the sale of bonds and then authorize the treasurer to advertise and sell the remaining 100,000 bonds at a figure not less than $1.01})¢ and accrued interest, Carried, On motion of Mr. Copeland it was decided to adjourn until Saturday evening. BRENNAN & 00.'S CLAIM, The Basis of Adjustment Left to a Committee of Three, President Bechel, of the city council, Coun- cilmen Lee, Lowry and Kirstead, City Engi- neer Tillson, apd Messrs. Whitlock and Baker, of the cofnmittee appointed to act on the claims of Brennan & Co. for work done on the foundation and sub-basemenv of the city hall, met at the ofice of City Engineer Tillson last night. Upon suggestions being called out us to how the investigation should be conducted, Mr. Bechel said that it had been proposed that the committee appoint one man and Mr. Brennan one, they in turn 10 select a third one who would be accept- able to all concerned. The suggestion met with the approval of all gentlemen, and Mr, Kierstead moved that Mr. Tillson be accepted as the third on the committee, they in turn to report to the com- mittee from the council and the city. Mr. Brenunan replied that the arrangement was satisfactory to him, and Mr. Kicrstead named D, L. Shane to represent the interests. A “Then followed a long discussion as fo what the committee of three were expected to do. They were told that it was to make an accu- rate examination of the work done, measure it up and if possible arrive at an equitable sum 10 be paid the ex-contractors, Mr. HBrennen called the attention of the comumittee o the plans and specifications, and satd that there were two important ftoms that he had not charged for, namely the putting in of stairs and additional boxes for the running of the window weights. The oity engineer read from Judge Donanes' dcoision in reference to profits, and Mr, Brennan explained that the committee could not bo_expected to figure on the schedule Prin when the contract was made, as uh- ooked-for alterations wore made as the work progressed. Attorney Connell arrived at this joint of the procecdings, and eon; d in the convor- sation. He criticised the Myers plans, which he thought were a fraud. Mr. Tillson added that thero were a great many things that Myers should have done that he did not hon followed an examination of the plans, and considerable debate followed in refer- ence to the water table, top of foundation wall, iron beams, oto. Mr. Brennan asked where the plans camo from, denying that he had ever seen them before. Mr. Tillson replied that they were received August 17, 1886, and tvere turnod over to the council. Mr. Brennan answered that he had not bid on them. “What plans did you bid on!" asked Mr, Bechel, to which Brennan replied, ‘the origi- nal ones,"” Mr. Tillson said it was ridiculous for any man to say that the Myers plans which wore received thirteen days before the bidding commenced, and the contract let, that the plans were not on exhibition at the board of public works ofice, Mr. Brennan retalinted that he had never soen them, adding, I give you my word a8 @ man on that,” He further said that he did not consider the subbasement in dispute, and asked the Wunll(‘ml‘ll to settle that point so that he could get his money. To this Mr. Tillison replied that ho con- sidered there was, adding that he also disa- greed with Mr. Brennan on excavation claims, The following resolutlon was adopted : Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to examine the amount of work done and also the price to_be paid per yard according to schedule, on basement and sub- basement of city hall, said committee to con- sist of D. L, Shane, George W, Tillson and the third porson be named by Brennan & Co. Mr. Brennan asked if he would be per mitted to attend the meetings of the com- mittee of three, and he was told he would be. Then after assuring the meeting that ho would name a man to look after his interests to-day, an adjournment was ordered. =i Republican State Conyention. The republican electors of tho state of Nebraska are requested to send delegates from the several counties, to meet in con- vention, at the city of Omaha, Tuesday May 15, 1888, at 8 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing four delegates to the national repub- lican convention, which meets in Chicago June 19, 1888, THE APPORTIONMENT, The several countioa are entitled to repre- sentation as follows, being based upon the yote cast for Hon, Samuel Maxwell, supreme ju?‘gt, 1in 1887, giving one delegato-at-large to each county, and one for each 150 votes and major fraction thereof: 5. GOUNTIRS, 14 Jefterson, VOTES, B st b o o R e aoarIREINSEaEIB IS0k | cResuareerehial aees It is recommended that no proxies bead- mitted to the convention, except such as are held by persons residing in the counties from the proxies are a(vcn. goRrGE D. MEIKLEJONN, Warr M. SeeLy, ‘Chairman. Secretary. —— ‘SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Edward Ayres is back to Rosenbaum Bros., after a weelds holiday. The campaign committee of John Ennis meets to-night. The Chicago, Burlin, nounces its readiness tor Chicago. 3 Both the dance and the literary entertain- ment held in honor of St. Patrick . were pro- nounced to be a success, . Terry brought in a load of mixed cattle from Beatrice. He says there arelots of good stock in that section. Members of the board of trade met Satur- day night andadiourned until Thursday night wien they will eleet officers. Half a dozen stranded wagons mark where the mud §s deepest. along the streets, There are four of them on N street, Oficers should be instructed to prosecute any one attempting to drive an overloaded wagon through the mud, —There were sev- cral cases yesterday. John J. Donovan won't run on an indepen- dentticker after all. He has too many friends among the “‘straight” democrats, and will probably receive their nomination, J. H. Thomas, Sargent, Neb,; J. M. Dowd, Burlington, I ank E. Dorsey, Chicago, and S. 1. Terry, Beatrice, Neb., regis- tered at the Exchange hotel yesterday. all nine were measured for their ay and_their orders forwar to Philadelphla, The attempt to practice was a failure, as the wind was too high, ’l‘lmrn was a beer famine on a small scale yesferday. Several saloonkecpers who et (their supplies from the city ran out of stock and the beer wagons were unable to make their way through the mud. Some vandals have been supplying them- selves with fire wood by stripping a number of outlying lots of, shade trecs. There is punishment abead “for them, for the city marshal is after them, John Nelson, a carpenter, fell from the trestle of the B. & M. bridge last Tuesday night. At first’ his injuries were not sup- posed to be very serious, but it proved other- wise, and he died yesterday, It was found that his shoulder haa been dislocated and that one of his ribs had been forced through his lung. A VIADUCT AT SOUTH OMAWA. At the last meeting of the South Omaha Lan#l company, which took place about the same time as that of the Stock Yards com- pany, & committee was appointed to confer with a like committee of the latter with a view to deciding upon a viaduct over the tracks at South Omaha. The committee of the former were P, I, Tler, Herman Kountze and J, Bosler, of Carlisle, P’a, W. A, Pax- ton 1s one of the representatives of the Stock Yards company. The plans have beon ap- proved and the viaduct will be erected at L. street. The work will cost $27,000, —— Brevities. Yesterday’s internal revenue collee- tions amounted to $2,815.75, Joseph Scharbeano ‘was yesterday placed under $600 bonds to appear before the district court to answer to the charge of bigamy, which his father-in- law preferred. B A man in Cincinnati was prosecuted for playing his banjo 80 lound on Sun- days as to disturb the services in an ad- joining church, but the eourt decided ;hal. his offéense was not puuishable by aw. : on & Quincy an- ive live stock for A COLD RIDE On & Oold Day in & Oold Oar, ——— AND REPORT OF THE INTERVIEW A Ride on the Cable Line Grip Car ot Corroborate Some Interesting Testimony in the Larsen Oase—The Evidenoe in Fuall, The man who desires a fair idea of the in- tensity of the cold artic reglons need not take & trip to the north pole to satisty his curlosity, A G-cent ride on the grip car of the cable line ot & moderately cofd day will give him all the infor- mation on that score he will want, plus a palr of feet 1o cold that they will make his head ache, The world's cold chatity will seem red-hot in ©OMPATison. At least that was the experience of the reporter on a recent trip in search of in- formation to corroborate certain testimony concerning a young man whose residence is at the corner of Cuming and Elizabeth streets, by name Mr. Lawrence I, Latsen, a brick-moulder by osoupation. The repotter after leaving the geip car, almost frozen, meandered around until the gentleman above referred to was found, stated the object of his visit, when Mr. Larsen related the following account’ of his rémarkable experionce during tho Inst six years: “1 am nineteen years of age, & bric! by trade, roside with my pirents Cnming and Elizaboth sirects, and work at Myers' brick yards, My trouble hegan about KIX years ago, ws the result of a cold | could not t1id of. From a #imple cold in the head it adually spread until my throat and ears were - also affocted, My head generally ached, an when 1 was free from headache I would be troubled with pains throtizh my chest aud in m back, and_ frequently I would be afilicted wit Dboth! T think 1 must have had all the symp- toms of chronfc Catarrli. My nose would stoj up, first on one 8ide and then on the other, an at thnes both sides wonld bo stopped up so' that 1 could mot breathe through it. '} would have froquent spells of dizziness, and was troubled With ringing und buzzing sounds {n my ears, I Timd but little appetite and TOST FLESH AND STRENGTH rapldly. 14id not vest woil at night, and always folt tired and languid after arising in the morn. ing. 1 had no erergy ov ambition 1o do any: thing, and the least exertion I made scemed be a burden to me, and it was only with the greatest dificulty that I could remember m Dluns for tho day or what I wwntetd to do nex And _then, too, I was compelled to hawk and cough and expoctorate until my throat felt raw and sometimes kore, 1 becanie worse day by dny, and hiad nearly given up all hopo of ever Delng well again. “A$ 1 suid betore, T Mad ringing and buz- p zing sounds in my onrs, but that did nob Al “0)’ me neéar @8 kljf\lgil & he fact that my heart Was growing more . faint every day, und that during conversation persons would himve to: speak vers loud to me before I coul understand what they were talking about; this, with the other troubles I have enumerated, had a tend- énoy to make e foel low spirited and_despondent, Brand often felt as though ife was not worth lving for and that 1 would be Detter off. dend than to through 1ife In the condis LAWRENCE 1, LARSEN. tion I was ‘and continu- ally growing worse.. *“ris was my conditfon a few months ago, You could soarcely think such was the case to 6o me now. Indeed, as I said before, I can hardly belleve iv mysolf now. Hoarmng of the success of Dr, MoCoy and his assoclates in treat- ing cases such as mine, I determined to giv them a trial, Aftercareful arid mintite examin tion the doctor told me hie colild help me and t my difeaso was Catarrh in the hend:and throat, and that my eustachian tubes were affectod, dus from tho Catarrh, and that as the Catarrh t better, with tho treatment he would glve my ‘ars, my Hearing would also improve, and in his opinion the tubes would soon become normal agaih and T wotild hear a well as ever. “In conctusion,” continued Mr. Tarsen, “T want to say that they huve dona all for me they sald they could do. "I feel like an entire differ- ent man. I eat hearty, ‘feel strong and well, haye no more pains i iuy head or chest, sleep well, arise retreshiod {n the morning, my former ambition seems to be brightening, and I feel more energetio and like' working again. The ringing and buzaing nolso i my head s censed and Lean henr an oFdinary tone of ¥oice in any conversation, and I am thoroughly satisfled wit the manner in which they 5o suceessfully treated my case. I have no hesitancy in recommending them to the public as men of medical ability and skill” r, Larsen 18 a young man of more than ordt- nary‘ability, and s above stated, resides with his parents at the corner of Cuming and Eliza- Deth streets, where he.can be found to verify the above statement, R TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS. A Few Bymptoms of a Disease Tha May Prove Serious to You. Do, you have trequent; fits of montal depros- sion Do you expérience ringlng or buzzing nolses in {:ur QAT To you feel as thotigh you must suffocate when Iying down? Are you troubled with a hacking cough ahd gonoral debility? "Are your eyes generally weak and watery, and trequently inflamed? Does your voice have a husk, thick sound, afd n nasal sort of twangs 15 your breath frequently offénsive from some ntable cause? Haveyoua dull oppressive headache gener- ally located over the eyes? Tip you have to huwk and cough frequently in the'effort to clear your throat? ‘Are you losing “your sense of smell, and is your sense of taste b ing dulled, Does your s feel stopped up, fore gz you to by -ough your mouth? Do you aently teel " di particutarly when mmpluu\o pick anythin, the tloor? Does _every little draught of airandj slight chang? of temporature give you u edld? Ate you annoyed Dy a constant desire to hawlk and spit out an endless quantity of phicim? Are you always tired and_indisp 0 exers on, whethier of business, work usement? 15 great effort required to keep your thoughts fixed upon matters that formerly were easily performed. you rise from bed as tired and weak as you vore the night before, and feel as though you winted to lie there forever? Is your throat filled with phieem in tho morning, which can_only be djschinrged after violent coughing, and hawking ind spitting? Do you oceasfonally wake from o troubled sloep With o start and feel as it you hud Just es- caped o horrible death by choking? Wive yon lost all interést in your calling or business or former pleasures, all ambition gone, and do you_ feel indifferent whether to- morrow finds you alive or dead? Are you troibled with a dwsctarge from the hend fn the throat, sometimes watery and ex- cessive, sometimes mucus, thick stickiug to whatever it touches, sometimes bloody und nearty always putrid and offensiyer ‘Ihe above are some of the wany symtoms of catarrh and the begining of lung froubles, Not one case in o hw wiil have all of then, bug everyone affected will have a few th The greater or more toms, the 1nore danugerous your c clasg'of diseasos 15 treated vory successtully by McGoy or bis associates. ‘The muny cases reported through thy colums of the duily papers prove this, and each statement published is Bubstantiaily the same as glven by the patient cured. DF, McCoy and his assoclates, use no_secret mostrums, but cure diseases by thefr skillful combination of the Lest Knewn res medies, applied in the most approved manner, and by ‘using the latest and most highly %n n- known to the profeshiom. it tiat speak for theme Belves in the many patients curéd, and we ase sure our readers thut these emineit physicians have achigyed & guccess in curing diseass which few or no other doctors can duvllcate, mended appliances They thus produce DOCTOR J, CRESAP M'COY, Late of Bellevae Hospital, New York, Has OMces No. 510 and 811 RAMGE BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB, Where all curable cases are treafed with suos cess. Modical diseases treated skillfully. Consumps tion, Bright's disease, D) nr-l.am, Hheumatism, and'all NERVOUS DISEASES. All diseases po culiar to the sexes & speciuity, CATARRH CURED. CONSULTATION at offic ¢ mail 1. Many diseases are treatel Ssfully MoCoy . through the mails, and thus oseible for those unablo to make the jours toy to obtaln succassful hospital treatment 8% thibtr homes. - Office hiours @ to 11 8. 1.3 2 to 4 p.m,: T108p. e BUNDAY HOUKS FHOM § A° M. 10 1 P, ‘Gorrespondence reelves prompt attention. Nolotters answered unless accomponied by O Araas al) tmadl to Dr. 3;0. MeCoy. Boows ress all m . 3:0. MeCoy, Bo ibend BiMamge bul 1ding, OmanaNeb,