Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 6, 1888, Page 4

HE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ing Rdition) including Sunday e Do Yout #10 » : i EE e ‘maiied to any ad- OMANA OFFIOR, NOSGUAND 016 FARNAM STREET. ¥W Y ORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE JILDING. WASHINGTON OFFicE, No. 513 FOURTERNTI BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. N Al communications relating to news and e« forial matter should be addressed to the EpiTo! e BeR. e RUSINESS LETTERS. ATl business letters and remittances shonld be ressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to made payable to the order of the company. T Bee Pablishing Company. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. ~ THE DAILY BEB. Bworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nobraska, a8 County of Douglas, Taschuc) tary of The Nes Pub- ot ";‘ Koes sojemaly swear that the ny, lemi! mdnffi‘r‘cnllifluon of the I)lll{ Jeo for the week May 5, follows: AVOrage.....oviiien i Nt GRO. 1 UCK. P b L N S A ny,. ol P Ly Y Notary Public. State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, *"" George B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, g and says that he is secretary of Bee iiishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month ay, 1887, was 14,227 coples: for June, 187, 14,147 coples; for Jlllr, 187, 14,008 coples; for Al it, 1887, 14,161 coples; «for September, 1887, 14,349 coples; for October, 1857, 14,433 coples or November, 1887, 15,226 copies; for December, 1887, 15,041 coples; for January, 1885, 15,206 cop- fes:’ for February, 1888, 15,92 copiesr_for March, 19,680 coples; for A?rll, 1888, 18,744 coples, KO, B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and null;n;mud i my pres 2 f May, A. D. ence this2d dng of Mt Notary Public. THE peanut trust formed. This looks monopoly in a nutshell. —_—— SECRETARY WHITNEY has declared ¢ that Philadelphia is admirably adapted to ship building, and sow the Quaker City wants the job of building a U. S. navy. has just been like enclosing —— Tae latest information concerning the German emperor is to the effect that he is in better health than at any time for months. A man who can sur- vive a fatal disease, and the daily at- tacks of telegraph editors, is fit to be an emperor. . ‘WHEN the Sarpy county republican eonvention resolved that no railroad at- torney should be voted by their delega- tion into the national convention, it did wisely and well. This action will form a precedent which other counties of the state should hasten to cousider. WYOMING papers state that New York capital is being invested in the oil regions of that territory almost every day. Time and tide wait for no man. If Omaha capitalists can appre- oiate the opportunity of a life time they will organize a pipe-line company and connect the oil fields with our city. THE Parisians have suddenly re- newed the duelling fever. Since no opportunity is given them for fighting the Germans or the Italians, they are finding vent for their overcharged mili- tary ardor in affairs of honor among themselves, If the pricking season under the code lusts through the sum- mer there will not be a half dozen gen- tlemen of the duelling school left to enjoy the opera season. THE farmers’ convention at Topeka met, but did not materialize the pro- posed farmers’ trust. The project was postponed until late next fall, which, of course, means that the scheme did not meet with encouragement at the hands of Kansas producers. A farmers’ trust would be no better than an elevator trust. What the farmer wantsis un- yestricted competition among grain ‘dealers and fair rates of transportation, — THE supreme court of Pennsylvania has affirmed the decision of the lower courts declaring the Ladies’ Art club of Phbiladelphia a nuisance. It appears that these artistic women disturbed the quiet of a next-door neighbor, whois a lawyer, by their hammering on brass. Of all the people in the world, the law- yer is the last who should find fault with this pleasant diversion of Philadelphia ladies. It is proverbial thata Philadel- phia lawyer has enough brass to ham- mer away ata case in spite of the an- moyance and disturbance he creates. ©Of course it goes without saying thav this particular lawyer was crusty, sixt and a bachelor THE success attending the adoption of the vestibule train on the Penusyl- wvania railroad has been so marked vhat the New York Central and other east- era roads were quick to follow the ex- ample of that popular line. The an- mouncement is now made officially that all the western roads between Chicago and Omauha are about to run vestibule wains. Travelers will hail this news with delight. Not only is the vestibule & decided improvement in convenience ~ and luxury over the ordinary Pullman, but the dangers from telescoping and burning up of cars are reduced to a minimum. It will be but a short timo before every railroad in the country will Tun its vestibulo trains. I7 has been the task of several Ameri- ean newspaper correspondents in Europe to circulate contradictory stovies concerning the programme of Mr. Blaine, and to venture “authenticated” opinions as to his movements. Only the other day it was reliably reported that he would sail for America just be- fore the convention, and before starting on kis journey would give a fiual inter- wicw that would cause all politicians to forever after hold their peace in con- mection withrhis eandidacy for the presi- dency. But now comes information to the effoct that he and his wife will join Andrew Carnogic and family and spend the summer in Seotlund, not returning to this country until late i the fall, fol- lowed by another *authentic” tale that he wili accept the nomianation. The fact is evident that ne: perl corres- pondents are either wild!y speculatiug upon future evemts or eise My. Blaise Is Indulging in more flirtutiyn than is He- oming a statusioan of bis calibro THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUN Judicial Integrity. An address delivered hefore the last annual meeting of the Illinois Bar asso- ciation by Mr. Melville W, Fuller, can- didate for chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, contains this sentence: “The day of timid, obsequi- ous, ignorant or corrupt judicial officers has gone by forever.” This was said when its author could have had no thought of the dis- tinguished judicial honor that has been proffered him, and was un- questionably uttered in all candor and sincerity ns @ rooted conviction. It would be gratifying to believe that it was the statement of a truth fully war- ranted by existing facts and cer- tain to be more fully confirmed by future experience, but unfortunately there are circumstances of common knowledge that throw a doubt upon it. There could be no more striking commentary upon the decline of public opinion regarding the integrity of the judiciary, for which sound reasons must exist, than the fact that when a fedrless and incorruptible judge discharged his duty in a memor- able case without faltering or favor the whole country heard the result with a feeling of agreeable surprise. It was a courageous innovation as unexpected as it was gratifying, and the judge was elevated in popular esteem and confi- dence as a distinguished example of what a judicial officer should be. That feeling has since steadily extended, and out of the army of the judiciary this one fearless and incorruptible judge isbeing talked of throughout the nation as worthy of the pegple’s highest honor. This would not have been the case if the country had'not been long famil with timid, obsequious and corrupt ju- dicial officers, and became almost hope- less of just protection of the people’s interests at their hands, For years the country had seen the courts of Pennsyl- vania completely in the control of the great corporations of that state, which were allowed to persistently disregard the laws with impunity. It had wit- uessed the favor of federal judges, oven justices of the supreme court, constantly extended to great corporations and mo- nopolies fattenning upon the people. It had noted that in n v every state the hand of capital had a fierce grip on the judiciary, and that the more powerful and oppressive its combination the more certain it was of judicial support. Tt had scen wealthy culprits defeat justice under circum- stances which admitted of no other ex- planation than the use of corrupting means. With all this evidence before it the country with reason and justice lost confidence in the integrity of the judiciary, and it will still receive with Some question the assurance of Mr. Ful- ler that “the day of timid, obsequious, ignovant or corrupt judicial officers has gone by forcver,” gratified though it would be to find that such is the case. So far as the elective judiciar, cerned, the remedy is of course with the people. in a paper in the May Forum, on **Miscarriages of Justice,” Judge Bar- rett su; “It ought to be said at the outset that if justice miscarries more frequently in this country thanin Eng- land, owing to the inferiority of our judges, the people themselves are to blame. We have just as good judges as the people are willing to pay for. The whole judicial system, national and state, is founded upon the policies of small salaries. The people want cheap judges, and they get them.” This is unquestionably true, and better pay being necessary in order to secure bet- ter judges it should be given. But something more than this is evidently necessary to bring the general stand- ard of our judiciary up to that of England, for example. There must be an improvement in the estimate of the character of judicial oftice, and it must alsobe guard- ed by such penalties for the abuse of the trust it imposés as only tho most reckless would venture to encounter, however great the inducement. A judge proved to have been corrupted should lose every right of citizenship. It is not questioned that therc are many conscientious and fearless judges. Any sweeping denunciation of the ju- diciary, national or state, would be a grave injustice. But it would be no no less o mistake to say that there are no timid, obsequious, ignorant or corrupt judicial officers, and to believe that such is the case would not he coudueive to that improvement and ele- vation of the judiciary which is so de- sirable and necessary, A Future Western Industry. At the last session of the Towa legis- lature a bill was introduced proposing to pay & bounty on beet sugar produced in that state. The measure was dropped, but its introduction showed that the question of the cultivation of t he sugar beet is receiving the consid- eration of the farmers of that state, Tt appears that in Dakota, also, attention is being given to this matter, and that the interest of a great many farmers has become enlisted. Some experi- menting has beon done by individuals in cultivating beets, and always with satisfactory results. The belief is that o large portion of the territory is peculiarly adapted to the cul- tivation of the sugar heet, and that it can be made oneof the great and most profituble industries in the terr tory. We learn from a Colorado paper that the subject is also attracting atten- tion inthat state, and itisseriously pro- posed that some action shall be taken by the state to encourage exveriments, In California the expediency of introduc- ing sugar-beet euliivation on a large scale has bean dicussed for some time, there being no question that in a consid- erable portion of that state the industry could be made a highly pro The practical incentive is the and inereasing consumption of sugar in this country, which is now estimated to amount annually to fifty pounds per capita of tho population, a very small fractipn of which is of home pro- duction. Sugar is a prime necessity, and il it can be demonstrated that the cultivation of the suga= beet ean be car- ried on hieve so that thee product can be tably marketed in competition with thatof cilier countrics A perwanent and steaduy expanding markot for it is a suyed. Granting this, & farther prac .+ | Hical conslderation Lsin the large em- ployment that numerous factories would give to capital and labot. The success of this industry would retain among ours selves, for the enrichment of our own people, the millions that are now an- nually paid to foreign producers. France furnishes the best tration of the value of sugar- beet cultivation, antd nothing which the first Napoleon did for that country was so important in material sults as his encouragement and pro- on of this industry. Other nations have since found it greatly profitable and have carefully fostered it by liberal bounties. There is believed to be an extensive area in the western portion of the United Statesexcellently adapte d to the cultivation of the sugar beet, and it is more than probable that in time it will be largely carried on and become an important source of prosperity to thousands of farmers west of the Mis- souri river. — e The Blizzard Heroines. While the fatal blizzard of last Janu- ary spent its force in one day, the out- of-place discussion concerning Miss Minnie Freeman continues with in- creased and unabated fury. The an- nouncement by the Nebraska Teacher to the effect that Miss Freeman was not a heroine; that she did not save her pupils from the storm-king; and that, on the contrary, they saved their teacher from an untimely death; that the roof was not blown from off the school-house, together with a general and varied denial of all the facts con- nected with her actions and doings during the storm, has called forth a great amount of unnecessary comment from the state press and just vow grim and ghastly “fakes” in the same strain are appearing in eastern newspaper: : When persons perform a duty or dis- charge a trust they do not of necessity become heroes or heroines. Thousands of nameless heroes have lived and died unhonored and unsung. Had Miss Free-~ man done all that the most fanciful re- porter gave her credit of doing—she yot would only have performed her duty. The world, howev sometimes touched to action, and rewards those who imperil their own lives to aid and rescue the helpless. The BEE'S fund for the three school teache ms of the blizzard, one of whom gave up her life, and another who must pass the remainder of her days almost entirely dependent upon others, is an illustration of the sympa- thy of our people. The large sum of money was raised without begeing com- mittees or patrioticappeals. The simple announcement in THE BEE plainly pre- senting the facts in the case, as TuHgE Bee belioved them to exist, and further announcing that a “Bgg fund” had been started;enlisteded jnot only the sympathy of thousands of people, but brought donations from all parts of the country. The matter should have rested there. Those who gave their money gave it freely and were only gratified that each of the brave teachers was so handsomely rewarded. The best evidence is to th cffect that Miss Frecman saved the lives of thirteen helpless children. The children believe she did. Miss Free- man informs TiE BEE that the story as related at fiest is, in the main, true. Of the sad fate of the other teachers, the world already knows. Jealous pedag- ogues, who now attempt to rake up a scandal should be vigorously hooted down. illus- Tug general conference of the Meth- odist chureh, with representatives from branches of the Methodist family all over the world, is now in session at New York Ci At this important gathering there is represented the re- ligious sentiment of such a large body of our own people that whatever action the conference takes cannot help to exert a great influence upon American society and civilization, A church which is so admirably organized for spiritual work as the Methodist must claim universal attention when its labor is rewarded with such rich fruits. Be- sides supporting churches to the value of one hundred millions, the Methodists can point with pride to a dozen theolog- 1cal seminaries, more than a hundred and twenty-five academies, and nearly fifty colleges which represent a money value of many millions, The chur which provides so liberally for the sp! itual and educational welfare of its peo- ple,is equally as provident for tiie care of its orphans, its sick and its unfortu- nates. Dut more than this. For the support of foreign missions the Metho- dist ehurch contributes annually over a million and a half, and sends to far off countries more missionaries than any other denomination. For these rea- sons the Methodist church has become aleading factor in our day, and the voices of its great leaders now assem- bled in convention are heard and re- spected beyond the boundaries of its own circle, THE excitement of the Chicago pack- ers over the statements made by Sena- tors Vest and Plumb, charging them with tyrannically oppressing the cattle raisers of the west while plundering consumers, is entirely natural, but the denials they make of the charges will not be unquestionably accepted. It may be that the senators somewhat exagger- ated the matter, as the situation now is, but it is not many months ago that the cattlomen were organizing to protect themselves against what they publicly proclaimed to be the despotism of the Chicago and Kansas Cily syngicate, and it is doubtless upon the charges then made that the statements of Senators Vest and Plumb were based. Certainly they were of a churacter to justify all, the senators said, It is probable, how- ever, that the counter-movement of the ecattlemen, which contemplated a vigor- ous compotition with the syndicate, has d to an srrangement that enables the Chicago packers to safely make their prasent plea of not guilty, But 5o far as consumears are concerned, the situa- tion remuins unehanged. Tne hills that give picturesque beauty ,to Omaha, andall the surrounding coun- try, are beginoing to look exccedingly attractiva. 1n the spriug garniture of green that is.coming forth with season: able luxurianse, The good effects of the warm rains of the past week are most apparent, a low days of sun- shine, now to be ted, will make the city and the @y contiguous te it as charming eye as the most ardent lover of nature could desire. No one who will give himgelf the pleasure of viewing Omaha a§ghis scason of the year can doubt thag when all its heights are erowned with handsome homes, and the improvements that wealth and taste bring are everywhete supplied, it will be one of the most attractive cities in the country. Even now there are few that surpass it, anfl with the progress of the last few years maintained, of which there is every assurance, Omaha five years hence will be counted among the most beautiful cities on the continent, and peerless west of the Missouri river. ACCORDING to latest advices the crop outlook in Nebraska was never better. There will not be so much wheat sown this year owing to the fact that other and more profitable crops ean be raised. The stock business is receiving more attention than in past years, and is no experiment. The production of cattle, sheep, hogs and horses is a success, and farmers are giving ore attention to them than ever before. VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. The Norfolk News wants the legislature to make provision for an adequate geological survey of the state. The Gothenburg I[ndependeat is most de- cidedly of the opinion that Harlan would be an improvement on Laird. The York Republican says: “‘The B. & M. trains are hardly ever on time. The assur- ance that everything is moving smoothly does not satisfy the public when they have to wait two or three hours for a train, or stop between stations because the supply of coal has run out.” “General Cowin and W. J. Connell are both mentioned as possible congressional candi- dates in the First district. Either can beat MecShane out of his boots, and if either had been nominated at Beatrice two years ago Shane would not now be drawing a con- gressman’s salary,” says the Fremont | bune. The Broken Bow Republicansays: “There has not been a time in the history of Custer county when there such a division of sentiment concerning candidates for repre- sentative from this district. If we were going to bet on the nomination of a candidate we would have no idea which man would be safest to bet on—Meikeljohn, Darnell, Dor- sey or Crounse. Nearly every man who has thought anything of the matter has a candi- date of his own, and hardly any two agree. Our opinion 15 that the best thing the repub- licans of Custer county can do is to send an uninstructed delegatien to the Norfolk con- vention.” | = VanWyck’s speech at Schuyler is summar- ized as follows by thfi Herald of that town: *‘He pointed out 'the; mjfsticoe of the present tariff in a good many instances, and won the approval of every sound-minded and well- meaning man by advocatihg free lumber and free sugar. Heo als§ spoldp about the injus- tice nfiicted upon the people by the outrage- ous freight rates of the railroads in this state, and cited some very plain samples of the often foul and disgraceful means used by these powerful corporations to defeat honest legislation, giving a special ‘send off’ to his friend (4) John M. Thurston—that great ‘straight republicah? “Th conclusion the speaker impressed i upon the minds of his hearers how it would be in their own inter- ests for the people to see that they send hon- est and trustworthy men to represent them in the state legislature. He says it some- times happens that our representatives be- tray their constituents, and went on to tell about a certain man, whose name was Judas, and it came to pass that Russell occupied a front seat.” The Crete Vidette highly commends the official course pursued by Mr. Leese in con- neotiop with the railroad cases that have re- cently been decided by the supreme court, and particularly the Atchison & Nebraska consolidation case. By way of summing up, that paper prints the following: ‘His polit- ical death knell may be already sounded— his grave may be already dug. The flat has doubtless gone forth that he must be ‘downed at all hazards,’ but the question of his success or defeat depends wholly upon the republican voters of the state of Nebraska. If they wish to reward an honest, faithful public servant who knows his duty and dares to do 1t, who will not be cowed into a corner, cowed into silence or unduly mfluenced through the machinations of oil room states- men, they will send a delegation to the state convention which will heartily endorse his actions and give him the strong insignia of their approval by a renomination to the office he has filled, for the past four years, with credit to himself, honor to the state and profit to the people. If this state has ever had a public servant true to 1ts trusts, free from blandishments, and imbued with a desire to perform his whole duty in an hon- est, straightforward manner, that man is Ats torney General Leese.” e St. Louis Republican. Tgnatius Donnelly can cipher out a method toobtain free advertising better than any other man in the United States. stiilo i The Presidental Gate, The Providence Journal (Rep.) sagely re- marks that it would be just as well to make Chauncey M. Depew governor of New York before attempting to seat nim in the white house. That's the gate through which the presidents pass. ———— A Strain On the Buttons, Inter-Occan. Governor Gray would do well to invest in a few of those “Cleveland buttons' to hitch his suspenders to. 'l'h?'ru will be a strain on his suspender buttons’ at, St. Louis when some of the old. (ushiul,ml democrats begin to pull the creases out of his legs. T Nothing Mean About Us. Chicago Tribnne, There is nothing mean ‘About the Am 1can people, aud if President Cleveland will attend to duty closely, next vear they will give him a long vacatign, with nothing to do vut keep down the weeds at Red Top and fish every week, if he wants to, John Sherman's Strengeh, Ohio Staté Jowrnal. The commanding stfength of John Sher- man’s position is in nothing so strikingly manifested as in the fact that those in Ohio who were once (no doubt improperly) classed as his opponents are pushing to the front as his staunchest and most enthusiastic friends, And now there should be no tendency to class as opponents those wauting to do him yecman service, and wre in fact sincere {ricuds. Soite Aristocracy. New York World, In Kansas City they say that John James Ingalls owes his election to the United States senate to an article which he wrote for a western ‘magazine. Samebody has called Ingalls “one of the codfish aristocracy.’ Thereupon the sarcastic Iugalls wrote a magazive article entitled *“The Catfish * Aris- tocraey,” which - was s0 full of sarcasm that it made him famous in his state. One of the catfish olite who felt sgrieved went to the Cat office of Ingalls and told the presont senator that he intended to thrash him. Ingalls said | he wonld give the bully five bushels of pota- ! toes and twenty pounds of bacon if he would leave the office peacefully. The offer was accepted. 2 —e e Congressional Gas Retorts, Springfietd Republican. Two hundred congressmon want to speak on the tariff bill, and want 100 solid hours to doitin. The democrats would utilize the evenings for the disposal of a part of this tempest of talk, but the republicans dislike that scheme because of the small attendance at those sessions. Congressmen long since gave up the idea of persuading one another by oratory, but they still feel the need of in spiration from an audience to properly talk to their constituents through the Record. - An Acrostic Oracle. Baston” Courier. WHO is the man on whom the people’s eyes WILL turn next fall! We only can surmise. BE sure who'er the priceless prize shall gain, OUR country star of nations will remain. NEXT autumn wken we're voting who shall be PRESIDENT, when in every state wo sce THE party strife, let's keep from anger free. MAN never is but always to be blest: ‘WHO is our next, no doubt, will be our best. 18 it not grand & nation’s choice to be, ELECTED by the suffrage of the freel — e - A Mcan Thief. May all his friends shake him, His creditors break him, His scolding wife ralre him, The little imps wake him, And the dickens take his We allude to the fellar ‘Who stole our umbrella. Drake's Magazine. — Thurman and Van Wyck. Indfanapolis Labor Signal. Ishould like 1o see Powderly nominated and elected, but I do not think that he would at present be a strong candidate. But there is one who, if adherence to principle, fidelity tothe cause of the people and ability in statesmanship deserve any rocognition, then lie is the man that the U. L. party is in duty bound to tender thier respects to. I refer to Nebraska's noble, patriotic and fearless son, who fougnt Satan on a hundred battlefields— the rightly Hon. Charles H. Van Wyck. Most of the reform movements in recent years we owe to him. He fought the land forfeiture bills through the senate in the very teeth of monopoly, and compelled the venom of corruption ' that has been bur- ried in the rusty archives to come from their dark hiding places. Against John the ~ Baptist no intimidation would avail, avd no clinking of precious metals would soften his voice. So dangerous did he become to corporate grecd that the crafty maiden, Jay Gould, found hersclf compelled to demand his head, at whatever cost, and it was duly delivered over by the republican legislative highway- men of Nebraska, notwithstanding the fact that he was elected by the people of the state by more than 40,000 majority. Is not the pol- itical execution by the money pawer of these men and thousands of others because they dared to stand up for the people a lesson that has been dearly enough bought? Who is the soldier that will go to the field of battle and fight like & hero when he knows that his services will not be appreciated by his country] W want men in our legisla- tive halls to face the music in dead earnest, yet when they come home we stand uncon- cernedly by and see them slaughtered by the money power like so many oxen. Sir, the nomination of such men as Thurman and Van® Wyck would be a just and powerful ° rebuke to the corruptionists. It would show them that the people value a worthy action done; it will give them notice that the corporation coffers willno longer govern the politics of this country’ and that the people do elect presi- dents. " The sound timber in both of the rot- |-ten ot hulks would go to our wharfs, and we would construct a vessel that would carry this nation over the rapids. The inhabitants of the central, western and southern states would take passage on her, and with liberty inscribed on her prow, with full set sails and flying streamers, we would glide into the harbor amid the acclamations of a grateful people. The doors of liberty would then again be swung wide open and a new era of Jeffersonian: honesty, purity and simplicity would be ushered in, and it would again be demonstrated that the fondest hope of the nges, representative government, is. nov a failure, CiARLES A. JOINSON, e Conkling’s Friends in Omaha. In a recent issue the Utica (N.Y.) Observe, says: An Omaha letter an- nounces that the sons of New York and Utica in Omaha, reinforced by men of brains and character from other states who knew and loved Roscoe Conkling, })uid formal respect to the memory and high tributes to the character of the dead senator at a meeting held in the Paxton hotel in that city. The honor of presiding was conferred upon that able editor and large-hearted citizen, Dr. George L. Miller, recently of the Omaha Herald, and it appears to have been an honor indeed to preside over a gathering of such a high character. He opened with a speech of exceeding fitness, in which appropriate allusion was made to his own relations with Mr. Conkling; and he garlanded anew the grave of Seymour. Hisassociations for over forty years had been with the men of Utica and Oneida and he was deeply impressed with tie loss that New York had sustained by the death of its imperial and illustrious son. Reso- lutions were offered by C Green and adopted. The speeches which followed were remarkable for their uniform strength and appropriateness. Dean Gardner, of Omaha, better known here as Rev. C. H. Gardner, formerly of Trinity church, made an elegant ad- dress, the text: being furnished by his church relations to tuth Seymour and Conkling during his rectorshipin Utica, He was followed by Will G |'{U.Vv whose speech was a gem, by City Attorney Webster, by Edward Rosewater and others. Dr.Miller then returned the thanks of the New York members for the participation in the meeting of so many representatives of other states, and the gathering dispersed. The Pope and His Guard, The Rome, Italy, correspondent of the Chicago Times sa Leo XIII. talks willingly with the gentlemen of his guard, because they are young and liv- ing in the world, and in high society they know everything that is going on. As the r goes outside the Vat- ican, t shes him a means of knowing what passes in the city and what is done and said. He is much in- terested in building and likes to know how the public works that are now in course of erection go on, and how the city of the popes is being transformed. Besides, Leo XIII, likes the noble guard to be as active as possible. When the last batch of gentlemen weve ad- mitted to the guard—there were twelve of them—he made them a little address, urged them not only to be true gentle- men, but also to emulate the example of Count Soderini, who has gained much honor by important literary and polit- ical works. All the great questions treated by Leo XT11., all the dificultics that have arisen between the Holy See and Ttaly or the other powers have fur- nished to Count Soderini occasion for bringing out pamphlets or larger works, which %mvu displayed lively intelli- gence and solid learning. B “Mamma, said the sweet small boy before admiring friends. 1 knew us soon 1 came in there was folks visitin’ here.” * you, darling#” said the fond motuer, trylng to wilt him with her eye; “how did you kuow(” “Oh, you Lad your compary voice on.’ Berry Wall, be dethronod king of dtdes, talks of going on the- slage axd actually had an oer for next seay e nas Y, MAY 6, 1883 ~SIXTEEN PAGES. PUT ON THE BRASS COLLAR. @Groeene is Sizing Up Necks For the Fray. AND CARRIES THE TAPE LINE, The Attorney For a “Scab" Railroad Tells the Intelligent Douglas Coun- ty Republicans They Must Abide By His Bidaing. The Convention. President Bechel, of the city counefl, took up his gavel in the chamber yesterday after- noon under a different mission from that he usually performs in guiding tho affairs of the body he presides over. Ho was the chairman, by voice and elect of the Douglag county del. egation, and conducted the deliberations of the body with fairness. Mr. Bechel acknowl- edged the honor in his courteous and pleasant style, and appointed Messrs. W, J. Connell, Joseph Southard, Walter Bennett, E. K« Long and Dennis Lane a committee on cre- dentials. A recess was taken, during which Hon. John M. Thurston said he wouldn't force himself asa delegate to the national convention, and Charley Green waved the bloody shirt. The committee on credentials, through their chairman, made their report, and stated that Florence and Douglas was not repre- sented. The report of the commmittee was adonted. Upon motion of Seth Cole the tomporary organization of the convention was made per- manent, Mr. Yost suggested that the places of ab- sontees on the delegation be filled by repre- Agmllnlivcs from districts and wards. Car- ried. Walter Bennett moved that the convention proceed to name thirty-seven delegates to the district_convention. Mr. Yost offered as an amendment to the effect that Charles Green be allowed to name the delegates to the district conven- tion. A delegate moved that the Yost resolution be laid on the table, and a vote being called fm‘-tthc chairman was undecided as to the re- sult. *Division,” “Give us the roll call,” and other as equatly demoustrative remarks came. Mr. Yost explained that his object introducing the reso- Iution ~ was i is opinion it was the only could succeed in securing a delegates to the national convention. Finally a vote was taken on the motion of laying the Yost resolution on the table. The Yost resolution was adopted by a vote of §2 to 23. v Mr. Hoffman charged Walter Bennett with being very noisy, when he was not even a resident of the state or county. Bennett laughed, and so did the chairma Mr. Benuett moved that the chair appoint seven delegates from the city, one from South Omaha and from the county to select dele- gates to the state convention. This motion was amended by several delegates, and a final one, that there be one delegate from each ward of the city, one from South Omaha and three from the county precincts, was carried. The chairman named the fol- lowing: Messrs. Rothacker, Hascall, Morri- son, Wheeler, Mercer, Cone, Kennedy, Yost, Lindsay, Grice, McArdle, Timme and Rolfs. On motion of Mr. Lee the delogates were instructed to vote as a unit on all questions before the convention. The committee selected to choose dele- gates then went out and the convention took avecess for fifteen minutes. Upon the re- turn of the committee they reported the fol- lowing delegates, which were elected: First ward—C. F. Goodman, A. J. Hoban, S. J. Bergstro Second—Daniel O'Keeffe, Al Masterman, Anton Francl; Third—O. H. Rothaker, Lee Frost, Charles Branch; Fourth—D. H. Wheeler, G. M. O'Brien, W. J. Connell; Fifth—A. Saunders, Joseph Red- man, D. H. Mercer; Sixth—B. Bell, Ed. Taylor, B. H, Cone; Seventh—M. Lee, J. L. Kennedy, J. B. Piper; Bighth—A. J. Herald, M. I, Singleton, Cadet Taylor; Ninth—R. Erwin, M. Lindsley, Frank Baber; So Omaha—E. P. Suvage, J. R. Grice, J. Glasgow; from the country precimets—H. J. Rolfs, Pat McArdle, H. C. Timme, C. H. Nagal; at large—IL S. Hascall, C. E. Yost, William F. Bechel. Mr, Bennott proposed the following reso- lution which was adopted : Resolved, That the republicans of Lan- caster county in convention assembled hay- ing instructed their dclegates to the state convention to vote for their distinguished citizen, Patrick Eagan, as a delegate at large to the national convention, we, the represen- tatives of the repulican party of Douglas county in convention assembled hereby com- mend the actions of the republicans of Lan- caster county. Upon motion the convention adjourned. in M. e Slugging For Greene. Yesterday afternoon, after the adjourn- ment of the convention, Charles Greene and a number of his friends repaired to the gen- tleman’s office to talk over and select his dele- gation to Ashland. Among those present were O. H. Rothacker, W. F. Guriey, Bill Marrow, Billy Kelley, Walter Bennett, Mor- ris Morrison and several others. Bennett stated that Greene ought not to put a labor union man on his ticket. This remark was based upon the fight in the Sixth ward, where Greenc's candidates were de- feated by a majority of over seventy. The successful ticket was for Yost, and it 18 thought that the union men in that section wanted to rebuke Greene beeause of his con- nection with a “scab” road. Bennett's re- mark offended Marrow, who resides in the Sixth, and who interpreted it as a reflection upon his loyalty to Greene. Marrow replicd that the remark was an insult to the work- ingmen, who were not candidates for the penitentiary, as uld prove Bennett was, or had been, and in Owaba also. He then started after Bennett, and a Mitchell-Sul- livan foot race took place around the room until the _participants were _separated, Morrison, Gurley, Rothacker, Greene and Beunett went to Ed Maurer's for supper, and after they had been scated for somo time Billy Kelley and Marrow ontered. They were about to take their seats when Marrow noticed Bennett and told Kelley he thought he would pound him. Marro! s dissuaded from the attempt and the Greene purty left their tables and stood for a time in front of the bar. Marrow followed them, chased Bennett to the sidewalk, where another foot race occurred, Rtothacker and Creene this time keeping the autagonists apart. Marrow was finally induced to re-enter the saloon, and tho othiers of the party then went away. About twenty minutes lator, Hennett came back and was innediately seen by Marroy who rushed at him and dealt himn a he blow on the right jaw and ear. lennett pulled a slung-shot’ from his pocket and struck Marrow on the left side of the head above car, bruising and cutting the scalp which bled _profusc He was immediately hustled from ~ the saloon, and was escorted away by some friend. A few minutes later Bennett weat alone in the same direction and was hugging his ear with a good deal of care, It is thought that this is not the end of the serimmuge. Greene is in a quandary. He cannot give the Sixth ward a representation on his dele- gation to Ashland unless he vlace a defeated man there. He has exhibited a tendency to ignore the trades union men because his o position has cowme from them, He is, tierc- fore, more than usually caveful not to put one of them upon his ticket Another reason for his caution is that to insure his su he must have a solid dele- gation from O 10 overcome the opposi tion he expects along the line of the B. & M., where it seems workmen bave combined against him as well as they have h delegation of workmen from Omaha will join with others at Ashiand and enable Mr. Greene to stay away from the Chicago cou- vention. AL HE MAY BECOME A VIDOCQ. The Young Bookkeeper to Whom Pinkerton Offers a Career, Rohert A, Pinkerton, the head of the most erfuldelective system in th Unite ates, is not at all the detective ' ance, but with his shoxt, black ound, ruddy face and clos trimmed side-whisker on cach ck o looks like a contented raan: who lives wuch in the His. feco 13 Scowh and his maruers American, u\{l the 8t. Louls Chroniole. Ho dresses. in woll-fitting but plain clothes, and is abstemipus as to drink- ing. Coffee and cider are his only drinks and he does not use tobaoco. Lcnnlnf against & hotel counter the other night, he spoke of the traiging of a detective, “We can tratn any young mah and make a good detective of him if ho is intelligent,” said he. “We raiso most of our detectives, taking them in with us when they are less than twenty yearsold and training them. Somaoe times I advertise for a bookkeeper in New York, and from the hundreds of replies received I select those that please me best and ask their writors to call. Then I question them and choose thoones I want for my work. In a week or so I can tell if they will make good detectives.” “*‘What nation produces the bost de« tectives?” “‘The Irish and American, and the Trish-American, I think, is the best de« tective, But I have men of all nation- alities employed. I have to have them, because some of our cases involve European trips and detective work in Europe. If we are working a case whioh leads us to Paris, wo send a Frenchman there, and so with any other European country. We have to employ men of various classes also for the ~different kinds of work. We have to send men on race tracks to watch for pickpockets, and we have to send others to balls to protect the jewelry of guests.” “In selecting your detectivos, what qualities of character do you look for especially?” “First of all, secretiveness, Not tao- iturnity, but our men musn’t talk about our business. We discharge a man in- stantly if we find that he is making himself known., We have good men with us who have been detectives for years, and whose business has never beeen suspected by the neighbors near whom they have lived for years. ‘A detective loses his usefulness whon it becomes generally known that he is a detective, and the detective forces of cities would be much better if their men were not so conspicuous. Again, our men must be entirely reliable. They must never lie tous. We want no man fond of liquor. “When we get good men we try to keep them as much as possible out of temptation, but we caa’t always do this, and they themselves must have self- control enough to keep clear of the habit. Many promising detectives are ruined by women and liquor; they are the chief dangers a man in this business has to fear.” “Have you operatives to whom you can trust the entire conduct of a casa?” “‘Some, but we very rarvely do it. Most of our men, when they are work- ing on a case,act directly under instruc- tion, and are very rarely called upon to use their own judgment. The mails and telegraph keep us constantly ine formed of their movements. Oceasion= ally, an operative finds himself obliged to take a step without consulting us, when he is unable to reach us, but that does not often happen. As a general thing, imEurmm. cases are worked out through the heads of our bureau, our superintennents and then the opera- tives, by instruction and often by con- sultation of all engaged in the work.” “Do women make good operatives?”’ “No, they do not. We_ employ some, but never one if we can help it. Their fault is talkativeness; they can’t be trusted with an important secret,” i o NO JAIL CAN HOLD HiMm, ' “There is no jail that that man can’t beat. He has been in every jail of any conséquence in the land, and escaped them all at one time or another,and yet he is not much over thirty-five years of age. A dispatch from Monticello, Ill., an- nouncing the escape from the Piatt county jail of George Anderson, a Chi- eago burglar, had heen shown Lieuten- ant Ripley by a Chicago Herald re- porter. “‘He is one of the most expert thieves, porch-climbers and jail-breakers in the country,” continued the lieutenant. “‘He served a term in Joliet for the burglary of the residence of N. J. Chalmers, in West Monroe street, about eight years ago, and has escaped from more jails than any thief kn to the police. “Prior to that bruglary Anderson was confined in the Sycamore (I11.) jail. That is a building of lime stone, with walls about two feet thick. That fellow was there with thirteen other prison- ers. He used to take the ash pan of the stove, fill it full of live couls and hold it against the jail wall. He continued this until he had slacked the wall through for a distance of about three fect square, which was lkept fully hidden from view. His fellow-prison- d him working day 1 oht when the job was(in he knocked out tho lime-slacked por- tior of the wall and the jail wns left tenantless a fow minutesafter. He was being held there for burglary. “Shortly after his escapo from more I was ono day standing in front of the academy of music when I noticed a deerepit old man pass by, Heo was the most distorted being 1 eversaw. He had on spectacles, walked crooked and had crutches, I looked a second time at the contorted, decropit form, and [ sard to mysclfl, *'There’s Anderson.’ “T arrested the man and he acknowl- edged that he was And also wanted at was taken the one night, digging ¢ through heavy planking, to ‘the court-room and leaving by the roof. Three years ago he made a visit to Omaha, which cost n residont, just $15,- 000 in bonds which he 1. “When we weroe still the ‘Old Rookery’ Anderson was confined there, One Sunday afterncon I heavd a fearful commotion” in the cells. [ waited awhile, and then went to see what the troul . There was Anderson with L hard at work tearing out the tion and framework of tho building. He was in & fearful perspiration, and two prisouers in an adjoining cell were intently toh- ing him. “What are yon doing?” I asked. He coolly answered: ‘ORh, let me alone. 1 wus only looking around for alittle exercise,’ Itook him cut, and as we were going up stairs he d you'had only kept away for n minttes longer, I would have had ¢ m‘_\lhinfilpnl. 1 had every fraine out and wou have given you no - ) r from the jail, he has broken favorite works, though hie was in the lust stages of dis- and elaims that confinement will h to hiw. [ regard him as the t and most dangerous wan in hisline in the country.” Puemssure, Pa., May 5.—[Speot grom to LYuk BEE - Chairman B. I, & s iuterviewed on the report fro York that Blaine had consented to TORSH mpaigh in bis behall. e .weid hat ho firinly believed the siory. o be un- founded. Though he Lad-not Leard person- ally from M alne for some tim t the luiter wrote s fricnd here two de; - wMrming Lis deforwication wot 1o naze Lo 5O belore Liw vauviuilon.”