Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 12, 1889, Page 4

TR oy 1 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Datly (Morning Edition) including SUNDAY. Hrg, One Year. 410 00 or Rix Months, o or Thres Mont L Tre OMANA SUNDA' mailed to any 8%, One Year, . Wiekey ek, Ono ¥ o s A0 OuAnA OFFICE, N8, 914 and 010 FARNA M STREET, JIICAGO OFFL 507 RooKeRY BUILDING. NEW YOIk OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 16 Ti1BU X unpixg, WASHINGTON OFFicE, No. bl OURTEENTH STR CORRESPONDENCE, Al comrhunieations relating to news and edl. torial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR oF e BEE, RUSINESS LETTERS. 11 business letters and remittances should be Wi Aressod to Tk BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAIA, Drifts, checks and postoffice orders to Bo made payablé to the order of the company. 6 Beo Pablishing Company, Propristors, E. ROSEWATER, Editor. T™H ALLY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btato of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, { ™ Georga B, Tzschuck, secrotiry of the Res Pub- lishing company, does, golmuty swear that the nctual cireulation of Tie DALY BE: Weck ending March 9, 1850, was a8 follow Eunday, March § Monday, March 4 Tuesany, March 5. Wednesday, March 6, Chursday, Marcn day, Mirch 8 Baturday, March 9, Average GEO B. HUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed to in my presence this 9th day of March, A. D). 1889, al. N. P, FEIL, Notary Publie. Etate of Nebrask: | Connty of houglas, | %% George B, Tzschuck, belng duly sworn, de- “es and says that ho I8 secretary ol the Bee Publishing company, that the actual ay nm\ra daily circulation of Tug DuiLy Beg for the month of March, 1888, 19,680 coples; for .\El‘ll I8, 187 coples; for May, 188, 18,181 cople: for June, 183, 241 coples; for July, 1848 18,053 coples; for August, 1888, 18,183 coples; for September, 1888, 18, 134 covles; for October, 1888, 18084 coples;” for Novem. ber, 1588, 18,088 coples; for December, 1883, 18,223 copies; for y, 1880, 18,574 copies; for Feb- ruary, 1880, 006 cOpLOA. EORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence this 2d day of March, A, D. 1850, Notary Publie. Te c({\|||tr; is now ripe for Samoa Bensations. LEGISLATIVE business wili be rushed through in job lots during the remain- ing ten days. THE county commissioners are walk- ing on pretty thin ice. Another false step, and in they go. 010 is not troubled with modesty in her demands for publi She is ready to fill every va on carth without any assistance from Indiana. “FAcTORIES, a free bridge, unity, courage and a union depot.” These are essential to the future of Omaha, and eyery eitizen should assist in securing them. Tni Nebraska legislature haslabored fifty days and .brought forth twelve laws. Everyone of these laws cost the state something over four thousand dollars, THE warring factions in Hayti have adopted the best possible means of se- curing peace in the countr; At last account they had almost annihilated each other. The government directors of the Union Pacific ave said to favor the ‘Ames policy.” But no poliey should find favor unless it includes a Union depot at Omaha. A spasy of moral reform struck St. Joseph last Sunday, and all shops were locked and barred. A remnant of the James gang, ‘however, did a thriving business in the safe cracking line. Trr United States supreme court has affirmed that states or communities cannot tax or otherwise restrict inter- state commerce. Perhaps the Omaha eity council is a bigeer man than the supreme court. ToE measure to regulate sleeping car charges in th ate is & commendable one. The greed of the Pullmansisonly equalled by the growth of the monoply, and its exactions should be limited and brought within reasonable bounds. Tne real estate speculators who ex- peet to fleece the government out of a snug sum for a site for a fort wall have their labor for their pains. The gov- ernment cannot be hoodwinked by seltish cliques or taken in by sharks. Tue Iowa railroads are obliged to use as much red tape in transporting liquor from one point of the state to another as the usual “druggist” is compelled to take in selling it. For all that, no one necd go.dry in lowa“with a quarter 6f a dollar in his pocket Tue preliminary agitation of the re- publican boot is producing astonishing results. The governor of Dakota has forwarded his resignation to Washing- ton by special messenger. The mails were too slow and insecure to convey the news of Church’s conversion to ter- ritorial home rule. SNOW has fallen in the mountains of Colorado recently and the fea: of drought are somewhat allayed. Never- theless the danger of a short water sup- ply threateus the farmers of that region dependant on irrigation, and unless con- sldorable rain falls this spring, the cerops of Colorado for 18589 will be ruined, AN important conference of state rail- roal commissioners representing some thivly states isin session at Washington. Phe necessity of uniform classification in freight is orfe of the principul topics under discussion, But for all the sug- gestions which this convention may re- comnend, the railroads will take their own time in adopting them unless coerced by fear of the law. » T capture of Matt Zimmerman, the convietod murdever of Sherifl Woods, is & cheerful indleation that Nebraske jus- tice is gradually coming to the front. Zimmerman successfully bluffed every court in the lund for three years, and finding the hulter getting too close to his neck for comfort he walked out of Jail with the assistance of a pair of logal conspirators. He is tho last surviving ink of cowboy ruffianism in the state, and can point * with bloody pride to a record of thrae sentences of death with- out a tdste of the gallows, ALIEN LAND LAW LEGISLATION. Tie B has sevoral times urged the necessity of removing the restriction placed upon the investment of foreign capital in Nebraska by the alien land law, pussed by the last legislature. The mistake made in the enactment of that law is generally admitted to have been a drawback to the prosperity of the state during the last two years. Itis not questionable that but for the exist- ence of this act forcign capital toa large amount would have boen invested in Nebraska, particularly in Omaha and some of the larger and more pros- porous towns of thoe stato. Othorstates have profited by the shortsightedness of the last legislature, but the supply of foreign capital secking investmont is not exhausted, and if the present legis- lature shall correct the error of the last rogarding this capital there can be no doubt the beneficial effect will speedily appear. Two measures for this purpose are be- fore the legislature, the Jewett bill, which passed the senate last week, and the Hanthorn bill, which passed the house some time ago. 'The senate bill is the more carefully drawn, and in all probability will be accepted by the house. It is in most respects similar to the Minnesota law, which has been found to operate very satisfactorily. It provides against the absorption and perpetual - pos- session of large areas of land in Ne- braska by non-resident aliens and cor- porations not incorporated under the laws of the state, but gives adequate protection to the heirs of alien land- owners and also to foreign holders of liens upon real estate or any interest therein, whether herctofors or here- after acquired. All such are allowed by the bill to retain possession of lands acquired by devise or descent or by the enforcement of a lien or judgment for any debt or liability or by purchase at any sale made for the purpose of col- lecting or enforcing the collection of such debt or judgment for a period of ten years, and if not sold within that time such real es shall revert and escheat to the s Any non-resident alien or foreign corporation may, how- ever, purchase and acquire title to such real estate as shall be necessary for the purpose of erecting and maintaining manufacturing and other ostablish- ments, and the act doesnot apply to any real estate lying within the corporate of cities' and towns. If this bill shall become a law foreign capital invested in farm mortgages will be fairly protected while such capital will be free from all restrictions to in- vestment in city real ostate and so much as may be re- quired for manufacturing establish- ments. The necessity of a reasonable and liberal policy of this kind must be obvious to everybody, and none should be more ready to support it than the farmers, who are vitally interested in having the largest and freest oppor- tunity to obtain money as they may need it. It is especially important, also, at thisVime when eastorn capital- ists are manifesting distrust of western mvestments, that we should not in- crease the threatened difficulties of the situation by shutting out foreign capi- tal. The policy of prohibiting aliens from acquiring large areasof land is universally admitted to be wise and expedient, but there is no sound rea- son why legislation should go beyond this, while practical experience dem- onstrates that it is unwise to do so. The present legislature must not fail to undo the unfortunate work of the last with regard to this important matter. VANDERVOOR' Paul Vandervoort has struck a snag in his ambition to become superintend- entof the railway mail service. His disreputable record in that service is a formidable bar to his appointment. Vandervoort’s prominence has been mainly due to his unscrupulous use of Grand Avmy influence. He has adver- tised himself as “‘General Paul Vander- voort,” the battle-scarred veteran. Vandervoort never was a general, a colonel, a major, or even a corporal. He never held a commission in the army, never within fifty miles of u battle, and eannot trathfully boast that he crossed swords with a rebel. His army record can be summed up in three lines. Ho served as clerk in the quartermaster’s office at Alexan- dria a few months; enlisted on a bounty in an Iilinois regiment; surrendered himself without a shot to asquad of con- feds in northern Kentucky, and after remaining prisoner for a few months was sent home on parole. This is the full military rvecord of this bottle- scarred blatherskite, How did a nmman with such a slim' ex- hibit of valorous service get to be com- mander of the Grand Army? Simply by his sublime cheek and the active aid of the Pacific railroad managers and the political strikers that train with th ilroads in this state. As chief clerk of the railway wmail service at Omaha Vandervoort had used his position as a politleal lever for the railroad factios, nelpod to smother re- ports of defii-nt mail service and winked at systewatic frauds on the gov- ernment in the overweighing of mails which ran into the hundreds of thous- ands of dollurs during ,the peviod he had charge of the railway mails west of the Missouri, The scandalous abuses and downright frands which were prac- ticed under Vandervoort’s domination would fill several pages of a great daily. Vandervoort’s time was given almost entively to political bumming and plot- ting. He was the head and front in sotting on foot the murderous assault that sent Richard Curry to the peni- tentiary and narrowly escaped the pen- itentiary himself, as certified to by Congressman W. J. Connell, at that time prosecuting attorney of this dis- trict. Vandervoort was dismissed from the service by Judge Gresham when he was pestmaster general, not because he was devoting his time to the grand army, but becduse he was insubordinate and grossly nogligent in his duties. Van- dervoort pretends that he wds dis- missed while he was traveling for the grand army, when the truth is that he was junketing on pleasure tripsin Utah and California, Since he has been out of the servico this bombastic bummer has W e B not done an honest day's work. e has been kepton the pay-rollsof the Pacific railroad for political influence on grand army veterans and employed by the most notorious hoodling contrac- tor in Nebraska on jobs about the national capital. Two years ago he was at the state cap- itol all winter as John M. Thurston’s right-hand-man in the work of corrupt- ing the logislature through the now historic oil-rooms. That a man with such an infamous record shotld receivp the support of any congressman or senator from this state isa lasting disgrace. No congressman or senator from this state can trathfully protend that he is ignor- ant of Vandervoort’s disreputable character and reprehensible practices. If the party or any of its leaders are in- debted to such unprincipled barnrcles lot them pay their debts out of the cam- puign fund or out of their own pockets. The railway mail service is the last place for a man of Vandervoort's stamp. The head of that service should bea man of business and known integrity of purpose. He should be a man of execu- tive ability and experience in the ser- vice, with a record that cannot be as- sailed, 3 THE OBSTUCTIONISTS. The cryof ‘‘wolf” about the city hall amendment comes from the wrong quarter, What object have Jim Creighton and John B. Furay in creat- ing all this rumpus about the amend- ment? Is it not manifest to everybody that these parties. after the most over- whelming defeat at the polls, still per- sist in carrying on their obstructfon tactics, and expect to prevent the eree- tion of the city hall on Farnam street within their lifetime if itis in their pewer to do so. One fact alone will suffice. One of the strikers who sneczes every time Jim Creighton takes snuff, offered a resolution ifi the executive session of the council that the city hall be built one hundred and thirty-two feet on Farnam street, solid against Tie BEE building, and only forty feet deep on Eighteenth street. Now, supposing that the con- struction of ‘the building so as to ex- clude the light on the east side werc proper and profitable, what kind of a city hall building would we have if only forty feet deep? During the campaign this council- man, and the men whom he represents, clamored against the Farnam street lo- cation on the ground that there was not room enough on thé lot designated to build a city hall which would accommo- date a city of one hundred thousand population, Now they want to cut the building down to a depth of forty feet! THEIR OWN PRESERVERS. The burden of complaint of our busi- ness men is the lack of proper railroad facilitiesto the north,aregion that holds out great promise for trade if Omaha only had direct and rapid communica- tion. The truth of the matter is, Low- ever, that our wholesale merchants are largely to blame for the present unsat- isfactory state of affairs. While clam- oring for an independent road into northern Nebraska and southern Da- kota, they do nothing to make the best oft he existing railroad lines between Omaha and the northern part of the state. It is notorious that the freight and express service between Omaha and points to the northwest is irregular and slow. Goods shipped from Owmaha are longer in transit to this region than merchandise sent from Chicago al- though but one-fourth the distance. The wholesale merchants of our city have just grounds for complaint against the railroad and express companies for their discrimination. If these job- bing firms would unite in an effort to correct these abuses and if the proper business pressure be brought to bear, there can be no question that the present discrimination would be abated. But thero is too much apathy among our wholesalers. There is no unity of action. The indignities are borne without a protest, and every one is waiting for his neighbor to take up the cudgel in defense. The con- sequences ave that the railroadsand ex- press companies complained of take advantage of this state of affairs, They turn a deaf ear to individual and occasional complaints as much to say, what are you going to do about it? This 15 one of the forms of railroad discrimi- nation which a determined united, and persistent move on the part of our job- bers themselves can remedy, and action should no longer be delayed in the vai hope that a champion of their wrongs will spring up without their effort. Tue state department discredits the report that a fight had taken place be- tween a German and an American war vessel at Samoa; and that the latter was destroyed, It seems hardly proba- bly that had such a conflict occurred the government would still be without official notification, and the suggestion that the canard was set afloat for a spec- ulative purpose is by no means incred- ible. In the event, however, of the re- port being contirmed theve will be pro- found interest the administration. This would neces- sarily be governed wholly by the cir- cumstances of the confliet, which could only be determined by an investigation, but nothing is more certain than that a failure to treat such an affair as an in- stance of German aggression would sub- ject the administration to sharp criti- cism from its political opponents, who however ardently they supported the poace conserving methods of Mr. Bay- ard will be satisfied with nothing short of a jingo policy toward all nations on the part of Mr. Blaine. Meanwhile it is said that the secretary of stute is giv- ing therough study to the Samoan issue, and when it becomes necessary for him to act it cannot be doubted that ali American rights and interests there will be fully cared for, — I'me heartlessness of monopoly finds a striking illustration in the fact that there are more than thirty thousand miners out of work in the anthracite conl regions, the families of most of them being on the verge of starvation. Annually thousends of theso people pass through a similar bitter experviedce, but the number of minevs out of employ- ment at this tyme is greater than for a especting the course of | number of years, due to the fact thatan opon winter reduced the demand for coal, and in order to work off the pro- duct, which is a fixed quantity from sea- sor to season, the miners are thrown out of work. The wants, the privation, and the suffering of these people re- ceive not the slightest consideration from the wealthy coal barons. The miners have appealed to them to be per- mitted to earn something to keep their tamilies from_gtacrvation, and are not particular abbib the sealo of wages, bat the barons will not incraase the stock of coal on hafd. To do this would per- hinps compal d rodu ction in the price of coal, and - the serdid and insatinble monopolists are ke enly opposed to es- tablishing any such precedent. Any change that takes place in the price of coal they intend shall be to higher rather than lower figures, and in order to carry out their conspiracy against the consumers of the whole coun- try there muast be a limit to production. Having “cornered” one of nature’s gifts, it matters not to them that in order to turn it to their fullest advautage it is necessary to subject thousands to destitution and suffering, while it mercilessly plunders the p ple. It isan exampleof what monopoly will do when it has the power, and it is an example which shames the Ameri- can character, Tue people of Custer county are deeply interested in two bllls now pend- ing in the legislature—house roll 119 and senate file 111. Both bills affect county division and impose restrictions which will serously impede the reduc- tion of large and cumbrous counties. Custer is one of the largest counties in the state, It is fifty-four miles long by forty-eight miles wide. Its people are energetic, thrifty and prosperous. The distance from the present coun ty seat is so great that it takes from one to three days for most of the people to make the round trip. Under these circum- stances the legislature will do them a great injustice if it imposes needless ro- strictions on county division. Custer could be divide d into four good sized counties. The people are in favor of division, the only difficulty being the lines upon which it shall be accom- plished, and all they ask is to be al- lowel to work out their own destiny under the present laws. The pending Is, so apparently harmless, the di- visionists of Custer claim, are really in the interest of county seat cliques and land speculators. THE suggestions made by prominent business men ot * Omaha regarding the needs of this cjty, which have appeared in Tre BEE frol time to time, should malke such an impression upon our citi- zens as will lead to a united and vigor- ous effort to secire some of the require- ments essential!to our progress and prosperity. There is a yery general anding and agreement as to wanted, but the difficulty is that no adequate and persistent eff ort is made to secure it. The S not a west- ern city which at this time is doing less than Omaha to advance its pros- perity, and while unquestionably this city is steadily moving forward, from the sheer force of conditions which make irresistibly for its advancement, itis by no means taking the fullest ad- vantage of its opportunities. The men of capital and business must arouse from this state of lethargy and ap- parent indifference if Omaha is to re- tain to itss1f all that properly belongs to it and attract someth ing from other fields in which it may profitably com- pete. Of course all this is trite. It has been said again and again. But the misfortune seems to be that it is neces- sary to periodically repeat such warn- ings and counsel, in order that vigilance and actlvityn promoting the interests of the city shall not be wholl y aban- doned. Tk clearings of Omaha banks for the t week indicate a substantial ad- vancein business in all directions. The per cent of increase compared with the corresponding week last year is 41.1, a sum exceeded by butone ecity in the country. The transastions of the banks are the best vroofs of a city’s prosper ity, but it is only one of the many ovi- dences that Omaha is entering a season of uncommon activity and progress. Renl estate transactions show a steady increase, Building permits keep pace with the general growth and the ad- vance of the season. The outlook is certainly a cheering one. .This natural forward movement in business and building needs the stimulating Torce of umted action on the part of leading cit- izens. Increased railroad facilities, a new bridge and a new depot can he se- cured this year by along pull and a strong pull togethe THE fact that a large quantity of illuminating oils shipped into Towa has been covered to be below the safewy test point emphasizes the necessity of rigid inspection of oils in Ncbraska. The bill before the legislature to raise | the grading of illuminating oils should be looked after. . In the event of un- favorable legislation on the oil inspec- tion bill, Nebraska will become the dumping ground for oil rejected in otber stutes as unsafe, and the life and | property of oupr people wiil be put in peril from the use of high explosive Because of unsatisfactory inspection in | this state, the law cannot be reasonably condemned. We need honest oil spection. Tug Herald is anxious to Kknow whether Frank Carpenter’s letters are really special to THe Br The proof udding i§'in the eating, If our ive contemporary will take the trouble to write to Mr, Carpenter's brother, Wade Carpenter, at Mans- field, Okio, to whom THE BEE remits monthly drafts for the pnyment of these letters, it will be able to satisfy itselfl on that score. By the way, THE BEE'S contract -with Frank Carpenter stipu- lates that he is to write fifty letters of his tour around the world, The seven- teenth letter will appear in next SUN- DAY's BEE. —— Tue Readiog failure which has caused no little commotion in ivou cie- cles is attributed to some extent to the competition of southern iron. There | county have 1 to | iustituto of favmers at Gary, M in- o can be no question that the rapid growth of the irofi industries in Alabama has sériously cut into the iron trade of Ponneylvania. The cheap ores and conl of the south may some day revolu- tionize the iron business of the country. Mavor GRANT, of New York, has given the telegraph and telephone com- panies of that city thirty days’ grace to take down their poles. The companios, however, rofuse to comply with the order, claiming that it cannot be done. The people of that city will soon have an opportunity of judging how much backbone Mayor Grant possesses. Tne gold hunting fever of Lower California which at first gave evidence of turning the heads of the people of Southern California is giving evidence of dying out. The alleged discoverics which are on Mexican tervitory are ily accessible from San Diego, and there is little question but that the ex- citement was a speculative enterprise on the part of shrewd real estate men. — I there bo trouble along the Okla- homa borders, it will be brought about by the impetuous boomers who will not brook delay in entering into the new territory. The flery adventurers now massing in southern Kansas are bring- ing discredit upou themselves as well as upon the whale Oklahoma movement. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A savings bank is soon to be started at Aurora. The Commercial hotel at Ponca has been 80ld to Sioux City parties for $16,000. The poople of Western are being urged to provide better protection against fire. The York county agricultural socicf of debt and has a surplus in the treasury. Nine criminal cases come up for trial in the Richardson county district court this week, The treasurer of Dixon county has col- lected $10,000 in taxes during the past two nionths, The secret societies of Neligh are short on a hall and the oddfcllows are taking steps to build one. There is a great demand for farms it Thayer county and there are more lessces than lessors. The annual meeting of the Dawson county pioneers will be held at Lexington nee Plum Creek, April 0. The postoffice and two sto Seward county, were entirel Friday night. There are twelve prisoners in the county jnil at Falls City, the largest number ever held at any one time. A small-sized mad dog scare raged at G ham lust week and cautious people ar keeping at a distance from all curs, Mrs. Emma Kellogg, wife of the city treasurer of Beatrice, aied at Upper Lake, Cal., last Thursday, where she had gone for the benefft of her health. Sheridan county has the only female dep uty sheriff in the state in the person of Mrs. 0. Roscerans, wife of the sheriff, whose aspointment has been approved by the county commissioners. The Hebron packing house, which has been closed about four years, i8 to be re- opened by Hill & Leach as soon us the necos- sary repairs can be made, and the fiem will begin buying hogs atonce, A party of thieves have been r: county farms and have secured property val- ued everal hundred dollars. The raid first poisoned the watch dogs and then se- cured their plunder without molestation. Two weil known young men of Blair caught a valuable bird doz the other day, saturated it with kerosene oil, set it on fire, and with fiendish glee watched the terrible suflierings of the animal. The wretch have not been vrosecuted and their have been suppressed by the local ‘The Falls City Journal has a soci tion on the string aud asks its readers who woull like to the details printed to eir- culatb a petition proying that the facts be published. The matter will be laid before the sewing socictics, and as the scandal is rich, rare and racy, the probabilities are that a demand will be made that it be given pub- licity. at Goohner, destroyed by lowa. ‘The assessed valuation of prop erty in Cal- liope is $70,000. Davenport's mayor will hereafter receive o salary of £500 a year, A 3000 pipe organ has been placed in the Dutch Reform church at Orange City. The citizens of Humboldt have sub- seribed $200 worth of stock with the inten- tion of having a first-class base ball team this year. '] enth declamatory contest of the h School association will be held at Rapids April 26, estimated that 33, of the publ during this coming . Large quantities of potatoes are being con- Fort Doage for shipment to the westel t of the state. The supervisors of Montgomery county have created the ofiice of superintendent of county b work, and appointed C. H, Wilson, of Marion county to fill the ofiice at ry of £1,000 per The meeting of the tendents of the Cedar Rapids section, in- the twenly counties about Cedar promises to be a very large one. urs on May 2, 8 and 4 in Cedar Rapias. Considerable stir was made at Maquoketa during the last election by the sight of a candidate wheeling a voter to the polls in a wheelbarrow. J. H. School offered to vote for R. W. Henry,candidate for ¢ity solicitor, if the latter would wheel him to the polls in a wheelbarrow. 0 will the ex- schools at Forest City county superinten- Dakota. St. is enjoy a real estate boom. There Lawrence ng is a demand for good tenement hous Mitchell. A concert is to be given by the Yankton choral union April 11 ’ The Charles Mix county fair will be held September 18, 1 lia, After three 1 work the plans for sewerage at Watertown have been com- pleted, The trial of John Flanerty for the mur of Hattie Wilson at Huvon, has been fiy for April 8, The county commissioners of Codington pay for $1,000 worth of printing for immigration purposes. Arvangements have been compicred for an arch 14 and 15, eakers from abroad are secured and tion of a 5,000 seminary will be dis A suit for 820,000 damages for slander has been commenced in the district co rt at d City by a lady who resides on Spring cre The defendant is a well-to-do furmer of that vicinity. An unusual number of wolves are reported along the line of the Northwestern road be- tween Yankton and Wakonda, and they are $0 bold that they hesitate about getting out of the way of passing trains, Ll - Business Tronbles. Mareh 11.—William Surgess, a Uwr-urefl leaving liabilities TORONTO, canner, has d estimated at 850, Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was & Child, she eried for Castoris, When she becawe Miss, she clung to Castoria, Whon'ahiohad Children, she gave them Castorla, LINCOLY NEWS AND NOTES. A Hoavy Bult For Damages In tho District Court. NEW NEBRASKA ENTERPRISES., An Interesting Meoting of the Irish National League—The Neoraska Dotective Associntion—Gen- eral and Personal. 1020 P Strekr, LiNcoLy,” March 11, To-day, before Judge Field and a jury, the trial was begun of George W, Brodine, a painter and decorator, vs G. Lovy, a pawn broker, to recover £10,000 for alleged ma. licious prosecution. It appeared thaton a urday, fo the middie of March, 1888, the plaintiff was in the shop of the defendant in Lincoln, redeoming from pawn, a light sum- mor overcoat. The next morning ho was arrested on a charge of stealing from a desk in the ofice of the pawn shop, a gold watch worth 835, At the request of the defondant the hearing was continued from Monday until Wednesday, when Police Judge Whit- more dismissed the complaint, after hearing the witnesses for the state, and without call- img on the plaintiff for & defense, The de- fonse ja this suit is that Levy had not acted maliciously. The watch was found to be missing somo time after the plaintiff eleft the store, and it was only after Levy had mado inquiries that he made the compluint, He therefore submits to _the jury that ho ought not to be mulcted in damages. The trial will oocupy the after- noon, and may not be given to the jury until to-morrow. The fight waxcs warin a8 the trial progresses, and it promises to be ono of the most hotly contested cases of the scssion, Irish League Meeting. The meeting of the Trish National League yesterday afternoon proved to be of unusual interest. P. O, Cassidy presided. The pro- gramme opened with a vocal solo by M Barnaby—A Mariner's Home is the which received ringin, Miss Cochran followed with a piano solo, “Home, Swoet Home,” when Sceretary Sut- ton introduced a series of resolutions com- mending the work and course of Hon, Patrick Egan which led to the exposure of the Pigott forge pse of the Times con- spira ) ved hoarty endorsement 10 the evident pleasure and satisfaction of the gentleman whom they grandly extolled, Messrs, James I"arrell, Charles Danback and e President McGlare delivered appro- priate addresses, each of whom spoke feel- ingly of Mr, Egan and the splendid work he was instrumenfal in accomplishing. One of the most nleasant incidents of the meeting, however, was the presentation to Hon. Johu Fitzgerald of a beautiful gold headed in appreciation of his patriotic recor matters pertaining to the interests of the Emerald Isle and o Trish race in general. T ¢ was presented by Mr. Charles I with a_neat and appropriate spe which was feelingly responded to by Mr. Pitzgerald, who, though taken by surprise, was equal to the emergency. Christian Park Association, D. A. Lombard, R. B. Schoeider, T. B. Hilton, J. V, Biles, s 1%, Hansen, C. Clendenn . Phipps, Roe and K. Ste ens, the first five of Fremont and the last three of Omaha, have associated themselves ether for the purpose of locating and per- petually maiu Methodist Asscmbly grounds in the vicinity of Fremont, and to secure for such grounds recognition and patronage as guthorized assembly grounds cither of the Mcthodist Episcopal conference iding elder’s district in which Fre. ocated, or shall at any tino here- after be located, or of such conferences or presiding elder's districts, August 13, 1888, dated the existence of the association and the continuance is declared to be perpetual. Articles ywere filed this day, The authoriz capital stock is fixed at 000. The par will be used for camp mecting: f assembly excreises and all consistent with the disciplin and doctrines of the Methodist Kpiscopal church. Omaha Detective Association, Tn pursuance of the statutes of the state, recite Daniel O'Connell, Alfred B, Blauf 1. P. O’Connell, Thomas S, Broderick State of Nebraska Scoret and Det service is iucorporated, d the princin oftice estublished Dmaha. The certifica of incorporation wa to-day and the accompanying bond, made to the state, in the penal sum of $10,000. The object of the corporation is to ferret out and punish act such other business as is peculiar to detective associations. At Home Again. The members of the supreme court, Judges Reese, M bb, the state board of transportad d board of secretarics, Attorn Leose, Secretury of State Commissioner Steen, Auditor Benton, aries Mason and Ager and H, M. Waring arrived home from Washington last night. They reporta delightful trip, hon upon honor in the course of events, and lantry of the Cornwallis ty Judge Mason led Belva at the he grand march at the inaugural ball, It is suggested that ctary Mason got some valuable pointers from Miss Lockiwood on tho transportation question, and t ing them for use at the April me ate board. All v all LaNcorx BureAu oF Tir OMAnA Ban, } ea'’- phlause at its closo. to oxpec ¥ other beu electorial vote for president of the United States, New Notaries Public, kans as follows were appointed b jovernor Thayer Lo-day : Alexandor (. Charlton, Omaha, Douglus county; Michael E. Cowan, Tecumseh, Jgn- Son county ; Hnrryr}). Rood, Omaha, Douglas Theodore Mengos, Kiarball, Kimball county : John H. Shopherd, Sterling, Johnson county; W. L. Cundiff, Lincoln, Lancaster county ; Charles M. Ross, Onk, Nidkolls conn ty; Martin I. Bowor, Fullerton, Vance county Samuel A. Lapp, Nelson, Nuckolls oounty Dell Aken, Hammond, Rock county; Georga E. Shelden, Newport, Rock county; H. T loy, Hatrison, Sigux county; Calvin M. Woodard, Hull, Scotts Biuffs county; Thomas Reidy, Harrison, Sioux county, City News and Notes, Henry Beors commenced his life_sont atthe penitentiary to-day. Shoriff M took him down this morning and committed him to Warden Hopkins' mereiful care Deputy Supremo Clork Wheeler is busy preparing the feo receipts in the ofice of the clerk of the supreme court of the state for tho past twonty yoars, This is done vursu- ant to the resolution of Nesbitt in the sonate a fow days ago, Zimmermann, the oscaped murdorer, cap- tured a day or {wo _sinco noar Ogden, Utah, is expected to-night, It is understood that he will become the guest of Shorift Melick, One person, in Lincoln, at loast, will be glad to kuow that this cold ' blooded murderer is again in the hands of Nebraska authoritios of tho law. This is Mrs, Woods, the wife of Sherift Woods, whom Zimmermanu murdered in cold blood over six yeurs ago, e HE PUMPS WELL Congressman Connell Talks Everything, Congressiman Connell returned to the city from Washington Saturday, In reply to an inquiry in regard to the now location for Fort Omaha, Mr, Connell said: 1 met H,T.Clarke in Washington but had no couversation with him as to tho object of his visit thore, and my knowledge of his mission isonly by inference. From my familiarity with the situation, however, ‘‘he proceeded.” I question whethier the Clarke location will be finally approved, unless the cost of the land offcred is reduced to within the limit authorizod. My own view is that it would be quite as much in the mterests of Omuha to retain the fort avits present location, because if we fairly get it on wheels it might finally lund in Towa. **Yes, I met President Harrison after his inauguration at his private parlors in the Arlington. I was introduced by Governor Saunders and_had a very pleasant interview. I also met Mr. Harrison, Russell and his wife, and conversed with them for five or ten minutes, “T was more than fayorably improssed with the appearance and bearing of the pres- ident. He is certainly a man of strong char- acter and much physical force. When he en- tored the senate chamber, arm-in-arm with President Cleveland before the inaugural ceremonics, he appeared rather slight of form and very pale, My first impression was that he was not a stroug man physically ; but, upon seeing him subsequently, upon the plat- form during the delivery of nis inaugural ad- dress, I changed my mind, and recog- nized' in him A man of much force in both aracter and _ phy- sique. “His message was delivered with marked energy and in tones clear and dis- tinct, enabling the vast throng for a con- le distance to hear him distinctly. “The president was almost overwhelmed with the throngs of people desirous of see- ing him and gave them all an audience, For the three days aftor his inauguration, the visitors in Washington had the right of way, while office-seckers and politicians were rel- egated to back seats. “Appointments! Well, up to this time no defluite - action _has been taken by the Nebraska delegalion with reference to these matters, It is undarstood, though, that the state will receive its full proportion of the geucral officers, and the applications will be cousidered by the delegation a little later on. “I had an understanding with Senators Manderson and Paddock beforo leaving that, soon as the time arrived for taking ac- tion, they would notify me and I would re- turn to Washington. “Representative Laird reached the capitol the day before I left, and we expect he will be uble, in the course of a week or ton days, to act with the delegation in the considera- tion of appointments. Senator Manderson wet him after his a and found him much improved and in very good spirits. “With regard to the postofice a{ipolm.- ments sutside of Omaha, Lincoln and Beat- rice, 1 have taken as yet no definite action, for the reason that many applicants are de- petitions and having d Absut their claims consid L “‘When I return to Washington, I expect to have such information in regard to the 5 of tho people as to be able to secure certain appointments and pave the way for mor d to the Omaha postofce, it is idered that Senator Mander- ve the right to control the office; the same is true of Senutor Paddock in the city of Beatrice, As to Lincoln, it is proba- ble that both senators and myself will take such action as may best mect the approba- tion of the citizens of that city. “No action has been taken by the Nebraska delegation or any of its members, whilo I was in Washington, in regard to the new postoffice _sitc . in this ey, It was generally understood that the Plant- er's house location is the one that will be rccommended by the special agent. It is notabsolutely certain, however, that the recommendation of the speciul agent will be appro The change department which will be made in the Washington make it difleult at this time to predict what action will be taken, On personal grounds, I might be disposed to fayor some. other location, but [ regard the Planters’ site a very good one, aud one that orhaps, satisty the pep 18 any other.” Pauncelot’s Appoint nent Approved. Loxnos, March 1L.—The queen has ap- proved the appointment. of S Julian Paun- colot as British minister to the United Stutes, - AMORY N | ) g i " R ONTRIBUTORS to Hospitals, Orphan Asylums, ctc. donate nothing more acceptable than pure soap, as it i ete., can required hourly. The Ivory Soar is the best for the purpose, as it is equally well adapted for the laundry, toilet or bath, and is ooty pure. « R. Ogden Doremus, M.D., LL. 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