Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 6, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. it —ee TRRME OF SUBSCRIPTION. Datly (Morning Rdition) including SUNDAY, Bl et 810 KR, One Y ot £ix Momths, OMA WA OrrIOR, Nu.nuso AM BTREET, 108, 5 oKkERY BUILDING. O, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUN® UILDING, ASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. URTEENTH STHREET. ATl commubtins 1ol ihg £0 hows and odl communications relating Jorial matter should be addressed to the EpITOR or T BEE, BUSINESS LETTERS, Al business lotters and romittances should be ressod to Tre DR PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMARA. Drafts, chvcks and postoflice orders to Do made payabie to the order of the company. ke Beo Publishing Company, Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Oirculation. Btate of Nebraska, [ County of Douglas, { % George B, Tzschuck, secretary of the Bee Pub- Nshing company, does solemnly swear that the ltllllr(‘lrr‘ulntlnn of Tng DALy IEe for the weck ending M 1 50, 1880, was as follows: Bunday, Murch Monday, March 25, Tuesaay, March 26, Wednesday, March raday, March 28 Ma Baturday, March 0. Average.....oeue A GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to hefore me and subscribed to in my presence this 30th day of March, A. D, 1889, eal, * N. P. FEIL, Notary Publie. Btate of Nobrask: ‘County of Douglas, {55 George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- %es and says that ho 18 secretary ot the Bes ablishing company, that the actual average daily circulatio of DAILY BEE for the month ot March, 188, 18,744 coples; May, T I plea; for duno, 18 16,243 coples; for nly, 184, 18,08 coples; for August, 188, oples; for September, 1883, 18, 1h covles] for October, 188, 18084 coples: for Novem: Der, 1688, 14,86 coptes: for Dacember, 1885, 18,228 oot e AnnasYg 1859, 18,674 coples; for Fob- ruary, 4,008 coples. , id EEORGE B, T7SCHUCK. mo_and_subscribed in my of March, A. D, 1580, . P. FEIL Notary Public. Sworn to before presence this 2d daj THI: SUNDAY BEE. Some of the Interesting Features of To-morrow's Paper. The Venice of the Orient.—Carpenter among the Slamese tells ot the dally lifeof a very peculiar people. A Hard Pull for the Bridge.—Dr. George 1. Miller tells of the close call Omaha had in thelocation of the Union Pacitic bridye. England in South Africa.—An interesting description or life in South Africa. Dene- ficlal rule of England. Enights of the Throttle.—Stories of old rail- road men Who make headquarters in Omaha. Down Among the Hoosiers.—Bill wnye writes a letter of recommendation for Hon. JohnC, New to the Prince of Wales. Huwman Nature on Wheels.—What a re- porter saw on an Omaha cable car. Cult Along the Frontier.—Laughable olip- plngs from country exchanges with agpro- priato comment. Pavements and Materials.—John Grant gives the result of many years' exverience and experiment with ifferent styles of pavements. Mountains Made of Gold.--General James 8. Brisbin tells about the experiences of the first white men who ever visited the Rocky mountains., Elizabath Cady Stanton—Offers advice to moral reformers. Pigott of the Panslavists—An interesting, gossipy letter from the Russian capital, Bliss in Havana Clouds—The smokers of Omaha and the cigars they like to smoke. In the Fleld of Sport—A complete review of all the interesting events in local sport- ing circles and a forecast of coming attrac- tions. Echoes from the Ante-Room—General gos- sip about the sccret socletios of Omana, In Omaha Social Circles—The notable events of the week and the movements of soclety leaders, The News of the Churches—What is trans- piring in religious circles and all the local denominational news, The Laborer and His Hire—Trade Union matters and items of {nterest for all who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. Other Features of Interest—The Now York Herald's tablo dispatches from European centers; our own special service trom the national and state capitals; all the happen- 1ngs in Nebraska and lowa gathered by our special correspondents; complete trade re- views; fresh and well selected miscellany, and the brightest and miost complete local nows. A NEW comet has been discovered and applications for its postoffice should be filed early. RAPID transit is demanded in every section. Omaha is too large and lively to much longer tolerate horse cars. THE prospects look favorable for an- other bridge across the Missouri to ac- commodate the Winona & Southwest- ern. This is quite unexpected. ‘WirH blizzards in winter, prairie fives in spring, oyclones in summer and hungry politicians the whole year round, Dakota has a hard time of it. THE cultivation of glanders and dis- eased beef will be abandoned in Ne- braska for two years at least. The legis- lature failed to encourage the business with a promium. ——— THE rush for Oklahoma does not effect the appetite of the average Kan- san for office. Every ablebodied man left in the district isa candidate for Cougressman Ryan’s vacant seat. — THE growth of our suburban popula- tiou is clearly demonstrated by the in- oreased suburban service inaugurated on the Union Pacific, the Missouri Pa- cilie, the Fremont & Elkhorn recently. — JAY GOULD believes that no man— except himself-—should have more than one million dollars, and in manipula- tion of Atchison stock it is quite evi- dent he is scheming that the stock- holders shall have considerably less. THE prominent business men of ©Omaha who propose to take a coaching trip through the Black Hill shortly, have hit upon & novel and effective means of extending Omaha’s social and business acquaintance with people of the northwest. Trr interesting figures respecting the growth and population of Omaha prepared by General E.F.Test based upon the school census just taken, ew- phasizes the wonderful progress mude 4n the last decade. When it is remem- ‘bered that the ratio of population to the number of school children used by General Test is a conservative standard, the prediction that Omaha will number over three hundred and fifty thousand people within the next ten years is not the wila guess of an enthusiast, but the ocareful caloulation of a statistician. THERE MAY BE TROUBLE. The situation of affairs at Oklahoma suggests that there may be serious trouble thers when the region is opened two weeks hence. A very large proportion of the adventurers that have collected there are desperately determined to gratify their greed to the fullest extent, and they will be thoroughly reckless in the effort to do 80. Some of these are the raiders of past years, who have long hungered for these lands, and who have hitherto been held in restraint only by the iron hand of the government. Desperately maintaining in the past their right to occupy these lands, now that the gov- ernment has conceded the right, it will be no easy task to hold them to any thing like orderly methods in taking possession of 1t, and it cannot be done at all unless the government is pre- pared to use its power summarily and vigorously for the repression of disorder and the punishment of all infractions of the law. The trouble in the past has been that the gov- ernment, in driving away the raiders on this territory, has done so in a way not to hurt anybody. Tn opening it to settlement it will be the duty of the government to be fully prepared to, protect in all their rights the orderly and law-abiding people who go there. But present accounts from there do not promise that the entrance of claim- ants upon the coveted lands will be wholly peaceable. There is danger that some who are now looking forward to the possession of a quarter section will secure no more than six feet by three. ‘When the rush begins the more deper- ate class, some of whom are now in de- fiance of the government hiding in the Oklahoma woods, will not hesitate at anything in order Yo get their pick of these fertile lands. Human life will count for little with the reckless and greedy men who are now lingering on the borders of Oklahoma, and individual rights will receive no consideration un- less it is compelled by a power strong enough to command respect. The strug- gle will be to acquire the lands con- venient to the line of railroad that touches either border, and it will be as aggressive and furious as the keenest avarice can render it. Under such circumstances it is hardly possi- ble that desperate and bloody feuds and collisions can be avertea. Asg there are said to be already move claim- ants: ready to enter immediately upon the lands than there are homesteads, the nature of tho rush thatwill be made when ‘the day of opening arrives may be imagined, and the probability of seri- ous trouble becomes apparent. The true policy would be to allow no one to take up lands who does not start fair. Those who are there to grab shouid be refused any standing as settlers. Only in this way can justice be done to such as respect the law and the rights of others. A SPECIMEN BRICK FROM TAY LOR'S KILN. According to a report brought all the way from Washington by Mr. Cadet Taylor’s brother, a terribly stormy in- terview took place in the streets of Washington the other day between Senator Manderson and the editor of Tur Bee. This incident is described by Taylor as follows: . In a conversation with a Republican man, Mr. Taylor mentioned incidentally that he witnessed a very stormy scene between Senator Manderson and E. Rosewater. The latter accused the senator of having been in- duced by disgraceful means to champion the Planters house site because of obligations he was under to Cleveland when in power. This sort of attack seemed for a moment to completely daze the senator, but when he began he secemed to be in earnest. He held up Rosewater as a despicable, mercenary mountebank, whose utterly shameless cu- pidity would allow nothing to succeed unless he received a dividend from it. Van Wyck and Saunders were at Rose- water’s back for uwhile and tried to shield him frow the hot shot of the senator, who, finding himself with three instead of one, rolled his sleeves still higher and burned the whole crowd in such a manner that they re- treated like a pack of whipped dogs. This is a fair specimen of impudent lying for which the two Taylors are so notorious. The only truth in this re- port is the fact that Senator Manderson and . Rosewater met in front of the sury department within hearing of this man Taylor and had a brief talk about the postoflice location. Senator Manderson never called Rosewater a mercenary montebank, nor did he use any other insulting language. Saun- ders and Van Wpyck were not present, Van Wyck was not within a mile of the treasury department and Saunders had passed upthe street. The only outsider present was Taylor, and he inserted his lip into a purely private conversation to which he had not been wvited, It is not at all likely that if General Manderson had used the lan- guage imputed to him, oven with his sleeves rolled up, that Van Wyck and Rosewater would have run away like a pack of whipped dogs. They are not noted in Nebraska for their running qualities, and not likely to display abject cowardice, even in the awe- inspiring presence of Nebraska's sefiior senator. — DECLINE OF BOND OFFERINGS. Washingtoun advices state that the of- ferings of bonds at the treasury have almost censed, and that Secretary Win- dom does not know how to continue the reduction of the accumulating surplus. This situation has been foreseen for months, When the present ad- ministration came in the bond- holders very generally believed that there would be a change of policy that wouid materially increase the price of bonds. ‘The president and therepublicans in congress were commit- ted to bond purchases as the true way of disposing of the surplus. and it was expected, perhaps quite naturally, that more fayorable inducements would be offered to invite bond offerings than under the preceding administration. It was reasoned that the republican party having assured the country that the surplus would be kept down in this way the republican administration was bound to carry out the promise even though it should be'found necessary to bid very much higher for bonds than did its predecessor. The continuation of the old policy was consequently a great disappoint- meut to the bondholders, and there was at once a noticeable decrease in their offerings. . It is a fair inference from the existing state of affairs that they have pretty generally concluded to re- tain their bonds with the idea of fore- ing the secretary of the treasury to pay more for them. They know that the surplus is growing, the revenues hav- ing exceeded the expendituces last month by more than thirteen mil- lion dollars, and the increase in the surplus being about six million dollars. They assume that the ad- ministration cannot permit this to long continue, because in the first place it would disregard the promise of t| party, and in the second place 1t might arouse the hostility of the business community. Hence they intend to keep their bonds in the hope that the treasury will decide to pay more for them, It may be that the bondholders can carry their point, but there does not appear to be any good reason why the treasury need be in a hurry to give them success. The surplus of fifty-four million dollurs at the beginning of the present month was less than half the amount at the corresponding date last year, while the money circulation of the country is greater than then by about thirty millions. The financial requirements of the business of the country are certainly no greater than they werc a year ago, but are doubtless less, It would therefore seem that the treasury may without danger to the financial interests of the country sus- pend bond purchases altogether for a time. At any vate it should not allow itself to be forced into paying more for bonds than the admittedly fair price it has been paying. At that price there is some profittothe government, buta very slight advance would destroy this profit and give the whole benefit to the bond- holders, and the administration could do nothing more certain than this to damage.itself in the popular confidence. The situation is very likely to cause Secretary Windom some perplexity, but he will make no mistake in refusing to permit the bondholders to compel him to adopt a policy in their interest. A STITCH IN TIME.: A scheme is evidently brewing to form another paving ring this season. This is to be inferred from the nature of the sureties offered by the successful bidders whose bonds have been signed by contractors of public works. 1In its decision to rejoct such surety the coun- cil has acted wisely, and itis to be ex- pected that the rule will be made per- manent by proper legislation. Omaha has had enough experienco with paving rings. Between the stone combine and the wooden block combine our taxpayers have been grossly im- posed upon for the past three years. They have paid dearly for paving, two- thirds of which has been wretchedly done. The paving, sewering, and other com- bines on public works moreover have at all times maintained an offensive and defensive alliance. They have ex- erted a baleful influence in municipal affairs. They have interfered with our city primaries aad elections and foisted their creatures into the council and positions of trust. It was their boast not so long ago either, that no man could be elected to office whom they opposed. With the leverage of patronage and political pull these con- tractors were able to name the city in- spectors. They filched thousands of dollars from the taxpayers, to the shame of our municipal government, which shut its eyes to the fraud openly carried on. It has been a hard fight to break the back of this combination. It behooves our citizens, therefore, to keep a sharp eye on the movement of contractors of public works. DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FIRES. The Dakota prairie firesare appalling inmagnitude and destructiveness. Such hurricanes of flame have never been equalled in the west, and can only be compared. in extent and fury, to the seas of fire which sweep the pampas plains of South America. The ex- tremely dry winter and spring weather left the country a vast tinderbox, parched and crusted and vipe for the touch of fire. When the furious wind storn of Tuesday struck the country the burning weeds on the creek bot- toms were fanned and spread intoan ocean of flame which swept the coun- try in every direction, destroying farm houses and towns, and carrying death and ruin to thousands of people. Its force was irresistible. No barrier erected could withstand the destructive fury of the fire and smoke. Ordinary precautions were useless. The tongues of flame leaped over fire guards three hundred feet wide, and spread out over miles of country, sending destruction with lightning speed over hill and val- ley. It was a roaring storm of fire driven by the strength of a hurricane, terrorizing the inhabitauts, and render- ing futile all humau appliances to block its path, The country is now a blackened path of desolation, Thousands of familics are homeless, thriving villages have been wiped out of existence, and many lives lost. The direct loss of property already reported amounts to over one million dollars, but the total will more than double that sum. The losses will fall with crushing force on the farmers. Their homes, stock, granaries and im- plements, representing the savings of years of toil, were swept away in a mo- ment, leaving them homeless and pen- niless on the threshold of spring. The disaster is complete, and the conse- quences will be felt by the unfortunates for years to come, —— Tue difference in the cost of stone aud wood paving material this year is g0 slight that property owners should curefully consider the advantages of the former over the latter. Stone 1s so far superior to wooden blocks that the excess in cost is counterbalanced by durability, cleanliness and permanency, Wood pavement is dear at any price. emmm———— PRESIDENT HARRISON has read the riot act to the republican factions of the south, These reformed brigadiers arve rarely heard from when party princi- ples demand defenders. It is only when the prospects of ofice brighten ahioel THE OMAHA DAIL L that they appear at the public erib, re- tailing ghostly ' stories of party sacri- fice, and pleading for a share of the #poils as a solace for their exaggerated sufferings. The president has wisely decided that those who fought the good fight without expectation of reward aroe entitled to prior consideration. E—— Tar American Meat company incor- porated under the laws of Pennsylvania with a capital of twenty-five millions proposes to own ranches, raise ocattle, control packing houses and to distribute the meats to the various markets all over the country. This is a scheme in comparison with which the alleged beef trust of Chicago pales into insig- ulficance. FVICTIONS cannot be popularized in this country, The attempt to drivo the Des Moines river settlers from lands they have occupied for years has vir- tually failed by the withdrawal of the miiitia. A fow exchanges of shots con- vinced the soldiers that bloody work would result from the use of force, and they wisely retired to their homes. GOVERNOR THAYER'S veto resurrects the live stock commission, but its use- fulness is painfully diminished by an empty trensury. Unless some patriotic citizens contribute the necessary ex- penses, the peopte will miss the rare sight of men parading over the country loaded for glanders RETRENCHMENT, reduction and re- tirement is the motto of the railroads. The mechanic and the laborer, the men receiving the least wages, are the first to feel the screws of economy, while the high-salaried officials are un- touched. Reform in railroad service never begins at the to! Tre cotton growers of Georgia have determined to establish pine straw fac- tories in order to manufacture a substi- tute for bagging and outwit the jute combine. The farmers of the west might take the hint and outflank the twine trust. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. It is understood that Mr. Parnell will be the next witness before the commission, and although his vindication is now complete, his testimony will be read everywhere with profound interest. Itis probable that if not checked by the commission the course of the Parnellites will be one of political boldness, It is believed they will accept the challenge of the government and proceed into an in- vestigation of the government of Ireland. It will be made manifest that from the initia- tion of the land'league movement until now the aim of that organization hus been consti- tutionally to disturb as much as possible the dulluess of English public opinion, which alone has stood in' the way of social reform in Ireland, and by a vigorous agitation strictly within fundamental law, to bring home to English thought the injustice under which the people of Ireland have been com- pelled to live. The Parnellite testimony will demonstrate that the land league cmployed every means within its power to repress lawlessness, and ' that the petty increase of crime—for the maximum of disturbance of a really criminal nature in Ircland is com- paratively trifling—has been due to the tyrannical courseof the castle authorities. Mr, Parnell has been a courageous, con- sistent and astute leader. Starting out to conduct a lawful agitation, he will find it casy now to demonstrate how faithfully he has abided by his chosen tactic But for the virulent and stupid enterprise of his po- litical enemies he would not have gotten so impressive an opportunity. Public opinion in England and Scotland will receive a powerful and effectual enlightenment which it has long needed concerning the true nature of civil and military administration in a smaller island. 0 Tho French chamber of deputies having sanctioned the prosecution of Boulanger, there is no further question thut it will be proceeded with. The prosecution of a man who has a large body of voters at his baclk is a doubtful experiment in any state, and par _ticularly in France, where people so readily take up with a would-be dictator. It is not possible to punish him in any effective way without killing him, and no government nowadays likes 1o kill & political opponent. If ho is nov killed, the chances are ten to one | in favor of his becoming a martyr. The trial and imprisonment of Louis Napoleon in 1840 undoubtedly helped him on his way to the Empire in 1851, and if the French gov ernment, instead of expelling the Comte do Paris, had seized him and locked him up. it would have done a good deal for the restora- tion of the monarchy at Boulanger has been plotting and intriguing against the Re- public thero is no question; in_ fact, he con- fesses it himself; but the trouble is that a very large body of voters think he did rignt. M. Vucherot, who is not a bad observer, writes a forecast to the Figaro, wiiich secms to have a great deal of wisdom in it. He says the election which will take place next fall, will doubtless send up a stroug anti-Re- publican majority, but that when Boulanger steps in to claim the benefit of it, the Bona- partists, legitimists, and conservatists gener- ally will laugh at him, and will find thewm- sclvesin exuctly the samo situation as in 1876, when they had to keep the republic going bocause, as M. Thiers says, it was that which divided them the least. In other words, it is one thing to lose Boulanger, and break into the house, aud another to install im as master. The Patriotic League, the suppression of which has been ordored by the French gov- ernment, has & membership of a quarter of a million, The purposes and influenca of the league can best be explained by following the career of its président and moving spirit, Paul Deroulede, who is now being prose- cuted by the government for conspiring against the republie, Hoisa lawyer, sol- dier, poet, playwright and political propa- gandist. The minjstry calls him a traitor; he calls himself & patriot. He fought in the Franco-Prussian war, was taken prisoner, escaped and returned’ to the field and was desperately wounded; while in the hospital he prepared a volume of his verscs which were published with the title of **‘Chants du Soldat.” These soldier songs have now reachad thelr 120th edition. They appearea immediately upon $he return of peace, and the printers were not able to supply the demand for months. Deroulede won the cross of the Legion of Honor and the compliments of the French academy, Boy s declaimed his lines in school, and painters consulted them for casel subjects. He had touched the bleeding beart of France with his war music in the very hour of national disaster, The recovery of Metz and Stras- bourg and the military glory of France pitched the key of every song in Deroulede's book; defective meter and lack of literary art were nothing to his public. Tuey chanted the sentiment and not the versificatlon of Deroulede. The popular soldier-poet had looked upon his friend Gambetta as the savior of France. Upon his death in 1583 Deroulede refused to join the opportunists, Y BEE: SATURDAY. APRIL 6. 1850 and rapldly beoamo a radical, He had been appointed n momber of the commission of military education, and in a fow months pro- pared government reports designed to en- courage a thilitary eduoation. Jules Ferry induced him to abandon tho scheme, and upon his retirement to private life he was nsked by friends to organize a society for patriotic and military education, This so- clety openod gymnasiums and rifle ranges, encouraged a martial spirit among the peo- ple, and fostered the hope of revengo upon the Gormans, Thus the famous Patriotio league was started. There is probably not o town or oity in France that has not a branch of this league. * The financial situation in, the Argoentine republic does not improve. Gold is at a pre- mium of fifty-nine, with the tendency up- wards; so that specie paymonts must still be romote. THho late roadjustment of the cabi- netis largely due to the pressure of the monetary situation. The minister of the in- terior, Dr. Wilde, resigns, and his placo is taken by the late minister of finance, Dr, Pa- chico, who in turn is supplanted by Senor Barela in the treasury. Minister Pachico has complained bitterly of the extravagance of some of his colleagues, notably of the minister of the interior, and his transfer to that office 18 taken to mean a determination to institute some of these economies which he has been maintaning wore eatirely foasi- ble. The rew minister of finance signalizes his accession by moving in a matter of great fmportance. The law guaranteeing the bank notes in circulation did 8o on condition that they should be withdrawn if depreciated more than 20 per cent, A banking commis- sion has charge of the exccution of this law, but has taken no steps to enforce it, although the notes are now depreciated as much as 80 per cent. Minister Barela now calls for prompt action, threatening direct govern- ment intervention unless something is spoed- ily done. As the customs duties are payable in the depreciated currency, while the treas- ury must mect many of its obligations in gold, the reasonableness of the sceretary’s position is obvious. There is no lack, how- ever, of great apparent prosperity on the part of banks and the large corporations. Most of the annual reports show large pro- fits. * The anxiety of the Salisbury government to pass a woman's suffrage bill shows how unscrupulous the tories are in their desire to remain in power. Women are naturally con- servative in their 1deas and slow to depart from traditions, and the tories hope with their aid to avert the defeat which is other- wise certain. For this and no other reason does Salisbury want to extend the ballot to women. The intent of the bill is precty well exposed, too, by the clause excluding wives of male vorers. It is extremely probable that husbands would intiuence their wives to vote the same way as they did, and if a majority of the male voters were liberals, which is very lil y to be the case at the coming olections, thero would be a large gain for the Gladstonians, No method seems too small for the tories to adopt in their desper- ate struggle against the wave of popular anger that threatens to engulf thom. . » By proclaiming a regency in Holland, with Queen Emme at its head, and arranging for the incumbency of the Luxembourg regency by the Duke of Nassau, the Dutch statesmen have postponed for a time the complications which threatened the kingdom because of the feebleness of the reigning monarch. Ger- many, which has been regarding Luxembourg with covetous eyes, may bo obliged to keep her hands off, or risk stirring up a gencral war in an attempt to take possession of the territory. Yot the Duke of Nassau may be expected to work faithfully in the mterests of affairs in Luxembourg. THE FIELD Oi" IND USTRY. A Cumnock (Scotland) letter to the Labor Tribune, says that §1 per day is paid there, and that during the last four months wages have gone up 9d a day. At Wilmerding, on the Pennsylvania rail- road, near Pittsburg, the Westinghbduse Air- brake company is creating a town modeled after Pullman, of Illinois. Leading Paterson (N.J.) firms will es- tablish an industrial school for the education of pupils in designing, dyeing and the weay- ing of textile work. Nearly four hundrel thousand persons in America sent money to relatives in Great Britain and Ireland, in 1888, and Australians made the amount §0,000,000. Prices before the war: Quotations av Atlanta, Ga., on November 10, 1859: Cot- ton, 10c to 103c; bacon, (hog round) 10}gc; lard, 18¢ to 15c; flour, .50 to $7 per barrel; corn, G0 to T0c; sugar, S to 124c; coffee, 12¢ to bagging, 14o to 16¢; rope, 10¢ to 12c. There was no cotton ties i those days. Salt, $1.45 to $L60 per sack; whisky, 32¢ to 4dc. Quite a novel engineering feat was recently performed on the line of the Panama al —nothing less than the lifting of a steam Jaunch over a bridge, under which it could not pass, England’s 7,000 flour mills can make 51,- 000,000 barrels per year. The country con- sumes 80 per cent of this amount, a great deal of which comes from Americaand Hun- gary. Freight conductors, members of the Order of Railway Conductors, receive §100 to $155a month, and the passenger conductors average $100 a month, The soap trade in Great Britain is repre- sented to bo undergoing a revolution on ae- count of the use of mineral oil in the manu- tacturo of laundry soap. Chicago lumber vessel unloaders average about 25 cents a thousana, and an active, muscular man can earn §25 a week working but five days. German shipbuilaers at Schwerin, Tetlow, Stettin and other places, and Berlin wood workers threaten to strike agalnst low wag Virginia City, Nev., has the biggest elec- tric plant on earth. It has six 120 horse- power generators, and runs a mine and mill, Jackson, Mich., people claim that their gas bills have been reduced by two-thirds since they have been using the water gas. A Boston test in puddling with crude oil at §2 a barrel and anthracite at $4.57 a ton shows one-tuird in favor of the latter.. The London Ironmonger reports a prefer- ence for American tools in the English, Aus- tralian and New Zealand markets, It Was Not Judge Gaslin. Kearxey, Neb., April 4. —To the Editor of Tue Bee: The telegram sent from Broken Bow, Neb., and published in Tue Bse of this morniug to the effect that Judge Goslin, at 5 o'clock in the morning sentanced Haun- stine to be hung, is a mistake. It is an ap- parent effort to make the judge appear as a crank, He never sentenced any man or woman at 5 o'clock in tne morning. Judge Gaslin did not hear the case against Haun- stine, and therefore could not legally sen- tence him, and did not deliver the sentence of the court, or attempt to do so, The trial was before Judge Hamer, who , was there- fore compelled to discharge the unpleasant duty of passing the death sentence. Haun- stine was sentenced at 5 o'clock in the after- noon in the presence of at least 300 persons, and it is dificult tw understand how your correspondent could bonestly make such a mistake. JusTice. s The Monument Oity, Chicago Tribune. P. T, Barnum has presented the mortal re- mains of the clephant Jumbo to New York city, and @ proposition to erect & costly mon- uwent over them is momentarily expected. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. A Form of Eplzootic Makes Its Ap- pearance. STREET CAR HORSES AFFLICTED. Great Oare Being Taken to Prevent the Spread of the Discase—The Governor's Arbor Day Proclamation. 1020 P Street, LaNcony, April 5. Yesterday morning the ‘‘stable boys" at tho horse barn of the Lincoln street car company noticod that some of the horses waero suffering from a sickuess that appeared to bo in the nature of an epizootic. They were “off their feed,” ran at the nose and wore affeeted with a severe cough. As the trouble was confined to a very few horses, but little was thought of tho matter at the time, As the day wore on, however, & num- ber of more horses became affected in the same way and the hopoe that the discase was buta severe cold was dispelled. To day there is no doubt as to the naturo of the diseaso. One of the drivers Bre man that as he entered the barn this morning the coughing of the borses “‘sounded like a great school for mstruction in whooping cough,” About twenty new cases were found and they were joined with those who had been attacked the day before in a continuous cough, and veter- inarians were at once called. Under in- structions of the doctors the sick horses were soon soparated from the well. Despite this, however, a number of new cases are roported this afternoon, and it now seems that Lin coln is on the eve of being visited, though on a smaller scale, with a ropotition of the grent opizootic troubles of 1876 in eastern cities, The disease, as described by the vet- erinarians, is not pink-eye, though it resembles 1t in some particu- lars. The first symptom s dumpishness, then the animal loses its appe- tite and begins to run at the nose. The lungs become affected and there is a severe cough. No deaths have been reported at this hour. As yot the disease is confined to one barn on South Seventcenth strect. There are about eighty horses and mules in this barn. Be- tween thirty and forty of the number are now sick, and the railway service is already seriously retarded. One car was withdrawn from the Tenth street line yesterday, and it is said other curtailment will be “made at once. As yot the disease is confined to one barn, But as allof the horses that appear well are used, there would scem to be great danger of outside communication. Bulldozing Boys Cowed. The majesty of the law will be more re- spected by the school bovs of Lincoln after to-day than ever before. For some days past rumors have been current that a great many school boys of the city have boen and are carrying concealed weapons, such as revol- vers, pistols, sling shots and dirk knives. In fact, the story goes that some of the larger pupils among the boys of the public_schools south of O street have been tervorizingsome of their smaller playfellows by threatening them with their “pops” and “sling-shots, at times even pulling them for the purpose of cowing and intimidating them. These cowboy ideas doubtless result from reading the blood and thunder literature of the day, and has become so painfully frequent that parents felt compelled to rofer the matter to the ochief of police, and to-day, having obtained orders, Officers Pound and Mitchell visited the schools south of O street and with the exception of at the Central school, gathered in a number of the weapons before described. Boys ten, twelve and fifteen years of age, were found supplied with revolvers, shng shots and other danger- ous weapons., ‘Over & dozen ‘“pops” were found. Also an equal number of sling shots and somo dirk knives. These weapons the ofticers took in charge for safe keeping. It is probable that these lads will now have a healthier regard for the proprietors than tofore. When the boys were called out arious schools and given over to the to be searched, somo of them were well nigh scared to death. Their actions were saxd to be very amusing. The teachers enterea nto the matter most willingly, and expressea themselves satisfied that much of their trouble in government was at an end. Arbor Day Proclamation, The following Arbor day proclamation has been issued by the governor: The time is now at hand whon attention should be given to the planting of trees and shrubbery. 1t isamost pleasant duty and ono tho results of which we hope to enjoy, and which will be appreciated by the coming generations. This custom, of which this state is the origin, has come to be regarded asn sacred obligation. The advantageous Tostilts of troo. pianting must be admitted by all. By it we bless ourselves, and confer blessings upon our children and children’s children, The laws of Nebraska have sot aside the 220 day of April of each year us ‘Arbor day, and the people generally in the past have observed it as 8 Therefore, In accordance with the statute, ‘and with this beautiful custom, T, John M. ‘Thayer, governor of tho state of Nebraska, o hereby issue my proclamation declaring Monday, the 22d day of the present month of April, a8 a day to be observed as Arbor day. ‘And 1 do mosi earnestly invite all the veople of the state to observe it as such, and devote the day to this most/ worthy and beneficent purpose, namely, the planting of trees, Peoplé in all nges of the world have appre- ciated the value and the advantages of and the planting of them is an evidenc culture and refinement. It exerts a purif; ing influence, and it shows how ready nature i8 10 assist us in extending such influences, Nature is only waiting for us to prepare the way, that she may follow our labors with huppy results. We do our part, and uature docs the rest. Plant trees and shrubbery; plant them in groves; adorn the homes ‘and highways; plact them in parks, and Iplm:un resort; plant them in cemeteries. Itwill be a grace: ful tribute to the dead, and willbeautify their silent home. et all engage in the performance of this duty and they will con- fer a blessing upon our state, In testimony whereof, I have hercunto set my hand and caused to be afiixed the great scal of the state, Done at Lincoln this 5th day of April, A. D., 1889, By tho govornor: Joux M. Traxes, G. 8. Laws, secretary of state. Ten Days for Arguments, Messrs, Laws, Leese, Steen and Hill, members of the stato board of transporta: tion, accompanied by the board of sccre- tarios, arrivéd at home this morning from Tekama, where they went Wednesday to hear the complaints of Senators Sutherland and Manning against the Elkhorn. The trial lasted from 1 o'clock yesterday to 7 k yesteraay evening, The parties to es asked time to submit printed ar- guments and ten days were granted them for this purpose. It" will then be known whether or not the board will order a reduc- tion of freight charges on coal and live stock shipments. New Notaries Public. The governor's weekly notury‘{vuhllc ap- pointments arc as follows: illiam 8, Parker, Arnold ster county; Michael 0'Dononoe, Plattsmouth, Cass county; W. G. Tefnder, Omaha, Douglus county; N, 7. Saell, Lincoln, Lancaster countyi B. L. Brewster, Irvington, Douglas county; J. 5. Crue, Madison, Madison county; David D. Miller, Omaha, Douglas coi ; Joseph L. Barrett, Ashland, Saunders county, City News and Notes. Amended articles of incorporation, filed in the oftice of tho secretary of state this morn- ing, indicate that the Hamilton Loan and Trust company, of Kearney, bas increased e Lixcorx Bureau or Trie OMawa Hen, } stated to Tue Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When aho was a Child, she erled for Castoria, When she became Miss, sho clung to Castoria, Wh2n shehiad Children, she gave them Castoria, its glp(lll stook to 300,000 in shares of $100 eng! W. E. Orouse, station agent at Roca, 18 said to be in a dying condition. Friends of the young man say that the self. inflicted wound was an accident and not an attempt at suicido, Crouse nccidentally shot himsolf night beforae 1ast while cleaning his revolver, An enemy circulated the report that he attempted sui- cide because a young lady had jilted him, ‘This is the story in a nutshell. Radical changes are reported in the B. & M. time table for Sunday, April 7. Chicf among thom is the abolition of the fast trains west of this city. In short, the fiyor will fly only between Chicago and Lincoln, and in. stead of arriving at 7 o'clock a. m. will reach here four hours and forty minutes later. Local trains will do the work westward to Denver and on. It is said that Rev, Minchart and his fol- lowers are formulating a church government, which is w guide them in their future church work. The impression exists that it will be “Congregational” in the Nothing, however, is definitoly Rogarding this matter, preacher and his followers are very cent, It is now known that they intend to build a new church, and that & movement for funds will be made in a fow days. The victim of the deadly gas at the St. Charles yestorday has not yet been identi- fied. The remains are still held at the Hea. ton undertaking rooms, They will be buried to-morrow, howovem unless friends arrivo, The impression prevails that the name of the unfortunate young man is dohn Uleuricz, Messages have been sent to Nebraska City, Clay Center, Columbus and Sioux City, Ia., but as yet no word has been received that would indicate that he was known at any of the places. By virtue of the authority conferred by law, pormission has boen given to Goneral Georgo Crook camp No. 1, division of Nov braska, Sons of Veterans, Omaha, Neb,, to carry arms within the state of Nebraska, Permission has been given to all military organizations of other states to enter aud pass through this state, armed and equipped, en route to and returning from the centen- nial celebration of the inauguration of Washe ington, —— The Oonsistent Public. Baltimore American. There is nothing the puolic so bitterly con- demns in journalism as personalities. There {s nothing the public so eagerly reads in journalism as personalitios, Thero is noth- ing the public so universally admires as con- sistency. If the public cannot arrive at right conclusions on this train of thought, it s idle to say more, as they will only con- tinue on the rail, Wakiolagioi s ker's Manifold Duties, nati Commerctal Gazette. Postmaster-General Wanamaker is a man of capacity. He looks after the affairs of his public office carofully, neglocts no part of the management of his mammoth commer- cial establisument, and continues to teach the largest Sunday school in the world. el Already Mot One. Chicago Times, A reporter of the New York Sun went into a cage of lions and the lions aid not cat him. The reporter was not scarea. He had met Mr. Dana before he met the lions. The lions knew this. A His Favorite Age. Minneapolis Tribune. Mr. Wanamaker says he doesn’t take much stock in this talk about the stone age and the iron age, but when it comes to the mucil- age—why, it's Indispensable in his depart- ment. ey GIGANTIC SMUGGLING. A Paris Firm Defrauds the Govern: ment Out of Thousands. New Yomrk, April 5—Special Treasury Agent Simmons has unearthed one of the most extensive smuggling operations ever carried on 1n this city. Thus far tie loss ta the government amounts to about $50,000, and it is expected the total will finally foot up to $250,000. The firm is Allard & Sons, of Paris, who have also a branch store i this city, and deal in antiques, old furniture, articles of virtu, paintings, tapestries and various other articles of luxury. The discovery wasmade through a discharged agent of the firm named Blassaire, who gave information to the cuse tom authorities. The schemp pursued by the firm was to consign to their New York housa furniture in which wore concealed costly portiorre curtains, rich gobelin tapestries, ete. Tho customs duties were only paid o the furniture. T'he purchasers were inva- ruably charged extravagant prices for the articles, with the duties out of which the government had been swindled added thereto. The smug‘;l ing operations of Allard & Sons, of Paris und New York, was the main topic of conversation to-day at the office of the special treasury agents of customs. Thae hitherto high standing of the house and the prominence and financial standing of customers adds to tho intorest of the case. The office of the firm was open as usual to- day for the transaction of business. Nothing further will be done until Secretary dom is heard from The facts in the casa were embodied in a report sent to Washings ton last night. No arrests have been made. W. H. 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