Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 8, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, ———— TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, OMANA OFFICE, Nos,014 and 916 FARNAM STRRET, 1CAGO OFFICE, 567 ROOKERY BUILDING. ®W YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNR WASHINGTON O¥FICE, NO. bI3 RTEENTH BTRE CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edl. Jorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR or THE BEE, BUSINKSS LETTERS, 11 bustnoss letters and remittances should be dAressed to THE NEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoftice orders to bo made payablé to the order of the company. %6 Beo Pablishing Company, Proprictors. ROSEWATER, Edito THE DAILY BE) Sworn Statement of Oirculation. Etate of Nobraska, Loa County of Douglas, { @eorge B, Tzschuck, secretary of the Bes Pub- Mshing company, does solemnly swear that the F circniation of Tie DAILY HEw for the Wweek ending April 6. 1880, was as follows: Funday. March 31 April | g Thursday, April 4 Friday. Aprii 6 turday, April 6. Average.. ... .. 18,041 GEOHRGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to befare me_and subscribed to in my ‘wresence this 6th day bf Aélrll. A. D, 1880, Seal. N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Stateof Nebraskn, ' 1y, County of Douglas, | George B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- poses and says that he is secrotary ol the 'Bee Dbiishing company, that the actual average daily circulatio of THE Dainy Beg for the month ot March, 1888, 19,680 coples; for April, 1 18744 coples; for Ma; 88, 18,183 coples; for June, es; for Jul ' 1 18,083 coples; f coples; for September, 1888, 18, for October, 1888, 18,084 coples; for Novem- ber, 1888, 18,086 coples; for l)urpm\)l'r, 1888, 18,223 coples; for January, 1459, 18,574 coplés; for Feb- . , 1689, 18,006 copies. ki 76 COPRORGR B, TZSOHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence this 2d day of Mareh. A. D. 15, FEIL Notary Public, PREPARE to plant*tiees. Governor Thayer has designated Monday, April 22, as Arbor Day. RATLROAD economy is a rheumatic. It confines its operations to the lower levels and never climbs to the top. THE wholesale firing of democrats in Dakota accounts for the sweltering con- dition of the atmosphere in that sec- tion. A NEW barrel factory is to be started in South Omaha. The number of bar'ls on tap at the lasv election was not suffi- cient to go around. EX-SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER, of Vir- ginia, although disfigured is still in the ring. Ho has just applied to the presi- dent for the Dublin consulship. TaeOmaha road resists a reduction of rates on the ground that the line represents forty-two thousand dollars per mile. The amountof watered stock in the system is not stated P THE eastern seaboard has been vis- fted with a heavy snow storm, which brings to mind the great blizzard of a year ago. But Nebraska basks, as ever, in the smiles and sunshine of an early spring. THE farmers of Kansas have called a mecting to prepare for resisting the twine trust. - With Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas tugging away, the twine com- bine will in all liklihood be pulled into shreds, OKLATIOMA pilgrims should leave their measures with the undertaker be- fore departing. The prospects are that coffins will be in greater demand there than any other article of domestic con- sumption. THE offensive interference of revenue officors with the great whisky industry of Kentucky was sternly rebuked by the moonshiners last week. The offi- cers retroeated. LEven the still worm will turn when trod upon. 803™ of the inspectors recommended by the board of public works are totally unfit for the position. The city council should cavefully enquire into the char- acter and associations, as well as the ability, of the appointees, TuE alarming increase of prairie fires throughout the west calls for caution and vigilance on the part of farmers nnd towns-people. Owing to the ex- tromely dry state of the country the ptarting of fires should be prevented. Incendiaries should be severely dealt with, PRESIDENT HARRISON proposes to eradicate the race question as an issue in dealing with the southern problem, and will recognize protectionist demo- orats as well as republicans in the dis- tribution of office. It is a question, however, whether the southern leopard can change his spots. THE Omaha plumber who has fallen beir to a fortunc by the demise of arich uncle will continue business at tho old stand, Dame fortune is so common an acquaintance of the profession thatsuch trifles do not affect the activity of the members nor the entorprise of their Dills. TurPennsylvania railvoad announces that, hereafter, it will be compelled to send freight by way of 8t. Louis instoad of Chicago to all points beyond the Mis- souri river by which the St. Louis route s tho shorter. This is supposed to be in conformity with the inter-state com; merce act covering the long and the short haul clause. emm—— Tue legislatures of Indiana and New Jorsey are fair samples of the rule and ruin wethods of democracy in power. In both states the energy of the party was concentrated in a wholosale grab on the treasuries. Every law which in- torfered with the roign of plunder in Now Jerscy was repealed, and the dis- tribution of spoils placed in the hands of the governor to prevent the possi- bility of a future republican legislature disturbing their grip on the public erib, Jn Indiana a vepublican governor uul- lified the schemes of the-democrats, but thoeir scandalous management of state {ustitutious proved them to be totally wafit to coutro! or direst public affairs, ABUSE OF WANAMAKER. Postmaster-genergl Wanamaker is being made the target for a great deal of abuse and ridicule by certain news- vapers. His serious faults, in the opin- ion of these journals, are that he is a wide-awake business man and that he leads a moral life. They charge him with being utterly selfish, turning everything, even religion, to the ac- count of his commercial interests. He is accused of employing the cheapest foreign labor. The fact that he con- tinues to superintend the Sunday school with which he has been long connected is ridiculed, and in various ways the effort is made to bring the postmaster general into public disrepute and con- tempt. The gross injustice of all this will de- feat its purpose. Those most familiar with the business career of Mr. Wana-~ maker attest that it has been in the highest degree honorable and praise- worthy., His great success as a mer- chant, not more remarkable than that of many others, is the result of good judgment and live business methods. He is a mao of broad practical ideas, energetic and enterprising. There is nothing in this character inconsistent with a life of moral rectitude. Other successful business men practice moral- ity and respect religion, and it would be well if the number was much greater of men in commercial life who, like Mr. Wanamaker, are not ashamed to be known of ail men as being moral and religious. Mr. Wanamaker carries into his Sunday school work the energy and vigor that are employed in all his other affairs, and he is very justly proud of what he has accomplished in this field. But the public has, properly, no con- cern respecting these matters, nor can it be made to concern itself about them. All that it is interested in is the ques- tion whether Mr. Wanamaker is likely to make an efficient and useful post- master-general, managing the depart- ment of which he is the head on sound business principles, and restoring the postal service to such a standard of thoroughness and efficiency as the people demand, In this respect Mr. Wanamaker gives promise of being as successful as he has been in other affairs. He has a difficult work to per- form, for the postal service had become a good deal demoralized under the previous administration, but all that he has thus far accomplished has been well done. The country has begun to re- alize that there is improvement taking place, and this gives the public a cou- fidence in the postmaster-genoral that will not be shaken by personal abuse or ridicule. So long as Mr. Wanamaker continues to merit, as an official, the popular respect, he can have nothing tofear from criticisms of his conduct in any other relation. THE PRESIDENT AND SILVER. President Harrison is said to favor another international conference for the establishment of a bimetallic standard of money. There is probably a better chance now of bringing about such a conference than there has been at any previous time in the past eight years, or since the last couference was held. The attempts made within that time to induce the European governments con- cerned to conferon this subject received no eucouragement. Both England and Germany declined to reopen the ques- tion, and the last person sent to Europe to ascertain the sentiment there, Mr. Manton Marble, reported that he found the consensus of opinion opposed to any change, and he expressed the convic- tion that the United States might as well drop the matter, so far as the inter- ested countries of Europe were con- cerned. There has been a notable change of sentiment abroad, however, since Mr. Marble made his report; among the peo- ple at least, if not on the part of the governments. Bimetal- lism has been gaining friends in Germany and England and among its staunchest advocates in both countries are men who, a few yearsago, were arrayed against it. It was shown, a short time ago, that bi-metallism had a very strong support in the German parliament, and quite recently Mr. Goschen, chancellor of the British e chequer, gave a publicexpression favor- able to it. The English royal commis- sion on gold and silver, appointed last year, was equally divided as to the ad- visability of inviting the United States, Germany, and the countries forming the Latin union to join in consultation with Great Britain and her colonies to discuss the expediency of fixing a ratio at which the coins of either metal should be available for the payment of all debts at the option of the debtor. These recent eircumstances show that the chance of securing an international conference to consider the question of a uniform standard for gold and silver money has improved, and sGggest that if a movement for this purpose on the part of our government were not at once successful it is reasonable to believe it would be during the life of the present admimstration, But in the event ,of such a conference being brought about, is there any sub- stantial = reason for supposing it would accomplish anything? The Eu- ropean governments would not be likely to appoint representatives who favor bimetallism, and the popular sentiment favorable toa change is yet far too weak to cope with the mighty influence of the money power. Europe is con- trolled by an aristocracy of aceumu- laed capital; and, so long ns that yast power demands that the present condi- tion of affaivs shall remain, the people will be unable to induce the govern- ments to make any change, though they may not decline to diseuss the matter, While, therefore, the chance is bet- ter now than for a number of yeurs of bringing about an international mon- etary conference, the probability of its accomplishing anything has not very greatly improved. It is, certainly, ad- visable that this government should en- deavor to secure a conference, and hav- iog done so we mmy properly, in the event of failure, considor whether jus- tice and self-respect do not require the United States to ignore the action of Europe with regard to silver and join with the rest of aukind fu the estub- THE OMAHA DATLY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL lishment of a common ration between the two metals. Possibly independent action of this kind would bYe the best argument we could bring to bear on Europe. E— TaE town site speculators and boom- ers about to make a raid on Oklahoma have struck a snag which is likely to upset their plans, The bill for the opening of Oklahoma contains no pro« vision for entering and proving up town sites. Hence the golden dreams of speculating in Oklahoma corner lots are, for the time being, rudely shat- tered, The act for the opening of Gklahoma, it is true, provides that the secretary of the interior may, after the president’s proclamation, and not be- fore, permit entry of lands for town sites under sections 2, 387 and 2,383 of the revised statutes. But these sections of the revised statutes cannotapply at pres- ent to town sites in Oklahoma. The statutes provide that the judge of the county court in which tne proposed town is located shall make entry at the proper land office of the land so settled and occupied, in trust for the several use and venefit of the occupants thereof. As there are no counties or judges of the circuit court or necessary laws in the territory, legal entry of town sites is out of the question. The department of the interior recognizes the dilemma and can offer no mode of precedure to prove up town sites. Undoubtedly ac- tion will be taken, as soon as expedient, to cover the case, but in the meantime the Oklahoma town site speculators will be forced to live on hopes. THE results of the election in Rhode Island present some curious features. The total vote for the four candidates for governor will not exceed forty thou- sand. Under the law abolishing the property qualification, an increase of nine thousand votes was expected, but the newly enfranchised failed to avail themselves of the privilege, except in a foew districts, where the democrats made large gains. With the exception of the democratic candidate for attorney general, thero was no state officor elected by the people. Davis (dem.), for governor, came within eleven votes of Laving a majority. The republicans have a majority of one in the legisla- ture, but new elections must be held in soven districts, where the candidates failed to secure a majority. This out- come leaves the contest in a .muddle. Both parties are now concentrating on the doubtful seven. The republicans must capture four, or the democrats five, to control the legislature and the state officers, as well as the vacant United States senatorship. It 18 is something to be proud of that Omaha’s municipal credit is rated sec- ond to none. Bondshave just been sold to the amount of two hundred and soventy-five thousand dollars, bringing 10 the market a premium of nearly nine per cent. A sale on such terms has not been equalled by any city in the coun- try, and would indicate that Omaha securities are as good as a government bond. Itis the truest test of the confi- dence of eastern bankers in the integ- rity, the stability and the future great- ness of Omaha. In compas n with Minneapolis, St. Paul or Kansas City, Omaha has a far better rating in the money markets. St. Paul and Minne- apolis have nearly exhausted their legal limit of indebtedness, and their bonds can be disposed of only at a discount. Kansas City likewise has a credit infe- rior to ours. CANDIDATES for the vacancy on the supreme bench are increasing rapidly. By common comsent Judge Gresham heads the list, but President Harrison has given no intimation of his choice, and the public 1s likely to be surprised by the selection of an unknown. Ohio claims the position because the late Stanley Matthews was a resident of the state, and J. Warren Keifer, ex-speaker of the house of representatives, is being pressed for the appowntment. Hon. J. A?J. Creswell, of Maryland, is also in the field. But the present vacancy will ot be the only one during the adminis- tration of President Harrison, It is generally believed that Justices Miller, Pield and 3 will soon retire. They have each reached the age of seventy yeavs, and, under the law, can voluntarily vetive on full pay—ten thousand dollars a year. These facts must encourage candidates to urge their claims, By becoming prominent in the present ntest they are not likely to be overlooked in the future. THE New York banks anticipated (the opening of earlier spring trade this yearthan usual by laying in a large cash reserve, which it was expected would be in active demand by the first of April, an important turning point in the business year. The result was, that, although there was the greatest ac- tivity of money demands on that date for the first half of the current year, the bank rveserves fell to a smaller humit than for years and the rate of interest did not advance. No stringency in the money market is looked for during the restof the season, for the first of the current month shows that the amount of outstanding currency is larger by thivty-sevey millions than a year ago. Tug resignation of Senator Chaoe, of Rhodo Island, was a foolisk act pending the result of the state election. The uneapected change in the composition of the legislature renders the election of a republican successor doubtful, and makes the standing of both parties in the senate decidedly close and inter- esting. This does not justify alarm among republicans, or enthusiasm among democrats. The admission of the two Dakotas, Montana and Wash- ington 1nto the union will certainly add six, if not eight, senators to the repub- lican column, giving the party a work- ing majority of ten after the 4th of next March, em— Tug annual report of the business of the South Omaha postoffice furnishes convincing proof of the growth and prosperity of the packing metropolis of the state. Compared with the previous year the receipts show an increase of over three hondred per cent, This is a remarkable exhibit of a year’s progress. It is not epoemeral, but solid advance- ment in busipess and population, as is evidenced by the substantial character of public andprivate improvements completed and projected in the magic oity. Sy p—— Tre city manshal of Council Bluffs should be deposed instanter. He has had the audacity to arrest two of the lung-testers irrported all the way from Chicago to inflate the circulation of two readerless Qmaha dailies. If those throat-splitting and ear-piercing solic- itors had been ‘crying out “‘ripe ban- anas” in our neighboring city, it would have been proper enough for the police to interfere, but as thoy were trying to market two-cent dailies for five cents a copy their arrest was a copyright infringement. For once, wo sincerely sympathize with our indig- nant contemporaries. D’nout rage. Tae call for aid for the prairvie fire sufferersof Dakotashould meot a prompt and liberal rosponse from the generous peole of this city, A majority of the residents in the fire-scorched region lost everything, Thousands of families are homeless and penniless, and their pitiful condition strongly appeals for assistance. Relief committees are al- ready at work in surrounding towns, and Omaha should not take second place in relieving the immediate wants of her afflicted neighbors in Dakota. . THe county commissioners have ex- onorated the superintendent and ma- tron of the county poor farm. But the citizens of Douglas county will not ex- onerate the commissioners when they deliberately close their eyes and ears against abuses that cannot be glossed over, no matter how many white-wash- ing resolutions are reported by the ‘‘committee on construction.” Tue spleen exhibited by our wide- awake contemporary in its caricature of the Omaha board of trade is a fair sample of the peculiar way which the rejuvenated concern, that has just passed out of the hands of a receiver, has in manifesting displeasure at men and things that do not suit its fantastic conductors. To Succeed Matthews. Blair Telegraph. One of the uames most prominently men- tioned in connection with the place on the supreme bench made vacant by the death of Justice Matthows 18 that of Hon. J. L. Web- ster, of Omaha. President Harrison could not satisfy the people of Nebraska and of the entire west better than by appointing Mr. Webster to ‘tho place. In times past sertain motives have influenced the appoint- ment of men in no way qualified for judges of the supreme court. Mr. Webster is a comparatively young man in the full vigor of his mtellectual life; he is a western man, with a western man’s knowledge of the in- terests of his segtion; hie is one of the ablest lawyers this sido of the Mi with a wide revutation as a conscic earnest republican,” Such a man would be- come a worthy nssociate of the gentlemen now on the beneh. The Telegraph heartily endorses Mr. Webster and believes that the efforts of his friends in the state may secure the appointment;of: him. Blair Republican. The movement, o select John L. Webstor to fill the vacancy on the supreme bench of the Umted States, commands general in- dorsement among all classcs for its manifest fitness. His record as o member of the bar and private citizen has been honorable, ablo and useful. If there is any hope for any rev- resentativo Nebraskan, Mr. Webster de- serves and will securo recognition at the hands of President Harrison, North Pla legraph. A movement to urge the appointment of Mr. John L. Webster to the vacancy on the supreme bench made by the death of Justice Matthews. Mr. Webster is well known in this part of the state as a man of exceptional ability as a jurist, being accorded the palm a8 the leading lawyer of Nebraska. Presi- dent Harrison should nominate Mr. Webster for the vacancy ;.it would be a source of gen- oral satisfaction to the rank and flle of Ne- braskans. . Still Mix 'Em in K Ateltson Globe, An Atchison firm advertises a machine to mix drinks in three seconds. Mix drinks; what's that? nsas. —— Now, Mr, Tascott, I o New Now that Stanley has written a letter de- scribing his adventures, that other traveler, Tascott, may conelude to drop the public a line. Murat and the Senators. Pittshirg Times, Give Halstead a day to recoup, And come out of that elegant droop; “Then see him unlimber, While they hunt for tall timber— Oh, he'll send the whole g ang to the soup! —— Culture More Than Morals, Atlanta Constitution, A man has been sentenced to five months in jail for mutilating a book in the Boston public library. If he had lkicked his wifo down stairs he would have been let off with five weeks, Buta book is & big thing in Boston. e e etl Ghoulish Glee, Washington Post. Chorus of distinguished rejected demo- cratic nominees : Ha, Brother Halstead, Bab, Brothor Hulstead; Ah! Brother, Halstead, You know how 'tis yourself. - Booth and His Cigars. Chicago Tribuns. Excessive smoking 18 undoubtedly injuri- ous, but aspiring actors who are addicted to the cigar habit need npt rashly swear off be- cause of the illness thiat has befallen Edwin Booth. Few of them resemble Edwin Booth to such an extent as to occasion any alarm among their friends. el GREAT MEN, Neal Dow has begn apvointed commis- sioner from Maine to the Paris exposition, Hiram Williamsox, the new chief porter of the Boston postofice, was one of the six hundsed who mmlfilllu famous charge at Balaklava, He willhow have charge of the lighting brigade, Grover Cleveland’s new position as com- missioner of estimates and assessments of the High Bridge Park will pay him §10 a day for the time he is actually employed. There were 2,000 canaidates for the place, but Mr. Cleveland did not file papers of application, 1t is to be stated that tho late Sir Watkin Wynn could walk fifty miles in a straight line without setting foot un any land that did uot belong to him, but his breadth of land pales before that of many others, The czar of Russia is thought to be the largest land- owner in the world. He has oue estate which covers more than 100,000,000 acres, or three times the extent of England. Sir Edwin Chadwick, who has just been 8. 18%, knighted by Queen Victoria, is the oldest man ever admitted to the ranks of chivalry, being in his ninety first year., (George W, Childs, the wealthy Philadel- phia editor, owns a number of the hand- somest carriages in the city, but does not ride in them once a yoar. He is very fond of walking and goes wherever he can on foot. Jean Patient Mazurie wrote his own will and died in Philadelphia in 1822. Dispute and litigation have followed ever since, the last point at issue being settled only last woek, after lawyers and court;feos had swal- lowed up nearly the whole estate. B. R. Park, of Uppor Mystic, Conn., is the champion woodohopper of the state, For a wager of 85 he recently folled, out, and split into marketable wood four cords of chestnut wood within six hours and five minutes—an average of a cord in an hour ana a half. It is said that when the shah last visited England he was taken to Newgate and shown, among other objucts of vertu, the gallows, In this object ho evinoed the greatest intorest, and, exprossing a desire to seo how it worked, askod the governor to hang a man. The governor explained that he bad not a man ready for the experiment, whereupon the shah expressed his contempt. *‘Hang one of these,” he said, pointing to his suite. Needless to say the governor did not comply. Sir Thomas Gladstone did not hesitate to criticize his brother’s politics in public. In 1880, after referring to what he called the “disgraceful conduct of Mr, Forstor” in at- tacking the house of lords, Sir Thomas re- ferred to his brother in the following uncom- plimentary terms: “I would not have troubled you with these words, but that it is a symptom of what we have to expect if our country places in power the man who can recognize and justify such conduct as this.” Johu Field, who is likely to be Philadel- phia’s next postmaster, was two years ago offered a salary of §25,000 a year to take chatge of Mr. Wanamaker's whoiesale busi- ness. He declined the honor because he did not care to sink his personality in another man’s business. As postmaster his salary will be $6,000. King Oscar of Sweden personally delivers ‘tho “'speech from the throne at the opeaing of his parhament. Thestalwart ruler is elad 1n white ermine trimmed with red and gold, wearing a crown of gold upon his head and bearing a Jeweled scoptre in his hand. He has a fine voice and is a gracoful and eloquent orator. e o STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. ‘Wabash now has a brick yard, opened last weck. There is not a singleinmate of the Howard county poor farm. Another roller skating crase hus struck S(‘(:‘lin and the rink is being liberally patron- ized. Rev. Mr. Abbott has retired from his pastorate at Atkinson and will locate in lowa. A cream: has been started at Wabash and is expected to be a wholesale addition to the town, “The Ledger says that Stuart has taken its first steps toward prohibition. Atkinson beer has been introduced 1nto town, ‘While working in the stone quarries at Lowsville John Gyle had his face and hands burned to a_crisp by un explosion of gun- powder and is now being treated .at the county hospital. The ladies cornet band at Fullerton is making good progress, and although it has only been organized six months and has never had an instructor, the members fur- nish excellent music. A Grand Island man named Bowen, who was bitten by a mad dog, went clear to Lafayette, Ind., to have a mad stone applied to the wound. The stone adhered to the wound and Bowen believes that he is effect- ually cured. of Bloody Run, says the have organized a lodge under a charter granted by the grand lodge of the Anti-Horsethief association, and will be ready to handle horse thieves as soon as the ssociation gallows can be erected. The ofticers clected are: The grand chief nemp streteher, the grand perforator, the funeral director, grave excavator, chaplain and solicitor of the shekels. ‘The constitution of the organization provides for the suspension of any member caught stealing a torse, and it is said the suspending ceremonies are very elevating in character. Towa. Swedish citizens of Des Moines county vo organized the Swedish Mutual Fire ociation. ‘he Burlington police court trieds 1,050 cases last year. 3 Des Moines has ordered $1,500,000 of pav- ing and sewering. Rev. H. L. Stetson has accepted the presi- dency of the Des Moines university, but will continue to ac pastor of the I'irst Baptist church of that city ve Dubuqud men were held at bay in saloon by a woodehopper armed with an axe, and it took the whole police force to capture the belligerent. A girl_baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Despaiu, of Fairfleld, last week. It is the eighteenthh child for the mother and the twenty-third for the fath d their s are forty-cight and fifty-five respect- Aborn honse at Des 1 all over a, Mont., devar- . . S. Aborn, mana- The doetor neglécted to the country to talk did not come of, ow ture from Helena of of the schewe, leave any add attached the furnitire, id quite a large business, the expen- very great and receipts wore not enough to justify a drawing. ‘The state pharmacy commissioners report that in for! ne counties of lowa, including Sremer, Codar, Clayton, Dubuque, Henry, Towa, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Madison, Montgomery, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Wash- ington, Winneshiek, there is not a single permitto sell liquors for legal purposes. Polic county, the' pride of prohibition, h eighteen; Woodbury, 10; Carroll, eleve Pottawattamie, nine. In fifteen counties there is only one permit to cach, and twelve counties have two each, “Ten ydars ago one of the most eloquent and powerful Methodist Episcopal clergy- men in tho state was Rey. J. M. Hudson, of Mason City. On account of severe domestic difticulty, he left the l)ulpll. since which time he has led a secluded and woridly life, Heo was recently reclaimed and inday for the first time occupied his old pulpit in taat city. He was listnced to by a large congre- gation and declared his intention of again entering into ministerial work, Dakota. An extensive €atnolic school building will be erected at Sturgis this season. The Huronite says there has never beon a time when Huron contained any vacant houses, The channel of the Missourl at Yankton s oh; age and workdd back to its old bed ongside of the town., The Woonsocket money lenders are refus- ing to make chattel loans on account of the venal feature of the new usury law. The Herrold editors are at war and one of them has been bound over to the district court to the churge of criminal libel, pre- ferred by his brother editor, Roal estWe is active at Plerre and a build- ing boom hus been started by the board of education, which will erect two ward schools and a grand central structure, work to be commenced inside of thirty days. There is a revival of early boating days on the upper Missourl. The people of Charles Mex county, having no railroad, have organ- ized a stock 'compuny for the purpose of op- erating a steamboat line between Chamber- lain and down-river points, and the HBenton transportation company is going to run two boats, the Helena and Rosebud, between Chamberlain and up-river points, The Charles Mix county burning bluff con- tinues to throw off smoke and & gaseous vapor. The heat is less intense thau some months ago, or it is lower beneath the sur- face. A fund bas been raised by popular subscription to investigate the phenomena and learn the cause of the combustion. The result of the investigation s awaited with & Rreat deal of interest. Nobi o A st o R gt % WHAT OUR BENLAUGHS ABOUT Some Humorous Inocidents of Life at the White House. NOTE OF A MODEST HOOSIER. An Unseemly Scramble For Dead Men's Shoes—Why the President Needsa Private Residence— Gossip from Washington, Diplomatic Condolence. iNaToN, April 6.—[Special -Corre- spondence of Tre Bre,]—Somo amusing in cidents occur at the white house frequently. Tho other day during tho excitement over the disaster in Sumoa by which vhree of our men-of-war were dashed to pieces, and many lives were lost, the president and Mr. Blaine were in the former's room holding a con- sultation over tho outlook. Naturally there ‘was a very serious air around the white house, as the sad incident had cast a gloom over all who knew of it. Queen Victoria sent a cablegram extending her condolence to the people of the United States through the president, and it was transmitted to the chief executive through the ocharge d'affairs. The diplomatic officer was ushered into the presence of the president while the latter was consulting with his secretary of state. Both the president and Mr. Blaine arose to their feet as the British ambassador entered, and taking off his hat in the most formal way he handed a mes- sage 1o the first man of the land, After the message was read by the president thero was & formal interchange of regrets and sympathy, which lasted several minutes. Then the charge d'affairs bade the gentle- man good afternoon and departed. When the doors was closed Secretary Blane turned to the president and observed : “Funny, isn't it, how differently we re- ceive people in this room and receive them out west, or in our houses! Now, if that man had come mto your house at Indian- apolis with such a message, you would have invited him to sit down and make himsolf comfortable. Then you would have ad- d him by his name, and thanked him message. Butt WOULD NOT BE DIPLOMACY 10 do that thing here. It was necessary to treat the whole matter in the most formal business way. What great changes come over us through an election I" On last Sunday an extraordinarily large bundle of letters was received at the execu- tive mansion, and while the president was assorting them over for the purpose of se- curing those marked ‘‘personal,’ and those which appearcd to be for himself indi- piaually, b run across one addresscd us fol- ows : “Ben Prosident of the United States, Washington, D, C.” Another letter written by an ardeat Hoosier who wanted a position” in the diplo- matic or consular service was enclosed in a large sized envelope, and addressad to “General Een Harrison, Executive Mansion, Washington.” A sheet of fool's-cap writing paper was used_on which to indite the message. Dur- ing the campaign there were photograph copies of & picture of General Harrison cir- culated. They were about six by ten inches 1n size, and _were printed on heavy book paver. This Indiana office seeker hud taken one of these photographs, and cutting it in two at the breast, had pasted the head and Dbust on the upper portion of the sheet of paper. Under this he wrote the following letter: “His excellency is kindly requested to rec- ommend and support tho undersigned as ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENI- POTENTIARY or consul general to_auy of the following states: _Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uru- guay, Columbia and South and Central America generally, % ¥ = This will take the place of a single-file handshake, and its attendant symptoms, a one-minute 'buz- zing in your ear, as now practiced by office applicants.” A short time after the disaster in Samoa had been verified at the department of state, and copics of the cablegrams were sent to Prosident Harrison, and while the chicf executive was working through tears upon piles of applications for office, a_delegation of friends of a naval officer called upon him and asked for the promotion which will nat- urally take place by the death of the unfor- tunate men on board the Nipsic and Van- dalia. The president did not say anything, Dbut received he officers kindly. He thought, however, it was o very remarkable proceed- ing, A few minutes afterward another dele- gation came in and insisted upon the recos- nition of some other nayal officer for promo- tion by reason of the death of these men. Then followed some more men who wanted their friends in the navy promoted. This was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the president_informed his callers that he thought it was a burning shame that there should be so much unseemly SCRAMBLE FOI DEAD MEN'S SHOES, He said the friends of men in the navy should wait until the bodies of the unfor- tunate ones had been recovered and laid at rest before there was any feeling over who shouid secure prowotion, The plumbing in the executive mansion is being thoroughly overhauled. When Pres dent Harrison went into the white house was discovered that in some of the rooms the dampness and the sewerage had conspired to cause a green mould to form on the walls, On a foggy or heavy day the sewer gas was s0 strong that it would make one sneeze in portions of the building, while in other places it could be actually tasted. The eff ect of this poisonous atmosphere was to make Mrs, Harrison quite ill, and she -has been confined to her bed or room almost constantly for ten or fifteen days, and will have to go away from Washing. ton in_ order to tully recuperate. Meanwhile plumbers have been at work tearing out the arrangements in some of the closets and putting in new pipes around a number of the water faucets. Everyone who enters the white house ad- mires the grandeur of the old-fashionod building _and the natural abandon of the place. The ceilings are high, the rooms wide and square, tho hallways broad, the conservatory capacious, aud i warmth and cheerfulness which sugg ease of a splendid old southern home. It looks “‘sorter George Washington like," as a woman from the west put it the othér day, aund without any thought to health and com- fort for a permanent home, the visitor is ready to exclaim: *“How 1 should like to live here!” This is all just, on goneral principles, but those who are not robust, or thoso who have not been acclimated to Washington are almost invariably made sick upon entering the white house. T'he illuess of Mrs, Harri- son, and the enormous amount of business which nas been forced upon the new pres dent, requiring greater ofiice-room, have em- phasized the necessity for tho construction of A PRIVATE LESIDENCE for tho president of the Unitod States. This question has been agitatod a numberof times by the republican senate, but has always failed when it reached the democratic house of representatives. Lt is understood that an appropriation will be made during the ap. proaching session of congress for a new bullding, where the president van live with comfort and without 1isk to the health of himself and family, and where there will be more than five bed' rooms, u single dining room aand three parlors in which to ontertain thousands of people every wek. Since Mrs, Harrison came to the white house she hias had with her all the members of ner immediate family, but she expects to be quite alond during ‘the summer. Hor daughter, Mrs, McKee, wiil be some weoks in tho soath during Lh spring, whilo bor Kon and his wife expect 1o go to their home in Helena, Mont., very shortiy. The president and Mrs, Harrison “will undoubtedly svend their summer vacation in the vieinity of Deer Park, Md., where tocy used to go when Geu- cral Harrison was in the senate. Ex-Senator Davls, of West Virginis, has some cottages at Door Park, and every summer for years past hie has placed one of them at the disposal of General and Mrs. Harvison, Deer Park can be reached 1n a fow hours' run from Washiugton, and if necessary the presidont can leave here at 3 o'clock o Saturday after- noon, und arrive at his cottage, high up in the mountains, where there Is fresh, brac- ing breezo, ln timo for suppe “The president can there have beautifui drives, and any amount of constitutional walks, ' He also ial compauy thero for himself Dzxxny 5. Hearu, e OMAHA'S FINEST, The Police System to be Investigated For Several Reasons. No little anxioty is folt by the membors of the police force over the proposod investiga- tion by the council into the workings of that body, Thoe investigation was brought about directly by the action of the poRce authori- ties in omploying spies and informors to se- cure convictions against saloonkeopers for selling liquor on Sunday. Five members of the force, disguised as soldiors and laboring mon, visited soveral saloons of the city and socured whisky under pleas of sick- ness and representations of a like nature, and then appeared as witnesses against the men who had favored them Several members of the council, led by Mr. Kuspar, protested against such methods, and finally called for a committeo to_investi' gato the chargos against the men who wore ongaged a8 informers and to eoxamine into tho general condition and workings of the police department. President Leo, of tho council, on Saturday night appointed Coun- cilmen Kaspar, Lowry, Davis, Schriver and Chaffee ns the investigation committee, To a Brk reporter yestorday Mr. Kaspar stated that the commiittee had a big job on its hands, ‘“There have boon a very large number of complaints received,” said Mr, Knspar, “touching upon the mannor and conduct of the force in many respects, and I propose, as chairman of the committee, to go 10 the bottom of them, and if the people who have made personal complaints will make them public beforo the committes I Imaging wo will show a very pratty state of hings, " ““What can you do about it, even 11 you do #how a case against the force or its hoad,” whas asked. “*We don't have any authority in the mat- said the ocouncilman, “but it will bo well to let the public know what kind of po- lice service wo aro gotting in roturn for the large amount of monoy that goes to keep up that dopartment." *‘What do you expect to show against the men who have beon acting as informers against tho saloon men?" ‘Simply that everyone of them has him self been guilty of & crime in coaxing a sa loonkeeper to commit an offense. Take tho case of Young Hyjeck for instance. That by worked like a slave to get a homo _for mother, aud sho then mortgaged it for §1,200 1o start his saloon for him, He hasruna nice, quict place and there has never been a complaint against him. That man Hudson, who informod wgainst him, got a bottle of whisky on Sunduy only after making two visits to Iyjeck and begging him to let him have the liquor, as bis wife was dying and ha could not do without it. ‘The commissioners revoked his liccuse, and it is now a case of paymg that $1,200 by day’s work." ““What of the charges against the force in general{" “Idon’t want to try this case before we get 1o it; but thero will be charges enough. It can be shown that the lice have been carrying things with a high hand. Tt has come to such a pass that if o laboring man is out of a job for a few days he isarrested as a vagabond or a sus- picious character, One caso that I have knowledge of was that of a man who worked on asower contract all last summer. He was out of ajob when winter camo on and could not find work. He lived noxt _door to a member of the police forco who kept hounding him and finally told him that if he did not wo to work Lie would bo arrested. The fellow could not find work and “moved to Denver to avoid the ofticious coppers persecution, That is one case out of many, The committee will meet shortly and will hold daily sessions until we get. to the bottom of the complaints made if it takes us all sum- mer.” *"There are several things I would like to know,” said a member of the council, “‘about the workings of the police force, and I think I will tako advantage of the proposed in. vestigation to find out.” The reporter oxpressed surprise that thore should bo anything that a councilman_didn’t know and asked out of curiosity what tho poiuts were upon which erlightenment was desired. “One thmg I would like to know,” was the reply, “is why the police allow the King woman to run her bagnio on Capitol Avenue, near Fifteenth, while the other Ieepers of houses of ill fame are required to move out of the prescribed district. Of course I am not putting in a plea for the other women, but I simply want to know why tho police authorities make sucha dis- crimination. Then, I would like to know, too, if the police commission is aware that a member of tho board has a houso of his in the prescribed district that is occupied by women of illropute. I hope the investigat- ing committee will furnish me the informa- tion I am thirsting after.” — Mail Men Resolve. A large number of railway mail servioe clerks who ruu into Omaha, met at the Mil. lard hotel Friday night, and passed the fol- lowing resolutions on Frank Murphy, who has recently retired from the position of chief of the clerkship of the Nebraska ai- vision : Whereas, Our esteemed friend and fellow laborer, I'rank Murphy has seen fit to ask to be relieved from the responsible position of chiof clerk of the Nebraska division, and Whereas, We have known him as an eflicient and faithful employe and competent chief clerk in every respect, therefore be it Resolved, That we express our regrets that he has found it nocessary to retire from this importa® position, and that we wish him abundant success in_whatever position he may hereafter oceu Stole Everything But the Girl. Newank, N. J., April 6.—(Special Tele gram to Tne Bre.|—J. S. Grier, a specia agent of the governor of Colorado, to take the cowboy, Herbort E. Coddiugton, back ta Trinidad 1 that state, on threo indictments —vurning the hetel of James Pyle, robbing a boarder of §200 and running “away with Pyle's daughter—was looking for Govornor Green to-day to get his roquisition signed, ‘Tho only chiarge Coddington denies is thal of kiduapping the girl, She claims to have been sixteen years old when she left home. i A Private Public School. Mr. O. F. Jaynes has built a school build ing av the corner of Jaynos streey and Sher. man avenue, north of the fair grounds, which he has'furnished to the school board for a year, the board supplying the toachex Tho now school accommodates about sixy’ pupils who were without. proper school fa’ aillties. s A boy living near Abilene, Tex., was recently bitten by a snuke and was soon taken with convulsions. An old Mexi- can seraped out the bowl of a briar pipe applied the scrapings to the child’ wuixlnlls and the next day the boy was well. Sneezing Catarrh. 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