Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 9. 1bwv. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. —— TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Morning Edition) tnclnding SUNDAY, p, Ono Y ohr 10 00 }:’ iren Months 18 .:4"“"6,."‘:,"’" e, matled to any .- ress, ent . e 'mu Ory 916 FARNAMS n:r‘r‘ L -, Nos, 014 A 'ARN, T " TOARD DT RoOKRRY BUILDIN Yonrk OpricR, ROOMA 14 AND 15 TRIBUX UILDING, WASHINGTON OFFiCE, NO. bl JURTEENTH BTRERT. 1 m"l(fl“l'l)"“l’.fl:l. - 0/ fentl ol 0 N 1 4 onfi2|°m’.'.'.‘¥‘f':",.|'.2u{",“r‘,{.n“drflf...« to the EDITOR OF THE BRE. NKSS LETTERS, All lmllnfl::lljmlr- and remittances should b Addressod to Tie BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ~ OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to ‘be made payablé to the order of the company. ke Bee Pablishing Company, Proprictors. ROSEWATER, Editor, THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Orrculation. Btateof Nebragkn, | County of Douglas, huck, secretary of the Ties Pub- g company, does solemnly swear that the actual cirenlation of Tk DALY BEE for tho Week ending April 6. 1559, was as follows: Eunday. March 51 Monaa Thursday, Ap Friday. Apri Baturday, April6... Averago. . presence thls 6th day of April, A. D, 1880 Seal, P, HEI!L Notary Public. Etate of Nebraska, ' 88, County, of Douglas, | Georgy b, Trachuck, being duly sworn, de- ues and says that ho 18 secratary o the ae Boibtiahini company, that tho aclual average Qafly circulatio of THE DAILY BEE for the month ot March, 148, 10,06 coples; for April 8, 18744 copies; | for May, 148, 1818 June, 188, 10244 coples; ‘for July, 18R, 16,68 copien: for August,' 188, 18,18 coples; ror September, 1885, 18, 154 covles; for October, 1888, 18,034 coples; for Nove ber, 16K, 14,88 coples: for Docember, 188, 18,22) coptes; for January, K89, 18,674 copies; for Feb- 584, 18,006 copies. 000 COPRORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo_and subscribed inmy ‘presence this 1d day of March, A. D 1. P, FEIL Notary Public. JAY GouLp’s fingers, apparently, are not quita long enough to elutch the Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas railroad. THERE are a few men on the list of paving and sewer inspectors whose ser- vices will not be missed, if rejected by the council. BOULANGER has been ordered out of Belgium and is an exile irom France. But that should not deter him from coming to America and joining the army of office seekers. AND now the council proposes to ad- minister a dose of physic to the police system. It will be remembered, how- ever, that the medicine failed to operate in the subway inyestigation. THERE is a growing suspicion that a number of the successful and lowest bid- ders on paving contracts are mere figure - heads to throw the paving contracts _into the lap of the oid combine. BurGLARY and highway robbery were committed in the city Sunday, but { the police were too busy watching the back doors of saloons to give their at- tention to such trifling breaches of the peace. THERE is evidently a large sized dar- key in the municipal wood pile when the svecifications for paving are so varied and conflicting as to give con- tractors thirty different ways of laying pavements. ON THE prospects of a direct road be- tweon Omaha and Yankion several hundred thousand dollars worth of Yankton real-cstate is roported to have changed hands. Such is one of the beneficial results of a closer relation- ship with Omaha. Tur people of Dakota are not of that kind to be easily discouraged. Al- though the recent praivio fires created - sad havoe in destroying the property of hundreds of settlers, they will not be deterred from returning to their fields with the determination to make good their losses. ANS has suddenly blos- somed into a great corn exporting center. During the month of March the clearance of corn unounted to 2,200,000 bushels, as against 500,000 bushels for the same month a year ago. Should this record continue, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia will have & dangerous rival, NEW ORrLE IN direct contrast to the polioy of re- trenchment inaugurated upon the Towa tines, the roads embraced in the Penn- sylvania system will make no reduction in the wages of their army of employes. “Retrenchment,” says President Rob- erts, ‘If necessary, will begin at the top.” In other words, officials who en- joy a salary of from ten to twenty thou- sand dollars a year should feel the cut first, rather than the thousands of men In the overating departments whose earnings are now little enough. THE officials of the Santa Fe railroad Appear to attach some importance to the report of an intention among the Oklahoma boomers to burn the bridges on their line skirvting the territory, in order to prevent further arrivals, They have sent detectives along the line, but if there is really any such purpose as reported, a small army will be neces- sary to prevent its being carried out. Tho streamof expectant settlors is pour- ing toward the covetea lands, tho num- ber now there being two or three times as great as can take up claims, and thus the danger of serious collisions, when ~ the opening takes place, grows every day greater, Em—— Ir THE police force is to be turned fnto an organized gung of detectives and informers, it should not coufine its energies to the back doors of saloons por waste its sweetnoss in persunding men to break the Sunday law. For two {uu the force has been clamoring for “a spesific case” against the snide jew- elry wolves of Tenth strect, yet no policeman has been sent in disguise to _these dens to socure suflicient evidence to convict. Such action would interfere with the business of shearing the un- wary, verdant lawb, There is more joy + ot headquarters over the arvost of a salooukeepor or a hanana peddler than over the capture of a score of rascals. SENATORIAL PRESUMPTION. If the averagé United States senator could lay aside his sense of self-import- ance long enough to enable him to seriously consider the general yopular sentiment regarding the ‘*‘House of Lords,” a reform in spirit and. conduct of senators might be hoped for. But the average senator can not or will not do this. Napoleon exclaimed, ‘the state, that is myself.” In the idea that he represents the stats, rather than the people, the senator imagines that the state ie personified in himself. He becomes an autocrat in feeling, dogmatic in hisz opinions, presump- tions and imparious in his demands. These characteristics of the large ma- jority of senators have become conspic- uously offensive during the past quarter of a century, and, as a consequence, the senate has steadily drifted away from the popular respect and confidence in which 1t was once held. Recent exhi- bitions of the objectionable senatorial spirit have shown thay its tendency is to grow worse instead of better. It was reasonably hoped republican president would able to work in harmony with a republican senate. The pre- sumption and discourtesy of senators has deféated this expectation at the very beginning of the administration. Senatorial place-hunters publicly berate the administration because appoint- that a be ments have been made without consult- ing them. Just now the two Illinois senators are extremely exasperated be- cause they could not dictate federal ap- pointments. Senavor Farwell is reported tobe up in arms because Postmaster- General Wanamaker has scen fit to ap- point a superintendent of the postoffice at Chicago without consulting him. This may be very discourteous to the senator but his conduct reflacts dis- credit on the high office he holds. It is humiliating spectacle to see senaYors figuring ns peddlers of petty offices and i grumbling and threatening because other men than thoso they had in view had been chosen. The fault found is not with the character of the men ap- pointed, but simply with the fact that the senators were not given the opportunity to say who should fill these offices. They might have recommended men equally as well qualified as those appointed, but by what authority do they claim the right to control appointments to public office? From what source do they get the privilege to demand from the pres- ident that they shall be consulted in ad- vance of appointments? When they are consulted it is simply an act of ex- ecutive condescension, and does not im- ply the existence of a prerogative. The constitution devolves on the pres- ident the power and the duty of mak- ing appointments in the public service “by and with the advice and consent of the senate.” In the exercise of its constitutional function the senate may refuse to advise and con- sent to an appointment which it con- siders unfit, but it was never intended that such refusal should be given exeept upon the most conclusive cvidence of uniitness, and the utmost latitude of in- terpretation could find nothing in this authority of the senate to justify the presumptuous demand of senators to be consulted regarding appointments be- fore made. The practice of doing this is purely one of executive convenience and courtesy, and has nothing else to support it. President Harvison has doubtless observed this practice as far as he has deemed it desirable or necessary to do so, and the fact that he has not surrendered his right in the matter to the senators is an evidence of ' exccutive independence which the country will most heartily approve. The responsibility for a capable, hon- est and eflicient administration of the public service rests with the president. The sepate has no share in it. If, therefore, republican senators ave de- termined to maice an issue with the presidout on this matter of appoint- ments he should not hesitate to firmly insist on his constitutional prerogative, and refuse to permit any usurpation of zuthority or privilege on the part of senators or others who may attempt it There need be no doubt that he will do this, and he will have, 1n doing it, the approval of his party and the com- mendation of all right-thinking men. THE NEW COMMIS A great deal of interest is felt in rail- road and commercial circlos regarding the appointment of a successor to Mr. ‘Walker in the inter-state commerce commission. The chamber of commerce of New York has suggested that a busi- ness man should be selected, and al- though it is understood that the incli- nation of the president is to appoint a lawyer, it is quite probable he will deem a suggestion from so important a commercial body worthy of considera- tion. The argument in favor of appointing & business man is that with the retirement of Mr. Walker the commission loses its best informed member in practical questions of business and commerce, and is left decidedly deficiont in this respect, while, as long as Judge Cooley remains at the head of the commission, there will be little fear of deficiency of legal knowledge and sound cnunciation of legal principles. It is asserted with some foree that the husinessof the com- imission has undgrgone geadual change from a more exclusively legal to a more broadly practical and commercial char- acter, and, thorefovre, cails for & man of large familisrity with the practical op- orations of commerce and transporta- tion, The New York Commercial Bulletin, which reflects fairly and intelligentiy the business sentiment of that city, says: “Thatat least one member of the commission should have thorough knowledgo of the reintions of transporta- tion so internal trade aund foreign com- merce ismuch more important than that the legul knowledge of the com- mission should be supplemented by the selection of another lawyer.” Doubt- less this view will commend itself wo business men genorally, and 1t is not questionablo that the commercial in- teresis of the country would re- gard with especial favor the appoiut- mont of a man experienced in practical affaivs. It is very likely, also, that the continuing mebers of the comussion would regard such a man as a valuable aoquisition, whose counsel would be en- lightening and helpful to a greater de- gree than that of another lawyer could possibly be. The commission is likely to have more to do in the future than in the past with questions demanding, for their intelligent consideration, prac- tical business knowledge. The legal requirements of the inter-state commerce act have alréady been very fully interpreted and are quite generally understood, but the practical questions that must arise from time to time will be almost interminable. The matter is of very considerable importance, and undoubt= edly the president would gratily the business interests of the country and perhaps strengthen the commission by appointing to the vacancy in the com- mission & man of thorough business knowledge and experience EXONERATED, INDEED! After going through the farce of reading the testimony in the in- vestigation of the poor farm scandal the county commissioners have unani- mously agreed that the management of the poor farm is in the very best of hands. This verdict was not unexpected. The relations of several members of the board to Superintend- ent Mahoney have been so intimate as to close their eyes against any abuse that may exist at the county hospital. Four out of the five commissioners are democrats, and Superintendent Maho- ney with his pauper platoons, has been too useful as a political factor to be dis- peused with., Mr. Turner, the republi- can member, is a weak-kneed, and accommodating old person, who has not backbone enough to express a dis- eenting opinion, and is mixed up with his colleagues in too many schemes and jobs to risk a rupture on account of the supervisor of the poor. In exonerating Superintendent Ma- honey for permitting the matron to maltreat paupers by the use of coarse, vulgar and brutal language and cruel neglect of their wants, the commission- ers have literally said to the people of this city and county that, in their opinion, a pauper has no rights which an overseer of the poor is bound to respect. The inmates of ‘the county infirmary may be called the vilest of names, their infants may be farmed out to women of ill-fame, and they may be mercilessly exposed ‘Yo inclement weather, without even a chance ®to have their remon- strances heard. Paupers who are on the verge of {he grave may be sub- jected to untold indignities and be de- prived of the most ordinary comforts without even eliciting a reproof on the part of the commissioners. And this scandalous verdict meets the approval of certain newspapers of Omaha. When the New York World exposed the cruel practices ut an insane asylum } through the reports of Nellie-Bly, who had been admitted upon request of that paper as an inmate of the institution, the country applauded the managers of the great New York dailv for its service to suffering humanity, and Nellie Bly achieved a national reputation for her efficient work. But in Omaha the exposure of brutal- ity and shocking cruelty in.an alms- house and county hospital is not only belittled, but actually ridiculed by narrow-minded small-souled men who control alleged newspapers that dis- grace the profession of journalism. In- stead of joining THE BEE in its effort to protect helpless and indigent women and aged and crippled men who have been forced by misfortune or destitution to seek an asylum in a charitable insti- tution, these shameless creatures berate the man who enlisted in a humane ser- vice to ascertain what truth there was in the reports of ill-treatment of inmates at the poor farm and report upon the conduct of its managers after personal inspection. Mr. Wendell P. | Coe, against whose integrity and charac- ter no man can truthfully say aught, has been held up to popular scorn as a spy aud informer. The beastly and brut treatment of the wretched paupers, that have been subjected to cruelty, insult and-indignity, has been made a subject of jest and ridicule in the face of dis- closures that have shocked this whole community and made our poor farm an- other Tewksbury in the eyes of the peo- ple of this state. If the county commissioners, who have exonerated the Mahoney manage- ment can derive any comfort from the support of papers that have such alow moral standard, they are welcome. The people of this county, however, who have read. the published statements and testimony haye formed their own opin- ions and no amount of official white- wash will restore popular confidence 1n the poor farm manag ement. ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY. According to the Washington repor! er of the Herald, whose inspiration is known to come directly from Senator Manderson’s committee clerk, the sen- tor wants it understood that he as- sumes the entire responsibility for Lan- ton’s selection of a postoffice site. In other words, the senator fathers the Linton report, which asserts that the trend of traftic is all northward, in the face of the fact that sixty-five per cent of the business done at this time is on Farnam and south of Farnam, leaving thirty-five per cent north of Farnam including the fifteen million doll metal product of the smelting works. Omitting the smelting works, three- fourths of the volume of business done in Omaba is on Farnam and south of that etreet, and one-fourth north of Far- nam. At the presidential election three thousand more votes were cast south of Farnam than north of that thorough- fare. This means that on an estimate of one hundred and ten thousand popu- lation exclusive of South Omaha sixty- five thousand are liviug south of Far- nam street and forty-five thousand north of Farnam. For all this, the senator iusists with Linton that the public building must pot go south of Farnam street. The most remarkable feature is the sen- | ator's assumption of the whole respon- | gibility. Who is the senator responsible ! to? He is not elected by the people. If anybody in congress is responsible it , must be the resident member of tho house who takes the chanoes of popular displeasure every two years. When the present Omaha post- office was located General Thayer was United States senator and his home was in Omaha. John Taffe, the first member of congress that Nebraska elected, was also a resident of Omaha. It is a matter of history that Senator Thayer did not attempt to influence the location .of the building, although it was much more Jdifficult tosé®ure a three hund thousand dollar avpro- priation fo fi'p‘hliv building in Omaha in 1870, when'we had only fifteen thou- sand population, and there was not a governmont building west of Chicago. Not only did General Thayer abstain from 1nterfering in the choice of location, but the department placed the entire responsibility of recommending the locating commission upon the shoul- ders of Congressman Taffe. The location of a public building is no part of the patronage conceded to a senator, and General Manderson knows as well as we do that he cannot assume a responsibility that does not belong to his office. And in this instance his as- sumption of a responsibility for the action of a democratic official who was inspired in his choice by political in- fluences very near Grover Cleveland, would, to use a very mild term, seem to be entirely out of place. Tne latest information regarding the prospect for opening the Sioux reserva- tion is encouraging. It is said that Sit- ting Bull and Gall, the two most influ- ential and obstinate chiefs in opposition to the proposal of last year, have given utterance to friendly expressions ve- garding the new proposal, while others are reported to be well plensed with the action of the government in increasing the price to be paid for the lands. It is to be hoped this information is entirely trustworthy, but it is to be remembered that before the commission of last year entered upon its duties, there were sim- ilar reports of the friendly disposition of the Indians. There is, of course, a very good reason, in the higher price the Indians are to* receive for their lands, why there should be a change of fecling among them, but those familizr with the temperament of these people will understand that a great deal of dis- cretion may have to be used by the com- mission in treating with them. They are naturally distrustful, and unless the new commission adopts a somewhat different course from that of last year, another failure of the negotiations may be the consequence. The cave taken at Washington to gecure a suitable com- mission is justitiod by the importance of the work to*bé accomplished. IT 18 slear as daylight that if con- tractors are given the right to do pav- ing and other public works uunder their own specifications, the taxpayers of Omaha will be grossly imposed upon. For that reason the council should go slow in confirming the awards of the board of public works until the specifi- cations under which the contracts were sionally let are most carefully sawn and thoroughly understood. A y step at the outset of the season is of peril and must be guarded against. The decision of the Towa railroad commissioners, in the appeal of the Chicago & Northwestern, questioning the right of the supervisors of Marshall county to divect the building of cross- ings where they see proper, has been unfavorable to the road. The ruling is important, inasmuch as it establishes a precedent in determining similar cases in other states. Where crossings over railroad tracks are demanded for pub- lic convenience, there is no alternative for a railroad but to maintain them. Toe Herald ass that there is nothing in the way of beginning imme- diate work on a system of varks ‘‘ex- cept the d mayor and city authorities.” This will astonish people who have read the law. It is st necessary to provide a park com- sion and the appointment cannot be made before the sccond Tuesday in May. That power is vested in the judees of the district cour m DESPITE the fact t] the Waestern Union Telegraph company proposes to resist the New York subway commis- sion, which ordered all overhead wire to be put underground, the electric light and other companies have cheer- fully complied with the command. It remains to be seen whether the West- ern Union is a monopoly strong enough to defy the citizens of the American metropolis, A Limited Parentage. Utica Observer. There seems to be an_impression in New York that Georgo Washington was the father of only 400 of his countrymen, Some Advice to the Boomers, Chicago Tribune. Advice to timid wen of slender build who are not experts in the use of flrearms: Don't rush to Oklahoma, - Wait till the climate be- comes wore salubrio! A e The Genuiné Article, Chidago Times. A Kentucky sheriff who has been con- verted confesses thut he once stole $1,000 which he now returns with interest. IKen- tucky religion must be a power. e The Arkansas Way. Pittslwrg Commercial, The assassin of John M. Clayton down in Arkansas has not been found, but one of the men who was trying to find bim has been assassinated, Thisis Arkansas justice, - Julian is All Right. Chicage ‘Iimes. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new English minister to this country, has all of the neces- sary qualifications. He is gouty, fat, and is fond of his club, He will be a welcome guest in Washington society. Grover Was Doclle. Chicago Herald, The artist who is painting the portrait of Mr. Cleveland for the Corcoran art gallery says that during the sittings he was as *‘do- cileas a child.” The usual way in such cases, probably, is to get mad and *‘lick the artist. B Honoring Thomas Jefferson. Philadelvhia Record. Are we on the brink of a Jeffersonian re- construction? In no year since Thomas Jeffersou died has there been so general, so hearty and reverential tribute paid to his wemory and his political teachings as iu this - ot R A s S RO o, R g yoar of grace This is & sign of the times that is full of encouragemont. How It Rather Liooks. Pittshurg Dispateh. Tt rather looks, 'twixt you and me, With one month barely over, The president would rather be In Florida with Grover C, A careless pig m clover. — Two Interesting Nowspapers. Boston Herald, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette is almost as interesting nowadays as the Noew York Tribune. One is all growls and the other is all smiles. What a tumble an editor makes when he goes into politics and gets a plum or a grievance! A Mortgage on the Karth, THE “LAY" OF THE W. U. T. C. New York World, T'm a Wostern Union Telegraph Jay And my number 1s No. 1! Since I built my L's and shut out the day I've a mortgage on the sun: T've a morteage on all the elements— My stock of water is simply immenso—- And my lien on the strects, to all intents, 1s thoroughly well begun! I'm a Western Union Telegraph Jay, I'm railed at on many a road It's hard to make some of my properties pay Unloss you know when to unload; But I'm working town for all it's worth, And I'm not an appropriate theme for mirth, For I've got a mortgage on the carth, As my lawyer recently showed ! A il STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A G. A. R. post has been organized at Huntley. Chris. Mosler, general merchandise dealer at Rushville, has failed. A butter and cheese factory will be in operation at Elba in a few weeks. ‘Work has been commenced on the Custer county court house at Broken Bow., It cost George Hickenbothem £50 to steal ties from the railroad company at Friend. Elba, Howard county, now has a weekly paper, the Graphic, which made its first ap- pearance last week. The commissioners of Cass county have ordered an addition built to the jail to be used as a dwelling for the jailer, Fremont now has three daily Flail having com morning edition, graph. John Barnsby has returned to his home at Fairmont and is impatiently awaiting the arrival of papers announcing his appoint- ment of consul at Manchester, A Schuyler' young man forgot to secure a marriage license on the day set for his wed- ding, and the ceremony had to be postponed ‘because the county judge was out of the city. It was a great disappointment to the assem- bled guests as well as to the prospective bride and groom. A Weeping Water doctor whose house had been occupied all winter by a widow who had failed to pay the rent, interviewed her one day recently and offered the donate her all past due rents, provided, she would move out. She thanked the doctor for his kiadly offer, and said she had got acquaintetl there now, and preferred to stay where she was, She still hotds the fort. An odd accident occurred on the B. & M., at Crote. An engine cmployed as a “‘pusher’’ crowded the rear end of the train it was helping 80 hard that the caboose and three box cars left the track, so suddenly, in fact, that the tender broke loose and rolied down an embankment. By some means the lever became reversed, and with her valves wide the tenderless engine dashed down the grade at a terrible rate of speed. At the station the Denver passenger had halted to take water, and the runaway dashed into it at full specd, demohishing both locomotives, Strange to say no one was injured. Trains were delayed some time on account of the accident. y papers, the enced the publication of a elving the news by tele- lowa. Toughs atKeokuk have demoralized the Salvation 5 Fifty re made 10 March Cedar Rapids polic There werg 411 inmates in the Glenwood asylum for feevle minded during March. The new convent to be built at Dubuque will accommodate 100 sisters and cost $100,- 000. by the John Rogers, who lately died at Oakland Mills, aged 111, had chewed tobacco ninety- saloon- marshal nty-five_mformations again Tkeep heen sworn out by of muscatine. Two hundred converts of a united with the Central Pre: at Des Moine Mrs. Olive Stacey died in the Old_Ladies’ home at Davenport at_the age of seventy- three years. She_hud lived in Davenport thirty-six ye Years ago she was one of the fashio akers of the cit A mecting of the newspaper mon of north- western Jowa_has been ecnlled to meet at Carroll on Friday, the 10th inst., for tic purpose of considering the question of for- eign adverusements and other matters per- taining to the “‘ready-print” business. Another note swindler has appearcd in the rural districts, A man represents himself as ateacher of singing and goes about se- ing the signatures of those willing to be. come his patrons. His_terms are low and the names come easy. The autographs soon turn up on notes in a bank for collection. Dr. D. §. Aborn, who has had headquar- ters in Holena, Mont., for his Aborn house lottery schenc, has turned up in Des Moines. He denies the published report that he had left the ticketholders in the lurch, and declares that the reason ho left Helena swas that the legislature, just closed, passed an act prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprises, and that ho was compeiled to seek headquartors elsowherc; that he has located at Boise City, Iduho, ‘and will con- duct the busincss from that poiut, and that the drawing will certainly take place July 80, or the money will be refunded to the tickotholders. Beyond the Rockies. Rents are very high at Spokane Falls, W. T., and hotels and lodging houses are over- flowing. Small cattlemen throughout Nevada are rapidly going to the wall with cattle offered at $10 a head. Strawberry growers near Watsonville, (Cal., state that they will be shipping berries within two weeks if clear weather continues, Just as he was about to di oph- ens, founder of East Portland, to the school district property yalued at £12,000. . There are four feet of snow at the head- waters of the Carson, und there will be more water in the river this summer than was ex- pected. One hundred and fifty thousand acres have been sown to wheat and barley in Los Ango les county, California, an increase over last vear of 75 per tent. On the opening of the Red Lodge land to takers in the Bozeman, Mont., land office there was a lively demand, and 76,000 were paid in the first day. James Chinn and Gus Johnson, both ne- roes, had & fight at Sacramento when Chinn it off Johnson's nose, and Johnson chopped up Chinn's face with a hatchet. Both will be horribly disfigured for life. The Reno Gazette learns that many cattle are dying in the vicinity of Iron Point for the want of water and feed. The long con- tinued dry weather has made water so scarce that the poor, famishing brutes gather about the little water that the ncarly dry springs afford, and fiually give up the rustle for feed and lie down and die. Ranchmen in that section are driving their stock out of the country, and what are pot driven away are offered for sale for # per head, ———— e Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. ‘When Baby was siek, we gave her Castoria. ‘When she was & Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung; to Castorla, Whn ahohad Children, she gave them Castoria, THE NEW SLEEPING CAR LAW Its Constitutionality Questioned By Attorneys and Rallway Men. TWO REASONS FOR THIS VIEW. Incorporation of the Missouri River, North Platte & Denver-@he Grand Island Home-—- New Notaries, 020 P Stieer, LixcoLy, April 8, Senate file No. 88, approved and signed by the governor March 23, is provoking consid- erable discussion in legal and railway cir- cles. The impression seems to be growing that the bill is unconstitutional, and that tho supreme court will so hold if a case ever arises under it that necessitates a test. Two reasons are given for this view. The first is that the Pullman cars are mostly owned and assessed in Chicago, and the second is that this class of property is subject to intor- state law, and therefore boyond the control of local or state authorities. But the bill, which is as follows, will give a cloar insight into its nature and purpose. Section 1. It shall bo the duty of all rail- road companies within the state to report to the auditor of the state, the number of sleep- ing cars and dining cars not owned by such corporations, but used by it in oporating its raflway in t! state during each mouth in the year for which the return is madae, and also the number of miles each month that such cars have been run or operated on such railways within this state and the total num- ber of miles that said cars have run and operated each month within and without the state, and the owner or owners of said cars. Section 2. The state board of equalization shall at the time of the assessment of rail- way property, for taxation, assess for taxa- tion, against the - owner or owners of said cars, the average number of said cars used by said railway corvorations each month, and the assessed value of said cars shall bear the same proportion to the entire value thereof, that the monthly average number of miles that such cars have been run or oper- ated within the state shall bear to the monthly average number of miles that said cars have been used or operated within and without the state, such valuation shall ve in the same ratio as that of tho property of individuals. Section 8. Whereas an emergency cxists, this act shall take effect and bein force from and after its pussage. It is learned that a simular bill passed the legislature of Kansas a few years ago, and that the supreme court of the state declared 0 be unconstitutional, railroad corpora- tions having compeiled a'test case. New Railroad Company. After the usual form, the Missouri River, North Platte & Denver vailway company filed articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state, declaring existence from and atter April 10 for a period of fifty vears, with principal place of business at Ai- bion, Boone county. Tho purpose of -tne company i to build, equip, maintain and op- erate a railroad with' all privileges and rights of eminent domain guaranteed aftor full compliance witli the laws of the state. The termini of the ling of the road, the company contemplates constructing,are at or near De- catur, Burt county, and a point on the west- ern boundary of the state between the fortieth and forty-first parallels of latitude and at a point at_ or near the forty-second paratlel of latitude, passing through the counties of Burt, Cuming, Madison, Brown, Platte, Greeley, Valley, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Keith, Perkins, Chase, McPherson, Arthur, Duel, Cheyenne, Scott, Bluffs and Barnes, orsuch of them as the company’s voad may finally be located in. The capital stock authorized is £500,000, with tho re- served privilego of raising it to $10,000,000. Incorporators and stockholders as follows: Loren Clark, 7. C, Patterson, S. B, Thomp- son, A. M. RRobbins, William I. Cody, E. H. Hill, Peter Mortensen, Thomas I'ox and S. S. Hadley. Furiher Investigation at Hand. Thayer and wife vieited Omaha -morrow they go to Grand Island, where the governor will visit the soldiers’ and sailors’ home and continue his investiga. tions of the alleged shortcomings of the com- mandant, especially those relating to his abuses of inmates of the home. The board of public lands and buildings, and the advisory board of the home will also join the governor at Grand Istand, and with him will thor- oughly look into the management of the in- stitution, and if found necessary the assur- ance is given that changes will promptly be made. . LINCOLX BURBAU OF Tire OMAmA Buw, } 1 vernor g New Notaries Publiox The following Nebraskans were appointed notaries public by the governor to-day: C. L. RRotheil, Crab Orchard, Johnson county; E. E. Wood, Chadron, Dawes coun Ed- ward L. King, Osceola, Polk couny . H. Grimes, Lincoln, Lancaster county; Charles A. Van Pelt, McCook, Red Willow' county ; J. G, Arthur, Render, Thurston county; S. H. Fawcett, Blair, Washington county; G. A! Spelbring, Crab Orchard, Johnson county, City News and Notes. Tt is learned to-day that, with two excep- tions, the city council elect has signed a paper recommeuding the appointment or P. H. Cooper as city marshal. This is probably in- tended to eive vitality to civil service reform, Mr. Cooper 15 a democrat. Miss Minnie ‘Frecman, one of the heroines of the blizzard of the winter of i837-88, 18 attending commere college this city. In response to the query of 'ne Bek representative, *Will you grant me a brief interview ! she politely but mod- estly said bauk you; Thave had news- paper notoriety enough.” Senator Polk, of Plattsmouth, was here to- day on logal business. . It is positively stated that the state board in of transportation will make another freight reduction order in the neat future. It s un- 8tood that it will be in accordance with the B\llhnrlnmLMmminr complaints, and will be upon coal, grain and live stook. ' A majority, if not all, of the board are said to be in favor of this. The fornmla was prepared by a member of the board of sccrotarios last October, \ In nccordanco with President Harrison's proclamation issued a fow days ago, the gov- ernor has oalled npon the ohurches of the Atato to obsorve the centennial inauguration of Washington by spocial services on the morning of Apri APRIL BLOSSOMS, Washington Oritio: An open question— Where's the corkscrew! Chicago Tnter Ocoan: Spoaking of spring es, March went out with a bustle. Yonkers Statosman: War ofton follows peace. Especially is this so when it happens 10 be a piece of mince pie. Town Topics: Swigger—What are thoy going to'wive us to drink at the centennial ball! Twigger—Plymouth rock and rye, 1 beliove. Rochestor Post: The Stewart will contest Rives satisfactory evidenco that it will draw toaclose in the course of twenty-five or thirty years, Chicago Times: Men do the marketing in Towa, This was not fully understood until it leaked out that the butcher stalls kept private botties. Louisville Courier Journal: Mr, Harri. son has gracofully punctuated the name of Postmaster Orlando B. Happy by placing the comma aftor Orlando. st Burlington Free Pross: Thero is only ona class of men on the face of the earth who look well when they are in a box, and those men are the basa ball pitchers, Binghamton Republican: FAn exchange notes that “the smile is the same in all lan- euages.” Hardly. In Mexican it is pulque, in Indian firo-water, in Euglish benzine, etc. ‘Terre Haute . Express: Amelio Rives (Chandler) contributes a poem on “‘Love's Seasons” to Harper's Bazar, There are only two seasons to love of the Rives variety. Oue is red pepper, and the other is mora pepper. A SWEET SINGER. The Arrival of the Madame Albani at the Millard. Madame Albani, the celebrated diva, now touring for the first time in concert through this country, arrived 1n Omaha Sunday night and Is stopping at the Murray. Tho pecple of this city will have an opportunity of hoar- ing her at Boyd's to-morrow night. While it cannot be claimed that she, n all respects, is the equal of Patti, there are none to dispute her titlo to second place. ‘The world has produced but one Patti, and the same may be said of Madame Albani. The madame welcomed a Bee reporter to her parlors at the Murry, and for half an bour chatted breezily of her career, the fine reception she is having everywhero and an- ticipavions of an ovation in San Francisco, to which city sho is now en route and where she is to give six concerts. Madame Albani is a charming and unaffected woman, She loves flowers and had a large bouquet on the ceuter table in her room. While the madame now belongs to Eurove and lives in London, she can be claimed as an Amer- ican. She was born in Canada received ‘her musical recognition Y., where she sang two or three years in Bishop Condon’s church. The congregation there discovered that she pos- sessed & marvelous voice aud raised monoy with which to send her abroad to be edu- cated, _After a course under the cele- prated Lampesti, she made her debut in grand opera, and at once scored a pronounced success. Thereupon, and in honor-of the city of Albany, she adopted the name of Albani. From t| time to the present, her career has been one of continuous ovations, both in con- cort and grand opera. Six years ago she visited the Unitea Stases as prima donua of Mapleson’s best opera company, and inall the large castern cities was accorded some of the grandest_receptions over received by any artiste, In lurope she sings in oratorio a great deal, appearing at all the large festi- Vi prefer opera, of course,” said the lady, “but most of my Loudon engagements aro_on the concert stage. Wo go direct to England ut the end of our San Francisco season for a series of fashionable entertain- ments,” Madame Albani is married to a jolly Eng. lishman, Mr. Gye, who travels with her. She is rather ]ur?u in Ilgurekhn& o kind, gentle face, brown hair aud dark eyes. UL SUCH The Visible Supbly. Cuicaao, April 8.—The visible supply for the week onding April 6, ascompiled by the secretary of the Chicago board of trade, is as follows: ‘Wheat. Corn 7 1,546,000 . 1,154,000 Wisconsin Transferred. WasmiNaTo, April 8.—By diroction of the president, the state of Wisconsin has transferred from the military department of the cast to the department of Dakota. Governor Jackson's Oondition, SaLsBURY, Md., April 8.—Governor Jacl son, who was brought_liome from Philadel phia yosterday very ill, is somewhat bettel to-day. MASKS AND FACES, HE use of grease-paint by actors and actresses is disastrous to the complexion, and uniess thorouglily removed from the pores of the skin, pimples and blotches appear, Eminent members ot the profession say, Ivory Soar removes paint thoroughly and quickly, and restores the complexion to its natural freshness, A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each represented to be ** just as good as the ! Ivor, they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the the genuine, Ask for ““Ivory* Soap and insist upen getting it, peculiar and remarkable qunlitL Copyright 168, by Vrocter & Gamble,