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

AT A B B TR AR W IR ST 3 s THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. o TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily (Morning Rdition) including SUNDAY, Brk, One Year 10 00 bor Six Months, 53 r Three Month . 8 WE OMARA maiied 10wy | o ‘ddress, One Year coeaee 300 WerkLY Beg, One Year 2 Orricm, Nos.914and o180 FARNAM BTrEwT, og:u'-'(fmn By, o6 RoOKERY HUILDING. kW YORK OF 00MS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE UILDING. W ASHINGTON OFFioR, NO. 618 FOURTEENTR BTREET. CORRBSPONDENCE. ANl eommunications relating to news and edi- Borial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR ¥ . | g5 o AUSTNESS ZETTERS, 11 business lotters and remittances should be Aressed to Tue HEr TBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoffics orders 0 Do t11ad6 payablé to the order of the COmMPANY. k6 Bee Pablishing Company, Proprietors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Owrculation. Etate of Nebraska, County of Dov T George I3, Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bees Pub- MshingCompa ny, dovs solemnly swear that the wetual circulation of THe DAILY BEE for the Weck ending May 4, 1880, was as follows: Eunday, April Monday. April 20 adav, Aoril 3 Wednesday, May 1 Thursday, May 2 Friday, May Baturday, May 4 GEORGE B, T TCK. Bworn to befors me and subscribed to i my ‘presence this 4th day of May. A. D, 1889, Seul, N.'P. FEIL, Notary Publie. Btate of Nebrask ) County of [ { George 1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- s and says that he 18 secretary of the' Beo blishing company, that the actial averago dally circulation of ‘Tur DAILY likg for the month of April, 188, 18,744 copies: for May, 188, 18,183 coples: for June, 188, 19,243 copies: for Jnily, 1K, 18,003 ceples; for Angist, 188, 18,153 coples: for September, 1858, 18154 copies October, 1888, 18,084 copies; for November, 183, 18,040 coples; for Decomber, 188, 18,22 cople Tor January, 1540, 18674 coples: for Februar, arch, 1849, 18654 copie: GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK, Sworn to beforo me and_subscribed n my presence this 1th day of April, A. D., 185, N by FEIL, Notary Pubic. -—_— As 0N of the city council without arvipple of excitement is as insipid as soup without salt. MAvor Broarcn will be heartily seconded by all classes of the commu- nity in his effort to secure a rigid in- gpection of milk, meats and vegetables. Tie frisky is reported to cyclone have mado its first appearance for tho season in Kansas. But that state does not at all feel flattered at this distinc- tion. Tre appointment of Arthur L. Thomas, of Salt Lake City, to be gov- ernor of Utah, carries out Presi Harrison’s idea of home rule in the ter- ritories. Jonx M. THursTON called on Secre- tary Windom to urge the Farnam stroet site for the postoffice. This will add an- other name to Mr. Hitchcock’s list of tools and traitors. A ¥EW more sugar-plums have been drawn out of Uncle Sam’s grab-bag, and the president is gradually reliev- ang himself of the ouset of office- brokers and barnacles. Tr CiINA sells America adulterated and deleterious teas, as charged by Consul Crowell, of Amoy, it is perhaps a Chinese trick of retaliation for send- ing them watered petroleum and starched cotton goods. COUNCILMAN BURNHAM'S resolution to have the drinking fountains in the city put in operation is timely. The contract between the city and water- works company requires the latter to supply a number of public fountains ‘free of charge, and at this season of the year such fountains will be a public benefit. THE request of the eommissioners of the Joliet penitentiary for an appropri- ation of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to establish a plant for tho manufacture of binding twino isnot likely to meet with encouragement at the hands of Illinois farmers. The binding trust may be bad enough, but this demand of the penitentiary author- ities is, to say the least, far from modest. THE present season been remark- ably free from labor troubles as com- pared with previous years. For the first four months of the present year, the number engaged in strikes through- out the country did not exceed fifty thousand, as against one hundred thou- sand in 1888 and one hundred and fifty thousand the year previous. This cer- tainly would indicate the prosent season to be much more quiet industrially than any period within the last few years. Tne decision of a Mount Pleasant, Ia., judge that cider can not be publicly sold, “because it is an intoxicant when taken in large quantities, is more than likely to stir up the farmers of that state. Whatever interdict may be placed upon tho distillery or the brewery, the cider mill to the average farmer is too sacred to fall under proscription. It is said that the recent defs of prohibition in Massachusetts was largely due to the placing of cider in the class of inter- dicted boverage What if it should happon, that the Towa farmers wouid revolt agninst prohibition, because eider, in the logic of the decision of the Mount Pleasant judge,1s a dangerous intoxicant? Tuk endorsement of Judge Groff by the entive Nebraska delegation in con- g to fill the vacancy on the inter- state commerce commission is a worthy recognition of Judge Grof’s fitness. Not @ single dissenting voice has been raised 10 oppose his recommendation in or out of the stute. T'his is a fact thatean not fuil to impress President Harrison in looking about for Commissioner Walk- er's successor. The appointment of Judge Groff to the commission would be o recognition, not so much of Nebraska, but of the whole trans-Missouri coun- try. The intimate relation of this ter- ritory with the railroads, as gauged by the annual enormous shipments of grain and cattle, requires a representative of this section on the inter-state commis- sion. The high personal qualities of Judge Groff, his unimpeachable integ- rity and his legal attainments combine to make him a man in whow all inter- ests would have confidence, and in whom all rigiits would find protection. CIVIL SERVICE The president has filled the vacancies in the civil service commission by the appointment of Mr. Theodore Roose- velt, of New York, and Mr. Hugh S. Thompson, of South Carolina. There will probably be be no very serious ob~ jection from any source to these selec- tions. Mr. Roosevelt has enjoyed some prominence in the politics of the Em- pire state. Originally a republican, in the presidential campaign of 1884 he identified himself with the independ- ents, and was more or less active in op- position to the republican candidate. Subsequently he became rehabilitated as a republican, and two years ago was the candidate of the party in New York city for mayor, receiving the support of a porticn of the independent press, but not the ful! strength of the party. He has been one of the leaders in the cause of civil service reform, and it is to be supposed is still in full sympnthy with it. Mr. Roosevelt is a man of scholarly attainments and independent spirit, who has not courted political prefer- ment. It is quite probable that in this case the office sought the man, and if he accepts it there can be no doubt he will discharge its duties with ability and in- tegri The law requires that one member of the commission shall be of the opposite political party to that in power. Mr. Thompson was assistant secretary of the treasury under the la administration, and he had been lected by Mr. Cleveland for appoint- ment as a civil service commissionor. Objection was then made to him that he had never shown or intimated any sympathy with the reform, and further- more that his influence had uniformly been exerted for the removal of union soldiers from the public service in the interestof ex-confederates. Hisappoint- ment by President Havrison should perhaps be accepted as disposing of these charges. Mr. Thompson is un- doubtedly amply qualified to discharge the duties of a civil service commis- sioner, and it may safely be expected that he will do his share toward having the law fully and faithfully en- forced. here is reason to expect that the new commission will be the ablest and most harmonious since the civil service law went into effect. Other commis- sions have been composed in vart of men of ability and zeal, but owing to a want of harmony among them the best interests of reform were not subserved, with the result of subjecting the tem to more or less unfavorable ecriti- cism. Another observation suggested by these appointments is that they ought to produce the effect of silencing those reformers who have recently criticized the course of the adminis- tration in making removals and ap- pointments, professing lugubrious con- cern for the future of civil service re- form. With one of their number ap- pointed on the commission, and the choice of the man whom they sup- ported as the foremost of reformers ac- cepted by the administration, if they an any longer doubt the purpose of the president to carry out the policy of reform fairly and faithfully it is not casy to conceive what would con- vince them. The truth is that the course of the administration thus far has been that of simple justice to the republicans who in the last few months of the preceding administration were thrust out of positions in the public service for purely partisan reasons, and their places filled generally by men whose only recommendation was their ability to perform useful party service. The changes made were not only neces- sary to improve the standard and ef- fictency of the public service, but also in justice to thousands of experienced and faithful men who were the victims of a desperate political exigency. There is in this nothing that threatens danger to a true, reasonable and practical policy of eivil service reform, and this the present administration can be re- lied upon to observe and advance. SOUTHERN ELOQUENCE. One of the few really eloquent speeches e in New York last weel was that of Mr. Grady, editor oi the At- anta Constitution, the occasion being the dedication of the new home of the Southern socicty, In style and in spirit this address was not less worthy of com- mendation than the one made some two yearsago by the same gentleman, from which he obtained national notoriety as an orator. It glows with expressions of patriotic devotion to the country, the sincerity of which can not for a moment be doubted. It thrills with lofty appreciation of the na- tion’s greatness, and the grand promise of its destiny. It sparicles with gems of clequence declaring love for the union and the flag. All such utterances are welcome, and they would be far more so if there was greater certainty that, in the section from which they come, and upon whose veople their loyal and patriotic spirit and sentiment should exert the strongest influence, they carry any weight. Mr. Grady has been recog- nized, and doubtless is pleased to be re- garded, asone of the representatives and exponents of the new South, While loving his scetion and honoring its best traditions and character assincerely and devotedly as any sor of the south, Mr. Grady is undoubtedly most earnest in desiving that it shall place itsell abreast with the rest of his country in its splendid march of progress, prosper- ity, and moral and material power. We have no doubt he would gladly liberal- ize its sentiment, expand its intellectuul life, and broaden and clevate its politi- cal tone. But what is his following? How many of the political leaders are with bim? How many of the people are susceptible to his patriotic ap- penls? How many have learned to love the union as he loves it, to reverence the flaz as he reveres it, to look forward tcthe future grandevr and power of the republic with the supremne gladness with which he sees it? Is not the voice of Jeff Davis more potent in the south than the voice of Mr, Grady? n such eloquent assurances and promises as those of the hrilliant editor of the Atlanta Constitution must lose something of thoir force when one is confronted by such a stern reality as that which has just occurrcd at Lafayette, La., where four hundeed forced a negro justice of the peace to resign, and announced that at a forth- coming efection only white men would be permitted to vote. Until such oc- ourrences cease in the south, no amount or quality of eloquence will convince right-thinking men that the people of that section are in sympathy with such exponents of southern sentiment and spirit as Mr. Grad INVESTIGATE THEM. The Herald calls for a thorough in- vestigation of the charges and counter- charges made by Commissioner Ander- son and County Clerk Roche against each other, including such offenses as bribe-taking, disposal of public prop- neglect of duty and scandalous personal conduct. THe B seconds the motion and joins the Herald in its demand, not be- cause this disreputable squab- ble is confined to democratic officials, but because it affects the good name and reputation of this city and county. We have refrained from comment on the disgraceful exhibitions of rowdvism that have recently taken place in the court house, in the hope that the offi- cials would realize after sobering down the disgrace and humiliation that re- putable and- law-abiding citizens must feel over their brawls and broils, The quarrel has gone from bad to worse, until it has reached the public streets and landed the rowdy officials in the police court. This shameful condition of affairs must have an end and if half that has been charged by county officials agairmst each other is true their positions should be summarily declared vacant. The citizens of Douglas county we believe are a unit in demanding that these charges be sifted to the bottom. No subterfuge or technical trickery should be allowed to block a full and free inguiry into the conduct of the offending officials, and the findings should be made upon the facts, regard- less of personal friendship or political affiliation. Any attempt to whitewash and gloss over misconduct and venality will be frowned down and resented. T COMMISSIONS. The inquiry now being prosccuted by the inter-state commerce commission, regarding the practice of the railroads of paying commissions on the sale of passenger tickets, may result in the general abandonment of that system. There is no specific prohibition of the practico in the inter-state commerce act, but if it shall appear that the pay- ing of commissions operates indircetly to enable roads to sccure passonger traflic by an evasion of the established rates, as unquestionably it has done, it isa proper matter of inquiry by the commission, and one which it doubtless has the authority to deal with. Section six of the inter-state act pro- vides that when a common carrier, sub- ject to its provisions, shall have estab- lished and published its vates, fares and charges, as provided for, “it shall be unlawful for such common carrvier to charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greateror less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property thun is specified in such published schedule of rates, fares and charges as may at the time be in force.” It is a fact of common knowledge, and not un- known to the commission, that this pro- vision bas been evaded, and may still be, by the sale of tickets at less than the printed rates, by parties who re- ceive commission thercon, they pro- fessedly dividing the commission with the buyer. According to the testimony given, on Tuesday, the payment of com- missions prevails generally among the western roads, in accordanca with the rates established by the Weste rn Pas- senger Agent’s association, and it was said that the agreement was generally faithfully observed, to the betterment of the service. Possibly no harm would come of the practice if it could be put under wholesome regulations and re- straints, rigidly enforced. But the consensus of opinion among eastern passenger agents was that the payment of commissions results in rate cutting, and in this view they have the warrant of experience. The system may work smoothly for a time, as during periods when all competing roads are doing a satisfactory passenger traffie, but in seasons of dullness, when there is sharp and active competition for business, the commission mon are very likely to pay little attention to the published sched- ules. i Most of the eastern trunk roads have long abandoned the payment of com- missions, and notwithstanding the opinion of some western managers that under the existing agreement, the practice works without any demoraliz- ing effects, and is a great improvement over the condition of business previous to the agreement, it is a system of ques- tionable’ merit at the best, and obvi- ously liable to become at any time a source of difficulty and demoralization, as it has admittedly been in the past. T bone of contention over the ap- pointment of a public printer has finally heen settled by the selection of General Frank W. Palmer, of lllinois, Mr. Palmer is eminently fitted for the posi- tion and deserving of recognition. He has long been identified with pablie life as representative of lowa in the Forty- first and Forty-second congress, and ns postmaster of the dity of Chicago. As editor of the Des Moines Ieyister, public priuter of the state of Towa, and latterly as editor of the Chicago Inter-Occan, General Palmer carr into his new of- fice a practical knowledge of his bu ness, Thereis consaquently every rea- son to believe the selection of General Palwmer to be a wise one. Tue average candidate who hangs around Washington in quest of a fed- eral appointment, is always ready to do the graceful thing, and come up smiling to congratulate the man who did get the office in hopes that he might induce him to assign him to a subordinate po- sition. If one of the barnacles who holds his head up high at the outset and pro- claims he will take nothing but a terri- torial governorship or a bureau in one of the departments, fails to convince the THE OMA DAILY B. E THURSDAY, MAY 9 1889, COMMISSTONERS. | armed men took possession of the town, T T TR LTS AT iRl T e ¢ prosident that Yo is the right man for the place, W¥ quietly slides down from 'his high perch and accepts o vostal clorkghip. If he fails to get that, he usually borrows ten dollars from his senator or congressman to en- able him to get home. THE intersstate commerce commis- sion is now pushing its investigation in the directionof finding out how far the pass evil is prevalent among the rail- roads. The officials of the New Eng- land roads have been brought before the bar and confess that they have is- sued passes to others besides employes and the officers of other railroads. They disclaim any intention, however, of evading the inter-state law, and in- sist that their pasteboard compliments wore issued locally and not for the pur- pose of attracting business. This may be half the truth—the commissioners will never learn the whole truth. Reform the Educational Methods. Phitadelphia Tin The first aim of all American institutions of learning, from the universities down to the common_ schools, should be to educate American citizons and preparo their pupils for a wise dischargo of the dutics of Awmer- ican citizenship, The children of the poor should not be left to think that the highest duty of an American citizon is to get into of- fico and be fed at public expense, and the children of the rich should be taught to love, and not despise, the ‘country in which they live. SOl g Don't Blame Mr. Clarkson, Please. Chis » Herald. Although Clarkson is decapitating demo- crats at the rate of 200 a d: there is a good dealof grumbling bocauso he docsu’t get along faster. The favlt appears to lie, how- over, in the guillotine, rather than in Clark- son himself. Clarkson is willing, but the guillotine is inadequate. Necessity is the mother of invention, and an electrie guillo- tine, or somothung else, will urdoubtedly bs mvented to facilitate Mr. Clarkson's patri- otic work. g Mr. Halstead Non-Brooding. Chicago Times, Mr. Halstead does not propose o sit down and brood over the blow he rec d from the Unted States senat The following ex- tract from an cditorial in his paper shows that his mind is not brooding—to wit: **We have the testimony of oxperiencad drinkers that the brew of some of the Cincinnati es- tablishments is the bost in the world.” plend s> Boys Were They. 1 Franciseo Alta, in Tuesday’s procossion drew r3 all along th It was the little band of Amer ars who survived the wreck of the V v Apia. Doubtfal. Savannah News, Probably by the time the second centen- nial of Washingtan's inauguration is cele brated the monument which New Yorkers propuse to erect to the memory of General Grant will be 1n'y Goulii’s Hard Work. “hidagy Tribuns. Jay Gould tells the truth. He has made his taoney by hard work—by the hard work of other men, mostly e i HITS AND MISSES, Whenever Van Etten wishes to vent ac- cumulated bile, he sends his effusions to Tix Beg. This is a poor market for Van Etten’s pigs. The town 1 full of newspaper gossip. It would take a column to prmt it. The latest rumor is that the Republican is to be set in agate, increased to eight pages and sold for acent. It wili also employ a managing edi- tor, a city editor and soveral reporters. Michael Lahey has been appointed indian agent at LaPointe ncy. But it isn’t our Michael. The Lahey who drew this prize haits from Wiscousin, John Doe is an inveterate law-breaker. No name is more frequent on the court rec- ords, and the police are constantly on tho trail of this promiscuous individual. There secms to be a well-defined conspiracy to per- secute and wipe out the race. Even the poundmaster has joined in the hue and cry, aud Doc's cattle furnish more feos and fod- der for that official than all others combined. Hero is a huge chauce for the humane soci- ety to protect an individual against whom all hands are raised. Democratic management of county affairs is & panorama of defamation, vituperation and investigation. Tho bold bookancer of the county board displays a sudden and startling affection for veform. But-Auderson cannot kick enough dust out of others’ pantaloons to obscure the Pauly raid. Kven the court-house side- walk is decidedly slippe THE AFY “What's that you wo She wore the queerest bonnet out! Her lips a challenge, she replied : A *kiss-me-quick, you bashful lout!" “Miss Mainchance,” said Mr. Poorfellow, sadly, “I've nothing but my good name to offer you, but Ilove you passionately aud well. Will yoube my wife!” Miss Main- chance, swoetly—"Come around again in an- other month, Mr. Poorfellow. If Mr. Ten- million doosn’v bropose by that time L will bo your true, loving wife." ‘The cause of woman is coming on. At the initial event of the centennial commemora- tion, tho breakfast of the presidential party at the home of Governor Green, of New Jer- sey, the head of the table was occupied by Mrs. Groen, who had the prosident of the United States at her right and the vice pres- ident at her left. Is this prophetic? Mrs. Carter, the Chicago woman who paid #10,000 for a cloak, has a double chin, pout- mg hLps.a peaked nose, keen eyes, heav, brows and—shory lunir. Her hands are large her feet are of a size unknown to the repor torial Chicagoan, Byron said a pretty woman never looked s0 badly as when sie was eating. Probubly he never saw her hdld up her skirts and walk across a muddy stréet on hor heols. NOON TEA, ri" I gayly cried-- Gail Hawilton practices greater economy in writing paper than almost any other lite- man or woumu, She always writes on scraps of paper, thgbacks of old envelopes being her favorite material. Mrs. Burnett pas been invited by a real live Lord Fauontistoy, whose situation as well as name, she finconsciously plagiarized in her story, to pay him a visit in his ances- tral estate, und see for herself that the Fauntleroy estate is not of such stuff as dreams are made of. “That servant girl of yours is the bome- liest creature I ever saw. I thought I asked you to get a good looking one this time, Maria.” “8o you did, John, reason I didn't do it A unique penance was porformed during boly week by & prominent society woman. Clad in & working gown and equipped with soap and towels, she went to the Church of Advent and slowly and conscientiously scrubbed the steps of that edifice, and the observation most commonly made in the pro- ceeding was: “She is the only wowman in and that's the very Boston who dares do such a thing.” ‘There aro those, however, who remember the peni- tent who boiled the poas ho placed in his shoes, whon they recall the fact that the lady was taken to and from the scene of her Lenten humiliation in her carringe poosafir il STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Ewing has organized & creamery company with a capital of £,000. The board of trade of Plattsmouth in- dorses Judge Groff for the vacancy on the inter-state commerce commnission. Thomas coanty IDH\R()M!! to invest $3,000 in a court house, while Nuckolls county threat- ens to invest $50,000 in a similar structure. Tho cops of Nebraska City last weelk jugged thirty-nine law-bren convicted thirty-seven and extracted §273.4% from the gang. Plans and specifications for the new $75,000 court house in Hastings must be submitted by the 23d of May. Bids for the bonds will also be opened on that day. Plattsmouth throatens to harncss the Platte and use its latent power in driving scores of industries yet to be. Meanwhile a vast amount of jaw energy is going to waste, The supervisors of Gago have decided to submit a proposition to the voters to author- ize the issue of bonds for a court house to bo built at Beatrice, The cost of the structure tias not been agroed upon, but it will ap- proach § The mule is gradually losing his placo as the chief of lving kickers. A bolt of lightning caught a pair unarmed and unpre- pared for business, in Florence, and their souls fled instanter to the hanpy kicking ground. , Thurston county is now ready for business, Pender captured the county seat, and a com- plete set of ofticcholders are ready to manage affairs for themselves and tho public. The snoils arc about equally divided between the two partics The Pacific Short Line has sceured the right of way betwoen Jackson and Ran- dolph in Dakota county. Grading gangs are at work on the line, and expect to com- plete 100 miles in five months, The survey- ors aro running a preliminary line west of Plainview. “The telephone building i Wahoo was de- stroyed by lightning and fire ‘Tucsday night, While the lurid flames leaped high and mingied with the roaring storm, a hoartless subscriber conneeted with the manager's ear and yelled, “Helio, Hell-o, Central, is it tot cnotigh for you?” ' Tho wretch escaped. The ex-Hon. N. K. Griggs, the sweet, troubs adour of the Blue, is harping on the railroad string in Wyoming, During a recent visit to Buffalo he assured the anxious residents that the Wyoming extension of the Burlington woula be built, and that the road would not stop short of the coal fields. bbrara is anxious to know why the Mil- ikee road maintains a useless right-of- i that vicinity. For eight years the company has trified with the patience of the people, and it is likely that they will give substantial encouragement to any company which jumps the grade and builds and oper- ates a line. With the opeaing of the Sioux resorvation Niobrara expects a solid boom, and railroad facilities are among the chief essentials, Kearney is loaded to the nozzle with pluck and enterprise. No scheme is too great or perplexing to dull the keen edge of energy, 1 no effort is spared to place the town in the front rank of prosperity. Her agents and advocates arc scouring the cast, smging praises and_securing men and means to nce her industries and develope her re- sources. The latest movement of the people is for a railroad north to the Black Hills. Keurn a model of push and energy. Her example will bear transpianting. The newspaper fakirs who are fleecing country towns by means of *‘write-ups,’” ara bewg unmercifully roasted, and deservedly 80, by the local press. Here 1s & specimon froni the Fremont Horald: bly the most utterly valucless and misleading of all the professional “‘write-ups” ever perpe- trated upon I'remont (and that is saying a good deal) is the alleged pictorial *‘boom’ cdition of the Omaha Republican, delivered here in cart-load lots and hawked about in whe still quiet of Sunday morning by a couple of impérted professional gamins from Omaba, with yawps on ‘em liko unto the bellowing of a fog-horn 1t reminded everybody of the remark which the devil is said to have made when he sheared tho hog—great ery and littie wool, There was absolutely nothing in it that was a benefit to Fremont.” lowa Items, Boone has sunk £7,000 in a well 1,900 feet deep. ‘Aleypsum mill will blossom at FortsDodge about the first of July. Street fakirs, bogus check swindlers and mumps are raging in tho state. There is a large emigration from towns and country to Dukota, Montana and Washing- ton. Belmont offers a first manufa the wwn. The number of hogs cut up at the Cedar Rapids packing house for the season is 57,- 767, against 44,906 for the corresponding period last year, Mr. and Mrs. F'rederick, of Sioux City, are the proud parents of twenty-one chil- dren, two of whom have died; nearly all of Lhulllmuwcn are grown and some are mar- ried. The annual revnion of the Tri-State Old Settlers' association will be held at Keokuk, September 10. Judge Hubbard, of Cedar Rapids; S. M. Clark, of Keokulk, and John M. Palmer, of 1llinois, will deliver addresses. John Benkson, a painter, heads the list of large families i He s the fathor of eighteen children. ny comes next with sixteen. There is one family of fifteen children, three of fourteen, seven of thirteen, and fiftcen of an even dozen to dave. The Order of Rail Conductors has de- cided to build a national home somewhere in the state, the prize going to_the town offer- ing the best inducements. Davenport, Bur- lington, Sioux City, Clinton, Council Bluffs and Creston are candidates. The edifice will cost $250,000, Over 2,500 head of cattle are being fed at the glucose works at Marshalltown, consum- ing less than half of the starch feed wurned out by the factory. Upward of 1,200 steers are being still fed 1n one of the barns, The works are now grinding an average of 5,000 bushels of corn a day. A bunch of agricultural chumps in Sac county have been done up for 35,000 by bogus nursery agents, Barly lust month u young fellow, claiming to reprosent the nursery at Fort Dodge, went through the county taking orders for nursery stock, ‘These orders turned out to be notos payable at Fort Dodge, Fire bugs are heaping up the ashes in vari- ous towns. If all losses credited to incendi- aries are correct, over £0,000 worth of prop- erty has been destroyed by them at various points within a week. Natuvally there is a daogerous undcercurrent of pubtic feeling, and the first petroleuse captured is likely to have his wind shut off suddenly and effec- tively. urse of $3,000 for the turing establishment located in Wyoming. Casper reports a building and real estate boom of moderate dimensions, A mineral exhibit will form a_conspicuous part of the territorial fair next fall. “The Denver and Nebraska parties who are working the Pass creels gold placers, will put 5,000 more into the enterprise this year. “Thie board of trade of Cheyenne does not confine its energ! to resolutions. A of 810,000 hus been raised to secure o s foundiy, The Cheyenne hoard of for statehood, couplad with that the people are thoroughly ripe for the duties und responsibilities of the position. The western end of the Pacific short line is actively at work in the conl sections of Wyoming. The company nas securad a val- uable tract of coal laid near Dessemer, which point the road cxpects to reach this season. Preparations are being wmade to develope the mincs, A strong Pennsylvania syndicate, com- posed of practical oil men, one of whom b bored more than 200 wells in Pennsylvauia, will s0on sink & well in the Salt creek fields: ‘I'ne coutract specifies that boring must be de hus declared an insinuation under way beforc July 1, and that the well must pe rock etrate to the Decotab, or oll-bearing he W s 1o be bored near the line sen Carbon and Johnson counties. is announced of a fine vein the mouth of the No Wood of coul basin on the Big Horn river. The vein is t fect thick and fr from all foreign r, The r peacock color of the Red Lod, atana, and is probably a continuation of the sume for- mation extending up betwoen the Wiud river aod Big Hora mountaing. PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS Thelr Condition Reported by the Board as Satisfactory. THE STATE CAPITAL COURTS. Licensing Drug Dispenssra~Two Girls Gone With a Gipsy Gang—Antiol- pations of the Cold Water Mecting Next Month, 1029 P Stieer, LixcoLy. May 8 The routine exvenses of the state institu- tions wero allowed at the regular monthly mocting of the board of public lands and buildings. Reports show these institutions to be in a hiehly prosporous condition. The manage- mont of onc and all seems to bo running smoothly now. No broakers, eveu, roported at the soldiars’ and sailors’ homa. Culver's hotel, better known as the indus-: trial home, however, was knocked out in an itom of the expensa account. J. il. Culver put in a bill for 8300 for two horses. The board put it that “two hor: could not be purchased with an_appropriation for *‘two mules,” and so decided. Rogent Mallalien sends port of the state industrial school. He re- ports 333 articles of wearing apparel mado in the tailor shop, and 1,488 repaired. The shoo shop turned out 68 pairs of shoes, valued at LINCOLN HURRAU OF Tie OMAaa Baw, % in asplondid ro- $180.80, and repairiug valued at §64.80. Tho sowing girls doftly fashionod 234 ar- ticles and repaired 420. Five inmates wore parolled during the month of April, and eight persons were committed. By some hook or crook the board made a mistake in awarding the contract for fur- nishing coal for tho industrial school. It was given to J. 8. Sizer at $.67 per ton, It turns out that George H. Dowing had put in a lower bid. Downing so notified Superin- tendent Mallalieu, who, in turn, notitied the board, and correction was duly made, Sizer refused to stand a reverse order, and under- took to deliver coal at the institution in any event. The superintendent put his foot down on this very emphatically, refusing to receive any coal that he m'ght deliver, and a law suit seems inftninent. Mallalieu scems bent on guarding the state’s funds disbursed through the institution he represents Concluding his report, Superinterdent Mallalien says: “The work in tho several departmients is progressing in a very satisfactory manner. Nearly all of the cultivated land is being used for garden purposes. | have made arrangoments with nning company to take all surplus vege- and think the farm will thus bo a of revenue in addition to supplying It also gives em- sourc our own needs in this line ployment to our boys, which is an_important consideration, as we have more difficuity in governing them when there is little than otherwise. Present attendance: I 13, 40; family C, 415 family 490, Total, 243" Knapp, superintendent of the Lincoln flum, reports as follows: Inmates, a3 April 30, 852; admitted, 103 dis 17; died, The supcrintendent I history of John K. charged, } also filed the chemic Woodward, a patient from Saunders county who died April 25; also of Thomas . Rena- lett, of Hall county, who dicd on the 21st. James Heaton petitioned the board to order the superintendents of the various state institutions to sce that all honorably discharged solaiers or sailors, whno died - mates, be buried in_some suitable | or cemetery, and in a place not generally used for the pauper dead, and further that all soldiers buried ne the Liacoln hospital for the insanc bo tranferred to Wyuka come- tery so that their graves can be suitably warked as provided for by law. It is only necessary o add that the order will go out, and thateMr. Heaton was instructed to transfer the remains of dead soldiers, lying in the yard at the asylum, to Wyuka, o sad duty he is now engaged i performing. The District Conrt. Judge Chapman, who presides in the sec- ond court, took the mandamus of W.J. Cooper vs. the city authorities under advise- ment. This morninig he took up the case of Howoll Bros. vs. Wiso et al—simply an ordinary foreciosure of a mechanics' lien, Before Juage Field, the attachment against 3. K. Knight, the Stevens Creek juror who failed to appear, was roturned and dismissed. Kuight was sick and unablo to attend court, ‘Ihe caso of Charles Thomas, charged with forgery, was continued until Friday morn ing. Colonel Philpott and Captain Woodward wero appointed counsel for Michael and Joseph Brunner, charged with assault with intent to commit murder. A motion for anew trial iu the case of Severin vs. the Omaha & Republican Valley railway company, was filed by plaintiff's at- torneys this morsing. ‘Tho case of Mary A.and P.J. Grant vs John Fitagerald, settled and dismissed as per stipulation filed. Tho case of the stute vs Bert Overman, good looking and intelligent youth, ninetocn years of age, who i ged with ' burglary, occupied the morning session of the court in Judgo Pield's room. Overman is charged with having broken into and entered a roa- y, and having stolen eati- to the amount of $2. The however, t morciful_view of the and found the boy not guilty as charged, but fixed his crime as petit larceny and assessed the value of the goods stolen at a nominal sum. Lambertson on Sewer Bonds. City Attorney Lambertson has prepared his opinion on the sewer bond question, and it will be submitted to the council, Friday evening. It will be remembered that injunc: tions have been brought to provent the col- lection of the assessments n tho sewer dis- tricts, and in consequence has loft the city without funds to moot_the construction, and hence suit has been brought direct a the city in the United States district court. In view of the near approach of the session of that court, the city attorney his opinion as to the vrobable outcowme of the case. After reviewing the history of the case he nays Two courses are open to the city. 1. To defend these suits on the zround that the city authorities had no power to construct these sewers, and in entering into contracts for their construction exceeded their author- ity and that the contracts are therefore null and void., 2. To admit the justice of the claims and confess judgment for the amounts due, As o the first se, L am of the opinion that the defense there indicated is not tena- ble as the undoubtedly nuthorized the council to construct and repair sewe and drains, ana I understood t council were 80 advised, before the work was com- menced, by other counsel. it even though puncil did exceed its powers the eiy Ll be estopped from sctting it up for tho roason that it stood by and permitted the sew s 10 be built and the contractors to expend money, labor and material in their construc tion, ceived and d them through the board of public works, and still retains and uses thew, The city is bound moral aud equitably to pay these men a fair pensation for the work they have done, Should the seeond course be adopted the question would arise, how shall the indebt caness thus created’ and ackuowledged be metl Pirst—1; all in one more levying a tax to meet it, either var or distributed over two or 4, if the court would 80 order. ecoud- -3y issuing ds of the eity. This, under the chartor, would require the acquiescence and consent of the electors of the city expressed ot an election held for that purpose I hope the council will this matter early aud careful consideration, sad deteriiue e———————memmemmemm——————— Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. When Raby was sick, we gave her Castorta. Whea slio was 8 Child, sho erled for Castoita, 1 sho beoatio Mis, shie clung 4o Crate la, u ahe had Children, shie gave them Costorta, upon and advise me tho course they du{rx pursued fn the promises. I have endeavore 1o atato fully tho logal aspect of the case, and leavo the council to select sych course as, in its ;udmm\l\l. ng 1l best aubserve the intorests of the eity. Should the couneil do- tormine to adopt’ the second course & gested by mo, and submit a proposition to 15sue bonds to fund this indebteduoss, 1 would suggest that it bo done at once, bofore judgment is obtained. State Board of Pharmaoy. The state board of pharmacy met in the senate chamber, to-day, to hold the rogular quarterly examination of applicants who de- 8iro to practice pharmacy in the state. Mom- bers of the board presont: F. A. Strutz, of North Platte; Henry D. Boyden, of Grand Island; Henry Cook, of Red Cloud; Max Bricht, of Omaba, and James Reed, of Nobraska City, Thirty-four applicants reg- istored for examination this morning, most of whom had folded their manuscripts be- fore tho dinner hour, having answered tho answerablo questions of tho list as compro- hended by by them. This 1w an index that the pharmacists of the state, succossful in examination, are an mtelligont sot of follows and are prepared to handle drugs, medicines and compounds deftly and intelligently. The board speaks very flatteringly of the ad- vanced standing of the pharmacists doing business in tho state, and bespoak for thom still bigher progress. It is learned that the amended pharmacy law gives general satis. faction. Two Girls Gone Wrong. The frionds of Hattio Clark and Franols Ponnington, two young and foolishly ro- mantic girls, about sixtoon years of ago, were grieved to learn that thoy had forsakon parents and home to take up a wandering life with a band of gypsies, which has boon camping in the suburbs of the city for scy- eral days past. It is loarnod that the friends of the girls retused to credit the story when it was told them last wight, but the evidence became 80 indisputable this morning that they could not doubt it longer, and they at once took measures to prevent their wandering into a hopeless 1ifo of shame. Sheriff Meleck is hard in pursuit of thq band, and it is thougiat he will ba enabled to return them to their homes before anothor day hus gone. The action of the foolish girls is said to be unaccountablo, for they were very pleasantly surrounded and thought to be above and beyond romantic and wanton fancies. City News and Notes. Tho Scott & Murphy complaint boforo the state board of transportation will be heard Juno 5, at Utica. This case excites a good deal of interest among elovator men. The following case was filed for supreme court to- The Chicag lington & Quiney Railroad company vs Paul Kriski; error from Platte county. “‘Lath tackers" are at_work on tho new Christian church. This beautiful editice will bo finishod and furnished and ready for dedication in a few short weeks now. The Episcopal church also needs completion, Both buildings are a credit to the city. The case of Woempner and Hargls, the druggists who were arrested for violating tho Sunday liquor law, and_ selling without permits, was continued until the 15th. This casy is attracting almost as much interost as the Wood's murder case, pending trial in the distriet court. The tongue of the political gossiver is again wagging. All sorts of rumors uro afioat regarding tho candidacy for the su- preme judgeship. It 18 said here that At- torncy Woodward, of this city, poses as o dark horse, and_Will ot be averse to step- K. ping into the present incumbent's shoes. k. F. Warren, of Nebraska City, -and Judge Dilworth, of Hastings, aro _also said to be candidates. Judge Groff, of Omaha, who, should he consent to enter the race, would, it is said, become Judgo Rooso's only dangerous rival. But tho fool- ing is strong that RReese is the goneral favorite. Tho cold water brigade will be here in its glory June b. all Proparations for the re- ception ‘of the army have already com- menced. 1t is rumored that the third party is preparing to have the big say in the racket. This, however, “non-partisans” say, shall not be. An effort will be made in any event to prevent aclegates from calling each other liars and other bad names, and it is coldly given out that down comes the “‘meat house! of any person, who forgets to be & gentie: man, R REFRESHING BRF ‘Texas Sifting: An Ohio man has taken the small-pox from a pig. What an Ohio man will not take is not worth having, Puck: Last winter's coat, with the lning torn out, is fushionable for office wear, It should be decorated with red iuk and muci- lage. Norristown Herald: An English writer says the American girl “puts on too many airs.” Nowonder! An American girl with an accordion skirt, bugle trimming, fluted what-you-call it, and a couple of strings to her beau may not be musically inclned, but she can hardly help putting on airs, Epoch: *“Ah,” sighed Jones, “I supposs he se new explosive we read of are useful, but I have one which can blow any number of men at once and immediately be ready for another attack, I would gladly dispose of it to any foreign government, tho more distant tho better. 1 refer, gentlemen,” ke explained to the mterested crowd, “to my wife.” Boston Courior: ‘*Yos, Jennie,” said tho young lady's beau as he clasped her small hand in his and gazed ouingly into her melt. ing eyes, “although I'm in comfortable cir cumstances now, I've scen theaay when I've been hard pressed.” *Indeed,” she sald. “Yos, indeed, protty hard prossod.” ‘1 don’t remember,” she said with a shy look, “of over being hard pressed.”” Bhe was a moment after. Miss Plainum—That horrid Mrs. Buta actually has her photographs for sale in the stationer's shop, 1 couldn’t do such a thing under any consideration. Her bitterest friend--You haven't the face to, have you dear? Burlington #'reoc Press: Mrs. Youngwife ~~What is this cloth thing, Georee, that iooks like tae leg of a shrunken pair of trousers! Mr. Youngwife —Why, that's my gun case. Mrs. Youngwifs O, yos! One of those thinzs they call gun-brecches. Boston Transc Fenderson (who is struck with on idea)--Baw jove, Miunio, but sn't it dooced odd, don't yer know, that the first president should have had the same name as the capital of the United States? And quite appropriate, too, when a fellah comes to think of it, don't yer know. Ch oking Catarrh’ Hare ou wwalenol from n disturbed slesp © horrible sonsations of an assassin your throat wnd pressing the life- n your tightened chost? 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