Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. " PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. D ally (Morning Edition) including Nige, Urio Year e Ormahia Sundny Bee, maiied to any " lress, One Year. ..... . . Woekly 100, Une Year Omana Office, Beo buliding, . nteenth aAnd Farnam Streets, ‘nicago OMce, /7 Rookery Building. tk Ofties, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune - R Egflm‘(. ashington Office, No. 613 Four- engh Street. 3 CORRESPONDENCE, L oommunications relating to news and edl- ‘Ufl matter shonld be addressed to the Editor ¢ 0."” B SUsINESS LETTRRS, * K1l biiainaks letters and remittances should be addressed to 'The Bes Publishing Company, Omuha Drafts, eheeks and postoftice orders to ‘bemade payable to the order of the company. The B:¢ Pabishing Company, Propritors ROSEWATER, Editor, TIAE. DAILY BE Sworn Statement of Oirculation. itate of Nebraska, Bty of Dougias, | George I3, Tzschuck, secretar; of The Nee Pub- HshingCompany, doss solemnly swear that the metual circulation of TuE DALY Buk for the ‘week ending June 8, 1659, was as follows: P AVORage. . eesrreiirens 18,708 Sworn to Ngo)ll'ldfllfl !H‘Td B ) IJ in my une, A, D, 1889, Pieat® et QYO RRIL, Notary Fublle, Binto ot Nobeaska, 'Ly, County of Douglas, { Goorge I, Tzschiick, being Quly sworn, de- 0368 und says that he tary of The B ublishing company, that the drculation of The Dall { Bee month June, 1888, 10,242 coples; A B O taatbn: FO OEVOBOE, 'or tember, 4, 18, coples; fo c SR, TR coplon; ‘foF Novomber, 188, 16,08 coples; tor December, 1i 18,223 coples; B! 18,574 coples for February, 1850, i 1o M {7 0, 18,854 co] ‘l'GS‘: fdok‘; S 0] 8) o8, o I YsCIT oK. worn to before me and subscribed in my [Seal.] presenco thls id day of June, A. Du " N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. TEXAS leads off the harvest of 1889 with a wheat crop said to be the best ever known in the state. S— Tnar council should keep its eyes wide open to guard against a contract- ors’ combine. Itisin the air. — SouTI OMAHA has been declared a city of the first class and is to have a free mail delivery July 1. Now for annexation. ST. PAUL has twenty-eight parks con- nected by boulevards,and is still laying outadditional pleasure grounds. Omaha has a great work before her to emulate that city. THE advocates of the ““jolting system” for health are not likely to sell many amnachines 1n Omaha. A ride over a square of cedar block paving does the ©, business at half the money. THEquestion whether inspectors in- spect is a pertinent one in Omaha. In the wvords of a prominent contractor, “Let . me choose the inspectors and I -oare not at what figures the contracts are let.” - NEARLY three inches of rain in as ‘tany days have added thousands of dollars to the value of growing crops in eastern Nebraska and taken away the suspicion that the state might ‘‘go dry” this season. Tur delegation will shortly hoid another session in Washington. If there is any member of the last legisla- ture who hasn’t called out loud enough to be heurd he should at once stand up and be counted SINCE Peters has been appointed col- ‘lector, the mail at the Albion postoffie has increased twenty per cent. A few more deputy collectorships and gauger- ships remain to be disposed of and patriots should remember that the early bird catches the first worm. — THE county commissioners should see o it that the plans and specifications of ““thenew hospital are carried out, even to the smallest detail. The protests and pleadings of contractorsare not en- titled to a moment’s consideration. Taxpoyers insist on receiving the full value for their money. ! S AN RSTEFMED contemporary an- nounces as a new feature a full page of deadhead railway time tables and ads that its usefulness 1s obvious. Itis. It saves a pagoe of type setting and news gathoving and economizes the doilars in the two eent concern. COQURT-MARTIALS in the army will “‘soon degonerate into pleasing farces if 4hey continue to result in the condon- Ing of the sentence by the reviewing ‘suthorities. Captain Arms, who grossly insulted the one-legged gover- mnonol Pennsylvania, and was properly ~pontenced to dismissal by the court, has had hi§ punishmens practically rerpit- ted by the president. CorronAL TANNER will have large avdionces wherever he speaks through- _out the west. Every old goldier who is earipaigning for a yension und who was flanked out by Genera! Black’s techni- cal rulings will be on hand if possible to welcome his successor. Commis- sioner Tanner is outspoken in favor of a ‘liborul ‘construction of the existing pousion lnws and of their indefimte ox- tension in the near future. With the latter he can personally have little to @o, but his rolings on the pension stat- utes alveady passed have been on com- mon sense lines, and have been gener- ally approved wherever they have been understoos Lne’humane society of Omaha would haye us helieve that when men die in greutagouy alter being bitten by a dog foamiy at the mouth, it is not due to hy@tophobia. . It is foolish to quibble aboutthe name, whether the disease be hydrophcylu. rabies, madness, blood poisoning or imagination, It is enough to know that in these latitudes a dog bite under peculiar conditions is fatal to lifo, and that during warm weather this dog malady is most prevalent, It would be cguminal if scciety did not take means to protect individuals from this horrible disease. 'There may he a discussion as to the best way of dis- patching dogs and removing the davse of the evil. But it is far better that every dog in the city should be shot ban a single human life be imperilled. OROOK AND THE INDIANS. The wisdom of the appointment of General Crook as a member of #he Sioux commission has been .fully de- monstrated. Ho is the only member who has any positive influence with the red men, and whose counsel is listened to with that respectful consideration which denotes confidence. The expla- nation issimple. The Indian respects a soldier, and no soldier has so strong & claim upon his respect as General Crook. Thousands of the Sioux, and particularly the old warriors, knew him as one of the most skillful fighters ever sent against them, and thoy also know whatever he says to them can be relied upon. Admiration for his ability and courago is coupled with a perfect confi- dence, and thusit is that General Crook has been able to accomplish about all that has thus far been done in securing the assent of the Indians to the propo- salsof the government. Bx-Governor Foster, of the commission, is reported to have said of him: “*That is a wonder- ful man. Tt is my opinion that a better man than he to deal with the red men could not have been found on the globe. We never know what move he isto make nexty but when he gets ready to do anything success always attends his efforts.” * The complimentary testimony was unquestionably fully merited. The ottdook for the success of the ne- gotiations is regarded as on the whole favorable, but the progress thus far made does not assure a successful result. There is manilestly, however, an improving disposition among the Indians to accept the treaty, as is shown by our dispatches from the Roschbud agency. More than two-thirds of the members whose signatures are required at this agency have signed, among these being all the prominent Indians except two. It is not unlikely that the labors of the commissioners at this agency will be completed within the next two or threg days, The influence of so prompt an acceptance of the treaty by the Indians at the Rosebud agency would of ceurse be mogt favorable upon the nogotiations at the other ageuncies, and it is understood that the commissioners do not antici- pate any great amount of trouble at the Pine Ridge, Sautee, Crow Creek and Brule'ageneies. At the Cheyenne and Standing Rock agencies, particu- larly the latter, they expect some oppo- sition, but this is hardly likely to be very stupborn after the other agencies have been succossfuliy disposed of. 'L'he commission entered upon its work with the hope of completing it within sixty days, and it is quite possible it will do 0 in a shorter time, IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH. The action of the city council looking to the annexation of South Omaha and Albright to Omaha is a move in the right direction.” The creation of South Omaha under a separate government was a mistake at the outset, and has proven a costly experiment to those who supported it. THrR BEE exposed the folly of the movement at the time. Its warnings were unheeded, and the re- sult is that burdensome debts have been heaped upon the people without ade- quate return from the investment. The people of both cities are bound together by close business relations. Everything that tends to the upbuild- ing of one benefits the other. Com- mercially they are inseparable. Why then should they continue uwader separ- ate governments, paying large sums for the maintenance of a double roster of officials? The management of municipal affairs in South Omaha does not promise an early change for the better. As long as the power is vested in the hands of men who have no great interest at stake, needless taxes will be piled upon the peovle, and the industrial progress of the. city seriously rotarded. Among the best.people of that city there is a strong and growing sentiment in favor of annexation. It affords the only sure solution for reckless misman- agement, and insures conservative care for the "great.interests of the city. In the council of the combined cities there would be a majority of responsible citi- zensto check extravagance and prevent schemers “and mercenaries from con- trolling public affairs. Annexation will simplify public affairs, produce greater unity of action for the general good, strengthen the confidence of investors, and place Omaha ‘in ‘a leading positicn in the rational census of 1890, MOVING EASIWARD. The senate committee investigating the trade relations between the United States and Canadais in St. Paul. It has made a very thorough inquiry as to the sentiment of the business commuai- ties of the Pacific coast and the extreme northwestern frontier, and iv is to be presumed it has very carvefully observed and recorded the practical facts of the situation in the territory visited. That the cominittee obtained a great deal of valuable information may be safely as- sumed. {thasundoubtedly also encoun- tered some diversity of opinion as to what isdesivable to be done by way of adjusting and regulating commercial relations with our northern neighbor. The weight of opinion it has thus far obtained, however, is doubtless in favor of some pian either to restrict the competition of Canadian with American railroads or allow the latter larger free- dom than thoy now enjoy for meeting the compelition. The committee has undoubtedly been placed in possession of all the figures shawing that the great transcontinental road of Canada has been making heavy inroads into the traflic of the American roads, and every effort made to impress it with the dan- ger of permitting our commerce to get into foreign bands. The committee is now in a terrvitory where 1t will hear something different from this. It will find in the northwest a nearly universal senti- ment in opposition to laying any embargo or imposin g any restrietions upon the trade relations betwecen the Unitad States and Canada. It will be told by a large majority of the business nien in that section, whose opinion it shall seok, that the competition of Can- adian trunk ronds with the roads of this country has been a good thing for that soction, and that they desive its con- tnuance, [t will have presented to it the clarm that this competition has pro- vented combinations of capital from fix- ing upon the northwestern communi- ties the arbitrary rates of freight which they had agreed upon, that to this factor is to a large extent due the low through rato still in %existence, and that this competition has protected the north- west from the monovoly aimed at by Chicago in giving it an independent outlet. In short, the committee will find the general opinion of the north- west voiced by o leading journal of that soction, which says: “It is clear that every section of the west and north- west has benefited by the presence of Canadign competition, and that to cut it off would be to inflict upon us a heavy and gratuitous injury.” A very strong sontiment will also be found to exist in that section favorable to commercial reciprocity. This question of our commerecial rela- iions with Qananda has come to be one of very great and grave importance, demanding a most careful public con- sideration. What seomed a little time ago a remote matter, which might not become pressing for a generation or more, has withia o fow months become a subject of leading and urgent concern, involving the intorests of a large body of the peoplo and of vast investments of capital. How to deal with it wisely and justly is the problem which it is the purpose of the senate committee’s investigation to solve, and when the conflicting interests at stuke are understood it can be seen that the problem is an extremely difficult one. Hardly anything that will be presented to the attention of the next congress will be regarded with a wider or deeper interest than this subject of our com- mercial relations with Canada. CHEAPERRENTS COMING, One needs only to take a short drive around the eity toconviuce himself that the croakers about slack building in Omaha must be the stay-at-homes. Leaving South Omaha quite out of the consideration, there are more dwelling houses now in course of construction in this city than ever before. Every sec- tion shows building activity based on substantial growth. Most of it repre- sents wages earned and saved. It isan interesting feature of the building situ- ation that the proportion,of homes being built by and for workingmen is so large. And it is a still more interesting feature that so wmany are being constructed from savings or through associations based on savings and which subserve while they promote thrift. The nat- ural effect of the heavy building of the past three years bas been to force down rents. Most of the new homes buiit have resulted in the vacating of a rented house. The landlords have con- sequently been competing for tenants and rents have dropped. Outside the most sought-for locations, where prices have been fairly maintained, rents for houses have declined from twenty to thirty per cent. The outrageous prices charged for workingmen’s homes were for vears a disgrace to the city ‘While elsewhere landlords were satisfied with reasonable returnson their investments, the Omaha Shylocks demanded and re- ceived prices for shells and shanties, that in other cities went bogging at half the money. One of the most per- manentbenefits of the rise of realty three years ago was that owners of large tracts of land immediately adjoining the city were induced to plat, and that the available area for homes, with city advantages was at once increased. With the supply came in turn an increased demand for homes, an influxof loanable capital, a cheapening of rates for money, building associations = and an inducement to save. The final result has been a general lowering of rents and a corresponding saving among wage earners. The community at large loses mothing by cheap rents. High cost of living is the destruction of thrift. The value of wages must always be measured by what it witl buy in food, and fuel and shelter. In other words the purchasing power of the dollar rep- resents its real value. When the cost of living in - Omaha reaches; as it must in time, the basis of other cities of its size further east, its possibilities as a great manufacturing city wilt be fully developed. It will then be able to com- pete more closely in those .lines in which labor cost enters as a large [actor. Workingmen can not afford to work for eastern wages with- out the certainty of at least as large a margin above necessary expenses as prevails in prosporous eastern cities, So long as rents are from ten to twenty per cent higher and food and fuel scarcely less so, wages will naturally be held at a higher level than in eastern manufacturing cities, and the scope of employment must be more or less re- stricted. THE American society of civil engin- ecrs has appointed a committee to in- vestigate the causes of the Johustown disaster. The question tobs determined by the committep is whether the flood of water over the top of the dam was caused by the sinking of the dam from wealness, or simply by the accumula- tion of wator in the lake beyond the normal height of the dam. The com- mittee will also endeavor to ascertain why the provision made for overflow was nov operative. An adequate inves- i tigation of these matters by expert en- gineers is unquestionably desirable, if for no other purpose that that of prop- erly fixing the responsibility, though this may be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. The fact doubtless is that the responsibility is widely distributed, and not the least partof it, as one of the survivors of the calamity has said, rested upon the authorities of Johns- town who neglected to regard the popu- lar demand to have the reservoir drained. But atany rate engineering science may gain something from the investigation, and it is well that one is 10 be conducted in behalf of the Ameri- can society of civil engineers. ———— THOMPSON AND ROOSEVELT, of the civil service commission, are finding out that they have a thorny road to travel. At the examination just held under civil service rules, at Troy, N. Y., tor positions in the local postoftice, the representative sent by the commis- sioners had his suspicions aroused that the local board of examiners was not above temptation, and consequently the examiners wero not permifted to take part in the proceedings. No doubt the civil service commissioners will insti- tute an inquiry at Troy, and interesting developments may be expected. Local boards have too often made the eivil service examination a favce, and it is the purpose of the commissioners to put o sfop to this abuse, Tie do\-nfii which the Now York Sun shows to! ghio political fortunes of Governor Hill is only equaled by its persistent omission to commend any- thing said or done publicly by ex-Pres- ident Cleveland. The fidelity and con- sistency of the Sun in both instances illustrate a prominent and valuable characteristic ot that excellent journal, but the effect is not favorable to the success of its recent counsel to the de- mocracy to ‘‘get together.” Nothing is contributing more to keep the demo- eratic party, at least in Now York, sep- arated into factions than the fact that both Cleveland and Hill have the pres- idential ambition, and whoever desires to unite the party should have neither for a favorite. S———— THE lead minors and smelters of the country are anxiously awaiting the an- swer of Assistant Sccretary Tichenor, of the treasury department, in the ap- plication of the minevs for the raversal of the rule admitting Mexican lead in silver duty free. A decision in the case is a delicate task. If the present law be overruled barring out Mexican lead it may give the American lead pro- ducers a temporary advantage. Buton the other hand the smelting and kin- dred industries of the country would be seriously affected. The treasury de- partment, however, is moving cautiously n arriving at a conclusion. The ques- tion is under advisement, and it is more than likely that an extended 1nvestiga- tion will be instituted by agents of the treasury, both in the United States and Mexico lead producing regions, before a decision will be returned. CHIEF SEAVEY laid before the board of fire and police commission a prop- osition to grade policemen according to length of service and efliciency and to fix their pay proportionally. This isa measure that has long been needed to perfect the metropolitan police service of Omuha. There is little question that the plan will bo favorably en- tertained by the commission. It may take some tim¥ before the details of the system will be satisfactorily arranged, but when ongg in force a maried im- provement in *the police force will be effected. It Wilk encourage the men to do faithtul work dnd will spur them on, inasmuch us efficiency will be the only road 0 promotibn, EVIDENCE is ot wanting to prove that the menibers of the South Fork Pishing and Hunting club of Pittsburg were fully awade. of - the unsafe condi- tion of the Conemaugh dam. enced civil engincers and the watch- man of the park repeatedly callod their attention to the fact that the dam was shaky and needed repairs. But to all the warnings the miilionaires who maintained these pleasure grounds turned a deaf oar. It is difficult to see how these sporting gentlemen can es- cape the responsibility for the terrible disaster at Johnstown THE great reservation just opened in Northern Montana, having an approxi- mate area of thirty-six thousand s miles, is described as o most inviting region for settlement. The greater part of the land is exceedingly fertile, the climate is milder and more equable than that of Southern Dokota, and as a wheat producing section it is thought this territory will be unsurpassed. ‘When it is said that' the reservation is half as large as all of New IEngland, the importance of such an addition to the lands available for settlement can read- ily be appreciated. Tue long looked for stimulus to the iron trade has come from an unex- pected quarter. The sudden demand made for steel rails and bridge iron due to the Conemaugh flood together with the destruction of the Cambrin iron works has advanded the price of steel rails and beams a dollar a ton. This would indicate that there is no over- production 1n the iron trade, and that the stoppage of production of one of the great mills of the country has the im- mediate effect to stiffen prices as the supply falls short of the demand. — THe recent pardoning of Banker Fish by President Harrison has induced the relatives and friends of Hooper, the Fidelity bank wrecker of Cincinnati, to importune the president for his release. It is to be hopad thatexecutive clem- ency will be withheld from this class of criminals, Those who pose as honora- ble before the avorld and botray the trust confided to them by using other people’s money: im gambling transac- tions, are entitled to no leniency. ————— TiE absorptioh of the largest white lead plants in St. Louis by the National Lead trust, said-tobe a branch of the Standard Oil company, insures for that powerful monopoly. the control of the output of whitelead in America. And now the consumér may as well prepare for the rise in price which is sure to fol- low. STOCKHOLDERSOf the Western Union Telegraph compary will have no reason to complain with the annual dividends s00n to he declaved. The gross earn- ings are the largest in the history of the company, ana approximate twenty millions. —e THERE is a vay of hope for the silver men in this country in the fact that England will probably send a delega- is congress of bimotal- ——— In the Spiric of Christ. New York Sun, Phe members of & female bible class con- nected with one of the protestant churches of this city huve raised a small sum for the service of the Roman Catholie priest, Father Conrady, who is now doing benevolent work among the lepers of the Saudwich Islands, as successor of Father Damion. It must be admitted that thayithus offer a noble illus- tration of that all-embracing charity which wasinculeated by the founder of christianity, and which can never be bounded by any see- tarian line, They have given an example worthy of being followed by all religionists. G Towa's Municipal Wars. Chicago Tribuns. Internal strifo still distracts this once happy and united land, The boycott insti- tuted against the members of the city coun- cil of Fort Dodge, Ta., on account of a cow ordinance was still raging at last, accounts, and now Prairie City, IlL, is in trouble, A petition was presented to the village trustoes of that place at a recent meeting asking for an appropriation of funds to prospect for coal. Tho petition was refused and another one is mow in circulation calling upon the members who voted against tho coal project to draw their pay and resign. it ibisnins A Pointer for Jubal. Chicago Times. General Jube Barly had better attend to his lottery and let American history alone. He can nover forgive Sheridan for sending him ‘“whirling up the valley,” and the Amerioan people. can never ccase to feel gratoful to Sheridan for doing it, no matter Low the bunko-steering ex-confederate gen- eral feels about it. Give the box another turn, Jubal, and see the blanks come out. et Srticier A he Obnoxious Hack Stand. Oincinnati Commercial-Gazctte. The city hack stands are a nuisance. They can not well otherwise be. Yet the hacks are d convenience and must have a conveni- ont resort. However, the smell of bad liquor and tobacco and the sulphur fumes of bad language so prevalent about these stands can not in fairness be laid to the poor horses. parerr s etiaten Bouthern Journalism. Chfcago Timas. ‘The'editor who hasn’t killed his man is notqualified to follow the noble calling of journalism in the south. Down thero tho cstablishment of a private cemetery 1s of more importance than the introduction of stereotyping machinery and web-printing presses. govigaudl o Honors are Bnsy. Cineinnati Commercial-Gazette, Mahohe has offered Riddleberger a foreign mission and asked him to go to Hong Kong. Riddloberger offered Mahone a mission by telling hin to go to — Neither accepted. M Only the Horses Protected. Cinolimatt Enquirer, Tn Massachusctts it is now a penal offonse to dock a horse’s tail. But the docking of the wages of the factory hands goes on with impunity. —— Bill and Boulanger. Kansas City Journal. Buffalo Bill is said to be growing so rap- idly in the favor of the French public that the popular supremacy of Boulanger is threatenea. -~ STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska, Hay Springs will celebrate the Fourth. The Burwell Lever has been forced to shut up shop. J. 1. Ringler is the cditor of a new paper at Crawford, called the Times. The ladies of tho Chadron Baptist church are to give o busiuess men’s carnival carly next weelk. There is talk of organizing an agricultural saciety in Garfleld county and holding a fair this fall. Stratton will have horse racing, foot vacing, ball games and numerous other at- tractions on the Fourth. The Alliance is the namo of a paper just started at Lincoln,as the official organ of the Nebraska State Farmers' allianco. ; A bogus deputy internal revenue collector tried to work the cigar dealers of Contral Jity, last week, but failed to ropa in any victims. The Hay Springs News says it will take $15,000 to pay for the twine necessary to bind the grain crops of Sheridan county tais year, ms of Stella think the fire flond must an especial grudge against thut town, £10,000 worth of property having gone up in smolke in the past two years, The reunion committee of the G. A. R. encampment, which is to be held Kearney in August, is busy making preparations for the event. A letter of regret has been re- ceived from General Sherman, The Dundy county Democrat says that the most serious result of Benkelman’s pro- hibition movement will be the lack of funds necessury to the maintenance of the public schools. The closing of the schools for a period, next winter, will be the inevitable result. The Keya Paha Press says it looks as though the rustlers had given up stealing from outside parties and had commenced work among themselves. 1t's a case of “dog eat dog’’ and as long as thoy confine their operations among themselves the honest peo- ple will be content. B. F. Erb, of Coon Rapids, has paid $300 for selling liquor contrary to Taw. Two tame decr, which had strayed away from a park, were shot the other day by hunters near Muscatine. 0. A. Kentner, of Carroll, has engaged in the business of brecding Shotland poaics, be- ginning with thirty head. Tho anoual commencement of tne Vil- lisca bigh school last weelk was highly suc- cessful, and at its close the school con- tributed 825 to the Johnstown sufferers. John Knapp, who died recently at Vinton, served as a soldier in the Mexican war and was a member of the regiment commanded by Jefferson Davis, The twenty-ninth annual commencement of the State university begins on the 14th inst,, and continues until the 19th. ‘vhere are 610 students attending the institution, At tho last term of the Oskaloosa district oourt the judge of that district agreed on a new rule in_divorce cases, the substance of which is that all costs must be paid into court beforo & decision is rendercd or made kunown to the attorneys. Whilo Joseph Landers was performing on a swingiug bar ot Audubon a foot strap broke, and he tell a distance of thirty-five feet, broaking his left arm in two places, dis- locating several 1ibs, and sustaining severe internal injurics. An Osceola county farmer purchased a fire, smoke and sulpher gopher exterminator, gave it to his boy, and told him Lo kill every'd—m gopher on_ the farm. Tho boy went. The result of the first hour's work was tho cap- ture of one gopher and the buraing of §i worth of hay. e CONFESSION OF MURDER &3 A Young F‘Iollld 'l'nllt(l_llnw He Killed a CrevELAND, O., June 10.--About 10 o’clock this morning young Otto TLeuth, after col sidorable questioning, confessed the mur- der of little Maggie Thompson, who has been missing for over a month and whose mutilated remains were found yesterday in the celiar of Leuth’s house, He said that on the day of the murder, as Maggie Thompson passed his house atabout noon on her way from school, he enticed her into the house and tried to outrage Being un- successful he placed her on the bed and killed her with a hatehet or hammer. Youug Leuth seys he is about sixtecn years of age, but ne looks older. At the time of the mur- der, Leuth, the father, was out of the city at work and the mother was in the hospital. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was & Child, sno cried for Caswc'a, Whien she beosme Miss, sbe clung to Custoria, Whou shehad Childrea, sio gave thewm Castoria THE JEFERSON LONG CASE. Ho Will Try Haboas Oorpus From the Supreme Court. UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT, Supreme Court Cases—Now Corpora- tions—Adam Rucker's Dive to Be Closed—Oity Nows and Notes. 1029 P Srreer, LixcoLy, June 10, In tho spring of 1880 Jefferson Long wasar- rested in Lincoln county as accossory to the crime of murder. A warrant was issued for the approbension of oue Ernest Meyers, who was charged with the commisston of the crime. Meyers has never been arrestod. In fact he has nevor been heard from to this day. At the termof the district court ot that county, following the arrest, Long was conyioted of murder in the first degreo, as ao- cessory to the crime, and sentenced to be hanged. At the January torm of the su- prewe court, 1838, this case was hoara on error, and was reversed and remanded for a new trial. In December, 1838, a trial was haa in the district court of Lincoln county, but the jury disagreed. The Hon, J. S. Hoagland, of North Platte, attorney for Long, is in the city to-day with a voluminons petition which he will present to the suprome court at the session, ¥riday, asking for a writ of habeas corpus for Long, LINCOIN BURRAD OF Tirn OMATA Hiw, } The Uniaersity Gohimenocement. The commencement, prober, of the state university, ocours Wednesday forenoon, The public, gonerally, is invited to attend, and 10 oue should wait for a'special invitation, Tha procession will form at the unversity ‘building promptly at'9:30 a. m., in the follow- ms order: University cadet band, university cadots {n uniform, university students, the senior class, the alumni. assooiation, citizens, city ofticers, county officers, state oficers, the clergy, the board of regents, the faculty. Tho line of march will be 'from the univer- sity building to Tenth streot; south on Tenth 10 O east on O to the Funck opera house at the corner of Twelfth and O, Until the procession reaches tho opora house the entire lower foor will bo reserved, and the gallory will be reserved for ladies. Seotions on Lha lowaer floor will b reserved for tha members of the senior class, the oho- rusand the orchestra, admission to which can only bo had by tickots, Seats will bo reserved on the stage for the city officers, county officers, state ofticers,the clorgy, the board of regents, the faculty and invited guests. _The following is the programme of exer- cises: Overture—-Bridal Roso, ......., Cadet Band. Chorus--The Heavens are Telling University Chorus and Qrol Oration—The Pontic Element In Science O 1Y ..Helen B. Aughey Oration—Two Radicals. ... Blbert It. Tingloy Oration--Sir John Eliot..Chas, B. Newcomb Soprano Solo—Cavatina from Robert Le Diable. . ...Mayerheer Madamo A. Weber. 'wo Pre-revolutionary Patriots . wveaes. Orien W, Fifer David Thoreau. 3 . William Oration—~Wendell Phillips. Selection—Riverside, Pettee -Haydn tra. Oration— Oration—Ho Conferriug of Degroos he A ry Commissions. .. . By the Governor Grand Murch—Tho Star... Cadet Band The following are the candidates for de- grees: B. A.—Frederick Wallace Collins, Fair- field; George Willlam Gerwig, Alleghany City, Pa.; Laura Augusta Haggard, Lincoln; Charles Borry Newcomer, Falls Clty; Wil® liam Logan Stephens, Sutton. B. L.—Thomas Stinson Allen, Wabash: Geore Henry Baughman, Lincoln; Charles Wesley Bigclow, Bartlett} Jennie Constance Boonell, Lincoln; Edna Dean Bullock, Lin- coln; Myra Elizabeth Clark, Sutton; Orien Wesloy = Fifer, Lincoln; ' Willium' Nel- son Flotcher, Alliance; David Dryden Tor- syth, Now Helena; Charles Marion Fronch, « Southwell Rulo; Alfred Pizey, Dakota City; May Tower, Lincoln, 13. Sc.—Helen Barbara Aughey, Lincoln; Myron isidore Bigolow, Bartlett; llbert Roy Tingley, Lincoln; Herbert J. Webber, Lin- colu: Thomas Albert Williams, Weeping Water. B, C. E.—Ernest George Eagleson, Craig; Frank Austin Manley, Lincoln. M. A.—Elton fulmer, Gibbon. The Battalion Drills, The battalion drills on the university campus this morning attracted a large num- ber of spectators, and the exercises were worth going to see. Four companies and two artillery squads participated in the drills, Lioutenaut Grifith was the ofiicer of the day. Colonel Hotchiss, Lieutenant W. ‘D, Wood, of the Righteenth United States infantry, F't. Gibson, and Lieutenant 1, W. Curisman, second infantry, Fert Omaha, were the judges. The Council Investigation. The councilmanic investigation was re- sumed at a late hour this afternoon. Henry I. Lewis, of the flrm of John R.Clark, Lewis & Lewis, was swora., ““We made a proposition in writing, it was accepted. We receive about $350,000 in bonds to sell under our contract. ‘We first made a proposition of this kind: That we would un- dertake to sell the entire bonds, amounting 10 §560,000. It was discovered tnat the dis- trict bonds were not ready, Weo discussed, that is, John R. Clark and T dig, which proposition we should make, to sell for what we cou'd get, letting it net the city par and o commission, or to sell for a commission. We made the proposition for selling the bonds to net the city par. Strode—*Was that the written contract?” Lowis—"It was so undorstood, I think. I thought it was in the contract." Strode—"Did you scll the bonds or any part of them at less than par{" Lowis—'1 could not say.’" Strode-«"Did you sell any for mors than par Lowis—“1 undorstand we did. We ox- changed somo for county bonds, and T do not know what the computation was. 1 do not know as they nettod us more than the 2 por cent aliowed. 1t would be difiicult of com- putation,” Strode—"Did you hear the motion in tho ceuncil to aceept your written sontraat!” Lowis—*1 think Billingsley made a motion to nceept the proposition, I lu?no\od it was our proposition, as talked oy, Mr. Lewis further testified that he did not know how the bonds sold. Some of thom were exchangad for county bond Strode—'"This committee doos not desire the names of the parties you sold to; what it wants is the amount of sales, what tha bonds sold for and the premium, and what sold for a discount. Can you furnish the informution " 1 can not. " Strodo—“What tho committoe wants is to know what . the bonds sold for. Can you furnish the information!" Lewis—*I don’t think I can. [ might add that I don't thini I should so state if I did know the amount.” Strode—*"Did some bonds sell for 4 per oent premium " Lowis—"'1 don't think I know." Strode—"'Did some sell for 4 por cent dis- count?" Lewis—"I don't think I know." Strode—"Mr. Lewis, you can not furnish this chmmittee, then, what amount of tho Londs sold for u premium and what for a discount " Lewis-~*'No, I would not want to state.” Captain Murphy, the expert accountant, who was employed to examine the books, was sworn, when the following was devel- :l"ud' which created something of a sen: on ¢ Courtney—“You found that the funds had *‘In A few instances." ‘‘What instancos " Murphy—*The transfer of all coupons, paving bonds and interest bonds had been mixed up.” Courtnay—*"Did you know, Mr. Murphy, that seven pages had been cut out of that ho&kl"h " b urphy—“Thera have been ho " cut out of that book,» Lo Courtney—*‘Would you be surprised to know, Mr. Murphy, that seven pages had been cut out?” Murphy--*Not altogether. ourtney here gava Captain Murphy k and asked him, *‘What vage do you find alter page 221" Murphy—*1 find page 20." Courtney—*Were these pages out out when you mined the books " Murph; 'No sir, they were not.” Courtney—“Would you swear that they were not 1 would." Murphy: Courtney—*‘Who would have authority to cut out seven fages of tho record " Murphy—‘'No one would have authority to cut them out.” Courtney—“Then I will introduce these pages us evidence," Questioned by Mr. Hamiiton—'‘By whom \Jar?"you employed to make this examina- jon Mr. the b y the city council.” —+Do you expect to be paid by tha city council?” Murphy-—*I do. week ago." Mr. Hamilton, addressing Councilman Dean—*“Did not Councilman Meyer say that Captain Murphy-would send in no bill?” “‘He diga,” most emphatically said Mr. Dean. . The book referred to as mutilated is the account book of ex-U'reasurer Jones, and it is thought that much valuable information in relation to the city’s money matters has thus been destroyed. City Treasurer Stephenson was seen this evening, and he declared that the pages were missing when he took the office: that he called ex-Treasurer Jones' attention to the fact, and that Jones admitted to him that he Lad cut them out. The Delien Soclety, The Delien society, of the State university, gave its first annual exhibition at the uni- versity chapel to-night. The exercises were unusually interesting, and the performers received rounds of well merited applause. Kerr read an essay entitled, ' Hindrance to Progress;” Alfred Pisoog de- livered a spirited oration, ““The Past and Present,” Charles M. French, ““The Birth of Power.” Miss Flora Hull recited in & very tpleasing manner Mark Twain's ex- perience with an interviewer. Misses F, H. Woods and J. H. Marble participated in an instructive debate on, ** &usmcmd Emigra- tion.” The exorcises wero interspersed with vocal and_instrumental music by Prof. and Mue. ‘Webber and Prof. Menzendorf. Broke Both Legs. T. A. Witheriruck, a carpenter, whils helping to erect a wind mill at Havelock, was knocked from his position, and falling, Droke both his legs. His companions carried hum on a stretcher to the city, a distanee of about five miles. I sent in my bill about a City News and Notes. Mrs, C. £ Wilkinson and her son Kddie, of Broken Bow, arc in the city to-day,en route to Spencer, Indiana, where they will spend t he summer. R. W. Hyors, ex-warden of the pcuiten- tiary, who is now acting as inspector for tho Lombard Investment company, city to-day renewing old frien Hon. J. Jensen, of Geneva, at the Windsor, “The case of Joe Burns vs the city of Lin- coln, is on trial in the district court this af- ternoon before Judze Chapmun. Burns sues for a balance of some $1,700, which he claims is due him on the system of waterworks put in by him two years ago. The funeral of Mrs, Dr. Lambertson will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clogk, from the famlly resiaence at Twenty-fourth and M. Friends are invited. Mra. Lam- bertscn was the daughter of Ispac Johnson, and was twenty-three years old, After reading Tur Bep, this morning, Marshal Carder aunounced that the Adam Rucker dive, near the corner of Eighth aad P streets, should o, and go right away. = He would personally serve notict on the owner or agents *of the property that a nuisance could not continue to exist in the business portion of the city. hibs. jpent. Sunday Posn‘lvur.v the most economical soap to use for the toilet is th- Ivory Soar, cents worth of soap for a dime, The cakes are so large that you really get twenty A WORD OF WARNING, There are many white soaps, each represéhted to be “Ivory’ ;"' they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack th able qualitics of the genuine. Ask for “ivory" Soap ad a as pood as the i nd remarks 0z it Cupyright 1686, by Procier & Gambles