Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 16, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE ~ B. ROSEWATER, Biitor. PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. TRRMS OF &t Daily (Morning Edition) including Sunda; Bea, One Year ... . e . For 8ix Months . . for Throe Montha e Omuha Sunda Address, One Yoai Weekly Hee, One Y 4 OFFICES, Omana Office, Bee Building. N. W. Beventeenth and Farnam Streets, Chicago OMce, 77 Rookery Buildin New York Office, Rooms 14 and Builing & Washington Office, No. 513 Four! Council Blufts OMce, No. 12 Pearl Lincoln Office, 1020 P Street, CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edl- torial matter should be addressed to the Editor of the Iiee, Corner i weivune nth Btreet. roet. BUSINESS LETTERS. All bnsiness letters and remittances should be addressed to The Teo Pabilshing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice oraers be made payablo to the order of the company, The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors Uxk Bullding Farnam and Seventeenth Streets, ‘Tne Bee on the Trains, There 18 no excuse for a failure to get Tk Bew on the trains, Al newsaealers have been notl- 1ied to carry & full supnly. [Cravelers who wan Tiie; Bek and cun't get it on trains where other Omanha papers are carried are requested to no- tify Tur Beg THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statoment of Circulation. Etate of Nebraska, ik County of Douglas, (%% Georgs B, Trzschuck, sccretary of The Hes Publisning Company, does solemuly swear tht ibe actual circulation of DAILY BEE for {he week ending Sovteinber 14, 18, was as fol- lows : . 10 Rept. 11. Thursday, Sepr. 12, riduy, Sépt. 13 Baturdiy, ept. 14 .. 18,654 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Eworn to before me and subscribed toin my piesence this 1ith day of September, A, D, 1850, Feal.] N.P. FEIL, Notary Publiz. Etate of Nebraska, 1 (e Sounty of Douglas. { Georgo I3, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de-. ores and says that ho 18 secretary of The Des Publishing company, that the actual averaie daily cfrcnlation of Tur DALy Brr for the month of September, 1858 18,1564 ples: for ( tober 1¥ 18,054 coples; for No nber, 1888, 1 U6 cop) 'or December, 1 January, 1880, 18,574, i 8,066 copres; for March, April, 189, 18550 cop! coples: for Jnn 1660, 15,738 copie: Average.... July, . 18,651 copios, B} bseribed in my 1., 1840, A v Public. Sworn to before me and presence this dist day of Aug [8EAL] NP i THE surplus is 11 the vault. OMAHA cont have reached Denver, That city will now have arn opportunity to show its real vitality. THE output of coal in Towa for 1888- 1880 was 125,000 tons less than the pre- ceding year. The reduction was due to a mila winter UNDER the skillful command of Brig- adier General Colby the annual en- campment of Nobraska militia now 1n progross at Beatrice may prove a bril- liant evant in the bloody annals of our state. THe wife of General Boulanger still 1i in the deepost seclusion at Ver- sailles. The general is gradually fading from public notice and will soon be ina condition that will fit him for living at home. Lorb TENNYSON asserls tbat his coming volume of pocms will be his absolutely far 11 contribution to lit- eraturc. Can it be that the poetlaureate has begun to adopt the “farewell” methods of back-number dramatic stars for financial purpos CHICAGO 8 complaining bitterly of its smoke uuisance,wh ich sadly dis- colors its public buildings and powders the faces of its people. Now thata smokeless powder has been invented, it may not be unreasonable to hope that a powderless smoke will follow. This wood *'soot” Chicago better. Tue National Civil Service Reform league will hold its annual convention at Philadelphia tho 1st and 2a of next month, Ifthe convention will endea tosteer clear of glittering gene and get down to business of u practical character, 1t may be able to accomplish some good. Jonx Bun the London dockman, bas met and worsted his employers. Mr. Burns isa lion in Lomdon. The strike inaugurated by himself and oth- ers proved successful, Hereafter noth- ing will be too good for him. Itisto be hoped the common sense which stood him in good stead during the strike will not desert him in his future actions. OVER one hundred negroes were killed during the recent uprising in Mississippi. George Allen, one of the leaders, was hanged, the colored farmers’ alliance was broken up, and the Advocate, a colored man’s paper, has suspended publication on account of it. The negroes of the sovth must either submit quietly toany outrage put upon them or tuke the results as here indicated. The chivalry of the south will brook no negro oquality or anything approaching 1t. Tae forest commission of New York issending out a large number of circu- lars calling the attention of railroads in that state to their duty in suppre: ing and preveunting forest fires. If rail- ronds generally would pay proper atten- tion to this subject a great deal of valu- able property might be saved. Sparks from engines are one of the foremost causes of forest fires, nnd as our timber is disappearing too rapidly anyway, the railroads should be made to take especial palns to prevent them so far as is possible. Tue new military bill to be intro- duced into the German reichstag is called a plan of reorganization rather than an army increase. Notwithstand- ing the name, it adds large numbers both to the infantry and cavalry, and requires an appropriation of sixty million marks. The presumption is that the reichstag will assume the bur- den without a murmur. The action of the government is deemed necessary in view of the increased armament of both France and Russia, If the armies of Europe are at present on a peace !ogung. it is something awful to con- template what proportions they would assume should war be declared. NDAY. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. The decision of Judge Blodgett, of the United States circuit court, declar- ing the Minnesota meat law unconstitu- tional, contains statements of funda- mental principles, applicable to all legislation of this character, which morit attentive consideration. In view of the fact that ths Minnesota law is to be passed upon by the supreme court of the United States. and that the decision of that tribunal will determinate as to such laws in other states, the principles enunciated by Judge Blodgett are worthy of more than a passing atten- tion. The police powers of a state for the protection of the health, oroperty and persons of its citizens are not unlim- ited, and they must be exercised so as notto interfere with tersover which the federal governjnent has exclusive jurisdiction, If a state statute,in its overation, impinges upon the federal government it is so void. One of the matters over which the federal gov- ernment has exclusive jurisdiction 18 thatof regulating commerce between the states. A state can unov, without the con- sent of congross, oxpress or im- plied, regulate commerce b etween its people and those of the othar states of the union in order to effect its end, however desirable such a regulation might be. A state can not prohibit the sale of an article of commsrce after it has been brought within the jurisdiction of the state. The power of congress to regulate the introduction of articles of commeres nocessarily implies the right to authorize ‘the sale of commercial articles so introduced. No article of commerce can be ex- cluded from introduction into and sale in a state by state inspoction laws or prohibition laws, and the common com- 1l usage and course of trade, and not the legislature of the state, deter- mine what are articles of commercs. The Minnesota law, in meeting at the border of the state an article of com- merce intended for human food, and arbitrarily declaring it unfit for such purpose and prohibiting its sale, was held to be a palpable invasion by the state of the domain of congress. The nume r citations made by Judge Blodgett from decisions of the supreme court of the United States, de- fining the power of congress toregulate intor-state commerce and the limita- tions upon the police powers of the states, leave no doubt respocting the fate of the Minnesota law when it shall be passed upon by that tribunal. It would be well for legislators to thor- oughly acquaint themselves with these decisions before proposing measuves the effect of which would be to obstruct the treedom of commerce between the sta SUSCEPTIBLE FINANCIERS. An interesting fact disclosed by the evidence thus far presented in the trial of Henry S.Ives is the suscepribilit, of many veteran Wall street financiers toshrewdly and attractively presented schemes of speculation. It is shown that Ives had no difficulty in finding men who had been all their lives dab- bling in financial affairs willing and nger to listen to his plans, and, having listened, everything told them in good faith. It must have amazed this bold ascal to find that his great confilence game 50 easily played with men who are com- monly supposed to be the shrewdest of their kind in the world. Here was a young man, with nothing in his per- sonal appearance to commend him to confidence, wholly without credit or standing in financial circles, and toward whom suspicion was directed by the public press, coolly entering Wall street and proposing schemes involving many millions of dollars, some of which he was successful in carry- ing out, gaining the ear and favor of veteran finan- ciers to whom any question as to his means and ability to cavry through his vast plans seems never tohave oceurred. Attracted by the large promises of gain which it 15 to be presumed the ‘tyoung Napoleon of fin: held out to them, they bad no thought for the character of the individual who s playing the big games, the means at his command, or the methods he would employ. That such was the fact is most significant of the character of that mighty arena of speculation, Wall street, and sug- gestive of how little the men generally who operate thero are entitled to the public confidence, It suggests how little careiul and conser- vative business methods and principles have to do with the operations of that center of speculative activity, and it teaches how dangoerous it would be to submit the shaping and direction of the financial policy of the nation to such a class of financiers. Certainly the methods and the ethics of Wall street are in need of thorough revision. The developments thus far in the trial of Ives show him to be one of the boldest and most aggressive rascals this or any other country has produced, and there is doubtless still a great deal to be disclosed. He stopped at no rascal- ity that seemed necessary to the con- summation of his plans, and though it can not be deniad that he exhibited some shrewdness und ingeuuity, what suc he had was due more to the boldness of his play than to any excey tional or remarkable smartness. It is sufo to say that in no other country, and nowhere in this country except Wall street, could Ives have carried on the operations for which he is being criminally prosecuted. necepting OVERPRODUCTION. According to Senator Farwell, of senate committee investigating dressed beef question, the chief, if not the only cause of the depression in the cattle trade is overproduction. In order to reach this conclusion it is necessar to ignore a great deal of testimony pre- senting other reasons for the depres- sion, Nevertheless, it is a factthat the vroduction of cattle has besn steadily increasing, carvefully prepared sta- tistics by the bureau of avimal in- dustry showing the growth of the supply of cattle between 1850 and 1880 placing the number of cattle in the for- mer year at something over seventeen million and in the latter year at nearly forty-nine million. It istobe remarked, the the however, that the number of cattle per thousand of population was less last year than in some former years, for example in 1860 and in 1885, while the mean price was considerably lower last year than in 1885 and has been still farther reduced this year. In considering this question of overproduction, however, there are other things to be taken into ac- count besides that of the number of cattle and the proportion to population. There has been a great change within the last twenty years in the character of steors sent to market. New aud botter blood has been infused into the old stock, and the result is that steers are marketed younger, weigh more, and yield a larger proportion of carcass than formorly. The beef supply obtained from a given number of cattlo is for this renson considerably larger than 1t was o few years ago. The increased number of cattle per one thou- sand of population does not, therefore, represent the whole increase in the beef supply which has taken place since 1870. There is, in addition, an increase resulting from onrly ma- turity, size and quality, which can only bo estimated with great difficulity and uncertain Another thing is the in- fluence exerted upon the demand for beel by the quantity and price of pork products. When the production of pork is abundant and the price low there will bo less beef consumed than when these conditions are reversed. Taking these things into ac- count they give some support to the theory of overpro- duction of cattle. In a report just is- sued from the bureaun of animal indus- try the opinion is expressed thatthe vrice of steers for several yedrsin the future will depend more upon the price of hogs, upon the value of the exports of cattle and beef products, and upon the proportion of steers marketed, than upon any changes likely to occur in the number of cattle per one thousand of population which exist in the country. As to the cost of beef tw con- sumers, which has kept up not- withstanding the decline in the of cattle, the explanation offered y Senator Farrell is not wholly satis- story. It might be if the maintained cost applied only to the choice cuts, but such is not the case. The cattle raisers are not making any money in the busi ness and the consumers got no beneiit from the reduced price of cattle. The inevitable conelusion must be that it is the dressed beef men who are getting all the prolits out of the business. IRRIGATION. In arecent ue the San Trancisco Chronicle devotes over twenty columns to an exhaustive article on irvigation, and it claims that it has been clearly demonstrated that it is entirely practi- cable for the government to render millions of acres of land susceptible of cultivation which are now barren wastes. The senatorial committee ap- pointed during the last session of con- gress has, during the greater part of the summer just past, visited Colorado, Montann, California and elsewhere in the west, and has endeavored to obtain all the facts possible bearing on this subject. Its repors will be submitted to y-first congress for legislation. This will be the preliminary step towards forming an enactment creat- ing a national system of irrigation. Public lands are becoming scarce, os the recent wild rush to Oklahoma, and the eagerness displayed for an opening up of the Sioux lands, readily testify. If the great areas of present arid lands can be reclaimed by government assistance it might be a good plan to follow. Private enterprise has already done a good deal in this direction in Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, ‘Wyoming and Colorado, but private means are inadequate to a full per- formance of the work. The largest at- tempt by private capital to redeem noor lands was made the other day in Utah, when a company with four million dol- lars capital commenced work to re- claim, through the means of irrigating ditches, some half a million acres of land. If it shall be found that practical legislation can be applied to this sub- Jject of the reclamation of pre t una- ailable lunds, the increased valuations and rapid settlements which such an expenditure would bring would more than repay the government for any prompt and intelligent nction 1n the case that it may feel disposed to take. A GreaT deal has been said lately about the embarrassed financial condi- tion of the Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore, and the probability of its early close. While the school has suf- fered considerable loss through the shrinkage of Baltimore & Ohio railroad stock, its finances are in better shape than these alarmists would indicate. The president, Mr. Gilman, is authority for the statement that the university has at present sutlicient monoy to mee quirements for the next three years at least, and means will undoubtedly be provided to allow the school to pursue the broad and generous plan adopted by its manugement for the education of American young men. Baltimore men will certainly have pride enough in the institution to see that it does not suffer for want of funds, SUSAN B. ANTHONY has suggested that it would be proper while cele- brating Columbus’ discovery of Amer- ica to bring in Queen Isabella, of Spain, for a little glory. As the queen furnished Columbus the money to take his voyage of digcovery, it would seem highly proper that Miss Anthony’s suggestion be acted upon. She ad- visee that a permanent building, to be known as the Isabella temple, be made a part of the exhibition, Such a building would prove of great interest, particularly to the ladies, and it should be duly considered aua acted SRR ——— SEVERAL New York gentlemen have bought upa large number of cemetery lots and are holding them in numbers from three hundred to four thousand, As the lotsare bought at thirty dollars and are sold for three hundred dollars, the profit is consider- able. New Yorkers would specu- late in anything this side of the grave, and now l’fi:;” are even approaching man’s las{Irfsting place, so eagar do they seem''fot wealth. They must be convuised with a ghoulish gleo every time they make a sale. IT was proposed at the constitutional convention at Cheyenne that the salary of the governdr of the new state shall be fixed at two thousand. dollars, which would be five hundred dollars less than the governor, of Nebraska recelves. Such a niggardly salary would not com- mand the ‘sepvices of a good man, un- less he aspired to the place simply for the giory of it. Wyoming should not adopt such a spirit of parsimony at the threshold of its statehood. MONTANA will be the firststate totry the Australian system of voting. As everyone knows, this means the voting of each individual, without' the nssist- anco of ward workers in a private room set apart for the purpose. Each man enters alone, deposits his vote and leaves. The first election under this law occurs next month, and the result will prove of interest to politicians all over the country. Omaha's Salubrions Atmosphere. Chicago Inter-Ocean. A notable item comes from Omaha—*'Grave diggers are cutting rates.” This is un indgica- tion that their business is dull, and Omaha is to be congratulated. st i o A Display to Be Proud Of. Ashland Gazette, The display at the Coliseum in Omaha was certainly a worthy exhibit and reflects oredit upon the business men of Omaha. The dis- play compares favorably with the Chicago exposition. SO b A Tedlous Weaning Process. Denver News, People living mn the western portions of Kansas and Nebraska should be attracted to Denver as often as possible. In this respect the management of the firemen’s tournament sot a good example, The country in point is part and parcel of Denver's trade territory, and should be weaned from Kansas City and Omaha in spite of the long haul railroad rates, e i Western Social Fad. Minneapolis Journal, Speaking of the Vanderbilt barn party for the New York “400," the ‘“bung tuug” of Omaha are having fun with themselves at swimming partics, while at Kansas City the onion party is all the rage. At an onion party a 1ady bites mto an onion and one gen- tleman selected by lot must find out which lady assaulted the onion. The game is said to be very popuiar, A Literary Thief. New York Star. The Omaha Sunday World-Herald is an unconscionable literary thief. Last Sun- day it stole from the Sunday Star of the week previous five special articles, making seven and a half columns, ard even had the audacity to print vile reproductions of the illustrations accompanying the articles. While this rascal is compiimentary in his purloining, we wovld prefer to see him hon- est in his credits to the Star. BEinES = GEEAT MEN., Ch auncey M, Depew has come back from Europe full of the notion that the world’s fair of 1302 will be the greateat show on earth, i Mr. James Good, who built the first loco- motive constructed in Canada, died at To- ronto last Thursday. Colonel James Reid, who served as a lieu- tenant in the Seventy-eighth Highland at Waterloo, but has lived in Canada for the last seventy years, has gone to Scotland to visit the scenes of his boyhood. Ho 1s ninty- six years old. James Morgan, the eighty-year-old Indi- anian who announced that he would pay 5,000 for a wife, has been overwhelmed with answers to his advertisement. Mr. Leon Abbett, having been nominated for governor by the democrats of New Jer- sey, is vain enough to think that he has taken a long stride in the direction of a presidential nomination. Congressman Randall has been confined to his room most of the time for several weeks by an attack of rheumatic gout in the left arm and shoulder, but his general health has steadily improved. Judge Anderson, of Utah, refused to natur- alize a man who openly and boldly told him that he should violate the laws regarding polygamy on every possibie occasion. The oidest officer in the United States army in age and by entry into service is Secound Lieutenant Michael Moore, of the retired hst. He wase born in South Brooklyn in 1700 and enlisted at Governor’s lsland n April, 1813, Speaking of London, Cardinal Manning says that not one-third of the population could be accommodated in the churches if all were crowded, and argues that at least two- thirds of the population never go where they hear the name of God reverently spoken, Karl Falkenstein is the name of the iuven- tor of smokeless powder, Three years ago he was an unkoowan chemist in Vienna, He offered his invention to the Austrian war office, but no investigation of his device was made. Discouraged by this refusal he went to Berlin and had an interview with the em- peror and Count Waldersee. His nvention was thoroughly tested by experts, and the smokeless powder was pronounced a success. He sold his rights tothe German government for a large sum, and is now living in luxury, Editor Amos J. Cummings is to lecture in Cincwnnati, Indianadolis and St. Louis for the benefit of New York's Greeley statue fund, and E. P, Weston is making a podes- trian tour and taking up collections for the projected memorislarch, New York1s going 1o have “them monuments” if she has to bankrupt every other city in the country. Secretary Rusk was in St. Paul the other day and the democratic Globe said of him: “President Harrispn wade no mistake when he put Uncle Jerey dt the head of this de- parunent. There 38 no jingoism about him, but he has executive ability and the genuine western goaheadativeness, and is honest and will attend to bis work of assorting garden seeds without meddling or interfering with other people's affairs,” e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Herman is short on schonl room, THere are 264 pupils in the Broken Bow school. The Modern Woodmen camp at Wood River is one year old. The creamery at Wahoo has been leasad 1o Harding Bros., of Wisner, Noble's opera house at York is to be re- modeled and fitted up in first-class style. ‘The Gresley county republican convention wiil be held at Gréeley Center September 25, Strickland G. A, R, post, of Hastings, pro- poses to ercct a monument te the lato Jauics saird, Charles R. Shaffer, editor of the Platte River Zeiung, published at Fremont, was fined $50 aud costs for priuting obsceue literature Over two thousand acres of land have re- cently been taken in the fertile valleys south of Seneca, Thomas county, and settlers are coming in continually. A Grand Island street car was struck by SEPTEMBER 16, 1830, an engineat a rallroad crossing and weoeked, but the only passenger, Mrs. Nathan Platte escaved without injury, N Denney, of Herman, Burt county, has raised soms mammoth corn on his farm season, ‘TWo ears now in possession of 3w contain 2,680 kernels. Elton J. Baird, a resident of Hayes county, has become fnsane and imagines that he has been appointed Laird's successor in congress, He has been sent to the asylum. The steam ayrup works at Fairfiold are turning 100 gallons of syrup per hour, twenty-five men boing employed in the mill and ten men and teams being kept busy haul- ing cane. The Niobrara Pioneer says that a arove of 700 cattle vassed through Niobrara on its way to the Upper Brule agency, as one of the many donations of our generous govern- ment to the red man. Gates colloge at Neligh has changed its weekly holiday from Saturday to Monday in order to allow the teachers in the surround- ing country an opportunity to seo the work- mgs of the institution on Saturday The Gothenburg Independent says the low water in the Platte has driven the fish- into the deepest holes of the water at different points, and many have boen caught with pitch forks and other simple imploments. John Donneky, a Howard county farm hand, bad his arm caught in the cylinder of a threshing machine, so badly mangling the limb that amputation was necessary. This is the thira accident of the kind in that vicinity. A Butler county farmer named Conffal, living east of David City, committed suicide by cutting open the arteries of both arms with a razor. His body was found by the roadside twenty-four hours after the deed was done, A box car on the Unio n Pacific containing an imported horse in charge of its owner, Mr. Mackay, of St. Louis, caught fire near Genoa and was entirely consumed. Mr, Mackay was badlv burned before he could break out of the car. lowa ltems. Females at Cherokee are organizing a brass band. Frrost destroyi pateh at Sheldon. The flax yinld will be far above the aver- age in Kossut county. O’'Brien county agriculturists will farmers’ ticket in the field this fall. Many farmers in the eastern part of the state have commenced fall plowing. Eighty-six carloads of melons have been shipped from Muscatine Island so far this season, A little daughter of D. A. Purcell, of Bigler’'s Grove, fell into a tub of hot water and was scalded to death, A nine-year-old son of John James, living near Peterson, was 1nstantly killed by a plank falling from a threshing machine. Some thief stole 1,000 fect of the telcphone wire conn ng Sanborn and Primghar one ay last week, and the people of those wns had & hello’ a time talking to one an- other. Hancock county is overrun with tramps who are accused of being the authors of nu- merous fires which have occurred there re- cently. 'The farmers proposs to make 1t warm for the nomads in the future. Twenty thousand dollars worth of town lots were sold last week in Clay Center. It is the new town in Sioux county on the line of the Sioux City & Northwestorn railway, and very near the center of Lhe county. Mrs. Randleman, of Carlisle, in the shades of evening, stooped to pick up what she thought to be a ribbon on her kitchen floor. The object turned out to boa frisky four- year-ola rattlesnake, which the lady suc- ceeded in killin, The Towa Falls Citizen says that whila H, T.. Hepkins was out on horseback hun ting colts, he came upon a large wolf and gave it chase. Hedrove itunder a small bridge near his home, went to the house, got his re- volver, went back and shot the wolf. This makes the sixth wolf for H. L. in two months. While a Hubbard business man tendiog the state fair last w packed up ull the household goods, employed two teams, ranher husband’s credit to the tune of £300, and moved to New Providence, where she went into business on her own hook. Cruelty on the partof her “lord of creation” is the alleged cause of her own de- parture. $300 worth of melons in a put a was at- 5, his wifo the Two Dakotas. Hughes county has bought a 31,400 poor tarm, Work has commenced on the new B aptist church at Vermillion. ‘Three new 1ron bridges will be built in Clay county this fall. It is said that Lawrence county has 2,000 more men vhan women, Many horses are dying in the vicinity of Blunt of a mysterious disease. The report that cattle are dying of black leg in Campbell county is denied. Black caps threaten Mrs, Mary Scott, of Bismarck, is she doesn't stop circulating slanderous tales abont her neighbors. mean something at Oli- vett. Baldwin reccived three milch cows from his parishoners recently. ThesMilbani Review says Sam Small is too fresh in lus language, aad that if one of their own citizens should indulge in the slang used by Sam he would be in danger of being rode out of town ou a fence railt According to the report of Auditor Manima, the direct tax to the torritory on the assessed valuation wilt yield a revenue of $102, exclusive of the revenue from the gross earnings tax on railway and other companies. The code of Dakota provides that any per- son who will maintain_a watering trough beside the highway 80 it cun be used by the beasts and traveling public, shall be entitled 10 $5 a year rebate on road tax, and 33 moro for adding a bucket and cup for the use of people. The Redfield Jourral says that James L. Dayis, the young man who won the West Point cadetship at the recont examination at Redfield, 18 reported to have been rejected at the examination at West Point on" the ac- count of a defective eye. ~ John McArthur, of Aberdoen, stood second aund will probably be nominated by Delegate Matthews to fill the vacancy. Jacob Fassold, who has recently gained onsiderable unenviable notoriety at Dead- 00d, has telegraphed Tre Bee as follows: ‘‘Articies appearing in your paper state things that are not true regarding Jack Fas- sold. I am not marriod and never haye been, and T want these publications stopped.” Ail right, Juck. A man could be accused of worse things than being married. Mrs C. W. Woodward, of Nebraska, or- ganizer for the national W. T, U, lec- tured 4t Watertown on constitutional prohi- bition before a large audience and was vigorousiy applauded. Mrs, Woodward is making!a_ successful campaign under the auspices of the W. C. T\ U. of Dakota, huy- ing visited Woonsocket, Orient, Gottysburg, Frankfort and other places. - » Worth Its Weight in Gold. The best ‘*‘recovery” that I ever heard of was that of the famous pipe of Muadeira, of which the remnant— amounting to forty-four bottles—was sold in 1858 at the duchess of Ragusa’s sale to the late Baron Jumes Rothehild literally and truly for its weight in gold, s London Truth, This *pipe” was on board an East Indiaman which was wrecked off Plushing in 1778, und it lay at the bottom of the sea until 1814, when it was fished up, and Louis XVIII. pur- chased the whole of it except six dozen bottles, which the French consul at An- twerp managed to detain, und he sold all he got to the duke of Ragusa. - Old Comanche the Only Survivor. The old horse Cowanche, the onl survivor of the famous Custer massacre is stall handsomely cared for at the gov- ernment’s expense. By special order of the military authorities Comanche is provided with a comfortable stall fitted up especially for him out in Dakota. No one is permitted to ride him, and he is not allowed to do any work whatever. Riddled with bullets’ and scarred by saber wounds, his body speaks elo- tly of the perilous duty he has per- in his twenty-two yours of ser- vice under the government. S Cushman's Mentho inhaler cures catairh, headache, neuralgis, asthma, fever. Mo “Urial {ree at your druggist. Brice o0 cents, | caughit he will be roughly handled NARSHAL CARDER'S MISTAKES Heo Must Hxplain Satisfactorily or Do the Tanner Act. NOVEL INDIAN ENTERTAINMENT, The United States ve the Westerh Union Telegraph and Union Pas cific Rallway Companies— COity News. 1020 P Streer, LiNcoLy, Sept. 15, Marshal Carder is charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, and as the word goes to-day he must answer at the bar of public opinion if no other. One day during the fair M. J. Krans, a street fakir, was en gaged in selling his wares i front of the Ivy Leaf saloon. Inthe midst of one of his harangues a policoman approached him, called for his license, and on bemg informed that he had none was ordered to stop or suffor arrest for solling his goods in defiance of the city laws. He did so. This wason Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. Some. thing like an hour after receiving the polico. man's orders Krans commenced to sell his goods again and again was asked for his license. This time he produced a paper which as follows: “M. J. Krans has permission to stand near the lvy Leaf saloon and zell small scarf pins, W. W. Carpgr, City Marshal.” The ordinance laws of tho city provide that venders’ of wares on the streets, or from house to house, before commencing to sell goods, shall first secure o license from the city clerk and pay the sum of $4 there for, and the records show that he did noth g of the kind. But he sold goods just the same. This leads the public to ask the per- tinent_question, what was the consideration and who received it? It is needless to state that it is a red in a thousand different ways. But this is not the only thing that the head of the police department is culiod to ans for. On the day before the industrial pa: last weck, it is learned that Marshal Carder visited the houses of prostitution of the city on a begging ex- pedition, He sought funds to nelp defray the oxpenses of the parade and the fireworks’ display. He was ympanie 1 by one of Lincoln’s prominent civizens. In his LiNcorx BUREAU oF Tie OMAmA Hee, } round-up he took in a place at the corner of Bighth ana N streets. Mr. Carder suavely and and the madame put up &, she declined to double the donation at his urgent solicitation. It appears, too, that “the donation she made secured her the prom ise of protection for tho rest of the month. r‘hn had paid her regular fine a short time 1 fon during the But the night afterward It is stated ¢ the in number, were per- mitted ' to escapo before the girls were gathered into the fold. The vigi- lant marshal evidently did not wish to 1y of the prominent boys who might and they were pe itted to e good their escape. ~ In this he was mer- ciful, but not so with the fallen girls, They must suffer, but their companions 1n sin were permitted to go scot free, The madam deched to yield to the demands of Marshal Carder for her fine until the proper time,and she told him that she did not propose to be bulldozed in that wav, and reminded him of his promise of protection given a day or two before. But the marshal insisted and the madam was obdurate, and the result is that she made an afiidavit setting forth the facts stated and filed it with Mayor Graham. This led to war between the mayor and marshal, and it is reliably stated that they are having a warm time of it. It is understood, ulso, that official action will be asserted and that Carder will have to go or clear his skirts of the cb received a promise of prot rest of the week her resort was visitors, twent The Indian Feast. A rather novel entertainment took place this afternoon on Historical square at which the Indians, who had been in the city some time, broke their seven days' fu Tue pe ple of the city were quite generally invited, and many accepted the invitation. There were six Omahas, thre > Sioux, and the noted Po doctor, David Tall Chief, took part in the feast, as well as a numoer of squaws and papoos The meat was prepared, cooked and served in the regular Indin style, even to tho decorations on the table. ny visitors sat down and dined with the i No admission fee was charged and no hat was passed around, but a fine looking squaw, tastily dressed, stood at the door with a basket in her hand, in which such _donations were dropped as the generous visitors chose to make. “I'he feast began at half past 3. 1mportant Litigation, Hon. J. L. Caldwell, of Lincoln, appointed by the goverument to assist in the prosecu- tion of the case of the United States vs the Western Union Telegraph and Union Pacific Railway companies, wuil file his bill in equity in the United States circuit court, district of Nebraska, to-morrow. In pursuance to the provisions of the act of approved August 7, 1585, the object ver of the bill is to procure the canc tract of 1551 and all othe isting vetween the Union company and the Western Union telegraph company and to compel the Union Pacific railway company to maintain and operate by its own servants and agents, a line of tole- graph along its right-of way, and to atford to all persons and corporations equal facilitics to counect with its lines und do business over them and make just and equitable charges therefor: also, to linally datermine and adjuticato tho rights of tie defendants under Said contracts. By the acy of 1502, under which the Union Pacific railway com- pany was orcanized, it agreed to maintain a ling of railway and telegraph for the use of the goverament and the pubiic, and to be subject to the control of congress in the con- duct of its affairs; that in consideration of its agreement the' government granted aid in lands and loans of credit, rights of-way and materials for its construction from the public domain; that in violation of its agree ments and duties it granted to_the Western Union Telegraph company the oxclusive right to control the commercial or paid tole graph business over the lines along its right- of-way, thereby giving that company mononoly and depriving the government aud the people of the use of their lines and the benefits of competition 1 violation of the provisions of the act of its organization, and against the injunctions ana_ prohibitions of the act of 1555, The case is an important viece of litigation, and will doubtless attract wide attention bofore its closo, Mr. Cald well suys the case will take its course undor the rules of practice for the forming of issues, but that it may come up for hearing at any sitting of the circuit court, ontracts ex- fie rarlway to water plant. To-da was not an exception. On the authority of A. J. Sawyer, it 1s said that work will com Wmence to-morrow with that end in view. The horse stolen some days ago from Farmer G. A. Southwell, was brought the city yesterday evening and turned ov o Offcor Pound. The man who brought it in did not give his o, but said that he found 1t with saddle and bridle on ticd in the woods at Gartield park Herman Walternado lofy yesterday oven. ing for Chicago, to attend u conventiou of liguor dealers. Coutractors are proverbially slow with their work, and county officials say that W. H. B. Stout is tio excetion to the rule. They ‘bexin to fear that th w court house will not bo ready by the time to open the Novew ber torm of eourt. A reunion of the Marsh family was held in this city one day last week It was the first in twelve years. The following members were present: Itev. J. Marsh und wife, the graudparents; W, D, Marsh and wife, Gib bon; . W. Marsh, Arapahoe; R. I and 'wife, Tekamal; W. J, Marsh and Lincoln, L. J. Marsh, o all I2x-Representative m the old I stre France, of Tobias Saiine county, was in the city *o-day and paid Tue BEk office o pleasant visit. Ho said that excitement is running very bigh in his neigh borbood over the ussaull ou Mrs. Caldwell. The assaunt is known, and if Ho was a young fallow who has boon loaflng aronnd that vicinity pretonding to tell fortunes, bat Wwhose real occupation was that of a gambler and blackleg. Ho struck his viotim with & sandbag whon about sixty rods from her home, and literally tore her clotning from her body. Mr. Joseph Wittmann and family returned tho cther day from a fiftoen months’ visit in Europe, Mr. Wittmann is one of the stal- tt citizens of Livcoln and bis roturn wi warmly welcomed, Tho state univorsity opons the 18th and thecity is rapidly filling up with studonts, The meeting of the city council Monday evening promises to bo a ‘drawing card, as the resignation of the city engineer and the Sunday ordinance will be discussed at some longth, The regular Sunday services wi t3-day at the pro.cathedral. The Rev.' Father Walsh said high mass at 11 o'clock. when thoe choir, under the direction of Rev. Fatnor Riviere, rendered Potor's colabrated mass in D. Prof. Gibeault presided at the orean, ho sermon at tho mass was by Father Ri At the evening Rev. Path rd MeCartno, lecturo on cramenta of tho Christinn Church.” This 1s the first of a sories of lectures to be doliverad ovory Y oven- ing. Tho public generally afo invited to at- tend them. The rogular meoting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive F o0 was hold to-day, Govor: yer and wifo returned home rosumed orge Mayerli has gone off on a business visit and it is rumored that ho will not re- turn, Councilman Halter has taken pos- session of his effects at the Dopot hotel, % b NO KISSING TRER An Basy Discovery Which the Japa- nese Strangely Failed to Make, Young girls ave as nature mado them, and very sweet they are, too, in their quaint dresses, showing the plump chest and rounded arms, says a Tokio al to the Sun Francisco Chronicle. ges could be written about their charms. What dear, dainty little dolls they arel Such white teeth, rosy lips and co; miles! Who shall describe them? and what next? A kiss, perhups? Not over here. Oh, never! They never do. They don’t know how, actually don’t know how, and even peasant givls are clos: Fancy a young man in cotton kimono and wooden clogs stealing a chance to walk with his best girl under the blooming cherry trees, explaining the constellations and quoting sentimental poetry; telling her that he **hung upon her eye that “‘her voice was like a temple gong:” in fact, that he loved but her alone, and then making | several formal bows at the door of her father’s straw-thatehed hut us they parted 1n the moonlight. Can any American lover streteh his imagination enough to believe in a sweetheart not kissing those pretty lips, puiot and all, by a sort of “‘natural selection. Tis a melancholy fact, but the Jap- anose has no such impulse. No lover courts his mist with *“sweetest per- e kis: No mother kisses her by s she cuddles it agmnst her bosom. ‘The parting husband presses the hand of his wife and bends his fore- head to the mats in sad farewell. Our salutations run through the crescendo of bow, handshake, kiss and kiss. 1 can’t oxplain the difference in grade between the last two, but everybody knows. But in Japun the expression of regard is regulated by the number and length of the saluams. A friend who constantly travels about the country told meof a httle itlustra- tion in point. He had been on the road for six weeks, having with himu native merchunt who was inte ted in b iness. On their vevarn to Tokio he companied the broker to his permit for the night’s visit having been obtained from the local inspsctor of po- 1i The wife met her husband and his friend at the door and ushered them in. Togother they .assisted their guest to remove his coat. The wile noxt took from her lord his wadded Kimono and other wraps and folded them away, Then, and not until then, did they kneel upon the mats and bow long and low to “You have been many weeks away from us,” said the wife in o sweet. tionate voice. “*We ve waited for you with impatience. I hope that you arc weli, dear Innos- keskan.” And he thanked her and said he was My friend had been curious to know whether these formalities which he had always witnessed between acquaint- ances would be repeated between the devoted couple, who would not feel re- gtrained before an old fricud. I retold the tale to a sclect audience, and added my opinion that the missio aries might mive the belated Japs somo pointers an earthly bliss when instru tion on the heavenly joys of the other life had vaeation.” Why not get up classes to teach the art of kissing, with some good old gray-headed eldors for instructors? Tnat would be quite hurm- less and proper. The girls could learn if they began quite smal L, AWFUL EXPERIENCE, A Delaware Wo, ias a Snake Coil Itself Around Her Neck. Mes. Stetson and duughter, of Union, township, were borrying in the vieinity of Hurbor bridge, says a Newcastlo (Del,) letter to the Philadelphia In- quiver, when they had a lively encoun- ter with snak Mrs, Stotson was making her way through a thicket of small trees and bushos, her daughter following at a distance of lifteen or twenty yards. Suddenly a long snake of greenish-brown color swung from small tree at Mrs, Stetson’s sid quick as a flash, began around her nock and shoulde Almost paralyzed with woman stood v ad 1o the almost & minute. Then r senses she screamed loudl Miss Stetson rushed forward to ascor- tain the cause of the outery. She was horritied upon reaching the spot to se her mother in the coils of the reptil The poor woman had succeeded in- ge ting her hands around its slimy body about six inches from the head. Hoer hold was u ficm one, but it required all her strength to keen the snike from wetting 1ts head close enough to do in- jury with its fangs, which it kept thrusting at her fac All this time it ke geip around her neck, and soon her to assume i purplish hue, e tongue, swollen to twico it hung from her mouth, und bulged almost frowm theie 388 ht, the d for ping for help, v tightening.its sockets Miss Stetson is a cool and nervy young lad grasping u stick she struck th a tolling blow on the head. This ¢ d it to i0osen its coil, but not before the woman had fainted r ughter then attempted to pall sepent away,but found her mother’s qors deeply imbedded in its foesh, and all efforts to get them loose failed. The young woman then proceeded to ¢ and to dr now un= conseious parent to'n sty of water about fifty yards from the place. A liberal application of the cool liguid brought her back to consciousness. She still grasped the snake in her hands, and it required no small effor ompanied by pain, for her to straighten her ‘lingers sufficiently to allow tho snake to drop. She was then assisted to a farm house haif a mile distant, whore sho was kindly caved for, after which she was conveyed to nher home in acarriage, ‘I'he shock was too much for her, and Mra. Stetson is now lying at her home in a critical condition,