Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1890, Page 12

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Lots in addi- REFORM THE JURY SYSTEN, On What Lines the Work Should Be Oarried Out. DISCUSSED BY EMINENT MEN. The Views of Judge Noah Davis. Judge Arnoux, Frederic R. Cou- dert, Neal Dow, Heber New- ton and Others. Views of Eminent Men. There are fow men in this country better qualitied to discuss the jury sys- tem than Judge Noah Davis. His ex- perience on the bench and at the bar has been wider than that of most jurists, and besides he has made a close study of our system and its needs. The conclusion that this eminent lawyer comes to is that our jury system needs a complete overhauling. 1In fact, Judge Davis goes so far as to say that we should amend the constitution and reconstruct the whole system. ““The jury system as it now stands is entirely unsatisfactory,” said Judge Davis. **Nothing but a complete and radical overhauling will have the de- sired effect.” 3 “What is the course of the present discredited condition of the jury room?” this judge was asked. “If arises from u variety of causes,” was thereply. *In the first place it is now too cusy for men to escape perform- ing jury duty. There are 100 many loop holes for escape. Men of business who have a certain amount of influence can escape performing jury duty upon a variety of pretexts. Now, ns a rule, these very men who are 50 anxious to escape performing what 1s their duty are wen who would make the very best sort of jurors. As they escape the ser- vice that they should perform tho .judges in our courts are compelled te all buck upon an inferior sort of men, and to nceept the best sort of material at hand for jurors. You can readily see that this in itself is sufficient to lower the statutes of our modern jurors.” **You would not then extend the rule of exemption from jury duty as has been suggested?” **I most decidedly would not. In fact I would take exactly the opposite course. I would make it more limited than it now is. I would make it so that no citizen could escape serving on juries, except for the most valid of reasons. would have laws passed that would be 80 drawn that every man should be com- | *pelled 1o perform this duty or incur se- vere punishment. Under such circum- stances - we should get the very best kind df jurors, and should pot have to take any sort of talesmen who might be found.” **What do you think of the proposi- tion to emempt foreigners to & lurge extent from jury duty?” I think the proposition is a bad one. There is no reason at all why foreign- ers should be exempted if they can speak and uvderstand English. All that is needed is that the juror shall be sufficiently intelligent to understand the evidence given in any case. So far as the law is concerned he has nothing o do with that. The judge will in- struct him on that. No, I see no reason whatever for exempting foteign born cit- izens who can understand English.” **What other reforms would you sug gest in the jury system?” “There is one very radical reform and change that I think should be made, It would require a constitu- tional amendment to %rimz it about, but to my mind it ought to be done. 1 would have the number of jurors in civil cases reduced from twelve to six. There is no reason whatever why six good men cannot return a8 true a ver- dict as twelve, and thon it would be much easier to select the smaller body. In criminal cases the same is true, but in these cnses the number might be arranged by consent of the riies interested, It would,as I say, necessary to change the constitution in order to bring about this veform in the Aur,v system, but in my opinion it ‘would be worthy of a trial. “This isa subject worthy of ecareful study,” continued Judge Davis. *No one who has businese in our courts now can fuil to see the necessity for rcforms and radical reforms, too, in the whole system of obtaining jurymen. There is an absurd prejudice in some quarters against changing this istitution, but thisought to be swept away. The sys- tem as it is,18 wholly unsatisfactory. Under it the men most competent to uct after the jury have been out fora ce tain time, the court will accept the ve dict of eleven jurors, and, for a_certain time longer, of ten, One of the most accomplished members of the bar has lately proposed to have the law so amended that when the jury stands eleven to one the court may demand the reasons of the dissentiug juror and pass upon him. There certainly ought to be some method devised by which a jury should not be hung up by any ob- stinate, projudiced, unreasoning or corrupt juror. 8. In the matter of challenges, which are, linble to be greatly abused. WILLIAM H. ARNOUX, President of the New York State Bar _association. Reformation of ths Systen Easy. The jury system does noed reforma-. tion. Upon the whole it has worked and still works singularly well, all things considered. No one in this state woulk abolish it, so far as I know, in criminal cases, although there seems to be a growing fecling that the system is cumbersome and imperfect in tho deter- mination of civil causes. Trial by jury in_criminal cases is, by common consent, the only method that our people would tolerate of disposing of questions of fact. It hus long been considered one of the bulwarks of our free system of guvernment; it is pro- tected against invasion by provisions jeolously inserted in our state constitu- tions, and it may be safely-said that no man, or body of men, or political party has been or now is strong enough to venture upon the dangerous ground of seeking to abridge it. As to reforming the system, that, to my mind, would be easy. The system (I'am now speaking for criminal 08) isin theory admirably adapted to ing its proper and just end, v protection of the accused, the punish- ment of the guilty and the preservation of.the citizen from the oppression of corrupt or partisan judges. But the excellence of the system in fact de- pends upon the quality of the jurors. Do we get the best men on our juries? Certainly not. And yet our best citi- zens can- find no more worthy occupa~ tion—none more noble, I may say—than taking part in the administration of the law., The methods. are plain and homely, the jury box not attractive and the surroundings not very agreeable to the senses, but there is a majesty about. the office of trying a fel- low being for his llife or libert, which is too often lost sight of. : If the juror wns admonished to B uniform, to call himself ‘‘Honor- able” und tosit fora term of years, wouid the attraction to be a juror not become more general?) We want the best men of the land to serve as jurors. How we are to get them is another ques- tion that T have uo time to answer here; one observation 1 may make, however. S0 long as intelligent men read tho newspapers, so long as they form judg- ments on what they read, and so long as the formation of an opinion is a legal ground of exclusion from the jury box, s0 long will it be difficult to fill that box with our best men, at least in cases of public interest. Tn 1 cases ten ought to decide and their v t be recorded in spite of the dissentient two. Thero should be more stringoncy in compel- ling service. This would of 1tself make the duty lighter by more general dis- tribution. I should not udvocate in the trial of felonies less than a unanimous verdict, Some effort should be made to shorten trials, by Mmiting the bound- less area of cross-cxaminations, The prospect of sitting four or five dreary weeks in a box, nud then being ex- cluded from his home, does not increase the average citizen’s love for the sys- tem. Much more mighy be said, but timo and space forbid. F. R. Coubenr, President of the New York City Bar as- sociation, Should hs Modifi+1, Not Abollished The growing dissatisfaction toward our jury system indicates that the vime for o change has come. Unless a means is found for the more swift and certain operation of justice under the majesty of ummnuw-'l authority the tendency to seek justice by illegal methods is likely to become ever more rife than it is now. Why, then, should not the petit jury sytem be modified, both to allay ‘this popular discontent and the more affectually further the ends of jus- tice? Progress implies not only the ap- plication of new means to the machin- ery of social order; it also invludes the readjustment of old ethods to new condivions. There is nothing to indi- cate that trial by jory has yeb crystal- ized into & completed shape. Unknown 1o Asiatic races, it only reached its rrusunt state of development in Eng- us jurymen rarely do so,and the men who are in o sense incompetent are continually serying. This onght to be charged, and if the public will but in- torest itself in the matter through their {evrfinnuflveu reforms would soon fol~ ow. Needed B forms in the System, Inmy opinion our jury system does {nead reformation in these particulars ut oast: 1. In the disqualification of jurors on account Of knowledge or information. Orl{lnull v jurors were selected from the vicinuge because they had acquaintance or knew the general reputation of the parties. Their ignorauce became the test. Now, in the universal dissemina- tion of information, it is impossible to find jurors who know nothing of mat- ters of notoriety. 2. In requiring & unanimous verdict under all circumstances. la Scolsad and in the sixteenth century, and after a long evolution; and since that period the principle of unanimity in a verdict has been abolished in Scotland with- out injurious results. The ideal jury should represent the opinion of the publie, lurpo-ln the puliz to be vhoroughly in nrmed‘oou- cerning .the law and the fucts in the caso, But if the public were todecido upon ll‘::h cmfleu information it is all ther unlikely that the verdict would alwoys be uoanmmous. Why then quire such unanimity from its revresentatives, the jury? In spite of their unanimity many verdicts have proved to be notoriously unjust. Would they Lave beeu wore uvjust if decided by a majority of the jurors alone? As the matter now stands justice may be and often s traversed by a single stupid or perjured juror, The verdict of eleven out of twelve jurors be required io awardiog & PAGES. SEg = 3% TITLE PERFECT. PEN tion adjoining and further away being held at $150 each. The boom has just commenced. The prospects of Pierre are unequalled and its prog=- ress bids fair to be unparalelled in the history of this country. T0 HOLD FOR 3O DAYS AND LIMITED T0 SO L0TS| — WRIGH whn selections, or write WRIGHT & LASBURY, Rooms 3 and 4 Arlington Block, Omaha capital conviction when the case turns solely upon circumstantial evidence. Nine should suffics in other cases in: volving the capital penalty, and eight in all other trials by jury, whether in criminal or civil actions. The general diffusion of news by the pross has so altered former conditions that he must sometimes be mentally unfit to serve as juror who has no knowledge or opinion whatever con- cerning a widely known case. Hence some modification of the usual practice in such instances has become essential if we are to have intelligent as well as impartial juries, Jurors also need to be more thor- oughly educated as to their duties. They should distinctly understand thut they have no. legislative functions. Having sworn 1o render a_verdict upon the facts as relate1 to the law their pri- vate opinion of a law obnoxious to them- selves is entirely outside of the decision they are required to reach, Delay in arriving at a verdict would often be shortened were jurors tetter informed on this point. _ Belore we talk of abolishing trial by jury why is it not expedient, then, toat- tempt liret the effect of some such modi- flcations as are herein suggested? S. G. W. BENJAMIN, Ex-Minister to Persia. Higher Scale of Intelligence De- manded. The great need of our jury system, as it seems to me,is that some mode should be devised whereby uninteiligent and ignorant men should be excluded from the panel. As our juries are now made up it is no uncommon thing to see among their members some men who would be unfit to decide the right or the wrong of a dispute involving only the ownership of a cart, a cow orn dog. Yet juries, of which such men form a part.are often called upun to determine questions involving large sums of money, most important rights of parties und oven liberty and life. I suggest no plan by which only intelligent, well in- formed and upright men shall consti- tute our juries. The rule by which verdicts can be renderd only by unanimous consent of the twelve men making up a jury is often objected to, No doubt there are frequenily serious inconveniences at- attending this plan, but it is not all and always bad. It often happens that an intelligent, upright and impartial jury- man refuses to consent o an unjust ver- dict, to which the eloven seem tobe ob- stinately committed. It often happens that such a juryman secures a. AL nearly approaching. what it ought to be —und then consenting to a compromise which he believes to be in the interest of the parties, rather than leaving them to a continued, costly and vexatious li- tigation. Perhaps, by-and-by,some plan may be suggested wheceby permanent boards of referee may be formed consisting of thoroughly competent men, to whom the duty should be trusted of deciding questions not determined by juries. NEAL Dow. In Need of Some Evolution Forward, My own mind has not been drawn to any such close and careful study of the jury system as to warrant my ventilat- ing my views to any extent, Practical observation and reflection have, how- ever, enforced upon mo the conviction that, however servicable the jury sys- tem has been in the past, like many an- other feature of our civilization, 1t is clearly in need of some evolution for- ward, For myself, I know of few mat- ters that would ever take me to law- upon which I should not prefer to have the judgment of three trained judges than that of adozen untrainea avernge citizens. It seems to me that we need to eliminate the opportunity for the sensational - and sophistical appeals which are afforded by the jury system, and no less also the possibility of stupid and unintelligent and prejudiced i‘udgmonz, which lies in the material mpaneled in our jurors under our pres- ent remarkable system of elimination. Yours respectfully, R. HEBER NEWTON. g For a safe and certain remedy for fever and ague, use Dr. J, H, McLean’s chills and fever cure; it is warranted to cure, L Love Among the Otters. An old sportsman is quoted in the New York ‘lribune as follows: ‘‘In Choke Creek last summer one day I came upon two otters, one larger than the other, 1soon saw that the small one was a female and the other a male. She wus shy of the big one, aud when- ever he tried to be friendly by getting nearer to her slie acted 5o cross that he went back. He got 50 near once that she cuffed him and theo plunged into the am and swam around for a wnile. Theuo she returned to the log and drove him back to his ewn spot. *It went on in this way quite & while, and then another male otter came puf- fing und paddling up the creek till he struck the pool. Seeing tho female, he crawled upon the log and caressed her. She seemed to take kindly to him, but the moment he spied the other male there was war 1o the camp. One was just as ready to fight as the other, and while they had it hot and heavy on the shore the femule dived and swam up and down and squealea. *‘It didn’t take the newcomer long to liek the other male, and the whipped one turned tail aud scampered into the bushes. Theu the temale joined the boss and appeapad to be proud of him. Tuatead of trying to meddle with thom the desperate otter dived iuto the creek, caught a large trout and swam to the other bank.” ) pelled first to anchor i THE CITY OF BUENOS AYRES. Conventional Ideas of It are Wide of the Mark. A COUNTRY OF RICH RESOURCES. 1ts Finanolal Policy, Mowever, Very Wenk and a Crash fs km- minent — Manutacturies are Badly Neeaed. In Sunny South America. BUENOS AvRES, Dec. 14.—Special to The BEE.]—To the ordinary American the city of Buenos Ayres is an aggre- gation of surprises. If he has formed any conception of the city before visit- ing it, it has been gleaned from the fa- miliar geography illustration of a fero- cious looking horseman galloping over the plans after a drove of those cattle, which are said to run wild over the pampas, and from tne text accompany- ing the picture, which usually consists in the statement that Buenos Ayres is a city of 240,000 inhabitants, and that shipping wool and hides form the chief occupations. But all these visions are dispelled on arrival. Today the residents of Buenos Ayres never soo the fabled horseman, and the description in the geography long ago lost all its truth. For twenty- five years the gaze of the United States has been turned-from her sister re- public in South America to her own growth elsewhere, and .during. that twenty-five years the Argentine Re- public has merited the attention of the world more than ever before. Her cap- ital has become a port of the first importance; more deep watar sailing vessels can today be found in her harbor than in any other in the world, Twenty-one lines of steamships connect her with the ports of . Europe, and two lines of refrigeratorships place her fresh beef and mutton in ©nglish markets at what it costs the American breeder to transport histo the seaboard. In the month of November, 1889, the number of immigrants received into the republic was 35,000, showing a greater per centage of growth than that of any other country. The city’s population has increased from 240,000 to 500,000, and her commercial competition can no longer be despised. The river Platte, on which Buenos Ayres is sitiated, is 100 miles wide at its mouth, and in a good many respects resembles the Mississippi. It is full of shoals, and although its Spanish name —Rio de la Plate—means ‘“‘The River of Silver,” it might more appropriately bhe called the River of Copper, or still better the River of R Mud, for thatis exactly the color of its waters. The city may be styled a self-made one, for nof only are there no natural resources to fertilize its growth, but it is not so well located for shipping as though it were built, on an ordinary strip of sandy beach, Vessels are com- the middte of the river, out of sight of the city. From thence they aro towed 1o within per- haps a mile of the shore, where they lie from one to twoweeks awaiting their turn at the whurf. When at last thoy are in a position to unlond they are still four miles below the city proper, at a spot called the Boca, and which hap- pens to have a little deeper water than others, Steamships remain where they first anchor, and passengers ure carried to the shore in_brightly painted little steamboats. The government soveral years ago contracted with an English firm to build an artificial harbor next the city. The work was begun 1n 1884, and will be completed in 1892. Its cost will be $20,000,000, and it is claimed that when it 18 finished vessels can land as ensily as at Philadelphia or New Or- leans., ‘When we remember how speedy has been the transformation of Buenos Ayres from contented drowsiness to bustling prosperity and the lack of conservatism, wh is a Spanish char- acteristic, the fact that the governmont isnow in a bad financial condition is pot surprising. ‘iSudden good fortune turned the nation’sbrain. It would have nothing to do with prudence, and it now finds itself onn precipice of pros- perity over whien it must shortly fall, 'he import tradel during the last few vears hus incrensed beyond all propor: portional dimensions, thus tending most of the gold ut of the country. To meet this loss the government’ threo years ago established a national bank bystem copied after that of the United States, but unfortunately they forgot to copy its most essgntial feature, i. e. the deposit which is required of all our national banks for the full amount of their note-circulation. Thus unre- stricted, the Argentine banks have filled the people’s pockets with issue oftor issue of r money—{rom 5-cent bills up—which is becoming worthless 10 exact proportion ae more 1s issued. At flreuonl, gold is waorth 240 per cent. It expected that it will continue to rise until paperloses all its value,when the country will come back to a metallic basis with & crash similar to that in the United States in 1870. Despite tho weakening eflect which this must of course have, it can ouly check and cannot stop the countries growth. Her prosperity has been no gas-inflated boom. It stands and has grown upon solid comwmereial ground, aud the pres- ent condition must be charged selely to to bad management, The nation is iike the individual. The Argentinian would expend his last 5-cent bill to have his shoes blacked, and the Argentine gov- ernment would have less hesitation in going 1nto bankruptoy to celebrate the death of some saint who died a thousand years ago. The government did succeed in mak- ing one good move recently when it dis- charged the ‘‘agents” which it had been employing to solicit European im- migration. ~ These agents, were paid a certain amount per immigrant, and as they allowed no patriotic desire for the welfares of their country to interefere with their profits, those whom they se- cured have almost invariably been of the lowest and least valuable class. To illustrate the enterprise of these men of business, a story 1s told of a soapmalker whose home was in the south of Italy. Although a poor man he was doing reasonable business, had already saved a little money, and expected to be able some day to retire from business and live upon the earnings of hard work. But, alus, the voracious and insatiable agent discovered the soapmaker and painted for him an inviting picture. He said that the inhabitants of the Argentine Republic were unusually fond of the.use of soap and_had always wished they might enjoy it, but, that unfortunately there was not a soap- maker in the entire country, and they had no meauns of procuring it. The Ttalian need only go there and begin business to find himsel{ dodging the dollars that would pour in upon him. Tha result was that the un- fortunate victim of an unfortunate sys- tem exchanged all his savings for a ticket to the Argentine Republic, only to find when he arrived there that he had left an established business to be- gin anew, in a country where they seem t0 be as well supptied with his como- dity as is the ordinary civilized commu- nitv. That which the country most needs now is manufacturers with capital, and to such the most tempting inducements are offered. Every steel rail, every yard of cloth, every agriculture imple- ment, every pin is brought from abrond—generally from Engand. The people are extravagant buyers, and up to a certain point the more they vay fo an article the better they liked it} but so far the only extensive manufac- tories here are those of matches and of corned-beef. The fact that 8o many ar- ticles are imported wrenches prices out of all symmetrical proportion. Vege- tables sell for New York prices; a quarter of beef may be had for 50 cents in this cattle-raising country, and everything made from wool, including tailor-made clothing, costs only two. thirds what it does in North America- On the other hand, the cost of furnish- ing a house is crushing, and rents are s0 high that figures can convey no idea of theie magnitude, Still, I believe that, all -things considered, modest housekeeping costs no more in this than in cities of equal size in the United States. CHARLES H. PRA’ ———— IMPIETIES, Sunday School Teacher—What is more to bo desired than great riches! Chorus of Scholars—Nothin’ | Some theologians' views seem to bo a good deal like boarding house coffee—in need of somethiug to settle them. ““Protracted meetings are not alway held in church,” remarked -a Brooklyn swain as hio left tho house of his best girl at 1 a. m. Joblot—I worked for him twenty year and when [ heard you eay he was in heav my interest in future bljss stopped right off. Minister—I never see you at church now? Joblot—I've quit since old Scrooby died. Minister—How did that effect your at- teadesncel There is a proposition before the South Dakots legislature to prohibit -eommunion wine, If the Bible stands in the way of the prohibition politici 80 much the worse of for the Bible. Clerk of Bookstore to Proprietor~What's the price of this book?. Proprietor—Ihat biblel Forty ceuts. Clerk—1t1s nota bi- ble; it 1 an_infidel work. see. Four dollars. “Are you your brother’s keeper! asied a clerical looking man of an irato citizen, “Iaix, an' ol cousider that a very imperti- nent question, sir, Oi'm charge of the chim panze at the parrul. A Boston sign veurs the artless inscri tion “Cigars and cigarettes sold on the Sab- bath for medicinal purposes only.” This is by no means bad. but we still thinlk that the blue ribbon belongs to that proprietor of a western shating rink who advertised a sacred dog fight for Sunday. The lords of the admirality bave just ofi- clally reprimanded a cadet engineer who, When asked, **How would you proceed to get steam up i’ plied: **Tighten your funnel stays and reguiate your funnel draught,then look up to our Fathier and say, ‘I am ready 1o go home if the boiler front comes out.’” Sowe shockiag things have been sad in the debate of the Presbyterians—or thinus that would have been shocking if saud soy- where else, For instance: ‘*I'he spectacle of s young man fust outof a theological pleading for the dactrine of infaat u is enough to make one believe in such cases.” Que of the latest discoveries of science is that chewing wintergreen leuves will koep church. The good pastor, therefore, who may st soy time hereafier when preaching detect a stronx odor of win- tergreen and see majority of his hearers ewing something will undarstand that it fllnwu; time to send in his resignation. Some weeks ago s Pittsburg clergyman was requested by his congregatiou to resign. lustead of deing so be has just sued the church for damages. Whether this can be called returning good for evil may be ques- tloaed, but if the good msu folt that he "had becn switten on one he appoars at all events 1o have turned a large eoxpause of choek Loward Lhem in respoase. Proprietor—0, 1 RAILROAD:RS' 0D MOMENTS, Stray Gossip of the Local Depots and Headquarters. THE NEWS BUREAU FEATURE. Work of the Railway Scissors and Paste Pot—Faster Time to the Coast Under Consideration— Working Theatres. Shuntings. . “Things have changed wonderfully in the past ten years,” said an old ticket agent in reply to a veporter’s invitation to disgorge auy fresh information he might happen tobe in possession of. l “There was a time when it would have cost an employe of a railroad his job to be caaght talking with reporters, es- pecially if he should be so indiscreet us to give out any news. But it 1s different now, and wo getalong just as wellif not better, for you fellows are bound to get the news regardless of our wishes. 1 have frequently noticed therefore that much more satisfactory results are ob- tained when you find officials willing to give it to you reliable and straight This reminds me that the railroad de- partment has recently become one of the most interesting featu S class newspaper and in order to keeP abreast of the times what we call a news bureau has recently become a prominent featurs. of every well r lated general passenger off Take for instance the Union Pacific; Mr. Lomax has a young man under him who does moting but read exchanges and clip the railroad news from them. The job is not an easy one, either. The number of papers received at that ofice L daily is sufficiently large to keep him busy from morning till night. All the latest most important news, such as is found in overy issue of the Omaha, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver papers must be pasted on cardboard Jlletins, which are sent to the vice president, the gen- erul traflic managerand general o ger agent for their perusal. They then filed away for future reference. Four or five years ago the expense of maintaining such a bureau would have been considered an extravagant piece of business. The question of faster time is at pres- ent agitating official minds in trans-con- tinental railvrond circles and if their theories can be put into practice great revolutions may be looked f¢ The Sunta Fe people are talking of pu ting on a through ibuled train be- tween Chicago and San Francisco with i pine hoors, but s say 1t will be im- ssible for them to make any such While it wa y special ¢ one car, that is no v 3 managers should conceive the idea thut they can puta regular train onany such vime, LIf, however, they persist in the entorprise it will beincumbent upon the Union Pacific-Northwestern to play against them and do a little better. “If forced into such a contest,” snid a Union Pacilic representative, we can quicken the time of our fast mail, which now goes through from Omaha in sixty-three hours, very ma- terially. Ln this case the reduction in time has all been made between Omaha and Ogden, because the Central Pacific folks refused to make any change in their winter schedule, They huve agreed to revise it next spring, By meeting us hall way on their ead of the run, ] am satisfied we can establish a fifty-five hour record, possibly by striv- ing, fifty hours, and thus knock the Saota Fe out on any blufl it may at- tempt. With fifty-five hours Trom Omaha to the const and a corresponding reduction on the part of the North- western, 1n its time between Chi- eago and Omaha, W could iensily make the Chicago-—San Francisco run in thirty-eight hours and there is not a road in the country that will admit of [ eed than that. It would be au averag ing stops, of forty mi : Whethor the Sunta e carries its proposition into effect or not the Union ana Central Pacific lines propose, probably on March 1, to adopt u new time table, one that will make a num- ber of important ehanges. n A gentleman high up in_railroad cir- cles made rather a startl declura tion ' relative to the withdrawal from the Inter-State Commerce Ruil- way association of the Union Pacific and Northwestern roads. Said he: “Eyer since the trafic combination between these two corporations the you please, but I am satisfied all tho western roads were accomplices and knew before they opened fire on one { another what the outcome would be.” A Milwau representative asserts that the Union Pacifle-Northwestern combination has proven the best thing for his rond that ever happened. sver since it went into eflect,” said he, “‘our road has been taking more tons of freight enst from the Missouri river than the North- western, which is proof enough that the allianve has not got such complete coutrol over the distribution of traflic as some people might suppose.” “Then why did you take v ferring charges against the combina- tion if it was benefitting your line so Jecauso there was a principle in- volved that had to be settled.” The business of orking theatrical oustom has become quite a fine art among city ticket agents of the various roads centering in Omaha. Jack Dow- ling. who represents the Burlington; Jim Preswon of the Milwaukee; George West of the Northwestern, aud James Debevoise of the Rock Island, are build- ing up great reputations in this lino among the profession; and if some of them don’t go on the stage before they get through it will be quite strange. Dowling seems to have the lead, though Wise is pressing him closely. Being married men ston and Debevoise don’t get the opportunity thut Dowling and Wost have to got acquainted with the actors, actresses and chorus giris. Because a very chic little voealist in the Aronson company wus heard 1o sa, 1 that Dowling was the nicest fellow s ever met, he succeoded in getting $8,000 out of the manager for transportuation for the company to San neisco and return. It has virtually been decided by lead- ing railroad men that the future pass- enger, mail and baggoge cars will be bnilt of steel. A factory for the con- struction of such cars is now being es- tablished in Chicago that will, 1t is id, rival the great works at Pullman. The quality of steel to be used is imper- vious to rust, suseeptible of the hirbest polish and not liuble to contracv sad expand under the influence of varying temperatures. A postoffice car of this character is now in use on the Monon route and has thus far proven a great success. Having been approved by the United postoffice department it is unders that as soon as the Chicago concern is ady to turn thenfout all cars now in in the fast mail service between Chicago and San Francisco over the “Q" and Union Pacific roads will be re- pluced by steel one The switchmen of Omaha, especially those belonging to lodge No. 11, ure preparing for their fourth annual ball, which will given on the evening of position hall. Very neatly printed Ynvitation cards have been sent out and the preparations in- dicate that it will be a grand affair. Willism Curtis bas peen elected rof the New York State univer- udents who use tobacco in any form ara denied admission 10 tne universivy of thy Pa- cific at San Jose, Cal. Jt is said that the University of Michigan is tho only colloge in the United States in which thé principals of dramatic composition are taught. ‘Cho juniors at Amherst ure thinking of giving & Greek play at their senior dramat- , und have appointed a commitiee t con- sider the ndyisability of the step, Pwo young ladies have been dismissed from the Stato Normal school at Hridge- tor, Mass., because thoy refused to give e riding av the command of tho nd term of Evelyn college, Prine February 11, and prowises to most successful in the short history inceton's college for voung ladios, doat Mcllvaine reports thirty-eight students ¢ the college. Buddnism is spreadiog to a_considerable ersities und other young people of cul- ture in Europe, and the fact is being laid at the door of Max Muller, who is charged with having first bronght thut religion to the at- stian world, His defend- ors gay that the converts ire made chiefly by Hiddoos who come frow ludia to attend” the universit Tn accordance with tHo instructions of the Cultus Minister of Prussia, inquiries have been made as to the facts and statistics of the various stipendia for students’ support in counection with the nine univermties of that kingdow. It appears on an averago 46 per of thostudents iu all the facuities re- ive support in this way, sud fully 40 per cent of tue students are unable o pay-the full expenses of the course. v WNearly 500 public school teachers ar tergsted n arrangiog for a teachers' f be beid in New York next fall, wuspices of the Teachers mutual benefit as sociatiop. ‘L'be object of the fair will be to secure a permunent fund for the ussociation, which is orgunized to msure teachers an an- nujly which will enable them to retire fro teaching after thirty-five years of service B. DeFreece, who will manage the fai believes that iy can “Gentleman's agreement,” so-ealled, has. been a dead duck and all freight men will tell you eo, believe that deal was made purposely to kill it, and nothiug im my experience ever succeeded so neatly, Chairman Walker's decision could not have been aifferent in its effect. Had he de- cided against the complaining lines the result would have been the same, only that then, instead of the Union Pacific Northwestern, it would have been he Milwaukoe, Rock Island, Burling- ten and Santa Fe whieh would have withdrawn. *C'all it & conspiracy or anything else ba %0 conducted s wo ‘The new president of . theColumbia col- lege, D, Low. has an odd view of thiugs, says the Dotroit Free Press. Speaking i the coliege chiapel Friday last, ho said he could conceive of uo better evidence of devo- - tion to the lnterests of their alma wpter then that shown by certain students Who fainted in their boat last summer by reuson of over exertion in the effort to win the ur~colll:f(llw race. How would it b been had they famted through over-study is the effort Lo win eminence in scholarship :ndl o add to tll;‘o rkuw'-ll:lgn ot tlrlr l:,“‘?- )y increasing the knowledge aud elovatl the thought of the world! ~