Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 30, 1891, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1801, LAST OMAHA AMENDMENTS. How the House Committee Proposes to Fix the Obarter Bill ECONOMY 18 PRACTICED N CLERKS. One Place Where the House Has Saved -Result of Ladies' Finese —Phonetic Spell 18 in Vogue. Laxcor.x, Neb., March . —[Spectal to Tnr Brr,|—The house committee on cities and towns has carefully read and compared the Omaba charter bill with the printed copy, and will been to amend the samo at the next meeting, which may be at 9 a. m, Monday or possibly mot 411 evening. Chairman Kruase says fully 100amendments have been proposed by interestod parties, but that none are lilely to receive much atten- tion, except thoseof an anti-monopoly nature. Tho clanse requiring the strect cat com- panies to conplete the work of paving bo- tween tho tracts and one foot outside the Tails will be put. back, and the appointive power of the mayor will b restncted, The salaries of the officials will suffer & material reduction, and no authority to licenso coal dealers, ns requested by Secretary Allen of the conl exchange, will be conferred upon tho city council “I'hese are oll the amendments that aro cer- tain to be ndded, though some_others, espec- fally those that relate to the make upof the board of health will be given due considera- Phonetic Spelling. Spocial to Trs the press has in- dulged rvegarding the extravagance of the present legisiature and the incompetency of some of its employes 1s being justified in the bills which are now coming before the gov- ernor for his signature. Ono of the first o attract attention was the medical_bill which passed the senato last week. It is claimod thot at least onosixth of tho words written by ono of the clerks are incorrectly spelled, It scems that the young man or woman who did the work instead of copying the lettors of the words used a phonetic system of her own, which makes the bill appear us if had been wiitten 1n Volapuk, Governor Boyd doubted the advisability of sign 1t, but, to have vetoed it would have delayed and perhaps killed the measure. It was ot permitted him 1o correct 1t because not a scratch may be made in a bill after it has come to him, . save bis signature, For this reason the bill becamo a law as it_had left the hands of the enrollers. In this shape it will be incorporated in the statutes wna will doubtiess attract. universal attention. Tu will bo mortifying to tho physicians of the state to know that ‘a bil which originated with a most enlightened and refined class of people is thus to evoke the criticism and the ridiculo of the peoplo all over the state. How many bilis are in this condition no- body knows, but it is expected that all of them are more or less affected. Where Thoy Saved. Licor.x, Nob,, March 2, —[Special to Tug Buer.|—The lowerhouse of thelegislature has succeeded in making a saving in its expenses in one or twoitems that deserve notice, “Two yeurs ago thirty-six _enrolling and en- grossing clorks held sway in the engrossing department and literally fell over each other in thor efforts to find standing room. Ttis said that not over hall of them could be seatod at the tables at a time, so they had to work by relays. The total salary bill for these clerks footed up to nearly §,000. This year thirteen clerks have' doio tho work in_this rom at a_cost of loss than £3,000, which makes o saving to tho state of thonoat sum of §,000. The same is also true of the janitors for tho howse, They aa mko an equaily good showing in curtailing expenses. If any! round the legislature deerves oxtra pay it Is the bard working force of janitors who have boen on duty carly una lato every day since the session opened. It Worked. LixcoLy, Neb., March29.—{Spectal to T Ber.|—Tho banquet giver by the diplomatic lady managers of the home of tho frindless 10 tho nugust legislators bore rich frult and was like bread cast upon the waters. When the appropriation for this institution camo up the members remembering the feast that hnd been spread for them in the eoxly days of the sess100, sprang to their feet and insfstod that uot a dollar of reduction should be made in a singlo itom. A hard fight was made in favor of some ob- vious reductions in the line of economy, but with the excoption of reducing the fuel bill Trom §,000 0 8,00, 10 changes woro ef- ected, “Tnolady managors had seats on the floor whilothe fisht was golng o, and_viewod the battle with the proud consclousness {hiat victory was cortafuto perch upon their muers. Permanent J.eave. Laxcorx, Neb., Murch 2. —[Spocial to Tz Bre.|-Senstor Horn of Hamilton county, one of the stalwart independents, has been excused for the remalnder of the session and has gone to Ohio. Senator Coulter, whohas beon sick for a couple of weeks, is expected to be in his seat tomorrow. i MHYPNOTISM AND THEOSOPHE. DY WILLIM A, JUDGE, P.T.8. Is hypnotlsm understood? What is the at- titudeof tho theosophical society to hypnot- tsm? Ttis thought. by somethat magnetism and hypuotism are identical, for many have said, “This new force or power is only the old pradtice of Mesmer revived in this contury after long years of contempt, and labeled with a new name which will permit doctors to take it up.” This is not, however, alto- gether true. Dr. Charcot of Paris and his Tollowers may be credited with the revival of hypuotism, for in consequence of their inves- tigations it has now beon accopted by the medical profession. I have seen the promi- nent doctors of the Atlantic coast change their views on this subject in twenty-five years. Dr, Hammond and others laughed at the credulity of those who believed that the phenomena now s well known among hyp- notizers ever took place; today they are writ- Ing upon the subject and admit the facts pre- viously denfed. Many years ago Dr, Esdaile, a surgeon in the British army, conducted a hospital in India, aud there performed many diMicult operstions by using magnetism as an anes- thetie, eveu instructing native assistants to ‘nso it on patients in his stead, His book, long ugo published, gives all the facts, There 1s plenty of testimony in all countries to the reality of hypuotic and mesmeric states and powars. Tho great question which arose aftor the proofs about hypotism were ali in, wi wery different one from any whicl I;‘lll :l.l; wiously been brought forward. _As soon as khe process was deseribed and ndmitted, ex. periments proceeded with n\?ldlly, and the @real subject of “suggestion” was laid baro It was found tuat the hypuotized persou ©ould be made to de many strange things after recovering from the hypnotic state, pro- wided the suggestion had been madeto him first. Thesu was (0ld to murder Dr. or 2. B, ortosteal a pocketbook. He was then taken out of the state, and at the ap- polnted suggestod time would take the sug- ‘waapon — A paper knife or other harm- object and. b all the roquired wotions, or would actually steal the pockot book or thiug he was told tosteal while in the stave of hypnosis. 1f this power could be u-d:n doctor i an exporument, it was argued that an actual muror might be plauned and exocuted through & hypuotised . Hence it was dangerous. Orime ible, it seemed, with foot im- -nmr the real eulprit. ", Charoot ve @n article to an important New !"M maguzine in which bo aa- mitted the bilities of sugies- Mon, but deul that there was danger to boexpected from suggested crime, and yot at the same time safd thore ought to be laws agalnst fnducriminate hypaotization. His reasons were altogether founded upon o medical and pathological view of the matter. B his Intter conclusion most of tho membors of the Thegwphical society fully concur, but they nlso think that there will be daneer fromcrimo suggested to hypnotized subjects, not, however, in the immediate present but in the futuro, This is because lypnotism is not understood by the wedical profession nor its dungers tppreciated. Btill loss do they credit the public with any correct knowledge on tho subject. The very bost hypnotizers are only on the outer odgo of the pursult, and kriow very well that there are points at which tho hy p- notized subject escapes thoix influence, con- tinues in the state of hypnosis, and remains under some influence not known to the oper- ator nor distinguishable by the subject. Here is one danger —thodanger of ignorance and of blind guides leading one cqually blind. Suen writers as Binet, Braid and ofhers are only statisticians; they simply give facts and methods, all being equally in_ the dark as to causes and hidden Tonditions. Again, the operators in the forefront of hypnotio farae kuow, 100, as Cbarcot has said, there is a dauger that hysteria will be devel- oped where it never existed with a long train of other ovils, This is why he demands the suppression of indiscriwliste bymotizing, But the ‘eal rock on which all will at last breakis tols-—and well known to the theo- sophical student—that as the force and power of this agent aro botter known, it will be seen that, whatever tho influence is, the pro- cess goinge on in all cases of hynotizing is the contracting of the colls of tho body and the brain fromthe. penphery to the contre; and this process is actually a phenomenon of death, and is the oppositeof mesmeric effect. “T'his point is not _considered by the medical srofession even if known (o its members, and it does notseermn likely that they will find it, because postmorton examinations never re- veal the aiction of a living cell. Magnetism by human influenco starts from within and pruceeds to the outer surface, thus exhibit- 1ng a phenomenon of life. the very opposite of hyprotism. And the useof curative magne- tism is not objectivnable, Yet it, also should be limited in practise to competent members of the medical profession. The moro studious and careful fellows of the Theosophical society then, are against the uso of hypnotism. In all its anesthetic phases it can beduplicated by without, auy bad effects, Dr.Esd is. Laws ought to be passed making it a misdemeanor to have pub- Hcorprivate hypnotic seances, And these iaws should be aimed even at those doctors who, uader the plea of scientific research, throw subjocts into undignified and disgrace- ful positions. Suchpracticos aro not neces- sary and are deliberated ugainst the desire of tho waking stato of the person when he exercises his will and judyment, They only exhibit the operator's power and add nothing to knowledgo which cannol otherwrise bo ob- taived. Buteven with the remarkable cases ro- corded in France and clsewhere the laws governing man’s inner ustitution—and which especially obtain in hy pootism from a certain point—are not perceived by the learned wrilers. Some give only factsabout methods’or fucts about strange “‘recurrence of states” poculiar to each person, Dr. James of this country assumes that there is an didden self who plays all thesequeer tricks with the mortal shape. Theosophists know thatthe extraordinery in mind_or mental power, the peculiar recur- rence of states, and the spparently distinct aivision of intelligence in asingie human subject areall explained by the ancient east- method of reducing the inier power of man into seven classes, in eachof which the hid- den solf —the ego—can and does act inde- pendently. ‘Ibis theory begius by consadering the body 23 ouly @ gross instrumont or fod Tor tho ac. tionof ‘thereal man. 1t divides him into seven planes of action, in every one of those the ego orself being in possession of a con- sciousness operating in & manner peculiarly n})pmprinm(o that planeand also partaking of th consciousness and of the planes above, but not below any particular one in which it may for the time be located. — This further, of course, wsumes for ovory call and atom 8 consciousness of its own, the totality going to make upthe consciousness called by that name by us, Lo every cell and atom are also iren, {n tis sobome, memory wud senuation. The thing we call memory.is not confused by tho theosophical system {0 the braw, but also - specialized in - every spot where there is @& nerve, hence sometimes memory s to act from portions of the body which have previously been concerned in any sensation and actually reportto the brain much of what it has to recollect. This must all bo admitted, wo think, boforo tho medical profession will begiu to properly understand hy pnotism. But further, each of the soven great luyers of flelds of consciousness is further divided into other subfields, in ewch of which there may be a separate cxperionce and action, or all may be combined. Now in the cases taken up by Dr. Junes, the peculiarity noted was that when the subject acted as No. 1, she had no recollection of a state called No. 2 Ino explanation of this was offered, ouly the fact being recorded. It is expliined by the localization of the consciousness of tho ego, for the time being, in one or the otherof the subflelds of action ineluded in the first class of seven, all of which belong to the body and its sensations. The failure to recollect from the one to the other was due tothe fact that the ego was forced into tiat particular fieid, and was thus unable to carry memory with it. Henco its action was only automatic, that js to say it Was simply the support for the life of the body which was left 1o the use of its own physical memory without the aid of the inner self. This effect was in conse- quence almost. altogether of the specific con tractile action of the hypuotic process,which assaid above, is essentially & contraction ol the cells from the outside to the contre. This forcig and contracting will always prevent theego from educating itself to re. member from state to state and field to field the experience met in each. In the ' ordiiry waking state tbe wholo mass of experience is treasured up by the inner mag who, through the braincas tho in- strument, arranges them in an erly man. nerand thoroughly digests them for use. The cases whers the subject escapes from the operator's control areall explicablo under the same theosophic theory. That is, those are instances where the ego retreats from the first plane or fleld of conscicusness made up of seven sabdivisions to the next one of the whole class ofseven, instead of eutoring onoeof thesubdivisons of the first. And a8 the medical practitioners do not know of these nor admit the reality of the higher self, they are not acquanted with the means for veaching the ego when it has escaped further from them into a field of action and consciousuess of which the operator is in ab- solute ignorance. That is to say they are not gxaninngin voel fisld of operation of the force, but are looking at some of its phenom- ena 'merely. Those phemomena are ex- hibited in the body orouter shell, while the psycho-physiological processes ' going on within and causing the visible phenomena are hidden from their view, WRAPPED WITH W2IRE, Inventor Brown Believes to Have Set- tied theHeavy Ordnance Question. New Yok, March 20.—Many army and mavy officers tiiuk thatJohn Hamilton Brown of Greenville, N. has practically settled theheavy orduance question by inventing his segmental tube wire gun. He has been working on this instrument of destruction for many years, but it is only within a year that he has been able to bringit, as hethinks, to perfection. The Brown gun is esseu- tially s wire gun. An uner tabe, made up of numerous steel segments, 1s wound with steel wire at a tension of 150,000 pounds v the square fnoh. This so compresses the sogments that no possible pow- der pressure will open tho inmer surface of the tube. In winding the wire s tension regulator is employed, by means of which the tension at which the wim is wound 15 brought to one-tenth of an ounce of uniformity throughout the en- tire mass, To protect the wire from the misslles of rapid firing guns, a cest steol Jacket encases the bound tube, and L0 .\lll.;: ficket trunsions o - attiched, , the completed gun is out to recoive a lining tuve. flh tube, how- ever, is inserted only 0 prowoct the core. Twosizes of the Brown gun have already X o ve dnch gun was tested at l“ol‘rflmwonh yesterday, The seotion tested was a cylinder twenty inches long. Aleact end a steol ca) bad veen sunk around the segment are an into thas was screwed a breech plug. Pres- 8o gauges wero sorawed 1ato o Jhuer face " oday, the mlr{ object of tho test being to show that the Browa gun can bo subjected without strain ~ to greater pressure than _can any othor shigh. power gun, thus seouring greator energy and velocity than have heretofore been possible, Tho ordinary pressure of the bigh-power gun is from 36,00 to 43,000 pounds per squaro ineh, At a privatotost of the Brown cylinder, held In Reading a fow days ago, with three pounds and four ous of powder the enormous pressure of ) pounds to the squarm inch was obtained. After the last discharge tho breech plug unscrowed vith a3 much ease as it did beforo the first fire, and the tost was roported @ brilliant success. Yesterday's official test was not o success- ful as the private ome, viewed from one standpoint. = Nevertheléss the strength of the cylinder was domonstrated. 1t was the intention to begin with two-pound charges todayang tincrese them by jound stagos to five, Tho jumps were 1oo larye, howover, and only two discharges were made. ~ When the three-poind charge was touched off the lining tube cracked and the breech plu were found solderod to the cylinder, t scrow threads being complotely melted. The cylinder wall have to be brovight to the city und the plugs bored out. Until then tho prossure obained be this charge canot ba earned. Tny ntor Brown thinks that it will excoed 60,000 pounds to the squure inch, In talking about his gun Inventor Brown said: “Our guns can be mide with ease and cheapness. Therois mot o steel plant in the country but that, with a very slight addition to its facilities, can make them, Insido ot six months, should occasion demand, we could, with the facilities at our command, tura out 500 completed guns yearly. A'his gun can bo completed 10 one-third of the time that it takes to build a Krupp gun. Wo calculate that it can be fired at least a thousand times before any part of it gives out. Built-up guns like the Armstrong and Krupp guns cannot, as a rule, be fired more than seventy times, Besides, our guncan be firedton t/.es an hour, whilo the other big guns can, with safety, be fired only a very limited number of timies in tho sawie period Tho greater pressure wo are sble to obtai insures increased volocity, As aconsequence we can use shorler guns on ship board without docrease’ of onergy, while by our system guns_ can wado of any length destred. Foruse inthe field, we cai make guns_that will bo light without 1oss of strength, For siege and defense we cin build strong and powerful guns, whose en- er and range will be greater than have ever been ontainable in_the past” The pro- posed fivednch gun will be forty-four cali- bers long (18 feet 4 inches) over all, and will weigh about three and a half long tons. 1t wiil take thirty pounds of powder for a charre and sixty pounds of shot fora load. Besides this one and the ten-inch gun Inven- tor Brown has plans for o fifteen-inch gun, whichis to throw a ball fifteon miles and h such force sta small distance as to piercon wrught iron thirty-five inches thicl ol b HYPNOTIZED BY SWINDLEES. How Farmer Cosler of Ohio Was In- duced to Sign a Note. Srary iy, O, March 29.—~Ohio farmers have become so expert of late resisting the blandishments of gentlemanly lizhtning rod swindlers, bohemian oatsmen, red line wheat falars, bible canvassers, self-running plow agents and the rest, that these gentry have called to their ad & new and dangerous weapon to worlk on the unsus pectic g gran ger. Hyprotism is the latest device, 1If the state- ment of Samuel Cosler, an old farmer of Beaver Creck township, (ireene county, can be velieved, Mr. Cosler arrived in Xenia, eighteen milos from this city early yesterday morning, looking for a gang of light ning rod swindlers, who came to see him Fridey. Mr. Cosler says that they induced. him to sign a naper, of which he did not even know the contents. He is now satisfled, bowever, that it wasa note for several hundred dollars. He claims that he was induced tosign the noto w hile under some strange mesmeric or hy pnotic in- fluence, and declares ~that he will “make this defense agalnst the payment of the note if it turns up for collection in any one’s hands, Cosler says the men came 1o his place and commenced to talk with him about having tightning tods put on his house and barns, The men talked a good while, and soon o strange foeling came over him. He wras awake and conscious, but seemed @s one dreaming. He u to havoe lost all will of his own. The sharpers then brought out a paper which they directed him to sign. e felt that he ought not to do it, but could not resist the ‘*hypnotic sugges- tion" given by the men tosign. He did not even know the contents of whathe was sign- ing. The mem loft soon afterward, and shortly after they were gone Mr. Coslor ex- rionced a sensation such as oue feels after is foot awakens after being “asleop.’ Ho took the first opportunity tocome to town and warn people aganst taking any note signed by him. THE CORNELIUS MURDER. ‘William Sprague Arraigned for the Cold Blocd«d ¢ rime. Ava, Mo, March 20.—Willlam Sprague was arraigned yesterday for the murder of D. M. Comelius, sixty years of age, of Oregon county, Missouri, and he pleaded not guilty. This was one of the most cool, de- liberate, money-making murders ever com- mitted in southeast Missouri. The evidence shows that on October 20, 1839, William Sprague and Albert Stacey called at the cabin olxmnn Cornelius, who lived on the bauk of the Eleven Points river, and asked him to ferry thein scross the river iu his canoe. Cor- nelius consented, and when hs hed landed them across the river on the bank and turaed his canoe mfo back, Sprague fired a full load of buckshot in his neck and head, killing him instantly. He fell forward in the boat, when Sprague waded in, caught the canoe and then surik his body in a moss bed of the stream by tying astonethat weighed seventy, five pounds to thebody. Spragueand his part- merwent to the cabin and took Cornelius’ gun aud revolver and sbout $1,000 in money, ana fled. Public opinion is very bitter against Sprague, who hus no meaus to omploy counsel for his defense. The venire of 40 men was orderea for tomorrow morning, and on Mon- day next the trial will be open, — —-— WHINKS HYMSELF THE MESSIAH, atev, T. J. Shelton Attempts to Raise a Young Woman from the Dead. LirrLe Rock, Ark., March 20.—Rev. T. J. Shelton, pastor of the largest Christian church in this city and edator of the Arkan- sas Christian, wasarrested hero lastnight on a charge of insanity proferred by onoof the deacons of bis church. He created a big sen- sation some tev days ago by anuouncing from his pulpit and through his paper that he nad received the revela- tiou that ho was the Messiah. Since then he has exhibited such symptoms as to necessi- vaton closo wateh on hisconduct, Ho escaped the vigilance of his watchers Suturday after- mnoon, and going to Oakland cemetery in the heart of the city attempted to exercise diviae wors by resurTering o young woman. who ad been recently interrea there. He has been regarded as one of the most prominent clergyimen of his denomination in the south. —~—— A Boy Train Wrecker. New Youk, March 20,—Edward Casperson, a thirteen-yoar-old boy, has confessed plac- ing obstructions on the railroad track be- tween Mount Holly and Burlimgton, N.J., on three difforent occasions during Tuesday ana Wednesday, He said that & train had Tun over hr express wagon and demolished it, and that he placed the obstructions on the track for revenge. The boy was arraigned in court at Mount Holly yesterday and held fortrial. e Spanish Steamer Ashore, NorroL, Va., March %.—A telegram from the Hatteras 1ifesaving station says a Span- 1sh steamer bound from Galyeston, Tex., is ashore five miles south of thatstation. The captaiv and crew are on boerd, but there is no present necessity of their leaving the ship, @s there is no immediate danger. . i Collapse of a Standpipe. Depraxce, O., March 2.—The standpipe of the Defiance water company collapsed this afternoon and Eugwnecr Dillon's house was Wrocked by waterand flylng iron. The en- g:’ul" hiswife and mother-in-law were badly 1s0d, and two other members of the fam- ily bad & narrow escape. e it The Fire Record. Bauresone, Md, March 20.—1'he Charles Rohr packing bouse burned today. L.oss, 75,00, HAVKEYE HIBS ALARED, Movement on Foot for a+ New Ruling by the Sirems Oourt Yo THEY FEAR f([ NEXT LEGISLATURE. Seventeenth A Encampment of the Towa Grama Army to Be Held in Dubuque Next Month tate News, Drs Moixes, In, March 20—[Special to Tur Bre.|-The novement fora new ruling by the supreme court on the legality of the prohibition constituticnal smendment adopt- ed by vote of the people nine years ago, indicates that the prohibitionists in and out of the Reputlican party in Towa are getting weary of the uphill strugele and are afraid of defeat in the clection of tho legislaturo this fall. It is now thought that tho wmajority opinion of the judges constituting the supremo bench would be in favor of the constitutionality of the amendment, and it such decision can bo forced throngh it will faston upon the peoplos messure which could not now be carred by popular vote, At the time the amendment was declared in- valid the only judge in favor of its validity was 1B Since then & “reform. ing” process has been going on. Tho first judge to retire was the venerable Chief Just 00 Day who delivered the opinion. Judge Adams was the next to go, and the only one now remaining besides Becl is Chief Justico Rothrock. The progress of the case which has just begun will be watched with interest, Tf o decision is reached and the defunct amendment revivified the effect will be to block all legislation against prohibition, al- though it is not probabloany legislation could soon be had to enforce the Sentiment of the amendment, and it would therefore remain a dead letter on thostatute books and liquors of ull kinds would be free. COMING GRAND ARMY ENCAVPMENT, The seventeenth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Dopart- ment of Towa, willbe held at Dubuque on Wodnesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15 The an nusl convention of the Women's Re- lief Corps of lowa will be held at the same time and place. Great preparations are beiug made by Dibuque for the entertain- ment_of the large attendance, which is ex- pected not only from Towa but Illinols and ‘Wisconsin as well. Four thousand dollars has boen raised us an entertainment, fund by tho people of Dubugue, aud it is proposed to Look after every comfort for the gray haired veterans who are rapidly passing away, Deos Moines will send a big delegation, and there has been a lively contest among some of the railways who desire toconvoy ‘‘the boys" which has resulted in very low rates, O the evening of _april 6, according to an order of National Commander Veazs, the posts of the state will bold services com- memorative of the twenty-fifth anvivorsary of the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic, the first post having been’ organ- izod at Decatur, JIL, April 6, 180, A stato convention of interest to Grand Army circles hus just been held by the organization known as the Ladies of tho Grana_ Army. The meeting took_place at innell and was well attended. 1t aiffers from the relief ¢onfs in that it consists of 1adios of the familis of ex-soldiers only, and its aims and purposes are also_ different. Mrs. C. E. Hirst of Louisville, Ky., is na- tional president, and was present at the con- vention. The Ladies of the Grand Army of tho Republic some time ago established a home for destitite women of soldiers' families, where they can end their aays under proper ¢irowithout appearing as objects of charity and without the feelmg of pauperism which usually accompanies 'sioh - protection. The new officors eleetediam:. - State department rosident, Mrs: Mayor Campbell, Des Riohos:, senior vice, M, Althen Harrison, Grinnell; junior vice, M. Warer, Newton; treasurer, zler:*‘mgm Des Moinies; chaj Lafn, Mrs. Towa Oity : couticT¥ of udmin- ! , Clinton; Mrs. Burn- bam, Newio: e’ finan, Grinnoll trus. vor istration, Mrs. tees, Mesdamos Al of‘Atlantic, Thoms of [owa City andMrs. George Drake of Clin- ton; delegate at larze to Detroit convention, Mrs. Nettie Sanford Chapin of Marshall- town; delegate, Mrs. Lou . Moore of Lies Moines. 3 WANT BETTER SERVICE, The citizens of Greenfield. Orent, Bridge- water, Fontanelleana Massena to the num- berof several hundred have complained to the railrosd commissioners of inadequate train service on the Creston & Northern branch of the Chicago, Burdington & Quincy. "The complaint is preseuted by Flon. A. D, Crooks, a member of the T'wenty-second gen. ernl assembly. 1t will receive the immediate attention of the board. THOSE WAILWAY ASSESSNENTS. The howlers against the railways in Towa, who wanted the assessment. for taxation pur- poses moro than doubiod, are not satistied with the result of their efforts before the stato executive council. 1t is hardly neces- sary to say, however, that -theso howlers do not represent. thosolid conservative eloment of the people, who only want justice done to all business Interests. The assessment as mado will probably satisty the great majority of the people, and the kickers can_keep up their agitation if they want to. The result bears out the predictions of ‘Lii Brs corre- spondent. A number of the roads, chiefly the 1eading ones, had thelr assessmeut raised, while that of & numbar of minor roads was reduced, the great majority romainiug un- ghanged, lucluding in the lniter the Burling- touand Rock Island roads. The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City was raised $300 per milo throughout. The two principal lines of the Milwaukee road were raised. Tho Chi- cago & Northwestorn, which has beon s- sessed heretofore below the Burlington aud Rock Ieland, was raised $1,000 per milo over all its lines, making _tho entire increase in this one system $1,159,500. This is due to the fact that tho 'Northwestorn has pros- pered above all the other Iown systoms. Tho Dubuque & Sioux City (Iilinois Central) gets an_ increase of 163 000, ho ~met gain in the nssess- ment is $1,007,627, and tho total “assessment $44,5%,517. The valuations of the various rouds, according to a statement of 8 member of the councii, were arrived at in different ways, and as the conelusions reached by all were practically the same the council feels satisfied with its work. Scme roads are Tun at a loss, and yet they possess & value and must pay an equitable tax, 10WA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, The stato constitution of Towa provides that a constitutional convention may be held once in ten years, 1f called by voto of the majority of the electors. Only three such conventions have over been helid—one 1 188, hefore the stae was adpitfed into the union, and tho othds’ in 1840 and 18H%. Hon. Charles Aldrich, the veteran collector of valuable histodéil and literary relics, of which he has a lurga coliection in tho state library, is auxionsto prooure for permanent preservation in fifs wollection autograph let- ters of membersolthese conventions, many of which will douhpless possess much his- torical importance, It is inteuded to bind them in volumes odhtainiug the printed pro- oceclings of the'lonventions with portraits of the members, Where they can be lad. It will be a diffioultiénd probably impossible task, but can beimade more uearly success. ful by those whakpow of or possess these things seuding fhesa in to Mr. Aldrich at the state library, | A REMAREABLE PAINTING. Hon. John Deggyy & pominent lawyer and art connoisseur ubuque has in his posses- sion & remarkeablb phinting, which was found iu s ruined Episcopal palace at an ancient Spaish mission mear Santa Fe, N. M. The painting is upon boards representing ouo of the twelve stations of the cross. lun the foroground is Christ, burdened with the weight of the cross, and at the left center stands St. Verouien, bolding sloft the nap- kin bearing the image of the Savionr's face, There aro over fifty figures in the inting, which measures bx3 feet. Among them are Roman soldiers, sev- eralof tho aposties and weeping women, with » orowd of the Jowish populace in _the background. The coloring 1s dark and rich, and over all hangs a lurid, uncarshly glare. Mr. Deery is now at work endeavoring to fix the exact date of the piotare. It is without doubt hundreds of years old, aud is believed to be from the brush of oze of the old mas- ters. Mr. Decry refuses to state how the letere got fnto s possession, but says that L will soon be sent to New York. THE LATE COLONEL BALLINGALL'S BURIAL. The people of Ottumwa are making elabor ats arrangoments for the appropriato burial of thetr late distinguished fellow eitizen, Colonel P. G. Ballingall, whose romains re on the way from China and aro expocted to arrive in San Francisco April 4. Tho funeral at Ottamwa will probibly occar April 12, “Tho public seryios is to be held in tho coal palace. Rov. I P, Teotor of Oskaloosn will proah the funeral sermon. Senator W, W. Dodge of Burlington, on behalf of the lowa senate, will deliver ihe eulogy. The lowa stale Band wiil furnsh the musie. All civic and military socioties and school children will form the funeral cortoge. The lowa sonate will attend in a body. STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. The fortioth annual session of the Towa State Medical socioty will bo held at Water- 100 April 15, 16 and 17. The society is in & flourishing ' condition and its sessions are generally well attondod, pleasant and profit- able, The programme as announced 18 vory full and complete, covering o wido range ot technical subjects, Tho present officers aro : President, W. D, Middloton, Davenport ; first vice president, J. D, MeCloary, indianola; second vice president, 1. L, Whitely, Osago} secrotary, C. K. Darnoli, West Unlon; ns- sistant _secrotary, C. S. Chase, Waterioos treasurer, G. K. Skiuner, Codar Rapids, D positors Will Be Paid in F° Booxe, Ia., March 20.—The suit of M land, growing out of the suspension of the bank of John A, McFarland, has boon settled and the depositors will be paid_in full. Tho amount due depositors fs &5,00. The hnk will not resume. i ANTHONY COMSTOCK SCORED. New York's Moral Censor Scathingly Lectured by Justice Hogan. New Yori, March 2, —“This man Com- stock will stoop (o any meanness to accom- lishan end. Hobas deliberately led asno gentleman would do in orderto cover up his mistakes. He thinks himsell mightier than tho law, Indeed, I think he is laboring under the improssion that the statutes were framed especially for his benefit." This scathing languago from the bench was applied yestorday in tho Tombs polico court o the ‘secretary and chief agent of the New York society forthe suppression of vice. The facts which provoked it scemed to justify all that it implied. W arrnts were issued some days ago on complaint of An- thony Comstock for the arrest of three men who wero alieged to be proprictors of @ pool room. The warrants wero placed in the bands of policemen, but Comstock went along and bossed the job.” He deliderately broko in a door to get at themen and then insisted that four men in the room should boarrested, notwithstinding he had warrants for thred only. Tho examination of these men occurred yesterday and one, Michael Foony, was dis- charged. Comstock becamne very angry. He denied that he hud made any mistake and de- clared ho would have Feeny arrested in spite of Justico Hogan, Ho asserted further tiat Assistant District Attorney Wolch bad told liim that Feeny and the other three should be held. Just at that moment A ssistant Dis- trict _Attorney Welch entered the room and heard Comstock’s last remark. He promptly denied that he had told Comstock anything of the sort, and said that, on the eontrary, ho had told him that he should recommend the dischargo of Feeny. Instead of replying Comstock left the room iu_confusion, and thereupon Justice Hozan expressed his opiu- ion of his conduct in the severe lamguige quoted above. Pugilism at Dinner Parties is the Newest Fancy. LONDON, March 20.—The latest develop- ment in what may be called social realism in London took place the other night in a stately mansion in the aristocratic region of Moyfair. The el of Caledone, representa- ivo peer for Irelacd, who is well known in the far west of America as a bold and suc- cessful Rocky mountain traveler, and who ynarried six or seven years ago @ daughter of the earl of Norbury, gve a handsome dmner party at his house in Bill street, Berkeloy square, (o which, among other guests, were invited the mar- quis and marchiomess of Cunningham, Mr. aud Mrs, John Leslie, the ltter lady the sister of Lady Randoiph Churchill,” and twelve or fifteen more persons - of fashion. After dinner aud & litle mosic the guests were invited into a targe ball.room attached to the house, where. took placo for their do- fight and edification ay ~ athletic _entertain- ment of the s -t which has given tho Pelican club dts just and widespread ro- nown. Cards line the menus of the diuner, writteu out by Lord Caledone him- self, wero handed to them, bearing the ad- dress and dave, and setting forth that they wero about to witness six competitions, with the names of the competitorsin_couples. 1n the middlo of theroom aring had been formed with erimson silk ribbons und chairs at the cornors. Upon & gaven signal by the music he first two competitors, Mr. IKuowles and Mr. Bolton, distinguished members of the “fancy,” came in stripped to the and heavily gloved and weariig India- rubber shoes to prevemt their slip- ping upon the polished floor. Thoy tooi their station and proceeded to compete with much vigor and agility. Claret was froely tapped, and after two rounds the sponge was thrown up, proclaiming Mr. Bolton the vie- tor. Much applause with {ans and clapping of gloves grected tho hold chamipion. The second competition, between Mr. Hurton and Mz. Onslow, was disposed of in @ somewhat longer period: but to the oqual satisfaction of the spectators. The crowning event, howover, was competition No. 8, be- tween Mr. Donovan aua Mr. Bill Cheese, oneof the most fllullnablf ring pugilists of theday. This affair was long and hotly con- tested, Mr. Douovan showing great pluck under’ severe and cootnuous punishment. He finally succumbed, and Mr. Cheeso carried off the honors of the ‘evening and was pre- sentéa with bouquets and a glass of cham- pague. It 1s supposed that an inaccurate version of this interesting social evont may have given vise to the rumor current last week in some of the Paris clubs that it was the intention of Mr. Ashmend-Bartlett and Baroness Burdeti-Coutts to initiate a series o1 Sunday afternoon dog fights in Piccadilly. LIVELY TIMES AROUND SLIGO. Soveral Fights Betweon Supporters and Opponents of Parneil. S1iGo, March 20.—This has been the liveliest day of the election campaign. At Strand Hill Pamell met with a hostile recep- tion. He found it impossible to hold a meet- ing owing to the piercing vells of his oppon- ents and was finally compelled to retreat to Sligo, The bishop of the diocese, together with the priest of the district, denounced Pamell o thelr congregalors atmass this moming. Meanwhile the anti-Parmellites— Sexton, Morris, Healy and Davit—statted at 0 o'cock this morning for Pireragh district, addressing small gatherings until they reached Temple Boy. There the people formed into two hostile groupes. The Par- nellites, armed with blackthorns, moved against thewr opponents, the police interposed and the storm subsided. At Dromore the Parnellites pelted their opponents vigorously with stones until they woro - chased and clubbed by the police. Piukerton, member of parliament for Galway, had his head cut and several others were in- ured. A Baakey the antiParuolites found tho road barred by 8 formidable array of Par- nollites, and on the advice of the police re- treated to Sligo, amid & shower of stones, A carriago with a couple of newspaper men following 8 huadred yards behind the Davitt party was attacked by the Parncllites and the ‘occupants so seriously hurt that they were obliged tostop at the village to lave their wounds dressed, Dr. Tanmner Assaulted. Dumstay, March 20.-A telegram from Bal- lina reports that Dr. Tanner was seriously assaulted by o hostle mob today, being knocked down aud dragged prostrate through the mud. A Lady Bl e and Ashmead Bartlote. Loxpoy, Maich 20.~The divorce suit in which Colonel Hozier desired separation from his wife, Lady Blanche, on the ground that she had beem guilty of improper Inti- macy with Ashmead Bartlett, oue of the members of vhis tory goverument, has boan soitled. Ashmead tok the wost fervent oaths that he was innocent. Lady Blache was equally emphatic, and & fow political friends in exalted positions polnted out the colonel what & terrible weapon such a case would put in the hands of the Gladstonians if it came luto court, Under the combined bufr ] fusillade tho colonel yleldod, and the tories will continue to hold up their hands in pious torrorat the unique performance of Mr. Parnell. A heavy blow at Lord Salisbury's government has beeu averted, Stillat Large, March men ' arrested on jon of being concerned in the murder of Minister Baltchioff aro detained, but. the oxamination bas shown that tho notual assas- sin_hns not yet been_captured. The funeral of Minister Baltehiol® took glaco today with Kreat pomp, Sxcitenmacnt tias ~ubsided. Loxvox, March Tho Times corre- spondent at Rome says: The excitement caused by tho lynching at New Orleans has complotely subsided. The govornment fully appreciates the dificultios under which tho American government labors, and it is not likely any prossuro will be broight to ipon the latier. Pulio optnion goas 1o show that no sympathy for the lynched Mafia is manifested. Many Italians says it would bo well if other mombers of the Mafia were treated in the same way. A Husbani rincess Victorta, Losvox, March 20.—A German princely marrisge i3 now mooted for the second daughter of the prince of Wales, Princess Victoria, for whom it was last year under- stood s masringe was about to be arranged with Hon. John Baring, the clover and popular eldest son of Lord Revelstoke, The plan then contemplated was that a dukedom should Le conferred upon the head of the house of Baring, und that tho heir, being a marquis, should become the ' brother- w-law 'of the Duke of Fife, Circum- stances having made an end to this arrange- ment, the hand of tho young prinesss has been sought by one of her cousins, Her sister, Princess Maud, who is now i her | twenty-socond year, has been ask nago by Prince Williau of Nas est sonand hei grand dulk d in mar. au, the eld: oth year, ments are maki it is said, tovestore to his father, and eventnally to himself, a great part of the enormous fortuue of the duk Nassan which was _confiscated by Pr after tho eveuts of 1866, In the eventof the death without children of the young queen of Hollaud, now the richest heiréss in £ the crown of the Netherlands wouid pass to the grand duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Maud of England might thus cone to fill the throne once occupied by the daughter of James 11 - NoTruthin the Feport, PruaneLmia, March 20.—Thomas Coch- rane, formerly president of tho Guarantee Trust and Safe Doposit company, declarod today thut there was mo foundation for the charges mado at Columbus, O., relative to the alleged misappropriation of 315,00 in bonds of the Shawnce and Iron Point Coal and Iron company. ro Deckhands lrowie SavAyNAn, Ga., March Last vight a hole was blown in the boiler of the stonmer Farmer and the noise of escaping steam coused o panic among the negro deckhands, several of whom rushed oyerboard. Four of them were drowned. ON A BROAD PLAN. Three Men Rush the Growler at John Audrit's Expense. Steve Carrolt, Pete Coylo and Frank Ho- land were arrested about 10 o'clock last night by Sergeant Gravesand Oficer Drummy., Suspicious charcters was the charge placed opposite their names on the blotter at the central station. But the real cause of their arrest was the breking into and steul- ing liquors from the cellar of John Audrit, 1504 South Sixteenth street. "I'hese three men have been loungers at the above place all winter. Audrit runs agrocery and wholesale liquor house combined. About m. yesterday, while Mr. Audrit and ~ wife | were away from home these men effected an en- trance to the cellar by breaking down the door and procceded to carry off o large num- ber of bottles containing the finest liquors the house aflorded. Whisky wias also drawn into pails from the barrels and carried away. Peter Hornish,a young boy, and Mary Bellinger, both servants at the place, saw the men carrying away the liguors, but us fieither spoko any English they did not raise any alarm. Upon Mr. Audrit's return home about 9 o'clock, he was told of the affair and im- medaately reported the matter at the police station, Sergeant Graves sot out at once to find the men who are well-knownin that vicinity, and with tie assistance of Officer Drummy, soon bad the perpetrators under arrest. Coylo was found in bed at home, drunk and with his clothes on. Carrol was also at homo in bed. Sergoant Graves saw Boland on the street and took him in with the rest. It was not known last night just how much liguor had been stolen, but at least $60 worth had been taken away. Theso men have hung around Audrit's place all winter and one of them owes hum a grocery bill of about $90. Boland was at one timoon_the police force, but was discharged for druckenness and sleoping on duty. None of the liquor bad been recovered last night, but it1s- expected that some of it will be recovered today. — HE 1S COMING BACK. Slippery Frank Bruce Will Soon Be Agnin in Omaha’s Jail. F'rank Bruce, an Omaba burglar, was ar- rested about half past two o’clock Saturday afterncon in Kunsas City, by Detoctives Emin and Bryant. Bruce had only arrived in the city on F'riday, butthe oficers were on the lookout for him and promptly secured hm. When arrested ho hud in his posses. sion a fine revolverand some ‘green gonds" cireulars. Bruce was arrested in Omaha last summer for & dismond robbery, but was released on & $1,600 bond, which ho forfeited by leaving the town before his trisl came off. He has succeeded in eluding the ofticers until bis ar- rest yesterday. Last October Chief Seavey of Omaha wrote to Chief Speers of Kansas City about Bruce and the authorities thero huve been ou the lookout for him since that tme. He was easily recognieed, as he is| welt known to the potice departments of all X:le :urxu cities as an export wod @angerous thief. T'he “green goods' circular sot forth the psual alluring offers of how thousmuds could be made with a few dollars invested, and en- closed a bogus newspaper clipping deseri bing the success such methods had in deploting the Uuited States treasury vaults. Tho nawme and address given hy the ‘green goods” man was 8. W. Fairchild, Arlington, Ky., and ho signed himscll as “mochenical engincer and draughtsman.”* pure blood, scrofuls, eadache, tako old by all drmgts Dy (. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothocaries, Lowell, Mas. 100 Doses One Dollar | bear | rope, | vesterday | 1, six forgs, Prepared ouly | Sold by all druggh A SAIL ON THE BRINY DEEP, Ora Whirl by Rail to 8ix American Pleasure Resorts, “ EVERYTHING PRE-PAID AND FIRST CLASS, If You Want to Take a Trip This Sum- mer Without Expense, Partic pate in The Eoe's Match- less Offer. publishers of Tk Ber which enable us to make & novel and attractive offer to parties { Who are dicposed to devote their timo and en- | ergy toward procuring new subscribors for | Tur Osaiia Wrskry Bee or Tus Susoay Bie between this date and the 10th day of June next. This offor will be open only to parties so- loiting subscribors in Nebraska, Towa, South Dakota and I<ansas. A cavoful record willbo kept of all sub | scriptions fowarded, and the awards will bo | made without partiality, THE ROPRAN To the porson that aill s number of cash subscrib Wrpkey Bre or Tur Suxoax Bex beforo June 10, 1t will be given FREE OF COST A HOUND TRIP EUROPEAN ToOUR TICKET This ticket will 1nclude first-class passage from |, New Yorkto Europo and retitn. This in TOUR. cure tho largest ers for Tie OMAnA ingexpenses. The trip will be made with an excursion party gottenup by Mrs, M. D Frazier of Boston, and will bein charge of competent guides. The traveler has no cares whatever, The tour covers all the prineipal countries of Kurope—Fngland, Germany, ico, Belgium,Italy and their including London, I Rowe, Fiorence, Venice, princival cities, Brussels, Berlin, Milan, Genoa, ete. SEVENTY-THIER SERING. Tho party starts from New York June o7 and returns to that city by September 1. Tuken by any indavidual alone, this ropean_ trip would nvoive an outiay least §700, 'AMERICAN AND CANADIAN TOURS For_the second largest listof subscribers wo offer a freo ticket from Omaba to S Francisco and Los Angelos aud return, Magnificont mountain scenery, the beautiful Golden Gate, the land of sunshine, fruits and flowers. “Who has not seen California wi | not die happy.” Travelis an educator, and to properly appreciate the vastnessof our great country oue must see its best features. For the third largest list of subscribers to tho WEEKLY or SUNDAY BEE wo offora tieket fromOmaha toQuebee and return. What couid be grander than a trip down the beau- tiful St. Lawrence in_mid-summer? To co template the bewuty of Thousand Isles is de- + lightful. How much more delightful to visit them when in verdure clad. And all this pleasure for obtaining sub- scribers to the We and SUNDAY Br For the fourtn largestlist of subscriders we offer a free ti Phuadelphia. Washington and return, There aro mo points on tms continental greater general interest than these thiee cites, An American citizen has not com- ploted his education_until he has seen the soat of government. The persons and points of interest in Washington ~are innumerablo and to the intelligent observer a visit there is full of interest. New York and Pailadelphia as the commervial and financial centers of the countrry are always interesting, All this sighv seeing and_ traveling given away for _obtaining subscribers to the WEEKLY or SUNDAY BEE. 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While a shorter trip than any of the others it combiues many pleasant fe: tures. Denver—the queen city of the plains —is always worth sceing whilo the health and summer resorts of Manitou are delightful indeed. Hoalth-riving, inspiring, restful— amid sublme sconery—what trip could bo more restful! Al this pleasure for securing subscribers to the Suxpay or WEEKLY Bk, CONDITIONS, Now what are the conditions upon which these tickets are given away! The securing of the larcest list of subscribers to Tuk WekKLY or Suxbay Bee, Nofnewspaper in tho west is so well _aud favorably known and solicitors have always found 1t an csy mat- ter to secure su)-cribers, THE BEr's sub- scription list has & ways kept pace with it reputation and it dcisres to add new names to its long list of friends. Beingat wl timesa people’s paper It makes frinds with all classos. The subscription prico of Tur WrnkLY Bin is§1.00 per year postpaid to auy place in this country ‘or Canada, or $2.00 1f sent to a foreign_country. Ty SUNDAY Bee is §2.00 per year, but Omaha subserbers for T Suxmy Bree will not he counted in this competition, Get upalist. Have your friends subscribe for the paper. Sample copies forwarded free on request. Persons desitiug to competo for one of theso prizes will plense say so when sending in their first orders. Kemittanco in full must accompang every order. DAYS OF 816111 Eu- of at Twg six months subscriptions or four I.hm-‘namlu subscriptions will bo counted as one ordor. A e LS Due to Cigaraett moking. Hazuvrox, Pa, March 20.--Yestorday Mike Carson, crazy from cigarotto smoking, was taken to the Middle Conltield poor dis trict alus houso st Laurytown, Some time last night he succeeded in taking his life, He had fastened a pieco of wire to the top of the window, to which he attached his sus- penders, and tying the gay neck he literally choked himself to doit At o other season do the human much need the aid of a system 80 Aro the nest months in which 1o purify your blood. Haood Sarsapi- riliads the best blood purifier. Jiuble medicine Hike Hoo Sarsaparilla, as impaverished the blood, the weakentug effects of the loug, cold winter, the Tost appetite, and that tired Loeling, all ke a good spring medicine abso- lutely necessary, Hood's Sarsparilly is pecullarly adapted for this purpose, and in- creases in popularity every year, It is the ideal spring mediciie. “1must sy Hood's Sarsaparillals the best medicine T ever used. Last spring T bad no appetite, and the least work 1 did fatigued everso mueh, T began to take Hood's parilla, and soon felt that 1 could do as much in a day ns T had formerly done In a week. My appetito is voracious.” Mus, M. V. BAY- AR, Atlantio City, N. J. N.B. 1f you decide;to take Hood's Sarsa- parills do not be Induced to buy any othes. #1: stxtor$s. Propared only by C.1. HOOD & €O., A pothecarios, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar — P Arraugements have veen effectad by the- o ludes also all traveling, hoteland sight-seo. ~ ket from Omahu to New York,