Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1891, Page 4

THE DATLY BEE E. ROSEWATER Enmor. -5y (c PUBLISHE EVERY MORNING. TERME OF $UBSCRIPTION, Datly Bee (with funday One Your Dutly and Sunday, One Year i monts 3 hree mon s Enrday Tiee, One Weekly F 10 00 Yoir ne Yeur OFFICES: Cmahn, The Ree Bullding. Bouth O aha, Corner N and 26th Streets punell Bluffs, Pearl Btreet fongo Oftice iber of Conmeree, New York. Ro Washing ton, b nth streot ok Al communleation editorinl patter sh Eastorial Depart I Al bneine Yo addressed (o Tho Omaha. Drafts, cheeles and 104 vany. The Bee Fublishing Company. Pronriciors TIHE BEE BUILDING, BWORN STATEMENT OF OIKOUTATIO Btateof Nebruska, L County of Douilas. § George 13, Trschuc Tublishing At the for the follows: Eunday M SPONDENCE. rolating 1 rern (tanees sh » Pubiishing Con Any tual ¢ week ending pany, does ulution of T Murch 23, E DATLY BER i1, was 420 . March 22 23845 B TSCHUOK. Eworn 1 lefor dribed presence thish i A DL o NP P Notury Publio Tzachuck. being duly sworn, de ys that he Is secretary of THE BE pany, tha thal avor ion of THE DALY BEE for the h, 1600, was 20813 coples; for 1800, 20,00 coples:_forJuly for A vziist, 1804, 0,760 c0p enbor, 180, 20,80 coples; for Ot 1860, 2,762 coples; for Novemiber, copies; for December, 180, 2471 cople Tnuary. 1501, 28,440 coples: for Fohr 2 cop i « Eworn 1o iefore me. @ presence, th oreR N ¢ dmly civey month of Nir April, 18 copies; for ine for ‘s onew B, TZSCHUCK. Thiy of Febwunry, A; D 1801 i NP FEin, Notiry Pubiie. I¥ the pan-republic congress is held i Omaha it will besure to pan out. PRESIDENT HARRISON has a portunity to become a good judges. o has had thanany other president. E—————— judge TCHTIIYOLOGY i8 the specialty of the Stanford, jr., new president of Leland university, Fohas the largest collection of fishes in the world. private HoUSE employes have been 400 “extra days,” which lie expense, DicK BERLIN has obuained slicoof the Missouri river aporopriation for Omaha, elsewhere, NEVADA'S population from 62,200 in 1880 to 4 expluns why So 80 enrncstly and western Utah, HEARTS are choap in Michigan, Grand Rapids jury has just s damages toone of the trusting kind, 5 years old, at 6 conts. hearts bring more money. Tie death of Rev. Hownrd Now York city removes ious world a man of recognized - ubility, 761in 1890, This tor Stewart. desired A a scholarly writer on biblical subjects, n enial Christian gentlemanand a broad- minded citizen, Tue application of New York city w the legislature for #500,000 of the direct tax fund for the Grant monument fund is designated an appeal. Out west it is denominated gall. Tnthis instance the terms *ap- peal” and “gall” are synonymous, WiAT the governor of Rhode [sland said to the governor of Connecticut was, “Iwill mind my business and let you mind yours.” This is not what the gov- ernor of New York said to the governor of Connecticut, thoughif he had it would have been greatly to h JuDpGING from cable dispatches the uproar among the sons of Italy over the untimely end of several vepresentatives of an oath-bound secret socloty imported from the Tiber, in New Orleans, o short time ago, hus completoly subsided al Rome. It will lilkewise ceuse to attract attontionin Amorica. Tie vaporings of Judge Peffer and other unbaked statesmen from Kansas and one of Nebraskn's untried congress- men are filling eastern loun companioes tvith unhappiness lest their farm mort. gages aro to bo repudiated. Those ac- commodating creditors should possess their souls in peace. One good crop and fair prices willlift a great many western farmers out of debt, Hard times and voor erops have discouraged many and forced them todefault on their interest, but patience, plonty of rain and remun- erative prices for a single crop of grain will show that these same farmers are willing to be honest if they have o chance. For the information of some of the gentlemen who insist upon it that the Sioux are merely waiting for spring to goon the warpath and to enable them to make up consistent storios, it is here ro- corded that Two Strike, Little Wound, Big Road, High Hawk, Kicking and Short Bull were the active leaders of the hostiles and that American Horso, Young-Man-Afraid-of- Fis-Horses der, He Dog and a host of others loyal. trouble, I friendly tility. factor and no Indians from Standing Rock, Choyenne river, Crow creek Lower Brulo need be feared whatever happensclsewhere, elements at Rosebud and at Pine Ridge, but the friendly Indians so those who could frightened into be couxed, driven o uprising, L 18 00 500 ribune Bullding to news and 11d be nddressed to the 10 tofli co orders made payableto theorder of the com- scorctary of Tur Bee “olomnly swear as tibed in my 180, 22, 130 for ary, 1801, d subseribed in_ray fine on- of more to appoint allowed adds a neat Bum to the exponses of the session and makes a number of souls happy at pub- u largo Somo of it may as yell b dumped into tho Muddy at this point as has decreased to annex southern Idaho sessed the Younger Crosby of from the relig- an appropriation of Bear Hol- low Horn Bear, White Bird, Fast Thun- were Hump was a ghost dancer, but friendly after he got Big Foot into od Cloud pretended to be nd gave no overt proof of hos- tting Bull has ceased to bea or I'here are turbulent outnunber o fight as tomake it more or less absurd to be predicting an THE OMAHA DAILY BEE{ TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1891. RESPONSIRILITY FOR EXPENSES. Sound public policy demands rigid dconomy in the conduct of state institu- tions for the next two All parties are pledged to this idea, and all equally rosponsiblo, sofar as their votes go, for the appropriation bill now be- fore the legisinture, Prosent indications point to extrava- gant appropriations, In the caso of nearly every public institution the total is above thut of 1880, when the expenses of the state government were carried beyond anything before recorded in our history. To bo more specific, the in- crenso in the cost of the penitentiary is $41,720; in the industrial school, $11,770; in thedeafand dumb institute, §7,1 in the industrial home, $14,240; in the home for the friendless, $25,000. The total inerease in these five institutions is $100,5380, and various others have also induced the commitiee to report in favor of additional allowances. There has been some attempt at re- duction. The appropriations for execu- tive departments have beon slightly parcd down. Onoor two state institu- tions have also been reduced, but as a ' | whole the expenses of the government have been in 0 | 1 are | 0 | reased, To these heavy gular expenditures must be added sev- eral unusual appropriations, like the re- lief fund of 200,000, the $50,000 for the world’s fair, and the c creal state “contest, ™ The figures of 1887 should have been the model for 1891, Instead of that, however, the lesislature has “seen” the figures of 1889 and scems disposed to. go better. In this situation, ment is sorely in n republican member should opposition Lo 1 1t has penscs of the far- them severs nomical od of friend. The of the government compret and unvarying asurable appropriations, d that it polities” to let the independonis make a record of extravagance the worst records of their opponents, But it is hetter politics, as well as better citi- zenship, 1o proteet the treasury against the looters and save the state tens of 1 | thousands of dolla It is a ease which illustrates the sound maxim, his party best who serv Lest.” The republi contingent in the leg- islature should vse itsvote and influence to defeat the recklessappropriation com- bine. It has a responsibility which it cannot evade. govern- presen ) been v surpassing *Heo serves his country > THE RIOT AND THE STRIKE, The eypected spring stri bave be- gun, Asusual, they have first broken outin the coke regions of Pennsylvania, and, as too often happens in that un- appy locality, they are accompanied by ots and acts of violence The condition of the mining classes of Pennsylvaniaisnot enviable. They work long hours, in dungerous piaces und for small pay, Itisoneof theanomalies of American life that it sometimes happens that men are starving in Pennsylvania when corn s being burned in the west, and that men are suf- fering for fuel in the west when coal is being mined by labor- ers whoso daily pittance will not buy the cheap corn. This illustrates vividly the evile of which men in both sections complain, and it throws a strong light on the present troubles« in the colke gions. Laborers in those districts rebel against conditions which keep wages lowand the cost of living high. The present strikeis a protest against the operation of asystem which confers its benefits neither upon them, nor upon toilers elsewhere. It is natural that public sympathy should be largely with the strikers, For that very reason, however, the viots with which they have inau- gurated their campaign are deplorable, Nothing can more quickly or surely shatter public sympathy. The Amel can public loves peace and respects law. It will not countenance any course that appeals fiest to forco and afterwards to veason. Exceptin rare cases of injus- tice it will not countenance an appeal to force under any circumstances, There are indicatiors of strikes this spring. Among them all there will be none with which the gen- eral public will more warmly sympathize than thatof the coaland coke operatives. But it is to be hoped that the riot will not be attempted as the means to the best of ends. There are few causes good enough to employ it and succeed. s numerous SOME OF 1S ADVANTAGES. Reforring to the question of electing United States sonators by the direct voto of the people, the New York Cemmercial Advertiser suggests some of the advan- tages to be expected from the plan, It would improve the general average of abilivy in the senate. It would remove from that body the large minority of members who are sent there by bribed logislators and purchased caucuses, and it would take out of local politics the distracting element of national is- suos. In the opinion of our contempor- ary a very large part of the degrada- tion of Ame legislatures is due to the necessity of choosing their member upon national purty lines, and it “With national senators elocted directly by the people, the canracter of the state legislatures would immediately be im- proved. They would then consist of men solected for their knowledge and opinions of state matters.” The New Yorke Times thinks the result might be an improvement in the quality of logislatures and of United States sen- ators, but if not it would certainly make the sevators more directly representa- tive of the people of their states, which would unquestionably be a very im- portant gain, A change from the method of choosing senitors to the planof electing them by direct popular vote is certainly to be des d it it would bring these advant- ages, and can there be any reasonable doubt that it would do so? Those who oppose a change or do not think it would be ‘productive of any benefits argue that nominating conventions might be controiled by moneyas legisla- tures now are and that demagogues would have a better chance than at present. , | The obvious unswer to this is that there has been in onr political history no such venality in connection with convention nominations as has characterized the olection of senators by many of the legis- latures, and fower demagogues have ob- says: tained gubernatorinl positions than have bought their way into the sonate, either by debauching legislators or making deals hardly less reprehensible. Be- sides, a convention nomination that is obtained by questionable means must be passed upon by the people, and it would rarcly happen it such o nomination would get their approval, while the d cision of u leglslative caucus is final and not to popular review. It is not 1o be supposed that the election of senators by popular vote would put an end to corrupt deals and the efforts of wealthy aspirants for political power to obtain nominations by unscrupulous and venal means. Doubtless demagogues would abound under that system as thoy do now. It 18 per haps impossible to wholly got rid of these classes with our political system. But the chancesof such men to succeed would be greatly reduced, and whenever they wore successful there would at least be the satisfaction of knowing that the people were self-be- trayed and were not sold out by a fow men entrusted with their confidence to represent them, Political experience demonst direct elections bring, results than indirect, whilethe also to the spirit and purp lican institutions. veason why this principie should not b applied to the choice of United S sonators. subjoct ates that w8 a rule, better conform of repub- There is no sound FARM MORTGAGES IN An intelligent farmer of Towa writes to the New York Zribuneto vefute the statements made by Governor Boies some time ago in a public address re- garding the condition of tho farmers of that state. Tho writer states that he ised forty successive erops of cor and has never had an entire failure, and only two partial failures. His experi- ende regarding the farmersin his section of the state is that those who have given proper attontion to their business have prospered. The farms of such are well stocked, their homes are comforta- bly furnished, their families well provided for, and he expresses the opin- ion that she farmers of Iowa many leisure hours as the people of any other calling in the state, With regard to the extent to which the farms of the state ave moMgaged, hesays that alarge percontage of the farms were bought on credit and debts were contracted to provide houses, barns, teams, farm machinery, and usual- ly, later on, debts wera funded and farms mortgaged to eastern capitalists, trust and loan companies, ete. Forty years ago farmers paid 48 per cent interest per annum an 5 per cent commission to the agent who obtained the money for them. Twenty-five yoars ago money could be obtained for 10 per cent interest. At the prosent time, in the older settied por- tions of Iowa, no large por cent of the farms is under mortgage and practically no foreclosures are made, For overy foreclosure of miortgages on farms in the . county where this farmer correspondent lives, says there are 20 farmers money in the banle who will furnish it to their neighbors at 6 and 7 per cent, and many mortgages held by oastern capitalists have been bought by farmers when the time of payment has expired, with time extended at a reduced rate of interest, the original mortgage remain- ing of record. This farmer finds no trouble in making his several farms pay him?7 per cent net on the current prices of farms in the. locality where they are situated. A very considerable part of the farm mortgages of lowa are not a necessity, but & matter of choice for profit. Many persons buy land on eredit because the; can make it pay better than regular rates of interest. As a class, this farmer asserts, the agricultural producers in the older settled counties of Iowa are not more in debt per capita than the classes who pursue other callings, while as to the farmers in his own county he says that if all their resources were combined it would be sufficient to pay every cent of indebt- edness of all of them. Another farmer writes that in his neighborhood corn is selling frecly at 50 cents’ a bushel, and many are selling a crop that yiclded them from fifty to sixty bushels an acre on land that cost from $10 to $15 an acre, “It seems to me,” says this farmer, “that there should not be much depression in farming when corn worth $25 a year can be raised on land worth $15 an e, Governor Boies’s statement to the con- trary notwithstanding. Of course no one will pretend that Towa farmers have not had hard times, or that they are universally prosperous, but such testimony as theabove, of which 4 volume might be obtained, must satisfy all intelligent people thata very greatin- justice was done the state by its domo- cratic governor when he stated to an castern audieace thatthe farmers of lowa were almost hopelessly in debt and were universally suff from the depression of indystry. Such isrepresentation, wh inexcusable, even for the purpose of party capital, has undoubt- edly done the state great injury, just like false statements regarding the con- dition of the farmers of Nebraska have been a material “damage to this state, and the people of Towa should not forget the blow at their prosperity and welfare struck by their highest official if thoy cver have an opportunity to rebuke the injury. 10WA. are 800 a8 THE EAST OMAHA CASE. T'he case now belore the supreme court of the United States involving the Cut- Off 1sland or Bast Omaha is one in which not only lawyers but all citizens of both sides the river are interested. As is very generally understood, & change in the channel of the Missouri river in 1877 left the tract of land now called East Omaba on the west bank. The guestion sub- mitted to the supreme court is whother this real estate belongs to Nehraska or to Towa, and to which state taxes upon same shall be paid. There are other in- cidental points also raised affocti the owners of the land and prospective pur- chasers. The state of Towa is the the action, and Attornoy Gene of that state has submitied his brief in answor to plaintifl’s petition, The main \dant in \l Stone de question to be deterriined is whether or luul tho bed of the river shall bo con- | strued to moan tHe'fatn channel or tho | n line of that stream s it existed in 1851, when Towa’s western boundary was offi- clally described. THe precedents clearly establish thedoctrine that all accrotions along the shore afm riv party who owns the adjacent territory. The attorneys for the stato of Towa therefore fly in the face of the whole course-of previous' litigation, but baso their hopes upon the irreconciluble ¢ centricity of this particular river, which, unlike nearly all others which huvebeen incourt,carrios whole townships from one side to the other and cannot be confined to any determinate channel, They will prove conclusively that the boundary between the two states is as uncertain as tracings ina sand heap, and they will msist that a judicial decision absolutely fixing the boundary is essential. Thisis the only available line of de- fonse, but the city of Council Bluffs and Pottawatomie county feel liko o disturbed demurrer for filing some sort of a cross bill. If the court shall agree with the attor ney general, the only lino that can be legitimately fixed upon is thatshown by official maps to have been the bed of the shifting river i 1851, There is reason to believe that a care ful survey of that boundary will estab- lish the fact that the Missouri poured its muddy water through Spoon lake, and this would put both ends of the two bridges in Nebraska and Douglas county, « belong to the here entering o river Town feels very much asif she had caught a tartar. 1f the decision be for the plaintiff, Bast Omaha and all its fu- ture importance and revenue belong to Douglas coun Nebrasl If the de- fendant wing, Fast Omaha 18 in lowa, but the two bridges are probably in Ne- Pottawattomie county does not know which horn of the dilemma is pre- braska, Tie president has nominated Hon. Thomas H, Cartor to ed Judg Groff as commissioner of the general land office. Tho appointment is com- mendable. Mr. Carte tive western man, vears of age s a representa- Heo is less than 87 buthe has won his spurs in the judicial forum of Montana and achieved some distinction in a brief torm in congress. e is a man of recog- nized capability for the important office to which. he is appointed, and will be a worthy suceessor of Judge Groff, He is an industrious man, broad minded and thoroughly conversant with western land matters, The'state of Montana in- cludes a wide arca of the public domain, and is besides lavgely interested in tho administration of laws governing min- eral lands. In so fur as the commissioner can dirget the policy of the bureau it will be in the interest of the actual sottier and the great west, From the standpoint of practical politics, the selection of Mr. Carter is also worthy of commeondation. It is a just recognition of the importance of the six new states. They have by far the largest local concern in the transactions of this officer. They came into the union too late to participate in the r cent national struggle for national su- premacy, but they represent a strong- hold of political power whose influence will be felt in subsequent elections. There can be no adverse eriticism of the president’s action from either party, for the appointee has the respect of both and deserves it. Tie B, regrefted to see Judge Groff resign his position, but it is gratified to know his successor is a man of character, of legal ability, of genoral popularity and is from the west. DERS of THE BEE who are in- formed of great religious movements and all readers of TiE BEE are so informed, will observe with interest the proceed- ings of the Epworth league,which meets in this city this week, when they recall the fact that this organization is the Methodist Episcopal equivalent of the Young Peoples’ Society of Christian deavor. There is a very lively competi tion in good work between these two or- ganizations, The secular world is not able to understand the occasion for the existence of both, but doubtless some of the divines who will participate in the state meeting will make it perfectly translucent even to the usually clouded vision of wordling MICROBES are held responsible for about all the ills flesh is now heir to, and the vaccinations and inoculations which the physicians are compounding will sooner or later cover our cuticles with sears. If hypodermic injections of virus and lymph apd Pasteur’s hydrophobia, and all the other microscopic diseaso producers are to be inserted under the slcin, conplexions below the nock will become very unattractive, The Chicago doctor who sighted the microbe of la grippe will be far more famous if he will adopt some scheme for killing this germ in its own junglo instead of feeding it upon human cellular tisue. T Amatours’ Own publishes the census of the state by counties and con- voys the information that the people of Blackbird county, which had a popula- tion of 109 in 1880 *have moved away,” hence a deerease of that number in that county, whilé an iucrease is showu in all other counties'in Nebr Thisis narkablo, if t¥uf; but it is not true. Blackbird county consisted of two In- dinn rescrvations in 1880, 1t is now known as Thursfon county and has a population of 3,176, o re SENATOR S’r,\fimuml California is believed to be ~|',’((\;_’ & nomination for the presidency at®the hands of the alli- which shall be endorsed by the re- publicau party, of #ice versa. Thereis an ex-senator -in Kansas who is bidding up with a loud voico for u similar dis- tinction. He has less money, but more voice and more vocabulary, Both these gentlemen aroa trifle previous. The al- lisnce may not want a cand 184 ance BAD spelling on* the part of an en- grossing of clerk is likely to 1m wsefuly the medical bill its technical torms are of orthography Billings writh 55 of :d behind wil concea which in his a syst Josh with envy. Tne duties on sugar now of Omaha il pald in 10 the the port according rate retofore in force would amount to $70,445.85, and numbers of carloads of this important olemen tof our domestic economy are yot to bo received, The sum named ropresonts the amount saved to consumers hereabouts in the first install- ment of sugar un the McKinley tariff, ar THIS soason promises to bo one of great activity in Omaha. The oxtensive public work to be undertaken, supple- mented by large improvements deter- mied upon by local capitalists, will omploy thonsands of men ands put into circulation hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is to bea good year for Omaha, THE meeting of the Trans-Mississippi congress in Denver May 18 will be the first regularly called convention of rep- resentatives of thi It promises to be largely attended and its delibera~ tlons will be upon questions in which the statos and territories ropresented are especially intorosted. SOME membor of the city council should reflect the general sentiment against the brass plug ordinance pr section. sod by the council and about to bo enforced, by introducing one for its repeal. merely a job in the intc right. It is st of u patent TIrAT was rather a curious reduction inexpenses which was made by the leg- islature when it cut off #500for farm supplies of the Beatrice howme for feeble minded children. THE legislature is saving at the spigot. It has economized on the number of en- and nitors, but the of state institutions is un- grossing clerks bunghole plugged. ON citizen of South Omaha refuses to boa candidate for a municipal Ilis 1solation amounts almost to ostra clsm. office. ATTORNEYS appenr to favor young blood for the benek, 0ok it from a+ row, Harvodsinurg (Ky.) Demoerat, A buzzard was captured near here a few days since carrying a Cloveland and Hen- dricks flag. —_—— Colorado Philosophy. Alamosa Independont. Journal, In popular estimation there is only one man in the world who doesn’t know how to ran a newspaper, Ho is the man who bappens to run it. Jay Gould Will Irrigate Alamosa (Colo.) Jowrnal, There is going to be lots of wet for San Luis valley farmers this year, and they are making forward preparations to take advan- tage of the gifts of the cloudy skies stored up iv the eternal hills. Meantime the balance of the people are having fun irrigating the grippe with hot lemonades, sore throat with coal oil and rheumatism with straight up and” turned over whiskies. The man who has nothing to irrigate this year is totally out of the swim, 00, e e Keeping Tab on Tenants. San Francisco Chionicl The directory of tenants devised by the real estate exchange ought to save agents much trouble. The city is cursed with many people who find it cheaper to move than to pay rent. In fact the law favors the tenant greatly that it is often sound policy on the art of the landlord to offer a bonus toa bad tenant to remove quietly rather than attempt 10 colloct back rent or eftet him from the premises. This is a natural resultof thy sys- tem of renting houses from mqnth to month, but the tenants' dircctory will remedy the cvil in a great measure, for it will make dis- honest or poor-paying™ tenants so notorious that they will be unable to secure houses at any price unless they reform. A Kunsas City's Straits, Mitwawkes Evening Wisconsin. There is a tradition that onco when Daniel Webster was in a “how-came-you-so conai- tion he entered a company which was being entertained by the performance of a fiddler of great encrgy but little taste or skill. The “godlike Daniel” was asked for an opinion of the music and responded: “T'he conception is admirable, but d-n the execution!" A criticism like this might be justly made of a plan for ‘restoring good times) which is uow being agitated by the people of Kansas City. That erst- while booming metropolis is now in a condi- tion of doleful dumps, worse even than that of those twin metropolises of the northwest, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and its distress is traceablo almost wholly to the same caus over-booming. The people have enjoyed a feast of real esgate speculation in which they discounted thie future for many years ahead, and they are now experiencing the inevitable reaction. ‘Thisis a pawful process. 1t in- volves stagnation in legitimate public im- provements and private building enter- prises, for all these have been accorplished far in ndvauce of present needs. With a population of less than 130,000, Kansus City has business buildings that would sufiice for the needs of a prosperous place of 50,000, Her public works have been constructed on the same scale. Her population has of late been decres instead of increasing, it be- ing estimated that upward of 25,000 pcople bhave loft the city within the past year, driven out by the necessity of finding em- ployment which was not to be haa there. SO HIST CLUB. won Judge. 45 it my lead ! usked the first, Well, of all hunds 've the worst, “Dear’ me! if I only knew What you had,” chps number two, “Now, 1 can’t say on the whole, “I'hat this play accords with Pole, But it is the best 1 have.” Number three says mild and suave While above this small uproar, Comes the chorus (rom all four, “What's the trump “Miss Brown, s that your ace? Ob, say, have you seen the lace Selling now at Brown and Darv's) 1 forgot that shie trumps hearts, d the wost exquisite shade— vew't you a spadet Is it my pluy ¢ What was ledf Do you know you can get thread Ouly fonr cents—John Smith's best?? Just here chime in all the rest, *What's the trump ¢ “Ihis I think the leading spade, Oh! 1 thoucht the jack was played. Did'you trumpt 4 about the bump d on his head! Isu't that a lovely spi 11 Did I take that trick! Dear me!" Here strike in the other threo, “What's the teunp ¢ “How much bett That did. Wel Once T couldu't ke On the zame, but, 1 It u; 5 1sh play i say) by miud w I find s an be call Lotme seo-~ ds belous & now that I and that the tho lead was minel What's the tramp " No Led ho k Did ye¢ ABDUT WONE Patti is preparing hor autobiography, which will bo published simultancously In Paris and London, Mrs, Ashton Dilke is golng to marey again. She is engaged to Mr, Cooke, a son of the London ice magistrate, Pearl Starr, daughter of Relle Starr, twonty years of a men's attive and is a horse thief, Over the dead body of her husband Mrs, Waters of New Orleans swears vengodnce upon his murderer, Arthur Dunn. t, daughter of the former to Berlin, has ade an lo reputation as a physician in Cali fornia, wheroshe lives. Mary E. Dowoy of the notor 0, dres ous in Goshen, Ind., served through the civil war disguised as a man in the Twenty-sixth Ohio regiment under the alins of Charles Dewoy. Sho now applies for & pension under her real name. $Six young Indios have been gives rks in the monoy order de rtment of v York postofiice. They had success ly passed the civil service examination, In tho opinion of tho Chicago News the woman who wears a sunbonnet narrows her own view of lifo, but the woman who wears a high hat cuts off that of the people behind hor. Alice, sistor of Patrick Bronte, and aunt of Charlotte and Emly Bronte, famous in_ Iong- lish literaturo, died rocontly, agod nincty- five years, She was the last 'of the Br family. Mr Remo, rov positions Amelio R whi os-Chanlor 1s now at her health 1s suficiently i 110 allow her to disport in picturesquo Hor favorite costume 1s a tan- d gown, low shoes to match, and bril cardinal r Miss Minerva Parker, the Philadelphia woman architect, is but twenty-cight years old. She has a decided talont for her profes. sion aud her business roputation i tablished, sho having designed, notable buildings, the new house in Philadelphia. Mrs, Hodgson Burnett s now wh has been for ber health sine the death of her Lionel. As soon as she shall be suficiently improved she Paris and make_ureangements to body, now 1 the American chapel in that city, conveyed to A i Mrs, 2. . E. N, Southworth, the novel is still writing, though over seventy-five years of age. A’ to her_full name, which is Emma Dorothy Eliza Neuette Southworth vs: “When I was born my people 00 poor Lo give me anything else, > mo all those names. " orence Blagarnie, tho rosy | 0o who came to th is now st suys that not sense of novelty as ladie s, at which | fashionably dressed ladies set down to dainty viands and the tables are set without wine glasses Miss Rollins of Pittsburg, aged recently broke a marriage engagem v man named Nelson, agod sixty-cight. plaining, she said rents would uever allow me to mar old enough 10 be my father. Any young girl has a right to br a love affair; I'nave maoy precedents for so doing.” we mong othe Century clu San Romo, sh- national council and L Americans, with such a fifty-t ut W - PASSING JESTS, S, maid of pions bent Such great abliorrence shows Forthings profane, that all through Lent She will not daru her hose A Clovels New York Recorder: According to ports for tho near-by race tracks, wtl have to be provided with life if auy races are o be run few duys. re- the hors: proservers within the next Washington Star: If a man loaves his flannels off for six weeks or two months, yet, he won’t have any use for the letter “‘n" until next fail. If eddywud dod't believe this, led hib try id wudcee ad zee, Philadelphia Times It is dificult to con- vince the average deal, delightful woman that there is not some deep-laid connection between the hurried shipment_ of gold to Ku- rope and ber huspand’s knowledge that the bill for her Easter bonnet will be coming in in a few da; New York Journal, 1A GRIPPE. Shriller thun a big bazoo Is the strident, fierce “Atchoo! Of tne victim who is suffering from the s, 1 i s ears, like & chicken with the | streots, but he Rochester Talisman: won't go tonight. Sho—Why, what changed your mind so suddenly? He-1 understand that Mr. ¢ the palmist, is to be there and the expense. & He-1 believe I ne-Fallon, n't stand One band last night cost me Yonkers Statesn birds will bo seen on Easter hats this year, | But they cannot compare to the handsomo ducks that will bo seen under thom. Sl WILL HAVE A BALu. Some very pretty erprising Bohemians Moving To- ward a Lodge Home. “Phere is a movement on foot among promi- nent Bohemian citizens which will probably result in the building of a fine block on South Thirteenth streot. "Tho Bohemian societies have for some time wanted a convenient and commodious building i which they can have an entertainment hall, lodge rooms and a gymnasium, Several of the lea ders in the enterprise, who are financially | able o invest in a building of this kind, are now contemplating theercetion of u blocik on South Thirtcenth street near Williams with a froutage of about one hundred feet and ex- tending back the full depth of the lot. The building will be three or four stories high and the first story will bo occupied by busi- ness houses. Tho gentlemen interosted in the enterpriso are Joseph Kavan, Joseph Paltk, F. J. Kas- par, Judge Borks, John Roseky, V. G. Vodcka, Frank Vodcka, S. A. 'Beranek, Frank Swoboda, Anton' Kempt and John Rosic —— Will'ams lmproving. Joo Williams has been removed from the county jail to the county hospital. Williams is the principal witness against Joo Dwye alias “Shorty. who Jeuil ames O'Conno ing house February 15 He was unable to give bonds for rance as & witness und wis sent re he w rippe p form and his condition became so crit- icul that bis removal to the hospital was or- dered. His condition is now somewhat im. proved and it is believed that he will s0on e Bill the W hitiler's Judge Hopewell and twelve amused yesterdny afternoon while listened to the testimony in the cas William Yohe against the Kden Musee com- pany. Yohe is o freak, as are all of the members of his fumily, and in this fust wWas suing for 8106 of wiges, which the Ed Musee people claim was paid wnonths ago, Yole, while ho was m the musee circuit, posed as a whittler, his duty being to carve out a Solomon temple, The wife told for wunes aud the littlo girl performed the thr headed ehild net. Fay. Juror fez .0 THE NEW LINCO CHARTER, Somoe Important Amendmonts Made to it by the House. MAYOR GRAHAM APPEARS FOR TRIAL, He Outlines the Testimony He Will Present and Taks a Change of Venne-~Other Oapital City News. Lixcory, Neb., March 80.-[Special to Tae Bek, |—The houss this morning having reo: ommended for passage the new Lincoln eity charter as amended, some complications are liable to happen as regards the electipn, somo of tho parties having acted undor tho bollot that the charter would not be passed in time to take effect at this election. Tho probabil- ities are that it will, however, and thoso who bave failed to name men may got loft under the new ballot bill. tie new charter has already been given in opsis in these columns, but the amend ments tacked on by the houso change the measure in somo important particutars, Be- sides the water commissi o chairman two members of the board of public works aro mado eloctive oficers. Tho pro- vision relating to the cloction of city council- me it obligatory to eclect hulf the council at large, but provides that no two shall resige in any one ward, which butes them as at present. The app ofice of building inspector1s added to the s powers apd the chs t of city warshal over to the excise b In addition to the nie provision ferred to the bill states that the ceiving the highest number of votes, as ¢ pared with other for the same ward at said clection shall be d auly elected, It also provides that no inspector and makes distnde tive ma und appoint wen {8 wiven T il police wrd instead of the may councilm person e m n o candidates counci clar ¥ pubil: officer shall be appointed except one who has been qualified by practical experien co particular line of udustry that v attention and constitutes funds of the city to his his duties. The requived to be placed in such banks as offer the highest rate o In terest, the council to advertise for bids for the d Intorest shall not be less than 3 per cent per annum, Banks must give bouds in dout amount of deposits, and no vank having less than 100,000 capital stock paid up sh ected neil is given authiority to declare the office vacant if provisions are violated. When the city can- not pay its laborers or employes the council may authorize the ereation of an emerge 4 fund and. borrow the money. All street work must be done by contract to lowest bidder, or if o majority of property owners immediately interested may so petition it shall be done by day's work Avy citizen who shall be of the. oy that any, eivil liability arising out of coutrac! or otherwise, exists in behalf of the city, may demand that the city attorney prosce the same, and if | I refuso, prosecuto it himself, giving surety for costs. No ward shall shall contain less than seve inbabitants, An emergency clause 15 added THE MAYOR'S TRIAL, Today was tho time set for the trial of Mayor Graham, who is charged with assault ing B. S, Littlefield, editor of the Nebraska Laborer. Mayor Graham appeared and took a change of venu to Justice Foxworthy's court, giving as his reasons that Brown lived in the same district with Littlefieid, and in case that justice’s conduet in the caso did not suit that gentleman, Brown would bo sub- jected to abuse Littleficld’s paper. Tha mayor gave an outline of the testimony that he would presentand it is decidedly sou: tional. The case will be heard beforo k waorthy on Wednesday unless the prosecu withdrawn. A FORGER CAUGHT, Today Coustable Paul Stein of Omah; cured requisition pavers from Governor 13 for Georgo W. Wheeler, the fo arrested in Salt Lake City aftor evading tho oficers for nearly four years. Whe forgeries are said {0 amount 10 uearly £,000. He run an elaborate musical instrament’ es- tablishment over Bennett's store onCapital avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixtoenth found that ho was making too slowly and resorte to methods aro frowned on by tho laws and Among bis victims was Charley Corbett, whose namo was forged to a draft for $1,600. Constable Stein loft on tho after- noon train for Salt Lake City, Wheeler is (uires Dosits. money which court | using every offort to_got frec beforo Sueit reaches Salt Lake City nad has used y possible influence to secuve a writ of habeas corpus. RIGGS PROVES A The contest over the election of delegate to represent the Lincoln Typographical union av Boston this year was finally decided terday afternoon, “Ihere was a large turn- out of printers, and cight more ballots_were recossary to détermine the winner. 5. M Jackson and J. D Calhoun were also in the fight, pulled from Howe's vote very mate On the fourteenth ballot Riges 'y votes, a d elected won s it was apparent, that Riggs was tho man, Howe and bis contingent withdrew from thé meeting very much disgruntied. O, W. Clarkin was clected as alternate, . PIRE TN THE SHEEDY PROPERTY, The fire department was called out about ) last evening to subduea lvely little blazo in the Hotel Lack, The property i3 v occupied, save by a watchman named ICane who told the firemen that while he was be nind" the counter with » lamp the latter ex ploded and the burning oil caused the blaz The fire was speedily quenched, but on in yestigation the firemen could find no traces of the lamp. Kane is said to bave beon drinkiug during tho evening, and tho story of th mp explosion is not regarded as being o truthful one. The hotel belongs to tho Sheedy estute and §00 will repair tho damage. WINNER. PORARIL Calhoun’s ¥ A DAILY TAPER. ald comoes out today as au evening paper. The paper wiil be run ns a duily during the municipal campuign. Tho demiocrats ot the city have become imbued with the idea that this is the opportunity for them to clect a democratic mayor, and a hard pull will be made for Ames. ODDS AND ENDS, Brennan was turred out of the house Saturday by her paramour, and pro- ceeded to drink some bad liquor with a bevy of switchmen. Iarly yesterday morning she was found lving dead drunk in tho bottoms, and would have died from exposure had she hot been rescund. Wednes y evening the choir of the jity church will present the sacred “Daughter of Jalrus,” No admis vill be charged. Some of the best alent i the city will participate. well known druggist, was ay at Marshalltown, la., to Miss Susie Williums of that ci Paul Pingel, living ut 12233 to the police that somo one entered his homo Saturday night and got away with a gold wateh, some clothing and several dollars in cash, | Patrick Patton, s ho rooms in the Men- love block, says that someone swiped bis new overcoat the same nignt Miss C. I, Link will give an art_veception at tho residence of Mr. aud Mrs. J. Lansing on Friday and Saturday. Manager Bob MeReynolds of the Lir opera house has securod a three years' leaco of the uew theater at Keu Mary Ann On Holy T cantata, s100 1€ et,roports Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U, S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1839, Baking Powder - ABSOLUTELY PURE