Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 26, 1891, Page 4

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Proovictors THE BEL BUILDING :\Ul(.\' STATEMENT OF CIRCULA l‘lliN‘ Etate of Nebraskn, Vea County of Douglas. { Gearge I Trachuck, s New York Washinzton, retary of Tne Bre solemnly swear : DALY BER sdny, $ Thursday. April 2 Friday. April 24 Vol Baturduy, April 35 GRORGE W, TZ8CIUCK, me and subseribed in my th diy of April. A, D, 1801 N. P i, Notury Public. Sworn to heforo presenco this Etite of Nebraska, County of Douglus, George b Leing duly sworn, de- ryof Tine BEr nE DALy Bee for the [ ns; for May, Trachuck, siyw that he'ls secret mipiny, 1 darly circulation of month of April, 18 1800, 20,180 coples: fc 0,01 coplesi for July, 1800, 20,662 copies; for August, 1800, 20,350 coples; for September, 1 +70_copies; for October, 1890, 20,762 copes; for Nov ber, 1800, 2,150 coples; for. Deceribe 20451 coplest for Junuary, 18601, 2 for Felruary, 1801, 2,312 2 “coples; 1801, 24,00 coples. GEORGE 1! 1860, 140 covies for March, TZECHUCK, Eworn to Lefore me, and subscribed in my Fresence, this d duy of April, \‘ I’I’ 1801, Notiry P WALKING Is not particularly good in Dotroit, but it is the best sho has since ull the stroct car employes are on a EW YOrK missed tho world's fair, but she will be thoroughly aavertised if Jack the Ripper has actually become citizen, DEMOCRATIC patriots are now enjoy- Ing tho perspiration incident to ambi- tions which a democratic governor alone can satisfy — MAY 1 comes on Friday this year. Is there anything significant in this in view of the socialistic and labor agita- tion in Kurope? LORD RANDOLPI CHURCHILL received assurances from Portugal that the Pun- geu river was open to Englishmen be- fore starting on his trip to Afr oA, BRITISH armies are besoms of destruc- tion and they sweep savago colonial rebels into eternity with a grim, politic which indifference civilization, BISMARCK’S second campaign for the reichstag ends next Thursday. Kaiser Wilhelm is awaiting the ult with a more breathless interest than the late chancellor, surprises modern CuBA does not buy a pound of Ameri- can flour today. Within six months she will begin buying at the rate of+1,000,000 ar, barrels a reciprocity. and all on account of A sIN rm in Toxas secures n con- tract for improving Galveston harbor, involving anexpense of nearly three and one-half million dollars, This firm it is hoped is not like the Toxan governor’s name. It ought to know when it has enough. — COLONEL JONES of St. Louis, editor of the Republic, and a member of the world’s fair commission has espoused the cause of Phocbe Couzins. This is politic anl discreat, Mr. Jones and Miss Couzins will reside in the same city after the fair is over, SENATOR KOONTZ'S bill for experi- mental farming stations at Ogallalu and Culbertson, unfortunately wont through without an appropriation. As a conse- quence the towns must either contribute the funds for carrying fo ward the pur- pose of the legislature or the idea must be abandoned. A SAVING of $5,000,000 a year in sugar makesa poor man enjoy his Sunday dinner and refloct that it was a repub- lican congress which took the duty off this necessary article. He will also re- member that the three preceding con- grosses were democratic, but they did not discover any necessity for froo sugar, NICKEL and tin, gold and silver, iron and lead have alveady been discovered in the Black Hills, and now comes the report thut quick silver has been added to the mineral resources of the te tory. Tur BEE merely repeats what it has 80 ofton said before. The Black Hills is the richest mining region i the world. OMAHA is getting ready to bocome a grain markot. o of the large ole- vator firms of the city have already an- nounced that they will provide public storage for large quantitios of grain, Lot the good work go on among grain men and also let the warchouses under class C be provided. We want a com- mission as well as grain market, ZEN GEORGE I'RANCIS TRAIN of New York city, U. S. A., hus come to the front with a powerful plea in sup- of the Italian demuand for redress. Citizen Train backs Rudini and the Italians and inveighs in his usual caustic stylo against czarism and the American plutocracy In his : or comptroller to the genoral s prophetic vision M Train sees the war cloud gathering over our horizon and an army of Italian troubadours on the way to bombard New Orleans, New York and Boston. Mr, Train is in this instunce, as ho always has been, an eccentric. Ho very natur- ally seeks to create a sensation, but we do ot helieve that the country will be- come seriously alarmed over the pros- pect of a war with Italy, TUE GOVERNMENT OF CIT1 \e growth of modern cities has beon tho marvel of the nineteenth century. Primarily this constantly increasing ten- doncy to crowd into the great cities is due the industrial revolution that has taken y since the application of steam to O land and sen and the introduction of labor saving machinery branch of industry. The ¥ no means confined on on rowth of cities is to Amerie: are grow- ing almost as rapidly as New York. The growth of Liverpool hus kept pace with that of Chicago uud Berlin has in 20 : from @ city of less than six hun- dred thousand population to over a mil- lion and a half. The perplexing problem that confroi evory great city is that of economic and eflicient munieipul gov- ernment. This problem Ras been muc more difficult of this conntry than abroad. Our municipal corporations with thoir millions millions of capital invested in storeliouses, pries ana dwellings, constant political activity. The machinery of our own city govern- nts, with its armies of salaried of- ficials and ecmployes under the control and in the hands of un- serupulous and dishonest men, becomes adangerous mennce to the well bei and pro biding citize cities grow the corruption. The experience of New York, with the Tammany braves and the Tweed ing, repeats itself in nearly every lurgo city. Spasms of reform only afford tem- porary veliof. The hypoerite who rode 1nto power on the reform wave which was to abolish taxeaters and make corporation officials perform their public duties and recog- nizo private rights, is now the paid at- torney of the same aggressive combina- tion, and he has learned at the expense of the people how bost 10 serve his p ent masters, The alderman who was the partner of the city contractor has become the agent of the franchised corporation, The thief who the fees and overcharged the for ices is in tho pen- solution in upon 10! centors of erity of taxpaying and law- And more widespr the larger the ad the st0 tuxpayers itentiary and his suceessor Is paid a sul- ary, but hypotheeates the publie funds The corporation attorney is the friend of the city official and shows how profit- abie stock in a new public or quasi pub- lic enterprise can become, provided the council will be liberal to its promoters and offers a bloek of stoc a nominal The elevatod road is built and tho councilman retires to private life wealthy, Subsequent disgrace is conted over with the giit of that social posi which wealth alone makes possibl which is too often strong enough to dis- solve private vesentments and even dishonor, The first great question in the solution of the entire problem is: How shall we receive honest administration of city affairs ? The people of all our cities with that auick apprehension of danger character- istic to Americans in public matters are spasmodically aroused. At intervals they put forth strongth and assert them- selves at the ballot and in the courts. Thus far they have only succecded in making their power feared. They have not yot been able to sccure that sustained effort which would make their will irresistible. There is some discouragement alveady and more to fol- low. It will take time, patience, educi- tion and diligency to break down the walls of an encmy behind bulwarks hastily thrown up but skilfuily ce- mented and strongly rebuilt as weak places aro exposed. To vhe thoughtful student of the sub- ject of government, the organization and methods of a successful business in- corporation afford a model which might bo ndopted to the management of city affairs, A corporation has a president, as the city a mayor. The treasurer of the city corresponds to tho cashior of the private establishment; the auditor figure. cover ount- ant; the street commissioner or chair- man of the board of public works to the manager or superintendent; the city council to the hoard of dire tors; the other city employes take other analogous placs The trouble at present is that there is too much responsibility and too much shift- ing of obligation from one to another. There is no contral authority empowered to punish thieves, miscreants, bribn takors and disreputables, or to remove men unworthy of confidence. The pro- cesses of the courts and elections rmuy bo invoked, but these are tootedious and uncertain to frighton or vestrain the corrupt. What we need ntetligent individual attention to our civil duties at home, A centralization of the governing power in the cities. Quick dotection of wrong- doing and swift retribution for the wrong-door. A fixed, unalterabls re- sponsibility for the performance of pub- lic duties upon definite departments of the government, and severe and cevtain penalties for violations of public duties, A swong, influential, non-partisan, con- servative body of our best citizens, whose business it shall be to watch public interests, restrain dishonest or in- competent oflicials from extravagance and corruption, and encourage the able, energetic and honest ones. In short, an organization full of vigor, free from immediate pecuniary interest in tax shirking or municipal legislation, bent upon purifying loeal politics and dotermined upon honest government. Nothing else can apply our present sys- tom effectually to the purposes for which it has been ereated, but which is made an engine of oppression and cor- ruption, — PRESIDENT/AL TOURS. The journey which President Har- rison is making suggests to the Phila- delphia Ledgerthat the custom has been honored by nearly overy president since Madison’s time, and while some of the tours have been rather limited, others have been quite extended. But there has been no such extensive single tr'p as the one President Harrison is making since the first presidential tour of President Monroe, This tour was really a visit of military in- spection by the commander-in-chief of the army of the United FUTE RS B § LARS AN E V! States, T DBritain he Yy recent 1 shown war with Great that the northern | frontier and the Atlantic seaboard were open 1o the incursions of the late enemy, and it was the supposed nocossity for o porsonal examination of these exposed wortions of the country, with a view to providing protection, that gave rise to tho fivat great journey of a president of the Unite ates, This oceurred in May, 1817, and M, Monroo, after visiting the states of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl- vania, Now Jersoy, Rhode Island, Con- necticut, Massachusotts, ew Hamp- shire and Maine, making no more prog- ross in o week than is now possible in a day or less, went west as far as Dotvoit, his destination, ‘and then almost the limit of northwestern eivilization, the routes westward being mostly the trails by Indians and pioneers. On his return he went through tho forests of Michi- gan and Ohio by pack horse, wagon and saddle horse travel to tho Pennsylvanis line und thenes through Maryland back to Washington, It was a most fatiguing journoy and kept the prosident on the go from the ond of May until September, more than threo months, the distance traveled boing about 2,500 miles, or less than one-third of that which tho tour of President Ha rison will and in which he will occupy o month with compavatively no fatiguing conditions to the journcy and ample time to rest avany point on the way. Washington and John Adams while in the presidential office, did not do much traveling except between their Virginia and Massachusetts homes and the then remote foderal capital at Phil- adelphia. The travels of Jefferson and Madison were also confined mainly to their journeys between their homes in Virginia and the city of Washington. General Grant's travels were over nearly the whole country, but he made numerous excursions. President Clev land’s wur extended about half the distance that I ison will go over. [t will bo seen, therefore, that although only a few of the presidents have made tours, the custom had its origin with no distinguished a man than M, Monroe and is three-quarters of a contury old. It is very likely to be regularly honoved by future presidents, DEATH OF A GREAT SOLDIER. Germany mourns the death of her greatest soldier. Americn, so recently plunged in a like sorrow, will extend her warmest sympathy to the great nation whoso unifieition and power are largely due to the splendid military genius of the man who lies dead in her capital. Among the soldiers of modern times, or indeed of all time, Count Helmuth Carl Bornhard von Moltke achieved a place among the greatest, In the estimation of his countrymen he was pre-eminent among his contemporaries, and as to Bu- rope there can be no question that he was ontitled to be so regurded, Only Ameriea may contest his claim to fivst place among tho masters of military science whom the wars of the last 30 years developed, but if we decline to be- lieve him greater than Grant and Sherman, surely no higher honor could be paid his memory than to acknowl- edge he was their peer. Moltke was born in the first year of the present century, when most of Ku- rope was agitated by the conflict of cover, arms and was soon to witness one of the most tevrible wars in his- tory. He was not five years old when Napoleon crossed the Rhine and entered upon that wonderful career of conquest which made him master of central and southern Europe, and added to the achievements of French valor the battles of Austerlitz, Jena, Eylan and Wogram. He was six yearsold whon Napoleon formed the league of Gor- manic states known as the confederation ofthe Rhine, and issued from Berlin the decree which declared the British isles in a state of blockade, confiscated all English merchandise, prohibited all commerce and spondence with that country, and ordered all Englishmen found in countries occupied by French troops to be treated as prisoners of war, He had not attained his fifteenth year when the battle of Waterloo was fought, in which the soldiers of Prussia played S0 important a part. Moltke was thus cradled and reared in the midst of mili- tary conflicts, and the boent of his genius was given the largest possible encourage- ment. He was always an ‘ardent student of the science of war, and his earlier udies were not confined to his service in the Prussian army. His advance was not sapid, hut every promotion was a recog- nition of merit and when, after a service of 33 yours he was made chief of the stafl of the whole army, his selection attested at once the wisdom and the con- fidence of the king. In this position he found the opportunity to make immortal fame as o general, The military genius of Moltke was in planning campaigns. He was a consum- mute master of strategy. This was bril- liantly shown in the war betwoen Prussia and Austria in 1866, but tho fame of the soldier rests upon the French campaign of 1870-71, which in the opinion of all students of stra- tegical science has never been excelled in complotenoss of detail and masterly arrangement. It is of course to be re- membered in considering the success of this campaign that the German army was in perfoct condition—u fact thoe eredit of which is also largely due to Von Moltko—was magnificently equipped and was imbued with that spirit which carries armies to victory, while the con- dition of the Frerch armies was in nearly cort all respects inferior and they had no such inspiration to fight. Still, without such & general as the armies of Germany had in Von Moltke they probably would not have achieved so rapid and complete a victory. The genius of the great sol- dier cannot be disparaged by any com- parison of the means at his command with thoss of the urmies he overcamo, and he merited all the honors he re- ceived, all the affoction and homage which his countrymen have shown him, and all the credit which the world has gived him. Von Moltke was born October 26, 1800, and his ninetieath birthday was celebrated throughout Germany last year with great popular enthusiasm, the occasion being marked by a notable | manifostation veteran soldi t4he esteom in which the was held by the emporor. His denth willj be universally and sin- cerely mournedNoy the German peoplo and by the sons of the fatherland eyory- where, { AS 10 FIRERPROOF BUILDINGS. During thegnduorable Chicago fire of | 1871 the oniy” Whildings that withstood | the terrific orfidal of fire were the post- office and court house, These two build- ings proved thdmselves absolutely fire proof because there was literally no com- bustible material in their make-up. In the Chicago fire and, lateron, in the great Boston fire, large blocks of granite, iron and gluss were literally demolished by fire and water, notwithstanding the fact that they had heen regarded as fire proof. The truth is, however, that absolutely fire proof buildings are still very scare in this country. It goes without saying that mo building can be classed as fire proof unless all its gir- ders and beams are wrought iron or stocl, and its voof is made of brick tile or slute resting upon a steol or iron frame. The so called slow burning buildings which have recently been constructed with fire proof tiles resting on wooden beams and joiste are not much better than the ovdinary fire traps encased in ornamental stone, brick and glass super- structures, A striking instance of the worthless- 38 of bogus fire proofing was furnished less than two months ago by the fire in the Lumber Exchange building at Minne- apolis. This imposing structure was an eleven story building, with sandstone front and elegant interior finish in mar- ble and encaustic tiling. To the unini: tiated it appeared to be absoluwely fire proof. The only combustible material isible were the window frames, base- boards, floors and doors. A fire in an adjoining five story building occupicd by an oil and paint concern shot through the roof and entered the Lumbor Kx- change through the windows of the ixth story. In less than three hours this gront building, which was sup- posed to be fire proof, was a mass of vuins interiorly and the outer walls of ne the upper stovies were badl damaged by fire and water, The fi proofing was entirely inade- quate. There were only a few iron girdors here and floors and the f wooden there to support the ) tiling between the joists afforded no protection st the devouring element. Tho great water tank under the roof stood upon wooden beams and when these were burned by the fire the tank, with its enormously heavy contents, crashed through ull the floors to the basqment. The same dis- astrous results fallowed the burning of wooden joists in several stores wherever they supported iron safes. The only portion of the Lumber Exchange that was not ruined was a new wing where wooden joists had been entirvely dis- carde The consensus of opinion based on ex- perience is that the slow burning pro- cess with fire tile sarches resting on wooden joists is & sham and cannot be depended on as a#protection against five, Such arches, moreover, are liable to cause a dangerous settling of buildings whenever the joists are attacked by dry rot. Those who really want to con- struct modern five proof buildings must o to the expense of wrought iron or steel girders and beam: THE DISASTER AT ROME, The explosion of a powder magazine in a fort near the city of Rome, with the killing and wounding of a number of per- sons and the destruction or irrcparable injury of valuable works of art in the vatican and in the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, is a calamity that invites more than passing attention. The full extent of the disaster, so faras the treas- ures of art are concerned, it may take some little time to ascortain, but the in- dications that it are is quite se- rious, and that some of the most precious works in the world, which have been the adwmiration of mankind for centuries as representing the gonius of some of the greatest mas- ters who ever lived, are altogether lost or so impaired that they cannot be re- stored. Of course those which have been destroyed cannot be replaced, and a work of art that has been damaged loses much of its interest, for no skill can fully repaiv the injury. T'he value of the treasures of art in the vatican and the great churches of Rome, with which the names of Raphael nd Michael Angelo ave inseparably as- sociated, with a hostof others hardly loss famous, cannot be expressed in dollars and conts. Their pecuniarvy worth, by any accepted method of ap- praisal, is insignificant in comparison with their educational, and perhaps it should also be said, their moral value. “They speak to this age of the mavvelous gonius, the elevated thought, the lofty aspivation, and the tireless industry of the men of past centuries, telling us that while in the conquest of materinl things we have made pr that which attunes the mind to the contem- plation of the pure and the beautiful and uplifts the soul avove the influence of sordid worldly affairs, we have fallen back, and must segk instruction and in- spiration from the generations long dead. The world of today eannot afford to part with such teachers—the products of the suprema genius of Michacl An- golo, of Raphael,” of Giotto, Bernini, 'adolini, and the many others who were contemporary with or followed them. Thoy are pricelgss, and the loss of any of them is not thap of Rome alone, or of Italy, bat the civilized world. Almost innumerable as th¢ works uf art are in the vatican and ‘in St. Peter’s, none of them can well be spared. The force of the explosion must have heen tremendous to have such results as is reported from 1t, a distanco nearly three miles away, and it is almost in- credible that such structures as the par- hament building, the vatican and the church of St. Peter should have had so great a shaking up as they are said to have received. It is to be hoped that further investigation will show that the damage to the art treasures has not been s0 great as at first reported, and will not be wholly irreparable, oress, in TiE paper that commanded the great- ost interest at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences the past woek was by Prof. Langley of the Smith- sonian institution on flying machines, The professor gave the results of a serics of experiments ho bogan about five ye ago to nscertain the possibilitios of aerial navigation, and he stated that ho had reached the conclusion that the amount of power required for artificial flight wis perfect], attainable by steam enginos we now pose sess. He had demonstrated what he characterized ns an amazing fact, that the faster you go the less it costs in power, and that a ono-horse powoer will transmit a much heavier weight at a rapid speed than at aslow one. Prof. Langley was not prepared to say that man could traverse the air, but under certain conditions and with our existing menns, 80 far as the powoer is eoncer ned, the thing was possible. The dificultios would bein getting started, in coming down to the ground again and in guid- ing one’s self througn tho air. He thought that oxperiments in nerial nav- 10n would pass out of the sphere of charlatanism and into the hands of en- gineers in ashort time, and he predicted notable results, saying that he did not quostion that man would ultimately ac- quire the knowledge of means to suc- cessfully traverse the air, A promise of this kind from such a source isen- titled to most respectful consideration, and it opens the way to wide and pleas- ing excursions of the imagination, THE most trustworthy reports and estimates from abroad continue to indi- cate that there will be an exceptional demand for American wheat this year, and the promiso is that this country will be able to supply it. If the conditions now indicated shall be realiz ers of the United States will have a measure of prosperity during the next two years groater than they have had at any time for a number of years pust, and it would seem that in any event, assum- ing that this yoar's crop will not ex- the average for several years, American farmers are assured a gen- erous return for their industry. The outlook for the agricultural intorest of the country appears altogether hopeful, and this carries with it the promise of prosperity to all interests AN organization of Wl estate owners can make its influence ver) Omaha. ment, for the encouragement of manu- facturing industries, for the reduction of taxes, for an equitable assessment of property and for ridding the city of boodlers. Give it a hearty support and make it asucce THE ordinance changing the fire lim- its recently established appears to be a very fair one and if passed will be gen- erally satisfactory. [t exempts somo by- streets formerly included from the reg- ulations regarding the construction of wooden buildings, but includes all im- portant thoroughfares in the central part of Omaha. CARRYING coals to New Castlc has long been a common paradox. Now we read ofa strange thing. American vines are grafted on the Madeira prevent phylloxera and mak grapes to sood wine. PRESIDENT BALMACEDA of Chili has sent his message to congress, I'rom its length and details he appears to regard it as the last he may be called upon to deliver, LA Grirre is French only in ovigin it is Russian and it has gone home to plague the people who first tried to throw it off. Tue deplorable lubor troubles in the coke regions of Pennsylvania are appav- ently as far from settlement as ever. 010 makes the twenty-fifth state to adopt the Australiun ballov law, and 50 election reform roves on, Fostering Car Pittsburg Post. Secratary Foster is to be the political man- ager of the Harrison campaign for renomina- tion and re-election. He has greater capa than Quay and a better reputation. - buth Responds the President. Petersburg Inder-Appel (Dem). It must be admitted that the speechos thus far made by President Harrison in the south bave created o decidedly favorable impres- sion, and that his reception has boen as cor dial, even enthusiastic, as he could have looked for in the most radical republican strongholds, The § A Mind of His Own, Hastings Nebraskan. Itis not because Governor Boyd is a bad domocrat that he is abused by some of the democratic newspapers and leadess of the party, but because he is not a pliaut tool His veto of the rate bill shows hima man of judgment and one who proposes to assert his independence of democratic intrigues, Boyd has opinions of his own hey Know H m. rand Island Independont. The majority of the independents do not open their arms very wide to receive Vander- voort, the ofl room manipulator and corpora tion capper, who has drawn sustenance from the republicnn party and from tho railroads for who left the republican party only when forci bly shaken from the public teat by Postmas- ter General Wanawaker. The mdependents are able to see through his disguise, and also through his motives, and are suspicious enough not to take him into full fellowshin or confidence, They will not give him the socret grip or password to the inside temple | for some moons to come, lest he may proye to be merely playing spy for the railroads. - AMATEUR GARDE, ING, Somerville Journal, Bring out the rusty garden rake, Hunt up the hoo and spade, For spring is here and it is time To have the garden made. Your wife will lean upon tho fence And wateh you while you work. She's always prompt to give advice, She'll never let you shirk Don't waste your time in tryine to tell The bulbs from worthloss weeds Dig them all up, that's easiest, and You'll noed the room for seeds, Work hard man, you won't break your back, | Though you may fear you may Don't stop to lean upou your spade— “Think whot your wife will say. Then when yvou've got the garden dug, ‘The seeds all out of sight, You'd better hire a gardencr To do it over right. potential in | It is a move for better govern- | in name; | more than a quarter of 4 century, and | (FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Over Ninoty Thousand Dollars of tho Re- lief Fund Already Paid Out. PAPERS ISSUED FOR AN ILLINOIS CRI AL An Interesting Infnnction Case Post- poned for Two Weeks—N an Attempted Murder— Odds and Ends, Lixcony, Neb, April 25, ‘Cie Bee,]—Today the stato sion paid up ail grain bills | ceroals sent to the needy farmers. Alto | gothor over £90,000 has beon paid out for | &rain and potatoos and the freight there on, There yet remains unpaid bitls that have not | yet been presented which will amoant to about #7800, The freight on tho commodi ties sent out amounts to §),645,18, Thoro re- mains only about £2,00)in the fund which the relief commission will expend in grain or potatoes, as tho case may depend. There | is Just now a great demand for potatoos, and | the money will probably be used to supply that domand. The committeo will meot the [Spocial to velief commis- presentod for i | | | latter part of noxt weok and eloso up the work as far as grain purchases are con- cor The committeo has been making stronuous endeavors to seeure a reduction in froight rates, but the railroad managers do not take kindly to the proposition, POSTPONED FOI Ty The hearing of the injunction brought by E. W, Hutchison, jr, to restrain Jennio Green and Edson Rich, her attorney, from disposing of somo notes he claims belongs to him, has been postponed for two woeks. There is a complicated story bebind the case. which will probably come out on the hes E. W. Hutchison, jr. is a wealthy living near Ashland, but latterly has the greater part of his_timo m Lincoln. His sons, E. W, and J. G. Hutehison, are fearful that the old gentloman, who has_the reputa. tion of being a tively old man and inclined to ound with the boys, will waste his suv bought some land of the father WEEKS, wrmer spent or at least the old man_says tho notes w for him, but s son, who has the same ini tials, claims the uotes belong to him, and that he simply gave thom to his father to deposit n tho savings bank for him. The old gon- tleman, he says, deposited them in the Lin coln safe deposit, and wave the key to Mrs Jennie Gugen, with whom the old mav ap: pears to be on friendly terms, and who has been his banker for some time, it is said As soon as tho sons turned the notes over to Mrs, Green's keop- ing they swore out this_izjunction, but from tho affidavit of Iidson Rict, now on file, they were too late. Mr. Rich says the notes were given him at 9 a. m. April G, three hours be re the injunction was sworn out, for sale or coilection. He sold the notes, he ¢ he next day to an innocent purchaser, who ro. sold them to a man from Saunders county. "This last transaction was made at ten min- utes to 3 o'clock on Thursday, and forty min- utes aftorwards the injunction on him was served. Whe case will have ahoaring May 0. PINALLY RUN O EARTIL Governor Boyd issued requisition or Byron Itose, who is now at Alex anduia, Thayer county. Rose is wanted in Oquawka, Henderson county, 1L, where he 15 churged with criminally “assaulting Mary N. Watson, the danghter of Henry C. Wai- sou. heard that he had "Tod paners NOT AN ATTEMPTED MURDER. The case of S. E. Swigart, who was charged with shooting with mtent to kill William 1. Bullock, a neighbor, was held bo- fore Justice Foxworthy. It appeared that Bullock had been simply struck over tho neck. His honor fined Swigart $1 and costs. THE MAPS OF BOYD COUNTY, Mr. A. Schlegel, the draughtsmen in the land commissioner’s-oftice, left today for St Paul, Howard county, to deliver to Mossrs, Paul'& Harvey, tho surveyors of the new county of Boyd, the township maps of Boyd county. These maps are to be forwardod to the eeneral land ofiice at Washington for ap- proval. STATE HOUSE CHAT. Labor Comnnssioner Andres has_recoived an invitation to attend the cighth annual convention of labor commissioncrs at Phila- delphia May 17, and has aceepted. State Oil Inspector Heumrod has entered apon the dutics of his office with his charac- teristic vim. If there have been any abuses or neglect in the inspection of oils” ho pro- poses to command a hait. Ho has alveady scanued his field of labor over and is now pondertng in his mind whether or not the railroads in the state do not also come within his jurisdiction. He 15 inclined to belicvo that they do, and after satisfying nimsetf that thoy do he will bring those corporations to time the same as any other persons handiing oils. Ho pronoses to wage the same spirited warfare against in- ferior oils thet he did against rotten cedar blocks while a member of the Omaha board of public works. ODDS AND EXDS, Persons entitled to receive bounty on wild animals, can now draw what is due them by catliug 'upon the county clork before the $15,000 appropriated by the legislature is ex hausted. Mrs. Jennio Marsh, wife of W. W. Marsh, died this morniug at the Capital hotel of ner’ vous prostration, after an illness of wi She was nged forty-two years, this remains were taken over the Eikhorn afternoon to her home in DeKalb, 111 The remains of Mrs, J. F. Morris wore taken to hor old home at_Youngstown, O., over the Burlington this afternoon. Judge Stewart was engaged this morning in hearme the ease of John Graham vy corge Williams for couversion of property valued at 825, Nels Anderson, aged twenty wdrew Christiansen, and Mary uty, duughter of Nels ited liconso o wed today. R 4 An Omaha Artist's Work. Mr. Albert Rothery, whose work in the last exhibition of the Western Avt associa tion received the recozmtion of « medal and | was so very highly praised by the general public, is the recipient of the following notico from the Quincy (11L.) Journal Two paintings have hoen town recently from Mr. Alhe our, son of Nelsou, agod Porson, ' wero tw ved in this ounery, for- “bunch of cother is the head of an Tho work on both p ctures I la_France roses. old man-—u study shows a skillod hand The rose pieture 1san_ exquisito thing, The roses 1o soft and looso und free. 1 ro 110 shirp outlines —no rizia colors, The lines are soft and indistinet and dreamy. Tho ietire is adelizhtfuly graceful and 1118 as Sweet a lit ever soen. The tonel o gh the lit that will never lose ts de poetieal little flower piece as we \d soul of genius m. 1t isa pletur icious charm od - thing—ns piece as duy is from n oold soldier. The ek from the for slen. shirt si The deaw it fron the Howor It 18 the head W night. soft. wool hat is th nead, und an old about tho neck and sk loring are bot Id, artlsic Mr. Rothery is the most ambitions painter whom The man started ont ten years 420 detormined to suceced--and he has sie 1 Tlo is | younz-but hestands at the head of his pro- Ho his sinceroly many frionds in rejoiee over his I Tossion fn Omaha Quiney who will Succes — “Restival of Days. " Thero will be a “Pestival of Days" held on tho lower fioor of the Ramge building, Fif- teenth and Harney streots, on Thursday afternoon and evening of this week, given by the ladies of the Parish Aid society of Prin- ity cathedral The ladies have been working hard for many weeks malking useful and faucy arti cles for tuis sale, which thoy hope will provi attractive and saleable, “Monday's" booth will be presided over by Mrs. Yates, Mrs W. Page, Mrs. Motcalf and Mrs. Atchi son, assistod by other members of the Alter guild, and will have for sala all the paraphernalia belouging o “wash day." “Tuesdays’ booth will have all things ap pertaiuing to ironing day, such as ironing boards, iron holders, long_white aprons, and other usofur articles. Mrs. Byron Iteed Mrs. Wessols and othor membors of th Woman's Auxiliury” will have charge of this booth, prasided over by Mrs, Potter, prosis dent Wednesday heing mending day, ladios will find wll sorts of wseful things for sule here, such as sewing aprous, button bacs, ete, This booth will b ton, Mrs, Peck, A and Miss Mc arird of Mrs. Popples rs. Chase, Miss Possio Yate: o Trursday boing rocoption day, ico crenm and eako witl bo in demiand, while damty cups fitled with de livious tea will be served by 1y matrons and maids, Mes, Lovi Carter, Mys. Barka- low, Mrs, Hill, Mrs. Ayres, Mrs, Muir and Mrs. Kirkondall will see that rofreshmonts are sorved in proper style. I'riday is swoop. ing dav; hero vall bo found muny styles o ! sweoping caps and many other things b tended ty make this dag’s work moro | ant and easier, Mrs, Johnson, Mrs. Gouid, Mrs. Love, Mrs. MeCormick, Mrs, Smith ] and Miss G. Chambers have charge of this oth, Saturduy being baking _day, Mrs, arton, Mrs, Popploton, Mrs. Yutes, Mrs, wkson, Mrs, Pritchott, Mrs, B, Smith, Mrs. B. Caldwell, Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. o McKenna will sell tho duinties from this ¥~ booth. The room will put on a gala-day dvoss and in the evening the Guards' b will delight the ear with swoot sounds, - - WERE TOO CAUTIOUS, stoflice Tnspe he A reward of £500 arrests J. ¢ ors Allow a Big Rohe o Escape., . waits the lucky Kelley, alias Frank Gavan, wlo is wanted for burglavizing the postofiice at Albuquerque, N. M., and stealing 15,000 Kelley was scen standing in front of tho foderal building in Council Bluffs yesterday by a couple of postoffice inspectors, but fore arresting him thoy thought it best to o and take another look at the description so us to be sure he was the right man, and when man who they retuened to nab him he was goue. It is believed ho came to this side of the rive il 1 the detectives are turning tho towa upsido down to find bim, P s The Ladies' Musical Society, Murs, J. W. Cotton and her pupils will give a recital under the auspices of the Ladies' Musical socioty Wednesday at 2330 p. ., the ‘ programme being as follows ? Come to Me Denza ME WhicEry, {1 On Wings of Sweetoest Mu 410 Oben Thou, My Tove o Mendolssolin Thy Blue Eyes senet Miss Coon [} { Spohir Miss Clarkson Mr. Boresford. $a AR! Tis a Droam i ] f t Patria... b Madrigal. Von Weher O Fatima—Aben ifus M Ernani Involami Er Miss Oliver ya My Hoart, at Thy Sw b Delila Verdi t Volco. g Moollor O Earth, Farewell— ALl Sumpson ; Saint Sacns Nrd Miss Clarkson and Me, Wherry Springtide Verd ; Wikedo Miss Porterticld. Air 3 " Gttt ¥ Miss Cook Ite Was o Prince weeeer JLynos NS Hidiop Octetto ~Appronch of Spr Gado First Sopr Miss Ofiver Secoud s 1. Miss Clarkson, First Altos—Miss Ball. Miss Porterficid, Sccond Altos—Mrs. Mouilr. Miss Bishop. County Matters, Thirty minutes suficed for the county commissioners’ regular weokly moeting yes terday. Bids for grading Park stroet wero roferred. A request for tho privilege to erect a stand at the northeast corner of tho ourt house grounds, from which President nted. Dr. King, Harrison may spenk, was gr: the assistaut couuly physician, was dis- missed. Tho reason given is that Dr. Keogh, tho county physician, Dr. King will step down and out May 1. 1. W. Edgerton was appointed an do’ all of the work, justice of the peace for West Omaha precinct, and $20 was appropriated to help defray the ex- penses of a widow and her two children Wi desire to sail for Novway, pe i PASSING J i s, Texas you do fired Siftings: Iudignant Landlord —It 't pay up, out you go. I'll have you right ot into the street, bag and ag- gage. You haven't pald in six months, Delinquent Tenant—Don't do that. I'll > disgraced in the eyes of the neighbovs, tather than have you fire me out, I'd staud you raising the rent from 320 to $0 a monti, THRY STOULD GO TO CHURCIL Delta County Labore The Delta boys snould all refuse T'o play baseball on Sunday ; For when they do—in comes the news Of their defeat on Mouday. New York Weekly: Mrs, hotol)—That couple try to act been married for years, but on their wedding tour. pove (aba s if they had L know they ara M. Guess not. M ©s they are. Ho gave her the tenderloin of the steak. Drake's Magazine mething that can receive o blow, even when i a heated condi- tion, without returning it, although it does sometimes flare up a littlo—a lighted lamp, Chicago Tribune: Thestatement is made by a Young Men's Christian association ofMicial that Ihnois has 720,000 young men, of whom half a million do not tend church vices. If this be true it must be that a million young women are not using their influence as they should, P - Binghamton Republican: Rewards are of- fered for designs for the new silver dollar, Most people have desigus on the aollar, but the dollar itself to them is a sufiicient ro- ward. Indianapolis Journal: She—A veuny for your thoughts, Ho -But they are worth their weight in gold. She—Well, a halt penny, then. New York Recorder: “What is repent- | ance!” asks o contomporary. As a rulo, re- pentance is being sorry when it is too late to do any good. New York Herald: Smythe—Why do you say that thero is no field” for Desk's new neriodicalt Tompkins ~Ho announces in tho number that it witl be devoted to hot ties, initial v poli- Munsey's Weekly: Spartacus—Do yvou ovor put on the gloves! i Adolphus -0, yes. Every timea girl will let me. Tafe the *And as the maid did door, my grandfather v proposed ' And did your grandfather never marry ot come to went away and Indianapolis Jour Yabsley—What was the nature of the misunderstanding between i you and Vickars ! \ Mudge—The imsunderstanding was all on y side. 1 understood that 1 who could b Vickars was a kicked with impunity, e W. Oaks of Sioux Falls, by lightuing eighteen yoars ago and has b blind ever siuce, has just had au operation performed on his eyes that bas restored his " PRICE DELICIOUS Flavoring Extracts. - NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS . \Ifmilll. =\ Of perfect purity. emon -| of great strength. o""” A Economy in their use. 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