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Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

JaIEOn, benjamin LynC, OF 81. Louis, Right
Worthy Assistant Grand Matron, Mrs.
Mary c. Smedder, of Kansas City; Right
Worthy Assistant Grand Patron, ]. r. DON
mel, of Greenbier, Ark; Most Worthy Sec
retary, Mrs. Lorraine ]. Pitkin, OF Chicago;
Most Worthy Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Har-
riet A. Everbrick.
Riddled with Bullets.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), September 9th
Deputy Sheriff King Vann went out this
morning to arrest negro named John
Steele al Walkers Station, few miles from
the city on the Enslee Dummy line. In
sight of crowd of people John defied ar
rest and killed Vann with double bar
relied shotgun. The negro fled but posse
caught him.
His dead body was riddled with bullets
and is now undergoing an Investigation at
the hands of the Coroner.
A Texas Desperate.
WooDvILLE (Tex.), September 9th =
Deputy Sheriff Rhodes, of Polk county,
and Constable Welterson, of Tyler county,
were killed at Warren Thursday morning,
while attempting to arrest man named
John Bell, said TO be cattle thief The
officers were shot through the head and
died Immediately. Bell remained on the
battlefield for nearly an hour, aud pre-
NSHISu ANY DOuS lIOu ISLlONiuS Tue u6du
bodies until he saw fit to leave them.
English Capital.
PITTsBURG, September 9th. = H. D.
Porteous, an English capitalist and one of
the largest importers OF American flour at
Liverpool, is authority for the statement
that there is not a tradesman in England
who knows any of the men who compose
these English brewery syndicates, etc.
None of the big business men of Liverpool,
London, or any other of the large cities
know anything about such transactions,
therefore he classes the stories as absurd.
Absconding Secretary.
CHICAGO, September 27th.-I. N Morgen-
stein, Secretary of the Polish National AL
lance, an endowment insurance organiza-
ton, is reported tonight as having alb
seconded with about $4,000 of the company s
funds. He is also Secretary of two Polish
building associations, and fears have been
expressed that they also are out.
The Cronin Case.
CHICAGO, September 27th.-The session
of Court in the Cronin trial to-day was
principally occupied with arguments on
Kunze's motion for a bill of particulars
The Court reserved its decision. No Jurors
were secured.
They Favor Chicago.
CHICAGO, September 27th-The members
of the Utah Commission have adopted
elaborate resolutions advocating Chicago as
the location for the Worlds Fair. The
members are all from different States.
Death of an ex-Congressman.
READING (Pa.), September 27th.-Wm
Loughbridge, ex-Congressman from Iowa
died last night on South Mountain, ter
miles above Reading, where he had beer
for the benefit of his health.
Fan Lawn Stock Farm Sold.
LEXINGTON (Ky), September 9th. :
| Smith McCann, past owner of the trottinl
stallion Red Wilkes, to-day bought thu
| late General Withers' Fan Lawn stoci
| farm for $105,0O0.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
TIE REPORT DENIED

MILWAUKEE, September 27th II dis
patch from Bessemer, Mich tonight pre-
nounces untrue the report that Reimund
Holzhay, well known as the "lone high
wayman of Wisconsin," has escaped.
Great excitement was caused by finding
two small steel saws in his cell. This cir
cumstance. doubtless led to the iail-delivery
story
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
ANOTHER ACCoUNT.

PALATrNE BRIDGE IN. W September
2Sth.-2A M.-The st. Louis express No.
5. which left Albany at 1G o'clock last
night, met with bad accident about two
miles east of here about midnight. The
first section broke down and stopped for
repairs. The rear brakeman was sent
back to signal the second section.
The first section was made up Of bag
gage, mail, express and three passenger
cars, packed with people, and a Wagner
sleeper on the end. The crash was terrific
The second section telescoped into the first
section, knocking out the lights and plung-
ing everything into darkness Up 10 this
hour q A. NJ four bodies have been taken
out OF the sleeper and it is feared that the
total number of deaths will run up to
twenty five and possibly more, as the car
was full. 1t is difficult to get particulars
at this hour
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
Order of Eastern Star.

INDIANAPOLIS (Tnd.), September 9th
The Order OF Eastern Star to-day elected
and installed the following officers: Most
Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. Nettie Rens-
ford, of Indianapolis; Most Worthy Grand
Patron, Benjamin Lynd, of st. Louis; Right
Worthy Assistant Grand Matron, Mrs.
Mary c. Smedder, of Kansas City; Right
Worthy Assistant Grand Patron, J. r. DON
mel, of Greenbier, Ark; Most Worthy Sec
retary, Mrs. Lorraine ]. Pitkin, Of Chicago;
Most Worthy Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Har-
ri A Er,nrhrinhr
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
DEArH ON THE RAIL.
A Passenger Gar TeIescoped Last Night
IN New York.

ALBANY IN. W, September 25th.-The
first section of the st. Louis express was
run into tonight at Palstine bridge by the
second section and the rear car telsscoped
There is no night telegraph office at Pala-
tine bridge and the details are hard 10 get.
relief train with physicians has been
sent The train wrecked is one which goes
via Niagara Falls and Michigan Southern
route. special from Cansjoharie says
great excitement prevails, sud that the dead
are estimated at from twenty TO thirty.
ALBANY, September 2Sth.-3 A. M.-lEu-
theatic information received here says fear
persons were killed in the accident at
Palatine Bridge, three men and onewomau.
Engineer Horth of the Albany, had both
legs broken. The Superintendent has is
sued orders that the injured be conveyed
to the hotels and taken care of.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
THE BRIGAND AGAIN FREE.
The Notorious Michigan Murderer and
Stage Robber Breaks Jail.

BEssEMER (Mich.), September 27th.-The
Geogebic stage robber, Reimund Holzhay,
otherwise known as Black Bart" to-
gether with several other prisoners, made
their escape from the county Jail here this
morning. He was arrested some days ago
for holding up the Geogebic stage and muir
dering one of its occupants, The Sheriff
called out posse TO pursue the fugitive,
and telegraphed to all neighboring points
to intercept him. Bloodhounds have been
telegraphed for to take the trail
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
In FOREIGN LANDS.
Prices Of COttan Still Steadily Ed
VanGinS in England.
THE STRIKERS IN ROTTERDAM.
Headed by Socialist Leaders They
Parade the Streets and De-
maA,d More Wages.
eorroN srEouLArrens.

layneIAt DagA ArcHEs TO THE BxooRD-Unos
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
,NsTBrrcT1VE To LAWMAKERS


We present to the legislature care
fully compiled statement which embod-
les a history OF the state university
from its foundation to this day, de-
tailed exhibit OF the appropriations
made for its maintenance, and an
analysis OF the practical results achieved
by the institution. This exhibit will
be instructive TO our lawmakers. Few,
IL any, OF them are familiar with the
history OF the university and the
enormous levy that the taxpayers OF
this state have been subjected TO for an
institution of learning that was designed
TO be self-sustaining by its founders.
Fully three-fifths OF this large fund is
paid in direct taxes by the farmers and
other laboring classes of the state. The
vast amount OF Sl37 $50 for the current
two years, is taken directly from the
pockets of the farmers and laboring
men of Nebraska. What is done with
this great sum of money! 1t is used to
endow chairs of Greek and Sanskrit,
of logic and philosophy, OF biology
and zoology, of music and the
llnc drJS' "A lbTpe ptTJ vi ~ 10 uScu W
keep the Latin school going. The
Latin school is mere high school in
the university. Its sole object is to
prepare students to enter the college.
This school, together with the schools
of music and art, gives instruction to
more than one half of the students in
the university. What business
has the university to provide this
institution? There are now about thirty
union schools in the state that are do
ing this same work. 1t is their business
so do it. 1t is the business OF the uni
versity not to do it,
1t is clear that If these high school
departments were abolished, along with
half dozen of the professorshipsw which
teach subjects not within its proper
sphere, the university Of Nebraska
could to-day do its own proper
and legitimate work, and do it
thoroughly and well. 1t could do this
work without calling on the people of
the state to raise dollar by taxation
for the support OF the university.
1t will require some courage, and the
exercise of moral purpose for the mem-
bers of the legislature to meet this
question. But with those qualities in
spring them they can settle it right,
and settle it now.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
NOT HARMONIOUS,

Washington advlces report a serious
division in the cabinet regarding the
course the government should pursue
in the Samoan controversy. 1t is UNDER
stood that Secretary Whitney and Post
master General Dickinson are IN favor
Of serving an Immediate warning upon
Germany that further Interference in
the internal affairs of Samoa would be
regarded as violation OF our rights
and the agreement with Germany, and
would be resented by the United States.
Secretary Bayard does not agree with
this view, and the other members of
the cabinet are said to concur with him.
The president is believed to incline to
the side of Whitney and Dickinson.
There is probably nothing in the rumor
that either the secretary OF state or
secretary of the navy will retire from
the cabinet by reason of difference of
opinion on this matter. The president
has submitted the subject to congress,
saying in doing so that executive au-
thority had been exerted to the extent
of it's constitutional Limitation, and fur
ther proceedings will doubtless await
the instructions of congress. What
is now wanting is accurate knowl-
edge regarding the character
of the agreement between this country
and Germany, So that our rights may
be clearly understood, and resolutions
have been introduced in the house ask
ing for this information. Until con-
gress obtains the desired information,
if it shall be deemed IN the public in
terest to give it, it does not appear that
anything more can be done than has
been done. The government has dis
patched ships of war to Samoa to pro-
tect American citizens there, and this
is as far as executive power can go.
The request made by the secretary of
the navy of the secretary of
state for definite statement
of policy that would enable him to
give clear instructions to the naval
commander sent to Samoa appears en-
tirely proper, yet the reference OF the
whole matter to congress by the presi-
dent may fairly be held to have re-
lieved the state department of any obli-
cation to define policy for the govern
ment, further than what was already
indicated in the communication to con-
gress by the president. The most Sc
rious fault of Secretary Bayard appears
to be in not having given congress as
full information as thore is reason to be-
lieye he might have done, but it
was quite as much the duty of
the president rs OF the secretary of
state to see that congress was placed in
possession of all the information nee
essary to intelligent action. 1t is not
probable that the differences of opinion
in the cabinet in this matter will cause
any member of the administration to
resign.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29

THE political situation in France as
sumes fresh interest from the unex-
pected and overwhelming victory of
Boulanger in Sundays election, in con-
sequence OF which ministerial crisis is
threatened. This renewed and aston
ishing attestation of the popularity Of
the successful candidate is only to be
accounted for rs an expression of the
popular hostility to Germany, of which
Boulanger is the most conspicuous rep
resentative. Except this he has moth
ing to commend him to the confidence
and support of the people. AS mill
tary man his record presents not
one notable achievement, and he
has made no mark in the
chamber Of deputies except as an
obstructionist and disturber. But he is
believed to be "a thorough hater OF Ger
many, and in full sympathy with the
patriotic desire that France will some
day get even for the disastrous conflict
of eighteen years ago, and this COM
mends him to the popular favor. A
stronger man than Boulanger has
shown himself to be in the ability to
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29

in the numerous and questionable de-
vices employed to secure business. And
this, it would appear, has been the
habit Of most railroad presidents.
But is such limited responsibility as
Mr.. Perkins confesses to, all that the
stockholders in railroad have
reasonable right to expect OF the man
whom they place in control OF their in
terests2 Is it sufficient that the head
of a great corporation, having in his
charge the investments OF a large num-
Der of people, shall simply decide the
question of carrying on business
and leave wholly to irrespon-
sible subordiuates the matter
of determining the methodist The
railroad presidents who are endeavor-
ing to effect an arrangement to pre-
vent rate wars, and professedly to Sc
cure the enforcement OF the inter-sta tie
law, evidently do not think so. 1t is q
vital part of the proposed agreement
that railroad presidents shall concern
themselves with the class OF details
which they have heretofore neglected,
and the neglect of which has admittedly
been in no small degree the cause of
many of the difficulties in the railroad
situation. The discovery was made
that irresponsible subordinates are apt
to be faithless and untrustworthy, end
that they have no regard for legal OBJ
legations and restrictions. Investiga
tion has shown that they have been
quite generally guilty of the most per-
nicious practices. In order to remedy
this, railroad presidents propose to very
materially curtail the authority OF SUBJ
ordinates, and in future to take the di-
rection of certain matters entirely out
of their hands. Although it is to be
inferred from his letter that Mr..
Perkins does not have very great
faith in the efficacy and perma-
nence of the proposed arrangement,
being one OF those who believe that
railroads should be left to work out their
own salvation subject only to the nat
ural laws of trade, we believe he has be-
come u party to it. In this he has at
least shown a commendable willingness
to enlarge the scope of his responsible
ties.
The greater interest which railroad
stockholders are taking in their proper
ties is reassuring. 1t is a good thing
for investors to occasionally demand an
accounting from those who are en-
ployed to protect their property. More
of this on the part of railroad stoclhold
holders might help materially toward
the solution of the railroad problem.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
The Anti.Gcrman Fuss.

1t is an open question whether all the anti
German fuss now being made over Somoa,
so far as it concerns any rupture of the rela-
tions between the United States and Ger
many, is not an effort to build mountain
out of a molehill. So far as any treaty obli-
cations between this country and Samoa are
concerned, even accepting the most radical
view of them, they amount to nothing more
than the benevolent expression of friendly
interest in the future welfare of these un-
breeched islanders, sufficient to keep coal
ing station there for the advantage of trade
with those little specks of islands in the
midst of the Pacific which we do not yet
possess,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
The Bounty Craze.

Senator Vest, Of Missouri presented the
following unique petition in the senate re-
Gently from one of his constituents:
To the Senate of the United States: l.
Henry S. Chase, resident of ST. Louis,
Mo-, in behalf of myself and other dentists
of the United States who may think as / do,
respectfully ask you to give bounty of 81
on each tooth filled by dentists for the pres
ervation of those teeth, in order to encour-
age an honest industry and thereby cncour-
age competition among dentists, which will
lower prices to patients and more
over encourage immigration of den
fists from all parts of the world
to this country, thereby making a bet
ter market for all the agricultural and other
products of home industry, the cash for this
purpose to be taken out of the general treas.
ury of the United States for the purpose
aforesaid.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
woRKiNGMAN's OPINION.
lie ouiccts to the Dlctators and Poiit
iCal BOsses.

ttut buN-tts
Omaha, Jan. 2S.-To the Editor OF
THE BEE: Your correspondent is an
outsider, having no property in Omaha,
in fact, in no way Interested whore tho
city hall may be located. But l think
It's about time the workingmen aud the
honest taxpayers OF Omaha should pull
the mask of this would-be dictator OF
the public affairs of the city. Is not he
the same person who is sometimes found
in the commissioners office, daring the
board TO help out any enterprise for the
good OF the community unless he is con-
suited or in some way interested him
sclf2 BY his bulldoling tactics he de-
featcd the possibility OF n rail
road to the north because he was
not in the deal. What has
this John Kelly ever done for Omaha
that the people of this city will do his
bidding? The man, who in his own
words calls the workingmon who rests
in Jefferson square lot OF loafers aud
bummers. | wonder what he will call
tho same men on election day when he
will want them to vote for his pct
scheme? HIS first argument in the
World is without one commcndablo fea-
turc-for instance, he says: Never
erect II beautiful public building behind
private business houses for the benefit
of the latter to the detriment of the
public" Where, oh, where, are the
business houses near the location on
Farnam? But the following passage
caps the climax: Great care that poll
ticians and speculative interests do not
prejudice your location against public
INTEREST,"" This passage alone is enough
to make q brass monkey shed tears of
shame. Has this great advocate of JEFF
fcrson square ever travelled much in his
time or is he posted as to where public
buildings ought TO be erected. | think
not. How many visitors coming to
Omaha would ever think of going north
to Jefferson square for the purpose OF
looking at city hall? 1t might as
we'll be in Council Bluffs, so far rs
visitors are concerned, us on jefferson
square. Every city of note east and in
Europe has its principal street, and it
is their object to have that street as at
tractive as possible with their public
buildings erected on the same. For
instance, remove four or five of the Dest
buildings from Farnam street and scat
ter them north, south, east and west
and then what would the street look
like? Why don't the Jefferson square
dictator hold that beautiful
place for the new postotlice
if it is so centrally located
as he would have us believe? | do not
want to use any argument why all pub
lie buildings should be convenient to
each other, as every intelligent man in
Omaha knows they ought to be. Nor do
| want to say that few political dicta-
tors for mercenary motives are deter
mined to remove the city hall from
Farnam street. but do want to say to
the honest workingman, do not allow
yourselves to be classed with the disre-
putables who will he hired to do the will
of their masters, but vote like intelli-
gent men, and refuse to be dictated to
by the wouldbe political bosses.
a WORKINGMAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
THE MANAGERS ATFAULT.


A letter of President Perkins, OF the
Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy road,
written to a stockholder who had evil
IDENTIFY presented at length his views of
railroad management, is interesting
for its frank avowai that if railroad
managers are to blame for the existing
situation, it is the head men and not
the subordiuates. While confessing
that he has not given orders about the
details of the road OF which he is the
head, and does not even know in detail
what has been done, Mr.. Perkins new
ertheless assumes the entire RESPONSE
bility for the management OF the road
for the reason that he has not
taken it out of the field Of COM
petition. In other words, he has al
lowed the road to go on doing business
under methods and practices devised by
his subordinates, such as were de-
commission, without troubling himself
to ascertain the character OF these con-
trivances, whether they were lawful or
in contravention OF law. Having de-
termined to remain in the field of com
petition, the president of the Burling-
ton appears to have left pretty much
everything else to the determination of
his subordinates, evidently with full con-
iidence in their ability to go as far as the
subordipates Of any competing railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29
jim CREIGHTON,S CARAVAN.

The tactics pursued by the supporters
OF Jefferson square in their effort to cre-
ate public sentiment in favor of their
scheme are simply disgraceful. A cara
van consisting of some forty old strik
ers, heelers and bummers are marched
under the lead of Jim Creighton and
John B. Furay from ward to ward. and
meetings called by the citizens to dis
cuss the city hall question are over
awed and bulldozed by this gang of lung
testers into voting ready-made resolu-
tions in favor of Jefferson square.
The same gang that Carried"
the resolutions on Friday in North
Omaha monopolized the meeting in the
Second ward Saturday, and after freez-
ing out the citizens of that ward, Scar
ried" the handme-down resolutions
unanimously for Jefferson square.
The most disgraceful part of these
performances is the fact that Jim
Creighton's caravan also drags along to
each of these meetings from fifteen to
twenty employees of the postoffice, with
poor Mr.. Overall as the head Of the pos
tai contingent. We are credibly in
formed that these postal carriers and
clerks have been dragOOned into this
service by threats of dismissal, and are
made to tramp around the city after
hard days labor out Of fear Of losing
their positions.
On Sunday several thousand of the
Jefferson square pamphlets were
handed out by clerks of the postoffice
to patrons who called for their mail.
These pamphlets were not directed to
any particular person. and were not
stamped. On the face of it this is
high-handed violation of the postal
laws. But jim Creighton is now post
master of Omaha, with his son-in-law
holding the commission. They expect
within two months to vacate that
Office, and they are using its power and
patronage regardless of law or common
decency.
To cap the climax the influence of the
board of public works is being used to
reinforce Jim Creighton and his mer-
cenary cohorts. The board of public
works is made up of three members,
but Furay and Balcombe, who prac-
ically constitute the board, are openly
engaged in engineering the repudia-
tion campaign. Contractors and in
spectors are given to understand in
plain language that they will IN
cur the displeasure of the board
of public works if they dare to actively
favor the retention of the city hall on
Farnam street. Instead of attending to
their official duties, for which all
classes of citizens are taxed, Balcombe
and Furay are devoting their energies
and time to concocting plots and coun-
ter-plots by which the election shall be
carried in favor OF the jefferson square
site. Omaha has witnessed many cam
paigns, but never has official position
been prostituted in such fragrant man
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-29

Mr.. FURAY rendered Councilman
Hascall lot in North Omaha if he
would only take up his residence in
that part of town. ''People IN our part
of town will receive Mr.. Hascall with
open arms" said Mr.. Furay. "They
appreciate man who is broad enough
not to be sectional" Talk is cheap,
soft soap plenty, but how much support
did Hascall get from North Omaha and
the Jefferson square boomers when he
was running for senator last
fall? Did not Bailey and Couns-
man, who are the special
champions OF city hall removal, trade
Hascall of for a mess of pottage only
three weeks ago when the council was
reorganizedp Furay and his followers
remind us of the professional beggar,
who always cries, "Give, give, give"
but refers you to the Lord for your pay
with his blessing.