Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1882, Page 4

§ NSRRI [party teasht Thes oratory The Omaha Bee. 2oy triee o st hare Soo- | patriotism - a‘ml dear of A'hnh?; our there shoul » dishonest distinction TRRMS BY MAIL— in the assessment of corporate Yose....810 00 | Thres Months. 83,00 B Nonthe.. 5.0 | One Month- 1.00 CHE WEEKLY BER, published every ‘Weinesday. TERMS POST PAID— Year......$2.00 | Three Months. 50 R’u..u.....;.m OneMonth.... 20 AxgnioAn Niws Compaxy, Sole Agents tor Newsdealérs in the United States, CORRESPO NOE—Al Communt. atfons relating to News and Editorial aattors should ge addressed to the Enrror or Tre Bex, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Busines Letters and Remittances should be ad dressed to TrE Bex PuBLIsHING COMPANY Omana. Drafts, Checks and Postoffice Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company. ¥ho BEE PUBLISHING 00., Props. E- ROSEWATER Editor Ir s sefe tc; presume that Filley will follow the Millard mare, —e For some of the effects of the late cyolone see the prosident’s messago. property and that of the humble citizen, The liberation of four mil- lion human beings from the d a- tion of slavery was a magnificent achievement, but it does not argue that willing tools should be elevated to high positions of trust. The strain ) patriotism becomes too great when one is compelled to wear a tag to keep within the lines of ‘‘the grand old party.” Unless a party can ba the result of intelligent thought and hon- est conviction it isn’t worth preserv- Ing—when the honest voter holds his nose as he walks to the ballot box it is time to bury the corpse. And this is not an overdrawn ‘piotare—it is the sentiment of ‘nine-tenths of the rank and file of the republican party. Men are not weary of republicanism, but they are heartily tired of many of the men and methods that govern. Inject honest leadership into the republican party of this state and it is invincible, but let it follow in the line of its re- cent policy and division and disrup- tion will follow just as death succeeds disease. m—t— PERSONALITIHS. A pESPATOH states that members of congress indulged in much laugking bunter over the results of the late elections, The laughing probably eame from the wrong side of the mouths of defeated cindidates, — Tz same well-worn carpet which did service at the last session decorates the floor of the house of representa- tives. The carpet in the lobby will be even worse wurn before the end of the present session, ') Passes fly very low about this time of year in the vicinity of the homes of members of the legislature. The wisest marksmen will let them savere- )y alone. ——— THIRTEEN seats will be contested in the coming legislature, five in the senate and eight in the house. In the senate the seats of Schonheit, re- publican, Oanfield, democrat, Baum- gardner, republican, Filley, republi- can, and Kinkeid, republican, are ocontested; in the house the of Johnson and Hosmer, republicans; M'Gavock, demoorat, Castle, republi- can, and Chambers, Taylor, Cooko and Walphe, republicans, are also contested. Tur BEk gives up a iarge portion of ita space this morning to the preai- dent's message. It iya forcible and business-like document which treats exhaustively the various living issues of the hour, For the first time in the political history of the country the president’s message contains an earnest appeal for anti-monopoly legislation and calls attention to the evasion of local taxation by the land grant roads. The country will applaud the sentiments of the chief executive as to the necessity of an immediate reduction in the national reyenues and a prompt readjustment of the tariff with a view to equalize its burdens, The tariff isa tex, and its benefits are far too partially divided. In his suggestions regarding civil ser- vice reform, President Arthur offers tow new ideas. He seems to appre- ciate the difficulty of securing ary reform which would meet all the demands of the extreme wihg of the oivil service reformers and contents himself by urging the adoption of & measure which will pro- vide for fixity of term and secarity in tenure. This is probably the only remedy practicable at present. One of the most important recommenda. tions of the president is the adoption of a constitutional amendment permit- ting the chief executive to veto any item in an appropriation bill, Such an amendment long since became a necessity to prevent the omnibus leg- islation with which every session of congress has been cursed. — An ltem of Truth. Schuyler Sun, Whatever may be the result of the election in Nebrasks, the self-consti- tuted leaders of the ublican party et z losson. The spirit of in- piri is without a blican party is \beie alogiinme oo an for the first time in twenty years voted t the party candidates. Scores others have been held to » luke 'warm acquiescence by the circumstance of local interests or a reluctance to abandon & bad matter for a worse. This is & weak and dangerous position for an; miuul Mm ocoupy, even tho ¢ party ts of thirt; thousand majority. And the end mot yet. Any one who imagines that this agitation and .assertion of inde- pendence is peculiar to the present year, is too limited in comprehension to draw conclusions from facts. So long a8 there exists good reasons why it uld, this sgitation will continue, and the' revolt against bossism and railroad dictation willgrow until the rollllul history of Pennsylvauia finds te parallel in Nebraska, It has been asserced, and with no small degree of truth, that ten men and the railroads exercise practical control of the re- publicar party in Nebrasks; and two lute vu -vol of E Mr. P. be D. Vanderbilt they now call im, Thurlow Weed had one of the largest chins in the county, Mes, Vinnie Ream Hoxie hasfsix ring doves as favorite pets, 1t in said that Joaquin Miller has not written four poems since marrying a rich widow, 3 Gen, Robert Toombs improsses Wash- ;gwnlun as “brilliant, hale and unre- pentant,” Jay Gould'’s purchase was an acre in Woodlawn cemd , covering an entire hull, for $40,000. There is no truth in the story that Com. mndws. Vandebilt's widow is to matry » A New York clairvoysnt claims to be the daughter of Lola Montez and the late King Louis of Bavaria, Mre, Langtry knows how to milk cows, Just now her milking is at the expense of Ammerican oalves, With Mrs, Melville and Dr, Collins both hammering at him, the Arctic engineer will be kept wide awake this winter. The death js reported ¢f Dr. John J, Brown the oldest fipolhnwy in - Boston, He was 92 years old, and was activély en. gaged in his profession tor nearly sixty-five years, Bishop Hennessy, of the Catholic church of Dubuque, Towa, is not. suffering from poverty. He pays over §1,200 in {urly city tax. The heaviest tax-payer in the city pays less than $2,000, A New York letter says George Gould, son of Jay Gould, is now seen in public a vooddeal, His object is sald to be to represent the family in a social way. His father hardly ever shows himeelf outside of Wall street. Miss Susan B, Anthony, who is eixty- two yearsof age, is halo and vigorous, and capable of doing any amount of work. She will s00n go to Boston to ses about tho £30,000 willed to her by a wealthy lady of the Hub, lately deceased. The death is announced from the west- ern coast of Africa of King Omora. He leaves 700 widows. Of bis ninety-five children seventy.seven are still alive, His oldest son has 400 wives, Goyernor Blackburn, of Kentuoky, i described as ‘‘a dashing-looking gentleman with his broad-brimmed hat turned up on one side like a Spanish bull-fighter, and his _moustaches twirled out to a most prodigions length,” Mr, Jack Valentine, of Bowling Green, Ky., went into Mr, K. O. Glenn’s store and }»pn heaving stones at the proprie- tor, whereupon Mr. Glenn uced a pistol and perforated Mr, Valentine in several places. The dispatch which re- lates these particulars states that *“Valen. tine is & dangereus man,” Some of the old adages are constant| being knocked in the head aud exploded. For instance, it used to be a theory that ministers’ sons never amount to anything, Goyernors-elect Cleveland, of New York, and Pattison, of Pennsylvania, are minis. ters’ sons, and so is President Arthur, Mr. Peter Cooper, although within thres months of being 92 of age, is quite a filhnt. A few davs ago called on ies Clara Louise Kellogg, and sang for her a verse from an old ba'lad called “The Torteise Shell Cat.” In one so old this is really an extraordinary procedure, espeo. hlliu there are #0 nany younger men buu ing in the sunshine of Ailll ellogg’s smile’, Bpecial Dispatches to Tus Bxx, A DEPOT BITE. Ouicaco, Decembor 4. —At the city council meeting to-night Mayor Har- rison was instructed to negotiate with the Michigan Central railroad for the sale of three blocks on the lake front, north of Monroe street, for not less than $800,000. This is considered equivalent to the sale of this long dis- uted property, as the road mentioned s offered to take it by its metes and bounds at the figure named. CUTTING RATES TO OMAHA . The statement will be published here in the morning that the Illinois Central railroad will make the freight rate fifteen cents per 100 pounds, re- gardless of classification, from Olicago to Omaha to correspond with the rate from Omaha to Chicago, unless the warring roads in the northwest at once restore rates between Chicago and Bloox gi:s, That they will do this is conaid improbable, The proposed out by the Illinois Central would in- volve the Iowa pool lines, generally. A CASHIER 8KIPS, Burravo, December 4,—The audi- tor of the Lake Shore railroad is busi- .B, onclghod examining the accounts of . Wright Gilbert, absconding cashier of the Buffalo division, The amount of peculation already discovered is $40,000, and it is feared & much larger sum h.s been appropriated, as Gilbert has been & heavy speculator in grain and oil and met with very large losses. THE G)IULD ROADS 8r. Lours, December 4,—The dis- pateh sent from here last night, noting reductions in freight rates by the Gould roads to points in Texas and Louisiana, was based on an article pre- pared for and published in the Globe- Domocrat this morning., That pyper will to-morrow print the following on the same subject: **J, J. Rogers, assistant general freight agent of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railway, says the only changes wade on the Texas and Louiviana business was to tnolude the bridge toll on through and local business so as o compete with the lhllc? line of steamers from Now York. The action was, however, superinduced by the ag- | Pec ve of the Cairo Bhort ), Wi ol shippers the same by thelr revised ulars issued fifteen days ago. A CREAT WATER WAY, Known in Song au; Story as the Mad Missouri. HExhibita of the Freightage This Season. Greater Tonnage Than Ever Bee fore Good Government Work: §t. Paul Ploneer. Press This season of steamboating on the Missouri river above Bismarck. re- ocently closed, has been a greater suo- cens than ever bafore, so far as trips and tonnage are coneerned, but the owners of boats again olalm a balance on the wirong side ot the ledger, and scan the figures with anything bat a satisfactory air, Itis anopen secret that rates have been low, The differ ont lines have been willing to give rates which were as far as possible from ‘‘living” ones if only they could beat & rival line, and a war of very respectable proportions has been on the tapis throughout the season. Of course ship) have profited, and the hearts of the far-off traders are glad within them, It was predicted last year that the completion of the North- orn Pacific to Glendive and beyond would be & disastrous if not fatal blow to steamboating on the Missouri, and would run every boat out of the Yellowstone, As to the first river, the appended figures show the prediction to have beon unfalfilled. As to the latter it was largely true, but this is due in some measure to natoral rather than oonstructive causes. The Yellowstone has never been a safe stream to.count upon. Like ita tributary, the Big orn, when the melting snows in the mighty canons of Montana and Wyom- ing swell its flods, it is deep enough and wide envugh to float » vavy, but the very current, which renders allthe powera boat has necessary for its steniming, empties the stream so soon that a boat may go up on unbounded water and ground on her own nose on the return trip. Government work has helped the navigabllity in a meas- ure, but it would be hard to find an experienced captain or pilot who would class the Yollowstone among the great transportation artertes beneficently ordained to keep down rates of trans- portation by compsting with a rail- way. A DIFFERENT RIVER. With the Missouri it is different, ond the work by government engineers has resulted in such positive good that the most captious are forced to ac- knowledge it. The river has never been as low as last season. The low water mark was suuk four inches be- low that of any previous year sinoe tho stream has been gauged, snd not« withstanding this the trips have been more frequent for the namber of hoats engaged, greater tonnage to the vessel has been possible, and far off Fort Benton hae been reached oftener than ever beforo, Posted river men ascribe these results largely to the govern- mental work done between Cow Island and Fort Claggett, where the stream is little better than a sucoession of rapids which, at low water, was for- merly next to impassable. The June rise came as usual, of course, but it was neither as heavy nor as long con- tinued as usual;and by the middle of August the huge spars and the creak- ing nigger-engine were again in con- stant_requisition, The fuel snppls has been excellent in quality an quantity and the price has been low enough to sult even a clerk on a sin- Rle stacker, The way wrafic not in- cluded in the figures given below— has grown into dimensions which as- tonish passengers of a few years ago, when a shack in the course of a day's run and a solitary poet every few hun- dred miles were the only signs of white inhabitants, though of red ripa- rians there was no lack, and bullet holes in a pilot house were then as plenty as the sight of a Bloux along the banks is, nowadays, rare. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURKS, Bismarck and Mandan, opposite, are now points of departure in the spring, 80 that the firat boat {5 sent out on or about the same date every year, and not, as formerly, after it had finished the huudreds of miles between these points and 8t. Louis or Pittsburg. The soason of 1882 saw a fleet of twenty- two steamers ready for the Missouri and the Yellowstone river traffic, the Iatter, as before stated, soarcely count- ing, so slight was it as compared with the ageregate. The Kolipse was the first boat of the season to pull out for up river, which she did April 10, a number followlng in the days imme- diately succeeding. The closing of navigation is usually from the lst to the 15th of November, and tbis year the Butte arrived from above and went into winter quarters Nov. 10, the last urtil lia:li}, u;lng the season there were eighty-six departures and eighty- five arrivals from and at Binmm{, and only two trips all told were made on the Yellowstone, At Fort Benton, the head of navigation and more than 1,300 miles above Bismarck, there were forty arrivals during the season —an unusual pumber, and fally at. testing the excellent effoct of the gov- ernment work, The Benton boats, too, notwithstanding the generally low water, were able to take much heavier treights than usual, and this ability, as may easily be imagined, is an im-. rorhnt factor in transportation cover- ng so long and tortuous a course, On- l& one boat came to grief, but this was o Red Cloud, one of the largest and handsomest, which struck a submerged stump near Bouche's grave, about sixty miles from Fort Peck, and sunk almost instantly. The boat was a to- tal loss. A large part of the cargo was saved. The total valua of the twenty- two boats was $493 000, aud the ag- grogate tonuage 8,400, custom house measurement. FREIGHT UP STREAM The following table of freights car- ried up stream from Bismarck may be relied upon as abeolutely correct, and it is the first oneof the kind ever pub- lished so soon after the close of navi- gation: Priv. Fr't |Govs Fril Total | Pound. |Pounds.| Pounds. Hoat. by 7,705,61 The Benton mvuu- THE DAILY BEE: TU ment econttaet, of courss, which socounts for the preponderance of that class of t. The steamer Sherman, since sold at St. Louis, was owned by the government and . ated, under the direction of Capt. E. B, Kirk, assistant quartermaster, U. 8. A, hu valuations of the frelght ‘were: Private freighg. . Government “dg ............ © e 88,111,000 It in fm ible to figure accurately the amount of freightage patd on the above amount, but it is over $250,000 on private freight alone, The passenger trafic was more or less hurt by the railway, but a good many people traveled by river. The books show: Passengers up stream. Pasrengers down stresm Troops teansported. . ... Total, This, of course, does not include WAy passengers, who would probably swell the total to more than 5,000. PRODUCTS FROM ABOVE, A very intesting exhibit is made of g'rodncu brought by the boats from ort Benton in particular and Mon- tana in general. The return freights to Bismarck are summed as follows: Prodnoct Amounts. _ Value, Wool, 1bs. 920,000 $225,000 Cattle . 1,000 40,000 Ballio 490 63000 0 84,000 ,00 112 000 1,250 31,000 . 8,000 24,000 Merchandise. . . 44,681 893 Total valuation. ... ..c....uuues $530,092 The so-called bullion is worth about | $1,000 & ton, and must not be con- founded with the silver bricks, since silver is not eliminated until after the shipment east. A notable feature is the shipment (28,000) of Buffalo hides, and it shows conclusively where the large herds roamed during the sason. The banks of the Upper Missouri were thelr favorite stampin, unds, and. the hide-hunter found that the river was right to his hand, and shipped ac- ingly. The total weight of south- 3,000,000 reater number than WHERE THE FREIGHT COMES FROM. One point in regard to the freight shi north and west from Bismarsk a8 a port of river departure, is whence 1t comes. River men say that the to- tal of nearly 28,000,000 pounds, only 2,500,000 pounds came up stream from 8t. Louis, and all the reat came from the east and by rall. The east means, largely, St. Paul, but the vessel own- ers argue that St. Paul got it first from New York aund other Atlantic.board cities, whence comes the greatest howl concerning sppropriations for the improvement of weatern. rivers, They go on to point out how rapidly the valley of the Missouri and those of closely trib- utary streams are settling up now, and what a tide will pour therein when the Indiats are settled on small er reservations. They further argue that for many years these people will 'bo largely dependent upon steamboats for tranaport: facilities, and the krosled wae iscuities the greater the transportation and the larger the amount of eastern product to be shipped into the country. Ergo, they conclude it is a mark of folly in east- ern men to oppose appropriations which, honestly and carcfally expend- od render the navigation of a mighty river, throughout the entire season, profitable, It may ba noted, in conclusion, that though the boat owners &ll aver they have carried & big but losing business, none of them show any symptoms of withdrawing themselves from the trade next year, and a season even more prosperous than that of 1882 may be confidently expected in 1883, RAILROAD TERRITORY, Onicado, December 4.—A number of railroad managera were interviewed on the position President Parker, of the Omaha line, that the question of territory belonging to the various roads and not to be bullt into by others, must be decided, are about evenly divided, half agreeing and the other half disagreeing with him, Devoy in the Tombs Special Dispateh to T Hun. New York, December 4.—John T, Devoy was sent to the tombs for thirty days for contempt of court in refusing to answer who was the cbief of the revolutlonary party that ap- pointed him to take charge .of the Irish fund monies. e—— A Story of Abuse and Murder. Spocial Dispatch to Tun By Onicago, December 4.—Quite a dramatic and startling scene ocourred in the Sturla-Stiles murder case to- day. The defendant went on the stand not long after opening of the ccurt, and began the story of her relations with the man she at last killed. It was a long and uncomfortable recital of abuse and brutalities at the hands of the dead man, and occupied nearly five hours in telling. As she ap: the date of the tragedy the ong and wearlsome strain and recol. loe; o:: overcame her calm dununm;i an e began to grow nervous an incoherent. ~ When she came to a de- soription of the walk into the city through the rain from Sunnyside, on the night before the murder, she sud- denly threw up her hands and feli for- ward from the witness chair in hysteric convulsions, which required a half dozen strong men to restrain, With her shrieks ringing through the room, she was removed, and ‘:L conrt ad- journed. Physicians think she will be able to complete the story to morrow. ———— \"* Speut Fifty Dollave b{ dnn',urim(’lor rheumatism before I tricd Thomas' Eolsetsio Ol Uned & H0-cont bottle of this medicine wnd week. For burns and -g_ out in one it is exrel- lfi""” Jas. Durham, East Pembroke, ioms ramias samaur g T "%Yi00 Proct. . Duisiien, Beo. aad Treas. THE NEBRASKA HANUFACTORING CO Lincoln, Neb MANUFPACTURERS OF it v".-w 40 do Job work and manufac' e NEURARKA MANUPACTURING 00 ESDAY DECEMBER 6 BEMIS’ OMAHA Four Feet Wide BY Seven Feet Long, LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE MAP OF THE OITY EVER PUBLISHED.| Compiled under direction of An- drew Rosewater, City Engineer, And Examined and Compared by George Smith, County Surveyor Thereby making it the OFFICIAL MAP OM.ATFLA COFFEE AND SPIGE MILLS. Roasters and Grinders of Coffees and Spices. Manufacturers of IMPERIAL BAKING POWDERI Clark’'s Double Extracts of BLUEING, INKS, ETC. H. G. OLARK & CO., Proprietors, 1403 Douglas Street, Omaha, Neb LER FRIED & CO. TV EX O XS T, X HARDWARE, 1108 and 1110 Harney ! t., - OMAHA, NEB. McMAHON, ABERT & CO,, Wholesale Druggists, 1815 DOUCLAS STREET, - - OMAHA, NEB. L. 0. HUNTINGTON & SON, DEALERS IN HIDES, FURS, WOOL. PELTS & TALLOW 204 North Bixteenth 8t, - - OMAHA, NEB. METCALF&BRO. M. Hellman & Co. WHOLESA LE CLOTHIERS, 1301 and 1308 Farnam S$t. Cor. I13th OMAHA, NEB. EIMEBAUGH, MERRIAM & CO,, Proprietors, Wholesale Dealers in ——— OF THE CITY. Over Six Mouths work upon it ata Cost of about $1,600. OONTAINS EVERY NEW ADDITION laid out up to this date, Also all public and private buildings of note photographed thereon. ows all New Reilway and trounds, All property shown and desoribed wlthlnpl::lf # mile south and west of city limits, and all within one mile north of north boundary of city. Fully Mounted, olored, Varnished And Cloth Backs. PRICE $7 EACH. PUBLISHED BY Geo. P. Bemis Real Estate Agency, 16th ana voniges Streets. IVEEA TV 'SEV0 AT AT S B 'SORINATHOS ~ ' Nills Supplied With Choice a.rlatlss of Mlling Wlfeat. Western Trade {Supplied with Oats snd Corn at Lowest Quotations, with prompt shipments, Write for prices, | G ATHE CITY PLAINING MILLS. MANUTACTURERS OF Carpenter's Materials, ALSO SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, STAIRS, Stair Railings, Balusters, Window and Door Frames, Etc. Fint-qlmludlil.iae for the Manufacture of all kindes of Mouldi g#, Painting and matching a Specialty, ~Orders frum the country will be promptly e . addressall communications to A, MO rietor ESTABLISHED IN 1868 D. H. McDANELD & CO., HIDES, TALLOW, GRE&E PELTS, WOOL AND ’ 204 North 16th 8t., Masonio Block, Main House, 46, 48 and 52 Dear- kore avenue, Chicago. Refer by permission to Hide and Tseather National Bank, Chicago. § ¥ [ % [ ; '{' it ¢ A | g é i A