Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 16, 1883, Page 4

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ROSEWATER Editor Tur Fremont Tribune under the old and able managemant of the Ham- mond Bros. has been changed to a dally. — A carp from the city engineer on the sewer question is unavoldably orowded out from our columns, but will appear in our next lssue, Tue Natlonal Irlsh Losgne has is sued an appeal for a unlon of all Irish Interests in this country, and the eym- pathy and co-operation of American cltizens. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS & year I8 spent by the agricultrral department in propagating seeds that will not sprout and In experimenting with pumpkins that fall to make pies. Lzo XIIL has forbidden the clerzy to take any part in political agitation in Ireland, and condemns all collec- tlons which may be employed as a means of exclting rebelllon against the laws, Mgz, SULLIVAN may be a rapidly falling man, but he recovered his health yesterday sufficlently to knock out Mitchell, the British champlon, in three rounds, and rake In gate reccipts to the amount of 86,000 Tae fiest of the Pheaix park sseas- slos was hung in Dablin on Monday. A crowd of 100,000 people gathered around the jail daring the execation. Doath was even more {instantaneous than that of his vletlm, Lord Freder- lck Cavendish, GeNeRAL HowARD has startea on & trip to the Yellowstone Park by way of Fort McKinney. The general's time seems to be fully cocupled with lecturing at $50 a night and making excarsions Into the interlor In the line of public duty. — We are having a little sunshine, just to make us appreclate the rainful when it happens to put in an appear- ance. Oar farmers will be well satis- fied to see an endlng of the April showers, which has been oarrled too far into May. ATTORNEY GENERAL BrEwsTER will now have an opportunity to conduct another sult, which need not be as long a8 the star route trial. Secretary Tel- ler has written him recommending the instituving of proceedings against the Unlon Paclfio for the sum of §1,727,- 742, dae the United States, ‘WATER gas, at Pullman, costs $2.26 » thousand for light, and the company manufacturing it made $18,000 during the first year thelr works were in op- eration, {n Omaha and the company which Mr, Jackson announced with such a flour- ish of trumpets, Our shoddy aristocracy are busy making thelr preparations for a Euro- pean trip. Eighty thousand Amerl- cans, 1t is officlally stated, annually Of this never orossed the Missouri river and know loss about thelr own country than they do of England, France and the oross the ocean to Earope. number nine-tenths have Rhineland provinces, AN Important decision has been rendered by the supreme court which involves the valldity of the patent on what Is known as the new process for making flour by crushing grain be- The court holds that the patent {s vold for want of novelty, the process having besn clearly de- scribed as early as 1847 by an inventor In Lelpsic. This declsion will be of interest to all mlllers throughout the tween rollers, west. Wz had —_— Dispatch. General Ordway's scalp 1s in great de- mand and capltal removal the only Immigration is pouring into Dakota at the rate of 500 a day and the territory claims to- day s population of 250,000, After the next presidential election Dakota oan asplre to statehood, but the elec- toral vote and two senators are too wvaluable to be given to the republican party this fall by a democratlo con- theme of conversation, gress, Sune Water gas in Omaha—but who knows anything about water gas pleasant call yesterday from Mr, Frank R. Morrissey, man- aging editor of the St. Paul Evening Mr, Morrlasey 1s fresh from the gory field of Yankton, where REORGANIZING THE ALLI ANCE. Steps are being taken by the offi rers of the Nebraska Farmerss' Alllonce towards a complete reorganization of that body, The changes to be made are In the line of concentration of energy. Inactive Alliances are to be discontinued, weak organizations to be combined, and all working bodles are to be rechartered while the field work s to be extended lnto eves county in the state, with s view ) in. oreasing at once the local strength and the general ucefalness of the body In Nebraska, This Is an it should be, and Seoretary Barrows has lssued a olrcular fully explalning the situation, The Alliance Is stronger to-day than it has ever been, Over a dozen new Alllances have been organized since the adjournment of the legislature, while the total roll foots up 540 Alll- ances as chartered since the beginniog of the movement, This is a record of which every Nebraska antl-monopollst may be proud, The Karmera’ Alliance has done excellent work in bringlng our farmers to a reallizing sense of their wrongs and in awakening them to thelr dutles, Its influence as an eda- cating force has been greatly felt and its power In uniting antl monopolista of all parties for the common defense of the state from corporate aggression and agalnst corporation wrongs is nul- versally admitted, Of the 17,000 votes cast for antl-monopolists at the last state election at least 12,000 came from the Alllance, It was due to no fault of the organization that the hopes of Nebraska producers were not realized in the last legislatare, Through the Inflaence of the Alllance, antl-monopoly was made the sapreme issue of the campa'gn. A leglslature of which a majorlty of the members ery | pedition, were pledged to ocarry cut the views formulated in the Alliance platform was elected. The people of Nobraska havo learned who were to blame for the fallure to accomplish much ueeded legislation. While every member elected ou the anti -monopoly ticket remained trae to his prinoiples and stood bravely by hls colors, repab- llcans and democrats,comprising alarge majorlty of the legislature, violated ! their solemn pledges by a cowardly and corrupt surrender to the monopo- lies againat the recurrence of such base treachory the Alllance pro poscs to guard In the future With compact foroes and re- doubled strength the reorganized Al- liance will bend every energy to elee! men of princlple who will stand by their pledges. The Interva] between cleotion 1s the time for filllng up the ranks and perfecting the organization, This is what Presideat Reynolds and Sccretary Barrows are now dolng, ‘WHO PAID FOR IT? Me. Viilurd has returned to New York from his western trip over the Jine of the Northern Pacific and ns- sures the press that his road will be open for business by the middle of August, Work has been progressing rapidly from both of the terminl and the ralls are now approaching the tunnel near Helena, where they will be jolned, making a continuous line from the lakes to tho Pacific coast. No one is dlsposed to deuy that the bullding of the North. ern Paclfic has been a great underteking which will be crowned by magnificent success in its comple- tlon. Jay Cooke plnned his falth on the enterprise, and was bankrupted in 1873 beoause he failed to underatand the beauty of construction rings and oar trusts, by which stockholders can be bankrupted and rallroad promoters made millionaires. But Mr. Villard fsnot & man of Mr. Cooke's stripe. He has pushed the work through with all the energy of a young man, and all the shrewdness of a great operator, Mr. Villard was ten years ago a poor newspaper ocorrespondent. He s reputed to-day to be worth ten millions of dollars, It Is plain that he did not pay for the oonstruotion of the Northern Paclfio road, Who did? The Northern Pa. olfio company recelved from the gov- ernment, land grants aggregating 48,- 215,040 acres as a premium for con- structing the road. This large alice from the public domain {s worth in round figures $125,000,000. In addl- tlon local donations and glfts of bonds sggregating nearly a half million more were secured by the company. This enormous sum of money farnished by the people was more than suffi- olent to construct the entlre road. 1t furnished & good baals for heavy Issues of stocks and bonds, large por- tlons of which found thelr way back Into the pockets of managers and direc- tors in retura for constructlon con- tracts. In other words a conbination of capltallsts engineered the job and own the road while the peeple pald for it. Railroads are public benefactors but they are not the only philanthroplsts, Very often the people bulld them and then pay ten tlmes over thelr actual oost of construction in the few years after they are bullt, Noruie has yet been heard from General Urook but several ofticers whose experlence In war has been chlefly galned on the parade ground express the bellef that the gereral has made & mistake In leading too amall & force agalust the enemy, It may be taken for granted that Geo. Orook | THE TRADE AND CROP S1TU- ATION. knows what he Is about, So faras can be learned he hasa fall under standing with the commanders of the Mexlcan forces who have specific in- structions from thelr government, The campaign is to be a jolnt one and two thousand Mexican soldiers are co- operating with the American general, There does not seem to be any good ground for uneasiness about the ex. No news Is good news when Orook s In the field. Followlng his pollcy In the Rosebud campaign he has cut loose from all communieation, and the first news of him will como by carrlers to one of the Amerloan forts, or through the slow Mexican telegraph which ls about as rapid as an old-fashioned stage coxch, When a declslve engagement has been fought wo shall be likely to hear of it very soon, —_— BUNCH THE IMPROVEMENTS, On some accounts the scattered population of Omaha Is a disadvantage to the olty. As addition after addition s platted, mapped and dedleated, ballt ap in spots and brought Into the corporation new burdens are added which must after ba carried at the expense of the central portlon of town, There Is a ccnstant call for heavy expenditures in grading and repalring the sireets in the outskirts which greatly decreases the amount avallable for making the best bullt and most populous parts of Omaha healthy and respectable. Large de- mands are made on the general fund compared with which the amount returned for taxes on real estate and personal property is in most cases small, If we Intend to permanently improve Omaha we must go about it in a sys- tematic manner. The most thickly settled and heavily tax paying portlons ought to be first improved. When the streets in the out:kirts and addl- tlons are well built up and demand farge outlays of money, it will be time enough tc expend it. Bat in the meantime the board of public werks and the oity connotl should devote the principal part of thelr attention to making lmprovemerts in those por- tlons of the city where property can bear tho expanse of the assess- ments, When the seotlon batween Ninth and Twenty-second and Jack- son and Jzird streets have been thoroughly graded and paved, it will be time to talk about Improving other portiona of Omaha, Of course, even in the additions, the streots ought to be kept passable, and the sidewalks inaintalned, That goes without saying. But concentration of energy In our public works and con- centration of expenditure s what Omaha needs for the next five years if she hopes to put on the dress and wear the appearance of a metropolls. Tue locreass of the English and German flyets In Chinese waters {s an indication that Frauce is playing a gome in Tonquin, which may result in serious consequences to all forelgn- ers. Tonquin and Annam, the pro- vinces whero hostllitles are raging, lle on the dividing line between Indla and Ohina, The former country having been selzed by the French has been attacked by the Ohlnese, who were re- pulsed with great loss. It ls now an- nounced that the French government has notified the king of Annam that Franoe intends to keep possession of Tonquin, and offers to protect Annam agalnst China. This means more ter~ ritorial aggrandizement at the expense of China, and the certainty, sooner or later, of a general conflict between the Chinese and all the western pow- ers, BSuch a war endangers the safety of every European in China. There are already grave fears for the safety of our missionaries, and England and Germany are alarmed into seeing the necessity for protecting thelr subjeots. The Chinese draw no distinction be- tween the nationality of forelgners, and If the French kill Chinamen in Tonquin, the Chinese will be very apt to retallate by killing Englishmen, Amerioans and Germans wherever found. THERE {8 blood in the eyes of all the bonanza statesmen. Senator HIlI‘ of Colorado, is busily engaged in preparing documents to back a reso- lation which he will introduce as soon a8 congress meets, providing for an Investigation ot Secretary Teller's con- duct of the Interlor department, — Mg, GouwLp says that he has never taken much interest in newspapers, but thinks the New York Tribune the soundest journalin thecountry. Taking foto consideration the source from which it comes, this ls a very left- handed compliment, —_— SkNATOR SAUNDERS has returned to O'naha o the nlck of time. Goneral Manderson is aching to explain to him his new system of clvil service reform a8 applled to Nebraska politics, —_— CUhanged It's Tune. Sioux City Journal, The Omaha Republican ls extreme {n its condemnation of Mr, Coukling's recent speech; and this reminds ns that The Republican, In 1880, under asomewhat different management, ex- erted Itself to count Nebraska on Mr, Oonkling's side in the Chicago con- vention, There has been little change to note in the trade situatlon throughont the west daring the past week. Unfavor able weather has operated to depress the retall trade, and wholesalers and jobbers naturally feel the effeots. Operators in nearly all lines have been in close accordance with actual wants, and whilo the volame of business has roached fair proportions in some de- partments, trade as a rule has contin- ued uneatisfactory. The eastern iron trade Is little more satlsfactory. It is belleved that there will be a general closing down of the Iron mills between Pittaburg and 8t. Louls on the lst of June, In consequence buyers are more dleposed to snticipate req ments, in view of a probable curtal ment of production, Oiher Industries show no changes to note. There have been no lmportant de- velopments in the grain trade. At the close of the week the price of wheat for near delivery eased off slightly, bat options on the new crop, especiaily August and Septomber, have risen in value, This domonstrates the growing bellef among operators that the new crop yield will be considerably smaller than last yesr. The national department of agricaliure anticlpates a decrease of seventy-seven million bushels tu the yleld of winter wheat. Tae spring wheat outlook is etill un- cortaln, and nothing defiaite as to the probable yleld can be known until the lat of June, It Is hoped, however, that a fall aversge yleld may be ob- tained in order that the already ascer- talned shortage of the crop may not be inoreased. At the close of last week the visible supply of wheat In the Unlted States showed a further de- crease of seventy-five thousand ba- shels, leaving the total still above twenty milllon bushels, England had a supply of five million bushels at Liverpool and about as much more at the remaining outports, and while this In the case her buyers remain very indiffsrent about the crop prospects in the Unlted S Murar HavLsTeD is stiil sanguine of republican success in 1884, Ho says: “‘Several times several persons have sald that the republican party was played out and that the democracy had the fature tled up in an old sllk bandana handkerchiof with a little snuff on it, but several times the prophets of the passage of political power from those who bolieved in the Natlon of/the United States, have been proven false.” When General Grant, as president, had dlsappointed the expectations of his best friends, and became the boes of the bosses, and was re-elected to the presidency, notwithstanding hie mistekes, which were maultitudinous and manifest, the people at large, feeling that he was a man whose ser- vices In tlme of trouble had been so great that he shouid be forgiven for many sins in the better days he had helped to produce, rebuked the raz- cals about him by the election of a democratic house of representatives and 19 democratle governors in states that had been republican. This was a pretty heavy blow, and yet the demooracy have not come Into the unqualified possession of unlim- fted power. No man has since the war been elected president who was not at once an Ohlo man and a repub- lican, Wo feel warranted, therefore, in saying to Mr. Roscoe Conkling, the great lawyer, and Mr, Howard Car- roll, the celebrated journalist, that they should not despair of the repub- lis, The republican party will carry the mnext presidential electlon, and public men as distingulahed even as Mr, Conkling, who think that thelr personal notlons must prevall or the republican organization is played out, are mistaken, The republican party Is ok » one.man party._ An Old SBcandal Revived. New York ,Times, The Massachusetts legislature has adopted a resolution certifylng to the abllity, public services, and integrity of the late Oakes Aames, and asking the congress of the United States to take similar action. Mz Ames was » member of congress during a stormy perlod of our natlonal history. He was sipoerely and firmly devoted to the cause of the Unlon. In the rec- ords of the several congresses that sat during his term of public service, his name will always be found among those who voted not only for the malntenance of the Union, its armies, and Its varlous defenses, but for the measures deemed radical and extra hazardous by many who theught that the end of all things was near at hand. Mr. Aules was a striot censor, too, fn all financial mat- ters which affected the efficlency of the natlonal treasury. Happening to dis- cover the rottenness of a certaln army contract, he had an army wagon (the representative of its class) brought to ashington and exposed, in all its frandulent shoddy,paint, and putty, in front of the Oapltol, where members could see with thelr own eyes a more striking {llustration of the justice of Mr, Ames' short, sharp denunclation of the thieves than he could have given in & speech of learned length and thundering sound. Mr, Oakes Ames was a patriot upon whose patrlotleam and devotion to country no stain can rast., In the course of time It befell that Mr. Oakes Ames became Interested in the project of bullding and equipping a transcontinental raliroad. Varlous questions affecting the profits of those who undertook the road building came up In congress after the preliminary steps In the prosecution ot the enter- prise had been taken. The handling of the vast contracts for bullding the Unlon Paclfio railroad was mansged by a concern known as the Credit Mo- biller company. The profits of this ocorporation were enormous. Any man who owned a fow shares of Credit Mobllier stock was sure of a dlvidend before he pald for his shares of stock, It wasfound, in ocourse of time, that several sena- tors and representatives held this stock, These men wore likely to be called upon to vote upon questions di- rectly or Indlirectly affsoting the value of the shares they owned. An In- vestigation was ordered, and It was found that Mr, Oakes Ames had dis- tributed among members of the senate snd house, without regard to party, the shares of Credit Moblller stock which these gentlemen held. As a rale, the dividends In each case rep- resented the unpald price of the stock, as well as a small additional profit, The house of representatives, of whlch Mr, Oakes Ames was a member, paseed a vote censurlog him and one or two representatives who had par. taken of the profita of the Credit Mobilier traneaction It was unquea- tionably true that Mr. Ames was an ardent and sincere patriot, and that the work of bullding the transconti- uental rallway, in which he was en- gaged, was one of great national Im- portance, It was, nevertheless, true that members of congress were bribed, by an allotment of Credit Mobilier shares, to vote for the augmentation of the profits of these engaged in that mighty urdertaking. The exposure of that bribery ruined many reputations before unspotted. Oae gentleman, elegant, pcolished, scholarly, ard s conscisntious and consistent member of the democratic party, never lifted his head after the exposnre of the Oredit Moblller scandal He dled of a broken heart. Another, who haa filled a high office in the gift of the republlcan party, and who, at the end of a term in a federal office, was about engaging in an enterprise of pith and moment, was lald low by the bolt that fell, and he disappeared (while yet in the prime of manhood) from the politics of his country. Others were glad to find in the ot~ scurity of private life that im- munlty from criticism, that shelter from derison, which they could not ask or expect in the public service, This is a thrice-told tale. It is a part of the history of the republic, But, when a new generation “1s almost ready to enter the stage of political life, it is proposed to reverse the ver- diot which congress, supported by an enlightened public opinion, passed upon those who were engaged in this disgraceful tusiness, The man who placed the stock of the Credit Mobilier assoclation ‘‘where it would do the most gooa” is in his grave. How far his moral sense was blunted by self- interest and by the corrapting influ. ence of a corrupt and money-making age, we will not mnow Inqulre, The evil he did lives after him, If Lis memory is resuscltated and fumigated, who shali disinfect the men who have courted private life eversince he lald before them the filmurlng bait? If there Is any later eliberate publio sentiment which holds Oakes Ames in an esteem irrec- oncilable with his condemnation, who shall {ssue a clean bill of health to the living and the dead statesman whom it {s charity not to name? The latest attempt to gild the reputation of Oakes Ames Is due to a fillal plety which all men must needs admire. It is an appeal to the easy good nature of a generatien ready to let bygones be bygones. Bat the inexorable trath of history demands that the lesson of the Orediv Mobiller ecandal shall remaln— a warning and a menace. Postoftice ,Changese in Nebraska and Iowa during the week ending May 12, 1883, -furnished by Wm, Van Vleck, of the post office department: NEBRASKA Eatabllshed — Chicago, Antelope county, Chas. T, Galloway, postmas- ter; Swift, Otoe county, Arthur T. Balfour, postmaster. Name Changed--Evergreen, Brown county, to Johnstown; Myra, Nance county, to Belgrade. Postmasters Appointed--Emerson, Dixon county, Wm, Warnock; Emmet, Hall county, Mrs, Mary C. Malloy; Isla, Saunders county, John B, Brown; Long Pine, Brown county, Mies 8. L, King; Willow Island, Daw- son county, Arthur White. I0WA, Established—Ladoga, Tayler coun- ty, James H. Elllott; Mallard, Palo Alk county, Wm, Hackenberg; Plover, Pocahontas county, Philip G, Hess, postmasters Tostmasters Appointed—Luzerne, Benton county, E. J, Ditzer; Salix, Wocdbury county, John L. Follanbee; Village Creak, Allamakee county, James D. Brennan, If You Are Ruined in health from any cause, éspectally from the use of any of the thousand ncstrums that promise so largely with long flotitious testimonlals, ha: no fear. Resort to Hop Bitters onoe, and in a short time you will ha: the moat robust and blooming health A Slide Into the River. Bpecial Dispatch to Tus Bus, S1ovx Crry, May 14.—A land-slide oocurred Iast night three miles west of here, on the Dakota division of the 0, M. & St. P.railway. Six hun- dred feet of track went into the Mis- sourl and dlsappeared entirely, the huge bluff towerlng above the t slnking down and causing an Imp: ble barrier. It will take a week, per- haps longer, to repair the break., The amount of land affected by the slide is three or four acres, and 1t was still settling at last accounts, the riverhav- iog undermined it. There is no way ? ® of getting around the break except by omnibus or wagon transfer, THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY LFOR PAIN. Relieves and cures RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatics, Lumbago, BACKACHE, EEADACKE, T00THACTN, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, BWELLINGS SPRAINS, Sorenees, Cuts, Bruises, FIPTY CRNTS A BOTTILR Bold by all Druggists asd Deal Directions is 11 (Busonssors o A. Vogolar Balimors, Bd., U, 8. A WHOLESATLR DRY GOODS : SAM’L C. DAVIS & CO,, | Washington Avenue and Fifth Street, ST. TOUIsS, - - - - - - - - ——————— M. Hellman & Co. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, 1301 and 1303 Farnam St. Cor. I3th OMAHA, NEB. OMAHA CORNICE WO RKS » RUEMPING & BOLTE, Proprietors Tin, Iron and Slate Roofers MANUFACTURERS OF Lights, Ete' Ornamental Galvanized Iron Cornices, Iron Sky oo u OMAHA, NEB 810 South Tweltth Street, . . 7-mon-wed-fri-m J. A. WAKEFIELD, ——— -+ & - | WHOLKSALE AND RETAILL DEALEB IN F O IR R ER R, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, 8ASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOLDINGS, LIME, CEREN FPLASITEIN, ETO i SWSTATE AGENS FOR MILWAUKEE OEMENT COMPANY ! Near Union Pacific Dsvot, -OMAHA, RE- | SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR Ground Oil Cake. It 1s the best and cheapest food for stock of any kind. One pound is equal to three pounds of corn. ‘Stock fed with Ground Oil Cake in the fall and win- ter, Instead of running down, will increase in welght and be in good market- able condition in the spring. Dairymen as well as others who use it can tes- tify to its merits. Try it and judge for yourselves. Price $25.00 per ton; no charge for sacks, Address Bo4-eod-me WOOODMAN LINSEED OIL CO., Omaha, Neb, C. F. GOODMAN. c W EXOX-EIS.A X F) DRUGGIST AND DEALER IN LS PAINTS,OILSVARNISHES ~\ And Window Glass. MAHA - - NEBRASKA, oub**SPORTING GODDS® », stne Bresch Loading Shot Guns, from 85 to 816, Double Breech Loading Shot Guns, from $18 to 75, Muszsle Loading Shot Guns, From $6 to $26.° Fishing Tackel, Base Balls and all kinds of Fancy Boods, Full Sfock of Show Cases Always on hand, AXMEYER & B. Imgorted and Key West Cigars a large line of Meerschaum and Wood Pipes and everything re ; uired in a firsv-class Cigar, Tobacco and Notion tore Cigars from $15 per 1,000 npwards. Send" or Price List and S8amples . SALEMVM FLOUR. This Flour is made at Salem, Richardson county, Neb,, In the combined * roller and stone system. We give ExcLue1vE sale of our flour to one firm In a ¢ place. We have opened a branch at 1618 Oapltol avenue, Omaha. » wiie tr biew VALENTINE & REPPY, Salem or Omaha, Neb. v Address either mig-6m PLANING MILLS. MANUFZOTURKRS OF Carpenter’'s Materials SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, STAIRS, Stair Railings, Balusters, Windo., and Door Frames, Etc. \ First-class facilities for the Manufacture of all kinds of Mouldings, Planisg sa s a Bpecialty, Orders from the country will be promptly executed. 1 comum ons to A, MOYER, Propriete