Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1884, Page 5

ThE DAILY [ - i r————— PRESH (Continued from first page | yoar iatioos of thy with hand together ware on The Wi m Ju ing the ficcal ye it drawn from in the tresst 1 chiet of retary of war submits the roport of wnginoers as the practicabliity of ROTECTING OUR IMPORTANT CITIRS on the seaboard by fortifications and other defenses able to repel modern mothods of attac The time has now come whe defensos can be prepared with confidence that they will not prove abortive and' when the possible result of delay in making such pre paration is serlously coneidered delay inexcusable, For the most important cities, thoee whose destruction or capture would bo a national humiliation, adequate defenses, inclusive of guns, may by made by the gradus expen iture of $60,002,000, & sum much leas that a victorious enemy could levy as a contribution, Au appropriation of aboat one-tenth of that amouat is asked to bagin tha work, and I concur with the seoretary of warin urging that it be granted. The war department is proceeding with the conyersion of ten-inch smouth-bore guus into eight-inch riflea by lining she former with tubes of forged or of coiled wrought iron. Fifty guns will be thus converted with the present year, This, however, does not obyiate the necessity of pro- viding means for tho construction of guus of the highest power, both for the purpose of coast defence and for the armament of war vessuls, The report of tho gun foundry board appointed April 2, 1883, in pursuance” of the act of March 8, 1883, was transmitted to con- groes in the annual message of February 8, 1884, In my message of March 26, 1884, I callad attention to the recommend ation of the board that the ?a\'arument should encourags DENT'S PERIODICAL. | ants i 1 ouble rate is | The d only exw riar aystem is in N, t at th ofl s the increase letters defrays cost, net ouly fon and delivery, b ati anud Wt ounce as stics shown by |1t now i, the dey y y | ba doubted whether the changs 1resu't in any Joss | of reavenua; that it wonld great omote the converionces of the public s The free delivery system has plied to five cities and tha total offices in which it is now inope hundred and_fifty-nine. Tixpe that its adoption, uader proper equally an accommodation to the publ an advantage to the postal service. It is more than self-sustaining, and for the reasons urged by the postmaster general, may properly be extonded, It is the opimon of that officer, that 1t is proper to provide means whereby EXCEPTIONAL DESPATCH in dealing with lotters in freo delivery offices may be secured by payment of extravrdinary postage. This nc{bmn might be made effec tive by the em 1lugmuut of a special stamp, whose cost lhuu‘d ® commbnsurate with the expense of the extra tervico, In some of the large cities, private express companies have undertaken to outstrip the government mail carriers by affording, for the prompt teansmis- slon of letters, better facilitios than have hithertobeen at the command of the post. office. It has always been the policy of the government to discouraga such enterpris and in n o botter way can that policy ba main tiined than in supplyiog the government with the most efficient mail servios that, with due rogard to its own best interests, can be fuc- nished for its accommodation. LAWFUL BRANOH, CUTTING THR FEE! The attorney general renews the recom. mendation contained in his report of lust year touching tho fees of witnesses and jurors. He number of tion is ong. THE the prodactionof private stoel works of tha required material for heavy canuon, and that the government factories, one for army and one for the navy, should be established for the fabrication of guns from such materfal. No action having been taken the board was subsequently reconvened to determine more fully toe plans and estimates hecessary for car- g (ut its recommendations, It has re. eaived information which indicates that there ara responsiblo steel manufacturers in this country who, although not provided at present witn the necessary plant, are willinz to con- act the same and to make bids for con tracts with the government for the supp y of tho requisite material for the heaviest guns adapted to modern warfare, if a guaranteed order of sufficient magnitude acsompanied by 4 positive appropriacion extsnding over n sories of yoars shall ba made by congress. All doubts as to the teasibility of ths plan being thus removed, 1 reuew wy recommendation that such action be taken by congr es as will enable the government to construct its own orduance upon its own territory, and 80 pro- vide the amendments demandad by the con- sidorations of national safety aud honor. THE NAVY, NEW ORUISERS, The report of the secrotary of the navy ex- hibits the progress which has been made on the new eteel cruisers authorized by the acts of August 5, 1882, and March 38, 1883, of the four vessels under contract. One, the Chicago, of 4,600 tons, is more than half finishec Atlants, 3,00) tons, has been successfully launched, and her machinery is now fitting, the Boston, also of 3.000 tous, is ready for lavnching, and the Dolphin, ad3spatch steamer 500 is ready for delivery. Certain rse criticisms upon ths designs of these cruisers ara di-cussed by the secretary, who ineists that the correctuess of the conclusions reached by the advisory board and by the de- paminent have been demonstrated by recent dsvelopment in ehip building abroad. The machivery of tho double turreted monitors Puritan, “Terror and_Amobitrite, contracted for under the £ Marca 8, 1853, is in pro- cass of conatrue No work has' been done duricg the past year on their arn for lack of the mnece sary appropr ations, A fourth monitor, the Mon adnock, still remaing unfinished fiat tho navy yard in Califoruia, It is recom- ‘mended that early steps be taken to complete the:e vessals and to provide also an_armwament for the monitor Miantonomah, The recom mendation of the naval advisory board, proved by the department, comprise the con- struction of one steel cruiser of 4,50) tons, one cruiser of 3,000 tons, two heavily armed gun- buats, one light cruising gunboat, one do- spatoh vessel armed with Hotchkiss caunon, one armed ram and three torpedo bo ts, the general designs, all of which are calculated to meet the existing wants of the service are now well aivanced, and the construbtion of the vessels can be undertaken as soon as you hall grant the necessary authority. ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, The act of congress approved August 7, 1882, authorized the removal to the United States of the bodies of Lieutenant Commander Geo. W. DelLoog and his companions of the Jeannette expedition. This removal has been successfully sccomplished by Lieutenants Harber and Scheut:e. The remains were taken trom their graves in the Lena delta in March, 18583, and were retained at Yakutsk until the following winter, the season being too far advanced to adm't of their immediate transportation, Tufg arrlved at New York February 20, 1884, where they were received with saitable honors, In pursuance of the joint resolution of congress, approved Febmary 13, 1884, » naval expedition was fitted out for’ the relief of Lieutenans W. G ecley, United States army, and of the party who had been engagad nnder his commard inscisutific observations in Lady Franklin DBay. The fleet consisted of the steam sealer Thetis, parchased in Lng- land; the Bear, purchasea at St Johns, N, 1 i tha Alert, which wx generously pro- vided Ly tho British goverument, Propara- tio s for the expedition were promptly made by the secretary of the navy, with the sctive co-operation of the sacretiry of war, Com mander Geo, W. Coffin, was placed incom- maud of the Alert, and Lioutenant W. I mory in command of the Baar. The The ss entrusted to Commander Winfield S. Coploy, to whom a'80 was assigned the super- intendency of the eutire expedition. Imme- diately upen its arrival at Upornairk the fleet bagan tha dangerous navigution of Melville By, and in spite of every obstacle reached Littlaton Island on Juue 22, a fortnight earlier than any vessel had bafore attained that point. Un the same day, it crossed over to Cape Sabine, vhere Licutouant Greely and tho other sucvivora of his party were discove ered. After taking on board ‘the living and tha bodies of the dsad the relief ships sailed { . Johos where they arrived on July 17. hey were appropriately recoived at Ports: o N, u.':‘ s August 1st, and at New York August 8th. One of the s was landed at the former place, tha others were put onshore at Governcrs Islands and with the exception of one which was ioterred in the national cem- w ery, wero forwarded thence to tho destina: tion tadicated by friends, The organiztion ana conduct of this relief expedition reflects credit uponall who contributed to its m Tn this the last of the stated messsges that 1 shall have the honor to transmit to the con- kress of the Upited Statss, I cannot too strongly urge on its attenti n the duty of re- storing our navy asrapidly as possible to the highest state of effisiency which formerly characterized it. As the long peace that has Julled us 10to ® #ense of fancied security may favors radical changes in the foe-bill, t adoption of kystem by which attorne; marshals of the United States should be com- pensated sololy by salaries, and the erection by the the government of a penitentiary for the confinoment of offenders against its laws. THE INTERIOR, INDIAN AND LAND LAWS, OF the varied goveramental concerns in charge of the interior department, the reports of it secretary presents an interesting sum- mary. Among the topics deserving particular attention, 1 refer you to his observations re- specting our Indian affairs, the pre-emption and timber culture acts, the failure of railroad ¢ wpanies to take tite to lands granted by the governmont, and the operations of tha pevsion office, the patent office, the census burean and the bureau of education, Allu sion has been made already to the circum. stances that, Foth as between difforent trites and a3 between Indians and the whites, the past year has been one of unbroken peace. In this circumstamce tho president is glad to find justifioation for the policy of the government in dealing with the Indian question, and con- firmation of views which wera fully expressedin his first communication to fthe forty-seventh congress, ‘L he secretary urges anew the enact- ment of a Zstatute for punishment of crimes committed on Indian reservations, and recom- mends the passare of a bill, now pending the house of representatives, for purchase of tract 0f 10,000 gquare miles from the Sioux reserva. tion. Both these measures are worthy of ap- proval. 1 concur with him also in advising the repeal of the preemption law, the enact. ment of etatutes regarding tho present legal complications, touching lapsed grants to rail- road companies, aud the fundiog of the debt of the several Pacific railroads under such guarantee as shall effectually insure its ulti- mato payment, The report cf the Utah com- mission will Dbe read with interest. 1t dis- closes the results of recent legislation looking to PREVENTION AND P of polygamy in that ter T still beliove that if that abominable practico can be sup pressed by law, it can only be hy tho most 1 legislation consistent with there:traint of the constitution, 1 sgain recommend, therefore, that congress awnme ahsolute politi- cul control of the territory of Utah and pro- vids for the appointment of a commission with such govermental power as in its judgment may justly and wisely be put into their hands, NISHMENT, TARIF] AND FOREIGN TRADE, HOW TO EXTEND 1T. In the course of this communication refer- ence has more than once been made to the policy of this government as regards to the extension of our foreign trade, It geems proper to declare the general principles that should, in my opinion, underlie our national affairs in this direction, The main conditions of the problem may bo thus stated: We aroa peo- p e in mechanical purenits and fertile in in vention, We cover a vast extent “of territory rich in agriculiural products and in nearly ail the raw materials necessary for successful manufacture. We have a system of prod. c- tive establishments more than sufficient to supply our owa demands. Thoe wages of labor are nowhere else so great. The scale of liviog of our artisan classes is such as tends to secure their personal comfort and the develop: ment of those higher incrals fand intellectual qualities that go to the making of geod citizens, Our system of tax and tariff Tegislation is yielding a revenus which is in excess of tho present ne.ds of the government. These are e'ements from which it is sought to devise a echeme by which, without unfavor- ably chaoging the condition of the working- man, our merchant marine shall be raised from its present enfeebled condition and new warkets provided for the sale, beyond our borders, of the mavifold fruits of our indus- trinl enterprizes, The problem is complex and can be solved by no single measure of in. novation or reform. The countrie the American continent and tho adjacent islands are for the United States the natural market of supply anddema d. It isfrom that we should obtatn what we do not produca or do not pro- i euthiciency, aud it is to them that the surplus production of our fields, our mills, aud our workshops should flow, and _under a tions that will equalizs or favor thom in com- parison with foreign competitors, ¥OUR PATHS OF POLICY soem to point to this end. ) First -A serics of procal commercial treaties with the countries of Americh which shall foster between us and them an unham- pered movement of trade. The couditions of these treaties should ba froo admission of such merchandise a3 thia_country does not produce 1n return for admission frse, or unde, a favor «d schems of duties, of our products, Tha benefits of such exchaog to apply on these goods carried under flag of the parties to the contract. The removal on both sides from Versols #o privilegod of all tonnuge dues and national imports o that their vessels may ply ushindered between our ports and those o the contracting purties, though without in- fringing on the reserved homs coastiog trade. The removal or reduction of burdens on the exported products of thoss countries cgnivg within the benefits of the treaties, and the avoidance of the technical restrictions and penaltics by wich our intercourse with those countrios i+ 8t present hampered. Secondly—The eatablishment of the consular service of the United States on a salaried footing parmitting the relinquishment of con- s ar tves, Bot only as respects vessels under the national flag, but also as respacts vessels of the treaty nations carrying goods entitled to the henefits of the treaties, Thirdly: ~The enactment of measures to e at any time be disturbed, it is plain that the ) licy of «trengthening this arm of the service {x ditatad by conviderations of use of econ- omy, of just regard for our futura tranquility aod honor of \hw republic. POSTAL POINTS THE EFVEOT OF THE TWO CENT BATE. The rep rt of the postmaster-genersl ac: qasiuts you with the present condition and ueeds of the postal acrvice. 1t discloses the gratifyiog fact that the loss revenue from the reduction of the rate in letter postage, us recommended in my message of December, 1852, and effeoted by the act of March 3, 1883, bias heen much 1 ss than was generally antici- pated, My recommendation of this reduction was hased upon the belief that the actual fall- ing off in receipts from letter postage for the year immedistely succeeding would the change of rate would be $3,000,000. It has proved to ba only $2,275.000, " This is & trustworthy in: dication that the revenue will soon be restored » former volume by natural increase of sealed correspondence. 1 confidently repeat, there: tore the recommendation of my last snnusl wosanso that siogle rate postage upon drop tavor the construction and malutenance of » steam carrying marine under the flag of the United States Fourthly—The establishment of an uniform corrency basis for the countries of America, 4o that the coined products of our mines 10wy circulate on equal tarms thioughoht the whole system of commonwealths, This would re- quire s movetary union of America whereby the output of the bullion producing couutries and toe circulaton of thoss which yield neith- ar gold nor silver could be adjusted n con- formity with the population, wealth and com- mercial useds of each. As mavy of the coun- tries furnish no bullion to the c mmon stock, the surplus production of our mines and miners might thus be utilized aud @ atep taken toward the general remonetization of silver, To the accomplishment of these ends 8o far as they can be attained by separate treaties the uegotistions already concluded and ngw in progress bave been directed and the favor with which shis enlarged policy has thus far boen reccived warrauts the belief that its op. erations will re 1'ng embrace sll or nearly all the conntries of bis hewmisphere. 1t is by no means de irable, however, that the policy un. der oovalderstion should be applied to theso BLE TUESDAY DECEM BriR 2 1884 countries alon T healthful enlargament ons trade w t by red ¢ of their war: s ither wo t | the other Amerioan states ara fit'od to pro | duce, and thus ensbliog cursaly s to obtain in a better mar for supplies of | foud, of raw materials, and of the manufa 1 which we exo i, 1t ssams £y mo that 't embareassing elemonts in the reat al conflict between PROTECTION AND FRER TRADR way thus be turued to good ace unt, that the y be reduced =0 as no lovger to \ ive duties may sined without becomivg, burdensome, r shippiog intorests may be judicion carrancy fixed on tirm ba sach an unity of Inter rong the states of the Amer m ws will be of great and of ever in; ing advantage to them all, All treatiosin the lino of this policy which have baen negotiated or are in process of nogotiation contain a_pro vision deemed to ve requisits under the ¢ of the constitution limitiog to the house of ropresentatives the authority to otiginate billy for raising rovenue, OLIVIL SERVICE, SOME GOOD RESULTS, On the 29th of February last, I transmitted to the congress the first annual report of the civil pervios commitsion, together with com- munications from the heads of several cxecu- tive departmenta of the government, respect ing tho practical workings of the law under which the commission had been acting, The good results therein foreshadowed have hoon wmore than realiz Tho system has fully answered the anticipations of its frends in securing competent and faithfal public ser- vants and in protecting the appointing officera of the government from the pressure ot per. sonal importunity, and from the labor of ex. amining the claims and protensions of rival candidates for public employment, The law ba had the unqualified support of tho presi- dent and of the heads of the reveral dopart- monts, and the members of the commission have ‘performed their dutios with zeal and fideity. Their roport will shortly bo sub- mitted and will bo accomjanied by such rceommendations for enlarging the scopo of the existing statuts as shall commeand thew. selves to the executive and the commissioners charged with its administration (s an MISUELULANEOUS SUBJEOTS, A BANKRUPT LAW, In view of the general and parsistont do mand throughout tha commercial community for a nati nal bankrupt law, I hopa that the differences of sentiment whicb havo hitherto provented its enactment may not ocutlast the present session, THE IRSTILENCE which for the past two years has besn raging in the countries of the east rocently made its appearance in European ports with which we are in constant communi- cation, The then secretary of the treasury, pursuance of & proclamation of the presidens, iesued certain regulatioas restricting and for a law prohibitivg tho im- portation of rags and the admesion of baggago of immigrants and of travellers arriving from infected quarters. Lest this course may havo been without strict warraut of law 1 approve tho recommendation of the present recretary that congress take action in the p:emises and I also recommend the immediate adoption of tuch measures as will be likely to ward off the drended opidenic and to mitizate its severity in cuwe it shall unhappily extend to our shores, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The annual report of the commissionors of the District of Columbin reviews the opera- tions of the several departmenta of its munici- pal government. I ask your carefal contider- ation of its suggastions in respect to loxisla tion, cspecially commending such as rel te to | MORRISON'S MANIA AT THE X TARIFE) K THE OPPORTUNITY OF AIKIN THIS SESSION Wasninaroy, December 1K bt Morrison, irman of tha ways and means | If mmittoe, wan asked to-night by au Asso cinto press reporter if he thought there w ny ta actmont of f n. He any probability of the legislation durlng the present « roplied that he had not yet had an opjortunity | to nacertain how the members felt upon the sub ct, 1t might be that there had been some modifications of opinion by representatives sinco the last session. It was certain that if there had not been rome change of views by tho democratic membbrs, no tax reduction could by had excapt by the afd of the ropub. licans, Ho added: ‘T do not projoss to at tompt any experimonts, but if upon inquiry, 1 find that there is reason to think a bill pro poring & moderate reduction could pasw this sossion, 1 shall certainly bring in suck a bill." In answer to further questioning, Morrison anid that 16 we ot wnlikely Shat A disctission of the legislation uecessary to carry the Mexican treaty into effect wonld open up the general tarifl question, The new treaty with Spamn in relati meroco tne United States wity Cubr Rico would be discussed in executivo sosion by the senate and would not be likely to lead to any open disoussion of the tarill, Morrieon eaid thgt he understood it was proposod to ush through the appropaiation bills at « a revision of the civil uud criminal code, the porformance of labor by persons sentenced to imprizonment in the juil, the construction and occupation of wharves along the river front and the erection of a suitablo building for dis- trict offices, PENSIONING GRANT. 1 recommend that in recoguition of the emi- nont sorvices of Ulyases 8. Grant, Iate gen- cral of the armies of the United States, and twice prosident of this nation, the congress confer upon him a suitable pension. OTHER MEASURES. Of certain of the mensures that seem to me neces-ary and expedient, 1 shall now in obey- ance to to the constitution recommend them for your adoption, ~ As respects othors of no less importance I shall content mysalf with re- newing the recommendations already made to the congress without restating the ground upon which euch recommendations were based. The preservation of forests in the pnblic domain, the granting of government aid for pojular education, the amendment of the federal con- stitution S0 as to mako _effective the disap- proval by the Yruidanl of particular items in appropriating bills, the enactment of statutes in rezard to the filling of vacancies in the presidential office and the determinivg of vexed questions respecting presidential in- ability, are measures which may justly receive your serioua coneideration, FAREWELL, As the time draws nigh when I am to re- tire from the public service, I cannot refrain from expressing to the mewmbers of the tional legislature with whom I have b brought into personal and official intercourse, my rincere appraciation of their untailing courtesy and of their harmonious co-operation with the executive in 80 many measures calcu- lated to promote the best interests of ths na. tion, and to my fellow-citizens generally 1 acknowledge a deep sense of obligation for the support which they have accorded me in my administration of the exocutive department of the government. (Signed) CHEsTER A, ARTHUR, —— S MANIPULATIONS " HE DISGRACEFUL SERIES OF ELECTION FRAUDS AND EBHORS IN ILLINOIS, Seuisarrery, 1L, December 1.—The state canvassing board completed it work to.day, and decided to contest the Thirtecnth legisla. tive district in favor of Mulhearn, and against Klupp, This will make tbe legislaturea tie on the joint ballot, in care Leman (rep.), in Ko Sixth district, is seated, or will givo a domocratic majority of two in case Brand (dem.), of the seme district ix given u meat Klupp el ,ims that ninety votes for him in the vineteenth precinct of “the fourteenth ward were counted for his opponent, and snys that he will present his case to ths United States grand jury, or will contest Lefora the senate, “The facts were shownto b2, before bith coun ty and state canvaseing boards, that by a clorical error Klupp was originally given ninety votes too many. Aw buth m""f' aud Mulhiearn are democrats, the complexion of the legislature will not be changed in either cane. . Governor Hamilton will pronounce his cecivion in the Brand Leman case to.morrow, BRAND'S COMPANION Anopen letter will be published here to- morrow from Rudolph Brand, the democrat candidate for state senstor from the Sixth dis trict, to Henry W, Leman, his republicau op- ponent. Brand says that while he ran abead of his ticket elsewhere, and had reason to ba- licv he would do the kamo in the second pre cinct of ths Eighteenth ward, where it is al leged the fraud was committed which add«d 200 votes to Brand's count, yet, if jLemun’s clajm to this effect is correct, it would show that be (Brand) ran. behind his ticket in that precinct, still from the fact that the ballots in the box indicate that Leman's father in-law, brother-in-law and other fntl- mate friends voted for Brand, he (Brand) is inclined to the opinion that thexo ballots are fraudulent. He therefore proposes to Leman that they ntly canvass the votes in the en- tire district, and if it is found that ballots of a similar character have been deposited in other precincts, the matter will be rettlod by the testimony of voters throughout the district on the question for whom they voted, e ——e HEDISTH TION, THE FPROVISIONS OF THE LIL Loxboy, December 1.—In the commons to- day Gladstone preeented the 1edistribution bill. It provides that all towns of less than 15,000 inhabitants and the small boroughs shall be merged into counties, aud that all towns of 0,000 inbabitants shall be entitled to one wember. Kogland will possess rix addi- tional members, The memberships of Wales and Ireland are uochanged. Scotland will bave twelve additional members. OFf the cities, London will have thirty-seven, Liver- ol six, Glasgow four, Birmingham four, anchester 8, Yorkshire 10 and Lancrshire fifteon additional members. H'l\('n' migt also be somo land grant logis tion and this would take up most of the time of the session, — Lowell and the Caledonians, Lox1os, Docomber 1.—At the festival of the Scottish eorporation claimed kindred with tho Scotch through his paternal ancestors who settlod In the Orkney before going to Amor ion. 1o referrod to tho fufluence that Scott's novels had in America, the striking iudivid- unlity of the Socoteh chatacter and singular 5 s oy !fv Omaha without a requisition, but former fveistsa upon his right o extradition process. The author- tracted to bring MoClelland | y Comba who is now in ux | City down to Omaha, aud to hold Foloy |until the requisition papers could bo srued The telegram farther atated that Mr, "I B, T. Duke whose store was burglarized | tomo timo ago in Omaha and who is now |in Sioux City had rocognized certaln (oods found in MoClelland's possession | a8 his property. e Think ight, Why He Di Maine was Pittsburg Chronicle, land party. ‘It was a mighty close shave, though." 1t was pienty to go atonud,” “That's true; but now that It is all over, don't you really think that Blaino was righti” “Most emphatically not.” “Why *‘Because he was loft.” ‘ — ASTONISHING LOW PRICE on rIANOS and ORGANS from §20 upwards, at A, Hospo's. — It Worked, “Where've you been, Frank” “Down in St. Louis.” “What doing?” N “Running a photograph gallery." “Did it work!” A Blaino man and a Cleveland man | wero talking about the result, “We've got you,” crowed the Cleve. ] ‘i) Eve Y ry attantion ie paid to the quaftte to produce a sie W an kot i U ‘T it ‘ IN THE GITY. NEVER BEEN S0 LOs THIS An [Early Inspection Solicited. TIRRELL & C OOK, 1306 Farnam Street, SEASON. OMAHa, NEB A. L. FITCH & Co0.. DEALERS IN “Work! I should say it did, First power which Scotch history bad ) eorve upon the imsgination, Lowell's sp: short, and tha recoption enthusiastic 11l Aberdeen, who presided, proposod the hoalth, “Our_guasts whom the mation wel- comes,” mentioning especially Minister Low ol and M. Waddington, tho French Ambas. andor. The em1 aaid that both Waddington's and Towells sojourn in England had 1ot beon merely perfunctorily enforced by duf hey wero able toregard as & sympathetic alloy many thiogs kero “‘eye to eye,” wnd thoro vould mot too ‘much stress lid upon the value ~ of lavin such men t> supply the official connectin links between grert nations. (Choors ) Waddingten, replying, said that ho was half Scotehman, ' France was the bost friend that Scotland had in Europe, The Scotchmen woro eminently warlike and could ulway that in this er that yoar so many of o . dren diod in tho service of tha queon 1 Asia, Africa, America, or Europe. No highor praiso 1y hestowablo upon any nalion or any army. i Texas Liaw, Antoni10, Tex., December 1.—A un- vas robbed and murdered by a @ang of thieves forty mules eas’ of Clarksville, Tho gane was overhauld to-dav by n posso of officers thirty miles from the secne of the murder, A fight ensued; two of the g were killed, another fatally wounded and t of the pursuing party dangerously wounded, ——— Pangent Editorials, RotrA, Mo., December 1.—In a strect en- counter at Vienna, Maries county, Saturday ovening, Thos. W. Watkins, editor of the Tlerald, was shot twice and killed by Johu H. Williaws, editor of the Courier. The afTair grew out of a personul coutroversoy through their respoctive papers. Diggs was Reading Keductions. PritabELvi1A, December 1.—Tho wanagers of the Reading rilroad have reduced the eal- arles 10 to 40 per cent in both railrond and ceal and iron companios, e e————— TLEGERAPHIC NOTES, o Tho regular fare from St. Louls to Chicago 8 S, The rebels are holding Suakim almost in a state of kei,e. Pilgrims to Mecoa are belng harrassed by Bedouin bandits, Diaz was quietly inaugurated prosident of Mexico yesterday. The Harvard athletic committes condemn football as brutal, The miners at Cumberland, Md., have ac- cepted the reduction, A tolegram from Dongola reasserts that sordon has taken Sheady. The Jersoy lease over the Reading railroad has been decided valid in the courts. Honry M. Stanley was banquotted in Ber- lin last night by the Colonial society. The Burke-Kilrain glove fight at Boaton Iast night was « tame affair, and resulted in a draw, T. H. Thomas & , dealers in law books, assigned, Liabiliitios, $76,000; assets not stated, The Weatinghouse Machine Co., at Pitts- burg, employing 200 men, reduced wages 10 per cent, At Upton, K negro at a dance refused the losn of a guitar from a friend killed him with a razer, At New Orleans corder settled an ol killing hus enemy. Holman, Conro & Co,, of Oshkoth, Wi,, assigned yesterday. Liabllitis, $50,000; ws- wotn claimed, $100,000 The New York courts have sustamed the Boll Telephone Company’s injurciion agaiast the People’s Comp.ny. The Vittsburg & Lake Krio railroed com ostorday the county re J foud of long standiug b- day I hung out a eign ‘Babies taken without prior notice," and next morn ing Lfound four on my doorstop.” | — Smoke Seal of North Carolina ZTbao o, BE— As to the Miserables, 1f you want to be miserable, get your stomach and digeative organs ln bad con- dition, and let thom stay so. Get your liver out of order, and be bilious “and sallow, Butif you wantto banish the miscrables, take Brown's Iron Bitters, for that will tone up your digestive ap- paratus, correct your liver and enrich ¢ | our blood, and ‘make you bright and hearty. Tho Rov. W. B Swith, of Grat- ton, Mass., snys, I derived great bone- fit from using Brown's Iron Bitters for & low state of the blood.” —— A priest in San Franclsco has invented a lamp that will burn perpetually, brightly et night end dimly in the day- time. The lamp is eaid to resemble a small engine. ———— Angostura Bittors isa houscheld 2 word r the world, For over 50 yea s it has ortised iteelf by its merits. It irenow ad- vertisod to warn the pablio sgainst counter- feits, Tho gonuino artlclo ix manufactured by Dr J. G, B, Sievert & Sons. e ——— Best Goods are Putin Smallest PAr- cels, Tho old proverb is certainly true in uml case of Dr. Pierce's ‘Pleasant Purgative ! Pellots,” which are little, sugar wiapped | porcels, oarcoly larger than mustard seeds, coataining as much cathartio power as is done up in the blggest, most repul- sive looking pill. Unlike the big pills, however, they are mild and plensant in their operation—do not produce griping pains, nor ronder tho bowels costivo aftor using, e e A crazo for flats has sprung up in San Eranciaco, and as fast na the buildings aro finished they are fillod up with ten- ants, The demand for apartments in them this fall is very great. There aro now several hundred of these houses in the clty. They are mostly of two storles. e — DURKEE'S SaLap Dres & Corn Mgear Savce, The finest mayonalse for mea/, fish, and vegetable salads, and a suporb table sauce. 1t fai a8 hone-made dreesing. Everybody likes if. e —— A cranberry bog, presented to Williams colloge in 1882 by J. C. Goodrich, brings | % $3,000 this year. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate, FOR ALCOHMOLISM, Dr. C. 8. Evuis, Wabash, Ind., say: *‘1 prescribed it for a man who had used intoxicants to excoss for fiftnen years, but durlng the last two yesrs has entirely abstained. He thinks the Acid Phos- phate {s of much benefit to him." e In Boston the yearly tax aversges 30 to each inhuoitant. e SKIN DISEASES CURED, Ly Dr, Frazier's Magic Ointment. Cures as if by magic: Pimples, Black Heads or Grubs, Blotches and Eruptions on the face, leaving: the skin clear and beautiful, ~ Also cures Itch, Salt Rheum, Soro Nipples, Sore Lips and ok, ( r Sold by druggists, or wniled on recoipt prica, 60 conts. Sold by Toubn & Co. aud C. . Goodman, pany have discharged 100 track men, and the West Pennsylvania, forty, France has officially announced the cessa- tion of Zcholera in her confines and demand that all"quarantines be raised The Austro-Hungarian government doclares \hat it will levy reprisals up n Krance for o latters grain proteciive taiiff, Long & Co's iron mill at McKees Rocks, Pa, indefinitely suspended on account of slack orders, They employ 500 men, At Pittsburg the iron mill compavy of Jonas & Luughlin declare a reduction of ten per cent on wages affect 121000 men. The eastern railroads are practicing & sys- tem of bull-dozing to force o owners and iron mill men into & syudicate sgainst the Hocking valley strikers, Archbishop Taschereatt, <f Quebee, way welcomeb home from Rome yesterday with a stupendous public ovation, 1t is behieved thut he has been created cardinal. The incresss of the public debt during No- vember was 87,471,249 Decrease since June, 1884, 832,148,249, Thix in the first increase of the public debt since 1879, It is caused by the decreased receipts and increased disbursemonts on account of pens ons, A benefit for Manager Norton, proprietor of the grand opera of St. Louis which burned a week since will shortly be givea at the Olympic theater, . The first day's sule of reat vealized $15,200, Mary Anderoon and the St. Louis Jlks paying 200 for tloket, Nat (oodwin $ 00, and many othersin proportion, Four-fifths of the tickets are yet to be sold, | — ted oart. In the United States court yetterday, before Judge Nelson, the case of Kelly agaiost the Union Pacific rellway was on trial wll day. Before Judge Dundy tho cases of the Hanover Fireinsurancecompanieswere tak en up to n jury yesterday afternoon. The grend jury returned an iudict- ment agaiost J, M. Hughes for mending obscene matter through the m He was arrested and is now in jail. The grand jury will make its final presentments this afternoon and formally adjourn, e — To be MBrought (0 Omaha, A second telegram was received from Sioux City last night by City Jeiler Gor- man, stating that it was not Pat Hogan, but Pat Foley, who had been sirested there with Johuny McClelland, The Iatter signified his intention to be brought ——— The value of landed extates in England is rapidly depreciating. A CARD. Tosiwho iv bpdorug trom errom disorotions of youth ne1ious weakness, early 1oss of manbood, oto.. 1 will sead » Lunt il oure you, 0F CHAKGE. Thls ¢imedy wea Olscovered Ly a wisslonery in Soull Fmriw. Bond seli-addr 10d_envelupe to BaY, Jg warn 7. Biaslen D, How Yotk Thore are in Miuneapoli TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. Tho Greatest Modical Triumph of the Age! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER —— ly nine roller akating rinka Lows of appetite, B tho hend, with n dull sen: back port, oder tl binde, Fullness after eatin inclination to exertion of b Irritabllity of | afeeling of bnving ny i Dizzine ON. LLLS are eapecially adapted %, one dose effects such a Ingastonstonishtne sufferer, vy Increaso the ca the body 1o Take on ¥ o ] 4 by thel Acilon on BT ieative Orwans, egular Stools " Prico 4bc. urray St TT'S HAIR DVE GRAY HATI Or WHISKERS ching GLOWSY BLACK by & single spplication of this DYE. 1t imparts a nstural color, acts {nstantaneously: Bold by Druggisis, or sent by expross on oipt of §1. Jffice, 44 Murray 8t., New York. DR, SWETNAM. Office 16th street, tirst door north of Farnam in Boyd's opers house, Leave orders at office or Baxe's drug store. Residence No. 1012 Farnam Bt, Resldence Telephone, 670, Office Telephone, 1560, beneral HouseFurnishing Goods CONSISTING OF E'uranituare STOVES, CROCKERY, LAMPS, CUTL RY, BAKY CARRIAGES, KTC, £209* 12th Street, bet. Farnam and Do s, Opposite Nebraska National Bank, Omaha. TR TN A 'K TN The American Peoples’ choice. The finest Baker and QOperator ever produced by humanity, the latest improved C& o A IR A8 TN @ 858 7 Now Before the Public. s {}",\\W ik WIS Gyl s gy For Sale in ()m’uhu bunly by W E. S'TTOERTITTZIE ., 522 snd 524 South Tenth Street. The leading Stove deuler. Country orders promptly filled. TELTS “METEOR CLOCK” CrLWVIN VT . IL = = =t o = g - =2 < =) £ c =) i ) b—a — = = = - Aot e (=] B = =] = E & .J N any oae who purchas s goods to the amount, of 5.00 or more at CAHN BRO:' CLUTHING HOUSE. 1348 Farnam Street, before December Ist, 1884, W. L. WRIGHT, Juiporta r, Jubbior an Aanulacturer’s Agent ot CROCKERY, GLASSWARE LAMPS, ETC, 18th Street, Bet. Farnara and Harney. 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