Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1885, Page 4

! . THE DAILY BEE. 016 Farvaw 81, K BuiLo: Oyana Orricr No. 914 AND Yark Orrice, Roox 66 Triso Publehed every morning, except Sunday. The only Monday morning daily published in the state TRRNS B MATL 10.00 | Threo Months 5.00 | One Month gat0 One_Yoar 1.00 Six M The We ly Bee, Published every Wednesday TrRNS, TOSTT. One Year, with premium 8200 One_ear, without premiam Bix Montiie, without premi One Month, on trial. .. COoRRESTONT All Communications relati Iatters should be nddressed to the En Box. , Newsand Editorial v o TR WUSTSRSS LATTERA All Businoss Tetters and Remittances #hould be ool to Tirs, BXR PUILISIISG COMPANY, ONATIA. X fos,Chocks and Post office orders £ be made pay able t6 the order of the compans. THE BEE_PUBLISHING CO, Prigs, ¢ A n.li'v ;‘,'_:i“.:lnfi.\ " Lll;vni.i;‘ ‘(‘l\::vuhltiun, ness e Tue rallronds are not “‘making” Omsha vory fast there days. Wiy this contloued silence on the part of J, Sterling Morton? Is it the «oalm bafore the storm? ] Oaxpipates for county offices are bo- gianing toqaletly Ceslare thele Intentlons and put out fcelers on the stroet corners and In the bar-rooms. Tue president’s order directing the ra- moval of llogal inclosures of the public domaln does not refer to political fences that are being erected by wire-pullors. Tue democratlc conventlon of {he Pottawattom!es, across the river, held on ‘Wednesday, bore a striking resemblance 1o old-time republican conventlons of the ‘Omahas. Hoxest men must be very soarce In QOolorado when democratic politiclans recommend a horse-thief and an ex-peni- tontlary conviot for appointment to a federal offize. *‘Turn the rascals out.” W still inslst that the most important enterprise that can bo started in the in- terest of Omaha Is railroad to the north and to the northwest to be bullt and con- trollad by Omaha men and ospltal. e Tue gubernatorlal boom of Mayor ‘Vaughao, of Council Bluffs, has hadare- 1apso. It s feared that it will not recover saflislontly (0 put In an appearance at the Towa state conventlon. Vaughan, how- ever, thraatens o slt down on somebody. S e) TIr the poundmaster has been guilty of croelty to anlmals, as is charged, he should bo removed and a more humane man put lo hls place. Now that the pound has been established, 1t should be properly conducted. Bat any charges against the poundmaster should be very carefully Investigated, as the owners of animals taken up are very spt to make Now that the cattle men have boen expollod from the Indlan Territory, the Oxlaboma boomers have come to the concluslon that President Oleveland means business, and they have according- ly absndoned any further attempts to trespass opon the forbldden ground. They, however, believe that the presi- dent Intends to open Oklahoma for set- tlement at an eatly day. Tue members of the Young Men's Christlan Assosiation of 8t. Joe, who, while acting asan independent salvation army, were arreeted for tinglng bymns, plaging an organ and drawlng a crowd on a public street, no doubt think it rather inconsistent on the part of the authoritles to arrest them while Sam Jones is to be permitted to deal out sal- vation by the wholessloin that city. Tup St Louls Republican has evl- aently been reading the BEr's protests against (he steam-whistle nuteance. It says that “varlous newspapers devote editoral space to nttacklog the steam- whistlo nulsance, but the tendoncy does not seem to be towards abatoment; on the contrary, modern inventlon has man- aged to make tho whistles moro disboll- cal than ever.” e Mz, Jupp, recently appointed to be speclal agent of the natlonal labor burean of Nevada and the territories, 1s under arroat at Donver for horse stesling. He not only acknowledges h's guilt bat admits that he has served two terms In the pealtentlary for similar ofi:nres. He is acoredited to Colorado, and was ap- polnted upon the recommendation of prominent democrats of that state. It s now in order for the Denver News to once more shout, *“Turn the rascals out.” SuoraLy after the alleged marder of Arthur Preller by Maxwell, in St. Louls, 1t was discovered that Preller carrled a beavy llfe insurance, and the Eoglish company, in which he was Insured, re: fused to pay the money to his relatives on the grcund that Preller s alive. The theory that the trunk tragedy was a put ap job, snd that the body of the dead man was not Preller, has since galned ground, According to a speclal dispatch from San Francisco to the Bt. Louis Globe Democrat, Maxwell now admil this theory to be corrast, and he proposes 4o make it his principal defense, He says that he will prove that Prel- ler s alive, and show conclusively how, where, and when the subatitute was procured and placed in the trank, This adds another very sensational feature to the mystery, which promlises to be come one of the most remarkable ca in erlmins! hlstory, Mexwell's dofense, if substantiated, wiil tave bis neck, but it will not keep him ont of the penitentiary Tt 1s safe to eay that he will be a d in every poesible way by the lnsurance com pany to prove his tements to the ef- foct that the whole affalr was & conspir- a0y to defraud, P e —————— e AGAINST A GRANITE WALL. A Lincols paper, which was founded upon the procseds of corruption, and which thrives upon jobbery and monopoly subsidies—it s unnecessary to meatlon Its name- says that “‘the tradey unions aro butting agalnst & granite wall when they sot themselves agalnst ‘conviet Iabor.'” Ttargues that the convicts must work, and do something towards pay the expenses of thelr keeping. This is true enongh, bat when thelr labor 1s ob- talned for a mere song ty contractors who are thus enabled to go Into the mar- ket and underbid honest labor, snd un- dersell the products of manufacturers emploglng fee labor, it certalnly is not & practice that can be commended. Rather than have convict labor compete 1n thiy manner with honest labor, it wounld be better for the convicts to remaln In idle- nots and have the expenses of their maln tenanco wholly paid by the taxpsyers. 1t convict Iabor is allowed to come into the open matket, there ought to be & law passed providing that no conviet should be emplcyed by any contractor at less thau the rallng prica pald for labor among freo men, and that the products of pententlary factorles should not be offerod for loss than the matket prizes of the products of honest factories. In tho onstern states numerous Instances can be cited showing that honest —manu- facturers have either been drlven from bustnots or Into bankruptey] by sompetl- tion with convict labor. That this evil 1s constantly growlng thero ls no ques- tlon, and an herolo remedy mus: be ap- plled. The trades unlons may be but- ting agalnst a granite wall, but that they will eventually batter down that wall wo have reason to believe. They have dem- onstrated thelr power in Omaha at least, and we venture that no more convlet dressed stone will be used in thls olty. That the Lincoln paper, to which we have roferred, should attempt to opposs the attitade of the trades unions is not at all wurprising when 1t is taken Into consider- atlon that It 1s located not far from the Nebraska penitentiary and bears tho rep- utation of belng an organ of the B. & M. rallway. OUR RELATIONS WITH JAPAN. Hon. Jobn A. Bingham, who for ten years has been the United States minie- ter in Japan, brings home with him some interesting informatlon concorniog that country. His statemonts confirm what was rocently sald by the Bre that Japan {s making wonderful progeess intellectu- ally and commerclally, and that it is the most enterprising of all tha oriental countries. Mr. Bingham has proved himeelf an able diplomat, and has made the Jspanese warm friends of the United States by the attitude he has taken at varlous times npon important questions, Rogarding the matter of extra-territorial clauses, Mr, Bingham’s oplnions were identical with thote for which the Jap- anose government contended, and which was that the extra-terrltorial clauses only gave forsigners the right to trlal be- fore thelr own courts, and that the Jap- anese munlcipal law and regulations ap- plled Ipso facto to for:igners, provided they confllcted with no treaty stipalation. He contended that thelr laws wera bind- ing on Amerlcan citlzens, while the other ministers contended that they had the right to say whether any Japanese law should apply to thelr countrymen, and 1f 80, with what modification or qualificy- tlon. Mr. Blngham’s position was of courss the correct one, and hence hegained & high place in the eslimation of the Japanese. The maln trouble with Japan at pres- ent 13 that the capital Is principally in the hands of forelgners, especially the Eog-- lish and French, who have acquired the art of tax evasion to perfection. While they are continually growing rich in Japan, they give to that country very little In return for the favors and oppor- tunities that have been extended to them. The population of Japan is now 37,000,~ 000, They are a hard-working people, and when the national labor has doveloped into capital they will, in the oplofon of Mr. Bingham, lead the van of Eastern progress, The Baropeans who have a strong foothold in Japan look with great jealousy upon the advance that Is belng gradually made by the Amerloans In that country, which offers » splendld field for Amerloan pro- ducts of all kinds, Mr Bingham ex- pressos the bellef that the day is not far distant when both Japan and China wili look to Amerlca for food, Tho relations between Japan and the United States are certalnly of a very frlendly character, and there Is every reason to belleve that they will contlnue 8o Our merchants, manu- fucturers and shippers should certainly take advantage of the opportunity offered them of extending their trade to such & great field as Japan, ——— Tue American Grocer furaishes rome interesting statistlos concerning the con- sumption of tea and coffee. In 1881 wo consumed 79,130,000 pounds of tes, 1.54 pounds per caplts, while for the past year wo have used only 66,372,000 pounds, or 116 pounds per capits, al- though we have slx milllon more people than we had five yesra ago. This shows » remarkable decreate In tea-drinking, while with coffee there is a great galn during the same period. Five years sgo we consumed 423,276,000 pounds, or 8.23 per ciplta, while now we are consuming 539,204,000 per annum, or 9,46 per cap- {ta—an incresss of about one and & quar~ te: pounds per ospita, In Grest Beitaln and Ireland, however, the consumption ¢f tea s Inoreasiog, while that of coffee ls decreasing. Tea has Increascd from 178,670,000 pounde to 185,007,000 pounds from 1880 to 1884, while the coffee locreased In the same e from 52,569,000 £ only 33,000,000, THE DAILY BEE--FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1885, year for the average Briton, while the average Amerioan requires nine and & half pounds; and the Briton consumes four pounds of tes to the average Amer- fcan's one. The explanation of the In. creased conrumptien of coffee and the decrease of tea in the United States, as given by the Grocer, Is found In the ronsting process adopted by the dealers, paring the coffee for table use. At the same time the brands of tea now used in this conntry are frcm Japan and of an Inforior quality, while those Imported In- to the United Kingdom are the most fra- grant that can be prodaced in China and India. The Grocer draws a moral from this difference between the two conntrles by ssyinz that beer coets consumers in Victorla's realm far more than coffee costs consumers in the United States, and that s one reason why the morsl tone of our laborlng classes is #o far above that of thore lving In the United Kingdom. e Tue St. Paul Pioneer- Press says that it seems Governor Dawes’ appolntees to the northwest walerways convention are protty good men, after all. No one de- nles that they are gocd men, but the Omaha Bee repeats that three-fourths of the delegates are elther rallway attorneys or decoys, and not one of all the dele- gatos has over attended a waterways con- ventlon, Mr. Platt B. Walker, of the Minnesota state commission, says: *‘It ls not In good teste to qusstion the patriotlo motives of the distingnished governor of Nebraska, Doeshe not know his duty " Mr. Walker evidently knows no more about our distingulshed governor than our delegates do about waterways. Gov- ernor Dawes apparently does not know his daty when he appotnts rallway attor- noys to attend a waterways convention whose object s to Improve water roates in order to make them competitors of the railroade. s Waite the democrats of Colorado rosommended & horse thlof for a federal berth, the democrats of Maine endorsed an embezzler for postmaster, and the democrats of Ohio urged the appoint- ment to federal offices of two men, one of whom had served a term in the peni- tentiary and the other In the workhouse, and _both succeeded In getting the places they were aiter. This Is reform with & vengeance. It in no wonder that Grover Cleveland has fled unto the moun- talns to gnash his teeth and puil his halr. “Turn the ratcals out.” COHOLERA continues to spread over Europs. The number of new viotims re- ported dally ls constantly increasing. In Spaln, where the plaguo is ragivg with the most violence, there were 4,567 new cases on Tussday, and G20 deaths. At Mareellles, in France, where the cholera recently made Its re-appesrance, a panic prevails. Itis to ba hoped that the plague will soon die out, and be confined to the countries where it Is now located. At the sams time the authorities at the Amerlean seaports ' should exerciso the utmost vigllance, and the health officers everywhere should enforce the strictest sanitary precautions. TaE old rumor that the Mormons pro- pose to move to Mexlco is revived by a rozent tologram from El Paso, Texas to the St. Louis Republican, stating that John Taylor, Brigham Young and Frank Snow, prominent Mormons from Salt Lake City, arrived in that clty on their way to Mexico, where they intend to buy large tracts of land in the state of Chi- huahua, and establish & church. The faot is that the Mormons have too much at stake in Utah to move to Mexlco or to any other country, besides polygamy 18 not tolerated any more in Mexico than it Is in this country. UNpERNEATH the ploture of the na- tional flag and a booming cannon in the Bloomington Guard, sppears the an- nouncement of & grand harveet celebra- tion to be held at that place to-morrow. The princlpal feature of the ccoasion will be an oratlon from Hon, T. W, Tipton. As the Tipton slashor has been recently appointed to the Bloomington land office he will no doubt orate upon the benefits of the harvest In the political field as well a8 those of the agricultural fislde, As a political farmer Mr. Tipton has had con- siderable experlence, Lorp PrunNker, archblshop of Dublin, in opening a church falr a short time sgo, spoke in favor of bazaare, and put hifa- self on record aa approving rafiles, which were not, he sald, lucentlves to gambling. 'his endor:ement may create some sur- prlee when it 1s known that Lord Plunket has himself Invested in more than 500 raffles, but hay never secured a prize. He certsinly has had a remarkably bad streak cf luck, and he is eminently cor- reot In ssylng that raflles are no Incen- tives to gambling. A rETITION, praylng the Canadlan gov- ernment to eave the neck of Rlel, be- cause he Is an Amerlcan citizen, Is beiog olrculated for signatures in Masssch. setts: The petition ought to have considerable welght with the Canadlan authorities, who seem to take great delight in protecting American eitizens, for whom our peneten” tlary walle yearn, and yearn io vain, Tue nsmes of the streets should be plaloly painted upon every street corner, elther upon buildlngs or lamp posts, The signs upon the lamp posts have gradu- ally dissppeared, owlng to varlous causer, and thera {s hardly a sign left. Thae counell shonld take some steps to adopt a complete system of street slgns, upon the subject of equitable distribation of offices. Meantime the present office~ holders will continue to serve the clty. ——— Tite business center of the ity needs better sidewalks, and It needs them at lonce. There ought to be no more delay In this matter, If the Improvementls jto be made at all, It can be done now just Ing | which eaves considerable trouble in pre- | as well as a year henco. Oaxox Farrar intends to visit Oanada within a fow woeks. Should he conclude to make a tour of the United States he would be accorded a welcome reception by reason of his admirable tribate to the memory of Gen. Grant. — PERSONAL AND POLITIOAL. Crasar had short legs, and Napoleon was bow-legged. Whittier thinks hfs poetical ine leaving him. T.ogan, but not Blaine, is expected to stump Ohio this fall. Prince Bismarck weighs about a8 much as a barrel of Amarican pork, Colonel Tom Ochiltroe will branch out as a lecturer when the leaves fall. Dr. Mary Walker is too much of & man to button ber shoes with a hairpin, Governor Hoadley of Ohto will probably give malaria o shako this year, Tho czar of Russin ia but 40 years old, Tt is not proper therefors to call him an old czardine, Tho governor of Massachuretts gots n salary of $5000 a yoir, and the mayor of Boston $10,000. Women dentists ara sald tobe ‘“gaining fround? in Gormany. ~ OF canrto they take it the *‘acher.” Mahone claims the solid support of the col- ored vote and says he will break the back of the solid south, The Burlington Hawkeye doclares that Gen. Weaver is 0 happy that post-offices seem sprouting out cf his choek. Dem Pedro of Brazil is the oldest living sovereign, He has reigned fifty-three years, or since ho was 6 years old, Ex.Gov. Foster, of Ohio, insists that it is not possiblo for tho republicavs to lose the legislature if they carry the state this year. A Baltimore democrat predicts s reduction of 2,000 or 3,000 in the democratic majonty in Maryland this year in consequence cf the scramble over federal patronage, Brick Pomeroy nominates Thomas A, “Hen- dricks for president and Fitzhugh Lee for vice president in 1888, What a ticket were that, oh brethern of the ribs of rock ! Jobn 8. Wise is described as a round, smooth-faced man with a dimple on his fat chin that would bo the envy of any eirl, and having on draught o laugh that is perfectly irresistible, The four American citioa of abovo twenty thousand inhabitants having the highest nat- ural sites above the level of the sea are Load- ville, Denver, Omaha and Atlanta, in the order named, ration is There is an alarmirg tendency towrad en- larging the membership_ef mnominating con- ventions now-a-days. It is generally a con: ceasion to the open-handed hotel keepers of the towns where the conventions are held, Lord Randolph Churchill has made consid- erable noise in Eoghsh politics recently, but on close examination he appears to be but a very little, if any, bigger man than Kugene Higgins, the noisy person of the Cleveland administration, When Sam Jones was asked the other da; from what class his converts came, he repliec “Tiverybody—lawyers, doctore, merchants, indges, mayors, I tell you when tho great willipus wallopus of Ohristianity pastes over humanity it levels all alike.” A caller asked General Sherman the other day if he would be down on Wall street in the coursa of the mornirg, and he replied with a hor dsmile: *'Bless my soul, no! I never go to Wall street, except to the bank, when I want money, I've got enough in my pocket to eet home on, and as long as I have that no Wall street for me.” The Omaha Herald thought there was at least one clever item in its columns, when it informed its readers that Grover Cleveland is the only man now living who was ever elected to tho presidency. But the Herald is catch- ing it from the democratic exchnngcs, who in- form the Omaha paper that Mr, Tilden is not thus intimated,—N, Y, Commer- More About Mutuals, To the Editor of the Bee, Your correspondent ‘‘Burnt Chiid’ must be an old line ifs nsurance agent. 1f a well regulated Mutusl Benefit lodge system {s all right, the same system wel regulated must bo proper and ssfe for such people as don’t want to be members of lodges. *‘Baant Child” cannot point outa single caso whera Towa Mutual Benefit association have not paid accord- ing to contract, OFf courso these asso- clations must depend on the psyment of assessments, Buat this fight agalnst Ne- braska mutaal companies s not brought by lodges but by old line insurance men, who find 1t difficult to get new victims to pay thetr high premiums, People cannot afford1t. A man 45 yesrs old has to pay annually $134 for $€3.000, of which Burnt Child agent gets €67 the first year, and afterwards 10 per cent annually. Other exponses are enormous, A swall Michigan company, dolng businers in Nebrasks, reports tn 1883 $83,000 ex- penses, about 40 per cent of its receipts, Working pecplo san’t afford to psy for such extravagance, and prefer to pay about $30 per annam for the same amount of insurance,and weekly benefits In cago of accldents, These aid socletfes are not close cor- poratlons but every member hasa vote In the choice of Directors, As these asso- clations have no caplital and the largest smount in the tressury can't exceed $5,000 for which ample bonds are enacted, toe amount fs too small to tempt the cupldity of the officers at least the su- preme court of lowa says With chis deciston honest people will agree. 0110 LOBECK, Secretary Mutual Benefit Atsocistion of Omaba. Owmana, August 12, 1885, Oruelty to Animals, To the Editor of the Exg, There has been s number of complaints made abont the way the pound-master handles the animals which he takes up, and I wish toadd another to the llst, My cow having been taken up, and by chance getting away, the pound-keeper snd hls helpers ran her through the streets In euch a manner that when the cow got home she was unable to stand, besldes haviog her sid severe whippings, Strips five o had baen torn awsy, exposing the bloody flesh, 1t 18 very proper to haves pound, bat I do not think it necessary to be cruel to the animals in charge. It seems to me to be a good field for the society for the prevention of cruelty to ani to take hold of, H. ScHONBOY, - e — ouncll are still at oute. They merely speak ss they A Davenport family named Holton, conslating of the husband, wite and four childreu, wero polsoned by eating canned STATE PRESS COMMENT, The Gere Railroad Commission, Harvard Courer, The State Journal In referring to the rocent meandering tour of the rallroad commission ovar & portlon of the atate, orlticises the ‘‘absence from the namor- ous conferences of leading anti-monopo llsts,” and adds that ‘‘the commission had hoped to meet all these gentlemen and obtain thelr views both generally and speotally, and it was no small dissp- polntment to find that the gentlemen of the socond part fatled to reapond,” The commission traveled in the special ocar of one of the cficers df the railroad, and, at least in the Instance of its vislt here, tont but a fow hours’ notloe ahead that the deslred to meet ‘‘the big men of the town,” Just how 1t would b possible on that short and ambiguous notles for “leadlng anti-monopolista” to know that they especially were wanted In confer ence, and how it would be expeoted that they would be prepared to meet the most high commlsston on the ehort notice stated, the Journal Is not kind enough to explain, The Journal goes on to say that ‘‘the commission 18 In good faith en- deavoring to improve the relations be- tween the people and the rallroads, to correct any abuses that may exist, and (0 seo that every cltizon 1s accorded falr troatment by the corporations.” Wheth- er this is the opinlon of Mr. Gere as editor of the Journal, or an official state- mont from him ln his officlal capacity as one of the secretarles of tho rallroad commitsion, we have no means of know- {ng, and whether the promise will bloom Into awoet fraltion tlme alone can tell. Promisos are no novelty to the people who have hitherto been famine stricken, promise crammed. However, we llve in hope, although it {s rather unsubstantial for steady diet. Corporation Cormoran & Koarney Pross, When corporations caase t) ba cor- morants. and learn to keep their places a8 indlvidnal members of the community, free as othera to work In thelr legitimate buslness in & legltimate way, they will even find that they have been foolishly wasting money in seeking to control leg- {alatlon and governors, U. 8. senators and congressmen, by undue influence, t) galn advantages over the people In the making of laws, or sccaring the defeat of proposed statutes. In geappling with the corporate threat agalnst good government, the peoplo have ten tlmes the task as sgalnst Afrl- can slavery, and the end will not come, 8o long a8 the corporatlons can work their will on the political pactles, sway- ing to this or that as best suits them. The people, in thelr political action, must it down flat, fall down plump and solid, upon the herchmon of the railroad companies who seek t)*‘bass” the politi- cil macaines In the iaterest of thelr em- ployers. If the rallroad c)mpinies ani other corporations do not purpose to take and keep thelr proper plecas in the grand maich towards general prosperlty, perca the prceassion know it, the botter for all conesrned, and a haltmay jast as well bo oalled now, snd the matter determiced. Barnacles and Warts, TUlysses Dispat ch. gama article attempts to scorea point sgaiost those nowspapers that refuso to sit ldly by and see Senstor Van Wyck maligned by tho rollroad press of the state. The editorlsl chalr is no bed of the Pilot jackass is expected. A man who professes frlondship and admiration for Nebraska’s senlor senator, and then deliborately eets himself to work club- biog everybody who ssys a word in his behalf, s not only & crank, with gab enough to hang him, bt a bigger hypo- crite than any one plece of clay Wwo havo stumbled on in a long day. Tho ill smolling rhetoric of such warts will have but littlo effect, and the sconer the blue pencil of dcom fs run theough thelr names by tho senator's frlonds the better. A enake in the grass ls worse than an open enemy. Therefore we eay bowsre of the Pilot bushwacker, whose recent goneeloss tirado under the head of *‘The Van Wyck Saccesslon,” is but another happy illustiation of the fact that a min can not only live without bralns, bat he can algo go through the motions of edit- ing a news paper. Read the Evidenco, Young Man, Nebraska City News. The Hastings Nebraskan eets up a plaintive wail because tho state was com- pelled to pay for the printing cf the tee- timony taken boforo the committecs ¢f the last leglslature whilo inve:tigating the school land frauds and tho mensge- ment of the insne asylum. Accordicg to that paper the money was worso than thrown away. It says the partles were % convicted and the affair entiro was a sdemocratlc scheme,” 1f the editor of the Nebraskan sould devote iess time to base ball and ecandals and read the re- ports of those_committees he would be better able to discass the questlon, Road the evidence, young man, The Boatrice Test, Beatrice Democrat, To test the parlty of water there bas been found no better or slmpler way taan to fill a half-piat flask one-eighth full of the water to be tested; dissolve in tha water four tablespoonfals of the purest sugar (loaf or granulated will do), shake well, then equeeza n the ju'ce of halt & lemon and shake sgain. Then fill the remsining seven-ofghths of the bottle with Old Crow or Mount Zion Bourbon, or sour-mash will do very well; shake sgaln, then ineert a cork and slip the compound, bottle and all, In your pooket, and go fishing. 1f you don’t want to fish, drlnk off all but the water, and throw the bottle at a mud-turtle, e —— At the Shopr, Everything 1s serene at the U, P, shops, the new order of hours having been fully established, A slight mistake wes made In Tuesday’s issae of the Brr a8 to payment for overtime work, It ls olalmed by the men that extra work will be paid for on @ basia substantlally tke same as herstofore. At first, however, this was not fully understood, sn inpres- slon prevailing in certain quarters that the eompany intended to do away with overt 3 work altogether, — Givo us & Chmogr, Macon (Ga.) Telograph. Just for a change, for the sske of sweet varlety, will not some unfon or confederate general get vp and nams @ battle that was lost through his nuaded and pleaty, the sooner the remaindsr of The Blalr Pilot_editor says the writer hereof 1s a ‘‘mullet head,” and in the roses, ond abuse from sach barnacles as |su SCHOOL FUNDS. The Annual Report of Secretary Connoyer of the Schrol Board, Secrotary Connoyer, of {he school board has completed the ocmpilation of his annual report, Under the law which change the endlng of the echool yesr, the report embraces & perlod of fourteen months, from March 31at, 1884, to July 3lat, 1885, The report Is full in overy detall, The followlng is a comprehensiva summary: CR. 8141 88 08 11 GRNERAL FUND, From levy of 1 Fromw lovy Erom levy From levy From levy o From | om levy n levy n lovy 0 lov From lovy From lovy of 1881..... Tuition miecellaneous L. State apportionment. Fines and licenses. roll Javitors’ pay roll Construction. . Tmprovements Interest Repairs Fuel and lig Tnsurance .. Hchool house sif Supplies Rent. .. Furniture . . Curb, guttering, pavin; taxes Books, maps and Statiovery. Apparatus. . Secretary's s Legal service: School censu Advertising Printing e (2 years Miscellaneo 1,618 40 2),913 S0 Totl ...... Transferrad from sinking fund general fund to Balance on hand July Ist, 1885 RECAPITULAT High school ... Uentral school Tzard school . Pacitic &chool Dodge school Hartman school. . Cass school.. Long achool. Leavenworth &chool Liake school . Center school, Jackson school Douglas echool Pleasant school . Farnam school Oastollar school Tzard night school Pacific night school Dodge mght schoo Superintendent’s office Bourd rooms X 47 1,86 50 Special Secretary’s T.egal servicer School censu ‘Advartising. Printing superinten Miscellanebus NG FUND ACCOUS From general fund From interest from Sinkiog From bonds redemed. From balance, March 31st, To §7,500 00 paving bonds To §14,800 paving bonds. . To §12,000 00 paving bonds To $6,600 00 paviog bonds Balance on hand July 1st Bonds on hand March 81st, 18! By purchass of paving bonds By purchase paving bonds By purchase paving bonds. By purchase paving bands Total. .. 13,800 00 1200 00 BOND ACCOUNT, By redemption. By redemption . Bonds on hand July 1et, 1685 Total.... L em—— LABOR AND LABORERS, Matters of Interest to Employers and Employed. Philadelphia Record. Toe German editors who wltnesied the operavlon of “the iron shoemaker” at a recent expoaition In Europs eaid it would, if generally introduced, displace 200,000 of the 225,000 shocmakers in that conntry. One of the clearest thinkers and writers, In speaking of the bigh profic- levcy of Amerioan labor, says, with truth: “‘The catiing down process (in wager) cannot make Amerlcan markets consume more product. Our labor, as- sistod by machinery, can be advancad in price, and still bo ablo to undersell Buro- pean labor In any of the neutral mar- kets of the world,” The prominent characteristlcs of Amer- {oan industrlal life are sst down as fol- lows. (1) Greatproductiveness of labor in general; (2) universal application of machinery; (3) profaseness of production necessarily requlring an unrestralned out. let for the product. Unlonisis are “up ln arms” over the dectslon of the secretary of the treasury, who awarded the contract for stone-work to conviet labor contractors at Peoris, The two men who have left the deep- est marks on the sge in tho realm cf labor were Jows—Kazl Marz and Fred Lasalle, New York roformors have taken steps to establish an Immense co-operative tore, A large amount of capltal s sut- sbribed, and in a few days a eite will be selected. It will be started on the plen of the Eoglith srmy and navy stores, which are dolng & business smounting to mapy million dollers per yesr, aud which yleld co-operators good ¢ividendr, Hundreds have already signified their intantlon of jolniog. The Chinete cigarmakers threaten to selza the Pactfio coast cigar trade All ekilled lebor in New York has established a nine-hour Cay excopt the painters. | —.The bakers of seversl caslera s are organlziog for fewer hours and better psy. Many bakers work fifiesn to efforts? Iere is a vast and undisturbed almon on Sunday evening. All were the per caplta fallicg off from 96 to 91. | paes by, and there is no immediste pros- |eerlonsiy 1ll, two belng in a ecritical| It takes lees than one pound of coffes & pect of any sgreement belog arrived condition, field fn which & daring sutkor msy prance | with the eyes of fhe whole conntry fo- cused upon them, efghiteon hours & diy, snd are pald 84 to | $7 with board, snd 49 t) $12 without. (Hlessmaking delegates from Belgium, 100 00 141 00 United States sat In convention siPitts- burg lnst week. A Boston firm—Ollver Ames & Sone Is prepariog to move to Plttsburs, in order to take advantege of the nw aral gas, i — A Wild Runaway, One of the strangest runaway acoldents on rocord cosurred about ten o'clock yer- terday mornicg, In the central part of the olty. A teamof large work hosses attached to o heavy wagon used for hauling dfre started near the corner of Sixteenth and Howord, dashing down Sixteonth street north, Comiog on to Karnam strect, they dashed across the street car tracks, scatrering pedestrlans right and loft, and yushed down the north and paved s'de of Farnam to Fiftesnth, narcowly escaplog upsettiog a buggy in the run, ~ Tho fen- tic team ran the wagon with a terrible crash agalnat the rear of a street car, about to start Uown Farnam. The violent force of tho collision overturned the wegon, and threw the horses to the pavement where they were qulckly captured. Marvellous to relate, the damage dono was of the most trivial character. The rear of the strest oar was not injured, barring a slight in- dention from the violent collislon. A lady who was on the platform came very near belng knocked to tho ground, but fortunately caoaped with a slight shock. The wagon was not wrecked, and the horses, beyond a faw scratches, camo out of the adventure uninjured. princr L A singlo bolt of lightning on_Saturdsy struck the residence of John Lister, of Farloy, tearing up tho roof, badly damsg- ing the house, and severely shocking the Inmates. The report frightened two 5|teams standing near by into running away. One was caught, dolng no damage, whilo tho other ran over a man on horse- J | back, severely injuring tho horse snd rider. HAGAN'S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her fresh- ness to it, who would rather not tell, and yox can' tell. RIDGE’S F00D of tho chil- ction on the osult, dyson- , 0t otber complaints of stom- In ail such ous s 1t §a pefectls sate, being 0 clg, and in 1o way nes. ‘At this season of the year, the h dren s often i part of b o par tery, cholera Infatu ach or bowels engue Food s the bost dietetlo neutral in its action upon ¢ iaterferes with action of oA 9l R.R.GROTTE Beneral Westem Agent 710 South 9th St., Omaha, Telephone €02, Correrpondence solicited F. LYMAN, —Denler 10— (LAZED SASH. DOORS, Blinds, No 1 Mouldinge, Bulldi g Paper, &2., 00! SOUTH 13TH STREET. a. UNON PiCIFIC RAILWAY CO. CROSS TIES The Union Pacific Railway Cowpany will recely tendors up £0 August 31at,1485, for 200,000 hard wood 1d 600,000 Boft wood crose ties, more or ; 'aa thay be sgreed upon, st followlng polnts, 100,0¢0 oak and 100,000 ee Clty, Mo., or Leavensor h, 100,000 oak and 100,000 oo crots tios at Kanewy Gross tles at Councld onepl, A5 Omaha, Papplilion, rand Island, Neb. 100,000 brcad gaiizo and 100,000 narrow gauge, ns ver, or at Stations online , in viclaity of Denver (ies ad Huntlogton, Orogon ort ino, or Utah and North- . 100,000 native wood crors tios, at Stations on main n ailway, between Cheyenne, Wy0,, and Ogde 5'bo d Livered not later than April 80ih, 1650 ¥ for & ecifichiious and %, Goneral Storekeeper, Addresy proposals and other part'culars o J. J. E Omaba, Neb Omahs, Neb,, July 23sh, 1885, 5. It CALLAWAY, aug-2ew-4w General Manager. POOLPRIVILEG'S, POOL BIRTH AND OTHER PRIVI LEGES FOR SALE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FAIR. All bl on or bs Joot all Purs 081, FAIR HELD SEPT. to 11th, Address, DAN, H WHE) LER, re onfilsin the Eecrotary’s hl b Tho right 19 teeerved tue 60 and other praufums offered, $10, Ath Italy, England, Frauce, Portogal and the Reox 1, Crelghton B ok