Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1886, Page 4

3 & % * drophobin scare was a bogus one. ) %‘;‘u’.,..' .. | e WeskLy Der, Published Evory Wednosaay. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1886 THE DAILY BEE. | OMATA OFFICE,NO. 918 AND gTOFARN AN ST NEW Yonk Orrice, Roow 86, TRIBUNE BUILDING Wasnivaros Orvic, No. 518 Founteesta 81, oy lished overy morning, except Sunday. Tho londay m';)’rmn. paper cI:I';l)lllht)‘l in the TERME DY MATL: £10.00(Thron Months. 5.00/0ne Month. TERMS, POSTPAID: enr, with promium. .. i Yonr, without premin i ‘iontiis, without promiu o Month, on trial. .. ... CORRESPONDENCE: Al communioations felating to_news and, odi torinl matters should be addressed to the Epr- HOR OF “uk BEE. DUSINESS LRTTERS: All bu siness lstters and remittances shonld bo gadressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAAA. Drafts, ohocks and postoffice orders 10 be mado payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWATER. Epiron. —_— Tue frequent reference to Phillippi by the noble Greek of the Omaha Herald is excusable. It shows that he cannot for- get his native land—a very commendable trait, indeed. Gex Terny had the longest politieal pole and the persimmon came down. But after all, ought politics to dictate ap- pointments in our military establishment? This is the question which will press itself upon the uttention of civilia THE finding of a stone wall in Dawes county is reforred to by the Herald as an archwological find—a strange relic of prehistoric age. This is rather a round- about way of informing its readers that n stone quarry has been discovered in Dawes county. PrommiTion continues to prohibitin Maine. In Suco, n town of 6,000 inhabi tants, one drug store put up 16,000 pr seriptions during the six months ending March 1, a record which is believed to beat anything yet produced in Kansas or Towa, where epidemic diseases, such as parched larynx and red-eye, are very common. ¥V — “Tre Chinese must go,” is very likely to be answered in China with “The Americans must emigrate.” Retaliation in all probability is the programme. If the men who are engaged in mobbing Chinamen in this country would pause for a moment and think they would sce that theyare jeopardizing the lives of thousands of Americans in China. DouarLas county has but one inmate in the state reform school, at present, and in the five years since that institution was opened the county has sent only five chil- dren there. This is certainly an excel- lent record for the most populous county in the state. It m be admitted, how- ever, that Douglas probably has more juvenile toughs that ought to be reformed than any other county in Nebraska. Our Washington specials announce that the Blair educational bill is losing ground and will probably be defeated. Mr. Blair's measure is a protectionist trick to increase the drainon the national trensury in order to prevent tariff revi- gion. For the government to place its surplus among the states in proportion to * their illiterate population is to vlac premium on ignorance, which the intelli- gence of the north and west resents. E—— ‘Tue San Francisco Alta wants to know in regard to Van Wyck and that bulldogat the British legation, whether “anybody has con- sidered the sufferings of the dog by being ex- posed to Van Wyck.”—Herald. For the benefit of Mr. John P. Irisn, who is ‘‘quite English, you know," we will state that the bulldog which troubled Van Wyck’s slumbers has been chained and muzzled by its owner ever since the senator notified the legation of her maj- esty that as an American citizen he would not allow himself to be bulldozed by Brit- ish bulldogs. Taestock yards management are work- Ang hard to concentrate the businoss of local slaughtering in South Omaba. With this end in view, they are offering strong inducements to several of our heaviest butchers to move to the stock yards. The Omaha stock yards are in the hands of business men who know that the quickest ‘way to increase the value of their invest- ment is to create and foster business en- terprises dependent upon the yards proper. NewArk, N. J., which has given hy- drophobia and Pasteur thelr great boom - during the past winter, now deals the wholo hydrophobia rage a heavy blow. The New York Zimes notes the release of seven dogs in Newark which were bit- ~ ften by the supposed mad dog that at- ~ tacked Pasteur's patients. They loft their confinement as healthy as they entered it They were never inoculated with ¥abies because there was no rabies with which to inoculate them. The whole hy- SenaTor WiLsON's bill to increase the ¥ate of postage on fourth-class matter excepting seeds and plants, 1s receiving o general drubbing thiroughout the coun- try, especially in the I cities, but there are some gook reasons for its intro- i duetion and arguments for its passage. ~ The cheap rates at which the government s earrying merchandise through the mails has long been a source of com- . plaint to werchants outside of the great b cities. The offect of the cheap postage on morckandise is to give large dealers in the citics a heavy advantage over smaller merchants and to stimulate pur- . chases in the east at the expense of west- | orn retail merchants, The “mail order” . system wluch has sprung up under the * eleap rates is what s complained of, . on the ground that the tendency . to concentrate the retail business " In the hands of large houses 18 greatly fostered under the operation of ~ the sixteen cents postage. T is un- doubtedly true. But the counterbalanc- . ing advantages are too important to be ~ dispensed with, Cheap fourth-class rates % on postage have forced cheap express pates on merchandise just as the cheap- " mess of tho postal money order system ‘has compelled correspondingly low tarift Fates for money transportation by com- moun earrviers. While the increase of the rates on fourth-class matter wonld t the country wmerchant it would ‘work a serious injury to every patron of ~ the express companies, Gevernment Dovelopment of Water Routes. The debate over the bill directing the government to expend somne $9,000,000 in the construction of the Hennepin canal is bringing, as usual, the railroad lobby at Washington to the front. The Henne- pincanal scheme is denounced as a use- less waste of government funds in an un- dertaking which cannot be classed as na- tional in its character, Its projectors are abused as visionaries and the country is informed that the opening of a water route from the Mississippi to the lakes is an improvement of purely local inter- cst, which shouid be carried into effoct, if at all, by the taxpayers of Illinois. The many and urgent reasons for the construction of the Hennepin oannl need not be repeated in detail. It is enough to state that its construction would give water transportation to the products of the west from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast. Rates on produce which are now from 12 to 16 cents to Chicago would drop by canal to 6cents, and a bushel of wheat could readily be carriod by water from Rock Island to New York for the same sum now charged for the transportation from the same place to Chicago by rail. The Erie canal gives to New York the key to the railrond situation in that state, The cost of water transportation from Chicago to New York determines the rate of rail trans- portation, and the rate of rail transporta- tion is made the baso line upon which through rates are determined and fixed throughout the country. The Erie canal as the great adjuster of railroad rates is of incalenlable benefit to the country. The extension of canal facilities to the Mississippi would be a scarcely less ad- ditional advantage. The certainty that a fostering of water routes would throw some of thelr staggering systems into in- voluntary bankruptey is the sole basis of the united opposition which the great corporations are making to any government development of our internal waterways. The stagnation in canal construction during the last twenty is not so much due to a feeling that the country has outgrown this means of transportation as it is to the ndverse in- fluences of the railroads. In Pennsyl- vania and other states they have bought up the canals and abolished them. In the words of a recent witness on the sub- jeot before the senate committec on inter- state commerce, ‘‘whenever a river and harbor bill 15 pending in congress the railroad representatives will vote millions for improvements which do not material- ly affect them, but when it comes to an item like the Hennepin eanal, which promises to be of value in extending our system of waterways, the railroad repre- sentatives, whether democrats or repub- licans are found voting solidly against it.” Can there be any better illustration of the necessity for the people to insist upon the extension and improvement of our country's water- ways? France has just entered upon the construction of a comprehensive system of canals designed to furnish water com- petition to the chief sections of that coun- try. In England, whero the canals have been largely bought up by the railways and dwarfed or closed, ns has been done ot some extent in this country, the princi- pal commercial organizations are now advocating the re-establishment of the canals, on an improved basis, as a check upon railroad extortion. Our canals, connecting the great lakes with the ocean, which are really na- tional highways, ought to bhe as much a recipient of the national bounty as the isolated trout streams, bayous and petty harbors, for which liberal appro- priations are provided each year in the river and harbor bill. A comprehentive system of improving our principal water- ways should be undertaken upon a scule which will enable steam, the great motive power of the world, to be advantageously used, and thus reduce the cost of water transportation in the same proportion that the same motor has reduced the cost of transportation on land. If France can oxrend $300,000,000 in constructing a sys- tem of canals how much better can the United States aflford to undertake the same work, A Year of Democracy. The first year ot President Cleveland’s administration is concluded, and the country i8 in possession of material enough to judge of the success or failure of the rejuvenated democracy. Whether judged by the standard of its own pro- fessions or by comparison with its repub- lican predecessors, the result can not be considered as flattering to the adminis- tration or a subject of congratulation for the majority in congress. Mr' Cleveland began his term of office with liboral promises of reform. His inaugural teemed with assurances of radical changes in the administration of the government and particularly in the methods of the civil service. ‘“Publio office a public trust” was blazoned on his shield and *‘a business administration” was his cry of defiance. Twelve months have passed. The partisanship of the administration has shown itself in the renoval and dis- placement of a greater number of federal ofticeholders than has ever before beon recorded in the history of American poli- tics. Public office has been a party per- quisite, not a public trust, and partisan- ship has been the chicf recommendation of successful place hunters, Aside from the thousands of country postmasters and clerks not affected by the operations of the civil service law the suspensions and removals of officials whose terms have not expired have aver- aged over fifty » month, The sweeping reforms promised have failed to put in their appearance. The atterney gen- eral’s office is now ¢louded with scandal, the state department has been in a series of blunders owing to disgrace- ful appointments, the postoflice has been conducted with an eye single to furaish- ing offices for the squabbling democracy while the investigations in the conduct of past naval administrations has resulted in nothing more scrious than aa undi- goested scheme for & few unimportant changes in the bureaus. 'T'he books have been ransacked to prove the charges of corruption so freely made agninst republican rule without a single startling development as the re- sult of the labors. The end of the first year inds the prosident at issue with his party on every leading question of the day, antagonizod to the senate and prae- tically withoit influence with congress. If we turn to the democratic congress the view is even less cheering so far as the interests of the party arve concerned. With & heavy working majority in the lower house the democracy has succeed- ed in acoomplishing less work than any congress, republican or democratie, for thirty years past. With four months of the session gone, the appropriation bills are unreported, the silver question unde- bated, the bankruptey bill on the shelf, the vaunted measures for coast and naval defenses sleeping quietly in pigeon-holes and the house given up to windy discus- sions of topies of more interest to the members themselves than to the public at large. There is no cohesion in the party on a single issue of the day, and the promised aggressivenoss has sim- mered dowh to an earnest desire to dodge every disgusting question presented. The party which howled so fiercely for tariffre- form is busily working to shelve any re- vision of the tariff which might lose votes in the industrial districts, is deferring to the Inst moment the silver dis- cussion with a view of conciliat- ing all sides of the controversy, while the most arduous labors of its congres- sional representatives have boon bestowed in the ante-rooms of department chicts and the lobbies and bar rooms of the capital. Ttisa sorry ehowing of a year's failure which the new administration makes after twelve months' tenure of offioe. It presents no arguments to prove the wisdom of the change which the country was persuaded to believe was necessary. Grado Damages. When the linbility of the city for grade damages was decided by the supreme court, it was feared that the result would be disastrous to public improvements. however, has not been the case, nnd is not likely to be under the rule of determining such damages, as declared and adopted by the courts. If, in conse- quence of grading a street, the city would be obliged to pay the cost of grading and adjusting all property along the line of improvement, so as to make such proper- ty bear the same relation to the street as graded, as it did to the streot surface prior to such improvement, then there would be good ground for fear and apprehension. But if the true rule is the depreciation, it any, of the market value of the prop- erty, by reason of the grading, and is not the cost of cutting, filling or changing the property so asto conform to the strect as graded, then there can be no danger of liability in one case out of fifty on ac- count of street grading, for it is a notor- ious fact, and one that cannot be ques- tioned or doubted, that in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred of street grad- ing in the city of Omaha, the property opposite which either a fill or a cut has been made has been, in a greater or less degree, enhanced in its market value. The position taken by City Attorney Connell as to the rule of damages in such cases, was sustained by Judge Wakeley in the Peabody case, and has been re- aftirmed in several other cases. A recent opinion has been ren- dered by Judge Dyer, of the United States circuit court, in a case against the city of Chicago, wherein the same views are expressed. Judge Dyer, concerning the rule of dam- ages, says: ‘‘The question is whether the property was injured by the improve- ment. If not, there is no damage and can bo no recovery. If there is, then the recovery must be measured to the extent of the loss. If the property is worth as much after the improvement as it was before, then there 1s no damage done to the property. If the benefits received from making the improvements are equal to, or greater than the loss, then the property is not damagec.’” If vested by the above rule as aid down by Judge Dyer, and held by our courts to be correct, the claims of many who have already commenced suits, or contemplate bringing suits against the city, will prove unremunerative, and in place of profit to the plaintiff, will result only in costs. The practice of the city council to re- quire waivers of damages before grading streets or changing grades, is a good one, but a few mossbacks or selfigh, short- sighted individuals, who, unfortunately for the city are to be found along the line of nearly every public improvement, ought not to be permitted to stand in the way of improvement, It will be safe in such cases to proceed without waivers, and trust to the good sense of parties, guided by the law from the courts, as it has always been an- nounced, and as it will unquestionably stand. e——— Leavenworth Street Grade. The question of a proper grade for Leavenworth street, which for the past two years has been agitating the owners of property along that thoroughfare, promises to be now settled by the adop- tion of the grade rocently approved by the county commissioners, The grade now proposed is the most radical of any yet suggested, and if carried out, will un- doubtedly make Leavenworth strect, as is proposed, one of the most important thoroughfares of the city. The county commissioners, by resolu- tion, have declared that if the grade from Sixteenth street to the city limits, as re- cently certified to by City Enginecer Rose- water, and which was approved by County Surveyor Smith, is carried into eftect, that the county during the present year will continue such grade westward, making a cut of not less than twenty foet at the top of the hill in West Omaha. In order to obtain the changes of grade, and make sure of the grading of the street during the present season, it will be necessary to secure waivers of damages from all prop- erty owners, which, in view of the great benefit to be derived, will, no doubt, be readily given. The property owners most seriously af- fected by the proposed changes of grade are citizens of public spirit and foresight, who, for the good of the city and the im- provement of the property along the street, favor the enterprise, and nearly all have signified their willingness to waive all elaim for dumages, and thus se- cure at once the benefits of the grading, which otherwise might be delayed for a number of years, Ee—— WmiLe farmers in the western part of the state are plowing for wheat, Omaha is plowing through snow. It is a great country. Eeemm—— “LET us for once,” says the Boston Globe, “‘elect decent men to the city coun- cil.” In this game of “progressive PERSONALITIES. ekt Canon Farrar came to this country for a rest and took away 823,000, He will take the rest on his next visit, Mr. Lovely has been gonfirmed as post- master at Paris, Kentucky. But $his is about the only appointment that the senate thinks is Lovely. Henry Irving prefers the Bible and Shak: peare to all other books, But Mr. Irving has not yet seen the advance sheets of Gen. Lo- gan’s book. There Is & cool wave between the Rev. Robert 8. Rowe, of Baltifnore, and his con- gregation, because he referred to charity balls as “godless hops in the name of sweet charity.” The duke of Edinburg, who plays the flute, has been sent to the Mediterranean. The people of the Mediterranean must rejoice that he I8 not also aduicted to the accordion. From the fact that a week has now elapsea since young Miss Perkins recovered $75,000 from Lucky Baldwin for breach of promise, and she 1s still single, it Is inferred that her attorney is a married man himself, Mr. Beecher lost his watch by the aid of a pickpocket, and as soon as it was known he was presented with four new ones. Henty ought to open a jewelry store and lose that watch every day. Queen Victoria’s order that a eireus per- formance be glven at Windsor this week for her benefit would seam to indicate that she is getting ready Gladstone's greatest show on carth with home rule attachments which is billed for next month, Thomas Cruse, a millionaire, of Helena, Mont., who is 60 years old, has just married a young dressmaker of that city. She re- ceivad a check for £500,000 as a wedding pres- 1t from het husband. Many young women would like to take as successful a Cruse as this, Hon. Willlam Morrison is a tariff reformer and a useful citizen, but when he says there is more loss to distilleries in “suckage” than there is in “soakage” he exhibits an ignor- ance of the profits in a ten-cent drink which almost entitles him toa place on the ticket with St. John, Chicago News: We hear it sald that J. C. Flood, a bonanza fellow, Is anxious to suc- ceed Senator Millerof California, He has a boodle as big as a meeting house, and picks his teeth with a jack-knife. The prospect is that he would eclipse old Tabor of Colorado n the chance. We hope What this republic I r juncture would ap- pear to renaissance of rufled night- shirts and big, vulgar diamond cuff-buttons. SRRy ho ey War History. St. Louis Republican. War history is never complete till all the old letter books have been thoroughly ex- plored. —— Bound to 8poil. Philadelphia Times. Greece appears ‘to be spoiling for war, and the chances are that if waractually came she would begin to spoil for peace, LA No Sardine. Phfladelphia Call, It is said that Queen Victoria is very fond of sardines. That i§ why she doesn’t like Gladstone. He is no sardir —————— Full Stop. Philadelpliia._ Bress. They say that Senator Joe Hawley of Con- necticut plays on the piano beautifully, The resemblance between him and Carl Schurz ends right there, howeve —_—— The Negotiations. Kansas Qity Times. As nearly a3 we can understand it Geron- 1mo demands the unconditional surrender of Gen. Crook, whicly that great soldier firmly and consclentiously declings, ————— Has Not Found It Out, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The story that a member of congress has been prostrated by overwork must be taken with several grains of allowance. If there has been enough work done by that whole body during the present session to prostrate afsingle Individual, the country has not found it out, ——— Only Smatteration, Phitadelphia_Record. A writer in the Popular Science Monthly hits the schools a sounding and deserved whack when he says that they teach children the use of words they do not comprehend to describe things they 'do not understand. This is called o«hmnuun, but it is, in fact, only smatteration, e In a Good Voting Majority. Humphyey Independent., ‘The State Farmers’ alliance, in convention at Hastings, gave Senator Van Wyck an en- dorsement that demonstrates how sincerely the farmers appreciato the efforts of the senior senator, "There's fun and lots of hard work ahead, but the ners are ina good voting majority, and willdonate to the “anti- monopoly erank” a new palr of senatorial shoes as & token of their appreciation, i il Knocked y. Fremont Tribune, Senator Van Wyck’s bill providing that the Union Pacific fund be used for constructing branch lines to that railway, thereby placing it on a good paying basis and developing the state of Nebraska, has knocked the corpora- tion editors silly, They have been in the habit of perpetually prosecuting and slan- dering him, and are not falr enough minded to admit that he has donegood service in the introduction of the bill, though in any- body else it would eall forth unstinted praise and loud hallelujahs, This bill and his efforts in its behalf give the lie to the oft-repeated assertion that Sen- ator Van Wyck Is opposed to railways. The truth is nobody knows the value of these great enterprises and precursors of civiliza- tion better than he, He is not opposed to them except when they abuse their power and grind the people, in which case it be- comes his manifest duty to take the fearless stand he bas. His bill, when it becomes a law, will be of great benefit) to the state and valuable assistance to the Union I'acific com- pany. P Those newspapers which are gangrened with malice and warped out pf all reasonable shape by prejudice should hald their peace in this connection, Their silliness is too flagrant. —————r— Banishpd Loyve, Victoria B. Harrison n the Century, 0 shepherds! have yé windering seen A winged boy with’blinded eyes? 1droye him from me yestere'en, Despite his tears and pleading sighs. 1 Ho bears a pretty bow, and keen Tipped arrows in hi¥ quiver lie, O shepherds, tell me, have you seen “This banished Love come wandering by? Why shines the sun, regret to mock, Why flaunt the flowers I hues so gay, Why skip with joy the snowy flock, When poor lost Love is far away? Unfeeling shepherds, wherefore smile ud point toward m: king hat! close behind me all this wh O sweet! we two no more shall p; e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, ‘The postoflice at Chadron is a thing booty, : Plattsmouth contributed $341 to the Parnell tund. The Catholics of Ainsworth haye de- cided to build a church. A farm of 160 acres, two miles from Millard, was sold last week for $7,000. A Butler county undertaker advertises of missfit cofins, warranted to keep in any climate. Tecumseh is still talking of building a $£10,000 hotel. As yet the project is in a colario state. Cuming omml{rnko(l together $10,000 with which to take up outstanding rail- road bonds. Twenty thousand brook trout been planted in the Bordeaux Chadron creeks. The schools of Nebraska City report an attendance of 866, There are $5,262 in the school treasury. The Curtis Record, the_advoeate of a new town in western Nebraska, was istened last Saturday. our hundred mounted hunters, armed with shotguns and rifles, succeeded in bagging two hungry wolves in Antelopo county one day last week. The business men of Hastings held an indignation and anti-discrimination meet- ing Wednesday night. The object of their wrath was the alleged discriminat- ing rates of the B. & M. against the city's business interests. The company and it seryitors wero pummeled quite vigorous and viciously, and & committeo was a pointed to seoure concert of action in i ing the business of the city to the » road, It is a boycott pure and have and of the Ashland cut off through Sarpy county has for the most part been socured by the company. The commission appointed by the “county court met last week and assessed dar ages as follows: Jacob Palmor, $715; John Donahue, §390; Henry Fase, $2,7 W. H. Blumer, $030; A. Sander, $15; James Gatoly, $680; Catherine Langdon, $1,700; Antliony Langdon, $700; Henry Bartell, $1,900." The right of way agent of the B & M. states that the company will contest most of the awards in the district conrt, as all but two are exces- siv The right of w A Dubuque hand has decided to move to Omaha. Burlington has joined in the race for the st soldiers’ home. marriage permits issued in Scott county in Febri Tho business of the Sioux City post oflice for February amounted to $3, nual fairof the Palo Alto County Agricultural society will e held September 22, 23 and 24. he Northwestorn Missouri and South- western Iowa Veteran association will hold a reunion xt Creston on August 17. The cops of Davenport made 768 a during the year ending Febru sides furnishing lodging to 1,0: cit ived from the east by an Allison law firm, in which is be- queathed to —— — the sum of $i0 for being an unswerving democrat. mil Booge, the crook run in City last week, proves to have been the richest catch of the season. In his quarters were found drafts, checks, notes and cash orders aggregating about $6,000. Expert Smouse, who was arrested and taken to Davenport on the charge of run- ning a private distillery, has been re- leased by order of the Washington au- thorities.” He used the still to test the al- coholic properties of a temperance drink called Zeodine. 1t is said that at Sigourn: been looking around eyenings for one to devour. Pat King, « few nights since, was looking for his ghostship with arevolver, when the weapon was acei- dentally discharged, the ball entering his and and inflicting a painful wound. Stephen Young, a young man who has been living at Emerson for several years, i ng tho express messenger a ys ago,appropriated a money [mnk- itaining $1,000 and then left the country. He was traced to Burlington, but there the detectives lost track of him. 1t is presumed that he is in Canada. 1daho. Arbor day has been made a fixture in Idaho. Shoshone has organized an anti-Chinese rotection league. A territorial league has also been formed. The residents of north Idaho have peti- tioned congress against the proposed annexation to Washington territory. The Snake river placers are panning out profitable. Over 150 claims have cen staked out at Glenn and Salmon Some 100 men being at work the production ayerages about $10 per man per day. were Montana. The Boston and Montana minc last month produced $81,583 of bullion. The Granite Mountain Mining com- pany declared a dividend last month of %fl0.000. During January the Elkhorn mine turned out 22,461 “ounces of silver and 15,474 ounces of gold. Two theatres are planned to be built in Butte this year. One will cost $25,000 and the other $10,000. The silver mine high up on Mount Helena has a well-defined ore vein, Assays show $50 to $60 per ton, The Fort Benton board of trade mem- orialized congress to commence improve- ment of the Missouri river at the head of nayigation, and also asked for increased appropriations, The Elkhorn Mining company will pay their twentienth successive dividend on the 28th of February of ten cents a sharo, ufgvrcg:\linx $5,000. Total of dividends $105,000, or $2 per shave, The Pacific Coast. The ore product of the Comstock mines now averages 950 tons daily. A company has been organized to es- tablish & créamery at Phoenix, Arizona territory, An average of 2,100 persons monthl now arrive at San Diego by sea and rai but the departures do not nearly aquu] that number, A fine sea otter was taken off tho har- borof Victoria, B. C., recently. The skin brought 100, Furseals are taken every day in the harbor. Thirty-two fried eggs wero eaten at & single sitting a few davs ago, by Joe Guuson, a Sierra City miner, And ' he got on the outside of much other viands, General Bidwell has commenced the manufacture of oliye oil on the Chico (Cal.) rancho. He has ouly seven olive trees now bearing, and from these about eighteen bottles of oil were made this year. A doposit of antimony hus been dis- covered near Peavine, eight miles from Reno, Nevada. The deposit is said to cover an area of several acres, and is pro- nounced absolutely pure. Antimouy is used as an alloy, Its general color is silyery white with a slight bluish tinge. Recently, while sinking a well on the desert south of the railroad, near Flor- ence, A, T., there were found, eight feet below the surface of the ground, fragments of Aztec pottery upon which were found figures resembling in design and outline the ornaments on the pottery of the Papagoes and Pimas of to-day. ‘The resignation of Frank Fielding, as- sayer of the Nevada state university, is announced. In resigning, he donated to the state his last two ionths’ salary, unting to $300, to pay -for the com- on of the chemical laboratory, for h the state failed to make an appro- priation. i There has been paid out of the Califor- nia state treasury since Febr jy 1 the enormous amount of $2,698,232.28. This has been paid out on oyer 500 warrants, and is believed to be largest sum ever aid out of the treasury in the sume ength of time. During the month the receipts amounted to $57815,340.27. INTER - STATE ~ COMMERCE. Benator Cullom's Bill Disseoted and Bhown to be a Frand, Something More Effcctive Than This “Emasculated " Billis De+ manded. R. Jones t Chicago Curvent, Through all the mass of evidenco col- lected by the inter-state commerce com- mittee, the most distinguishing feature is the complaint of the want of stability and publicity of rates. The complaints of the representatives of the railroad in- terests are as loud as thoso of the general public. It 18 admitted by the railronds that real publicity would bring stabilit Nominal publicity exists at present, inas- much as the ordinary rates between any points can always be obtained for the asking. The enormous extont to which the secret rebate system is carried, how- ever, makes such publicity valueloss. The general public have no conception of the millions of dollars paid out annu- ally by the railvoads of Chicago, in the shipe of rebates, The disclosures made betore the Hepburn committee, of New York. n»lumul«-& people even who thought themselves posted. It wi timated that ninety per « of the Syracuse busi- ness and fifty pe it of the whole busi- ness of the New York Contral was done nl rates. An article in the North an Review, referring to the rev- clations made before the committee on the sceret rebate system, by which the Standard Of Ly was built up,says: “The Standard Oil company has taken very high rank among the powers built by transportation ““I'he Standard be- came practieally a dictator to the rail- roads of their relations to petrol ‘I'he genernl mannger of the Say Western railroad, speaking o rupting influences of the ry suys, “ono tissue of fraud and dec was woven after another, until the web became as fine a8 to be worthy of the father of lies himself.”” The evolution of monopoles by the street rebate gystem is oing on at a_stll more alarming rate than when the North American Review articlo written. The railroad com- panies did not baild up the Standa monopoly voluntarily. Every con ranted by the railroads, to obtain the wvor of the largo shipper, makes him more powerful to wring still further con- i The tendenc i zation to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer, is no more bugbear of social- ism, but is a recognized fact by ph phers, One of the greatest, if not the catest element in producing this result, is the rebate system The Cullom bill recognizes the impor- tance of the subjeet by devoting the prin- cipal part of the bill to an attempt to abolish it. Kvery competent railroad man knows that the prov for the purpose are utterly inadequ aets penalties for charging mo to one person than another, but pro no muchinery for making such dis nation of proof. Without this, i not worth the paper it is written upon. The payment of a rebate may be quito legitimate in consequence of errors by 2 or_ bill checks, or otherwisc. What s required, is some machinery by which legitimate aund illegiiimate rebates can oasily be dotected. Those who aro ac- quainted with the ingenious methois by which the railroad companies, in even the stronges! most successful pools, cover up the tracks of their broken faith, ppreciate the difliculty. It is quite possible, however, to provide means by ogislation, which will' reduce these evils to a minimum. The railroad men who shriek loudest against the inigunitous re- bate system, demand the legalizing of pools, as the only way of abolishing it. Che fact that the vast majority of the Standard Oil company’s rebates Were ob- tained from ‘‘pooiing'’ roads, efl cfiuully disposes of that remedy. The railrond man would like you to legalize his pools, but he still shrinks with holy horror from any attempt to curtml divine right to” build up corporations, individ- uals or localiti In England the system of speciai r; and rebates in vogue here is y unknown. Toa large extent this is due to the influence of the railway clearing house, i 1 independent organ tion for the diviston of through charges, rebates, etc., amongst the different com- s to devisc a similar Ironds of this coun- ation of the different sy of dealing with special rates in the countries, will have a valunble bearing onthe legislation required for dealing with the rebate system here. If A wants a special rate for tatoes from Belfast to London, the pn‘ of granting itis decided by the -mannger of the initial road. If granted, the rate, terminal al- lowance, and basis of division are re- ported to the clearing house. The rate hen becomes the rate for potatocs for all partios between these points, and not alone for the party who applied for it, and 18 billed openly at that rate, With us, if B wants a special rate from Davenport to New York for wheat, and he brings convincing argu- ments to the general freight agent in'its favor, the rate is granted to him {l'fll'flon- ally. "Probably, after a time, if C finds out that B has got a special rate, he too, will demand and obIn}n the same conces- sion, The railroad company's agent will know nothing of B’s spceial rate, and his troight will be billed at the same rate as Tom, Dick and Harry's. B will probably get his rebate from the general offico of somo fnst freight line, s body, not only without a soul, but without a corporate existence, if such a definition can be ap- plied toa body, The initial compuny will, months after, refund its proportion through an intricate adjustment of the through charges with ‘the fast freight line, Tt will be seen by the unvrofus- sional reader, that dick and Harry would find it very diflicult to prove that B's freigh ied ata lower rate than theirs. ‘The principle that congress has the power to compel the railroud companics to keep their accounts in the way it pre- seribes, is_admitted in section fifteen of the bill, If the promoters of the bill are really in earnest in desiring to abolish the seeret rebate system, there should be noreason then why the companies should not be compelled to do as follws, in addi- tion to what is asked in the bill 1. Furnish copies of all rates special, or tarify, local or through, in operation’ on the rond, and tho chunges therein, a de- vintion from any rates reported {o the commission, to be considered a proof of diserimination. (Section 5 only ealls for the tarifls, which, according to the Hep- burn committee report, would only a ...J to ten per eent. of the traflic from § cuse.) 2. All percentages and bases of divi ion existing with other 2ompunics for di- vision of through rates. 8. The initial line to be held respon- sible for any contiats, agreements, or re- bates made by a fast freight lin 4. That no change in the charges, as billed, be made without a ,.,I-y of the under or overcharge youeher being sent to the commission with a monthly ab- In case of reduction on uccount ht, the weigher’s certificate to ac- compiny the vouel 5. Thit & heavy penalty be inflicted on weighers giving fulse certificates of weight. 6. That when the same freight kas been billed twice or more on the siwme road, a atement . of the readjustment of the s be sent to the commission. show, in their annual reports, tho amounts of gross freight earnings as billed, freight earnings not billed, and amount of freight charges refunded, the differenco belngth net earnings. The total amonnt of the freight charges re- funded should agree with the total amount of the vouchers furnished to the oommissioner. . The same penalty which is imposed on the traflic manager for violations of section 9 of the act, should be imposed upon tho auditor for rendering false statements or wichholding information. 9. Duplicates of the monthly summa- ries of tonnage and freight charges, local and through, with division of through charges as adjusted and taken to account by auditor. 10. Monthly statement of demurrage, storage, and all other charges included in freight earnings not billed., The unprofessional reader will, per- haps wonder what use such additional information wonld bo to the commission. He would also probably imagine that the issi would require a large and expensive staff to utilize the documents. To this it may be answered that, 1. The commissioners will have, or should have, a record of all billing rates, which should bo the only legitimate rates. 2. That any variation” from these rates will come under their supervision, through the youchers. 8, That if Tom, Dick, or Harry believes at B's freightis being carried at & lower rate than the per oflicials of the comnussion (a8 alroady provided for in the act), by an inspection of the billin, of the freight auditor’s aecounts and of the record of vouchers in the commis- sioner's oflice, ean ensily detect the fact. 1. Valuable information for the bureau of statistics would be on file in anaccess- ible form. As regards the oxpense of tho staff, the hill already provides for such a stafl} but it would be useless oxponditure, unless the companies were compelled to furnish information ot somo value. 1t may be snid that the farmer in Towa and N ki s not interested in these 2 as far a8 heis con- a fight_among the n buyers themselves, This is not really the case. It will be found, as n rule, that the prices for grain in his dis- triot, are based on the regular rates to the best market, Chicago, St. Louis, or what- r it may b He is satistied 1f he gets the market price, less freight charges, and this saves commission it shipped. by himself. If the grain buyers in his trict are B, Tom, Dick and" Harry, an only has a_rebate of 6 conts a bushel from the railrond, it will not be neces- sary for B to underbid the others more than half @ cent a bushel to get the bulk- of the business. Tom, Dick and Harry cannot pay the farmer more than the best market price, loss the open rate of freight to that market. How much of the dif- ference of five and a half cents per bushel comes out of the pocket of the farmer,and now much out of the railroad company, will be_an interesting subject for the farmer to study. “The question of long and short hauls sink into comparative insignificance, compared with the secret rebate s ystem. No harm will de dune by leaving the other questions in the shape proposed by the commission. The public demand that the gigantic tions of the railrond companies in up monopolies, be curtajled mething more effective than Mr. Cullom’s “emasculated’ bill. 1t is re- quired not only in the interest of the pub- tof the ruiltond proprietors. The are still guided by their officials, who are controlled by their traditional horror of government interference. They will be apparently hostile to the Cullom bill as it stands, but will secretly stand shoulder to shoulder with the powerful beneficaries of the rebate system in its support. Both ¢ nts are well aware that, us it stands, it is powe their inte It will aga ever, to stave off eflectiva l P —— THE COURT KNOWS ITSEL Judge Tiffany Tongue Lashes Two Editors for Contempt. O'Ne1r, Neb., March 1.—[Correspon- dence of the Bee.]—When the djstrict court “convened last Saturday morning the dull monotony usually attending court proceedings was somewhat changed when a ease a little out of the usual order was called by the court, and the editors of the O'Neill Tribune and the Holt County People were marched into court by the shoriff to answer to the charge of contempt of court. Last week's issue of the above mentioned papers contained charges refleoting on the competency and criticising the manner in which the court has been conducting its duties at this term. The articles were uncalled for, en- tirely unjustifiable, originating altogether in the great heads of these would-be dis- turbers of public confidence in the judge, who is admittedly conscientious and fair, and an untiring worker. The editor of the Holt county People was somewhat finmn, and stood up and took his medicine ke u man, but the editor of the Tribune made a very poor showing, and trembled chur, ; Bt the compuuies be conpelled to like a school-boy. The judge went for themin great shape, d in'the course of his remarks said: here are o class of young men who have acquired suflicieni check to obtain control of newspapers, but have not the necessary amount of brains to conduct them in i decent and respectable man- ner, and to all such I will here give no- tice that such conduct as 1n this case will not be tolerated. Personally, I care noth- ing for such attacks, but the' court must be shown proper respeot, whatever your personal idens may be as to the lim!;.w in- dividually. As this is your first offense that has come to my notice, (here the edi- tor of the Tribune, with bowed head and trombling knce onor, this is _my lirst offi ') a8 your first offense [ will fine you a nominal sum, enough to cover the costs, but L will say in conclusion thatif this kind of thing i ted T will give you s in jail on (bread and water, tion of the court is sustained by the botter cluss of the people of O'Neill, Making Hotel Life ¥ Like, The rather numerous in Washington ival one ay at a hotel and fectly Homes Peck's Sun: . Ho registorec said to the clerk: “1 may want to stay some time; can you give me i good room*” “I'think we can let you haye one that will suit.” *'1 suppose you iry to muke it pleasant nly, we aim to." “Of course. What I like in o hotel is something home-like."” “1think wo can satisfy you on that ope 50. Now I'll tell you: if you will seo that 1 am made to fecl perfectly at home durim?' my stay you shan't lose anything by it.” “0h, we'll make it home-like for you. Let me see,” he continued, glaneing over ster, *‘you are from Dal:ota?” , 1'm a member of the Dakota legislature, and--"' T Here! ‘exclaimed the elevk, tnrning to a bell-boy, “‘show this gentleman to the poker room,” 1. Horner, the mulby ha d to the » u 80 beyond & doubt prove a siic dial agent against the drifting of snow upou the rallrond track. The plan i to line the road with groves of .the thrifty growing Russiun mialberr,