Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1886, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. OmANA OFFICE, NO. WiAAND 016 FARNAW ST NEW Y onk Orrice, Room 6, TRInuse Bur Wasmsaros Orvice, No. 518 Founm Puliliehed evers morning, excopt Sunday. The D‘“{ Monday morning paper published in the TERME DY MATLY $10.00 Three Months ) One Month. .. ;. Published Every Wednesaay. TERMS, POSTPAID: gne Year, with premivm oOne Y ithout pren Bix Montlis, without pr One Month, on trial One Year Fix Months. © TR WrEKLY B 20 w100 2.0 con AN eommunications relating to news and odi- torinl matters should be addressed to the Epi- TOR OF “HE DRE. BUSTNESS 1RTTERS: All bu sinces Jotters and semittances should b pirn B s PE PUBLISHING COMPA yrafts, checks and postoffice ot plulllvlnm the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS F. ROSEWATER. ED1TOR Sworn Statement of Oirculation. State of Nebraska, | . o nty of Douglas. { % I, cashier of the lieo Publishing company, solemnly swear that the fon circulation of the Dadly Beo for the week ending May 21st, 1556, was as follows: Saturday, Average P, Sworn to_and subscribed before m 22 day of May, A. D, 185, Simo ., FIsne Notary Public. N. P, Feil, belng first duly_sworn, deposes andsays that he is cashier of the Beo Pub- _lishing company, that the actual average " daily circulation of llm Daily Bee for the month of January was 10,378 copies for February, 1% copies: for Mar 537 cople Avril, 188, 12,191 o) {‘uom to_and \uhwrvhod beforo me thie 5th day of May, A. D, 15%, Sl\ln\ J, Fisnen, Nofary Public. 1¥ the Tow railroud commission proves itself able to regulate the Union Pa- cific railroad system it will be the first time in its history that it ever has regu- nilroad lated any Tae Council Bluffs \mprm il, the old- est daily in the Missouri valley, and one of the leading papors of this scction, has been materially improved by a new dress and other features which indicate pros perity, enterprisc and able management. AND now come the calis for “harmony’" which includes a clear track and a clean field for the preferred candicates of the opponents of General Van Wyek. There i8 a touching simplicity in the demand which 18 enough to affect o large part of the voters of Nebraska to teats. THE counc! pproved the plans for the Sixtoenth strect vinduet, The gomptetion b this important structure Will give Omaha a thoroughfare running the entire length of the city, north and south, which atno distant day will be lined with business houses from one end to the other, Mavor Boyp has sent in the name of George C. Whitlock for building - 8pector. We understand that Mr. Whit- lock is a practical carpenter of many years’ experience. We donot know what his politics are, but if the committee find him competent he should be prompt- ly confirmed. There has been too much delay already in this building inspector- ship business, and it ought to be finished a8 quickly as possible. COMPLAINTS from congressmen about hot weather at Washington are already beginning to rise on the malarial air of the Potomac flats, but thereis at least ten ‘weeks of good work to be done before tho session can close. A single appro- priation bill, only, has passed both hou: and become a law. Of the other leading bills of the same character, only one—the postoflice bill—has been acted upon by both the senate and the house, and that s stuck in the conference committee. | The exccutive, legislative and judicial ‘bills have not yet come up in the house. Mg. GLADSTONE has called a great lib- eral conference on Thursday to attempt %0 adjust the differences of his party on | tho home rule bill. The premier has been #trongly urged to this course by many ‘of his friends, who think that the success ©of tho principie of home rule, as avowed by liberalism, should not be imperilled By a large adverse vote. The planisnow #0 force a majority on the second read- fng and appeal to the country in the fali, when a new parliament, voicing liberal, sentiment and ready to follow Mr. Glad- #tone’s idea more imploitly, can be se- eured. ‘A OALL bas been issued by several members of the board of trade, conven- dng & meeting to protest ngainst the p _ sage of the bill imposing a heavy tax mpon the bogus butter industry, The ob- Ject of the meeting is presumably to rep- rosont the sentiment of Omaha business | men as opposed to the bill now under } loration in congress, to protect the | dairy interests of tho country by placing what is practically a prohibitory tax vmn the production of butterine, lard leomargarine and kindred iwmita- % Mlons of butter. Now, we do "mot believe that the peoplo of Omaha wrc prepared to take any such #tand nor does it secm to us that the . board of trade will advance 1ts own in- ~ Borests or incrense its prestige in the eommunity by londing its name to pro- geeding of tho kind prepared. Nebras- ka’s dairy interests have made them- "~ golves already heard in petition after pe- 1 tition presented in congress demanding [§1 protection from the butterine frand. All pranumn has shown that no statute “eommiiuding the stumping and labelling [ of bogus butter packuges cun or will be “The premium on dishonesty Restoicting legislation anust deal with the producwrs of the de- cod lard aud churned-over suet and der subscquent deception impossible plucing the wanufacture and disposal L of the stufl under as rigid regulations as A which surround those of tobacco "Bnd liquor. This is what the bill now Because which it ought Lo pass. o board of trade, the Chi- hundles make itself the tool of the pork kers aud stock yards, is no ressun the Omaha board of the same nawe la follow suit. Dro congress proposes to accomplish, | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY 27 1886 Van Wyck and Harmony. Senator Van Wyek is officially no tified by the railroad republican press that he must retire from the canvass in order to insure harmony during the com- ing campaign. Van Wyck is the great source of all the discord, and he must re- alize that harmony can never be main- tained while he is a candidate. We have no doubt that the senator will obey the mandate just as soon as he becomes con- vinced that all the other candidates will remain perfectly quiet during the cam paign. This, of course, will be in the language of the late Parson Brownlow, “When Hades freezes over and good peo- ple are allowed to <kate on the ice.” We all remember how harmonious sen atorinl campaigns were before Van Wyck came to Nebraska, Our memory carries us back to the giorious time when Senator T T was a wdidate for re election, Thayer had made an ex cellent republican yrd, and nobody ared to assail his official integrity. But “harmony” was out of question with f or six other republicans in the ficld, who were willing to spend any amount of money to heat Thayer. haps Chair- man Yost, of the republican state central committee, remembers that period of de lightful harmony when he bolted the reg- ular republican legislative ticket in Douglas county and voted for the democrats in ofder to make sure of jor's defeat. ‘The state was very close then and if Douglas county had gone democratic, as Yost and his bolting associates desired, there would have been a democrat elected from Nebraska to the senate. As it was, Thayer was beaten in the interest of harmony by the shameless purchuse of ele ic members of the legislatu That was before Van Wyel me to Nebraska and introduced his disorganizing stylo of politics. Later on, in 1875, there was anothor foud call for harmony. Dundy, Thayer and Paddock, with Thayer in” the lead, were running a race,while Van Wyck, to all intents and purposes, was *'a thou- sand miles away.” The fellows who now ask Van W, to retire “‘for the sake of harmony,” were {here to cut the throatof any republican who was on the other side. Church Howe was there for Nelse Patrick and $3,000. Other pa- triots wero there to muake Boss Cunning- ham senator and inaugurate a reign of snie jobbery and r: y. Finaily, the democrats stepped up and harnion- ized matters by electing A. S. Paddock as a conservative. In those good old times, before Van Wyek put his specta- cled nose into Nebraska politics, nobody dared to stand out against harmony. When Van Wyck finally was elected everything was very smooth with the ex- ception of the bushwhacking of Paddock by his professed feiends, and the thrilling jump over from Dundy to Paddock, m which several acrobats dislocated their political nccks. On that woeful day which the Jincoln Jass=zt and Omaha Republican have marked with a black cross in their calendar, Gere was un- horsed and Thurston went home on the swearing train, while Valentine was wringing his hands in despair. It was positively shocking, you know, to haye a man like Van Wyck disrupt party harmony, which up to that time had been unbroken through five senatorial campaigns. Has Van Wyck no bowels of compas- sion? Has henot tortured the valiant leaders who always fight tor the flag and an appropriation long enough? Surely he must want harmony in his old age. We are in earnest in favor of harmony, but we want the lamb outside of the lion. We want some guarantee that the sena- torial contest is to be fought out with Quaker guns. As long as Jim Laird rattles around with his brass bands and gravel trains, as long as the other ram- bunctious bulldozers are at large, and as long as the railroad bosses are regulating conventions and nullifying the will of the people we fear there can be little har- mony, even if Van Wyck should pull out of the race and leave the field for a free fight. Put the Shoe On. Some of the assessors are very thin skinned. They protest that the remarks of the BEE about the slipshod and care- less manner in which the property of wealthy real estate owners is assessed 18 a reflection either upon their competenc or their honesty, They point to their books to show that John Smith's assess- ment has been raised this year and John Hrown’s property has been listed at a materinl advance. They all agree, how- ever, that there is a good deal of sham assessing but insist that the other assess- ors are the ones to blame and not them- selves Wherever the shoe fits et 1t be put on. There are few feet which it will pinch. Of course, the most flagrant instances of uncqual assessments are in those parts ot the city where property is the most unim- proved and owned in bulk by wealthy cnpitalists. Much of this land, as asses- sors aduit, is listed at barely atenth of its market value. Some is borne on the list at one twentieth, But even in the busi- ness part of Omaba there is wide scope for a radicul improvement. There is scarcely o streot on which property has not appreciated trom one-tenth to one- half during the past twelve months Will the new assessment, based on a fair valuation, show this rise? The question is one of crying im- portance. Wo are tied down and ham pered in every dircction for waut of rev enue, Our general fund is almost gone; our special funds are almost exhausted ‘The demand for public Improvewents from our citizens is pressing. We can not use our credit because,very properly, the legislature has limited the proportion of bonds which can be issued, basing them upon the amount of our assessed valuation. The blunder of uncqual us sessments outs both ways, It is true that we have a board of equalization, both city and county. Un- fortunatcly, their sessions are so short that it is practically impossible for either the commissioners or the council to make & thorough ision of the lists, notify property owners, and give each com plainant a bearing. The work of the assossors, bad or good, must stand as whole, Omaha assessments are lower more uuequally di and ributed thun those of ! | any eity of ber size m the country. ly this class of produee, has scen lit | Minnoapolis & city of less than double bier size has uu asscssment list niue times as large. There are towns and citios our own state, which we outuumber in Populution lifteen tuucs over, whose valuation for taxation is almost a sixth of our own, The duty of the assessors is plain. They know what it is. They cannot plead ignorance of what is required of them. Omaha to-day has more than a hundred millions invested in real estate and im provements, Last year the entire nssess- ment real and personal of Douglas county was less than ten millions —_— Leopold Von Ranke, The greatest historian of the age died in Berlin on Sunday last, crowned with ninety-one years of honorable and useful activ Born five years before the close of the last century, he was an eye witness to the stupendons politieal changes which hiave raised Germany from a col- lection of principalities to that of the strongest military nation in the world, under a single rule, and which have thr times revolutionized the map of Europe. When Von Ranke first opened his cyes history-muking under the great poleon was in active progress ce was supreme and the conquering Bonaparte was i out his empire with the sword across the continent from Paris to Mos- cow. He lived to %ee the star of Ru; rise in the ascendant, to witness the over- throw of Austrian influence in Germany, e the history of the magniti sments of the “man of blood 1" in unifying the German father- land and in wreaking a blooldy revenge on the descendant of the Corsican con- queror. What a host of former contemporaries have passed away since Von Ranke's advent as a historian. Buckle, Mot- ley, Prescott, Irving, Thic all were younger by man, s than the dead historian. Several were ehild- ren when the author of ““The History of Roman and German Nations' received his profassorship at Berlin. OFf the long list of co-laborers in the work of | early life an Amvrican historian and friend, Baneroft, alone remains. Von Ranke's distinetion as an historian rests upon the methods whick he intro- duced in historical study. He was an earnest and untiring investigator, keen in his search for material, discerning in his selection of authorities, and philo- sophieal in his deduction from the facts gathered, His work has stood the test of time and the nlts of criti- cism. His literary style was cle and he had a charm of diction which carried the interest of over the most profound discf lying causes of great historical events. The works by which he is best known through English tr: lations are “Germany in the Reform- ation,” “England in the Seventeenth Century,” “Tlo Popes of Rome,” and the “History of the World.” He s en- gaged upon the last named at the time of his death, and had completed six of th mm, volumes of what he had intanss st work of his life. the reade 1s- 1% the grea “Overproduction. All economists, of whatever school, agree that the prime cause of the existing industrial dGepr on is ‘‘overproduc- tion.”” But th 18 no general agree- ment as to the e of the e The advocates of a high tariff attribute the cause of the overstocked markets to the irresistible cheapening process of manu- facture. The arguers in favor of a wider commercial treedom protest that by clos- ing the markets of the world to American products we have overstocked our own. Both clements are doubtle active for the present de- condition of industrial A Boston paper lately made the statement that the same char- acter of print-cloths that were sold for conts a yard in 1867, are solling now cents, and the satteens which a fow years ago were worth40 cents, are now sold for 40 cents. An explanation of .the reduction is furnished in Senator Beck's recent statement In the senate that *‘in the great manufacturing establishments of New England seven persons, with the aid of machinery, are doing the work which thirty yearsago it required s persons to do.” And this applis machinery is not confined to factories. ““f have been on the iesof Dakota,’” says Mr. Beck, “‘and scen one hundred machines cutting wheat with self-binders attached, each of these binders doing the work of six men, on one farm. This self-binding attachment alone saves Mr. Dalrymple from hiring and feeding 600 men'a day.” If the 600 men thus d placed on the Dalrymple farm and many oth displaced from time to time in the mills and factories where machinery is used could easily find other employment the case would be simple enough, hut when machines that do mot eat, drink nor wear clothes, nor consume anything but conl, are thus multiplying in the land, und displacing men who do eat, drink and wear clothes, we have an explana- tion of what we call overproduction. Add to this our restricted market for Amcrican products, the tariff on raw ma- terials which is o tax on manufacturers, and the unhealthy stimulus given to cer- tain favored branches of industry by ox- orbitant customs duties and a sufficient explanation of u\('lprutluullnn is Another underlying eause is that \\nh industrial distress comos *‘underconsump tion.” Old clothes are made to go further, old sho patehed and sewn, the deli :son the table are omitted and their place taken by coarser fare. Merchants' stooks of goods last longer and are less frequently replaced, and the calls upon mills and factories are pro- portionately smaller. Industrial labor is the firstto feel the eftects of depression and the last to experience the relief which follows, Hox. A H. Bakeg, an old settler of Omaha and tor many y this city, has been appointed receiver of the Grand Island land office. Mr. Baker is a rock-rooted democrat of forty years' standing who has waited patiently for Canaun and now enters the promised land after his long journey in the descrts of disappointment ——— ‘Tng Norfolk Grand Army re-union promises tobea orilliant affair. Gen Lrishin, who has accepted the command of the eap, confidentially informs the B it he will see that the town is » tdecp verwillion hue on that o ) jublican railroad organ thinks there is luck in horse she It should see once and pail it over the door of its wailing depsrtment. Some folks thiuk that liver puds are better for. the cireulation, ¢ one Gra Island. Grand Tsland |D'1r-sl|nud at no distant day to be the third city in the state. Omaha and Lincoln alone are more favorably sitnatod with roga¥d te railway facilities. Quite apart from the matorial advantage which Grand Island enjovs as the divés- ion headquarters of the Union Pacific, in connection with the .machine shops of that road, that city is the pivot upon whfch the projected Burlington system, north of the Platte, will swing with its short line to Wyoming, and its branches to the northwoeét The purchase of the Denver & St. Joo line by the Chicago & Rodk Island will make Grand Island the western terminus of the Rock Island road, with a fair prospect of hecoming the initial point of the projected Rock Isiand feeders mto central and northwestern Nebraska, The Union Pa cific has already built one of its feeders from that point, and will doubtless com: plete its extension as the country settles up. The country already tributary to Grand Island affords very profitable con- merce to her merchants, and from straws which we have noticed the city will be- fore long become quite & manufacturing center Nothing illustrates more forcibly the march of improvement and enterprise of Grand Island than her live and vigorous daily newspaper, the Independent., at paper is pronounced by all who are capa- ble of judging one of the best dailics in the state, and in poirt of excellence sur passed by none outside of Omaha. Its m.. al support by the people of Grand Island and Hall county shows that they appreciate the benetits which that county derives from n newspaper that inspires confidence and respoet. As long as it continues in 1ts fearless course as an ex- pounent of the true interests ot Grand Island it will continue to flourish and share in the prosperity of the city. The tuture of Grand Island is certainly bright, and the Independent, which has done o ich already tow building up the will in due time reap the reward h industry and bard work aro en- titled to. A Word to Correspondents, Some of our corrcspondents, loeal and elsowhere, are offended that their com- munications do not find their way into printor that rejected manuscripts are not returned. A little plain and friendly talk may perhaps soothe their rufilea dignity Don’'t write for the newspapers unless you have something to It may be pleasant to see your name or your friends’ names in print, but the public is not interested in your views unless your views are interesting to'the public. Re- member that in these days editors do not lack for material. 3t is;hard to find room for the news and the work of the stafl' in well established newspupers. The ques- tion what shall go Anto; the anlwwec s e o |l'l|)('|“ resolves itsolf into w)nl can be s walumble. A portion at portlon is pud for by -gq.ml) limits the amount devoted lc reading matter, which is paid for by purchasers of the paper. Be bricf, be pointed: < If you have news to tell, tell it in as condensed a form as alue. If suggestions anmatters of public ltlu-m down. To the read- ing public, timo is & matter of some mo- ment. A quartet of 4 column’ article is much more likely to attract attention than a two column essayand a two inch item than either. Finally, remember that because your contribution is rejected you are not neces- sarily personally insulted. The waste basket is a voracious animal, and an in- dispensible appendage of every well reg- ulated sanctum. Tons of manuscript are rejected every year, not because they are not well written, but beeause they are “not available.” To keep track ot all rejected communications and return them to the writers would tax the time, patience and resources of any large office. Our Washington correspondent states that Morton and Boyd are agreed in favor of olcomargarine. That causes us no surpr Morton belongs to the slaughter-house and Boyd is chief of the packing-house. oh is lobbying in Washington against the anti-butterine legislation .Mr. Morton knows on which side his bread is butterined, G MiLes offers a reward of §2,000 for Geronimo dead or alive, When Ger- onimo hears this he will give himself up and claim the reward. Tom BALLARD to the supreme court: “Thanks awfull, —— KINGS AND QUEENS, The walst of the royal princess Christian measures thirty-six inches in circumference. ‘The czar of Russia has offered Dr.Schwen- inger, Prince Bismarck’s physician, $6,000 to reduce him to a healthy weight. The sultan of Turkey may rank with the musical monarchs of the age. He has re- cently composed several orchestral work King Kalakaua is an active member of the Honolulu five department. e runs to fires with the engine, and is. au expert operator of the pump hattdle. The Princes Bmlrlce looks very happy, far happier than Bdttenberg does when Mother-in-Law Victoria ¢commands him to wear Scoteh petticonts, It is stated on preity good authority that the Princess of Walesis a'very clever milli- and gives the finishing touches to all bounets and hats, “The prince of Wales, who is overwhelmed with debts, is yet able to sell his royal mother’s land which ,sher wants to add to her Balnoral estate, an@l for which the queen pays Wales $125,000, A good deal of Queer Vittoria's time must be spent in mateh-maklig. - According to the German newspapers she Is now desirous of bringing bous a miriage between the Grand Duke of Hessé and the Duchess ot Albany. St. Louis Republiean: The ezar of all Russia is growing so fat that he asks Bis- warck to lend him his physician, In te early days of Machiavelllan diplomacy this would have been regarded as & very danger- ous experiment to mak The Duchess d'Uzes and the empress of Austria, heretofore famous as horse riders, have their noses quite put out of joint by the sultan of Zanzibar's sister. who has been used to ride out to shoot lions, and as an equestrienne excels any fewiniue circus rider ever seen in Paris. The queen proposes to urake Wales' eldest son the duke of Kent, Victoria’s father's title, which will give hiw @ seat in the house of ‘lords, aid the people will be asked give hiw an annuity. of $50,000 for 50 sitting. He Is an amiable young man, with the aver- sge stupidity of his family. The Smallest Thing in Nebrask Wood River Gazelte, The Valentine boom is about the smallest thing in Nebraska nowadays, unless it be the boom of the Howard county statesman who wants to be our next executive, Both of those centlemen will find out what Gen. e of about the time the next state convention meots. Getting to the Front, Elk Creck Eeho. is getting to the front as an im- portant financial center, and aceording to the report of the gross bank exchanges of the union forthe week ending May 15th, Omaha stood fonrteenth on the list, with a clearance leading such cities as Detroit, Denver, Mitineapolis and Indianapolis, and showing a larger increase than any other city in the United States. s One Great Ohjection to Van Wyok. Wood River Gazette, One great objection the monopoly organs have to Senator Van Wyck is that he owns considerable property in Nebraska, and lives in zood style in Washington, A great ob- Jection this, Has not a senator the samo right to hold property that other men have so long as he acauires it honestly, and if able 10 do 50 has he not a right to live as becomes his position at the national capital? —— Plenty of Wind. Ashland Gazette, The anti-VanWyck papers of the state are certainly possessed of plenty of wind, 1t is indeed amusing to see how frightened they are becoming. Every item thatis sent out by the country press on its mission to “dow! the old man,” is collared in the Omaha publican and Lincoln Journal oftices.touched up a little and then reproduced. Y ou might justas well hold your wind, boys, the old man has the inside track and will come in on the home run so far in the lead that you will be ashamed to look each othier in the face after the contest is over. Sam Joncs Augusta (Ga.) Chroniele, Bill Arp told us that Sam Jones was mak- ing money and investing it rapidly. He had purchased several valuable farms, and his house at Cartersville was not only the tinest there but the only one with a mansard roof. His family drive in an elegant new carriage drawn by first-class horses, and, according to some woinan gossip, percolating through Wat Harris, the first day Mrs, Jones aired her she drove by the houso of one neighbor thirteen times by actual count! It seems that Sam Jones, anticipating n possible break-down physieally or in popularity, has made and is making wise and ample provis- ion for the future. The Lord may be taking care of him, but he is powerfully co-ovel to take care of himself. ¥ you Inyent somethiig news” H told them a joke that he had read, But soon he his folly did me «lmm [0okied titad aw 4 Lyou invent something new He san, em a popular son His voice it was equalled b Their faces told something w hey told him to sing something new He made a remarlk that was bright; But Instantly w Aud one (Jl then *AVLy can’t you invent Sometiing now?” ‘The strain on his poor frighted w To something quite horrible g Now in its And U invent something new! _— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, a Plainview farmer aged i llum\luncll with hydrophobia from the bite of a mad heifer. The pupils of ¥remont schools will dis- play their literary and industrial acauire- ments at an exposition to be held June 10 an 11. The barn of Henry Cassford, living A. F. Wea near Table Rock, was struck by light- ning Saturday, and burned to the ground. A large amount of hay and grain was consumed. Captain Lundeen, of York, sports %a haum pipe 100 years' old and strong enough' to annihilate a mob of an- archists at short range. T'he captain car- ries 1t loaded. rd Weekly, just out, h to offer for its appear: to do up the town and county inous colors, if the proper support is furmished. Tracklayers on the Grand Island & Wyoming Central have reached Abbott, ecight miles from Grand Isiand. Over a mi f track is laid duily and the work is beingpushed yigorously. The B, & M. yards at Plattsmouth are being widened and improved, so that the increasing local and general traflic of company can be handled conveniently There is some talk of a new depot, but is not likely to materialize unless some public benefactor shoves the present rookery into the river, Towa Items. Clarinda has voted for water works. A drunken man 15 a cunosity Keosaugna. Des Moines will lay six miles of cedar block pavement this year, E. 0. Hulstead, the Creston embezzler, got three years in the pen, Cedar Rapids school bonds amount of $15,000 brought a pr in to the mium of All saloons in Ottumwa ar the town brewery munug, community. J. R. Davidson, the editor of the Logan Courier, is on the shady side of eighty, and continues grinding out copy by the yard closed, but to dopg the Pursey, the young man at Maple- 1on wiko swallowed & Ko ywhioh lodged in his throat, about two months ago, died of blood poisoning Fridiy morning. who threw vitriol the Illinois Central engincer, at Dubuque, last fall, has been indicted’ by the grand jury for mayhem The pension of Peter Peterson, of Albia, has be inereased from $50 1o $72 amonth. Heis contined to his_ roou, and completely liim disubled, of his y blindg waiting for death to relieve suflerings. Mr. Secrest, of Panora, was & happy man until a wealthy neighbor luid sicge to the palpitator of his tickle wife and o |ll|n|-l‘ it srest will exchange his misfortunes for §10,000 cash, and sues for that amount. At Mount Pl asant Friday afternoon Thomas Edgar, a relinble and respected farmer, met his death in a pecaliar man ner. {e was working with a hired mun, tearing down an old fence. He was hold ing a board while the help was striking it with an ax. The ax came ofl the handle and struck Edgar in the vight groin, com artery. Be blotely severing the femoral }(nn- he could be carried howe, near by, he bled to death The Des Moines Leader, though burned from basement to skylight, Tuesday, a peared next morning, some what which was bm ‘still in the rin, Generous offers of aid were prompily tendered by all rinting houses in the city, so that the bourhons of the state will reevive their daily ration of “Jeffersontan simpli as if nothing had hippengd: A new complete dress of type und -a fust were ordered withia twelve hours, v aro now on the way. The financial los: to the publishers, over insurance and in- convenience, was about $8,000. Dy 3 Mandan claims to be the Omaha of Dakota Yankton (alks of erecting an observa- tory to note the progress of the Omaha Northern. A powerful magnifying glass will be necessary The four newspapers in_Sully county are published by single men, but each editor signifies his willingness to be married as soon as a railroad comes that way. At Hurley, Friday mmnmg tho wind blew at a destructive rate. The skating rink was blown down, and a_number o small buildings were wreeked. The gale was the heaviest ever experienced in that ction unday night the cowboys at Bu ) amused themselves shooting g.ass re in the saloon Noxt morning the sheriff notitied them individually that repetition of the sport would result in a funeral and a corner lot in the potters field he oration was very impressive, the speaker using two revolvers for ex- clamation points. Colorado. The city council of Boulder will submit to the peuple the matter of voting $50,000 for u new water system, Middle park is to have a new town to be named Kremmling, and situated not far from the postoflice of that name. Three new towns have been located within the last few weeks in Arapahoe county, south of Akron. Settlers are now going out from Akron twenty to forty mules for land. Somewhere in the neighborhood of houses can be counted from the w mill tower of the new town of Hyde, Weld count This is a pretty good showing for Tess than six months of time. A grand hotel project is on foot at Glenwood Springs, which wiil be com- menced as soon as there is a demand for extensive and complete an enterprise he ground has a ly been sceured and comprises nine lots, having a total street frontage of 1t is designed that the hotel shall cover the entire ground. The building will be three stories mgh with a mansard roof and an additional qmry at (.’lLll front corner. “PLINN" WHITE DEAD. The King of Confidence Men Sayed From Further Crime By a Carbuncle, A dispateh from Reading Vt., dated The notorious “Plinn’® r and confidence man died r in this town on Sunday night at the residence of his brother. He suffered from a carbuncle in the of his neck. Known throughout the l’l ymouth’’ or **Plinn” W. ker oceupied a position in_ the ink of the contidence men of A\lll('ri By his oily tongue und manners he suc two years in fleecing busine ('uulli* st twn-m\'- s men, gulli- ble grangers and confiding women out of 00,000 He' first ion i i8g), 1830 mul more than §1 he Tited 500,000 in dust swindles and oficqpm Between and 1855 ted four times in New an and once, while in jail there, swindled the she out of §20,000. Sub- sequently he opened w mam- moth dry goods store in Kansas City, Mo., and obtained from eastern di goods valued at $275,000, after sellin, Which ho disappenred, ' Noxt h obtaine $16,000 from a promincnt Boston mer- chant, %0,000 from Sumuel Mayall brothér John and his partner. In i White obtained $111,000 from Lock Win- chester, without sceurity. Shortly after that he'went to St. Paul, Minn., where, in June, 1886, he deserted his wite, return- ing to New Yo In 1874, while White wius negotiating for §33,000 worth of gnoll» num J. M. Shelly & Co, of Kan- his partner, Eben Mayall, who [lm head of the house with which White wis then conneeted in Den Col., driven to desperation_by Whit rascally transactions, committed suic White then fled to Europe, but soon came back to Canada, where he fell in with another well known swindler named Fiske, and together they fleeced the the Canadians out of thousands of dol- lars. He swindled Alderman Libby, of New York, out of $100,000, and Nathan C. Platt, a Maiden lanc jeweller, out of $20,000. White was also & bigamist, two of his wives having lived in Boston at one time. In order to escape arrest he crossed the ocean sixteen times. He was highly ated, and was a venerable, elerical ng man and dressed with excellent — Pozzoni’s Comploxion. Powder pro duces a soft and boautiful siin. Tt com ¢ element of beauty und purity. Sold by druggists. - SENATOR DAWES' The Way He Undorstood a Request for a Subscription for a Wed- Qing ¥ it Among the weddings which have been authoritatively announced as to come off soon is that of Gen. McCook, secretary of the senate. The Baltimore Sun say HYes iy Senator Chase of Rhode Is- land, carried around smong the senators u subseription fmpl-r for a silver service to be presented to - the secretary and his bride. When he went to Senator Dawes, who is a httle deaf, he smid exactly what he said to the other senators, that Me- Cook was to be married, ‘and’ 1 think it will be a nice thing for us to contribute #5 apieco for a little testimonial to him.” Mr. Dawes apparently heard what his friond Mr. Chasc said, but he showed no enthusiasm over th uhmt, and he did not open his pockethook. After s min ute or two, as he said nothing, My, Chase got up and walked uway, huving his opinion of the liberality o "the Mussa- chusctts senntor. 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