Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1886, Page 4

THE DATLY BEE. OMARA OFFICR, NO.914 AND 018 KAnNAM ST, KEw YORK OFr1cr. ROOM 65, TRIBUNE BUILDING WASHINGTON Op¥ice. NO. 818 FounTeesTn 81 Published every morning, exoept Sunday. The enly Monday morning paper published in tho staic. TERMS BY MATL Ono Year., 21000 Three Months 9.0 Bix Months, 500 0ne Month 10 Tre WEEKLY B, Published TERMS, POSTPALD: One Year, with premium One, Year, without preminim Bix Months, without premium One Month, on trinl ry Wednesdaay. CORRESPONDENCE? Al communications relating to news and edi torinl matters should be nddressed 1o tho Epr TOR OF “HE HEk. BUSTNESR LETTERS! ATl busines (ottors and remittaneos should b sadressed to Tk BEE PUBLISHING CONPANY, OMARA. Drafts, chocks and postoffice orders tobe ninde payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS E. ROSEWATER. En1ToR. TH BE Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, County of Dongla Geo, B, Tzschuck 1ishing_company P DAILY ecretary of the Bee Pub- ous solemniy swear th the a circulation of _the Bee for the week ending June 25tn, 18 follow: Saturday, 12th.. Monday, 14th.. “Luesday, 1500 Wednes Thursday, 17th. Friday, 18th.. AVerage........... Tzsenvex to before me this of June, 1886, N. I, FEIL, [SEA Nofary Public. « B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- e and says that he is secretary of the Beo Publishing company, that the actnal average daity circulation of ‘the Daily Bee for the month of January, 1886, was 10,378 copies; for February, 1986,'10,503 co) for March, 1886, 11,537 coples: ‘for April, 1856, 12,191 coples; Tor May, 155, 13,430 copies. Gro, B, Tzscnvek, Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 25th day of June, A. D, 15856, Subseribed and 25th da SWOrn % N, P Fein, ot Pubiie, Our Special Cable Service. During the yeur from July 1, 1885, to July 1, 1886, the regular circulation of the Duily Bk has inereased by over 4,400. This merease a one represents a larger number of subssribers than 1s em- braced in the total circulation of any other daily in Nebraska. This generous patronage is largely the result of the costly improvements made by the yub- lishers during the past year in the way ot lightning presses, stereotyping machmery and other equipments which have enabled us to produce a truly metropolitan daily. Much of our pid growth must be credited, however, to our in- creased facihities for the collection of telegraplie news by special service at the principal news cente The BEE, how- ever, has not yet reached the limit of its smbition, which will stop shortof nothing less than being In every essential the equal of tho great dailies of Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. To this end | we have, at an expense much greater than the cost of the entire associated press servico of Omaha, secured the ex- clusive use of the New York Herald's special cable service, which ex- cols by far any other for eign news reports in the world. The only cther papers in America that njoy this special privilege are the Boston ferald, Chicago bune and St. Louis @lobe-Democrat. Under this arrangement the spocial cable dispatches collected ¥ the New York Herald in foreign coun- ‘tries will appear in the BEE on the same morning that they are published in the igreat metropolitan daily of New York. Our patrons, and especially those who fake an aotive interest in foreign affuirs, will appreciate the enterprise which we ave undertaken with a view of making he BEE the equal of the best American nowspapers. Now that the base ball matches and ‘boat races ure over, the collegiate year dn America may be said to have closed. TAX equalization in Omaha consists in Jifting the burden from the shoulders of the rich and placing it upon those of the poor. THE toy pistol will huve the ear i the public to-day. It will also l} probably have some of its eyes and fin- gers. ———— To-pAy and Monduy will both be cele- ~ brated as substitutes for the glorious * Fourth, The calendar is unusually good %0 doctors and undertakers in this year AN Arapahoe mother leads the mater- auty record of the season with ‘‘four- its.”” When it comes to crops Nebraska right in the front rank—the baby crop | by no means oxcluded. i ——— . Tue Van Wyck boom is growing with il the crops, When the cornstalks tower smong Nebraska farmers’ homes the senator’s boom will be discovered keep- Sug right along with the procession. ———————— My GLADSTONE is elected from two dis- tricts of Scotland, One leading home xuler is certain to take his place in the mext parlinment, either on the treasury bench orin the ranks of the opposition, A eEmmp—— Maixe's Iaboring men are prot 3 ting over the employment of cheap foreign . Jabor on the Norway water works. Laboring men are by ~ our tarifl protects ~ toil, Moxg small grain th: v 0! - been sown in the state this sea Our \garmers will try the experiment of winter wheat sowing in drills betwoen the corn * and using the stalks as protection against exoessive eold in winter. Diversified ps are the cowming farm bonanza of - Npbraska. Bouk of the railroad ringsters and or- E gan grinders are greatly distrossed be- ~ @ause thev feur the sonatorial contest 18 to be & perfectly harmonious struggle ~ithin the pepublican ranks. Their ] ie tears over this unlooked for putingency are very edifying. A per- 1 harmonious senatorial contest, if discovered, should be stuffed and put & gluss caso for mugwuwmps, instrue- pginning to see that erything but honest the spoils gystem, Cummings should have | | been dismissed when Boyd eame in, On the principle that the off are not personal perquisites of the mayor, As to Marshal Cummings. For fifteen months Mayor Boyd has been trying very hard to get rid of Mar. shal Cummings. His ot ions to the marshal are almost entirely of a personal character, Cummings was an active supporter of the late Mayor Murphy. Mr Boyd wanted a marshal who would be in active sympathy with his own aims, per sonally and politically. On the theory ot Cummings could not be removed unless fie proved himself to be unfitfor the place by reason of dishonesty or negloct of duty. The council took the latter position They have steadily refused to consent to the removal of Cummings unless the mayor can show suflicient cause. In addition to this reason, the republican majority also firmly declined to become a party to any scheme that had for its object the subordination of the police force to the politieal ends of the demo- cratic mayor, From a partisan stand point this position was also well grounded. And now the mayor comes forward with a new proposition, namely, that he will appoint any republican as marshal whom the republicans in the council will agree to confirm. The only grounds which Mayor Boyd assigns for this demand is his personal disiike of Cummings and the suspicion that Cummings is disposed to make light of his ovders and misconstrue their pur- port. The majority of republican coun- cilmen decline to go into this bargain. They decline to assume the responsibility of the appointing power, which is vested entirely in the mayor. The ch im- ply makes the council responsible for consenting to appointments made by tho mayor. The council declines to relieve the mayor from the responsibility for the proper exercise of the functions of his office. For them Cummings is a good enough republican and if he has to go, they do not feel bound to apvly the boot. They want a better reason than person dislike before they consent to a change and they want the mayor to find a better man than Cummings before they let Cummings go. Where this better man? There are doubtless many in Omaha who would make excellent mar- shals if they can get along with the mayor, But these men do not want an eight months job at the paitry salary which the marshal draws. But we are told that Cummings does not enforce the ordinances. Where is the man who will take the contract to enforce every ordinance now m force? Would Mayor Boyd do it 1f he were the marshal? Does he notexpeet Cummings’ successor to shut one eye on social evil, gambling, high license regulations, etc? The mayor himself has peculiar ideas of suspendaing some laws which he regards as objectionable or impracticable. How cans a marshal enforce laws in the fuce of the mayor's known position on these tender questions Then comes another point which the mayor has overlooked entirely. Up to this time all his schemes to get rid of Cummings have been laid with a view of securing two or three republicans to join the democrats in the council and confirm the marshal’s successor. Mr. Boyd has treated the democrats in the council as so many pawns that he could play on the political chess board at his pleasure. Now, when he comes to order these dem- ocrats to full in with his new scheme of a ropublican marshal, what will these democratic councilmen do? For them Cummings is a good enough republican and they see no advantage in putting him out to put in a more radical republican. The fool friends of Mr. Boyd who con- trol the editorial columns of his organ have made It difficult for any decent re- publican to withdraw support from a man who has been mercilessly abused be- cause he happens to be a republican workingman. They have concocted the most villainous stories, bulldozed grand juries and resorted to methods of war- fare which would make even the most lukewarm friends of Cummings resent the outrage. This is why Mayor Boyd is not likely to succeed in displacing the marshal, even with a better republican, Shortening the Time. The decision of the managers of the Union Pacific to give the patrons of their road a fast train sery! equal to that of any in the west in the way of equipment will be gratefully received by the people of this section. Blow coach railroading is played out. It ought to have disap- peared long ago, not only on the over- land route but on the stretch of track between Chicago and the Missouri river, The traveling public of the east long ago demanded and compelled the trunk lines to shorten up their time between the ocean and the lakes. There is no reason why the traveling public of the west who pay hoavier rates of fare should not re- ceive equal consideration, The new fast train of the Union Pacific will break the ice of slow railroading for faster time on all competing transconti- nental roads, If the Burlington is to hold the Denver business it must make the same time to that point as the Union P: itie. The Northweste rn, too, on its E horn Valley line must meet the faster time to competing points. It will be the auguration of better railroading so far as time connections are concerned n an be little doubt that the new in will soon force limitod express \ins on the Towa lines. There is no won why the slow coach time of twenty-two hours should obtain between Omaha and Chicago whilst the time be- tween St, Paul and the lakes is ele hours shorter with o distance only fifty miles less. A fourteen-hour schedule be- tween the Missouri and Chicago is one of the certainties of the near future, It must come, and the road which in- augurates this greatly needed change will reap the benefits of public apprecia- tion and a heavy publie p: Enlightening the World, The house has been asked to add an item to the sundry civil seryice bill, ap- propriating $106,000 to meet the expenses of the inanguration of the statute of Lib erty Enlightening the World. Liberty has already enlightened the world sufli- ciently upon the niggardliness of New Yorkers and it will now Ee able to throw some light on the lavishness of house comiittees of congress when the igter- ests of the cast are involyed as against those of the entive country. The history of the gift of Bar- tholdi’s statue and the subsequent efforts to secure it a pedestal and appropriate surroundings ought to be mortifying to American pride. France, in a fit of enthusinsm, subseribed the money for the statue in a foew weeks New York, who is to profit from the gift, struggled throngh five years before it was able to collect the few thousands needed to build the foundation on which the gigantic work of art was to rest Then the country was drummed th the columns of a New York pave the dollars and dimes of the poor yugh for to supply the deficiency cansed by the niggardliness of the rich of the great metrope The ped tal is now fimshed, built not by ew York, but by contributions from the whole country I'he treasury is ex hausted, and ss i now appealed to for an appropriation to pay for the expenses of receiving the French visitors and suitably inaugurating the statue which is to forever emblematize the friendship of the two ola allies in the work of founding the American republic. Chicago would have raised the entire amount needed in two weeks. Any one of half a dozen other western cities would haye drawn on its own resources and accepted the gift without calling on others to assist. It remained for the wealthiest city in the country to raise f the sum demanded by general sub- scription of its neighbors, and finally to ppeal to the whole country through con- gress to appropriate a suflicient amount to enable them to complete the job. The house of representatives acted wiscly in reting the item. New York can now put its hand down in 1ts own pocket or go without bi ands and decorations on the day of the celebration. is in receipt of almost daily enqu sking mmformation about the status of the bills repealing the pre-emp- tion and timber culture laws, and ques- tioning whether entries can still be made under the statutes named. Neither law has yot been re; led, and filings are consequently still received at any land oflice in districts where pubhe lands are available for settlement. he order of Commissioner Sparks suspending filings was revoked some weeks ago. Both the senate and house have passed a bill re- pealing the pre-emption and desert act and timber culture laws, The measure, which originated in the house (H. R. 7837), was discussed last week in the sen- ate, loaded down with amendment on Saturday last was reported to the mittee on public lands. There probability of its resurrcction during the present session, cong PresipENT EGAN of the Ivish National league has received a cablegram that Michael Davitt will attend the conven- tion of the league at Chicago as Parnell’s representative. Tho one-armed Ivish patriot will recerve a genuine ovation. No Irishman is better beloved by Irish- Americans than the man who has suf- fered for his country in the dock and dungeon while upholding the nationalist cause. There will be a hearty welcome and given to brave honest Michael Davitt. Now that the sidewalk question has been brought toa focus and the legal opinion of Mr. Connell has officially in- formed Chairman House of his duty, let us see how rapidly he will proceed to clear Farnum, Douglas and the other business streets of the man-traps and platforms which are a disgrace to a eity ot Omaha's pretensions. SENATOR VAN WycK's absence from Washington, according to an exchange which never speaks a good word for the senator, is seriously endangering the safety of the Knevals bill. This is a false alarm, but it is a singular tribute to the senator’s strength, coming from an organ which never lets slip an opportunity to stab the general in the back. We hear nothing of the proposal to move the stockyards and union depot to Seymour park. The combination of these interests with those of Fort Omana would doubtless give that delightful suburb a greatly needed boom. At pres- ent one can s more park than any- thing else in the vicinity of Dr, Miller's pre-emption claim, TiE anxiety of Mayor Boyd to get rid of Marshal Cummings amounts almost to insunity. Tue council to Tom Cummings: “‘Don't you £o Tommy, don't go.” Other Lands Than Our The first elections for the British par- lisment have taken place, The results, however, decide nothing. Out of the eighty odd constituencies which haye re- turned candidates, by far the greater por- tion were uncontested by the adston- ians, Twenty-three of the contested seats returned home rule liberals, The opening elections in Scotland do not as yetindicate any serious defection from . Gladstone’s leadership. The pre- r has been returned from two dis- tricts, either one of which he will have the option of serving in parliament. Midlothian is still for Gladstone and lib- eral Scotland will feel the influence of the loyalty of that influential and wealthy section. The most important contests are yet to come und the early part of the week will probably decide the issue. One thing seems certain and that 1s that a ministerial success, if gained, will be by a slight majority. As party and fac- tional lines are now drawn, a majori however small, is likely to prove s worl ing majority, ¥ e The manifesto of the exiled count of Paris is a clarion call to the royalists to agitate for the overthrow of the repuoblic and a4 menace to France that the Orlean- ists will soon develop enough strength to make good their demands for a restora- tion of the throne of the Bourbor The count declares that “the monarchy, tra- ditional in its principles, modern in its institutions,”” alone can restore orde sceure political and religious lhiberty, v press disorderly men, rebuild the public fortune, give “our democratic party a strong government, superior to parties, " and add “a stability which shall be for Europe the ‘pledge of a lasting peace.' "’ To erown his open threat against the re- public, he promises to bring about this return of the monarchy, “with the help of God and of those who share my faith in the future,’ closing thus: *“The re- public is afraid; in smiting me she lifts me up. I have confidence in France. At the decisive hour I shall be read This open defiauce has thoroughly aroused the Left and the propesition is pow pending in the chamber of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE S i deputies to expel all thd members of all | the branches of the Bonaparte and Bour- | nilies from France. ] | | | | bon * There are renewed rutnors of anothe Russian loan and the large export of gold from this country to Germany is said to be in anticipation of heavy de mands upon the German bank from that Alarge loan by Russia moeans heavy demand for the military establish ment and no one familiar with the his tory of the empir and the wishes of the crar's advisers, doubts that such .demands portend Russia is itehing for war and with war for increased territorial andizement The ambition of the ezaris two directions, one towards the Dardanclles the other rd India. Toward which he proposes to move first is the question which is agitating European diplomatic ofr The one me a general continental war, the other a contest to the death with England. source tow The operations of the British troops in Burmah are carried on so quietly and in such a desultory way that little notice is taken of the more or less constant fighting which is going on against the Dacoits, or organized dandits of the couatry. Neve theless the losses of the English are as severe as in many of the skirmishes inthe Soudan, ¢f which so much was said In a recent engagement seven of the British were killed and twenty-three wound, and the worst of it is that the fighting annot be made de The Ducoits are bushwhackers, and arc likely to con- tinue their disturbances for many year: and make Burn very expeasiv session of the British crown. sive po . Another outbreak a has taken place in M troubles will probab newed for 1Y inst the French dagasear, and tne y once more bo re- Jingoism has been very costly in the past fow y The onquin and Madagasear coloniz- ing schemes have cost the republic in money many times more than it can eve make out of them, besides causing the loss {of thousands of the Hlower of its armies. This ought to convey a lesson to its statesmen Justice and fair dealing toward all peoples, even weuk and sem barbarous ones, are alwiys becoming in a republic. ** The Ottawa Mail, Sir John Me- Donald’s mouth-picce, continues to deny that the dominion government has re- laxed its measures for the protection of tho Canadian tishe ] L es favorably on the de- limitation of the Afghan frontier, but the “exchange of maps” betwoeen the Russian Work progre and English commissioners will probably not take place befor rPROMI Prince Louls Napolepn is' making a tour of apan. mma Nevada Is living quictly with her husband in Paris, Tayor Jacob of Louisville, Ky., is an applicant for the Persian mission, Luke P. Poland of Verwont, has finally discarded his famous biue coat and brass but- tons, ( Lieutenant Schwatka has' gone to Alaska to write up that country for a York newspaper. Henry Watterson, placing a patriotic palm upon his waisteoat, declares that our cookery beats the British, John L. Blair, the railroad millionaire, has given $20,000 towards founding a professor- ship at Princeton college, Audran. the French composer, has en- gaged to write the score of a comic opern based upon American lite, Ex-President Arthur has gone to New Lon- don, Conn., to pass the summer, hoping thereby to regain his health. General Lew Wallace has settled himself permanently at literature as & profession, at his home in Crawfordsville, Ind. It is again announced that Miss Maud Banks, a daughter of General N. P, Banks, will go upon the stage next winter Yseult Dudley, who shot O’Donovan Rossa, will be taken care of by her friends in Eng- land, itds said. But O’Donvan’s mind feels much easier, Mme. Modjeska is the wonder of timid women at Monterey, Cal., as she dives and swims in dazzling costume in the waves of Monterey bay. Secretary Hamilton Fish is generally pointed out to English earls and people as one of our tinest American gentlemen—of the olden time. Senator Stanfora says that he has had to feed tramps upon his ranch the past year at a cost of about $200 a month, and all the time 1 need of good work hands. Mr. John Russell Young is convalescing from an attack of illness at Hastings, Eng- land. He intends soon to go to Switzerland, where he will spend a month or two, Anent ex-President Hayes' children: Webb 84 trunk-maker at Cleveland; Burc) pactieing law at Toledo; Rutherford is pay- ing tetler of a little savings bank at Fremont, and Fannie and Seott are at school. e There’s a Difference, Rutland (Vt.) Herald. Isn't it about time to draw a line between the stateswman and the politiclan? S Not Much. The Judge, Smoker—TLook here, Isaac, this eigar that [ bought of you wow't draw. Isaae—Von't daraw? Vell, do you subbose I'se givin® away sugtion bumps mit dem ple-cent Vigtorias? Advice from an Experienced Quarter. Mobile Kegister. The secession movement ip Novia Scotia Is booming. Having had sowe experience in this matter, we would advise the Nova Sco- tians to don’t, ( —-— Probably in Arizona, Albany Dines. An exchange says that g race of bairless Awericans Is probable.” « Where the in- tended race is to take place is not stated, but it will probaoly occur out in the Arizona re- glon after Geronimo has caught our arimy, Manufacturing Journalists. Pittshurg Dispatch, Some seem to think that eclleges can turn out newspaper men by simp'y delivering lec tures to the young gentlemen who have jour- nalistic aspirations, They might as well found a nautical ehair to reel off sailors, s Van Wyck's Work. Philadelphic: Times. Senator Van Wyck way not be able to re- elect himself to the United States senate, but he seems just now to be getting in some of the kind of work that real sauators should be proud to do. He seeured the adoption of an awmendment to the North Paclic land grant forfeiture bill which will wake the land upon whieh the road and its station houses, ma- chine shops and other buildings are built taxable just as other real estate is taxable, ‘The Nebraska sevutor has been efficient of late in putting land grant legislation inte serviceable shape. The land grant roads may gefeat bis return to the senate, but they will have hard work to undo some of the legislation that he has succeeded in getting through during his present term. - The Base Baii Umpire, Tia-Rits All labor arbitration Can quickly settled bos A savior has the nation Tiie base-balt wmpire he. Though greeted with dissenting frown, Noend of strikes can he put down, - We Never Speak, OWe never speak as we pass by, Although a tear hedims his eyes 1 know h nks of when e ‘wrote Llis nane across my three months' note, - What They Take. It Conrier. Bull in the morning takes soda and hrand, And rich “arf an’ ar or a nooner, But the festive Canadian And blue-nosed Acadian They take the American schooner, John One of the Bir: [ Said the widow, mendactons young Mrs, 1 really don't know whata Krs. The lover, in e, Put hi round her walst, And promptly, but firmly, said, “Phrs,” - Simply Awful, Teras Siftings, The men of oleom Arine All claim their messis lawful, But on a nearer view 'tis scen Ihat this is simply “offal.” . of Life, - o - LONG-LOST HUSBAND'S RETURN Cast Away on a Desert Island Twenty Years Ago, mes Back. Philadelphin Lotter: When Mrs. Mary Maxwell went to the door of her littie cottage up in tzlein street the other night in response to a sharp knock on its anels, she found without a weatner- senten man_who implored for shelter Mrs, Maxwell, a kindly person at heart, who lived there with her only son, John, who is employed as brakeman on the Reading railrond, and who was soundly sleeping upstairs, felt a sympathy for the homele wreteh and told him he could sleen on the lounge in the kitchen, For twenty-three years the good woman had been hoping against hope for the re- turn of her husbaud, who, after the close of the war, and only a year after he had made her his bride, had sailed away for China on a merchantman engaged in t with the fand of the Celestials, Her hair had turned white through worry and anxiety, and her face was lined with the marks of premature old age. About a month ago she visited a for- tune-teller in the hope that she could learn through her whether or not her husband was still alive. Theseeress told her to look into a large glass globe, and there, to her astomshment, she saw the figure of a man clinging to a mast, while the waves of the ocean seemed to be Deating around him. From this she in- ferred that John Maxwell, sv., had been wrecked at . but whether still living or dead she could not imagine. What the fortune-teller told her gave her no light on the subject and she was as much in the as ever. When the man asked for shelter she thought perhaps her John was asking shelter in some far distant land, and re membering the golden rule she ¢ould not turn the fellow away. That night she dreamed the love of her youth came to her, and when she awolke the idea sud- den truck her that pe )8 it W he who had thus providentiallv come to her very doors. Hastily dressing she hur stairs, only to find that the str departed without waiting to say “‘good morning. f an hour later, while she and her boy were seated at the breakfast table in the homely little kitchen, the was another rap at the door and the youth went to open 1t. The lodger of the i without waiting for an invitation, fc his way in, “Mary!” he shouted, catching sight ot the white-haired woman at the table, *'I have come back to you!” The next moment husband and wife were locked in a close embrace, while the son, with a dubious look upon his hand- some young face, watched the proceeding with interest. The story was quickly ed down nger had told. John Maxwell had been cast away on one of the islands of the Pucifi There for tive long years he had lived in Crusoe style, subsisfing on the game and feuits at hand and living the 1itg of & bir- barian. When at last rescued it was by an English ship bound for Cape Town. Arriving there penniless, ho had found rk in the diamond mines of South Africa, A long sickness followed, leaying him halfderangod. What followed he haslittle remembrance of, until about six months ago he tound himself in one of the chari- able asylums for the insane in England, He wasdismissed from there, pronounced cured, and he immediately set about re- turning to Amer: in search of his wife and child Reaching Philadelphia in Jan- uary, after working his way across the Atlantic on g i ssel, he sought in vaun to find some of his ncquuintances of the days of his youth. Failing in this he seeured work on a schooner engaged in the coul wratlic between here muhn east, and lived while on shore in a cheap lodg- ing house near Port Richmond. Finding himsclf without monay on th mght in (twsllun and having no place to sleep, he knocked at Mrs. Maxwell's door, little dreaming that his wife and son lived within, hen Mrs. Maxwell left him alone in the kitehen he picked up an old book off the mantelpiece, and by the light of the fire in the cook-stove at- tempted to read. The name_on the fly-leaf attracted his attention, “Mary Maxwell,” 1t read, Her book! That it foared to beliey night he started was his long-looked-for wife he , and afwer a restloss it early in the morning to Inquire among the neighbors for par- ticulars of the kindly faced lady who lived in the little Getzlein street cottage. What he heard convinced him, and he hurried hack to claim the love that had remained true to him those many years, ——— He Won't Pay a Church Debt, St. James’ Gazette: The following is a copy of a letter r od from M. Ruskin, in reply to a circular asking him to subscribe to pay off the debt upon Duke street chapel, Richmon: BiaNTWo0D, CoNIsTON, Lancashire, May 19, 1856,—8ir: L am scornfully amused at your appeal to me, of all peopie in the world the precisely least likely o give you a far- thing! My first word toall_ men” and b ear me is, don’t get into deb én, but “don’t borrow. Try first begging—1 don’t nind, it its really needful, stealing. But don’t buy things you et pay for! And of all manuer of de tors, pious people building churehes they can't pay for are the most detestable nonsense to bebind the me, Can't you preach and pray hedges or i a sandpit. or in"a coal hole, first? And_of all manner of churches thus ically built, iron ehurches are the stio me, Andof all the se:ts of in any ruling spirit—Ilindoos, Feather Tdolators, and Slumbo Junpo and Fire Worshipy who want irehies, your nodern English _evangelical sect 15 the nost absurd, and” entirely ~objec- tionable and unendurable to me! Al which they might very easily nave found ‘out from my hook’s—any other sort of sect would !~ before bothering weto write to them, Ever, and in all this saying, your faithful servant, Joun Ruskin. — Local Peculiarities, “1 can always tell whether from the east or west,” said ton hotel elerk “How do you do it? “When an euastern man rggisters, e says, ‘will you kindly direct ¢ to the bar?’ A western mun says, ‘whewe's the bar kept atz'’ A man is Washing - Fire works, Flags, ete. at Max Meyer & Co. | THAT BILL FOR FORT OMAHA. Se ator Manderson Offers an Explanation of His Position in the Matter. IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY. The General B Position presses Surprise at the aken by the Board of de and the Beo—-His Reasons, Senator Manderson Explains. SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, June , 1886, —~To the Editor of the Ber: I have noted with much surprise your ac tion at a late mecting of the Omaha board of trade, and the editorial com ment of the BEk upon the bill to remove the site of Fort Omaha, The matter can not be understood by you, or you would not have taken the course you have, which is one prejudicial to the best inter- ests of Omaha and the state at largo. I care little for the reflection made upon my own motiyes, having been long enough i public life to realize that even a strictly consciontious performance of duty will not permit one in legisiative station to escape calumny, but 1 do care for the success of a measure that means the advancement of the public service and much resulting good to the community and state which 1 have the honor in part to represent. I will give to you the reasons that prompt me to <o believe, thinking your material interest in Omaha and your desire to act fuirly— when a subject 1s fully considered by you —will prompt the speedy undoing of your advyerse action. The placing of a large mil Omaha, instead of the usually kept there, and s¢ manency by enl tur o ry post at | garrison uring. its per- ment and expendi- . Was no new subject to me when I me to the senate Years ago, when the proposition was made to build the large brick building now used as a hospital at the fort, General sheridan sent for me to say that of the weres of land used by the govern but forty acres befonged to the United S and the rest was held by that no permanent buildings of any ption could be erected until there was complete title in the go y the whole eighty acres. At his sugg, n 1 undertook to obitain such title and com menced action in the courts looking to that end. After the expenditure of much tlme and considerable money—for the matter was attended to without foo—1 suceceded in procuring the title desived, vesting the fee of the land in the United States by the decreo of the court and the deed’of Mr. Kountze The title was approved by the attorney general, and the expenditures, resulting in the ction of the Iy brick building —the commanding oftie were made by the w recollection fsr the orj, s quurters, ote r department. My herin the deed , nor i the d deed for ree, nor the last tract, was there w suggestion of any reversionary interest in the event of a chango of loca- tion or abandonment of the fort. But before taking any sten i the direction of a bill, I endeavored to inform myself upon that subject. Among the numcrous persons from Nebraska who were 1n Washington eurly in the session, with whom I talked upon the proposed removal (and I reeceived no discourngement from one of them, al- though my recollection is that you were one of the number) was Mr. Benjamin F Smith. Realizing " his large interest in the welfare of Omunha, I asked him to land is intended to be purchased, The bill provides for the purchase by the seg rotary of war of land “‘within a distance of ten miles of the city of Omgha,” Jti untrue that it is to be ‘ten miles sout! west of the city of Omaha, Neb.,” for it is to be suitable land \)nhin ten mile limit. Numerous tractd are to be fou: from three to ten miles distant, ahd « 1 believe, be purchased at $30 to §60 acre. Ttisuntrue that the land of any co any or of any individual is in view, ess [ may excopt lands near Bellevue ne used I beheve as a rifle range, suggoes to me very lately as fitted, by Colo: Henry. 'This must, however, come i competition w Il other lands, an | think the secretary of war and the of ficers of the army will see to it that tl is no “job,” either in the purchase ot new site or the sale of the old, 8o L am concerned I am ready to leave question to the citizens of the communi who have witnessed my daily walk o | public life for the last eighteen yeui< whoether T would prostitute the I lace with which llmw been honore by the advocacy of a bill in which I | the least private interest, ot would s mit myself to be the tool of any set o speculators. I have had no lette s from, nor communication with any s with reference to the bill. 1t is perbips due to Dr. Miller—whose name is me tioned in your papor as having had son thing to "do with the matter—for me 1o Y, that 1 nover heard from him directly ndireetly upon the subject until a fow days ago, when, at West Point, [ recelyed telegram from him asking the pro ) fate of tho Fort Omaha bill. Thisv 5 the oceasion of my telegram to him st ing that the bill had passed tho sona One remarkable fact to mo is that t! o papers.of Omaha have not seen fitto pn ish the billand report. It is amattor upon which the people Qoatea il possible light that they m ide, not only upon the merits of th sure, but also upon tha conduct of their representatives 1 hope you mav see fit to publish thig letter, unfortunately long s at is, with the ompanying documents, that all— and especially the board of trado—may be fully informed. I have faithin you to believe that when fully mformed” upon the importance of the measure, and of its great good to our growing city, you will give it your support insuind of your censure The policy of the war dey “fower g rimont is sons and larger ones.” Othor cities are putting thamsolves m shape to take advantage of this plan of action Chicago is urging large post there and offers the site. Denver has gaused a bill to be introduced appropr for the erection of a the United States. These bids are now before the committoe on ylitary affaird. Do not permit Omaha to be misfed, Tho resent small garrison must bo sube ntially enlarged within a short time me such project as that contem- plated by this il or some rival city will be quick to take adyvantage of our negleet and blindness to our best interests. sound the note of alarm! Pray do not permit the petty schemes of small men to nd i the way of our advancement! I will bo glad to give to you or any other full information upon atiy branch of this matter, and hope that you and other good friends of Omaha will lend a helping hand. Very truly yours Cn rLEs F. MANDERSON, What She Was to Say. N York Tribune: Paul, five years old, had heen poking at the range and burned a hole in his sleeve. Hls mother said: ou will surely catch afire, and there will be nothing left of you but a little pile of ashes. What will Isay then?’ At once Paul replies: “You will say, Kate, shovel up those ashes ' 298 tant)—In your , Mr. Smith, An Incompleto Country editor (to_ ass| editorial 'on the murder c: talk with many of its leading citizens concerning the change of location plaining fully to him—as I will to you— the reasons Inducing it, and [ asked him to look especially to the matter of title and refresh my recollection. He wrote me: “All are much pleasod with the probabie success of your bill for the sale of Fort Omaha and” establishment of a new and more commodious one not far from the city. 1 have ascertained satis- factorily that the government title to the present eighty acres is undoubted.” Now let mé go back to the reasons which prompted the introduction of the bill and show you the necess QY for the n: proposed change. For the lnst thr years when I have spoken to Goneral Shoridan_of my desire for the improye- ment of Fort Omaha, he has insisted that 1t was not woll located, being too near the town and not on ' a railroad. Ho made this same suggestion to General Howard, who last summer invited me to go with him to see a piece of land of about 500 acres owned by the South Omaha Land company, which they pro- vosed to trade for the land m-(»..,,i.-uj by Fort Omaha, ~the government to remove or setl the buildings. The first 1 knew of the matter was this invitation and after viewing the land with General Howard, I told the parties making the offer that the war department had no power to make such an exchange upon any terme, and I did not believe congress would consent to such a trade, The m: ter came to nothing, 1 was then pers ent in urging General Howard to s forth strongly in his report the necessity for the repair and extension of Fort Omaha, and procured Messrs, Bedford & Sauer, real estate agents, to see whether any land could be purchused near the post so that it could bo enlarged. They reported that suitable l:uui‘ could not be had for less than from 1,000 to $3,000 per ncre. At last General How- ard ascertained that eighty acres of land west of the fort, in the hills, could be had for nbout $30,000, It wus suitable for a v, but not for buildings nor for drill purposes. He made the cstiviutes, however— Purchase of land, . § 25,000 00 IpLY QUATLers, .. . 7,540 00 § oflicers’ quarters. 50,600 00 1 of old quarters 1,001 43 air of roud, et 15,000 00 S106,101 med with this, I called upon General Sheridan early in the winter. He sald he would not recommend a dollar to repair or extend Fort Omaha in = its present location, and urged strongly the incouvenienees of the situation. e snid there was no railroad leading to it and the transportation of officers, men and supplies to and from the depot and the government corral was slow and very expensive, He turther suggested that 160 acres or even 200 acres much too small for the permanent military station that ho hoped to be able to estublish at Owmaha; that he believed 1n reducing the number of western garrisons and making them large; that the post was too near the city of Omaha for good discipline of the men and the land too valuable for such use. We had several views, and at last it was determined to urge a bill, substantially based upon the bifl to sell Fort Brady, in Michigau, for the purchase of a new site and the er tion of a new and enlarged fort. At hig request 1 drew and introduced the bill a copy of which 11 to attach, It was referred to the war department, aud in April, 1886, [ received the favorable lottors from ' Seeretary Endicott and Genernl Sheridan, which will be found att whed to the réport of the committee on nuli tary aflulrs, of which 1 also attach s copy. In these letters and report the rousons for the change proposcd sie so fully set forth that I might well leaye subject to their exposition, bt it is due 1o the measure that 1 should strip 1t of some of the unteuthful gnd uifair statements made concerning it Itis un qualitiedly fulse that any speeial piece of the expression, in the chain of ovi- Shall T do not mauke & the link Assistant—No, foreot it. stop the press and work it in? Country editor—Certainly. 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