Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1887, Page 4

e i o THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERVS OF SURSORTPTION ¢ Daily Morniax Bdition) Including Su By, Ono Year.. ... o m For Bix Month For Threa Mont The OGmahn Su tny Hiex, mailed to any wddress, One Y ear. 20 QAR Orricr. No. #14 Axn ol FARYAM STRET 1 TRINCNY ING et CORRESPON All communieations relat torial matic ald be u TOR OF T11K ATl beinees Jetters and re addressod 1o Tre Bee Pt OmAnA. Drafts, chocks ar 10 be ninde payuble to thg or THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Entto HING ANY, postoffice orders of the compuny THE DAILY LBER, Bworn Statement of Circulation, Geo. B, Tzschuck, Publishing company, secretary of The Bee does solemnly sw that the actual cireulation of the Daily ith, for the week ending Jan. 1857, wus follows: Baturda Sunday. n Monday, Jan. Tuesday, Wednesda Thursday,” Jan, Friday, Jan, 7 Avel Subseribed doy of January A, D, Al 20, B. T78CHUCK. 1 1o before me this 10th 187, N, P, Fri ISEAL) Notary Public, Geo, I wuck, being first duly swo! deposcs and says tiat he s secretary Bee Put erage daily eirculation” of the Dal the month of Januar, ry Gro. 'u 5\\1'1rn to and \\nur‘nhwl before me this 1% T78CHUCK. 1st Notary Publie. Tne demoe ats of Illinois still have faith in Mr. Morrison, as was shown in the action of the legislative caucus nominating him for United States senator. Under the circumstances it was a v great compliment, and is doubtless ex: ceedingly gratifying to the recipient. The loy of Mr. Morrison’s constit- uents is due to their strong confidence in his political honesty, and his worst enemy, if candid, will concede that much to him. Heis certainly not a brilliant man, nor even a shrewd politician, but he is a hard worker, heis conscientious in his aims, and he has the courage of his convictions. He is not likely to be permitted to remain out of active politics. ——— Tuxr propositions embodied in a Iull passed by the lower house of cong velating to the restriction of jurisdiction of federal courts will meet with general al. 1t proposes to put an end to huse of the federal courts by corpor- ations who remove all civil eases from the state courts to those of the United States on the slightest possible pretext. “This is espocially a favorite dodge of the Iroads who for some by hidden reason ‘n morg favar, w fodoral istriot zes and federal Juries than with those 0[ the state courts, In Nebraska a suit for dumages nst a corporation which is switched oft into the federal court in- variably results favorably to the cerpor- con. No doubt a more or less similar tiondition of afluirs exists elsewhere, It appears from the statements of the annual message of the governor of New Jersey that the railroads of that state have been receiving immunity from taxa- tion to a most gencrous extent, and the governor calls upon the legislature to remedy the wrong thusdone to other taxpayers. He fortifics his argument for the desired legislation with truth-telling figures, showing that the total tax value of property in the state, outside of rail- road property, is about $600,000,000; that upon this a local and county tax and the atate school tax—there is no state tax ex- eept for schools—of about $9,500,000is im- posed and collected; that the average rate of taxation all over the state is therefore &1.50 on the hundred, and that railroad property pays $800,000 less at the one per cent. rate than it would if it were taxed as other property. The figures further show just what the valuo of railroad as compared with other property is in each taxing district in the state, and just what part of his local taxes the taxpayer in each com- munity would be relieved of if an act im- posing equal taxation on railroad and individual property were passed. The experience ot New Jersey in this matter is not exceptional. The taxpayers of most of the states are subjected to a similar injustice. But no other state is mors completely dominated by the rail- roads than New Jersey, and it remains to seon whether theif influence can be overcome, even with the mdlsputnble facts so strongly against them, Most psople do not know what an ex- pensive matter the objection of a senator to a nomination sent to the senate for confirmation may be. Itis the privilege of a senator making such objection to ask for an vestigation, and this is shown by the secretary of the senate to be generally a costly proceeding. Be- tween the 1st of February and the 30th of June last year the average cost of five in- vestigations was over $1,000 each. Each person summoned as a witness before an investigating committee receives §3 a day for attendance and traveling ex- penses at the rate of 5 cents a mile from his starting point to Washington and re- turn. There is always a snug little bill of expenses incurred by somebody in summoning witnesses, which includes everything spent on the trip down to tips for porters and waiters, For example the rejection of Goode, of Virginia, nom- inated to be solicitor general, which was demanded by Mahone, cost the people mearly $1,200, while the investigation of the charges against the son of Henry ‘Ward Beecher, nominated to be collector of customs in the district of Pugot Sound, cost nearly $2,000, owing to the fact that most of the witnesses were brought from Washington territory, The nomination was finally withdrawn by the president, and Captain Beccher has just been recog- nized, or rather his father's services in behalf of Mr. Cleveland, by appointment as 8 special agent of the treasury. Without questioning the wisdom that gave the senato the power of contirma tion, it is evident from the later use that has been made of the power that it wmay become both troublesome and costly. ooy The Last Loophole, It ramained hr Senator Evarts, enjoys a ¢ tional lawyer, upon at every opno who and therefor tunity to vindionte his elaim to that s, to discover and proclaim that the inter-state commerce bill reported by the conference commit- | utional. With puerile in- | to mako a voint of the fact that the wi rds “inter had | Leen omitted from the utle, which was | doubtless merely an oversight and of [ does not possess the siighte ng- nificance. Itis needless to say thatin the view of the New York senator the uncon- stitutional featnres of the bill are the fourtn and fifth clauses, relating to th 1 and short haal and to pooling, ob- ng hich are the only clauses seriously jected to by tho railroads, All other portions of the bill are within the sphere of law-making and consistent with the jurisdiction of the f al government | over the s ct of commerce. That s, rnment to de- ges shall it is competent for the g clare that all te nsportation ¢ be to prohibnt not to just diserimination by a comt sier in the granting of any pecial rate, rebate, drawback or other | deviece; to dec it unlawful for any common carrier to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or ud- vantage to any particular person, firm,, company or corporation, or to any lo or any to rc rd cular deseription of 'y common carrier and par uire ¢ all 1 onable, proper cqual facilitios for the interchango of trafie, and receiving, forwarding and delivering passengers and property between their respective lines; to require that rates and faves and charges for the transportation of passen- gers and property shall be made public to provide that no advance in rates, fu and charges shall be made except aft ten da public notice—these require- ments and provisions the gove rnment may make, in the opinion of Mr. hout exceeding its jurisdiction over the subject of commerce or goiug outside the sphere of law-making, but it goes be- yond its constitutional authority when it attempts to protect the people again&t the short-haul exaction or prohibits railroad corporations from combining under the system of pooling. it is very convenient to have a consti tutional lawyer at hand when the pract cal objections to a public measure are in- adequate or have lost their effect, and the railroad corporations are fortunate in having several such always ready in the senate. Undoubtedly Mr. Evarts and some of these have worked together very industriously to discover this last loop- hole in the interest of the corporations, probubly assisted thereto by Mr. ey Dopew, the president of the New York Central, who also must have a keen scent for the fine points of constitutional law. But the impression that will be made by this objection of Mr. Evarts to the conference bill, while it may serve to aid those op- posed to 1t on very differcnt grounds to justify their opposition, is not likely to be very deep or general. Most intelligent people will conclude that these alleged unconstitutional clyuses havine heen diconsead for N s T i public sentiment to take action on the subject involved, pretty late to discover that they do not belong to the sphere of law making. What, it will naturally be asked, has been the matter with the law- yers in both branches of congress during the past ten years, as well as the astute railroad attorneys, that they did not long ago point out the unconstitutionality, and therefore the futility, of such le, What a vast expenditure of controversy and cashfsuch a disclosure might have saved if made early in the history of tlus subjeet, Nor will anybody be either per- suaded or alarmed by the fustian of Mr. arts that the proposed legislation would tend “to make the union less pe feet, to disestablish justice, and insure It is the very oppo- E s which the peo- ple expeet from a regulation of the vyast corporate power lodged in the railroads that will compel them to have regard for the public interests and to deal justly and equitably with the people. ‘The dangers Mr, rts affects to fear from the conference bill are far more certain to come if the unscerupulous policy of cor- porations and the greed of monopolies are permitted to go on unchecked and uncontrolled. e Other Lands Than Our The absorbing topic of interest abroad during the week past has been the strug- gle between Bismarck and the German reichstag over the bill to increase the army and to extend its life over another seven years of service, Opposition to the measure arose from the growing dis satisfaction among liberals at the enor- mous burden of taxation with which the maintenance of an army of more than 2,500,000 men weights down the German people. Advocacy of the bill, in which Bismarck himself took a leading part, oc- cupied the ground of military necessity and the requirements of the times to maintain peace against the possibility of French aggression. Prince Bismarck was brutal in his frank- ness, He unhesitatingly discussed every mooted topic of continental interest, justified Russia’s attitude towards Bul- garia, passed over Austria’s fears of ap- prouching trouble, snubbed England by a bare mention and then devol himself to France. The bugbear of French re- venge for the loss of Alsace and Lor- raine was held once more up to view and the oft repeated remark that peace in the future could only be maintained by a strong standing army and watchful pre- cgutions in the present was again thun- dered in the ears of the listening del gates, coupled with a threat of the instant dissolution of the reichstag in case the parliament deelined to assent to the imperial decreg, domestic discord.” Tue influence of Horr Windthorst and the members of the extreme left and cen- tre was%suflicient on Fiiday to defeat the goyernment proposal for an increase of the general army establishment by 41,000, and an extension of the septenate. An amendment limiting the duration of the bill to three yoars was carried by a vote of 180 to 154, the socialists and most of the Alsatian members baving abstained from voting. Evidently anticipating this result, Bismarck imnediately after the vote road an imperial message dis solving the reichstag. Subsequently an imperial decree was issued fixing Febru- ury 21 for holding the general election for wembers of the new reichstag. Thus the | net, to the people, relying upon their patric ism to sustain its demand in what dently i Iti is evie the result of this ¢ safe to say that ( e » ‘will be, but it many has prot ver expe-ienced & period of mor political interest than will oc between now and the day of ¢ next month, e ‘hie reconstruction of the made necessary by the retirement of Lord Churchill, has been eompleted, but the result ean hard rded as in the direction of improvement. Mr. Goschen, the liberal-unior becomes chancellor of the exchequer, a position which for twenty years has carried with it the leadership of the commons: W. H. Smith, a very slight person, is trans ferred from the war oflice to the first lord of the treasury, Edward Stanhope king his place as war seeretary, Lord y himself assumes his old duties an act which has tion' among the denser tories, but which will strengthen the ability of the cabmet. The political weakness of the new arrangement is ur | something that Salisbury is not responsi- ble for, provided he could not prevent Churchill's resignation, New toryism has little or no standing 1 the ministry, and the liberal-unionists have received notice te dissolve their connection if they like. The Hartington whigs will not do 80, but the Chamberlain radieals are left to make what terms they can with the opposition, t * e Political affairs in England have been shrouded by the sudden death of Lord Iddesleigh, late forcign seeretary, better known to the world as Sir Stafford North- cote. He was an honorable and able man, and the tribute of Mr. John Morley, that he was the “most respected member of the opposition party,” was deserved. He held various ofiices under the British crown, had been chancellor of the exche- quer, and tory premier. He Disracli's favorite leader in the house of commons when Dis of lords in obedience to Victoria’s and his wife's wishes. As chief financial minister (chancellor of the exchequer) he carried out the policy of Mr. Gladstone, whose private secretary he was for two As a tory he meclined Lord Iddesleigh wasin his eli himself went to the house to whiggery. 69th year. tle had been foreign seeretary in the Salisbury cabinet and was com- pelled to resign on account of his disabil- ities and infirmities. Tlhis probably has- tened if it did not cause his death. He was essentially o gentleman and a man of broad views and generous ideas. . o * The veport that Austria has concluded an arrangement with Ronmania is proba- bly correct,and affords one more l“lhlr’l- tion of the way in which the ne of European countr thy smother their national prejudices make hateful compacts. The Roum have nothing in common with Austro- but fear of Russia. In every tie they find the latter power nearer than the former, but they are very much afraid of being swallowed up by m to the monster Muscovite empire, while they lmu nothing to fear on the west. JOESENPAIDY to get the support of o progressive and vigorous little kingdom with a very fair army and a population of some 5,500,000, It must be peculiarly exasperating to Russia to see such an obstructive, not to say lostile the Danubian freedom primarily to Ru tion against the Turk. con in desiring to be independent cer- tainly no more selfish than Russia was in all her wars of conquest against Turkey. * % interven- 1t is not very iderate, surely, but the Roumanians an The most interesting rumor concerning the papuey which has been started in LEurope of late is that arrangements have been made between the poy mul the prince of Monaco for the for moval to Monte Carlo in ¢ to war, All the papal offices and bu:i- ness will be in such an event transferred, to stay until a European guaranty shall permit the pope’s return to Rome. A Rome correspondent says that the agree- ment is in writing, and includes a clause abolishing gambling at Monte lo, the revenues of the prince being insured against detriment by an annual indem- mty from the pope. Of course, too, the great and constant visitation and sojourn of priests and devout Roman Catholics would easily oyerbalance in money value the gamblers and pleasure-seckers now abounding there. But what a marvelous change it will be for Monaco, if 1t ever oceurs! And, by the way, why would it not be a good solution of the difficulty of the pope's position in the capital of hos- tilesltaly to exchange the Vatican for Monaco at once and permanently? The little principality would be territory large enough for all the colleges and oflices of propaganda and pope, andit would ceasc to be a plague spot of its particular sort. * *x There are features in the tenant rent war in Ireland which would farnish the artist or novelist abundant material for professional work. Removingall consid- crations of a political nature, the conflict of interests there mukes the scenes in- tensely dramatic and graphic. Witness the raid of the bailiffs upon the remote hamlet of Manoe in county Clare. The arrival of 100 policemen was the signal for the gathering of the people, the alarm being sonnded by the blowing of horns and the ringing of chapel bells Resistance to law is wrong, but hunger knows neither right nor wrong; and the evictions in that wild settlement w made 1n the face of angry protests and actual violence. Policemen were stoned and forced to defend themselves, and they were finally driven out of the village without completing the work of eviction. It is a sorry case, and common decer should prompt every Englishman to for- get politics and look to the interest of the empire by putting Ireland in a posi- tion where the people can earn a living and follow the paths of peace, * " The political waters of Denmark con- tinue to be much troubled. While popu- lar rights, as arrayed against a hated winistry, form the main point of the bit- ter Danish dispute, a second issue is that of heavy wmilitary expenditures to be met by taxes. This makes the question a lit- tle complex, for the king, the cabinet, and the conservatives, who are all for more ships, forts and guns, aud for larger army expenses, feel that theirs is the patriotic view, and denounce the op- 1887 o i s st o A h ned in‘!iwml'rm Some “of the opposition; too, 1 it patriotie to r molern for Copenhagen and the others deciare 1t folly to the people, not for n tures for their 1y i waste them on fo 80 d expendi in order to s that can- but ts and fleet not possibly r prodigious war ro sources of th surrounding nations They argue that Denmark can only be saved i cked by wise diplomacy m soeking allig Abovo all, sit note that ny is the of the unpopular eabinet, that some the ports that ask defense support it, and that appropriations go to maintain the hated gendarmerie, which breaks up popular meetings, and isitself, as they be- lieve, illegally constituted. Hence, while voting some military appropriations, the Folkething is not to vote all th o asked, and last we ek, although it made large grants, it refused items, and thereupon followed proroguing. * the oppo. strength of some **s The anthorities in several continental capitals are now imitating Baron Hanss- mann of the second empire, and trying to do for their eities what he did for Paris ‘The wide streets and broad avenuesof the I'rench metropolis are being imitated at Rome, at Berlin and 1 the other great towns of Europe., But this rage for im- provement is destroying many a rare old monument of the pas! In Rome, the antiquarians and lovers of the poctic and picturesque are up m arms. They de- clare that all that isinteresting in the eternal city will soon fall before the laborer’s pick. The ediles of Berlin ve been pursuing the same course for Chicago New, Tue ought to be in bet- ter business than that of allowing its Washington correspondent to use the columns of that paper to work out his per- sonal revenges. Ever since Senator Van Wyek began his canvass Curtis, the cor- respondent referred to, been sending bogus news to his Chicago paper caleu- lated to injure General Van Wyck and to influence public sentiment in opposi- tion to his candidacy. Much of the stuff’ telegraphed i surd nonsense evolved from the correspondent's imagination and withoat the slightest foundation in tact. Yesterday he informed his readers that the editor of this paper was on his way to Washington on a sceret mission in advocacy of Van Wyck's re-election, and that Dr. Miller, disguised and incognito, was besieging the white house to break down democratic support for the senator, together with a lot of other information equally reliable. The animus of Curlis’ prostitution of the News to his own ends lies m the fact that Van Wyck once referred to him as a “boy™ in spu'\knw of the South Ameri- can comim on to which |uuh>1mg ex- pedition Curtis was attached mental appendage. Mr. Melville S\um- is a journalist of great abilities ana a gentleman of culture and reficement, He 1s noted as a just and reliable He doubtless will only need to h attention called to young Curtis’ per- formances to read him a lesson on what is and what is not legitimate news- gathering. TuEe Hon, Cnaries B. F: succeed General S rwell, who will Logan in the Umted s senate, is a man of character and though as to the last qualification it is altogether practical. Ie will not be expected to make a record as an orator, butin the committee work that may be devolved upon him, and in all matters of a business or practical charac- ter, Mr. Farwell will be a valuable mem- ber of the senate. thy, and will undoubtedly maintain an clegant stablishment, which will of course make him welcome to the society of the na- tional capital, Usper the new charter, all suburban villages organized at the introduction of the bill will be exempted from the efiects of the extension of the city limits. This will exclnde South Omaha and leave it free to maintain its own government without thie expense of Omaha taxes and the benefits of Om improvements, Tue editors who mourning so deeply over John Roach’s poverty may be relieved to learn that Mr. Roach died arich man, leaving a large cstate and a family well provided for. The present administration has killed off many demo- crats, but it did not kill off John Roach. are PROMINENT PERSONS, Alfonse Daudet has been made an officer of the Legion of Honor. Gilmore, the band leader, began his career thirty-five yeare ago, playing the cornet in a street band in Boston, John C. Calhoun, grandson of the great South Carolina nullifier, is the second largest cotton plunter In the United States. e was a captain in the confederato army at eighteen, And is now only 41 years of age. Levi P. Morton’s sign, put up when he was conducting a- tailor shop and dry goods commission business in Hanover, N. H., s still visible to the students of Dartmouth col- lexe as they take their walks through that village. Henry W. Grady, the Atlanta orator, was last season president of the Southern base- ball league, and it is related that the mighti- est umpires trembléd when his great name was reverently whispered. ‘The Potters of thé New York strain of Potter blood seem tn be a family of bishops, Bishop Horatio Potter, who died at the age of 84 years in NewYork on Sunday, was one of the brothers: of Alonzo Potter, once bishop of Pennsylvania, Henry O. Potter, who sueceeded his venerable uncle,just dead, as bishop of New York, is ason of the late Bishop Alonzo Potter, e Ll A Big Cushion. Louispllle Post, President Cleveland 1ias not entirely re- covered, but he is well gnough to use the en- tire demoeratie party for uh.m cushion, - Beware of the mg Head. Louisville Commercial, Editor Grady isa brilliant young fellow. bat he must not let Lis flattering friends spoil him. If he wakes up some of these mornings and finds his hat and bis head don’t fit, the fault will be with the bhead and not with the bat, —— Van Wyck or Who? Nebire Cliy News, An Omaha paper of pronounced proteetion proclivities u; the demoerats to vote for McShane, and says if they o so it means the defeat of Senator Van Wyck, Well, what then? Does that insure the election of & democrat, or does it simoly mean that the paper that has fought Van Wyek so hard has succeeded in defeating bim by electing an- | lv'u‘r republican? If Van ho will be vants, desir emocr W Kk 1is not his and That is politically. ured then weo the western yearns atle senator, 1 | favor Van Wyck. present | democrats in more than one particalar, and has en s sa as any scaator | Nebr ahas ever ha Advantages of Raiflroads, Rapid City (Dy T.) Jou Previous to this winter the beer consnmed in the Black Hi liad to be shipp Is during the cold months in before frost came. The fact that several ear loads have been received by local dealers since cold weather eom- menced is evidence of the benetit of railroad conneetion, - One Sweet Word, Charles L. Hildreth How lips have uttered many one sweet word in any ton listening hearts have e wildly W many stirred, While burni spri And dear eyes, doepening with vine, Were lifted up, Iow oft the fume, Has hushed the world, sponk to heart, And muade in each dim haunt of leafy A trysting place wliere and part, And Kisses fail unseen on 1i As on thine, sweet, my ki - low ushes to the soft ¢ o light di- as thine are now to mine! night, with silence and per- heare might gloom love might mect and brow linger now ! LRITORY ottings, have a | ch of lln‘ Elkhorn V \]u\ road for a bonus of £69,000, A frosh countryman wae fined $6.50 for demanding a cocktail on credit in a Nor folk saloon, Mrs. M. I, Seeley, of Fremont,has been notitied that she is‘one of nine heirs to an estate worth $100,000, The Bay State Cattle company ig fat tening 8,008 head in the company stables at Ames, Dodge county, The ('rmlmn« of the defunet First National bank at Blair have been treated to a 60 per cent dividend, Elmwood’s twenty-foot vein of coal was in the neighborhood at lust accounts, It is hoped none of it will get away. Ulysses offers right of w: .mnl depot grounds to the Elkhorn 'V L to take in that town on its wa Holt conntys wt-ul ators are lll""ll for conl at the hea They will prove tor a \mu to the domhul 1,000 feet if nece: y. The commissioners estimate that Otoe county will require $127,000 to keep the machinery u[gn\vnnuul( well oiled this Th o of $12,000 over A pleniphonc n instrument that com bines the melody of an amateur br band and a léaderless orchestra, been received in Nebraska City, ' The owner has been invited to move to Bust- port, Fremont follows elosely on the hecls of Hastings for a public building. A com- mittee of the house has reported in favor of a #50,000 building. Congressman Dorsey is domg quict but eficet work for home inte Th in~f ex-Marshal Caroome, of Norfolk, ¢ a felony, n from one’ Benj h compounding ‘“‘hush moncey’’ censed of sunion grounds y was dismissed, The Ll.«mm of A. P. McKenua, post- ounty, to the on too thick, The gov- Jhowever,and rged w cepting Roge ernment clung to the famil appointed Mrs. McKenna, Dakota, The sune people in tie terri- tory 1s one to every 1,878, The vaunted piety of Sioux Falls is to be exposed by a religious census of the city. Redficld offered a bonus of $2, the location there of a Congreg: college llu- snow and wind now assum serious aspeet for the Northern Pacific in the future it will be much more dif} cult to clean the track, owing to the large already accumulated on either side. a is in a flourishing condition 1y notwithstanding large appro- and expenditures dar ng the 00 for ional = two ycars—expenditures used for providing “permanent institutions for such a rapdly-growing community— there was an th clear b was the condition of the ter- titorial finances th nm~ $176,000 of 6 per ceat bonds aathorized by the legislature two years ago were sold” at a premium of 3.2 per cent. tah and Idaho, Salt Lake citizens are wallowing season of mud. The Tipton mine in the Gold Belt, Idaho, has been sold for §100,000, The treasurer of Salt Lake City has a balance of $3,678 after the paywent of all ar’s bills, The banks of Salt Lake City report’ '.]I!: receipt for the week ending January 5, in- clusive, of $125,001.34 in bullion and in a $90,780.11 in ore, a total of $215,781.45, The Wool Grower's association of southern Utah expect to market 1,500,000 pounds of wool next season. The asso- ciation represents a herd of 225,000 sheep. Quartz has been found near Murray in the Ceeur d’Alencs that runs $33,000 to the ton, and in one case twenty-seven ounces of rock produced twenty ounces of gold, Last week's mineral shipments from Salt Lake City were 24 cars of bulhon, 609,556 pounds; Y cars of lead ore, 250,440 ]muuds 21 cars of silver ore, (M’i 560 pounds; total, 54 cars, 1,503,550 poumls. The Pacific Coast. The Mokelumne river is thick with sal- mon, .filulhurry trees are budding in Niarys- ville. A stocking factory has recently been est®lished in Petaluma. The Y, M. C. A, will |)||l 00,000 in a building at Los Angeles. A great wany cranberry marshes are being cultivated in Whatcom county, Ore- gon, A goose killed in Bodie the other day had a piece of gold weighing five grains in its crop. ay-rolls of the Comstock mines onth of Decomber Jast: aygre- 15,4 The ,..,.nx ireate of Los Angeles has sold his orange crop for $300 an acre. There 15 rhythm in the jingle of that pile, An Owens Valley, Nevada, farmer has commenced rasing six-legged ealves, He has three already for the winter 2§ season. Perry Matlock killed a very large eagle on Five-mile creek, Wasco county,Oregon, the oth Young Matlock mornin, brought it down on hw llunwhl the bird was de proaching the him in a most savage manner, seratching his face with its talons and téaring flosh from his arm. It was finally Killed by being knocked in the head with the barrel of the gun. It meusured seven feet from tip to tip of wing. The Sacramento Bee, one of the newsi- est papers on the coast, has just issued an illustrated edition of the late Citrus held at the capital. The “winter scen of growing tields and fruit laden orch- ond shot, and , but on ap- shrabs and creeping refreshing to rosis > hyperborean where snow-c fields of ice and fr door life a burden of rus fair was held last show that tho tid the vine and lime as the southern I'he Citrus eartion not only a handsome specimen of typog raphy and engraver's art, but a splendid wvortisement for the genial climes it represents, A< usnal the Bee captures the pennant, - Indiana Politics, Cousern, Brures, Ia., Jan, 19, 1887 To the Editor of the Ber: In an editorial | which L find in you excellent journa! of this date there appe: A maniliest error, which I think you will bo glad to corre upon advisement of the facts, You say “The indications are at bad counsels are z with the members of the demo- e senate in Indiana, and that while they make, as they manifest a disposition to do, reat deal of trouble, they will ultimately foreed to recede from their position and ac cede to the requiremonts of the law. The aftitude of the majority in the senate in re- fusing to coneedo the election of Robertson governor is fously unten ir whole e thus far has been wnwarrantable and so nearly revolu tionary that it will be condemned by ju did and law-respecting de ywhere, There was nothing in th o clr- istances that could justify tnem in resort ing to the obstructive tactics they haye most foolishly adopted. All advices at hand in- dieate that the republicans have purs straightforward course, conforming strictly 1o the requivements of the law, and they will undoudtedly adhere to this policy under all cirenmstances, Allow me to sa v that you are altogether in error as to facts, A candid journal, as the Beg is known to be, calls for an ex planation from a lifetime citizen of Indi ana. The constitution of In vides that a covernorand lientens 1 1852 and every Under the consti tution tho clections would and did ocear in 1850, 1860, 1864, 1808 1450, 1834 and at no_other quently an election in leged vacaney in the office of ln»ul.-nm governor was clearly illegal and void. It is true that General Manson resigned the oflice of Lieutenant governor last sum- mer for the purpose of aceepting a prosi- dential appointment. but that resigna- tion did not ereat which the people were upon to fill at extraordinary election. Hence the 1 clection of Robert S. Robertson Noyember was wholly void. At the ive session. following the state held in Indiana, Oliver P. Morton, then governor, chogen to the United States senate. 1 Baker, then licutenant governor, me the governor of the state under the constitu- tion, upon the resignation of Governor Morton. At the elec r, 1867, the elections of Indis annually, there was no licutenant gover- nor chosen to suceeed Governor Daker. On the contr ident pro tem- pore of the s body \~|hnu( A quest E wi- vil, se is sinular to-day. Hon, Green Smith is president pro tempore of the senate and licatenant governo i facto of the state under the constitution, and hence the election of Mr, Robertson all was unwarranted In case the eged eleetion of Mr. Robertson reaches the conrts it will he found that t no vacancy for him to till, Respe Wnrrresey, Mr. Burke Mr. Dave D. Burke, who tract for making horse coll tablishment of Marks & Co. the statements made Statement, the con- rs i the es- , claims that by certain collar makers to the reporter for the B not only partieula made ¢ ox; against him and his busi- rresponsible workmen whom he has befriended on several oceasions, not only by giving them work but by loaning them tools. Mr. Burke oxpresses his willingness to wager $100 that the he ps men compare favorably with those paid in the best wholesale shops in the country, and are higher than many. As all his work is done by the dozen he says a man who absents lmw-n If from lus beneh two or three days in the week through drunkenness or y other cause cannot expect to muke s much as a steady workman. In ‘regard to the statement that lus brothier was a “plugger,” Mr. Burke says is not familiar with the sud term and at **his equal as a mechanic is not to be found in the state, and a8 an honest man he tries to support lis family and live re. spectably as a citizen and & gentleman. All the “statements made reg mlmw Mr Burke are emphatically prol ed by him to be t‘.nu[cmm ble falsehooc Inmh: by men “who have ncither the love or the fear of God in their hearts,” and he desires any one who wishes to know the manner in which he conducts his busi- . and the falsity of the eharges he claims were made by discharged and dis- frunt]c(l employes, to c: at No. 1407 larney street, where he can be found on any working dnv from 7a. m. to 6 p. m., or during any other time at his residence, No. 322 North Fourteenth street. Mi 1 3 ix-Commissioner Corliss, who retired buta few days ago from the county board, is seriously ill at his home in Waterloo. Hehad scarcely returned to his home after Ins retirement when he was taken down by an aggravated attack of lumbago, or contraction of the muscles of the back, which, with the exception of a day or two, has since confined him to his ‘bed. He is suffering intense pains, and medi- cal authority states that because of the aggravated nature of the attack, it is probable that several weeks may clapse before Mr. Corliss may be able to be around, — Bee Hive fteal Estato Association Yesterday morning articles ofin corpor ation were filed in Hu-u-ulny« k's oflice of the Bee Hive real wtion, the object of which isthe wlhn;g renting and construeting of buildings and the buying and selling of real estate. The corpora tion is to continue for twenty rs und its capital stock is to be $20,000. The in- corporators are John Tidemann, William A Schonboe, Morris Morrison, (. \ clson, A l)mu Wil- —-— Distrier Conrt morning Mary day Ann Riley brought suit in the district court aguinst Mrs. J. O'Connell, propricty loon, 1 the s bond! 108 sonth Tenth strect defendants. Ihe plaintifi avers that us 4 consequenc of the liguor sold her husband during the years 1585 and 1886, that the lat has an id nd dissolute individual; s broken her jaw with & road shovel and finally deserted her. For all of these misfortunes she seeks to recover damages awolinting 1o §5,000. California. th tleman who is sumng A. D. Jones, to recover the value of property alleged to belong to the former, has gone to California, pending ision of the district court in the de r filed in the case which will not Franklin Rot 1s0n, . | EVERYBODY Likes tobe Well Dressed! tird how to do'so at the LEAST COST, Aliways veceives afavorable atthe Misfit Clothing Parlors, 1§ 1119 Farnam Street, answer Why buy a ready-made Suit or Overcoat, when you can buy fine erchant Tailor MATDHE MISFIT be given until next term of the court. Farnam St 1191 GARMENTS, $ For the Same Amount of Koney | These Prices Hold Good for One Week. “ “ " 20.560 80,00 MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS THE ONLY Misfit Clothin PARLORS i