Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1887, Page 4

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Monday, Tuesday, Jan, 23 Wednesday, Jan Thursday, Jan. & Friday, Jan. 25, Average., ceseit l/u: HUCK, Rubserited and sworn 1o in my, presenco this 20th day of January A. D). r ISEALI Notary Publie. Geo. B, Trschuck, being frst duly sworn, deposes and says that he 19 secretary of the Bee Publishing company, that the actnal av- erage daily circulation of the Daliy Bee for the month of January, 18%, was 10,578 copies, lnr February, 188, 10,565 copies; for March, 1,667 copleas ‘for April, 185, 12,101 ro)xu—- for May, 1583, 12,430 o for June, 185, 15,208 cople for Jiily, 1 for Auzust, 155, Iur.c L'u{m' 2 , 48 copies; for Gm ‘B, T78C1UCK, Sworn to and suhxrnlwq before me this 1st day of January . 1. 1 | N. P, .. Notary Publi Corny played a poor bagpipe to the railrogue organs in the effort to howl down the Omaha charter in the senate. Tre Omaha freight bureau scems to have been organized more for the inter- ests of the railroads than for the benefit of Omaha. Has Omaha any rights which the rail- roads are bound to respect? That is what the people of this city would like to find out, Hia license, which originated in Neo- braska, is becoming the popular method all over the country for the regulation of the liquor traflic. rnment by rail- road attorneys and their purchased tools is not a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Tie Dakota legislature 1s besieged by a railroad lobby. Wherever th a legislature gathered together there will you find the railrogues in great numbers. — ANY man who says Colby is a railroad attorney is a liar. So says Colby. That settles it; but if Colby is not a railroad attorney we would liketo know what he It is hoped that the I\olwr'\%lfl railroad commission will be buried so deep that it can never be resurrected, There never ‘was o worse fruud perpetrated upon the people of this state. zens mass meeting to be held at the exposition annex on Saturday even- ing to discussthe charter should be at- tended by every man who has interest in tho welfare of the cit; It was 15 degrees below zero yesterday In Omaha, but it was an unusually cold day at Lincoln for Brigadier General Colby and tne railroad lobby who tried to warm it to the Omaha charter in the senate. Wit Nebraska contributing double ns much interest and diyidends as Towa on watered railroad bonds and stock, the cause of anti-monopoly agitation nnd *‘that disturbing element”’ in politics is easy enough of explanation, ‘Wirn half the house junketing around the state on inspecting tours, and the other half trying to corral a quorum to pass necded legislation, the question of what are wo here for anyhow must pre- Bemt itself for answer to the mind of the caguiring legislator, —— Messes. PorrrLeroN, Thurston and Greene must not assume to speak for the citizens of Omaha on the subject of city government. They have been delegated no such suthority, Their salaries and expenses are borne by the tax shirkers and not by the tax payers, TuAT Omaha coal strike of last fall is panning out very satisfactorily. At a depth of 540 feet a vein four feet thick has been reached during the present week. Thenext thingis to mne the coal and put it on the market. It is to be hoped that the capitalists intercsted in this enterprise will proceed at once to supply Omaha with cheap coal, Tue legislature of Pennsylvania, moved by & strong sense of the vulnera- Dble position of Philadelphia in case of a toreign war, notwithstanding it is not a seaboard city, a fow days ago adopted a resolution requesting the representatives and senators in congress from that state *'to promote & popular scheme for a sufli- cient defense of all our seacoast and for the building of such & navy as will com- mand the respect of the worla and be able to protect our seaports in oase of necessity.”’ a—— THE present capacity of this- country for producing steel rails assures a supply equal to any demand likely to be made for a number of years, even should there be a growth of railroad building greater than any yet experienced, A Chicago trade journal has just published reports from every Bessemer steel plant in the United States, from which it appears that the capacity of the country for the present year 1s fully 8,500,000 tons of rails. From careful estimates and state- ments made by some of the mills itis computed that the ecoutracts already made for the current year will amount to acarly 2,000,000 tous, I THE OMAHA DAILY BED FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4. 1887, The Charter and the Senate. Tho action of the stats senate yoster- day in referring the Omaha charter to the engrossing committee was a Water- loo for railrogne Colby and the corpora- tion lobby. It practically assures the passage of the measure in the upper house, ‘The desperate game of the rail- road hirelings to deprive Omaha of a proper city government in case of their failure to model her charter after the die- tates of the corporation managers was blocked. The senate declined to lend a helping hand 1n erippling the metropolis of the etate and very properly threw the responsibility for the new charter upon the broad shoulders of the Douglas county de ega. tion who introduced the measure & are ready to await with confidence the approval of their constituents in whose intorests it was drafted, The warfare made on the new charter by the confederated monopoiies 1s one of the most disgraceful incitents of monop- oly arrogance in the history of this state, Masking their real object behind absard technicalities and rdienlous objections to clauses which had been in previous char ters for years, the railroad attor made a combined assault through th tools with no other aim than to perpetuats the wholesale evasion of tax shirking which they have been prac- ticing in every municipality in Neb for tho past six years, The single clause in the charter which provided Lhtll cor- porate realty should be taxed on the same a8 the real estate of the humblest tizen was the battlements which the army of corporation attorneys at Lincoln conght to destroy by a general a ok along the whole line of charter reform. The state senate has refused to play into th nds of these sharks. For this they deserve to be congratulated. Now let the house sce its duty as clearly. Will Try It Again. 1t appears to be the determination of Mr. Ranaall to bring forward his revenue bill, which he will probably do next Mon- day. This measure was prepared, in part at least, during the holiday recess of con- gress, and was then handed over to the treasury to undergo examination, wh it still was a few days ago and may L still. Not a great deal has been said re- garding the bill, doubtless for the reason that only within a fow days has it become tain that Mr. Randall would introduce it. He could not determine upon his course until he had made a thorough canvass of the hounse, ana this he has been very busily engagedin doing tor a month vast, The fact that he has decided to present the measure does not necessarily show that the result of the canyass as- sures the success of the bill, but merely that the house 1s disposed to give it some consideration, mstead of unceremoniously relegating it to the care of a committee that would almost certainly bury it. A few days ago Mr. Randall and Speaker had a conference on the bill, which is understood to have resulted in the understanding that Mr. Ran- dall will make his motion go into com- mitte of the whole for the purpose of cmwulu.n" bLills relating to the reduc- tion ot ' and internal revenue, that this motion will be earried by the unan- imous vote of the democrats, and that no point of order will prevail against the consideration of Randall’s bill as an amendment to any other bill, Mr. Car- lisle is said not to be entircly favorab! to the measure, which does not go enough to suit him, but he is inclined to bring his followers into line so that con- gress and the country may be made ac- quainted with the character of the bill. Aninkling of its character is given in a Washington dispatch, on the authority of an experienced official who had read the bill, and who stated that it will increase rates in many instances by changing the duties from ad valorem to specific, or by changing an ad valorem to a compound duty, and in some instances by a direet increase. Ixamples are given in which the changes proposed by this bill will in- ¢ the duties on sheetiron, steel wire glucose, clay pipes, silk umbrellas, the different kinds of clothing, ready-made cioth- ing, ladies’ cloaks, and - other articles. It is possible, however, that this opinion of the eflfect that the pro- posed changes would have may be a mistaken one, and it is at least charit- able to suppose that Mr. Randall is not 50 witless as to bring forward a bill at this time, proposing to increase duties in any direction, with the least hope of its success. There 15 some eonjecture as to the probable attitude of the republicans toward the bill, but it is likely they will not very greatly concern themselves about it. There is no reason to suppose that the disposition they have thus far shown to leave this question entirely to the management of the party in the ma- jority will be changed in the present 0. worsted The Standing Army of Pensioners. The generous policy of this country toward its defenders in war and those who were dependent upon them is a source of pride to every American, There is no contention in the question of be- stowing reasonable pensions on those who rendered faithful service in the armics of the nation and can show a just claim to the bounty of the government, To all such the benefactions of the nation are given willingly and uncomplainingly. There are two dangers incident to this policy, howeves, which need to be care- fully guarded against. One of these, the extension of the government's bounry to the undeserving, has already been experiencea. It is not questiona- ble that there are at this time thou- sands of men, or their survivors, who are drawing pensions to which they had no just claim. In hardly any other direction has there been greater imposition on the government than in this, but the wrong is now beyond remedy, and the injustice it wtlicts upon the people must continue to be borne. The other danger, that of extending the pension system until it shall become an intolerable burden, is imminent. The vpresident a fow days ago signed the Mexican pension bill, which ~will add several millions of dollars annually to the disburse- ments in this department, He has now before him another bill, al- lowmg $12 a month to any veteran of any war who claims that he cannot earn a liying, which will add 33,000 to the pension rolls and increase the annual payments on this account many millions. ‘The estimates of the amount which these two measures will add to the yearly dis- bursements for pensions vary widely, but in the opinion of so careful & man as Representative McKinley, whose interest in Ivnhlfo!(h\- m]dwrs would not per- mit him to exaggerate when the effect might be against them, these bills will take from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 annu- ally out of the treasury, “an; he sai “I do not know but a good deal more.’’ Conceding that they will call for not more than the least of these amounts that addition will swell the total annual disbursements on account of pensions to £100,000,000, The total number of men on the union side in the been oflicially stated at who fought atthe close of the struggle more than 1,700,000 alive. On the 80th of Junc last there were on the pension rolls the names of 68807 men who had incurred wounds or disabilities entitling them to pensions under existing laws., IL is estimated that there aro at least one million veterans still surviving who are not entitled to pensions un present laws, and probably half of th numver would take advantage of the bill now in the hands of the president should 1t become a law. Half a million men receiving the pension provided for by this bill would call for ,00,000 a year, swelling the total annual pension account to $147,000,000. The New York Z'ost, in referring to this subject, presents the interesting fact that the army of pensioners in the United States 18 now larger than the standing armies of either Gres Hungary, and 1t costs more than the mil- itary establishments of the latter power or of Germany. With the reasonably ex- pected great addition that would be mwade to this army under the latest legis- lation it would exceed largely the stand- ing army ot any European nation, Russia perhaps excepted, and wounld cost an- nually £20,000,000 more than the pre sent military establishment of France, $10,000,- 000 more than that of Great Britain, nnd §50,000,000 more than that of Germany. Political cconomists cite the vast expendi- tures of the European nations in main- taning their great military establish ments as a chief cause of the pove ind privations of the masses in Europe, and 50 unquestionably they are. But the peo- plo of this country may ve impos upon them a burden even hes vier th those of any European nation ha to bear, and one not so easily diminished or removed, if a check is not put upon the tendenc ly enlarge the pen- sion system. Sentiment should not be permitted to shut out consideration of the practical facts in connection with this very impor Tne cecent interest mamfested at the war department regarding the condition of the militia of the states was naturally attributed to an Anpr.-hpn. on in that quarter that a necessity may arise for calling the militia into servic It is ex- plained, however, thatit is due to the fact that it is the duty of the seeretary of to report to congress annually, on February, an abstract of the a force of the country, organized or unorganized, according to the latest re- ports recerved at the oflice of the adjutant general. These reports have been coming in from the different states, and beeause it happens just now, say the army oflicers, that there is an in- ternational row going on, undue signifi- cance is given to them. Neyertheless the opinion prevails at Washington that the war department is more than usnally anxious to know just what force could be depended on, asan auxiliary to the regu- lar army, in the event of a sudden emergency. Itis gratifying to know that owing to increased appropriations by congress for arms and other purposes,the militia of the United States is to-day about 100,000 stronger than it was a year ago. 1y the improbable event of the presi- dent vetoing the inter-state commerce bill, there is no doubt that the house would pass the measure over the veto, but there would be a hope for the rail roads in the senate. In the upper br: there were fifteen votes against the bil there were six pairs, That would m twenty one to be counted as opposed to the bill on a motion to pass it over the veto. Twenty-five votes woula prevent its passage, so that the railroads would have but four votes to gain in the senate to defeat the measure should it be vetoed. They are said to be confident of their ability to secure these four votes. It is be- lieved that there are more than four sena- tors who are opposed to tho bili, but who voted for it from reasons of expediency, and who might gain courage enough to vote in accordance with their convictions if they could shelter themselves behind a veto which would strongly set forth the alleged unconstitutionality of the bill, Two days remain to the president in which to determinc his action. The en- tire responsibility is upon him, He ean- not shift any partof it, We still have confidence that his decision will be favor- able to the declared will of the people. MiNi1STER PENDLETON, speaking of the situation in Europe, said that he could not see that any one in Germany desired a war. The aged emperor is anxious for the continuance of peace during his life- time. Bismarckis not ready for war, and would accord heartily with any proposition for peace with honor, and the masses of the people do not desire a war, though their wish in the matter does not count for much, Neyertheless when he left Berhin, the situation was 'y much strained, and it was impossi- ble to tell what the result would be. The determination rests largely with Bis- marck, and it is noted as very significant of his purpose that his organ, the Berlin Post, is endeavoring to shoulder all the responsibility for the existing state of aflairs and its possible consequence upon Boulanger. It may be that Bismarck neerely wishes to avoid war, but it is quite probable that had he succeeded in eurry! his military measures through the reichstag, or even now felt entirely sure of the endorsement of the govern- ment’s policy by the people, his attitude would be less conciliatory than 1t appar- ently is. Tne Wisconsin legislature, so far as we liave observed, is the first to have pre- sented to it a measure prohibiting the employment of Pinkerton men anywhere in that state for any purpose whatever. It is not doabted that most of the states will ultimately provide against the em- ployment of such special forces for po- lice service, on the entirely defeusible ground that it is really immical to the public welfare. It is possible that the proposition before the Wisconsin legisla- ture to forbid the employment of Pink- erton men may be too for . any sweeping, as it would ¢ le them from legitimate detective work the state in which they might be of great service in unearth g criminals, T Ins isa very different matter from a ing them in armed bands against the y\m»nh' but even when performing the duties of detectives they should be immediatoly responsible to the local authoritics, and not be permtted to act independently, As originally organ- ized the Pinkerton system was soicly a detective service, and in that department it has certainly done excellent work. The extension of jts functions to general police work is a dangerous innovation which must not be allowed to continue, purpose within Tne declaration by the democrats of the Indiana legislature of the election of Judge Turpie to the United States senate is not nec rily conelusive. Whether he will take his seat in the senate will de pend upon the action which the repul cans of the legislature shall take in the matter. If they shall hold a joint con vention and elect Harrison, it will then become the business of the United States senate to determine which one of the certificates that will be pre- sented to that body is entitled to be received. There good democratic opinion that in that case the senate will undoubtedly give the seat to Har- rison, and this opinion is besed upon the fact that the republican ground of con- test is sound and sufficient. Judge Turpie can hope for very littie aid and comfort from such sterling democrats as McDon- ald and Holman, who have intimated pretty plainly that they do not approve the conrse of the party representatives in the legis Jony L. SuLnivan is about the only coast defense this country has at present, and he has been laid up for repairs. Until his broken arm gets mto fighting condition agam all war talk should be supprossed AN Omaha man, while visiting in New York, told a newspaper reporter that Omaha in two or three years more wounld have 100,000 inhabitants. Had he said 125,000 bie would have been nearer cor- reet. THe report that Brighaum Young is alive near Lincoln has caused Barnum to send an agent to hunt up the resurrceted prophet and offer him a profitable cireus engagement durimg the coming season. RoBERT LINCOLN bobs up oceasionally in tiie newspapers as a possible presiden- tial eandidate. We know of nothing to commend him for that position except the nae of his father, Tiek next time Omaha wantsto get up a new charter it should be sent to the rail- road attorneys for their approval before it is submitted to the legislature, 2 proper place for that Chieago girl arried Spies by proxy is not ina dime musenm, but in an institute for the feeble mind CoLp weather does not afieet the prices of Omaha real estate. KINGS AND QU NS, Princess Beatrice has special apartments at Windsor castle set apart for the Battenberg baby. The princess imperial of Brazil and her husband, Comte d’ Eu, have gone to Eu- rope. The king of Corea is entertaining Rear Admiral Shufeldt, of our navy,in a very handsome manner. Prince Alexander, late of Bulgaria, is now called the *“misfit monarcn,” He will travel incognito in his journey through Egypt. The ezar of Russia now drinks French cog- nac and ian vodka exclusively, and after dinner it doesn’t pay to try to get him to talk, At a recent Derlin rm'nPRinn the crown prince wore ageneral’s dark blue uniform and the crown princess was dressed in white satin, very decollete, with yellow ostrich feathers and a diamond tiara, The sultan of Morocco has had his feelings hurt by the obstinacy of the press in com- plaining of the continued sale of young wirls in his dominions, He wants editors bow- strinced and the newspaper business in Tangiers wiped out. The emperor of Germany has expressed the wish to meet Victoria in her jubilee and his ninetieth year. The question of chaper- onage agitates diplomatic winds, The meet- ing may be arranged for the coming summer. It might help peace, if peace lasts until then. The king of Italy’s writing-room and the queen’s boudoir are separated by o passage, in which 18 heard about every minute, **Mar- kuerite!” for his maiesty consults his fair consort about everything, has a profound re- spect for her character and is tenderly at- tached to her, Queen Victoria seems to be livened up by the consciousness that this s her jubilee year. She has directed the London actress, Mrs, Kendal, whom she greatly esteems for her rigid womanly virtues, to appear at Os- borne and play for her delectation the ster- ling drama of **Uncle’s Will,” ‘The statue of Queen Victoria, which Is to be erected at Windsor, will represent her majesty clad in her royal robes, wearing a small crown and lace veil, and her sash and msignia of the Garter, and holding in her right hand a sceptre and in her left an orb, It will be ot bronze, on a pedestal of pohished red granite, Queen Victoria has given to the Biblioteea Bradiense, at Milan, a splendid copy of the works of Raphael, as represented in the royal library at Windser. The Raphael col- lection at Windsor was prineipally formed by the late prince consort, and the volumes roferred to have been printed by command of the queen for private _distribution by her band. —— t Persuaded, 0 York Tribune. Sam Jones has Bot yet persuaded the sinners of Boston thal grammar won't save them, —_—— Made Him Sick, Philadelphia North American, “A distinguished wind reader is reported to be dying in Washington. Me struck winds there that made him sick,” -— Minnesota People Want It. Minneapolis Trilune, The people of Minnesota are readv for high license, and know what it weans. They do not want low license or moderate license, but high licens -~ Just The Man, Chicrgo Times, Mr. Gould says that the success of the new railroad bill depends upon the ability and cuaracter of the commissioners, How, by the way, would Mr. Gould himself like to be oue of these commissioners? e, Prismatic People, St. Lowis Bepublican, Mr, Jay Gould and his merrymen In Mis- souri ure beer lovers in beer-loying districts, but clreumstances prohibitionists in prohibition districts, everywhere and under all they are Gould men, Milton Shonld Have Lived Later., Boston Heralds Miss Roge Cleve 1 receives £400 more for her poem than Milton got for his “Paradise Lost.” But there is no doutt which is the better poem, John Milton should have writ ten for Lippincott, ‘s all - - n Untortunate Patriot. New York Correspondence Philadelphia Record ‘There are as many in New York as in Ne- braska who regret the defeat of Senator Van Wyck, slain by the raiiroads and the monop- olists. “Charlie” Van W , whem he was congrassman from the Newbure distriet in this state, was a familiat figure on our streets and everybody liked him. When my regi went reached Washington from Maine he came out to see us one Sunday and brought us a box of franked envelovs A few days afterward, when we marched into Virginia, he sent me word to frank the envelopes my- self, and J wrote his signature on hundreds of them, [t was a blessing such as only the soldier could appreciate, to be freed from trouble about postage stamps, and the gov- ernment could easily afford to lose the postage money for the gain 1 patriotism. [ have always put this kindly actto Van Wyck's creait. It was one of those little courtesies which had not yet ocenrred to our Maine congressman to practice and whieh we could not ask from them., The soldiers’ vote would have kept him senator in perpetuity. - The Darwinian Theory, James Russell Lowell, 1 don’t object, not I, to know sires wers monkeys, it 'tw: 1touch my ear's colliisive tip And own the poor relationshin. hes of various shapes and sizes Contiin their cerms that all the prizes 01 Senate, Palpit, Camp and Bar win May eive nis hopes that sweeten Darwin, Wlio knows bt from our 1oins may spring (Lone henee) sowe winged swect-throated thing As muel superior to us Aswe to Cynocephalus? This is consoling, but alas, Tt wipes no dimness from the glass Where Lam tlattening my poor nose i hope to seo beyond my toes, “Lhough 1 accept my pediereo, t where, pray tell the k private d such no more? no nor all o mueh persuasive with the wall 1'hat rises now, as long ngo, Between I wonder and 1 know, Nor will vouchsafe a pin-hole pecp At the veilea Isis in ity keep. Where is no door, 1 but prodice key to find it of no uso, et better keep it, after all, Sinee Nature's economieal, And who can tell but some fine day (11 it oceurs to her) she may In her zood will to you and me, Make door and lock to mateh the key? LATCH 8 12 OUTSIDE, Hospitable Dawes County’s Invitation —Advantages of that Section. Ciapioy, Neb., Jan. 20 —[Correspond- ence of the B Northwestern Ne- braska has reached the era of existence where 1t commands the admiration of its people, and asserts itself a land rieh in agricultural resources, numerous streams of beautiful pure spring water, splendid facilities for manufactories, and an ener - getie and industrions people. Once the home of the ranchman, where thousands of cattle grazed in ats fertile valley: its beautiful plains; where the eattlor found health and wea'th in store for him, by reason of plentiful water, nutritions and mild winters; but a pro- people have forced them to » the haunts they so much admired for otner climes, where lhu encroach- ments of civilization are “yet Y Through the energics of tha | mont, Elkhorn & Mis ouri V, alley railroad com- pany, this beautiful country has been opened to scitlement. Here the poor find free homes and a land of plenty; the abundance of pine, cottonwood and clm timber, rich soil and romantic seenery |u-nw never-failing inducenients to the home seeker. Among the most important counties of northwest Nebr. scarcely one ve ist tence contains a population of 5,000, It is situated in the central part of an agri- culturs wuh more than nie- nd, A birdseye view of the county shows that people’have taken time by the forelock and made rapid pro- aress in the development of farming and in the improvement of their land. Chadron, the of Dawes county, by pid growth and prosperity affords a market for the surrounding country un- slled by any western town. Its stable lluhunx, I h school, fine Lh\lr( h mll— C ver Lulm;_: SR A pulse.” Despite the flood of ation to this portion of the state ] are still homes for homeless thousands, where industry will mako its mark, and he_that sows will surely reap three-fold, Northwest Nebraska is full of \uonnn We predict a Iarge and flourishing county 1 the short space of two years. To the in- valid and ‘persons of “feeble health we say come! Our moderate winters and sun showers of summer have no equal in this purallel. The severity of winter is unknown; stock feed the natural grasses nearly the entire season. We extend our hand to all and say come! The generosity of Uncle San will soon be dispensed with, and not until then will it be appreciated. You will tind not only homes,but homes that will be profit- able to you in years to como, We extend you our hospitality with the assurance that in the near future these promises shall be fulfilled, D. Ll A Pompeiian House Laid Baro, : A well-known house in in the sccond insula of on), named after the Em peror Joseph who visited it when first laid bare, 1 ; e construetion, ha aainst the steep side ot the mountain, The upper story presents the usual plan of a Rom: staircase of twenty-eight v srved steps of Vesuvian lava, divided into three Hights or landings, le to the lower floor, The top-most landing and the two upper portions of the have wooden balusters; the lower portion, which 15 also the largest, is vaulted over. Two y plain - rooms ith rough walls, one of the i on to this stairease. At is a long passage fing to a back stai wse, which again led to the umwralm) B ding, however, the visitor will tind himself iu a of peristyle, on each side of which th are two nlmml s; the third side being »om, most probubly the lnvlmvum or dining room. The fourth side opens onto a great terrace, from which the courtyard and rooms are lighted, Bencath this terrace is the low est story, comprising the various oflic kitchen. bakery, mill, bath, ete. The bath consisting of & tepidarium, a vaulted room, with a white mosuic floor, the walls painted yellow; a calidarium, also vaulted, the walls adorned with pictures ona red ground, the floor mosaic the frigidarium, circular, as nsual, bay ing a cupola formed vaulted room, with an air opening in the middle, furnished with a wide ven tilating shaft of terra cotta, which ds upward through the floor of the super 1uposed ter into the open air. There are four n in the wall of the frigidarium furnished with » for sit ting. The floor is ornamented wilh wo Saics. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE | Extortions of the Railroads--Sixty Millions Wrung From Nebraska in Three Yoars, CHARTERED HIGHWAY ROBBERY. fowa, With Double Mileage and Twice the Popuiation, Has Pald ULoss Than Twenty Millions in the Same Period, The people of Nebraska do not realize to what monstrous extortions and oppres «ive tolls they have been subjected by grasping railway corporations. It is only by a careful compilation of the faots and figures furnished by the railroad manuals that we can form a correct esti mate of the enormities which the peoplo of this state have patiently borne for years. We doubt if the railroad manag ers themselves have any idea to what ex- tent they have pillaged the producors and shippers. The standard work on American railway statistics is Poor's Manual, made up from official returns from the railroad ofticers themselves, and will theretore not be called in question by railroad men. ‘e following exhibit speaks for itself From Poor’s Manual we compile the following facts concerning railroad re- turns HE YEAR 1883, g otal mileage, 2,481; share w,,um 100; funded debt, - total investment, §208, 11 X cost of road and equipment, $160,256,412 T s—passengers, §4,600,7 lrm;:lu 3; from all Sources, 21,195 6 net earnings, $10,751,661; interest p. 124,12 (||\||||-||d on stock, 4,2 3,191; ml.*nn,mn, i al investment, $116,802,055; costs of roads and equipments, §109,054,090; earn- ings—passengers, §1,304,981; lrmgln«, 908; hom all sources, $6,517,430; e $1,004,630; interest pud, $3,088,942; Hividond on stock, $1,138,2580 FOR 1|u, re EAR 1884, Nebrask capital, §64,7; i total ln;.,w $9,076, Towa=Total uull'u[:v 3,515; (‘npil:\l 5 funded debt, reights, from all sa 190,646 net earnings, $1,4580,359. FOR THE YEAR 1885, Nebraska—Total mileage, 97,000; lumhi wting debt $251,410, cost_of - ul equipments, §177,457.960; passengers,$4,421,703; freights, 8; earnings from all sourc net earnings, *‘w 1, |‘r4 otal mileag L $10,302,074; m.‘.rl d loating debt, 2, tment, $105,635,103; cost of railronds and nquipnu-nu. §08,367,081; carnings wsengers, $1,837,745; freights, §1,087,- 58; earnings from all sources, $6,028,718; nev earnmings, $1,608,418. SUMMARY FOR THREE YEARS. >, earnings, 16,109, $50,145,444. 87; capital $13,- Larnings Net earn- $7,800,615; freight, $12, from all sources, $17, - 407. PAIRBURY FOLK. What They Have in Town and What Famsury, Neb., Feb. ence of the BrE.]—At r Promising ey Want, [Correspond- meeting of the board of trade of Fairbury, Mr. J. B. | McDowell was appointed to represent Fairbury in the matter of legislation and 1o o to Lincoln to look after onr inter- ests, ecially in procuring the building of a normal school here. As we have never asked or received anything at the hands of the state, we do not think w need apologize for the desire that the normal school should be located he We have reached a point av which w must have recognition, We ar r: road centre and rapidly increasing in Ith and population, and havye all the be advanced by any n, and many that eannot be claimed vy most of our competitors in this mat- why our wishes should be realized, energetic gentlemen who consti- tute the board of trade have also started ment to build a hotel, The plan it shall be a stock company, and shall cc F20,000 or $30,000, dy over thirteen thousand dollur n subseribed, and the prospects tering that the balance requm \\|il be subscrived and work ecommenced as soon as the weather will allow. A wood hotel is mueh needed and will add greatly to our commercial importance, as traveling men will then stop o un- day with us instead of going to Hastings or Beatrice. There are good openings here for manufacturing industries. We have unlimited water power, and our people are willing 1o belp in any import- ant eaterprise that will add to our popu- lation and wealth, J. A Whitaker,formerly a grain dealer, has evineed his faith in Fairbury by put’ ting his money into a foundry. He s now a partner with Mr. Forbes," Who has rone to Chicago to buy new machinery. This business will be much enlarged. ‘They have the contract to cast five storc fronts, all to be u irbury this sprin There have been 3,000 tons of h:n be st Chance 10 securea lot in that beantiful a L dition, PTON PLACE. All lots left on Feb, 1, will be advane- ed 2 per vent 1n prico. Now s the timo to buy and get the benetit of the raisa Several lots were sold in Lipton Place Before it conld be staked out. Do not be deluded by additions advertised to be nearer than Lipton Place, but come and take a ride ont and see for yourself thak what we tell you is truo. CARRIAGES Croing out at all Times. Alumber yard will be in operation as soon us a switch ean be Iaid. We are wlso negotiating with Kansas City parties 10 locate u patent Roofing Mamfactory Here which will employ from 40 to 60 men. Thisis a sure thing, as they aro waiting to decide which of two pieces of Jand they want, both on To you who want HOMES IN S.. OMAHA be sure to sce Lipton Place before buye ing cisewhere. Not more than 15 Jots left in Cotner & Archer's ADDITION. which has only been on the market 30 duys, Improved and unimproved property in all parts of the city. ice put up here of splendid quality. There is much competition in the trans- fer busi hreo omnibusses, fifteen 58 wagons constitute cilities under ous owners and ake it lively for each other....An tion has been called for March 5 to : on the proposition of $10,000 bonds for l!u Omaha & Kansas City Irond from Stromsburg to Fairbary, This eity is to be the terminus “of a division. Our trade mostly goes to St. Joseph, Atchison and Kansas City now, and we need a more direct ronte to Omaha, The merchants and manufacturers of the latter ety shonld make it a point to assist us with ther influence to get this orsome other direet outlet, as we would trade with Omaba much more than we now do, if we could advantageously. ... The new brick Methodist” ehurch was dedicated without debt, £3,200 being raised at the dedieation, which paid ofl all neeonnts against it .. The pu the have orga: fin d dramat pany A number dwellings are in course of eonstruction, and others o commenced almost daily. audience celehrated the Burn's ary at the the the; 1]1 oper together S; sentative of the Omaha w pany, and adjourned to when the gentleman will after looking over the ground, mit a proposition to our city waterworks The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal ehurch ¢ bought a §380 organ. The building is furnished | with bandsome und sasy opera ehairs,and heated by hot air Correspondence has begun between the board of trade and the Clicago & Northwestern ralrosd officials in relation to the usion or 81 ad to Fairbury We hope th 1 sture will do something the m r of mupicipal taxation of ra urn will sub to build Lipton Place The most of lots we bave sold here are to be built on in the spring on account of their nearness tothe .packing houses and stock yards, as people living in I ton Pi and working inthe stock yards und pucking houses have plenty of time to go home and get back te work againin less thun an hour, 0. R. ARCHE AND to dinner C.H.S0BOTKE Room 9 Redick's Block. 1509 Farnam St, A