Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 5, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRRMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION ! Daily (Morniaz Edition) fucluding SBunday Bep, One Yoar For 8ix Months. Yor Three Montha ... 0. . s The Omaba Swnday By, mailed to any address, Une Year. ... eever OMARA OPPICT, NO. 814 AND 918 FARYAY &7 ¥w VoRK OvFICE. Roow 5, TRIRUNE BUI ASMINGTON UFFICE, NO. 51 FOURTEENTH 87 CORRESPONDENCE? All communieations relating to news and edi- forial matter should be addressed Lo the Ebi- TOK OF THE Bek. RINPAS LETTRRS! All husiness letters and remittances should he addrossed to THE DBk PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMARA. Drafts, chocks and postofice orders % be mado puyuble to the order of the compuny. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETGRS, THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statem: of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, | * * Gieo, B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly 8wear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending April 1st, 1557, was as. follows: Baturday, Mar.26. SBunday, Mar. 27. ay, Ma Thursday, Mar. Friaay, April 1. Average...... . GEO. B. 'l Bubscribed and sworn_to before dsyof April A. D., 1857, N. P. FrIL, [SEALI| Notarv Publie, Geo, B. 'Uzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he 1s secretary of 'The Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- eraze daily circulation of the Dally Bee ;ur or > me this 2d July, 188, 12,314 coples; for August, 185, ABA copies; for September, 1854, 13,050 coples; for October, 1880, for November, 1585, 13,348 copie 1886, 13,237 copies; for Januar coples; for Fobruary, 1887, 14,198 copie: @ro. B, TZsCRUCK. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March, A. D, 1887, (SEAL.! N. Frir, Notarv Publie. _—_———m—m—— Wiio wouldn’t be a railroad pocl com. missioner now? ’l very soft job. With nothing to do, is Expreror WiLLtay has planted a chest- nut tree in his palace garden, and judg- ing from the remarks evoked by Wil- liam'’s action, the yield is large. Now that pooling has been abolished Pool Commissioner Vining will be able to take a vacation, and devote himself more exclusively to the cultivation of Chinese and sanscrit, literature and pea- | muts. HENRY WATTERSON, in a recent inter ‘wiew, says he is looking every year for a ‘break-up in the solid south. Were it not Henri and his star-eyed goddess, the | salient than all othersin their importance south would be nothing but a continous town-lot boom. ¢ 4 A WisconsiN editor referred to a fellow seitizen as a “Red Hog.” A libel suit sgainst the paper printing the article fol- Jowed, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff. This shows the folly of being yparticular and entering 1nto descriptive detail unless you know the fayorite color of the man referred to. GOVERNOR MARMADUKE, of Missouri, has signed the bill to entorce the Sunday Qaw 1n 8t. Louis, and it will go into effect at once. No wonder spectral spooks have appeared in poor old St. Louis during the last two months. It was a clover scheme, When a pink-nosed citizen wants to ehange his breath on a Sunday night he ‘will appear at the back door of a drink- ing place as a “‘spectral object’’ and the back alieys of the old town will be filled with spooks, THE civil service commission at Wash- on does not know what to do with $he application of a young lady who wants to be appointed ‘‘elocationist to eongress.” Apvoint her by all means. The represcntatives from the First and Becond districts of Nebraska, and in fact sl over the country, are sadly in need of fnstruction. And while abont it, it wonld mot be a bad idea to appoint a chaplain £o give instructions to all the statesmen when next they assemble. It would be ‘wiser to teach them how to pray than to employ some man to pray for them. TuE special event of yesterday was the wisit of the Hon. John Lawrence Sollivan, pf Boston, to the Hon. Grover Cleveland. ‘The Boston gentleman was introduced by $he Hon. Pat Sheedy, of Chicago, and the two distinguished champions of demo- eracy and pugilism greeted each other wnth a cordial grasp of the hand. The foo brief dispatch which records the meeting of these celebrated citizens of the republic, supplies few of the details of the interesting occasion. The enter- taining fact is noted, however, that the Hon. Pat Sheedy, with the happy concep- tion of fitness which distinguishes him, wemarked to the Hon. Grover Cleveland that if he desired to reduce his adipose tissup, the Hon. John Lawrence Sullivan would take pleasure in assisting him to that result. The friendly offer was of wcoursedeclined. Shortly thereafter these eminent representatives of demoo! snd pugilism, with expressions of con- tinued gratification at having met, sep: wated. 1t was indeed a memorable ocea- sion. —— i A STATEMENT just prepared in the office of the adjutant general of the army, showing the number of casualties which " Bave occurred during the last year and the number of vacancies at present exist- ang, will not be encouraging information to candidates for second lieutenaucios. v-eight of these positions—five eight in the c; nfuntry—are now i for the West Point class. alry, sud vailable Five more ~ wacancies, from retirement and disability, are assured, thus making thirty-foar ~openings. The graduating class consists of sixty-five, so that in order to provide for the whole number of these newly- fledged soldiers thirty-two vacancies it occur between now and June. It is “estimated that at least fifteen of the grad- . mates will have to take ussignments as " mdditionals. The situation offers very Qittle chance for the non-commissioned ‘@ficors who reoently entered a competi- Sive examination for commissions, and Mo chance at all for civilians with mili- ‘Bary inclinations. Indeed, for tho latter , it Is possible to say that the pros- for seyeral years ahoad is not f!atter- The Immediate Effect. The inter-state commerce law, which was generally supposed to have gone into effect on the first day of April, did not in ality begin to operate until April 5, sixty davs from the date on which the bill was signed by the president. ‘I'wo points present themselves as more to railway patrons, and it may be wise at the outset to direet public attention to their careful consideration. o firstof these is the fact that the law calls for the public posting of official rates, Let shippers and travelers see to it that the official schedules of rates are ced in full view at ev railroad. station. A liberal terpretation of the \w would seeure an exhibition or post- of such schedules at some place that can be easily reached by the people, and where the whole tariff sheet can be ex- amined and read. These rates are alike for all mppers, under like conditions, where the shipments are to be made in the same direction. There can be no diserimination in favor of anybody, whether friendly or unfriendly to the managers and agents, The rates are to be maimtained for a fixed period, and are not subject to change at the whim of freight agents or other officers. Ther arc to be no more special rates for pre- ferred shippers, and no rebates for any patron, no matter how extensive may be his business or influence. The second great point of inter-state regulation coneerns competition by par- allel ines and other roads that heretofore have pooled their earnings. The law prohibits the pooling of both earnings and freights. The railroads may main- tain the same rates to competitive points, but, having no share in each other’s busi- ness, they will naturally become active and independent solicitors for traflic at every point where two or more roads cross or terminate. With publicity of rates, and with pools broken up, the worst abuses of the present railway system willin o great measure disappear, It remains to be seen whether or not these two vital reforms, which do not de- pend on the inter-state commission in any particular, will be lived up toin good faith by the railroads. The Monetary Situation. The bank clearings of the country are one of the best means of judging of the activity of general trade. Where two men do business at the same bank, and their checks with each other go directly to that bank, no record appears in the weekly table which is printed in the press. ‘The amount given in print is the sum of checks that went to the clearing houses ‘This sum last weck was a billion dollars, which indicates a good state of trade— excellent it we account for the shrinkage of all prices and the ncreased value of money since 1883, In the hard times of 1834 and 1835 the total of this same weekly table sank as low as $600,000,000. In the boom which reached its maximum 1o the summer of 1881, the figures were three times as great. The billion-point, how- ever, means prosperity without specials) excitement, outside of the rush to get freight to its destination before the new commerce law went into oporation, In tho bank clearings published 1 yes- terday's BEE, the increase in Omaha over last year's report was 120 per cent, the largest ratio of progress in the nation. While this result 18 highly gratifying, and must advance our city in the opinion of the business world, it stiil involves com- paratively small figures, and the growth in number of our transactions cannot long be expected to continue such sur- prises, A hundred per cent increase, with two millions of clearings, means a million of new business. But Boston's 23 per cent increase in a hundred mil- lions means twenty-three mullions. Business seems to be liveliest at St. Paul, Omaha, Boston, Denver, and San Francisco. The increase at St. Paul, without a similar growth at Minneapolis, is & notable point in the table of clear- ances, It must be remembered that the na- tional treasury has emptied out, in one way or another—principally in thriftless appropriations by congress—over a hun- dred miilions in hoarded money since last April. This has meant two dollars for every man, woman, and ckild in the land, and this disbursecment has undoubt- edly eased trade very greatly. On the other hand, the imports have begun to grow large. These, in the first place, take money away, and, in the second place, the customs taxes for the imports go into the treasury, whence the money is hard to get into circulation again. Last Saturday the payments of taxes into the treasury for customs were very heavy. At the same time, the United States sub-treasury owed the New York clearing house §3,000,000. Now the gov- ernment acceptea silver for the customs, but its check to the clearing house for three millions must be paid in gold. Why? Because it is the law? No. Be- cause the New York financiers are able to defy the law. 1t puts a stigma on sil- ver, and that satisfies the gold men. While money is going into the treasury and out of the country rather rapidly the New York banks are unable to keep their reserve at its customary figure. This lets out money totake the place of that which ceases circulating by deposit in the treasury, We can call only $35.000,000 more bonds, and there are $184,000,000 of surplus, with a steady increase. 'hus the situation at the treasury 1s bad. At present, the stock speculators base their most hopetful predictions on the phenomenal prosperity of Nebraska. ‘The brokers say the Rock Island people will carry $8,000,000 into this state with which to push their railroad extensions. As to the real good-fortune of such a piece of news, when looked at from the point u Nebraska farmer should oceupy, the Bee may at an early day have something to say. But, as a stock broker in Wall street secs it, it 15 unquestionably satis- factory. Notwithstanding the hint that the Union Pacific road means to borrow another vast sum of money, the interest and principal of which must some time be mulcted from the people already suf- fering from 1ts oppreesions, the finan- ciera affect to believe that the recont an- nual report of the road is & cheering document, one calculated to further the nation in the good opinion of the world at large. All signs point to the conclusion that the uation 1s in the midst of good times; that the end of tins season of prosperity is not closely in view, and that Omaha 18 at the very pivot of the national activity, and likely to make the greatest gains. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 5. 1887 We hope and believe these signs may be trustworthy. One strong reason for this belief lies in the fact that the taxes pour- ing into the treasury come from luxuries consumed in the east, thus reducing the eastern currency, while the outflow of money from the east, such as the Rock Island's six millions, must come directly through our city. Money, when it shall grow tight, will necessarily first get se in the regions where the most luxuries are bought and the most cur- rency added to the hoard of taxes, which must now rapidly grow lar Presidential Campaign Gossip, Political cirel, at hington and clsewhere are actively discussing the presidential probabilities of 1888, These relate almost entirely to the republican outlook, the democratic case being very generally regarded as practically settled, if Mr. Cleveland desires & renomination, of which there is little doubt. The re- turn of Senator Sherman to the national capital from his southern trip is the im- mediate stimulus to the discussion. The consensus of opinion appears to be that the senator very materially strengthened his chances by that trip. His admirable addresses more than ever commended him as a wise and judicious leader. We have already pointed out their character- istic merits, Comprehensive, candid and eminently fair, they were such an exposition of republican principles and volicy as the south has needed. It will not be questioned that while no other re- publican 1s better qualiied than Senator Sherman to have successfully performed his work, so no other could have with greater propriety undertaken it. Mr. Stierman has been one of the foremost rep- resentatives of the radical wing of his party. He has never temporized with respect to the politieal methods of the dominant party in the south. He has had the courage in all positions and in all cir- cumstances to proclann what he knew and to declare what he believed. Having consistently for twenty years vepresented more earnestly and vigorously than an republican leader now living, the dis- pleasure of his party with the politi abuses and wrongs 1n the south, who eclse could have so properly gone 1nto that section to advocate republican principles with aview to correcting those abuses and wrongs? A fair and generous people must learn to respect & man who frankly tells them their faults, and whose judgment of them is justitied by results. The new south is seeing matters in a new light, political as well as material. It has discovered that a grave mistake has been made in travel- ing in the old beaten paths. It has be- come more intelligent, and thercfore more generous and just. ‘These imvroved conditions enabled Senator Sherman to obtain a willing and attentive hearing. There are indications already that the effect has been good. In Tennessce the cuarrent is setting strongly against bourbon rule, which there as elsewhere in the south Qas feltered all the agencies of enterprise and progress. A sumilar current is being felt in Virginia and North Carolina. They may not become strong enough by the next national election to change the poli- tical status of theso commmonwealths, but the promise they made is certain to be realized in the not remote future. Meanwhile the man who seems most likely to profit by the changing condi- tions, and who under the circumstances scems best entitled to the profit, is Sena- tor Sherman. The debt of gratitude which the republicans of the south owe him for his pust able and intrepid cham- pionship of their cause has been largely increased by his latest cffort in behalf of his party in the south. Itis therefore nota baseless assumption of the friends of Mr. Sherman that a majority of the representatives of southern republicans in the next national convention will sup- port that statesman. It would bo custing & doubt upon their politi- cal gratitude to believe other- wise. Nor will the republicans of other scetions deny the consideration due Senator Sherman’s effort to advance the prineiples of the party in the south. ‘They now concede 1ts wisdom and the admirable way in which it was con- ducted. When the good effects certain to foliow become more apparent there will be many more thau at present to ac- knowledge that so judicious and able and courageous a leader has a claim upon the highest reward the party can bestow. ‘This does not disparage the claims of any other possible candidate. It simply recognizes the facts of the situation as they are seen and admitted by many of the shrewdest republican observers. The republican ty, unlike its opponent, 1s not restricted in its choiee of candidates to acouple of leaders, one of whom rep- resents a reactionary faction. It has an abundance of available material, all of which is better than the best the demo- crats can present, But there is at this time an unmistakable drift of sentiment which, if 1t be intained, must give John Sherman, when the next republican national convention mects, a stronger vantage ground than he has ever yet held. Omaha Lots, With two bridges across the Missouri river, lots within the new twenty-tive square mile limits, ought to be as good real estate, considering the price, as there is in the world. The inhuabitants probably pay for the boom by and in the rents that are exacted under the law of supply and demand. It should be the aim of all residents not so much to own bare lots as to erect durable and comfortable houses. Costly lots, unoccupied, will only hinder the march. Every house that goes up will fasten the present prices. In New York, Boston, and Chicago the dealers claim to be glad there is no general be- lief in the desirability of lots as a pare investment. Better, say they, the steady demand and continuons purchase which defend the market against panic. Much Chicago property was as high the first week of September, 1873, as it is to-day. The Chieago booiwns of late years have all been in the heart of the city. At the sawme time, an enduring value, whatever it may be, in the long rum, gives the widest satisfaction, for a really useful citizen does not buy a lot to sell it. He buys it to use it, for himself or the con- venience of others. What the lot may really be worth, is not the leading affair. What it can be used for is of exceeding importance. S ———— FoR a long ume inventors have been busy with devices for burning orude pe- troleum instead of coal for fuel. Water- works iu various cities have been run in this way, but with indifferent success. Tn such cases politieal influence could be brought to bear to make the experiments more or less at public expense, Gener- ally, these attempts have fuled, Now, however, the problem seems to approach solution. The idea of substituting oil for coal has already becn seized as a weapon with which to secure longer hours of labor from wage workers in the gas- works at Chicago. The employers there threaten that, unless the 500 men concede twelve hours, 450 of them will be dis- charged and oil-burning apparatus put in operation. Now, if oil prove cheaper thau coal, it will be used anywa, the labor question ought not to be lugged in. But doubtless the miners will take their stand against the improvem: There- in—in the matter of machinery—for a century, laborers have invited defeat. Nowadays the managers of great corpor- ations look with keen eyes for moral points. Public opinion is generally courted in ail strikes. If the gas men quit work, the employers will put them in the light of false economists, who blindly oppose progress. THE commission authori gress to investigate the aff: cific ratroads, and which 15 to be ap- pointed by the president, will have all it can do to curry out the requirements of the act creating it and have ready its re- port by the time congress assembles, next December. Every day’s delay in the ap- pointment of the commission therefore increases the danger that 1t may not have time enough in which to thoroughly per- form the arduous ta and that it will be found necessary to extend the period ot its investigation. This would be entirely satisfactory to the corporations, which will undonbtedly put every obstacle they can 1n the way of the inquiry. If the report of the commission can be post- pened a year it will be a valuable gain of time to the railroads. Thevcfore, while the president is to be commenaed for ex- ercising great ¢ selecting the com- missioners, who must be men of superior ability and unquestionable integrity, it is seen that he may by a too extended delay of the appointments defeat one of the chief objects of the law, which w supply congress regarding the afly carliest time practicable, and thus un- wittingly play into the hands of the cor- porations. YEARs ago, when Grant was president, an unponu postmaster was appointed at Omaha. The resident United States ator who controlled the appointment tried to get from under the wave of pop- ular indignation hy charging it up to civil service reform. = General Grant, however, did not let it rest there. He teloegraphed over his ‘own name from Long Branch thatthe obnoxious appoint- ment was made at the instance of the senator, Query: Is the new Omaha vostmmster to be charged up to civil ser- vice reform? o W shall presently kubw what become of the boodle which was contributed by the gamblers to tho tune of over 5,000. Although Charley Greehe was credited with receiving only. , it is currently reported in sporting ‘pircles at Lincoln that he lost $900 {at'Sheedy’s the night after the boodle from Omaha had been safely delivered at the eapital. How a man can lose $500 when he only has 23500 is amystery that only the initiated are able to explain UNDER the city’s contract with the waterworks compuny the gutters may be flushed and cleansed at any time without extra cost to the city. It would be well to open the fire-plygs and rid of the accumulation of dust and dirt. WE HAVE not heard whether the Hon. Mr. Vandemark, who sports a gold- headed cane and a pair of beer glasses, has been escorted to his home with a brass band, or ornamented by a bran new suit of tar and feathers, ThE five days which Governor Thayer had under the constitution, for the ap- proval of bills, have now expired. But it will take five months to find out the contents of the bills which he has made into law. WiiLE in St. Louis Mr. Blaine never mentioned politics. His face, however, wore a suggestive expression. ' PERSONS, Sir Roger Tichborne, the original English claimant, is selling tickets i a Brooklyn theatre, Count Miranda, Christine Nilsson's new husband, will shortly present heratthe Span- ish court, Bishop Warren, of the Methodist Episco- pal church, does not believe in gentle preaci ing to rich sinners. He says there are some pastors who go at it in this style: “‘Brethren, you must repent, as it were; and be con- verted, in a measure; or you will be damned, to some extent.” Mrs. Potter denies that she intends to ele- vate the stage. If she will use her influence to lower the bonnets all may be forgiven. Senator Plumb of Canada, an American by birth, will preside over the new dominion senate, at $4,000 a yearand bis residence free. ‘The new consul general at the Samoan Islands, Mr. Harold Sewall of Maine, is only twenty-six years old and & graauate of Har- vard. 1 Phil Armour once mined'in Placer county Cal., ana cleaned up the $10,000 with which he started his pork-packing house in Mil- waunkee. King Milan has taken a first prize for a play submitted anonymously among a mass of others to a jury of the National theater at Belgrade. Professor Max Muller, judied by his titles, is probably the most dfstingu'shed man In England to-day. He has mone than forty hon- orary suffixes to his nawe, but he does not use all of them in his ordinary correspon- dence. t Henry George delivered a lecture last week at Albany, and was boycotted by the Knights of Labor because of a previous speech which offended them. Even the Henry George club did not attend, only three or four members being present. Rufus T, Bush, owner of the Coronet, was at one time a schoolmaster in Michigan. Now he is a millionaire, owner of the Brooklyn Magazine, and a member of the Standard Oil company. This shows the demoralizing ef- fects ot life in New York, Senator Fair's son, who sacrificed $1,000,000 when he got drunk and shot at ex-Congres s- man Page, has been sued for $20,000 dam- ages by a hotel clerk who interfered with his pistol practice and whom e also tried to fire out. . Altogether it was rather a costly spree. Harriet Beecher Stowe has two daughters, by no means youthful, who have Dever mar- ried. They are both exceedingly retiring in manner and are seldom met in society. They are sometimes seen on the streets of Hartford, each leading a pet dog. Though scholarly and well read, they have produced nothing in literature that has attracted at- tention. - Brandy as a Preserver, Chicago Times, The czar is said to be drinking deeper po- tations of brandy than ever before. Brandy is & good fruit preservative, but it will hardly preserve the czar against the plots of the Jdynamiters, ——— Cars Heatod by Steam, Philadelphict Record. On Friday last a train of twelve cars heated by steam from the locomotive was run_ from Portland, Me., to Lake Maranacook and back to Portland, a_ distance of 120 miles, The speed of the train was not retarded, and a temperature of S0 desrces was maintained even fn the rear car throughout the run. In the faceof such a successtul practical test as this, what justiiication can there be for the retention of the coal stove: e, False, Jennie Porter Arnoid, Well, let him go hat L shall griove or » my time in foolish ten Or break my silly h Not 1! ‘I'he man who couid thus win my love, Only to idiy cast it by, Was never worth my ligitest thoncht— Much less the heaving ef a sigh! *Tis said a younger, fairer face Has charied his precious loye away. 1 doubt were it at auction sold, Such love would bring six cents to-day! But she—no doubt—this new swectheart— Deems it the purest love on earth! I wish you joy of it, my dear; Lknow full well how much 'tis worth, Your charms he'll sing in sweeter straing ‘Fhan Orpheus drew from fabled lyre— But poets need a frequent change, To keep alive the heavenly fire, You'll be his darliug, pet and pride— His dream by night, his joy by day— Until some fairer face shall rise, And draw bis fickle heart away. When you are folded to his breast, And feol his kisses on your brow, Remember, two stiort months ago, was to him what you are now, But never think I wish him back ; My dear, pray keep him—if you can Yo certainly deserve my thanks, For winning such a fickle man’ = STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, l'l'ln- Ulysses creamery is nearly com- plete Tne Fremont board of trade twine factory on the string. Albion proposes to embalm her gold mine with whiskered burts. The Campbell Press, number one,is out. H. M. Crane and J. Frank Lentz tlt the lever. Loup City is heside herself with pros- peets of an early connection with the B. & M. and Flkhorn Valley roads. Wahoosiers are ready to relinquish all hope of the future for “five minutes of prayerful consideration with a firebug. Ord has been mapped out as the hub of fourteen raillronds. The artist evidently lost a few lines while mangling the job. The sheriff of Custer county has robbed the cowboy of much of his terror. Here- cerous individuals anxious to al procession will only need to get within range of his barker. Julius Kruge, a cripple and farmer in Wayne county, in attempting to rescue his stock from a burning barn, was caught by the flames and perished. He was forly years of age and lenves four children, Henry Nye 1s one of the missing links in Dakota county. A note from him was found in his dugout announcing that he had ‘‘gone to meet the angels; joy for ever more.”” This would indicate that be has opened a real estate office in Omaha and invested in corner lots. A gang of cowardly claim jumpers near Crawford raided the doby of Mrs. Mary Fries last week and forced her to leave. A holy howler from Missouri named Crase led the gang, and after dispossess- g the lonely woman, insulted the heavens with a thanksgiving vrayer. Cruse is likely to have his breath pincned if he lingers in the neighborhood. Several envious scribes in Ponca are tumbling over each other in an effort to pluck laurels from the piumed brow of the BEE correspondent in that city. 1tis a painful waste of cnc;gx end ink. The lurid genius who dipped his pen in Nor- den'’s magic wallow and wrung from the uncut Kohinoor the suppressed fires of ages, is adangerous man to trifle with when wound up. With gold mines, vol- canoes and coal ridges scattered about and hilltops fringed with brilliants, the Bee man should be given the freedom of the county to exercise his pen. bhas o lowa Items. The district docket of Mills county contains 180 cases, and the jail eight pris- oners. In the last forty-six years Davenport has had thirty-three men in the offico of mayor. A call has been issued by Captain Nichols, president of the lowa associa- tion of Wisconsin veterans, ordering them to assemble with the Grand Army in Dubuque on the 10th inst. The people of Mason City are ing to enjoin the coilection of the tax voted inaid of the Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad. Violation of contract is urged as the reason of resistance. The tax amounts to over $43,000, Hon. James Matthews, of Knoxville, died Wednesday, of pneumonia. He served ten years in congress from an Ohio district. Since he moved to Iowa he has been one of the foremost horti- culturists in the state. He was eighty- two years old at the time ot his death, One of the most beautiful prehhition blossoms grown out of the lowa liquor law is the following: In the littla town of Decorah, county seat of Winneshick, in northeastern lowa, a detective of the hunting committee of the prohibitionists entered the Lutheran church during di- vine service to investizate the liquor used at the Lord's suppor, and forbade the use of wineat the Lord's supper under threat of immediate arrest. He was thrown out of the cnurch and the scrvice finished. repar- Fred Broad, of Idaho Springs, lost his nose by coming in contact with the edge of a muie’s heel. Three hundred men and teams are g.ruding the Santa Fe extension frow Pueblo to Denver. The boom in Colorado mn‘y be better understood when it is learned that twenty one yillages ye been started in the cen- tennial state in the last twelve months. The site for the militury post near Denver has been selected. The tract com- prises 640 acres, is situated on Bear creek, seven and a half miles from the city and cost $31,000, The estimated earnings of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad for the third week of March are $125,400, against $110,456 for the same period last year, an increase of $17,014, or 16 per cent, For the year to date the carnings are $1,476,722, against $1,104,108 for the same period in 1846, an increase of $312,614, or 26 per cent. The business done in the last year by the Colorado Smeiting company at its works in Pueblo, is compiled as follows : Prodnetion of lead 9,325 tons, silver 1,850, 000 ounces, gold 3,360 ounces. The re- ceipts and shipments of the works were as follows: Total receipts 7,193 car loads, including 505 of charcoal, 829 cars lime- stone, 53 cars of wood, and the balan: ore and miseellaneous supplics. 'he shipments of builion were 40 car loads of 14} tons each. The works employ 13 PRESENT AND PUTATIVE Matters and Men at This Tiwe iu the Black Hills Country. LURID AND LAUGHING LEISURE. Deadwood and Rapld City=Mining | Mon—Munjcipal Politics—Liquor Men in the Field—Spicy Letter From “Twicehop." Deanwoon, D April 2. —[Corres- pondence of the Bre.]—Up-country folks of the Black hills have not yet c 1 gigling and (some of them) festivating over the elever conp by which the late territorial legislature was got to pass over the governor's veto the county divi- sion bill; that bill was a general one n terms with the special object of dividing Lawrence county, What is not wo well known is, that itis particularly a “‘drive" at Deadwood, the present county seat, as itis n for granted that any division of the present county will iuvolye the necessity for a more central lo- cation of its future capital than Dead- wood will be after the division. In fact, the division movement is a sort of burn- ng the barn to get rid of the rats, having had its origin chicfly in the reyolt of the country precinets against what is called ‘‘the Deadwood court house ring,” that has the credit of so ing county admini Councilman Washabaugh, who worked energetically for the bill, is from Deadwood, but he owes his nomination and election to his committal in advance to this measure inimical to the of his residence. This clearly illustrates the extent to witich the polities of this county have divided on the line, Deadwood on one side and cverybody else on the other. A LURID LUNCH, Aside from this antagonism, however, there are motiyes geographical and spec ulative back of the division scheme, The proposed line of bisection will clearly segregate the agricultural from the min- ing districts and leave cach country more homogencous in interests and prod- ucts. The demand for division comes from the agricultural eastern hatf, and will greatly increase their taxation for a separate ouumev admini ion while cutting them off' from the large taxpayers of the mines. But they will escape the future payment of the enormous county debt, and that is the bugbear that i king up Lawrence county and bres ng hier down. Several places, too, have eyes on the location of the two future county seats. Sturgis, which claims that honor for ti ew county, is the home ot Representative Patton, chief engineer of the division bill. It is expected to_bring a town Jlot boom to Sturgis. It has already brought a boom to Patton. On the 17th, the former gave a rubicund re- ception to the latter on his return from the wars at Bismarck, on which oceasion the burden of the toasts was, “Glory to Patton and Death to' Deadwood!” "One of the singular features of this sectional quarrel 1s the fact that the leaders of the anti-Deadwood part live in that place and are identilied with its interests. They have had the prescience and policy to recogmize the popular drift and get control of a moyement thus essentially antagonistic to them, There are good politicians at Deadwood. ACTIVITY IN THE MINES, Indications point towards a year of unusual activity in practieal mmin(; op- erations. Sunday’s fssues of the Dead contain notices of assess- by twenty-four mini) companies. These, added to those al ready collected this spring, eall for £10,000 to be expended, notin productive, but in “dead work” development. As most of this stock is held in the Hills, the £ show as well that the men of the Hills put their moncy up liberally on their faith in its resources as that there is a good deal of “‘sand” and some money left here, notwithstanding bank failures and a tight money market. DISCOURAGED BULLS. As encouraging reports cannot be made of the speculative market, the trouble with the new mining exchanges that was fircdlclud in this correspondence already egins to show itself. The bull move- ment, which the exchange was ex- pected and probably orgamzed to promote, halts and staggers. The range of nrices is lower than when I last wrote, though everybody professes to have done the best boosting he could. There are complaints in the papers and on the streets that “‘wild-cat’” mines are listed, h sales” permitted to de- press’ prices, and afew days since the community was shoeked by the published statement that ‘‘a bear movement is un- der way that if allowed to run its counrse will be hurtful to every interest!” (sic!) The prospects for gambling under a one- sided game such as is here demanded are not (:merinfi. and we may look to see the Deadwood exchange cither play out or incur the odium of enmity to local interests. It is a noteworthy factin this conuection that all the stocks d in the exchange, thus far, only two have ever enjoyed the endorsement of a divi- dend; tho rest are stocks of undeveloped or only partially developed properties. UVAPID REVOLUTION, Rapid City's municipality scems to be “drifting into arnica.” She 15 enjoyin, the distinction of a coup at, albeit it is & *‘little one for a cent.”’ Her common council is composed of four aldermen, equally divided on the liquor question. Mayor Simons, who is president of the council, is a trimmer on most questions, but on this one he has given a casting vote with the two aldermen who favor high licenses. ‘T'he liquor men were in this way beaten last winter when they tried to get the licenses reduced. Lust week the mayor and one of the temper- ance aldermen were out of town and the two pro-liquor aldermen were in the ma- jority. A hurried, quict meeting was called; Behrens, the remaining high license member, was forced flzl— to the chair; Gantz made the motions, Sawyer seconded them, and G. and S. voted; the following ‘‘reforms” were rushed through: The board of water nmissioners was abolished; th attorney was expelied from ofticy chief of police was instructed to release ali rriuovlersinn-ua‘ludy, # dozen or so, under various sentences; the snperin- tendent of the er rk3 was n- structed to furnish water to consumers who liad been shut sal o pn 3. T'he water-commissioners drink their only fluid and are objection- ; the city attorney is unpopular, onaily, h the saloon elcuent. These oflicial, their ofll by virtue of laws unrepealed by this action; and, such as it is, the whole batch of resolutions was vetoed by the pro-tem mayor the next day. Thus, the e this crazy escapade, so far, is only to precipitate the tight between the saloons and the people; and to turn loose on the town all the crooks and vags.C—) I'he performance raised an excitement which you may be sure the temperance people did not strain themselves to allay. A large indignation meeting was held marked by heated discussions and reso- lutions demanding the instant resigna- tion of Gantz and Sawyer—which they deehined on the spot to do, and **huried back defiance,” in terms that “‘preserved the unities'’ of the parts they had recent- Iy been plnyin*. ¥ 2 Sawyer is the. putative liquor men's candidate for mayor in the approach:n, city election; he ‘is sm ignorant, brawl- Gantz is register of ing far gonoe sot. o . clewd the deeds, a demoerat, third " time in a strong republican county; he is the best can- vasser in the eountry, disereet, frank courageous and generous, His action in this matter is a genuine surprise to all who know him and no theory that docs not imvolved mental aberration or inc briety is suggested to account for his ac tion.” But it looks, from this distance, as if Gantz wae playing for the mayoralty, himselt; if so, there mothod in his mad- ness, for he would have the enthusiastic support of the democrats, saloons and crooks, and with his own popularity ard power, it will need to boat him a strong man and better worker than I can no all as among the other clements, The whole escapade is a reminder of the man- ner and methods of the frontier times which Rapid City is outgrowing. Twicenor, e G- Petroleum in Uta Brakgr, Utah, March 30.—[Correspond- ence of the Bre.)—lhe famous “Black Girl” flowing oil spring which was dis- covered in December, 1886, has been sold to Boston partics for $1,500,000. There are nine flowing springs of petroleun situated about three miles of this place. ‘The gas from these wells can be scen in over two hundred places, and_the roar of the same can be heard the distance of half a mile. Prominent men from Salt Lake have been here examining these springs. Moessrs, A. A, and Fred Farrer, the discoverers of the largest oil well, are feeling very happy. ‘*Colonel’ Russell, the Traitor, Kearucy Press, April 1. The distingulshed gentleman whose name heads this article was recently clected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the department of Nebraska, His sclection was one of the greatest blunders the Grand Army has made for years, The bummer, dead-beat and corpora- tion lickspittie, Paul Vandervoort, nsed to manipulate G. A. R. matters in Ne- braska, almost exclusively, and now this organization has rewarded the chief traitor to Senator Van Wyck with an election as its department commander, It is true that *‘Colonel” Russell served with eredit as a private soldier durin, the war, and was an able and trustefi “scout” in General Dodge's secret ser- v but he was no ‘‘colonel.” How- rank should cut no figure, but honor should be considered, and it appears to us that “Colonel” Russell is without that characteristic. As evidence of this fact we submit the following. After Senator Van Wyck's defeat we met Mr. Hoxie, Colonel Russell's law partner, and late register of the Grand lsland land oftice, in_Lincoln, and as_Russell was acceused of betraying Van Wyck, we concluded to ascertain what Hoxie had to say about the matter, After shaking ands with Hoxie we said: , old Van is dowr.ed at last?"” . Hoxie replied: *Yes, and I am glad of it We further smid: “T noticed that Rus- sell got in on the right side in good time."" Hoxie replied: ‘'Yes; the fact is, Rus- sell never was for Van Wycek, but our county was solid for the “Old Man,” and Russell had to pledge his support to him 1 order to be elected, but while votin, for him here, he was doing all he coulfi to bring about his defeat in a quiet way.” Now, reader, this is as it was told to vs by Hoxie, and this two-faced, double- dyed traitor to the interests of all the people, has been honored by the Grand Army, because he was a traitor and the friend and tool of railway corporations, and as the head of the judiciary commit® tee of the house, was one of tho number charged with attempting to extort money from the Omaha gamblers, as & reward for defeating a bill making gambling a felony. The Grand Army is peculiar; unfortunate, in putting at the fronf place hunters and spoilmen, who only seek to enrich themselves at the expense of the masses, and in doing so, bring odium upon themselves and incur the hostility of good citizens, who wowd naturally be the friend of the old sol- diers, if they refused to allow the Rus- sels and Vandervoots to manipulnte their organization in the interests of the des- poilers and robbers of the people. We served morc than four years in the same regiment with ‘‘Colonel” Russell, and have nothing to say against him, a8 a soldier, but his perfidy, as admitied and boasted of by Hoxie. is infamous and should cause e soldier and honest man to loathe him. Colonel Rus- sel while n member of the Second Iowa infantry, was detailed as a scout, and may have acted in the, capacity of 8py, as is alleged by the Omaha Bke. Cer- tain it is that he was both a spy and a traitor in the Van Wyck camp. Boing an old soldier our sympathies are with them and we desire to onl{ speak in kindly words of their action, but un- less the Grand Army ceases to become the tail of the political kite of the Rus- S Vandervoorts ct al, of the railroad republican machine, it will soon _be friendless as an organization in Ne- braska. —_—— A Dead Fashion Reviving, London Life: At more than one *‘first night”’ Jate'y powdered coiffures have made their appearance in tho stalls of the West-end theatres, and, as everything must have a beginning, it is just vossi- ble that this phenomenon may protend a finrncml rcturn to the fashion of using powder so prevalent in the last cen- tury. Women nearing forty are, it must be confessed, under a strong temptation to powder their hair ac a means of dis- guising the ravages of time, and even younger faces are sometimes scen to ad- vantage under a powdered coiffure, Con- sidering the caprices of fashion there would, therefore, be nothing astonishing in the revival of the fantastic headgear of Madame Pompadour and her contem- poraries. It is for men to set their faces aguinst any fashionable folly of this kind, for, all theories to the contrary notwithstanding, it is certain that women, whatever they may say, are largely'influenced by u desire to please the opposite sex. Huir powder, to my mind would, be a monstrosity in these duys, when simplicity of attire is, or ought to be, the standard of good taste. X is the use of hair powdered in itself a sham, and,thercfore, objection- able, but it entails the use of hair oil or some other abomination of the kind, to prevent the powder flying about like Bk, I the fast century it was custom- ary for ladies to wear, not powder pure and simple, but a species of oleaginous “flour” or paste, which reduced the hair to & truly filthy condition. One may well be alarmed at a prospect of the revival of such a fashion, onal Taxation. Engincering News: Figures compiled by Mr. Edward Atkinson indicate that the debt of the United States is only 78 conts per ucre, while the average of Eng- Innd, France and Ge muni is $30.06 per cent. In all Europe the proportion of men in the standing armies and navies (not includ- ing reserves,) is one to _sixte In the United States it is 1 to 832, The people of the United States produce the equiva- lent of $200 per annum for each man, woman and child, England, §175; France, $120, and Germany, $100. 1f these ligures are correct the proportion of national product is 2§ per cent in the Uaited States, 6.74 per cent in England; 15 ger cent in France and 12 per cent in Germany, Italy, who'e product is $80 lmr capita, pays 14} per cent for taxes, ler military and naval foree is sccond only to that of Russis, or 705,820 men. Denver has oreated the office of streos lpdnk{i‘:‘ :zpninundqn,