Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1887, Page 4

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Avril 17.. londay, April 18 . Wednesdsy, Apei 5 Thursday, Apr 21 ¥riday, April 23. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of April, 1887, N, P. FEIL, [SEAL.] Notary Publie. Geo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of April, 184, 12,101 coples; for May, 1856, 12,439 copies; for June, 1886, 12.208 coples; for J‘M 1880, 12,314 copies; 18%8, 12,464 coples; for Septem: 3, ; for October, 1836 12,99 coples; for November, 185, 13,344 coples; for December, 1886, 13,237 eopies; for Januaty, 1857, 16,268 coples: for Kebruary, 1887, 14,198 coples; for March, 1887, 14,400 coples, Gro. B. TZSCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Aprll, A. D,, 1887, [SEALL| . Frir, Notary Public. We donot o;l;ou; Mr. Garneau because heis a young man, but becanse he has no experience whatever in public affairs, GOVERNOR FORAKER has made another speech, and 1t is thought his presidential hoom will be on again for a few days. THE intor-state commerce law has ac- complishegl one good thing. The “‘Ruddy (Gore company’’ has abandoned the road on account of heavy railroad rates. EE——— EveRy workingman in Omaha should cast his yote for Counseman. He has been & mechanic all his life, and his natural sympathies are with working- men. Vicror HuGo's will has been admitted to probate. His property in England is valued at £02,000. The one to whom he left hus estate is doubtless ‘“The Man Who Laughs.” e——— COMING events cast their shadows be- fore, Broatch has the inside track in the municipal race, and all concerned may a8 well get ready to accept the situation gracefully. eEa—— TaAe New York Herald nominates Editor Grady of Atlanta for vico presi- dent of the United States. Then what would the Herald do with Lamar and William Tell Coleman? — Ticker scalpers in Kansas City rate everything on a corner lot basis. A paper of that oity says: “A few more tickets for the Booth cntertainment can be had for the asking—and about $87. 50 apiece.’’ — ANDIANS in the vicinity of Fort Yuma, Arizona, are suffering from a severe at- tack of epidemie measles. Sixty have already died. Here is a solution of the Indian question without losing any scalps, MR, GARNEAU'S backers bank on the fact that he will get the vote of cvery gambler and sporting man. No doubt that he will, but that eloment does not constitute A majority of the voters of Omabha, e—— THE Grand Trunk railway paid Bar- num $50,000 in cash and agreed to draw * eighty circus cars over their road this season in sottlement for the killing of = Jumbo. Mr. Barnum in his old age still has an eye to business. — TaE ordinances of the city, with regard to fire limits, are very defective. At present there is no provision against the establishment of lumber yards and stack- ing of lumber, cord-wood and other combustibles within the fire limits, e——— A DIFFICULTY arising at a wedding, Tuesday, near Merida, Yucatan, resulted in the killing of saven persons, including the groom. The bride narrowly escaped. This is not exactly in harmony with the statement that it is not best for man to be alone, i epm— Iris currently reported that some of the Fifth ward republicans propose to trade off republican candidates from other wards for Daily. We hope this is nottrud. What has Mr. Daily done for the Fifth ward, or anybody,else for that matter, except the railroad: MeMBERS of the Irish constabulary are resigning almost every day rather than assist the laudlords in evicting tenants, A man who rosigns hisoffice would never succeed in this country, But considering the fact that these officers are eithor Scotch or English by birth, and naturally of anti-Irish sympathies, the requirements of thoir oftice must indeed be brutal. —ee Tue Omaha & Southwestern road— running from Omaha southwest, through Nebraska and into the Indian territory 18 now figuring extensively in the papers. As yet no schedule has been issued. The engineers, however, are looking the ground over, and the traditional promise of completion “*before snow flies,” fills the hearts of anxious ones with joy. {2 e———— A Massacnuserts school teacher has ' mtroduced novel way of punishing . pupils. When one of her scholars be- comes unruly, instead of standing the little fellow on the floor or ferruling him, she takes him to the sink and washes his face. This plun not only humiliates the * scholar, but ralses the ire of parents who | " #ee to it that their children's deportment is good. It 1s said that since the intro- " duction of the new form of punishment, Serfect order has been the rule. The President and the Pablio Lands, The lotter of President Cleveland to the secretary of the interior, on the ques- tion involved in the conflicting claims of Guiltord S. Miller and the Northern Pa- cific railroad company to certain public lands in Washington territory, takes a position regarding that question, and af- firme a principle with respect to the pub- lic lands, that can be heartily com- mended. The question involved in the conflict- ing claims of Miller and the railroad company has been made somewhat fa- miliar to the public through the diverse interviews regarding it of several officers of the government. Briefly stated, Mil- ler c/aims to have settled upon the land in question in 1878, and to have since been in possession of it. He has cultivated the land and made substantial improvements, and in 1884 filed his olaim to 1t under the homestead law. Thisland is part of a large tract withdrawn in 1873 by order of the inter- ior department from sole pre-emption or homestead entry in anticipation of the construction of the railroad and a defi- ciency in its granted lands. The with- drawal has been continued, and in 1883 the railroad company selected this land which Miller had settled on and impro- ved and cultivated on the claim that it 18 within the limit of theindemmty lands which might be selected by the company a8 provided in the law making the grant. Aund this notwithstanding the fact thata map of the definite location of the road shows the land in controversy and much more that had been withdrawn to lie out- side the limits which included the gran- ted land. There Wwas never & more palpable instance of the attempt of a corporation to seize private property under the pretense of a legal right. T's is evidently the aspect which the case presented to the mind of the president, who suggests that there is an abundance of unsettled land within the reserved area that can be applied to the purpose of indemnifying the railroad company, and counsels the secretary of the interior to take such action as will protect the settler from hardship and loss by directing the railroad company to take other land in lieu of Miller's unon which no one has in good faith settled. The president finds opportunity in con- nection with this question to justly con- demn the policy of the interior depart- ment which for fifteen years has reserved from settlement a vast tract of land *‘for the convenience of a corporate benefic- iary of the government and awaiting 1its selection, though it is entirely certain that much of the reserved land can never be honestly claimed by said corporation.” Very truly the president says that such a condition of the public lands should no longer continue, and there is very little reason to doubt that after this opinion it will not be allowed to continue except where it cannot be reached by executive authority. In this matter the president is in full accord with the pledges of both parties and will have the general popu- lar approval. —— Struck a Rich Mine. The Pacific railroad investigating com- mission has entered upon its work with immediate results of an exceedingly in- teresting and promising nature. It secems to have gone directly to a rich mize in summoning Mr. C, P. Huntington before it, and it is to be hoped it will not cease working the mine until all the precious matenal it possesses has been uncarthed. The testimony of Mr. Huntington on Wednesday related chiefly to the opera- tions of his road in Washington, where it has maintained a bureau of “explana- tion.” This part of its equipment is shown to have been a rather expensiye affair. The regular attorney was paid the handsome salary of $20,000a yearand allowed about double that amount to enable him to *‘explain’’ to indifferent or obtuse congressmen the wants and wishes of the corporation. This fortunate attorney appears to have enjoyed the unlimited confidence of his employers, for he was allowed to draw on the company st will, and no question was ever asked as to how he disposed of the money. There was no good reason for any such question, but very strong reasons for not asking it. The business of the Washington attor- ney was not such as requires itemized ac- counts and vouchers, or makes them de- sirable. 1t was both necessary and ex- pedient to leave the matter wholly in his hands. He was charged with the duty to “explain,’’ but it was manifestly impracticable to prescribe the limits or the cost of this duty. Hence the inabil- ity of Mr. Huntington to offer any other explanation of the large disbursements of the corporation for legal expenses than that the money was used to “‘explain things” at Washington. It may be re- marked that the surprise said to have been shown by the committee at the ab- sence of vouchors for these expenditures betrayed a refreshing ignorance of cor- poration methods in this particular which we may be quite sure will not sur- vive the investigation. Qhis is the forerunner of many devel- opments, if the investigation is faithfully prosecuted, from which the people wiil be authoritatively informed of the meth- ods by which these corporations have em- ployed their ill-gotten gains to maintain their power to plunder. The disclosures of Mr. Huntington referred to applyin a degree to allof them. They have all maintained their ‘‘explaining’ bureaus at Washington, whose function was to fluence tho action of congressmen in the interest of the corporations, going to the extent even of sending men and money 1nto the congressional districts so as to begin “explaining things” at the very root. All this people huve paid for, and as the result Mr. Huntington and his Pacitic railroad associ , who twenty years ago counted their possessions by tens of thousands, now count them by tens of millions, It will be well for the people to give close attention to the pro- gress of this investigation. Don't Fall to Register. We are now within five days of the most important city election that has ever taken place in Omaha, Up to this time less than one-fourth of the legal voters have been registered. For this state of facts iguorance and negligenge are chiefly responsible. The im- pression prevails that the names of al! voters who have been registered at former elections will be carried over. This is a mistake. The registration for the impending cloction has to be in ac- cordance with the new ward boundaries and sub-diyisions of voting precincts, The enlargement of the city boundaries necessitates registration of thousands of voters who have heretofore taken no part in city elections. It is of the utmost im- portance that a full vote be polled next Tuesday. Citizons who are mot registered can swear 1n their vote but that process causes annoyance to the votoreven where he can find a citizen of the ward to testify to his right to vote. Under a strict construction of the law no citizen can swear in his vote unless he states under oath that he was prevented from registering by sickness or absence from the city during the period the reg- istrarsare in session. This was the rul- ing in one of the pracincts of the Fourth ward last fall and may bo legally en- forced by all the judges of election next Tuesday, SEe— Let Them Come Forward. The caution of the Bee against the promiscuous voting of street railroad franchises is not directed against the Omaha Horse railway company’s cable proposition in particular. The condi- tions we demand on behalf of the public before a franchise is voted should be ex- acted alike from all corporations. A franchise conferring right of way through the streets of a large city is a very valuable bonus to any corporation that contemplates the construction of cable lines,motor roads or tramways. We are not disposed to upposo these proposed improvements providing that we have a gquarantee from responsible parties that the projected cable roads or horse railways will be built within a reasonable time over a stated distance, This assurance should be forthcoming at once. The old cable company and all the other corporations that ask for new or additional franchises at the hands of our voters next Tuesday must come forward with definite pro- posals, coupled with such pledges as will satisfy the public that they mean busi- ness, or take the risk of defeat at the polls. E———— The Law (s Not to Blame. [t is said that at 3,800 places of amuse- ment throughout the country petitions for the suspension of the inter-state com- merce law for ninety days are receiving signatures. The theatrical people de- nounce the law through their official papers in the most bitter terms. If they will turn to section twenty-two of the wonderfully misunderstood taw they will read “that nothing in this act shall apply to the issuance of mileage, excursion or commutation tickets.” ‘The railroad com- vanies yet have the same right to grantas low rates of fare, only perhaps in a little different manner. as they ever did, to theatrical companies, excursion parties or ministers of religion. Each member of a company could procure mileage tickets, or, if the party is large, an ‘‘ex- cursion” rate coula be given, which would in no sense violate the law, but would meet the provisions of its spirit. It is apparent on every hand that the intent of the railroad companies is to make the iaw odious, to burden the mails and flood the country with petitions to the commission when they should right- fully go to the railroad companies and no wherae clse. All this the officials im- agine, will enable them to secure the law’s repeal by congress at its next ses- sion. 1f those who are loud in condemning the law for all the inconveniencies and harassing rulings of the railroad com- panies under this act will study it, they will at once find that the law does not undertake to interfere with the patrons of railroads, but in every clause offers them relief. The inter-state comme:ce law is all right. The railroad managers are all wrong. EE— THE time is at hand for warning peo- ple to be watchful of their health, and all the natural conditions that may unfavora- bly affect it, during the approaching hot season. A contemporary finds unmis- takable indications that the coming sum- mer will be a peculiarly unhealthy one. The death rate in many cities has been steadily mcreasing for the last two years, notwithstanding the absence of notable epidemics. The lowest ebb of the *“‘peri- odic mortality wave” was reached in 1884-5, since which it has been rising. In New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis, for example, the death rate was consid- erably higher last year than for the pre- ceeding year. The same was true of twenty-three principle towns and ocities in Massachusetts. Very generally in Pennsylvania there was a marked in- orease. The record could be enlarged to include many other localities. These facts are certainly worth heeding. There is noreason why they should excite alarm, even where coupled with the threat of & vpossible visitation of cholera, yellow fever and small-pox, single or to- gether, but they do forcibly suggest the wisdom of unusual precautions against the outbreak or invasion of disease. Ob- vious as the duty of cleanliness should be to everybody, there are, nevertheless, a great many people upon whom it must be continually urged, and even enforced by law. With respect to all such local sanitary regulations everywhere should be rigorously executea. There is no consideration that can justify leniency to people whose indolence or indifference allows the accumulation about their homes of disease-breading refuse, and thereby imperil the health of a com- munity.- Beyond this it will be neces- sary also that the authorities properly perform their duty in keeping the public streets and alleys clean, the sewers open, and allthe sanitary requiremen's that are in their especlal care fully complied with. The matter is one which makes a demand for immediate attention, It seems likely that the summary re- moval of Captain Selfridge, of the war ship Omaha, by Admiral Chandler, may develop something of a scandal not creditable to the admiral. The ostensi- ble ground of removal was that a shell used 1n the Omaha's target practice hav- ing exploded and killed some Japanese there was assumed to have been care- lessness on the part of the eaptain, but it is said that this was merely a pretext to enable the admiral to gratify his personal dishke of his subordinate officer, who on an oceasion had espoused the cause of Admiral Luce against Chandler. This view 18 understood to have impressed the secretary of the navy, and an order to another officer to succeed Selfridge is heidin abeyance, with a view to a quiet settlement of the matter that shall yindi- cate the captain and not unduly offend the admiral. This soothing policy may have its advantages, butit is questiona- ble whother it is in the interest of that thorough discipline. which sheuld have' no regard to station. Such a precedent might cure the preseut trouble, but open the way to more, MARK TwWAT dIu not talk humor alone, 1In his brlef nddress at Hartford, in memory of Genwral Grant, he scath- ingly rebuked the erities who have ques- tioned the great hegp's grammar. He also said: “We only rotonmur that thisis a simple soldier who, all untaught of silken vhrase-makors, lojked words together with an art surpasstng the art of schools and put into them something that will still bring to American’s ears, as long as Amecrica shall last, the roll of his varn- ished drums and the tread of his march- ing troops.” — Tae Irishmen of Paris do not propose to participate in the quoen'’s jubilee, but on the other hand will hold a celebration themselves. The executive committee of the anti-English organization has is- sued circulars to all Irishmen in Paris warning them under severe penalties against taking any part in the celebra- tion of the queen's jubilee. There will perhaps be trouble grow out of the affair. — ONE of the effects of the inter-state law is a Lake Shore order, recently promul- gated, directing conductors not to honor Lake Shore certificates of stock for a passage on annual election day, May 4. Apout one more “‘interpretation” of the law and it will be determined that the engineer and fireman are prohibited from riding on the train under any cir- cumstances. THE FIELD OF DUSTRY. Natural gas companies are multiplying In ‘Western Pennsylvania and in Ohio. The electricians are working with renewed zeal to pertect electric motors especially for street cars. 2 Andrew Carnegie recently presented the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with a check for $1,000, ‘1he third largest stove works i the United States are at Leavenworth, Kan. They turn out a stove every five minutes, In a great many New England mills looms are run overtime. In some localities mills have stopped on account of lack of fuel. ‘The jewelers throughout the country are congratulating themselves upon the best season for an all-round trade they have ever had. The paper makers throughout the east are all working full time and refuse to shut down over Sundey as long as paper Is bringing so mear full price. One of the largest glass houses ever bullt I8 to be erected on the Pennsylvania railroad about thirty miles east of Pittsburg. Natural gas will be used. ., The International Cigarmakers' union printed last month 1,100,000 labels, and sold to other unions 1,036,600. Philadelphia took 25,000, Chicago 90,000, The Pennsylvania Rallroad company will enlarze 1ts Altoona shops, and in addition to thelr present works will turn out one loco- motive engine per day. Pittsburz fint-beftle manufacturers are shipping products to California by way of New York to Cape #orn, and underselling llinois glass manufacturers. The largest edge tool factory in the United States Is at Oakland, Maine. Maine manu- facturers are picking up a good many orders from the Canadian Paclfic railroad company.. A $250,000 paper-mill and paper-bag fac- toryisto be built at Wichita, Kan., which ‘will employ 800 bands. . That enterprising town has now fifty mlles of street railway, and is the centre of five great railroads, with tour more building in its direction. The largest car shops in the world are to be built at St. Liouis, about six miles from the center of the city. 500 acres of land have been purchased. Locomotives will be made for the southwest. The company will erect houses for its workmen aud rent them or sell them. A movement Is on foot to develop the ‘woolen Industry in Minnesota, which pro- duces 7,500,000 pounds of wool of medium and fine staple. The advantage is the water power. One river has a power of 90,000 horses. The local demand would furnish work for all the wool that could be supplied. Manufacturers of the New England states are giving a zood deal of attention to the subject of profit-sharing, because it is unlike co-operation and free from most of its ob- jectionable features. The system will not be satistactory to the workers umless the mill under that system allow higher wages than others. ‘There isa good demand for engineering skill, and all bright young men coming out of our technical schools are finding employ- ment. A liberal percentage of them are weeded out after two or three years, finding they had mistaken their calling. The volun- teers who attain distinction are about as numerous as the graduates. British manafacturers are tryinz to get up s trade exhibition similar to those in course of organization in seven kingdoms of Europe. A special commissioner sent out by the council of London to visit those countries recently returned and reported that they were well designed and organized. The idea s to exhibit raw and manutfactured pro- ducts, —— What Rallroads Are Made to Carry. iladelphia Record. Oneof the brightest ornaments of Wall street remarked recently: “Rallroads are not made to carry frelght and passengers: their chief purpose is to carry bonds.” According to Henry V. Poor, the railroads of this coun- try carry $3,000,000,000 of watered capital. e L L s Stick to Nebraska, Mr, Philadelphia Record. Egan’s offer to go to Dublin so that ho might face any accuser smacks of a sort of courage. Such an act, however, would be to thrust his head into the British lion’s mouth, even after that cavernous mouth had been provided with its brand-new set of false coer- cion teeth. Let us bope that Mr, I stick to Nebraska, where naught clones rage. gan. SR ‘What is the Use of Sighing? Pauline: Greyson. What is the use of sig ‘When other souls are glad ; Assuming e'er the sable shroud When all in white aré clad? ‘This life, at best, is all too short, ‘Tho' ort It long may seem, When care and woe fore'er beset, With no hope to redeam. What Is the use of sikhing thus, ‘Wnen other hearts are lizht? For when our sky is overeast ‘The sun still shines as bright— ‘The heaven still clear beyond the haze ‘That tloats "tween It and earth: ‘Tho flowers still scent the balmy air, ‘The earth still teems with mirth. ‘What is the use of sighing thu: When others constant smile: They, oo, like thee, have felt life’s ills, « 1ts anguish and its aulle. 8o sigh no more, but firmly vow To seew forover glad; For tho' thy tate is drear, e’en that Of others Is as'bad ! B —— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraskus Jo gS. 4 Broken Bow is discussing fire protec- lon. The Daily World has blossomed at Broken Bow. . 'T. Lamb, of A new fire alarm boll is ready to strike At any moment in Schuyler. The Fremont Tribune has a temper: ance column in full blast, but the rest of the paper appears in moderate spirits. Lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workmen have been or‘zanued at Fair- mont, Battle Creek and Republican City. Mr. A. B, Curry, late manager of the Nebraska City Packing company, was caned Sunday afternoon by admiring friends. ‘Uhe presentation of the stal was followed by a banquet. The boef eaters of Wisner have unani. mously ‘‘swore oft” and juicy joints and tenderloins can be had at a discount. The cauge of this sudden revulsion is the slor& that a hydrophobic steer was llln‘fmeru by l‘locnl butcher and sold to ti ents. A nineteen-year-old boy cast his first ballot at Ulysses recently and was cast into prison for offending the matured digmtyof the law. His case comes up at the June term of court, when local ‘‘reformers’ will endeavor to make an “‘example’’ of him, The political guillotine is steadily and firmly decapitating republican federal officeholders in the stats. Mrs. P. F. O'Sullivan, after a long contest, has been commissioned postmisiress of West Point. Chas. Harrison, a membsar of the last leg- 1slature and a particular chum of the Wasp, has been planted in the Wahoo postoffice. C. C. Ellis, also member of the legislature, will distribute the postals at Sterling, and C. B. Durland_at Nor- folk. Frank Welno, of West Point, has been transported to the Niobrara land office. J. B. Koch, of Hastings, is a printer by trade and a gluttonjfrom necessity. Itis told of him that when in moderately good humor he stows away in his capacious bay window enough grub for four ordi- nary men at one sitting. A common everyday meal for him is'three pounda of chewable steak, one dozen eggs, four po- tatoes, half a loaf of bread, two or three handfuls of pie and three cups of coffee. He takes water by the pint and preserves the morale of the profession by taking beer by the keg. His appearance at a restaurant or boarding house is a signal for bankruptcy proceedings. he resi- lowa Items, Burlington factories give employment to 3,205 skilled mechanics. Fifteen cigar factories manage to keep Burlington supplied with suffocators. A very poor counterfeit silver dollar has made its appearance in the state. A branch of the Railway Conductors’ brotherhood has been organized in Ot- tumwa. ‘The Iowa branches of theIrish National league have sent $3,000 to lreland to boost home rule. The Governor’s guards of Des Moines, will reorganize and incorporate. It is also the intention of the organization to erect an armory. Dubuque®has eightrestaurants and five railroad eating-houses, twelve hotels and twenty public boarding houses besides any amount of private boarding houses. Another Black Hawk war veteran has departed. Captain Jack Parker, for fifty-four years a resident of Dubuque, died last Monday, at the age of eighty- eight years. A Sioux City attorney, anxious to exor- cise his mouth, has offered $200 for the privilege of making a speech to the jury n the next Haddock trial. This is proba- Mf another section of the conspiracy to kill off the jury. J. A Daughtr. a Minnesota butter and egg buyer, while gathering up_the_ fruit of the dairy and roost at Spirit Lake, met with ‘a runaway accident. One huadred dozen eggs were distributea over the road, and Daughty is laid up with three ribs broken and & dislocated collar bone. The young people of Des Moines gave Miss i.ena Sherman, the accomplished daughter of ex-Govarnor Sherman, a farewcll reception at the Aborn house on Monday evening. She 18 about to move to Waterioo with her parents, and will be missed in Des Moines society circles, where she was a general favorite. About nineteen county treasurers have 8o far falled to make the annual payment to the state treasurer, the time axpirlnF on the 15th inst. Governor Larrabee is reported to be getting notioes ready with heavy fines inclosed to forward the de- linquent officials. The statute provides for a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 for such an offense. The Reformed Mormons in Davenport have been mortally offended by Rev. M. alt Lake City, who denounced the book of Mormon as a fraud and Joe Smith an im- poster. The members are determined that Lamb shall be combed in public and have challenged him o a theological combat, time and place to Buit his con- venience, 1t will be a pure and polished contest of jawbone, without gloves or spongers. The Burlington prophet declares that the first two weeks of May will be favor- able to growing crops, *‘but between the 18th and 23d will be quite cool with dan- er of frosts about the 17th or 22d. The fn.sl. eight days of May will average very warm and very stormy in the north- western states. During this month eight storms will cross the Mississippi river, the heaviest of which will be on the 10th and 16th, and the four storms from the 21st to 3lst.” Dukosa. Fargo will bore for natural gas. Electric lights have driven gas from the streets of Bismarck. A corner on hayin Deadwood forced the price up to $3 per hundred. The Odd Fellows of Rapid City are meeting with success in securing funds for the erection of a temple. Sioux Falls business men have decided to incorporate a board of trade ana build a three-story building of Sioux Falls granite. The Dakota water power company pro- pose to erect a flume near Rapid City ata cost of $150,000. Three million teot of lumber will be required for the work. The crop outlook in Spink, Brown, Day, Kingsbury and Beadle conntics i8 revorted to be the most favorabfe yet known. The farmers have finished seed- ing, and wheat is fur enough out of the ground to make a good showing. The board of trustees of the school of mines have formulated the following schedule of rates for assays: Gold and ilver, cents each; copper, by hurette, e y fire method, $1.50; tin, lead and antimony, $1; nickel and mercury, §2; iron, 75 cents. Deadwood was favored with a weird serenuade on the night of the 10th inst. by ningly & miilion curlews, who were ing over the city. The lights of the arrested t passage for an hour or so, during which time, at an invisible height, they circled in 8 merry, yet noisy €0 'round. ‘ranetaco Chronfele. Immediately upon the passage of the inter-state commerce act a meeting of railroad managers was held in New York, at which it was proclaimed that the great transportation companied accepted the action of congress in good faitl nd would attempt to conform their business to the reqmrements of thd new law. Leaving out of counsideration the eastern roads, in which California is not directly interested, let us see what our one inter- state railroad, the Southein Pacific com- pany has done to accommodate itself to the new order of things. In the first place, it must be conceded that the local tariff of this country has been too high, Both freight and passen- rs have been compelled to pay more an the railroad compnn{ could’ equit- ably exact. That company has uniformly token every advantage which locality Las afforded, to charge rates far in excess of the charges for similar service clsewhere, and to make their local receipts bear the brunt of the battle. Next, in order to comrly literally with section 4 of the new law, the railroad company at once increased their through rates enormously, in some cases seven- fold, chiefly to enable them to maintain their locul g rates, and secondarily to create a foeling of aversion to the inter- state commeree law, and lay the founda- tion for a popular demand for its repeal. Their promised accommodation was comprised 1n coercing the traflic to meet their wishes, instead of conceeding some- thing, however little, to their patrons, Instead of reducing their local rates and relying, nsthey might well have done, upon an_increase in the volume of busi- ness to_recompense them for their ap: arent loss, they made an inflexible local finfl‘fl‘ and then stretched through rates to it it. Again, the railroad company has be- come a stickler for a_ strict construction of section 3, in regard to discriminations; that is, it construes it strictly from its standpoint. It takes the ground that the act forbids discrimination, and has per- suaded some of our shippers that such i the law. But what is the language of section 2? Only this, that if any com- mon carrier on an inter-state line shall, by any device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person greater or less compensatien than from ln{ other person ‘‘for doing for him a like and contemporaneous service, in the trans- portation of a like kind of traflic, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed *ullt of unjust discrimination whioh is herel )Iy prohibited and declared to be unlawful.” Section 3 of the act follows out the same idea by making it unlawful to give any ‘‘undue or unreasonable preference or ndvanm&e to any particular person, company, firm, corporation or locality, or any particular description of trafiic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respeot whatsoever.* W hat greater latitude could a railroad company ask if it really desired in good faith to accommodate itself to the spirit of the law. Discrimination is permitted, except in cases of like and contemporas neous service, in transportation of a like kind of traffic and under substantially similar circumstances and conditions. Even preferences. and advantages are allowed if they are not undue or unreas- onable. What could be more flexible? How could a law be framed which should better allow a railroad company to adapt its business and its tariff to the varied conditions and circumstances of its cus- tomers? But iustead of even reading the law as it is written, the Southern Pacific company has issued its ukase against all discrimination, and vetoed any prefer- ence or advanage, and now sceks to throw the edium of its own miscon- struction of the law upon the law itself. Instead of our merchants becomi: alarmed and deciding to join the railroa company in its request to the commission for abrogation of the law, they should insist that the company first try to suit its methods to the law before pronoun- cing aguinst its -practicability. They should first present their special cases, if they have any, to the railroad company, insist upon a compliance with the spirit of the law and a_genuine attempt to conform to its liberal proyisions. When the company has tried in earnest to do this and failed, then it will be ample time to demand the abrogation of the law, and in that event the Chronicle will be the first to support them in their de- mand; but so long as the law is construed only by the selfish and greedy instincts of the railroad corporation, and not the faintest indication is given of its desire to suit itsolf to the law, instead of bend: ing the law to suit the company, so lon shall we dissuade thc business men of this state, from voluntarily reassuming a thraldom from which they have but es- caped, and from themselves reriveting the fetters which congress has but so re- cently stricken from their cramped and enfcebled limbs. e — The Commission’s Daty. Mladelphic Record. One of the duties of the Pacific rail- road commission will be to investigate the charge that the subsidizod railroad companies have systematically- violated their charters by discriminating against the government’ for years, in the trans- ortation o f army supplies and troops. his charge has already been partially investigated and its truth established,but the commission will be able toshow the full extent of the wrong that has been done. _Another object of mquiry will be the unjust and illegal diseriminations of the Pacitic railroad corporations against the people at mnon-competitive points on their routes. But the most im- portant work of the commission will be to furnish the information necessary to enable congress to legislate with regard to the indebtedness of the Pacitic rail- road companies to the government. This is the main object for which the commis- sion has been established, and a thor- on&h investigation of the finances, con- dition and future prospects of these com- nies will be necessary. For an inves- igation of this kind, requiring patience, application and skill in examination of financial details, ex-Governor Pattison is admirably qualified; and there can be no doubt that the other members of the commission have also bcen sclected be- cause of their aptitude for this service, e CHICAGO'S FAMOUS STORE. Orooks of the United States Will be Sorry to Hear of Its Coming Re- spectabllity. Chicago Mail: *“The Store,” the no- torious saloon which for fifteen years has been the Western Mecea of all” the bifi crooks of the country, is being turned into a clothing store. Strangers will not any longer be taken down to the corner of Clark and Monroe streets, wheeled about at 173 South Clark street, and then told that they are facing the lair of the pirum McDonald, the richest gambler in the country. Mike McDonald moved mto the 1t had been built by LEd Walker, the un- fortunate stone quarry ma whose big Lemont property Mc Donald now boasts among his posses- sions. I'rom 1873 until a from for big crooks, an attempt was made it the western centre of life for the ports. The Store was known from eend of the country to the nk forgers, safe Eowers, feiters, burglars of big and little men wwho were pursued for murde sorts and grades of criminals head toward it from all parts of the world for son or another. When Allan Pinkerton was alive it was the duty of Billy to_keep nd the Store. Out- siders didn't v and 1t, and ponslbli Billy Pink s reputation suffere some in the minds of those not in the secret, because he was forever lounging juarters for ruilians, .]hu was the training that made the son of hiy tather the best posted man in his pro fession concerning the faces, character, and tricks of criminals. Half of the Pinkerton ess i attributed by some weople to the indefatigability with which ilillv studied taces and habits at the Store, ‘The old-time saloon of Mike MeDon- ald has not only been the headauarters for eriminals—it has been the scenc of dozens of terrible crimes. It was right in front the Store bar that Jere Dunn shot Jimmy Hoey, the husband of thc notorions Molly idolbrook, Mme. Man delbaum’s protege, but who finally gave the old woman away. MeDonald bhim- self was the cause of that shooting. He building in 1873, had been dflnkmg and was in a mis. chiovous mood. Dunn was in the rear of the saloon, behind one of the parti- tions, and Hoey in front. When Me- Donald is feeling good he likes to see nothing better than & fight, Ho went back to where Dunn was and told him that he haa thought he was a pretty good fellow, but if what Hoey said about him was true he ought to get out of civilization. Leaving Dunn fuming, Mike went to where Hoey was and declared that Dunn had been talking most shamefully of him. It took only a fow moments for the men to runm against each other, and in a twinklin| guns were out, Jore Dunn's habit of carrying his in his outside pocket stocd him in good stead, and ho was blazi away at the bank crook beforo the latt had" his pistol levelled. Hoey was maimed for life. ‘The murder of “Sir James," the gam- bler, in 1874, was as brutal & crime s was ever committed at the Store or_any other place. A bunko man named Mar- n, whe was better known by the sobri- uet of *White Pine,”’ paraded up and own in front of 173 South Clark streos all one day waiting for Sir James to oome around. The latter was a tall, good-looking, and good-natured man, related to a well-bred i ily. His father was a curate. 0 although loose and & companion in_ the crooked operations of the crowd which then held sway at Chlclfio, was & likeablo fellow. White Pine had a knife up his sleeve, and when Sir James came up drove the knife straight into his stomaeh, A pistol was then thrust into the dead man's pocket almost before he was dead, and the claim was successfully set up that the murder was in self-defense. White Pine ss still alive. Ho was the man who bunkoed $17,000 out of & miner who had that amount of gold dustin his possession, Wushburn was then chief of volice, and caught him, and 1in moving him about the ¢ ty took care that he was always heavily ironed. He is now broken down and poor. He was always a mean treacherous, murderous villain, and ha few friends in his heyday. He 13 alto- gether despised now. Jobn Dowling was beaten by the Gar- tity boys in McDonald’s saloon. The beating played an important part in the contest that McGarigle made for county sheriff. Dowling claimed that the police were glad to sce him beaten, his nose bitten, and his ear chawed off; and that McGarigle stood by without nterfering, while the murderous Garritys were try- iv%to kick, bite and thumnp him to death, ere Sam Medill, managing editor of tho Tribune was beaten by these same Garnit, thli;(s has always been a matter of doubt. It was probably near the Lake- side building, but it was planned in the Store, because the Tribune declared that the Garritys ought to be run out of town. Nothwithstanding the fact that this sa- loon was always the headquarters for oriminals, it was also a place that fur- nished to the Pinkertons a great mass of valuable information. McDonald, it is said, has always had the good will of the banks over the country, for the reason that he has placed in the hands of Pin- kerton information which has led to the capture of a great many dangerous for- gen. It was information in the Store hat led to the capture of Bmekvus. the great Bank of England forger, and also information from the same place that finally rounded up Charley Holbrook, Ira Cavendish, and numerous other bank sneaks and forgers. e A Model Application. Dukota Bell: The Sioux Falls Fire and Marine Life Insurance company was or- ganized this week. One trouble with the life insurance companies in the past, has been the great num- ber of unnecessary and troublesome questions the applicant was obliged to answer. This has been iargely done away with in this company’s application blank, a part of which we subjoin: Give your full name atlength,and state if you contemvlate going to Canada and changing it. . Were you ever in the legislature, and if 80, have you reason to believe that the attack will recur? Have you ever been vaccinated, and if 80, was it fatal? Give your wife's name. Are you married or single? Are you taking thisinsurance for specu- lative purposes? Havye you ever had bronchitis, small- pox, big-head, sore throat,laziness, buck- fever, consumption or vigilance comwmt- tee? If so, state about how fatal. Are you insane? Are you subject to attacks of spinal meningitis, glanders or sunstroke? ‘Were you ever in the army, and if not, what pension do yon draw? Gives your views at length on the ques- tion of future pumishment. Have you ever removed for the benefit of your health, and if so, how far ahead of the sheriff were you? Have you ever committed suicide? Are i’ou addicted to aplitting wood un- der a clothes line, or do you let your wife split the wood ? Do you understand that you must pay a premium on this policy, and thatits amount will probably increase on account of the interstate commerce law? Do you work for a living, or run a daily newspaper in a small town? Were you ever chewed by a mad dog? Do you hereby sgree to live fiftcen years and give the company a chance? pAlbsisde 1ol She has the complexion of a peach, Pozzoni's Medicated ComplexionPowder did it, Sold by all druggists. AAlbiacbiclaa. i A Prank of John T. Raymond. New York Graphic, 1875: 1 must tell you of a clever game he (Sothern) and I put up on acouple of Englishmen. We got into a rallway compartment at Bir- mingham, prepared for fun of some sort, but just what we hadn't decided. T took out a cigar and said 1n turn to our fel- low travelers, *Do you object to smoke, sire”! They answered in the nega- tive, with something like the air of objecting very much indeed, “Do you object to smoke, s’ I asked Sothern. *‘I do, sir,” ho said. “I beg your pardon, sir,” 1 'said. *‘Object to smoke?" gl'umb]e(l he; “Ilike a man’s impudence who proposes such a thing." “I beg your pardon, sir,” I repeated. “Deuce take a man,'* continued he, “who presumes to wish to make himself offen- sive.” I beg your pardon, sir," said J. “Deuce take hin," s xlml not flf[d . T ] im e A, hef your pardon, PRl i English looked with undisguised contempt at such meekness. This wis increaged when Mr. Sothern, shutting down he window, coolly procecded to light & rand to pufl away atit. The sinoke he carriage and the Englishmen st st, evidently recoguizing in me a per- son' too contemptible to offer a protest, first requested, then ordered Sothern to put out his cigar. He was deaf to them. They fairly stood over him. He puffed away until the train stopped at a station, ‘Then, with a *Come along. John,” he invited me to accompany him forth. We tipped the guard and got into another cnrri:lr’,u, and the Englishmen recognized the sell. el Has Used Them For 15 Years, S 5 N. Y., May 27, 1856. 1 have been using ALLCOCK's Porous Prasvens for the last fiftecn yearsi my family and ean conscientiously recom- mend them as inyalunble when applied where pain is tobe relieved. ‘I'wo years Y 1 contracted pneumonia from a heavy cold and during my convalesconce, und in the winter months since, have worn one across my back and have ex- perienced great benefit thorefrom, and was reiieved from a threatened return iv less than twenty-four hours. Ira J. GRirFIN, Bookkeeper First National Bank,