Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1887, Page 4

| THE DAILY BEE. " PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTTON ¢ ly (Morniag Edition) Including Sunday R, One Yoar. ix Months b0 |1 . i e ——— ‘wadrons, One Tous " 20 iress, One Yoar. ATA OPPICT. 14 AND G18 FARNAM STRERY W YORK OFFICK, KOOM @, TRINUNE BUIL ABUINGTON OFFiC) O 615 FOUNTEENTH 8T GORRESPONDENCE? All communiontions relating to nows and edi- forial mattor should bo adiressed 1o tho Kol TOR OF THE Brr. BUSINESS LETTERSE ATl buisiness Jotters and romittances should bo Wddressed to TiE BEe PUBLISIING COMPAXY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and posto orders %0 be made payable to the order of the compnny, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWATER, Eviton £10 00 THE DAILY BEE., Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, *a . (,‘annlbo( Douglas. 7 Geo. B. 'Tzschuck, secretary of The Dee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee for the week ending July 22, 1857, was as Thursaay. Friday, July Averare, worn to and subserib this 23d day of July, A, D, 18 [SEAL.] Btate of Nebraska, | o Douglas County. { > Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is secretary of The ' Bee Publishing company, that tlie actual averago daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month™ of July, 1880, 12,214 copies; for AI;&;H‘. 1888, 12,464 copies; for Septem- ber, 18%, 13,030 copies; 1856, 12,09 coples: for, coples; for Decembe N, P. Frr, Notary Publie. 'for April, 1887, 14,816 co cop 27 “coples; for June 1887, 14,147 Gro. B. TZSCITUCK, Bubscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day ot July A, D,, 1887, IS N. P. Frir, Notary Publie. Roruacker wants to know ‘‘whois ranning this thing." Does he refer to the police patrol wagon? IN the recent coke strike in Pennsyl- ‘vania, the contest was between ten mil- lion doilars and ten thousand men. The dollars won, Crry Treasurer Rust makes a grati- fying exhibit of the credit of Omaha the sale of its district paving bonds, for which he secured & premium of 6 per cent, although the bonds can be called in from time to time. —— AccorbiNG to the Republian the oouncil is recognized all through the charter as representing the people; but unfortunately for the people of Omaha the council in its course toward the po- llce commission does not represent its constituents, Mr. Poin ArMoux has concluded not to interest himself in packing enterprises at St. Joe but has decided to establish a Pplantin this city. Mr. Armour is a wise and far-seeing man of business, and has the courage of his convictions. Mr. Armour sees in Omaha the great city of the west. E— ‘THE appointment of the widow of Gen- eral Hancock to be postmistress at Wash- ington, succeeding the son of ex-United States Senator Conger, will be a death blow to the aspiring demo- orats of the District of Columbin who haye been tramping down the grass in the white house grounds for the past six months, hoping to influence the president to appoint William Dixon, who was foreman of the star route jury, ‘WE are rapidly becoming a tea-drink- ing nation. In 1830, 7,000,000 pounds of tea were imported. Last year the import ‘Was 806,000,000 pounds. And yet we do oot know how to make this beverage the orfentals tell us. A member of the Jap- snese embassy, at Washington recently, (#aid he had not tasted n cup of tea of !American make that possessed the cor- \zdot flavor. ‘I'he highest priced tea in Ohina and Japan costs $25 ver pound. Tne shareholders of the Panama canal &ecently met in Paris, and the French " mewspapers are booming the project, Jolding out glowing inducements to all who may invest. The opinion of the rest of the world, and especially in this coun- try, is that the undertaking is doomed to oertain failure, At the last report, a Year ago, the shares were held by 350,000 persons. The majority of these are among the laboring people ot Krance, snd when the crash comes, ns1t undoubt- @dly will, much suffering will be the con- sequence. doLesseps is as enthusiastio asever. Heisold and must be in his dotage. SiNCE the destruction of the Metropo li- fan storage warchouse in New York, with all its contents, the question arisen, aro all these so-called ftire proof Dbwldings really fire proof? A good deal of doubt seems to have arisen in the pub- Me mind. Itisfeared thata fire proof Building while in the course of construc- #lon offers, as much scope for dishonest workmanship as a Buddenselk structure. it has been suggested that it would be geasonable to compel the builders of fire storage houses to submit to a few | provisions, One of these might be $hat the owners should be required to fake out a license and a certificate from ghe proper authorities before being al- Rowed to advertise their building as fire proof. — Tar Ohio republican convention will meot at Toledo to-day. It is an event of national mterest, since the convention is expected by its action or non-action to Bhaveun important effect upon the chances ©of Senator John Sherman as a presi- dential candidate. The indications are ghat the Sherman men will insist on in- Sroducing a resolution committing the popublican party of Ohio to his eandidacy, sn which case the Blaine element are ermined to make & vigotous fight. b a resolutlon would undoubtedly , but with a large minority against o question whether the eflfect would @ot be cven more to the disadvantage of ghe eandidate than if no expression was von. It Is a situation which threatens vesult in serious disaffection that may the fall election. Justice to Sparks. There is a clique of Washington corre- spondents who never lot pass an opper- tunity to assail the official conduct of Land Commissioner Sparks. From the day the commissioner entered upon his just crusade in the interestof the people against all the unscrupulous piunderers of the public domain, and showed a de- termination to hunt down fraud where- ever it lurked, these cortespondents have been yelping at him almost continuously. His integrity has beea called in qoestion, his decisions have been ridiculed, his services have been depreciated, and every possible effort has been made to creat a publie sentiment against him and to bring him mto disrepute with the ad- ministration as an official whose course was damaging it with the people. The lat. est charge is that the commissioner has disregarded or evaded the civil service law, and this alarming allegation appears under heavy headlines in all the news- papers to which the particular elique of correspondents contribute, Perhaps Mr. Sparks has manfully kept his way, as one confident of the rectitude of s purpose should do. 1tisa matter of the least possible consequence to the peo- ple of the country what Mr. Sparks thinks or how he acts with respect to the civil service law. Butit isof the very greatest interest to know that he is still honestly and fearlessly endeavoring to rescue the public domain from those who have fraudulently possessed themselves of it, whether they be individuals or cor- porations, protecting the rights of honest settlers whose just claims are assailed, and seeking to unravel as far as it is pos- sible to do, the badly tangled knot of fraud and rascality that has been grow- ing for twenty or more. It is not claimed for Commissioner S 3 that he has made no mistakes. In a task of such vast proportions and intricate character a man would be a marvel of wisdom who did not make some er- rors. But whut can be fairly claimed tor the land commissioner is that all his efforts have been directed to the discov- ery and overthrow of dishonest and ras- cally practices and that whatever mistakes he has made have come from an earnest wish to conserve the interests of the gov- ernment and of the people. Ac found i the records of hisoffice a mass of evi- dence, the accumulation of years, show- ing that the public domain had been the object of systematic plunder. He found good reason to believe that mil- lions of acres had been fraudulently taken and were unlawfully held. The duty of an honest official was plamn, and although the task presented was an enormous one, the commissioner entered upon it at once and 1n a spirit that could not fail of good results. It has not failed, but on the contrary has been sucoesssul to a degree greatlyto the credit of the commissioner, and largely to the advantage of the government and the people. Politioal Forecasts. There will be a great deal more opin- ion expressed during the next six months on the political outlook, by men of more or less prominence 1n both the great par- ties, than can be practically given spec- ial consideration. A great deal of 1t, in- deed, will not be entitled to better than the most casual attention, and some can safely be dismissed without any. The opinions of the average politician in a matter of this sort count for very little. A few men of commanding prominence direct the disposition and desires of a party, and while 1t 18 true that these are not always able to have thingsgo exactly their way, such at least are the only men whose forecasts have any real value. [t is for this reason that the opinions of Mr. Carlisle on the outlook are given and are entitled to regard. He is the most trusted and respected among present democratic leaders, doubtless has a larger following than any other one of them, and exerts at least as great an in- fluence as any one. Mr. Carlisle was interviewed a few days ago and said he thought the re- nomination of Mr. Cleveland a foregone conclusion. There are thousands of other democrats who have never had a doubt on this point, but the fact of Mr. Carlisle thinking so carries a force very much greater than that of all the thousands of democrats who agree with him, It is also true that the endorsement of the administration by the Kentucky congres- man is & much more important and valuable matter, so far as the administra- tion is concerned, than that given by the late Ohio demycratic convention, after listening without dissent to the hostile attack of its chairman on the only policy the ad- ministraon has been able to accomplish anything with, and then ignoring that policy in its platform. Speaking as the leader of the largest clement of the de- mocracy, and of the section that is ex- vected to be solid for the candidate of that party, the opinion of Mr. Carlisle as to what the party should and will do is of the highest importance. Mr, Cleve- land could hardly at this time desire any- thing more reassuring. But the valuc of Mr. Carlisle's judg- ment is very greatly diminished when he exercises it beyond the lines of his own party, at which his influence ceasos. He aflirms that in order to make an honest and aggressive eampaign in support of its actual political faith the republican party should renominate Mr. Blaine; and yet he professes to believe that Blaine is weaker now than he was three years ago, He is mistaken as to the first proposi- tion, while as to the last his opinion is worth no more than that of any other in- telligent man, Unlike the democratic, the republican party is not in bondage to any man. It has a dozen men under the leadership of any one of which it could make an honest and aggressive campaign without the sacrifice of a sin- gle article of its political faith. Thesitu- ation of the democracy is very different. That party has indeed leaders—men who enjoy the confidence of factions—but no one of them is able to unite it in his sup- port, and against its convictions the party holds on to Clevelana asits s hope. If Mr. Carlisle was sincere in what be said regarding the administra- tion, he 15 one of the yery few who en- tertain similar yiews, and he stands almost alone in Kentucky. But it must never be forgotten that Mr, Carlisle is = politician with aspirations, and remembering this the value of his endofSements will be less diflicult to estimate. Certaln it is that the last democratio house of representa- tives did not think so well of the ‘‘sensi- ble, business-like and patriotic adminis- tration” as to oarry into effect a single suggestion made by it regarding any THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, .JULY 27. 1887 chief matter of publie policy, disregard- ing its recommendations so entirely that tho president was moved to express to Mr. Manning his keen sense of regret that the democratic representatives in congress exhibited so little wisdom. The country will anxiously await develop- ments in the next congress which are to determine whether the democrats in that body have acquired any better apprecia- tion of the administration than was exhi- bited in the last congress. It 1s not improbable there will be some improve- ment in this respect, as the administra- tion has everything at stake and the question of party success 1s involved. Nevertheless it is quite apparent that even Mr. Carhsle 18 someswhat apprehen- sive that there may not be that complete harmony which from & party point of view, is so much to be desired. —_— Minneapolis Police Rules. The police service of Minneapolis is not hampered by a hostile council, as is the case 1n Omaba, and consequently that city is almost a model in the efliciency of its police force. The area of the two cities and is about equal in extent, but Minne- apolis has over a hundred patrolmen, while we have less thun thirty. The diflerence in orderliness, security of lfe and property in the two eities, is like- wise in striking contrast. The police ners of Minne- apolis have recently issued a mannal for the guidance of their policemen. The rules therein laid down are comprehen- sive. They might be studied with infinite profit by our own preservers of the peace. A few of them are appended: “A policeman must be neat in person, his clothes and boots clean. He must be quiet, civil and orderly. Decorum, at- tention, command of temper, patience and discretion are required of him. He must refrain frons violent, coarse, pro- fane and msolent language at all times. No member of the force shall, in any station house or elsewhere, while on duty, or while in uniform ofl’ duty, drink any kind of liquor or smoke. No mem- ber is allowed to accept any gratuity, re- ward, gift or any article or thingdi- rectly or indirectly, as compensation or pay for scrvices rendered in the dis- charge of his duty as a member of the police force. No policeman 18 allowed to ask for a free pass to uny place of amusement or upon railronds. Patrol- men must notstand still whilo on duty, but constantly patrol their routes. As far as he can without intruding on the privacy of individuals,the patrolman must note all removals from or into the limits of his route and acquire such a know- ledge of its inhabitants as will enable him to recognize them. Its is indispen- sably necessary that heshould make him- self perfectly acquainted with all parts of his route, and with the streets thorough- fares, courts and houses within 1t. He shall keep his number in sight, and give his name and number to all persons who demands them, Hemustdirectstrangers and see that they ure assisted to their destination. He is to look out for stray- ing children, and make himself immed ately useful 1n case of sickness or acei- dent in the streets, and must take cogniz- ance of sudden and suspiciousdeath. He must strictly watch the conduct of all persons of known bad character, and report all the information about their occupations, habits, haunts and movements as he can learn. He shall take particular notico of all places where ntoxicating liquors are sold, and 18 fully instructed with refer- ence to all kinds of disreputable estab- lishments within his precinct. While on duty he shall note all street and side- walk obstructions, and must report ail matters affecting the safety and conveni- ence of the public, or the interests of the city. He shall note all cases of fast driv- ing, brutality to animals, uncivil hack- drivers, ete. Patrolmen are forbidden to enter houses of prostitution, places of amusement, or places where intoxicat- ing hquors are sold [except in the strict discharge of duty].” A Neglect of Daty. June 28, 1887.—To the Honorable City Council—Gentlemen: I desire to report that 1 have presented bills to the Union Pacific and B.& M. railroad companies for thelr respective shares of the cost of the Sixteenth street viaduct. The Union Pacific have not as yet responded. The B. & M. company re- fuses to pay “the sum extra allowed by the engineer to the amount of §5,212.55, and- the amount paid for inspection, 8655,89.” In an agreement entered into between the city and the two rallroads interested, since origi- nal cuntract, the following language oceurs: “Therefore, apvlication Is hereby made to the city council of the city of Omaha to authorize such changes at the joint equal expense of enid railway cowpany and said city of Omaha up to the limit of the authorized cost of said viaduet, to-witt: 830.000. Any excess over the same to be paid by said railway companies.” ‘This, 1t seems to me, places the matter be- yond controversy. I therefore recommend that the claim on the B.& M. railway company for the balance of its share of the construction of the Sixteenth street vinduct be placed in the hands of the city attorney for collection. Respectfully submitted, C. 8. Goopricy, City Comptroller. The recommendations made by Mr. Goodrich in the above report were ap- proved by the council and City Attorney Webster was instructed to vroceed against the railroad companmes in the courts. ‘The Union Pacific, we learn, will com- ply with the demand and pay its share of the viaduct assessment. The B. & M. still declines, but Mr. Webster has taken no action, so far, in comphance with his instructions, The question is, why does the city attorney neglect his duty? —— Who is Trifling? ‘The BEE says *‘the citizens of Omaha will tolerate no more trifling by the council with the police commission.” Wont they? Who Is rooning this thing—the Bek and the police commission, or the eity council? The Republiean was under the impression that, as the representatives of the people, the lat- ter had something to say about the manage- ment of the eity’s affairs. ‘The eity couneil bas never lald elaim to the right to select the wan who shall fill any position ou the police force. It has simply maintained its right, and the charter makes it its duty, to say what the qualifications of the members of the force snall be, from the chiet down. The members of the counell are the direct representatives of the people. 1t they fail 1 th duty the people Lave the powerto replace them with better men.—I2c- publican, Nobody disputes that the council have something to say about th¢ management of the city’s aflairs, but we 1nsist that the oouncll have no more busincss to meddle with the coiiduct of the police commlis- sion thau they have the board of educa- tion, As representatives of the people, the council should have some respect for the known wishes of the people. The citi- zens of Omaha want a metropolitan po- lice system, The legislature has made provisions for the ereation and manage- ment of a metropolitan police force through an independent police commis- sion, and a8 representatives of the people the conneil are in honor and duty bound to perform their part in earrying the law into effect. Have they done so? Have they given the police commission a fair chance to organize the police force Have they not attempt to thwart the will of the people frdm {the very outset by interposing obstacles{in the way of the commission? Dethéy pretend that the desire to define the qualitications of members of the police force justifies them in refusing to approve the bonds of the police commission? But arguments with the council bosses are like throwing pearls before swine. They care nothing for law or pupu- lar approval., They propose to control the police force or break up the commis- sion. Their rowdy champions have the insolence to ask the commission to re- sign. Whatfor? To put the city atthe merey of a gang of shysters, rogues and bummers? Why should they resign rather than the members of the council who are displeased with the charter and not disposed to yield the power which the commussion should exercise unham- pered and untrammeled? Tue San Francisco Chroniele, referring to the operation of the alien land act in excluding foreign ownership of real estate in mining propertics, takes a view similar to that presented by the Be to the wide difference there is betwee aliens absorbing vast areas of the public domain to be held forspeculation and ac- quiring mining property. In the first place, it observes, the amount of ground that can be covered by a mining claim is only a strip 1,500 feet in length by 600 in width, or about five acres, which is not a very large slice of the public do- main, and in the second piace. the de- velopment of a mine, even by foreign capital, is of advantage to the country, while the owning and occupation of vast tracts of arable or grazing land by strangers is & direct disadvan tage. “To put this another- form,"” says the Clronicle, “a mining claim s of no value to any- body until large sums of money have been spent to develop it, while a cattle or sheep range, or a body of agricultural land, is of value in its natural state. One takes capital, and a good deal of it, to make it valuable, the other does not; con- sequently the poor of our own people must have reserved for them that which is of original and available value.”” ‘There has been an immense amgunt of foreign capital invested in mininf§ operations in this country, and while th rewards have been in many instance# great, it is be- lieved that for every dollar that hus gone abroad, two have remained hero. The end of the development of our mineral resources is still remote, and the question is whether we shali hereafter depend wholly on home capital for carrying on the work, or continue to- invite foreign capital on such equitable terms as can at least result in no disadvantage to our own people. in THAT “the way of the transgressor is hard’’ may be true in a general way, but not of the modern ‘‘boodler” who can get to Canada. The distinguished colony of escaped New York eriminals, in Mon- treal, scem 1o be enjoying themselves. John Keenan, the old time Bismarck of the New York county democracy, who knows more about the crookedness of metropolitan politics than any one else, is a frequent visitor to St. Leon springs in the province of Queboc. He has large business interests in New York city which he still superintends. His com- panions, ex-Aldermen Dempsey and Sayles, are fat and good natured. They e enjoying themselyes. They have sumptuous lodgings and a fine turn out. Their confrere, De Lacy, has the honor of having his name 1n the Montreal diroc- tory, where he is put down as a gentleman of leisure. “Billy” Ma- loney is as chatty and dapper as ever. If he has a conscience it does mnot seem to prevent sleep. Ex-Alderman MecKabe has recently disappeared and he is expected to bob up somewhere 1n her majesty's domiulons, though his exact location 18 still unknown. The same may be said of ex-County Hospital Warden McGarigle, the convicted boodler of Chicago. Canuda seems to be the eventual desti- nation of American aldermen in these days, Tuere is still considerable discussion in Canada, and to some extent in the United States, over a ‘‘commercinl union” batween the two countries, If such a union were effected, the main and immediate result would be, in the United States at least, to make the unsettled question of a protective tariff' still more diflicult to deal with than it is. 1t would no doubt also entail far-reaching politi- cal complications, A commission to re- vise and equalize the duties on foreign goods imported to either country, would have to be appointed, and what an op- portunity for squabbling would here arise. The Dominion's duties are alike upon all goods imported from England, France, America, aud all other countries. This would have to be thahged. Com- plications too numerdus ‘to mention would arise. Instead of a commercial union let us have a simplification of the extradition laws between the two countries whereby neither would longer serve-is au asylum for the criminal classe: Tue pretense that the. extravagant clerical expense which'3thal council has permitted is necessary to the proper keeping of the city’d acedunts and rec- ords, 18 shallow and gintgnable. Why should the city pay youflb%nvillo 81,500 o year for service whichyM® Southard 1s expected to perform persomkllyt If Mr. Southard does need assistance why should the city be taxed $325 per month for three clerks when competent copyists aan be had at from $50 to $75 per month? The intimation that the Bekhas known all along about this extravagance is base- less. We have only known it since the salary list was made public 4 few days ago. The high-salaried deputies and clerks only date k a few months at best. Mr. Southard himself only received $120 per month as eity clerk up to the time the new charter went into effect, apTe—— Wk are hot in the least surprised et the attitude which the Rounds and ‘Taylor organ takes in defence of jobbing and detiance of law in the oouncll and rockless extravagance in municipal affairs It is perfoctly natural for parties who have acquired what they possess by jobbery to sympathize with boodle methods. Tnr citizens of Omaha still want to know why the council persists in refusing to approve the bonds of the police and fire commissioners, when they are signed by responsible citizens like Herman Kountze and William A, Paxton KINGS AND QUE Queen Victoria's gold service dines 130 per- sons, Prince Ferdinand is not packing his trunk, and will wait awhile before buying & ticket to Bulgaria. The crown prince of Gireece is desperately in love with his cousin, a daughter of the prince of Wales. Dr. McKenzie's bill for treating the Ger- man crown prince, covering two visits to Germany and treatment in England, is 818,125, Alfonso XILII, king of Spain, isa little over a year old and receives a salary of 7.000,- 000 pesetas a year, which mearly equals 81,500,000, King Kalakaua's successor on the Ha- waiian throne is Likelike, his niece, twelve years old, whose father was a Scotsman and her mother a native. ‘The St. Petersburg press publishes, under reserve that Grand Duke Michael, son of Grand Duke Michael, uncle of the czar, will shortly be aflianced to a daughter of the prince of Wales. Queen Victoria has contributed numerous relies to the, M Stewart tercentenary hibition at™Petersboroughi: among them a Bible with the queen of Scots’ autograph, and a print of the queen and Lord Darnley, ofwhich only three copies exist. The empress of China has presented 600 stanzas of poetry of lier own composition to the Hanlin collewe, while Prinee Chu'un has written a collection of versein which he has described the novel objects that he saw In his tour through China last year. Prince Ferdinand, who has been chosen to the Bulgarian throne, is deseribed asan am- bitious and fearless young man whom cares and troubles will not deter from accepting the position offered to him. He is, however, thoughtrul and cautious far beyond his years, and will take no step without careful consid- eration, Queen Margherita, of Italy, sesses & coral necklace which she always wears day and night. If the queen wears a dress with which the ornament does not harmonize she keeps her necklace on, although hidde: 1t was a present from her son, Crown Prince Vietor Emmanual, who paid for it in install- ments, requiring ten years to complete the purchase. L Looking for an Office Cat. Mobile Regiater., Mr. C. A. Dana, of the New York Sun, is at present roaming over Europe looking for a variety of oflice cat that understands Eu- ropean politics. AFas Merchant Traveler., “Two knots an_hour isn’t such bad time for a clergyman,” smilingly said the minis- ter to himself just after he had united the second couple, - The Whisky Trust, Atlanta Constitution. Brother Watterson’s whisky ring is pre- paring for the campaign. 1t has become the “Whisky Trust.” Thisisa fine large name, but nobody will trust it B Tho Earththe Farmer's Treasury. ‘The plow, the plow, the regal plow Holds on its kir Vo Alike where royal turrets rise Or humble hamlets lay. ‘1he earth. the earth, the teeming earth, God's storehouse here for man. ‘We go to God’s own bauk and draw Gifts from the generous land. Labor, the key God gives to man, ‘T'o brine these treasures forth; We take God’skey and boldly come And claim our charter’s worth, I10! ho! for help to drivethe plow ‘To break the virzin sod; No longer strive inman’s aw)luy. Come take your pay of G gy STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Lincoln and Sioux City are anxious to embrace the Cudahys, and become ‘‘the great packing center of the west.” Workmen at Grant atation have tapped an ancient cemetery at a depth*of forty- five feet, and brought to the surface the bones of the first families. A division of the Order of Railway conductors has been organized at Fre- mont. The division starts in with six- teen members and C. H. Baker is chief puncher, ‘The Richardson county teachers insti- tute is n session in Falls City, with & programme extending over two wecks. Profs. Greenlic and Chamberlain are in charge, Cass county claims to be something of a fruit producer. Six peaches ;’rom Fred Stull’s orchard tipped the scales at one pound and three quarters, equaling in size and tlavor the Califormia product. Georgo Schmoterer, ot Cedar Creek, who was litted by the Kansas City train near Oreapolis Sunday evening, is not expected to recover. He was too full to get out of the way and contracted a frac- u&rufil leg, a cracked elbow and a bruised skull, The return of Mr. J. . Calhoun from the towering shades nlld&mrl\ug brooks of Estes park produced a deplorable con- dition of editorial harmony at the Capital. The vile calumny uttered by the Journal that Calhoun umpired a b: ball game and handed down rank decisions in favor of the home club, has started a criminal and civil libel s with damages and trimmings tixed at £30,000. The Capital City fellows are excellent copyists of the prevailing style in the metropolis. ITowa Items. Hancock county has sixteen fouring mills. Wilton will expend $75) in boring for an artesian or gas well. John Zugg, near Dubuquo, was man- gled by a mower so as to render the am- putation of both arms necessary. Fred Horne, of Davenport, has myste- riously disappeared in Chicago, nothing having been heard from him since the 11th inst. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the sccretary of state by the Cedar Rapids Condensed Milk company, with a capital stock of $100,000, Des Moines has spirit manifestations, not those induced by spiritus fermenti, but a veritable ghost, which, according to spiritualists, i3 the spivit of the grand® mother of an orphan girl. The body of & mon supposed to be William Damarse was found dead in Whitebread cre near Lues He had in his possession & railroad ticket from Madison, Ind,, to Fairfield, Neb., and $42 in money. His skull was fractured, but no clue has been discovered as to the cause of his death. Dakota. ‘The assessment of Cass county is $12,- Harvest is halt over around Sioux Falls and the yield better than expeoted, ‘I'he Farmers' Alllance, of Dakota, now has & membership of between 15,000 and Twentv-seven miles of ~trees were lanted this spring along the publie ighways 1n six towuships of Beadle county. The Huron coal and mining compar 18 industrionsly at work securing leases of land upon which to prospect as soon as the machin arrives, Hon. C. G. Williams, at the meoting of divisionists at Huron the other day, in an enthusinstic _apeech intimated that 1t wouldn't do for the governmeat of the United States to trifle with Dakota much longer or she might repeat that **Boston harbor tea act' of revolutionary fame. de of Rapid City the valuation of ton count! s §8060,820.75, of 24,100.75 is personal property $136,720 is real estate. This make: the total valuation of the coun under the present assessment §2,250,45: The land now proved up on in Pen ton county amounts to 75,118.40 acres. During a_terrific thunder and rain storm Monday morning, Charles Hurst, of Fort Pierre, took his fanuly into a cyclone cellar and went out to take a last look at the storm. While at tho window he was struck by lightning and killed, A hole as large as pea was found in his head. All his bones were melted, and his body had turned perfectly black. —~~—— MOVEMENTS OF THE MOTOR. Fine Work Done at Night— ‘uture Intentions. It is evident the Motor line intends to et its tracks laid and cars running wit ninety days as pronounced by its president, Doctor Mercer, or quit the busi- ness. Owing to the fact that a suflicient number of expert mechanies and laborers could not be obtained here inde pend ently of the other roads, an_organization was commenced at 10 o'clock Monday morning and at a late hour that night some 300 men commenced work on Uass street near Fourteenth and by morning had the ck completed for fifteen blocks. These men were drafted from the cable line employes and other rail- roaders in the city while teams for haul ing iron and ties were secured from dif- ferent draymen in the aty. The work had to be done by night principally because the men were employed otherwise during the day, and also for the reason, as Doctor Mercer says, “‘that the Motor intends to doits business rapidly and well.” The doctor’s first reply to questions as to the nocturnal business was that 1t was ‘‘cooler for work.” which shows great considera- tion at least on the part of the Motor officers for their employes. The scene along the line of track laid down Monday night was very exciting. The residents of the streets “invaded™ could not ima; ine what was the cause of the systemati work of such a number of men and they could find out butlittle by inqujry. The street was dug up, ties laid, rails spiked and rything went on with military precision. Doctor Mercer, the president of the road, and Doctor Hertzmann, sec- retary, werc of course prominent in the leadership. “Be dad,’'said a Colt, ‘‘they’re all right for accidents anyway. Luk at the doc- tors in the lade. The work went on, however, and a complete track was laid from the corner of Fourteenth and Cuass streets west to Seventeenth street, thence north on Seventcenth to Webster, west on Webster to Twentv-second and north on the latter street to the corner of Division and Burt. This line will here- after be continued west on Burt to Kennedy or Thirty-sixth which runs in front of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, whence it will run north one block to Cuming, or the beginning of Merecer avenue where it jomns the tra already laid on Mercer avenue west to Lowe avenue. Instead of following the track already laid north on Lowe avenue to Military avenue and northwestward on the latter thoroughfare, the Mercer avenue line will be continued west on Mercer avenue to Eureka street just west of the Belt Line railroad, thence north to Elm street_where it will join the east end of the Benson line on Military ave- nue. The old line on Lowe avenue will not be disturbed bat be used when a double track is needed. The Motor line has the following track already laid in addition to that already mentioned viz: In South Omaha from North to K. street_on Twenty-fourth; Leavenworth from Fifteenth to Eighteenth; Fifteenth from Howard to Leavenworth. The companv was stopped on Leavenworth street by injunction, but it is thought this legal delay will soon be removed. Connection has now to be made between Twenty-fourth street and the Fourteenth streetlines. The Union Pacific railroad will be crossed on the latter street and it is understood that a direct lme across the city will be made on the latter street. In fact ties and iron are already being de- livered for additional construction, The residents along the line of Webster street where the track was laid Monday night were particularly excite: They thought the Belt line, or” the Mis- sourt Pacitic was building tracks in front of their doors. In fi they imag- ined they could sce Jay Gould’s special fili(ling by with lightning-like speed,with otectives guarding the great money bagger on ry platform.” They could not, it seems, get nn{ railrond preserip- tions from the medical men present and as n consequence they did not rest in sleco at all Monday night. Yesterda morning a number ~ besieged the Belt line oflice but it was a long time before they could be quieted. When told it the Motor line they became , and returned to their homes d that their property was all right and liable to increase in value. In conversation with a reporter for the BEE yesterday morning, Dr. Mercer said the company had resolved to adopt the Vanderpool electric motor. Several oth mined, but of all those in use tern cities the Vanderpool had pro- ven to be the b The doctor said there o three ways of applying the elee- ty to the cars, by o iead cable, undurfimund cable, and a wire ulong the rail. The latter two were objection- able in several ways so that the ~ Omaha company " would adopt the first named. In this there will be wires stretched along botn sides of the strect and another movable wire across the street, from which the power will be transf 1 by a down-wire to the oars. The electricity will come from a central power, the location ot which is not yet ttled on but it will probably be in the cable house on Harney strect. The ser- vice will be every five minutes and the running rate nine miles an hour. In the city proper this electrio system will be used, but on suburban routes steam wilt be used. *In case we want to 2o to Plattsmouth or Papillion or any other gurrounding town or village, you know,”" said Doctor Mercer with & sly twinkling in his eye- “Steam will do” the work. You ecan tell the public” he conunued “‘that those electric motor cars are far safer, less noisy and can be stopuved easier than horse cars. LRemember that we will have the cars running 1 vinety days.” Some Rail Notes. As announced in the Bex Monday the regular afternoon train on the Wabash was eight hours behind time, The delay the wreek of a freight n ne; ymery, Mo., 100 milos this side of St. Louis, which two men and & fireman were seriously uperintendent of me- on of the Union Pacitic went west last evening. The *Spotter "' mentioned in Mon- day's BeE relieved the depot of his pre- sence yesterday aud resplendentin anew hat, @ starched shirt, and & clean shavened face went towards the orient, What is Omaba's gain will be some other oity's loss, Albright, the employment ageut, seat rick Brothers,con: tractors on extension ol the B & M. road, 4,000 ha has vlaced on railroad work since the season commenced. CHANGE OF GAUGF, The track men of the ldaho diyision, were of the Union Pacific, were placed on the Utah & Northern north of Poca- tello Monday for the purpose of chang- ing the gauge. At 4 o'clock yestorday morning tbey commenced changing one rail for broad gauge requirements. The n which went north from Ogden was ndoned at Pocatello Monday. very other tie is broad gnage. A spike was ‘driven in the broad-guage ties twonty and one-half inches out from the rail to be removed to1t, and all that had to be done to change the gauge was to pull out the spr in every other tie and move tne rail out. The work trom Butto to Pocatello was done in eight hours. There was the loss of only one train each way. The first train will be the north- ward bound passenger, leaving FPoca. tello to-night. PULLMAN OF PULLMAN. How the Palace-car Magnate Ralsed Chicago Buildings on Stilts. Of one of the men of the period tho Chicago Mail thus gossips: Early in the sixties the raising of the level of Chicago had put all the principal down town streets a half dozen feet above the base- ment windows of houses and stores. The owners, of course, set about restoring the old order of things, and the methods which most of them were adopting was to so cut the timbers that the bascment flooriug could be slipped up to where the sccond story belonged, the second-story floor to_the third, and the third to the roof. The resnlt was that_the four-story buildings became simply three-story ones and so on down. Pullman stoot 5% the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets watching this sort of oparation in progress on one of the old brick build- ings. “Why don’t you,” he said to the owner s¢ the building from the ground? Then it wouldn't be necessary to tear tho inside of the building to pioces.”’ 'The owner turned to Pullman and remarked that it might have escaped his notice that the building was brick not wood. “No,” the answer was, ‘it was plain the house was brick and old, but it was just as pl that the whole structure could be raised from the ground without breaking any of the plastering and withont disturbing even the fur- niture,” ‘This conversation is Mhistorieal, It terned out to be of very great import- ance to & great many people, and there are any number of people familiar with detarls. The real estate owner told George M. Pullman that if he could raise ® hotse in that way, and could guaran- tea that it could be done safely, he would like to have him the brick drug store that stood on the corner didectly opposite wheae the Bor- den block now is. How much would it cost? The house raiser—Pullman was 1n the business then—said he'd take the contract for just what it cost by the old- fashioned method. There were dicker- ings, naturally; but finally about one hundred men” one morning surrounded the brick drug store and began to put in place a forest of jack-screws—old citizeus say that there were a thousand of them. These had been bought, some of them, and borrowed. 1 the scrows in town were on that lot, and hundreds that had been brought from down east. A, B. Pullman, a brother, stood at ono corner and the millionaire president of tho Pal- ace car company at another. As Georgo M. Pullman raised msarm A. B. Pullman raised his, and then each man gave one turn to the three or four jack screws that were under charge. Half Chicago was on the spot. After three or four turns had been given, and while the crowd was waitin to sce the structure start, George M. Pullman waved his arms. A, B. Pullman waved his, and the men dropped their crowbats for the day. The crowd went away wondering, The building, which had showcd the first day no sign of budg- ing, the next morning "'was clear of the ground by an inch or more. ‘I'he tension of the tfiubers had worked everything clear of the ground over night. The crowd, when it came down next day, was amazed when it saw that the brick builking stood on the jack-screws; that even the bottles on the drug store shelves bhad not been disturbed, and that customers could come and go by way of a stair that had been built. That l‘“ilding went up and up, and the founda- tion was built under it, and the whole of Chicago was at Pullman’s feet. He raised n whole block of buildings soon after that strung along on Luke streot from La Salle to_ Clark and that com- prised ull sorts of structures, some big and some Wttle, some joined by party walls and some clear ot " their neighbors. Then he raised the great Tremont house, a structu as large as it is now, bi, enough to hold 500 people, and built of massive_granite. That showed what George M. Pullman could do in the way ot house-raising, About this time a keen Yankee had got permission from the Michigan Southern Railroad to go through its night cars with a head-rest; which he offered for fifty cents, to serew on the back of a pusseu- rer's seat. It touk very well, and the ankee found that a good many people were willing to pay .-'imgl for the luxury of a head rest. Goorge Rt Pallman snw the thing, settled at once in his mind that it was a thing that was good, and bought out the Yankee and hi tent. Il had for a time the i :s that the or- iginal Yankee had, and t an old car be set aside for him to n experiments with. The Pullman ¥ r Company, whose $20,000,000 stock 18 ting above 150 and_whose surplus 18 row figured at $10,000,000 shows how well Pullman worked up the idea of that head-rest. ' Liamps. cago s A paper upon this sub- as itly been issued from the poratory of Cornull univereity 15 of alue. A series of experiments were made upon 4 va of lamps to show to what degree of te porn ture the oil in the lamp was raised during the time_ of burning. With the wonderful perfection that hus been made i the burners of kerosenc oil lamps u much brighter and notter flame has been produced giving a stronger and better ight.” In this ‘state the stand- ard i 150 degrces, but many ous are sold that “flash” at a much lower degree. ‘The result of the experi- ments made show that in two of the lamps using popular burners the oil reached 110 degrees—in_one 104 and in another 94 degrees. The oil way be given a nigher degree of heat by using & shade on the lamp which reflects heat as well as light on the o1l below, bl Chi [ The Ol Folks at Home, Or elsewhere, need a tonie now and then to sustain them under growing infirmi ties. Nosafer ormore thorough invig orant for age and th can be found thun Hostet Bitters, a seasonabie medi of commonest ¢ plamnt, indigestion and bowel disorde pure botanic safeguard against m and u reliable means of rheumatism, To the cgi valuable nid in the recovery of strength, and to the debilitated, nervous invalid it yields tranquil slumiber and rencwed appetite--two prime _factors in the restoration of vigor. Being of purely botunic origin, 1t3s free from those ob- Jeetions urged against mineral remedies diflicult or impossible of nssimilution by the system, nnd which impur the tone of the stomuch, which the bitters, on the contrary, strengthens and regulates. Iy 1 indorsed and preseribed by the medical fraternity,