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

m OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, THRE DAILY BEE.| Asursies forsecons ttace. - THE DAILY BEE Sworn Rtatement of Circalation. Btate of Nsbra-knr *u M Cnnnt{ of Douclas. | ™ Geo. B. '['zschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing mmlilnv. does solemnly swear that the actual eirculation of the Daily Bee for the week ending July 20, 1857, was as follows: Erventng Total, 6,550 14,200 14.20 14.6: 18,900 Date. Eaturday, July 23 Sunday. Jm( 2 Mondav. July 2 Tuesday. July 26..... 90 Yednesday, July o7, 1ne ursday, Jul 3 . 1. Friday, July RAT 13,900 Average.............728 6,776 14,083 Gro, B, TZ8CHUOK. Sworn to and subscribed In my presence this 30th day of July, A, D, 1887, , P, FIT, Notary Pubile. iglas County. Geo. B, Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he s secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for :he Amonm ]&l& i'% lw?, fl,fau Bco;;ne for Augus 2,464 coples; for Bepte Ber MER A0 capless ot Ockubee, 1y 12,40 coples; for November, 1556, 3 coples; for January 1857, 16, 3 for Fobruary, 857, 14,195 coples: for March. 1K7, 14,400 for April, 1887, 14,816 copies: for May, 27 “copies; for June 1847, 14,147 coples; for December, 1886, 208 eo“‘e A Gro. B. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July A, D,, 1857, [SEAL.{ N. P. Frir. Notary Public. AN exchange says “Millionaire Cor- coran is still on the mend.”” Perhaps it is better to be on the mend than on the town. SEVEN MULE BARNUM can no more vut Pat Collins into the cabinet to suc- coed Edicott than he can lift himself over a stake and rider feuce by his boot straps. ArTER all porhaps the result in Ken- tucky is an evidence of the strength of Mr. Blaine—a kind of satate pride. The plumed knight was once a Kentucky school master. — ENGLAND—General Simon Bolliver Bockner, Kentucky—Denr sir: 1 see your election is in doubt. Claim everything. I know how it is myself. JAuMES G. BLAINE. —— Some fifty persons, representing almost. every state in the union, asecended Pike's Peak the other day. They formed into an organization and drafted resolutions inviting President Cleveland to visit tho summit when he comes west. This invi- tation mania is spreading upwards as laterally. Maybe it will ooze out oun that peak. PErnars the letter to President Cleve- land from the chamber of commerce be- came 80 contaminated with dirt while passing through the Omaha postoftice that it has been impossible for the postal clerks to read the uddress. No doubt at this moment it is an unrecoguized pack- age in the d letter oflice at Washing- ton. {r the mugwumps should desert Mr. Cleveland, he will be like a lost boy. Members of the democratic party who know him best have never regarded him us a democrat true to the tenents of that varty. He may yet live to see himself without either a party or even political following ot any kind. Stranger things than this have happened. Cnris HARTMAN and L. M. Bennettare trembling in their boots since they have been told that the chairman of the coun- cil judiciary committee holds the opinion that they will be held responsible for any overlap that may occur in the police fund by reason of the action taken by the other commissioners in their absence from home. This doc- trine is o stunner. 1f a councilman, for 1nstance, could be made responsible for overlaps voted by other members, 1n his absence from any session, or if his bonds- men are held liable for the boodling of other councilmen, he and his bondsmen would be in a very bad way. EXECUTIVE MANSION.—George Wil- liam Curtis, New York.—Dear Sir: [am pained to realize that I did not have offi- cos enough to supply the demand from your friends. If you will stay with me until after the election I will do well by you, and will mm the meantime ‘‘fire” Bugene Higgins and appoint a mugwumvp in his place. Dan says this is the best we can do for you at present. Yours truly, G. CLEVELAND, Irisin bad taste for the Democrats to lay their misfortunes in Kentucky at the door of General Buckner, claiming he was not popular with the masses. This Is wrong and does the Democratic can- didate an injustice. The cause of the revolution simply means that the people had grown tired of Bourbon rule, by old time fossils who lived upon the memory of the past. Atidal wave issetting in It is, at the same time a rebuke to the ndministration of Mr. Cleveland where he was most cordially disliked for the mug- wump friends he had made. A hentucky Democrat is not a Cleveland Democrat, and the two can not be harmonized. ‘Tue prohibition experiment has been tried for a year in Rhode Isiand, and the result 1s a total failure. It has noteven approximately prohbited the use of in- toxicating liquor, and drunkenness, as compared with former years, has not been diminished. This has been the ex- perience wherever total prohibition has been tried. But states, like individuals, insist on learning by personal experien So state after state is tryingit, always with the sume result. Tre United States attorney for Utah has commenced action against the trus- tees of the Morman church preliminary to a contiscation of the church property for the benefit of the schools of the terri- tory, as contemplated by the Edmunds- Tucker bill. ®@Anticipating this action tne trustees have understood to have con- veyed the bulk of the property to private parties, which will probably defeat the object of the suit. It is suggested, how- ever, that the moral effect of the proceed- ing will not be valueless, since 1t will show that there has been a signal change m affairs since Brigham Young pro- claimed martial law in the territory and refused to allow any citizen of the Unitey Btates to enter its borders. sison, of Tllinois, now & member of tho inter-state oommerce commission, has his eye one the vice presidency and may be heard of, if he can have his own way about it, in the next national democratic convention, suggests an inquiry as to the material at the command of the de- moeracy from which to make a selection for the second place on its presidential ticket. While the party, as the situation now is, has really no choice for the head of the ticket, being compelled to concede that position to Mr. Cleveland, with all the probabilities against there being any change n the absolute ownership of the party possessed by the president, a casual sur- vey of the field will show that for the second place the supply of material, more or less available 1n the political sense, is over-abundant, and that about all the interest which the next national democratic convention will have must come from the contest between those who aspire or are willing to be the tail of the ticket. The democratic vice presidential can- didate will be taken from the south or west, with the chunces largely in favor of a western man, It is not unlikely that Mr. Carlisle might have the nomi- nation if he strongly desired it, but it is not belicved that he does. He is the only southern man who possesses any positive availability and it is quite possible that that scction may demand to be represented on the ticket. The very friendly disposition of the adininistration toward the south may also induce an expression from that source favorable to having a southern man on the ticket. In that case Mr. Car- lisle might yicld to the pressure, and then nothing could prevent his nomination. The merest intimation that his associa- tion would be especially pleasing to Mr. Cleveland would end all contention, and the democracy would again present an slliterativa ticket, the last having been the two B's—Buchanan and Brecken- ridge, in 1856. But Mr. Carlisle probably will not seek the nomination and does not care forit. The vice-presidency is not necossarily a stepping stone, and the in- cumbent is generally & minor quality in public and party affairs, Having no pat- ronage at his command, except a few positions about the senate, and no power inlegislation, the vice president is the merest figurehead in the government, and unless he possess the cordial confi- dence of the president becomes a simple nounenity politically. This was the case with the late Mr. Hendricks, whose vir- tual abandonment by the administration and then by the party was the bitterest experience of his life. Mr. Carlislo un- derstands all this, and will be hardly likely to surrender the vantage ground he now holds as a member of congress and a party leader, which he can proba- bly retain for some time to come, for the empty honor of the vice presidency, unless he should find the call upon him to do 80 irresisuble. The confedcrate record of other prominent men in the south would perhaps be regarded as an insur- mountable objection. Turning to the west a score of possible candidates file before the minds eye, each having his peculiar claims and fit- ness. Indiana has the veterans McDon- ald and Voorhees, each with a large pe sonal following in his state, and Go ernor Gray, who might be stronger in a democratic convention had he not been a soldier. [Illinois has Morrison, son, Black and Springer, all repr. tive men with special individual claims to the regard of some portion of the democracy. Then there is Mr. Vilas and General Bragg, of Wis- consin, either of whom ought to be en- tirely acceptable to Mr. Cleveland as a running mate. Califorma will very likely offer the late governor, George Stoneman, or the present executive, Washington Bartleit, and as the Paaific coast will demand more than ordinarily eareful consideration next year at the hands of both parties, it will not be at all surprising to find one of these leaders of the democracy of California a con- spicnous figure before the national con- vention for the second place. We have named only the most prominent of those from among whom a choice may be made, but there are quite as many more, though less widely known, upon one of whom the favor of the convention might fall. The number cited 1s suffi- ficient to show that the demo- cratic varty 1s abundanty supplied with vice presidential material, all of which oan be safely depended on to promptly answer the call of the party without the necessity of being immoderately urged to do so. There 1s every reason to believe that several of these gentlemen are now in training, 8o to speak, to enter the race, and others will doubtless be heard from in due timo. The interesting contention thus promised 18 the only thing to be looked for to prevent the next national democratic convention trom being a dull, monotonous and purely formal gathering. The Utah Election. The result of the legislative elections in Utah last Monday is regarded by the non-Mormons of the territory as a great and eneouraging viotory. They secured a fighting minority in the legislature for the first time, and they promisc to make the best possible use of the achievement. Until now the Utah legislature has been entirely under Mormon control, and would undoubtedly have continued so for a considerable time in the future but for the elective franchise qualification and the obolition of woman suffrage. Polyg- amy must now take the dangerous re- course of perjury to reach the ballot box, and the power ot the church has been greatly weakened by the law de- priving about fourteen thousand women of the right to vote. In the late elections republicans and demoerats laid aside their political differences and fought shoulder to shoulder for the one object of rescuing the legislature from com- plete Mormon domination, and if the 8uccess was not so great as was hoped for, what has been accomplished is wel- comed with hearty gratification. The Salt Lake Tribune ssys: “The spell is broken, There will be such a working force in the legislature as will put the church on record at last. But this is not the best feature of all. It will give the Gentiles a confidence which will cause them to see to it hereafter that they are rogistered. It will have the effect to divide the control of city affairs with the snints next winter; it will make it understood hereafter that thera is a fight- g chance for victory, and that is » new sensation for Utab, aud it will make men heretofore indifferent active workers.” The change in the situation will bo everywhera regarded with gratification as the beginning of the end of the long and perplexing controversy which this Mormon guestion has involved, and as assuring a speedy end to the practice of polygamy in Utah, The church must choose between utter disaster and the system under which it stands condemned by the world, and there is reason to be- lieve that the younger and progressive element will elect to abandon the perni- cious system and save the church, Muoh Noise But No Reform, George William Curtis has again and more fully given expression to his dis- approval of Cleveland’'s civil service mothods, and the National Civil Service Reform League has to admit that this administration 18 not one of civil service reform. Of course not. Nor of reform in any department. The party now in power 18 a party of noise merely. It at- tracted some attention by its retorm cry, but when George William Curtis and his fellow mugwumps pinned their faith to the democratic party, looking for reform from that quarter, they commtted a mis- take which they ought to have known bettor than to make, They are no doubt sorry now. And the praise of the ad- ministration which is at times heard. What grounds are there for it? There was opportunity to say a wise word in the matter of tariff reform, It has not been said. The fisheries dispute is one which might profitably occupy a states- man’s thought and attention. It is not doing so. Inquiries regarding it are met with the reply that the administration has no oflicial knowledge of what has happened in Canadia waters. The con- on of the country might be carefully studied and remedies suggested in eco- nomic administration. lustead of that the treasury vaults are piled full of coin which no democratic statesmen seems to know what to do with, and oppre: taxation unabated, There are score: importan tmatters with which a might occupy himself to the lasting bene- fit of the country. But instead of that what do we see? An administration spending its time and strength on petty party dodgas, the same old dodges that have been used in the party for fifty years or more. The leopard can not change his spots. —— A Little Premature. We do not blame Mr. Cheney for push- ing the propused public library on Jefter- #on square, but we doubt whether a ma- jority even of the Fifth ward, which he represents, favors this project. It is questionable whether any building erected on Jofferson square would be de- sirable. A public library building would practically destroy the park as a popu- lar resort. But even if this was desira- ble at some future day, the move at pre: ent is premature. Omaha does not at this time nced a publiglibrary building half as much as she does a market house. And it is a question whether we can af- ford to vote bonds and divert the pro- ceeds needed for sewers, pavements and school buildings for any other public improvements, Ample pro- visioas have been made for the public library in the new city hall building. A whole story has been set apart for this purpose by the archi- tect. The building will be thoroughly fireproof and the library could not be in a safer place. If the room set apart for the library is needed five or ten years hence for eunicival purposes, it will be time enough to erect a suitable and cred- itable public library building wherever by that timo the council may deem it most convenient. For the next few years Omaha will need her entire quota of bonds for substantial public improve- ments and school building; Very Funny. The semi-oflicial explanation which the Herald prints as to the reason why the official bonds of two members of the police commission still remain 1o the capacious pocket of Boss Hascall, is rather thin, The pretext is that some technical defect has been discovered in the wording of those bonds. Why didu’t Mr. Hascall make known this alleged de- fect six weeks ago? Why did he pigeon- hole the bonds of Hartmun and Bennett for more than forty dayst There was no defect in them, was there? But Haseall is represented ag predicting that Bennett and Hartman will have a heavy bill of overlaps to pay for the action taken in their absence from Omaha by Gilbert and Smith, who, according to Haseall, had no authority to do anything before their bonds were ap- proved. This I8 very funny. It may godown with some of the dupes that have been following the First ward bell- wether, but sensible people, even if they don’t know a law-book from a primer, will smile at their credulity A Downright Ste On the recommendation of its commit- tee on claims, the council has voted $422 each to the Herald and Republican for publishing Mayor Boyd's election proclamations. This is a downrightsteal. [t takes §864 out of tho pockets of Omaha tax payers without tangible excuse or apprecisble benefit. he city of Omana had an oflicial paper and paid for this advertis- ing at its contract rates, which was less than one-fourth of the amount d to the jobbers who engineered this steal through the council. Morcover, the Brr which was then and is, legally, yet the ofli paper, has fully three times the combined city eirculation of the two other dailes, This costly and useless advertising was done upon a request to Mayor Boyd signed by a majority of the members of the old council, who were inveigled into this extravagance by the impertunitics of Cadet Taylor and his rowdy editor. WinLE we do not approve Councilman Lee's course in connection with the police snd lire commission, we cheerfully give him credit for calling a halt on reckless appropriations for sularies and doubtful claims. His resolution instructing the various city officers to report the num- ber of their clerks, the salarios of each, and the authority under which their ap- pointment has been made is timely. The taxpayers of Omaha do not object to paying competent and faithful officers high salaries, but they do not approve the employ- ment of needless deputies, clerks and su- pernumerarics. When & man gets a good salary be ought to be willing to do hijs own work On the ight Track. The council has fustructed the city en- gimeer to report the number of miles of railway mside the eity limits, with a view placing it upon the sssessment roll for taxation. This is dminently proper. The city engineer ought to prepare a railrond map of the city, showing every foot of strect railway, cable or motor road, and also every railroad within the limits, in- cluding side tracks, The map should also exhibit all the lots and lands occupied by railronds, and every building on or ad- jacent to the right.of-way. Such a map, corrected each year, would enable the council to determine exactly the extent of this class of property. If the county asscssors have omitted any part of this property, or if the railronds bave failed to make correct returns to tho state board, proper steps can be taken to place the omitted properiy on the tax list. It seoms to us that the county com- missioners.should long since have taken steps in the same direction, by causing a railroad map of the county to be made by the county suryeyor, which would ex- hibit every main and side track and every station within the county, together with the right-of-way, The right of the com- missioners to order a survey and plats exhibiting the railroad right-of-way and the various tracks will hardly be assailed, and the propriety of incurring the ex- pense of such work must be conceded by every intelligont citizen. WitLiay A. Freret, of New Orleans, the new supervising architeet of the national government, is said to be a gen- tleman of very superior attainments in his art, having perfected his education and studies in France and Italy. He is credited with & number of rare archi- tectural structures, and by reason both of his advanced culture and large exper- ience is expected to very much imvrove the architecture of government buildings. There can be no question that there is ample room for improvement, but what the government has ull along needed 1s o surprising architect who, besiaes having a sufficient knowledge of his art also possessed the capacity and will, to have the work of the government promptly and thoroughly done, regardless of tho personal interests of superintend- ents and contractors. The system upon which the public work is carried on calls loudly for reform, both on the scoreof a reasonable cconomy and in order that needed improvements shall not be un- duly delaged. It has come to be unde stood that no government building will be comploted in less than double the time in which it is promised by contract- ors, and never at a cost within tho amount originally asked for as suflicient. And the fault in all duch cases lies chief] with the supervising architect. 1f the new oflicial shall be., found to combine practical judgment and energy with ar- tistic excellence He''could not have a better opportunity to win fame and put himself on the sure road to fortune. —— THE beneficial trade results expected from the reduction of the Mexican tariff, which went into effcet on the 1st of July, are being realized, Advices from the customs district of Paso del Norte show a marked increase in'the amount of Amer- ican canned goods imported nto Mexico, while other articles, among them barbed wire, powder for mining purposes and wire rope, are feeling the good eftects of relinguished tariff duties. The free list was enlarged by a list of forty-two new articles, making a reciprocity treaty al- most unnecessary. The people of Mexico appreciate the change, which will secure a large aggregate saving to them, and American manufacturers of articles to which the reduction or remission of duties avplies will also reap a material aavantage. What good results, it any, have thus far been derived from tne postal arrangement, which went to effect July 1, have not yet been reported, but there is not a question that the ar- rangement will prove to be mutually beneficial. The facts are of interest as showing the gratifying progress of closer commercial relations, destined to become yet more intimate, between tie two coun- tries. Tae refusal of the council to grant per- mission to the Omaha Horse railway company to extend its tracks over the Eleventh street viaauet, will, we hope, bring about the construction of a viaduct on Tenth street with ample accommoda- tions for all the street railways that may desire access to the Union Pacific and B. & M. depots. That will leave the Eleventh street viaduct unimpeded for travel by residents of South Omaha and give the traveling public a fair chance to enter or leave the city without being ex- posed to the danger of the present cros- sing. It may have been amistake to lo cate the vinduct on Eleventh street, but in the long run Omaha must have a via- duct across the tracks at every import ant thoroughfare, or else build tunnels under the tracks which would be more expensive, A viaduct on Tenth street has become an absolute necessity, whether a union depot 1s built or not. For seventy-six years the Oiio State Journal, published at Columbus, the cap- ital of the state, has been doing its duty m enlightening and moulding public opinion, having been Zealous in support of republican principles since the organ- ization of the party. It kept well abreast with the times in nearly ail re- speets except its form, adhering to the antiquated folio or four-page shape. We are glad to note that it is about to make a departure and join the ranks of the eight-page pa- pers, assuming metropolitan dimensions and improying itself generally. Locuated at the political center of Ohio, in the midst of a large and growing population, the Journal ought to tind the change greatly to its advantage in adding num- crously to its readers, and doubtless will. Our Ohio contemporary has our best wishes. an Tue drouth over a large extent of ter- ritory in the west is becoming severe. Since the hot weather set 1n there has been little rain with the exception of lim- ited areas hero and there. Omaha and viginity has been favored as much as any region in the state. Throughout the greater part of Iowa there nas been but little rain since last year, and the sub- soil has been drainnd dry. Springs have given out, wells failed and streams run dry in many loealities, 50 that people are compelled to haul water for miles. The effect on the crops has been disastrous. tiie recent hot winds have withered and dvyed up corn and grass over large AUGUST 5. 1887. areas, so that live stock is being sold for want of fodder. Corn has already been out in some places in Iowa. All the crops except wheat will ba light. This drouth has already advanced the price of butter and cheeso in the larger markets, and vegetables will be higher than I year, While the west has been suffering for the lack of rain, the cast has had too much, LAsT apring the Bee printed an edi- torial under the caption, “A Strange Fa- tality.”” It had reference to the editorial tripod of a morning paper in this city, and indulged in a prophecy that its lit- erary ram would soon tire of butting a stone wall. We have made that prophecy with reference to this sawme tripod, and Iived to sco its fulfillment, so often during the past ten years that it has become somewhat chestnutty. ACCORDING to the reports of the sum- mer packing season, from March 1 to July 80, there wasa falling off in the pack at Chicago of 405,000 hogs, as com- pared with the samo time last season. On the other hand Omaha gnined 837,434 during the same time, while Kunsas City exceeded her pack of the previous season by only 80,800. This is the kind of hog we ha n Omaha. Tus jolly, good-natured ana hard work- ing locomotive enginecrs made a splendid showing at their annual picnic yesterday at Lake M They had a good time, as they deserved to ha The men who man the “gray hounds of the rail" fill a conspicuous place in the history ot the republic. All hail to the brave and cour- ageous locomotive engineers, though they do sometimes flirt with the gitls who live on the line of their runs, Tue president and his party have dug a good deal of what they fondly imagine is paying political capital ore out of this G. A. R. business, General Rosecrans, who made himself conspicuous since the war in belittling the fame of U. 8. Grant, was made the latest vehicle of polttical tafly for the president, and the exchange of grandilloquent military sentiments be- tween these two men is an edifying spec- tacle. But have we not had about encugh of this kind of thing? PoLITIOAL lines are becoming orossed in the extreme. Kentucky in doubt and the Virginia democrats marshaling under the leadership of Senator Riddleberger. It would not be surprising to hear of Henry Watterson supporting the nomina- tion of General Sheridan for president; Talmage turn pagan, Bob Ingersoll join the clergy, St, John ndvocating free whisky and plenty of it, Jefferson Dayis pledging his support and loyalty to the union and Dan Lamont becoming presi- dent of the Anti-Laars assc tion. THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY, The papermaking industry isin prosperous shape, and it is desired to restrict output now when trade is good. There is o great demand for agricultural implements, tools, foundry castings and wagon material in the southern states. Thirty-six thousand acres of mineral land have been purchased near Kansas City, Mo., where iron and steel works will be built, ‘There is a general movement among tex- tile manutacturers to increase or iMprove capacity. ‘Trade prospects are favorable. ‘The cost of milling flour has been reduced at Minneapolls trom $6.35 in 1578 to §4.89 in 1885, and at the present time the cost is still lower. Locomotive shop workmen have had their wages reduced trom time to time for three or four years past, but an improving tendency 1s now anparent. There is a lack of intellizent laborers and managers at southern jronmaking plants. Up to July 15 there were 9,503 strikers out, and up to July 22, 14,308, Operatives seeking work at Cohoes, where 5,000 are on str in the hosiery mills, are sent home, The arbitration board is soeking a solution of the difliculty. A huge pumping engine has just been ordered by Welsh mine owners from a New York house, because none others can be had which are sate from bursting. ‘The Mexican government has arranged with a corporation to expend $200,000 within five years for the surveying of all mines in four states in northern Mexico, ‘The United States makes an excellent cus- tomer for English hand and pocket cutlery. ‘The north ot England rail-mills have orders that will last them through the year. ‘The western miners hold more meetings and conventions than any other class of workmen, and seein to make less headway in the permanent settlement of disputes. ‘The architects continue to report activity in building operations. The quiet condition of the labor market is encouraging a good mauy large enterprises that bave been with- held. In a few months coke-making plants will be scattered all along the Alleghany moun- tains in Pennsylvania. A §1,000,000 com- pany has just been organized in Cambria county. ‘The carriage and wagon makers have been remarkably busy during the past six months, and all large works are sold up for three or four months. ‘Ine price of good work bas not declined Contracts will soon be let for material to build 2,500 tube-iron freight cars that will have a capacity of 60,000 pounds. Among the requirements are 5,000,000 feet of oak and Georgia pine. Building is progressing with unabated vigor throughout the larger western cities. Lumber yards, foundrie: | machine and tool shops are springing up, started in many cases by eastern men. A company making rolling stock in Ohio, and employing 1,500 men, has decided to re- move to Alabama to be mear the lumber, cheap coal and their customers, and as fur from strikes as possible. Builders report an unusually large number of hotels building and to be buil this yoar. Church and school house work is also abundant. The character of the work is im- proving. ‘The greatest activity is in the northwest. Wages have been statianary in nearly all crafts. Machinery-makers will demand an advance in September. ‘This braueb includes boiler, engine and tool makers. Shops are crowded with work, and large purchases of material are being made. The mititary were called out at Bolton, England, to suppress riotous strikers in the engineering trades. The half-starved chain- makers at Dudley, who had beea on strike eight months, blew their shops up with pow- der because & few men returned to work, - A Disgrace to the Empire State. Troy Times. The emigration commission has long heen & disgrace to the state. 1ts members are con. stantly ereating seandals. v have per- mitted shiv-load after ship-load of contract Iaborers and paupers toland at Castie Gar den, but they draw tne line on an unfortun- ate but stroug wnd hpalthy wmotber and ir- fant. The Refutation. Grand Iland Independent, Omaha complains of a dirty postoffice. A sort of refutation of the statoment thata new broom sweeps clean, it Exhibition of Eastern Jealousy. New York World, Consideradle light is thrown upon an old ‘western habit of giving large names to small things by the dispateh aunonnein, “A Ne- braska city wrecked by a tornado—one man killed.” —_——— He Never Blush Buston Globs, Benator Leland Standford will burn his whiskers some day with blustes. He bri zenly persists In the assertion that 1t it is nobody's business if he and his fellow-co: #pirators did corrupt the government with an expenditure of $2,000,000, -~ Not Entirely Unhorsed. Beatrice Democrat. The Omaha Herald thinks that Mr. Van Wyck should be the governor of Nebraska. The Democrat fully agrees with the Herald that if elected to that positton Mr. Van ‘Wyck would insist upon the enforcement of all laws regulating the mononolies that have heretofore run the state, with a vigor that ‘would be refreshing to the common peonle. ‘The corporations that so gracefully retired Mr. Van Wyck In the last campalen may yet learn that tho old man is not entirely un- horsed, but is right on the trail with blood 1n s eye. P ich Is Which? braska City News. ‘Lhat oleaginous orator, the general man- ager of the oil-room department of the Unton Pacific rallroad, who put a dynamite cart- ridge under the Nebraska editors out at Crete, seems to be getting a vast amount of gratuitous advertising for the oil room sys- tem of leading legislators down the Union Pacllic tracks, Can it be possible that the Hon. John M. Thurston, who promised Blalne 60,000 majority in Nebraska, at the Chicago repub- lican convention in 1884 and who has since been a promivent republican candidate for United States senator and the general man- ager of the Union Pacific oll-rooms are re- Iated to each other? Wil some cheerful reptblican newspaper Identify, sort out, and separate the two Thurstons? Which is Qil Room? Which is the Hon, John M.? o When Janie Milked the Cows Helen Whitney Clarke. The daisy held her dainty cuj “To catch the dewdrops bright; The bee had kissed the clover bobs, And bade them all good night The katydid had tuned her song Among the apple houghs, And farther stretched the mendows long, ‘When Janie milked the cows. ‘The swallows flitted here and there, ‘The bat had lelt his bower, ‘The primrose, with a bashful alr, Unclosed her rflllcd flower; ‘The whippoorwlll his plaintive tale Y'roclaimed "neath wooded bough And twillght dropped her dusky veil, While Janie milked the cows. And Ben, the plow-boy, strolling by, Comes through the onen bars, ‘While softly In the westorn sky Shine out the tranquil stars. And while the corn-blades whisper low, Two lovers pledee their vows, Amid the twilight's purple glow, While Janie milked the cows. * * * * W A Iittie cottage, snug and nev, With hop vines at the door; ‘The sunbeams, Deaping softly through, Lie dancing on the floor. And when the first pale evening stars, Shine through the forest boughs, Young farmer Ben, beside the bars, Helps Janle milk the cows. S The State of Trade. Bueclal telegrams to Bradstreet's from teading business centers point to positive s in the distribution of staple at Chicago, St. Louis,St. Joseph, and Burlington, Ia., a8 compare: with preceding weeks, notwithstanding the continuance of the extreme heat which has prevailed in all directions, At Chicago the gains have been most cqn- aplcrous in iron and steel and coal, with a full volume in the movement of ero- ceries and dry goods, The after harvest demand at St. Louis {8 better than was expected, owing to rains in the region tributary to that eity, and to freer mar- keting of crops. Thore is some com- plaintof drouth near 8t. Joseph, but the volume of gencral trade there is reported 1n excess ot last week. At Louisville the hot weather is said to be restricting trade with the interior, where the crops have been injured by drouth. Other of the e cities report a moderately fayorable trade. Kansas City's business for the weck has been the quietest for the season, with hogs ofl 20¢,and cattle wenk, but with the usual large volume of transactions. At the east the improvement in_the dis tribution of dry goods at New York and Boston 1s the feature. At Pittsburgh the keat has checked industrial operations some, and bar iron is dall but firm at the two cent rate. The heat and rains have checked trade at Philadelphia, and com- })Iuim,- as to the former comes as well rom New Orleans, Cincinnati, Galveston and Savannah. ‘The total number of striking industrial employes in the United Satesin July ag gregates nearly 17,000, against 11,000 1n July, 1856, and 10,00Cin June, 1887. It will tal week yet for theiron furnaces, idle owing to the late eoke strike, to blow in. Anumber of them are sold three month ahead, The excess stock of pig won July 1, 1inst December 31 last,are believed to be lnrfely of low-gradeirons. The pig-iron markets east havo not felt the increased demand and $1 per ton ad- vance within a month noted ai the west. \ )ul.lllmk in the woolen industry is not ding money markets, except at Kansas City and Boston,are easier. Atthe former,catile p: y scrutinized, and so0 active 1s the general demand that the available supply is declared to be in- quate. Fuuds are going to the coun- 'y at New Orleans, more freely at St Lows, but inappreciably at Chicago. Boston banks are nccommodating regu- lar customers only, with rates high and unchanged. At Philadelphia recent dis bursements by railway corpoerations the ave tended to ease loaning rates, The exports of morchandise, gold and silver, for the year end-.d June 50, 1887, practically equal in value the aggregate of iImpores, whereas (wo vears ago the exports were about 101,000,000 in excess. The interoational account us to s ties, bought and sold, is the missing ele ment in onr export and import totals, The total stocks of invisible wheat in the United States slone on July 1 were, a8 reported to Bradstreet’s, 31,000,000 bushels, and 33,000,000 bushels ‘& ago. The total July 1, 18% (caleulate was 78,000,000 Juiy 1 000,000 1853, 5,000,000 bush 15,000,000 bushels, and in 1881, bushels. The present invisible supply then is the smal since July 1, 1882, when it was but 60 per cent_of what itis now, reports of raiiwa enrn ings per mile (sixty-seven rowds) for six mounths for four yes point unmistakably to the nea in mileage. While Bradstrec returns of increased gross earnings over 1686 show 15 per cent gain, over 1837 18 per cent, and over 1384 17 per cent gain, the earaings per mile for aix months in 1887 are but 11 per cent over 1856, Y per cent over 1855, and 7 per cent over 1584, A manipulative attack by a combination of loading operators depressed the New York stock market this week, prices in many instances reaching the lowest fig heavy adyance in prices, particulatly at the west, has increased prices on medium Jeaf burley at New York but 8o pet pound within the month, or about 40 per cent, while west the advance is about be per pound. This has been stimulated largely by reports of a short crop, and aided by n[u'r.llnrs east and west. Tha relatively higher prices west have caused the reshipment of 150 hogsheads from New York to Louisyille to take advantage of that market. The trade here talk of a reshipment from Bremen, Speculation in wheat has been more active, and prices have been firmer and higher after tho braak of last Saturday and Monday. Crop reportsand the ex: port moyement favor firm prices, but the gpecunlative interest has not boen able to revive much since the collupse ot the Chicago corner. Reoceipts of new wintet wheat have not reached expectations yet. The English crop promises to be larger than last year, but the Indian orop smal- ler. Wheat is 8¢, per bushel highor at Saun Francisco. The movement of cotton goods at the east on fall trade orders from first and sccond hands Is active and prices sus- tained. There is no improvement in wool or in woolen ‘Foods yet. Sugar ls dull and depressed, exoert at San Fran- cisco, where it has boe advanced to 6c. Coflee is quiet. Hogs are lower, cattle depressed and hog products barely steady. Bradstreet's reports of failures for the week are: This Last ~Theweek in— Wweek week 1886 1N 1834 1886 In United States..163 152 In Canada. 1T In United States. In Canuda..... 7 8A e GUITEAU'S ANATHEMA. Remarkable Series of Misfortunes that Have Followed His Course. New York World: After the assassin Guiteau had been convicted and sen. tenced by the court to be hanged for kill: ing President Garfield, he stood up 1n hie place and pronounced a withering curse on every one connected with the trial. Little was thought of it at the time. It w; regarded as a fitting cumax of his rav- 030 870 ures of the year. The stagnunt condition of speculation and apprehonsion regard ing the future of the money market ap. parently facilitated such onerations. The interest excited in tobacco by the ings throughout that remarkable onse. Guiteau declared that misfortune would attend every one connected with his trial. Since then Guiteau's curse has impressed itself upon the minds of superstitious peo- Lvle by the singular manner in which it us apparently been fulfilled. The jury was composed of twelve strong and healthy men. The foreman was in _comfortable circumstances and was estimated to be worth $50,000. With. in a year after tho trial he lost his money and is now reduced to the level of a day laborer, Four members of the jury are dead, and nearly every one has been visites with some kind of misfortuno. District Attorney George B. Corkhill was_removed from office, his wife died and hisown death followed before the end of anotber yoar. Mr. Scoville, Guiteau's brother-in-law. who with Charles H. Reod, defended the prisoner, was divorced from his wife and lost all of his property. President Arthur, who refused to grant & pardon or new trial to Guiteau, wasde- feated for renomination and slowly failed in health and died last winter. Mr. Binine, who was a witness againat Guiteau, was nomnated for president, but was defeated. John A. Logan, an other witness, is now dead, stricken down in apparent health, Dr. D, W, Bliss, Garfield's physician, been in very poor health for two years, and it is thought that he will never be a well man again. David Davis, who appeared as a wit- ness, has also joined the great majority. Judge John K. Porter, of New York, one of the government counsel in the case, has practically retired from the practice of his profession. The guards who kept wateh over Gui- teau in the jail have nearly all lost their positions. Judge Cox, who presided over the trial, lost his wife. The downward career of Charles H. Reed, of Guiteau’s counsel, which cul- minated in New York this morning by his attempting to take his own life, ndds another name to the list of victims of Guiteau's anathema. The only conspicious exception is found in Wallace Davidge,of the govern- ment counsel in the case. Mr. Davidge has apparently been more prosperous since the trinl than before. Ho stands at the head of the Washington bar, "The defeat of the republican party in 1845 rocalls the fact that Guiteau pre- dicted its defeat. — - Hydranlic Cement and Iron Pipes, New York Building Gazette: This qaes- tion came up lust Tuésday at the mecting of the commission on the eleetrieal sub- way in regard to laying the vipes in hy- drauliccement, There scemed to be a dif- 0 of uxlniuu on the subject. Engineer McNulty, who was one of the engineers employ on the Brooklyn bridee, said that his expericnce showed that hydraunlic cement wus a good pre- servative of iron. ‘I'he anchorages of the Brooklyn bridge were laid in~ cement. He examined part of these a short time ago and found the 1ron bright. His associate engineer, Mr. Buck, had examined the cables of the railroad bridge across the Niagara river after nearly thirty years had passed and found them 1n° good condition. Roebling built a bndge the kllng)mn_y river 1841, when the eables, which were buried in cement, were examined in 1861, the cables were found comparntively 'unin- jured, It was necessary that the iron should be clean and free from scale be- fore being placed in the cement. He vas confident that iron pipe laid in aulic cement would last longer than aid in any other manner. Engincers Kearney and Beckwith supportcd Mr. McNulty. General Averill apposed the use Tof hydrauhe cement. He again exhibited the specimens of iron nipe taken from the ment building in’ Chicago, which laid in cement across and d positiv had to be broken from the mayor doubted the perfect prow the pipe from the elleet of air So good an authority as ‘I akes the following statem point: “The writer found by 3 trinl that if, after setting, dampness is absolutely excluded, cements prescrve iron, lead, zine, and brass." Some of our re s will remember an rticle i Building (Vol. 11, No. 5), an ment of a paper read by Mr. W, before the American Society of Mechanical Engincers at 1 which, while making no dircet statement on this exact point, wounld scem strongly to confirm the view that cement, so far from corroding iron, is an excellent pre servative. We think the mayor’s doubt s to tie perfect protection of the pipes from air and water” @8 the real answer to General Averill's argument, and doubtless the trouble with the pipes he produces in confirmation of his views. It would seeim as if pipes thoroughly im bedded in hydraulic cement would have an almost perfect protection from air or water. As cement adheres very strongly to iron, and we think in cnses where ron embedded in ecment does corrode, the troublt is that the pipe: were nat clean, or for some other renson there was not 4 perfoct union. it thy. cemant, and-that after setting therc was auflicient sprce between W wllow secess Lo wir or witer, and Lius, not the comenly corroded tng irom. tion of