Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 8, 1887, Page 4

. Rallroad Tariffs in Nebraska. Judge Mason of the Nebraska railroad commission, has made another interest- ing and instructive contribution to the controversy relative to railroad rates in this state. The first communication of the present series was addressed to Gen- eral Manager Holdrege of the B. & M. on the 18th of July, and showed by a comparison of rates prevailing in Ne- braska, lowa and Minnesota the extent to which discrimination against the merchants and farmers of Nebraska is carried, amounting on the average to fully 80 per cent. To this Mr. Hold- rege replied urging that the compari- son as incorrect for the reason that the figures were those of the local tariff in use between local stations on the B. & M. lines. In further defense of the aclions of his road, Manager Holdredge asserted that the volume of business carried by Nebraska lines is very light as compared with that of Iowa lincs, and that more business originates snd terminates in Towa than in Nebraska, It isnoteworthy that Mr. Holdredge onaitted all reference to Minnesota, which may fairly be re- garded as a yirtual admission that the demonstrated discrimination in favor of that state is wholly indefensible. The rejoinder of Judge Mason shows that he is thoroughly fortified in his position and is fully determined to maintain it. He says it seems evidént that Mr, Holdrege did not carefully read or fully understand the first communica- tion, but unquestionably he did both. 1t is an essential part of the functions of the B. & M. manager, as of every rail- THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ¢ fly (Morniag Eaition) including Sunday Ono Year 8 For Bix Months For Thrao Month: . 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L Bworn to and subscribed in 1 this 6th day of August, A, D, 185 N. P. Frir, Notary Public. 73CHUCK. my presence [SEA L. road official in a similur position, not to Lo LR L CR scem to comprehend a question of this kind any farther than may be necessary to enable him to disturb and pervert the facts and arguments presented, and to at- tempt to controvert or offset them by irrelevant statements and false assump- tions. If there is anybody more adroit at this sort of work than Manager Hol- drege, his name is probably Thomas L. Kimball. But Judge Mason very com- pletely disproves of the first item in the manager's defense by the statement that if the local distance tariff had boen used for the comparison the figures shown would have been from 26 to 30 per cent highet against the company than those given, 8o that the company “‘were ac- corded the most favorable consideration possible in making the comparison,’ the fact being that the tariff from Lin- coln to the western Nobraska line was wused and applied to distances west of Lincoln. The very questionable assertions of Mr, Holdrege that the volume of business carried by Nebraska lines 1s light as compared with that of Iowa lines, and that more busi- ness originates and terminates in lowa than in Nebraska, Judge Mason refuses to admit. As to tho first of these asser- tivng he claims what is doubtless true, that there Is not a better local line in a strictly agricultural country anywhere in the west than the B. & M, line in Ne- braska for 300 miles west of Lincoln. Other statemeuts and assumptions of Manager Holdrege are convincingly dis- posed of, and there is a further presentation of facts and reasons show- ing the wide and unwarrantable dis- crimination in favor of Minnesota, the .distance tariffin that state being 40 to 60 ver cent lower than that of the B. & M. in Nebraska. In conclusion, Judge Mason says that having fully considered all the factors in the case suggested by Mr. Holdrege, he can see no excuse or justification for the present local rates, and that so far as he is concerned the de- mand that they be reduced will be ad- hered to and insisted on. There can be no question regarding the justice of the position now occupied by the railroad commission in this con- troversy, and it will be heartily sustained by public opinion. Allowing for possi- ble mistakes as to details, the general fact is clearly established by the figures that there 18 a great and manifestly un- just discrimination against Nebraska by which the people of the state are being mercilessly robbed of millions of dollars each year by the extortionate railroad chuck, being first duly sworn, lepo: nd says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month” of Jul 1886, 12,314 copies; for August, 186, 12,484 copies; for Septem- ber, 18%, 18,030 copies; for October, 18%, 12880 coples; for November, 1885, 13,343 eoyies; for December, "MI 18,237 copies; for Jlmunl?' 1587, 16,208 copies: for February, 1857, 14,105 coples; for March. 1887, 14,400 copiea; for April, 1887, 14,516 copies: for May, , 14,227 “copies; for June 1887, 14,147 copies. Geo. B, Gro. B. TZ8CHUCK, Bubseribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July A, D, 1857, ISEAL .. Notary Publie. Trr Omaha base ball club was again defeated yosterday—as usaal, of, but it is not Paris where tho most du- els are fought. —_— Poor GERMANY is like the under dog ina fight. She is at outs with Russia and France wantsto prounce on her al:o. Tue public at Chicago are not satisfied with the verdict in the boodler trials. In this respect the public and the boodlers are of the same frame of mind., “Wnar disposition shall be made ot the surplus before the meeting of con- gress,”’ asks an exchange, It is after the meeting of congress that is to be feared. Like the star of emvire, justice for municipal criminals is moving westward. New York set this judicial fashion, and it has reached Chicago. Itis to be hoped that the wave will strike Omaha before long. SourTnwEesTERN Now York experienced , the luxury of a severe frost Sawrday night. It is supposed to have been in company with Governor Hill's boom for the presidency. It is alwas a cold day when o man gets left. LiNcoLN has 1ts eagle eye set upon securing an extension of the Milwaukee railroad, If Frank Bond is made presi- dent of the road, Lincoln will be lucky if she is not robbed of boots and brecches. A word to the wise is suflicieat. MINISTERS seem to be degenerating. The latest instauce 1s reported from Min- nesota, where the pastor of a church has eloped with the wife of an editor and the organist for his flock. Perhaps the flee- ing couple will join erring Brother West in his Canadian tour. tolls. The effect has been and still % T y is to obstruct progress and retard Tne lowa authorities should institute & | the prosperity of our people, searching inquiry into the cause of the Manawa disaster. Reckless negligence, inspired by greed, appears to be responsi- ble for the loss of life. The boat was a mere cocklg-shell, and the owner had no right to jeopardize the lives of people who did not know the risk they were runang. Ifthe preyailing opinion proves true, that Farmer Holloway knew that the condition of his boat was unsafe, he should be made to sufter the full punish- ment which the law provides for crimes caused by contributory negligence. and until the abuse is removed, Nebraska cannot occupy that fair position i thd race for material advancement that she should rightfully have. It must be re- moved, and it remains to be seen whether the railroads will wisely make the fair concessions asked or force the people to have recourse to compulsory measures. To Help the Mcney Market. Tho secretary of the treasury has an- nounced that pursuant to authority given him by law he will anticipate the interest on government bonds due at various dates after September 1, and up to January 1, 1888, with a re- bate at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum, such 1interest to be prepaid on and after August 15, and also that the treasury will receive proposals for the sale to the government of 4 and 4} per cent. bonds, to be applied to the sinking fund. In ex- ThE average yield of wheat in the west will this year be about thirteen bushels per acre. With the price at 70 cents per bushel in the principal mar- kets, the western farmer will not get much more than 50 cents, This will give him an income of about $6.50 from each acre. It has been estimated that it costs about $8 per acre to raise a crop of 5 plainin, thi Ll th wheatand bring it to the nearest market. :mmll 5 thn:“ u:: ml:micfmt‘::;“.?( The farmer1s not going to become & | i) terest money king at this rate. Indeed, farm- RIS i foPC: 44300 REFROSY of getting rid of the surplus, the pur- chase of bonds being necessary to pro- vide for the sinking fund, the require- ments of which will amount to about §26,000,000. The interest to be prepaid amounts to $23,319,764, less the rebate, the amount of which cannot be exactly stated. [f both these proposals of the treasury carry, they will release to the money market about $48,000,000 between now and say the assembling of congress, an amount which would be a very great relief and may be very much needed. It cannot be regurded as certain, how- ever, that both or either of these proposals will carry to the extent necessary to re- lease the amount of the surplus stated. It is questionabls whether bondholders will to any great number accept prepay- ment of interest with a rebate of two per cent., for the reason that there would be no material advantage to them in doing 80. Such as are pressed for money may respond, but it is not probable that the number of this class is so cohsiderable among the holders of government bonds ns to assure the success of this part of the secrctary’s plans. With re- gard to the sale of bonds at vrices acceptable to the treasury, there 1s also ground for apprebending that the result will not be entirely satis- factory. It has been suggested that the secretary could not have selected a bet- ter time at which to propose the pur- chase of bonds, as at this season of the year the natural tendency of all securi. ties is to decline, but on the other hand, if a feeling of financial distrust should ang has been a discouraging business of late. The effects are becoming apparent in the numerous farms that are for sale or for exchange throughout the west. AssiSTANT INDIAN ComwussioNer Up- SHAW has issned an order forldding In- diuns to be taught in their native lan- guage at the nussion and government schools, This order will doubtless croate something of a stir, lndian educators have learned that it will not do to dis- card all at once the usuges and customs of the savages. If they are to be nght they must be ullowed to have their own way in many things, and taking their own language away from them in this manner may cause a rebellion against learning anything at all. The goyern- ment has more than 200 schools on the various reservation! Tae effects of the drouth in parts of the west this summer have beon most disas- trous in Illinois and Indiana, In the for- mer state the corn yield will not be more than about one-hall of the usual crop. All other erops have likewise suffered. The corn crop will be a total failure in some localities in Indiana. In Wisconsin and Micbigan the drouth has been less destructive. West of the Mississippi the general prospects are good, although cer- tain localities in lowa and the southern - halt of Nebraska have been ' badly scorched, The wheat crop is about the average of later years, though the acre- sge and actual smount raised is less ihan they were eight or ten years ago, & POTR AT AT 2 0o O DAILY BEE: MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1887. _———w—-—w————_— become general, the effect would very likely be to induce the holders of bonds to keep them as the safest form of investment they could have. In a time of danger, when so- curities are declining, people buy goyernment bonds for safety, and the greater the present apprehension the less likeiy will the treasury be to reccive liberal proposals to sell the bonds. The action of the treasury indicates that the secretary has become impressed with the necessity of doing something to relieve the money market, but it does not follow thatthere is any imminent danger. There appears to be a slight stringency, which considered in connection with the fact that there is more currency in circulation than a year ago, may perhaps warrant a_little distrust of the future, but that there is really anything in the monetary situation to cause alarm does not appear. What seems to be of first necessity is that confidence shall not be shaken, a requirement to which cer- tain bankers and newspapers of the east have not been contributing by sending out notes of alarm at every couvenient opportunity. However, the conditions are such as should profoundly impress congress with the necessity of apply- ing the rcmedy which it alone is competent to provide, and of domng so with the least possible delay after it shall have assembled. Wise and prompt ac- tion is required or the country may within another year experience serious financial difliculties. 1f the country could feel sure that the next congress would do 1ts duty in this matter there would be an end of all distrust. Tue Herald 18 very indignant because a paper at Hastings pronounces the con- duct of the Omaha city council in con- nection with police aftairs as exceed- ingly disgraceful. Our contemporary still persists that public opinion in Omaha sustains the council, and the dissent comes from two papers that print after- noon editions. If this be true, why doesn't the Herald publish the views of our business men on this controversy? They certainly are not biased in their opinions by political schemes or personal dislikes, Isn't the converse of the Her- ald’s assertion true as to the actual state of facts? Does not the only support which the council can rely on como from political hacks who are the cat's paws of the council bosses, from keepers of cer- tain resorts where the council anarchists guzzlo beer and whisky night after night, and from the editors who guzzle the liquor with them Jix FLoop, the third of the bonan: kings, is dying. John Mackey, his part- ner, is making all possible speed from Europe to his bedside, for the purpose, it is supposed, of straightening the com- plications in the recent wheat deal which did not materialize. It 12 possible there may bo affairs in the death of Flood that may lead on to the misfortunes of Mr. Mackey. EVIDENTLY penitentiaries ara run in a peculiar fashion in Tennessee. Accord- ing to a dispatch from Nashville the prisoners are allowed to gaamble and have access to deadly weapons. t night, over a two-cent bet, one conyict killed another with a knife, This is an indication of true southern hospitality. OMAHA jobbers are reaching out into Idaho, Cahfornia, and Oregon. This is very cheering, but we would like to see Omaha reach outinto Nebraska a little more. This state, and especially the northern part of it, is naturally tribu- tary to Omaha, and should be supplied from this point. — THE proud state of Iowa has had an- other blot placed upon its escutcheon. A prize fight took place yesterday morning upon the wave-washed shores f our sister state: While the thugs were prin- cipally from Omaha, lowa should lose no timé in wiping out the stain made upon its fair name. THERE never has been a railroad acei- dent or steamboat collision that did not provoke all sorts of comment as to how it might have been averted, and what people would have done under like ecir- cumslances if they had been there. Man’s “hind-sight” is always better than his foresight. e WiLLiamM M. Gisson, the deposed prime minister of the Hawaiian kingdom, who is charged with robbing the puablic treas ury and escaped to this country, is the most distinguished boodler we have of the present age, He did not escape through the bath tub STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jdottings. Fullerton is feeling for the B. & M. Hastings has a weakness for blowing. St. Edwards takes unkindly to wind pudding. Fair weather is approaching with an army of fakirs, Hastings will have free mail delivery on September 1, Ord will receive bids until the 12th a system of waterworks. Riverton voted almost unanimously to issue bouds for waterworks, The $35,000 bonds voted by Crete to the Missouri Pacific sold at 99}, Fremont expects to knock the packing Zulu( Lincoln and swell up to Nebraska ity. Tumbliag rods and threshing machines have begun harvesting for the under- taker, ‘The grand lodge of Colorado Masons are booked for a meeting in Lincoln on the 18th. ' Butler county has a surplus of wind which neighboring counties can have for the asking. ‘The state holiness camp meeting is in progress in Bernett. Sixty-five tents shelter the elect. Times are terribly out of joint and suffering for solder in Lincoln, even a plumber failed there last week. ‘Saunders county wmfinrn, To the num- ber of 150, are brushing up for the fall and winter campaign at the institute in Wahoo. Lightning is no respector of sex or oc- cupation. An attractive Gage county woman was killed by a flash while milk- 10g 8 cow. A deat man was struck by a locomo- tive near Seward and his hearing re- stored. Asa kill or cure remedy the lo- comotive is a pitching success. Frank Brenneman, of Cleveland town- ship, Cuming county, sacrificed an srm on a tumbling road, last Monday. The arm was amputated at the shoulder. Lee Merrill, a Platte, county boy of eighteen, suicided last Monday. Some wooks ngo his mind was lflwh«{ by the heat, and eaused him to take his life. A Columbus base bal! umpire recently suicided because none of the players n for a match game kicked at his decisions. The phenomenon broke his record and his heart. Louis Thilson, n Swede living fourteen miles from Atkinson, was killed by light- ning Wednesday night. He was forty- five years of age and leaves & wife and four children. Farmers around Norfolk are organizing to shut out pot-hunters this fall. They propose Lo confine the sports to the ronds and arrest thom for trespass if they in- vade the fields. Wood River haa, a genuine Kilkenny fight Iast week , in which Mat Nevills was revolvered b]y a_maniac_ named Larry Knkunnr The latper is in jail awaiting the resuit of Nevills’ wounds, The young son of D. W. Clancy, of West Point, was kicked by a horse, last week, The sharp calk of the shoe pene- trated the boy's skuil, and doctors have little hope of his recovery. He was alive at last accounts, Henry Schroder, the horse thief in jail n Plattsmouth, is preparing his interior for penitentiary grub. e is embued with the notion that by fasting he will re- duce his oug-cuv and build a perspectit for the hush at Hyersville. Mrs. Richmond, a widow residing at Mission Creek, Gage county, ended her life with a razor last Monday. -Her hus- band{died several months ago, and her grief was 80 great that she determined to end it, following him to the grave. Grand Island jailed a live specimen of the nude art last week, 8 shameless girl of seventeen, who paraded the streets in a costume that would bring a blush to a mother Hubbard. The youngster is sorely in need of a thorough shppering. A free and easy dance at Wittman last week caused the sudden demise of th proprietor, a disreputable fellow named {all, attempted to sashay uround thefcorpse of a cowman named Cobb, but the latter blocked the move with a Winchester and furnished a subject for the coroner, Hall's death was a blessing to the town and Cobb was cheered on his flight. Al Fairbrother, Cell Juy, Curg Ayres aud Jink Brayhill, members of the staff and stokers of the South Sioux City Sun, went tishing for subscribersin the Mis- souri river recently, Their pleasant lines were ineligible to the denizens of the murky, the bait q ¢ out at a critical moment, and the quartette wabbled home with a stack of blues and a chip busket of tall fish stories for - future use. A pair of enterprising Plattsmouthers went to Lincoln recenily to start a towel supply company. Inorder to stand in with the powers that be they consulted the penitentiary contractors, and that cheap labor dignitary patted them on the back and told them fo goahead. Hurdly were they gone, however, after telling him their mission, ere the contractor concluded that there was money in the scheme, and made up his mind to work it himself, and later in the day, while the boys were out canvassing, they found that the contractor was making the rounds just ahead of them and was rak- ing in plenty of work. Secing that they were taken in they ‘abandoned the field to the convict scrubs. A veteran crank named Giles, with a petition sworn to by a notary public in efferson county, has turned up in Dav- enport, In., and pEGposes to sue for dam- ages and the disbirrment of Attorneys A. P. Burker, Douglas Darling, L. A. Ellis, Dan Ellis, M. V., Ganuon, Walter 1. Hayes and A. L. Schuy He charges that in violation of the . lowa requiring of said attorneys i'ecl for any consideration himself the cause of the ae! oppressed,”” and by reason of certain de- ceptions and collusions practiced by them he was wrongfully imprisoned from December 29, 1885, to about April 3, 1856, and from June 18, 1886, 1o about Septem- ber 11, 1886, from wh he escaped and fled for safety to lllinois. He further al- leges that ‘‘he has suffercd damages to the amount of $631,250, for which suits in law are now in progress, and he claims treble damages in the present action against the attorneys in the sum of $1,803,750.” lowa ltems. The farmers’ alliance now has 200 or- ganizations in the state. The land assessment of Cherokoe county is $2,786,996; personal property, §685,788. The Sioux City Journal is convinced that a railroad bridge will be built across the river at that point. % The Minnesota & Northwestern sent its first train into Dubuque Wednesday, aud invited the newspaper {men to ride over the road. The local branch of the Irish national league, at Keokuk. has raised and for- warded $300 to be applied to the aid of evicted tenants in lreland, county's assessed valuation Lands and town lots, $2, personal property, $6 railroads, 0. The total ation of the Lands and town lots, $:360,983,- evel headed jurymen in Stoux City lled upon to decide whether seven kegs of beer were not suspiciously large for private consumption. They were supplied to Chris Shullz, and the latter claimed they were for the sole use and benefit of himself and wite. The jury held that one keg was suflicient for a family of two persons and ordered the destruction of the other six. The sanitary condition of Sioux City is alarming. The demand for drugs dur. ing July, as shown by the ofticial re- ports, convinees the Tribune that half of the population are at death’s door, and the medicine men are reaping a golden harvest. The records show the following sales during the month: Bourbon, 5,400 gallons; brandy, nFallons; brandy, 30 kegs; wine, 130 barrels; rum, 75 gallons; beer, 44,560 bottles. Or estimating the population at 30,000 the following amount to each man, woman and child: Bour- bon, over 1-16 of n gallon; brandy, 1-45 of a gallon, and beer almost one bottle and a half, besides the rum, wine and other liquors. This represents $21,600 for whisky and $10,880 for beer. This leads the Kansas record by several points. Wy The Burlington rqad has staked a line to Buffulo, Johnson county. Two trusted clerksiin Cheyenne busi- ness houses were jailed last week for embezzlement. ¢ The prospective advent of the Burling~ ton road to Cheyenne will etfect a raduc- tion of freight rates. 1 llnrr{ Patterson, ''the murderer of James McElhone, in‘Whalen Canyon, in 1884, has been captured and jai % The 101 outfit in Crook county lost 11,000 head of cattle hfi winter out of a herd of 12,000, and otit of their herd of 80,000 were able to repbrt only 8,000 to the assessor, ( E. P. Clark, the locating engineer of the Union Pasitic, has started out on the Cheyenne & Northern with men and material for a three months campaign under sealed orders. His destination is unknown. The Che,enne Leader believes that the capture of Hunter, & notorious horse- thief, will throw some light on the rob- bery of Paymaster Bush at Antelope Springs. ‘The Wyomingoflicers who cor- rallod Hunter believe he did the job, and will endeavor to prove it. Posey S, Wilson, the ex-banker and lord of Crow Creek, but more recently of Colorado, has found his levelin a $1,000 clerkship in Washington, Posey afflicted the newspapers of the west with poeti- cal extracts, in years gone by, and mer- I"t_ud retribution has finully overtaken im, The appraisers of damagesin the Here - ford ranch neariCheyenne, by reason of 3 the B. & M. right of way, have fixed upon $15,700 as the proper amount of com- pensation, The land taken by the rail- road comprises twelve acres of meadow and forty-cight acres of upland. The award is about half the amount asked ?nd:w,mu more than tho railroad of- ered, Oolorado. ‘The Denver mint handled bullion to the amount of $176,806, during July. A forty stamp mill to cost $45.000 is to be added to the milling plant in Leadville. Real estate transactionn in Denver the past seven months amounted to $19,915,- 288, an increase over the corresponding period last year of $14,080,662. Bob Wilson, a Denver auctioneer, stopped a runaway team last week, saved the life of a child in the buggy and secured a broken shoulder, several body cuts and a scalp wound for his courage- ous act. Theodore Kemp, an ex-circus acrobat, employed on a sheep ranch near Greely, gave a sample of his mfi:h kicking ability to John G. Lamveri, the proprietor of the rancn, and broke hisneck. The evi- dence taken by the coroner's jury showed that Kemp kicked Lampert un- der the jaw killing him instantly. - ‘Why Stocks are Down. Chicago News. There are some excellent reasons why stocks and other securities rule so low in Wall street. Among them are the fol- lowing: The New York bank surplus re- serve is quite low at a time when money will be needed for moving the crops. Last week Jay Gould sold u big block of Missouri Pacific bonds for $10,000,000 cash. Wall street houses with Enghsh connections joining in th e. This would indicate that Mr. need of money, coupled as it is with the fact that a short time since he refused a bid for these bonds as a price considera- bly above that which he is now glad to accept. Besides such an indication as the above to account for the fact that the bulls in stocks are demoralized and cowed, n New England commercial journal gives some figures to show how large a sum of money has recently been invested by eastern capitalists in western enterprises to a large extent originating in Boston. ‘Thus, the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company has called for $40,000,000 to be expended 1n extending its system. About half this amount has been paid in. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad company has obtained 7,000,000, half of which has been fur- nished in the United States. In addition to these sums over $12,000,000 has been paid in for the use of the Chicago, Burlington & North- ern rhilroad during the last eightecn months, The Wisconsin Central and connecting groupe of roads have also re- ceived large sums, while $6,000,000 has been absorbed by the Memphis & Birm- ingham railroad cnmrnny. So that not less than £75,000,000 has “been absorbed by the above enterprises, most of which has been furnished by Boston, and over half of which has been actually in- vested. Add to these means for the absorption of capital the various land companies and the western mortgage com- panies, which have found favor in the eyes of New England capitalists, and the fact that Boston capital has largely gone into national banks in the northwest, onc resident of Boston being a director in no less than fifty- seven such, and the extent of eastern and other investments in new western enter- prises will be appreciated. Now, it is well known that such inyest- ments as these, which return so slowly to their original sources, tend to make money scarce at the great centres and plenty at the extremities of the land, and also to promote speculation in unun- proved real estate. So that the low price of stocks in Wall street and consequent panic of the bulls are in this way readily accounted for. ———— Benkleman Booming. BENKLEMAN, Neb., August 6.—[Cor- respondence of the BEE.]—Just now Benkleman 1s attracting more at- tention from home-seekers and business men looking for locations than any other town in the great Republican Valley, un- less we except the live little city of McCook. Benkleman is a natural trad- ing center for the cattle men and the river settlers, who, until a short time ago, comprised the entire population of the county. When the fact is known that eastern capitalists are loaning as high as $1,000 on unimproved quarter sections of land in Dundy county, it seems strange that settlement of this county should have been deferred so long. Once in motion, the tide of immigration was irresistible. The wealthy cattle men made strenous eflorts to stem the flood of home seekers, but all in vain, and now, in less than three yoars the “grangers,’ as the cowmen indignantly term them, have taken complete control of the country. It was not necessary to send government troops here to remove the great cattle fences, for the settlers took matters nto their own hands and ac- complished the work in less time and more satisfactorily than could the troops and to-day there 18 not a mile of cattle fence around government land in Dundy county. Negotiations are now pending for the huihfiug of a large irrigation ditch from the North Fork, eight miles above Ben belman, giving a thousand farmers along the route plenty of water for irrigation (in cuse they should need it) and supply- ing the town with an everlasting supply of water for every purvose. During the past week two state banks have begun business here. T'he Bank of Benkelman and the Union Banking Co. John R, Clark, of the Lincoln First Na- tional, is backing the former, while O. L. Allen, a Colorado capitalist, 15 at the head of the latter, ‘The survey of the B. & M.’s line from Benkelman to Wano, there connecting with the Pueblo line, has been completed and the road will be built this fall or early next spring. Bonds have been voted and a contract let to build a $3,000 school house, to be finished before winter. s L Mr. Titus Objects, HaArvaip, Neb., August 7.—To the Ed- itor of the BEE: We see in your report of crop prospeets under date of August 6 you say crops Clay county are very poor, or words to that effect. This is a very gravye error so far as the north half of the coum}l' is concerned, for crops never looked better in this or any other county than they do now in al h half of Clay county. Corn oats and flax are also a good crop; very lit- tle wheat was sown. Hope you will make the correction, for we take your paper and are old residents of Clay county, and do not like to see her su¥russly misrepre- sented. We have had plenty of rain to mature the corn, and feel safe in sayin, that it will average at least fifty bushels to the acre. Yours truly, L.J. Trrus. L L Texas Prohibition Returns. GALVESTON, Tex., August 7.—The election returns recelved last night were meagre and came in slowly, Those received up to mid- mght did not increase the majority against the prohibition amendment coutained in {ouulerdly’n report by over 3,000, making the tal majority thus far against the amend- went, 75,000, i Pozzom s Complexion Powder pro duces a soft and beautiful skin. It com- bines every element of beauty and purity. Sold by druggists. SOME PRACTICAL TOPICS. Whioh Will Interest Farmers, Wool Growers and Oattle Raisors, A DEMAND FOR MORE LEAN MEAT Depression of Iowa Cattle luteres Some Suggestions About Wool- Growing—A Kansas Molasscs Mill—The Sorghum Industry, More Lean Meat. Towa State Registe here is in pro- gress a decided change inthe public taste and demand for beef,pork and mut- ton, with less fat and more lean. It is not the lean caused by poor or scanty feeding, but that kind of meat which is produced by breeding the choicest class of animals, in the dircction of marble- izod meat, finely streaked with alternate fat and lean. The hog which is a mere lump of lard is no longer acceptable to the consumer of fresh pork. This kind of ment, especially in the cooler parts of the year, is in immense demand in our town and city markets. Hence such butchers as pride themsclves in furnish- g their choice customers with such pork chops or roasts as can only be furnished from a certain class of hogs, are beginning to be particular about the character and condition of the hogs they buy. And some of them are necessarily edu- cated to be the best judges of the meat of the hog. And swine feeders are be- ginning to wake up to the question of wroducing an animal which is composed of something more agreeable to the taste of the epicu And in the future hog breeders will have to take this into consideration. The same with mutton. In former years the lovers of this delicious meat de- manded the fat Cotswold. Whether it be that the world is abandoning the ro- bust exercise of the farm or the chase, and hence have not the taste, nor the digestive organs, to demand such fat mutton, or whether a higher intelligence suggests something different, 18 needless to investigate. But among mutton eaters there is an increasing demand for more loan and less fat, as is the case with Down mutton. And in parts of the world where shoep are raised as much for their meat a8 their wool, this is going to bo a leading element in the question of what breed of sheep to raise. There has been und is yet a strong current in favor of baby beof or early maturi And there is no doubt that it 18 profitable to the producer to prepare his beeves for market in the shortest pos- sible time. Bur thero eomes a complaint from the delicate stomachs of beef eaters a8 well as the gourmand that such beef is too fat and soft. That it is not streaked or marked as the beef 18 which had been kept in & good healthy and growing con- dition until it had attaiued two years,and then finished off by high feeding. The demand is almost universal at our butch- ers’ stalls for more lean and less fat, especially through the hot months. Tal- low which used to be the most valuable part of the beef, has become the poorest. Forty years ago the butcher robbed the beef of nearly all of the tallow, as it was worth twice as much per ponnd. Now they crowd on all they can, as it i3 not worth half as much as good lean beef. Formerly the great demand fo. tallow for candles made the fattest beef the most valuable. Now, when the tallow has to be sold by the butchers to the chandlers to be worked into butter,there is a loud demand for a different charac- ter of beeves. And breeders will be com- pelled to make this a leading question. In some breeds of pigs, sheep and cattle, there is a strong tendency to put on fat in masses without a suitable admixture of lean. Itis evident, therefore, that in the future selection and breeding of stock, there will have to be more atten- tion vaid to the charagter of the meats consumers have set their hearts upon, The Cattle Situation in lowa. The cattle situation of lowa is now laboring under very great depression, growing out of two distinct cnuses, ac- cording to the Homestead, which says: One, that of drouth, being immedia- ate, the other the result of a series of influences operating for yvears, and both together producing a depression in the entire industry, probably as great as lowa has ever known. Over almost the entire tame grass region of the state ther serious and protracted drouth. Over a great portion of it the dronth is 5o great that practically there 1s no pasture. What to do in the present crisis is scriously troubling many far- mers, The Situation is one demanding a cool head and steady nerve, and wheroe advice should neither be given nor acted upon rashly. To sell cattle in the drouth-stricken re- g1ons 1s impossible except at a great sac- i To keep tigm without serious ss of condition is possible only in one way, and that is by feeding jusi as if inter was upon us. We do not believe cattle during the next ten months wiil need hay or grain any worse than they do at the present hour. Rather than have the 1nevitable loss of condition, we should say at once, cut up the corn and fecd it, There will be no pasture in these dronth-stricken regions for a monti to come that will be of any great service to cattle. Whero farmers are feeding steers and cannot sell them without n very serious sacrifice, we would say, commence to feed at once, getting them on feed gradually, and sell them,as soon as fit,for what flll'," will |)rin$A ‘The danger is that many farmers will become completely discouraged think that the bottom i out of thei try., There is no reason whate: such feeling. The present depression of cattle on the market, asido from the immedite infl ence of the drought, is the natural re of their undue inflation in 1882, '83 and "84, Then capitalists all over the nation saw immense profit in ranches, Towa and all of the adjoining and fa stern states were called upo: for female cattle, which were carried out to the rauches in immense numbers, resulting in an in- flated market in the states which carried up all classes of cattle withit. With the 1ast two years the general markets have received the increase of these cattle and the result has been great depre: i prices,intensified by the depressed c tion of the manufacutring and com cial interests, The last year has been a disastrous one to many of the ranchmen, great numbers of whom have gone into bankruptey, and the closing up of their estates demand the immediate marketing of every steer that is at all in condition, This, togethor with the enforced mar- keting of state cattle, has filled the great markets with a supply far beyond the demand, with the natural result of depressing prices to a lower point than it 'has reached before in twenty years. The inevitable result of all this is a great decrease of the cattle of the United States, 8 decrease that can be accom- plished in three years; when this decrease 1s manifest to the dealers, as it must be in the next twelve months, the cattle in- dustry must again take its oid position ns one of the profitable, prominent and re- liable industries in the entire range of agriculture. W ¢ say therefore to farmers, got through the present or as best you can, not withholding the dry feed, kceping up the condition of the cattle, holding on to the young ealves, and getting rid of all in ferior and serub stock, in the full conli- dence that in the next two or threo yoar cattle will be as profitable as ever, Young n‘plfi. Towa State Register: oun}{ cattle have not been as cheap in Iowa for years as now. lowa farmers are unnccessarily trightened about cattle food for the com- ing winter, and are sacrifioing their cat- tle for very low prices. And yot there is twice as much nutritious cornfodder in the state, if it were saved in good order, as would winter, in good order, all of the cattle of the state. And in two or three weeks much of the fodder will be ready for saving. So soon as qorn is flncd 1t can be safely cut up, with slight injury to the weight of the corn. But it is hard to get a class of farmers to change their routine of business, For long years large parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, ete., have een in the practice of cutting up shock- ing their corn, and by them it is not con- sidered 80 great a task, They are used to it. In lowaitisa new departure and is looked upon by many as a very laborf: ous and beggarly way of doing business. It is true it makes work for fall and win- ter, and some of § not the most agree- able. But in what country is there sure success without Inbor and toil. Suggestions About Wool-Growine. Says the Kansas Farmer: The making of good wool of any variety requires care, attention and good business manafe: ment. The value of wool 18 determined by the quality of the fiber, and that de- pends upon the regularity and life of it. Anarregular fiber which, in places feels and looks dead, is not worth much for any Kind of goods finer than carpets and rugs. Regular and lively wool can be rown only on healthy sheep fed reg iarly on proper food plentifully fed in comfortable and healthy quarters, Wool fiber grows like a plant, and a very good illustration of the point we desire to vre- sont may be found in the potato grown in an unusually irregular season—at one time growing vigorously, at another time starved by drouth or drowned by water. Potatoes grown under suo conditions are not good, as ey tarmer knows. So, if sheep are surfeited part of the time, starved part of the time, ex- posed to all kinds of weather in all seasons, their wool will show the effects of theif keeping and will be weak, ir- regular, half dead, To produce wool, regular, livul}y, strong, the sheep be well cared for, and that all the time, 80 that the fiber may grow steadily and healthfully. Every observing farmer knows how quickly discase or lack of food, or impure or unclean foad affects the hair of horses, hogs and cattle. The is preciscly the same on sheep and it ismore important in this case, be- cause we are growing the wool for use. After wool is grown it is important that it be well taken care of and pre- pared for market in good condition. If the wool-grower understands that wool must sorted before it 1s used by manufacturers, they will recognize the importance of some well-defincd general plan of putting up wool in grades at the farm. Here & manufacturer's de- scription of a package of wool: ‘“‘Put it on the table and it is a beautiful fleece to behold—light, pufly and free. The string comes off freuly. To open it from the center to either end is but to touch it with slifln pressure—but lo, what is hero. A handful of short hard tags cut last fall, another handful of clippings cut this nother handful of swoet locks rom the floor. Is that all? No, here is another bunch of wool of another color, a different staple, it smells differ- | ‘ent; 1t must be—yes, it is part of a ram’s fleece.” That way of putting up wool is very expensive to the farmer, because it dis- credits his wool in the market. Better throw inferior stuff away than to mix it with good wool for the price is determ- ined by the worst samples and the prob- able cost of sorting. Farmers of Kansas ought to have twico as many sheep as they do have, Every farm ought to have a flock, There 18 no more profituble animal when well taken are of. They are not troublesome, the: ¢ are not expensive, and yet when well cared for they wili pay for themselves twice over every year, cven at low prices for wool. Have good stock, keep them well, make good wool and putit on the market in good condition. A Kans ses Mill, Sterling Bulletin: The sorghum in dustry here has grown with each succeed ing season until it has become one of tho large industries of the city. There bas been expended, approximately, $75,000 on these works since they were firstdo- cated here, This does not include labor, ete., which hus been a i have employed an ave fitty men per year sin in operation.” W. P, Clement, who hag the general management of the works, is a gentleman of lurge experience i the syrup business, and is not only posted in theory, but in practice, and has un- bounded faith in the future financial sue- cess of the canc interests, not only to produce syrup, but sugar. They have put out this year over six hundred acres of cane, and as a consequence the large fimy have been plant 'has necessitated a large ex- penditure of money this ~ sum- mer. They have bought $5,00 worth of additional machinery this woek, at Dundee, consisting of engine, crusher, and the appurtenances thereto, whicn will be put in at once. ‘The object of ad- ding a second crusher is to run the cane through it first, with as close pressure as can be had, and then subject it to the pressure of the second, thus large y in- creasing the percentage of the juice. They have added an_ extra evaporating pan, with all the modern improvements, that will increase their capacity of evap- eration fully one-third. They have also l)ul in another finishing pan, and en- argod the finishing room fully one-half. ‘They are at work on a cane cutter that, if a success, will curtail the expense of cutting largely. Mr. Clement has per- fect faith in the pra working of the machine,. They a ting throughout. They have expended and will expend in improvements and machinery at least 15,000 this year. The work of the season will begin August 1, when they will run day and . night, em- ploying at least eighty-five hands. Thus 1t is readily seen that this industry will furnish work to a goodly number and 2 good puy roll at the end of each ic puinting and refit- - Tho Fees of coe Conkling, New York special to Kansas Cit Times: Ex-Congressman Frank Hurd speaking to-day of him of the imperial bouglette, said: “Mr. Conkling is suid to be receiving in retainers and fees not far from $100,000. Itis true but not the whole truth--his income for the past two years has Been more than $200.000, and 1 am told by lawyers in New York, who ought to know, that no lawyer in the city for the past five years has earncd s much money as Mr. Conkling, He neve takes a contingent fee, for he 18 singu- larly severe in his adhesion to the code of professional conduot, which does not look with fuvor on contingent fecs. A fow dags ngo Mr. Conkling argued & patent case 1o Chicago involving the right to use the para- tine paper which is wrapped about candy and other sticky sunstances, His fee 1n that ,000, ana had several e larger. There are legal firms in New York, I am told, which re ceive more money in a year than Mr, Conkling earns, but no individual lawyer earns more—probably none as mueh. ~ 1t is true that Mr, Conkling bas paid off some $50,000 for which he was responsi- ble to the creditors of the late A, B. Johnson, of Utica, but he has done more —since he taok up the practice of law in New York City, he has liquidated ol liga- tions of one kind and another amount- ing to nearly §200,000, and _has done it in less than sit years. I believe that there is no parallel to such earnings sud liqmdations by professional work in such a tie."* lie has