Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. orrice, No. D 918 FARNAM ATREFY. ORK OFFICE, ROOM 8, TRIRUNE BUILDING. ABHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 515 FOURTRENTH STRENT. CCORRRSPONDENCE! All communioations relating to nows and edi- torial matter should be addressed Lo the Kb SOW OF THE Ban. BUSINGSS LETTERSS 1l bueiness letters and romittances should be ressed to THE Bus PUBLISAING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, ohecks and postof orders 0 be made payable to the order of the sompany, THE BEE PUSLISHIVG COMPARY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, EpiToR. THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Olrculation. ay, Aug! ;nunflly. August 2 'riday, August 26. . Average. m UOK Gro, B. Tz . Sworn to and subscribed In my presence this 27th day of August, A, D. 1887, N. P. FrIr, [SEAL) Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska, }. Douelas County. | % Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publlnhln{ company, that the actual average dn!l[ circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of August, 1886, 12,464 coples: for September, 184, 13,030 coples; for October, 1 12,080 coples; for November, 1886, 13,348 covlu; for December, 1886, 13,237 coples; for Janusty e, 16,200 w&(an; for February, 1847, 14,108 coples: for March. 1887, 14,400 les; for April, 1887, 14,316 copies; for May, , 14,227 copies: for' June 1887, 14,147 copies; for July, 1857, 14,008 copies, Gro. B. Tz8cHUCK. Subsoribed and sworn to before mocluls 11th day ot Aluwsti)‘. D., 1887, [SEAL.| . P. FriL. Notary Publie. Tk Bek has ;ovdispiosrulgn‘tf');m;fi into the county campaign at this early day. When tho primaries and conven- tions are called 1t will bo heard from With no uncertain sound. TBE late rains on the western catlle ranches have renewed the growth of grass and the cattle which have been in poor condition all summer are beginning to grow fat. The outlook now is that the ‘season will close with better prices and better beef. S Tur mysterious island on which the slugging match was fought Sunday is represented as being in Iowa by the sporting daily, and prize-fighting in Iowa 18 said to be only a misdemeanor. 1If this is true, why don’t the sluggers make their headquarters in Iowa and give Ne- braska a wide berth IT becomes more and more evident every day that the whites and not the Utes were to blame for the Colorado out- break. It is a disgrace to the authorities of Colorado to allow its citizens to exas- perate the Indians and then attempt to ‘work up public sentiment in favor of ex- terminating them. In the light of later events Governor Adams’ eall for govern- ment troops appears more ridiculous and absurd than 1t did at first DuRING the last year, the water works of Chicago supplied an av- erage in round numbers of 98,000,000 gallons perday. This supply 1s pumped through 586 miles of mains,and the num- ber of fire hydrants in use in connection Wwith this system, is 5350, or an average of nine hydrants to each mile of mains. Computed at the rate which Omaha is now paying for hydrant rental, Chicago would be paying $331,000 annually for tydrant ronmfv. Ehis is suggestive. E——— Mg. CAveT TAYLOR I8 altogether too previous in his attempt to provoke a pplit in the republican ranks of thie county, Adveuturers of the jobber and ‘boodler brand are not likely to be taken as trusted leaders by the rank anda filo of republicans. ~ His thrusts and bravado may impose upen dupes who imagine that his sheat is potential i Douglas county affairs, but candidates who are endowed with common sense will not ;:n their faith on such slender roeds, r. Gadet Taylor will serve his fool friends much better by attending strictly £0 job printing and leaving the political #end of the BEE soverely alone. ONE of the bat at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylyania, in & discussion ot ptrikes with his follow robbers not long since, is reported to have said, speaking of the miners: “Keep 'em half starved, Then they'll never strike. I have tried it and it works like hell.” This - pictur- @esque language does not advocate any mew condition, however. The miners of Peonsylvania and workingmen in the employ of grinding monopolies in many arts of the union, have long been kept n this half-starved condition—so favor- mble to submission. When, however, flesh and blood could endure this no Jonger and revolts have taken place, the Ramished miners have been driven away to make place for still cheaper laborers. fil this way the coal kings have become illionaire: SEpsspess—— Ir alate dispatch from southwestern Missouri is true, the Iron Mountain rail- ¥oad has badly overreached itself in its :{tumpu to get possession of the earth. any years ago a man named Miller purchased a large tract of land from the pompany mentioned, which he occupied for years without molestation. Recently the railroad magnates tried to eject him from his boldings. Miller wrote to the president explaining the circumstances of the purchase and in due time an pnawer was received advising him to re- tain possession of the lands at all hazards. It was further stated that the Iron Moun- tain railroad company bad forfeited their rights to all the lands criginally granted them by reason of unfullilled contracts with the government. This mews is spreading rapidly, and settlers are now rushing down into southwestern Missouri in great mumbers and setiling upon the forfeited lands. Itisbut seldom that poetic justice like this is meted out to greedy and soulless corporations, and it is a pleasure to note the innovation. Jat.it spread uatil all the railroads which still hold tracts of land under unfultuled gontracts are compelied to give them up for the benefit of the settlor, ' may wish to go into it. THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31, Becoming Al oans, Shortly after the ocelebration of the queen’s jubilee by the subjects of Groeal Britain residing in Boston, a large num- ber of them, admonished by the public comment on the fact that they remained aliens while enjoying all the practical advantages of citizens of the United States, decided to abandon their alle- gance to the queen und become Ameri- can citizens. 1t was developed that there were several thousand in Boston, chiefly Englishmen, who had lived there for longer or shorter periods and were gen- erally prosperous. who had mever ser- fously thought of making & change of citizenship. When the obvious impro- priety of continuing in that way was pointed out to them, however, tho large mdjority of them promptly admitted it, and many of them at onoe took the initial step to become oitizens of this country. The example has had its effect in other cities. The British residents of Cleve- Iand, O,, have become interested in the matter, and it is reported from Chicago that a naturalization movement has sprung up among the English, Scotch and Canadian elements of that oity. 1t is estimated the number of these people 1 Chicago is fully 50,000, half of these being Canadians. There are more than twelve thousand males of voting age, and of these the highest estimate of the num- ber naturalized 18 about four thousand. Hence there are in Cnicago between eight and nine thousand English, Scotch and Canadians who have resided there long enough to have become citizens of the United States, but who have not availed themselyes of the upportunity. It is quite probable that this movement will become general among the English and Scotch residents of the United States who are still unnaturalized, and who intend to remain here. They can hardly fail to be impressed by the example of their countrymen in Boston and elsewhere of the improprioty, to say the least, of remaining aliens while claim- ing and enjoying all the advantages of citizenship except political rights, and the most intelligent of them must see that to do so will 1n time subject them to just reproach. 1t is a fact that while all other nationalities make haste to obtain citizenship 1n the United States after coming here, the English and Scoteh are extremely reluctant to abandon their allegiance to the British government, and it is rarely - that one is founa who does not hold tenaciously to his prejudices in favor of that government. This is & form of hos- tility which Americans are disposed to regard as esseatially ungenerous and un- fair, and which they naturally reseat, one effect of which is to keep alive here an unfriendly feeling toward England. But if sentiment shall have no effect in making citizens of these aliens, policy will undoubtedly induce most of them to become such. The general tendency to enact laws affecting the property rights of persons not citizens will certanly operate as a very strong incentive to all aliens having or seeking to acquire prop- erty in this country to make themselves secure against all contingencies by be- coming citizens. It is unquestionably the Ameri- can policy that every man who comes to this country to remainshall for- swear all allegiance to the country from which he camo and accept all the rights and obligations of American citizenship. It is desjrable that all who come here to stay shall assimilate themselves to our political system, identifying themselves with us both 1n sentiment and interest. Only in this way can we have a homo- geneous population, united in sympathy, aims and aspirations. —— ‘The Railroads Get The Profits, The situation of the beef market is a matter in wlich everybody has an in- terest, The nvestigation and discussion of the subject now in progress ought to result jn accurate information regarding the course which have produced a partial demoralization of the cattle business, an explanation of the reason why the con- sumer has continued to pay a high price for beef while cattle depreciated to fig- ures which left no profit for the stock- men, and an ascertainment of who have reaped the largest benefits, One fact is established, and 18 that the consumers of the country at large have not found their roasts and steaks cheapening in price with the declino of cattle. The butch- ers have maintained their charges re- gardless of what the stockmen were compelled to accent, meeting every sug- gostion of a reduction with the assurance that they had to pay just as much as ever for desirable meat. It is equally certain that for a considerable time the cattle raisers have not been making money. Fer a year past they huve been engaged n efforts to devise plans for improving their position and for mutual protection, and it is only now that they are beginning to see a promise of more favorable condi- tions. It has been suspected and charged that the dressed beef interest was making all the money. A great deal has bean writ- ten about the ring controlling this trade with respect to its unfair minipulation of the market, its unlawful compact with railronds, and its unjust and des- potic treatment of the cattle men. In reply to all this Mr, P. D, Armour says that the whole trouble comes from over-production, and that the idea of monopoly and the tremendous profits of the dressed beef men is absurd. The business is open to anybody who This statement of the case may not be entirely convine- ing, but it comes from very high author- and the inquirer must perforce look elsewhere in the efforts to find where the profits go. The best ovidence at hand shows that the railroads get the largest share of them. Mr. Armour says they get more out of the cattle business than anybody else, and a better return than for any other class of business they do. The Chicago 7ridbune, which has been giving very eareful investigation to this subject, points out that it is the rail- roads that are really getting about all the advantages from the cattle business. Be- fore the inter-state commerce law went into eftect the railroads charged 65 cents a hundred to ship beef to New York and gave a recbate of 20 cents. There has been no change in the rate, but now the railroads keep the whole of it. The 30 cents that was in other years tho profit of the dressed beet men should in fair- uess now go tothe consumers, but in- stead it swells the coffers of the railroad companies. ‘The question whether the present rate is not unreasonable in view of the fact that in past years the railroads were satisfied with-20 cents less is- to be passed upon by the Inter-state commerce commission, but it is questionable whether there is in this any hope for the consumers. Tho interstate commerce law destroyed the compact between the dressed beef ring and the railronds, thereby materially reducing the profits and lessening the mischievous power of the former, but these results have been no advantage to the consumers, for the reason that what the ring lost the railroads gained, The dressed beef men are now engaged in a conflict with the railronds from which the general public may ultimately reap some benefits, but this cannot be re- garded as assured. The fact is, that un- less the existing dressed beef monopoly is utterly broken, and the railroads brought to such rates as their past course has shown to be.satisfactorily profitable to them, no very material relief can be expected for either the cattle men or the consumers of beef. — In the Interest of Money Lenders. When the legislature last winterjpassed the bill which prohibits non-resideny aliens from acquiring or holding real es- tate in Nebraska, nobody imagined that this bill was an ingenious scheme to put money into the pockets of Nebraska money-lenders. On 1ts face the bill was directed against the foreign land barons, and intended to prevent their monopoliz- ing large tracts of land, either directly or through foreign syndicates. lncident- ally the acquisition of rea) estate in this atate by non-resident alien heirs was in- cluded in the prohibition. Upon close inspection, the bill also contains a provigo which has the effect of shutting out all foreign capital in the shape of loans and mortgages. In a let- just received at this office from a bank- ing firm, which has its chief source of money supply in.London’s Wall street our new law is quoted as a bar to any mortgage investments by foreign capital- ists. The following extract from this letter explains itself: By an act passed by the last session of the legislature we are are now prohibited from loaning money on real estate in the state of Nebraska. The act Is known as the alien land law, approved march 81st, 1887, and is clearly meant to probibit land holdings by foreigners, but could hardly be intended to stop foreigners from loaning money in the state. Yet it does soin the following clause: *‘No non-resi- dent alien shall hereafter acquire or hold any real estate or interest therein in the state of Nebraska, by purchase, devise or desoent.” ‘T'here being a conveyauce in the morigage deed, it i3 clearly an interest in the real es- tate conveyed by it. Weo are in hopo that at the next session of the legislature an act will be passed exemptina real estate covered by mortgage from the operation of the act, and in case of foreclosure an allow- ance of three years time to sell it. We shall esteem it a favor if at some time you will call the attention of the public to the act with a view to the repeal of the ob- noxious part of it, of course provided that it is not contrary to your own ideas. We certainly shall favor the amend- meat suggested. It 1s in the interest of the great mass of our people, who are money borrowers. They would profit by the competion of foreign capital. The intent of the law makers doubtless was to prohibit foreign landlordism, not to create a monopoly for home money lenders. But we sus- pect that some of the parties who en- gineered this bill had full knowledge of its scope. There were a good many 20 per cent per month members in the last legislature. e— An Infamous Decision, Dispatches from: San Francisco an- nounce a decision by Justice Field, of the United States supreme court, deny- ing the right of the Pacific railroad in- vestigating committee to compel Leland Stanford to answer certain questions in- volving the corrupt use ot money in in- fluencing legislation. This decision will surprise nobody. Justice Field always has been a rank monopolist on the bench and in his decisions always sided with corporations as against the government or the people. Moreover, the Central Pacific railroad cormorants have always had the active and shameless support of Justice Field through thick and tnin. It was perfectly natural for this rail- road judge to interpose his an- thority in the circuit bench of California, in behalf of the Central Pacific boodlers, who have defiantly refused to account for millions of money which has been im- properly expended by them 1n thwarting national and state legislation and in ad- vancing their private interests to the de- triment of their patrons and the govern- ment. The text of Justice Field’s opinion is made as plausible as a man who rides across the continent in special palace cars at tho expense of the Pacific roads could possibly make it. The country will put its iron 1nterpretation upon this infamous obstruction of the legiti- mate functions of the Pacific railroad commission, Stanford, Crocker and Huntington may withhold their criminal secrets from the commission, but con- gress, if it does its duty, will compel them to answer before a commuttee of its own members with which no railroad judge will dare interfere. Undervaluation of Buildings. In computing the public improvements of Omaha for the present year Secretary Nattinger, of the board of trade, quotes the estimated costs of buildings for which vermits have been given for the first six months of the present year, as aggregat- ing $2,798,075. These figures are decid- edly misleading. They were, of course, taken from the building inspector's re- cord,but that record is practically worth- less excepting as to the number and character of buildings under construc- tion. In the first place, common experience has taught that the estimates of architects of the probable cost of buildings fall all the way from 10 to 25 per cent below the actual cost by the time the buildings are completed. In the next place, our build- ing ordinance compels undervaluation. Instead of charging a nominal fee for a permit to erect a bmlding in the city lim- its, the stupid building ordinance now in force imposes a high-license tax on everybody who has the enterprise to in- vest in building improverents. The rate is graduated by the cost of the building, as if it were damaging to Omaha for any oitizen to invest extensively in brick and mortar. The more substantial and ex- tensive the building the higher the per- mit to build. For every building costing over $5,000 one dollar is charged, so that the owner of a block which would cost $500,000 is taxed $250 for a permit to im- prove the - property of all his neiglibors [ and add- to the real estate value-of the whole oity and insure a permanent tax inoome to the city as long as the blook stands, And yet the actual cost to the oity for the so-called inspection of such a block is no greater than that of the five.story tinder boxes that stand near tire (Juttysburg panorama building. The natural result of such a policy is undervaluation of every building that costs over $5,000 in procuring the buila- ing permit. Thegecord of the building inspector as & bufi m which to com- pute the actual c f building 1mprove- ments in Omaha il fictitious and utterly worthless. Besides being unreliable, it does great harm to the city in advertis- ing to the world that our improvements costso much less than is sctually ex- pended, A striking illustration 1n point is the pamphlet just issued by the board of trade, which prints as ofticial the worth- less estimates of the building inspector's record, The proper remedy should be ap- plied by the council without delay. The ofice of building inspector was not created for speculative purposes, nor is it desirable that an embargo shall be laid upon enterprise. A tax of two dollars for a permit to build a dwelling or storehouse costing less than $2,000 would be sufficient, and from three to ten dollars tor buildings that cost more than $2,000 would yield enough revenue to cover the expenses of the 1nspector's oflice, We want an honest building record or else the inspectorship might as well be abolished. Aslong as the present sys- tem of high license on building enter- prise prevails, the estimates will remain a sham and a delusion, It is safe to add at least 50 per cent to the estimated cost of building under con- struction as reported to the inspector so long as the present ordinance remains in force. THE manufacturers of agrioultural im- plements have garnered a rich harvest from the farmers of Nebraska and tribu- tary territory for years. So great has become the volume of this traffic that the manufacturers have found it expedient and necessary to build and maintain great warehouses and depots for the storage and handling of their goods in Omaha, They have made money when crops were short, and have amassed for- tunes in a single year following a gener- ally full crop in Nebraska, In view of the magnitude of the implement traffic and the heavy demand for farm machin- ery which must always continue 1n this great granary of America, it is strange that up to this time-no effort has been made on a large sgale to mapufacture implements in Nebraska, The field is certainly as promisirg as it was in Illi- nois years ago, and as it is in Iowa now. Lo ] Tae pretended indignation which the Herald suddenly mamfests over the con- vict labor contract is insincere and hypo- critical. The palpable motive is a mali- cious desire to abuse Governor Thayer because he failed to recognize the fitness of the editor for a position on the police commission. Had Thayer made that ap- pointment he would Bave been the best of governors in eyes of the dis- gruntled editor, o' fellows who were down 1n the oil *¥Wéms and fog-rolled with the boodle gang had nothing to say aboul that contract until after the legislature had adjourned. ACCORDING to our sporting cotempo- rary, the Herald, ‘“‘many respeotable peo- ple” enjoy a prize fight and like to wit- ness such brutal exhibitions, That de- pends upon what you call respectable. Will the Herald kindly print a hst of the respectaplo men who witnessed the slug- ging match on the mysterious island last Sunday,barring the newspaper reporters? m—— PROMINENT PEOPLE. Ex-Secretary Manning has been in much better health lately. Moy Gong is the first Chinaman in Wash- ington, D. C., to declare his intention to be- come an American citizen, Rear Admiral Samuel R. Franklin, who was placed on the retired list, is a brother of the noted General W. B. Franklin, Colonel Fred Grant has gone to Europe— some say to escort his sister, Mrs, Sartoris, to this country on her promised visit. Senator Daywes last week joined his com- mittee on Indian affairs, and will inspect the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. The Lexington, (Ky.) Express reports that Governor Knott, after the expiration of his term of office, will remove to Loulsville and practice law. M. Raffray, the French consul at Zanzibar, who is responsible for the latest rumor of Stanley’s death, is described as a pronounced canard-monger, Charles Phelps Wheeler, of Stonington, Conn.,, is the only person living In that town who was made a voter under the old charter of 1063. He is ninety-three years of age. Sir Lionet Sackville West, British minis- ter in Washington, tost several valuable fain- 1ly relics by the fire at Knole, the picturesque Kentish seat of his brother, Lord Sackville. Harriet Beecher Stowe has written a let- ter to a friend denying that she is In poor health, She says that she is able to take a long walk every day,and feels strong and hopeful. ‘The condition of Mrs. John A, Logan is very gratifyiug to her many friends. The fracture of her left stoulder 1s.rapldly suc- cumbing to treatment, and the splint will be removed this week. Her general health is better than at any timesince her husbana’s death. Thomas Anderson, of West Haven, Conn., is said to be one of tuelast descendants of the Mohawk Indians. He s niuety-six years of age, and in a tine state of preservation. He says that he was born at East Hempstead, L. L, and that he and hi& brother, who lives at Fleming, L. L, are the last of the Mo- hawks. % An Interesting individual now in Boston, uses the tollowing mmbe and address: “George R. Lawrence; original tramp printer, United States,” e was pborn in Saratoga, New York, sevdnty-five years ago. Ever since boyhood he had been a journey- man printer. He has set type in Europe, Asia and Africa, the West India islands and nearly every state and territory in the United States. Mrs. Hendricks says that the report that she will shortly publish the late vice presi- dent's letters is totally unfounded, Mr. Hendricks did not keep the letters he re- ceived on political subjects. He seldom wrote letters bimself, and felt that it was only right he should destroy those he re- ceived. Mrs. Hendricks says that she amined five trunks tofind his correspondence during tbe Uilden campaign, but her search Was unsuceessful, e This is About the Size of It, St. Paul Pioneer Prees, Gov. Adaws and Sheriff Kendall of Colo- rado seem determined to bullyrag the Utes iato a bigody war, alihough Marsual Watson B e N S their own ground, are equal to 1,000 sol- diers. This may be where the soldiers are green, and that is what the Colorado militia are. S —— They Are Used to the Performance. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Sir John Macdonald has daubed & large qnantity of war paint over his face, but the Manitorans are amusingly Indifferent to both paint and war whoops, —— Crodit for 1t Philadelphia Press. ‘The only reform accomplished under the present administration during the present month was done by the barber who shingled Secretary Lam overgrown halr. Give —— Why Certainly Not. Madl It Miss Dodge should try that revolver on some of the artists who have made her pict- ures for the newspapers, she would probably not be convieted of anything worse than jus- ifiable homicide. —_—— ‘Ihe Sort of War We Want. Grant County (Minn.) Herald. The Inevitable war between the Minneap- olis & Pacific and the Manitoba roads is on. The longer the fight and the hotter it waxes the better for the farmers living In the sec- tion of country traversed by these roads. —— Tit for Cincinnaté Enquirer. Mr. Secretary Bayard Is right. If Canada persists in worrying us in the matter of our cod pnd mackerel fishing on the North At- Iantic shore, let us worry them in the matter of seal fishing on the North Pacific shore. This is reciprocity, is it not, Mr. Butter- worth? —_——— A Saxon Proverb. 8t. Louis Post Dispatch, ‘There is a jolly Saxon proverb hat is very much like this, ‘That a man is half in heaven When he has a woman’s kiss; But there's danger in delaying, And the sweetness may forsake It So, 1 tell you, bashful lover, 1f you want a kiss, why, take it Never let another fellow Steal a march on you in thisg Never let a lauzhing maiden See you spoiling for a kiss: ‘There's a royal way to ki 'y And the jolly ones who make it Have a motto thatis winning. If you want a kiss, why, toke it Any fool may face 8 cannon, Anybody wear a crown; But a man must win a woinan If he'd have her for his own ; Would you have the Palden apple . You must find the tree and shake it; 1f the thing is worth the baving And you want a kiss, why, take it Who would burn upon a desert With a forest smiling by? Who would Elve his sunny summer For a bleak and wintry sky? Oh! 1 tell you there is magic, And you cannot, cannot break it; For the sweetest part of loving 1s to want a kiss and take it o G e STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. 0 The foundation of the soldiers’ home n Grand 1sland has been completed and fifteen bricklayers have commenced work on the walls. Upland, Franklin county, has been invaded by printers and the Gazette has made its first appearance, with C. E, Andrews as the pencil pusher. Two box cars are serving as a tem- orary depot for the Missouri Pacific at Nebraska City while awaiting the com- pletion of the permanent structure. Burglars ransacked the house of Leroy La Ssfiu in Beatrice early Monday morn- ing, and secured two silver watches and a small sum of money, the property of boarders. A man named James Wise, a stranger, died 1 the Chico (California) station house on Thursday, He was from Ne- braska, and had only been in the state six months. George Trim, of Fremont, tried to ride a bucking broncho, but the beast proved itself too much for the man, and George lost his senses temporarity by coming in sudden contact with the ground. The first passenger train over the Missouri Pacitic was welcomed at Ne- braska City on Sunday by & crowd of citizens, who greeted its arrival with cheers. The time table provides for six trains a day. W.D. Jones and O. M, Streight have been removed from office as cattle in- spectors at Plattsmouth and Archie Mathews appointed to the position. The removed officials announce that they proposo to force Dr. Gerth to give his reasons for their dismssial. The Nebraska synod of the Lutheran church will convene in Beatrice Septem- ber27, and remain in session a week, September 26 the Woman's Home and Foreign missionary society will meetand remain in session several days. The Beatrice opera house was struck by hghtning Monday afternoon, demol- ishing the chimney and the cornice, Several pcople were 1n the house pre- paring tor an entertainment, and were shocked to see a big ball of fire go whiz- zing across the stage. It made them all turn pale, but otherwise they were not injured. The Cass county jail, at Plattsmouth, came near being emptied of its prisoners Sunday night, and but for the valor of Jailor™ Malick and Night Watchman Gapen, there would have been a whole- sale jail delivery. In some unknown manner Knight, the desverado, who is in jail for burglary at Weeping Water, be- came rosscsscd of a revolver. Sunday night he was sweeping out the corridor when Malick entered, and pnllins the re- volver on the jailor, commanded him to throw up lus hands, This Malick refused to do, and a second later Knight shot at him. They were standing within arm's length of each other, and it I8 almost miraculous that the ball did not take effect. Knight evidently shot at Malick’s head. as the ball flew close to his right cheek and the powder burned his face. Before Knight could shoot again he was fired upon by the night watchman, He missed his aim but the ball passed so close to Knight't temple that it knocked him down, In the meantime, young Foreman, the tough contined for shooting a boss on the Missouri Pacitic, jumped from under a washstand where he was mding and pulled the lever opening the cells, shout- ing to the other prisoners to fight for their liberty. During this time Knight had regained his feet and covered Malick with the revolver, but the gun failed to 0 off, though snapped three times in the ailer's face. Malick stationed himself in the door and threatened to kill the first mat who attempted to leave his cell. He then succeeded in pulling the lever lock- ing the cage and weni to the md of Nigat Watchman (}n‘gnn, who had cor- ralled Foreman and Knight in the room outside of the corridor. The oflicers succeeded in disarming the‘Frlioners and returning them to the corridor, thus end- ing the exciting little episodo. . Dakota. The city marshal of Speartish, Bud El- more, has suddenly skipped the town, ‘The annual fair under the auspices of the Black Hills Fair association opens Monday, Sepntember 19, and continues through the week. A Deadwood judge ordered a jury fed on bread and water until a verdict could be agreed on, but subsequently changed the order,*wuch to the jurymen's de- light. ) A twelve-year-old son of John Sisley, living near I{u{nu City, was killed last Thursday while helping nulytharnr«wh ® wire tence in a wagon, The wagon ':nvoly asserts that 100 Indians, chooslng -§1.45, on s was overturned acoidentally and the young Ind crushed to death by the wire. A peculiar disease has broken out lmolax tho eattle on the B 'lo Fourche. The first symptoms are a sorcness about the mouth, which rapidly becomes so bad that they are unable to graze, and unless fed with soft feed die of starvation. Their feot also become effocted and their joints seom to grow stiff. Oolorado and Montana, 0The Moreland hotel, in Gallatin county, has been entirely destroyed by fire. A streak six inches thick, assaying half an ounce of gold and 863 ounces of silver has been made in the Weiser mine on the Hood lode, near Georgetown. A Puebloman named Van Trott refused atramp 25 cents the other day, and in consequence had his throat so badly clashed with a razor that he will proba- bly die. Northern Montana oattlemen are much {rritated over reported seizuros by Can- adian authorities of Amerionh cattle that ‘'step aoross an Imlalnlrly lino to drink the waters of Milk niver." A bladder filled with putty dropped into a creek mear Butte thirtegn years 8g0 was recently dug up an d to have turned into a chunk of steel galena. The assay value of the find is not given. The remains of James Farley were found on the 21st cremated in the smok- ing ruins of his cabin on the Hurley ranch at the head of Lump gulch, near Central City. He had been drunk and it {: supposed fired the building by aceci- ent. Miss Alice Henry, of Aspen, discovered a large bear near her tather’s cabin rec- ently. She was along, but thought she could kill the bear. Taking a ritle she waited until bruin was busy devouring a riz. and then lodged a bullet in his brain. 1e weighed 600 pounds. John Thomas, an old Montana settler, was killed by a rattlesnake bite near Townsend. The snakestruck him on the finger and Thomas dispatched the rep- tile, He then cut it open, bound some of the flesh on the wound and started to ride to a ranch & mile away, but became sick and lay down in the brush, where he was found by a bof three hours later, too late to save his hife, though everything | possible was done. The Pacific Coast. There are 8,200 members of the A.O. U. W.in the Nevada jurisdiction. Q A tunnel has been begun to tap the Parker vein. Wood River, at the depth of 1,400 feet. Some unknown parties are using giant powder to kill fish in Cache creek, near Woodland. Governor Bartlett's physicians an- nounce that he is likely to recover from the paralytic stroke, A SundnY game of cards in Mitchell, Ore., resulted in the killing of J. M. Brackett, a hotel keeper, by Will Dodd, a dispenser of liquid refreshments, 8an Francisco Chinamen are on to all the American rackets. Fong An Ling, alias “Lattie Pete,” has been convicted of having attempted to bribe a police- man, Webber, the second hushand of mur- dered Mrs, Williams at Los Angeles, and who 18 trying to get the children of the murdered woman, proves to be an es- caped convict from Arizona. Johnson Sites, the Plute premier, denies that he ran away with “another man's squaw. He is quoted as saying: “1 pay woman's mother $10 for wife. Everybody satisfied. I live in same campoodle with my old wife—I got two now. We all sleep together. At Fort Bidwell, Northern California, last week, Wm. Vickers, an Oregon des- perado, was shol and instantly Killed at Shiek’s ranch in Guano Valley, Oregon, while resisting arreston a charge of mur- der by Sheriff George Dunning, of Owy- hee county, Idaho. A boy nineteen years of age, name unknown, who fired on the sherift 1n Vicker's defense, was also killed by the sheriff. The sheriff lodged three bullets in Vicker’s brain, and blew :_he top of the boy’s head off at the first ire, Dave Shannon, an express messenger, had a hair-raising experience near Sho- shone the other day which he will long remember. A gentleman in southern Oregon having captured a California lion alive, caged the beast and shipped him to a friend in the east. The beast managed to escape fram his cage, and the intevest- ing seance commenced, the messenger trying to put the lion back in his cage and the lion apparently endeavoring to cago the man, By the vigorous use of a long pole, and the exercise of the mes- senger's full power of profanity, the beast was again driven into his cage. 4 —_—— lowa State Fair, Held at Des Moines from September 2 to 9. Tickets for the round trip from Coun- cil Bluffs, including admission to the fair, le from September 1 to 9, i clusive, good to returr on or before Sep- tember 12. Tickets will be on saw av the Chieago, Rock Island & Pacific ticket of- hee, 5 Farnam street, 8. S. Stevens, general agent. Brevities, Internal revenue receipts yesterday, $4,135.82, The Harry Gilmore division of railway conductors will have their annual picaic to Kremont to-day. It will be an enjoy- able affair. The county commissioners yesterday, awarded the contract for building the new iron bridge over the Elkhorn at Waterloo to the Milwaukeo Iron and Bridge company for $659. B1he W est tHamilton Street Presbyterian church was incorporatod yesterday. The trustees named in the articles of incorpo- ration are William A. Gardner, M. M. Van Horn and William Scott, The motor commenced running on the Bonson line yesterday. Several trips were made between Kennedy street and Benson, one car being atiached to the motor. The trips were successful in every partiaular. Secretary Nattinger has arranged a bulletin in the chamber of commerce showing the state of the markets in the different parts of the unic The first re- those ot yesterday, giving Kansas City and South a markets. sminh Ryan, of this city, was marriage to Miss Josie Keogh, f St. Lows, vesterday at St. Pnilo- mena's cathedral. Thera was a large congregation present, Father McCarthy officiating. The happy couple will make an extended eastern tour for their honey- moon. Master John Robinson, son of Edward Robinson, who resides on the corner of Leavenworth and ‘I'wenty-seventh street, 1cked by a horse belonging to his and had his thigh broken. Dr, Darrow attended the hittle sufferer, and at last uccounts he is on the fair way to recov A. J. Rankin, superintendent of the gas works, was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out by the inspector of plumbing, charging him with violating section 7 of ordinance 1420, which pro- vides for the filling of all trenches on paved streets and alleys by floating in the same with river sand. There was a lively runaway on Thir- teenth street yesterday. A mule team attached to a Merchants’ —express wagon gave a territic oxhibition of speed. At the corner of Farnam strect D. T. Baldwin ran out and seized one of the animals, while F. L, Bonner rendered assistance on the other side. Officer Johnson joined in and the continuance of a runaway that would haye undoubtedly proved disastrous. to limh, 1f not to life, was' prevented. A A ST ASTRHNG S N T 00 TN v Fin POLICE COMMISSION, Refasing Speolal Police and Other Matters. A spooial meeting of the police com- missioners was held yestorday aftornoon in the city hall. A request from the di- rectors of the Omaha Fair and Exposition association for the appointment of & number of special policemen to be de- tailed for duty during the fair at the grounds, was refused. The resolution of refussl, alloged as the causo that there were no funds on hand for the payment of such npoolnlelloo, and until appro- priation should be made for that pur« pose by the council or by the Fair asso- cintion itself the commissioners are powerless to take any nction. The police pay roll for the month of August, amounting to $3,270 was approved; also that of the fire department for the same month, baing $3,803.53. A bill of $350 for the police and fire alarm system was presented and approved. 3 Lawrence Jasperson was appointed & special officer to do duty on Saunders stroot from Cumings street north, and Patrick Powers to the same lmlhlun for sarvice botween Farnam nnd Harney, and Tenth and Twelfth streets. ‘The action of Chiof Galligan in suspending Mitchell Fleming, a pipeman in the fire depart- ment, was approved and on further ac- tion derived from information regarding the cause of his suspension, he was dis- charged. The bill of Dr. Ira Van Camp for $8 for damages done s buggy by collison with one ot the fire trucks, was approved and ordered pmd, after which the board adjourned to the first Monday in September. MORTUARY MATTERS. Facts About Those Who Have De- parted This Life. Charles Lavelle, & young man, 2§ years, died yesterday morning in the hospital of typhoid fever. His remains were brought to Barrett & Heafy's and his sister, Mrs. J. A. Evans, was notified of his death, John Kirsch died at the same place and of the same disease. His relatives live in Troy, Wis. He was a boiler eleanet at the shops. 4 ‘The remains of Thomas Lowinskic were forwarded last night to lowa City by Bar- rett & Heafy. . The Fowler Injunction. Judge Dundy, on the hearing of the motion to dissolve the injunction of the Fowler brothers against the Stock Yards company, with Thurston & Hall for the plaintiffs and Woolworth ocontra, made the following order yesterday. “That the injunction be dissolved or modified, if the defendants will guarantee that new stock shall be issued to the plaintiffs, 1f same is issued to Armour, in such proportion, eto., as one to five so to be issued, or that defendants shall pay plaintifls, 1n cash, one-sixth part of the value of the shares to bo issued, not ex- ceeding 1,500 shares, a8 stated in de- fendant's answer. This, however, to be on condition that the court shall finally hold that defendants have not the right 10 issue new shares, for reasons stated 1n the pleadings. Bond to be given in sum suflicient to secure performance of guar- antee. Condition of bond to be that de- fendant corporation shall abide by ana perform the order of the court in the premises, and its officers to issue to plaintiff certain amount of shares if the court shall so direct. Bond to be given in ten days, and to be approved by the court.” The bond required by the order of the court made yesterday in the case of Fow- ler et al. vs. the Stock Yard company for the security of the performance of the conditions continued in the decree, was tiled, 1t is for the sum- of $35,000 with John A. McShane as surety. Bad For Booths, The license board has decided to charge 1,000 license, the regular Slocum price, for all those who desire to open booths for the sale of liquor during the fair and the G. A. R.reunion. This is done in compliance with the strict letter of the law, and in justice to permanent liquor denlers in" the city. As Mayor Broatch says, & man may come pay a quarter's license ) aoubie that amount during re- n, and then fold his tent Like the Arab, and as silently steal away. ———— Triplets at the Fair, Among the many requests for space in the coming Omaha fair, was one yes- terday from 8 man in southern Nebraska who wanted to know what accommoda- tion had been made tor the exhibition of boy triplets. Mr. MeShane answered that no entrance fee would be charged, and he would be glad to, furnish all the accom- modation required for all the triplet cherubs which might come along. Marriage Licenses. @Judze McCulloch yesterday issued li- censes to wed to the following parties: { Augus Julia Sandberg, Om: ( Andrew Lang, Omah: 1 Anaie Schmidt, Omaha..... ) Alexander Schmidt, Omaba. 1 Lizzie Meitlenger, Omaha. . Frank N. Green, Omaha. . L Nellie Corcoran 19 SORATCHED 26 YEARS A Scaly, Ttching, Skin Diseases with End. less Suffering Cured by Cuticura Remedies. Tf Lhad known of the CUtA REMEDIES twenty-oighit years ago it would have &aved mo #200.00 (two hindred doliars) and an imuenso amount of sufforing. My disonso (Psoringis)iand commenced on my head in a spot not larger than cent | all_over my cules would 24 37 30 28 20 23 9 W Inrs would not tempt mo’to hav wenin, Tam n poor man, but be relioved of what some of the doctc wus leprosy, some_ring worm, I took over on your wid praise tho Co T have mado scnlos ws & boxes of ind threo | ENT, und two cakes ot CuTis .11 you hid been here und suid you 820, you would hiave o the picture in ture number two senses,”) but now I wm asclear a8 any porson ever wns. ‘Through ioreo of hubit and lous to sor purpose. | a b o d twonty- oight yoars. and it got to be & kind of n secon 1thank you & thousand times. you want to know, write me, or onds this muy writ 1o me and I wor it. 13 DOWNING, WBURY, V., Jan, 20th, 1557, or, Ringworm, L Puorinsis, Eczema. 3 k Grust, Dandri Pruritus, S ‘s, Bakers', nd every hen picies of Burning, of the Skin and Scalp 1o poaitively Bkin Cure, wt cured by CUTICURA, the grout QUTICORtA SOAR, un’ exquisite externally, and CUTiCURA RE: Riood Puritier intorn, all other romedies fu ®A REMEDIES aro Rold everywhere. JUTICURA, B0 cents; RESOLVENT, $1.0): gcents. Preparcd by the Poren Diua kMicai Co., Boston, Mass. Send for “How 70 Cultk SKIN Disgasis." PIMYLES: Binckhends, Skin Dlomishes, and Baby' Humors, use Cuticura Boap. KIDNEY PAINS. With the weary, dull, aching, lifoless, all-gono sensi LIEVED IN ONN MINUTE by tho Cutioura Ant-Pain Plustor, Warrantod. At druggists, 26 cents. Potterlirug Co., Boston,