Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1887, Page 4

v beneficial to all classes. - - e Ps ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMA OF SUBSCRIPTION | Daily Morniag Eaition) fncluding Bunday Bre, One Year..... $10 00 ¥or Bix Months. ... LiTem For Three Months .. o 2 0 Omaha Swnday any uddross, One Y ear. 200 ATTA OPFICR, No. 914 AND 018 FARNAM STREFL BW VORK OVPICR. ROOM TRUNE BUILDING. ASHINGTON OFPICE, NO. NTH STRERT. CORRESPONDENCE: All communications relating to news and edi- torinl matter should be adiressed to the Ebi- TOK OF THE Brp. BUSINESS LETTRRSE All businoss lettors addrossed 10 Tne BEj OMAnA. Drafts, checks and %0 be made psyable to the order of the eompany, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAYY, PROPRIETORS, 4 THE DAILY BEE. + _Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebrask * .8 County of Douvlas. Geo. B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bes Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circniation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Sept. 9, 1857, was as follows: Baturday, Sept. 3 . Bunday, Sept 4..... Monday. Sept, b Tuesdav. Sept. Wednesday, Sept. Thursaay. Sept. 8. Friday, Sept. 9.. AVerage.....oouiiees Gro, 15, TzscHUo Sworn to and_subscribed in my presence this 10th day of September, A, D, 1857, , P, FrI, [SEAL.I Notary Pubile. Btate of Nevtaska, | o Douwlas County. { Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of ‘The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily eireulation of the Daily Bee for themonth of September, 185, 13,050 coples; 1850, 12,989 coples; for Novem- 1880, 13,745 coples; for Deécember, 1856, 13957 copies: for January 1857, '16,268 copies; for February, 187, 14,195 coples; for M 57, 14,400° coples; for April, 1887, May, 187, 14,227 copies: fo , 14,147 coples: for July, 1887, 1 093 copiesi for August, 1857, 14,15 Gro. B T: Bworn and subscribed in_my this 5th day ot Sept. A. D., 1897, [SEAL.I N.P.Frri. Nofary Public. Tue secret boom wmanufactories already numerous in this country as the underground bomb manufactories in Russia were some years ago, presence ONE hour of Grover Cleveland is all that Dan can promise Omaha. Sixty ainutes for the hungry and thirsty oflice- Beekers is cutting 1t rather close. Tue number of non-candidates among the politicians is very large just now. There is no occasion to fear a candidate famine later on, however. In the world of politics things are not very often what The Condemned Anarchists. The anxiously awaited decision of the supreme court of Illinoiss, in the case of the convicted Chicago anarchists, was rendered yesterday, aflirming the judg- ment of the court below* The opirion of the court is very elaborate and was con= curred in by the entire bench, although one of tAe justices explained that he did not concede there were no errors in the reeord, as thtre were, but not of so im- portant or serious a character as to war- raut a reversal of judgment. The deci- sion was not unexpected by the publie, and probably not even the condemned men have at any time felt at all sanguine that the result would be different from what it is. They are ordered to be executed on the 1ith of November next, and although one of the attorneys holds out the promise of 1nter- position of the supreme court of the United States there is but little bope in this for the condemoed. The trial, con- viction and execution of these men will constitute one of the most notable chap- ters in the criminal history of this coun- try. It possesses an interest peculiar to itself, and also conveys an exceptional lesson. It is impossible to say with cer- tainty what fruits it may bear in the far future, but the present feeling is that 1t is necessary to the conservation of law and the protection of our institutions from the ussaults of the reactionary ele- ments of society. —_—e The Oak View Confereace. The interest aroused by the conference held last week at the private home of the president, understood to have reference to tariff legislation by the next congress, was short lived. This is doubtless to be explained by the circumstance of its having been a one-sided affair, and there- fore not likely to be productive of any practical result. A meeting of the pres- dent, the seeretary of the treasury, and Mr. Carlisle to discuss the tariff and per- haps formulate a measure of revision 18 not an event which can be regarded as especially reassuring, There are no troublesome difforences to be arranged between these gentlemen, So far as the couatry knows they are in substantial agreement as to what ought to be done with the tariff, and there is no proba ity that this accord will be disturbed by by anything that may hereafter occur. No authentic statement of what occurred at this conference has been given, and and any surmise is very likely to bo widely astray. It is quite possible, how- ever, that the talk was not limited to the subject of tariff legislation. Why may not some serious consideration have been given to the question of how to deal most wisely and effectnally with Mr. Randall, siice this is really the knottiest problem with which the administration and the they seem, Tne injunction against the Red River Valley rond is now dragging its slow length through the courts at Winnipeg, The case will probably go against the province, a3 justice, in these goes with the side having the neaviest finan 2ial batallions. * — DuriNg the first half of September there has been a marked inerease of ac- tivity in the commercial and industrial business of the country. Speculation, on the other hand has slackened. This devotes a healthy condition of things Ttk special fares to Philadelphia this week have occasioned a rate war among the eastern roads which will probably continue after the centennial celebration is over. Such contests among corpora- tions give the public a chance, and the oftener they oceur the better. CAPTAIN MiCHAEL CREGAN, whom Mr, Rice, editor of the North American Re- view, tried to expel from the republican county committee in New York last win- ter, has now left politics behind forever. He was a machine politician, not over- rerupulous as to methods, and was ac- cused of selling out the republican candi- date last fall. ‘WuiLE the heat and the drouth held sway the outlook for our farmers was not promising. But the rains which fol- lowed changed the aspect of things very materially. The late crops will be good and the increase of acreage will make the actual amount of the crops above the average of past years. That there is, in consequence, a feoling of buoyaney among the farmers was quite evident at the recent fair held in this city, and this 1s noticeable now during the state fair being held at Lincoln. The exhibits from the agricultural districts are above the ordinary in many respects, THERE is open war between ex-Speaker Randall and Postmaster Harrity, of Phil- adelphia, now. Thus political friends fall out. Mr. Harrity was made post- master through Randall's exertions, and for a long time he did the bidding of s political creator, but aster a time he tired of this and struck out on an independent roud in the matter of appointments, ete Now each is at the head of a determined faction. This story teaches that the modern democratic statesman has not so ‘wholly renounced personal motives ay he would have us belie ¥ the treasury agent who has charge of the Alaskan seal islands has just been made vpublie He says the department cannot place too high an estimate on the value of seal property and suggests that » small armed steamn yacht be provided to drive oft marauders. Probably 80,000 skins - have been sccured by the latter during the past year. When it is remembered that probably not more than one in ten seals killed 1s secured, the lawless destruction of these valuable animals becomes ap- parent. It would be well for the govern- ment to heed the agent's suggestion. ‘I'nk fight made by the Bk six years ago against the Holly waterworks job saved the city more than half a million dollars. The Bre's sandstone injunction suits three years ago broke up the corrupt method of giving out paving johs in disregard of the choico of vroperty owners who pay for the paving. The injunction suits of the Bee this year bave also bad their wholesome cffect against jobbers by comvelling competition, lo- stend ot paying 60 cents per square to the Republican the pub- lishers of that paper giadly take the coutract for 27 ecnts per square. The Bex's injunction suits have saved the pity more thau balf of the sdvectising ex- penses. maijority of the democrats in the next house of representatives will have to de It 1s intimated that another conference will be held, to which Randall will be invited, It is ex- pected to take place as soon as the prop- ositions agrecd upon at the conference already neld shall have been put into form for submission to the Pennsylvania congressman. If, as supposed, the Oak View programme contemplates the abo- lition of the tobacco tax and a long and deep cut in the customs duties, including wool, iron, coal, and other articles dear to the Pennsylvania heart, it is entirely safe to predict that it will not be ac- cepted by Mr. Randall. Nothingis more sure than that he will refuse any such concessions from the tariff asthe sup- posed plan is thought to require, and he will be neither coaxed nor driven trom this position. Unless, therefore, the Car- lisle wing of the party has something more attractive than this to offer by way of compromise, conferences will be use- less, and the splits of the last two con- gresses will be repected in the next, pro- vided Randall can bold his foliowing to- gether. There is a hope that he may not be able to do this. It is thought not 1mprobable that the influence of the admimstration and the obvious importance to the party on the eve of a national campaign of tak- ing action to reduce the revenues, will lead some of the followers of Randall to desert him, ahd there can be no doubt that the pressure upon him to do this, should he remain obstinate will be very great. Strong temptations of administration favor will be held out, the necessities of the party will be urged with all possible force, and no argument will be wanting that can appeal to the ambition and the party loyalty of men to induce the allies of Randal to abandon him. The promise seems favorable for some very interesting experiences and developments in the democratic camp very soon after the assembling of con- gress. Meanwhile Oak View may ac- quire additional interest and fame as the scene of further conferences in which Mr. Randall shall be called upon to play a part, The Pursult of Blaine, Regarded simply from a business stand- point, it was not an unwise stroke on the part of the Chicago News in sending a correspondent to follow Mr. Blaine on his European tour and chronicls the ovents ana incidents in which he is a participant. It was inevitable that some one or more of the enterprising news- papers of the country would do this, the wonder being that Mr. Blaine has not a score of correspondents at his heels, and the fact of the Neu aving done so shows that it nas a keen eye for a finan- cial opportunity, which is made in this case more valuable because it s permit- ted to enjoy it without active competi- tion, It 15 not questionable that the News is finding it a paying in- vestient, besides attracting to itself a great deal of attention from which 1t will doubtless derive permanent advantage. As to the propriety of the business therc is certainly room for a difference of opin- ion, and such difference exists. The cws has been roundly condemmed for its course by some papers, which affect to regard it as grossly unjournalistic, a picce of unwarrantable espionage upon a private citizen, snd altogether disreputa- ble. The News jusufies itself by assert- ing that Mr. Blaine is not a private ciu- zon, traveling as a harmless searcher after reercation and information, but is giving quite as much care and attention to his volitical machinery as if he were i #t home. He has simply changed his base of oporations without surrendering any part of his political tas Henea he is & propensubiect of newspaper attontion, quite as much as i ho would be if not abroad, in order that | the people runy be properly Informed ro- “nmivx bis actions aud their Appurent designs. . The defense, it must be con- fessed, has plausibility. But there is some reason to suspect that the real motive of the News in this matter is not the business advantage to be gained, nor vet the legitimate ob- ject of keeping the public fully and au- thentically informed regarding the move- ment and public conduct of a distin- guished American citizen for whom a great many of the countrymen feel a very earnest interest. The tone of every dis- patch sent thus far by the correspondent of the News denotes a settled purpose to give every event and incident a color and - significance disparaging to Mr. Blaine, and some of these have been so trifling and inconsequential a8 to bring out. boldly this apparent purpose. Lapses of etiquette, the failure to keep appointments at the exact moment des- 1gnated, alleged uncivilities, and such minor concerns, which are merely ques- tions of breeding and deportment, are given a most exaggerated and wholly indefensible application, and because Mr. Blaine does not put a curb upon every friend and admirer who secks to make a social lion of him it is assumed that he secretly approves such efforts and that his puablic conduct is eyidence of duplicity and hypoericy. If the purpose of the News is to de- vreciate Mr. Blaine at home and injure him politically its correspondent in Europe must find some very different material from that he has up to this time forwarded.. The fact that Mr. Blame has declined to show an obsequious homage to the royalty and nobility of England, that he afironted a cheap princess by going late to dinner, and that by reason of these and other breaches of foreign etiquette, as the correspondent alleges, he is not in favor with the British a tocracy, will certainly not be the least bit to his disadvantage in this country, but is far more likely to benefit him. Itis very probable that the News would willingly forego all the financial gains of its enter- prise rather than 1t should result in any profit to Mr. Blaine, for it very heartily dislikes him, but it may reasonably ex- pect this eflect unless its correspondent shall find something different for the pur- pose of disparagement from what he has 8o far sent, Being on his guard, the shrewd Mame statesman will not be likely to furnish the enemy with any very damaging ammunition, Threatening the Judges. The insolent threat of the Republican to visit dire vengeance upon the head of Judge GrofY for enjoining the fraudulent contract engineered by Taylor and Rothacker through the council in June, will hardly affect the standing of Judge Groff in the eyes of honest men, ospeci- ally taxpayers. The job was so bare- faced that no honorable judge could nave refused under the statutes to enjoin its consummation. Taylor had filed three bids, withdrew the two lowest and with- out comnvetion trom anybody induced the council to vote him a con- tract at 60 cents per square, which he was very glad to take on a competing bid at twenty-seven cents per square. In other words Judge Groff, by annulling the fraudulent bid and bogus contract has caused the reduction of the expense for city advertising by more than one-half. This action of the judge makes the cor- morants his mortal enemies, just as the refusal of General Thayer to appoint Rothacker and Ballou on the police com- mission, at their dictation, has made him | atarget for the venom of these reckless Iventurers. ‘The boast that the Republican “*has no judicial wings, but gets there all the same,’’ 15 an insult both to Judges Wak ley and Groff. Both of these judges sued injunctions against the lawless method of letting the city printing. Both these judges stand high in the com- munity and in the state. If the threats against them are carried further than insulting flings of the rowdy ana boodler’s organ, the people of this city and district will administer a rebuke 1 a way that will show that the courts have their support in the fearless discharge of duty.* CurrLerisit TAYLOR can turn a corner about as adroitly as a railroad pig can dodge a car wheel when trying to cross a railroad track. When the BEE in response to his impudent intimation thta fraud has been practiced on the city by its publishers in overcharges for adver- tising, demanded an investigation, it in- cidentally called attention to the fact that the Bee Publishing company was perfectly responsible, none of its vroperty being covered by mortgzage: This reference to mortgages is twisted by the cuttle-fish jobber into an insulting sneer at the poor workingman. Pity Cadet Taylor, the poor workingman! He and his partuer toiled and labored in the government printing office for nearly three long years on salarics that barely paid their living expenses. When they left Illinois for Washington they were generally considered worse than bank- rupt, but by,industry and thrift they man- aged to scrape up and scoop in a small fortune out of the government printing office, Lo, the poor workingman! Don't insult them, if you please, by talking about mortgages! It is as delicate a sub- jectas 15-cent ik at from $2 to $4 per pound. By the time the council comes limping along with its ordinance regulating the construction of street railways and pro- hibiting the promiscuous tearing up of pavement, Dr. Mercer and his motor gang will have blocked and torn up every thoroughfare between Fort Omaha and the stockyards, KINGS AND QUEENS, The czav of Russia is suffering from rheu- matism, Princess Beatrica is a spiritualist, and she says she doesn’t care who knows it. ‘T'he prince and princes of Wales will eele- brate their silver wedding next year, The ameer of Afghanistan killed his doe- tor becauss he could not cure him of a boil. Queen Victoria directs that her jubilee gift be publicly exuibited in the St. James palace for three months, King Kalakaua has invited San Fi vachtsmen to assist in celebrating tieth birthday on November 16 next. Princess Clementine, mother of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgarla, is assiduously pray- ing, at various shrines, for the success of her sou. The German emperor has given 1,000 i warks to the fund for the erection of a mon- ument in Barlin to the memory of the famous German peet Chamisso. e periods ot Insanity of King Otto, of H Davania, sre becoming less frequent, bus — el thelr Iikeness to the late King Ludwig's tacks Is becoming stronger daily. ‘The empress of Austria, when In England, chose for her resting place the primitive lit- tle town of Cromer, on the Norfolk conet, a healthy, invigorating place, but one with no pretensions to fashion or fashlonable amuse- ments. It is a town gf 1,600 inhabitants, Itis rather amusing to read that King Pomarve V., the rulef of the Soclety Islands, has commenced a divorce against his baby wife, a frisky young woman by the name of Johanna,who owns to the particulary charm- ing age of fifteen, Ilis mnjaslg’ aceused his 0 queen of having a_loyer in shape of a sailor on board a ré::h man-ofwar, I be- lieve her majesty liates accusing the king of intemperancey desertion and Infidel ity, and 8o the case to be tried in the 8 Otahite courts. It will thus be seen that mar- ried life, even in the Soclioty Islands, is not always a bed of roses. ‘The adlpose heir to the British throne, ‘whom his_liege subjects irreverently term “Tummy,” recently fell in love with the handsome wife “of a London artist elf to call upon herona ain evening. 'The wife and the husband did not appreciate the honor, which would have cost the lady her good name, but finally hit upon an to get even with her stout admirer. ‘They issued cards ot invitation to all their friends to meet the Prince of Wales on that evening, and when he came to con- quer he found a crush. The joke was too good to keep, and Wales went “off to Ham- burg for lis health to escape the universal laughter, Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg's de- termination to go to' Bulgaria was,according to the Paris Figaro, made known in Vienna in rather comical fashion. Several of the vrince’s chief servants were let into the secret in order to make the necessary ure- parations, but were s(rlcd{ bound over to hold their tongues. lowever, Prince Ferdinand’s favorite coachman was so proud of his new dignity in the household of a reigning prince that he went post haste to a Viennese stationer and orderea some visit- ing cards to be printed—tead Coachman to his Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgarla. An attache of one of the embassies, cominyg into the stationer’s, saw the cards ready to be sent home, and thus the secret was out. -~ Advice to the G. A, R, Hoston Transoript, Let the association [the G. A. R.] keep Its skirts free from political Intrigue and not permit itself to be used for schemes to de- plete the treasuvy, which are denounced by the most distinguished union soldiers, and public opinion will stand by the organization as at first, ———— The Worst Worm of All, Chicago Tribune. ‘Che much tulked of worm that s said to be destroying the steel ralls of some European roads i3 an insignificant thing compared with the voracious creature that i3 doing the same thing for so many Awmerican rallways. The scientific name of the latter is the Jaygoulds Americanis. It can eat up a whole road in a season. e IR Assaultonth: us Recommended. New York Herald ‘The democrats, therefore, must ascail the surplus or it will be left to accumulate and ultimately to produce a tremendous commer- cialerisis. Mr. Cleveland 18 on record again and again with recommendations to his party to go to the source of this trouble and stop the useless influx of money into the na- tional treasury. e Shakspeare and Bacon. Satuntay Review, First came Liebig, Justus Licbig, Liebig of the Liebig Extract, Who, some thirty years ago, had Bacon'’s sense and Bacon’s text racked, Showing what a fool was Bacon. ‘I'hen came Reichel, showing clearly Bacon stole and spoilt the Org’non— Bacon was a robber, merely. Last, the eritic, darkly brooding, Has the final saltos taken, Solving all the famous myst'ry Of the “firma Shakspeare-Bacon.” Shakspeare wrote the ‘‘Novum Org’non Bacon stole it, but suspected How by learned future Germans. All the fraud would be detected ; And despairing of admission ’Midst the philosophic Lawmas, Like an overrated person, Went and wrote " all Stiaks peare’s dramas. ————— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Odd Fellows of Broken Bow are building a $1,,000 ball. Pavements and sewers are on the list of next year's improvements in Hastings. The incandescent system of electric lighting was turned "loose in Hastings last night. Nebraska City’s cannery is working to its full capacity, and turning out a large amount of goods. The advent of the Adyentists in Grand Island has had a mellowing effect on the warring editorial elements. The Daily Herald has been turned loose again in Plattsmouth, after several years in the cemetery of repose. The Ladora Independent has heen painted a sickly red, owing to an undi- gostible delay in the arrival of 1ts patent interior. ‘I'he Hastings Daily News 18 rushing to the front as a well regu newsy meor, a creait to the publishers and a lessing to the third city. ‘The McIntyre & Heath corps of wan- dering gags soared too hifh for the na- tives 1n Nebraska City, and two members fell to tho carth and smashed a limb each. ‘The Hon. Put O. Hawes is working his jaw in Plattsmouth in behalf of Sioux Falls granite. It is the nearest approach to perpetual motion that the town has seen since the flood. Norfolk thows a watermelon 50x40 and weighing fifty-three and three-fourtlis pounds, the product of & farm near War- nersville. A number of prominent citi- zens are ready to lead an exploring party into the interior. The conyocation of the Episcopal church of Nebraska, North Platte dio- cease, will be held in Norfolk, at Trinity church, September 21, 22 and 23. Bishop Worthington and a number of prominent zymen of the state will be present. braska City has accepted the street railway choker of Silas Clark and will wear it for ninety-ning years. The alac- rity with which™ the 'present sacrifices coming generations for a bobtailed flush excites mingled feelings of admiration and pity. lowa Ttems, Hog cholera prevails in parts of Cass county. 45 Miss Tosalie Hartinggel lost a roll of $4,000 in Burlingtow, | Boone has raised xlz.Fv)o to experiment with an artesian well. A condensed milk factory is being built in Cedar Rapids. Des Moines 1s tryfng to raise £50,000 to secure the looation there of Libble's sow - ing machine ')lsz “Of this sum $31,000 has been pledged. ‘The brewers and distillers in the state have but one peg to hang their hopes of salyation on—the federal supreme court. Pending a decision, however, they are expected to keep corked their jugs of wrath, The coroner’s verdict on the Afton railroad disaster was that the collision was due to the culbable negligence and criminal carelessness of one A, K. Jones, a brakeman, and 8. B. Childs, ‘s conduc- tor. They have been held on the charge of murder. The famous Trappist monastery twelve miles from Dubuque, establishéd forty years ago, has now about sixty monks within it, In connection there 15 & tarm of 1,800 acres. There is but one other house of this Trappist order in the United States. The Des Moines Leader announces that “Major Anderson, the next governor of Iowa, called upon William Larrabee, the presont govenor, the other day.' The reporter forgot tb add that the prevail- ance of prohibition prevented illiam from “smiling” with the major in the chivalric style of South Carolina. Dakota. John B. Finch is lecturing for straight goods 1n the territory. Yankton is advertising for bids for the erection of a city hall. Aronnd West Point the wheat harvest averages twenty-five bushels to the acre. About 25,000 copies of the new book on Dakota, by the commissioner of immi- gration, will be printed. Huron is jubilant over its pmsrecls of getting cheaper coal by way of the Man- itoba railroad now building to that city. Nineteen miles of grade on the Fre- mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road north of Rapid City is ready for the iron. The boss Black Hills cucumber meas- ures four fect six inches in length, and contains a sufliciency of cramp for the entire population, Rev. Wolt Glenn is resting in jail in Yankton charged with incest. The beastly rascal dispensed Methodist sul- phur in large chunks among his flock. is stock was inexhaustible, as his rela- tions with Old Harry were harmenious and friendly. He is from FHutchinson county. Colorado. The Denver exposition opened yester- day with a big parade and a trade's dis- play. ¢ Denver claims to be the bricklayers’ paradise. Wages range from $5.50 to $6 per day. A new theater and musee was opencd i Denver Monday night. It is located on Lawrence street. The home run of the Colorado militia from the land of Colorow is said to have been a graceful and masterly one. Tat. tered battle flags are the only trophies of the campaign, The B. & M, tracklayers have reached Sterling on their way to Cheyenne. Devov and sidetrack grounds are being prepared and the railroad company pro- pose to rush work in order that regular trains from there to the east may be put onina few days. Sterling is looking for an extraordinary influx of population this fall, due vatirely to the arrival of the Burlington. The town is about ninety miles from Cheyenne. Utah and 1daho. The product of gold from the Snuke river placers in Idaho this year will reach $70,000. ‘There are 200,000 bushels of grain to be threshed in Cassia county, ldaho, this season, Silver City, Idaho, will make a show- ing of $200,000 in dust and bullion from the placers and ledges in her'vicinity. The foundation for the new school house at Shoshone is completed and the frame work for the first story in position. The Idaho Central railroad, a branch of the Oregon Short Line, has been com- pleted to Boise City. The event was ap- propriately celebrated. The sheep herds within a radius of seventy miles of Nampa, Idaho, ship an- nually from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 pounds of wool to eastern markets. The country around Boise City has many irrigating ditches, while the pro- posed canals will more than double the present acreage of cultivated lands, Salt Lake capitalists have subscribed liberally to the stock of a railroad to be built from Salt Lake throvgh Skull val- ley to the Nevada state line, a distance of 165 miles. The Union Pacific will back the enterprise. g The metal shipments out from Salt Lake for the week ending Saturday, September 10, inclusive, were fifteen cars of bullion, 879,18 pounds; five cars of copper ore, 140,900 pounds; total twenty cars, 520,084 pounds. The receipts of gold bullion for assay at the United States assay ofli un Boise City for August amounted to £102,231.85, being more than double the amount re- ceived in any previous August in the history of the office. 'The deposits for the four months ending August3l were as follows: May, $81,186; June, $84,282; July, $184,635; August, $102,731; being a total for the four months of $452,084, and an average of $113,2353per month, Montana. Butte is affected with opium joints, Seven hundred pupils were enrolled at the opening of the schools in Helena, A cloud burst on Careless creck, in Fergus and Meagher counties, drowned 1,200 sheep. The shipments of bullion from Butte last weck amounted to ninety-six bars valued at $137,728. Helena claims to be the richest city of ze in the United States. The actual capital employed in establishments in the city 1s §10,000,000. The cattlemen of Montana have pur- chased packs of hounds to protect their herds from the depredations of wolves and mountain lion The Helena Herald s: Montana will belong to the railroads that will oceupy and d op it, The confession will be emphasized with loud *profanity in years to come. The county law has effectively demol- ished the surplus in the territorial treas- ury. Scalps of squirrels, wolves, and prairie dogs have been cashed in by the thousands. Hnndreds of hunters are making fortunes out of the territory's liberality. ey Mr. Mackay's Fortune, Mr. Mackay is a capitalist around whose financial resources fame has shed a sort of halo, mainly on account of the astonishing display of wealth which his wife has made in the capitals of Europe. A belief in the boundlessness of Mr. Mackay's capital has been the corner- stone of the public’s confidence that the tight of the Commercial eable company against the Western Union’s cable would never be abandoned. It is very possible that Mr. Mackay's wealth, like that of many other people, has been unduly ex- aggerated in the estimation of Wall stroet and the world at large by his lav- ish use of 1it. And in any cuse, it cannot be pleasant even for a twenty times mil- lionaire to supply an enormous annual deficit for supporting an_institution like the cable in an apparently hopeless fight. The Western Union sustains its cable losses by heavy telegraph profits, and in any case its losses fall upon the shares of many investors. # drain upon hi (for Mr. Bennett to be Mr. Mackay’s eable own personal pocket hare is not beheved rge), and_has no corresponding This is why some of the strect leaders believe that the cable war is soon to reach a compromise. ———— American and Russian Petroleum, Mr. Boverton Redwood,who is a recog- nmized authority on petroleum, n:urnlty delivered a lecture on the Russian petro- leum mdustry in London. After careful photometrie tests he has delivered judg- ment somew in favor of American petrolenm. He finds that the Rus- oil ‘does not give 8o high an iluminating power as American oil, but there is considerably léss dimmution of the light as_the oil in the reservoirof the lamp falls. The inequality in illumi- nating power, however, is only a matter of refining, “So that" says the Pa Mall Gazette, “with xhaustible supply of the Buku wells and the com petition with Americs, gas is threatened with another serious competitor; 1ndeed the oil suspension lamp for drawing and dining rooms is alrcady becoming a great favorite THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1887 CALLED TO BOSTON. Rev. Willard Scott’s Flattering Offer From an Influential Church. Rev. Willard Scott, pastor of the St, Mary's Avenue Congregational church of this city, has received a unanimous call to the Union Congregational church of Boston, Ma proposition under advisement. T and is now holding the s call is the result of Mr. Scott's visit to the east the past summer, at which time he occupied the pulpit of the Boston church, and proved so acceptable to the people that he was last Friday chosen from & host of candidates as the successor to Rev. Dr. Meredith, the noted divine who has for so many years filled the pul- pit of the Union church. The oficial notice of his selection did not reach Mr. Scott until to-day, although the actjon that the Boston church would take has been known among his Omaha congre- gation for some little time. The St. Mary's Avenue church, although grati- fied that the pastor should be honored with this distinguished preferment, would greatly regret to part with him, and a movement has already been started to endeavor to persuade him to decline the flattering offer. A committee has been appointed with o view ‘to ecuting pledges among the people to increase the salary, and to _put forth such other inducements as will influence Mr. Scott to remain in Omaha. At the meeting of the Boston congre- ation at which the call was extended, ev. Dr. Meredith eulogized Mr. Scott as follows: 1 haye been acquainted with "Mr. Seott for several yearsand | may say that 1 know him, 1 bave thought of himn as the most suitable man for this church ever since it became clear to me that 1 was to leave. Before I went away I said very little to any one about this man, nothing more than to suggest that he be looked up. I thought abont the matter a good deal, though, and was very glad when 1 returned Iast week to find that things were going on here in just the direction 1 felt was best.” 'This man~ Scott Is young, Heisa thoroughly manly fellow, too. Full of ideas and notions ard things, 8 man wio has con- victions, and withal a man of a good deal of sanctified originality. Now you know what my opinion is worth, and can take it for just s0 much and no more, but I think that this is the man of all others for this church and that he will, with God’s help, carry on Ged's work in this church with glorious siceess. In speaking of the call extended by the Union chureh, the Boston Evening Jour- nal of September 10 says: Rev. Willard Scott, who Is heartily called to one of the most influential Congregational g{ulqll« in Boston, is a native of Ansterdam, . Y., a Williams college man, and a gradu- ate of Union Theological Seminary. His first ministerial work was at the Beth Mission, New York city, under the sup sion of Dr. William Taylor. He filled a¢ 0 took charge of the S Congregational church in Omaha, which was then helpad by the Home Missionary Society. Mr. Scott, by Indomitable efforts, not only made the church self-supporting, but brought it into such vigorous condition that several missions were started by it, which have in turn become self-supporting, Mr. Scott, al- though only thir aven vears of age, is the ing clergyman of Nebraska. e hasa wife and famil FOR CHH TIANITY, The Laying To-Morrow of the Corner Stone of the Y. M. C. A. Building. The iron, stone, brick and lumber for the Young Men’s Christian association building are on the ground. The iron has been put in proper shape for the first story by Paxton & Vierling. The stone is dressed and cut in artistic forms by Drexel & Foll; the lamber, all but th roof, is on the ground cut and framed. Mr. Itner has the foundations laid, and it is expected that November will see the building entirely enclosed. The past year has been one of unusual activity in the interests of this enterprise. For years the association has occupied a rented house. But the association idea a8 been growing and developing in the city. Itsutility in other cities has been carefully studied and measured, until Omaha has finally deternnned to give the association a home for its work. A sub- scription was started a year ago for th enterprise, Mr. Himebaugn pledging him- self to give one-tenth of the whole amount promised. About $25,000 was subscribed and there 1t remained until a year ago, when Mr. Warren Switzler was president of the association. It was de- cided to employ a man of suflicient ability and reputation to devote his time exclusively to the raising of this fund. Through the international committee at New York,J. E. Ensign,of Syracuse,N.Y. was commended to the directors here and as a ult of his coming, the association 18 able to build even bet- ter than had been intended, The coruer gtone will be laid to-mor- row, Tharsday, at 4 o’clock p. m. Every body is invited to be present, Mr. Hime- baugh's subscription to this enterprise has already amounted to £5,000, He is the father of the enterprise. He was selected to lay the corner stone, but he 1s not well. He requests the vice president, J. 1. Kennedy, to act in his stead. PROGRAMM Musie... P. Band. Singing Quartette Prayer. U Rev. . W, Savidge Address ... Robert Weldensal General West- tern Secretary Y. M. C. A. Address........... John M. Thurston Roport by’ ¥inaiicial Seerdiary. J. E. Inwign Laying Corner Stone..Vice President J. Iy Kennedy. Singlng. ... Praise God From Whom All lessings Flow Musie.... croeeensUs P Band 8 of the city are especially All minister; invited 10 be present. A MURDER RECALLED. The Bondsmen of Herman Mittman Called to Judgment. esterday County Attorney Simeral filed a petition in the district court on be- half of the state of Nebraska agaiast Her- man Mittman, Gottlot Zimmerman and William Mack, praying for the nayment of $5,000 and costs of suit. [tis alleged that at the January term of the court information for murder in the second de gree was filed against said Mittman; that on the thirtieth day of March following the defendants Zimmerian and Mack, entered into bonds in the sum of #5000 for the appearanco of Mittman at the May term of the court, and on the fif teenth of June, during said term, the defendant was ealled for trial, but did not appear, and his bonds were forfeited. Hence the state prays judgment on the forfeiture for the amount named. It will be remembered that Mittman 15 the burly suloon-kecper who shot and instantly killed W r Durham, bridge contractor, on Septemher 22, 1856, 'The murderous alfair ocenrred in Mitt ma saloon at Millard and was considered so unprovoked that Mittman came very near hoing lynched. Durham was an expert at his bu 188 nnd consid cered a quict, unoffensive man. He was one of the trusted employes of Costing & Mallory, prominent railroad contractors. QO For the State Falr, The ne at the B. & M. depot yes terday gly lively one. The platforms wi crowded with repre sentatives of Om s best citizenshin 4 the state fair. wil! have no cause to complain of the patronuge given by this city to them au the state sgricultural exhibition. The 8:40 special ook down nine cars, ncluding Manager G. rege's " which contained neral Ticket Agent bound for Lincol Th pital Cit; Eustis and sev- eral other prominent oflicials of the 15, & A, uud their {riends. Tho rogular train which did not leave until nm\rl{ 1) o'clock had ten cars all densely crowdod the platform being no exception. Among the prominent Omahans who went down were Senator Manderson, Congressman McShane, Fred W, G W. R. Bowen, Churchill Parker, R. Cushing, Jam Creighton, Chief of Police Seavey, Clark, J. 1. MeShane, Dennis Conning. ham, Georgoe I, Bemis, Dr. J. 8. Cham. bers, F. A, McShane and H. G. Clark The exhibition trot of Jay Eye Sce 15 one of the principal attractions to-day. Lively Runaway. Yesterday morning, shortly after 7 o'clock, g spirited team attached to ong of the Merchants’ express wagons made things excitingon Tenth street. They were standing in front of Paxton & Galla- gher's wholesale house, and becoming frightened at & passing locomotive, started at a break-neck speed up the street, Fortunately there wero few vehicles on tho strect at the early hour. At the corner of Jackson street, how- ever, the team suddenly swerved to the right and ran 1nto the roar of a licensed vender's wagon, wrecking it pretty badly, and scattering the wotatoes with which it was loaded in all diroctions, ‘This stopped the runaways, but started the owner of the potato wagon, one M. Strompf into great excitement. He seized the express team and swore he would not release them until his dam- ages were settled. Officer Dempsey was promptly on the scene and quicted the disturbance, informing Strompf that the owners of the team were the proper par- ties to see regarding damages. In Mouraning at No. 3. The fire laddies at the No. 3 engine house are in a high state of dndgeou. Some thief carried off their pet Australian magpie cage and all. The bird was left hanging out in front of the engine house, as has been the custom all summer, and the 1dea of any ono steal- ing it has never entered the boys® heads, It is a valuable bird as well as great one, having been taught many interest- ing tricks, It talks with a volubility that would make a city councilman turn green with envy. A Cutting Affray. Yesterday Charley Wearne, ono of the vupils of the leavenworth school was seriously cut in the band by a street gamin. It seems the school boys were at play 1n the yard when this strange youth entered and began interfering "in th games, An attempt was made to drive him away, young Wearne being fore- most in the endeavor, All at once the gamin drew a razor and inflicted a cut on Wearno's hand from which he nearly bled to death beforo a physician arrived. His condition is quite serious and fatal results may follow. Dangerous Practice. The conductor of the Benson steam motor is in the habit of allowing the children attending the Walnut Hill school on Hamilton avenue to jump on the car while in motion and otherwise play around the motor. 1f this is continued accidents will certainly occur. - A BALT LAKE CONCERT, In Which Several Omaha Singers Took Part. SaLT LAKE, Sept, 9.—[Correspondence of the Ber.|—The farewell concert of Mr. B. B. Young and Mme. Mazzuecato Young Thursday evening, September 8, was a& complete social and financial success, and 1n many respects & gratify- ing arti: triumph also. ‘The Salt Lake theater was well filled with an andience of representative citizens, who evinced their appreciation of the favorite bari- tone by t| nmistakable and unfeigned cordinlity with which Mr. Young's ap- pearancd was welcomed, To one who opportumty of making the parison, the contrast between an Om audience and a Salt Lake audience 18 palpable and curious. The apathy and stiff conventionality of the former is proverbial and alike oppressive to singer and auditor. On the contrary, a Salt Lake audience, judging from the one studied at this entertainment, is anything but American in its demonstrativeness. A warm current of sympathy circulated through the house,and each face wore an expression of pleased expectancy or sin- cere approval, Of course, where home nt figured cism would have been Y, o gurgling maiden and bashful young man was en- couraged with a readiness of appla that speedily banished trepidation, and put the raw disciples of this divine art on easy terms with themselves, Salt Lake has its share of good material, but itexists in a state of crudeness that is appalling considering it is so frequently on exhibition. As culture advances among the inhabitants of this picturesque yalley the conviction will come home to them that it would have profited them to retain at any cost the only two of the resident musicians qualificd to become the preceptors ot their artistic develop- ment, Among the selections most deserving of notice was the opening duet by Mme. Young and Mr. Mclntyre, the latter a rising youny, pianist, which was exccuted with great brilliancy,aceuracy and force. Mr. Young first appeared in Pinsuti's “Queen of the Earth,” which was given 80 sutisfactorily us to merit a recall. He was especially fortunate, however, in his cond number, the recitative and aria Lend Me Your Aid In Gounod’s opera, the “Queen of Sheba.” Adoniram, tho sculptor, sings this invocation for divine aid, at the moment of casting the great brass fountain for the ten Solomon. ‘The aria is full of grandeur and forcible declamatic could only be done justice to by a singer of the utmost capability. Mr. Young was more than cqual to the exactions of the piece and 1t is to be hoped that it may hereafter b ¥ his” repertoire. Miss Bertha young soprano of some local dis has m aflorded an appeared in (wo numbers, displaying & voic, vith true sweet upper tones th A violin_qu Miss Bayli Mrs. Young to her studies und om- wer. Vhigh regarding Oma that is very pl accompany xpectation ra popular tenor Mr. Brigham, and in no particular did that fail to realize the most favor: alions. His mellow voice ran wl full throughout the auditorium, winning without effort hundreds of admirers. His s9 wis tniistakable and amounted ovation. Mr. Willard Weihe's pers ance of “Souvenir de Bade' deserves particalarizing a3 he is a young man of ded genius and gentiemanly pres +. Attention Lo his urt would gain him scognition any where. The accompani- ments we exquisitely played by Mme. Muzzieato Young, who possesses the art not only of sustaining the singer, but of putting herself thoroughly in” sympathy with him. ‘The success of the undertuk= resulted in Messrs. Brigham and oung giving a song regital Saturday afteruoon. The day following Mr.Y oun, Mr. Brigiam, Mrs. A. I Winn nnd Miss Young made an excursion to tho lake The Omaha visitor was euthusiastic oyer the bathing, and became so convinced of the irability of Salt Luke as a place | estate in the city 5 ) 70 4 (remens dous boow ou his return to Nebruska, M RV Ofensive breath yanishes with the use of Dr. Sage's Catacch Romedy. 4 i