Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 19, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1883 —-—_?—_—_-————_—_‘I———-‘_____-E_—___——-__—-——'m THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNE TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Morning Edition) inclading Sunday, BER, ON6 YOAT . .o0iiiiiininianiinniis L or Six Months r Three Months. 3 e Omaha Sunday T, maiied to any ad- dress, Ono Year ” OMANA OFFICE, NOSO14AN NEw YOouk OF, R BUILDING, ARTTT OFFICE, FouRTEENTH BTR 0 00 5 00 250 16 FARNAM STREET. 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE No. 613 CORRESPONDENCE. ; ymmunications relating to news and edi- tommntter should bo addreseed to the EDITOR OF THE BEE. BUSINESS LETTERS, Al bstness letters and Femittances should ba addressed to THE BEE PUBLISHT IMPANY, OMAMA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to e made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Pablishing Company. Proprietors E. ROSEWATER, ' THE DAILY BE Bworn Statement of Olrculation. tate of Ne oty of Dougthss, fos o seliuck, secrotary of The Bee Pub-. Nshing company, does null-nmli‘ swear that the actual cireulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending April 13, 1888, was us follows: Baturday, :\S»rll T Sunday, April & Monday, April o Taesday, April I Wednesday, Apr April pril 13 Thursday, Friday, Average. 1. TZSCHUCK. Eworn to and subscribed {n my_presence this Uth day of April, A. D, 188, N, P. FEIL, Notary Public, Etate of Nebraska, : County of Donglass, oy Geo. 13, Tzschuck, being first duly eworn, de- oes andl says that he s _secretary of The Beo Publishing company, that the actusl averuce dally cireulation of the Daily Lee for the month of April, 1667, 14810 copies; for May, 1887, 127 coples;’ for June, 187, 14,147 Coplesi for July, 18§75, 14098 coples: for August, 1867, 14,11 coples; for September, 1857, 18349 coples: for October, 1881, 14,833; fof November, 1667, 16,220 coples; *for December, 1657, 15,041 coples; * for January, 1885, 16,200 cop for February, 168, 15,962' copies: for Mareh, 1568, 10,680 copies. i GEO, B, TZSCHUCK. Eworn to before me and subscribed in my presence ths 16th day of April, A, D. 188, . FEIL, Nofary Publi Wiy can’t Dan Lamont play B marck’s role and put his foot down on the coming marringe between Secre- tary Bayard and Mrs. Folsom? Tne Louisinna election returns are " coming in, but the counting is progress- ing slowly. It issaid that tissue bal- Tots stick closer together this year than ever before, THE great Keely motor has again been dragged into the Philadelphia courts. The judge wants to know what mukes the wheels go round. From the array of logal talent for Inventor Keely it looks as if the lawyers’ tongues sup- plied the motive power. Tie trousers, which Balfour took from Editor O’Brien last fall when he was confined at Tullamore jail, are worn out. This explains the reason of Mr. O'Brien’s recent arrest. The queen’s secretary for Ireland is in want of another pair of pantaloons of Mr. O’Brien’s particular fancy. NO BETTER way to beautify Omaha and to increase the value of property at a small expenditure can be found than by planting trees along the curb. Many property owners are already doing their duty in this matter. As Arbor day falls on the 23d, the holiday could not be cel- ebrated in a more fitting manner than by a general observance of tree plant- ing throughout the city. Tne course of political events in Ohio, while generally favorable to Mr. Sher- man, is such as to suggest an undercur- vent that the friends of the senator have reason to fear. A great deal will undoubtedly depend at Chicago upon the fidelity of Governor Foraker, and there is a possibility of this failing. There is great danger that the ex perience of Senator Sherman with Ohio politicians may be repeated. ALTHOUGH the American hog booed in the Syrian mavkets, American petroleum will aguin supply the oil for every lamp from Dan to B For two years the Russian me imitated our cans and labels so closc thut the dark-eyed Syrian was deceived into buying the inferior crude naptha of Russia for the pure oil of our Penn- sylvania wells. But they found out their mistake, and the order comes from Beiruat for thirty thousand cases of prime Amorican petroleum, Tue medical profession has suffered a loss in‘the death of Dr. Agnew, of New York, who held & prominent place as o specialist, being widely known to the profession not only of this country but of Europe. He was among the first physicians called to attend Mr. Conk- ling when his illness became serious, but was compelled by his own illness to leave the case to other hunds. Dr. Agnew made a record of great useful- ness to the cause of medicine. T tailors in Tooley street once upon a time resolved that “*We,the people, demand,” ote, A dozen hood- lums and bums hired by political and porsonal enemios of the editor of the Beg, resolved that “We, the central labor unfon, condemn and denounce a certain journalist.” These cowardly backbiters, who hadn’t manhood enough to name anybody or paper in their great resolutions, furnish a great deal of am- munition to the monopoly hacks and readerless sheots who subsist on subsi- dies from the Burlington railroad and crumbs thrown by jobbers mud ringstors. Tne deal between the fillibusters and anti-fillibusters in the democratic party over the direct-tax bill by which the dead-lock was €0 readily broken is now explained. The fillibusters have agreed to permit a vote to be taken uvpon the direct-tax bill in Deceraber on condi- tion that they can tack an amendment to the bill to remove the existing limi- tacions upon the payment of further claims under the captured abandoned property act. The amount of claims under this act, which are now barced, aggregate about $15,000,000. So that if the directstax bill as amended be passed in December, the north would get about $17,000,000 and the south 15,000,000, The brigadiers would be pleased with this “‘even trade” although the north would get a million ortwo more out of “the bargain, | valuc The Opening of the Debate. The country will not derive any great encouragement from what was sajd in the house of representatives Tuesday for and against tariff reduction by the champions of the opposing forces put forward to open the debate on-this sub- joeet. So far as the spirit of the speeches of Mr. Mills and Mr. Kelly is concarned, it is simply in accord with the political aMlintions of those gentlemen, and to ¢ perhaps be accepted os foreshadowing the character of the de- bate thronghout. It cannot be regarded as a wise or fortunate fact for the demo- cratic leadér to have occupied so much of his speech in the effort to depreci ate what had been done by the repub- licans in reducing i There was in this portion of what he said too much of that sort of political diatribe which, while admissible on the stump, is not well suited to the hall of the house of representatives in inaugu- ating the discussion on a measure of great practical and national import- ance. If it be unwise to debate this issue on purely political or party grounds, it is still more unwise to make it in any degree a subject for antagoniz- ing classes. Judicious men will not think woll of an argument in support of tariff reform that might have thi effect. I another respect Mr. Mills appears to have gone too far for the good of his cause, and that in mak- ing too appavent the free trade senti- ments which he is known to cherish. It an imprudent statement, to say the least, that *‘not more than ten per cent of the goods consumed in the United States would be imported if all the custom houses were torn down and the government supported by direct taxes.” It was an assumption which the necessities of the open- ing debate did not warrant, and which gave no strength to his argument. It simply showed that the force of Mr. Mills’ real sentiments regarding the tariff was too strong to be kept entirely in abeyance. he speech of Mr. Kelly followed the lines which he has made familiar for twenty-five years. If somewhat less political and partisan than that of the democratic leader of the house, it was characterized by a much closer adher- ence to the old ruts of argument. Per- haps nothing different was to bo ex- pected of Mr. Kelly, whose life work has been the advocacy of high-tariff protection, and who has grown too old in this service to be influenced by the changed conditions. On this ground his selection to open the debate against tariff revision and reduction was per- haps not a mstake, but in so far as he may be regarded as representing the general attitude of republicans the selection was unfortunate. It very likely would have madoe little differ- ence, however, if any other of the re- publican members of the ways and means committee had been put forward to open the debate, since their report shows them to be in full accord. The course of the debate will un- doubtedly develop an abler and more judicious treatment of the tariff ques- Yion, from both points of view, than is shown in the speeches of Mr. Mills and Mr. Kelly, but these may be regarded as foreshadowing the line of argument that will be presented for and against tariff revision and reduction. There is nothing in this promise that is reassur- ing. It will simply be fighting over #he old battle, with every probability of a Jike termination as in the past. The National Banki After the questions of taxation and revenue, just now the most pressing, shall have been disposed of, assuming that they at some time will be, the next most urgent matter to command public attention and eall for legislation will relate to the money of the country, with particular reference to the national bank currency, This subject has made its appearance in a casual way at every session of congress, and at the present session with rather more prominence than for several y In vy dis- cussion in which ‘the currency figured future of the national bank note has sived consideration. A few days ago when the bond purchase bill was before the senate Mr. Sherman found opportun- ity to say a good deal in defense of the national banking system, which he be- lieves it to be the purpose of the dem- ocracy to overthrow. On that occasion the Ohio senator said: *‘But the na- tional banking system proved to be the best that ever was adopted in the history of mankind. It is copied by other nations, and the principles upon which it was founded, though it was es- tablished in the midstof civil war, have grown stronger and stronger, and its whole life been a vast benefit to the people of this country. It has furnished a local cireulation in almost ev town in the United States, and this circula- tion has fed the fountains of business at home. It is the menns by which monoy has been made active, by which crops have been moved, by which trade and industries have been carried on. Its benelits have been un- told to the people of the United States.” The charge that the system has cost and is costing anything to the people of the country the senator denied. The character and relations of the banks, and the duty of the government with regard to them, were again dis- cussed in the senate on Monday. Sena- tor Farwell, of Illinois, spoke on his bill providing for the investment of cer- tain funds in the treasury, and gave notice of amendments intended to secure the continuance of the national inking system. Oue of these divects the seeretary of the treasury to issue and sell to national banks, at par, for United ©s notes, bonds of the United States, bearing interest at two and one-hall per cent., re- deemable after fifty years, such bonds to he used as security for the circula- tion of national banks; the other amendment provides that the secretary of the treasury may, in order to enable the banks to maintain and incrense ilation, and to prevent their struction by the purchase or payment of the national debt, r ive as security for civculation state, county or muni- cipal bonds hearing not less than four per cent interest, having & market value equal or greater than their face , and upon which the intevest has & Systen s, ev | been promptly prid. Senator Farwe Il advoeated the refunding of the national debt at two and ‘one-half per cent, al- lowiig.’ national . banks circulation on such reduced bonds at par. Op- position to any legislation for con- tinuing tho national banks was voiced by - Senator Reagan, of Texns, who declared that the banks had been “guided by a policy pe- culiarly their own and at war with the best interests of the country,” and by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who char- acterized the bank note currency as “mushroom stuff” which had already brought distress upon the country. Under present conditions the banks cannot outlive the national debt. Un- less legislation is provided for their continuance the limitof theirexistence, as banks of issue, will be 1907, the brief period of nineteen years, But many of them will not wait to veach the period of natural death. Undoubtedly more or less of them will from year to year surrender their privilege of issuing currency, so that it may be expected nearly all of them will cease to have circulation several years before the, will be forced, under existing condi- tions, to abandon it. It is claimed there i sent no profit to the banks in reulation. 1f that be so there is on to suppose there will be profit hereafter. The advancing value of the bonds necessary to secure eirculation is a fact against the organization of new banks. 1n short, all the circumstances of the situatfon forbid the idea that the national banking system will bo en- larged,'but on the contrary assure its gradual decline. The question of universal interest to the people is, therefore, shall provision be made for continuing the national banking system, or shall it be allowed to expire and the circulation thus lost to the country be replaced by other forms of currency, as gold and ver cortificates, comn or greenbs This question is surrounded with diffi- culties which it will be the duty of con- gress to wisely and thoroughly consider when other matters of greater urgency are out of the way. Tue death of Roscoe Conkling will doubtless renew discussion as to several matters concerning which there has been controversy, One of these relates to his views regarding the presidential eleetion of 1876, and the method adopted to determine the result. It was freely aimed at the time by the democrats that Mr. Conkling believed Mr. Tilden to have been elected, and this claim seemed to gain strength from the fact that Conkling manifested no sympathy with the planof an electoral conumis- sion, preserving throughout a studied silence with regard to the election and to that project for determining the result. The rvepublicans were more solicitous regarding his opinion than that of any other man in congress, and it is well remembered that great pres- sure was brought to bear to induce him to make some expression on the matter, ‘When the electoral commission plan was being formulated, and tho greatest anxiety prevailed throughout the coun- try, it was reported from day to day that Roscoe Conkling was preparing a great speech on the subjeet, and never was promised utterance awaited with greater solicitude by men of all parties. The specch was never delivered, and y none was prepared, though ble Conkling did at one time intend to speak on the matter, Had he done so, there is very little re son to doubt that it would have been in opposition to the electoral commission, on the ground of its unconstitutionality. Is it not morc th likely that the counsel of General Grant dissuaded him from doing this? The other matter of controversy relates to whether there was an understanding between Garfield and Conkling in 1880 by which in consideration of the latter engaging ly in the campaign he was to be to control ull appointments under the administration, in the event of Garfield’s election, in New York. The friends and adherents of Conkling have lways insisted that there was such cment, and charged Garfield with betrayal of a solemn compact in appoint- ing Judge Robertson—an ardent sup- porter of Mr, Blaine, who refused to be bound by the unit rule in the conven- tion of 1880—collector of customs at New York. A great deal has been said on both sides of the controversy, but so far as we know Mr. Conkling never gave any intimation that there had been such an agreement. The inference, however, was supported by strong circumstance and there are doubtless very few who do not believe that the price of Counkli support of Garfield was his control of the New York appointments. With regard to both these matters history can make no aythoritative statement, since the only man who could remedied all doubt was silent respect- ing them to the end. Perhaps it is well for his own fame, and for the fame of others, that he was silent. an have Tue collapse of the American ex- change in London and the disclosures incident thereto, will not improve the foreign imate of " American character for honesty. The object of the institu- tion was good, and had it been honestly managed it would have been of great sorvice to Americans abroad and profit- able to those in charge of it, but it is shown to have been conducted solely with reference to plundering its confid- ing victims, some of whom ave he losers by its collapse, The concern was given a rveputation by the connection with it of several reputable men, among them Senator Hawley, who was the president, but these men appear to have veally kmown very little about its opera~ tions. - There is perhaps some excuse for the not being better in- formed regarding it, but they will nevertheless have a share of the blame for the collapse. Already the matter is being referred to as likely to bea dis- advantage to the presidential chanc of Senator Hawley, foresh adowing that in the event of his being nominated for cither place on the national republican ticket his connection with the exchange would be used against him. Yet no fair man will doubt that General Haw- | loy' was entirely innocent of any -sus- picion that the concern was being man- agedin thé ungcrupulous way Wwhich the disclosures show. It will probably be some years befbre another attempt is made to found dn Ameérican exchange in London, for Wwhich there is perhaps no urgent need, but the most serious feature of the matier f3' the added stigma which the collapse fixes on the American character for fair dealing. There are eome very trenchant swriters con- nected with the central labor union. They know how to use the English language 8o as to leave no doubt as to their meaning.—Re- publican. Those trenchant writers dotheir work principally with the venomous pen. They are men who labor off and on in the manufacture of screeds and slanders against the editor of the BEE, and have their headquartors and hindquarters in the office of the great dilapidated on lower Douglas. The applicants’ pigeon- holes in the BEE office are choked with appeals for employment from these dis- gruntled writers of trenchant English, who delight in playing the bushwacker from behind the screens of the so-called central labor uniof Tne stronger the prohibition laws are made in Towa, the weaker her officials become. Some time ago a quantity of liquor was seized in a whole- sale house at Des Moines. But the con- stables who took it manifested a dispo sition to be bought off. The liquor™ dealers acted on the hint and then turned around and had the men in- dicted for receiving bribes. It will now be in order for Towa to call a spec- ial session of the legislature to pass laws dealing with official crookedness. POLITICAL POINTS, The Mississippi republicans held their state convention. The sentiment was said to be in favor of Sherman’s nomination at Chicago. The Tribune 18 workingZso sincerely for the nomination of Depew for president that we are in daily expectation of secing it pre- sent a sketch of his carcer as a census taker. Mayor Hewitt went into a Park row rest- aurant the other day and ordered an Irish stew. “One anti-Hewitt,” screamed the waiter, who failed to recognize his customer. 1t is o remarkable fact that a free trade club of 250 workingmen was formed at B dock, Pa., Wednesday night. This is the heart of the iron region and hot-bed of pro- tectionism, E The Cincinnati Enquirer is one of the democratic newspapers that appears to pre- for Gresham to any other possible nomince of the republicans, It may be remarked that the Enquirer has never approved Cleve- land’s policy. Dialect stories abiout the presidential aspir- ants are now in order, and a neighbor of Judge Gresham is the first to be heard from. “Quick and strong as lightnin' and straight and squar’ as a window pain,” is his charac- terization of the judge. William H. Barnum is said to have become thoroughly dissatisfied witii Cleveland,and it is believed he will endeavor to secure a del- eggation from Connecticut to the natioual con- vention which will support the ridiculous pretensions of David B. Hill. The Cameron club of Philadclphin adopted a resolution endorsing Don Cameron for the presidency. A promment member said-that during a recent trip passing through eleven southern states, he found Senator Cameron the favorite among republicans for the presi dency. Congressional Delegate Voorhees of Wash- ton territory has declined to represent that promising bit of country for another term. Papa Dan should look after that young man. A Voorhees who declines an office has some- thing wrong with him, The Cleveland Leader declares, at the close of a political review, that “Ohio is for Sherman; every republican paper in the state, with possibly two exceptions, is sup porting his candidacy, and the Ohio repub. lican delegation will vote for him solidly at the Chicago convention.” Senator Hate, of Maine, is now accused of presidential aspirations, and the Washington Star thinks “‘Le is laying plans to capture the Blaine following in the cast, and that his resolution to investigate alleged disregard of the civil ser: aw by the present admin- istration i fully piayed trump card in ne." cland’s majority over Blane in New s just 4,412, The narrow margin of democratic safety in that state is made still narrower by the return to the republican anks of thousands of temperance republi- ns who have been acting temporarily with the prohibitionist organization; and that man is a fool who can not foresee the inevita- ble result of any attempt 1o force upon the democrats of this great manufacturing and protectionist state a free trade platform and a free trade candidate, s An Immigration Ad. New York Star, hiclds of Omaha, has decided that en an attorney doesn’t charge more for vices than his client has the fee is not onabie. ~ An immediate emigration of to Omaha may be expected. e An Ol1d ck of the South, Philadelphia Press, Colonel Shakspere is running for mayor of New Orleans, but even if he were elected 1z~ natius Donnelly would probably claim to show by a cipher in the tally sheets that the votes were wmeant for some other man, L Nitional Horse Market. Chicago New For several days the Wushington corres- pondents have beew cenfining their dispatches mainly to deseriptions of tho horses of mem bers of congress. Af; the statesmen do not begin to bestir thorgolves soon they will be completely overshadgwed by their own live stock. . AG lawyer The tie: e — and a Soldier, Atlanta: Constitution, General Alfred Terry may be the re publican candidate f@ governor in Conneti cut. The general was stationed sin Atlanta during reconstruction times, and he is re- 1 here as p Reutlewan as well as a 4 RO A Trust is B8 For Farmers. St. Louis Republican. Walter N. Allen, president of the Mr. ‘Farmers' Trust” in Kansas, undertakes to dewmonstrate that competition is a disease and monopoly controls the only natural and healthy way of dong business. Mr. Allen's proposition is that it is not only possible but laudable for the farmers to corner the grain and produce markets. We do not belicve that it would belaudable. We are sure it is impossible, It is tolerably certain, however, that if “‘a national farmers' trust” existed the president and board of directors would be in luxuriant clover. -~ The Real Facts in the Case, Boston Advertiser. The revelations made concerning the affronts offered our citizens in Morocco show clearly thet the affvonts were intentional Such outrages are 8ot put upon other for- oigners by the Moors, becauso they know that the result would be a paval force in the harbor of Tangler, Our demonstration has been the appearance. of the wrptched littls apology for a war vessel, the “Entérprise.” It provokes nothing but derision. Our gov- ernment plainly ought either to withdraw from all relations with Morocco, or else com- pelby force some attention to our treaty An Eastérn View of It. Springfleld Republican, The Towa legislature, which adjourned, had an exciting session, but did not accom- plish much of parmanent vatue, Prohibition- ists are grumbling becauso more radical tem- perance measures woro not passed, and on the other hand there is complaint that the new pharmacy law puts a stigma on drug- gists, and makes it almost impossible to get liquor and spirits for even necessary pur- poses. A bill to regulate railrond fares failed and the only thing that was done in the way of railrond legislation was to apply the prin ciple of the Interstate commerce law within the limits of the state, and to make the rail- rond commission electiy RO Volunteers Wanted, Philadelphia Record, The Tarift Reform club, of New York, has issued a circular which contains the follow- ing points for the consideration of the people of the United States 1. That the prices of all the necessaries of life which are affected by tanff laws are higher than they would be under a properly revised tariff. 2. That the existing tariff enables combina- tions of men. “Trusts” and monopolies to levy a continuous toll upon a vast number of articles consumed by the masses, thus bene- fiting a small minority at the expense of the whole people. 8, That the amount of these exactions—be. ing the difference between tthe prices paid by consumers and prices which would be paid under a proper revision of the tarift—exceeds £500,000,000 & year. 4. That the wages of those engaged in the “protected industries,” so called, are in no manner increased by the tariff, andthat the artificial stimulation of prices through ““Trusts,” combinations and monopolies pro- duces 1o benefit or advantage whatever to the workingman. The club promises to lay the evidence of these facts before the voters of the country, and it calls for volunteers to assist in carry- ingtoa victorious conclusion an issue in which the welfore of the whole people is in- volved. 5 —— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Plattsmouth’s pontoon bridge is under way. The Aurora, Broken Bow is trying to Northwestern road. The Greely News and Independent has been consolidated. A Beatrice fireman lost a hand in oil- ing the engine at the waterworks: Bight thousand three hundred acres ‘;( land in Cheyenne county sold in one day. dog poisoner is at large in secure the Hildebrand, of Pawnee City, we taud, has purchased the St. Paul Free Press. Plattsmouth has organized a pontoon bridge company with eighteen sections and $50,000 capital, Prosser is the name of the new town on the Missouri Pacific road on the west side of Adams county Mrs. Saxon is delivering lectures in favor of down-trodden woman, and de- mands that they be given their rights. Fremout offers an interest in the gol- den streets of the hereafter for a few slices of ordinary pavement for present uses, Charley Green, the Burlington white horse blonde. trying to scare the strikers of Plattsmouth with threats of of arvest for conspiracy. The pr of the state is, filled with cards of thanks from the B. & M. to those who exerted themselves ‘‘so zeal- ously” for the compuny’s good during the M count, Briney, of Alexandria, Thayer , who was supposed to have been mad-dog, after going to sev- eral places and trying the virtues of a mad-stone discoved that the dog had only scratched her face instead of biting her. Towa. Dubuque has adirectory population of 35,000). T'here are six licensed dealers in bo- gus butter in the state. Mitchell county rolled out 2,018,62 pounds of butter, worth $587, 1 The Catholics of Barnum, Webster county, have contracted for a church building, to cost 3,000, The liquor business in Clinton is now confined to the bootleg and back yard. The private jug isalso flourishing. Contractors are holding off from 1z jobs in Dubuque because the mechanics are asking more wages than the build- 5 feel able to pay. The plans for the improved Julien ‘house are now ready, and it was expected work would be be- gun right after the 2d of May, the date of the democratic state convention, hut thisdifliculty between the bosses and the men interferes, Dakota. warrants are wdwood 70,000 in County 14 cents helow parin 1 Huron ow standing warrants. A number of Indian churches are being constructed on the reservation at Fort Bennett. Sioux Falls is short on houses and long on tenants. Itents ave higher than the price of salvation. MecPherson county cattle have passed through the winter'in good shape, Very few losses are reported. The republican territorial convention to elect delegates to the national con- vention will be held at Jamestown May 16, More final proofs have been made at the Yankton land office during April than for the same time during two years past. . The Black Hills papers say that with the pleasure of nearer railroad com- muniecation is mixed the pain of book agents. Th of Rapi zine and took a long pull, lowed in an hour, Less wheat than us Sully county this spring, as the are turning their attention to cattle hogs and the coarser grains. Some farmers who left Mandan for Washington tervitory a few weeks ago ing back as rapidly as they can, say that things are overdone on near the coast, and the happy me- dium is, in their opinion, somewhere on the Missouri slope. bonds and out- oung son of William Summers, City, grabbed a bottle of ben- Death fol- A Jealous WasuiNGToy, April 18.—[Speciul Telc to the Bee)--Edwin Watterson, Henry Watterson, proprietor of th Journal, was arrested last evening with assault with intent to kil Mrs, Unko: a widow, who boarded at his boarding house Watterson asked Mrs. Unker to br engagement she had made, and when she re fused he drew a penkuife -and cut her in the wrist. Jealousy was Lhe v will probably be no prosecuti 1st, ak an he \ere { same partic QUARRIES OF COLORADO. The Immense Granfto and Sandstone Output. The rapidly increasing consumption of Colorado stone for building paving and curbing purposes, combinted with the demand for this stone coming from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, in- duced the Denver Nows to interview Mi. James O'Reilly, assistant suporin- tendent of the Unfon Pacific stone de- partment, for the purpose of ascer ing the magnitude of shipmenis for t yoar past and to secure an estimate of shipments for tho year to come. Mr, O'Reilly was found at his desk at the Union depot, busily reading a telegram from Lincoln, Neb., making inqu with reference to dimensions and prices of 90,000 foet of paving and curbing stone, upon which the author of the telegram, an extensive contractor, de- sired estimates and prices, “I have been in the business ever since I was sixteen yoars old, and I am now sixty-six years of age,” said Mr. O'Reilly. “However, my experience with Colorado quarries is confined to a very limited period, having come to Denver to assume the duties of assist- ant, under Superintendent A. C. Beck- with, early in March last. Therefore, T am not in a position to give the News o great deal of specific information in the absence of Superintendent Beoks with, who is now in Wyoming. My ex- perience of fifty years in this branch of business induces the statement, how- over, that the shipment of stone from the Colorado quarries is as yet in its carly infancy. In ten years from the present it will have redched a magni- tude far beyond the expectations of any one not thoroughly acquainted with the rare good and enduring qualities of Colorado sandstone and granite. YET TO BE DISCOVERED. “When I say the business is yet in its infancy I mean to be understood as affirming that there is an empire of wealth of u still better quality u} stone yet concealed in the mu‘\--rihhml moun- tains. There is stone there that will withstand the mutations of any climate and endure through ages. When it is discoverad and adequate facilities given for its shipment, I believe it is within easy range of the possible for Colorado to supply St. Louis and even Chicago with the best grade of building stone at rates that will displace the native stone of Missouri and Illinois from extensive use. The building stone of these states gradually yields to climatic influences, and it is especially susceptible to the effects of frost and intense cold. Colo- rado stone isof a composition that defies the corroding influcnces of time and climate, and_there is practically an un- limited field for its use for building material, paving and_curbing, in the states of Kansas and Nebraska, neither of which states possess any adequate stone supply for the purposes indicated. TIHE QUARRIE “The Union Pacific q ted at Buckhorn and Stout, in Laramio county. The company is at present giv- ing cmployment to 300 men, but this force will soon be increased to 500 or 600, since we are in receipt of extensive or- ders every day from Omaha, Kansas City and Topeka. You see the Colo- rado quarries enjoy some advantages over those of Illinois, Towa and Indiana. In the latter states work can be prose- cuted only five or six months in the year. When cold weather approaches the quarries have to be flooded in order to protect the exposed strata. from frost. This involves a large asxtra cost, which is seriously augmented by the expense of pumping this water out in the spring. In the Colorado quarries work can pro- gress all winter without cessation, ow- ing to the mild climate. Notwithstand- ing these great advantages we are far behind in filling our orders for last year. Why, the demand from Omaha was of such magnitude that we are 26,- 000 cubic yards behind_in our orders from that point on the demand for last scason, and here is a telegram from the calling for an additional supply of 40,000 cubic feet. The great bulk of our present shipments are to Ka in general and Topeka in par- ticula The demand from this source is so urgent and extensive that we find it impossible to fill Kansas City orders. DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED, “While the stripping at our quarries is comparatively light, averaging about three L-ut of dirt, violent upheavals of nature and probable voleanic action has forced the strata of the mountains out of horizontal position and left the lay ers resting on_an incline that makes quarrying quite diffieult. The stone taken out at Buckhorn and Stout varies from four to thirty inches in thickness, We avoid blasting as much as possib) preferring to use the drill and wedge By the lattor method u great d of waste is avoided and, again, it assures getting the stone out in better condi- tion. 1t comes out solid and square, 1n- stead of shattered and eracked, as would naturally ensue from blasting. Asa general rule the ledges run into the mountain in even stratas, but oc- casionally wo find places where, in ages long gone by, voleanic action has searred, eracked and broken the ledge. until they have been seriously impaired This is the exception and not the rule. SHIPPING FACILITI “We enjoy the bestof facilities for getting this stone to market, The road runs directly to the quarries, about seventy miles distant. Two trains are kept constantly in this service, and as the grades arc sy an ordinary engine of forty tons wei ily haul fif- teen to eighteen A flat ecars to Deny The aggregate value of our shipments lust year? Let me look at the hook After a pause: *“Well, we keep the record by months, and [ have not the time to mike an accurate exam- ination, but taking several monthly ag- . s and waking a rough esti- mate, I will pl the value of shipments last y at - §275,000. The supply? There is cnough building and paving stone in Colorado to supply the world for centu ries yet to come, ~ The wenlth of } stoné product is equal to that of her gold and silver mi Vast quantit of this stone are used in the construction of our state capitol building and Deny school houses. The demand this sum- mer will be greater than ever before, and when the quarrios are fully dev oped and good hlliwlrilm weilitic yrovided the annual product ten years hence will run into the millions of dollars in value, I could give the News agreat deal of interesting and val- uable information, were it not that Superintendent Beckwith has with him some of the more important statistical records of the Stout and Buckhorn quarries. S0 soou as he returns, I will be pleased to furnish material for an claborate statement of Colorado’s stone husiness.” A Wet Pastor. While two Chieago policemen were out with a 800-foot chain marking the saloons thut we in the prohibited distance of churches and schools the other day, they went into I'red Youn- gor’s saloon, corner of Garficld and Lincoln avenues. You will have to quit business he; that's orders,” said “Why?" *Becanse Policeman Bart the First Luatheran Plattdeutsche church is upstairs, and after this you can't keop u n within 200 feet of any church, much less run a saloon in 1he same building.” *“But, mein Got 1am the pastor of the church, ixun-l wored the astonished saloon-keeper, The officers retired to prosent this new phase of the case to Capt. Shaack, -~ Infamons Resolutions, The prominence given by the local pross to the so-called resolutions pur potting to have been adopted. by tho Omaha Contral Labor Union impels mo to make a statement over my own name with regard to the construction of the Bk building. Bofore doing so T brand thosa resolutions as a tissue of malicious falsehoods unworthy of any honorablo or decent member of the building craft, Whoover the Central Labor Union may be, the parties who have given publi- city to these slanders are not reputable mechanics, but hirelings or designing political and personal onemies. 1 need only cite four of the eight sections of these infamous vesolutions to convict the authors thereof asunmitigated liars and scoundrels: Whereas, The Central Labor Union, com- prisiug the foderated trades of Omaha, view with shame and humiliation the actions of a man, who professes outwardly and through the medium of a great journal his friendship for workingmen, and, ‘Whereas, Through the medium of his jou nal ho has presumed to toach us that organ- ized labor should be encouraged and fos- tered, and, Whereas, The only job now being erected in Omaha where carpenters are compelled to work more hours per day than other contractors demand, be the one which the aforesaid journalist iimself erecting, and, Whereas, Fle hias and still refuses to accopt union labor on the brick work of said build 1ng, and by so doing allows it to be erected by Useab” labor. This is a dead give-away on its face, The Bee building is to be a strictly fire-proof structure. Up to this day not a foot of lumber has been used, and yot asingle carpenter is at work on the building, nor has there ever been a car- penter on the building, and no contract has yet heen made for the carpenter work, which will be necessary in finish- ing. This ought to dispose, effectively of the malicious charge that the ca penters employed on the BEE building are compelled to work longer hours for less pay than any other: It is a downright falschood that I have refused, or “‘stitl refuse to accept union labor on the brick-work of said building.” T have never employed a single mochanic, bricklayer, stone- cutter, iron-molder or hod-carrier at work on the building, for the very best of reasons, namely, that the granite work is being dono under contract with Jackman & Sher- man of Chicago, who are to furnish the granite and place it in the walls for a fixed sum of money under a contract made last September; that tho brick- work in said building is being done under contracts made in September and December, 1887, with John F. Coots, and the iron work is being done by Paxton & Vierling, under a contract made last October. I have no control whatever over mon employed by these coutractors, nor can I interfere with them without laying the BEE Publish- ing Company ligble to damage suits for breach of contract. While I should pre- fer to sce union menw employed by Mr. Coots, and have repeatedly told him so, and urged arbityation with the union bricklayers, I can.only hold him re- sponsible as contractor for the work ho does. T certainly derive no benefit from inferior work, if any such is done. When Mr. Coots commenced to erect the walls with non-union bricklayers, a committee of the bricklayers’ union called on me and warned mo against in- ferior work. Itold them I was not a competent judge of brickwork, but would at ouce send for Mr. Beman, the architeet, I telegraphed Beman tho same day. He was sick at the time, but reached Omaha within four days vthere- after. The committee of bricklayors asked that 1 should employ a superin- tendent, but expressed preference for a non-resident who would show no partinl- ity to the contractor. On my request Mr, Beman engaged as superintendent Mr, J, 8. Baker, of Milwaukee, who had been the superintendent of the North- western Mutual Life insurance com- pany’s building in that city, planned by Mr. Beman., Mre. Bal since lust we y per month for Does this show tr has been horo nd rec 200 the work. chery and want of faith on my part? Can reasonable and rminded workingmen ask any more? A few days after the bricklayers’ com- mittee had called T was invited to go he- fore the executive committee of tho Knights of Labor to explain the situa- tion. 1did so0, to their apparent faction, by not only answering all their inquiries, but also by placing in their hands the contracts with Mr. Coots to show that I was powerless to interfere with the employment of non-union men on the Bek building. In view of these facts [ submit to an unprejudiced public whether there is any ground whatever forthe “roasting” which my Omaha would-be rivals have aken delight in administering to me over the shoulders of organized labc If there ever was anything more con- temptible and villainous, both the purt of the self-constituted mouthpicec: of organized lubor and rival editors and publishers, I do not remember 1o have seen i I YATER, e S Gonstitutional Catarrh. No single disease has entailod more suffering or hiastened the breaking up of the constitution than catarrh. 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