Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 11, 1888, Page 4

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P, FEIL Nitary Publie, AVERAGE DALLY CIRCULATION 18,504 e — Tie few board of education started out with ice cream and cake for fiftecu. Mit. MORTON's uceeptance of the nom- fuation as tendered to him by the coin- mittee on hotification was manly and dignified. 11 is a campaign in which the voter will keep his eye on three factors of the old parties, their record, their pr and their candidates. —_— e Eprror Warr showed more haste than dignity { ing from the Everett houso, New York, during the burning of the adjoining Century build- ing. SON —_— Mavor Hewirr will be obliged to share his laurels as a busser with Gen- eral Harrison. On the morning after his nomination a bevy of American girls ‘waited on the presidential nominee and €ave him a real genuine American smack all round —— Pr.Axs for a grand union depot to be ‘built by the Union Pacific and Burling- ton have been designed by skilled avch- itects, and the palatial structure is to be completed at an early day. This chest- nut has been sérved up several time before and is becoming decidedly mu ——— COLONEL KEATLY, one of the oldest residents of Council Bluffs, and a rock- rooted, copper-bottomed democrat from away back, has been appointed. federal judge fof the territory of Alaska., This appointment is: both seasonable aud meritorious. - Alaska is the most salu- brious summer resort. within the do- main of Uncle Sam, and Colonel Keatly is well qualified to expound the crim- inal code to the Aléutians. By the time he has been in Alaska sixty days we ,may loak for a boom in 1cebergs. —_— It has long been the popular belief that London stood supreme as the financial centor of the world. But a eomvarison between thie bank clearings ‘s of that eity end New York shows that only once within the past five yoars has + London surpassed New York in the amount of its clearings. The fact is, that New York City is practically the elearing house for every bank in Amer- fea, and that the number of checks of foreign cities passing through its banks 18 increasing annually. — ACCORDING to the United States con- sul at Sweden, it appears that corn i the only breadstuff imported in any quantities directly to that country from the United States. The other bread- stufls, wheat and wheat flour, are sup- plied by Germany, Great Britain, Den- mark, Belgium and Norway. A large . part of these imports undoubtedly wero products of the United States re-ex- ported into Sweden from the countries named, However, the quantity of corn _shipped directly to Sweden from Amer- jea for the year 1886 was only onesthird of the quantity sent in 1885, Something like forty-five million pounds were im- ported during the latter year, due to short crops in the Scandinavian penin- sula. —— e ToE investment of vast sums ‘of money in western farm land securities forthe past twenty-five years has become one of tho great financial wonders “of the times. The certain and rapid in- ereaso in land values all through tha “west, and the sure returns of both capi- _tak and interest tothe lender, have mado “this form of investment more attractive and safer than any other legitimato kind of sccurities. New BEngland is essentially tho reservoir from which the west draws its money for developing 8 farming lands, There is mot a savings bank in New . Hampshire, Vermont or Rhode Tsland which does not hold from $50,000 to 8500,000 in wostern mortgoges. The laws of Conuecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New. York, do not allow sav- ings banks in those states to make in- westments of this sort. Their place, ‘however, is taken by loan and trust " eompanics and especially by insurance eompanies in Connecticut. Undoubt- edly the largest investments In westorn lands have been made by these latter ~ institutions whore the loans run up to " the hundred millions. The business is #till on the increase, and the small a8 well as the heavy eastern investor _buys western mortgage paper with full itk in the safety of such security. Nebraska at Paris. Governor Thayer has been notified by Secrctary Bayard of the action of congress nccepting the invitation of the republic of France to the governs ment of the United States to take part in the exposition of works of art and the products of the manufactures and Parvis next year from May to October. Congress approprinted two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be expended in ying all the necessary expenses attending the exhibits of this country the exposition, and General William Frankiin has been appointed by the president cominissioner general. It is desived that evéry state and territory, and all ficlds of industry, shall be represented in the exhibit of the United States, which should be by far the most complete and extensive ever made by this country ip a foreign ex- position. vernor T s asked by the retary of state to call upon the people Nebraska to assist in the proper repr wion of the productions of the in- dustry and the natural resources of our country, Unquestionably such a call will be promptly and generally re- sponded to. As one of the leading agrie cultural states Nebraska should oceupy a prominent place in the exhibit of the products of agriculture made by this country, and if the splendid promise for the crops of this yearis fully real- iied, Nebrask: will be able to make a contribntion that cannot to command attention. In her cerenl especially she need fear no rival. It caunot be necessary to point out the ohvious advantage to bo expected from an adequate and carvefully selected rop- vesentation of the products of th o at the Paris exposition. Regarded from the selfish standpoint it will be an op- portunity to give world-wide advertise- ment to the agricultural resources of Neb a, which it would be agreat mistuke not to improve, but there is a further incentive in the common duty of every sthte to do its utmost to assist in making an exhibit worthy of this an and prosgperous nation. The people ot the United. States should feel ~the most friendly interest in the success of the Puris exposition. The motive that prompted the French government to inaugurate the undertaking, that of exhibiting the progréss of the nation under republican institutions, makes a special demand upon the sympathy and support of the people of all republies, and especjally the people of this country. There is al the more reason for an earnest and a generous manifestation of sympathy and support from this source in the fact that nearly every European nation has shown its hostility to the moral object of the exposition by refusing to take any part in it. These countries have yirtually proclaimed that they will give no coun- tenance to the enterprise solely for the reasd it is designed in part as a vindication of the republican system.of government. It i s therefore the duty and the policy of the people of this great republic to generously assist in making the exposition a success, so that thereby its moral purpose ‘may be carried out and.a rebuke administered to the monarchial nations that have sought, by their open hostility, to defeat tho enterprise. The generous appropria- tion made by congress, if properly sup- plemented by the liberal action of the people incontributing of their products, will insure o magnificent exhibit from the United States. We have no doubt the people of Nebraska will be found as generous as those of any other state, ac- cording to their resources, in assisting to make the national display at Paris entirely creditable to the country. s s ‘The New Army Regulation. The new regulation: promuigated from army headquarters, requiring that hereafter no regular troops shall attend in form or participate in any of the movements or encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic, will very likely cause some discussion respecting its necessity and wisdom. - The .reason given for the regulation is that the par- ticipation of regular troops in the way forbidden interferes with the proper discharge of their military duties, but this will hardly be regarded as an en- tirely satisfuctory and conclusive rea- son, at least outside of army circles. It is not clear that any possible injury can result to the regular service because once or twice a year a regi- ment of infantry -and a battery or two of artillery are allowed to exhibit their military proficiency at a Grand Army encampment or elsewhere. It may be arguad on the contrary that the reg- ulars will be more likely to be benefit- ted by such exhibitions. They are usu- ally at their very best on such occa for the regular soldier is not insen to public admiration. Tn all European countries there are grand military re- yiews at stated times, given chiefly for the purpose of impressing the people with the proficiency of the army, and incidentally, perhaps, of stimulating the military spirit. The American peo- ple, however, with an army distributed in squads all over the country,are never perinitted to witness . anything of this sort, and while they take - it for granted that the army is proficient, so far as the wmili- tary spirit among us is concerned, it gets no encouragement from the reg- ular troops, Perhaps it i3 not neccs- ¢ that it should, but on the other hand it does not appear to be necessary to establish a procrustean rule that will prevent the people from having under any cireumstances the privilege of seeing what th soldiers are capa- ble of doing. The example of their proficiency is a valuable - incentive which should not be withheld on any proper oceasion, such as an encampe ment of the veterans of the war, at- tended by large bodies of the people. We are not disposed to place the entire respousibility for this regulation upon the general of army, and we have no doubt the policy did not originate with him. There is a very hearty hostility to the Grand Army of the Republic in high quarters at Washington, and it is not at all improbable that the regulation was ordered in pursuance of a suggestion from this source. The promulgation of the order at this time is especially tobe new the regrotted, since it will withdraw one of the chief attrnctions announced asa part of the programme of the encamp- ment of the Grand Ariy of Nebraska this year, unless the military authori- ties can be persuaded to suspend the gulation in this instanec This will be hardly possible, however, unless we greatly err as to the that prompted the orvder. —— The New Fort. The Fort Omaha bill has passed both houses and gone to the president, who will doubtless approve it. The bill appropriates sixty-six thousand dollars for the purchase of asite of not less than six hundred and forty acres, and one hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars for improve- ments and buildings. The old post is to be plotted into city lota, sold to the highest bidder at public sale and the procoeds to be turned into the national trensury. With the scanty ap- propriation as cut down by the house the anccommodations at the new fort, so far as quarters, warehouses, etc., are concerned, will not be as commodious as those at the present fort. There is no doubt, however, that ample appropria- tions will be made within the next two years, to make the fort what it should be. So far Omaha is concerned, she would have been better off had the fort been left where it now is. At ten miles distance, the advantages of social inter course witht army officers, their partici- pation at our, churches, schools and musical entertainments will neces- sarily be curtailed. Neither is the mercantile class likely to profit by the change. A round trip of twenty miles in an ambulance is just as tedious as a tripto Chicago and back. The only ndvantage is the assured continuance of department headguar- ters and army supply depots at Omah i e e motive From Behind the Screen. Mr. Rees very properly refused to al- low his vote to be cast for offi- cers of ‘the board of education by a wholesale ballot. ~This. method of ordering the scerotary to cast the votes of membors for officos teach- ers or janito viance with the system of representative government. No member of a legislative body has a right to delogate the powers vested in him by law to any other person. In the legislature the vote of each member for overy officer or employe from speaker down to door-deeper res corded, In city councils the same course is pursued. Why, then, should members of the board of education pool their votes and cast them through a second hand? Even the system of secret ballot which prevalls in our hoard is contrary to legislative usage and should be abolished. No man in public life should hide his acts be- hind a secret ballot. That privilege belongs exclusively to the sovereign voter who is dccountable only to him- self for his choice. But the representas tive, who is acting for the sovereign, is in honor, if not in duty, bound to exor- cise his delogated powers in broad day- light. The new bLoard v as well re- form the old method of sereening them- solves behind paper ballots and secre- taries at the outset, and do its business in the manner of all other legislative hodies. It is evident that the ma house of rep any legislation at the present se: that will be offensive to the trusts, Under a resolution adopted last Janu- ary the committee on manufacturing took a large amount of testimony re- garding combinations to regulate pro- duction and. prices, concluding its in- vestigation nearly two monthsago. Fre- quent inquiries have since been mado for its report, all of which have been met by some excuse or delay, On Mon- day a resolution was introduced direct- ing the committee to report immedi- ately the testimony taken regarding the sugar trust, with or without recom- mendations, and the resolution was sent to the committee on rules, where it will probably be buried. An- other committee was sent into Pennsylvania to investigate the Reading - troubles. It returned to ‘Washington threating to recommend radical legislation, but so far as we haye observed its report and recom- mendations have not yet gone before congress, Several measures relating to trusts have been introduced but the are safely tucked away in committee pigeon holes, The chairman and other democratic members of the ways and means committee have just been con- victed of holding private interviews with Havemeyer, the president of the sugar trust. Do not all these eiroum- stances clearly show that the demo- in congress propose to do nothing the present session that will curtail the power or affect the interests of the trust, and do they not fully explain the omission from tho democratie platform of any condemnatory reference to these cowmbinations. — THeE convention of the republican clubs of the state of New Yorl, which will assemble at Saratoga to-day, prom- ises a most. auspicious opening of the campaign in the pivotal state. There is said to be remarkable interestand en- thusiasm pervading the republi ranks throughout New York, which is espocinlly shown in theactive organiza- tion of clubs. There as elsewhere the contrast between the zeal and coufi- dence of republicans and the apathy of the democtats is decidedly marked. He Has a War Record. Globie-Democrat. 1t is a mistake to say that Grover Cleve land had no war record. He sent a substi- tute to the arny, and recently let him die in the poor house. 0 Do ladeaan A Hectic Story. Philadelphia Recor. From the Lectic and imaginative story of a dynamite couspiracy agalust the Clicago, Burlington & Quincy Railropd company, which has been telegraphed east, it uppears that three or four men have been arrested on a charge of bripging dynamite into the car; of the company, while another individual has been looked up because he happened to kuow these unlucky fellows. It is not upon such slender foundations as this that allegations of u huge conspiracy muy be successfully reaved. There is no occasion for alarm, und the bureau of able and remarkable liars which during the engieers' strike on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy lust spring was 80 prolific of oxag 1 and ridiculous stories relating to o8 “gscardod employos need not by for this pet ty pert ve been rosu L —— The “Land My Country" Style. Boston Adeertis The quict and dignified speech with wl General Harrison responded on Wednesday to the notification of his nomination is in marked contrast with President Cleveland's performance on a similar oceasion a fortnight ago. One will 100k in vain through General Harrison's reply for any exhibition of the *I and my country” style of which the prosi- dentis so complete a, master, Nor do we findin every line of it intimations that our national safety and prosperity can be found in the speaker alone. o ch e The Way It Looks to Some People. America, America is a country whera politics is brought to the atteution of every man, but Americans know less about public affaird than almost any other nation. The English read all the debates in parliament, and care- fully study all questions. They know all their ministers by name, and feel almost pe sonally acquainted with the leaders in the house of commons. Every four years the Ame; is aroused by the excitement of the presidential campaign, but during the inter- vening period he pays little attention to pub- lic affairs, and leaves all questions to the politicians, In England the papers contain extensive accounts of all the proceedings of parliament, while in this country the reports of the actions of congress are condensed, und in many papers are banished to the supple- ments, while base ball and divorces are de- scribed in every dotail. - We do mot study sufficiontly the questions of the day, and are not sulficiently cognizant of the actions of our representatives. How many Amerieans can name twenty-five United States senator with tho states they reprasent? How many know, by name, the cabinet ofiicers, or the Justices of the supreme court! We like to hiurrah for some one during the campaign, but wedo uot sufficiently weigh the ques- tion s to who we shall hurrah for, e —-— Snuff and Snee: ingrield Unfon, Snuff, brothers, snuff with care! Snuff'in the presence of the free tradaire, A Cleveland snuff for the reformaire, A Thurman snuff for the big bolstaire, A Mills bill suuff for th’ interpretaive. Snuff, brothers, snuft with Suuft'in the presence of tie fre ot o tradaire. Snecze, brothers, sneezo with care! Sneezo in the pi c reo tradaire, A ugwump sno Grovaire, A democrat snceze for the offico seokaire. Sneczo brothers, snecze with care! Snceze in the presence of the free traiddre, STATE A . Nebraska Jottings, The city council of Creighton will build a toyyn hall, Locugts invaded Nanco county in groves ast week. Tho Garfield connty teachers' institute will bo held at Burwell July 50, continuing. one week. A mule is a hard animal to kill, hut Sam Sackett of Bancroft ¥an his hybrid through a cultivator and ended its life. The mayor of Hastings cannot find a suit- able person who will accept the proud posi- tion of poundmastor of tho city: Nortull} i3 to have a telephone exchange in {pe near future, which it 18 claimed will be central one 'for all nogth Nebraska. Michacl Kyne, an ofensive live stock dealer at St. Michaqlf has failed for $30,000. About 13,000 of the;claims are held by Grand Island banks, e Hebron boasts of the most economic young lady in the west. When she washes her face al.o always laughs 80 as not to have so much face to wash. A Pigrce man named Burnett, who was a prisoner on the charge of embezzlement, made his escape frow the officers and has so far eluded arrest. ‘The commissioners of Thayer county have contracted for two new bridges across the Blue and for cleven others across the Big Sandy, Rose and Dry creeks, The majority of the Fremont barbers have closed their shops on Sunday and have caused the proprietor of the ouly seven-day ton- sorial parlors to be arrested and fined. It would secm that whooping cou; entirely confined to infants, for Ky dall, a seventy-three-vear-old boy of Grand Island, has been suffering with the discase for the last five weels. The Grant boy who thought ho had dis- covered a balloon in a fence corner and attemptod to_ carry it off now realizes that things are seldom what they scem and _that the business end of a hornet is Lotter than a July day. Emma Duennermann, a three-year-old girl, was run over and killed by a team _at Grand Island Saturday night, horneck being broken. Henry Kay, o farmer, who was driving the horses, was arrested but subsequently re- leased, He had been drinking. John Wiggen, a_Cedar. county - farmer, owed a youth named Victor Nielsen o small amount of moncy, and the latter went to the farm last week o collect it. A dispute arose and the young man threatened to whip Wig- wen. Mrs. Wiggen called for the hired man, who caught and threw Nielsen to the ground, and while holding him there the old lady came- up_with a_ murderous-looking corn- knife znd began hacking at the boy’s legs, cutting a severe gash just below one knee, in front of one leg, and another in the calf of the other leg, 1o boy went to St. Helena, swore out & warrant, and Mr. and Mrs. Wiggen and the hired man were arrested, The boy's wounds are dangerous, and the old woman has been bound over to await the result of his injuries. lowa. Searcely a house in Milford escaped hav- ing ylass broken by the recent hail storm, The Cedar Rapids packing house slaught- ered 116,420 this season, against 103 year, Two fires and several burglaries were the exciting accompaniments to Ringling's circus at Fonda. Oneof a gang of thieving tra shot by a band of pursung Trenton last weel. S. La Bar, of Emmettsbur, silkworms which will in about ten days. Tne feeble-mmded children at Glenwood now have more room, the 2,000 appropriated by the last legislature having been expended for additional land. A woman named Minfonye shot a boy named Ed Vanness at Eddyville Friday morning. The boy was in her 'yard chasing acanary bird that he had lost, and not going out when ordered sfie gave Lim a shot- gun charge in the leg. | A freak of nature is reported from Iroton in the shape of a pig with a Lead shaped like that of an elephant. I had a projection on its nose resembling anelephant’s trunk, An- another strange featgre about it was that while it bad eyelashe$ on each side of its head it had only one eye and that was in the center of the forehead: A tramp brought efére a Des Molnes court on Monday presegted a strong argu- ment. against being considered a common va- grant, He said ho hud done some work a year ago last summer and ‘had never got his Py, and he didn't propose to do any more until he got paid for what he had done. He was dressed in the height of fashion, in fact, decollette: didn't much on but a vest. The judge thought thirty days was about the vight thing, considering that the man's time wasn't much of au object to him. Dakota. Aberdeen is short on hogs and the meat market men cannot supply their customers with ham or sause, Watertown thinks she Is large enough for clearing house, and a WOVe is being mede towards establishing one. The city council of Madison has passed an ordinance forbidding the construction within the city limits of any fence which shall be composed in whole or in part of barb wire. A “grass widower's club” has been organ: ized in Columbia. No mau whose wife is visiting in the east is eligible to membership unless she is to be gone at least two months, Nearly every farmer in Roberts county mps was farmers near has 10,000 commence spinning R DN i 0 1 R A i SRR DO st % N has suffored tho loss of his entire corn crop, and many the additional Joss of their potata crop, through the energetic efforts of the cut worms, A canary bird died at Iroguois rocently at the advanced age of cighteen years and six months, He was a good singer and posses all his singing powers until the last® yoar, when he secmed to be in his dotage. Diving the last two months his eyesight Lad nearly failea him. The camp meeting now being held at Whitewood under thie auspices of the M. F church {8 attended by a great number of poople. hie is tho first camp meeting ever hold in the Black Hills, and it meets with so much favor that one will probably be held each year after this, A slow torch was found by an_employe of tho Aberdecn News Wednesday under a Jarge kerosene tank in the coal house adjoin ing theoffice. 1t had been lighted and had gone out. The incendiary devise was ingen lously contrived, but failed of its purpose. The inotive and incendiary are unknown, ————— SHERIDAN'S ORDER. ‘Why it was Issucd, With Other Mili- tary News. The announcement in Tus Bee of General Sheridan’s order prohibiting United States troops from attending (i, A. R, reunions and -officers from acting as judges in compotitive drills botwoen private contest- ing partics was a surprise even to many of the officers at the post. One of the latter was asked the causc of the issuance of the order and said that it was simply because the occupations reforred to took up u great deal of timoand. interfered with the per. formance of the dutics of both officers and soldiers. Drivate opinion, however,” said the nan, ‘‘is that Genéral Sheridan wishes ent a recurrence of the disgraceful scene which was enacted at Chicago last year.. You remember there was a to-be frrand gathering of regulars and militia from all parts of the world, and the affair was to be a great success. But it turned out a tizzle. Many of our ofticers roturned disgusted. Tt was thought by the foreigners who attended that the United States government, was be- hind the undertaking, but it was not. 1t was only a private affair, however, and the opin- fon which the foreigners took away from veflected badly upon us.® 5. troops, by reason of this order, tend the G. A. R. reunion at Nor- folk, a8 announced. Colonel Henry has returned sun-browned from his triv to Forts Sidnoy, Russcll, Pilot Butte and Bridger and reports that in the last mentioned place the weather was 8o cold as to provent sitting out of doors and to require a fire within. Ho states that he inspected tho riflo practice of all the commands visited, and found it to be excellent, with the prospect of very successful department competition in the fall, Major Wilhelm, of Fort Niobrara, has arrived from Kearnoy, which place he had reached after an overland trip from Fort Niohrara, The object of the trip was to find the most foeasible route, which the troops of the latter fort would take on their march to the summer encampment at Kear- fEG b bonking of the proposed appropriation for location of Kort Omaha, an ofticer said at he did not think there was a sol dicr hiere who desired the ehanee, and more, that it was thought that {he aprdpriation of 200,000 would scarcely suiice to erect tho Dbuildings for ate company post, Major Robert H. Hall, First Licutenant H. M, Chittenden and General Service Clerk Augustus Smith arve orfdered to Fort Mc- Kinney on public business, It 1s presumed that this order i8 the result of the late scare occasioned by the confemplated withdrawal of the troops from the borders of the Sioux resorvation, THE NEW UNION DEPOT, Its Erection Sald to be Quite Proba. ble. At the present time there is probably no local matter which embodies 8o much im- portance as the erection of a union depot. While the matter of building one has, at various times, received the attention of the Union Pacific and B.& M.companies, and not~ withstanding the fact that for over a year plans for the structure have been drafted, nothing definite has as yet boen undertaken. Some months ago the BEE contained an item to the effect that thore was a dispute between the two companios as rogavds the propor- tionate amounts to be invested by the differ- ent roads, The Union Pacific people who were to furnish the site, were of the opin- ion that their proportion of the expense should ‘be much less than that of the B. & M., tvhile the latter admitting such to bo the cnse, stood offon the grotnd that the amonnt allowed for the ground mentioned should be much less than that claimed by the former. Consequently no action was taken beyond the drafting of a few plans. 1t is now learned from a source vory nearly official that an agreement as to the propor- tionate cost of construction has been decided upon and that architects and engineers arc at present engaged in_drafting three general plans_for the b\nldm?'. which will - be submitted to a Joint conference of the ofiicers of the two roads, and that when decided upon finally the work of buwilding the depot will begin. As to location: The plans drafted oue year ago were for a depot to be erected on the south side of thé Union Pacific tracks on Tenth street, near. Paxton & Gallagher's Ancther plan is now being prepared for the north side, or where Dewey & Stone’s furni- ture warehouse stands, Which one will be selocted is, of course, unknown; but accord- ing to the statemen.t of a prominent official of the Union Pacific there is hardly a doubt but what it will be placed on_ the latter location. ‘This piece of news will be very gratifying to all who are interested in the welfaré of the city. The old shed on Tenth street under the shelter of which passengers alight from and board trains has long been an eyesore to every one, whi'e the diminutive quarters furnished by the B. & M. have been the sub- jeet of much unfavorable comment on the part of those visiting the city from abroad. The location selected is accessible by the cable and horse railway lines, and if the de- pot is erccted on the north side of the tracks the danger attending the crossing of the tracks, as at present, will thus be ooviated. ity CHAIRMAN TEE TALKS. And Predicts That Harison and Mor- ton Will Be Elected. M. M. Estee, chairman of the California delegation to the Chicago convention, was in the city yesterday and registered at the Millard. After being there a short time he W lled upon by Major T. S, Clarkson, president of the Omaha Harrvison and Mor- tonclub, Mr. D. H. Wheeler and Mr. A, P. were driven around the city cat delight at the substant of prosperity and solid busines h which confronted him on eyery and remarked that Omaha wa at city. He was afterwar Union cific cheadquarters, he was seen by @ porter. Speaking of the selection rrison_and Morton as the standard-bearers, Mr, Estee remarked that the ticket was u _strong one, aud with the platform selected by the party uvon which to make the fight, could not fail to win, The Paeitic slope, wh is for protection, would be a unit for] the ticketand would,on the 6th of November, show to the United States what their opinion was of M Harrison's views of the Chingse question, The Pacific slope, 80 Mr, Estee says, is satisfied that Havrison is tho best man that eould have been selected, although they made a good fight for Blaine in the convention, Had they not thought that Mr. Harrison was all right ifornia never would have voted for hi Estee left at 12:20 on the overland flyer. wolana Ll Filled With Wondrous Voices, NEW York, July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tnz Bee.]—A phonograph will arvive at Thomas A. Edison’s laboratory at Llewellyn park in a day or two which, when it is allowed to give forth the sounds which are contained within 1t;will create no small decree of a sensation, It contains the toues of the eloquent voice . of William E. Gladstone, the ex-premier of England, the *grand old man,” who is now Ircland’s dearest advo- i Still more is sealed up in the little in- strument—a song by the diva, Adelina Patti, and a speech by the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland. Edison sent this most perfect of all phono- graphs to England some months ago for this purpose. The phouograph will be here cn the uext steawer, of republican M. DOUGLAS OOUNTY TAXES, A Levy of Fourteen Mills on an As- sessed Valuation of $24,500,000. The county commissioners yesterday con- cluded the work of making the tax levy They have assessed the property of Douglas county at &2 and the levy will bo 14 mills on the dollar, divided as fojows: For the gencral fand, S mills; road, 43 bridge, 13 sinking, 145, insane, }5. Iollotving is the PRECING Omaha- second ward, Third ward Fourth ward.. Fifth ward xth ward Soventh ward ighth ward Ninth ward. Chicago.. . Douglas. Elkhorn Florence . Jefferson Millard McArdle Platte South Omaha. Union . West Omaba, Waterloo. Total. y S §10,058,208 The taxes pi banks are always a matter about which there is general curios. ity. Below are the assessinents for 188 com- pared with those of 1537, us far as shown by the records. Iu most cases there is a do crease, beeause of new buildings crected o of other real estate investinents. These vestments have drawn from their mon ) and the assessment upon their personal prop erty has been corvespondingly reduced. - Fol- lowing are the figures: BANKS, Commercial Nation First National. 000 Merchants' Nati; 50,000 Nebraska National. 5 0 Omaba National State National. Union Nation United States Natios South Omaha,. ... Total of national banks Bauk of Commerce Bank of Omaha.. Citizen Ve Douglas Count McCague Bros, Mochanics’ o Nebraska Sa Omaha Bankin Bauk of V Union & Oaba Union liowing ave the details of the personal property assessuient: compan, Horse Cattle Muled and ass Sheep Hogs. Vi Steam engines and boil 5 ar proof Billiard tables, cte Carriages and wigons, Watches and clocks Sewing machine: Pianog,.v.seiis it Grguny ana melodeons Steamboats. Morchandisg Material and made goo Manufacturers' tools Agricultural tools Gold and silver w Diamonds and jewelr! Moneys of banik, banker, ete. Crodits of bauk, ete. Moneys other than of bani. Credits other than of bank Bonds, stock, cte. ... Property of pawnbrokers., Proporty of companies not in- cluded above,.... S Bridge property.... .. Saloows and eating houses Houschold and oftice furnituro Inyestments in real cstate All other proporty Following is th showing the v Wheat. Corn. Oats Barloy. . 82 1411 31, 18713 41,513 830,101 179 480,024 creage of county 15,409 2,101 SUDDENLY STRICKEN BLIND: The Extraordinary and Pitiablo Fate of a Clucinnati Bookkeeper. A catastrophe such as few men have the stoicism to bear and few survive came like a thunderelap upon Charles Cullman, of 52. Brown street recently, s the Cincinnati Enquirer. While auditing thobooks of the Bellovue build- ing associntion, at their. rooms on Me- Micken avenue, he turned to one of the bystanders and angrily exelaimed **Why do you turn out the gas? not through yet.” “Turn out the gas! ter with you? The is burning “My God, then I'm- blind Cullman, and, sinkingback in his chair, from which he had arisen in his exeite- ment, he buried his face in his: hands and moaned and wept like a child, Dr. Schwartzmeyer; his regula, sician, was hastily sent for and onl vived to confirm the worst Cullman was indeed blind ‘Without a_premonitory sign, without a warning, the blow had come, and as he sat there bemonning his sad fate his oyes grew dim. Friends took him by the hand and trembled with emotion as they tried to_speak words of hope and comfort. The stricken man only My wifo! My littl Jied led his The w tiously prepared for the sad home-com- ing. Heroically as she nerved herself for the ordeal, her strength gave way as she met her husband’s tottering step. Her four little ones, the eldest not yet twe wsand the youngest a mere toddlee, clung to her skirts and *hoed the sobs of the mother, and the ne that followed beggars deseription. Drs. Ayres and Sattler, the noted spe inlists, were summoned. A lengthy ¢ amination by th gentld coufirmed the verd alread A diagnosis followed, and it red that Cullman had for some ie been a sufferer from Bright's dis- of the kidne ms of albumen from these or aused cmic blood-poisoning, which gradu- ded the whol stem of the . Step by step tho discase ad, and contraction of the kidneys foillowed, rvesulting in inflamm of the retina or optic nerve, hopele @estroying (he sight foreve The c: although uwot an 1solated one, i tremely rare, death g before such a cr poor Cullman’s he can scarc man is well and phy- & numbere e a month., Cuoll- favorably known in this city. Formerly a clerk of the pro- bate court, he left that position to sume the receivership of Tempe Brockman & Sampson’s pottery, at 440 Richmond street. When thut firm’s affairs beeame regulated he took the position of book kecper for Mursh & Harwood, the vitriol manufacturers of McMicken avenune, Cullman was also secretary of the Mohawk, No. 1, and Bellevue associations. His family is in comfortable cireums which some- what softens the blow. ullman: 15 but thirty-five years old and contracted his disease by overwork and exposure. Ten Business Houses Destroyed. Des1NG, N. M, July 10.—-A fire_broke out at.2 o'clock this afternoon and burned ten business houses. Loss $00,000, iusurance $35,000. A CHICAGO TRANSACTION. How Mrs, Mumford Disposed of Het sband the Instaliment Plan. Chicago Herald: Mrs, Emma Mum- ford, at the Armory police court yeste ¢, sold her husband, William, for 0 of which was puid in cash and the other 8150 promised in monthiy pay- ments of #50 ench. Willinm is not a bad looking fellow. e is tall, well built, has u fine mustache and side whiskers, He dresses well and, with his gold lasses, presonts u stylish appearance. Altogothor, it scomod’ th Willinm was quite cheap at the pi paid, but he had his failing: was these that led his wife to sell him as reasonable ns she did, - Mr, and Mrs, Mumford lived in Montreal, ¢ . He was a book-keepor in a large house and earned sufficient money to support his wifo comfortably. He becamo fascinated with a “woman named Clara Brown. Miss Brown reciprocated Mumford’s admiration and they ran away to Chicago, They got here a lit- tle over a week ago and weroe followed DLy Mrs, Mumford, who arvived lust Fri- day. A warrant was sworn out hy Of- ficer Palimer, who took the conple before Justico 1t H. White yestorday morning Mumford begged his wifo not to prose cute, but she was firn He leaned over as though to whispor in her enr and his arm stole avound her waist, She jumped back and shook him off. imma,' he uid, “don’t prosecute mo and L'l go buck and behave myself.” 0l 1o, you won't; T am not going to ¢ v Montreal and thea 10¥6 1o support you “But you wouldn't send your husband he penitentiary ¥ SWouldn't 1?7 You wait and see.” Mrs. Mumford thought a mo- ment. L tell you what il dogma’an she said, turning to Miss Brown, “I have scarcely a dollar in the world. 1f you will ¢ ne $200, enough o start in o sinall business in Montreal, you can lm\e.!nm and I won't stand in your way. Miss Brown pleaded that didn’t have the $200, but was told that she had hetter raise it before the ease was called Mrs, Mumford’slook roused her to ac Llion, and she left the station, Half an hour luter sho returned with o despuir- ing look on her face. I could only e 50, sh ut Twill get tho rest if you w ve time.” The injured wife saw that this was the best she could do aud took the mone She then made Miss Brown sit down and write out three notes for payable in thivty, sixty and nincty duys. These she put in her pocket, and fifteen minutes later the casé was dismissed for want of prosecution. BABY HUMORS And all Skin and Sealp Discaces pEedily Cured by Caticura. Our little sort will bo four years of age on the 25th inst, 1n May. 19%, he was attacked with a very painful breaking out of the skin, We 1ied in a physictan who treated him for about four weeks. The ehild recoived littie of no good from the ‘treatment, as the breaking out, sup- posed by the piysician to be hives {1 an agr vated form, beeamne lavger in Dlotches, and more and more distressing. We were freuuently obliged to get up in the night and rub lim Witk soda in water, strong liniments, eto. Final! we called othér physiclans, untfl no less tha six had attempted fo cure him, all aiike fatling, and the child steadily getting Wwofse and wors until about the 30th of Tast July, when we began to give him Curicuia REsOLVERT internally, and the CUTICURA, And_ CUTICOIA BOAP exter: nally, and by the last of August he was so roafly well that we gave him ouly one dose of i abont every second day for about ten days longer, and he has never been oubled sin ‘e with thé horrible malad. £ bottle of CUTE n one box of TIOUIEA SOAL, n Co., 111 18 fourth TICURA, and only H. K.Y AN, subsoribed and day of January, 1567 SCROFULOUS HUMORS, Last spring I was v . Deing covered with some kind of seroful not help me. 1 was adviged to t il exr. 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