Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. —— TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION, Dafly Morning Fdition) including Sunday, mday Hee, matied to any One Year........ pricr, NoR9TEAND 016 FAR CORREZPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Epitor oF THE BEE, i BUBINESS LETTERS. emittances should be G COMPANY, fhice orders to order of the company, Propriters. itor All business letters anc addressed to Tue | OMANA. Drafts, check: be made payable to th The Bee Puy'ishing Company, E. R( VA i P THE D Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebrask ] i Cotinty of Douglns, § % 3 Nk, ecrotary of The Beo Pub- iy swear that the ily le o for the week , was a8 follows Bworn to before me and subscribed in my Presence this ith day of July, A, D, 1885, N. P. 'FEIL, Notary Public. | County of Dougias, { & & George B, Tzscnuck, being first duly sworn, de- oiey nnd says hat e is secretary of The iiee Publishiug company. that the actual average dativarrculation of the Dafly e for the menth K87, 3 7, 1847, 1 6; for February, I8 1888, 10,680 coples; f for May, 186, 18,151 243 coples GEO. B, T7SCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subs presence this 56l +f June, A. D)., 1888, N P. FEIL, Notary Public. 7, 15,226 coples des: for Janunty, 1558, 15, 5.9 coples; for' March, April, {8, 15744 copies coples; for Jurle, 1588, I1 15 an off day when Chicago cannot stir up a dynumite bomb with u plot tied to it. THE political stew has begun to sim- mer, but the lid will be kept on the pot for a few days longer. TuHE price of hogs is keeping pace with the rise of the thermometer. They bring $6.20 in the Omaha market with prospects of further advance. Thisis the highest figure touched for seyeral yars. Mr. GRIFFITHS still imagines himself to be the commissioner of the Omaha freight bureau, and his talk at the board of trade rooms secmed to 1mply that the wholesale merchants and man- ufacturers were incompetent to act and talk for themselves. TuE fact that two hundred out of the two hundred and twenty odd members of the board of trade were absent from the meoting which was to take action on the recent reduction of freight rates by the state ilway commission, affordas prima facie proof that the great major- ity of our business men take no interest in this movement, or else do not deem it proper to mix in the controversy be- tween the railroads and thestate board. — It WOULD appear that the people of Virginia are much more independent of railroad control than the people of western states. The coroner’s jury which investigated the recent collision on the Norfolk & Western railroad ‘brought in a verdict holding the com- pany guilty of neglect and responsible for the loss of life caused by the wreck. How different was the verdict in the Koutts bridge disaster in Indiana, where a poor section boss was made the scapegoat for the negligence of a rail- road company failing to repair a rotten wooden trestle. REPRESENTATIVE KILGORE, of Texas, made a decidedly indiscreet “break” in the house a few days ago, when he re- ferred to disabled union soldiers as “‘paupers,” who ought to be cared for by the states and municipalities in which they live. He was promptly re- Buked by a democratic fellow-member, But the record remains, and will not be forgotten by the union soldiers of the country when they make up their ac- eount against the party of which the ‘Texas congressman is a member. The truth is that ex-confederates like Mr. Kilgore would be less ready to give atterance to such cruel and vindictive remarks if they did not well understand that the majority of the democratic party is in full sympathy with them, and it is therefore entirely just to hold the party responsible. E— A BILL is now before congress to pre- ventdiscrimination in theselling of liter- ary matter, newspapers, ete., on railroad traius, at stations and the like. A lease or contract giving the exclusive right to sell one paper or magazine, and ex- cluding others is declared invalid, if the railroad permits the sale of any journal or periodical on itstrains. The bill is especially aimed at the elevated railroad stations at New York, and other railroad and steamboat lines throughout the country where a paper or magazine has been excluded from sale forsome reason or another. The prin- eiple is that travelers shall have the privilege of buying such paper or mag- gine as they wanv without regard to its relations to the railroad company. e——— Tne Atlanta Constitution is tendering some very sound advice to the southern people, suggested by the course of Sen- ator Colquitt, of Georgia, in declining to invite Major McKinley to address the people at the Piedmont Chautauqua, for the reason that he did not want any re- * publican doctrine talked in that quarter. The Constitution concludes a sensible ar- tacle in favor of the most liberal discus- sion on public questions us follows: “‘If we would keep abreast of the advancing columns of civilization, we must not only test the capacity of our own intel- lectual powers, but we must master the evolutions of our neighbors’ braius also. _ It is the free discussion aud trestment of all proper subjocts from all possible _ standpoints, which quickens the per- . ceptive facultics and rouses into ac- sivity the intellectual powers of a peo- .7 The southern people need a great : u of thie sort of advice, strong ' doses frequently ' re) d, in order fo t) d bitte: . ;mw "‘;:'m...w‘ ! ry.,.n wen Hk'; A Campaign of Decency. Chairman Brice, of the democratic campaign committee, is on record as in favor of a clean canvass, He says it is | to be “*a campaign of intelloct,” that the people are tired of personalities, and that if either party trusts to gain votes by circulating lies about its oppo- nent it will certainly be defeated. In the opinion of Mr. Brice the work of educating the people on the groat is- sues will be enough to do, and the re- sult, without reference to who may be elected, “‘will be an educational effect that will not be lost for many years. All this isin the right spirit and it will be well if it shall be observ: the end. But we are apprehens! the chairman of the demo campaign committee will not be able to command for his advice the general and constant concurrence of democratic edi- tors and stumpers, As a matter of fact #0 far as circulating lies regarding the republican candidates is concerned, that has already begun and is boing quite industriously carried on, as for example the assertion that General Harrison once said that a dollar a dag was sufficient pay for a workingman. A reward of a thousand dollars has been offered to any one who will show, from any authentic record, that the republi- can candidate ever made such a state- ment, or said anything like itorequiva~ lent to it, but although no one has come forward to claim this comfortable sum by producing the necessary evidence, a great many democratic papers continue to harp on the lie. The perversion of the record of General Harrison on the Chinese question is no less base and contemptible. Regarding the repub- lican candidate for vice president there has also been set afloat several false- hoods, which, although shown in the clearest possible way to be such, are still found drifting about under catch- ing headlines in the columns of demo- cratic newspapers. Surely if circulat- ing lies will defeat the party doing it, the democratic editors have started in early and vigorously to compass the overthrow of democracy. The campaign, however, will be ex- ceptionally free from personalitios, because there is really no chance for them, and for the further reason that universal public opinion is against this indecent and cowardly method of polit- ical warfare. The stigma brought on the country by the coarse and degrading personalities of the last campaign are not forgotten, and it is to be hoped there will never be a repetition of that dis- graceful experience. The republicans are fully prepared for ‘‘a campaign of intellect,” and will be entirely satisfied if Chairman Brice can hold his party to that line. Vork For the City Ph It is admitted on all hands by citizens as well as members of the council, that the sanitary condition of the city could be materially improved by a rigid milk inspection. It has been demonstrated that a large percentage of infant mor- tality, as well as many diseases among adults, are due to impure milk, The only reason why a competent inspector has not been employed is because it would entail a material in- crease in the city salary list. It seems to us, however, that the city physician could, without seriously impairing his usefulness, be required to make chem- ical analyses of dairy products sold in this city. He is the chief health offi- cer, and drawsa handsome salavy for supervising the sanitary condition of the city. Every physician may not be a first-class chemist, but a city physi- cian and chief health officer should be. If it was made the duty of the city physi- cian to analyze food adulterations he would be in a position to enforce health regulations and check the spread of disease at its fountain head. — A Formidable Foreign Rival. An American railroad has passed into the control of the Canadian Pacific. The fact that this foreign corporation obtained control of the bridge over the Ste Marie river, on the boundary line between the United States and Canada, was taken notice of in the United States senate on Wednesday by the introduc- tion of a resolution directing the com- mittee on inter-state commerce to in- quire whether any legislation is neces- sary to protect the interests of the peo- ple of the United States and to prevent a diversion of commerce from its natural and legitimate channels. In- cidentally the commission are also asked to formulate a plan to vrevent the monopolizing of rail- way trafic in the United States by foreign corporations. The control by the Canadian Pacific, of the Ste Marie bridge, would enable that foreign corporation to ignore and defeat the operations of the inter-state commerce bill. The matter is one of very great importance to American railroad in- terests, and so far as it may cffect the operation of the inter-state commerce law is of concern to the whole people. Mr. Joseph Nimmo, jr., the well known statistician, in a recently pub- lished communication calls attention to the encroachments of the Canadian Pacific railway upon the commer- cinl and transporvtation interests of the United States, remarking that they have reached a pointat which the national horor is compromised, The Canadian Pacific railway is practically the creature of the Dominion govern- ment. The corporation was the recip- ient of a subsidy of about one hundred and thicty million dollars, and the gov- ernment stands behind it, giving it all required aid, encouragement and pro- tection. It is essentially a government railroad, constructed largely to subserve political and military objects. This road, and also the Grand Trunk, have been enabled to secure important con- necting lines in the United States, but there has been a total lack of reciprocity. No American railroad is allowed to extend its lines to the irade centers of the Dominion. Strategic advantages of very great value are thus enjoyed by the Canadian roads, These advantages the foreign rivals of American railrounds have not been slow to improve, and their eagerness to extend them has pro- cesded so far and threatens such dan- gerous possibilities that a congressional inquiry iuto the situstion seems fully i ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. JULY 7. 1883 warranted and perhaps highly neces- | sary. “The precise issue which we now have got to meet,” says Mr. Nimmo, after a careful review of all the facts in | {0 the situation, ‘is the attempt of the Canadian and British gov- ernments to divert American com- merce from American steamer lines, American seaports and American rail- roads. The thing which we have got to do is to meet the aggressive protec- tion accorded by Canada and Great Britain to a British steamer line and a Canadian political and military rail- road.” There may prove to be a great deal less of a serious nature in this mat- ter than is shown by the statements published, or than would be inferred from the notice taken of it in the sen=- ate, but on general principles it is plainly the duty of the government not to permit a forcign railroad company to establish a monopoly within its jurisdic- tion inimical to American railroads, and which would be able to ignore and defeat a national law for the regulation of American railroads. Slip-Shod Methods. In view of the fact that some import- ant papers relative to paving con- tracts were mislaid, we again recur to the want of business-like management on the part of the council in refusing to provide the board of public works with a commodious fire and burglar-proof safe. The requisition for such a safe was made months ago, but it was pigeon-holed by some committee, No prudent business man would allow his valuable papers to re- main ‘in an ordinary desk which is accessible to anybody who may have an interest in meddling. The cost of the safe Is a mere bagatelle and has been squandered a dozen times this year on favorite clerks who have little or nothing to do. There has been money enough taken out of the treasury for the pest-house keeper, who has had nothing to do for years, to pay for two or three large safos. But we prosume the slip- shod method of doing business will con- tinue in spite of all public protest. THRRE seems to be little ground of doubt that a vast syndicate or trust is being organized to control the lumber business of the upper Mississippi valley. Reports have been current for several weeks of such a combination, and re- cently some facts have been elicited which appear to assure the early con- summation of the project, if it is not al- ready practically completed. The pro- jector of this trust, who if successful will achieve a notoriety as great as that of Rockefeller or Havemeyer, is Fred- erick Weyerhauser, who is said to now control logging and lumber corpora- tions representing a capital of seventy million dollars. His plan is to form a combination of all the great mills of the north to control the output, and it is said that even now a mill cannot get timber unless it belongs to the pool. By way of fortifying themselves in the event of the duty on lumber being taken off, those in the combination have pur- chased a large part of the best timber land in Canada. If this reported lum- ber trust shall be found to really exist, and there is strong reason to believe that it does, the fact ought to have a very decided influence favorable to re- moving the duty from lumber. If all the best lumber land in Canada is owned by an American syndicate the argument for a duty as a protection against ruinous competition loses all its foree, and the maintenance of the duty would amount simply to government authority to the monopoly to collect that a §ount of tribute from the people. TrHE Kansas state board of agriculture has just issued 1ts report of the condi- tion of crops for the month of June, and the showing is most gratifying. In wheat a good crop has already been harvested. The total area sown to wheat and harvested is estimated at a little over one million acres. Of this acreage the yield per acre is put at sev- enteen and a half bushels, which is two and a half bushels higher than was es- timated by the state board in May, indi- cating a total wheat product for the state of 17,500,000 bushels, The acreage in corn has increased over that of last year by about ten per cent. Nearly seven million acres were planted, and corn is reported to be in most excellent condition, but little damaged from chinch bugs, 0 The total area in oats for 1887 was 1,577,000 acres; for this year the acreage is estimated at 1,655,000 acres, a gain of five per cent. The crop, although good in many counties, suffered considerably from chinch bugs, but like wheat will yield better than 1s expected. Judging from these official returns, the corresponding crops in Nebraska cannot be behind the favor- able yield of Kansas, and in some dis- tricts of this state the returns promise to be even more gratifying. THE work of building the petroleum pipe line from Lima, O., to Chicago is rapidly progressing and is expected to be completed by January 1. The carry- ing capacity of the Lima pipe will be 1,000 barrels per hour. At this rate Chicago will be supplied with 8,000,000 barrelsof oil a year for consumption. This is equivalent to nearly three mil- lion tons of coal, or equal to about 50 per cent of the total annual amount of fuel used in that city. By the use of crude petroleum for manufacturing pur- poses the fuel problem will be prac- tically solved. There will be a great saving in the cost to the consumer and the smoke nuwisance will be wholly abated. The result of the Chicago ex- periment will be watched with interest. If successful the problem of extending pipe lines from petroleum fields tocities u thousand miles away will be solved. Sooner or later a similar pipe line must be buiit from the oil districts of Wyo- ming to Omaha and other cities in Ne- braska, and the fuel problem will be solved for this city as successfully as for Chicago. England’s Cruelty. Springfield Repub/ican. » Everything about the Mandeville inquest at Michelstown, [re., is distressing in the ex- extreme. That a man should die a fow weeks after his discharge from prison as the result of inhuman treatment is bad enough. But Mandeville was no yulgar eriminal. He was imprisoned for a political offeuse, and there is evidoncd fhat the very instruments in the hands of the tory government revolted against tho treatment, ordered from London, | Dr. Ridley, the plysician of Tullamore jail, who killed himsdlf, Father than testify at the was repyighanded by Dublin castle officials for relaxing the discipline in the case of Harper, anothef political prisover. The doctor left a sfatement of his acts during Mandeville's confisbment, and there is much curiosity a8 to itajfurport. —~He— The Danger Is at the Breech. Baltimere American, The democratic eampaign kun this year is o blunderbuss, 3 o B The Pool-Room Argument. V. T 3 n. The betting on Brother Cleveland, which opened 2 to 1, is now quoted at 3 to 2. i Ignorant Democrats, Globe Democrat, The same papers that are in the habit of saying ‘‘funeral obsequies” refer to the ensign as a “‘bandara handkerchief,” P Sy Getting Ready For It Now, New York Press. About the 7th of November the wearers of the Cleveland button will be looking for a buttonhole to bury it in. — - Bless God, He Did. Chicago Tritune. A good many public building bills are going through congress now. Mindful of the fact that it isa presidential year Mr. Cleveland docs not veto them as freely as he did during the last congress. Enough uncertainty, however, attaches to his action to make the congressmen interested uncasy as long as their Dbills are unsigned. This was shown tonight by a dialogue in one of the hotels between a memb from Indiana and a member from Nebraska. On meet- ing they broke forth simultancously as fol- lows: Both—*“I seo the old man signed your bill today. Neb did.” Indiana member—*‘How get?”" Nebraska member—'‘Two hundred thou- sand dollars. How much is yours?" Indiana member—**Two hundred thousand ; hardly enough, but it will do.” Nebraska member—‘‘Let's have thing.” Indiana member—*‘Don’t mind if I do.” i g ka member—*Yes, bless God he much do you some- Cleveland's Latest Message. Glohe-Democrat. In his message transmitting to congress the report of the civil service commission, President Cleveland takes occasion to con- gratulate the country upon the assured growth and progress of a reform which he at one time chose to treat as a surpassing politi- cal issue. But he is very carcful not to pre- sent the fact upon which he bases his assur- ance that the civil service has been materially improved under his administration. He deals only in glittering assertions which mean nothing without proof to support them. It is useless to proclaim that “this reform now rests upon a firm, practical and sensible foundation when it is notorious that a very large proportion of all the offices have been given to democrats in direct mockery of the theory that partisan considerations should be disregarded in the making of federal ap- pointments, He declares with characteristic superciliousness that the reform is widely misunderstood ; but there can not be any mis- take about the fact that tho patronage is dis- pensed upon political grounds and for politi- cal purposes. In gvery state of the uuion abundant changes’ have been made for no other reason than that of giving preference to democrats over republicans. There is no longer any pretense of a different policy : and democratic politicians control appointments everywhere as much as they did in the time of Buchagan and Jackson. —— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Superior is to have a cigar factory, Indianola is very dry these days, as her only saloon has been temporarily closed by an injunction. The Methodists of Columbus shout with a good will nowadays, for they have paid off their church debt. John Santler, a Greeley county farmer, has lost eighty acres of wheat through the ravages of the chinch bug. The broken windows in Brewster give the town a sort of besieged appearauce, grimly suggestive of Indiap raids. Martin Hullquist monkeyed with the buzz- saw in the Holdrege planing mill last week and now mourns the loss of three fingers. The fourth annual reunion and picnic of the old settlers’ association of York, Seward, Polk and Butler counties, will occur in Lord’s grove August 18, Copious draughts of whisky and a big meal of chicken entrails saved the life of Charles Halberg, a Johnson county man, who was bitten by a rattlesnake. A Colambus young lady named Souley has commenced proceedings against Andrew Peterson for breach of promise, and puts the damage to her heart at £5,000. George Segg was arrested at_Columbus on complaint of William Gerhold for abusing a steer, and was acquitted. Segg is now try- ing to get even by bringing suit against Ger- bold for 5,000 damages for false imprison- ment. A. C. Tully and Albert Fulton, of Indian- ola, aent out shooting the other day with disastrous results, Tully was carrying the gun across his shoulders, when it was dis- charged, the charge carrying away his little finger and glancing across the back of Ful- ton, inflicting numerous flesh wounds, none of which are serious. About two weeks ago an eight-year-oid son of John Fredling, residing near Gotheuburg, suddenly came close upon 4 rattlesnake, the sight of which 8o frightened him that he has since been totally blind in his right ey The eye maiutains its usual appearance and is apparently without defect, the pupil being as sensitive to light and darkned#s as it the eye were sound. J. W. Wood, a Hastings horse shoer, had a lively tussle with & fractious anmimal the other day. After some pretty skillful spar- ring the animal caught Wood off his guard and struck out viciously with his off hind foot, landing a terrific blow in tne face of the workman, Wood found himself eurled up in another corner of the shop with the blood streaming from & long cut just beueath the left eyebrow, and a painful contusion under the chin. He threw up the sponge at once. At one of the Hastings hotels the servant irls have complained about being annoyed y & number of “*‘peeping Toms,” and the landlord gaye nofive that e would shoot the next man discovered peering into the girls’ bedroom window. He loaded & gun the other day and lay in wait for his victim, while the boys fixed up a dummy to see if the old man ‘“‘meant business.” The ruse was eminently successful and the old man blazed away, @ full charge of shot striking the dummy’s head with a dull, sickening thud. The lundlm went out and picked up the remains, and}eé has been peddling the cigars to the boys ever since to keep them from giving the aftair away. Towa. General complaint is made in the vicinity of Keokuk of the scarcity of harvest hands. ther Bush, who had been a resident of Iowa since 1847, died in Des Moines last Tuesday, aged eighty-five vears. Only 2,598 dogs have been reported by the assessor for taxation in the county of Polk. Tnere are more dogs than that in North Des Moines. Frank Funk was the only inmate of the Jefferson county jail, and he became lone- some and homesick and tunneled his way out the other day. Mrs. C. D. Pritchard of Cilliope, Sioux county, claims 10 be & cousin of LeviP, Morton, the vice presidential candidate, and Mprs. R of the same town, is a cousin of Allen G, Thurman Towa evidtnll{ has some queer medical men, Among the reports sent in to the bourd of health T | a Butler county physiclan re- i cords thata patient came to his death in the “natural way:" wanother report gives the canse of death as “nervous examination,” while a third has a poor mortal shuffe off this mortal coil by the ‘“‘capillary benedic- tion” route, Wyoming. The Cheyenne & Northern has filed its pro- posed route through to 13uftalo, A stipment of twenty-three sncks of copper ore from the Sparks mine, Hartyille district, to the smeiter at Belloville, IlL, showed a value of § to the ton, The proposition is being talked up of hold- and shooting tournament at the fair grounds during the coming territorial fair, which is to be held early in September. D. J. Darrell, master mechanic for the Union Pacitic at Cheyenne, has resigned and has accepted a position with the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel company of Paterson, The assess returned 27 head of shodp. turned ¢ of shee) The Fremont county assessment roll for this year foots up but $1,609,709, being $531,- 212 lass than last year, which i principally accounted for on the score of the reduction made on the valuation of range cattle. A bad caven occurred in No. 1 mine at Rock Springs. The roof in one of the old workings in number two entry gave way, letting in the carth and making a cave clear to the surface about five feet square and not less than twenty-five feet deop. . Miss Johnson, the Laramio school teacher, who died suddenly at "I was u general favorite in the Gem She had been teaching three for two years and was re- as a very estimable young lu Her death was very unexvected and all her friends were greatly shocked when the news reached her adopted hom — RELIEF FOR THE ont of Ulnta county for 5 head of cattle and 105 The nssessment of 1387 ro- 223 liead of cattle and 102,707 head SUFFERERS. An Address in Behalf of Suffering Sweden. Tur Ber a few days ago published an ac- count of the ravages made by fire in certain parts of Sweden, the need of the people for assistance and the probable organization of relief committees in this state to aid in the laudable undertaking. In pursuance of the latter object, the following address has been issued: To the Inhabitants of Nebraska—Nearly soventeen years ago the great fire at Chicago wus one of the saddest news that spread consternation and deep sympathy among all the civilized nations of the globe. Evi where, not only in the United States but in Europe, relief funds were started, realizing large amounts of money for tho benefit of the sufferers, Among the nations awakened to the need of the hour was Swe- den, which contributed liberally to the fund. “To-day the land of the midsummer-night's sun is suffering from a similar calamity. Two cities, Sundsville and Umea, situated on the border of the Baltic sea, were in one and the same day laid in ashes, entailing a loss of 55,000,000 of crowns and making 12,000 inhab- auts homeless. Another fire at Lilla Edet, near Gothenburg, destroyed on the same day seventy-two homes, Large wooded districts around the northern towns were also fired, causing an additional loss of 25,000,000 crowns, or a total of 80,000,000 in Swedish crowns, “‘One need only consider the fact that these homeless people derived their principal sup- port frow the traftic of lumber, and also that the sawmills are burned and that con: quently one of the most dreaded winte stare them n the face. The people a and the government proper will do all in its power to furnish the poor witn the ne saries of life. Still, if we consider the fac that the population of the whole country is only 5,000,000, it is easy to imagine what a heavy burden this will be. The expenses of the government is in one year some 58,000,000 crowns, which amount here is nearly doubled in the losses sustained. ““The European countries have already started funds for the relicf of the sufferers. Can these United States and particularly the state of Nebraska, counting by the thousands, industrious Swedes, afford to look on without stretehing its hands to the poor sufferers? Remember that the winter will set in in those parts of Sweden already within the next three months and that the homeless families, the innocent children, without as- sistance will be left shelterless and without the necessary clothing, The situation is & most pitiable one and should move the most tender chords in every human heart. “Haviag constituted ourselves under the name of the Swedish Ladies Relief society we are ready to receive subseriptions at the various residences as named below or to call on the community for the purpose of sol- iciting contributions to the relief fund. We most earnestly appeal to you for larger or smaller amounts as you may see fit to give.” Committees of a similar kind will be organ- ized throughout the state, and it is expected that Nebraska's donation to the sufferers will be excelled by no state in the union. Mrs. Judge G. Anderson is at the head of fifty Swedish ladies who will receive contri- butiouns for the sufferers. ————— BOONE COUNTY POLITICS. Candidates Who are Struggling to Se- cure Nominations for Office. Armiox, Neb., July 26.—|Correspondenco of Tuk Bee.]—Politics as yet have not agi- tated the minds of the farmers, they being more interested in harvesting their crops. The Hon. John Peters is a candidate for state auditor on the republican ticket. If he should get left for auditor, e is to be a can- didate for state senator, and if he fails to make it for senator, he is to be a candidate for representative. So, it seems, he is deter- mined to be in a position to assist in manipu- lating the railroad *‘oil-room’ at the capital. Mr. Peters is not as popular with the voters of Boone county as he formerly was, for it seems his servicds were not appreciated by the tillers of the soil But if Mr. Peters should be nominated for auditor, M.B. Thompson, a banker of Albion, will be a candidate for senator. Mr., Thomp- son is an honorable man, is somewhat inclined to be with the luboring classes, but heis weak apparently when in company with men wearing a brass collar marked “R. R.” If he had a little more backbone he would be a noble legislator. K. G, Hough is also spokan of as a candi- date for representative, Mr. Hough is engaged in the hardware business in Albion, and his standing in the county is good. If ho should be nominated he would be elected, and if elected he would not forget the ter- ests of his constituents, but would work for the people against corporations. The democrats are preparing for an ag- gressive campaign. Colonel Fitzhugh is spoken of as a candidate for representative. e is & good man and of more than ordinary ability, but he is on the wrong side. He will get left, as the democratic party is very much in the minol m this county, The anti-monopolists are in a demoralized condi- tion at present, but they say they propose to unite on the best man that the republican or democratic party may put up for senator or representative. If this is true these old par- ties had better go a little slow. B BELVA'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. The Equal Rights Presidential Canai- date Gives Her Sisters Pointers. New Yoxrk, July 2%.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee.]—Helva A. Lockwood and several of her sisters couferred last evening at the home of Mrs. Cynthia Leonard about the plan of campaign of their national equal rights party. Mrs. Lockwood did most of the talking, and the other women sat around her and smiled and clapped their hands as she outlined her methods. She proposes that her campaign for the presidency shall bevig- orous, and that by her running the cause of woman suffrage shall be progressed to a marked degree. The chief topic d was the selection of an electoral tici New York city. Some names have been selected, and when they are finally decided upon they will form & band to carry argu- ments into the households of their husbands and all other men who have votes. e the general platform adopted at Des M. there has been printed an epitomized one to be circulated for signatures. It reads: *We, the undersigned, citizens of the state of New York, believe in woman suffrage, temper- auce, arvitration, money and labor reform, and the control of railroads and telegraphs Judge Brewer has ordered a temporary in- junction wgainst the lowa railroad comamils ion i BULLDOZING COLORED VOTERS The “Old Roman" Characterized As a Robel Sympathizer, HOME OF POLITICAL. SLAVERY. The Silent Votes of the Sunny South— How the Country 1s To Be Wronged and Imposed Upon, The New Slavery. HILLSDALE, Miss., July 20, — [Correspondence of Tue Bee.] —The democratio journals have bogun rather early in the season to warn ne- gro republicans to stay away from the polls in November unless they intend to vote for democracy’s “woek-kneod™ candidates. The Globe Democrat truthfully says: *‘It is notorious that, with the excoption of Texas, there is not a single southern state in which northern people seeking homes ean ex- pect to receive considerate and hospit- able treatment. The mere acknowledg- ment that one is from a northern state, even though he may have been born sinco the war closed, is suflicient to condemn and isolate him. This has been experienced in thousands of in- stances, and it is now generally under- stood that the northern man who settles in the south must make up his mind to be looked upon asan unwelcome in- truder, and to bo deprived of those so- cial advantages which form so large a part of human happiness.” Now any northern or western man who is fool enough not to believe this let him come and see for himself. Mis- sissippi and Louisiana he would find, should he vote the rapublican ticket and advocate the principles of that party, to be perfect hells, If you do not believe this come down from your comfortable perch (north) and see, and you will be convinced of its truth. Why, look at Senator Eustis of Lou- isiana, who could give no other answer to the charges of election frauds and the suppre: n of the negro vote in his state than to say, as he did in the sen- ate, that he ‘“‘would advise a reign of terror rather than submit to negro domination.” Who is waving the bloody shirt now? We call upon every man who has been taught by the democratic and so- called independent press that all ques- tions pertaining to human rights in the south are are ‘‘ancient history,” and that republicans e fanning the em- bers of an old strife, to take notice that this ex-confederate, this purdoned and reconstructed rebel, the senator of a govermnent which is pledged to the maintenance of the equal rights of all its citizens, stands before tho very polit- ical mercy-seat and threatens not, in- deed, another rebellion, but worse than that—a reign of torror, with all the blood, and rapine, and anarchy and outragre that the term implies. How-long are the loyal people of this ; going to submit to these insults and indigmties? Well may we e claim, as Cicero exclaimed when Cut- aline stalked from his hostile camp into the Roman senate: *‘How long, O, Cat- aline, wilt thou abuse our patience!” It was not enough for the men who dipped their hands to the elbows in their brothers’ blood in a mad attempt to break this union, and found a govern- ment upon human slavery, to be taken oack upon a plane of equal citizenship with those who were loyal at an sacri- fice, but they must set up a government of force, fraud and usurpation, not only in those states, but through and by means of them in the union itself; and, now, since that control begins to be im- perilled by the rising indignation of the people, they threaten dire disaster, and coolly inform the people of the United States that if they are nolonger permit- ted to poison our spring they will cut our throats. It is a braggart threat, but there is not ashadow of doubt of their purpose to maintain their usurpation by blood so long as they have no power to contend with but the poor, unprotected and easily intimidated republicans of the south. But what are the people of the United States going to do about it? The deprivation of citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi of their rights to vote is a blow at the citizens of the north. It is time the brigand politicians of the south be given to understand that the funda- mental law of the land must be obeyed If it takes fighting to do this we must fight. It is proper for them to understand that, except dur- ing this confederate administration, this union and 1ts defenders and loyal masses are not much lon, to be tritled with. Because neither one of the demo- cratic nominees took up arms against the confederacy is why the south is so wild for them. Mr. Cleveland did pre- tend to send a substitute, but the “old Roman” was undoubtedly a rebel sym- pathizer. Watch his course during'tho reconstruction period, and you will find him on the rebellion sidé every time. There will be many ten thousards who will earnestly desire to perform the duty and exercise the power of the citi- zen who will not, be allowed to do so. Sixty per cent of the voters of South Cavolina, 58 per cent of the voters of Mississippi, and J ns of Louisiana will be silent on the 6th of next November, when the issue is to be decided. they will constitute a most i it fuctor i determining the they will not be permitted to exercise will be used by the very parties who deprive them of the right the nation has conforred to defeat their will and negative their desive. As a conse- quence, we shall have not only wrong one to those deprived of the privilege eitizen, but the whole country is ng tho general verdictof her J ns. In determining what power shall dominate the re- public dur the next four years, one_white man’s vote in South Carolina, Louisiana or Mississippi will in consequence of this suppression of law and deprivation of right, be exactly twice as potent as a ‘man’s vote at the north. Fortunately one of the ques- tions to be decided is whether the free men of the north like this sort of thing ornot. A vote for Grover Cleveland and democracy, means the perpetuation of a system that makes one southern man equal to two northern ones in the conlro? of our government, Now, with these facts before you, are you going to allow the ex-confederates to administer affairs another fonr years? If you do, you may expect to see (as Louisiana’s great governor would say,) “‘the laws suspended,” until every northern wage- worker, factory and industry gener- ally has been cruslied into pulp. Sit idle and you will see it. B. H. F. e Kicked by a Horse. A teamster named Perry, in the employ of the Anheuser-Busch company, while engaged in unhitching his team was kicked in the face by onc of the animals and se- verely injured.” Six of his teeth wers knocked out and his face was badly cut up, AMONG MUSTY DOCUMENTS, Regan's Bond Has Quietly Nestled For Seventeen Months, A rumor has been in circulation among the city oficials for some time that the bond in the much-talked-of Regan paving contracts of 1887 was missing, The rumor finally becamo public property, and immediately suspicious people jumped to the conclusion that the document had been surreptitiously taken, if possible, to avert the law suit, which it was claimed was about to be instituted for failure to comply with the contract, against Regan's bondsmen ‘The bond, however, was found yestorday by a Beg reporter, Its finding, or rather the manner in which it disappeared, would seom to demonstrate that some steps might be taken immediately to designate a custo dian for such documents, because, atpresent, nobody under the law is charged with that responsibility. The bond was made on M h 15, 1887, the principals being J. C. and . Regan, D, Soper, A. M. Pento, C. M. and C. H. Wolls, and the suretios John F. Coots, William Mc Hugh, P. Goos and J. E. Markel. It was seut to the council by J. E. House, then chairman of the board of public works, There are on record in the offic of the board of public works two lotters from that gentles man in proof of this fact, After the bond had been approved by the council, it was brought by City Clerk Southard to Mayor Boyd for his approval. The latter in return- mg some official documents to the clork, failed to mclude the bond 1 question, Mr. Southard apprised him of tne fact. The mayor searched his office, put his clerks to searching, but the bond could nowhere bo fonud. Mr. Southard spoke of the matter to councilmen privately, but the board took no action upon tho maiter. Since then not a living soul is presumed to have known whero the bond has been, or in fact that 1t had not gone out of existence. BBee ceporter visited the eity clerk's office and found that of all the public work done in 1887 there were but two bonds on file. Those areof T. F. Brennan and J, C. Regan in the matter of the city hall, There is a lurge envelope, however, of the bonds for work of 1883, Mr.Southard by way of explan- ation said that while he had no authority ta keep the bonds, he filed them away as a mat- tor of discrotion. The absenco of * the honds 0f 1857 he explained by stating that he knew where they were, which means that they are scattered around in several city offices. The reporter next saw Mayor Broateh,and was toid by the latter that he had en informed of pearang of the bond 86 ago, but that he did not know where It was now. “But,” he said, “let me see.” He went to afe, remarking, “I'vo got a number of papers here, which I got from Mayor Boyd. I've never examined them. T wonder if the bond could be among thew 1" He pulled out the bundle of doouments and the first paper looked at was the missing bond. It contained the signatures of tho suretics above given, but it did not have the approval of the mayor. It had been ap- proved, however, by the council, and this fact was attested by Mr. Southard’s signature. After the approval the bond went to the then mayor, J. I%. Boyd, and there it went astray, The bond requiréd_the paving specified 1o be finished before the 14th of November, 1887, under penalty of forfeiture of 10 cents for every yard at that date remaining unfinished. The status of the Regan controversy at this time is, according to the showing of the board of public wor that the firm to finish year and this must pavo . The work of last yoar's emaining undone s 64,526 square ng laid but 12,500 yards out of while this year they have put down ouly 2,500 yards. ~ Contractor Fox is said to be a silent parter of Regan’s and has laid this year about 15,000 yards of cypress, but he has nothing to do ‘with Regan’s contract of last year. 1t is claimed that Regan recently bought cedar in Chicago, which, owing to scarcity sold at figures which Fox' says ren- ders it impossible to lay it at the prices ruling in Regan's old contract. Both Fox and ~ Regan stand ready to fulfill the old contract with cypress. but the city attorney has decided that that cannot be done without anothe petition of the prop- erty holders,cre-advertising and a re-letting of ihe contract. One of Regan's bondsman yesterday said: “Let the city take this matter into court and they'l find that instead of making us finish Regan’s contract, that man will get 20,000 dollars out of them. They would not give him the strects to pave, but delayed him in grading and curbing so that he couldn’t work. That compelled him to go over the river to use up his material which was piled up here.” e IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION. The Congressional Committee Re- sumes Its Sossions. NEW YORK, July 26.—At the session of the emigration investigation committee of con- gress to-day, John Curtis, who has charge of the steerage business of the Cunard line, was the first witness. His testimony showed that for six and a half years, commencing with 1388, his line bad brought to this country about one hundred thousand emi granis, He said his company employs all the means required by law to prevent the land- ing here of contract luborers. Witness did not know of any pool existing between the atoar ity he had authority from his governm sh moncy to sond back any paupe slod countrymen of his. He said about 1 cont of the Italians coming over here 30 per cont skilled laborers und 8. s sent to the consulute by Italian minister. acting the home govern- ment, and the money was turned over to the Italian Inmigration society for distribution. Siguor Monaco gav interesting infor- mation about the in which con- wractors here induce his countrymen to immigrate, and said that they would instruct their agents in ure a certal ber of men and se passage. Then th to work for him and pay £ 1o £25 som uts Wi 1 anywhe they the who, st men, were entirely of the contractors, rule, kept saloons o Mulber would put to work, and all the money for their lubor is paid direct tothe con- tractor, who would hold it until they ot their monoy andan exorbitaut interest back, and often would t another month’s pay and then would let them go with- e any money. ‘Fhis i not so mercy a8 g0, owing to tha t labor law. He Lor kept a bank, et office all in one, ited their money in these bauks, which are un supervision whate Three bank within @ skipped out without paying up. He declarcd that within the past year from 4,000 to 5,000 had applied to him for assistance. The vi onsul declared s government had repeatedly warned ntrymen against the inducements held . Ho said that the 1 about 75 cents out of. every $1.25 they received. Commissionér Morrow questioned him about how the Italians working on the aque- duct were employed. He said they were employed through the contractor bankers here. Sometimes @& contractor who em- ployed men and the men themselves paid commission to Y e labor agents, — . The Reception Over. The receptions that have been givem by the officers and directors of the First Na- tional bank of Omaha during the afternoons and cvenings of the past few days, have closed, Hundreds of our citizens in- spected the banking room with its magnifi- cent appointments, with the uuanimous com- ment on the beauty and convenience of the structure and it furnishments. The new bank will be opened for business Saturday morning. Fell on His Head. Peter E. Enquist, a laborer, about wixty years of age, living with his daughter, Mrs. Wilson, who keeps the Atlas house at tha corner of Twelfth and Jones streets, fell out; of & wagon at the corner of Thirteenth and Farnam streets and was severely bruised on the head. He was carried w his nome, where he remawned uacouscious for sue tine,