Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dmly (Morning Edition) mcluding Sunday o Y #10 00 BEE, One Year e 200 at. T PEH y 2 00 NOK. 914 ANDILO FARNAM STREET. N 15 TRIBUNE b1 o Yenl OMANAOFPIC] NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOM 14 t BUiLoing, WASHINGTON Orrick, NO. FOURTEENTH BTRE CORRE! DENCE, ANl communieations relating fo news and edi- torinl matier should be addresscd to the KpiToR BER. OrTHE BEE. 1oy NRSR LETTES, All business istters and remittances should be addres-ed to Tue DrE PURLISILSG COMUAN Y OMAIA. Dratts, checks and postoifice orders to be mads payabie to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Compeny, Proprizios, . ROSEWATER, F"“t”rj,_;va THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Np:xrllmki] ! County of Douglas, |5 - Geo. 1, Tzach ecretary of The Bee Pub- Ushiny pany, does Amlulun\{ swear that the et cireuttion of the Dally Be e foF the week ending July 7, 158, was as follows urday, Juie 9. i, Thursds ]. J Friday, July Average 8worn to Imlur;‘ m"t nl'lll! )(xh;l)‘rl\l)m in my ‘presence this 7th day of July, A. D, , : N P, 'Notary Public. FEIL, State of Nebraska, | 'g - Connty of Douglas, | & George B. Tzsciuck, being first duly sworn,de- 5e8 and s he is secretary of The ilee ublishiug company, that the nctual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of July, 1857, was 14,08 copios: for August, 18T, 14,i6160ples ; for September, 1867, 1440 coples i ¥ coples; for November, ember, 187, 15,041 cop: i; Jor February, 143, G689 copies: for ay, JRSS, 15,181 Dles. GEO. B. TZ28CHUCK, Swornto before me and subscribed inmy presence this Jth day of June, A. D., 184, N. P. FEIL, Notary Publ ———— . ADMIRAL Luce is authority for the statement that there is less drunkenness in the navy to-day than there was forty years ago. Admiral Luce forgets that there is only one-half as big a navynow as there was when he was a midship- mite. TuE natural gas supply of Pennsyl- vania is showing decided signs of giv- ing out. That is not to be wondered at when Bill Scott, the chairman of the national democratic committeo, isdraw- ing so heavily on the Pennsylvania wells. Fon the first time in the history of the present session of the house, when it resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the Okluhoma bill, not asingle member was prepared to proceed with the debate. The dilemma caused such a shock that a congressman dropped his false teeth in the excitement of the moment. THE appeal made to the people of Ne- braska asking contributions for the suf- terers by the recent widespread and de- structive fives in Sweden should be gen- erously responded to, particularly by the natives of Sweden, who constitute a considerable and generally prosperous portion of Nebraska's population. The destruction wrought by these fires is terrible, as may be judged from the statement that it is estimated at eighty million Swedish crowns, equal to about eighteen million dollars—a sum which means much more in Sweden than here —and thousands of people are homeless. Although remote, the consequences of this calamity appeal to our sympathy and philanthropy, and should elicit a generous response from our prosperous people. Ep————— THE vote of Congressman Knute Nel- gon, of Minnesota, for the Mills bill ‘was a source of very great gratification 10 the democrats, and they have been solicitous to know what the attitude of the Minnesota representative would be in the campaign. Mr. Nelson has great influence in his state, particularly among the Norwegians, nearly all of ‘whom are republicans, and the demo- crats have been cherishing the hope that he would follow his vote by a dec- laration favorable to the re-clection of Cleveland. The dissipation of this hope ‘was made complete by Mr. Nelson three days ago in an interview, when he au- thorized the correspondent to say that he is just as good a repub- lican as ever and that ‘“‘we are going to clean Grover Cleveland out this fall.” Mr. Nelson voted for the Mills bill because it was in line with tho tariff views he has always held. He will not again ‘run for congress, and does not want any political office. But he has no thought of deserting the re- publican party, and undoubtedly will be found doing good service in its behalf during the campaign, if he shall have the opportunity. This is but one of many cases in which democratic hopes will be dashed between now and No- vember. ——— SAN FRANCISCO has earned the repu- tation of being the most immoral and worst governed city in America. A grand jury composed of nineteen repre- sentative citizons has been in session seven weeks and its investigation has revealed a state of corruption unpar- alelled. The criminal classes virtually control the city. Crime is orgamzed for purposes offensive and defonsive, and has its aiders and abettors. The elections are wholly in the hands of twelve or fiftcen hundred of the worst element which makes and unmakes pat- ronage and dictates to those in power. Matters have reached such a climax that to openly offend the head of this eriminal ring is sure to {invite political ruid. Under such a condition most of the departments of the city government are corrupt, and crime flaunts itself openly in spite of law, authority or decency, The investigation is by no means complete, and it is doubtful whether all the fraud and mismanage- ment which curse San Francisco will _ ever be brought tolight. Such a con- dition of municipal affairs is due to the indifference of reputable citizens at the The danger which over- whelms San Francisco is re- peated in every city in the land. It is when the ovil of misgovernment becomes unbearable that the respeot- able voters of the city by spasmodic effort wield an influence. But municipal corruption, like & cancer, requires bevoic surgory, : A Republican Difference. The republicans of the senate who favor the submission of a tariff measure as a substitute for the Mills bill are meeting with a vigorous and determined opposition from republican members of the house. A few republicans of the senate are in sympathy with this oppo- gition, but a large majority take the view that hoth duty and expediency re- quire that arepublican measure shall be submitted. Certain republican organs are with the opposition. The ground taken by the house republicans is that the majority of that body, which is re- sponsible for revenue legislation, having passed a tariff bill, it is not incum- bent upon the republicans to pro- pose another measure. They insist, in effect, that neither duty nor policy de- mands of them any further action than that ot opposition before the country to the democratic policy of tariff revision. It was in pursuance of this view that a substitute for the Mills bill was not of- fered in the house, and for this re in part the republican members of the house appear to regard the proposed action of the senate republicansasin the nature of an arrogant assumption, car- rying with it a reflection upon the judg- ment of the former. The right of the republicans of the senate to submit a new bill is not questionable, and in view of the fact that they are a ma- jority of that body it is not easy to see how they would be able to satisfactorily explain a failure to at least make an honest attempt to frame and bring forward another bill. If the house is not willing to wait for it the senate will not be blamed for that. But the republicans of the lower branch of congress demand that the issue shall stand where it is, believing that the party can make its fight before the people to better advantage if not called upon to defend a tarill measure of its own. We have no doubt that the attitude of the republicans of the house is a mis- taken one, for reasons which we have heretofore given. Very likely the large majority of republicans would be satisfied with a position of simple nega~ tion, but there are thousands of others who desiro a definite statement of the method by which the party proposes to reduce taxation and prevent the con- tinued accumulation of money in the national treasury beyond the require- ments of the government. It will not be wise to disregard this desire, and thereby subject the party to the charge of having less courage than its oppo- nents. The confession of fear of “heing placed on the defeusive, if the party shall plainly set forth its policy of tax revision and reduction, is not at this juncture reassuring. It is notin keep- ing with the character and course of the republican party in the past. It has never hitherto hesitated to show that it had the courage of its convictions, and in this respect, quite as much as in any other, it had during all the years of its success a distinet advantage over its ~p- ponents. Never before in the history of the party has there been any expres- sion of a desire to avoid the defense of of its principles and policy. It must be believed that the men who manifest this desire now represent the feeling of ouly a small minority of the party, and that they have not intellig- ently and thoroughly considered the probable consequences of placing the party in the attitude of mere opposition and obstruction. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the decision of the republican senatorial conference in favor of submitting a tariff measure as a substitute for the Mills bill will be adhered to. It may be necessary to prolong the session far into the autumn months, but this is not a matter to be given any consideration. Duty and policy require that the repub- licans in congress shall not halt in the position of mere objectors and ob- structionists, confessing themselves un- able or afraid to go further, and if they fail to see this and act upon it, the labor of defense may be found much harder than would be imposed by any tariff measure they might submit. Playing Dog-in-the-Manger. There is & good deal of slackness in the building trades just now, and likely to be more within s#xty days, when the large buildings under construction on upper Farnam have been put under roof. Very naturally workingmen com- plain and feel discouraged. If any blame for this state of affairs attaches to anybody it is to the dog-in-the-man- ger faction in the city council headed by Hascall and Counsman, who persistently obstruct and oppose every effort to continue work on the city hall and propositions to erect other needed buildings. Their plea all along has been that the proceeds from the bonds voted by the people for the city hall will not finish the building, The only basis they have for this assertion is the bids of 1887. Those bids came within forty thousand dollars of the means at the command of the council, even if the bonds did not bring a pre- mium, But the bids last year were extrava- gantly high, With brick at six dollars a thousand and a general decline in the prices of all building materials, there is hardly any doubt that a contract can be made now to complete the building for less than one huydred and eighty thousand dollars, the amount of bonds not yet disposed of and balance of five thousand due from the school board. It the council omits the jail part and makes some minor modifications in the offices, the build- ing can certainly be built for less than one hundred and eighty thousand dol- lars by using the foundation which builders and architects pronounce safe. On the other hand, if a better buiiding than that planned by Meyers is de- manded in view of the surroundings, the council ecould long since have submitted a proposal to the voters for additional bonds at a special election. But the obstructionists in the council appear determined to do nothing this year, just to have personal revenge on the editor of Tue BEE because he had cousidered it his duty to oppose Bell- wethor Hascall's nefarious schemes and entered protest against jobbery and nepotism by which Counsman and Man- ville had foisted their sons on the oity R A b - i O S SATURDAY. JULY 28 1888 pay-roll as deputies and clerks, and raised their salaries above what clerks of the same capacity are worth. Had work on the city hall béen con- tinued this senson, there would not only have been employment for a large num- ingmen who are now 1dle, but there would have been work for many laborers and mechanics on build- ings that were to have been begun in pring in the immediato vicinity of hail. - For this deplorable state s the dog-in-the-manger faction inthe council is wholly responsible. Their spiteful, vindictive and selfish course has cost this city thousands of dollars; kept hundreds of workingmen out of employment, and deprived our merchants of the trade advantage which they would have enjoyed by the free circulation of not less than half a mil- lion dotlars that would have been ex- pended for labor and material, It remains to be seen whether the dog in the manger councilmen will persist in their policy of obstruction until the end of their terms. Disposition of Garbage. One of the problems with which our city must grapple is the'economic and effective disposal of garbage. In view of the continuous extension of the city boundaries, it becomes a question of considerable moment how far down the river the garbage boats must land in order to make their deposits inoffensive and safe to the health of our popula- tion. The difficulty to properly dispose of the enormous quantity of refuse is even greater during winter months than it is while the dump-boats are running. While it is true that the cold weather prevents in part the cleaning of stroets and alleys and collection of garbage, there is necessar- ily a large quantity of matter not drain- able by our system of sewage that must be carted away from the business cen- tre. The only effective method for dis- posing of garbage all the year round is through the crematory. Chicago burns its garbage and finds that method highly satisfactory both from an econo- mic and sanitary standpoint. Barring the royalty on the patent the cost of a kiln and its maintenance would be comparatively light, in view of the ex- pense incurred for maintaining dump boats. 1t is to be hopea that the council will take this subject under serious consid- eration at an early day. A DELEGATION of Kansas City grain shippers waited on Chairman Midgely of the railroad pool, as the bearers of a grievance from the board of trade of that city. The complaint made was that the railroads are discriminating against Kansas City and St. Louis in their grain carrying charges. They claim that the through rate from points in Kansas to Chicago is from five to seven cents less than the sum of the two locals—that is interior points to Kansas City and Kansas City to Chi- cago. The result of this is to shut out Kansas City from the business which the merchants claim is due to them owing to that city’s location. It will be remembered that this isa case identical with the one brought by Omaha against the railroads before the inter-state commerce commission, and which was not allowed by that body. The Kansas City shippers saw that it would not avail them tolay their grievance before the commission. They therefore appealed directly to the rail- roads, asking them to adjust their tariff on a basis to make Kansas City the distributing point. The reply made by the railroads to this unique request, as might have been ex- pected, gave very little comfort to the Kansas City people. The answer of the railroads was in effect the same as that given by the inter-state commerce commission in the Omaha case. Other Missouri river points are as much entitled to velief as is Kansas City. An adjustment of rates at one point would make it necessary to make a general revision, and in order to effect this all the roads west of the Missouri must be represented. The matter, however, has not been dropped. A meeting of the western roads will be bheld at Omaha next ‘fuesday, and it is possible that a schedule can be arranged satisfactory to Kansas City, Omaha and other Mis- souri river towns. THE finding of the Regan Bros’. bond does not mend matters. The terms of the contract have been violated by the firm in every particular, and the city authorities have failed to enforce the compliance by proceedings against their bondsmen. E— BY the by, what high sounding med- icine-man title will those big Injuns, Jim and John Boyd, wear at the Samo- set club. S Other Lands Than Ours. The passage of the English local govern- ment bill through committee was hailed with great satisfaction both by the government and the opposition, which were for once agreed. The liberals welcome it as almost a revolution, which transfers the control of county affairs from the privileged few to the people. Londoners beneflt at least as much as anybody else. London becomes for mu- nicipal purposes something more than a geo- graphical -expression. It acquires the right to govern itself. Vestries and the metro- politan board of works pass out of existence unhonored and unlamented. The bill has yetto go through the formal stages in the house of commons and may suffer amend- ment on one or two points in the house of lords. But it will become a law substan- tially as it left the committee. Regarding the report that @& female spy has been employed to work up a case against Parnell, it is remarked that this is not the first time that the party in power has employed dissolute women to en trap the Irish nationalists. A few years ago a stylish fomale went to Dublin and pro- fessed to be a dynamiter, She formed a sin- cere attachment for Joe Quinn, under secre- tary of the league, and with him laid deep plots to blow up the ‘‘castle” and destroy the last vestige of English rule in Ireland. Just as matters were all ripe for an explosion, Dr. Quinn gave her a secret letter, which she was to convey to contederates in London, but which she opened on the boat to Holyhead. In this letter she learned that the leagne knew all about her mission, and had known it from the first, and- that Dr. Quinn was aware of her true character, The English govérnment paid the bills for the champagne and dinners which she dispensed so freel: the Shelbourne hotel, and she came to Dublin no more. It is very likely that an adven- turess of a similar character has been trying to dupe Mr. Parnell in the same way, and fuiling of Success, has duped the tories with @ lot of forged letters, 0 Of the groat powers of Europé tho Ropub- licof France has the most to gain by dis- armament, and yet France demurs. With all their love of military glory the French are eminently an induswrial people. They need years of peuce in order to restore their shattercd national finances; yet, in their ef- forts to organize a military establishment capable of coping with Germany and Austria in the field, they are running deeper and decper into debt, But France has little need of great standing armies either to repel for- elgn invasion or to suppress domestic insur- rection. In 1793 the young republic was practically disarmed in the presence of hos- tilo Burope, The French srmy was in the worst state of disorganization, most of its ofticers of high rank and experience having fled the country and joined its enemies, But the patriotic spirit, the bravery, the irre- pressible energy and military genius of the French people proved more than a match for the invading armies of banded Europe. One after another the ablest generals at the head of the best drilled armies of Europe were beaten by hasty levies of undisciplined French peasants and mechanics. France can have no motive mow to resist dis- armament other than revenge, and Bismarck has an obvious right to require the removal of this menace to Germany and to the peace of Europe. Should the French government refuse to join tho rest of the powers fin dis- banding the armies, Germany, Austria and Italy would probably unite in demanding sub- stantial guarantees to keep the peace. A declaration from France that she has no hos- tile intent, while maintaining a warlike atti- tude, would be treated as evasive and insin- cere. Austro-Hungary, loaded down with debt and impoverished by keeping up armies to watch her ambitious rival in the north, would be relieved of financial embarrass- ment in the present, and of anxiety for the future by a general disarmament. Italy, though only a second-rate power, is straining all her resources to maintain flcets and ar- mies by which she may hold her own in Eu- rope. If these three allies should insist upon the disbandment of the standing armies as the most effective guarantee of peace, and as a means of financial relief, France would be obliged to succumb or to accept the responsi- bility of provoking an immediatc war in which all needful guarantees for the future would be secured. " What has bacame of Stanley? is a question that is being repcated with increasing in- terest throughout the civilized world. Since the great African explorer reached the sources of the Aruwimi, at the head of a strong and well-equipped expedition, there have been no trustworthy reports of him. "The intevior ot Africa is full of strange mys- teries, but none so great as that which sur- rounds the fate of the man who has done so much to bring its vast regions to the knowl- edge of the world. The impression of those who have most closely watched his move- ments is that he has given up the ostensible plan of the expedition—the relief of Emin Pasha (Dr. Schnitzler)—and has advanced from the Congo into the dominions of the Mahdi. According to this view the explorer will next turn up at Khartoum. As for Emin Pasha, his relief seems to be wholly unneces- sary. It is relatod shat the former governor of the equatorial pravince of Egypt on the Upper Nile has accumulated at Wadelai a great store of ivory, on which he would be glad to realize. The conjecture is that he may have taken upthe line of march for the reliaf of his rescuer, - ‘What increases the in- terest of the situation are the repeated re- ports from the interior that a “‘white pasha’ has appeared in the Upper Nile, and is marching against the Mahdi and gathering recruits for the native tribes as he advances. If these reports can be trusted, they indicate that Stanley has left Dr. Schnitzler to take care of himself, and is advancing upon Khar- toum. It may be months—and it may be but a few days—before the veil which covers these movements in the heart of Africa will be lifted. . " The safety of England’s colonial empire is at present causing as much serious thought a8 is the defenceless condition of the United Kingdom iteelf. To protect the trade lines in the Pacific ocean, with its ninety millions of square miles of water, would require an enormous floet in case of war. Besides ar- senals at Sydney and Bombay to serve as the naval base for ships in war time in the eastern part of the empire, it would be nec- essary not only to occupy, but also to garri- son certain strategic points like St. Helena, ‘Vancouver’s island and other places which command all the lines of oceanic communica- tion between Great Britain and her colonies and lie at the mercy of a hostile attack. The argument, therefore, is that, since the colo- nies have no control over British diplomacy and no power to determine whether they shall go to war or remain at peace, there is no political reason for asking them to help defray the cost of a war in the declaration of which they have no choice, aud perhaps no interest. There is nothing i this view of the case that is selfish; it is simply a corol- lary of the admitted doctrine that taxation and representation go together. . " The thrust that M, Floquet made at Gen- eral Boulanger's throat seems to have reached quite through the distriot of Ar deche, in which the latter was a candidate for re-election to the assembly, as at the election of Sunday he was overwhelmingly defeated by his opponent, who received nearly thrce votes to his ome. General Boulanger evidently overestimated his popu- larity when he so theatrically resigned his seat in the assembly; he no doubt thought that the first district in which an election occurred would vindicate him by returning him by & great majority to the place ho had deserted. But the citizens of Ardeche did not want him, Apparently they are for the better, or the luckier, swordsman. The general will have to try again. No doubt he can find a district In which Boulangerism is still popular, but he ‘will have to be quick about it, as that bpbple seems to have been pricked when he was pinked by M. Floquet. ‘When the winds are out of it Boulanger will be only a past and curious episode in French politics. b g The Emperor Willidm's projected visit to Rome in October invelves him in some em- barrassment. He has accepted an invitation to visit King Humbert at the Quirinal and the pope sends word that if he does he will be considered as having committed a hostile act against the vatican, and that the depart- ure of the pontiff from Rome may be pre- cipitated thereby. In view of the fact that a very large number of the emperor's subjects are Catholics and that Bismarck has adopted a conciliatory policy towards them of late, the situation is rather interesting. 1t ap- pears that no European sovereign has visited Rome since the accession of Victor Emanuel, The pope would regard such a visitation as an endorsement of his deposition from tem- poral power in the Holy City. 5 e An interesting outcome of the tariff war between Italy and Frauce is the appeal for governmentdl ‘assistance now maae by the wine-producers of southern Italy, who find themselves with over two hundred million litres of last year's wine on hand, its market having been cut of by the “war.” They now contemplate the utilization of this stock by distilling it, and they petition the government to refund excise taxos already paid on the wine, to reduce the distillation tax on their behalf to one-half its usual rate, to confer a considerable bounty ou the exportation of spirits, and to give them reduced rates of transportation on the government railways. 1t is not very likely that these demands will e granted, for not only would they entail a very considerable expense themselves, but the fear is entertained that the granting of them would be the signal for a flood of claims for help from other industrics in distross., o King Milan, of Servia, is a most despica- ble creature. Some years ago he went to Vienna for a brief stay and the first night of his visit he lost £24,000 at a noble's club, The money had to be paid within twenty- four hours and, as the amount was not within his reach, he went to the palace and requestod a loan of the emperor, who gave him the money on condition he would not play again, aud yet the very next night he was found at the table and did not rise until another £8,000 had gone. No application could bo made this time to the emperor, so Milan raised the amount on @ splendidly jowelled scimitar, his most valuable heredi- tary possession, which had been presented to the late Prince Milosch by Emperor Nicholas. Thiss cimitar has never been redeemed and it is now in_the possession of Herr Bleich- roder, a Berlin banker. . e English railway corporations are not per- mitted many liberties in Great Britain. In that country the railroads are not, as here, the chief agencies through which speculative capitalists seck to accumulate wealth, and so they are firmly held to their primary function of fetching and carrying for the people. By additional parliamentary cnactments it is now proposed to revive all the canals in the United Kingdom and make them active com- petitors with the railroads. This course, if adopted, would make the waterways thor- oughfares for all heavy freight, and practi- cally put an end to railway competition, The English railroad companies are not permitted to control trade, nurse infant industries, de- velop favorite localities, or to doanything else, indeed, beyond the scope of the business of transportation for which they were char- tered. ‘When the Bar' Have Been Tapped. Boston Herald. The business outlook is unprecedentedly bright in all the doubtful states. vt He Should be Enthusiastic. Pittshurg Dispateh. The prohibitionists are said to have on their list of campaign speakers John McDon- ald, who served a year in prison as one of the whisky frauds. MaDonald can certainly bear evidence to the evils of illicit whisky. e An Unfailing Sign. St. Louis Globe-Demoerat, The increase of £3,000,000 in the receipts from the whisky tax in the past year indl- cates that the growth in the number of dem- ocratic voters is keeping pace with the ex- pansion in_population, m some parts of the country at leas R e iven Truth May be Ruptured. Pittsburg Dispateh, The Standard magnates may not tell lies when they assert that the Standard company never received better rates from the railroads than did other oil companies and private in- dividuals, but if what they say is truth it might be as well for some one to give them a hint that it wont bear much more stretching. There is alimit to the endurance cven of the truth. =g - Let 1t Be Tried in Omaha. Philadelphia Record, A Pittsburg landlord has been fined $500 and sent to juil for four months for renting a house belonging to him for immoral pur- poses. This is essential justice,.and if the Ptttsburg example should be followed in this city and in_other citics where property own- ers wink at the iniquity by which they profit, a new safeguard would be interposed against an ever active form of social degradation. e crils dy No Blaine in Their Ranks. Chicago Tribune. “Dan,” said the president, uneasily, ‘“the republicans appear to be arranging a tremen- dous reception for Blaine on his return from Europe. Do you think he will take an active part in the campaign 1 ““There can be no doubt of it,” replied Dan, “1t would be exactly like him.” “Dan,” said the president again, after a pause, ‘‘we have no—er—ah—Blaines, have wel” “Lord! no,” ejaculated Dan, sighing heav- ily. Another pause. “Dan,” resumed the president, eying him closely, ‘‘have we no—is there no democrat that couid make as big a sensation on coming home from Europe as Blaine will make !" “None,” answered Dan, quite positively. B The Bloody Sioux, Chicago Times. "Dis plain, when you read in the papers their vioux, That too much booioux Has got into the Sioux, But if we would give the poor Indian his dueioux He would be of more useioux And drink less of booioux. STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska. Wheat and oats are being injured by rust in the vicinity ot North Bend. Thieves sneaked $155 out of the Commercial hotel at Humphrey the other night. The Fairmont creamery lhlalpud a carload of butter to San Fraucisco Monday, on an order for two car loads, The water was turned into the pipes of the new waterworks system at Norfolk for the first time Thursday. Ivis suggested that tramps arrested av Norfolk be put at work mowing down the weeds which have grown so high that parts of the town are almost hidden from sight. The pioneers and old settlers of Dakota county will hold their seventh annual re- union in Hileman’s grove, seven miles south- west of Dakota City on Saturday, August 18, Rev. J. A. Hood, pastor of the Presby- terian church at Schuyler, preached on the subject of ‘‘Sabbaticus Morbus” (Sunday sickness), which is sald to be very prevalent in that eity. While sinking a shaft for coal near Lyons the Crowell brothers struck water at a depth of thirty-eight feet. and were obliged to stop work. The water spouts above the surface of the ground 1 a two-foot stream. A man named Jenkins, living near Union, wanted to get married last week. The bride's sister objected to Jenkins for 'a brother and uundertook to take her sister away from him by force. The boy was the victor in the scufile. He then waltzed her before the 'squire who made them one and trusted to the Lord for his pay. Cheyenne county is all stirred up over the povernment timber trouble. The Kimball Observer says that three residents of Pump- kin Seed Vulley are at the bottom of it, and declares that a coat of tar and feathers and a le would be a safe way in which to covey hese parties out of the country. The coun- try has no longer any need for them. Delbert Simpson, the sixteen-year-old son of a Custer county farmer, committed sui- cide in a most deliberate manner on the 24th He had been sent out to plow with a team of oxen and took @ double barreled shotgun with him. Reacling an unoceupied nouse he went in, took off his right boot and sock, cocked both locks of the gun, and with his foot, after placing the muzzle of the barrel in his mouth, :fnwhnruud the gun, which blew the whole top of his head off, scattering the brains and skull bones all over the room and even up to the roof over him, The cause which led to the suicide is not known. lowa. .. The Cedar Rapids water works cownpany 18 sinking a second artesian well, which is now down about 300 feet. Tho Davenport electric road will be in op- eration in two woeks, Small_grain of all kinds in the v Early, Sac_county, is badly dam: the rust. Many pieces of lago ob hardly be worth cutting. . The old settlers’ reunion at Fort Madison, Which had been appointed for August 8, has been postponed until the 25th on account of the military encampment at Burlitgton, Specimens of the gold bearing quartz taken from the Cook stone quar below Daven- port have boen sent to assayists in Chicago. : x'n proves “paying" the owner has struck it rich, The water service of Burlington is excel- lent in overy respect save one, and that one is—water, The water is of very poor qual- ity, and at times it 1s abominable. There is abad taste and a bad smoll, and it is dirty with sediment from Flint creck and the sloughs, Arthur Monroe, a young man whose par- ents resido in the north part of Kossuth county near Elmore, Minn., was killed while trying to hold his team by the bits as a train was approaching, The horses became wholly unmanageable and trampled Monroo to death. The man whom Sherift Mooney, of Craw- ford county, captured at Burlington not long ago on the charge of having killed Chas. Sharp, at Manilla, last August, has beon dis- charged from jail 'on motion of County Attor- ney Tally. The witnesses who promised to come and testify did not appear. John 1. Gladstone, of Keokuk, wants . #50,- 000 damiges from the Chicago, Rock Tsland & Pacific raiiroad company for injuries sustained by him on the 25th of November, 1887, near Eldon. A broken wheel of a pas- senger car caused him to be throtvn against a seat 8o that a permanent curvature of his spine has supervened ———— A COLD WATER MAN. nity of The Prohib Candidate for Congres- sional Honors. The telograph from Nebraska City yes- terday brought the intelligence that Rev. E. B. Graham, of this city, had been nomi- nated by the prohibitionists of this dictrict as a candidate for congress, Mr. Graham was born in Oquawka, Ill. His parents now reside in Morning Sun, Ia., where his father is a practicing physician. Mr. Graham graduated at Monmouth college, Illinois, in 1874, He developed considerable talent as a caricaturist. Ho has givon sev- eral temperance “chalk talks” after the man- ner of Frank Beard and other noted artists, After graduation he began the study of theology, attending both seminaries of the Uuited Presbyterian —one at Xenia, O, and one at Alle- Pa. He was called to take charge of gation at Birmingham, Ia,, remain- ing there about three years and being trans- ferred to Omaha in 1850, He has, since com- ing to Omaha, been prominently identitied with the temperance and prohibition cause as an orator of unusualability. He has several times been a candidate foroffice on the pro- hibition ticket, and has always made an ac- tive canvass, though being well aware he was carrying a losing cause. A few weeks ago Mr. Graham resigned his pastorate in order that he might devote more time to his paper, the Midland, an_organ of the United Presbyterian church which he has owned and edited for about three years, County Central Committee* This afternoon in the Millard hotel at2p. m., there will bea very important meoting of the ropublican county central committee. The membership is as follows: Chairman—Hon, John Rush, Secretary—M. O. Ricketts, M. D, Treasur R. Webster. First ward—W. A. Kelloy, 1. S. Hascall, F. Stuht, ‘Second ward—T. L. Vandoren, G. Strycker, Frank Dworak. P. Cole, C. R. Grove, W. Third war B. Peyton. Fourth ward—Ch. Ande: D. H Wheeler, G. M. O'Brien. Fifth 'ward—J. McDonald, Wallace, J. Redman. Sixth ward—H. T. Leavitt, W. T. Morrow, J.T. Page. Seventh_war A L. Wiggins, C. Inski Eighth ward—Cadet Taylor, S. B. Lake, A, W. Parker. Ninth ward—Charles Unith, C. J. Johnson, M. S. Lindsey. W. Grice, C. H. Lane, J. South Omaha- B. Erion. Elkhorn Precinct—G. R. Williams, W. R. Turner. Florence Precinet—J. Simsson, Marshal Chapman, Union Precinct—QG. Knight, C. Larson. West Omaha Precinet—O. Clemmens, J. M. Sheeley. Jefferson Precinct—H.; C. Timme, Claus fIt. LM'-Ardlc Precinct—Frank Bleick, William ewan. Waterloo Precinct—R, W. Barber, F. B. Coulton. Millard Precinct—H. Kelsley, John Linke. inct—W. G, Whitmore, V. H. Valley Pr Chicago Precinct—H. J. Rolfs, R. Douglas. Thomas. Irish-American Republicans. A largely attended meeting of Irish-Amer- jcans wus held last night in O'Brien & O'Brien’s oftice, Withuell block, for the pur- pose of organizing an Irish-American ropub- lican club. John Groves was el rary chairman and George M. O’k as secretary. Councilman Leo spoke upon the advisability of making as strong a stana as possible on the question of the tari against England, the common enemy of Jrish- men. John Rush spoke of the advisability of such an organization and the opportunity it would afford for the discussion of tho tariff, and closed by suggesting an enrollment of all present. James Brennan sald he was a high_ protoc- tionist but did not_wish to have the club known as a republican organization. This brought out & discussion, the result of which was that the organization was named tho Irish-American repubiican club, of Omaha Joln Groves was elected permanent chair- man, George M. O'Brien, secretary, and M. Mullen, ' treasurer. Thy following named were enrolled: Walter Bennett, Con Lynch, A. J. Hoben, Thomas McClary, Charles Lavin, John Rush, Jumes J. Casey, J. Howard, B. Quinlan, Martin Furay, Peter Sharkey, John Groves, William Whité, P. M. Mullen, D. A. Elliott, ‘. H_Doyle, E. A. O'Brien,' Michael Lee, R. Q. Jonkenson, George M. O'Bricn, jr., H. D. Gregg, Hugh MoCaftrey, Jonn Ward, Martin McKenna, John Hastings, Richard Ebbit, Mike Ford, J. E. Humnan, M. P. O'Brien. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the president. The headquarters will be in the Barker hotel on, . C. Thompson. It seems to be a favorite topic, from /ear to year, with newspaper writers, in Europe and America, to estimate the wealth of well known capaitalists. Occa- sionally the public is surprised when truth roveals the magnitude of an es- tate greatly undervalued during the life time of the possessor, but the ten- dency is to exaggerate rather than dep- recate all such opulence. ' A recent French writer computes that England has 200 millionaires, the United States 100, Germany 50, Austria 50, France 75, Russia 50, India 50, and the rest of the world 125. The basis of ealculation is on $1,000,000, anything under that sum not being considered. Jay Gould’s fortune is estimated at $275,000,000 and J. W. Mackay's at $250,000,000. Senator Jones is pui down for $100,000,000, These are gross mis- statements. ‘We doubt if Gould’s hold- ings would sell for $100,000.000. Mackay, not so long ago, had to borrow a fow millions from Fair to make good an un- fortunate wheat deal. Senator Jones had about $7,000,000 when he first came to Washington, but it rapidly dissolved in speculation, and however lucky he may have been in Alaska, we doubt if he will ever see as much money in his rrasp again, The English fortunes are estimated at something near their mark, and so are the Vanderbilt estates, but Astor is ‘put o low ut 850,000,000, and the Rothschilds ave probably rated not quite high enough. One remark made on the rise of man to enormous woalth is quite correct when referring to the humble origin of mod- ern monoy kings. They began, in num= orous instances, at tho bottom of the Iadder, and worked their way to the top. This is specially the fact in the United States, and it is encournging to all young men who have their way to make in the world. The prizes of life may not always come to those who deservo them most, but they rarely fail to got within reach of all who have the pa- tience, the energy, the pluck and the solf-denial to win them, The man who succeeds is vsually master ot just such qualities ns insure prosperi and he alone knows what scrious responsibili- ties such prominence entails. The IFronch writer we have alluded to quotes the late Wiliam H. Vanderbilt as saying to one of his friends that ta fortune of - §200,000,000 is a burden to great for any man to carry. Tts weight bends me and kills me. T will not permii_any one of my sons to suffer as 1 do. I obtain no ploasure out of my money, and it wins or me no happiness. In what way am [ better off than my neighbor, who only has half a million?” He enjoys far more than I do the real joys of life. His house is as good as mine, his health is better, ho will live longer, and, at loast, he can trust his friends. When death shall relieve me of the responsibility that I carry, I have provided that my sons shall shave between them the carcs that this money entails,” There are few men who would not bo willing to undertake all the cares men- tioned by Mr. Vanderbilt if they had the millions he proclaimed a burden. There are other men who profess to ba content with very little, but such breth- ren are, like the visiting angels, ‘“‘few and far between.” i —— A Real Wicked Parrot. New York World: ‘“That's the wicks edest polly in New York,” said tho keeper of a Bowery bird store, pointing to an old gray parrot that was sitting in his cage, with his head cocked on one side listening. He blinked his eyes knowingly and gave the harsh screech of his kind in evident approval and complete satisfaction of his wickedness. “lbought him in a saloon on State street, in Chicago, and I can’t sell him, Yousee he don’t do anything but swear.” As if to sustain_his reputation the par- rot burst forth into a torrent of the most vigorous oaths. Then he relapsed into profound silence, holding his head on one side as if waiting for applause. “Isold him to a Sixth avenue bar- keeper,” continued the owner, “‘on con- dition that he could return himina week if he did not like him. The par- rot was back the next day. Jim—I call him Swearing Jim—didn’t like the place, 80 he sat up all day long damning the beer, the lunch, the whisky and the barkeeper. He swore at the customers and kept up such a storm of ouths that it scared overybody out of the house. Next, I sold him on trial to a gambler who 'was running a poker room down town. The gambler satinthe game himself that night and hung Jim’s cage up behind him. The rattleof the chips annoyed Jim, keeping him from sleep, and the gambler says he never stopped swearing all mght. When Jim gets very mad he says, ‘Blast your heart.’ He kept sereeching that out every min- ute that night, and between times got in his regular oaths, The gambler got rattled and lost $200. He brought Jim back and said he wouldn’t take him as a gift. I haven’t sold him since.” During the recital of this story Jim kept nodding his gray old head and blinking his wicked eyes in perfect confirmation. When his owner ceased talking Jim made some romarks in a general way about his soul and its prob- able destination, and then becamo silent, save an occasional hoarse screech, “[ believe he’s unlueky,” the man vent on, *and I am getting afraid of him. I belicve sometimes he isa devil. He never says a good word, and I can never teach him one. But let anybody use a strange oath in his presence and hed ocks up his head and figgs it back at him. A Spaniard was inhere yes- terday and swore at Jim in Spanish. His old eyes lighted up, and he seemed to know he was hearing some strange, new wickedness. He just rolled it over and over in his mouth and kept repeat- ing it again and again. He was happy all day, and whenever anybody came in he would swear away at them with his new oath. He especially delights to startle ladies. Last week a lady got out of her carriage and came in to look at some canal When ladies come in Ialways take Jim out, but this morning I forgot it. While the lady was look- ing at the canaries I suddenly heard o volley of oaths and I looked around. There was Jim looking like a devil, his neck stretched out and his eyes snap- ping, sw ng his ve worst. He knew the lady would be frightened, and she was, She ran out of the shop, and Jim swore till the carriage drovo away. 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