Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1888, Page 6

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IR0 Baturdiy, August i 1X014 AVOrage............ ; 15 {UCK Subsc Inu in 1 presence this H1th rl.n of August, A. 1888, 7" i Noviey Public, blnh of Ne l)unkll ! a8 y of Dougins, { Gooris B, Tentnick, being frst duly sworn,do- oses und says that he i secretary ot The feo Publishiug company, that the actoal average daily cirailation of TnE DALY ey for the morith 587 4,151 coples mlm-a. Tor tor November, 1, 1R, 10,080 coples : £ 1 flu \hu H'\ntllx'll before me an subser prescnco this 1st dug of Atizust A 1) SPIVEIL Notary Public. Like the mists of the morning the prohibitionists sitently rolled up their issues and candidatos and floated away. Tue outlook for the fluhmlsnl(m prop- osition in Nebraska is as yet uncertain, but the indications are such as to jus- tify the hope that it will not win. TuE Nebraska prohibitionists hur- rahed for Brooks, but it remains to be seen how many of them who were ex-republicans will sacrifice their self- respect by voting for him. THe effective measures taken by the locai authorities of Jacksouville, Fla., in stamping out yellow fever ought to pssure the people of the south that the dangers of an epidemic are reduced to aminimum. MR. ST. JouN did the best he could for the democratic cause in Towa and will keep up his efforts in that direction until the close of the campaign. His capacity for doing either good or harm, however, has grown to be very small. e — DeATI is playing havoe in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. Since the 1st of January over four thou- sand members have joined the silent corps. The old soldiers of the rebellion will soon be as few and far between as the veterans of the Mexican war, THE citizens of San Francisco have petitioned Chairman Ford of the immi- gration committee tocome to the Pacitic const and “‘tear away the mask from the Chinese question.” As the commission is in the temper to push the investiga- tion to the bottom, it is more than likely that the house will direct the commit- tee to proceed to San Francisco for that purpose. IT 18 estimated that the total area of agricultural land in this country de- voted to wheat, corn, oats and other cereals is about 220,000 square miles. AAs this is not much more than the area of Texas, the probabilities are that America will not be exhausted for some time by the heavy drains made by Eu- rope for our breadstuffs. e—— THE national bureau of statistics re- ports that the exports of beef and hog products for the seven months ending July 31, 1888, from the United states ag- gregated nearly five hundred thousand dollars more than the exports for the corresponding period of 1887. The un- usual Buropean demand may have some- thing to do with the high price of beef of which the east complains, n which caused the sink- ing of the steamer Geiser of the Scandi- navian line with great loss of life calls attention to the fact thav this catastro- phe is the only one that has occurred so far this season among the trans-Atlantic steamers, Terrible as this disaster has been, it will act as a warning to check the efforts made by so many ocean lines 10 beat the record across the water by which the dangers of collision and ax- plosions, as in the case of the Umbria, are increased. —_— ANOTHER democratic gun has been spiked. It was asserted that the delay in reporting a senate tariff bill was due to the opposition of Mr. Blaine to hav- ing such a measure submitted. It is stated, however, on the authority of a member of the senate finance commit- tee, that the only expression of opinion by Mr. Blaine on the subject was favor- able to a senate tariff bill, and this was reported to the committee by a gentle- man who heard the expression. Un- questionably republicans in congress are not unwilling to have the opinions of Mr. Blaine, and in this matter at least it happens to be one that all judi- cious republicans can approve. S——————— THE question of overhead wires to supply motive power to the street rail- ways of Washington city is being dis- cussed there, and our dispatches state that permission to extend such wires is not likely to be granted by congress, on the gronnd that they are dangerous. This objection is so well founded as to be unanswerable. Oue most striking example of the danger from these overhead-wires was furnished only afew days ago from Dayton, O., where in consequence of the contact of telephone and street railway wires every telephone instrument in the \city was destroyed. Absolute safety is im- possible without burying electric wires under ground, and in shu this will be Mnr-ll; done. Groundless Fears, The action of the state board of trans- portation in ordering a reduction of freight rates has been endorsed with but few exceptions by the people of N braska. Thers ave, however, communi ties influenced partly by local interests, but more strongly by railroad dictation, which buve opposed any reduction from The question has re- 1 itself into this, Shall the people stato suffer for the benefit of avored localities and subsidized indivi- duals, or shall such equity in railroad transportation prevail as shall do justice to every locaifty and to ail i ln'\((m(tstwhelelh(-\\MLul'uHI\v'~t.|lu nke, the narrow and selfish pol- must give wa The state has prior claims, and the welfare of the people demands that these claims be satisfied. Notwithstanding the fact that the e isting rates in Nebraska are cor spondingly higher than in Minnesota, fowa and other statos, the attempt is made to befog the minds of the people. The old ery is raised that an enfore ment of the new schedule prepared by the state board of transportation will check all railroad construction in Ne- braska and pavalyze all new railrond projects. Both statements are untrue. The new tariff rates do not attempt to cut freight rates below a ra will leave railvoads a legitima of profits, The new rates are s above the Town and Minnesota schedule. The bountiful crops will soon tax the carrying capacity of the Nebrask roads, The cost of transpovtation to the railroads of this state is no more than the cost of transportation in lowa and Kansas. Consequently the earning capacity of the roads in this state is equal if not superior to the earnind capacity of railroads in neighboring stutes, Such being the facts, Nobraska has been and will be an inviting field for the construction of new roads. The record of railroad building last year, which aggregated neurly a thousand miles, is indicative of the confidence in the state. Yet at that time there was the sume agitation as now of areduction of freight rates which scared nobody. The prosent moment affords an opportunity for rail- roads to play on the credulity of some people. There is a lull in railroad building due to the fact that last year railroad construction was unexception- ally active. As early as January 1, 1888, however, President Adams of the Union Pacific, announced in his annual revort that there would be but little railroad extension for the present. The same statements were made by other roads in Nebraska. A similar state of affairs exists in other western states. There ave, therefore, no grounds upon which to base the assertion that the present agitation in reducing freight rates has checked railrond extension in Nebrasika. Promising Signs. The signs are that the people of Ne- braska are giving serious consideration to their interests involved in the next state election. The vigorous work of the railroads 1 every portion of the state has convinced tho people that the corporations are playing for a stake of unusual importance. Nothing but the expectation of some very great advant- age as the reward of success will ex- plain the present extraordinary activity of the railroads in politics, Lvery intelligent citizen should un- derstand what the corporations desire and are aiming to accomplish. They want the attorney generalship, they desire to control the legisla- ture, and they want to dowinate the boards of transportation and equaliz tion. Ina word, they have set out to extend their influence just as far as possible over the next state administra- tion, and they are not sparing, nor will they spare up to the last minute, any effort to win. Their success would mean an extension for avleast two years of monopoly arrogance and oppression, during which time they would be ena- bled to still more strongly intrench themselves for defying the will and de- feating the interests of the people. There is just as much reason now as at any time in the past why the people should array themselves against this enemy of their welfare and defeat his plans, as they can do if they are united and in earnest. The defeat of the corporationsin Lan- caster county on Thursday is an inspir- ing example for the republicans of other counties wheve a similar fight is to be decided. The railroads had labored hard to carry their points in Lancaster, and the result shows that they were de- feated only by the incessant vigilance and untiring work of the anti-monopol republicans. A very little apathy or in- difference would have given victory to the corporations. The lesson is plain to the republicans of other counties who would defeat the schemes of the railroads. The signs, as we have said, indicate that very generally the people under- stand the situation and appreciate its importance and gravity. There must be no abatement of vigilance, zeal and work, With these requirements main- tained there is most favorable promise of victory for the people. —_— The Vacation Question. Ungquestionably the sentiment of the great majority of parents is in disap- proval of the action of the school board extending the summer vacation until the tenth of September. It is an injus- tice to the ten thousand childven who attend the publie schools, and particu- larly so to the very large proportion with whom every day of school time is precious. It is ascertained that the average age at which children leave the public schools is fifteen years, but a great many canuvot remain in the schools until they have reached that age. It is most impor- tant to this latter class thav the school year shall not be reduced beyond the usual period of vacation that covers the midsummer months. There can be no justification for depriving these chil- dren of a week of opportunity in excess of this, unless there were some epidemic vrevailing rendering it absolutely in- expedient to reopen the schools at the usual date. It is sheer nonsense to say that the children will derive any bene- fits from lnvln¢ ad entire week in THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE which to attend the fair, §for the great majority of them will not visit the exhi- bition more than once. aud a considers able number will verr likely not at- wnd atall. Equally worthless is the argument that if the schools are open during fair week there will be a elim attendance, for not only would the large majority of parents insist upon theiv children going to school, but it is the duty of teachers to see that pupils are not permitted to remain away from school except for such reasons as the regulations define. The schools will have been closed about ten weeks on the third of September. That is an am- ple vacation,ana when it is considered that there will be another at ins holi- day seuson the extension of the present vacation a week, thereby cutting the next school year down to forty weeks, is wholly indefonsible. The arrangement is undoubtedly very satisfactory to the teachers, but we submit that the wishes or convenience of these servants of the people ave not to be considered in the matter. The opportunity of the children which it is proposed to waste, and especially of that portion of them to whom every day that they can devote to study is most valuable, is the sole matter which should influence the school board. A grave injustice will be done more than half the children in tho public schools if the order extend- ing the sumimer vacation to September 10 is permitted to stand. I11s quite evident that the roundsmen are making the rule requiring thewm to notify the police headquarters before leaving their beats as obnoxious as pos- : in order to effect its repeal. Such action on the part of policemen is to bo coudemned. The order made by Chief Seavey and the police commission was for the purpose of preventing officers from loitering and going into places where they have no business to go. Moreover, such a rale 1s necessary in order that the chief of police may know just where every man can be found "at any moment of the day or night. But the order was never in- tended to be interpreted so strictly that an officer can not leave his beat in case of necessity. For that reason the po- lice who saw two highway- men Wednesday evening just off their beat and failed to give chase ought to be reprimandea Police headquarters could have been notified immediately after the capture of the thieves, which would sat torily explain the absence of the police- men off their beats. There is such a thing as common sense even in police rules. If Omaha supported a policeman at every street corner, the rule could be obeyed to the letter. But under exist- ing circumstances the commissioners’ mandate should be interpreted reason- ably by the chief as well as by officers on their beats. M. Levi P. MORTON, the republican candidate for vice president, is no longer a director of the Canadian Pa- cicfic railroad. It should be remarked, also, that he did not wait for democratic on to resign that position. But William L. Scott and Colonel *“Cal” ce, who are doing most of the man- agement of tho democratic campaign, were officials with Mr. Morton of that foreign corporation, and it is not a mat- ter of public record that they have re- signed. In referring to the connection of these gentlemen with the Canadian railroad, Senator Gorman laid partic- ular stress upon the fact that Mr. Mor- ton is a candidate. We think all fair-minded men will fail to see why it is not just as incumbent upon Scott and Brice to drop official connection with the foreign railroad while they are mak- ing the fight for the democratic candi- dates, and besides as a member of con- gress the former is a public official. This is a matter, however, which the democratic organs are not making very free use of as campaign capital, Other Lands Than Ours. The recess of the British parliament brought with it a measure of quietude to British politics, and about the only matter of gencral interest relates to the Parnell com- mission. The more this matter is discvssed the stronger grows the conviction that the ‘whole course of the ministry regarding it has been a travesty upon “the due course of law’ as well a8 upon parliamentary privilege and right, and upon the boasted justice and fair play of Englishmen, The house of com: mons should have vindicated its own privi- leges by proceedings under a parliamentary committee, and after the ‘‘charges and alle- gations” were made by Attorney General ‘Webster in open. court during the trial of 0O'Donnell’s case the law authorities should have had Mr. Parnell and his accused col- leagues indicted and prosecuted, in the ordinary courts, for complicity in muvder. But, instead of this, the ministry, which is held to be the real ac- cuser, and members of which are certainly the endorsers of the ‘‘charges and aliega- tions,” take the extraordinary course of creating a new court, choosing all the judges themselves, refusing to define and specify cither the charges they are to inquire about or the particular persons accused, or to put this packed court under the limitations and restraints that are universal in countries governed by English and American laws The judgment of such a tribunal can not possibly command respect or have any weight one way or the other, Whatever may be Mr. Parnell’s confidence in his own case, he made a vital mistake in consenting to give countenance to this commission at all. He should have insisted upon an investigation by a parliamentary committee, and stood firmly upon his demand that 1t was the duty of his accusers, if they believed their own evidence of his complicity in ceime, to prose- cute him in the criminal courts. So far from having ‘‘the courage of their comvic- tions,” the ministry have the cowardice of their false accusations 0 Count Von Moltke's retirement from ac- tive service (which seryice has been merely nominal for several years), is au interesting event, because of the appointment of General von Waldersee as his successor. Von Moltke is now nearly eighty-cight years of age. At seventy he was the great strategist of the Franco-German war, though the exe- cution of his plans was left to others. His successor, General von Waldersee, though a young wan and of no great experience as o soldier, has served as Vom Moltke's deputy for several years, and is a great favorite with the new emperor, maialy through the influence of the Countess Waldersee, a very bright American, who scems to be a Dborm politician and s ‘wealthy enough to command attention. She is credited in Germany with being the power behind the throne, the leading spirit of the administration of Emperos William. 1f this is the case the clovation of her hnsband to the head of the Germar staff cannot do other- wise than increase her influence. While General von Waldersed apparently owes much to his wife, he is not without abilitics and merits of his own that have fitted him if they have not won for him rapid promotion, But his present advancement is of less inter- est from a military than from a political point of view. It apparently means an increase of the antipathies said to exist between the Dowager Empress Vietoria and the party led by Count Waldersee's wife and Court Chaplain Stoecke, and if so it bodes no good to the peace of Germany or of Europe. * " Dom Pedro IT., who is now at last on his homeward voyage to Rio de Janeiro from Lisbon, will, no doubt, have a hearty recep- tion from his subjects. There is a double eanse 1. utual congratulation. Tho peror hias recovered from a dangerons ill- noss, which brought him to death's door, far away from his people, and in his convales- cence he will arrive to find Drazila land of frecmen, thanks to the enfranchisement act passed a few months ago, and signed by his daughter as princess regent. Since the emperor has always been a warm friend of the emancipation project, he will have abundant cause to rejoice with his people, and great enthusiasm may be looked foron his arrival home under such circum- stances, For the next few years the in- Austrial and financial condition of the empire will require close attention and wise legisla- tion. An enormous aud sudden change has been made in the condition of the capital and labor of the Prompt measures, howover, have already been taken to avert evil results by legislation looking to govern- 18 and other assistance for wes have beon manumitted, and it may be hoped that a step so progressive and litable will have no serious dr: cmpire with Augustin its head. Tho emperor and the ire are now things of the past, but an heir to the vanished throne remains in the person of young Augustin, the grandson of the cmparor, This young man has a remark- uble history. Maximilian adopted him to conciliate the Mexican people, but Maxi- milian was shot and the republic was pro- clamed. Augustin Iturbide then fled to the United States where he completed his educa- tion. A few years ugo he retarned to Moxico. 1 of engaging in plots and conspir- this grandson of an emperor has be- come an carnest republican. Recently ho tendered his services to Prosident Diaz, and was commissioned s colonel of the Seventh rogiment, the finest in tne army. This little incident shows that Mexicans are a liberal and generous people. The conduct of Presi- dent Diaz contrasts strongly with the policy of France in exiling all the royal princes, and it is greatly to the credit of Mexico. It may be that Colonel Tturbide will, one day, be the ruler of his people. He will never be an emperor, but it is possible for him to be somothing botter—the presidént of a great and progressive republic. e The issue between France and Italy, grow- ing out of the latter's occupation of Masso- wah, on the shores of the Red sea, and the protectorate which that power has estab- lished over Zulla, a port about forty miles south of Massowah, can hardly be sud to belong to the domain of practical politics. In 1885, when Ttaly offcred to aid England in her warfare in the Soudan, the negotiations carried on to that ena came to naught through the evaciation of the Soudan by the Euglish forces, ‘Italy, however, established herself in Massowah, and virtually took Eng- land’s place there,. Iut this movement wus not acceptable to King John, of Abyssinia, who has always claimed jurisdiction over the Red sea littoral, although Turkey and Egypt had held possession of Massowah for ficarly three centuries; so when the Italians began to advance their posts fur- ther in the interior the Abyssian- ians declared war against them, and drove them back with very heavy loss. In 1887 Italy sent ot a much larger force, and advanced even further than the positions which she had previously occupied and had been driven from; but just when a conflet seemed to be inevitable the army retreated to Massowah. the largest portion of the force re-embarking for Italy, and King John re- turned to his own capital. Whether this simultaneous action was the result of a secret understanding is not known; but it bears that appearance from the fact that Italy has since retained undisturbed possession of Massowah and has now also formally an- nexed the adjacent territory. It is againse this action that France now protests, claim- ing that Zulla belongs to her under a treaty with Abyssinia; that no annexation should have been made without negotiation or treaty with the powers, and that she will pursue the same tactics in future if it shail suit her interests to do so, The Falk zyslmnls, which are again in dispute between the Argentine Republic and Great Britain, consist of two large islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, separated by Falkland sound, and about 200 smaller ones. They ure geographically connected with Patagonia, from the southern part of vhich they are 250 miles distant, and they the only considerable group in the South Atlantic. Their exports are chiefly wool, tallow and hides, and there are more than 200,000 sheep on the islands, which yield heavy fleeces of an excellent quality, At the chief port, Stanley, on Bast Falkland, ves- sels sometimes call for repairs or supplies. The islands were first sighted by Davis nearly three centuries ago, and took their English name about a century later. The French occupied them with a colony at Port Louis in 1763, which was driven out by the Spaniards a few years later. Then the Eng- lish laid claim to them by right of prior dis- covery, and nearly went to war with over them, when Spain yielded, in 1 the English claims. However, this being accomplished, the English colony three years later was abandoned, and afterward the Argentine coufederation claimed to have acquired the Spanish title tothem. But when it sent a colony to the islands, in 1520, the British soon reappeared on the scene, and four years later took forcible possession of the islands, which they have held ever since, having a colony there under a gov- ernor, with a bishop. The population, which may be 1,300, is also nearly all English and Scoteh, with a few Argentines., e Africa appears to be the continent to which all the BEuropean powers are now turning their attention., The establishment of a free Congo state will naturally prevent any polit- ical complications in that particular region, and thus freedom may be secured in the ef- forts to be made at reclamation ana progress. But in the other portions of the continent that are undergoing & process of develop- ment the mauy diverse Huropean claims threaten to keep back the march of improve- ment. France, England, Germany, Italy and Portugal are each strugg.'ng for a share, and what ought to be a friendly emulation is the strife to widen the field of commerce and bring ignorance and superstition under the influence of civilization has been made sub- ordinate to dreams of aggrandizement and of conquest, . e There can be no doubt that, under the leadership of Signor Crispi, Italy has largely regained the prestige - which she had so long lost.. To be admitted toa share m an alliauce with Germgny and Atstralia was in itsclf au SATURDAY. AUGUST 18, 1888 evidence that she had atlast come to be recognized as a. factor in European affairs, and in her efforts at territorial expansion she has shown great judgment, invariably select- ing territories ocapable of agricultural de- velopment, The land which she has cuc- ceeded in obtaiming from the czar of Zanzi- bar lies in a very promising region, while the district of Zulla, her latest acquisition on the Red Sea, is sald to show in its soil conforma- tion the existence of rich biack loam of un- usual depth, which in prospective capacity is fully equal to the finest tracts of alluvial soil in Egypt. " The Russian government has begun work upon a canal, about seventy-five miles long, across the narrow neck of land that joins the Crimean peninsula to Russian torritory. The canal will be sixty-five feet broad nlnl twelye feet deep—large enough for the ac- commodation of the erdinary cousting trade —and will save in sailing distance botween points in the Sea of Azof and the Black Sea a distance of 100 miles. The canal will cost £60,000,000, and, although it is projected for the purpose of increasing the defensive strength of the Russian navy, it will be of great use in facilitating trade, It is not al- ways the case that outlay for military pur- poses can be made to equally subserve the ends of peace or v s E JOTTINGS, Sneak thieves are making small hanls from the business houses of Seward. A number of Madisonians will attend the national G. A. R. reunion at Columbus, O. West Point wauts telephone connection with Omaha and the matter is being strongly agitated. orfolk keops tab on its progross by the increase of stationary er , twelve of them having beou set up in the past threo years. The coal hole at Ponca still #0 down, but a series of accidents has pro ented much progress recently, The drillers ithin twelve feet of where they expect to find coal. G. D. Moore, an old settler of York county, fell from a wind_ mill last Wednesday and lnul' * his neck, dying nstantly, He was a 1 ot the late war, having served in the ~fourth Iilinois infantry Charles Gable, a Madison young man, who worked a milk route for the creamery, was given $140 by the proprictor to pay off the farmers. Charles, however, appropriated the stuff to his own use and has skipped the country. J. S. Builor, late a bankrupt lumberman of Wallace, and who sccured a license at North Platte to mar ry a short time since, sold his timber and homestead rights for $500 last weok, and instead of marrying left for parts unknown, Karl Knespel, a York citizen who had several times assaulted the children®of his neighbors, was warned to leave the oity or take the consequences. Instead of leaving Knespel had several of the neighbors ar- rested, but they were discharged. Bad blood fins been stirred up and more arrests will follow. 'd\ \\Ashmg‘on county farmers have bitten by sharpers recently. D. one of the victims of the ne and tells how it worked. The men had some brass watches worth about $10 a dozen, and they placed $55 in one box and 100k two more boxes und after shuflling them up told Broderson if he could guess the box that had the mwoney in he could have it and a watch for $30, telling him that they were sent out to advertise a jewelry honse. Hr. Broderson guessed two or three times *just in fun tosee whether he eould,’” and guessed the right box every time. Then he went to the house and got 330 to pay the men for a “in earnest,” and after paying them , he selected his box and 80t a watch ‘wot worth a dollar, continues to e BLAINE'S ALD, The following extracts are from the lead- fng editors of the country in answer to the questions sent out by the Boston Globe: “What, in your opinion, will be the effect upon the coming clection of Mr. Blaire's ac- tive part ation in the campaign? Will he add to or take from Mr. Harrison’s vote?" 'lbr\u-ll P. Porter, of the New York Press, His_speeches will help to eleet the wallant soidier and representative business- hosen as the candidates of the The cordial welcome to Mr. Blaine, therefere, is attributable alike to the great principles he represents, to the party to which he belongs and to his own magnificent personality. Murat Halstead, of the Cincmnati Com- mercial Gazette, writes, The effect of Blaing's return will be to stimulate the Harrison and Morton campaign, The effect of Mr. Blaine's spe es on the tariff issue will be to make that issue more prominent.” The opinion of Emery Smith of the Phila- delphia Press is; Mr. Blaine's return has already given new impetus to the Harrison campaign. The whole counwry feels the quickened pulse beat. The canvass was moving well before; now it leaps forward. Felix Agnus of the Baltimore American expresses himself thusly if Mr. Blaine will speak in Baltimore, F'rederick or Hagers- town, Maryland will give her electoral vote to Harrison and Morton. This is my opinion of Mr. Blaine's strength, The eaitor of the San Francisco Chronicle, M. H. De Young, adds: I think that Mr. Blaino, as & great éxponent of the principles of protection, would have a large influence in increasing the majorities for Harrison and Morton 1 all the northern states. Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Repub- lican, the leading mugwump paper, thinks: Blaine's uctive participation in the campaign will probably increase the [rish republican vote, but it will t more thoughtful con- servative men away from the republicans® candidates than it will attract to the thought less party. Bill Nye puts his views in this language: I think Mr. Blaine's work during the cam- paign will add greatly to Harrison's vote. No man can more artfully present the doubt ful delizhts of protection than the gentleman from Maiun The Providence Journal, the leading inde- pendent paper of Rhode ' Island, voices the sentiment of its editor, A, F. Williams: I think Blaine will be power to getupa protection scare, and that his active participa tion in the campaign will diminish the vote for Harrison. The editor or the Savannah News, a dem- ocratic organ say: Ithink Blaine's active participation in the canvass will help the re- publican cause. The editor of the San Francisco Exami- ner, the leading democratic paper on the coast, is of the opinion: The more promi- given Blaine in the canvass the worse Harrison. Blaine’s great popu- is solely owing to his stand on the “hinese question. He befriended us when we needed friends, and did so in the teeth of the prevailing republican pro-Chinese senti- ment in the east. i SOUR GRAPES, A Defeated Railroad Attorney Hits Back at His Enemies. To the Editor of THE BEE—In your issue of the 12th inst. appeared a com- munication from this eity signed “B.” “H.” While I am not in the habit of paying any attention to such articles, this communication is 50 false and mis- leading in every particular that I hope you will give this equal prominence in THE BEE. 1. I have not and never had any in- terest in the Sutton Register. 2. Tam not,and never have been a candidate for re-election as state sena- tor, and this fact has been well known to the press and people of this district for months. So far as Mr Grosshans’ candidacy for anditor is concerned I have no more feeling in the matter than any other good republican should have, viz: to see a good, competent republican nom- inated and olected, Unfortunately, the question of Grosshans being a Russian subject has come up since the Clay county conven- tion, for if the facts had been known before he could not have secured the county even by trading votes as he did on the lugmluuu nnd - county uuiut. All the facts in reference to his citizen- ship have come through his father and family before they knew that his citi- zen ship was involved, but as soon as Mr. Grosshaus learns that he is a Rus- sian subjoct by reason of his becoming of age before the natural ion of his fathor his friends council together and find they were mistaken as to his age and change his birt y from Mareh 1, 1858, to March 1, making hin h\unl) nine 3 v:uiuld last Maveh, Grosshans is a man of means and 1a tiow frantio lly trying to keep this matter quiet until affer the state con- vention. Not bLeing a party to this de- ception accounts for the attacks on my- self and the bitterness against the Sut- ton Register that has published the facts. But laying aside the question of citizenship, the ropublicans want a competent auditor not a boy who is traveling over the state on railroad passes posing as the farmers friond. G. Brow: Ny DOWN GO THE RATES, The Manitoba and Northern Pacific Makiag Things Pleasa MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 17.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bek]—The series of har- vest excursions which have been arranged over the Montana lines have brought about a pretty fight between the Manitoba and Northern Pacific, and the latter road, in making a sweeping roduction in rates, has cut into the Milwaukee's and Omaha's terri- tory, and more music is apt to follow. Gen- cral Passenger Agent I'ee, of tho Northern Pacific, when asked about the matter, said; “The Montana lines made an agrecment whereby the rate for these excursions was to be one fare for the round trip. We adhered strictly to this agreement until the Manitoba reduced its round trip rates to Great Falls, Butte and Helena to £20, less than 1eont a mile. They give as their only reason an article which they saw in a Hel newspaper, attributed to us, but which had not seen until our attention was called to it. When they made a cut we bezan selling round trip tickets to all points on our line on the basis of 20 to Helona and return, s will be a bona for chicken hunters. As a sample of the reduction made, the present rate to Grand Forks aud return is #. Under the old rate of one fare for the round trip lt was §0. To Fergus P ssenger Apmnl wmms-.v of the Munitoba, when asked about the matter, had a ally different story to relate. He said: ‘It is true that there was a rate of ono fare for the round trip agreed upon by the Montana lines. 'We would have stuck to the agreement but for an article which appeared in o Helena paper in which the Northern Pacific stated t the Manitoba was run- ning excursiof Great Falls and was ‘giv- ing Helena t] oose,’ and that no harvest excursion would be run into Helena this season by the Manitoba road. We have a fine country and we want eastern people to seeit. We have the long route into Mon- tana, and when the question of harvest rates was introduced we asked the Northern Pacific to name the rate, they hav- ing the short line. They named it and we agreed to it, and whatever reduction is made the people can thank the Northern Pacific for. This is the present situation, but the Northern Pacific, by making rates through Minnesota and Daketa, has cut into the ter- ritory of several other roads, and a general cut in western rates is expected. et e A A SQUAW MAN SPEAKS. He Says the Cattlemen, Oontractors and Outstders Ave to Blame. The following letter has reached Tne BEE, and although it isnot signed, pub- lictty is given to it. The author prob- ably alludes to special dispatches printed in Toe Bmz concerning the Sioux comm o1 Pixe Rinae AGENCY, Dak., August 13.—To the Editor of Tue You have been avusing a certain class of men for some time past. You say the squaw men aro the cause of the Indians not signing their names to open the Sioux reservation. Those white men would be glad to see the Indians all sign from the fact that their families would get their land and settle down on it. The Indian agent at this agency knows this to be a fact., Every white man here who has an Indian family would gladly sign his or his wife's name to open up this reservation if the cos mission would let them do so. The editor of Tue Bee ought not to call such hard names. The cattlemen, contractors and other out- siders are the men for vhe editor to abuse, Ll T. L. KIMBALL'S ILLNESS, The Attack Which the Veteran Man- ager Seems to Have Survived. Ar intiinate friend of T. L. Kimball, of tho Union Pacific, said that the old. gentleman’s illness had been brought about by long con- tinued and unremitting labor for ifearly seven- teen years, Hissystem was run down and this was made more dangerous by a very severe cold which settled upon his chest. This also affected the stomach and bowels, so much so that the former, for some days has been un- able toretain even the slightest nourishment. The affection finally resulted in congestion of the brain which for a couple of nights left him in a delirious condition, This caused his friends some alarm, but the attending physician said that he expected it. He im- mediately resorted to means to cast Mr. Kimball " into a sleep. If the latter should awake in a composed and natural condition it would be a very favorable indication of recovery; if, however, he should be de- lirious on awaking, unpleasant consequences might be expected, Yesterday, howeve the aged manager awoke refreshed and tionul and since that time has been improy- ing. Bear in mind that the Union Pacific takes third-class passengors through on express trains, P e L Checkmating the Cable. Yesterday the Horse Railway company tore up the pavement between one of their tracks on Park avenue at the mtersection of Poppleton, and laid several cast iron yokes with grip slots, s if for a cable line. The yokes and slots are some of those which have been lying idle here for two years. The lay- ing of the same does not argue, in the osti- wmation of the residents of the vicinity, so much a cable line as it does the mtent of stopping the cable company in laying their track on Poppleton avenue across the point referred to. The work was finished at noon. For Mental Depression Use Hosfora's Acid Phosphate, C. S. Turner, Colfax, Ta., says: “I uch pleased with it in’ mentald - pression from gastric troubles.” e Drink Malto for the nerves. s Says It's a Falsehood, To the Editor of Tne Bre: Your special correspondent from Des Moines, August 12, say “General Beeson, of Marshalltown, joined in the movement to send Ben Frederick of that city, the democratic nominee, to congress a fow years ago, ote,”’ The statementisa false- ood from beginning to end, I on the contrary stood at the polls all'day with the Hon. Delos Arnold and others and worked and voted for the republican nominee. Will you pleasegive this the same prominence in your paper that you did to your Des Moines correspon- dent. Yours truly, Bres Cliildren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. ‘When she was & Child, she eried for Castoris, ‘Whean she became Miss, she elung to Castoris, When she had Children, she gave thew Castoris. DIAMONDS Watches and Dlamonds Found in Tea and Coffee---A Novel Way of In- troducing Coods. —— The names of all persons finding din- monds, watohes, ete., are added to this list daily. The Overland Tea company v refitted the store, Farnam, Omaha. order to ntroduce thewr goods, this company put for 60 days, souvenirs in every can of and coflee sold such s s0lid gold, silver and nickel watcnes, also genuine diamonds, in solid gold 4 also money, and many other articles of less value. Every can eon- tains a souven The coffee, can and contents weigh about three pounds; tho tea, can and contents about one and a half pounds. This expensive and novel way of advertising will be discontinued 30 days, and theso renlly choleo goods will be sold strictly on theu mer- its but without the souvenir. Of courso every purchaser must not expect to got mond or watch, This company claim that they have just as good a right lu rive o watches, diamonds and monoy astheir com- [N‘lHnl h:m- to give away glass chromos, ete. Get up a club. Those who got up aclub order most ulwnys got a handsome present. Orders by mail prompily forwarded to all parts'of the United States on receipt of eash or post- oftice order. Terms: Single can $1; for $5; thirteon for $10, and twenty-sev- en for $20. Address Overland Tea Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Vithrow, dinmond rin der, Atchison, watch in te 1 mond ring: Harey reet, $20'in gold” coing B0th stre niston, 6th Leavenworth street, lie Dillard, mail o Kan., hunting case gold rtlow, N. 18th, dia- Blanchard, Douglas Jennie White, Miss Mattie Den= and Hickory streets, dia- mond ring; Phabe Falkart, California street, clustor diamond rin Miss Nel- lie Ludlow, 22d and Clark, silver five- bottle castor; Wm. Gr i in gold coin in tea: Miss Carrie Kenyon, Douglas street, silver pickle stand; R. Stadler, mail order, Nebraska City, Neb., solid gold ring, diamond, ruby and sapphire setting in tea; Miss Sadio Wheeler, Seventeenth street, can mone Miss Nellie Linden, hetween Jackson and Jones, dinmond ring; Fred Cooper, Council Bluffs, can money; Willie Menden, Hamilton street, Indies chatelaine watch in teas Twentieth street, s fruit stand Ray Mandel, Cuming street, silver five- bottle castor; H. A. Haskell, superin- tendent of THE Brg, silver pickle stand; Geo. Gage, Jackson street, can mune{ Louis Manford, 20th st., Lln%u.m. gold lace pin, diamond, l'uhy and sapphire setting: Miss Belle DeFoe, mail order, York, Neb., gents’ cluster dimmond ring in te hrist Roth, 7th st., dia- mond ring; Nora McKay, Ohio st., $10 in gold coin; Sadie Roberts, Daven- port st., silver butter dish; Dan Sulli- van, California st., s1lver cake basket; Mrs. John Donovan, Capitol ave., silver castor; 1. M. Nastel, So. 18th, diamond ring; O. P. Stuart, Clark st., silver sugar bowl; W. L. Watters, Lincoln, Neb., diamond ring; W. B. Watson, Windsor hotel, diamond Mrs. Stein, 4"(1 and fruit stand ‘[‘ dllum)nd 1 mail order, bnwl, (¢) hdrlcn P \{mih. ( m)lml ave., ¥ in gold coin; Otto Stuben, S. 13th.street, diamond Trombly, 16th street, gents’ hunting case gold watch; Mrs. Rauscher, 829 S, 224 street, diamond ring; Mrs. R. J. Chancy, mail order, [ayette, Ia., diamond ring; W. L. Walters, mail order, Lincoln, Neb., silver sugar bowl: Annio Hyman, Davenport st., cluster diamond ring; J. N. Myers, mail order, Oal dale, Neb., diamond ring; Rolly Cra ford, So. 29th, silver fruit stand; M Frank Peerman, Council Blufls. silver pickle stand and diamond ring; Kdward Avery, 20th, can money; S. C. Schreyly, St. Mm-vs ave., diamond ring; Kauffman, 10th st., Hunting case 8¢ watch in tea; Mrs, Far ell, Vinton st., silver castor; W. W. Leas, Burt st., diamond ring; Mrs. Nettie Korns, South Omaha, silver pickle stand; Mrs. Noonan, Vinton, silver pickle sund, Sadie Redeliff, 9th, ladies chatelain watch in tea; Mrs, 7. D Jones, South Omaha, a silver sugar bowl; M. Jackman, Louisville, Neb., dm— mond rin J. W. Counger. 20th, silver castor; P. O. M ulle Cass st., diamond collar button; Mrs. C. Ackerman, S. 15th, silver castor; W. L. Butler, Boone, 'a., diamond ring; Millie Boaz, Park ave.. $10 in gold coin in tea; M. A. Gottry, Calhoun, diamond ring; John Tiewanie, mail order, Des Moines, Iowa, mail club order, gent’s hunting case gold watch and solitaire Sadie Luce, N. Omaha, can money; H. B. Dalglewsh, h and Davenport, diamond rimg: Rosie An- dressen, Farnam st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs. R. C. Laney, Lake st., diamond Bagley.N. 17th, silver sugar bowl; Daniel Barmon, Harney st., can money: Julia Prichard, St. Mary's ave., gents’ hunting case gold ch in te: Louise Calverton, mail order, Council Bluffs, $20 in gold coin in ten; Mrs. C. Johuson, 1941 Harney, silver sugar bowl; Harold California st., silver pickle stand vada Hul- bert, Corning, lowa, diamond : Mr. R. Seave Howard st., silver sugar ark Little, Leslie, Col., dia- mond ring; Sudie Warren, Howard st., diamond ring in tea; Mrs. IT. L. butter dish; A Sudenburg, 17th and Webster, dinmond Mrs. M. Dufly silver five bottle castor; Mr. Neligh, b., mail order, riig; Judith Perry, Lex ladies chatelaine wateh in tea; Mary O'Sullivan, postmistress Point, Neb., mail ovder, dimmoud rin, Benjumin Russell, traveling salesman, St. Louis, Mo., cluster dinmond scarf pin; Mrs. Joseph Madison, Tabor, Ta., mail order, silver cake stand; Harry Dewey, Norfolk, Neb., mail order, gent's hunting-case gold watch, in um‘ Mrs. Norris, Capitol avenue, diamond ring; Louisa May, Farnam street, can money; Andrew Hulbert, Douglas street, solid gold ring, diamond, ruby and sapphire setting: Jennie Clark, Thirticth street, can money; Alex Arendorl, Sixteenth streot, silver pickle stand; W. H. Bush, Twenty-second and Binney, silver cup; O. R. Leusenan, Thirty-second and Miami street, silver cake stand. G, C. Obert, Gibson,diamond ring; G. G. lxrcgor\, l‘llh street, silver pickle stand; Carrie Brosius. 17th street, silyer sugar bowl; Mrs. J. C, Urouks, mail order, Vine street, Council Bluffs, diamond ring; Samuel Thompson, #20 in old coin in s . Walker, mail or- ler, Hastings, Neb., silver sugar bowl; T. E. Lange, S. 18th, silve muuu,mn S. E. Brooks, Cuming street, silver ca basket; Carrie Settiger, California street, elegant gold lace pin, diginond, ruby and unuphim setting; Miss Dord Green, SBouth Omaha, silver castor; Mrs, Harmar, Miama street, silver butter dish; A. R. Kohr, N. 15th, duamond ring; Mrs, Nora Dooley,Omuha Heights, silver castor; Mr. Al Joues, at Paxton house, diamond rin, r. William Cori- Wobbubnu. or butter dishy