Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 21, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, M tion) meluding SUNDAY warveieeane £10 00 “ TuB OMAMA SURDAY BEk, nindled to any nddress, One Year, OUAMAOK I, NOK, 914 XN 11 F AN A b © NiW YORK O¥FICE, ROOMS 1EAND 15T Buiiving, WASHINGTON OFFIok, N FOUITERNTH, BIREE CORRESPONDENCE, ANl communications relating Lo ne torl tter should be addressed tot OF K A)l busine sen.od t Owatiy. Dratt be made payablé to the or: The Bee Pablishing Compeny, Proprictors. B. ROSEWATER, Editor. TR and adi- EDITOR TTERS, letter: tances should be 1B BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, checks and postoiice orders (o of the company. THE DALY ¥ 2 tate of Nebraska, 1, o County of Douglas, | * 5 Geo, | secretary of The Hee Pub- Wshing 7 Bctunl oireulation of Tk DA Bk for the week ending August 18, 1588, was as follows. Bunday, August12 Monday, August Tuesduy, . Wednc s Thursday. Friday, August 17.... 7" Baturday, Augustis.... Average.... Bworn to before me and 1 prexence this 15th day of August, A. D, NUB FLiL, Notary Public. Fl-m of Nebragka, | nty of Douglas, | * * Geors B sk, h«luLflr»tdul) sworn,de- ore8 and says that b i ctary of o Publishiig comyp: that the actual ave daily circulation of THE DALY Bk for month of August, was 14,151 coples; for Soptember, IS7, 1440 coples: for October, | 1138 copless for November, 1887, mber, 1887, 13,041 cop- ¥ coplés: for February, 168K, 10,680 coples: foF # copies, ernto before me und subs presence this 1st a.% of Angust, VT N otary ibiic. Tine democrats are laying in a big surplus of discord. It will be harde handle than the surplus in the tres ary. to Sr— Tug Honorable Mr. Peters is on the railrond slate for state auditor, but slates have been broken several times in Nebraska. — THE evidenco that this is a clean campaign isthe large quantity of **soap” distributed by the democrats in the doubtful districts. m— CoNGRrESS is looking for a quorum, Sixty-five members of the house are ab- sent, aud somebody has evidently ear- vied the quorum off in his vest pocket, For 7THE second week in August Omaha's bank clearings keip up the rapid pace set at the beginning of the month. With a strong lead over her rivals, St. Paul and Minneapolis, Omaha takes her place sixteenth on the list of the clearings recor OF COURSE, Mr anything about the Union Pac or the proposed change in the tra methods. He is also profoundiy igno- rant of the laying off of men in the Union Pacific shops. ‘“Where igno- rance is bliss, "twere folly to be wise.” ———— ALL the railronds are making great preparations for the movement of crops. he indications are that the heaviest tonnage known for years will be ready for shipment in a few weeks. The only diMculty appears to be that the rail- roads have not enough rolling stock to earry western products to market. ——— COUNCILMAN ALEXANDER has started out to stop leaks in the city’s printing, nuthorized by the council, for which the city pays exorbitant prices. If Council- “ man Alexander will push his investigas tions farther, he will be sure to aiscover more defects in Omaha’s financial plumbing, through which the taxpayers’ mouey flows out in never ending streams, S——————— THE bill for the reduction of postage on trees and seeds is likely to pass with- out opposition, having been.agreed upon in committee. This is a matter of im- portance to farmers and those interested fn tree planting. It will to a certain measure encourage the transmission of small tree seedlings into differcat parts of the country which otherwise would not be planted. It is proposed to re- duce the postage rate on seeds and trees from sixteen cents to eight cents, and possible the rate may be made only four cents. In this way Unele San will encourage tree planting so that his prairies may soon be covered with dense forests. rEEEeE———— IN SPITE of the remarkably fast time made recently by the West Const flyer between Edinburg and London, a dis- tance of 400 miles, at the average rate of fifty-three and six-tenths miles an hour, American railronds have beaten that record., A West Shore special between Buffalo and Wechawken, algo 400 miles flistance, averaged fifty-four milos an hour, and during a part of the trip the train attained the remarkable speed of pighty-three miles an hour. In this ronnection it may be well to include the last long distance time made just a few fays ago by a Union Pacific special be- bween Cheyenne and Omaha, which av- praged, including stops, forty-nine miles an hour. With such records, English railroads can no longer claim to beat e world in making fast time. THe supreme court of Washington Tervitory does not propose to give women the right of suffrage, although the legislature of that torritory enlarged . bhe franchise for their especial benefit. It is thevefore a sad disappointment for the women of Washington Tervitory to be told that the legislature had exceeded Its powers and that the law was uncon- ptitutional. The court rules that the word ‘‘citizen” in the constitution means ‘‘male eitizen,” and for that rea- son women have no right to the ballot, This is the most serious set-back the woman suffrage movement has experi- enced for some time, and 1f not counter- noted would deal the death-blow to the party. An effort will be made tolay the guestion before thesupreme court of the United States, In case the highest tri- “bunal sustains the texritorial court, nothing short ef a constitutional umend- ment reguiring the vote of two-thirdsof the stntes can save woman sulfcuge (rom o teta! collopee, The Outlook in Towa. Some of the democratic managens and organs profess to believe that their party has more than a fighting chanes in Towa this year. Their hope is based in part upon the expectation that the prohibition vote will be materially in- creased, drawing chiefly from the re- publicans. They also count upon gain- ing some of the farmer vote, hitherto republican, on the tariff issue. It is ddrstood to be the intention of the democratic national campaign man- age ve a great deal of attention Governor St. John has heard at several points in the state in the interest of deniocracy, and doubtless he and other advocatesof prohibition whom the democratic managers can confide in will do further service in the state as the 1 Progresses. vogarding the tarifl is also ) b4 very fully set forth by speakers selected '8 10 g to Towa. ready been by the national committce. Among Congressman Frank Hurd, of the carnest champion of free is alrcady under engagement to explain the democratic tavifi policy to the people of several states where the democratic managers think there is hope accomplishing some- of thing, including lowa. The republicans of the Hawkeye state must not, therefore, prevent their zeal and activity to suffer from over-confidence, It may be instructive to refer to the figures of lowa’s vote for the past cight years. In 1880 the state gave rlield a plurality of 78,059, the vepublican vote in that year having been 183,904 and the democratic vote 105,845, In 1881 Mr. Blaine's plurality was 19,796, the repub- lican vote having been 197,082 and the democratic vote 177,286, It will thus be seen that in the four years trusts have surrendered the control of these franchises into the hands of men unknown to the authority gramt- ing the franchiges, The trusts are not largely private affairs but are combina- tians of corporate wedies existing under the authority of the stats, with certain defined rights, privileges and responsi= bilities, These corporations have a quasi public character, and in theiwr proper relation may be interfered with by any p o citizen who has fair reason to believe that they are failing to comply with the obligations entered into with the state. The fact that a number of these corporations unite does not destroy the right of the citizen to in ve if he can find any law under which to proceed. The suit that has been brought against a corporation in the sugar trust was instigated, as we understand it, by private citizens. My, Blaine hasmade a mistake, and one which it is not questionable the very fullest advantage wiil be taken by the democracy. 1n fact the organsof that party are already filled with com- ment upon it, and a leading democratie senator has found opvortunity to refer toit. 1t is a mistake, however, which with faiv-minded men will work no in- to the republican party, what- 2ffoct it may have wupon influence of Mr. Blaine. The the republican party is broadly and explic- itly committed by its platform, by the record of a number of its representative men, and by the voice of press in opposition to grusts and all similar com- binations, and in favor of national and state logislation for their suppression and prevention. its A Specimen Brick. The city hall question will yet have to go to the people—if not sooner, when it comes betweeh the last two presidential clections the republican vote of Towa incrensed only 13,178, while the democratic vote increased 71,441, or more than five to one. Two years later, neither party having polled its full vote, the republican plurality was 14,712, and last year the plurality of the republican candidate for governor was 16,160, the vote of both parties being again largely under their full strength. The pro- hibition vote in 1887 was 14,499. The inerease in the total vote of the state for the four years between the last two presidential eloctions was, in round figures, 55,000, and it is probably safe to say that it has not been less dur- ing the last four years, in which case the vote next November should be about 430,000. Allowing the prohibi- tionists 20,000 votes, and it is not prob- able thoy will get more than this, hut very likely less, and there remain 410,- 000 tobe divided between the republican and democratic parties, it being assumed that the labor candidates will not re- ceive a suflicient number of votes to cut any figure. On this basis, if the repub- licans haye made no greater gain dur- ing the last four years than they did b tween 1880 and 1884 they are still v sonably sate, as that small gain would insure them a vote in November of 210,000, but there is reason to appre- hend that they have not made even this meagro increase. Dividing equally between the republican and democratic parties the assumed increase in the to- tal vote for the last four ycars and it gives the latter a probable vote of 204, 000. Out of the estimated total vote of 430,000 must be taken the prohibition vote, which,if no greater than last year, say 15,000, would leave the republican plurality at only 11,000. It is obvious, therefore, that the re- publican margin in Towa is not so large as to warrant a sanguine confldence, or to justify any neglect of the party in that state either by the home leaders or those in charge of the national campaign. It is apparent that demo- cratic hope respecting fowa is not with- out some reason, and that the efforts which the managers of that party in- tend to put forth in the state must be met by equally vigorous efforts on the part of the republican managers. If this be done and maintained to the end of the campaign the result will not be doubtful, but there is danger if republi- can zeal and labor shall be permitted to lag. The instructive figures we pre- sent, and the suggestions they convey, should receiye the very serious consid- eration of all Iowa republicans. e— An Unfortunate Utterance. he good judgment and political shrewdness which usually characterize the speeches of Mr. Blaine seem to have deserted him when he made the reference to trusts in his Portland ad- dvess. The effort to pervert what he said into an apology for these combina- tions must be regarded as unfair, but he could havdly have made a more un- fortunate utterance than this: “They are largely private affairs, with which neither President Cleveland nor any private citizen has any particular right to interfere.,” Mr. Blaine could not have had in mind, when he made this declaration, the plank in the republican plat- form which doclares opposition to all combinations of capital organized in trusts or otherwise to control arbitrarily the condition of trade, and which coun- sels legislation by congress and the state legislatures to preyent the execu- tion of the schemes of such combina- tions. He must also have been forget- ful of the fact that iff both branches of congress republicans have introduced bills for the suppression of trusts, and that the republican press of the country has vigorously demanded legislation hostile to these combinations. Mr. Blaine is not fully in line with his party on this matter, the great ma- jority of -republicans everywhere believing that trusts as they are now organized and managed are immensely disadvantageous to the commercial in- terests of the country and to the welfare of the people. There is probably no one not inter- ested in these combinations who will agree with Mr. Blaine that they are private affairs with which a private cit izen has no particular right to inter- fere. Possibly Mr, Blaime does not fully understand the plan upon which usts are formed. He may not know that they largely consist of corpovations which derived their {ranchiscs from the people, and which in order to enter the to the selection of successors to the present aldermen. And the Farnam street advocates needn’t flatter themselves that they can shake Mr. Patrick Yord then, either.—Re- publican. This is nice talk from a republican paper. It is just like all its boasted party loyalty. The Third ward is republican excepting when the colored vote is bought wup, or when, as is threatened above, a dem- ocrat receives aid and comfort from boodlers who ave in the republican camp for revenue only. It is notorious that Pat Ford holds his seat in the council to-day by fraud and bare-faced bribery. If he were to serve out one month for each vote he bought outright to re-elect himself, he would spend the balance of his days in the penitentiary, and then leave hall his term unserved. Thore is no doubt that Pat Ford is playing his card on the city hall question for votes on the north end of his ward, but that won’t save his bacon-next fall unless he buys his way an again or has the ballot box stuffed by some of his tools. Cruren Howe and Tom Majors held a convention unto themselves the other day, at which they solemuly declared against Lancaster county’s candidate for congress, beeause he did not support Church Howe two years ango. We would like to see the candidate for con- gress in this district who did support Church Howe, with the exception, per- haps, of “*General” Colby. If Church Howe proposes to bar out every man who did not support him, and the rank aud file of the party bars out all those who did, we shall be confronted with the dilemma of nominating somebody who can’t be elected in November. —— MR. GRIFFITTS, the late commissioner of the freight bureau, is making him- self very numerous all over the state with a stereotyped remonstrance against reduction of local freight rates. Mr. Grifitts gives himself great airs as the so-called representative of the Omaha board of trade, when in fact he has no connection whatever with it, and no right to speak for it. As the paid agent of the railroads, Mr. Griffitts un- doubtedly is enrning his salary, but he should not masquerade as a board of trade commi THERE are still a few defective side- walks on Farnam between Ninth and Sixteenth., They should by all means repaved with stone or concrete be- fore the 1st of September. We must have at least one of the principal thoroughfares in perfect condition be- fore the exposition opens. STAT E AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A Burwell sportsman brought down two monster pelicans with one shot from his rifle oae day last week. The Blue River Baptist association meets at Fairbury Friday next and will remain in session over Sunday. Seven telephone poles were struck by lightning and split into a thousand pieces by the receut storm at Niobrara, The teaching of a new branch of industry has just been commenced at the Genoa In diun school, that of harness making. Charitable people of Scribner were duped out of $10 by Olaf Nelson, who collected that amount ostensibly for the relief of a Fremont wid and then skipped to Wyoming on the proceeds. The notorious ‘*hog ranch’ near Valentine, which has been the scenc of many disturb: ances and one or two murders, is now a thing of the past, the outfit having been closed out on a chattel mortgage. Emmons & Opmenheimer have concluded that there is a field at Lincoln for a Jeffer- soniun democratic paper, and last Saturday launched the Nebraska State Democrat, which will be printed as a weekly. Vene Pearson, a seventeen-year-old farm hand working near Plattsmouth, has been arrested for burglarizing tne house of John Frederich, carrying off & large amount of valuables. Some of the plunder was found in l’earson’s trunk. John Liska, a Bohemian, living near Hen ingford, attempted to take the life of I neighibor, Adam Naidl, under very peculiar circumstances. He went to Naidl's house late in the evening and found biw in bed. Naidl was going to get up and dress, but Liska said he had just come over to make a neighborly call and could talk to him as well in bed as if he was up. Naidl then con- cluded that he would remain in bed and the two men were soon engaged in discussing the crops, weather and other local matters, which lasted for about an hour, when Liska rose up to go hoime, aud, by request of Naidl, blew out the light. No sooner was the room darkened than the report of a revoiver, fol- lowed by four other shots, proved that the vislior Lad not come for the purpose of only making u neighborly call. None of the shots took effcct and the ‘would-be assassin es caped. At last roports the sheriff was una- Dble to find the villuin, who has left the coun- try. lowa. Fayetto county will produce 4 big crop of apples. Tweuty five eoavicts were . trausferred from Anamosa to Fort Madison last woeel. Audubon his a scandal _among its urp\"r ten that is shaking the foundations of ciety. Herndon, flie town thab was blown up o big with iy Falas o while ago, has col: lapsed. The mMru neral has ruled that the in- mates of thedoldiers’ Lhome are of Marshall Sounty. Daveaport has but a single office holder in foreign Jund s&.- Millar, consul at Leip- sic, on o salafy Of §2,000 4 year The deputy postmaster at Sioux Kapids is likkely to lose his job. He is quoted as “hop- ing to the Lord old Cleveland would be beat tios fall.” The unnual reunion of the lowa state asso- ciation of Mexiean veterans will be held at Des Moines, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep- tember 4 and b, The records of the Dubuque Early Settlors’ associution show that the first school house in iowa was nuilt at Dubuque in the fall of 1883, and that George Cubbage, who oceu- pied it the following year, was tho first teacher; also that Mary Ann A\h(rmwv whose birth occurred at Dubugue Junum_y 10, 1853, was the first white child born in the state. The four Methodist conferences of Towa meet this yoar as follows: The lowa confer- cuce at Oskaloo: September 57 the Des Moines conferer Sreston, September 12; the Northwest conference at Iaa Grov tember 2i—at all of these Bishop Goc will preside: the Upper Towa conference at Vinton, October 3, and will be presided over by Bishop Foss. Dakota Liquor licenses in Jamestown now cost £800. Two premjums will be offered for the fustest \\nlkl farm team at the Aurora of sweet corn this week. 1t Deadwood, hos kept on the oung fellows who attended meeting for “the sole burpose of creating a disturban He threatened to read the st if there was any more monkeying. The officers ure on the lookout for a young man named Willinm Emmet, who was in the employ of tearns, of Yankton county, ll Tuesday of last week. On that day Bm* met left uncermoniously for other regions, and 1t has since been discovered that he took with him a valuable . $12 1 cash and a coat and vest velonging to Mr. Stearus. Emmet is a young man of quiet disposition, and does not appear to be as bad as Lhis ox- ploit proves him. Elder Dobson, ——— Sheridan and Gordon. Philadelvhia Call: Genera now governor of Georgia, \eridan at Appomutto: ley officer came to me from Sheridan with a flag of truce. He was a handsome fellow and very polite. Sa- luting, he said: ‘*‘Is this General Gordon? I am the bearer of General Sheridan’s compli- ments, and he demands your uncondi- tional surrender.’ **Well, colonel’ (or whatever I saw his rank was), I answered, ‘you will please return my compliments to Gen- eral Shevidan and say that I shall not surrender.’ “Then,’ he said, ‘you will be annihi- lated in half an hour. We have you completely surrounded.’ “Very well, sir,’ I replied, ‘T am ||rohumy as well aware of my siti you are, but that is my answer.’ ‘You don’t mean that!’ he ex- claimed. *“Yes, T do, sir,’ I said, ‘the only thing I propose to say is what I have al- ready said through my stall off that a flag of truce is in existence be- tween General Lee and General Grant, I not going to surrender, because I knew it was coming. 1 was not got to let Sheridan.capture me in that way ¢ “Then yowwill be annihilated,” he said, und rode away. While I had been sitting there wait- ing, the firing had almost ceased. The infantry on my flanks had not changed their positions much, as they had been moving up very qlu\vly I was firing mmluy at the time, so as to chec Tk them. In a few minutes Sheridan him- sell camc up with his stalf. He was riding an immense black horse. I will never forget how he looked with his short legs sticking out on either side. We had very much the same sort of parley as had occurred between the other officer ‘and myself. Indeed, the language was almom a literal repeti-. tion. Finally, I said to him: ‘General, I think that it is hardly worth while for us to parley. I have made up my mind not to surrender, and 1 shall accept any consequences which may fol- low this determination. I wish simply to give you this information, which was sent me by General Lee. All [ know is that there is a flag of truce in existence, and I only know the bare fact.” ***Did you say that you had a letter from General Lee?’ he asked. **1 handed him the letter, *‘tle looked it over and said: “I sup- pose, then, that the only thing we can 0 is to cease firing.” T think so,” I replied. ““He then turned to me: ‘If you will withdraw your forces to a certain place, I will withdraw mine, and wait to see what happens.’ *We got down off our horses,and tak- seat on the grass talked therve for some time. In the meantime I had for- gotten that early in the morning 1 had detached a force to go back and over on the brow of a hillto prevent the ca alry from coming around between Long- street and mysell. 'While we were sit- ting on the grass T heard a voll of mus- ketry, and looking over to where the force had been placed saw it firing into some cavalry that had ridden down in that direction, **tSir, what Sheridan. * ‘I am very sorry about it,” as T explained the circumstances, he and I each sent un officer over hill to stop the firing. I saved Sheridan’s beyond question. shooters was a sour sort of a fellow, his only idea was that when hesaw a bluecoat it was his duty to shoot it. T had the sharpshpoters around me when Sheridan came up this fe does this mean?’ cried I replied, and the life that morni One of my sha and [ saw ‘What do you mea ‘this ns a flag of truce.) He did not the slightest attention to me, and - was just about firing when T knocked up his gun and it went llis.n\l‘l Sheridan’s head. ‘Let him stay'on his own side, general,’ hn' remarked. ieneral round, close wee and Grant, had passed the eridan and I sat on the he brick house where met, in the orchard, 1 ouse in the morning. ‘We chaffed oag other a little in_the 20! of the' Tonversation, Sheridan saying: ‘I beHd¥yelhave had the pleas ure of meeting you before.) T replied that we had some little acquaintance in the valley of Virginia. He turned the thread of the comversation to some guns he had received in the valley. Sheri- dan had captured nearly all of Early's artillery and some more had been sent to him from Richmond. Some wag had written with chalk on one of these guns, ‘Respectiully consigned to Major Lv\ln— eral Sheridan through General Early.’ Sheridan had heard of this and he was very much amused at it; but whether he ever saw such words upon a gun I do not know. When hu was through with his story I suggested that I also had two guns which I could consign to him, and with the more grace because they had come from him that very morning: “Sheridan came with™ a fulistaff and remained with me about an hour and a half. My recollection is that we stayed at that pluce until we veceived informa- tion «hat General lne and General Grant bad agreed.” THEY TELL THEIR OWN STORY The Stock Shippers' Assoclation Make a Correction. THEY WERE MISREPRESENTED. -~ Do Not Want to Suppress viee Market Reports—Their Lfforts to Build Up the South Omaha Market, The Official Report. CoLuvMprs, Neb.,, Avgust 14.—[To the Editor of Tue 1 ;] By request of the president of the N ska Live Stock Shippers’ Association, Isend you hervewith a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of our last mecting, held in July. The report published in THe BeE, July 12th was unfair and to a consider able extentlikely to do injury to our as- gociation, Evil disposed persons have circulated marked copes of Tue BEE of that date umong farmers for no other purpose than to mislead the farmers and toaid in creating a séntiment that the ofject of our association isto “*skin® the farmer and that our interests are not mutual. The preamble to our Constitution and By contuins the following in plain langunge. “We fully realize that the interests of the farmers and stock r ers are identical with our own, and u der all civcumstances we will endeavor to pay the highest market value for stock, and we heveby pledge ourselves to work unceasingly for the upbuilding of a permanent and substuntial stock mavket in our own state. tion has ever been taken by this iation contr to the letter or spi such action well eve Your report say transacted a certain no doubt satis be taken. “The association amount of husiness, to themselves but decidedly otherwise to the farmers and commission men of the state,” nothing of the kind. Then further: “Then an attempt was made to prevent commission men from wding out agents to divert trade to outh Omaha.’” The resolution of Mr. Stocker was the only thing that could 1n any way be dis- torted to mean what is implied, viz: That we opposed sending out agents to solicit shipments to Omaha. On the contrary, the society is pledged to doall it can to build up a market at Omaha. The resolution discountenanced the oractice of commission men placing men n the country to buy in competition with regular” shippers. Your report would have it understood that our asso- ciation was opposed to farmers getting market reports. On the contrary most of our members, who expressed them- selves, preferred to go in the country to buy with the latest market report to show the farmer; but noaction was taken by the association on this subject and no resolution or motion oifered relating to it. We are also accused of roasting rail roads. Nothing of the kind occurred. On the contrary, all members who said anything on the subject stated that stock trains were generally on time and service good. Our transportation com- mittee reported no gricvances against and we as an ociation ndestof feelings towards newspapers or reporters. The riter has on several occasions given porters who were not in attendance at meetings nccess to the record and ssis- ted them in securing a correct repol This courtesy has never been refused a and I hope never member of the press will be. JonN WIGGINS, Secretary. PROCEEDINGS OF JULY MEETING. Sourit OMAIA, July 11th, 1888.—The Nebraska Live Stock Shippers Associa- tion met in the parlor of the Exchange Hotel, at 2 p. m., the president,J. A. Kehoe, in the chair. Roll cailed and the following oflicers found present: J. L. Martin, 1st vice president; James Danly, 2nd vice president; David An- derson, 8rd vice president: John G Smith, treasurer; A. C. Virgin, dire (. Hall, finance commissioner; Vail, finance commissioner. A. J. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A communication was received from the Freight Depart- ment of the Union Pacific railway as foilows: *John Wiggins, Columbus, Neb.— Dear Sir: Referring to your letter of July 6th, I enclose herewith copy of let- ter'to Stock Agent Lam, dated May 4th 1888; I intended thut he should convey this 'information to you. I think you will find he has already spoken to Mr. Kehoe on thesubject. However, if not, he will do so immediately. Yours truly, 3 w The en as follow: OMAHA, Neb., May 4th, 1888.—Mvr, C. J. Lanve, hlmk Agent, U. P. Ry Island, Neb.—Dear 5 I n had with \ml and also to cived from D. Andevson and Wiggins, I am advised by the nger Department that the lines in wska have agreed upon a rate of one and one-third fare for members at- tending the quarterly meetings of this association at Omaha. That is, pay full fare coming to meetin ipt and they will be returned at one-third fare on Inumn. ation of certiticate of the ary of the meeting that they have been in ulh'nll.mu-. truly H. A. JOnNso Uu ‘motion of D. A "\ll'l'h()ll, the se tary wus instructed to advise the rail- road that we appreciated their kind offer of one and one-third fare to mem- bers actually in attendance at our regu- lar meetings, but that we l:wp-ltfu\l\ declined the offer with thanks. It secmed to be the feeling of the mem- bers that we were entitled to free trans- portation, and would be very much pleased if the railroads would so view it. The following resolution was presen- ted by,J. W. Stocker and unanimously adopted. Whereas, there are certain commiss- ion firms at these yards who are buying stock at different stations in the coun- try through men employed by them, that have neither money or local credit in competition with regular buyers. Now therefore be it Resolved by this association that we discountena this practice and will withhold shipments from such firms and discourage other shippers from patron- izing them, and, Resolved, further, that at our next meeting we will consider the question of the formation of a commission house for sale of stock and nlso the formation of a rendering compu The secretary was x-cquunu.d to notify each member of the association before the next meeting that at that meeting the commission house and also the ren- dering company question would be con- sidered. On motion the president and secretary were instructed to notify the joint exe- cutive committee who appoint the hog ve the Sm-lmme under their control at the South Omaha Stock Yards, that there 1s u general complaint on the part of shippe on account of excessive docknge and ask that they cor- rect the abuse named J. W. Lynch convers: letter: John and J. Lemke, were appointed member of the Finance Committee, pro-tem. The following bills were presented and referred to finance committee, John Wiggins, cash expended. . John Wiggins, 6 months salury as Total.. M. K. Tirner & Co., The finance committee repor Awvor- ably and on motion the bills wore al- lowed and warrants ordered drawn on ;lm treasurer for the amounts, all vot- n 3 Foe application of B. H. Wilcox, of Alma, Neb., was receiyed and on motion elected a member of our agsociation, telegram was read from A, W, Beahm, of Cortland, Neb., as follows: To John Wiggins, secret of L. S. A. Family sick, sorry can’t bo with you. “Count me in for good of the cause, Different members reported asto the manner in which their stock was hand- led and forwarded by the railvonds. As a rule, the stock was being satisfactorily handled, The transportation committee reported no complaints. The following receipts weve reported by the seeretary and the amounts paid to the treasurer, McCoy Bros, “ad” $5.00; 5. H. Wilcox, h~.-u $2.00; W, Weyant, Jr.,Dues, $1.00; J. A, MoShane Dues, $1.00; B. King, l)\wx. $1.00; J Lempke, Dues, $1.,00; $1.00; Geo. Boetel, llm-s. 81 003 J. W. Stocker, Dues, $1.00; total $14.00.. A vote of thanks extended to Mr, Briggs, of the Excha Lotel for favors received at this mee Lm;_n Adjourned to meet on Wednesday in October, 188! JON WiGaINs, S Lynch, Dy the sccond 1 ctary. i 01d Camp Sheridan The bill for the relief of settlers upon old Camp Sheridan mil reserva- tion, which recently passed both houses urll;u., s as follows of ropresentatives of the United States of America in congress assemblod, That all entries or filings under the homestead and pre-emption laws, al- lowed by the United States distr land oflice at within the limi Sheridan milita entine, Ne of the former Camp reservation, situated in township thirty-thr north of ranges forty-five and for X west, in said state, ‘prior toreceipt by them of instructions from the commissioner of the general Jand oftice, dated July msn. be, and the same are her confirmed. Provided, that the persons ing such filings or entries pos- ssed the necessary qualification and have, since filing or'entry (as the case may "be), fully complied with the law governing entries of like character upon public lands. That in cases of filings under the pre- emption law, made upon lands in said abandoned reservation, the limitation of thirty months, prescribed by section 2207, United States revised statutes, shall not be enforced, but proof and pay- ment must be made within six months from passage of this ac —— Reform at the Beginning. Bob Ingersoll: *‘People think that if the thieves are sent to the penitentiary that is the last of the thieves; that if those who kill others are hanged society ison a safe and enduring basis. But the trouble here: A man comes to your front and you drive him away. You have an idea that man’s case is settled. You are mistaken. He goes to the back door. He is driven away. But the case is not yet settled. The next thing you know he entersat night, Fleisabur- glar. e iscaught; he is convicted; he is sent to the penitentiary, and you im- agine that the case is settled. But it is not. Your must remember that you have to kecp all the agencies in lifo for the purpose of taking care of these people. ~ You have to build and maintain your penitentiarics, your courts of justice; you have to pay your judges, your district attorneys, your juries, your witnesses, your detectives, your police—all these cople must be paid. So that, after uH, it is a very expensive way of settling this question. You could have done it far more cheaply had you found this burglar when he he was a child, had you taken his father and mother from the tene- ment house, or had you compelled the owners to keep the tenement clean; or if you had widened the streets, if vou had planted a few trees, if you had plenty of baths, if you had had a school in the neighborhood. If you had taken some intevest in this family--some interest in fhis child---instead of breaking into houses he might have been a builder of houses. —_—— 1t Worked Both Ways. New York Sun: A plump little col- ored girl sat on a stoop in South Fifth avenue gloating over a bib and lucious slice of watermelon. Two other little girls sat beside her and watched the melon vanish between two glistening rows of ivor; The other girls wanted a piece of the melon just about as much body can want “anything. When was half gone one of them lingly ut the melon-caterand murmured “OTildy, gimme some o' dat ar water- milin!” “(Chile,” said the middle girl, looking reprovingly at the pleader, “*whar did, yeh learn yeh manners, Don't \L‘h know dat it am unpolite to axe fo’ an thing. I won’t give you any o dis watermilin kase you axes fo’ it.” The little girl who asked for the melon got up and wentaway. Then the other one ventur vk, looking up in Matilda’s : "Tildy, I didn’ ¢ ask fo' any melon!” *1 know yeh (Iuln’l Hannah fo' an an any followed her im- friend, and Matildn stored of the melon without in- i kaso yeh didn’s Hannuh got up and polite littl away the ruption. s L Boucicault on Character. Dion Boucicault has been telling the readers of the New York Herald wlml he thinks about the portrayal of cha ter. The pith of his ideas” on the b ject is contained in this paragraph: “The portrait of character by the dramatist in his imaginution and its formation by the performer on the s is a collusion 1to which enters as profound a philosophy as the humun ve and contain. It is the creation of an ideal man and his endow- ment with a vital and moral principlo. Character [ hold to be the distinetion existing between man and man, who suffer differently under similar calami- ties or good fortune. Othello suspects his wife as Sir Peter Teazle suspects his. ‘Che manner in which each hus- band is affected by his )l"\hmsy betrays his character, or, what is orrectly called, the nature of the man. The poet shapes him in the abstr The actor makes him concrote, giving him sub- a'.nuhul being. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Caatorfa. When ahe was & Child, she cried for Castorts, When she becamne Mise, she clung to Castorts, Wheu she had Cuildren, she gave thein Castoria. DIAMONDS Watchos and Diamonds Found in Tea and Coffee---A Novel Way of In- treducing Coods, The names of all persons finding dia- monds, watches, ete,, are added to thia list daily. The Overland Tea company of Sun Franeisco have refitted the store, 220 S, Mth St near Farnam, Omaha. and in o v to introduce thewr ;.mnlfl, llmmnm.m\ put for 6u in every can of teaand cof as £olid go silver and nickel watones, also genuine diamonds, in solid gold setting; also money, and many other articles of less value can coun- tains a souvenir, Tho coffce, can and contents weigh about three pounds; the tea, can and contents about one and o half pounds. This expensive and novel way of advertising will be discontinued after 60 days, and these really choice goods will be sold strictly on their mer- its but without the souveni Of course every purchaser must not expect to got a diamond or watch, This company claim that they have just as good right to give away watches, dinmonds or other jewelry and money astheir com- petitors bave to give away glassware, chromos, ete. Get up a ¢ I\h "hoso who get upa club order most ul\m) get a handsome present. Ovders by mail from ptly forwarded to all parts of the Tnited States on receipt of cash or post- oflice order. Terms: Single can 817 six for $5: thirteen for $10, and twenty-sov- en for $20. Address Overland Tea Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. J. M. Hamilton, diamond ring in ten; Mr more, Coun Mr. J. C. Ru South 20th st., T. W, Whit- 1 Blufls, silver butter dish; 5 st gent’s gold hunting case watch; Mes. D. C. Baum- ardner, North 16th st., silver cake stand; Mrs. E. Judd, North 9th st., silver sugar bowl; Mr. W. R. Parker, Ho can money in Mrs. s Bellman, South 32d st., silver five bottle castor; Mrs 5 S. Lepler, Lincoln, Neb., mail order, $#10.00 in gold coin, in tea; Mr. J. P. Schunke, 15th and Mittern, diamond ring in tea; Mr. 1. C. Whitney, Har- ney st., silver sugar bowl; Frank Lawrence, (upxlul u\t‘., gent's dinmond hllllleu\\m u Irs. John Sullivan, 19th and \\'illi.uln sts., sil picklo stand; Margaret Conway, Court st., sil- ugar bowl; Mes, H. M. Baxter, Al- liance, Neb., mail order, diamond col- lar button in tea; Mrs. Idw. Conant, Farnam st., ladies’ elegant gold lacepin, diamond, ruby and sapphire setting: Mr. Edward Hissell, Douglas st., silver cup; Mrs. E. H. Burdick, = Cum- ing st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs. F. F. Campbell, Arlington, Neb., mail order, diamond stud in toa; Mrs, All Thompson, Park ave., silver water piteher; Miss Katie Lillig, Victor street, diamond ring in tea; Mr. Chas. Rob- ison, Howard st., silver pickle stand; E. J. Knapp, Hickory st.,diumond ring in tea; €. R. Mitchell, Des Moines, Ia., $20.00 in gold coin, mail order; Mrs. M., C. Rundell, silver sugar bowl; L. A kering, Ist Licutenant U. Fort Omaha, dianmond ring in tea; Mrs. Kittie Webber, 16th st., silver fruit stand; O . R. Davis, Decatur st., dia- mond ring in tea; Mrs. Chas. DeWolf, mail order, Kearney, Neb., eclegant ludies’ gold watch in tea; Mrs. L. N \ silver sugar bowl, 17th st., sgg, 46 and Jackson, diamond ring in te: Miss Sadie Gibson, Twenty-sixth street, silver cup; Louis Gardner, mail order, Grand Island, Neb., hunting casoe gold watch in teay Mrs. Phillip Collins, bnulh Twelfth street, diamond ringy Miss Marie Parker. River View, silver cup; Alice Ridley, mail order, Missouri \ ul!ev Junction, 50 in gold coin in tea; Sheridan, North Twentieth street, s'l ér butter dhll Mark A. Andrews, Sixteenth street, can money; Mv. J. K. Stover, South Twentieth street, silver caster; D. E. Mellus, South Omaha, silver five bottle caster; Fannie Sharply, Dodge street, cluster —dius mond ring in tea; Miss Mary Adams, Jackson st., silver five bottle caster; Annie Watson, Davenport st., can money; Morris Juhnsnn. Park ave., cluster diamond scarf pin in tea; Ernest Messersheith, Franklfn st., silver but, ter dish; Ida Lewiston, N. 20th st. handsomo gold lace pin, diamond, ruby and sapphire setting; Gee. L. Hutchin- son, mail order Mascot, Neb., silver cup; Mrs. R. B. Wagner, hpx'mglwld Dak., silver sugar bowl; W.A.Kecler. hrn!wn, Neb., mail order, diamond ring; Frank McGinley, mail ordur Kearney, Neb., solitaire diamond shirt stud; Ellen Jones, Cass st.; dimmond ring; ‘Andrew I(obcnh‘ Sth st , $5.00 in gold coin in tea; C. H. Andrews, Fremont, Neb., diamond ring; Isaac Siff, Hastings, Neb., mail order, stem winding and stem setting watch; Mrs. Hanchisire, Jackson st., silver pickle stand; Charles Kelley, Harnev st., can money; Mr. John Potte 20th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. S. G. Bavnard, Douglas st., diamond ring; Sadie Hannaford, Farn- am strect, silver sugar bow| Hyman, 9th st., and a_ hunting case gul\l wateh in tea; Mrs, M. J. Prank, of the Cozzens hotel, soltaire diamond ving; Mrs. Schlimme, S. 30th, silver butter dish; Benjamin Lewis, Tweaot, Eighth st., gentlemen’s hunting case 1 in tea; RRosa Seldon, Farnam pickle stand; Belle Stewart, Mary's ave., can of money; Mrs. o, Pinkney St., silver butter dish; L:eN, llnnn\mul Central ave., silver sugar bowl; R. J. Watto, S. 27th, diamond ring: C. v.«-\\'z\rl Pioneer house, 16th and Dodge sts., silver cup, L. J. Withrow, ! enworth street, 11 diamond ring; Sallie Dillard, mail or- der, Atchison, Kan., hunting case gold wateh in tea; 13, Bartlow, N. 15th, dia- y Blanchard, Douglag Jennie \Vlnlc Mz mond nu,, 6th and ng: Phobe Falkart, California luster dinmond ring; Miss Nel- lic Ludiow, 22d and Clark, silver five- bottle castor; Wm. Gray, Farnam st., $3 Miss Currie Kenyon, Douglas street, silver pickle stand; R. J. Stadl il order, Nebraska City, Neb., solid gold ring, diswmond, ruby and sapphire setting in tea; Miss Sadie Wheoler, Seventeenth street, can vi Miss Nollie Linden, hetween Jackson and Jones, dinmond ring; Fred Cooper, Council "Blufls, can ‘money; Willie Menden, Hamilton street, ladies chatelaine watch in tea; Richard White, ‘Pwenticth street, silver fruit stand; Ray Mandel, Cuming street, silver five- bottle castor; H. A, Haskell, superin- tendent n!’J'uv.llmc, silver pickle mmd Geo. Cage, Jackson street, can money Louis Manford, 20th st., elufi'unt gud ace pin, dismond, ruby and sapphire sotting: 58 Belle Del'oe, mail order. York, Neb., gents' clusior diamond nn;,vl Christ Roth, Tth st., dia- mond ring; Nora Melay, Ohio st., $10 in gold coin; Sadie Roberts, Daven- port st., sil butter dish: Dan Sulli- van, California st., siver cake basket; Mrm John Donovan, Capitol ave., silver castor; K. M. Nastel, So, 13th, diamond ring; O. P. Stuart, Clark st., silver sugar bowl; W. L. Wattors, Lincoln, Neb., diamond ring; W. B. Watson, Windsor hotel. diamond ri Mrs. Stein, 424 and Farnam, silver fruit stand; Miss Cusack, Fort Omaha,