Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY., AUGUST $1. 1888 o i e AT i S THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TEKMS OF BUBSCRIPTION, v (Moraing Fdition) meluatng SUNDAY 1 BEE, One Year.. ... 19 00 w 20 1 to any § 1 FXRNAN ETIE T, ROOMA 14 AND 15 TitinuUNFE BUILDING, W ASHINGTON OFFI Mt FOULTRENTI BTRKRT. CORRESTONDENCE, All communications relat) torial matter should be addie: i OFTHEDEE: gy apes LETTERS, AN business lettor: and remitiances should be Ad ed £ THe MEY PUBLISHISG COMPANY, Om Dratts, cheeks and postoMice o sto Do mirde paynbie to the order of the company. The Bec Publishing Compény, Propricors, . ROSEWATER, Editor. D BDITOR THE DAILY B Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraskn, County of Douglas, | Geo, 11 Tzschuck, secretary of The Tice Pub. Ushing company, Aoes solemnly swear that the netual cireuiation of The DALY Bek for the week ending August 25, 158, was as follows. Bunday, August It e Thursda; i Friday, Algnst LKL Baturdiy, August % W GEO. It TZ5CHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 2ith day of August, A. D, 185 FEIL, Notary Public. Average. Btate of Nebraskn, |y o County of Dougins, { * George I3, Tzscouck, being first duly sworn, de- suysthat he is secretary of The flee r, R8T, 15,041 cop- fes. (17,20 copiea: for February, 1864 10,602 coples’ for March, 1, 16,68 coptes: foF April, Ik, IRTi4 coples: for May, 18w, 19451 coplea: for 'Junie, 1648, 19,243 copies: for July, 1755, 18,063 coplos. GEO. B, TZSCHUCK. Eworn to ‘before me and subscribed inmy Presence this 1st day of August, A. D., 188 N. P.FEIL Notary Publi TrovGn Texas may secure her decp water harbor and Denver is the place of meeting, Nebraska has the honor of presiding at the convention. Tur United States is in that fearful predicament of having both of her pres- identinl candidates off at the same mo- ment fishing for shiners. Mgz. GouLD has so nearly recovered from his recent indisposition that he is talking of going into sheep culturo, that is to say, shearing “lambs” at the old stand. ‘THE democraticconvention resembled o *“*Siege of Sebastopol” in one respect. There was a good deal of pyrotechnic display, but all the red fire and noise was only for “fun.” —_— I7 18 said that Mr. Cleveland is pre- paring a document in defense of his pension vetoes. the president finds it absolutely nec- essary just now to explain so many of his official acts? THE Sioux commissioners have found more willing ears at Crow Creek agency than at Standing Rock. It is more than likely that the Indians of the lower agency will bo wan over, and when Sit- ting Bull’s braves hear of it there will be a break in the ranks to sign the new treaty. THE INTERESTING game of hide-and- seek between congressmen and the ser- geant-at-arms of the house is getting exciting. That high official is trying to catch a quorum. But the harder he scurries about, the more nimble are those recreant members whose leaves of absence have been revoked in keeping out of his reach. THE Oklahoma bill, in which Kansas is so much interested, is likely to be buffeted about in the house without eoming to an issuc until the end of tho session. The final vote on the meagure was to have taken place a day or two “ago, but at the supreme moment the point of no quorum was raised, and the . bill in consequence has been shelved . indefinitely. SEVENTY railroads have published _reports of their gross earnings for the second week of August. The figures ~show that receipts were nearly 4 per cent in excess of those for the corre- sponding week of 1887. It is safe to infer that the railroads of the country are not in danger of going out of busi- ness on account of ‘‘losing money.” THE BEE has no disposition to discuss dead issues nor to dig upand prod polit- ical coepses. This is why we decline to keep up a controversy with the dis- . gruntled fool friends of the late candi- date from Douglas county for state treasurer. If we were disposed to enter into such controversy, these self-consti- tuted champions of Omaha would be _knocked out in one round on their high- sounding twaddle about what this city has lost through THE BEE'S opposition. SE———— THE transfer of standard silver dol- lars from the mints and sub-treasuries to Washington, where they will be stored in the great vault of the treasury building recently completed, has begun. The shipments will be made in lots of half a million dollars a day until the vault is full, and as it has a capacity of one hundred million dollars the silver stream will continue to pour into Wash- ington for the next six months or longer. When the movement is com- pleted the treasury will contain stand- " ard silver dollars to the amount of one hundred and sixty-eight millions, or nearly three to every man, woman and child fn the nation. —_— SUPERINTENBENT BRUNER, of the county schools has begun an important work in compiling the number of chil- ‘dren of school age in. each district of Such a report has long the county. been wanted as it issuspected that a large percentage of such children are illegally kept out of school. The fact that the compulsory education law en- ncted by the logislature has been to all intent and purpose a dead letter 1s to be deplored. In the counties of other states the laws ou compulsory education have been strictly enforced, and the re- sult has been eminently satisfactory in raising the number of children between the ages of eight and fouricen attend- t P, . o 2m | ws and adi- | Isn't it strange that The Democratic Nominations, The democracy of Nebraska have nom- fnated a very. respectable state ticket. Minorities always d use there no factional seeamble for placos beyond | the reach of such parties. The | eratic ticket was constructed under the delusion that the thirty thousand repub- | lican majority in this state ean be over- come. Itis a political porous-plaster | compounded by democratic modicine men to deaw the foreign-born votor who may be sici of the threatened sion of a prohibition amendment. ndid tributed wmong Amer gn birth and des th an Irish-Ameri a Bohemian for lieutenant governor, an man for seer of state; o for 1and and a ndanavian the demo- tic bear-trap i of ne. ¢ nomination of McShane for gov- ernor may also mean more than appears on the surface. On thispoint, however, we reserve our conjectures until we know that MeShane has accepted. If he does aceept in the face of inevitable defeat by at least twenty thousana majority, we may look for interesting | developments. In view of the fact that | there is not the remotest chau of clecting any man on the democratic state t, it is hardly worth while o discuss the candidates with any crit- ical eye as to their fitness to fill the respective positions to which they have been nominated is | | demo- submis commissioner elector, baited for all kind Democracy and Trusts, 1t is announced that the demacrats of the house of representatives are about 10 hold n caucus to decide upon some policy of the party with relation to | and a bet trusts. It is not unlikely they have been moved to this course by an appre- hension that the republican senate may declare a policy in aavance of them, such as is embraced in the bill of Sen- ator Sherman, introduced some days ago. 1t is certainly important, if nov vital, to the democratic party that its repr sentatives in congress shall speedily take some action to remove, if possible, the warranted suspicion that the party is not unfriendly to trusts. These combina- tions are entirely ignored in the na- tional platform; the majority of the ways and means committee were most considerate of the welfare of the sugar trust in reviving the sugar duties; the investigation of trusts was carried on in the most perfunctory and half-hearted way, and nothing whatever of a prac- tical character has resulted from it. In- deed, it was only after most persistent effort that even a report was secured from the committee, and this was prac- tically valueless. There was a great deal in the way of boasting and prom- ises when tho present congress con- vened, but no sincere effort has been made to do anything. It has looked very much as if Mr. Cleveland desired to make amendg for the refer- ence he made to trusts in his annual message and had directed that the com- binations should not be furtherannoyed by anything proceeding from tho demo- crats at the present session. But the conditions have become such, in conse- quence of the pronounced sttitude of the republican national platform and the promised action of the republican senate regarding trusts, that the demo- crats are seeing the necessity of declar- ing themselves respecting these combi- nations. If they shall decide to do this it is to be expected that there will be an appearance of uncompromising hostility to trusts, but however strong it may be made it will be impossible notto have some doubt of its sincerity. For why should & caucus be necessary to determine what policy shall be pursued by the represen- tatives of a party which professes to be the friend of the people toward combi- nations which are unquestionably inim- ical to the interests and welfare of the people? Isitnota mere expedient to waste time and to make a show of con- cern for the interests of the people without the intention to do anything practical in their behalf? The policy to be pursued, if it is within the prov- ince of congress to legislate regarding trusts, cannot need defining by a caucus for men who honestly desire the sup- pression of these combinations. There is, however, some encourage- ment for the people in the fect that both parties are manifesting a serious interest in this subject. There is reason to hope that in their rivalry to win popular commendation and make po- litical capital both will at least become so fully and fairly committed to the policy of suppressing trusts that al- though nothing should be due at the present session of congress there will hardly fail to be some practical action at the next session. Righ License in Minnesota. Minnesota has had an experience of one year with high license, and the re- sult is additional testimony to the value of this poliey in all respects. The law provides that in cities of over ten thousand inhabitants the minimum liquor license shall be one thousand dollars, and in all other places five hun- dred dollars. When the law went into effect, July 1, 1887, the number of sa- loons in the state licensed under the old law, at an average cost of three hun- dred dollars, was 2,806; the present number is 1,597—a decrease of 1,209, or over forty per cent. Of itself thisisa most telling argument in favor of high license for restricting the liquor traffic. But the worth of the poliey, as shown in the experience of Minnesota, is not limited to the one matter of cutting down the number of saloons by nearly one-half. There has been a very marked improvement in the way in which the uraflic is carried on. Those engaged in it give greater respect to law and public sentiment than before. Sunday selling is greatly decreased. Minors and habitual drunkards arve re- fused. The number of disorderly pluces is very much less thun formerly. In the larger cities the business has be- come more centralized, and therefore more readily subjected to police sur- veillance, while its decrease in the smaller towns has brought about a no- table reduction of police business. The 1 wholesome “moral ‘effects are every- where ohserved; and in some’ partions of the stute are ve The finan also not to be low lice lost si the about % ght of. 1 total approxi <50,000, The total approximute income under the present law about $1,100,000, a bulance of £260,000 in favor of high license, with fower drinking places, less intemper- anc sod consumyption of liquor, regard among those in the for the preservation of law 1t is noteworthy, too, that ble extent the saloon has eliminated from politics ch being the excellent results of o venr's experience with high license, it is not surprising that the people of Min- nesota very generally ave heartily in fuvor of the system, The St. Paul Pion- cor e si ‘It has brought nothing but bencfit to the state, and has, by its practical working for more than a year, proven itself to be & wise, just and most successful mensure. Even the opposition to it from the suloonkeepers themselves is much less than it was immediately after ite passage, and it now finds its greatest and almost only opponents among the prohibition element.” Yet in.no tate where prohibition prevails has it accomplished more, if so much, law is y adecre liquor traff and order to n consider been for the cause of temperance, as has been done by the high license law of Minne- sota, while as to material considerations the results are all in favor of the latter. Perhaps They Did. There isone thing that the South Omaha people had not discovered when they voted to mortgage their town. They have voted seventy-eight thousand dol- Jars for building two viaduets across the railroad tracks. If these viaducts were to be built within the limits of Omaha, the railroads would not only have to build them at their own expense, but also would be required to build four hundred feet of approach at each end at their own expense. In other words, if South Omaha was included within the boundaries of this city the property of South Omaha would not be taxed a penny for viaducts. So much for the boasted advantage of having two separate corporations for what every- body concedes is and should be one solid city. Perhaps the champions of the bond scheme did not know that they were playing into the hands of the rail- roads and rolling a heavy lond on the shoulders of the small taxpayer and property owner. Perhaps they did not and perhaps they did. THE bill unanimously adopted by the house committee on foreign affaivs, au- thorizing the president in his discretion 10 suspend certain transportation privi- leges now enjoyed by Canada in the United States, and to proclaim a policy of retaliation with regaird to the navi- gation by Canadian vessels of certain waters under the juvisdiction of the United States, will doubtless pass the house if a sufficient number of the mem- bers of that body can be brought to- gether for the purpose. Itisvery likely, Lowever, to be subjected to an extended discussion, and on final action party lihes may be slosely drawn. A similar measure has been introduced in the senate, with the chances against passing that body. On general principles the justice of the retaliation proposed in these measures is quite universally conceded, in the event of Canada resuming the former policy of denying the rights claimed for American fishermen, and unfairly sub- jecting American vessels to totls on Canadian canals, but there is a wide- spread disposition not to allow Mr. Cleveland to make political capital out of a state of affairs which he has allowed to continue until now without a single suggestion to congress that it should be remedied. His discovery thatthereare other wrongs besides the fishery out- rages which Canada should be punished for comes somewhat late to warrant the belief that it is now made known from a wholly unselfish concern for American rights. —_— IT 1SN’T much that the Texas people ask in the way of government aid for deep harbors on their coast when it is remembered that Texas isa bigstate with big ideas. But it almost takes the broath out of the country when a caucus of the Texas delegation adopts the fol- lowing resolution to be ratified by the deep-water convention at Denver: Resolved. That it is the sense of this con- vention that it shall recommend resolutions asking congress to make two appropriations for two deep water ports on the coastof ‘Texas, one of $7,000,000 for the improvement Galveston harbor, under the present plan and a further appropriation of £2,500,00) for the decpening of the Arransas Pass bar to twenty-four feet, the work to be done by private corporations organized under the 1aws of the state of Texas, the money to be paid by the government as increased depths are secured and maintained. SENATOR SPOONER of Wisconsin, in his anxiety to secure the full appropri=- ation asked for a public building at Milwaukee, will accept no half-way measure from the house on the Omaha building bill. Tn his zeal, however, to force the goose to lay thegolden egg, the senator from Wisconsin is in nger of squeezing nothing but a porcelain door-knob out of the old bird. MCSHANE is now out of the congres- sional race, which means in so many words that the district is conceded to the republican candidate. WiEN an Omaha landsman is capable of inventing the first practical torpedo, itis high time to fill the navy with smart Omaha men. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. - A camp of Modern Workmren with eigh- teen charter members, bas been instituted at Wood River. Eleven head of stock belonging toa Platte county farmer have died from the effects of u mad dog bite. ‘The biggest escitement of the week at Tecumseh was caused by a blind horse fall- ing into a waterworlks ditch. Columous is botter lighted with her elec- tric plants than mauy a city in this country with fifty times her population und & hun- dred times her proteutions, says the Journal. After breathing free air for over a year, N Winslow, the burglar who escaped from the Johuson county juil, has beeu re aptured by Sheriff Grimes and is oride more behind the bk The prepatalions for the Butler county fair, to be hold at David City September 4, b, 6 and 7, are complete, and the prospects are encouraging for the most successful exhibit ever made in t oounty urse of the barb wire fence' is the unsa of worriment in Scotia_theso ery day children and dumb brates maimed by the nuisance, and the village rd is urged 1o call off the “‘curse." “armers near York haye suffered recently from the favages of mad aogs, Three or four canines have become rabid and have bitten cattle and hogs. One young man, Grant Dickey, was severely bitten and is being treated with a mad stone, Sam Sing, & Celestial who conducted a joint laundry and opium-smoking den at Columbus, was arrested last week, found guilty, and then allowed to jump the town. Sam’s Columbus patroos consisted of several women and a number of boys. The following was recently handed in to his toacher by & Kearney county boy as a bona fide composition: The human body is made up of the head, the thorax and the' ab- domen. The head coutains the brains, when there is any. The thorax contains the heart, lungrs and dinfram. The abdomen contains the bowls, of which there are five, A, E. I, 0, U, and sometimes W and Y. lowa. There are 243 0ld veterans on the roli of the soldiers home at Marshalltown. Davenport ice deaters will not have stock enough to supply their customers to the end of the season. A man by the name of Huiskamp, of Keo- kuk, has painted a panorama of Jerusalem and the crueifixion of Christ, The cars at Davenport did their first oxecution Wednesday, a httle girl named Mamie Wiley being' run over and killed. Weuther Prophet Foster has purchased a half interest in the Creston Gazette, and_has taken business and editorial control of the paper. The board of supervisors of Harrison county has made a final settlement with ex- Treasurer I. P. Hill. The bondsmon pay $),848.40 and Hill's friends $8,500. By this adjustmentghe county loses ouly §098.45. Another fowa boy has proved himself a hero. Says the Davenport Gazette: “Nine years ago Henry Pearson, a farmer who had lived in Liberty township, in this county, twenty years, removed to Hennepin county, Minnesota. Mrs. Pearson carried her babe, Henry, jr., in her arms. They settled on & farm near the village of Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson are blessing the day when Henry was born. He is the boy hero of Min- nesota. Last Thursday afternoon twelve masked men came to the house and de- manded money of his mother. They would have enforced their demand had not Master Honry opened fire with o shot gun ‘two sizes larger than himself on the feet and legs of the visitors. They fled, and Henry pursued, discharging auother shot, which took effoct in tho head of ono of the men, rendoring him hors du combat. The boy was so small the men did not notice him, but_though, appar- eutly neglected and despised, he made his influence felt.” Woming. Ranchman Atkinson and his son, who shot a man named Battey during & quarrel last June, had a preliminary hearing at Laramie and were bound over to the grand jury. On the 30th of May Ching Hing Loy stabbed another Chinaman to death in Kvans- ton. He was arrested at Haily, Idaho, by Sheriff Ward and juiled at Evanston, where he will be kept until the fall term of court. ‘Worth Jackspn, a lunatic confined in the county jail at Laramio, committed suicide by cutting his throat with the broken pieces of a lamp chimney. He imagined he was bein; pursued by énémies who wanted his life ane in order to escape cut his throat. The Dourlls‘ Budget s that the pros- pecting of last’year has demonstrated that one-fifth of the” entire area of Wyoming is underlaid with coal. A continuous formation bearing coal has been traced from central vyoming to the British possessions, over 500 miles long. The Laramic Boomerang criticises unfavor- ably the action of Governor Moonlight in respiting Bob Carter, a cold-blooded mur- derer, and refusing t0 pardon Milton Maring, who in a drunkes frolic apent ##0 of his em- ployer’s money, but who when sober haa al- \‘Nflys been known &8 an uprignt, manly fel- ow. On a blaff within ten miles of Landera vast deposit of ore has beeh discovered by Paschal Plant, the true value of which has not yet been estimated. The Lander Moun- taineer says that it is the richest find that has been discovered in the United States in the past twenty years. This ore assays heavilyo silver, running richly to gold and quicksilver. The acid tests of smelting and all the known processes show the result as given above. Montana. ‘The wool product of the territory this year ‘will be about 2,000,000 pounds. An effort was made last woek to organize a territorial association of horse growers, but it proved a failure. The territorial fair is set down as an utter failure this year in every respect save that of a racing association. Prof. J. Baldwin, a professor of astronomy in a Kansas wuagsi’hn just_completed a tour of the National Park on a bicycle. **The meteor” has been heard from at no less than seven different points in Montana already, and every time it was making a verrible racket and ended by bursting. 1t is becoming as fumous as the sea serpent. Ex-Governor Hauser reports that the Northern Pacific will build lots of branch lines in Montana in the near tuture, and that the Manitoba and the Montana Central have several branch roads in contemplation. Stock thieves have been operating exten- sively during the past threce months, and the Live Stock Journal says: ‘“Stockmen should be careful to keep run of their stock and know how many they have. The method of ascertainiug the number of stock one pos- sesses by shaking a dice box is fast waning into the dim and dusty offness, and the time is approaching when it will b necessary to count up the ninety and nine, and then sashay across the range for the missing one in order to make the business pay." ———— LABOK Girls are employed as shingle packers in the mills at Bay City, Miob. The working force in the principal new “gold mine” discovered at Ishpeming, Mich., is said to consist of two men. Here is an opportunity for genius to enrich itself. One million doliars is the sum that the Standard oil company will give to a _man w{m will invent a process for refining Lima ol One of the largest shoe contracts made is that of a firm in Bangor, Me., who have en- gaged to make 100,000 pairs of wigwam slip- pers within year, for which they are to re- ceive $74,900, The salaries of all the oilers, firemen and coal-passers iu the employ of the city of Mil- waulkee have Yeen increased $5a month. The oilers now rective $65a month, firemen §60, and coal-passers $35. ident Citrnot of France has been placed in a curious dilemma. He was taught the handicraft of a_carpenter in his youth, and the striking carpenters of Paris have written to him complaining that he has not attended their meetings' nor subscribed to their fund. Indians in'the United States last year cul- tivated 237,205 acres of land and raised i24,- 958 bushels of wheat, 434,972 bushels of corn, 512,137 buskiplsiof oats and barley, 524,010 busheis of vegetables and 101,825 tons of hay. They also owned 308,534 horses and mules, 111,407 head of cattlo, 40,471 swine and 1,117, 273 sheep. Shavings and cuttings from codar wood blocks are now utilized in making & heavy paper for underiayiug carpets, wrappiug up wool, ete. The waste cnips are converted into & pulp, which mukes astrong and fibrous paper, and has the advantage of preserving the strong odor of the original wood, thus making it & valuable preservative against moths. is swd to have been patented in for type-foundiug and cowpos- ing which, by means of a keyboard, casts the leticrs in' the order required, planes then, and expedites them into the composing stiok, and all this by the 1evolution of & main cylin: der, The typefounder—man or boy—operat- ing'the machine taus beeowes also @ type- selter. ——— Judge Weod Dead. Jacksoxviuik, T, August 9. Judge Samuel Wood, 8 former mcumber of the legis- lature, and the “largest land owner in this section of the state, dicd at his residence near this city last night, SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. A Realistio Representation Great Hjstorical Event. Nearly thirty-threo years ago, or on the Sth of September, 1855, there ended one of | the greatest siegos in military annals. For | cleven months the allied armics of England and France, with contingents from Turke d Sardinia, had invested the fortifled city Sebastopol (or Sevastopol) on the Black | Sea, & Russian stronghold which the best engineering skill of Russia had rendered almost impreganble. The successful | defensoe of Scbastopol was the | last hope of the Russiaus in the great Crimean war, and from Oc- tober, 1854, to September, 1855, they held it against the almost daily bombardments and assaults of the allied flcots and armies, His- tory furnishes few parallels to the brilliant achiovements and the splendid heroism that distinguisned this poriod and was crowned by that greatest glory of French valor, the storming and taking of the Malakof! and the consequent fall of Sebastopol. "T'o presentanything approaching a realistio representation of this great achievement was no casy task, but no subject could have stronger attractions for tho true artist, and it was undertaken by those mus- ters in this line, James Pain & Sons, of London. A’ vast expenditure of labor, time and money was b task was accomplished and with a success bey enterprising prowoters. In the years since millions of people in England and the United Stittes have witnessed this exhibition both to their pleasure and profit. 1t was u fortunate thought that suggested its production in Omaha. For several we past the work of preparation for this re- markuble exhibition has been prosceuted, and last night the initial represen: tation in this city of the Siewe of Sebastopol was given. It is ne- cessary in order to convey some idea of the extent of this production to say that the arca occupied, including the auditorium, is five acres, and to represent the city and fortifica- tions' 10,000 square yards of sccnery are used. “I'he whole is amply illuminated by electrio lights, and the picture presented is 8s complete and realistic as art conld fashion. Looming in the center stands the defiant tower and the solid walls of the Malakof?, while to the left is seen the city skirted by the redans, whose formidable walls were stormed and carried by Engli valor. On the right is the Black Sea on whose bosom floats the allied fleets, which for months rained a storm of shot and shell on the besieged city. The inner fortifications, ramparts, magazines, and other features of a great ' fortified post are faithfully represented, making an imposing scene especially enjoyable to those familiar with the great event illustrated. The first presentation of so elaborate & production will nccessarily not be perfect, but although a livtle slow in beginning last night there were fewer defocts than might reasonably have been expected, and the five thousand people in_attendance gave abun- dant evidenceof their gratification. The bom- bardment and assault, in the former of which tho superiority of ;Pain & Sons as pyrotech- nists was sigually shown, were finely exe- cuted, and it can safely be said that mone present who had not seen this exhibition elsewhere ever witnessed any representation of war more thrillingly realistic. Several bundred uniformed men in sham battle made amost animated scene, while the hissing rockets, the exploding bombs, and the mag- azines belching forth volumes of fire, give a pretty clear idea of the realities of war. The divertisements introduced were of an en- tertaining character, and the concluding dis- play of fireworks was very fine. There are detils of the work whioh will receive fu- e attention. Undoubtedly Poin’s Siege of Sebastopol will prove to be the areatcst attraction Omniaha has ever had. It will improve from night to night in the smoothness of its pro- duction, and after a few representations it may be expected that the few crudities ana defects uoticeable last evening will disap- pear. We can cordially commend it to the patronage of our citizens a8 & pleasing und instructive production. of a AMERICAN S1LK WORMS, The Story of Their Discoverer, Now in Omaha. Prof. Joseph Newmann, of San Francisco, ‘was a guest at the Windsor yesterday. The gentleman has a history. For many years he has been struggling to establish silk cul- wure in California, and he has the honor of being the first person to make an American flag from silk of American production. He presented such an emblem to the national government July 12, 1870, and his name be- came widely known in conuection therewith, In 1854 the flag was placed in the Smithsonian institution at Washington for preservation, and may there be seen. The professor also exhibited American silk at the Vienna ex- position in 1573 and the centennial in 1576, But Prof. Newmana's fame does not rest wholly on the fact of being a_ pioneer silk raiser of America. He discovered in California a natural silk worm. In the fall of 1884 a nephew of the professor, a natural- ist and cario-sceker, brought _him six native worms for investigation. Their species was unknown. The professor fed and nurtured them, and they spun a cocoon that he recognized as silk. For several years he tried to obtain okgs for reproduction, but had dificulty 1n pairing them. He succeeded in 1887, and now has a crop of silk cocoons from wild worms, Siuce then he has given the insect and the plant upon which it feeds careful investigation. He found that the moth_lays about two hundred cggs. He found in the food plant the bark of what is known to the medical world as the cascara sagrada, @ Spanish name meaning “The sacred bark.” Itis used asa laxative and tonic. The plant is also known as the Rhamnus Californicus and wild coffee plaat. It has been grafted with the genuine Mexi- can coffee plant and produces good coffce. ‘While exhibiting the worms at Santa Rosa, Cal., the professor was told by many farm- ers that there was an abundance of the plant on their ranches and it had becn thought to be poisonous. It has been known to the world for centu- ries that ther aro several species of the silk worm which feed upon the atlantis tree, the live oak and others. The wild coffee specics, however, is a new find. The mulberry species is the one that has been cultivated for commerce. China seems to be the only country in which the wild cocoons have been grown on a commercial scale. The reason is this: ‘The wild moths, which emerge from their cocoons in the spring, deposit their eggs on the newly sprouted leaves, The spring may set in early and a late frost coming destroys the vitality of tho eggs. They are also sub- ject to the devastation of rain, hail, light- ning, ete. Prof. Newmann is enthusiastic in his be- lief that such destructive conditions do not existin the climate of Culifornia, and he thinks a great industry can_be built upon that state by well directed effort. — The hills allover California are covered with the food plant, he says, and the worm takes care of it- self in the open air. s0r is over sixty years of age, forty-eight has experimented with He says America uses $100,000, ik goods per year, and he be- lieves that with proper encouragement a large shure of that can be produced at home, Professor Newman went to Washington last winter to urge upon congress the impor- tance of developing the new industry. He carried with him a quantity of the cocoons and gave un exhibition of the operations of the busy little worms. The professor is on his way to San Francisco, but has uot yet given up hope of securing financial aid from ihe government. e THE WELL-FED SI10UX. A Bettler at Hay Springs Ohjects to Their Armament. Hav SrriNes, Neb., Auqust 20.—To the Editor of Tur Bex: The Indian auestion is agitating our people ut this time to a wonder- ful extent. Here are a fow towns along this system of railroad and a vast scope of coun try sparsely inhabited by helploss men women and children, They are now feeling unsafe and insecure. ‘They know of the rav- ages of these same Indians in 1562, are con- versant with their modus operandi, know of their near proximity o us, and how suddenly and cunningly they always devise schemcs to assault and massacre the unprotoctcd white race. We westorn sottlecs think they have hardships enough to encounter 10 gain @ livelibood und hold down their claims, with- out being kept in mortal feur of those rod | skins that ever and anon threaten us.. Howme, wife and children are too dear to us to run any chance of being molested, and doubtloss murdered, by such a tribe of worthloss, law- less beings as the Sioux Indians We often ask the question, “Why fs it that our government will allow fhese Indians to have the best guus and such vast amounts of ammunition 1" Is it to gratify their desires and keep in constant fear thousands of western settiors 1 We would prefer to receive the Winchester repeating rifies and ammunition and give them nary muzzle loading guns if they must The lement of our country will continue to be, slow, owing in reat measure to the liberty given the Sioux Indians. 1t seems to us that if they are clothed and fed they have enough from our hands without putting the best weapons of warfare in their possession. Having' the adequate equipage of warefare at their dis posal, they have nothing to retard them, ex: cept to mikoe up thoir minds to fight, and the Sioux Indian is easily convertod, espocially from the paths of peace to the fields of battle, excitement and blood. SETTLER An Exhaustive look Herc and in Europe. New Yomk, August 80,—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre|—The Times' London cublo says: ‘“‘France, which next to the United States is the greatest wheat producer in the world, has one of the Wworst crops ever reaped. A week ago it wus estimated that she would need to import 65,000,000 bushels. Now, since a fresh storm and the discovery by first threshings of the bad quality of the grain, the shortage is put at 80,000,000 bush- els, iany, Italy and the Netherlands must buy more wheat than usual this year of the great exporting countries. We under- stand here that the United States and Can- ada can be counted on to supply about 103,- 000,000 bushels, Russia 90,000,000 and India 5,000,000 bushels, but in these latter coun- tries there is much more uncertainty than in the former. From Russia, for instance, thore are all sorts of reports, latterly quite unfavorable, and from India it is even more dificult to get the truth. But trained experts here believe the above figures to be tolerably correct. In any case if these crops turn out larger than here estimated, the daily incrousing evidence of bad quality and the light weight of crops in western Europe will quite balance the gain. With such a huge deficit as this in the world's marke, equal to the entire wheat crop inagood year of such a country as Germany, it is evident that somebody must cut down the consumption of bread, and that there will be a fierce competition for the pos- session of tho grain markets on the conti- nent, which have been showing an almost steaay rise for the last ten days, with few fluctuations resultant upon declines in America. One of the first results of the shortage will be a vigorous demand in France for a remission of the import duty on wheat on the part of the big towns, and a strenuous resistance by the wheat raising districts, where the farmers see no reasom why the tariff should not enable them to profit by the distress of their brethren in the towns.” The Times Frlnlu many columns of crop re- ports from all parts of the United States. In an editorial summary of them it Jude- ing from our special reports from the wheat Y!mduclnw states published this morning, the nited States will not be in a position to fur- nish very much of the 70,000,000 or 80,000,000 bushels of wheat which, according to our London correspondent, will be required to meet the deficiency caused by the poor crops in the old world. ‘The weather has beeun as unfavorable as in Europe to a large harvest of the principal_cereal, but, so far as can be learned, we shall have ample wheat for home pnsumption, with possibly some, if not a great deal, to spare to supply a portion of the demand across the ocean. Indiana and Wis- consin appear to be the only states in which the yield is above the average and can be considered really & great one. In Ohio the crop is reported to be not over 60 per cent of an ayerage and of inferior qual- ity. In lllinois the quality is not high, though the quantity harvested is satisfactory and in Kansas a loss of fully one-third has been sustained by the negligence of the farm- ers in protecting what promised to be a fine wheat crop, th suffering exvected in England and the rise i the price of bread already made there on account of the failure of the wheat crop, and in anticipation of the cortain scarcity of that cereal in the imme- diate future, the United States is to be con- {rltullwd upon the amount of wheat really arvested in this country. If we cannot feed the world it is pleasant to know that we can feed ourselves.” ——————— BUCKETSFUL OF GOLD. Supposed to Lie Buried in the Bottom of the Ocean. PRILADELPHIA, August 80.—The Times this morning publishes reports of the operations of the steamship City of Long Branch, which is now anchored off Cape Henlopen search- ing for the treasure which went down on the British sioop of war, De Braak, in May, 17¢8. The work 18 being done under the direction of Dr. Seth Pancoast and Captain Charles A. Adams, United States navy, who has been detailed by the government for the work. After going over the bottom of the ocean for one mile square from the int at which Pilot McCrackens 8aid the De raak sank, a mound five feet high, one hun- dred feet long and forty feet in width was found in sixty feet of water. When the grappling irons caught on this mound the ints showed o slight trace of verdigris, B;ver Pedrick was sent down to make an examination, and the probe which he drove into the mound was brought up with its point covered with verdigris. The records show that besides the treasure the De Braak had seventy tons of copper in the hold when she sank, and was copper above the water line. The City of Long Branch is fitted out with all modern machinery for raising sunken vessels. A diver while explor- ing the mound found his _probe imbedded in a soft piece of wood. He sig- nalled for @ rope and while waiting for it to be lowered his hand came in contact with another piece of wood about five feet long. These pieces were sent to the surface and dried. On the largest piece several bolts of the style uscd by ship builders of one hun- dred years ago were found. Diver Edward Hickman agreed with his colleague, Pedrick, who says that the mound couluj' be pumped out in five days if they could work at it steadily, but us they can ouly work @ three hours a day it will probably take a week to find out just what is the Both captain and divers feel satisfied that thcre is the wreck of a vessel under the mound, Yesterday # big suction was sunk down again and the pump started. Sud denly one of them called, “Here's wood.” In an_ instant every one was excited. A man picked up a piece of black substance from his shovel which looked like mud and nded it to Captain Adams. After u caro- examination he broke i picce off and siid : itlomen, that is wood. Perhaps it of the BBraak.”” The lump brought up was the size of aman's fist. Under a microscope the fibre could be plainly traced, one pronounced it teak wood. Diver Hickman said afterwards: “If we only have good weather for a week [ am sure that somecthing will turu up to pay us for our troublo. 1 think that in a very short tine we will be hoisting up old brass cannon, and then gold will come up by the bucketstul.” bl el Forwarded His Bond. Frank Galbraith, the newly appointed col- lector of the Neligh land ofice was in town and mailed his bond for upproval to Wash- ington. It will doubtless be acted on favor- ably and returued in a few days, whon M, Watches and Diamonds Found in Tea and Coffee---A Hovel Way of In- troducing Coods. The names of all monds, wi porsons finding dine aro ndded to this list daily. The Overland Tea company of San Franciscohave rofitted the store, S, Hth St near Farnam, Omaha. and in order to ntroduce their good: this company put for 60 days, souvenirs in ever 1 of tea and coffea sold such as solid yrold, silver and nickel watcnes, also genuine diamonds, in solid gold setting; wlso money, and many other articles of less val Livery can cou- tains a souvenir, he coffee, can and contents weigh about three pounds; tho tea, can sud contents about one and a balf pounds. This expensive and novel way of advertising will bo discontinued aftor 60 dr and these really choice 0ods will be sold strictly on their mer- ts but without the souvenir. Of course every purchascr must not expect to got adiamond or watch. This company claim that they have just as good & right to give away watches, diamonds or other jowelry and money ustheir com- petitors have to give awny glassware, chromos, ete. Get up a club. Thoso who get up a club order most always get a handsome present. Orders by mail lll'nm)!ll.\ forwarded to all parts of the Inited States on receipt of cash or post- office order. Terms: Single can $1; six for #5; thirteen for $10, and twonty-sev- en for §20. Address Overland Tea Co., Omaha, Nebraska. D. W. Petri, St. Joseph, Mo., mail order, silver cup in can tea; Mrs. Chas. Buchanan, South Thirteenth street, silver butter dish; Mr. P. T. Hangen, Douglas street, silver pickle stand; M Maude Howell, Chicago streot, ladies tehos, Gaibraith will assume the duties of his new oftice. This wiil necessitato his moving to Neligh from Albion, where he has resided for many years. It'is uow pretty well ns- sured that D, Kavanaugh, of Piatte Centre will succeed him as doputy revenue collec- tor. - Towa Postal Change WASHINGTON, August 30.—[S; ]—Ale C. Flatburg wi y appointed ster at Hergon, Alamakee county, a., vico Jawmes Schwartzioff, rewoved. “The postoftice at Grove, Audubon county, In., will be discoutinued frai September 1v. e st Be Having N6T0N, August 50.—Word has been received at the winte house from Fagle Rock, near Clifton Forge, V., that the president and party not rvetura to Washington until Saturday next. to Tus hunting case gold watch in can tea; Miss A. R. Simmons, 14th st., silver sugar bowl; Mr. D. R. Trowbridge, Park avenue, silver five bottle castor; A. W. Leonard, Howard street, dia- mond ring in can tea; Mrs. C. L. Dean, 1zard st., silver butter dish; Miss L. M. Brunswick, So. Omaha, Indies’ lace scarf pin, digmond, ruby and_sapphire setting in can tea; Mr. W. R Drummond, Davenport st.,™ silver ickle stan Miss Lillie Hawle; 17th st., silver sugar bowl; Mr. Win, E. Kingsley, N. 18th st., ent’s diamond shirt stud 1n can tea; {rs. Carl Walker, Cumings st., silver butter dish; Mr. Walter Whitmore, Coungil Biuffs, Ta., silver cake stand in tea; Mrs. M. K. Wymore, Saunders st., can money in tea; Mrs. V. H. Huater, Ohio st , silver sugar bowl; Mrs. Chas. Warren, Rock Sorings, Wyo, Ter., din- mond ring in can tea; Miss Ida Welch, S. 20th st., silver pickle stand; Mr. Geo. Snyder, 17th st.. slver sugar bowl; Mrs. M. McArthy, S. 18th st., silver butter dish; Mrs. Chas. Edwards, N. 39th st., $20 in gold coin in con tea; Mrs. L. A. Littlefield, So. 24th st., silver sugar bowl; Mr. Wm. A. Smith, Capitol ave., gent’s hunting case gold watch in tea; Mrs. Edw. A. Moore, Nebraska v, mail order, elogant solitaire dia- mond ring and silver water pitcher in tea; Mr. John O. De Barr, South Omaha, silver sugar bowl; iss Lou Gilmore, 9th st., ladies’ chatelaine watch in can tea; Mrs. C. D. Allen, So. 26th st., silver butter dish; L. P. Weeks, South 5th st., diamond ring in can tea; Miss Bowman, North 18th st., silver pickle stand; James R Redmond, Chicago st., silver five bottle castor; Mrs. W. L. Stowe, Daven- rt st., can money in tea; Miss Daisy Power, York, Neb., mail order, dia- mond ringund silver cup in tea, club order; Mrs. W. T. Revere, S, 18th st., silver butter dish; Mr. James Phillips, Saunders st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. Philip McLean, Seward st., diamond collar button in tea: Mrs. Chas. D. Spencer, Council Bluffs, Ia., silver sugar bowl; Sam Du Bois, S. 6th st., silver butter dish. Mrs. J. B. Vian, with Electric Light Co., silyer pickle stand; Mrs. A. R. Todd, North 12th street, silver butter dish; Mr. Chas. E. Raymond, Seward street, silver five-bottle castor: Miss May Redding, California street, ladies chatelain watch, in can tea; W, C. Cold- ham, Center street, gent’s hunting case gold watch, in tea; Mrs. I. S. Whit- comb, Cass street, silver butter dish; Mrs. M. C. Warren, Pierce street, sil- ver cake stand; Mrs. A. C. Cunning- ham, Hamilton street, diamond rin|§. in can tea; T, Parkins, South 17th street, mail carrier, silver fruit stand; C. B. Adams, Douglas street, silver ]flckla stand; Mrs William A, 3ond, Blair, Neb., mail order, $20 in gold coin in can tea; Henry E. Daber, 40th st., silver butter dish; Miss Mattie E. Phelps, Dorcas st., ladies’ f pin, solitaire diamond set- . K. O. Barwick, Council Ia., silver sugar bowl; Mres. John Wilson, N. 16th st.. siiver pickle stand; ‘Miss Lillie Wilhelm, Capitol ave., can money 1n tea; Mrs. Walter . Reed, traveling sulesman from Chi- cugo, gent’s elegant dismond shirt stud in_ can tew; Mrs. J. Benson, S. 19th st., silver butter dish; Mrs. Aug Ollendorf, 15th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. D. Adamson, South Omaha, Ne silver butter dish; Mrs, D. C. Anthony, 23rd st., #10 in gold coin and silver cake-stand in tea; Mr. John A. Whalen, 17th st.,silver pickle stand; w. E. Burke, 15th st., lady's aso gold wateh in can tea; Miss Susie Oscar, 5. 20th st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs. A. R. Peasley, 24th st., sil- ver pic d; J. B. Smith, Williams st., diumond ring in can tea; Mrs, Sam- uel A. Darling, Harne st., silver v dish; Mrs. Carl’ Schult, N order, elegant soil diamond collar button in can Sadie Marvin, So. 20th s i stand; Mrs. C. silver sugar howl; Mr: mond ring in Reynolds, N. 18 . Russell, dia- Mr. W. A, cako stand in ¢ B. Bronsen, 24th st., silver butter dish: Mr. Will Brown, N. 15th st., diamond ring in can of ten, Mrs. A, Kewit, 20th street, diamond ving in tea; Mrs. Hamlin, North 39th street, silver butter dish; Mr. W, A. Brown, Davenport strcet, silver cup; Miss Kate Reading, North 16th street, ladies hunting case gold watch in tea; Mr. Carl Walker, 17th street, silver sugar bowl; Mrs. John Bishop, Howard street, silver butter dish; H. E. Murvin, 13th street, silver pickle stand; Miss Carrie Hahn, North 24th street, ladies scarf pin, diamond ruby and supphire setting, in tea; M Waulker, Capitel avenue, silver stand; Mr. John O'Neil, ut! street, silver sugarbowl; Mrs. E. Lynch, Fort Niobrara, Neb., mail or- der, silver cup in can of tea; Mr. H. E. Thompson, Harne st., silver five-bottle castor; Mr. A. I, Harrison, Davenpc st., diamond stud in cun of tea; Mr. Win. A. Simpson, 14th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. Abner Stintson, Kearney, Neb., mail order diamond ring and sugar bowl in can te; Mr. Clias. D. Findlay, Cuming st., sil- ver butter dish; Mr, A, C. Smyth, N, 40th st., 810 in gold coin in cun tea; Miss ude Summers, Saunders st., silver picklo stand; Mr. George Talls madge, South 11th st., can money in tea; Miss Sadie Leopold, Council Blufls, Ia., silver cake staud. I ten M. E. \ DIAMONDS [