Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 4

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ROSEWATER, Editor, P THE X ®worn Statement of Circulation. teof Nebraska, | .tl‘lfllmty of Douglas, { %9 George 18, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- Mshing Company, does soléinnly swear that th mctual cireulation of THE DAILY BEk fOF ti week ending October 27, 1885, was as follows Bunday, Oct. 21 ondity, Oct. esdny, Oct ednesdny, Oct. hursday, Oct dny, Ot 28 Baturday, Oct. 2 Average......... GEOR Bworn %0 hefore me and presence this 2ith day of October A. D, 1888, Seal, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public, Btato of Nehraska, (7 County of Douglas, (5% George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- 5 and says that he {5 secretary of The Heo ublishing company, that the actual average ly circulation of Tie DAILY ke for the niontn_of October, 18%7, 14,58 copies: for No- vember, Ix pies; for December, 1887, 041 coples; for Junuary, 188, 15,20 copies: for February, 18, | copies; for March, 1588, 10,650 coples April, 1545, 1 opies; for May, 8%, IXI81 copies: for Jine, 1585, 19,243 ‘coples; for Juily, 1855, 18,05 cople , 18,153 coples; fof Septei ber, {868, coples. GEORGE B."T7 TCK. Bworn to before ar seribad in my pres- ence, this ¥th day of October, A. D. 1855, N. P. FE1i., Nofary Public. Tire ropublican rooster is pluming s tail feathors and clearing his throat for Ngvember 6th Tie resolutions adopted by the Doug- 1as county labor convention demanding that the employment of armed merce- naries in this state be made unlawful, were proper and timely. THERE is a project on foot to build a railrond from Sioux Citv to Ogden, throngh Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah. Ttis said to be backed on the one hand by the Illinois Central, and on the other by the Central Pacifie. It may be a bona- fide enterprise, and then again, it may be another scheme to raise the wind with a paper raiiroad. THE voters of Douglas county are not dumb driven cattle to be manipulated at will on election day by the contractor rings and combines. The day is past when they can force down the throats of our people their disreputable tools in the legislature in order to insure them- selves a longer lease of life for robbing taxpayers. ONE must take with a grain of allow- ance the statement made by the gover- nor of Utah in his annual report that the population of the territory has in- creased from one hundred and forty- four thousand to two hundred and ten thousand during the past cight years. Ttah, despite its resources, has not been inviting ground for immigration. It may be a great state some day. Its boundless natural resources and varied industries give promise ! prosperity. But so long as M~imonism clings to polygamy, Utal will be shunned by the sturdy immigration of which that terri- tory stands in need. CouNtY CLERK ROCHE has at last completed the tax lists of Douglas eounty for 1888, The total assessed waluation of the county has been put at twenty-four million seven hundred thousand, on which a county tax of about twoand three-tenths per cent is lovied. This is undoubtedly much more satisfactory and equitable than the sssessod valuation of the county for 1887. The tax lists for this year show &0 increascof about nine millions in the mssessed valuation of the county. Here- tofore thoe assessors’ returns have been disproportionately low as compared with the known permaneut improve- ments and the consequent rise in values of real property. THE following question is asked of THE Bee: *‘How long does a foreigner have to be a citizen of the United States before he can legally vote for the presi- dent?” The naturalization laws pro- wvide that **No alien shall be admitted to become a citizen who has not for the continued term of (ive yoars next pre- ceding his admission resided within the United States,” The period of resi- denco necessary to qualify any ecitizen, naturalized or native, lated by the several states, ea gelf. For exampl residence in the state of six tH the county forty days, and in the ward ten days. Itis also provided in Ne- braska that an alien who has declared his intentions to become u eitizen thirty days before an election, and who has complied with the residence require- ments, is entitled to vote, being in this respect more liberal than most of the states. PRESIDENT ADAMS stands firm against the payment of a dividend on Union Pacific while the Outhwaite bill is pending in congress. [His plea is that to pay a dividead now is to invite oppressive legislation. Mr. Adams is nothing if not ingenious. The semi- annual statement of the earnings of the Union Pacific railroad for the six months ending June 30 1888 just made public shows unprecedented prosperity on the part of the road. While leading transcontinental lines report decreases in earnings, the Union Dacific has a uarked increase in both its net and gross earnings. Passing a dividend to throw dust in the people’s eyes is like the ostrich hiding his head under his wing. Mr. Adams may pass as many dividends as he pleases. The enormous earnings of his road afford ample prool that its tolly eould be materially reduced if the road was on an honest footing instead of Deing stocked and bonded for over one bundred thousand per mile. KEEP AT WORK. The prolongoed political campaign, of which nearly everybody oxcept spoils politicians is weary, the end. Owue week from to<day the great political parties will meet at the ballot box. The intervening be a period of earnest and active work throughout the country, and especially 80 in the states where the result is doubtful. The republicans of Nebraska have an equal interest with those of other states in the general result, and they should also be deeply concerned respecting the outcome of the contest for political supremacy In the government of the state. So far as the former is concerned, we believe there is abundant room for confidence that Nebraska will give Harrison and Morton a plurality that will maintain the state in the proud position she has always held in the republican column. Bight years ago Nebraska's plurality for Garficld was in round numbers twenty-six thousand, and her plurality for Blaine four years ago was over twenty-two thousand. We have no doubt that the vote on next Tuesday will restore the republican plurality to the former figures, and it is not improba- ble that they may be exceeded. Many democ mers and working- men in Nebraska, as in Towa and other states of the west and northwest, are not satisfied with the method of revenue reform which the administration pro- poses, and they will cast their votes ith the republican party, in the ex- pectation that if successful that party will give the country a reform just. equitable and national in its character. The gains thus to be made there is every reason to helieve will largely overbalance the losses. But not less important, perhaps much more o, is the question of maintawning republican control of the state govern- ment. We are not apprehensive that this will be lost. We do notbelieve that the plurality of more than twent three thousand received by Governor Thayer two years ago can be overcome by any efforts or expedients which th opposition may adopt. But it is a fact of common knowledge that the demo- eracy ave working every device known to politics, that they are not hesitating atany form of misrepresentation, and that they intend to use money freely, i order to draw votes from the republican candidate for governor. These tactics demand of republicans unceasing vigi- lance ana work until the polls close on the day of election. The demo- cratic candidate for governor does not desire that office for its honor or its emoluments. He seeks it with an ulterior purpose in view, and if by any possibility he should be suc- cessful in accomplishing that purpose tho responsibility might rest upon the people of Nebraska of making the Sen- ate of the United States democratic. The republican candidate for governor has established his claim to the confi- dence ana support of the people by a constant devotion to and faithful dis- charge of the duties of that office. There is every assurance in his past record that he would continue to be found earnest and zealous in promoting the interests of the state, of which 1t can justly be said that he has a knowl- edge far more general than his oppo- nent, and at least equally intelligent. The duty of republicans is to keep at work. There is quite as much neces- sity for effort now as at any time during the campaign. If the zeal and enthu- siasm thus far maintained continue to the end Nebraska may be the banner republican state in the national contest, while the control of state affairs in re- publican hands will be retained by such a majority as will fittingly rebuke the plans and plottings and unworthy methods of the democratic managers. HE WOULD BE PRESIDENT. There is nothing tamer in democratic appealsto popular prejudice than the effort to belittle General Harrison by asserting that Mr. Blaine is really the foremost figure in the campaign, and that if Harrison should be elected his administration would be dominated by Blaine. The ‘‘damnable iteration” of this assumption has latterly been less frequent in the democratic organs than rlicr in the campaign, but we observe that Mr. Dickinson employed it in his rocent tirade against Blaine. No one can belittle that has been done 1in this canvass by Mr. Bluine, or question that he most heartily and earnestly desires republican success. It was inevitable when ho entered the campaign that he would command universal public atten- tion, and while he has in some respects erred, he has on the whole not disap- pointed the expectations of the party. But General ¥ ison has been no less aforce, and in some respocts his se viees have been more valuable than those of Mr. Blaine. He has hcld the attention of the country as never did a presidential candidate before, and it bas been justly said that in all his speeches, some eighty in number, he has not uttered a seutiment or an opinion that gave the opposition an advantage., Accurate information and sound discretion in its use have distinguished all that General Harrison has said since his nomunation, and Mr, Blaine has himself born dinl testimony to the superior ability and judgment which the republican candidate has shown throughout. Even if General Harrison had not be- fove made @ record for possessing a strong, stable and self-reliant charac- ter, it is abundantly disglosed by his conduct since he became the candidate and leader of the republican party. But as a soldier it was the strong character of General Harrison that won him pro- motion, while as a senator he rose to prominence because he was at ali times and in all circumstances true to his convictions. Indeed all his success in life is evidence of the stability and self-reliant quality of his character. Such a man will not be the instrument ov servitor of any other, however eminent, and himself elevated to the highest trust in the gift of a great peo- ple could be depended upon to execute it firmly and conscientiously, with a purpose single to the general welfare. Itis too late for any effect from the sssumptiou that Geuneral Harrison, if the work | trolled or dominated by any man. the | is nearing | time will | élected to the presidency, would e con- The people have learned to fully understand him.and they regard him as the peer in every essontial quality of a successful public official of any man in either party. 1f elected to the presidency he would be president, and his administra- tion would be conducted on lines of his own making. A VERY y DEFEX . The chairman of the board of public works has ventured to pacify the tax- payers of Omaha about the alleged paving frauds to which public attention has recently been called by his late colleaguo on the board. In this effort Mr. Balcombe has placed himself in a questionable attitude. Instead of meet- ing the charges made by Louis Heimrod from the standpoint of a public officer, he constitutes himself the champion and apologist of the contractors. This feature is manifest throughout the en- tire length and breadth of the very lengthy and very lame defense with which Mr. Balcombe secks to smother the facts cited by Mr. Heimrod. Chair- man Balcomba starts out as follows: Somebody has composed a_letter *“To the Public,”” and Louis Heimrod, late member of the board of public works, has fathered it by signing and causing it to be published. The real author was undoubtedly inspired by a well-known contractor, who was very much disgruntled because he did not get the cedar block contract J. 13. Smith obtained last spring. This contractor seems to think that no other shouid be allowed to come to this city to perform public contracts, and that all others who have been doing public contract work for this city should be driven out, so that he would be left alone in his glory—the only pet, the king bee contractor of this great and growing city. He has a fow noisy and aggressive follow- ers in the city council. Poor Heil d needed their support in his attompt to hold a _posi- tion in this board another term in spite of the mayor's wishes. Now what do the taxpayers of Omaha care as to whom inspired Heimrod's letter, and why should Mr. Balcombe pettifog about the plain issue presented to the public. Why should he go out of Lis way to talk about poor Heimrod, the King Bee coutractor, and indirectly cast slurs upon members of the council? Who is this King Bee contractor of Omaha, anyhow? Again Mr. Balcombe attempts to side track the question at issue as follows: Now to further show the animus of this postmortem letter, your attention 18 called 10 the fact that there is not one word in it about the work being done by Regan Bros. & Fox, under the same specifications and ex- cuted in the same manner, nor one word about the concrete base of the Barber As. phalt company, which is being done, an always has been done, under the same_speci- fications and in the same manner in this, and in all other cities, as J. B. Smith & Co. are doing it. Not one word is found about a hundred of other contracts performed or be- ing performed in this city this season. His letter is entirely devoted to J. B. Smith & Co., who happen to be the recipients of the displeasure of another contractor, and a non- resident. ‘Whatdo the taxpayers of Omaha care about the partiality of Heimrod in singling out one particular firm of con- tractors, if what he has told about the shortage in tar and the inferiority and shortage of concrete under the wooden block pavement is true. Concede that all other paving contractors are cheating and doing poor work, docs that fact constitute a proper defense by the chair- man of the board of public works? Does the statement he makes further on, that no better paving is done else- where, prove that our contractors are carrying out their obligations? Ts it not notorious that gigantic frauas are constantly being practiced by public works contractors in the large cities? s not the ‘‘you're another” argu- ment childish and unworthy of Mr. Balcombe’s intelligence? The only proper defense Mr. Bal- comb makes is embodied in the follow- ing: 1t the contraetors are made to fulfill the re- quirements of our specifications, each and every day as the work progresses, our con- crete base will be all right. In this matter as well aslin obtaining the right quantity of tar, and all other matters connected with public work, we are dependent upon the bus- iness tact, fidelity and integrity of our in- spectors who are in daily charge of the work. 1 find that the obtaining of persons for in- spectors, possessed with all the qualifications and elements of character necessary to ena- ble them to properly enforce a rigid compli- ance on the part of public contractors, with the specifications and stipulations of their contracts, who are willing to serve seven or eight months of lllv}'x’nr for only $100 per month, is the most dificult problem to solve, in connection with my duties. This is the milk in the cocoanut. But is it not a fact that very good men and men of known integrity have applied and been rejected for appointment as inspectors because preference 1s given to ward bummers and political hacks, who have no other claim than their pretended influence at elections. So far as the taxpayers are concerned they have no prejudice against Smith & Co., Fox & Regan, or the king bee con- tractor, whoever that person may be. They expect the board to rigidly en- force all the contracts without fear or favor. They expect a thorough inves- tigation of the charges made by Mr. Heimrod. If they are true, the con- tractors should make good the shortagé by doing the work according to spec cations. If any other contractors are known to be cheating they should be brought to time. The board has no business to favor any contractor or to Qiscriminate against anybody. Wno was it that mutilated the orig- inal Omaha charter, deprived this city of parks, and necessary improvements, caused vexatious delay and injured the reputation of Omaha in the eyes of the world? Wasn’t Frank Morrissey one of that gang? Why should such a man be elected to the legislature? OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Every oue has read Jules Verne's ‘“Twenty ‘Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," in which he gives a description of the vessel capable of navigating the peaceful waters below the su. face,and below all effects of storms. Spain has Just completed a vessel of this class, but the tirst nation to attempt to put into successful operation the French romancer's idea was the Irish, particularly that part of it which willnot be satisfied with mere autonomy and desires absolute separation. By means of subscriptions among themselves the Irish separatists built an experimental vessel which could be submerged. They kept thew secret well enough, but the builder was 100 elate with his share of the success not to claim the laurels of notoriety which he con- sidered due to him, and he blabbed. From that moment the papers were full of ac- counts of the Fenian vavy, and many a re- gnnar sought the sequestertd shores of New ersey beyond Communipaw to cateh a sight of the monater that was going to destroy Eogland's fleet. Not a few wore. hospitably treated by the Lrish admiral; aud enjoyed the leasure of cruising avitan Bay. . Engli to find out the exa ng the bottom of otectivos came over facts, but fortunately for them Americanl scigntists came to their aid and_demonstrated Shat the Fenian do stroyer was a most ingenious toy, nothing more. To use it for purposcs of warfaro would be to destroy it and consign all inside to a living tomb, for tha jarring of explo sives would necessacily shatter all the deli- ntrivances that made submarine nav- igation possible. The Spaniards having no money to spare have lavished large sums upon o larger vessel of this kind, but ean ob- tain no other results than those of the Irish experimenters, . The German expadition 2to relieve Emin Bey has boen abandoned, for two reasons; first, because thero will bo an expedi- tion to pacify Zauzibar, and next be cause viewing matters from a com- mon sens point of view it is clear from tho first that Emin Boy is abundantly avle to take care of himself. It is now conceded that the white pasha, said to be planning an attack upon the mandi in Khartoum, must bo Emin Bey himself, and this proves that he is more than holding his own in the prov- ince of the Bahr el Ghazel. He was one of the European officials appointed by Ismael Khedive, and when the first Mahdi Mo- hammed Achmet burst out of his cavern, and commenced his career of war in the Soudan, Emin Bey retired to @ stronghold and held on. Some pashas among his colleagues were killed, some ran away, some apostatized and joined the Mabdi. Emin Boy held on, and he has gone on sticking to his post ever'since. He had but one _trouble, and this was his warlike neighbor, an African king with no Arabic alliances or proclivities, who simply ondured him when the forces of the khedive were behind him, but talked of cutting _him in picces when he became isolated. It is clear that he has conciliated in some way this potent foe. Nominally Emin Bey has held his province for the khedive, but actually ho is an independent protentato. This state of things has drawn much inquiry as to his origin, He has been_popularly ‘sup- posed & German, but it now appears that he is a Polish Jew, and that his real name is Edward Schnitzer, of Oppeln. He married a danghter ot the Pasha_of fanina, but whether he became an_Islamite is not known. His son will probably call himself a sultan, Wt A Frenchman writing to the Soleil of Paris makes the curious proposition that the House of Orleans shall come forward and purchase the unsold bonds of the Panama canal’s last issue, of which only two-fifths were taken up. The Orleans princes having inherited the millions of their miserly old grandfather, Louis Philippe, are in a position to do this, but it is to be doubted that they will. The writer urges as the main reason for his pro- posal that France is upon the verge of a vortex, and requires above all things to be saved from financial ruin, which would be precipitated by the bankruptey of the Fan- ama scheme. The reward for such an act of devotion would be the return of the nation to a monarchical government under the Comte de Paris, the older of the Orleanist princes. In the mean while that tiveless octogenarian, De Lesseps, is traversing the whole of France, going from city to city, endeavoring to form local committees charged with the burden of tinding subscribers for the lottery bonds unplaced. Tha p! is to invite cach shareholder to take Lwo nkw bonds with the condition that the promisg is not to be bind- ing unless the whaje gmount can be so placed. Under such circumstances it is difti- cult to give full credence to his promise that the canal will bo opened for trafiic in 1890, which seems an assutanegd wrung from his desperation, rather than based upon a cer- tainty of its fulfillment. * A sepulchral discov'ery of some importance has been made in the Caucasus in the region of the Koobau rivér gt far from the rail- road which skirts that gheat chain of mouu- taius, of which the lofty Elbruz 1s the chief peak. In making excavations for the Krim- skaya railroad dopot the workmen came upon stone work which was evidently the vaulted roof of some structure. The official in charge recognized the importance of the discovery and ordered his men to lay the buried build ing barc of earth before uttempting au en- trance. The building was seventy feet long, and when entered proved to be in threo hambers with a ‘corridor, a_peculiar ar- rangement which has hitherto been con- sidored exclusively Egyptiun and was founded on their peculiar ideas of the soul. The mnermost chamber contained crumbling fragments of 1roa belouging to wheels, and to the head-gear of a horse. With these were mingled the bones of a horse. In one corner was a great amphora of clay which had contained wine, from the dis- coloratior: of_the interior, and a silver drink- ing vessel. Near the laiter was a heap of glass beads, evidently of Egyptian origin. In the second’ chambor was the skeleton of a female quite youthful, from the teeth, Mixed witli the bones were ornaments of gold and a number of pigeons cut out in thin gold plate, Wwhich appatently had been placed ovor the whole body. On the bony wrists were massive gold bracelots with heads of horses at the point of junction, and beside the skull was on each side an car-ring of gold filigreo. In the third chamter was the skeleton of & man with a quiver of silver inlaid with gold containing a number of copper arrow-heads. These objects have been sent to the Hormitage museum and have been seon by many archa- ologists, who are delighted ut the obvious conclusions that the Scythians are wmuch older than has been pelieved. The congress of the Argentine Republic has become alarmed at the speculative fever prevailing in Buenos Ayres, and has with great prudence shelved every new railroad schemo that was brought beforeit. This elicited a clamor of protestations from vari- ous promoters of extraordinary undertak- ings, and particularly from gentlemen repre- senting the interests of @ French syndicate who propose to build a railroad from Monte- video through Brazil and Paraguay to Bo- livia, and thence to a point on the Pacific on Peruvian territory. The cost is to be two hundred millions of dollars, No wonder that the Argentine congress has called a halt and proposes to investigate before permitting the investment of any more forcign capital. The Argentine Republic has a vague suspicion of a great truth, that enterprises based on for- eign capital are of great aetriment to a country, draining it yearly of immense sums under the = head of earnings which go to the foreign bona- holder and do not return again in any shape. Tho banks of Bueaos Ayres are flooded with foreign gold, und yet the paper currency of the republic’ is lower than it ever has been before, for th gold premium is quoted at 43 per cent; so that the odd spectacle is pre- seuted of a gold plethora in the banks and a gold scarcity in the country. It is obvious that this state of things 18 due to the foreign indebtedness, which amouhts to §250,000,000. ‘The population is energetic and has great re- sources, but it is small, smounting to only 8,000,000, This means) a debt per capita of S It ‘was indeed time to call a halt. Maybe the reflections of .the Argentine con. gress will not ultimate)y be for the benefit of the foreign bondholders, for they may for- mulate a law thata man must go with his money. If he invests in Buenos Ayres he must live there. Otherwise the old La Plata will suffer the fate of freland and all other countries cursed with Absdntecism, e A Noble Monument, Philadelphia Becord, The whole country will be gratified with the decision of the New York court sustain- ing the validity of Mr. Tilden's will. The foundation of a groat free library was per- haps, the best possible use to which Mr. Til- den could have devoted his wealth. It will be the means of storing up the intellectual harvest of the whole world for the benefit of whomsoever shall hunger for it. A nobler monument toa great man's memory. could bardly be couceived of. —— the Poor Indian, Chicago Herald, Thered men of the American forest have fallen upon evil days. The government is after their reservation, the greedy Oklobom- ites ave trying to dispossess . them of Indiau Territory, and the confessions. of Margarat Fox wil) destroy the dctive bLusiness tha Lo BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3v. 1888 —SIXTEEN PAGES. dead Indians ‘have dono as spiritual “‘con- trol,” The most soclable and entertaining spirit ¥isitors at the seauces have been the braves and squaws, but Mrs, Fox has ex posed their tricks and their manners, and they will probably retura from the happy lunting grounds ng more, Ll When the Cats are Away. Cleveland Leader, Treasurer Axworthy is in Canada or Eu- Mayor Babeock fs i Toledo; the mayor's clerk is somewhere out of townj City Clork Salen is in Virginia; City Engi- neer Rice is in Virginia; City Auditor Athey the man of all others whose presenc 9 needed to unravel the mixed up accounts, hunting with Salen and Rice fa Virginia. Not a single democratic head of department 1s in his place in the city hall, and tho treas- urer has run off with half a million of money! What a flne “business man's ad- ministration " Turn the rascals and incom- petents out. —_——— The Country is Safe. Commereial Bulletin, Despite the fact that the presidential elec- tion is only a few days off, the reports from many parts of the country continue to show an increase in commercial activity turns of manufacturing and industi ations generally are unmistakably favorabl New mills, new machinery, extensive build- ing operations, unprecedented activity in railroad transportations, unusual orders for new tonnage in all divisions of domestic shipbuilding, and incrcased clearing-house roturns in many of the leading cities, are among the signs of the times which leave no room for doubt of the prosperity of the country or of the determination to push for- ward regardless of the question who is to be elected, and without reference to the vain attempts of the campaign orators to show that the safety of the nation is trembling the political balance. ottt SRS A Matter of Se From the Ocean. The season’s o'er, the giris no more, With skirts just to their knees, Trip 'long the shore where preakers roar, For chilling is the breeze. Within the hall, at play or ball, It is.not proper thought Short skirts to wear, and so with care They to the floor are brought, But, in distress, girls find thei Too short their 1 And so th To cove ons. dress seds to meet; bare their shoulders fair up their feet, proite’ s S They Gather Autumn Leaves, News, Round Nature's woodland altars The wind forlornly grieves, While hollow-eyed defauites Are gathering autumn leaves, - West's Letter. Pioneer Press: “While you blawsted Hamericans are hinventin’ fire escapes, why cawn’t sum'un hirvent some kind hof a let- ter ape, you know!'—Lord Sackville West. Minneapolis Journal: Minister West's bad break is likely to result in the retirement of two men from public life, One svells bis name the samie way that Minister West doe: his and the othe il his name the same way that Mr. Cleveland spells his. Globe Democrat; A French minister was once recalled from this country for writing a letter that was insulting to the Taylor ad- ministration; but the letter of Lord Sack- ville-West was inspired by feelings of ex- ceeding respect and friendship for the Cleve- land aaministration, and hence the prece- dent in tbe Frenchman's case does not apply to that of the Englishman, Inter Ocean: ‘‘Daniel?” “Yes, sir."” “This Sir Lionel Sackville-West business all upsets me. Daniel, what will our Irish subjects think of us! We must act promptly or there will not be _one of them left by No- vember 6. Daniel, telephone Bayard to order Mrs. Victoria to remove the remains of Sir West at once—at once, Danicl—they are offensive.” Chicago Tribune: The worst feature of Minister West's letter in the eyes of demo- crats will be the blunt and diréct manner in which he has given away their game. Al- ready some of them are calling him ‘‘a chump” and other opprobrious names. Tt was well understood after the rejection of the fisheries treaty between Secretary Bay ard and the British minister that the retalia tion message of the president was to be sent to congress for political effect only, and this explains why 1t made no sensation of conse- quence in Canada, and why 1o diplomatic at- tention was paid to it in En Millionaire Flood is still living. He is at Heidelberg, attended by his sister Rosine. Mr. George W. Cable has returaed to Bos- ton and resumed charge of the great bible class in Tremont temple. Curl Schurz sails from Germany for the United States on the 27th. If his ship makes aspeedy voyage he will arrive just in time to vote. Mrs. Humplrey Ward, whose “Robert Elsmere” has made her famous, sketched in her first novel about four years ago (Miss Bretherton), an actress, as the heroine, and many people folt certain that Mary on was the original. Colonel R. M. Aulisfer left insurance poli cies aggrogatin, ,000. These are in the New York Equitable, 2100,000; New York Life, $100,000; Massachusetts Mutual, $20,000; Penn Mutual, $10,000; New York Mutual, $15,000; Northwestern, $5,000, The losses will be paid, the agents sa; Governor Moonlight, of Wyoming, went hunting some days ago with a friend, and each took opposite banks of the stream. His companion raised a flock of ducks and let fiy both barrels. The governor, who was in- dulging in a yawn at the time, received one of the shots in his mouth, and hereafter will doubtless hire a substitute to do his hunting or his yawning for him, Lord Tennyson is not, as some people be- lieve, enshrouded in impenetrable gloom, for he has relaxed again into social gayety of a mild type. The poet regards Mnrj’ nderson with an affectionate interest and considers her “a liviug, breathing pocm.” During her recent visit to the poet’s home in New For- est, she was appointed high priestess of his Lordship's pipe. She fliled and lighted it for him, and had conferred upon Ler the title of “Ministering Angel of Tobacco.” So says a late special cable. Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, now in session in New York with an unusually large attendance, is editorially the New York Sun as *‘a m cer, dignified, quick-minded, and ‘The same high authority says that the ora- tory of the ladies at the conveufion is of a high quality, reasonable not less than emo- tional, and sometimes felicitous, and the pro ceedings are wortiy of the admiration which they command from all observers. Chauncey Depew was recently called upon for passes for republican speakers over the New York Central railroad. *I can’tdo it— T won't do it,” Depew roplied, with a bland smile that did not hide his seriousness, *'I wouldn’t have let the company do such a thing if I myself had been nominated for president. 1t would cause talk so damaging that you might better pay treble rates for the tickets required. But I will make out a check for your treasury instead.” Depew thereupon wrote a check for $10,000. - — KINGS AND QUEENS. King Humbert is so i1l that two physicians are iu constant attendance upon him. Con- sumption is fast wasting his iron constitution, The empress of Austria is said to own twenty pet horses and twice as many dogs, after whose proper entertaimment she por- sonally sees every day. The prince of Wales attended tho jubilea races at Vienna, Sunday, but had the news- papers suppress the fact. His royal high- ness stands in a good deal of awe of his mother. ‘The czar, as 8 memorial to his late narents, has devoted 1,000,000 rubles and an estate worth 200,000 rubles a year to the foundation and maintenance of an institution for the blind at St. Pewrsburg, to be cailed the Alexander-Marien Institute, Prince Eugene of Sweden, youngest son of Oscar LI, recently seat in b gnation 48 8 member of the Swedish ordor of Free- masons, for the reason that he thought the sooiety in Scandinavian countries was.‘‘ani- niated by & too conservativo spirit.” Count von Moltke, in his letters to the present emperor of Germany, always ad dresses him as “Most 1llustrioust, most pu sant emperor-king, most gracious kais king and lord herr.” The emperor's replies are addressed to plain “*Meiu lieber feldmar- schall,"” London papers are very sarcastio in their references to Prince Albert Vietor, wno was recently quoted by one journal as an author- ity on racing matiers, Labouchere writes in Truth, [have yet to learn that Prince Al- bert Victor 18 a récognized authority on this subject —or, indeed, on any other.” Poor prince! Kaiser Wilholm's latest edict that all bills of fare at royal dinners be printed in the German language is being obeyed by sub- jects outside of the royal household as well 4s those within, The French menu has dis- appeared from Berlin socioty, the bill of fare even at “swell” dinners being printed in the German ton While Prince Bismarck was inspecting his flelds not long ago, two of the reaping women, following an old custom, scized him and bound him with bands rade of straw. The great diplomatist submittea with avparent #00d grace, and bought his release by paying a liberal ransom. When he rode away in his carriage the straw bands were still fastened around his arms, 1t is said that the Prince: carefully collects, in the yards of Sandring- ham house, and in those of Windsor, Balmo- ral and Osborne, all the peacocks' feathers, and begs them also from her young friends of the English nobility. With this y received without cost, sne make andscreens and selis them at by the profit of poor little children, Queen Victoria has begun to develop a great fondness for the game of whist is not satisfied to let a day go b, aving her rubber. — She is not a brilliant player, but she tries conscientiously to sat isfy hor partner. Those about her ave be ginning to be bored by ner incessant longing to indulge in the game. She can stand o long sicge at the table, and often wearies those who are playing with her by her disin- clination to quit. "It 1s said that she hates to lose her money as much as though she were poor—for she plays the good old English game of a guinea a corner, Maud of Wales Nebraska. A Presbyterian church was organized at Loup City last Sunday A lady passenger on the Union Pacific over- land gave birth to a boy while the train stopped at Sidney the other day. A prairie dog exterminator has been pat- ented by a Buffalo county mau and he is busy cleaniug out dog towns for so much an acre. Ducks are very plentiful at Silver Lake, Sheridan county. One man sueceeded in bagging twenty-six before breakfast the other d Frank Chase, of Overton, has a little lump under one of his ears caused by the wheel of a wagon loaded with twenty baies of hay passing over his neck, The programnme is now being arranged for the meeting of the North Nebraska Teach- ers’ association, which is to be held during the holidays at Columbus, Mrs. Olof Krarer, an Esquimaux lad; livered an interesting lecture in the Co gational church at Kagie last weck. She aj peared in her native costume made from the skin of the polar bear, A horse thief named Mike Chelaski,wanted in Iltinois, was arrested in Loup City and re- leased on $00 bail. When the Iliinois offi- cor arrived to secure his prisoner it was found that Mike had jumped his bonds and 8gain run away with the stolen property. ‘The ladies of the M. E. church at Chadron will give a political dinner and supper on clection day. The ladies are arranging to accommodate all classes of voters, and will spread a separato table for each tickat The prohibition table will not be provided with high wines, The Nebraska Farmer asserts that if the prodigal son had gone out. to service in Ne- braska in 1888 he would not have been obliged to fill up on husks, Hardly, for the yellow cars are plenty and to spare. Some immigration commttee should wire him if his addr can be ascertained. Mr. I. E. Wilson, a young man who came to Eagle last spring, and by his good graces woed and won one of the best young ladies, has disappeared under circumstances that give serious apprehension among his friends, and severe comments by others. He leaves behind him an indebtedness of about $4,000, and it is believed he has skipped for good. lowa. Sioux City hopes to get an clectric car line soon. A holiness convention was held at Sac City last week. A fomale evangelist is conducting revival meetings at Kingsley. The Davenport, Iowa & Dakota is the only raiiroad in course of construction in Towa. The Wost Branch Record has an apple that measures fourteen inches around the waist. A wagon load of apples for a wagon load of corn is the kind of trades that are being made near Albion. The vinegar and pickle works in_ Burling were destroyed by fire last Saturday. The loss is estimated to be about , 000, Two young fellows returning from the rally at Wapello Saturday night got into a dis- graceful fight, one of the participants’ fingers getting chewed off in the encounter. An equestrian performauce not_previously announced was witnessed a few days ago_at Estherville, whero a woman mounted her horse man-fashioned and unconcernedly rode away. The baldheads at LeMars are having a feast. A racy seduction case, in which Lizzie E. Henricks is plaintiff and Wil Hogan is defendant, is beiug tricd in the dis- trict court. An “original packa; into Clarion one day last week was taken from the express office on a forged order and then stolen four times before 1t was tapped. Tt was then left hidden for a time, when the various raiding parties united and went in body to resurrect it. v was gone. Not even the holo where it was buried remained. - The Business Situation, Comnercial Bulletin, The past week has been one of many and varied developments in speculation and busi ness. One of its prominent features has been the increasing influence of the political agitation. Its general tendency has been to ward an abatement of the sj ilative excite ment of the p and a gr: ual return to more 8 iethods, ae- companying great activity in agricultural and transportation movements. The Jon awaited increase in exports has not yet man ifested itself, but there has been an immense increase n the volume of railroad trafic, and general business throughout the e ry nas continued o exceed last yvear's activities at this season. DEFENDING T A Sharp Criticism upon The Bee's San Francisco Correspondent., OMAIIA, Oct. 25.—To the Editor of 1 While perusing the col- umns of your valuable paper, I noticed with pleusure the eaption of an article from your San Francisco correspondent, and that heing my home, I commenced to read the aforesaid article with the greatest avidity, I found it quite in- teresting until I came to the part where the writer speaks of “Judge Terry’s hopes,” and the sympathy that is now felt in California for “that wayward ' being bused upon the popular of injustice and the power of '' that found its w; MAGNATES, He says, “We hate our millionaires, they huve been robbers and spoilers and oppressors ever since they accumi- lated wealth. Whenever one of them drops into his coffin there is a chorus of exclaumations of “I'hank God! another oppressor gone!’ Who mourned for Charles Crocker? Noone, for he was one of the Central Pacific thioves.” How dare he make such an atrocious assertion? Did he think while writing this article for your paper that Omaha was 80 far from California that its mill- ionaires wore unknown %o yvou and its readers? that he could walign the liy- ing and the doad with Impunity, hoping that the words written by his venomouy pen might be believed by some, and a shadow cast on the name of California’y honored men? It is hardly possible to conceive of a man who has so little ro« gard for the truth as to write thus, The thought forces itself that a man who can speak so of the dead must be do« prived of all the finer instincts of man, His nature possesses no gencrous ime pulse; no promptings of his heart will causa him to throw the mantle of charity over anyone., If it were so, his pen would have refused to have written, “No ome mourns for Charles Crocker.” ~ Has ho forgotten that thers is.a tearful, loving wifo and childron whose life will never be the same again, for they mourn the loes of a devotod husband and a loving father, The writer of this never knew him persone ally, but knew him by his reputation, his good works and hischarities, Thoy have boeen silent, but thousands of homes have been blessed by his scoret munificence, and many, many little homeless waifs have been cared for ton= derly, and they, with thousands of others, lament his loss, ‘‘He was onc of the Central Paclifio thieves.” Oh, it is very plainly soen that your correspondent was not a searcher after the trath, or if informed of the issues of the day, they not being on rapport with his desires, ho rejects them. The enormity of his conceit as DObeing endowed with so much more intellect than the ordinary man is shown by his positive declarations which would fitly place him by the sida of “Veto Cleveland.” 'T'is true that until the last few years Senator Stan- ford, Charles Crocker, and their asso« ciates were mostly known in the east by the slanders related by some unknown person, as to bow they accumulated their wealth, but to-day there is no rea- son for not knowing the truth, The people have only to read the splondid argument and vindication made by Col- onel Creed Haymond before the senato, the highest tribunal in our country, ag it is now published in book form and should be read by all. In it is shown that the Central Pacific railrond come pany have faithfully complied with all the obligations to the IJnnod States, and it has been afirmed by the solemn judgment of the supreme court, that our government has refused to pay this campaign money earncd and due them and so the record stands, Your correspondent doubtless belongs to that class of men who, seoing that he docs not possess the mental caliber to becoma a leader in remuncrative enterprises, es,**Down with the monopolists, down with the demagogues.” Ifliving whero such millionaires as Senator Stanford and the late Charles Crockor is to be op pressed may such oppressions continua indefinitely, and may others arise to fill their places as public benefactors to tha same extent. Their names should only be spoken in the kindest manner. It i3 to their great genius and intellect that the now glorius state of California owes it phenominal prosperity. They conceived the fdea in 1860 of building a railroad across tha Sierra Nevada mountains, Although tha project seemed insupersble, they, by energy and privations hardly to bo eredited now.accomplished the greatest miracle of the age, the binding of the continents,and with the branches which now emanate from it to all parts of our state, have developed and advanced it thirty years. As years went by tho Central Pacific company prospered in their undertakings, and have received their just remuneration. They do not hoard their wealth,s but give = from it bountifully. Where was ever anything known like the great munificence of Les land Stanford? He has given twenty million, the greater part of his wealthy to public char! Oh, wouid that there were more men like him, and his good wife, whom wealth could not despoil of her ' kind, womanly _instinots, goes hand in hand with her noble husband in his good work. Would it were as natural and easy to remember the gcod one reads as the vile slanders that seem to be tha undeserved portion of our public benes factors. Mis, H, M. Py e Making Them Sweat. Detroit Free Pross: he colonel had been jawing all the forenoon about “the durnéd lazy niggers,” who were idling about in crowds, and when he found about 200 at the ‘depot to sce the train come in he boiled over. I told him it was the usual sight of every southern town, and that it was none of his busi- ness whether they worl®d or played, but he went over and sat down on a bar- rel and conspired with himself how to make them sweat. By and by he came over, and climbing upon a bale of cot- ton he said: My friends, in coming up from Cal~ cra I lost my wallet out of the car win- dow. 'V\"hnov r finds the $150 in it can have hali.” He had havdly ceased speaking when a hundred shouts arose, a mob moved down the track, and in another minute we were alone. Next forenoon wa passed some of them twenty-ono miles away, heads down and cyes scarching the ground, and th loncl went to the rear of the cer aud encouraged them by ling: I think it was about six miles further down, and you can have the whole of it if you find it.” not gene Ily known that women are already cupying places and doing work in on mills and in manufactories of wire, ina Pittsburg ory gave so much trouble that they were~ displaced by women. The venture proved to be a marked suce e s, 50 that the employers could not ha inauced to go back o men and boys. The wire mill, which was cstablished about that time, took up with the idea, and again everything worked satis torily. Then a hinge factory was opened to them, and once move the women proved hetter workers, more re- linble and less troublesome than their male rivals. How fur the innovation will go can not be estimated. Kvidently the end is not yet seen. Meanwhila girls as aceountants and ottic 1ps are winning thew . By and by tho boys will have to agitate for equal rights. S A Good Man's Unceasing Liabors. Washington Post: Archbishop Core rigan’s zeal in the prosecution of dioces san improvement allows the million- aire Catholics of New York little rest from well doing. He is a frequent vise itor at the houscs of banlers, merchants and brokers. ilis benevolent face is well known at their business offices. He Las the best possible wrgument for generosity in the example of his own munifice . It 15 said that his salary as archbishop is not far frome$20,000, and that with frequent gifts and the interost on his personal property his income is of goodly size. But heé uses little of it for himself. When he asks a wealthy parishioner for 1,000 for somo religious or charitable purpose he shows him a subscription paper on which generaliy appears his own name for a much larger sum. He has now raised encugh toward the diocesan sems inary to muke it a comfortable fact. e nhardt (standing on weigh- 1) ~Zure ees u moestake! [ gh 80 mooch. Ze scale s in- Ah! [ see. Zereeesafly I weel d-r-rive it awayl Surah Be ing mach do not we cor-r-rect. scale.