Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 5, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1889, THE DATLY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. “Dally (Morning Edition) including SUNDAY B, One Year y r Six Months T Threo Montha. . ; B OMANA SUNDAY Tiiw, mailed 1 Madress, One Year. ... WirkLy Bre, One Year. OMANA Orrice, Nos, 914 and 910 FARNAN STRRERT. HICAGO OFFICE, 567 ROOKERY BUILDING. W Youk Opricr, ROOMS 14 AND 16 TRIRURR UILDING. WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. b3 URTRENTH BTRERT. CORREBSPONDENCE, +_ All communications relating to news and edl- Borial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR OF THE BEE, BUSINKSS LRTTERS 11 business letters and remittamees should be Cross 1% DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafs, checks and postoflice orders to De made payable to the order of the company. k6 Bee Pablishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. Sworn Statement of Oirculation. Btato of Nebraskn, | o, County of Douglas, George B, Tzschick, secrotary of the Tiee Pub- tshing comvany, dood solemniy swear that the mctual circulation of THE DAILY BER for the Weck ending Murch 50, 1860, was as follows: Eundny. Murch 1 Monday, March Tuesany, March 2. Weanesday, Marcn Thursday, March 25 Fridny. March 20 Baturday, March Average Sworn to hefore me and subscribed to in my presence this Wth day of March, A. D, 158, Seal. N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebrask (™ County of Douglas g George B, Tzschuck, boing duly &worn, do- EM‘ and says that he s su(:l‘utl\re‘ ot the Bes ublishing company, that tho wotunl average daily circulatio of THE DALy BEE for the month ot March, 188, 19,080 copies; for April 1888 1874 copies; for May, 1885, 'INIS coples; June, 188, 19,244 copies; July, 188, 1803 'copies; for August, 1883, 18,163 copies; for_September, 1885, 15, 1o4 conies: for October, 188, 14034 coples: for Novem: Der, 1855, 18,08 coples; for Docember, 188, 18,22} coples; forJanuary, 1889, 18574 coplés; for Feb- U6 copies. EORGR B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence this 24 day of March, A. D, 15880, N.P. FEIL Notary Public. B — OSKALOOSA, Kansas, is safe. The petticoat government triumphed again at the recent town election. for Ir the Nebraska delegation would drop a few deecent and competent men In the slot, there would be less friction In securing commi; Tre Winona & Southwestern prom- Ises to push its nose across the Towa line this year. Mason City has its ear to the ground histening for the rumble of the locomotivi A BURGLARY insurance company has been incorporated in Connecticut with a capital of one hundred thousand dol- lars. The new company evidently has not a high opinion of the cracksman. One big bank robbery would send the corporation up the flume. 8T1. PAUL and Minneapolis are pretty badly scared over the prospect of the Northern Pacific making Chicago its terminal point. Not even the promise of retaining the railroad eating house of the company at the twin-cities will cure their melancholy. OMATIA does not take a back seat in her pork packing industry. Hor posi- tion as the third largest packing center is not only firmly established but the number of hogs packed to date exceeds the record for, the corresponding time last year, CouNcCIL BLUFFSauthorities threaten to retaliate because Omaha insists that home and foreign expressmen must pay the annual license of ten dollars. Our eustern suburb is welcome to trade and traffic in this city, but cannot be given privileges denied to home expressmen. SOUTHERN republicans demand a complete reorganization of the judic- iary in the southern states as the only means to secure an honest ballot and a fair count. Such a change would soon Lest the capacity of the state peniten- Maries. Tue alliterative combination of sec- returies, known as the state board of transportation, has tackled the dis- criminations of the St. Paul & Omaha road. The result of the inquiry will determine whether the board is the creature of the railroads or the servant of the people. Tue British tories propose to devote the whole of the next two sessions of parlisment to.Irish legislation. A lana purchase Wil will occupy the first scs- sion, and a local government bill the second. Meanwhile the Irish will be prepared for tory blessings by liberal doses of buyonet and buckshot, and the obstreperous clapped into jail and re- duced to obedience on bread and water. THE municipal election in South Omaha was a disgraceful scramble for office and an outrage on the ballot. In some wards voters were forcibly pre- vented from casting their ballots be- eause they were not accoptable to the Mrrounding bulldozers, while their sup- forters were given the freedom of the Polls and voted us early and often as their masters demanded. The methods employed to foist jobbers on the people would disgrace a Third ward primary and shame the regulators of Mississippi. Em——— Tue packing returns for the past weelk show a steady increase in the marketing of hogs in all the packing centers of the west, and a corresponding decrense In eastern cities, The total number murketed is less than during the preceding weelk, but largely in ex- cess of the corresponding weel last yeor. But the significance of the fig- ures lie in the fact that the markets of e Missouri valléy are rapidly distanc- fug their enstern competitors, notwith- standing the open and secret discrim- fuaxions of the rallroud GoveuNoir THAYER, has vetoed the . bill establishing the live stock commission, on the ground that s pussage was procured by methods deserving o stern robuke. The veto will not vitelize the commission as no appropristion was mude for saluries or expenses, and leaves the state veterina- rian in a similar fix. The bill appro- priated ten thousand dollavs for his salary and expeuses, and its defeat gives hum the option of working ior glory for two years or retiring from oftice. WHERE NEBRASKA' GOES. The department of agriculture at Washington has just issued a report on the distribution and consumption of corn for March which is interesting in pointing out that but a fewx of the corn growing states produce a sufficient sur- plus for commercial distribution. Neither the New England, Middle nor the Pacific states and territories grow enough corn for their own consumption. It is the Western and Southern states which grow the great crops and which supply the stock to feed the rest of the country, The section, however, which consumes the largest proportion of the supply is the western corn growing group of states. This is obvious as 1t is the cattle and hog growing district of the country. The Southern corn growing group of states, including the cotton growing states, at this season of the year always show smaller consumption and a larger per centage on hand than any other section of the country, for the reason that 1t is not a cattle feeding aistrict for beef making. Tt would apoear, thorefore, as between the western and southern states, that the corn erop of the latter isdistributed, while it is merely the surplus of the former over and above home consump- tion which is used for commercial dis- tribution. Strange as it may appear, of the twelve states comprising the westorn group only seyen, Ohio, In- diana, Tllinois, Towa, Nebraska, Mis- souri and Kansas, grow a surplus for export. Corn is conseguently a crop which is largely consumed in the local- where it is grown. Only about one- xth of the entire ¢rop goes into gen- eral distribution by transportation either by a long or a short haul to the next county, to the eastor tothe Pacific states and territories, The export of corn to Europe has not exceeded two or cent except in a fow years of ative failure of competing feed- ing material in westorn Burope. These are facts both instructive and curious and demoustrate whav becomes of Ne- braska’s great product. —_— PAVING INSPECTORS. There has been a substantial all- round reduction in paving material this year, compared with last. On cypress blocks the reduction amounts to eleven cents per square yard, on cedar blocks twelve cents, and on granite and sand- stone from six to fifteen cents. Owing to the conflicting nature of the specifi- cations, bidders had the option of choos- ing the specifications of any one year and moking their bid accordingly. This feature of paving contracts im- poses a grave responsibility on the board of public works in the selection of inspectors. On them devolves the duty of guarding the property owners and rigidly enforcing the terms of the contracts. They should be men of known honesty and firmness, capable of interpreting the specifications and possessing ability to detormine whether the material is good or bad. Political considerations should not weigh against ability and integrity, nor should men be considered who are under obliga- -tions or known to be on friendly terms with the contractors. There is no desire to make war on the contractors, but the city must insist on strict compliance with the terms of the contracts by placing honest and vigi- lant inspectors on guard. The city council should make pro- vision to pay inspectors monthly. Un- der the present are obliged to wait three and sometim x months for their salaries. This is needless burden on the men. It isa hardshipon themselves and families, and frequently places themJunder obligations to the contractors for loans. This can be easily remedied by paying them out of the general fund monthly, and return- ing the money when the tax is collected on the work done. PRODUOCT OHIO'S MUNICIPAL ELSCTIONS. The importanco of Monday’s muni- cipal elcctions in Ohio is in their possi- ble effeet upon the state election next fall. In November Ohio will elect state ofticers and members of the legislature, and upon the latvter the fight will be most vigorous and earnest. The next general assembly will chose a successor to Senator Payne, whose term will ex- pire in 1891, and it is understood that the senator desires a vindication. Ever since the republicans of Ohio made the charge that Mr. Payne obtained his seat in the senate by the bribery of leg- islators he has been under a cloud, which even the votos of republican sen- ators against the investigation of the charge could no dispel. His usefulness was impaired and his influence dimin- ished, He stood belore the country under the burden of an accusation which was not disproved, and which was sup- ported by most convincing testimony. In Senator Payne’s home city, Cleve- land, tho question of hia vindication played an important part. The demo- cratic candidate for mayor has long been one of his most faithiul and useful followers, and was conspicuous in the contest that made him senator. He was defeated in Monday’s election, and although the were several strong influences operating against democratio svecess, the result may fairly be regarded as a rebuke to the vindication programme. But the friends of Mr. Payue are not the sortof men whose zeal can be ex- hausted bya single defeat. They ave shrewd politicians with abundant re- sources which they will use freely, par- ticularly so in view of the possibility that in"the event of the next legis- lature being ropublican, it may send Mr. Halstead to the senate. The cam- paign of next fall in Ohio promises, therefore, to be fought largely upon the question of the senatorial succession, with a great deal of money cer- tain to be employed on the democrytic side. Tha result of the municipal elections was on the whole encouraging te repub- lican chavces in the fall, In Cincin- nati the republicans had to fight, in ad- dition to the democracy, a disaffocted element which put in nomination a citi- zen’s ticket, yot they electod their candidate for wmayor and a wmajority of the ather oity ofticials, so that they wil have practically the control of the mu- nicipal machinery. They were also successful in electing most of their can- didates 1n Toledo, and as al- ready noted will have control of the city government of Cleveland, but two demooratie ‘officials having been elected there. In the smaller towns the republicans generally held their own. The troublo to be apprehended is factional conflict. There appears to be a want of mutual confidence between some of the leaders, and there are cer- tain men whose personal ambition may lead them to acts perilous to the unity and harmony of the party. If these dangers can be averied the republicans will carry Ohio next fall and add one to the narrow republican majority in the United States senate. THE LABOR MARKET. Reports regarding the condition of the labor market at the principal cen- ters of industry are notuniformly as satisfactory as could be wished, but quite generally labor is fairly well om- ployed, at wages varying but little from that of a year ago. The worst re- port is made by New York, whore, it is said, groat numbers of men and women are out of employment, but hy reason of the daily influx of Buropean immi- grants to that city it canunot be taken as an index to the general condition of the workingmen throughout the coun- try. In Chicago a great deal more labor has been kept in employment during the winter than usual, and the outlook is smd to bo very favorable. Still there are a great many uneraployed men in that city. It St. Louis the number of idle people is com- paratively small, and in all the mechan- ical ocoupations wagos are good. At Cleveland the labor market, outside of the iron business, which has shared in the gencral depression, is said to be in a satisfactory condition, and about the same state of affairs exists at Pitts- burg. At Paterson, Lowell, Bridge- port, and some other eastern manufac- turing points the situation is fairly good, while at most of the southern in- dustrial centers, and particu- larly at Birmingham, there is reported to be an active de- mand for good skilled labor. Gloomy veports come from Indianapolis and Reading, several causes having con- tributed to fill the latter city especially with a host of unemployed workers. There have been fewer reductions of wagos than might have been expectoed, in view of the depression in many in- dustries, and except at points wheroe thove isa great surplus of labor the standard of last year has been main- tained. Whether this fortunate con- dition is to be continued cannet be pre- dicted with any degree of certainty. It depends upon whether there shall be a general revival of industrial activity, and for this the promiso is believea to be good, though nothing in the nature of a boom is looked for. Doubtless the wages of skilled labor in all departments will continue as at present, for of that class of labor there is rarely an excess, but unless there shall be a more decided revi in the general business of the country than is now looked for, or can reasonably bere- garded as likely to take place, the wages of ordinary labor may decline somewhat before the close of the year. Meantime there is apparent in the sit- uation nothing to suggest that laborasa whole need bo apprehensive of the im- mediate future, even though it may find little reason to expect an early im- provement of its condition. That is certainly not so satisfactory, taking the entire country into consideration, as could be wished, but there is some com- fort in the veflection that the average condition of the working people of the United State much better than that of the workers of any other country, and their prospects and opportunities im- measurably greater. Tue Mormon question cuts a large _figure in the selection of terrritorial of- ficers for Utah. The vigorous prosecu- tion of polygamists prevailing when the democrats came into power was practic- ally stopped by the appointment of Judge Sanford as chief justice of the territory. Convictions were few and sentences light. Cleveland ex ed the pardouing power freelyand encour- aged the polygzamists in the belief that the law would soon be nullified by in- action. This idea was dissipated by the government taking charge of Zion’s Co-operative institute, annulling the charters of Mormon corporations, and exercising authority over the rev- enue of the church. These facts, coupled with the belief that Judge Zane will be reappointed to the su- preme bench, convinces the most rad- ical Mormons that polygamy must soon perish. One of the bishops and several clders now enjoying the seclusion of the penitentiary for promiscuous mar- vinge, confess that they are weary of plural wives, and if released will cheer- fully obey the law. This feeling is be- coming general among young and old, high and low, and foreshadows the early abandonment of polygamy in practice and preaching. Tre organ of the coal trade isau- thority dor the statement that the an- thracite monopoly hasdetermined to re- strict its product and arrange matters in such & way as to keep the coal out of the market until it is wanted. When the demand comes the price will go up. Quoting this information, the Phila- delphia Record says that city pays four million dollars a year in excess of the amount which would be paid if the af- fairs of the coal companies had been conducted on a sound and honest basis. At this rate of excess for Philadelphia, what must be the sum of which the rest of the country is annually plundered by this grasping monopoly? There are thousands of men now idle, and with their families suffering for the necessa- ries of life, in order that this law-defy- ing eombination may carry outits policy of organized robbery. E—— It 18 a dull and dreary session of Judge Gaslin’s court that does not result in & death sentence, He has pronounced the doom of more murderers than any judge in the state, and it is also a fact that most of them escape from jail or slide into the penitentiary through the crevices of his crude and caustic rul- ings. The conviction and sentence of Haunstine, for the cold-blooded murder of two officers, while performing their duties, confirms the claim that justice is nover blindfofMed in Gaslin’s court. 1t is wide-awake and vigilant and rarely fails to deal out merited punishment to criminals. THERE is a large number of valuable prizes yot to be disposed of by President Harrison, but as.to a large number of them there is gome doubt as to whother he will make g distribution until the terms of those now holding them ex- pire. The polioy of the administration regarding the tenure of office quéstion has not been very clearly defined, but there is an impression that a great many officials will be allowed to con- tinue at their posts until the expiration of thoir commissions. The resolve of the executive mind in this particular will probably be made known within a short time. Tax outrages perpetrated by a band of Dekota ruffians in north Nebraska is likely to land some of the regulators in eternity. Thore is no apparent cause for the attacks and kidnapping of settlers by this gang. The charge that they are catile thieves is simply a blind to frighten them out of the country. and give the stockmen free range for their herds. Such outlawry cannot be tolorated, and unless the authorities promptly interfere, the outraged settlors will take the law in their hands and deal out lenden justice to the regu- lators. THE Saxton ballot reform biil has again passed the New York legislature,, against tho united opposition of the democrats. There is little hope of the bill becoming a law. The republicans have not the noe vy strength to pass it over the governor’s veto, and it is al- most certain that Hill will not approve any bill which will protect the ballot box and imperil Tammany power in New York City THE Iowa attorney general has ren- dered a decision requiring every licitor for insurance to secure a certifi- cato from the state auditor showing that he is duly authorized to engage in the business. This ruling will destroy thoe business of bogus insurance agents and protect the peonle from the peri- odical raids of greedy drummers. Another Offenss to Answer For. Philadelphia Press. Germany, of course, will hold Correspon- dent Kiein responsible for the destruction of her war ships by the hurricane in Samoa. — - When Murar Gots Up! Chicago Times. The senate is through with Editor Hal- stead. But wait until Editor Halstead gets out of bed. The sehate will adjourn in short order. E Go Into Liquidation. Chicago Tritune. What would become of the whisky trust if John L. Sullivan and ex-Senator Riddle- berger should swear off simultaneously? p i Only One Lion. New York World. The democrats of Ohio_who are talking of running ex-Governor Thurman's son for governorare making a mistake. There is only one great man in thav family. -— Degeneracy in Peace. Chicaus B The United States army has distinguished itself by a warlike act at last. It has pulled the nose of the governor of Pennsylvania. The governor of Peunsylvania is a cripple. GENIE Afrer Longfellow. Philadelphia Times. Songs of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And pursuade our friends to find us Places in some foreign clime. . The Latest in War Clouds. 1 New York World. The spring fashion in European war clouds presents a small pattern of a lignter shade. than last year, with bright spots scattered here and there by war correspondents out of a job. New York Tribun Minneapolis is to erect a building twenty- eight stories high this 3 Thus it comos to pass that St. Paul is confronted with the duty of rearing a structure at least twenty- nine stories high during 1590, - Missing Link. aao Tribune. Mr. Keely announces that he has discov- ered at last the missing link that his motor has been waiting for, and in a few days ho will bo able to demonstrate the complete suc- cess of his invention. All he has to do now, doubtless, is to find some way to attach tho missing link to the vibratory thingumbob that connects the sympathetic kerplunkus with the reasonating jigmaree, and this is a mere mechanical dificulty which can be casily overcome, THE AFTERNOON TEA. Queen Victoria is her spring clothes in Paris, Mrs, James Brown Potter bathes in violet water at §5 per quart. Mrs, Willie K. Vanderbilt sings prettily in a not very powerful soprano voice. Mrs. Sophronia Twitcholl knowg more about Wall street than most men who specu- late. Mrs. Robert Vail has the finest collection of sapphires of any lady in New York society. A bachellor’s a%fllum: Marriage is a lot- tery; lotteries ar8'iflegal; therefore Iobey the law by remal sigrle, Mrs. Ella Clyier, tie new president of Sorosis, is said to H& the handsomestmem- ber of that highly intellectual organization, Oh, Amy, what do you think some one has invented. You coa“ nover guess, though— for it is a bonnet #Mat shuts up and can be sat upon. 4y The blonde style of beauty is again the most admired in New York city, and the bru- nettes are compldfiliug that their lighter complected sisters recelve ail the attention at receptions and dances. A well-kuown English actress is angry be- cause o mauufacturer of falso teeth has placarded his town with pictures represent ing her *before and after” takiug a set of his famous teeth, Amelic Rives-Chanler’s mouth is patterned after that of Reatrice—full, red and sen- suous, the lips slightly portruding and the corners elevated in o kind of perpetual smile, She—No, sir, it is impossible. 1am sorry, indeed, but T can never marry you, He— And yet the encouragement you gave wme last night in the waltz— Ske—O, that mus'n’t be counted, what 1 said under bres- sure 80 to speak. 4 Mrs. J. R. Green (the historian's widow, buying mustache, ‘without represen and herself a historical writer of some note), entertained at a tea at her house in Kon- sington Square the other ovening a party of ohain makers who had come up from Orad- loy Heath to give evidence before the lord's committos on the sweating system. The poor women, who were m London for tho first and probably only time 1n their lives, were neatly and respoctably drossed, but they had borrowed the clothes. The favorite actor with the young ladies at present is Mr. Horbert Kelcey, who has been winning many of Kyrle Bellew's for- mer admirers away from that poculiar-look- Ing fascinator. r. Kelcoy is very tall, and ho has brownish red cheeks and a heavy He dresses fashionably, and he ©can be seen promenading on Broadway any fine morning, followed by glances of all the fair pedostrians, Kelcey has none of the affections of Bellew aud s, in truth, a man. ly-looking fellow, with & handsome, honest face. He plays at the Lyceum theater, and ho is said to have a private socretary to look after his mail, which includes dozens of lot- ters daily from smitton maidens. —— POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. all the secret “corners” of the right. The Rov. Talmage swings o hand like a slodge hammer in emphasizing & point. Rose Blizaboth Cleveland, accompanied by a cold wave, have taken possession of Paoia, Fla. The shortest sentence over delivorod by Senntor Evarts was, “Not by a groat deal,"” when asked to vote for Halstoad. Bon Feathers, of Nobraska, has bocn ad- mitted to practice befora the interior de- partment. The dust on the tomes will soon fly. William R. Leeds, postmastorship of strong resemblance “Unclo Sam.” A now enlarged dictionary is 800n to be is- sued in New York. In will cnable Murat Halstead to express his opinion of the United States senate, Neal Dow thinks there is no doubt that Theodore R. Timby, instead of John Erics son, should be honored as the inventor of the olving turret for ships of war. Senator Quay receives more registored letters than any other individual in Wash- ington. They are registered in order to se- cure an acknowledgement of their receipt, and most of them cover applications for oftice. Colonel Ochiltree and Tim Flannigan linger in Washington, but publicly declare they are not secking office. They are roady however, to sucrifice pleasure for the public good, and will checrfully adviso the presi- dent and his cabinet on all knotty points of domestic and international law. VOICE OF THE STATE PRE John L. Webster for the Supreme Court, Pawnee Republican., John L. Webster, of Omaha, 1s being urged by the people of the state for tho v the supreme benen of the United S Webster isa gentleman of acknowledged ability and fine attainments in his profes His thoroughness m what belongs to a knowledge of law cannot be doubted. He is cloar and strong in his manner and methods. Fourteen years ago he was the president of the constitutional convention of Nebraska— the one of ISTh—and it is not by accident that one receives such recognition. He commands the respect of the western bar in an un- usual degree. He is familiar with the questions which do not come within the reach of eastern jurists. The west isa great and growing country. It is almost tion upon the supreme bench to- That splendid old man, Asso- ciate Justice Miller, is the only one of the judges upon our highest beneh who under- stands its needs. A little fresh blood will help it. This proved to beso w the case of Chief Justice Waite, and it is proving to be 80 in the case of Chief Justice Fuller. Mr. Harrison has shown that he will follow com- nion sense mstead of precedents in his ap- pointments, and the selection of Mr, Web- ster would be in the line of bis polioy.” John L. Webster is ngentleman admired and respected by all who know him. He is pical American, learned, able and amiable, tree from ostentation and yet never heedless of the true dignity of his profession. Heis a western republican, and his suc- cossion to the supreme bench would be a highly meritorious and gratifying appoint- ment, a candidate for the Philadelphia, bears a to the traditional e AFFAIRS OF DAKOTA, Matters of Interest Pertaining to the Incipient State, Huros, Dak., April 2.—[Speclal to Tur Beg.|—Governor Mellette is moving cau- tiously in changing the territorial officers. Three of the most importunt oftices have been filled by the executive. J. Me- Manima, editor of the Pierre Free Pross, is the new auditor, He has lived in Pierro eight years and 1s one of the most genial gentleman in_his profession, His writings are clear and strong, aud be is of the bést type of young republicans to be found in Da- kota. Joseph M. Bailey, jr., of Sioux Falls, s president of a national bank, although but twenty-six yoars old. He is the new treas- u At the Chicago convention he was one of the most active Harrison meu there, and av the pivotal point swung five of Da- kota's votes w Harrion, thus soldifying the delegution for the winner, His republican- 1sm 18 undiluted, . H. Hagerty of Aberdeen is the commus- sloner of immigration, He went to that city in 1850 and has ever since been one of its most active citizens. A heavy stockholder in the Dakota Ruralist, the organ of the Farmers' Aliiance, president of four bauks, breeder of fine swck, active in church and Sunday_school and a' fightiug young repub- lican, Of such is Governor Melletto's ofii- clal family. Nor will it stop here. Removals will con- tinue until a very large majority of the of- fices are occupiéd by republicaus, No law- ful act will be omitted which can conduce to the early admission of the two Dakotas as soyereign states, Tiose who might do some- thing to thwart this will not be allowed to stay in official positions. Thus ex-Governor Church’s aftempt to keep some of his fricnds in ofiice will be defeated. All must go, ar thie ex-auditor who had charge of the insur- ance aepartment issued an order just prior to his retirement directing the insurance companies to publish theirannual statements in certain papers that he specified, mostly of his own stripe and politics. 13ut this ‘will scarcely stand, as the new auditor will un- doubtedly countermand it and direct such publications to be made in the papers having the largest circulation—a qualificatioa that is monopolized by republican papers in Dakota, Now that the farmers’ alliance has decided to fight Jndge Moody, of Deadwood, for the senatorship, it comos out that the judge is one of the heaviest farmers i the Black Hills, or in Dakota. He has 800 acros fenced, and is cultivating about balf of it. His father was a New York farmer : the son was brought up.on the farm, and has continued farming from boyhood until the present. No oflicer or member of the South Dakota Alliasnce has 80 much money invested in farming, or an- pually pays out so much in farming, as Judge Moody. 10 is moisture the farmers are most neoding now. The snow-fall of last winter was quite light. Only & few showers have visited us this spring. All of the wheat is sow! The ground was in fine condition for seedin But now the rain must soon come or there will be no increase. But no one is wor- rying. Sunshine and rainfall never fail us. The principal event of this week has becn the aunual eucampment of the G. A. R. at Aberdeen. It was the sixthneeting of the organization in Dakota aud the largest of the half-dozen. Last year was one of consider able growth. Thére are 123 posts in good stuading, with a wewbership of §,314—a galn of 850 members during the year. Most of the leading public men, many of ‘the editors, teachers and ministers are comrades in the G. A. R, Governor Meilette, who 18 a com- rade, was prosent one «'uf' and was given an enthusiastio recoption. In the specch that naturally followed, he counseled all in the south to vote for the Sioux Falls constitution of 1885, thus securing admission to the union during this year. He was oquall clear in ad- vising the North Dakotans to adopt the con. stitution to be formed at Bismarck In July, 80 that there might be no doubt of admission during the current year, The aavice feil on good ground. E.T. O R — THE PRUNING KNIFE, Cushing Bogins to Wield it on the the Union Paoific Employes, That George Cushing, the official pruning- knife of the Union Pacific, is about to resort 10 his old tactics of reducing wages of rail- way employes by dischiarging them and then tendering them work at reduced wages, is now exemplified to the satisfaction of the employes of that company, It will be re membered that T'ie Bee, at the time Cush- ing succeeded Mr. Clem Hackney, as super- intendent of motive power and machinery, published an article concerning this oficial and his methods and also that he was designed for this_service when he was em- ployed by the road. It will also be remem- bered that at the time he assumed his posi- tion there were rumors of disaffection which threatened a strike. The workingmen claim that such would likely have resulted had not the management assured them of its protec- omes the report that within va Cushing 1 M shopmen. Yesterday, as will be seen by Tur Bee's dispatches, at North Platte, eighty-five men were let out of the shops, which is nea one-half of the number employed at that point. It is also stated that Omaha and other points will be visited by the “pruning knife,” within the next two weeks. Accompanying this are ru- mors of trouble. A Union Pacific employee said: *“Let Cushing go on with his work. Do you know that eighty per cent of the Union Pacific workmen — belong t the Kuights of Labor! Well they do, and some of them are pretty i W with the road 100. .) submit to wage cutting to ) A extent, and if a strike must result we will not bu In any way timid in making the step. The Union Pacific should remember what the Burlington has just passed through.” The Rock Island's Action. The real cause of the Rock Island in with- drawing its rolling stock from the servico of Omaha and South Omaha about three months ago, is at last divalged. It was simply bo- cause the Rock Island had alroady hauled a large amount in cxcbss of tho per cent of freight allowed that road in the pool on business betweeen Missourl river points and Chicago. It will be remembered that at the time the Rock Island 00K its cars out of the servico the only rea- son advanced was that the rolling stock was t be used mm handling the erop of ice at nprthern and central points. Even the rep- resentatives of the road horo could advance 1o other reason, It now transpires that the action emanated from the pool arrangement, and rather than divert freight the Rock Island took away its cars and refrained from making any effort to sccure trafiic at this point until the parallel lines had realized their respective per cent of the shipments from Missour1 river points. When this was announced the Rock Island quietly rewurned its cars and is now among the active con- petitors for Omaha trafic. Costly but Rapid Transit, Wednesday afternoon a special train on the Union Pacific, composed of a passonger and baggage coach and an engine, shot out of the depot. 1t was chartered expressly by Arthur Carlill and Goring Bushby, two prominent tea merchants of China. They missed’ the Golden Gate special and were desirous of going through to the coast to cateh the steamer at San Francisco Saturday for China. In view of this they planked down $5 and the outfit was placed at their servic engineor had instructions to run a sixt; gait and overtake the Golden Gato at Ch enne. The run was n a distance of 519 miles, in 13 hours and 50 min- utes, where the banner train was caught. Frank Drake Dead. Frank B. Drake, general southwestern agent of the Georgla association of trafic lines, with headquarters at Kansas City, died at that place of apoplexy Wednes- day evening. The deceased was well-known in Omaha, having been rate clerk in the freight auditor's oftice of the Union Pacific a considerable length of time. He was in Omaha, visiting his former associatcs, last Friday, and appeared in tho prime of health, The deceased is & brothet-n-law of S. H. H. Clark, vice president aud gencral manager of the Missouri Pacific, and his sis- ter 1s the wife of John Evans, the well known capitalist of this city. Increasing Surburban Service. On and after Sunday next, the Union Pa- cific will run half-hourly dummy trains be- tween Omaha and South Omaha, between the hours of 7 a. ni, to 10 8. m., and from 2:50 p m. to b A suburban tra W each way between that place and Omaha on and after Sunday as follows: Leaving Pa. pillion at 6:80 a. m., arriving in Omaha 7:10 a. m, returning leaving here at 5:50 p. m., reaching Papillion 6:85 p. m, To Open Gravel Bods Assistant General Manager Dickinson, S perintondent Rossequie and Assistaut Super- intendent Touhy, of the Union Pacific,started out_ yesterday in view of opening up_gravel beds for the purpose of obtaining ballasting matorial, At a point near Papillion and af Louisvilio a track will be laid and the beds pened about April 18, Work will be com. menced Monday next Resignation and Appolntment. D. Dorman, auditor of the Burlington, with headquartors at. Omaha, has resigne: andpl. G. Tayior has boen appointed his suc cossor, the appointment taking effect yestor day. Me. Taylor will also assume the duties of his former position, nssistant troasurer, Railroaa Notos, John Hamilton, residing on Pierce stroet, attempted to board the 8 o'clack dummy for South Omaha at the Eleventh stroet cross- ing in the yardsand was huried wo the ground and badly brused about the head and face. €. J. Ives, whose,faculty of obtaining con- trol of railronds set’ railway gossip in motion, and landed bim behind the bars, arrived from the west to-day in a special car. Ho was accompanied by his family and is en route to Cincinnati, J. O. Phitlippi of the Missourl Pacific has gone to Kansas City to attend a meeting of the Trans-Missouri ociation, The Atlantic express on the Union Pacific cawe in in two sections, A minor accident on the Burlington re. sulted in No. 4 arriving from the west four hours late. . S. A. Hunton, agent of the Unitod States and Pacihe express companies, says that aftor the 11th inst. rates by express will bo reducea by his lines as follows: To New York and Boston, $1 per cwt.; Philadolphia, Baltimore and Washineton, 3.7 hicago, #2; Kuunsas Cit ARGUING Sir Charles Russell Continues Ris sch Before the Commission, Loxnox, April 4. Russell continued his specch m behalf of the Parnellites to-day bo- fore the nell commission. He explained thé constitution and objects of the league formed by Davitt, of which Parnell was president, and said that of tho persons con- stituting 'the executive committee of tho league ouly five were connected with secret organizations. The league's appeals, he declared, were based upon the 8iLi of farmers, and were en- constitutional. They were in- to guide the farmers in their He pointed out that Parnell and his followers had been wiilified and misropre- sented like Mossrs. Bright and Cobden were days of their reform movement. Russell said prominent members of the league were in favor of boycotting, which, up to a certain point, they considered justifiablo and right. He held that Paruell was not liable, criminally or otherwise, unless he was @a party to murder and outvage as & part of the agreed objects of the league. - Murderer Lin n in Chicago. CricaGo, April 4.—[Specinl* Telegram to Tue Bre.|—A curious visitor dropped into the Armory police stution last night for a night's lodging. He was an escaped convict named Charles Lincoln, having got away from the farm of the Nebraska penitentiary one year ago. Lincoln was heavily shackled hand and foot. rlo has served twenty years in jail out of a lifo that is only thirty-seven years—ton in_Joliet and four in the peni- tentiary of Columbus, O. Warden Dan Hopkins of the Nebraska “pen,” went to Lawrence, Mass,, to find his prisoner and is makiug the return journey by easy stages. St ot Dr. Gluck eye and ear, Barkor blk. Another Letter F Corumnus, O., April 4.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bie,]—A gentleman residing in this city yesterday recoived a lotter from a mis- end stationed on the west coast of Africa which is singularly coincidental with the receipt by cable of Stanley’s letter. is dated February 14, and in it the W says, referring to' the great explorer wis surprised to seo in the homo papers of December montion of the possibility that Stanley had been captured, The chief agent of the Dutch house ut Banyana was here Jast month and Le said news of Stanley had been reccived there December 12, that he had reached Emin Bey, and came back to Aruwimi Falls to get the remaining loads and bring up the rear guard.” S Add 20 drn})s of Angostura Bitters ta every glass of impure water you drink. The genuine only manufactwred by Dr. Siegert & Sons. ~ Ask your druggist. STt Onamberlain on the Boom. CHAMBERLATN, So. Dak., April 4.—[Special to Tue BEE, |—Chamberlain is experiencing a real ostate boom. Some Lincoln, Neb., capitalists have purchased 160 acres of prop- erty adjoining the city on the south, and w: put it in stape to throw on the market imm diately. The fourth-addition to Chamberlai was thrown ket this week, an when the book first day there had qvvn 130 residence lot: d. . TAKE THE HINT.,., Whene'er an anxious group is seen Around some monthly magazine Or paper that is daily whirled To every quarter of the world, And merry peals of laughter rise As this or that attracts the eyes, The smiling crowd, you may depend, Above some illustrations bend That advertise the strength and scope And purity of IvORY 504, But while they smile or praise bestow And i The fact should still be kept That will In llli‘fllt! and pictures thus displayed, And Until the Ivory Soar they try, And prove on garments coarse and fine, The truth of every sketch and line, wonder ‘whence ideas flow, & mind caple of the knowing eed the hints or lessons laid et no precious moments fly A WORD OF WARNING. 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