Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY MAY 3, I830. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. i sy TRRMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. Drily (Morning Rdition) including SUNDAY Brr, One Year...... $10 r Six Month: OMANA OrrICE, | ©Onicago Orrt kW YORK OFFIC ILDING, WASI URTEENTH STRE) CORRERSPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi. rial matter should be addressed to the EpIToR ¥ THE BEE, BUSINKSS LETTRRS, 11 bieiness letters and remittances should be adhromsnd to ik ByE DUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoilice oraers to e made payable to the order of the company. k¢ Beg Publishing Company, Propritors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. P ———————— THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circnlation. tate of Nebraska, | B(:muu)- of Douglas, { ** George I, Tzschuck, secretary of The 1les Pub- HshingCompa ny, docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of Tne DAl gk for the Week ending April ¥7. 1850, was as tollows: . April 21 April . 567 ROOKERY BUILDING. ROOMS 14 AND 15 Tnlnv!fi Monda Tuesan D) Friday. April 20 Baturduy, April Average...... CK. Bworn to hetore me and subscribed to in my presence this Zith_day of April, A, D, 1580, Seal. N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska, ! a County of Douglas. (5% George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- ses and_says that L6 18 secretary of the' Bee Publishing company, that the actual averas daily circulation of THE DAILY BEg for the for May, 1883, \ copies; for Jtily, 188, 19,003 ceples; ‘for Augnst, 183, 18,153 copies: for 'September, 1558, 18,151 copies: for Octolor, 188¢ fos; for November, 1858, 18,98 copies IR,22 eopi for January, 189, 1§, 9 February, 1680, 15,110 coples; for March, 180, 14554 coples. GEORGE B, TZS0HUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 16th day of April, A. D,, 1850, N. P. F Notary Publio. the words of one of the excursion- sts the trip to Deadwood is the best thing the board of trade has done for our commercial interests for some time. A SCHEME is on foot to cousolidate the rolling mills of Chicago. If this be brought about it is likely to create a powerful competitor to the steel and iron mills of Pennsylvania. s THE shipment of two hundred thous- and head of cattle from Wyoming into Montana is a feature of the cattle in- dustry which will attract considerable attention. Two Ame ns were refused admit- tance to the Berlin exhibition because they did not wear dress conts. Let the Samoau conference stop short until the new indignity heaped on our country- men be explained. A PROTEST has been filed by several local railroads in Towa with the state railroad commissioners clamoring for reliof from the low rates imposed. It is safe to say, how that their threat- ened bunkruptey was never brought on by the commissioners’ schodule. Trne drunken orgies which disgraced the ¢ ball prove that the pre- tentious four hundred of New York are a beastly set. KFine apparel and lang pedigrees do ot make men. They are usually a mask for depravity, the thin vencering of human dross. DURING the month of April the public debt was decreased some thirteen mil- lions. At this rate the debt will de- crease over one hundred and fifty mil- lions this year, and the whole interest bearing debt would be wiped out within six years, And that brings up the ques- tion. what securities will the national banks substitute for their United States bonds in the national tressury vaults? Tue fund for the proposed confeder- ate soldiers’ home amounts to fifty thousand dollurs. About one-third of this sum was subscribed in the north. Subscriptions in the south do not meet the expectations of the managing com- mittee, and it now looks as if the move- ment will be a failure. There is a sur- plus of sentiment and a paucity of cash. The south might profitably follow the example of the north in providing and maintaining state homes for indigent and disabled veterans. RETURNS from the pork packing cen- ters of the country for the past woek show a slight increase overthe preced- ing weelk, but the number of hogs mark- eted is considerebly less than for the corresponding week last year. The total for the season from March 1 ex- ceeds by 200,000 the total for the same period last yeur. Omana maintaing third place among the packing centors of the country. Ouk: dispatehes roport that the Chi- eagu, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omahu line las a corps of surveyors on the field between Hartington and Yanlston with the prospects that the gup of twenty-four miles will be covered in the near future, If this be true it will be good news to the people of Northern Nebraska and Southern Dalkota anxious for direct railroad communication with Omaha, Whether this short line is wo ve immediately constructed or not, the oflicials of the Omaha road cannot long delay it. Rivals are anxious to tap this promising terrvitory from the south, and any move in this direction is certain to stir up the St. Paul & Ounaba road in completing its Yankton short line. Ronerr P, PorrTer, the newly ap- pointed superintendent of the census, has been takan to task as being biased for the work of collecting the national census, He is accused of being a high protectionist and that his theories will induce him to warp facts and figures to sustain his protection theories, Mr. Porter comes to his own defense and ansyers his crities io asteaight-forward munner. He points out that the posi- tion of superintendent of the census is in a measure a judicial one, and a man who would dare manipulate the figurcs in the interest of auny preconceived theorios he might have, would be guilty as the judge who would, alter his elec- tion to the bench, decide a case in favor of a friend in direct contradiction to the evidence. The new superintendent should proceed in his work on the high 2 on which he has plaoned it. RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS. The state board of equalization is ex- pected during the present month to make its annual assessmont of the rail- roads and railroad property. The method which has heretofore been pur- sued in making these assessments is, to say the loast, decidedly perfunotory. The board takes the returns furnished by the railroad companies as to milenge of main tracks and side-tracks, right-of- way, depot grounds, rolling stock and all other chattels. The roacbed right- of-way and all improvements are dumped, together with the roliing stock , intoa mileage pro-rata estimate, and the assessment is equalizod and certified to, to the respective counties. This way of assessing and equalizing property of an nnknown quantity is very much like buying a pig in a poke. The board has never so ‘much as inspected any of the stations, depots, bridges, water tanks, machine shops or other improvements. It has not the remotest idea of the condition in which any of the roads keep their locomotives, cars and other rolling stock. They do not know whether the side-tracks returned extend over ten miles or & hundred on any of the roads, and what is worse, the members of the board have never tried to acquire doefinite knowledge on this subject. Their work as as: equalizers is done me y as a mere matter of form, and their conclu- sions are arrived at chiefly by the asses- ment made by the preceding board. Now we do not want the railroad com- panies to pay any greater proportion of taxes than is paid by any other class of property owners. Nordo we want thom to pay any less than their proper share of the taxes. What the people of this state have a right to demand and insist upon is that the state board shall view the property of the railroads and ap- praise it in the same manner that the precinet assessor does the property of the farmer, the merchant or the la- borer. It is the duty of the hoard to inspect the railroad tracks and improvements, 80 as to get an approximate idea of the condition of each of the roads and the relative value of the right of way and the improvements made thereon at each station. This may be a severe task, but it should be undertaken at least once every two years, The road should furnish the board with proper facilities for making the inspection, so that when the board has listed the property the assessments may be made something more than a roaring farce. THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. On the first of this month the civil service rules were extended to the rail- way mail service. The order providing for this.was issued near the close of the administration of President Cieveland, and after careful consideration Presi- dent Harrison decided that it should be enforced. Meantime there has been great activity on the part of the super- intendent of the railway mail service in re-organizing it, chicfly by restoring the more efficient and valuable officials and clerks who were removed for poli- tical reasons by the last administration. There is as yet no data showing how ex- tensively this has been done, but the impression is that very few of the old clerks who had good records have failod to be reinstated, and undoubtedly the service will be improved thereby. That it had very materially deteriorated is unquestionable. A very large number of the men who had been appointed be- cause they were democrats were not qualified to meet the exacting daties of the service, and very likely many of them could never have attained the standard of efficiency that should Ve required. Apart from all political considerations, therefore, it was the duty of the department to get rid of these men and replace them with the experienced and capable clerks whom they had succeeded. In extending the civil sery! rules tothe railway mail service, the two good results to be oxpected are a higher class of clerks to fill vacaucies that shall hereafter occur, and a secure tenure for those who are faithful, dili- gent and efficient. Until now the ser- vice has supplied to the politicians a means of paying off in part their politi- hen it s aid that the service requires some five thousand em- ployes, it has obviously been a material assistance to the politicians in clearing away their obligations. Hereafter it will not be available for this purpose. When <levks are wanted for the railway mail service they will be furnished by the civil service commission. 1t is u doparture which ex-Postmaster-General James, aud othevs having practical ex- perience in the administration of postal affairs have loug urged as absolutely nccessary to per- fect the railway mail service, which has grown to be the most essential and im- portant part of our postal system. It is understood to be the purpose of the de- partment to instaitute such changes and orms in the sorvice as shall apy from time to time to be desirvable necessary to its improvement, and not doubted that these can be best ef- focted with the service free from all political interference. A porfoctly or- ganized and thoroughly efficient rail- service is a consummation to be desired by the whole people, and especially by the business intevests of the country, EASIERN SHIPPERS INTERESTED, T'he interest excited by the recent de ion of the mmerce com- mission, in the case brought against the Grand PTrunk railvoad, of Canada, and the apparently well-concerted wmove- ment looking to a vestriction of the compotition of Canadian with Amor- ican railroads, is not confined to wost- ern shippers, Those of the east are also manifesting a good deal of concern in the matter, and it is probable that the specinl senate committeo investi- gating ouar conmercial relations with Canada, with the transportation ques- tion as a prominent part of the inquiry, will encounter quite as much opposi- tion from eastern as from western ship- pers to any plan for seriously iuterfer- ing with the competition of Canndian railroads, The Boston Adeertiser, in referring to the mattor, remarks that there seems but little doubt that ihe best interosts of Boston and Now England merchants generally demand that no unjust or un- fair discrimination be exercised against the Grand Trunk road, or any of its New England branches. The fact that the Canadian railways by their compe- tition have reduced transportation charges, seoms to the Advertiser not only no good reason for their being dis- criminated against, but a strong claim for their support by the shippers of that section. It maintains that the Canadian roads have benefitted the United States and that to destroy their competition on the ground that they divery trade from American lines would be an unwar- ranted discrimination which would operate greatly to the disadvantage of the northenst and the northwest. There is unquestionably a wide-spread sympathy with this view among the shippers of the west and northwest, and these will be found ready tostrike hands with the shippers of New England in opposing any radical measure designed to entively shut out the Canadian competition. The expe- diency of requiring that the foreign corporations doing business within our territory, as in the case of the Grand Trunk, shall conform to our laws, is not questioned, but any step beyond this intended to destroy all competition will certainly meet the protestof a large body of American shippers. The ques- tion presents obvious difliculties that will not be ensily disposed of, and the solution of which can not fail to have an important bearing upon the future of the railroad interests of this country subjected to the Canadian competition. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS. The manufacturers of the south are showing a disposition to make them- selves heard and felt. In this they are to be commended. The more the peo- ple of that section can be broughttod cuss their industrial and commercial velations with the restof the country the better it will be for them and for the general welfare. There are very marked indications of growth in this direction. The rapid strides of some of the southern states in in- dustrial progress and prosperity ve aroused quite generally in that section a strong and earnest interest in practical questions. Especially the people of the states most favored with resources, having discovered the value of their possessions, are manifesting an eager desire for their development, offering inducements to capital and labor to enlist in the work. Those of other states, whose resources are less abundant, are being spurred by ample to use their best eflorts in turn- ing to the best advautage what they have, and, as far as practicable, to emu- late the more fortunate communities in all forms of improvement and progress. Thus the south, generally, under the influence of a vigorous industrial growth, is fixing its attention, more than ever before, on practical affairs, and therd is pretty sure to be continued progress along this line. A “solid south,” having for its ob- ject the promotion of the nation’s for- eign commerce and the restoration of its merchant marine on the ocean, would be a condition certain to sccure stly more respect and advantage for that section than can ever possibly come from a solidarity in that interest of any political party. It would be an eyidence of patriotic con- cern for the welfave of the country, and of genuine devotion to national pro- gress and prosperity, not to be afforded in any other way. There isa possibil- ity that the south, or a large part of it, will be found solid, regardless of poli- tics, in demanding a policy designed to oxtond the foreign commerce of the country, restore its practically destroyed shipping interests, and once more send its flag, covering the products of farm and factory, into every port where its merchants and manufacturers huave trade. There is the suggestion of this in the expression of sentiment by the Southern Manufacturers’ association in session at Augusta. The president of the associa- ation said in his address that we should control the markets of South America and Mexico, that our flag should float over every bale of cotton that leaves our ports, and the association adopted reso- lutions to memorialize congress in favor of government aid in establishing steam- ship lines to Central and South Amer ica. It is not necessary toagree with the method proposed in order to commend the spirit of these expressions. They are in the right vein, and the source they proceed from gives them especial force and interest. The American people are beginning to earnestly realize the necessity of extending their markets, The vast and increasing productive forces of the country require a broader field of distribution than at present. There is no subject of greater impor- tance demanding immediate attention, and it is of equal concern to all sections of the country. With a general awak- ening to its consideration the methods necessary to attain the desired result may be agreed upon without great dif- ficulty. IN an address delivered before the Harvard Finance club, Judge Coole, of the inter-state commerce commis- sion, for the first time to our knowl- odge, has given his public expression 10 the dangers of pusses on railronds, He points out that the act to regulate commerce undertook, so far as federal law could do, to bring the abuses of the pass system to an end. It would ap- pear, however, that the act has only in part accomplished the purpose. This has been due chielly to the fact that it has not the co-operative support of rail- road managers nor has the evil been sufiiciently antagonized by publiosenti- ment, The divided authority, state and uational, has afforded whe oppor- tunity for evasions and the opportunity hus been taken advantage of by the railroads. Judge Cooley comparcs the pass system to the spoils system of poli- ties, where its practice is both vicious and corvupting. Like the wrong of the spoils system, the wrong of free traus- portation consiste in the failure to recoguize the fundamental prineiple in all just governwment, that public fune- tions ave public trusts. To his mind, then, a public opinion that will correct the wrong wust clearly understand this principle and must take distinct notice of the wrohjgs as a pation. The views of Judge Cooley thus expressed can not fail e attract public attention to the evils of the free pass system as it now exists. . For a railroad which can carry a largemumber of persons free and still havé reasonable revenue, is evidence that its existing rates are ex- cessive. THE county commissioners remind us very much of the man who locked his barn after the horse was stolen. Now that the county hospital has been found in a tumble<down condition the wise men of the west have passed a resolu- tion directing the superintendent to make a full and complete estimate as far us he is able to do, of all work done up to date; the kind of work done and material used; the percentage still back; the amount of work, labor, material and cost, it will take to complete the hos- pital in accordance with the plans and specifications as required by the build- ers’ contract with the county., When this much-sought-for information is handed in by the superintendent it will bo placed on file as usual with all the other voluminous papers on county hospital construction. And there it will rest until judgment day. ITis to be regretted that anything should have occurred in connection with the centounial celebration in New York to mar the dignity and de- corum of that event, but the huniiliat- ing fact is that the opening ball on Monday night became a most_ disgrace- ful affair, of which the whole country, and New York especially, has reason to be ashamed. The regulations seem to have been wholly inadequate to pre- vent the invasion of the hall by persons who had no business there, there was no discipline of the waiters and other attendants, the police were incapable of maintaiving order, and the ball de- teriorated into a drunken orgie, which was only brought to an end by summar- ily driving the brutal element away and shutting out the light. It was a deplorable and disgraceful circum- stance, which reflects most discrediva- ble upon those whose business it was to have provided against it. —_—— THeE good work begun last year in re- placing all break-neck sidewalks in our business thoroughfares with stone flag- ging or granolithic concrete, should be vigorously carried forward this spring. There are now only two narrow lots on Farnam, between Eighth and Sixteenth streets, still disfigured by rotten planks. Douglas, Dodge, Harney and Howard streets and the cross streets between them should by all means be cleared of plank sidewalks this season. The marked impfovement in the sidewalks of this city the past two years cannot fail to create a very favorable impres- sion upon yisitors. But there is yet room for improvement. The sidewalk inspector can render great service to this city by rigidly enforcing the side- wallk ordinances. Srouy CiTY’s loud and persistent boasting reminds us of certain newspa- pers that are in want of cirenlation. Sioux City has to improvise sensations and booms in order to attract attention to her lack of commerce and population. This, of course, she can only hope to do by detracting from other cities whose commerce is already on a solid basis, For Omaha to debate with Sioux City as to relative positions as centres of industrial activity would be very gratifying to the. people of that would- be rival, but it would be about as ridic- ulous as a controversy about relative in- fluence between Vaughn's Inter-State Democrat and THE BEE. 1¥ THE proposition to expend seventy- five thousand dollars on an addition to the high school is to be submitted at all, we shall be pleased to see it sub- mitted separately. It will then be before the people on its own merits, If it is voted down we believe it will be, the board will consider i an in- struction to remove the lower grades from the high school building and pro- vide proper school facilities for the central school in the neighborhood. Tug death of William H., Barnum, of Connecticut, chairman of the demo- cratic national committee sinco 187 removes one of the prominent figures from the arena of national politics. He was closely identified with the leaders of his party and served his state in both branches of congress for many years. Though not as active during the last campuign as in former years, his advice and executive ability will be missed in democratic counsels. WHATEVER the boavd of education decides upon with regard to the bond propositions should be done within the next ten days. The building season is far advanced already and at best it will take sixty days from the time the bond proposition is submitted before active operations in‘kenool house building can be done. Thére is no time to be lost, therefore, if \p are to have any use of the new schaol houses during the com- ing school yeur e e—— ‘Aeuly Bostonian. €lifcago Tribune, The Tribune takes pleasure in presenting an extract from & geuuine Boston spring poem publishéd in the Journal of that city last Saturday, 1t is as follows: ‘Ihus souls resurgent in supernal guise, As bulbs to Jife of loftier being cling, From earth-clads germ to suu-rayed growtin arise— | 1 Gazivg relumed! intent upon the skies— Unfading flower in & sempiternal spring ! The beauty of these lines is that you can read them in any way--backward, forward, diagonally, or upside down—without destroy- ing their weulth of meaning, and at overy twist you give them you will see something more and more wierd, grand and Bostonian. Death Ended His Misery, Fiorida Times-Union, Colonel Lazarus Flyshaker, of Louisville, isdead. Alas, poor Flyshaker! A man of infinite variety ana unmitigated good humor 1se be could never have carried that name without a murmur to the last. - Sl They Never Will Ba Misied, Chicago Times, The sporting editor informs the country that the career of Cardiff as a fighter is over, hotwany days since another oue of these maulers broke his leg and one died of heart disease in the ring. The good time soems to be i sight at last. - - Flowers and Gush Wasted, Detroit Free Press, A chap arrested in Missouri for robbing & clothesline confessed to stealing thirty horses and to killing five people. They made a hero of him, fed him high, ladies sent flowers to him in the jail, and at the end of six weeks discovered that he was a gigantio liar, ——— An Unfortunate Oversight. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The point of most importance with regard 1o Oklahoma seems to be that the railroads do not provide suficient facilities for leav- ing the country. —— Gov. Hill's Dissolving Views. New York Herald. jovernor Hill has no time to devote to matrimony. His gaze is fixed upon a ma- jestic, shadowy figure in the distance, a figure that keeps retreating, il i HITS AND MISSES, The county board has been reduced to a peace footing. It costs $188,781 to run the machinery of the county for a year and $199,000 to run the city. Between the two taxpayers can only throw up their purses and look pleasant. A party by the name of Pettit, who lives off the charity of the city as keeper of the pest house, rushes into print with a card ad- vocating the removal of his plant to the cor- ner of Iighteeuth and Farnam. The cnange would save him a groat deal of harrowing toil in walking to the court house for his pay. Dettit is not as large a fool as he looks, even if he was pensioned on all fool's day. ‘When December and November gleefully don the matrimonial noose in Omaha, the question, “Is Marriage a Failure!” neods no further refutation. —_— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nobraska Jottings. Beatrico will do a large amount of paving, grading and other street improvements this year. Thrilling_noose may the cattle thieving s county. Fairbury has added one to the many coal prospect lioles in the state. No more effec- tive way of sinking money can be found. After. a long and persistent struggle Adams county hus voted $75,000 for a county court house and Hastings is correspondingly joyful, Horse lifting as a profession is declining. A few years ago it hada » d lealy elevating tendency. Now it is only worth two or three years in the penitentiar; Twenty thousand dollars of Nebraska City school bonds sold for a premium of 24 per cent. They are 6 per cents and run ten or twenty years, at the board’s option. Among the distinguished arrivals in Hast- ings are Oh Be Joyful Swartsmeyer and Miss Halielujah Kate Seahorn, cornctooter and tambourine tickler of the saivation army. There is a general disposition among the organized farmers of the state to resist the twine trust. Fitteen cents per pound is the highest price they will pay for binding twine. The question now is, will the trust come down or the farmers come upt Eight hundred thousand to a million trees were planted in Dawes county on Arbor dry. There is much significance in the state- 1t shows that Nebraska puts i prac- : the beantiful and endearing sentiment which was born within her borders. be_ expected from on of the Keya Paha Dakota. Montrose has withdrawn from the race for the capital of South 1 Pulpiteer and politi alike immeorsed in the splendors of the future state. The latest scheme in Yankton is a railroad to Bismarck, along the Missour: valiey. Watertown has voted £30,000 in bonds for a high school and $15,000 for a city ball. Mller and St. Lawrence, the twin cities of Dakota, are to be united by street railways. The county seat fight in Meade county is «0 hot that the thermometers cannot register the temperatur: The plum orchards in Ch: are in full bloom, and no loy e seen in that section. The Greeley brothers, of Deuel county, are the largest sheep herders in the territory. Their flock numbers 3,000 head. Bishop Walker, of Bismarck, receutly preached to four governors at one sitting — Mellette, Pierce, Ordway and Church, North Dakota democratic papers unani- mously indorse ex-Secretary McCormack for the nomnation for goveruor on the state ticket. The Fargo Republican says the report that a Cass county prohibitionist refused 10 ride on & Pullman car unless they put the “porter’ off, lacks confirmation. The Golden Reward mines of the Black Hills were rightly named. Geologist White, who recently examined the property, reports that there is over $120,000 in sight,'and the mines are only slightly developed. Eastern Dakota expects a large amount of railroad building this yeur. Western Dakots however, has no such flattering prospects Very little will be doue in that section unti the Indian barriers ou the east are taken down, ‘The Aberdeen land ofiice is doing a flour- ishing business, During April 115 pre-cmp- tions, seventy-five timber culture and fifty. en homestead claims were filed. Forty h entries and fifty-seven homestead proofs were made, Dakotans are uow moving to split the Sis- seton Indian reservation, comprising 2,000,000 acres. Some of the finest farming land in the territory is embraced in this tract, and its opening would be a repetition of the' rush to Olklahoma, without the latter's distress and disappointments, Yaniton is enjoying a season of uncommon prosperity. It is visible in all branches of the building trades, in increased railrond fa- cilities and in other lines, The Press and Dakotian gives evidence of the improvement by indulging in & tasty new dress of the lat- est pattern, and is greatly improved in ap- pearance. Dakotu set. es Mix county lier sight can aditors are a thrifty and versatile A Plankinton scribe varies the mono of life by preaching on Sunday. Another at Salem, who fattens on rich fodder, - nounces: “If tho partics who have boen helping themselves to our hay for the past month will just make themsclves known, we will load the wagon up at the stack ana faul it down for them.” Wyoming. mie Sentinel is rebed fitting §25,000 libel suit. 5 The latest scheme in the territory is to run a pipe from Cheyenne ¢ tion and arbor d Cheyenne pulpits are hurl at the c which fattens in the *Magic City."’ It is now proposed to crect a constitution for the embryo state which witl limit office holders to two terms. Porhaps it might be well to first cateh your state, . A petition signedl by every busincss man in Larawie has been sent to tie management of the Union Pacific asking that Charles Clark be retained as the freight and v point. “The Rawling Journal is opposed to calling @ constitutional convention, and asserts thal o utside of Cheyenne there is no demaud for it. Cheyenne landiords are Lbungering for o or owd. “Phe news from the racges this spring, says the Laramie I3oomerang, “is the vest ever known. The carly spriog #nd dry, sunny weather bas been wonderful foe the well-being and increase of the herds, ‘I'bers lias been @& large percentage of caives drovped this spring, and, owing to the good weather, nearly all have lived. The frisiy little fellows muy be sven everywhere in our valleys and among our hills. Cows young heifers are in ¢ at condition, ati the calyes are fat. Stockman think the calf orop will be iarger this year than it has bren for years in pr 1 o th herds. The drouthy however, - ave profiting remarkably ranchmen hobe for raius, 5o mote the growth of giwss late son." The La in a neat- Dg paper w tlourishes aud PAPER RAILROADS MUST GO. They Have No Rights Which the Law Will Rospeot. BUILD OR GIVE UP ALL CLAIMS, Attorney-General Liecse's Action in the Republican Valley Caso— Broakers Ahead For the Lincoln Council. LaNCOLY BUREAU Or tire OMaad Bra, 1020 P Street, Lixcouy, May 2, The citizens of Palisade, Hitchcock county, and other towns on the grade of the Repub- lican Valloy & Wyoming railroad, have good reason to rejoico and be glad. 1t will bo re- membered that W, Brickey, editor of the Frenchman Valley Times, visited Attornoy- General Leese a fow weeks ago, having been delegated to represent the citizens of that part of the state for the purpose of inguiring into the reason why the incorporators of the road had not “tracked” the bed, and repre senting that it kept out other roads that would tap that country, especially naming tne Rock 1sland, which stood ready to do so. The attorney-general gave it as his opmnion that paper railroads had no rights that the laws of the stato were bound to respeot, and that it must got there or he would dissolve the cor- poration. He 80 wrote M. Holdrego, putting tho matter before him properly, and t gentleman honored him with a personal visit Tuesday, when the gentlemen came to a mutual understanding, which the following letter fully explains: Neb., May 2, sq., Palisade, N have had a visit from Mr. G. concerning the graded lme of road sthat passes through your pl He tells me that the company has not abandoned the road and intends to complete it just as soon thoy can arrange to get the money to do so; that mouey in the enst is very close, espec ally 8o in railroad circles set apart for build- ing vpurposes: that he will visit the whole line from Culbertson to Holy- oke, and report the conmdition of crops and the people’s nocossitios to the company, and he nlso says that he wi come and se¢ me again, The noxt session of the supreme court will bo held in September, and as I can not do much good betore that time, I have concluded 1t will be best to wait and ‘give them a chance. 1will know just what they intend to do before September, and as soon as 1 can learn anything definite, will write you again. The company must either fish or cut bait. Yours very truly, WiLLiam Leese, Thus it will be seen that the attorney- general is again moving for the people. Holdrege In Contempt. The opinion seems to exist in Lincoln, and not without reason, that the city council and Mr. Hamilton are in contempt. It will be remembered that the iate legislature passed a law that in the event of the dissolution of an injunction by a court of conpetent jurisdi tion, the party enjomng could keep an in- junction in force by appealing to & higher court and filing a supercedeas bond In the case of Webster vs. The City Coun- cil etal, in which the later were enjoined from issuing Hamilton a certificate of ‘clec- tion as councilman from the Fourth ward e titling him to a scat in council meetings, the junction was dissolved by Judge Field. The cause was at once appealed and the ne essary bond filed, But, notwithstanding this, Hamilton upon proper certificate, having filed his bond, sought admission to the meetings of the council and was not only admitted, but took his seat asa momber, and engaged in its deliberations and was duly recognized by the mayor and the other membvers of the council as such. This has created a deal of talk. Hamwilton had been enjoined from taking his seat. His opposition had complied with the act of the legislature, providing for such ca: It was ignored and there is talk that the city coun- cil and mayor will be taken in hand for con- tempt of court. *In a word,” said Mayor Graham to-da “I do not relish the idea of spending a season m the county jail, and re may be the better part of valor. But such an order has not been made and may not be. This matter is just a lttle squeamish and perplexing.'” And is the general opinion. ue of Hamilton's fricnds state, however, that the matter will be fought on‘this line, and there will be no backing down from the position. A Strange Case. The cause of the insa: of Mrs. A, D. Cox, who was adjudged insane a few days ago and taken to the asylum, perplexes the doctors of medicine of Lincoln in a remark- able degree. It is said that the testimony before the commissioners tended to show that she became sane on the subject of re- Ligion, This, in fact, is all that was kaown about 1t until to-day. It seems that before the examination for commitment to the asylum was held, Mr. Cox called in a num ber of the best physicians of the city, hoping to be able to give bLer treatment that would restore he ason without necessitating ner removal to the hospital. No two of the phy sicians could agree as to the cause. It secms, however, that Dr. Hatch has succeeded in diagnosing the case, and bascs it upon scicn- tific principles that the meaical fraternity ac- cepts without a word. Although but thirty-three years of ag Mrs. Cox has passed the change of life It is well known that this rarely occurs under the age of forty-five. Dr. Hatch says that the change was attended by an unnatural rush of blood to the head, and that because it failed to find an outlet it settled in clots upon her brain, produciug the sad result be- fore stated. In discussing t! dootor also said: ‘' When the ch Mrs. Cox was reading religious books and history, The matter she gloaned was natur. ally in mind whoen she lost her roas hence her incessant talk upon these subjects since, Lam froe to state now that the cause of hor insanity is subject to perfect demoustration, The youngest change of life on which was attended by a like result, w y-ono, Results, under like circumstances, could hardly bo otherwise,” After a korgor. Oficer Pound went to Storling to-day to return a man namod Thomas, who is wanted here for forgery. Word came to this city last night that the man was thore. It seoms that Thomas is an ola offendor, and if caugut will serve a term at Hopkinsville for his shortcomings, Hodid a number of Lincoln's morchants a fow weoks ago on the “chock rackot" in sums aggrogating considerably over $100, and the evidenco connecting him with the doed is said to be porfoct, Somo Railway Statistios. ‘The returns of the different railroads on file 1n the ofMce of the auditer of public ac- counts, show a large increase in their busi- ness as compared with previous yoars. As an {llustration, the lines operatoa by the B. & M. railroad in 1887, show gross ocarnings, 33,800, and operating expenses &4,527, , leaving a net earning of §3,035,050.71, The above is on a mileage of 2,033.15 milos In 1858 the sawme lines had & mileage of 2,120, being an increase of $7.55 milos, and their gross earnings wore $7,024,0 3 operating expenses 79,175.14, leaving net earnings 344,457,27. 1t will be seen from the above that, while the gross earning dooreasod over one-half million, the operating expenses in creased over §1,000,000, decreasing the net earnings over $1,600,000, This showing s tho same proportionately on all lines in tho state with perhaps two exceptions. In one case the in- crease being $800 per mile in net earnings, and in the other § per mile. The returns of the above road, B. & M., show what oniy three earned enough to pay the interest on their bonds, and seven did not earn their o ing expenses. This is accounted for partially from tne reduction in rates, and mainly from the fact that the larger part of last year's crop has not as yet been mar keted. The roads are complaining of the high asscssment of previous years, and in support of that fact, have gathored statistics showing that the average assessment in the state is 21 per oent, and this is verified by aftidavits from over one- f the counties in the state, which afidavits have been filed with the board. They claim that railroad property 15 assessod at 40 per cont, which brings their property to one-sixth of tho value of all property in the state. J'he board has not reached any final uction as yet, and are considoring the matter thoroughly, in order that justice may be done. City News and Notes. Suit in mandamus was commenced in the supreme court to The oase is entitled the State of Nebraska ex rol. George W. Farmer vs. the Grand Island & Wyoming Central Ruilroad company. A warrant was issued to-day for the arrest of Richard Fitzsimmons for the murdor of William Rood, of Waverly, on the 17ta of March. Until this date Fitzsimmons was held on the verdict of the coroner's jury. 1o will have his preliminary learing to-morrow. Four drunks and two vags was the sum total of the police roundup last night. It has beon dull, evea 1n the city’s retreats of wick- edness, during the past day or two. Representatives Baker, Sweet and Gilbert were in Lincoln to-day. Clerk Slaughter was also here to-day. i THE DEAL CONSUMMATED. The Pacific Express Company Will Build 1ts Headquarters. Some days ago Tur Bee made an an nouncement of the negotiations that were pending for the purchase by the Pacitic Iix- press company from the Commercial Na- tional bank of & portion of the lot on which the old city hall stood, at the corner of Six teenth and Farnam. The deal was consummated Wednesday the express y paying $12,500 for a front. age of 58 feet on Sixteenth street adjoining thic alley and 66 feet deep. Since the deal talked of the Comimercial National bank bas been offered 50,000 for the vropor- but the express company’s option pi vented the sptance of the offer. The express company paid for its acquisition * at the rate of 745 per front foot, or more for their fifty eight fect frontage on Sixteenth strect thar the entire corner, G6x132 feet, sold for four years ago, It is the intention of the purchascrs build, as soon as possible, a headquarters building, to be used exclusively for the Pacifi Express company. Tho building will be built with the bank wall on the south sido and will be of not less than five stories, of brick, with stone froat, and will cost uol loss than $30,000. The ground floor will be used for the local businoss of the Pacific company with the United States exuress company’s local office. The four upper storics will be' for the exclu sive use of the company, and will contain the president’s, auditor's and muna er's officers and the forces necessary for the operation of the company’s extensive business. e Pacific lixpress company was organ- ized in 1579 und now operates all of the Union Pacific, Missour1 Pacific ana Wabash lines, with the Texas Pacific in_Texas, to: gother with a number of leased lines, Tha company employs 1 the general offices here 94 men and 24 in the local work, a total of 115. This is the first venture of the com. pany in makiug an myestment for permanent — headquarters, and the city is to be congratu: lated upon being choscn as the location of tha headquurters bringing as it will the entira operating force of the company here. 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