Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1889, Page 4

DAILY BEE. e e E. ROSEWATER, Editor. s bt SR PUBLISHED EVERY MOI_(NI TRERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. D tty forning Raition) including Sunday, 66, OTi® YoRr... n Forsix Months, N ForThr ee Mont 0 Omnha Sunday address, One Year Weekly Bes, One Year. Omana Ofice, Bes bullding, N. W. Cor Beventeenth and Farnam Streots, Chieago OMee, 567 Rookery Buflding. New York Offics, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune Building, Washington Offes, No, 513 Fourteentn Street. OORRRSPONDENCE. All communications ralating to news and edi: torial matter should b nddressed to the Kdifo? of the Hoe. RUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and_remittances should be addressed to The les Publishing Company, Omahn _Drafta, ehecks and postofiice orders bemade payable to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors. Ber Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sta. THE THE: DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Ciroulation, Btato gf Nobraska, ! Cyunty of Douglas, (" George B, Tasohuck, secretary of The Bes Puzlishing Company, docs solemily swear thut the actual eirculation of ‘I'ne DAILY Bee for thie week ending July 20th, 1850, was as tollows: Sunday. July 14 L 18,802 Monday, Juiy 15, (R5T Tuesday, July 16 AN Wednesday, iy NS IN ] marsaay. July 18 fday, il 10, 0 Baturday, July’ 2. Average. . GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Sworn to before me and suvscribed to in my ‘presence this 20cn day of July, A. D, 188, [Seal.] N. P. FELL, Notary Publis, State of Nebraska, County of Douglas., Georyre 1. ‘lzschick, being duly sworn, do- o8 AN Say8 that ho 18 secrotary of Tho Bee ublishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of Titk DALy BER for the month of June, 1888, 19,242 coplos; for July, 1888, 18,03) coples; for August,188,18,183 coples; for Septem ber, 1888, 18,154 coples;"for_October, 1888, 18084 coples; for November, 1585, coples; ‘for December, 1884, 184,223 coples January, 180, 18,574 coples: 'for Fobruary, 18,096 coples: for Ma 1880, 18,864 copies; for April, 1550, 18,560 coples: for May, 184, 18,609 copiei GRORG E B. TZSCHUCK. 8worn to before me and_subscribod in my [Seal] " prosence this ord day of June, A. . 1889, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. LET us have electric light from that company which will give the most sat- isfactory service at the most reasonable terms, THE cyclone has met a rival in the waterspout this season, and both are tearing about the country like a dis- gruntled politician. —_—— THE re-rating of pensions has stirred up a hornet’s nest in the peusion office that is likely to cause Commissioner Tanner considerable trouble. HENRY GEORGE is on the flowing main on his way to America. Is it possible that he is coming home to im- press his single tax theory on one of the four virgin states? — THE hitherto friendly relations be- tween the two Dakotas is liable to be strained now that the hair-splitting has begun over the assumption of the terri- torial debts and assets. HUNDREDS of claims in Oklahoma are invalid, due to the fact that they were taken up before noon of April 22. In consequence many a landlord of that embryo territory is likely to find him- self a wanderer once more on the face of the carth. THE popularity of Parnell is by no means ot the wane. His recent recep- tion in Scotland,and especially at Edin- burg, where the citizens accorded him the freadom of the city, was a mark of confidence in the integrity and patriot- ism of the great Irish leader. —_— THAT twelve hundred doliar vault balcony matter will not down. The re- markable feature of the whole fiasco is the complacency with which the county commissioners filed the report of the expert who estimated the value of the vault fixtures to be only four hundred dollars. . — THE prohibitionists of Washington territory are quite anxious to at loast leave their mark on the constitution to be adopted. They have introduced the same measures time and again, and are not one whit discouraged in seeing the waste basket of the convention fairly groan with their communications. — AN OPPORTUNE rain along the line of southwestern Kansas ac last insures the success of the corn crop in that scc- tion. There were fears that the hot winds which parched that sec- tion of the state for three successive yeors would again set in this year. Happily for the thousands of farmers, that danger scems now past. and a large corn acreage is looked for all over the state. —e A CHICAGO jury has just acquitted two attendants of the Cook county jn- sano asylum charged with the murder of an inoffensive inmate. The verdict, however, should not be interproted ns &' vindication of the course of brutal keepers. It does not give the members of shatcraft a license to maltreat pa- tients with impunity, and an example should be made of one of them at the very first offense. —_— Tue acquittal of McQuade, the boodling alderman of New York, at Ballston, 1n that state, was to be ex- pacted. It was taken as a wmatter of course that where District Attorney Fellows was the prosecutory, the case would be so weak and lame that iy would practically be abandoned by de- fault, As the verdict stands, however, it is no crime for & public oMelal to ac- eept & bribe in New York. —— TaE good people of Yankton have awakened to the fact that Mr. R. F. Pettigrew, who has been given & fran- chise to build a system of street rail- way in their enterprising city, is in- clined to delay matters, having so far fuiled to make a beginning. Mr. Pot- tigrew is a candidate for United States sonator and needs the sipport of Yank- ton in his effort to capture that prize, Mr. Pettigrew will probably continue to make promises to the people of Yank- ton until after the election, and then drop them, aud the ouly cost to him for their support will be the loss of their confidence, and that he will no longer eare for, TWO VIEWS OF ANNEXATION. A great deal of attention has been given to a recent address by General Benjamin F. Butler, in which he advo- cated a union of the United States and Canada. It was an elaborate, and in some respects a very vigorous, argu- ment to show that overy consideration —financial, commercial and political— was in favor of making the two coun- tries one, and that their union ulti- mately s inevitable. Tho idea is, of course, not original with General But- ler, though his reasons for advocating it were largely original. 1t has been advanced by others who are in a oh hetter position than he to give it character and force with the peonle of both countries. Yet it has appar- ently made so littla progress in popular regard that its promoters have little to encourage them beyond the faith they have in the wisdom of their theories. Ata meeting a few days ago of tho Massachusetts club Senator Hoar talked on this subject, and what he said was not at all in line with the views of Gen- eral Butler. The senator has but re- cently returned from a trip through the west as & member of the senate commit- tee investigating our commercinl rela- tions with Canada, and it is gratifying to note that ho was profoundly im- pressed with the beauties and ad- vantages of.the western country, all of which, he remarked, was for Ameri- cans. As toannexation, he did not think it wise to undertake a discussion of that question just now. Annexation with this country must, from the neces- sityof the case, be a Canadian ques- tion. But, in any event, the senator saw numerous obstacles in the way of annexation, and he even could not soe ‘“‘how this notion of what is called com- mercial union is likely ever to be prac- tical.” He did not think one tariff under two administrations could be conducted by two people like the people of the United States and the peoplo of Canada, nor did he think it possible for the peo- ple of Canada to maintain political rela- tions with Great Britain and at the same time have an absolute form of commercial intercourse with us with a proteéctive tariff, especially as agninst a country of which they are a part. The senator cited several of the most for- midable obstacles to aunnexation, and even to commercial union,and remarked that Great Britain is trying in every possible way to make Canada a loyal, faithful subject. Otherspeakerson the occasion expressed similar views. It is not questionable that Senator Hoar reflects the very general senti- ment of the country, so far at least as the question of annexation isconcerned. It would perhaps be a good thing if this country could acquire peaceful pos- session of British Columbia and Mani- toba, the natural trade centers for which are in the United States—Seattle and Tacoma, St. Paul and Minneapolis. But there is no urgency for absorbing any other portions of Canada, and if that is ever done it shouid be the result of a movement of the Canadian people. As to the scheme of commereial union, while there are certainly serious ob- stacles in the way of its consummation, 1t cannot be said to be wholly imprac- tieable. The mutual interests of the two countries undoubtedly demand some readjustment of trade relations, but how this can be best effected is a good deal of aproblem. It was to assist in the solution of this that the committee of which Senator Hoar is a member was charged with the duty ol investigat ing the commercial relations botween the two countries, and it is because of this that his recently expressed views possess gencral interost. —_— RE-RATED PENSIONS. The order issued by the secretary of the interfor directing an investigation of all re-ratings of pensions made by the pension bureau during the past twelve months, was made necessary by the public charges that many of these re-ratings have been mado in violation of law, particularly under the present commissioner of pensions. There has been a good deal of scandal set afloat during the past two months regarding the condition of affairs in the pension bureau, and the matter to be investigated has been tho prin- cipal topic. The office contains a large number of veterans of the war who are pensioners, among whom are medical examiners, logal advisers, and chiefs of divisions—persons having power to facilitate the consideration of pension claims and to pass upon thelr validity. It was discovered that these persons, ora number of them, had been in collusion 1n securing re-ratings for their mutual benefit, and also railroad- ing through the applications of their friends for an increase of pensions, and those shown to be guilty were dis- missed. This was, perhaps, sufficient to cure the evil, but it was obyiously nocessary that the whole ro-rating busi- noss should be thoroughly looked into, and this Secretary Noble has ordered done, especially as'to pensioners in tho government service, There is reason to belicve that the disclosures will not be uninteresting. This and other scandals connected with the administration of the pension bureau are very much to be regretted, but those who are responsible for them should bo shown up without fear or favor, and subjected to whatever pun- ishment their culpability may render them amenable to. The pension bureau is the largest under the government, and is absolutely independent in its fiscal relations. It disburses nearly one hundred millions of dollars annu- ally. The people who supply this money and those for whose beunelit it is supplied are equally interested in an honest, ¢lean and careful administra- tion of this great trust. The peusion service of the country, if it is to be maintained, must be kept free from all scaudal and suspicion. It is to be hoped Secrotary Noble will give the bureau & thorough investigation, and will be unsparing in punishing those who shall be found to have been dere- liet or dishonest. ——— INOREASING THE DOMAIN, There has been & very considerable Increase of the public domain, from In- dian lands made accessible for settle- ment, during the past two years. Within that period about eightéen mil- Tion acres of the old Piegan reservation in Montana, and nearly two million aores in Oklahomn have been opened, to which will soon be ndded from the Sisseton and Wahpoton and the adjoin- ing military resorve perhaps one and one-half million acres more. The opening of the Sioux reservation would make available for white settlement about eleven million acres %nore, and the purchaso of the Cherokee outlet over six million acres, while the success of the negotiations with the Red Lake Indians of Minnesota for the purchase of two-thirds of theirextensive reserva- tion would add over a million acres to the public domain. With regard to this latter agreement the prospocts ap-, pear favorable. Thus far the commis- sion has been fortunate in overcoming the objoctions encountered, and al- though a number of tribes are yet to be visited there is a feeling of confidence that the negotintions will be successful. Thus the lands opened within the past few years, and those in fair prospect of being opened before the close of the current year, will aggregate about forty million acres, the larger part of it good farming land, which undoubtedly will be rapidly settled. There will yet romain, however, much larger area to be secured for set- tlement under the operation of tho sev- alty allotment law. The present Indian population is estimated at two hundred and forty-six thousand. Of this num- ber seventy-two thousand belong to the Indian territory and other lands free from the severalty law, leaving one hundred and seventy-four thousand to be treated with under that act, these occupying lands amounting to eighty-one million acres, an average of over four hundred and sixty-five acres to cach person. Thus there will be many millions of acres to dispose of in excess of the amount apportioned by the law to the Indians in severalty. It is entirely probable that nearly, if not quite, all these lands will be available for settlement within the next two or three years, as it is the understood pur- pose of the administration to push the severalty allotment process as rapidly asit can practically be done. Success in the Sioux reservation and in Minne- sota would doubtless expedite the work elsewnore and reunder it comparatively easy. These additions to the public domain will unquestionably be wanted s soon as thoy can be made. INTERESTS IN COMMON. There is no doubt that THE OMAHA BEE has interests in common with all other papers that expect to pay dollar for dollar for their materials, and meet all other obligations, as against any paper like the Omaha Republican, which is incurring enormous liabilities to its subscribers by taking 35 in advance. To be sure it does not matter to THE BEE or any other paper, whether the Republican’s subscribers find themselves ‘‘chiseled” ont of three or four dollars of the amount they have advanced, in case the Republican in its wild run over the highway ot ruin to the receiver, shall collapse. But anyconcern that carries on a profitless and reckless busi- ness demoralizes, to some extent, the trade in which it isengaged, and to that extent only has Tir BEE an interest in common with other papers that are con- ducted upon business principles: ‘We are told by our'eminent financiers that we do not know anything about the newspaper business, and that the more subscribers a newspaper gets over a certain number the larger its profits. True, always, providing the paper is sold at a price above the costof production. But suppose that the Omaha Republican, or any other paper, has collected five dollars from each of five thousand subscribers, or twenty-five thousand dotlars in advance, and by so doing incurs a liability to five thousand patrons to deliver the paper by mail three hundred and sixty-five days in the year. Thon if it should transpire that such a paper could only deliver its papers at that price two hundred and sixtv-five days inthe year, where does the profit come from? What assurance have the dupes of these cheap and fitful issues that the paper will not completely collapse before the expiration of the yes It is said that a railroad in the hands of a receiver is the most dangerous of competitors, because it does not pay dividends upon its stock, or interest upon its bonds, and therefore for a time demoralizes the entire railroad traffic. A well managed, first class railroad, like the Pennsylvania or New York Central, is not affected very much by bankrupt competitors, but still it is ncerned sufficiently to be in sympathy with those weaker ronds that ave less able to stand competition. THE BEe's relative position is very much the same with reference to newspaper competi- tors in this city, Its business is estab- lished,and no inroads have been, or can be made by the Republicun, even it it should give away its paper to every- body. THE prospectus of the proposed salt trust contains this significant passage: ““And if, as has been arranged, a portion of the shures should be taken in Eng- land by those having similur interests there, even in the event of a removal of the United States import duties on salt, it is not probable that they would desire ure this market by making ruin- ous prices here,or we in turn go boyond our natural markey; indeed, an under- standing to this effect has already been arrived at.” In other words, the salt trust gives the people of the country to understand that if the people of America should repeal the duty on salt, with the hope of escaping the exactions of a monovoly at home, the English syndicate would not allow salt to be snipped to this country due to an “‘understanding” with the Amorican salt trust. It would be by this method that the salt trust would circum- vent any attempt made by congress to obtain relief by abolishing the salt duty even if laws be not passed declaring such trade com- binations illegal, Be that as it may, there is still another avenue for relief, and that is through the courts founded on law dating back to the time when the memiory of man runneth not. It has been declared time and again in cases relating to combinations and trusts, that public policy is opposed to monopo- lies which work to the injury of the general publieBy destroying competi- tion in trade. ' For that reason the courts do not,sfop to inquire as to the degree of injury inflicted on the public. Tt is enough to know that the inevitable tendency of $itch combinations is injuri- ous to the piiblic, and therefore trusts are unlawful and must be suppressed. THE BEE has observed that a news- paper cannobidive unless it charges more for its papor than 1t costs to pro- duce it. + The Chicago papers have, by experience, fotnd this 10 be true, and some of them have raised their prices to a paying basis. Thatold established paper, the Chicago 7imes, has just suf- fered & temporary embarressment, owing, probably, as much as anything else, to the low price at which it has been selling of lute. It has found the “give-away” policy a failure. It was sold to dealers in Towa and Nebraska at one cent per copy, and even loss, during the last campaign. It is utterly impossible to sustain a business at such rates, and make both ends meet. That paper should have becn & property worth a million of dollars, earning from $100,000 to $200,000 a yeer to the publisher, and to-day would have been in such a condi- tion had it been handled as ably as Story handled it in his palmy days. THERE 18 something radically wrong with the mail service between this city and Yankton, A letior mailed at that place on Saturday will not reach Omaha until the following Tuesday. The reg- ular time of passage between the two cities is ten hours, and even this should bo reduced to about four by a directline on this side of the river. The sooner the business men of Omaha realize the importance of the South Dakota trade and the necessity of close communica- tion with the Jim river valley the sooner will they gather into their coffers the hundredsof thousands of dollars now sent annually from South Dakota to Chi- cago. Under ths present railroad fa- ities the time between Omaha and Yankton and Chicngo and Yankton is about the same. THE value of the luke route in keep- ing down transportation rates can best be appreciated by the shippers of this country. Tt is estimated in a report made by General Poe to the war depart- ment that the charges for transporting froight on the great lakes for the year ending June 30 was equivalent to one and one-half nhlls per ton for each mile. On the other hand, vhe trunk lines have demanded for like servico something like (six mills per ton. What the charges would be were the water competitign removed can only be surmised. In all, the froights paid for lake transporfation aggregatod about eight millions for the your, and there is every prospect:that the volume of trade over the water routes wiil increase from year to year. AS AN inducgment to increase the officiency .and interest in the railway mail service,the postofice authorities have decided'to give the clerks in service at Omaha an opportunity to compete for gold medals in the Qistri- bution of mail. This is anew departure on the part of the postoffice officials t is likely to lead to good results. An in- centive is given to the men to win pro- motion as well as to receive the appro- bation of the department, and the serv- ice will be greatly improved, insuring to the public a more careful mail distri- bution and delivery. You can run a locomotive on extra high pressure at seventy miles an hour, and run the risk of “*busting” the boiler, followed by a general smash-up. You can boom the circulation of a paper by giving away thousands of copies on trial, and selling them below cost. You can stimulate your cash receipts by playing a confidence game on credulous patrons who are willing to pay for a yeur in ad- vance at half-price. But such high- pressure financiering is just as sure to end in a wreck as if a banker were to pay ten per cent to depositors and loan at eight per cent. The Secret of His Success, Detroat Jowrnal. “Talk about Jay Giould’s making money ! saia Mr. Shornlamb; **he never maue a cent in his life. Ho waits till other people make iv and then gets it away trom them.” —— uraging Signs. ille Courier-Journal. It a girl in Alabama really did say, “I should jump up and fiptoo to cackloe,” our northern friends will not despair of the “New South.” There are some signs of progress that are unmistakablo, g Robbing in all Directions. Baltimore American, Some of the trusts are not getting along harmoniously. The cause is too much greed. Next to their desire to rob the public seoms to come their desiro to rob one anothor, If there could be a reversal of these preferences the public would not object. i What Do’ Editors Know, Latwrence American. ‘Wo received a pamplet yestorday entitled, “How to Raise Poultry on a Large Scale.” We knew all about it before we saw the book at all. WHat you have to is to do place the poultry on th® 13rge scale, press down on the other side, and you raise your pouitry, —————— Fata) to Domocrats. New, York Tribune, “The Harrisop,(ieip” is the name which has boen given o & new-fashioned colio which has madd #ts appearance i the Hud- son river countied.'¥So the Albany Argus roports. We judgo’from this that the now colic means business and is warranted to make democratd sqhirm, . Prohibitioniats for lievenue Only. Bloominglton Leader, The prohibition organization will undoubt- edly be maintained by the continued ascen- dency in its councils of the men who secure their bread and butter through agitation A fow of the elect may be deceived but the wovewment shows undisputed signs of weak- ness and fiyal dissolution, e Monopolies Defy the Law. Pittshurg Dispatch, There can be no monopolies in this coun- try it the laws are mamntained and supported in their iotegrity; neither can there be a rule of the rich if the popular suffrage is preserved in its purity and thus made to support the popular rights. But a few such gigantic facts as the Standard oil trust and the detiwnce of the courts aud law by the great combinations furnish evidence enough to the offect that such things can be in this country because they are. e SUMMER PAYRS, New York Meroury: {t may sound para- doxical, but one's ‘bare” word is not always sufiicient to establish oven the “naked” truth, Drake's Magazine: Foreigner—''Who is that solitary individual whom nobody no- tices!” American—'‘He's an ex-president of the United States.” Now Orleans Picayune: Electricity had made but little headway at the time of the flood. What Noah most needed and could not get was an arc motor, Terre Haute Express: Rojoice, O young man, in the days of thy youth, but remem- ber that, big as he is, tho whale does not blow much until he reaches the top. Gloucester Advertiser: A fellow that has actually tried says that although there are three scruples {n & dram the more drams you take the fewer scruples you will have. Puck: *“That actor you introduced me to,” remarked Giles, “can drink more than any man 1 over met.” “He belongs to the new school, you know,” returned Merritt. *‘He's a tank actor.” Judge: Mrs. Butts—What a delightful conversationalist Mr. Jabberbox is. It just does me good to hear him talk. Miss Minnie Bail—Yes, indeed; but how restful it is to hear the silence while he listens to somebody else! Life: Clerk—"There, sir, I call that a pretty good-itting palr of trousers.” Farmer Stubbletield (from Wayback June- tion)—‘‘They feel all right in the seat, bub; but it seems to me they don't fit very snug under the arms.” Minneapolis Tribune: A crazy Detroiter is creating a sensation by hugging defense- less women on the streets at night. He Is very bright for an insane person, how- ever. He hugs them at night when it is too dark to seo their faces. New York Mercury: “Robert, dear, what isajag? “Ajag? I don't know, Maria." irs. Jones says that her husband told her that he saw you down town with your jag on.”” “Oh, yes, Tseo. He meant my Eng- lish top coat. It is somotimes called a jag." Chicago Tribune: “I have quite an inter- esting ornithological collection at home,” said a professor to his host. “Iwould be glad to have you call. Are you interested in biras?” “‘Not much—" *Except in larks,” his wife pt in, sending a wave of indigna- tion over his face. Life: Cumso—I see that Edifon has in- vented & machine by means of which a per- sons face can be scen miles away. Mrs, Cumso—O, how nicel You'll get one, George, and thon when we go to a theater youcansce a man on the street without leaving your seat. Tuck: Miss Dovecote (hostess)—Why don't you come into the parlor and dance, Mr. Orkwood? Mr. Orkwood (who loves flattery)—Ah, deah me, vou know, I darnce 30 beastly, don’tcherknow, that I'm sure I'd make a fool of meself. Miss Dovecote (re- assuringly)—You couldn’t do that, I'm sure, Mr. Orkwood. You know it takes n wise man to play the fool. Sl N THE AUTUMNAL ATTRACTIONS. Last Night's Meceting of the Mer- chants’ Werk Committee. A better and more sanguine atmosphere pervaded the hall when the Merchants' Week committee met last night, and the result was a live meeting, wherein half-fledged plans were rapialy matured, Mr. Wileox, of Browning, King & Co., was called to the chair. Messrs, Flage, Mardis, Julius Meyer and Jack Prince, of the Coliseum management, and Messrs, Mount and Hungato, irom the Fair managemeat, were present in response to the invitation extended at the last meet- ing. The questinn of adjusting the outdoor amusements at the various places arose early, Mr. Mount suggested that as Tues- day would ve Children’s day at the fair, and avery big day all round, the merchants’ parade might well be held on Weduesday. Chairman Wilcox thought it wouldn’t be good policy to crowd two such important events so close together. Mr. Wakefield suggested Friday for the merchants’ parade; it would be a good thing to fill out the week. All the Coliseum man- agement would offer in the way of amuse- ment would bo in the evenings, and Thurs- day is always o gréat day at the fair, 80 per- haps after all Friday would be the best day for he parade. Nothing definite was de- cided upon, however. Mr. Garneau opposed reserving any speclal events until it was known how much money could be procured, and, consequently, what would be the nature of the entertainments, On motiou of Louis Heimrod, a committee of three, Juck ~Prince, Joseph Garneau and D, T. Mount, 'was appointed to specify what days should be civen to the parade, the fair, and such other important events as should be provided. W. A. L. Gibbon said it migntbe a_good idea to select one night during the weel for cral round up at one of theopera house, which might cost about §200, For the committee on outdoor amusement; Joseph Gurneau reported that a rough esti- mate of the total expense would be from $,000 to $0,000, of which his committee would use the greator part. Chairman Rees, of the commictes on ad- vertising, had no report to make. He didn’t know waat he would have to advestise, nor ‘what form the funds would allow them , to put it in, Mr. Kierstead, of the committee on public comfort, said his committee would do all in 1ts power to make things comtortable, and woulda't want any mouey. Mr. Croy stepped in about 9 o'clock, and stood quietly by thoe door. “*How much must we have for ‘this whole thing, Croy 1" asked Garneau. “I1'we can't get $10,000 we had better quit right now." “I agree with you” sald Mr. Wakefleld, and with one accord $10,000 was agreed upon as about the propor amount o work for. Mr. Heimrod was called upon to report for the committee ou decorations. He suggested the erection of six arches av an aggregate cost of $350, to be decoratod with red, white and blue bunting. A special display of gas lights slong the prominent streets might be made, “I'd like to know what kind of arches yowd put up for #35 or 8%, put in Kiorstead, with a suspicion of contempt in his tone. *“Why, do you re- member that big arche that was put up when the G. A. R met! That cost $700, and IL was @ miglty poor excuse for an arch, 00, “Yes, indeed, it was, It was a big fraud,” torted Mr. deimrod, and the jolly mer- s laughed at the sally und those that eded. “LoVs sec,” said Mr. Gibbon, “the esti- mates so far are, for iudoor amusements, #500;_outdoor au: $5,000; advertis: ing, $1,000; decoration, $500; total, §7,000."" That wasn't satisfuciory, so Mr. Garneau made the following motion! That when the commit adjourns 1t be to meet Fri day oight, whon the chairmen of the respec- tive commitlees must be reudy Lo pres final estimates of the money they will nee “Phis motion was carried, but instead of leav- ing in @ hurry, the commitieo lingered, dis- cussing earnestly the minutia, dividing the work among the various commitiees where the line of distinction wus not clear, and lay- ing plans for an active cauvass for funds, the sume to be begun at once, and to be carried on with the nnderstanding that every public- spirited citizen of mewns would contribute hiberally. A banquet was one of the ideas suggested at this discussion, and it came in for very serious consideration. 1t i thought proba- ble that something of the kind will be ar- ranged for an evening late in the week, Oklahoma's Metropolis. Guthrie, with its suburbs, now has 15,000 inhabitants, six banks, eight newspapers, thirty-seven lumber yards and hundreds of stores. AN OLD OFFICE REVIVED. A Pecullar Omission In Amended Hlection Law. THE PROBABLE_O-U-TCOME OF IT. Another Poor l;n_m_rtnnnlc~ATha De- cedent Law Sald to Be Unjnst— Supreme Conrt Records— The Oity News. the Liwcorx Buneav or THe OMAnA Hun, 1029 P Strert, Laxcous, July 23, Now and then an occasional piece of bung- ling legislative work comes to light. Chap- tor twonty-two of session laws of 1850 shows that section seven of the compiled statutes, entitled “*Eloctions,” was not only aviended but repealed. It appears that tho now law provides for the eleotion of state and county officers at the stipulated times and enumer- ates some of them as follows: Governor, lioutenant governor, congressmen, state troasurer, auditor of public accounts, secro- tary of state, attornoy general, commissioner of public lands and buildings, superintendent of publio instruction, ono district attorney for each judicial district and members of the logislature. The act in question spocifically recites that those officers shall be elocted in the year 1880 and every two yoars thero- after. It is only nocessary, howover, to cite the law for the connection in the point sought to be made. Sowo of our state ofcials and Capital City lawyers contend that the law re-establishes the ofico of district attornoy and abolishes that of county attorney. Oth- ors express the opinion that because seccion seven of the compiled statutes, amended and repealed, does not mention the office of count; attorney that it is notenecessarily abolished, as that office was provided for and instituted during the session of the legislature four years ago, and therefore not _incorporated in the section repealed. But this paculiar fea- ture is said to still exist, The new law pro- vides for the election of the various state, county and precinct officers, names them in regular order, and is wholly silent as to the oflice of county attorney. It is urged that because the act cited, passed at the Iate sit- ting of Nebraska's' lawmakers, distinctly names the office of tha district attorney and fixes a time for the election of the officer that the oftice has properly been re-instatod by law. THe BEg representative failed to Ket the opinion of any state ofticial or lawyer as to the intent of the of the legislature " in passing ohapter twenty-two of the session laws, but the conviction seemed to oxist that the insertion of “district attorney" and omis- sion of “‘county attornoy” was an_oversight. In any’event it seems that a_construction of the new law will be necessary from the su- preme court. Another Unfortunate. A very pretty girl, perhaps seventeen years of age, lies between lifo and death in a scantily furnished room on P stroet. Her condition is due to a criminal operation per- formed on her by a so-called midwife of this city. It is hardly possible for her to recover, and, deserted by the author of her trouble, among strangers and without any of the comforts so necessary during the hours of travail, the poor girl lies as tho hours go by, the past lost, the future torrible. Av a Christmas festival last year in the little town of Waverly, la., this poor wirl met a law studont, who has since been ad- mitted to the bar, and who from that dato showed her marked attention. Under prom- ise of marriage, shortly afterward, he accomplished his aim. About a month' ago her condition became apparent, and in_desperation she implored’ her seducer to fulfill his promise, but this he refused to do, and added insult 10 injury by nsisting that he was not re- sponsible for her condition. This almost broke the poor girl’s heart, and she came 1o Lincoln, where she expected to find an old domestic who had worked in her father's family, but m this was disappointed. She then engaged o room and board with the family on 1? street. where she endured the tortures of a criminal operation last night. It appears that her landlady noticed her con- dition and advised her to g0 to a doctor and rid nersclf of her trouble. She visited sey- eral physicians of tho city, who, to their credit be itsaid, refused to porform the opera- tion, Finally, bowever, she met the mid- wife in question, who exacted ber watch and a valuable gold Fing for her services, leaving her destitute of means to pay her board aud attendance, aud even rofused to visit her when the droad hour came, for fear of compro- mising nerself. The midwife, becoming irightened to-day, lett town over the Bur- lington, but her’ whereabouts are known, and should the girl die sho will have to ac: count for ner handiwork. No persuasion can induce the suffering girl to give the name of her betrayer, nor her own, but sho has envelopes bearing the imprint of a woell- known Waverly law firm, and parties have the matter in hand who propose an investi- gation, The New Decedent Law. The sweeping change in the decedent laws of the state, wrought by the passage of the act recited in chapter forty-seven of the ses- sion laws of 1859, scems to come in for a full measurcof criticism. Division twelfth, of section thirty, says: “If tho cstate shall leave no widow nor kiudred, his estate shall escheat to the state of Nebraska; provided, further, that the nomestoad, if any,“left by the estate shall decend as follows: The homestead shall be appraised by the county treasurer and the county clerk und one freeholder to be appointed by the judge of the county court, all to be res s of the county in which the homestead is sit- uated. The judge of the county court shall, within sixty days after he has been notified by any person of the death of the deceased and that the intestate leaves a nomestead, or if the judge of the county court shall ascer- tain said facts from any other source, shall appont such appraisers and notify the county treasurer and county clork and the appraiser appointed by sald judge of the | county court, in writing, to meet on the day fixed by swid judge within thirty days from the notice to meet at his ofice. T'he said ap- praisers shall then proceed &t once to ap praise tho bomestead of the decoused 8t its cost value, which appraisement shall be made and returned in writing, under oath, by said apprai d shall bo made a part of the records of suid court. In case that if any of the said appraisers shall fail to meet, thé court shall appoint ovher freeholders in their place, who shall proceed aud nppraise said homestead under this provision, and auy vacancy at any time shall be filed in the saimo way. The judge of the county court shull thereupon deduct, frou said appraisoment tho smount ' of en- cumbrance, if any, upon said Lomestead, and if the residue does not exceed the sum of $1,000, said homestead shall descend to the widow in absolute title, subject to the en- cumbrance on the same, if any ; iu case there is & residue after doauctiog the amount of ef encumbrance, if suy, and the $1,000, it 1 ae nd as provided in this act.” ‘e citation is made to show that the homestead of intestates must be sold under any and every circumstance, and the fact provokes unhmited criticism here, although fs purchase price, after the payment of all debts or incumbrauces, descends to the di- rect beirs. It appears that the mother, with four or five minor children, if such cases be und, will have to give up her home for over residue may come to her through a d sale. *I regard the decedent law as passed by the late legislature,” said one of toe state ofMciais to Tiik L3EE representative to-day, *'as the weakest and most unjust law that ever found & place on our statute books. Iws provisions should be un- dorstood aud comprehended by every parentin the state. To be emphatic, no parent ought to neglect making & will, 1t might prevent endless heartaches and break- ing up what would prove to be Lappy aod prosperous homes, I want to say, wiso, that husband aud wife must be of one nind When it comes Lo will-makiong, or, according to the wew law, the will would not be of Y @e count. The consent of the wife is nocessary when it comes to disposing of property by testament, and the sawe thing is true on the other hand, Supreme Court News. The following causes were filed for trial in the supreme court to-day i L. F. Grimes et al ve Cl iuce K. Cham- berlain et al. Error from the disteict conrd of Johnson county. Sallie A. Ward v Michaol Watson ot al Appoal from the distriot court of Lancaster county. James D, Russell et al vs William Grimes, sheriT of Johnson county. Krror from the district court of Jolinson county. ohn W. Marshall et al va Milton H. Goble, Brror from the district court of Douglas county. City News and Notew. Somo of the members of the board of publie lands and buildings wentto Omaha to-day t inspect the fire escapes and other {mprove- ments just completed on the deat and dumb institute building. Fred Benzinger, of the Capital Oity Courier, and W. Morton Smith, of the Omaha Republican, left to-day for Spirit lnke, In, to attend the rogatta that com mences there to-morrow, The work on the boiler house and smoke. stack of the capitol building is prograssing raplaly. It will be completed an an early dato In Septombor, and will 8dd to rather than detract_ from the abpearanco of the stato house grounds. orkingmen. Crawronrn, Dawes Co., Nob., July 19, 1850, —To the Editor of Tur Brr.—I bog leave through your fuvaluable and widely circu- lated journal to warn the workingmen of Omaha who are being foolod with false promises as to wages on the B, & M. from Whitman, northwest to Sundance. The most open, barefaced and shameful robbery of workingmen is being perpotrated on this piece of road daily. The men are induced to leave Omaha to work at $1.75 por day, board $4 per week, but when they arrive at the scenc of their labors they are told that they will receive only $1.50 per day if they are not rotained for a full month. The board is very Bad. I hardly beliove an ounce of meat, i used on the road but what is condomned. A charge of §2 is deducted from pay as fare from Allance to certain working points, whother the men walk the distance or nov, on the principle that there are meaus for them to ride and thoy must pay the toll, even if the moans is not used, The blan kets fur. nished aro vory poor, and harbor bedbugs as lurgo a8 bootlos; the men are oharged rent for them—the ‘blankets, not the bedbugs. e boarding camps are about all the same, with the excoption of Hill's and Arkansaw John's, Theso gentlemen pay ull they ngree, but the others aro open, daylight robbers. The robbers hire men at $1.75 per day, and safter ho has worked a few days he discovers that he will only bo paid_at the rate of §1.501f he fails to work a full month Male-skinners” are promised $25 per month, but if they do not remain & month they are paid at the rate of $20 per month and aro charged 10 per cont for cashing their checks. All the workien are chargod 10 por cent discount on top of the 25 conts strinkage if they fail to work an month and ask for their time.” I'saw soveral fine workmen at head- arters this mormng, one of whon had o ash order for his pay, but was discounted 10 per cent. Thoy complaned bitterly of bad treatment, poor grub and long hours. With all this, teamstors got but § per day and laborers §1.50, and have to stand a dis. count of 10 per cent. On these grounds [ warn the workingmen of Omaha to stay whero thoy aro and not venture out hore in search of worlk, or they wili be sorry. D, C. Brsianex. A New Mail Schedule. Parties to whom schedules of- arrival and closing of mails have been sont will remember that copy was filed in the government printing office May 21, and that connections must be made as follows: Lincoln to Alliance, express pouch, 7:30 a. m.: all B. & M. trains marked on schedule due at10:30 a. m., now due at 10:05 a. m.; Chadron to Casper, due at 4:00 p. m.; Omaha to Hast- ings and Suporior, dus at 10:10 p. m. ; North- western, Rock Island and Milwaukee, due at P. ., instead of 8:00 p. m. PAUL VANDERVOORT, ntendent of Mails. The Lonz-Horned Beetle. State Entomologist Lintner of New York, has geceived from Howe’s Cave specimen of beetle which has riddled a painted kitchen floor in that place, says the New York Times. The holes are about a quarter of an inch in diameter. The beetle is about an inch long, gray, with black velvety dushes on its wings. and the males have horns. Prof, Lint- ner finds that the depredator is the long-korned pine borer (Monohamus confusor). TIts larva, or grub, 1s the one that causes the injurious and unsightly burrows so often seen in pine lumber. In this instance the grubs must have been in the pine logs before they were sawed into flooring. From some un- known reason the grubs occasionally remain in a dormant or unchanged con- dition for a long time. In the museum of Peabody academy of scieuce at Salem, Mass., one of theso beetles is preserved which had eaten its way outof the wood of a pine bureau which was made fifteen yoars before. Asshowing agreater im- prisonmont of beetles in furniture it is traditionally suid that in 1786 a son of General lsrael Putnam, residing in Williamstown, Mass., had a table made from one of his apple trees, Out of this table twenty years afterward, a long-horned bectle gnuwed his way, and a second one burrowed his way out twenty-eight years after the tree was cut down. e sleepy Pennsylvania Villagos. 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