Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Editor, =P|’7BLIBHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TERMA OF SURECRIPTION, D atly (Morning Edition) including Sunda; By ne Yoar. .. e, One ] rorSix Months.. 'orThr e Months o Bunday address, One Year . Weekly Hes, One Year ... ... grmans Ofios, Neo bullding, N, 'W, enteenth and Farnam Streets. Cnieago Office, 167 Rookery Bailding. ”:{"vgr.gurl Office, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune ing. Wastington OMce, No. 513 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. AN communications relating to news and edl- torinl matter should be addressed to the Editor T the lee. % BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances should be addressed to The Hee Publishing Com s fmana. Dratia enecks and postofiice ord made payable to the order of the company. The Beg Pubtishing Company, Proprietors. Bee Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sta. _— THE ‘lA":Y B Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, County of Dougla George B, Tzschuck, secratary of The Tee Publishing Company, does solemnly swear thit the actual circulation of 11k DAILY Bee for the week ending July ith, 150, was as follows: Sunday. July 21... 4 N Monday, July 22, Tuesday, July 2 Wednesday, Jnly day, Jil iy Baturday, July #7 Average.... . Sworn to before me and suseribed to in my presence this 27tn day of Julr. A.D. 0. [Real.]) N P. FEIL, Notary Publis., Btate of Nebraska, ! County of Dohglas. {25 Georgo B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- oses and says that he 18 secretary of The Bee ublishing company, that the actual average dally circnlation of Tie DALy Bee for the wonth of July, 1848, was qu'ummo.«: for Aulzu n X164 JA18 coptes: for Septomber. 185, coples: for October 1884, 18,084 copies; for o yember, 185, 18950 copios: for December, 1885, 18,22 coplesi for January, 1880, 18854 coples:' for April, 18-, May, 18, 18,69 coples: for June, 1 coples, GEO. B, HUCK. worn to. betore me and subscribed in my preserios this 30th duy of July, 180, [8BAL.] N. P, FEit, Notary Public. WiLt Omaha soon be compelled to drink “British” beer. THE prevalence of Texas fever among the cattle of the southwest has alarmed the health authorities of Kansas as well as Illinois. Stringent quarantine regu- lations are about to be established 1n those state THE county drug clerk employed at a salary of eighty-three doliars a month is said to have compounded nearly eight thousand prescriptions within a year. The question is how many of these pre- scriptions were whisky straights? IF CONTRACTORS who are laying soft brick into the walls of business and res- idence blocks were more frequently brought to time by the building inspec- tor, they would be Apt to pay much more attention to the building ordi- nances. AS A body attending strictly to the wants of Omaha the council is winning golden opinions for itself. The recent gessions have been characterized by an attention to business which is in strong contrast to the actions of the council in the past. HENRY GEORGE might find North Dakota a rich field in which to propo- gate his single tax theory. The whole world is interested in knowing just how the scheme would work if put into prac- tice, und Dakota issufliciently ambitious to experiment with it. THE interior department is evidently more sanguine of success in tho open- ing of the Sioux reservation than the commission itself, It is probable thata sufficiont number of Indians will sign the bill but it will not be a unanimous consent by any means. THE county drug store is a proper subject for the commissioners to tackle. If the county actually does expend six thousand dollars a year for drugs, med- icines and compounds, the county can well afford to let its prescription de- partment to the lowest bidder. THE dastardly, murderous assault on John Arkins, editor of the Denver News, should arouse the law-abiding citizens of the Colorado capital to the necessity of closing the dens and dives and making it too hot for roughs and rowdies to remain within twenty miles of Denver. IN 118 discussion of proper meat and fruit inspection laws the council is al- together too solicitous for the butchers and fruit and vegetable dealers. The council should pass such ordinnnces as will best protect the consumer. The butchers and vegetable dealers will pro- tect themselves, — CONSTERNATION seized the British sealers trespassing in Behring waters and the protection of the provineial government has beon invoked. It is “ hard to see what help Canada is able to extend to these poachers caught in American waters without violating fn- ternational agreements. — HAVING set its heart upon absorbing all the white lead works of the country, the Standard Oil monopoly has finally succeeded in controlling the output of that product, It is to be expeoted that & rise in price will follow and that the consumer of white lead will be obliged to hand over to that trust & handsome profit for its pains, eEmm—— KANsAS islooking for ocheaper methods of transportation for her crops. They are looking to the water routes to compete with the all rail routes to the Atlantic seaboard. There is little prospect, however, due to the geograph- ical position of Kansas, for that state to get much benefit from water route transportation, Whatever merits there may be in floating Kansas' corn down the Missouri and Mississippi to New Orleans, or in shipping its products by rail to the gulf and then by steamer to Furope, it has been demonstrated time and agwn that such a route is seriously handicapped in more ways than one when compared with eastbound rail shipments to Baltimore, Philadelphia or New York. The trouble at New Orleans is that there is no profitable cargo to import from Europe and scarcely anythiog for barges and steam- ors to carry up the rviver. FORCING THE ISSUE. When the president, some three months ago, issued his prociamation de- fining the rights claimed by the United States over the waters and the seal fisheries of Behring sea, it was a dis- tinet warning that the government would not tolerate any invasion of those rights. The language of the proclama- tion was clear and its meaning unmis- takable, It asserted nothing that had not been claimed hy the United States eversince it came into pofsession of Alaska by purchase [rom Russia. It made no claim that had not been maintained always by the Russian government, and which, whether or not conceded by other na- tions, was conveyed to the United States by tho purchase of Alaska. This government will insist upon its claim until the question of jurisdiction in Behring sea is fully and finally deter- mined by international agreement. In the face of this warning, and with full knowledge that the United States government had sent armed cruisers into Alaskan waters to enforce the rights it claims there ‘and to pro- tect the seal fisheries, Canadian vessels were fitted out and dispatched to Behring sea to engage in seal fishing. It was a bold and dis- tinet defiance of this government. The question of the legality or justice ot the claims of the Unitea States is not pertinent. That isa matter which for- eign ship owners cannot determine. Their appeal must be to their govern- ments, which should proceed in the manner of governments. In the mean- time an invasion of the rights claimed is to be treated as an offense and pun- ished necording to our laws. Proceed- ing upon this proper and recognized principle among nations, the com- manders of our cruisers in Behring sen were 1nstructed to secize ves- sels found taking seals in those waters. Under this instruc- tion a Canadian vessel has been seized and ordered to Sitka,while another was detained and, after being searched, was allowed to proceed, no sealskins having been found on her. We are unable to say how far, it at all, this latter pro- ceeding can be justified. It appears to be regarded at the state department as the more serious circumstance of the two. As to the vessel detained, there would seem to be ample warrant for the seizure in the considerable stockeof seal- skins found on her. Our dispatches report a great deal of excitement over these occur- rences in Canada. Although neither government has been officially advised regarding them, it is reported that the seizures had been discussed by the Canadian cabinet, and from Vic- toria to Ottawa public sentiment would seem to be thoroughly uroused. There will doubtlecs be numerous public in- dignation meetings; the press will do its best to fire the popular heart, and the imperial government will be called upon to send war ships into Behring sea. The politicians in power in the Dominion will nake the fuilest use of the opportunity to work up public sentiment against the United States. Yet what has been done Canada was fairly warned to expect and took no measures to prevent. On the con- trary, so far as tho attitude of her au- thorities and the expressions of her public men had any influence in the matter, it was to encourage Canadian seal fishermen to disregard the claims of the United States and to defiantly force an issue. Undoubtedly these seizures will have the effect to speedily bring about nego- tiations looking to a settlement of the Behring sea controversy. The mat- ter evidently can not be much longer left open without endangering the friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States. The po- litical element in Canada, which would rather welcome than otherwise the 1n- terruption of these relations, as a means of strengthening its waning power, will make the strongest appeal possible for aggressive action by the im- perial government, and it may not be wholly unsuccessful i, as helieved, that government is at this time particularly anxious to promote English interests in Canada and strengthen the loyalty of its colonial subjects in North America. Meantime the American people may feel entire confidence in the de- termination and ability of their government to firmly and honor- ably maintain the position it has taken in this matter. There will be no such humiliating exhibition of weakness and vacillation as was shown by the last administration under similar circum- stances. If the commanders of our cruisers in Bohring sea have done theiwr duty according to instructions, they will be sustained, and the penalty in the cage of the seized vessel will be admin- istered, The dignity and self-respect of the country will not be subjected to the least sacrifice, however vociferous Canadian bluster may become, S—— THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT, Few matters in the bistory of the - Grand Army of the Republic have, cre- ated a more profound interest through- out the organization than the issue raiged by the refusal of the railroads to make a rate of one cent a mile for the Milwaukee encyinpment. This year’s reunion of the veterans was looked for- ward to with great expectations. It was believed that if it should not exceed it would at least equal the encampment of last year in the mutter of attendance, and being held in a western city would enable thousands of vet- erans in the west to meet old comrades who were compelled to deny themselves this privilege when a longer distance from their homes was to be traversed. It was mnosi. reasonably expacted that the railroads would be disposed to encourage a large attend- unce, and as the Grand Army did not ask in behalf of its members more than they had before received,or & more favorable rate than had been accorded by the railroads in various instauces to other organizations, there was no anticipation of any difficulty on this score. The railroads, however, have acted under the counviction that in any event the old soldiers would go to Milwaukee. The man- agers, knowing the attachment of the veterans for these reunions, have reasoned that it could safely be counted upon to overcome any resentment that might ensue from a refusal to grant Grand Army members as liberal rates as hada before been given them and othera. After repented unavailing efforts to secure from the railroads a one cent rate the commanders of eight depart- ments issued a manfestoadvising Grand Army members not delegates to remain away from the encampment. This coun- sel wns quite generally received with favor, though not universally so regarded. The disappointment caused by this unlooked-for issue was great and widespread, but the large majority undoubtedly felt that the course suggested wns necessary to prop- erly rebuke the railronds and assert the seif-respect of the organization. Sub- sequently Major Warner, comman der- in-chief of the Grand Army, advised o less aggressive policy. His view was that tha encampment should be made a suc- cess in the interest of the order, and that the matter of settling with the railroads could be dealt with here- after. This induced a quite gen- eral change of feeling among the yeterans and determined many to attend the encampment who had been disposed to remain away. There seemed a fair prospect that the Milwaukee meeting would be a success, oven if falling somewhat below first ex- pectations. The agitation, however, will be re- newed by the action of the department command ars of eight states who met in Chicago on Tuesday. These unite in saying that the posts represented in- dorse and accept the manifesto of July 2, which it is asserted was in accord with a resolution of the last annual en- campment, and they gave no- tice of the early issuance of a circular withdrawing he depart- ments represented from the parade advertised to take place. The ac- quiescence of the commanders of other departmonts is expected, but in any event this action leaves small chance that the Milwaukee encampment can be made a success. The authority of the commanders to take this action is probubly not questionable, and while it need not deter members of the Grand Army from going to the euncampment, those in the departments covered by action woula attend simply as tors, having no share or place in the exorcises of the encampment. The issue is unfortunate, but it will not be without advantage if the result shall lead railroad managers to heceafter show a more just and liberal spirit toward an organization which has at least an equal claim with any other to fair and generous consideration. A QUESTION OF LIGHT. The right thing for the council to do is to invite competition for lighting the stroets and award the contract to the best and lowest bidaer. The power to regulate the price of gas for private consumption is vested with the mayor and council. It, after careful inquiry as to relative cost of fuel and labor, the price of gas in Omaha is found to be excessive as compared with other cities of equal population, the price should be reduced. This is in accord with business princi- ples. Every gas company is necessarily a monopoly. Two or more gas companies can only exist in cities of half a million or more population and in those cities they either divide territory or pool their receipts. If it is deemed proper for the sake of encouraging competition to give the electric light company a slice of the city patronage, then the ter- ritory in which electric lighting is pro- jected should be limited to the business thoroughfares, public parks and grounds. Electric lighting city is out of the question as a measure of economy until some new invention will enable electric lighting companies to reduce the cost of manufacture. The fact that the New York Life and THE BEE build- ings are lighted by electricity affords no proof that electricity is cheaper than gas. It simply shows that electric lights are introduced to attract tenants who naturally prefer incandescent lights to gas, especially in the summer season. Electric Lights generate very little heat and therefore are preferable to gas as a matter of comfort. E———— THE senate committee on irrigation will hold its first meeting at St. Paul to-day, beginning its labors by giving a hearing 1o the delegations from the South Dakota Farmers’ alliance. The investigations of the committee, as now urranged, will extend over a wide re- gion of country, and will occupy fully two months. It is not proposed that the committee shall confine itself to personal observation in the arid re- gions and a study of the practicability of irrigation by a system of reservoirs, either in the mountain passes or on the plaing, but it will invite opinions and gain all the information to be gained from those in the territory visited who have given the subject of irrigation careful and 1ntelligent attention, The committee is already assured of meet- ing & unanimous sentiment favorable to frrigation, and quite generally, also, to the work being done at the expense of the government, —e THE forest fires now raging in the all over the mountains of Colorado are doing a great | amount of damage. They are not alone destroying valuable wood and timber 1ands but are wiping out nature’s reser- voirs, The snow of winter 15 preserved within these forests, which during spring and summor is slowly melted and used for irrigating the fields and mead- ows of the valleys. There is conse- quently dangar that the destruction of the forests has wiped out this natural storehouse, and in consequence the plaios depending on the mountain streams will suffer from drought during the hot and dry season. The preserva- tion of the forests is a duty which should be impressed on the people of Colorado. e——————— THE South Fork Fishing eclub, to whose negligence is attributed the breaking of the aam which caused the terrible loss of life and property at Johnstown, has been sued for damages. The suit is brought by s Pittsburg widow whose husband lost his life by the flood, it it is an action for dam- agos to thg amount of fifty thousand dol- lars. Thoicase will attract special in- terest inasmuch as it will set a prece- dent, if sudedkstul, for the prosecution of similar §uits against tho millionaire members of gho club. It remains to be seen how far the courts will go in hold- ing them pecuniarily responsible for tho disaster. P — MR. LowRy’s resolution to requiro the architestd of the oity hall to desig- nato the stone and other materials to bo used 18 eminently proper. Thereshould, however, be a wide latitude given so that the owner of no particular quarry shall have a monopoly. The lower stories of the main front should by all means be of granite and the stone above these stories, if granite is not used, ehould correspond in color with the lower stories. Citer MAYES, of the Cherokee na- tion, has reconsidered his determina- tion not to call a special session of the national council to meet the commis- sion appointed by the prosident for the vegotiation of the Cherokee strip. In all probability the council will be con- vened when requested, but the general impression is that it will not be in any haste to confirm the sale of the land except on most favorable terms. One in a Thousand. Eansas Oty Times. Colonel Emmons Clark, who was appointed to be consul at Havre, has declined. Colonel Clark should be put in aglass case. plaETSRr R Sy The Iilinois Method. Louisville Courier-Journal, Before an Illinoisan is sent to the nsane asylum his friends should try kicking him in the stomach. If that treatment helps him in the asylum it ought to do good before he enters 1t., (DY I Soft-Headed Sentimentalists, Boston Globe. Isn’t 1t about time to stop discussing whether “poor Kemmler” and the other brutes who used their knives, pistols and axes on their defenseless wives will suffer much or little pain in dying, either by elec- tricity or the old fashioned nooset! ‘‘Poor Kemmler,” indeed! Poor Jack the Ripper! Poor, dear murderers, one and alll How sorry we all ought to be if they shouldn't have a perfectly easy and painless death! T R SR A Beautiful Sonthern Sentiment. Atlanta Constitution. It is said that Jason Brown, a son of old John Brown, has written to a friend com- plaining of his poverty and hinting that the colored peovle ought to raise a fund for him. A northen paper discredits the report and says that it takes more than one generation to get from John Brown to a beggar. It would be poetic justice if all the descendants of the Harper's Ferry raider starved in the midst of the people who reverence the old man as a martyr, So far as the negroes are coucerned their heads are level. They will not contribute a dime to any of John Brown's brood. A Ce e Democrats in a Quandary. Exchange: The Virginia democrats are in a heap of trouble about the platform they are about to adopt at the coming state con- vention. It is well known that there is a large protection element in the party. Any resolution which favored free trade as de- cidedly as the St. Louis platform did would be sure to drive many of these protectionists into the republican party and make many more indifferent. But, on the other hand, the adoption of a protection plank would be such a glaring inconsistency 1 the year fol- lowing the Grover Cleveland platform that the leading Virginia democrats can hardly bring their consciences to consent to it. It has been suggested that the best way out of the difficulty is not to frame auy platform, and there is a strong probability that this advice will be followed. Then the demo- cratic papers wil: not be troubled with the defense of a creed, and they con spend all their time in the campaign in yelping “*Ma- hone, Mahone, Mahone!” It will be an edi- fying spectacle. ———————ry SOLACE FOR SUMMER HOURS. Time: Long—Why, Short, you look as if you had been in a railroad accident. What's the matter? Short—Well, Long, I got home late the other night, you know, and my wife took me for a burglar and commenced throwing stove lids at me. “And you stood and took it, did you?” *No, 1 was thoughtless. I ran like a streak of lightning.” Baltimore American: Itis impossible for a square man to be a rounder. Birmingham Republican: Gossip reminds us of a high building. Only one story out of a dozen rests on a foundation. New Orleans Picayune: Quicksilver is food for refiection only when it is served on the back of a looking glass. Philadelphia Press: When the school- master whips one of the girls he hits a miss. when the girl dodges she misses a hit. Binghamton Republican: They have flan- nel bathing suits at the scaside resorts that do not shrink. TLey are ashamed to, proba- bly. Philadelphia Inquirer: Oklaboma tourist —Things about here seem to be rather quiet, settleri Oklahoma settler—Quiot, mister; [ should say so. Tne land agents have gone home. Kearnoy Enterprise: Fond papa—No, young man, you can't have my daughter. I wouldn’t give her to you for her weight in gold. Young sujtor (eminently practical)— Well, can’t we negotiate for a lifo leasel Puck: Mr. Lenz (photographer)—I have not for a long tiihg had so good & sitter as you are, The expression 18 exactly right. How did you pain such control over the facial muscles! Are you au actor! Mr, Rhodster~No, sir. Mr, Lenz—Wgll, welll bicyelistl Mr, Rhodster-Yes, I am, Mr. Lenz—Ab, that explains it! It comes from riding the maghine on stone pavements and trying to lopj;a if you enjoyed it. Judge: T caughta string of beautios Upon the No¥th'Fork to-day, “The finest trout thiat were e're pulled out— But the Bigg '%()nu Got Away | And down in the mill-pond meadow The boys that were making hay With forks and rakes killed 3,000 snakes— But the Biggest One Got Away! ““Weigh me, please!” said Briggs, as ho stepped on the grocer's scales. The man who manipulated the weights looked at him in sstonishment. Briggs looked as though he ought to weigh about 120 pounds, but the beam balanced at 202, “You must have something heavy about your clothes,” the grocer, it,” rejoined Briggs ice bill in my pocket. Chieago Tribuve: Proprictor of ice-cream saloon—dJames, I haven't seen young Spoon moore here with Miss Softly for several days. He haso't moved away, has he! Em- ploye—Moved away! No, He was warried Perhaps you area to Miss Softly the other evening. Proprietor (sharply,to bookkeoper) - Miss Ademup,close Mr. Spoonamore's sccount and send bill at onoe. e — NOBODY KNOWS, Ihe Turnce-Miller Junketing Tour Much of a Mystery. Commissionor Anderson vs that he knows notbing about the junketing tour of Willilam Turner aud Joe Miller which is being made at Douglas county’s expense. Every other member says just the same thing. Mount wants the responsibility shifted onto Anderson’s shoulders, but Anderson declares vory emphatically that the matter was arranged during his absence; that he had nothing to do with it; has no knowledge of any action ever having boon taken offi- cially, anthorizing the trip, and objoots to being abused for other peoples’ conduct. After requesting tho reporter to set him right in this matter, Mr. Anderson related quite freely and_at considerablo length tho gencral unsatisfactory condition of county affairs, He thinks that some things aro being_conducted very loosely aund need remedying. “How about that vault steal?” asked the reporter. T don’t know that there ever was a steal,” “Why don’t the board do something to- wards sottling it?" ““What is there for us to do?" “‘Wasn't there a committeo to employ ox- perts and have estimatos made on the cost of the balcony 1" ““Yes, but the chairman has nover called a meeting," ut Mr. O'Keeffe has had an expert on. gaged by himself make a report. Why don't you do likewiso! “Who was O'Keeffe's man! What is he! What's his business! 1 don't know that hoe ever mado a report. It has never been shown to me." With this much of an explanation Mr. Anderson _directed attention. to other features. Ho wanted to be told about Sherift Coburn’s management of the jail, County Clerk Roche's official conduct, and wound up by declaring that the mew hospital is a greater outrage than any community ever had perpetrated upon it. “And it will be worse yet,” ho contmued, “if the institution after being comploted is managed as they have been talking about having it managed. Tho cost will not be less than 5,000 a year.”, When questioned about the county drag store, Mr. Anderson’s reply was to tho effect that ho never had anything to do with that_concern. “It was running when I en- vice of the county, it is a schemeo , and is under his supervision. y, however, that we are paying $230 8 month to a_physician, when the law says plainly we shall not pay more than $200 a year.” The fact that there is no means of eeping a check on the county treasurer is disturb- ing Mr. Anderson’s mind more or less, and he is very anxious to have a system of tripli- cate receipts adopted. gl RIS A CASE OF BAD MEDICINE, Adaitional Figures On the Cost of County Drugs. “The county drug store exposure 18 caus- ing people to open their eyes und wonder how long this looso management of county affairs will be allowed to continue.” A heavy taxpayer made these remarks yoster- day morning and declared himself as being vory much disgusted at the way things are Rgoing. Tk Bek man discoverad that in five years there has been a much larger increase in the expenditures for drugs and medicines than can be charged up to the expenses of any other department. The figures show that in 1384 $010.48 cov- ered all expenses attached to doctoring the county poor. _Last vear, 185, the sum total paid out was $3,742.08, In 1834 the drugs cost $339.48, and the physician received as salary $601. In 1888 ‘the amount paid for drugs was $2,442.95, while the physician’s services netted him $1,300, This year 'the increaso is still greater. Counting what the cost will be for medi cines, §230 a_month to doctors and the salary of a druggist, and it is estimated that the fig- ures will run up in the neighborhood of §5,000 or $6,000. 1t is further learnad that Dr. Keogh very frequently sends prescriptions to outside pharmacists, and frequently orders expensive medicines, Bills for three brescriptions from outside sources were handed to the county clerk yesterday morning. “As an example of his extravagance it 18 known that to produco sleep he pruscribes sulfonal, a drug put up in tab- lets_that cost 15 cents each. 1t takes three of these tablets to make a dose, which would be 45 cents, Any druggist will tell you that one cent's worth of morphine would answer exactly the same purpose and be no more dangerous to the patient.” ‘the following tabulated statement is of in- terest, showiug what the medicines for the city and county poor costs: Amount paid by Douglas county for drugs and medical attendance for county poor: Balaries of Physictans. = Total. 00 8 00,48 707,60 7 625.00 07,50 Drugs Druj City Poor. Poor Farm. 530.48 8 25375 018.20 1,132.30 211833 1,300.00 e A CONTRACTORS' COMBINE. It is Revealed in_the Suit of Whalen vs. Brennan, A contractors' combine was rovealed in a peculiar way yesterday. The law office of Gregory, Day & Day is in the Omaha Na- tional Bank building. Before Mr. Gregory, as referee, the cause of J. A. Whalen against. Ed J. Breunan ‘‘and another” was being argued. The men are well known local con- tractors, and at one time were partoers. ‘Whalen withdrew and filed a bill in _equity for an accounting, beiug satisfied that ne wasn't getting his full share of the profits. The unknown is T, F. Brennan, a brother of Ed J, Brennan. An accounting was taken and the proofs filed with Gregory. This firm held the contract for laying the foundation for the old city hall. The mate- riul 10 ve used was Colorado sandstone, and the contractors were to get the same from C. D. Woodworth & Co. at 68 cents. Now it happened that about this time Woodworth and the firmof T. F. Brennan & Co, were competitors in biddiog for public work. Brennan & Co. were awarded the city work. Woodworth went to Whalen, the moneyed 1uan in the firm of Brennan & Co,, and of- fered to furnish tho sandstone for the city hall foundation at 40 cents 1f his competitors would step aside and let him have the public work. ‘oodworth got the street work and held out $5,800 from the curbing contract to pay for the sandstone in the city hail base- ment, This amount Whalen claims from the Brennans, The argument closed yesterday morning. 1857 ——— COAL LICENSES, The Small Coal Deslers Are Baid to Reap the Benefit. Mr. Squires, of Coutant & Squires, says that the $100 license against which the small coal dealers are raising so mauy objections was not intended as a ‘‘freeze-out” for the small dealers, but was intended as a protec- tion to every established coal dealer. A num- ber of grocers, druggists snd other merchants had been selling coal at their places of busi- ness for large conl firms and receiving & commission for it. This had tke tendency to increase the price of coal, ‘There is also & class of men who buy coal of the coal dealers at the regular price, and make a profit by selling it again at short waeight, ‘The object of the $100 license was 10 drive both of these classes of dealers out of the businoss. Mr. Squires said, further, that the swall cosl dealers are benefitted Lo a greater ex- tent by it than the larger ones, and that the firm of which be is a member paid the $100 license under protest. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Whon Baby wes sick, we gave her Castoria, ‘When she was & Child, she eried for Castoria, Whon she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, ¥hon she biad Children, she gave them Castoria A CLASHING OF INTERESTS. The Quarantine Proclamation With- held Until Noxt Monday, THUS THE GOVERNOR DECIDES. Orafty Non-Partisans at Work—Secre- tary Laws Oorrects an Interviower ~Glllott on the Anxious Seat ~The News Grist. 1029 P Streer, L , July 81 The governor was waited upon to-day by a delegation of South Omaha packers in the interosts of the quarantine proclamation, promisod from Long Pine last week, but which as yot has not been formally issued. E. A, Cudaby represented Armour & Cud- ahy, and Henry A, Meday George H. Ham- mond & Co. Tho povernor gave these tlemen an hour during the forenoon and heard what they had to say patiently, but he declines to take immediate action in the matter because there arn conflicting inter- ests and he proposes to go to tho bottom of them befors making the final ordor. On next Monday, therefore ho announces that he will take such action as he may deem the most just. [t appoars that the indicated conflicting interests are such that he is war- ranted in deforring uction, but he does not caro to make them public at this time. Dur- iug the fnterim, however, it is learned that tho practical ordor of quarantine romaias in force, and the shipment of any cattle into the state from the yards at Kan City will be punished to the letter of tho law. LINCOLN BUREAU OF Tirm OvAma Hew, } Status of a Statute, 1t is well understood that the statute au- thorizing the appointment of one notary public in each voting precinet of a county for every 100 votes cast for governor has been revealed. Supplemental to the old law, however, there was an act passed that has not been repeuled, and 1t causes a count- less number of letters of inquiry to flood the oftice of the secretary of state. The law indi- cated is that authorizing the presentation of a copy of the session laws of the state to every notary public possessing o certiticate of appointinent on file iu the various county clerks' offices. There aro now over ten thousand commissioned notaries pudlic 1n the state, and tho state lawmakers only authorized the publication of 6,000 copies of the session laws. vutting two and two together can be scen that the law must therefore stand as a dead letter. Senator Connor, of Keurnoy, introduced o biil Jast winter to re- law authorizing the gift of a copy of laws to notaries, but in some manner it got lost in the shuflie and went the way of many other bills. It is understood that the secretary of state has made an equitable shipment of the scssion laws of 89 to the saveral county clerks of the state for distribution, and he cau do nothing more, The demand upon county clorks by notaries for n copy of tho session laws is therefore useless and unjust, and an apveal to the secretary of state can do no possible good. A Corrector Corrected. “Did ycu mean the purported interview that appeared in an Omaba paper this morn- ing as a disclaimer so far as it related to your candidacy for the governorship,” quer- iod Tae Ber represontative of Secrotary of State Laws. 1 did not express ysplf one way or the other and I did not intend to. The reporter for the paper in question, however, Wwas not quite correct. 1did not say to him that I had ever been the owner of the Alma Bee, but 1 did say that T once owned the Repub: lican Valley Sentinel, published at_Orleans, out that I sold it to Wehn & Knight, and that thoy paid for it. And, by the tay, the paper dicd on the hands of the party to whom they in turn sold it. I never had any money in~ terest in any other paper published in~ the state. Mow, as to my candidacy for the gov- ernorship, I have this to say: If the Alma Bee is booming me for governor, the paper is doing it without my knowledge or con- sent.” “You arenot a candidate for governor, then?" “Inever anmounced myself as such, and have no reason to think at this time that I will. You may print this asa aisclaimer if you wish to,” Records at the Oapitol. The Bank of Grant, Perkins county, has incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, one-fourth of which is paid up. Business commences August 10. Cashier, D. E. Gray; assistant cashier, J. Linduhohm. The Bank of Oakland, of Oakland, bas been sold to Beckman & Co. of that place, and the capital stock of the institution has been increased to $100,000. It is learned that the new firm is to take possession at once. The governor to-day reappowted John T, Spencer, of Dakota county, as a member of the educational board of the Peru state nor. mal school. murder s out. Among the memboers who wero hore was W, S, Randall, of Fairfleld; ex-County Attorney McLovey, of ~Olay Center, and B, M. Corpell, of He- bron. Other villagoes, itk and towns were reprosented. Attornays Rob- bins, Doty and Stewart and Sam D. Cox, of the Cail, ‘were leading spirits in the meeting, called for the special purpose of taking the initiatory steps for the introduction of & strong prohibitory plank in the republican platform at the coming state convention, and it is learned that it is ready 1o be sprung when tho time comes, As a prominent Lin- coln_republican put it to-day, “‘thore is & strong following going into tho convention on the rule or ruin plan.’ Supreme Court Cases. Tho following cases were filed for trial fn the supreme court to-day : Thomas Coy vs Christian Miller, error from Phelps county. Jrane Bros'. Manutacturing company vs A, J. Weayor ot al; appoal from Hall county. Livcoln Brick and Tilo works ot al vs Cyrus M. Hall; orror from Lancaster county. Crano Bros'. Manufacturing company va A. H. Barker et al; appoal from Hall county. Pavine Mon Strike. Thirty of Buckstaff & Stout's R streot paving gang struck to-day. Unjust discrim- ination is alleged to have boon the cause. The striking workmen stato that some of their fellows recoivod §1.75 per day, whereas thoy received but $1.50. Equality of wages o a strike was the word, and tho foreman choso to let the dissatisfiod men strike. Trouble was foarod this afternoon when a 1ot of boys were running to supply thoir places. 1f the mon roturn to work it I8 statod it will be'at tho old waj City News and Notes, Hon, Thomas Carr, of Seward. acoom- panied by his daughters, tho Misses Jennio and Maria, and Miss Gertrude Adams, of St. Louls, were guests of Attornoy General Leese to-day. Hon. C. W. Mosher has returned from his trip vo Manitou, Colorado Springs and other points of interest in Colorado, He was ac- companied by his wife and children and en- joyed u most pleasant outing. Secretary Garber, of the state board of transportation, is seriously ill, and is con- fined to his rooms in the Leadwith block. He did not go to Red Cloud as reported by somo of to-day's papers. Deputy Commissioner Carter and family returned home from Long Pino to-day, They attended the entire session of the Chau- tauqua assewbly thore und enjoyed a vory pleasant vacation. Mr. Cartor is now at his desk in the state commissioner's office. The trial of Gillett. the alleged adulterer, has been postponed until August 5. W. C. Austin _has been appomted vost- master at West Lincoln, Ed Burch, of Beatrice, Dak., is In the city. < bt LITIGATION AND LAW, A Hotel Man Wanrts $1,500—-Tho 1n- junction Case FPostponed. In a petition flled by Reuben Forbes against S, C. Shepard it is related that on January 1 last these two entered into an agreement whereby plaintiff leased from defendant a lot and building in Kountze & Ruth’s addition, where he proposed to keep a hotel. The lease was made to run one year at a rental value of $200 per month, payable in advance, Korbes further alloges that Shepard represented to him falsely that she house contained thirty sleoping rooms, par- lor, office, kitchen and basement, lsundry outfit, all in good condition. On the other hand, says plaintiff, everything was topsy- turvy; mas aud sewer connections wero imparfoct, which was subsequently tho chief cause for much damage to supplies. By reason of these conditions he claims to have been damaged to the extent of §1,500, and asks tho court 1o give hium judgment for that amount. The application of the motor company for a restraining order against the streot rail- way company in South Omaha was set down for hearing yesterday,but was continued until Saturday at 10 o'clock, for the reason U Mr. Webster, attorney for tho defondant, is engaged at South Omaha. He and General Cowin therefore filed a stipulation of post- ponement. For the purpose of ovening up anew the case of Fredrick B. Lowe against John P, Helfenstein, Stepben J. Gore, Thomas J. Slaughter and Charles S. Kintzing, Mr. Coval has filed his petition accompanied by aflidavits from all these defeudents denying that Lowe is the owner of lots 5 and 6, in block 2, Idlewild addition, or that he has any title thereto by virtue of a regular and per- fect cha yancos from Robert Shields. They claim ownership through the purchase at a sherifl’s sale made November, 25, 1857, to satisfy an attachment. This is another of the many suits now pending by Helfenstein. Judge Dunday made an order yesterdy in the case of Almendorf, Watte & Co. vs Jamos S. McAleer et al., which was brought ‘to foreclose a mortgage. The order awards the plaintiff $5,900 with interest, and directs that the olevators at Unadilla and Dunbar be sold to satisfy the claim. An order was issued in the case of Delanoy vs the Nebraska Tile and Pottery company, allowing the stockholders to become party defendants. Henry Seaman, of Tecumseh, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Wright and brought to the city yestorday for selling “The board of public lands aud buildings held its recular weekly meeting to-day. Routine work alone was transacted, It was decided, though, to visit the Hastings asy- lum as & board to-morrow, and its metnbors, Messrs, Hill, Lesse, Laws and Stein, will leave for there on thé morning train. ‘The state associate board of charities also held a meeting Friday in the office of the commissioner of public lands and buildings. Its minutes show a well nigh cormpleted busis for the successful operation . of the Milford Industrial home. The full membership of the committee was in attendance, Will Rule or Ruin. A number of the members of the “Repub- lican Non-Partisan Prohibitory league,” or- ganized to capture democrats and prohibl- bitionists, met 1n Lincoln a day or two ago, but were 8o quiet that the press failed to catch them at the opportune time, but the liguor without a liconse.” He w=a arruignod before Judge Duudy and gava bail for his appearance at the Novembs em of court. Revenun Collecticms for July. Tho following collections for the month of JSuly are reported in the ofiice of the colleo- tor of intern: Penaltics Beer stamps, Spirit stamps., Jigar stamps.. Tobicco StAmpS Special tax .. i ] 200,73 18,346.67 173,674 80 5,180.00 221.12 4,867.17 Approved the Bond. Judge Dundy approved the official bond yestorday of Cbarles Cornell, who has been anpointed register of the land offico at Valentine, WASHING COMPOUND E GREAT INVENTION] OR SAVING ToiL & ExpeNse| ¥I,~HW£ Inauny ToTwe, v A Allhands want Pearline—it’s handy Enables one pair of lands millions of Zands use it; millions more will when they learn its value, You can read, write, sew, wash dishes, prepare the meals, care for the baby-—with you to do the work of several; r two kands, while Pearline is washing the clothes for you almost without the aid of lands, It's harmless; cannot hurt most delicate of kands or fabrics; most delightful for washing the Zands. It saves your kands one-half the work in house-cleaning—in fact, when your Zands have anything to wash or clean, you will find sooner or later that Pyle's Pearline is the best thing known with which to do it. Bewar All grocers handis Pearling, + s Vearling Many fands wee engnged fn peddiing imitaiions of Pearline~-or goods which the; claim 1 be “'as fix " 1T'S VALEE—Pearline is not ped: - JAMES PYLRE, Now York