Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1889, Page 4

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1889 THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor, i PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, D atly (Morning Bditton) including Sunday Hee, One Y. . L®, W, cor: iteenth sad Purpam Sires g OfMce, 867 Rookery l!ulldl ork Office, Rooms 14 and 1f Tribune llfllnl ‘ashington Offce, No, 513 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- Lorint matior Ahoula be addressed to the Editor of the Hee. BUSINESS LETTERS, All business lotters and remittances should be addressed to The ftee Publishing Company. nana Drafis checks and poatoics orders (G 2de payable to the order of the company. fne Bec Publishing Company, Proprictors. Brz Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sta. ’l‘H Eworn Statem ¥ DAILY BEE. t of Circulation. tate of Nebraska, ummy of Doughas, }"' Geor Tzschuck, socretary of The Tes Publishing Company, does solemuly swear that tho actuat elrculation of T DAILY DRk for 1he yreek ending August 10, 1540,was as toilows: Sunday. August 4. August 5 ':n mny August 0.. Wednendny, Angust i Thursday, Augusts.. Friday, August9. . Eatarduy, Avgust 10, Average.., S ( B B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me lllll subsecribed to in my presenco this 1ut day of Au A D, 18 (Seal.] TSR Notary Bubiis. ebraska, [ ity of Doniglas. George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- 0tes and says that he is secretary of The Hes hing company, that, tho ncttal avorage daily circnlation of "Tng DAILY BRe for tho month of August, 1484, 15,18 copes: for Sep- tembor, 18, 15,154 coples; for October 188, 8,084 coples: for November, 1883, 18956 coples: for December, 1888, 18,223 cobles: for January, 1880, 18674, coples: for February, 1689, 180 copies: for March, 189, 18,85 189, 18,55 coples: for Ma; for ‘June, 180, 18,568, conte I8T33 coples orn 10 betore mo and Dresency this b aay of Anu 9, [8EAL.] N.P. ', Notary Public JOHN L. SULLIVAN is now facing a Mississippi jury, but as the meeting is not in a twenty-four foot, ring the jury is considered safe. Tur strong minded woman will be heard from in North Dakota, now that the question of woman suffrage is likely to be submitted to a vote of the people. In1s a little too early to tallk about anybody for Governor Thayer’s seat in the executive mansion at Lincoln. Leastwise anybody who hails from Omaha, C I7 does not take much effort to recog- nize the finger of the Union Pacific in the proposed new Oregon road to be built from Portland to Seattle and Puget sound. LET us hope that the council has set- tled, once and for all time, the yexed question respecting the proportion to be paid by street railway companies for tearing up pavemenls. Tue friends of Captatn Humphrey Moynahan are slightly too previous. They ought to keep the captain in the ‘background a while louger if they want to make him chief of police. EX-CAPTAIN GREEN, of the Omaha police force, says he is worth $25.000. From this it appears that even a police- man cannot escape the general wave of prosperity floating over this favored city. “UNCLE” JERRY RUSK is the only cabinet officer now in’ Washingtou. As secretary of agriculture he must keep his official eye open to see toit that all the crops are in during the hatvest time. SOUTH OMAHA regrets vhat the money expended for building the L street via- tduct was not used in paving N and Twenty-fourth streets. South Omaha will vresentlv learn that valuable mu- micipal lessons are obtained only at Rreat expense. EX-SEANTOR VAN WYCK has been invited and has accepted an invitation ‘to address the 10,000 and more laboring men of this city, at a picnic to be held September 2nd. The senator retains his great popularity with the people to a greater degree than any public man in the state. TWo gentlemen are devising ways and means to build a popular priced theater in this city. 1f they will agree to run such a place of amusement with- out swelling the prices whenever a first-class attraction comes to town they ‘will be regarded as public benefactors, and recieve homage as such, mm— Ir 18 stated, authoritatively, that Queen Victoria has at last yielded to her physician’s advice, and will take a long trip either to the United States or Canada. If she comes to Omaha the proper authorities will see that she has every benefit to be derived from this salubrious and exhilerating climate, THr Union Pacific has at last ex- pressed a willingness to open Four- teenth street under its tracks. The street, therefore, will be opened as soon a8 the necessary work can be done. Residents of the south end of the street have long been anxious for its opening and are by all means entitled to it. E— OMANA should have the best teachers in the land for the amount she pays an- nually for wstructors. It is a false idea that any tyro who can pass the examina- tions sot before him is capable of im- parting fustructions to others. There should be other tests and one of them should be experience in school teaching. — 87, Louis caplialists have just pur- chasod a franchise for furnishing Den- ver with water. The company owns a Jake fifty miles from Denvor which has a0 altitude of fourteen thousand, four hundred and thicty-four feet, while that of the oity is five thousand, two hundred and three feet. The water will be brought to the city by aqueduct, and will will require but little, if any, pumping on account of the immense pressure given luy the difference in ele- vations. COMPLIMENTS OF COX, The Hon. S. 8. Cox, of New York, is one of the few castern politicians who feel a hearty kindness for the west, That is due to the fact that he has min- gled much with the western people, has given intelligont attention to the spirit and enterprise which characterize these people, and is largely familiar with the resources and possibilities of the west. Recently returned from an extended western trip, Mr. Cox has been saying some very pleasant things about the people and the future of the trans- Mississippi section. He has told the people of the east that he found in the west an energetic, earnest, patriotic, intelligent and thrifty people, who are doing a magnificent work for the pros- perity and progress of the country. The popular impression of most eastern people that after the Mississippi is crossed westward one meets with little else than semi-savage existence, until the Pacific coast is reached, such intelligent observers as Mr. Cox are enabled to correct. He hes scen that all the conditions of the highest civilization are as fully appreciated and as generally fostered hy the people of tho west as by those of any other section of the country. There is not n western state orterritory whose record of popular intelligence will not compnre favorably with the highest that any eastern state can present. In the matters of energy and enterprise the western people are confessedly in advance of all others, and in their devotion to the princi- ples of free government they are nowhere surpassed. No one can form a just idenof the security of Amer- ican 1nstitutions who has not made himself thoroughly acquainted with the people of the west. “And this im- perial region is yet but in the infancy of its development. A hundred years hence, when, according to the esti- mates pf statisticians, the United States will have a population of six hundred millions, a large majority will be in the west, and that section will domintte the nation, if it shall not do so long be- fore the nation has lived another cen- tory. Not less interesting than Mr. Cox’s compliments to the west were his political suggestions as to what may happen three years hence. Being asked regarding the political outlook for 1892, he confessed his inability to make a horoscope, but said that if the contest in New York between Cleveland and Hill is kept up he thought the next democratic candidate for the presidency would be a western man. Evidently, he remarked, the west will show by the next census that the power of the union is no longer in the east, but in the west, and when the new apportionment is made upon the basis of the census the west’s increase in congress and in the electoral college will be enormous. This idea of coming to the west for the next democratic can- didate for the presidency is steadily gaining ground, and as there is hardly anything in politics more certain than that the contest between Cleveland and Hill will be kept up, the probability is strong that the west will furnish the democracy with its candidate jn 1892. DIAN RAILW AYS. A convention todiscuss present trans- portation facilities between the west and east, and to memorialize congr ess against legislation for restricting the competition of Canadian railroads, is to be held at Sault St. Marie August 28. A committee of the United States sen- ate which has been investigating this question will report its conclusions to congress. A formal expression of the views of representative commercial bodies west and east, such as it is in- tended shall be done by the proposed convention, will enlighten congress as to the views of the business men of the country who are most vitally concerned. The information gathered by the sen- ate committee both east and west is un- favorable to any serious inter- ference with Canadian railway competition, and the committee is not expected to recommend any re- strictive legislation, but it will be well for the business communities interested to present to congress such full and for- mal expression of their views as shall remove any question as to the senti- ment being general against any iegis- lation that would impair existing transportation facilities between the west and east, or give opportu- nity to the trunk lines to compel undue exactions from the producers and consumers of those sections. Un- doubtedly there will be a strong ef- fort made to secure such legisla- tion, but it is hardly possible that the influence of the trunk lines can accom- plish their desire. The most intelli- gent opinion .appears to haye settled upon the proposition that the only thing which the government can wisely do 1 the matter is to effect an ar- rangement with Canada undor which Canadian roads doing business in the United States shall be required to con- form to the same regulations as to that business, which are applied to Ameri- cun roads, THE CONTESIED SEATS. The most important matter, after or- ganization, to which the next congress will give attention,are the contested election cases. Seventeen democrats have been given certificates of election whose seats are claimed by republican candidates. The testimony in some of these cases is alveady printed,and in all the ¢harges on which the contests are based have been formulated. It is stated that the committee on contested ~ elections, the first to be appointed after that on rules, will bave about twenty thousand pages of printed testimony to ex- amine, some of the cases requiring for presentation from sixteen hundred to two thousand pages. Intimidation of voters, bribery and tampering with re- turns are the principal charges in all these cases, With the exeeption of one in Indiana, all these contests are from districts south of the old boundary separating the free and the slave states. There are three from each of the states of Vir- ginia, West Virginia and Mississippi, two from Alabama, and one each from South Carolina, Maryland, Florida, Arkausas and Tevnessee. The returns show that there were more democrats elected from the north than from the south by small pluralities, and the fact that there is but one contest from a northern state illustrates the radical difference between the political meth- ods of the two sections. It must be ob- vious even to candid democrats that so many republican candidates 1n southern districts would not have brought con- tests without having very substantial grounds for doing so. The disclosures which these contests will make of osrimes of various kinds against the rigtt of saf- frage can not fail to be exceedingly in- teresting. They promise to show o state of affairs of which the country will have reason to be ashamed. The pro- ceedings regarding thesa contests are also likely to be very interesting, par- ticulerly if the policy of filibustering which the demoorats are understood to be committed to shall bo pursued. A desperate effort will undoubtedly be made to prevent the unseating of the democrats who hold certificates, and a prolonged fight appears to be assured. OMAHA has nothing to fear from a hog and cattle market at Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Nebraska City, Fremont or any other present or prospective packing center. In fact, a number of such centers is rather to her advantage, inasmuch as it insures to the farmers of Nebraska a market and encourages the growth of the hog and cattle industry. Withan unfailing sup- ply to draw from the Omuha packing houses need not fear a shortage. The laws of demand and supply govern the cattle business just the same as other branches of trade. Stock buyers and stock raisers are familiar with this ebb and flow which acts as a safety valve on the business. Oneneed not go into spasms, therefore, because a fewcar- loads of stock are shipped to Sioux City or to Nebraska City. That has not been the complaint of Omaha. Her grievances are against railroads when they deliberately discriminate against her interests by diverting stock to Chicago and Kansas City through favoritism or because they prefer the long haul. ONEg day this week Henry Villard, of the Northern Pacific, submitted a proposition to the directors of that com- pany to consolidate its debt by issuing a blanket mortgage of $160,000,000. This proposal almost took the directors’ breath away. The present fixed in- debtedness of the road is about $93,000,~ 000 for the main line and some $26,000,- 000 for the branch roads and properties, making in all about $120,000,000. Vil- lard’s proposition provides for a lower rate of interest for the new loan of $160,000,000, but it makes no definite provision for the excess of $40,000,000 over the original debt. It is more than likely that Villard himself could ab- sorb a portion of the amount, and possi- bly had that idea in mind when he sub- mitted his plan. THE scheme of establishing a colony of negroes at San Luis Patosi, in Mex- ico, so strongly advocated by southern politicians, has been abandoned. The Mexican wsuthorities refused to give their sanction to the idea, or assist in its execution. There was very little in the plan to recommend it. Negroes in Mexico would be no better off than they are in the south, Their citizenship at present is certainly not much better than that of the, Mexican peon, but such a state of affairs cannot exist forever. THERE isa gratifying showing in the report of the chief of the bureau of statistics covering the valua of the ex- ports of domestic beef and hog produsts for the month of July. They exceed by three million dollars the value of sim- ilar exports sent abroad in July, 1898. Despite the prejudices against Amer- ican meats in Europe, it is quite clear that the export trade in these products has assumed gigantic proportions. KANSAS is to receive a grand banner 4nd an American flag from the repub- licans of Ohio, in honor of the eighty- two thousand majority for Harrison last year. This isall very well, buta fow good offices judiciously dispensed would be more in accordance with the aver— age Kansan’s idea of the fitness of things. BOSTON spiritualists are wrought up over a recent decision of the postoffice department excluding from the mails all alleged messages from the other world. The Bostonians ought to be sure their mediuws are the genuine article and perfectly able to receive such long distance telegrams, before they criticise the action of the authoritaes. THE republican state convention of Towa enthusiastically favors Chicago as pre-eminently the place for celebrating the world’s exposition of 1892. The constitutional convention of North Da- kota likewise endorses the Garden City for the honor. Now let New York city scurry about the country for conven- tions that will endorse her claims, THE Iowa hotel keepers are holding a convention at Des Moines, and the chief topic under discussion is proper protection trom dead beats. It is a dif- ficult question, and will never be fully solved until the landlords have larger heads than the beats. ST, JOE call itself the “electric city.” 1f galvanism will have a tendenoy to re- vive that sieepy town, & prescription of the newest style of electric belts, to be worn by prominent citizens, will be an excellent thing to promote business and enterprise. E————— OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. It is not questionable that the visit of the German emperor to England was arranged for a political purpose, and there are indica- tions that the purpose has boen at least par- tially attained. Some preceding and contem- poraneous incidents help to bring out the po- litical significance of the German emperor’s reception in England. Not long before the visitof William IL to his mother's kinsfolk— which had for many months been talked of but constantly deferred—was suddenly do- cided on, the Russian minister of warquietly left St. Petersburg, and traveling, as he supposed iucognito, ciose for @ place of so- journ & French town famous for its waters, = where, complaining of poor health, he put himself under'thé oharge of the local physi omns. | About tha same time 1t happened tha the Fronoh wapminister found himself suf- fering from a disérder for which the samo medicinal watdre wore prescribed. Natur- ally the two futibtionaries, condemnod to pass some weoks in the same village, saw a good deal of ome another, a fact which did not escape tho attention of some of Bis- marck's stipsidiary students of life and manners. ‘Thqfy report keenly interasted the German chancellor, who, recognizing the hygiene adyantages of travel, recom- mended to his govereign a trip across the Britisb channal, Contrariwise, the ozar has within the ‘last few days evinced disrolish for sea voysges. The details of his return visit to Kmser William 11 hias been settled, and the date of his ar- rival at Potsdam had been fixea for August 12. Now, however, wo hear from Berlin that the visit of Alexander ITL has been in- definitely postponed. In the matter of Fng- land’s adhesion to the trivle alliance, the politicians of the continent are in danger of counting chickens before they are hatched. There is little doubt that Lord Salisbury is in favor of such a programme. But he will presently bs called upon in parliament to avow exactly how far he has gone, and to define the conditions on which he would have England co-operate with the three cen- tral powers. The value of the British fleet to the latter is obvious enough, but what compensation would they offer to Great Britain! Would they agree to attack Rus- sin in case the czar should undertake aggres sive operations against Afghanistan and India? If they would make no such agree- ment, the bargain recommended by Lord Salisbury would be one-sided, and would certainly be rejected. Not even the tories themselves could be relied upon to vote for a coalition in which England would have something to lose and nothing to gain. On the other hand, if the central powers would guarantee Great Britain's undisturbed possession of India, even some of the Gladstonians might favor the accession of their country to the triple alliance. Butit 18 hard to believe that any such guarantee will be proposed. * e When Peter the Great came to the throne of Russin, less than two hundred years ago, Russia was without a navy and possessed only one seaport, the frozen Archangel on the Arctic ocean. The famous emperor laid the foundntion of & navy, employing Ven- etian and Dutch shipwrights to build small vessels on an inland lake, He also learned practical seamanship himself by cruising on Duteh and English ships at Archangel, and by Living the life of a common shipwright at Saardam, He warred with Turkey, and taking the city of Azof, secured a southern seaport. In his subsequent wars with Sweden he securad possession of the mouth of the Neva, and thus gained an outlet to whe Gulf of Finland. And here in the marshes, looking westward, he laid the foun dations of the preseant capital. Before he died he warred with Persa and extended his empire along the Caspian. During ali the years that have elapsed since Peter's death, the dreahi’of the Russian monarchs has been to secure a seaport on the Mediter- ranean, 8o that the Black sea might no longer be an inlandl body of water from which her war véssels might not pass with- out the consent of other powers. Her many wars with Turkey. fiave all been directed to the achievement vf this purpose. But so far she has only succeeded in creeping along the shores of the Bluck sea. Turkey, and her ally Englard, hold the Dardanelles and the Hellespont and Russin’s navy has been penned up in the ancient Euxine. Buta most important cession has lately been made to Russia, which gives her the desire of her heart. The Prince of Montenegro has ceded the Port of Antivari to Russia, which thus secures a foothold on the Mediter- ranean, a harbor for her navy, a coalng and supply station, and a position of strategic importance. Russia now becomes & power in the great Mediterranean. x The critical question of the hour in Europe is whether the czar will not regard as of- fensive the ostentatious appearance of his old enemy, England, in association with Germany, and Austria and Italy, and come to the conclusion that the time has arrived to smash the treaty of 1878, as well as the one with Frauce and England after vhe Cri- mean war, which, so far as it fettered his en- terprise in the Black sea, has long been ob- solete. The very fact of the cordiality be- tween Germany and England instead of con- ducing to the peacefulness of Kurope, may be the provocation that will cause war, and we must not attach too great an importance to the forthcoming visit of the czar to Ber- lin. His last visit to the German capital was not a happy one. It will be remembered that the young emperor of Germany, under almost commands from his grandfather's death-bed, made a visit to St. Petersburg soon after his accession to the throne, and the czar can hardly avoid returning that call without substantially making a declaration of hostilities. That he has manifested a sufly spirit, and is going to Berlin in a very formal way, is the opinion generally held in Germany; and it will be confirmed by the failure to secure the meeting of the czar with the Austrian emperor, Tt is between Russia and Austria that thefriction makes heat, and may strike fire, If the three emperors could have been brought together the effect would have been excelient, but the Russian waits until his Austrian brother has departed from Berlin, and then goes with a growl to Pots- dam. The details of the czar’s Beriin recep- tion will be regarded with anxious attention, for the question whether the armed nations of Europe will seek each other's destruction and use the monstrous military machines they have been so long preparing in a gen- eoral massacre, rests with the two young men who occupy the thrones of Russia and Ger- many. The drift of Eyrope is slowly, but it would seem surcly, toward war. The two emper- ors may hasten the gurrent, and “‘shoot Nia- agara” with all their fortunes, or they can chiecl the stream, and, as it were, on the edge of the cataraebturn back the torrent, making peace by commanding, with their millions of soldi¢rs,” the common disarma- wment of the great powers. The present prominence of England is not & promise of peace. ( Lt All the indications point to the disestablish- ment of the Episcopal church as the next great polivical issme in England. It is closely and impatientl§ browding on fhe wake of home rule now/ “Even tory farmers and land owners are résisting the collection of tithes in the south hod east of England, the stronghold of Episcopaliauism. A tory mem- ber of parliament from one of the strongly Saxon southeastern districts presented a mo- tion in the commobs to the effect that tithes should be recoverable in the future from the landlords and not from the tenants, lease contracts and bargains to the contrary not- withstanding. The motion was supported, of course, by the radicals and by muny of the liberal unionists, and received 141 votes to 145 against. The Salisbury government thus came within a beggarly four votes of defeat. ‘The cablegrams fail to state how the Cham- berlain following voted. They probably stood by the government, That will cost them their seats at the next election, as their constituents are, generally speaking, radi- cals and uon-Episcopalians. Gray, the mover of the resolution, it may be remarked, is himself an extensive furmer on whow the landlord contracts In reforonce to tithos pressed hoavily. The partial success which attended the motion will probably bring dis- establishment 10 tho front as an issue more potent than home rule, ko all people of their class, are exceedingly fickle. Revolutions seom to them mattors of course. Their readiness to follow any leader, and to aban- don any existing institution, has beon the most potent factor in their history. The con- version of the Sandwich Islandors to chris- tianity was the most sudden and sweeping triumph known to the annals of modern missions. Bigoted or bonighted indeod must be the man who denies that o vast improve ment was wrought, even in respect to seen lar concerrs, by that conversion. At the samo time no fair-minded friend of missions refuses to admit that natural pronenoss for things new and strange groatly prodisposed the native mind to listen to forcign ovangel- fsts. Tor along vime past it has been evi- dent that many influences were at work Hawaii tending strongly toward a rolapse 1n the direction of paganism and barbarism Perhaps that tendency has beon overesti mated. There is no sufiicient reason to think that it includes anything like a majority of the native inhabitants. Nor does it appear that the recent outbroak was espocially re- actionary, excepting 8o far as it indicated Impatience and sottled government. Friends of christian oivilization in Hawaii havo rea- son for anxiety, but not for alurm. The Hawaiians, Tho massing of Russian troops throughout the Caucasus, coming s 1t doos just as the shah of Persia is nearing the ond of his Furopean tour, and England and Germany are displaying their friendship by royal § has rather an ugly look. At any rate the sick man at Constantinople Is strengthoning Erzerum against an anticipated attack in that quarter. Krzerum commands the head- waters of the Euphrates and Tigris, and these valleys may yet furnish the guteway of Russia to the Persian gulf avd the sca. Russia, by the law of expansion of great powers, 18 entitled to a seaboard outlet. This is perilous business, as every slice taken from the Turkish empire means the hasten- ing of its final dismemborment. The sultan is simultaneously threatoned with a demon- stration in two directious, The Greeian prime minister suddenly sees in the Cretan revolt and the uneasiness along the Turkish border a vhance to make a point, and has be- come very warlike in tone, Greece has been warned by Turkey that an attempt to land troops at Crete will be considered a cause of war. TR The king of famous Dahomey is dead, and as his successor must prove before ho uscends the throne that he is a brave and great man , the young aspirant is looking around for ad- ventures. At last aoccounts he had gone hunting for King Tofa of Porto Nova, declar ing that nothing leas than the head of that potentate wouid satisfy his ambition. King Tofa was at peace with all the world, but his country is suddeuly plunged into terrible commotion simply bacause his head is want- ed across the border in Dahomey. The French are now busily engaged in Porto No- vo helping the king keep his head on his shoulders. It is such puerile quarrels as these that are playing the mischief with the West African trade. and koeping a long stretch of the coast in an uproar. L e St.dohn and the Prohibs, Minneapolis Tribune. If St. John's efforts in bohalf of the thira varty prohibitionists are as fruitless in Towa as they were in Kansas, Colonel Brice will strike his name from the pay-roll. Just the Place For It. St, Pawl Globe. There could hardly be a more appropriate place than Chicago for the establishment of a hospital for the practice of the Pasteur system of inoculation agamst rabies. It 1s easy for people to get mud there. —— In Sober Philadelphia, Too. Phitadelphia Ledger. Young America is getting very fast. A boy of fifteen was held yesterday to answer a charge of forgory, another of fourteen, who had been drunk so many times that he could not remember how many, was sent to the house of refugy T The Supreme Test. Washington Post, It was entirely proper that the first tost of the Brown-Sequard elixir should be made in St. Louis. I, after giving that old burg an injection through a fire-engine hose, she shows signs of life. tho elixir can safely be put on the market. e Special Rates For Barnstormers. New York Herald. The theatrical managers hope to get & special rate for traveling professionals of 2 cents a mile if the the iuter-state commerce commission sanctions it. But are the inter- ests of the down-trodden boot and shoo man- ufacturers to be 1ignored? -~ Equally Fru> in Nebraska. Denver Republican, The best way to secure good government is to elect good men to offico. This caunot be done by permitting self-secking politicians of the worst class to dictate the nominations of the dominant party, These men must be sentto the rear in the republican party of Colorado, and some of them should be sent to the penitentiary. The gang must be smashed or the robbery of the state will be worse in the futuro than it ever has been in the past. —~—~— AUGUST AMENITIES, Terre Haute Express: Railroad men re- port collections dull. Nearly all trans aro compelled to run on time. Terre Haute Express: Thers 18 consider- able activity among the medical profession. The surgeous in particular are cutting up at @ high rate. The baggage smasher merrily Now tosses travelers' trunks; He cachinnates with ghoulish glee, Aud breaks them into chunks. But some fine morn this soulless Aend Will skyward take his fight, For he will monkey with a trunk That's filled with dynamite, Philadelpa Ledger: Two more comets have been discovered, and the ouvlook for more is encouraging. There 18 a regular posse comet at us employed in this industry. Kearney Enterprise: This is about the time of year when the farmer feels his oats, Kearnoy Enterprise: The bicycle wheel is alway tired, yet never tires. Lawrence American: Reporter — What shall I put over this base ball item foru head- mg! The homeclub lost, you know, through rocky umpiring. Editor—Head it A Dia- mond Robbery.” Jewelers' Weekly : Little Slun (to jeweler) —Miss Lawntennis has jilted six fellahs this summer, but she has pwomised to mawy me, and I want to give hera bwooch that will constantly wemind ber that she 1s engaged to me. Jeweler—I see. What do you think of & goose admiring & cabbage! Kearney Enterprise: *Yes, I am the vio- tim of a maiden's sighs,” said the young man who married a 180 pound beauty. Someryille Jourus!: It doesn't pay to worry. Go ahead and have a good time, whatover happens, and somebody else is sure to do the worrying for you. Puck: Visitor (at Squashburg) —Have you ever had the cholera or yellow fever herel Native—No; but a militia regiment camped ere a couple of summers 4go. THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST, The Governor of Virginia Wires For the Detention of a Murderer. BURNED BY A GAS EXPLOSION. Mr. Frank Hall Severely Soorched— Bigamist MeClollan on Trial—This Year's Tax Levy—Articles of Incorporation, LiNco1N Burwav oF THr OMATA Han, 1020 P Streer, } Laxcouy, Auguat 16 Governor Thayer was wirea today by Fitzhugh Loee, governor of Virginia, to order J. H. Maness to be held at Nebraska City for the murder of Bud Sloan in that state. Deputy Secretary of State Cowdry and wifo are enjoying a visit from Mr. Cowdry's sister, Mrs. 5. H. Powers, of Grand Island. The following cases wore filed for trial to day in the supreme court : Simon Obernath vs Jonathan Edgar; on error from Cass county. Alden B. Atkins vs Helen C. Gladwick; orror from Johnson county Judge Thomas, of Falls Ci Humphrey, of Pawnee Cit Gandy, the Rich the day in the to spring i Ga supreme court. Governor Thayer, Treasurer Hill and Aud- itor Bonton were at their desks to- -day. v, and Captain counsel for Dr. rdson county foreer, put in stato library looking up law dy's third hearing bofore the oly Burned. Frank llll!l of Marquette, Hall, was severely burned an explosion of gas. A gas fixture in his block at Fourtecnth and Q streots was broken and allowed the gas to escape. Ho started to investigate whero it came from with a lighted mateh, and an explosion fol- lowed. His face, eyes and hands were severoly scorched, the skin peeling from the latter. His condition is considered seriou Miss Reta McClain, a young lady who rooms adjoining the apartment whore the ex- plosion took place, and who was standing in the doorway at the time, reccived slight burns about the face and hands, The build- ing did not take fire. Deweese & this morning by The Levy tor 1880, The details for the city's levy for the taxes of 1859 have not yot boen made public, but the levy will doubtless ba 30 mills. The levy for 1388 was 87)¢ mills. The improve- monts in the fire department and the new wells and pumping machinory at the Rico pumping station on tho Antelope aceounts for this increase. ~ Aside from these expenses the lovy would have been but %4 mills The work of figuring this levy has been done by Councilman Meyor, assisted by Mayor Grahum, and the public can be assurad thi it has been done faithfully and well. While the levy looks high, it is not so bad when one considers that real estate is assessed at but about oue-fifth to one-sixth of its real value aad personal property at from one- eighth to oue-tenth of its value. Articles of Incorporation. The Merrici County bank, at Clarks, and the State bank, of Elmwood, filed articles of incorporation to-day, the former with $30,000 authorized capital stock and the latter with $25,000. August 15 and 16 respectively dates the business commencement of the compa- mes. Incorporators of the Clarks bank: W. Chamberlain,O. N. Eaton, H. D, Gifford and H. Chamberlamn. _Of the Elmwood bank: C. D, Clapp, Joseph Millen and N. P. Hobbs. “Ths Crete lmprovement and investment company also filed articles. This enterorise dates existence from April 27, 1889, and con- tinues to April 27, 1938, Its purpose is 1o buy, sell _and leaso roal estute and deal in bonds and other securitics. Capital stock $100,000. - Incorporators: George Stevens, W. H. Barstow and John R. Johnson, of Crote; Amos Sherman, Woonsocket, R. L, and Frederick A. Hubbs, Amherst, Mass. McClellen On Trial. C. W. McCle:lan entered the plea of not guilty to the charge of bastardy preferred by Tilly ‘Triechel. Bhe girl denied the story she told at the Willard home, on the witness stand, and the cowplaint was amended to that of adultery aud continued until to-mor- row morning at 9 o'clock. It is intended that the more serious charge of bigamy will stare him 1n the faco at that hour. A dep- uty sheriff started for Ashton, Kan., this eveuing to bring upon the scend his first wifa. City News and Notes. Miss M. E. Northwood, of Leavenworth, Kan., is visiting friends in the city. Golozel E. P. Roggen returned this morn- ing from the reunion at Kearney, James Mullane, of the Ogallalla News, is in the city. He says that Keith county has a lively lot of democrats, but that politics will not interest him uatil he gets his libel suit off his hands. The Union Depot company, cited in yester- day’s Bee, filed articles organizing and in- corporating for the purpose of building, operating and maintaining union depots in the suburbs of the metropolis—same incor- porators and same capital stock, $1,500,000, ‘The Omaba and St. u»cnh teams will play ball 1n this city Augu: Five desutute l!uhemmu found in their shanties near Second and D streets yesterday. They were almost starved. The water on the floor was about three feet deep and it was impossible for them to get out. They had put chairs on the beds and were sitting on them, where they had been withou a bite to eut since Tuesday, They were taken to dry quarters and supplied with provisions, Suit has been begun against the city in the county court by Lonise P. Dayton for the sum of $333.20. The plainufl is the owner of lots on the corner of Ninth and G, where she has a number of dwelling houses. By the change in the grade the property was liable to damage by the accumulation of water. To prevent this she raised the founaations at the cost above stated. Alex Hoagland will lecture Sunday night at the First Presbyterian church, at which time he will review his work for the benefit han boys for the last ten years. The Lincoln and Asland teams will play ball io this city for a purse of $100. It will RO 8ib to the winner and $25 to the loser, William Jans and Miss Mary Orthman, of Crete, were licensod to marry this morning. ‘I'he Ohio people living in Lancaster county will hold & basket picnic wud reunion at Cushman park on Wedussday, August 21, All are invited. The examination ot Miss Frankie Curry took place before Police Judge Houston this forenoon, Miss Curry is charged by the firm of Ashby & Millspaugh with haviug ob- tuined goods from them on & forged order and on false prelenscs, to the amount of about $3i5, The state was represented by County Auvorney Stearps, and the defendant by Lawyer BBaird, The defense contented wself with the cross examination of the state's witnesses and rested. ‘Uho defondant was bound over to the district court 1u the sum of $500, iu defuult of which she went W jJuil, The defense iu the district court will be that of insanity. The defendant is a pleasunt looking woman, but without much lnlulhl{onw or expression W her face, and she swiled sweetly when she was informed that she had w go back o jail. Mrs. Sims was arrajgned this morning in the police court on the charge of receiving and concealing stolen goods. She pleaded not guilty, but the broof was t0o strong, and she was Hued $45 and costs and cowmitied to the county jail. She is the niother of the harness thieves. Harry Lippincott and wife returned to-day from & three wecks' bridal tour through Col- orado and other western states. families were Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria, ‘When she was & Child, abe cried for Casiorls, ‘Wheu she bacame Miss, she clung o Castoria, Wion who had Childres, she gave them Castoria AMONG THE RAILROADS, Passenger Agonts Protest —~Items from Hoadquarers. Tho passengor agents of tho varions linos leading into Omaha are somewhat indignant over the advertisements of the fair and Mer~ chants’ wook rates as published in the pross and claim that they aro very misleading. Tho advertisements read that a fare and one-third will bo charged for the round trip to Omabn from points within 250 miles, when they should read one fare for the rovnd trip with admission to the fair grounds at- tached. It is claimed that this orror should at onco ve correctad, as if allowed to stand it will keep a great many people away who otlierwise would visit the city. In addition to this thore is a speolal exour. sion over the Northwestern linos from all voints in the territory governed by the Western States Passongor assoclation, which wncludes all territory within a radius of 600 milos from Omaha, “which has bodn ontirely neglected, On this excursion the rate wiil . likewise be oue fare for the round trip. It y by o diligent effort that the west- engor assoclation conoeded this ox- cursion, and tho passengor men olaim that it is due to them that it bo advertised exten- sively. Now Krelght Rotes, At the last meeting of the Trans-Missourt Froight association held in Kangas City, the following rates were adopted: I'lour, fn car lots, between Omaha and Lincoln, 10 cents per 100 pounds, Leaf lard, in car lots, from Lincoln to Omalia, 10 cents per 100 pounds. Meats and packing house produots, from Omaa to Lincolu, 13 cents per 100 pounds. Lead pipe, in lots, from Kausas Uity to Oumahy, 144 cents, A Fruitiess Session. meral manager Holdrege, of the B. & M., returned yesterday from Chicago, where he attended the monthly meeting of the In- terstate Commerce Railway association, othorwise known as tho “'silk hat"’ organiza- tion. A great deal of talk was indulged in and many now reforms proposed, but final action was not taken on any subject brought up. The meeting will convene again next onth. e Railroading. ce-president and manager, and B. Sumuw, superintendent of tho Kansas City & Beatrico, are in the latter city in the interest of their new line, which will bo completed within forty days. They will endoavor to induco the other lines to build a union depot, but in case of failure wiil ereot one of their own, Bea Nowman Erb, Railroad Notes. General Manuger Hayes of the Wabash issued a circular to all agents of the road re- earding the use of the telegraph wires in the trausaction of company business which cauld rried on by mail, and urizes that wll refrain from overburdening the wires with useless messages. U. 8. Grant Post No. 10, G. A. R, of Den- vor, recently passed u resolution compli- mentary w0 the B. & M. passenger depart- ment for its action in reducing rates to the G. A. R. encampment at Milwaukee. Assistant General Manager Dickinson, of the Union Pacific, returned from tho scene of the recent floods on the Omaha & Repub- lican Valley yesterday morning. All trains on the B. & M. avd Unmon Pa- cific are ugain running on time, the damago to the tracks having been repaired. Tho Union Pacific's loss can not be correctly esti- mated, but is something over $50,000. ° Sev- cral new bridges have been required and extensive repairs will have to be made. Car Accountant Buckingham, of the Union Pacific, returned yesterday morming from Cheyenne, Captain W. F'. Tebbotts, general passen- @er agent of the Denver & Rio Grande, is in Omaha on his semi-senual excuresion. The 0 is as joily as ever and reporis an un- sually heavy tralic on the D. & R. G., which is a result of his efforts, ERUALE, Omaha and Council Bluffs aro prepar+ ing to furnish accommodaations for 40,000 people auring the Omaha fair, Septem- ber 2 to 6, inclusive. e High School Plsmbing. “That man must have been asleep a long time,” said Secrotary Piper of the board of education, referring to an article ina morn- ing paper, alleging irregulurity in the plumb- ing job at the high school. ““The fact is,” continued the secretary, “there nas been no plumbmng done in the high school for nearly three years. The last was in connection with the now defunct cooking school. We are now advertising for bids for some plumbing work. The board intends to remove the present closet system at the high school. as it is very defective. It nas been in use for ten years or wmore and was a poor system to start with, The im- proved flush tank system will be used in the uilding hereafter, 1 can’t see what that paper means unless the author of the urticle Das just awakened after a Rip Van Winkle experience.”’ Pt s e Half rates on the railroads to the Omaha fair, September % to 6, inclusive: - Property Owners Protest. OmAnA, Neb., July 16.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: We, the undersigued proporty- owners on Twenty-eighth avenue, between Farnam and Dodge, have been waiting 1@ have that part of the street put into a coudis tion to enable people to walk on 1t after dark without danger of their lives. We thought that two or three years would be sufcient, but seem to have been mistaken. The grad- ing has gone on at a suail’s puce, and the re- cent rains have made great fissures in the ground. 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