Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 19, 1889, Page 4

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[ravelers who want i Rer and can’t get i€ on trains where otl (ruahin papors ure carried are requested Ay Tire By There 15 no ¢ on the trains, to no- THE DALY B sw State Connty of Dougias, Georzze 11, Izselinck, secretary of The Beo Publishing Company, does solemnly swear that the actual clreuiation of Tik DALY ek forthe week ending October 12, 189, was as follow Sunday. Oct, 6 Monday, Oct. 7 Tuesany, Oct. 8 Wednosday, Oct, 9. Mhursday, Oct. 10 Friday, Oct. 1 GEONGE B, TZSCHUCK. State of Nebraskn, 5 Courty of Douglas, "% Sworn to befors me and subscribed to in my presoice thes 12th day of October, A. D). 158, (Seal.] GEORGEN. HICKS Notary Public. Georgs 1. Tzschuck. belng duly sworn, de- 1 sy he'ls secretary of The Beo Publishing Company, that the actual average damly circulation of 'Tne DaLy Biw for the MoKt of October 18, was 18,084 cop! November, 1885, 1806 'copies; ' for Dacamber, or Junuary, 159, 1880, 14,003 coble or A il Dl 1840, 1 July, cop. L 1480, 18,710 ® I T7scn bscribed Tie citizens of Omaha expect the grand jury todo its duty and its whole daty without fear or A cot which lars in taxes paid have the boo tehered, NTY has a million dol- anuually can’t afford In its treasurer’s s importance of Omaha asa com- \l center is showa in the estab- lishment here of ¢ s for all the leading railvonds of the country. genel THE co exander sare tightening around Al- Sullivan. e arrest of his utial elerk for comphicity in- the jury bribing conspiracy in Chicago leaves iim but little room to escape. THE ne st vacancy occurs in the Second il Cistriet the rail- road bosses should name their man and graciously permit the vassals of the B. & M.y e to vatify their choice. ime congres: CONGRESSMAN OUTHWAITE, the au- thor of the Pacific railway funding bill, kunows whereof he speaks when he de- clares that the coming congress will deal leniently witn these corporations. Toe idard of martyrdom has been raised from three to five years in Utah. Heretofore convicted polygamists con- sidered three yearsin the penitentiavy a guarantee of earthly glory and future salvation. EX-SENATOR KELLOGG, of Louisiann, had only breathed the progressive at- mosphere of Omaha for twenty-four hours when he felt justified in prediet- ing u four years’ boom for the whole sur- rounding country 1. TuE caustic criticisms of the Paris Temps on Chicago’s candidacy for the world’s fair is a serious rupture of inter- national amity. Chicago is justified in and smiting the nge list, thirst for political martyrdom is likely to be satisfied. He proposes to lead alonely expedition into 1 ind cheerfully suffer the conse- guences of his folly. Boulunger will 8000 be known as the George Francis Train of France. 1r Sheriff Coburn imagines that THE Bre will remain passive with regard to his cundidacy for a third term ho is very much mistaken, If heknows what 18 best for him he will heed the advice %f T Bk and relieve his colleagues on the county ticket from the dead weight of his nam THE barb wire trust justify another advance of prices on the ground that the expiration of pateuts, the rise in pig iron and extreme competition have demoralized trade. The public should demoralize the trust by patron- izing firms and factories outside the combination. Such action would soon bring them to terms. Tue entrance of South Dakota into the union lacks only the benediction of President Harrison to make the mar- viage complete, Never was a bridal ac- complished with heartier enthusiasm, From the James river to the summit of the Black Hills, from Aberdeen to Yanlkton, the nuptials were celebrated with the cheers and commendations of three hundred thousand people. The event is certainly an inspiring one, and shows low deep and strong is the patriotic sentiment of self-government, ——— THERE appears to be some question in Washington as to the legality of the action of the South Dakota legislature in convening and electing United States senators, ‘The point is made that there s really no state legislature until there s o state, and there can be no state until the president has so declured by proclamation, The technicality thus raised is interesting, but in any event the country knows who are certain to represent South Dakota in the national scuute, R VI Y S O THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1880, T THE FRAUDS IN MONTANA. In view of the alleged {rauds in the late election in Montana, which was held underthe Aunstralian ballot system, the advoeates of the system will have to quolify their oclaim that it s # certain preventive of bailot cor- ruption. The republicans charge that there was fraudulent voting in a precinet of Silver Bow county, the ef- fect of which was to defeat six repub- licans and elect six democrats to the legislature, and, upon investigation, the board threw out the pre- cinct, This action is subject to re- vision, and the courts will p upon the charge, but meantime the fair presumption is that the board found good reasons for its course. Making all roasonable allowance for partisan de- signs in tho matter, it is notto be fairly that the board, knowing that its action was subject to judicial revision, would have thrown out the precinet unless it found substan- tinl grounds for believing that fraud had been practiced. “But this not al ne in evidence that Australinn system is not an lute remedy for election frauds. Thero are allegations of fraudulent voting in other districts, and the fact that no oftic cognizance has ! taken of them does not necessavily show that they ave groundless. Tho first experi- ment with the Australian ballot system in Montana can not be held to have been conclusive of the merits claimed for that system. It is apprehended that the contest growing out of the alleged frauds 1n Montana will exclude her from the president’s proclamation, expected at an early day, admitting the new states. It is possible the president may wait @& reasonable time for a ju- dicial vevision of the canvassing board’s action, as he may do without embar rassing any of the new states, but the that the admission of Mon- tana will be delayed. This would be un- fortunate only so far as it would destroy the harmony of the proceedings thus far in connection with the creation of the four newstates. But no effort should to ascertain whether or not ions of fraud are well founded. The new state must not be admitted until these charges are cleaved up. howe great the lay, and in the investigation and decision of this matter it will be the duty of the national administration not to concern itseif to the least extent. 1t is an affair of the canvassing supposed canvassing case is tho abso- chances ar be spared people of Montana to be settled in the and by tho methods provided, without any outside interference. It hins been reported that the president has been asked to remove the judge be- fore whom the Silver Bow contest will be heard, and who is a democrat, and ap- point a republican in his ad. While itis possible there are some wmong the republican leaders of Mon- tana would have the temer- ity make a request this kind of the president, there is not the least probability that it would receive n moment’s favorable wion at Washiington. The ob- vious duty of the administration is to keep itsell entively free from any inter- ference or influence in connection with this contest, and undoubtedly it will do s0. who to of conside AN AME V :‘Il-.‘l.‘l'}l.L\"l' NAVY. Henry W. Cramp, of Philadelphia, one of the noted firm of ship builders who constructed the fast government cruiser Bultimore, recently made some interesting suggestions in an castern paper regavding the upbuilding of an American merchant marine. Mr.Cramp thinks that the American registration of American-built ships should be con- tinued and that the coastwise traffic must be Mmited, as at present, to ships of American construction. He belicves that a great impetus to ship building would be given if the government would follow the example of the French and give a construction premium equal to two dollars a ton on wooden built ships under two hundred tons: four dollars o ton on those over two hundred tons, and twelve dolla ton on iron ships on the express condi- tion thatall such steamships as should be built on plans approved beforchand by the navy department so as to be veadily converted into cruisers, should recelve fifteen per cent additional bounty. After the result of the Intev-Ameri- ran congress is known anda if it should be so favorable as to warrant the belief that our South Amevican trade will be increased, it may prove feasible to adopt in part at least the plans advocated by Mr. Cramp, The ideas suggested ave not novel and are now in foree in other countries,where they ave working well. France by this method has built up and is maintaining anexcellent mer- chant marine, and England has under her control all the ocean grayhounds of the Atlantic, which upon a few days’ notice can be converted into fast naval cruisers, H!LL IN THE SOUTH. The visit of Governor iill to Atlanta, Georgin, where he went by invitation to be present at the opening of the ex- position, may or taay not help on his presidential boom, buat it will not fail to muke the friends of Mr. Growver Cleveland a little un . Mr. Hill has not hitherto cultivated the south, He has been lurgely content with main- taining his control of the democratic machine in New York, which is a tasle requiving no small amount of political skill, but having pretty thovoughly demonstrated his ability to do this he may now find it ex- pedient to seek new fields of conquest, He has made but a brief stay in the south and traversed very little of its territory, but he hasbroken the ice, and it would seem has made a good impres- sion, He has had the gratification of hearing his name mentioned there in connection with the presidency, and the opportunity given him to say en- couraging things to the southern people has been very fully improved. Gov- ernor Hill is said to contemplate a trip 10 the west, but however this may be it is certain that he is intending to widen the scope of his activity, There is rea- son to believe that the fact is uot viewed with entire unconcern by the more ardent fricuds of the ex-president, who think that no other man has any right to indulge presidential aspira- tions so long as Mr. Cleveland is in the field. But while it isas certain as anything can be in politics that if Cleveland and Hill are alive when presidential eandi- dates arc again to be chosen thoy will make a vigorous contest for the nomina- tion,it is notso certain that the honorwill fall to either of them, There is a grow- ing feeling among democrats who take a brod view of what is oxpedient for the future of the party that its next can- didate for the presidency should be taken from the west. These argue that the time has come for the democratic party to make a determined effort to breach the bulwark of republicanism, and that the only way in which the party can proceed to accomplish this, with any promise of success, is to take a west- ern man as its candidate for the presi- denc, This view, which has very cogent reasons supporting it, is likely tomake great progress in the mnext three ars, and a sharp contest be- tween the New York aspirants that siould result in dividing the support of that state in the next national elee tion would be very likely to lead to the so- lection of a western candidate. MR. SNYDER AS A BANKER. The tlerald sets up a straw man and then knocks him down. It pretends that Tre BEx has charged Adam Sny- der with defrauding creditors of the dofunct bank foundered by C. 3. Mayne, at Ford & Co. No such charge has been made by Tue Ber. We have simply stated that the only finaneial venture with which Mr. Snyder has been prominently cou- nected did not show much financial ability on his part. To uvse plain glish & man who has no nore business tuct than Snyder exhibited when he al- lowed himself to be roped into the boodle ik by P’at Ford is not a fit per- son to be custodian of the county funds. He ought to have Known better than 1w join in a schemo that manifestly had for 1ts objoct a combine of city councilmen and contractors who were expected to engineer jobs and cover up beodle scheme: What other object was there in starting such a bank? C. 1. Mayne, 1ts president, was a mem- ber of the board of public works. and the bank divectors were members of the council. It did not take a mun us de: as a well 1o see the object of ovganizing such a financial concern. Anyoue who ever saw the prospectus of the baik in which the names of Snyder, Pat Ford and other councilmen were paraded in big type, could not fail to comprehend. Tt said in so many words that contrae- tors and parties who had nxes to grind with the city council or the board of public works would find it to their advants to do business with this Its influence was supposed to be very val If Mr. Snyder did not understand what his nnme was to be used for by his partuers, he must have been stupia to say the least. is so credulons and so easily tuken in is not the kind of a man the county finances. Had Snyder been a man of ¢ financial foresight he would never have made himself a party tosuch n bogus banking seheme. That he has paid up his stock at a loss iy creditable to him, but that fact alone dows not qualify him for the county treasurevship. o bank. able. very And a man who to mannge WIO 1S RESPONSIBLE? The verdict of the coroner’s jur; hoiding Engineer Gillespic responsible for the wreck at Gibson is misleading. It does not cover the entire case, and was ovidently intended to smooth over the causes of that deplorable calamity. The erew of train number six attempted to shift the responsibility from their shoulders by testifying that the air brakes were tried before the train left the Omaha depot, and must have been tampered with during the pro- gress of the train to Gibson. This theory contradicts itself, for it would be smecidal for any person to try to turn the awr-valves between the cars while the train was in motion. The eircam- stances conclusively prove that the air was not properly tested when the train was coupled up at the depot. The v require that both conductor and brake- man shall examine the air and see tl all brakes are set before the signa and start are given, Theyv are equally responsible with the engincer for the safety of the teain. That they failed to do their duty is ident, and the jury commifted an un- pardonable blunder in relieving them from their share in the disuster. Another important contributory cause was entirely overlooked by the jury. It is the reckless speed maintained by trains within the city limits, The or- dinances provide that the speed of teains within the city limits shall not exceed eight miles per hour, yet it is a notorions fast that twenty miles an hour is the rule rather than the exception. It is not uncommon to see trains rush- ing into the city and ncross streets at o speed of thirty miles an hour. The testimony shows that the wrecked train was running at a rate of twenty miles an hour, within the city limits, and this reckless speed was one of the lending causes of the disaster. Hud the company com- pelled its employes to obey the law, the train could have been controlled by the engine and the destructive force of the collision averted, As it is the jury has made a scapegoat of ong man, whilethe conductor and brakeman and the company were equally responsible. release Tue maritime confecence in session at Washington is a very important gathering, and its deliberations will be regarded with great interest by all who are concerned, the world over, in improving the conditions of naviga- tion, The conference will consider a great variety of subjects connected with the navigation of the seus, among them a system of signaling to prevent col- lisions, and if it does nothing beyond adopting a code that shall diminish the danger of vessels running into each other it will be time and money well expended. The conference is the re- sult of an invitation extended by the United States to the maritime powers, and oll of, them es copted. cept Portugal ac- THE republi¢an candidates for county commissionars, Mosses, Berlin - and Smith, are in every respect hotter qual- ified for managing the affairs of this county than Corrigan and McGinnis, the democratic eandidates. Berlin is well and favorably known as o progross- ive, energetic young man, and Mr. Smith is recommended by those who have known him for yearsas a business man whose word is as good as his bond. The taxpayers of this count regardless of party demand a radical ange in the board of commissioners, The grading job and hospital swindle are too fresh to be forgotten. The only way they can secure such a change is by electing Berlin and Smith. We must have men to manage our county affaivs, SENATOR IRREAGAN, of Texas, who wiusone of the senate committee which investigated the subjoct of irrigation in the west, has just expressed the opinion that tho mattor is one that oughtto devote its earnest attention to, and that the west and south should join hands in having it forced to the front immediately. As the senator stands well in democratic councils, his view vegarding this question can properly be commonded to the framers of the plank in the platform of the Nebraska democracy which denounced and pro- tested against any anpropriation for gating the arid lands of the west. business congress ON THE SIDE. We are told that Adam Snyder has already arranged to sell his meat shop, with a view of devoting all his talents and spare time to tho public service, Mr. Snyder had better hold on to his shop until after the election. The ramor that Commissioner Corrigan 18 thoroughly posted on county affairs, was probably started by the hospital contractors. His carcer in offlce proves that he is not troubled with sufticient gray matter to pro- auce a beaduche, The establishmeat of suburban train sery- ive on the Missouri Pacific between Omaba and F is an fmportant boost to the jobbing and retail interests of the motropolis. It will brine the thriving communitios of the Missouri river countieseinto close business and sociul relations with our people, and can- uot fail to result profitabiy to both. The raving of imination of democrats against the dis- thie ratlroads in regard to rates 1o the late judicial convention, is n useless of The corpora- tious cannot hope for from a min- ority party, | why they g them? When the demoerats show they can clect a state oficer, o to conventions will not only receive reduced rates but free passes by the hundr OTHER LANDS THAN OURS Of the five bye-elections that have recently taken place in England, in two of them the tories lost they atready lheld, in one they have incrensed their mujority by seve and in the remaining two the liberals hay retained their seats b, majorit 1o defeat of the tories m Bucki hawshire, an agricultural aud tory cour o, under #hsolu similar conditi been r ic throng seats eased ures of the last claction ha ad i par and lution of parlia has naturall the liber nist some | is leadin onle to exy But it is pl wugh that the cortain the liberal-unionists become they will beevic w never the at them, the more str il oppose a dissolution of the crimes Ireland furnishes a substantial reason for a change of votes, Iorit has been perfectly manifest that the victims of Mr. Balfour's poliey of coercion have been osecuted and punished simply for stive Irishmen. The > policy was o hatred of such, und the same kind of them that tradition ascribes te regard to the Romans., As it was ticable to exterminate the Irish people, it seemed 10 have boen resolved Lo decimate them. Really. this is the only explanation of the programme carried out by Mr. Bal- four. It was apparent to everybody that the men chosen for prosecution had done no more than all Irishmen were e doing nud were not in the least doing. The object of the proseen! overawe the wholc Irish- people vent thew from cven publicly what they believed to be the b fect was simply to wake heroes in the populur estimatio whom Lord Salis y's adm lar iguoranee of the Irish nature, and indeed of human nature in zeneral, had undertaken to defame and to recder impo- tent. men! in « mo that sters get sly they Tho cn- act in a chan will forcement insp] Irishmen as desire toward Nero with not prac- gagod in ashamed of 1 was to and 1o pre- Tho of - 1 mar of the men stration, with Perhaps the strongest present coundition of affairs in Russia was furvished by the careful arcan made to protect the life of tio czar homeward journey from Beriia to Petersburg, From Berlin 10 the German fronticr the road taken by the czar was guarded by CGerman infantry and cavalr 0 urranged that not an inch of the track was beyond the sight of a watehfu! soldier, The life of the eviperor of all the Russias is 1 danger even in a forcign land, but as he approuches his own dominions the danger inercases a thonsand-fold, It lurks at every railrond station in itussia, and may spring ub at any point of the road. Yo guard inst 1t 50,000 men are patroling the track from the .German fronti 0 St Petersburg—a large army cugaged in the one business of watching over the safety of one of L estnonarchs of the earth, The humblost fredsant in his brond en if he has the wisdbm to cau count wita ¥ comuient on the cep bis wouth shut, asonable certainty on liv- ing until death comes to him in the due course of naturo, The emperor, iess fortu- than the poasant, has the reasoaable certainty of eventuslly falling, as his fatner did, at the hand of the assass. One of the incidints of the bunquet given o the czar by Emperor William in Berlin will undoubtediy strengthen the war scare. When the czar's figilth was proposed by ths ewmpe 130, Which the czar speaks fluently, aud had; been speaking through the dinaer, he responded briefly and drily in French, & language now tabooed at the Ger- man court, ‘That this was done 1atention- ally there does mot scem to bo any doubt. Its object was, of course, to siiow that he was still dissatisfied with Germany, and that Fraace was his best friend. That such little freaks of one man should have such immense political importance in our day seems odd enough, but immense importance they will have as long @s there are men whose indi- vidual word can put a million of soldiers in in motion, " The Itulian governwent kas formally an- nounced that it has assumed a protectorate over Abyssinia. In the loug scramble for African possessions Italy, least conspicuous in the rivalry, has, after all, drawn the chief prize. ‘The miliions of people who dwell on these highlands from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea, are somi-civilized, and no part of the darkcontinent which Burope has been striv- ing for comparas with their country in salu- brity and possibilities of development. The fact that Abyssinia has come undor Italian influence is more the result of good luck than of policy. Ttaly's enemy, King John, was killed at a fortunate moment for her schemes, and it havpened very conven iently that Count Antonelli, during his long resi- dence at the court of Menelik, had been able to persuade the new king of Abyssinia that Italy would be his best friend. The Mahdists will think the ways of Providence are very mysterious when they hear that thoir butch- ery of King John and his army has helped to fasten a groat European po'wer on their e ern border. The South African republic presents a quoer speetacle. Here are 60,000 Boers, abaut a quarter of whom are adult males qualified to vote. They eloct the president and the members of the volksraad or parlia- ment. Within a few years 100,000 white men, mostly English, have moved into the republie, and have opened mi and built two towns, in comparison with which the capital, Protoria, looks mean and scody. These now comers have not been admitted to citizenship, and so 15,000 Boers aro making all the laws that govern 100,000 adult 1mmi- grants, These new comers thought a while ago thoy would like to build a railroad from Pretoria to Johannesburg, but the solons mn tho volksrand voted the project down. The miners ave building a city hall to cost 8300, 000, but the forty-five lawmakers at Pretoria won't let them havoe a raiiroad. - Of course this state of things cannot last forovar, par- ticnlarly as there promise to be 250,000 im- migrants in tne Transvaal within the next ten years, There will be an explosion somo day uniess the army of new comers find some peaceable way of making their voice board, »e Persia's concession to Russia to build a railroad from Askabad to Meshed will tend to neutralize the commercial advantages which England has secured in the south of Persia during the past twelve months, Aska- bad is a station on the military railroad built by Russia from Michaelovslc on the Caspian cea eastward to Merve and thence across the Oxus valley to Samarcand. This road skirts the Persian frontier as well as the Afghanis- tan border, and will enable Russia to for- ward troops to almost any point where a 3ritish demonstration might be made in Afghar If Russia should now build a road from Askabad through tho mountains south to Meshed, tne most important com- al town in the nortliwestern part of she would be in a position to flank Herat, the gate-way to India, as it is called, and thus turn tho tables upon Kngland in case of a war. It is veryevident that Persia is doomed to be caught between the Russian and Britsh lines of aggression, and must soouer or later yield to one or be divided be- tween the two. European tours by the shah and a plentful distribution of jeweled pros- ents can not save Persia, for it lies directly in Russia’s path to the oricutal sea-boar 'he west coast of Africa is likely to give the Germans aimest as much trouble us the cast coast. The possessions on the former, south of the cquutor, claimed by them, are a and Damara land, the two 1y the coast between Cape Colony and the Portuguese possessions. One point there, however, Walfisch Bay, is Liritish, The principal port of the Germans is Angra Pequens, in Namaqua. A few RONNS GEo it was reported that the Germans were preparing to sell out all their rights and sts on est const to the Brit- ish. They scem to have disheartened by the pol arck, which evidently is that of vot W ting on South Africa sources and exertions which are more necded n Eorope. But now it begins to be doubtful how much they will have to sell. The head clief of Damara has given the Germans no- ce 1o quit the country and to go buck to amaqua. There seems to be no doubt that tue English and the Germans have both made overtures to him for his minwg lands, T'he British have come out ahead, ang the chicl has even seized some of the German missionaries as hostages, Possibly this measnre may induce Bismarclk reluc- tantly to intervene, but if the British are wise they will exert their wfluence with the chief against any resort to violeuce. been W The speeci of Premier Crisvi on the atui- tude of 1taly toward the vatican does not hold out the promise of amicable relations between church and state. 1t is evidently Signor Crispi’s aim to complete the sc that was begun by the illnatrious Cavour 110 est such > 1 Italian unity that that couatry may again be recog- nized as a political factor in Kurope. “Our task,”” hie says, “*is to fight in the cause of reason ;" but his whole policy has shown that he pronoses to use Bismarckian armaments as weapons, and to take advantage of the antagonisins and rivalrics of Russiaand Aus teia in southeastern Burope. Such extreme and wasteful measures can only lead to the socinl disorganization which he'so loudly de nounces. a confid People who thuk of Finland as a sub-nre- tic country of bleak and forbidding aspe may ve surprised to hear that several rail- rouds have already made a large part of the yegion uccessibie, A now line, 160 miles longz, has just been opened to the hicart of the country in the midst of great forcsts and perhaaps the most wonderful lake region in the world. Sportsmen are now within less than a day’s journey from St. Petersburz of al Finland, where there is the best of bunting and fishing and twenty hours of sun- light every summer day. The most unique of railroads, however, is still the little iine in Norway, north of the Artic circle, carry- g the product of far northern mines to tho s, and famous s the only railroad that has yet'invaded the polar regions, for areformation of the Servian cavinet and the probubility of M, Paschics becoming premier throws other cloud on Bismark's apparcntly sincere hope of maintaining peace in Europe. With M Paschics the restoration of the Karageog evics is not only possible, but probable, and Austria would certainly be provoked under the circumstances to use foree, Servia is ul ready 100 pro-ltussian to malke Austria feel ut ease, and the placing into power of the pre tendeor Karageorgovies would be the w thut breaks the camel’s b On whether Russia is willing to pursue her waiting policy any longer would then depend the question 1uropean war in case of Austrian iu- e in Servia, L BN A sSuggestion to the Gothami Loutsville Courier-Journa', The resident of New York city should put a candle in his hat, and see that the light is not displaced by a brick before the wires are put underground. The uecessity ants, Gentlemen's w York Sw Our esteemed contemporary, the Milwau- kee Sentinel, appears as an advocate of the word “‘pants,” aud says that the world can't get along without them, That istrue, Let there be *pants” by all means. So long as there is & “'gent’’ on the top of the earth let him ve clothed. Gents' Trousers. - An American Financ An Awmericau system of coinage would aid materially in developing the mutual trade relations sought to be encouraged by the all Americas congress, How to bring it about is the problem that will be before that body when it concludes its tour of the Uaited States and gets down to business, al System. e oA s s e oA A NEWS BOYS “COMBINE.” Bribed By the World-Herald Suppress the Boo. to THE WHOLE SNAP GIVEN AWAY. For $300 Train News oys Syste- matically Foros Other Omaha Pa- vors Upon Passengors Who Ask For The Bee. Bushwhacking Competition. For somo timo past there have beon con stant complaints received at this ofice of tho diffeulty in procuring copies of Tik Bk on various trams in and out of Omaha, Theso complaints have been coming in moro frequently during the vast few weeks. Whenever inquiry was made of the man- agers of the railrond uews companies the reply was invariably made that thoy had all the papers thoy needod. But in spito of the scarcity of Bees on tho differont railroud trains thero was always u number of papers returaed at the end of the month marked “‘unsalablo” by the news agents, This, of conrse, was partially ex- plained from the fact that the newsboys pick up papers once sold on the train and returned them as “unsoid.” Tne Bre has insisted, howaver, that therc was something radically wrong, and that a newsboys’ combine was mado against Tur Bee and in favor of its Omaha competitors. In consequence ‘Pur Bk was compelled through its editorial columns to call on pa- trons to report to this oftice all failures to et a copy of Trk Bee on the trains, At last we are in possession of evidenco which proves conclusively that methods have been used to suppross Tue Bee and to sell other Omaha papers in proference. Two days ago & young man came into the count- ing room of Pur’ Bek and statad that he wunted to have a confidential talk with the manager of circulation. He taiked right to the point and explained that he wanted to make some arrangement with this p whereby e Bes woula be pushed ah: of other papers on the trains. He said it would cost e BEE about $300 to feo the newsboys on the Nebraska lines so as to make it an object for them to work the He admitted that Tue Bee was where in great demand and tht it was easier to dispose of it than the others, butowing to_the fact that other Omaha papers wero fecing the nowsboys and malk- g it unprofitable for tuem to sell Tur B at present it was placed ot o great dis- advantage, ‘The young man was requested to again und when ho did s0 astenographer was in o convenient pluco to take down what he saud The following is the exact conversa- tion between himself and the manager of circulation. As stated before, the young man (whosoname we deen best to suppress), is employed on the Union acific road by Barkalow Bros., railroad news ngeuts In what territory do Barkalow oper in Nebraska, Wyoming, Utal, Oregon and all along thatsystem, exeepting the Soutbern Pacitic. T understood you to say, when you were m here before, that that puper had seen you and fixed you? Ans.—Yes sir. And you, in consideration of a certain amount of money given you by them, solid papers in preference to Tie Bee ! Yes sir. You say that you gave the man, who gocs west from Rawlms, his papers at Rawlins: “Yes sir. - And then 1 coming back I ex- chunge papers with No. 3, T also exchange with trains 2 and 5. It 1s my duty to ex- change with other news agents so many call Bros. in exchanging papers you caveonly a few Bees and more of other papors. Yos sir. Every timeTwonld como m I would kick to hav { the other paper th T1k Boe. In coming in this morni I had only a few ealls for the otner paper and twenty-five for ‘Cui Bee. In coming iu sruing L was pushing this other paver e one calied medown on it and said 1 did not stop it that Rosewater would be after o Q which paper it is that you are pushing. not the Republican ! A.—1 diau't say what paper it was. The publican is not the paper. The World- Herald is the paver that has been giving us the mone, Q.—Howlong have you been on this run? A.—1 have been back two wonths now. —Where were you before this? -1 was in California for a year. Q.—Were they doing this before and after the consolidation of the World-Herald ! A.—The Herald did it under the manage- ment of Merent, and it was continued after he went away, but the evening World did not. Q.—Who disburses this money? A.—T don't know. Q—Don’t you know who gave it to you? A.—1 don’t know the name of the man. Q' —How often was the money paid? “There was no set time for paying the About £300 was paid in one wonth. 1 20 mysclf. Tthe other was givel w agents west of North Platte. Who saw you to fix this matter? 1 dido’t sce anybody Q.—tiow do you know that this mouc from the World-Herald ? A.—Because the man who gave me money instructed me what to do with it. Q.—~How many men could yo 1 A.—Tcould sce themall ‘west of North Platte, I would give papers to all men going west of Ruwlins, Q—Have you been pushing the World- erald frow the time of leaving Omalia ! A.—Yes, 1gothrough the train with o largor number of the World-Herald under wy arm and the World-Herald in my hand ().—1f a passenger refuses to take if, what do you do AL dow't'ive vassengers Tue they insist upon it. We just give him a World-Herald and pass on and say nothing avout it. We fix it so that he gets the World-Herald, ~but _ of course if ho makes o k we give him Tng Bee Bat we tell bim the World-Horald is tho best paper in Omaha. 1n going through the train we always carry more World-Heralds than we do Bres, nlthough Tue Bee is really in greater domand, Q —How many men do could enlist in this scheme A.—I can eulist overyone west of Rawlins. It is not necessary to enlist them near Omaha. I know there is a biz grumble on the west eud about the Wortd-Herald: that 18, some of the boys wers promised monoy but gidn’t get it Q.—Do vou think it would be the prop sclieme 1o give cach of the boys o stipenc A.—Yes, give them each 50° much and veil thom Just what to do, as I have done for the d-Herald in the past, You say that this arrangement was Up by the Herald forone aoda half wd that it is the World-Herald that 4 doing 1t ever since the consolida- A. amo the BEr unless ou suppose you A.—Yes, sir, Q. —Do you know the man who gave you A—1I don’t know his name, but I know him by sight, When he gave me §20 he gave me instructions what to do. Q- How have matter from 13 A1t don’t mak difference to tn 80 long as they sell S0 many pupers, wheth it was o World-Herald or not, It was a ver easy mutter, as they did not care so long as the run brought in 8o much money How wmany boys are there west of North Platte who would have to be fixed A.—here are thirteen boys west of Nortl Platte, and these boys have been working for the World-Heraid, They met and ex changed papers the same us we moet aud exchange. when we get a new boy on we load him down with World-Heralds und iu struct bim o push them. All of these thir teen boys would want $10 each, which would last for six months, and they would then push Tus Ber just the same as they push the' World-Herald My advice 1o you is to “get in" now, as the World-Herald is figuring on doing the same thing in, 1 have keptfaith with the World-Herald and would do the same with Tup Hee. ) have always pushed the Herald and suppressed Tire Beg Q. —How do you fix it 80 doi't see Tk Bees! A.—We put the papers on tap of our box in the smoking car, THe Bis always al the bottom of the pile. Wheu i mun gets on at @ station bo sees the World-Herald and able to keep this the passeugers no Bres, 80 ho lays his monoy on the box and takes n' World-Herald, Sametimes 1 havo come in and found a doilar or a dollar and half on the box and tha World-Heralds all g Of coursc wo don't hido Tne Bees, but thoy might be up in tha rack, whero they couldn’t bo seen. When a man comes up to us in & car and aska for a Bre wo would say “1 have nono, they are all away up at the other end of tho traln fn the box,” and would sell him a World-Herald. Of course, that was done to prevent tho sale of Twne Brr, Sometimoes wo wonld have a cattle man como in with ten or Aifteon drovers with him. Thoy would all want panors, and we wonld give them any other paper than Tie e, SATURDAY New Orleans Picayano Inter-Ocoan suys: “Shall our hides be pro teoted ! 1t scoms to demand that the na tional government shall buy a mosquito bar for every oity of Ilinois, 1 Biemishes and matrons who, dull in arithmet whore in Buclid, ye variably problem of putting a number five foot in number three boot, and a twenty-fou wiist 0 an cighteen inch corset Texas Siftings: Some one suggests hang i rardaens similar to those in ancient 3aby- ), a8 a feature of the Columbian fair, Doesn’t he know that hanging is done uway with by law in New York! Aun eloctrio garden would be more apropos, Louis o Courier-Journal: stone caught o severo cold the other day while chooping down a treo. His fo llow citizens will now have to excuse his barking New Orloans Pieayune: Tho Sporting World, not always perfect in crammar, says “Garrison will ride She to-day. Norristown Herald: Tt is said that “castor oil is down.” This will ploaso the small boy Ho has frequontly tried to et castor oil down and failed. Chicago Tribune: Conductor (opening the door and caliing out hur riedly)—Are there any surgeons in this car! Responso by two or three passengors—Yes, sie. Conluctor (wild with excitemont) —Hold yourselves in rendiness, gentiemen, Two farmors from Qifforent countios in Oregon ave in tho next car mquiring about cach other's crops! Chicago Liar: Cholly—I say, Freddie,what makes J. Wilkes Brutus tako suen long stwops? Do all actahs walk that way! Fweddio—Yes. They acquiuh that twas stwide while traveling. They take two ties at one step, you know. Grip: Ehenezer—Did you water the cows, to-night, Hiram? Hiram—No, I forgot. “You shouldn’t have forgottan; but then we will water the milk, and that will do just as well.” Thiladelphia Tedger: “Tho greatost Point,” writes a specialist in the trents of obesity, i3 to’ find the right d the greatest point in these cases, after all, is the embonpoint Binghampton Repub ships eling to the water. hold, Dotroit Free Press: Tho original *u in-the-slot machine™ was the bobtail car, Rochester Post: It doesn't tahe vory much to cause a very tall man to get uppish. Atchison Globe: When some men fall at everything eise they raise a long bear Austin Statesman: A gross liar i who tells twelve lies a day for twelve days, 3 'roy Press: The old bachelor who would alter his should bezin at the altar Flicgende Blaetter: Artist (who has just came bacl from his vacation) I declare, [ can’t paint today. 1 have forgotten all I knew. Model—Ob, don’t be discouraged, It won't take long for you t pick up all you knew before - SCINCILGATIONS, « The Chicago Save us from girls » and no: solvo tho meh Mr. Glad can: No wonder “They have a strong Tclo- ono Burlington Freo Pross: Mistress—Hero is 0 three-minute-and-a-ha}f glass, Bridget; you may boil tho eggs with it. Bridget (ive minutes later)—The cggs is done, mum, but Oi nev me dotibts adour the glass. SEMENTS, AMU Mr, Hoey can certamnly not be praised for his wor i the musical comedy “Keep it Dark.” It is without douit one of the stupid- est farces, if 1t can be classed as such, ever written, and had it not been for such clover comedians as Messrs. Bryant and Quinlau the performance last evening at Boyd's would have been a terrible bore on the fairly large audience that good-naturedly luughed ab the antics ofthe two stars, Tho company supporting them, with the_exception of Miss Blanche Sherwood, Miss Mollic IPheips and Messvs, George C. Wood and Ed Everett, 15 by no means a well selected one. Miss Sherwood 18 & very bright Jittle woman, and has the making of a clever soubrette in her, but she ought to have a better chancs than in “Keep 1t Dark.” Phe musical selections of the company are not of tho catehy order and the orchiestration especially neads color ing. However, the gallery scemed 1o enjoy the performance very much, and no doubt such will be the case again_during the two remaining performances, this aftcraoon and to-night. “True Trish Hearts” clo to-night at the Graod ope - SUGAR MAKING IN KANSAS, Senator Piumb Telis of Observations. Concerning the sugar Kansas, Senator Plumb speech at Wichita, suid: visiting the sugar plants of Atticu Medicine Lodge: and Conway Springs, and before returning home will see all the plants being operated, I am greatly surprised over the wonderful achieve ment of last year that I find. When I, with others, i fe s 420, commenc- ed to insist on a part of the avpropria- tion for aiding in sugar making to come 10 Kansas to assist in an experiment we had little argument to produce, Then it was all theory; now it has changed to facts, The sults as will be shown by the reports of this year will be an argu- ment inand of itself far more potent than all the theories ever invented to lead w all former appropriations. The mills I have visited have made 500,000 pounds of sugar, and the end of the senson will show to their eredit 1,000,000 pounds. The other mills of the stute may pro- duce more than another 1,000,000 pounds, which, it will ba remembered, s a re markable gain over last year. Then the most encouvaging thing about the whole business is that this year the cost of production has been so radically de- creused thatit begins to look like busi ness o engage iu the sugar business. When it gets to o business basis many more mills will be started, a IKunsas will become fam for its gar as well as for some other things, and it is not only in the making of sugur that [ find so much cause f gement, but also in the production of cane cano 18 very fine yielding better was even anticipated, As to qu it was supposed two and three years ago that nine and ten tons per acrs was the limit, but this year southern Kansns has many acres showing ten and fourteen tons. As to quality it hus been im- proved quite rapidly while 12 und 13 per cent & few’ years ago was the best ever unalyzed, I am cred- ibly informed that at Sterling, where the improvement of cane is made a specialty, it has been increased to 20 per cont, the highest point known. Iu the plants Lhave visited the operators tell me the quali is much better aud 15 obgerved in the results, *Oh, yes, 1 think Kuangas will get an- other appropriation for next ycar of the $85,000 for sugar making appropriated, ar Kunsas got about #60,000, vear I think it will be easier to get an appropriation than it was last year, and, also, we will be able to get more of it. The state could use to an advantage $100,000, but what 1t will be able to get remains to be seen.” o8 1t engagement 4 house. His Recent industry in in his recent “1 have been eneour