Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY THE DAILY BEE. " P. ROBEWATER, Bditor._ " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year.. " . Bix Months “ee . . Thires Month ; Sunday Bes, Une Year ........ weee Weekly Bee, Ons Year with Premium, OFFICKS. Omanw, oo Dullding. o “hicago Office, 507 Rookery R In) Sew Forr, Tooms 14 and 1 Teibune Bulld- Ing. Washington, No. 613 Fourteenth Street. Council Bluffs, No. 12 Pearl Streot. Lincoin, 1020 P Staeet, Eouth Omaha, Corner N and 25th Stroets. CORRESPONDENCE. Al communications relating to news and ed torial matter should be addressed to the Editof- tal Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances shonld be addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, | Omahn, Drafts, ciecks and postoflice orders to Yo miade payablo 1o the order of the company, The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors sex Bullding Farnam and afeenth Streets, The Beo on the Trains. There 18 no excuse for a faflure to got Tar BER on the trains, Al newsaealers have been noti- fied to carry & full supply. Travelers who want Tk B and can’t gat it on trains where other Omaha papers are carried are requested to no- tify Tie Bee Plenss be particular to give in all cases full fnformation us to date, railway and number of train. (Give us your name, not for publication or un- necessary use, but s a guaranty of £ood faith, Sworn Statement of Circulation. Etnte of Nehraska, I County of Dougins. Georpo B, Tzschiuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, does solemnly swear that the metual circulation of Tue DAILY BEE fortho week ending November 23, 1859, was s follows: Sunday. Nov, 1. Mondsy. Nov. 18 Thursda, Friday, Baturday, No: LIRRID 10,205 Average. 19,277 Etate of Ne) - County of Douglas, Sworn to before me and subseribed to in m; presenice this 230 day of November, A, D. 1859, (Seal.] N. P, FiLL, Notary Pubile bes. State of Nebraska, | o County of Douglas, {®® George 1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- pores und £ays that he is secretary of The Boe Fublishing Company, that the aciual average reulation of DATLY BEE for tho month No 18,086 copies; for De- cember, 188, 18, s;' Yor January, 15, 16,674 copies; for Febrnary, 1880, 18,900 coples; for March, 1849, 1R&54 coples: for April, 180, 160 coplon: for May. I, KON copies; for June, 189, 1888 copies July, 1%, I8, coples; ror August, 1¥80, 13,651 coples; for Sep- tember, 1880, 18,710 1-npln-u: for O ber 1859, 18507 copies, GEORGE B. TZSCRUCK. Sworn to before me ana subscribed in my presence thas ¥d day of November, A. D., 188, (Seal.] N. P. Fiar, As o measure of economy the rail- roads in the Southwest should appoint the road agents as receivers. THERE is a surplus of fallen angels in the city council. The high-fiyer from the Eighth ward will continue to roost in the suburbs. THE democratic platform of three planks was made tocorrespond with the number of knocks required to swing the Sabbath back door FOLLOWING the lead of Omaha, Coun- cil Bluffs proposes to organize a real es- tate exchange. The cast side is deter- mined to keep up with the procession. Tae hatchet has been buried in the Third ward, but that won't elect Broth- er-in-law Dick Burdish. One vote in the council is all that Pat Ford is enti- tled to. TAERRE is a suspicious similarity in the effusions of ‘‘Taxpayer,” “Sub- seriber,” **Freeholder,” *Vox Populi,” and other venerable back numbers in their frothing fight against public im- provement: Boss Forp imagines that he can per- manently anchor his family relations on the city, simply because he can manipu- late the Third ward. The lesson of four years ago is evidently forgotten, but the voters will repeat it with new emphasis. “Give us freedom and we will be great,” exclaims PatrickH enry Howe. That is precisely what Omaha proposes to secure on Thanksgiving day by vot- ing for the viaduct bonds, Commercial liberty we must have, even though wo pay for it. ‘WaiLe Mr. Constantine J. Smythe was dove-tailing Cushing’s platform he ought to have also inserted an anti- monopoly plank. When a railroad contractor runs for mayor he ought to define himself olearly on tho railroad issuc and on the labor issue. FRroy a railroad standpoint the legis- lative deadlock in Montans is injurious to the corporations. Thoy had confi- dently counted on sending two new sen- ators to Washington before the opening of congress, but political perversity dis- - rupted their well matured plans. How- ever, the deadlock cannot last more than ninety days. ———— KANSAS Crry’s boasted liberality is not sustained by the record. Tho re- cent entertalnment of the Pan-Ameri- can oxcursionists involved some ex- pense which the public spirvited citizens declined to pay. The city council was induced to fpot the bill, but the courts have enjoined payment. Now the hat must be passed around for the defi- ciency. As a specimen of penurious hospitality. Kansas City will take the bakery. ——— OvER two million acres of arid lands in Wyoming have been reclaimed and rendered fortile by irrigation. Over ten million dollars have been invested in thirty-two hundred ditches, with an aggregate length of fifty-four hundred wiles, Delegate Curey says the re- claimed region is larger than France and Spain combined, and equal to thirty thousand eighty acve farms. Fully ten million acres can be added to that area iu Wyoming alone, if proper measures are taken to swre the water supply. What private capital has dowe for Wyoming, it has also dore for Colorado and other arid sections, Most of the unreclaimed land belongs to the government and is ut- terly worthless in its present condition, Private enterprise has demoustrated that irvigated land yields handsome rotéves on the investment. Why should not the government follow the example on alurger scale and make the wvast arid seption of the public domain pro- ductive and saleable? - The question is ©one which cougress cannot long ignore. THE SILVER OONVENTION. The proceedings of the national silver convention which will assemble at St Louis today promise to be of unusual interest and importance and wil] at- tract the close attention of all who are eoncerned in the vital questions to be discussed. The purpose of the conven- tion is to promote the rehabititation of silver as one of the money metals of this country. In their circular calling the convention the promoters say that since the demonetization of silver by the leading nations of the old world, fol- lowed by the same movement on the part of the United States, there has been a stoady decline in prices of com- modities everywhere, and a dopression in trade and business enterprises al- most unparalleled in history; that one of the most disastrous financial panics in this country followed closely upon the suspension of the coinago of silver by Germany, France, the Latin union and the ited States; that the demonetization of silver worked a practical confiscation of the carnings of labor and the pro- ducts and property of debtors, trans- ferring them without adequate consid- oration to the coffers of creditors, and depressed the markets for labor and ita products throughout the worid. The conditions thus claimed to have been produced by silver demonetization, it is held, st1ll linger with us, having been but littlo relieved by the partial restoration of silver coinage under the act of 1878, Now and thev short revivals of business prosperity have taken place, but they were quickly followed by long periods of lower levels in prices. In the opinion of the pro- moters of the convention the remedy for this condition of affairs is to be found in restoring silver to its ancient use as money by giving it free coinage. Thereby, they claim, silver will be placed ou an equality with gold and ata par with that metal. **We believe,” say the promoters of the convention, “that the free coinage of silver in the United States will restore it to its former parity with gold, and thus cor- rect the evils complained of.” Tho spirit and object of the con- vention ave thus clearly denoted and the probable result of its deliberations indicated. Tho commanding importance of thoe silver question is understood not only in this country. but also in Europe. The English commission of last year,ap- pointed to consider how far the depres- sion of busin in Great Britain was due to the operation of the single gold standard, ascribed it in part to the sus- pension of the use of silver as one of the money metals. The expressions of the ablest cconomists and finun- ciers in the rocent monetary confe ence at Paris were in favor of the ri monetization of silver. There hasun- questionably been & decided growth of popular sentiment in this country du ing the last two years in favor of in- creasing the use of silver as currency. The old arguments against silver have lost their weight, having failed of veri- fication in an experience of ten years under the law partially restoring that metal to monetary use. It is undeniable that everywhere silver has been growing in favor and undoubtedly public sentiment in Ingland, Germany, France and other countries would welcome a further ad- vance by the United States toward the complete remonetization of silver. The action of the St. Louis convention is likely to have an important influence upon congress. So far as the adminis- tration is concerned, it continues to be reported from Washington that the president and secretary of the treasury will take a liberal attitude regarding silver. It is stll said that the secretary is favorably dis- posed to a policy of issuing certificates upon deposits of bullion, as a com- promise batween the advocates of an increased coirage and the outspoken opponents of coinage, but there is doubt as to whether the president can be in- duced to favor this plan. Senator Alli- son bas been quoted as predicting that a free coingge bill will puss the senate, and there is reason to believe that such a measure will have large support in the house. When the recommendutions of the admuistration are known a safor judgment can be formed as to what congress may do, but the probability is that present legislation will not go farther than to direct the secretary of the treasury to coin silver to the maxi~ mum amount allowed by the present law, four million dollars a month. DEATH OF MR. PENDEETON. T'he country was prepared to hear of the death of George H. Pendleton, ex- minister to Germany. He had been ill for some time, and dispatches from Brussels several days ago announced that his case was hopeless. Twenty yeavs ago Mr, Pendlieton was one of the most prominent leaders of the demo- cratic party, distinguished for his at- tainments and for a diginity and cour- tesy of manner which gave him the title of “Gentleman George.” Mr. Pendleton was a native of Ohio, and entered public life in 1857, when he was elected to congress, serving four terms in the house. During that stormy period of our history Re at- tained prominence in the councils of his party, being one of the strongest debaters on the floor of the house, and an earnest if not aggressive advocate of democratic principles and policy, How well he stood with his party at that tame, as well as his attitude regarding the war, were shown in his nomination for vice president on the ticket with Georgp B. McClellan, in 1864, by the democratic convention which declared the war a failure. Subsequently for anumber of years Mr. Pendicton was out of public life, but he had sup- porters for the presidential nomination n the national convention of 1868, and continued to enjoy a high place 1n the confidence of his party, In 1879 Mr. Pendloton was elected to the United States senate from Ohio, his most important service in that body being his introduction and advocacy of the civil service law, which lns name has become permanently identified with, although the meas- ure ¢+ did not originate with him. His conuection with the passage of this law lost him friends among his Ohio constituents, and this with other circumstances defeated him for re-elec- tion to the senate In 1885 he was sont by the Cleveland administration ns min~ ister to Germany, where he was very popular and did creditable service. Mr. Pendleton was a scholarly and able man, whose public carcer was directed by a conscientious senso of duty, and whose partianship, while sin- cere and consistent, was never violent or malignant. Among democratic teaders during the mosteventful period in our national history his record will bear favorable comparison with that of any of them, while his private life was that of a sterling, high-minded gentle- man, OMAHA_AND THE STATE. The Lincoln Journal attempts to array the state against the just demands of Omaha jobbers. This pampered organ of the Burlington road declares that Omaha is *“plotting against the peoplo,” and argues that an equalization of rates would be detrimental to the Lusiness interests of the state. ‘Wherein would 1t be detrimental ? The dpmands of the wholesale dealers of Omaha are just and equitable. They are simply an appeal for reliel from the ombargo which Chieago bas placed on the commerce of this city Omaha’s appeal for fair rates is not a fight against Lincoln or any town in the state, bat for the right to compete in hor watural trade tercitory on equal terms with foreign ‘jobbers. There is no just veason why Chicago should be griven an ndvantage in rates to the dot- riment of western cities. If, for in- stance, Chicago can ship goods to poirts in the interior of the state at a specific rate, the jobbers of ©Omaha bave a right to demand rates that will place them on an equal footing. The Missouri vriver is made the basing point in stock rates, why should not the principle be extendsd to all clnsses? The railroads recognize that the principle is a just and proper one. but the all-powerful influence of the Choicago roads has preventod its gen- oral adoption. Rates based on the sum of the two Jocals would not give Omalia an adyvas tage over any city in the state. nch rates would place them on an exact equality, and deprive Chicago of the aiseriminating rates she now enjoys. Omaha demands commerciai frecdom for herself as well as the state at large. IF the dairy interests of the country were to unite 1n a demand for the re- peal of the duty on salt there is a faiv probability that they eould secure it. There is nomore indefensible duty in the whole list of ta: exuctions than that on salt, and no raevision of the taviff will be satisfactory or just which does not remove it. Tt is idle to con- tend that because the great body of amers do not seriously feel this X s not oppressive, the fact being that to the dairy intere: and to the farmers who raiss stock it amounts toa very considerable exaction, which cannot be justified on any economic or other grounds. The revenuo from this necessity the government can spure, and the salt producers assert that thay do not need the protection which tho duty is supposed to give them. Thi beiug the case theve can be no possible excuse for continuing the Guty. A salt trust has been taikedl of for a year vast, and the fact that it has not matervialized is probably due 1o 1o a shrewd conclusion on the part of the manufacturers that such a course might produce a pressure upon congress that would result in removing the duty, although they profess not to care about it. In the event of the duty being re- tained, however, the formution of a trust may safely be expacted, and then everybody will have an opportunity to feel how oppressive this ummecessary exaction of the tariff can be made. There should be a very gencral avd vigorous demand for the repeal of the t duty. ALL the tallk about a threatened strike of locomotive engineers in the eust is more gabble, The experiencs in the Burlington strike and the drain which it madeon the brotherhood treuss- ury will preventa watk-out for some time to come. Unless the federation plan which the west demanded, and which was succossfully opposed by the east, becomes the settled pol: of the broth- erhood, they will receive no encourage- ment from other railroad organizations, And without thut active support the engineers could not hope to win. STANLEY AFRICANUS has lost none of the dash and brilliancy which char- aeterized his litorary carser in Omaha tawventy-two years ago. Hisimagination is as fertile as ever and his inventive genius is as active in the jungles of central ,Africa as it ever was on the banks of the Missouri. In this country he often became embarrassed by contra- dictions from rival correspondents, but in the heart of the dark continent no- body daves to discredit his storiés of bloody battles with dwarfs and giants. — Canada Getting Lonesome, Moutreal Gazette. Brazil's sudden change of government leaves Canada somewhat loncly on the American continent as the representative of monurchial rule, ——— Too Big an Undertaking. Chicago News. The enterprising New York journal which tried to print a list of rich New Yorkers who did not subscribe to the world's fair fund has given vp the job. It cannot afford to print a thirty-six page paper on woeek days. Joho Sherman's Heir. , St Louis Globe-Democrat, Major McKinley stands to John Sherman in the relation of political heir. He will not ouly have the Sherman influence in his con- test for sp2aker, but andoubtedly can count on Sherman’s aid for any higher office, even the presidency, to which he may aspire. A A Unique 1de Phila telphia Record “Bellamy entertainments” seem like a foolish fad for grown men and women to in- dulge in, when it is learned that the par- takers meet in the costume and act the parts of the poople of A. D, 2000, as described n “Looking Backward.” But there may be wore in the idea thau meets the eye. Gam- betta always believed thet the success of the last republic 1o France was due in no small measure to the fact that it was established in the salous of Paris, where the republicans addressed each other—under the breath, of s “M. 1o Prosident,” M. ls Minis- M. 18" Phrefoct,” and the like. How reat an inftuerice these social tricks have upon history wonld form an interesting topio for a chaptag in the next work on the phil- osophy of gaverament. Prooegds on False Premisos. Chicago Herald. An enstorn paper suggosts a remedy for the high hat, npisance at tho thoatres. Tt proposes ,, mechanical arrangement by which the seats occupied by women with lofty millinery can be lowered 50 as to bring their ribbous,flowers and feathers bolow the line of vision of people behind them. Or in licu of ' this, seats which can be elo- vated 50 as to bring the eye of the theatro- woer noove the high bonmots, 3ut this pro- supposes a limit to the altitudo of millinery, and the fact seoms to bo that there is no limit, : - A Liack of Spac « Prevants, Omaha Bard in Chicago Herald, We'd like to give a list of bores who ought to be removed, We'd liko to, but a lack of space prevents. Without thom earth for other folks would greatly be improved, We'd name them but a lack of space pre vents, woman at the theater who wears a mammoth hat, The chatting chum® who thinks he's smart, but who is really flat, And all the other fresks the world is busy SWOArNE ut, We'd name them all but lack of space pre- venta, The That class which still insists perpetual wo- tion wiil be found ‘We can't name, for lack of space prevents. And all those “‘visionaries” wio so numer- ously abound, We'd me them but a lack of space pro- vents, The man with the youth again, Book ngents, peddiers and perchance some life insurauce men, And poets who such awful stuff as this is dare to pen, We'd print the list, but lack of space pro- vents, xir who can bring us i A SESSION WiTH COBURN. Which Ends With a Slap at County Clerk Roche, Sheriff Coburn held a specinl session with the board of county commissioners yeste day afternoon, The sheriff’s bills for boa ing and commitung prisonors have been in the hands of tho finance comuitice for some time and last woeex the sheriff urgod the board to take nction on the mattar as he was hard up. Yesterday he renewod his requost in person before the board was called to order. He wanted the “full amount of the bill aliowed and tried to explain tue mattor to Commissioner Turner,but found it a hopa- less tas. Some time ago tho board passeda resolu- t100 to charge the sneriff 21 cents per day for usvof the juil in brarding foraiga prison- ers und defugted his amount from the sheriit’s bill sVhat time, Mr. Coburn took exception toheaward of the bill and took the matter infopourt where it now rests. “The finance gommwittee concluded to take the samo ni in allowing the sheriff's Dills for Angiisl Sepu 1 Octove but herifE donisd it 1o prejuds a question whiea hu taken into court insistod” on allowed tuo full Junt of Commissioues that the boord should ded in nccordance with the re olution beariugbn the question and dadu the proper apunt from the uccount for rding forelgn prisonors. Mr, Coburn tried to explainjthat this would be’ prejude- ing th ,, bt could not_convert Mr, Tur- ner to his mutter, beriff then withdeew i discust and, n Mougt appearing, the board was sailed to order Notwithstandin the lateness of tie hour, 4p, m., the chairman Was mindfal of the reprimand of ihe grand jury and the clerk was directed to read the minites, consuming twenty minntes in 80 doi “Tine judges clerks o Omaha were allowed $6 services. e claim of tho coan k and the can- ug board of the recent county clection, for scrvices, inclnding two night scssions, was referred to the n mittos to in- vestigate the portion referring to night ses- been sing thought ction at South ¢ day cach for cowforters and pillows ury in the case of the on request of the county T'he whole matter was referred to mittee on court house Jail. e board recommended that Her- au be sent to Dubuque, Ia., as that ome. man Str wus his The foll approve A. Matthews, perintendent of pubtic instruction, for §,600; D. 1. Houck, con- stable, $1.000; 1 A. Megoath, register of s, $10,000. equest of George W. Roberts for the tuient as justice of the paica i West 0| as repprted to the commit- g bouds were submitted and stract company vequested e portion of the room forme by thecity comptroller, us the lease of the room now occupied by them will expire December 1 snd is wanted by the county poor superintendent. Ryan & Walsh submitted a communication urging the board to take immediate action on their request that the portion of the county hospital building to be used for the 1nsane inwates be desigoated in order that they may put up the wire guards to the win- dows. ‘The board selected the north end of the main building for that purpose, James H. Baidwin v ted permission 1o sell cery onging to s wife, Mary. M. Baldwin, iosave. Referred to the county attorney. James Walsh was allowed $367.55 for work on ronds. The Bemis Park company was allowed $1,400,57 on their final_estimate for grading ry-fourth and Nicholas streot Severai claims for services, etc,, were al- lowed and ordered placed on the Lext abpro- priation sheet. “The claim of the sheniff for $151 for state, insane and city committals wis reduced by 82 for city committals, and the balance, $69, allowed. Sheriff Coburn’s claim for $3,837.60, for boarding _prisoncrs during tha months of August, Septomber and October, and in- cluding the §150, which the board 'deducted from the sheriff's bill for the use of the jail from August, 11, 1858, until August 1, 1859, was then taked up and caused considerable argament, v Anderson insisted that the $450, which had veen disallowed: under a resolution offored by O'Keeffe, badeducted, s well as $110.55, for the use of'the jail in boarding foreigu ners, which came under the sume reso- ution, ,‘ Corrigan présénted a miority report, as a momber of the finance committee, récom- mending that'the entire amount of ‘the bill be allowed, ~** ‘The wajority of tue finance committes re- ported in fi of deducting the sum of $006.03-for thé uge of the jail from August 11, 1838, to October B1, 158). The majority tefort was adopted, and the bill allowed at $3,140.91 Appropriatiepmhecy, No, 25, of the general fund, amountlig]to $196.30, was passed. Chairman t here requested Mr. Cor- rigan to taketllg chair and then sprung a surprise on the /board 1 the shape of a formal complaint against County Clerk Michael D. Roche, charging him with neglecting his duties. For the past two weeks Roche hus remained away from the oftice, the vault being lncked during wearly all of the time. The complaint charged the county clerk with habitual drunkucss dur- ing the un:nru Juouths. r. Mount's motion prevailed that the clerls be cited to appear before the board next Saturday morniug at 10 o'olock and answer to the oharges, Tho contract for constructing the sewer at the county bospital was awarded to E. J. Brennan for $1,814. —— A Long Beach. | A streteh of sand on the coast of Aus- tralia, to which the name of Ninely- mile Beach has been given, is said to be fully as long as its name indicates. To the eye it seems perfecily straight, the curve s so slighty o SrHELh 9 be ullowe BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION, It Meets and Sustains the Coal Freight Reduction Order. REQUEST OF THE ROADS DENIED, The Same Rates Fixed for Anthra- cite and Bitaminous—Eighteen Months for Man- slaughter, LixooLy Bureau or Tan OMawa Bes, 1029 P Stieer, LixcoLy, Nob., Nov. 25. The state board of transportation met this morning and sustained tho original order for the reduction of freight rates on coal. This nction was based upon tho report made by the sccretarics. The unanimity of the board on the question was marked through- out the sitting. Commissionor Steen, how- ever, undertook to securs a modification of rates on hard coal for the reason suggosted by Tre Brk this morning. B3ut he could not bring his conferces to his manner of think- ing, nud when it came to tho final vote on the order he voted with tho rest of the board. The report of the secretaries is as follows In relation to the arguments submitted to the hearing of the board November 19, 1880, by representatives of the several railrouds of the state, for the adontion of the scale of rates for the transportation of coal in car lots, agreed upon by representatives of all raflroads o tho state, atOwaba, Novembor 2, 1850, and submitted to the board for adop. tion as a compromwise of tho order relating to coal rates, served on or about October 25, 185 The proposed compromise rates in com- parison with the rates previously ordered in effcet are as below stated : Pa1apIo soruy A DoRodoidee 1% Hard coal rates 1o be over rates for soft coal. In support of the request for modification of the rates ordered by the voard, the rail- road representatives have i particular de- nied the ressonableness or justness of the rates as ordered for distances under fifty miles, and requested that the basing charge estabiished by the bonrd at 30 cents per ton be raised to 40 cents, No evidence is wtroduced in support of thedenial. It is an established prmeiple for the determination of the cost of transport; tion of uny given commodity that the service is made up of three separable items, viz: Tuitial and terminal expenses and expense of the haul. ‘The first two 1tems of expense re- main practically the same whether the haul be ten miles or 830 miles. As previously submitted iu the report and nuendation upon this matter, the initial and terminal expenses of coal trans- portation is the minimum compared with the s of hauling ail owner commodities. oout is of course umnecessary. Protection from the clements isin no case demunded of or furnished by the carrior for e article, Labor of loading and unloading. is in no case at the expense of the railro A comparison of the compensation allotted by the board for this service, with switching cuiurges voluntarily established by the rail- roads, will, we think, demonstrate beyond question the liberality of the rate ordered. Fiftecn to twenly tous of coal—with an average of aay eighteen tons—is loaded n o car. Kighteen tons cents n ton is an mitial and terminal charge of §.40. ~The maximum switching service necessary in transporting acar of coal between any two poiuts in the state would be setting in the car to the place of loading, taking it out after loaded and setting v 1 for the un- louding, a service which if performed by a termioal railway company—such as the Omaha Belt Line—would carry with it o charge of $1 at the utmost, “Tho South Owaha Stock Yards company operates twelve miles of track, own thefen- gines and employ the necessary labor for the handling of ull trafic wishin their yard lim- as, For tukiug acar of stock from a deliy- ering rond, setting 1t 1n at the sale pens aud returning the car when unloaded, the coum- pany makes a uniform charge of 8L per car, to cover cost of service and secure returns upon invested capital. ‘The Chicago, St. Paul., Minneapolis & Omaha railway company, in & suit in the circuit court of the United States for the dis- trict of Minnesota, to restrain the railroad aud warehouse commissioners from proceed- ing in the enforcemen of ah order regulating the switching charges of all roads at or withiu the oity of Minneapolis, to & maximum of §1 per car, sets out in the bill “that for the performance of this switching work the complainant hus always charged a reasonable and fair compensation to those for whom said work was done, to wit: 81.50 per car, and uever charged more than a reasonable und fair compensation therefor,” Now this charge of $1.50 set forth by the Milwaukee road as a charge affording them suflicient compensation for lubor performed and for returns upon large sums of money invested in terminal facilities, covers the dual performance of setting in the car at the place of loading, and taking it out when loaded and ready for shipment, @ sorvice which would in all hkelihood be equal to the maximum initial service to be performed ia the case of any local shipment of coal in the te. It is entirely reasonable to suppose that & very small proportion of the local ship- ments would call for more than the minl- mum switching service. The coal minea in Wyoming upon the lines of the Fremont, Eikhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, for instance, will reach consumers of that grade of fuel wbo are located upon the line of the road in Nebrasks, direct from the mines and upon interstate Lariff rates. 1f, however, & dealer ut Columbus desired 0 per cent advance Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. ‘When she wes & Child, she eried for Castoria, ‘Wheu she became Miss, she elung to Castoria, \7h2n she had Children, she gave them Castoria to handle this same grade of coal In compe. tition with Rock Springs conl, brought in by the Union Pacific ratlway, be would, we will say, buy a car of a Norfolk dealor and the movement of the car would bo: from the mines_over the Fremout, Eikhorn & Mis sour1 Valley railway, consigned to the Nor- folk dealer, who pays the froight upon the receipt of the cor and directs that instead of placing the car at his sheds, it be delivered to the Union Pacific company at usual place for interchange of traffic; the car is there- upon sent forward to Columbus, consigneo to pay charges, The charges of the Union Pacific railway would be, in case the car was well loaded, with say twenty tons, $6 for initial and ter minal sorvice, aud 1 cent por_ton for each mile between Norfolk and Columbus, For aimiiar service in the yards at Omaha wo doubt if tho chargo 18 more than §1.50. The transportation department of the Stockyards company at Omaha,is now doing more service at §l a car, Therefore we cannot from this view of the matter conceive of any reasons of weight why the initial and terminal charge of 30 cents per ton, which upon earlier conclusions was deemed just and reasonable, should be advanced per cent upon the request of the carriors. And now with regard to_the carriors' re- quest for a differential of 80 per cent for anthracite cosl over tho maximum rates es- tablished for the varions grades of bitumin- ous conl. As previously shown herein the charge of 20 cents por tony is not considered an_entirely equitable charge against the shipper in all cases. Ju . majority of local shipments wo foel it would bo in ex- cess of the chargo tarily made by the carrier for similar sorvice; but it would be entir impracticable and opposed to the public good for this board to establish the minimun rate under which the carrier most favorably located can perform tlhie business at a bare protection agamst loss; and, there. fore, the rates proposed were fixed upon, after careful consideration, as applicable to different lines under their more unfavorable condit nd to competition would be left thut further adjustment needful to the con- sumer. In other words, the schedulo is con- sidered high; that the rates therein are greater than will prevail at competitive poiuts us soon as tho offects are felt or active competition betweon the various kinds of bituminous coal which now find their way into tho state, 1t was in this view of the case that like rates were recommended for both anthracite and basing 10t bo passed. Attorney Wheeden was pros- ent and moved a new trial, but the movion was aented. Theontire jury recommonded & sentence of one year, but the court thought eighteon months none too much for the crime o va Tom McGiff. Larceny from ho prisoner pleaded guilty to petty larceny and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail and to pay costs. In the State vs J. M. IRogers the prisoner withdrew the plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to tho charge of burglary. Thereupon the court sontenced him to one yoar in the venitontiary at nard labor, and to pay the costs of prosecution. Josso Rich and Thomas Willoughby, the follows onarged with stealing hogs from C. W, Moshor Iast february, entorod the ploa of uiltyto the chargo of grand larceny, and Willonghby received a sentence of two yoars in the stato pen and Rich fourtoen montas, The case of tho Stato ve Al Roborts, charged with rape, was on trial this afters noon. Tho Wing Fong divorce case occupiod the attontion of the oquity side. State House Jottings. D. A. Baker, shoriff of Lincoln, filed his expenso ount in the auditor of state's oftico today for committing Jacob Shields to the penitontiary. Gould P. Doitz et al vs Lewis D. Ray- nolds, one appeal, and Lincoln National Bank vs R. L. Davis, ou error, aro the titles of cases filed for trial in the supremo court Tho former comos up from Adams county and the latter from Butler couaty. Auditor Bonton was elooted chairman of the state board of transportation this morn- mg. It took thros ballots to settle the trouble. Beuton and Stein were both cau- didates. ‘The state board of pharmacy wmet this morning. ‘Treasurer Hill was elected per- manent chairman, Followiog routine busi- ness J. K. Riggs of Lincoln was elected n momber of the board of axaminers. New Notaries Pablic. The governor today made the following wvotarial appointment: F. P. Salmon, Omala, Douglas countys V. Franklin, Me- Cook, Rod Willow county; A. C. Maynard, Dayken, Jefferson county;J. E. Spaulding, Kearney, Buffalo coun! Joseph R. Web- bituminous, While no jusufiable reasons were conceivable why a grade of coal occu- pying less space in vroportion to its weight than another grade, and carrying with it less risk in transportation than this other grade, should be practically mado to bear a 8315 per cont advalorum duty for cntering the state in competition with bitwminous coals, still 1n face of the custom of many roads wost of Chicago, and 1 view of the fact that the question of a like classification for the two grades of coal was pending before the inter state commerce commission, we did not de sire from the board at this time au oMcial expression of opinion, but much preferred that the matter be left as it has herotoforo stood upon the distance tariffs of all roads 1 the state, to wit: One classitication and one rate for both qualities when shipped between points not governed by terminal or distri- butive tariffs, and to let it remain optior.al with the roads whether they maintwn the usual differentials 1 the readjustment of terminal and distributive tariffs, or make a like rato from competitivo points as well us non-competitive. Therefore, bused wupon the foregoing the following order was promul- 8 is, presaged by findings whick cite the fact that the roads overating in the state bavo charged, exacted and reccived fov service rendered in the transportation of coal uureasonable freight rates. Cowd Benton, Leese, Hill and Steea voted aye in the order named. The order is as folioy ‘That the said raiiroad company shall on or before the h day of December, 1839, cease and discontinue chavging, demunding or re- ceiving the rates which are hereinbefore found to be unjust and unreasonable for the transportation of coal, or for any services rendered or to ba rendered in connection therewith, ‘That the said railroad company shall upon the receipt of a copy of this finding and order, proceed to print aud keep for public inspection, on aud after the 15th day of De- mber, 1880, or until otherwise or- derad and adjudged by the board, schedules of rates for the transportat- ion of cosl over and upon its lines of road in this state, which rates shall in all respects conform to and comply with the rateus in the aforesaid finding found to be just and reasonable, as set forth and stated in said tabuluted statement. aforesaid, here- inbefore found to be just ana reasonabl and that on and after the 15th day of De- cember, 1859, the said company cease to de- mand, charge or receive for the transporta- tion of coal and for any services rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith, a rate in excess of such reasonable rate as found and determined by the board, hereto- fore set forth in this finding and order, The Distriot Court., I'richard Pitzsimmons, the slayer of Will- 1am Reed, at Waverly, June 20, was sen- tenced to eighteen months in the state peni- tentiary at hard labor by Judge Chapman this morning, The young man remained silent whon asked by the court if he had anything ster, Lincoln, Lancaster ocounty; Jessio . Rose, Wilcox, Kearney county, City Nows and Notes. Frankie Curry was taken to the Lincoln hospital for tho iusane today. Colonel Wilson, the Lincoin traveler, left for California this morning to svend the win- tor. There was a gas explosion at the Peerless laundry this morning. Kour windows in ono room were blown out, but fortunately no one was injurod. Nine membors of the Liucoln Wheel club went to Omaha yosterday mornine. ‘Chey were met ot Papillion by a ation of Omaha boys. H, G. Wilson, the yonng man arrested last Wednesday in Lincoln by Sheriff Willman of Nebraska City, proves to bo a resnectable citizen of PPawneo county. He has com- menced snit for $10,000 damages for talse arcest and imprisonmont. HIDDEN JUST IN TIME. An Incident of George Kennan's Trav- els in the Land of the Czar. Mr. George Kennan, the Siberian ex- plover and exposer, is one of the most entertaining conversationalists whom a person can meot, says the Philadelphia North American, He is a very un- assuming man and very modest. Some of his most thrilling experiences will probably never be put in print, or at east not for a mumber of years, for, strange as it may seem, Mr. Kennan hopes to agai t Russia at the end of two or threo years. He had yery many narrow escapes from death and the mental strain produced by them was' naturally very great. One of these, which has mnot been printed, ‘occuered once while he was in a nihilist’s hous He had papers with him which, if found, would result in his being instantly shot. Ho was inforined that the officers were on his track and would arrive at this house within five minutes. Russian officers are very thorough when making a seurch for anything of thie nature, and what to dv with these papers wasa most pertinent gquestion. But to think was to net, and taking up a hand-glass upon the table he pried out the back with 18 knife. hastily put the papers in the frame and restored the back to its place just as tho officers arrived. The search was made, the glass raised from the table, but the papers were not found. This is but a sample of the many expe- riences Mr. Kennan had in Siberia. Heo says that the horrors of tho prison system theroe in vogue mmnodmde- seribed in words so as to convey an accurate idea to the reader or hearer. BEWARE! I kNow of soaps quite fair to see, Take care! They can both white and spurious be, Beware! Beware! Trust them not, They are fooling thee! They claim to be the purest made, Take care ! They are of an inferior grade, Beware! Beware! Trust them not, Buy the Ivory! If they are recommended you, Take care! ‘The grocer speaks not always true, Beware!” Bewarel Like as not ZZe is fooling thee! Some counterfeits are white as snow, Take care! Almost like Ivory Soap they show, Beware! Beware! “Trust them not, They are fooling thee! Hold on to that and shun the rest, Take care! It is the cheapest and the best; Of frauds beware! Trust them not, Trust pure IVORY, A WORD OF WARNING, There are many white soaps, each represented to be ** just as good as *hy Ivory'§® they ARE NOT, but like ail counterfeits, Jack the peculiar and remarkablg qualities of the genuin Ask for “Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it Copyright 1886, by Procter & Gamble tojsay why the sentence of the court should I’é N