Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1889, Page 5

BEE. THE _DAILY ~ B. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally and Sunday, One ¥ Bix Months . Hooms 14 and ™ Washington. No. b Council BBlufts, No. Lincoln, 1020 P Steeet, Bouth Umaha, Corner N and 2th Stroeets, CORRESPONDENCE. All communfeations relating to news and edi- torinl matter should be add sed to the Editor 181 Department. BUSINESS LF RS, All Lnsiness letters and remittances should he addressed to The Tee Publishing Company, Omaha, Drafts, checks and postoffice oraers 10 e made payable to the d The Beg Prblishing sex Bullding Foucteenth Street, Pearl Street. T of the compnny, Company, Proprictors and Seventeenth Str he Bee on the Tr: There 18 no excnse for a fajlura on the trains, fied to cart ins. tTir DEr All newsasalers have been noti- full supnly. [ravelers who want e ek Omahay tify Tie B Pleass be particular to give in all cases full information as to date, rafllway and number of train. Give us your name, not for publication or un- Tecossary use, but as a guaranty of wood faith, — THE DAILY BEE. (1 cun’t get it on trains where other re are curried are requested to no- Sworn Statement of Circulation, Etate of Nebraska, 1 ounty of DHouglns. . Tzschuck, secretary of The Bes ‘ompany. d08s solemnly swear that ual clieulation of THE DAILY DEE for the ling November 30, 1830, was as follows: Sunday. N Mondit Tuesan Wedne: Thursda; Friday, Baturday, Nov. Average.,..... Etateof Nehraska, Courty of Douglas, Sworn 0 before me and substribed to fn my Presence this3ith day of November, A, D. 1550, (Seal.] N. P. FEIL, Notary Pubile Etato of Nebraska, County of Douglas, George B. Tzschuck, beinz duly sworn, de- Doxes and says that ho'ls secretary of The Beo Fublishing Company, that the actual averago dmily circulation of Tk DALY BEE for the month of I Junuary, 14 18908 cople for April, 18,069 copie Jul as 188, 18R60 for Juie, 18 733 copies for Septem ber 184, 14,197 coplo EWori to before me and subscribe: y Dresence tiis i th day of Novembor, A | N.'P. FEu —_— fty-second congress opens today with republicans on guard in both branches, TirE demoerats will discover when the returns are in that Omana voters can- not be bought and voted like cattle. —— T workingmen of Omaha are more interested in the establishment of a public market than any other class of citizens. — Proy1 real ite men say the ground lease of the exposition building is worth half what is ed for the im- provements on the ground. THE establishment of a market house will reduce the table expense of every workingman who muy avail himself of benefits certain to acerue, on the bonds proposed to be voted for the market house will be less than the rental now paid by the city for a pbrtion of the building. THE coal mine owners say there is an overproduction of fuel and several mines in Pennsylvania and Colorado have been closed down in consequence. This is another name for a public squecze and a sharp advanco in prices. Tue increased registration proof that the republican sta at the county election will be out in full force tomorrow. An active, united fight from the opening to the closing of the polls will result in asplendid 1 lican victory. FACTORIES are the cornerstone of the city’s prosp Ever should second the efforts of the real cstate ox- change to induce the location of indu trial concerns in the eity that will give permanent employment to workingmen and workingwomen REFORM is necessary in the board of education. The report of Comptroller Goodrich, confirmed by the council committee, shows that the board has di- verted thn proceeds of bonds voted for specific purposes, and created a deficit of thirty thousand dollars without au- thority of law MosT of the vegetables, fruits and garden truck consumed in Omaha, is grown in the vicinity, If there was a central market where the producers could meet and at their respective stalls offer their proaucts at a uniform price, both the cousumer and producer would be benefitted. — ALL indications point to 1890 as a year of remarkable prosperity for the city. The settlement of the distracting railroad questions, the erection of depots, viaducts and bridges, the post- office and city hall with other great in- terests to follow, insure a year of un- usual activity in wade and labor. The voters should see to it that the ity government is in the hands of men who ave in full accord with the spirit of pro- gress. The republican ticket combines the essential elements of an honest, safe and progressive management of wunicipal affairs, To place the demo- crats in charge is to give the city over to contractors and jovbers, — It WILL presently be in order for the World-Hevald, which has championed Dick Cushing’s candidacy for mayor, to + make unother apology to Mr, Lininger, It certainly must make an explanation for Mr. Cushing. A man who has amassed money by the peculiar methods which My, Cushing has pursued in his railrond building operations in Towa and Nebraska is not the sort of model . 1o pose as an hovest man, It is rather late in the day for Mr. Cushing to with- draw, but it seems decidedly brazen to Put up a man of Cushiog’s calibre and roputation as & proper person Lo munage , the municipal affairs of Owaha, EBRASKA C| RAL BRIDGE, No enterprise started in Omaha since the founding of the stock yards insures greater benefits to the city than the erection of the Nebraska Central bridge. It means the expenditure of four million dollars within two years, the employment: of a vast numbor of men, and the erection of a depot and bridge equal to any in the west. The expenditure of this vast sum, mostly outside capital, will give an impetus to all classes of trade such as has not been felt for two years. The amount asked of the county is a trifle compared to the vast benefits to follow. 1t wilt enhance the value of property in city and county, strengthen confidence and creato new avenues for the invest- ment ef capital, It will not increase tion one farthing. The assessed valuation of the bridge and depot grounds will more than pay the inter- est on the bonds, while the increase in permanent improvements which it will bring about will ensily provide for the principai. The Union Pacific bridge and yards cannot accommodate all the Towa ronds converging on the east side of the river. The yards are constructed and cannot be extended except at an enor- mous cost in grad ing and filling. The roads will require num crous sidetracks, ground for round housos and other ter- minal facilities. The amount of ground convenient and available for that puce- pose is limited, so that it is a practical impossibility for the Union Pueific and Burlington to furnish adequate room for allthe roadsdesiring entrance to Omaha. The vast Lottoms on the north afford every facility and every induce- ment for the establishment of transfe; rds, round houses and shops. The ground is cheap, convenient, and will require but little grading to make it available for railroad purposes. But the bridge and the depot are not all the beunefits to be realized from the voting of the bonds. The millions to be expended will clear out the rooker- ies ou the bottoms and make that sec: tion a hive of industry, giving employ- ment to thousands instead of hundreds, and lay the foundation for warehouses and factories of incalculable value to the city. The projectors of the bridge are Omaha men. Their enterprise and suc- cess in other public works is un earnest of their purpose to carry out th pledges to the city and county. Ti will not receive one dollar of the bonds until the bridge is open for traffic, and work must be commenced before the middie of next June and the structure be completed within two vears from that date on penalty of forfeiture of the bonds. The charter granted by con- gress requires that the bridge shall be open to all railroads on ecqual terms, and the law provides that in case of disagreement the secretary of war shall settle the terms. 'This enterpriso is the ke, mercial prosperity of should r every citi ¢ to the com- Omaha, and ceive the hearty support of en. THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. The annual report of the secretary of the interior is a very comprehensive review of the several branches of the public service which are embraced in the intevior department. Among the matters referved to which are of par- ticular and pressing 1interest to the wost is that of irrigation. The secre- tary recognizes the great importance of this subject, romarking that thore is none other that should be more earn- estly considered thap this cause, in which the national government has al- ready invested so much money and to, which it has demanded so much atten- tion by its officers. This implied ap- proval of a government system of irri- gation is followed by the recommenda- tion that congress shall at the present session determine whether it will es- tablish permanently the reservation of all the irrigable lands, and if so, what zeneral laws it may deem best adapted to regulate the supply and use of water under government con- trol. In the opinion of the secre- tary action - should be taken without delay, and the system, if pros- ccuted by the national government, should be based on comprehensive, liberal and practical provistons. Regarding Indian affairs, the report refers at some length to the methods adopted by the administration for their improvement, and particularly dwells upon the necessity of extending the facilities of eduacation. The school system, says the secretary, with its attendant practices, is worth y of adoption and expansion un- til it may be made to embrace all the Indian youth. There are now Wwo hundred and thirty-nine Indian schools supported by congres- sional appropriations, one hundred and forty-seven of which are controlied ai- rectly by the Indian bureau, and the average attendance is between eleven and twelve thousand pupils, The esti- mated number of children of school age is forty thousand, and the secrotury urges that immediate provision shouid be made to enable this whole body of Indian youth to secure an educa- tion. Itseems but a step, says the sec- retary, toextend the system so as to have it embrace and effect, with the co-operation of the church mission schools, the whole youth of the Indian tribes. *“This view is taken,” says the report, ‘‘from the vantage ground of the actual results already at- tained, and while we should not in any degree retard, but cordially sup- port, further awelioration of the lu- dians’ condition, by missions and all good means, it is believed that our government has been generous and wise in its efforts to educate thew, and that the Lest course for it is to con- serve what has been found to be good, and to apply that to increased num- Batai In relation to pensions the secretary recommends an increase in the: appro- priation, *s0 that a liberal and legal payment may bo made to all the de- serving pewsioners of the republic,” and states that the sum required will reach, in round figures, ninety-seven million dollars. The secretary thinks that a pension should be granted to every soldier and sailor who did sub- staatial service during the war and was bly discharged, and who, being dependent on his daily labor for his support, is now or may hereafter be dis- abled from procuring his subsistence by such labor. He would not confer upon all who ask the money of the people, but would have confined to well ascer- tamed limits the claims of those who demand a pension. With regard to pensioning persons dishonorably discharged from the military scrvice, which must be done under the law as it stands, the secrctary recommends a change of the law, on the ground that ‘‘the pension roll surely should be one where no deserter of his country's flag, nor any man who was dishonorably dis- charged from the army, should appear.” Regarding the debts due the govern- mont from the subsidized Pacific rail- road compdnies, the secretary mak no specific scommen- dation, though his position is set forth with sufficient plainuess in the followine extract from the report: “The general purpose undoubtedly now is, as it in the beginning, to foster and maintain these great highways across the continent, and if this may be accomplished by a reasonable extension of the debt, with security at least as €0o0d as that now held, it will be better than to attempt to enforce obligations at maturity which it is evident the debtors cannot pay, and by which course the government will have to not only purchase the road, but assume the prior indebtedness to save it after it has been obtained.” — THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. The steps that have been taken dur- ing th U six or seven years to create a navy sufficient for the national de- fense have resulted very satisfactorily, but there is still a great deal to be done before the United States can take rank us a naval power. As shown by the re- port of the seeretary of the navy, when all the ships now authorized ave com- pleted our naval establishment will eon- sist of forty-two armoredand unarmored vessels, excluding those already or to be condemned,aquite insignificant show- ing in comparison with that of the prinei- pal foreign powers having navies. Com- mendable, therefore, as the progross al- ready made is, it is but a beginning if the purpose is to do nothing more than provide for adequate defeuse, which is the only object the United States can have in creating a navy. With our vast coast line of thirteen thousand miles, it is obvious that forty-two ves- . only three of which are de- signed for fighting at sea, would afford very inadequate protection should we be assailed by any of the great naval powers. The annual report of the secretary of tho navy, a synopsis of which we print elsewhere, shows in detail the present condition of the navy and makes a vig- orous plea for still further enlarging it. Representing a section that is most vitally interested in the means of defenso against a foreign encmy, Seceretary Tracy discusses the necessity of an adequate naval foree with great earnestness, and his argu- ments will havdly fail to make an im- pression upon congress and the countr: e urges thut the defense of the United States absolutely ‘vequires a fighting forc nd that if the country is to have anavy at all, it should have one that is suflicient for the complete and ample protection of its coast in time of war. Ho declares that it is idlo to spend our money in building small, slow-going steamers that aure un- necessary 1u peace and useless in war., The intelligent sontiment of the coun- try is undoubted'y in favor of providing such a navy asthe purpose of national defense demands, and while it may be said that this is not easy of ascertain- ment, there is greater danger that we shall fall short of than exceed the pru- dent limit. Itis highly probable that congress will make a liberal response to the views and recommendations of the secretary of the navy. THE POSTAL SERVICE, The annual report of the postmaster general is a voluminous document, It isulso thoroughly practical in charactar, as1t should be 1n stating the affairs, condition and requirements of the larg- est business concern in the world. The posimaster general starts out with the statement that the methods of opera- tion in the postal service are to- y almost as crude as they were in the beginning, and ho says the service will never be vital- ized for its highest good and compacted for the right kind of aggressive wor until the ourdens of the principal ofti- ©als are partly unloaded upon some other officer. He recommends the cre- ation of the office of fourth assistant postmaster general, and also the cre- ation of a new officer having the func- tions of a general manager whose ten- ure should be for a long term of years, so that the department would not be groutly affectod by any one man or set of men moving out. This sugges- tion is ultogether movel, but it is obviously founded wpon sound business principles. There are other new recommendations of a vory practi- cal churacter which will give the post- office committees of congress something to think about, The matters in the report which most nearly touch the publie relate to lotter postage and to fourth cluss matter, which embraces a great variety of arti- cles not above four pounds in weight. The last national republican platform favored a reduction of letter postage to onecent, The postmaster general thinks such a reduction an easy possibil- ity of the near future, but savs we are not ready for it while the present de- fivicncy exists, He would improve the facilities rather than reduce the post- age while the service still remains conspicuously imperfect, Regarding fourth class matter, the ocarriage of which is of great benefit to people liv- ing in the rural districts and on the froutiers, the postmaster general thinks it would be unwise to make any change at present, owing to the lack of facili- ties for evlarging this part of the service. A very important recommendation of the report is that the free delivery system be extended to places having a popula- tion of not less thau five thousand, or where the gross revenue of the post- office is seven thousand dollars a year, the present «limitations being ten thousand popeation and ten thousand dollars annudl revenue. The establish- ment of postal savings banks is recom- mended, and gpproval is given to the plan of the gencral government con- strocting buildings for the exclusive use of postofiices at towns and os containing a wcertain population, or whore the gross rovenues of the office reach a certdin sum. The postal service of the United States is a, vast and complex in- stitution, the business of which is stead- ily and rapidly growing, and which, because of its intimate relations to the material and social interests of the peo- ple, should be brought as nearly as pos- sible to a perfect business systom, The testimony of the present postmnster general is that it is yet far removed from that condition. The authority to institute required improvements must come from congress, and the postmaster genoral has very fully informed that body of what is necossary to be done. shocking loss of life by the burning of the Mnneap- olis Tvibune building directs atten- tion to the lack of adequate means of escape from fire traps, The own: of the Minneapolis shell had been urged and begged to ercct a sufficient number of fire escanes as safeguards for life, but they did not heed the appeals or warn- ings, and eight lives wero sacrificed on the altar of landlord avarice., This is butone of the many instances where semi-public tinder boxes have caused great loss of life. The ldsson of it is that city authorities should exercise greater vigilance for the public safet Stringent laws should be enacted and enforced providing ample means of egress from buildings, and forbidding the erection of crematories six and seven stories high, Tue THE fears somewhat widely expressed that Senator Atlison might fail of re- election are not shared by Iowa repub- licans. On the contrary they regard his return to the senate as most amply assured. The Jowa legislature will ve a republican majority of six on joint ballot, and it is believed there will not be a single republican who will oppose the re-election of Allison. This is the present aspect of the situation, and there is no reason to suppose that it will be changed between now nnd the meeting of the legislature, All the in- dications arve that Senator Allison 1s as strong in the confidence of Towa repub- licans as he has ever been P. D. Armounr displayed a remark- ably retentive memory in his Lestimony before the senate committee. He de clared that only in one instance were local butehers forced to patronize the packers, and that occurred in Akron, O. Last year the Kansas City branch of the firm invaded Davenport, Burling- ton and other Mississippi river towns, established retail stores and sold meats at such prices that the butchers had to choose betweew bankruptey and Ar- mour. DunriNG the present year the repub- lican majority in the council has brought order out of chaos, inaugurated a business system of affuirs and kept the expenses of the city within the actual receipts. Bvery taxpayer should there- fore exers himself to maintain repub- lican supremacy 1n the coun ———— atic cloud in this vicinity has a silver lining. e — 2 Kraoly. Chicago Tribune. Let no gloom overshadow The patriot’s mind For the country is safe Mike Kelly has signed. . Remained Uncontaminated. St. Louis Republic. The country could badly afford to lose Hon. George H. Pendleton. He was one of the few men who have had character and moral force enough to be long engaged in Ohio potitics without becoming an Ohio poli- tician, : S The Next Grent American Scheme, Phitadelphia Enquirer., ‘With the completion of the Siberian rail- road, and the extension of the American railway system to meet it, the Atlantic will be wne only gap in the railroad girdle around the world, and probubly before many years some nmeans will be found to bridge that, D Protected if He Votes Right, Clarleston News and Conrier, 8o long as the lored voter continues to co-operate with his white neighbors for the promotion of their common interests he will find that the southern people will not accede, to any scheme that will deprive him of his rights, and them of his vote. ne Amenities, Washington Post, Sinco it is not made kcown that the charm- ing Miss Kate Field has engaged apartments for the winter at the Shoreham in this city ‘we may expect to hear the esteemed Frances Willard utter the sweet, sisterly inuuendo that this explains why that licenso was taken out. — - And still They Come, Washington Post, ‘The confederaticn of the Australian colo- nies is but a prélude to their independencs, and when federatign shall have accomplished its perfect work there will arise in the south- castern seas a great nation which will take its place in the altied sisterhood of repubiles under the name of tho “United Statos of Australia,” The Trusts Must Go. Kansas City Star. The judges of~the country bofore whom this trust question has been brought have almost without exeeption been clearsighted enough to see th evitable teadency of the principle, and 1lnost every case in which thero has beou u décision on the question it has been against the trusts. Ambitious rich men who want to increase their riches un- duly by monopoly profits will certainly have to find some other way than organizing trusts t0 accomplish their purpose. The trust princi- ple is rapialy on vhe de:line, The Doorway. Gertrude B, Duffee. On the ghore & child was standing, Gazing o'er the sparkling sea, Aud o suusel's rosy boauty ¥illed her I1ttle heart with gles, Fg l‘l;.)’ " : il was moving o the waters, neaving. brigh Aud it orossed the orb ss bril ek, Ere it sunk away from sight, In an awe struck, joyous whisper, Lisped the artless little lhms y “0! 1t is the door of heaven, For I saw ap angel's wiag A GATEWAY T0 TRE DAROTAS Niobrara, Neb,, Furnishes a Way For Omaha’s Outlet. | OFF FOR THE NORTHERN REGIONS The New Rallroad—The Sionx Reinr- vation in Nebraska—A New, Beautiful and Vast Terri- tory to Be Plucked. Omaha, Niobrara, and the North, Nronrara, Neb,, Nov, 81.—(Special to Tre Bre.|—Niobrara has put on a new face and prosperity again looks in at her door. Last week she voted $3,000 to aid n building the roilroad from Vendigre, a distance of twelve miles, to her door, and her peoplo feel that a now era has come, The opening of the Sioux reservation, which has been a barrior to her progress for these many vears, will also soon place her in the confines of “‘civilization' and take from her the last vestize of ‘“‘the fron- tier.” New enterprises are being set on foot, new vigor and life breathed in old plants, and astir for recoguition inaugurated. The work- ers have been few, but thoy have been true. Recruits are being daily added and six months hence will see Niobrara a booming town, The dream of the fathers of Niobrara was that the Iilinois Central railroad, the ter- minating at Dubuque, Ia., push its way through to the Niobrara ¥ v and then 1o the coast. When the Pacific lines were being instituted the Niobrara valley from its mouth was included, but Sivux City money and influence turned its course down the Missouri and then over to Ne- braska, muking what is now the Fre- mont, Elikhorn Missouri Valley railway. After waiting tweuty-hve years Niobrara is about to get it from the south. The enthusiustic citizen hus hud a half dozen railroads centering, here in his mind, for the pact thirty-three years, and as the fathers of Niobrara are getting ready to take their ¢ lasting rest they count two of them—the Chi- cawo, Milwaukee & St. Paul to the north and east, and tho I'remont, Elkhorn & Missourt Valley to the south, east and west, Niobrara's surrounding water powers, to which 18 udded its superior shipping facilities cannot be surpassed. The Niobrara river is of itself sufticiently powerful to run an end- less number of mills, while the Bazle and Verdigris crecks, near at hand, furnish gond power. 1In order to utilizo these powers, especially the Niobrara river, an improv ment company, of which G. G. Bayha is sec- retary, has veen organized. The Niobrara pork packing house,of which B. Bude is president, last year killed 7,000 hogs and will kill a like number this season “T'his is the only pork-packing house short of Omaha and Sioux City which complotes the work of killing and curin its meats, the smaller ones shipping in brine. 1t has from tho start been a successful eatorprise both to the company and Niobrara, Its product 1s cagerly sought by southern markets and the fact that the past three y output hus been taken by the Little Rock, Ark,, at a higher figure than the prevailing market speaks well for the superiority of its meat. The cannel tomato factory, which puts up asuperior article, has not thrived as well as anticipated owing to tho fulure of the tomato crop the past three scasons and tho scarcity of cheap labor, It exists, however, and will yot puli through with good results, About ten thousand cans were put up this season. ‘I'ne matter of cement works is being agi- tated. 'The chalk stone bluffs, composed of the same materials as the bluffs near Yank- ton, are very convenient, and a Nebraska firm has been looking into their merits, it hus been suggested, and with good point, Omaha has failed to build any railroads into north Nebraska, 1ts capitalists could weil afford to invest in some sure en- terprise liko the cement works, und thereb; inaugurato a state enterprise and pay trib: within her own boundaries. Here poriunity to make a_beginning. Furay used to say, when he vie stone bluffs surrounding Niobrara, Omaha had that material contained in - those bluffs there would be millions for some- body.” Omaha does not scem to realizo the im- portance of the country gbout to fall into her lap. A large portion of it will be new, and the first successful competitor for the new trade will doubtiess continue to the point which first sceures it. ‘I'he country directly south of Niobrara is a beautiful rolling prarie, and the farms opened here amply attest the fortility of its soil. The late Santee reservation on the east is a country dotted with a good class of farmers, interspersed with Indians. Across the Missouri, and opposite Niobrara, opens the beautiful prairies of South Dakota, which, running to the water's edge in_high precipitious rock bunks opposite, recedes in a gentle slope .oward the lower pirt of town, leaving a beautiful bottom prairio through which valley the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway passes 10 thé north, connecting with Yankton, Mitchell, Chamberlain, Hurong Pierre, Aberdecn and the Northern Pacific. Tort Randall, situated on the Missouri, only thirty-five miles above Niobrara, on this side of the Missouri, is a permanent military post garrisoned by about five hundred troops, The staple products necessary for consump- tion at this post are supphed by the produc- ersin the Niobrara valley. The bridge cross- ing the Niobrara river at Niobrara, built s few years sinco by the government it an ex- panse of $8,000, provices @ good road be- Lween here und Fort Randall, and the sup- plies furnished by the government are shipped here and freighted the balauce of the wa ‘The 700,000 acres of land which will be- come n part of Nebraska upon the opening of the Sioux reservation, is the easiest of ace by v of Nioorara. The govern- ment bridge makes it the only crossing short of Valentine, and as fording the Niobrara is very dangerous the attempts would be fool- hardy to one unaccustomed to the stream's rapid current and ever changing, rolling sands, The best ferry crossing is also here, for those bound for the Dakotas, while the country intervening is noted for its good roads and many bridges crossing all the streams, Niobrara is the gateway for the Dakotas, the Sioux reservation and Omata's northern outlet. As —_— A REDUCTION IN DEPOSITORIES. An Important Announcement by the » ecary of the Treawury, ‘WasHiNGToN, Nov. 80.—The following an- nouncement was made public this afternoou : The secretary of the treasury has decided to reduce the number of national bank depos- itories and the amounts of public moneys kupt therein. Itis intended to make this reduction in such a manner to avoid as far as possible any disturbance to the business of the country. The transfer to the sub- treasury on or before January 15, 1500, of about 10 per cent of their holdings of public woneys will be required from all banks baving ‘active accounts,”” of about 10 per cout of the surplus held by tbem over and above the amount needed for the convenience of the publie service, or if the banks wish toscll to the government the bonds furnished as security for these deposits the secretary will pur- chase them awd ratain from the proceeds of the sale the amount which otherwiss would lLaye to be deposited as above stated, sond- ing checks to the baunks for the residue, Other calls wil, be made from time to time, but always with due regard to business interests, until the public moneys deposited with banks shall have been roduced to the amount needed for current public bLusiness, and the money withdrawn will be used for the purchase of United States bonds. Banks desiring to dispose of the entire amount of bonds furnished as security for ublic deposits will not, of course, be lim- ited to the 10 per cent trausfer of the first call. ‘I'he secretary, in couversation, plained that the phrase, auks fog "active accounts,” refers 1o the national banks with which the goverument, through it public ofiicers in various parts of the country, transacts cur- rent business by deposiung government reveoues from ‘time to time, drawing upon them through the checks of Hirsine omoos *Hanks haviug act ive accouuts are those otherwise kowu in the weasury tment as *‘surplus bauks,” beiog those designated by Secretary ex- hav- Fairchilds solely as dobositori of the treasury surpins. Tho total amount of government deposits 1n banks of both these classes is now about $47,000,000. ‘The ordinary amount of public funds aistributed among all the depositorics has been from $10,000,000 to §15,000,000, but it ran up in 1887 to about $20,000,000. In re. 8ponso to . question tho secrotary farther said tie rates at which tho bonds will be purchased from the banks desiring to dispose of them to the government will bo rated and fixed and made public by the treasury on the date at which any individual bank may no- tty tho " dopartment of ita dosire to soll hen. for portions 2 e A PATRIOTIC SOUTHERNER, Governor Gordon of Georgia Eletrifles the Chicagoans, Cnicaao, 80.—Governor Gordon Georgin addressed a largo and enth meoting in Cencral music hall tonight. A largo nssomblage had gathered in tha intorest of the monument to the confederate doad in Chicago. On tho stage were a score of the leading professional aud business men of Chy and the mayor of the city pro- sided. Governor Gordon was grooted on his entrance by a storm of applause. He mado a patriotic speech, in the course of which, reforcing to the rebellion, he said: “It 18 immaterial to inguire which side was right. The war and all the actors in it _will vet be tried beforo tho impartinl judge of ail and wheu the final verdict is given no more ce rted purposes, Ino more exalted ideas can be shown than those heid on both sides in the great contest,’ Refereing to tho negro qnestion the gov- ernor said that in some instances misguided philanthropy ana political influences have in some way antagonized the two races, but in the end christendom will appland the treat- mont of the negro by the white man since the war. The negro problem, he contended, should bo left 1o the two peoples most. inter- ested, and the negro problem, if thero was such, would be settled 10 the benefit of both, “Long ~live American manhood,” cried General Gordon 1 voncluding his ' speech; “Long live American self-respect, the “spicit of justice, tho union of theso co-equal states defended by the manhiood of the American people. Loni flow this r,” said he, impulsively grasp- 1ng the folds of a flag hanging from the ros- trum, “the proudest cmblom of law and honor and freedom in the world—emblematic of as complete havmony us that of the spheres, guiding our sister republics and all peoples of the Carth in learning how to be froe.” “The effe it was s of astic t of these words was cloctric and ral minutes before the cheering subsided and the audience dispersed singing Americs General Gordon will remain in the city a couple of days and be royally en- ter tained. e MINISTER MUTSU. Japan's Representative at Washing- ton and His Pretty Little Wit The Japanecse minister and Mme. Mutsu are among the most agreenble residents in the diplomatic corps,writes the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, They are both highly cultured and refined and have made man, arm friends since they came here, eighteen months ago. M Mutsu speaks linglish, He taught him- self the language during a political im- prisonment yoars ago. The whirligig of events afterward made him a gov ernor of o province, and when later a rapid advuancement in diplomatic b brought him to the United States s envoy extraordinary and minister plen- ipotentiary, he found the time he had spent conquering the difliculties of the Anglo-Saxon tougue had been well spent. His pretty little wife does not look much older than her young son and daughter., She has icarned Engli pidly under the tutelage of an Ame ican lady compunion, and she is now able to go shopping or visiting by her- self. She gave several handsome en- tertainments last winter and looked for- ward toa much more sive hospi- tality the. coming winter, but Mr. Mutsu’s health, which has never been very vigorons, may now require him to e the city during the cold weather. Colorado Springs has been suggested, but as he has greatly improved lately he may not have to go any where. Mme. Mutsu, like all Jupanese ladies of rank, is extremely fond of pretty gowns, and dresses with great taste. She has charming manners “and is an agreeable companion. Her som is in college and her young daughter attends school in this ¢ s Mutsu has also acquired 1 apidly and is a ereat favorite with her school friends. A niece of the former minister, Miss Kuki, who is still here in school, ro- sides at the legation. The two girls are fast friends and keen observers of American institutions, A THE EARTH INCREASING IN SIZE, Itds a Planet with u Future and Is Still an Lis Infancy. The earth, traveling in its orbit around the sun, and onward with the entire solar system around some un- known and suill greater centor of at- traction, is constanily traversing new vewions of space, which it depletes of moteoric dust and meteorites, thus steadily—no wmatter how slowly—in- creasing in diameter. Now le 5 growth continue till the earth has just twice the attractive power which it now s; wo should then have just ce the number of “meteorites u double the quantity of dust- failing nually upon 1t than now. Fortunately for our he ; has not as yet attained very formidable dimensions, but we may look upon it as an established fact that it constantly gains in weight and that in proportion to such gain its attractive power stead- ily increa: The attracting force of the sun is so enormous that & perpetual hail of mete- orites and a torrent of dust particles must rush upon it from all directions, and some of the foremost observers are now of opinion that these falling bodies are the sole cause of the sun’s heat. In the light of this theory, says the Amwerican _Geologist, our earth is u young and growing, not an old and ing planet, a vlanet with a future, \vhh-fl’x ought to be eheerful news to all of us, although we shall not live to reap the benelit of it; and the sun, far from being ou its lust legs as an expiring luminary, is steadily gaining in heat and lighting capacity. ——— t Bale of Kamie. There w exhibited on the cotton exchange yesterday the fivst bulo of thoroughly” degummed and prevared ramie ever made in this country, says the New York Times In its degummed state, when it is ready for spinning, ramie looksa good deal like cotton, and it is intended that it shall be put to a good mwany of the uses to which cotton is now devoted, [t will also serve as a good substitute for silk. Thno ramie exhibited was preparod b, theR unies 9pianing and Manufactur- 1ag company by a method which was purchused some time ago from Jules 'erry, the French statesman. The ramie stalks will grow perennially 1o on e el ant they have been ex- tensively planted there. 1t is expected that it will become one of the staples of the south, The seed for planting was obtained by the government some years ago trom China, e —— FPowderly Will Not Be Arrested. ScorroaLe, Pa., Nov. 80.—The case of Edwa rd Callaghan against Powderly, Byrne and Wise for couspiracy, came up before Justice Merritt today. After hearing Callaghap's evidence Justice Merritt de- cided thét it was oot sufficient to hold the defendants, and the case was dismissed. ‘Tuere will be no necessity now for arresting Powderly, The NAJ. DAVIS' WILL CONTESTED His Heirs Allege Unsound Mind to Be the Oause. LANCASTER COUNTY CRIMINALS, District Court's Didposition of Them—G. A, R, Fair Premium, ~A Completed Stroct Raile way—City News, 109 P « Neb,, Deo. 1. Tutelligence was brought to the city yos- terday from Wahoo that an interesting will contest has been commonced in the county court at that place. It appears that Major J. B, Davis, late de partment commander of the Nevraska Grand Army of the Republic, who died some time during the month of August last, loft an os tato worth something over £40,000, He also left four ehildren, to whom he is reported to havo willed the income of one-haif of his es- tate. giving the remainder 10 various re- ligious and educational institutions, among them being a collego in New York una au- other in Tow It seems t this was very unsatisfactory to his childron who are contosting the wiil on the ground that he was mentally unsound since the May beforo his death, aud ncapa- ble of transacting business in justice to the living., N BUrEAU oF Tar OMAuA Bee, } Lancaster County Oriminals, The convict grist turned out by tho orim- inal side of the district court is the largest ever known iu the history of the county in i rin. Anoven “baker's dozen’ Wil do service for tue stato for a term of years vach for high erimes comuitted. Tay- lor, the murderer of Bob Woodls, got a lif sentenco; Fitzsimmons, the slayer of Reod at Way ghteen ‘months; George Me- Ninch, for horse stealing, three years; Will. inm Stroup, grand larceny, ono year; Al Roberts, for "rapiae o halt-witted girl, five years; J. M. Rogers, for burglary, ono year; Jesso Rich, for receiving stolen hogs, ‘four: teen months; John Burns, for larceny from verson, one 'yoar: Thomis Willoughby, recowving stolanlogs, o 3 ler, for hog stoaling, oue y for burglary, rs hog s Honry Hunas, James Brown, for and Prank Smith, for and Thomas McGift got v days cach in the connty jail for larceny from person and George Moore got the same$ for larceny. John Dovore was sent to the reform schiool for Muudy McFar- land was fined for assault and James Cummins and Al Roach got thirty days in juil, each for housebreaking and grand larceny. Formally Dedicated. The churchof the Holy Family agedicated their new temple today. At 11 o'clock Bishop Worthington preached the sermon. ‘Lbis body of religious worshippers now has one of the handsowmest church build- wngs in the city. ‘The subscriptions were amvle to cover all indebteduess before the date announced for dedicatory servic formally The Postoflic: Muddle. The news was heratded about the city aguin last night that C. H. Gere, editor of the State Journal, had been appointea and received his commission as postmaster of this eity. Investigation, however, proved the rumor to be n fake of the first wate Ad vices from Washington have been re- ceived to the effect that nothing will be done in the way of appoicting & postmaster for the Lincoln ofice vefore the 10th of the month. In the meantime the war for this plum will go merrily on. Candidates for tho Position, who ouzht to know whercof they speak, assert today that CGiero will never re- ceive the nppointment. 1t is given out that the opposition have united upon a field can- didate, und that a fioul effort will be made to secure his ap)| ntuent and conficmation. Au effort was mado by Tue Be representas tive to find out his name, but ho failed. 1t is certain that a supremo effort will ve made to defeat the Journal man_and that promi- nent Lincoln citizons will leave for Wash- ington tomorrow for this purposo and noth- g clse. City News and Notes. Captain Treland’s term of suspension ex- pired last night and he resumed bis place on the volice forco last night. The Red Ribbon club met this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the corner of I'welfth and T streets, eakers from abroad addressed the meeting, Fruzzia Suggs may have some difficulty in fixing the charge of seduction and bastardy upon her alleged colored paramour, Luther Sellers, for she gave birth to a child last night that gives unmistakable evidence of white paternity. The Bethany Heignts street railway 18 completed and the first trip was made over the line last evening. A good track now stretches from Thirty-third and Vine streets to the new Christian university. It is under- stood that the management of the line con- templates an electric road and will ask for u frauchise in the near future, I the meun- time ‘‘mules’ will be the motive power, Rev. Luther P, Ludden, late of Albany, N. 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