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THE DAILY BEE.
B. ROSEWATBR : EDITOR :
It h an ill wind that blows nobody
good. The creat April duo of 1881
hat effectually demonstrated that
Dilbnville is not a eafe place for
permanent building of any discription.
MAJOR GENERAL POPE has arrived
at Washington and Immediately went
Into secret session with the secretary
of war. Is it pcssible that Pope con
templates another brilliant campaign
wtth headquarters in the i addle ?
IT was very lucky that the mam
moth Dillcmrillo elevator was not
bnilt last winter. It wonld have
floated down the Mieeonri and prob
ably jhave been landed high and dry
on the Nebraska shore somewhere be
low PlatttnKtith
THE Oi-u icil BlotTs Nonpareil hsu
Digged back on Governor Gear. Thn
Governor made a sad and unpardona
ble blunder when ho appointed Judge
McDill to the Kirkwoodvacancy in
place of Marshall Ch rmin
is to be honored bv
President Garfield with a Doeition up
on the court of claims a tribnnal
next in importance to the national
supreme court. This position will ,
we learr , be tendered shortly to Hon.r
Clinton. Briggs , one nf the most dis
tinguished jurists in the west. This
appointment will to heartily approved
by the people of this state , whoso es
teem and conGdonco Judge Briggs
enjoys in an eminent degree.
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THE Pennsylvania legislature Is
devising stringent measures te prevent
the consolidations of competing of
telegraph lines. A bill passed the
Pennsylvania senate last week em
bodying the principles laid down by
Jere Black that the state in granting
charters to railway and telegraph cor
porations , and authorizing them to
condemn property by exercising the
power of emintnt domain , these cor
porations do not acquire Tested rights
or absolute titles to the lands over
which they pass.
The bill In question 'provides when"
any telegraph company , owning and
controlling a tolepraph line in 'the
f state shall consolidite with any'other
company , owning and controlling a
competing telegraph line , the compet
ing telegraph line and all franchises
and property connected therewith for
the operation of the same within this
state "fahall be * forfeited to and
become Mhe property of
the Commonwealth. Whenever
any auch corporation , etc. , ownIng -
Ing and controlling A-line of telegraph
shall hold a controlling interest in the
stock or bond * of any other telegraph
corporation , etc , owning a competing
line of telegraph , or shall acquire by
purchase or otherwise any other corn-
pot'ng ' line .of telegraph , the stock and
bonds so held and the telegraph line ,
together with all franchises so purchased -
chased or otherwise acquired , shall be
forfeited to and become the property
of the common wealth. Any holder oF
stock or bonds of any such telegraph
- tpnnp irhn ha\L \ hav fceian up-
posed to Tthe-ccmsolidatio Tritb or
aale to 'the 1 : competing . com
pany , and shall not have assented
thereto or acquiesced therein , shall be
entitled to such.pro-rata sbara of the
proceeds of the Bale of the telegraph
properly as his bonds shall bear to
the whole amouut outstanding ; bat in I
< t'no cnse toexced the * par y&lne of his |
bands and accrntd interest thereon.
No competing lines ate allowed to
purchase any of the escheated prop
erty.
erty.This
This bill after a moat protracted
.struggle passed the ssuatu by a rote
of 27 to 10 , and it is confidently pre
dicted will p-es the lower house by a
large majority.
* OMIIIA has h.ia n ordinance npon
her municipal statutes'that prohibits
the construction of frame buildings
within certain limits , This erdinance J 1
is practically a dead letter. Daring
the past year a number of frame ( ,
J
houses -have been reconstructed and
eularcG'i ; tinder boxes have been
relocated within the fira limit ,
sham brick buildings , with four-inch
walls plastered ngninst lumber frames ,
are beings-erected our principal
thoroughfares with reckless disregard
for the public safety. No complaint
has boon made in our police court
against such fhgrant violations of the
pirit as wpll as the letter of the , fire
limit ordinance.
It is not tD be expected that private
citizens , and especially business men ,
will a wear oat warrants against violator
of the fire ordinance. They natural
ly shrink from any act that would
involve them in a fend with Anybody.
The city-marshal and police have la
mentably failed to'enforco the fire or-
dlnance.mainly because other duties
requijojjUjthoirjigilanceand.acUvfeJ
ty. Meantime Omaha continues exposed - |
posed to a terrible conflagration isnd
our merchants < and home owners are
compelled to pay tor this risk in hgh !
Insurance rates. This state of affairs
demands prompt attention at the
hands of our new council.
The fire limit ordinance should be
reconstructed. } The building of four- '
nch brick tinder - boxes should
be absolutely prohibited. Every
person. . .that , , proposes to erect
& building ot , anjr , kind within
'
in the 'fire UrmiJ"houldj ba re
quired to procure a building permit.
Such permit''should only.be granted
npon presentation- , building plans ,
and no departure from such plans in
essential particular , should be allowed.
The chiefofthe -fire department
should be required to act a firemarJ
ahal. 'It ' should be m * dej ltdnty. ! to.
inspect all the buildings-erected-with E
in the city limits , and whenever any
defective chimney ia found jie should - >
order it rebuilt , and if the owner failed
to comply -with Hia orders "he should | r
enter complaint in the police court
Toe fire marshal ehould also be espe
cially charged with preventing , the ,
erection of , buildings within the
fire limits for which a punch had not
been granted. Other measures lookt
ing to the same end should be devised n
and adopted from tima to time. b
THE IOWA sEtf A'TOKBHIP.
The senatorial contest in Iowa has
I fairly > begun. The leading papers of
the Hawkeye etata are ranging them
selves around their favorite candidates
and a brisk lueilade has been opened
all along the skirmish line.
So far as we can observe from our
distant and disinterested standpoint
the contest la being ; waged by the per
sonal partisans of each candidate ,
mainly with a view to a division of
political spoils. No man has as yet
planted himself on a platform of fixed
principles , and no candidate has an
nounced his -views upon the living Is-
aues of the day and especially
the relations of the people
toward the railway monopolies.
The so-called leading organ of the
republican party , the Des - Moinei
Rtgifttr , owned and edited by an out-
1a
and-out raiiroader , has thrown out'j
into the eyes of Iowa farmers by
I preaching a crusade agaiait the barb
pT
wire monopoly , while it is paving the
way for the railroad monopolies to
capture the next legislature , and with
itC , the next senator. The Davenport
Gazette , a paper tint has upon every
other Issue pursued a straightforward -
forward course , has become
the outspoken champion of James T.
Wilson , whe in congress and out of
congress has been the most prominent
monopoly capper in all Iowa. The
Gazette in its leading editorial on the
senatorial issue expresses implicit
confidence that James T. Wilson will
be the almost unanimous choice of
the general assembly next winter.
I In support of this convic
tion we are told that such a
result ought to bo reached in the In-
terest of the otate and nation. State
and nation , "indeed I Has the interests
of Jay Gonld and other monopolists
become the Interest of the state of
Iowa and the American republic ?
Whose interest did Jim Wilson repre
sent in congreai when the Credit Mo-
biller job was put up ? Whose inter
est did he represent aa government
director of the Union Pacific railroad ,
when he played Into the hands of
the highwaymen that constructed that
road. Why did Wilson represent the
Union and Central Pacific railroads In
the lobby against the Thurman act to
compel these monopolies to pay the
Interest on their debt ? And why did
Wilson act as the chief counsellor of
this giant monopoly before the Su
preme court when the validity of the
Thurman act was being tested ]
We are amazed that reputable pa
pers lika the Davenport Gasettc should
commend for senator a man who of
all others has been the most faithless
and mercenary public man Iowa has
produced. It strikes us that the time
has come when Iowa should no longer
be content to be represented in con' '
gress by men who are mere spoils dis
tributors and patronage brokers.
The successor of Governor Kirk-
wood ought to be a statesman whose
past record is a guaranty of unflinch
ing fidelity to the mass cf his constit
uency. The great body of the people
of Iowa are farmers and they ought
to be represented in the United States
senate by a man who will legislate in
tlie Interest of the producer. It Is an
insult to the intelligence of the people
ple of Iowa to aay that only corpora
Ion attorneys and monopoly henchmen
have therlght to aspire to a seat in the
United States senate. Although the re
publican press of Iowa has exhibited
lamentable short-sightedness < , in ignor
ing ] thtfpreat issue bet ween , corporate
monopolies and the people , ' they can
not resist'the tide , that fa sweeping the
country from-the Atlantic seaboard to
the Pacific .coast. " " This icaua will , we
confidently "believe ; enter into the
senatorial contest inIowa _ within the
next ninety days. J -
: has in His mind's eye
the Ideal newspaper for Omaha , a
paper ! < hit trill devote Its editorial
columns to .sermons and temperance
lecture < f and-r refuse'to-publish any
advertisements except ' -church and
funeral j .notices , charity , faira and free
lectures. . Such a paper edited by .
gentlemen , who'wear'whitachokers and
esrn their -living as Sunday , ' School
teachers would according' to Mr.
Sherrill help the exiiUng papers , and
on this point * we agree with
him. I Such a . paper ' would
demonstrate In very abort time that a
larg < T majority of the Omahorribles
relisH sensational accounts of some
boarding house scrape _ o a church
scandal with a good deal more zest
than th'ey do Henry Ward Beecher'a
Srery.latest effort to'raise the standard
of morality In Brooklyn.
TOM SCOTT , who has retired from I
the presidency of the Pennsylvania
railroad on acconnt of mental over
work , is in no immediate danger of
dying in the poor house. According
to reliable accounts poor Tom ia worth
from twenty to thirty millions. An *
other striking commentary upon the
transportation .
tjueitlon. Millions up
on million * wrung from the producers
of this country by extortion discrimi
nation nd stock jobbing fcr the per-
itonaXbenefit of one man.
< -r
new mayor of Philadelphia ,
who " was elected by the ring-smaih-
ors , "announced in his inaugural ad-
drees-that it would bo his purpose'to
free the city from a partisan pollc ,
a "worthy example fcr mayors who
were not elected by "rlng-inawhers"
to imitate. [ Ohlcago Tribune.
The new mayor of Omaha who wai
elected both aa a "ring-smasher" and
"slate-smasher" will emulate the ex
ample let Sy the mayor of Philadel-
phia. , .
Looking at the Voorhees-Mahone
altercation in .the senate. The Detroit
Tribune sees irfrom a Shakepearean
pointLof"vision , thu ly :
M h neto V rh-is. Doytm
Jjite your thumb at me , air ? 5 ? '
D-S-s aside to V rh a. If you
say you bite your thumb at him , it
will be unlawful ; he frill hare the
rnles on you.
V rh a. No , air ; I do not bite
my thumb at yon ; but I bite my
thumb.
M fi HB Then , sir , you do not tl „
bite a clean thumb. b
Y rh s. Then I do bite my al
thumb &t you ! Look you , sir , I bite ni
my noee off at you ! Sde th , sir , I yi
bite my head off at youl Whoop , sir , tl
I open my mouth and put my footjlo
at you.
( They glare at eac ? other. )
B n H H to Y rh-s. What !
art thou hurt ?
Y rh a. I am spread. la he gone ,
and hath nothing ? My month is as
deep as a well and as wide as a barn
door. Ask for me to-morrow , an' you
shall find I have swallowed myself.
PERSONALITIES.
Whittaker la going to lecture. He
that hath eara to hear let him hear.
Gail Hamilton cures her corns with
a poultice of soft aoap and cranber
ries.
ries.Private
Private Dalzall wants to be Com
missioner of Patents. He haa filled
his caveat , and it is therefore a case
of "patent applied for. "
If "Vborhees and Mahone decide on a
I gunning match , the former should be
allowed to uie a telescope sight.
' Brignoli says that he ia not Emma
Abbott's off night tenor , and that she
does not prefer Castle to him. He is
angry with a Utica critic who said
I that he ate garlic and that he could
not as Romeo climb to Juliet's balcony
without a derrick.
It .nakes very little difference to
us whether Sitting Bull or the men' '
who aend dispatches about him who
' surrenders. All we want la to see
full justice done. Those border correspondents
must be if it
respondents suppressed " " i
takes the whole army to do It. ,
John Bolts , of California , said to
Henry Green , "I will live to spit on
your gravel" Green sued for dam
ages , and the jury regarded his feel
ings hurt just 2 cents' worth. His
grave will ba kept Green whether spit
on or not.
There la a picturesque story tola
concerning Secretary Kirkwood and
a person of high civil rank in Wash
ington upon whom he once called.
The Iowa senator , who waa personally
unknown to the official , waited hta
I turn. After dismissing the several
callers with such answers as their
business required , the great man slow
ly 1t 1 < turned his office chair , and looking
the ! senator over from crown to sole ,
said , coolly : "Well , my man. what
can I do for you ? Yon look aa though
you would be most at homo on a
farml"
Water Boute of Transportation.
Divenport Register.
As at no previous period , the at
tention nf sagacious men , who are
concerned in the solution of the cheap
transportation question , is being di
rected to the advisability and necessi
ty of a more thorough extension , im
provement and use of water routea
of transportation from the interior to
the sea-board. Several causes have
co-operated to this end. The failure
of the great trunk lines of railroad ,
between the east and the west , to
provide adequate facilities to move
the vast crops of the grain-producing
state to the Atlantic ports they moat
reach in order to secure a re
munerative market , may be cited at
one of these. la this fact has been
demonstrated , it wonld seem certain ,
the futility of a reliance upon the rail
roads alone. If the mammoth corpo
rations controlling the great east and
west lines cannoc famish the cars 0.0-
ceasary to move the crops , then , of
course , reaort must be had to other
modes of transportation. Another
reason is to be found , doubtless , in
the greatly awakened fear of consoll-
dat'on ' and pooling regime npon
which all the larger railroad com
panies have fully entered. It
ia clearly seen that the vast com
binations thus resulting cannot fail to
be injurious to the interests of the
producer and shipper. The effect of
ihe advances in freight tariffs and the
multitudinous fo4rma of discrimina
tion to which the public are so fre
quently subjected , in Cdnsequence of
these united efforts of railroad mana
gers , must be met by the opening up
of other transportation lines. Yet ,
another reason , and doubtless , the
moat potential , after all , has now
become forcibly operative. This is ,
the demonstrated cheapness of
freight transportation by water.
The steadily increasing use of
the Erie and the Welland canals in
the east , and the recently awakened
activity of grain shipments on the
Mississippi , by the barge linea to New
Orleans , have furnished a mass of ata-
tistical'facts ia that direction which
cannot be gainsaid. Hence , we find
that at the recent meeting of the
New York produce exchange , held on
the 5th ins t. , n series of resclutiona
were unanimously adopted declara
tive of the absolute duty of the New
York state government to devote in
creased attention to the development
of the Erie canal system to its full ca
pacity. The firat two of thoae reso
lutions were a * follows :
RESOLVED , That the wonderful
growth of the state of New York in the
past In population , in foreign and
domestic commerce and in material
wealth , by reason of which she bears
the unchallenged title of "Empire
State , " .has been largely due to 'the
wise and far-seeing policy which con
structed her system of internal water
ways connecting the chain of lakes
with the navigable waters of the Hud
son , and that , to this policy more
than to any other cause , if not to all
other causes combined , ia due also the
permanent position which the city of
New York holds as the commercial
metropolis of the United States :
RESOLVED , That the position here
tofore held by the city and state of
New York is in serious jeopardy and
cannot be much longer retained
without prompt and vigorous action ,
ae rival seaboard cities , by herculean
efforts , by the lavish use of capital ,
and by an availing of all resources of
engineering skill , have gone far to
wards neutralizing the geographical
advantages of our state and toward
wresting from us traffic in products
of the great west. Canada in
0B pur
suance of an enlightened public policy
and by vast expenditures , has nearly
completed the improvement of the
Welland canal , which will bo ready
for operation in a few months , and
last , though not least , the Mississippi
and New Orleans
route comes up as
one of our moat formidable competi
tors.
tors.Then
Then followed a third resolve affirm
ing the duty of New York City to be
one of advance and aggressiveness
"in connection with her water ways , "
to the end that "cheaper and better
facilities" may be afforded for trans-
portation. The next resolution de
clares in faver of the adoption of the
pending amendment to the state con
stitution , so that the state will no
longer ba restricted in expenditures
upon canals to the amount received
therefrom for tolls ; this being accom
panied by a demand for a further en is
largement of the existing canals.
Then , the concluding resolve affirmed
it to be the true policy of the state to
favor and provide for free canals , to
the end that the produce floated npon
the great lakes may reach tide-water
at New York , instead of being drawn
off to the Welland Canal and BO to the
ports of the dominion.
All this is particularly noticeable in
connection with the effort being en
tered npon to secure a completion of of
the line of water communication be
tween the Upper Mississippi river
and , New York , -via the lakes. Th t
through route lacks completion only
because a sufficient degree of public
attention has not been given to the all
needed construction of the few miles
yet wanted to connect Chicago with
the MhaittippL Any one who will
once take the pains to examine the map
of Illinois will BBS that that yet un
closed gap la one which should no
longer have existence. It is to re-
more that gap to extend the present
Illinois and Michigan Canal system
from Hennepin to the Mississippi
that the construction of the Heuna-
pin-Rock Island canal is demanded.
Thus , the friends of that enterprise
are simply clasping hands with the
New York Produce Exchange in ask
ing that there shall indeed be an all
water route of transportation direct
from the Upper Mississippi to the
Hndson and New York harbor.
Modern Highway Robbery.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Leland Stanford , the autocrat
of the Central Pacific railroad , would
do better to content himself with
hoarding his $40,000,000 of fortune ,
accumulated from construction pro
fits , watered stock , and extortions
from the public , rather than seek ad
ditional notoriety by public attempts
to justify the highway robbery in
which he and his associates have been
indulging during the past fifteen years.
The term "highway robbery" is used
adviaedly , for the highest courts in
the land have declared the railroads to
be ' public highways , and the extor
tions of which the Pacific railroad
managers have been convicted are just
at much & species of robbery aa that
committed by Jack Sheppard or Dick
Turpin in former times. The public
must "stand and deliver" before it can
travel the highway , built by govern
ment money and credit , that runa be
tween Omaha and San Francisco. The
amount exacted is gauged , as are the
ransoms demanded by banditti , ac
cording to the ability of the victims
cctc pay.
Leland Stanford is one of those
audacious highwaymen who are not
satisfied with extortion , but desire to
advertise their exploits before the
world and glorify their professional
achievements. In the latter effort Mr
Stanford is not nearly so successful a *
he has been inextortinga huge fortune
from that portion of the American
people who have been compelled to
pay him tribute and furnish him a
fortune that wonld amaze even Oioajus
himself.
The scoring which the transporta
tlon committee of the New York ,
Chamber of Commerce have recently
given to Leland ntantord in reply to
the letter he wrote justifying his
career and that of his associates in
the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads la a fitting supple
ment to the indictment prepared by
Mr. Daggett , member of congress
from Nevada , which the author
waa not permitted to deliver
in the house of representatives ,
but which was printed in The Con
gressional Record of February 27 * last.
Mr. Diggett then demonstrated that
the vast property of these two cor
porations , owned in the main by Stan
ford , Hnntington , Hopkins , and
Crocker , represents $302,363,592 of
stock and $115,806,683 of bonds , and
that the actual investment of the cap
Itallsts w&a not more than $12,500.
These gentleman paid taxea on less
than $150,000 In the aggregate when
they went into railroad business , and
to-day their railroad property alone is
worth , over and ab&ve all the real and
fictitious Indebtedness , more than 186
millions. They have t&r years been
compelling the public to piy them 8
per cent dividends on the vast Amount
of bogus stock which did not cost
them one dollar , and 6 per cent inter
est on bonds which were issued to
represent extensions of roads that
was really built out of earnings
over and above the 8 per cent , divi
dends. These extortions are made up
not merely from the outrageous
through rates that are charged
upon freight to the Pacific corat
and by means of added extortions and
discriminations against interior points.
The practice ia to charge on freight
billed to a town in Nevada not merely
the through rate to San Francisco or
Sacramento which Is tliesamethongh
there is a difference of 140 miles in
distance but to add to those rates
the additional and doublv-exorbitant
local rates back from San Francisco to
the interior point of shipment. A
single ina'ance will tllustrate the prac
tice : Reno ia 306 miles east of San
Francisco , and hence that much near
er New York. The shipment nf a
car-load of coal-oil from New York
to San Francisco costs $300 , but from
New York to Reno the charge ia $536 ,
because the through rate to San Fran
cisco ia charged and then $236 are
added as the local chargea from San
Francisco to Rmo. It is by such
means that Laland Stanford has been
able to accumulate a fortune of $40 >
000,000 to $50,000,000 within fifteen
years , and his associates in like pro
portion. There Is no other govern
ment ou earth that would Ulerate like
practices.
It ia well enough to expose and de
nounce the Stanfords , Goulds , Hunt-
ingtona , Yanderbilta , and the rest ,
but there is no hope of reform in this
course alone. These men are callous
to all kinda of denunciation. They
are not-to be reached by any sugges
tion of shame or any consideration of
sympathy or justice. They are ready
to defend the spoils they hare already
seized , and to justify a continuation
of their highway robbery in the fu
ture. The blame for the condition of
thinga which they have been permit
ted to establish must rest upon the
people themselves. The only effect
ive and enduring remedy is to be
sought from the government. But the
government in this country ia a gov
ernment of the people. Men are
elected to the state legislatures and
to the national congress to enact
laws for the protection of the people.
The courts have held that it is com
petent for each state to supervise end
regulate the management of railroads
within its own boundary. By a parity b
of reasoning , it is equally competent
for the United States government to tlb tlol
regulate railways that traverse two or ol
more states. Indeed , the constitution ole'
e'
tion gives express authority to con- e'it
grots to regulate commerce "among , it
the different states. " In the case of |
the Pacific railroads , the vary legisla nb
tive acta that brought them into exis nb
tence reserved the right to congress b
to repeal , alter , or amend whenever ol
it should become necessary to take olCl
measures for the protection of the Cla
public agalnat extortion and abuse.
Why has nothing been done in this cir
cifi
direction ? Why has it been im fi
possible to secure at the handa of
congress a single measure of rellei ?
Why is it that the Reagan bill , which
once passed the house , waa allowed to
die in the senate ? Why ia it that
Judge Heagaa was never again able
to put his bill npon its passage in the
house ? Why is it that every measure
of relief which'is proposed in congress
ruled out of order , amended to its
death talked down and
, defeated by a
resort to all the devices of legislative
avoidance ? "There ia something to
rotten In Denmark. " Congress
has been temporizing with the
American people in this mat
ter. The corporations have too i a _
many attorneys and tools in the' '
national legislature. The time baa
come when the people must assert
their representatives. The members
the present congress whether representatives -
resentatives or senators who wish to
save themselves in public life will be ed
prepared next.December to assist , and
' "
not to retard' , "the project of national is
regulation of inter state railways with
the experience , resources , and
ability which they can command.
The men who take sides against the
people in this issue , eltherly openly SJ
or covertly , will ba marked for defeat
and disgrace. The "highway robbery"
of our time must be punished and
put down.
NEW YORK CITY'S GROWTH.
ITS AHAZINO DEVELOPMENT DURING THE
PAST SIXTY YEARS.
New Yoik Telcpam.
Within aixty yeara New York has
grown from a thriving seaport town
to be one of the largest cities in the
world in point of wealth , size , popula
tion and commercial importance.
London and' Paris have taken centu
ries to achieve the position they now
hold. New "Sork , commencing her
rapid career of growth in 1820 , has
sprung suddenly to the front in a little
over half a century. The opening of
the Erie canal and the construction
link by link , of the leading railroads ,
which gave It communication with the
great lakes and the valleya of the Ohio
and the Mississippi , initiate thejperiod
of New York's imperial growth. Its
progress at ojce became more raipd.
If the shade of Peter Stuvyesant ,
erstwhile of New Amsterdam , could
suddenly take a look to day at the
city that has sprung from the little
zerm of a metropolis which he in the
flesh regarded as a place of marvelous
proper dimensions and Importance ,
the doughty old hero would stand
aghiat.
The folhwing table conveys such an
idea of the growth of the city during
the aixty years just past as cau be
githsiod from a presentation of the
number of its inhabitants and the
value of its real and personal estates
for each decade from 1820 to 1880 , In-
elusive :
Retl Fencnil
Yeir Population. Estate. Estate.
1323 123,000 S 67,502,313 3 29 594,160
ISiO. 20iO B7.G58E80 7 084,933
HiO 31',870 1S7.221.7K (5.0H.S ( 1
18 0. 515,547 207,142,576 78,919.240
ISO. 8UiH 398,5H , < 19 173,01) ,037
137J. DI22Q1 742103.075 0525,374
1S81 1,200,590 942,571,690 201,191,037
From 1870 to 1880 the population
of Neiv York increased 264,298 , or
about 28 per cent. London lies on
both sides of the Thames , Paris on
both aides of the Seine. In compar
ing the population of those capitals
with that of this city we should take
in both sides of the North and East
rivers. Looking upon New York ,
Brooklyn and Jersey City as one vast
center of population , we have a met
ropolis of 1,884,007 souls , thus :
N < r York _ 1,206,590
Brooklyn 6CO,69S
Jertcjr City 120,7i8
Toul , 1,594,007
Rigid accuracy cannot be claimed
for the census returns of population.
The time of the year in which the
enumeration ia mada is not the best
for ascertaining the trao number of
inhabitants. This circumstances ope
rates strongly against New York and
other large cities. Thus , the census
is begun at a time Juno 1 when
many people are already in the coun
try and after the exodus to Europe haa
set in. Thoae who have made this
subject A study claim that the popula
tion of New York at this present wri
ting ia over 1,250,000 and that the
ncgregate population of Now York ,
Brooklyn , Williamsburg and Jersey
City exceeds 2,000,000. If these es
timates are correct this metropolis , in
point of aizo , cornea immediately after
London and contains the second larg
est agglomeration of population in the
world.
This city has grown with a rapidity
hitherto unknown in any of the great
centers of population. New York
has probably in the Immediate future
ten years of prosperity auch na it has
not seen in the past. We may saiely
assume an increase in population of
thirty-throe and a third per cent , dur
ing thb coming decade ; nor ia there
any reason why the increase should
not be equally great during the ten
years next following. Thla would
! { ivo Nevr York , Brooklyn and Jersey
Sity an agrrgato populationof 2CCG-
000 in 1890 and of 3,655,000
in the year 1900. That this city will
during the next fifty or aixty years
become the great center of commerce
and finance for the whole world seems
tolerably certain. Who shall say to
what imperial proportions New York
may have grown when , In the remote
future , Macauley'a much overworked
New Zeal.mdera standing on a pile of
Weatmlnster bridge , gazes npon the
ruins of London and Benders what
manner of people lived and worked
among those ruin * .
Pullman's Poorly Paid Porters.
The Pullman car porters about to
Inaugurate a "strike , " not for "fifty
cents ail around , " but for increased
pay. If the Pullman company is war
ranted , it no doubt wonld be best to
pay their porters good and living
and have the "fee"
wages systtm dis
continued. The company would make
many frlenda if they would not allow
their porters under any circumstances
to receive perquisites or fees , and
oblige them to give the same atten
tions without them. The following
restrictions rather prove the portera
are not overpaid. They are re
quired to buy two snils of
clothes a year , at from S20 to
$25 per suit , and the division su
perintendent directs them where r-
buy. They are also required to puto
chaae two caps , a auramur and a n in
ter cap , at $2 50 each. If they lose a
key it costs them 55. For every
piece of linen they lose they have to
pay the following prices : Pillow
slips , 50 cents each ; sheets , SI.50
each ; towels , 25 cents each , Locka
on all the cars are the same , and the
porter is held responsible for all the
linen. Portera are all paid § 15 per
month. When a porter fills two posi
tions ( a light run ) , that of conductor
and porter , he is paid $50 per month.
If they collect a berth ticket and lose
it they pay 50 rents
Ctfndensed Benefit.
The way people now use the great
beverage beer It would be supposed
that each glass thereof is brimful of
benefit ; it may be. But there ia an
other liquid of national reputation ,
every bottle of which ia filled with
immeasurable benefit to such aa need
its services. Mr. Edward A. Ii"en-
ney , supenatendaat of the Boston
beer brewery , Boston , Mats. , thns
speaks ] of it : "I distributed several
bottles of St. Jacobs Oil among those
of my men subject to severe pains
caused by exposure to beat and cold ,
and ; they report that it never fails to
cure them. I can therefore aafely
recommend < it to all partiea Buffering
from pains of any kind. "
Woman's True Friend.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This none can deny especially when
assistmcq ia rendered when one is
sorely afflicted with disease , more par
ticularly thoae complaints and weak
nesses eo common to our female pop
ulation. Every women should know
that Electric Bitters are woman's true
friend , and wili positively restore her
health , even when all other reme-
diea fail. t A single trial will always
prove our assertion. They are pleas
ant to the taste and onlv cost 50 centa
bottle. Sold by lah & McMa-
hon. { (1) ( )
EacKien's Arnica Salve
The BEST SAIVE in the world foi
Cuts , Bruises , Sores , Ulcers , Salt U
Rheum , pever Sores , Tetter , Chapp
Hands , Chilblains , Corns , and all
kinds cf Skin Eruptions. Thla Salve
guaranteed to give perfect satlafac-
tlod In every case or money re funded ,
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
8dly Ish & McMahon Omaha.
of
7n week 12a d y at borne easily made ; eaih
licntflt tree-Addresa True' * Co.Portlnd.il
CftiH
FOR
RHEUMATISM ,
Neuralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago ,
Backache , Soreness of the Chest ,
Goui , Quinsy , Sore Throat , Swell
ings and Sprains , Burns and
Z Scalds , General Bodily
Pains ,
Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted
Feat and Ears , and ail other
Pains and Aches.
Kc Preparation on earth * qua ! ST. JACOBS OIL
as a * nfe , sure , slniplf and chtap Eitrrnil
Remedy. A trial entails but the comparmlirelj
trifling outlay of 50 Ccnti , and erery oca luffer-
tng with-pain can haye cheap and poiltlre orocf
of Itaclalmi. rJA
"
Direction ! In Eleven Languagei. i
SOLD BY AIL DRUGGISTS AND DEALIB8
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO. ,
Baltimore.Md. , V. a.JL.
Geo. P. Bemis
HEAL ESTATE AGEKCY.
ICth d : Douglai Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
This agency doea SIRIOILT a brokerage bujl
nesa. Does notdpecnlate , aud therefore any ai-
gslna on Its books are tnsnied to Its patrona , In
stead ot bela ? gobbled up by the aticnt
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No 1408 Farnham Strut
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North Side opp Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency.
DAViS & SHYDER ,
1505 Farnham St. Omaha , JVe&r.
d 00,000 ACRES carefully selected land In Eutera
Holraaka for galo.
Great Bargains In Improved firms , and Oman )
dty props rt- .
O. F. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNTDKB ,
Late Land Com'r U. P. B. R -ieb7tf
BTRON RKSD. LIWIS RIID.
Byron Reed & Do , ,
OLDECT EETABLISTD
EEAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract ol title to all Keal
Estate In Omaha and Douglas County. mayltl
$2.250.000 ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING , APRIL 12th.
15000 TICKETS ONLY , 7 2 PRIZES.
SMALLEST PHIZE , Sl.COO.
1 Priza 81.0CO.OOO 1 Prize $25,001
I I'rize 200.0CO SPr zcs$10 , 00cach SO.OOQ
1 Prize 100.000 8 Prizes , 6,000 ea h 40,000
1 Prize 0,000 722rrize3am'fgtoS2,2SO,000
Whole Tickets , S1CO ; Halves , S:0 , Quarters , &JO ;
TenthsS16 ; Twentieths , ? 3 , Fortieths , Si.
L tile Havana ia governed entirely or the
above draninr.
1 Pnza , $6COO 722 Prizes , $10,110.
Whole ) , { 2. Ualvesl.
. ROMAN & CO.
Successor to TAYLOR & Co. , New fork.
Direct ill c minuiu atlons and money to
ROMAN & CO. , Genera ) Agents , 233 Ch j.el
Stret > , ew H.ncii. onn. mUilm
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop. & Manager ,
The moat thorough appoints 1 > "d complete
Machine Shops and foundry In the etsts.
Castings of every description mannfacted.
Engines , Pumps and every clasa of machinery
made to order.
order.pecial attention given to
Well Augurs , Pulleys , Hangers ,
ShaftinRtBridge IronsGcer
Catting , etc
flanstornew Machlnory.Meachanlcal Draught
ag , liodola , etc. , iiaitlv executed.
58 Harnev St. . Bet. 14th ntl 16th.
ill. II. KISDON ,
cncral Eusuruuec A ntt ,
PHffiNU ASaGlwv - _ - - . . J Lon.
don , Caah Assets . ; 5,107lt )
VESICHEdTEU. N. Y. , Capital . l.COO.OO
THE MERCHAN T3 , cf Newark. N. J. , LOOC.OO
OIRARrt FIRKPhiladelphlaCapttil. . 1,00,001 -
NORTHWESTERh NATIONAL.Cap-
Ital . WC.UK
FIREMEN'S FUND , California . 800 CO-
BRITISH AMERICA AS8UR&NCECO 1,200,000
NEWA IK FIRE INS. CO. , Asaats. . . . SoO.OOO
AUKRICAF CENTRAL , Araeta . 300 iOC
< ? art Cor of Fifteenth & Donelaa St.
1U4TTi V'-T
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BETWEEN
OMAHA AND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SATJNDERS and HAMILTON -
STREETS. ( End of Red Line as fellows : -
LEAVE OUAIIA :
030 , ' 8:17 : and ll:10a m ,3:03 : , BS7and7.-28p.m. :
LEAVE FOKT OMAHA :
7:16 a m. . 9:15 : a. m. , and 12:15 p. m.
4:00 : , 6:15 and 8:15 : p. m
The 8:17 : a. m run , leaving omana > and the
1:00 : p. m run , leaving Fort Omaha , are usually
loaded to full capacity with regular passengers.
The 0:17 : a. m. run will be made from the post-
office , corner of Dod e and 15th snrehta.
Tickets can I > o procured from street cardriv-
era , o r from drivers cf batto.
FARE. 25 CENTS. INCLUDING STRE OAR
BUSINESS COLLEGE ,
THE GREAT WESTERN
Gco.R. ttathbnn , Principal.
n
b'
Oreighton Block , - OMAHA |
i
Send for Circular.
" I.
T K MERCHANT TAILOR ,
Has just received hlaSprinsr Stock , and has5J !
patterns to select frem. Call early and ( ? etyour
choice. Cleaning and repairing of all kinds.
One Door West of Drnlckahanfe's.
ep Oly
CHARLES RIEWE ,
Uetallc Caeea , Coffina , Caeketa , Sbrouda , etc.
Farn m Strea . OthandlltfalOm haNebl
Tal JflTil" i- ! ' irnnntlir tl n1fl4 to.
GEO. tt. PARSELL , M.D.I 8
Rooms In Jacobs Block , up atiirg , corner ol
Capital Avenue and 15th street. Residence
1425 Sherram Avenus. May "e consult
ed at resi icnco 7 to D p m. except Wednesday ! .
SPECIALTY Obstetrics an I Diseases of Wo-
men. Office hours 9 to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m.
unu a S to 7 D. m ml6m
JDsTOTICE ,
Any on * [ bavin ; ; dead animals I will remove
him free of charge. Leave ordera southeast
corn r of Barney and llth St. , second door.
CH.BRIES SPLITT. a n
rnr < tfl'IR ' t day at nome. sinii < t wor 11
_ > U I U&U frre Aridrea * Rtlenon A Co I
Portland VP
NEW HARNESS SHOP.
Thennlerii/ned having had nine years ex- nl
perience with G H. & J. S. Collin' , and twentyI I ul
fourj ears of practical harness mil leg , lag now
commen ed famines * for hlms.'lf in th large
new shop l door south ot the sou'heist ' corner
llth nod Harnej bt * . He n\l \ employ a large
ores of skilled workmen and will fill all orders
In his pllne promptly and cheaply. I Ol
K.
BANKING HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWEL HAMILTONICO
Basinets transacted same aa that o an luc r-
panted Bank.
Accounts kept In Currency or gold subject to
light check without notice.
Certificates of deposit based parable In throe ,
lU and twelve months , bearing interest , or on
demand without Interest.
Advances made to customers on approved se
curities at market rates of Interest
Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange Gcvern
meut , StateCounty anil City Bonds.
Draw Bight Drafts on Encland , Ireland , Scotland -
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sail European Panage Tickets.
ROLLEGTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
U ldt
ldtTJ.
TJ. S. DEPOSITORY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OMAffA.
Cor. IStfc and Parnham Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KODNTZE BKOS. , )
ISTABU3HED 15 1S &
Organlud u a National Bank.
Capital and Profits OverS300,000
Specially Authorized by the secretary cr Treasury
to receive Subscription to the
U. S. 4 PER CENT. FUHDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Kcrarzi , Prttident.
AuouBTca Kotmizi , Vice President.
H. W. Yirza. CttbJer.
A. J. POPPHTOK , Attorney.
Jona A. Cri'ianroa.
F. H. DATIO ,
Thlj bank recelvea deposit without regard to
amounts.
Issues time certificates bai/lng Interest.
Draws drafts en San Erznclgco and principal
cities of the United States , al j London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal dtlej of the conti
nent of Europe.
Bella passage tlcketa for Emigrants in the In.
man ne. m. yldtf
HOTELS
THE JRIGINAL.
Oor. Randolph St. & 5th Ave. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND S2.50 PER DAY
Located in the business centre , convenient
to places nf amusement. EWantly furnished ,
containing all modern improvements , panaenger
elevator , &c. J. H. CU1IMIKOS , Proprietor ,
ocletf
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
onncil P.IuUs , Iowa ;
On line o Street Kailnay , Omnlbui'o and from
all trains. RATES Parlor floor , $3.00 per day ;
second floor , 32.50 per day ; third floor , 3..CO.
The beat furnished anJ most commodious house
In the fitv. GEO. T. PHELP3 Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner's resort , good accommodations ,
arge sample room , char.-ca reasonable. Special
attention given to traveling men.
11-tf H a BILLIARD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Oheyenne , Wyoming.
Flrat-clsca , Fine argo Sampla Rooms , one
block from depot. Trains stop front 20 minutes
to 2 hours for dinner. Frte BtH to and from
Depot. Rates $2.60 , ? Z CO and J3.00 , Recording
to room ; s'ngte meal 75 cents.
A 1) . n A LOOM , Proprietor.
W BORUE.V. Cnlef Clerz mlO-t
AGENTS WANTED FOR OUR NEW BOOK ,
' 'Bible for the Youii , M
Bein ; the story of the Scriptures by Rev. Oeo.
Alexander Crooi , D. D. in simple and attrac
tive language for old and joung. Hrnfuaely
illustrated , nakmi ; a mo't interesting and im
pressive youth's instructor. Ever" parent will
secure this work. Pieacherg , jou should cir-
culatel' . Price $3 00.
Sen"1 for circulars with extr erms.
J. H. CHAMBERS & U > . J St. Louis , Mo
Continues to
Koar for Moores ( )
HARNESS & SADDLERY ,
03
03a
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CO
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I have adopted the Lion as a Trade
Mark , and all my Goods will be stamp
ed with the Lion and my Name on
the same. No Goods are genuine
without the above stamps. The beat
material is used and the moat skilled
workman are employed , and at the
lowest cash price. Anyone wishing
price list ot goods will confer a favor
by ' sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOOEE.
VAN CAMP , M. D. K. L. SISOLVI , M. D.
NEBRASKA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE ,
PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
Now open for the reception of pa ientg for the
TREATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC AND SUBOI
CAL DISEASES.
DBS. VAX CAMP & SIGGINS ,
Physicians & Surgeons ,
Proprietors.
ODD El LOWS BLOCK CORNER I4TH
DODGE MS. , OMAHA. NEB-
A. W. NASON.
3D E ITO ? ! S T ,
OTTIO : Jacob's B ck , con.er CipUo ITS , and
Uta Street. Omaha' eb
BID I
THE NEW YORK GLuTHINC HOUSE /
Has Eemoved to
1309 FARNHAM STREET ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand. )
Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an Immense
Stock of
MEN'S , BOFS'AAD CHILDREN'S CLOTH LVG ,
HATS , CAPS MD GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
f
PEIOES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
-Call and Examine Goods and Prices. "
TEL. Ml. I IVC. IPIE V
1309 Faniham Street , Omaha , V
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
the public.
In 1878 we sold 836,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,187
Machines. Excess ever any previous year 74,736 Machines.
Our sales laat year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For tT ry bn lne day la tba year ,
Tha llr"J TJ-i--t-i-it -e'r"
That Bvery REAL Singer f8 the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine -
SImPleSt' tbe Most
chine haa this Trade . '
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma-
Iron Stand and em- chine ever yet Con-
bedded in the Ann of
strnoted'
. '
the Machine.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO.
Principal Office : t4 "Union Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the "United States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the Old
World and South America. epl6-d&wtf
lANOSlORCANS.
CT. S. "WIRIG-IHIT ,
AGENFTOR CHICKERINC PIANO ,
And Sole Agent Tor
HaUet Davis & Co , , James & Holmstrom , and J. & G.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's , Organs ,
Ij deal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had yeara
experience in the Business , and handle only the Beat.
J. S. WRIGHT ,
21816th Street , City Hall Building Omaha , iVeb.
HALSBT V. PITOH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
POWER ANO
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , FIFE , STEAM PA8KISC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL 8 LL
A T. . STRANft. 206 Ftimhim RtT at Omaha. tt h
J. A. W A K E F I E L D.
WHOLESALE A3D RETAIL DEALER IN
LUMBER , LATH , SHINGLES ,
Pickets , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Lime ,
Cement , Plaster , &c.
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT CO. ,
Near Union Pacific Depot. OMAHA , NEB.
o
J. B. DETWILL
. . , , ,
THE CARPET MAN ,
Has Removed From His Old Stand
on Douglas St. , to His
NEW AND ELEGANT STORE ,
1313Fapnham
Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all His Old ?
Patrons.