THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 , 1831
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Otrcu itlon of THK DAILY BKK.
A. H. Fitch. cf > rrcn > QP'i Pt' ' > n'l ' imHdtor.
WKBK Virginians COMO from troub
ling , the nonato ia at runt.
WK have had n dutuoeratie ahoriff in
Douglas county for the last four year * .
Now id a good tiuio for u radicnl
change. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TICK debt reduction for October wan
§ 15,000,000. , At this rate the imtiro
nationnl debt could bo wiped out in
ten yoara. *
JVDAL Ktr.rvr , the ini\n who en
deavored to provoke u challenge from
Bonttor Mahon'o , is the "crank" who
turni thu LouUUuit lottary wheel.
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NEW YOKK'H regiiitrtiou indicntca
that 145,000 votea will bu cast ut Mie
coming election. John Kelly boasts
that ho can manage 50,000 "of thorn.
CIUCAOO has three hundred and
eighty-seven laundricH. It will require -
quire t\vioo \ threo'hundivd nnd eighty-
neven to wash Oliicago'a noilcd munici
pal linen.
his greunback i > m nnult
tint flop of Si'imtor Voorluxu on the
tariff quiMtiou Inn oiccitod the greatest
di'icuaaion ninjng the rock - remind
"moss-balks" along the Wabauli canal.
NAVIU.VTION of the waterways by
litko and canal is about to close , and
the highwaymen who control the railroads -
roads liavo again ordered the western
producers to hold up their liaada
while they rifle their pocketH by an
advauco of transportation nitua.
Sir. SKTH Low , the republican can
didate for reform mayor of Brooklyn ,
proposes to make u peruonal ciinvaosof
votorfl from homo to liotiso. Mr.
f/ow , although only thirty-two yoara
of ngo nnd ; i millionaire merchant , in
no spring chicken in practical politics.
AKTHUU will not bo con
sulting either the internals of his .id-
ministration or of the people ot Iowa
by the nppointintiiit of Gen. Williani-
'eon , late commissioner of the land of
fice , to the secretaryship of the inte
rior. Williamson in too highly scented
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in connection with land surveying
contracts and Star Route Uorsey'o
Now Mexican jobs to hold any posi
tion of trunt under the government.
The Ilentlil is willing to ml mil thai ,
immediately uftor thu numinatioim
wore made , a bad impression wan
nude ngaiimt thu democratic ticket.
lltrald , Aor. 7.
Wu prefer to upooiil todouioor.ita to
vote their ticket , became it IH their
ticket. lleralJ , If or. 1 ,
In other wordn , the Herald askn in
telligent democrats to support candi
dates for ollico that ro unfit for posi
tions of public truat just bocauBo their
names have been placed on the demo
cratic ticket. We don't believe any
reputable citizen , democrat or rupub-
'liciiti , will deliberately vote to put
thu management of our { county affair *
into the hands of men -whom'they
irou'.d nut trust with their own busi
ness.
MIMKTKK IltnuiiUT , who has been
the subject of a good deal of censnru
for meddling in the Chilian and i'o
rnrian controversy , ia not Jikoly to bo
recalled ufter nil. It appears that ho
Bomewhat exceeded his instructions
when ho went out of hii way to say
that ho would uupport indefinitely
any particular Peruvian government.
Jnthii ho was simply ovor-zo&loui.
Secretary Elaine wishes not only
Kurope , but America , to knpw that
the United Btntes , as the strongest
republic on the western continent ,
claims a protectorate over her
weaker sistorH , and the instructions
given JIurlbut and Kilpatrick were in
thfc key. They wvro not iimtrucU'c
to support Calderon , or Piorola , or
anybody else , "to the bitter end , '
bu : they wcro to give the state * to
which they wcro accredited to
understand that the United Htaten
desired to BOO them at peace with
honor to both. They were to do nl
that could be done to preserve inUc
the territory of Peru , and to help the
inhabitants thereof to good govern
m'ent again. This they will do. Htc
retary Ulainu'fl policy is to be a 'vig
- orous in South America M in Kur-
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THE PAVINU QUESTION :
Kvery prin and fall the horrible
condition of our htreoU starts ftfreih
discussion of the paving question ii
Omaha , It it n mbjoct which musl
Booneror Intrr receive thK.iUunUon of
the city council. No one will deny
its preaiing iruporlaucc. The pecu
niary loss to our merchants , not U
gpcnk nf the inconvenience to the miwa
of the residents , in no sin.ill item ,
licmy trucking in Homo of our mosl
traveled thoroughfares , in their
present condition , i * almoat
an itnimssibility , while in ad
ilition the conaenquential damages
to Omaha through its imprcBfiions
gained by ntr ngoni of her municipal
linadvantagt'H will form no small item
n the final ustimato of IOB.I to thu city
.hrouch her nluioxt impnntiblo ntteecs.
Clrantod the Hlrong nueesaily of
paving there is still n lur o field for
discussion ns In the lyjst methods
which ought to bo Buojitod in recluim-
ng our streets from sloughs of denpond
o thoroughfarcH which will moot the
rpquiromijntn of trade nnd traffic ,
iaaty action on the pnrt of nur citi-
ZOUH fihould bo frowned down.
Omaha necd.i pavements , but
nbovo all nh'j needs pavo-
nents 2W'1'C'1 ' ' ' w' " ntand the test
of timi and which she will not be
ompolled to replace after n fotv years
vear. The talk about planking our
troetH is thu sheoroot nonsonso. It
a even questionable whether wood
) loclc pAVxinentn will not bo the most
xponsivo in the long run and as prop-
tty owners will bo compelled to boar
Ito expense of having the .streets upon
which their rent estate abuts the quen-
ion of economy and durability nhould
) o carefully considered before any do-
i.iion ii made.
The pavumentA most in use in o.ait-
rn cttien at the present time are
wood block , undressed and dren ed
tone , concrete and macadam. Con-
reto aud nnciJaiu muat bo left out of
ho question as far as Omaha is eon-
ornod. The first has not proven n
ucce.i * in any of the cities where the
xperlmont of iU use has been made ,
and the second in a temporary make
shift which has always failed where
rap or volcanic rock has been avail
able. Limestone macadam has bcon
tried in St. LouU , Kansas City and
Jmaha , aud in every instance , after
hreo years wear , has been voted
a failure. Tlio choice must bo
undo between cho different
variolies of wood block and Htono. In
citie * ! wlit'to truflic in heavy the coin-
non wood block pavqpionts have been
: ound to average thrco j-oars before
jucoming BeriotiHly impaired. After
, his timn rutting begins , and thoru in
constitit outlay for repairs , which lion
ended generally in the replacement of
.ho pavement by one of moro durable
material. In Now York few of the
Nicholson wood block pavements re
main. In nearly every street where
.hoy have been l.iid the city has boon
compelled to substitute the Belgian
Htono block. In Chicago several iiintan-
co < of the Hainu kind have tali on placo.
The original tar-soaked black pavu-
nonU have universally proved short-
ivod , and chomiol preparations have
atoly been used with some succesa in
ncrensing the durability of the wood.
LMtlsburgh han hud fair success with
wood blocks prepared with creosote ,
imt even in PitUburgh thoquostionof
durability has only boon tested seven
years.
The only p.ivomtmt which has utood
every test is dressed stono. The great
objection to this pavement in this city
will bo it * expense. Even in northern
Ohio the cost ot dressed
stonu pavements average ? It.50a yard.
In Omnlm apart from the width of our
streets thu increased cost of stone
would make Much pavcmonts very ex-
pensivo.
The question will , however , arise
whether the additional expense will
not iu the end provo genuine econ
omy. Poor goods.aro never cheap at
any price , and a pavement which is
nothing but a temporary makeshift
for a permanent improvement is likely
to prove doubly expensive in the long
run.
When Omaha decide * to pave , thu
material to bu used should bo selected
ouly after a careful investigation and
considetation of the merits of the var
ious pavements and their adaptability
to the noedi of onr city. Hatty nnd
inconsiderate action should bu avoided
even under provocation like the pres
ent. Our muddy streets can bo borne
a little longer if by such delay Oma
ha secures * durable , substantial and
satisfactory nystoui of pavements.
Tan balauco of trade in favor of the
United" States has [ been steadily di
minishing during thu past three
months. In September as reported
by the bureau of statistics the excess
of our exports over our imports was
only $0,71) ! ) , 000. For the same month
l&Ht year the I-XCCHS was 917i > D7,000 ,
or nearly three times as' ' much. This
marked decrease in the volume of our
exports is , of course , largely duo to
the strained condition of our produce
inarkuU and the doclinu iu the
movement of broadstuQs from the
interior to the coast. This
will not account for thu great increase
in our imports , which uro the legiti
mate result of an easy money market
and a prosperous country. The hiih ;
prices everywhcro prevailing havonlso
acted as sUmilus to the importation
of foreign articles for American con
fuimption , until at the present rata
the detnaud for European goods
promises to turn the balance of ex
changes in favor of London bankers.
The American people nro now enjoy
ing ascosonof unusual prospcrityand ,
n * usual , are living fully up to their
income. Artlclen of luxury are pour
ing into the country in exchange
for our wheat , corn and meats. Foreign
oign manufactures are being sought at
the expense of our own products even
when thu quality is no better and the
prices higher. The custom house in
reaping a rich harvest from the ele
gant and costly fabrics which pass
through its doors nnd are Bold to our
people. Speculation in running rife
in every nection of the land. For
tunes made in n day are expended ill
an hour. Industries nro overstimu-
lutod by the era of high prices
and capital is seuking investment
in n. thousand and ono wild cit
Hchomes which can only end in thu
rnin of thu investors. The turn in
the balance of trade in an indication
which may wall CAUSO thoughtful at
tention on the part of those who are
living fully up to their means and sav
ing nothing for n rainy day. Thu ox-
[ lorionco of the country dhows that the
invitablu reaction is not many years
oil. It is certain to comu and when
once on thu ground a financial depres
sion is promised by the best authori
ties which will bo unparalleled by any
of the panics which have prucoeded it.
TUB einboMloraent of $2,000,000 by
Cashier Baldwin of the Mechanics
sank of Nuwark , N. J. , is an aston-
jhing commentary upon the loose
methods of supervision of bank ac
counts practiced by both government
officials and bank directors. The un-
united confidence placed in Mr. Bald
win by his superior officers , as is too
often the COH.O , took the place of a
cloflo examination of his conduct as a
responsible officer of a large financial
institution. The result is the ruin of
president , directors , stockholders ,
tiondsmen and depositors. The capi
tal stock is 3500,000 and the
stockholders aru responsible for
double the amount of their holdings.
The telegraph announces that even
when this is ossoKsed and collected
depositors will scarcely receive fifty
cents on the dollar. The IOPH will fall
tioavily on many whoso canty means
were entrusted to the bank. To a
number the failure of the bank is utter
ruin. In addition , a long line of firms
whoso paper has been carried by the
Mechanics' national bank will bu com
piled to go under. For this state of
affairs the ofiicera nnd directors of the
} ank are responsible. Their duty of
supervision left thorn no option in the
matter of a thorough knowJudgo of the
condition of the institution which
ihey managed. By shirking 'that duty
they have becomu morally , if not le
gally , responsible for the wholesale
ruin which has resulted from their
legligenco.
Tin : republicans of Douglas county
lave u majority of over 800 on any
square party issue in which all fac-
.ions act as a unit. In thu present
ocal campaign thuy ought to carry
ho county by fully ono thousand ma-
ority , if the party polls its full vote.
Their county ticket as a whole is con
ceded to bu superior to the democratic
ticket. There is loss tendency to
ward scratching than in any local
campaign that IIUH occurred in ninny
years , hut thoru is Horious danger of
lefent from general indifference. The
democrntH are unking n very active
and thorough canvass. Their can
didates have scoured the city and
county and made personal appeals for
support while the republicans aeem to
take it for granted that thoynre bound
to win. This over-confidenco may
provo fatal. It does not always fol
low that the party that enters a cam-
uaign with material advantages cornea
out of it victorious. An active , vigi
lant and well organized minority has
frequently defeated a disorganized and
demoralised majority. Unless the re
publicans infuee a little moro enthusi
asm into the campaign during the few
closing days , they maysuffer humiliat
ing defeat.
Chrin llnrtmnn , if elected county
treasurer , will bo forced , as ho wnR
while acting as n figurehead city treas
urer , to depend upon the services of
liia deputy. It IB of the utmost im
portance to our taxpayers thai they
have a man in charge of their county
finances who has the ability to conduct -
duct the businesAH of his oillce. They
should have a man who can at least
write and cypher correctly , nnd who
in an emergency could make entries
in the treasurer's books of the busi
ness transacted in his office. It is a
notorious f net that Ohris. Hart man does
not possess these qualifications. On
the other hand , John Hush , the re
publican candidate for treasurer , is
thoroughly competent , and could at
any time manage the treasurer's office
without anybody's assistance. For
this reason , if for npno other , Mr.
Hush fihould bu elected treasurer of
Douglas county next Tuesday.
DimiN'u the post year there wora
revised and settled in the ollico nf thor
r coiid comptroller of the treasury
17,035 pension claims , the amount ng-
greguting 8114,470,554. , , The ghosts
of arrearage pensions are haunting the
department at the rate of 8,000
monthly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tlin Your of ImmlgrMttou.
St. J o
The yonr 1881 will ntand aa u most
remarkable ono in the hi.itory of im
migration to thia country from the
lands Ijoyoud the seas. On Tuesday
of laat week two thousand foreigners
who have como hither to tind pornm
nent homes were landed at Cantlu
Garden , Now York city , alone ; and
during July , August and September
the total immigration to thu United
Stales was 171,803 , , against 155L'33
for thn game quarter lait year.
During the first nine months of thy
yonr there arrived oycr 100,000 Gor
man immigrant ! in this country ,
nbovo the number for the correspond
ing nine months nf the your preceding ,
the total number to October 1 being
105,7-10 , or moro than the entire
population of Colorado , Delaware or
Florida.
The immense increase of immigra
lion begun early in the year 1830 , aim
has increased in a regular r tie ever
nincu. In that year the arrivals wore
moro numerous than in the days when
the Irish wore flocking to thia coun
try lifter their famine. During the
twelve months which ended with last
Juno they reached nearly 700,000 ,
and during the two years then closed
the aggregate wus 1,120,000 , a total
greater by nearly a quarter than the
whole immigration for the preceding
live yoars.
The Btatistica of immigration pre
sent nn interesting ntudy , nnd nro re
plete with valuable information to
these who would thoroughly under
stand the growth and development of
the great republic. Between 1820
and 1880 the total immigration to the
United States wan about ton millions.
If the foreigners continue to como
hither durin ; the whole decade at the
rate of the laat two years , wo shajl receive -
coivo between 1880 and 1890 alone
moro than half na many aa arrived
during all that lung period. Nor IB it
iuiprobabln that wo may see an im
migration so unprecedented.
Of the total immigration about one-
third of thin yoar'a arrivals have been
Germans. Moro than two hundred
thousand Germans wore landed in this
country last year while the arrivals
from.Ireland were loss than seventy-
five thousand. The Germans already
have greatly changed the tone and
character of our society. They have
introduced now ideas and new cus
toms. The Puritanism which former
ly wan dominant in the republic has
found in them a persistent , if
not contemptuous , enemy. 'They
will not accommodate themselves
to it. They have also seized whole de-
partmonti of trade , and their greater
thrift is winning for thorn many ad
vantages over the old native popula
tion. How will it bo ten years from
now , when two or three millions will
have boon added to their number'/ /
\Vith the exception , however , of
their social and economical wayo , these
people Icavo their old traditions bo-
nuid them. The como hero to shaio
our larger liberty and free thought ,
and. BOOH assimilate their polit
ical theories with the manners
of the country to which they have
immigrated. The broad lands and
free air of this country cannot , support
a monarchical sentiment , and the man
who harbors the thought simply
withers and passes from thn attention
of the people among whom ho moves.
We have therefore the best of roanona
to welcome the additions to our popu
lation that are coming from abroad.
AH a whole the class is the best the
country has over received , intellectu
ally and financially ; they come pre
pared to buy our lands , build now
houses , introduce habits of thrift ,
and they mix bruini with their labors.
Sontb Sea Slarery.
San Francisco Chronicle.
In many of the Pacific islands south
of the Hawaiian croup the population
remain to this day nt uncivilized aa
they wore a century ngo. The excep
tions are the Society and Fiji groups ;
the former dominated for some yearn
post by the French ; the hitter by
English , American and GennanH. As
to the rest , though missionaries hav.o
often visited thorn , reporting glowing
accounts of the progress of Chris
tianity among the natives , they are in
fact still savages , hardly itny moro im' *
proved in the customs of civilization
than the Bushmen of South Africa ,
and a long distance behind the sub
jects of King Mtena , recently visited
and reported upon by the dis
tinguished explorer , Henry M.
Stanley. They have no som-
blaucc of a form of govern
ment. The strongest chief or _ the
moat warlike tribe rules with the hard
hand of brute force. Their wars are
wars of extermination ; and many of
them are practical cannibals ; prnmi-
nuntiy thoao of the loner Micronesian
group , Thia ia the situation which in
modern times , nlwayx afforded both
the opportunity and the pirato'it ex-
CUBO for making ulavesof the helpless ;
and it fed thu African olavo trade for
two centuries , till the moral tone of
England and the United States re-
voliod , rose up in nnnsagainst it , and
by treating the slavera an pirates , de
stroyed it. Driven by British and
American armed Vessels from the
Bight of Benin and the other barra-
cooua on the Atlantic coast of Africa ,
thoao piratea have recently transferred
their 'operations to the south Pacific ,
where , in a small way , they are aup-
plying the sugar plantations of Hawaii
with what inuac bo in the start but an
indifloront sort of lubor , but open to
great improvement aa they got along
in their more perfect organization of
the bumnesa.
The reports published from time to
time in The Ohroniclo of tho.o opera
tions make two things quite clear :
( I. ) That the Hawaiian government
winks at the trade , and (2. ( ) That it
differs in no twbstantial reaped from
the old African slave trade ] but ha *
simply discarded the name nf slave
and substituted that of "contract"
iabor. The vesaola conducting it , like
the Storm Bird , are navigated under
and protected by the IJawaiian flag.
Like the alavera of the old frightful
"Middle Paseago , " they carry guns
and hundoutl'a and chaina to Bubcluo
the refractory , and like the slaver ,
their victims are fed and othorwino
trusted like brute * . Reaching Honolulu
lulu , they fire deported nnil driven
under iiriuod guards into the barra-
coon , labeled ready for the uao
of the planter who pays the contract
price for their lubor. These things
nro nil done right under the uye * o
thu government nud of thu missionn
rios , nnd never n word of protest is
hoard from cither. Wo nro theforo
justified in saying that thu system is
tolerated nnd encouraged by the Ha-
wniifui government , nnu wo may add ,
from circumstniict-n detailed in 1'hc
Chronicle of ThurHday , not opposed
or reproved by the missionaries.
Of course thesu poor savn es arc in
capable of making n contrnot that
could brt legally or morally binding
on them in nny enlightened country.
An at least nn apparent mntter of fact ,
they nre not cniuultod nny moro than
the cAptiveH of Arab sla o dealers who
eold their ednves nt fJonguola to the
ownern of Blavo nhipB for the plnntn-
tions of Cuba nnd Brazil used to bo.
Their uniform sulletinoss nnd discon
tent on the passage , thu armed RUT
voill.inco kept over thorn by the
skipper , their manacles , and
the mulhod of Ironling them
live slaves at the Honolulu barra-
coon , and of driving them like cattle
In the plantations , all clearly enough
explain that they nro not consulted in
the contract. In short , that they are
slaves under another name , indeed ,
but in the essentials slaves just like
tlioso who were formerly exported
from the wont coast of Africa. And ,
moreover , that the government of the
Hcmi-civilized kingdom of Hawaii is
rtflponsible for the new Hyntom of
nlavcry. It lendn its flag and its laws
to thu uupport of the pirate vessels ,
the chains , thu armed surveillance , and
all other inhuman acts of coercion.
The incentive is to be found in n
treaty with the United States called
" " but . - nil one-sided
"reciprocal , ro.-vlly - ,
OH this paper , linn demonstrated , nnd
for the benefit of a sugar monopoly
which is creating n good do.nl of taxa
ble wealth and revenue in that coun
try , and nt the same time levying an
indirect and outrageous tax of 83-
300,000 a year on the cousumurs of
nugar in thu Pacific states and the
merchants of this city , who ntand as
much in awe of the monopoly as the
South sea slaves do of the pirates who
stunl tnom away from their homes and
force them upon thu Hawaiian plan-
ntions. Thu United States , then ,
nro morally responsible for the new
system of slavery that is in
course of establishment. Wo are
supplying the money which incites it
and makes it profitable to Kalaknua'a
( overnmont and the sugar planters
We furnish it , too , by moans of a
treaty that has boon converted into an
abomination to our own people and n
despotism t > our merchants. We
shall pny $70,000,000 this year in pun-
uioiiB to soldiers who were wounded
n n great civil wnr ngtinst the slave-
lolders of the southern states. We
lave already paid out nearly 8400-
)00,000 ) on the pensions nccount.
Saving got rid of ono ahtvo abomina-
.ion at the expense of hundreds of
.housands . of valu bio lives and thous
ands of millions of treasure , wo are
low , but fifteen years thereafter , lend-
ng the moral support of the govern
ment to the establishment of n atill
worse form of slavery by nn unenlight
ened power in the Pacific. The peo-
> lo of this state and const oarneHtly
> rpteat lurainst the deep damnation of
crime. The merchants of this
city abhor it , and demand the abroga-
ion of the treaty as a thing despotic
nnd infamous in its operations , and of
hese facts thoru is no doubt whatever.
! t in public opinion. All enlightened
citizens are proclaiming it. The Chron-
clo is daily crowded with voluntary
n format ion against the criminal , en
couraging us to go forward in the
iqht , and not to cease the agitation
ill the government .shall take the in-
tiative for withdrawal from the evil
situation in which it is placed.
STATE JOTTJNGS.
O d i agitating a public library.
The now and old ton ns of Niobrara talk
of consolidating.
The new round house \Vymore will
lold fifteen locomotive * .
.Sfiventy-five new houseK ha > e been built
n North Platte during 1881.
Work hart been commenced on the now
ron bridge ever the riverut Alexon rio.
A granger named Thorns wan roped in
nnd completely bled by hharporn in Lin
coln.
coln.Four
Four churches pri'tcct the xpi'itual
nterest of thu GOO inhubitant of Plum
! ! rei'k.
Scotia precinct , Greeloy county , voted
5,000 in bondn to the U. P. co porntion
Sorgham nprouts are deadly poison to
lock of alf kind * . A Willow Island
armer lout nine COWH in two hourw after
eating the weed.
The Union Pacific will put in a aide
rck on every five miled of their road.
Thin in to prevent the long delay * of trains
waiting to pass.
The university 'AtudenU obnerved the
jabbath by loading their artillery with
jilclcbati ard boring hole * in the ) out-
'louHeij on the eampUH.
The prolonged content over the location
if tha MUaourl Pacific dep < it at Dunbar
ion finnllv b.'eo nettled , and Mr , ( ! arrow
ecurej the depot.Nebraska City N WH.
The' tot il dihhur"em * of the U. k M.
on thn Lincoln division lunt pny day were
$110,000. I' U thought that t U month'n
layments to employes wi.l roach $122,000.
Tha Bettrico bond milt agalntt Ihd U.
: ' . railroad company , fn the mutter of en-
oinlng th > payment of the Beatrice pre-
s'nct ' Iwndi" , wan decided by Judge Wea
rer , in favor of issuing the bond * , The
irecinct nppiaU to the supreme court ,
Lawt Batunlay a young man named
ilottea , living KX ! mifpt east of Liberty ,
kccideiitly nhot himself while carrleRHly
land I ing a revolver. The ball cutend
.he right .cida of hit ) face , breaking the jaw.
ions nnd lodvlng in tha throat , It IH
.bought he will reco > er.
Noah Ager it thu name of a liuda pre
cinct farmer , who C4me to'thlncountiy
about thirteen yearn ago with his wife and
lalf a dozen children and rquxtted upon a
ileca of land about nixteen mllex nouth of
Uncoln. He hax left for other fieldrt , and
numerous creditors are mouruiDg ,
A lively cnH itlon c'osed tha performance
at the Nebraska * > pera hoiua Monday
eveniog. A man wltu morn women than
senne , nam d Wymond , wan nctlug thi
gallant to CUr Pierce , wh n Mrn. Wy.
m ud ru-hml upm tht-m iu pugilistic
utylc , but before uny great damage wi.ii
done Clara pul'ed ' her little KUU and
jitzfd away. Wymond received the
jullet in hu e'bow and ttepurattd the
riimb-itaut . Wnrr. nta are out fur Clara
aud her bent man ,
Unjust Discrimination.
[ ) mi > rr Hcpubllcan.
Hero in a Kood showing' of freight
rate discrimination by which Denver
in Hiiflbriii | , ' : A huavy invoice of hard
ware paid freight fruin Now York to
Omaha , $ : U2 ; from Oinahn to Denver -
vor , 8088. The fruight , thi-roforo ,
fnim Now York to Omaha , u distance
of ever 1-JOO miles , was leas than ono-
lialf that from Omaha to Denver , n
diitnnco of 000 milca. Yet , evoii this
enormous rate it n dod-.stion from the
rates charged when the Union Pacific
lud no competition ,
SECRETARY BLAINE
First iu the Confidence
of the RtipnMionn Partv
1'MMclph A I'rcM ,
The stron est man politically in the
country to-day , considered in himself
and apart from any office ho may hold ,
in unquestionably iliimun ( > , Hlaino.
Ho has iiuver buforo ntood higlior in
the confldoncu or firm or in the nllec' '
tioiiH of the pcoplo. To liin own do
nerved popularity it in hin Hinpiiln
good fortune to inherit lliulion'M nhan1
of the high favor which the Into ad
ministration wun for itnolf in its hriul
but brillinnt tenure of power. Thr
tender interest and uniremal nympa-
thy which the protracted NUdorlnp * ot
the lat chief mnjiHtrato evoked drew
nearer tlun ever to the popular
heart the ono who ntood forth
connpicuoualy as the ntrickiMi
promdenfa right-hand man and chief
ri < li.tieo. . Bci'.h the prenident and nnc *
retury of ntnto were Htronr cr f < ir tlieir
association in thu four montlm that
President Oarfield waa pt'rmitted to
adminifltor ( ivornnuint , and thu nocru-
tary steadily , though unconacinunly ,
strengthened himnolf by his hearing
through the eleven trying weeka in
which thu chief magistrate of thu
nation lay between lift * and death , In
bringing to the subordinate ponition
which hu consented to till fcucli thor
ough good feeling and loyalty to hin
chief , the defeated candidate for the
presidency has well deoerved the rich
lieritago of popular favor which han
Fallen to him in natural reversion from
the GarfJeld administration.
The letter publmhed in The Frees
of yoaterday , in which Mr. Bluino
dignified his acceptances of the proffer
by Mr. Garfield of A aoat in the cabi
net as necretary of state , is a credit to
both thn head and heart of the writer ,
OH it is alao to the receiver of the let
ter. Early in November , aa noon na
the result of the election was known ,
the president-elect hastened to offer
Mr. Bluino the higheat oflioo in his
gift and thu chief place in his cabinet.
However the positions were filled ,
whatever of delay , doubt and diecus-
uionn attended the selection , Mr.
Blaine was thu8pont nuotisand imme
diate choice of the incoming presi
dent , and his acceptance of ilio port-
'olio of etato WUB urged with "auch
cogent arguments in its favor and
warmth of personal friendship thattho
Vlaine senator was induced to accept
; hp position in the uamo cordial
> pirit in which it was offered. Mr.
llaino is a man of largo brain , his
enemies thomselvca being judgep , but
the secret of his power lioa in his pos
session of a atill larger heart. A cal-
cultaing politician , who balances
chances , looking always to the main
one , and whose rule in never to com-
m\t himself in advance , could hnvo
never written that letter. He volun-
arily and unreservedly takes n- posi
tion which commits him to the Bup-
jort of Mr. GUI field's personal and
lolitical fortunes now and hereafter.
ilia own ambition he deliberately sub
ordinates to the claims of amanwhom ,
n his own generous language , he ad
mired as a statesman , believed in ns a
nan and loved ns a friend The
loart is wiser titan the head , and un
der it inspiration the biy hearted
secretary builded bettor thiuhoknew.
If Mr. Blaine continued irTthe cabi
net he will be a tower of strength to
the new administration. If he nhall
cliooso rather to retire for a season of
well earned rent , ho will carry into his
retirement the respect , confidence and
affection of the people. He ropres nts
l > y far the greatest political force ( if
any of tmr public inun. Not only is
liia personal following much the larg
est , but it is clearly itself larger now
than over before. The friendship of
Blame and Garfield speaks volumes
: orboth of them. Each recognized
tnd admitted the strong qualities of
Drain and heart of the other. Having
many gifts in common , they were
yet rather complements of each
other , each pos.susmng iu abundance
Rome qualities in which the other was
deficient. If there has been anything
potty , selfish or mean in the composi
tion of either of them an intimate as
sociation of eighteen years in a place
ind under circumstances particularly
iablo to friction would have devel
oped something the very reverse of
; hat friendship which grew with their
growth and strengthened with their
strength. Whatever the future has in
store for Mr. Blaine , ho will never
cease to be intimately and tenderly as
sociated with our second martyred
resident , whom the people loved and
whose untimely death they will never
ceaae to lament.
Liquid Gold.
Dan'l Plonk , of Brooklyn. Tioga county ,
Pa. , described it thu : "I rode thirty
mi'OH for a bottle of TuoMA * ' KCLZCTKIO
OIL , which effected the wonderful euro of
a crt/oked limb in nix application * ; it
proved worth more than gold to me. "
17eodlw
DexterL.Thflias&Bro.
WILL liUY AND BKLL
AKB ALL niiYIUCT70.1
covmcriD TirurrrrD.
Pay Taxes , Bent Houses , Etc.
ur TOO wiirr to ICT o IILL
Call at qffir , Uoom 8 , CnUhton Block , Omaha ,
apft-d
C. F. Manderson ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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' F rnh m Mr Omah * V
W. J. CONNELL ,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW ,
Omo Kront Kooma ( up itoln ) la Itaoaoom'i
oow brick bulldlnf , N. W. oontr meentb od
arnhaiu Btnwt * .
J. P , ENGLISH ,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW ,
(10 South Thirteenth Street , with
' M.Woolworth.
D , S. BENTON.
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
AKIUCII BLOCK ,
PoiuU UthSU. Omaha Neb
Examination of Teacher *
I will bo pitM-nt at my otlic-o In Crflshton
liloekon the flrnt Haturdayof each month to x.
anilnc nuch apnlloRntH an may doslrc to toaeh
In Uiti publlo Hliooln In Douxlia count- . Quarterly -
terly uwmlnatlon tin * Hoturilay In February ,
ilay , AutfUbt ana November.
J. J I'OI.T ,
OpuntSui > t. ubllc Inrtruttlon
Ullij < .UJMll
BOYD'S ' OPERA HOUSE I
JAUK3 KliOYP , Pronri t < ir.
K U MAKS'I , UurintM Munwrer.
FriiUy and SUurJy cunirp * nd Sit. JUUnce.
ASTHON'V. KU.H& HATA WAV'S
MAJKsTIC ON.HOI.IUATKI > AQUUKUATIOM !
4 UNITED SHOWS. 4
ThaOnndntConitcllitlon of Arhts KmOriranl *
* * > ( or One Ailinl ! in
HAVKI/HXmly llnteliert HUMI'TV DVMI'TY.
Htadcd by the ( trout , the Only lltlrouldl ,
C. W. IIAVKL.
Ml ro' Dnuhlc Sjcl\lt.v nJ XoulyOo.
ThodKMt rarlier-HoHH Inmnatlonal MtcUxtoo
Thn Mr.tt Intflllccnt anil Ammlnar CanbiM Hf-
( off the American I'utllc.
OKAY Ii MANNING'S MUSICAL CO.NORK8S.
KlmUppoirantiMnAiiHrlmotthcdrin rulNon-l-
ty ol thn0 , HAD * AII , the Kiutlndlt i'rlncnw.
Kirn Worriilrr. | A V.rimbl.i Vrimtc-ii ol Urn
Hun , who will ni | nr at rai-h cnUrUlnmcnt-
Kltcn 1 > Y tlito Mon * * T AcsriKiitlon , Iu the ro
innrknljlc and original Spi-rlalUm.
Once ficrn Nrmrtu Nt Forgotten.
Trie ah3 > iiummntti ( emtiy ny , tr.nfllnpln
thrlr OUT ) V | < M Drunln Koom Car. which will
tw opt-n lor Ihfiwrt on ot the public every after
noon , on any nl exhibition. I ook out for grand
urotiwiuo rtrnt mm < l < ' , Keeure ) oUoiUtKt
llov , Olllpeanrtavrlil Uit J m at the ticket oClco.
1'ilninf ntlinUilon , ll , tf , toe ami S5c.
Hoorpi ut * I ftt 7 I'frfnnmiirv nt a o'clock.
Ma Inva l 2:30 : | . ni.
l'.irtiultn | ami l'urfUftt ] Circle Ktrerrttl , 60 .
1 1 trm t'lrrln , Ii' , m.vr-tui
BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE I
J. K. 110YD , Proprietor.
II I. . MAIIHII , llimlntM Manner.
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings
NOV1DMB1UR 8 AND 91
IM3CK1
Omaha Harmonic Society !
Aiuilntul by thn
Or.hcMtni ol the Oumlm Munir-tvl Union
Thntthnlrt l.'ndrr I tin Direction of
QEO. F , MAYER ,
Will prrKfnt for thiflrtii IT | , u Omaha
Ururmlnit C'nmlo Oprra In UUCP Art * .
THE OHIMES OP NORMANDY ,
Ont' of the Oi'tnn nf I.iRht Op r . c rablnlnc th *
uttraHh * frulurm of imu'triliy RomlMiisle
with a plot Intetrxtlnft throuxhout.
6 < t > t Mm unial price * , ran be Kx-urfd at tbo
Hfl.1 UfRcn In the > p nk llouw , on and alter
ThumUy mornlne , Noittnber 8. ntidlt
A cooji > : erHU Amruvrr ot > una I.INA
TATH OK NNDRAKKA , 1
DOCULA * COUNTY , j
Mm. Lina Peter * being'first duly Htrorn
deposes and t < ay . she U well acquainted
with ono Chru , Hartman. aud that on or
about tha 3Ut of May 1877. raid Chris.
Hartman then being the city trentnirer of
OrnHua. She presented to Bald Hartman
aa such treasurer , by John K Kuhn , a city
warrant amounting to 925.00 principle , be
sides intercut for over two yean on the
game. Affiant ca\n Raid warrant wai for.
work dona on the Dodgestrcot grade. AtC-
ant nay * that said Hartman told her , that
Haid warr nt wan uot worth much , would
not be pnid in seven or eight yearn. Affi
ant nayri fthe had her taxes paid on th
above nald date , and um > oi < cd to put wild
warrant in aa cash. Athunt further naya ,
that shortly afterwardu the * aid Hartman
came tocher hameiw store on > 'arnbam
ptreet , and informed her tbtit ho could get
man to buy paid warrant , thereupon said
Hartinau himnelf paid affiant the tmin of
812.00 for Haid warrant. Affiant further
nays , that nhortly afterwards she was ver-
bially informed that xaid warranthad been
paid in full. Affiant further Hays nhe Bold
Haid warrant for S " . < 0 , relying entirely
upon the false and fraudulent repreenta-
tion of oaid Hartuiati. Affiant fayx she
wan then , and ia now a widow.
This affidavit is given to correct some
error iu the affidavit , woru to on the 18th
day of October , before Luther K. Wright ,
a juatice of the peace , and been heretofore
published in THK OMAHA BKE nnd Uepub-
licnu. LIMA PKTKIIM.
Subscribed in mv prei nc and BWOIU to
before me thin 2Cth d ijof October , 1881.
JOHN Muiicim : CLAKKK ,
Notary Public.
S TATK OK NKIIKAKKA , \ M
DOCGLAA COUNTY. J *
John F. Kuhn being first duly nworn ,
depones and Kayo , that he hca read the
foregoing affidavit of Mm. Lina Peters ,
nnd ihattho HtatemenU therein inude are
trueiu he verily believed.
Joji.v K KUIIK.
HubacriK'd in my prehence and nworn tel
l efoie me thin 26th day of October , 1881.
JOHN MfHCHiK CLAHKK ,
cct27eoilAw Notary Public.
STATK OK XKHKAHKA , )
DOVULAH COUNTT. J
Samuel G. Mallette being fintt duly
Hworn depoHCH , and xayw that he in city
treasurer of Oinohs : That hm at'or.tion.
ha.i been called to th'i allidi vit of Mm.
Una Peters , publi/jliod / in the Omaha Daily
Kepublican , in which ftho nwenrti that ulie ,
on or about July iHt , 1877 , Bold to Chrin.
Hartmnn , then city treasurer , for the sum
of S12.00 , a Dodge treet grade warrant ,
which wa.i in that mime month paid in full ,
to-wit : the num of 9 0.00.
Affiant further say * that ho has I'lamin-
ed the bookn and rerordn nf the city treiu.-
urcr'n office , and that they nhnw ; lat , that
no Dodge fitreet grade fund wttrrant ferny
ny amount whatever WUH paid in July ,
1877 , 2d , that but one Dodge ftreet grade
fund wariaut for the amount of U9.00 wa
paid in the three yearn , 1870 , 1877 and
1878 , aud that that one WBK paid in July ,
1876 , having been turned in for taie * by
John ( J , ylll 8) and endorsed by him , ho
having paid nt that time the tax on hit
Dodge ntreet ntore lot.H.
H. G. MALLKrrx ,
City Treauurer.
Hul > 8cribea in my presence and nwnni to
before me this l th day of October , 1831.
[ tsiuL.1 U , W. AMBROHU ,
Notary Public.
STATE OK NKHBAHKA , )
COUKTT OK DOTOI.AH . f '
Chris. Hartman being duly Kworn , in
aiiHwerto the affidavit of Mrn. Patera , w yn :
That during hia terra of office ai city treas
urer of Omaha , from April , 1H75 to April ,
1879 , he did not buy any warrant what
ever of Mm , Petert , or any other person ,
and that he did not npeculate in warrant ? ,
directy or indrectly , during hin Raid term.
Affiant further HHVH , tnat if ho coxhed any
warrant for Mr * . Petem it wan ut it full
face value , and for the fact * relating to the
Dodge xtreet grade tax warrant * , been
leave to refer to the accompanying iiffi-
davit of S. G. Mttllette , Ihi prenent city
treuurrr. C. HAIITMAX.
Bubttcribed In my prenenco and nworn to
before me thU Oth day of Octolwr , 1881.
[ HKAL.J O , Vf. AwimcwH7
Notary Public.
A. MARTIN ,
KEROHMTTAILnE. :
1220 Faraham St. ,
OMAHA NEB
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Good Goods !
Latest Styles and Per
fect Fits
, noTldlm
Prof , W , J , Ander's Seleofc Danc
ing Academy ,
A , Hoipe , Jr. Hall , I5IO Dodge St.
Out for Kentlemcn comincntln TuMd a tvgn-
IHK , Oct. 4. Claw lor laaio.1 commenun c 1hur -
iIyoicnlnifOct.U. Terms libiral. Ihu >
methoaj 1 luno for tfarJiln ; , ' thu Wr.ltz. OllJj
A.C. , 1 can Kuarantou ( wrlect wllnfaction n
cholare. For term * , tc. , c.U at A. lion * i
or addn > w 1110 Capitol A e. uralVi ! '