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ft THE OMAHA DAILY JBEE : SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 188-4 The Omaha Bee Published every morning , except Bond * ] The only Monday morning dully , TERMS BY MAIL- One VW 810.00 I Three Months.$3.C SU Months. o.OO I One . . l.C WEEKLY BEE , published ei ry Wednesday. BEUMS POST PAID. One Year. . $2.00 I ThrcoMonths. . J BUMosths. . . . 1.00 | Ono v . . S AMF.MCAN NKWS COMPANY , Sole Agcnl or Newsdealers in the United State * ) . OORUE8PONDKNOE All Commun ftttonn rclftUnq to News and Editorial nwl on ebould bo fcddrciwed to the EDITOB o BUSINESS LETTERS All Bnstnw flitters and Remittances' should bo ftfl diswcd to THE OMAHA PTOUSIIINO Coil * AKY , OMAllA * Drafts , Checks nnd 1'oM office Orders to bo mudo payable to th rder ol the Company , 8SAHAPDBLI8HINGOO , , Prop'm EtROSEWATEB. Editor. NOTICE TO NEWSDEALERS. The publishers of THE UKK have nude arrangements with the American Newn Company to supply New * Depots In Illl- nol , Iowa , Nebraska , Wyoming and Utah. All dealers who keep TUB DAILT BBB on sile bonld hereafter nddrew their orders to the Manager American News y , Om hn , Neb. Tinnrr-TniiEH DOU.AHS a day Alex ander. TALKIKO ot backbone , Senator UlitchoU's seems to be made of steel. is once moro assuming local prominence in Iowa. Robeson's prominence in congress is national. IP old Undo Aleck Stopons wheels his invalid chair into the Georgia canvass there is likely to bo a very lively rattling of dry bones among bourbon politicians. BAIITLETT has dropped his maak of I - friendship for workingmen and ehown himself a fit co-workorof Church Howe and Frank Walters. CHICAGO'S city government haa kicked the telephone out of the pub lic offices. A whole world of private revenge against the gurgling nuisance is comprised in the dispatch announc ing this fact. OROAXIZED capital is being mot by organized labor. It is estimated that the membership of the Knights of Labor in this country ia not less than half a million. There are 70,000 in Pennsylvania alono. WB shall hoar loss of these survey ing contracts from Dr. Miller since ho was so beautifully squelched ? in that legislative investigation. After all , tree culture and railroad championship are the Doctor's forto. TDK rumor ia revived that Secretary Frolinghuyaon ia to bo sent to the Oourt of St. James. Tha chairman ship of a cattle commission would bo moro in the line of Air. Frolinghuy eon's favorite studies and genius , IT certainly pays to plant black walnut trees , if the Cincinnati Coir- morcial is to bo believed. In 180-1 an Indiana man , as the story runs , bought I 1I' a tree for $1 , and ho subscqijonoly I' I'W sold it for $05. The buyer sold it tea a Cincinnati lumber dealer for $700. The Cincinnati dealer sold it to a Now l\ I Yorker tor $2,200 , and ho cut it up l't t into veneering , which ho sold for $10- COO. 't TUB Omaha organ of the Union Pacific laims that T K Bun is "anti < republican. " Tnu Baa has boon auti- Republican for ten years , and will continue to oppose that journal BO loug'as it places fidelity to corporate monopolies above the interests cf the community , which it so persistently misrepresents , and the party whoso name it dishonors. Ax immense treasury surplus such u that annually possessed by the United States in consequence of the extravagant taxation of our people ia a constant inconth e to lavish and un necessary appropriations. It is safe to cay of our annual income wore not ome 8100,000,000 in excess of our an- nni.1 expenditure such a scheme as that championed by Mr. Sherwin of the House committee on Education and Labor would never have been brought in to prominence. Mr. Slier win on behalf of his committee , askn Con gress to aid the atates in the educa tion of illiterates by a yearly appro priation of 110,000,000 for the next five years. The bill providca that the money is to bo apportioned among the several states and territories , in accordance with the number of their illiterate population over 10 years of age. " There are in the country , ac cording to the last census , 4,628,000 of this class , which would give $2,208 to each illiterate. Nebras ka , under the bill , would receive - ceivo leas than any other state while Georgia and Virginia would head the list with a yearly appropria tion of over a million each. The south contains two-thirds of all the illitor- ajte ju tlio country , and under the Sherwin bill would receive $7,547,000 annually. Most of the slave states weald got more money from the fed eral.treaeury than they raise by assess- V 4 VAN WYCK'S TRADUOERS. The Omaha Her did and Lincol Journal , whoso proprietors still smai under the lash wielded by Genera Van Wyok when a member of th state senate in exposing outragcou frauds on the tax payers of the stat in the letting of the s ale printing insist that the charges ol bribery am theft in connection with the survey or general s office at Platlsmouth re main uncontradiclcd , Both of theao papers say that 01 account of the fnct that Mr. Fairfield of Cass county , the nurvoyor whi took a $113,000 contract , failed to ap pear bcforo the investigating com milteo because ho is laid up with thi small-pox , the testimony with whicl Dr. Miller expected to sustain hi charges could not bo reached , am therefore iho charges still remain un disputed. As a matter of fact , Dr. Mille ; charged criminal collusion botwoor Senator Van Wyck , Mr. Toft , Mr Graham and Surveyor General Smitl in the letting of contracts for government ornmont surveys. Ho charged thai $20,000 appropriated for this purpose was stolen and pocketed under and arrangement which Senator Van Wyck had made with General Smith. Ho charged further that Mr. Graham procured his surveying contract of $5,000 under an arrangement made through Mr. McKillip of So ward county with General V n Wyck AS a consideration for the vote which Gra ham cast for United States senator last winter. All these charges have boon disproved in every particular. It wa shown by the testimony of Graham , JfcKillip and Van Wyck that no mention was over made about any contracts or patronage to bo given to Graham , or any ono olno , during the senatorial campaign. Mr. McKillip swears that ho had nothing what' over to do with procuring the contract for Graham , and has never received a penny from Graham. Mr. Graham swears that ho.had.no talk with Van Wyck about surveys until long of tor Van Wyck hadboon elected United States senator. That ho raoroly asked Van Wyck to use his influence with the surveyor-general to procure him the contract ; that Van Wyck , himself , insisted that these contracts must bo given to regular surveyors only , and that no dividing of the money was to bo mndo. Van Wyck , himself , em phatically denies having made any bargain or arrangement about patron- igo with anybody before his election .o the United States senate. Now suppoao > Mr. Fairfield had boon iblo to attend the investigation what lould ho say to contradict cither of hcso witnesses. Ho was personally inknown to Van Wyck , and if ho was resent at the ( senatorial canvass no- lody knows it. Therefore Dr. Mil an principal but missing witness could lot in imy way disprove the foot that 10 corruption or bribery can bo ihargod against Mr. Van Wyck in tlio onatorial election. General Smith testified that ho contracts for public surveys TO lot under act of congress at fixed atos ; that the amounts so fixed are llowcd only after the work is com lotod and inspected. That the lonoy to pay for this work goes iroctly from the treasury to the con- ractors , and that the surveyor gen- ml has nothing whatovar to do with t. Ho swears that all the contracts roro lot to what ho knows to bo com- otont surveyors ; that Van Wyck lover made an absolute request as to ho disposal of the contracts , but noroly rocommoudod Mr. Graham as mo of the applicants. It was shown that the contracts roro lot at the rates fixed bylaw ; that ho work had boon faithfully per- ormod ; hence no burglary nor rob- lery * qt the nopornment. The only hirig that Mr. } fairfield mighf have eatifiod to was as jto what ho did with ho money ho received for the work , md whether or not ho paid any part if it to Mr. Tottt or anybody else. Jut even if ho had testified that ho tad divided with other parties after ho work was done , no charge of rob- > ery , theft or bribery could lay at the loon of anybody. The Herald and the Journal may ako great comfort in ascribing the ailuro to sustain the charges to the of that principal witness , but hey have failed utterly to make out a aso and every unbiassed person rhothor ha bo democrat or republi- an must admit it. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Signs of the impending downfall of lie liberal ministry in Great Britain liickon. Tha determination of the jrios to drive Gladstone from power i very evident , notwithstanding their lodges of earnest support to the gov- rnmont. The introduction of the rrears of rant bill took the wind out E the sails of the conciliatory censor- ativos , while the now coercion bill nes beyond the former demand of lorthcoto'fl followers. The tory at. ick now takes the form of virtuous idignation against a compact hich Mr. Gladstone is supposed ) hayo made with Parnoll while in risen , and which the opposition do- ouncoastho "Treaty of Kilmain- am. " Mr. I'arnoll'a loiter simply lid that if the arrears of rent ques- on were settled , the Irish party in 10 IIOUEQ would regard it as a prao- cal Bottlomont of the hind question , and would exert their influence , witl probable success , for the stoppage o outrages , and would bo able to cooperate orate with the liberals in the support of liberal measures rcgarding'England There was nothing inconsistent wi U the normal coarse of liberal Icgislatiot in this measure or which would indicate cato Any great change of policy on th < part of the Irish members or the min istry. The letter , however , gives good excuse for the withholding of Torj support , and an appeal to shirkers in the liberal ranks to desert their party. General sentiment in England in clines to the bolipf that the ministry will bo of short duration and that an appeal to the country must shortly follow. No American can approve of such a measure as the Irish coercion act , To hold a whole nation responsible for the act of four individuals , and to punish men , women and children by investing on thorn mhrtial law is re venge and not justice. The clauses of the repression bill repealing trial by jury in disaffected districts are re pugnant to every lover of liberty. Does any sane man suppose that Irish anger will bo appeased by this meas ure , or that the reign of peace and quiet which Mr. Gladstone so eagerly desires will como and more speedily because the country is encircled by bayonets and cowed for the moment into submission by loaded muskets ? The trouble in Egypt has ondo with the submission of the insurgents to the power of the khcdivo. Th strugclo was really between the khe dive , supported by foreign influence on the ono hand , and the friends an supporters of an Egyptian nationality on the other. Ever since the Persian conquest the people of that country bavo boon a subject race , and hav lost all the distinctive features of na < tionality. The country has boon madi kho scene of Arab invasions , Turkish conquests , and' European intrigues , und yet , , as the connecting link bo tweontho Orient and the European irest , its importance to trade and t civilization can scarcely bo overrated. [ t ia for this reason that the rovolii klon now going on in that country will possess more than a passing intorosl For all who sympathize with a peopl striving to attain to nationality and a higher destiny. The nationalists , as ihoy may bo termed , include the odu : atod Mussulmans , the Arab mer- ihants , the Coptic Christiana , the Sheiks of the villages , and all fella- icon who take an interest in politics. These people are anxioun to obtain ) olitical freedom and cccno nio independence , and are united n their purpose. The opposi- iou , headed by the khedive , is madn ip of hio retainers , many of them ? arko , and the descendants of the rlamolukea who rulcdEgypfc a century go , the Greek money londcra and heir countrymen , the Syrian chris- iana , and the Europeans. This op losition , which hopes to thrive on Egyptian labor is not united , but olios upon foreign intervention to iut down an uprising. The French nd English , who have a stake in the ountry and are interested in the pros- nt state of affairs , either as residents ir bond holders , rely upon their gov- rnmont to uphold the khcdivo and iis supporters. Sovereign power was lie real point in issue between the ontondlng parties. The nationalists , eadod by Arab ! Boy , have a homo olicy and are evidently sincere in the eairo to lift the country up from the orradation and poverty into which it as fallen , and give it a standing mong the nations. As long , how- vor , as the interests of European di > ilomauy demand that Egypt shall re- lain in her present condition the iia- i maliata have little hope of success in heir dream ot independence. Skoboloffs recent outbreak has sug- ostod another link in the irorf-bound ormula of Russian despotism. Hero- ftor the soldiery is to bo more than vor the mere automatic engine of the nporial will. All utterance touching ipou foreign affairs is forbidden , and moo any mention of home affairs has eng since been interdicted , it is pnz- ling to imagine upon what theme a opular officer like Skobeloff can on- urge if called upon to address his fol- ) w citizens , while the czar can ilonco two million men by an ukase , lowovor , it will bo observed that he i powerless to prevent the continued ipprosslon of his Hebrew subjects , a rholo town of whom has just boon ) otod and millions of their property ostroyod. Withdrawal of the French adranot olumns in the Tunis regency has ieen ordered from Paris. This would nply at first glance the conclu- ion of the invasion and the definite ocouciliation of the Moslem popula- ion to French domination. But nkon in connection with the threat- ning aspect of affairs in Egypt it robably means that the vrarofUcohas mnediato use for these acclimated otorans in an advance upon Alexan- ria. Politics and religion have become cry much mixed in Spain. The ishop of Santandor , a stanch con- ? rvator of irritable temper , has re- mtly pronounced sentence of the roator excommunication upon all the beral journalists of S&ntander. The > xt of this comprehensive curse has been published vcrbatum et literatui in several Spanish newspapers , Th latter deal with it in a contompluou and derisive way , The excommuni tion is a little too forcible in parts fo reproduction in a newspaper , but thosi who are curious to know what punishments ishmonts , in this world and the next are considered suitable to persons wh ( differ in politics from the loolisl bishop will find an authentic vorsior of the "Greater excommunication" ir the .pages of "Triatam Shandy. " The military expenses of Italy are simply stupendous. On Decomboi 10th of last year the minister oi wai Introduced a bill for granting now extraordinary < traordinary military expenses. The report of the committee who had charge of the bill has just been pub < lished. The minister had asked fci $28,836.000 , but the committee cut it down to § 25,400,010. Of this amount $4,600,000 is for guns and cavalry muskets ; $1,200,000 for field ord nance ; for the arming of fortifica tions , $4,700,000 ; fortifications around Homo , $1,800,000 ; other forts , 83- 800,000 ; for a dam through the Gulf of Spccla and the fortifications of that naval station , $2,000,000 ; building of military schools andbamcks , 81,380- 280. The ordinary annual expenditures tures on the army , consisting of 200- 000 men , and the nayy , with a per- nonal of 10,000 , is nearly $30,000,000 j Iho ordinary and extraordinary ex penditures of Italy , if imitated in this country , weald probably exceed the foregoing amounts three times , as the labor in Italy is about in that ratio to that of 'tho United States. There must bo a limit to any such demands xnd expenditures by military and naval men. An Italian statesma recently pointed out that the Unite States is setting an example whic iho European powers will bo compelled < o follow when the people shall roalizi iho w&ste and absurdity in makin luch efforts at vainglorious show , ivhich or * less than questionable i point of utility in an emergency , an n the meantime taxing the people t inch an extent as io make life an ab loluto'burdon. Ono of the wonders worked by th 3uoz canal is the opening up of an ira nonso wheat region to compote wit ! lussia and the United States. Last yea ; 535,000,000 worth of wheat was ex lortod from Northern India , and dur ng last March $5,000,000 worth was ont to Europe by way of the Sue : anal , the export from India being timulatod by the high price of wheai a America. A teed ; crop in Europ nd Northern India next harvest , rith a fair crop in the United State nd Canada , would send wheat down 3 Tory low figures by next fall. From Pommorania the emigration 5 America this year promised to read roportionu beyond the largest form rly known. During three weeks in tpril more than 5,000 persons luf tottin by land and water for liremuu nd Hamburg , and a single steamer ireot to Now York from Stettin , hail n board GOO emigrants. For many ays an average of 200 persona passed tirouqli the place on route for various .merlcan ports. Many of them wcro irnished with passage tickets which two boon received from friends and jlatives in America. Alexander III. has-begun a systen f economy by effecting considerable oductions in the personnel of his lilttory household. The imperial taff in ordi- poneral-aidos-do-camp - ary consisted of twenty-seven per- 3ns at the commencement of the resent century , and had attained the ropostorous number of 404 towards 10 oloao of last year , all the military fllcials in question boinj ; at that time n full pay , with staff and court allow- ncos. Within the last three months lirty-four of these sinocuristi have een "graciously permitted" to retire ; ut the Czar's military suite still in- [ udes eleven general-aides-de-camp , 'hose ' appointment * date from the sign of Nicholas I , and 342 officials olonging to the three categories meti- onod above , all of whom were noni- mted by the late emperor. At the .at so-called "Easter promotion" a .rge number were further transferred 1 the active service corps , with a stop I rank in their respective regiments , id it is understood that the Czar DOS not intend to fill up the vacau es. HBNRT BHROU , th horse pliilan iropist is very much agitated over 10 great slaughter of wild animals id game in tht western states and rritories. Ho hao presented a mem- ial and accompanying bill to con- ess through Mr , Hewitt , making 10 ofl'onie of killing these animals a iadomuiUmr , and punishing it by a rfeuure of implements of destruc- on , and line and imprisonment forte to offenders. The memorial sets rth that in two years over five mil- in buffaloes wore slaughtered for toir hides , and that the murderous opensities of the hunters are now irned to smaller animals , which are lied in and out ot season. Mr , erg's humanity is commendable , but ) will accomplish mora practical ben efit by devoting his attention to the irrors of the cattle transportation adio , which are responsible for plac- g upon eastern markets diseased and sfigurodcarcasses of animalsfevered , uised and maimed in the transit 0111 Chicago to the seashore. THE IRON TIE. The Visit of the Sfc , Louis Mer chants to the Gate Gity , The Banquet at Maeonic Hall Thursday Night. CoBRratulatory Spoochea and Lettore of Regret. The following account of the re- ccptfon and banquet to the St. Louis visitors was unavoidably crowded out yesterday morning by the extended account of the Ascension Day pro ceedings. It is o matter of regret that after several beautiful May days , the dale ot the arrival of the St. Louis excur sionists should have proven so un favorable. It was raining when the spscial train bearing the city's guests rolled into the U. P. depot , where the visitors wore mot by a delegation of Omaha business men and officials , in cluding the Mayor , 0. H. Dewey , J. G. Brady , Gen. Mandorson , Frank Murphy , Max Meyer , Henry Pundt and others. The train consisted of three palac cars , n baggage car and a locomotiy of the Missouri Pacific" , and its pas sengon wore : C B Carter , of 0 B Carter tor & Co. , provisions ; A Do Young , the Drummond Tobacco company ; j N Spoor , of Hiawatha , Kunsasj Henry ry Keinhardt , of Kraft , Holmes tS Co. , groceries ; Thos Shelton , ol Gauss o , Horaick & Co. ; H E Mack , o ; St. Louis Paper company ; F Buffing- ton , of the Buck Steve company ; J H Douglass , of Knapp , Stout Lumboi company ; B. Trevor , of Crow , Harga Jino it Co. , dry goods ; J M Frazier f Turner , Frazier & Co. , St. Joseph N. G. Larimore , of the Central elevator tor ; A. E. Babcock , grain dealer ; D , M. Blount , St. Louis Globe-Demo : rat ; K. E. Morton , of Redmond , 31ary & Co. , grain ; C A Potwin , of Wilson & Potwin ; Thomas Booth , of J W Booth & Son ; A Milhor , of A A Millior & Co. ; N G Pierce , of Samue' Dupples & Co. , iron and wagon wood A. J Stofor , of the Missouri. RopublU ; an ; H. M. Meiror , of Simmons Elordwaro company ; And the follow- ng officials of the Missouri Pacific ; 4. A Talmngo , general manager ; A W Dickinson , assistant general superin- : ondont ; F Chandler , general passon- ; er agent ; G W Cole , assistant gen ial freight agent ; J E House , chief ingineer ; M L Sargent , assistant gon- irol freight agent ; W W Fagin , supor- ntendent 0. B. division ; AS Everest , ittornoy ; E Harding , assistant super ntcndont ; S D Tuthill , general man igor of the St. Joe & Western rail iray. Stepping into the carriages which rore in waiting , the party waa driven 0 Hanscpm park and back by way of Japitol hill and through the best built ortion of the city to the Withnell ouso , where they took an early sup or. or.At At 9 o'clock the guests assembled at toyd'a opera house , being joined there y the citizens invited to moot them , 'ho house waa aglow with light , and ; a beauty and elegant proportions licitod much praise from those pros- nt. nt.Half Half an hour later carnages were gain taken and the company preceded - ceded to Masonic hall , where tlib anquet was to take place. The tables resented a very attractive appearance , 110 nupper being cotton UD by the idles of Trinity church , under the uperintendouco of Mr. George Thrall , 'lowers in profusion brightened the jono , and the full Musical Union rchestra , twenty musicians , rendered jveral choice selections , among them n opening march composed for the ccasion by Prof. Steinhausor , and a iolin eolo by Prof. G. F. Sauer , both f which were warmly applauded. Supper being over and the chain- agne beginning to flow freely , the layer delivered an address of wol- 3ino to the guests. Ho referred to the onofita anticipated by our citizens nd business men from the opening p of the now line to St. Louis , and lid it was fitting that the event tiould be celebrated bythe merchants nd business men of the two cities lo welcomed the visitors , on behalf f the city , both as representing large nd important commercial and rail- ) ad interests , and as gentlemen of itelliuenco and enterprise , from both 1 which facts the people of Omaha oped to derive benefit and pleasure , ho mayor then reviewed the ro- > urcea and advantages of the State of Tebraaka. Wheat , corn , cattle and Qgs are Nobraska'a great sources of ealth. They are worth moro to-day lan the far-famed gold and silver tines of California , Nevada or Color- lo , and before many years will ox- > od the mineral production of the iren combined. The now railroad mo through the riohoat portion of 10 state , and as it possesses superior Ivantagea over many other lines it 111 give new and valuable facilities ir travel and transportation to the [ habitants ot the territory through hich it passes , "Several months ago I predicted mt the completion of the Missouri acifio railway would aolvo the trans- r problem , nd that other roads ould be compelled to make Omaha leir terminus. The K. C. road , or , ther the managers of the 0 , , B. & . , foreseeing the consequences liable i result from the completion of the [ iisouri Pacific , ordered the K. C to in its trains int'j Onuha via Platts. outh. This is only the beginning. do Wftbash and every ono of the iwa roads will be compelled to run leir passenger train ? into Omaha , withstanding the illegal , legislation the state of Iowa. Wo wilTbo con- nt to allow the through freight to bo ansforrod on the other side of the ver , but the passenger transfer by ght is ours , and wo intend to * have , I remember not many months nco , being one of H committee that aited upon Mr. E 0. Parkins to in- ryiow him in regard to bringing the ains of the Chicago , Burlington & iiincyover the Plattamouth bridge to Omaha , aft9r quite a long scustion , he promised to lay e matter before the managers of the iol lines , but stated that there was it little if any ground for us to hope at any change would be made. I told him in the presence of Mr. Toil zalm ( who , I have cause to know , i a most true and steadfast friend o Omaha ) that this was'the side of th river whore the passenger business o all roads centering here should b done ; that I never before know of railroad owning a bridge and a line c road being afraid to use it , and tha the time would come , it might not b ths { year , nor it might nat be nox year , but it would surely cumo , whci the C. B , it Q. would run its train ; over the Plattsinouth bridge int < Omaha , and that sooner or later tin union passenger depot fet all the pee lines would bo at Omaha , in Nebraska on the west instead oi the east banV of the Missouri , where certainly i wise construction of congreesiona legislation , and where the far-sociiif and mighty mind of President Abra ham Lincoln designed it should bo The speaker then alluded to the fact that the produce of the state waa being shipped now largely to St. Louis , whereas it formerly wont tc Chicago. It is thus diverted from its route bj the action of the Iowa pool , and by n proper effort St. Louis can secure o largo share of our trade for all future time , as St. Louis is nearer than Chi- sago and equally as good a market. Having concluded his address , the mayor introduced Mr. A. J , Stoffer , ) f The St. Louia Bopulican , who re sponded to the toast : "St. Louis , the Queen City of the Mississippi Valley. " Mr. Staffer said : MB. CHAIRMAN AND GKNTLBMKN St. Louis , as your chairman has just mnouncod as the Queen City 01 the Mississippi valley , was founded in L7C4 , and from the time that LoOled * established hia little trading point on ho banks of the Father of Waters it ; ave promise of great development , iven though it was very si w for the irst thirty years or so. In its earlier lays St. Louis had many drawbacks. ) no difficulty with which they had to ontond waa similar to that which roublod the earlier settlers of the ; roatest city of Nebraska. They ha ho Indiana to fight. Besides tha hey did not have any money at the ! ommand. The continental scrip dl lot make its way west. What mono , hey had consisted of hides and furs , L man came out from the cast one resented a gold coin to a furman , nd ho waa taken for a fool. Th xthor of that man only'died the othe ay. . l Not until 1841) ) or thereabout dine no people strike the key-note of sue ess and commence to build railroads , 'lion ' it was that St. Louis took he lace among the first cities of tht oat. It was the late lamented Thos. .lion , representing the Second con rcssional district of Misaouri , whi ad the honor of bringing west of th lississippi river the first locomotive , he Missouri Pacific , strictly speak ig , was the first of St. Louia roads , 'ou , gentlemen , know what it ia to ay. It haa now 5,000 miles of road i the states of Missouri , Arkansas , 'oxas ' , Kansas , and has entered the remising and beautiful state of No- raaka. It is a mighty , factor in the > mmorce of the state. St. Louis has a little rival it is true -it eits on the shores of lake Michi- m , and , gentlemen , I can tell you lat Chicago makes ua work ! It haa been Bald this evening thai ) t many of the real old , gray haired on of St. Louis are hero upon this icaaion. That may bo true to a cor- in extent ; but these gentlemen that > u see before you to-night represent 10 real , live , working spirit ot the ty of St. Louis. They represent maes which know no bounds. Their iinmercial travelers penetrate every jok and corner of the United States , lioy have houses in St. Louis which gulato the market prices of certain los of goods. I will not go into do- ils. I wish to say , however , that 0 have a grain trade which amounts 1 something like $30,000,000 a year , 'o have a cotton business which has sen built up to not loss than $25- 10,000. Wo have a flour interest hich is worth not less than $22,500- )0. ) St. Louia for the past year or > has taken the load aa a grain mar it , with ono or two possible ex > ptions. The time is not far distant lion aho will be the leading grain arket in the country. The barge stem , together with the immense ilroad system , is making St. Louia o great market for the produce of 0 west. * * I trust , in con- jsion , that the bond of union bo- eon the two cities which has been rmed by the mighty steel rails will iver bo broken , and that both cities 11 continue to push forward and ex- nd the lines of trade even to the most bounds of the republic. " [ Ap- ELUBO. ] The following toasta were then ron : Omaha's First Railroad The Union iciflc Railway. Response , Hon. A. Popploton. Supply and Demand : The new bus ess relations of Omaha and St. mis. Response by Hon. A. S. rerest. To the Rockies and beyond ; the & M. railway in Nebraska. Res- nse by Hon. J M. Woolworth. Omaha's Latest Railroad. The issonri Pacific Railway. Response ' General Manager Talmago. From Omaha to the Northeast : The , St. P M. & 0. Railway. Re- onse , George V. Morford , Esq. From Omaha to the Northwest : The DUX City & Pacific Railroad in No- iska. Response , J. R , Buchanan , < ! The Resources of Nebraska Re- anso by Hon. J. Sterling Morton. 10 following telegrams were road by 9 Mayor : NEW YOKK , May 17. n J. i : BojrJ , iUyor. 1 urn 111 receipt of your kind invita- 'it ' to be present at the banquet to given by the citizens of Omaha , mreday night , to the officers of the isnouri Pacific and the merchants of , Louis. It would afford me much ; osuro to bo present on that occa- n , but the notice is so short that u will have to accept the will for the ad. I believe the completion of the ssouri Pacific to Omaha , opening as iocs direct communications under a glo management with St. Louis , ire , Memphis , Now Orleans , Gal- iton and Laredo , will add largely to > commercial importance of your jr. [ Signed ] JAY GOULD. NEW YOKK , May 18 , 1882. jics E , Boyd , Mayor ; four invitation to bo present at a option to be given the merchants St. Louis and the officials of the ssouri Pacific railway on the 18th insU is at hand. I regret very much that I cannot be with you. Omaha has my best wishes , and its growth and prosperity will bo very gratifying to me. ( Signed ) SIDNEY DILLOK. NKW \ ORK , May 17. Jos. E. Boyd , Mayor : I acknowledge receipt of your dis patch inviting mo to bo present at your mooting on Thursday night , and regret that my engagements are such that I cannot bo with you , I con- granulate you upon your now connec tion with St. Louis and the southwest , for which I predict as great a devel opment as you have scon , for the northwest since the completion of the Union Pacific. ( Signed ) , G. M. DODOR. LINCOLN. Nob. , May 18. Hon. J. E. Boyd , Omaha : Giving to the pendency of the ap propriation bill to pay.tho militia , which is ono of thot moat important isauca bcforo the legislature , wo are unable to avail ourselves of the cour tesies of your city on the occasion of a banquet to-night ; but wo most heartily congratulate the people of Omaha and Nebraska upon the completion1 of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Wo regret our inability to participate in the fes tivities. ( Signed ) Ciiucii HOWE , W. J. BUOATCH , W. A. PAXTON , J. G. McSiiANH. Speeches wore also made by General Manager Kimballof the Union Pacific Mr. Thos. Booth , of St. Louis ; Dr. Miller , and Franco Chandler , G. P. A. , of the Missouri Pacific. A vote of thanks waa tendered the ladies of Trinity for their success in presenting a fine supper and by the guests to the Mayor and citizens for their reception and banquet. The banquet closed at a very late hour and the visitors wore driven to the _ depot where they remained in their cars over night. They left for homo at noon yester- lay. No Humbug-Ring the American Pooplo. You can't humbug the American poo- pie , when they find a remedy that suits , hem ; they ueo It and recommend it to , hcir friends. Just exactly the case with 3miK BIXJSSOU which haa become a icmsehold word all over the United ( State * . Price 50 cents , trial bottles 10 cents. mlSdlw MOUNT ARBOR NURBERT. Hcdgo plants 75c. per thousand vholosalo or'rotail. T. E. B. Mason , Shenandoah , la. d-2t THE NEW NINTH. Che Seductive Smiles of Nu merous Candidate for Con gressional Honors. 'oiitiool Gyrations of a Ponny- a-Iiinor. orrcepoudence of The Bee. MISSOURI VALLBY , la. , May 17. 'ho political bubble , that haa hovered i mid air and penetrated with its so- uctivo raya the utmost limits of the ow Ninth district , haa burstod , and bo roseate hues of the rainbow of remise , so beautifully displayed on. a disc , lias vanished to but moro illy discover to the eyes of the voter 10 blackness of tke designs of the iu- : igatora of the cchemo. There are mny candidates in the territory em- raced in the Ninth district for con- ressional honors , two porhnpa moro rominontly spoken of , ono of which as been in the selfish clutch of en- IOUB political conspiracy , but to-day , ; anda disenthralled and before the ' , eoplo upon hia own merits or do- S icrita , a steed of uncertain atop , hav- ' ig issued from the twilight shadows i the last congressional contest , and 10 inscription on his epitaph was aip- osod to have been written by the liter of The Nonpareil. Now at- bhor poor deluded suppliant for po- tical honors bowa at the same shrine , ; anding at his post of duty as desig- fttod by his political father , like the nmortal boy on the burning deck of is ambition waiting for the paternal ill soon will como that call There will como burst of thunder ovnd The boy-oh 1 where will he ba I Aek of The Xonpareil far around With hts fragment * will strew the eea. \ The declination of the candidacy : the aspirant from Mills county iturally calls forth a graceful tribute i that gentleman in the Saturday sue of The Nonpareil , as it undoubt- lly "simplifies the canvass" in ita irn interestwhich enables the people ! the congressional district to BOO "a eat light , " without the eyes of a St aul , or the necessity of a journey to amascus , and in this beautiful solilo- ly it also makes mention of the fact tat he and the unfortunate boy , of > anut fame , were "comrades on the jld of battle , " how unfortunatd forte to colonel of paporeal battles that in ! ace they are separated. These homes originate from the same ace , and simultaneously with these litorials and the continual streaming and out of thia headquarters of un- > ly ambitions , reminds the casual server of the sights to bo seen at 0 main entrance to a "nigger divo" 1 "Clabber Alley. " On Wednesday morning's issue in lyocating an early convention , states at any man has a right to be a can- date for a nomination , but it is only o choice of the people can rise upon o crowd of popular enthusiasm after o body o'iho people have spoken. In u swtici day dreams , often indulged by the colonel , does he over im- ino himself as seated on the silver u'ng of the specified cloud , and be- F ; politically investigated by the Dremontioned Elijah like ascension. There are already nine different ndidates in the field , as far aa hoard un , and the situation plainly indi tes to the public mind that the un- rtain condition of the political uation ia caused by personal ambi- m and a secret burning ot incense the colonel to regale the nostrils of o gods of his own selfish desires , d ia unworthy of the steel and ar- > r of an honorable politician. In r next communication wo will give u a more extended account of the uation , the details of which are in r _ possession , and are the result of r investigation. "Yor.vo ( ? ) REI-UIILICMN. "