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THE AMI-MONOPOLY LEAGUE
GKNTIUI , Cnv , August 14.
The Stale Anti-Monopoly loajjti' '
will mtji't at Hasting , September ,27
1882 , in connection with the Btati
Farmers' nllintico , for the purpose o
putting before the valors of the Btati
of Nebraska an independent stati
anti-monopoly ticket. All nuti-tno
nopoly loagiiiis are requested to cal
( special meetings to elect dologatoa t <
attend tha convention.
By order of tno executive com
mlttec. H. 0. OSTKUHOUT ,
Poa. State Anti-Monopoly Loaguo.
TUB U. P. brigade is being drillec
for action under Arabi I'ashaw Kim
ball.
POLITICS rule the roost in Nobraski
just at present. Even corn takes t
back seat.
TiiKKis isn't any use of catirrmtinj :
the crop > f candidates until the bar
vest tlmo of the conventions.
TIIR sncors of the Union Pacific or
gan at the Farmers' Alliance may
come homo to roost when the "granger
votoa" are counted.
OUR national debt was reduced
$10.000,000 in Auifusr. And still the
receipts in the treasury department
arc reported on the increase.
Oiiuuuii UOWK continues to splice
liio pole with money and railroad in-
Jlucnco , but it remains to bo scon
whether it will prove lon > { enough to
-roach tha' congroaaional persimmon.
KANHAH is doing excellent work in
tree plan'.ing , no less than ! I3,000
acres of trees having been act out in
that state during tlu past three years.
Arbor Day has given a utrong impetus
to this important work of creating
forests in Nebraska.
HKLIAIILB ostinutea give Nebraska
a corn crop varying from fifty to fifty
five bushels to the acre , while the
wheat harvest ij panning out un
I average of twenty two bushola
throughout the wtate. Tlin remark
that this is the farmer's year is again
\
in order.
W.VHIIIXOTO.V himiioca men nro oim-
phint , ' bitterly of thu ullbctp of Hub-
boll's as3osaiiienloiru ) ilirupoiitiadu ] in
thu city. It is uotimv'od that over
half a million dollars have boon gathered -
orod from the fifteen thousand clerks
in thu various dupartmmita , a sum
which would otherwise have gone to
Washington retailers either to pay old
debts or for nnw nupplii's.
Ur.roiiTHof the prevalence of Asiatic
oho'ora at Yokohama and Manilla ,
with isolated oasea in Europe direct
atluntion to the fact that the coming
year will complete the term of aovon-
teen yearn since the last cholera epi
demic of 1BUO. Just seventeen years
previous , in 184 ! ) , occurred a great
epidemic of the disoaie , and this
in turn was preceded by the visitation
of 18,12. Whether cholera ia likely to
strike this country next year or not
cannot bo predicted , but it in curium
that the surest preventives of thu ilia-
uaso are cleanly cities and attention to
thu most simple and essential sanitary
rules ,
Nuw YOIIK , with an assessed real
ea tut o valuation of over one billion
dollars has a tax rate of $2.ii5 pur
hundred dollars. The local press in
commenting upon this fact notes that
for thu first time in thirteen years the
city has boon honestly assessed and
points to the grots frauds in assess
mom which wore perpetrated under
the ring regime. It was onu of the
methods of the Tweed government to
systematically undervalue the real
property and by this nii'una to
maintain u high rate of interest
on the bonds issued by the city
Unfair assessments of property are
responsible for thu high tax rates ex
isting in a number of our cities. It is
& favorite delusion that low assess
ments and high tax levies uru moro
profitable to municipalities than a fa r
valuation and a correspondingly low
tax rate. Thu reverse is the case. It
is a fact that in cases whern assessors
fail to perform their duty and muku a
lower rating than the law requires ,
the poor sutler heavily in comparison
with men of wealth , Cottages are in
variably assessed Higher proportionally
than the residence * of tha rich , and
the men of means are in Uiis
way enabled to bh'irk their
share of thu burdens of taxation , In
i
addition , a high tax rate which it fai
to deceive citizens as to the actual pi
I ctinmry condition and responsibility (
the city very often acts to the detr
mont of the city in frightening awn
foreign investors who know nothin
ot the low basis of valuation upc
which the levy i ma V If the larj
amount of corporation property i
its city wore assessed at 'one-third i
this real value Omaha's tax rate woul
expcrionco a drop which would bo
genuine surprise to the oldest res
dent.
GENKIUT , interest will bo excite
this month by the international cot
tests in which the United States wl
bo represented. There is the grct
rillo match on .September 14th an
15th , between a team of twelve , rcf
resenting the British volunteers an
a like team from the national guardi
men of the United States. The matcl
will take place at Croodmoor , wher
the American team are hard at wor
rolling up surprising scores. Th
other cor.tcst referred to is the foui
oared racu between the Ilillsdalo crot
and the Thames crow of London
representing the amateur oarsmen o
England , which is also looked fo
the 14th and 15th of September
The shabby manner in which th
llillsdalcs have been treated acres
the water has won thorn univorsa
sympathy and support , and there wi
bo a very lively sense of satisfactio
experienced if they succeed in bcatin
the aristocratic onobs who declined t
row with I hem because they were no
"gentlemen" in the English aonso o
the word. In both of the ma'cho
the English representatives are fikil
ful and plucky. It will take har
work to defeat them , but hard wor
has defeated EngliHh marksmen an
oarsmen before , and there is goo
reason to believe it will do so in th
present instances.
IT is a favorite boast of the railroat
strikers that a republican nominatior
will bo equivalent to an election it
any of the three congressional dis
triots. This remains to bo soon. Ho
publican voters in Nebraska are 1.0
such slaves to party machinery tha
they will endorse the nomiua
lions of notoriously corrup
politician ! ) , simply because partj
bosses command them to do so. There
ro thousands of honest men who care
more for the welfare of the state ano
the cause of ijood government thar
they do for the personal aggrandize
inent of disreputable local part ;
laaders. Other thiniM being equal
Dvnry Nebraska republican will profoi
to support the nominee of hi ) party
but party lines will set verv lightlj
avqr the backs of the 'voters in thi
present campaign , and will bo cas
uido by thousands the moment thoj
ire convinced that the party namu it
naod only no a mask behind which the
Monopolies expects to foist their toola
into ofllsea of prrfir nnd trust.
Tin : advance iti E yj.t promised ii
Saturdaj'u dispatches was not inadfl ,
id instead of further general 01- :
{ igements wo now hear rumorB o !
uoro ruconnoioeancon in foreu againui
Vr.ibi's forces. Side by oido with
heao evidences that the Egyptian
irmy is stronger than lJonor.il Wolao-
.ey , no first imagined coined noiia thai
ulilitlorinl troops and tuna ; are at once
o bo dispatched to the seal of war ,
ind that Sir ( iarnot's forces are to bo
oiiiforced with a sufficient number of
tow soldiers to recruit hi * army up teL
L standard of 22,000 men. When It is
> ornu in mind that this larso force is
ndopondont of the 7,000 natives ,
loinprising the Indian contigont and
hu men under General Allison at
Alexandria , it will readily be scun that
ho Egyptian rebel and his command
TO considered no mean enemies by
ho war ollico , whatever may bo the
ipiniou of the cnmanding general
tleantimo , while Sir Garnet is advano-
ng at the slow rate of a little less
ban two miles a day , Arabi is strength-
ning his position at Danmnhour and
Pol'KI-lvobin , by successive lines of
ntronchmonts which must bo oirried
> no after the other before ho can bo
lislodged. Thu engagement at Kas-
ariu Look a wool : ago , showed that
his epocios of warfare is costly. In
hat skirmish thu British lost 120 men ,
vhilo the Egyptian force were driven
> ack u HtUn more than four miles.
No VKAII has been moru favorable
or thu railroad politicians to pack
iaucuBoa and conventions than this
mo. Thousands of anti-monopolists
u thu statu stay away from the ropub-
lean primarily , balioying it to be in-
soiuistont to participate in two con.
'Buttons ' , and their strong anti-mon-
U ely feeling will not permit them to
Insert thu now party. This no doubt
! xpl nis why Valentino has carried so
Jiany conventions , and is seemingly
10 popular in thr Third district. The
rue contoBt will bo at the polla. C'on-
rontions this year do not voice the
lontiuiunt of the voters , and the num.
) or of republican candidates who will
> u defeated at the polls will hu greater
han over before. ( itafton Guctc ( ,
There ia H great deal of frozen truth
n this statement , Thu action of the
Uliunco in calling a state nominating
onvontion has withdrawn the great
, iass of anti-monopoly republicans
rom republican caucuses , primaries
nd convontions. This was notably
lie case in thu Thitd district. Open
ppositiou to Yttlontiiiehas coino from
publicans outside of the ranks of
io Alliance uiid anti-monopoly league ,
lad both of theau organizations seen
fit to unite in opposing his candidac
at the caucus and the primary h
could hardly have carried a count ]
Hut all classes of voters who nro oj
posed to the dictation of the railroad
and their tools will have their issue
this fall if the republican party fai
to voice tha popular Bontimonl. Th
November election will bo the fins
test of the popularity of the politic
shysters and acrobats whom the co :
porations are trying to force down tli
throats of the people i
this stato. It the republics
party wishes to court defe :
they are adopting the moans best fi
ted to secure that result in permittin
the party machinery to fall into th
hands ot the element in which th
mass of the party has the least cor
fidonce , The voters of the state prc
pose to submit no longer to the am
gant dictation of the railroad ring
masters , and any attempt to whi
them into submission will bo mot b
independent action vigorous onoug
to show that a perverted party machinery
chinory cannot stifle public sontimon
when the people are determined t
govern themselves.
AIIKANHAS , Mhino and Vtrmon
hold elections this month. The laa
two states elect a full state and con
grcssional ticket while in Arkansa
Congressmen will nzt bo elected unti
October. At the election which tool
place yesterday in Arkansas thro
tickets tor state officers were in th
field , the several candidates for governor
ornor being : Republican , W. E
Slack ; democratic , James II. licrrj
greenback , R. M. Garland. Th
legislature chosen will elect a Unttei
States senator. ( To > day Vermont hold
her general election at which a govei
nor , lioutonant-govornor , state troaaui
er , legislature and two representative
in congress will bo chosen. The re
publicans have nominated John L
Barstow , for governor , the democrats
Qoorgo E. Eaton , and the greenback
ors 0. 0. Martin. For congress th
republicans have nominated John W
Stewart and Luke Poland , the demo
crats , Lytnan llcdington am' ' Ueorgi
L. Fletcher , and the grucnbackers
Dr. Kidder and II. D. Dunbar. Ver
mont loses one member under the net
apportionment. Thu entire republican
can ticket will bo elected by H eolic
majority.
THU political situation in
is decidedly mixed. Senator Mahout
has nlrcady enjoyed his oaaicst dayi
of boss-ship. Thu revolt of our senators
ators prevented the adoption by thi
legislature of the elaborate orryman
dcr which Mahono had devised , hoi
boon followed by other and cquallj
important defections. Massey , thi
ox-auditor , ono of the men who so
Mahono on his pedestal , broke awn ]
and bocimo the democratic candidate
for oongroeaman-at-largo , agaiiibt Johr
S. Wise. A straightout re-pub
lioan candidate for the saint
place appeared , Hev. Mr. DAW <
BOH , a colored man , who is expected
to receive snmo part at least of the
colored republican support all ol
which Mahono's necoiaitica require , 11
lie ia to bu nucccoaful. Next , the twc
republican rcpresontativua in congress ,
Joigonecn and Dizundorf , arorunniitp
for ro-election , notwithatanding thai
Mahono has placed other caudidatcE
n the fit hi in their districts. And
inally , in the Ninth district , Fulkur-
ion , onu of the "rcadjustera" in the
> resent housu of representatives , has
conio out independently , renouncing
xllepiouco to Mahono , and defying
lim and all his powers. Fullcorson is
in enorgutio loader , and will give the
'boss" a lively struggle.
Altogether , it is very evident that
lothing preserves Mationo'a power but
lis control of the United States olli-
: ials in Vtrginin. This "patrDnage,1
'resident Arthur , following an agreo-
uont arranged between Senators Cam-
iron , Logan and Mahono , has placed
anresorvodly in the Virginian's hand ,
is hu has given the like "patronage"
n Pennsylvania into the hands of Mr
Jiuuoron. With all Una patronagu
Mahono in Mill unable to control thu
jolitics of Virginia.
Quit city schools opened yesterday
vith a largo uttendanco. Theru are
our changes ii : the stall'of toachur *
unployed , but a now superintendent in
ho person of Mr , James has taken thu
ilaco vacated by Mr. Lino. Patrons
if our public schools have go d reason
o expect sonio radical changes in our
chool management under Mi. James'
uporvUion. His long experience in
3Ie eland , from which city ho onmes
i-ith thu most unqualified endorai-
lents as a gentleman t > nd public odu
ator , is the best guarantee of his
ualiGcations for the now position
rhich ho hai assumed , and our people
rill very readily grant him that confi-
once which has been moro or loss
withhold from his predecessors.
SUVKIIAL of our prominent tnndi-
atos for state olllccs have suddenly
ithdrawn Other important busi-
ess engagements prevent them from
llowing n further use of their names.
HUMOUS of General Sherman's in-
oudod retirement are decidedly pro
mt uro , The compulsory retirement
ct fixes the ago at which officers can
utiroatGi. General Kherman willet
ot have reached that agu until Fob
8 , 1884. Under the old retiring
act , no retirement can bo made unt
the number on the present retire
list falls below 400. As there are f
present 420 on the list , it will bo see
that the generals chances for retire
mcnt , according to its provisions , ar
very slight.
IT will take a much abler man tha
John M , Thurston to deliver eighloe
delegates from Douglas county t
Church Howe.
Ciinncii UOWK has come to supci
vito the Douglas county convontiot
but Thurston is not in condition t
deliver the goods.
VALENTINE'S six-dollar clerk noi
claims ovesy county in the Third dii
trict for his patron saint ,
MR. BLAINK'S IIOME.
How Ho Lives nnd Works at Augunti
Reminiscences of a Busy Life ,
Hoi. r.utrln Phil tdo'phla TUB * .
From the railroad station down noa
the river to the place on the hill , i
something moro than a mile. I foutu
my way to the pleasant spot this evening
ing , and was cordially received by it
proprietor. There is nothing show ;
inside the house more than on th
outside. Everything is arranged fo
comfort rather than display. Parlor
drawing , library , are all fitted am
filled as unpretentiously as thougl
the man who owned thorn was th
village lawyer , or perchance preacher
The tcwufolk toll me that it was bull
many years ago , before the landlon
was the great man ho now is , and tha
ho loves to keep it and its surround
ings as they were when ho made it hi
homo all the year round.
Mr. Blaine had just como in. fron
a drive when I called , lie spends i
good part of each afternoon "on thi
road" behind a span of line horses. ' .
never saw him look in better health
and certainly ho never seemed in but
ter spirits.
"ics , " said ho cheerfully , when 1
suggested his prime condition ; "I an
in excellent health ; the climnto o
Maine always agrees wtth mo. I cat
recuperate hero faster than anywhun
else in the world. " The talk th i
lurnodupon peneral topics , and Mr
Blaine spoke with much freedom upnr
everything else except politics. IL
evinced great interest in the contue
in Maine , and that ho ahouli
begin his work in it at Portland 01
Monday night. Ho believes that thi
republicans will carry thu state by t
fair majority. Ho will take no p.in
in politics this year , oxccpt in his owi
state , nnd has nothing but a speaking
part there ; as ho is not on the stati
committee , and has no part in thi
management ot the campaign. I hac
scon Mr. Blaine many times before to
night in the same surroundings. No
not in the same surroundings , foi
then ho was overwhelmed with tin
work of a political campaign. The
little ollico back of the parlor , hit
private work room , was then tin
scene of busy bustle. Clerks were a
work , telegraph messengers won
coming and going , men were calling
by scores , and with his hanc
on the party helm ho dircctoc
it with matchless forco. Nov
there is none of this , The office ii
quiet and does not wear the air of pol
itica. Headquarters have been movoc
to Portland , and Senator Fryo has hit
hand on the party plow. Blame
eeenis to enjoy the change , stran o at
it may ucorn. Ho speaks well of hit
young ouccesaors and believes thoj
will win.
No man in this country has ever before -
fore stepped from the highest place in
active politics into the walks of private -
vato life without losing his temper on
the way. Mr. Blaine evidently has not.
There isn't a sign of regret or 10-
preach in his speech or actions. lit
has no lurd words for those men wlu >
have stood between him aud the pru -
idoncy. Ho seems to have settled
down to enjoy life and todohisdu'y
by the party that 1ms honored him u :
ho has honored ih , as it shall bu aaked
of him.
The loss of the presidency soured
Clay ub it did Suward , but Mr. Blanu
certainly presents to triond and fm
nliko perfect good humor and a fur
moru cheerful viuw of thu future thai ,
many public men who have lost much
loss.
loss.Vhilo
V/hilo talking with him to-nighr , al
most in the shadow of the state house ,
whore ho botrun lifu in Auguata us a
newspaper reporter , I couldn't hel |
but wonder if many paoplu eivut
stopped 10 think how hu started in lift- ,
.tnti what a great structure ho had
built from a small beginning , I re
member going through the atato on en
when hu tnlkud freely of his uar'y
hfo in Augusta. Entering the littli
ilmpy senate chamber , where the up
purhotiiu of thu Mainu legislature haa
met for * very many yuars , ho pomtio
to an old f.inhioncd dusk , nearly in
Front of the presiding ollicur'd seat ,
ind said :
"Them is whom I bpqan newspaper
lifu , I reported the proceedings of the
iunato fur tlio Kunntibeo Journal suv-
jnxl terms. It was a great school for
no. I uiud to uducatu my memory
n thosu days by keeping the roll call
m onu or moru bills in iny mind , and
tot writing tlu'in out until alter 1
vant home. I pot ao I could m
iiomber us high an five separate
rutea on dilforunt bills , and then
vntu thu in out hours after they were
liven , so as to a ruu with the eifliuul
iat of tlm clerk of thu senate. " IKrr
vas the secret of Mr. Blame's ability ,
o often remarked to always havu at
land Mnuios of persons and events hu
losiroil to call.
The Imli of the house of delegates
vas thu next , object of interest , and
hero , above thu clerk's desk , was thu
amo old chair in which Mr , lilainu
at when ho was speaker of the Mii e
louse of representatives nmny yuars
go. Hu looked over thu room BO
Ireoly connected with his first step in
lublio lifu , and whuru hu gathertd
hu rudiments of parliamentary law ,
f which ho afterwards bo-
amu the master. Hu spoku of thu
ion who were there and great when
.0 . begun , and turning to thuepoakf r'n
oak , as if to recall hia felling the day
u was elected to till it , said ;
"When I was elected speaker of the
> uialaturu I fuit prouder over it than
vur any ollico to which I have since
eon called or could bo elected to fill ,
t was a great honor to bu conferred
on one so young. I was only twent ;
six. "
Other interesting reminiscences o
hia early life followed , and then th
talk drifted into other channels
Not long after this I passed dow
by the little printing office fror
.which the paper is still issued , upo
which ho worked when chosen to th
legislature , and began reaching out to
ward the great place ho now Gils i
the public eye.
I suppose something on the politico
situation is exptcted , but there I
really nothing of interest to writ
about. Everything on both Bide
moves along as smooth as a kitchc
clock. They have got a crop of hall
breeds here that are making a groa
deal of noiee , but are without strength
A week hence and there will be soinej
thing to say , for then the canvass wj
bo complete. A Hat of all voters wi !
hj in , and on estimate will bo wort
something.
OMAHA'S HOLOCAUST.
The Fearful Fire of the Night o
September 5th , 1878 ,
Tko Anniversary- the Grnn
Central Coi > flagrntlcil <
A Review of tno Dreadful Occurrences
ronces of Pour Years AKO.
It was the intention of the manager
of the now Paxton hotel to hav
opened the elegant building to-day fo
the acommodation of the travulin
public , that being the fourth annivci
B < iry of thu burning of the Grand Oen
tral , which occupied the same sit
upon which the Paxton is built an
was the most elegant hotel Omaha eve
had.
had.Tho
The opening has , however , boo
postponed until Saturday , but it wi
bo interesting to our readers , and appropriate
propriato at this time to recall some o
the exciting events of the dreadfu
night of September 5 , 1878. At
quarter to seven o'clock on that evening
ing
A OENEKAL ALAKM
was sounded , which brought out th
entire fire department. The locatioi
of the fire waa found to bu in th
Mansard roof of the Grand Central
corner ol Fifteenth and Farnan
streets. At first only a thin cloud o
moko was seen issuing from ono o
the windows and curling its way up
ward in the air. It was a beautiful
u'oar ' night , with Ecarcoly n breath o
wind and there was not the faintcs
doubt upon the part of those who sooi
gathered in great numbers at the spo
chat thu fire department would sue
cued in a short time in oxtingiahin ;
thu ll.imes.
Aa to the origin of the fire , thor
seems to bo little doubt but that i
came from a candle loft burning by i
phaterer , who was at work in the elevator
vator e/haft / , and who went to his aup
per about ( i in thu evening. The can
die burned down in its socket am
then the fire being communicated tt
some shavings near by , or to sonrj o
the light packing material about thi
now furniture temporarily stored ir
the attic , started
THE TUUIIIULK COM KtAQUATION.
This theory was confirmed by the
titory of Sergeant Dill , of thu aignu
office , who was taking his supper at i
restaurant when thu alarm eoundud.
A young plastcrnr , who was takinu
nupper at thu name tiino , jumped up
and exclaimed : "My Go ) ! That is
my fault. I forgot and k-ft the candle
dlo burniig. "
The untiru fire department was soon
ti the fip it but owing to some mis-
mana 'umeut the hosu weru tilled bu
foru they were carried up the grunt
' ( airway , whun it was found almost
impossible to drag their drendfu
eii > ht to the third story. There was
ho u'niutt ' confusion , and from thu
ijroat curridoM bulow to th" Alinsanl
atory were men r'ltiiiing to and fro
'imid ' thu Btoroi of rich lurnituru , cjr-
t ots and other equipments then being
jut in and
A DKLl'liE OK WATKIl
was pourmng down the stairway with
thu rushing noise of a mountain tor
rent.
rent.Thu
Thu Humes gained strength moat
rapidly in thu uluvator slmft nnd thoao
who looked upward through it from
the doorway on thu first floor , aaw thu
liurcu and bury waves hjhiim with fury
from top to bottom , thu draught natu
rally afforded to auch n portion of the
building acting us u biillnwd to fan thu
coulljgrution to redoubled foruit. It
\viia liku a small atctiun of the infernal
regions and out in thuctiurtund corri-
dura
A UKrU'LlK I'l'lilTOUV
rt-aa illustrated , At , idiiuth several
stre.iuitt nf w.iter wuro git on from tlm
third story and for u time it was
nought thu lire waa under control , being
ing I'Minguiahi-il every whore except in
ho iMiitiHiinl. Them thu lUmes i > rad >
nilly apruud until ( hu whole rotf , cov-
ring u Bpuuo 12 ! ! foot tqu.in' , was
ibluzu , and n ptl ar of thu blackest
> m iku hunt ; liku a pill over thu beau-
ilul building , whiim it now. became
ividont was doomed to total destruc-
ion.
ion.To
To add to the complications the wa
IT give out an hour after the fire
tartuil , and hud to be pumped from
listant eihtenu. U bugan lu lojk tu
t thu entire blcck was
TO III ! ANNIHILATED
> y thu fire fiend , and thu Herald poo-
ilu , C , S , Goodrich , undertakers
uhn Jacobs and Hiram Pomu-
oy , and a number of business
iii'ii on thu opposite si-io of thu
treut began to pack up and vacate
heir buildings. Every or.prcta wugon
nd other av4ilablu vehicle was called
ute rtqiuaitunt , and from thu burn
ng hoitil to 15'h street the eiduwalk
as crowded uith a mass of men b.'ar-
iig gouds of t'vurvcaiicoivubiudtscrip-
iun , winch ere piled poll mell into
hu ecoroa ot wagons , wl icli bi'ing
laded woru driven off as if thi y were
doing from u pestilence.
A OIlAbTLV blllllT
as thut of hundreds of Collins stand-
ig en the sidewalk in front - > f thu
ndurtakers * awaiting transportation
nd looking like n section of the cata-
auibs thrown'up by eomu subtornuiu.
a upheaval. A sf to mock daath
itself , theno grim iron and woodc
overcoats were rattled away side I
side with jumping jacks and otht
toys from the ( ioodrich stock.
By this time he tire was under fu
hcadwny , and having broken throug
the root , a great cloud of dense blac
smoke , studded with sparkling cindpi
as thickly as the heavens were wit
star * , rpso to a great height , and w
carried by a current of air to th
northwest , dropping
DLAZINU MEMENTOES
along its pathway , on sidewalk , roc
and street , for miles away. In th
midst of the grim darkness the holt
cnust offered a spectacle that for aeon :
effect was truly magnificent , and tor
( if thousands , in fact nearly every on
in the city , witnessed it , the strcn
being crowded for blocks in every d
rcction.
The fire department was reinforce
by the Diu-anti mid by an ongiti
from Council Bluff * aunt over in n
Bponao to a telegram from Mayc
Wilbur , but
ALI , THAT COULD JIB DONE
was to blockade the further spread c
the conflagration. The not work c
telegraph wires in front of the burr
ing building was molted or broke
by the weight of rich Brussels an
tapestry carpets , burled from the ti [
pur stories , the ( splendid furniture <
the building often following by th
same insecure route. Telegraph con
munication with the cast was di
strayed entirely , and two morning
pers were both worked off at a sro
disadvantage in the Republican i Illct
Between 12 and 1 o'clock the cl :
max of this
NIOHT OF TEKlton
wns reached when the north wing of th
dining room fell with a terrible eras
to the floor below , just back of the o
fico , carrying with it four members c
the fire department , who had refuse
to profit by the warning of their con
radcs , who had a'roady ' retreated to
place of safety. The names of the1)
four men are still fresh in the mini
of every ono. They were Lon R r.
dall , William McNamaro , Louis Wil
son and John Leo. At thu time tha
the accident happened they with otli
era were on the dining room iloo
nearly over the ollico , handling th
hoao and directing a stream of watei
Suddenly the north wall of the roor
felland carrying everything before it
drove with a gieat crash to the Iloo
below. Those who still lingered i :
the broad halls and corridors on th
first floor saw the men descend ami
the broken timbers , brick and flame
into
TIIEIIl FUNKKAL 1'YRE
and the horrible fire swept them ou
of existence in a second's time. Thor
waa no hope for them on earth o
bravo men would have risked thoi
lives too to nave them. These wer
the only fatal casualties of thu nigh
although quitu a number were bur
moro or less seriously. Among thes
were Max Meyer , Henry Lockfoldt
Joseph Sheeley , Al Hartry , Bill ;
Galligan , Louis Kuiat and Chac
Joannes.
All night long the fire raged wi ; ]
unabated fury until there was nothin ;
left for it to feed upon , Onu by on
the walls
OUUMDLED AND FELL ,
until at 5 o'clock in the morning enl ;
a few of the iron pillars and the groa
brick chimney were loft to mark thi
] pot whore the magnificent buildinj
had stood , and an hour later thi
latter fell , nearly'bury ' ing in the ruin
those who were searching for the re
mains of the dead. The crimina
carelessness of ono man had coat tht
city the liven of four brave men , anc
i's Oncat building and given it a setback
back that it has taken four years t (
overcome.
A medicine of real merit , proscriboc
by loading phyairhns , and universal ! )
ruccommendcd by thoao who havi
ised it , ns u true tonic is , Brown'i
[ ron IJitterw.
A Now Overland lilno.
Sin Pnncieco Chronicle.
Tiio Boston capitalists who the
tttcck of the Chicago , Burlington and
Quincy railruud , which now has a line
to Djtiver , are Baid to be negotiating
with the Central Pacilb respecting aii
iverlnnd line which shall bo indepen.
dent of tliu Union Pacific. The antip
athy batwecn the owners of the TJnio
Aid fie and those of the Chicago , Bur
ington it i ; lincy ia of long standing
and the lattur have been for som
iinu threatening to build through to
his ciky. Hence the eflorta of th
owners of the Central Pacific to moo
hi-m or stand them oil' . Should thn
alter build through Southern Nuvadi
o'meet thu Chicago , Burlington OIK
Q'jincy ' in Southern Ulna , it woule
untrol four overland lines - the
Southern Pacific , the Atlantic & Pa
ifio , the Central Pacific and thuir
low : midland lino. Were evornvarico
reed and thirnt for power better ox
np'iliua ' ? The statement may
liowuvor , mean nothing more
ban that the owners o
in-pot monopoly are eliplomastinjj.
Fho Imam Pacific and Atohison , To-
i'ki and Santa Fu are bath dissitjs-
od with thu overbearing way in
vliich thu Central Puc'fiois conduci
ig its businuM. The first considers
flolf ill-treatud in the partition ol
vurlmid freight , and has aunt n print-
d circular to merchant in this city
eking for information regirding al-
igod over charges and olluring relief ,
'ho Boston negotiations may bo imp-
i an attempt to frighten connecting
nes into eubmijtuoii. From all this
appears tlut thu Central Pacific ia
ia domineerm ) ; member of an unlmp-
y family. It. is to be hopad that the
uaton capiUluts will make no alii-
ncu with Mussrs. lluntiiigton & Co.
hey certainly would not if they had
orrowful knowledge of their dinhon-
st methods gained by the people of
hii coast from long experience. All
igns point to a now overland line
rom Denver to San Francisco within
fuir yeara. That it may bo kfpt
rom the control of thu Central Pa-
tlio is thu devout prayer of the San-
'rancuco merchant.
Worthy oi Pratio.
As a rule wo etu nut recommend patent
ledidnes , but wluii we know of one thsU
r ly ! ia a public Ijenefactor. and doe's
usitiveljjcure , then we mnalder it our
uty tu um it that infonimticm to all.
lectrio Jiitui-s arctruly n most valuable
leillcine , and will burcly cure liilioubuets ,
. > * ' w l Agite , Stoiuach , W\er ami
.Muev Lomilun'B | , BV n were all other
imesdifH fai , We know woieof wespeak.
M cau ftcfly reconuneud them to alL
: n. Sold nt fifty ceuU a bottle , by
. F , Goodman ,
Are acknowledged to b thi
best by nil who have put them
to a practical test ,
ADA1TEO TO
HiPD
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SAINT LOUIS.
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SOLK AGENTS FOR OMAUA.
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me Iv
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or the money will bo refunded by
the person from whom it was bought.
Thu only Corset pronounced by our leading t.liTMolarn
not Inlurluui to the wearer , uidimlorsTdby ladln ai
the "mostcomforlablu and perfect fitting Cornet crer
PniCESby Stall , Poitoite Paid I
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AbJomlnul ( cxtrabcuty ) * 8.00. Nunlnr. 1.BO
Health 1'reiervlnK ( fine roulll ) fe.OO , Vamco *
rlLlrt-Hupporllnic , 1.50.
For * a1tf by leudlnff JCetull Deulem everywhere *
OUICAOO COltSUT CO , , CUlcafo , HI.
uUsol-i.-i
* v
THE CITY STEAM
makes a specialty of
Collars & Cuffs ,
AT Till : UATK OF
Three Cents Each.
Woil : solicited from all uver the country.
I he charges and ruttirn n-Ht.it-n must ; uj-
.ompany the pii-kago. Sj.ecial rates to
urge tlubs or U-eticiea. (
WIUCINS k HVAXS.
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LEADING
JAERIAGE FACTORY
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BUR 7-rno Cm OMAHA , NKH.
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