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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1885)
f THE DAILY BEE-FRIDAY , MAY 8 , 1685. DAILY BEE. flhiASA OfFIM WO. 114 AJTD tl VOXtM Bl. Mnr TOM Omo , Boon S3 TEUIOM BcroD- into , _ tUihoi T rr mornlnf , novpBaaiay. . " . > Mead T morning * allr i bUs * d l > lUW. Tf . . * e * * - MtUoBt&l . . . . . . . . 1.00 I On. ffhi W 4kly B , PubUh ed ererj Wednesday mm , ramm. Chi.Tur. wtlh premium.- . * On * T.at , without premium " Els Month * , wtlhomt pr.mlura in. Uontb , on trial . \ . " eoi mro D jrca I AM OainmarloaMon * reUtlni to Heir. arf JMlletUt mltton h ald b add e e < l lo th E tw of nn Bn. tcttnu urmK. AH BMtan * IUn * and R ttUn ( k1' a4df . dlo Tii BM mnuHua OoiowrT , OMI X KiSf OheSi Tand fort offlooordm U aad. par- ! to UM erd ot th. eoaptor. THE BEE PDBLISHINQ CO , , Props , E. BOSKWATER , Eorron. A. H. Jftloh , M n ger Dkllj Clrcul Uo , P. 0. B , J88 Om h > , Neb. Now York liquor lloonso board ro- fuaos to allow any liquor dealer tobocomo auraty for nnolhor. This Is n ralo that ought to bo ndoptod in Omaha. WE tsko It nil back. Nebraska demo- crants are getting to the front. Omaha hu boon given a bank examiner , and Wilberand Plattamouth have each re ceived a democratic postmaster. Next ! WHAT Is the matter down at Platta- month anyhow ? There seems to bo an epidemic of resignation In that city. The twonty-fonr-yoir postmaster stops down and out and , Is followed by the surveyor- general , _ _ i _ _ _ Mu. STEniBNSON , Burvoyor-gonoral of Nebraska and Iowa , has resigned. Hero is a rloh plnm , worth $2,000 a year , for aomo eminent Nobraekan of the demo cratic faith. The duties of the office can bo easily performed by an inexperienced man. All ho will have to do Is to sign a rocolpt for hla salary. THE old adige regarding office-holders , that few dlo and none resign , does not hold good jnst now. Resignations are being sent in all along the line , but not so fast as the Impatient democrats with. In the language of the Hon. Charles II. Brown , " the boys want the offices , and they want thorn quick. " ACCOKDINO to the Slocumb law the ap plicant for a liquor license cannot bo the piinclp&l of the two bondemon , and thai no person shall bo holdon on moro tfian erie bond as ptincipal er surety. The excise board , consisting of the mayor , president of the council , and the city clerk , In examining the licenses have found that two-thirds of them are void under the law. The liquor dealers who o bonds are dofectlvo will of course bo called up on to famish bonds th&t comply with the law in every respect , as the bonds are an important feature in the high license oystom. Anbotwoon Gorman and Oummlngs the public fooling Is decidedly with the lat ter. Gorman Is a little too late In bring ing his charges against Marshal Cum- tnlngs , who , by the way , promptly and satisfactorily answer * them In full , and at the aamo tlmo calls for an Investigation. In this matter the council should eccom- modato him. If there has been anything crooked In his official conduct ho ahoulc be made to step down and out , and if ho has been traduced ho should bo sus tained. To an Impartial man up a tree , it looks aa If there is considerable eptta work in this matter. WHEN no other cauio for removal can bo found against a republican office holder , the "offensive partisanship' do3go will bo brought to boar upon him Recent experiments with this Ingenious dovlco shows that It can bo worked sue cessfully. Ono of the latest subjects upon whom it has boon tried is Post master Palmer , of Chicago , who has been suspended from offico. When an ofilcn holder Is removed on no other grount than "oflenslvo partisanship , " yon can not it down that as an official ho has done his duty faithfully. Euch is the case with Mr. Palmer , who has boon on ex oellont officer , thoroughly devoted to hi duties and the interests of the public , bn being an ardent republican ho has neve hesitated to exorcise his privilege of hon orably working for his paity. THIUUS has been contiderablo tal about the necessity of a larger polk force , acd wo have no doubt that an in croasa of the force would materially 1m prove the service , and insure better pro toctlon to citizens and property In th outskirts , The fact is that the polio force , while It ought to bo ( lightly in creased , should bo first thoroughly roor ' ganlzad on a civil service basis , anc graded with regard to pay , tlmo of ser vlco , and efficiency. The service shonk bo shlctly non-partisan , and the mom bora who are well qualiGed to porforn the various duties should be retained dur ing good behavior. The systen of appointing a lot of politics favorites as policemen every time now mayor ii elected Is simply method of disorganizing the forco. Som other way of pa ; Ing political debts ahonl bo devised. For ttio first year's servlo aa policeman the pay ought to bo as about $50 per month , for the secon .V year 855 , for the third year $60 , and $7 I.1 . , par month thereafter , with a prospect o promotion to a lieutenancy at $75 , and captaincy at $80. This gradation of pay according to line of torlco , would Intur good and f ithful conduct on the part o policemen. According to the present nn just system a mm of experience , who ha Borvod sever * ! year * , gets no moro p than the greenhorn who has joat bee appointed. Under the system that w have suggested the average expense wl bo sufficiently reduced to allow a emal increase of Iho force without making th aggregate cost of the serrlco muohgreate thin it Is now. A FOOLISH CONTROVERSY. Under the contract between the city ouncil and the county commissioners , made in pursuance loan ordinance passed > y the list council , the principal city fficos were to bo removed to the biso- mont o the now coutt homo on the 1st ay of May. Moving day has como and ono , and the city offices still remain In heir old quarter ! ; and they are likely to onuln there for some tlmo unlois the mayor and commlsiionora arrive at some mioable understanding , It np'poara that under this contract the city wai to occupy four rooms in the new court house , but now the mayor and the committee , ap pointed by the council , decline to nccopt ho quarters assigned to thorn because ho beat room in the basement has baon pro-cinptcd by the county surveyor. ? here Is a good deal of captions oppoal * Ion on ono sldo and tom-fooloty on the other. The council at Its last meeting adopted ho report of this committee , which was o the effect that unless the commission ers gave to the city the nso of the room now occnpicd by the county surveyor , ho contract between the city and county ihould ho annulled. This , on Its face , Is imply preposterous. The city can no moro cancel a contract , entered into In mrsnanco of on otdlnanco , approved and , lgnod by the mayor , than any Individual or corporation can cancel a contract with out the consent of tbo other contracting party. The commissioners know this and if they accede t ? the demand of the city aulhoritica it will not ba lecauso they are at all frightened nto the belief that they cannot celled ho $5,000 which the city haiobllgatedlt- self to pay. So far as the officials of the city are ooncorned , their objections are of no moment ; whatever from a business standpoint. The government of the city a vested in the mayor and council , and whenever the mayor orders the removal of the olty offices to the now conrl louse , the officers will bo compelled to obey bis instructions. There is a great deal of risk incurred In ; his needless delay. The main object o ! , ho contract was to eccuro fire prooi quarters for the olty records , and it is oj the utmost importance that these records should bo moved at once. All other con siderations are secondary. Wo are , lowovor , inclined to the opinion thai his controversy can be amicably aottlec f Mayor Boyd will take the matter into ila own hands. The commissioners realize the fact that the city of Omaha pays for seven-tenths of the cost of the noir court house , and that any accommo dations given to the city are in the inter est of the county. It m y be frivolous 'or the county surveyor to Insist on oc cupying the best suite of rooms on the ground floor , but if the commissioners desire to favor him they can easily ; ivo him ono or two gooc rooms on the first or eeconc leer of the court house , which will bo just as aocoptable to him. There Is ample room in that portion of the building , and since the city is not likely ; o be an occupant of the basement for moro than three ypara there is no prob ability that the room will be needed be lore the end of that time. This , it seems bo us , will be a satitfactory way to settje this silly controversy , which Is liable to breed a good deal of discord if allowed to continue for any length of time. POSTHASTES GENERAL Vilas has In formed democratic congressmen tha whore there are several applicants for a postoffico the candidate considered mos fit must be so designated by the membe from the district. Some of the congressmen mon have already oxprotsod thomsolve as opposed to this method , as they do no care to make one man happy and incu the onmlty of scores of others. To avolc this unpleasant dilemma they are endorsing ing all the applicants as good. Thl shifts the responsibility back upon the postmaster-general , who eays that h does not propoco to assume It , and tha unless the cougroismon designate thol selections they need not call upon him t make changes. The question arises wh will do the endorsing business and msk the selections in such a state as Ntbras ka , where there ara no democratic con gresemen ? It has boon intimated tha Dr. Miller has boon , designated as th dispenser of postofficea , but ho recontl published a card to the effect that ho wa net in the petition-signing business. Th fact is that the democratic postoffice seekers in Nebraska are pretty much a sea. They do not know whom to at for endorsement. IN the United States of Colombia ( he treat rebels with a little moro teverit and promptness than they do in onr ow United States. In onr country they ar elevated to the senate and to congress and ether high positions , and are son abroad aa our foreign representatives , bu In Colombia they are taken out to so and dumped overboard , a hundred at time , to become food for sharks. Tb tire rebel leaders who took part in th burning of Colon have had a period pate to their existence by being hanged , an others will probably ho treated In th same way. To say the least , the Colom blans execute their business with neatnec and despatch , IK his icquisltive o'rcular ' to appli cants for postoffico inspectorships , PCS master-General Vilas asked , among othe questions , "Have you over been Indlcte for a crime , " &o. That importlnen question naturally earned a great deal o Indignation , but Mr. Vtlis , who is a law yer by profession , knew what ho wa about. He wanted to diminish the num her of applicants1 , and hla question hs had the desired effect. Rather than an wor that inquiry many of the appll cants have loat all desire to become post ffico Inspectors. They would rather orvo their country in tome ether depart ment , where the Inqulsttlvoncsi Is not nlto BO pointed and searching , THAT considerable Interest Is being akon In Bilk culture In this country Is iown by the fact that a very larqo num- > er of the letters rocotvod at the depart ment of agriculture relate to that subject , lut of 300 letters received ono day ocently , 100 were about silk culture , 'hone letters como from all parts of the country , and nine-tenths of the corres pondents are farmers' wlvos and daugh ors , who find In silk culture an interest- ng occupation. That silk can bo sue- ossfnlly cultivated in the United States as been demonstrated In various sec- ions , and notably so in Flllmoro county u this state , where a Russian Monnonlto olony Is qulto extensively engaged In it. THE surveyor general's office of Nobras- ca and Iowa is temporarily vacant. There s no longer any earthly use for it. There s'nothlng moro to survey in Iowa , and iut very little in Nebraska. It has bo- : omo a supernumerary office , but the lemooratlc admlnittration is not likely to discontinue any offices just at this season f the year. If it Is to bo continued , lowover , the surveyor-general's office ihonld bo moved cither to Omaha or Jinooln and located In a government mllding where the records will bo safe 'rom fire and where the government will mvo to pay no rent , as it is obl'god ' to do at Plattsmonth. LEGISLATION regulating railways has again boon declared constitutional , this tlmo in Oregon. In the United States circuit cuurt the Ho nit railway bill , as it s oiled , has been decided to be constltu- lonol on the two disputed points the imitation of passenger fares to bo no moro than four cents a mlle , and the 'rcight charges to bo no higher than they wera on January 1st , 1885 , with no dis crimination. The railway managers will n the coursa of a contnry , probably no tnowlodgo that the legia'aturo has some powers superior to these of the railroad companies. PADDY RYAN , the notorious bruiser : as been refused a liquor license In Now York cily on account of his record as a prize-fighter and law-breaker. This is an example that ought to bo followed by the license board in every city of the country. In this way many disreputable mon can bo kept out ot the liquor bnsl ness. Men who are known to bo constan .aw-breakers and who bear a bid roputa- ion generally are too frequently grantee saloon licenses. The license board chouli inquire into the character of every appli cant , and endeavor to raleo the standarc of saloon-keepers. IT was entirely unnecessary for the Mormons to send Messrs. Taylor , Can non and Oalno to Washington to deliver to the president ; their formal prates against the enforcement of the law. Mr Cleveland has already read and digestec bhat protest , and when the throe com mlttaemen present themselves ho wll probably hand them a copy of his inan gnral address and refer to hla declaration upon the subject of polygamy. Mr Cleveland can't go back on that verj well. THK Britishers have received another black eye In the northwest territory Chief Poundmakor's Indians , armed witl a dime museum variety of weapons including muskets , war-clubs , spears bowa and arrows , and tomahawks , b&dlj defeated Col. Oiler's forces. The Cana dians who fell in the fight no doubt suf fered a variety of deaths equal in num ber to the different kinds of weapon ncod. They were probably shot , clubbed spearedtomahawked , scalped and piercet with arrows. GEN. LOGAN may after all bo ro-olected to the United States senate. The eloo tion In the thirty-fourth Illinois distrlc to fill a vacancy in the hgislatnre caused by death , has retulted in favor of the re publicans. This will give the republican 103 votes on joint ballot , and If they al unite on Gen. Logan or any other mar they can carry the day. The junketing commltteo , now In Illinois , will confer favor on the long suffering people o Illinois by eomlnqhomoand voting bofor any moro deaths occur. IT was Mr. Maxwell , the perpetrate of the St. Louis trunk tragedy , wh wrote In a letter that St. Louis was beastly town , and that a hundred dollar had not been spent there for public iai provements in a hundred years. Mr Mexwell has been captured and will b brought back. Mr. Maxwell need no fear the result of his trial for murder a much as the vengeance of the indlgnan citizens of that beastly town. Iz begins to look very much ai if th "offensive partisanship" charge will b sufficient to remove any man. That It I Intended as an ovaslon of the civil ser vice law there la no doubt , and that ! was Invented for the purposa of glvln Proiidont Cleveland a plausible prater for removals that he conld not otherwlt consistently mike seems to bo the gene ral impression. TUB counting of the cash In the treas ury has been finished. There was shortage of two cents In the many ml lions of dollars. Ex-Treasurer Wyma and his bondsmen stand ready to mak good this deficiency. It is hoped tha his successor will prove no bigger "raa cal" than Mr. Wyman. EVEN among cow-doctors there ar quacks. It Is hoped that Governo Dawes will not glvo the position of itat ftew * eterlnatlan with its handsome s Ury of 2,500 to any but an experienced and tillful nun , as it is a responsible and mporlant offico. THR heavy frost Wednesday night woa ot confined to Nebraska , It extended ver Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin , and thor parts of the wost. Ice was formed n many places from ono-slxteonth to o an eighth of an Inch in thickness. Con- Iderabh damigo has been done to fruits , arly vegetables , plants and flowers , but mall grain has not been affected. It was ortalnly remarkably cold weather for ho Oth of May. THE gas bill having boon defeated In the Sow York legislature , at an expense of 170,000 for votes on the put of the gas ompanlos , It Is now aild that another attempt will ba made to pass a bill to heck the rapacity of the Now York monopolies. Under the circumstances It ooks aa if certain members of the logis- aturo are anxious to make another haul > y the sale cf votts. THE department of agriculture Isjotlll wrestling with Lo Duo's experiment of ca raising In this country. That It can > o grown in the United States haa boon iroTon , but as Its production costs about ivo times as much as It Is worth , the American people will continue to pit- ronlxo the tea-ralsera of the celestial empire. Conscientious TlioruiiKtinoBB In Neb raska Journalism. Dhlc ? o Tnbnno. Mr. Edward Sprecher of Sohuyler , Mob , is a man who has a claim on public sympathy , so phenomenal was a recent iad adventure in which ho nolTeied. Mr , Sproohor , who Is a young , unmarried man , had started on horaobaok to attend a social gathering , when his stood became inmanngoablo. Mr. Sproohor Is a hus bandman , not a professional equestrian , and in the coursa of the occentulo move ments In which the horse Indulged , ho and his rider parted com pany. Unfortunately tbis incident occurred In the immediate neighborhood ) f a barbed-wire faces , upon which Mr. Sproohor was deposited with moro or loss violence. As this was the first case iu the neighborhood of a rider's impalement an a barbod-wiro fence though such fences are common in Nebraska the local paper devotes considerable space tc a dcssription of the affair , paying special attention to the condition ot Mr. Spen cer's Sunday pantaloons. It says graph ically that these were "ripped from Dan to Boersheba In ona direction , and tarn from Alpha to Omega in another , and an irregular abrasion commenced at or a little before the preface and extended - tended in a southwesterly direction clear through finis and about an Inch into erratum. " Mr. Sprecher is now an ob ject of Interest to everybody in his part of the state , and , in his own county , a man of more than note than the Omaha editor who expected a place in the cabinet. Attention is here called to him not only because cf the oddity of hla experience but to illustrate the con scientious thoroughness of journalism on that part of Nebraska The Penitentiary Management. Flattamouth Herald. The Oman's" BEE rises to ask why the state penitentiary management Is allowed to remain after the direct evidence of thievery against Warden Nobes was given to the attorney general , at the close ol the legislature. Senator Hjen , cf this county , at the ho d of the committee oi claims , made a thorongn expose of the way the warden of the penitentiary robbed the state , and that reporl ought to have been acted upon. Warden Nobes has no right to stay at the head of tne penitentiary an hour , and If that evi dence is not enough there Is the evidence right In the county cleark's office Ir PUttsmonth where Warden Nobes iriec to steal fromCasB county by false charges made and sworn to as a claim agalnsl Oass county , presented by Nobes. It seems as Pthough there Is no earthly roa- con for keeping a men in a position n : importance after ho has been proved unfit and dishonest. LABOR AND Mattora of Interest to Employers and Employed. Philadelphia Record. From a great many c'ties and towns east and west comes encouraging nowa o ! Increasing employment and bdttor wages. Labor is relatively hotter off to day where fnliy employed than during the days of higher prices. The bulldlnf activity will exceed last year's opera tions. Capitalists say prices are down this year , and can't tell where they wil ba next year. May , 1886 , is the one fixed for a gen eral eight-hour movement throughoutthc United States. Within a few days re ports have reached various labor head quarters of deep Interest felt In the movement , It arlrog out of tbo iucreas log employment of labor and the more frequent advances In pay. Labor thlnkc the demands next iprlng will allow s shorter hour movement a chance. By that time builders will have supplied ur gent requirements. The movement wil ba of large proportions , whether It sue coeds or not , and will cccaslon muct temporary inconvenience. Cincinnati Btonomsons have organized a union of 185. Many moulders are stl ) Idle. The cigar trade is active , bat tbi lookod-ont men have not been re-em ployed. The International Assoclatloi gave a grind ball last Sunday. The St. Louis carpenter * and joiner are organized to enforce uniform rates The building trades are active. Th stonemasons gained several advance without striking. The Knlghta of Libo are growing rapidly. Tao Knights of Libor are gathering It the Michigan workers. The negioe there are organizing. The Bay Cltj ship-carpenters struck for an advance o 25 per cent. , and got it. Tha workmen on tha Denver and Rlc Grande road are thoroughly organized Men are plenty. Western mining town are overrun with men seeking fortunes o employment. The New Orleans car drivers , by con ference with employers , fixed the follow log as the rates of wages ; Drivers , SCO starters , $55 ; watchmen , $45 ; hostlers 841 ; all Inside employes , ? 4l per month fifteen honrs to be a day' * work. The Ojlumbns , 0 , , carpenters are h v Ing a boom. The bricklayers have formec a union , The tailors are all employed nd Assembly No , 2795 , K. of L , I flourishing. The Journeymen Horjeshoert * N tlonat Oonvent'on ' will bo hold at Milwaukee - waukoo , May 18 The South Norwalk co-oporativo hat- tm have begun to open branch shops The BuDalo Central Labor Union will start a co-operative clothing and sheo stow. The striking csrpot weavers of Yonkers , N. Y. , arc roclving abundant npport. The Amalgamated Bulldlpg Trades ouncil has Issued orders for all members ) report defects in house building , so bat a record can bo kept for use where . will servo the unionists most. The Brooklyn bricklayers have established ino hours as a day's work , at 42 cents n hour. E 0. Thompson , the Now 'ork tailor , Is still fighting the union. The Brooklyn bikers hold a grand mass meeting next Saturday. Two printers no from the Herald and ono from the Vorld , will cngaRo In a typo-sotting r co n Jnno 4 for $250 a side. The contott i to last three hems , solid minion typo , without a paragraph. They are to cor- cot their own proofs , and ono line is to > o deducted for every minute or fraction hereof consumed. The coming session cf the Internatton- 1 typrgraphical Union will bo an impor- ant ono , and great preparations f jr a oyal entertainment arj being ; made. The Now York shoemakers , mon and women , are being as compactly organized as the Philadelphia workers. Many largo otail dry goods houeos favcr a half hell lay for tholr employes. The Jewish workmen of Now York intend to start a abor paper in the Hebrew language , and ho tailors have donated $35 toward it. -ho grocery clerks have organized to rc- tuca tholr working hours from seventeen o fonrtoon. Thn machinists of the city are unorganized. A co operative company of watch case makers is to bo established in Brooklyn when they have $40,000 gathered np The Brooklyn Watch Case company started eleven years ago with $10,000 , and is now worth $5,000,000. A co- > pratlvo ehoo factory ia also projected hero. The Knights of Labor Co-operativo if at company , of Hiverhill , Mass. , can .urn out 100 dozen hats per day , and alosmon are starting on the road. It has 510 000 worth of machinery , all paid for. Richard Trevellle , the labor loader , is reviving Now England. A co-operative ihlrt factory is to ba started in New York , o employ girlo who struck and who have since been blacklisted. A labor oig nlzar writes : "It is unf"r- unatoly true that a state of dissatisfac tion , jealousy and rivalry exists in nearly all our organizations , and not only pro- rents the extension of the organization , but kills Its effectiveness. " This is true , and it is a sorry fact , and ono that bai driven scores of honest , able and true men out of the labor movement in dis gust. The tame cause will hold the wage-workers of this country in indus trial subjection for yrara to como. American strikes fall often because American workmen are unwilling to pay nora than from one-fourth to ono sixth tbo amount of dues that English wage- worken willingly pay. Thi ) necessitates a sjs'em of bogging ; of concert and ball- jiving ; cf urgent and piteous appeals , Wego-workors pay In twenty-five cents a iroek , and then dance a war dance unless ; hey are paid $8 or $10 a week when ; hey strike. It fs evident to students of soda' ecienca that industrial straggles must In crease aa we go on. The elements are at work for moro trouble. Arbitration and co operation are all nice to think anc talk about , bat they will not proven contests. A Knights of Libor assembly com posed cf colored men has jnst been or- ntzjd at Sadalla , Mo. Lait Tuesday the labor tlckrt was elected at Now Anstordam , N. Y. , by 783 majority. The well-known Parko Goodwin wil leoturo In New York on Wednesday evening before the Social Science Insti tute , which is composed of advanced thinkers and able men who believe some way out of existing tystems of produc tion and exchange must bo and can be barmoLiously established. A high coal authority reminds the an thracite coal Interests that it Is remarkable - able that none of the companies and in dividuals make any systematic testa to determine the best system of mining coal. At present they are losing one- half of their coal and are nreparing thorn- stives for a terrible expensive future in the "falls" or "caves" that must Inevit ably occur , Litest reports from Great Britain show that the Yorkshire miners are still on stnke ; that extensive war preparation have made a favorable effect on the snip building trades ; that the cotton indus tries are depressed , and that the amonn of unemployed labor In the cities .8 vor ; great. The war between employers and work men as to the ex'ont to which the former should bo hold peunlarily accountable for Injuries received while at work atll continues. After a stubborn contest in fchU country the slates of Ueorgla. Iowa Kansas , Mississippi and Wisconsin , anc the territories of Montana and Wyom ing have abandoned the prevailing ex ceptional rule and ro-oMabliBhed the gen eral principle , to far SB railroads are concerned. By the English Employers Liability act 1880 a complete reversal o : tbo English policy has been established the principle now operative being this : When an employe is injured through the carelessness of a superior whom ho li bound to obey ho shall not bo excludec from damages because they are fellow employes. But this statute has been rendered practically null by tbo permls ion which is accorded to workmen "to contract out of it " The rule cf non liability prevails ia the United States ex cept in a few Instances. Building societies organized and com menced mainly by working people are established in New Jersey , Maryland , Massachusetts , Ohio , Tennessee , and on the Pacific coast. The oldest of these was the Oxford Provident , established in 1851 , In Frankford , this city. Tbo inlt fatten fee was $5 arid the monthly dues 83 , In ten years and six months the dues and profi'a brought the shares to i value of $600 each , Thora are no w abou 1,000 such societies in this e'nto. The average number of shares Is 1,000 , at a par value of $200 , They run out in about eleven years The building associations of Pennsylvania ara disbar * log to their members nearly $30,000,000 annually , and hold about $100,000,000 securities. Prof. Thompson says that In twenty years from 18G2 the Philadelphia building associations erected houses to the one-fifth valno of the real estate of the city. Philadelphia promises to teach the country how to successfully conduct co operative enterprises for distributive purposes. The Co-Operative association has seven branches , 833,000 worth o real estate , and did $231,000 worth p buiinoss during the year. It started in 1874 In a twelve by fourteen room oi Front street. While co-operation doe not go to the core cf the labor question no more than any of a half dozen otbe palliatives , It is a good expedient to de velop in the present transitional perlo < rom lawerto higher conditions. It will y the foundation for simelhinj ? bolter , nd drill the wage-workers Into united itlon , Thousands of men ate Idle , waiting for mplojment in several branches of in- ustry. The volnmo of business is about 5 per cent below last year , but , casting out the Inactivity iu railroad construc tor ) , the decline over last year in the volume of Industrial activity is slight Oar local Iron , and steel manufacturers ro surprised over the action of the Amalgamated association in demanding a cnowal of the old ecalo. They appro- lend a lockout , Ono result Is sure to olluw , vie : That the new stool process will bo moro rapidly introduced. The western manufscturors have boon com- ilalnlng of the Amalgamated association or yore , and had hoped that surely this oir the workmen would reduce their pay voluntarily 10 per cent at least. The employers have never been able to agree , rhilo the workmen have stood shoulder .0 shoulder through contest after con test. The cistern Iron makers have never been seriously bothered by the union. The spirit of trades unionism in eastern mil'a is IB mo. Mon dislike to strike , are moro easily prevailed upon to rotutn to work and are more easily natls- iod. They are now working at $1 50 tc ; 2.00par ton less than in the nest , and , here are very few really lire branches ol the Amalgamated asiocUtlou east of the muntaiLB. Moro About the Apple Tree The First Meeting of Grunt ana Loo. Uorrespondonco Cincinnati Knqnlior. There are abont two or three obscure looking houses to the north behind the : onrt house , and in a few stops ono comes in sight of tha two or three memorable spots of that brii f occasion. The first is the spot where Grant met Gen. Lee for the first lima during the war. A thorn tree formerly stood lijrht opposlto where is now n Inrgj gum tree at the roadside. At that point the road drops in the bet toins of the Appomattox liver , and rlghl at the crest it appears that Lee had tithe : coirio up with his horse or had haltoc there , and Grant coming through the court house cluster , mot Leo at this crest. They saluted each other , exclaimed a few words without sny ceremony , ant arranged where to meet to complete the event , and ihon Leo went clTnotthwarc to his hoadpuartcra , which were in a pleco of clear woods ubout ono mlle dii tant , on the top of the opposite dope , to the right of the road. 'Ihe rrad from the spot where theeo gentlemen first mot winds a little downward , and Is of a nearly blood-red clay hardly any stones are to bo seen in this vicinity. The Appomattox river Is such a slim little brook or creek that ono has to look cirtfully to distinguish it at the bottom of tbo fields. Juit beyond the stream which gives a mere fora at the road is a field of no great size which had been ploughed and harrowed a day or two before I came ; in that Gold stand about a dozen , hardly mor < > , large old apple trees , probably the remnant of a former ly laJgo apnle orchard , The trees appear to have fif y years' growth. It Is a tradi tion that Gen. Leo raised a white flag , or that his executive e Hi cor did soInthia field , by ono if the appla trees. The neighbors , or the moro intelligent ol them , think thio Is only the foundation for the apple tree story. My driver was positive that some kind of white flag liac been raised , either a handkerchief or a shirt or anything that could be founc whit ? , after a dusty march and an army depleted of every comfort , including wardrobe Mr Poor , however , said ho had never heard anything reliable abont raising a white flag , but that the apple orchard really marked the neutral line , and being the forefront of the confed erates , was probably a plaoo of gathering frtm cflicers cf both sides. Besides , in that orchard , and perhaps under the shade of one or two apple trees , Leo hac assembled some of his leading comman ders , and they had there agreed to sur render. David Davis ' Advlco to Young Lmvryer. Cleveland Leader. A young lawyer fiiend of mine from Chicago , about to bo admitted to the supreme promo court a ked ex-Judge David Davis for his advice In rrgard t ? his conduct on the occasion of his hrat caso. "You neei not be afraid to speak before the supreme court acd if ono of those duffcrs in a togi interrupt ) youinthomidstof an nrgumtn by same irrelovent question , don't ge frightened and spoil jour argument b ; stopping to answer him. Just cay quiet ly , 'Excuse ma your Honor , but 1 wil reach that by and by , ' and if yin don' reach it , it won't matter. Yon rood no be afraid that you will bo c.-llad up to answer it after yon have talton yon seat. " Thoyouug man took his advice and gilncd his case last week. TIio Brooklyn Calamity. BnooKLTK , Hay 7. From tbo ruins of th terrible fire in South Brooklyn on Monday parts of two more bodies were taken ou to-day raakln ? the total number of victim 14 , The number o' perrons reported missing at 11 to-day was 21. The general opinion however , is that thla will not cover all tha victims of the calamity , nod that more bodies will bo found when ether parts of tha rain are searched. All these injured are doing well and will probably recover. 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