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7JUJL JLOOtl THE DAILY BEE , OMAHA Ortc No. 9U AND 01G FAUVAM Kr. NEW YORK Orrio , Ilocm Co TBIBCNK BUILD INO , Puiri hM every morning , eteept Sunday Th ( only Monday morning cUlly f ubllsheJ In the state. TltRlH fT MAIL Ono Yenr $1000 I Tlirco Months. . .8 2 5 ( StxMonltu 5.00 I Ono Month I.eX The Weekly Bee , Published every Wednesdaj TERM" , IWtrAID. OnoYcur , with premium 9 2 0 ( Ono Yekr , without premium 12 ! Hit Month * , without premium 7' ' Ono Month , on trial K CORRItSrOVDBNCK : All Communlcalloni rchtlns to Ncw3 nil Edltorla matters should bo ulilreised to the Eonoa or nil B" ' I , L tCMXKM IKTTIIRS. S All nmlnesi Ixrttora and UcmltUnrcs fhouM IM I addressed to Tim nun I'l nt.uiiiNO COMPACT , OMAHA * Dratts.Chccks anil I'oit office orders to ho mwlo pay * able to the order of the comny. | | THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Preps K. KOSKWATKU , Kniioii. [ * A. II. Kitch , Manager Daily Circulation Omaha , Nebraska. Tin ; bent thing a person can do durlnj this hot woithor Is ta kcop cool. ANOTHER cold wavolwonld bo a wol cjnio visitor jcat about thla tlm ? , So FAR as hoard from thcro have booi very few olINsnalvo partiaana discovered ii Nebraska. IT was only alily-livo lu the shade yea torday in Manitoba. Wo would like i wave or two from Manitoba. FRIDAY la nn unlucky day. The Mor- mona may find it out to tholr sorrow , 1 they attempt to kick np any fnss on th < 24th. Tun city conncll has passed a pouni ordinance. Now lot Mayor Boyd sp- provo it , and lot it no longer bo ssld thai oowa and ho a roam nt will through the Mreotn of a cily of over 60,000 pooplo. ACCORDING to the Now York advices ol the Chicago Tribune Mr. J. N. H. Pat rlok , "tho Nebraska member of tin democratic national convention , " la it .Now York , tins Mr. Boyd resigned it favor of Patrick ? No KOONF.U have the southern Ohoy onnca boon cot down upon than the northern Ghcyonnos glvo indications ol nnoaaincea and threaten to break out , Sheridan will have to bo sent to the fronl in Dakota to suppress them. BECAUSE Postmaster Vilas dceen'tprc poao to hand ever that $ -100,000 at once to the Pacific Mail Steamship company , that company has made a bluff to the effect that it will stop carrying the Aus' trallan mails. Mr. Vila ? takes the ground that ho was not directed , but was simply authorized by the out of congress to distribute $400,000 , not aa a subaldy , bat as additional ocaan mall pay , and rather than glvo most of it to the Pacific Mall ho prefers to wait for instructions. The Pacific Mail company la mad because other American oteamship companies , carrying foreign maUuuavo very proporlj put In claims for n aharo of this money , The conduct of the PaclGc Mall la verj much like that of the boy who , being rofuao'l an extra lump of augar , declined to eat his anppor. THE Boaaon has advanced BO far thai It Is of the utmost Importance that the council should take energetic notion will regard to grading , paving and other pub lic improvements which are Intended tc bo carried out this year. It will take at loaat thirty days to go through the rou tine and rod-tapa of pasalng ordinances , advertising for propoials , awarding bids and approving contracts and bonds. That will leave only sixty days of fair woathoi In which the yoat'a work rnuat bo done , There are hundreds of men waiting to be employed , and it Is a very short-sighted policy to keep laboring people idle during the busy season of the year. If one thousand men could bo employed frorr now until snow Hits at oven $1.25 poi day , wo would have $1,250 a day put intc circulation among the trades-people. That would give llo ( and trade to the re tail trade , brides affording visible proof of xho energy , ontorprlaa and growth oi Omaha. GEN. HenvAun entertains aouio fear , that the Fourth of July incident at Sal Like ia the spark that may kindle Int : llamo the wrath of the Mormons. Hi looks for a serious collision betwoan tht Mormons and the gentlloa on the 24th o thla nvjntb , which Is the anniversary o the settlement of Utah. On that da ; thousands of the Mormons flock into Sal Like from all parts of the territory tc unlto in the colobration.Yo would nebo bo surprised therefore If they should become come oufliclontlyemboldened by the ! unparlority of numbers , and bo oasllj Induced by designing loader * , to preclpl tate a riot upon the slightest pretext Such a riot might result In bloodshed am loss of llfo bath among the Mormons and the gentiles. The latter , however , ic such a fray would ba at a tomporarj disadvantage owing to the fact that thoj would bo overwhelmed by thousands upor. thousands of Mormons , who wonld out < number them three to one. Ilowovor , with the aid of the COO regular army soldiers at Fort Douglas the gentiles might be able to hold tholr own , and make it a day of mourning for the Mormon peop'o. It Is dlflicult to believe , hon-ovor , that the Mormons nro so foolish as to invite any Riioh conflict at the present time , It would , indeed , bo suicidal for thorn to attempt anything of the kind. In would rjjult In nothing bat dmstar and d ath for them , as the troops at Fort Douglas wonl 1 bo quickly reinforced from every poet in the department of the 1'lttto. It h quilo likely that some disturbances may uusur in Salt Like next Friday , but KO ili not look for any organized intur rcc'Ion. THE COLLAP3E OF JOHN ROAOH. The failure of John Roach , the leading hlp-bullder in Ameiica , naturally gives rise to a good deal of speculation. The discussion of the caussa that brought about this disaster is likely to evolve a great deal of partisan buncombe. There are thoao who will eay that Mr. Roach la a persecuted man , driven Into bankrupt cy by political enemies who dostro to build up the democratic party by his ruin Oa the other hand there are these who will declare that "It served him right , ' bscauaa ho was a rampant ropnblloan and one of the main pillars of the protoc tlon phalanx. For our patl , however wo do not propose ) to Indulge In any par tlsan gabble in discussing the failure o Mr. Roach. Wo look at the matter from a purely business standpoint. Mr Roach was aappotod to bo eng go < In a legitimate business tint of ship building , no had certain contracts wltl the Government , upon which money hat boon advanced , and when the work wa completed it was , upon careful inspection and trial , declared to bo deficient and no up to the standard required by the term of the contract. The non-acjoptanco o the Dolphin is assigned aa the direc cause of Mr. Roach's failure. In th first placa the advanca of any money during the progress of the work WAS no In acsord with strict business principles Suppose Ktupp , the great connon manufacturer facturor , had a contract wit the United States , requiring th investment of millions before ho could re nllzo , would ouc government adtancahtm money before his work was completed tasted and accepted ? Wo think not The trouble la that Mr. Roach has bee on altogether too Intimate terms with th navy department In the past. Mr. Chant ] lor was very partial to him , and still endeavors doavors to uphold him. Now , with a change of administration , comes a chaug in the buslneaa methods of the navy do partmeiit. An effort is being rnaflo t conduct the business of the dopartmon upon strictly business principle ? . The result Is tint Mr. Roach otralghtway col lapses. His assignment may hav been to gain sympathy , or it may have been unavoidable If the former , then ia all probablllt ; ho has assigned to influential democratic friends whoso efforts will bo exerted in Ida behalf ; but if the latter , then Mr Roach has only been put upon the same level with all ahlp-bulldors and contrac tors nnd manufacturers In general. There is no good reason why , with Iron and labor as cheap as they now are am with the iron industry so marvellously developed as it is In this country , tha iron ship-building could not bo as success fully carried on at Chester as It has been on the Clyde. As a matter of fact ship building on the Clyde has beondlsistrou to so mo of the builders who have overreached reached thomaolvea or who have failec to construct ships up to the re quired strength of speed , strcngtl and armament , Mr. Roach hna relied lied altogether too much upon In dated bladders nnd llfo preservers to keep himself afloat. So long as the nav ; department was subservient to hi schemes he was a great suceeai. It 1 hardly probable that the secretary of th navy department out of pure rrmllca o political spite has exerted himself to have the Dolphin rejected without good grounds , nor is It any moro likely thai the attar noy-gencral hos prostituted th functions of hla ofliso to declare Mr Roach's contract Invalid , merely to era ate political capital. The failara of Mr. Riach may eventually ally result in a now departure. It may enable other ship builders , who have the capital , but who lacked the Influence t o compete with Roach , 13 engage In iron ship-building on a strict business basis or It may compel the government to enlarge - largo its navy yard facilities and to con atrucb Its own vassals , It would bo moro desirable that our Iron-clada shoulc bo built by contract and under propo government inspection , because private enterprise would thereby bo stiaiulatoc and ship-builders wonld again become como one of our greatest Induitrlea. If our future government veaaols are to bo constructed In the navy yards the government will bo besot by a politl cal pressure which it would bo diflicnlt to resist. Whllo bolter work might bo ob talned in the navy yards , yet the poHtlca effect of the navy yard employment o thousands of mechanics and laborer could not bo othorwis-3 than domorallz ing. It la safe to nay that bhip-biillding by the government wonld coat from fift ; to ono hundred per cent moro than If I were done by private enterprise , because labor in the governmonl service la alway the most expensive. PUSH RIGHT AH HAD. Thcro are croakers and moss-backs In every community , and Omaha , with al her proverbial push and enterprise , la no exception to the general rule. This das of people nro very much afraid tha Omaha ia going ahead too fast. The ] want the breaks put on , and the alarn sounded against the reckless plunging into debt , If theas over-cautious ant coniorvatlvo people would reflect for a moment they would realize that an hon- eet and judicious expenditure of money for public Improvements is the piopor policy to be pursued iu order io Inspire confidence In Omaha'o future , Not only that , but it Is absolutely necessary - s-ary for us to keep on with public works f wo ever expect to overtake Kanias City , Minneapolis and St. Paul , To be into this will increase taxation and may 'orce the Jarpjo pioporty owners to roll Bomo of their real etUto to enterprising men of means uho will Improve it. ) ut vrhat wonld Omaha have been to-day had It not been for for the extensive grading , paving and eo veragaconstrucllondurlng tholast throe yeart ? We have expended a million and a half for thcso public Improvements , but the bulk of the money has been paid on' ' for labor , our population has neatly doubled and property values have risan from fifty to two hundred per cent. By pursuing just such a rocklees policy for thrco years more Omaha wll have a population of a hun dred thousand , and for every dollar of taxation we shall have ten dollars iu the incrcaso In property. The time foi slacking down in the matter of public improvements la when wo have made Omaha a largo city , and our factorioe and ntorca cm glvo steady employment tc ten thousand moio worklngmon , So fa aa wo have gene , Omaha Ia an exception to all other cities in the comparative amallnoia of jobbery in connection wltl public irorka. It Is safe to aincrt tha there hna not boon $10,000 mis-approprl ated or corruptly tisod in the expenditure of the whole million and a half for grad ing , paving and sewerage. In otho cities the stoslago amounts to about tcr per cent , or § 10,000 for every 3100,00 ( expended. Thla wonld make the steal ago on a million snd a half in Omah $150,000. Now wo don't admit tha oven $10,000 has been stolen or miiap prlatcd. There may have been hero ant there some petty pilfering , but it was . more bagatelle. With proper vigilanc there need bo no moro etoalago * lu th future than there has "boon in the past The piylng policy for Omaha ia to pusl right ahead , work out her owr destiny , and when aho has the woaltl and population she can command propo railroad accommodations and facilities instead of being in the position of at humble dependent. So ftvr aa our clt ; debt ia concerned , Omaha has a emallo indebtedness than any other cityt \ > America of equal population , and moro to show for what she does ewe than an ; city with twice her population. WHERE THE BLAME RESTS. How far la n newspaper bounJ to the worl of helping these who will not help tbomsclvot Wo propound this question In roepono to innnj communications nnd nppoala respecting frelgh discrimination against St. Louis. Thcro i not n point in the controversy which lias nc been covered time and ngaiti by the ( , 'lole Dtuwcrat , Yet these who are the loaera by the discrimination and the extortion nro con tent to Buck their thumbs and do nothing. / determined and concerted effort on the part o the St. Louis merchants wonld soon remcdj the evil. But there hai not yet been any thing of the kind only an occasional growl followed by submission to the worst abuses Tbo ultimo does not properly rest upon th railroads and bridges and ferries which practice tico the extortion , but upon the merchant who submit to tha extortion.- , Louis Globe- Dtmvcrat. The above applies with aa much force to Omaha us it does to SfLouis. . There ore In Omaha * a largo number of mer chants and shippers who constantly com plain in private about the oxtortlono and discriminations of the railroads , but when they are cslled upon to make a case against the railroads by allowing the use of their names to glvo credibility am weight to published statements , the ] peremptorily refuse to do anything of the kind. They are always willing , however to give qnlot pointers to the BEE , bn only upon the moat solemn assurances that their names will not be revealed They claim that they dare not let them selves bo known for fear the railroad com panias will work some revenge upon them to the great detriment of tholr business which Is already suffering from extortion and discriminations. They are Trilling enough to lot the BEE fight their battle while they remain in the background Wo know that every business man of an ] importance In Omaha heartily endorse ! the stand taken by Mayor Boyd in hio recent letter to Charles Francis Adama It was our Intention to Inter vlow the loading business men one publish their opinions on that letter , together with theli names , but , judging from past oxporlence In auch matters , wo concluded it wonlc aimply bo a waato of time. Whllo wo could have secured plenty of opinions , we ( yjeation whether wo ould have obtalncc tho'permlaalon of moro than two or throe business men to publish their names ii connection with their opinions. The ? are altogether .00 timid to over accom plish anything in a fight with the rail roads. They would rather continue to bo ayatsmatlcally imposed upon than take a bold stand for tholr rights. They are really moro to blame for the present con dition of affairs than are the railroads which practice the abuses so often complained of. So long as they submit to ( moosltloni , to long will the railroads continue thorn. THERE la liable to bo trouble between the Rosebud and Tongno river Indians Let 'em fight it out. Oint suggestion In favor of some action looking toward calling a republican state convention this fall does not meet the approval of the court journal at the cap ital. No other suggestion inado by the BEE lias ever been see nded in that ( par lor , but wo still survive. THE Omaha BEK clalmi that in the last iivo yeara Omaha baa outstripped Denver In tlo movement of Iti population , and that it now proposes to overtake Knnsaa City. Not until [ tineas City requires morn room to grow In , and extends her limits to take lu Omaha. Kantat 1'ity Jounial , So far aa Omaha and Kansas City are concerned , there Is plenty of room for hem to brcomo largo cities without en croaching upon each other's territory. 3ach has command cf a rich agricultural and live stock replon , which la better han all the gold and eilver mines be. woon the Missouri river and the Pacific ofltt. When the railroads glvo Omaha s fair a show as they have given Kausas 3lty , then Omaha will have no dlfliculty i catching up with our enterprising aij- er down tha river. j Ilomnnco Prom Dcneltvood , Deadwcod letter to New York Sun. Ono day Jattwinter a young man from Boston , named Henry T. Byron , WA severely frozen while riding on horse back from Load clly to this plsco , and on trying to his bed , grow noraa ao r Idl ; that it woa seen that ho could not live Ho had neither friends nor money , bn ho was such a bright and gentlemanly young follow that the few men who hean of his illness did what they could for him cheerfully. Ho Beomod to have recov ered entirely from hla frost-bite , but h was so weak and emancipated that h yielded rapidly to a low fever , and , grow Ing fainter day by day , the doctor finally told the few rough watchers that h' could not Hvo moro than forty-elgh hours , probably not twenty-four. The uext night Tom Folton , an old tlmo frontiersman , who was aitting u ] with the sick man , momentarily expect ing his death , began to wonder if the boj had any friends anywhere , and when th anfl'eror finally began to matter oomo hal andlblo sentences his CDtnpanlon ben over him and questioned him ropoidedl ; as to his homo and friends. At first he received no reply , but presently the do llrlons youth scorned ( o gather some Ido of what-ho wanted , and In brcken tone managed to communicate a name and ad drcas In Boston , which Folton at one put down on o clean page of his well worn memorandum book. Further effort to converse with the dying man wcr futile , and at about midnight Felton evidently soppotlrjg him dead , or foollm uartaln that ho would die before morn inj just which will never bo known- loft hla bedside , proceeded to the telegraph graph cifiico , and wrote the followln ; message : DKAHWOOK , January 11 , 1885.-Your non Henry T. Uvron , died hero to-nisut , of pneu tnonla. Will bury him hero and await you order. Ton FKI.TO.V. TMa dispatch was transmitted by th operator , FoHon staudiag by and watch ing every motion until the young mac closed his key and placed 1ho piper on n aplko at his loft hand. Thou the olc minor buttoned his ccat about him nnc stopped out into the ttroet ognln. The night ivas bitterly oald , and BJ the operator orator followed the man io the door ant looking out for a moment ho noticed tha ho started away iutho direction of the little saloon and hotel whore Byron had bocn stopping. TOM FELTON MUnDEllKI ) . The next morning Tom Folton'a doai body was found not moro than 300 foe from the telegraph ollico , his long hal and bjard matted with snow and ice , am hla limbs frczan stiff. At first it was thought that ho might have succnmbai to the cold , but on examination It waa found that there were two bullet hole In hla back. Who killed Tom Felton , or what vras It done for , haa never boon known , and probably never will bo. Ho had had a varied experience on the border , had been in nearly every mining camp from the Black llilla to the coast and was what was considered a hare man ; yet ho had many good qualities and his friends made loud threats of vengeance - goanco against his murderer , whicl would have been carried out , no doubt if the guilty man could ever have beci located. The next day a furious bllzzird swop ever all thla section , carrying dowu the telegraph wires , suspending nil kinds o business and oven cutting off the stage communication with tbo railroads ncrth and south of hero. When the doctor called at the saloon in the course cf the forenoon and wont up atalra to the little room where Byron lay ho was surprise ) to notice a decided improvement in the condition of hla patlont. Ho made a now prescription and gave some directions aa to treatment , and , going down atatrs to inquired what had becomoof Feltonwho had agreed to stay with the sick man until he came again , heard for the firs tlmo of the murder that had been com mitted. One of the other hangers-on about the place was pressed into sorvlca and under his and the doctor's care Byron Boon showed auch cheerful signs of mending that all began tohopo that he wonld recover. This ho did , in leas thai two weeks. Felton In the meantime having been burled and all but forgotten by hia rough associated of former days. Bjron was able to got about a little , am in a month moro ho was In batter health than ho was before he was taken sick. A MESSAGE FKOM BOSTON. The wires wore down during the groa form for several daya. Two or three omos they wore repaired , but breaka centred at other places , and it was no until the bllzzird had entirely subsldoi that things wore got Into working order again. Then among the delayed mes sages that cjuioone day was this : BOHTO.V , January U. Toin Folton , Daad- wood : Will BOO that all bills are paid. Mark the grave. Will be there seine time in tptlng. II. OanoiiNK. As Tom Felton wna dead , the operator , whose frequent servlca In communicating : noira of deaths and burials of castori gold-hunters had made him hardened , and who had forgotten about the 11103 eago which ho bad sent to some ono In Boston named Byron , made up his mind that there was no use In trying to dollves this message , and ho promptly enclosed It to the sender by mall , explaining that the person to whom it was addressed was dead and burled. Letters coming to Folton soon after were forwarded to the dead letter office without any particular notice being taken of thorn , and In the course of time even ibo telegraph and postal authorities hai no occasion to remember - member the dead miner and adventurer. Young Byron got work as soon aa ho iraa strong enough , and of late ho has been making a desperate effort to pay off the hugo. doctor's bill which ran up during hla lllnosa. On Tuesday of this week , when the stage came In from Sidney , among the passengers alighting were a benevolent looking old gentleman and a Blender young lady of sach grao and beauty that the big crowd which usually gathers when the etage cornea In followed her with tholr eyes until she and her escort disap peared within the hotel. Even them ioma of tbo mn made excuses to got into the house. Tha gentleman registered as II. Oiborno and duughter , Boston , Mass. , snd after making seine Inquiries 10 and his fair companion were nhown ted d joining rooms. The next day Mr. Oi- jorno and his daughter sot out on their errand. Inquiring first as to the person ality and fata of Tom Felton , they aeon earned all the particulars of hia unhappy death that were known , and then they ; ently broached the subject that was ovi- iently nearest their hoarte. Tbo hotol- ct'eper conld glvo them no Information about Henry T. Byron. Ho had never icard of him. Such a man might have > eon lu the camp and might have died hero , but ho had not hoard of it. Dl- ectlng the atnngcr to the city mcrsbal , ho hotel-keeper turned to the other poo. ) lo demanding his attention , and Mr. Jaboine and daughter tallied forth in ) irch c f the manual. When they found bat dignitary and the uoual question had been put to him , ho hitched up his era and replied nxPLANATIO.V AND REUNION. "Yea , I know all about that young man. Ho was lck down hero for four o five weeks , and everybody thought he PAS a goner , but ho pulled through , am ho ain't any doador'n I am. ' * "Oh , but the ono wo'ro searching for i dead " said tha girl , with nn appealing look. "Wo received a telegram an nouncing hla death , and It must be. " "Well , that's all rl ht , mam , " contin ued the marshal , eyeing her hcav ; mourning costume curiously , and jus beginning to wonder If ho was not on the point of discovering something rathe moro Interesting than usually fell to hi lot ; "that's all tight , but tno man I'n talking about didn't die at all , and I'l take you to him If yon say the word Bo's up hero at ono of the stamp mill * and I'll Introduce yon , " The thrco got Into thu marehaVfl wagon "nd drove rapidly to the spot indicated , the old gentleman looking pale and ex cited , and the girl Hushed and anxious Getting out of the vehicle , Mr. Ojbornc saw the man for whom ho was looking and In helping his daughter out hn pur posely kept hla head averted. Then holding her cloao to him , ho warned he that she must bo prepared for a shock that Harry waa already coming towarc hem , and that there had boon some great mistake. The girl , with her eye streaming with tears , toro horaolf away from her father , and running towardc young Byron , who was approaching Ii the company of the marshal , aho throw herself iu his arms. Byron was almoa speechless , and turned all colors The old gentleman got red in the face blowIng - Ing his nose , and the city marshal nne others whu had bocn attracted to the spot by the unusual scene , tried to tall abant quar'x ' , fisauics , veins and amal gam , but with poor success. All hands returned to Deadwood as soon as possl bio , and there Mr. Osborno , after a call at the telegraph cflisa and an extended conversation with various frlenda of Tom Felton , learned as much of the truth as haa hero been given , which la all thai anybody kuowa. After supper tha old man ajid : "A dispatch , signed Tom Folton , caino to Mr. Bryou in Boston , last Januarv , an nouncing Lis son's death hero. The boy had been a wild lad , and after numerous scrapes had run away. About six months before ho disappeared he married my daughter , and wo both baliavod that 1 his father had given him a boost then ho pauld have been saved. We know noth ing of hla circums uncos until it was too late , and wo found it Impossible to trace him. My daughter waa broken-hearted but ire cherished the hope that he wonle soon return , perhaps a better man. When his fatherwho is a atom , unbending man. Rot the telegram from Felton , ho rcfuaoe ; to do anything , and turned it over to mo as a matter of news. My daughter and ] resolved to bring his remalno back , nnc that is what brought us here. If It had not boon for Felton's dispatch wo shoulc not have known whera the young man w&s , as ho says ho had determined not to return until ho had made a new begin ning. Wo will all go back together. " Senator ISdimmds. hiladolphin Americnn , There la Eomo opposition in Vermon to the re-election of Mr. Edmunds to the United States oonato , based chiefly on his lukewarmneaa in the laat campaign It ia quite true that Mr. Edmunds waa not very zealoua for the election of Mr. Blalne , but it is also true that at a time when hla name would have been wel comed by the boltcra as a tower o atrongth , ho abstained from everything that might embarrass his own party That Mr. Edmunds ia not and never was zealous simply " /or what the party chooses" ia certainly true. The repub lican party however cannot afford to ostracise him on that account. Loaat ol all can it afford to do to in the prosonl conjuncture of affairs , when wisdom EUggosfa the conciliation of thcso who wont much farther than Mr. Edmunda did. And in fact , Mr. Edmunds haa bocn a benefit , to the parly , just because cf his roadlneaa to rofuaa to obey orders from conventions and leaders. When the country has seen him heartily tmpporl any portion of the republican policy , and his assents have been far moro nu merous than his dlsaenta , It has the as surance that that po'icy has commended Itself to him on strong grnnnda. With out tuch men and Mr. Edmunda la by no tneana the solitary specimen In Us ranks the party wonld not have the moral weight It has had with the Ameri can people. To refuaa him re-election wonld bo to justify both the bolt and its continuance. That Mr. Edmundawas not well- effected to the last nomination ) ! of the party Is undeniable. But ha had the right to dissent , and to limit hla activity In the election accordingly , to long as ho made no scandal and no breach in the ranks. Ho did not Impair his standing as a member of tbo party by ao doing , Ho has far bettor claims to its respect than had oornc , who give not the thous andth part of their energy to the pres idential canvass , but kept it nearly all to eocura legislatures in their own inter est , and who have been rewarded by re-election. A Welcoino Hclorin. New York Times , Heretofore the administration of affairs In the general land oflico has been mark ed by great liberality toward land grant railroad corporations , In addition to the broad belts of land eot aside for their use under the granting acts additional bolta on each side have bcon withdrawn from aettlemcrlt bscauso the corporations would in courao of tlmo select from them sections to replace other flections within the limits of the grant which they could not have because eottlora bad taken legal nosaeaslon of them. These outside belts were known as lands within indemnity limits. Inasmuch as the cor. poratlons conld ultimately claim but a jaiall part of those outaldo bolts , It was obviously unjust to tbo settler to abao- atoly withdraw them from rettlemtnt and ompol him to stand aside and await Ao convenience of the aubsldlzcd cor poration , But commissioners were ready tnd willing to accommodate the com- isiiloa , Into whoeo service some of them rent at the end of tholr terms. The new commissioner , who has already bocn dec. orated with the enmity of the Spanish ; rant speculators , now decides that a withdrawal of lands within Indemnity Imlts Ia effective only &s Information In defining the lluilta within which aolec- luna may bo made at a proper time , and lota not prevent the settler from taking a homestead according to law before the orporation has madetts lawful selections. f Secretary Lunar snitalns the oeimmls- loner , millions of acrea f/om which rol ler J have for years been excluded will ba pened to them , If anyone expoota to find the capital of Denmark a bright , gay city , with white i&rblo palaces , magnificent residences , m'lng shops , lively streets , grand troeu , Imposing public. building * , atatclj churches , wide boulevards , sparkling wltfi T/calth and beauty , ho la doomed to i\h- \ ppijlctment. Instead , ho finds a com- mTiplace cl'y , with an excellent , though not ulctnrotqno harbor , a ploaannt artl- ficlai Jake In the centre of the town , and a park . 'n the outskirts. Architecturally , Coponhsfon Is nnlmposlrg , dreary and dilapidated. The public biilld- lugs , n.Uh the oiccp'lon of Chrlstlanborg palace ( recently elcstroyed by fae ) ro unattractive. There is an unfinhhod .cunrcb , standing In the coiilor of the cily , with an Impos ing dome , but It has stood unfinished so long that a stranger fa In tlotibt whether it is a ruin or a building in progress of erection. The Thorvaldoou'a mmonra , remarkable In its collection of tbo works of this preat sulptor , has thoappoaranoo of an old theatre turned inside out. The four wretched old palaces which now con tain the representative of a monarchy that haa celebrated the thousandth anni versary of its foundation , look with a mus ty , ancient , vacant stare Into the most ties- olatocobblestone tqtiaio that It la possible to picture. The yellowish gray walla of the old buildings are peeling away ; not a iroeii loaf or blade of grass has the conr- jgo to grow within range of the front of those so-called palaces ; nothing but crum bled atone , dirty whlto shutters , cobble- tones , and a bronze statue of Frederick the Something greet the king's eye ahonld ho gozo from any of the front windows of tiia apartments upon the streets balow. In the raoantlmo the "good nnd faithful parliament" calmly refuses to appropriate the money noceesuy to rebuild the Ghrle- tlanborg palace. The city exchange of Co penhagen la of rod brick and aprawls ever 3onselorablo ! ground , having the appear ance of a block of Gothic cottages. The liotels and restaurants are uniformly bad. The Hotel d'Anglatocro ' la considered the best. It la bidly kopt. The plaster In the bedrooms h cracked and la falling oil' , the wall piper milldowod with dampness and black and greasy with ago and uso. The sinltary arrangements ate simply abominable and enough to brood Infec tion ) disease. It is dlflicult if not 1m- nojsiblo to obtain a good dinner in the city. The faro at the bott restaurant is aoor. Copenhagen la bad'y drained , or rnUior not drained at nil. J'liilailtlphia J'rcss. The Electric Bloiur on Htrcejt Uail- ways. Cincinnati Coinmerciivl-lJazotto. It Is ni-t generally known , but Is never theless n fact , that the Baltimore Union [ ' .x'seneer Railway cDuipauy , operating five line * of straot railway In Baltimore , Md. , la exclusively owned by Clnclnuat- ans , and that this la the company which a about to introduce cleclrlcHy as n prac ; ical motor for the first time in the United SUtes. Among the OWJMTJ are E. M. Johnson , who Is president ; A. D. Bullock , J. D Keck , M. S. For- rmi , A. G. Clark , Lewis Sacsongcod , the llyan brothers , the Morrison brother ? , the Perln estate , Governor Hoadly , J. N. Kinncy , Brlggs Swift , and Abe Furst A mooting was held yesterday at the of fice of the president , Mr. E. M. John- aon , and M. S. Forbaa , and A. G. Clark were appointed a committee of the stock holders to bo present at the approaching actual opacing for business cf the two miles of the road which have been fitted for the use of the electric motor. It can ba safely stated that the first bona fide business traneactlon In this country where an electric motor for a street railway was ordered , manufactured nnd delivered , was completed within the .ast few months. In the early paifc of last spring the Baltimore Union Paasongor railway com pany , hearing of the npld progress of she Daft cleciiio light company with ; heir system of electric railway lightning , and wishing to increase their capacity , investigated the matter. Satisfied with the completeness of the system , an order was at once given to construct two motors and equip the Hampdon branch of tholr lines. It was some time , however , before definite plans wore tottlod upon , But about the middle of last April work was commenced both at Baltimore and at the Daft works. On Juno 10th the first motor was shipped , after having undergone gene a week's severe testing. The Bal timore Union Passenger railway com pany , Edgar M. " Johnson , president ; T. 0. Robblna , general manager ; Is ono of the largest in the city. It oporatca twen ty-five mlloa of roads , and has within Its stables nearly 400 horses. The Hamp- den branch is just two mlloa long , runs through the villages of HampdenMt.Vcr- non and Woodbury , aggregating aomo 10,000 Inhabitants , and la ono of the largest blta cf lacd the company operates. Starting from the main terminus on Huntingdon avenue , there Is scarcely 300 foot of level road the entire length. The village of Woodbnry , though not two miles dlatant , Is fiftoun feet hl her than Baltimore. Grodca and curves constitute the main feature ? . Tha heaviest grade on a tangent la 31'J feet , and on a curve 352 feet per mile. The sharpest curve has a radius of but lift } feet , the largest eighty-nine feat. To equip this road the joints of the outer ralla were perforated and a third rail , on ordinary twenty-five pound T rail , nlmllary to the outer rails , laid , with the Duft patent Insulator , midway between the outer rail. The insulator cons'sts ' of an iron shoo of diamond shape , six inched long , three and one-half inches wldo and ono-half inch thick , with two converging ways upon ono of ita anrfacoa. Wedged between those waya Is a round block of wood of truncated cone shape , with height 2A inches. Upon thla block ia ecrewod a round iron cap. This la 4A Inchon In diameter and 2 Inches deep. Conr'ng within throe-fourths of an inch of the Iron shoo , it thoroughly protects the wood block , The rail placed on the cap ia held in position by two bolts screwed into the cap. The difficulties of constructing such a work , It all bolng entirely now , have been many , but have been met and successfully overcome. The center rail forms the outgoing lead , tha two cuter rails with the ground ba- log the return. The realstonco of euoh a line will bo Iocs than .3 of an ohm , with perfect joints. At the mal-n tor- minna a now building , forming ono room 20x10 feet has baen built for the engine and djnamo. Thu engine Is a ICxSl Inch Atlas engine , built at Indian apolis. The boiler and all fit tings are from the eamo firm , Tlio dynamo la ono of the Daft com pany's largest. Its total weight la 4,200 pounds , and Its maximum capacity is 3CO amperes , at 125 volts electromotive ) force ) , A U Inch double belt connects direct from the 10-foot lly'Whoel on the engine to a 15-Inch pulley on the dynamo. Stvltcboj , rogulatois , automatic cut-outs , and all other devices nocoteaiy for a complete ay it em will bo put In as prccaotlonaty measures against every pottible foim of danger or trouble. Biualluox fiplilf mic. YANKTO.N , D. T. , July 10. Smallpox U proadliiK iiiepidnuaofojw auiuog tha Kua- i ilia &t Bcatlundi Twuutyfivo cuana arei ro orteid to-day , Ssvcral death * c luring the week , SHORT SESSION. Proceedings of Ihc Board of Education Heeling Last Nigtit. Sweltering MTcntlier * nel Mttlo Busi ness -ItulnFor licAtliift Appar atus Kceolvcd Anil O | > cneil. On account of the oppressive heat that Invndod the rooms of the tcheral board last ovonlnj ? , a very ehort ifssion was hold. hold.Tho The board mot nt 8 o'clock ' with Pres ident Points In the chair. Long , Lovaoy , Copaland and Oonnoyor answered to roll call. Mr. Hall reported later. A petition from the executive board of the Bohemian cchoul association ashing' for the use cf n > room In the Hartcean school building during vacation , and ta bs occupied alsa on Saturdays aud Sun day mornings for the purpose of estab lishing n school to teach the Bohemian language , ' waa granted. Botigs it Hill called attention to the wllllugnoes of the cily council to grade Thirtieth street , lu their addition , if the properly owners will walvo damages. Secretary Connoyor wai authorised on | | behalf of the board to sign the petition , V waiving damages and ajkinir , for the grndo. R , L. Miller petitioned the board to appoint him jinltor in any ono of the school building ) . The matter was ro- ferrod. A. J. Grover certified to the board that ho has cot stakes for the grading of the school lots on the northwest corner of Oastcllor and Eighteenth streets. R. S. Wllllnuis , of Council BlnllV , aonfc lu a proposition to the effect that ho trill furnish a solid slate blackboard , on the wall ready fcr ma , at 37i cents per iquaro foot , or deliver nt the depot In this city for 33 conta par tqnara foot. Bids for grading lot 31 , In block 10 , were received from IS. J. Coder , Stult it Ilamol , Chatlco E. Fanning anel James G. Craig. Mr. Coder , makes hla bid at ! ) cents per cubic yard ; Stutt S : Hame.1 nt 1IU cents , or ? 1,000 for the job and they tak o the dirt ; Charles E. Fanning at 14 cents and Mr. Craig nt 14 conta. The bid of Mr Cjdtr. waa accepted. Bids were received , as follows , for placing heating apparatus in the Farnam aud Castollar street school buildings : Milton Itoererj & Son § 1,115 CO Sullivan Urothots 1,200.00 K. J. Condlt & Co 1,12).CO These amounts , It Is nndoratood , nro for only ono bulldlnpr , therefore will bo the same for both. Coudit it Co. also agree to put in four instead of two furnaces , making the prlco then 81,405. They further propose to furnish the now Far nam street school with two furnaces at § 890. Sullivan Bros , specified in tholr bid that they will put In soft coal fur naces , the Western Champion , nt $1,075. These bids were referred to a special com- mlttoo , consisting of Coburii , L'.vaey and Clark , with Inatructlona to report nt the next regular insetlng. On motion of Mr Copalnnd , Alias Kato PAU ! was granted the uao of n room in the Long school building to hold a sum mer school. Mr. Copeland oecnred a suspension of the rules and Introduced the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , Tint sootlon 80 of the rules and regnlntirna of tbo board , ba amend ed by inacrtinc after the words , "assist- ants of the 3rd class , " "special teachers1 and at the end cf the sentence the words , "candidates forgpoclal teachers certificates shall bo examined oaly in the branches which they are requested to teach , " and section 00 , by adding the words , "providing that this section shall not apply to special teachers. " There bolng no further business before the beard , an adjournment w&s taken. NO SIGNS OF TEOUBLE. Something About tbo Mormon Afl'Air Military Mutters ill General. "No , " said Gen. Howard , In anawerto the query of a reporter for the BEE yee- torday"thero la nothing now about affairs In Utah. The fact of the matter is there lias not baon a single soldier moved in anticipation cf any trouble -with the Mormons , Sensational reports have been ipread by the local press about this matter - tor , and I have bcon made to say tilings that I never did say and didn't think of. All there la to the nil'ilr was expressed in Wednesday's BKI : In the statement that thcro was considerable bad feeling be tween the Mormons and the loyal citl- sans of Utah , and that Gov. Murray sould easily handle cny uprising with the military at hla command. " Tin : SOUTHEKN OIIKVENKI : Tiiounr.K.s , General Crook haa just received a letter from Col. Morrow , In cimraond af the department troops at Crlsefield , In which ho aays that all signs of trouble In the Indian territory and in southern Kaneas have disappeared. The Omaha troops will soon bo moving northward. THE C'OMINO t'ONTEHT. Captain Miles , Twonty-first Infantry , Lieutenants Cochran tnd Morton , Seventh infantry and Fifth Infantry , lave arrived and reported to Colonel Uonry for duty at the rltla compoti- : lln. Captain Mlles is a veteran of the , var , having acrccd through llio rebellion ind alnca In Indian engagements , Liouts. Cochran and Morton are recent ; raduatcs of the military academy. The first list of these In charge of the lompetltlon are : Col , Henry In charge. Col , Miles , executive ) ofliccr and In ommand of rlflo camp. Lieut. Oochran , statistical cfliccr. Lieut. Morrlan quartermaster and ord- tanco officer. Lients , True and Morton , range dlicm. The officers and enlisted men to firei nil arrive at the end of the month when ho oainp will bu In roadliuaj. The clti- ens' prizes will make the competition no of great rivalry and Interest. An army officer tolls a good joke on forth Pmtto , After the Nluth cavalry reropald oil" the opartlng boys nt North 'latto thought tboy would like aomo of ho several thousands left by tbo pay- naater. Thu color line waa ignored , and ho buys In blue asked down to a little amo. The colored boy * broke two banks. " taking from otio S500 , and an chor SUOO.and left Ninth Platte < t sadder I not a wiser town. The Dominion parliament WM prorogued Obterday , The Colnmbin , Toledo i. JI ckipR Vulloy allroad company him declared % dividual ! of ; i per cemt , payable lu etcck.