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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.