THE DAILY BEE THURSDAY , JULY 23 1885 THE DAILY BEE. OmiOFFICR No. OH AXI 910 FAtmM ST. NMV YOKK Orncn , Itoox C5 TRIBONB limit- l.SO. Till ) MiM cxsry morning , ctpejit SnmUy Ilic only Monday morning dilly published In the t te URM IIT V.Ut , One Yenr . JIO.OO I Tlirco Month * . $ 5 M Sit Month * . 6 00 I One Mnntli . 100 The Weekly HcoruWi li l ( cry Wednesday tMlMS IWtPAID. OnbYrnr , with premium . . , . , , . . , , . , . , . $ 2 CO One Year , * lttroiit | > rcniliim. . , , , , . . , 1 ! 5 Kl Vontrm , without premium . . 75 One Mouth , ou trim . 10 cotrtKsrovnr.scK ! All Conrnnnio'itliMU relating to N < w aml UlllorUl InatUra sliotiM be aiHrcjseU to tie EDITOR or Tilt II ER. MTTKttS. All IlMlne * Letters nil KiMiilltinoei MiouM be ddrcl to Tin IlRB 1'iniisiuxi C MI ANT. OMOU. Dr rti.Chccki ami I'o l otHccordcrs to be mvlc ! > ) nblo to the oriltr of the corn ] > an > . THE 'BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Praps , i : . nosiwATT.K : , nnmm. A. II. Titcli , Manager Daily Circulation , Ohiiiia , Tur. city council must rcvlso the aa- acestnout roll and bring tax-shlrkcra to time. NOT ? THAT Mayor Boyd haa approved the pound ordinance it la hoped that coaao to ba a cow paaluro. TrtK president lifts not yet gene on that vacation , but ho continues to giro vaca lions to qtilto a nnmaor of office-holder * . POLITICAL plums nro not bolng picked very fait la Nebraska thla aoason. The fruit crop In thla state Is evidently a failure. Tin ; president has aappllod Alaska with a now act of officials governor judge , attorney , nnd marshal. It la a cold day when Alaska gota loft. AMONO the appolntmonta made by the president on Taoaday Nebraska failed to draw a blngla prlza. It is pretty evident thai there are very few "rascals'1 In thla atato. PAKTIBS who have laid oat farms into city lota and oipoct the city to supply water , gas , fire and police protoctlonand school facilities for their additionsahould bo compelled to pay their proportion of olty taxes. ACCOUUING to the Herald Dr. Millor'a throe-columns of and soft - hog-wash soap on the Union Pacific and Hi relations to Omaha and the woat has received the at tention which WAI duo it from the people ple of thla city. Yea , Indeed 1 Every body in thla city , not excepting the Union Pacific officials nnd employes , re gard It OB a disgusting exhibition of do- baaed journalism. DJ : . MILLKR has the effrontery to tell no tbat Mr. Charles Francis Adams in his faturo designs for bnlldlng up Omaha hac always had In view the extension and use of the bolt railroad as a means for solving the transfer problem. Will Dr. Miller please explain why , according to what wo conalder reliable Information , Mr. Adams has sought to compel S. H. II. Clark to refund the money expended by the Union PaclGc In the construction of the belt line and take the road off the company's hands ? Tun reports from Mount McGregor show that General Grant is sinking rapIdly - Idly , and that tin hour of hla death la near at hand. The old commander has proved himself as much a hero through out hla long and painful illness aa ho ever did amid the shot and shell on a hundred battle-fields. Everything that waa possi ble In medical skill and attention haa boon done for him , and his life has no doubt boon prolonged several months by the faithful care that ho haa received from h's physicians and family. Tin : city council haa at last taken action toward securing a uniform system of sidewalk .a In the business center between Tenth ai id Fifteenth , and between Far- nam and Douglas. The territory , however - over , shoi lid have Included Harnoy and Dodge str sots The resolution adopted by the eau ucll requires the city engineer to detail a man to report all lota In the proscribed t orrltory where no walks nro needed. W lieu ih'u report Is presented and adopted , the council will then order ouch walks I o ho hid by the city con tractor , under the direction of the board of public worl w , if the property-ownera do not have th > work done within a certain - tain time. h o more wooden walks should bo laid o i Fernarc or Douglas , oren on the crois-stro 9ta between those two thoroughfares , fr iiu Tenth to Fifteenth. Nothing bat dural lo materiel atone , as * phalt or artificial at ono should bo per mitted to bo use 3 , and every walk , whether now or olt \ should bo brought to the full width ana1 proper grade. ROBWELL PfiirinoN E Fiow ER contln- lies to blossom with ouch cnccodlng tea- son. JIo Is now n candidate for the dem ocratic nomtnaUcn for governor of New YirJf , and as ho It , according to the Sun , "ft reformer of th xslvll'iorvlca after the school of Jefferson , .Jackson and Tildon , nnd not after the humbug school of Dor- man B. Eaton & Co. , " we should not bo a surpriiod If ho should.-cc'ino a little nearer c success this tbio than .ho did when he t was plastering the country with pictures f of himself in hopes that hla decoration of L dead-walls , hotel oflioea * .r'd the barrooms o rooms would secure /or him ih o presiden tial nomination. It Is true tbat the J'V ' democrats in general and thosa of Now J'd York in particular arc not overmuch I pleased with civil service reform of any J'A kind , and It is with great diiftppiMnt in out that they Juvo viewed oven the A faint efforts of Grover Olevland to pose o as e civil fervlco reformer. They be- 01 Hove n the Jackeonian doctrine tars II enou/i , and henso Mr , Flower will re II8l IIr ceive rnoro cncotjragooient than if ho 8l were on endorser of Mr , Cleveland' * et pllcy. < -nu riiUTiTmiK-.lm-viiumUTJf , MU-,1 l alu.J . > r. itiilii. fell Ini nuatl > FHAUDULENT ASSESSMENTS. The citizens of Omaha will now real ize what wo have been predicting for years , that the systematic tax-shirking of heavy property-owners and capitalists , the wholesale exemptions of railroad property which Is no part ot their right of way , and the reckless disregard of their sworn dnty to assessors , la liable to serlonely affect thla city In the prosecu tion of its public Improvements. Oar last annual rnviow contained a detailed ex hibit of the improvement ! far the year 1884 which aggregated 85,63' ) , 149,31 , Of thla amount the public Improvements carried on by the cltv proper aggregated 8952,010 31and the aum of about $000- 000 was expended by the city waterworks , the gas companies , the bolt railroad , the street railway and other public concerns. Oar store buildings , warehouses , factor ies , and dwellings daring the year 1884 were valued at a fraction of over § 4.000,000. Now It Issafoto estimate the Improvements in Dong'ai ' cminty , oat- aide of the city , daring the year , at a half a million more , so that the sum of over $0,000,000 haa been added to the valuation of property In this county daring 1884. This Includes no estimate of the Increase In the value of all real estate In the city and county by reason of those Improvement ] and by the Increase of population. A very low estimate of this Increase would at least bo ten per cent. , which on the assessed valuation of S12OCOCOO , would have boon equal to $1,200,000. But when the aesossor'a re turns are footed up wo find that the total Increase for the whole year la only about $700,000 , and the greater portion of that la outaido of the city. What an outrageous fraud this Is ! In 1871 , with a population of less than 18,000 , and no waterworks , sewerage , pavements , or public Improvements worthy of mention , the assessment of Omaha property was § 11,000,000. To-day with a population of over 60,000 , our city limits extended miles beyond the llmltsof 1871 , and pub lic improvements that could not bo da plicated for loss than four or five millions , our valuation ia over ono mil lion Iocs than It was fourteen years ago. No wonder tint wo now find ouraolvea with only $0,000 in the general fand for grading. The only oxcnao for this villainous and fraudulent system of assessment Is that they all do it. Our heavy tax-payers point to Lincoln and ether cities and towns in the state where tax shirking and sham assessments are also prevalent. They Insist that Omaha cannot afford to have fair assessments as long aa other sections of the atato continue systematic undervaluations. While it la doubtless true that there Is wholesale porjnry com mitted In ether cltloa by property-owners and assessors , wo do not bsllovo there ia anytning gained by Omaha In allowing one-third ol the property to go nntaxcd , assessing valuable city lota at aero valuation , and deliberately Ignoring any Increase in prop erty values by reason of improvements. It Is not true , as Is repeatedly urged , that our state taxes would bo out of all proportion with ether parts of the atato If property were assessed uniformly at one-third or one-fourth of Its actual value. The state board of equalization Is In duty bound to rocognlza the differ ence and make allowances for It in the ratio of assessment , after duo comparison. That board is now In session and several counties , notably York county , will ba represented before it with a view of getting their state tax adjusted pro rats with the average assessment of other counties. But oven If wo had no remedy It would bo profitable for Omaha to have Impar tial and honest assessments. The state tax on ovary million dollar. ! amounts to $7,500 , and if oar aiaeasmonta had been raised only two millions this year our state tax would have boon only $15,000. Would it not bo of greater advantage to Omaha In the long run to pay $15,000 additional state tax rather than have a stoppage of all grailng for a year ? The tax on any property owner would bo only $7.50 on every ono thousand dollars of property nesaaeod. But under an Impar tial and uniform assessment the small property-owner would not ba afldcted , because the Increased valuation would been on the property of the wealthy corpora- tlona and capitalists who have immense tracts of real estate , This clas ] can alfjrd to pay taxoj on a fair valuation. AN Injunction suit doca not always onjoln. This was the case with an Illinois farmer whoso wlfo had applied for a divorce and had obtained an in junction rostrlining him from dispoiing of hla property. The farmer aot fire to tils house and barns , into which ho had itiven several horses , a dozen cows and itoors , twenty hogs , and a large number } f chickens , turkeys and geese. All this property Traa destroyed , amounting In raluo to $10,000. It was a costly revenge. RKIII hai evidently made \ favorable impreailon on the Pacific east , where ho was visiting. The Haw- homo , ( Dal , ) Jtullcltn concludes a com- illnre.itary notice of him as follows : "If IB lu\d a larger fleld and a paper of hla wa Wr. Raid would nuke Ills mark In onrnallnm. Ho has ability , is a hard rorkor , t\nd if connected with the Nova- a prats n'ould soon bo admitted to the 'ress Association. " er-Delogato Maelnnia , of loutana , is a much disappointed man , wing ( o hla fallato to eocure the gov- rnorsbJp of that territory , he Is by no loans a crashed politician. IIo ia & 1- jady setting his plc for the United lates senate wl.'cn Montana becomoi a si ate. Tha ether senatorial candidate 'II b ? 001 , W F. Oanders , 8 republican , cl . . , 0. UU V ) M _ it , 1 when would bo n an plcioui time The republicans and democrats endeav ored to pool their Issues by having n bill introduced by Sunders In the last legis lature providing , when Montana shtxll be admitted , that there thall bo elected ono democratic senator and ono republican senator , but the schema failed to material- lea owing to a lack of votes. Wo take It that the political machines will continue to bo worked In Montana as they are elsewhere. The political party having the biggest "bar'l" and the most votca will got aw&y with the persimmons. THE INDIAN QUESTION. Gen , Miles may bo a good Indian fighter , bat In his advocacy of the trans fer of the uncivilized tribes to the care of the war department ho will not find very general endorsement. The regular army is not Intended as a guardian of the Indian. While the Indiana might draw their rations with the same regularity ns the soldiers , wo question If their contact , with the regular army would tend to ad vance them In the ways of civilization and moke them self-supporting. They certainly would not acquire nny habits of Industry from any example on the part of the army , the soldiers being aa a rale ns lazy as the Indians. So far ai morality ia concerned the Indians would , In al probability , bo corrupted much more than they nro nndcr the retorvatlon system , while their cdncat'cnal ' facilities would not likely bo any better than they now are , and perhaps not so good. If the Indiana are properly cared for by the Interior department , aa they can bo , If proper agents are appointed and bad white men are kept away from their res ervations , the present system would In all likelihood prove moro satisfactory than patting them under charco of the military. Bat the suggestion of Con gressman Hoi man who , with his com- mlttop , is now making an Investigation of Indian affairs that all the unsettled bands of the Slonx and Crows and ether tribes bo removed to the Indian territory scorns at thla tlmo to bo the moat practi cal solution of the Indian problem yet offered. The Indians that have up to this time been removed to the Indian territory have as a rule become settled , are well satisfied , and seem to bo making moro rapid pro gress towards civilization and self-anpport than any ether bands. The concen tration of the reeervatlon Indians In the territory will enable the government to handle them much moro conveniently and at much less expense. In time the Indian territory , when Its Inhabitants shall have made sufficient cdvance , coald bo made an Indian state. There la plenty of room In the territory for all the In dians in thla country , and In a few years they coald all become Independent of government aid. The progress made by the Indians already there would stimulate the others to follow their example , and thus the question of civilization would bo made a very easy mat ter. It would require a comparatively short time , under such circumstances , to elevate all the Indiana In the United States Into a condition that would en title them to full citizenship. Further more , under the scattered reservation system they are occupying altogether too ranch valuable land for which , In their present condition , they have no nse whatever. Their linda are now being demanded by the homesteaders who are pressing on to the west from every di rection In search of now homes. Mr. Holman prepot cs to recommend the purchase of the Sioux reservation , and the removal of the Slonr to the In dian territory , as the initial step In his scheme of concentrating all the Indians In that locality. Bis proposition will cer tainly meet with the Indonemcnt of the people of Dakota and thoasands of home steaders who have been waiting for come tlmo to have a portion of the Slonx res ervation thrown cpen for settlement. This land could bo purchased from the Sioux for a very moderate sum , but which would bo plenty large enough to give them a splendid stait In a new location. Thla reservation contains 7,000 eqaaro miles , and It should no longer bo allowed to remain unused. The same Is true of ether reservations that nro desirable for agricultural purposes. While we do not believe In taking any lands from the Indians without fair compensation , wo do ballovo that no Indian should bo permitted to hold any moro land than a while man under the homestead and pre emption laws. The purchase of tbo res ervations and the removal of the Indians to the Indian territory will , so far aa wo can see , solve the whole problem. I'Ki'.HAi'.s i.'io Western Union does not care to waste any money In painting Its unsightly poles in Omaha , ai It mast in the near future bury its wires in all the large cities. The telegraph companies are now compelled by law to put their wires underground In New York , and the work Is steadily advancing. The Now York Commercial Advertiser jays : While only a small proportion of the whole ia done there are many parts of the town where the improved condition of the tpaco ftbove the streets ia agreeably observablo. S'ew York will be a pleasnt r city to live in , md a safer one also , when all the wlrea almll lave disappeared and tbo unsightly polca shall iiavo been removed , I > the trial of Louis Kiel , now in pro- ; rej * at Heglna , In the Northwest terri err , the fact that ho ia an American itlzon has bad an Important loaring upon the case. That the H an American citizen by naturalization there j no doubt , at it haa locn positively as- ortalned that ho took out his unor.d ipcra t Helena , Montana , ia Aupatt , BS'2. As an alien coonot commit treu- on , iho indictment agslmt Kiel has , as o understand It , been changed to the large of "making w r against ler UUUv o majesty and rebelling sgalnat the conitl- tutlon of the realm , " which is about the same thing as treason , only exprcstcd In different language , the punishment bjiug the same. Mil. ROAOII AS A " It is difficult to understand why repub lican papers should undertake to make the failure of John lloach A political Itanc , and hold him up to pnbllo view as a persecuted man who has boon ruined simply became ho was a republican. Ilad Mr. Iloach not madg himself prominent In politic and confined himself to legltl mate methods of conducting bh business of ship-building , soar as It wai con nected with the government , Instead of continually lobbying for subsidies , ho would not probably have been forced to make anatcignmont , IIo has obtained millions of dollars from the govorment In the way of contracts , and also In subsi dies for hla steamship lines. Ho haa boon a barnacle upon the republican party for ycarr , and ho used hi ] political Influence for mercenary purposes. Whenever ho desired to socnro votes for any of his jobs ho arranged a congressional excursion to his shipyards , where the Incor ruptible legislators were treated to n royal least , which was washed down with sparkling champagne. Senators and congressmen who were In donbt as to how they should treat Mr. Roach in the matter of subsidies returned to the halls of legislation from Roach's shipyards and forthwith voted In accordance with hla known desires. Now that subsidies nro not ao easily obtainable , and the govern ment has decided not to accept work that Is not up to the required standard , Mr , Roach straightway goes Into bankrnptc , and poaca aa a republican martyr. Sup pose that the government should in Urn discover that Mr. Stephen B. Elkins ha acquired a great deal of land In No Mexico In a manner irhlch would not entitle title him to hold It , and that the govern ment should recover possession of i thus forcing him to bankruptcy Would ho nut bo entitle to as much sympathy as Mr , Roachls receiving from certain rcpnbllca papers , which baliovo in upholding defending a republican at nny and al tlmoa , whether right or wrong ? The ; seem to labor under the Impression that republican cm commit no wrong am make no mistakes. It la auh persona a ! Mr. Roach , who , under the cover of re pnbllcanlam , have done moro to Injtir and pall down the republican party than any ether class of men. They have aim ply used the party aa a moans to farthe their own jobs. So long aj the ropubll can party continues to maintain jobbers and lobbyists , it will never return to power. It runat shako off all barnacle and In no way countenance the wonld-b leaders and wlra-pullors who BO largely contributed to Its defeat In th last campaign. So far as the failure o Mr. Roach la concerned the probability I that ho la not quite so badly crippled a his friends would have the pnbllo to be lieve. It now begins to lock as if his as signment is only a sharp trick to gain sympathy and to Indues the government to recede from Its position with regard to the Dolphin and the other vessala under contract. It Is certainly surprising that so many republican papers should have rushed to his defense , and charged his fail nro to democratic spltework , Wo do no bellovo that politics had anything to do with the matter. THIS Is the kind of weather that make , a summer resort a very profitable place Senator MBiulcraon and Now Mexico Denver Tribune Republican. United States Senator Mnndereon , o Nebraska , a member of the Senate Committee mitteo on territories , has recently re tamed homo from a visit of Inspection to New Mexico , He la strongly opposed to admitting New Mexico Into the Union aa a State , and among the objections to Its admlrslon wlilch appear to have great weight with him Is the prevailing lack of education. In this ho Is un doubtedly correct , for no ono coed re side very long In Now Mexico withoul ecclng that tbo poor people are densely Ignorant. There Is no efficient system of public ichools In the Ttrrltory , and there probably will not bo until Con gresi takes hold of the subject and pro vides a eyetoni of public education , At tendance upon Eoiiio kind of echools would have to bo compulsory. The Indian population of Now Mexico Is to bo considered in connection with thla subject of the admission of the territory ea u etato. Under different decisions of the United States those Indians are given the statue of citizens of the United States , and they are therefore entitled to all tbo privileges of cltlzanshtp. They are , however , utterly unfit to exercise the rights of citizens. It is true they sro now under ( the care of an agent , but that Is merely ono of the Incongruities which are seen In the management of Indian affairs , Tlio Zhroo H'H. Ulysses Despatch. Both Jim Dawca , our dado governor , and Jim Laird , oar do-nothing congresi man , expect to step Into Senator Van Wyck's bropans at the next senatorial slectlon. Tbit seems to bo a combination of bliuter , belly and beauty against oraine. AVlioro air. JlcmlrlclcH is Wanted , 3an Francisco Altn , Vice President Oendrlcks , who Is com ing to California , may depend npon re- jeivlog a royal welcome. Wo don't very > fton catch either a president or a vice president on this aide of the continent , out irhen wo do wo Insist that ho shall iavo a good time as Oallfornlans under- itand that torn , A democratic vlco prea- dent , however , has never yet creased the llocky Mountains , and that la another eason why the uproar over Mr , lien- Icicka will bo made Immentn , Hondricka ho-a hla good sense In abandoning his irat Intention to go to Europe , where ho night catch the cholera , and in coming to California , where theraarosa many who fiah to ( co him. One thnuiand Crow Indiana conqrfgated on ia Ilia Hem recently to mourn th * demitu of "on .Bull , their war chief , They made Koine owl for tbree dey . RUMBLINGS BY RAIL , An Attempt to Wreck a Passenger Train onllicCSIPM0. Roafl , Great Aetlv Ity In ml About the V , P , Mliops A. Blc Force of Men t Work I'crsonnl Notcp , Etc. A report came flashing In over the train dispatcher's who , of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis Omaha road , night before last , stating briefly that ont-laws had placed n tea rail across the track two miles north of Ilorman , evidently for the fiendish pnrpoio of wrecking the Oakland passenger train , which loaves hero at u10 ; o'clock every evening. The matter was kept very quiet , but it reached a BEE re porter's ears ycstefday , who proceeded at once to learn the particu lars , and succeeded In pitting to gether facts enough to make up the following story : Beyond Ilorman , whleli la a station thirty miles north of Omaha , the Chicago , St. Paul , Minne apolis & Omaha track ls bolng re-laid with now rails , and the old ones have boon strung along cither sldo where many of thorn still remain. Some miser able miscreants bent upon the destruction of life and property conceived the devilish Idea of constructing an obstruction on the track and then wait to eco It wreck a passenger train that would bo dno going north nbout 8 o'clock. They bad placed ouo of the loose rails across the track in such shape that the end reached about half way between the two rail ) , pointing In the direction from which the train would come , whlln the other end was fixed so that it would ran into the ground. Fortunately a special stock train of twenty-four car-loads came along from the other direction and when the pilot of the onqlua struck the rail , it shoved it off of the track without doing any daraago A visit to the Union Pacific shops yes terday by ono of the BEK reporters , fur nished matter enough for columns , If written in detail , but for the present soflico to say that great activity makes the scenes In each department and full forces of men are employed. The super intendent said that there had boon times In the history of the road when they had a few moro workman In the shops than are there now , and also times when there were not moro than half as many. The work of attaching air brakes to freight cars glvoi employment to a goodly nurnbor , and It was noticed that a great many passenger coaches , Pullman eltepsra , baggage and mall cars are undergoing ivpalru. 0. S Stobblns , general paaaonger agent of tan Union Paciuc , and family , left yes terday for Woatchostor , Pa. , where they will visit several weeks with his parents. Michael Moran , with t large force of men and teams arc already at work on the Loop City extension of the Union Pacific , a strip of thirty-nine miles. The postal service on the B. & M. is decorated with a professional masher who scatters love letter ? and heartaches along the line. At Oxford the other day ho was waving a tearful farewell to some of the village beauties when the calloua hearted conductor stopped the train , got down and walked to the side of the car where the girls could hear what ho eald and yelled to the postal clerk with his head out of the window , "Well , yon , are you through yet ? I was afraid you wouldn't got through SD I stopped the train. If your through , by G d , I'll go on. " Ho don't illtt anymore moro when that conductor laaboard. The Utah & Wyoming Central railroad echoruo is again bolng revived , with aomo prospect of it being built. Tno route which was surveyed years ago , runs from Ham's Fork , Wyoming , to Corlnno , Utah , a distance of 130 miles. Ten miles of the line haa been graded. The por- poaes of the broad-guago Utah & Wyo ming Central are to reach many rich coal mines , a waalthy farming and stock rais ing coantry , and possibly some rumored oil wells along the lino. On leaving Ilam's Fork the prospective road passes Silicon , where the company's ex- toneivo coke worka are situated , and then across Bear river by Likotpwn Into Blacksmith's Fork , loading Into Cache Valley. Lo gan , Providence and many enterprising towns will ba reached. On leaving Providence the survey passes over Hamp ton divldo to Honeyvillo , and terminates at or near Corinno. The company has already mot with considerable opposition from other sol fish Utah lines , but the rich coal fields , fine farming lauds and tbo oigornosa of all communities along the line guarantee the projector * In com pleting tbo plain begun It Is estimated that the road will cojt gl,00l,000 ) when completed. ' I am ready , anxious , In fact aching all over , " tcroiinsd a local agent yester day , "ts bet $100 that the Northwestern road Is one and live-tenths miles ohorfer , between Omaha and Chicago , than any other route. " Tha foundation for cuch otoruiy outbreaks as this was laid not long since by a wheezy society sheet not far from hero , uttering a husky squeak , that the Milwaukee route was two inlleii shorter than any othor. Ever alnco then the aforesaid local agent has boon delving In figures , and ho makes up a comparison , showing the exact length of etch line between the two points ) named , Aftbough this comparison has ee not yet been given to the "talk hammer" et men , or been flung to the breeze on flam t ing throe sheet postori , It looms ap prom 1 inently , nevertheless , In certain railroad 1c 1 circles , and will nndoubtodly bo brought 1I 1i before the next pool mooting of paajen- i ; cr agents. Hero are the figures : I Northwestern , to Chicago , . . 188 5-10 miles i Milwaukee route , , . 489 8 10 iniloa I Any tlmo that anybody wants to gam- b'e $100 on this proposition they can bo t iccomtnodated without going very far to t ind a taker. I r ARMY MATPEES , t r t riio Ninth CivMlry Ordered to Icnvo ' I j An Interestlrif : Colltc- tion of Military New * , A telegram was received at army head- jnarlera yesterday from General Schofiold b if the division command , ordering that | bo Ninth cavalry which has bon sta- loned at Ogalalla for aomo time past bo omoved from that pleca and resume its c narch to the poata of Forts McKimiev , iVaahaklo , and Rjbinaon , Ai already tated in these columns , the Ninth cav- Iry had been ordered to assume station t Ojalalla in order to head oil the outbcra Cheyennei In caaa they beciino anil commenced to move northJ J r ward on Iho northern Kansas nd Ne braska trail. Thli move farnUhcs cer tain proof that the Cheycnnes have so fir abandoned their hostile Intentions as to conclude to remain where they are , and General Howard , In conversation with a reporter about the matter aald that ho believed that "all danger of the apprehended Indian ffarwas over. " A K1TT1XO TKini'TK. Speaking of the matter of promoting Gen. Terry to the vacant major generalship - ship , over Gen. Howard , a contributor to the Army and Navy Journal Bays : "To promote the tcconil brigadier over the first in rnnk would l > o contrary to the prece dents established in the promotion of briRa tiiora for n period ot fourteen yours ; nnd , too , nt the expense of an oflicor distinguished In na many buttles dtuinp the war ns Any ollicor in the sen ico-three times wounded , benruiR nn empty slcovo ns n memento of 1'ixtr Onka , when hi ) distliiRiiuhpil hriuery envcd the nriny of the I'otorano from threatened serious dipnstcr , dincotho cloto f f the war , in cam paigns ARniust the Indians , his rapid nnd constant purtuit of Chief Joseph ttnnds olono Imi no parallel. Without moininK to detract nn ntom from the hero of Fort Flaher , It is contended that his friends cinnot ntfonl to press him for promotion manifestly tit fair. In the tpirit ol nil frames' , ns well ns in the line of wise discretion , his friends should unite with the friends of Gen. Howard nnd iniist upon the right of seniority for promo tion , else , in the contention which will necos tnnly follow , n brigadier general to both bo selected , and thus by grasping nt the prize of 1880 , lose nlro tlmt of 1883. " OEX. JOHN flinilO.S. The Holem ( Mont. ) Herald says "Governor Iliuiaer Is In receipt of a loiter horn John Gibbon , U. S. A , recently advanced to brigadier general , warmly congratulating him upon his appointment The general , who Is ordered to the com mand of the department of the Colamblc , will shortly bo on route to his post , and Is expected to niiko a break In his journey of n ( hy or two at this point and accept the hospitality of Helena. Between this ollicor and the pcopto ot Montana are ties which they cannot sever. Gibbon's wound at Bit ; Hole , while bravely loading the gallant 7th Infantry against Chief Joseph was the last to leave its mark In his battle scarred body. The Capital City will hardly permit his uninterrupted trip through Montana. Should ho con sent to tarry hero a day or so , everybody will turn out to welcome him. " MISCELLANEOUS. Under General Orders No. 13 , current aorlos , from the headqnartara.Firat Lieu tenant John F. Gnllfoylo.adjutant Ninth cavalry , Is detailed for duty on general recruiting service for the department of the Platte , In the field , and at Fort Me- KInney , Wyo , upon his arrival ihoroat. Flret Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladon , Fourteenth Infantry , ald-do-eanip , has been ordered to Ogalalla , Nob. , and Cheyenne , Wyo , on publics bmlncst. Genora't O. O. Howard has Issued an order at headquarters to the cfl'act that cflicors may wear citizen's dress when at headquarters. Those who prefer wear ing the uniform will not bo prevented from so doing. The matter ia left op tional with the officers. A report was received hero yesterday that ono of General Hatch's colored sol diers was run over by a freight train near Ogalalla , night befdro last , and killed. Further particulars regarding the matter could not bo ascertained. General Howard Issued an order to General Hatch yoiterdoy , detailing ono company of his regiment , the Ninth cav alry , to go to Wahsatch , temporarily. UALL FOB T MEETING , The Republican State Central Com mittee. The members of the Republican State Central committee are hereby called to meet at the Millard hotel , at Omaha , on Tuesday , August 4 , 1885 , at 8 p. m. , for the purpose of calling a state convention and the transictloa of any ether butlnees proper to come before said committee. 0. E. YOST , CIIAIKMAN. D. H. MEIICEK , Secretary. niitl New York Special. The rivalry between Mr. Nathan Strauss' bay gelding Majolica and Mr. J. I. Caso'a bay stallion Phallas ia of long standing , and their trottlng-match at Fleetwood park next Friday for $2,500 a side promises to bo an interesting event. Phallas will arrive to-morrow at Fleetwood - wood , and will bo stabled upon the hill where It Is cool. Ho braised his quarter In his recent race with Maxey Oobb , but Is otherwise reported to bo in good con dition , and fit to trot at any time when : illod on. Majolica was brought out on the ( rack to-day , and Murphy give him in raay mile with a hood on In 2 ( ] I , then a brush of ono mi'o ' with the brown pncer Honesty , driven by D. B. Herring- Lon. The ho es traveled well to-jothor , Murphy holding the bay back. Majolica reached the half-mile pale In 1-15 , and finishing half n length bohlnd iloneity , with his mouth pulled wide opjn , In 2-2SH. Majollci repeated In 2.2. } , makIng - Ing tlio half mile In 1:10 : , and baating Honesty on a jo ; ? . Phallas and Majolica have the eamo jlood linos. Majjliei Is fifteen hands ilgh , and was foaled in 1870 , and bred by Mr. Robert Bonner. Ho was sired by Startle , ho by Hatnbletonlan , dam Jcaslo [ { Irk by Clark Chief , ho by Mambrino Dhlef. Phallaa Is sixteen hinds high , ind was foaled In 1877 , sired by Dictator , joby Hamblotonfan , dam Betsy Trot- vood by Clark Chief. 'I NEVER TIMED MA10LICA | j vhen bo was going hla best , " Mr , Straitts loye , "and , In fact , I don't think no was > vor extended. Murphy saya there is no oiling how fast Majolica can go , for ho us never yet put him to top speed , hav- og had no occasion to do so , I feel so : onfidont to the powers of my horse tint . vhon Mr. Case kindly offered to lot mo > ay forfeit , I offered to bet him $2,000 nore on the result , which somewhat non- ilnasod him. " The Phallas party has alnoo telegraphed o the Majolica patty to know whether hey should bring Phallaa on or whether ilr. Straus would pay forfeit , "Bring ilm on ; Majolica ia ready to trot , " was ho reply. Mr. Case aiys that ha would tot have his horse beaten for ten tlmea ho amount of the stake , and that If poo- ilo think this match ia not "fur blood" hey will alter their opinion on Friday. A Jleformor , 'oiaa Sittings. A slttn man with a canning face had sen found guilty in a Now York court f picking pockets The jadgo said. "Thla is your aocoud offanaj , I will Ivoyou three years In the penitentiary. " " 1 deserve It , judge ; 1 want to have a banco to reform. " I aj "You will get it. " fi "I will coma oui of the pinltontUry n fih ttter man than when I wont In , DJ I ave to ( .0 there at once'l" "Certainly. " "Trial's bad. I bats to bo shut apjaat ; the lima this IhrtJnlJI clrciu is In full last. If I Liai a fair ctuuco you bat I'd o.'k the trowd for all it was worth. " ib JutjloclikotTa London Times , Jnno 30. M. Jabloohkoff , who WAS the first lo n trodnco electric light Into our midst CD n practical scale , has for aomo time i/ns / directed hla attention to the prodm JIT of electricity by means of a primary bat tery. Ho at first produced a sodai ! > battery , which developed a very hicb electro-motive force. It hud , howotc , ono radical defect which marred Its sn cots , snd that was the rapid oxldatl r o the sodium In contact with the air. M Jablochkeff. horover , has succeeded I developing from hi ) original Idea a ba tory wh'cb is at once novel and unl e Having recently boon prefont n a prlvato demonstration by M Jablochkoff of the battery. w are enabled to give tome partial are o .his latest ns well as moat interesting outcome of electrical science. The auto accumulator , as it Is termed , Is composed of a Ei-rlos of cells , each of which hat thrco electrodes , and the battery u dn tlnguishod by its lightness , Us small cos HB power relative to B/ ! ' , its freedom from amoll , and the absence of Hqi.'di ' otherwise than in an absorbed condition. The battery Is composed of a number c ' colla or shallow treys four Inches square and half an inch deep , of linpcrmuablo oubon , in each of which la placed a small quantity of Iron turnings or i-inc clip pings. Over these Is placed a co > crmp of thick , coarse canvas , saturated with s solution of chloride of calcium , npon which ia laid a row cf very porous carbon tubes about three Inches long nnd three-eighths of an Inch In diameter cutalde , wh'ca are s'mllarly ait- nratod. In this way a cell Is formed with three electrodes , ono of which oxid izes , n second becomes polnrl/.od , nnd the third forms n positive polo \\llh the second end , the first two forming n nlrclo with a constantly closed circuit. For sarvlcc n number of these cells nlno or ten are placed within a metallic framing , after the fashion of a voltaic pile , the bottom cell resting on a metal pUto forming cno of the poles. The top cell Is covered with nplatoof cirbon to which a terminal K fixed , and this forms the other pole. The auto-accumulator produces alternately a primary and a secondary current , the lat ter only bolng employed In the outer cir cuit , while the former serves to produce the hydrogen necessary to polarize the electrodes. The action stops ns soon as polarization la complete , and ia resumed when depolarlzitlon takes place , no that short and frequent intervals cf rest are nccocsiry for the battery to reform Itself for the production of the useful current. In practice , when this current Is employed for continuous work the batteries are coupled In group ] with commutators , so that no Interruption In the current takes place. At the recent demonstrations , at which several promt nent electricians trero present , M. Jab- lochkod explained the principles of the. invention , and demonstrated satisfactorily Its power by driving in turn some Swan glow lamps nnd nn electric motor , thus Illustrating Its practical application. We understand that a company Is working M. JablochkoiFs Invention In Paris , where the batteries nro bolng manufac tured and arc coming largely Into use. It would tppsnr to meet the objoctione present In moat primary batteries without having any of Its own , so far as present experience haa shown. _ Snmctliini : Alioiit Now York Health Board's Circular. Prevention Don't ' loto your shjop sleep in a cool place ; don't worry ; don't get excited ; don't drink too much alco hol ; avoid working In the sun if yon cm If ln-doors , work In a well-ventilated room ; wear thin clothes ; wear a light hat , not black ; put a large green loaf or wet cloth in It ; drink water freely and sweat freely ; It fatigued or dizzy , knock off work , lie down in a cool place , and apply cold water and cold cloths to yonr head and neck. Cure Put the patient In the shade loosen his c'.othos about the nock , send for the nearest doctor ; give the patient cool drinks of water or black tea or black coffee. If ho can swallow. If hla skin IE hot and dry prop him up , sitting agalneb a tree or wall ; pour cold water over the body and limbs and pat on his head pounded lea wrapped in a cloth or towel If you can't got Ice , nao a wet clotb , and keep freshening U. Bat If the patient la palo and faint and his pnlso Is f coble , lay him on hla back , make him smell hartshorn for n few seconds , or give him a toaepoonful of aromatic eplrits of am monia or tlncturo of ginger in two table- spoonafnls of water. In this case nao nt cold water , but rab the hands and feet and warm them by hot applications until the circulation Is restored. A Itoy with a liiiltc. Datroit 1'reo Press. "No , my son , " ho replied , as he put on his hnt , "yon can't go to the circus. ' "But why , father ? " "Well , In the first place , I can't foe ! away money on such things. " "Yes , but I have enough of my own. " "And in the next place It Is a rough crowd , the noutlmont Ia unhealthy , nnd no respectable person c&n countenance auob things. " " fart " "BuS - "That's enough , air ! You can't go' I want you to enjoy yonraolf , but yon mnat souk some moro respectable aniiiioniont. ' An hour later n curious thing happened In the circus tent A boy cllmbad to the top flight of Boats and eat down beside a man who had just finished n glass of lemonade and was lighting a cigar. He had his plug hat on the back of his head , and teemed to bo enjoying htmaolf huge ly. It was father and eon. The father iiad gene straight to the grounds from : llnnor , and the boy had ran away. They looked at each other for a minute , and then , the boy got in the first blow by whispering- "Say , datJ , If you won't lick mo I won't .ell ma you waa here' ' " The father nodded hla head to the Lgroemont , and the great spectacular > arado In the ring low tlio Cowboy Oooku Illu flle l . irooltljn Kttgle , 'iou say there Is no timber on the attlo Miigca ? " arkod the professor. "Not a buah , " replied the cowboy , 'not a twig. " "No coal , no driftwood In the stieims , 10 fuel of any kind ? " "Not a chip , " wni the reply. "Then haw do you cook your mmW "On the range , " c lmly replied the oed cowboy. And the professor was jiut going toatk rhat range , vhon ho suddenly remern- ered that It was tlmo to wind his watch. wecrcn Order Florid , t. Louis Whip , The secret order fiend Is ono who be ing ) to everything going. When ho has iient his tlmo and money ho becomes a atornal vampire. Ho must live aome- ow on thocrdcrs ho h s faitonod him- ) lf to IJo manages to hold forever what iw Gflio-a thure are that pay silarlcB , m latter how tired iho tubordlnalca may ave become of eoolng his name yuar Ftf r year. A profistlonal secret order Ilioj Inlder Is u tirilole thing anfl It teD D av Idtd ,