Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE SATURDAY , AUGUST 1 1885
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A. II. Vitch , Manager Daily Circulation ,
Omaha , Nebraska.
Miss CLEVELAND dooi not glvo away
any ot her photographs. Wo take It tha' '
Mlea Olovolond la not n handiomo
woman.
TJIF ( loot footed M ud S , qaoon o :
the tarf , has ccllpiod. horiolf , , At Glove
land on n slow courao , aho trotted n mlle
on Thursday In the wonderful tlrao o :
2:031 :
THE crop of winter who it in Ilnsila fa
below the modlnm ylold and aprlng
wheat to a faUaro. Thla may have the
effect of creating a lively export demand
for American wheat at good prices.
SINUK the killing of Bunuui'a unrnly
oloplnnt , the vicloui elephant story has
becjrno a notable faaturo In circus adver
tising. n rdly a d y p j30i without an
aooonnt boinc ; telegraphed all over the
country of conn angry elephant's nttaok
on his koopar. It ia about time that the
elephant should ba geuarally not down
upon ,
TIIK Patmm * canal company has not
made a paHic aUtouiont of KB financial
condition in tire years. It Is therefore
not surprising that Premier Brloson re
fuses to grant the request of the directors
that the French government sanction a
new issue equal to the amount of money
already expended npan the canal. It
bcglno to look as If the project wonld bo
dcc'nrod a failure at an early day.
i TUB Canadian Pacific telegraph system
will bo thrown open tj the public within
the next thirty days. As naual , Jay
Gjuld endeavored to gobble this system
for the Western Union anaconda , but bis
negotiation ] war a paraenptoriiy rejected.
Had ho sacceoiod In this sohotna it wonld
havd proved a profitable piece of strategy ,
as It la proposad to connect the Canadian
PiXciQc linca by a ciblo with Australia ,
China and Japan , thus actually encirc
ling the glebe with the oloctrlc current.
IN the little controversy between Boyd
and Miller It should not bo forgotten that
andor the original cDntract batwoon the
city of Omaha and the Union Pacific
railroad every foot of ground do
nated to the road reverts
to the city unless it Is
actually used for depot purposes ] or
right of way. Every lease made for
such grounds to oataido parties Is void'
The nupromo court decision on the tor-
mlnui does not abrogate that part of the
contract.
THE alleged shortage of $20,800 in the
accounts of Dr. Lorlng. ox-commlaalonor
of agriculture , is not by reason of his
having appropriated the money to his
own nso , bat It la for money that ho
spent for certain department work for
which It was not intended. It Is not
chr.rged that ho stole a dollar , or that the
government has lest a cent by his trans
actions. Ho a'.raply ' need $20,800 in an
honest disbursement for unauthorized
purposes , yet tbo government got value
received. For thus exceeding his au
thority , ho Is now called upon to make up
the § 20,800. It will be rather difficult ,
wo aliould think , to recover the money
under such clrcucnatancoj.
A QUESTION' of jurisdiction has
cftujccl n revolt in the Iowa agri
cultural college. Daring the sum
mer vacation two nninb ra of the
senior chas oommUtod a slight offeuio ,
and'when the college ro.opanod Presi
dent Hunt oaustd their expulsion. The
senior and junior olaisos demanded their
reinstatement on tha ground thai the
proudont hid no jurisdiction over stu
dents during vacation. President Hunt
refined to comply with tha demand , and
thereupon the two classes seceded from
the college. This withdrawal leaves the
institution irltloat a graduating class
this fall. This is Professor Hunt's first
year as proildont. Perhaps baforo the
and of the year the ether classes will
leave htm blooming alone like the last
roio of summer.
A "CONSTANT reader" asks the DEE to
answer the following question : "What
does the interrogation point signify when
placed In the middle of a sentence , en
closed in paronth la , thus ( ? ) " It is
mod In that way to throw doub1 upon
a statement mido In tha aantenoe , or
to question the uco of the particular word
which it folio ITS. For initano > , In the
aontoncV'Loval L.Smith lost $100,000 ( ? )
in a recent wheat deal , " It signifies that
the editor , who hss inserted the interro
gation , donbta the statement , In the
sentence , "Mr. Smith la a very erotic ( ? )
follow , " It Implies that tha aeo of the
word erotlo ia wrong , and that the editor
thinks that the author of the sentence
should have nied same other word , prob
ably erratic , a * Smith referring to the
ox-merchant prinso of Omaha who has
wundortd cfi to Canada has given con-
uto'ng ' prosf that bo is raoro erratic
than erotic ,
MAYOR BOYD'S POSITION.
There are fifty thousand people In
Omaha to-day wLo did not rcsldo hero
during the period of gltation over the
location of the Union Pacific brldgo in
16G8. This class cannot judge for thorn
lolvos of the merits of the present con
troversy between Mayor Bojd and Dr
Miller. For tbelr.bcneCt wo shall brelfly
review the history of the negotiations.
When Abraham Lincoln , in December ,
I8G3 , located the eastern terminus
of the Union Pacific at Omaha ,
the power to locate It elsewhere was
taken away from the corporation man
agers. The location of the terminus was
by no moans an accident. Omaha had
exerted a powerful Influence to tccuro
the location against such rivals M St
Joseph and Loavenworth , then loading
cltlos on the Missouri river. Augustus
Kountze , an Omaha banker , was namoc
as a charter director of the road , and
ether friends of Omaha wore in the
board. The charter of 1802 and 18G-110
quired a bridge to bo built at or near
Omaha for connecting the Union Paclfu
with the Iowa system. Thla did no
contemplate a transfer of thi
terminus to Bellovno , or a bridge a
Ohllds'Mills. But the Credit Mobller
buoeanneors , not content with robblnj
their owa road out of fifty millions , commanded
mandod the people of Omaha to hold n ]
tholr hands. They threatened to Isolat
and ruin this olty by a change of terminus
and bridging the river at Bjllovuo or
OhilJs'Mills. Frightaned out of tholr
wits the citizens appointed a commlttoo
to visit Ui3 robbers' hoadqaartoM ia New
lork and make the bast terms potslblo.
To show that Mayor Boyd ia right mid
Dr. Mlllor Ia wrong , wo have only to re
fer to the address of the committee , "To
the President and directors of the U. P.
R. II. Company , " dated Now YorK ,
March 11 , 1808 , and signed by Alviu
Saunders , Francis Smith , Augas'us
KoantzB , Ezra Mlllard , Eaos Lowe , 0.
P. Hurford , committee , and to the fol
lowing dispatch :
NV YOUR , March 20 1S03.
To ths 1'reas of Omaha :
Bridge located at Train Tablo. O-naha
pledges depot grounds and two hundred and
Sfty thouiand dollars. Council BluCN pledgee
two hundred thouiand dollars and landa.
Groundaand right of way will bo condemned.
( Sigaod ) ALVIN SAUNDEHS ,
E RA MILLARD , SocV. Chairman.
The committee ( except 0. P. Hurford
who was absent at the tlmo ) employed
Ravage and Mindaraoa to draw up a
contract in accordance \rlth the verbal
understanding made in March , 18G8 , and
oah and every member of the committed
when the contract wai reai to them
agreed that there waa not ono word in it
tub what wai promhei by the president
acd directors of tha Union Pacsfio. Dr.
Mlllor was the only man who objected
and at that tlmo he was not a member of
the commlttoo. If anybody doubts this
statement lot htm call on Savage and
Unnderaon.
The location o ! the brldgo In South
) maha waa not made as a matter of econ
omy , but becut'.e the Credit Mobiler
chief had a mistress who wai Interested
n a largo tract of land In the neighbor-
lood of tha bridge.
According to Dr. Miller , who was
> laylng toady and lackjy for Durant
and Dillon , the people of Omaha
agreed to donate twenty acres of depot
grounds to [ the Union Pacific upon the
solo condition that the bridge should bo
ocatod hero instead .of at Bellovae or
Ohllds' Mills. That statement is refuted
> y the commlttoe's report , but it may
> o inferred that the depot grounds bo-
ongedto the city and were nt that time
almost worthless. As a matter of fact
ho depot grounds were private property ,
aid out in lots and occupied by dwoll-
ngg and stores , Theao lota had to bo
rarchaied and paid for. The city Issued
$200,000 $ In ion per cent , bonds to payer
or the grounds , and ai the bonds wera
not negotiable at par they were allotted
o the loading property owners who were
each required to cash the bonds , and if
hey were nimble to hold them to discount
horn at a heavy IOJB. After the depot
{ rounds had been transferred to the road ,
rOgethor with § 230,000 of Djuglas conn-
y bonds , the highwaymen built a
$200,000 dopoi at D.llonvllle , where
iwo'vo hundred acres of land had boon
) ought by Dillon to l y out a rival town
iO both Omaha and Council Bluff. ' , and
rom that day to this Omaha
IBB bad nothing but throats and
iromieos in exchange for her
> rlncely donations. Mayor Boyd
wonld bo recreant to his duty If ho did not
at this time firmly assort and maintain
the righto of Omaha. Tha present man
agers of the Union Pacific should also
iear in mind that this community Is no
ongar a village , and will not ba content
with promises or patiently submit to
threats.
MK , JlENnmcKfi' man J ones Is causing
about as much trouble to the administra
tion ai Mr , Mannings' man Hlgglns.
Some ono ought to sit down on Jones.
Like Higglna he has no nso for civil ser
vice reform , Mr. Jones is poatmas'or at
[ ndianopolls , and for a postmaster In a
second-class city ho has stirred up con
siderable o * a fuss , Ho has removed the
competent aatUtant postmaster to make
room for a broken-down political hack ;
10 has made his own son cashier ; he has
jounced the stamp clerk in order to
irovldo a berth for a democrat who
mixes religion with politics and calls
litniclf a democratic clergyman ; ho has
made Hondrlcks' nephew chief cf the
rcglitry department ; and ho has put
another son of his own In tbo place of
; bo old reliable janitor. Among the vic
tims of his dlspleaaura are an ox-general
of the union army , a union
aildior , and a soldier's widow , a nlrco
cf General Burnalde. But the moat un-
g&llant thing done by this old
Jaclisoulan bourbon was to turn
out four poor nomen , who were earning
a scanty livelihood by repairing mall
sacks , In order to provide places for four
stout ablo.bodied democrats. Mr. Jonct ,
who Is an old mots-back , and has evi
dently cot hoard cf civil torvlco reform ,
when called to account for this conduc
replied that the offices belonged to the
democrats , and that ho had Improved the
aerylco by making tha changes , Charges
have been preferred against him by the
civil service rcformora , who are Indlgnan
that Jones should have appointed his
sons to positions In his owh office. The
civil service commission , sent by Prcsl
dent Cleveland to Investigate the charges
will probably find them all true and wll
very likely recommend that Mr
Jonea bo given his walking papers
In order to make room for
a democrat who o Ideas of civil service to
form are more In accord with thoao o
President Cleveland. Wo can no
BOO what elao the commitslon can do , bu
whether Mr. Cleveland will act In accordance
cordanco with any such recommendation
and make an example of Jones , remains
to bo seen. If ho docs not , his elncerlt ;
as a civil service reformer will bo ques
tionod. The fast is that the conduct o
Jonea places President Cleveland in a
very delicate condition , If ho remove
Jones ho will antagonize Hondrlckr , who
sticks by his postmaster. If ho permit
Jones to remain , then Hondrlcks and hi
friends , whobollovn that the presldon
dare not intoifoio In the matter , will trl
umpbantly crow over Mr. Cleveland , am
at once proceed to carry out the spoil
system in uvcry city and town of Indiana
Under all the circumstances wo wll
wager that Mr. Jones , like Higglus a
Washington , will contiuuo to hold the
fort.
Tun Western Union telegraph comcanj
has authorized 1U office managers through
out the country to receive and rccnlpt for
enbicrlptlono to the fund for a monumcn
to ba erected in Now York city to the
memory of General ( jiranr. While the
cttlzous of Omaha wll ) no doubt ccntrib
ute liberally to a Grant monument fund ,
thcra Is a feeling that their contributions
should bo dovotcd to a Grant monument
In Omaha. Now York is abundantly
able to erect a magnificent monument to
perpetuate the memory ol General Grant ,
without calling upon the country at largo
for contributions The probability Is
that a Grant monument will bo erected
In every largo city cf the country in
Beaten , Philadelphia , Chicago , Washing
ton , St. Louis , and ether places. Chicago
cage has already inaugurated a move
ment to secure funds for n hand
some monument in Lincoln park.
Gvcry newspaper In that city is acting as
An agent of the fund. Now It strikes us
that Omaha , which Is the headquarters of
the military department of the Platte ,
and the metropolis cf a state whoso pop
ulation ia largely composed cf soldleas of
tha civil war , ought to have a Grant
monument of its own , either In Hanacom
lark , or on JefTaraon equaro , or at Fort
3maha. Gen. Grant was well known In
Dmaha. having paid thia city several
visits , and among our clt'zens ho had
many warm personal friends. Lot us
iavo a Grant monument of our own. Wo
make the suggestion , and hope that it
will receive due consideration.
IN his appointments yesterday Presi
dent Cleveland kindly remembered Ne
braska by giving the city cf Valentine anew
now postmaster. His name is George A.
? axton. President Cleveland is elow
nit sure , and the best thing the hungry
lomocrata in Nebraska can do ia to
loaaess tholr souls in patience. The
) ostoltioea will all bo peddled out
among them in the course of two or
hrce years.
THE waiters in tno IH'caron hotel , In
Sow Jersey , struck tha other day for a
also of S10 a month , giving as n reason
hat they do not receive as many "tips"
rom the guests as heretofore. The
point was considered well taken , and the
proprietors granted tholr demands. It
a evident that the hard times hare had
ho effect of closing oven tha puree-
trings of the seaside summer visitors.
THE Scientific American oxpreesesjan
opinion to the tifect that Iho Bell tele
phone monopoly cannot bo upheld by the
supreme court. This opinion will have
considerable weight , coming as it does
from the representative iiowopaper above
all othcrj cf the inventors of the United
States.
TIIK members of the Hastings base ball
club have blood in their oyos. They
iroposo to challenge tha Union Pacifies
o play throe games for ono thousand
dollars and the state champlonthlp. Now
ot the Union Pacifies put up or shut np.
We admire the spunk of the Hastings
) OJS.
Jr { hero Is any poet In the hnd who
bas not yet written an ode to Grant , wo
would like to hear from him.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Oa the eve of the most hotly contested
campaign that has been fought for many
roars , the tory cabinet Is on the verge cf
disruption. The unnatural alliance bo-
vroon thn tory leaders and Parnellites
ins caused n split not only among the
aaaoclates of Lord Salisbury in the
cabinet , but threatens to make an Irro-
urablo breech among the rank and file
of hla followers. The alliance between
no torles and the Parnellitoaia a fantastic
arrangement , as the defeat of the govern
ment domonttratcd a faw nights ago , but
i has served to draw the liberal factions
slot or together. The leaders In oppoai-
Ion who could not when in office agree
upon Irlah policy now nnlto In vindi
cating Lord Spencer from the charges
of cruelty , injustice end rrmgovein-
went which have been preferred
against him. From the English
point of view ho deserved the com
nllmenta showered upon him , The tisl
of restoring the supremacy of crown law
In Ireland waa at difficult and dangcrou
as It was thankless. Ho took the crime
act for which both English partloi had
made themselves reiponalblo and enforced
forced it with vigor and tact , If h
made aomo mistakes this was inevitable
but In the main ho acted prudently an
succeeded in the end in securing th
punishment cf criminals. The Iris
people naturally hated him bocauto hi
success was a triumph for Enqllth ndmln
istratlon. Ho pacified the ( aland nnd restored
stored the supremacy of law by moan
which the Irish unite In denouncing
The first coercion act had failed , whcrca
the crimes act had accomplished Its pur
pose ; but In the estimation of Mr. Par
noil's follower ! the moisnrcs were equal !
detestable.
If Lord Salisbury takoi a serious view
of the pordicament in which the lots o
his Irish allies has placed him , the tw
warlike generals from the Soudan ant
from Afghaniatan will bo kept In sus
ponso. SlrPotor Lumsdon hurried horn
from the eceno of hostilities in Asia
breathing nil sorts of defiance at thi
Gladstone ministry , and had the ploasnr
on his arrival In London of finding thi
torles In power. Hla happiness wa
made complete by the extraordinary
honor of an Invitation to dlno with th
queen , with Salisbury as the only othe
guest. General Wolioloy came up from
tbo Soudan at the tame time , in hig'
wrath with the Gladstone ministry a
the failure of the Soudan campaign
Wolscley had not kept his appoint
ment to dlno in Khartoum nt a cer
tain date , and ho wanted to ohovr th
world that the Gladstone ministry wa
the parly at fault. Both Sir Peter Luir.s
don and General Wolssley had a persona
nmbitlon to gratify by war. Ono wantee
nar in the Sondun , the ether In Afghan
istan The check Saliobuty has received
oven if ho dooa not take thn hint and go
will place these gcnorals on the uiixlou
cent. A ministry that is likely to b
voted down any day on a trivial matter i
notnsafo ministry to tlo to. Thorn is a
vast difference botwoan tm invitation t
dtno with the queen and the premier nm
ono to dlno with the queen acd an ordl
nary noble of her court. It Is quite po :
eiblo that the people will bo wleu enouy :
to keep these two self-seeking general
waiting a long tlmo.
The new tory administration in Eng
land has given n quasl-aBsent to the prop
oaltlon of the Parncllltoi to Inveatigat
the late criminal administration of Ear
Spencer at Dublin. The torica are
divided on this subject , ench journals , a
the St. Jamoa Gazette and the Saturday
Review taking strong grounds against an ;
review of the action of Spencer Imprison
Ing certain parties in consequence of the
Maamtrasna , Casilo Island and ether
murder cases. The Parnellites insist
that the parties are wrongfully impris
oned , and they seem likely to
tiavo the matter reviewed. It seems
strange that tbo torles , or the official uor
; Iou of them , should ba tali ing a pro-Irish
position ; and yet the Irish question has
lovelopud to the point where the pool-
Jon of a political party on the subject is
almost decisive cf Its continuance or fail
ure in power. Lord Churchill has irroughl
the change in his party's position and the
recent debates show that a very influen-
.Ihl tory dementia in favor of at tern pl
ug ta govern Ireland more in accordance
with the wishes of the Irish people.
Elenco the tory support of the land
) urch B3 bill and other ameliorative
uoaenres whoso inception was In the liberal -
oral party. Lord Cdrnavon baa fallen in
with the tendency of hla party , nnd , al
hough the movemon4Is probably an
electioneering trick , the Irish loaders do
not care. Tney will take all the fish that
iomo Into their net from whatever source.
Vllchaol Davltt and a few other malcou-
entB still clamor in tbo old style , but
VIr , ParneU's scheme of reform by legit-
mate parliamentary action la the wkming
; amo.
Sir Stafford Nortbcote , now known as
Jord Iddoslofgh , gave expressions re
cently , at a farmers' mooting , to ideas
hat wonld hr.vo scared his earlier tory as
Delates out cf tholr wite. If there ever
woo a thing that ponld scare any tory It
was any proposition to meddle with the
crnet grown systems of land transfers
bat had 250 years of prescription and
tupldlty behind them. Lees than half
a century iigo it cost as much in labor
and expense t ] change Iho proprietor-
hip ot a little plot cf ground In
jogland ao would have cnfficcd
o conquer an Indian province. Con-
equcntly land transfers were exceed-
nly rare and none ) but the moat woaltbly
could dlord to buy. This ia ono of Iho
reasons that led to the gradual accretions
of vast landed estates in a fair hiiida , and
his , In a cottain eenac , waa the sub-
tructuro upon which the tory party
roared and maintained its power.
Touch the land nnd you touch the
country , " used to bo a femlliar tory cry.
t is , tberofore , the raoro surprising to
mar a man Ilka the Eirl of Iddlotlslgh
speaklnp avowedly as a laud-owner , and
leclaring that it is the true interest of
English land-owners that "ja
hould ba as available for
ranafer as any other prop
orly. " If this kind of thing gooa on
much longer it will bo difficult for
ordinary people to understand what is
he precise distinction between torles and
radicals. At present the only difference
hat can clearly bo seen la that ono party
a out and tbo ether in , and that the
'outs" wish the conditions to bo changed.
Similar conditions have arisen In the
Jnlted States , but It Is something strange
o hear the rankeat conservative leader
of England ready to sell out his party
raditiona In a fight of the kind. It Is
nonph to make "Tho Rupert cf Debate1'
main his coffin.
The BiSllsh government , quietly and
lectsivoly , during the dispute ever Pond-
eh , to'z ) d Port Hamilton , on the Nan
low group of lelande , commanding a
ino naibjr , dominating the Coroan
trails , the toatbern entrance to the Sea
f Japan. This point Is between five and
ix hundred miles south cf RaeaU'a great
taval station of Yladlvottock , which ia
n the upper Japan uoa , near the Chinese
nd Coroan frontier , fifty miles south of
.ho . point where the great Amoor
her enters the Sea of Okhotsk ,
'ho British government has
hna moved its bate of
uppllea 1,000 miles nearer Vladlvoatcck
nd can got any quantity of good coal at
Nagasaki , Japan , unly 110 inllca off In
no event of war , tha Roaalan fleet can
10 cooped up In the aoa cf J pau by
> laclng a fnw first-data Iron olads ia tba
traits of L Porcuso and Ttugar. Thla
WRB one of the finest strategic movements
f tha Gladstone * ad-jilnUtratlon , end It
a oiiei lo which the Gladatoiiitea cm coi-
aiuly point with pride. Port Hamilton
ma been briefly referred to in the die-
patches of late , and an examination of a
good map will reveal its valno to the Brit
leh government.
Prince Bismarck teems to have lac
ono of his attacks of heavy German
humor. Otherwise it la hard to accoun
for his advlco that the Xulfikar Pat
should bo made nentral. The notion o
maintaining the neutrality of tha high
way from the Russian posts into the
Afghan territory may seem funny to
Prlnco Blamarck. It cannot seem
to anybody , and as little to hin
BA to anybcdy else , a serious sug
gcatlon. "Iho powers wonld seated ;
guarantee n pass which they can
not get nt ai if U were the Suez canal
The guarantee must bo given by the con
tending parlies , which ere Russia am
Afghanistan , the latter being for thi
purpose an English dependency. Thi
would bo very like two dogs guarantee
ing the neutrality of a bono that lay between
tweon them and was coveted by both
If the suggestion has any algntficanc
at all it Indicates n prfeotonc
for the Rnislan claims on th
part of the Gorman chancellor. Th
semi-official announcement that RussI
will not relinquish those claims Indlcatoi
the same willingness for war that has al
along given the Russian navigators an
advantage over the English It teem
nlao a pleco of bad faith. The pasi I tie !
having boon formally conceded to Afghan
Istan , the refueal to concede Its approachc
is a refusal to cede with thn pasa what i
law would bo called ita "ontomontB. "
The Germans havn always called th
provlncca won from Piauco the ' 'Rdohs
land , " or tha empire's domain , thus cm
phaaizlng the fact tlmt it was the commo
reward of the whole empire for prowcs
In war. The emperor's son-in-law , th
grand duke of Baden , whoto conntr
constitutes a ribbon on the cant of thce
prsvinccp , covets them , but Blamarck ha
nlwnys stood in hla wpy. His wife , th
ornpcror'a ' daughter , lately got the con
Ecnt of her ogcd father nnd of the crowt
prince , but Bismarck again Intervonei
and defeated the achcmo. To bo gover
nor of the Rolchdand ia a h'gh honor , u
it ia the outpost toward Franco , and th
administration of a roluc'.int and con
querad people Is oficn a delicate matter
Prlnco Qohonloha succeeds the grim
Manteuffcl In that capacity.
Whatever the roault of the recent ro
yivul of alarm over Russian movement
in central Aslt , the Indications that Ilus
ela has been "treating os her own the tor
rltory of Porm" will bo likely to snbjuc
the frontier of the latter country hereafter
tor to a watch as close na that which i
habltuilly kept upon the frontier of Af
ghanlstan
It bas boon alleged that Russia obtaitiec
specific permlailon to place her troop
for csrtnin parpoaes upon Persian terrl
tory. Bo thit as It may , the military
conritlcn of Persia is nuuh that Russia
oou'd htrdly find much moro difficulty in
forcing her way to Iho Indian ocean
through ils domains than through Af
qhaniatan. Ic la tiuo that an attcmp
at the c sequent of Eastern Persia mlgh
stir up general opposition from
European powers , but the prowess
of that country Itcclf could hardly
have terrors for Russia. The appoint
ment of a Russian commission to inquire
Into the trade movement between the
Trans-Caspian territory and Afghanistan
and Persia , msy mean a breathing epol
in the Mtncovlto aggression in the cait.
The announcement of the commission Is
Eccompanlod with the word of the MOE
caw Gdzctto that the government con
aiders Its ventures in Central Asia at an
ond. Persia may wall tremble at the
thought ot a Russian commission in
ousted w.th the Inspection of ita trade
routes ,
Now that the difficulties between
Prance and China have been settled , the
French are free to turn their arms agahui
Madagascar , snd sro taking active meas
ures to atone for their defeat in Tonqaln
3y tbo conquest of "tho great .African
aland. " For several years we have hoard
nuch of certain French claims upon
Madagascar and alleged rights to large
larts of its territory. Thoao pretensions
of the French are of a very shadowy
nature.
They have no ancient right to the Is-
and , for tbreo European natlono , the
Portuguese , the Dutch and the English ,
were established there before them. Rc-
icated attempts cf the French to cottlo
on the Island hnvo failed , and , at tbo be
ginning of the present century , they had
almost no connection with it. Having
no nnclont right to the Island , they aru
endeavoring to enpport tholr position by
means of trtatles made in 1841 with aomo
rebellion * tribea by repudiated and
abandoned treaty made In 1802 with a
drunken king , and by n treaty made In
.8(58 ( , which qlves the French no more
rights to the Island than any ether nation
which hai made a treaty with the govern
raent may claim.
Tha novas , the domirant tribe1 , who
iavo conquered almost tbo entire island ,
are vJgoroualy mis Ing theao Fr. nch
ggnsiiona. They claim the disputed
eiritoiy by right of conquest , and s y
hat rebels cannot dlapojo of l nd by
roaty with a foreign power. The con
quered tribes have rendered fealty to the
sovcro'gn of the Hnvaa , mili'r.iy post *
iavo been established in and cunora
duties collected frmn the subjugated
country by Hova efficiali , without at > y
corophlnt from the French. Finally , the
French , in their treaties , have rccogn'zjd
ho ruler of the liovta us aaverclgn ol
Madagascar ,
BlUSIOALi AMU miAMATiC ,
Mme , Iludlo opens her Beaten engagement
on October 2Gth.
Itoeo Kytingo will tour the far west next
eason with a new play.
Tbo Now York theaters are draped in
nourningforGon , Giant.
Laura Don has etna to Southern California
for the benefit of her health ,
Mr. Irving has finally decided to produce
Mr. Willia'i "Kauat" at tba J.yceuru in Oo
ober.
Misa Anoia Pixlev opens the regular
dramatic teaaon utthe Beaten theatre on
Keptcmber 7th.
Mr. Henry E. Abbayh&s engaged Mine ,
Jerstirfor a leuon of concerts in America
bis fall and winter ,
CoL Mupleson baa engaged the tenor , IU-
elli , for th ) coming full Beacon of Italian
pern at the Academy of Muilc ,
Grau's "Mikado" diorl at the Grand Opera
louff , Urooklfii , liaS Tbureday night from
> oor bualaeiB and unpaid salaried.
'Iho Kiralfyn will make n new rnovo next
ea on by pu ting on a threo-act comedy with-
ut any Bpoctacular ilfecU whatever.
Mr , Hany Richmond Is to take a comtmny
n the road iu ft burlesque of "Kicbard JI1. "
tlchmnnd nnd lUcbaril for 'ono will be of
ne mind.
Hcrr Adolf Neuendorf ! " to be ttie manager
ext season of tha Jlij , u theater In Uoituo.
A'ht operas will be given , 1'lotow' * "Stra-
alia" opening tbotoiiBun ,
Nlleaon is about lo tnoko her flrat piofej-
lunul tour in her native Sweden slnco tha ba-
ama a great MDger. .Jbe waa born in a wood- [
hi pper' hut m tha foiett cf Woxio , forty-
wo j eurtt ago ,
Tli3 dome on the centre of the celling ol the
Removed.
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THE MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY "CENTURY.11 *
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATEDTABLE
ILLUSTRATED A Canoolnrj Paper . . uiilic1c\cnilli irntiom.
iflONTHLA Slory with a Hero . .by J.n. T. McKaj- .
iflONTHL The Indian Country , ith map , liyltc-iry King.
Typical Dogs , by experts . \Mlliilltmrations.
William Lloyd Garrison , by l.i < Som atul by T.
\V. lliggiruonVali sc\cral portraits.
Panforto dl Siena , liyW.D llowcIN ; illustrated.
On llolcl-liccpino Present snd future.
A Virginia Clrl In the First Year of the War.
An anccilul.il paptr , liy Mrs. Ilinton N' . ll.irmuli.
The Battle or Malvcrn Hill . fully illustrated.
lly eicn. liu Joint I'otlcr.
Re-collections of a Prltato . illustrated.
The niso of Silas Laphani t > y\V. I ) . Hcmclls.
Tlio Bostor.lans . liy Henry James.
The Departments Short papers on
jccts including : 'Ihc Mciit Sjstcm , The
Christian Con rc" , \\li.it thill he done uilh
our cx-'rcMdriit' ] > ? Kcvicusof Hccnl I'icli.in ,
A Doj's j\iipLtitc for 1'ictioii , etc , etc.
The/irst ft-apttrs rf Mr Iftwelb't rtn > novel
tinting tht autnii'H.
Sold by all dealers ; price , 35 cents.OTHE CENTURY CO. N. V.
New York Academy of Music ia to ba palntec
u light blue with a clout ] design , eu na to rep
rescul the nicy , with the chautlcllcr iva it
luminary.
Misa Cl.ir.i Louino JCnllog and her concor
company Imvereuched Winnipeg , whence the
intend to proceed po Waslilnnton Territoi
nnd liritiah Columbia ,
Signer 1'eruirmt recently eang before th
Priiico and Princess of Wales nt Marlbor
ough House. Ho will nrrive In Now York
early m October , having been engaged b ;
Iludolph Aronson to assume tlin prlnclpa
tenor role in the " '
opera comiqua 1'fingaten iu
1'lorenz. "
A pappr piano bas boon manufactured a
I'arls. The material for Urn case waa com
pressed and took a perfect pel uh. and tb
: ono of the instrument , though not loud , wa
very sweet a soft , full , quasi-continuou
sound , resembling somowlmt that of tin
orgun ,
Tim now Pnris oparn hauio has f.vlloa In
disfavor. The corridora are dark nnd low
Lho finlon is too far ftom the boxes to be con
vetvently used aa a promenade , the facllltie
For < isplnyiDg tuiluto are bad and the ncousti
qualities nro miserable. Nothing except th
grand ataitcate seems to b ) conaidorod tolera
ble.
ble.It
It ia said that the two Wild West Miowa o
Buffalo liill and Dr , Car'-er will Hhortly met.
and have a real fight , in which Buffalo Bill'e
[ ndinns will puiBUO Dr. Oarxer's stngn coacl
> id Dr. Carver's rowboys will lasso Buffalo
Hill's greasers. Keeling between the two
shows Is hlgb.
_ Mary Audorfun's tour throughout the Kng
ifh provinces waa very unsatisfactory , the
msineps aho did havlt g been exceedingly foo-
> le. The Bhopa are ttill filled with her pic-
uren , nnd she ia to te seen In all the favorite
ittitudea in nearly every prominent window
rom Regent street to during Gross ,
Great thirga are eaid of Mllo. Tierpnp , a
mtivo of Flandere , who has carried tff the
irst prize in the tinging competition at the
loyal Conecrv.itory at Bruaeela. She la If
rcara old ; has a Roman proGIe nnd blonde
lair. Her voice is compared bv tin enthusi
astic admirer to that of Pauline Viardot.
Misa rnma Thuteby ia on tha point of re
appearing in the concert room. She will de-
nut upon u conceit tour , commaccing iu St
Tohn , New Brunswick , In early September ,
nnd in due coineeie to be heard no oeaicr home
linu tliu Bntibli nrnvinces. MIEB Th lira by
ias placed herself ucder the guldnnco of Mr ,
Mux Ktrakoach ,
To bu n leading actress , rn the plucno now
; eec , ia not oiily to be familiar with thn priti-
ipil female rolon of prcat plays , i.uii tu bu
Mo to give tbo lin R thtir firl nud tiuo moati
ng ; it nnjHe3 [ alee tlio piissi bHion of a costly
vurdrobe , the maiutalnlog of un cBlabllcli-
nont moro nt IOBB ulegaut , u widn nctpiaiu-
once with leading munnger ; , ciitici and pro
o.'Bionil people guccrjlly , and a euavei anil
creo.iblo manner by which nil thoto tliicgs
limy bo rendered available.
Pattl lioliln her own among the people ol
j > uduu , Upon n recent appearance at
.UrRluTit.T , in Faust the St. Jumps said ol
inr : There IB no other character in the whole
peratiu report ry which has beeu filled by
IngiTH i f iiv.h div > r o giftn and acquirements
as TitleiiH and Nileauii Patti , LLCCS nnd
Alb.ini. If now it ba asked which of the In
numorublu Margueritni who have appeared
u the operntia etaces nf London must ba ro
garJod as the but , most pern na will certainly
eply , Mine , Adelina 1'iitti ; wbllo if ony
[ iirHtion were to be reined na to who ia the
mint perfect b1a ghnrita at the present mo-
nflut , the damn of Pattl wuuld bn pronounceid
vithout one dissentient voica. S a airga the
lowel ajng , with its nppropriitly da/.z'ing '
urcaineutation , m b Illiantly ns ever , and tliu
icauu of the prison with more dramatic force
ban ever tince , eome twenty years ago , * ha
iret aanumed the part. Mine. 1'at'i ' has lost
nothing and ha gained much Kven us a
Inger the has Improved ; not , indeed , in the
art of vocalization , for that waa impossible ;
mt aa regards her voice , which is richer and
nero capable of expressing emotion than In
onner days , when its ligutne-na and brlRlit
noas were its molt noteworthy characteristic ! ) ,
STATE JOIXJNQS.
Grand Iilaml ia looking around for p'ana
nd ottiinatea of water works ,
Surveyors are out on the proposed line of
ba K.brabka and Kuniai narrow gu ge.
Sheldon Drew waa drowned whlln bithing
n the Mlsaouri river nt PlattsmotUh Tueadoy.
TliH Grand I land Indoprtiident ficnres it
ut that Hunting * padded nor ceaaun returns
bout four thuuiamf.
Fremont haa progressed far enough with
iu water works aKitution to tulmlt a propo-
tlon tuote bond * .
Rise , tliu dauKhtor of William Kllia of
Jeutoru , Htaittd up a fire with kerosene and
ved thirty houra alter ,
The P Httimonth Herald having carefully
xauilntd th < ) field etatea that Senator Van
r'yck'ri fdicOB are in rxcelleut repair nnd the
respect * aru good fur u heavy crop iu the
ext IrgUlntiire ,
Cedar county haj bcon settled by the
hltns for thlrti' yeurs and btr inert-use of
opulation fi.r tin last fiv yB M Ueqiul to
er entire populttton at tliu close of ilia lirat
uirter of century in her histoiy.
, T. D , Woo-J of Urn uew town of Hay
3priug < ! L U I'o t jf Huthvlllp , and T , 15.
rwin , of ( i irdun , nra the onjninmltuifM np-
lointod liy the fjovi-iur-r fir Dmea oiunty.
l'h geniluntn ruined hitve recelvid tbelrj
A party of Indian palica havn recently
measured the disUnco fnnn Pine Ridge
agency to Rushvllle an J ( Jordan. Tliu dis-
tanro to Gordon from the ngency ii found to
ba 2Ji ( milee , and from ths agency toRualnlllo
24 miles.
A Sidney bachelor nnaworod a matrimonial
ncUertieetrout in an Omaha paper a lew days
ngo , requeuing n photograph. Thn lady re
plied , sending not only her own photograph ,
hut tho3i of her lour children by her first hus
band na well The bachelor waa satisfied.
Mrs. James Bennett , residing near Bsat-
rice , was lighting a fire with koroeena last
Saturday morning , when thn oil exploded and
set her clothing on firo. IJsforo tha fire was
put out she wiu terrible burned and died
twelve houra after in great sufferirg. Shu
waa n young woman , married simonths. .
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon ,
Valentino and vicinity continuo excited
over the outrngnnna assault made by the rod *
skinned vagabond from Rosebud agency upon
the person of the youug school mnrm near
that town last week. Aa it Is known the
ravisher would corttinlv bo lynched should
he be turned over to thu Valentino authorities ,
the agency officials rofusa tu surrender him ,
Jnmon Soamnn , of Ainaworth , haa been
prospecting for coal near the Nlnbrarn river
forsomo timu , sinking through IL' , " ) foetof date
nnd bed rock formation , nud has now ordered
n set of drills and attt > chu.ent * lur continuing
i ho Kinking. While no coal ban yet boon
found , thn prospector in hopelul nnd proposes
making his invniIIgHtlon in that locality
thorough before relinquishing his efforts.
Plattsmonth Herald : "Tho Herald hai received -
ceivod a copy of tha NobraiUa Fair to bo held
by the Omaha Exposition the first of Septoiu-
ber , and the lint is ompleto and the number
nf premiums offered large Ono fact Is espec
ially noticeable , and th it is , thn number of
special premiums that tha business mouof _
Omaha offer , and it H n very guoJ illustration
of the business men of that city , who in any
jnterpriso that cornea up always show their
ibsiality.
Stiver Coinage.
PjllLAliELmiA , , July 31. The only coinage -
ago executed nt the Uaitad States mint in
this city during July , tha first month of the
administration of ill' new superintendent ,
Uanlol M. Fox , wan Sl,8rO.OOo. nlver.
A Positive Cure for JZucry form of
& 7ln and JSlood Diseases , /rom
Pimples to Scrofula ,
NEVER FAILING.
Ido not linow nl au In tanco In which the Cutlcura
IcmcdlcH Ii5\o filled to ( iriiduso eatn > tatory rmulta
Uallo\o I IUVH nod inord nl thvmthaii of auy uthtr
Bt In iomrall < H I hue ever liandlc-d durlrc tnt > thirty *
lirto yeara ol my oxporlincoaaa diu KHt.
A. J > . TUYON , I'rus-nls. . Uatavli , N. V.
SCROFULA OURKD.
I prcicrlboci jour futlcura rcmtdlcs , cBeotlnR a
hornuxh tuio , In a chr iilo caeo ot Kcrolula upon A
child o' onoofinv patrors , alter tbe ca1 o hail LatlloJ
the skill ot .wa eminent physicians dutliu a period
oltlnenmontlia. 1 made a oamp'.etu euro In lour
months. . . . .
A. 0 , 1'AITEIISOX , Druggist , BrooksUI'e , Ky.
NKVKR A COMPLAINT.
Flnco I haie loan ecllsiiB vour r.utlcur llemadlea
l feneirrhB > rdakli < Kl onroplalnt ; but on the
ho hu used ihem bu lieon well
contrary c\cr > "no
Andrews , lad.
SCROFULOUS SCUES.
I lia < l a dozen liul sores upon my iiuuy , and tried
allreincillealcould hear ol , and at last tried you
Cutlcura IkiuwllL-a and the } l\\o cured me.
JlSO. UAn
Hebron , Thaj l r ounty , I'enn
Cull ura Ilcmrd'eB are Hold cverj where.
Cutleurs , fOc ; Kesolicnt , 1.00 ; Heap , Z6c. ! >
itred bytbel'onia DBUQ ANP CuunciL Co. , Uo .
nri. MBfML
'K'DNEY PAINS. " ami that wei.
iy m tint ever piviont with tbodo o
) ulUul Kldncyf , weak lucks , nvcrworlifxl
or worn out by ktaudlnir , valklor or tit
eewlni ; uiach'ne ' , euro i by UUIICUKA
. _ M'M riin , a new , oiialna ) , dcKint , i > lo -
nt antldot 1 1 pain n1 ii < llimatlon. At drii/ghts.
c , Dvu lit $ | , Mailed luu. I'ottor Dr J. mill
: htrnlc l Co. , Hut on
POOL , KIRTII AND OTHKR PRIVI-
LKGIKOR : SALI : ON THI :
GROUNDS OF TJIK
OMAHA , NEBftASKA. FAIR.
tMdiinunt \ \ lie on 111 i In the Rccictai4 Ii il
i or lia'o o Aug. It' , 'Iliu rklit n rmmd toaiir
, , t llllja.
Puretjaand other premiums olTorcd , $ ' , -
OHI.
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