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THE BEE POBLISHING GO ,
K ROSKWATEIl , Enrron.
A. n. Fitch , Manager Daily Circulation ,
Omaha , Ncbra kn. _
Tnr. railroad commission Is amusing
itself at the ozponeo of the pooplo. Lot
the farce go on.
' Now that the commissioners ot Doug
las oonnty have planted thomtolvoa eol-
idly on the olvil aorvloo platform , the
country , the county , and tjio superintend ,
ont of the poor faun nro oafc.
JKSTEAD of wasting tholr ammnnlttoc
In pnlvcrlzlnt ; the rum power through t
bootless political campaign , the Nebraskt
prohibitionists better dovo'o tholr tinu
and energy to the proper enforcement oi
' the present law.
IF a proposition to pat a nnion dopoi
at Iho foot of lower Farnam atroot won
to ba made , the Republican would ralai
on awfal howl bcoanso Rosewater hai
property interacts on the I6wer end at
well as on the upper portion of Farnau
otroot.
"Tninr/H no place like hone , " sale
Mr. Kelley , who ban returned from for
clgu chores to Richmond , where ho wil !
roinmo the prootioo of law. Horonftoi
ho will bo moro guarded when ho talki
about the paternal ancestors of forelgr
potentates.
IF Governor DAWOS ia oat of Iho stale
there Is ouo rnr.n who never ksea sight ol
the Intcrcatu of Nebraokn. His name ii
Pa * . 0. Howes. Ho can discover a olain
against Uncla Sam In bohulf of thn otatc
whtro any othtr man could not dlsovoi
it with a 400-hornc-powor tolescopr.
WHY cau'c the Republican got a lav
pnsacd prohibiting tbo city from making
any Improvement on any atroot up or
which Ronawator has propert > ? If thai
can't bo done , then a' law ought to be
paused compelling Roaowater to Boll a , ]
hla real estate In this city and prohibit-
rig him from owning any In the future ,
THE Indian agent at Crow Crock hat
tocnlnttucted to remove the squitteri
from the reservation , the tlmo for theii
removal having expired a mcn'h ago. He
IB authorized to callupcn the canimind
Ing olTioor at the nearest military fort foi
a force anfficlont to effect tholr removal
As there Is no discretion loft to the agent
it la very likely that iho squatters wll
Lave to go.
IF the city acts upon the advice o ! th
llcpiMioan in regard to the city hall 1
will erect a tumble-down tinder-box upoi
the plan of the Republican building
which h hold together by iron brice
and wooden props. With that kind of i
building the city council will have to fol
low Iho ocamplo of the Jicpublicai
coaapoaltora and adjourn to the atreo
every time there ia a heavy wind storm
THE ojntraclora who are playing cit't-
paw for "homo talent" are batking n ]
the wrong tree when they appeal to work
ingmen to join them in the orntado. Th
worklngoaon of Omaha aa nnder no ob
llfiatlons to "homo talont" nrchlteoia
"What do "homo talent" arohltcota oar
for Omiha wotklngmon when they mak
plans requiring contractors to impar
neatly all tholr Iron and atonc-work
oven whoa they know that the cut-ston
from abroad ia done by convlot hbjt ?
How muoh do the Omaha worklogmo ;
profit by the "dlvvlea" between "hoai
talont" end contrnctou ? Why should th
worklngmcn tear their thlrta over the fac
that the plans for the city hall are to b
made by an architect who does not Hv
in Omaha 1 What the wotklngrnen wan
is employment , and tboy can't got it to
noon , ncrhavo too much of It. "Horn
talont" irchltecta can do no moro thu
make tha piano , whether they trj gooier
or ba3. Iho employment of laborer
and mechanics rests with the contractor
and Iho mayor and council alone will do
jtomiluo who shall have the contract.
THE Rip Van Winkles and email bo ;
who contribute to the editorial column :
ot oar fosiitlzod oontcmpcriry , hava ven
tared to aivlto the board of education t <
go tlow before it votes to expend $25,000 ,
Ia conjunction with the city council , foi
the nair oily hall , This advice comes n
llttlo too hto to bo usiful. The boird oj
education made an informal agreement to
thut effect thrao months ego and phoed
$ CCOO at the dl po8 l of the conno'lfor
beginning the work. The board made n
formal contract with the city to eipond
f 25,000 on the olty h ll , neuly three
weeks ego. The contract wai signed by
Hoyor Boyd for the , city and President
Points aud Secretary Oonnoyer for the
fooatd of education , flo contract was
BpprovoJ by the council otd ii now a
mttter of record. When tno anslls of
the Itqnibltcan catch up with the prjcss-
ale a they will probably make the dis
covery that ( heir tdv.'oj Ia not very
HOME TALENT.
This paper haa always advocated and
nconraged homo Industry. All things
> olng equal wo are now , fts much as ever ,
n favor of giving homo talent the pre-
oronco in nny enterprise. Wo do ,
owevor , comldor It presumptions fcr
Omaha architects ID insist that they shall
o allowed to compete for plans for the
jroposod city hall building. The con
traction of public building ! Is a pen
alty , in which only a few orahlteots in
his country are export. There Is not an
architect In Omaha , no far as wo know ,
who has over planned and erected n fire
proof building of any kind. Oar home
alont has designed some elegant roil
donees and store buildings , bnt there Ii
not a building In Omaha to-day , oxoepl
ho postofflco and court hontotbat will no !
jam down within thirty minutes. Ever
the Omsha National and Nebraska Na
tlonal banks , which present a very sub
stantial appearance , are not in any woi
fire-proof , and the Paxton buildings ot
Fifteenth street , with all thole ooatlj
plato glass and atone trimmings are men
ko-traps.
Arehltoots h&vo planned buildings Ii
Omaha that had to bo taken down ii
part , and there Is hardly a brick bulldinj
in this city that Is not cracked. In viov
of these factar , oven If public building
were not a specialty , the city councl
would not bo justified In taking the rial
of erecting a $200,000 building on th
plans of any man who haa never dcslgno :
a firo-proof structure. If homo talon
has no expects In public building it wouli
be a waeto of tlmo and money to as !
Onuba architects ta prepare plans which
at the very outset , wo know would b
rloky to adopt. When Omaha wantei
pinna for a general system of gradca 1
did net Invite homo talent amen :
the engineer ? , but sent for ai
export , Mr. Phillips , cf Cincinnati
When the olty dceirod to ascertain whc
system of waterworks would ba cdaptei
to the location of Omaha , it aont for ;
waterworks export , Mr. Whitman , o
St. Lcnls , and when the waterwork
company wanted piano for the systam , !
imported a specialist , Mr. Cook , of T
Ioto , Our sanitary sowornge system wo
Introduced by Mr. Waring , an Importei
engineer. Boyd'a opera honto waa designed
signed by Mr. MoElfatrick , of Louis
villa , a opoclallst In theatrical architect
nro.
nro.Why did not homo talent insist tha
the plans for all these Improvement
should have boon open to campetltion
Suppose that the city should decide t
ereot a suspension bridge across the Mle
sourl would the council invite plan
from homo talent. There are doubtles
onglneors In Omaha aa competent to pla
a suspension bridge as our architects ar
to design fire-proof public buildings , bu
wo donbt if there Is an engineer who ht
the cheek to inilat that he shoul
be Invited to present plans fc
a suspension bridge because he lives i
Omaha and is a tax-payer. There ar
parties in Omaha , hoirovcr , who say i
would only bo fair to allow homo talon
to present plans , and pay $1,000 or $1,20
for them , oven If wo know that they wil
bo rejected. This is a very romarkabl
proposition. If we are bound to cmplo
n expert In public balldlugp , and n
such specialist lives In Omaha , whyahoul
the council rquander a thonian
dollars of the tax-payers' mono }
Surely our homa talent is not made up o
paupers , and the olty is not an aim ;
house. When the coancll at the outse
proceeds from a business otandpolnt t
secure plans from a reputable arohltoc
who has made public buildings a speclalt ;
It does not reflect discredit upon Omah
architects any moro than the Union PA
ciQo did upon its own engineers when i
Imported a specialist to build Its bridge
Why did not boon tilant raisea ban
when the elevator company employed a :
expert to plan Its olsvator , o
when the Omaha stockyard
company had the plans f o ? its piokln
homo drawn by a specialist ? Thera is n
doubt that thsra are soon Oanhi eroh
tects who are so ainceUod ai to bailer
that they can design anything on oartl
from the Brooklyn bridge to the nttlom
oipltol. Such man are found in othc
profession ] , There are hundreds c
men in this olty who are confidant tha
they could run a hotel batter than th
Kitchens , or Shears , Markel &Sirohc
or edit a piper batter than any proaon
editor in Omaha. Ourconternporarisi
who favor homa talaut , ought to bo cor
slatont. Instead of going to Ohlosg
andolsjivlioro for odltorUl timber the
ought toglvo homa talent a shorr.
CONTEMPTIBLE.
The back-lira oat by certain architect
to prevent the adoption of the Myot
plans for the city hall is simply contemp
tlblo. Emlis&rlos and contractors wer
sent oat to spread all sorts of abinn
rumors , and E j. Walsh and other aglta
iois were fired up to protest with coun
oilmen againit any action on the protons
that if Mr. Myora was to bo the archltec
of the court houEO all the labor would b
imported , Not content with thla ridicu
Icus falsehood tcmo of the strikers fo
homo talent publicly declared tha
Myers had onnod Oantrtc-
tor Ooots to Impost all thi
ibor on the now court house am
that loss than $5,000 wai paid out tc
Omihi irorklngmen in that building ,
Vlut ara tha f toll ? The excavation was
> ono entirely by Omaha labor. The
tone , which had to be imported , was
roasod by Orailu staue-oatters , and
rom twenty to thirty of them bad steady
mployment for moro than two yeard.
Oaiiha stone-cutters ara now employed
n the grand at ! r way and rataioin ? wall.
All the bricks were made and burned
on the spot by Omaha labor. Snores of
Oxaha oirpentars were employed on the
wjcdwork , niator and summer , for two
oars. The oornlco work was done In
Omaha. ltd cut was $15,000 , of which
10,000 was paid for Omaha labor. Other
) maha meonantcs and laborers were em
ployed for months , and It is safe to say
ho wages pild to Omaha laborers in iho
now court homo will aggregate -over
75,000. The only men imported by
Jr. Ooots were a few specialist in their
ino , like atono-oarvcn , draughtsmen ,
ito. No o mslblo mechanic- will object
, o the employment of such skilled labor.
Before Oouha baoamos a city of 150,000
or 200,000 tro shall have to Import n great
many more.
AN IMPORrANT INDUSTRY.
There bai just been started at Gilmore ,
a few mllon from thla city , a cattlo-feodlnp
oatablUhniant which Is destined to work
a rovoluthn in the business of fattening
cattle for market. This establishment ,
which op 5ns with a capacity of 3,750
stalls , anu soon to bo increased to 5,260 ,
Is arranged on the principles of science
and economy , as will be teen by reading
tha description of it in our Iccil columns ,
The plans and methods will bo adoptee'
in the near future by numoroni othei
oittlo companies who will locate tholi
stables In Nebraska , and if posslbfi
within a short distance of Omaha. Suet
feeding stables are fast becoming a nocoe
ally , as the cattle of the p'nlns ' foi
various rontom Iho severity of the winters
tors , the growing scarcity of grats
d other oiuios find it dlflicull
to fatten themselves for market. Thi
fattening o ason for plains caltlo Is durln ;
the cummer , and consequently they cat
f itton bnt once a year , and oven then the ]
do not alwaysgot into first-slats condition
Another drawback is that they til fattoi
at the name time , nnd consequently ril
shipping cattle are sent to market durlnj
the full season. The mnrkot Is thus frequently
quently overstocked , and the result is i
break In price ? , causing Ilttlo or no profi
to the shippers. Under the feeding oca
torn , cuch DS has been inaugurated at Gilmore
moro , cattle can bo fattened at any time
and three difluiront seta cm hi
fed during a year. Thus the Gilmore
moro establlihmont , with its proaon
capacity of 3,750 stall ? , can fatten thro
times that number of cattle , 11,250 heat ]
daring a year. Under this system cittl
can bo hold for any length of tlmo Ii
order to take advantage of the market
They cm ba put into much butter mark
ettblo condition than phlns cattle , nm
the shrinkage caused by long shipment
will bo much loss owing to the olos
proximity to the markets of Omaha am
Chicago. While thesa cattlo-feedln
concerns will prove advantageous am
profitable to the owners , they will b
equally so to the farmers of Nebraska
The Gilmore establishment will oonsum
7,000 tons of hay and about 500.00
bushels of grain during the fiast yoat
The prediction ia made by an exporleuoei
cattleman that nearly all the cattle of th
plains will bo fed in this manner at dll
feront points In Nebraska within th
next three or four year , ] . So It will b
goon that the cattle-feeding business I
binnd to prove a great benefit to tht
state.
A CRUSHED MINISTER.
The poatcffico address of Mlniste
Kelley has been changed from Yienna
Austria , to Richmond , Virginia. Mi
Kelley has returned to his Rlchmom
homo to recuperate from the effects o
being kicked from pillar to post. Ho ha
resigned his Austrian mlss'on , owing t
the fact , as was learned upon examining
the law , that ho could not draw a dalln
of ralary after the day the Austrian got
ernmjnt refused to receive him. This die
coverycf course , completely upset Secrc
taryBayBrdyprogrammBofoontlanlngb.il ]
in the position in order to make a figh
upon Austria In the hopes c
forcing tlut conniry to final ) ;
accept him. It is positively ttatei
in late dispatches from Washington tha
the Austrian government gave no roasoi
whatever for its jefueal to receive Mr
Kolley. This statement , it is esiorlod
is nude upon the authority of a hlgl
official of the state department , probabl ;
Mr. Bsyaid hlmtolf. This fact puts a
rest the turners that Au&trfa's ' refusa
was made upon the grounds that Keiley'
wife Is a Jewess. Inasmuch no diplo
matlo etiquette forbids that this conntr ;
should demand a roaton , the matter i
forever settled so far aa Mr. Kelley i
concerned. Austria did not want him
and that is all there Is to it. The fac
that he bad been rejected by Italy n
doubt was taken into consideration b ;
Austria In deciding not to receive him
She probably thought It was hardl ;
the proper thing to shift sec
ond-hind ministerial timber upoi
a first-class power , still there are the
who bel'.eve ' that Austrian prejudice
agiiost the Jews had as much to do will
the rejection of Keiley , whoso wife is ,
JOVTCBS , as any other oaneo. The Itallic
minister at Vienna no doubt put In a pro
test against the acceptance of'Keiley a
'
the United States minister , and owing t <
the friendly rol&tbns existing botweoi
Austria and Italy hU protest would have
considerable weight. At the came tlrci
the Austrian government waa well awari
that Keiley wai not tnnsh of a man h
his own country , and that considerable o.
a howl had been raised by the proit
against hla appointment to any forelcc
mission. This home protest would catnr
ally prejudice any foreign government
against Mr. Ketley. It it
not the Intention of Secretary
3ayard to loava the United States unrep
resented In Austria , aud ho will In duo
irno appoint a new minister. It Is io bo
topad that he will bo moro foituoate in
ila next selection and that the now ap
pointee will be a men worthy of the
Jaco.
BEFORE wo get through with the dis
cussion over "home taleui" and the hue
and cry raised under false pretenses to
delay the erection of the city hall our
councilmen will discover what ( he wcrk-
ngmon , the bnilnets men , and tbo prop
erty-owners of Omaha want.
RHODE ISLAND Is the only state where
an overwhelming majority of all the
people live in a single city. The popnla-
Ion of Rhode Iiland is 304,410 , and the
olty of Providence contains considerably
moro than one-half , The increase in five
roars has been 25,880 , a gain of over nine
per csnt. Almost half of the Increase has
been In Providence , and tbo greater put
of the remainder In Newport and Pawtucket -
tucket , while a number of the smaller
towns have fallen off in population. The
number of inhabitants to the square milo
Is 280 , which Is a denser population than
la any ether state , Mastachnaolts coming
next with 2(0 to the tqnaro mllo.
TUB only Interesting feature of the
tame set-to between Sullivan and McCaf
frey Is that it demonstrated that McCaf
frey is about as scientific a man with his
hands ns the Beaten slugger , The next
thine ; to ba decided Is tbo power of en-
durauce , which will probably bo settled
In a piizj fight with bare knuckles , for
$2,500 and the championship of the
world. This mill , it is intimalod , will iako
placa in Wyoming , or some other place
whore it will not bo Interfered with. It
will of course bo a great event in pugilis
tic c'rcloi , and oroito a naw boom in tbe
fistic art ,
ON Thursday noxtthe voice of Col. Cham
pion S. Ohato will bo hoard throughout
the length and breadth of the land. lie
has Imifoi In St , Paul brim full of fade
and figures to domonslrato the nccoteity
of Improving the waterways of the
northwest. There is no danger , however ,
that the ccbncl will exhaust the supply
of Mississippi orator at the Minnesota
capital. At thla time of the year a mac
in cool Minnesota will feel like putting a
"stick" In his drinks.
COMSIISSIONEH TIMME knows a thing
or two in politics. His effort to remove
Mr. Pieroo from the position of superin
tendent of the poor waa n skillful piece
of jugglery. It will satisfy the workon
who helped Mr. Tlmmo because they
wanted to oust Mr. Pierce , and It doci
not offend Mr. Pieroo in the least. He
wasn't oven surprised , nt > rvas Mr ,
Timmo very much disappointed in the
refusal of the other two ccmmtsslonora tc
join him. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _
THE eastern butchers are still objecting
to western dreaEol beef , but they will aV
have to come to it. They made a fighl
against it In Now York and were beaten ,
The Boston butchers followed suit , and
were also defeated. Now the Phlladol
phia butchers ara making a fight , and arc
pursuing the same old tactics of slander
ing tho'nuih'ty of the bco that la pre-
pued7iji wlffTterh eltios and sent to the
. ' mid ' 3
eastern markets.
twelve-page Sucdiy issue of the
Omaha Herald was a very croditablc
sheet. Complete In all that is essential
in the make-up of a metropolitan dally ,
It gave evidence of hard work and care'
ful editing. The BEE la pleased to note
the marked Improvement that is being
made In Omaha journalism. The cltizanc
of Omaha ought to appreciate the enter
prise and excellence of their norrspapara ,
members of the Vermont Icglala
tnro will held a reunion next month al
Montpelier. It Is estimated that this rC'
union will ba attended by fully 3,000 ex-
legislator ? . The census of Vormoul
shows that lha state has 05,621 male :
who are upward of twonly-ono years ol
age. This gives an areragge of an ex-
legislator to every thirtj-two votor0.
ACCOKDINO to the deo'slon ' of Judge
Woitbrook , of Now York , n jeweler , setting
ting up for hiineolf , had no right to put
onhlsoird "Mo with Jamoi P. Van
Wyck , " For the snnn reason Ohurcli
Howohas.no. light fcj tot up for himself
In the coming campaign and put on hie
card "lato with General Van Wyck. "
, Mit. CLEVELAND became protijont en
tho-ith of Marh. Nearly s'x ' months
have gene by and the Nebraska demo <
cratshavo hardly had a unollof the fhsV
pole. This is a tfully tintaliz'nj.
THE cholera has made its appearance In
Japan. It may after all reach America
from the Pacific instead of the Atlantic.
The certainty of its oomicg to this conn-
try next year is now mido muoh stronger.
GROVEH CLEVELAND Is making some
blunders , it is true , bat they are excusa
ble. Ho has mt yet had time to get ac
quainted with the democratic parly at
large.
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ACCORDING to advices from the state
houae , "the man on horseback" is gov
erning Nebraska du ting the absence of
Governor Dawei.
As a motor for an Omaha nowjpiper a
gas oaglno will bo an improvement upon
the wind-mill.
An Aflornoon How ,
There wai arow late Saturday afternoon
In the Eagle house on Fourteenth street.
Oflhor Blostyn arnatea Charles Fleck ,
the proprietor , as the principal. Ho was
released , I'otcr Gooa famishing a bond
for his appearance.
Tha Caspar injunction cue to prevent
the paving of Thirteenth itreet cams up In
be district court Saturday morning and has
jesn continued until thla morning.
Tha musical reheuml at tha United
PmbyteiUn church en North Eighteenth
treat bjtmten California and Webster Mou
ldy evening will b } conducted by Prof , 8uf-
eru of Now Yorlr. Tbe mnilcal convention
nlll
HASTINGS AND GRAND iSUND ,
Two Prosperous Towns Wl'to ' AlinD- §
anceofUrilamlRicliTernlery ,
The Census Rivalry nnil tlio Charges
of Inflation Tlio school Census
Compared Political anit
Other Matters ,
Written for the BEE.
Now th&t Prof. Line , saparlntendont
of the state comus , has oat down the
population of Hasting by tha number of
400 , the question bai been atked , "will
th t aUlafy Grand Island ? " That qucs <
tlon la not ftt > ll portlnont. It ( a not
whether Grand Island la attiidad or not ,
bat the question Is WAI there on honest
ODunt In Hastings ? Grand Island has no
moro interest In the matter than any
other portion of the stave. There Is no
jealousy here of Hasting ! . The prosper
ity of the latter dooa not In the allghtost
degree Interfere with the prosperity of
this city. There Is no dlspoiitlon here to
retard ltd progress , or throw obstacles in
Ua way. Grand Island has acquired too
strong a "position , rests on'too iirm a
bisis of proapatlty to ba Inflaonood by
any jsnlouiyof , or unfriendly rivalry
with Hastings. Her people are fully
siUsQcd with what haa boon tciorapllohcd
and with what is being accomplished , and
wlllt the prcspoota for the faluro. More
than that ; the present prosperous condl-
tion cf Grand Islaud greatly surpasses
the molt oonCdont hopca of those who
have atood by It from its Infancy , and
us rotunE rnosrEiuiY
13 will assured , if that of any town In
the ntato la well assured. Its progress
has bcon of a steady growth , not renting
upon fictitious or transient oauiea , but
upon sjlld foundationa. Its merchants ,
as a class , are unsurpassed , In any com
munity , for energy , reliability and enter
prise. It b&smost oxcclUntechool ) , and
of a high character , with two latge brick
buildings , one north and onooonth of the
track. Its throe banks ara among tha
most substantial and reliable financial In-
atllntloua in the west. All of them are
managed by able , experienced and thor
ough financier. ! . They are the Citizens'
National bank , with Hon. H. W. Koonlg ,
formerly state treasurer , and who wna a
lieatonant In the First Nebraska In the
Into war , as president , and D. H. Yiethy ,
Eiq , cashier ; the Fim National bank ,
with Hi n S. A. Wolbeck , president , and
0. F. Bontly Esq. , cashier , nnd the
Grand Island Bantting cainpmy , under
the management of J. P. Kernohan , Eiq.
The Dtaucting of these banks will compare
favcribly with any la the conntry.
Being a railroad centre , this city has
the advantage of railroad communication
In every direction. ' Tha largo nnmbe'r oi
substantial Improvement most of them
brick buildings , and handaomo blocks ,
which have been erected during the last
two yean , and this pressnt season , fur
nish the bo it evidence of its growth. A
brick structure la now going op , In whicb
will bo opened a wholesale grocery house
OB noon an completed.
The nowsp pors hero ara flourishing.
Fred Hodcie , utq. , has made a saccesj in
the nawspaper line , us well as In othex
lines. Ha took hold of tho. Independent
a couple of years ago , and ho and S , L.
Mobley , cq. : , hare built It up into n first-
clfsi daily , ably conducted , and Is , I be
lieve , the largest dally in the state out-
aide of Omaha and Lincoln.
THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
of the town have boon greatly Improved
bcth in capacity and quality. The lallrf ai
house , now the Pacific : Hotel company'a
house , managed by 0. D. Goodrich , osq. ,
ban been doubled in size , and newly fur-
nlihed throughout , and ia .admirably
kept by A. W. Baker , esq , formerly of
Otnsha. Both are first-class houses. The
Jordan , and Estcs , are olio excellent
hotels.
One fact la observable hero ; there is
very little litigation. Hon. A. J.
Popploton said to me not long ago , that
his experience had convinced
him that there was lets
With all these advantages , with all
these evidences of substantial advance
ment , the people of Grind Island have
no ccmm to view with jaalouiy the
advancement cf any other town , but
rather to rc-jolco at U. If Huntings has
8,470 , peoj < l ) by an honest count , I for
ono , ohosld be glad th&t mho hasthua In-
crossed her population. They are an
enterprising people , and during last
season and the present have erected a
large number of buildings , which ore a
crtdlt and ornaments to the city. They
doaervo success , and I wish them pros
perity. J
Grand Island him no doslro to obi&Iu
credit for population which ehe does not
poesesj. Wo have too long denounced
dishonest counts in the ecu-h to favor a
dishonest count horo. A maj jrlty mido
up by fictitious votes , a number
swelled by spurious camos , v/ill always
react upon the p&rtlea who are the bene
ficiaries of euoh wrongs , and upon those
who are their abettors. The
reduction by Prof , Laua of 400
from the number of people of
Hastingsas retained by the onumttttort
(8,470) ( ) , meets with noi protest from than
that city not a word ot complaint.
They , therefore , frankly admit that the
oentui WAS greatly la error , for If they
believed it to bo correct , they c ut to do-
nounoa such an arbitrary and ncjust
wiping out of their population by th6
state superintendent of the oectui.
There were just BS good reasons for
etriking out 2,800 as there wore for etiik-
Irg cut 400. Prof. Line visited Hastings
and 3rand Island , Inspected both cities ,
treat by street , and then said In tbo
presence of reliable partial here that he
wai satisfied
HASTINGS VTJlS OVEUTAK IT
and Grand ItUnd WBB undertaken , and
that the population of tbo two cities is
about equal.
There is one pretty reliable teat as to
population , though , of eouno , It la not
exact. The oaneni of the school chil
dren of a town or olty is reliable , as , ac
cording to that , the levy ii made and the
amount allowed for tchool purposes.
Hastings , according to the reduced re-
Lvrns , bai a population of 7,080 , aud her
number of aahool children in the present
year is 1,170. Grand Island his a pop
ulation of 5,010 , aud her number of
sjhool children tbls year Is 1,516 , show-
net that with 3,000 Itas population it has
3iG ) more sohoi 1 children tlnn Jlsutljgs !
The census givoi Ktaruey 4,000 , or
nbout that number of people , and yet the
c nol oomns fhnwa Ktarnty to have
1280 school children. With 4,000 Irss
npulatton tlun Haitingi , It has 101
nore school children ! The itmu extra-
erdlniry dlepirlly his been shown by
ojaspar'soa , with every city and town tu ;
the alato , SB far ns nude. O.o miy
with ru on , aik , why is thla thinly ?
The ptsoplo < f Hastings mui * . confess to
ono or two .oonolnjiont ; olthsr Iho oantu
of that olty T > . ' entirely erronooni , o
her people ro sadly doGclent in the !
capacities for re-production , are atrty bo
bind all the people of the whole ttito in
that reipoor. It Ii left tu them to tay
which concluiion they prefer to adopt.
Tha writer hears from farmers , ant
from irivellors in all directions in the
Platte and Loup valleys , "it Ii the big
pint oorn crop I luvo over seen in
Nebraska. "
rOLIIIOAL PEACE AND QUIET
reign in this bnrg , but over yonder In oui
neighboring city of Kearney , the fevtr o
the poatofHco war tugosj the question Is ,
to bo cr not to ba , a postmaster. The
heat of the conflict Is Incandeiotnt , and
yet the president still lingers In the
Adirondack woods ; 8mmy J.Tlldon re-
fnicd to receive a call from him , 10 It is
repotted , and the mugwumps are not
happy. Dr. Boar and Martin Euclid are
still awaiting ncognltlon , 8am. Herman
still broods over the Ingratitude of a
ilsmocratlo president , ana Bob Kettle
still lingers by the gate of the promisee
land tlut wilt not open.
A democratic newspaper In Nebraska
lately published the following : "How Is
thii any way for a platform , ono that de
mands the protection of the equal rights
of all classes , pronounces in favor of no
dlrorlmlnatlon on account of race , color
or previous condition of notvltndo or
birthplace , which waa ciloplod by iho re
oant convention of democrats in Misfits
slppl. " The writer answers the fcroRoInj
by quoting the f jllowinc ; from a Mitels
slppl democratic paper touching the a a mo
declaration in the platform adopted by
thotosamo Mississippi democrats : "Thoro
mutt bo no muro billet box stuffing ex
ocpt in cases of absolute necessity'
Tno Itnllcj are mine. That la the Missis
tippl oonstruolion cf that portion of the
platform. JOHN II. TIUYEII.
GKAJJD ISLAND , Auj. 20.
QHENEWWTY HALL ,
Something Abnttt the Contemplated
Structure An Kxprcsslon From
Councilman GoodsIcli ,
The plans of Architect Myora for the
now city hall building were submitted
Friday evening to the board of education
for their approval. A number of changes
h&vo been made in the internal arrange
mcntt , and as tbo plans now sv.and the
quarters for thu board are on the thlr :
floor , together with the olty library. Mr
Myers presented the plans in person , am
after Impeding them the board ngroei
to the proposed changes and appointed :
committee to inform the olty council o
tha action taken. A special meeting o
the council had been callbd for 8 o'clock
to consider the plans , bnt as Mr , Myora
was detained until 8:30 : by the board o
education the councilmen bocimo Impa
tlentand adjourned before ho arrived.
The building Is to bo four stories in
height , with a high basement , and snr
mounted by a tower which will have at
elevation of 102 feet. It will contain bl
the modern Improvements elevator ,
vaults for the booKa and documents of al
tbo principal city oQicsra , electric light ; ,
water , etc. In the bssemont will bo the
quarters fcr the the police department ,
Including station honao facilities
with cells fcr prisoners , Thi
first and tccond floors wll
ho devoted to offices for the various city
officials. The second stoiy will a'so con
tain nu'degint and commodious council
chamber , with committee and cloak rooms
adjoining. The third floor ia designed
for the use of the board of education ,
with the exception of ono room , whlot
will contain the city library. The fourth
floor Is alsj arranged for office a of city
officials , Booh as city physician , city en-
glneir and turvoyow. The entlro ar
rangement is convenient , and there
aocms to be no objection whatever to the
plans as now laid. If tboy are accepted
by the city , the building will ba ono ol
which Omaha may Troll ba proud.
A reporter of the BEE interviewed Mr.
Charles Goodrich , chairman cf the com
mittee of pnbllo property and improve-
montr , Saturday , with regard to the com
plaint in some quartats that the proposi
tion to accept the Myers plans for the
now olty hall was a etap judgment ol
soratt sort.
"Thero is no snap game in this mat
ior"B i'l Mr. Goodrich. "Tho couucll
more than two months o o paised nn
ordinance which made it tha duty of tha
committee on public property end im
provements , In conjunction with the city
engineer and the committee of the board
of education , to procure plaua for the city
hall. When the naw court homo wai
finished there was a nalvortal expiosilon
that it was ono of , the beat and cheapest
pnbllobnlldlnga In the country. Mr. My-
OM , who \raz hero at the tlmo , exprootd
a willlocncBa ; to prepato p'ans fortbo now
city lm'1 ' , whish would accommodate the
board of education end the public library ,
ind which was to bo fire proof. Mr ,
Myers haa built moro public bnildlngs
than any other architect In this ccuntry.
Ho has a high reputation , and wo have
In the new court house the biot proof of
his ability. When the counsll had di
rected the commlttco to propaiotho plans
I talked the mutter over with soma mem
bers of the school board , and wrote to
Myers to ptopnro plans at his own rlik ,
as he had proposed , There Is no skull
duggery about this. Wo don't want any
Jim-crow architecture In our publ c
bulldlngi , tni wo know that My.
ON will put up A balldlog
that will ba a credit to
the clly and atato. If his plans are ad
opted wo can Uy the foundation for the
noir olty ball this year , but If wo are to
open up bida for competition it will delay
ui until next tprlng , without any chanca
for getting hotter plans than ho onn
make. His terms are very reasonable.
Ho asks only 2J per omt , and will accept
$5,000 ni the nlghcat amount for preparing -
paring the plsni , and tnperrhing all the
work. Ho ia willing and ttblo to giva
bonds to stand tbo ot > t of nny damage
that may oosur by reason of poor con
struction or accidents from inferior anp-
porte. In my opinion it will save the
olty a great deal of money and in ike euro
of cccurlng for us a magnifioaut building.
There Is at least one architect
in Omaha , Mr. YDS * , wh > ad
mits that thoio pfatis cannot
bo matched by anybcdy In this city , and
I believe when the other architects con *
slder tha matter they will have to admit
that they are not compatunt to compete
with a specialist like Myers. In th'.a '
matter I am only noting on biulness
principles. Wet are doing no grad lav t bis
year , and I want to have the foundation
[ f the city hell laid this year If ponlble ,
Thtt will clve Iho wnrklngDjeu a chauoa
for employment , aad In the spil i wo
will begin early to put up the building. "
Mr. H 0 1'atton ja hab hit ( .Una fn tbe
dandi of an arch tect fora 85,0(0 house on
1'Mterioa and Diction plwa.
STATE J3H1NGS.
York It nglMlog a canning factory ,
The fictions of Jackson nre now wrauglinff
over tto looition of n school ,
One hundred carpenters ara rnshlccr CB
butdlDfir ! ln Ktwhvllle.
Stove D/irion / , peddler craztd wtlh drink ,
UM been cent to the iniano nsylura from Otoo
county ,
Bock , tha Ohadron confidence operator , ea-
cipcd from jail thorr , although handcuffed
ana guarded ,
1'rcmont votc io-morrow on the waterworks -
works bond proposition. There teems to la
nooppoilllon to it.
North Bend complalni of the freight rates
ch rgod bf the Union 1'nclfio nnd an appo l
for n rcdustion hn been aont to baitdquarton ,
l\nrtccQ persons have publlclr nnuotincod
themielvcs as c ndid to for otltoe in 1'helps
county and ten In Yoik county. The local
oimpklgn ii on ,
The R public n valley editors will prow
palms and exchangecheitnuti
- at Oxford to-
rno'row. Any membrr approaching the town
with a swallow-tail coat will be immediately
Ijncbod.
Tlio grout \Vo t 1'olnt rtnil CMC , that his
probably cauicd tnoto bad blood thin any
other cnio in Dodga county courto , has finallr
been decided by the dUtilct court In favor of
tha road.
The hunters of Sarpy county turned ont
the ether day to oxtormfnnto a mountain lion
which wai intd to bo prowlinc ; in the Flatta
bottoms. When the Iwaat was ran down It
proved to bo a Newfoundland pup.
Within a radius of two and n , half miles of
O'Fallon , Including Iho townthoio are twenty
two families with a tntal momberablp ol
ninety-three pnsons. This Is another evidence -
donce of the produtlve capacity cf the
country ,
In the Rfme of baseball playml at Aim-
worth on the 21it between the Ainsworth and
Long Pine olnbi , Alnmvorth beat by n acoro
nt 30 to 2 , The democratic editor ot the
Long Pine Journal was knocked , out In the
firat inning by being struck on the tldo of the
bend with the bill.
Willie , the little ton of J , 0. ThotnM , of
Snwixrd , mot with a Rid accident last week.
While t kln ? lha family caw to pasture the
animal euddculy turnoa in tucb a manner that
tha horn toro out ono of the boy'rf eyes.
Wllllo ia a bright boy of fourteen , and elands
his miefortuuo brattly.
The "Central City llaonomlcal Olub" ia no
moro. It died a violent death while bucking
tbo Slocum Uiv. It was bibulous outfit
with unlimited stock , coca tluiu representing
ens beer. The c.omandforahare < < was guagod
by tha thirst of tha member * . The "agent"
of the club was bund o.ver to the next term
of the district court.
Absolutely Pure *
Tols oowder ncrei varloj. A mirvtl of purltr ,
strinzlh ADI ! whcloicneco'i. More economical tbaa
the ordlnry kinds , and cannot be told In ccnipotl-
tlon Vflth thc multitude cf low test , short weigh *
tud ' f thoschotono < dera Hold oi.lv In c ni.
KOVAL BAKI.NQ B01VDEB CO. 108 Wall etaoet , N T
710 South Sth EtCintba ,
2. _ Cotrctpondenro solicited
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Boole/
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UNDERTAKERS J
AND EMBALMKRS.
At Iho old ttrui.lim . F rrnm Kt , Ordtrn lir tcle-
fitph solicited and promptly uttcndod to. Telephone
JIAGAN'5
Magnolia Balm
s a sezrct aid to beauty.
Vlany a ladj' owes her fresh
ness to it , who would rather
not tell , and jjw can't tell ,