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PRURO PRESTON , the robollioui firo-buR
who destroyed Colon , has had a period
put to hit existence. Ho hai boon hacked
for his crlmo.
Foit fear that some ono might go
thirsty , the enloons are to ba allowed to
ran all night during tbo exposition
There's nothing llko providing for the
people , and at tha simo tlmo making hay
while the sun shines.
Pee it old Missouri comes to the fronl
again with a train robbery. Although
Jesse James la under the eod , and Frank
Is nlmonb dead with consumption , their
spirit slill llneors around the scones ol
their former exploits.
THE London Times says that Minister
1'holps "Is treading with sncooss in the
footstep ] of Lowell. " This ij a high
complimentMr. . Phelps Is evidently
taking in all the big dinners , and la buildIng -
Ing up n reputation as a post-prandial
talker. All ho needs now to become the
cqanl of Lowell Is the gout.
WE do not seek political controversies
or personal quarrels , but wo never run
away from thorn when they are forced
upon ui. Oar cinstlc article under the
head of "SUndororo , Renegades , and
TriltorIs n forced response to the vll-
lalnou' , ault upon Senator Van Wyck
sad hif lend' . If wo iiavo given inoro
thin wasi on' , thosa who have provoked
the reply > ivo only theimolvoi tubliimo.
IK Jud o Ofounsa cjuld find tima to
visit Omaha , we wuuld Biiggout tint ho
take hla son-in-law by his elongated oar ,
and lead him gently to the corner of Six
teenth street and Capital avenue , where
Jadge Crouneo has built a monument to
homo talent. The Crounso block w
designed for a public building , but public
assemblies in that atrnctnro have been for
bidden by the city authorities because It IB
unsafe and llaole to tumble do n under
the weight of a crowded hall.
COUNT TOLSTOI , the eminent Russian
scholar and author , who recently sot him
self to burn the shoe-maker's trade to
moro forcibly Impress upon his country
man , no nutter what their rank or sta
tion , the importance ol understanding
some practical occupation vaa at first
pronounced eccentric , and now ho is de
clared Insane. The board of Insanity
which Inquired Into hla case was probably
composed of nobloinon who think manual
labor Is degrading , and thit any ono of
their number who would loara the shoe
maker's trade could not bj otherwise than
Insane.
Mn , MENDKLSSDHN denies that he In
spired the aiaaul : upon Mr. Myora which
this paper has vigorously resented. lie
emphatically disclaims having reflected
In any way on Mr. Myora' ability. On
the contrary ho says that Mr. Mycra did
design some vary oostly buildings In
Detroit , and other Michigan cities. Oar
Impression that Mr. Mendelssohn was
the only Omaha architect who had lived
in Djtroit la 1 ui to bjllovo that ho was
the author and instigator of the mean and
contemptible flings at Mr. Myera. There
la another arohltet InOmiha who came
from Detroit , and who has boon very busy
doing hU stubbing on the sly.
ONE of the moit objeatlonablo features
of our state fairs has been the doubling
of the street railroad ratoi. It wai al
ways reasntod as an attempt to take ad
vantage of atrangara , and extort money
at a tlmo when they are hero in largo
number * . This prictlao should be done
away with forovor. Flvo cents is the legal
charge to the street rill way terminus. If
any attempt Is made to collect any more
than five OEIIVB the puaongera should ro
slat the collection as they would any other
robDory. Lot the conductors dura to put
them oflf If they refuse to pay any moro
than the legal faro , andjtho company will
have a bill of damages that Trill make
nach impositions unprofitable.
TUB Eleventh street viaduct will bo
roltof to thoaa poiplo who reside aouth
of thA trasks , bat it will not allbrd iho
madol protect ! w to pisiangjrs who are
oinpatloi to trarol to and from the do
potr , Travel may doiroiio on Tontli
etroot , bat a large ntitnbor of teami and
padoittuns will ojutloin to nso that
thoroughfare anl b ) exposed to graat
riikd and annoyanoj. With the olUzeni
of Oinih * vr'-io ara not iaitnadut'oly In-
tarosted the vladuot on Eleventh street
cati a vjryannll li ara , Wh t they want
nnd what they will iusiit on la a depot
with Bifj apptJitahis anl ijatuplo accom
modations A kuiton : depot would ba
preferrid , but If wo cinuot have u imlou
dep > t in tfhicH all rands entu" , wo want
nt loist a Union 1'jclSo depot of tush dt-
momloaj and with each approaches ns n
oHy Ilka Onah h kontltfd ! to , When
auoh a depot Is otoited there will bo a
great deal 1 ss discontent.
SLANDERERS , RENEGADES AND
TRAITORS.
Whtn B dtsperwlo becomes seriously
alofmod and sees the Inevitable stating
him in the face ho Is mdy to resort to
dosperalo means to save himself. This is
the litaallon in which the manager and
editor of the Republican find themselves
at this juncture. The general uprising
among repnblloins against their dishonest
nnd treasonable contao drew out of Oas
per E. Yost a letter declining to bo re
elected as chairman of the republican state
committee. This was a moro blind to
pacify the revolting republicans In Onuha
and Douglas cctmty.
The railroad faction , of which the lie
publican la the organ nnd Yost the pliant
organist , docs not propose to give up
control of the machine , whatever may bo
the temper of the republican masses. To
cover tholr own tracks the desperadoes
at the helm of the Republican have con
jured up n conspiracy which they protein
to have discovered on the p rt of Sanator
Van Wyck nnd his friends to got control
of the state committee. This Is the
motive that inspires the vindictive odl
torial of which the following is an extract
Republicans who have had experience with
the Van Wycfc aggression in tha past , know
what would be the result of the aueceas o
those polltielana in their attempt to contro
the machinery of the party. With n Van
Wyck chairman and central committee , no
man who had not been a lenegodo , alondere
nnd traitor could secure hia rights wilhou
struggling for them within an inch pf hia llfo
The control of tha party by the patty would
bo purchased by tha total tacrifico of the ma-
chlno its overthrow and demolition.
Renegades , slanderers and traitors
Whom do these epithets fit better than
Caspar E , Yost and his associate In the
Republican Whoso record as a republi
can is moro vulnerable and infamous ? At
the outbreak of the war when republicans
were struggling on the battle field for
human freedom and the preservation of
the nnion Caspar E , Yost wai an able-
bodied young maa. Did ho volunteer
his services as a soldier ? Did ho expose
hlmstlt to any danger oven as
a homo-guard ? Wet nt all. Ho
during the war ,
was n stay-at-homo
and then ho came out to Nebraska to
takoanofliaa FIrat ho fought for free
dom by shedding red ink in the United
States marshal's offijo as a deputy , and at
the close of the war , April lat ,
1805 , was promoted for gallantry
ns a ward striker nnd conven
tion packer to bo United States marshal
for the territory of Nebraska. When
Andy Johnson turned traitor to the party
that elected him. the stalwart Yost turned
traitor also , and bjcamo a renegade. Ho
joined hands with iho copperheads , who
were worse thnn the rebels , nnd organized
an onslaught upon the republican party
at a tlmo when Its snoceea waa paramount
to the life of the union. Ho supported
J. Sterling Morton for governor of Ne
braska against the republican candidate.
When General Grant became president
in 1809 ho promptly dismissed the traitors
and renegades from office. Among those
was Marshal Caspar E. Yost. Then the
renagado became a slanderer. From the
day ho was kicked out of cilice until
181 , when ho was made postmaster of
Omaha , ho never ceased to s'andor Grant
nnd Grant republicans. Ha hardly over
spake of Grant without calling him "a
blanked s of n b , " nnd In his venom
cursed everybody who uphold Grant.
Senator Thajer fared no bettor , in
1870 , when Thayer was a candidate for
re-oloctlon , and Thayer was ranked as a
Grant senator , this grost stalwart Yost
associated himself with a gang of traitors
and renegades , nnd dellbarately knifed
the republican legislative ticket and voted
the democratic ticket. This Is history
which nobody can refute.
In 1872 that ether stalwart , Frad Nye ,
was nnopponotof Grant and a renegade
among the liberals. When Judge
Crounso was spoken of as a probable can
didate for congress in 1880 this expounder -
or of trao republicanism openly served
nolle j that he and his piper would bolt
Orounso If the roptibllcsni nominated
him. Last spring both of these stal
warts , with their paper , desert
ed the republican party before n gun was
fired and deliberately went over to the
onomy. They supported Jamoj E. Boyd ,
member ot the national damocratlo com-
mlttoe , for mayor. This treason was the
moro odious bacauso the llcpub
Ucan assumed to bo the
loading party organ , and Mr.
Yost was chairman of the state cen
tral committee. Is it any wonder that
honest republicans have determined to
roorgan'z ' ) and throw the traitors , rene
gades and slanderers overboard ?
Whatever m y ba th ) sentiment of the
parly ai to the fitness of Senator Van
Wyck to represent the ststo in the na
tional legislature , none but the moat
abject of corporation henchmen will jus
tify the uncalled-for assault on
the senator. The past , with Its
disastrous lessons , will hardly bo
forgotten. The fact that n state that
gave 22,401 majority ta GarGald , nnd
two yoirs later elected n democratic atato
treasurer , nnd gave Dawes , for gjvernor ,
only a plurality , is still fioih in the
memory of thoughtful republicans , The
republican mahino may ba necessary for
organization and success , but It must bs
ohced in purer nnd more loyal hinds
than those of Yost and his associate.
MR. GRAY'S SUCCESSOR ,
According to the Herald Mayor Boyd
lias done Oaiaba a great service In the
selection of Mr. 0 , A. Leiry to fill the
position vacated by Mr , Gray en tbo
loard of public works. Agalnit Mr.
[ Jeary wo have nothing to say personally.
Flo Is a sober and Industrious mechanic ,
who , if ho were not hampered by Ills
relations to the Union Pacific , would per-
hipi make a caful member of the board.
Mr. Leary , like all other men
as ho f , cannot possibly torva two
masters. Mr. Wilson was a very Rood
man , and very independent , bnt ho was
constantly embarrassed while on the
board , and had to do many things dam
aging to the public Interest and against
his own oonvlotlons. 8 } it will bo will
Mr. Loary If the council confirms him ,
Had Mr. Loary been a Charles
II. Brown democrat , or
democrat whom the Union Pacific
could not use , the Herald would have no
endorsement for him. There Is another
feature in this appointment which the republicans
publicans of the council are bound to
consider. When Mr. Orolghton wont oul
of the board and Mr. Boyd nominated
Mr. House , a democrat , in his place , the
council confirmed the mayor's appoint
ment very promptly. Now that Mr.
Gray , a republican , has resigned , it is
only proper that ho should bo succeed
ed by a republican. This Is
not timply a question of special lit-
ness or mechanical skill. There
are just as competent men among the
republicans as Mr. Loaty. If Mr. Loary
is put forward aa a worklngmau ( hero Is
oven moro reason for not confirming him.
Mr. Loary Is not the choice of Omaha
worklngmen. Ho has never been act
ively identified in any effort of working
men to bettor their condition nor has ho
been prominent In any labor organization ,
His position aa foreman in the Union Pa
clfio shops places him on the sldo of the
employer rather than with the employe.
Mr. Boyd makes no capital among
workingmen by snch a choice , and wo
question if ho would have made It had It
not been for pressure from democratic
friends who are Idontltiod with the rail
road faction.
MR. NIMMO TALKS.
Joseph Nlmmo , Jr. , who was until re
cently chltf of the bureau of statistics ,
has been Interviewed regarding the lois-
Ing of the lands in the Indian Territory
Mr. Nimmo is writing a book npon the
western live stock interests , and although
ho may bo naturally Influenced in fiver
of the cattle-king * , and has endeavored
to show that they have boon unjustly
treated , ho has given to the public come
interesting Information. Ho unkoisomo
statements that will no doubt attract con
siderable attention , Ono la that the
army is roiponslble for the system of
leading lands in the Indian Territory.
This i ] probably Irao to a certain extent
According to Mr. Nimmo , a number of
army officers and their friends were for
merly engaged in the hordincr of cattle
on the Oheyenno and Arapahoe
reservations without paying a cent for the
privilege. Besides thojo cattle , hundreds
ofthouiands of others were grazing on
the lands without any compensation
being paid to the Indians. These litter
were ostensibly passing through the territory
ritory , but in fact being hold there and
fattened for market. It was finally de
cided best to leasa the lands to responsi
ble parties , and this system was recommended
mended by the army officers at Fort
Reno. Mr. Nlmmo nays that Gon. Pope ,
commander of the department , made an
earnest appeal for the adoption of the
system , and that Gon. Sheridan also en
dorsed It. Upon such strong recom
mendations as thcs ? , Secretary Teller ,
according to Mr. Nimmo , finally consented
to permit the leasing of the
lands. Wo shall bo slow to ba-
liovo this defense of Secretary
Teller's action , so far as Gon. Sheridan is
concerned , for the rcajon that the re
cant r commendation of Gon. Sheridan
vh > lately investigated the situation
that the leases be immediately declared
void and the cattle removed is o flat con
tradiction of Mr. Nimmo'a assertions.
It is an amiulng feature of this badness ,
says Mr. Nlmmo , that seven-eighths of the
original lessees were democrats , and that
thoysecarod the appropriation of the secretary
rotary of the Interior almost entirely
through the Influence of democratic
sjnatorj and members of cangcoss
This may bo amusing to Mr. Nlmmo
but it cartalnly is not creditable to Mr.
Teller , whom ho Is endeavoring to de
fend , Mr. Teller certainly should not
have yielded to such Inflaoncea. Ho
should h vo viewed them with great sus
picion. On the otlnr hand the action of
Grover Cleveland , under the circum
stances , is very creditable to him. Ho
ordered the cattlemen to move , oven II
they were mostly democrats and although
the cattle-leasing system was of demo
cratic origin. Had the cattle-men boon
mostly republicans and the leas
ing system of republican origin ,
thcsa bourbon republicans who fly
to the defense of John Roach
npon every posilblo occasion would luvo
denounced the president's notion as
a blow at the party , and an
elfjrt would have boon exerted to make
the removal of the cattle a political hsno.
IN splto of nil tholr protests the people
of South Thirteenth street will have to
pay for a taudstono pavement. While
any pavement is better than none , the
manner In which this material has been
forood upon the people is , to say the
loisi , not commendable. Thirteenth
street always will be a light traflio thor
oughfare , and with an asphalt pavement
It would have made an elegant drive llko
Sixteenth street.
WE are much pleased to know that the
board of trade will soon have complete
plans for the now chamber of oaminerco.
It is to bo hoped that wo shall see some
thing more ( ubitantiil than plans before
Iho year ( s ont.
* JoiiN M. TaimsTO.v as a dehiato ; to a
waterways oiuveutlon reminds ono of a
fish out of water. In that klad of n
crowd ho is out of his element ,
Ix fs ono thing to piss a viaduct ordi
nance , and It u another thing to build a
vli'Juct. Evan if the two railroads
hctild agrao and pay their tbrae-fifthr ,
the question is where will the city ralra
the ether two-fifths without honoring i
TUB city council has at last passed the
vladtnt ordinance , ani Mr , Gocdman
will now feel relieved of a great burden.
As UHOAI. the llcpublican hai nothing
to say against the selection of a Union
Pacific boss , oven if ho Is a dcnncrat.
STATW JOITING3.
Business lots la Chadron bring $ ' 00.
Gas and water mains are bolng laid in Host
Ings.
T-Custer county hai tired of township organ-
I ration.
llobron is promised n first-class norma
college ,
The gasworks are progressing ripidly' ;
Fremont.
FlaUsmouth Is hopeful of securing water
works at an early day.
t The noted Ooloridgo rioters are being trice
in a bunch at llartington ,
The state railroad commission Interviewee
Central City in just fire minutes
Asnlnnd has organized a hook and ladder
company corapotod of business men
Lavi , the little son of S. G. Gaff of Vnlon'
tine' lost a leg in a collision with a switch en
Rlno.
0 D. Clothcr , Sr. , cno of the early settleri
of 1'latto county , who died last week , was 7' '
years old.
Tha state conclave of the Knights of l'yth <
jas will bo hold in Lincoln the second week
in October.
Ono of thn construction gan ; foil off the
cars beyond Oxford station , Iat Monday ,
waa instantly killed.
The girh of Blojmington have organized a
base bail club. In this way they will cat h
on to the bawls of the future.
The body of nn unknown man , evidently a
( ramp , was found near the railroad track o
few miles west of Harvard , last Sunday.
Five tramps wore run in at Grand Islam
for breaking into a carload of canned Roods
The ball and chain fit their anklcH to a dot.
W. II , Bolton , an employe of the shops al
Grand Island , bad a largo chunk of flea !
gouged out of his arm by n boriug machine-
Tuesday.
August Hydborg , a workman in Stout'
quarry at Louisville , was crushed to death by
a nm33 cf falling rock Tuesday. Hla remain
WPratnlten _ to 1'lattemouth.
ilio Republican Valley Press association , ti
the number of seventeen , lunched on tbei
brethren ut Orleans , Monday , nnd olectet
officers for the ensuing year ,
Frank E. McUIano , a photogrnpor at Ox
ford was arrested laat week ou the charge o
having stolen a gold watch and $23 caah from
his room mato. He waa given a hearing one
bound over to await the action of the grand
jury.
jury.Tha
Tha partlaan political use haa atiuck th >
Grand Island land pflice. H. O. Hoatotte
has reaif-ned and editor Higgina of the Colum
bus Democrat has beoo appointed. This ex
plains the poliih ami trimmings on the tile ol
the Democrat.
A. II , Sydenham , tin recently appointed
West Point Cadet ba ? auccjnafully paasei hia
physical examination at that institution and ii
correopondingly happy. Sydeuham waa ro-
fueod admittance two yeara ago from name
claimed defect in hia feet.
J. Kopaki , a Grand Is'and landlord , placec
the muzzle o a double barrelled shot gun to
hia forehead , Wednesday evening , and scat
tered hia brains on tha ceiling of the room.
Death waa paiuleaa. The tuicido waa former
ly a resident of Omata.
The citizens of Arapahoa have taken hoJ !
of the proportion pf the Methodiat Episcopal
conference to build an academy there foi
a bonus of $1,000 nnd n aito. The propoaec
building will coat 525,000. Committees have
been appointed to canvass the matter.
There are na unusual number of inquiries at
the Grand Island land office this fall by
partial in Eearcb'of homeEtoada. It ij a bare
matter Jto find any unclaimed land of any
value within aaventy-five or a hundred milea
ot Grand Island , and many go considerably
further northwest.
The Chadron Journal a'serts that Union
Pacific engineers nro vjewmg the lay of the
land in that vicinity and expectations have
added twenty par cent to the price of real es
tate. It is assorted that the company will
build to that point , and that several ornployea
of tbo cotpany are Investing in corner lota in
the hope of an early riao.
Grand Islanders will vote on tha water
works proposition on Thursday , the 10th. The
plans provide for an iron stand pipe twelve
feet in diameter nnd ono hundred feet hlqh ,
five iniloa of tec , eight and sir-inch mains ,
and two duplex pumpa capable of pumping
two . , _ , millions _ _ . . of , gallons . _ . . . of water per day , and
id amoant nf
water , at least fifty.five plugj ore provided
fcr in various portions of the city ,
The people out at Milford have a summary
way of adminlalering juatico to wife-bentera.
One of that class waa arrested and fined there
a few days ngo , but it had no good effect on
him , and ho threatened to lick her ago n. A
company of citizens took him in hand , how
ever , and travo him such a whipping aa would
remind him that it was not a safe- plan to
abuto a woman in Mliford ,
Eleven horaea from the corral of Palmer and
Tulmago , near Grand Island , were killed by a
train on the Union Pacific , and savoral others
injured , The engineer not noticing tha ob-
atruition on the track , until too late to atop
hia train , aa ia usually cuttomary , pulled the
thioUlo wide open and thus averted what
might have been a aorioua wreck by throwing
the animala clear of the track. Loss , SICOO. ,
Prod Fellmakor , who for aomo time has
been In the employ of Ludwig Kraatz , a
farmer near Scribnor , attempted to asBnaai-
nata hia employer a law days ego , for which
ho waa arrested and jailed on Friday. It ap
pours that Fred had become enamored of Lwl
wig'a daughter , nnd finding the father bitterly
opposed to thu match , determined to put the
old man out of the way by waylaying and
shooting him. Fred proved no good with n
gun , aa ho mlaiod hii victim nt the abort
range of two rada , bonce the arrest.
Tracklaying haa been begun on the Black
Hills extension of the Fremont , Klkhoru &
Missouri Valley railroad and it is expected
two milea per day will ba laid , A large force
of men nud teams ore employed on the grade
and bridge work. The trcckbylug is to be
continued until .Buffalo G ip , forty-fivo milea
out from Cbadron , la reached. Where prac
ticable , aa In tha cutr , gradmz will 1)9 contin
ued thorough the winter. The pile driving
and bridging will continue right along through
tin winter , natlvo pine cut near the line being a
uaod beyond Buffalo Gap.
An Unjust Itollcctlan on the Hull way
ComruIsBlonura ,
The Nebraska railway commission In
making their roont trip over-tug Union
PaclCo ralitroy traveled in the private
car of Charles Frauds Adams , They
found n very high estimate of Mr.
Adaxa'character owing to the jmttoea
or texts which that gentleman lus had
painted in consplolons places in his car.
Ono of those texts is "God hates a Liar , "
and another ii "Truth is mighty then
why lie ? " At ono of tbo stations in Ne
braska where the car stopped some mil.
ohlHvons grangers invtdod the coach ,
while the commltslonors were taking a
meal in tha eat'tig ' luua-j , nnd tuuk In
the feituatlon. They too were imjirjtssd
with the sigalfioinco of the mottoes
Not'clng that the commlss'oacra were
wtll supplied with Pullman blankets ,
each one of whioh was marked with the
word "Pullnun , " they painted ever It
the word ? , "Stolen from" and underneath
It they painted "God hates n thief. " It
was rather a severe joka aa well rs an
upjttjt lellictlou on the commissionerDB
thty did not ittal the blankets but >
uioioly borrowed them.
Font inns teiAppointed. .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 3. Tha acting pott-
maiter-Keceral appointed Ilia following
fourth-clam piitmastei : lllllloit lirixfield ,
George O. Paul.
THE GRINDING POOL
Exactions Practiced to the Railioails
UnicrtlisQniscofFricDJsliip ,
The ItonK nnd Short Haul ami Its
Effect Upon Omaha , nnd the
State Moro StrtnKont
Li\\v NccilcO ,
To the Kditor of the BEG.
I htl 'o been watching with much in
terest the development of the stock yon
and packing enterprise at Omaha , regard
Ing It as n move towards bringing into
our state labor and capital to bo em
plojod in n business which would give n
n homo market for a part of our products
and nn lucrcnto of population which
would consume farm produca withon
competing in its production. But in the
inception of the ontarprlso I prodlcto
that Us projectors would moot the obstacle
staclo they appear to have now encountered
countered , viz. : The discrimination o
the pooled railroads against the slier
haul. The organizers of the State
Farmers' Alliance have boon hammering
at this question for a long tlmo wlthon
attracting sympathy or attention from
the commercial men or the capitalists o :
our Interior cities. And yet it Is a ques
tlon in which thoao gentlemen are as
vitally interested as the farmers them
selves.
Lot me briefly summarize the situation
A state has cupromo control , under the
constitution and law , of commorci
within its borders. An association of
capitalists is formed to rarry on a busi
ness peculiarly adapted to the situations
and productions of this atato , namely ,
the purchase , slaughtering and packing
of its meat products. This business waste
to be carried on entirely within this
stato. Properly managed , it would bo
greatly to the interest of the farmers ,
as well as profitable to Its pro *
jeotors , and it promised a now open
ing for labor which would attract popu
latlon and wealth to your city. Now
comes an organized commercial power ,
of stupendous magnitude outside of our
state limits , unknown to the law , and as
far as yet tested above the law , which ,
by Its regulations as to the traffic of the
country , says to the projectors of thai
enterprise "Gentlemen , you can go no
farther you are diminishing our through
trnflic. " It may bo joadlly teen that
this organized power transcends that cf a
sovereign stato. Suppose some other
state , or a foreign nation , should put
such a ban upon any enterprise
within our boidero. War , and
jttatly , would at once rwnU ,
The people would rise on masse and in
the nama of patriotism repel such a tj-
ranical usurpation. Bnt bora ii simple
association of private and Insignificant
men , who have received franchises and
inunmerablo gifts from the public and In
return are imposing upon it regulations
and exactions which would not bo a'-
tempted by any invading power unices it
had an army to back it.
In your WEEKLY BEE of the 2Gth I
have scon your article headed "Hostility
to Omaha. " la my opinion you are mis
taken. This discrimination Is not caused
by hostility to Omaha. It la the result
of n system nn Insane and mistaken syt-
tom which impels railroads to continu
ally strive for through traffic and sacrifice
or rob local traffic. Yon gentlemen of
Omaha fly Into a paslon because your
corns nro juet now trodden , while for
years the atato has lain prone and blood
ing nndor this villainous system. By
it not only haa pork and beef packing
bean prohibited , bnt all kind of manufac
turing has been , and will continue to be
kept out of our slate. Why , Mr. Editor ,
the towns of this state cannot mannfnc-
tnro tholr waste grease Into soap to sell
to the farmers , because under this system
they can ba undersold in their own mar
kets with soap shipped in car lots 1,500
or 2,000 miles from the cast. Under this
system n proletariat population Is being
concentrated in our great cities , with no
hope of acquiring properly and no inter
est In conserving It , constantly on the
verge of starvation , in times of depression
a brooding danger to property and order
at elections the tools of the men who bay
votes with which to foist knaves into
cfiico. By this system the farmer must
bo k < > pt at ono end of the long line to
produce staples that will boar a 2,000
mlle haul , nnd the artisans and laborers
who consume these staples must bo kept
at the ether and t ) produce the ma
oblncry and good ] the farmer requires ,
and both must bo kept poor ; while the
bauelacent railroads ihoso * so-Jailed
"advance guards of civilization" are the
powerful go-betweens who exert all their
influence to maintain this situation in
stntn quo , while they fetch and carry on
the loug haul , of tan at n loss , and rob the
short haul to pay expanses and dividends
and repair losses.
The gantlomon of Omaha may flinch
under tnclr ifiltotion they nuy trust
with the companies , and ontro.it the rail -
road lords but they will gain no per
manent rdlof from evils which are the
natural results of a system until they
destroy that system. This can bo done
by law only. A law fixing the amount
that the roads may earn npon tholr
actual cost , and creating a competent
state authority to establish fair clasallica-
t'ons and adjust rates on the prlnclplci of
filr compensation for service tendered
BJ that they would produce that amount
and no more , with the exception of the
law made mandatory nnder the tovereat
penalties , would be a atop In the right
direction , and might rsault In n fiiul
solution of tbo vexed question , The
present commissioner law Is the hn'duet
kind of a fraud , and the appointment of
0. H. Gore npon it is ono of thu moet
Migrant cases of imposition upon n people
ple that IDS over coino undtr my notice.
The 03nno of the onininitslon on Its re
cent pleasure trip , was besieathulvtl criti
cism , or oven contempt. But it may bo
easier to amend this law In the right
Jlrrction than It would bo tc pass a new
bill. YOBH truly ,
J. IJUJIUOWH .
TONrt OF
bout ro and from the
IllglOlt OIllCCH.
a
New York Bun ,
The President of tbo Unllml States re
vive * daily au average of 50,000 let'ore ' ,
which , aa u rule , are answered or their
jcfrlpt acknowledged on tbo day of dc-
ivery. To enable him to uopo with Una
ast correspondence , much ot which rc-
inires not tluiply a formal reply but con.
Ulor.ibli ) research end tpcclal knowledge ,
be Kiecutiva Is furnished wi'h abont
IO.COO clerks , win , for convenience , nro
Itvlded Into seven department * , oconrd-
ng as their work has to do with our
otelgn relations , the rmy or cavy , tha
fiscal machinery of the Government , its
internal relation ! , the postal service , or
tbo administration of justice. The heads
of these seven principal departments are
asked by the President to moot him once
or twice n week at iho Whllo house , ant
form what la known at his Cabinet. A
those cenferocots the moro Importan
business of the departments la dlscuiscd ,
S3 that the work may bo done promptly
nnd harmonious ! ) ; and so well regulatcc
la the system that It Is uot necessary fo
the President to ano personally bntavri ;
small ptrt of the Exccntivo correspond
once. Two or three sacks only out o
the tons of mall matter that la dumpa
every morning on the floor of the Wash
ington Oily Post Office , goes to the Whit
Ilonso.
This Post Office is the third in the
country In volutno of bualnosi , thongl
Washington la only the fourteenth city
In population. This la on account of th
onormus cfltcUl null that pastes througl
Postmaster Conger's hands. During thi
fiscal year which ended Juno 30 , 1835
Iho loiters received were in excess of 25 ,
000,000 , or about 70,000 dnlly and of thli
total it Is estimated about 70 per cent
goes to the departments.
The refluent lido Is even larger , for
the outgoing delivery includes all tin
publications of the Government
Statistics in this field would bo stagger
Ing. They would bo on &uch a hugo aoali
that the figures would lese their mean
Ing. On some days , for Instance , during
the busy days of Congress , 2000 largi
sacks , mostly of Executive document
will pass through the office , and the
average for the summer months la 20,001
sacks a month. Much of thisis registered
for greater safety , so that the work
thrown on the city force is prodigious.
DOD&E OOffNTY'S ' FAIR ,
A. Brilliant Success Excellent llors
A. Fine Address From
Senator Van AVjck.
Correspondence of The 13 EC.
FIIE-MONT , Nob. , Sep 3 , 1885. Tc
day is the last day of the Dodge count ;
fair , and If appearances count for any
thing , to-day will pro 70 ni much of a sue
cess BB the two preceding days.
The weather so far has been all tha
could bo asked for , and each day the fair
ground bas been wall filled with visitors
The display in all the departments Is
fine , and showa that unusual palna has
been tskou by the managers and the
heads of tha different dopinmontf.
Nearly everyone has taken an
intorect in the fjlr this fall
have worked hard , spent botl
tlmo end money and the filr has proven
so much of a success , it Is so much bolter
than anyone anticipated , that everyone-
fcola happy , and these who have done
the work fetl well repaid. The niau
ageis uro certainly to bo congratulated ,
aa tliii Is the boat fair Dodge county ha
had for ton years.
The floral and art displays are capo
cially worthy of mentioa. It la said by a
good many who wore prniont at the state
lair last year that the display In thoaa
departments could In no way compare
with the di-plny at the fair grounds yea
tordoy.
Horso-raolrg commtncod yesterday af
ternoon at about 2:30 : nnd continued until
G:30. : The first race was for Dodge
county horses that have noor trotted for
money. Three hotsss wore entered
Patsy Smith , Rattler and Bashaw. Tlmo ,
3:01 : , 3:07 : , 3:01. : It Is generally bollaved
that Patsy Smith could have done much
better had his driver given him a chanca.
Ho won the race , nevertheless.
The next race , also a trotting race , was
the 2:40 : class. Brown Tim , Robblo
Dunbsr , Bashaw Clay and Spotty wore
entered. The race was won by Robbie
D unbar , with Spotty a splendid second.
Best tlmo , 2:40. :
The entries for th < j running race were
Bella K , Matchless and Oregon Boy. The
race was easily won by Belle K , Match
less Dotting second money. Time , 1:25 :
and 1:53. :
It waa cxpqctcd that their would bo a
boao race between the Grand Island ,
North Bond and Fremont teams , bnt for
some reason the Grand Islands and North
Benders failed to materlallz ? . The J. 0.
Oleland hose team , however , made an ex
hibition run , running over a sandy track ,
making the excellent time of 43 second. .
Thompson and Barman displayed their
usual skill In inal lag the coupling.
The prlncopal attraction of iho after
noon was the speech of Hon. 0 H. Van
Wyck , who hold the audience in wrapt
attention for over an hour. II In speech
was earnest , full of thought , touching
upon these questions which are occupy
ing the attention of the thoughtful of our
land. Ho was frequently applauded ,
which shows that that vast crowa of people
ple 4,000 at loaat fa number wcro In
peifect sympathy with his utterances.
Ho wna Introduced by Hen. H. B. Nico-
domus , president of the association.
In the evening the friends of tha ssna-
tor arranged a serenade for him at the
Now York hotel. The Fremont coriist
bind marched around In front of the
lotol whera a largo crowd bad gathered.
After tbo band had played savoral fine
ttleollona the senator appeared , uoom-
janlod by several prominent citizen ; , and
after an Introduction by Dr. Abbott ,
nado a brief but appropriate speech
congratulating the people npon tholr
splendid crops and the beauty of our
city. Poou
Iho Geologic * ! Survey Next ,
To the Editor of the DKK :
I enclose an article from iho Washing-
ngton Post of August 12 , 1885.
I notice that the Omaha Herald for
overal days past bas baen , through Ita
IVaahington correspondent , taking some
pains to mention mo in an invldnous and
usual way of treating even democrats who
seek for honest government , and thus
compel them to appeal to the indopand-
unco of thu BKE to vindicate themselves
agilntt the merjiloss attao'ta of the
lerild , which was never known to favor
h.njtty , where therj was money and
tower against H.
1 know the Lforald correapndent hai
hid an opportunity to vindicate the right ,
science , osonomy and a faithful oburv
itico of the law in themanagemjnt of the
United Slates geologic * ! survey , wherein
on a ftlr investigation by Auditor Ohoiio-
with or Secretary Lunar , it may be
shown that this bureau his beau mau-
< ; ed in violation of tbo plaints1 provi
sions of the lair , and almost whol'y ' tu the
uUrealH of a ring of so-called scientists
au "A national academy of
clenco , " auppurtud in their opera-
him by tbo funds of thu
> tople , when appropriated to the gsolog-
otl survey , and placed at the dlipusil of
ti director , J. W , Powell , to be expand
ed among these icioutltts and their unu- '
earasdotantu m tiio study C'f I ha goilj-
y and nilneralrgy of linds and mines
> * ced by private peitoniand co.-porotlous
orbiddun oy law , and to propagtte Dar
winism through their reports.
Dr. Miller sajs M pr Powelllis a very
largo man booauio ho tnado Iho passigc o
the 300 miles of the Grand canon of the -
Colorado rlvor. Did the doctor over
hosr of any other man making that pas- H
sngo in A boat as ftl j jr Powell recount * -
his great feat ? I nuswcr that ho neve
did , nor never will henr of any ether -
man making sachp sago allvo , any moro
than ho will heir of such passage of Niag
ara falls , If the caUrat that passcn
though this canon la what it Is reported
If I cm help Auditor Chenowith in
the discovery of the true inwardness of
the ruataomotit of Mio geological bureau ,
after receiving his earnest request for
such assistance. I ohall feel it my duty to
do ao at the rltk of being by th-i Oiiiaha
Herald called tin KIOKINO Kirrt.E.
THK GEOLOGICAL 8CIWKT NEXT.
Washington Post.
.Tuilco Chonowlth , first auditor of the treas
ury department , lolt by the 10:10 : train last
night for TOXIXP , to look after hid law business , .
Tbo Investigation ol the coast survey bureau
and the report thereon to the secretary of the
treasury nro complete , nnd nothing moro ro
oming to bo done In the matter by him , Ho
denies contemplating aupplomcntnry report
on the workings of the bureau , AS ho unjs It
l not nocossnry. Ho expects to return to
Washington In about three weeks , when lie in
tends to begin aa Inrostlgntion into the condi
tion nnd workings of the geological survey ,
which it rumors nro correct will rovcnl a stnto
of nllairs nobettcr tlinn that exposed by tha re
cent Investigation of the coast imrvoy. After
that , the fiBh commission is on the list of suc-
pocts for searching inquiry ,
UiilLMo Hunnjiuo Court Decisions.
O. 0. Cozln v * . Helvin D. llntch. Krror from
Gnga county. Affirmed. Opinion by
Reese , J.
1 The provisions of Iho atatu'o re
quiring the county court to contlnuo all
cases nnditposcd of on the third Monday
of each month docs not prevent the court
from hearing and deciding cases by agree
ment at any time during the month.
2 Where oasts taxed in a oiuso np-
pear to be exorbitant or cxcesjivo the
proper remedy Is by motion to rctnx
nude to the cttrt whore the alleged mls-
tikcsaro made.
3 Where the county court Issued an
order of stlo for the sale of attached
properly , after judgment , and it is alleged
that the oonrt erred In doing so , the
judgment containing no order appro
priating the attached property to Ita pay.
rnont , tno proper practice would be to
more the county court for a return and
vacation of the order of caln. If such
motion should bo overruled the decision
thereon might bo raviawod. But the
Issuance of snch order of sale , even If
erroneous , would bo no reason why the
judgment should bo reversed.
C. B. & Q ] ? . It. vs. John Sim ? . Kr
ror from Jticlinrdcou county. Afliimeti.
Opinion by Ilees ? , J.
1 Under the act of Juno 20 , 1807 , .1
rMlroad company is liable for stock killed
upon its track while running at largo in
the night time at n point whore the com
pany was required bat failed to fence Its
track notwithstanding atcck is prohibited
by statute from running at largo in the
night timo.
2 Petition examined and held gocd
when assailed after verdict.
I'oHlponemoiir.
In order to rccommodato conflicting
ntorcsts It hai boon decided to postpone
tlm holding of tin Seward county fair
until Wodnotdiy , Thursday , Frld y nnd
Saturday , October 7 , 8 , 9 and 10.
GEOKOIJ PICKHKL , President.
C. S. ALLING , Secretary.
daoiirge.
MoNTREAr , , Sept. S. There were thirty-
iva cases of email-pox reported yoatorday ,
eight of which nro authenticated. Four
deaths occurred from the disease. Two daatlia
n the civic hospital up to noon to-day.
rUilroiul Nntcc.
NEW YOIIK , Sept. 3. The statement of
, bo Chicago , Milwaukee & Si. Paul railroad
company for July show * a decrease In the
groiB earnings of $53,000 , as compared with
, h < 5 Bamo month laat year. _
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Htjtl.tlciBliowtlnl the murUlUv BIQIIIU oblUitn
9 ( arxrcnter In the uumm r inonllu than any other
casin. Jlenllh aril ur'coi action ol tli9 bonds a-u
( Burol by tlie U' ( M $ * ' Kocd. It liiicutinllu
I attlin , In reaclly tatceubythe little onm , rc -
loni no tax turn tliedlj ( ttve oritani , and li ftfs'.in1 ' , .
itcd whoa the etonmh rcjccti all tilt.
Imported Beer
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