Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 06, 1885, Page 4, Image 4
PHM OMAHA DAILY BJBK : MI HAY , jNOVEMUMR 0 , 1885. TJ1E DAILY BEE. OrnrR , No. Wt ANI > Mfi t'Ansot St. NKIV VoaK OITICK , Iloox < V > , TitimNi ; Ilni.MM ! . only Monday morning l > Rwr | itiiblUliod In the MMe , Trn.MR nv MAIL : Ono Vonr Jin.nVTIiriw Months fSJfl HlxMontlM A. ( inoMonth ) I.M ( TIIK WiiKKi.Yll K , t'ubllilio'l Hvtry Wcdntwlay. Tr.itM.s , roni'Aio. Ono V'nr , tTlth prrinluiii J".00 Ono Vffir , wltliiMit | > rmnlnni 1 > Sir Monlli * , irithmit tucmliiin " < Ono Mouth , on trial 1'J coiitiB'i'os'iirscr.i All ( nmtntinlcnlloni rclntinx to tiMr * ntnl cill- toriiil umllotK FhotilJ bo uildroaibil to tlio Km- Ton or'UK UKF. . IIUMSWH i.r.TTBits : All Inifliifii Intl'TH inul rctnltlnncns Mionlil lie ililrt ril to 'I'm. Iti.n I'UIII.ISIIINO COMIUNV , OMAHA , DuiflK. oln-c'liH unit | ii lilllcn dnlcrti to l > o mnrlo | > uynllr-io ) tl'.fordrror tlm c < iiniany. | THE DIE PUBLISHING COMPART , i : . ItOKKWATRU. KUITOII. IOWA. still remains in tlio republican fold , hut the od lit in of prohibition ts a heavy licit ! for tlio party ti > curry. Tur. next tlmn 11 proposition is made to soil tin * county poor ( arm thu public will probably bo lol into thp secret. Tin : shcrilV'a ( illicit in Now York is worth $1X,000 ( ) a year. Tito now slieriu" spout $ r > n,00' ) In securing his election ami is confident thai liu will ge.1 his money's worth. WITH the commissioner anil coroner fllcotcd ami tlio rest of the democratic tlcikut loft out in the cuhl , the exuberance of out1 esli-ciued democratic coutoinponi- ry seoniH u little forced. TUB mugwump organs lu Now York are vainly attevnipting to explain tlio late democratic uyclonu in the Umpire state. I'alromigo is sometimes moro powerful as a polltioal LSMIO than civil .service reform. MAI.SHAI. ! CUMMIN-OS is receiving the thanks of all good citi/.ens for his ollbrU lo enforce the law. Mayor Boyd anil the city council ewe it to themselves and this community to .sustain thu marshal by every means in their power. TAMMA NY captured the political per aimmons In New York city on last Tues day. The silk storking * may combine and threaten ; but Hill Tweed's success , ors in loual reform wilk away with tlio spoils in spiti ) of all opposition. lMtF.sinr.NT CLEVELAND lias appointed two democrats to Iho civil service com- niiK.siou , one an Indianiau and tlio other from South Carolina' What Indiana nnd South Carolina don't know about civil service reform would fill a large- sized library. TIIR republicans of Douglas county huvo rot : ) n to bu sal'miied with tlio olli- ciont and painstaking conduct of tlio campaign by tiio chairman of tlio contra ! committee , Mr. E. W. Simeral. If suc cess IH thc-mcnsuro of ability Mr. Simeral lias certainly demonstrated that he is the right man in the right place. Iv the county commissioners cannot this your construct tlio retaining wal | around Iho court house , they should at Iciiflt have the lot graded down on tlio & Furnurn and Eighteenth street fronts so I thut it will be ready for sodding in the 1 i i narly spring , otherwise tlio ground will 0 bo torn up by rain storms and remain in 0U un unsightly condition for two years moro. the Dolphin will ho pleased to learn tlmt Secretary Whitney lias do- elded to accept her for service in the jhavy. This insures positions for a score or moro out of the hundreds of naval offiecM who are growing gray while waiting for tlio upbuilding of the Amor- Scan navy. Incidentally it will increase Iho bank account of that eminent philan thropist , Mr John Koiich. Wr. ahull probably receive full returns from our own state somu timu after tlio inauguration of thu ollicor.s cloeted in NowX'orkund Iowa. A few telegraph bulletins from towns on railroads are all the Baliafaetion the poodle of Nebraska can secure until a week after election. This IH duo principally to tlio largo ex- 'ttmt of territory to bo covered and tlio Itnmll number of telegraph oflices and of dully mails in the country precincts. WK want ft bettor system of counting Totes In Omaha , so that we can know the ti , results of the election two hours after the fc ! Jtolls olose , The entire vote of Now York city is counted and tlio result an nounced in from two to three hours after the closing of the polls. The votes are counted every hour , or whenever a cer tain numbur of votes are cast , and In this Way tlio counters are only an hour or two behind when tlio election closes. Wo liopu Iho New York method will bo Intro duced in Omului through a law to be passed at the next legislature. Tin : break , in the principal main of the water works , connecting thu pumping housu with the rosjrvolr , left Omaha for several hours without iv water supply. Stioh an accident is not only a serious impediment to the active operation ol itiany manufaetaring ostabllshmjiits which depend on tliu water work * foi their wntcr supply , but it is likely to re suit In great disaster and serious loss in case of tiro. It is the manifest duty o ! the water works company to lay anothot largo main from thu river to thu resor voir. It was the original design that this should bo done , and thu water works liuvo not boon properly completed with out it. Up to the present our water sup JH'y is largely furnished by direct pros euro. Whenever tlo | water is bolus fJmupud from the Battling basins into the rtofcervoir our water supply comes fron flto settling basins direct , and very oftet tils prosauro causes the breaking of pipet mHl connections. This , however , woith ( itf secondary to the risks which wo tin running by reason of having only otu Rialii to the reservoir. Let the eoit bi whiit it may , the t > ccoml main must In fold aa a matter of public safety. Tlu Cfomoil should line no time In taking s to have this done without delay. l > p IJOSBPIIS' Failure. M ili < I.rv .p.s finds himself In finan- lal tl ! > tre s owing to unexpfotod do- nniids for funds to compli-lo ( lie I'nnama canal and is out with u scuuiul request to he government asking permission to sell i new issue of onnal bond.1 ! as well us to establish a lottery to raise money to U'oscoiilo the undertaking. There N ivcry reason to believe , even if the re- { tic&l is granted , that the ultimate bank- nptcy of tile company cannot bo long loliiyfrl. Thn Itc.sl i titnatos now plan- the cost of completing the canal at $ i5J" ! > , - WtMfl ( ) ) inMiuid of $ JU,000HKl ( , the orlgi- lal intimate. M. do Losseps has already oxppmh'd $ UOUiOUOO ( on the nmlertak- ng , for which he hits pledged the com- itiny's crc-dit to the \lcnt of ! ? 150,000,1)00 ) xiaring 41 per cent interest. Mr. J. C. Itodirgucs. who has been Inspecting the work , gives the following estimate of tha [ iri'.scnl condition : ICstimatod anuiunt of cvcavatlon re- Itnrod for the canal , including rock cutting - ting , IWi.UOO.O ! ) ! ) cubic metres ; this is tlio liossi'ps r.itiimtti1 , and is believed to bo miit'li too low. Actual amount of exca vation done , itXJ,0H : ) ( ) ( ) cubio mntros , or 11 pur cunt , of tlio whole. This is princi pally In soft earth. The canal was to be llnished , according to Mr dc I.i'.ssops , in 1HS3. This is of tiie essence of his under taking Mlnco ho has to pay intorosU on the capital employed in con.struetion , in. eluding tlio share capital. One-half of the time has passrd , and only ono-ti'tith * of the work is done , and this the least link-tilt part. The highest monthly ichieveimjiit lias been 775,000 cubic metres , tile average was only 017,000 per month in 18St. Tlio nature of the work in such that a more rapid rale of excava tion can hardly bo expected. If an av erage of 700,01)0 ) cubic metres can bo maintained , and if the LCSSLMIS estimate of the total amount required to bo done s not too low , and if the dreadful Chagres can bo controlled , and if the money is forthcoming , the canal mny bo completed in nine years from the present time. From thnso figures it will bo seen that : ho enormous sum of $1100,000,000 will ho required to linisli the gigantic enterprise , [ irovidcd it can be completed at all. American engineers insist that the floods of the Chagres river cannot bo eon- trolled , and that the spring inundations will surely sweep away any engineering works placed in the valley , lint oven if success were possible by the expenditure of ample funds , it is doubtful if thogigan- : ic amount of money can be raised. Without it bankruptcy stares the com- i > any in the face , and with it a crash so : errible that it wilt involve thousands of [ ' 'rench workiugmun and women in tlio fall. Fatal lOconoiuy. The Pennsylvania and New York Con .ral railroad managers intimate that they will bo obliged shortly to take oil' their fast express trains between New York and Chicago , and to return to their old schedule of thirty-six hours time from tlio seaboard to the lakes. Thu reason assigned for this move is that Iho trains have not paid , although the public- have liberally patronized the increased facili ties for rapid and comfortable travel. In the same column in which thisimport- ant news is announced , notice is given that the Pennsylvania , company declared its usual two per cent quarterly divi dend. In another dispatcli the manage ment of thu Central announce tlio pur chase of the West Shore railroad for $ oO- 000,000. , Something or somebody must have paid handsomely in order to roll up tins round millions of profits , which in spite of the bettor accommodations of fast tr.iins are returning dividends of from twenty to forty pur cent an nually on the actual investment of those great corporations. The explanation of the railroad man agers for removing the fast trains is high ly refreshing. It will fall tint on the pop ular car. A public which is paying handsome- profits to the stock jobbers o- thouast will insist on knowing why every move towards economy in railroad man agement is made at the expense of the patrons alono. They are very likely to inquire If high priced ollleials ever think of reducing exorbitant salaries or of cutting off olllciul perquisites for tiie bon- eiit of stockholders. After every deal in which the Vandorbilts nnd Goulds in crease their dishonest wealth by creat ing millions of dollars of fictitious cap ital , on which tlio publio must pay divi dends , a streak of economy at the expanse of the railroad patrons is at once an nounced. Trains are withdrawn , repair shops are closed down , railway stock is allowed to deteriorate and parsimonious management on the part of officials and at the expense of tlio publio alone is counted upon to make up the deficit. It is time that some higher power than the greed and dishonest personal inter ests of railroad managers should deter mine the relations of the railroads to the public. Railroad commissions have proved and niu.st always be valueless in curbing the aggressions of intcr-btata lines. The great combinations of cap italists which now control mighty sys tems , wiiojo fingers reach out into a snore of states , ni'H largely beyond tlio control of Male laws. Nothing but national legislation can deal with a national prob lem. The people of the went , who have so long been at the mercy of .these cor poration cormorants , are uniting with thoje of the cast to demand that con- gro-i.s .shall give them a relief wnleh th 3 cannot secure elsewhere. To secure thi. end tlio United States senate must bo re deemed from the hands of the corporation attorneys and millionaire lobbyists , whc are prostituting thu'r ' sacred trust tc fasten mure strongly the fetters on tin hands of tho'people of this country. Such economy as the railroads are now practicing at the expense of their patron : will sooner or later prove fatal to tin continuance of thu present methods ol railroad extortions. The antagonism which It is bound to awaken , will before long make themselves powerfully felt al the polls and in the legislature , by ilru ng from their seats the senatorial tools and cuppurs who are turning a deaf eui to the popular demands. TIIK policy of the government and thu fear of adverse legislation are forcing the great land grant roads to dispose of their .inds as rapidly us possible The L'nloi : . 'noifio during thu paH thrv vrnr. < has ilrendy thrown an immense pniiUm of hi-lr mammoth laml grant on the mur- kct , the wiles for 1SSI and IS l alone iggrogafiux nearly ( I.WHMXJO aere. on the main line from Omaha to Ogden , of which thu largest portion has licen in Nebraska. The Kansas Pacific. Atnhl-im , I'opitkii A : Santa IV , Northern and Southern Pacific , have all boon using strong ollVirts lo dispose of their grants lo IHirclmH-rs and the effect 1.4 being seen on all wiilos lu thn rapid increase in pop. illation and in thu number of farms which are following up the throwing open of thn railroad lands , In our own stale the growth of Nebniska north of the Pintle , which has been so noticeable during the past two years , has bnen largely due lo the rapid sale of railroad lands which were practically withheld fore many years from thn market. The lavish generosity of the government in years past toward the great corporations will never again bo repented , and the tendency of thu administration to inves tigate rigidly the way in which Iho land grant rouls : have complied with their contracts is making their managers anx ious to elose out their real estate- posses sions willi safety and dispatcli. Iniprovcimiuts Necdeil In Election" . Chicago has adopted a now election law which is expected to do away with lite notorious frauds which have hereto fore disgraced that city. Its principal features are provisions for numerous poll ing precincts in each ward , voting omy on actual registration , compulsory ser vice of election judges and clerks when appointed , and the closing of the polls at I o'clock on Iho afternoon of election. The law is in ninny respects a copy of tlio New York election statute , which is per haps the most efficient and stringent of any in the country. Some of its features might properly bo transferred lo cities of Ihc llr&t-clnsj in Nebraska , while others could bo provided for by ordinance in city elections. The time has not yet come , perhaps , when none but registered voters should bo allowed to cast their ballots , but with Omaha's growth it cannot long bo delayed. The affidavit business is wrong on sound principles. Ono object of registration , in advance of election , is to enable otll- cer.s to detect prmncditate.d frauds and to chock off. . the names af men who propose to vole illegally by personating dead men and voters who have no residence in fact. Omaha's growth has boon so remarkable within the past three years that the poll ing precincts are now becoming too few to accommodate the vote cast. The rush at tlio close of the polls invariably leaves out many intending voters who get no opportunity to cast their ballots. The feature of compulsory service of judges and clerks of election must , .sooner or la ter commend itself for adoption. Every election day , great delay Is experienced at the polls in securing the proper ofli- cials because Iho.io appointed decline to serve. ' When service is made as compul sory as that of a putit juror this will cease. Still , with all the deficiencies which our increasing population is making manifest in our election law. Om.iha had a quiet , orderly and generally satisfactory elec tion last Thurs.lay with as few com plaints of fraud bandied about , as we have ever known in this city. WHEN' wo pointed out irregularities and questionable expenditures by our county management before the election , it was not mere campaign buncombe. The mere assurance that honest Dick O'Kouft'o is in the board of coivunisMonor.s is no safo-guard against abuses that ought to bo abated. Mr. O'Keefl'u himself is forced to admit , since thn election , Unit it was not proper for Mike Lahy to draw double salary as engineer and deputy sheriff. In fact there was no authority or excuse for appointing any deputy sheriffs for the tail' grounds. They were not needed tlioro. Thorn were special policemen for that duty , anil the sheriff is not authorized to become the special guardian of tiie exposition at tlio county's expense. This is only one of the many abuses peculiar to our star-chamber sys tem of county management. Now that Mr. O'lveetl'e is re-elected we hope he will votj to put an end to thu in , oven if he has to vote wi'hTimmeoncein a while. When Mr. Timmo objects to anything wrong or trios to bring about any needed reform ho should rucoivu Mr. O'ICeolfe's ' support , even though ho did not support Mr. O'Kccflu for re-election. is doing too in uch boast ing. It claims to bo the only paper in Omaha that issued n second edition on the morning after election giving tin : comments of the Now York press , anil the only tubulated statement of the Douglas county voto. Very few persons , If any , in Omaha saw that second edition , and we failed to discover that tabulated stitoment of Doii' lns county , The Hin : no ! only print'ul two morning editions , doing what { \\oIfiraM \ \ claim ; d todi , but it had the most complete local elec tion ivturns of any paper in the city , anil they were presented to the ruadi-r in an attractive and intelligible tabulated form. The HUEwas the only paper that made a respectable showing of tolcgrapl and local election reports on the morn ing after election. Dr. Millcr'H Slolftu Hammer ISIow.s Chicago News : An Omaha saloon keeper named Put Ford was the demo cratio candidate for shoriil in Omaha Ho was ably championed by the vutiora bin Dr. ( Joorgo L. Miller , editor of thu Omaha Jfernhl , who broamo so deeply in- toivst"d in thu canva vthat he mitcd the opera house last Monday night and madt a great speech for ' 'Ford and reform.1 On Tuesday morning tlio lltiraht pnntci : the following modus ! editorial announce ment : "The eilitnr-in-chiof of the lleruln at 'hi meotin * ' last night struck sledge hammer blows for thu ticket headed \ > \ , Patrick Ford.'o are happy to hnvt found out what Dr. Miller means when he talks about "sledge-hummer blows. ' \Vc see by the dispatches that Ford wa.s defeated by a republican majority o : 1,300 votes. ' " ' ' v A 11113T r'"y'iiiy7ri'itus'o r j , i FE. " ( Jail Mo Hack Avnln" Is the title of a nou soiij , ' . ISi'iectwl Minister Keiley is buspcctei of being tlio author , "Struck Down" Is the name of a new novel. Tlio hero was piobably a dude win gut hit on the upper lip. "iuw your fatally play ball'/ ' ' was asked o lllitcs j.ivfi , ' Meanrfi int'ihrr do. . - , " he J.icd. 'I lu. . ! , iu.It , tfiiik"tin li.i hit- . ' ' Thru1 nrt'"vi p-up' " to Ihe " 'I'-wiv inli' ; ill Mimic Island. " ltfKist.n I'rovhlfiirc impiIt : iilslit iiU .a-U ( lint Id-re arc jit"t iinout . ' ' < qUOrO Mill'S t till1 JKHfllJU Senator Kvnrtotld ilotihakmimtiysjiwvhi.s hlnciiininiUii. llof-'H vrrywniy toj > ce the Mruojruiihcr * MilTcr M > while iryiiiit to t.ikt- Inwii Mime ot his ttptiji tiiy. It Is said tlwl rhoslmuYwllI cure the ' -hrn- nnltMii.Ve know' , iniiv why neum. mlu- MicK fin-tit rloivir * , ninl editor- funny ia | ' ! > . never hue : ilic'tmntHm , A Sliuix Iniltnn id ojiufef the Hjkoia nifen- k' hns i\ociitly leufucii to ihle n bicycle. He swnpjK-d M'U'rantmue.s foi \\het-l , anil now ( foes limiting' un a blt-ycle. A religion * weekly ! sa. & : "The mini who whistle * Inuilly ever swears. " It is tllucrent with the 111:111 : who lu-ar.s him. The la'ter hmilly does anything else at such tlnn1 * . I'Mirlnn Ah me I I.lfc Is scarcely worth ivlni ; ! ( V.iir ( cnrneMly ) I dun tknow about tliat.'tn.v dear. What ate our trials computed \vlththo.-oof nil Amerlenii ! ) ball nmplrc' ' V Colimido mnn lately committed suicide iv niblilni ; himself n iiliibt a barlicd wire fence. Hero Is n warntiu ; for humeof Vi.c men whn.an. * crowding the white house for ulllee. U Is said thut a lire can mill more In pro- IMII lion tolls slrti than a hor.se. "We ilotft know as to tliat"pi ys the editor of the Hupnti Vlstn Democrat"but theV aiequilo iMiViOiful when they bilek up to you and pus.h. "liuvo you found ivllulon yet , my friend' . ' " Uev.Hnm.lones liiqiilreuot'ouoof his hear ers. " > "o , " was the rctily. " \Vlmtls\oiir \ occupation , may I iisk' ' " 1 in a detective. " "Il'm ! " observed the jjrcat levivalist , "Hint accounts for It. " "And did you tamely standby and permit Stnitli tocallyoua liuratui a coward ? " "Not much , 1 didn t. I'm not llmt Kind of u man. " "What did you iloV'1 "I hurried oil'ami siw : my lawyer. I've wet three witnesses , ami tlio ca-e c < mii > .s up Unlay. ' ' "Where did Hie prophet Kllas go'.1'1 asked a Texas .Sunday school teacher , "lie went into the desert. " "What was Kllas while he WHS In the wllileriiM. * ' , " ' "Ldtinmi what ho was In thn desert , unless ho was a dcnerler , " replied Iho hopeful pupil. "Did you divide the chocolate with your litlle brothel' . ' " asked Sirs. Klz/letop of her firmly little .Jolinnv. "Yes , ma. " "Did you divide it fairly.1" "Yes nut , lute the chocolate and fja\e him the paper with the pretty pletmes. He likes to look at the pie- lures. " "I was u drummer , " said the you in ; man , "all through Hie war. " "Is that .so'.1'1 replied thn old man ; " 1 didn't think you had seen so much horvieo. What part of the country were you lu' . ' " "In New Ymk , mostly. " "New YorkV" "Yes ; 1 repteseiiK'd a Huston hard ware linn. " Pttclt. We are irlatl to bo Informed by the dramatic critic of the Now York World , writing of .Alary Anderson since her return to tliis country , that there is "more aplomb In thu hauteur of her carriage.1' than when stie went away. We presume there Is also more savoir vlvru In tlio eon ton of her esprit tie corps. Otherwise her trip abroad will have proved dctrop for want of a raison d'etre lor her tout ensemble. STATI-J AN1 > TUKUITOUY. Nebraska. " The West Point water works arc near com pletion. The ticket sale qt Iho Union Pantile at ( Irani ! Island durinir October amounted to S7,143.1. ! } -I . ' W , N . Ilensloy , formerly editor of the Democrat , has taken charge of the Columbus pnstolllee. ' < ' The now Congregational church at Norfolk will bo flediKited nOxtSmulay. . Itov. A. ! ' . Khun ill , of Omaha , will atsist. Mr.umiMrs.lt. SmirloAk , of PliitUmotith , c"lebratoil the twenly-iitih anniversary of their marriage Monday evening. The young bloodw of iCiiitid Fslnnd have gone into mourning uver-thu forced ileparture of two young kittens Cor the state reform school. A Hy and fresh youn 'blooU In Nebraska City attached his steipfatlier , H naino to a cheek for Wi , and when the penalty for torgury dawned upon hts mhuf he sunglit solace for Ids conscluncd- .stryeimino. An uiuuttcot | > uiiicroil ] twlifsky brouglit him to , nnd lie has started for Canada. Antoius Martiluld , a youti ! ; ne.rman llvinn near Kmmet , coiiimittuii iiiicidu rucenllv by dlsctiarglii ! ; a .shotgun into his face and niter- wards pliihdng into a well. M.irtucUl had been sleic t'orsoiun timu , was in debt and lia < r grown ilespomlcnt. This victim of hi * own destruction bail leaned against the wall of a stable and plaucil the muzzle ot' tli gun in his immtti anil dlscliar eil It , but without fatal effect , the shot passhig out at thu side of the cheek , poiictnitinir thu sod wall ami an Inch board on the oilier side , lie then crawled to thu well anil precipitated himself into it. ( Irani ! Island's present growth Is of tlio most substantial kind , and Its prospects for tliucoming year are iincimalliMl outside of Omaha. Scores of briolc business houses urc now under way and tlio number of frame Imlldlngb in course of construction runs into the hundreds. In addition , plans are being prepared for .several substantial business blocks , on which work will begin in carlv bprlnu. Another Important ( most to Hiecity's growth will bo given by the construction of lir.ind Island tt Northwestern , for which the ri ht of way is now twinn secured. The citi/.cns iire also coiuidcnt that a branch of the Kllcuoni Valley road will strike the city next year , and it makes one of tliu bc.it rail road centers in the state. Iowa. Davenport's record for October Is a fairly prosperous one , .showing nfty-two marriages and nlxty-eitfhl births. A wnnd'Tlng heggnr stepped in front of tlm cannon ball train on thu Hock Island , near Davenport , Monday. The would-be suicide was to.-i.sed Into the ditch , badly bruised , but still kicking. Ho was taken to n hospital on u stretcher. The father of the Ilonnopln canal schema Is said to boeorgo ! II. I'lendi , of Davunuort , who during tin ; war advocated the construc tion of a water way between the Mississippi and the great lakes so that naval vessels could operatu In both , and dispense with the dan gers of nn ocean trip. Dakom , The capital fight waxes warmer , and is now clearly between Huron and Pierre , with Pierre In tlio lead. A full sot of stalu oillccrs wen ) elected Tuexlay. Their principal work will he shouting for recognition from a democratic congress. Their lungs aru thniu-ply leather. Work on thu artesian well at Scotland was stopped last week after readmit ; a depth of .VjUfcot. and as It had reached a rock re > em- bllnii Sioux Kails granite. It was deemed unadvisable - advisable to go uny further. Tno llo\v now hi nbout 40U barrels a day. "What would you do if I w-is nno of the James lie ; , s ? " said Henry Iturnutt as he playfully pointed his nivolver at his trlcml Aitliur Dagget , at thtVluUer's room ti. ( Ir.tinl Korlts. Dag''et's hair spillig re\olvor lay on his knee. He picked It up anil before ho could answer the iiicst4on | Ilurneu was a eorp-e at his feet. 'Thoi coroner's jury de cided that thu gun went uff "accidentally. " .South Dakota farmcrriuOIrm tlmt coiitiiiuod tlax culltiruls destropiigr " ' exhnusting the fertility of the soil ami must bo abandoned as the principal crop. ' Tlitirti tire experienced farmers In that .section wm > believe that a ie- turn to tliugiuwthof wht'irt would bu prout- ublu for a couple ol' yi'lirs. ' This season's erop was nunilier onei in ijua'ity ' nnd yield , and this will enrourn < Hwm' extensive opera tions in this cereal another } car. Tlic l > ntijlul''ConHr. ' Saeramento hus a ( ( { w c society. Kuno , Nevada , Is oy rni | | with robbers. Stockton , Cal. , I.s goiiig.lntu the eremathui biisineis. A iiolionoits weed is Ullllir sheep In great numburs In the eastern Oregon ranges. , ln Pierce county , W. 1' , , the raising of cranberries Is to bu attempted. Michael White died In Montery recently ol rnneer of thu tongue , caused by smoking u pipe with n short biem. I-'icMio has a centenarian , named Antonio Nebllana , n native of .Spain , who camu lo California in M' ) . He U still active , and leads without ghib ! > cs. " A btrnngo freak of Justice happened In San Friinclsco recently. Two women were con victed ofrjiiiy | and bent to the nenltentlarj for two > im. A Portland bum laid down in his bed with an ovtinoad of thu joyful , buried his taeu In thupllViw , and waslouml suaUed uiuibtiiro- euteil next murning. 1. ti. Kallooh , ex-mayor of San Francisco , Is said to bu living In ivacoand plenty on an Island otniio coast of Kritlsh Columiila. He Las brought out hla rulutivea Me , , ItKoth' \\iih IIIRIIJ nci < li1 > ors nnd old fili'iuiiiul ! sivms to K' biilMins up : < colony. The nnUc'Nltv bulliJiii'jr : i * llcn . Nev. , Is C.inlii'i ! Impassive propunlons. The brick- \vt.n-K vo * nntslicd nt iinoii 'I'luusilay l.vt nud the vholo eoiitruot will bo tilled bylVeom- A Ios Angeles county niNlu groni'i- bus bc < u titlll/imr the Mojnxe ih-iRri to drv his raWus , HP picked them and plittvd them on trayn and scut them by Mil to tlio ile-rt nud then ilrHl thoiii. A reninrkably billllaut meteor fell near Tulfliv , Cnl. , mvnlly. Hefoi-e reach lint Ihf earth It exploded hnwt Into n thousand fnw- nietits. Tliesoiitul Wns lll ; tlm report of a Ktiit : : Has ! of powder titul Was heiiftt lln'oiuh- out a KnxnariMinf the foothills nnd mount- tilti.s vvesl of Yh-ntin. It caused .such n\lbii- : llou of the iilnio pheii ! that houvps wete shaken and Hie people thought it was the shock of tin earthquake. .fiulqe rilzifenilil. of the terrltorliil rotut of Ail7.inii , a ronipiiidon of ox-.huhie Ylncent. denied the n'Ulfirlty of Attorney ( Jettenil ( iiirlniul t'uliiret the alTuin * of the contt , nnd \\lieiinbiintto pn'nxvit ncronlln to his own sweet will , a diH'iunent siuned by 1'ieslileiit t'levelnnil wits hnutleil him , It WHS a bouncer , and the jud.ne turned pule nnd Kieen by ( tuns its liosU'in.'nl ' down and out. His opinion of the piv uleul was veiled In nsitl- phttruus streak. I lev t/osl Daisy , Kansas Oily Tinier "Dai.syiO Daisy" , almost KhrioKcd a stylislilv dressed lady at this Union depot ye.stenuiy morning as flie left her two children and hurried through the crowd. The cries and the evident distress of the lady touched the hearts of the bystanders' who followed her as she looki-il under the trains on the platform crying all the \\hilcln a piteous voice : ' 'Daisy : daisy ! where an1 youv" Several unfoelinx men who } rot near enough to speak to her were "heard to murmur " Daisy1 ! as they moved away with a look of disgust on their cottntmiauees. Others pieturiug to themselves a pretty , prattling babe wandering about in tlio unfeeling .crowd in a vain search for its inotinT ; or , fright fill thought : eruMicd beneath the wheels of a car , followed .her as she ran frantically up the elevated waiting-room stairs. At last , unable to liud Dmy ; , the woman returned to the depot , and taking a sent hurst into a Hood ot tears. "Madame. " said Depot Master Uojfer.s as ho led to her the two children whom he. found wandering among the crowd , "I found these two out on the platf-mii , and the other can't be far away , t'hoer np. Wo will lind your oilier child. If not- " not"Oh , it was-n'ta ch-ild , " wailed Iho Indv between bur sobs , ' 'it was my d-dog Daisy. " Tlio depot master waited to hear no moro , ami us he strode furiously 1-ito thu gentlemen's waiting-room lie wai heard lo mutter between his teeth several sen tences not to bo found in thu revised edition of thu Old Testament. Skilled Tjabor Vci-.stm Ignorant Labor. Journal of Vabric.s : In 181)1 ) tlio Massachusetts spinner took care of only twenty-live- spindles , and his yearly pro duct was lll.Vl pounds of cloth , while in 18 * ) the .spinner attended tosovcnty-threo spindles , and turned out , ? ! ! pounds. The Wiige.s of the operator in 1 W were 17 per cent higher , and he had increased ins product iv. . ) per ee.nt. It lakes no ar gument to cihow that tlio manufacturer got more for his money in WO than * ; ! , and the operator received moro for his work in 18JJ1 than in l' U. The same dif ference exists now between our . killed labor and less intelligent and ignorant labor abroad. The moro nkililul the labor employed in the manufacture of goods witn which our goods have lo compote pete the sharper the competition. Mr : lOvarts too Many for Them. Now York Star : William M. Evnrts was entering the Surrogate's court room to continue bis fun with ( ioneral ISullcr and ( iencral Pryor in the famous llo.vt will case. lie had a green bag in bis hand. It was a plethoric bag ; for Mr. Kvarts , while long on sentences is never .short on briefs , lie was about to enter , but was hailed by a small boy who had been .stimulate : ! to make a remark. "Hel lo , " r.aid the .small boy point'iig to the green bag , "olo clothes ? " "Oh. no , " said the great statesman , giving the boy a now nickel ; "those aru now suits. " General Hutlur and General Pryor , the wug.s who put up the job , were not thu last to see the joke. Geography in the IJrcer.y "Went. White ) ( Dak. ) Enterprise : South Dakota can put Pennsylvania in its vest pocket and .still have room left in the pouket for six or eight watch factories. -o- Poor Gruduntcn. Hartford ( ilobu : Graduating with high honors from school or college is very gratifying no doubt to the parents and friends ot the graduate , and brings sin- 'curo pleasure to the man who has toiled and studied to attain this envied distinc tion. Vet after all it is a moro empty honor , and as a gunural thing those who have attained it seem destined to little else. The bright lights of school or col lege UMtmlly palu into innignilicanco wnen Ihoybezm Ineirstruggle with the world , ( iood .studentstoo , often amount to little che. Among the distinguished military men who graduated at West Point on the wrong end of their classes arc ( irunt , Sheridan , Hnuli , Harrleo , C , F. Smith , II. .1. Hunt , Ord , I ) . A. Hu.ssoil . ( killed ) , ( Jov. Stinoman , of California , U. U. Ayui's , Kit-hard UrilYen and Wesley Merritt. Among other military men whose grad uating honors were far from a bticccss , hut wno nftot'ward became famous , are : Longstnset , who was fifty-fourth in a class of liftv-six ; General Sykes was the thirty-ninth * of his class ; ( Jen. W. S. Han cock stood oightoMith in a class of twen ty-live j Gen. GeorgeA. . ( Juste-r was the last man in.his graduating class ; , Jon"er- soil Davis was only ten Irotn the foot in a class of thirty-three ; Gen. Gordon Granger graduated the thirty-fifth man in a clsis.s of forty-one ; Gen. Van Dorn of the confederacy graduated in his class as the llfty-secomi man ; Sila.- > 1'asn.v , wh nindo tlio army tactics for the civil war , was thirty-ninth in u class of forty-one ; Gen. E. 11. S. ( 'iuiby , slain by the Alodoes , and an able man , wan the last in his grad uating chins ; T. G. Pitcher , afterward .superintendent at West Point , was tbo lorticth in a class of forty-one ; N. II. Davis , recently appointed Indian-inspec- tor-general , graduated as the forty-ninth member of Ills class ; Confederate Picket I , who led tlu memorable charge at Get- tyNburjj , w.is the last man in hi.-i class ; Iiumpliroy Marshall , who was a West Pointer , WUH the forty-second cadet io a class of forty-live ; lienornl'rook , the .successful union soldier and Indian lighter , blood at graduation thirty-eight in a class of forty-three ; I'iuhugh Lee was thu forty-fifth cadet In \ \ \ * graduat ing class , one of forty-eight meniburs. BOOTH AND FORREST. A Itomliiiaconco of thn Ijultor tig Hu- laie.d hy lloolb. Chicago News : Edwin llooth is chock full of amu-jing and iut reHting rominls- ooiif-es of J'-dwin ' Korrest. Onetime Hooth went to call on Forrest , and he found thu old gentleman brooding over a grievance lilt had against Kdwin Adams. Now Adams was quick to appreciate wit and humor when I hey did not tread on his own corns , but ho saw no fun in a joke thnlbomo one else nlaycd on him. "I cannot understand it at all , " feiiid Forroot. ' ! have loved Adams like a son , yet he fcdls these basolu. , sonselcss lies about me. " "Imloed , Mr. Forrest , " said llooth , "vou must bo nilbtakon.M ' "No , " replied Forrest , "tho very heavens echo with thu libels and tilander.s he id continually uttering. 1 will give a sample. Heauys I wont down to Kong Unuicli lust suiiinior ami bucamo deeply onuuuirod of a beuutiful youu ; ludy of txventv-lwoi thai walking upon the Minds of tlu'beaoli one clay 1 proposed mar- rlrtL'e to her. " ' 'Oh ' , pMmwI Pivpo-iterotK ! " inter- rupled Uooth. "llttl he say.s so , " coullluied ForriMl , "nud ho says tint ! I said to the young lady : 'Miss' , this Is a great honor. Tim grealesl actor and the tnol gigantic in- telk'ct ( f the age offer * \on his hand and heart ' Then , MI.V.S Adini' . the young ladv , blu.slilt\K \ and looking down at the satids , snid that she full.x apjn-u- cinlod the honor , and Iliatlu fore replying aim would have to consult her mother. At this , according to Adnm.s. I drew my self up to my full height and e\eliimed : : 'Your mother , Hiihb your mother' ' ' Your molliercangoto ! " ' Having tol.l this .story In the most vig orous and dramatic manner , old Forrest drew buck and regarded Uooth with an expression tlmt .s""iiu'd to ! i k , "I'li-To , now ! What do you think of than" Then , after waiting a proper time for Hoolh to comprehend the fullness ot Adams' oll'ouso , Forrest said , in his most impressive manner ; "Hoolli , I as sure you mo.st solemnly I never xiid any thing of the kind. " PITTSQURG MILLIONAIRES. Morn Uh'h Men In .Proportion to Pop ulation Tlmn in Any Oilier City In tlio Unliin. PlttMturg Letter to Now York Sun : Pillsbitrg probably has more wealth in proportion to population than any other city in the United States. The people generally are in comfortable circinn- stances and Iho proportion of thn working ingelasM'.s who ou n their own homes is larger and yearly becoming moro ex tended Millionaires are here numbered by the peoiv. Otfl.v a few of the. large fortunes had ( heir t'ouiuhit.on in specula tive ventures , but they came either from manufacturing or commercial enter prises or investments in real estate ill the early days of the town. The. following ire among the wealthiest people here , with moderate estimates of their for tunes : Airs. Scheulcy , $ WOJUti)0 ) ) ; Andrew Carnegie , $ ir.tlH.iUiU ) ( ; Dr. Il ( lettcr , $ l.uotOU | ; : ) ; tlm Penny estate , $10.01)0,001) ) ) ; Dr. C. G. llussey , § li- 000.000 ; William Thaw , $11,000,000 : ilndgo Thomas Mellon , $ r > ,000,00'i : John II. Shoenburger , ijCp.O.lO.OO ! ) ; the Kev. S. Mol- linger , Jo.OOO.OiHi ; Georgu Wcstinuhoiiste " , $ IUOIUM1 ( ) ; Mrs. General Howe , "s l.tHK- ) 000 ; Tiiomas M. Carnegie , $4,000,000 ; J. N. McCulloti h , Jl.lVKi.iHiO ; Thomas Don nelly. $ 'MOO.i ) > JO ; Calvin Wells , Ji.oOO.OOO . ; Alexander It. Miller , $ 'J,000tKX , ) ; Henry Lloyd's estate , $ a , 00WO ( ; John Moore ' ' , ' Charles J. Clark head's estate , $ ,000,000 ; $ v,000,0lll ! ) ; H. F. Jones , ? -,0)0OitO ( ) ; James Luughlln's estate , -.OOO.OIW ; George W. Stnitli's estate , S..OnO.IHM ) ; Abram Garri son , 'J.000,000 ; Captain William Ward , $ . ' .000,000. There are besides fifteen citizens whoso fortunes are estimated ul between if I- JOO.OOO . and jH.OOO.tiW and thirty-one citi zens who are believed to ho worth at least $1,000,000. Pitt burg therefore hus seventy residents whose wealth aggre gates ! ? 1SO,000,0'JO. ' Andrew Carnegie , the wealthiest man on the list , was born in Scotland , but lu.'i ' spent mo.st of _ his life and made his fortune here. He Is at the head of the largest steel-producing establishment in the United States. He IH also largely intcri-stud in railroad , eoko and other enterprises , and .subscribed § 1,000,000 to the South Pennsylvania syn dicate. ABOUT THE VANDERI3ILTS. UornoliiiB'-Chiirftalilo Doings SOIIIH lu.siilu l'\iutM J'i'oiii the I'aiuily HiHtory. Chicago Herald : " 1 was much amused the other day , " said an inliinato friend of tnu Vandurbilt tamily , at tlu : Grand Pucilic , "to .sue that account in tliu now.s- - of how voung Cornelius Vander- ilt went into Wall hlruet , lo.st iJd.OOJ.OOO and hov/ his father h.tJ io euinu tj his re eue and pon.sion him oil'on a proniiau never to do .so any more. I thotignt new.ipiper.were : butter informed than that. It was not Cornelius at all , but William 1C. , of whom that story is told , though there is not much more truth in it as applied to him. I .don't believe Cornell Vanderbilt ever bought any stoek.s for speculation in his lite. His grandfather loll him $5.000,000 and that has been doubled Miico by natural accre tion. His futher gave him his magnificent Iiousu. 1 don't behove the world . < news it. but that branch or tlio Vanderbilt family aims Io bu a philanthropist. There i.s no man in Now York , perhaps , who dis tributes so much money in quiet and unostentatious charity as 'Cornell'Van- dcrhilt. llu and his wife are devout church people ; in fact , tliu young man's friends think lie i.s becoming a little cranky on religious matters. He intends sonu ! day to become a second Pcnhody , audit would not bu asm-prise to Iiml him endowing tiomu tlicologieal semin , ury. charity hospital , five college , or something. Ho probably disburses $100- OJJ a year in small olnmties , and already ho employs a disbursing agent by the year lo .sou that his himelactious are not misplaced. Tni.s agent is an old Chicago newspaper man , Fred Cooku , who used to bo city editor of the Telegraph hum. Coolie has gone wild on spiritualism , but he , too , Is a crank on charily matters , and is devoting Ills life to that kind of work. Vamdorbilt pays him $ ' . ' ,000 a year to dovotu bis wliolo time to thu disburse ment of thu Minis ho doodles , it is a trustworthy place , tor the young mil lionaire never asks what becomes of his money. He exacts of Cooku only judic ious dlshursunicnt and silence as to the source of supply. " HIS NAME WAS TOM , And Kvoryboily Soome.il to Know It How tlio Victim Wan Victimized , Detroit Free Press : A stranger who entered a saloon near the furry-dock thn other day to make homo inquiry found sevep ° 1' eight old lake captains .sitting around the wtovo and chewing away on cheap plug tobacco. Thu newcomer had not yet opened his mouth when an old gniy-hoiKied captain gave a Mart of sur prise and oxchmncd : "Well , may 1 be drowned ! Why why , has the dund returned to life ? ( Jan it bu that I see you once moror" He sprang np and rushed over and seized the. stranger's hand , and whilu ho fihook it up and down anil sideways and at seven ililVerent angles ho continued : "Ah ! Tom , 1 thank heaven for this ! When I saw you go overboard oil'Stur geon Point _ I looked upon you a.s a { . 'oner. Gents , this is my old niuto on the schoon er Plover. llu wants to know whr.l you'll take. " The crowd walked up to tlio bar. The slr.tngur seemed dn/.cd and demolished. His name wasn't Tom and ho had never but ail.nl , lie didn't want to hurl any body's fecliiig * . Ho therefore paid for .tho drinks. ' 1 his had i-carcely boon ac complished when another captain rushed at him with : "Oil ! 1 remember you now ! KXOUM > me , Tom , old boy , btt I'm jjiowing old. Yo.-i , it all comes back to me now. Don't you remember Iho night 1 saved ynitr life in Saginaw Uuyy That was a COM ! > call for you , old bnv , but I pulled you through. Drink with yonf WhJ of course. wlmt will yon take , Kiieh gent niiiiitioiu.-d his little preference - enco and the da/ed and ciiibarra&Mbd htranger again fouled the bill. "Tom ot the 1'lovcr. ch ? " queried a third captain , UH ho wiped oil' his chin , "J.et'.s sou ; but you are the very chap I took oil1 the wreck in Luke Krie.Vhy , of course you are , nnd 1 'd almost forgot ten tlm circumstance. T.un , my boy , shile. : 1 never wu.s boghul to MJO a num. If you say drink with you , my why lint Tom kicked over a chair , Kent u big spit teen llyingafter it and ruHhed out dpor.s. crying : "I'll bo hanged if you cau play that strlug yuuio ou uie u ' " - " ATRADEjiECRET. AYhy The Itloh Die In Winter nnd the 1'oor In Wiiinmor. SI. "Unite Kcpublionti : When nskwl by 11 Republican reporter yesterday whether he had nnv funeral.1 ; on baud , tin OliVe Ktrcot tmilcrtakrr aiiswcfeti In Uio liega * live , lidding that ho expected to liuvo some VITV good onus very noon. "What makes you so confident ? " queried the reporter , "Why , " quoth the undertaker , "Clio rich men die in winter nnd poor men In 'imuni'r. As winter Is coming on it fol lows miturnlly that wo will Imvo .the remains - mains of people belonging to rich famil ies to bury. When I say that thu rlchdia ' in winter and tlio poor'in summer , I am prepared to give my reasons for that assertion. In the summer tlmn rich men as a rule taUn li. easy. They keep in tho' ' shade and spend their time nt summer resorts , where they get plenty of frosu air. Poor people , on the other hand , re main at home. ' 1 hey work In tlio sun. live In basements nnd hot rooms , ntul enervate themselves until they take sick nml die. It is a wcll-knowm fact thut , poor people tin a rule have more children than rich people , and it is also a well- known fact tlmt the mortality unions children is greater during the Hummer/ inontlw than at any other season of the year. Men who work on high whlld , ijti briek-m.ison.s , men who clean the streets and tcnmslers , as well us others who are c.vpo-i'-d U > the hot rays of a mldsumniuri sun , are poor men , t > s a rule , who uro compelled to work the year round for their daily bread. Kich mnn die in will- ler because they are subjected Uxltiugurs they lake no precautions to avoid. Po ° r men Miller from exposure , yet their very hariNliips lit them for the ( Hidden changes of the weather , which are nl- mo.-t constantly oeeuriug. Hloli people , wearing furs nnd heavy overcoats , crowd iiiln over-heated mm badly vontl- luted theatres. When they come out they catch their death of cold. Kich people indulge in greater excesses in winter than in summer , They attend , moro balls and wine parties and lose more sleep in cold than in warm weath er. Tin re are many other reasons for the fact Mated to yon , but it is hardly vyorlh while to enumerate them here. Sullice it to say that the undertakers have nearly all of their best paying lunuraU during the winter months. " HOW THEY GET THERE. Tlio AVny in Which"Yoiitifj People Come to I3aoh Otlici-'H ClirlHtlim Names. San Francisco Chronicle : Did you ever listen to a young couple working up to that point of affectionate intimacy at which they call one another by their Christian mimes ? "It has been u lovely party , hasn't ' it Miss Jackson ) " "Lovely , Mr. Wilkins. " "I have known you a long time , Miss Jackson. " "And I have known you quite a while. " "I've often heard my sister speak of you. " "And my brother is always talking about you. " "Is he ? I hear so much about you that I feel qtiito at homo with vou. " " "It's n lovely night , isn't it , Mr. Wll- kins ? " "Beautiful. I think Kdilh's such n , pretty name. " "Do your 1 doiilllikoit. " "Edith. " ' 'What dill you .say ? " "Oh. nothing. 1 was merely repeating the name. " "I don't like nil men's names. I like somo. 1 like Phillip .and Ferdinand and " "What do you think of George ? " "That's your name. Georjje-i" "I beg your pardon " "Oh , nothing. I was only repeating the name. " "What a lovely night it is , isn't it , Miss Kdiths" ' "Oh , there ! George Wilkins , what did you lei mo slip down on that cobble stone for ? " ' "Pon mv " word , I didn't do it , Miss Edith. " "Well , wo arc at homu , or J nm , Mr. George t" " 1 am very sorry. " "So am I. I'm so much obliged for your escort ; I've inul such a lovely timu. " "And so have I. " "Good night , Mr. Wilkins. " "Good night , Mis.s Jackson. " "Good night. " "Good night. " " . " "Good night-Kdith. 'Good night George. " MOST PERFECT PMJ0 I'reparfl with eprclM rrgnril toNe No Ammonia , l.lmu nr AHiru. PRICE BAKItIO POWDER CO. , fjar" . "T t.OIHfl WHAT WOMAN WANTS IN GHOCOJ 1st. A + a ( , Close- fitting and Grace-- 2d , tlo brcaking-fn forturo. fasat first , aniTalivayj snug and handsome. ALL THESE DZCIDCRATA WZ CAtl FIIIO KJ Tfio ccMrahd "J , & T. Cousin * ' New T-i k S/was , ' ' of all kinds and'niatcrials , in 'LI w'djte ciniflQ shapes of toes andheolf Tlicymllnotrp ; will not slip at the hal ; WlfjnoT ivrinf/o , and aru the perfection ' cf achionment in the shoemaker' a art. Lok en Sold for tlvno and Mitea ol IP nWHUCTRD 1JY Hoyal Havana IiOttery ( A Dovi.nKMc.sr INHTITUTJO.V. ) Drawn at Havana , Cuba. E/ery 10 lo H Dayt 'JU-kota In riflhs. Wluilu , $ . ' > . Kreclloru nrt rula. tiulijoct U > no inniiliuittlun | | , not controlled t > | tliu purlliiH In lnt < iru.M. It In the fill rust tlilni ; li I lib iiuluriMif ulmtioo In ox U'iuni. Kor tiuknU uiiply to HIIII'.SKV i CO. , UU llroadwiiy.N. Y. ( 'liyi AI.OiTlSNSiCO. , trun , Kuiibus t'ily Mo.