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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1886)
THE OMAHA DAIL'tf JbJfJJBJ ; WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1. 1880. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKUMS OP Dnlly 'Mnrnl.iir Kdlllon ) Including Snnilny HEP , Olio Year . SI" 01 For Six Month * . f ) For Tlii-co MonllH . BIX ) rin ) Oinnhn Hyn-lny HKK , mulled to ntiy add i o-j. One Voiir. . . . 200 OMAHA Orrirr , No. fill ANII fill FAIIXA > I New VOUK nrrrrr. HooM ivi. TIIIIII-NK Itrn IH. WAMIISIJTOX UI'IICU , .Vll. SUKuUIITKKNTIlSTIIKEr. AP rointnunlcitiotH i-oliitlni ? f nrws ntnlfvll- loriiil matter cltuuld bo uddios d to tbu lltil- Ton ut TIIK HKK. AH tni lnc Ipitnrs mid rnmlttnncnq plionM tie aildiONsud to TIIK Hi : ' . 1'nii.isiiiMi COMPANY , OMAHA. DrnftH , dim-Its nml | io tolllro onion to be tnmlo jmyablo to tlio onir of tliu coiuiuiny , THE BEE POBLISHIHllMPm , PROPRIETORS , E. HOSKWATKK , Emrmt. Sworn Htntctticnt of Clroiilutlon. Stntc of Nehraskn , I . . Countv nf DoiiKln * . ' < K'O , 1 ! , Tfirlmek.spou'taryot Ilin DPO Pub- llsliinu compnnv , ilia's soirmtily swear Hint tlio noUial clrciilatloi ! of the DMlv Heo for HIP week ciullnj ; Aug. 'Jitli , IStO , was us follows : Averse . .W.OT ) ( iKO. 11. T/.SCI1UCK. Huliscrlboil anil sworn to before mo this 28th day of August , IbbO. N. 1' . Vi--.it. , ( BKAI..I Nntnrv Public. Oco. 11. Tzschttrk , lioInRfirstduly sworn , dc- po&na and says that ho Is srrrolnry of the lee ! Publishing coiniuiny. that tlio nrtttal nvcraec tlally circulation of the Dally Heo lor the month of January , 1WA was 10i73 : copies ; lor 1'Vbrimry , lfo , 10i'J3 ! copies ; for .Mulch , WO , 11.K1T copies ; for Anrll , 18.SO , i2lll ! ) copies ; lor May , issrt , 12 , 4ny copies ; for June , 18WJ , 12,208 copies ; for J uly , IKSfi I2ni4 copies. ( iio. : 1J. T/.sciit'cK. Subfctlbnl nnd sworn to before mo , this 2d day of August , A. 1) ) . 1BSO.N. N. 1' . FEU. , [ BIIAI. . | Notary Public. IT is to lie hoped that the list of Mr. liaynnl'a personal friends available for positions in the diplomatic snrviuo is e.\- Iwusted. Thu country will respectfully but ( irmly demand that tlio secretary hall ( fra\v tlio line at Sedgwiek. TIIKKK is a very earnest senatorial light In Alassaelinsetts , the principals to wliieli arc Senator liwc.-i ; and Kepresentativo I ony. The fact that the senator is lovonty .years old appears to be chiefly relied upon by these who oppose his re ylcction. TIIK postollieo department has ordered iho free delivery system extended to Joliet , 111. The delivery system which would bo most appreciated by a largo number of residents of that thriving city would bo an order delivering them free from confinement in the slate pen. sT ! must be done promptly to abate the terrible stench from tlio fertiliz ing concern in the southeast quarter of the city. The south wimt carries the sickening smells over the lower portion of the city , and makes everybody feel nick and wretched. The health officers should see to it that tins nuisance is abated somehow. Wi : wore right in predicting that the Myors-Cappellar episode in Ohio would end in smoko. Wiien the former found that he had thrown a boomerang , he very promptly pleaded the "baby act" by say ing thatCappollar wasn't the man iio was after , thus relieving himself of the charge of perjury. Mr. McLean ought to bo very proud of his managing editor. JOHN B. FINCH has addressed an open letter to Senator Fryo , demanding of him to name the loaders of the prohibition party in Maine whom ho referred to as dishonest democratic decoys. If Senator Fryo knew John 15. Finch as well as some people in Nebraska do ho would know at least one democrat who is decoying pro hibitionists to give control of the state to tlio bourbons. TIIK Monde-til carpenter will hereafter give Nebraska Grand Army reunions u wide berth. Although his voice is very good , his reputation is sadly out of joint. Ho will probably have to negotiate for a horse , with Assistant Adjutant General John Milton Ilollman who also hails from Mondota to carry him safely beyond - yond the boundaries of this state. Tins Incredulity of Secretary Bayard regarding the reported disgracoiul'con duct of Envoy Sedgwick in the City of Mexico will bo removed by the dispatch of the American consul , stating that Sedgwick was found helplessly drunk In a disreputable housn. Thu sense of hu miliation of the American representatives nml citizens in Mexico will bo shared by all their countrymen , TUB report of a reduced grain crop in Austria and Hungary will probably have very little effect in fetlflenlng the Ameri can market , for the reason that it is moro than ofl'sot by very favorable reports from other grain-growing sections of Europe. The harvest weather of last wcok is recorded by the Mark Luno Ex press as having been "splendid. , " and the ufluct of another week of sunshine would probably bo to still further depress prices. It must be admitted that tliu out look for exports of broad Mull's , which have been dull for several veeks is not entirely Haltering , unless the promise of a European war should bo realized. Foil nearly half a century the remains of William Henry Harrison , ninth presi dent of the United States and ono nf the heroes in tlio early military history of the country , have reposed in a grave at North Bond , Ohio , unmarked by a monument ment nml only distinguishable by a rough stouo wall , now partly in rums , topped by a slab inscribed with a brief record of his lito. . For a number of years efforts liavo been made to arouse the pride and patriotism of Ohioans to the point of erecting a monument ever the grave of the illustrious dead , whoso fame Ohio shares , and putting the- sur rounding grounds in proper condition , but euoU elTorU Jn\ye \ thus fur boon una vailing. It is now announced that this duty is again being considered by the citizens of Cincinnati , witli moro favora ble promise of something being done. To obtain the amount necessary to oreot a suitable monument ought to bo a matter - tor of easy accomplishment , but oxporl- enco shows tliat the volco of patriotism has little potency .when it makes its up- ocal to. the pocket , , Southern Straws. Tin * zeal of the lea'llng organs of the democracy in Now 1 ork to depreciate President I'levclaml in connection with u ronomination , and to olnvate Governor Hill aq a i > i iblc presidential candidate in 18MS , is not n'cniving that general en- eournjieinent whieh the supposed in- llueneo of tliesrs journal1 ? might bo ev- peeled to command. In fact it is not apparent that beyond the confines of New York tlu'y are making any im pression whatever ndver. < ole the diancos of Mr. Cleveland , but on the contrary it Is not improbable that , the satirical Hings of one of them and llm faulllind- ing of the othnr are really doing him a service in unexpected localities. L'or cv- ample tlin lending democratic paper oT Texas , the tialvuston A'CHM , referring to the course of the Now York .S' ui nnd IPorW , plainly informs tlinso papnr.s that if they have any hope , of the democrats of the country calling Hill as : i presidential candidate they had better give il tip , M them is no likelihood of its ever being ro- ali/.ed. It further pointedly suggests to those journals that tlio country is having a surfeit of New York democratic poli tics , nnd that Cleveland would bo beno- lilted rather than injured in the next na tional convcnllon by having New York opposed lo him. This "surfeit"of course has reference to thn dist'losuros involving the olllcial Integrity of Squire , Flynn , O'Urion ' and several others moro or less intimately identified with the Hill ma chine , which i.s measurably responsible also , for the opportunities enjoyed by these parties to carry on their schimios of plunder , The assurance which the Texas paper conveys to the Hill supporters is , that the democrats of tlio south and west will control tlio next na tional convention , and will not bo likely lo bo intluenceil by tlio friends and con stituents of the above-named individuals. Another fact of no inconsiderable in terest , to the friends of Mr. Cleveland is presented in the expressions obtained by tile St. Louis Glo'jc-D ' nni'riit from all the delegates in the recent Missouri democratic convention. If one were tisked to designate a locality in which it might reasonably bo expected that tiio preponderance of democratic sentiment would be opposed to the present admin istration , ho would be very likely to point to Missouri. But as these interviews show theconyer.su is ; lie fact. Out of 318 of these delegate ) , many of them prominent in the party , who expressed their views , no loss than : ! 'J5 decl.irod themselves in favor of Cleve land's renoniin itiou , while only a beg garly half a dozen desired Hill as a candidate in 18S3. Quite a number found more or less fault with the e vil- scrviee policy of the administration , but even this chief object of bonrbo i dis pleasure had a g.muro'.ts n umber of frrmds among these representative Mis souri democrats. L'latforin laudation , wltli which tlio present administration has b en most liberally coated , is for the most part merely perfunctory , but personal declar ations , where men can allbrd to be frank , can bo taken with entire confidence. It is not doubtful that the Texas paper and the Missouri democrats voice the senti ment of a majority of the party in the country , and unless Mr. Cleveland should make some very radical departures in policy during the nest two years his ronomination is assured. To accomplish his election will not , however , bo so simple a task. Now York will be neces sary to that result , and the very largo faction in that state which does not want Mr. Cleveland may retaliate on the party in the south and west for ignoring its wishes. But a good many things will happen in the' next two years in the political arena. The Other Side. Tlicro are two sides to every question , and justice seems to require that inas much as the country has been permitted to see little else than the New England side of the lishing controversy it .should bo given a glance at the other side , par ticularly when the opportunity lo do so is furnished by an American naval olli- cor , charged with a special service in connection with this issue. Early in August Commander Chester , of the United States vessel Galena , re ceived sealed instructions to proceed to the scone of the fishery troubles. It was supposed at the time that his mission was of a hostile character , intended as a menace to the Canadian cutters repre sented to bo constantly on the watch for American lishing vessels , and ready to capture them upon the least provoca tion. The duty required of Commander Cheater , luwover , was simply to ascer tain and report exactly how American fishermen wore being treated by Cana dian war vessels , and this he did. His report , submitted a few days ago lo the navy department , is far from buing an inllammatory document. Ho found the American fishing liect pursuing its busi ness without interruption , ami giving very little consideration to the three-mile limit question , which is not of present importance , as the fish are found further oil'shore. With a single exception the lUhernion reported that the Canadian cruisers wore polite and interfered with them but very little , merely warning them against the infringement of certain rules , of which the captains are well aware. The American lishormen , of course , experience some inconveniences from the interdictions imposed on them , but on the other hand the Canadian coast merchants sutler quite as much from tliu loss of trade , and the coast pop ulation generally complain a good deal of the situation of nllalr.s. In a word , i t is evident that all parties in interest would be very glad to have n settlement of the controversy , but so far as the American lishormun are concerned they are said to bo enduring the present state of affair : * "with great good humor. " In this respect they are very much wiser than the people at homo who are keep ing themselves In.a state 'of irritation over this question. AB to Homo Appointments. THE possible complications that may result from the course of the president in making appointments regardless of the action or non-notion of the senate threaten to bo serious , It has already been noted that the roaupointinani of Matthews as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia , after his rejection by the senate , has raised the question whether the tenure of olhce law was not in this case palpably violated. There are n number of other appointments not acted - od upon by the senate which have been continued by the president , and .it now appears that the accounting olUours of the treasury are in doubt as to whether thny shall allow the accounts of these ofllcials. Section 1.701 of the revised slat ttte.s bearing upon this subject is as fol- 'ows ' : "No money shall be paid from the treasury , as salary , to any person appointed - pointed during the recess of the senate to 1111 a vaenne.y in any existing onion , if the vneancy existed while the senate was in session and was by law required to be filled by ami with the nctvlcu and con sent of the semite , until such appointee has been confirmed by the senate. " This is certainly so explicit as not lo admit of any misconception ot mis construction. Another section provides imprisonment nnd line , or both , for al lowing the accounts of olllcers appointed contrary to Hie provisions of the tenure of oll'ieo act. It is this laltor provision that Is troubling the treasury accounting ollicers. In order to enable him to re tain Ins appointees , it is alleged that the president has found authority for a very liberal construction of the constitutional provi.-o relatingtothn filling of vacancies , and one whieh lie will probably llndsonic dillh.'iilty in mainlaining. Congress will be compelled to take cognizance of the Controversy , and should so clearly define the meaning and intent of tliu laws relaling to appointments us to eltectmtlly ouvialo future issues of this chat actor , \Vhi\t Omaha Must Do. Omaha has a bright future as one of the leading cities of America if she only exhibits the proper enterprise. During the past live years she has more than doubled her population and attracted the attention of the country lo her ad vantages tin a commercial and industrial cenler. This era of prosperous growth begun with the inauguration of Iho extensive - tensive system of public improvements , which has given employment , to tliom- amis of workingmen and n fiords visible evidence of stability and metropolitan enterprise. But. Omaha should not bo overconfi dent. She must not underestimate the obstacles and drawbacks which she will have to overcome before she can reali/o her ambition to become the. largest city west of Chicago. In the great struggle for supremacy which is now going on she must concentrate all her energies and capital. While Omaha has shown great vitality and enterprise in pushing public and private improvements and increas ing her manufacturing facilities , Kansas City , St. Paul and .Minneapolis have done n great deal moro this year. The capitalists of those cities have not only exhibited enterprise in invoting millions in six , eight and tent story blocks , factories , packing houses , and stock yards , bill they have sirotchcd ihoir credit lo the utmost and borrowed mil lions of Huston ixiul New York capital which Ihey hnye planted in granite , brick and iron. This inot i all. Tlioe cities , unlike Omaha , have been espec ially iavored by the trunk line of rail road , and the regions naturally tributary to them have been extended and their products in cattle and grain have been brought to their doors. How is it with Omaha ? Does she command the trailic and patronutrc of tlio country naturally tribu tary to her ? Is the network nt railroads which covers Nebraska and the terri tories favorable to her development V With over a dozen trunk lines of rail road centering iit this point , Omaha , if she had been properly treated , would have been to-day a city of 200,000 people. It is a matter of surprise to the railroad magnates , who have nearly all conspired against her in the past , that she has reached a population ot 75,000 in spite of tlio barriers that have been erected in her path. Omaha must not delude herself. With all her natural advantages and the well- earned reputation of her citizens for en terprise and energy , she confronts an array of .stilish hostility on the part of the railroads that can only bo over-come by concerted action and self-sacrifice. The Burlington system on tjio south and southeast has for years drained that re gion into llio lap ot Chicago , and its ex tension into northwestern Nebraska affords additional facilities to Chicago for lapping u section of Nebraska which should be made tributary to Omaha. The Burlington , of course , has made come concessions to our jobbers and stock- shippers , but it only has yielded what it has been forced to concede in exchange for a shaio of Omaha's business. The Chicago & Northwestern system , which monopolizes tlio richest region of northwestern Nebraska , is dead set against Omaha. Everything that can be done to divert the Irallic of iho Klkhorn Valley from tins city has been done , and will continue to bo until Omaha either builds a competing road or enforces fair treatment by reason of her commanding position as a 2re.it trallio center. And now the Chicago & Rock Island , by crossing at St. Joseph , taps southern Nebraska , and will soon carry its branches into the northwest. Like the Burlington and Northwestern , the Kock Island will struggle for the long haul to Chicago and divert trade from Omaha. The link between Omaha and Kansas City , winch the Union Pacific has just completed by way of Marysyillo , will open to Kansas City the field in .southern Nebraska in which Omaha lias gained some foothold. Kansas City , being so much nearer than Omaha to that terri tory , will enjoy an advantage , just as she does in tliu Colorado anil Wyoming rates whieh tlio Union Paellio has given her. The rates are the same from Kan sas City to Cheyenne as from Omaha , although Omaha is at least 150 miles nearer. This adverse system of railroads , with ils discriminating policies in favor of Chicago and long hauls , must bo over come by a counteracting inlluenco. First and foremost Omaha must for the next five years keep up tlio building boom , continue to push public improvements , and induce eastern capital to locate ami Invest in our jobbing houses , factories nnd packing houses. All the talk about the danger of bankrupting the city by too much enterprise on borrowed capital is moonshine. Chicago is built almost entirely on borrowed capital. She is plastered all over with eastern mortgages , but she looms upas the third commercial city in America , with n prospect that In less than ton years' 6ho will bo next to New York , the largest city on the American conti nent. Kansas City , St. Paul and Minne apolis are all built on borrowed capital , mid their commanding position IB largely due to the fact that eastern capitalists have become directly interested in their real estate and in their street -railways , nnd in their manufactures. Give Omaha 150,000 population and sbe will compel iKo railroads -nbaiHlon their selfish policy. When Onninnj has the trallio for whieh the trunk IHICS are compelled lo contend llie.v will -not-dare to discrimi nate by secret rebates and cut-throat through rate . The The city coiiuoll eiiould by all menus begin the buildin oflio city hall this season , even if llujjo isoniy one bid for the consliuctiou > fijie basement. If this i.s put oil1 thf < ? > lees from six months to a year in Ihe completion of llm building. The contract with the county allows Iho city lo occupy the court house only two years more. It will take fully two years to construct the city hall building oven if work is begun this fall. There is another incentive for com mencing the erection of Ihc city hall this season. Property owners on upper Far- mini street are all holding back with their building enterprises until some thing definite is done about the city hall building. We do not exaggerate in the least when wu assert that half n dozen business blocks , aggregating not less than half ti million dollars , will bo under way next spring on upper Farnam slreot if the basement of the city hall building is built 'this fall. The increase of real estate taxes alone in consequence of the beginning of tlio city hall building will contribute very largely towards paving for it. As a business proposition , even if the city were not Imdly in want of decent and commodious public ullicos , commonsense - sense would dictate that the council .should close the contract for the base- mcnl. CUKHHXT 10IMCS. The pope 1ms bought a iwlaro at Koine for ? : ; ooK)0 ( ) , and is liillm ; it up for a prlntlmr olllce. During the seven days commencing Au gust 15 there were lUiO'.i ! , : tons of trclcht tinnsriortcd on thu statccaiiaLs. A year u o box-wood found a re.ady market t SKOa ton. Now the market is dull nt S20. The bursting up of the skating-rink babble did the business. Mr. Henry O. Kittle , of ttrlnnell , In. , Is visiting friends in the vluinlty of Newbury- pnrt. Mr. hlttle was In the Illinois leslsln- lure with Douglas , LincolnDavid Davis and Colonel Haker , with all whom he was Inti mately acquainted. New buildings In Xew York city arc going up nt a wonderful pice. : During the first six mouths of l STi. itioij plans were lilod for per mits to build and duriii the .same period this year the number was V'W- ' The value ot thn building- ' , however , did iiiot Increase in so Inige a propoitiou. t. ' While Mis. Kate Desmond was rldinc In a .Vow York street car on' Wednesday a young man who carried a lighted cigar eutciud and drooped it on the llonr between himself and the yomr ; worn in. * Vt'tewIillng a few blocks h left thu c.tr.and whcii'lliss Desmond arose to leave liur dieis was oimire. She was se verely burned and dietttu a few hours. llemy O'ltoill.v , \ ( % the other day in Now York , was one'iM-ufuseil permission by a N'ew Jersey railnudlo p'rect po sts and build n line of telegraph nloiuc its road between I'ldliidelphhi and New York. The frank and absurd reason given was that "Iho telegraph would Inlcrferu-wltli trnrpl , by enabling per sons to transact business' ' by Its''means In- Ktead of using ( lie railro.iil. " Silnce the first appearance of the cholera In Japan this year , and up toJune 20 , there have been 10'iri , ) cases of the disease , 7SO' ! of which have been fatal. Tlie average death rate per 100 hiis hcJii " .I. ! ) ; ? . The total num ber of cholera cases which occurred through out the country from August 1 tcr November ! ! 0 last year was 11,01' , of which 7,15-2 proved fatal , the death rate Iwing fc'J.Ofl. 1'robably the largest literary prize ever of fered Is one of 1,000,00) , to be given In ll-S - ) by the Itnssinn National academy for the best work on the life and reign of Alexander f. In I8-J5 , shortly after HID death of Alexander I. , the .sum of nu,030 roubles was oll'eied by one of Ids favorite ministers to bo given as a prize a century alter his death , and il is this sum nt compound Interest which will amount in lyato .In the Wiiotls nntl in Hot Water. nVic/ifnu'tin / ' Hfinthllcan , 1'art ot the administration Is in the woods and part in hot water. Will Sweep JieCountry. . llHlltinnrr AVic * . The parly which nominates a man like tieorgeV. . Childs will sweep the country. Tlx ; Corn on tlio Prohibition Too. MUivuukcfJintriuil. 'You can no mow stimulate morality by laws not sustained by piddles sentiment than you can Icgis-latc every man into bolus six feet lils-'h. A W. Lout * .Should the Mexicans catch ( icronimo , they may do the Kusure.s net with him on the principles laid down In thu Cuttim : case without fear thnt any question ot extm-lerri- torial jurisdiction will hu raised Irum this bide of the Hue. Korjjotton All ? Korgotton when we're gouoV Ah yes , Not nil a pure and loving heart , Nor nil Iho love a lift ) c.ui give , Untpoiiied upon a fio/en soul Kre yet did write upon Its page Of memory : "I'll no'tr forget. " Forgotten are kind words of love , When spoken by thenehing heint , Tim klhs , warm pie.ssed on dimpled cheek lv ! loving lips , will honii dupart , Thvs-haipcht arrows , l.ove , ne'er yet Did pierce the unre.-jiuiislvo | brant. Its adamantines lortrcss spurns Thy burning words , tliy'prnycr ' for vest. KorirotlHn all' . ' All , yes. so soon The ( lowers of lovolwlll fadn away , A heart's devotion hceilud not , Mitbidle with grief nud-paln to-day , A Qni'Htloii of. I'olloy. When President AiVtni't hegnn Ills adminis tration tliu St. Jojupji iirand Island toad hnd liardly any value.- * not earning Its Interest - est , while as the result' of Ids management ft now not only earns llm interest on Its llr.st mortgage bonds , whieh j > el ) above par , but nlso on its liicoinus.--f Jtiwton Despatch. This won't doVhen Mr , Gould ruled the Union Pacilio hi $ policy was to sit on the St. Jo road , who o working expenses were figured at atyoirt 0 ! ) per cent. Of course this made its securities valueless. but the Union I'ncilib got the benefit of the income. The Union 1'acilio owned part of tlio securities , and just about the time Mr , Adams came in the owners of the other part of the sernvities were mak ing good headway in thu courts towards ousting the Union 1'acifie from posses sion. Air , Adams fixed up an agreement- with them , and , of cour.se , as soon as the St. Jo road was worked properly , it showed a gooit income and its securities n corresponding value. The company then gold what It owned of them and t-itt * CVIU TT "ill If vn * Vl "t * tui l , iillVl so got money to ilulp pay ttontlnff/lobt , It was merely n dluurenco of policy ItHO ) tr&atinont of thu property butwucn Mr. Gould nml Air. Adtuns , but tliu Inttur's was the moro honest. L\Vall \ Street News. Fear not the Mn > ' of the mosquito. St. Jacobs oil tuUus it away. It conquers pain. THE MENDOIA CARPENTER , Drum Him Out of Damp nnd Brand Him as n Scamp. HIS CAREER FULLY EXPOSED. An InterestitiR Clirxptcr of Unreality nml I'raiul How Wlluov Milked 111 ! ) Fi-liMids nnd Kolibcd tlio O. A. K. On his homeward trip from Ohio Iho editor of the HKB paid a short visit to the little city of Mendola , 111. Walking up Iho principal street he passed an agricul tural implement house , whom throe or four men were seated on Ihe sidewalk. "Can you inform mo if any of you know WIlcov , the iMumlotu carpenter ? " asked the editor. The group at once burst out with "Yes , indeed ! wo can. Wo know him too well. We have got n rope lo put around his neck if ho shows his face in this town again. " There must bo some mistake , " said the oditor. "I mean Wllcox , a man who calls himself Ihe Mondota carpenter , and has been delivering political speeches and orations in Nebraska lately. " "Thcro is no mistake about the man , " said one of them. "We have known him to our sorrow. Ho is one of thu biggest rascals Hint ever struck your state. He Is a slick talker , you bet ! Ho has swin dled nearly everybody in this neighborhood , nnd if justice were done ho would be in verv close quarters , llo would not bo "running around loose. " Upon further inquiry the career of Wilcox - cox was ascertained to be very crooked and disreputable , to say the least. When he came to Mendola at the close of the war he had not a shirt to his back. A man by the name of Wheeler , engaged in Ihe lnnb ; r business , gave him a job of handling lumber and to put up a shed. He worked at his trade of carpenter on" uiul on until about 1870 , when he .sudden ly blossomed into a full fledged politician. In several campaigns ho stumped for the republicans , who paid him for his serv ices , but in duo time Ihoy had to discard him on account of his dissolute habits and his tendency to dead-beat friends and acquainlanccs. Later on Wilcox turned temperance lecturer , and { renerally when he got through lecturing ho went on a big spree , During one term of the Illinois legislature lie was elected doorkeeper , and at another lime assistant sorgeant-at-urms. 15ut his peculiar habits brought disgrace upon himself and the republican party. At another interval between campaigns ho secured an appointment in the secret ser vice of the treasury , but was soon dis missed for making false reports concern ing his operations , and drawing more pay than he was entitled. These are all minor offenses , however. The following dispatch , which was pub lished extensively last winter , throws a glimmer of light on the land operations of the Men-'ota ' carpenter : u.vKAiirin.vo r.ANi > piiAiri > s ix cor.ouA.no. WASHINGTON , February 8. The commis sioner of the land olllco lias canceled 170 ap plications tor pre-emption land entries in the Del Norlo district , Colotntio , on account of fraud " 'hoy were made by persons living in Illinois upon the ropuucntntlon of a man named WIlcov , who advertised tlmt by their filing apnllcntliins they could gel H0 ! acres of land each. Ills fee was 310 in each of the cases. The victims of these .swindling opeia- tions are nearly all residents of Mondota. Most of them were roped in by Wilcox as brother Odd Follows and Grand Army comrades. At least seventy or eighty of these paid him for men bogus pre-emp tions in Colorado. In some instances he sold the same piece of land to three different parties. Among his victims were Lewis Knauer , Max A. V. Ilass , ex-Mayor McKcc , Frank Schneider , William Walter , Henry Stenger , Otto Ktesbach , the present mayor of Mendota , L. S. Seaman. The editor of iho HER personally conversed with three of the swindled parties who had paid for the .same piece of land. Their names are A. P. Gerlach. Professor An drew , and John Huebncr. The amount conlidonccd from those Mendota parties is estimated at between $ UOOI , ) and S4.000. The same land swindles which he per- pelralcd upon his Mendola friends , ho played upon quile a number of Odd Fel lows in Molme. The sublime cheek , arrant knavery mid elastic imagination of the Mendota carpenter can bo best illustrated by the following incidents ! After he had stumped Illinois for $50 a week for the republicans in 1880 , Wilcox returned to Mendota and exhibited a gold watch whieh ha boasted had been presented to him by Mrs. General Logan as a token of her appreciation of his valuable services. It turned out afterwards that ho had bought it at a Diiwnshop. At another time the Mendota Methodists clubbed together and collected $23 for Iho purchase of n bible. Wilcox repre sented that ho had business relations with a Chicago book-dealer who would make a big reduction. Thn money was handed lo him for Die purchase of Ihe bible , but he pocketed the money and failed to buy the bible. Having operated for some months as an excursion and immigration agent for the Chicago , Kurlinglon & Quinoy rail road.Vilcox \ gel up u scheme for'a Sun day school excursion ever tlfo Ilock Island road , llo enlisted a prominent church member , Mr. A. Dean , into this scheme , collected about if-'JOO , went to Chicago and failed to connect. Mr. Dean followed him to Chicago and was put to turther expense to find Wilcox , who was royally drunic and disorderly , in company with lewd women in a dcspu- table house. Of course Mr. Dean , who had guaranteed the expenses of the ex cursion , was out several hundred dollars , llo personally related to the editor of the UKI : the outline of this disgraceful fiasco. To cap thu climax this man Wilcox. who is now tramping over the state of Nebraska haranguing Grand Army gath erings , was lonntl to bo an expelled mem ber of that order. The fads as related by members and ollicurs of the Grand Army post of Mundota are simply astounding. 11 appears Unit Wilcox was the chief mustering officer of the Grand Army in the department of Illinois. In that capacity lie organized Grand Army posts in various parts of the stale , and is said to have resorted lo his usual method of borrowing from comrades , but also of charging moro than the regula tion dues from now members. In duo lima it was discovered that Wilcox had embezzled between $800 and ? 000 of Grand Army funds , A court martial was ordered by the department ; Wilcox was cited to appear before the court martial through papers served personally by the commtmdor of the post atMcndotii , MrSheploy , who certified to the faet under oath , Wilcox paid no attention to the summons , and was dis honorably dismissed from the Grand Army. Inasmuch as this fact was pub lished in the twentieth annual report of thu department of Illinois , great surprise was expressed by Mendota veterans that Wilcox bhqula bo tolerated at Grand Army reunions in Nebraska. Everybody in the town appeared anxious to have this impostor shown up In his true colors , to prevent further swindles and frauds , The Popular VclCC. /7u//ff / / C'mmlw 1'rttt. Tray. Blam-ho nnd Sweetheart , of the Nebraska rnllrOguo press , think senator Van Wyck's challenge supremely ridiculous. The leading journals of the country bcu It In an Important stop towards destroying Hio void I cal i > owcr of the corrupt monopolies niul re- dccnilhc the Itilted KUtrs senate from mil load control.HOP. . Along in 1SOO to ISiO , wlion the demo cratie leaders agitated Iho idea of thn people expressing their choice for prcs'i dent of the United State * , tin * old Feder alists ever distrustful of tint masses ( or mob so-eallud ) , looked upon thn inova- tion as supremely ridiculous. It had been the custom forstate legislatures lo appoint the presidential electors , When wcvlew the L'nlted Stales senate to-day , nnd sue how .solid the monopolist * have entrenched themselves through I heir nbllit.v to manipulate Mate legislatore-i wi can but wonder wlml thn Idslorv of this country might have been had Hie nd ! system prevailed during the pa t .i\t\ ycnr.s. 'I'liero i.s no law which ri > mp fs the presidential olcetor to enst hit \ < ite for the party chief tinder whoso banner Ins gains the victory of an nieclion , lint what man i.s them who would dare t faeo the ppopln who honored him bv u betiayal of the trust imposed upon him liy tiie "unwritten law" of custom , parly loyalty and discipline.Vu \ lirmly believe - lievo this public expression ol tint masses through their ballot every four years has made this a better country , ' 1 lie presi dent who cls n majority of the ten million - lion of votes east , certainly feels nearer the peoplu tlian ho Would Were he the choice of a fe.w imuiipulalois and bov-ei , Hchomiim through utate leyislalors. ' \ he ) ) resident and the house of rep resentative are often found in agree ment with Ihe common people , but the senate is rarely ever so accused. It i.s the one body that owes the people nothing , and reo < ; iil/ps nti allegiance to them. That is why Senator Van Wyck's appeal to the people to pa.i.s juditii'ent upon his record , and signify their preference , as between liituselt or his competitors , is timelv , and truly a political necessity. Our stijto constitution and our laws ad mit of it. It i.s on the line of enlighten ment and progress. It is a direct road to success for the Idea of "a government of tlio people , foi the people and by the pee ple. " Kyery voter should demand his constitutional right. Let ( he idea bo agitated in every precinct caucus If the railroad oigans uny it i.s ridiculous , it is tin- very best proof that the bosses are frightened. Legislators are not so fond of bucking public sentiment as the pub lic may suppose. Let Nebraskans set such a wholesome example , and other states will follow. Wouldn't I'uy Hin Faro. Monday evening a special driver on special car of the Twentieth street line noticed a passenger who did not pay his faro. He rang several times for him to pay , but without avail. Ho then asked him lo pay , and was lold that if ho want ed the faro to comu and gel it. The driver told him tlrilhe was not permitted to handle the money , and further objec tion being made took u nickel from his pocket and deposited it in the box , re marking as lie did .so that it the passen ger was too proud to pay his way lie would pay it. for him. This stung the latter and caused him to approach and reimburse the driver. Mr. J. McKllcn. Port Huron , Mich , , cured his cough with lied Star Cough Cure. Sclitill'H Wrist. Ye-lerday morning , Albert Schall a member of the board of ' public works , in passing along on the sidewalk at the corner of Sixth and 1'acilic streets fell and badly sprained his right wrist , llo was attended uy Dr. Parker nnd immedi ately returned homo. For September CONTAINS : A SUMMER WITH LISZT At Weimar. A timely reminiscent paper , by A. M. Uagby , replete with anecdolen of the great composer and his friends. With two full full-page portraits and other illustrations. AMATEUR BALLOONING , AND PHOTOGRAPHY FROM A BALLOON. Two Hi-Holes of unique interest describ ing homo recent ascensions , and illus trated wild views of Ihe earth taken in tlio balloon from a height of a mile or more , FICTION Includes thu second part of Mr. Stock ton's novelette , "The fasting Away of Mrs. LeekH and Mrs. Alcnhinc" ; stories by Kale I'oole and Hrnndnr Matthews ; and chapters of Mr IIowulls's novel , THE CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN Iteviuwed from diflerent t > tand > poinls by lieneral Alfred Plensonton , ( JoneniK ) . O , Howard , and Colonel il. \ \ , Jackson ; and "C'liuuejllorsvillo Kevisited by ( ion- ernl Hooker. " by , S P. Hates ; with thirty- live illustrations and portraits. In "Memoranda on the Civil War" are notes from J , ( r. Whittier , ( ii.'iieral Col- Htou , and others. THE ARTS OF PERSIA. Mosaics , aiehitcclnrn , metal-work , .painting , ( do. , by S. 0. W. Uenjamin , profusely illustrated. NOTES FROM THE PRAIRIE , A charming nature pup or by John Uur- roughs. OTHER CONTENTS [ iicludo "The Zoological Station at S'aplo.s , " with ten illiihtrntimiH ; Open Letters on "Tho Inollleiuneyof the Lower llouse of Congress" ; "Tholtiiv , Dr. Mun- . _ . , 'Marriagi. Divorce , and the Mormon Problem , " Poems by Manrlco Thompson , U.V . Gilder , Mrs. J'iutt , R , U , Johnson and others ; etc. Soli ! ayory where. Price 35 cents. THK O N-1'.i'KV C'o ' Novvrork. pKKKSKIU , ( N. J. ) MILITAIIV AOADKMV. JCut. . C. \TJUUUT , II. ti. , A. M. , I'rluvlpul. Tlio Flr t , tlmOrlclnnl nnd Only tlnrrli thnl l put up liy mm ln > hntn n prncllrnl knoHlr.Uc fif inn Innndry tirniravlon. It rpquirri no rn , < vi' , % kMTitljolrnn from Kllcklnx mi < ! llnrn frmn t > IMP-I'IK ftllim , Mill BlffS MllltJ , Clllfl Mill ro n tint nr.I , lC uUfiil l 'IHi ' thry Imvc | i n n > nlilLb " lioilr known , kfcpn them clr.ni twi.r r. lnn . Itotvaro < > t Intllttlun * . See thiit ( linimnio J. 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V"Fr > Monluidlal l > ntte ! , &ml iioiiepiMnilne ei. rei'ttuflinilwurnurtrAiliMiiulc l > , btl nllln-ol.li lienlUl , at Uut Anil llio innm ofr , > inpitiir tlimu In l > i > ! lle. r yrrr rin9e toftlia K.xky WotiiiUliifin- ( | > tli TtrrltnrlMl , unttlo to procure tl from thplr ilenlur * , muluTe Half li > M < n dent. In | > lAln cane , nnniMrlitilKi- charges prepaid , \ > f remitting ulx Italian to The OuUy Malt Whiskey Co , , Baltimore , Md < \ A YIELDS TO EVERV MOVEMENT OF THE WEARER. Owli.K to Ihu dluRonal elasticity ot tliu ulutli will HI perfectly Hret tlmu worn. Uuqulroi 110 breaking In. WOODBRIDGE BRO'S. ' State Agents 1'Olt ' TJIU Omaha , Neb. JJllN C , GREEN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE" < : oi.i.iiii or KK\V JUHHKV , I'KJNCKTON , NIJW JKIIS1SV. H _ . - . . - , . . _ llon Kept. IUU and Killt , IM'J. I'ur ocul cuunui BdolbirrlalormttUoa epplf to tli V ' '