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Tur. SUNDAY BEE of yesterday was i
Btcm-windcr.
NKW YORK has erected this year 8,70
now buildings. Oinnlm has erectce
Hourly luilf ns many us New York. For s
genuine building boom the wcstun
cities take tlm premium.
JOHN SAIII.EH has boon visiting Lincoln
wo suppose , to give his profession : !
opinion upon the causes ot tlio late slorn
on the still reeking waves of the Firs
congressional district. Mr. Suhlor is om
of the stranded navigators.
TUB SUNDAY BIK : yesterday containci
eight columns and a half of special cable
grams from the principal European news
centers , besides a largo quantity ol
domestic telegraph news. Tlio BEE is
not only metropolitan but cosmopolitan
MH. CLEVELAND'S friends resent the
attempt to forcn Mr. Randall into promi
nence ; as a candidate for the presidency.
But what are Mr. Randall's ' friends ttoinc
in the meantime ? This is the question
which the adminislraiion is attempting
to solve.
SunumiAN trains will not bo put on the
Bolt Line this winter. Tlio various addi
tions along the Bolt Liuo should look for
other rail facilities. There is enough
population and push in these thriving
suburbs to take care of their own inter
ests , and they should not be slow in
doing it.
KANSAS CITY laughs cheerfully at our
late snow blockade and twits us upon
the advantages of a cable line service
under such depressing circumstances. If
our neighbor will wait a few months ,
Omaha will show her a cable system
equal to the best , before the swallows
neat again.
THE fear that Van Wyck's strength
hot only extends to a majority of his own
party but takes in also so mo of tlio demo
crats , is very disquieting to the stalwart
railroaders of both political organiza-
hons. If it fulfils itself it means that tlio
corporations will not dictate the choiceof
Iho next United States senator.
TICAINS over the Missouri Pacific and
Bolt I/mo arc now running into Omaha
over tholr own tracks , but tlm Ashland
nut-oft * remains unfinished. A straight
nnduhort line to Lincoln will bo the
Christmas present winch the Burlington
proposes to donate to its stockholders
mid indirectly to the traveling public.
YESTERDAY'S SUNDAY BEE went ofl
like hot cakes. Why not ? It was the
the equal of any rival anywhere. Fifteen
thousand words of foreign cablegrams
nnd an equal amount of domestic news
wore crowded into its columns. It cost
more to produce than all its contompo-
rarics combined and the money was well
expended. The DEE covers the ground.
It meets tlio wants of its daily patronage
of 75,000 readers. It is a great paper and
it has to bo , because It has a great con
stituency.
TIIEIIK has never been a time when
charter amendment was under discussion ,
Vlurn tlio people of Omaha wore as thor
oughly agreed upon what changes arc
necessary In our city government , Re
form in the police management , power
to extend thu city limits , a park commis
sion , change in tlio method of property
assessment , added facilities for out
courts and thu destruction of tins "two-
mile limit" arc a few of the amendments
which are loudly called for. Our tax
payers liuvo attacked the problem in thu
right way , anil the able committee which
is now busily engaged in drafting a plan
can be counted upon to make a valuable
nnd suggestive i oport for popular discus
bleu and consideration ,
I. SIIEUIDAN in hU roporl roe-
onimends the cutting down ot thu
Indian reservation * and a thorough
pollcclng of the borders , This is good
sense. Nebraska's northern frontier
ubuts for nearly its whole length upon
the great Sioux reserve , Millions of
useless acres are thera going to waste.
Tlio lazy savages neither till it nor USD it
for grazing. Let the Sioux reserve bu
opened and the settlers both north and
south protected by strong military posts
located at points of strategic importance.
It U cheaper to feed thu Indians than lu
11/ht tin-in , but the goveiuwont bhould
lie always ready to maku up tor the de
ficiencies of the interior department
hrough thu strong arm ol iht > military.
The Flcht For Territory.
The next twelve months Is to bongrea
year for railroads centerlnc in Nebraska
Extensions and feeders of main lines am
branches arc projected in every direction
There is not a system which taps ou
rich territory which will not push out If
iron fingers to grasp now trade in hither
to undeveloped sections or crowd its rail
Into counties already occupied by proa
porous rivals. It is to be a race of giants
n contest of modern leviathans , and al
the trade territory tributary to Omaha i
to real ) the benefits.
The Burlington lias already inriulm
the North 1'latto country and is push
ing its grading westward union ;
the Band hills of northwester :
Nebraska with its eye steadfastly lixod o
central Wyoming and the Hlack Htlh
Its grade stakes are already sot to
point within llfty miles of the W.vomini
line and equidistant from the Dakota boi
dcr. Pushing along Iho Middle Loup !
is stretching toward the valley of th
Running \Vatcr and tno White rive
divide. Another year will see it parallel
Ing the \ \ vpming Central extension o
the Northwestern and cutting into th
territory of the Che.yenne & Northern
Hall , Buffalo , Sherman , Ouster am
Logan counties will bo traversed by till
extension , whllothc unorganized tcrritor.
Sheridan , Box Butte ami Sioux eountic
will bear the burden of Its iron rails. 'Hi
invading army of graders and trackmei
arc on the ground and the survey of th
Elkhorn Valley line will no longer b
undisputed In northwestern Nebraska.
But other systems are not idle. Th
Union 1'aeilic will compete for tlio loon
trulllc of the section between tlio Elk
horn and the 1'latte through a genera
extension of Its feeders running north
ward from the main line. The new roai
from North Bend to Stanton throws th
gauntlet square in the fuco of the North
western. It will bo followed by the con
slruelion of 1)00 ) miles of road in the sann
territory. The North Plat to country i
to bo the chief seat of war. with lliroi
great systems lighting for territory am
the people reaping the benefit.
Glvo VH Iho Best.
The county commissioners have receive !
the report of the advisory board of physi
cians upon the county hospital and now invite
vito public inspection and discussion of th <
plans. The final selection of the plan to In
adopted seems to have been postpone !
until the .subject nan be more fully can
vusaud. The only question with vhiel
it seems to us the commissioners havi
now to deal is with that of funds. 1
cost is to bo no consideration , and enl ;
hygunio and utility are to bo taken inti
account , the plan selected as first by tin
board should bo chosen , unless thosccont
can bo made equally as good or better 1 ;
tlio expenditure of the dillbrence in cos1
between it and the lirst. There is om
advantage which the home plan possossci
over its foreign competitors , and that ii
its lower height. Two stories are bettei
than three for a hospital and one is bet
lor than two. The unique features o
Mr. Cochran's plan , in its improvui
methods of heating and ventilation , pro ] )
erly commended themselves to the boare
of examining physicians , while the homi
plan , costing $100,000 less to erect , wai
naturally , by reason of its lessened cost
not as complete.
The trouble with the whole mattci
arises from the undue haste of the boarc
in advertising for plans without a de
tailed statement of what they expcctei
to secure and the amount of money thej
were willing to expend. The advice
of experienced surgeons and physician ;
should have been sought at the outset am
the features which wove desired to be in
corporated in tlio new hospital ought tt
have been fully explained in the call foi
plans. Such a course would have placei
the architects on a fairer footing ant
there would have been less diversity it
the designs and in the estimates of cosi
submitted. Whichever one of the throe
plans , selected by u competent board 01
physicians , shall bo adopted , Douglas
county will have a commodious ami
handsome hospital. There is room foi
congratulation in this fact. But we waul
the best. It remains for the board o !
county commissioners to see that wt
get it.
Tlio Proposed Now Kxtrntllilon Treaty ,
When tbo proposed now extradition
treaty with Great Britain was lirst made
public it was quite generally regarded
with favor , though it did not escape sonic
adverse criticism. The universal fouling
that such H convention was urgently
needed , among other reasons in order to
put a stop to the excursions of defaulter ?
and embezzlers from this country into
Canada , which had become alarmingly
numerous nnd frequent , disposed most
people to look with favor upon any ar-
rungcmcut that seemed reasonably fait
and just. The action of the senate in
postponing consideration of thu conven
tion until the coming session was there-
fora quite universally thought to be un
fortunate. More careful rolluotlon , how
ever , convinced judicious men that it was
thu wise and proper course , ami this ap
pears more clearly now in the light ol
thu reported effort ou the part of the
Knglish government to render the treaty
more surely acceptable to the govern
ment of the United States by agreeing tea
a modification of those clauses which
were the principal nutterrt of criticism
and objection huro. It is stated from
Washington that another treaty has been
drawn tip and sent there by tlio KngH&h
authorities for suggestions. It is also
paid to be undorhtood between Minister
1'helps and the Knglish government that
the president will withdraw the present
treaty and substitute another.
The draft of the new treaty , while not
being far different in its provisions from
that of last June , is in some of Ilium more
comprehensive and explicit. The list ol
extraditable otfenses is enlarged and em
braces the following : Murder , assault
with attempt to commit murder , assault
with attempt to do great bodily injury ,
manslaughter , piracy , arson , robbery ,
forgery , the utterance of forged paper ,
burglary , embex/.loment of any sum ,
larceny of over § x'0 or four pounds storl-
iuir , attempts on the lifo of any person
when the same shall not bo treason ac
cording to the laws of either country ,
housebrealdng with an attempt to com
mit burglary , rape and seduction. The
treaty of ISl'J mimed but six otlcnses us
extraditable , to which live were added by
tbu convention of last Juno , The new
trciily , it will bo- soon , names sixteen.
Thu part of the old treaty which applies
to extradition ia declared null. The part
of tlio treaty before the senate which ro-
furs to political oQ'cndors Is. incorporated
in the new convention , only in stronger
terms as to their pot being cxtr.iditabli
for any offense which michl bo treasot
according to the laws of the country do
mandlng the fugitive. The most scrlon
objection made to the proposed treaty re
fcrrcd to the fifth article , prohibiting tin
trial of extradited criminals for offense :
other than the specific crime for whiel
they may be surrendered. This was held t <
bo nn abandonment of the American poi
tloh and ns discreditable to both govern
ments In implying that neither couli
trust the justice and comity of the otbe
in regard to extradited subjects. Tin
objection , however , appears not only t <
bo frivolous and superficial , but in UK
light ol the explanation of the clausi
given by Minister Phelps , wholly Idle , i
anv extension of the treaty of 184:3 : is t <
bo effected. Mr. Phelps said : " 11
therefore , wo need lu Insist upon tin
unnecessary , and , in my judgment , tin
tenable and undesirable proposition , tna
a man should bo extradited for om
offense in order to try him for another
we should be unable to establish will
Grout Britain anj extradition arrange
incuts at nil. " This clause is thurefon
retained in the last convention.
It seems evident that the Knglisl
government is very anxious to have tin
now treaty consummated , ainl our owi
government will respond to the popula
desire by delaying that result as little a ;
possible , not , of course , because it ! :
desired bv Kngland , but for the mt.ioi
that it Is in tbu interest of justice am
will bo quite as much to the advantage o
this country as to that of Great Britain
Franco nnil
The outpouring of courtesy , compli
ments , and assurances of friendship madi
in connection with the dedication of tin
statue of Liberty in New York ought tc
have convinced everybody , if any sucl
evidence had been needed , that thu pcoph
of Franco and America entertain for euel
other the highest cslcom and as great i
degree of friendly regard and interest a :
is , perhaps , possible between two people :
ossontiall dissimilar in character. Thcj
have in common incentives to the cultivn
lion and inaintainancc of this feeling
and as there has been nothing thus fai
111 their intercourse or in their relation !
with tbo rest of the world if we oxeup
the unfortunate mistake of France in en
delivering to establish a monarchy ii
Mexico during the progress of our civil wui
to suggest : i course of untugonhm , it ha :
scorned that the friendship of the twi
countries might bo perpetual. There an
probably not a hundred Americans tt
whom the thought has ever occurred thai
there is the remotest possibility of : i
serious rupture of our relations will
France , or that any misundorstandinji
could occuiMvliich could not bo promptly
and easily settled by diplomacy. If tin
collcctiveopinionof the American p.sopk
could be taken upon thu question
which is thu last country it is po.ssiblt
for the United States to have serious
trouble with ? unquestionably the unaii
imous verdict would bu that it is France ,
Such being the fact , it is just a little
startling to be told ou the authority ot : i
well-known naval olliee.r , whose name is
withhold , but who has had , we art
assured , "great experience , and is : i
( Undent of affairs ; " that , notwithstanding
all the Bartholdi statue and De LesscpV
sentiment , our next war with a foreign
country will bo with Franco. The source
of the trouble will bo the Panama canal.
This officer thinks that the attitude and
evident intentions of the French govern
ment regarding the "great ditch" arc
such that our government will be com
pelled from traditional policy and public
sentiment to protest even at thu cost of
war. Ho believes the French intend to
assert exclusive political control of the
canal , and will do so by consent of the
local powers , despite all the talk about
neutrality and joint control. He has not
reached this conclusion entirely by the
uath of surmise , but chieily trom ming
ling with the Frenchmen who partici
pated in the ceremonies of the statue tied-
ication , "under the most favorable condi
tions for obtaining information. " Tlm
last success of lo Lesseps in obtaining
further loans for the cunal sohumo he re
gards as unmistakable evidence of frcnch
ambition to establish a foothold on the
American continent.
It may bo grained thot there exists the
possibility of international controversies
in connection with this extraordinary
'
enterprise , in the event that it is cve'r
completed , but that still appears to bu so
entirely hopeless as to present no cause
of anxiety to anybody but the unfortun
ate possessors of the stocks and bonds.
This naval officer is not the lirst to dis
cover that French ambition might seek
to go beyond the limit which the United
States , having regard tor tha Monroe
doctrine , would permit on this continent ,
but solicitude respecting this dancer as
related to the Panama canal was given
up a long time ago , and from the pr sent
outlook for that project is not likely to bo
dpeudily renewed ,
RKPOHTS from Wyoming indicate a
great eagerness on the part of the largo
cattle syndicates to wind up their con-
ccrns and quit tlio cattle growing busi
ness. There lire several causes stated ,
chief of which is the wretchedly low price
of beef cattle at Chicago , duo to a combi
nation of the dressed beef packers. The
dressed beef trade Is now a close inonop-
ely , which dictates both the price of the
cattle at the stock yards and of the moat
in the marKct. A few buyers now make
all the purchases in Chicago where sev
eral hundred were formerly found bid.
ding on behalf of as manj butchers ,
When Noise Morris can boast of having
made f 10,000 in a single day by boatlii"
down the cattle market , the club which
is destroying thu profits of cattle growing
is plainly visible.
STATK AN TKItltlTOUV.
NobrasUu JintliiKH ,
Schuylor cries out for street lamps ,
Pfattsmoiith's now depot has been
smothered in a drift.
The corn crop in Wobtttnr county will
average thirty bushels to the acre.
The B. & M. company has Invested
over $5,000 in right of way through
Scliuylur.
The Ashland cut-oft' docs not cut oil'
Ashland , and no apprehension need be
felt on that score.
The winter bridge of the St. Paul &
Omaha road over the Missouri at Sioux
City was finished Sunday.
A. Taylor , mid a shaver too , strapped
his friend * and patrons in Fremont out
of $50 , aud hastily left town.
The corner stpno of St. ( Jaroca1 Episco
pal church in hremout was laid last week
with Masoulo ceremonies.
Having laughed to death the Griflin
packing house se.hcmo , Fremont is now
busily talking up a stock yards ,
Mr. and Mrs. John Joyce celebrated
tlielr silver wedding at Dakota City la !
Monday. It was a Joyce occasion.
Tbu B & M. bridge builders at Nc
liraska City dropped a hummer into th
nvcr last week. It > vcighed half a ton.
A round house and railroad shops wi
bu added to the industries of lloldrop
next spring. The residents continue t
swear by Geonrc.
The Oregon llorsn and Laud compan
of Fremont sold sixty horses to the Omah
street railway company last week au
itj to othur parties. '
Last week's storm was so dry when i
reached West Point'that it absorbed a ]
tlm water in the I-Ikhorn river at tlm
point. It was a C9rfcor.
"Tho oldest Inhabitant" of Gran
Island Makes his record for uuvarnlsbe
veracity that last week's storm was th
worst In fourteen years.
The live-year-old son of J. II. Ellmg :
worth , of Anderson township , Pliel ) :
county , tumbled Into n barrel ot watc
anil was drowned on the 18th.
Culhcrtson will continue the count
seat of Hitchcock county for some tlm
to comu. The election last week coi
lirmod this fact by a majority of I1,1. !
Tommy U right , a track walker nca
Hastings , was boosted Into n snow ilnl
bv a locomotive during the stori
Wednesday , nnd escaped with a sllgli
scalp wound.
The efforts of patent right men to stn
ply North Nebraska with patent gates i
a commendable one , especially if the
can successfully shut out Dakota's nlni
bh > bli/.zards.
The Ashland Herald , strictly indepont' '
out in politics with mugwump tendencies
is tlio latest addition to this rustling pr <
oe.ssion of nowHpapers. W. O. Tout ! wil
supply thu stimulents.
"A Superior Victory" is the latc. <
name given to the voting of aid to rui
roads in Nuckolls Bounty. The tow
itH'lf made n donation of § 111,000 to th
Central branch extension.
A miser in lloldrego chucked his hire
men into a barn loft 0110 cold night hu
week. The shivering men tired the hu
to keep warm and succeeded in burniu
their bunks with the building.
The Beatrice Democrat is tlm hamlsoir
cst exponent of diurnnl democracy in th
slate. Ufur olarvin is not wholly ca
down by being i-ast out of the cliarmc
circle of the "young democracy. "
The most tragic event of the wuuin ;
year promises to b the duel between tw
editors in Sioux county. The weapon
are buffalo chips at twenty paces. Lousi
undertakers have borrowed plume.- ;
decorate ) the hearses. The losing mm
will lead thu procession.
It is a wild and chnurluss dav that Nebraska
braska City does not strike something
from a local tough to a now railroad
The latest is un iron ore mine , uucovcrei
by the graders in the big steeps injthat vi
cinity. The product will be canned fo
home consumption.
The Blair Republican "points a mora
and adorns a tali ! , " with the failure o
a town banker who invested : ! 2li.OOO tun
a house anil borne , in whisky , which Ii
consumed in eighteen months. Blair i
noted for the quality and quantity of it
products , but this exhibit is a Hull sbov
in itself and takes the premium.
Uushvillo is coaching a female bruise
of promising proportions. Her name i
Anna Maal , and she maintains the din
nit.v and onphonity of the patronymi
with becoming precision. Her lates
handiwork was an elegant black oy
tendered to a rude cow puncher win
asked bur te dtmcn with him without tin
formality of an introduction. Rush
vidimus can safely stand back and givi
the Anna Mauls the freedom of the mo
nagcrio.
Central City points the finger of pridi
at her eleirant opera house , just com
plctcd. It is a three story brick building
00x100 , handsomely trimmed with stem
and iron. There are two eight foot en
trances to tlio auditorium , an iipartmcn
fitxSO , with a twenty-four foot ceiling
Thu st.ige , ; i5xOO , is well supplied will
scenery , Hies , traps , etc. , and a drop cur
tain IBx''O. There are two boxes for tin
nabobs of the town , and dressing room ;
for the actors. Thu building is ligbtei
with gas.
A bucolic burglar , evidently frou
Kansas City , struck Falls City some tei
days ago , cultivated the friendship o
two residents , and unfolded to them j
plan lo rob the dopot. They rcadih "
agreed to the scheme of the green bonk"
and further agreed to keep watch whili
he cracked the crib. They kept thoii
word , but when the K. C. b. was about U
bag the boodle they fell upon him am
toted him to jail , whcru lie will recrcati
until the March term of court.
i'he "anti-swear" society has been or
gam/cod in Red Cloud. A regular all
wool , blue-tire swear is followeifby a dm
of live cents , ix for a quarter ; helen
blazes , demniilon and other moderate
ejaculations , two for a nickel. Rucog
nr/.ing that there is a , limit to forbnaruuct
and Christian moderation , thu society
grants three indulgence * , during wlucl :
there is no limit to the freedom of expres
sion : Putting up stove-pipes , tack hi"
carpets , aud7 slipping up on banami
pools.
Tlio right of way man of the B. & M.
has been browsing around Sehuylei
lately , living on the fat of the town , and
lillinir tlm residents in return witli
sugared slices of hopefulness. He laid
out the route of the road through the
city , ra/.ed blocks of buildings on the
\viy , and built , in his mind , depots nnd
sidetracks without number , It is hoped
those expectations will develop into real
ities next spring , when the Omaha &
North Phitln road will cross 'Saunders
county and strlko out for the northwest.
The incendiary , Palmer , who fired and
destroyed the grain stacks of J. P. Sliol-
don , in Gage county , was cleverly cap
tured by Detective Milan , The detective
hired Palmer to corral horses for the
James gang , but as a preliminary to a
good salary and early promotion , re
quested that hn do something to show
that ho was a man of nerve , or prove that
ho had performed deeds of crookedness.
Palmer grabbed at the bait and poured
into the detective's curs , and those of two
listening confederates , the stori' of the
Sheldon fire and how hu had grullficd hi ?
revenge , Ho was promptly jailed.
Thomas Swcotmiii ) , a furmar near
Papillion , lias been sent to the insane
tisylum. His insanity is of a peculiar
nature , and began Ki'manife.st ' itsulf dur
ing the anarchist trial in Chicago. When
hu tmard of their conviction hu secured a
revolver and presenting it at Ins wife's
head exclaimed : "liruvu mini must diu
for the caiisu in Chicago and you must
die for the cause lu , Nebraska. " At this
critical momuntSwuotman'.sson , a hid of
fourteen , attracted 'his father's attention
ami gave the mother- clmncu to escape.
Another of his illusions was that his wife's
relations woru plotting to murder him for
thu insiiruncu on liisl lu. Swcetman was
u devoted husband'and father till his
mind collapsed , 11
Plattsmouth is wide open with aston
ishment , and gossip'1.4 paralyzed for the
moment. Away buck in the hot ami sul
try days of August Dr. A. Salisbury , the
town dentist , packed his grip and silently
stole away to Chicago , where be was mar-
riuk to Miss Abbto Moody on the ! M of
that month. Ho returned alone , kept his
secret locked up and wont on jerking
toothaches us of old. Last weeir , how
ever , his bride arrived ami bo installed
her in a cottage on the hill without fur-
Ihcr ceremony To say Unit Doo's ac
quaintances woru surprised is entirely too
mild to grasp the breadth and depth of
their sc.nsations.
lowu Items.
Clintou'a electric light plant is in work
ing ; order. '
. Iowa City id lu the vortex of a post-
alllco war. .
Johu Harris , a crooked chip of u re
spectable family in Boonc , Is In jail fo ;
horse stealing.
The state institute for the deaf ntu
dumb has 2G5 inmates.
Ton thousand hogs have been slaughl
crcd in Sioux City so far this season.
A mill and elevator at Cumberland
valued at $20,000 ; was destroyed by lire
Throe Iowa City saloon keepers h.ivi
been fined -foOO each for disturbing tin
Clark law ,
The Anderson republicans in the Kightl
congressional district have boycotted tin
DCS Monies Register.
J. F. Fisher , nn old and esteemed rest
dent of Red Oak , nnd owner of tbo pack
ing house , died last week of typhoh
fever.
A cotcrio of MarshalltownyounE Indie ;
have organized n cooking club , and wil
throw themselves ou a thanksgiving
dinner.
Forest Clly has purchased n fire engine
hook and ladder truck and two cart , am
the boys who run with the machine an
anxious for a call.
Hon. Sam Fairall.of Iowa City , tlistrlc
judge-elect , was reported to bo in asorloit !
condition from a broken leg , resulting
from a fall Into an area-way tit his home
John Pope , sixty years of ago , and tin
father of a family 01 six children , him ;
himself in jail at Grcunu. Ho had been
locked upon the charge of intoxication
\Voodsawers are in great demand al
Burlington , whilu dry goods clerks still
ndvortl.su for situations. Ono sawbucli
artist has over sixty cords engaged ahead
and has to drive customers away duily.
A. Reynolds , aged eighty-six , was found
dead in his bed at Ollumwa with a cloth
saturated with chloroform on bis face ,
He was sulforing with toothache' , and his
death is supposed to have been acci
dental.
The Iowa inter-collegiate oratorical
contest will bu hold at Foster's opera
house , Dos Moiiics , on February III. The
judges elected are Judge Rood , of Coun
cil Bluffs ; S. C. McPherson , of Clarinda ,
and A. W. Archibald , of Ottumwa.
Dr. Yaw , a young physician > yho had
recently graduated from a medical uni
versity and had acquired a good practice ,
while visiting near Waterloo last week ,
became insane , jumped out of a second-
story window in his night clothes , ran
eight miles to the barn of it farmer and
hung himself.
Two professional check me.n have been
working the farmers in the vicinity pi
Rock Rapids for the last week. They did
it in the old , old-fashioned way , and the
farmers bit at it just the same as if il was
something now tinder the sun. In consequence
quence the farmers thereabouts are out
several hundred dollars.
Dakota.
The Homcstake Mining company cm-
ploy y,0)0 ( ) men.
The pay rod of the Siotiv Fads stone
quarry companies average $3,000 a wock.
Hens are roosting high in Custor City
and eggs arc worth tbirty-livu cunts a
dozen.
Dakota ranks second among the states
and territories in railroad building for
this year.
Between conte.sts , final proof and num
erous entries of all kinks thu Bismarck
land ollice never had &o much business as
now.
Tlio first , self-feeding hard coal base
burner made its appearance in Dead-
wood. The next curiosity out there is to
got a glimpse of the fuel that heats the
stove.
At a mooting of the North Dakota
Baptist Ministerial union , at Fargo , a
committee was appointed to draft a peti
tion to the legislature to enact a strict
marriage license and registration law at
the approaching session of that body.
" time " the Ellcndale
"It is about , says
Commercial , "to dissipate the fallacy
that all young women who como to this
territory immediately get married or
have the opportunity to do so. Nothing
could bo further ftom the truth. CupiU
is a very lazy fellow , as the girls of north
Dakota know him. There is not much
marrying or giving in marriage in this
famous region. The young men- are too
bashful , or too busy , or too poor , or too
something. Certain it is they do not
marry. This fuel can bu proven by
hundreds of as beautiful and healthy and
useful and affectionate young ladies as
ever harnessed an ox or spanUed an un
ruly scholar. " _
\ \ yonilni ; .
Bagdad is the name of a new town in
the Green river country.
Charles Burgh , a cowboy , was caught
in the recent blizzard in the Swcetwator
country and frozen to death.
The Midland Electric Company , of
Omaha , has been awarded the contract
for 11 fire alarm systen for Cheyenne.
Returns show that the democrats will
have a majority of four in thu next house
and the republicans a majority of three
in the council.
A gang of tracklayers on the Chey
enne & Northern struck last week for
bpttur chuck. They do not insist upon
pie three times a day. but claim they arc
entitled to digestible grub when they pay
? 5 a week.
Al Massacre hill , in Johnson county ,
nearly one hundred soldiers lie buried
without a stone to mark or a bariier to
protect tlielr neglected graves. They fell
in sayago warfare , lighting llko brave
mun a dcspcrato battle against over
whelming odds. A monument should be
raised on Massacre hill. The remains of
thu officers who fell in that murderous
conflict have long wince been cared for by
loving tricnds. Only the privates re
main , mid a simple and lasting monument
ment should mark thu spot.
Tnnrinan at Home.
Washington Critic : Whim at homo
Judge Tliiirman keeps a goodlysuppjy ot
bo famous bandana hankerehiefs In an
old writing desk which formerly belonged
0 his grandfather. A visitor , who was
quite intimate with the family , tells borr
no old statesman piepares for a tour
iround town : "First ho opened a small
trawer and took out a white pooket-
uiiidkurchiof , which ho placed In an in-
sidu pocket of his coat. Then a silk
landkurchief of the same color was placed
n nn upper poekut. and from another
1 rawer a naming red bandana was t > u-
octcd and put in tbo outsidn pocket of
ho overcoat , where It would uo handy
iftor tin inspection of thu HIIIIU" box which
hu judjiu always carries full of wnee/.ing
naturial. This was all dom < before ro-
neiving his slippers , and just before thu
hushing touched Woru given to Ids toilet ,
drs , Thurmun appeared and put on her
iusband.SBhoc.s. whiedi shu carefully laced
uid tiud securely. 'How long havu vim
done tblsV' inquired the visitor. ' 1-iver
inco our marriagerupllod Mrs , Thur-
mm , 'and I trust the judge will bosptired
o mo for many years to wait on in the
sumo manner. ' Then there was a euro-
nl inspection of thu bnnduna pocket.
md with a kindly look and olumrful woril
hit iudgo was Punfout to mingle- with Ins
issnciates for thet day in a happy and
contented frame of mind. "
OMI-'On\A I2XCUIISION.
Homo.
FOR ROUND TRIP.
V flrsL-rlnss excursion will leave Omaha
via B , & M. R. R. on Thursday , NOV. ; ! . " > ,
it 8:10 : a. in. , tor San Francisco and Los
Angeles. Tickets goud for six months
vita Mop-over privileges. For tickets
ind further information apply to
HAIIIIV DKUI. ,
Ticket Agt. , 1331 Funiiun bl. , Omaha.
Grand Haorod Concert.
For. tlio bcnulit of the Charleston uf.
crcr.s .under thu uiUpiuoH of thu OinMia
. 'tirn-Veroin Germania Hall , Sunday ,
N'orombi-r 21 at 2-u. m. Admission u'oo.
THROWING LINES TO SUCKER
Various Schemes Being Hatched By tl
Qnng nt Lincoln to Oatcli the Unwary.
ALL KINDS OF BAIT BEING USEC
Unimportant Chairmanship * to 11
Olvcii to tlic Small Pry A Xlco
Keltic of Fish If the Fish
ermen Arc Lucky ,
The Nrnatoilnl Quest Inn All-Ahsorhln
LINCOLNNob. . , Nov. 21. [ Corrospom
cnco of the BiK.l : The senatorial questlo
is the nil-absorbing theme , and It Is ii
foresting to note the many plays made t
catch the ' green 'tins" among the lugif
tators elect. Already wo have been visile
by qtilto a number of senators called 1
by the B. & M. bosses to confer on th
subjict(0f ( committees of the senate , Snull
Mickcljohn , Majors , Brown , Conger aiv
others Imvo already danced attendance
The scheme seems to bo extremely llborn
with the halting brethren , If anythcro be
nnd make chairmen of them ou all unim
portnnt committees , reserving the rail
roait committee and the committee 01
elections to the gang. Laird , Howe am
Cams are plotting somu grand scheme o
this character to-day. The former swaggers
gors around with live senators ( Snull
Brown , Hartwcll , Kent , Lindsay , ) in Id
Vest pocket to show how mighty ho i
while IIowo mid Cams , poor Cants , havi
little but empty honors to smile at. The !
chief imminent is : "Tho senatorial sue
cession has nothing to do with the organ
ization of the senate or house either ; wi
can cross that bridge when wo get lo It. '
llowo says : "Let us organize both house !
and give our chairmanships to our most
talented republicans and go ahead will
thu business. " In the house they art
very busy digging up candidates foi
speaker and , very strangely , most of then
are Van \Vyckurs. \ Cares thought Nickoll
would have a fair following ; that \ \ hit-
more.of Douglas , would be put forward bj
Rosowatcr ; that Italian , of York county ,
could get quite a number of votes also ,
but that Newcomer , the It. & M. canill-
date , would bo the winner. A wag sug
gested that New-comer "had not been
down long enough. " With Ncwcomct
for speaker tlio B. & M. would have : i
soft .job on this committees , and then the
pooling of all tbu jobs headed by the
railroad job would make easy work ol
the whole scheme. If Beatrice
wishes an additional appropriation
for her feeble-minded she must "dance
up. " As u consequence the reform
school , the normal school , the Norfolk
asylum and all the other institutions will
ask for exorbitant sums with which to
add to llioir capacity. Al the request of
Iloldrege , Phillips & Co. , Oraiid Island ,
rrompiil. Blair and MeCook will bo
promised normal schools , additional pen
itentiaries , etc. , etc , , to take the eye and
vote of those looal members who may beam
am bit ions to do something for their own
locality. After the cliiuf aims arc at
tained the "bill to establish , etc. , " will
fail to pass and poor greeny goes back a
sadder and wiser man to explain to bis
constituents the whys and wherefores of
legislative life.
i'he railroad commission arc hard at
work these days calling on now members
and talking caucus to them ; preaching
the outrageous sin of accepting demo
cratic votes for anything ; how hard Van
\Vyck is striving'after them , and how
very wrong it would bo for any republi
can to accept , snoh votes ami all such
trash. When reading the BKK'S editorial
; i few days ngo on the subject of getting
lemocratio votes , 1 thought of Mr.
Paddock's endeavor to get demo
cratic votes when ho was elected ;
liow be stipulated with the democratic
lolegation Irom Otoc county that if they
ivould vote for him they should control
: he appointments of postmasters in Oloe
2ounty ! This pledge is still in existence
md was photographed and shown when
us time expired. Vet this is the foremost
Miulidate among stalwarts and ono who
s loudest in denouncing others for sim-
l ly inviting anv member to vote as ho
pleases no matter what his politics.
Jobb has a very weak following outside
) f Lancaster and may not have all of
hem , as Moore is undoubtedly pledged
o Mason nud Shonip to E. E. Brown ,
.vho . has several votes among western
ncmbcrs. Paddock will probably lead
.ho railroad gangs in the anti-Van Wyck
: anip , followed by Laird , Brown and
Jobb. Weaver disclaims any ctindidacv ,
mil says ho will not bo here durintr tlio
ight. But to the democratic aide of the
muse. The daily Democrat , which has
lad so many good words to say for Sen-
itorVan WycK , has suddenly turned tail
md , like the Omaha Herald , is throwing
mid with ad its power , and , very
tranguly , it is the same mud that was
lug up around "Arbor Lodge. "
I'o muko a long story short , the
loldregc-Piiillips-Geru crowd think
bat a democratic candidate Is noc-
issary as n reserve , and by promising to
n > to him finally , if they can defeat Van
rVyck in no other way , manage to keep
ho democratic vote "solid" for some
tool-pigeon and tbo gentleman who is
ibsont at the meeting of the Iroquois
ilub proclaiming that "monopoly nhull
mt rule" is vigorouoly sellinii up thu pins
0 bo the railroad candidate for United
Hates senator. Tlio Democrat is now en
raged in trying to make democratic leg-
alutors believe that thuy should go into a
mucus by themselves and liomimitu
ilorton or somn other democrat and fire
.way until thu deed is dune and vomo
nnnnpoly henchman is electod. How
ru the mighty fallen ? OISSMIIVKII.
TIIK SOUTH SKA ISLANDS.
inl' Old Kiiifj Tmvliaiiilui nnd Ills
Tlilrly Wives.
han Inmciseo Chronicle : A consulora-
ilu amount of trade is done yearly by
'o.ssols ' sailing from this port with the
iouth Sea Islands and the : Mimll islands
Toupcd in thu Pacific ocean to the
iQrtlmiird and southward of the cqua-
iif. On.oiiiu of thu larger of thrsiis -
uidd rupro.suiitativit.s of tiiis and othur
overnmonta uro btutioncd , and a con-
idorablu numbur of white people have
uttled for tin ) purpose of trading with
lie natives. At tin-so islands vessels are
ontinuully trading , and nnws of the do-
igs of the natives and white seniors are
fton published. On somu of tlio smaller
'lands further to the cast , however , a
liito man is scarcely seen ; in fact , a
lute mun is not permitted to reside on
mm , and the visits of vessels for trading
m-puscs uro fmv and far between ,
.nionur thesti uro tbu ( iilburl Islands , or ,
s limy am somntimets called , the Kingn-
liil group. Tbesu uru a ( diihtKrof coral
1 thu 1'aitilic ; , situuto on both cides of thu
rpiator , between longilmlu 1UJ and 171
ugs. cast , and tbo population of all is
bunt 80,000. A vessel is dispatched to
ii'so islands from this city n un avetrauu
bunt uvory nine months , y\s an indica-
on of llm o.Ntent mid nature of tlmtrado
ono with tbu natives of thusu littlu.
mnvn islands , It muy bu staled that the
ist vi > scl that cluurod for thu it-lands
om this port , on thu lith of last month ,
nrriud u cargo valued at upwards of
13,000 , Among the principal articles
xported went ono cast * of arms and am-
iiiiiitioc , tifty jsasks of beef , twonty-oiiH
ackugfsiof dry goods valued at. $ 'ilS8 ;
X ) . pound * of giant powder and 1-fGO feet
[ fuse , 1 000 pounds of brcud , 3,1'Jd '
pounds of tobacco , valued at $3,037 , fifty ,
six ca. c3 of gin , ami .1 largo quantity of
groceries , salt bcof and porK , and inlsrol *
lancoiu canned goods. A bark which
makes periodical trips down to these is
lands arrived hero n lew days ngo , Soon VT
after she dockeel at the Howard street
wharf shu was boarded by a Chronicle
reporter , who interviewed the captain to
obtain if possible some interesting Horns
In regard to the islands for the bonotltof
the public. In answer to the tninries of
tlm ropoiie.r Iho skipper ypun the follow
ing yarn *
"Yus , I Imvo been traveling down to
the talnmta for somu veins , and any Information
mation I can uh'o you in regard to them
I shall bo glad to furnish , Hero's a chart
of the I'aollii ; and hero are the Islands.
They uro composed wholly of coral.
There nro coral patches a few feet under
the surface of tlio water and fifteen or
twenty feet in clrcuniforoiirn scattered all
round thu Islands. Vet-sols never enter
the harbors early In thu morning , s y be
fore U ) u. m. or ufto.r ! l o'clock in the af- * > .
tornooii. Tlm reason of this is that the
SIIU'M rays throw such n glare ou the
Water that It is Impossible to sou the
Patches , aud navigation is dangerous ,
J'ho largest , of the islands are Tupontco-
nca , or Driimmoiid. and Tarawa , or
Cook island. Thu lirst named is thirty
miles long by about half a mile wide , anil
the second is twenty miles long , 'I ho
tivorairo length of the passage from huro
is thirty or thirty-live days , and vessels
doing from huro are usually away nine
or ton months. Occasionally vessels Visit
tlm islands from Australia ami New /M\- ;
land. Thi'M vessels tuko trading cargoes
to the .Snmoan and Navigator islands ,
thu Tonga group , and the Ellis Lcgiop
islands. Sometimes vessels taking a
cargo from hero to Samoa or Australia
get chartered on the return trip with a
load ol copra from thu islands. '
"There are several kings down there ,
but as a rule they do nots-eimi to bo much
respected. Ono of thorn , however , Tim-
baiioUa , rules over three islands Kmvu ,
Aronuka , mid Apamana. Tlmbatioka is
u very largo man ; ho must weigh nearly
i0i ! > pounds ; and ho is a regular elespot.
Ho has thirty wives , and has sovural
times had them all down on board my
vessel. They are almost till young , but
very boinuly. They have very long hair
and regular features. The chief treats
tin-in well , and ( iftun takes lliom In a lot
ou board a trading schooner aud buys for
them anything that , takes their fancy.
lln lives in a so-called "palace , " made of
cocoiinut. lre.es. tbatchud with palm leaves * !
and ho lias it furnished with chairs ,
lounges , crockery , pictures , cutlery ,
uruekurywuro , etc. , imported from ihis
city. Ho is very fond of champagne ,
and always has a iruod supply of that
and othur wines ou hand , ami quantities
of canned meats and Iruits. Ho buys
anything ho sees on the schooners that
lakes his fancy ; ho has : i number of gold
\yalchos and chains and lots of jewelry.
Sometimes ho would cnmo ou board
drc.s.M'd in u handsome silk gown , look ,
ing like a fat old lady ; at other times bu
had a full admiral's uniform , with sword ,
epaulets and cocked hat. Any vessels en"
U-riuir Ins harbor must taKe a pilot and
pay him the pilotage , ! ? " > , te > him. A pilot
is not needed and tlio practice is not in
vojjim on any oilier island. Timbanoka
bus charge of all the business on three
islands. The natives bring all of llioir
copra to him , and ho gives them
what hu thinks proper in exchange
from his storehouse , and then
he trades with tlio trading vessels. Ho
wilt not allow a whitu man to hvu on his
islands. White missionaries wont tlioro
ill thu Morning Slur and tried to convert
him and his subjects. Ho did not molest
them , but when tliuy wished him to dis
card twenty-nine of his wives and cleave
to ono he gel mad and drove Ilium away
and since then the white man as a rc.si- : t
dent lias been tabnod. He use-it to have
a white man as secretary , but ho too had /
p go , ami now a native Ill's that import
ant ollico. When I was down there two
yours ago Timbanoka chartered a
schooner and captured the Island of
Manooch ami burned the .storehouses of
the whitu iigonts and nivUVes. An Eng
lish man-of-war soon afvor visited Apa-
mana , sent a boat's crew ashore , and
made tlio chief hand overall bis arms and
iunmunitioii , which they sank in deep
water. They never found his schooner
Lliou h.
"Tho natives are copper-colored and
uro of medium HIV.C. The men and wo
men wear simply a girdle around the
middle made of coeoaniit loaves , called n
tarova. The king's wives alone wear
linen gowns. They are as cleanly us the
Japanese and take a bath at least oneo a
[ lay. They all , however , seem to bo
nlmctud witli insects in the hair , and one
of their chief amusements scorns to bo
to pick the insects of each other's beads
md oat them , just like monkovs. The
inon all smoke m pipes or us cigarettes a
i'ery strong tobacco called mggurhciui.
This they shave or sli.co with their thumb-
mil. ' .I hey have no pockets , but every
nail has a hole bored in tbo Inbrc of each
> ur. In ono hole he sticks the stem of
us pipe when not in use , in the other the
Iried tobacco for Ins cigarette wrappers.
Oaeh man has a small patch of land ,
ivhore ho grows cocoiinut mid
uro. Cocoauut , taro , and fish form their
vholo sustenance. The cocoanuts not
isod for food are split and dnd in the
nin. and then called copra. This is their
: old article of expert and trade. About
100 tons are Khiiipttd every year from the
hrco islands. The natives are not tat-
ooed. They are export fishers ami divers.
U night tbo Hashing canoes go out in a
onglino' In thu bow of ouch stands u
nan with a lighted torch formed of
tried loaves twistud round a bamboo pole ,
L'ho fish jump lo the light and are
cooped iip with hoop nets. Ahhipma.stor
ipproiiching tbu inlands at night always
. oops a good lookout for those lights as a
andmark. Thu natives also use a largo
inanlity of giant-powder lately in catch-
ng fish , and many havu boon maimed ami
filled in usingit. They havogood canoes
undo ot wood grown on the islands , and
own together by fibres thuy use no nails.
) m > Hide of Iho capoo is curved , the other
ido straight and furnished with oullrig-
; or.s to prevent capsizing. Tluiir war
liinou.s are vury largo , and limy oflon
uivo lights , ono trilin with another ,
s'curly eviiry man possesses a rillu , and
hey know bow lo n.so it. On Buratari-
ary island tbu natives are gelling qmtu
'ivili/.ed. ' Thuy are now building houses
if lumber. Tbo last vessul going tlioro
arried : tHl | , ( ) ) feet of lumbur and ' .Ti.ODO
hinglus. Thu women arrive at puberty
t mm ) or ten years of ago. It is no mi-
oiiiiiion thing to M'O ' u girl of ohwcii or
\\vlvo years of ngn with a iaiiuly. At
ivonty and twi-nt.v-llvo vi-uru of nito llm
/omen are old hag.s. Well , that in nil
liat I can thin ! ; of now In tell you about
hu islands and tlm native * . 1ml como
board on my return trom this trip and I
my have some more items for you. "
; KAV
'ho Omaha Typo rounilry uuil Sup
lily JloiiMi Tor j'rinlurx anil
I'llllllhlHM'M.
The Western Newspaper Union at
iiiiaha in prupurcd at all timed to outfit
ublibUinj on Kiwi notice with preoMW ,
, 'pn , niles , bordurs , inku , composition ,
ioks and rules , and in lad ovurytbinif
i tlm him of printer.ami publishers'
ipplies. Butter term * and morn liberal *
rices can bo socurcd than by sending lo /
hlcago or ulsinvbe.ro. Save money by * .
uying near homo. Hcoond hand good's
i the printing line bought and sold. Wo
I ten have great bargains in this purlieu-
ir , Send for TIIK PKINTKUS' AUXII.IAUV ,
ur monthly tradu journal , that gives
sts of goods and prices and from time
> time proclaims unequalled bargains HI-
uw ami .second hand muluriul , f
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