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Tuc newest thing day by day is a now
addition to the city of Omalia.
Mu. PAT OAIIVEY was nominated as a
representative of labor. lie was elected
as such nnd pledged as such. Having
cold out his constituents , ho must bu sat
isfied with the price received. But ho
cannot explain away his treachery.
Tnn battln has just begun. It will bo
carried on vigorously in spite of the
work of sell outs nnd traitors and the
lavish use of Unrlington money. The
legislature has placed itself on record on
the senatorial issno. It will now bo
called upon by nn aroused and indignant
people to record its votes on other issues
scarcely loss important.
Fen "palsied hog ho roasted" road
"Daisied hag" in our yesterday's cable
gram from London which quoted Gilbert
& Sullivan's new operetta. The refer
ence was to a witch burning and not to a
rural barbecue. When the intelligent
proof reader shakes hands with the
equally intelligent compositor , poetical
canons and ordinary common sense fre
quently fall together by the wayside.
CON GALLAOISR and Hugh Murphy put
tip the dirty job that lixcd Pat Gnrvoy.
and induced him to break his verbal and
written pledge to support Charles II.
Van \Vyck. Garvcy himself was the
mover of a resolution in the democratic
caucus to cast the united strength of
their men for Van Wyck. After signing
a paner to that ofl'oct ho was roused out
of bed by Murphy at half past two on
Tharsday morning. What took place
can readily bo imagined. It is more
than probable that Murphy & Gallagcr
will have a grading contract from the
railroads next summer.
A coiiUKSroxiJUST writes to know the
chances of a second lieutenant in the sig
nal corps for promotion to General
Hazen's shoes. There is absolutely no
chanco. Second lieutenants uro never
made brigadier generals at one bound
anymore than first sergeants are elevated
to the colonelcy of rcgimonU. Tlio sig
nal service is the only branch of thonnny
in which there is no promotion. It is
headed by a brigadier general and jumps
down the line to number of second lieu
tenants , who have no opportunity for
rising above that rank. If a successor is
appointed to fill the vacancy loft by Gen
eral Ha/.en's death it will probably bo n
colonel of the line or Captain Greeloy of
the Fifth cavalry.
Tni : Humphreys court marshal at
Washington barracks is a travesty on
military justice and a serious reflection
on the common sense of the division com
mander who permitted the case to como
to trial. Lieutenant Humphreys is being
tried upon the grave charge of permitting
bis children to skate on an ice pond
against the prohibition ot the post com
mander. Mr. Humphreys denies that he
gave his girls any such permission and a
court is to dcoido the momentous issue.
Nine ofllcers have been summoned to nit
in judgment , three from Fort Wayne and
the others from New York state , all of
whom p.ro allowed four cents a milo for
traveling expenses , besides their hotel
bills , ana U will all foot up a consider
able sum.
abuse which the democratic rail
rogue organO heaps upon honest demo
crattf who stood by their convictions and
the instructions of tholr constituents in
the Into senatorial contest will not ma
tcrlaliy assist the fortune of the tottering
concern whose whole record has been one
of treachery to its party und to tlio com
inunlty in which it has struggled along
on driblets of railroad patronage. It wil
gain nothing by applying the language
of the brothel and bar room to men who
had tlio courage of their honest
convictions , and who dared to
face thu malice of the disap *
pointed slanderer rather than the
rage of an aroused and indignant con-
filitutmcy. Decent citizens everywhere
will resent the vile billingsgate which
Dr. Miller's moral organ pours out upon
men whoso character and reputation can
not be successfully assailed from that
quarter. And a party which declined
through its representatives to play stool
pigeon to corporate monopoly in the lute
senatorial canvass will yet hold a reckon
ing with the paper which lampoons men
whom the democracy delighted to honor
because it knew thorn to be beyond and
above the influences which have for years
controlled and moulded the policy of
their assailant ,
That lloll of Honor.
'Iho hireling nnd bulldozer Who was
brought hero by Dr. Miller from Minne
apolis , where ho had played out himself
nnd worn out his party , has the impu
dence to admonish the friends ol Van
Wyck to keep their bands off while ho is
scalping nnd knifing the decent nnd
honest legislators who refused to prosti
tute themselves to the railroad gang. Ho
has hold up a dozen reprobates to the
g.r/e of the people as the roll of honor
and made the most Indecent and filthy
onslaught upon men whoso boots ho is
not worthy to black. Now , while wo
have no desire to mcddlo with democrats
nnd democratic factions , wo regard it as
our privilege as well as our duty to de
nounce guttersnipe journalism and brand
as Infamous the scoundrels nnd hypo
crites , who , under the mask of party ,
are plying the vocation of the cowardly
anil venal bravo. It is a credit to the
democratic parti' of Nebraska that only
ton out of thirty-seven democrats worn
so base or corrupt or cowardly as to fol
low the dictates of corporate dervishes
who were howling "party" while in fact
they were playing the stool piccon for
the republican rallrogucs. Perhaps two
or three out of the ten composing this
vaunted "roll of honor" were innocently
duped , but It is an open secret that the
others wore willing tools and bribe-tak
ing wretches who arc not fit to live. If
justice were done some of these m en ,
together with the republican conspira-
ators who sold out Van Wyck , would
never bo allowed to go back to Lincoln.
At any rate , these villains ought and will
bo politically strangled and their names
will forever remain a slouch ID tlio nos-
trih of decent men of all parties. No
apology on their part , no explanation or
ful.somo praise from thu railroad organ
grinders will ever sot them right again
with the people or resurrect them from
political graves.
Not A llcbel Claim.
Wo notice that several of our country
exchanges seem to bo somewhat agitated
over the rote of Congressman Dorsoy in
favor of the bill passed last month to
reimburse the Nashville & Chattanooga
railroad for property ( the McMlnnvillo &
Manchester railroad , now a part of the
Nashville & Chattanooga ) appropriated
by General Thomas during the war. The
bill Is denounced as a "robol claim , " and
as opening the gate to a Hood of legisla
tion of a like character. Nothing of the
kind. The bill as passed Is similar to one
of the sixmo kind relating to the same
road recommended by the unanimous
vote of the judiciary committee of the
Forty-eighth congress , of which
committee E. K. Valentino was
a member. The rails of the
road were taken by General Thomas un
der an act of congress whose object waste
to enable the authorities of tlio United
States to take railroads near the scene of
conflict but not in the enemy's country.
Under the same law the Baltimore &
Ohio and a score of other roads owned
and operated by loyal men were taken by
the military authorities and their owners
compensated after the war by the quar
termaster general. The claim of the
road in question was passed upon and
approved by General Thomas , and would
have probably been as promptly paid
had it not meantime been sold to the
Nashville & Chattanooga system , which
was then m debt to tlio government for
purchased property. Congress was ac
cordingly called upon to adjust the claim.
The bill was so eminently just and fair ,
and the facts of the ownership of the
road by loyal men , its operation at
tlio tune in a loj'.il country and its an-
nrounatiou under promise of compensa
tion , were all so clear that the committee
reports worn unanimous in its favor and
the bill received the support of such vet
eran opposcrs of war claims as Air.
Reed , of Maine , who made an extended
speech in its favor and assisted materially
in its passago. The bill has not a single
element of the "rebel claim" about it.
Its object was simply to secure a just
debt owed by the government , acknowl
edged by the war department , but so tied
up in the technicalities of red tape as to
require congressional action.
Tlio Heiiator-Iili-ct.
General Van Wyck'a speech in eon
gratulation of the success of Senator Pad'
dock's caucus was a graceful and generous
ous tribute to his late opponent and sen
atorial predecessor. It was free from the
bitterness of defeat. There were no
traces of the disappointment which must
have been keenly felt , no tinge of resent
incut at men and methods which had se
cured a result so unlocked for nnd unex
pected by the senator , and no disposition
manifested to cast a straw in the patli
which another and not ho was to tread
toward political honors of which ho had
been so unjustly deprived. Ho bespoke
for Senator Paddock the confidence nnd
support of his following in every cflbrt
for the advancement of the state nnd the
interests of the people and , predicted for
him n successful term and the couh
donco and regard of his constituency.
Let us assume that General Van Wyck
is a true prophet. The Bui : has no us
sault to make on Mr. Paddock's canvass ,
Ho made an open nnd square fight. Ho
was the accident of the treachery ol
others. Without being the candidate ot
the monopolies , ho occupied u position
whore their warfare on Van Wyck
strengthened the supporters of his own
candidacy.and finally drew a majority of
republicans over to his standard , Prom
inent in a weak field , ho reaped to a
great extent where others had sown
largely because ho had created fewer
antagonisms and had fought his battle on
lines of fairness nnd decency. Mr. Pad
dock will bo given every chance by tlio
people of this state to fulfill Genera
Van Wyck's predictions of the ability
which ho will display und the success
which awaits him , Ho is wel
known nnd is personally popular
Ho has had largo legislative experience
and the training and education of lon { ,
public life. His mistake in the past has
been an apparent disposition to drif
with thf ) current of party scntimcn
rather than to direct it into new am
more useful channels by the exercise of a
bold and airgrussivo personality. Usefu
in the committee room and in the work
of securing for Nebraska her share o
the attention of the treasury department
his chief failure lay in valuing uppropri
tions above economical reforms whiol
ho might have advanced , and at times n
listening more keenly for thu applause o
the politicians than for the favor of the
public.
Mr. Paddock has been nb
sent from the senate for six
years , circulating among his fu
uro constituency , watching early 'in
vestments grow into'a handsome compo-
cncy , nnd , unconsciously perhaps to
limsclf , feeling the political pulse of the
tate as It throbbed in sympathy with the
work of his successor on the Jloor of the
senate. During that time ho has seen
Nebraska double in population , and has
vltncssed a remarkable revulsion in son-
imenton questions which wcro once
discussed with bitter acrimony amonc
republicans. In a largo degree his sena-
orial career has been already carved out
for him. In a still larger degree It re
mains for him to shape and mould St for
liimself. Ho will bo successful in proportion
tion as ho sees clearly or dimly the needs
of the day , the will of the people and the
true interests of his party.
Amcrlcn'fl Shipping Interest ,
The national board of trade , in session
at Washington last week , rejected n reso-
ution favorable to the proposition to
encourage the shipping interest of the
country by a system of subsidies. The
lalional board is understood to bo the
representative body of boards of trade
and chambers of commerce throughout
ho country , nnd is presumably composed
of the most intelligent men from tlicso
organizations. If this view of the charac-
or of the national board is correct , its
expression of opinion on this subject ,
which must bo regarded as of very con
siderable importance , is significant. It
shows that a majority of the commercial
bodies of the country arc not in sympathy
with the subsidy plan for restoring the
shipping interest of the country. The
judgment of these practical business men ,
who do not view the mutter from the
oliticiaus' stapdpolut , is worthy of con
sideration.
No argument other than the bare state
ment of facts can bo needed to prove that
something should be done to Improve the
shipping interest of the United States.
In respect of tins interest wo arc far bflilnd
every other gre.at nation. England , Ger
many , Franco and Italy nro greatly in
advance of this country in the world's
carrying trado. Quito four-fifths of the
business of American manufacturers and
merchants with other lands Is done in
foreign vessels. Americans going abroad
are transported in steamers owned and
controlled by European companies. Not
less than two hundred millions of dollars
lars arc paid by Americans td * foreign
ship-owners. The American Hag is a
rare sight in most of the ports of the
world , even of those in this hemisphere.
These are humiliating facts. Necessarily ,
also , the existence of such a state of
things puts this country at some disad
vantage commercially. The shipping in
terests of other countries will naturally
discriminate in favor of the trade of those
countries , and thej' arc encouraged by
the governments to do this. All the
countries above named , and some others ,
have n policy of shin subsidies. Ger
many has within a year increased the
government bounty to her vessel owners ,
and very lavorablo results are looked for.
Spain is proposing n liberal policy in
this direction in a measure now before
the cortos. The experience of all these
countries with the system has justified its
adoption.
But public snnthncm in this country is
not favorable to such a policy , nor is it
likely to become so , at least until
all other means for restoring our shin-
ping interests shall have been tried and
found wanting. Among these the cheap
ening of materials protected by the tariff
is the first and most important to be
adopted. The tariff places the American
ship builder at a disadvantage. It costs
one-fourth or one-third more to construct
a ship of n given ulasin ) thjs country
than in England. There would bo no
safety for capital in such a competition
even with a subsidy , unless the latter
should be made FO large as to be prac
tically a guarantee against loss. Tlio
policy once entered upon it might bo
found necessary to increase the allow
ance from year to year to meet tlio ad
vances of other countries , which would
hardly permit us to surpass them in this
direction.
The proposition that fho United States
ought to have a merchant marine ou
traged in the world's carrying trade is
incontrovertible. The great and grow
ing commercial interests of the nation
require it. They would unquestionably
be greatly advanced by its possession. It
would enable them to roach markets
from which they are now nearly or
wholly excluded. It would give them an
independence they cannot otherwise
enjoy. It would keep in this country to
bo expended and invested hero for the
general good , the millions of money for
freights and fares that now goes into for
eign pockets. These nnd other sound
reasons support the proposition. But it
is certain that the country can never se
cure nnd maintain such n marine until
we can.build ships at least as cheaply as
they can bo constructed in other coun
tries , and without this ability any effort
on our part to compote in the subsidy
policy would bo very sure to fail. Whenever -
over the existing disadvantage shall bo
removed , there will DO no lack of Amer
ican enterprise and capital to build and
maintain a merchant marine commensu
rate to the demand.
English Opinion on tlio OlHpnto.
The proposed action of congress in
connection with the fisheries controversy ,
contemplating a retaliatory policy to
ward Canadian vessels , has awakened an
interest in the subject in England. The
press and public of that country are per
haps to bo excused for not having hitherto
orto given much consideration to this
subject , for the reason that very 1m
portnnt and urgent questions of supreme
homo interest have for a year past made
a constant and pressing demand on their
attention. Moreover , in recent years
England has shown little more than a
perfunctory concern regarding Cana
dian policy , it being doubtless thought
expedient to permit that people to man
age their affairs about as they willed ,
with the least possible suggestion or di
rcction , except when asked , from the
imperial government. Apparently Eng
lish statesmen have become afraid to interfere
terfero in the affairs of the Dominion , or
to oppose the will of its government ,
even when the policy it proposes threatens
ens the rupture of friendly interna
tional relations that might involve Eng
land in serious difficulty. Otherwise it
in very probable that the assent of her
majesty's government could not have
been secured to the recent law enlarging
the powers of the Dominion author
ities for seizing nnd punishing Amer
ican vessels which they may allege hail
Violated the law , It may fairly
bo doubted if LofU Salisbury , acting
without constraintj would have coun
selled the approval of this hostile statute ,
which ho must haVtxJlcoa would tit least
greatly aggravate , tllo situation. But a
icnso of the necessity of gratifying the
loyal sentiment of , tlio Dominion , which
demanded this aggressive law , out-
wcighcd'evcry ether consideration , and
this means of making stronger the policy
of injustice to the fishing interests of the
United States was approved. England
may yet have reason to regret the weak
ness of its present government in this
matter. |
Wo noted some days ago the avowal of
John Bright that tli& American claims in
connection with this issue arc reasonable ,
nnd his confession that they would bo
conceded by Canad.iworo she not backed
by England , and would not bo denied by
England did she not possess Canada.
The views of the London papers nro not
favorable to the hostllo policy of the Do
minion , nnd they call upon Lord Salis
bury to seek n modification of Canada's
nttitiulo , It is questionable whether ucli
appeals will be heeded. The Salisbury
government has not the courage to com
bat the dominant sentiment in the Do
minion. The Canadian government will
not recede from its position until com
pelled by circumstances to do so. The
proposed policy of congress is the one
by which tlioso circumstances will bo
most surely and speedily brought about.
ANOTIIKU attempt to make men stop
drinking liquor by law seems to have
utterly failed. There was never made
anywhere a more elaborate and desper
ate effort to establish and maintain pro
hibition than has been carried on for
nearly a year past at Atlanta , Georgia ,
and tlio effect has been regarded with the
greatest interest , llio prohibition paper
ot that city is authority for the statement
that the effort Is a failure. In a recent
issue it said : "As a prohibition paper wo
now feel it our duty to pronounce pro
hibition legislation a dead failure in At
lanta , " As n mallei of fact there has
been quite as much liquor drinking in
at city since this legislation as there
wa before , and with worse consequences ,
since if the evils resulting from drinking
were no greater , or even less , a largo part
of the community has been for months
violating the law by every device that in
genuity could under such circumstances
'
sugge.st. It is impossible to say how
many people in Atlanta have thus lost all
the respect they formerly had for law.
It may take a great many more such ex
periences to convince homo people of the
futility of prohibition legislation , es
pecially in populous towns.
'
Tnn essays thus "far received by the
LTnited States naval mstitute , to bo read
in the competition of ; 18S7 for a prize for
the best paper on "The Naval Brigade. "
and said to be not at all flattering either
to the wit or wisdom of their authors.
They arn described" , as high-llown and
sophomoric , with a great many classical
quotations and very little common sense
in thorn. Only one of uthom has an Eng
lish title , "Necessitjys the Mother of In
'
vention. " which isqu'lto as far from being
pertinent to the subject as the Latin and
French titles of the other essays. It is ev
ident that the j'ouug officers who wrote
these papers cither did not understand
that they were expected to treat the sub
ject given them seriously as a very prac
tical matter , or wilfully treated the duty
ruquircd of them with llippancy. In the
first case , those who .should have in
structed them as to what was desired
may be at fault , while in the latter case
it might be advisable to subject the smart
young gentlemen to a course of disci
pline that would be a warning to others
not to similarly gratify their idle fancies.
THE DRUG BUSINESS IN KANSAS.
Jlowtlio Hoys Who Wnnt I > ! iiioi' ( Con
trive to Ot it.
Chicago Herald : "Von know how wo
get beer and fluff down in Kansas , don't
vouv" inquired nn actor. ' "No ? Well ,
I'll ' tell you We have to fill out a blank
application for what we want , specifying
the disease or ailment for which the
'medicine' is wanted , and fife it xyith the
druggist. Ho keeps these applications
"
and" makes a record'of them , and at
.stated 11me- , has lo submit a report of all
sales to the probatn judge. . Well , when
J iir.st went ihto the state 1 wasn't up to
snuff , ami one Saturday night , wanting
to get some beer nnd stuff for myself anil
some friends for over Sunday , filled out a
ticket on which I gave my name and
these items :
" 'One quart of whisky for dyspepsia.
Ono dozen bottles of beer for samo. '
" 'That will never do in the world,1
said the druggist ; 'you're ' a tenderfoot , I
guess. Wall a minute till I fill you out
home tieKH i , nnd then you sign 'em. '
"I agreed , and hero are the tickets I
had to sign :
John Smith , 14 pint whisky , dyspepsia.
Jolm Smith , I iiimrt beer , indigestion ,
John Smith , \i pint whisky , bialn trouble.
John .Smith , 1 quart bcur , malaria.
John Smith , 1 iiunit Liotir. consumption.
John Smith , % pint whisky , anopluxy.
John Smith , 1 quart Inter , cuneer.
John Smith , 1 miait beer , heait disease.
John Smith , 1 ) > t whisky , delirium tiemuns.
John Smith , 1 rmait beer , son ; throat.
John Smith , 1 quail beer , paralysis.
John Smith , 1 iiunit beer , liver complaint.
John Smith , 1 qiini t boor , pam.s in bnulc.
John Smith , 1 quart beer , chilblains.
John Smith , 1 miait bi'er , hives.
John Smith , 1 mmrtbcer , Insanity ,
" 'There'sahV the druggist , as ho put
my hottlo into a basket and gave mo
cliango out of a $10 bill , 'If I suoceed in
curing you of nil those troubles I want
you to write mo n letter of commendation
to bn printed in the Iti37 almanac.my
brewers and distillers are getting out. ' "
A Hqunro Ionl ,
Chicago Herald : WJii'ii Jolm V. Far-
wnll and a prominent/oumlr.yniaii ! of this
city met to square accounts ior tint iron
in the drygoods murcliiiut's big building
on Monroe struct a dispute arose as to
thu contract price of thu iron. The foun-
dryniau held that tlio price agreed upon
was 1 ! } cents per pound , while the merchant
claimed that the contract was made on
the basis of tty cents per pound , Thu dif
ference was about * lSOr)0 , ) , The foundry-
man , despairing of coyyincing the mer
chant of his error , suggested that the dis
pute and all memoranda bearing on the
question bo submittedHo a third party for
linal decision.
"But , " said Fanvcll , "I'm afraid that
the man yon would ntuuo would bo dis
tasteful to mo. "
"I think not , " replied the foundryman ;
"ho is a man whom you know very well. "
"Who is hoy"
" . "
"Charley Farwcll.
John V. looked uji in surprise , Tlio
proposition to submit to a member of his
own house a itlsimtu involving $18,000
which , if decided against him , would
prove equally disastrous to the rofort'o ,
was so bold and fair tnat the old merchant
could do nothing else but accept it. Thu
foundryman presented his memoranda
to Charley , who , after a searching inves
tigation , decided against his brother , his
linn and himself. Ever binco that time
Charley has been a good deal of an
enigma to Jolm V.
IT WAS NOT A REBEL CLAIM ,
An Exploded Roorback Being Worked Over
in Nebraska's ' Country
ONLY A JUST COMPENSATION.
History of tlio Nashville & Chatt.i-
noogn Itnilronil AVnr Claim nnd
Congressional Action on It
Huntlio Story Slartcil.
A Cnmtldnto'H Cnnnril.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 21 , [ Correspond-
cnco of tlio Hr.i : . ] I sen that discussion
of the Nnslivlllo & Chnttnnooga war
claim bill tins readied Nebraska and thnt
the exploded roorback that the measure
was n "rebel claim" Is bolnp kneaded
over in your country press. Tins Is refreshing -
freshing , It Cannes great nimiscmcnt in
congressional circles , whcro the origin of
the story is well known nnd its cnuso ap
preciated. The canard wns started by n
candidate for the Illinois scnatorsliip ,
who voted against the bill and who
wished to bring two of his rivals into bud
ruputo for thulr votes cast In favor of this
just claim of loyal men for property taken
by the government after the scat of war
had been transferred from the rccion
through which the railroad ran. Perhaps
n detailed history of the matter may prove
interesting.
The claim of the McMinnvillo & Man
chester railroad is in no scnso : i rebel
claim. The road was owned by loyal
men. Most of the stock of the company
was hold by citizens of Now York , and all
its oflicurs , with the possible exception of
one director , were loyal to the union.
After the war , while the republican party
controlled the state of Tennessee , its
president was elected by that party to
various olllccs , including thnt of juijgo.
.and also to the congress of the United
States. The claim is for iron rails , etc. ,
taken from the railroad by the United
States authorities in 181)1 ) , and the follow
ing are the established facts :
The Nashville Jhattanoog.i ( railroad
runs from Nashville to Chattanooga , a
distance of 151 miles. About sixty miles
south of Nashville on said road , at Tulla-
hoin.t , Tcnn. , the McMinnvillo & Man
chester railroad starts , nnd runs about
thirty-two miles to McMinnviile , Teun.
The government used the Nashville &
Chattanooga railroad during the war as a
inilitarj- road for the transportation of
its supplies to tlio army , and in 18C4 took
possession of the McAlinnville & Man
chester road and removed therefrom the
rails , spikes and switches for twenty and
one-half miles , and put them upon the
Nashville & Chattanooga road.
Alter the close ol the war , the govern
ment , niton restoring the Nashville &
Chattanooga road to its owners , charged
them with repairs made thereon , includ
ing in the estimate these rails , spikes and
switches taken from the McMinnvillo &
Manchester road. In the .settlement of
this account , the Nashville & Chatta
nooga railroad company executed to the
United States its bonds lor the sum of
$1,000,000 at ! per cent interest , one-half
of the principal payable in ten years anil
the other half in twenty years. The lirst
installment was paid in 1831 , the other is
not duo until 1S01.
The government took possession of the
McMinnviile A : Manchester railroad in
1M5I , under the act of congress of January
at , ISO , ! , which authori/.ed the president
to lake possession of any railroad and
place it under military control for the
usu of the army. This act was to enable
the government to take possession of
railroads when necessary , in the border
states , and not at tlio immediate scat of
war , and which wcro not liable otherwise
to scuurp.
The third section of that act authorized
the appointment of three conitnisiioncrs
by the president "to assess and deter
mine the damnjros siiH'ercd , or the com
pensation to which any railroad com
pany may bo entitled by reason of the
railroad being .seized and used under the
authority conferred by this act and their
account shall bo submitted to congress
for their action. "
No commissioners were appointed by
thu president under this act , but General
Thomas , upon restoring the McMinnviile
k Manchester railroad to the company in
ISOj , directed his engineer to make an es
timate of the damages , wnich was done.
This estimate gives the damages for the
iron rails , chairs , spikes and switches as
amounting to $ -'lli.SSO.
After the rails , etc. , had been removed
from the McMinnvillo & Manchester
railroad the srovernment sold the com
pany iron with which to partially relay
the track , and also rolling stock. On this
account the United States on May 21 ,
18SI , recovered in the United States
circuit court for the middle district of
'lenne see , n judgment for the sum of
$97.7ia.8G , which is Mill unsatisliud , but
is to be credited on this claim if allowed.
In 130 ! ) the McMinnviile & Manchester
railroad company sued the Nashville &
Chattanooga railroad company in ono of
the Tennessee courts , claiming , among
other things , payment for this very iron
taken from its road and placed on that of
the Nashville & Chattanooga company.
The casu went to thoi stnlosupromu court ,
and before a hearing was had there ,
was nettled , Iho McMinnvillo and Man
chester railroad company , by a formal
instrument in writing. traiiFfnrring und
assigning to tlio Nashville & Chattanooga
railroad company all its claims against
the United States for the said iron taken
from its road. This was done in 1873.
The bill provides that the balance of the
claim , after deducting the judgment
against thu MeMinnvillo & Manchester
railroad company , shall bo credited on
the bonds executed by the Nashville &
Chattanooga railroad company to Iho
United States.
The Nashville & Chattanooga railroad
company ( its name having been uhunged
to the Nashville , Chattanooga iV St , Louis
railway ) In 1877 purchased the McMinn
villo & Manchester railroad and fran
chises , and is now the owner of said
property.
A bill similar to this ono was before
the Forty-eighth Congress , and was re
ferred to the judiciary coinmillco for con-
hidoratio" . 'J hat committee consisted of
the following named gentlemen , viz-
, ) . Handoiph Tucker of Virginia , N. J.
Hammond of Ucorgin , U. 15. Culben > on of
Texas , S. U' . Moulton of Illinois. J O.
Uroadhead of Missouri. William
Dorsliolnit'r of Now i'ork , 1 * . A. Collins
of Massachusetts , ( } . K , Senoy of Ohio ,
\V. C. Maybury of Michigan. ! ; . H. Tay
lor of Ohio , M. A. McCold of Iowa ,
Thomas M Browne of Indiana , L , P.
Poland of Vermont , Horatio Uisbeo of
Florida , A. H. Parker of New York , K. K
Valentine of Nebraska.
That committee , after careful eonsid-
cration , made to the house the following
unanimous report :
"This claim Is not wlint Is usually called n
? outiiern war claim , but arises out ot tliu fol
lowing lacts :
"Duiliiu the war the Iron upon 2.j-j } mlles
of Hie railroad belonging to ( lie Me.Miiinvllle
< fc Manchester railroad company , In Tennes
see , was taken up unilor an order of Oencial
( ieor o 11. Thomas , and was used In ropali-
Ini ; the trarks of the Xnshvillo tV ; ( 'lmtta-
iio'orii railroad. This se zure anil appropria
tion of the iron wcro not acts of war or Iho
apiuoprlatlon of lubel property , but tlio
boUurt ) was madu ami tlm iron appropriated
by tht ) government under tlio act of cotigitss
approviMJiinuaryJll , lN-,2
' 'After the wiirclo- the McMinnvillo &
Mai'ctii'-stur rallioad Company made u claim
mralust the Bovunimcnt for tlio value of the
Iron leindvcil und tor the valuu of tim prop-
ertlesdustioyi'd in ronseeiui'iiw * tlio rq
moval ot thn lion. This implication was ro-
fcrrtd by tlio quartwiiuster general to ilajor
Stephens , Roncral superintendent military
railroads and by him was referred to 11.
Jlititud , engineer of repairs , to report at once
the value 'of the Iron nnd other property
taken under the order. This ofilcor made an
estimate of the value ot the property and re
turned It to the quartermaster ROiiernl , who
declined to pay the nmoiiut solely upon tlio
ground that under tlio net of Jnnuary 31 ,
1N5J , the Value of the property should bo as
sessed by a board of ofllccrs appointed by the
president. No such board was ever np-
pointed by the president , anil other claims
of similar character were adjusted nnd set
tled by the nuarli'riiiastor ' conoral. This
will appear from letter * addressed to Hon.
(3. 0. Hlhrell , ot Tennessee , which nro ap
pended to this report and asked to bo wade a
part ol It.
"It appears to jour committee thnt the
Nashville v ( hattanooen lallroad company
has purchased the Me.Miiinvlllo & Manches
ter road , nnd that the said company Is largely
Indebted to the government of the Untied
States for r All road properties , Including the
Iron taken from the McMinnvillo A Man
chester road , purchased after the wnr. It
also appears that the McMinnvillo A Man
chester rnllroad company Is Indebted to the
United States for similar property pmchnsed
hy it after the wnr. The bill provides that
the qunitrrmnstcr general shall ascertain the
value of the Iron taken nnd used by the ROV-
crnmmit , ns above staled , and shall deduct
therefrom Iho amount duo the government
from said company , nnd shnll pay the re
mainder lo the company In the bonds of the
Nashville A Chattanooga company , which
the government holds for the payment of the
Indebtedness due from said company.
"There can bo no objection to this motto of
settlement , ns the Government owns these
bonds , and the McMinnvillo & Manchester
company Is willing to receive them. "
For want of time the bill was not acted
on by the hotiso.
In the present congress ( the Fortj-
ninth ) another bill was introduced , more
rigidly guatding the government's inter
ests. This bill was referred to the com-
mitten on war claims. This committee
re-examined the matter thoroughly , nnd
threw out nil claims uxcept for iron ,
chairs , spikes and switches actually taken
up from the road bed of the McMinnvillo
> & Manchester railway , and put down
upon the road bed of the Nashville &
Chattanooga , and made to the house the
following report :
The committee on war claim ! ! , to whom was
referred bill 11. K. Mfl , havini ; considered
the same , beg leave to submit the following
report :
The whole mntlor was brought before the
hmiso In the Forty-eighth congress. The bill
(11. ( IL 2J7) ) was referred to thu judiciary
committee , nnd was carefully con.slduicd ,
The committee , on February 18 , 1885 , sub
mitted a lavorablo report upou the same lo
thii house , said report being No. 2013.
The committee , having carefully consid
ered the bill nnd nil the records In the c.isn
furnished by the secretary of war. have nr-
rived nt the same conclusion reached by the
Judiciary committee , ns staled In said report.
The committee , however , have dhoctcd that n
new bill be. presented which morn clearly
embodies the principles upon which they
think the settlement should bo made with
said railroad company. This bill Is Herewith
presented ns a substitute for billll , It. t ll ,
nnd the committed recommend its passago.
The debt due the United States from the
McMlunvllIu & Manchester railroad com
pany Is now In Judgment In the circuit coutt
of the United States nt Nashville , Tenn.
For further report the committee beg leave
to copy literally nnd submit ns their own the
report miidii ns nfoiosald by thn judiciary
committee ol the bouse In the Forty-eighth
congress.
This last was a bill which passed the
house , and is just nnd proper , unless it is
improper to pay nny claim , originating
south of tlio Ohio river , during the years
of the war.
Mr. Heed , of Maine , in the course of
the argument on the bill , made a very
clear and lucid statement of thu motives
which should guide members of congress
in their action on tlio lloor. It is as bud
to refuse to vote for n just claim , as it is
to vote for an unjust one.
NEW REPEATING RIFLE.
Tlio Wonderful Invention or an Aus
trian mechanic.
Vienna Letter : Ilurr Joseph Sqhulhof ,
the inventor of a new repeating rille
which was tried recently at Knlield ,
leaves for England to-night for some final
experiments with his rillo , which ho be
lieves may bo adopted by the British
government. The rillo was introduced
to the notice of Mr.V. . H. Smith and
Lord Randolph Churchill while they
were in Vienna , nnd llerr Schulhof was
subsequently invited to go to England.
The experiments at Knlield wcro judged
to be most satisfactory , but some modifi
cations were suggested in the calibre of
the cartridge , anil these have now been
alluded. 1 saw the rille tried this morn
ing , and to an unprofessional eye it cer
tainly looks as if it could not bo excelled
for simplicity nnd eU'ectivoncss. With
out describing its mechanism , it may bo
said that It combines the two requisites
essential for such weapons , for it can
bo used as an ordinary rifle as well
ns a repeater. The receptacle for the
repeating action holds ten cartridges ,
which can bo poured in with ono turn of
thu hand from a cardboard casn. The
loading of thu repeater can bo done in
four movements the fourth being the
turn of a lover which stops the repeating
action. The loading for single-shot linni'
can bo done in thre.o movements , and
the action for reloading throws out the
empty cartridge case , single shots are
fired by a tritrgor , while tlio rcpontinir
action is worked by a knob handle. All
thu mechanism of thu brunch can betaken
taken to pieces without thu use of a
sorow driver. The cartridges which are
shaped like small claret bottles , are of 7i
millimeters diameter , instead of 11 milli
meters , as in the Martini-Henry. The
weight of ISOof.thcm equals seventy of the
Martini Hunry cartridges , which is the
charge usually carried y a soldier. The
rillu is to cost liOf. which is about IGs less
than the Martini-Henry. The use of the
cardboard cartridge boxes is to bo
noticed , for in thu Munnlichor sy.stom
metal boxes nro u.sed , and if those gut
bent or dunlcd as they are liable to do ,
thu cartridges may stick in them at thu
moment of loading. This Is impossible
with thu Sehulhof boxes , which are
opened by simply tearing off a pi coo of
paper. Moreover , thu Muimliohor boxus
only hold livu cartridges instead of ton.
' cured thousands
Hood's Sarsaparilla has
ands of oases of rheumatism. Tins is
abundant reason for belief that it will
cure you.- Try it.
The Chronicle , of Charlottesville , Vn. .
says that ten students from Harvard and
tun from the University of Virginia , pre
sented themselves for examination for
thn medical stall'of thu United Status
navy , and nine of the ten Harvard men
failed , while nlnu of the other ten passed'
MOST PERFECT MADE
Prfjmrt'lirlth Strict regard to Purity , fitrongtti.oni
JkHUtulntsi ) . Dr. J'iUo's llaklnPowderuiiittlas
Bo.AciuoLliil4imo.Alumor } > hoiph&t 6. Ur.J'flco'ti
jjt.tf fltttfi VftnlUpi l > iAOQ , etc.I / uvof dclicioUBljr ,
/ssey BJxtr/7 powers co cuwajvei Srimt.
ffi P1y g'3 fl''S > y ? ir g Bi3'
PARK.
Containing ono hundred nnd
fourteen ncrcs o beautiful land
( with trees ) nnd school house al
ready creeled nnd in use , lies
southeast o Armour Pnrk , is
ncnr the 13. & SI.'a Ashland cut
off ,
SOUTH OMAHA DEPOT ,
In Section 5 , Douglas county ,
one milo by chain measure west
oC Fowler's Packing House , on
two section line roads.
This Tract
Will plat ono hundred nnd four
teen lots which will readily soil
at $100 each.
PROJECTED
flip
LINE
To run within two blocks. B. &
M. Depot nnd Lumber Yards
within one-fourth mile.
This tract will bo ofl'ered fern
n few days at ? 1,000 , per aero.
Can be made out of this addition
when platted. Any one desirous
of purchasing addition property
will lind this n great bargain.
Land and map shown on ap
plication.
Situated within 4 blocks of
the Lip'on & Fowler packing
houses , nnd within 3 blocks oil
the now 13 , & M. depot.
All the lots nro very fun.
On Easy Terms
Which will bo worth double
within n year , making
several hiindn'd per cent profit
on the cabli invested" .
AND
Dili
Rooinflllcik's
1509 Farnam St ,
