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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JAjSTUAKY 2G < 1887 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. T > mir ( Mornl.iff Edition ) Including Similar n c , Onn Vc&r.t . . . $10 01 For Six Moptln _ . . , . . , . . . . . . r > 00 For Three Months . , . , . . . BW Tlio Utnnhn 8nn.1ay llEE , mailed to nny iiddre- ? , Ono Year. . . . 300 Orrirr , No. fill A n Pit FAHVAM RrnrET. VnitK firrtrx. Hoit fil , TRinrNB litin.tiiNO. WASUI.NCIIOM orriCE , No. W3 FOUHTEEXTH STREET. All communication * relMIn ? to now * nmlctll- torlnl matter should bo ad'lrossou to the Km- TDK vf THE HER. ' . . All bu'lnoifl lottery nnHretnUtnncpsflioiild bn rtilro od to Tun HER ruiusuiMi COHI-ANV , OMAHA. Drtifta , otieckfl nnd pn lofllc i orders to bo mailo payable to the onltr of the company , THE BEE PlifiLISHIsTiipJiSr , PHOPBIEIOHS , E. KOSEVVATEll , EDITOR. THE UEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btntc of .Nebraska , I _ County of I > otislas.JB > ( Jeo. It. Tzselmck , Reerotary of The Heo Publishing company , does solemnly nwear tliat the nctunl circulation of tlio Dally Heeler lor the week ending Jan. lst , 1SS7 , was as follows : Saturday. Jan. 13. . . . . . . . IIUHX ) Htindav. Jan. 10 . lii.o.'iO ' /Monday , . I an. 17 . 14,420 Tuesday. Jan. 18 . . . . 11,400 Wednesday , .Jan. 10 . 14.107 Thursday , Jon. 20 . 1-1,050 Friday , Jan. 21 . 11.030 Arcrairo . ROW . . lino. 1J. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd swoin to In my ptosenco fJU day of January A. 1) . , I b7. N 1 * FRIT ISEAIil Notary Vubllc , (5co. H. T/.schuck , bclnc first duly sworn , deposes and says that hu is secretary of the lira Publishing company , that , the actual nv- eraeo dally circulation of the Dallv Heo for the month of January , 18SC , was 10,378 copies , for February ' , lt0 , 10,695 copies ; for March , IR-fl , 11 ,637' copies ; for April. 188ft , 1B,1U1 cojiies : lorMny. I8h0 , la.i'X ) copies ; forJunu , 1K < 5 , 12,293 copies : for July , 18N * > , 12lHcoples ! ; for Auiriist , 1880 , 12-XVl copies : for September. l&SO , l.ox ! ! : ) copies ; for October , IBt-fi , 12US'J copies : for November , 18SI1 , IHIHS copies ; for December , IfcSO , 18,237 conies. Qico. II. T/scmicK. bworn to and subscribed bcfore'mo this 1st day of Janiiiiry A . 1) . 1&S7. (8KAL.I ( N. I . FKIU Notary I'tiblle Tin : demand lor nig iron is now in ex cess of the supply and prices have been marked up lo a point at which it is possi ble to import foreign iron and pay duty on it. Another beauty of a high "protec tive larilVisagain exemplified. TniJ.roptilso of Iho people will bo fol lowed by a rally againsl the corporations which will make the venal gang of mon opoly henchmen imagine that the lalo "sovcnty-two-hour" battle was a mere skirmish ot the outposts. The sell-outs and frauds who betrayed their trusts will bo so effectually pilloried on the gibbet of indignant public resentment that they will wish ( hey had never been born. CAUIOUN , of the Slate Democrat , takes up the scalpel in opposilion lo tlio JkruliVs scalping knife and handles the instrument in his work of dissecting true from false democracy with a grace and delicacy which is in marked contrast to the bunding word butchery of the Omaha warhooper. The editor of Iho ' the of hav- flrjimocror' Possesses advantage - - * lived for longyoar.s in Nebraska , of knowing its politics and of having greatly assisted in shaping the course of the events which ho has recorded. FRANK Idscocic , who will succeed Warner Miller as senator from New York , is a sound and able-bodied representa tive of the Empire- state , who will add to the reputation of his state and strength to its interests in the councils of the upper house. lie has a commanding presence , genial manners and a long head. As con gressman Mr. Iliscock has shown a remarkable capacity for hard work and made a positive and excellent record on the vital issues of the day. Stranger things might happen thpn the nomina tion of Frank Iliscock by the next national republican convention. AM. attempts to whitewash Whitmore will fail in this community. Ho is too dead to skin. Securing both his nomina tion and election as an avowed staunch supporter of General Van Wyck , lie was already under the strongest of pledges to John M. Thnrston. No ono knows better than Whitmoro that bad this fact been known ho would have been buried at the polls by the fituuu votes of honest workingmen - ingmen which sent him to Lincoln to work heart anil soul for Van Wyck. Ku- logics of Whitmoro'a straight republican ism will not gloss over his shameful treachery to his constituency nnd his Imso betrayal of the trust confided to his \ \ charge. THE movement to secure a reduction in the fees for recording instruments in the olllces of our county clerks haa taken form in a senate bill introduced early in the suasion. Senate bill No. K5 proposes to reduce the charge for recording from Buvotity-livo cents for the first two hun dred words tolifty cents. This is a step in the right direction. The charges for re cording instrument ) in Nebraska are higher than is necessary. For the same papers for which the county charges the Iiublio from a dollar and fifteen cents to I.wo dollars to record it Days its clerks jfrom twenty-live to lifty cents for tran scribing. Allowing the most liberal osti- Jinnies for other expenses in ihq county clerks' ofllcos , the margin of profits is too Jlargo. The fees could bo safely reduced with material benefit to the public and no injury to the interests of the county. SOME of the more reasonable among te the Canadian papers do not like thu pros pect of non-intorcourso with the United States , which they candidly admit would be disastrous to thn national welfare of th the Dominion. The Toronto Wo&c says ; cl ( "Non-intercourse has almost invariably Dl , been the prelude to war , Non-intor Ktr tra course never inllictod in any country such serious , widespread injury as abso lute non-intercourse with the United 4 Stains by land and water would inflict in Rf , Canada. " The llumUlon Spectator remarks 1M to marks : "A cessation of commercial Rll intercourse between Canada nnd the United States would bo disastrous to Eomu interests. It would bo a matter for Ju very grave regret , " The Montreal tlV JleruM observed : "Tho Canadian gov { ho " ' ernment is not blameless in this matter. They have brought on the difficulty 1 which might have been averted. They hln have brought about the strained relations sp , with the United States , and the onlycom- bu'I fort thooo who are mudo to sufl'or by it 'I are to receive is the assurance from gov wij ernment organs that it is better lor them thi > 'hoy only know it. " It will bo nnfortn- .Vto for tlio Canadian people that sent- ! nents of this sort have not- been more among them. Ilotrnycd by tholr Servants , II. before tlio first ballot was taken last Tuesday , the republican supporters of Van Wyck to the number of lliirly-thrco had signed a mutual pledge to stand by him in or out of caucus as the majority would decide. Had this pledge been faithfully kept Van Wyck never could have been beaten. Among its signers wore Vt hitmoro , Hussull , Crane , and several others whu cither deserted al most at the firing of the first gun , or played fast and loose between the lines of the contending forces , and gave active aid and comfort to the enemy. The po litical history of this state presents no parallel of dastardly disloyalty to the people and to : i leader who had the pee ple's confidence. Had Van Wyck's pre tended supporters boon sincere and earn est in his behalf , they could have elected him on the llrst day's balloting when a majority cast for him in each house sep arately would have boon decisive. All they would have had to do was to force the balloting and refuse to adjourn until the necessary majority was secured. Hut they treacherously declined to stand and voted an adjournment after a single ballot , which on that day is always re garded us merely complimentary. No sooner had this compliment been paid than some of the cowardly renegades be gan to talk ol a second choice , and actu ally declared that they had discharged their obligations to thu people and Van Wyck. In tlio seven senatorial contests which Nebraska has witnessed no such defection was over attempted at that stage. Six years ago when I'addock came nit for re-election his men stood firmly by him a whole week outof caucus , and even full with him in a body after it was settled that Van Wyck would bo elected. And yet I'addock had no popular support behind him , and his forces wore only held together by per sonal friendship and federal patronage. Four years ago Alvin Saunders came down for re-election with scarcely n shadow of hope. Out of the whole Doug las delegation of ton ho hail only two sup porters , and from the entire state only eighteen votes , and yet this little band , in the face of a forlorn hope , stood there for more than twenty days without flinching , casting ballot after ballot , and never yielded to despair. Van Wyck , with a popular endorseme.ncsuch.is no man ever luul , a republican following nearly three limes as large as that of any other candi date , and a reserve of twenty-live to thirty democrats elected and pledged to support the popular choice , found himself face to face witli poltroons , mutineers and traitors on the first day. This band of conspirators , in con stant and close communication with the enemy , helped to work up its caucus scheme and finally went so far as to bind themselves to change their votes in open session whenever Van Wyck should re ceive votes enough to elect. This com pact was kept a profound secret from Van Wyok and his staunch friends , and only became known to me a few minutes before noon on Thursday , when Van Wyck's election had bccomo an assured fact unless a serious break should occur in our lines. Just as the joint session was about to convene 1 stopped up to Whitmoro and asked him whether it was true that ho had "agreed to change his vole from Van Wyck to somebody else on the coming ballot in case Van Wyok received the necessary vote to elect him. lie gave an evasive answer. "For God's sake , " said I , "don't do this thing. You will ruin yourself and dis grace our county , llomcmber that I vouched for you when you were endorsed by the workingmen. " " " said "I don't "Well , Wlutmorc , know what 1 will do. " Hy the side of Whitmoro at that mo ment , and through the entire session , sat Church Howe's capper and Thurston's man Friday , W. F. Gurloy , and close by him stood Tom Krnncr , who , having played himself out in the preceding leg islature by his duplicity , sought to drag down to his own degraded level tlio man ho was jealous of during the last session. Hut the occasion for Whitmoro's treasonable Hop did not ariso. Several of the democrats who were elected on pledges to support Van Wyck , and had promised to como to him on this ballot , failed to respond. What influence held them can readily bo guessed. 1 need only to cite what influenced ono of that "roll of honor" whom the democratic rail- rogue organ has exalted. Ho is a mem ber from Saunders county , by the name of Simanok. This young Bohemian is at heart Honest and WAS very anxious to live up to his pledge. But during all the balloting Fisher , his brother-in-law , a former member of the legislature , stood guard over him and kept him in the railroad drag-net. Fisher was placed there by the Hurlington rail road managers , who promised to give him valuable privileges in a grain eleva tor which ho is about to erect at ono of their now stations. Poor Simanok , I know , felt wretched and distracted at the disgrace which his own countrymen will fool over his disloyally to Van Wyok. The same blighting influence that hold its corrupting sway over Si manok controlled the actions of nearly every other member of the railroguo roll of honor. Ilaydon and Frantz , of Saline , were notoriously controlled by'lobe Castor , the It. & M , right-of-way man nnd political procurer. Others north of the it. & M. line wuro charmed by Union Pacific snakes in the grass. But after nil , tlio blame should not rest so much on weakling and venal demo crats. When Van Wyck polled sixty votes on Thursday eight republicans , who had voted for him Tuesday deliberately withhold their support. These were Sen ators Fuller and liobbins and Represent atives Uulrd , Crane , Fuller ot Gage , Marshall , Slater and Newton. Had these men been unflinching in their fidelity to Van Wyck , ho would have been elected with ono vote to spare. Why did they desert when victory was in sight ? The only plea they made was that they fearcil Van Wyck's election by demo cratic votes would jeopardize republican supremacy in the future. And yet some of these double-dealers were willing to elect Thurston by democratic votes if ho didn't got enough republican votes. They boasted openly that six or seven derno- cruts were ready to vote for Thurston if lie earned the caucus of sixty-three or sixty-livo republicans. Their knavery and hypocrisy are inoro transparent in the light of their conduct in the caucus and its outcome. They first organized themselves into n little band and , threatened to go over bodily into the rnilfbncl caucus of which Deueese and Captain I'hHllps were chief manipulators. On Wednesday nigtit , al ready , Whilmoro , Russell , Slater , the two Fullers nnd Uobbins went over to the enemy secretly and then came back into the Van Wyck camp to create a stam pede. They succeeded only in part by weakening the spinal-columns of several good Van Wyck men. Failing in this effort they came back Thursday night into the Van Wyck caucus and there im posed upon the rank and file of Van Wyck's followers by pledging that in the canons they would stand firmly by Van Wyck until ho was nominated. Had they kept faith , there is no doubt what ever that Van Wyck would have been tri umphant. Ho only lacked four votes of a majority , and more than that num ber wore pledged confidentially to como over after a few ballots. The traitorous crew cast ono ballot for Van Wyck and then began to break , and never again ral lied in full force. The only thing that kept them from stampeding in a body after the llrst ballot was the fail ure of repealed attempts to take a secret , ballot. Whitmoro , who was lo carry oft"a. block of Van Wyck's follow ers , was most persistent in thU eflbrt showing that the plot lo make Thurston the nominee had been cunningly laid months ago. Tlmraton himself felt so confident that ho bluntly declined to keep his name out of the caucus , and the most remarkable fact is that his chief support came from Lancaster county and the supporters of Cobb and Laird. Foiled and ballled in the secret ballot scheme , 'J hurslon's name was withdrawn , and in the pell- mell and confusion that followed , Pad dock carried oh" the prize. Had any other republican boon nominated , the self-styled Van Wyck stalwarts who did not want a man to como into the senate by democratic support mighl have some boUom loll to stand on. But they de feated a brave soldier and life-long re publican by elcelinjr a man who stayed at home and lived on federal pap during the entire war , deserted his party and wont over with Andy Johnson in its most trying hour ; ran as a republican candi date for United States senator when the state was organized , and within ninety days after his defeat became a candidate for congress on the same ticket with J. Sterling Morton against the regular re publican nominee , and was beaten by union republicans. They have defeated Van Wyck by Paddock whoso first election to the senate was se cured by democratic votes under pledges that ho was n "conservative" republican , would never enter a repub lican congressional caucus , and bound himself in writing to democratic mem bers of tlio legislature to give them con trol of tlio republican federal patronage in their counties. 1 say all this merely to show what a set of scoundrels , hypocrites and traitors are now sailing under false colors as stalwart republi cans. In conclusion , let me do justice to tlio men who were steadfast , honorable and true to their constituents. Beginning with the upper house , I cannot speak too highly of Senators hininger , Sprick , Durns , Tzselmck , Higgins , of Colfax , bchnimko , Sterling , Calkins , and Keck- ley , on the republican tide. They were earnest , staunch ami sin cere. Mr. Lininger especially conducted himself in a manner that must inspire respect and confidence from his col leagues and entitles him to the gratitude of his constituents. Ho was tempted with baits of senatorial honors by the cunning opponents of Van Wyck , but ho never wavered or lost his head. Sunator Keek- ley , a rather nervous and excitable man , showed a good deal of weakness toward the last , but this doubtless is largely duo to the insidious inlluenco exerted by Whitmoro and Hussell , in whom he had the utmost confidence. On the democratic side of the senate , Casper , Wolbach and Iliggins , of Cass , stand out in Dold relief as men tried and true , while Bonostecl , Shervin and Wriclit have shown themselves to bo worthy of the esteem and confidence of their constituents. In the lower house the names of Iloim- rod , Horst , Jcary , Satchel , Al.itthic.son , Young , Cameron , Cr.iic , Kisloy , Barrett , Lord , Kick , Ilarlan , Wilson , WctheraKl , Bailey , Ewing , Wptson , Overtoil Under bill , Dempster , B.illard and Gafford are worthy of the highest commendation. Matthieson , of Douglas , also deserves special mention. Ho is a poor workingman - man , employed in the Union Pacific shops , and withstood , not only the pres sure and threats from tlio railroad gang , but a tempting bait of $2,000 for his vote. Mr. Tingle of Brown , another man in very moderate circumstances , stood like a rock.resisting an oiler of s3COOtogo back on his people. It is fit and proper that I do justice to the democrats who refused to be driven into thn pen by the railroad strikers nnd redeemed their pledges lo the voters hon orably and in good faith. They are Mat Miller , Harrison , Bentley , Hiof , Gilmore , McKenna , Smyth , Knox , Andres , Tyson , Gamble , Wright , Keipor , Turner , Wolon- weber , Slinms , Tracy , Kllis , Schw.ib. Ono of the meanest rascals in this legislature is Jiaini of Dakota. This mini was elected and pledged on the Van Wyck issue. When 1 asked him Tuesday to come into tlio Van Wyck conference ho declined and gave as his reason that ho did not propose - pose logo into any caucus for fear that Van Wyck's success would bo en dangered. Tlio next day ho voted in open session for John M. Thuraton , and Ihat night joined the railroaders In their caucus. What brought ou the change can very readily bo imagined , Baird's do- feclion from Van Wyck to Thurston re calls vividly the slanderous howl from Van Wyck's enemies that ho was in league with the Union Pacific and would receive effective and quiet support from that monopoly. It is now an established fact that Van Wyck was op posed by nil the monopolies. The corporation * in Nebraska , , aided by- money from corporations out of the state , organized the opposition at Lin coln against Van Wyck and the people. The B , & M. were in the lead and wore in command , providing elegant suits of rooms.carriagos without irumber.sumptu- ous entertainments , whisky , wines and champagne , and other more substantial considerations , and when the weak or corrupt representatives ot the people were invited into the parlor they wore ushered in nnd introduced by Captain Phillips nml Attorney Dewecso. The Union Pacific came up gently , with cat like , velvety tread , because Mr. Adams is a inUd-iunnnr.rcd man. The Union Pacific forces were few in number but well in hand , nnd under the generalship of Thurston , its political at torney , always were ready to act where it would do the most good. All tlio rail roads were loyal republicans and uncom promising democrats in beating Van Wyck. E. The Ilctnltatlnn Hill Pnnscd. The bill introduced last week from the foreign relations committee of the United Slates senate , providing for a retaliatory policy toward Canadian vessels in the event that the Dominion government shall adhere to its policy of excluding American vessels from the ports of Canada , was taken up in the senate Mon day and passed by n vote of 0 to 1. This remarkable unanimity in support of the measure removes it cntircljoulsldo of party lines , and demonstrates the pro found conviction of the senate that the time is como when it is the imperative duty of tills government , in justice to its citizens , in vindication of its interna tional rights , in defense of treaty obliga tions , and in support of its self-respect , to assort an earnest nnd firm policy against Iho unwarrantable course and thn coercive design of Ihc British depen dency on this continent. English stales- men , and the Canadian people and Gov ernment , will find no room for a doubt regarding the meaning and the sincerity of this action. A few'days ago a mem ber of the Dominion government wat quoted as having said that the talk in congress was simply "wind , " and late dispatches from Ottawa reported that the fooling in of. licial circles I here was that the proposed retaliatory legislation was only a "bluir. " Thu views of senators and the noaily ttniiiilmnus action of the senate ou Mon day will hardly fail to disabuse the minds of those officials of tlio misleading idea , which has too long possessed them , that the United States has not really been hi earnest in this matter , and that it was only necessary for Canada to persist m its attitude of hostility to gain ita pur pose of coercing ncu.uicpccncn in its claims. If they have found any warrant in the friendly inclinations of this gov ernment , in the sometimes dallying dis position that has been shown , in the spirit of forbearance , and ( ho gcnorous consideration that has been given to the vessels of Canada in our ports , to infer that we have not had full faith in the jus tice of our claims and were not deter mined to enforcd them , they will by this time have learned their mistake. What was a little while ago a question of chief concern to a small section and not a very largo interest of the country , has now be come of national magnitude , involving many interests. It is not doubled that the people will approve the action of their representatives. The situation is grave.but whatever its consequences may bo the responsibility for them will rest with Canada. That country cannot jnmplain that it has not been amply forwarnedof the danger that might result from adherence lo its un justifiable policy. The diplomatic corres pondence in connection with this contro versy bears evidence to a most solicitous desire ou the part of this government to avoid threatened complications and find n way to a satisfactory settlement of the dispute. In his annual message to con gress the president recommended a con ciliatory policy and expressed a desire for a speedy and equitable adjustment of the claims at issue , in which lie had the concurrence of the great majority of the people. At the outset of tlio dispute the United States made concessions which in interested quarters were reprobatc-d as a surrender. Proposed action in congress similar to Ihat just taken has until now been regarded with disfavor , chiefly for the reason that it was hoped lliatafler duo and ample rellftclion the Do minion government would sno the wisdom , in the interests of its own people ple , of conforming to treaty obligations , which is all the United States has asked or now asks slmll be done. Hut that government has chosen not only to dis regard warningsand refuse rights plainly guaranteed by treaty , but to increase the means of working wrong and injustice to the citizens of this country , sustained therein by the approval of the imperial government. Against this ng < rressivo and hostile ! policy , menacing American interests , insulting to the nation , violat ing international comity , and destrucUvo of every assurance looking to a fair and peaceful settlement of the dispute , the United States has the alternatives.of war or non-intercourse , and the senate lias declared for Iho latter. As wo have here tofore said in referring to this mattor.and as the more judicious Canadian papers admit , such a policy would prove vastly more injurious to Canada than to the United States , but it is obviously the mildest course to bo pursued in order to bring tlio Dominion government and people to a practical realization of Iheir mistaken altitude. The bill passed by the senate , to which reference was made in n previous issue , empowers the president , whenever ho shall bo satisfied that American vessels nnd crows in the walQrs and ports of the British Dominions of North America are denied or abridged , in any of the privil eges secured them by Iho treaty law , or are unjustly vexed or hurrassod in the enjoyment of such fights , or shall bo pre vented from purchasing supplies as pro vided for by treaty , to issue a proclama tion denying vessels ! and crow.s of the British Dominion of North America any enlranco to the wjtt rs and perU of the United Stales , suchmroelainalions to be qualified and lmitod ! in the discretion of the president. Severe penalties are pro- Fcribcd for the violation of such procla mations , The concurrence of Hie house in this action may" bo confidently pre dicted. Tlio J'eloplioiio Cnso. Boll telephone stock holders will await with interest the outcome of the suit now in progress in Die United States supreme court , which is brought to test the validity of the patents under which tlio great telephone monopoly is operat ing. Previous suits have merely scratched on the surface of the question , The pre sent trial is expected to futhom all the depths of the mooted question whether Alexander Bell by corrupt collusion with Examiner Wilbur , of the patent oflico , was enabled to steul the invention of Elisha Gray and obtain government pro tection for his plunder. ' . . All the rival companies arc practi cally combined in the effort to deny Bell's claims to priority of invention , nnd every phase 6f tbc telephones controversy will be brought out. Tlioro is a remarkable - able array of counsel on both sides , o that the arguments will bo ns thorough nnd exhaustive as it is possible to make them within the forty hours to which they must bo limited by the order of the court. Upon the point of fraud there will bo prcacntcd some now nnd important reve lations. For example , the brief of the attorney for Gray will show that three days after Hell had secured his p.ilcnt lie learned of Gray's now theory , not then perfected , and ho at once proceeded to amend his application so as to broaden its possible construction. It will also bo shown that Bell's attorneys had an under ground railroad between their office and the room of Examiner Wilbur in the patent olllce by which they were enabled to have unlawful knowledge of Gray's papers ns soon as they were filed. Having gained this information the attorneys ot Bell filed applications , one of which was lo tie up Gray In interference , while the others were to sleor clear of Gray and come out with patents before ho could get out of the interference. All this was accomplished wilh Iho connivance of Iho examiner , who is charged with having deferred action on Gray's nppllcalion in order lo icl Bell in. It will bo shown that between February M and 10,1S70 , an important invention and claim was in terpolated into Hell's specifications in consequence of the guilty knowledge which Bell's attorney had of Gray's caveat. A great deal of circumstantial evidence will bo presented to sustain this accusation. A host of facts will be pre sented lo show Ihatlhetohad been bound less trickery practiced in connection with this business by Boll , that the record of the patent olllco has been tampered with since 1879 in his interest , and that all the processes by which ho secured and has maintained his patent have been of a questionable character. As the conclu sion from all the evidence it is assumed that Bell know nothing whatever of Iho varying resistance current until ho saw ( Jiay's caveat , and did not reah/.o its im portance nor liio uses to which it could bo put until some time after. The telephone monopoly has grown to bo ono of the most oppressive and oxtor- lionale of corporations in the country. Its history exemplifies all the abuses of public corporations , including wholesale slock watering , outrageous charges and discriminations between plans and indi viduals. With the parent company at Boston , owning stock in local companies throughout the union and renting instru ments at $00 a year whoso actual cost is only i3.-10 , the telephone octopus throws its wires around every street , monopo lizes our thoroughfares , endangers properly by obstructing the proper use of fire extinguishing appliances and rolls up immense fortunes for its owners. Conceived in fraud , maintained , by wholesale corruption anil fostered by a wealth wrung from the people , the telephone monopoly has be came so odious Ihat the public will join in wishing that the result of the suit at Washington may bo all that the Bell tele phone may not desire. Tun recent shooting of a boy at Jersey City by one of Pinkerton's men , has elic ited as , we thought it would , considerable comment not favorable to the employ ment of tlioso men for police purposes. Jn this particular case there seems to have been a degree of justification for their employment in the fact that the mayor refused to allow the regular force to provide tlio protection asked for. Ho- furring to this occurrence the New York 1'uxl says : "It cannot be too soon or too well understood that as an armed organ isation offering itself for hire for pur poses of defense in various parts of the union , Pinkerton's men are , we must till admit , the greatest disgrace that has befallen - fallen the United Slates. No such evi dence of our internal weakness and law lessness as the existence and activity of this organization constilutes , has been offered to the world since tlio present government was founded. Its appear ance in any other counlry would fill to day every man wilh shame and astonish ment. For it is let nobody shrink from this plain truth an unmi.stakablo sign of retrogression toward mediajval barba rism. Pinkerton is neither more nor les.s than the head of a band of mercenaries , such as each great land-holder in the eleventh and twelfth centuries kept in his pay for Iho defense of his property and that of his vassals against the armed attacks of his neighbors. " l' I'UKSONS. The Uostonlnns are much dellxiiled with Sam Jones' provincialisms. O'Donnvftii ISossa now Wears a regular cow boy's hat , but retains his broadcloth frock coat. YoiiiiR OeorRo ( jould Klvcsall Ids attention to business , nnd Is said lobe more grasplns than Ills father. .Miss Klalno CJoDilale , ono of the poetical sisters , has become a teacher at the Lower Undo a oiifiy , Dakota. During the recent cold snap In Detroit ox- ( lovornor Alger supplied 50J poor families with n bariel of Hour nnd n ton of coal each. Nathan lilonin , ono of Louisville's leading merchants , died In that city the other day , lenvlnc an estate worth more than § 2,009,000. The lain Professor Youmans was n very hard literary worker. Although very 111 for mouths bofont his dealh , ho eitlted thu Popu lar Salonco monthly at his rcsldencu. "Bright Kyes , the Ponca maiden , " who wrote the eloquent introduction to the beauti ful Indian story. "Ploughed Under. " Is visitIng - Ing the national capital with her husband , T. 11. Tibbies. Mr. Pendleton , United States minister to ficminny , Is on Ids way to this country. Thus It happens that there la no minister from this country at either liurlm , Vienna or Constantinople. Congressman JIuuley , of California , says no made SIS.oyo practicing law alter congress adjourned last August , and that ho will bo Shirt when ho la out of coiigri.--islonal busi ness In March , as It does not pay , The oldest United States senator Is Justin S. Morrlll , of Vermont , who In April next will Imvo completed his sovcnty-sovjnth year , lleouli-red public life In the Thirty- fourth concress , six years before Judge Kc-lly , "father" of Iho present house. Merrill , In personal apponmico , resembles Charles Simmer. lie has a most wonderful memory for fuels. Inures , r.ice.3 anti-names. TMo Old Holdior HnuK'ot. St'tte Dtmncrat , Tim country Is ssfo. The rebel brigadiers who have so long dumlnutud the country will meet their match. Onn Logan , who claimed to havuliuen u union suldlerhus beeti succeeded by 'that grand old veteran , Charlie Jfiirwull. General U. II. Van \Vyck Is replaced by General P.xddock. It Is all rl ht , but the next republican tnat talks In these headquarters about honor , trust and do- votlon due from the country to its old cotdlcrs will hear something drop with o nolso that will nnko a humircd-ton Krupp gun biro out for a firecracker. It is Pnt.il to Vlg'it ' Uaitroails. OilMffo Times. Mr. Van Wyck has probably found out by this time that It Is about as fatal for a repub lican sonRtor to fight rallro.nl corporations as to stand on the tr.ick when their trains go by. ' ' Most t'opulnr MUM In Nebraska , St. Ilnil G ! < > t > S. Senator Van Wyck may console hlin'olf with the reflection that ho Is the mn t popular man with the people In Iho state ot Nebraska , but unfortunately for htm , senators are not elected by popular vote. Monopoly Methods. Chicago Times. An Investigation of the methods by whlcl Senator Van Wyck , the foe of monopolies was defeated would form an Interesting In- milry. and perhaps throw some light on cer tain items among the expenditures ot the Pacific roads. Xlio .Monopolies llnil Ao Vsa Tor Him. Clilcaoo Times , A man slronsly In favor' of farlff ami known lo bo unfriendly lo railroad monopo lies Is out of place In the republican party. As soon as Senalor Van Wyck's party found Ihat ho was Ihat kind of man It dropped htm. The Defeat of VniiVyek. . JVcio Ioi7 ( World. Owing to the tiiomiinonl.il stupidity of the democrats In the Nebraska legislature Sen- alor Van Wyck has been defeated , and a man of small abilities , wno owe * Ids election to the preference of the money power , 1ms been chosen In his place. Mr. Van U'yck has been the most resolute and active of any of Iho senators from the west In his opposition to corrupt corpora tions , lie has shown a capacity for political Independence where Us conscience or the public. Interests were Involved , ami ho Is an honest man and experienced legislator. The democrats could have elected him by turning In solidly to bis support. They had no chance of clcctlne a member ot tholr own party. Hut , Instead of nctlnc with the sagacity that characterized the democrats In Massachusetts , they stood out In a narrow partisan spirit and permitted the election ol ox-Senator Paddock , a hide-bound republi can , who lacks nil the virtues that overbal ance Senator Van IVyck's faults. JJralns nro very useful in conducting the affairs of a minority party , and the Nebraska democrats are unfortunately lacking In this respect. Mow Ijlttlo AYoKiidwnr Kuoh Other. How little wo know of each other. \\'e pass through the journey of llfo , > \ Ith its slrucclos , its fears and InmpUtlous. Its heart-breaking cares and Its strife , Wo sue thlngn alone ou the surface , For few of us glory In sin ; And an unmuled face is no iiulex Of lues that rage wildly within. IIow little wo know ot each oilier , The man who walks quietly bv With wealth and with honor anil title , And holds his lu-ad proudly on high , Oft carries dread sccrot.s within him , That render existence a curse ; Dread secrets that sear Ills soul over , Of crime , or mlsfoitiiuo or wori = e. How litllo we know of each other. The woman of i'ashlou who sneers At her sister whom late has abandoned To poveity , misery , tears. Mav prove ere the sun rise to-morrow More deeply Immersed hi disgrace , And tlio sadness sneered ul In another , Ueplctmcd upon her own face. How Illtle wo know of each other. Of our own hearts how little wo know , Wo are all feeble under temptation , lie our station In life high or low , Ah I then let sweet charity rule us And help one another to win The crown that aw.iits those who strivu for Avoidance of shame and at sin. STATIS AND TBKK1TO11Y. NcbriiRkn Jack rabbils are barking the fruit trees in Holt county. A bonus of ? 3,000 will induce the Union Pacific to cross at Wilcox. Tlio expenses of Lincoln county for the coming year are estimated at § 1-1,000. The chicken thieves of Fullerton re port a crop of COO pullets the past season. The Union Pacific engineer's are within three miles of Jackson , Dakota county , on their way to Sioux City. Tlio special election for investigating Ihe condition of Valley county has been decided illegal by the aUornoy-goncral. Joseph O'Urian , a merchant of Cort- land , Gage county , lias been arrested for stealing coal from the cars of the Union Pacific. O'Urian is said to bo worth $ , ' 0,000 and will light for liberty while his roll lasts. Orin D. Smith , aged thirlccn , left his homo , five miles noulh of Ogalh-la , August 18,183(1. ( lie has light grey eyes , light brown hair , florid complexion , tail for his ago , and is n little lame in his right hip. ills parents nro much dis tressed at his continued absence , and any information loading to a knowledge of his wlinreaboiita will.bo thankfully re ceived by W. II. Smith , Ogullahi , Keith county , Neb. Hon. Richard Thompson , of Hastings , genial Dick of democratic fame , was treated to an elegant office chair by hid bachelor admirers last Saturday. This implement of elegant ease and luxurious "agony" has a capacity of several revo lutions n mmiito nnd can grind out "copy" by the .yard when the chief is on deck. The Dtiko was BO overcome that ho simply blushed his thanks and sig naled the donors lo Uiuklo the locker. The Deatrico Democrat sends greeting lo the members of the legislative "Holl of Honor , " the pyramid of fame erected by the Omaha lloruld. The Democrat has been there. Two and a half years ago Mr. Marvin was immorlali/.cd in lonsr primer full face for supporting Cleveland in Chicago. The blaits of succeeding winters nnd disappointed ambition chilled and chipped the pyramid find scattered the fragmeulfl. Some of the 'iillustrlous nine" and Sterling the tenth were hurled from the ground llopr of democracy , yet they live and thrive and rise up occa sionally to smite tlio JUilleritos hip and thigh. The ycar.s of the stalwarts arc few and lull ol troublo. low.i lielva Lockwood is slumping Iho stale. A clothing factory Is lo bo started in Diirlington. Acliloy struts to the front with a 000 pound hog. The Armstrong eouj mine at Surrey was sold at public- auction for * ( , ' )0. ) Marnhalltown enjoyed the novelty of a lightning , thunder and rain storm , Sat urday last. The Marble Hook orcnmery last year shipped 1 i , : : ! lyuo pounds of butter and fW.blO dozen ejfgd. I * . A. Kelly , a lumber dealer of Hlairs- burg , has skipped out , leaving numerous creditors. Dubumio parties stiller over fs.ooo. The Western Union telegraph com pany has paid to Iho Main their annual tax on Iowa lines , giving a check for sfU.TOS.U ! ) for the same. Thu Cedar 1'uiuds packinghouse had killed lli'J.KX ) hogs up to Saturday , making about -11 ,000 more than during tlio same period last yuan President Pickard. of the stale uni versity , will withdraw from- the presi dency at the end of thu prtautit b'chool year. Advancing a P is-tho chief moth o of his'action , . _ _ _ Dnkofn. Denver capitalists will starl a brink in Rapid Cily. A Flock board Is being organized in Deadwood. The now Presbyterian church at Slurbs hns been dedicated. Mr. Box , of Ynnklon , has a war relio interesting to himself at loa. t. li is n mlnnio ball which struck Mr. Hex below the left ear during thu batllo of Gettys burg , passed downward an.l to Ihe right nnd camn out under his spine , Mr Hot was a soldier in the Ono Hundred and Kichth New York. A singular frcnk of the wind of last week is visible in n Dcadwood building , A piece ol tlio roof of a store , about seven feet wide ami twelve feet long was lifted up , carried across the building nnd de posited some distance on" . The hole has nvcry appearance of having boon made wilh a saw and hatchet , nnd so artistic ally and clean cut as to give the appear unco of having been done by nn export carpenter. Colorado. The building season lias already opened up in Denver. Real cstalo transfers hi Denver for throe weeks of Ihe month amounted to ! ? 1,000,000. A noted crook nnd confidence niti'i ' named Molcalf hns boon caged in Denv < r for raising a check from ? 1'J to ? 180. Thus. A. Green , a lawyer of Denver , who was disbarred from the stale couns , has sued the judges of the supreme coin t for $5,000 damages. The Celestial cleansers of soiled gir- monls in Denver celebrated their S < w Year last Sunday. Drums , gongs and fire-crackers streaked the atmosphere in Chinatown. THE TYPE-WRITER. It Is Not n Modern Invention , hut \YIIH Used In Itl.'tO. Detroit Tribune : "Tho idea that the lypowriter was invented by John Hurt is a popular error , " sattl Colonel Thomas S. Sprague yesterday. "If you like I will give j'outhosloryof the invention. When John Hurl died among his papers his son found a patent which hail been issued in 18'Jlt to his grandfather , William A finrt , for a typewriter. 1 have seen loiters written on this machine in 1S21. ) and IS'M , and the work was as perfect as any printed matter you see now. Among these were letters written by Hurt , then residing in Now York , lo his wife in Oak land county , this state , and to other parties in Massachusetts. Mr. Kurt then closed a contract with some parties in Massachusetts to manufacture the ma chine and put it on tlio market. They worked at it about eight years , but with out success , and then abandoned the scheme. The manufacturers also called iilioii Mr. Kurt to refund $75 whloh had been advanced to him upon his royalties. The reason given for their abandoning Iho manufacture of the machine was Ihat the number of loiters wntlen was small , postage being so very high. Then the mechanism of Ihc machine was consid ered .so complicated that no man could hopeto keep ono in order without an en gineer always with him. "There is no record of this patent In the patent ollico. as the records were burned in 1807 , and no effort was ever made by the government to reproduce thorn. The patent granted lo Kurt for Ihe typewriter was signed by Andrew Jackson as president , Martin Van Huron as secretary of state and Colonel Horrlon as attorney general. II was wrilten on parchment. The machine embraced in its construction alllhoimporlanlfiMlurca of the typewriters now in uso. "William A. Kurt also invented the solar compass , without which it would have been impossible for the government to survey the mineral lands of the coun try. At' the time of the invention Mr. Kurt was engaged as surveyor , and find ing that magnetic inlluenccs interfered with his work , he got up the solar com pass. To perfect tliis invention ho abanjj donnd the typewriter. Though the go\f eminent has used the compass over since , Mr. Kurt never received n dollar for it. An attempt was made by his heirs 10 se cure an appropriation from Congress , but nothing came of it. " Syracuse UH It Ja. It is somewhat of a relief to reach Syra cuse after the crowds , and beggars , and smells , ami dirt of other Sicilian towns ; moreover , Syracuse is ono of the very few places ol which the ideal , formed perhaps in years lousr past , is realized. Wo look for quiet , and stagnation , and sunshine , and a mellow air of antiquity , and wo find their. If wo were to find Syracuse a busy , hustling port , or a wretched , hopi * lessly decayed place , wo should bo dis appointed ; wu expect to find just enough animation to make it cheerful , and just enoiiLrh quiet to remind UK of its ancient associations , and wo are gratified. One fact , however , does not amaze us , and that is to see how little is left of a city which once consisted ot five diflerent towns , of which the circumference was twenty-two miles , and which at its xenith could muster halt a million of inhabi tants. Indeed , all Syracuse , anoient and modern , can bo conveniently explored in the interval occupied by Iho Kubattino steamers in discharging nnd taking cargo , although the conscientious antiquary could fwend a month in Ilia country around , which is the site of the remainder of the ancient city. Immediately upon landing wo are im pressed with the character of modern Syracuse. At any other Italian port wo should be almost torn lo pieces by thu natives eager to relieve us of our baggage or to drive us nnyxvhuro. Hut ut Syra cuse wo have actually to cull a porter , not from any lack of men for along the 111:13' : , big enough for u port with five times the commerce of Syracuse , them ire sturdy fellows lounging , lying , sleep ing , and , of course , Kpllting , but because - cause it is evident that labor is a very iccondury consideration in the lives of .lie Syraeusiins , who like the Sea- Ford boatmen , seem to got on tolerably well without any visible moans of sub sistence , Modern Syrucnsans need not occupy us long. There is u pleasant esplanade along the water side of the harbor , whither resort every afternoon the gal- antry , the beauty , nnd fashion of Syra cuse , lo Jouugo iinder the trees or to Irivo up and down in the most primitive of vehicles , and this esplanade ternii- tales at th famous fountain of Aretliufia. 'or many years neglected and employed is a laundry now a neatly fenced in loul , in which tlio lisli glidu and iluckH lo.itlo under the shade of Iho jrennino papyrus. In the town which dusters on the clifl's overlooking ilm hnv , hern is little of note. It is an uxtraonli- lary Italian town , in.-i.-iinueh as it 'in dean and provided with a smaller mo- licum than usual of clenches , but other- vise unremarkable. It has a cathedral mill on to tlio remains of a temple of tllncrva , which was once famous tor UK splendid decoration and Us beautiful en- rauce , and inoro especially for n roof of ; old which bla/.od In the sunshine like a )0iuon : to the mariner many leagues out it sea. The sturdy pillars still remain , ingrafted with the walls of the modern tuthcdral , but nothing inoro. Wo must ako a carriage to see tlio sights which lie nluud , for tlio diibt on the roads IK inches teop ; there is absolutely no shade , and h'j Sicilian HUD beats ( town iuercile.Kiy rom a sky of eternal blue. Happily , the Hills' of ancient Syracuse , after long ears of neglect and vandalism , are cared for as nro all monuments of the nighty past under the intelliu'eiit and sympathetic regime of King Jliunhort , ind n government guide , in return fur u rune fee. allows ua to wander vill. f
