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WE do not oppose Mr. Garncau because
ho is a young man , but because ho has no
experience whatever in public aflairs.
GOVERNOR FOUAKEU has made another
speech , and it Is thought his presidential
boom will bo on again for a few days.
THE inter-state commerce law has ac
complishiyl one good thing. The "Ruddy
Gore company" has abandoned the road
on account of heavy railroad rates.
Entire workingman in Omaha should
cast his vote for Counsoman. Ho has
been ft mechanic all his life , and his
natural sympathies are with working
men.
Victon Hoop's will has been admitted
to probate. His property in England is
Tallied at 03,000. The ono to whom ho
left his estate is doubtless "The Man Who
Lauglis. "
COMING events cast their shadows bo
fora , Broatoh has the inside track in the
municipal race , and all concerned may
as well get ready to accept the situation
gracefully.
THE Now York Herald nominates
Editor Grady of Atlanta for vice presl
dent of the United States. Then what
would the Herald do with Lamar and
William Toll Coleman ?
TICKET scalpers in Kansas Cityrato
everything on a corner lot basis. A paper
of that oity says : "A few more tickets
for the Booth entertainment oan bo had
for the asking and about $37.50 apiece. '
INDIANS in the Ticlnity of Fort Yurna ,
Arizona , are suffering from a severe at
tack of epidemic measles. Sixty have
already diod. Hero is a solution of the
Indian question without losing any
scalps. „ _ _ „ _ _ _ _
MR. GARNEAU'S backers bank on the
fact that he will got the vote of every
gambler and sporting man. No doubt
that he will , but that clement does no !
constitute a majority of the voters ol
Omaha , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE Grand Trunk railway paid Bar-
num $50,000 in cash and agreed to.draw
' eighty circus cars over their road this
season in settlement for the killing of
Jumbo. Mr. Barnum in his old age still
has an eye to business.
THE ordinances of the citywith regard
to fire limits , are very defective. At
present there is no provision against the
establishment of lumberyards and stack
ing of lumber , cord-wood and other
combustibles within the fire limits.
A DIFFICULTY arising at a wedding ,
Tuesday , near Morlda , Yucatan , resultei
in the killing of seven persons , including
the groom. The bride narrowly escaped
This is not exactly in harmony with the
statement that it is not best for man to
bo alone. < _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is currently reported that some of
the Fifth ward republicans propose to
trade off republican candidates from
other wards for Daily. Wo hope this is
not true" . What has Mr. Daily done for
the Fifth word , or anybodyjolse for that
matter , except the railroads.
the Irish constabulary are
resigning almost every day rather than
assist the landlords in evicting tenants.
A man who resigns hlsolllco would never
succeed in this country. But considering
the fact that these ollicors are either
Scotch or English by birth , and naturally
of anti-Irish sympathies , the requirements
' ft , of their oflioo must indeed bo brutal.
THE Omahn & Southwestern road-
running from Omaha southwest , througl
Nebraska and into the Indian territory is
now h'guring extensively in the papers
As yet no schedule has been issued. The
engineers , however , are looking the
ground over , and the traditional promise
of completion "before snow flies , " nils
the hearts of anxious ones with joy.
A MASSACHUSETTS school teacher has
introduced a novel way of punishing
pupils. When ono of her scholars becomes -
comes unruly , instead of standing the
little fellow on the fioor or ferrullng him ,
' ' " she takes him to the sink and washes his
face. This plan u6t only humiliates the
- scholar , but raises the ire of parents who
' ee to it that their children's deportment
is good. It is said that since the intro
duction of the now form of punishment ,
Hrfcct order lias been the rule.
Xh * President and the Public Liaads.
The letter of President Cleveland to
ho secretary of the interior , on the qucs-
ion involved in the conflicting claims of
Guillord S. Miller and the Northern Pti-
cilio railroad company to certain public
amis In Washington territory , takes a
losltlon regarding that question , and af-
irms a principle with respect to the pub
ic lands , that can bo heartily com
mended.
The question Involved in the conflict
ing claims of Miller and the railroad
company has been made somewhat fa
miliar to the public through the diverse
ntorvicws regarding it of several officers
of the government. Briefly staled , Mil
ler claims to have settled upon the land
in question in 1878 , and to have slnco
been in possession of it. Ho has
cultivated the land and made
substantial improvements , and in 1881
lied his claim to it under the homestead
law. This land is part of a large tract
withdrawn in 1873 by order of the inter
ior department from sole pre-emption or
homestead entry in anticipation of the
construction of the railroad and a defi
ciency m its granted lands. The with
drawal has been continued , and in 1883
the railroad company selected this land
which Miller had settled on and impro
ved and cultivated on the claim that it
is within the limit of the indemnity lands
which might bo selected by the company
as provided in the law making the grant.
And this notwithstanding the fact that a
map of the definite location of the road
shows the land in controversy and much
more that had been withdrawn to Ho out
side the limits which included the gran
ted land. There was never a
more palpable instance of the
attempt of a corporation to sei/.o
private property under the pretense of a
legal right. This is'evidently the aspect
which the casn presented to the mind of
the president , who suggests that there is
an abundance of unsettled land within
the reserved area that can bo applied to
the purpose of indemnifying the railroad
company , and counsels the secretary of
the interior to take such action as will
protect the settler from hardship and
loss by directing the railroad company
to take other laud in lieu of Miller's unon
which no one has in good faith settled.
The president finds opportunity in con
nection with this question to justly con
demn the policy of the interior depart
ment which for fifteen years has reserved
from settlement a vast tract of land "for
the convenience of a corporate bcnofic
iary of the government and awaiting its
selection , though it is entirely certain that
much of the reserved land can never bo
honestly claimed by said corporation. "
Very truly the president says that such a
condition of the public lands should no
longer continue , and there is very little
reason to doubt that after this opinion it
will not be allowed to continue except
whore it cannot bo reached by executive
authority. In this matter the president
is in full accord with the pledges of both
parties and will have the general popu
lar approval.
Struck a Rich Mine.
The Paoilio railroad investigating com
mission has entered upon its work with
immediate results of an exceedingly in
teresting and promising nature. It seems
to have gone directly to a rich mine in
summoning Mr. C. P. Huntiugton before
it , and it is to be hoped it will not cease
working the mine until all the precious
material it possesses has been unearthed.
The testimony of Mr. Huntington on
Wednesday related chiefly to the opera
tions of his road in Washington , where
it has maintained a bureau of "explana
tion. " This part of its equipment is
shown to have been a rather expensive
affair. The regular attorney was paid
the handsome salary of $30,000 a year and
allowed about double that amount to
enable him to "explain" to indifferent or
obtuse congressmen the wants and
wishes of the corporation. This
fortunate attorney appears to have
enjoyed the unlimited confidence of his
employers , for he was allowed
to draw on the company at will , and no
question was ever asked as to how he
disposed of the money. There was no
good reason for any such question , but
very strong reasons for not asking it.
The business of the Washington attor
ney was not such as requires itemized ac
counts and vouchers , or makes them de
sirable. It was both necessary and ex
pedient to leave the matter wholly in
his hands. Ho was charged with the
duly to "explain , " but it was manifestly
impracticable to prescribe the limits or
the cost of this duty. Hence the inabil
ity of Mr. Huntington to offer any other
explanation of the largo disbursements
of the corporation for legal expenses
than that the money was used to "explain
things" at Washington. It may be re
marked that the surprise said to have
been shown by the committee at the ab
sence of vouchers for these expenditures
betrayed a refreshing ignorance of cor
poration methods In this particular
which wo may be quito sure will not sur
vive the investigation.
Ihis is the forerunner of many developments
opments , if the investigation is faithfully
prosecuted , from which the people will
bo authoritatively informed of the methods
ods by which those corporations have em
ployed their ill-gotten gains to maintain
their power to plunder. The disclosures
of Mr. Huntington referred to apply in a
degree to all of them. They have al
maintained their "explaining" bureaus
at Washington , whoso function was to
influence the action of congressmen in
the interest of the corporations , going to
the extent even of sending men anc
money into the congressional districts seas
as to begin "explaining things" at the
very root. All this people huvo paid for
and as the result Mr. Huntington and his
1'ncilio railroad associates , who twenty
years ago counted their possessions by
tons of thousands , now count them by
tens of millions. It will bo well for the
people to give close attention to tun pro
grcss of this investigation.
Won't Fall to ItagUter.
We are now within five days of the
most important city election that has ever
taken place In Omaha. Up to this time
less than one-fourth of the legal voters
have been registered. For this state o
facts ignorance and negligence
are chiefly responsible. The im
prcssion prevails that the names
of all voters who have boon registered
at former elections will bo carried over
This Is a mistake. The registration for
the impending oloctlon has to be in ac
cordance with the now ward boundaries
and sub-divisions ol voting precincts. The
enlargement of the city boundaries
necessitates registration of thousands of
voters who have heretofore taken no part
n city elections. It is of the utmost im-
jortanco that a full vote bo polled next
Tuesday. Citizens who are not
registered can swear in their
vote but that process causes annoyance to
.he votorovon where lie can find a citizen
of the ward to testify to his right to vote.
Under a strict construction of the law no
citizen can swear in his vote unless ho
states under oath that ho was prevented
from registering by sickness or absence
from the city during the period the reg
istrars are in session. This was the rul
ing in ono of the precincts of the Fourth
ward last fall and may bo legally en
forced by all the judges of election next
Tuesday ,
Let Them Com * Forward.
The caution of the BEE against the
promiscuous voting of street railroad
franchises is not directed against the
Omaha Horse railway company's cable
proposition in particular. The condi
tions wo demand on behalf of the public
before a franchise is voted should bo ex
acted alike from all corporations.
A franchise conferring right of way
through the streets of a large city is a
very valuable bonus to any corporation
that contemplates the construction of
cable llnes.motor roads or tramways. Wo
are not disposed to oppose these proposed
improvements providing that wo have a
Guarantee from responsible parties
that the projected cable roads
or horse railways will be built
within a reasonable time over a
stated distance. This assurance should
bo forthcoming at once. The old cable
company and all the other corporations
that ask for now or additional franchises
at the hands of our voters next Tuesday
must come forward with definite pro
posals , coupled with such pledges as will
satisfy the public that they mean busi
ness , or take the risk of defeat at the
polls. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Lmw la Not to Blnme.
It is said that at 3,800 places of amuse
ment throughout the country petitions
for the suspension of the intcr-stutc com
merce law for ninety days are receiving
signatures. The theatrical people de
nounce the law through their official
papers in the most bitter terms. If they
will turn to section twenty-two of the
wonderfully misunderstood law they will
read "that nothing in this act shall apply
to the issuance of mileage , excursion or
commutation tickets. " The railroad com
panies yet have the same right to grant as
low rates of faro , only perhaps in a little
different manner , as they ever did , to
theatrical companies , excursion parties
or ministers of religion. Each member
of a company could procure mileage
tickets , or , if the party is largo , an "ex
cursion" rate coultt bo given , which
would in no sense violate the law , but
would meet the provisions of its spirit.
It is apparent ou every hand that the
intent of the railroad companies is to
make the law odious , to burden the mails
and flood the country with petitions to
the commission when they should right
fully go to the railroad companies and
no where else. All this the officials im
agine , will enable them to secure the
law's repeal by congress at its next ses
sion.
If those who are loud in condemning
the law for all the inconvcnlenclcs and
harassing rulings of the railroad com
panies under this act will study it , they
will at once find that the law does not
undertake to interfere with the patrons
of railroads , but in every clause oilers
them relief. The inter-state commerce
law is all right. The railroad managers
are all wrong.
THE time is at hand for warning people
ple to bo watchful of their health , and all
the natural conditions that may unfavora
bly affect it , during the approaching hot
season. A contemporary finds unmis
takable indications that the coming sum
mer will be a peculiarly unhealthy ono.
The death rate in many cities has been
steadily increasing for the lost two years ,
notwithstanding the absence of notable
epidemics. The lowest ebb of the "peri
odic mortality wavo" was reached in
1881-5 , since which it has been rising. In
Now York , Brooklyn , Chicago , St. Louis ,
for example , the death rate was consid
erably higher last year than for the pro
ceeding year. The same was true of
twenty-three principle towns and cities
in Massachusetts. Very generally in
Pennsylvania there was a marked in
crease. The record could bo enlarged to
include many other localities. These
facts are certainly worth heeding. There
is no reason why they should excite alarm ,
even where coupled with the threat of
a possible visitation of cholera ,
yellow fever and small-pox , single or to
gether , but they do forcibly suggest the
wisdom of unusual precautions against
the outbreak or invasion of disease. Ob
vious as the duty of cleanliness should
bo to everybody , there arc , nevertheless ,
a great many people upon whom it must
be continually urged , and oven enforced
by law. With respect to all such local
sanitary regulations everywhere should
bo rigorously executed. There is no
consideration that can justify leniency to
people whoso indolence or indifference
allows the accumulation about their
homes of disease-breading refuse , and
thereby imperil the health of a community
munity- Beyond this it will bo neces
sary also that the authorities properly
perform their duty in keeping the public
streets and alloys clean , the sewers open ,
and all the sanitary requirements that
are in their especial care fully complied
with. The matter is ono which makes a
demand for immediate attention.
IT seems likely that the summary ro
movul of Captain Solfridgo , of the war
ship Omaha , by Admiral Chandler , may
develop something of a scandal not
creditable to the admiral. The ostensi
ble ground of removal wan that a shell
used in the Omaha's target practice hav
ing exploded-and killed some Japanese
there was assumed to have boon care
lessness on the part of the captain , but it
is said that this was merely a pretext to
enable the admiral to gratify his personal
dislike of his subordinate officer , who on
an occasion had espoused the cause of
Admiral Luce against Chandler. This
view is understood to have impressed the
secretary of the navy , and an order to
another officer to succeed Selfridge is
held in abeyance , with a view to a quiet
.settlement of the matter that shall vindi
cate the captain and not unduly offend
the admiral. This soothing policy may.
have iU advantages , but it is questiona
ble whether it is in the interest of that
thorough discipline which should have
Kgfl | g2 0g
no regard to station. Such a precedent
might cure the present trouble , but open
the way to more.
MAIIK TwAixJ'docs not tnlk humor
alone. In his bnci 'nddrcss nt Hartford ,
In memory of Gonurnl Grant , ho scath
ingly rebuked the critics who have ques
tioned the great herb's grammar. Ho also
said : "We only remember that this is a
simple soldier who , all untaught of silken
phrase-makers , IJnkod words together
with an art surpassing the art of schools
and put into them something that will
still bring to American's cars , as long as
America shall last , the roll of his varn
ished drums and the tread of his march
ing troops. "
THE Irishmen of Paris do not propose
to participate in the queen's jubilee , but
on the other hand will hold a celebration
themselves. The executive committee of
the anti-English organization has is
sued circulars to all Irishmen in Paris
warning them under severe penalties
against taking any part in the celebra
tion of the queen's jubilee. 'I hero will
perhaps bo trouble grow out of the affair.
ONE of the effects of the inter-state law
is a Lake Shore order , recently promul
gated , directing conductors not to honor
Lake Shore certificates of stock for a
passage on annual election day , May 4.
About ono more "interpretation" of the
law and it will bo determined that the
engineer and fireman are prohibited
from riding on the train under any cir
cumstances.
THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY.
Natural gas companies are multiplying In
Western Pennsylvania and In Ohio.
The electricians are working with renewed
zeal to perfect electric motors especially for
street cars.
Andrew Carnegie recently presented the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with
a check for 81,000.
The third largest stove works in the United
States are at Leavenworth , Kan. They turn
out a steve every five minutes.
In a great many Now England mills looms
are run overtime. In some localities mills
have stopped on account of lack of fuel.
The jewelers throughout the country are
congratulating themselves upon the best
season for an all-round trade they have ever
had.
had.The
The paper makers throughout the east are
all working full time and refuse to shut down
over Sundcy as long as paper Is bringing so
near full price.
One of the largest glass houses over built
Is to be erected on the 1'ennsylvauia railroad
about thirty miles cast of Pittaburg. Natural
gas will bo used. , , ,
The International ClgarmaVers' union
printed last month 1,100,000 labels , and sold
to other unions 1,030,600. Philadelphia took
25,000 , Chicago 00,000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company will
enlarge its Altoona shops , and In addltlo n to
their present worKs.will turn out ono loco
motive engine per day.
Plttsburz lllnt-bpftlo manufacturers are
shipping products tV California by way of
New York to Capo Horn , and underselling
Illinois glass manufacturers.
The largest edge tool factory In the United
States Is at Oakland Maine. Maine manu
facturers are picking np a good many orders
from the Canadian Pacific railroad company. .
A 8250,000 paper-mill and paper-bag fac
tory l.s to be built at Wichita , Kan. , which
will employ 800 bands. . That enterprising
town has now lifty miles of street railway ,
and l.s the centre of live great railroads , with
tour more building In Its direction.
The largest car shops In the world are to
bo built at St. Louis , about six miles from the
center of the city. 500 acres of land have
been purchased. Locomotives will bo made
for the southwest. The company will erect
houses for its workmen and rent them or sell
them.
A movement Is on foot to develop the
woolen Industry in Minnesota , which pro
duces 7,500,000 pounds of wool of medium and
fine staple. The advantage Is the water power.
Ono river has a power of 00,000 horses. The
local demand would furnUh work for all the
wool that could bo supplied.
Manufacturers of the New England states
are giving a Eood deal of attention to the
subject of profit-sharing , because it Is unlike
co-operation and free trom most of Its ob
jectionable features. The system will not be
satisfactory to the workers unless the mill
under that system allow higher wages than
others.
There Is a good demand for engineering
skill , and all briuht young men coining out
of our technical schools are finding employ
ment. A liberal percentage of them are
weeded out after two or three years , finding
they bad mistaken their calling. The volun
teers who attain distinction are about as
numerous as the graduates.
British manufacturers are trying to get up
a trade exhibition similar to those in course
of organization In seven kingdoms of
Europe. A special commissioner sent out by
the council of London to visit those countries
recently returned and reported that they
wore well designed and organized. The Idea
is to exhibit raw and manufactured pro
ducts , _
\Vb t Railroads Are Made to Carry.
One of the brightest ornaments of Wall
street remarked recently : "Uallroads are not
made to carry freight and passengers ; their
chief purpose Is to carry bonds. " According
to Henry V. Poor , the railroads of this coun
try carry 53,000,000,000 of watered capital.
Stick to Nebraska , Mr. Kan.
FhttaMphta Zfeconl.
Egiin's offer to go to Dublin so that ho
might fixco any accuser ! smacks of a sort of
courage. Such an act , ] iowovor , would bo to
thrust his head Into Uio British lion's mouth ,
even after that cavernous mouth had been
provided with Its brand-now set of falno coer
cion teeth. Let us , , bono that Mr. K. will
stick to Nebraska , wliero naught bavo cy-
clouns raao.
Wliat Is the Use of Sighing ?
I'linHiic , Greyonn.
What is the USD of sl liim : thus ,
When other t > ouls are glad ;
Assuming o'er the sable shroud
When all In white An ) clad ?
This life , nt best , Is all too short ,
Tho' ort It long may seum ,
When care and woo fnro'er beset ,
With no hope to redoom.
What Is the use of sighing thus ,
Wnen other hearts are 11'litV
For when our stcy is overcast
The sun still shines as brlijht
The heaven still clear beyond the haze
That floats'tween It anil earth :
The ( lowers still scent the balmy air ,
The earth still teems with mlrllu
What Is the use of sighing thus
When others constant smile ?
They , too , IlkeUiee , have felt life's Ills ,
K Its anguish and Its guile.
So algh no more , but firmly vow
To seoui fornver glad ;
For tho' thy fate Is drear , e'en that
Of others Is a * bad I
STATE ANU TEUIUTQKV.
Neuraaku Joltings.
Broken Ifow is discussing fire protec
tion.
tion.Tho
The Daily World has blossomed tit
Broken How.
Vlfri n , I' l- .i. . . . ! - . , n , . I t. . It
A now fire alarm boll is ready to strike
at any moment in Schuyler.
The Fremont Trlbimo has a temper
ance column In full blast , but the rest of
the paper appears in moderate spirits.
Lodges of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen have boon organized at Fair
mont , Buttle Creek and Republican City.
Mr. A. B. Currv , late manager of the
Nebraska City Packing company , was
caned Sunday afternoon by admiring
friends. The presentation of the staff
was followed by a banquet.
The beef caters of Wlsncr have unani
mously "sworo off" and juicy joints nnd
tenderloins can bo bad at a discount. The
cause of this sudden revulsion is the story
that a hydrophobia steer was slaughtered
by a local butcher and sold to the real-
dents.
A ninotenn-ycar-old boy cast his first
ballot at Ulysses recently nnd was cast
into prison for offending the matured
dignity of the law. His case comes up
at the Juno term of court , when local
"reformers" will endeavor to make an
"example" of him.
The political guillotine is steadily and
firmly decapitating republican federal
ofTlconoldcrs in the state. Mrs. P. F.
O'SulIivan , after a loug contest , has been
commissioned postmisiress of West Point.
Chas. Harrison , amombar of the last leg
islature and n particular chum of the
Wasp , has boon planted in the Wahoo
postoflicc. C. C. Ellis , also member of
the legislature , will distribute the postals
nt Sterling , and C. B. Durland at Nor
folk. Frank Welno , of West Point , has
been transported to the Nlobrara land
office.
J. B. Koch , of Hastings , is a printer by
trade and a glutton from necessity. It is
told of him that when in moderately good
humor he stows awny in his capacious
bay window enouch grub for four ordi
nary men at one sitting. A common
everyday meal for him is'threo pounds of
chcwabie steak , ono dozen eggs , four po
tatoes , half a loaf of broad , two or thrco
handfuls of pin and three cups of coffee.
Ho takes water by the pint and preserves
the morale of the profession by taking
beer by the ken. His appearance at a
restaurant or boarding house is a signal
for bankruptcy proceedings.
town Item * .
Burlington factories give employment
to 3,205 skilled mechanics.
Fifteen citrar factories manage to keep
Burlington supplied with sufibcators.
A very poor counterfeit silver dollar
has made its appearance in the state.
A branch of the Railway Conductors'
brotherhood has been organized in Ot-
tumwa.
The Iowa branches of the Irish National
league have sent $3,000 to Ireland to
boost homo rule.
The Governor's guards of Des Moincs ,
will reorganize and incorporate. It is
also the intention of the organization to
erect an armory.
Dnbuquo'has eight restaurants and five
railroad eating-houses , twelve hotels and
twenty public boarding houses besides
any amount of private ooarding houses.
Another Black Hawk war veteran has
departed. Captain Jack Parker , for
fifty-four years a resident of Dubuque ,
died last Monday , at the ago of eighty-
eight years.
A Sioux City attorney , anxious to exor
cise his mouth , has offered $200 for the
privilege of making a speech to the jury
in the next lliuldock trial. This is proba
bly another section of the conspiracy to
kill off the jury.
J. A. Uaughty , a Minnesota butter and
egg buyer , while gathering up the fruit
of the dairy and roost at Spirit Lake ,
mot with a runaway accident. Ono
hundred dozen cgss ; were distributed
over the road , and Daughty is laid up
with thrco ribs broken and n dislocated
collar bone.
The young people of Des Moines gave
Miss Lena Sherman , the accomplished
daughter of ex-Govnrnor Sherman , a
farewell reception at the Aborn house on
Monday evening. She is about to move
to Waterloo with her parents , and will
be missed in Des Moincs society circles ,
where she was a general favorite.
About nineteen county treasurers have
so far failed to make the annual payment
to the state treasurer , the time expiring
on the 10th inst. Governor Larrabeo is
reported to be getting notices ready with
heavy fines inclosed to forward the de
linquent officials. The statute provides
for a fine of not loss than $100 or more
than $500 for such an offense.
The Reformed Mormons in Davenport
have been mortally offended by Rev. M.
T. Lamb , of Salt Lake City , who
denounced the book of Mormon as
a fraud and Joe Smith an im
postor. The members are determined
that Lamb shall bo combed in public and
have challenged him to a theological
combat , time and place to iuit his con
venience. Jt will be a pure and polished
contest of jawbone , without gloves or
spongers.
The Burlington prophet declares that
the first two weeks of May will bo favor
able to growing crops , "but between the
18th nnd 2d ! ! will be quito cool with dan
ger of frosts about the 17th or 22d. The
last eight days of May will average very
warm and very stormy in the north
western states. Dnrinc this month eight
storms will cross the Mississippi river ,
the heaviest of which will be on the 10th
nnd 10th. and the four storms from the
2lst to 81st. "
Dakota.
Fargo will bore for natural gas.
Electric lights have driven gas from
tbo streets of Bismarck.
A corner on hay in Deadwood forced
the price up to $3 per hundred.
The Odd Follows of Rapid City are
meeting with success in securing funds
for the erection of a temple.
Sioux Falls business men have decided
to incorporate a board of trade ana
build a three-story building of Sioux
Falls grauite.
The Dakota water power company propose -
pose to erect n flume near Rapid City at a
cost of $100,000. Thrco million ieot of
lumber will bo required for the work.
The crop outlook in Spink , Brown ,
Day , Kingabnry nnd Beadle conntics is
reported to bo the most favorabfo yet
known. The farmers have finished seed-
lug , and wheat Is far enough out of the
ground to make a good showing.
The board of trustees of the school of
mines have formulated the following
schedule of rates for assays : ( Sold ami
silver , 7. cents each ; copper , by burette ,
DO cents ; by lire method , $1.50 ; tin , lead
and antimony , $1 ; nickel and mercury ,
$2 ; iron , 75 cents.
Deadwood was favored with a weird
serenade on the night of the 10th inst. by
seemingly a million curlews , who wore
passing over the city. The lights of the
city arrested their passage for an hour or
so. during which time , at nn invisible
height , they circled in a merry , yet noioy
go 'round.
Making- the I < nw Udlou ,
San Franctrco ChronMe.
Immediately upon the passage of the
inter-state commerce act a meeting of
railroad managers was hold in New York ,
at which it was proclaimed that the great
transportation companies * accepted the
action of congress in good faith , and
would attempt to conform their business
to the requirements of thd now law.
Leaving out of consideration the eastern
roads , in which California is not directly
interested , let us see what our one inter
state railroad , the Sou them Pacific com
pany has done to accommodate itself to
the now order of things.
In the first place. It must bo conceded
iiat the local tariff of this country has
boon too high , Both freight and passen
gers have been compelled to nay more
than the railroad company could equit
ably exact. That company nas uniformly
taken every advantage which locality has
afforded , to charge rates far in excess of
the charges for similar service elsewhere ,
and to make their local receipts bear the
brunt of the bnttlo.
No\t , In order to comply literally with
section 4 of the now law , the railroad
company at ouco Increased their through
rates enormously , in some cases seven
fold , chiefly to enable them to maintain
their local 0 rates , and secondarily to
create a feeling of aversion to the inter
state commerce law , and lav the founda
tion for a popular demand for its repeal.
Their promised accommodation was
comprised in coercing the traffic to moot
their wishes , instead of concccdlngsome
thing , however little , to their patrons.
Instead of reducing their local rates and
relying , ns they might well have done ,
upon an increase in the volume of busi
ness to recompense them for their ap
parent loss , they made an Inflexible local
tariff and then stretched through rates to
lit It.
Again , the railroad company has be
come n stickler for n strict construction
of section 3 , in regard to discriminations ;
that is , it construes it strictly from its
standpoint , it takes the ground that the
act forbids discrimination , and has per
suaded some of our shippers that such is
the law. But what is the language of
section 3 ? Only this , that if any com
mon carrier on an inter-stato line shall ,
by any device , charge , demand , collect
or receive from any person greater or
less compensation than from any other
person "for doing for him a like and
contemporaneous service , in the trans
portation of a like kind of traffic , under
substantially similar circumstances nnd
conditions , such common carrier shall bo
deemed guilty of unjust discrimination ,
which is hereby prohibited and declared
to bo unlawful. "
Section 3 of the act follows out the
same idea by making it unlawful to give
any "undue or unreasonable prefcrcnco
or advantage to any particular person ,
company , firm , corporation or locality ,
or any particular description of traffic , to
any undue or unreasonable prejudice or
disadvantage in anv respect whatsoever. "
What greater latitude could a railroad
company ask if it really desired in good
faith to accommodate itself to the spirit
of the law. Discrimination is permitted ,
except in cases of like and contempora
neous service , in transportation of a like
kind of traffic and under substantially
similar circumstance * nnd conditions.
Even preferences , and advantages are
allowed if they are not undue or unreas
onable. What could bo more flexible ?
How could a law bo framed which should
better allow a railroad company to adapt
its business and its tarift to the varied
conditions and circumstances of its cus
tomers ? But instead of even reading the
law as it is written , the Southern Pacific
company has issued its ukase against all
discrimination , and vetoed any prefer
ence or advanage , and now seeks to
throw the odium of its own miscon
struction of the law upon the law itself.
Instead of our merchants becoming
alarmed and deciding to join the railroad
company in its request to the commission
for abrogation of the law , they should
jnsist that the company first try to suit
its methods to the law before pronoun
cing against its practicability. They
should ! first present their special cases , if
they have any'to the railroad company ,
and insist upon a compliance with the
spirit of the law and a genuine attempt
to conform to its liberal provisions. When
the company has tried in earnest to do
this and failed , then it vvill bo ample time
to demand the abrogation of the law ,
and ju that event the Chronicle will bo
the first to support them in their de
mand ; but so long as the law is construed
only by the selfish and greedy instincts
of the railroad corporation , and not the
faintest indication is given of its desire
to suit itself to the law , instead of bend'
ing the law to suit the company , so long
shall we dissuade the business men of
this state , from voluntarily reassuming a
thraldom from which they have but es
caped , and from themselves rerivetlng
the fetters which congress has but so re
cently stricken from their cramped and
enfeebled limbs.
The Commission's Dntjr.
Mladelphia Record.
One of the duties of the Pacific rail
road commission will bo to investigate
the charge that the subsidized railroad
companies have systematically violated
their charters by discriminating against
the government' for years , in the trans
portation o f army supplies and troops.
This charge has already been partially
investigated and its truth establishedbut
the commission will be able to show the
full extent of the wrong that has been
done. Another object of inquiry will bo
the unjust and illegal discriminations of
the Pacific railroad corporations against
the people at non-competitive points
on their routes. But the most im
portant work of the commission will be
to furnish the information necessary to
enable congress to legislate with regard
to the indebtedness of the Pacific rail
road companies to the government. This
is the main object for which the commis
sion has been established , and a thor
ough investigation of the finances , con
dition and future prospects of these com
panies will bo necessary. For an inves
tigation of this kind , requiring patience ,
application nnd skill in examination of
financial details , ex-Governor Pattison is
admirably qualified ; and there can bo no
doubt that the other members of the
commission have also boon selected be
cause of their aptitude for this service.
CHICAGO'S FAMOUS STORE.
Crooks of the United Stated Will be
Sorry to Hear of Its Coming IIo-
pootnbllity.
Chicago Mail : "Tho Store , " the no
torious saloon which for fifteen years has
been the Western Mecca of all the big
crookn of the country , is being turned
into a clothing store. Strangers will not
any longer be taken down to the corner
of Clark and Monroe streets , wheeled
about at 173 South Clark street , and then
told that thuy are facing the lair of the
grout McDonald , the richest gambler in
the country. Mike McDonald moved
into the building in 1873. It had been
built by Ed Walker , the un-
fortunnto .stone quarry man ,
whoio big Leraont property Mu-
Donald now boasts among his posses
sions. From 1873 until u .year ago. when ,
from being the headquarters in the west
for big croots , tin attempt was made to
make it the western cenlru of life for the
big sports. The Store was known from
ono end of thu country to the other.
Hank forgers , safe blowers , counter
feiters , burglars of big and littlu fame ,
men who wore pursued for murder all
sorts and grades of criminals headed
toward it from all parts of thu world for
ono reason or another. When Allan
Pinkerton was alive it was the duty of
Billy to keep around the Storo. Out-
siderR didn't understand it , and possibly
Billy Pinkerton' luputation aullerod
som'n In the minds of those not In the
secret , because ho was forever lounging
about a headquarters for rullians. J his
was the training that made the son of lib
father the best posted man in his pro
fusslon concerning the faces , character ,
and tricks of criminals. Half of thu
Pinkcrlon success is attributed by some
people to the indcfatigabilltY with which
liilly studied luces and habits at the Store ,
The old-thno Buloon of Miku McDon
ald has not only been thu hcaduuaiturs
for criminals it lias been the sc-uno of
dozens of terrible crimes. It was right
In front the Store bur that Joro Dunn
shot Jimmy Hoov , the husband of thu
notorious Molly llolbronk , Mine , Man-
delbaum' * protege , but who finally gave
thu old woman ; uvay , McDonald him
self was the cause of that fchooting. Ho
had been drinking and was in a m !
chiovous mood. Dunn was in the rear
of the saloon , behind ono of the parti
tions , nnd llocy in front. When Mc
Donald is feeling good ho likes to see
nothing better than a fight.
Ho went back to whore Dunn
was nnd told him that ho Imit
thought ho was a pretty good fellow , but
if what llocy said about him was trim ho
ought to got out of olvill/ation. Leaving
Dunn fuming , Mlko went to where Hoey
was and declared that Dunn had been
talking most shamefully of him. It took
only a few moments for the men to run
against each othnr , nnd in a twinkling
guns were out. Joro Dunn's habit of
carrying his in his outside pocket stood
him in good stead , and ho was bla/.Iug
away at tlio bank crook before the latter
had his pistol levelled. Hooy was
maimed for life.
The murder of "Sir James , " the gam
bler , in 1874 , was ns brutal a crime us
was over committed nt the Store or any
other place. A bunko man named Mar *
tin , whe was better known by the sobri
quet of "White Pine , " paraded up and
down in front of 173 South Clark street
all ono day waiting for Sir James to
come around. The latter was a tall ,
good-looking , and good-natured English
man , related to n well-bred English fam
ily. His father was a curate. The boy ,
although loose nnd a companion in tbo
crooked operations of the crowd which
then held sway nt Chicago ,
was a likeable follow. White
Pine had n knife up his sleeve ,
nnd when Sir James came up drove
the knife straight into his stomach. A
pistol wan than thrust Into the dead
man's pocket almost before ho was dead ,
and the claim was successfully set np
that the murder was in self-defense.
WhitoPine ss still alive , llowastho
man who bunkoed $17,000 out of a minor
who had that amount of gold dust in his
possession. Witshburn was then chief of
police , and caught him , nnd in moving
him about the city took care that ho was
always heavily ironed. He is now broken
down and poor. Ho was always a mean ,
treacherous , murderous villain , and had
few friends in his heyday. Ho is alto
gether despised now.
John Dowllng was beaten by the Gar-
rity boys in McDonald's saloon. The
beating played an important part in the
contest that McGarlglo made for county
sheriff. Dowllng claimed that the police
wore glad to see him beaten , his nose
bitten , and his cur chawed off ; and that
McGarigle stood by without interfering ,
while the murderous Garritys were try
ing to kick , bite and thump him to death.
Where Sam Mcdill , managing editor of
the Tribune was beaten by those same
Garrity thugs has always been a mutter
of doiibt. It was probably near the Lake
side building , but it was planned in the
Store , because the Tribune declared that
the Garritys ought to bo runout of town.
Notwithstanding the fact that this sa
loon was always the headquarters for
criminals , it was also a place that fur
nished to the Pinker tons a great mass of
valuable information. McDonald , it in
said , has always had the good will of the
bants over the country , for the reason
that ho has placed in the bands of Pinkerton -
korton information which has led to the
capture of n great many dangerous for
gers. It was information in the Store
that led to the capture of Brockway , the
great Bank of England forger , and also
information from the same place that
finally rounded up Charley Holbrook ,
Ira Cavendish , and numerous other bank
sneaks and forgers.
A Model Application.
Dakota Bell : The Sioux Falls Fire and
Marino Lifo Insurance company was or
ganized this week. One trouble
with the life insurance companies in
the past , has been the great num
ber of unnecessary and troublesome
questions the applicant was obliged to
answer. This 1ms been largely done
away with in this company's application
blank , a part of which wo subjoin :
Give your full name at lengthand state
if yon contemplate going to Canada and
changing it.
Wore you over in the legislature , and
if so , have you reason to believe that the
attack will recur ?
Have you ever boon vaccinated , and if
so. was it fatal ?
Give your wife's name.
Are you married or singlet
Are you taking this insurance for specu
lative purposes ?
Have you over had bronchitis , small
pox , big-head , sore throat.lazinoss , buck-
fever , consumption or vigilance commit
tee ! If so , state about how fatal.
Are you insane ?
Are you subject to attacks of spinal
meningitis , glanders or sunstroke ?
Were you ever in the army , and If not ,
what pension do yon draw ?
Gives your views at length on the ques
tion of future punishment.
Have yon over removed for the benefit
of your health , and if so , how far ahead
of the sheriff wore you ?
Have you ever committed suicide ?
Are you addicted to splitting wood un
der a clothes line , or do you lot your wife
split the wood ?
Do you understand that you must pay
a premium on this policy , and that its
amount will probably increase on account
of the interstate commerce law ?
Do you work for a living , or run a dally
newspaper in a small town ?
Were you ever chewed by a mad dog ?
Do you horuby agree to live fifteen
years and give the company a chance ?
She has the complexion of a peach ,
Pozzoni'tt Medicated ComplcxionPowder
did it. Sold by all druggibts.
A Prank of John T. Haymond.
New York Graphic , 1875 : 1 must toll
you of a clover game he ( Sothern ) and I
put up on a couple of Englishmen. We
got into a railway compartment at BIrmingham -
mingham , prepared for fun of some sort ,
but just what wo hadn't decided. I took
out a cigar and said in turn to our fel
low travelers , "Do you object to smoke ,
sirV" They answered in the nega
tive , with something like the air
of objecting very much indeed.
"Do you object to smoke , sirr" I
asked Sothern. "I do , bir , " ho said. "I
beg your pardon , air , " 1 said. "Object
tobinokor" grumbled he ; "Hike a man's
impudence who proposes such a thing. "
"I beg your pardon , sir. " I repeated.
"Douce take a man , " continued ho , "who
presumes to wisli to make himself offen
sive. " " 1 beg your pardon , hir"h.aidr.
"Deuco take him , " said ho"nnd I for ono
am not afraid to npeak my mind about
him. " " 1 l > cg your pardon , hir , "
tald 1. The Englishmen looked
with undisguised contempt at such
meekness. This was increased
when .Mr. Sothern , shutting down
the window , coolly proceeded to light : i
cigar and to pull'away utit. The smoke
lillud the carriage and the KngllHhmon ut
last , evidently rccogui/ing In mo a pur-
son too contemptible to oil IT a protest ,
first requested , thun ordered Sothurn to
put out his cigar. Ho was deaf to them.
They fairly .stood over him. Ho pulled
away until the train stopped at a station.
Then , with a "Come along. John , " Im
invited mo to accompany him forth. Wo
tipped the guard nnd got into another
carriage , and the Englishmen rccogui/.ed
the sell. _
Has Ufird Thorn For 15 Ynnri.
Siwi SINO , N. Y. . May 27,1880.
1 have been using Au.cocK'a I'OKOUB
Pi.A6TF.us for the last fifteen .yeans m my
family and can conscientiously rucom-
iiKind them us invulimblo when applied
wliero pain is to bo relieved. Two ; > oiir
ago 1 contracted pneumonia from a
heavy cold and during my convalescence ,
and in the winter months since , have
worn ono across my bank nnd have ex
perienced great bone-fit tliorufrom , urn !
was rohovcd from a threatened return IDles
, hours.
lo-s than twenty-four
IKA J. GKIKKIS ,
Bookkeeper Firct National Bunk.