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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MAY 23 , 1887.
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that tlio actual circulation of the Dally Uuo
for the week ending May 20 , 1837 , was as
follows :
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Hitnday , ' May 15 . 14.000
Monday. May 10 . 14.71- .
Tuesday , Mav 17 . 14.100
Wednesday , May 18 . 14,100
Thursday. May 1U . 14,100
Friday , May 20 . 14,100
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Bee Publishing company , that the actual
average dally circulation of the Dally Dee for
the month of Maylb8fl , 12,429 copies ; for June ,
1880 , 12.298 copies ; for July , 1880 , 12,3l4copie.s ;
for August , 1BS8 , 12,401 copies ; for Septem
ber , IbbO , 13,030 copies ; for October , 18S0.
12,989 copies ; for November. 1880 , 13,348
copies ; for December , 1880. 13,237 copies ; for
January. 1887. 10,260 copies ; for February.
1887 , I4\9i \ copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,400
copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310 copies.
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dayof May , A.D.,1887.
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THE people along the Elkhorn road
should prepare their complaints , and
give the commission some hard facts to
think oTor when U makes its tour this
week.
THE wires arc burdened with wild
speculations as to the result in ' 88. A
programme to properly observe the
Fourth of July would come nearer being
in order.
Two members of the Illinois Icgisla
turo indulged in a rough-and-tumble
fight the other day in the capitol at
Springfield. A bill to legalize prize
lighting in the sucker state will doubt
less be passed before the statesmen ad
journ.
ON an estimated assessment of sixteen
millions , the live mill police tax author
ized by the charter will yield $80,000 for
the next fiscal year. Eighty thousand
dollars will support a police force of sov-
oniy patrolmen and ton ollicora , includ
ing chief of police , three captains and
five lieutenants , besides covering the expense
ponso of patrol wagoas.
IF the people of any section of this
state want to co-oporato with Omaha in
any worthy enterprise or project they
should have sense enough not to inflict a
legislative boodlcr on this community as
one of their prominent and respected citi
zens. Kcop the boodlers at home or niako
them emigrate to some cooler climate.
Omaha has no use for them.
IT is to be hoped that the suit brought
by Marshal Field against the directors
of the water works company will not de
lay the much needed enlargement of the
works. Nobody in Omaha outside of the
stockholders cares anything about the
msido operations of the company , but
every man , woman and child iu Omaha
i3 interested in the water supply.
THE marshal has ordered the saloon
keepers to remove tho'beer kegs from
the sidewalks every Saturday night so
that people going to church Sunday will
not hayo to stumble over them. No fault
can bo found with this order. If the police
would also cause the removal of corner
loafori and other unsightly obstructions
from our sidewalks they would confer
blessing on the community.
Mil. McSuAKE's editor denies that ho
is disgruntled about Governor Thayer
because he did not appoint him on the
police commission and ho furthermore
pronounces the statement that ho was a
candidate for the commission , as abs9
lutoly false. The next thing weexpccl
will bo a point blank denial from Roth
acker that ho over was a candidate for the
police commission. As a matter
tor of fact wo have it from
the very bust authority tha
llorrisey'a bosom friend Rothackor
urged Governor Thayer to appoiu
RlcShano's editor us one of the demo
cratic members of the commission. This
was done before the city election and
every conceivable pressure was brough
upon the governor to make these ap
pointmonts. 1'ossibly Air. Mornsoy wil
declare that ho never authorized Rothue
kor to use his name for this appointment
Possibly also ho will deny that Rothaukc
and himself have over thought of cou
trolling the police force through Hum
phrey Moynihan.
A TERV pressing matter for the attention
tion of the next congress is the necessity
for measures for the relief and enlarge
moat of the federal courts. It has been
shown for several years that the cotir
business of the country has outgrown th
original court system , but although con
Cross has had this fact repeatedly pro
onted to its attention , it IMS ncglcctci !
to provide the required relief. The pro
cnt term of the United States supreme
court will end this week , and tha ad
Jourument will lind the docket further It
arrears than ever before. However dili
gent tha court may bo , and it has never
t'w boon charged with lack of industry , it
cannot keep up with the growth of busi-
neaa , and there is consequently a steady
accumulation. Under present circum
stances a case must wait about three
ye r > for a hearing , unless for some
special reason it is advanced and taken
up out of its tarn. Tha way to a remedy
May not be easy , but iu any event a
remedy should DO found , for if it is not it
will bo only a matter of a few rears when
nobody will look to the federal courts for
that prompt dlipuusation of justice which
T citUea ka * the tin * ' "
The Kailrond Assessment.
The Htatn board of equalization has
once more gone through the farce of mak
ing an equalized assessment of the prop
erly of railroad and telegraph companies
in Nebraska. To call their work ix larco
does not , however , do them justice. It
was worse than a furco. Its so-callud
equalization of the railroad assessments is
in reality downright discrimination in
favor of certain railroads as agninat
others , and reckless partiality at the ox-
pcr.so of the taxpayers.
Lot us examine the llgurcs. The main
line of the Iturllngtou road from Plaits-
mouth to Hastings Is assossud at $12,509
per mile. This is the highest rate : \t
which any of the roads arc assessed , the
Union Pacific main line being rated at
$11,153 , and all other railways consider
ably lower. The Omaha & Southwestern ,
which is as much the main line as any
part of the U. & M. system , Is appraised
nt $0,150 , and the Republican Valley cx-
tcnsiou of the main line of the 1) . & M.
at $3,850 or less than one-half of the
assessment against the same
road between Plattsmouth and
Hastings. There are 053 miles of
the Hupublican valley extension paid only
101 of the main line. If the main line is
worlh $12,500 n mile , the extension of the
main line west of Hastings is worth fully
two-thirds as much.
The Sioux City & Pacific railroad ,
which only returns twenty-six miles for
taxation is appraised at $5,059 a
mile , while the Fremont , Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley railroad , which
extends 633 miles through the
state , is assessed at only $4,450 a
mile. Was llicio over a more bare-faced
imposition attempted upon the taxpayers
of the state ? The Fremont , Elkhorn &
Missouri Vallov road is no lougor a
branch line confined to trafllc between
two or three villages , but in reality an
extension of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. It is as much u trunk line as
the IJ. & M. railroad. It sustains pre
cisely the same relations to the Chicago &
Northwestern us the 15. & M. in Nebraska
docs to the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy
road. Why should such a road , doing
about one-third of the trafllc of the state ,
bo classed as a stub road , and assessed at
one-third of the valuation placed upon
the main lines of the 1) . & M. or Union
Pacific ?
If it is not quite up to the standard of
those roads , why should it bo appraised ,
at fifty per cent of the valuation of the
Omaha & Southwestern and way below
other roads that are not doing ono-half
of its traffic ? Why is it assessed $3,000
per mile less than the Missouri Pacific ,
which does not carry half as muclrtriiflic
as the Elkhorn Valley line ?
Years ago , when the Elkhorn Valley
road was only extended to Norfolk , there
might have been some oxouso for its low
classification , but with a line 038 miles
long , traveling ; i region iu which it has
the monopoly o ! tnillic , it can no longer
bo classed as a poor little stub road , and
should bo made to bear its duo proportion
tion of railroad tuxes.
Thcso unequal assessments will very
seriously ailect the taxpayers in the
counties through which these roads pas.
Many of the counties traversed by the
li. & M. extension and the Elkhorn
Valley line have bonded themselves
to aid in the construction of those rail
roads , and now they will receive only a
very small proportion of the taxes which
the railroads , properly assessed , should
lave paid. If the last legislature had
doue Its duty and passed the laws recom
mended by Governor Thayer in his in
augural , the present board of equaliza
tion would have been wiped out , and a
new board created more familiar with
the relative value of railroads in Ne
braska. A state board made up of at
least ono member from every organized
county would have made an assessment
based on the known valuation of the dif
ferent roads.
The present method of equalization by
three state ollicors is unsatisfactory and
liable to grave abuses. Instead of a board
of equalization , it always has been , and
always will bo , a board of discrimination.
\Vlio Told Clio Truth ?
Our morning contemporaries liavo
made personal explanations in behalf of
their respective editors with regard to
their candidacy for positions on the po
lice commission. Mr. MoShauo's editor
denies absolutely that ho was a candidate
for commissioner , and supplements the
dental by an attempt to treat the applica
tion-winch was made for uim us a joke.
Mr. Hounds' editor assures us that ho
was not an applicant for the position , and
had not the remotest notion of pressing
the candidacy of the democratic
editor when his name was sug
gested by Governor Thayer as u ,
proper complement to his own appoint
mnnt. This controversy would not in
terest the public if it did not involve the
question of veracity between Governor
Thayer and these disgruntled candidates
on ono hand , and atlbrd proof positive
that the vindictive assaults on Governor
Thayer were inspired by chagrin over
the failure to dictate the governor's ap
pointments on the police commission.
Governor Thayer's version of the pur
sistont attempt of the late government
printer and his partners to dictate
these appointments was embodied in an
interview published by the UEK ton days
ago. The following extract is iu strinlug
contrast with the version given by the
filuug-shot editor :
"What is the cause of the Republican' *
savage assault upon you , governor , on ac
count of your letter addressed to the police
commissioners ! " ' naked a reprMontallro o :
the BIE : last evonluj ; of Governor Thayer u'
the Mlllard hotel.
"Isuppow , " answered the governor , "that
U is because I did not appoint Editor Jtoth
acker as one of those commissioners. "
"Why , was ho an applicant ? "
"Yes , and a very earnest and persisten
one , " replied thg cover nor.
"Did anyone recommend him ? "
' No one except Mr. Cadet Taylor. Thai
geutleman called upon mo at Lincoln som
weeks auo and requested ino to appoint Sir
Kothackur. 1 discouraged It at ttut tfino.
During my late visit here , when I spent some
several days in Omaha , considering the subJect
Joct ot the commission , Messrs. Taylor am
Kothacker called on me and tlio.-application
was renewed. 1 * ave them the reasons which
bad led me to conclude that Mr. Koth-
acker's appointment would not bo Judi
cious. " - * * "W H , did that etid
the matter ? "
"I supposed that was the end of it I re
turned to Lincoln on the evening of the day
of the city election here. Two days after
that I received a most preulufr telegram
acaln runmvlng tue request for the appoint
ment of Mr. Ilothacker , but I found no rea
son for chancing my determination. "
The pressing telegrams referred to
'
now limned by Iloundj & Taylor who
bought out Yost & Nyo's Republican
printing establishment olglit months ago.
Ilotlinckor'a candidacy was not a mcro
whim of a Moynihan maniac but a dcop
laid boodle schonio which reached down
among the keepers of gambling nouses
who liavo entered into a combine to
control the police force and continue in
the business In dofiauco of law.
The governor llutly refused to play
into the hands of the conspirators. Ho
ignored the arrogant dounuuU of Hounds
& Taylor , and made choice of commis
sioners on his personal judgment. Then
the mud batteries opened , and a shower
of abuse was hurled at him by Mr. Me-
Shane's paper , while the cx-govcrnracnt
printer gently hinted that Governor
Thayer was a suporanuatcd old granny
and had no business to mctUllo with the
nfl'alrs of Omaha. In tlio very face of
this insult and whllo being denounced
for meddling witli the local alliiirs of tlio
city , Governor Thayer was importuned
by Itothakor and his personal backers to
use his influence with the commission
in favor of Moyniliam for chief of police.
Thcso fuels will probably also bo de
nied , although the full particulars re-
arding tills "pressing deputation" that
called uuon Governor Tluiyor at tiio
Mlllard hotel were secured by our re
porters. It la now simply a question of
veracity between Governor Thayer and
ins malingers. Governor Timyor's repu
tation for integrity and veracity is not
likely to sufTcr.
A DHToronuo of Opinion.
Congressman liutterworth , of Ohio ,
appears to have started a campaign in
behalf of reciprocity with Canada. Last
Thursday evening ho spoke in Now
York in advocacy of tlto policy proposed
in tlio bill which ho introduced in the
last congress , providing for the aboli
tion of all customs duties between the
United States ami Canada. Mr. Butter-
worth states his position very clearly and
forcibly. What ho desires to have ac
complished is full and complete recipro
cal trade and commerce between the
two countries , so that for all purposes of
trade , barter and exchange they shall bo
as ono. Ho would remove all custom
houses along our 3,030 miles of Canadian
frontier , and do business with our north
ern neighbor on an absolutely free trade
basia. Ho admits that such an arrange
ment would involve an assimilation of
tar ill' rate and internal revenue taxes ,
and possibly an arrangement for pool
ing the receipts from customs and a di
vision on some cqultablo basis , but these
conditions ho thinks present no serious
difficulty or embarrassing problom.
The conl'ulonco of Mr. Uutterworth ,
however , would Jjp ( more reassuring if it
wore not confronted by serious objections
from intelligent and intluontial sources in
Canada. Thorn has recently dovolopcd
in tlio dominion a liriro sentiment favor
able to trade reciprocity with the United
States , and indeed the cultivation of moro
mlimato relations generally. Wo liavo
no doubt there are a great many moro
people there now than over before who
are ready to favor almost any proposi
tion , fiscal , economic or political , which
would bring the United States aud Can
ada into a closer intimacy. Hut a great
many of these people look'only ' on the
surface of .things , and therefore escape
observation of all underlying difficulties.
It is novcr safe to assume a great deal on
the strength of a sudden popular clamor.
Only a few days before Mr. Butter-
worth spoke hi Now York there was pub
lished an interview with Mr. Foster , tlio
Canadian minister of marine and fish
eries. Ho hails from a province whcro
the feeling is strongly in favor of reel
procit.v , but this fact docs not blind
him to certain obvious difficulties.
In the first place an assimilation
of tariffs would moan a very large
increase in the present tariff of
Canada , which would bo fought by both
the free-traders and the moderate protec-
tiouista of that country. But if this con
dition ware complied with it would in
volve an extreme discrimination against
Great Britain to which very serious ob
jeotion might bd mado. Tlio imperial
government oflercil no objection with the
adoption of tlio present tarilV , but it is
hardly to bo expected that it would bo so
amiable if an attempt were ma < ! o to
establish prohibitory duties. But the
most serious difficulty , in the view of Mr.
Foster , is presented by the question of
revenue. Where is this to como from if
Canada lias free trade witn tlio United
States and a high protective tariff against
foreign trade ? Canada needs annually
$35,000,000 , two-thirds of which comes
from customs duties , "Open our mar
kets to the United States free , " says Mr.
Foster , "and a largo proportion of the
goods which now pay ihoso duties would
como from the United States , contribut
ing nothing in the way of revenue. " Ho
believes , also , that the result would bo
disastrous to the industries of Canada ,
which could not withstand competition
with these of the United States.
Inasmuch as the question is very cer
tain to make , sooner or later , a souio-
what urgent demand on public attention ,
it Is Well to clearly understand the lines
upon which it will bo discussed in the
two countries. These are very clearly
presented by Mr. iluttorworth and Mr.
Foster , ami the difference is so wide as
not to warrant very great faith in the
immediate success of tlio former gontlc
man's arrangement.
The National Drill.
An event , the preparations for which
have been in progress for months , and iu
conmiution with which there have al
ready boon several incidents of general
interest , will bo fornriliy inaucrurateil
to-day. This is the national drill ai
AYasliingtou , the most elaborate enter
prise of the kind that has ever takou
placu in this country. It is understood
that all the regiments and companies
that will compute in the drill , represent
ing thirty-one htates and numbering from
livn to six thousand men , will bo in oamp
this morning , aud for the ensuing week
the national capital will present a more
military npnoaranoo than it has at any
timu since the review of the armies after
the itlosc of the rebellion. While the ap
pomimontb and conveniences of the
unmii arc such as are required for the
primer accommodation and comfort ol
soldiers in peace , the regulations neces
sary to military observances and discii
plinu will prevail , so that n useful experience
once in camp duties will bo imparted.
General Angur i the commandant of the
camp , with u start' composed of experi
enccil soldiers from tnoitt of the states
represented. Drills will bo held daily ,
the grounds for this purpose being the
linust in the country. Each night
there will be exhibited the grand pana *
ram a in fire of the contest between the
Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton
Roads. Wednesday will bo governor's
lay , when tiio president and executors of
n number of tliu states will review the
roops. The cam ! ) uxorclses will bo con
cluded on Decoration day , when Iho
volunteers with escort , the Grand Army
at ronta to Arlington cemetery iu the
morning and la tlio afternoon receive
tlio prl7.cs. Thcio obnsist of flags , stands
of colors , gold , sllvur and bronze medals ,
and over $ -JO,090 bi cash premiums ,
which will bo presented by the president
to victorious commands.
It is to bo hoped the event will bo
favored with all propitious conditions.
1'ho purpose. Is good , and if the drill is
successfully carried out according tel
l > rogramtuo the result will undoubtedly
1)0 useful. The military instinct cannot
Lie suppressed , if thuro were any sound
reason why it should bo , and since men
will yield to it , it is certainly well that
tlicir soldierly attainments shall bo us
thorough at possible. Competitions
such as will take place at Washington
tills week are a stimulant to the best en
deavor. Rivalry quickens energy and
zeal. Tlio victorious companys in this
week's drills will return proudly to their
homes with the determination to main
tain their reputation. Tlio defeated will
return with an equally earnest deter
mination to butter prepare themselves
for a future trial , and they will liavo
learned how this may bo dono. A citi/on
soldiery , proud of its acquirements and
constantly striving for higher attain
ment is a good thing for the republic to
havo. Whatever conduces to the pro
motion and olovution of such a posses
sion is therefore to bo commended and
encouraged.
A UII.KO.VTIO.V : from Wayne county is
now in the city to secure the co-opura-
tion of Omaha in the projected railroad
connection between this city and Yank-
ton. This is a move which our citizens
should encourage by every means at their
command. It is to bo regretted , how
ever , that the citizens of Wayne should
have sent to Omaha , us one of their
spokesmen and representatives , Slater ,
the legislative boodler who tampered
with the Omaha charter last winter , and
hold those midnight conferences with the
Omaha gamblers. It is an insult to the
board of trade and the merchants of
Omaha to ask thmn to treat with such u
corrupt .scoundrel.
TIIK effort of the democratic officials of
Kichlaml county , Ohio , to discredit the
returns made by Senator Sherman to the
assessor resulted to'.ihoir ' ignominious de
feat. These officials , doubtlcss.promptcd
from the outside , bi * inspired by news
paper fictions reganiling the senator's in
vestments , got it-Urtto their heud.s that
Senator Sherman'ownotl , stock in a Now
York national batik and in the Union
Pacilic of which ho'iiad ' made no return
for taxation. Au auUioritative statement
had been made add widely pu blished
that the senatoruojvned no such stock
and never had , but this was not suffi
cient. He'was cited to appear bcforo
the county auditor aml make oath that
he did not own thastoek , which disposed
of the matter and placed the officials in
anything but nn , ofrviublo position. U
would be ridiculous to pretend that this
uction was prompted by a sense of duty.
The motive is too plain to admit of any
such explanation , But a good purpose
was served in the opportunity given Sen
ator Sherman to fully and finally dispose
of tlio gratuitous statements , made with
the design of injuring him , which wcro
floating around regarding his business
affairs. This contemptible sort of warfare -
fare is at an end.
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska Jotting * .
The first of thn .six spans of the Rule
railroad bridge is in place.
August Gruni'r , a Wisnor butcherwas
tuxeu $35 und costs for peddling diseased
meat.
The speculators of Wnyno are saitt to
have cleaned up 00,000 in real estate
deals recently.
Sing Koo is singing low in Rushvillo
just now. Ho is on trial for shooting a
local tough fiomo weeks ago.
Bill Stout and his partners have pur
chased ground and will opun limestone
quarries near Weeping Water.
A now bank , a Masonic temple and
waterworks are promising improvements
in Fulls City. The city is free of debt.
Nebraska City will shine up with elec
tricity on or about the 1st of October.
Crete has contracted for a similar plant.
The Hon. P. F. O'Sullivan ' is doing
some lively work in the mail line in West
Point Ho is invaluable as un assistant to
the postmistress.
Senator Paddock paid $30,000 for a cor
ner on Sixth und Court streets , Beatrice ,
on which ho will erect a combination
hotel anil opera house.
The largo hearted local liar of Valentino
tine has succeeded in distancing all com
petitors with hulf-nound hail stones ,
wearing ton-inch belts.
The university cadets urn camped near
Weeping Water. The sheriff and a posse
of constables have spiked the town to
prevent the kids tearing it up.
Dora Posousky , a wicked young woman
in Walioo , took u spring buth in a creek
near town and swallowed too much of
the fluid. Her body wus recovered.
West Point proposes to take a hand in
pushing the wheels of the proposed
Omaha & Yanktoiiiroad , and will send a
committee to this cityito talk business ,
At the Norfolk to'tornamont of north
Nebraska sportsmeti' . fudge J. B. Barnes ,
of Poncu , won tlio "gold modal by shooting -
ing straight liftoca.Pcorla blnckbirds ,
eighteen yards risoJ0- . (
The Fremont Herald threatens to put
on a spring suit. The cast oil * will form
the nucleus of a mtisvum of antiquity in
the normal sRhoolnlrho Herald is the
Tom Murray of journalism.
Lionel Scliaumani an imported mouth
organ , tnmpornrilystlbpping at Wisnnr ,
has been bound over ( o the district court
for preaching anarchy and chaos. A
bail bond of $500 hijff' been plastered on
his "gob. " ,
An extra line fish story was spoiled
near Loup City losfweek. Throe young
ladies returning in a buggy from a lish-
ing tour were spilled out and the trophies
of the hook spoiled by Iho shock. The
world thereby loses a mussivn feminine
lib in the piscatorial lino.
The Chautauqua assembly grounds iu
Crete are being improved aim beautified
for the coming meeting. A number of
nobby private cottages are going up and
a number of society buildings contracted
for. It is expected that the State press
association will erect quarters.
Fred K. Fox , of Republican City , enter
tained a gang of night hawks a few
nights ago. Ho whistled to keep his
courage up while they cracked the safe
and took a gold watch and chain , a gold
ring , four revolvers , several pocket
knives and f35 in cash as mementos of
the visit.
Walter Long , of Nebraska City ,
brought out a rmtj remloesceace of tae
war and attempted to discharge It. Tlio
musket fulled at tlio first pull but when
Wnltnr gazed , into Its aching Interior , it
wus not lung getting there. His nee
wus scattered among tlio clouds and ono
eye filled with painful memories of ( ho
iluy.
Preparation1) ) are being made In every
town ami village In the state to appropri
ately ob crvo Decoration day. It Is a
pleasure to note the widespread Interest
nil cli : scs take hi the day. Not only the
conmulos ami relatives of the soldier
( load , but fathers and mothers , brothers
und sisters utilto iu devoting ono day to
tlio beautiful ceremony of decorating the
graves of loved ones ami reviving tlio
earthly memories of these who have KOIIO
before.
Tlio North Bond Flail pavs a neat trib
ute to Charley Atkinson , of Lincoln. Ho
was called to North Bond recently by the
death of his uncle , John Long , and ( hid
ing the only legacy loft the widow was in
unpaid bills and destitution , paid nil immediate -
mediate expenses and left sufficient
moans with the sorrowing wife to give
her u new stnrt. He was indeed a bright
sunbeam amid the gloom of death and
nis generous and unselfish deeds will ro-
( louml to his credit in the world to como.
Tlio Hon. John O. V titson , of Nobrnsku
City , member of the legislature , hus se
cured additional prominence by inducing
his wife to leave him. ilu is a dashing
society man , liberally gifted with gab ,
and a weakness for the fair sox. Mrs.
Wutson wus a Miss Humblin , and is now
stopping with a brother iu Omaha pend
ing suit for a divorce , while her licklo
lord is said to bo actively arranging for
another spouse. The now charmer is
said to be so captivating , fresh and IIIP-
pant that $5,000 , would bo considered a
mcro trillo in purchasing his liberty.
The Luther-Wagner libel suit inDodgo
county has proved a costly draw game.
Wugnor proclaimed from the housetops
and posted on a bridge a placard declar
ing that Luther curried his wife with his
lists. Detectives were employed , the
libeller run down , and a suit for $30,000
damages followed. The court tit Hooper
lust week wus crowded with witnesses ,
and the lawyers were loadftd for fees
when the announcement was made
that the case was settled. Wag
ner agreed to retract , each pay
ing half the costs of court and
witnesses. Luther has squandered fully
$5,000 to ro-esttiblish his domestic char
acter : ; nd Wagner is out ono-lifth of that
sum. Both are wealthy farmers and
seemed perfectly content to pay a good
price for experience.
Iowa Items.
A county seat war is brewing in Harri
son.
son.Belle
Belle Plaino's big well has been
plugged.
A quite heavy frost nipped green things
in the vicinity of Eagle Grove Wednesday
morning.
U. P. P. Ingulls , a prominent DCS
Moines clergyman , died in Kansas last
Wednesday.
Lake City raised $5,271 to secure the lo
cution of the round-house ami machine
shops of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway at that town.
The common council of Atlantic has
passed an ordinance exempting from city
luxation for tivo yours all Industries and
manufactories investing $5,000 or moro.
The DPS Moines papers are loth to
admit that their base ball players are not
a match for the Milwaukccs , and blame
the three successive defeats upon the um
pire.
pire.A
A team driven by David Fry , of Fairfield -
field , an old man nearly seventy , became
frightened nt a bicycle rider and run
awav , throwing the old man out and in-
Hiding injuries from which bodied a few
hours after tiio.accident.
The fourth reunion of the "Crocker's
Iowa Brigade" will bo bold at Davenport
on Wednesday and Thursday , September
21 and 22. The annual address will bo
delivered by Stephen A. Marino , private
of company G , Thirteenth Iowa.
Louis McKinncy , a night messenger of
the United States express company at
Keokuk , wus arrested Wednesday morn
ing charged with having stolen live pack
ages from the office containing $315.45.
Iu default of $800 bonds ho was commit
ted to jail.
A party of West Liberty young folks
wont fishing on Big Run , about eight
miles from the town. During tlio dp.y a
rainstorm came up and the young people
ple sought shelter under a largo tree.
The horses had been unhitched and tied
to the tree under whose boughs the party
hud sougct shelter from the rain. The
boys thought to play a good joke on the
ladies , und getting hold of the tongue of
the vuhiolo dragged their loud of fair
freight Into thn ruin about a hundred
foot distant from the tree. They had
just gotten out from the shelter wlien a
thunderbolt came crashing down through
the monarch of the woods , shivering the
tree entirely , killing the two horse.s.stun-
niug the young gentleman , ono so badly
that they thought him ( loud. Hud the
party remained under the tree u minute
longer not ono could have escaped.
Dakota.
An opera house has just been completed
at Dead wood.
Dcadwood and Sundance are to bo con
nected by telephone.
A now Episcopal church building has
been commenced at Aberdeen.
Thirty-two thousand acres of wheat
have been sown on Dalrymplo's little
ranch iu the Red River Valley.
Twenty year railroad bonds to the
amount of $ CO,000 , recently issued by
Sioux Falls , sold at a premium of 3fc per
cent.
Pierre , at a recent election , voted 825-
000 to aid in securing the extension of
the Manitoba liuo from Aberdeen to
Pierre.
Rapid City has raised a bonus of $15,000
to start work on the Rapid City , Wyom
ing & Western railroad. Surveying par
ties will start out this week and grading
will commence not later than July 1.
In Russia it is said suicides are increas
ing in number every year. The proportion
tion to the population is now greater in
St. Petersburg than in any other
European capital. Of lute years oven
boys und girls from eight to six teen take
their own lives , generally on the idea of
the cruel treatment of their parents. The
causes assigned for this stutu of things
are the wretched social conditions of
modern Russian lifa and the pessimist
views and anarchist tendencies em
braced by many in early .yours.
When the Cornell university base ball
nine were in Elmira , N. Y. , recently ,
they thought it proper to serenade the
col lego girls. So , after dark , they as
sembled in front of a large building
which was lighted and began witii "I'll
Await My Love. " Bcforo they got
through a man came out and asked them
to make less noise , bucnuso they were
disturbing a prayer mooting. The boys
had mistaken Rnv. C. K. Boecher's
church for the Elmira female college.
It is'said that a citizen of Augusta , Ga. ,
dreamed the other night that bo was
standing at the grave of his father , who
lived in a distant city und whom ho had
not seen for years. On the following
night the druam was repeated. Early
the next morning ho went to the tele
graph office to send a dispatch homo , but
before ho had tilled out the blank the
operator handed him a message an
nouncing that his father had died sud
denly the night before.
A lobster firm at Rocklund , Me. ,
shipped from the 1st of October to March
26 , 3,300 barrels of lobsters to New York
denier * . The lobsters. 347.500 m number ,
were Tallied at $39,600.
A TERRIBLE CONSPIRACY.
Tivo Prominent Oil Manufactnrara on Trial
at Buffalo.
STANDARD OIL PROTEGES.
The Rockefellers In Coitrl Noted
Lawyers In the Cnso Rich Do-
lonilants Generosity Not
Appreciated.
Buffalo Express : It la generally be
lieved that tlio great Standard Oil com
pany is on trial in BulTalo for the crlmo
of conspiracy. The reason for this bo-
llof is iu the tact that live prominent oil
manufacturers Hiram B. und Charloa
M. Everest , of Rochester , John D. Arch-
bold , Henry 11. Rogers und Ambrose Mc
Gregor , of New York wcro brought to
the bar of the court of the oyer and
tormmur lust Momluy to answer to the
churgo of conspiracy to blow up the
works of the Bufl'ulo Lubricating Oil
company nnd to ruin its business. The
prusctico iu tlio court every day of John
D. Rockefeller , president of the Stand
ard Oil company , aud William Hooko-
feller , ins brother , of that gigantic mo
nopoly , with five of Now York state's
most noted lawyers , confirms the belief
that the Standard Is on trial.
Probably never before in the history .of
criminal jurisprudence in Erie county ,
hayo live meu , each so pro-cminently dis
tinguished for wealth , been arraigned for
an alleged crime. Something of the per-
Honnol of these mcii.ineluding the Rocke
fellers , will niako an interesting story.
There is a peculiar misconception
about the Standard Oil company. It wus
originally organixod In 1871 , und is now
conducting the business of refining oils
in Cleveland for domestic use. The pres
ent capital stock is 13.500,600. and John
D. Rockefeller , Is president of the com
pany. There is also a Standard Oil com-
puny of Nuw York , which lias largo ro-
linuries at Long Island City , und which
relines oil principally for export trudo.
William Rockefeller Is president of that
company , und the capital stock is
15,000,000.
The Standard Oil trust is not a corpora
tion. The stocks of the various rohning
companies are owned by a large number
of individuals , who in 18S1 put them in
the hands of trustees and entered into
an agreement dalining the duties of those
trustees. The Standard Oil trust docs no
business whatever. Henry H. Rogers
and John D. Archbold , two of the pres
ent defendants , are trustees under that
trust.
Besides owning stock in the Vacuum
Oil company of Rochester , and perhaps
.some other oil property , Ambrose Mc
Gregor is simply a practical oil man. and
a superintendent of thn Standard Oil
comuuny's refineries. Rogers , Archbold ,
and McGregor , representing what is
called the "Standard Interests , " in 1870
bought 75 per cent of the stock of the
Vacuum Oil company , of Rochester , and
have since become directors of that com
pany. The practical conduct of the
business is in the hands of C. M. Everest ,
wiio lives in Rochester. His father , H.
B. Everest , receives $10,000 per year as
the nominal president of the Vacuum
company , though his homo is in Sun
Bernardino county , California , where ho
ig interested in fruit farming. The Ever-
csts have no other connection whatever
with the Standard Oil company or with
the Standard Oil trust. They simply
own or control 23 per cent of the stock of
thn Vacuum company.
John D. Archuolu lives In a brownstone -
stone house ou West Fifty-third street.
New York , near Sixth avenue. Ho paid
$75,000 for the house and is considered
worth $600,000. Ho is a mcdium-si/cd
man , about forty years old , with a clean
shaven face , dark , bright eyes , which
laugh whenever ho does. Ho is n genial
follow , and is considered a regular boy
by his associates ; in fact , ho was a mes
senger boy and collector for n coal corn-
puny in Titusvillo once , and youthful
looks and ways have stuck to him.
From a messenger ho became a broker
in crude oil , then ho organized the Acme
Refining company of Titusvillo and
Olcun , of which ho is yet president.
John D. Rockefeller was the original
organizer of the Standard Oil company
of Cleveland in 1871 , and of the Standard
Oil trust in 1881 , ana ho holds the largest
individual interest of any man in the eli
business in the world. He is ono of the
trustees of the Standard trust , and has
been the head man in the business from
the beginning. His unbounded confi
dence in the success of the Standard , his
pluck and daring have been the principal
powers which have made the name of
'Standard Oil" synonymous of riches ,
wealth , fortune. "His faith has boon
the support of evnry man iu tlio con-
corn1 said Mr. Daniel O'Day , the Buflulo
representative of the Standard interests ,
yesterday. "Every other stockholder
hus weakened at ono time or other , but
John D. Rockefeller hus hold right to his
beliefs and lias made every ono con
nected with him prosperous. It
was his faith and nothing else
that caused the investment of $30,000,000
in tanks in the oil territory and in a pir/o
line to the sea board , when it w as uot
known that oil would hold out for two
years. Ho is showing the same faith in
the Ohio oil situation. Ho has caused
tanks to bo built and 1,000,000 gallons of
that now sulphurous oil to bo actually
bought and paia for , and costly ! build
ings and refineries erected , and no iior
any ono else knows what can bo done
with the oil. The secret of relining it
has not yet been discovered. Chemists
are trying to desulphuri'/xs the oil , but as
yet they have not succeeded. The Stand
ard's principal chemist has given it up ,
and says it can't be done , but Rocke
feller has put his foot down aud says , "It
shall bo dono. "
Mr. T. C. S. Dodd , attorney for the
Standard Oil company of New York.thus
told of the Rockefellers yesterday.
"John D. . despite the common belief
hat lie is aristocratic and proud , is in fact
a quiet , timid , retiring man in private
Ufa. lie is unassuming aud modest.
His wife wus a school teacher when
ho marries her. She euros nothing for so-
ciey and only seeks to do good with the
money they huvc. She is a wonderfully
sweet little woman , und her children uro
like her in gentleness. John is it strong
Baptist anillio contributes generously to
the support of the church. Ho recently
built a theological seminary ut the Roch
ester university culled Rockefeller hall ,
at a cost of $25,000 , and gave it to the
city. To him no prosperity is too good
for a faithful honest employe of the
Standard , and it is his desire that all who
have contributed to build up the fortnno
of the company shall share in it.
"John D. Rockefeller is not worlh so
much as ho is commonly ruled. As un
actual fact ho is worth about $10,000,000 ,
if bis trust certilictuns are valued at their
present quotation 220. If ho tried to
soil out any portion of the stock ho
couldn't got nearly that sum. The certi
ficates are quoted ut that llguru because
they uro not 011 the market. Tuoy are
not listed on any board of trade , und arn
not speculative in any way. They can
bo bought and. are sold ovury day , but
not through the _ exchanges.
"John bus lived in Cleveland for thirty
years , and still spends the .summer
months there with his family. The house
is the same modent one he lived in whun
a clerk twenty years ugo , anil is not us
good as anr of litty houses on Delaware
avenue huro. HU frimills wonder why
lie docs not build a morn elegant homo
in Cleveland , but ho says ho likes the old
house. His children were bom there ,
and his old friends live near thorn. Ho
has lately moved to Now York , and now
calls that city his homo. His rosidciic *
is No. 4. West Fifty-fourth street. It Was
bought by Mra. C. P. lluiitlngton , wifuof
of the Union Piiolllc millionaire , ami cost
$000,000. It is a llnu old mansion with
grounds about it.
"Tim honso hud boon magnificently
furnished by Hortcr , and ifl , in its way , u
niiruclo ol ingenuity in frescoing , panel
ing , und decorations , ami is lull ot unlqiiu
furnishings and costly paintings.
"IIoslduH the old Cleveland homo on the
corner of Euclid ami Cuss avenues , ho
owns a line country rcsidunco eight miles
out of that city on the lake shoru. Many
men iu Cleveland remember \vhcn ho
wus a poor commission merchant down
on the wharves near the viaduct. John
is not yet fifty yuurs old.
"William Rockefeller is different from
John in almost ovo.ry way. lie , too , Is
very rich. Ho lives at his country homo
near Greenwich , Conn.eight months iu
the year. There ho has a farm , raises
stock' , has a racu-triok , und ho will tulk
'horso' all day with anybody who will
listen to him. Ho likes nothing better
timu to eel into the country willi his
family. His homo in tlio city is a twenty *
foot front brick house , No. USD Fifth uvo-
liuo , corner of Fify-fourth street. It is
trimmed with brown stone , and is not at
all u pretentious mansion for New York.
Willlum bought lust your the estate of
the lute William P. Aaplnwiill , known us
Rockluml , in Mount 1'lcasaiit and O.ssin-
ing townshipson tlio Hudson. It is near
Gruystono , the homo of the Into Samuel
J. Tilden , and consists of about eight
hundred acres. Hu paid $250,000 for the
estate , which is less than It cost Aspin-
wall twenty yours ago. William owns
some of the finest pictures in Now York
in fact , his tastes all run to horses nnd
pictures. Ho is not as good a titiuncicr
us John , and I guess John directs ull
their investments.
"Many uooplo think that Willlum is
self conceited , arrogant , and unneces
sarily brusque , but such is not tlio fact.
Ho is utTublo at all times und polite. He
stands straight.throws.lout his chest when
ho walks , and has the air of a mun
through whoso veins healthy blood is
pumped. What is considered bruequu-
ness , is simplv the natural aggression of
n man of extreme buoyancy of temper-
men t.
Continuing the conversation , Mr. Dodd
turned to Henry H. Rogers , who i.s by
all odds the handsomest man of the
defendants , if not , indeed , of all men to
bo scon m the court of oyor nnd term-
iner. Ho is junior partner in the firm of
Charles Pratt & Co. , recently incorpor
ated as the Pratt manufacturing com
pany , of Brooklyn. His check Is good
for $2,000,000 , aud ho hus made most ull
of his fortune m oil. Ho was born in
Fairhaven , Mass. , near Now Bedford ,
and ho is turning quito gray , though ho
is not an old man. Ho is gentlemanly Iu
all his ways and is sensitive to a degree.
Ho feels much humiliated at being
brought here to Bufl'ulo on this criminal
charge , as ho positively know nothing
about the Bull'alo company's doings , nor
did. ho care. There are nearly u hundred
such small concerns nil over the country
manufacturing oil , but they have no con
nection with the Standard. Rogers , too ,
is liberal with his money. Recently a
public school and library was completed
at Fairhavo and given to the town by
Mr. Rogers. The buildings cost $100OCO.
"Rogers , too , is very fond of his wife
and family , and they spondmost of the
summer near Fairhaven. His mother
still lives there , in an unpretentious , old-
fashioned frame house. She will not
leave the old borne. 1 expect the house
is a curiosity , for 1 am told that Henry
builds a wing or an addition to it almost
every your , in sonic hope of making his
old mother moro comfortable. In Now
York Mr. Rogers lives ut the corner of
Fifty-second street nnd Madisou uvunuo
in un elegant old house which ho bought
a few year ago for $70.000 , und on which
he hns spent about $30,000 in fitting up.
"Theso men on trial hern iu Buflulo
nro not such monsters of greed and
rapacity as they arc commonly believed
to bo. 'Thev have riches , but they earned
them by hard work. The Standard com
pany is the result of combined industry
as well as of wealth. Tulk about strong
corporations ! The Standard is really
weak. Every man's hands uro against it ,
and it lias got to such a pass that no legis
lation can be enacted in which the Stand
ard is Known to bo Interested without u
dmand being made for boodle. Hero's
an instance to show the narrow and sus
picious spirit of antagonism against tbo
Standard :
Charles Pratt , the senior partner of Mr.
Rogers , and prominently connected with
the Standard Ooil Interests , is an old
man. Ho is rich , and , like Peter Cooper ,
in Now York , he desires to build
build a temple of .science und art in
Brooklyn. Ho lias philosophical ideas of
perpetuating his pliilanthrophy , and ono
schonin is to turn in the income from a
largo number of modern model dwelling
houses which ho owns toward the sup
port of the proposed institution. Ho is
willing and anxious to spend $4,000,000
ou Brooklyn- and to outshine Peter
Cooper in generosity , but would you be-
Hcvo it , that mun cannot get the legisla
ture to incorporate his trust and muko
his ambition possible of accomplishment !
Why ? Because the crv has been ruiscd :
'Standard Oil ) Standard Oill Keep
clear of the octopos ! There is so mo kind
of a scheme back of all this philan
. ' "
thropy. _
The Boston papers have como to the
conclusion that T. B. Aldrich and John
Boyco O'Reilly are just now writing bet
ter poetry than those English bards ,
James Russell Lowell and Alfred Tenny
son. This is not saying much for Aid-
rich and O'Reilly , but it is true as far
as it goes.
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