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! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FlttDAY. MAY 27 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKHMH or SUIUCIUPTIO * ! tf Hr ( Mnrnlair Kdltlon ) IncluilliiK Hunrlftr line , Onn Yi-nr . tlO CXI For Bit MontlM . 6 ( For Thn > o Months . 2M The Omaha riNintny Ilieranllod : to on/ aUd ro-ja , One Yenr. . - . 2 OC OMAHA ornrr. No. mi Ann 911 FAIWAM Brnrn- . YOIIK orricK. Know r.1 , Tiitnt'NK lU'ii.iiiNd , ornci , No. 613 FUUKTEKMTII imizxr , All oommnnlaitioniirelntlnff to noir nndcdl torlnl nialtor should bo udareMoJ U > thu But Ttiu or TIIK. HUE. All r > uilno s letters and rnmlttanoe * should b Mil reused to TIIK II BK I'uuMstiiNd COMPANY OMAHA. Drafts , chock * and pontofllcu order1 to bo made payable to tbo orcltr of thu compunjr IRE BU PUBlMllllIPW , PROPIIIEIOnS , E. R08EWATRR. Enrron. THE DAII-Y BKK. Bworn Statement of Circulation. BUto of Nebra ka , I. - County of Doiulas. i 8 > Bl Oeo. II , Tzschiicic , secretary of The Bee Publishing companv , doca solemnly sweat that the actual circulation of the Dally lice for the week ending May ! W , 1837 , was a. follows : Saturday. oMay 14 . 14.OX Sunday , May 15 . 14.0W Monday. May 10 . 14i' Tuesday. Mav 17 . 14.1CX Wednesday. May 18 . 14.11X Thursday , May 10 . 14,1K ( Vrlday , May ! ! 0 . 14,1 < X Averaco . 14.20 ; (5KO. II. T/.SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to bolore mu this 21st day of May , 1SS7. N. 1' . Km. . fSKAL. ) Notary I'ubllc. Gco. II. Tzschnck , being first duly sworn , deposes and Bays that ho is secretary of The Boo Publishing company , that the nrtua ! average dally circulation of the Dally lion foi ttio month of May.1880 , 12,439 conies ; for June , IKWi , 12.208 copies ; for July , ISM , 12tl : 1 copies ; for August , 18SC , W,4 < H copies : for Septcm br , 18SO , IS.U-TO coiilcs ; for October , Ib80 iaOS9 copies ; for November , lusn , WW copies ; for Decnmbpr , ItfeO. ii,27coplc4 : : ! ; foi January. 1B67. 10'JWi copies ; for February 1887 , 14,193 copies ; for Mnrcli , 1887 , 14.4W copies ; for April , 1887 , 14)10 ! ) conies. OEO. H. TZRCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 7lli day of May , A. I ) . , lbS7. I8KAL.I N. P. FKIL , Notary Public. I IT now appears thul tbo Chicago Trib tine's hero , Walter Rldgoly , robbed tin tram lu Texas the other day. O'HitiKN is to visit Niagara falls. Hi probably has no Idea of shooting Niag urn , but perhaps would like to shool some of the natives near by. TIIEUK nro being organized aevera base .ball clubs composed entirely o women.Vo do not see but what th < women can play ball as well as the ruor do this season. No itiirouT has yet been received fron the railway commission which at thii time is supposed to bo between Norfoll and Long Pine. The IJ. & M. should sent out a relief expedition. THKUK is ono thing gratifying regard Ing Queen Kapialoni's visit to this conn try , and that is she leftno"stylo" or "fash ion" to bo twiggeu by sentimonta gtishors or painted fashion plates. MB. HAISTRAI > wants to "have n res on Kcifcr , " and says ho is "tired of see ing his name in the papois. " Mr. Ual stead understands that it is the duty of : Croat editor to voice the sentiments o the people. Tii08. NAST says the mugwumps an more numerous than over , and that thoj arc all f.or Cleveland in 1888. Mr. Nast even while on'u pleasure tour , remombon the policy of the paper upon which ho ii employed. THE Chicago boodlers are now postal before the blinded goddess , awaiting thi vengeance of the outraged law. The wa : Sharp is being treated in New York UN Cook county thieves believe there is i hope for them. BUFFALO BILL'S daughter will shan her father's glory and is to bo rocetvcc At court. Mr. Shakosporo wrolo it wel when ho said there is a tide in tin affairs of man , in which if you catoh on leads to fortune. GovEiurou AMK9 , of Massachusetts , recently contly delivered a speech at Brooklyno it which ho waved the bloody shirt until hi Bhook it to shreds. The bloody shirt i getting to bo a chestnut. There are arguments monts more modern and equally oflec tivo. THE Illinois legislature , since the ills graceful fight between two of its mom * bora lias grown wonderfully and exceed ingly virtuous. It is only grappling wit ! great moral questions , and expects tiC -C continue until Juno 15. What is so rar " w legislature in June ? TUB extra session of the Missouri les Islaturo is busily engaged passing appre - priation bills. One railroad bill has bee : introduced fixing maximum rates , bu permits railroad commissioners to adop n lower schedule. Such a prlvelogo to railroad commission will never bo uti ized. WITH a monopoly on the fresh bee supply of the entire country ; the quei tlon is not "Shall wo live again , " bu how to live in the immediate- now isiS problem that will puzzle philosopher ; All things nro tending to "eombinn lions. " Even the truthful drcus ndvoi tisomonts nnnounco roy.il combination ! TIIK attempt of the Celtic to'toloscop the lirittanio , 350 miles east of Sand Hook , will cause ocean travelers muc uneasiness while crossing the banks th season. The twenty-four hours in whic a henvy fog always hangs over thnt poi tlon of the route will be long and dreary- more tedious than before this last disa ; tor , although a similar acoidont is n < likely to occur again. MR. WILLIAM NYK is evidently a clo. observer of human nature. During a rei Idenoe of only a few months In Now Yor ho palnU the following picture of Ja Gould : "Jay Gould would nttrnot voi little attention hero on the streets , but t would certainly bo looked upon with sui pioion in Paradise. A man who woul fail to remember thnt ho had | 7,000K ( that belonged to the Erie road , but wti dee not forgot to remember whenever li paid his own hotel bills nt Washington , ifte kind of ranu who would pull up an iS pawn the pavements of Paradise with ! thirty dayn after he got thoro. " The Chicago Wheat Corner , Kvcry day increases the interest in the ; rent wheat dual in Chicago , which U at tracting as much attention in commercial circles throughout the country as anyone ono of the many similar speculations that mvo preceded it. It has been on now for three months , nud a ? the tlmo np- iroaches when it must culminate , in- . or eat in it of course becomes more in- .enso , Ono thing that has served to render this deal peculiarly interest ing is the fact that no ono knows who are the principals in it. There is abundant evidence that the combination sustaining the market is a very strong ono financially , but thus fur all eflbrts to ascertain who are its mem bers have failed. The ono tact that seems to bo certainly known is that Ar mour is not in the deal. The clique is said to own ten million of the thirteen million bushels of cash wheat now in store. Thn culmination of the deal must be reached some time with in the next thirty-four days. On the 10th of Juno there will bo another de livery day , which is awaited with a good deal of concern , since the course of the clique at that time will determine whether the corner is to bo maintained and the shorts subjected to a further squeezing. Until then there will bo the doubt whether the clique will not after all transfer its operation1 } over into July. It is believed its holding for Juno , including the cash wheat , aggregates 40,000,000 bushels. The stage has boon reached in tlio'cornor when it is simply a question .of money , and if the clique is financially strong enough to carry the deal on through June it 19 inevitable that the shorts must sufl'cr heavily. This is the important point that will bo de termined when delivery day is reached on the first of that month. Tlio manager of the deal is a Cincinnati man , Wilt shire , who has figured in other largo operations. Ho claims not to know who his principals are , but that Ins orders came by telephone from the Cincinnati Fidelity bank. One clique brokerage house is the richest in the trade and can command , it is said , $3,000,000 of its own. Umnlin'n Mnrkot. No commercial enterprise is contrbuting BO much to thn welfare , prosperity and growth of this city as the live stock in terests at South Omaha. Each day demon strates more clearly that this is to become ono of the great live stock markets of the west. The producers and shippers of this western country have now an advantage ous market near homo. By shipping to Omaha they make a great saving , as the shrinkage caused by the long haul to Chicago cage is avoided and the stock is promntly disposed of. This fact , coupled wlth'tho other equally important ono that stock will bring move hero in proportion than at points farther cast , is what is building up this market. To prove the assertion that the Omaha lira stock market is making gigantic strides forward , it is only neces sary to glance at a few figures. In 1885 the total receipts of hogs were only 107,374 , and in 1830 they reached 407,991. At the present time they are being ro- ccivod at the rate of live to seven thou sand per day , and this is by no means the most busy season of the year. The most satisfactory feature of all this is the fact that every hog received is being slaughtered hero and man ufactured into the different pro ducts. Again , all the packing houses combined , last year , killed only 407,99 i hogs or a daily nvoraao of about 1,850 hogs. Now ono packing house alone is killing on an average 2,200 hogs per day , or more than all the others combined last year. There has not been as great an improvement in the cattle market for the reason that a general depression has aftcctod the cattle industry all over the country. The building of the Swift pack ing housa will give a great Impetus to the cattle market at this point , and it is only a question of a little time when it will bo a rare thing to see live stock of any kind shipped beyond the Missouri river. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A Self-Satisrted Lord. On last Tuesday the National club ol Toronto entertained Lansdowne , who re sponded to a toast complimentary to him' self. The telegraphic report shows the speech to have been in some respects a rather creditable production , and as the audience was most thoroughly loyal it was of course received with many demon- siratlons of approval. A considerable share of it was devoted to the fisheries question , and it is to be noted that the governor general talked quite ra tionally respecting the relations that ought to submit between. Canada and the United States. Ho was disposed to make a good deal of allowance for the irritation of the Now England fishermen as being perfectly natural , but ho coun seled no moderation on both sides , and had no doubt If the right spirit were per mitted to control there need be no appro * honsion of the result. The conspicuous feature of interest in the address , however , was the reference of the marquis to the event which has brought him moro prominently into pub lie attention than any other in his not re markably brilliant career. His allusion to this was a quite neat example of rhe torical indirection. Ho remarked that o slight touch of electricity had been per coptibio in the atmosphere , and thai "certain stars have shot madly from their spheres into your quiet firmament , " experiencing the fate which usually over takes xuch erratic constellations ; but the disturbance had bcou brief ant inconsiderable , and ho trusted would leave no traces behind. As to himself unstained by the kindness of the class t ( whom ho was talking , the affair did nol for an Instant interfere with his hnppl ness or convenience. Ho wont on to express - press his entire satisfaction with tbo situ ation so far as ho is personally concerned corned , and to indicate that ho felt as so. euro in the loyal confidence of the Can' ftdiftn people as ho had over boon. This professed complacency may be real and it may be affected , but in eitlioi case it docs not help the causa of the marquis of Lansdowne. The law wm outraged , free spoeoh was assailed and violence was committed ir Toronto and other Canadian cities b : his adherents , and having the kuowlcdg * that these things were threatened and the power to prevent their occurrence he did not move a hand or utter a word for their prevention. And while ye other outrages wore being threatonci nd planned , the governor general , ro spending to a toast of loyal friends in hi honor , talks flippantly of all this serioui matter as a "touch of electricity , " a dis turbnnuo caused by stars that have shot uadly from their spheres , which , how ever , was inconsiderable , and ho rusts will leave no traces behind. fet a word of regret or reproof for the awlossncs3 that has put an Ineradicable jlot on the record of the Dominion. I'or- mps nothing bettor1 could bo expected of i man who had not the honor to keep his contracts with his unfortunate tenantry , and who drove men , women and children from their homes witli relentless cruelty. The Marquis of Lansdowne is mistaken , however , if ho fancies that the disturb ance has boon inconsiderable , or that it will leave no traces. It has made plain to the world the character ol man ho is , and the tracn of that disclosure is so deeply made that nothing ho may say can efface it. It has put n stain upon him that will remain an indel- llblo part of the record of his life. Lot him find what satisfaction ho may in tlia approval of the courtiers and the trucu lent worshippers of royalty , however un worthy it may bo , .that now surround him. The indictment that O'Brien has proclaimed and the great majority ol English-speaking people believe to be true , will stand acalnst him for all time a trace of the "disturbance" which the marquis would undoubtedly bo willing to make almost any sacrifice to wlpo out , but which is beyond his power to remove or change. _ _ _ _ _ Is It Another "Trust ? " A St. Louis paper is authority for the statement that a gigantic schema is afoot to consolidate all the cattlu interests ol the Northwest and form a company which shall control $15,000,000 worth oi cattle and graxing lands. The cattle in terests that are expected to unite in this project are those of Wyoming , Colorado , Eastern Utah , Western Nebraska , South ern Montana and Southern Dakota , and it is said that the scheme was precipitated by the failure ot the Swan Brothers some days ago. The consequences - sequences of that failure forced the cattle men , according to the report , to take immediate 'action , and they pro ceeded at once with the business pre liminary to organization. The capitalists said to bo interested are located in Cheyenne - onno , Now York , Boston , Philadelphia , and some of them in London , England , and Edinburgh , Scotland. Wo called attention a little while ago to the organization of the American Cattle Trust , the purpose of which was sup posed to bo the care and protection of the cattle interests of all sec tions , primarily against the alleged abuses and injustice of the Chicago cattle ring. The proposed organization re ported from St. Louis would snorn to bo something dill'eront , though in all proba bility , if there is anything in the report , the plan , if not the special object , is the same. It is not unlikely that the cattle interests of the northwest would doom it wiser to have their own organization than to pool with the intoreats of another section , while organization elsewhere would doubtless compel them to take similar action. But whatever the circumstances or motives con ducing to this movement , as suming the report to be authentic , public interest in the matter will relate to the probable ultimate effect upon the mnrKct price of the commodity which those or ganizations will control. It hai heretofore boon said with rospccl to the cattle "trust" that so long as it had to fight tliQ Chicago ring the coasura crs of beef would probably got the bene fit. But experience shows that the ulti mate purpose of such organizations is monopoly , and however fair the promise and the basis upon whicl they start out they rarely fail to grow into monopolies. It is this expotioncc which causes all such movements to be regarded with suspicion and distrust There are certainly excellent reasons foi viewing with misgivings all schemes foi the consolidation of special interests and the consequent destruction of that free and unrestricted competition which is in the interest of the public. An Impolitic Mov c , The chairman of the rcpub Ilcan clt : committee has called the committee to gcthor on a twelve hours' notice to confer for , as wo presume , about the proposet nomination of a board of education ticket. It now remains for the committee to dccldo whether partizanship shall b < foisted upon the citizens of Omaha ir choosing their school board. Being foi the most part nmdo up of ward worker ; th. ) committee is liable to glvo conn ton anco to this scheme. For our pafwc $ adhere to the vlows heretofore expressed by the BKK. It is improper if not.'impo litic to make party nominations fpr.the board of education. It is contrary to the spirit of the law and has a powerfuiiefn- doncyto demoralize our school boarc , management by making its member ; subservient to political "Influences It engrafts political spoils upon pur educational cational system. Friends of popular ed ucation cannot ad'ord togiye it counten ance or support. From a party stand , point the move is decidedly impolitic The mass of republican voters cannot b < hold together to support a party1 ticko for board of education. No imolligen voter can bo dragooned into voting i party ticket for school board. The resul will be disastrous to party discipline Instead of gaining strength for the nox political contest , the party will find itaol weakened by bitter personal contentioi begotten by the strife for nominations and the usual crimination and ro-etlmi nation that follow in the wako of ever ; nominating convention. In forcing a political issue upon1 th community where partisan rancor shoul bu kept in the back-ground , th party managers are only inviting popu Jar revolt. The patrons of our school want no party hacks in the school board and will not countenance barter an trade in school board appointment ! They dcsiro to place the schools undo control of competent , conscientious am reputable citizens , and they will , we con lidently believe , ignore party couvon tions and reject partisan candidates. The New liridRO Project. There never has boon an eutorprisi undertaken to advance the material welfare faro of Omaha which has not mot nwis tanco or opposition from some quartet The proposed wagon bridge botweoi Council Bluffs and Omaha is no excop tion. Now that the company has mad < all the preliminary arrangements fo building the bridge , and in fact has le the contract for its construction , obsto clcs are thrown in its way under protons that the location of this bridge will prevent vent the building of a railroad bridge b ; the Milwaukee road. Now why can' the railroad bridge bo built higher up the rivort The proposition to consolidate the bridge projects and let the Milwaukee road build a jrallroad and wagon bridge between the points fixed for the wnjron bridge docs not strlko us favorably. A separate wagon bridge ,1s preferable to a com bined railroad and wagon bridgo. The movement of railway trains and vehicles over a very long bridge Is always a draw back. This will presently bo demon strated by the. Union Pacific bridgo. Omaha wants both1 bridges and wo sec no serious obstacle to their construction in the fact thai the wagon bridge com pany has made Us location at the foot of Dodge street. THE rowdy editor whom Governor Thayer refused to appoint on the police commission denounces Chief of Police Scavoy as a bogus chicfand declares that any arrest made by him or under his authority is illegal. This may bo very encouraging to sluggers and crooks , but they had better not rely too much on their ability to recover damages from the city , should the now chief of police or any of his force rudely interfere with their professional practice. PBKSIDKNT CLEVELAND has accepted the invitation signed by 20,000 citizens of St. Louis , and will visit that town in Sep tember. From the length of the petition it appears thnt St. Louis is guilty of mak ing a mad chase after party spoils. IT is estimated that between f 500.000.0CO and $000,000,000 will bo expanded In railroad - road construction in the United States during the current year. By the time this is properly watered , it will represent about four times the above amount. THE St. Paul Ulobc is already jealous of Omaha's proposed Yankton line , it says the business of Yankton naturally belongs to St. Paul , and she is not likely to give up what is hors by right. EDITOK O'BuiEtf looked in on an. American legislature at Albany , and im mediately loft for Montreal. 8TATK AND TKU1UIUUY. Nobraslcu Jottings. J. H. Johannes , a Plattc county farmer , is laid up with a brojvon arm , a memento of a runaway. Samuel Workman , of Beatrice , has in vented improvements to the express car designed to render it burglar proof. Nebraska City wants n straw-paper mill , a mineral pamt factory , oleomarga rine works and a splint fruit-basket shop. The citizens of Uulo will make it inter esting to any company or individual that will locate a porlfacking house at that place. Fairmont points1 to two school build ings going up , a'Masonie ' block , a water works system ami a now depot , as evi dence of a prosperous building season. Schuylor fcay men rejoice that the rate of $10 per car to' Omaha has been put into effect by the' Union Pacific. The rate had been raised to $14 to placate the long haul. An outpost of the Salvation army was showered with decayed eggs in Grand Island a few days tigo. The hoodlums who perpetrated the outrage earned a whole-soled whulirjg. The Fremont sftopt railway company has applied to tlw | jty council for a fran chise. The company agrees to begin the work of construajjon by July 10 , and complete one and a half miles by the close of the your. The Fremont Tribune announces for the nine thousandth time that Omaha is not the state of Nebraska bv a largo majority. This is an interesting and ven erable cocoanut of the whiskered variety. They grow luxuriantly in Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. W. Carson ; celebrated their golden wedding at Fairmont , last Tuesday. The venerable couple wore surrounded by scores of relatives and friends and enjoyed the congratulatious and mementos of the occasion showered upon them. Omaha is crowded with Interior decorators raters this week. The Presbyterians , homeopaths and cracker makers are hero devising now routes to grub , glory and salvation. As the center of piety and sugar-coated pellets Omaha scoops in the biscuit. The Hon. John Peters , member of the legislature from Boonc , convinced that his labors have not been in vain. A rail road station has bcon named after him. In Lincoln they honor their representa tives differently. Additions to the town are named iu their honor because they sell readily. Last week the lightning attacked the boudoir of a Tecurasoh editor and de molished the pewter busts of a number of great men reposing on the mantle pieces. A generous contemporary came to the rescue with an iron-bound box of inspira tion , thus averting the temporary sus pension of the paper , The Lincoln Democrat expresses amaze ment at the amount of cheuK displayed by Tratlic Manager Kimball in that city re cently. It is reported that Calhoun will pay a good round price for a plaster cast of it. It would make a whole show in itself , and would bo worth moro to the capital than a bubbling salt well. Deputy Sheriff Carter , of the Dismal Swamp region , armed hip and shoulder , strode out recently in search of the rob ber of Paymaster Bash , who was hiding in that section. The bold guardian of Gandy drove within rillo range of Par ker's fortification and was saluted with a shower of lead. The deputy's judgment overcame his notions of valor , and no retreated - treated in wild disorder. Parker pro poses to die with his boodle , and no ono seems disposed to argue the point with him. him."The "The Yanktonians'and the Wayneitcs , " says the Yaukton i'-wss , "are stirring up Omaha and enthusing its people by giv ing them a glimpse through the open gateway of the v&Uey of the Jim , the garden of the Westfrml a hotter country In every way than is now tributary to Omaha. No cltv lias.ever had so erood an opportunity as Orach a now possesses for taking unto itself thn sinews of wealth , The Jim valley is ready made and Omaha needs only tne connecting link over which to communicate with its people. " When wicked woman stoops to devil ment , mankind Abandons the. field in- stanter. The wiu-jpf an Arnold man conceived a disliwufor her lord , and with the help of alitsculur motho made the fircsido to warM for his shins. As soon ho had loft thi mouse they packed up all movcablcs > T d started a grass widow ranch in a now section of town , Once safely housed in now quarters they procured n warrant and hxd the "old man" arrested for robbing a lumber yard , producing a pile or two as evi dence of the theft. He was jailed and the mother and daughter are now en joying a season of undisturbed hilarity with Triendly callers. Iowa .Items. A woman named Gooding was instantly killed by lightning at Dayton Saturday night. The gas question nt Dubuque is filling the council chamber with a great amount of natural ; m of a poor quality. The giants of Osbkosh have walloped the conceit out of the DCS Moines club. The papers , too , have fallen on their necks with words of ncoru and the wrath of lost bets. Truly the lifn of the base balllst is not a happy ono. If hn wins ho is Intlatcd with stale boor and if lie loses , into the earth he is pomulcd by the whole community. The Dubuque prohibitionists are said to contemplate an active war against the saloons , ttio data of the opening of hostil ities having been fixed for next week. Frank Pierce , a collected , olllclous and chei'ky De3 Monies constable , after a long career of sneaking raids for liquor in private end public houses , ran against the federal authorities last week and was promptly arrested and lined for obstruct ing the mails. Ho raided the postollico and refused to leave the building until a policeman coaxed him by the collar. Mrs. Fehlclscr , the young wife of a local lumber dealer at Newton , has boon quite sick for several days , and Sunday night , while the watchers were asleep , she got out of bed and left the house. When she was missed quick and anxious search was made for nor , but it was not until several hours later that she was found two miles from homo wandering around in a. slough and nearly exhausted. The malady had effected her mind. Dakota. A gas bore Is ripening in Jamestown. There are 350 Farmers' alliances in the territory. Extensive mica beds have been uncov ered near Minot. Work has begun on Splnk county's court house at Ucdtield. Suslo Wagner a laundry girl at Fargo , lost both arms in a mangier and died. It is a dark and dreary day in Itapid City that a now railroad is not born to vanish in the fog of twilight. In the competitive examination of Hour at Minneapolis , the Aberdeen roller mill Hour took first place over all other entries. Seven thousand men and 3,000 teams iiro at work iu northern Dakota , building the Manitoba railroad. The force is dis tributed over a distance of 125 miles. The first settlement of Tower county was three years ago. The county now has t.OOO population and so far but two deaths have occurred in the county. Saturday's rain lias been heard from nil over Dakota , and it was heaviest whore it was most needed , in the Hud river valley , and lightest where it was not particularly needed , in the extreme southern portion of Dakota. Eli Spotted Boar , a full-blooded Sioux Indian , has been drawn as a juror for the next term of the Hughes county dis trict court. It is said ho cannot under stand or speak the English language. The judge will probably excuse him. A Btuuu Manager. A maladroit witness turned up yester day before tlo | iuter-stato commerce commissioners , in the person of General Manager Stubbs , of the Southern Pacific railroad. This interesting person is evi dently ono of the graduates of that ad vanced school of railway management which teaches that the mission of rail roads is to foster industries at ono point and depress them at another in the in terest of favored individuals or corpora tions. To Mr. Stubbs , therefore , it seemed entirely naturally that an oppres sive charge should have boon made for trunsporting produce from San Francisco to points in Nevada , for that , in his view , was only a reasonable metiiod of build ing up agricultural interests in the latter state. Similarly ingenuous was his ex planation of the reason for fixing the rate for raw sugar from San Francisco to the Missouri river. The producers couldn't pay any moro than fifty cents a hundred that was "what the traffic would bear. " So Mr. Stubbs1 rail road brought Claus Speckle's sugars. cast at a loss , and taxed local traflic to make up the difference. Equally just seemed to the Stubbsian mind the charmingly simplo'mcthod of computing rates by wnich consignees at points east of San Francisco were compelled to pay for Now York freight the through rate to San Francisco , added to the local rate from San Francisco to the point of con signment. These disorderly notions of the transportation business that a rail road company may tear down or build up industries hero and there by favorit ism in rates , that freight may properly bo carried at a loss if the loss bo saddled upon some other shipper ; and that dis tance should not bo the principal element in computing freight rates seem to bo a part of the mental furnishing of traffic managers on all trunk lines of railway. When the Stubbses of railway manage ment are introduced to reforms in their business methods that cnmo in the guise of compulsory legislation they seem dazed and instead of meeting the popular re quirement half way , lean back in their chairs , and expostulate with thu inevit able. In studying what the traffic will bear they neglect to consider what the public scnso of justice demands. A lionR-Haul Absurdity. . St. Lwi * RejndiUcan. The fourth section ot the intor-stato commerce law has revealed many curi osities of railroad management ; but the greatest curiosity has only just boon pre sented and it is this : That the Canada Pacific road can take freight at San Francisco , have it carried 700 miles by ocean steamer to British Columbia , reship - ship it and load it on oars at Port Moody , Hud'take it to New York cheaper than our own Pacific roads can afford to carry it in a single shipment across the coun try , although the latter route is about 1,000 the sdorter. And again : That the Canadian Pacific can take Claus Sprook- les' sugar at San Francisco , carry it by sea to British Columbia , thence by rail to St. Paul , and from there send it to Omaha 8,800 miles cheaper than our own roads can bring it from San Fran cisco to Omaha , only 1.915 miles. The amusement with which wo road this oxtraoniinary statement is explained when wo road the fact that our Pacific roads , whoso carrying capacity is thus depreciated by their own officials , have not cost the companies owning thum a dollar lar ; they were built by money subsidies and land grants from the government ; yet , notwithstanding this advantage , they cannot compete with a road built through the wintory wilds of British America in carrying freights between points in the United States. No intelligent man can bo mad a to believe - liovo such stuff as this. A line that hauls freight 9,000 miles between two points can do it cheaper than a line that has to haul it 3,300 miles to connect with the same points. All the advantage in com petition are in favor of the former and no pleas about haulincr empty cara can explain away those advantages. There is nothing in the now law that forbids our Pacific roads to compete with the Canadian Pacific : that law merely re quires that if tliov wish to haul freight between competing points at low rates. they shall accord the same privilege of low rates to non-competing points also ; if they wish to carry tea , sugar , silks and wool 3,000 miles at $500 per carload , they shall not charge moro than $500 pur car load for carrying the same commodities 1,000 miles. Asleep mi thn Track. Mike McCabe came near passing out of this world last uight in a tragic manner. Ho was full of whisky , and insisted upon stooping on the railroad track , near Boyd's nactcing house , Ho was pullud out of the way of passing trains sovc-ral times by parties living near by , who finally bummuncd the patrol wagon nnd h&d him removed to the police station. SHERIDAN'S RIDE. "Fncn the Other Way , lloya vro nro Oolnii Hack. " St. Nicholas ; Sheridan left Washington on the morning of Oct. 18 , 1801 , by train , and passed the night at Winchqstor , twenty miles north of the battlefield. On the morning of thu UHli hu hoard the fir ing of canon , and sent out to inquire the cause , but was told thnt it came from a rcconnolsatico. At 0 o'clock lin rotlo loisurcly out of Winchester , not dream- Inc that Ills army was In danger , After a little while hu heard again the sound of heavy guns , nnd now hu know what it must mean , Not half a milu from Win chester hu came upon the appalling marks of defeat and rout. Tlio runaways from the battle , still iu illght , had cot so far as this in their terror. The trains of wagons were rushing by , horses and drivers all in confusion , for thcro is no worse turmoil in this world than the ( light of a beaten army. Sheridan had never scon his men in this condition bo- fore. fore.Ho Ho at once ordered the trains to bo halted , and sent for a brigadu of troops from Winchester , thcsu he posted across the road to prevent further straggling. Then ho called for nn escort of twenty men , and , directing his staff to stem thu torrent as well as they could , ho set off himself for the battlefield. Ho rode straight into the throng of fugitives , in a splendid passion of wrath andnotorimna * tlon , spurring his horse nnd swinging his hat as ho passed , and calling to the men : "Face the other way , boysl Face the other way f Hundreds turned at the appeal , and fol lowed him with cheers , for they all know Sheridan. it was 10 o'clock before ho reached the field. Thcro ho rode about hurriedly , glanced at the position , and at once de termined upon his course. Ho rearranged - arranged the line of these who were still unbeaten , and then went back to bring up the panic-stricken remainder. And now his presence and personal in fluence told. Ho was in thu full uniform of a major-general. mounted on a magnilicunt black horso. man and beast covered with dust ami llcckcd with foam ; In ; rose again in his stirrups , ho drew his sword , ho waved his hat , and shouted to his soldiers : "If 1 had buisn huro this never would have happened. Face the other way , boysl We arc going backl" The Dying soldiers were struck with shame when they heard him shout and saw his face blazing witli rage and cour age and oagcrnoss for them. They took up his cry themselves : "Face the other way ! " It went on from ouu to another for miles from crowd to crowd and they obeyed the command. As thu swell ing shout went on , the surging crowd re turned. They faced the other way , nnd along the very road which a cowering mot ) had taken three hours before , the same men marched with the tread of sol diers to moot the enemy. They know now that they wore led to victory. ALECK SWAN'S FAILURE. Xlio Cause Found In the Failure of Uuncti Grass and a Cattle 1'nnlo. Chicago Mail : Aleck Swan's failure will bu a great surprise to these pcoplu who know nothing of the cattle business and who have kept on calling him "tho Wyoming cattle king. " The funda mental trouble with Swan lias bcon , as it has bcon with all the other great her ders who got into the business early , that after his herds had doubled and re doubled , the "bunch" grass suddenly gave out. Millionaire cattle owners found it sure and easy money making to put a few cattle on the prairie near good water , to leave thorn there in charge of men , and to como back in a few seasons to find them multiplied , that the thing was overdone. Then , last summer , the cattle kings suddenly found that their steers had pulled up the bunch grass , roots and nil. They wont into last winter as well uwaro of the overwhelming disas ter that was certain to moot them us they wore of the seasons coming around. Then thcro was a desperate attempt to unload on the English people the prop erty which had paid so magnificently , but which , in these territories where the bunch grass was gone , was certain to ruin everybody. The Swans hurried George Wheaton , a clever Chicago club man , over to London to do their trading. Wheaton had pretty well extricated them from their dilemma. Ho had made ono very favorable sulo , and was on the point of getting off the great Consoli dated Land and Cattle company for a sum sufficient to make oven the broker who effected the trade rich , when sud denly , almost ever night , a panic started in London over American ranch prop erty. The-trado was repudiated. From a furor to buy into those now American cattle companies thcro grow a panic to sell. Americans who were ever there at that moment , and some of whom had put out as much as $15,000 for advertising , found themselves compelled to surrender all they had spent and return homo. of Monopoly , San Franelecf ) t'/irotitclc. The tendency of the ago is constantly toward great aggregations of capital. Not many years ago a business of any kind representing a capital of $100,000 , was considered an enormous affair , out to-day scarcely any now enterprise is undertaken without being backed by millions of dollars in place of thousands. In one sense nnd from ono standpoint this is good economy. The same sii | > or- intendonco , the same number of clerks and about the same number of employes can manage the affairs of a concern with a capital of $5,000,000 just as olllciontly as if the capital were but $500,000 , and in consequence the returns upon thu invest ment will be so much the greater , M n dollar saved iu expense is $ dollar earned. There are certain lines of business in which such combinations of capital are entirely legitimate and work no hardship to the consumer. Wherever the product is a luxury it really makes no difference whetlmr its production is controlled by a monopoly or not. If a person docs not choose to pay thn price asked , ho need not buy. For instance , if all the artificial llowcrs in thn United States were made by 0110 linn or ono corporation nobody would be materially affected by it. But when it comes to the actual necessi ties of lito , there is an argument against these monopolistic methods which is ir re futable , mid that is , that them is no moral right and should bo no legal right to spec ulate upon the needs of humanity. The question of food supply should bu loft to rugulutu itself , ami not be made subject to the domination of a do/.cn or twenty mun , whose combined capital can hold H nation at its control. These remarks are suggested by a re cent dispatch in rcfuruncu to thu forma tion of a gigantiu corporation , witli ; i capital of'f.Ti.OOO.OOO. . to sceUro the nias- tcr.y of shn grout ca'.tlo interests of the United Status , Thu nominal object of this combination la to inuroasu , develop and encourage the ralsinir and handling of cattle , the ulnughturing of thum by first hands , nnd the placing of their pro ducts in tin ) different markets of the world. It is claimed that this will bo of great advantage to all rnixurn of cattle ; but this Hclumio leaves out of sight thu most important mutter of nil thu elloct upon thu conMinutr. It is easy to scu thatmich a plan might readily benefit thu producer and thu middleman , but how about thu man who ultimately foots nil thu bills the consumer ? Huru is just tlio vice of all thesu vast aggregations of capital , whcthir vhoy bu for purposes of transportation or for fur nishing food or water or light or any necessary of life , they have no regard for thu rights of thu consumer ; it u right hero that socialism , even in tU wowc souse , appeals to so ninny. When a pool man , Avorklng hard every day for a bare living , finds thu prlcu of meat and Dour and sugar and other articles of food rising _ higher and higher , although the supply Is all thu thro Increasing , it is hard to makn him contented with the maxliiH of political economy , or to pursundu him that all such matters are regulated by Mipply and demand. Ho cannot see- mid why should hu ? why the moro wheat is produced in California the higher should bu thu prlco of Dour , or why , when thu herds of cattle in Colorado rado and Texas and Nevada are con stantly growing lurgur , the price of his dinner should bo moro. There can 1m but ono conclusion to all this modern style of combining capital , which is that in time it will become so unendurable , that the people , who aftur all aru in the majority , will forbid by law tlio formation of such , or , possibly , any corporations , ami compel thn possessors of wealth to stand on the same footing with the possessors ot intelligence anu Industry that of individuality. No gonfe uinu socialism socks to dupriVo any indF vidual of his money any moro than of his brains , but it is not"impossible that the interest of society may make it neces sary to prohibit thu pooling of money ami to require each to stand or fall for himself. Then thu industrious and thrifty will not-be permitted to carry along the weak and shiftless , as they do now In many cases , and the survival ol the fittest will result in a strong , individ ualized well-ordered people. AUotnnrkablo Hallway Accident. "Talking about collisions and railroad accidents , " said a brnkvman , after put ting a window up for a younir lady pas senger , and failing to notice nn old woman who wanted a similar sorvicu per formed , "let mu toll you of tin inciuont I , saw once down in Ponnsylvrnia. There i was a narrow gaujru road down there , which used thu track of the old Atlantic. & Ureat Wcsturn broad traugu for seven miles , of coursn running on its own rail , set right between thu rails of the other road. Thn old Atlantic it ( iroat Western , you know , is now the Nypano , or Now York , Pennsylvania & Ohio , a part of tlio Eno system. Its gauge was six fuel wide , and what big cart ) they used to run on that road I Why , they were like barns. Well , ono night thcru was a collision bo- twcun a narrow uaugo train and a broad gauge train. Some mistake about orders , I guess it was. Anyhow , a narrow gauge passenger train dashed into the rear end of a broad gauge passenger train , and with thu curiousost result you over heard of. That little narrow gauge engine just jumped right up into the big cars of the other train , and never stopped till it reached the tender of the broad gauge locomotive. And what was the funniest thing about it. it drew the whole train after it. thu little cars run ning right up the aisle of the big train and never hurting a passenger in either train , 'cnpt one feller what had his head outcn a window of the narrow gauge smoking car. Ho was pretty badly hurt. It was a mighty queer sight , let mo toll you , one train inside another , and the passengers of each talkins : to each other as comfortable as you please. I was brnkcniun on the broad gauge train , and , as wo were tinder ruunin' orders to make Sulamauca by a certain min ute , wo went right along , without stopping , taking the other train with us. Thu bust joke of it all was that my con ductor wont through the narrow gauge train and made all thn passengers whack up casli fares. A Siraniro Ijlfo. Madison , Ga. , Madisonian : John W. Martin died at his residence in Morgan county , Ua. , on the 27th day of April , 1887 , being at the tlmo of his death sov- cnty-six vcnru and twenty-four days old. Ho was born in Franklin county Ua. , April 3,1811. Ho was raised in northeast - east Georgia , and was a twin brother of W. T. Martin , better known as Major - < Bill , ol Banks county. Ho was also a brother of thu late Hon. Philip Martin , of TugHie Valley. His father was acoi- dently killed , before John W. nnd W. T. Martin were born , the widow having live bovs and ono girl to raise and performed her duty ns best she could. At about the age of seventeen , John W. was at Law- roncovillo completing his education. Ho was married in Hall county over fifty years ago to Miss Betsy Crow , who , to gether with a largo family of children and grandchildren survive to mourn his demise. Ho moved from northeast Geor gia to Greene Co. , in December 1810 , and thence to Morgan county in thu following December , where ho lived up to the time of his death. Ho raised five boys and girls , and it is a singular fact thnt they never were , all of tnom , undur tlio par ental roof at ono timo. His two eldest daughters wore married before the war. His oldest son wis : with Leo in Virginia , his voungost daughter was born soon after the fate war , his daughter , Mrs. Ks- per , was living in Kentucky at Howling- Green , when the cholera was raging in that country three of her ctnldrcd dyina : almost on thu same day , she determined , with her two surviving children , to llco to her father in this county , but nho , too , was stricken down on her way homo at Atlanta , where her father nnd mother went nnd lovingly ministered at her dying budsido. Her bubo survived nnd was raised by her father. John W. Mar tin was well known in Morgan county as n good neighbor and a true friend , and will bo mourned by nil who know him. His twin brother proceeded him to thb spirit land one year and fifteen days. THE PERFECT Quickest belling Article Ever InrvntcA , OF DASHER , $1.2S Need j no ulkliw , bntroallr It the Proltloit Showing Artlclo on the Market. OMAHA , Neb. , April 23 , 1837. This it to certify that we , the undesigned , have thU day whitened a churning by ' 'The Perfect Srlf Revolving Churn Dashers , " which resulted in producing ! H pound * of fust class Initter from one gallon of cream in just one minute and fifteen seconds. W. U Wright , proprietor "Om h Dtlrf ; " O. W. Wlietler , nmmijrcr "omali * Dairy ; " I'uul II. T.iU ) . Merchant ! ' National Hank ; A. l > . Tunttlln , NoUrnlk Nallonal llxnki I'mf. ( Jeoria It. llnthhurn. proprietor "Onurm lUnlncn Oolli-Kn1 ; Pmf. U J. IlliVit , tuich- rnfMHhortli nd ; Hiirrr Mlrrltm , 1ltor"Plllilim Sfiu'il. Hhl.neo" Will J. IXibb * . It. H Avt J.K. B n."Wnrld , " frank K. Uroaii.-IUr.it I * llr. J.W. KAHrrli. Dr. J.\V. llirl. . . Dr. O. M. ( J. Ulart. Dr. Hamilton Warran. n. U. llr.ll.rftl citato , J. W. lliii { r , rii-il n Ul John llmlrt , Jtwnlrr. f. furniture State and County Jdfihla fur Profit * Will Snri > rle Yon , A&ENTS WANTED. Call or write to us at once. Qu ck kales and large profitVery truly , J. 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