Nebraska Newspapers

    ITHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JUNE 27 , 1887.
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Publishing company , docs solemnly swear
that the actual circulation of the Dally Boo
( or the week ending Juno 24 , 1B37 , was as
follows :
Hatttrday.Jnne 18 U2BO
Sunday , Juno 10 M.200
Monday , Juno 80 14.023
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25th day of Juno , 1887.
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deposes nnd says that ho Is secretary of The
Bee Publishing company , that the actual
average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for
the month of lor .June. 18SO , 12.298
copies ; for July , ISSu , 12,314 copies ;
for Anetist. 18b8 , 12,4M copies ; for Septem
ber , llteO , lStVM copies ; for October , 1880.
12.SW ) copies ; for November. 1886. 13,348
copies ; for December , 1SSO. 13,237 copies ; for
January 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February ,
18S7 , 14,10s copies ; for March. 1887 , 14,400
copies ; for April. 1887,14,310copies ; for May ,
1867 , 14,227 copies.
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day of Juno A. 1) . , 1887.
I SEA L. | N. P. KKFL , Notary Public.
THE killing of Craig Tolliver , the no
torious outlaw , calls forth as much com
ment as the queen's jubilco.
WITH its six columns of cablegram s
from all important nowa centers of the
old world , the Sunday BEE was a model
cosmopolitan newspaper.
ACCORDING to crop reports which reach
us from every section it would take moro
tlmn the death of ono Wall street gambler
to cause a panic in this country.
JOHN M. THUKSTON wires to the Pacific
railroad commission that fishing was
never so good up in Minnesota as it Is
since ho skipped out of Omaha the other
day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
QUIN BOHANAN , since his escape , has
written no letters on "ixftor life. " Even 1
in his freedom , Mr. Q. Bohanan seems to
have a keen appreciation of the unknow
able.
CHURCH HOWE has already commenced
laying pipe to go to the next state senate.
The trouble with the Nomahu mounte
bank is that the nomination does not as
sure an election.
THE traducers of Governor Thayer
continue in tholr indecent cause , and
Governor Thayer continues to possess the
respect and confidence ot the reputable
people of Nebraska.
SHAIU-'S trial progresses slowly. Al
ready he has cost the state of Now York
$95,000. Had he boon an ordinary thief t
$100 would have sentenced him to twenty
years. Yet Sharp will probably be con
victed.
THE paper of which George William
Curtis is editor is "disgusted" with the
speeches of John Sherman. The same
paper was "disgusted" with Abraham
Lincoln , to the disgust of all patriotic
Americans of all parties.
AND now the council hns discovered
that the fund available for grading , this
year , has been almost entirely consumed
by the grading contracts which have al
ready been lot last winter and this
spring. Tito outlook for extensive grad
ing projects is therefore very slim for
this season.
FRANK WALTKIIS has gene to cool oft
in Denmark and John M. Thurston is in
cool Minnesota while George Crawford
has suddenly discovered ho is badly
wanted ever in Iowa. Can't Charley
ft ; Green como forward and tell the com
mission about the expenses of the legis-
P live oil rooms.
ACCORDING to the Republican "there
Isn't a city anywhere that has more need
for parks than Omaha. " Who is res
ponsible for this lamentable state of
facts ? Who induced the boodlcrs ot the
house committee on judiciary to strike
out the provision for parks in the now
charter ? Is not the man at the helm of
the Republican the prime mover of the
plot to deprive Omaha of an opportunity
to establish a system of parks ? Did not
tbo business manager of that sheet go to
Lincoln expressly to encourage nnd urge
In the villainous crtmile against the
parks ?
H
GKNERAL VAN WYCK'S letter to Secre
tary Lamar , which appeared among out
Washington dispatches Saturday , was in
correctly reported in many important
fe particulars. General Van Wyck makes
the charge that the Denver & St. Joseph
railroad asked and received 13,000 acres
on the pretense that thuy would build bo-
twcou Hastings and Kearney in this state ,
Instead of 13,000,000 acres , as it appeared ,
The latter part of his letter should have
road as follows :
In this connection , and bearing on this
point , and as a supplement to the letter 1 ad
dressed you a few days ago asking that yov
compel the B. & M. railroad In Nebraska U
disgorge about 200,000 acres it has taken In
doliance of the supreme court , I desire tc
dd that the said B. & M. have actually re
ceived patents 'for nearly 40,000 acres In ex
cess of this Illegal taking on the north side 01
their track and In excess of every acre glvln ?
them the full complement they claim , anc
tills fact also appears In the records of youi
ofttco , so that to-day , on the showing In tin
land department , this company has patent !
for about 200,000 acres which ihey should tx
compelled to restore to the government
With the hope that you will * be able to re
claim from tbe Ht. Joseph & Denver , w"
known as the St , Joseph & Western , land lg :
for which patent * were never Issued wlthou
\ny pretcuso ot right.
Declining Uoomi. '
there nrpTccont indications .that the
booms In ' certain localities where for a
year or more past they have been ab
normally developed , nro experiencing a
decline , and it is beginning to bo appro-
hcndca that a reaction may supervene
that will bo very hurtful , if notdisastrous.
Certain towns which It might bo in
vidious to name , whcro town lots have
quadrupled or morn in value within ix
year , almost wholly by the force of spec
ulation , nro beginning to be neglected
even by the speculators , simply for the
reason that the limited conditions which
furnlbhcd them the resources of their
trade nro no longer available. It doesn't
take a great while for capital seeking
legitimate investment in real estate to
discover the real extent of those condi
tions which are cssoutlal to permanence
and assured progress , and for a
number of the boomed towns the discov
ery appears to have been made to their
disadvantage. Wherever in such cases
the business of sustaining the booms Is
remitted to the speculators , it cnn only
bo a question of a brief time when they
will ccaso to exist.
The cQ'cct of this situation is of conrso
felt generally , even in those localities
Whore , properly speaking , there has been
no boom , but simply a legitimate real
estate nctivity nnd advance of values duo
to a natural and permanent growth. It
is impossible to confine the influence of
these reactions to the places of their
origin. The knowledge of their occur
rence inevitably nfl'ucts confidence unfavorably
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favorably elsewhere , oven though there
should be no other cause for a loss of
faith. The extreme sensitiveness of cap
ital to apparent danger causes It to bolt
at the first alarm or intimation of threat
ened disturbance , nnd to hold oflT until
all Indications of possible trouble have
passed. This appears to bo the tendency
of capital now with respect to certain
excessively boomed localities , and if the
threatened course is taken it cannot be a
great while before those places will ex
perience n drop proportioned to the rap
idity of their rise. Then other localities ,
however favorable the conditions justify
ing faith in their future , would naturally
for n time feel the effects of unsettled
confidence.
But these reactions cnn work no last
ing disadvantages to communities whoso
foundations are firmly built , and whoso
future is assured by position and advan
tages that make them superior to all the
chances of temporary disturbance and
the passing clouds of financial distrust.
A city which by reason of its sit
uation is the necessary metropo
lis of a largo nnd steadily
growing territory cannot bo prevented
from attaining that position , though its
progress may bo at times retarded by
such circumstances as wo have indicated.
This view is especially applicable to
Omaha. The declining boom elsewhere ,
with the loss of confidence in real estate
investments that may ensue , will perhaps
not bo without some effect here. There
may come a more or less prolonged
period of comparative quiet , until capital
recovers confidence nnd can feel re
assured , but the elements of certain pros
perity and progress are too many nnd too
well grounded hero to be very long or
very seriously interrupted in their natural
course. The conditions to a legitimate
growth which are at the foundation of
this city's present position and prosper
ity , and which are multiplying and en
larging every year , are permanent , and
will have the same influence nnd produce
the same results , only on a steadily in
creasing scale , in the luture that they
have already done. Therefore , wo can
regard the expiring boonu elsewhere
without apprehension , confident in the
complete security of our position , and
the abundant adequacy of our advanta
ThejPostal Treaty With Mexico.
On the firt of July the now postal con
vention between the United States and
Mexico will go into effect. It has been
remarked of this treaty that it illustrates
in a striking manner two things. Ono of
them is the great power which congress
conferred upon the oxecntivo branch of
the government when the postmaster
general , with the approval of the presi
dent , was given the authority to nego
tiate postal conventions without sub
mitting them to the senate , and the other
is the remarkable progress which the
Republic of Mexico has made in its rela
tions with other powers. It is questiona
ble whether many of the congressmen
who voted to give the postmaster general
the power by means ot which
this treaty has been negotiated sup
posed that it wonld be possi
ble in the form of a postal
treaty to so nearly negotiate a commer
cial treaty. And it Is quito certain that
if it had been supposed that the postof-
fice department was to bo given such
power , and was to bo so successful in
the exercise of it , there would have been
much moro opposition to the enactment
of the law. . It passed , however , without
much debate , and under it tha adminis
tration has succeeded in securing some
at least of the advantages that were ex
pected from the proposed reciprocity
treaty. This postal arrangement will se
cure n pretty general reciprocity be
tween the two countries within the
limits at least of packages which weigh
four pounds six ounces. Similar conven
tions have been proposed by the postof-
fico department to fifteen other govern
ments of the American continent , two of
which , Jamaica and Costn Rico , have
given the department notice of accept
ance.
Ono of the chief features of those
treaties is the exchange of merchandise
packages within the weight of four
pounds six ounces , the limit established
by our postotlico department. Regarding
the effects of this convention , the Mexi
can minister at Washington expresses
the opinion that It will create quito a
largo retail trade between the two coun
tries , to the profit of both. Under the
existing conditions there are many for
malities and expenses incident to the im
portation into Mexico of any article of
merchandise , most or all of which will
bo done away with when this convention -
- vention goes into effect. It will
f abolish the annoyance ot consular
cortlflcatea and the excessive consular
foes , all creating a cost often greater
than the first price of the article im
ported. It is easy to see that the system
in vogno his prevented a great deal of
trade with this country in a small way ,
* which in a short time can bo secured
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under the postal treaty. Hundreds of
articles coming , within the proscribed
I weight , and which can bo purchased
moro cheaply in this country , would bo
in demand from Mexico , -and there is
every reason to expect' that the results of
this treaty will bo of very material ad
vantage to American merchants nnd
manufacturers , na well aa n source of
considerable postal revenue. As another
link connecting the two countries in
closer business relations nnd giving as
surance of further progress in this direc
tion , It is also important.
THE people of Nebraska will not fail
to appreciate the watchful concern that
ex-Senator Van Wyck maintains respect
ing their interests , in common with those
of the people of the entire country , In
connection with the illegally obtained
lands of the land-grant railroads. The
fact that General Van Wyck is no longer
a servant of the people does not lessen
his zeal in their behalf , and it is
but Justice to him to say that ho
is really showing moro regard
for their interests than any ono of those
who are their chosen representatives.
lie Is still , as ho always has boon , the
vigilnnt guardian of the people's welfare.
His late pointed Jotters to the secretary
of the interior , showing the barefaced
disregard of its agreement by the Denver
& St. Joseph road upon which It obtained
millions of acres from the government ,
and the illegal absorption of n largo nrcn
by the 13. & M. , ought to
result in bringing both these
corporations to terms. General Van
Wyck is clearly of the opinion that the
government has a remedy against the
former of these corporations , and wo do
not think there can bo a reasonable ques
tion that his position is tenable , while
equally there Is not n doubt that the B.
& M. should be compelled to restore the
lands it has taken not only without right ,
but in duiianco of the supreme court.
IT having been reported that the Do
minion authorities had issued an order
prohibiting the employment at Windsor ,
Canada , of American workmen residing
in Detroit , a retaliatory move was at
once made by the collector of customs at
Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge in
ordering American employers not to cm-
ploy Canadian laborers. The result was
that last Friday morning some two hun
dred ot these laborers wore halted at the
frontier , and after next Thursday they
will not bo allowed to work on the Amer
ican side if they continue to reside in
Canada. Meanwhile the Canadian min
ister of customs says that no order relat
ing to American laborers has been is
sued , while the Canadian press are call
ing for a policy of retaliation. The action
ot the American customs olHcor has the
authority of an official ruling in the law
which has never been questioned
and is undoubtedly correct , The
intent of the law is to exclude
nil imported labor , and there is no rea
son why , ns the statute reads , an excep
tion should bo made of residents of
Canada. But it is very likely that the
construction and enforcement of the law
with respect to citizens of the Dominion
will load to an effort for its amendment ,
so as to relieve them of its operation. In
the present matter the action of the
American authorities is regarded as ex
tremely unfriendly and is sharply criti
cised.
A LINCOLN paper lakes the BEE to task
for keeping silent about nllogcd discrim
inations by the Union Pacific in "charg
ing for sugars and other commodities
hauled from San Francisco to Fremont
and Lincoln the same amount that is
charged through these towns to Omaha
and return. "
The BEE has never uphold the Union
Pacific or any other railroad in unjust
discrimination. Under the inter state
commerce net the Union Pacific has a
right to charge as muoli from
San Francisco to Fremont as it
docs to Omaha. But it cannot legally
charge a higher rate for the snorter dis
tance. The rate from San Francisco to
Lincoln can bo higher than to "Fremont
or Omaha , because Lincolh is not on the
same road and the distance is greater
from Valley Station to Lincoln than it is
to Omaha. The Union Pacific freight
trains never pass through Lincoln on their
way to Omaha , hence the statement that
sugar delivered at Lincoln is charged for
passing through that city and back from
Omaha is manifestly untrue. The BEE
has always opposed unjust discrimina
tions against ono town and in favor ol
another , and it will not abandon its posi
tion oven when the discrimination is in
favor of Omaha.
A NUMUKR of the teachers in the public
schools contemplate passing the greater
part of their vacation nt some of the
points of interest that attract people
having leisure nt this season of tho'year. '
All who are enabled to do this are to be
congratulated , and the BEE wishes them
the fullest measure of enjoyment and
benefit. They have earned the right to
n season of recreation by faithfn
and well-performed service , and they
will doubtless find mental and physica !
improvement in visiting new scones and
coining in contact with now acquaint
ances. Of ono thing all may feel assured ,
that wherever the teachers of Omaha may
go they will not appear to disadvantage
in any respect in comparison with these
of any oilier city in the country.
THE Pacific Railroad commission nro
just now engaged in the study of nncient
history ns Mr. Charles Francis Adams is
pleased to call it , but ancient history al
ways has been very interesting oven when
it has become n little mouldy.
Foil the sake of all concerned wo hope
the painters' strike will bo amicably ad
justed between employers and their
workmen. Just at this time every skilled
niochanio ought to bo at work.
THE only way to enforce discipline on
the police force is to dismiss every man
who docs not obey orders or who is back-
capping the chief or any other officer.
JOHN M. TUUUSTON is badly wanted in
Omaha but ho could not give up his sum
mer vacation you know.
STATE AND TEKK1TOKY.
Nebraska Jotting * .
Holdrcgo is reaching out for the Santa
Fe road.
The electric light wires and poles are
going up in Crete.
The sale of college lots in York las
week netted $13,000.
A quarter section of land near Beatrice
sold for 430,000 last week.
The Blooruinglon land ofUco takes in
an average of $0,500 a month.
Hon. C. H. Van Wyck will dress the
engle at Wakefield on the Fourth.
Fremont la humping herself to keep up
with PlnttsniQiilh and .Nebraska City on
he paving question.
A portion of Commhus' brtdcoovor the
Platte has eloped with the Juno rise.
David City expects to keep the muni
cipality greased for a year on $1,000.
A full-fledgeil board of trade has spread
is protecting wings over Broken Bow.
Hon. A. S. Churchill of Omaha U
booked to orate at Howard on the Fourth.
Kearney will have clcctrlo lights blaz
ing in time for the firemen's tournament.
Three thousand dollars will kcrp
Duiuly county in smooth water during
the next year.
A tabernacle mooting is to bo hold nt
David City July 7 to 14. The llov. 1.
Held will command the hosts.
Chadron jubilated last Wednesday over
tlm success of the election to issue bonds
for the erection of a court house in town.
An electric storm ono night last week
made the residents of Wakefield hunt
their caves. They were moro scared than
hurt.
Italian an's pensive smile nnd pious
pleadings have left the Otoo crib in n fog
of gloom. "And the nights are dark nnit
dreary. "
"Tho great Rock Island road" will give
Nebraska teachers half rates to the na
tional institute in Chicago , good from
July 0 to September 8.
Matoja Tomasok cooled his feverish
brow by lumping into the Platte at North
Bend , lie leaves a largo family with a
fair share of the world's profits.
Nebraska City's regret over the in
formal farewell of Bohanan is tempered
by the fact that he left no poetry behind.
But the natives can muse on the dummy.
The Hnwko estate in Otoo county is
valued at $200,000. When the lawyers
got through with the contest , it is safe to
predict that the ciphers will bo badly
damaged.
The Cretans nro indulging in their
annual wash , having erected bath houses
on the Blue for that purpose. This ex
plains tlio murky and odorous condition
of the stream at Beatrice.
The latest evidence of metropolitan life
In Hastings illumined the darkness
Thursday night. A mob of street railway
builders tore up the tracks of : i rival line
nnd held the tie line until daylight.
Helen C. Plielps has purchased a half
interest in the Schuyler Herald from her
brother Harry. The paper will continue
as heretofore Al in all departments un
less Helen raises old Harry and takes in
another partner.
The plans for the editors' sanctum in
the Crete assembly grounds have been
hung on the hook of the builders. The
interior will bo artistically doped with
strings of delinquent subscriptions , with
nickel plate trimmings.
The West Point Republican comments ,
with dashing emphasis , on tlio opposition
of the Union Pacific to the Milwaukee
bridge , and quotes approving the words
of tlio slightly lamented Vanderbilt ,
"Tho people bo d d. "
Nebraska City councilmcn nro In the
midst of u squabble ever n cemetery
fund. An investigation , n libel suit and
charges of fraud'arc ' tossed about with a
recklessness thatipromiscs to develop a
chronic case ot tmhiicip.il dyspepsia.
August Frcihoit ! a Rhinolandor cm-
ploypd by John Wisnor , near Gottcn-
burg , attempted to carve his employer
with a lanro knife , but was knocked out ,
with a club. Frcitfoit is insane and the
authorities have taken him in charge.
Hastings turncdjout with mouth agape
last Thursday to'co the first streetcar
ever run in the to\vn. , in motion. They
crowded into thc'car like sardines to en
joy the novelty , anil above the cheers nnd
shouts of joy rose , the cry , "Room for ono
uiorol" , ,
The Fall City Journal is souzing the
natives in canal logjc. For the trilling
sum of $13,000 a water power witli n fall
of thirty toot can bo secured , and facto
ries will crowd upon the banks and the
hum of industry and smiling prosperity
follow in the wake of the expenditure.
Four female bruisers in Hastings
pawed the air and clawed each other to
determine who was queen of the local
arena. The battle of the bangs and bus
tle came to an inglorious close by the
appearance of n peacemaker. Their hus
bands paid $7.30 each to defray lawful
damages.
Mrs. Woolsoy , n Juniata woman who
has been an invalid for so long a time
that her mind became unbalanced ,
into cistern with her , '
jumped a 'i-year-old
boy. The child was drowned but the
mother was fished out alive. She is the
mother of ejght children , and her unfort -
unato condition is extremely sad.
Champion S. Cliasb. of Omaha , will
spit , on his palms and pasta the American
eagle with burning periods of puritanic
lore at Champion , Chase county , on the
Fourth. The Dundy county Democrat
introduces him to the people as an illus
trious Eli Perkins and "n very cheerful
liar. "
A married couple in Adams objected to
the style and lit of a coat of 'tar and
feathers tendered by admiring neighbors ,
brought the donors into court and secured
damages in the sum of $1,400. The in
gratitude displayed bv the feathered
couple lias chilled the marrow of gener
osity in Adams.
Al. Hurling and Charles Nichols. Al
bion braiders , settled n neighborhood
quarrel by n fair fight to a finish on tbo
outskirts of town. Nineteen rounds were
fought for satisfaction nnd $100 a side.
After banging each other till their heads
resembled lly blown bcof , the fight was
declared a draw , sandwiched with vows
of eternal friendship.
A drove of misfortunes have fallen on
n farmer named Hcartwell , living near
Juniata. The loss of an only child some
time ago so proved upon the mind of his
wife that she became insane and sui
cided last week. The family purse was
empty and Hcartwell tried to sell some
of his stock to pay burial expenses. A
sharper took him in and boat him out of
a imtlo with a bogus check. The animal
was sold in a neighboring town , but the
rascally swindler was caught and jailed.
The cartwheel dollar promises to rival
the baby and dog as a burglar alarm.
Mr. C. E. Dayton of Fremont placed sev
enty of them In his pants pocket under
his pillow and n poverty-stricken burglar
make a raid on thqin. Ha gently extri
cated the pile from under the pillow , but
the weighted end fell to the ground with
n crash that wnku'iip tlio household. The
thief made off wilhvthe pants and unload
cd thorn on the run , r Several shots from
Dayton's revolver , did not impede his
speed. i
town Items.
The smeltery conimittco at Deadwood
have raised $37,000and report $5,000
morn in sight if ncuaed.
A convention of lojva bankers has been
culled to meet at , PCS Moines to-day.
The call is signed by > bout thirty bankers
nt Ues Moines and opier places.
The Omaha trlboj'0f Red men have
started a permanent camp in DosMoinos.
The scalps of prohibition constables will
soon bo danpllng in thn wigwam ,
DCS Moines is about to bo afflicted with
"a six days' co-as-you-plenso walking
hippodrome. The same combination
that victimized Omalia will hold forth.
The contract has been lot and ground
broken for tbo metallurgical labratory
of the school of mines in Rapid City last
week. The building will cost $10,000.
The Ilarlan jail contains ton prisoners
found guilty of selling intoxicating
liquors contrary to law. They preferred
boarding out tholr fines to parting with
their cash.
Ottumwti is raising a fund of $10,000 to
bore for natural gas , and has great hopes
of helping her boom alone by striking a
supply that will furnish fuel for her man
ufactories.
, .An Knimettsburgtioy , eleven years of
ago , was playing with n.noighbor.'s baby ,
ouo of the playthings b'olng n revolver.
Xlie weapon was discharged , tilioating-tho
jaoy in the mouth and causing , almost
instant death.
The contract for erecting the monument
ment to Father Brazil was let a few days
ago to Charles O. Donnell , of DCS Molnos ,
the contract wrico being $1,187. The
monument will bn six feet square nt the
base and twenty-five font high , the ma
terial to bo the best quality of Barrn
granito.
Sioux Falls ministers have caught on
to the boom. The Dakota Boll rcnorta
onn of tliem.ua having offered the follow
ing prayer on a rocunt Sabbathi "Oh
Lord , wo desire to return moro than the
usual amount of thanks this evening for
the blessings of the week just closed , Es
pecially would wo thank Thee for the
successful organization ot n board of
trade nnd for the gratifying outcome of
that little south side deal in which Thy
servant was Interested. But above all ,
wo desire to return our thanks for the
completion of the now race track , which ,
as Thou probably knowest , Is the finest
half-mile track west of the Missouri
river. "
Iiakota.
Black Hills people nro shipping onts from
the eastern corner of the territory , the
Nebraska supply having been exhausted.
The Harnoy Peak Tin company haa
purchased a number ot tin claims from
Joseph McClure nnd Thomas Kittroll for
$5,000.
Dean Carpenter , of the Rapid City
school ot mines , has made nn examina
tion of the Bear gulch and Nigger Hill
tin districts , and speaks of them in very
high terms. Ho believes that part of the
Hills to bo extremely rich in tin , and says
that stream tin is wonderfully abundant.
For some time the flow of the city arte
sian well nt Yankton has not been as
strong as usual , and in explanation the
theory was advanced that the pipe was
clonjjjcd with a stone. On Thursday a
drill was sent down the pipe and nt n
depth of 070 feet found the obstruction ,
which was loosened by a few blows , and
the normal flow of water resumed ,
The Black Hills Pioneer says tlio news
from the cattle ranges is anything but
encouraging , Tlio losses during the past
winter were much heavier than at lirst
supposed , and are becoming more appar
ent ns tlio round-up progresses. Just
what the per cent will bo is not yet de
termined , but a majority of cattlemen
place it very high and feel badly discour
aged.
PEDlDttPbY SALTY.
tilgnt Wanted Concorninc tlio Man-
( iKOincnt or the Union Pacific
Salt Deals.
NOUTH I'LATTE , Neb. , Juno 24. To the
Editor of the BEE : In your issue of the
31st inst. , wo are informed that
Mr. T. L. Kimball and A. J. Pop-
ploton were again before the Pacifio
commission. For years the people
have been uneasy , discontented ,
"grumbling , " demanding light as to the
conduct of railroads in Nebraska. Why
oven Mr. A. J. Poppleton on ono or more
occasions in public addresses , eloquently
portrayed the wrongs of the people , and
the dangers threatening the state and
nation by corporations. Indeed if I re
collect nnght ho named rail
roads on at least ouo occasion.
Representatives intrusted with the
wishes of constituents , stimulated by in
structions and pledged in conventions ,
on the stump , at the hustings , every
where , to do what they could to relieve
thorn , took action by appointing com
mittees to look the matter up , to learn
if there was any cause for all this
"kicking" by the peoplo. Before such
committees prominent railroad managers
were invited to appear and give informa
tion , and the same result was obtained
nearly every time. The suaslvo ambas
sadors assured the ardent committees
that the management was in the interests
ot the settlers , and to protect the ignor
ant , groveling , poor subjects of
their sympathetic solicitude , the
destructive knowledge they desired
they must not divulge. They were look
ing after the poor settlers welfare by a
secret management that if made known
to us would escape , become known by
our crafty neighbors elsewhere and thus
defeat their kindly protection. The
astute committees were convinced in
nearly every instance and conveyed to
their respective bodies a soothing report ,
handed in by an assistant railroad attor
ney , over near , "able , " willing , anxious
to relieve , explain , assist the Ignorant
peoplo.
But Mr. Popploton volunteered in my
judgment impudently , if correctly re
ported to relieve a competent , truthful
witness , and declared : "I'ou open the
doors , and our business is outraged. "
Ho is not now pleading for
the settlers. No , no ; they would not call
on him to represent them. The set tier
who paid $011.1)0 ) freight on a threshing
machine transported from Council Bin Its
to North Platte , less that three hundred
miles distant , and on which ho had to
pay only $00 for freight transportation
from Canton , O. , to Council Bluffs , moro
than n thousand miles distant , docs not
solicit his prayer ; nor docs ho and his
neighbors , who must pay to the Union
Pacific railroad company ono dollar a ton
moro for Wyoming coal than the people
of Omaha , three hundred miles moro
distant from the mine , are charged ; nor
tlio merchant or merchants hero , who
pay more for salt purchased in
the wholesale markets , where mer
chants , ignorant of the peculiar mysteries
of the management of the Union Pacific
railroad company , purchase , than . his
townsman merchant more shrewd , who
hies to the depot and buys from tbeir
salesman agent. None of these usk for
Mr. Popploton's interference in their be
half ; not ono in u thousand nro in sym
pathy with him in his plea for closed
doors. They have long prayed that the
doors bo opened and the secret manage
ment of the managers bo exposed to ex
amination by tlio public , settlers , bond
holders and bondsmen. Mr. Popplctoc
appears as attorney for the company's
management , and from his salaried
standpoint , doubtless , felt "to open"
to the eager gaze of the
iirnorant , plundered , duped people
the manner in which it was done and tor
years secreted , would bo an interference
with and outrage on their business , "i'is
but a few years since the right to inquire
by any authority was denied , seems to
bo conceded now. In that alarming pro
test "you open the doors nnd our busi
ness is outraged , " you intended to tell
the truth. That is light. Stick to it ; fol
low it up with truth alter truth. Enough
has slipped out of the burdened recesses
to justify a charge that the worst has not
boon told. Tell all you know about the
coucaled , nnd let the truthful witnesses
corroborate truths or give the lie to false
hoods without assistance or prompting.
You , having made a clean breast of U ,
can afford to rest. Do give tlio other
witnesses a chance. Some of
them may feel a little un
easy under your watchful gaze.
Do not fear that any will give false testi
mony that would bo damaging to the
secret management of the Union Pacifio
railroad. That can't bo done by false
hood. I beseech you in behalf of a
salted community to suggest to the com
mission the propriety of interjecting in to
the list of questions propounded to Mr.
T. L. Kimball the additional question of
"Salt" selling salt at North Platto. That
this salt pill may not bo so nauseating as
to make too vigorous a demand on the
toe-nails of the wholesale mer
chants of Omaha and other
cities , Union Pacific railroad managers
can sugar-coat . it , by secretly
Informing tlrciu that' the enterprise was
not advertised , nnd therefore sonic ot the
merchants knew not of the cheaper market -
kot nt their door. . T. J. Foley , Charles
McDonald , 0. F. Orinsby , and William
Grady , merchants of North Ptntto , can
throw light on the salt enterprise , and
T. J. Foley might also fell nn Interesting
story nbout n car load of sugar In transi
tion from California to Omaha. Do not
forget the trilling advance of $1 on coal ,
and the considerate precaution the man-
ngomont takes to protect tholr agent by
refusing to sell to any other person
cither by the ton or car load.
In justice to the management I will say
that to the bcstof my recollection I know
of no other commercial enterprise the
cautious , self-sacrificing management
engaged in , 1 fool quito confident they
did not engage in the tobacco or cigar
trade ; that would have necessitated pay-
Injr out money and posting up a govern
ment license. Too much advertising ,
entirely too much for the cnod of the
enterprise. Without the tattling license
it might bo n violation of law. Lcnstwiso
aomo judges have so hold. The consti
tutionality of that law has never been
tested. There was not enough in the
business to justify us in submitting
a case made up among themselves. Wo
like to test our rights in our courts by
submitting our own cases , appearing ns
plaintiffs and defendants. Thus pre
senting both sides of thu ease wholly
without prejudice , no ill feeling is
aroused and then the decision is so much
moro satisfactory.
The management has never violated
law. That is , constitutional law. 1 have
heard they cuuroaclfcd on n violation of
law once , a law to protect national cur
rency. They Issued bills , paid debts for
labor with it , made it , it was good , passed
ns currency along your line in the west ,
it was convenient money. After n few
years of mature reflection all that could
no found in circulation was called in.
thus n violation of law was averted. If
caught it would have been u violation ,
not caught it was only a thoughtless
encroachment on n violation. That's all.
SETTLUU.
TUB GL.OUIUUS FOURTH.
A hist of Bpcakors Who Will CAHHO
Men to Shod Tcara on tlio Nation's
III rt Inlay.
HUMBOLDT , Nob. , Juno 25,18S5. [ Cor
respondence of the BEE. ] The lost legis
lature made Nomaha and Johnson coun
ties n now senatorial district. Johnson
was formerly coupled with Pawnee ,
where David Butler and Humphrey , the
blatherskite , contended for political dis
tinction. Nomaha was alone in her glory
with the "Howe and Majors" factions
the only disturbing element. But with
Johnson and Somalia joined to
gether the two Nomaha glad
iators now find an enlarged
arena in which to combat and test their
political skill. The burying of tlio hatchet
last fall between Howe and Majors , re
sulting in Majors being sent to the legis
lature and McShano to congress , has
only made Howe green with envy , and
the fight is still on.
Howe declares his intention to go to
thn senate the next session , and to that
end the announcement is made that ho
1ms out-gcnoralcd Majors nnd will make
the eagle scream at Tecumsch the fourth
of July. When the unscruplous political
mountebank of Ncmaha appears before
his audience , it the audience cannot get
nway , there will bo much grim humor in
his statement to his "friends" to the
effect that ho "is glad to meet them on
this occasion. " It will be remembered
that the last time his "friends" had occa
sion to meet him , they saw to it that ho
only carried ono or two precincts in the
entire county.
Yet the eagle will scream , and the
pledge-breaker guilty of so many base
betrayals will circulate among the multi
tude with a reassuring smile for every
"heeler" to whom ho pave so lavishly of
his boodle last fall , nnd receive n nronuso
of their renewed friendship and a sacred
avowal that their "llooenco" is his in the
next campaign.
All this tlmo Colonel Majors will bo
up in the pleasant nnd cooling retreats
of Peru's bluffs fighting misquitos and
despising Howe ior the enemies ho has
mado.
Dave Butler will deliver h'.s ' pyrotech-
meal display of wind and wisdom up
the A. & N. road , while Judge Davidson
will look after his fences around the
judicial pasture of Table Rock , and tell
the little boys with firccraokors and the
old men who drink the lemonade , of the
battles he saw "fit" nt Treuton , Valley
Forgo and Bunker Hill.
Captain Humphrey will try to got nn
audience somewhere on the glorious day ,
nnd unless the committee of arrange
ments search him for concealed original
poetry , ho will attempt to read a few
verses to the indignant crowd. His last
poem , entitled "How I Was Made Chair
man of the State Central Committee , " is
being revised by Judge J. L. Edwards
and Judge Davis , who nro attempting to
make "Humfry" rhyme with "George
Washington Burton.1'
Judge Appleget has reached the ze
nith of his glory , and will not undertake
to either sing a national anthem or pluck
the pinions from the proud bird of free
dom
Charley Holmes will close his bank on
this great day and write a message of
condolence to his colleague , Majors , and
if the Tecumseh crowd is small , I under
stand a cipher dispatch will apprise the
colonel of the exact number in attend
ance.
Colonel Colby , who is setting his sails
for congress , is expected to paw the air
with reckless and wanton eloquence
while the great American eagle IHKOS to
the woods. The colonel will tell how the
rip-cord of his judicial baleen lot him
fall four years ago , but ho will reassure
his hearers that his love for country and
self is yet strong and the fires of patriot
ism kindled when he lirst joined the state
militia are yet umlimracd. * *
JUNE BRIDES IN BLOOM.
The Very Devil to Deal With He-
oausn They Wniit KvorythliiK BO
Biipcrllnnly Simple.
New York Letter in Hartford Cournnt :
A florist reciting his trials said to me the
other day : "These Juno brides , mum ,
have been the very devil to deal with ,
mum I They have had n regular corner
in sentiment. They'll not have a1 rose
touch 'cm , nor a tuberose , nor n violet ,
nor a carnation , and until this week ,
when there's no buying thorn for love or
money , an orange blossom , it was all
lilacs , while lilacs , when the season was
over nnd no wny-to putting them back ,
nnd then lilies of the valley when
they had all stopped blooming , except
that Newport florist's who Is making n
fortune preserving thorn. Then it was
dog-wood , and the sweet peas , which
niirt n bad Idea , and now it is apple blos
soms apple blossoms in Juno , when the
apples are fit for eating. 'But my Indy , '
says 1 , 'there are no apple blossoms
they're gone , ' and she looked up as fierce
as n little cock sparrow , nnd she Buys :
'I won't have roses , Brown , nor orange
blossoms ; there's no sentiment in these
expensive things as if money was every
thing. I want something sweet and
firlish and simple. I adore simplicity ,
tell you what to do , Brown ; you just
force mo some apple blossoms ; they force
apples , why not apple blossoms ? ' "
A good suggosllon , by the way , came
from this humorous horticulturist. In
stead of decorating the rooms of a homo
wedding In conventional white , ho used
all pink roses. The canopy , n Chinese
pugoda , with portieres of Sinilnx , was
formed of La trance roses , with n mirror
for a background , trim mud with pink
noisettes. The wedding bell was of
shaded pink from "tho bride. " through
"Catherine Mermcts , " to a deepblush. .
The bride'walked through , a lore'at of
palms nntl ilnk azaleas , nnd wore I
breast knot of pink budsi As she -was I
tall , pain girl , the glow gave her the on
essential of beauty her whiteness'had
lucked.
r.NOAOKD cot'ri.r.s Annr.XT.
" \ \ hat is the conduct toward onch
other rf engaged couples ? " asked ono ol
thu party. "Ju honest , serious ontniiglo-
incuts'queried a lady. "Yes. " "When
n woman is truly and honestly in lovfl
with a man slio Is vcjy careful , indeed ,
more so than she ordinarily is In her
conduct toward him. She is nfrnid of
ilping something that will injure her in
his estimation. Kho moro ardently she
loves him the moro reserved frequently
Is she with her caresses and undeormonts.
I speak of the unpaged period , of course )
after mnrriaRo it Is different. Ho per
haps kisses her n few tlmi-s be
fore they nro married. I am
told up north , nnd even in pnrls of
the south , it is different. An engagement
becomes n public nfl'air , Is announced ,
nnd their behavior is expected to bo thnt
of nn encaged couple. Herewith us It
has not yet reached this point. It will
some day 1 am confident , and 1 do not
know that it is not the best plan by far.
It is certainly far moro nttraotivo to the
parties themselves , nnd it it ) n serious
drawback to flirting nnd coquetry , which
too often characterizes young girls. With
us a girl likes to bo with her fiance , but
the moment thu public becomes nwnro of
the fact thnt he is her intended husband
she rather nvouls public appearance in
his company. Just why it Is 1 do not
know , but it is frequently the case. I
know t\ lady , now n staid matron , who
was engaged n year before her marriage ,
who requested nor fiance , six months be
fore the time , to refrain from visiting
her. And for six mouths previous to the
wedding she did not see him , though they
lived within twelve miles of each other. "
"Engaged couples in Atlanta , " re
marked at'Other , "do not have thn limo
people generally ascribe to them. People
are never moro clrcunisncct in their be
havior toward each other than during the
period of engagement. A woman does
not care how often a man gives her evi
dences and assurances of his Jove nnd
affection. This is a thing expected dur
ing the period of an engagement , but
there are so many ways in which this can
bo done without coinjr through the rather
stagey methods of embraces and kissing
that this part of the programme Is not
often indulged in. " "There is no harm
in rn engaged couple occasionally kiss
ing , is there ? " innocently inquired a dark-
eyed damsel. "None ; but it is best not
to indulge in it too often. The nectar of
the gods was n very sweet matter ; why ?
because it was a rare substance , nnd to
mortals was the embodiment of every
thing that was desirable , because it was
utterly impossible to bo obtained. "
A RF.rOUTKIi WHO KISSED.
Oil City Blizzard : Among other inter
esting scenes at the depot yesterday
morning was a newly married couple
who belonged in Taylorstown. They had
been lo Ma.yvillo , wnero they were mar
ried by Rev. Mr. Kcruiok , nnd were re
turning to their homo in tlio new oil field.
She was twouty-nlno , and ho was twenty-
three. Colonel Worden , whoso august
eye discovers everything now within an
acre of the depot , said ho never saw such
a happy couple in all his born days. The
bride employed a darky bootbfnck to
shine her shoes while she was waiting in
thu depot.
The above account is incomplete.
Through the kindness of Colonel Warden
the Blizzard is enabled to supply nn im
portant omission. The Derrick reporter
casually suggested to the groom that it
was customary for members of the press
to salute the bride , nnd was considerably
taken aback when the groom spluttered :
"Gol darn it I don't care if you kiss her.
wade in. ' , I1 or the first time in fifteen
years the portly Derrick reporter blushed ;
then , bis native hardihood asserting it
self , ho stopped forward , secured n firm
collar-nnd-ulbow hold on the willing bride
and planted nn osculation right smack
on her ruby lips. An expression ol sur
prise and pleasure wreathed his Chubby
face , and it scorned to revive long lost
memories of the happy times before ho
ever saw a newspaper office. Then he
deliberately bent his head again , the
bride looked trustfully up into Ills truth
ful oycs , and another chaste salute .was
exchanged. The second attempt was an
artistic Emma Abbott triumph , and the
rotund reporter stopped back with the
air of a man who bad done his duty. But
he failed in his duty in neglecting to re
port this most graceful point in the nar
rative of the newly wed.
THE JUNK DUIDK WOKTII I.OOKINO AT.
New York letter in Hartford Courant :
Twelve noon by the clock , and a dim
church , docked like n conservatory , and
wo waiting with a quick throb of our
hearts , for the crash of chords nnd the
flower gates to open and the bride to
pass. What a splendid spectacle she is
in nil her brave apparel , and glitter of
jewels ! And the cloud of tulle nnd laoo
just shadowing the look wo nil know as
the "brides' look" of mingled happiness
and shame nnd pridel Sometimes , in
deed , she is a plain little thing with a
hitch in her train , but never mind my
dear nbout the train. Butler luck next
time. If the young fellow who is waiting
for you at the altar be what you like ,
and you nro what suits him , hero's a
smile to you and a health !
BKIUES AS THICK AS BLOSSOMS.
New York letter in Now Orleans
Times-Democrat : This Juno is a month
of brides in "our best society.1' ' It has
from year to year bccomo more and
more on annual custom to marry in tbe
first month of summer. That enables
the couples to make a European bridal
trip at the desirable season , or to laze
through a season of wedded scntimality
nt an American watering-place. The
weddings this weak , quito within the
most restrictive bounds of Now York
"society , " figure up thirteen. The first
tinner they know It will be summer again ,
and they will bo old wedded pairs of a
year's standing.
Catarrlial Dangers.
To bo freed from tlio dangers of lulfocatlo
while lying down ; to lircntlio fiooly , sloop
soundly niul undisturbed ; to rlso refreshed ,
honil cleiir , liraln nctlvo and free trom piun or
nclio ; to know that no poisonous , putrid mutter
denies tlio breath and rot * mvny tlio dollcnto
imichlnory of Bmoll , tiisto mid hCHrlng ; to fool
thnt tbo system does not. through Its veins nnd
nrtorlus , suck up the poison that U sure to
undermine and destroy , Is Indeed it blessing
beyond nil other human enjoyments. To pur-
cluiKo Immunity from such u fate should bo the
object of iillnimulod lint these who Imvu trlod
many remedies uud phjglclans despair ol relief
ur euro.
SA.srimn'H RADICAL COME moot" every phase
of Ciititrrli , from u simple lioud eold to the most
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