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Out wo understand now. Thuratot
was engaged last winter m organizinj
nn oil trust.
TUB Pacific railroad commission ha
missed a great treat , owing to the ab
ecnco of the oil room brigadier bassi
proftmdo Vandorbum.
WIIKN last heard from John Thursloi
was at Spirit Lake with his tishing taoklu
IIo Is waiting patiently for an expoelilio'
to discover the mau who spirited hnnsel
bway.
FOUR hundred dollars , rofrcshracnt
nnd lodging in the oil rooms was the pa ;
of John M. Thurston's Union Pacifi
henchmen in the legislative lobby. Whi
Bays corporations have no souls ?
EX-MA.YOH HAUHISON , of Chicago , win
is soon to go abroad , has dismissed th
two libel suits which ho recently brougli
ngainst the Intcr-Occan. Carter know
the dangers of a sea voyage and pro
poses to bo at peace with all the world.
A PHILADELPHIA paper saya : "When :
'gusher1 is spoken of in Ohio they don'
hiean a man , but a gas well. " No
through respect to the gas wells , the ;
convoy the same idea in referring to ;
piun of like propensities by nientioninj
the name of J. Warren Kiofor.
MAYOR HEWITT has issued a roya
edict saying all the dogs in New Yorl
piust go. llo further declares that dog
"licensed or unlicensed" are a nuisance
3t is evident , from an unprejudiced stand
point , that Mayor Howit has neither
pug dog nor a boom.
IN the good old days , when Missoui
-river pilots , in order to rnako time , cu
across the country , the long and shot
liaul was as much of a consideration a
it is in the days when there is a coinrals
nion to decide the differences betwcei
corporations nnd individuals.
DR. A. DKlUosser , of Chicago , has it
euod a circular staling that on Juno 1
1838 , ho proposes to start from that cit ;
on a voyage of discovery to the Norti
Polo , in his now air ship. The dooto
& profited by a recent aonal lizzie , and wi
uot undertake to start from St. Louis.
J Of JEFF DAVIS now denies that he eve
> . ( / wrote his letter condemning Cleveland'
.order to return the Hag. Jeff doniei
> twelve years ago that ho over made
epeooh threatening to carry the torcl
nnd sword into northern cities , but h
did make that speech at Stevenson , Ala
bama , on his way to Montgomery an
linally had to admit the fact.
* a THE following message was found i
Omaha yesterday :
LAKR MINNKTONKA , Minn. , Juno'7.87. .
W G , Omaha : With joy , yet surprise ,
learn that you and M and 11 test Hied yo
did not know what an oil room was. Uiuti
elmllar circumstances you would probabl
liare testltltid that you did not know wl
paid your whisky bill and lodging down i
Lincoln. J MT - .
War can't the oil room quartette boii
iluced to entertain the 1'acilio railron
commission for an hour or two , as it dl
tnumbors of the legislature last wintei
Frank Ilanlon could tell our chalk ch
ptories. Manchester sing tlmt soul-inspi
ing camp lire song of "Means , Dean
Deans , " while Gtirloy could saw the a
with his young blood oratory , and Craw
ford toll a story ubont early days withh
fog horn accompaniment.
THE electric light men nro now pr
claiming that they will smash ono mo
opoly , and that is the carbon compan ,
The carbon companies have raised tt
price of tliuir goods , and the elcctr
light oompanioi are obliged to fulli
their contracts for lighting at a loss , d
Glaring they will control the carbc
themselves. Then it will only bo a yo :
until the monopoly is more exacting tus
poforo. _ _ _ _ _ m m
IT was once the boast of Harper , tl
president of the Fidelity bank , that I
was at cue time only a common sowir
machine agent at Urbana , Ohio. Ai
it it likely that before ho final
cities with the two thousand d
pofitow from whom ho stole f !
000,000 , and lost it all in Chicago , 1
will wish that ho had remained a con
tton sowing machine agent. It wi
Bancho Pan/a'a proud boast that I
would ratlin r rnmain plain Sancho ur
KO to heaven , than to bo-governor and (
to the other place. .
The Defense of'the Urtllromla.
.In May last the secretary of tlie interior
nfulo.n' rule requiring tuo land grant rail
roads to'show cause , on or before Juno
23 ; why the ort'ers withdrawing lands
rom sottlumont within tholr Indomnitj
"units' should not bo revoked and the
ands restored to settlement , lie pile ;
lave been received from all the roads
and the substance of those of two ol
hem , the St. Paul & Sioux City and tin
Northern Paclllc , were given in oui
iVashington dispatch of yesterday morn'
ing.Tho
The former of these roads takes tin
somewhat defiant view that the secretary
of the Interior is venturing beyond hi
jurisdiction in assuming the right to re
voke orders withdrawing lands , on tin
ground that suoh withdrawals having
been made by direction of congress cat
only DO revoked by 'that authority. The
claim is sot up that the proceeding wa
wholly legislative , the power of th
secretary of the interior being oxhortee
when ho issued the order of withdrawn
required by the law , and that it belong !
to congress alone to sot aside this action
The Northern Pacific simply pleads that
it has gone as far as it can go in securing
indemnity lands for the reason that the
government lias failed to survey the remaining
maining lands withdrawn for indemnity
from which selection has not bcon made
nnd that neither party can dctcrmlni
under existing conditions to what oxtun
the road is entitled to land within iiulom
nlty limit.
It was not understood when the score
tary of the interior made the rule in th'i
matter that ho intended to at once revoki
the order under which indemnity land :
were withdrawn , even where it wa
clearly shown that they should bo re
vokedby reason of the indemnity rights o
the railroads having been forfeited. Thi
president in his letter to the socrotar ;
upon which the action of the latter was
taken intimated a doubt as to the oxten
of executive authority in the matter o
restoring the withdrawn lands to settle
ment. All that was immediately arrivet
at was to ascertain from the corpora
tions what defense they had to oiler foi
their continued neglect of the condi
tions upon which they received thoii
grants , with the purpose undoubtedly o
putting congress in possession of tin
views of both the railroads and the dc
partmont on the subject. To say thi
least , therefore , of the attitude of the St
Paul & Sioux City corporation , it is i
piece of uncalled for arrogance , whicl
avoids the real matter. With respect t (
the Northern Pacific plea , it is not un
likely that it may have some foundation
of which the department itself
ought to have accurate knowl
edge. There is reason to bcllove
that some fault may bo found to attact
to the government in tjiis matter , the ro
suit of loose and careless administration
of the land department in the past. Tlu
replies of the railroads will undoubted ! ]
shea some new light on this subject
which the next congress will bo urgently
called upon to deal with and dispose of
The Annual Appeal For Subsidies.
There will assemble nt Chicago to-da ;
a convention of delegates representing
the Lake Shore and Mississippi Viilloj
department of the American sbippm ;
nnd industrial league. The Pacific coast
department of the league hold its conven
tion last week , and adopted as a part o !
its platform the declaration that in ordei
to restore the shipping interests of tin
country , the government should offc
liberal encouragement in the form oi
subsidies. It is to be expected that tin
convention at Chicago will echo thi !
view , which seems to bo about the onlj
ono that takes definite term in the minds
of those who are immediately conccrnei
for the restoration of American shipping
interests.
The problem of how this country shal
most wisely go to work to recover its
lost place in the carrying trade of tin
world is bodged about by many difll
cullies. Every man who has givci
any attention to the subject under
stands that our present position is hot !
to our disadvantage and our humiliation
A great and growing commercial natioi
ought not to bo almost wholly at th
mercy of foreign ship owners. It canno
do so without suffering some damage t
its trade interests , besides which there i
a vast annual drain upon it nearly th
whole of which goes into foreign pockets
The merchants and people of the U nitc
States pay every year to foreign shi
owners probably not loss than $150 ,
000,000.Vo \ are necessarily placed at
disadvantage with regard to trade i :
many directions for the reason that thcs
foreign ship owners will always discrirr
in 11 to in favor of the merchants of the !
own countries. It is humiliating that s
wealthy and enterprising a people slioul
be thus dependent , and that in most c
tun harbors of the world the stars an
stripes nt the must head of a vessel is
rare .sight. It is not questionable tlin
wo might greatly extend our commcrc
if we had our own ships of modern spec
nnd accommodations. There is the fin
thur consideration that a good inorcliar
raarino is desirable as the basis of a nav
and is a training school for skilled so :
men who would bo available at all time
for national defense.
In short , the arguments in favor of r <
storing the shipping interests of the com
try are many and forcible , but how sha
it bo most wisely donoV The subsid ,
plan has bcon urged for years , but i
never has received popular approval , an
is less likely to do so now than in tli
past. The people have refused to sc
any force in the argument that becaus
England , Germany and Franco grat
largo bounties to steamship lines th
country must do so as the only way c
building up a marine service hero th ?
can compete successfully with the son
ices of thojo countries , and in vie
of the fact that the shipping ii
tcrests of none of the foreign com
tries are now profitable an
that British ship owners are disposing <
such property , the subsidy argument h :
less to commend it than ever boforo. Tl
fact seems to be that the bounty systci
in those countries has so stimulated tt
shipping interests that the compctltic
for business has made this class of ci
tcrpriso unurofitable notwithstandin
government aid. Such a state of nfTaii
in very discouraging to the position <
those who look only to a subsidy polk
to build up American shipping. Furtl
ermoro the country is not now in tt
mood to create or strengthen special ii
teresu by any now system of protectioi
The tendency- popular belief i'a thi
all has been done in this direction thi
should bo. done , and that further
tion.should fake a different course , j
policy of shipping subsidies being inau
guratcd it is impossible to say when
it would stop. Wealthy corpora
lions organized for this enter
prlso would become so man ;
now cormorants annually preying upoi
Iho public Ircasury , nnd increasing the !
demands from year lo year.
At all events , subsidies should bo tin
very last resort , and there arc yet other
to bo tried before the situation can bo ro
gardcd as hopeless without govcrnmcn
bounties. It should bo the business of thi
convention nl Chicago to discover am
suggest some of them.
Onttlo Karons nnd Cheap Docf.
"Dorsoy is profoundly convinced,1
says a Now York letlcr , that the peopli
and the government ore all wrong it
their notions about the cattle barons
Ho says the cattle ranges are useless fo
any other purpose , because their arldit ;
makes them worthless for agriculture
and consequently it is absurd to tall
about holding this land for homcsteat
entry. "If the cattle business , " hi
added , "in that remote and arid region
worlhlcss for any oilier purpose , wni
wiped out of existence , the poor ant
rich alike in the east would have to pt : ]
double what they do now for meat
More than $000,000,000 is invested in tin
plains ctUilo business , and $150,000
000 worth n year of maturot
beef cattle are disposed of am
come out of that flection of tin
east to go to Europe. The average prlci
to the ranchmen does not exceed 3 } cent
per pound , nnd last year it was less thai
that. Take this immense production on
of the market , or make the production o
these caltlo in any way more exponsivi
than at present , and the change in tin
price of beef would bo felt in every ham
let in the land. But tha policy of igno
rant and malicious upslarls in Washing
ton will hamper by every moans in Ihoi :
power Ihe development of the great m
dustry. "
With his largo cattle range in Nov
Mexico , Mr. Dorsoy has , possibly
taught himself to believe that all ho say
if true. Mr. Dorsoy would also ondorsi
railroads nnd other corporations in gob
bling up the entire public domain am
assist them , doubtless , if ho would rccclvi
a certain share of the lands taken.
The truth is , cattle ranges are beiiu
abandoned ; the land once "arid am
worthless" is being , in many territories
occupied by the pioneer sotller , win
breaks Iho ground , plants trees , am
sows and reaps.
In Colorado it was only a few day
ago a prominent paper announced tha
"cattle ranges were fast crowing a thinf
of the past , " and farmers wilh less calllt
of a bolter grade wore taking the landi
so long "considered worthies" , " and tin
result was more and bettor cattle , to
gcthor with wheat and corn and othei
crops which bring largo returns.
It is only thirty years ago that Kansas
with only 80,000 population , was nothinj
bul "grazing lands , " the "aridily mak
ing it worthless for agriculture , " while
to-day she has ono million six hundrcc
thousand people. So with Nobraska-
every quarter section in one-half the o
the state is fenced , dotted witn house ;
and barns nnd trees , and will this yea :
add millions to the country's products.
With the $0000,000,000 invesled ir
caltlo all organized under one gigantii
trust , which has the power to set thi
price on nine-tenths of the beef consumoi
in America , to say that it is worth K
cents or. 15 cents or 20 cents per pound
the logio of Mr. Dorsoy that "moat ii
made cheaper , " is the veriest bosh.
The time is fast coming when cattle bar
ons and land barons will make room foi
the honest settler , who will improve am
beautify his homo. The "arid" lands o
the great American geographer whosi
hobby was penciling deserts has long age
been proven a myth a fallacy worsi
than Star lloulo Dorsey's above copiei
Let Them Arbitrate.
Wo have no disposition to meddle will
the private business affairs of buildin ;
conlractors , muster painters nnd thci
employes , bul we merely express the prevailing
vailing sentiment in this community tha
labor troubles at this time cannot fail t
inflict incalculable loss on thopartie
dircclly concerned , as well as on ou
whole city. The painters and carpenter
cannot aflbrd to lose the wages the
ought to earn during the building scasoi
when the weather is so favorable for out
door work , and the master builders am
painters can ill-afford to lose the oppor
tunity which the season affords for cat
ry'mg on their trade.
Wo realize the difficulties that are ii
the way of an amicabla adjustment , bu
we also behove that sooner or later boll
parties will have to take stops for ndjtist
ing their differences. Why not make th
effort now ? In Chicago , where buildinj
operations have bcon almost suspended
ponded for thrco months , nogc
tiations are in progress lo put ai
end both to strikes nnd lockouts by ni
bitration , under conditions which bet
employers nnd workmen regard as a fai
basis for settling their differences.
The following loiter , published in tli
Chicago dailies last Saturday , ombodie
the basU on which the Chicago mastc
builders are willing to arbitralo Iheir dil
ferences with the bricklayers' union :
To the Public : In order to permanent )
Bcttlo the differences existing between th
employers and employes In the buildin
trades , and to show the public that the Mas
ler Masons' association Is willing to co o
record as ready to do what Is just , tair an
reasonable in the present difficulty , we , th
executive committee of the Ma&ter Masons
association , hereby otter to submit the plat
form and code of principles adopted by on
association the IJrlcKlaycrs' union to sul
nilt their constitution and by-laws to foil
business men nnd a judge of the Unite
States court , said judge to select the fen
business men , ube shall have full power t
act as a board of arbltrallon as between th
Master Masons' association nnd the Uriel
layers' and Htonemasons' union , and w
hereby agree to abide by the decision of tli
majority of the said board of arbitration.
Several of Iho master masons were or
posed to this , but they were a small m !
nority. The cool-headed loadets reco ;
nixed the fact that it was policy to mec
the strikers half way. Why can't Oman
builders nnd contractors make simila
overtures to their workmen ? Notliin
can certainly bo losl in an effort to peace
ably setllo llm prevailing differences.
Tnic Now York Tribune estimates th
present population of Iho Untied State
ut over 01,000,000. It assumes that th
addition by immigration during the tisca
year ending to-morrow , will bo half
million'which will bring the total io
crease from this source for the pas
seven years up lo 8,800,8SO. The csti
mated natural increase that is , the ex
cess of births over deaths on Iho basis
of two per cent annually , is 7,723,118 foi
the pnst seven yeiirs. Adding 70,000 in
the number of pcopo who have proba
bly come into Hie counlry irom Cnnad :
and Mexico during these years , of when
government immigration statistics maki
no account , and\\\o\Trilnnc \ \ \ figures tin
population of thd country at 01,703,818 ,
is computation , which scorns to have tin
warrant of fact | and reasonable proba
bllltlcs , may projife useful to Fourlh o
July orators. v
Fonraoro Ihan four years Iho board o
public works has kept its records and al
the contracts , plans and sueciu'ention ,
for public works in a wooden box localci
in a lire trap. Not only have these valuable
uablo papers and documents been thin
exposed to destruction by fire , but inter
csted parties could readily cause them It
bo mutilated or oven have Ihom stolci
with very little risk or trouble. The ncg
ligcnco of the old board in tailing U
make provisions for Iho safe keeping o
these documents , justly deserves feovcn
censure. Last week the now bo an
called the attention of the council lo tin
reckless exposure of its books am
papers , but no notion has yet been taken
It Is to bo hoped that the council wil
promptly authorize the purchase of i
commodious safe or the removal of tin
office of Iho board lo a locality where i
vault will bo at its disposal.
SEVERAL communications received b :
the UEE regarding Iho dog nuisance in
dicalo that there is a good deal of publii
interest in the matter. Ono writer note ;
tlmt Omaha is exceptional union ;
cities in the extent to which its street
arc infested wilh dogs , and in the gen
cral worthlcssncss of the brutes. Tin
mtisnnco grows and Iho danger from i
increases as Iho hot season advances
There can be no excuse for permitting i
to continue , and there should b <
immediate action for its suppression
The slaughter , if need be , of every doj
in the city allowed to run at largo un
muzzled would not compensate for the
loss of ono human lifo from hydrophobia
The council can dispose of this matter it
ten minutes , and it could hardly emplo ;
that brief time lo boiler purpose.
THE Kansas City Times predicts tha
the boom in that city will last "until tin
republican party elects another prcsl
dent. " People in that thriving towi
who have confidcnc o in the judgment o
the Tunes should not lose sight of tin
fact that the next presidential clcctioi
will occur in Noveipfcor , 1838 , and shouli
improve the intcriifa jn disposing of thci :
possessions and removing to Omahn
whose future prosperity is not subject t <
any contingency of less consequcnci
than an earlhquako that would swallov
her up , together with the elaloj and lorri
lories of which she is Iho nalura
metropolis.
THE aggregate doot of the city of Uos
ton as reporto'l Jasti wuek by its cilj
auditor is $10,790,000 , an increase o
three millions overcast year. Tina in
eludes sinking fund and other assets cs
timatcd at twenty millions , which loaves
an actual debt of over sixteen millions ,
Boston is notably very conservative ir
municipal cxponditurcs. A comparisoi
wilh Uoslon may Ihoroforo reassure
Omaha croakers lhat this city with a deb
of about ono million is by no means or
the road to bankruptcy.
ACCORDING to the Now York Com
mcrcial Advertiser "tho largo dealers nne
manufacturers of fire works say tha
their business this year is so much grcate
than ever before that no past year cat
well bo compared to it. " This mean
that the small boy has joined the pro
cession and will assist in making tin
centennial birthday of the nation tin
grandest of them all.
MOYNHIAN'S key-hole editor has made
the discovery thai Seavey is an expellee
mason. This may bo Iruo , bul can havi
no bearing on the legality of his appoint
nicnt as chief of police. The cause of expulsion
pulsion , if the story is true , may havi
been disreputable or immoral conduct , o
merely failure to pay his dues. Oin
thing is certain , however. The Moyni
ban gang is not the keeper of musoui' '
conscience.
WONDER if the Honorable Mr , Gurley
who is billed to deliver a grand Fourth o
July oration In a suburban town , is tin
Mr. Gurley who lodged nearly all wintoi
in the railroad oil rooms , nnd acknowl
edged before the Pacific railroad com
missioners that ho received $ -400 fron
John M. Thurston for entertaining mem
bnrs of the legislature nnd watchinj
railroad legislation.
McSiiANE's paper has made the did
covery that the Paoilic railroad invcstiga
tion is being engineered in the inleres
of Iho HEE. This will bo a piece of new
lo the commission. The next tiling wi
ex-pcct to hear is that congress orderee
the investigation at the instance of tin
Bin : and for its solo benefit.
IT may all bo rot to ofor to Iho boodli
gang which mutilated Iho charter but tin
people of Omaha will not soon forge
the rogues. *
A Uoutln Jllnt.
Conc iomIcii JVir Ytiillist
Omaha 1ms the most .reason to ho prouel o
its public buildings aim of Its hotels. Ivlsl
that honesty In tlioso lajter establishments
at leiast in ono of theinf Ubpt pace with the !
comfortable arranuen Hts. The custom o
computing time , \\tilohistrtick ma us pu
eullar , Is not In accotdanicvltli , the almanac
When the Innocent eastern traveller arrive
at 0 o'clock In the ov&iig | and leaves nt
o'clock on the afternoon ot Iho next day
after having been prnvlflrd with throu meals
and tluds himself charged with a day and i
quarter of board , ho U apt either to ctirso tin
landlord or to pray tlmt r ho may become i
better man. Nevertheless , wo worn tola tha
this Is the universal custom In the esl
where ono Is not a liberty to chuose the Urn
of his meals. This passing note is for th
boned of the unwary tourist.
An EnitllHli Syndicate.
A dispatch has been received from the Cltj
of Mexico to the effect tlmt an English organ
Ization called ttie Mexican Land and 1m
pro\ement company , "represented In tin
United States by John V. Farwell , of Chi
caeo , " has purchased 600,000 acres of mos
desirable agricultural ana grazing land Ii
the states of Chihuahua and Durance , Mex
The property has good houses and corrals
40.000 sheep , 3,500 cattle and 4t4UO horses
"Colonel 0. Campbell , of Chicago , " nddi tin
dispatch , "who examined the property , ren
dered a moat favorable report , and teleeram
from that city say the sale may bo considered
ns consummateel. "
Mr. Farwell was shown Hits dispatch yes
terday , llo said ho had no Interest In the
matter , except thai ho recommended Colonel
nel Campbell as a proper person for the mis
sion ,
"Then those reports of English svndlcatcs
buying Immense tracts of laud iu Texas arc
true' . " '
"Yes , I presume so. Land can bo had In
Mexico ns It used to be had In Texas for U
cents an acre or so. Ills mapnlilcont land ;
none better. The tract referred to Is beauti
ful table land0,000 lo 7,000 feet above the
sen level , well watered and wooded , and ol
the richest quality , the climate , too , Is ele
llshlfiil-lt is Hie Italy of America. "
"Where Is the purchase located ? "
"About thirty miles west of the Mexican
Central railroad In the southeast part of the
state ot Duranpo. The nearest principal
railroad station Is Jlmulco. "
Mr. Farwell said ho had no financial Inter ,
cst whatever In the speculation , but that he
might possibly take nn Interest when he
wont to London. Ho thought he would go tc
London this summer , but was not quite biire ,
llo was requested by solicitors In London ,
with whom he was acquainted , to select a re
sponsible man to go to Mexico and examine
the land , but this was merely to confirm D
previous report of a most favorable character ,
llo had not heard from Colonel Campbell
Since ho loft , but expected him back within n
week. Colonel Campbell is connected will :
the1 stockyards nnd owns a farm nt ( irnnt
Knnknken county. 111. The tract puichabcel
Is about sixty miles long by lifteeu mile :
Wide.
The Court of Public Opinion.
A'ii/t Amctlcnn Ilcvicu :
It was before the high bar that the
press determined lo bring Iho wrelchot1
creatures who had betrayed Now Yorl
nnd dragged her honor in the dirt. It ru
quired n whole year to appeal before the
attention of the court was riveted on the
case. The court was fair and cautious ,
It asked what defence could say for itself
It demanded all the facts on either side ,
The newspapers rcsponelod fully nnd
frankly to thin just requirement. Thoii
columns were freely opened to the ac
cusod. It is a most important fact , ane !
one which of itself disposes of the charge
of injustice on the part of the press , that
not a single fact urged in defence of the
aldermen in the courts was omitted from
the ovielcnco laid by the newspapers before
fore the ucoplo. In facts , hundreds oi
false claims lhal Iho accused dared nol
proeluco where their prejudices could be
punished wore placed lo Iho credit side
of their account in the press. The news'
papers tried their case for them wilh fai
more skill than it has ever been tried before
fore tv sworn jury. The court of public
opinion , onoo summoned , lent a most at
tentive ear. It hoard all that could be
said on either side. And when the evi
dence was all in , when both sides had ex
hausted their testimony and their pleas ,
the court pronounced its solemn and de
liberate judcmont guilty ! It followed
all the rules of evidence , which are
nothing more nor less than codified com
mon sense. And when its infallible ver
dict was returned , it loft the fallible ma
chinery of justice to register its decree ,
or fail iu that duty.
Liberty for Traveling Rugslaus.
Pall Mall Gazette : It is notable how
few Russians are to bo found in the for
eign colony which every grout European
capital shelters. We meet plenty of them
travcling.but these are often the wealthier
classes , but wo do not find n Russian
quarter in London or Paris or Uerlin.
The cause dates buck to the days of Peter
the Groat. So scanty was the population
In that time that legislation was pushed
lo its utmost severity to keep the Russians
on their own soil. To this day article S2fi
of the penal code remains unropealcd.
The Russian who suffers himself to become -
come the naturnli/.oel subject of another
country ipso faclo breaks the laws of his
own and loses all his rights , civil and po
litical. He comes under the sentence of
perpetual exile , nnd is liable on his re
turn to his own land to deportation to
Siberia. A bill has just been introduced
10 moelify the Draconic seventy of thi !
absurd and cruel law. The wanderer is
allowed to return , nnd if ho remains a
year in Russia his original nationality ro-
vives. The ponulties , moreover , will all
bo swept away , except when the object ol
the expatriation has been to avoid con
scription. It will bo interesting to note
the graelnal effect of the law on the fugi
tive population of other capitals.
The ConcroRational Union.
The Omaha Congregational Union , in
corporated under Iho laws of Nebraska
on Juno 25 , held ils first meeting in the
Pa\lou hotel at 10:80 yesterday and per <
fcctrel organization as follows :
Incorporators nnel directors until the
fir t annual meeting on September 15 ,
1887 : Rev. A. F. Shorrill , Rev. Willard
Scott , Kov. J. L. MniJe.llov. H. C. Crnno.
Rev. M. J. P. Thing. Messis. W. J. Con !
nell , James Forsyth , William Fleming ,
W. H. Ltiwlon , A. M. Kitchen , Ur. P. R !
Lord.
Olliccrs until September 15- President ,
Rev. J. L. Mailo ; vice president , Rev. A.
F. Sherrill ; secretary , Mr. William Flem
ing.
Committee appointed to draw up bv-
laws and to report oh July 11 : Mr. W ,
J. Council , llov. J. L. Malic , Rev. Wil
lard Scott.
TIio ROBS Stnlk.
Mr. II. L. Picknrd , of near Sarpy Mills ,
brought into the HUE odlco yesterelay
morning the boss slnllc of corn. It is 0
feet 8 inches in height , and in tassel , a
most remarkable growth for this carlj
in the season. Mr. P. says he lias nine ;
acres just like Hand takes a most justi
fiable pride in its nourishing condition.
It was planted the 2nd of May , and it is
safe to assert that there nrei but few fields
of corn in Nebraska that can in any way
bo compared with it.
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Notice.
A special communication of St. John's
Lodge No. 2o A. F. & A. M. will bo held
at 2:30 : p. m. , Wednesday , Juno 29 , for
the purpose of attending tno funeral ol
our late brother , Joseph M. Crawford.
Visiting brothers cordially invited. Con
veyances will bo provided from the hall ,
K. HuciciNdiiAM , W. M.
irnsn.
TYLCK-In this city June 20 , Mrs. Eliza
Tyler , aged 70 years.
Kuncinl to-day ntS p. m. from her late resi
dence , 110 North Ninth street , to Prospect
11 ill ccmetciy.
CUAWFOUD-Juno 23 at his lalo residence ,
7 ! Pieico street , Joseph Ciawfoie ! , ngcd 03
years.
Funeral to-day nt 2 o'clock under the auspices -
pices of St. Johns leiduo of Masons.
IIAKTMAN Junba * , Henry , Ron of Henry
U , nnd Martha llartman , aged 4 months
Funeral from family residence , 1331 North
Twentieth street , Wednesday , Juno -"J , nt 1
p. in. , to Forest Lawn cemetery.
O'HIKLY Thomas , eon of Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis O'lllely , aged 1 year and 10 elnys.
Funeral irom family residence , near St.
Mary's cemetery , at 10 a. cu. Wednesday
morning.
SAUNDEHS June 28. Josncb , son of air.
M . tJauuJers , nguel 6 months and 0 days.
Funnral from family residence , North
Saundcrs street , nt 2 p. m.
ALHENESIUS Mary Alhenoslus , this
morning at 2 o'clock , need 3'1 years.
Funeral will take place to-morrow , from her
late residence , 2711 Douglas street , , al 2.
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o'clock' .
' Ofllcer'Wnalon'nrresied Kansas' Cily
Liz , a notorious character , this afternoon ,
on a charge of assault nud battery. '
AY lint AVns Done jJcforo the Judge
To-elny.
Yesterday morning there wns n
in change Iho cases which were Motula
on trial.
Shortly before noon Judge Wakolo
joined Judge Seville in hearing the cas
relative lo Iho sale of the Ish property ii
North Omaha. This was brought som
time ago by Judge Duiidy. K. M. liart
lett was appointed guardian in
litom. 1) ) . K. It. Kennedy nppcare
for the ward. Judge Dtinely for him
self and son. Mr. Uartlctt showed in
Irregularity in the salo. Judge Dund
'
wanteel Uia cost of the Ihrco years leas'
on the land divided between both pnrtie
in the event of the sale for ? ! ! 0,000 belli ]
confirmed. 'Iho juelgcs took the matte ;
under advisement.
II. Benedict brings suit in the count' '
court against William Nelson , askini
$71)3.00 ) judgment on a bill of clothes soli
lo plalutlll.
UNITED STATES.
The commission appointed bv Ih
United Stales court , and cousislmg o
Lewis Clcmrnts , of California , Thoma
Corrlgnn Kansas City , and Lcavlt
lUirnlmm , Omaha , lo enquire inlo am
assess damages , if nny'by reason of th
building the cable line on and ncros
streets occupied by Horse Rail
way company , tire in session u
the United States circuit judge'
chamber. The commission organized bj
the selection of Mr. Clements , chairman
and Mr. Uurnham , secretary. The after
noon has been protly thoroughly occu
pied in a critical examination of thohors
car nud cable lines so far as routes hav
been indicated. Both parties t >
Iho suit have been ordorei
lo furnish maps wilh the !
rcsnectivo lines plainly drawn thereupon
accompanied by a full text of their right
nnd privilege's a nit franchise , nnd th
work of examining witnesses will been
this evening.
roucn COUKT.
At nn early hour yesterday morning OJ
ficor O'Uoylo detected John Schimmcii
near the corner of Fifteenth street ane
Capitol avenue , endeavoring to work ai
intoxicated man , nnd arrested him
Schimmen , however , wasn't taken enl
after ho had knocked the ollicer dowi
twice , and received in return a souni
clubbing himself , lie was as subduct
and inoffensive as a lamb when h
reached the slalion.
Thirty-four cases wcro disposed of b ;
Judge JBerka ypslerday morning , am
about the same number were dockctei
for appearance this morning.
Noah Brown and Emma Jardin
dancers at the Fashion theater , were rui
in for late hours , but were dismissei
with Iho admonition that a secom
offense would assure a trip over the hill
John Crawford and seven other vag
rants wore allotted various terms m tin
jail.
jail.Chas. . Groves , the man who chewed ol
Larry Casey's ear , was bound ever to tin
district court in the sum of $ 1,000 , whicl
up to 1 o'clock he had failed to furnish.
Frank Carney , his alder and abettor
for assault , was continued under a bom
of $100.
Charles O'Brien , Iho youthful tougl
who plunged a dire knife into Will Cliff
ton's back last night , received sixty day
with bread and water accompaniment.
James Stewart , who purloined a lot o
stove pipe , a medicine case and an as
sortmcnt of articles , was sent up fo
twenty days on the minimum diet.
A. Alexander , the man who found tin
pocket-book out on Lake street yortcrda1
evening , and refused to surrender i
when applied to , ycnt to jail lo await tin
action of the district court for granel lar
ceny. The pocket-book contained ? i5 ii
cash and some valuable papers , Alexan
der destroying the latter.
HOU8R.
Negotiations For Its Purchase by Ar
mount Co.
It was rumored Monday at the steelyards
yards in South Omaha that the packing
house built last year forT. J. Llpton hae
been solel to Armour & Co. This rumoi
was based upon the fact that ncgolia
lions for Ihe Iransfcr wcro pending , a'nc
these negotiations were based upon thi
f net that for some time past it has boci
protly generally undcrslood lhat it wa
not an easy mailer lo make Lip
ton's house a success. Lipton is tin
largest retail dealer of provisions in tin
world nnd has over thirty mammoth retail
tail establishments in England and Scot
land. To supply this trade ho hns locateu
packing houses in America. The trndi
which Lipton supplies demands what un
are known ns light hogs thai is , hoij !
weighing from 180 lo 225 pounds. Ii
some parts of the country , where corn is
not plenty , it is easy to obtain light hogs
but in Nebraska , wnerc com is in nbun
da n co and cheap , the farmers will no
sell their hogs while they weigh only 201
pounds , when they can make them weigl
SCO pounds by keeping them a little
longer , and thus realize more for them
For this reasem Iho Lipton packing housi
nt South Omaha has not been u biiceess
us the kind of hogs necessary to suppli
their trade could not bo had. The liousi
has been running in a small way eve ;
since it was opened last fall , and ; asidi
from the past few weeks , it has not beet
nny help to the Omaha hog market. /
good manv of the hogs which they killee
thov were forced to ship up from Knusai
City.
City.Yesterelay morning a Ben reporter sav
John A. McShano and asked it the rumoi
was correct.
"It is not correct , " ho said , "and i'oi
the best of reasons. " lie then showee
the reporter a telegram which lie hac
just received from Armour in Chicago ,
and which reaelns follows : "We woule
bu glael to purchase , but the plans a1
shown us would not permit of enlarge
ment. "
This telegram was in response to one
suggcbting a purchase of Iho Liploi :
homo.
Just what Mr. Armour will yet do
build a house himself or change his mine
us to Lipton's , remains to bo seen.
Mr. Lipton , who has been in Chicage
for so oml days , is expected hero in i
short lime.
THIS noAUD OF
Sonio Facts Hclntln ; ; to It ns It
KtdlUlH.
Dr. P. S. Loiscnring , acting secretary
of tlio board of health , reports that out
side of dinrrha-al complaints , the health
of Omaha ih remarkably good for thi !
season of the year. Ho likewise com
plains that physicians and mlelwlvrs art
growing most culpably negligent in re
porting biiths , nnel that if they are nol
more punctual hereafter nn example will
bu made of .sonic ot them.
By the way , docs anybody know jusl
exactly what our present board of health
is , who composes it and what iti itf
modus operand ! of ofllclnl work. Thi ;
compononUpnrt of the city government ,
it will bo borne In mind , is now working
under the now ordinance passed last
spring , but ns yet the clerk has not be
come cognisant of any reorganiza
tion , or familiar with any work that has
been accomplished. For the past eight
years Dr. Lelsenring has about litcrallv
Tigurcel as the board of health himself ,
but Is ruadv at any limn to turn over his
credentials to n successor whenever he
may bo appointed.
Under the old rccimo the board con
sisted of Iho mayor , city marshal ,
nnd the president of the city council , but
it was a rarn thing for them to gut to
gether in regular session. An ordumnrc
is now in contemplation provieling foi
the formation of a now boitrel to be made
upof the mayor and a physician from
each warel in the city , members to M
nominated by the mayor and confirmed
by Iho city council , In orelur that nouo bul
competent men will got in , As
the matter now stands the eilty is practi
cally without a health board but there Is
no tolling how soon one might bo n very
desirable mid important adjunct. The
cholera , un epidemic of small pox or
pestilence ) of nny description would
prove a potent iiiilucnco in weakening
this particular part of the city govern *
went.
MQUOIt MCI2NSI2S.
The Mnyor Hnys $1OUO Must Hero-
uftor Ito Palel In Advance.
The influx of strangeirs from Iowa and.
other places lo this city who have slarted
into Iho saloon business , ns also Iho care
lessness which has been often dl *
nyed by saloon keepers in living up
lo the laws nnd the ordinances ,
have compelled Mayor Broatch to take
n firm stand in the matter of issu
ing saloon licenses iu the future. Ho
has como to the conclusion thai , so far
as ho is concerned , he will hereafter in
sist upon saloonkeepers paying $1,000 in
advance for their license instead of in
four iustallmonts ns heretofore. There
are three members upon the llcemso
board the mayor , the chairman of
the council and the city clerk ,
Iho last mentioned , Mr. Southard ,
mnelo his appearance while the BKE re
porter was talking with the mayor , and
having been told what the Intler had said ,
remarked Unit his honor could not pre
vent the issuance ) of licenses , as men
tioned unelcr the stalutes.
"Then I shall go to the courts , " said
the mayor , "and pot them to restrain Iho
licunso boarel. The orelluanccs are
illegal. They nro not in con
formity with the stntuto law.
I was opposed lo them when they were
passed. The license board , may or may
not , at its eliscrotion , issue licenses , and
if the majority of that board oppose mo , i
shall have the eiucstlou settled in tno
courts. I am doing this not to elrivo out
the liquor business or the reputable people
ple , but to protect them , while nt the
same time caring for the interests of the
city by preventing from engaging in the
traffic , irresponsible people from those
and other parts. Some of these como
here , secure a site , sot up their features
and actually conunenco to sell liquors be
fore Ihcy have secured a permit.
"I know that if this law is enforced it
will reduce Ihe money for school pur
poses. But then that is no reason why
we should consent to a wrong. Besides ,
the reduction will not be so great ns you
think. There are now 240 saloons in town.
I think at least 200 of these will bo able to
pay for their licenses in advance. I have
spoken to saloonkecper lnd I find that
to bo the case. We may lose a few
thousand dollars , but what wo would
otherwise gain in our receipts wo would
lose from our general finance in provid
ing a police force now required by the
saloons. "
Railroad Now * .
A. L. Davis formerly joint telegraph
operator for the Chicago , St. Paul ,
Minneapolis & Omaha and the Fremont ,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley rends at
Blair is to bo made joint lickot agent for
those roads at that place in connection
with his duties as operator ,
Mr. P. P. Shelby , assistant traffic man
ager of the Union Pacific , of Salt Lake ,
arrived this morning , and will appear
before the commission this afternoon.
The B. & M. railroad folks have made
some new anel neat improvements in nnd
about their headquarters.
W. B. Crosby , of the Stonington line ,
Boston , is at the Paxton.
OMAHA AND YANKTOK.
Secretary Nattingor has received a letter -
tor from J. R. Hanson , of Yankton , stat
ing that ho hns been positively assured
that if Mr. Young and his backers do not
build the Omaha and Yankton rood
thnt line will bo constructed by the
Omaha Southern company , though for
the sake of not gelling the people in the
northern part of the state confused , ho
would prefer that the road should bo con-
structeel by the original company.
Mr. H. T. Clark says that Mr. Young ,
who has boon cast and negotiating for
the road , though long overdue , wul ar
rive here to-morrow.
The correct thing for collars and cuffs
is Electric Lustie Starch.
" Would Knjlnnil Plcht Un ?
From "Canada nnd the United States , "
by Sir E. W. Watkin : Walking with Mr.
Scwarel in Iho slreots of Albany , after
the day's shouts nnel ceremonies were
over , Mr. Suward salel to the Duke of
Cambridge : "Wo really do not want to
gei lo war with you : and wo know you
dare not go to war with us. " To which
Iho eluko replied : "Jo not remain under
such an error. Tlie'ro is no people under
heaven from whom we > should endure so
much as fiom yours ; to whom wo should
make Mich concessions. You may , while
we , ' cannot , forgot that wo are largely of
the ) same blood. But once touch us in
our honor and you will very soon find
the bricks of Now York and Boston fall-
inir about your heads. " In relating this
to me tlui duke added : "It startled Sow-
aril a good dual ; but he put on n look of
incredulity nevertheless. And I do not
think they believe wo should ever fight
them ; but wo certainly should if the
provocation were strong , " It will bo
remarked that this conversation between
Sowarel nnd the ilnko was in 1800.
SCALY , ITGHY SKIN
And All KHiliiK " "d ScnlySkln
and Sciil | > IH e-mes C'ured
by C'litlciira.
PSO11IASIS , Hr/uinei. Totter , Ulmnrorm , LI
clion. IM ui-luii , J-tald Ilciul , .Milk Cruet ,
Hamlrull , IluiDurs' , llnliOiH' , ( J incurs" lend
WiiBliiTWOinnu's Itch , mul every eiioolo1 } ol
ItcliiiiK , IliuiiiMK. Pi'idy. Pimply Humors of the
skin anil So ilu , with Lions of Ilnli1 , mo positive ! }
i-iiiod by ejiiTicciu , the Ki'i'at Skin Unro. niul
CIiTici'in Sou1 , nniiilsltu ) Mclu Ilcnutllloi
o\te'rmilly , nnil e'crie itu \ ltroi.KT. . the now
lllcxnl 1'imtlor Internally , wlion i > lij eiciiuis mid
all othoi luinuilits full.
l'OHIASia , OU SCALY SKIN.
I.Johli J. O.iso. T ) . I ) . H. , Imvluir pinctlioJ
dontl-try In this country for tlility-llvu yonra
iiinl noliur known to tlinnanmla linculioiitH , wllli
n vlow to liolp nny wlinuio ullllotrd UR I Imvc
lieui for tliu jiiist Iwnlvo joarn , lustily Unit the
CUTirrm Hr.MPiiiiN cured of I'xorliifU , or
Scalv f-kln , in olKht tiny , nftnr tlio doctors with
n horn I lia'l ' consulted wvi > mono help or on.
conniKCmi-nt. JOHN J.CASU.l ) . 1)S.
NMMe > v , N. J.
Your CiiTie-eiltA HKMKUIKS piirforincd a
woinli'rf ill euro InM biiininoron ono of our cu -
toinnis , ntt uM ircnttptniin of Bwnty jcnru of
HKO , who Riillorpil with 11 foiirfully dmtreMlnir
eruption on hM luuul unil luce , unit who Imcl
tried nil lumeillos and doctor * t" no fiiirnoto.
TKXAIIKANA , AUK.
DUSTl'ANl'UL OF EOAI.KS.
II. H. Carpenter , Ilondor-'on , N. V , curnd of
IVoi lasU or leprosy , of twenty yeiirs Mutnlliiff.
by CUTiruHA IlKurnu' . The most womloifm
euro nn record' Adii'tpnnfnlnf n-nlei fell from
him dully. 1'liyBlcluniienU hU Irlumls thought
homiiBt'llo.
rczr.MA UAI JOAM.Y cuiinn.
Tor thn rmllcnl euro of nn obatlnntp i-nsn of
rivcniuol loiurtitandlntr , I gho entire cmllt to
the CeiTirriiA Huui.niKH.
C. II. itlCIIAUDSOX , Now Haven , Conn.
Bold by nil ilnipjrMn. Price : OimcuiM , M )
cent ; m.se > iVKM , f 1.10 ; KOAP. 25 fonts. I'OT-
TJ.U Dut'ei ANO UilCMiCAb Co.lloeloii.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases-
l'o ' Complexion unil Bkln by
' >
IT FEELS GOOD.
Those worn out with i'ltlns , Aches ,
uiul wfnUnofUfs Unit relief In ono
minute In the Cutlciirn Anll-Pnl *
Cluster. At elrurifliilB. M cunti.
