Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY JULY 8. 1887.
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IF Texas should adopt the proposed
prohibition amendinont which is soon to
bo voted upon , the election returns from
that state will not be so lop-sldcd in the
future.
IF Messrs. Fairchild , Tuttle , Halstoad ,
Foraker and others will turn their oycs
toward Gettysburg they will see no signs
of the rebels crossing the Potomac with
muskets.
PEIUIAVS President Cleveland could go
as far as East St. Louis. That is Colonel
Morrison's district and ho sho-ild bo able
to protect him. Hut Colonel Morrison is
opposed to protection.
IT Is reported that William Henry
Ilurlbort , formerly the essay editor of
the New York World , is to become a
Hritish subject. Do wo understand from
this that ho has joined Hutfalo Hill's
show ?
EUITOK llKN'KY W. GltADY , of tllO At-
lanatCorultVttli'ou is starting his boom
for the vice-presidency. Ho is second or
n comtnilteo to receive bids for the croc
tion of a fashionable club house in the
Georgia capital.
Ir the Omaha Huilding exchange do
elres to bo of practical use in promoting
the growth of thu city , ils cnergiei
should bo direclcd toward promoting
the erection of several thousand choa )
dwelling houses.
Now comes a writer in a Now York
paper which shows it is not a man in the
moon but n woman. This revolution is ;
trillo tough on the ancient maidens wlu
spout the best part of their young lives ii
flirting with what they supposed was i
member of the sterner sov.
r
& ; Tin : military spirit scorns to bo developing
veloping in Nebraska , and it is porhap
a gootl thing to encourage. At all event *
wo have the authority of George Wash'
mgton in favor of a well-trained militia
' and doubtless there are just as good reasons
It'
sons for such a force now as there were
in his time.
IK President Cleveland is afraid to g
It'I to St. Louis lot him come to Omaha. II
will bo cordially greeted as the president
of the United States. A visit to Oinahi
will do him moro good than a ronomina
i tlou. Besides his wife has a largo inter
I cst in Omaha real ostale which she derived
rived from the Folsutuo legacy.
TUB anthracite pool is getting rcndj
to renew its annual pillage of tno people
plo , which will bo measured according tc
the dividend demands of the combina
tion. It was expected that the June
rates would continue through the sum
mer , but it is understood that they will
bo advanced on the 15th ot tins month ,
and very likely thereafter monthly uuti
the winter prices are pushed up lo tht
highest figures they will boar. Rotai
buyers will take warning and gel in thei
winter supply before the last screw i
turned by the pool.
DUNN & Co's. Mercantile Agency ht :
done 0mUi : a great injustice in its soml
annual review of Iho building progros
and real estate markets of leading Amcri
can cities. The statement that Omaha'
real estalu and building boom are on
Btand'Sllll is unlruo. From twenty-fivt
to forty real estate transfers have bcci
recorded dally during the past month
and building was never more brisk. Tin
meanest thing about this Dunn & Co. re
port is that Omaha was singled out froi
among all other cities as having reachoi
a stage of stagnation , and this falsohoot
was circulated through the Associate
Press nil over the country.
Tin : California fruit union appears t
have demonstrated that fruit can bo sue
cessfully shipped from that stale to th
east. Two consignments sent to No\
York-realized satisfactory prices , nnd i
is expected that when the business bi
comes systematized the eastern cltios wi !
regularly'reooivo consignments of Call
forniii fruits. A San Francisco pnnor re
marks that "California can supply th
east with all tlio fruit it needs during th
mqiith or six weeks prior lo Iho begin
nine of the eastern fruit harvest. 1
would-h.wo done so long ago but for th
recurring impossibility of establishing
good understanding between fruit grow
* ers and carriers. That uudorstandin ,
has now been reached-and * it only re
mums to carry out the plan. " , . '
Imllflt IlnntlnRtou.
The most refreshing UOWB which has
emanated from Washington since It was
announced that congress had adjourned ,
s that which is now Unshod over the
vires , that Iho grand jury of the District
of Columbia is preparing to lake stops
vhlch will load to the Indictment of that
nomnncntal purchaser of men's votes
md prostitution of their honor , ono C. P.
luntinglon.
The time has como in this country , as
demonstrated in the case of Jake Sharp ,
when men like Huntington must como
'ace to face with the grated windows of
a ponltcnllary. Mr. Hunlinglon , it is
said , will bo Indicted on the charge of
jrlbing senators and representatives m
congress. A prccdcnt for this action
Is found in the charge of Judge Hanclt ,
of Now York , In the Sharp case. On this
occasion Judge Uarrolt slated that it was
the first time in the history of the
country that a bribe giver
liatl ever been indicted , nnd laying down
law that in order to convict it was only
necessary to prove that the bribe offered
could bo traced to the accused , no matter
through how many hands it passed in-
termcdialciy. According to this there Is
no reason why C. P. Iluntington , now
temporarily living in luxurious case and
comfort in Europe , should not bo in
dicted , and brought to the bar of justice
with all possible speed. In his testimony
before the Pacific Railroad investicating
commitlco in New York last April ho
boldly stated to the members of the com
mission that ho had paid out six million
dollars to various senator and repres
entatives , in order , as ho said , to "ex
plain" matters connected with Iho Pacific
railroad. Mr. Huntington kept for years
his paid lobbyist at Washington , who
boasted of his power to "inlluonco"
legislation. This man wilh a Ihicf-liko
tread , and a clammy hand , whoso name
was Shcrill , was a notorious character in
Washington. Where corruption was the
thickest Shcrnll occupied a front seat.
liogave neither checks , notes or promises ;
he paid spot cash.
He was employed by Huntington for a
purpose , and ho performed Ins work
well. Much of the Huntington fortune
is built upon the graves of young men
whom ho and his agents had corrupted ,
It is said also that Attorney General
Garland now has the matter under con
sideration. The indictment of Mr. Hunt-
ingtou will be under the act of congress
approved February 20,1803.
Hut will the attorney general do his duty
in this case ? Is that member of the cabinet
sufficiently divorced from the meshes of
the great railroad power which hang
over the national capital ?
Is there any reason why Huntington ,
wlio has bribed United States senators
and representatives , should go unpun
ished , while Jake Sharp , whoso crime was
that of purchasing simply New York
City's aldermen , who are always for sale ,
should pay the penalty of the law ? Let
the grand jury of Iho District of Columbia
do its duty and the most daring
ami dangerous class of bribe givers
who ever flourished in this conutry
will get their just deserts. When this is
done the atmosphere about Washington
will in a measure bo purified , and the
most corrupt syndicate of public plun
derers will turn their backs upon the past
and their faces loward Iho slate's prison.
AVIiulom's War on the Saloons.
The Hon. William Windom , who has
been enjoying a period of comparative
obscurity , emerged on the fourth instant ,
and is just now receiving some news
paper attention. Ho was ono of the
speakers at thu celebration atWoodslock ,
Conn. , whore annually occurs , under Hie
auspices of Mr. Henry C. Howen , a special
commemoration of independence day.
These recurring occasions arc regarded
with , considerable interest , not only be
cause of their patriotic character , bill
for the reason that they afford an oppor
tuuity for the discussion of matter ;
of public interest not strictly ir
line wilh the spirit of the day by gentle
men of more or less prominence as ex
pononls of such special mailers. Mr
Windom is well known lo bo a leader ol
the movement m opposition lo the saloor
in politics , and as with all men who hav <
a hobby , ho regards this as the most
urgent and important question witli
which Iho country has at present to deal
Quito naturally , then , this was his tliemt
al Iho Woodstock celebration.
Mr. Windom presented a somowha
stirring view of the gravity of the ques
tion winch to his mind should com mam
the attention of the American people
more broadly and deeply than any other
and made a rather appalling statisllca
exhibit of the extent , power and dam
aging inlluonco of the liquor interest. I
is to bo hoped ho was very careful te
verify his figures , otherwise they may be
turned against him to his discomfiture
It is quite certain .that as to a part o :
them at least they suggest exaggeration
This might icadily bo excused as to esti
mates , but it is unjustifiable where noarlj
precise data is attainable. Moreover , ii
is unnecessary , since Iho actual figure :
would make a statement quite b.v
enough to be ellectivo with al
who would bo likely to b <
influenced by ilicm. In an
oilier respect the Minnesota slalesmai
seems to have permitted his imaginatioi :
a liberal latitude , and that was in as.suin
Ing the overwhelming intluonco of the
saloon in politics , II may bo grantci
thai it exerts moro power than Is for tin
common good , but on tha whole it comes
far short of being tlio political force lluil
Mr. Windom atlirms it to bo , and wo have
no doubt its intlucnco is lessoning even
year. Numerous examples might bi
cited to show where the saloons havt
wholly failed as a political power , con
splcuous among which were the last nm
nicipal election in Chicago and the lalci
county election. In both those cases tin
saloons were Indeed u power in conven
tions , but they were literally roulcd b\
the people. Oulsido of a few cities , and
certainly througout the rural district :
generally , the saloon is practi
cally powerless as a poliitica
faclor , and this is largely
true , also , of those localities where tht
retail liquor traffic is wisely regulated bj
high license laws rigidly enforced.
While , therefore , the evils of the liquo :
traffic are confessedly so great and glar
ing as to demand every wise and practi
cable means for their removal , it canno
be well to mislead public opinion by falst
or exaggerated facts and at.itements o
conditions largely imagined. Of Hit
12,000,000 voters in the United Stale :
probably not fi per cent _ are over direcUj
inlluouccd by the saloon in their politl
cal action. This leaves a very largo ma
jonty.against-immiueat danger frotu , tht
saloon in politics. Wo do not question
flic sincerity of the motive of Mr. Win-
dam nnd those who are associated with
liim in the movement to drive the saloon
out of politics , but wo very greatly doubt
the wisdom of their endeavor to load
this question upon Iho republican parly.
We do not believe with Mr. Windom ,
that the matter has the remotest connec
tion with the parly. On the contrary wo
think we see pretty clearly that if the
party Is oycr Induced to shoulder this
question , it may bo the means of bring
ing its mission to an abrupt termination.
The Utnh Convention.
The Utah constitutional convention , in
session nt Salt Lake City , shows a dispo
sition to deal in the sternest manner with
biyamy and polygamy. On last Tuesday
an article was subniitlcd , Iho adoption of
which is almost assured , declaring each
of these to be a misdemeanor nnd pro
viding that any person convicted thereof
shall bo punished by a line not exceeding
$1,000 and by imprisonment for a term
not less than six months nor more than
three years , in the discretion of the court.
It Is also provided that the section shall
bo operative without the aid of legisla
tion , and that offenses prohibited by it
shall not bo barrctl by any statute of lim
itation within three years after the com
mission of the oll'onso , while the exten
sion of pardon can only bo made by the
approval of tlio president of the United
States. Ucforo any amendment ,
revision , or change of this article
can become operative It must have the
approval and ratification of congress ,
which'must bo duly proclaimed by Iho
president. If this clause is made a part
eif the constitution the probability ot its
being disturbed so long as there contin
ues to bo any reason for restraining It is
extremely small.
The election in Utah takes place next
month , when a legislature is to bo chosen ,
and the Indications are that the boely will
be largely composed of strong opponents
to Mormonism. The gontllo population
is better organized than it was last year ,
when the Mormons elected their delegate ,
and expect to show a considerably in
creased strength. There is a chance ,
however , for disappointment in tlio
matter of obtaining control of the legis
lature , for the Mormons will un
doubtedly make a desperate uffort to
hold control of that body , which they
have done over since the terri
tory was organized. The fact that
they cast 89 per cent of the whole vote
last year shows that it will be no easy
matter to overcome thorn. Yet tlio
promise of eioing so is regarded as favor
able.
Interest in the progress of events in
Utah Is said to have penetrated admin
istration circles in Washington , and the
fact that Solicitor General Jonks is re
ported to bo in the territory watching
Iho aclion of the stale constitutional con
vention gives credibility to the statement.
The idea assumed to bo behind this in
terest is that of admitting Utah to the
sislerhood of states as an offset to Da-
kola , which the democrats sco cannot
much longer bo excluded from state
hood. It is surmised that the mission of
Mr. Jcnks has reference to ascertaining
the feeling of the Mormons regarding the
political parties of tlio country , and as ho
represents a democratic administration
it is not unlikely ho will receive the sort
of encouragement he hopes for. How
much Mormon promises are worth , how
ever , in a political way , is a matter yet
to be demonstraled.
Liaiimr'a Portfolio.
Tlio Washington correspondent of the
St. Louis Jicjmblican , who would like tc
convey the idea to his readers that he
sleeps m the white house , telegraphs his
paper that in the event of the appoint
ment of Secretary Lairmr to a place upon
the supreme bench , General Patrick
A. Collins , of Massachusetts , will
bo made secretary ot the interior.
General Collins is an honest and deserv
ing gentleman , but what has ho ever
done that ho should be made a member
of a cabinet to a man whom ho has
damned from ono end of Pennsylvanin
to tlio other ? Is it to be supposed thai
the biun-blooded mugwump , Secretary
of War h'ndicolt , also from .Massachu
setts , would sit at the same stale table
with the plebian Irish lad Collins ? 1-
this Iho method lo bo pursued by tin
president to throw Endicott overboard ,
or docs ho deem it necessary in order tc
sccuro the vote of Massachusetts
to take a mugwump and a demo
crat from the same state into lik
cabinet. The name of General Collins
before Mr. Cleveland's inauguration was
the lirsl on the list for the war portfolio ,
and tiio same had been tendered bin :
when the mugwumps sent in the name ol
Endicotl , whom no one outside of Massa
chusetts hail over heard of. Ills possible
in Mr. Cleveland's efforts to secure a
renomination ho sees the necessity of cul
tivating the friendship of Gouoral Col
lins. Endicott lias no political following
in Massachusetts , while Collins practi
cally holds Iho democratic vote in his
vest pocket. It is not probable , how
ever , that General Collins would accept
a place In Mr. Cleveland's ' cabinet if il
were tendered him. Ho is a power in
Now England politics nnd is Ihc onlj
democratic representative in congress in
all that section , and can if ho dcsiroe
control the Now England vote in the
next convention. Tlio president realizes
his mistake in not taking Collins into his
cabinet at the beginning of his adminis
tration , but ho can hardly rotrlvo his
mistake now.
Only Koiir Millions.
Four millions of stock were sot apart
by the promoters of the Kansas Pacific
road to bo placed whore they would dc
Iho mosl good with congressmen , lobby
ists and editors when the Pacific railroad
charter was pending in the national leg
islature. A memorandum of this grand
gift distribution was produced before the
Pacific railroad investigating committee
at Learonworth by ono of Iho confiden
tial associates of the Kansas Pacific Credit
Mobilior ring. The four mill
ions pf stock thus sot apart
and awarded as palpable bribes
found their way into the capacious
pockets of Jay Gould in duo time ami
are now part of the consolidated Union
and Kansas Pacific stocks which con
Cress ii asked to recognize as valid and
justly entitled to remain as the basis on
which tha Union Pacific tystcru is ex-
peeled to pny dividends. When the
bankrupt Kansas Pacific was merged mtt
the Union Pacific system thu
four millions of gift enterprise
stock nnd all the other millions
of fictitious capital under the name pi
Kan ns Pacific utock were worth not
more than five cents on the dollar in
Wall street. But nbw Ma , Adams , on
behalf of the poor widows , insists that
the government shall legalize all the
fraudulent dob'ts of the Consolidated
road , so that the managers of the Union
Pacific may bo In position to resume pny-
Ing dividends to the stockholders ,
Only four millions of thcsu stocks
were issued down In Kansas for expediting
the grant of the charter , bul who knows
how many millions of stock were dis
tributed among ; congressional boodlors
and lobbyists by the confederated Pacific
railroad syndicate when Ihey had their
land subsidies doubled and made tlio
government loan a second mortgage ?
Rcdnclnit Circus IJIccnsc.
The council has reduced the circus li
cense from 1500 to $300. Wo doubt the
wisdom of this change. It is notorious
that every circus takes from $3,000 to
$10,000 out of Omaha and some have car
ried away as high as if 15,000. , This drain
upon our circulating medium seriously
affects the grocer , butcher and retail
dealer because the money which the cir
cus showmen carry away comes chielly
from working men and working women.
The modern circus loaves very litllc
money in any place where it exhibits. It
travels In cars from place to place and
carries with it all the provisions and
supplies nectled for the animals and people
ple that make up the caravan. The only
money It is compelled to pay out Is for
advertising and railroad transportation.
The HKI : would cheerfully forgo Iho cir
cus patronage if by a prohibitory license
the snide circuscsi were all kept out and
the mammoth sliows were limited in
number. It was mainly by our agitation
that the circus license was raised two or
three years ago and wo are slill of the
opinion that high license for circuses i
the proper policj' .
A DENVKU paper notes that the stock
men are a good tlcal discouraged at the
persistent decline in the price of cattle ,
but it docs not think the prevailing con-
di ion of things can load to permanent
disaster. The boom of a few years ago
largely Increased production when con
sumption was declining , owing to bard
times , and necessarily the business suf
fcrcd. It scorns it has not yet fully re
covered from the ill effects of the depress
ing conditions , but our Denver contempo
rary holds out the assurance to the stock
men that there is better promise in the
not remote future. Production Is now
now decreasing while consumption is
growing , anil this evoning-up process is
expected to place the stockmen in a sat
isfactory position within a year or two.
By culling down the product and the
organi/ation of n few "trusts , " the catllo
men ought to bo able to find a safe way
out of their present'difficulties ' ano per
haps ultimately make the busiuoss profit
able.
"Wi : dislike to atuioy the cnairman of
the board of public works but feel com
pelled to again call his attention to the
wre.lchcd condition1 of the sidewalks on
our principal slrcets. Why should any
property owner who draws from $2,000
to $5,000 a year rent , from a twenty-two
foot business building on Farnam street ,
bs allowed to leave the sidewalk in
front of his promises in a dangerously
dilapidated condition. There are a do/on
buildings within three blocks of the Paxton -
ton house without oven a plank walk to
cover the roadway , reset ved for pedes
trians. This disgnrccful condition of
our streets has been toloraled long
enough. It scorns to us high time that
the boarel of public works bhonld exert
its flnowcr and authority to alato thu
nuisance. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
ACCOUUINO to Iho Herald Ihcro is no
disposilion on the part of the council to
starve the police force in order to coerce
the police commission into submission to
the dictation of the council. We are glad
to hear it , but the action of Iho council in
leaving the police without pay for the last
month's service looks very much as if Iho
starvation policy had been inaugurated.
A 2-mill tax on $23,000,000 of property
would only yield $10,001) , which is barely
sufficient for maintaining the present
forco. If , however , the 3-mill levy for
the police torco is lo bo made Iwiee a
year it will bo ample ,
STEPHEN R. DOHSEV threatens to come
to the front again as a manipulator of na
tional politics. It is announced that ho
will bo the friend of Sherman anil the
enemy of Blaine. J.'li ' support of Dor.soy
would pill an end lo the Sherman boom.
If Air. Dorsoy possesses the intelligence
ho is credited wilh having , ho will make
a careful survey of Iho past before ho
steps into Iho dim and misty futuro.
As TO popularity of the ball tossers
wilh the fair sex the contest is now re
duced between Umpire Mark Twain and
Colonel Mike Kolloy. In the estimation
of the Boston girl Colonel Kelley Is sev
eral bases in the lead. Ho is a $10,000
catch-cr.
IT is to bo hoped that the conlraclors
for Iho Eleventh sleeot viaduct will bo
required to carry out their obligations to
the loiter. The structure is defective in
many particulars.
TWENTV-FIVK years ajro Cincinnati was
the porkopolis. Ten yeans hence Omaha
will will bo the largest meat and pork
market in America.
WITH Armour at the head of our meat
packing industry , the Omahog has
reason lo fool very ilrbud.
Mantlet-son's Clerk.
7 < rcinon ( Tribune.
We do not blame W" U. Michael
the position as clerk ot ( lie bonate committee
on printing , lie has Always taken every
thing he could Ret his hands on. liut wo do
propose to hold Senator llanUerson re
sponsible for the appointment of so notori
ous a roue nnd scoundrel.
The Investigation ,
Sctmvlcr Quill.
The Investigation of the Union Pacific
railroad at Omaha has bioiight to light many
cut-throat games practiced by the manuKO-
nient of that road. Special rates liavo nl\\nya
been given to big monopolies that had ship
ping to do over the route to the deliliuent of
the small shippers. The result Is n confirma
tion of the UKK'U charges these long years.
Omnlia'H Apathy.
llt-l J'otiitfcpulKcan. .
The apparent apathy of Omaha on the sub
ject of thu Milwaukee bridge Is a matter of
surprise. When Iho matter ot a site was de
cided by the secretary of war , the papers of
that city simply announced ttio fact as a
mailer of news. Now this is a matter of
vital interest to Oaialik , ud uo one knows
it better than Iho citizens ot that placo. To
be Indifferent to anything pertaining lo tbelr
Interests is not In keeping wlllilhecharaclcr
of the avenge Omaha citizen. Now It would
seem from this Ihat their apathy Is assumed ,
and If this is true they regard the bridge
matter as not In bad shape for them. Of
course It Is all speculation , but It really looks
as If there \vas some Inside uorktncs In the
nmtlcr favoiablo to Omaha and thai al leasl
some of her citizens arc cognizant of the
fact.
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STATK AMriOUUtTOKY.
Nobrnskn Jottings.
The bad men of Ilroken 15ow arc boxed
as rapidly as the shurllV can secure the
timber.
The two sons of Joseph Cox , living
near Hod Cloud , were killed by light
ning , Tuesday.
The country is safe. A militia com
pany of thirty-six men and thirteen of
ficers has been sworn in at Schuylcr.
The surveyors of the Santa Fo road are
camped near IHoomlngton , having
mapped out a route for a considerable
distance north of Ihat point.
A fool cyclone at Valparaiso tackled a
team of mules calmly browsing in a
stable. The animals kicked a hole in the
funnel and escaped without a scratch.
The building was wrecked in the on-
counter.
A hammer and a spike cut an impres
sive figure In a free light in York. The
spike cut a bloody furrow in the head of
one man , and the hammer battered the
breast of another , lloth men arc nurs
ing their pains in jail.
M. IN. E-iky , H.irlloy's popular drug
gist , was nabbed by a revenue ofllcer for
compounding prescriptions of spirits
frumenti cocklailoruin without a license.
All Iho town , e.NCuiit those who imbibed ,
are astonished at the charge.
The Plattsmouth Journal has it that
tlio prevailing opinion among business
men in Nebraska City is thai Iho Mis
souri L'acitio railroad will soon run inlo
Omaha by way of Plaltsinouth. And ,
furthermore , it appears to bo the prevail
ing desire in Iho mailer down that way.
A lively storm shook up material
things in Superior , Tuesday. John
TinUlc , a farmer , was pasted by a chunk
ot Hying timber anil both lc S broken ,
A number of roofs took French leave ,
and brick and mortar moved about
promiscuously. The Union hotel sample -
plo room was dried it ) ) and demolished
by a still' brec/o.
A fragment of Hill Nyo's forty liars
has settled down to business in liutler
counly. The Rising City Independent
reports the proceedings thus : "During
that heavy rain we had a few weoka ago , "
said a farmer living southwest of town ,
" 1 put a barrel out by the barn and It
was tilled with rain water in just ten
" "That's nothing
minutes by tiio watch.
ing , " remarked ( lillis Doty who was
standing near chewing a straw. "I put
a barrel out in my yard during Iho same
shower , that had both heads out , and
blamed if the ram didn't go through the
bun < rlido ! so fast that it couldn't run out
al the ends and overllowed at the bung. "
lown Items.
The people of Shcnandoah liavo organ
ized an association to prospect for nat
ural gas and coal oil.
The Cedar Rapids postolfice in the first
six months of this year paid the govern
ment a net sum of $11U.M)5. )
Walking beer joints arc multiplying in
the state , and are particularly active and
numerous in the vicinity of camp meet
ings.
ings.Thomas
Thomas Dodge , aged sixty-four , a vet
eran engineer on the Mississippi river ,
fell from a barge at Dubuque and was
drowned.
A DCS Moines brewer has been
given a permit to manufacture anil sell
beer for medicinal and sacramental pur-
. Ho thus clutches the arid world
Coses. throat and will pile up a fortune
in a year.
Mr. Hriggs , of Macedonia , who was in
vited to speak at the Fourth of July cele
bration at Carson , was instilled and
driven from Iho stand by a mob of sutler
soldiers , members of tlio G. A. R. . who
did not want "no d il copperhead demo
crat to speak from that platform. "
Dakota.
The Norwegian Lutherans will build a
church at Carthage , Miner county.
Them will bo a reunion and encamp
ment of old soldiers at Lake Madison on
the 12th , Wlh and Hlh insls.
J. D. Halo , of Rapid City , has finished
shearing his Hock of 4,000 .sheep , and esti
mates his clip at 17,000 pounds.
The delicti of Treasurer Williams , of
.Tcrauld county , is not as largo : : rirst
reported , the amount as no\v named being
from -i 1,000 to W.OOO.
The Northern Pacific railroad company
has proposed to contribute in money and
otherwise lo aid the people of Fargo in
waving Broadway and Front streets.
Tlio total assessed valuation of Sioux
Falls this year will bo nearly 1,000,000 ,
against sfa.lM.OOO last year. The real
estate valuation totals Js-'J.blW.OOO , and the
personalty about $1,000,000.
There was a remarkable electric storm
in Rapid City last Friday night. The
lightning played great freaks and paral
yzed a good many people. The hotel
.Hartley was struck , but no serious dam-
Colorado.
The Colorado Central road from Fort
Collins to Cheyenne is to be reopened for
business.
Al Haliegood , a Denver character nick
named "Tho Kid , " attempted to blow up
the residence of his inamorata because
she refused to marry him. The young
iiend lit the fuse of a bomb , placed it
under the house , and then , Nero-like ,
went into the parlor , lingered the piano
and sang " \ \ bite Wings , " while the fuse
burned. The explosion shattered the
corner of the house and the windows , but
the occupants escaped injury. The Kid
is now in jail.
The divorce case of ex-Governor Gilpin ,
which resulted in a favorable verdict for
the governor , continues the topic in Den
ver and the state. The governor's letters
to his wife breathed the most intense de
votion to her and his children. In his
testimony ho related how his young af
fections had oecii won by Julia 1'ratto ;
how hlic jilted him for an army ollieer ,
and twenty-live years later ho again
sought her hand , she having become a
widow. Siie married him for his money ,
ho said , and has been living oil him at a
$5,000,000 rate. On onuoccasion , on being
refused money , she knocked him sense
less with a tack hammer. On another
occasion ho detected a chilling sensation
of danger , and turning quickly saw his
wife standing over him with a table
knife. The most cruel treatment lie re
ceived wns the compulsory infliction of
prayer meetings in his own household ,
where his wile and children prayed
heartily for the irovornor's removal.
Mr * . T. J. Speed , n school teacher , testi
fied that she once prevented Mrs. ( Jilpin
from stabbing her husband with n steel
uapcr cutter.
The Fourth nt Htuarl.
STI'AUT , Nob. , July 5. [ Corre
spondence of the HKK.J The Fourth
will always bo remembered as one of
Stuart's brightest gala days. The weather
was ? ino and early In the morning wagon
loads of people began to Hood the town.
At 10 o'clock a. m. the people formed a
procession , and headed by the bund , pro
ceeded through the town in grand style ,
and after marching through the chief
thoroughfares proceeded to tlio skating
rink , onii of the most commodious halls
in north Nebraska , which In a short tmo ?
was filled to overflowing. The pro-
gramme of the day was after thc-usun
order for such occasions , the attraction o
the occasion being the address by Mr. A
A , Kearney of Stnnton , this state , wlilol
was decided by all as being the bes
speech ever made in Stuart. Uis amli
citoo was from first to last enrapturct
with burning words giving sentiment ti
line thought , departing , to use his owi
expression , "from the Inosscovcrcd ant
sugar-coaled phrases which are alway
supposed to hang in the throat of a fourth
of-July speech , " and referring In brie
and pointed matter to our system of gov
ernmnnt and the relation of the citi/.ot
to the state. His oration uas closed witl
a beautiful tribute to the preservers o
the union ; also to the state of Mobrask :
and the American republic , afU-r wlncl
three rousing cheers went up from tha
vast throng of people for the speaker.
Hon. A. K. Rico followed with a shor
speech appropriate to the occasion , ant
was heartily received.
The exercises were Interspersed will
very line music by tlio Stuart band ant
the glee club.
The afternoon was spent in horse am
fool racing , trap shooting and base ball
and in the evening was exhibited a lim
display of flro works. Mr. Kearney wa
accompanied by Mrs. K. , who will re
main a few days visiting.
I'liio Ilo.iutlc.q.
Loxn PINK , Neb. , July 0. [ Corcspond
cnco of the llii.l Not over two o
three years ago n correspondent of oin
of the popular journals chanced lo rais
his lent along the bank of tlio Long Pin
river , and ho became so wrapped in tlii
grandeur of Iho surroundings and th
picturesqueiicss of tlio scenery that tin
spirit of all that was sublime and imag
inary rushed in upon him , and ho utterct
something like tins : "Long Pim
has a charming location on the banks o
Iho Long Pine rivcr.m Iho midst of beau
liful tree-crowned bluff : ? , wild , weird
beauty-haunted gorges , glens am
caverns , clothed in the everlasting vcr
duro of cedar and pine , ant
enlivened with scores of match
less fountains as sweet as Siloan
and with volume equal to the needs of i
great city. Nol having the commanding
location of the ancient metropolis of tin
seven hills , she is at least entitled lo bi
called the city of Iho seven springs. Ot
Iho verv borders of the town site , nea :
the railway biidgo Ihat hangs ono him
.dred feet above tlio dashing little rivei
flowing down its rocky bed through tin
wildest and most picturesque gorge tliii
side of the Rockies , are seven fountain :
of splendid volume , breaking out of tht
almost perpendicular walls of the canon
and flowing , each in its appropriate clian
nol , down through the deep woirc
shadows of the overhanging evergreen :
to the surging waters below. Nowhert
in the west is there a more atlraclivo 01
inviting location for a summer resort
and it is only a question of time am
reasonable local enterprise when thi :
pretty village with its incomparabh
scenic lovliness will attracl hither thous
and of health and pleasure seekers fron
Ihe cast. "The same soliloquy has beer
gone through by all persons who hav <
had the pleasure to see Ihis plueo , fron
the most polished and finely educated tc
the hum drum of society. Now what liai
two or three years developed , and for tht
purpose of explanation I will just alliidi
to tiio Northwestern Cliristam Asscmblj
anil Cliautauqiiin. This assoeialion was
lir t started in March , 1S87 , and article !
of incorporation filed some time in April
It is located along the Long Pine river
and the above description ot the canyoi
where the assembly grounds arc is nol
exaggerated a particle. The director !
are making every effort to makoasuecesi
the first year and to that cntl have ad vcr
tisetl the holding of c.\ereiso !
beginning July 21 and rndinj.
July 20 , Ib97. No time or money havi
been soared to make the first year1 !
meetings a success , so they liavo sent cir
culars all over the country and have engaged
'
gaged a great number of 'speakers whc
are known to the best. The work will be
divided into the normal , musical , nut :
temperance departments , and chnstlar
work. The normal department will be
conducted by Rev. J. 1) . Stewart , ant !
four assistants , the nuisiral by Profcssoi
C. W. McOonnell , Professor W. W. Ol
colt , organist ; and Miss Inor M. Arthur
pianist ; tomneranco. by Miss Ida Evans ,
M. A. anil Mrs. J. D. Stewart , and the
Christian work , by Rev. J. ( } . Evans
D. D.j Rev. John Askin and Dr. H. L
Paine. Among the other lecturers are
Rbv. ( ieorgo w. Martin ; James Lisle , M ,
A. ; Rev , J. A. Abbott ; Rev. T. U. Lemon
D. D. ; Rev. J. D. Stewart ; Rev. Willartl
.Scott ; Rev. II. Bross ; Rev. Leroy F. Hritl
1) . I ) . ; Col. J. Wosly Tucker and C. II ,
Frady. Programmes are issued showing
a complete ami well regulated organ/ !
ation and which bids lair lo Jay UK
foundation of one of the grainiest associ
ation.s in Nebraska. Hundreds of tentf
have boon engaged anil are being pro
cured right along. Rates on railroad. '
are reduced to outs fare for the rounti
trip. ( Jrantl Army day will be on Wed
nesday , July 27 , ami a largo number ol
peonle are expected that day. Kvery
body hero is enthusiastic over the ailaii
anil are working like beavers to make il
a success.
Bnlld raitli.
Dotroil Free Press : The Irani side
trackctl between Verbena anil Montgom
ery for another to pass and some of in
got on" and went over to where an olt
negro woman was fishing in a mud-hole
It was that and no moro nor less , Ir
building the railroad a lot of dirt hat
been removed anil the recent rains hat
lilled it with brick colored water , livery-
body laughed at the idea of her fishinjj
in that spot , anil the colonel approached
her and said :
'What are you lishing for , aunty ? "
" 1-iir fish , sail , " she reulied as she gave
Iho polo a jerk.
"Hul you don't cxpecl lo find lish in
Ihero ? "
"Doan'I ? 'Deed , but I does. Doan' '
tlo Lawd say dar shall bo fish in do waters
an1 birds in tie air , tin' d'vo 'sposo Izc
< r\vino back on tie Lawdi 87 ! "
"Hut have you caught any ? "
"No , sah. "
'Have you had a bite ? "
"No , sah , but is I gwino to lay dat uji
agin do Lawdy No , sail : Ho 'says dar
snail be lish , tin' ' if I/.o sieh a fulo dat 1
can't cotch 'em tint's my own fault , < ! it
away while man , lilf I see what's ' a
clawin1 at do hook ! "
The IjiitfHt Komi of Monopoly ,
Itaiul ami .l/c.Vnl/i/'is / llanKcru .Monthly.
The ingenuity of modern capitalists in
devising schemes anil gelling up hiigu
combinations to control and monopolize
dilforent lines of business , is something
extraordinary. The ) eve of money gen
erally begets a love of power , and the
possession of ironuy always demands a
field for exorcise Money is power within
prcscrilnid limits' , and those who hava it
are usually dolermined lo make thorn-
salves felt to as great an extent , and over
as wide an area , as Is possible under ex
isting circumstances. The only barrier
between Hie public welfare anil Iho
exacting tyranny of money is law , and
law in tins country is Iho embodiment and
expression of the popular will. Heneo ,
ambitious monny makers liavo been put
lo Iho UMl to invent projects by which
control could lie absolutely secured , anil
the JHW successfully ovuiled. Hold , bare-
fneetl. opeil-handcd monopoly woillii not
Int politic in these times of awakened jus
tice , when the peoulu are unusually alert
to discern the approach of overbearing
power , or of danger in any form to their
highly valued rights ami privileges. To
be successful , some plan of uperatloni
must bo perfected through which capital
ists could covertly ride rough-shod over
fields of Industry occupied by lesser com
petitors , without arresting public atten
tion or arousing public suspicion to any
dangerous extent. And the result of
sect et and lonir-continucd incubation has
lately come to the surface of the founda
tion of "Trusts , " or trust companies of
various kinds.
What Is a trust , or n trust company ?
Literally and ctymologlcally , the word
trust , as a noun , moans "an assured rest
ing of the mind on tlio Integrity , voracity ,
justice and friendship of another per
son. " Commercially and financially It
slgnillcs "a delivery of property or merchandise -
chandiso In reliance upon future pay
ment. " Legally and technically , it stands
for "an estate held for the use of another ;
property reposed in one person , called a
trustee , for the benefit of another. " A lit
tle reduction upon the scope and bearing
of these dilleront definitions , will furnish
a clue to the character ot the organiza
tions described thereby. The president
of the pioneer company of this Kind , thu
Standard Oil trust , recently declared ,
when on the witness stand and nudoi
oath : "it is not an incorporation ; it is
not a co-partnership. It was created by
an instrument in writing. It has no h
such existence as subject it to
legal assault. It is as invisible as it
is powerful. Wo have an executive com L
mittee who tire tlio trustees or ctistodiatu
of the stock of the various mining com
panies in the trust. " Marvelous indeed
were the shrewdness and the wisdom
which seized upon this terml "Trusts , "
not being corporations or co-partner
ships , can control whatever line of busi
ness they lay their invisible hands upon ,
but are not themselves controllable by
law. or even assailable. What Mephisto
phelean subtlety is this ? The climax of
of enlightenment in the nintoonth cen
tury and thu hidden mystery of the dark
ages have verily met and coalesced In
this commercial "what-is-it ? " a modern
trust company. Headless , heartless and
bodiless , it reaches out its invisible , octo
pus-like antenna ) of power , and rakes in
whatever it likes ; but , should an unwill
ing victim resist , or wish to strike back ,
10 and behold , it proclaims itself a legal
nonentity. Virtual and real in its acqui
sition , merciless and deadly toward oppo
sition , inaccessible for purposes of attack.
It appears that these anomalous
"trusts" are formed in the first plrco by
a lot of manufacturers or dealers banding
themselves together with a written In
strument that binds no one in particular ,
so far as outsiders are concerned , with a
view to regulate and dominate the busi
ness in which each and all are mutually
interested or engaged. These ground-
floor men are the original self appointed
trustees of the organisation which they
propose to create. They proceed at once
to inform all other manufacturers and
dealers in the SHIIIO business that such an
organization is in existence , and that it V
will bo greatly to the pecuniary benefit i
of all outsiders to cast in their lot with
the original party. If an outsider con
sents no must surrender his business
plant to the control of the company , and
receive therefor so many shares of
stock , winch entitle him to a certain
percentage of profit in case the business
turns out well. Some companies pay
over no money to the outsider for the sur
render of his business to their control ;
but the outsider is made a stockholder in
the original concern , nnd he literally
trusts tlio company to do the right thing
by him in the futuro. The enormous
published capital of these "trusts" sim
ply represents the nominal value of the
property surrendered to them. The
actual money must come from the profits
of the business carried on. The business
is to go on as of old , but the guiding
power is in the hands of the central coun
cil entirely , tuijt the individual owner
has simply the interest of a stockholder
in flic organization as a whole.
He is told that the business can
bo managed much more safely
and profitably by this mutual method 0
than under the old plan , am < such
has turned out to be the case thus far by
actual trial. He is thus sutislied to run
his business according to the plan fur
nished him from headquarters rather
than by any plan of his own. Should he
refuse to join the company , another busi
ness of the same kind is opened near by ,
and lie is steadily undersold until his bus
iness is ruined
These trust companies are multiplying
rapidly all over thu land , and threaten to
monopolize all kinds of business at no
distiintdny , unless checked. The Standard
011 Trust was first in the field , and its
wonderful success prepared the way for
others. Thin smirlo initial acorn devel
oped into a sturdy oak , and the single
oak lias virtually called into boinj ;
iv whole lorest. We have already ,
in addition to the Standard Oil
i'rmt , the Cotton Seed Oil Trust ,
numerous gas trusts in different cities ,
sleeping and parlor car trusts , n cattle
trust , n rubber trust , coal trust and a vir
tual whisky trust. Following in the sumo
line , what hinders the formation of a vast
railroad trust , a telegraph trust , nn elec
tric light trust , a grain trust , and fro on ?
What hinders the steady growth of this
principle of combination , until healthful
competition is entirely destroyed ? Jhere
is but one remedy for this growing evil ,
and that is a speedy and vigorous appli
cation ot the law and popular dNap-
proval. Power must combat power. Con
sumers and voters must take the matter
in hand. Supply can do nothing without
the aid of command , and witholding de
mand will bring any supply
powtir to bay. This enormous
fungous growth will in time kill the life
of the great commercial tree upon which
it has fastened itself. Hence the neces
sity of speedy agitation and action among
tin ) people. These rings , these gangs.
tliiiso pools , these money combined , will
soon rule and govern everything and
everybody , unless their power is crip
pled by legislative and congressional en
actments. The state of New York has
inaugurated the good work of reform by
t'tnicling a law putting all tnint compan
ies under tlio general incorporation act ,
whether the trustees are willing or not.
This makes them a legal body , and sub
ject to legal process , the same as all other
corporations ! Let the good work go on
until monopoly under every guibo and
form is throttled nnd brought to terms ,
A Itnro Opiiortunltv.
St Louis Letter : A do/on St. Louis ladies
who ride tricycles , and in some cases own
them , have a unique plan for a delightful
vacation. They intend renting u cottage
in Clarksville , convenient to thu Missis
sippi river and the famous belt road , and
" bachelor" in that '
will "play cyclisU'par-
adiso from a day near at hand until the
re-opening of the St. Louis schools. You
may gather from this that Ilium are school
girls in the pnrtv So there are , and
pretty ones , too. They will do their own
coriUitig and housekeeping while at
darkhvillc , and tlio .yonng ladies , who
have a wide acquaintance- among St.
Louis wheelmen , ( ixtinul a general invita
tion tot heir nialo friends to spend an occa
sional Sabbath accompanying them and
their tricycles nhout i'iku county , and
dining on the viands prepared for them
by dainty lingers.
Dr. J. 11. McUanN Chilis and Fov r
< 'uro is gentle in action , and warranted
a certain cure. 50 c < ! iiB | n bottle.
p unit Marriage.
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Colcntn'n CfiHliinorn Ilouquot.
A whlto , pure , exquisitely perfumed
toilet soap. Tlio best for chapped liuuila * '
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