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ISEAUl N. P. FEIL. NotatT Public.
FIUE protection has a very substantinl
moaning in San Francisco. That city
expends $80,000 a month in maintaining
Its lire department.
I'm : faot that they nro discussing the
Water situation down in Kansas City
clearly indicates that they will in time
begin the use of it.
I
A GUKAT effort is being made over at
a * Lincoln to save the neck of Hotlhmn the
train wrecker who is sentenced to bo
executed on tlio 23d inst.
IK tlio noise raised by Tnttlo should bo
the means of making him governor of
Iowa , it might seriously interfere with
the presidential boom of General Fair-
child.
THE denial by ox-Governor Cnrtin of
the assassination of Jcfl'Davis was super
fluous. Nobody whoso opinion is worth
considering doubted that the iuvctorato
old rebel was lying.
IT is claimed that the south will bo solid
il
- for Cleveland in the national democratic
convention. No doubt of it. Ho has
bought up that section by giving it about
nil the oftlccs worth having.
EVERY voter , whether ho owns property
in Omaha or is simply a wage-worker
should cast his vote for the Omuliii
Motor and Northwestern street car fran
chise proposition. Tlio boom must con
tinuo.
COLLECTOU JONAS , of the port of No\\
Orleans , is in danger of total blindness
Tlio injury to his oycs was caused by z
copy of the Congressional Record wind
his son playfully tossed to him from across
the room. A great many men wish theii
"I's" had boon knocked out. For instance
the grand syndicate of salary-grubbers.
" THE Omaha boom has come to stay
R" It is not built upon sand , but it liai
wealth , energy , intelligence nnd enterprise
priso never before equalled associated ir
Its bohalf. Thnro is no reason why i
should not , and a thousand reasons why i
' ehould have a population within the nox
'y
\ * ton years equal to Chicago. It is Omah :
that is to bo the Now York of the west.
A WISE thing was done yesterday a
Cincinnati in forfeiting the charter o
the burstca Fidelity bank which Harpci
nnd others wrecked with such supcrl
ability. This is a lesson to the nrmy o
bankers who rob their depositors b'
practicing dishonesty. This is the ilrs
instance of fidelity yet shown in any
thing connected with that Institution.
THE board of education has made ai
excellent choice in electing Mr. J. U
Piper as its secretary. Mr. Piper is emi
noutly qualified for the position by hi
liberal education and experience as :
teacher and accountant. Ho is a man o
character , industrious , steady and re
liable. Mr. Piper has always manifestci
a deep intoreat in our public schools am
wo have no dobbt will devote himself enthusiastically
thusiastically to the task which will devolve
volvo upon him.
THE work of placing all electric wire
in Now York under ground will bcgn
next wecc , and it will bo prosecuted unti
all the wires in the metropolis are buried
It is n big job , but a most necessary ono
The example will undoubtedly bo fol
lowed by other largo cities and in Um
extend throughout thu country. Tlio ne.x
generation will probably bo wholly re
liovcd of the unsightly and dangerou
nuisance of wires above cround , at leas
in cities.
THE anthracite coal pool proposes t
repeat its operations of last year in limit
ing the production nnd advancing th
price , and yet a Philadelphia paper say
there are two men to dig coal iu the mir
ing regions wlioro ono can find cmuloy
ineut , and the wages of mining have nc
been advanced. The railroad companic
liavo moro coal to carry than they hav
cars to transport it in or locomotives t
pull it to the market , Thcro is no cli
cumstanco lacking which should tend t
cheapen prices ' to the consumer , but tb
coal business is donu m a corner by a foi
masters of transportation , 'who mak
prices to suit themselves. .Tho whelp ai
rangomont is justly characterized us a
_ illegal and irresponsible dovlcd fo
cheating every man iu the whole couiitr
who buya a ton of coal.
1 "
An Intor-Stata Reunion.
The state encampment of the Grand
Array of tbo Republic of Nebraska is to
bo hold in Omaha during the first week
of next September. It is not too late to
suggest that tlio scope of the gathering
should bo enlarged so as to make it an
inter-stale reunion of tlio veterans of Ne
braska , Western Iowa , Southern Dakota
and Northern Kansas.
The accommodations nro ample for nil
the veterans' that reside within a radius
of two hundred nnd fifty miles from
Omaha.
The suggestion carries with It every
nrgumont that may bo adduced in its
favor , Hundreds of Nebraskans were
soldiers in Iowa regiments , arid thou
sands of the Iowa veterans have become
residents of Nebraska since the war ,
Thcso two classes have not had an oppor
tunity in years to moot old comrades. Thai
it would bo availed of cannot bo doubted ,
Omaha is advantageously situated for in' '
duclng a great gathering of old soldiers ,
and tlioro are 10,000 or more of them
within in easy reach aud access
of the city up and down the
Missouri valley. The troops ol
Nebraska , Iowa , northwest Missouri
nnd northern Kansas have a kindred
feeling and the pride of having achieved
whenever duty called. It is altogothei
apdropriato that these old soldiers should
bo induced to como together to rccounl
ho old stories and recall the old sconet
with which they are familiar , aud when
.hey . supported each other in battle. And
.ho soldiers of Dakota , who have settled
up that fertito territory from every state
hat contributed troops to the Union ,
would do well to respond to an invitatior
.o meet the soldiers of the west as old
soldiers , many of whom they may bo ac
qualntcd with as citizens.
A rally buoli as is suggested demand f
attention. The suggestion of it t d
dresses itself to the favorable consideration
tion of tlio Grand Army oflicors of Nc
braska nnd the committees having it
charge the preparations for the encamp
mont.
Especially at this time , it may bo sub
mittcd , sucli a reunion would bo oppor
tuno. The Grand Army of late has beer
projected before the public in a charac
ter it disclaims , and the effort having
boon made to make it a factor of discus
sion and disturbance , every oppor
tuuity ought to bo given th <
veterans in as great numbers a :
possible , to discover all that partisan ma
liclousnoss may have conjured agains
thorn and to re-assert ? ho true objects o
the great and grand organization tin
conservatism nnd promotion , only , of tin
ntcrcsts of the old soldier.
Correction nnd Charities.
The fouttocnth annual convention o
the National Board of Correction ant
hantics will meet in Omaha on the 2511
of August. The board of trade nt it
meeting Monday evening took timol ;
action in appointing a committee to ac
in conjunction with the local committci
of the association of charities in securing
subscriptions from citizens to assist it
receiving the national board. The con
volition will consist of about five hundrc <
delegates , representing nearly or quit
every state iu the union , constituting i
body of the highest character and of c :
ccptional intelligence. The last con
vention was hold in St. Paul and rcccivci
marked consideration. A number o
cities urged their claims for the forth
coming convention and hold out libcra
inducements , but without much contes
Omaha was honored with the selection
It is very much to bo hoped that our citi
zens will duly appreciate the consider ! !
tion thus shown this city , and will gcnei
ously put those who shall bo chargci
with receiving the tielegates to the con
vention , and providing for their hospil
able entertainment , in possession c
ample moans to enable them to discharg
their duties to the credit of the commuti
ity. The members of the convention
hold hero this year have almost withou
exception had nothing but n good ropoi
to make of their treatment iu Omatu
and those who attend the coming cor
vontion must bo so well treated that the
cnn conscientiously confirm all that lin
been said favorable tons and supplemor
it with their own testimony c
approval. The objects of th
national board of correction and churltk
are such as should commend thomsolvt
to every intelligent citizen and ( special !
to those who take an interest in the pro {
rcss and development of humanitaria
and philanthropic work. What thcs
objects are is sufllolonlly indicated i
tlio title of the board. The subjects thn
chiefly receive attention relate to tli
management of charitable institutior
nnd prisons , the methods pursued an
the reforms necessary , individual an
general experiences , statistical result/ /
and ether matters to which tlio increai
ingly important subject of corroctio
and charities give interest and value m
for any special class of community , bt
for every class. It need hardly bo sai
that these various matters are prosontc
and discussed by intelligent mo
many of whom have devoted yoai
of study and experience to them , and a
of whom are full of zeal in their wori
The deliberations of U.cso couvcntioi
have therefore grown to bo of grc :
weight in inlluenclng legislation and i
moulding public opinion. It will thus t
seen that Omaha is to bo favored wil
the presence of a body of no ordinal
character and importance , and it is dcs
rablo that its reception and ontortaii
mont shall comport with its high claim I
consideration.
The Hcallna Procc s.
The "amended" ilag incident at Kiel
niond is only another chapter of tl
serial that southern sentiment has sougl
to have engrafted as a part of tlio histoi
of the country since the war. There hin
boon interchanges of pleasantries b
twcou the north and south since the ui
pleasantness , but there has boon tl
characteristic diflcronco manifested b
twoon thorn , as was illustrated when tl
north was entertained at Richmond an
the south at Gettysburg the other day.
Southern hospitality nt ono time tin
an unbounded siguilicauco-it meant tin
the homo of the host was nt tbo dispos
of the guest , and that noihir
could obtrude that would ofl'ond. "Tl
New South , " about which much boastic
'is indulged , hoa not improved over "tl
Old South" in this respect. The Kiel
mend inci'lcnt ' is but one. of umuy otlic
wlioro the chiralrio southron has BUOM
an unniindfulness of the courtesies <
the host by permitting tha memories i
the past to canso a forgctfulncss of tl
duties of the present.
In the way of contrast the Gettysbui
ounlon stnnds-forth happily and con-
picuously as an evidence of northern
lospltallty , genuine ) m character , cordial *
inocro and without the Indulgence
> f any expression as manl-
cstation to mar or disturb
ho harmony of the occasion.
Thcro may bo justification of these
unkcllngs to and fro between the north
and south , under the supposition that
hey are a part of the healing process ,
but what was regarded as right down
south is just as much maintained to bo
right to-day. The north has nothing to
concede , nnd its day to surrender passed
when the surrender at Appomattox was
mado. No ono disputes that everything
that can bo consistently done to heal the
wounds of the past should bo done , but
the south , the patient upon whom the
wounds were Inflicted , should try
to respond to the gentler
treatment of a quarter which began with
Grant's magnanimity under "tho famous
apple tree. " That response can best bo
made by a strict attention to business , to
the development of the resources in
which "the Now South" is said to bo en
gaged. In the rush of business , the
march of progress and the growth of
now generations , the south will forgot
that it over had a flag. A continuance
of thcso reunions , north and south , will
only prolong tlio memories of the de
feated , which after all are moro tenta
tive than those who can afford to bo
magnanimously forgetful , or at least un
mindful at times.
Manufacturca.
At the last board of trade meeting
several communications were received
from manufacturers who desire to locate
in Omaha , asking inducements to trans
fer their factories to this city. These
were referred to tlio appropriate com
mittee , with the recommendation that
they bo given favorable consideration. It
is to bo hoped this will bo done , aud
promptly. All such indications of a
growing interest among manufacturers
toward Omaha should receive the heart- !
st and most zealous encouragement , and
the committee on manufactories of the
board of trade can easily make itself the
most useful part of that body by giving
its earnest and prompt attention to ap
plications of this character. It ought tu
make no difference in their interest ot
zeal that the establishments dcsirihg
to como here are at present small In the
extent of their plan t and t h o amount ot
capital invested. The possibilities of the
future are not always to be measured by
the conditions of the present. A dozen
small factories are m the end moro de
sirable than one or two large ones.
No extended argument can bo required
to demonstrate the proposition that the
building up of manufacturers is ono oi
the necessities to the continued growth
iind prosperity of Omaha. The commer
cial progress of the city H assured. All
the conditions that make for metropoli
tan greatness and prosperity in this re-
spool are present and are steadily c.v
panding. In tlio nature of things these
must assert themselves as vigorously ami
rapidly as tlio. growth of tlio country
tributary to Omaha advances. But the
situation is somewhat different with re
gard to manufacturing. The natural
conditions which would make this city c
center of industrial enterprise must
bo stimulated. Omaha should adopl
a liberal policy of encouragement
to all manufacturers who may desire
to locate here , and for whoso bus !
ness thcro is a reasonable promise ol
growth under favoring circumstances
Every merchant , and particularly
every land holder , has an mtcrosi
in forwarding a policy of this
kind , aud all such should generously aii
the board of trade in its efforts to draw
manufacturing to Omaha.
Great as this city may and inevitably
must become commoicially , everybody
will concede that it must be made greater
and richer by the addition of induslria
enterprises. How important these are t <
tlio solidity and prosperity of a citj
might bo illustrated by many examples
If sometimes diflicult ot creation ant
slow of growth , when once firmly
founded in a locality it is next to impossible
siblo to uproot them. A purely commercial
cial city will in time have its trade sub
jected to wide fluctuations , and porhap !
under tlio prossuiu of strong and activ <
competition will Iind it .drifting nnd re
ceding. But a well settled system o
manufacturing industries can bi
pretty safely depended upoi
as a source of steady prosperity. It in
volvcs investments which cannot bo read
ily transferred , as well as other consider
ations that render permanence of loca
tion necessary and important. Tliosi
who have an interest in promoting thi
growth and welfare of Omaha can ex
hibit it in do direction to better advant
afro than in encouraging , by a libera
policy , the location hero of all sound am
promising industrial enterprises tint ma'
dusiro to como.
The bpcclal Election.
Our citizens must not forget thi
special election submitting to a vote o
tlio people the ratification of the franchise
chiso granted by the council to tin
Om aha motor and Northwestern strce
railways. J'hc Omaha motor project is in
tended to connect through the city from thi
stock yards in South Omaha to the suburl
of Benson by way of Walnut Hill. Si :
miles of track are already laid , nnd tin
projectors intend to complete the roai
as rapidly as possible. The motor power
as required by the ordinance grantinj
the charter , must bo cither air or olcc
tricity. Steam is prohibited. The elec
trie motor has really been decidei
upon , and the machinery is being ncga
tinted for with parties who have made i
specialty of electric power appliances
Some of those are in successful opeintioi
at Montgomery , Alabama , Port Huron
Michigan , Toronto and Windsor , Can
ada , and other American cities. Tin
Northwestern company intend , as wi
learn , to use the same appliances. Tlioi
line is not yet defined , however , but I
doubtless intended to connect suburb
not reached by other lines with the cltj
While the time is not distant when th
street railway franchises in Omaha wil
command a royalty , we cannot afford ai
yet to place an embargo on transit ant
public improvement. Every street rail
way line built improves not only adjncen
property , but tlio aggregate realty of tin
wliolo city.
In view 6f the fact that franchises hav
been recently granted to other compa
nlcs , wo sco no reason why an cxceptioi
should bo made against the Mbtor o
Northwestern.
'As will be scon in another column o
this paper tbo republican state centra
committee has Issued a call for the state
convention to be hold October 5 nnd 0.
The candidates to bo nominated will boone
ono associate justice of the supreme
court and two members of the board of
regents of the State university.
Omalik n itl Juliet.
life.
"I say , slranser , " whispered a western
man , who had strn ; ed Into nn up-town
theater where thn ijay ot "Hotneo nnd
Juliet" was polntf on , ' ! can't make head
nor tall of this thine. What's the name of
this play , anyhow1.
llomeo nnd Julj
"Well , If I'd knlwi that , " said the dis
gusted westerner , "I wouldn't have come In.
I understood the feller at tlio door to say It
wns something about Omaha and Jollet. "
STATE JOTTINGS.
A building boom is running loose iu
Plnttsmouth.
The corn fields in Nemaha county over
shadow the record in size , shape and
prcviousness.
The railroad diplomat has successfully
played Fremont for a chump. And ho
loves her less because she believes him.
Thu Hastings Democrat is suffering
from base ball hog cholera , and makes
a fceblo attempt to fan the universe with
the curl of its tail.
Railroad surveyors In distress and war
Caiut have appeared again on tlio Nc-
rnska bluffs opposite Yankton. Tlio
Yanktonais , however , nro not easily
frightened. Thcso Nebraska bluffs are
too frequent to bo woolly.
The charming postmistress of Elmwood
has kicked up a fracas by attempting to
stop the delivery of mall on Sunday. She
appeared perfectly content while receiv
ing the males , but her Sabbatarian con
stitution rebelled at tlio call of duty be
fore pleasure.
Louise , the twelve-year-old daughter of
Wm. Yells , of Nebraska City , died iu the
terrible agonies of lock-jaw , Saturday
last. On Tuesday the child stopped on
an iron Imvrake , one of the prongs enter
ing the flesh. The wound was drcssett
nnd apparently healed , but lock-jaw and
death followed four days after.
Will S. Jay of the Lincoln Journal is
going to retire for "tho benefit of his
health , " and the enlargement of his
bank account , a combination that rarely
dwell in harmony with the profession.
Jay will agitate the earth on his own
hook and jar the cents abilities of South
Sioux City for the rest of the season.
The sheriff of Sarpy county is camping
on the hot trail of Tim ilickey in Adams
county. Tim is wanted badly in Papil-
lion for inducing a fifteen year old girl
to leave the parental roof and fly with
him to bowers of gilded misery in Omaha
and then deserting her among strangers.
His return is anxiously awaited , and his
reception will be as warm and vigorous
as his villainy deserves. There is no
room for the seducer on top of the earth.
A farmer in Otoo county named Meier
closed a patriotic howl on the Fourth by
a display of family pyrotechnics. Seiz
ing his wife by the hair , ho beat her in a
shocking manner.jutarly gouged out her
eyes and left her oil lie floor unconscious.
The drunken lienitlicaped with a line of
$10 nnd costs. A litif sentence in the pen ,
trimmed with daily'flcoiirgings ' , would be
about his size. But the law is painfully
generous to wife beaters.
Four fresh toughs attempted nnd in
sisted on scraping up an acquaintance
with Sheriff Torwilligcr , of Dundy
county , while convoying a prisoner to
Lincoln. The shcrjt\ \ resisted their ad
vances for a time nnd then embraced
them. The loader .was laid out on tlio
floor of the car , wfth the official boot
beating a lively { attoo below the belt.
The introduction was so vigorous and
sudden that it made > y the gang wuary at
the end of the roun'd
TRUST CONSPIRACIES.
New Fancied Syndicates to Swindle
the People.
New York Times : Tlio multiplication
of great trade conspiracies called trusts ,
formed upon the model afforded by the
Standard Oil monopoly , sots before the
people of this country a problem which ,
in defense of their rights , they must soon
un dortako to solve. A trust is a com
bination devised for the establishment
and main tenancc of a monopoly in such
a way that the real design of its founders
and the operation of its machinery are
in a great measure concealed trom the
public. Absolutely controlling n large
number of corporations which seem to
be independent of each other , monopoly
in this form presents to tlio world the
features of ordinary competition. But
behind the mask thcro is only monopoly ,
heartless , tyrannical and oppressive. The
tilists of these days ure not corporations ,
but by usurping the franchises of many
corporations thtiy exert , without the re
straining influence of charter regulations ,
enormous power.
In his oration delivered at the reunion
of the army of the Potomac , Mr. Chaiin-
coy M. Depow said : "Tho corporation
is the creature of the stuto , its powers
limited by the conditions of its
existence , its methods subjected to pub
lic supervision , and its life dependent
upon the creator. It is the only medium
through which many of the great enter
prises of our civilization can be carried
on. But the sun ot publicity can send
no ray into the labyrinths of those gigan
tic combinations which are created by
neither law nor custom nor ncecsslty.and
whoso mysterious movements are at once
tlio peril and puzzle of the investor and
the destructive traps for enterprise and
ambition. "
Tlio context shows that Mr. Dopew had
in mind the conspiring speculators who
try to "corner" the necessaries of lifo.
But are not the words which wo have
quoted equally applicable to the "gigan
tic corporations" called trusts , which de
vour corporations ? Do not those trusts
also "thwart and ruin legitimate trade ? "
Are not also these conspirators "public
enemies ? " The trust is a "corner'
whoso creators are not menaced by Mich
ruin as frequently befall those who un
dertake by speculative buying to rii : o
temporarily the price kfaf grain or oilier
articles of tood. A trust monopoly does
not fear such reverses as those winch
ruined Harper and hi ? Fidelity hank. A
trust "corner" Is. ifj wo may judge by
our expcrionco thus tnr , a sure thing.
But it is apparently9 as secure from at
tack through the coVirts as a wheat
"deal. " Is there in , the history of the
Standard oil trust anything to show that
its power to control a creat industry and
to crush all individual competitors Ii\s :
not been supreme ? Hnvo the supremacy
or the prohts of that great ring e\er
been endangered by legislation or litiga
tion ?
All of the gas companies doing busi
ness in Chicago wore recently absorbed
by a trust. The truit which rules them
is not a corporation , but a conspiracy.
Its creation put an end to competition in
tlio gas business in that city. Aii soon as
the trust's machinery had boon perfected
the several companies which retained
their corporate existence , and to all ap
pearances were doing business on the
old plan , raised the price of gas. That
is , the price seemed to bo raised by the
companies , while in fact It was raised by
the orders of the controlling , monopoly.
In the charters of these two companies
it is provided that if they shall enter into
any combination with any other com
pany concerning rates their franchises
shall be forfeited. But now , when an at
tempt to enforce this penalty is made ,
the companies assert that no combina
tion or Pool exists. The fact tli.it they
retain their separate offices , officers and
plants affords a basis for tills el.ilni ;
nevertheless it U notorious that they arc
all the slaves of the trust , of rather the
machines by which it docs its work. As
to the trust itself , that is said to bo inac
cessible. Possibly in the words of the
officer who described another and a
greater trust , "it has no such existence
as subjects it to legal assault. "
The rings , which are the offspring of
the Standard Oil monopoly , cannot es
cape the attention of legislatures. They
are to-day the foremost manifestations of
monopoly. They breed discontent , and
the pcoplo should , through their legis
lative assemblies , take thorn in hauil
without delay.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE ,
Some Anecdotes of Him By
Carp. "
Speaking of Jiulgo Waltc's early days
nt Toledo , I had a long chat the ether day
with ex-Congressman Hill , of Defiance ,
about tlio chief justice.
"When did you first meet Judge
WalteV'lnskcd.
"It wns when I was a green young
lawyer , " Hill replied. " 1 had a case iu
which Judge Waitc , then n noted Toledo
Inwyor , was employed by the opposite
side. Waite had already made a great
reputation , and I approached the case
with fear and trembling. Wo took the
testimony together in private , and after
wo had it all before us , before we had
submitted It to the judge , Mr. Walto
nskotl mo to go over nnd lunch with him.
During our lunch ho told mo that ho
thought wo could settle that case just as
Well as Judge Laity , and asked mo if I
would bo willing for him to fix the terms
of settlement. I replied that that was
rather a strange method of procedure
nnd 1 would like to know how ho would
settle it first. Ho then made n plain
statement of the justice of the case ,
nnd proposed a settlement in accordance
with this. His idea as to how the case
should bo settled was exactly the same as
mine , and I could not have asked for bet
ter treatment. I don't bolioyo that Waite
over advocated the cause of a dishonest
client , and 1 don't think ho would have
taken a case which ho thought contrary
to justice. Ho might have made a for
tune at his law had ho charged the or
dinary fees , for ho had a very large prac
tice. Ho was not very rich when hoyas
elected chief justice , and 1 don't imagine
he is what would be called wealthy now.
He made ono Inrge fee that 1 know of ,
anil that was $40,000 which he received
for his servlco in connection with tlio At
lantic Ac Great Western railroad cases.
He has a son who is a lawyer iu Toledo ,
and his daughter , Miss Mary , is a very
accomplished young lady. "
Waite was the son of the chief justice
of Connecticut. Ho had been born at
Lymo , educated at Yale in the fame class
withWilllam M. Kvarts , studied law with
his father , and during the term of Mar
tin Van Btiren. hiyl come west to Ohio
to practice. Ho soon jumped into a big
business , but ho lived well and did not
save tnuoh money , because , as represen
tative Hill says , he charged too little for
his services. For the writing of a brief
at the request of the Dcthmco county
commissioners in a case involving $15-
000 , Hill says ho charged only $50.
Waite'H first case in Defiance county was
tried shortly after his admission to tlio
bar. Thu coin t was hold in the second
story of a building in Defiance , which
still stands , nnd Walto was terribly
worsted by a young man who had moro
yoico than brains , and who now lives at
Defiance , an unknown and not very
prosperous old man. Waite was once a
member of the Ohio state legislature. Ho
also declined n position on the Ohio
supreme beneji , and Grant sent him jn
connection with his old classmate , Wil
liam M. Eyarts , as one of the counsel of
the Geneva arbitration.
Ilo was given the appointment of chief
justice of the supreme court without
having asked for it and having no idea
that it would bo tendered him. Repre
sentative Hill tells mo how the matter
wns first called to Grant's attention , and
of a little meeting nt Toledo , which se
cured Waite the appointment. "Grant
was traveling over the United States , anil
when ho came to Toledo a reception was
prepared for him. The committee on
arrangements was composed of Waito's
friends , nnd they were anxious that
Grant should appoint Waite for his pres
ent position. They said nothing , how
ever , and had "Waito make the address
of the occasion. Ho did tins iu a mas
terly manner , talking to Grant as became -
came his ollice , but not overflowing with
the nauseous adulations which was so
common to Grant's receptions at that
timo. Grant was delighted with the
effort. Ho had known of Waite some
what in connection with Kvarts. Ho
knew him to bo a man of the utmost
probity , and of no political aspirations.
Ho made inquiries about him , and con
cluded that ho was the proper man to
take the place of Chief Justice Chase.
Ho appointed Waite , anil no bettor
choice was over made for buoli a posi
tion. Waitc accepted the position , and I
understand that he shows no indications
of intending to retire from it now.
His home in Washington is a wide
brown &tono building of three or foiK
stories , on 1 street , between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth. Ilo lives well nnd often
gives dinners to his follow judges and
the other noted people of Washington
society. Ho has entirely recovered from
his illness of a year or so ago , and ho ap
pears to bo nble to stick to the supreme
bench ns long us lifo slicks to his bones.
Ilo is nirend eligible to retirement , but
like other of his follow septuagenarians
of the supreme court ho prefers to earn
his salary to having the government pen
sion him at the rate of if 10,000 a year.
Ho wears his seventy years exceedingly
well. His eye is bright and his step is
firm , nnd the wrinkles in his dark square
face are few. His beard is , however , be
ginning to grow gray nnd his black hnir
is already tinged witli bright silver. He
makes an excellent chief ,111 slice , anil the
integrity of his decisions has never been
questioned.
FltANK G. CAIU'ENTHH.
The President Will Como West.
Post-Dispatch : In tlio statement
given out at the White house yes-
lordap tlio infoi mation that Mr. Cleve
land , as a result of tlio St. Louis fiasco ,
has abandoned the intention of taking
nny western trip is made prominent.
Those who are presumed lobe well in
formed , however , do not believe the pres
ident wilt give up his plans for the sum
mer nnd fall. It is well known that ho
had an elaborate programme ) of
travel prepared , and a high official
said last evening that it would bo
lived up to. The president , ho
sai < l , will bo urged to go to St. Louis
during fair week in October , and will ac
cept. He will proceed from St. Louis to
thu other points ns originally intended.
This trip , on which Mrs. Cleveland will
accompany him , will take in Louisville ,
Omaha , Kansas City , Chicago , Milwau
kee and possibly Duluth. The pail3'from
the latter place , will go lo Madibon and
visit the home of Postmaster General
VHas , From there they will go totlueO
or four places in Michigan whore Mrs.
Cleveland has relatives , and back to
Washington by way of Detroit and Buf
falo , "This is the plan ongjnully laid
out,1' said the Post-Dispatch's informant ,
"and it will bo lived up to , the Grand
Army meeting to the contrary notwith
standing.
Cattle Ownbra tu Meet.
The owners of the herd of cattle which
was lakon up by Iho poundmastor weal
of the Bolt line on Monday on complaint
of a resident M'urn ' , but without cause ,
are requested to muet nojct'Snnday after
noon at 3 o'clock at llio saloon of Mr.
Huoy on Leavunwprth street , to invcHi-
galii thn maltur and se.o what .stops can
bo taken to prevent a. recurrence of the
Knmo at the instigation of the aforemen
tioned tcsideut. . . . Cpu.
THE SNARES OF WALL STREET
The lips and Downs of tha Great Money
Center.
JIM KEENE'S SEVEN MILLIONS
Xho llccont Great Strike of Oonld
mid Ills $ I.BOO.OOO Check
Ruaicll H KO' > Narrow Es
cape From Huln ,
Now York Letter to Chicago News : It
almost takes nwny tlio breath to read
that Jay Gould has given his check for
$4,600,000 in part payment for stock
bought of Cyrus W. Field. It is a largo
sum of money to bo vouched for by a
single strip of paper. Yet the transaction
and the events that attended have drawn
fresh attention to Wall street and its
ways and to thrco or four wonderful men
who of the thousand that have gone into
the street still survive its storms and bat
tles. The stock exchange itself is an in-
foresting place. You road that scats m
It arc selling at f 25,000 nplcco but curl-
usly enough there nro no seats. A desk
or a presiding oilicor on a platform and
several platforms for telegraph instru
ments are the only furniture , The rest
is simply a broad floor , and on this floor
the brokers crowd and jostle each other.
They stand as they buy and soil , and
instead of making the record of the
transaction with great formality and
with much dignity they simply jot
on a pad the briefest sort of a mem
orandum. It is for the privilege of
going upon the floor , surrounded by bare
walls , that the broker pays the $05,000.
The room seemed to bo tilled with howl
ing lunatics and to bo confusion itself.
Nevertheless those men , although noisy
and active , are so far removed from
lunacy aa almost never to make an error ,
and tiio entire proceedings have so much
of system that whenever an error Is made
it is easily traced and rectified , The
building itself is upon as valuable land as
mayvbo found in Now York city. It
fronts on Wall , Broad and Now streets ,
and with its costly safe deposit vaults
and frequent improvements has cost
more than $1,000,000. Every I'.ttlo ' while
them is a fresh complaint that a bigger
building is needed , and with it comes
the plea that the exchange should bo
moved farther up-town. But it will bo
many years before tins is done.
AN AIUIY OF IIHOKHRS.
Surrounding the exchange are the
ofliccs of the 1,100 brokers who are mom-
burs of the exchange. As each broker ,
almost without exception , has a partner
or two. it is safe to say that 2,500 , or 3,000
men are actively engaged in the business
as members of "commission houses. In
every otlico is a ticker that spits out
quotations as fast as sales are made in the
exchange , and around tlic.se tickers stand
the customers or speculators an inter
esting flock of lambs who almost to a
man lose money.
I say that those speculators lose money.
An honest broker of any long experience
will tell you so. Thuro are notable cases
of men making great hits in the street ,
and when a hit is made it is
proclaimed far and near. The
wise man when he makes a pile
of money through the knowledge of some
impending event or from any ether cause
puts it into his pocket and quits the
struct. Kut this ir hard to do. The
temptation to try again is too strong to
bo resisted , and the money won is staked
again in another speculation , and so on
until disaster conies and all in hwupt
away. The struut is full ot men who
have made fortunes almost invariably
by one or two transactions and lost
them in Irving to make more. Chances
to make big money in Wall street do not
come to the average Wall street man
moro than two or three times a year , yut
the average speculator wants to trade all
the time. lie buys and soils every dav ,
whether there is anv market or not. Ilo
is like the man who trutsthe horse-racing
mania who must bet on every ruco ,
whether ho knows anything about the
horses that are running or not.
THE WISE MAN'S GOLDEN CHANCE.
The result is a foregone conclusion ho
loses money. If he knows the way of
the street and the condition of the coun
try ho may onco'or twice a year find a
condition of nflairs in which it is almost
absolutely safe to buy stocks or to sell
them for short account. There are a few
men in Now York who speculate in this
manner , and who as a result have piled
up fortunes. When there comes a break
in prices under a clear financial sky
such a one as the one of a few days ago ,
when Jav Uouhl and Kussnll Sage de
pressed prices for no ether reason than
that they wore after C. rus W. Field's
scalp then the wise man lakes his cash
and goes down into the street and picks
up things that are cheap , Hn must un
derstand , howcvorenough about railroad
property and the condition of trade
to know whether things are cheap or not ,
for it is dangerous business at best , lie
should pay tor what he purchases , and
wait with patience for the recovery that
comes may be m a week , may bo not in ,
a year. Jt is the pure and simple gam
bling on small margins that makes
mince-meat of the speculator , and such a
crop as Manhattan and Western Union
had the ether day wiped out ail the way
from a hundred to a thousand men who
had been hanging on for six months in
hope of a little luck.
JIM KHr.NU'S hLiri'EKV MILLIONS.
When James U. Kcono came to Now
York with $7,000,000 and entered into
active trading it was freely prcdictrd
that ho would become a second Vanderbilt -
bilt or Jay Gould , and ho might have
been had ho followed their methods ; but
he ilia not. Ho wont into the street to
trade every day. Things went well some
days , and on others they did not , and
little by little the young Californian's
seven millions slipped away until ho lie-
came a less and lens factor in the street ,
and lately we have ceased to hear of him
or ills transactions. Jlu is not absolutely
bankrupt , but ho is no longer the power
that lie was.
There are a few men , very few , who
have stood the Wall street racket. They
have madn their money rather by combi
nations and consolidations of railroad
properties than by speculation. Mr.
Gould is not moro successful as a speculator
later than many others , but by the con
solidation of properties purchased cheap
and by the watering of stock and the is
suing of bonds ho has made a vast for
tune. Yet ho has lost much at times
when ho has attempted to force tne
market. The same is true of Kussell
Sage , another of the Wall struct survi
vors , lie has lost many a million of dollars
lars by speculation while making many
million more. People who saw him per-
splro in the May panic of 1884 well re
member how very near ho came to going
under on that memorable occasion. As
for Mr. Cyrus W. Field , who lias
been something of a power ,
common report has it that ho was -so
nearly snowed under that there was no
enjoyment in it lor him , and it is plain
that hia ( jays of financial power are oyor.
It has been a vury close call for him , It
seems to bn acknowledged that there in
not 'and lias not heen a King of Wall
streat , wlio lias not at b011111 time in his
speculative career been on the verge of
riling and from this the deduction in easy
that all Wall street operation * are attended -
tended with exceedingly great risk , ami ,
as a rule , with disaster anil rliut to the
man who participates in them ,
fry and men of limited financial gonitti
are stiro to go under if they stlok to II
long enough.
ItUIX KOU YOUNO SI KM ,
V\ all street lifo is demoralizing. It un
fits men for legitimate work and for busi
ness requiring energy and hard work.
The sttent is surrounded with tempta
tions to gamble in ether petty wave , and
especially to drink. The wall street
gin mills are numerous and gaudy and
seductive" . A lilt of a few hundred dollars
lars in a man's favor tempts him to tnko
a drink of jubilation , while a loss de
mands the cup of consolation. Money is
made and lost on so big a scale that
young men especially are fascinated by
the rapidity of the pace and the magni
tude ol the business. There is tempta
tion to prodigality in cabs and in dinner
and lunches which is freelv gratlliod. is
young man who lias spent a year A
Wall street brokers' olllces , who
makes $300 to-day nnd loses $400 to-inor
row and makes $300 the next , Isn't going
to consider the value of a $10 or $30 bank
note when his own pleasure or comfort
is under consideration. When nt the
end of the year ho tinds himself with
liardlv $100 to his name , ho is entirely
nnd absolutoy unfitted for work , and ho
is moro inclined to put $10 in a bucket-
shop with the hope of making it $20 than
to work on a clerk's wages. Ho has become -
come interested in petroleum and grain ,
and horse races and lottery tickets , and
matching half dollars and draw-poker ,
and work is very tiresome. Ho , in short ,
is good for nothing. The down-town
saloons are full of thcso Wall street
wrecks. They are on hand for drinks ,
but are good for nothing when there is
work to bo dono.
On the other hand , the fast lifo of the
street , iu good times especially , helps
along a great variety of trade. The
average speculator likes to go to the
theater and the opera and no takes n
jolly party with him as a rule. The
good effects of Wall street boom are felt
in the shops. Retail dealers say that
they can tell when things are booming
by tlio way women spend money for a
largo proportion of tlio money made gets
around into the pockets of the women ,
after all. The man who has made $1,000
in a day feels very liberal after dinner ,
and the wife is sure to get a bit of it be
fore It is lost on the following day. and
she in turn is quite sure to transfer to
the jcwclor or the furrier or the avenue
milliner. And tints there is gain to all.
Wur.N the stomach lacks vigor and
regularity there will bo flatulence , heart
burn , nausea. Bickhoadacho , nervous
ness , use Dr. J. II. McLean's Strength
ening Cordial and Blood Purifier , to give
tone and regularity to tbo stomaoli ,
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
011 For tbo Meeting at Lincoln In
October.
The republican electors of the state of
Nebraska are requested to send delegates
from the several counties , to meet in con
vention at the opera hou.so , in the city of
Lincoln , Wednesday , October 5 , 1887 , at
8 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of placing
in nomination candidates for ono associ
ate justice of the supreme court , and for
two members of the board of regents of
the state university , and to transact such
other business as may bo presented to the
convention.
THE AM'OnTIONMKNT.
The several counties are entitled to
representation OB follows , being based
upon the vote cast for Hon. John M.
Thaycr , governor , In 188(3 ( , giving ono
delegate to each now county , ono dele-
gatu-at-large to each county , and ono for
each ir 0 votes and the major fraction
thereof :
T
It is recommended that no proxies bo
admitted to the convention except such
as are held by persons residing in tlio
counties from which proxies are given.
WALTKK M. BKLI.Y , Secrutary.
Gr.oiKJi : W. BUKTON , Chairman.
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l > y Culiciira.
rpnEATMENT A warm bntli with CUTICUIIA
-1 MiAlMind n BlMKloiiimlluiifloii of CimctWA ,
the Kroiit Hkln euro This , rope toil dally , with
Iwoorllucodoflos of UUIIUUHA Itt.soi.i I NT.tlie
now blood purillur , to koup the blood cool , the
Inspiration pure mid iinlirltutlnjr , tbu bowels
< ion. | ) tin llvor ami iddnoia nctho , v III miccdl-
lycuro He/mm , 'lottoi , Itliitfuonn , I'Mirlnnle ,
Motion , 1'iuillim , Scull llend , Dmulmir mm
uvuiy Hpiclos of Iteliliiir , fconly nnd pimply Mil-
inois oftlio Htnlp nnd Hkin , wlion the best pliy-
blclune nnd remedies rail.
BC/.KMA ON A CHILI ) .
Your most vulimhlo Cuiictmt llrifiiiuhtt
bnvo done my child BO innuh KOIM ! Dint 1 feel
Ilku niylnir this for I lie lienolH of ihoso who ro
troubled with Bkln dltcnto. My little Kill nun
troubled with ! 'c/onm , mid I tried mivnriil 'loo-
torn nnd inedlclneH , but did not do hnr nny
Kood until I imeiltlieOiiTli'iniA Itrwi niKs.ulilth
speedily oiurd bur , lor which 1 owe jon iimny
thunks Mild iniinv nlirht * of rei-t.
AMI ON 1IOSSM1KH , Kdlnuurgh , I lid
TBTTRn OF TUB PCAM' .
\\ntulimift porCi'tll ) Imlil , cmived by t utter
of thn top of tlioHcnlp. I used jour 'Jirru i IIA
ItbMKliiri iibnut nix wcoks , mid they ouinl my
ecalp perfectly , mid now my Imlr U uniilng
buck iu thick us II ever was
J. I1. UIIOlCi : , Whlli'uboroVroxni.
COVI It 151) WITH .
I want to lull ron llmtonr Curiam A Hi :
( "Oi.vKM is imiKiilllccnt. About three montliB
K'o my fuco wax covered with blotelum. nnd uf-
tor iialiitf Ibroo bullion of Kniolveni I " "is per
ruotiycuuMi. KuimiuuK : : MAITUH ,
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or i'uiciiKsa : VAMJI : .
I cnnti'it. rpouk on too liluli lot ins of ) our Ciu
tlcoru. It IH north III welflit pure cold for
BklndlMincoH. I liellewi It him no iiiiml. |
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Omuhu , Kebrusko.
Foldovorjwhoro 1'ilco : CfTlCiIHA , 00 ct .
SOAI2'itts. . : tli.MH.vt.Nr , Jl.tO. 1'repnrod by
'lni : rorrnt Dinin AND OIM.MICMCO. , Itouton ,
tilths , t-ond for "How to curenkln Dlsemcs , "
Plfti I'U'.S , lllackhoiulB , Bkln lllemlBhes , nnd
lluby Humon.iiEo C'UTiCi'iu
uivr : .
Duo to InlUnuid Kidneys , Wortk Hack
nnd Loins , Achl'nc Illpi nnd HldeK.ltK
I.IB\KD IN ONE MiNiirc by tbo Cuii
WJIIA ANTI-I'AIN I'UHrKH. NlHOr full
AldrUKKlelB , Z'icH. ' ; n\e for f 1. I'ot.
Ur Urufuud Ulitmical Co. , Uoiloii. .
