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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1887)
I. * * . lc * sell col - Pttl. in * me SlO * vet obi tn tot : am yci puil \ \ BU Ici tlM fM Wt tn Mn on BCl est CO ) Bid vrvrt vrt at ! 3 wl Rh til fu to til Is 81 ! Bt IK no TO ! 3 an Jia : \ j5vBi 5SS ? * i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : , WEDNESDAY. JULY 20 , 1887.- THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING , or gtm < iciurTios : Dnllr ( Mornl.iir Edition ) Including tlundnr DKR , Uno Year . . . . . . $1001 ForBlxMontlM . , . 6 (0 ( For Three Months . S DO The Onmhn Bxudny HKE , tnntlixl to nnjr bddrwi , Ouo Vcar. . . . SCO OHAIU ornct. No. Ml ANP snu FinxiM STBJIKT. Sr.w VOUK OKKtcr. lloo i r. ' . . TmniTN * nnii.niNO. WABUI.IOTOM orricr , No. H3VouuTiiN'TU STREET. All communlontioni ! rolntlntf to news nndcill * torlnl iiiatlor nliouUbo aUdro&sod to the liui- ton or TUB DEE. All lUf IncM Ictttra and romlttnncoi ibould bo addrcBsed to THIS HEM I'uni.isniNO Co Ml1 A NT , OMAHA , nrnfls , checks and poitofflco orders to bo made payable to the ord r of the company , E. ROSEWATEU , EDITOR. TilE DAILY DBG. Bworn Statement of Circulation. ( State of Nebraska , I. . County of Hondas , f Ueo. 1) . Tzschucic , secretnrr of The I3ee robllslilnit company , does solemnly swear that the actual clrcnltitton of tlio Dally Hoe for the week ending July 15 , 1U37 , waa as follows : Baturday.Jnly 0. . 14,200 Hunday.Jtily 10 . 14.200 Monday. July li . I4.r > ar Tuesday. July 12 . i:5o : : > o Wednesday , July 13. . 13.0U5 Tnnrsflar.JiilyW . l .ft Friday , July 15 . .13,825 Average . 14.073 ORO. 11. T7RCHUOK. Sworn to and subscribed In my presence this 10th day of July , A. D. 18S7. r fSEAlj.1 Notary Public. ( State of Nebraska , I . . Dotielas County , f 85 Geo. 13. Tzscliuck , belnt ? first duly sworn , tieposps and snya that he Is secretary of The Ueo Publishing company , that tlio nctual average dally circulation of the Dully Ueo for the month of July , 1880 , 13,314 copies ; for Aueiist , 1888. 12,4fi4 copies ; for Septem ber , l&fi , inono cojilcs ; for October , 1B80 , 12,989 copies ; for November. 1880 , 13,343 copies ; for December , 1880. 13,237 conies ; for January 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February. 1887 , 14,108 copies ; for March. IStf , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310coptes ; for May , 18U7. 14,227 copies ; for June 1837 , 14,147 copies. OEO. B. TzsorracK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July A. D. , 1887. [ 8EAL.I N. P. FCTU Notary Public. TUB sixty million people of this broad and fertile conntry can breathe easier. Henry VVattorson.thn star o.vod goddess of reform , has intorr lowed himself and girca It as his opinion that both Cleveland and Bltilnc will bo the presidential candidates in 1883. AND still they como. Another lending Chicago packing firm Underwood & Co. has invested and located in Omaha. The prediction of J'htl Armour that Chicago's packing business will be largely transferred to Omaha , is already being rapidly fulfilled. FIDELTT IlAUPEn , the Ncpolian of finnanco has been granted too many priv ileges In the Cincinnati jail , which has Necessitated his being sent to the jail at Dayton. The privilege Harper would most enjoy would be the privilege of getting to Canada. A GREAT row has been kicked up in the British house of commons because one member called another "a d d Bnob. " Whether it was the emphatic profanity or the odious term of "snob" that was olFonsivo the dispatches do not Btato. However , the next time Dr. Tanner cots angry ho should refer to Mr. Long as "his nobs. " KEEP Jefferson Square for the people. It can bo beautified by fountains , monuments ments , evergreens and rare shade'trees. Any building in the square would mar its beauty , and deprive us of the only little park wo have in the center of the city. Even Now York has Union and Madison squares in the very heart of business as a place for nopular recrea tion. THERE is a German adage , "If you go to bed with dogs you will got up with fleas. " TMs alago commends itself forci bly to such members of the city council ns are training with rowdies and thugs who happen to be connected with certain Omaha newspapers , whose coarse , vul gar and vicious conduct has aroused gen eral resentment among respectable people ple in the community. A GOOD deal ot unnecessary disturb ance is being worked up over n little strip of ground known as "No Mans Lnud" south of Kansas adjoining the Indian nation. The falate of Kansas asked congress at the last session to annex it to that state , but the president did not approve the measure. It would seem that the Kansas people will not be con tent until they got the earth. They al ready have John James Inpalla and is pot that enough ? IT is rather amusing at this time to boto the frantic effort to create a park commission for Omaha by the very par ties who were instrumental in having the park provisions of the charter stricken oat by the judiciary committee bood- lors last winter. The UKK never plays clog in the manger in matters of public concern , and hence it would cheerfully endorse the appointment of a park com missioner and any effort by which Jef ferson and Hiinscom parks cau bo em bellished and additional grounds for park mid boulevard purposes may bo acquired. DURING the trial of the boodle alder- jnen in New York Mr. Ira Shaffer wanted to shoot Mr. Pulitzer because of something the World said about him. Now Miss Kcano , one ot the lawyers for the defense in the Chicago boodle case , threatens to mar the manly beauty of a { Tribune reporter if ho says anything more about her in his paper. Criminal lawyers , while standing any amount ol nbuso from each other , are particularly sensitive about newspaper criticism. This seems strange. Perhaps John M. tThurston cau explain it. THE coroner's jury in the Havelock railroad accident should bo given free transportation over the Durlington and Missouri River road during their natural lives. A photograph of the six wise men ivlll no doubt bo placed on the desk of the president as a sample to bo relied upon when the company's interest is at stake , With the abundance of evidence corrobo rated by each of the trainmen that the fault lay with the f35 a month telograpl operator , and a verdict rendered resting the responsibility with the over-worked engineer , smacks strongly of favoritism nt some point. It might be well to holil ' * u Inquest on the jury.- , ; The Ijateit Monopoly. . , ' The latest thing in , the monopoly line is the combination , of envelope manu facturers , and most appropriately nnil suggestively it takes the title "Standard , " Tlicro is no longer any necessity for ex plaining to the people of this country the character ana purpose of n combination which takes this name , which in the popular mind 1ms become the synonym for the most relentless and greedy typo of monopoly. Nine-tenths of the en velope production of the country is in the hands ot less than a score of manu facturers in New England and New York , and nearly all of these are enrolled - rolled in the combination. Those who are not members of the now "Standard company" have made written agree ments with it to bo governed by its mills in regard to production and prices for a periou of five years , BO that to all interests and purposes , BO far as their relation * to the business are concerned , they nro mom- bora of the combination. They may avoid the responsibilities of membership , bnt they surrender all independence of no tion. It la provided that any infringmont of the established price lists will render the offending party liable to a suit for damages proportioned to the amount of the infrinomcnt. It may bo doubted , however , whether such a suit would bo profitable to the parties bringing it. The excuse for favoring this combina tion , which one of the manufacturers embraced in it is said to have admitted is a great monopoly , Is that the manufac ture of envelopes for the past two or three years has yielded very little profit. The cost of production , it is claimed , has ncreascd , chiefly , it would appear , by reason of the advanced price of gum arable , which is more than 100 per cent , higher now than it was three years ago. A monopoly that is buildcd upon so slight and slippery a foundation as this , and wo find in the published extract from its circular no other reason given for its existence , may Stick , but it will hardly commend itself to public approval. However , the public seems to be well nigh powerless to pro tect itself against these monopolistic combinations which are framed on the flimsiest of pretexts and always with the purpose of destroying competition and plundering the consumers. An imme diate advance in the prlco ot envelopes of from five to ten per cent IB to bo made , but after the monopoly shall have be come a little more firmly rooted the price will bo shoved still higher , and the pro duction regulated so that it will bo pretty sure not to exceed the demand. This the monopoly can readily do since it has complete control of all the improved machinery employed in the business. Ample provisions will of course be made to keep others from entering the field , cither by buying off or freezing out any who may venture into it. What other industry will not enter the realm of monopoly cannot bo foretold , but the few that still remain unfettered will doubtless in timo.be drawn in by the current which is just now drifting capi tal into monopolistic combinations , and gradually but certainly destroying all competition and all freedom in trade. There is no fact of greater present im portance to the American people than this tendency , which , if permitted to go on unchecked must eventually result in economic conditions disastrous to the welfare of the country and destructive of the interests and an independence of all but the monopolists. It is n tendency that urgently appeals for correction to the representatives of the people in the legislatures and in congress. Worse Tban Highway Robbery. To the Editor of tno HER : If the facts are fairly stated and kept constantly before the public , the people may perhaps demand and the railroads for mere decency may some day grant us some redress In the matter of freights. do .not suppose that one In ton of our people fully understand .the shameful difference there Is In freights west of Chicago as compared with those east of Chicago. In a good Invel country , where railroads can bo easily built , and built cheaply , and whore we have now a large Industrious population , why should there bo any marked difference. I learn from a new classification circular , Issued by an eastern trunk line , that all cot ton goods , such as calicos , cotton ihnncls , ginghams , etc. , can bo sent from New York to Chicago a distance of 1,000 miles for fifty cents pur hundred. Now If 100 pounds can bo broucnt from Now York to Chicago , 1,000 miles , for lifty cents , how much should It cost to bring the same from New York to Omaha , a dis tance of 1,500 miles ? I wish all our boys at the public schools were made to practice on this useful question In the rule of three , at least ono day In every week. There Is no more usetul rule In mathematics and they would also bo brought up to see the Injustice ) which this generation suffers when tell them that the railroad answer Is S1.40 , or 80 per cent more than It should be. On ordinary dry goods It Is bad enouch to pay ninety cents for 500 miles , whllo east of Chicago they pay only seventy- five cents for 1,000 miles , but it Is more than we should boar' ' patiently , when the classification Is also against us on by far the larger part of our stock. Surely the railroads cannot continue this Injustice , as wo are no longer the ereat American desert , but well settled country. TlIOMA.8 KlLVATKlCK. Wo commend this complaint to the managorsof the NWstorn Trunk line asso ciation , who are confederated to keep up the extortionate tolls to which tlio people west of the Mississippi have been com pelled to submit for Hf teen years. The complaint this time Is not ruailo by an anti-monopoly demagogue or Henry George socialist , but by the head of the largo&t wholesale dry goods house in Omaha , the Kilpatrck-Kooh dry goods company. The exaction of one dollar and forty cents per hundred for a distance of 1,000 miles , when the same class ot freight can bo transported from Now York to Chicago , two-thirds of the distance , ser fifty cents per hundred it is worse than highway robbery. No wonder granger stocks are a favor ite in Wall street , as long as the granger roads oan go on levying enormous tolls on their patrons west of Chicago. Mr. Kilpatrlck strikes the key-note ol the great issue with which the country must grapple when ho advises our boyi to apply the rule of three to the rallroat tariff between Chicago and the Missour river. It is a problem which the grow ing generation must solve if the republic is to survive the domination of the rail road cormorant. Bupt. Jame * nnil the Schools. The re-election of Henry M. James a : superintendent of our public schools It not merely a merited compliraouUo tvt eiliclent and exemplary educator , l'ut' i grutlfylug assurance to Jhe citizens o 3mnha that the supervision of our pub- 10 schools will remain in competent lands. Now that Mr , James has boon rc- olcctcil for & term of three years ho can with impunity assort himself ns superintendent , and carry out without car or favor such reforms in the school system as ho believes to bo necessary for the elevation of the educational stan dard. Incompetent and lazy teachers should bo weeded out , and their places illcd by men and women of unques tioned ability. Favoritism should have no place in the public schools ; merit and competency alone should bo the test. While the BKE always has upheld Mr. James it cannot refrain from expressing the prevailing dcsiro of the patrons of the schools that he should ex- jibit more backbone and independence n their supervision. By re-electing him lor a term of three years and raising his salary to 13,600 , the board of education lias given expression to its confidence in Mr. James and an appreciation of his abilities. There is no doubt that the board will cheerfully clothe him with ample power for choosing the material with which to carry on the practical work of education , itnd co-op- crate with him in making the public schools of Omaha the model for the country. A Zealous Subsidy Advocate. AChautauqua gathering is a rather odd place to discuss the subject of ship subsidies , but the zealous advocates of that policy are not particular about time or place. They are evidently determined to push their hobby into the next con gress with all the force they can summon , and hence they will not mis ? any oppor tunity that offers in the meanwhile for pressing their views uuon public atten tion. Ex-Governor Long , of Massachusetts , Is in fayor of subsidies , and in addressing the Chautauquans of South Framingham a few days ago ho made this his thotno. Apart from the consideration of inappro- prmtcncas , it is to bo remarked that Governor Long contributed nothing especially new to the discussion. This objection does not reflect upon the ability of the governor , who is a very capable man , but simply demon strates that the ground had boon fully covered by others , and the best that can be done by the most gif ted orator is to embellish the old facts and arguments. This Governor Long should have credit for having done , to some extent , but it is a question whether the subject was thereby made more Impressive. Every intelligent American understands that this country is at a considerable disad vantage in not having its own shipping facilities. It is somewhat humiliating to know that our commerce is pretty much nt the mercy of foreign ship owners , to whom our manufacturers and merchants annually pay something like two hun dred millions of dollar ! in freight charges. It is very probable that if wo had lines of rapid and well equipped steamers of our own we should in time bo able to greatly enlarge our commerce with other lands. But when all this is confessed the ma jority of the people refuse to believe that it is any part ot the business of the gov ernment to build up the shipping interest of the country out of the nubile treasury , and to thcroby crcato a special demand upon the bounty of the nation which would very likely increase from year to year and might bo como endless. At all events such a policy should bo the very last to be adopted , after all other ex pedients have failed. So long as the tariff imposes duties on the materials that enter into ship building , and the laws prevent American capital buying foreign built ships to sail under the American flag , there will bo a strong and widespread oppoaition to ship subsidies. Wo want the commerce and wo need the ships , but not at the cost of a subsidy policy until it has been demonstrated that no other policy will secure them. Mean while a suggestion on this subject comes from Mexico , which has adopted the ex pedient of giving to shippers a rebate of two or three per cent on duties levied on goods imported in Mexican .ships. Such a plan would certainly encourage the use of American ships , and would in sev eral respects bo an advantage , so far as the interests of the people are concerned , over the subsidy policy. Ilio Hun'a Work. The heat prevailing throughout the country during the past two weeks has been almost unprecedented , and in some instances has exceeded all previous rec ords. At many points it has been con tinuous slnco the beginning of the pres ent month , unrelieved by any visitations of rain or cooling breezes sufficient to lower the superheated temperature. The results to exposed humanity have been calamitous. Up to yesterday the reported fatalities trom sunstroke aggregated 299 , most of which had occurcd within a few days. The number of prostrations was at least live times greater. These reports como from only a few cities , so that if the record of the sun's work in this par ticular could be had for the entire coun try the exhibit would probably bo start ling. In all the larger cities the great heat has swelled the mortality lists to unexampled proportions , the havoc being chiefly in the ranks of children. The "slaughter of the innocents" in the crowded districts of Now York anil Philadelphia has boon appalling , and it is doubtless true that generally the llttlo ones have contributed more largely to the death rate this summer than for a number of post summers. Happily Omaha is ono of the few localities that have been exempted from exceptionally sad experience us a consequence of se vere heat. There have been some days hero when the rays of the sun wore al most blistering , but on most of these cooling breezes prevailed , the tempera ture has invariably lowered ma terially after nightfall , and fre quent showers have had a most beneficent influence. Thus far but ono death from the direct o fleets of the heat is ot local record , and it is not believed thai the health of the community has sorl ously suffered from this cause. We have passed through less than half ot the heated term , though it is quito probable that there will not occur again this summer so prolonged a period of ecvera heat as that from which wo are now emerging. The admonition to "kco | cool , " however , is still in order , and it should bo given the largest possible appli cation. People should keep cool physio- ally and mentally. Avoid excessive ex ertion , do not worryj keep as much as possible in the saado , bo prudent in cat- ng and drinking , bo cleanly of person , and got all the fresh njr that time and circumstances will per mit , are ehuplo and common Konso rules , which if carefully followed , will enable ordinarily healthy people to got through the hot , season without seri ous discomfort and with a minimum of danger from the affects of heat. If people ple would follow as many from their circumstances cannot the plain suggcs * .ions which nature makes at this season , the summer solstice would bo much loss droadcd than it Is , and its effects would M much less serious/ ] llofTman'a Fata. Governor Thayer has written another of his characteristic letters to Sheriff McCallum of Otoo county declining to Interfere in the case of David Hoffman , the train wrecker sentenced to bo hanged at Nebraska City on Friday. The gov ernor has bo sympathy with tram wreck ers and bolievei that now is a good time BO make an example of that class of vil lains who toy so recklci sly with human life. Hoffman upon receiving news of thfl governor's action belches forth what ho is pleased to term "advlco to young men to rinm the flowing bowl. " There is a great harmony of thought and action among this class of scoun drels , who ns soon as they sec the peni tentiary staring them in the face or the hangman's noose dangling over their heads begin rendering advice to growing generations. While the wisdom of the ndvico cannot bo questioned , the law has dealt gently with Hoffman. Ho should bo thankful that ho was not dangled be tween heaven and earth about the time the crime was committed. Make No Mistake. The board of education has decided to call a special election on August 3 with a view to securing the sanction of the voters of this city tn a proposed issue of f 160,000 in bonds , the proceeds of which nro to bo expended in the erection of school buildings. The board is a littio too hasty in call ing this election. It should first inform itself about the provisions of the new election law , which govern the conduct of special as well as general elections in metropolitan cities.OUnlcss the new law is compiled with in every essential particular , the election would bo void and the bonds would not be worth the paper on which they are printed. The now law requires a peculiar system of registration , and prescribes minutely the method of conducting the election , the canvass of the ballots , otc. It would be a pro-requisite to the disposal of the bonds that the safeguards thrown around the election be strictly unforced. THE BEE , in an etlort-at wit , unwittingly pays a compliment to Kansas City. It says : "Omaha may not'ipacll as many hogs as Kansas City. There are not as many hoes In Omaha as then ) are In Kansas City. " An inspection and comparison of the stockyards of the two places will show that the number of porkers here.exceeds by several thousand the number held for sale or slaughter In Omaha. Kansas City. Star. Joking aside , the time is near at hand when Omaha will < upt only overtake Kansas City in the great hog race , but Icavo it behind. To-day Chicago stands first in the packing Industry , Kansas City second , and Omaha third. Omaha has secured third place within two years , and within the next two years she will rank next to Chicago. With such firms as the Hammond company , the Fowlers , the Armours , the Swifts , and Underwood & Co. located in Omaha , this city is bound to make wonderful strides in the pork packiug industry. THE proposition to locate a public li brary building on Jefferson square does not strike us favorably. In the first place there is no necessity for voting bonds to erect faiich a building at this time be cause the plans of the new city hall building sot apart H whole story for the public library. Perhaps ten years hence , when the city needs that part of the building for oflices a library building on a scale commensurate with our growth cau bo erected in some central location. For the present every dollar in bonds which wo nro allowed to vote should bu reserved for paving , .sewerage , public school buildings , parks and boulevards. WHILE denouncing the chief of police as a fraud , the Republican keeps at tlio head of its local columns the fraudulent inscription , "ofllcial paper of the city. " Its own attorney , John M. Tliurston , and City Attorney Webster , both argued bo- Judge Groll that there was no contract yet made by the city with tlio Jicpitblican for ofllcial advoitisiue. What does City Attorney Webster have to say about that sort of fraud ? DEAN GARDNER , of Trinity church , is reported to have said at the Sunday ob servance meeting that he thought ho could play base ball as well as the Omaha club. This is hard on the club , but we nro proud of the Dean. PROMINENT IMSUSONS. Mrs. Ole Bull 13 summering In Now Hamp shire. Oscar Wlldn has become editor of the "Lady's World , " nt London. Stopnlak , the colebratcil nihilist author , will visit the United States In September. General Herdan , Inventor of the lierdan rltlo , Is at work on a now 'deslirn ' for torpe does. does.Mrs. . Hrleht Eyes Tibbils Is arranging to deliver a series of lectures , In London on the wrongs of the North American Indians. Cathnrlne Van Uurcn-Hearaan , a cousin of Martin Van Buron , and 10 * years old , died last week In the I'rcsbyteriau home for aged women la NewYoik. When the president was at "The Weeds , " Miss Cleveland's homo , last week , ho met his old sweetheart , Mary llurllnghamo. the daughter of a chcesemakcr. Frank Vincent , who \5roco "The Lnnd of the White Elephant , " htt'just ' returned from a 55,000 mile Journey * in South America , where ho had been In every capital and Im portant seaport and explored many leagues of unknown territory. He Is a quiet man , tall and slim , with a dark brown mustache , and a well tanned face. Good Opinion for an Umpire. Kcw York tt'ortd. The Concord School of Philosophy ought to engage a reliable baseball umpire to settle disputed points. Thnmum'a Tirade. Uaniu Herald. John M. Thurston took the pains at the Nebraska Chautauqua last week to repeat his Omaha Urade against the press. We could not apologize for the faults of the press , but thosB of the profession lo which ho belongs would be a subject for columns , when ho gets through with the Pacific inves tigation committee from which he hid 11 ko a rat , ho won't foci so bitter. Hot Weather Squib. Chicago Time * . It President Cleveland wants a second term , ho had better make a change In the innnagcnicut of the weather bureau p. d. q. * EatnVUhIlls Kn I fc. Chicctyo J/tnllil , The cheering Information come * from Europe that Buffalo Bill still eats with his knife , and that Red Shirt holds out ns rrso- lutcly ncalnat galluses as ever. It was feared that ( lattery rulght turn the heads of these simple Americans. Pugilist as Well as Actor. Chicago Ttmct. Richard Mansfield , the actor , who a few days ago thrsahcd a youngJNow York swell , has just been sued for punching the head of his valet. Mr. Mansfield's repeated successes at fisticuffs Inevitably suggest that ho star the country as a pugilist rather than as an actor. _ The Jubllcn Hells. St. l\tvl rtoneer Vrai. Queen Victoria Is said to be quite dejected because she finds the bills for entertaining her royal etiests during tlio/jubllee amount to over 81,000,000. These bills belong to her to pay , as they nro strictly private , but the venerable Indy is going to try and have them paid out of tbo public treasury. It very 'doubtful if Lord Salisbury will make such a proposition , for the house of commons Is Inclined to watch such things rather clofoly and jealously. The queen has an income of about 53,000,000. Rapid Advancement. The confirmation of Edward Dickinson as general superintendent of the Union Pacific railroad system Is precisely what was ex pected. Nevertheless the rapid advancement he has made la the past twelve years from the position ot clerk of a division superin tendent to the place ho now occupies is as remarkable as it Is deserved. He has rare qualifications for a position that requires energy , cool judgement and tact , and never falls to carry out what ho undertakes to do. No better Illustration of this could bo asked fet than his laying of rails last winter on the Cheyenne & Northern , during a protracted wind . storm. _ _ STATK AND TBRU1TORV. Nebraska Jottings. McCook is building a creamery. Omaha is the pornopolis of the prai ries. Fremont and Beatrice are moving for frr.o mail delivery. Rod Cloud will soon illuminate tflth ten olcctric light towors. Webster county is putting the finishing polish on the bars of its now jail. The Iloca grist mill , worth $10,000 , was destroyed by fire a few days ago. The Cheyenne extension of the B. & M. has reached a point thirty- live miles west of Grant. A Hod Cloud firebug , in an unguarded moment , slipped from the embrace of the sheriff' and disappeared. Sidney needs money , and is trying the occupation tax to raise the wind. Suc cess is assured. The victims are howling against the imposition. Horse thieves picKed up a team and drove out of Grand Island Saturday night. A bonus of $235 will bo given for the rnturn of the animals and driver. Hastings is hurrying to the front as a summer resort. A swarm of chinch bugs are now doing the town. The natives find poor picking among their guests. Beatrice is moving to grcaso the path way of the Kansas City , Wyandotte & Northwestern to that city. For a liberal bonus Major Drought agrees to take the town in out of the wet. A confcientious correspondent de clares that Coonrad , the victim of the Nelson mob , was "gently elevated and decently buried. " This is the only con solation loft to a wife and throe email children. Norman Uapaloo has turned loose a wild and grizzly Jokincllo in Hnrtington and the natives are stumped ns to the ago , sex , color or previous condition of the mammoth aggregation. Exhibitions nro given every Saturday at a cent apiece. Mrs. Ed Shannon , a runaway wife from Norfolk , was caught by her hus band in a hotel in Sioux City Saturdav. So was her paramour. Will 'Frank. Tlie latter was caught by the collar , fanned with H slout shoe , uiul hurled headforemost most down a pair of stairs. The woman fell on her knees and bcirced her hus band's forgiveness , but ho spurned her , About a month ago a good looking young fellow giving his name ns Will "Frank came to Norfolk to work. Ho became acquainted wito Mrs. Shannon , and in a few weeks the pair disappeared. After the row in the hotel Frank had Shannon arrested for assault and battery and in turn Shannon had Frank arrested for se duction. Shannon paid his fine of f 10 auU costs , and Frank is under $200 bonds. Iowa Items. Independence boasts of corn ten feet high. A company has been formed at Wilton Junction to boru for gas. A reunion of the First Iowa veterans will occur at Muscatino August 10. The institute of tlio feeble minded at Glenwood has 207 males and 125 females , An organization of democratic soldiers. independent of the G , A. H. , was formed at DCS Moines , Friday. State Mine Inspector Stone has been investigating the gas-well country in Guthriu county , At Herndon ho saw six natural gis : wells on what is Known as the Uooto place. They are on an average of 120 feet dunp and all are capable of sending out aslarjro and stead } ' supply of natural gas uc was over known to bo found anywhere in the United States. The removal of the saloons in Sioux City , and the consequent "removal of the tumptation to drink , " has not lunl a wonderful effect on the morals ot the town. The Tribune shows by the records of the police court that 700 arrests for different ofiunsus luivo boon inudu since October 1 , 18SC , nt which time the su- loons were closed. "Out of these 14fi for disturbing the ponce , IB ! ) for intoxication , and 50 for violation of the city ordiimncn or as is understood for running a hole in the wall. A comparison with previous months develops the fact that tlioro 1ms been no appreciable diminution in the number of arrests , but that rather there Min.s buen an increase , if any. The differ. cnco either way is small. A good many find themselves unable to explain this fact. It shows , however , that in Sioux City prohibition docs not prohibit , and that tlio presence of sitloons is not the prime cause of drunkenness. " Dakota. Morncrson county's assessment is $500,000. Tlio territory is now enjoying its regu lar annual "constitutional. ' ' Traveling men will form a stock com pany and build a hotel nt Aberdeen. The location of a Congregational col lege at Fargo is assured. A $40,000 build ing will be erected. From statistics In the bunds of the com missioner of immigration , ho reports the estimated population of Dakota , 000,000 , not an exaggeration. The first report of tlio territorial treas urer , now published ns a curiosity , shows the total receipts to have been * 17 , a striking contrast with the last report , in which the total receipts were shown to bo ? 1,000,000. . The wiolilers 6f tbo editorial fabcr in , Dakota aro' called to assemble at Ulg Stone Creek ort the 37th of July , and. lo remain there thrcd days at lcast.dunng which time business will bn transacted and pleasure partaken of. Dakota among the other states and ter ritories stands sixth in the number of bushels of wheat produced. Only eleven states raise nioro oats , sixteen have moro schools , fourteen moro nownpapors , and but twelve have more miles of railroad. According to the commissioner of immigration - migration , Mr. McClure , the amount of land in the several land d Iff t riots now un sold is as follows : Fargo district , 281,000 acres ; Bismarck , 16,281,000' Aberdeen , 802,000 ; Yankton , 6,000 ; Devil's Lake , 1,428,003 : Grand Forks , 1,000,000 ; Deadwood - wood , 6,878,449 ; Mitchell , 0,000 , Huron ( estimated ) 40,000 ; Watortown ( estimated ) 10,000. FUfliilG WOKK8. What is Being Done by the City's Contractor * . The question of putting streets ord ered payed , in good condition before the paving of the eamo.ls attracting consider able attention from those whoso duty it is to work upon them. The intention of Mr. Balcombo , of the board of public works , to ask the city council to prohibit paving for one year after all sewer and otlior connections nr made has rather stimulated the interest of property hold ers and contractors. Some nro opposed to the prohibition , while many people favor it. Yesterday morning the subject was brought up by Sanitary Engineer Flynu , recently from Springfield , O. His opinion of Mr. Balcombo's claim that all sewer , water and gas trenches in the city had shrunken , was there was no n rod of such a state of affairs. Its evil would not bu apparent for sometime , but ns the pavements grew old the foundations would gradually weaken and fall into the trenches which had dropped beneath them. There was in his estim ation no reason for this , because the trenches could bo packed in a way which would mnko them ns solid ns the rest of the street. When filling , as is now tbo practice , only tamping is resorted to , and this , in his opinion , would never give the compact ness required to obviate settling. In fill ing there should bo a constant spray kept upon the earth as it Is thrown in the trench. This ho called puddling. Where this is done , n little watching is required for a few days , but after uthat time the earth settles down as solid as that around it. Ho had noticed also that whore water was used hero in filling , it was thrown in largo quantities when the trench wits about half filled. That process nas not as good as the other , which ho would guarantee would put trenches in such a condition that they would never sink. Water in the filling of trenches is not re quired by ordinance , though tamping with a thirty pound weight is required. Puddling would be moro expensive , but it would be the best thing to bo done , and was not sure that it ought to bo required by the law. One of the clauses of the ordinance is that which requires that the filling of trenches in paved streets or alloys shall bo done by flouting river sand , except when otherwise directed by the chairman of the board of public works. Thus far , however , it has not bcon known that much river sand has over entered into the filling of our trenches. SIDEWALK 11ID3. The BIK : sometime ago published the fact that there was a suspicious similarity in the bids of Knowlcs and Gnrdbor for sidewalks In this oity , offered a short time ajro. The similarity was noticed by Louis Hoimrod , a member of the board , who moved that the mutter bo referred to the council. The bids wore not only alike , but they were pretty high , and this was another reason for thu refer ence. The council suspected nn improve ment might ho made and ordered thu board to rcadvortisu for bids. Yesterday morning the hitter were opened , and anew now bidder , J. P. Smith , with the older onus , Knowlns and Gardner , was found to have sent in his bid. This was suc cessful , and was a decided reduction mid saving to the city of a considerable amount of money. Labor per day was placed at $2.00 , while in the first bids it was set at $2.00. There was also a re duction of $1 per thousand feet in the price of lumber together with other like savings. The bids upon which the con tract was awarded to Smith is 28 } cents for four foot walks per lineal foot ; 81 j for six feet ; 474 for eight ; 03 for twelve ; 92 for sixteen , and $1.10 for twenty feet ; labor per day $2 ; nails 4 cents per pound , and lumber $17 pur thousand.i THK CU1MC LINE. The cable line has three gangs of men at work sit different places along their line , the now one on Harnny streut near Eighteenth having about ironed a block in a few days. The aim of the company , as at present understood seems to bo to complete their line on Tenth , Dodge , south on Twentieth to Ilarnoy this year and have it in run ning order about the middle of October. The power house on the corner of Twentieth and Harncy streets has been delayed fcy labor troubles , but is now being pushed" forward as rapidly as possible. Twenty grip cars and twenty coaches have already been order ed and will bo hero at the time indicated. An accident in ono of the foundries in the cast has delayed some of thn mach inery for the po"vur , though the delay will bo made up for as well as possible" . The construction of the line northward on rwenlioh from Dodco has been Inter fered with by the change in the grade of the former street at Davenport , as also further north , whcro there is no money to grade it. The grading in ono part as n consequence linn been done by the cubic tramway company. It is not likely that thia part of the track will bo operated this .year.Vhat street the road will go west on is likuly to remain n socrnt for many a day. COUKT IIUl'.SI' WALK. Yesterday morning the contractors HreniKUi & Whnlcii commenced to lay the now Bercasandstone walk-on the Farnam street front of the court house. tJinlorwood'H I'ncklnj * Boyd's ] ) nclng : ! house has again changed hands. It was sold some time ajro by its original proprietor , .lames E , Boyd , to Joseph 1) . llur , who , with a company - pany , it was thought , Intended to turn it into a largo brewery. But a morn press ing claim was made for it by Underwood & Co. , well-known packers of Chicago , and to them it has boon sold for 'fOT.OOO. This firm is ono of thu largest packers in Chicago , ranking very high uftor Ar mour , Fowler < & Swift , who are now hnro. Their purchase of the Hoyd house will cnablo thorn to commence killing almost immodiatcly , and wlulo betncon now and the opening of the wlntur i > oa- son they will bo able to innko tlio improvements - provomonts and enl.irgiMiii'nts required by this magnitudn of the business which they expect to carry on. The Intention of thu firm in to kill about four thousand hogs per day in thn cold season. It n understood that Underwood & Co. have been irimnuiterd for two years , frou transportation to their house , nil .stock they may desire nftor it ? arrival in Omaha. This will pluoo them on an equal footing with all ( lit ) other packers at the Union stock yards , mill enable them to cairy on thelartro business which ills their intention to buildup. This is n concession which would not bo maduto nn institution which did not carry wiMi it thn promise of puccess which comes , from the experience and the name which L'n dorwood it Co. havc-'anhicvod iji Chicago This guarantee has boon intuto QU peed faith mid it is full that it fins' b.ivn n.iado befaiisi ! there l.s.'a fouling tliKt within tw.n ycaiv the. firm will , l > uild at thj-'yJH' ' : yanJs , . ' - ; > HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES. Aljlttlo Infnrnintlon Necessary Tor nn Intelligent UndcrritniKlliiR. There seems to bo a very general de sire on the part of these most deeply In * tercslcd In our scholastic affairs to know the names of the fortunate pupils of the grammar schools who wore promoted to the high school at the Juno examina tions. These pupils are Identified by numbers , each scholar being lamlllar with his own but no one's else , and in many instances thu scholars themselves have forgotten tho'.r own numbers and nro In a quandary to know whether they have drawn n prize or not. These num bers have all bcon published in the city papers , but so far as supplying any in formation the publication was utterly supererogatory and senseless. These numbers furnish nn excellent method , If the inclination should bo to utilize it , of shoving favorites through on and under insufficient averages. Qualifications for promotion or admis sion into the Idch school are that each pupil or applicant must pass a satisfac tory examination in reading , spelling , penmanship , geography , grammar , arith metic and United States history , Jn these examinations tha applicant shall bo required to write answers to attentions proposed for the purpose , each appli cant being possessed with a card con taining a number by which alone ho shall be known throughout the examina tion. Ho must write upon a slip of paper this number , his whole name , his njo and the name of the school from which ho canio. This paper Is preserved for the purpose of identifying such scholar after the examination has been concluded and the successful candidate admitted to the high pcliool. Each individual signs his number , not his name , to his exercise and the examining committee then carefully - fully inspects his work in the unsworn and determine the per cent ot correctness in each dtudy , compute the average of the several studies , and record the whole in tabular form. From this tabular statement the committee designate the members entitled to admission to the high school. Thus it will bo seen that the HVKtom to eay the least is a very re condite and apstmso ono , affording the public not even a faint idea of each scholar's proficienoy in his studies. The average necessary for passage into the high school in none of the studies is less than CO. and the general average not under 75 , yet a cursory glance at the of ficial list of numbers shows that some of the members went through on a much smaller avcrago than that above indt * catcd. For instance , several in arithme tic have but a percentage of 87 , others in geography but 40 , and in gram mar and tha other branches from 45 to CO. Tim all | > crmUs of favoritism , but the BKK does not alleged than this pernicious and wrong ful method has been indulged in by the examining board , yet it does allege that certain scholars nro booked for thu high school who are not entitled to the ad vance by reason of their superior attain ments as evidenced by t r averages , and that others got left whoso showing is equally as good , and In HOIUO of the branches much better. A morn satisfac tory way , it strikes the ordinary citizen , would be a public declaration , through the city press , of each successful pupil's name , accompanied by an accurate state ment of his standing in all the branches ot study ' in the curriculum ho is promoted from. 'This would dissipate all suspicion of undue influence , of favoritism , and sill opportunity for partial manipulation. As the matter stands the only way of as certaining the names of the pupils who have been promoted is to take their num ber , hire a detective , and hunt thorn UP separately and individually. A Rnvnco Mother. Mrs. Mary Shelly , who was arrested last night for inhumanly beating and whip ping her little eight year old won , appcnrnd before Judge Berka yesterday morn ing and wan sentenced to ninety days over thu hill. This well merited punish ment , however , was suspended , owing to the fact that this cruel and barbarous par ent has three other littio children depend4 ing'upon her for support. Itseem.s.tlioui.'H' . that they could have benn cared for in some manner by the city and this wo man made to answer for her hellish dr.nd. 'J'ho littio fellow who received this terrible castigation , when brought into the station , was a mass of cuts and welts and bruises , his littio waist and un der gnrmontH being saturated with blood. The ofilccrs kindly and gently washed the littio sufloror , and sent him to lii.s miserable homo in a carriage. The woman said film punished him for steal ing apples , acknowledging that in her passion she had gone to far. The instru ment of torture was a cowhide. The court admonished the woman that a rep- itition of the offense meant nothing less than the fullest extent of the law. IJoyd's. Stage Carpenter Booth has a force of men engaged working on the stage of Boyd'H opera house , which has bocn badly worn during the six yours It has boon occupied. Low Graham , the celebrated scenic artibl will bo hero after the minstrels play their ongagumont next month and rojuvcimtu a great deal of the scenery. BABY'S ' SKIN , nrmitll o ami ISIrth Ilumur § S | > ou llly Cured by C'tiliciiry. TJIOKclfaiifiinif tlio skin mid Hi'Rlp of blrtU Iiu- J. iimrs , furullaylntr llclilnjr. burning imil In- 11iinitlon : : , for rurlutr tlio II rut symptoms of KLVOIIIII , I'forlilHls , Milk CniHt , BoiiHl 1 1 ( mil , ScTotulit , mill uttiur liihurlti'il nkln and lilooil INouai'S , C'UTlCilithe ( ttrcut skin cm o , and Cirrirtmi So \ i-.iui oxiiililto skin boiiutlilnr.ux- lornnlly , mill CITTICIIII \ HiHoi.Vh.sT : , tlio nuw blimil purillur , intorniilly , nro Jtifiillllilo. Ab o- lutuly iiuio. iiuio.MY OLDEST CHILI ) . Now six jonrs of IIHO , wliun an Jnlmil Fix inontlHolit , MHB uttuekuil with n viriilmit , urn- Ilirnttnt Pkln ilii-ciipu. All nrilllinry roinuilltis tiillniL' , unriilliul our luiiiily phyriclan , nho nt- ti.'iiituil to curu It , Inu It HIIIIIII | | wllli iiliniMt lucriiilllilu ruililllylinlll | tlio IOUIT ixirtlnii of tlio htllo fnllow'H prrmn , Iniin tlui inlildlii of tils Luuli ilowti to his knous , wiiHoiui Kollil , imlntiil , hlutchcil anil inullulouH. Wo lunl mi remit iilirht. nn pcHrn hy ilno. 'Ilio pliysl- cinn illil not know thvn , mill docs not know now. what it wnc. riiiully wo wnro mlvlicil to try ( Jiitlouiu Itninoillca. Without tlio knowl- oilKO of our physician , I procured H box o'nil ! ( - ouraund n c.iko of l/'ntluurit Soup , The ulloct WAS MM PLY MARVELOUS. I'sliiKtho tuo locntlior , flist wuililnir him Itior- oiiKhly with Cuticura Soup , tbfin unolntlnir him with Umlcurii , Kcoin tli < * Hut ui | illciitluii uclmngif lor tlui hotter npiiumcil. Tlui doctor Fulil wirlmcl no fnrtlior neoil for him. nnil coiis- < M | III * visits In thico or four woolm n com plete euro wns wroiiKht , IcHvlnir thn llttln tul- low's pcrnon iw while nnil lioHMhf ni though ho hud ticvor fum ntturki'U. In my opinion your vnluablu ronii'illiH Mivml hl llfn. unil toiluy lie IsiislroiiK. lionlty clillil , puiifpctly wull , no IB- pltltlon of tlui < ll misu Inning nvnr ocunrrnd. Von uro wolromc to mnko um ol this you mny Ufcro bent. "HO. H. SMITH. Att'yut Law nml Cx-Trot. Att'y , Anhlandi Ohio , : J. O. Wulst , Unii'irlit , AHhlnml , 0 CUTICrtU HLMKDIKS. Poiil pvcrywlinro I'rlcu. Ui.'TiuiaGOrontt ; Kixii.VKin. JI.W ) ; flotp.tft emits. l'iup rrcl liy run KK Diiun AND C'n/.MiuAi. Co. , Jlo&tmi. Mn . Send lot "How to Cure Skin Diseases. " ft 1 n\f tlix ) Cntiuum Hoiii ) , nn exiinllHo [ " ' ! ' DJIuI luineil hkln llcniltlllnr Ifciieuinatic Pains. D Nuurliliflc , h'cluHo , udilcn , Slinrp mid NirroiiKl'iiliiR Hiiil Htriiuu lullcvcillr hy tlio ( JuiiiH'iu ANTI . WnrimiKil , At.ul . . , , ulirl..Mw..N ; flva-forHi. I'o < tu ' Drag nnJ ( . 'lii'inlciil Co.j lloston.