THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JULY 25. 1887.
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tliat the actual circulation of thn Dally Uco
for the week ending July ! . 1837. wa as
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this2:3d : day of July , A. D. 18S7.N. .
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deposes and says that lie Is secretary of The
Heo Publishing company , that the actual
averapo dally circulation of the Daily Bee for
the month of .luly , 18W5 , 12,314 copies ;
for August , 1880 , 12.4M copies ; for Septem
ber , 1880 , 13,030 conies ; for October , ISSfl ,
12t , 9 copies ; for November , 1880 , 13,34s
copies ; for December , 1880.13'jn ? copies ; for
January 18b7. 10.2CO copies ; for February ,
1887 , 14,108 copies ; for March. 1887 , 14,400
copies ; for April , 1887.14,310copies ; forMay.
1887 , 14.2-.7 copies ; for Juno 1837,14U7
copies.
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i THE rumor that Council Bluffs is to
1 ohango its name to Manawn is stoutly
' denied by tlio enterprising citizens of
our sister city.
Now that Robert Garrett has gone to
Europe it is to bo hoped that tlio Balti
more & Ohio deal will bo off , or that
sorao other person bo allowed to handle
tlio cards.
WHILE the prohibition movement , is
Crowing stronger every dav there is no
indication that the saloonkeepers are
Jotting up on the quantity of croten they
nro putting in tlio whisky.
EVEUY member of the city council is
| individually responsible for Ibis actions ,
nnd cannot excuse himsQlf for sup
porting illegal measures or jobs because
Bomo other councilman advised , or askec1
him to do so.
THE citizens of Nebraska City arc
fully up to the standard in the hanging
business when they once get their hands
in. Two hangings in two days without
corroding the limit , is at least Keeping
up the reputation of the place.
TDK Kov. Dr. Savidgo would bo doing
the proper thine if bo would use his tal
ents and energies on fallen men ;
particularly those who have f.illen into
the h iblt of loafing while their abused
and neglected wives support them.
AN enthusiastic admirer of Carl Sohurz
feelingly refers to the ox-Missouri states
man as in poor health and compelled to
work very huril for a living. If this
keeps up it will not bo surprising to hoar
of Mr. Schurz cngago in chopping cord
wood for six bits a day and boarding
himself.
THE late Sylvanus Cobb , Jr. , was in
his way and day a most successful
story writer. Few Americans romancists
have boon moro widely read. His most
notable production was "The Gunmaker
of Moscow , " which was translated into
rJOveral languages , was dramatized , and
was deservedly popular both as story and
and pluy.
SHEUIFP McCuLLAM , of Otoo county
on Thursday remarked that in order to
take ShollenbtTgcr from the jail the wiolj
would have to walk over his ( McCullam's
dead body. In the very excellent repoi
of the lynching of Shollonborger printed
in the BEE this morning , we fail to find
where the sheriff's body , either dead 01
alive , was walked over.
Tim boodlers of Chicago are fully con
vinced that that city is no longer n gooc
Bummer resort. Hospital Warden Mo
Gariglo , true to the instincts of thi
boodler race , has skipped to Canada. If
others of the profession follow suit , the
Chicago directory will bo lessened and
reduced to above the size of a sp ellinj.
book.
THE American fishing vessels on the
Dominion coast have been pursuing a
yery careful course this season and it ia
noted that the situation is in very favor
abio contrast to that prevailing at this
date a year ago. They have kept awaj
from Canadian ports and out of the for
bidden waters , and but two instances o
any trouble have occurred , neither o
which was at all serious. When boll
parties to an issue nro willing to bo do
cout nnd fair , the probabilities of a jus
adjustment arc greatly increased.
MR POWDEKLY having bean widelj
quoted as saying that he would exclude
all foreigners cxcopt such as on mo tc
this country provided with sufficient
moans to sustain them elTes for a , year
lie has written to the editor of aScruutoi
paper denying that he ever made any
Biich declaration. What Mr. 1'owderly
thinks , according to his last letter , Is
that the emigrant should not conic hen
until ho is sura of employment withou
robbing another of it. We think Mr
Fowdorly will find that his last proposi
tion is oven less creditable to his goot
BOUSO than the ono which ho denies bav
ing made. An emigrant cannot bo sura o
employment hero cxcopt upon a contract
nd to make a contract to perform labo
here would exclude him. Mr. Powdorlj
correctly says that "statesmanship of tin
highest order will be required to handle
this prcblnui. " It remains to be scoi
whether ho will bo oue'to contribute
anything practical to its who solution.
In I'crinnylvitnln.
Tlio disclosures made by a $ ow
World correspondent regarding the ctm
Htlori of ( ho mining population of Penn
sylvania must silence the boasting of
liojo who contrast the Independent and
well paid labor of the United Slates with
.ho hard lot of labor in England , for ex
ample. Wo do not recall anything cited
> .y Mr. Porter , as the result of his hives-
.igations among the mining districts of
England , which shewed that tlio opera
tives in the mines of that country are
subjected to greater hardships , priva
tions and injustice than are those em
ployed in the mine. * of Pennsylvania ,
and it was no part of the mission of Mr.
Porter to make matters that caino under
Ins observation appear less re
pulsive than they really were.
The investigations of the cor
respondent in Pennsylvania , and ho
seems to have prosecuted them with thor
oughness and with an honest desire to
get at the exact facts , show that the white
miners in that slate are to-day being sub
jected to conditions of living infinitely
worse than were those to which the
slaves of the south were subjected to ,
and under which most o ) them have been
placed in a position that renders escape
by any effort of their own impossible.
Miserably sheltered in hovels that could
be rebuilt every year for the rent ex
acted , compelled to purchase everything
they use at company stores and pay
enormous prollts therefor , subjected to
rules and regulations which are not only
destructive of their independence ,
but a means of petty robbery by
those charged with their enforce
ment , plundered of their small earnings
by every mean and unjust device that a
grasping Ingenuity can invent , denied all
opportunities of education and elevation ,
these unfortunate miners are the most
varitable serfs now to bo found In any
civilized country.
If these disclosures do not bring about
some legislation by the state for the re
lief of these people Pennsylvania will be
dishonored before the world. Thoroughly
as her legislators nro believed to bo
under the control of the corporations , it
cannot bo that they will close their oars
to the appeal that comes up from the
mining regions of the state for some
measure that will ameliorate the hard
and degrading lot of the thousands
of men , women and children who
are now the helpless creatures of a
grasping and heartless tyranny. Some
thing can certainly be done to give these
people a measure of what belongs to
them as human beings Iving in a free
and enlightened nation , and to restrict
the power of the soulless despotism that
now holds in bondage both their bodies
and their soula. The great wrong cries
trumpet-tongued for redress , and the
party that controls the affairs of Penn
sylvania will be false to its history and
to its professions if it shall fail to heed
the cry.
The Torus Cattle Trail.
A dispatch from Denver a few days
ago gave a circumstantial account of the
action of a number of Texas caitle men
in turning back 50,000 iiead of cattle that
were in tlio trail from Texas to Wyoming.
It was said that the herds were started
under the mistaken supposition that the
haid winter in Wyoming , Montana and
Dakota had made cattle scarce there , and
when it was learned that such was not
the case the decision was reached to turn
back all the cattle still on the trail. This
action the dispatch said , would practi
cally do away with the cattle trail which
has been in use for many years , while
disastrous consequences to the Texas
cattle interest from this section were pre
dicted.
Later advices throw some discredit
upon thin information , Ono of the most
extensive cattle raisers in Texas charac
terized both' the statement of facts and
the deductions as absurd , While it is
probably a fact that there is no domnml
for a great many cattle that have been
driven up from Texas , and some of those
might bo driven back as far as the In
dian territory , there was not the slightest
probability that they would bo returned
to Texas. Another Texas cattleman took
a similar view , saying that even if there
is no sale for the trail cattle they can bo
successfully wintered in western Kansas ,
Nebraska , Colorado and the Indian terri
tory. He saw nothing in the situation to
alarm Texas cattlmncn. A San Antonio
dispatch says stockmen there give no
credence to the Denver statement , which
was erroneous in the lirst place in report
ing the number of cattle on the trail
much larger than it really is.
It is significantly stated , however , thai
Texas breeders very generally recognize
that the old days of the trail are over ,
and that the only salvation of south
western ranchmen lies in homo slaugh
tering-houses and refrigerators , which
they are preparing to build. A move
ment of this defensive character has been
talked about for some time past , and if it
is really ripening into a practical under
taking the result will be awaited with a
great deal of interest by the cattle inter
est of the whole country. It would in
augurate a new competitive force , the
probable influence and effects of which
cannot be estimated with any degree of
certainty. But it does not appear , at a
superficial glance , that any of the ad
vantages would bo largely with the
cattlemen of the southwest in such
an enterprise. Very much would
depend , of course , upon improvements in
breeding , care , feuding and so on , which
are doubtless to be attained , but for a
considerable time , If not permanently ,
the advantages of competition would be
with the cattlemen uf the northwest , at
least so far as the homo inaiKet i < con
cerned. If it is no longer expedient or
profitable for Texas cattlemen to dnvn
their cattle to Wyoming there is plenty ol
room to winter them in Nebraska ,
Western Kansas , Colorado and the In
dian territory , and those wintered in the
llrst two state will be accessible to large
and growing markets. It is ju t possible
that investing hundreds of thousands of
dollars in slaughtering houses and re
frigerators might in time become profit
able to the Southwestern cattlemen ,
butihe immediate promise of such au
enterprise is certainly not Muttering , and
wo hare no doubt that those who keep
out.of it will have reason to eongratulate
themselves upou their superior judge
ment.
Uv
Wonder what lort of a "combine" it
was between the Republican and the
Herald which prompted the latter to re
linquish all cl.tiin upon the city printing ?
Miller and .Mi/S.'i.a : : editor was at Lin
coln during tmi whole legislative session
making frantic oQbits to revise the city
printing clause of the charter which re
quired the council to take into consider-
ntion the city circulation of each bidder.
Chang of the Herald nnd Ktig of the lie-
publican pooled issues in the charter light ,
and made city printing a specialty.
They howled about the pretended job
which the Douglas delegation was trying
to perpetrate in the interests of
the BEK. Hut when the job
is put up to make the Republican the olll-
cial paper without competition nt moro
than one hundred per cent above the
price at which anybody else can adver
tise in that sheet , the Herald is as mum
us an oyster.
There is no "combine" between Me-
Shane's jmpcr and the Republican , uv
coorse , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB emigration commissioners of Now
Yorn seem to bo badly in need of reform.
They appear to have become completely
impregnated with the nuti-lmmigralion
theory , nnd evince a tendency to do things
both Illegal and inhuman. Of the latter
class was the case of a young woman who
recently arrived with her child from Co
penhagen. She had been sent for by the
father of the child , who proposed making
the woman his wife , nnd who is living In
Duluth. She had a ticket to go to that
city and money. Yet it was proposed to
send her back on the ground that she
was a pauper , that the child was born
out of wedlock , and that the father is
under no legal obligations to take care of
cither the mother or the infant. The case
was taken to the stale court and dis
missed for want of jurisdiction. It will
doubtless be taken to the United States
court , in which a decision has
already been rendered that the
commissioners can exclude no one but
convicts , idiots , lunatics , or persons
likely to become a public charge. If the
court should adhere to tins recent deci
sion , as it undoubtedly would the woman
would be allowed to go on to her desti
nation. The zeal of the emigration com
missioners has taken the wrong direction
nnd evidently needs to be restrained.
Perhaps the wiser plan , however , would
be to replace them by men who arc capa
ble of bettor apprehending their duty
under the law and who will not so en
tirely take counsel of their prejudices.
THE intimation that the BEE'S de
nunciation of certain councilmen is
purely selfish and inspired by resentment
over the city advertising controversy is
wholly untrue. If the BIE had simply
been scheming for its own interest there
would have been no fraudulent contract
with the Republican. The fact is , that
the BEE has from the oulsct taken a posi
tion squarly against the arbitrary nnd
illegal course of the council with regard
to the police commission. We have con
demned without reserve the policy of
obstruction inaugurated by the council
bosses , nnd we have done this knowing
that wo would incur their displeasure.
The paltry wrofit of the city
printing is not in controversy.
The BED receives double the
rate f/om private patrons which the city
has paid for its advertising. But wo
Insist that in lettlngtiie printing contract ,
as in all contracts , the council shall con
form to the provisions of the charter.
We have denounced BeclielaudMauvillo ,
especially because the former used his
position as president of the council to
improperly influence the city clerk lo
hold back the advertising of ordinances
passed in the middle of June for nearly
live weeks , and entered into a conspiracy
to promote the fraud which Taylor and
Kothakcr have been engineering through
the council. We have denounced Manville -
villo because ho has shown himself to be
an unmitigated fraud in connection with
this job. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE apparently unrelenting attitude
hitherto maintained by the British gov
ernment towards its Irish subjects , has
suddenly relaxed. The ministry is wav
ering , has already made concessions , and
the advocates of liorau rule are jubilant.
Ghdstono is in the ascendant once more ,
Parnell and Dillon are satisfied and their
feeling of triumph is so exuberont that
they are proposing and drinking toasts
to the health of the queen. Coercion
has received its death blow nnd
can never again bo seriously enter
tained. The modifications proposed in
in the pending land bill will tend to al
leviate the distress in Ireland instead of
helping the landlords. The commis
sioners appointed to act as intermediaries
between landlord and tenant have re
ceived instructions to readjust their last
scale of rents according to the decrease
in values.
The prospects now are that Ireland
will receive the coveted boon of homo
rule much sooner than was expected.
Travcllyan has gone over to the Glad
stone camp , and Goshen , who did so
much to defeat Gladstone in tlio last
election , is wavering. England tried
long to maintain its seventeenth century
policy in Ireland , but failed in the face ol
modern enlightenment.
THE escape of the condemned mur
derer , Quin Bohnnnan , from the Ne
braska City jail , was no doubt largely
responsible for the lynching of Leo Shoi-
lonberger , the convicted murderer of his
own daughter. The people of Otoo
county have been put to enormous ex
pense in the trials of desperadoes ind
criminals , who have finally escaped jus
tice and given a new lease of life through
technicalities of a trivial character.
Lynch law is , of course , to bo deplored.
In this case , as in many others , the people
ple had become a gi'ovatod at the law's
delays and the opportunities afforded for
escape. They feared that Shellenbergor
might follow in the footsteps of Bo-
hannan , and they accordingly took the
law into their own hands. It is certain ,
however , that they did not hang an inno
cent man.
As a sensational news center Nebraska
City probably has no rival in the west.
More really startling sensations have
occurred there than in any other town in
Nebraska' A few year's ago , if we
remember rightly , two negroes were
lynched thero. Uohannon was tried and
cou doted thcro , and while under sen
tence of death made liij escape. David
Hoffman , the train wrecker , was legally
executed on Friday last , nnd the next
night Lee ShcKonborger , under sentence
of death for the murder of his daughter
a horrible crime in itself was taken from
jail and lynched. Still another sensation
was the big defalcation of County Treas
urer Simpson , w.io is now in the peni
tentiary , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK board of public workH should in
vestigate the causes which have nearly
ruined thn Tenth street pavement. When
pavement Is torn up by private corpora
tions , It should bo rqpluccd ns pvrfectly
ns originally put oown. *
CIIAXO MoiiHissnv is Indlgnantbccnuso
ho is referred to as n rowdy editor in
connection with I'ug Hothukcr , If a
man docs not want to pass for n rowdy
ho must not associate with rowdies nnd
net the rowdy.
WILL nny councilman explain why the
bonds of the police commission , which
wore Hied more thnn six weeks ago.
have not been approved ?
A MILK-AVAGON is abroad In the streets
of Omaha bearing the legend : "Pure
Mils. " ABtrango Inscription if true.
BossiSMin the council must bo smashed ,
and combines again H good government
broken up.
STATE AM ) 'TBUlliTOllY.
Nclirnsku Jottings.
Otoo county is the paradise of chokers.
The hemp crop in Otoo has been har
vested.
Shcllonbcrgcr to Hoffman "Hot there ,
Dave ? "
The O'Neill Frontier has entered upon
its eighth year.
The Cutnlng county fair will bo held in
West Point , September 1-1-10.
Pluttsmouth is offered three miles of
belt railroad for a bonus of $20,000.
Michael Ailelinan , of Madison stumbled
off a blind liorsu and broke his nock.
The tempovnture of the here and here
after is about a stand-off for Nebraska
murderers.
Ole Anderson , the Brown county wife
murderer , will join the majority before
Thanksiving.
A severe wind storm last week did
some damage to grain fields in the north
eastern counties.
The Brownville Enterprise , by F. J.
Tell't , is the latest effort to vitalize the ex-
capital of Neuiaha.
A sand drift ditched a train near How
ard city last week. Only a commercial
tourist was injured.
A " " crook from
"queer" pushing Chicago
attempted to unload his surplus on the
rustics of Phelps county. He was jailed.
\yilllam Benden , an old and prominent
resident of Fairbury , died suddenly Fri
day night. Ho had boon ailing only live
hours.
Frank Rczahcck , the Plattsmouth boy
whoso log nnd hand were recently
crushed by the curs , died nl blood poison
ing Friday.
The Klklioru Valley extension will bo
completed to Seward to-day , and an
old-fashioned celebration is liable to
break IOOKO.
The bridge which is to span the Missouri -
souri and give Sioux City a slice of Ne
braska trade has alreadv been mortgaged
for fl,200,000. HI
Nebraska has snnt three red-handed
representatives to the Chicago of eternity
in seven days. The crop of murderers is
crowing healthfully less.
The first round th the Knox county
seat light gave N < obrara a plurality , with
five candidates in tlio. field. The second
round is booked fof August 13.
An active member ot the anti-novorty
society sledged a safe in the Paul lum
bar yard in Fremont and enuuli/.cd the
distribution of wealth by taking § 2(5. (
Fremont has a directory population of
8.225. a phonominnl doubling of numbers
since 18t5. ! This is directly due to the
eligibility of the town' as a matrimonial
market.
The annual camp meeting of the Grand
Island district of tile Methodist com
mences to-day. The faithful nro promised
a season of salvation and urban recrea
tion at reasonable rates.
A man named Bonzon assaulted Her
man Wilgohs in Wlsncr , and seriously
battered him with an iron bar. A dog
started the fracas. Bcn/.en was bound
over to the district court.
The campaign in Burt countv is widn
open. Candidates arc as thick as skcotors
on the bottoms , and newspapers are
harvesting an extensive and timely crop
of five-dollar announcements.
Hastings has an ollleial dog killer. He
wears a revolver , a shotgun , some clothes
and a ferocious brow , and his majestic
strides have not been equaled since the
Wahoo rangers rushed the grov/lor
"ycaha and yoahs ago. "
The republicans of the Seventh judicial
district , being largely in the majority , do
not relish the species of "reform" that
places n democrat on the bench as an of
fering to non-partisanship , it is there
fore settled that Judge Crawford must
go.
go.Tho
The hairless hundreds of Hastings are
4)oartily ) in favor of the anti-hat-tipping
societies. The man who works his arm
\vith a puniD-handle motion and brings
his cady below the bolt in an effort to
keep up witli the fashion nnd appear po
lite , longs for the return of tlio way-back
tip nnd the minting "howdy. ' It is
terribly embarrassing for a bald-headed
man to doff his tile and display a barren
dome in public.
The editor of the Culbortson Sun has
been tendered a poultice of the criminal
libel law , and is arranging his business
for a fall vacation in Hycrsvlllo. The
Sun spotted some transactions by Perry
& Crews , real estate agents , which did
not appear strictly honest , and at once
pounced upon them with all the raging
licat of a summer resort. The firm was
thoroughly baked , but the Sun is now
nursing the blisters.
W. W. Phillep , a bilious resident of
Ayr , gives promise of developing con
siderable ability as the Mulimttan of the
Blue Valley. He talents in this line at
tracted attention in Chicago , and ho was
nt once invested with the honors of the
Nebraska bureau of the Inter-Ocean.
His last effort was a whopping fabrica
tion ol the condition of farmers in the
southwest. lie saw famines , droughts ,
chinch bugs , measles , mortgages , money
tenders nnd other human parasites stalk
ing through the land arm in arm with
red-handed ruin. Prompt measures
should be adopted to reduce his swelled
head. i I
The destiny of Plattsmouth hangs by
the ballot box to-day. It Is n question of
building a live city or relapsing into a
village cemetery. Two bond proposi
tions nro to be voted on , the paving of
Main street and the1 ' .Sewering of the
creeks. Tlio Journal srrauts In scriptural
tones , .i'Shako off y'ppr sluggishness ,
scrape the mots from'your ' backs if thcro
is any there , anil bo' ' true , wide-awake ,
vigorous , enterprising , hope-inspiring
citizens. Give un tlio day for the good
of your town and carry'tho bonds , nnd if
successful you will borproud of yourself ,
proud of your neighbors and proud of
your town. "
Bordeaux ; a lively young town in the
northwest corner , threatens to pluck the
wild and wicked plumes from Broken
Bow's sombrero. A few days ago a
prominent citizen was hung in efllgy for
inviting a preacher to town. Near the
town a man is holding down a claim with
a double-barreled aliotgun , while just
across the line in another fellow with n
load of lumber. This state of affairs has
existed now about two weeks. The man
with the shotgun holds the claim , but the
moment ho abandons it the fellow with
the lumber will jump it and get his im
provements started first. The man with
the shotgun haw failed to get lumber.
Friends supply the pair with food nnd
the matter has resolvent itself into a ques
tion ot endurance. The uipu with the
shotgun has the weight of. th'o' nrjumont
in his favor at present.
Inwa Item * . i ' ' , '
Algona is boring for natural gag.
Tlio parties shot at the clrcuS nt Clin
ton nrn improving.
lowaus will nriiy next Sunday for the
success of prohibition In Texas.
The Methodists will hold n cnmo meet
ing at Five Mile grove , near Atlantic ,
August I ) to 10.
M. J. Fahoy , of Mttscatlno , was
drowned by whisky nnd water , too
much of the former inducing him to
jump Into too much of the latter.
The ftato veterinary surgeon reports
thnt the disease among horses nnd cattle
at Columbus .Junction is the result of im
proper feeding nnd has been greatly ex-
acgcrated ,
Hans Brookman , who mysteriously dis
appeared from Toledo , October 0 , 18SO ,
ind for tlio supposed murder of whom
attempts navy been mndo to indict sev
eral parties , has returned to Toledo. Ho
had been in Kansas nnd Indian territory.
According to reports just received by
Govoinor Larraboo , thcro are In the state
80,373 acres of land used for poor farms ,
nnd the value of this property Is esti
mated at fl)01-100. ) The total number of
inmates in the poor-houses are 1,764 ,
1,001 mtiles and GU3 females , of which 157
are under 10 years of nge and 482 over 00
years old.
DaKotn.
Pcnmngton county has a cash balance
of sfl3.881.83.
Burglars are doing a profitable busi
ness in Sioux falls.
Boston men of means nro investing in
Aberdeen real estate.
Wheat hi Webster county will average
thirty bushels to the ucro.
Y'ankton rejoices that railroad connec
tion with Otnnha is one of the early cer
tainties.
The executive board of the Farmers'
Territorial alliance was in session nt
Huron last week.
The jury at Webster , in the case of
William M Evans , ex-treasurer of Grant
county , returned a verdict of not guilty
after being out about twenty irlnutes.
The verdict meets the approbation of the
entire community.
No Wonder Hue Is Tired.
Ke\c York World.
The latest reports about the affairs of
the National opera company intimate
that at last the woman who had the tact ,
persevcrenco nnd liberality to carry the
enterprise forward to an artistic if not a
financial triumph has become wearied of
the burden nnd Beeks a release from the
entire responsibility.
When others have subscribed Mrs.
Thurbor has aid up. When others
promised Mrs. Thurbor performed. When
applause was loud Mrs. Thurbor was in
seclusion. When trouble was rife Mrs.
Thurbor was to the foe. It 5s high time
that those who hayo reaped her triumphs
and evaded her cares should now bo com
pelled to share her embarrassments.
Wo are aware that the affairs of the
company are in need of readjustment.
We should like to see Mrs. Thurber press
for a settlement at once , and receive her
deserts for the past before she incurs any
further responsibility or worry for the
futiiro.
In the course of some remarks yester
day wo had occasion to flagellate the
American people for base ingratitude to
those who assume the risks and .suffer the
annoyance of leadership in public affairs ,
whether it be to save , govern or please
the people. Wo regard the indifferent
attitude of our countrymen and women
toward their own national opera as an
other evidence of their increasing indif
ference to anything and everything
which does not directly bring them gold
or promise of reward.
Ilarticssluj ; Mnirnrn Illvcr.
ffew Yuri : World.
A number of the business men of Buf
falo have enlisted a scheme to utilize the
water power of the Niagara river at or
near that city. They propose to offer a
prize of if 100,009 for the best plan for ap
propriating as much of that power as
may be needed for mechanical purposes.
Inventors or engineers in all parts of the
world will bo free to compote. A con
siderable amount of money , it is said , has
already been subscribed. The project is
an enterprising ono , and it is to bo hoped
that it will be successful.
The same idea is practically carried
out at the little city ofScliaflhauscn , two
miles above the Falls of the Rhine. At
the lower end of the city the current , eras
as much of it us is wanted , is turned on a
small army of turbine wheels , and the
power is distributed by a large system of
towers and belted along the line of the
water front , whence it is taken off later
ally to the numerous factories using it.
A modification of this sjstem would bo
needed at Buffalo , no doubt , owing to the
greater difficulties of the larger river.
If the difficulties are overcome the en
gineers will probably want to wrestle
with the problem of utilizing the Falls
themselves. They will find an ( esthetic
as well as physical obstacle to overcome
hero.
The Worfet Kind of Gamblers.
Clevtlttnil [ Miller.
The lesson of the late coffee corner has
scarcely been road before a new attempt
is made by another gang of speculators
to artificially raise the price of this
article and compel the public to pay a
largely increased cost for one of the daily
necessaries of life. So far the effort has
met with success , and the price of cofl'co
has largely increased.
Of course there Is no law against nny
mnn or syndicate buying up all the coffee
or flour or grain they are able to pay for.
Whatever evil the community suffers be
cause of the ability of a single man or
company to buy nnd keep out of the
market ono or moro of the necessaries of
life , it must submit to as inevitable. But
the practice of buying wheat , corn pork ,
cott'eo , and other articles upon margins ,
by speculators who thus tie up and con
trol the food upon which society exists ,
should bo made unlawful , as it is against
public policy , and the offender should bo
severely punished.
Syndicates formed for purely specula
tive purposes are conspirators agam.st
the public weal. They are among the
worst enemies of the bread winners of
the world. The speculator is the shark
of society. Ho preys upon mankind ,
produces nothing , and should bo treated
us the worst kind of a gambler , who
plays with stacked cards and loaded
dice.
Stopped n Kunaway.
A horse to which was attached a
phaeton ran away on Eleventh street.
The horse started from In front of the
Windsor hotel. A lady whoso name was
not learned was in the vehicle. At the
corner of Howard nnd Eleventh strcot *
Colonel Forbes rushed and caught the
frantic animal by the bride. It was a
courageous act and warmly npplaused
by the bystanders.
Are you weak and weary , overworked
and tired ? Hood's Sarsaparilla is just
the medicine to purify your blood and
give you strength.
The improvements on the Scward street
M. E , church will cost about fJ.OOO. The
building is to bo made just double its
present capacity , and it will be some
eight week. * before the work will be
finished ,
The huao , drastic , griping , sickening
pills am fast being superseded bv Dr.
' " Pellets. "
Pierco's "Purgative .
JO TIIAVKL. " \
TIIAVKL..f
An Omalrnu AVrttci of Hli Trip In the
W.oat.
SAiior.XT , Cole , , July 21 , [ Cot respond-
cnco .of tlio Bin : . ] In traveling from
Omaha to Denver through the South
1'latlo country ono cannot but bo im
pressed by the wonderful development
of that section wrought by the enterprise
nnd business melhods of the B. & M.
Hallway company , During an entire
day ono rides through Nebraska with the
way lined on both sides with highly im
proved farms , stretching north and
south as far as the eye can reach , with
prosperous towns at intervals of n dozen
miles or M > . It is difficult lo realize that
this grand change from a bleak and deso
late pratnc has been brought about in n
very few years. Had the North Platte
country been similarly developed by the
Union Pacific , Omaha would have n
population of 200,000 and the state 1,500-
000. Nebraska is fortunate in having
the aid of the B. & M. in her
up-building , but unfortunate in that her
chief city is so little bonofilled thereby.
A glauco nt the map shows what this
powerful company has done In the build
ing of branch roads , and also shows these
roads connecting with n broad , black
line \vhich crosses the Missouri rirer at
Plattsmouth and stretches across Iowa
and Illinois to Chicago. Will the North
western accomplish a like transforma
tion in the North Platte country , cross
ing the river at Blair ?
LOVE'S rouxc ; DKKAM.
Coming out on the Uio Grande yester
day from Denver a couple evidently
newly married occupied a sent In the
sleeper directly In front of mo. Much
billing nnd cooing finally produced hun
ger nnd the husband took a package of
fruit from his satchel. Each took a large
California plum and when half eaten the
husband proposed an exchange. Let jt
bo hero recorded , to the credit of the
bride , that she hesitated , though for but a
moment , then ho finished his plum in n
dainty , delicate fashion , while ho swnl-
lowed hers witli n yum-yum and gusto
interesting to observe. Ihen she pro
duced a small lace-embroidered handker
chief and wiped her mouth , when the
handkerchief was at once seized by the
young man who swobbed off his bristling
red moustache with it.
This Denver & Uio Grande road strikes
one who has not been accustomed to
narrow gauge lines as being a sort of toy
affair operated for fun and not for a
profit. In knocking things oft" the track ,
however , Its engines seem quite as
efficient as these of larger growth. Just
before reaching Pueblo ( where wo wore
served with n yery poor dinner ) vcstor-
dny , n young man attempted to drive a
team ncross the track in front
of UB , to find the hind
end of his wagon thrown
into the air and himself pitched headlong.
The team dashed over the prairie with
the front wheels and the train was stop
ped as soon as possible and the young
man taken aboard nnd brought to town.
He was
COVKHEU WITH ULOOU
from two quite severe cuts in the head
and complained of a'scvcrc Injury to the
hip.
hip.The
The Atohisou & Santa Fc is pushing a
line to completion which parallels the
Denver & Uio Grande for many miles ,
so that the latter has been compelled in
self-defense lo convert its line into u
broad guago , which work is bcinc car
ried on with a large force. Certainly no
cue would want lo ride in Ihe little
cramped cars of a narrow guajre road
where the same coinls are reached by
lines of Hie ordinary width.
From Denver to Pueblo the scenery
nlong the Denver & Kio Grande rivals in
dreary monotony with the Southern Pa
cific from Lathron lo Los Angeles. Soon
after leaving Pueblo the road enters the
mountain puss Ihrough which the Ar
kansas river dashes and foams over the
rocks. Hero Uio sconcrv is wild and
picturesque beyond description. At one
point , where the rocky walls rise on either
side about a thousand feet , the railroad
track perched on a narrow ledge along
side the boiling river , hero compressed to
n width of fifty feet , the railway ollicinls ,
hastening to post nu ignorant puulic ,
have erected a white sign with the word
"Gorge" uaintcd thereon in broad , black
letters. This would seem to be an un
called for bit of enterprise , for if a pass
enger ever travels over that part of the
road and fails to recognize that particu
lar locality as a gorge , he will bo too
blind to read the sign. At the entrance
to this wonderful canyon on open ear is
attached to the train , in order to afford
the pas'-engers a clear view of a section
of railway scenery unequalled in the
country. .
AMONG TI1U CLOUDS.
That is , unequalled , except on this same
lipe of road , beyond Salida where the
ascent of the mountain is begun , the
train winding up the canyon , around
rocky points up , up with a grade , at
times showing a rise of 220 feet per mile ,
until we roach the summit where the
only growth consists of a few stunted
pines. A marvel ol engineering skill is
this road bed. Ono shudders to thing of
the consequences of the breaking of a
coupling or any similar accident.J. .
J. T. B.
m
An Anecdote of Hill Tweed.
FMlatleliiMa Kuith American ,
The trial and conviction of Jacob
Sharp have revived memories of the
Tweed days , and many stories of "Big
Six" are again in circulation. It . ecms
real tunny , but still it is a fact that
the dignified and ponderous Bill Weed
wss tuniultuonsly fond of practical jokes.
It was delightful relaxation to that very
busy man when he could find time lo go
to the little club-room of the Stable
Gang over George Butt's Hotel do
Horse , on the corner of Bayard nnd
Elizabeth streets , and concoct nnrt
carry out some came to bo played
upon a familiar. U here he would meet
congenial souls nnd would enter into the
spirit of the "grand guys , " their romps
and horseplay like a eahoolboy at large.
One day a noted judge entered with a
long , thin package under his arm , which ,
upon unwrapping , proved to he a halt'
dozen glass "putty-blowers. " These
were so suggestive of possibilities thai
Tweed lauglu d hcarlily ever their more
exhibition. They were passed around ,
and a waiter-boy wa dispatched for am
munition of peas. The windows of the
club-room , which was on thn second floor ,
were arranged with blinds that served to
mask the conspirators. Helmut these
each sharpshooter look his station ,
weapon in hand. The first unfortunate
that came in range was the dandy driver
of a spirited horse before a rod-wheeled ,
light pleasure wagon Hi.i girl lived op-
posit" , nd wn looking out of her
window witn admirincr eyes upon Ihe
dashing fellow who drove un in such
capital form. The young man knew that
tint nyos ot Dnlnware wore upon him
"The horflu'H nostrils , " directed Twi-od ,
And the horse rojoupon hi * hind Irusand
shook his head , and darted forward in n
manner a.together unaccountable ) to
the alarmed dude. Ho tried to step down
nnd out , but the capers of thti horse pre
vented , and the dandy seemed a * if he
felt that hn was cutting a rrdictilons
figure. He coaxed with honnyud words
of onde-.uiucnt , but to no purpose until
a .ittle consequential Irulirnan , with
high collurnnd a frock coal a ilzo or two
too large , stepped upon the scene. Then
the driver urn ! H respite , and tying his
horse to a post ninl/Ud / into tl.c lioitio
The Irishman was w.iMu ) ; with ft sway
ing motion , his hands crowed behind
He looked as if he owned it block of
hoi > e.s , but ho didn't. In u moment ho
had jumped three fuel In the air and was
out into thti middle of the street , where
he uiciied up two cobblestones , holding
one-In tuclv.liaml , nnd sto.ott looking. In
every direction for his uilscen enemy.-
Ho wrinkled his nose ami In 'many ways
gave evidence of the unerring aim of one
of the stable gang. Pretty soon ho got
nnother centre , and then ho shook his
head , smiled , dropped the cobbln-
stones and walked elY with both
hands covering his nose. Ho was
no hop. Ho know when ho had enough.
A colored gentleman , both hands In his
trousers' pocket , n neglige air , nnd a
whitn necktie had the gooduc. s to take
the Irishman's place. In n Micond ho
opened his nmple mouth nnd exclaimed :
"Umph , yah , here now , dar. " And
then ho win Red and next corrugated his
nose. He commenced to peel olV Ills
coat , but was admonished by a pro
voking sting on his car that
Horace Grccley , who was n wise man ,
was right when ho said that "it hurts to
kick against nothing. " Ho smiled a ling
of truce nntl hastened away from the
spot. And so It continued "for an hour ,
the shooters screaming with delight over
tlio curious antics of their vlotiuis , and
Tweed nt last surfeited with fun , taking
his departure possibly to caucus or a
nominee for governor of the great em
pire state , or to approve of a scheme
whereby a million would bo ndded to his
gains.
*
A DATTLE IN ACOURT ROOM.
How Two Georgia l.nwycrs Rcacntcd
i ho lilc.
Atlanta Special to the Kansas City Star :
"If you see anything of stray ink boltles ,
glue pots , Georgia reports and bibles ,
please leave them with Uio clerk of the
superior court. "
This notice is to bo found posted on
the front door of tlio county court house
This morning a fierce Imtllo was waged
in the superior court room. Since
yesterday morning Judge Van Epps ,
of the circuit court , occupying the
superior court room has been hearing a
case in which there is a great deal of loeal
interest. The prosecution is represented
by Colonel George T. Fry , and the de
fense by Colonel L. W. Thomas. Colonel
Fry began his argument and stated some
thing about the suppression of testimony.
"Say , look here , Colonel Fry , " ex-
clamed Colonel Thomas , ns he sprang to
his feet , "if you. mean to accuse mo of
witnholding nnd suppressing any testi
mony you tell what is downright
untrue. "
The Hush of rage dyed the cheek of
Colonel Fry ns he turned upon Colonel
Thomas and fiercely broke forth :
"Colonel Thomas , if you moan that I
have told nn untruth you are a liar. "
A Georgia report came llyintr out of
Colonel Thomas's band straight at the
head of Colonel Fry. Over came a code
from Colonel Fry. Then followed
"Greonlonf on Evidence , " Georgia re
ports and bibles flew thick
and fast and when the books
gave out Colonel Thomas picked
up n glue bottla and'sent n double-
twisted curve , which struck n juror and
ruined his coat. An ink bottle CHIIIO uext
within reach of Colonel Thomas' hands ,
nnd this .vus sent after the glue pot. The
bottle missed Colonel Fry , but the con
tents gave" him a copious shower of copy
ing fluid. While Colonel Fry was
dodging the ink and duo bottles
tles ho stumbled over a juror's foot ,
and as ho fell to the floor his eye fell on
n spitloon. The large , lioavv spittoon
was quickly seized nnd raided high in the
air , but Colonel Thomas was out of am
munition , and the spittoon was rather a
dangerous weapon. A number of other
lawyers interposed and Colonel Fry was
disarmed.
When the smokf ! cleared away and the
battle ground could be viewed calmly
and dispassionately , not an ink-bottle ,
nor a glue-pot , nor a book of any kind
was on the tables. Colonel Fry spent
something like half an hour removing
the ink stains from his hands nnd face ,
while Colonel Thomas snnt nboy after nn
cxtrn supply of cuffs and collars. Col-
anel Fry a new straw hat was ruined
with ink stains.
Both parties apologized to Uio court ,
and Judge Van Epps replied in a tired
voice , the exertion of dodging having
been too much for him in such warm
weather : "Gentlemen , I will decide
about the contempt of court in this mat
ter later on. Colonel Fry will you please
proeee.d with your argument ? "
The colonel began right whore ho loft
ofl' .
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MCK : , AlUIrt anil HANDS. Overcome !
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Alolh-rinche * nml overklml of SKIN
Dlnfliiurcmi'iil. Applied Inamamcnt. t'lui-
lint Lo Dcirctcd. I'UIli : and HARMLESS !
Tftko It wllh you to tlio Seaside , Iluuntalui
anil all Ilnrnl lleiartu ; It I ] sn cleanly , re
f resiling and restful after a Lot thltu , louy
ramltlo or fa bulb.
TRY THE BALM !
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U. S. DEPOSITORY ,
Paid up HOPKINS'r
Surplus . 42,000
II.V. . Vales. President.
A E. Tuuzalin , Vicfi-I're ldcnt
W. 11. S. Hughes.
\V. V. Morse , John S Collins ,
II. W. YatfiR , LLWIS S. Koed.
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