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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , AUGUST 2 , 1887. tTHE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS or ounscnlrrios : Dnlljr ( Moral ax Edition ) Including Uundrty Dr.r. Uno Vunr. . . . $10 01 ForSIx Months . , . r , W For Thr Months . . .i . " M The nmnun Sundny HKK , mnllotl to nujr ndelrow , OHO Your. . . . 800 UAITA Orrirr. No. B14 AND 011 FAHVAM jrieirv. ynnrt nrrtCR , HOOM ' . , , TimiirKit llt'ii.iiivo. OOnnESI'OHDESCt ! communications \ relntlng to nenrn nnd edi torial innltnr should bo addressed to tbo IslU- IOH Or TUB 11EP. IH-'BtNCflSLtTTRM ! All biif Incia letters and remittance * should bo Mclitvwed to Tiir UBB I'irnMsnisn COMPACT , OMAHA. Drafts , check * and postofflco orders to bo mode payable to the orJ r of the company , THE BEE POBLISillTSpMT , PBOPRIE10BS , E. KO3EWATE11. Knrron. THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. BUte of Nebraska. I. . County of noudas. f B < * Geo. B. Tzncbiictc , secretary of The n < * Publishing company , docs solemnly sweai that the actual rlrcuintlon of thn Dally Hoc for the week ending July 29. lbS7 , was sn follows : Balurclav.Jnly 23 . 14.20C Hundav.Jitly 34 . 14,20f Woneiav. July2.'i . U.W. ' Tupsdav. July a . HMKK Wrelnesetay , Jill v 27 . 13,87. ' Thursday. J ul v 23 f Friday , July liO . lil.JKX Averaeo . 11.0S Or.o. b. T/.floiiuoK. K orn to and subscribed In my incsunci this 80th day of July , A. D. 18S7. N. P. FKir , . fSRAL.1 Notary Public. fltato of Nebraska , 1 Donelas County. I * Geo. U. Tzschuck , being nn > t duly sworn neposos and says that he Is secretary of Thi lice Publishing company , that the nctita average dally circulation of the Dally lieo foi the month of July , 1880 , 12,314 copies lot August , 18S8 , 12,464 copies ; for Septem fcer , 18bO , 13,030 copies ; for October. 18-V1. . 12,089 copies ; for November , 1B80 , 13.S4 ! copies ; f or December , 1880. 13.SJ7 copies ; foi January 1887 , Ifl.SGfl coplefl ; for February. . 1887 , 14,108 copies ; for March. 1887 , 14.4W copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310copies ; for May 18S7. 14,837 copies ; for Juno 1837 , 14,141 topics. _ , . OEO. H. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Is day of July A. D. , 1887. i [ SEAL. | N. P. Fr.ru Notary Public. 1 COLONEL MCGARIQLE , late of Chicago lia a "blgRor" man than old Carter Har orison. PERSONS addressing MnUariglo in fu fture will boar in mind to use the prcfi : ' "Colonel. " CHANCES nro that Jake Sharp will no pivo to receive his sentence for a foui jyoara term at Sing Sing. GOVEUNOU MOIIMADUKE , of Missouri ehould have taken with him to Europe ibis distinguished fellow citizcu , Colono ( frank James. THKIIK wore slight earthquake shocki f n Indiana and Tennessee yesterday. Tin cause can ho traced to the falling off o Iho democratic majority in Kentucky. THE. most brainless man that has so fai figured in the alcGariglo case is thi Chicago chief of police. Ho will com Jparo favorably with Thompson's colt. Tins wait for the duel between Bou Jangor and terry is becoming painful fjo-raorrow may see- ono or two dea < i , ! . . , frenchmen perhaps two scared French men. A I-AKTY of English tourists who an "doing" this country , complain that the ; llo not find anything fit to oat on the ! travels. Perhaps they have been maklni a few trips between here and Chicago 01 aonio of the alleged "dining car routes. ' IT is refreshing to know that Roswol f. Flower still possesses political opin { ions. It has been thme months since Mr Flower said anything , and had ho no jigain bobbed up serenely yesterday ii 1'uris ho would iu u few days more liav JSeon forgotten. IF Postmaster Uulhiglicr wishes to hav .the good wishes of Mrs. Cleveland am impress that lady with the beauty o ( Omaha and the etliciancy of her husband appointees he will begin at early datn t fumigate the postoilico. With the viu accumulation of dirt it might bo mi ; taken for a street car stable. Mil. IJitOOKd the father of the trim murderer , is now earnestly trying t mitigate his son's sentence in St. Louis but public opinion is said to be Again. the exhibition of clemency. Althoug there can bo no doubt as to Maxwell' ' tuilt , the manner in which ho was con victed was not creditable to those wh prosecuted him. His father thinks ini nrisonmont for life would bo puuishmen enough. TUB duel between General Houlango nnd M. Ferry , which was booked to tak place yesterday , seems to have hung fin [ This must have been a sad disappoint tuont to the French people who ( lead * Jove a show , lloulangcr telegraphs hi pcconds that ho wants Ferry to go o with the preparations for the farce c ppologizo. If this a flair of honor come oil' Murk Twain should bo deputed t yrcport it. His account of Gambotta ilucl made the whole world grin som Jyoars ago. TIIKHE arc alleged newspapers wh will persist in receiving money unili false pretenses by claiming to print nowi thus di > caiing tholr renders. The coi gratulatlons to the president , on the a ] nointment ot Mrs. Hancock as postmi : Ircss at Washington is so premature thr It is false , The president has not as ye Appointed anyone to the ollicu , though h piay in a faw days. Yet there is no pos live assurance ho will appoint the wide of the distinguished general. If ho doc there is no questioning , it will moot tl Approval of erory fair-minded citizen. OUR financial octopus is gradually ei circling the globe with his long arm Jay Gould and an American "silvi Icing" are said to have established n American-Chinese- with a capital i 120,000,000. The bank will receive ar disburse all the moneys of the imperi Hud provincial governments , ha\ \ charge of railway and telegraph coi tracts , coinage , issue of bank notes an lto ; all airs of the war debt. Poor Chin It will look like a squecml oraugo ono < Xhese days if the report is true. Win the emperor shall dive vainly in his poc ! Dts for a nickel It will bo useless for hi : to coino to this country , The Chine ; jpuudrjr wnut has loug bcou 111 led. Rxncircrntlng Its Influcncq. It c'anuol bo denied 'that the Ohio re * publican convention was a thoroughly representative body of the parly In that stale. The position ami character of the leaders who directed Its deliberations and gave their approval to , if they did not frame , ils declaration of principles and policy , unquestionably cnlltlo Its utter ances to more than ordinary attention. It Is doubtlcsi entirely fair to assume that the platform represents the present views of the most distinguished leader of Ohio republicans , who by the action of the convention was formally presented to the country as a presidential candi date. Hut when nil this Is fully granted we do not sc.o that it necessarily warrants the conclusion of certain journ als in the democratic and mugwump interest , that the Ohio platform may bo regarded as in nil respects defining the principles and policy that will be an nounced by the republican party in nat ional convention , and that , therefore , the party may as well bo put on trial now as to wait a year to do so. Wo submit that this Is giving the Ohio wing of the party credit for a much greater influence than it possesses or is entitled to , notwith standing the circumstances that just now gives peculiar significance to its utter ances. There is unquestionably very little in the Ohio platform that will not bo endorsed by republicans everywhere , or which it would not bo en tirely safe and proper for u national re publican convention to adopt. Liberal pensions to soldiers and sailors of the union , the reservation of the public lands for the use and benefit of actual settlers alone , tl < o enforcement of the laws for preventing the ownership of the public domain by corporations and non-resident aliens , adequate appropriations for the improvement of national waterways these are features of republican policy about which thcro will bo no disagreement in the party , and it is perhaps entirely safe to predict that they will have a place in the next national plat form , not because- they arc in the Ohio declaration of principles , but for the rea son that they are in full accord with the uniform policy of the party as a whole. They arc principles to which the party is fully committed , and which are no less earnestly hold by the republicans of Nebraska than by those of Ohio. Noi will thcro bo any division among repub licans upon Iho demand for a free ballot and a fair count in every section of the country. liut the "Ohio idea" as regarding tlu tariQlt would be manifestly unfair to pui the cntiro party on trial for upon tlu bold assumption that the national con volition will be forced into n similar posi tion , simply because Ohio has a distinguished guishod citizen who approves of the ido : and will seek the presidential nomina tion. The indications are strong that the next national republican convention wil bo dominated less by the few loaders o : the party than has ever been the case , and that with respect to the policy to be declared more attention than ever before will bo given to the asccr taincel sentiment of the rant and file of the party In that event the national convention would find i necessary to modify materially the taril demands of the Ohio republicans. Won the convention to bo hold this year i would certainly developo the fact tha thcro has been a very decided change ii the tariff opinions of thousands of re pub hcans since the last convention was held and there cannot be a reasonable doub that the number will bo greatly increase by next year. The oppressive charade of the excessive tariff taxation is boiuj felt more heavily from year to year , aui the demand for relief is becoming stead ily more general and earnest. Certaii leading republicans have the candor ti admit the necessity of taril revision and reduction , bu there is still wanting the courage ago to say to the protectionist * of Uht and Pennsylvania that their extreme de mands can no longer bo complied with It will bo the duty of the party , however when it comes to tbo declaration of i national policy , to take cognisance o the sentiment and the requirements elsewhere whore , and wo have not a doubt it will do so. In that event the tariff elcclara tious of the Ohio republicans will bi found to have little influence , and who ever shall bo the presidential candidat will heartily acquiesce in a platforn that shall pledge the party to judicious revision and reduction tion of the tariff that wil give the people the relief they want am must have. The next national republi can convention wo believe will frame it declaration of principles to accord wit the predominant sentiment in the whol party , and not with reference to that of ; section or in dotercnco to any loader. Georgia Barunrism. The "banner state of the South" cci taiuly merits the distinction of surpasi ing all other states , north and south , i the vileness of her penitentiary systoi and.tho barbarity with which convict are treated under it. The leasu systoi has always prevailed there , and it ha been responsible for such a history c immorality , cruelty and crime as wi hardly find a parallel among any othc civilized people. The restrictions fern erly imposed upon the employment e convicts so that they should not com into competition with free labor , are n longer regarded , and now there is n class of work that the convict- are not called upon to do. They wor on railroads and in coal mines ; they cu pinu timber for the saw-mills ; they ar employed about the mills in those place where skilled workmen are gencrall employed ; they inako brick ; they opoi ate iron furnaces ; they con&titutc til labor in various manufactories ; the work upon plantations , and in ever possible way they compete in every ii elustry with free labor. The cruelties of privation and abus practiced upou these unfortunate's ruak a sickening story of man's inhumamt to man , and some of the men who ar charged with these cruelties are prom nont m social and political life. Tli convicts are not only overworked and il fed , but are subjected to the most brute usngo and punishments , and ono of tli lessees , a state senator , la accused by penitentiary physician of having she down a number of convicts front tim to time In cold blood , Unite States Senator Urown is a Icssco ot coi victs who has frequently worked hi laborers on Sunday , and who appears t entertain the general view of his co leagues in this business that auy hutr.ai ity extended to these unfortunates woul be wasted. 'Brutal whippings of con- lets have boon of. common occurrence , nany dying from the effects. Men and vomcn are quartered in the same camps , and the Inevitable consequence is un- irldled Immorality. The whole disclosure , which is bnlng brought out by the investigations of a committee of the legislature , is of the uost disgraceful character , and thcro ought to bo no question about ho passage of remedial legislation. But t seems thcro Is a doubt as to whether anything can bo done , though a measure 'or this purpose will bo urcsr.utod to the cgislaturo , now in session. The convict essccs control millions of dollars and are men of political Influence. They will re sist all attempts to change the present order of things , and it is apprehended hat they can defeat such efforts. It is humanity against sordid and heartless selfishness , anel the success of the latter would bo Georgia's shame and dishonor. llultor and nutterlne. The law in New York prohibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine las banished the business from that state , where It was formerly carried oa very extensively , anel it is now being done Farther cast , Iloston having become a center of trade in this commodity. The use of the product thcro has been en couraged , on the ground that it moots Lho requirements of a largo number of people who cannot afford the higher priced butter. The price of oleomarga rine is now comparatively low , and in localities where it is sold this operates to kcop down the l > rlco of low grade butter. It Is noted that since the tax was put on , the exports of this product have largely increased at reduced prices. Holland is the largest buyer , the oil being used there for mak ing buttorino , which has grown into an industry of largo dimensions. It Is also an interesting fact that England has became - came a most important market for but- tcrino , the annual consumption being at not far from 00,000,000 pounds. The dairy interest of Great Britain is making war on the competing product , but the pressure on parliament not to enact any legislation that would limit the supply of the cheaper commodity is so strong that it is not boliovcd the dairy interest will bo regarded. Thcro is a growing popular demand in Now York for the restoration of buttorine to the list of salable commodities , and the dairy inter est of that state , which is very strong , may have to make another fight to re tain the present law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of "any article 01 product in imitation or semblance of ot designed to take the place of natural butter. " A Mistaken View. Whenever any ono complains of whal is doomed an injustice on the part of the railroads , the immediate assumption of the managers is that the complainant is an enemy , and all relations between them are conducted upon this mistaken view. The San Francisco Chronicle has the foi lowing judicious remarks on this orrouo ous notion of the railroads : The railroad companies inako a great nils- take In thinking that the people of the Unltee States are hostile to them. There is no sucl feeling existing on the part of any ono ol reason or judgment , for every thinking per son recognizes the necessity ot railroads anc the Important part they play In the development mont of the country. No ono Is silly ouougli to want to return to the days of stage-coaches and ox-teams , or to the times of navlgatioi by the ragin ? canal. Hut there Is a cause o complaint which Is justly muclo against rail rend corporations , out of which has growi the in tor-state commerce law , and that Is tin power to discriminate , which those corpora tiona have very generally arrogated to thorn selves , and which , by long usage , they havi grown to consider as a vested right No lega argument h necessary to show the unjust ness of such a claim ; the very name "com inon carriers , " under which tliny all come , I In itself a refutation of their assumed righ of discrimination. This explains with sufficient fullncs the real issue between the people and tin railroads , in which there enters not tin remotest desire to destroy or even crip pic the railroads , but simply to hold then within the limitations of their rights a ! common carriers , among which , as oui contcmworaty says , is not included tlu assumed right of discrimination. TIIEUK are' indications of a rctiirninj activity in Omaha real estate. The pas week developed more inquiry than ha < been shown for a month before , with tin effect of strengthening confidence botl among holders and dealers. Tin lull in the real estate movcmcn affordeel an opportunity to tli pessimists to air their fears , but judiciou people , with a rational faith in Omaha' future , have not boon affected by wha they well understood to bo a natura calm , which has not boon peculiar t > this city , but general in its scopo. Then has been a vast amount of capita invested in real cstatn through out the country during the past yoar.ane it is not at all remarkable that a haUshoul have been reached in the movement This would have occurred if there wor no financial conditions inducing capital Ists to observe particular cautioi in investments , such as are no\ felt to exist , lint thcro is always a larg amount of money socking real estate as ; preferred form of invostmant , and ii periods that suggest especial caution i of course finds its way to th most favored and promising local Hies. Omaha would lese nothin ; from such a situation. She has nothin , to four from nu ' intelligent oxaminatioi of her claims in comparison with thos of any other western city , and proport hero is still to ba bought at figures rol ativcly less than in any other city in th country with equal population , business and prospects. WHEN news is scarce , when politic run to tailings , when the heat takes th starch out of editorial opinion , the Si Paul and Minneapolis papers alway have an unfailing resoureo. They cai quarrel over the si/.o , wealth and inllu cnco of their respective cities. Recontl ; the St. P.vil puffer came out with figure showing that the saintly city was blggo than iu rival. In reply the Minnoapoli boomer turned the batteries of R. G , Dili & Co.'s statistics upon some of the claim made by its St. Paul contemporary According to those statistics Miuncapoli ; has sixty-one houses rated between $125 , 000 and f 300,000 in 1887 , while St. Pau has thirty-eight. Of houses havini credits of | ? 5,000 and upwards , Mmno upolia has'241 and St. Paul 15S. Ono hun drmt and thirty-eight companies donij business in tbo two cities report an ag grcgato business DO per cent greater In ; ho younger city , etc. By and by the Minneapolis papers will bo enquiring whether llioru really Is such a place as St. Paul or not. Tuniu ; is perhaps no doubt that a pub lic market house In tjiis city would result in n great benefit to consumers generally , and that they would save at least 25 per cent in the cost of meats , vegetables , pro visions , etc. The objections to market houses are frivolous and selfish. They come from parties.who are either ignor ant of the bcnoliU to bo de rived directly by the working classes , and indirectly by the whole city , or else from shop keepers who fear that their business would suffer. As a matter of fact , the retail grocer and provision dealer would continue to flourish , but competition would perhaps bo a llttlo sharper , anel stale vegetables and eggs would not pass muster. It ia a question whether Omaha can ever compote with eastern cities as a manufacturing point until the price of living has boon mate rially reduced. THE St. Joe papers are congratulating that city over its good fortune in being loft out in the cold by Phil Armour. It was a streak of good luck for thn St. Joe butchers whom Armour was liable to ruin by cheap moats , and the turnip-nosed Si. Josephitcs hare had n narrow escape from the oppressive odors generated by the packing house. The average St. Jou bcet-caleir may not agrco with this vieiw. Ho probably would willingly subordinate his fastidious smelling apparatus to Mi voracious stomach. CITV ATTOIINEV WKHSTKH has returned safely from Denver , where ho was called to defend an Important corporation suit. It is to bo hoped that ho will now find time enough to carry out the directions of the council requiring him to take the necessary stops to compel the B. & M , road to pay its share of the viaduct assessment. Mr. Webster has drawn $500 out of the oity treasury within sixty days , and as yet ho has not earned $50. Tin : tax caters on the city payroll are becoming more numerous every day. Il is proper and right that the city pay good salaries to its officers and fair wages tc its employes , but the increase of the sal ary list is becoming a cause of serious alarm to taxpayers. Every official wants from ono to throe high-priced deputies tc do his work while ho is looking on 01 taking a vacation at some summer re sort. , THE quality of ol wheat carried ovei into the now fiscal year has been found upon careful inquiry to bo above the average this summer. The whole supplj is about 72,000,000 'bushels ' as againsi 09,000,000 last year/ This , with the ne\\ crop , will fully supply the demand anr the prospects are not favorable for ar increase in prico. THE police and lire commission are fully justified in reorganizing the police in spite of the obstruction which the council has placed in its way. Lawabid ing citizens of all classes desire ; that oui police bo reinforced and made more cf ficient. The quarrel over Seavoy is r secondary matter. Now that City Clerk Southard has re turned the council ought to dispense will some of his expensive clerks. Mr. South ard is thoroughly competent , and if h < will attend strictly to business thcro wil bo no need of assistants. SEVEUAI. of Paddy Ford's boarders 01 the police force are out of a job "Sn'outrage. How many justices of the peace an thcro in Omaha just at present ? PUOM1NRNT PKRSONS. Lord Salisbury writes constantly for tin London Quarterly He view. George 11. Hoker , the pool. Is at Lon ; Branch , engaged on a new tragedy for Law rence Barrett. P. T. Uarnum is spending his vacation a the Aellioiulncks. Some good fish stoilc should come from this trip. Ueoree Francis Train Is said to have re cently receiveel and elecluml an olTcr o S10.000 from a Chicago syndicate lorn serie of thirty lectures , Ella Wheeler WIIcox denies the report tha she Intends to remove fioiu Meridun , Conn , to Wisconsin. Klla loves the golden sun lltiht of the cultured east. Lady liurdett Coutts has been received bad into Queen Victoria's favor. Since her mai riugo to her youthful husband the baroues has been persistently snubbed at court Jaf Uould has been asked to build anu\ church on the spot In the Catskllls wlier stood the yellow church of his boyhood th church where his father was a deacon am sermons lasted from Sunday sunrise til Sunday sunset A Statcrnnn's Knowleelcn of Finance artentbnrnuyh ( A' . C. ) WmJsman , Governor Vance said that all ho kne\ about finances was that It took two botte names than his to get money out of a bank. A Voternn'8 Opinion of Politicians At the conclusion of the Gettysburg rcun ion a Pennsylvania veteran remarked : " \ obeys \ \ boys , let's co home and kill all the d - politicians I" ' The nurninc Question of the Day. floitan ttlolic. The discussion now olng on In the news papers as to who is the best base ball playe In the country Is attracting co-nsiderabl more attention than that about the popula presidential candidates. Ijost Ijalior. Si. Lmtf I\M-OI { paieh. Carnegie and Blalno have been f ollowei to Great Britain by Siuipn Cameron , Chaun coy M. Depew , of the , .Now . York Central llalstead , of the Cincinnati Commercla Gazette , and "Oath , " of the Cincinnati En qulrer , and the whole campaign aealns tariff revision will be arranged in outline be fore they return. Helping Out Kansas City Editors. Chicago lleraUl , The Kansas City papers are searching fo a name for their odious contemporaries which shall express all that U contained Ii the awkward "Kansascltyphobla , " and ye avoid cacophony. If "Kawphoby" meets th views of the Kans" City word builders the ; are entirely welcome. Wattorsou'H Prophetic Palm. Kew I'orfc 11'orW. Henry Wattersonhas had his hand read b ; Ed. Heron Allen , the chlrosophlst , who I now making himself agreeable at Loin Branch. In early days , when Mr. Watlcrsoi occasionally took a turn at poker , the penpli wtlo tried to read hlahaud wore compi'llui to pay heavily for the amusement. Mr. Allen says that the lines In Mr. Wnttcrson's palm denote prophetic powers , hence he thinks that his prognostications touching the next presidency art ! likely to provo correct Tlio Fitness llmio , Kliiftnf Siinttnfd. There U a time to mount , to humbln thcc , A time ; a time to talk , and hold thy peace : A time to labor and a time to cervsp , A time to take thy moasuics patiently : A time to watch what Time's next step may be ; A time to makn light count of menaces , And to think over them a tlinn there Is ; There's a time \\heu to seem not to see. Wherefore- hold him well advised and sago Who evermore keens prudence facing him , And lets his life slide with occasion : And so comports himself through youth to age , That never any man at any time Can say , Not thus , but thus thou shouldst have done. 8TAX15 AM ) TKUUITOltY. Nebraska Jotting * . Valentino turns into the coffers of the railroad company $73,000 a month. Advertising and job lots are promi nent pillars of Kearney's prosperity. Heavy rains put the finishing touches on the corn crop of Holt county last week. The thermometer in Nebraska cot out of reach of the mob last Friday by climbing np to 110 ° . Madison has ollored to the Nebraska Central road a bonus of twenty acres of ' land as a site for the machine'shops ot the road. The first born in the young town of Grant was the occasion of a celebration on the 2.1rel. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beard arc the happy couple. ( Jeorgo Frahm. n former prominent business man in Hastings , dice ! suddenly in Ottawa , Kan. , last Saturday. Ho was twenty-six years of age , and a native of GeTiunuy. Three farm houses near Long Pine wcro burned by lightning Friday. The families wore at the Chantauqua grounds anel therefore savcel their Jives. The loss is about $3,000. The project to connect Dakota City and South Sioux City by steel railxvay has actually commenced. The company has a capital of $10,000. It is expected to have the line in operation from the river bank in Covington to the south line of South Sioux City within sixty days. The material has been ordereel by telegraph. The intention is to build the line to Dakota City and possibly to Homer. Iowa Items. Dubuque claims that the railroads da not run that town. They run through it. The county seat wrangle in Harrison county is as hot as tiie weather. Mag nolia is after it again. Nine hundred and fifty women in Iowa own and manage farms. Six more have stock farms , and twenty dairy farms. Miss Agnes Kamsdalc , a young anel handsome girl at Kuokuk , left homo Sun day during her mother's absence and has not been heard of since. A boy by the name of cable was killed by lightning near Oskaloosa Thursd.iy. Ills mother was stunned and another stroke Killed a horse near by. Rev. Dr. Newman , of Washington , D. C. , who will bo recalled as a close friend of General Grant , lias aecopted the invi tation to deliver the sermon of the State Agricultural society on the fair grounds the Sunday before "tho fair. ca The state pharmacy board has been re quested to send two delegates to the con vention of the American Pharmaceutical association at Cincinnati , September 5-9. Seven years ago there were but four state pharmacy boards in the United States- Iowa , Maine , New York and New Hamp shire , and now there are thirty-four , sc that the convention promises to bo n great success and of considerable inter ust to pharmacists. A Mr. O'Neillof Clinton , ton years age while in the employ of the Chicago A : Northwestern , was injured in the yards of that company. He sued for damages. . Ho ami his wife have since died , but the case was prosecuted by Father McLaughlin - lin and now the United States supreme court has just awarded $15,000 damage ! and $3,000 interest money , which has been divided among his three daughter ) and aged father. It is said the railroad company has spent as much more it fighting the suit. UnKota. The hail storm in the hills was a bo nanza for glaziers. It put $10,000 in thcii pockets. Aberelccn is moving to secure the cathedral and headquarters of the now Catholic dioce'sc of Dakota. The route of the Elkhnrn Valley road has been surveyed and staked into Dead- wood. Heal estate has been boosted con sidorably. New oilicors of the Dakota Hditoria' association : President.Augu.stine Davis fir- vices presielent , J. C. Aeiiuns , Web ster ; second vicj presielentC. JJ. Itairott Aberdeen ; .secretary , Gcorjro Slilosser lilunt. It is announced that two new brass field pieces are to be sent to the capital of south Dakota to bo u ed by the Dakoti militia ; not , however , with any hostile intentions against the state govcrnmcni at Huronbut simply for the boys at theii annual encampment there to practice with. Wyommir. A quarry of valuable marble has bcot discovered within live miles of Uawhido "Th.o Howdy West" has been routce : out of Douglas and is now a memory The KimbalU have moved to Glen rock and will issue the Graphicau the Itttti inst. inst.Tno Tno appraisers are at work sottlinj ; the damages to the Hereford ranch fet right of way of the Cheyenne & Iturling ton roael. The estimates of witnesses vary from $25,000 to $50,000. Rock Springs lias been given a dose o ! Potter economy. The water works which the Union Pacific company wa ; building at that point have been aband- OiVi'd , tuul thu hopes of the town blasted Two parties of Cheyenne & Northon engineers are actively engaged in run mug lines along Laramie river. OIK started from Rock creek and the ottiiii from the present crossing of the Lara- line. This is , to an extent , the route con tern plated by ( ho H , & M , extension fron liroken lew ( , Neb. No less than six wells will be drilled ii the oil country west of us this season The machinery for boring two of theiin owned by the Oil Mountain Mining com ing company passed through Doiigla' last week ; the tools for two more owned by an Omaha company , the ok Graff combination are alreaely on the ground , and a Fremont company wil put down two more , The new railroads in the territory plead poverty and beg for relief fron taxes. The Wyoming Central ( North western ) has a mileage of 73.70. Its tola ! depot and other property except rolling stock is valued at $11,050. No valuation is placed upon the road bed anet the tn > commissioner writes that the value ol that property as a railroad is purely prospective pectivo because up to Juno 1 , 18S7. the road had earned only $33.533.08 while the cost of operation had been $ (1,513.21 ( , The returned valuation of telegraph property in the territory is $1)3,781.50 ) , The Union Pacific railroad return shows a mileage of18854 and a valuation ol $1,253,7(11,20 ( while the Oregon Short Line , with V2.34 miles , is valued at 1520,319. , The Blnlu IsHiie. Fa/ ! / City Journal. General Van Wyck Is reported [ is say inir , in his speech lit ( ho bprlngflitld b.ir- bccuc , that the people must arlact next year and elect a legislature that will re1 duce maximum freight rates In Nebraska to the average rate between hero anel the Atlantic seaboard , that will reduce ) max imum passenger rates to two cents per mile , and that will provide mloqnato pen alties for the enforcement of the usury laws. He also declared in favor of the gewernment taking possession of the Union Paclllo railway , anel operating the line for the bonellt of the people , saving that the government can run railroads as well as postal service , and that if Gould anel Vanelorbilt carried the ) mails there woulel bo no cheap postage. Van Wyck has at last struck the key note. What the ) mass of the people- have long waited for Is leadership for the sen timent In favor of government ownership of railways. This Is the only way cheap freight and passenger rateis will over oo attained in the United States , and all other modes of dealing with the great railroad monopoly evil nro useless surface applications for diseases of Uiei bouo. That A majority believe this , the Journal has no doubt , and if Van Wyck makes his campaign next year on the is sues set forth it will not bo a surprise if ho succeeds Manderson in the United States senate. The demands of the hour are urgent. The high rates charged by the railroads are tilling the country with superlluous roads , many sec tions having already three times the number of railroads necessary to do the business. These extra roads keep rates up , because it makes so man ) ' more companies to support with the same busi ness. The government should condemn the railroaeis and buy them now. before more superlluous lines are built , anel a good beginning woulel be to foreclose ) on the Union Pacific , which the government has already paid for many limes over. General Van Wyck inaelo a mistake that contributeei largely to his eiofcat whou he failnel to advocate this policy in the senate - ate anel introduced , instead , a bill to make easier thu requirements of the govern ment on thej Union Pacific. * Now that Van Wyck has reached the nub of the railroad question his previous popularity will greatly increase , if ho sticks lo it. A Ilnynl Itoiul u > IjcnrninR. Snii Kianeteci ) Chmntclc. The three sons of Robert Garrett , president of the Baltimore & Ohio , who are now in the city , are enjoying life In a manner in which few American boys are accustomed. They came here ) in a private car last week , after a leisurely trip through Utah nud Nevada. Ii. Penn , an Englishman of learning , has charge of the trio , and is the tutor who has been instructing them in American and Mexican geography from thu windows of their special coach. The names of the boys are John W. , Harri son , W. , and Robert Garrett jr. They are much pleased with San Francisco nnd are studying it like tin open book under the tutelage of Mr. Penn. who is snid to have well coached himself on the subject before his arrival hero. The young Garretts will make a complete tour of the state before returning east , and it is said that a trip to Oregon is among their plans. They have not yet been interviewed on the subject of the lialtimorti iV Ohio deal , but coulel prob ably give as straight a story concerning it as some of the Wall-street men who have been filling the eastern reporters with their conflicting accounts of the doIngs - Ings of the great syndicate. The Modern Holihor. New York Commercial Ailmtlttr. Thcro is no department of inelustry in which more remarkable advance has been made during tlio last half-century or during the last century , than in roguery. The process of evolution has nowhere given more remarkable results than are seen in ttio improvements made in the methods of rascality. In earlier days when one man desired to get pos session of another man's money he 1'iiew no less clumsy method than that of knock ing his victim down and taking the money away ; or presenting a pistol to his head anel orelering him to deliver ; or sneaking quietly by night into the promises of the victim and secretly pur loining the desired wealth. Even in this year of grace , these clumsy , antiquated , vulgar and incidentally dangerous methods of roguery are practiced in half- civilized communities , such as those of Arkansas and Texas , and by the imper fectly educated rascals even in the me tropolis. But , among civilized men generally , roguery has become a much liner art than itvaa in the hanels ot Jack Caele , or later in the hands of Monroe Kd wards , anel the ) scoundrel who now desires to rob his fellow-men shrinks iu disgust from the rude vulgarity of force , ana in stead of buying a pf.stol or cutting a bludgeon from the thicket , ho retains a linn of learned and rcpnlablo lawyers. With their aiel ho arranges his plans in strict accordance \\ith law. or if that be impossible , under so plausible a disguisu of legality , that he not only incur * no risk , but is under no necessity of con cealing Ins gains. He robs in largo sinus and so elignilieelly that when all is known ho can still return his influence a * super intendent of tin ; Sunday school and pa tron of all goexi work. Ho pays his law yers well , and they in return HO arrange his plans of robbery that they product ) the largest possible returns at the small- eat possible risk. CLEVELAND'S THRIFT. He Will Leave tim White House With $ lOOOOn. Baltimore American : Tt has boon stated that Mr. Cleveland does not ex pend more than half tils salary , if , in deed hi-i expenses e.scoed foi ty per cent of his income , and 1m will doubtless have ) at least $100.000 ot Ins compensation as president remaining when ho loaves the white ) house , if he ) eloes leave ) it , on March 1 , IBS'.l. A friend e > f his , who is in a po sition to spank witli force on tliu subject , sa.yn that when he was inaugurated the president had 1115,000 in hard e-tibh. This money was prine-ipally out ot his fees while ) sheriff of Kriei county. His four political campaigns , in which l-.o was elected to the .slirevally of Erie eoiinty , to the position of mayor e > f Hull'.ilo , gov- oineir e > f New YorK , iind iiresidont of the ) Unite'd States , co-it him in all in round figures , $ .20,000. . With the $ .05,000 , the-rc- fern , which hei duel when he entered the white homo , this f lOO.OOO which ho will save ) and the fortune of his wife ) , Presi dent Ciuvolanel willihave in the neighbor * hood of f 200,000 a a fortune iiiion \ \ Inch to begin life ) anew when ho leaves the white house. Carefully invested , this would " ( iold him tin income sufficient to take care of him very cennfeirtably for the rest of his elays. "In what is this moneyr invested ? " in- quireel your corieopondent. " 1 don't think the president has any investments other than biuikduposlts Ho was never of a speculative turn of mind , and never engaged in it .speculative enter prise. I think the greater portion of his nionev , at least , is deposited in banks in Albany , and Buffalo , with , perhaps , some in Now York , nml I de > not bollnve Cleve land is likely to invest anywhere iiuho hope of scouring big dividends , miles * ho is absolutely satisfied that the ) investment - mont will bo safe. Wlinn ho elios Ins wife will hnvn perhaps | 2H ( ) ( ) from life in suranee policies to add to hU savings. Hu has no very heavy Insurance on his llfo , for the reason that within tlio past two or three ye-ars tlw principal compan ies Imvn instructed tlu-ir agents that tliny elo not e-aro to take risks on the life of the ) president , because of | iis uiode > of living and his dlposltiein to npopluxy , llw will probably dovotu Ms tune to e&su and comfort. It is likely that-his naiuo will bu In demand for the presidency of'ono or nioro corporations , and from this Fourco ho will bo able to elerlve n very icspcctablo income. "White Heaver. " Clneago Tribune ! "Wlnlo Beaver" naoeel through Chicago the other day on his way te > his homn in LnCrossc , Wls. from Lurope. where he weelt to pay a visit to his old p.il , Buffalo Bill. Years iigo Frank Penvell was a post surgeon In tlio west. When Buffalo 1)111 was in the service ) of the ) government lie ) made Pow- e-ll'.s acquaintance- they became fast friends. Powell admired the great scout and love-el the wllel life ho leil. The up shot of It was Powell cast his lot with Buffalo Bill , whom ho very much resem bles in appearance and physique. Pow ell was a great favorite with thu Indians on account of his ability to aid them in the capacity of medi cine man , and thuv gave him the name "While Beaver. " Before the days of the Pacific railroads White Beaver was quite as well known as Bullalo Bill , but when the two ro-entcroel clvill/ation Buffalo Bill Increased his fiimo by plunging into the show business , while White Beaver settled down to practice his profession. That is why the latter is not so well known as his olel comrade. Dr. Powell enjoys great popularity in La Crosse , where he is a leading citizen , nnd has been elected mayor two or three times. Ho has a largo practice anel has a big hospital for Ins patients. That the In dians have not forgotten their old friend is shown by the ) fact thai hinielreds of them tramp to La Cro u every year for medical and surgical attendance. Every summer Bullalo BUI spends part of his vacation with Dr. Powell in La Cro so. O'em : Dr. Powell lived in Omaha a number of years and will bo remembered by many of our citizens. ] FllANK JAM US. How tlio Women Flock Around to Iluy GnoelM of Him In Dating. San Francisco Kxuminer : "Tho re formed bandit , Frank James , late of Missouri , is the fate'.sl and biggest attran- tion in Dallas. " This was remarked to an Examiner reporter yesterday by Thomas Willmrspoon , a broad-shouldered Teixan , nt the Uuss. "Frank is the mllel- cst-inaiinercil man you ever saw. You woulel think he was a preacher to look at him anil listen to the soft cadences of his voice. But you just ought to see how the women flock about him to buy elry goods. It beats the wor lei. It's Mr. .hunt-a this and Mr. James that a perfect love of a man some of them call him. I don't mean that all the women visit him at the etoro and dote upon him , but u big per cent of them dei the morbidly curious and men tally off. I rank James does not look JiKo a shooter , nor a bad man. He is of medium sixo only , very quiet , and his black hair is lately beginning to bo well tinged with gray , us is his mustache. He live'.s in au unassuming way in Dallas , with his wife ) and two small boys. The boys are not over twelve or fourteen years old. The family seems a very happy one. The store ho works in is owned by Worthington , Jones & Co. These people got him awav from the St. Louis shoo store by offering a biegor stipciih. It is undcrstooel in Dalks that he gets $300 a month. He ought to have more , for in the past four months he has just about doubled the linn's business. It was a liicxy stroke , their ( retting him. Frank James is reported to bo poor. People theiuglit for a long time ho had a big lot of wealth that he had made in train and bank robberies and hold-ups of ono soi t and another , that was buried , or at least stored away somewhere - whore , but if so it has been kept a seercd. Nobody knows where it is. Sometimes they have thought maybe Frank James has glided incog , to various towns like St. Paul , Omaha , San Francisco , or other towns west and south , and bought , prop erty in the nanx-s eif his wife or sons. Dallas people keep wonderi"g all the time what has become of the swag. Of course ! , there is a peircentimo of them though who nay they don't believe ho has any money that ho was more sinned against than sinning. 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