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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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