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iw u < - . i .i- Mir i * t * wMnmr * Ki- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. AUGUST 8 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEUMS or un. cjtiprio > ! Dnllr OTornl JJT Edition ) Including Uundnf BKR. Onn Vunr . . . . $10 01 ForBlxMontln . . . . 6 M PorThrm MnntH . . . S 5C Tlio Oinohn Suniliiy IlKt , inidlod to nnjr uddrcm , Ono Vcnr. . . . Su OMAHA orrrrK. No. 914 * xn 01 FAIUTAM s-nirrr. New VOBK orritr. UDOM & , TIUHIINK iitnr.mso Orncr , .So.J onnnesrortnKKCii All eomtnunlaitinn * rclntlnit to news onrtedl torlol nmtlor RtumM bo mUruMol to the Kin TOII or TIII : HKU. All bu lnr lcttirniin < lrnmlttaDCO iliouIdb < aridroxaod to Tin : lluti I'unusiitMi CoMiuwr DMOU , Draft * , rliockg nnU pcntofBco ordon to bo in ado payable to tbe onltrof Uio company THE BEE POBllSHInTcipm , PROPRIETORS , 35. KOSEWATEB. Kniron. tllK BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. BUte of Nebraska. I _ . County of Dotidti. 1 Ot-o. 11. TzMchncK , secretary of The Bei FubHshlnc company , does solemnly swea thai the actual r.lrctilntlon of tlm Dally Hei 1 \af \ ? for tlm weelcendlne August C. 18ST , was a follows : * Hatuilav.'uly .TO . U.20I Hiind.w July 31. . . , . 14/JW Monday. AiiRuit t . KMi TiittMtiiv. August ! ! . : . 13.8W Wednesday. Au tmtn . 13.HS Thursday. August 4 . 1SJ.8H Friday , AtiRUbtO . 14,00 Averace . 14.07 Gl'.O. U. T7.SCUUOK. Bworn to nnd subscribed In my in esc tic this Otli day of Au ust , A. D. 1&S7. N. P. FRIT , , rSEAUl Notary Public. State of Nebraska , I Douelas County , { " " Geo. 11. Tzscliuck , being Qrst duly sworn deposes nnd sajs that ho Is secretary of Th BCD 1'ubllslilni ; company , that the nctua averne" dally circulation of tlto Dally Bee fo the month of July , IhSO , 12ai4 copies for August , 1KMJ , VJ , M conies ; for Septetn bcr , 18bO. 13i o conies ; for October , IB * 12lO copies ; for November , I8b0 , 1UJ : cories ; for December , Ibsrt , 13'J37 copies ; fo January ! M > 7. 10'jfiO copies ; for February 18S7 , H.lOp copies ; for March. Jb87 , 14.40 copies ; for April , lbS7. 1431 ! < 5 copies : forMaj 1H87 , 14,227 copies ; for Juno 1887 , 14,14 copies. GEO. B. TzscnucK. Subscribed nnrt sworn to before me tills Is day of July A. I ) . , 1HH7. | 8KAI * | N. P. KKIU Notary Public. THE Omaha base ball club was agait defeated yosterduv us usual. IT is Paris wlioro duels arc most talkct of , but It is not Pans where the most du els are fought. 1'oou GEUMANV is like the under do/ / in a light. She is nt outs with Russia and Franco wants to prouuco on he aUo. TUB public at Chicago arc not satisfiec with tlm verdict in the boodlcr trials. I : this rcspuct the public : vnd tbo boodlor are of the snmo frame of mind. "WHAT disposition shall bo made o the surplus before the meeting 'of con grcss , " nsks an exchange. Jt is after th meeting of congress that is to be feared LIKK the star of empire , justice fo municipal criminals is moving westward Now York sut this judicial fashion , am it hag reached Chicago. It is to be hopci thut the wave will strike Omaha befor long. _ SouTmvr.s > TiuN : Now York experience the luxury of n severe frost Saturda ; t night. It is supposed to hnve been i ! company with Governor Hill's boom fo the presidency. It is alwns a cold da ; when n mixn gets left. LINCOLN has its eagle eye sot upoi Bccuring an extension of the Milwaukee railroad. If Frank Bond is made prcsi dent of the road , Lincoln will "be lucky i she is not robbed of boots and brooches A word to the wise is siillicicnt. MINISTKKS seem to bo degencratinp The latest instance is reported from Mir nesota. where the pastor of a church ha eloped with the wife of an editor and th organist for his flock. Perhaps the fleeing ing couple will join erring Brother Wes in his Canadian tour. THE Iowa authorities should institute searching inquiry into the cause of th Manawa disaster. Reckless negligence inspired by greed , appears to bo respons ble for the los-j of life. The boat was mure cockle-shell , and the owner ha no right to jeopardize the lives of pcopl ' who did not' know the risk they wcr running. If the prevailing opinion prove true , that Farmer llollowuy know tlm the condition of his boat was unsafe , h should bo made to sutler the full punish raont which the law provides for crime caused by contributory negligence. THE average yield of wheat in th west will this year bo about Ihirlooi bushels per acre. With the price at 7 cents per bushel in the principal mar kets , the western farmer will not ge much more than 50 cents. This will giv < him an income of about $0.00 from cncl Hero. It has been estimated that it cost about | S per aero to raise a crop o wheat and bring it to the nearest market The farmer is not going to become : money king at this rate. Indeed , farm ing has been u discouraging business o late. The effects are becoming apparon in the numerous farms that are for sal or for exchange throughout the west. ASSISTANT IMUAX CoM is.stONin Ui 8HA.W has issued an order forbidding Ir dlans to bo taught in their native Ian guago at the mission nnd govornmon schools. This order will doubtless orout something of a stir. Indian educator have learned that it will not do to dis card all at once the usages and custom of Ilia savages. If they nru to bo taugh they must bo allowed to have their owt way in many things , and taking the ! own language away from them in thi manner may cause n rebellion agains learning anything nt till. The govern inunt has more thau 200 schools on th various reservations. TIIK effects of the drouth iu parts of th west this summer have been most dUtu irons iu Illinois and Indiana. In the foi mor Htato the corn yield will not be mor than about one-halt of the usual crop All other crops have likewise sufferei Tbo corn crop will bo a totnl failure ii some localities in Indiana. In Wlseonsl and Michigan the drouth has been las destructive. West of the Mississippi tli general prospects are good , although coi tain localities in Iowa and the souther half of Nebraska have been ' badl. scorched , The wheat crop Li about tli average of later years , though the acre ( go and actual .amount raised is lea ' .hau they were eight or tun jeans ugo , llAttroiid Tariffs In. Nebraska. Judge Mason of the Nebraska railroad commission , has made another interest Ing nnd instructive contribution to th ( controversy relative , to railroad rates ir this state. The first communication ol the present scries was addressed to Clou crnl Manager Iloldrcgo of the B. & M on the 18th of July , and showed by i comparison of rates prevailing In Nebraska braska , Iowa nnd Minnesota the cxten to which discrimination against the merchants and farmers of Nebraska 1 : carried , amounting on the average l < fully 30 per cent. To this Mr. Hold rege replied urglntr that the comparl son as incorrect for the reason that thi figures were those of the local tariff ii use between local stations on the B. & M lines. In further defense of the action of his road , Manager lloldrcdgc assortei that the volume of business carried b NebrasKa lines is Tory light as compare ) with that of Iowa lines , and that mor business originates and terminates ii Iowa than in Nebraska. It isnotoworth ; that Mr. Holdrcdgc omitted nil rcferenc to Minnesota , which may fairly be re gardcd as u virtual admission that th demonstrated discrimination in favor o thut state is wholly Indefensible. The rejoinder of Judge Masoi shows that he is thoroughly fortilicd ii his position and is fully determined t maintain it. He says it seems ovidon that Mr. HoJ drego did not carefully reai or fully understand the first commumca tion , but unquestionably he did both. 1 is an essential part of the functions o the B. & M. manager , as of every rail road olllcial iu a similar position , not t seem to comprehend a question of thi kind any farther than muy bo necessar. to enable him to disturb nnd pervert th facts and arguments presented , and to al tempt to controvert or offset them b ; irrelevant statements and false assunip lions. If thuro is anybody more adroi nt this sort of work than Manager Ilol drege , his name is probably Thomas I Kimball. But Judge Mason very com plcloly disproves of the lirst item in th managci's defense by the statement tha if the local distance turill'hud been use for the comparison the figures showi would have been from 20 to 80 per con highot against the company thau tbos given , so that the company "were ac corded the most favorable considoratio possible in making the comparison , " th tact being that the tariff from Lie coin to the western Ncbrask line was used and applied t distances west of Lincoln. The ver questionable assertions of Mr , Holdrea that the volume of business carried b Nebraska lines is light as compared wit that of Iowa lines , and that more bus ! ness originates and terminates in low ; than in Nebraska , Judge Mason refuse to admit. As to the first of these assei tions ho claims what is doubtless true that there Is not ii better local line in strictly agricultural country anywher in the west than the B. & M. line in Nt braska for 300 miles west of Lincoli Other statements nnd assumptions c Manager lioldrege are convincingly di : posed of , and there is a furthe presentation of facts and reasons show ing the wide and unwarrantable dif crimination in laver of Minnesota , th distance tarift'in that statu being 40 to G per cent lower than that of the B. & M in Nebraska. In conclusion , Judg Muson says that having fully considcre all the factors in the case suggested b Mr. Holdrcco , ho can see no excuse o justification for the present local rates und that so far as he is concerned the dc mand that they be reduced will bo ad horcd to and insisted on. There can bo no question rogardini the justice of the position now occupici by tlm railroad commission in this cor trovcrsy , and it will bo heartily sustaine by public opinion. Allowing for poss ; ble mistakes as to details , the genera fact is clearly established by the iigurc that there is n great aud manifestly ui just discrimination against Nebraska b which the people of the state are bein mercilessly robbed of millions of dollar each year by the extortionate railroa lulls. The effect has been and sti is to obstruct progress and rotar the prosperity of our pcoph and until the abuse is removed , Ncbrask cannot occupy that fair position in th race for material advancement that sh should rightfully havo. It must bo re moved , and it remains to bo seen whcthc the railroads will wisely make the fai concessions asked or force the people t have recourse to compulsory measures. To Help tlic Money Market. The secretary of the treasury has at nounced that pursuant to authority give him by law ho will anticipate the intere : on government bonds duo at vuriou dates after September 1 , aud ui to January 1 , 18S8 , wilh a n bate at the rate of 3 per cent , per annun such interest to bo prepaid on and af tc August 15 , and also that the trcasur will receive proposals for the sale to th government of 4 and 4 | per cent , bond ! to bo applied to the sinking fund. In e > plaininc ; this action the sccrotar stated that the anticipation c interest was for the purpos of getting rid of the surplus , the pui chase of bonds being necessary to pro Tide for the sinking fund , the require montsof which will amount to nboti $20,000,000. The interest to bo propat amounts to $33,310,701 , less the rebate the amount of which caunot bo exact ! stated. If both those proposals of th treasury carry , they will release to th money market about $18.000,000 betwoei now and say the assembling of congress an amount which would be a very grea relief and may be very much needed. It cannot bo regarded ascertain , however over , that both or either of these proposal will carry to the extent necessary to re lease the amount of the surplus stated It is questionable whether bondholder will to any great number accept propaj uicnt of interest with a rebate of two pc cent. , for the reason that thcro would b no material advantage to thorn in doiu ; so. Such as are pressed for money ma respond , but it is not probable that tin number of this class is so conshlorabl among the holders of government bond us to assure the success of this par of the secretary's plans. With re gard to the sale of bonds a prices acceptable to the trcasur ) there is also ground for apprehendin , that the result will not be entirely satis factory. It has been suggested that th secretary could not have selected a bet U > r time at which to propose the pur chase of bonds , as at this season of th year the natural tendency of all sccuri ticj is to decline , but nu tbe other hand if .a feeling of financial distrust ibouli become general , the effect would very likely bo to induce the holders of bonds to keep them as the safest form of investment they could have , In a tiruo of danger , when se curities are declining , people buj government bonds for safety , nnd the greater the present apprehension the less likely will the treasury bo to receive liberal proposals to soil the bonds. The action of the treasury indicatct that the secretary has become impressed with the necessity of doing something te relieve the money market , but It does noi follow that thcro Is any imminent danger There appears to bo a slight stringency which considered in connection witb UK fact thai there is nioro currency ir circulation than a year ago , ma ] perhaps warrant a.lltllo dislrust of thi future , but that there is really anythlnj in the monetary situation to cause alarn docs not appear. What seems to bo o first necessity Is thai contidenco shall nebo bo shaken , a requirement lo which cer tain bankers and newspapers of the cas have not been contributing by ncndinj out notes of alarm at every coiivonien opportunity. However , the condition ! arn such as should profoundly Impres congress with the necessity of apply ing the remedy which it nlom is competent to provide , and of doing si with the least possible delay after It shal have assembled. Wise and prompt ac tion is required or the country ma ; within another year experience sonou financial difficulties. If the cotintr. could feel sure that the next congrcs would do its duty iu this matter thori would bo an end of all distrust. THE Herald is very Indignant bccausi a paper at Hastings pronounces the con duct of the Omaha city council in con ncction with police aflairs as exceed Ingly disgraceful. Our contcmporar : still persists thai public opinion in Omahi sustains the council , and the dissen comes from two papers that print after noon editions. If this bo true , wh' doesn't the Herald publish the views o our business men on this controversy They certainly are not biased in the ! opinions by political schemes or persona dislikes. Isn't the converse of the Her aid's assertion true ns to the actua state of facts ? Does not the only stippor which the council can rely on corao fron political hacks who are the cat's paws o the council bosses , from keepers of cer tain resorts whore the council anarchist guzzle beer and whisky night after nijjht and from the editors who guzzle th liquor with thorn ? JIM FLOOD , the Ihird of the bonanzi kings , is dying. John Mackoy , his partner nor , is making all possible speed fron Europe to his bedside , for the purpose , i is supposed , of straightening the com plications in the recent wheat deal whicl did not matoriali/.c. It i < < possible then may bo affairs in the death of Flood tha may lead on to the misfortunes of Mr Mackoy. EVIDENTLY penitentiaries are run in i peculiar fashion in Tennessee. Accord ing to a dispatch from Nashville th prisoners are allowed to gamble am have access to deadly weapons. Las night , over a two-cent bet , ono convic killed another with a knife. This is ai indication of true southern hospitality. OMAHA , jobbers are reaching out into Idaho , California , and Oregon. This is very cheering , but wo would like to sc < Omaha reach out into Nebraska a littli more. This state , and especially thi northern part of it , is naturally tribu tary to Omaha , aud , should bo supphet from this point. THE proud state of Iowa has had an other blot placed upon its escutcheon. J prize fight took place yesterday morninf upon the wave-washed shores f oti ! sister state : While the thugs wcro prin cipally from Omaha , Iowa should lose n < time in wiping out the slain made upoi its fair name. THEIIE never has been a railroad acci dent or steamboat collision that did no provoke all sorts of comment as to hov it might have been averted , and wha people would have done under like cir cumslauccs if they had been there. Man' "hind-highf is always better than hi foresight. WILLIAM M. GIIISON , the deposed prim minister of the Hawaiian kingdom , win is charged with robbing the public trcas ury and escaped lo Ibis country , is th most distinguished boodler wo iiave of th present ago. Ho did not escape througl the bath tub. STATE AN1 > T Nebraska Jotting * ) , fullerton is feeling for the B. & M. Hastings has a weakness for blowing St. Edwards takes unkindly lo wim pudding. Fair weather is approaching with ai army of fakirs. Hastings will have free mail deliver' ' on September 1. Ord will receive bids until Ihe 12th fen n system of waterworks. Rivcrton voted almost unanimously t < issue bonds for waterworks. The f 55,000 bonds voted by Crete ti the Missouri Pucilic sold at 09) ) . Fremont expects to knock the packin < out of Lincoln and swell up to Nebraska City. Tumbli.ig rods and threshing machine ; have begun harvesting for the under taker. The grand lodge of Colorado Mason ; nro booked for a meeting in Lincoln or the 18th. Butler county has a surplus of wine which neighboring counties oan have fo : the asking. The state holiness camp me.oling is ii progress in Uornelt. Sixty-firo tent shelter the elect. Times are terribly out of joint am suffering for solder in Lincoln , oven i plumber failed there last week. Saunders county teachers , to the number bor of 100 , are brushing up for the fal nnd winter campaign at the institute it \Vahoo. Lightning is no respecter of sex or oc cupatlon. An attractive Gage count ] " woman was killed by a flash while milk" ing a cow. A deaf man was struck by a locomo live near Seward and his hearing re stored. As a kill or cure remedy tha locomotive comotivo is a pitching success. Frank Brennoman , of Cleveland towiv ship , Cuminc county , sacrificed an orn on a tumbling road , last Monday. Tlu arm was amputated at tbo shoulder. Lee Merrill , a 1'lalto , county bov ol eighteen , suicided last Monday. Semi wookfi ago his mind was affected by thi heat , and caused him to take his life , A Columbus base ball umpire rccentlj suicided because' none of the players it n match game kicked nt his decisions. The phenomenon broke his record and his heart. Louis Thllson , a S.wcdo living fourteen miles from Atkinson , was killed by light ning Wednesday nitht. Ho was forty' five years of age and leaves a wife anil four children. ' Farmers around Norfolk are organizing to shut out pol-liuuters this fall. The } propose lo coulino the sports to the road : and arrest tluitn foe trespass if they in vade the Holds. Wood River hadj a genuine Kllkennj fight last week , in which Mat Nevills WHS rovolvored by a nianlaa named Larrj Kilkenny. Tholntfcrls in jail awaiting the result of Novllls' wounds. The young son of D. W. Clancy , o : West 1'oint horse las' ' , was kicked by a , week. The sharp calk of the shoe penetrated trated the boy's skull , and doctors hav ( little hope of his recovery. lie was alivt at last accounts. Henry Schroder , the horsa thief in jal in L'lattsmoulh , is preparing his intcrio : for penitentiary grub , lie is embuci with the notion that by fasting ho will re duce hi * capacity and build a pcrspecti for Iho hush al Hycrsvillo. Mrs. Richmond , a widow residing al Mission Crook , Gage county , ended he : life with a ra/or last Monday.Her hus banddied ( several months ago , and he grief was so great that she determined t < cna it , following him to Iho grave. Grand Island jailed a live specimen o Iho nude art last wccK , a shameless gir of seventeen , who paraded the streets it a costume that would bring a blush to i mother llubbard. The youngster i ; sorely in need of a thorough slippering A free and easy dance at Wiltnnui las week caused the Hidden demise of thi proprietor , a disreputable follow unmet Hall. Ho attempted to sashay uroum thecorpso of a cowman named Cobb but the latter blocked the move with i Winchester and furnished a subject foi the coroner. Hall's death was a blessing to the town and Cobb was cheered on hi ; llight. Al Fairbrothcr , Cell Jay , Curg Ayre nnd Jink Brayhill , members of the stal and stokers of the South Sioux City Sun went tishing for subscribers in the Mis souri rivur recently. Their pleasant line ; wore ineligible to the denizens of tin murky , the bait gave out at a critica moment , and the quartette wabblei homo with a stack of blues und n chi | basket of tall lish stories for future use A pair of enterprising I'lattsmouthori wont to Lincoln recently to start a towe supply company. In order to stand it with the powers thai bo Ihey consullec the "penitentiary contractors , and tha cheap labor dignitary patted them on tin back and told thorn to go ahead. Hurdh were they gone , however , after tcllinj him their mission , ere Iho contractoi concluded thai there was money in tin scheme , and made up his mind to worl it himself , nnd later in the day , while thi boys wcro out canvassing , they founi lhat Iho contractor was making tin rounds jusl ahead of them aud was ruk ing in plenty of work. Seeing that thoj were taken in they 'abandoned the fioli to the convict scrubs. A veteran crank named Giles , with : petition sworn to by a notary public u Jefferson county , has turned up in Dav enport , la. , and proposes to sue for dam ages and the disbarment of Attorney ; A , 1' . Hurker , Douglas Darling. L. A Ellis , Dan Ellis. " Cv. Gannon , Walto 1. Hayes and A. L. Hchuyler. Ho charge , that iu violation of the .statutes of lowi requiring of said attorneys "never lo re jqet for any consideration personal t < himself the cause of the defenseless o : oppressed , " and by reason of certain ele ceptions and collusions practiced b ; them he was wrongfully imprisoned fron December 80 , 1835 , to about April a , 1830 and from Juno IS , 188U , lo about Scptcm bor 11 , 1880 , from which ho escaped am lied for safety lo Illinois. He further nl leges lhat "ho has suffered damages l < the amount of $031,250. for which suits ii law are now in progress , and ho claim , treble damages in the present actioi against Ihe attorneys in Iho sum o $1,81)3,750. ) " Iowa Items , The farmers' alliance now has 200 or ganizations in the stale. The lanel assessment of Chcrokoi county is $2,780,000 ; personal property $085,788. The Sioux City Journal is convince ! that a railroad bridge will be built acres the river at thut point. The Minnesota & Northwestern sent it first train into Dubuque Wednesday , ant invited the newspaper [ men to ride eve the road. The local branch of the Irish nalionn league , at Kcokuk. has raised and for warded $300 to bo applied to the aid o evicted tenants in Ireland. Monana county's assessed valuation i as follows : Lands and town lots , $2,735 , 221 ; personal property , ? OS2,102 ; railroads $287,810. The total valuation of tin state is : Lands and town lots , $300,083 , 070 ; personality , $101,005,0 ! 8 ; railroads $33.722,701. A sot of level headed jurymen in Siou : City were called upon to decide whcthc : suven kegs of beer were not suspiciously largo for private consumption. 'Iho ] were supplied to Chris Shull/ , and thi latter churned they were for the solo usi and benefit of himself and wife. Tin jury hold that ono keg was sufficient fo : a family of Iwo persons and ordered tin destruction of the other six. The sanitary condition of Sioux City i ; alarming. The demand for drugs dur ing July , as shown by the olllcial re ports , convinces the Tribune that half o the population are at death's door , ane the medicine men are reaping a polder harvest. The records show the followmf sales during the mouth : Bourbon , 0-iOi gallons ; brandy , 075 gallons ; brandj , 3i kegs ; wine , 130 barrels ; rum , 75 gallons beer , 41,500 bottles. Or estimating tin population at30,000tho following amoiin to each man , woman and child : Hour bon , over 1-10 of a gallon ; brandy , 1-1 ! of a gallon , and beer almost one bottli and a half , besides the rum , wino am other liquors. This represents $21.001 lor whisky and $10,880 for beer. Thi' ' leads the Kansas record by sovera points. _ _ _ _ yoin/ni / ; . The Burlington road has staked a lini to Buffalo , Jonnson cottnly. Two trusted clerKBiin Cheyenne busi ness houses wcro jailed last week fo embezzlement. / The prospective advent of the Burling ton road to Cheyenne will effect a raduc tion of freight rates , i Harry Patterson , ' 'the ' murderer o : James McElhono , iu'Whalon ' Canyon , in 1834 , has been captured and jailed. The 101 outfit in'CrooK ' county los 11,000 head of cattle lak winter out of f herd of 12,000 , and out \f their herd ol 80,000 were able to rqpbrt only 8,000 tc the assessor , j E. P. Clark , the locating engineer o : the Union 1'asilic , barf started out on the Cheyenne & Northern with men ami material for a three months campaign under scaled orders. His destination if unknown. The Cheycnno Loader believes that the capture of Hunter , a notorious horse thief , will throw come light on the rob' bory of Paymaster Bush at Antelope Springs. The Wyomlngoflleers who cor rullm ! Hunter believe he did Iho job , and will endeavor to prove it. Posey S. Wilson , the ox-banker and lord of Crow Crenk , but more recently ol Colorado , has found his lovcl.in a f 1,00J ( clerkship in Washington , Posey afliictod the newspapers of the west with poetical < cal extracts , in 3'earsgone by , and mer ited retribution has Hnully overtaken him. The appraisers of damages In tuo Here ford ranch near Cheyenne , by reason ol the B. & M. right of way , have fixed upon 115,700 as the proper amount of conv ponsatlon. The land taken by the rail road comprises twelve acres of meadow and forty-eight acres of upland. The award is about half Iho amount asked nnd $10,000 , nioro than the railroad of < forcd , Colormlo. The Denver mint handled bullion te the amount of $170.800 , during July. A forty stamp mill to cost $15,000 Is tc bo added to the nulling plant In Loadvllle Heal estate transaction : ! in Denver the past seven months amounted to $10,915 , 288 , an Increase over the corresponding period lasl year of $14,080,002. Bob Wilson , a Denver auctioneer stopped a runaway team last week saved the life of a child in the buggy anr secured a broken shoulder , several bodj cut * nnd a scalp wound for his courage ous act. Theodore Komn , an ex-circus acrobat employed on a sheep ranch near Grcely gave n sample of his high kicking abillt ] to John G. Lamport , the proprietor o the rancn. and broke his neck. The ovl donee lakon by Iho coroner's jurj showed lhat Kemp kicked Lamport un der the jaw killing htm instantly. Why Stockn are Down. C7ilf < iyo Ketft , There are some excellent reasons win stocks and other securities rule so low ii Wall street. Among them are the foi lowing : The New York bank surplus reserve servo is quite low at a lime when mono : will be needed for moving the crops Last week , lay Gould sold ti big block o Missouri Pacilic bonds for $10,01)0,001 ) cash. Wall street houses with Englisl connections joining in the purchase. Thli would Indicate that Mr. Gould is badly n need of money , coupled as it is with tin fact that a short tuna since ho refused : bid for these bonds as a price considera bly above lhat which ho is now glad Ic accept. Besides such an indicalion as the abovi to account for the fact thai the bulls it stocks are demoralized and cowed , ! New England commercial journal trivc ; some figures lo show how largo a sum o money has recently been Invested ty eastern capitalists iu western entcrprisci to a large extent originatins in Boslon Thus , Iho Alchmson , Topeka & Santa Fi railroad company has called fo : $40,000,000 to bo expended in extending its system. About half this amount ha been paid in. The Chicago , Burlinctoi & Quincy railroad company has obtainct $7,500,000 , half of which has been fur nishcd in Iho United States. In addiliot lo these sums over $12,000,003 ha been paid in for Iho use o Ihe Chicago , Burlington & North crn railroad during the last oighteei months. The Wisconsin Central am connecting groupo of roads have also re ccivcd largo sums , while $0,000,000 ha , been absorbed by Ihe Memphis & Birm inghum railroad company. So lhat no less than $75,000,000 has been absorbet by the above enterprises , most of whicl has been furnished by Boston , and eve : half of which has been actually in vested. Add to these means for the nbsorpllpi of capital the various land companic and the western mortgage com panics , which have found favo in the eyes of New England capitalists and the fact thai Boston capita has largely gone into national banks ii the northwest , ono resident of Hostoi being a director in no less than fifty- seven such , and the extent of eastern ant other investments in new western enter prises will be appreciated. Now , it Is well known that such invest incuts as these , which return so slowly t < their original sources , tend to maki money scarce at the great centres am plenty nt the extremities of Iho land , am also to promotu speculation iu tuiiin proved real estate. So that the low pnci of stocks in Wall street and consequen _ panic of the bulls are in this way readih accounted for. Bciiklctnnii Booming. BENKLEMAN , Neb. , August 6. [ Cor respondoneo of the BBE. ] Just nov Bcnkleraun is attracting more at leulion from homo-seekers and busincs men looking for locations than any othe town in the great Republican Valley , un less wo except Ihe live little city o McCook. Bcnklomau is a natural trad ing center for the uuttlo men and thi river settlers , who , until a short timi ago , comprised the entire population o the county. When the fact is knowi thai eastern capitalists are loaninir a ; high as $1,000 on unimproved quartci sections of land in Dundy county , i seems strange that settlement of thi county should have been deferred si long. Once in motion , the lido of immigratioi was irresistible. The wealthy cattle ir.oi made strenous efforts to stem thu Hood o homo seekers , but all iu vain , and now in less than thrco ynars the "grancers,1 as the cowmen indignantly term them have taken complete control of thi country. It was not necessary to sem government troops hero to remove thi great cattle fences , for the settlers tool matters into their own hands und ac complishcd the work in less time ant more satisfactorily than could the troops and to-day there is not a mile of cattli fence around government land in Duudj county. Negotiations are now pending for thi building of u largo irrigation ditch fron the North Fork , eight miles above Ben- bolman , giving a thousand farmers aloni the route plenty of water for irrigatiot : ( in case they should need it ) and supply ing the town with an everlasting supplj of water for every puroose. Duiing the past week two state bank : have begun business hero. The Bank ol Bonkolman and the Union Banking Co John R. Clark , of the Lincoln First Nu tional , is backing Ihe former , while O L. Allen , a Colorado capitalist , is at the head of the latter. The survey of the B. & M.'s line frotr Bonkolmun to Wuno , there connecting with the Pueblo line , has been completed nnd the road will bo built this fall 01 early nexl spring. Bonds have been voted and a contract lol to build a $3,000 school house , to be finished before winter. Mr. Titus Objects. HAuvAKi ) , Neb. , August 7. To the Ed itor of the BEEVe : see in your report of crop prospects under date of August C you say crops in Clay county are verji poor , or words to thai effect. This Is n very grave error so far as Iho north hall of the county is concerned , for crops never looked bettor in this or any other county than they do now in alt the nortti half of Clay county. Corn is immense ; oats and llux nro also a treed crop ; very lit tle wheat was sown. Hope you will make the correction , for wo take your paper and are old residents of Clay county , and do not like to see her so grossly misrepre sented. Wo have had plenty of rain to mature the corn , and fool safe in saying that it will average at least fifty bushels to Iho ucro. Yours truly , L. J.Tn'us. Texan Prohlhltlon Kcturns. OALVKSTON , Ter. , August7. The election returns received last night wore meacro and came In slowly. Those received up to mid- mu'ht did not increase the majority against the prohibition amendment contained In yeaterita/'s report by over 3,000 , making the total majority thus far against the amend ment , 78,000. ' i Pozzom s Complexion Powder pro duces u soft and beautiful akin. It com bines every element of beauty and purity. Sold by druggist * . SOME PRACTICAL TOPICS Which Will Interest Farmers , Wool Grower nnd Cattle Raisers. A DEMAND FOR MORE LEAN MEA1 Depression of IOWA Cattle lute.rcm- BOIIIO StiKRCstloit * About Wool- Growing A Kniisn * MulasxcB Mill The Sorghum Industry. More licnn Mont. Iowa State Register : Thcro is In pro grcss a decided change in tlm pttblii tnslo and demand for beof.pork and unit ton , with less fat anil more lean. U i : not Iho lean caused by poor or scuntj feeding , bill lhat kind of meat which ii .produced by breeding Ihe choicest clas : of animals , in the direction of marble i/cd meat , finely streaked with alternate fat and lean. The hog which Is a men lump of lard is no longer acceptable tc the consumer of fresh pork. This kirn of meat , especially in the cooler purls o Iho year , is in immense demand in ou : town and city markets. Hence sucl butchers as pride themselves In furnish mg their choice customers with such porl chops or roasts ns can only bi furnished from a certain class o hogs , nro beginning to b ( particular about the churactci and condition of the hogs they buy And sonio of them are necessarily cdu cated to bo the best judges of the men of the hog. And swine feeders are be ginning to wake up to the question o : producing an animal which is cbmposci of something more agreeable to the taste of the epicure. And in the future hog breeders will have to take this ink consideration. The same with mutton. In formei yeans the lovers of this delicious meal demanded manded the fat Cotswold. Whether il bo thai the world is abandoning Iho ro bust exercise ot the farm or the chase , and hence have not the taste , nor the digestive organs , to demand such ful mutton , or whether n higher intelligence suggests something different , is neediest to investigate. But among mutton eaten there is an increasing demand for morr loan and less fal , us is Iho case will : Down mutton. And in parts of the world where slioop are raised as much for theit meal us their wool , this is going to bo n leading clement in Ihe question of whal breed of shoe } ) to raisn. There has boon und is yet a strong current in favor of baby beef or earlj maturity. And there is no doubt that II is profitable to the producer lo prepare his beeves for markol in Ihe shortest pos sible time. Bur there comes a complain ! from the delicate stomachs of beef catorc ns well as the gourmand thai such beef h too fat nnd soft. That it is not streaked or marked as the beef is which had beer kept in u coed healthy and growing con dition until it luid utluiuud twoycarsnnd then linihhcd off by high feeding. Tin demand is almost universal at our butch ers' stalls for more lean nnd less fat , especially through the hot months. Tal low which used to bo the most valuable part of the beef , has become the poorest. Forty years ago the butcher robbed the beef of nearly all of the tallow , ns it was worth twice as much per ponnd. Now they crowd on all Ihey can , as it is noi worth half a.s much as good lean beef , Formerly the great demand fo : tallow for candles made the fattest beef the most valuable. Now , when the tallow has to bo sold by the butchers to the chandlers to bo worked into biitter.thcre is a loud demand for a different charac ter of beeves. And breeders will be com pelled to make this a lending question. In some breeds of pigs , shoe ) ) and cuttle , there is a strong tendency to put on fat in masses without ; a suitable admixture of lean. It is evident , therefore , thai in Iho future selection nnd breeding ol stock , thcro will have to be more atten tion uiiid to the character of the meats consumers have sot their hearts upon. The Cattln Situation in Iowa. The cattle situation of Iowa is now laboring under very great depression , growing out of two distinct causes , ac- cordiuir to the Homestead , which says : Ono , that of drouth , being immcdia- ate , the other the result of a series ol influences operating for years , and both together producing a depression in the enure industry , probably as great us Iowa has ever known. Over almost the entire tame grass region of the state then : is u serious nnd protracted drouth , Over n great portion of it the drouth is so great that practically there is no pasture. Whin to do in the present crisis is seriously troubling many far mers. The situation is one demanding a cool head and steady nerve , mid where advice should neither bo given nor acted upon rashly. To sell cattle in the drouth-stricken re- i > > ns is impossible except ut a great Bae- riliee. To keep tm without serious loss of condition is possible only in one way , und that is by feeding jusl as if winter was upon us. Wo do not believe that cattle during the next ten months will need hay or grain anv worse than they do at the present hour. Rather than have the inevitable loss of condition , we .should say at once , cut up the corn and feed it. There will bo no pasture in these drouth-stricken regions for n month to como that will bo of any great service to cattle. Where farmers arc feeding steers und cannot sell them without u very serious sacrilico , wo would say , commence to feed nt once , getting them on feed gradually , nnd soil tliemas soon as lit.for what they will bring. Tbo danger is that many farmers will bccomo completely discouraged and thitiK thai the bottom te out of tlm indus try. There is no reason whatever for such feeling. The present depression of cattle on the market , aside from the immediate influ ence of the drought , is the natural result of their undue inflation in 1883 , ' 83 and ' 81. Then capitalists nil over the nation saw immense profit in ranches. Iowa and all of the adjoining nnd far eastern states wore called upo-i for female cut'io , which were curried out to the ranches in immense numbers , resulting in nn in flated market in thu states which carried up all classes of cuttle with it. With the lust two years the general mnrkots have received the increase of these cuttle and the result has been great depression in pricesintensified by the depressed condi tion of the manufacturing uud commer cial interests. The lust year has been a disastrous ono lo many of the ranchmen , eroul numbers of whom have gone into bankruptcy , and the closing up of their estates demand the immediate marketing of every steer thai is , al all in condition. This , logothor with the enforced mar keting of sluto cuttle , has tilled the great markets with a supply far beyond the demand , with the natural result of depressing prices lo a lower point than it has reached before in twenty years. The inevitable result of all this is a grcul decrease of the cattle of the United States , a decrease that can be accom plished in three years ; when thU decrease is manifest to the dealers , as il must be in the next twelve months , the cattle in dustry must again take its old position us one. of the prolitablo , prominent and re liable industries in Iho entire range of agriculture. Wo Pay thercforo to farmcrs.got Ihrongh the present crisis as best you can , not withholding tbu dry food , keeping up thu condition of the cuttle , holding on to the young calves , nnd gutting rh ( ol all in ferior and scrub stock , In the full conll- deuce thai in tlto next two or thrco yean cattle will be as prolitnblo as over. Younc Cattle , Iowa State Itoglfltan } ouug catllo havi / not been as cheap in Iowa lor years .u 1 * now. Iowa farmers are unnecessarily irlghtcnod about onttlo food for the com" * ing winter , nnd nro suci'iHcing their cat llo for very low prices. And yet there Is Iwlcc ns much nutritious cornfoddcr In the state , If It wcro saved in good order , ns would winter , in good order , nil of the cuttle of the state. And in two or thrco weeks much of the fodder will bo ready for saving. So soon as corn is glazed it can be safely cut up , with slight injury to Iho weight of the corn. But It Is hard to l get a class of farmers to change their i routine of business. For long years largo | parts of Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , etc. , have < been in the practice of cutting up shock' * ing their corn , and by them it is not con- t sidorcd to great a task. They are used i to it. In Iowa it is a now departure and { is looked upon by ninny ns n very laborf- I ous and begg.xrly way of doing business. It Is Iruo II makes work for fall and win ter , and some of it not the most agree- nblo. But in what counlry'is ' there sure $ success without labor aim toll. About \Vool-Orovrln * . Says the Kansas Farmer : The making of good wool of any variety requires care , l * attention and good business manage- t uient. The value of wool is determined by the quality of the liber , nnd that depends - ' , < ponds upon the regularity and life of it. ' An irregular libor which , in places feels and looks dead , is not worth much for ' any kind of cootls liner than carpets and , rugs. Regular und lively wool can bo grown only on healthy sheep fed regu larly on proper food plentifully fed in comfortable and healthy quarters. Wool fiber urows like a plant , and a very good illustration of the point wo desire lo D ro se n I may bo found in the potato grown in an unusually irregular season at one time growing vigorously , al anolher lime starved by drouth or drowned by water. Potatoes grown under stiofi conditions are not good , as every tanner knows. So , if sheep are surfeited part of the time , starved purl of thu time , ex posed to all kinds of weather in all seasons , their wool will show Iho effects of their keeping and will bo weak , ir regular , half dead. To produce good wool , regular , lively , strong , the sheep must bo well cared for , and thai all the time , so that the liber may grow elondiiy nnd healthfully. Every observing farmer knows how quickly disease or lack of food , or impure or unclean food affects the hair of horses , hogs und callln. The effect is precisely Iho name on sheep and it is more important in this case , be cause wo are growing the wool for uso. After wool is grown it is important that it bo well taken care of and prepared - pared for murkct in good condition. If the wool-grower understands thai wool musl be sorted before it is used by manufacturers , they will rocogn Izo the importance of some woll-dollned general plan of putting up wool in grades al the farm. Hero la a manufacturer's de scription of a package of wool : "Pul it on Iho table and it is a beautiful ilocco to behold light , puffy nnd froo. The string comes off freely. To open it from the center to cither end is but to touch It with slight pressure but lo , what is hero. A handful of short hard tags cut last full , another handful of clippings cut this spring ; another handful of sweet locks swept from the lloor. Is thai all ? No , hero is another bunch of wool of another color , a different staple , il smells differ- , enl ; it musl be yes , it is part of a ram's lleece. " Thai way of pulling up wool is very expensive to the farmer , because it dis credits his wool in Iho murkct. Better Ihrow inferior stuff away lhan lo mix 11 with good wool for the price is determ ined by Iho worst samples nnd Iho prob able cosl of sorting. Farmers of Kansas ought to have twice as many sheep as they do have. Every farm ought to have u flock. There is no more prolitnblo animal when well taken cure of. They nro not troublesome , they are noi expensive , and yet when well cured for they will pay for themselves twice over every year , oven at low prices for wool. Have good stock , keep them well , make good wool nnd put it on the market in good condition. A KanRas MolaaRes Mill. Sterling Bulletin : The sorghum in dustry here has grown withcuchsuccecd ing season until it has become ono of the largo industries of the city. Thcro has been expended , approximately , $75,000 on these works since they were first 46- culed hero , This does not include labor , etc. , which hus been a big item , as they have employed an average of at leant jltty men per year since they have been in operation. W. P. Clement , who hua the gencrul mnnagcmcnl of iho works , is n gentleman of largo experience in the syrup business , and is not only posted in theory , but in practice , and has un bounded faith in the future financial suc cess of the cane interests , not only to produce syrup , but sugar. They have put out this year over six hundred acres of ennc , nnd : xs u consequence the large plant has necessitated a largo ox- ponilituro of money this sum mer. They have bought ? & , .MQ worth of additional machinery this week , at Dundee , consisting of engine , crusher , and Iho appurtenances thereto , which will bo put in nt once. The object of nil- cling a second crusher is to run the cane through it lirst , with us close pressure as can bo had , nnd then subject it to Itio pressure of the second , thus largo y in creasing the percentage of the juice. They have added un extra evaporating pan , with all the modern improvements , thai will increase their capacity of evap oration fully one-third. They have also put in another finishing pan , and en larged the finishing room fully one-half. They uru at work on a cane cutter that , if a .success , will curtail the expense of cutting largely. Mr. Clement has per fect faith in the practical working of the machine , . They are painting nnd refit ting throughout. Thny hnvo expended und will expend in improvements and machinery ut least f tfi.OOO this year. Tha work of the season will begin August l , when they will run day und night , em ploying at least eighty-live hands. Thus it is readily seen thai thia industry will furnish work to a goodly number nnd make u good pity roll nt the. end of each week. The I-Yos of Koscoc Conkllni ; . New York special to Kansas City Times : Ex-Congressman Frank Hum. speaking to-day of him of the imperial bouglotte , said : "Air. Conkling is said to bn receiving in retainers and fees not fur from $100.003. It is true but not the whole truth his income for the past two years has heen more than $200.000 , and I urn told by lawyers in Now York , who ought to know , that no lawyer in the city for the past live years has unrnvd us much money us Mr. Conkling. He novur takes a contingent fee , for lie is singu larly severe in his adhesion to the code of professional conduut , which does not look with fuvor on contingent fee * . A fnw days ugo Mr. Conkling argued a patent CIISB in Chicago Involving thu right to usn the para- liiio paper which is wrapped about candy anil other sticky miustiincca. His foe in that cr.so was $ : iO,000. unit ho has had several oven larger. There uro legal 4 firms in Now York , I am lold , which re.- ; , coive moro money in a year than Mr. ] ( j } Conkling ourns , bill no individual lawyer /v purns more probably none as much. 11 nj-j is Irue llnil Mr. Conkling luig paid oil , , u uoriic f 80.000 for which ho was mponsl- , ( bio lo Iho creditors of Ihe Into A. II. , M JolniHon , of Ullcu , but ho hus done more since. In. took up the practice of law in Now York City , ho hus liquidated obliga tions of ono kind and another amount ing to nearly if''CO.OOO , und has done it in less than sit years. I believe thut Lhoro is no purnlJm to Kuoh earnings und ± llquidutioiiii by professional work in such ixtliuu.1