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ifK 4 TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE : . THURSDAY. AUGUST 11 , 1887 : THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or sunscmrnost Dnlljr ( Mornlnir Edition ) Including Uunda ? Dr.K , Ono Year . 1 10 00 For Blr Month * . 6 W For Three Month * . S 60 Tlio Omahn 8nn < 1ny HKE , mulled to any , Ouo Yonr. . . . . 2 00 Omee. No. P1 * * n 91 FAR * AM New vonK orrici. Itonu s. TRinuNK niru.itiMi. WASI1INOTOW OrrlCI , NO.tUFoUKTINIIlBTtl T. All communications relating to news and edi torial matter aliould bo ad'lrossod to the Kut- COB Or TUK BKK. AH burlneu lottery and remlttanoos should bo MdrcMoJ to TUB HIK 1'unt.mnno COM PANT , OMAHA. Drafts , checks nnd poUofflco orders to be made parable to the enl r of tlio eompanjr. Ml m FBBllffllKciPMT , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATEU. Enrron. THE PAIIiY DEB. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Bt te ot Nebraska , I Douzlas. s < 8 < County of j Oeo. B. Tzschucit , secretary of The Bee Publishing companT ( doea solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily lice for the weekending August 5 , 18S7 , was as follows : Saturday.Jnly M. . 14.200 Hundav.July 8t . 1 1.200 Monday. August 1 . U.500 Tuesday. August 'J . lll.b'JO Wfdncvlay. Adjusts . 13,880 Thursday. August 4 . 13.835 Jfriday , August 5 . 14,000 Average . 14.079 OEO. 11. TZSCHUOK. Sworn to nnd subscribed In my presence this Gtli day ot August , A. D. 1887. N. 1' . Fr.tr , . fSKAKl Notary Public. State of Nt'brnskn , I Douelas County , f aa Oco. li. T7scliticlc , bclnf * flri t duly sworn , deposrs nnd sajs that ho Is secretary of The Bee Publlfthlni ; company , that the actual nverspo dnlly circulation of the Dally lies for the month of .luly , 1880 , 12,314 copies ; for August lbfl'J,4 < M conies : for Septem ber , 18SO , 13.WU ) coiiles ; for October , IbSfl. 12,19 copies ; for November , 1880 , 13M ! copies ; for December , IbbO. 13,237 conies ; for January Ib87 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,198 copies ; for March. 18S7 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1887. 14,310 copies ; for May , 1887 , 14,227 copies ; for Juno 1887 , 14,147 copies. OKO. B. Tzscnocit. Bnbfterlbed nnd awnrn to before mo this 1st day ot. luly A. 1) . , 1887. (8KAL.I ( N. I' . FKIT * Notary Public. IT would seem that the vice prcsldontal boom of Editor Henry Grndy hns dimin ished until It is now confined to classic precincts of the Atlanta base ball field. THE blooming , idiotic editor down in Kansas who is attempting to starta boom for lun Voorhccs for the vice presidency should bo taken in doors before frost comes. ALL the unknown towns in the west are now sending invitations to the presi dent. Lincoln has joined the list of ob- scurn villages. The capital city was big enough to have known bettor. KANSAS CITY lira added insult to injury by permitting an alleged poet to indict an Invitation to the president m so-called poetry. The fool killer can lind a good job at good rates in Kansas City. THE loosncss of the laws of Iowa re garding pri/o lighting will no doubt , by some be regarded as encouraging that crime. The fhort-lmirod. fraternity look upon Iowa as the state in which they are the safest from the doors of the peniten tiary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ANOTHER of the pioneers of Nebraska has joined the grout silent majority. Mr. Thomas Morton , postmaster at Nebraska City , and editor of the Dally News of that city , and. one of the prominent and re- spooled , citizens of the stuto died yes terday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MAYOR BUOATCII is patted on the buck with a left-lmnder from the jobber organ , which still persists that as between the council and police commission the law is on the side of the council. The commis sion has no money to squander on reader- loss papers. COLONEL EUGENE HlOOINS Will bO a prominent issue in the next campaign , lie is by far the most important factor in American politics to-day. However , II Colonel Higgins had boon given his just deserts ho would have boon in the poiii- tiary years ago. THE letter of invitation from the citl znns of Lincoln to the president was evidently written by a roul estate agent , If it is the object to work ofTa few de caying town lots on the Chief Executive , it is to bo hoped that a map of the cltj accompanied the letter. So KAit Chairman Balcombo , of thi board of public works , is the only ofllcei who 1ms complied with the resolution o : Councilman Lee , requesting city officer ! to report the names of their clerks am deputies , salaries of each , and by wha authority appointed. SKNATOU CUU.OST , it Is said , is no pleased with his Inter-atato commerce law. The delegation of Illinois farmcri who waited uuou him a few days ago and charged him with bolui the tool of the railroads wiis calculated , and did. lessen his opinioi of himself to n considerable degree That the law prevents rate wars tin farmers believe Cullom was the chain piou of the bill not for his alleged lov for thorn , but because ho was the paii attorney far the railroads. FKKSIUKNT CLEVELAND will bo carofu not to go to Now Albany , Indiana , whoi on his trip through the boundless west The farmers of th.vt locality who thinl Chn president should resign his oflic while absent on his electioneering lour AS they term it. will notglvo him a heart , wplcomo. Whatever may have been th motives of the idiotio Iutianiaus | , it 1 safe to speculate thatniuo-tcuths of thos who participated in the framing of th resolutions are not possessed with still clout brains to write their own names. AMKKIOANS have taken much Intorcf In the .stories of cruelty and oppressio which como to us from over the sea fror time to tiuia. Let them uow turn the ! attention to the whlto slavery carried o in the Pennsylvania coal mines and othc centers of monopoly. Much can bo don in tbo way of amelioration by perslstoi ; and outspoken public opinion again ; these shameful evils. The coal monopc Hats of this country need humblinf Thuy need It very much. Not only d they grind thnir employes in the ( his but whenoTor they think it advisable tax Is levied on the coal consume : throughout the country. Down with tl coal barons. Defiant Railroad Managcrtf. The experience of the Paollio railroads investigating commission with the man agers of the Central Pacific is one of the most Impressive lessons over afforded the public as to the true character of these railroad ofllclals. They nro all men of great wealth , who have made their money by plundering the govern ment and robbing the people. They have not hesitated at any practice or proceed ing , however much in disregard of law and public justice , necessary to carry out their plans of reprisal and aggran dizement. Wherever an opportunity was presented to seize upon any thing that promised to increase their gains and strengthen their power these giants of rapacity took advantage of it regardless of the moans to bo em ployed. The corruption of legislators and public ofllclals was car.icd on as sytematlcally as any other part of their business. Their attorneys and lobbyists were kept at Washington under fine sala ries and with unlimited privileges of ex penditure , and wherever else the pur chase of support for the schemes of the corporation or of hostility to measures adverse to its interests was necessary , the purchase was niado at any price. Millions have been used In the business of corruption , al though no record was kept by which the full extent of the rascality can bo known , every dollar of which the poo- were robbed of. The corruptionists ould not conceal the fact that for years hey had been using money without stint n buying legislators , but they shrewdly milled from the accessible records all ccount of this outgo , or ingeniously con- eaicd it under some other form of ex- icudituro. A combine of moro reckless nd .skillful rascals never existed than luntington , Stanford , Crocker and their on federates. When Huutington was before the com mission in Now York ho did not deny hat the Pacific Central had always eon represented in Washington and .hat money was liberally used there , lie iad not the slightest idea , however , as to : iow much had been used , and as to the bject ho jeoriugly Informed the comiuia- lion it was for "explaining things. " iVhen the commission got to San Fran- isco and Lcland Stanford was called be fore it , it was found that the Central managers had adopted a policy oven moro non-committal than that sugested by lie testimony of Mr.IIuntmgtpn. Stanford a a senator of the United States , sworn o respect and uphold the laws of the country , from ono of which , enacted by ho congress of which he is a member , the nvcstigating commission derives its ex istence and authority. When asked by the commission whether the corporations of which ho is the executive officer had paid my money or other valuable considera- ion , or done any other act or thing , for ho purpose of influencing legislation , \ir. Stanford not only evaded the qties- ion , but virtually told the commission hat it was none of its business how the orporation had spent its money , HO long is no reduction was made from that por- ion of the not earnings belonging to the United States. It was this same gentle man who subsequently had the sublime mpudcuco to say that the government is a debtor to the Central Pacific o the amount of moro than 00,000,000. Another prominent ofll- ial of this corporation is Charles F. Jrockor , who has been twice before the 3onnnission. On both occasions he has llatly declined to answer the question of ho commission whether the Central Pa cific had paid any money for influencing itate or national legislation , or to make any explanation of the payment of bills without vouchers. The evidence that this policy of refusal and evasion was carefully prearranged is shown in the 'act that one subordinate ofliciaV de clined , "under instructions , " to pro duce his books nnd records , while iinothcr declined to answer the question as to whether or not lie was counsel for the railroad. The defiant attitude of the Central Pa cific officials is consistent with their past course , and is the natural ono for men to iissumo who are conscious of their guilt and have in mind the well-deserved pen alty for their crime. So far us the pub lic is concerned their course is a suffic ient confession of guilt , and of such stu pendous proportions , it may fairly bo be lieved , as would startle the country wore it fully laid baro. But the object sought to be accomplished by the creation ol the commission will not be attained if the results of its investigation reach no farther than this. It is expected to push Us probe to the very bottom and unearth every fact that is of record 01 memory , to the end that if there are any who have boon engaged in this prolonged and gigantic scheme of plunder and cor ruption who can bo punished they shall not be allowed to escape justice. The money involved the people can afford tc lose if it is beyond recovery , but the crime calls for atonement. It is re ported that the commission is undecided as to whether it shall usn its authority tc bring the defiant ollicials before the courts. Such hesitation wil ! subject the commission to public clis approval. Its duty In the mattei is plain , and no consideration for these men should cause the commis sion to pause a moment in the discharge of that duty. It represents the soveroigi demaud of the nation for a full and complete ploto disclosure of the facts in this pro longed history of unsurpassed venality anil that demand must not bo tritlce with. The commission should etoa promptly and firmly with those dolian and sulf-condemned corruptionists. Xtin Condition of Crops. The crop condition , its reported by tin department of agriculture , is not reas suring. Owing to thu wide prevalenci of drj weather the promise generally i much less favorable than a month ago particularly with regard to corn. Oi thu Atlantic coast the outlook for thi crop is not impaired , but everywhere else there has been a marked decline ii the condition , and especially is this thi case in Ohio , Michigan , lllluois , Indiana Kansas and the southern portion of No braska. It is not necessary to conceal thi fact that in the latter state corn has boei very unfavorably affected durinj the pnst two weeks , and it is not to b expected that thu aggregate yield wil rcai'i ' tlio arnrago that was promised ; lit * ' 1120. In some localities tl f.ui i ra will be rewarded by an averag crop , but in others it is certain that th yield will hardly repay the outlay. Th corn surplus is stated by tbo departmen for Nebraska at 75 , und tne sprlu. whca average at 77. Most other crops are reported below the aver- ago. The drought region of the northwest , embracing 70,000 square miles , In which all forms ot vegetation was drying up , has experienced relief during the past forty-eight hours from copious rains , and a moro favorable re port from that section may bo looked for. On the whole , the crop situation docs not hayo the encouraging aspect It did a month ago , though an ample yield for the demands of the homo market at least is still assured. The Indian * of Arizona , The troublesome character of the Ari zona Indians , exhibited in a long record of bloody masacrcs and destructive depreda tions , and the continued necessity of main taining over them a vigilant surveillance in order to prevent new outbreaks , has done much to weaken the force of the sentimental arguments in behalf of the red man. As a practical question the re tention of the Apaches in Arizona is a very serious ono to the whlto residents of that territory. Ono of the territorial nowspapcrs , in presenting the case of the settlers , says the maintaining of the Apaches in the San Carlos reser vation within Arizona is offering to those savages a continuous premium to escape from government control and resume their career of murder and rapine. Their numerous escapes and the bloody consequences should , in the opinion of that paper , far outweigh any such consideration as that of aboriginal title to the territory or any Inherent or natural right to go where they please or do what they please. The question of getting rid of thcso troublesome neighbors , whoso presence is a continual menace and source of dread , the whites of Arizona seem disposed to earnestly press to a solution. This will bring forward the old controversy , in which the so-called philanthropists will again go over the well-worn arguments in behalf - half of the Indian and In opposition to the obvious demands of civilization. Uut the white people of Arizona will .iavo . the practical sentiment of the coun try with them , and there ought to bo no doubt as to the result. They urge as the only solution of the matter that the Apaches bo removed to the Indian terri tory , or to some other section of the country away from their haunts in Ari zona. They take the reasonable view that so long as the Indians are permitted to frequent their old hunting grounds , to traverse the familiar trails and paths , to scalu the mountains and bury themselves in the well-known fast nesses and gorges , to lie in wait in the familiar coverts and to renew tlio scenes of cruelty and bloodshed which have iiado them so notorious , so long will "their civilization be an idle dream and their christianizing the empty speculation of a visionary. " There can be no doubt on which side of the question is the rational and practi cal argument , and this is the only argu ment that ought to have any considera tion. The removal of the Apaches from Arizona , and their separation from the scones and thu inlluoncus that are incen tives to murder and rapine , is unques tionably the very best thing that can bo done for them , while it will assure peace- to the territory and relieve the whites of the fear that is inseparable from the presence of the plotting and treacherous Indians. The removal would work good in every way , as was the case with the Modocs , and there ought to be no ques tion regarding its accomplishment. The Glenn School Bill. The Glenn school bill recently passed by the Georgia house of representatives has called forth extensive nowsuaper dis cussion north and south. Northern opin ion seems to bo wholly against the meas ure while that of the south generally en dorses it. The part of thu bill most se verely criticized is the provision making it a criminal o Hen so for a white teacher to instruct a colored school. IJNortliern negroes are very bitter against the bill. Last week a meeting of colored people was held in Boston in which a sot of resolutions was adopted declaring the bill unconstitutional and revolutionary , and "that the passagn of ch a law will induce the intervention of the God of justice against the pale- faced scoundrels enacting it , in the shape of Hoods , pestilence , and bloody upris ings of the people thus oppressed/1 Georgia has never been well disposed toward the freedom of that state , and the efforts of the latter toward the establish ment of schools havo'been hindered in many ways , but this is the first time MIICO before the war that such a decided legal obstacle has been thrown in their way. If the act becomes a law it must necessarily close such schools as have been established and carried on * by white teachers in the state. The measure is supposed to have boon aimed especially at the Atlanta University for colored students , which was founded with northern money and has been con ducted mainly by white teachers. A trustee of that university is quoted as saying that if the law Is passed it will not be obeyed by the faculty , and in case of conviction an appeal will bo made , oven to thu supreme court of the United States if necessary. That the people of Georgia or any other southern state should insist on separate schools for the two races is well enough , as even the negroes themselves favor such scpa ration , but if a law should bo onactet making a white teacher a criminal sub ject to the chain gang and other indign ! ties , for teaching a colored school , en lightened public opinion will protest Such an act would be too flaring an offense fonse against individual liberty to bo tolerated erated in this country , ana thu constitu tion would not uphold a measure so uu just as this. Kcop the Hooillora Down. With the Omaha llcpublican as a competitor potitor in the newspaper field the BEI has no controversy. It has been flat stale and unprofitable for years , bu never moro so than since the day it fol into tbo hands of Rounds & Taylor. A n newspaper their sheet does not in an ; sense compote with any other Omahi daily , least of all the BKK. > \ o do , however over , regard it as a duty wo ewe to thi state , and especially this community , ti fixposo and oppose the boodle method which these broken-winded politlca tramps have sought to transplant fron Washington to Omaha and Nebraska. Those profo.sblonal public plunderer hare dutmuchca our legislature and de . .ftVj. moralized our clfy council by a course which no honest or decent man can countenance. They have Sought to dominate over Governor Thaycr , and arrogantly instated that ho should allow them to dlciato appointments on the police commission , the judiciary , nnd other ofilccs which the governor is called upon to fill. They have hold a club over thn heads'bl certain city officials by prying intO'tboir past domestic and private roc- ordsj whlch they threaten to expose un less their domandk for plunder nro ac ceded to. They1 have prostituted them selves and their paper to the basest schemes and advocated anarchy in our police affairs in exchange for city patron age , to which they wore not entitled , at prices many times In excess of the rates which they gladly give to business men. Such publishers , no matter how worth less or unpopular their paper may be , become dangerous to the well-being of the community. They have already disgraced and dam aged the city by glvmp' countenance and support to the clement in the council which has knpt Omaha in turmoil for months and deprived us of efficient po- icc protection , and they have indulged , hcir thievish propensities by drawing hundreds of dollars out of the city treas ury for city advertising , Inserted by re quest of councilman who hadn't the backbone to resist their isolont importu nities and blackmailing threats. A few hundred dollars filched from the city treasury may bo of no moment to ndlvidual taxpayers , but when jobbery and fraud become firmly rooted in our municipal system , robberies running into .he hundreds of thousands of dollars will surely follow as a natural cense quence. The only way to prevent boodling and stop public thieve" is to check them at the very threshold and keep them down by wholesome restraint through the courts. Crrv THKASUKEK Kusu has called the attention of the council to the low con- Jition of certain funds. This was proper enough ; but Mr. Rush went clear out of iis way when ho sent a lecture to the council on its duties , and indulged in a ot of clap-trap about the price of labor and shaved warrants. This looks too much like campaign literature. Mes sages to the council relating to affairs of the city nro expected from the -mayor , but not from other officials. Their fuuc- lens are purely ministerial and clerical. It is their duty to give information when asked to do so , and make reports through the head of the city government annually or semi-annually as the charter pro vides. Ox the whole , the business outlook of the country is good , notwithstanding the drouths in some sections , the attempted corners in largo cities and otiicr adverse nllucnces. The largo sums of money which have been'.idle in the hands of bankers and capitalists for the past two or three years , is beginning to flow out into the natural ch'annols of trade. If now also an adequate measure for easing tlio overfull United 'States ' treasury can bo devised , so that'some of this money at least can begin to circulate among the people , good times this fall would almost bo assured. THEUE has been tf good deal of rubbish in local papers about detectives being imported from Chicago by the BEI : to fer ret out boodling and jobbery in the city and county offices. The truth is that a competent reporter has been employed to go through the county iccords , with a view to enabling the BEE to publish what has been done by our county commis sioners' during the last fiscal year. For eighteen months or moro there has been no report published of its proceedings , nnd the BEE has gone to the expense of procuring for the taxpayers the informa tion which has been withhold from them. COUNCILMAN KIEIISTEAD is being clubbed by the boodlors' own because ho has given away the tactics which thcso JWunderers resort to in "working" council- men. Mr. Kicrstcad has made what ho has by honest industry and enterprise ; his assailants have made what they have by swindling the government. Mr. Kior- stead has established a good reputation in Omaha during a long residence ; the other follows have established a bad reputation on short residence. COUNCILMAN CHENEV was doubtless very much surprised to road in a local daily that a trr.do has been proposed to him by the editor of the BEE to make him sheriff if ho would break loose from the llascall-Ford-Manvillo combination. If wo are rightly informed , the boot is on the other Ice. The proposition to make Cheney sheriff has come from thu coun cil bosses. AT the funeral of the Chinaman Wing Get a bottle of whisky was placed in the coffin along side the corpse- perhaps as a moans of demonstrating there is pun ishment after death. In this country , howoyer , the custom is to take several bottles outside of the coffin. WHEN an Omaha councilman who has no visible means of support , wears a plug bat and spends $100 per month for beer and whisky on a salary of $50 per month , it gives rise to the suspicion that a Chicago cage detective would ) have no trouble in finding a boodlor under that hat. THE street commissioner has been or dered to do some more grading at the general expense of the city when the work should by rights' bo paid by the owners of property adjoining tlio street on which the grading is to be done. IK any money camh * had for park pur poses , the council should begin with an appropriation to , ' beautify Jefferson square. , i' FEWER ordinan cos 'and ' bettor enforcement mont of those already .enacted would be appreciated by our city. PROMINENT 1'CIISONS. Oouclcault Is said to be writing a play In which well-known New York critics will flg ure as villlana. General Phil Sheridan will attend the re * union ot the army of tne Tennessee In De troit September 14 and 15. John Uoyle O'Reilly Is passing the sum rncr In a comfortable and roomy old house a Hull , Mass , lie Is recovering his Health and strength nnd has resumed his edltotfa duties. JJr. Oliver Wendell Holmes admits that he begins to foci worn and weary with over work , and to fear a breaking down of tlia strength with which ho Is as yet blessed He makes few visits and .endeavors to acccp ow Invitations , except from the closest and oldest friends. John Taylor , the dead president of the Mormon church , has boon In hiding from the officers ot the law for over two years. Ho was with Joseph Smith In Carthage jitll , and ccolvcd four shots when the assailants iponcd the fire that killed Joseph and Hiram Smith. Ono of the bullets lodged In his watch. According to an old custom George W. 'lillds Is acting during the summer as sexton at the little Episcopal church at KI boron , N. I , Ho scats visitors who have no pews of hclronn , nnd also passes the contribution box. Mr. Chllds is very proud of the office , and will not accept any other In the gift of ho little church , Many persons do not know that JelTcrson Javis Is blind of an eye ; and more do not enow how ho was thus afflicted. When ho was about fourteen years old be and his cousin , Joseph L. Davis , wore shooting with crossbows at a mark on a pine stump. Ono of the bolts fired by young Jefferson flow > ack and struck him fairly In the eye , put ting It completely out. Mrs. Lauehton , who recently entertained Itoso Elizabeth Cleveland at Ulongarry.Wls. , says : "It has been said by many Ill-man- ncred and unjust newspapers that Mr. Jlovcland's marrlaco caused a coolness be tween him and his slstnr. On thn contrary , Miss Cleveland has frequently told mo that she often urged the president to marry , and .old him Hint In her opinion the mistress of the whlto house should bo the president's wife. They Saw the Elnphniits. CMcaao Ketci. The president entertained a Siamese prince yesterday. Mot having any whlto elephants of the oriental sort to show the distinguished visitor from the land of those sacred beasts , It Is probable that Mr , Cleveland took him arouud to see Garland and Hlgglns. ASnlutory Kxporlonoo. St.l'uull'tonterl'icss. It will bo some days before the official count of the Kentucky election can bo ob tained , but the Indications now are that Gen eral Buckner's majority will only bo 15,000 to 18,000. Tlio democratic loss In fifty counties has been 18,000. At all events , the Kentucky democrats have had a lively snaking up and a big scare. _ It Might uo Tried. When unscrupulous dealers and manu facturers found guilty of adulterating articles of food shall bo punished as such criminals are dealt with in China , by having their oars nailed to a door-post , the practice may pos sibly cease. Such treatment mlalit be con sidered heroic , but It would have the charm of novelty and eltoctlvoness. A i'ortlnont Question. llittadclpMct Hctonl. Mr. Stanford , ox-governor of California , United Stales senator , and president of the Central Pacific railroad , cooly says that if the government will pay what ho claims to bo duo to the railroad company the property of that malodorous comp.uiy will willingly bo turned over to the government. O course. But what kind of a state Is it that will send such an embodiment of concentrated gall as this wholesale monopolist to represent It in the United States senate ? Has the 1'acilic coast lost all souse of decency ? An Absurd Plea. New York Time * . When ono reflects on the amount of tlmo and labor and care and money necessary to get prominent offenders against the laws before - fore a court of justice , and on the compara tive immunity that such criminals enjoy under the guidance of skilled lawyers , there is something absurd In the plea that they are likely to bo the victims of unscrupulous pros ecutors , and tli at presumptions arlslni : long years since , under exactly opposite condi tions , must bo strained to the utmost to pro tect them , Remorse. Alke Qray Cowan. An August moonlit evening on the sea ; Tlio summer sky bent over soft and clear ; A tender voice said In ray willing ear ; "Love , tiiou art mine to all eternity. " And Paradise seemed opened wide to me , Since that swont hour has fled ono little year The fun owed deep , cold , desolately drear , Adirt'u to vanished joy moaus ceaselessly. If Death had made this change 1 could be bravo , And all my life more beautiful should grow For his dear s.iko whoso heart was wholly mine. Now day and night 1 his forgiveness crave , Wlio robbed tils manhood of Its roseate glow And made life ono harsh round of discipline. To the Jersey Lilly. Jl/a | / Ccilffornfan. Oh , Lily , beauteous Llly , L- , Wo all admire your grit , And welcome you with open arras , Our fairest , newest "cit. " You'll find that Lilies flourish best Upon tills genial coast , But that you hoi nod our cazle scream , This Fourth , pleased us the most. With such an ally In our camp Our ancient foeman quails , To bee you on tlio lion's back Leave e'en the prints of wales. BTATK AND TlOUItlTOIt Y. Ncbrnska ilotttnci. Hall county wants a now jail. The total assessed valuation of Platts- mouth amounts to $807,357. Beatrice is negotiating for fertilizing works to boost the young industries of the city. Grand Island's cannery employs 100 hands and turns out 7,000 to 8,000 cans of goods a day. Thu canning factory at Tokamah is harvesting hugo stacks of corn and to matoes. Fremont banks rank third in the state in capital and deposits. The former amounts to $300.000 , the latter $731,016.33. The last remnant of Chadron's pros pect hole , the tower , was touched by a passing bree/.o last week and rammed into the cavity. A Brown county farmer blow in a load of wheat In a howling drunk in Ams- worth lust week , and was lost for three days in the back yard of the swill pen. A mighty struggle for blood and $100 n game will take place at North I'latto between the home club and the Chey- enncs in Warpaint on thu 20th and 21st. The B. & M. company is piling the honors on their congressman from the Second dlstriot. A new town in the lie- publican valley beyond the Colorado line has been christened Laird. The prevailing drought has no effect on the crop of"candidates. . They are ripening so rapidly that it behooves the discriminating voter to strengthen his buttonhole. A can of gunpowder elevated the hardware store of A. Ferris , nt Elk Crook , Monday night , and scattered the splinters over the neighborhood. Ferris was severely injured in the region of the pockotbook. The Vordon Vidotto has achieved ques tionable distinction by means of a cow hide , which a muscular woman planted promiscuously on the editorially person. The stripes were gleefully exhibited in the last issue. The Nebraska Blizzard , evidently transported from Dakota , is howling for fodder near Ord. It is a prohibition pa per , but the drought will parch its pros pects before the Reason wanes unless it "dries up" suddenly. Ed Spencer and his divorced wife are legally fighting for possession of their four-vour-old. A somewhat rude sug gestion is made by n resident that the parents be cent to thu reform school till the child Is of age. The Capital City Courier , a pewter plate of social refuse , objects to being mentioned "In the same category with the UEK. " The fooling is heartily re ciprocated , and the pannier agitator is at liberty to crawl into his bustle and pull the draperies of obscurity about him. Nebraska City takes front rank as a sensation center. It is a mighty hot day that takes thu starch out of the fighting qualities of the residents , or falls to burden the wires with stories of domestic knock-downs , starving mother-In-laws and hemp-chokes , informal and other wise , The ( Jnmd Island Independent fans the sweat box of the Gottiiigor by dub bing thcso headed paragraphs : "Ne braska zephyrs from the BKK bellows. " The mercury , however , clings to the 100 ° notch , mowing down collars and Immaculate fronts , and the ofl'cet of thu breeze is lostIn the rivulets that flow from the parietal point to phalanges. There wasn't much hilarity In the vicinity of the explosion of a can of laughing cas in the express office in Hustings Monday. It was serious busi ness and shook buildings for two blocks around. Windows and doors were shat tered , the plaster blown out , the floor torn up and an express safe shorn of its bolts and hinges. Fortuuately no one was injured. The Butler county blast of last Friday caught Dr. East just outside Rising City , throw his buggy over the backs of his horses and against a fence , dashing it to pieces. Thu doctor landed In the ditch with his feelings considerably bruised but otherwise uninjured. The residence of Frank Smith , eleven miles from Rising City , was leveled. The baby sailed away on n window sash and landed uninjured a few rods from where tlio house stood. Ms. and Mrs. Smith were stripped of their clothing and severely injured , but will recover. Fragments of the house were found a quarter of a milo away. Night Watchman Morrison , of the Plattsmouth jail is out of a job. On Sunday night while ho was bathing and splashing in the mystic depths of the good book , the prisoners kicked up a racket in opposition. Morrison pulled his peacemaker and sent a bullet through the shin of Burglar Williams. Then with the benediction , "Oh , Lord , guard and protect thy servant here on earth nnd grant him n place in the hosts that revolver round thy throne amen , " the mooting adjourned. Shurlff Elkenbary released him and he is now nt liberty to press for the position prayed for. AlonzoParrish , a slightly esteemed res ident of Dodgn county , has flown with a fast young widow named Bcttio Warner. Parnsh has publicly and privately ex pressed his admiration for the Mormon plan of salvation. Ho was a paragraphor of distinction , but only one br.illiant'wn8 preserved by his cotemporarios. While n member of the jury which tried Charllo Lang for loading the widow Beers astray Parrish electrified the jury room by in sisting that "us kind of fellows must stand together and acquit Charley. " But Parrish has gone , together with several thousand dollars' worth of mortgaged and other property. The deserted wife , n woman highly respected by all ac quaintances , has commenced proceed ings for divorce , alleging cruelty , neg lect , desertion and other cold-blooded crime. Iowa Items. The ladies of Burlington have presented company II with a $200 flag. Many mills in the state have boon obliged to shut down on account of the scarcity of water. , Natural cas sends up a burning flame from a forty-seven foot well in Fulton township , near Muscatino. A Dakota priest , from Elk Point or Yankton , fell from grace in prohibition Sioux City last week. Ho got fighting full and Btuek to the guzzle for throe days. A gas explosion tore a largo hole in the vault of the Sioux City court house Mon day. HUB Monsingcr , the register , smiled the odor and struck a match to find it. The operation was successful , as ( Jus measured his length on the floor the next moment. Mrs. Eve Shook , aged ninety-live , Is the oldest woman In Marion countv. She has six children , the oldest , a daughter , being seventy-live ; forty-six grandchildren dren , 18 ! ) great-grand-children and fifty grnat-great-grand-childron. Notwith standing her age , she is halo and hearty , and can walk around the house , cat hearty meals and sleep well. An atrocious plot to wreck a train was discovered near Iowa City Monday morning. The intention was , evidently , to run the train from Council Blnil's which arrives in Davenport at 7:15 : into the Iowa river. When the train was approaching preaching the long bridge over the river at that place , the engineer slowed up as usual. Ho thought ho saw a slight dis placement of one rail three lengths west of the bridge , shoved in the throttle , put on the brakes , and came to a full stop before the engine touched the suspicious- looking rail. On investigation ho dis covered that the spikes had boon pulled from three rails and the fish-plates of the two nearest to the bridge removed. In their infamous work the would-be wrecKers aud murderers had displaced ouo of the rails sufficiently to betray their plot , and thus the awful tragedy they intended was averted. The Creston Independent charges that the statn supreme court Is practically nn annex to the railroads. As a specimen of the hair-splitting decisions of the court in favor of the corporations , the case of Babcock vs. the Chicago & Northwestern , appealed from Story county , is cited. The plaintiff brought suit against the railroad company for the value of prop erly destroyed by fire sot out by an en gine aud recovered judgment in the cir cuit court. From this judgment the rail road company appealed to the supreme court and by some mischance the supreme court affirmed tlio judgment. This decision , it seems , was such a surprise to the attor neys of the company that they were con fident that there must bo some mistake about it , and they applied to the court for a re-hearing. They pointed out to the court that the fire was alle-ged to have been started by the careless and negli gent usp of thu engine by thu fireman and engineer ; and the trial court had In structed the jury that the company wai mlty of ncglhzcnco and might become able by "tho employment of an unskill ful or careless engineer and fireman. " This the court admitted they had not noticed before , but they concluded that it is very plain that the allegation of "negligent and careless engineer and fireman11 is not sustained by proof that the fireman and engineer were "careless or unskillful" ho they ruvorse their former decision and gavn it to the com pany. 'Uyoinlnff. The Sweotwator Garotte has petered out. Cheyenne will soon enjoy the bobtailed - tailed ono-horso car. Denver capltinsts propose to increase their piles by operating In the Wyoming oil fields. A law and order league has taculed the long neglected lead \\ickodnesi in Cheyenne. r Laramiois nutting up thn stuff in .suffi cient quantities to unsure the starting of a woolen mill and warehouse. tf J. I' . Julian of Cheyenne has been awarded the contract for the $25.000 addition - dition to the United States penitentiary in Laramio. The work will bo com- inonced in a few days and the structure completed by the time winter sots in. The natives are petting jealous of the vigorous work of Ntibraskans in the oil rrglnn and will make an effort to capture n barrel or two of the lluid. A company has been organized in Laramie with sufficient capital to work a section of tin oil country. The CascA Land company , organized at Sundance last year , has acquired title to the Peralto tract of 5,000,00'J acres in Arizona. The capital stock of the cor poration Is $25,000,000. Among the di rectors are M. E. Post , Edward Stokes , of New York , John A. Benson , of San Fran cisco ; John A. Keovos , of Missouri : Rob ert (5. ( Ingersoll and Congressman Frank llurd. The following figures from the territo rial assessment roll shows the rapid growth of the country : 1W.-SA 1S8G-87. Laramie . . , , . .5 8,2WoaV37 Ulnta . l , : .v ' > o iivtiVi.43 : ! Albany . 8,4ViKO ( ! 3,7lV5'ia ; Crook . 2an,4.vs iminr > s.M > Swectwater . or.oas.7. ' > .lohnson . 8ixw,2fin.88 8,348,4 1.20 Carbon . 3,205 , lt > 7. 18 SOi ,4Sa Fiemont . uoil,458 : l.iw.ooo Total . . . .824S93py .G3 525W5,092.93 I'rohltiltlon Statics * . St. Mini Pforiffr J-IYM. For the fiscal year just ended the In ternal revenue receipts from spirits were $3,000,000 , loss than for the year before , while those from fermented liquors were $2,000,000 greater. This Is clearly not to bo taken as a proof of the efficacy of prohibition , as its advocates assume. For the states having prohibitory laws In clude ale aud beer in thu forbidden list , nnd such laws are ranch moro effective against such bulky beverages as boor , which cannot bo easily concealed or kept for a long time , than against whisky , which is small in bulk and easily con cealed. These statistics simply prove the reality of the popular change from the use of spirituous liquors to the milder and lighter beverages which has been heretofore referred to as a hopeful sign of the times. An interesting commentary upon the efficacy of prohibition is furnished by the experience of Mamo. This was the cradle of prohibition. It has been in force there continuous ! } for thirty-four years. The most stringent laws have . been supplemented by all the machinery for their enforcement that was demanded by Ne-al Dow aud his disciples' Finally , they have adopted a prohibitory amend ment to thu constitution. If thesalo aud use of intoxicants cannot bo prevented in that state by law , it cannot bo prevented - vented anywhere. There arc a good many facts available bearing on the subject. We prefer to stop all possible cavil by quoting only those which are given by the "Volet ) , " the organ of thu prohibition party and the most violent advocate of its doctrine to bo found in the United States. The Voice of a week ago prints a diagram showing whore liquor Is sold contrary to the law in Bangor. There arc more than 100 places in all , cloven in a single block , and thu map looks like a profile of the Bowery. In 1885 , out of a total of 1,175 arrests , there were 745 for drunkonnoM and disturbance ; in 1880 there wore 813 such arrests out of a total of 1,094. Savs the Kev. V. B. dishing , for whom the Vbico vouches , "The prohibitory law covers every day in the week , but the officials allow rum shops to traffic six days until 10 o'clocK at night , and enforce prohibition against low dog geries and old women on the seventh. " Says tno Voice editorially : "We publish , also , another batch of letters from citi zens of that city , in reply to questions sent by us to all the lawyers , ministers , doctors and bankers. Wo publish the replies without rofercnco to the poli tical affiliations or temperance views of the writers. The main point devel oped is the unanimous testimony that the prohibitory law is systematically and continually nullified. " This is the wit ness of Hie highest prohibition authority as to the state of things in a community whore prohibition has had as fair and full a trial as human ingenuity and determination - termination can give it. The difi'orenco between Bangor and other cities under like laws is ono of degree and not of kind. The wonder is that , in the face of facts like these , there are rational and honest men and women who still advo cate prohibition. The Collapse of Irea. Kcw York H'orfil. The career of Mr. Henry S. Ivcs , which now appears to bo temporarily clouded , to say the least , points several morals. Ono is that a young man should not undertake to buy railroads , yachts , etc. , without any money to pay for them. Another is that there should be no such loose system of doing business as to per mit him to do thus. By a simple exten sion of his system Mr. Lvcs , if uninter rupted , could in time have become the nominal possessor of all the property of the United States. Mr. Ives buys railroads , hypothecates their stock to pay in part tlio men who have been foolish enough to trust him at all , USCH the earnings of the propeitic.s for his own designs , issues now securi ties and guarantees others , establishes a system of borrowing from one bank to pay another , plays n game of shuttle cock generally with his own credit , makes a muss which is sure to happen , and the credit tumbles with himself and liis victims after it. Out of the fabrication built almost if not quite exclusively on what ho owes , Mr. Ives actually attempted to buy a road representing moro than $100,000 worth of capital. Our "young Napoloona of fin ance" have invented ome remarkable "systems , " but this ranks very high in deed as a financial phenomenon. Aud not the least strange part of it Is that such a man as Mr. Gurrett should have boon be guiled into anv serious bargaining with Ives. The forfeit money supplied l > y in nocent parties doubtless had something to do with it. Of all the aerial transactions on record those of Mr. Ives , as far as appear , take the lead. Ho has erected for himself , by illegitimate methods , debts said to ag gregate $12,000,000. His elimination from commercial circles will bo a good thing. Ho is a disturber of values , a reckless spcctilator.and his example is contagious and pernicious. Political Speculation. ' . ' . 'J.'li Clinch. The presentation inado by the Ohio republican convention of John Sherman as a candidate for president of the United States has given a now Impetus to polit ical speculation. Taken in connection with the very free criticism indulged in by soiiiu of the Ohio republicans of the candidacy of Mr. Blame , it ha raised hopes of the nomination of u candidate on whom all sections of the party could bo onon moro united. There can be no question that thn more prudent of thu party managers ara prepared to welcome any movement that would load to thu selection by tlio national convention of the nominee who dUidcs thu party least. Mr. Blaino's strcnptn happens to bo very largely derived from his ax'tnncd ability to make largo inroads on the strength of the opposite party. His wonknesz is , of course , due to his proved capacity to lessen the strength of iila own party. It is probable that , wit'i ' an Ohio delegation pledged to Sherman , an Iowa delegation presenting the namii of Allison , and other stater , with a solid .support for their "favorite sons , " thrrn vnav bo Irss than thu required majority of Blalne delegates in the national cm- vonHon and n consequent consolidation of the opposition to him on another cuu- diclatc.
