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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24. 1887i THE DAILY PUPLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tnmts or sunscnitTtos : Dnlly ( Morning Edition ) Including SunJnr IJhr. . Ono Vcar. . . . . . J10 09 1'or Hit Months . , . f > no I'orThrrn Months . . . "CO Xlio Omntm 8 ml y Utt , mnllol to nuy address , Quo Year. . . . 3 00 OMAHA Orrtc * . No. PU AN/I inn FAimf S Ntvr vmiK urnrR. Itooii r. ' , , Tuini'sr litJii.iusn. WARUINUTO.V OFFICE , No. 511 KUUKTCEXTII Hnikir. All communications relating to news nnJcdl- torlal maltar Ahould bo nd'lroMOd lo the UlU- TOIl Or THK IlEK. ncKtNKss t.vmnii All buplnou letters nml rcmlttnncni should \ > o MdroMod to Tn it I ) IK I'unusniM ) DOMINANT , OMAHA. Drufts , chocks and poHtofBca orders to bo made payable to thoord ref tbu company , THE BEE PUBLISHIHTSPHHY , PROPRIETORS , K. H03EWATKU. Knrron. THE JIBE. ll Sworn Statement oT Circulation. llII BUtc of Nebraska. I , County of Douzlas.(8l ( " aJ Qeo , J } . Tzschuck , secretary of The Dee aV Publishing company , does solemnly swear V that the actual elrculatlon ot the Dally Dee for the weekending August U , 1867 , was as ' follows : t Haturdnv. August 13 t4.irx ) eli Hundnv. Annual II 14'JOO li Mnndny.August IB 14fi75 1 Tnesdnv. August 10 14,100 1t Wednesday , Ainjust 17 14,000 1t Thursday. August 18 13.070 , 1t Friday , August 10 MWO t Averatro 14.141 I OKO. | $ . TxftoiiucK. c bworn to and subscribed In my presence e this ' "Jd dny of August , A. D. 18S7. N. P. Fr.ir , . rbiAll : Notary Public. 0 State of Nebraska. . Jouuhis County. Is 0c ( leo. li. T/sehucIc , belni ; first duly sworn , t dejioses nnd says that ho Is secretary of The Jlee Publishing company , that the actual 1 nvernpo dally circulation of the Dally Heo for 1i the month of August , lbH5 , l'J,4Cl conies ; for September. 18W5 , iiuJQ : : copies ; for October , IbbO , IS WJespies ; for November , ibSfl , 13M8 : copies ; for December , 1680. lH/iTr conies ; for .January ! 8b7 , in.'JCO copies ; for February , 1687 , 14,1W ! roplcs ; for March. Ibb7 , 14,400 copies : for April , 1B87.14 , 10conies ; forMnv , 1H87 , 14.2--7 copies ; for .June 1SS7 , 14,117 copies ; lor July , 1S37,14.093 copies. Gr.o. li. T/SCIIUCK. Subscribed and .sworn to before me this lllh dnyot August , A. IX , 1887. I SEAL. | ZS' . P. KBII Notary Public. IT remains to bo sceli what the council will do about the special police for fair and re-union week. PIIINOK FKIMH.VAND begins to think ho is a sure-enough king now. It is reported that a Russian secret society in Bulgaria has formed a plot to assassinate him. THK batch of vouchers which have boon passed by the county commissioners since the 1st of July , as reviewed in this tasue , will be found interesting reading. Tin : "White-Caps , " an association of a species of "regulators" in certain counties of Indiana , are said to have be come such a terror that the governor has been urged to send out the militia against them. With twenty or thirty possibly hostile Utcs in tlio west , and a band or two of outlaw * in the east tins country is in a precarious condition. Wo must have our army increased. TIIKIEI : can bo no fault found with the board of education for making provisions for increased school facilities by pur chasing groundsfor now school buildings. The board should , however , exorcise great care and reasonable economy in the selection and purchase of school Hites. There is no necessity for tlio purchase of corner lots on leading thoroughfares. All that is required are grounds accessi ble to street railways and central for the district which is to bo accommodated. WK do not profess to have artistic taste and mechanical skill , but wo very much prefer the architecture of the Leaven- worth and Farnaui street school build- incs to that of the new mansard-roof school-houses now being erected near Park avcnuo. Mansard roofs on chool buildings arc out of place , oven if they wore not already out of date for other buildings. They are moro ornamental than useful. They are dangerous lire traps , and besides moro expensive than roofs of other patterns. Ouit dispute with Canada in relation to the lisheries question is entailing wide spread disaster. Two weeks ago Secre tary Whitney was compelled to adminis ter a public rebuke to Admiral Luco for the manner in which ho attempted to iu- Rtrtiot American fishermen along the Ca nadian coast. Now it is stated that the admiral has had bis revenge by receiving the secretary , who visited him the other day at Bar Harbor , in citizen's clothes. This is terribly. The regulations of the navy are emphatic in the provision that unval ofllcors shall receive oflicial digni taries In uniform. The quarrel seems to bo growing out of all proportion to the fiizo of our navy. TUB labor vole hi Cincinnati last spring was a surprise to the old parties , and it doubtless was also to tlio labor party. It had the ofloct to stimulate the labor movement , and thoru is now a good or ganization which is likely to make itself moro strongly felt in the coming cam paign and election. It has taken a stop forward in demanding recognition from the board ot elections when making ap pointments of registrars , judges and clerks of election , and n common pleas judge has granted a mandamus requiring the board to accord such recognition. Thus labor will have its representatives on hand to sco that there is a free ballot and a fair count , and it is entirely proper that it should do so , particularly in Cin cinnati. CIVIL SEUVICE COMMISSIONED Kuar.it- TOX has published his portion of the re port on the Chicago custom house and postolllco investigation. Ho says , in re lation to removals , that if the right of dismissal from the service is taken away from theappointing odlcor the subordi nate becomes greater than his superior. Ho thinks also that the appointing power should have the right to discharge an in- oflloiont employe without givinc reasons for so doing. Of conrso ho should have the right to remove a subordinate who is inofllciont , but it is questionable whether tlio recommendation to allow him to dis miss any ono from the service without diving reasons therefor is judicious. That reasons for such action should be required has boon considered ono of the safeguards of the service , and in the di rection of civil service reform. Other wise the appointing oflicial may bccomo liable to misuse his power by removing subordinates on personal or political grounds as well as for inefficiency. Threatened Rebellion In Manitoba. The railroad conflict in Manitoba , which for some time past has boon n source of disturbance , has now assumed a very sorlous aspect. It Is a war of the people of the province against the Cana- dlan Pacific monopoly , . backed by the Dominion government , and both parlies show a most determined purpose not to cccdo from tholr positions. The latest dispatches report Sir Jonn Macdonald as liavlng declared that ho would defeat the Manitoba scheme of constructing a com- olliic road to the Canadian Pacllio If it became necessary to use British regulars .o do so , whllo the premier Is quoted as aying that any such proceeding would esult in rebellion. Hu declared .hat Manitoba was determined to iavo an independent line of railroad to the United States boundary , and that the Dominion author- tics cannot stop it. The people of the province seem to bn unanimous in sup port of this view , and from present indi cations tlioro is every reason to expect a speedy development of most interesting events in Manitoba. The grinding monopoly of the Cana dian Pacific is responsible for this htato > f affairs. When the exactions of this corporation grow to bo unbearable , the capitalists and business men of Winni peg started the project of building the Itcd River Valley line from Winnipeg to the southern boundary of Manitoba , in which they were aided by Minnesota capital. Tliis line would give them ac cess to an American market for their grain , which they could roach much more rapidly and at a good deal less cost then by the Canadian Pacific , an enter prise with which the people of Manitoba have never had any very hearty sympa thy. It would render thorn entirely in- lopendeiit of this monopoly , for they could do all their business of both selling and buying in the nearest United States markets , to their very material advant age as compared \flth what they have had to receive and pay under the exac tions of the' Canadian Pacilic. As soon as tlio new enterprise was started tlio monopoly began a light against it. All the power and influence of the corporation and of the Dominion Government were arrayed against it , but the managers of the now road , after fuiline to dispose of tlieir bonds in London , found purchasers in Chicago , St. Paul and elsewhere , so that money enough was raised to go on with the work. It was expected that the boundary would bo reached by tlio 1st of next November , but lust week the work was obstructed by the Canadian Pacific building a spur across the route of the now road. This action , behoved to have b'con taken with the full cognizance and approval of the Dominion government lias greatly ex asperated the people of Manitoba , and advices from there say there is scarcely a loyal man in the province. The people are npo for rebellion and would just as soon light as not. Tlio course of the cen tral government in this matter has alien ated every friend it had in the province , and at present not a soul would obey any mandate from Ottawa. No attention lias been paid to an injunction against further worlc on the new road , and the provincial government is in open defi ance of the federal authority. Unless Sir John Macdonald moves moro rapidly than is his wont in emergencies , the promise is that the Manitobans will carry the road to completion without the interference of British regulars and be fore the time they had set for its comple tion. They merit the heartiest encour agement for their enterprise , independ ence and courage. The attempt to fix upon them the Canadian Pacific monopoly ely and compel them to submit to its out rageous exactions was a gross injustice which it is their duty to resist , and their commendable oilbrt to free themselves from this control deserves the success which it seems pretty sure to achieve. Meanwhile Sir John Macdonald will do wisely not to bo too hasty in putting into effect measures that would force the pcoplo of Manitoba into robollion. Thuro are obvious possi bilities in such an occurrence that might result disastrously to the Dominion. Tlio Growth of Trusts. Two moro great monopolies , under the specious title of "trusts , " have been created. Tlio most considorabio of these , the wlnsKy trust , has fully completed its org.ml/.ation and entered upon its mo nopolistic career. Like the models upon which it is formed , it lias its corps of oilieers , its rigid regulations , and n po litical headquarters at the center of the whisky production in this country , Peoria , Illinois. Tlio principle to bo pursued is similar to that of the Standard oil trust , a knowledge of which should be sutliclont to bring universal condemna tion upon the now monopoly. With n capital of forty million dollars the com bination proposes to control the whisky trade of tlio country , regulating both the production and the price. Its purpose , of course , is to kill on"all competition.Thoso who refuse to accede - cede to its demands it will use all the power it possesses to crush. The plan is not particularly complex. A distiller is called upon to put a valuation on his establishment , and having done so a committee is appointed to make an ex amination. After a distillery has been appraised and tlio terms settled between the owner and the trust , the former turns over his property to trustees of tlio monopoly for their use and behoof for twoiity-fivo years , receiving in lieu thereof trust certificates. In some cases $2 in certificates will bo given for $1 of valuation , in others dollar for dollar. The trust having obtained control of a distillery continues it in operation or closes it , at its discretion. The expecta tion is that by keeping down production and maintaining , or perhaps advancing , tlio price , the trust certificates can bo made to pay an annual divi dend of from six to ten per cent. The gross earnings for the first year under the monopoly arrangement nrS figured at ton million dollars. Last year the industry represented by this trust paid revenue to the government to the amount of about 170,000,000. It is suggested that the concentration ot the manufacturer. } will bo a good thing for the government ID enabling it to collect this revenue with fewer officials , Thu other combination , formed but not yet fully organized , is the strawboard trust. Tlio oxeuso for this also Is that no- tivn competition has resulted in a produc tion considerably in excess of tlio de mand. A pool that has existed for some time was unable to rcgulato the miinu- facturo so as to prevent the market be coming overstocked , and , ' there * fore , rccou'rso Is had to the policy of buying out these ia the bust * ness who will sell to the combination and crushing out such as will not Eight establishments have boon designated to bo shut down indefinitely , in consequence of which quite two thousand people will bo thrown out of employment. There is nothing In the character or aims of these combinations to relieve them ot the same general condemnation hat has been pronounced upon the coal ml oil monopolies which preceded them , ind upon which they are modeled. * T.ho rinclplo that is the corncr-stono of. ones s the corner-stono of all , and is csson- tally inimical to the public welfare. It simply a concentration of capital to break down competition In ordcr to place i limit on the production of an ndustry nhd rcgulato the price if its product , so that such capital maybe bo enabled not. only to assure itself a profit , but very nearly determine the amount of it. It imposes a restriction ipon the free operation of industry and rude that must of necessity check enter prise , Injure labor , and become In time nn exaction upon the consumer. The growth of these monopolistic combina- ions is u menace lo the welfare of the country which the people ought to begin o regard with serious apprehension and which Bhould receive the attention of re pressive legislation before they bccomo so gcnorul and firmly rooted that it will very difllcult to overthrow them. The examples furnished show what may bo expected If the creation of these monop olies is allowed to go on unchallenged. Kiircaus hncl Branches. Some people can do marvels in a very short time. Two weeks ago the Jlcpubli- can , following in the footsteps of other Omaha papers , started a branch oflico over the river. The man in charge scat tered four or live hundred papers in the back or front yards of Council Blulfsand published n list of about one hundred and lifty persons who had consented to have the papers delivered for ono week. This fact was heralded with a grand flourish of trumpets. It was followed within ton days by the pompous announcement that the Republican was firmly established at Council Bluffs , with a larger cir culation than any other daily. This is superlatively amusing. When tlio BEK established its branch oflico at Council Bluffs nearly live yo ars ago , it scattered thousands of papers be fore it could got a foot-hold , and during the first two years it sunk over $3,000 in the enterprise. Its first manager , C. K. Mayuc , was a rustler , but with all his energy , did not make it win. It was only after more than two years' struggle that the BEE finally got on a solid , pay ing footing across the river , where it now ranks nil the other papers in point of circulation and influence chiefly by reason of the immense outlay for tele graphic and general news by its pub lishers , and its superiority as a news paper in every respect. Other Oniajia papers have tried hard , several times , to secure a circulation at Council Blufl's , but their efforts were spasmodic and abortive. Our bombastic contemporary is not likely to fare better. It is a little premature in taking success for granted. Most anybody is willing to spend twenty cents for one week's subscription , but with newspapers , as in all other busi ness , people discriminate in their se lections. Few people take more than ono daily , and nobody can ever supplant their choice with an inferior commodity. This is whv all attempts to follow or supplant the BEE have proved failures. At the stale capital , where the BEE has established a firm foot-hold after sinking more than 53,000 , the same results have followed. Other Omaha dailies have opened bureaus , scattered papers , and made a splurge for a few weeks , but they lacked the ncrvo to sink $1,000 a year and take their chances of success , and the result is that with the exception of the lii ! : : , no Omaha daily has more than a dozen regular subscribers at Lincoln. This is the true inwardness of the branch oliiccs and bureaus which wo hoar of every little while. Wo might whisper it gently that it takes enormous expendi tures of money , risky ventures , fore sight , and some ability to plant a great metropolitan daily on a firm footing. Gnllnuhcr'u Kick. Postmaster Gallagher has ventured to express his contempt for mugwumps and civil service reform through Congress man McShano's paper. It appears the New York Times is collecting facts concerning corning the changes in postollicc cm ployos which liavn been made in the leading cities of the country under the democratic administration. Tina was obviously with a view to finding out how civil se'rvico reform works when put in practice by democratic postmasters. Mr. Gallagher was naturally very indignant at this unexpected intrusion. While un der certain circumstances , which are well-known nmong the Mulvanoy ban- quettcrs , ho is liable to vote tor Blaine in 1888 , ho is quoted as saying : "Tho mug wump is harmless. They are like old Colorow's band of Utcs. There is a heap of noise about thorn , but wo hear of vcrj few dead. Curtis and old George Jones don't amount to very much at homo , am : in my opinion they count for much les : out hero , " Wo know that republicans are pro verbially ungrateful , but democrats are much more so. Postmaster Gallagher kicking the mug' wtimps is a striking illustration of that fact. If it had not been for the mug wumps Blaine would bo president to-day and Con Gallagher would not bo carry ing sacks of Uncle Sam's coin under his arm to the national bank every day in the week. But Con has such a habit ol kicking the ladder by which ho ascends that ho cannot help it. It is second nature turo with him. Let her go Gallaghorl FKOM the successful experiments which have been made from time to time with crude petroleum as a fuel , it is quite safe to predict that this product will take the place of coal in the near future. Steam ers on the Caspian sea , locomotives on the continent and various raanufacturinc industries in this country have made sat isfactory use of petroleum instead o coal in generating heat. What obstacles remain in the way of a more genera substitution of oil for coal , arc chiefly in matters of detail , of Inadequate appar atti3. That the principle of heating by means of petroleum in correct seems to bo well established. A great saving to consumers must result from such a change. The' first cost and the coat of transportation will be much less than hosoofcoal. If tlio oil .fields of Wyorn- ng should prove productive wo may yet > o able to obtain a cheap fuel in this tato. The next thing would bo keep It out of the hands of monopolists. THE owners of 'phosphate mines in South Carolina are now trying to make n corner In that article. Tlio unusual ir ruption of this particular kind of fraud seems to have ono good result , Insuring ts own failure. 'Corners ' have bccomo inpopular , as tholwestcrn bonanza kings , llosoufeld and others , can attest. THE FlKiil ) pK INDUSTltV. A coed deal of now machinery is going into Now Kugland mills. Several barbcd-wlro works In tlio west iavo Increased their capacity. Tlio spring and axle manufacturers have formed a national association. TJio city of Detroit has awarded a contract for an Iron bride , to cost 5230,000. Worklnmon are traveling less from place to place this year than ever before. There Is a great scarcity of cars for coke , lumber and coal throughout the west. There Is a heavy demand for all kinds of railway locomotive and car appliances. So great Is the demand for plpo in the far west that a factory Is to be built at Pueblo. The Lowell machine shop has now 200 moro men employed than It had a year ago. A. largo number of Shorllold silversmiths nre about to depart for employment In New York city. There Is an enormous Increase In ship ments of Spanish ore to Great Britain. It Is worth about § 2.75 per ton in Wales. The Jpssups have made an enormous steel casting , 137 feet lour , 17 feet across , and weighing 13 tons , which Is to be used as a stern post. An English Inventor has devised a now system ot generating steam , which furnishes steam , It Is said , quicker and better than the present processes. Several new and heavy steel plants ore to bo put down in Great Britain , and the Cam- well works are to be increased from a capac ity of 3,030 tons pur week to 0,000 tons. Now mills are projected In Maine. There Is nodlfllculty In obtaining capital for nt'w textile enterprises In that state , and there is less labor trouble there than elsewhere. New York capitalists , with some Canadian Investors , are after 15,000 square miles of Umbered and Iron ere property In Canada. It Is said that It contains largo amount of coal. coal.A A large amount of Illinois harvesting ma chinery Is now on Its way to South America and Australia. Tlio Illinois traveling acents arii paying particular attention to these Inr- elf markets. Very few strikes are projected during the fall. The worklngmon , as a rule , are con tented , and will work steadily In order to bo prepared for any hard times that may come during next winter. J ShcrUIari'H Itoom. Oifciiflu 1/craM. General Sheridan was questioned by a re porter about his presidential boom and said : I must reply to you as'I did to a reporter out west. I told htm Kelly would bo around soon. 'Who is Kelly' . " hu nskod. 'Why , he's a fool-killer. " said I. 'You catch on , do you' . ' Well , good-uy , ' " Idaho Without Law , Clitcaon ITeraM. Last winter the legislature of Idaho Terri tory adopted a now cede of laws and repealed the old statutes. The authorities advertised for bids for printing the now laws , and an Omaha llrm was awarded the contract. It ap pears that no time was set for the completion of the contract , and the territory is now vir tually without laws , as the new statutes have not yet been printed. How Money TnlltH. PitlsbutOCIirnnMc. An Illustration of the way "inonoy talks" is found in Mr. C. P. Hunting-ton's state ment , that the Central Pacific railroad com pany expended largo sums "in explaining things to congrossjncn. " Which Is Certainly True. San Francisco Vast. The average hoodlum Is a pitiful case. Ho was born tough , and does not seem to be any thine clso ; but that is no reason why lie should bo placed on city pay-rolls and taken care of by pohtlcaus , whllo good mon are wanting work. Warning AganiHt "I'revlotisnoss. " A world of Interfering events may happen In American polities between thn summer of 1S37 and the summer of 18S3. when the presi dential nominating conventions are to bo held. This of Itself should warn the politi cians not to bo "too previous. " No Lack as to Quantity. Mttiourl lei > ut > Iicon. Hen Duller has not yet joined the AntiPoverty - Poverty society. This is liable to moan that there will bo live presidential candidates In the field next year. With a democrat , repub lican , anll-povertyite , Butler , and prohibi tionist In the Held , the most fastidious voter will hiiyo a chance to Und some ono approachIng - Ing his Ideal. * Stop , Venue Fellow ! Mtsiourt Iteputiltcan , Haiti young fellow , just a moment , There is something 1 would tell ; Do not get yourself Inflated- Do not play the vapid swell ; Slndy well a clean polltonnss-- Don't express things roush or crude ; Weigh your words before you drop tlmw. Don't placard yourself a dude. Better far to have no money Than to have an empty mind ; Empty heads and emptv pockets In the race nre left behind ; Never amble like a monkey bav to silly fashion , no , Quit that pulling for a mustache. Give tha feeble fuze a show. Do remember as you travel On In lltu's uneven way , That your knowledge Is the value And the measure of your pay. Never wear loud styleg.ot clothing , Have thn very best.youcan ; lint remeinbor that cootl harness Is not all Dial makes the man. STATE AND TEtflUTOKY. Nebraska Jotting. An effort is being made to organize an Episcopal church ut Broken Bow. A Grand Island saloon keeper has been fined $100 and costs for selling liquor on Sunday. < The coming terra of the district court at Plattsmouth will have over thirty criminals to dispose of. "Uncle Billy'1 Payne , n pioneer of the state , died at Kearney Monday after u short illness , aged seventy-two years. Butler county people are making up a purse for the widow ot Mr. Dykstrn , who was killed in the David City tornado. George K. Evans Is confined in jail at Republican City , charged with having two wives. His case will como up for trial In thu district court. A district camp meeting conducted by Rev. J.V. . Stewart , assisted by tlio twenty preachers of his district , will bo held at Auburn , commencing to-day , Two young men living near Plaits mouth , while hunting the othorday , came across a hollow log tilled with snakes aud slaughtered twenty-live of the reptiles , all of them rattlers. .A. U. Wyman walked into the oflico ol the Republican at Yuluntlno while th editor was out , and us n card sot up n few llttns of typo announcing his presence , that ho was late treasurer of the United States and also a practical printer. An eastern firm sent a bill to n Nebraska City lawyer n few davs airo. The lawyer replied that the fellow was a dead boat and ho could not collect the bill , but could have the delinquent hunt ; without ceremony. Sheriff McCullum , of Otoo county , has shipped the throttle valve which passed through the body of Kujrmocr James Do- wilt in the Missouri Pacilio wreck nt Dun- bar , and which waq used as evidence ncainst David HoU'inini nt his trial , to Kansas City , and It will bo ornamented nml placed on the grave of the brave en gineer. IOWA. The republican stale convention mo ets in Des Molnes to-day , Dubuquu complains of terribly dirty alloys and aud a general need of sower' ago. ago.Tho The management of the Iowa soldiers' home announce that the homo will bo completed in about sixty days. At Ml. Pleasant Charles Wood was ac cidentally shot through the lung by his little brother while out hunting. Albia has a nine witli n Methodist preacher for pitcher. It is a splendid team and the parson throws some very curly balls. There nro 331 inmates of the feeble minded asylum at Ulcnwood ; 20U males and 1125 females. The per capita cost for maintenance ) is $175.79. Sioux Uity is to have a corn jubilee tlio first of October and will build a corn palni'o. Extensive arrangements are hoing made for the event. The question as to the right of an anti- prohibitionist to get water at tlio town pump at Spirit Luke was ono of the cases Friday iu the justice court of that place. Sunday last witnessed the birth of the Davenport Morning Tribune , fathered by Edwin G , Erwin. The initial number is ne.it und mnvsy and supports the prin ciples of the republican party. A Sioux City young man suddenly bo- caiuo insane aud rushed out on the street in very scanty clotlnntr. After beseiging a number of houses with stones lie was captured by friends and taken homo. Saturday night at New Hampton an unknown man entered the ticket ollico of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul and pointing a revolver at the agent ordered him to hold up his hands. The request was so peremptory that the agent complied and the robber went through the drawer , taking what little money there was. Colona , Henry county , is greatly wrought up over the < | iiestion , "Can a corpse perspire. " At a funeral the other day it was noticed that the face of the dead was covered with perspiration , and although wiped away by the undertaker , large drops of moisture soon gathered again. The body w'as buried , however , and now manv of the residents of the town assort the belief that the supposed dead man was buried alive. Dakota. The foundation of the now $40,000 hotel at Watortown is completed. The ten itorial board of equalization has levied a tax of 2.U mills for the CIIMI- ing year. Dead wood vigorously opposes the cre ation of the new county of Mead with Sturgis as the county seat. Tlio Methodist conference is endeavor ing to secure grounds at Hot Springs for a Black Hills Chautauqua assembly. Two convicts who wore at work on the capitol tit liismarck escaped the guards and were out of sight before they were missed. A storv comes from Norfolk , Sully county , that the administration was so anxious to have a democrat unpointed postmaster that one was appointed who could neither road nor write. The gov ernment sees the necessity of having these in ollicial positions who arc in har mony with the administration. An article from Fargo appeared in the Chicago Tribune , urging that license was in tlio line of prohibition , if hiirli , and in the nature of a line condemnatory iiitiier than justifying the trallic. At a union meeting in Fargo on Sunday night the Congregational minister , who is a radi cal prohibitionist , took occasion to ridi cule this view , while speaking in the Presbyterian pulpit. After ho tmd coti- cluded the Presbyterian minister arose lit his side and claimed the authorship of the article thus denounced. Colorado and Montana. A union depot costing f 100,000 is to bo built at Pueblo. Moulder is to have sampling works that will cost ifnO.OjO. Contractor Richardson has now 120 men at the capilol grounds. A new postollieo in Arapahoe countv has been named Alva in honor of Gover nor Adams. The drive of 2r > 0,000 ties down the Mis souri forty miles , for the Montana Cen tral , is n success. The glassworks of Goldim have been prosperous beyond the most sanguine hopes of the proprietors ? . A strike of rich ore , averaging 8,000 ounces of .silver to the ton , has been made iu tiio Savage mine near Ouray. W. E. King , manager of the Western Union at Quincy , 111. , died of consump tion on the D. oc K. G. Salt Lake tram near Salida. The San Luis Valley Graphic says that McCormick , the great reaper man , has donated the S7r)00 necessary to clear the Del Norto college debt , coupled with con ditions which , it understands , are com plied with. The money is expected soon. Time checks to the value of if.'i.OOO have been stolen from the liurlingtou at Hoi- yoke station on the now branch from Sterling tn Cheyenne , the lirst known of it being that they were being cashed in Denver. Detectives are loolcing the mat ter up. The Pacllio Coast. The culture of the olive is attracting n gro'it deal of attention. The largest smelting works in the United States are to be built at Taeoma forthwith. It is stated that a Japan farmim" col ony will bo established near Valley Springs , C.il. The famous Pcrkins-lialdwin breach- of-promi.su suit is again up in the Los Angeles courts. Fred Hchringer Is on trial at Ntipa for the murder of Elijah Williams in a pri/.e light last spring. Railroad ties near Reno nineteen years old have just bcon taken up perfectly preserveoT. An analysis will determine the caiiio of their preservation. General M. G. Vollojo , the oldest na tive son of California , w.ll ride in the procession at Nnpa on Admission Day in a chariot which ho made in 1813. Kugene Duvnl and J. R. Gronsdalc , who have been In jail at Clielialin , W. T , , for six mouths for the murder of August Picklor , wore discharged from custody. John Payne and Hamp Hlcoino were killed and Thomas Tucker , F. M Gilles- pie and Thomas Carrington wounded in a cowboy raid at Newton's ranch , Pleas ant Valley , A. T. Paito society in Reno is convulsed. Johnson Sides , an Interpreter and brave , has eloped with a plump young squaw , leaving behind a sick wife and four hun gry little pappooses. Senator Stanford and E. S. Iloldon head the committee which is trying to raise $50,000 for a monument to Starr King , the famous Unitarian preacher , in Golden Gate park , San Francisco. A charivari party at Virginia City stopped at n brewery that was closed for the night , and thundered nt the door for admission. This aroused the anger of the proprietor , and ho sol/.cd n pickax , sailed into the crowd and laid about him right and loft. Uno man , Thomas Kelley - loy , had his skull fractured. The I'liMlo Mlirnry. Ninety thousand , three hundred and forty-one volumes were Issued last year from the Omaha public library. The librarian states that -10 per cent of these books passed Into the hands of children. Do the pcoplo of Omaha know that the library ranks witli the public schools in its relation to the boys and girls of this city ? Visitors there Hint children in the reading teem , children in the reference department , children tit the catalogue desk , children waiting for books. If the day chances to bo Saturday there will bo n long linn of children nt the librarian's window , each with card in hand. Forty per cent of the yearly outgo of books are read by children .a startling fact which gives rise at once to n .serious question. What are these boys and girls reading ? Who provides suitable books for thorn , who helps them to choose ? The reading of a boy from ten to fifteen affects his whole life. Who sees that these boys like bettor books this year than they did last ? Is their reading educating them , are they looking and growing toward the best ? It is the purpose of this article to answer these questions and to ask some others. The department of juvenile literature is one to whrch the book committee brings tlio closest scrutiny. The collec tion is founded on catalogues prepared by librarians who have clvcn special study to this subject. It now contains , with the exception of perhaps half a dozen volumes , the complete list made by C. M. llbwlna , librarian at Hartford , Con necticut. It covers travel and adventure , stories of various countries , legends and fairy tales. History , historical biography and tales , children's books in diH'ercnt departments of science , including astron omy , chemistry and physics. The earth , natural history , the microscope , garden ing and plants , health and strength , out door sports , household arts and amuse ments , drawing and painting , music , reference books and bound sots of the best periodicals , such as St. Nicholas , Harpers' Young People , and la t but far from least , comes juvenile fiction. In this class the boys read Trowbritlgo , Kel logg , Mayno Reid , Aldricli , Noah Brooks , E. E. Halo , H. E. Scudder. F. R. Stock ton aud others. The girls Miss Alcott , Mrs. Whitney , II. 11. , Mrs. Stowo , Miss Young and others. Just now there is an unusual call by the children for the tales qf Harriett Martincau anil Mary Howittand a revival of interest in the Hello books has necessitated the purchase of a new set. Ivanhoo , Kob Uoy , Oliver Twist and Cur iosity SJiop are always in demand. His torical stories are popular , and six sets of C. C. Coffin's Story of Liberty , Hoys of ' 70 , Boys of ' 01 , etc. , are in constant use. The histories of lligginson and Lossing are often out , also the Boy's Percy and Froissart and especially Pyle s Robin Hood Ballads. Not much poetry is asked for unless it can show a catching title like Ballad of Battle and Bravery. Prof. Raymond's Shakspcaro for the Young Folks is often takon. The rule in the selection and the giving out is to provide for children something that they are growing up to , not away from , and it is tlio purpose of the book committee to keep the library full of the best that is written for boys and girls in all department.- ; . After the work of the committee conies that of the librarian. She deals mainly with two classes , the street boys and the children of the public sehools. The first she educates , the second ho guides and advises. Tlio street arab makes his appearance - pearanco after his own fashion. Old Sleuth's are to bo had for a foiv cents , and hundreds of boys buy them This boy thus discovered.'is told that when ho finishes his books , the library will , on certain conditions , give him another. Hu is a reader and jumps at the chance of getting books for nothing. The taste which has been formed on "Old Sleuths" has to ho skillfully and tenderly dealt with. Miss Allen gives him an Oliver Optic , a few of which are kept for boys , to begin upon. For a while ho lives oif Oliver Optic. Some day the Optics are all out ; he takes a Trowbridgo instead , or a Koliogg. After awhile , with a little help ho diseovers Mayno Reid , lie gets interested in learn ing about other countries , ho finds ho likes books of travel and adventure in strange lands , ho helps wear out another sot of Jules Verne , gets a little glimpse into natural history , lives in anew world. One day this summer Miss Allen in sport offered such a bov an Oliver Optic ; ho was an olJ frjend ot the library ; he langhod and said iio guos.sed he'd ' 'got ooyond that now , " The process takes time and it takes devotion and patience on the librarian's Dart. A irroat many boys have been through it in the Onuhii public library , and moro are going through it now. They find out in this way that they have tastes and aptitudes , four or live are now reading together ad vanced books in natural history ; the manuals of taxidermy are always out. The question of reading with Such boys is a question of clmraotur ami life. The library works for them every day , Is their friend and advisor , their teacher and their college. * \ Cnno of Accounting. A rather important equity case for a general accounting has been commenced byE. T. Tellt. William E. Telft , Frank Tofl't , Joseph 11. Woller , George Clark and G. N. Beach , partners doing business as Tell't , Woller ft Co. against Edward Larkin ami the Bank of Com merce. This grows out of the failure of Melnnas it Bu sey , formerly dry goods dealers on the southeast corner of Six teenth and Webster streets on the 8th of February 1837. It is claimed that the latter named firm prior and on the date named owed to the plaintiffs ? -,213.ai , to the detendaut Lurkin , ? 1,725 , and to the Bank of Commerce f l.U''U , for which promissory notes , secured by chattel mortgages , were given. The plaintill's allege that on February 31 , 1887 , thu du- fendants represented to the plaintiffs that it was for the best interests of all the creditors of Molnnls A : Bnssey that thu stock of thu latter should be sold , and that Larkin & Co. would bo thu proper persons to conduct said sale. It is al < o alleged that the value of the stock then on hand was repre sented at $0,000 , which plaintiffs say would bo amplv sufliuieut to pay oil' all the creditors. Furthermore , it is al leged that the sale proceeded but no ac counting was made to phiintills , and that the balance of the gr.nds unsold were turned over to the Bank of Com merce by Larkin & Co. , and moreover , the plaintilfa say the ; have reason to believe that the hist named firm is com posed of E Larkin and Frank 10. John- s'on cashier of the lluiik of Commerce. Hcncu the prayer for a general account ing of sales , expenses , etc. I' ' < ) | OMH in Jail. Among the eighty-four prisoners in the county iail there are twenty-four criminals awaiting the session of the district court commencing on the nine teenth of next month. Tills is thu largest number that have been confined at one time during tlio past ten years. Of these three are in for burglary , two for at tempt to commit rape , three for assault with intent to kill , live for robbery , one for hor.so stealing , one fur house breaking , four ' for grand larceny , one for forgery , ono tor bastardy , ono for murder in the second degree , ono for gambling and ono foi obtaining money under false pretence. I'arkcr Taken Ilnok , Deputy United States Marshal Allen left last night for Cheyenne with Parker , the man who robbed Paymaster Bash. Parker was Iu Irons and closely guarded by a soldier , but his presence in the Ogdnn sleeper created considerable con sternation among the ladies aboard , I'arker , however , seemed to enjoy the situation , and to all the questions plied to him answered with a laconic "yes , " or "no , " accompanied with a grin , Ho goes to Clioyennc to await his trial before - fore the United Slates court , Ullt * Incorporated , The Klks of this city hare filed articles of incorporation as a social club , with all the provisions pertaining to such or ganisations. The capital stock is 17,500 , divided Into 800 shares of $35 each. The beginning ot the corporation is August 17 , 1877 , audits termination will bo December - cembor ill , 1900. The corporators are Frank Colpetzor , K. Dickinson , S. S. Cur tis , R. C. McClure , Sidney Smith ami T. M. Orr , _ rinafiiro Kor tlio HoMlers. "Pinafore" on a real boat lias been de termined upon as ono of the night fea tures of the coming reunion. An Iowa company has been engaged and Cut-oQ lake is the spot selected for the perfor mance. An amphiteater is to bo erected on the shore and by the aid of powerful locomotive headlights the opera will bo seen by the spectators , 'liho night of the performance has not yet been deter mined upon. Wur.N the face is haggard , the cheek hollow and the form lank and debilitated .the party concludes ho is the victim of a wasting and mysterioiisdisea.se , when the simple truth is , his digestive organs arc in had order , if he would use Dr. J. 11. McLean's ' Strengthening Cordial and Blood I'urnier , ho would look as well , and feel as hearty as the healthiest of us , he needs bracing upvitali7.ingthat is all , Funeral Notice. The funeral of the Into George Parks will take place from his former resi lience at CM North 1'iftoonth street , this uftornoon at U o'clock under the auspices ot the Bricklayers , Masons nnd Plaster- ers' Tenders' union , Members of the union will meet at ! i o'clock at their hall. Services at the house. C. l'\ Powell , who was mixed up in the Dinsmoor endorsement case which is liable to bring matters of requisition bo- twpcn this state and Minnesota to a focal ' point , is very sii-k in the county jail. Ho is suffering from epileptic H'-x and they arc crowing very serious. .His death ut any time would not bo surprising. BABY'S ' SCALP Milk On * ! , Diiiulruir , IVs.cmit und nil Scalp Humor' * C'lireil ! > ) < ; uf icura. I.ASTNOVHMIIiiniy : llttlo boy. niroil tluoo Jyc'urn. foil iwiliiBt the slnvo whllo lie wa rumi'iiir , und cut his hunt ) , und , iltfht nflurtlmt ho broke out nil over Ids hoii'l. ' Mini loft our. I Imdiigood doctor. Dr. - , tonttcnd him. tint hu pot H orsp , and tlui doctor cnulil not euro him Ills \vliolo lioiul , IBC . und loft imr WITH In n roarfidgtntn.iuiil lu-HUlIorod terribly. 1 caught tlio dlsoiieo Iroin him , niul it Rprcnil id ) ovur my fnoo and neok nnd oven K"t Into my cjc's No- lied ) thmiffht wo would ovur cct bettor. I felt sure wo noiodlilltHired for life. 1 lioiinl of the < 'tmci'iiHKMKIIIKS. . mid proem od u liottlo nf OtiTict'HA Kicwi.vi'vr , 11 box of < YTH'ITHA. mid nmkanf CuncriM SOM * , nml u cd thi/mcon- Rtnnllr dny nnd idKlit. ixttor iislui ? two bottloa of ItKtoi.vBNT. four bovoH of CimcuiiA , ttnd four CARC4 of SOAP , o nt n perfectly curoil w Itli- out : i near. Mv boy's ildn Is now likn Putin. IJTI ( Iiund Srtoct , LILUli lU'TINO. JKUSKVCITV , N. .1. SWOIH to bofora mo this STth dny of .Miucli , 18S5. Oll.IH.ltTl' . ItOIIINHDN , J. I' . THE WOHSTsbllE HEAD. Ilnvo been in the dm ? nnd inpdlclno Imsliipsi twontv-llvo youis. Ilnvo bcon hulling your ClIllCtlHA ItF.MRIIIfS RIPCO tllOJ' I'lUIIO Wo-t. They Icuil nil others In tholr lino. Wo could not wrlto noraoiililyou print till \\olmvo bonnl suM In fnvor ot the Ctn irriiA HEMKIIIKP. Ono yenr iifo the Ct'TicuiiA ' und StMt- cured n llttlo glrllii our house of the worst sere hciul wuovor w , nnd the HKMit.vr.M' nnd CtmciMiA nro now rurlnirn yoiinsprntlnnmti of a sere l6r ( , whlln tlio physician- trylny to Imvu It amputntod. It will save his lot ; and purhnpR his Illo. Too miicli rnnuot bu suliliu fnvor of the CimcmtA : KKMKDIKR. S. II. SMITH , V I1UU. COVIMITON , IvV. _ _ Cimrtm * Iti-MfPiua nro no'ltli'O euro for every form ol Skin nml Illood Dloeiues , from rimplosto Fcrotr.lu. Sold uvorynhnro. I'rli'o , CiniomiA r > ) o ; SOAP. i'ic. ; Itr.ioi.M'.Nr. $1. I'ropnii'd by tbo I'orrKii Dunn AM > UIIUMIUAI. Co. , lloslon , Mn < > s. Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases. niomiHhos , I'ltnplns lllm'klicimK nnd llutiy llmnoM. IHO Ci in riiA SOAP. Ache ! Ache ! ! Achell ! lKiip Auhoi * uuil Pnlns icllovod in ono mlnuio by the Cutlcum Antl- 1'aln l'liitor. A pnrfrct antlilolo tn imln ami lutluimimtloii , At : i1o : ilvo for $ ! . I'ottur Clu'ininil Co. , Iloston. HEALTH. WEALTH. DR. CHERBOURG , Cor. lath and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Nub. A Regular Graduate in Medicine and Spe cial Practitioner. Authorl7i'd to tiout all Chionlc , Norvoim nnd "Spoolnl nisonopH.1 .4 ( Wliothor ciuiBod by Iii'pniilonoo , Kxcnss or Contusion ) Hmnlnul Wcnknctw , ( idKlit losBon ) Hnuul DuulhtyUrn ( ol sc'xmd powoi ) , Norv- OIIH Debility , Illood Disoidmx , etc' . Ctirus K'lur- nnicoil or monuy rofundi'il. ClmrKOi low Thuii'-nndi ! ol cnsos cured , Ao | nml oxparlenoo me Important. All niuillclncs especially pro- purcd lor e.Hdi Individual 0110 , No Injurious or Poisonous Compounds Used. No time lost from buslnoM I'ntlonta nt a dlslanuo troalo 1 by letter and uvprens. Modleluu sent ovoijwhpro fieo from KII/C or hrunkaKO. So Delay in Fil ni ( ; Orderi- . I'oru'oom : rtnmpwlll mull ntl'.K"K4 < < ay < m Man , an Imiioitiuit Question , 'and u SVMI'l'OM Ili-t on tthlili to aoi lull lil tor ) ol vour dlseiiso. Slate youi CHSO , Bond lor lorms. All uo nsk M n trlul. buerocy observed olthor In pors'jn or by ' " " " omen HOPHS- n to lUa. in . - tor , and" to 8p. in. Mention Omaha Wi-ul.ly Hue. WM. MO INTOSII. n. v. m itomviM ; , < v juri.vro.su , Real Estate Dealers 110 South Spring Street , LOS AMJiLIM , VALIVOUXIA. Hinder * In city ami country propurly of nil dcierptmni ! ( ionuiul Informntlon to iimr- eomern r rooty t-'lvon. " THIS CAPITOL Iff" Lincoln , Neb. The best known nnd most popiilur hotel In ihosioto. location contrul , appointment * Hint close , llondinmrluia lor commurciid mon and ull political mid publlo KHthoiinirs K. I' . KIliN ( ( : I'rnprloior. CURED lly Dr. Snodlkor's method. No operation ) no pnln ; im detention fiom IniBlium. Aduptud to olnldron us well iiDKiotrn pcoplo. IJundicdnof uutoeruph irstimonuds on Illo. All husmeai Mnelly conlldentlHl. Consultation treu PROF. N. D. COOK Room li , Ifill Douglaw St. , OnuliaNeb.