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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 7. 1887 ,
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ber. 1880 , I8atj copies : for l > ecombcr , IbSfl.
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copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,108 copies ; for
March. lbS7. 14,400 copies ; for April. lbS7 ,
14,310copies ; for May , 1887 , 14,227 coplw ; for
June 1887 , 14.147 copies : for Julv. 1887,14-
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THE Chicnco-Kansns City railroads
hnvo had n llttlt ) fnlllnir out and the trav
eling public can now reap the benefit of
reduced fares.
IRELAND Is still on top. A sanguinary
battle was fought yesterday in a little
Pennsylvania harnlct between the sons of
Erin and sunny Italy , and the latter were
obliged to retreat after a rod-hot encoun
ter.
lK.si'iTE the outrageous conduot of the
council the chief of police aud his force
are doing splendid work in checking the
confidence niun , fakirs nnd criminals in
general , who hove been attracted to
Omaha by the fair and reunion. More
arrests were made Monday than in any
one day during any previous fair or pub'
lie demonstration.
THE Chinese minister at Washington
evidently dons not like a blow-bard.
Count Mitkowic7's long tongue lias not
Added strength to the great financial un
dertaking of which ho clahm to bo the
head ami front , at least that is what the
Celestial representatives In this country
Boom lo think. "Loud talk showoth not
yrisdom" is an oldCliine.se proverb.
AN INDIANA railroad man who is in n
position to know , claims that at least 126
persons were killed at Chatsworth.
Others who wcro present until all the
bodies wore , removed , give about the
same number. The railroad authorities
made out a list of loss than ono hundred.
Of course a railroad company that
slaughters its patrons cannot bo decent
enough to uunounoo the actual number
of its victims.
A WASHINGTON rumor has it that ox-
Governor Uobert E. Paulson , of Penn
sylvania , is to take Lamar's place in the
cabinet , while the latter gees on the supreme
premo bench. If this Is true the politi
cians will bo clvon another "Cleveland
surprise , " for no ono of the knowing
ones had the remotest suspicion of suoh
a move. Pattisou is n young reform
democrat of the Keystone state and is
dispjQsed to bo quite independent in
politics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that the Saturday half holiday
Benson is over in New York city , the
business mon of the metropolis uro
quite unanimous in their opinion
that this innovation is imjurious to
the interests of the city. It
causes inconveniences without end and
also diverts trade to other cities. Labor
day is also condemned , both by the in
fluential workingmen and by employes.
All work and no play may make Jack a
dull boy , but too much play will undoubt
edly make him a poor one.
HKNUV ViLLAitu lias entered the finan
cial Hold again with n Hoiu'ish and sev
eral millions in cash. A short time ago
ho was considered dead broke as million-
Hires go , and hero ho bobs up serenely
with enough money to interest oven the
Wall street magnates. It seems to bo un
derstood that Mr. Villard is at the head
of the Uurlin syndicate of capitalists who
will probably have- control of the North
ern Pacific. That Mr. Yillard is to bo
elected a diructor of that road about the
middle of this month is said to bo already
n delluito arrangement.
TIIK blotting out of the Baltimore &
Ohio road as a competitive element ,
loaves tlm Pennsylvania and the Now
York Central untrammeled in their cor
porate greed , What will these gigantic
monopolies do next is the question whlnh
the eastern miblio is .beginning to ask
vrith sorao anxiety. They huvo hitherto
wielded enormous power , their united
strength now , will bo almost irrcsistablo.
It will bo lolt by the west almost as much
as by thu east. Decisive legislative en
actments limiting thuir encroachments
will bo our only safeguard.
Sicnr.TAiiv : FAIKCIUM ) is reported to
liavo liold n long conference yustorday
with the president and Speaker CarlMo
in regard to the reduction of thu surplus.
The administration is fully nlivo to the
fact that some policy must bo agreed on
for presentation to the coming session ol
congress. The presidential campaign is
rapidly approaching ami the need ol
prompt action to retain democratic
supremacy will force the administration
to do its utmost to secure popular ap
proval. The deeds of the coming winter
will count more with the people than
fulsome promises in the next national
platform. '
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Lower null road RntM.
Thestrugglo of the business of the
country for relief from the exactions of
the railrovls docs not diminish the earn
estness and vigor , aud must not bo per
mitted to. Authorativo statistics show
the railroads are making moro money
this year than over before , it Is regard
ed as a safe estimate that the aggregate
earning of the railroads ot the country
for the current year will exceed these of
last year by not loss than 150,030,000.
A considerable part of this gain will rep
resent the enlarged business nf the
country , but it will bo duo in part to the
advantages taken by the railroads under
tlie interstate commerce law , of every
opportunity offered to Increase their de
mands upon the public , to accomplish
which combination continues to
bo just as effective as evor.
The purpose of the corporations
to render the law obnoxious has boon
carried Into effect by every means which
they could dare to employ under the law ,
and while the object sought has not boon
accomplished the results financially to
the railroads have added largely to their
coffers. The people , however , moro
strongly believe now in the principle of
tlio law tliad they did at the tlmo of its
enactment , and it will receive such
amendments as the experience of its trial
thus far suggests , doubtless at the next
session of congress , as will put a restraint
upon the ability of therailroads to use it
chielly to their own advantage.
Meanwhile in a number of states where
the exactions and discriminations of the
railroads are most severely felt a
movement for remedy and relief is
being urgently pushed. In Illinois the
railroad anU warehouse commissioners
have just heard the arguments of repre
sentative business men from all parts of
the state demanding a readjustment of
rates in that state and the abolition of
certain unwarrantable discriminations.
There are ilfty-four railroads m Illinois ,
and the roplv they make to the demand
of the business public for justice and
equity is the usual ono with the corpora
tions , that they are not earning at pres
ent rates a fair dividend on the capital ,
Bonn lines being run at an actual loss ,
and that if the charges are reduced all
the roads must become unprofitable so
far as their Illinois business is concerned.
JJnt if tlio aggregate earnings of the rail
roads in the populous Htato of Illinois
amount to only 9 per cent on the capi-
al , as the figures scorn to show ,
the inevitable conclusion must bo that
hero is a needless extravagance in ex
penditures and probably a great deal of
mismanagement. Besides the valuation
of those roads at $11,000 a milo is much
too high. They did not cost any such
amount legitimately , and could bo dupli-
: atcd at very much loss ; Doubtless at a
fair valuation , and with a wise economy
n management , the not earnings of the
railroads of Illinois hist year , amounting
"n round figures to f 7,0 0OJO , would
have paid fully four per cent , on the
capital.
Hut if the rates charged in Illinois are
such as to justify the demand of the busi
ness community for reduction , what
sort of defense can bo offered for
the rates in Nobrasica , which are very
much higher in every class ? Compared
with tlio exhorbitnnt rates that ate
charged in this state the people of Illi
nois ore peculiarly favored. Perhaps
our people cannot reasonably expect Illi
nois rates , but there can bo no sulHcicnt
reason for so wide a difforeneo. and the
fact that the people of Illinois are de
manding a reduction of the charges
there , makes stronger the conviction that
our dqmand for relief is just and should
bo ( irmly adhered to. The Nebraska rail
road commission has just ulicd some now
light on this question jn a communica
tion to the general manager of the 1) . &
M. in which the discrimination against
this state is shown by authentic figures
that tell a plain story which needs no
polishing or explanation. The corn-mis
sion chooses to deal in blunt terms in
characterizing th < > extortionate policy of
the railroads , and m doing so has the au
thority of facts and the warrant of pub
lic sentiment. It will bo sustained by
the people in the attitude it has taken ,
for this issue has yet to bo settled , and it
will be settled in the interest of the pub
lic welfare.
No Back Down.
Mr. McShano may be satisfied with the
denial of his editor that ho ( the editor )
made overtures tn tlio mayor to allow the
gamblers to keep open house during tlio
fair and reunion , lie may bo credulous
enough to believe tliat the bombastic
challenge of his man is made in good
faith , but if ho wants to know the true
inwardness of tlio charge , wo will con
vince him verbally that there is more
truth than poetry in it.
In this connection wo only need to
point Mr. MoShauo to tha ffau/.y
declaration of his editor that lie "never
had anything to do with the gamblers. "
In view of the disclosures during tlio controversy <
trovorsy with thu house judiciary bood-
lora , tills is dccidudly cool. Only yester
day a member of a late gambling house
said in the presence of two persons that
every charge madeby tlio BCB against
the legislative judiciary boodlers was
truoaud agroatdoal moro could bo added
tlmt would convict these rogues of dclib
cratoly demanding bribes from the gam-
blurs. Mr. McShanu'a editor was vorj
intimate with that jr.mg , and certainly
knew what was going on.
An Kxprt'HH Trust.
It is said that the transfer to thoUnltoc
States Express company of the Haiti
more & Ohio express business Is likelj
to result in the formation of a great ex
press trust , or something equivalen
thereto , which shall include the thrci
wealthy express corporations the Amer
ican , the Adams and the United States
The next stop necessary to the accom
plishmonl of such A purpose , if it is it
contemplation , would be the purchase o
the Krio , and it is bolmvod this will bi
done by one of the big companies. Tin
Erie is an even moro annoying rival t <
the larger companies than was the IS. i\ \
( ) . , tho.igh with loss ability to success
fully compute than was possessed bj
tlio latter. It has recently hoer
cutting rates freely , and prob
ably unprolilably to itself , nnd if itshouli
adhere to this sort of competition the bit
companies will feel compelled to nugoti
ato. These have always worked in har
mony and been united" in u polioy tc
maintain higher rates nnd freeze oa
bmaller competitors. There is no ro.ioi
to suppose that there will now bo any departure
parturo from this policy , but rathur thu
the companies will be disposed to pur
sue it more strictly than heretofore. Tin
chief of the smaller competitors having
been removed it U exceedingly probable
that a united effort will bo made to sot
possession of or destroy the remaining
ono. This accomplished , the big com
panies would naturally devise moans to
shut out now competition , and the first
essential to this would be a close combi
nation of these companies that would
bind all to a specific policy and condi
tions.
From this point of view a great express
trust is therefore not to bo regarded as at
all improbable. It need not bo explained
what this would mean for the gnuernl
public. The competition of the Baltimore
& Ohio had a leveling effect upon tariffs
which , during the past ten years , has
amounted to n vast sum saved to the pee
ple. It also pre.-.tly augmented the ex
press business , so that the companies
have made monoy. The profits of the
B. & O. Itself are said to have been
half n million dollars a year. But
it is not to bo supposed
or expected that a combination of
the big companies , freed from
nil competition , would continue the
rates prevailing under the pressure of
competition. That is not what combina
tions are made for.
Discontent In.Canndn.
Some of the Canadian papers are quite
outspoken in their opposition to the Can
adian Pacific monopoly. The Toronto
lAnVsays , in spanking of the position of
ho farmers of the northwest : ' 'Tho set-
lor cannot hope to thrive whilst ho is
compelled to buy and sell in n market
'rom twelve hundred to two thousand
lilies distant , The best evidence of this
s to bo found in presence in Dakota ami
Minnesota of tens of thousands of Cana-
lian farmers. All the signs go to show
that the light for an independent railway
s but the prelude of a campaign in behalf
of freedom of trade between Mani
toba and her nearest markete ,
n which the settlers are sure to win.
The rents and fissures in the fabric of
confederation are not to bo misunder
stood. The attempt to join together that
which nature has put asunder by moans
of huge political railroads has fallen
completely , leaving us with a disaffected
east and west and with a debt of nearly
$000,000,000. to be borne in unequal shams
by only five millions of people. These of
us who imagine that by the fiat of an act
> f parliament a house divided against
itself could bo made to stand , are being
undeceived. It is evident that our neighbor
is waking up , pnd intends to keen along
with the procession.
The Canadians have hitherto been a
loyal people , but the influence of the
times , rapid development and changed
conditions are having their effects upon
thorn. They stem no longer disposed to
submit because n monopoly , hoisted
upon them , has governmental backing.
They will no longer mnokly endure
wrontrs because they have their origin in
high places. These very expressions of
sharp criticisms are in themselves sig
nificant. Itisnol so very long ago that
they would not have boon tolerated.
\Vhv the 1'ooplo Mnrvol.
Nobody in Omaha cares a straw whom
Mr. McShano employes to run his paper ,
least of all the BKB. Nobody , so far as
we know , has asxed Mr. McShano to dis
charge his present editor. But the pub
lic will hold Mr. McShane personally re
sponsible lor the policy pursued by the
Herald as long as it is owned and con
trolled by him. If that paper advocates
and supports dishonest methods in the
council and the arrogant assumptions of
the conspirators ag.iinst good order and
publio safety , Mr. McShane cannot well
escape the responsibility or publio cen
sure. If this anarchist policy is uphold
by Mr. Shane for political ends , so much
the worse. The attempt to keep the re
publicans who have two-thirds of the
council at outs with the mayor
may seem to Mr. MoSliano very smart
tactics just as it affords pleasure to James
E. Boyd to demonstrate that no
body excepting himself is able to
hold the reins of government in Omaha ,
But citizens who have no political
schemes to further and no revenges to
gratify most emphatically condemn tlio
course which gives Omaha the reputa
tion of a rowdy town and keeps up tur
moil ever the policy , while boodiing
contractors and jobbers are preying upon
the city and getting away with the bag-
gaao.
Thu people of Omaha who gave Mo-
Sliano 5,0)3 ) majority last fall , marvel at
his lack of local pride which should in
spire him of all others with a desire to
suppress and keep down any movement
or polioy that tend to give Omaha a bad
reputation abroad , and whiah deprive its
citizens of suflieiont police protection ,
They Will Not lllsk Ir ,
Judge Uumly is quoted as interpreting
the charter in favor of Hascall and his
pals. Judge Dnndy did nothing of the
sort. Ho was very caretul not o commit
himself on the law , by stating that the
charter with its 175 pages was too ponderous
derous for him to road. And Mr.
Poppioton , who sought to hulido/o the
meeting at the board of trade hall , was
very particular to pay that ho had not a
clear conviction as to the merits of lias-
cull's prctnnsions. "No reputable lawyer
m the state would risk his reputation in
upholding as legal nnd right the dolibor-
a to attempt of the council to RiiulT out a
co-ordinate brinoh of city government
by refusing to approve good bonds , and
playing the game of starvation and
froo/.o out.
A PKOMINKNT Grand Army ofllcor in
reviewing tlio pension law from its beginning -
ginning , eriticiy.es its application se
verely. Ho claims that n great doal-of
injustice has boon done to meritorious
veterans by refusing them pensions
which they deserved. Ho refers espec
ially to mon wliu had seen the longest
service and bore most of its hardships
and who broke down after the war was
over in consequence of what they hail
endured. It is dillicult for thosu veterans
to provo either by record or by their
comrades that existing disabilities were
contracted in the service. So their pen
sion claims are ignored while those who
succumb-a early were sent tn hospitals
and finally dischnged , readily obtain
their pensions. The latter saw very
little of camp life and may never have
been in a battle , but they live comfort
ably now on the public treasury , while
the real fighters , broken in health by the
long strain they underwent , obtain noth
ing and are quite liable to become public
charges. There Is , no doubt , a great
deal of truth in this criticism , aixi it ia
beyond question tLut uiauy deserving
soldiers are living in straightened cir
cumstances wh > ought to be taken care
of by tho.govornriiont they did so much
to preserve.
THK growth or jriiublto sonlimcnt in
Great Britain favbrnblo to silver would
not bo surprising ! although it might bo
expected to be slrjw ; ' . ' That a feeling in
this direction is not wholly wanting is
shown by a recent interview with the
Uuko of Marlborough , who was a mem
ber of the royal conimisslon qrcated to
investigate and report upon thu causes ot
the depression injrfdo. Tha duke is re
ported to have sold that the currency
question li the 'most important of the
time , and the American attitude regard
ing silver had a most significant bearing
on the question. It was given a good
deal of attention by the commission and
there is reason to botiovo made a very de
cided impression. At all events , so far as
the Duke of Marlborough is concerned bo
found in the European demonetization of
silver the chief cause of alt the de
pression in trade since the .Franco-Ger
man war , and in this rospoot ho concurs
with the view of prominent Gorman
financiers. Thoto is a small party in
Great Britain in favor of the monctlza-
tion of silver , and it is not at all unlikely
it will grow. The possibility of that
country accepting bimotalism nay bo re
mote , but it cannot bo regarded us out
of the question , and certainly If the con
summation is contingent upon the United
States adhering to silver it can be re
garded as assured , On this point there
is not now and is not likely to bo soon
again any serious issue.
ONK of the good results of the largo
gathering of people in the city this wcok ,
is the opportunity afforded for tiio me
tropolis and the citi/cns of the state to
become still better acquainted. This will
bo mutually beneficial. It is well the
people of this great commonwealth
should learn what is going on in their
chief city , and that the latter should
know directly from the people how they
are prospering everywhere. They can
compare notes over their material prog
ress , over their labors in tlio past and
their plans for tha future. City nnd
country are very intimately interested in
each other's welfare and whatever in
creases their mutual knowledge and re
gard is a mutual help.
NEW YOUK capitalists evidently have
faith that thoManllobans will bo success
ful in their light for the building of the
Red Hiver Valley railroad. Premier Nor-
quay lias announced that ho has disposed
of the bonds at the metropolis , and it is
expected that thftfroad will bo completed
m time to compote with the Canadian Pa
cific in wheat carrying. The news is re
ceived with great rejoicing at Winnipeg ,
as it opens a market in this country for
produce winch has boon confined to
Canadian trade centers.
TIIK directors of the ublio library are
still pegging away at the Jefferson Square
library building project , regardless of
the fact that tHo' rflty has no money
on hand for such a purpose and the
building season is too far advanced to do
much this year , even if , they had an
abundance of money. But the best rea
son why the scheme is not feasible is that
ninc-tonths of the people of Omaha do
not want to cut up Jefferson Square by
any building.
TIIK attempt on tiiu part ot the Has-
callites to represent the speeches made
in support of good government , as in
citing anarchy is in keeping with the
reckless defiance and downright false
hoods that have characterized all their
pretensions. The speech of G. M. Hitch
cock , which was crowded out of our col-
unies , is produced in this issue to convict
the falsifiers who denounce it as an in
cendiary harangue.
ONK of our citizens said at the board o
trade meeting last Saturday night that ho
was tired of the word "boodler. " He
thought it is time to drop it. The only
proper time for dropping that term is
when there is no longer any occasion for
its use , but not before. Ho should re
member that our citizens are still moro
tired of the thing for which it stands.
WILL the counoll lot the printing to the
lowest bidder , as the law requires , or do
they propose to play shuttlecock und
battlcdoro with it in defiance of law , the
courts and publio opinion.
Tin : weather tins week promises to bo
all that could be desired , and everything
scorns to point to the most successful fair
and the most pleasant reunion ever hcli
in this city.
THE presence of some of our citizens
at the council meeting Saturday evening
though they did not say much , showi
that they are mingling in tlio pool o
local politics.
TIIK ostriches in the council are stil
hiding their heads in the sand.
They Have Done Tiiolr Worst.
J'orflmid ( Ore ) ivciw ,
The powerful friends ot lilalno anil Sherman
man will not permit Mr. Coiikllug and the
mugwumps to dlctatn to the republican party
the candidate of IbSS. Ho amt-thcy did thci
'
\vorstlnlbb4. Tnej-'canunt repeat It. Thul
scacino will fail. It wilt help cither Blalno
or Sherman , rather titan do ttium harm.
John M. Tlmrston is still roaming arount
over the country ropuiitln hls allowed lecture
on " ( Jrant " There Is nothing about ( Iran
In the harangue that has not been In th
newspapers a dozen times since the publlca
tion of General ( iranl' . lt'iiiulrs ; tint news
paper managers ruai ; the chestnut bell on
them just before Mr" Ttiurston strung then
tocother with a few nntqillluvlan stories am
took thu road as n lecturer. It Is actually
painful to sit for anMiohr and listen to Id
solemn nml melancholy 'repetition of pub
llslied history and the decayed humor of the
past L'tmeration. That "lecture" will neve
elect him to the United States senate.
A Hello or rtartmrism ,
Mcni\iliii \ Afilanc/i / .
"Tho convict lease system must co. TraHl
In human flesh must cease. There is no place
In our civilization for llondn in human font
such has these who are called to account by
Governor Gordon , of Gcorvla. There is nn
reason for believing that tno system in Tennessee
nesseo Is asbarbarousastliatln the Mew Kng
landofthobouth. Kven the brutality In th
camps of Mississippi , disclosed by thoofhcln
reports , is overtopped by this awful icu'ln
tlon from Georgia. But brutality and cru
elty , nnd therefore barbarity , are Inseparable
In the very nature of thlnirs , from the con vie
lease system a rullc of the dark ages wholly
Inconsistent with Uie spirit of moUern civil !
zntlun. " . ' .
HERESIES FROM POPPLETON.
Arch Champion of Corporations Before
tha Board of Transpottion.
SOME STARTLING DOCTRINES
Ho Maintains That Nebraska haw
Cannot Affect the Union i'aolilu
Governor Tlinyor Altar the
Prize FiRhteM Lincoln.
[ KllOSt TIIK nEK'9 LIXCOr.X nUBKA.U.1
The meeting of the attorneys of the different
roads In.Ncbraska with the board ot trans
portation , primarily to determine the powers
of the board tn regulating rates , nnd second
arily to hoar the complaints filed against the
IClkhorn road for their exorbitant charges ,
was attended by Mr. Poppleton aud Mr.
Klmball , of the Union 1'aciiic. Messrs. Marquette -
quetto and Smith , ot the U. & M. ; Messrs ,
llawloy nnd Morohouse , ot the Klkhorn and
Mr. Orr. of 4ho Missouri Pacltlc. In the de
murrers to all the complaints filed against
the Union 1'acille , the Union 1'ncllic has
pleaded "no jurisdiction" to the board , and
this question was conceded to be one of the
most Iracortant to come before the meeting.
In the opening of thojncetlnf. the question
ot jurisdiction was nt once made the subject
01 discussion. Prior to the argument Mr. Orr ,
representing the Missouri Pacllic , said it was
utterly impossible for the road to appear nt
this tlmo In the discussion ot rtUcs. lie
stated that the company desired toco-operate
with ttie board by furnishing any Information
they might desire. If the board would grant
ten ieucy , In a few days they would give the
matter nil the attention In their power.
JudgoMasou said that the question of rates
had passed beyond discussion and that they
must be lowered. Ho lepllcd to Mr. Orr that
the rates on his road were higher than the li.
& M. nnd wein on n par with the Union Pa
cltlc. He wanted the road to act without In
tervention , if they would ; II they would not ,
there was no e\cuse for delay. The question
was , he said , If the company would assure a
reduction of rates by the liTith , the time Mr.
Orr asked , the board would be willing to wait ,
but if It was n question ot delay it might as
well be attended to to-day.
Mr. Orr replied that the road was honest In
its asking for delay. He did not want , how
ever , the Missouri Pacific to be bound by any
precedent that might be established in the
Hearing of other cases.
Mr. Munger said , In reply to Mr. Orr , that
his comp.tny had had from the 35th of
July on their case already and they should
not object If by theirdetay precedents should
be established.
In regard to the complaints ol ! Plunier ,
Perry & Co. nnd the complaint of ( irand
Island parties , Mr. I'opplctnn , of the Union
Pacific , said they wore Questions over which ,
the Union Paclac claimed , the board had no
jurisdiction.
Messrs Munger aud Mason said that they
would hear first the argument on the ques
tion of jurisdiction. Mr. Poppleton aud Mr.
Kelly appeared for the Union Pacific.
Mr. Poppluton , In Ills argument , held that
that the shipment was nn inter-state rate ,
covered in two shipments , ono to Omaha nnd
the other to Lincoln. The shipment , ho
claimed , was a through one to Lincoln fiom
San Francisco , the rate betuir 00 cunts to
Omaha and 15 cents I rom Omaha to Lincoln.
The question of the rate from Omaha tn
Lincoln being extortionate brought direct the
question of jurisdiction.
Continuing , the speakersaldhe could show
that the Union Pacllic , In Its charter from
the government had the sole rUht to estab
lish and maintain its own rates and charge
them at Its will ; that thecharter had in effect
given the road extraordinary powers. Con
gress has settled the question and the court *
have laid down the decision that inter
state commerce where shipments arose
in one state and terminated In another
was wholly under the control of
federal powers nnd federal courts.
Justice Bradley , in summing up In thu case
of the Baltimore A Ohio road and the bridge
to Slaten Islnnd , had held that In matters of
i liter-state coinmeicn there were no states.
Mr. Poppleton cited cases in which states had
attempted to regulate rules on hauls In which
thev did not attempt to cover the road out
side the state. These ho held had never boo a
negatived bv the courts.
Judge Mason interjected at this point tlmt
while the board ngreed with the argument on
strictly inter-state rates , the question before
the board was one of fact. That what was
wished to be ascertained was whether the
shipment In questiou was a pure inter-state
shipment , or whether it was not a reship-
nient from Omaha to Lincoln over
n branch line nf the Union Pacllic
upon which the rate charged was
extortlonnte. Mr. Poppleton returning
to this fact in Issue read trom the bill of lad-
Ing. From this Mr. Poppleton urged tbat
the bill held San Fraucisco and Lincoln as
the terminal points. The only clause he
claimed In the bill that cited Omaha a-s the
terminus of the shipments was where the
Southern Pacllic guaranteed a specillc rate to
Omaha. The now tariff from Omaha to Lin
coln he claimed , had no effect on the ship
ment , and that the latter rate was a part of
the Intor-stato rate and It was preposterous
to claim anything else. Mr. Poppletou then
returned to his oiiKinal Hue ot defense , that
the rate wns entirely Inter-state.
Mr. Lambortson , for the firm of Pltimmer ,
Perry & Co. , stated to Mr. Poppleton that he
was willing to admit all ho was ariadmr on
In regard to what constltues an Inter-stato
rate.
rate.Mr.
Mr. Poppleton cited a case in Illinois
\\huiothobti\tehad a right to control the
rate ou nn inter-state .shipment that was
within the stnto nnd Hut the United States
court nrifntlvcd the notion of the stile of Illi
nois. "TMs Is the question that the petit
ioners propose to ague , " continued Mr. Pop-
ultiton. This was promptly denied by Mr.
Lambertson.
Judco Mason asked that if as in this case
the r.ito uns lixcd at n ceitain lijjuro to
Omaha nnd from that point to Linoln n
new rate wns taken , if the latter was not a
local domestic rate added to the Inter-state
rate that expired at Omaha.
In reply to this Mr. Poppleton held that
the new r.ite , because on an iuter-stato ship
ment , must bo considered nn Inter-stato rate.
Continuing , ho took the ground that the
Union Pacihc road was n tederal agency and
arguing from tlmt stand ho removed the road
entirely from state regulation. Ho occupied
nn hour in citine cases ot taxation of
corporations under IVdoral control or charter.
Mr. Poppicton passed to a discussion of the
reserved rights that congress held over the
Union Pacllic nnd cited that one of these IDS-
ervntlons was that congress held the right to
lower the rates on the line of the Unlou Pa
cllic and held from this reservation that Ne
braska or the state board of transportation
hnd no light whatever to Interfere with rates
on that line of road. He closed his argu
ment with a long ( limitation UDOII the fact ,
as ho claimed , that Nebraska was attempting
to overrule the federal govcninnmt. From
his argument the conclusion that n by
stander would reach was that the u'ovorn-
inent in Its fudeial powers controlled every
act of commerce ami the Union Pacllic was
greater than nn > thing outside thu
iudcral government with a leserved
power in Its federal relations
that made It just about ns great ns the gov
eminent Itself , Mr. Poppleton went out of
Ids way to claim that local clamor was seek-
imr to override the vested powers of the
country , 'iho validity of the state law was
p'ronoiincpd In Jeopardy , by Mr. Poppluton ,
nnd he held the law as without power to llx
lates. He gave nway oil room .seclets by
stating that It was never Inteuded In the pas-
sate ot tlio law that the board should have
power to lix rates.
Judge Mason said. "Perhaps we had better
have n little legislation then ; " nnd ho salit it
with n grim humor that was leadlly under
stood.
Mr. Poppleton's view of the state law was
In oiled thai it was without power , and his
entliu argument was one of deti.uice , nnd
"What can you do about It'.1'1 Unstho
handing down of n policy of "Do jour worst
and \ui \ \ 111 siM > to ii that it Is powurlcbs. "
Mr. I.amberlson , attorney lor Pliimmer ,
Perry ite Co. , in replying to the Union Pa-
cllic , confined hlnuult to the question at Issue.
He showed that the Union Pad lie's way bills
showed that there were two distance ship
ments , one from San Francisco to Omaha ,
nnd the other tiom Oimilia to Lincoln , Thu
road , he claimed , dealt doubly in the matter ,
exacting an unrenvmntilo local ratu on a
through shipment. Mr. Lnmuortson showed
that they shipped the goods lu question to
the extreme boundary ot the state tor the
pinposo of rushiiiplng back over the same
road and extorting nn unreasonable into.
This , he claimed , was un estopplo upon
( heir romint ; before the board and claimIng -
Ing It nn Inter-stale shipment when
they had exhausted thu lntnr-siat > ) haul , nnd
had added nn oxtortloimto local 0110 to It. In
reply to Mr , Poppleton's plua that tlm Union
Pacllic was nu ageucy of thu government ,
Mr. LumbcrUon showed that all Inml grant
roads were In the lame manner nconclrs of
the gomnutent , and that the Chlcneo , litirl-
Ington A Qulucy road could , Jon thu same
plw , hone to escape suto mjuiiulonn. lie
said that when be read the California decis
ion by , I ml co Klolil , ho had causa to bollove
tint Union I'sclllc Influence en
tered the highest court In the land.
Mr. Lnmbcrtsun showed that the
reshlpmont was over the Umahii A
ItepuullcMi Valley road from Omaha and
asked If trial branch nf the Union Pactllc \ < aa
a fiscal agency ( or the government and beyond -
yond state control. He bold the question
down to Its merits whether < a reslilument
and robilllnR from Omaha did not remove it
from the Inter-sUteto a local hnul when the
company added the local rate. On the ques
tion ot Uiu jurisdiction of the ntte board over
the Uulonl'aclUc roads on shipments In state
and the rates chanted , the secretaries of the
board decided unanimously that the state
board had jurisdiction and authority. This
covered the Grand Island case and the
Pltimmer , Perry * Co. case was held over for
fntnro decision.
It was 5 o'clock when the Union
Pacific hearing was concluded and tha
decision reached. The board then ad-
tournod until morning , when tlm Klkhorn
Valley caw will bo heard and T. M. Marquette -
quetto will argue the powers and legality of
the board In the cases brought against the
U. A M. railway.
AKTKn TI1H PBIZR KIOIITKlts.
Governor Thayer yesterday forwarded the
following communication to the county at
torney of Washington county :
LINCOLN , Sept. fi , ib87. County Attor
ney , Washington County. Hlair , Nebraska.
Dear Sir : You have undoubtedly observed
by the papers , that a prl/o light occurred on
nn Island some twenty miles up tlu Missouri
river from Omaha.
Is It possible tor you to ascertain whether
that Island Is located on the east or west side
of the main channel ot said river and within
the limits of Wash ! nc ton county ? If It Is
possible to brlni the brutes , who were con
cerned In that tight , or who were alders and
abittiora , to punishment. It certainly ought to
bo done. Very tiuly yours ,
JOHN M. THAYKIU
TUG FIKbD OK 1NDU9TKY.
Notwithstanding the great Increase In
hosiery manufacturing , a dozen more now
mills are projected , on which work will bo
begun tn September.
Another wire and wire nail factory Is to bo
built at Wichita , Kan. , at a cost ot 8150,000 ,
and a car work Is to bo tniilt on seventy-five
acres of land ; cost , 8500,000.
A great many now Industrial enterprises ,
large and small , are announced In northern
Alabama. The multitude of these enterprises
detracts from the usual Interest In their an
nouncement.
There Is gieat anxiety to purchase timber
lands and ore lands in the south. One of the
latest ore-land purchases was In West Vir
ginia , and covered 10,030 acres. The terri
tory will bo dovolopcd at ouco.
There are Sft7 blast furnaces tn operation
in the United States , producing iSS.ffl'j tons
per week , aud 313 Idle with a weekly capacity
of 1 ± 3,0-12 tons. The anthracite capacity has
Increased from 3 > , TO'J tons weekly a year ago
to 35a78 now.
British manufacturers are expecting to
profit very largely this fall and winter out of
the activity in the United States. An Eng
lish company , called the Moss Bay company ,
expects to move Its entire works to the
United States.
There Is a great demand for freight boats
on western lakes and rivers. A Cleveland
company has Increased 1U facilities to en
able It to turn out a largo freight steamboat
every three months. All of the lake ship and
boat yards are doing a good business.
The prosperity of the farming communities
in the west Is resulting In the building up of
a multitude of little Industries near the mar
kets. The larger concerns In the leading
cities are disco verlne competition from these
new sources , and are putting forth special
efforts to protect their future trade from the
little ones.
The manufacture of steel sleeucrs is be
coming quite an important industry In Great
Britain. One Kast Indian company lifts or
dered 27,000 tous. another line has oidered
280,000 ties , and other companies are now ne
gotiating. English Iron nnd steel makers
nro greatly pleased over the heavy demand
lor basic steel , rail blooms , ship plates and
other products.
There Is great excitement throughout the
natural gas regions , and abundant caoltnl li
flowing tn to develop new and promising ter
ritory. The Standard Oil company is taking
a hand In the game. There is great excite
ment In Armstrong county , Pa. , ami it ex
tends to Jetler.son county. Ohio Is develop
ing considerable new territory , nnd , as a
consequence , all Kinds of drilling aud borlnic
machinery and appliances nro in great de
mand. New machine shops are Rprlngiug
up , and old ones are being extended.
Cleveland's Candidacy Certain.
BalUmnre Sun. <
Mr.-CIeveland will surely bo the candidate
ot his party for re-election.
NobleaiB Oblige.
liobcrt Unilerwoul Johns > n in the Century.
Wlmt Is dtvluor than the peace of foesl
lie conquers not who does not conquer
hate ,
Or thinks the Bidding wheels of lieavon
wnlt
On his forgiving. Dimmer the laurel
shows
On brows that darken ; and war-won repose
Is but n trace when heroes abdicate
To Iluns unfabllnu' those of elder date
Whoso every corse a fiercer warrior rose
O ye that saved the land I Ah yes. nnd yo
That blessed its saving I Neither need
iorget
The price our destiny did of both demand
mand-
Toil. want , wounds , prison nnd the lonely
sea
Of tears nt home. Oh , look on these.
And yet
Before thu human fall you quick ! your
hand !
"Wlnrty" Wilson's Title.
A'cm YDIC ! Krenfnu Sun.
One of our contemporaries , in alluding
to the wordy row between Governor
Foraker and Wilson last wcok , said that
the Governor of West Virginia used to
bo known as Windy Wilson. Ho was , in
deed , and well did ho earn that unique
and expressive adjective. Governor Wilson -
son in 1871 was n member ot the West
Virginia legislature. A bill was intro
duced at that time known as the .1 nines
river and Kanawha canal bill. Wilson
was "agin the bill , " while the majority
was for it. Thirty-six hours before the
legislature adjourned sinn Uiu Wilson
was recognized by the speaker , and for
thirty-six hours ho played upon all the
keys of the larynx. Not a moment did
ho stop. Men slept , and still Wilson
talked. Men raved , and Wilson still
ground away at his organ , and when the
hoar for final adjournment came Wil
son's voreo still echoed in the chamber.
His wind stood him in good stead , for ho
beat tlio bill , with its bellows-like ca
pacity. That is why ho is known as
Windy Wilson. Foraker must have had
the temerity of ignorance.
*
Watered nt Once ,
Cft ( iuo lleralil.
Tlio United States Kxpruss company
lias bought the Baltimore & Ohio c.\prc.ss
outright for two millions. It then in
creases its stock from $7,000.000 to
fjUO.000.000. Hy r. turn of the wrist the
two millions lias become three. To hold
this at par requires one of two things , or
both that expenses bo diminished , or
rates increased. The first is certain
fewer olliccs will do the work , lint
unless tlio reduction of thu expenses
equals one-tenth of the net receipts of
both companies , before the purchase , tl.o
rates must advance to keep the stock in
place. That the saving should bo so
great is absurd on its face. Where com
petition docs not Intervene then rates
will go up , and shippers will pay moro
cxprcssngu to niako the two millions
equal three in money-getting power.
This is n familiar and Miuple illustration
of the watering process.
STREETJWING.
Omaha' * Street * Compared With
Street * of Other Clllcs.
A Reporter in Search for an Item Discovers an
Interesting Case Vain Search for Re
lief Found at List A Frank
and Interesting Interview.
A reporter menndorlnir In search for nn Hem
several day * slnco. overhearing n conversation
In regard to the Mrcel pavluif of Omaha com
pared with other ottlos , determined to look tlm
matter up , nnd ciiiue to the conclusion tlmt the
iiBAodMreotiof Omnhft compared vorj fauirn.
lily with the same in any city in the United
Btntes. llnltlnmro. Md. , Isn wrll-pnvod clty.tho
streets helnir tnostlv paved In wlmt Is known ns
thocobblo-stona stylo. Washington , I ) . U. , U
iiruhnbly the beat pnvod city in Ilia Umtod
States , the streets there , ltn few exceptions ,
belmr pnvod with the In si HSplmltum and wlmt
I * known ns the llelidum block , auruy granite
block somowhm similar to the red KntnltobltMJk
used In Omaha. Tlio streets of St. Paul , Minn ,
are InrRoIr pnvotl with what U known as the
cedar blocks. This makox nn cieellont pnvtnf ,
but does not Inst nearly su louir MS nsphnltum
or itrauite blocks. Omaha strccta am paved
with anphnlttim nnd pianlto blocks , with onnor
two streets paved with the ci-dnr block * , nmk-
Inir n showlntr of paved streets fecond to lion *
In the country.
While on tills tour of Invostlirntlon the re
porter ciiirawed In conversation wlIU
Mil. WILLIAM TM.rOHP ,
( Tenth street between MIIBOU und I'nclflo street ! )
n street pnvor omjiloyoil by Contractor ilugrb
Murpby. Mr. Tjlfonl , n very IntclHsont ROII-
tloinmi , was overseeing his gang of mon liiylng-
the Krmtltu blocks on Fourteenth Rtroot near
Cnpltol uronuo , nnd be I MR eeo ° to l by the re
porter Kreotoil tlmt liullvlilunl very pleasantly.
"Yes , " said Mr. Tolford , "I luwo bo n pitvtnir
streets now for nearly tnoyciirs. It is a fnlrly
peed business , nnd pays nbout ns Kood us most
outdoor jobs. It being nn outdoor job Is , In
fnut , the only objection 1 Imro toll. A mnn
working on tlio streets | i liable to be emurht In
a midden ehovror and ( rut wet through bufore
ho can reach slioltor , nnd In the full of the
jour , with wlntor eloso on us.no must woik
HkoTrojans to icot our contract * finished before
tbo extreme cold comes to stop ui. While
working at my business about ono yimr nga I
teen n botxvy cold.wliloh brouirht on a severe
Imcklnjr rough mid numerous BOK | liemlnehes.
I would he working In the morning , wnnn nbont
10 o'clock u sot uro sick heartache would conit
on mo nud 1 would huvo to atop work tor the
diiy. 1 would KO home und lie down , when the
cough would assail mo and mnko life miserable
for mo. I trlod numerous cough medicines
and could get no relief. Ihlngs went on this
way for a while when matter * hooamo worse
for mo. I commenced having nlirht Awcnts.and
would got up In the moinlngnnd , Instond of
leollng refreshed us I should hare felt , I would
feel more IIrod thin when I woit to bod. I
then bocnino seriously alarmed nnd consulted
n doctor , who told mo 1 had wenk Innvs. Ho
treated mo for quite a while , and 1 could obtain
uo relief. I chnn * 1 doctors , and changed sev
ers. ! tlmo * , but could get no rolUif. 1 could network
work more tuuu ono or two Aiiya a week ; I
spent all tlio money I hnd , nnd the major part
of my brother's money , nil tor nothing , for I
WM getting worse- Instead of bettor. I had
about given up nil hope ot over wottliur welt
ngnm. Atter n visit to KimsasoC about two
wcoKs In the vain hope of ontalnlnx some re
Her In the dialled of cllmnto , I returned to
Omnlm dtscouriiKcd. In looking ever the dally
papers I notion ) the advertisement of Dr. J
Crusup Motornnd concluded I would inukoono
moro ttympt to reualn my boiilth. I visited ,
hlsclllco tlionoxt dny nnd hudhlm oxnnilnomo
when ho told mo I Inul entnrrlml consumption ,
but tlmt bo thought lie could euro mo. I don't
know why. but 1 hnd confidence In vrhat ho
siild nnd hnd him place mo on treatment at
oneo. I commenced to pot better alter the *
llrst treatment. I slept well the llrst iilwht ; had
no cough , no moro night sweats , und got up In
the morning greatly refreshed with my night' *
Bleep. I have only neon under his treatment
for two weeks and fool bettor to-day tliiin I have
fora whole year. Why. I lost IS ) pounds weight
Blnco mst January , but luuo gained about 10
pounds again since being treated by Dr. McCoy ,
und am lully satisfied tlmt I will bo as wall u
ever I was In a vteek or two. "
"Will you have any objection to my publish
ing this Interview ? " queried the repot ter
"Nono whatever , " nnswcrod Mr.Tolford. "I
am very glad to ndd my testimony to the iniury
Hint the doctor lion , and If I can do anything1
for poor , suironng- Immunity hy testifying to
Dr. Mo''oy's skill i am very wllllngto do so. "
The reporter thanked Mr. Tolford for hi *
franknciR. nnd continued on his weary way
after Information.
STATK OK NIIBltASKA. I aa
COUNTV or LHIUCU.AS. I
William Telford , being llrst duly sworn , de
poses and says that tlm foregoing stMrmenc I *
tnio nnd correct to the best of Ills knowledge
and belief. Wn.i.i IM TKi.riiun.
Sworn to and subscribed In my presence this
30th day of August. . l > . ISH7.
C. O. lior.MKii , Notary I'ubllo.
Mr. Tolford resides on South Tenth .street , between -
twoen Mason Hnd I'nelflp stieets , where ho will
fully corroborate the above statement to nny
ono who will call or address him there ,
LEADS TO CONSUMITION.
INTCIIEHTINO EVIIlBNCB OF A CONHUION NOT TO
lUITKlH.Ktl Wl'lll.
When ciitnrrh Ini8 oxwod In the head nud the
upocr pail of the throat for any length of timn
tro patient living In n district wheiti people
uro subject to ciitnrilml nlleotionami tlio dis
ease has been loit uiieined , tlm ratiinh Invari
ably , sometimes slowly , extends cloun tint
windpipe und Into the bronchial tubes , which
tubosconroy the air to the dlllcront p iris of
thu lungs. The tubes become ntlected Iroui
tbo swelling ami the mucous nrHug from
cut nrrh.Hiul , Inomo mst uncos , become plugged
up , so that the nlr cannot gel In as Iriolyaslt
should Bhoitnoi * of breath lollows , and the
patient Inciithes with lahoriuid dlllloulty.
In oilhor cusu tnuro is u sound ol nriicKIIng
nml whce/Iug Inside the client. At this slngo of
thu dlieu o the breathing Is usually moro iiipld
than when In health. The patient has also hot
Uashos ever his body.
Tlio p ln which accompanies this condition U
of u dull character , felt In the chest , behind the
lueiist bone , or under the bhouMciblade. . The
pain may come nnd go lust Jaw dujs nnd Ihfn
be absent tor feveral others. The cough that
occurs In the llrst singes of bronchial oatanh U
drycomes on at Intervals , bucking in charac
ter , nnd Is usually mo t troublesome In tno
momlng on ri mg. or going to bed at night nnd
It nmy bo In the Mist evidence ot the dlae.isu ex
tending Into the lungs.
sometimes there uro Ills of coughing Induced
by the tough 11111011160lolcnt us localise vom
iting. I.ator on thu mucus that Is inlsed.ls
I omul to contain small imrtlcles of yellow mat
ter , which Indicates that the ainal ! tubes lu the
lungs nro now iiireelcd. With tills there are
elton RtrcaUs ol blood mixed with the mucus.
Ilifiomo cases the patient becomes MTJ pale ,
has levei , nr. < l expectorates lieloio any cough
appeals.
In tome cases stnnl 'umsjoi of clioesv sub-
Blanco are spit jp , which , whim piuisud bo-
twuen thu lingers , emit u bad odnr In other
cases , particles of u hard , chalky nature are
npit up Thu luisliig of ihcony or chalky liunpi
Indicate serious mUhlef tit work lu thu lunus.
DOCTOR
JGresapM'Coy '
Late of Bcllevtio Hospital , N. Y
AM > DO i ; JOSt
3(0-31 ( ! mimi BUILDING
Cor. 15th and llaruoy Stroeln ,
Omaha , Nob.
Wlieto all curnlilu cases nro tioiitcd nlth RIIC-
( ( , . Jledic-ul diseases Heated MKllliilly. Con-
gumption , llrixht'ri Illjcuso , llvxiivpnl i , Itliuii-
maliem.niKlull NHHVOI'.S IMSKAis. : . All dl-
loitKOHjiouiiiliirlo the oxc3 n epcclulty. CA-
TAHIIII CUHI'.IJ.
CONbri.TA'ntiN nt olHco or by mnll J J.
OIHco hour * ; U to 11 a m. ; X'to I p.m. ; 7 to
Op. m. Bumhiys Included.
Correspondence receives prompt attention.
Many diseases are treated MicceAsf tilly by lr )
McCoy thioiiKh the nmlld , nud It Is thux | > Oh U
bla for these nimbloto maUo n loutnuv Id oh- / ' " '
tain Ruuccsstul honjiltal ireatment nt their '
liotacs. No luttcrs answered unleax accompli-
nUwl hy < o In stamps.
AddreF * all letter ) ) tu IJr , J. O. McCoy , roocua
UUaudUH U mgo BuiWlnt' , Ouiulia , Xuu ,