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! Ste THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or suuscntPTiost : Dnflr ( Moral.ij ? Edition ) Including BunJnr DBF. , One Yonr . . . . . . $100 For Six Months . 60 ForTliroo Months . 25 TMo Omnhn Similar Her , mailed to nnjr lultlros ) , Ono Year. . , . 20 OMAtl * OFFICE. NO. fl14 AMD fll FA1UTAM ftKW YORK OrrlCK. HUOM Kf > , TttlnUNI BUILDINt WASHINGTON Off ICI , .NO. 13 t UUUT1INTU 3TIUKI * ) All communications relating to news nnd ed torlal innttor should be Bddrossod to the Kui r. Ton or THK 11EK. . HCsiNtBBi.r.rrr.itsi All business Ictturs nnil romltuncos should b ddrossod to TDK lice I'UIIUSIIINO COMMNI UMtiiA. Drafts , chocks nnd postofflco order lo bu uiado payatilo to the ordtr ol th oompanj THE BEE POBLISHIVTCOUPUT , PROPfllEIOBS , E. KOSEWA.TEU. EniTort. THE PAIIiY BEK. Bworn Statement or Circulation. State of Nebraska. I _ County of DOUCIM.B' ( " tieo. 1) . TzscluicK , secretary of The Ik Publishing coimmnv , does solemnly awes that the actual rlrciii.itlon ot thn Dally lie for the week ending Sept. 0 , 1SS7 , was t follows : Saturelav. Sept. 3 .U.3. ' tiunelav , Sept 4 HU ( Memaav. Sept , 5 15- Tnesclnv. Sept. 0 14.W Weclnesrtav. Sept. 7 14.IW Tlinrauay. Sept. 8 14.B ( Friday , Sept. B 14,21 Averaco I4.4r. Gr.o. M. TZBGHUOK. bworn lo and subscrlbe-l In my presenc this loth day of September , A. U. 1887. N. P. Kmr- rSRAlil Notary Pubflc. Btnto of Nebraska , 1 . . Douclas County. I88 Oeo. U. T/schtick , being first duly awon deposes and says that ho Is seerctary of Tli Itee Publishing company , that the actui averape dally circulation or the nallvDce fi the month of September , 18 ) , 13.0BO copie ; for Oetobcr , 18i , 13,989 copies : for Noven her. 1880 , 13,348 copies : for December , IKS 13.217 copies : for January 1887 , 10 , copies ; for February , 1887 , U.lfts copies ; fe March. 1W7 , 14,400 conies ; for April , 188 14tlOcopies : ; for May , 1687 , 14,227 copies ; fe .June ) 1H87,14,147 copies ; for .lulv. 1887,14 093 copies ; for August , 1887 , 14,151 copies. OKO. U TZSCHUCK. Sworn and subscribed In my presenc tills nth day of Sept , A. I ) . , 1887. fSEAL. | N. P. FEIL. Notarr Public. BY the way , when was Mike Leo mad acting pru ldunt of the councilV notice Mike's name on some of the ord nances over that high sounding titlo. Now wo shall hoar what Pat Ford an Manville know about advertising by th folio. Cadet Taylor , no doubt , has ha time enough to coach thnao experts o printing. THE Now York World wants to se Lincoln and Grant head the ropublica ticket of 1883. These are great name but why cannot somebody trot out a di ecundent of George Washington ? Gcorg made a very good president , didn't ho ? Mu. McSiiANE insists that the polic commission must go into court to assci its authority. This is very kind advici but what about the committee wlilc Mr. i'oppluton and Jim Creighton ha appointed in order to harmonic matters ? Tin : defense of Baltimore- the war < 1813 makes ono of the most intorostin chapters of the memorable conflict. Tl : battle of North Point , on the 12th of So ] tomber , splendidly exhibited the hcroisi and endurance of the American soldier nnd stands out among the most conspici ous military events of our history , was this battle that inspired the muse ( Francis Seott Key and p'rotluced tl ; "Star Spanulod Banner , " which at one became the national hymn and will BO r main until the end of the republic. Tl seventy-fifth anniversary of this batt was celebrated in Baltimore hist Mondii with interesting and elaborate exercise THF.UE is ono proviso tn the now clcc tion law which the council has probabl never heard of. It reads as follow "Section 83. Hereafter It shall not I lawful for any of the authorities.ofllcors < agents of the city or county govornmon in any city governed , by this act , to nun bor or renumber any street , avium alley , lane , road or way in ar city. or to in anywise clianj or alter any such number , sai between the first day of May ar inn Hrht day of October of any year. In other words , if any changes aru to L mndo thia year in the naming or nun boring of streets they must bo mac within the next seventeen days. Tl object of the clause in the law in to pr vent confusion or fraud in registration c voters. Mu. EPQKHTON , ono of the civil some commissioners , is being made a targi for the shafts of the reformers. He not orthodox , and some of his declan tions are construed to moan that ho lie uo sympathy at all with civil service r form. His disagreement with the m : jority of the commission in the case < the Chicago collector was radical , and I has roundly condemned all civil some reform leagues as political orgnnizatloi ns designed for political eflect. Ho fun the commission to bo powerless. Thoi is no punishment for a violation of tli provisions of the law except removal I the president , and there has been no cai wboio the president has removed person as iv result of ar investigation by the commission , is evident that Mr. Edgortc regards the whole business as a good de of a farce and humbgg , and ho has tl courage to say pretty plainly that li thinks. Ho may also have the satisfn tion of feeling that a great many peep agree with him , both M to what is sal and what ia implied. Ho will cortainl have the support of four-lifths of his fe low democrats In all ho may say dopr calory of civil service reform as a principle ciplo , and few republicans will fail I concur in the view that thu reform i practiced greatly needs reforming. Ik of course Mr. Edgorton is out of plai us a member of the commission. Un of the understood duties < that body is to defon the system and tha practlc < under it , and this obviously cannot' I inado olVcctivo if there is ono rcc.ilcitrai in the company who refuse ? to see thiu in other than their true light. Hone there is a demand that Mr. Kdgcrtc shall go. As yet this takes the form of suggestion that hu go voluntarily , but tliis tail of clloct. as it probably will , u : doubtedly the president will bo invoke to lake action. That would bo Mr. Kt gorton's opportunity , for nothing eon ! happen to him so sure to give him a boo la the favor of his party. The Govnrnrnont Bond Purchase * . It scorns to us the president la right ir what ho is reported to have said regard ing the criticisms upon the treasury' ! latest refusal to buy bonds at pricof thought to bo above tholr vatuo. Bucb criticism is more than inconsiderate which is the moderate terra the prcsl dent is said to have used ; It is essentially unreasonable and unjust In offering t buy bonds for the requirements of tin sinking fund , and as a moans of relieving ing the money market , the treasury site ply proposed a business trausnctloi which it was its plain duty to carry ou to the best advantage of the people. Thi interests of the bondholders were not t < be considered. There was question in volved regarding the credit of the go\i crnmont as represented In the price o bonds. The policy of thu treasury wa not either to bull or boar the markcl About 120,000,000 of bonds wore require for the sinking fund during the prcson year , and they were called for at th present time because the money marko was believed to need some help from th treasury which could bo lawfully prc vldod for in this way. If the holders c bonds wcro really wanting money it wn expected that they would seek relief i this way by offering their bonds at sue figures as the treasury , in justice to th people , could accept. The bond holders , however , showed a the outset their willingness to take ad vantage of the opportunity , npparontl , oblivious of the fact that the oflor c the treasuary was not duo to an urgent necessity , but was dictatei cliiully by the desire to aflord assistanc to the money market. Provision for th sinking fund could have been postpone to a later date in the year. Thus of th more than $5,000,000 in bonds first ollero for sale , all but n little were o quarter c a million , were rejected because th prices asked were .materially' above th prevailing in the market. A Now Yor banking firm which had been most zea ous in its oft'orta to alarm the country b pointing out the certainty of a disastrou financial panic , if the treasury did nc coino to the aid of the money markcl and had been bringing tobcar upon th secretary of the treasury all the mtlucnc it could command to induce him to bu bonds , was among those who ottered t sell at the very highest figures. Had th secretary of the treasury shown an favor to thcso would-be speculators upo the necessities of the country it is cqrtai that they would not have been satisfie with the first price obtained and that sul sequent offers to soli would have been ! higher ligures. Hut the secretary of the treasury full understood the situation , nnd by h action very promptly and ufl'octivoly not lied the speculators that the treasury w.i not to bo plucked , lie was proparcd t pay a fair price , not difficult to bo ascoi taincd , for bonds , but nothing mon While willing and anxious to assist tli market to the full extent of his authority ho did not propose doing s at the expense of the poool in the interest of the bondholdei Subsequent offers to soil were general ! at lower prices than that paid for the fin bloclt of bonds accepted , thus justifym the course of the treasury. If the eocn tary now believes that the governmer ought to buy bonds for less than he tin tints far paid , it is his obvious duty , as plain matter of business as well as in th interest of the public , to reject ever offer that is above what ho thinks a fai price. It is simply justice to say that tl ) policy of the treasury in this businc ; lias been entirely discreet and judiciou : It has protected the interests of the pc < plo while Eiviiiir confidence to the mouc market , and it will receive the populu commendation regardless of the con plaints of the disappointed bond speci lators. Sonjlium Sucnr. In his last annual report the commis sioner " of agriculturu spoke -sonicwh : hopefully of the prospect of producin sugar from sorghum by the diffusio process , which up to that time had bee experimented with only to a limited o : tent. Subsequent experiments on an ac equate scale , carried on at Fort Scot Kansas , appear to have fully justiiio the faith of the commissioner , and t have demonstrated the entire practics biltty of producing sugar from sorghui bu this process on a profitable scali Commissioner Coleman returned t Washington frorPFort Scott a few daj ago , and ho is reported to have oxprcssc himself as entirely satisfied wit the result of the experiment nnd confident that the sugar problem fc this country has been successfully solvce If this shall orovo to bo so it is one of tli most important economic achievement In our history. It will render this coun try independent of the sugar growers < the rest of the world , and keep at horn nearly $100,000,000 that now goes abroa to pay for foreign sugar. It will operat also to reduce the price of this necessai article the world over. All efforts to produce sugar fror sorghum of a marketable quality and li paying quantities by the old process were complete failures. The now pro cess is purely American , nnd the result obtained are very thorough. Th machinery employed is the joii invention of Judge Parkinson and Pre fossor Swonson , and the cxperimen have been conducted under the auspice of the bureau of agriculture. We lear from a recent issue of the Fort Scott 7V bttna that the sugar works have been i operation only since the lirst of tl month , and in less than ono week mam faulnred more sugar and molasses , an of a much better quality , than they di during the entire season of last year. . ' was shown that the cane yields from 1 ( to 110 pounds of sugar and twelve gnllot of molasses to the ton , more than doubl the yield obtained last year from nine bettor cano. With such a product thoi can bo uo question as to the profitab character of the industry. Assuming the complete succews of tl new proeosi , which it would seem migl bo safely done In view of the showing i results and the statements of the cor missioner of agriculture , It would not 1 easy to overestimate its importance i the country. It marks the beginning i a great industry which must bt ; of va importance to thousands of farmers , gii prolitr.blo investment to millions of car till , employ a great deal ot labor , and ac : largely to thu national wealth. Regar ing the area in which sorghum for s > ugi can bo successfully cultivated , the nor misslonor of aiiriculturo describes it i embracing all the region south of .lino a hundred or two mile } , ' north i the latitude of Washington and St. Loul extending to the western boundary o Kansas or Nebraska , making nn Immons territory to bo benetitted by this industr ; if its developments shall be what not seems promised. The sugar countries o the world , which nro now soriousl ; troubled over the subject o ! bounties , ante to which the American market ia not tin least valuable , will hear of this now com petition with no little dismay. It fore shadows a revolution in the sugar tradi of the world , which will have great slg niflcanco for France , Germany , Snail andfothor countries. By nil Meant ) Investigate. The boodloro' own on lower Dougla is trying to pave its way for another rali on the city treasury. This time it is nc CO cents per square but 80 cents per folic whatever that may mean. With hi usual cuttlefish tactics , the man wh charged $4 n pound tor IB-cent ink litho the national printing office , tries t cover his crooked traoks b , Hinging slush nnd throwing dust. 11 has the insolence to intimate , what h dares not charge openly , that systemati fraud has been practiced upon the ct ! by the proprietors of the UKK in the ! bills for city advertising. This charge ruado by cowardly inucndo , wo resent a an infamous slander , and dare him t make it specific enough to be called int court for the proofs. He says the council should invcstigat the printing expenses during the penoi covered by the BKE'S contract. Let th council do so by all means. The Be Publishing company is perfectly respon siblo. Its property is not covered b ; blanket mortgages. If the city has paii a dollar more than it was entitled to th money will be cheerfully refunded will interest. By all means let the council invest ! gate and let them not forjt , , when th committee looks over old printing bills to measure up and report upon the bills which such readerless organs as the lie publicin have pulled through for usolcs advertising at double the price paid b the BEE under us contract. Lot its com mittco also investigate and report upoi relative circulations. Our books , rertord and press-rooms are open for a thorougl overhauling by any committee. No Time to hose. When does the council propose to tak action under the now election law ? Th act requires the mayor and council t cause books of registration to be prepare' ' which cannot bo gotten up in less tha two or three weeks. Thc&o books mut bo in the hands of the registrars bcfor they can enter upon the duties of thoi offices , which begin in October and con tinuo until the November election. Th council is also required by lawtoappoin judges and registrars during the rnont of September each year. The seotio relating to these appointments reads a follows : "All judges and clerks of election an the poll clerks in said citic BI ! all hereafter bo selected an appointed by the city council. * * It shall bo the duty ofsaidcit council annually in the month of Sof tomber in each succeeding year for eau election district in said cities and coun ties to select to servo as judges of olectio four persons two of whom on stat issue shall be of political faith and opii ion different from their associates. * * The persons so selected shall bo noti lied by the city clerk to appear before th mayor who shall examine them as t their qualifications , and if he shall b satisfied as to their fitness to serve , the , shall each take and subscribe before th city clerk to the oath required by law. " These judges are to hoi office for one year and wi also perform the functions of registrars It seems to us that it is high time for th council to take action , in order that th parties appointed may bo able to qnalif before the registrars hold their first scs siou. The law directs that their first sea siou for general registration be held o Tuesday , four weeks proceeding the da of election , which this year will bo o October 11 , the general election occur ring on the 8th of November. The Henson AVhy. The Republican wants to know wh the official advertising for last year , c about the same price , amounted t nearly three times as much as it di three years previous ? If the man wh propounds this conundrum had been i Omaha three years ago ho would knoi thoicason why. The registry lists e 1837 had over 14,000 names , while in 188 they had 0,000. The public improvcmer. advertising had more than trebled , an frequent special elections increased th advertising bills very materially. The whole of last year's advertising i the BKE did not cost the city over fO,00 ( while the Herald and li'epublicnn hav taken $801 for twenty days' pubhcatio of Boyd's election proclamation. I : other words , the city has paid the BE only seven times as much for the entir year's advertising , including all of Boyd' ' proclamations as it paid to the Tayloi KoundS'McShano combine tor a few days worthless advertising. All that time th BEE circulated more papers in Omaha i : ono single day-than cither of the otho two dailies circulated in any week. MANAar.il PoTTEit cougrat ulates himself on having saved the Unio Pacific $100.000 during the month c : August. Tliis will bo good news to th stock speculators. Now , if Manage Potter can keep up reduction of expenses ponsos at this ratio , the road ought t give its patrons cheaper freights withoi repairing its credit. WG are told that the motive power e the Motor line is to be horse and mul power until electricity can bo applic moro economically. The question ii what improvement will the motor-hors line bo over the ordinary horse ruilwaj PllOMINENT PKHSONS. Sarah Dernhardt bos been ou a pllgrlmac to Lourdes. Victoria Morosnl-SchllllnK nulskainp. tl once notorious , Is now ID a convent In ltal ; The Kmpcror Frauds Joseph has confcm upon M. Pasteur the decoration of the ordi of the Iron Crown , with the title of baron. Nanadnt : Editor CocVerlll of the Now Yoi World says there U not a shadow of truth 1 the story that he has been Invited to tali charge ot Mr , Bennett's paper. William Cleveland , of Orange , N. J. , wli has just died , was a cousin ot Prcsldei Cleveland's father. Jle was born at ( iul ford , Ct , SO years auo , and bocamn a 'cotto broker in the south , And afterward a she manufacturer at'Orange , whore ho made fortune. General Tohernaloff , who succeeds tt late M. Katkolt In the editorship of the Mo cow Gazette. Is a man of far moro llben views regarding popular rights than the dea journalist. Parks , the artist , has prepared a model e his btonze statue ot the late Vice Preside ! ilondrlcks. The bust , which Is of mnrbli has been pronounced perfect by friends o Mr. ilondrlcks. Mr. Walter Besant only devotes three o four hours a day to producing copy , The rci ot his working time ho devotes to revlsio and to gleaning fresh material from th world about him. The social life at Oak View has been ver pleasant ot late. Speaker and Mrs. Carllsl have proved themselves delightful guests an tholr visit has boon ono ot the pleasantc ! features of the year to President and Mr Cleveland. J. T. Trowbrtdgo , the author , onn of th earliest discovers of Kenncbunkoort. Me as a summer resort , has grown rich from th rise of property , and Is ono ot the prlnclpc stockholders In the company which noi owns all the land available for cottages. Simon Cameron Is back from .Europe a sprightly as over , for all his nearly 00 years He didn't 1:0 out of his way to meet Blain or to shake hands with sovereigns , but h had time to hoar some of Dopow's funn ; stories and to hobnob with Andrew Cm ncido. Urct llarte has grown so gray that thos who have not seen him since he left thl country to accept the Glasgow consulat would hardly recognize him now. Ills hall which Is rather long ; and lies In mosses o his forehead , Is snow-white , while his mm tache , which Is very heavy , Is still streake with brown. Ills complexion Is llorid , but h Is not at all stout , nor does ho look like a old man yet. Mr. Ilarto makes his homo 1 London In the family of the Belgla minister. The First Tolltlcal Dot. Chicago J/art. The first bet on the result of the next prc. Idontlal election was made at the llussel house , Detroit , Tuesday , when MlcuaelJe : fers , of East Saglnaw , bet W. G. Allen , e Plymouth , $400 to 8300 tbat Graver Clovclant If ho lives , will bo the next president of th United States. Keeping Dp Their Fame. Kichange. Mahone and Uiddlebercer. Virginia's fi vorite sons , had a prospect ot being entire ! lost sight of by the public until they shrowdl became parties to the litigation. Mahon has two suits against KlddleDorger. In encase case the jury has disagreed and the otlu cose has been continued. So these great me are In no clangor of passing into immcdlat obscurity. _ _ The Platform of Democracy. Augusta ( Gil. ) Chronicle. The platform adcrpted at Allentown , wl become the platform of the national demc cratic party upon which President Clevelan will stand for re-oleqtlon. Our friends wh hold free tnulo views , or who are In laver , t best , ot a tariff for'tievenuo only , may as wo make up their minds to accept the sltuatlo gracefully. No national convention of tli party , so long as wo have a larce publl debt , and so long n our Industries and prc dncers need discriminations in their fnvc against foreign prodiiets , will ever fall to h sort a plank In favor of protection. A Successful Conference. SprlnoJicld Ucpuliltcaii. The annual gathcrjng of charitable worl crs and experts \vlijch recently closed i Omaha was siraller In numbers than thecoi ferenco nt St. 1'aul last year , or those i Washington , St. Louis , or Louisville ; bi the Omnha conference probably produced i much result ns either In the extension of t ) ; national work in charities and prisons to r < glens where it was but little understood b loie. Paiticularly the states of Nebrask nnd Kansasand tlm coming states of Dauoti will prolit by the Impulse which Mich gathe intrs give ; nnd the cities that are so fastsprini ing up there will learn how to deal with tt problems of pauperism , Insanity , and cilm which start Into prominence as soon as ell life , under modern conditions , vigorous ! begins. _ _ Ono Good Lilft ! . Frnm The American. A sunbeam piercing the forbidden shade Of some drear prison cell nas often brougt Quiet to troubled spirits , and has made Dark , morbid brooding change to perfei thought. So one coed life will prove a guiding light. lo brighten paths weak mortals oft tin drear A beacon In the narrow way of right , To lure the fallen to a higher sphere. STATE AND TEltlliTOUY. Nebraska i Pawnee City has voted $28,000 for w : tor works. Dan Shaw , a western Nebraska hors thief , was captured at Kimball. The big distillery at Nebraska Cit shipped its lirst carload of pure lire-wale lust Monday. The Methodist Episcopal church t Tobias , was dedicated Sunday cvcnin and a debt of $700 wiped out. Henry Burch , of Gloncoo , DoJg county , knocked forty bushels per acr out of his whtnit.patch this year. The railroads in the state have organ I7.cd a series of harvest excursions at re duced rates to and from the cast. Four horses and ton hogs belonging t farmer Bensonburg , of Hall county , wcr slaughtered by lightning , Sunday nighi The Missouri river has worked up fall swell at Nebraska City and tompc rarily stopped work on the railroa bridge. The grade of the Cheyenne & Burliti ton branch of the B. & M. , will bo com plcted to Cheyenne , Wyo. , in a fei weeks. An agricultural and stock grower' fair , in conjunction with a local rounioi of old soldiers , is to'lw ' held at Jumbal on October 10. Prario fires will soon bo npo , and th negligent farmer will plow lire-break around the site of ; ! iis homestead atte the ashes have cooled. Lincoln papers utor a joint cavcrnou howl against the proposition to erect Holdiers monumcnfem Omaha. ( langren is gnawing the marrowbones of the cap ! tal. jfc John Flavort , a youns lunatic , turnei loose ou thu population of Geneva Mon day , knocked out three or four boys am was straightening the bangs of a woruai when help arrived. ! Flavert will bo sen to the asylum. i Donald Maccualgythonowly appolntci postmaster at Nebraska City , is a prominent nont business man and a victim of thu strange malady , the ollico seeking th man. Mr. Muccunig is lifty-two years o ago , a native of Scotland , and a rcsiden of Otoo county since 1807. To-morrow the United States laud ol ficu will close up shop at Beatrice. Th event is the natural result of the growl of the state , all the public laud in th district having been disposed of. Th ollico was one of the most important i the country. The first entry under th homestead law was made in Uago count during the war. A curious conllict over the county fai question is going on ' Cheyenne count } A county fair society was orgauizoi almost simultaneously at the village o Curing In the northern part , and a Sidney , the county seat The forme made haste to cot the official rccognilioi of the stain authorities nud the SUlne society "blood in" * " * . ibo count ] ofllclals.n Both claim the county mono' allowed to the county agricultural so cloty , but Sidney will no doubt got It. , S. H. H. Clark , of the Missouri Pacific is trying to clinch a good bargain will the authorities of Nebraska city. Fo several months negotiations have bcoi in progress and promises liberally tils trlbutcd conccrniiur , the building am operation of a strooTraUway. Clark ha finally reduced to writing his wanta am wishes , and they are by no means small and will if granted , shut out all opposi tion in local transportation for this ant coming generations. To start with hi wants aninoty-nmo year charter allowinj the use of horses , cable , electric or othei motlvo power , excepting locomotives nnd the right to use the same on al streets within the corporate limits Whore streets are to bo paved ho want ; the city to furnish the paving materia and ho will lay it at his own expense. I the otty grants all these little favors aw places a street railway choker around it own neck , Mr. Clark thinks an agree mout can bo reached and the road bull nnd operated in a lirst-class manner. Wyoming. Johnson county is too largo for it clothes , ami must bo divided. Ono hundred mon are at work on tin railroad extension west of Douglass. Laramie capitalists have organized i stock eoupany to build a $50,000 hotel. The territorial fair nt Cheyenne las week was an "unprecedented success. ' It was her lirst effort. A train on the Union Pacific ) picked uj a gang of section mon near Carbon , las week , and throw them into thn ditch killing ono man and seriously wounding two others. A Union Pacific passenger train rar into a herd of horses west of Laramic nnd narrowly escaped a dreadful wreck Two marcs with colts were killed am two others so injured that they hud to bi shot. shot.Tho The Rock Springs coal company ol Laramie , capital $100,000 , has been in corporatcd. The company will devcloj the Blair mine near Hock Springs , tin product of which is pronounced equal te any in the territory. The capture , trial and conviction o McCoy for the murder of a clcmity sheriil furnisnes a sample of the cost of civiliza tion. By the time McCoy has stretchei ! hemp the cost to the people will range from $15,000 to $20,000. This little bil is what makes taxpayers sigh for tin palmy days and expeditious methods o Judge Lynch. _ The Pnclllu Coant. Sacramento and San Jose are the latcs boom towns. A mile of clectrio railroad has bcoi completed at Los Angeles. The assessment roll of Los Angcle county foots up $99,410,40a. A smelting company has been incorpo rated at Tacoma with $10,000,000 capi tal. Exhaustablo beds of iron ore are to b workeil by the Portland Iron and Stec company. The lirst will of an Indian ever filed ii the court of Washington Territory wa admitted to probate at Tacoma. During thotpast month nearly two him drcd mineral locations have been mad in Siskiyou county , and several larg mining sales have oecn recorded. Mining is reviving all through south crn Amona and around Olive carurj twenty miles south of Tucson. Or shipments are rapidly increasing. The tirst Jewish synagogue erected ii California that near the corner of Stocli ton and Broadway , San Francisco i being torn down to make room forafoui story business block. The will of cx-Sonator A. A. Sargon has been admittiid to probate in Sai Francisco , and Mrs. Ellen C. Sargon granted letters testamentary thereon The estate is valued at $ ia7,000. Mistakes. Schuylcr Quill. Senator Mandisrson has made scvera mistakes and ho himself will bo the vie tint of his blunders. His mistakes ar political ones and as ho is credited a being a shrewd politician it is strange h should bo thus wronged by himself. 11 did not maku his mistakes otlicially a his senatorial record is fairly good , al though ho has not made a lively servan of the people , being a drone rather , ye quite a statesman. Ho made his mistak by not throwing His power and influcnc last year in the return of Van Wyck I the senate. It has been a fact that m man lias ever been his own successor tt the United States senate from this stnt ( with ono exception and that was in th earlv clays when Tipton was : republican ! member from Nebraskn and the return of Van Wyck wouli have established that mode , am would bo a boom for Manderbon next vca so when Paddock was allowed the "sea Charles F , made mistake number one Van Wyek is the pnlj man who coulc down Mamlerson in 1833-0 and if hu hni been given Ins-old seat again ho would bi out ot the way and by not assisting n the return of the ex-senator , Charles F made mistake nmr.liur two. It is an tin deniable fact that deneral Van Wyck i the most popular man in this state , alsi with the republican voters of the state and had Manderpon assisted in the re election of Van Wyck ho could havi made himself popular with the eominoi people , and when ho did not Charles F made mistake number three. The op portunity is passed and Mandcrsou wil retire at the end of his term and Vat Wyck will take His place. Mandorsoi will die politically u victim of his inao tivity. _ _ Utivolry at Strn l > urjj. Strasburg is the greatest place in Eu ropu now. What high old times they an having thero. Sixty-live thousand sol diers , the llowcr of the German army.an quartered at Strasburg , and the olllcers include representatives of all the great est ( ierman families. There is no leavi of absence for them , they are hero all tin year round , and here their relatives am friends visit them. There is a great bal every night ; all kinds of amusement am dissipations are hero in their own capitol Uovolry is king. There are soldier : everywhere. You nro awakened in the morning by the drums and bugles ; whili you are eating breakfast you hear tin tramp , tramp of marching troops , 3-011 g < out and all clay long you see mfantrj soldiers , cavalry soldiers , hussars , dra goons , artillerymen , ollicors in rcsplend ant uniforms , pacing hor. es , niarchin ; bands , crnon , all the pomp and splcndoi of the armed camp. 'And in the even ing all the olliccrs in the outllt on i spree. It is a great place for mother ; with large families of marriageable daughters. A Ilnmarkuble Accident. Now York Star : Lawrence Kennedy six years old , was accidentally shot in tin forehead by hu playmate , Tommy Pal nier. Tuesday. The shooting was clone with a small pockut pistol which the lai found in his grandfather's vost. Yoiinp Kennedy after the shooting played foi three hours with the bullet in his skull On arriving home his mother noticed tin wound , and nt once sent for a doctor Two doctors probed for the ball , but i was firmly lodged beneath the fronta bono , and they could not extract it with out danger of killing the littlu fullatv. A Hkilled physician of Philadelphia will be Mimmouc'd , and ho will try to extract tin bullet. The doctors regard the voting ster's indiflVronco toward his injury a ; remarkable , and they say they nuver before fore heard of any qno who ramuinu'J conscious and unconcerned for three liour.-i with a bullet lodged at the iiasu o ! the braiu VARIOUS TOPICS OF TlIE DAI A Series of Paragraphs About Promlnen People. HENRY VILLARD'S RISING STAR Robert Garrett's Love of Base Kclclli Gould as Hpeculntor Don nor on Trotting Victoria Moro- slal IlulHkninp. Henry Villnrd is on his feet again- thcre la no reason , evidently , to gainsaj that. It is not entirely certam that lit has control of more capital than an3 other man on Wall street , ns has benn said , tlesplto the fact of his alliance will a wealthy Gorman syndic ate , for Ja ; Gould can control enough money , prob ably , to buy and sell Villartl sovora times ever , and if Villard isn't careful hi may find that out to his further sorrow But he is a power in the financial work again , and ho owes his risn mainly to hu own energy and oflbrt. Within a weel ho has purchased $0,000,000 worth o the Oregon Navigation company's scctiri tics , and ou the loth of the present monil ho will bo elcotod a director of tin Northern Pacific if ho desires. More over , the gossips say Elijah Smith wil soon drop out ol the presidency of thi Oregon & Transcontinental company and that Villard will drop in. The thn i ho spent abroad after his own disastroui failure was far from being wasted , as the greater portion of thu money ho is nov handling was picked up during that time Mr. Villiard is now fifty-four years oh and is believed to bo worth a million 01 moro. Ho is a Bavarian by birth and hi : real name is Hcinrioh Hilgard , althongl hu long since abandoned it for reasons o : his own. Some say ho dropped it ai soon as ho landed in this country because ' after several vain attempts to 'procure - situation , ho was advised to "try undei another name"and others say he did noi think it euphonious Enough and so dis carded it lifter leaving homo. To his per sonal friends ho never mentions the sub ject nnd if others are rash enough tc question him about it they usually go oD with the proverbial lieu in their ear Although a newspaper man in early lifo he is now one of the most reticent of the Wall street leaders , rivalling the little Wizard himself in the manner in whicli hu forgets to tell his plans. At fifty-foul his health and appetite arc good , and hi is said to sleep like a consciouce-cleai boy of twelve. His friends believe in hirr thoroughly and they are willing to bol that ten moro years will see him ir possession of all his former prestige , witii considerably moro added to it. He mar ned a daughter of William Lloyd Garri son in 1800. * Robert Garrett is now nearly thirty- eight years old. Ho has no liking for ar executive position , but is intensely fond ot drawing-rooms , clubs and swel ! assemblies. If ho had boon obliged to depend on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad for his fortune Inn fate might have been different , but the fact is ho would bo n many millionaire if ho had no holdings in that road. His interest in thu bank ing house of which ho is the head is very valuable , and furthermore , the Garrets are to Baltimore what the Asters are to Now York. In other words , they are the " largest real estate owners in the"place. Young Eddie Gould , the second son ol the \V all street boss , recently turned his twenty-lirst year. If there H any truth in Wall street gossip , he turned the ? .V)0,0)0 ) ( ) prolit mark about the same time on pointers given him by his lather , making $ riO,000 on the July "slump" in a single day. In person ho ia short like his father , though more inclined to stout ness , of dark complexion and compact build , llo dresses linoly , but not in "Hash" styles , holding to the rule ol rich simplicity in general. Ho has studied pretty hard in the Columbia college - lego school of mines , and is a civil engineer m the bargain , Several months ace Mr. Gould took him into the ollicu for the purpose of train ing him , as he had his older son George , Among the lirst things he did was to have him made a director of ono of the big coal companies , so that he should have n direct and vital interest in his studies. In company with engineers of experience he lias inspected thu new aqueduct construc tion very thoroughly and ho examined many coal and mineral properties with the idea , of course , of becoming nracti- cally familiar with such things. Young Gould is a inumber of ono ot thu Now York canoe clubs and is fond of all ath letic sports. Notwithstanding the daring spirit he has displayed in .speculation thu young man is timid and reserved in pri vate. * Robert Bonder's enthusiasm ever the fast time made by Maud S in a road wagon last week knows no bounds. "I am positive , " ho says , "that she can trot faster than over , though I do not much laney this continual trotting against hur own timo. Few people appreciate ] what a feat shu has accomplished in carrying me a milo in a road wagon on a three- quarter-mile truck in 3iaj. : No matter how well thu thrcu-qiiartors of a mile may bo laid out , the turns are necessarily baaund thu friction caused in whirling four wheels around them is very great. Yc-s , " ho added , with a smile , "shu can beat her best record at any time unci she is without doubt the easiest animal to drive. " Mr. Bonnor , by thu way , wants trotting races to bo lengthened instead of shortened , as the trntting of short dis tances will soon have a had oiled on breeding horses , for obvious reasons. * A friend of Mr. Morosini said the other day that Mrs. Victoria Morosini-Shilllng- Hulskani | > is now in a convent in Italy , and will not return until th s memory of her escapade ha * grown dim. Her sister moanwhilu is having a much livelier timo. On Tuesday she ! \ \ as in Saratoga with her father and attracted unusual attention , both by hur clever sayings and thu dress she worn. The body of the dress was a tnwnv wli.tu. At the skirts , culls and collar the white changed into varying colors of an autumn o.ik leaf. Miss Moroslni is tall and well formed , and has bluu eyes , yellow hair , ami plump liguru. Sim has a pretty smile , and knows lie is good looKing. Her father's moustachtt i.s lone enough to knot at both ends , and hu lavishes alibis alien- tions upon his second daughter since lior sister ran away with the coachman. * * The recent attumpt l > y French aero nauts to reach a creat huight lias not be.en productive ) of any particular BCIOII * tilic results. The balloon in which the ascent wits nridu reached an altitude of over 20,000 teet without the occupants of the car expertesiieing any ill ofl'ect u.xe-opt a p.isslng famtncss on the part of onn of the voyairors , who quickly recovered from the attack But it was instrumental in bringing to light the almost foigottesn fact that whem a similar r.Umnplvu made twelvu years ago nud an altitude of 25,000 feet was reached , tlirKii out of the four aeronauts duco'imbcd to the Htran u utmosphune conditions nnU diud before they could descend. IVrhap-i ; i no'.ro of other intrepid voyageri hiivu gor.o to u similar height ami returned sni'jly. Mr. Glaislier , according to his own uu count , reached nn ultltudo of 31,000 feet ( tliu highest over reached uy any aeronaut ) , becoming partly uw.o'nsclniis whoti about 27,00(1 ( ( eat hl h and losing thu power to nmvu In * limb * uven bcloru husnul : U'jwu in thu bottum i thu car. Ills companion was similarly affected , though not to no great an extent , being nblotopull the escape valv'o with his tooth , From the meagre reports which have been made on this subject it would appear that but few are dangerously tillectcd before passing the 20,000 feet linu. Yet something depends on the season in which the ascension is made and the atmospheric conditions at the start. Ahovo the Himalayas and thu Andes , hulghts of " 0,000 feet have boon on several occasions reached without any inconvenience. In such cases , however , the ascent has always been gradual , Could a slower ratnof ascension bo made ) practical it may bo that there would bo no clangor lo life at thu as yet unruached altitude ) of nine or tun miles. Arrangements are now perfected for thu removal of thu remains of Napoleon III. and the prinnu imperial from Chisel- hurst to the now mortuary crypt In tha mausoleum on Farnborougli Hill , bat thu datu of the ceremony is not yet stated. Two great red granite sarcophogi , not unlike the ono nt the Invalids , have been placed at cither side of the altar. That of the emperor was the uift of the queen i to Eugenic , but the latter buys the ) other for her son herself. Meanwhile the cof fins are in the church at Chiseihurst. Their removal will bu the occasion of a solemn and magnificent function , it being thu queen's command that full military honors bo paid to both father and son , An iniiuunsu crowd is expected to go ever from London. THE PANAMA CANAL. Two Hundred nml Forty Millions Al- rcnely Kxuniiilecl on it. C. Christopher in Kansas City Star : I havu just returned from South America where 1 had been for live years. Work on the Panama Canal is continuing under the superintendence of DoLossops. The contractors are all Fronoh except ono lirai of American drudgors , 11. It. Slavon i\s Co. , of San Francisco. Two hundred nnd forty mil lions of dollars have been expended already upon the canal. Do Lessens latuly raised twenty million moru in i ranee by subscription. Stock Is sold in small quantities thuru and oven laborers take some. They have cvury confidence ) in Do Lcssups. The work will require ono hundred and llfty millions moru. Twenty thousand mon are working on the isthmus. The canal when coniplutod will measure forty- seven miles. It stretches from Colon , or old Aspmwall , on thu Atlantic suiu to the city of Panama on the Pacific. Do Lcssops has raised all the money used thus far. The laborers are nearly all Jamaca negroes , with a fuw Africans from the English colonies and African coast. The country is very unhealthful and the people die oil' rapidly of ehagros and yellow fever induced by the swamps and marshes. Thu Chagrcs river runs along the railroad , the canal crossing it at several points. In excavating the suiull is ternblu. and the men working the droeiires can remain only n short time without borne relieved. Fully 25 per cunt , of thu labor ers die annually. 1 have seen entire towns depopulated by disease. Not more than three hundred on the isthmus are Americans , and thev aru principally ' railroad mun. The Pa'nania railroad fs owned by Americano and is doing a tre mendous business. When completed thu canal will injure the business of the railroad. In the aliuuo of railroads the Panama is the best paying institution of its proportion in the world. I estiiuato the canal will bo completed in 1690 or 181)1. ) Work on it is progressing fast. In the beginning the projectors worked very extravagantly for two or three years. Much money was expended In w uneccssary outlay. Thurc is no liner system ot hospitals than the isthmus pro- sents. There am from llfty to sovunlv- Hvo hospital buildings on the Panama side. One great impediment is the rain , which continues during eight or ninu months of thu year. The rainfall meas ures twenty-one feet. This interferes disastrously with work and health. Veg etation is always green , thu water con- triDtiting to this. When it is ripe it decays - cays fait. Thu only product of thu isthmus uru banannas and cocoanuts. in Colon a spuuial dead car leaves for Monkoyhill cemetery morning and evening. A novel and economic mode of burring is practiced. After bodies are picked up on the streets , throe or four are put in a pine box furnished with a movable bet tom. The box or cofliu is lowered to the uravo , a spring frees the bottom , the bodies pass through and aru buried colllnluss on top of each other. The pine box is taken back for future service. 1'hu business people ) of the isthmus are all foreigners , and every nationality may be found there. In Colon the runt of a house for ono year would almost buy it. Thuru la so much swamp and poor build ing giouml and the population changes so frequently through deaths and re moval that nobody wants to build. The buildings are all ot wood , and insurance companies will not write thum uu. The risk builders run increases the runt fabu lously. lully 100 pur cent prolit is chnrgud on everything sold in thu place. It is quite common for n merchant to pay f'00 or $700 a month for a ntoro room. In l tt I went to Kcuado , Peru anil Bolivia to examine minus. 1 re mained there o'ghteun ' months and quit on account of the Chilian and Bolivian war. The richuit gold , silver , coppur and tin mines in thu Known world aru located in those countries. Some are buiug worked , othurs are lying idle. Thousands of old Spanish mines arc uu- worked. Fourteen million pounds of fruit have been chipped east , from Sacramento this year. The freight churges amounted to BABY HUMORS H Skin anil Scalp Spe'C'tlily ( Jiirccl l y Our littlu mm will bu four. ) oum of nuo on tlio 25tU Inst , In iUy. Ifibo. ho was uttuokoJ wltli vury painful lircRklin ; out of HID okln. Wo civllnd In a iiliygluluu who truutoil him tor Hhinit four weeks. Tl.u child rcuchnd littlu or no ( rood from eho troutinunt , us tliu lru.ikiiiK iit , SII | > IKHPI | liy the physician to bn hives In nn H KniVHtC" ! fcjiiii , tx'ciiinn | HO , ' < T In lilnluliOH , and imiru uinl moro ilhtiosilim.n noio Ho- qiiiMitly ohllKxil to get up In the nlKliI xml rul ) linn \fltli m lii Invfttcr , M rniii ? IfiinmiiitH , otp. Finally , \\o vitlkxl other iilitnluinuti , until nn I" 11 than hit luut nttuiuptuil to cur" him. ml alike I'nllink" , nn 1 ttm clulil fti'itilily 'ultlriK- WOIBO iuiu vrmso. until Hhoiit tlm 'nth of lu.st July , when wu biiL-iin tu KIVH him Ci iiCiliiA ItUMH.VHNT imormilly , mul thn tJirwrii \ , mul Ci'TlcUin Ho U' ottnnmlii , anil hy the ln t of Auifiiu hu wna MI iiiiinlv well tliHlu iriivu him only ono ilnso of tliu JUOI.EMulioiit < wry fijcimil ilny ( or nhoiit tun ilays loiiKCr , atnl ho hut noviir hcmi tronlilcil ulnc-n with tlm hnrrltmt nmhuly. In nil wo usril luas limn otin- liiilf ot'ii Ijoitlu ( if CrririuiA HKMIM K.ST , u Illlln insii tlmn iino lmof CUTII wu , mul mil , ono cakn ot tJt'Tioi'ii v SOAP. II. I1HVAN. . ( JnyiiKU , Mvlngflton To. , 111. SuliMiihii'l tin ! MI 01 n to Lt-lurei inn this tmiith lav of Junum-y , mi. ej. N , t.on. j. 1 * . SCKOriJMHJs"HUMORS. . Iust sprmif IMtn I vury bluk , Ii0m ; rnvrrcil ttllh SOUK ) kliul of Kpiofuiu. Tlio doctors loiild not help inc. I Hiisutlvlsoil to try tlinl'imi CHA. l'n < oi.visT. : I ill'l 40 , unit in u ilny t itrow h t- turiuxi hntler , intll I nin us WL | | us UM.T I thnnkyo i for It Miry inucli , anil would Hke < lo buvolt tola to lh n lillc. 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