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r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ? .TUESDAY. OCTOBER < * . 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ' or Rtiiwcmtrnos ! Dully ( Mnrnldg Edition ) Including Sunday II rr. , One Vonr . $10 01 For Blx Months . . . 600 For Three Month * . 260 Iho Omaha Hindu ? DKK , mailed to nnr ddrww , One Year. . . . 2 00 OMAHA OFTIfT ! , NO. Ml AND 918 FAHXAM BTBirT. rli r Vomc orricc. ItooM B6. TnimiNi Iltm.nmo. WAISIINUTO.V orncs , No. iu roimnifrrii STRUT. dbnittsrnnDBiccii All communlontions relfttlnif to nown ande < torlal matter KhouM bo Bd < lit > Me < l to the Kin * Ton or THE IlKC. nCSIKRSS MCTTlMf All t > ulnc9l ttoriauilromltUneeflhouldb Milroft'od to THE Uci 1'OBMilllKO Co.Mi'Axr , OMUIA. Draft * . cliecVs end po tqmce ordorg to bo mftdo payable to the ordr 0 ! tU company. ! BE BEE PyELISHIsTcOMPiiy , PROPflltlOflS , E. KOSEWATER , KOTTOR. THE DAILY BKE. Bvrorn Statement of Circulation , Bt tc of Nebraska. I - _ County of I > ou ms. j ° * " _ _ ( ! ro. 1) . Txschneir , secretary of The lice Publishing company , does BOloinnly swear that tliu actual circulation of tlm Dally Ilco for the week ending Sept. 80. 1887 , was as follows : . . Saturday. Sent. 2L. . 14.200 Sunday. Sent S5 . 14.S20 Monday. Sept. 'M . 14.GM Tuesday. Sept. 27 . 14.010 Wednesday. Sept 23 . 1JI.OBI Tiiursdav.8owt.s9 . 14,015 Friday , Sept. 30 . 14,015 Avcraire . 14.155 OKO. It. TZBCJIUCK. Sworn to and subscribed tn my presence this 1st day of October , A. D. 1887. N. P. FKIT , fSKAL.1 Notary Public. State of Nebraska. J Dointlas County. I ( ieo. B. Tzschuck , being iirst duly sworn , deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Ilco Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Boo for the month of September , ItBO. 13.030 copies ; for October , 1880. 12.9S9 copies ; for Novem ber , 188(5 ( , 1SM8 ! copies ; for December , 1880 , ii.srr : copies ; for January 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,19s copies ; for March. IbOT , 14,400 copies ; for April. 1887 , 14ilO : copies ; for May , 1887 , 14,227 copies ; for Juno 1887 , 14,147 copies : for July. 1887 , 14- W3 copies ; for August , 1887 , 14.151 copies. OKO. 1J Tzscrruc * . Sworn and subscribed In my presence this Mh day ot Sept A. D. , 1887. [ SEA L. | N. I' . FKH. Notary Public. how b\e \ I bo , " says two-year-old Chutlrou of this stato. Fruity soon it will clamor for long clothes. Tnp. democratic county ticket is not yet in a process of evolution. Mo con vention to nominate it lias yet bean called , and nobody can guass when it will bo called. A LITTLE civil service reform in the court house and city hall would bo : i good thine. Nearly all the officers , do p. utics nnd clerks have had a political out- fug for the last three days. PAT Foiii ) sot up tlio pins to pocket the entire Third ward delegation to the dem ocratic county convention , but tiic "corkus" was n corker on Pat and he only got in by the skin of his teeth. NKUKASKA.CITV is a booming town witli a big ambition. It promises shortly to become the second city in size in the 'state. Judged from the past its abilities nro commensurate with its desires and il Nebraska City sots out to attain the honoi of being second to Omaha , wo may sec its ambition realized one of these days. Now that Mike Lahoy , who supcrin tends tlm court house and everybody ir it , lias cot through.managing the rcpnb lican convention , ho will join Commis sioner Tim mo in supervising the demo cratio primaries and convention. Mtk ( knows how to make himself useful 01 occasions. CIVIL Service Commissioner Obcrl ] has stirred up a hornet's nest among the democrats at the national capital by hi : recent letter to the Illnois democratic as sociatioo. But ho says he gets fat ot abuse , The way his democratic bretli ren ore talking about him just now ho ii likely to become very corpulent before the snow Hies. MK. AND Mica. CLKVKLAND ought to bi well pleased with St. Louis. They WOP welcomed to that city with double loads exclamation points , bunting , music , pbr traits , carriages , and every thing else tha goes to make life n holiday aU'air. It i somewhat expensive to the democrats , t bo sure , bat then political capital ulway comes high. A SCANDAL is said to bo brewing in con nection with the recent decision in th Ilell telephone suit at lioston. The re suit of the litigation , it is claimed , wa known in Washington for more than week in advance of its publication , giv ing Garland and others ample time to di ; pose of their Pan-Electric stock at th highest prices. IN nominating Mr. Frank E. Mooros t the bust otlice in the gift of the party th republicans have conferred a mnrltei compliment. Mr. Moores liasnot , only patriotic record as a volunteer in defons of the union , but has m season and ou of season been a staunch and unswervin working republican. His ability to fil the position of clerk of the district cour is acknowledged , and his long rosidenc m Omaha makes him a very aviulabl candidate for the place. Hooni.v.K SiiAui- did not go to priso after all. The arrangements for his n inoval to Slug Sing had all boon con plotod when an order for another sla came from Chief Justice Rugor. The "ol man" is jubilant and not nearly so wca as he was. Unlike the man in the sonj he wants to stay. This action of tl ; ' chief justice caused much surprise. Tl placing of obstacles in the way of carrj ing out the decrees of justice , by judici ; functionaries , is becoming altogether tc frequent. Reform in the higher judicial of tlio country has become a crying neec LAST summer , when the transportutio business was dull , there were lar quantities of coal at the coal mines in tl east ready for shipment. Uut it was m moved. The monopolists who contr the market waited till the consumers hi to have a now supply. Then the pri < and the rates for transportation wa raised until hardship must noccssari follow among the poorer nousuinoi Uut not acent of this blood money goes the half-starved miners whose wages w not support life decently. It all linds 1 way into the poukets of the robbing co combinations. In a country claiming be in the van of civilization there oucl to bo a remedy ( or such barbarous abusi hacking Confidence. The candid New York correspondent oi a Philadelphia democratic journal tolls hla paper that the democrats who went to Saratoga last week with a hurrah returned homo with a confession of de feat on their tongues. Ho states that without exception the Now Vorlc city delegates say frankly that their state ticket will be snowed under in Novem ber , and that tlio republicans tire altogether likely to carry the stato. Ho says that not smco the days following the war has the party been so thoroughly settled down to defeat. The Tammany- ties and county democracy are agreed In this , and only the federal office holder's venture a different opinion. A prominent mcmbor of tbo county democracy is quoted a saying , in explanation of the action at Saratoga : ' 'Wo found the ship had to go down any way , so wn put Cleveland and his civil service reform baby on board , set the helm , and on the rocks she goes. " The correspondent says ho ia surprised at the strength and bitterness of the anli-Clovc- land feeling In the ranks of the local democracy , "and tlioy speak with a sort of grim delight in their probable defeat in November. " It is boliCTod that Gov ernor Hill will do nothing for the state ticket , for if it should bo defeated ho sees that it would leave him in the position hold by Cleveland four years ago , that is , as the only democrat who could carry the stato. From this point of view , which is the ono taken by Hill's friends , there might bo more prestige for the governor in the defeat than in the vic tory of the party this fall. It would scorn from this that while the Cleveland forces wore permitted to run the state convontton about ni they liked , the anti-administration element did not maiio a complete surrender and that when the true and final test is made at the ballot box this fact will bo conclu sively demonstrated. It certainly seemed remarkable that the Taramanyites should have suddenly become converted to Mr. Cleveland , after having in every possible way on numerous occasions indicated their deep-seated displeasure with him , but it was a plausible explanation that the welfare of the party generally being at stake they were induced to forego at this vital time any expression of hostility. It is clear , however , that the antagonism of Tammany to the president , and of a portion also of the county democracy , in implacable , and it is not to bo donbted that these factions will manifest it in the only way in winch they nan now make it effective , it is a significant fact thnt a canvass of 335 delegates to the Saratoga convention showed only 100 with whom Cleveland was the lirst choice as the candidate of the party next year , and it is entirely reasonable to suppose thnt the large minority which declined to express an opinion was not friendly to him. It has been well remarked that this was not : m encouraging return from a convention in the president's own state tlio year ouforo his ronomination is to be asked , and that state the acknowledged key to the situa tion in 188 $ . It need hardly bo said that the loss of Now York to the democracy this ycur will bo very nearly fatal to the hopes ot that party in the presidential election. If the disaffection in the party shall r"- wilt in its defeat next November , by way of allowing tlio displeasure of the disaf fected element with the president , it is not to be supposed that this feeling would fail to bo manifested when Mr. Cleveland became t' ' o candidate of the party and the opportunity was given to administer a personal rebuke. True , there is n year in which the president may do something byway of placating the dissatisfied democrats of his state , bill how shall ho do this without offending the mugwumps whoso support is alsc essential , to him ? It is a perplexing sit na tion that confronts Mr. Cleveland in New York , with the conditions by no mean ; altogether in bis favor. Ho will prob- ttbly got the delegation in the national convention , though this can hardly be regarded as a foregone conclusion , but il is equally important that ho should gel all the voles of his party at the polls , am ! it is evident that a very great and uu- looked for change must take place before , ho can bo assured of doing this. Al present the promise of republican vie tory in Now York in November is exceed' ingly encouraging. How Shall Tlioy Ho Uonlc With ? How to deal with the newest develop mout of monopoly , the "trust , " and sim ilar combinations , is very certain tc become n living and urgent qucsti on o the near future. The increase of tbesi monopolistic organisations is recognize * , by all unprejudiced men as a seriou : menace to the industrial and trade inter ests ot the country and to the welfare ol the people. It is in their very nature thai they must become barriers to growth am progress , while exacting an unjust tri bute from the public. Their avowed ob ject is to reduce competition and to con trol the production and price o commodities. They are aggregation ; of vast capital brought togctbe for the wholly selfish purpose o aggrandizing those in interest not by a frco contest in the field of trade am enterprise , but by a policy of destruction restriction and an arbitrary determina tion of values. Their object is not tc build up , but to pull down , not to widen but to narrow , not to enlarge the oppor tunitiesof capital and labor , but to lunli them. Their design is to withhold fron the people the benefits derived from ai unrestricted competition in trade and ti block the way of enterprise. They are a war with those laws of commerce an interchange , the free and full operatio of which is necessary to the public welfare faro and to national progress. These admitted characteristics of th trust and like combinations establis their dangerous nature and impress th necessity of finding some adequate mean to remedy the expanding evil. Uufoi n tunntcly , however , those who sea tli : o peril most clearly , and are most earnos 10 in pointing it out , seem not to bo able t 10ol discern a practicable way of averting i ol It is a development which the wisdon id and foresight of statesmen and legislu 30 tors did not anticipate and made no pro ro vision for. It is a growth entirely peon . iys liar to this time and country , and call s , for wholly now treatment. There is to very respectable opinion that such con ill binations are illegal , inasmuch as the tsal exist without any authority or respous al bility. The rights of corporations t to surrender the franchises they have' ot U talned from the state , under specif ! 13. conditions as to privileges and rcspoc slbHlllc" , to the control of t\ body of men representing a trust who are m nowise rccogni.-.cd and can be held to no responsibility by the state that has granted franchises to such corporations , has been questioned. It would scorn to be clear that corporations which do this may be compelled to give up their fran chises. But whatever inbrlt thcro maybe bo in these opinions they have no influ ence in checking the formation of the objectionable combinations , of which nearly every week brings the announce ment of a now ono formed or in contem plation. The evil is advancing , and it will not bo halted in its progress by any amount of reprobation and ndvcrso opinion respecting the legality of the method. It must be rrachcd by specific and direct legis lation , national and atntct made so plain and thorough that It cannot be evaded or circumvented. The question Is ono which the law-makers of the land can afford to give their most scrlolu attention to , for great popular honor awaits the man who shall suggest the wisest method of pro tecting the people from the threatened reign of these latest uchomcs of mo nopoly. TIIKKE is porliaus no reason to appre hend n deficiency In the world 'A wheat supply for 1887-83 , but there Is Very great probability that there will be no excess , and that till producing countries will find themselves at the beginning of the next harvest with very small reserves. 8Inco the unprecedented yield of 1831-8.1 in the United States and Europe , which enabled this country to carry over a .sur plus of 150,000,000 bushels , there has been a steady diminution of the surplus , which la estimated not to exceed for this year 00,000,001) ) bushels. The harvest of 1831 in the United Stales yielded fiirj.oOO- 000 bushels , the largest amount on record , while the crop of 1885 was but 357,000,000 bu hcls , and that of last year 457,000,000. it seems certain that the wheat reserves of the world were short at the beginning of the current year , and that the scarcity would have been widely felt but for tlio early harvests both in this country mid in Europe. This year's crop in most European countries is larger than was that of last year , but the expectation is that the importing countries will Imvc to buy about as heavily us over , and they will have to procure a lamer proportion tion than usual of their supply elsewhere than from tliu United States. As the sit uation now appears there can be no doubt that the price of wheat cannot re main at the low figures that have so long prevailed , which have bet-n below tno average cost of production. American farmers will have loss wheat to sell , but there is very favorable nromiso ol more satisfactory returns than they have re ceived for several yoais. IT is hardly ncccssarj- for the lini : to endorse the nominations of competent and faithful officials whom the republi cans have honored with a rcnomination. Sheriff ( . 'oburii. Treasurer Bolln , Clerk Necdham , and School Superintendent Bruner are nil well and favorably known in this city and county. Mr. Coburn lias made an efficient executive officer as bhoriir , and is entitled by usage as well as upon his merits , to a second term. Henry Bolln has devoted himself faithfully to the duties of his office. He has been a successful business man and lias proved himself competent and reliable in the position to which ho was elected two years ago. His re-elcotion is a foregone conclusion. Mr. Nocdham has been chosen for the position of recorder of deeds as a natural recognition of his services as county cleric during the last two years. Mr. Bruner is a thorough educator and it is in the interest of the schools that ho bo retained as their super- Tun new law requires an entirely now registration of voters in this city. Only four days are allowed for making up the complete list of voters in the respective wnids. It is of thn utmost importance , therefore , that every person entitled tc vote at the next election shall personally appear before the registrar of his votinp district. Them can be no registry bj substitute' , and failure to register will place the voter at great inconvenience on election day and may deprive him of hi- vote entirely. Is the scramble for office and contest ; for the sugar plums , the most importani nominations so far as tax-payers are concerned > corned are alwayi allowed to go by de fault. Wo refer to the precinct asso-isors It is ot vital importance to every tax payer that thn men who assess theit property for taxation shall bo impartia aud unpurclinsabiu. Tin : principal speaker at the alleged Second ward Bohemian democratic meeting was E. F. Moriarity. Wo have no copy of his speech , but as Moriaritj is about the only democratic Bohemiai orator in Omaluf , posterity may have U go without any record of his cloquer.ee upon this momentous occasion. MR. IJAMS inclines to the opinion tlm eleven years is long enough tor ono man to hold the most lucrative office In tin stato. But Mr. Ijams may bo persuaife * by his friends to change his mind , am ! asK for a four year extension of his lease IT is to bo hoped that the rogistratloi books and blanks will bo completed ne\ Wednesday , when registration begins. I'ROMINKNT PKOPliE. 0 over nor Oiilcsby , of Illinois , Is a Mcxicai war pensioner. M. EmestDamlet has become editor o 11 "he Petit Monltcur. " Claus Sprcckels , the sugar king , Is said t bo worth over 530,000,000. Congressman Cox presumes tnat nobod ; but Randall knows what liandnll will do. James Henry , ( 'reat grandson of the fain ous Patrick Henry , U a rising J-OUIIR man c Tennessee. Miss Mildred Leo , daughter of the lat General U. G. Leo , Is at the Hotel do Xoi uiBiidie , Paris , Airs. Logan expects to remove the doa coneral's remains to tbelr llnal resting plac In Chicago In n short time. The vault li which they now rest In Washington I guarded night and day by a detaclunont c " regular troops. * Editor \V. M. Featherly , ofthoAuSabl ( Mich. ) Monitor , has been whipped seve iv times and had eight libel suits In nvo yean Thomas Balloy Aldrich Is not rich. Il does not earn more than 85,000 or 90,000 ye r , Including his salary as editor ofTh Atlantic. At the recent celebration of the Xatlv Sons of the liolden West in San Kranclsce old General Vallojo rode In a chariot rando In Hpnm and usc&bjl him In 1913. Governor Pennoycr of Oregon , who Is po- InRtoNew YorkntWi the Pioneers' excur sion from that state , will visit Now York for the first tlino slnro lin went west thirty years ago. ago.Carl Carl Schurz'a trlbu.to lo tl.c newspaper re porters Is ns follows : " 1 have never yet re fused MI Interview unless 1 couldn't help doIng - Ing so , and I llnd that I nm treated with fair ness and justness tn all reports. " Henry W. Lawtdnl the old hero of the last Apache unpleasantness , was ono of the strik ing llRiircs at the Plilladrlphla celebration. Ho Is a man ot line presence , undoubted courage , and rare oxacutlvo ability. Dr. llolub has readied England after three years of exploration In Africa , and although his expedition was broken up and plundered by the savage Mashukiihunbcatrlbofar | north of the Xambcsl , he has yet saved a large and Interesting collection which should prove of Ilium-use scientific value. GDiierAl Sherman has In his possession , at bis oIllcH In New York , the orlzlual copy of the sonir ' 'Sherman's March to the Sea. " It' Is beautifully written on the most ordinary kind of note paper , the verses being sepa rated by sketches , In pen and Ink , of flags , stars , and other national emblems. Senator McPhcrpon , In a letter tn n friend , says lie Is heartily tired of polities , and espe- lally of Its modern methods : thnt ho wishes ever to hold another political olllce , nnd hat ho will not bo a candidate for re-clcc- 011 , if be I nt ; a candidate means that he Is to 'engage ' In a scramble for the position ot United States senator. " , lohn I' . Walsh Is n large stockholder In the mcrlcan News company , a manager of the iVcsturn News company , ot Chicago ; adl- cctor of the Chicago base ball club , prcsl- ent of the Chicago National bank , nnd tin ) argest stockholder In the Chicago Herald. L smooth-shaven man of some fifty years , it ! nVgan lite without any capital but pluck lid brains , and Is now worth frome $1,000,000 > r 85,000,000. It Thrives in Cold Weather. If thcieVHsanychanea that In the predicted 'on I famine the anthracite monopolists would 'reuse to death , the country would welcome t joyfully. _ _ A Crnzo Chocked. /lusfoii Tiwtltr * The marrying of Sunday school teachers to Jlilnamcn has received a check by the sensa- lonul discovery that one of them had a wife ivlng In China. An Unpleasant Kcaturo Avoided. The undprtakeis of Illinois , who are now loldlng a cnnvention in this city , have no omplalnt from former pattens to consider and act upun. Ilnrd on St. IjonlR Democrats. Kvcrv man who wishes to walk In the . 'leveland procession In St. Louis must not only buy his own drinks , but also pay fifty cents for a hat ot pte cribed shape and color. Iu other words , thoiRTerasjo Mlssoml demo crat is asked to maue a mugwump of him self under urotonso iof promoting the Inter- ists of his party. ' Wool Hat OninocratB. Two companies of ( Sriglnal "wool hat dem ocrats" will boa feature ot the P.eitmont ex position. They will wear "copperas breeches , yellow booK hickory shirts , nnd one 'callus , ' with lopcttu.s ot corn shuck and coon tail plumes lor their slouch hats. " Headers wilt wore In Washington , tln the early months ol the present administration will recognize the description at a glance. i'rcpnro For itii Worm. lto t n Atlrerttr-er. "Turnlo Is a rattlesnake in a light. " say. an Indiana admirer of a politician who will ask to be admitted tothnsonato from tiial htatu. This description fs preliminary to : remark that it Tnrpie nnd Senator InealU have an encounter in the senate there will bo n. scene which will bo worth painting. . The country may as well prepare Itself i'oi the worst. His Picture. Kate I'ntn < i > : \ . "Here Is the picture you ought to paint As the sun of these golden days , " snid she "Thn lif-'ht ot thn sunsut warm and faint Through the yellow boughs of the maple trees : The bend of the river and under the lee Of the shelving shoie , those lishcrmen : And here in the foreground let me .sen I What will you have m jour foreground then ! " ' * ' \Vhv , you in my foreground , of course , ' said he. "Oh. yes ! this contrast of white and blue G ves just the ton that you need , " said she "And the sc.ulet spot of mysnnstude , too Is the touch of color It oneht to be. lint now the tuckgrottnd want for me , To set off thtt blue , and the. white aud rea. ' He caught her cloj-e to him suddenly , And on his shoulder lie dnnv her head "Here is the bauksround I want ! " said he STATE ANO TKKIUTOKV. Nebraska Jottings. The bank of Chudron has been organ Ued and incorporated. Nebraska Citv can now "hi'llo"directl ; into the ear of Omaha. A street railway is to bo planted ii lied Cloud before snow llie.s. Thn harvest of oats in Dnwcs count ; averages forty bushels to the acre. Mr. McFaun , a melodious scraper o catgut , was relieved of $5 and costs u Hastings for illegal voting. Kid Cloud expects to make a haul 01 the B. & M. treasury for improvements when ( he llulo bndtre is In operation. King Honeywell and George Cessny two laborers , \vorc nearly buried alive ii a gas trench in Hustings last wwik. Tli3j were dug out , with bones unbroken an ! bodies llattcned. Hard coal is ntstlng temporarily at th $1 ! ! notch in Hastings. A number n consumers are kicking at the iullatioi and have formed a syndicate to buy th stuff at first hands , bxpccting to got it t town for $1) ) . W. ! ' . Post has resigned his position a general freight agent in Nebraska for th Frnmont , Elkhorn & Missouri Vulloy rail road company , and accepted u promiiieu position with the N vu-Wilsoii-Morehous company nf Fremont ; Major John \Vutsou , the dashin , commander of the troous at Nubrask City , has been decorated with a dmmoii ring as a testimonial to the valor an vigor ho displayed ) n ] leading a forlor hope on the commissary department a the .state encampment. Surgeon Claud Watson acted IIH , Demonstrator tin handled his subject with profession : tenderness. A united and painful cry comes from th country press against the extortions o tlio vendors of ready prints. The maker of patent interiors are not satisfied wit 40 per cent dividends. They wan all the earth outside of the citie and propose to have it or cancel th patent. The uool is stronc and pursu proud , and will continue ileecing thoi patrons until the latter arc brought t their souses. Tlio only way to escape i through organization and co-operatioi If the country press will unite on a cc operative house , they can knock th bottom out of the pool in ninety days. Holt county comes to the front wit some mammoth products. James Coh of Swan Luke , writes nf an "iron-eta watermelon. UlixHl inches , weighing 55 pounds ; a snake cucumber , ! ) T > xiniinclio : weighing twelve pounds. Those wer raised on David C'ofe'B farm. On scctio 04 , one mile west of bore , I have goo corn nnd potatoes ! nnd A No. 1 voffo- tables of ninny kinds , and this is the first crop after breaking. I have two squashes growing. They now measure Mx < 18 and 47x11 nnd the weight 1 will take when I pull them. If you Find it doubting man who will go a bet that the above is untrue , lot him put up $5 to $100 and I will meet him.11 lown lioni * . Iowa has 3C05 practicing physicians. Heal estate transactions In Sioux City lust month amounted to $500,000. The enrollment at tlio high school in Davenport Is the largest over known. Cool is mined In twenty-seven counties in lown , and 407 mines are iu operation. Kx-Congressmnn Frederick has sold his Marshalltown resilience , which cost $ ! ' ! , - 000 , for $5,000 , and has moved to Califor nia. nia.In In Iowa -10-2 establishments report nn aggregate capital of $10,471,485 , and 8117 report paying dunng the ycur m wages , It Is believed that the prevalence of diphtheria in the country near Daven port is duo lo people drinking water from creeks nnd ponds , ns many of the walls nro dry aud those places nro the only ones where water can bo obtained. Next year It will have been 100 yeara since Julian Dnuuque settled ntDubuquc. Ne.xt year the city will probably cole4 brute in a becoming manner that centen nial occasion. It will also bo the 100th anniversary of the first settlement in lown. _ _ _ Dakota. Jamestown college opened with 100 students enrolled. The assessed valuation of the lorritory this year Is $ l57.08li03. ; Iho wheat crop of thn territory this year will reach 50,000.000 bushels. A twine factory manufacturing binding twine from Dakota weeds is the latest movement at Fargo. The Yankton board of trade has just issued a circular M.'tting fovth particularly the value of Yanklon's water power and inviting tliu attention of manufacturers to that point. Great consternation prevails among the farmers on railroad lands in the in demnity limits , near Hillsboro , as squat ters are occupying some of the most valuable lands in the county. The Sisters of Charity at the Grnud Forks convent have been presented by citizens with au elegant double carriage and phaeton with two sols of harness , double and single , thn whole outlit cost ing over $ : ,00. The I'rcslrtpnt'H Western Tour. The president has started on his west ern tour. If all goes well with him , and wo sincerely hope it will , the man who lills the highest office in the gift of the American people will to-day for the first time in hi.4 life sec the Ohio river. For the first time In his life he will bo as far west as Pittsburg , Pa. He will visit the principal cities uf iho hike region and the Mississippi and Missouri river val leys , and will then visit places in the south. When he returns to Washington City lie will have seen less than half the area ot the United Stales , but he will nevertheless be a wiser tnnu than he now is. W e are glud that the president is mak ing tins tour. It will do him good. He will find that there are other states in the union besides New York. Ho will see something of thn west , that mighty part of the union in the future of which is in volved the lift ) or thn death of American liberty. Tliu power of tlio nation is gathering in the west , and it is u power before whioh the east will have to bow. Some glimpse of this truth will be caught by Mr. Cleveland before ho returns to the eastern slope of the Allcghanics. It will bo impossible for tliu president to remain unaffected by what ho sens upon tins tour , and we may therefore ex pect that ho will bo guided by a more liberal and enlightened policy in the ad ministration of the executive dcparlmcnt of the government than he has hereto fore followed. This should bo noticeable in his uiussago to congress , the prepara tion of which he will doubtless begin soon ufier his return io the white house. If this hope shall not be disappointed , the west and south , as well as the presi dent himself , will reap a benefit from his tour. If lie is enabled to break through the narrow prejudices which make him blind to any merit but that which is of the east , the west will have good reason to rejoice. He would also by this strengthen himself as a candidate for ro- election. One great source of weakness with him as a candidate is the dissatis faction of western democrats with his ignorancn of the west , and with his clan- iih adherence to a sectional , eastern pol icy.We We regret that ho could not come to Denver. In Ihc Rocky mountains ho would have seen a civilization differing from the cast , and also from that of tliu central part of the union , or what is commonly called the west. It also diflers from that of the Pacific coast. It belongs to the Rocky mountains , and it is in some respects as distinctive as that of any part of the union except the south , lint it is hoped that next year Mr. Cleve land will coma to Denver , and that at the same time he will visit the Pucilic coast. * Mostly Vanity. Salt iMle Tilbune. The two great political parties are their conventions It holding now-a-days. is the sumo old and monotonous per formance with both of thorn. Ouo ap plauds the president and claims for his party nil the virtues , a sop is thrown to the laboring men , there are resolves about guarding the interests of tlio people ple ; there is a fighting shy of anything calculated to ollend the liquor dealers , and the usual clap-trup about soulless corporations and oppressive monopolies. The other sulo can son no good in the president declares that ho lias be- Hmirehed the civil snrvicu reform record ; that while ho is better than his party , hoi unspeakably bad : it arraigns the oppo sition for not having fulfilled its obliga tious or kept its promises , points to the surplus in the treasury , to the unsettle * fishery disputes , to thn multiplied oflicera that have been created ; to failures here and there ; the sins of both omission anil commission , and insist upon a now deal There is u vast amount of humbug ntu demagogry on both sides , and a Hceming disposition to demand recogni tion and support , not on the ground of merit , but ruthor on ac count of the sing of the opposition. Still there ought to be enough for both partioi to advocate. There is no surplus when thousands of of children are growing u | in ignorancn ; there is no surplus whoi there ia no training for the eyes am hands of the poor ; there is no carry ing out of the theory on which this covernmcnt was founded , when men vote as they arn bidden , or when they are rofifscd a vote unless they cas it ns desired. There is a woeful lack o statesmanship apparent when hones labor receives no reward savtt a bare livelihood ; there is a manifest wront , when the rich escape the just taxation which they should pay lo have their pos sessions insured. It Is a s : l misfortune that about ton thousand politicians cm not , in our country , be exchanged for about one hundred statesmen. Aiunrlonn Tame nnd Skill , ropre.-ented by ' . 'olgato & Co. , produce perfumes and toilet soaps more delicate than eaii be made abroad. THE PIGMIES OF AFRICA , Stanley May Give Us the Truth About the Little People , A STORY NOT ENTIRELY MYTHIC. The 1) wnrr People That Are Said to In habit the Country Through Which Stanley Ute to PAM. Philadelphia Tunes : The latest Intelli gence from Stanley in Africa shows that 10 had not been able to start on his over- and journey from the Aruvninl to Wadl- ai as soon as ho expected , by reason ot he refusal of the Arab slave donlcra of Yarukombo , on the upper Congo , lo recognize - ognizo Tippoo Tib In his now character of a Congo state official. Tippoo Tib has applied for a foroo of Free State soldiers to enable him to assert his authority , nnd until that Is fit inly established Stanley will have to delay his departure on his great march to Albert Nyanza. Uut lit- In is known of the three hundred and ifty miles of country ho will have to traverse before he emerges on the shores of the lake. No western traveler has hitherto visited it. It has for ycars.how- over , bonn a favorite recruiting ground for the Arab slave dealers from Zanzi bar , and doubtless Tippoo Tib's name is well known throughout the length nnd breadth of it. In the spring ot last year I mot at Kilwa Klvingi , ou the east coast of Africa , Abed bin Salem , a noted slave hunter , who had just returned from a live years' residence in the country west of Lake Muta frzigc. Ho refused lo bo very communicative about it , but in the course of conversation I gathered from him that it Is inhabited by a people called the ihikondo , who own largo" herds of cattle and are a fierce nnd warlike raco. lioyond them to the north there Is a great river which llows west , and which is very probably the Lukebu of Stanley. The country north of this belongs to a people called the Chikombn. According to Abed bin Salem they lire terrible can nibals nnd barter human flesh in their inurkctt Stanley's route should take him through this country , in which case we may hope for a reliable account of them. THE DWABF PEOl'LE. Northwest of the Chikombo , lie told me , lived the Horriknmo , or "peoplo two feet high. " This exactly bears out what the Monbotta pcoulo told Sonwoln- furth , when ho was visiting Munzo's brother , Mummery. Four days' journey to the southeast , they told him , lived the Tikki-Tikki , who look like children , but in truth they are men. So many stories have been circulated as to a race of dwarfs oxistlug in the heart of Africa , that it is to be hoped Mr. Stanley will now bo able to decide the question. Abed bin Salem had never seen them himself , but he assured mo that a uarty of his people were attacked by them when hunting elephants and wore obliged to beat a retreat , being outnum bered. They are so small that it is im possible to see them , as they run through the grass , and , as they are dextrous in the use of the spear they arc formidable enemies. Their country abounds with elephants , but ho was unable to do any trade with them owing to their fear of strangers. AX OLD TIUWTION. It Is curious to note how Iheso stories of a pigmy race come to us from the most remote antiquity. Aristotle , the greatest naturalist that perhaps ever ex isted , declared that the report of trust worthy witnesses testified to the exis tence of n minute race of men with minute horses living iu the caves which arc washed by the waters of the Nile. "Tho cranes fly to the lakes above Egypt , from which Hews the Nile ; there dwell the P.vgmies , and this is no fable , but the plain truth ; there , just us we are told , do men and horses of diminutive size dwell in caves. " Aristotle. Hist. Animal , vii. chap. a. Pliny gives various details regard their habits nnd their geographi es ! position , and Homer in the Hind mentions them and refers to their battles with tlm cranes. To warmer seas the cranes embodied flv , With noise and order through the in id way sky ; To pygmy nations wounds and death they brine , Aud all the war descends upon the wing. M'HAT LATEH KXlT.OItKHS TEI.I. . In the history of the Portuguese West Coast settlements in the seventeenth cen tury frequent reference is made to a dwarf nation named liakka-Hakka. Dapper in Ins history states the greater part of the ivory in Loango was brought from a people who were tributary to the Kreat Mukoko and called Mines or Ikikkc- liakke. "These little men,11 he writes , "are stated by the YngiiH to have the power of making themselves invisible and consequently can slay an elephant without trouble. " Further on acain ho speaks of the empiroof thegreat Makoko as lying far inland to the north of the river Xairo ( Iho Congo ) and proceeds to specify tnat "in the wilderness of this country there are to be found the little people that have been mentioned before , who carry ou the greater part ot the ivory trade thdnughout the king dom. In more recent times Du Chnillu and Schweinfurtii have both come across diminutive races. The for mer when in the territory of Ashango discovered a wandering tribe of hunters called Obongo and tootc the measure ments of a numborof them. He describes these Ubongo as not "ill-shaped" and as having skins of a pale yellow-brown , -somowhat lighter than their neighbors. Their avoragt ) height ho affirms to bo four foot seven inches. In every respect they accord with the description given by Schweinfurth of the Akka , who are un doubtedly the Tikki-Tikkiof whom Abed bin baluiii told mo. M'HAT SCIlWKINTIIItTU LRAIIN'KD. Schweinfurth came very near solving the mystery of tliu pigmy face , fur a band of them actually camped close to him when ho was visiting the Maubottn country. Ho was returning to his camp one evening when ho found himself sur rounded by what ho concluded must bo n band of impudent l ovs bent on annoy ing him. His misapprehension was. however , corrected by his Nian-Nian fol lowers , who called out to him : "They are Tikki-Tikki. You think that tnoy are boy.s , but they , in truth , are men nay , men , who can light. " After mak ing some show of fight they disappeared unit .Schweinfurth determined to visit their canii ) . which he was told was near , on the following morning. Ho reckoned without his host , however , for ou the following morning they had disappeared. "And thus , " to nuotn the explorer's own words , "like the baseless fabric of a vis ion , this people , so near , yet so unattain able , had vanished once more Into the dim obscurity of the innermost conti nent. " In a conversation with Dr. Sehweinfiirth in Cairo in 1882 , he told mo that he regretted nothing more than his inability to visit the Akka country during his stay one the Wollu , "If any thing , ' lie said , "wound induce m < > to again visit thn heart of Africa it would bo the hope of visiting these people in their homes and of clearing up the halo of mystery which surrounds them. Stan ley will puss directly through the coun try whore they are supposed tn dwell and not the least interesting result of his expedition will bo the light thrown on the much vexed question of dwarfs. Thousands of cures follow tliu use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kuiue.uy. 00 cents. FORTY YEARS AGO , Hot Wortln In Congrotii Ending In M DlHjjrncofnl Scene , A wild scene occurred on tlm floor of the house of representatives on the U&t ol April 1811. followed a speech by ox- Speaker \Vhlto , of Kentucky , whoso sub ject was the tariff. Ho did not , however , conllno hlmsolf to the subject. Ho took occasion to defend Mr. ( . 'lav from the charge of "intrigue , bargain and corrup tion,1' urged against him in 18'J5 , when ho accepted Iho appointment of sccrnlary of state from Mr. Adams , and also from the charge of having made it speech in which he declared that " \vo must have while slaves , If wo had not black slaves.11 When Mr. White had taken his scat some conversation arose amongst the members in his neighborhood upon tliu subject , nnd Mr. Ratliburn.of Mow York , remarked that the charges against Mr. Clay wore true and could bo proved. Mr. White being Irritated by the remarks , made a sharp reply. Mr. Rfxthburn , after the exchange of n word or two with Mr. White , struck him. Mr. White returned the blow , nnd the parties were immedi ately ongaeod in a close conflict on the floor. All this was the work of an instant. The members interfered' in bodies. Dur ing the nioelco a young man from Ken tucky , named Moore , who had boon ad mitted upon the floor , rushed into the crowd of members within the bar in a menacing manner. He was seized by Boino members aud dragged out. Mr. McCauslin , of Ohio , thrust him out of the door. The mahogany doors were fastened back , ns usual , and green cloth doors substituted. Moore drew n pistol and fired upon McCauslin through tbo door. The ball , missing Us object , took effect upon the thigh of Mr. J.I. Wirt , one of the watchmen of the capital. Tha ball entered the inner part of the thigh and , passing around the bone , lodged. Tlio chairman of the committee re signed his seat to the speaker , aud tlm sergeant-at-nrms appeared among the combatants with the mace. Trunquility was in a moment restored. As to Moore. lie was seized by General Dodge and hold tranquil till he was arrested in due form by the Henrcant-at-arms. Mr. Dromgoolo moved that thn partici to the affray bo brought to the bar of tha house for trial. Mr. Suuuders suggested that n commit tee be appointed to inquire into and re port upon the facts. Mr. White rose , and in a brief and very proper manner , expressed his deep regret at the occurrence , and apologized to the house for his participation in it. Mr. Uathbuu followed and submitted himself lo the judgment of the house , apologizing to till around for what ho had done through u hasty temper , and declaring that ho felt nothing but tha greatest respcot and friendship for tliu gentleman from Kentucky. Mr. White thereupon offered his hand to Mr. Uathbun , declaring that after the gentleman's declaration it was not in hn nature to entertain any unkind feelings toward him. This reconciliation had so dramatic an effect that the whole audience on the floor and m the galleries began simultaneously to applaud by clapping of hands. Mr. Dromgoolo withdrew his proposi tion , and remarked that ho did not con sider it necessary to pursue Iho subject. Mr. Saundcrs thought it duo to tha house that an inquiry should bo made. The matter would go forth to the publio and would bo misrepresented. There should bo an authentic report of the matter - tor , if nothing else was done. Mr , Holmes , after some preliminary remarks on the disgraceful character of these disorders , said he felt It duo to his constituents and to country to offer a resolution , which ho sent to the chair. viz. : "That the Hon. John \Vliilo , of Kentucky , nnd the Hon. li. Killhbun , of New York , be expelled from Ihis house. " Mr. While did the same. It must be noticed that Mr. White called upon the reporters especially lo nolo his declara tion that the rash young man , Mr. Moore , was utterly unknown to him. Though Mr. Moore was said to bo a KentucKian - tucKian , he vowed that lie did not know him even by sight. The end of llie mailer was that all other propositions being rejected or with drawn , it was ordered that a committee of five bo appointed to inquire into and report upon the subject. Acts ol violence on the floor had often occurred , but this was the first instance of a stranger , nnd an armed man , in the affrays of the house , ou the floor and in full session. It wan an evil precedent , nnd the more so bccauso Iho offender was said to be a responsible and respetuc- bio man. AN INGENIOUS JAILBIRD. Three Smart Trloks Get Him Out of the WcHtmornlnncl County Jail. Grcensburg Argus : At an early hour last Friday morning John Itrown , who recently plead guilty to the charge of stealing a horse , made a most perilous and daring escape from thn jail "of this county , lirown by some means obtained possession of some wire , with whioh tie made a netting under nnd close to thn top of a ta'Jlo iu one of the corridors of the prison nnd into which ho crawled just prior to the locking of the cell doors. After the performance of this duty JailorRocd retired , but made his usual round auout midnight , when all seemed right. No sooner , however , had the jailer disappeared then lirown deccndcd from his place of concealment , and after wrenching from its fastening a long sec tion ol gas-pipe , ho climbed up on to one of the galleries distant , perhaps , twenty-live feet from the heavy gl-iss sky-light. First blinding the end of the pipe into thn form of a hook ho then punched a hole in the glass large onojigh lo admit of the passage uf his body. Then hooking the pipe on tliu trame work , ho ascended , hand over hand , to tlio aperture . Once hero the jilpn served him as a double purpose. I'ulling up the pipe ho again fastened thn hook ns before aud by its aiu ho descended the steep slate roof to tliu stone gutter at the edge. Ten feet distant stands a derrick used In boring n water well for the jail and just here the most perilous | a. t of the performance occurred , to accomplish which required u nerve of steel. Know ing that the crash of glass would certainly ho heard and that his hope of escape admitted of no delay , ho unhesitatingly sprang in thn darkness for the cross pieces on thn derrick , ono of which , for tunately for him , ho succeeded in grasp ing. Having once be on a sailor , tliu descent to terra lirma by the aid of the braco.s was an easy inaltor. Oncn down it was not difliciilt to elude those who had been attracted to the spot by the noisn made by the crashing of the glass. Had he missed his hold he could not have escaped instant death , ns the distance to the ground is about sixty feet. It is well known that thn grand jury has upon di lie rent occasions recommended tliu placing of a heavy wire screen under thn frame of tliu sxylight with a view of better security , but tlio commissioners have soon proper to uegjnut the perform ance of this simply duty and the above is the result. ' , A I'ru us I'D r. Yesterday the ticket stock record * of tliu Union Pacific , which herulofore have been kept in the olllcn of the general ticket agent , were transferred to thn of. lieu of Mr. Wing , tliu auditor of PIIHHUU- gur agents' accounts , whom thuv will rn- main , under the charge of Miss Y. A. Necdham. Black & AluCann Imvu just commenced the grading of South Tcnlli struct from the south line of Joseph Kcdlield's prop * crtv to the south line ot Tom Murray' * addition. Ten thousand cubic yards ot eurtu will bo removed. . - - * * * >