FHE OMAHA DAILY BE : WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 18 , 1838.
THE DAILY BEE.
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TKKKTI1 8THEET. _
COHHK.'roNOKNCE.
All communications relating to news nnd
editorial mutter should be addressed to tlio
lniToii : uniiK HIK. :
UU8I.NT.3S MOT-BUS.
All tiU'lnPM letters nn'.l rtjmlltnnces nhould bo
addressed to TIIU HKK rimt.iHiiiMi COMPANV ,
OMAHA. Imiftn , checks nnd poitxnico orders to
1)8 ) rnmlo paynblo to the order of tha company.
The Bee PnlilisliiDgSpany , Proprietors ,
15. KOSEWATKU. EMTOK.
TJIK 1JHE.
Sworn Ktnlcinent ofClrcnlntlon.
State of Nebraska , _
County of IXitiKlnot , I8'8'
( Iro. II. Tzxrlmuk , secretary of The lleo I'nli-
HcliInK company , iloeHHoli-iiiulj-hw cur that tlm
nptunl rlmilntlon of thn Dally lleo for the week
ciidliiL'Juii. HI , 1I--M , was 119 follows :
Hatunluy. Jan. 7 . - . . 1VH5
Sunday. .Inn. 8 . 1AIHK )
Monday , Jan. II . l.VHO
TuoMluy. Jan. in . 11.KM )
Wodnctilay. Jan. II . It. 'Ml
TtiurMluy. Juti. IS . I4 , ! W
1'rliliiy , Jan. U . 14.1WO
A ve rn BI- . . . 1 B. 0 1 7
a no. it. TZHCHUUK.
Sworn to and suuscribod In ! ny prencnco tills
lltli day of Jiuniury , A. . . IBM. N. P. r'KIU
Notary 1'ubllc.
Slntoof Nebraska , I. _
Comity of Doiif'lnss , ( " "
Oco. II. Tr-Mclim k. ln-lnjf llrst duly sworn , dp-
l > oesiiml xaj-H tlitit he IH cevrctni y of The Heo
ulillMlilntf company. Unit tlm actiml average
dully circulation of tnu Dully lleo for thn month
of .liiinmry , 1MJ7 , 16ii ! ! criples ; for February ,
1 > * 7 , Hni'oplcH ' ; for March , IM7 , 14,41X1 roples ;
for April , Ittt. 14ili : ( copies : for May , IWfl , 1V-W
copies ; for .lune , 1W , 11,147 copies ; for July ,
JM-7. H , < Id copies ; lor August. 1M-7 , 14,151 copies ;
for September , IW , 14.j : < ! i copies ; for October.
1K-7. H.SH ; for November. Itb7 , Jft.'ia ) copies ; for
December , Ib87 , 15,011 Copies.
OEO. 11. T/f CHUCK.
Kttorn nndHUbscrinedtoln my pref-eneo this
2d day of January , A. 1) . UN ) . N. V. FKIU
_ Notary 1'ubllc.
Til B only real CHtuto concern that is
deling a rushing business just now is tlio
board of education. *
GoVKUNOit IiKAVKUof Pennsylvania ,
courts notoriety by rushing into print
with tlio declaration that he is not a
pro.iklontiul candidate.
THK chief of police of Kansas City has
ordered the arrest of all susiciout ] >
looking pontons , and two-thirds of the
population dares not venture into the
Btreola.
TIIK Iowa legislature proposes to
grapple with the railroad regulation is
sue in dead earnest , and tlio rail
road lobby at Des Moinca will he kept
busy all winter.
fcr Mil. VILAS is the secretary of the in
r terior now. With Sparks out of the
way and Vilas at the head of the de
partment , the land grant barons and
land syndicates will have it all their
own way.
Till ! coroner of this county has gen
erously donated a chair to the Omaha
press club. Why didn't the genial
coroner present the club with a
wooden overcoat ? That would have
been more in his line than furniture.
THE Omaha board of trade is to be
congratulated upon the excellent choice
which its directors have made in the sc-
jbetion of President of the board. Mr.
P. E. Her , the new president , is a first-
class business man and an enterprising
citizen.
THE taxcatcrs are still increasing.
The board of education has just created
the oftico of keeper of the high school
grounds at $50 a month , and appointed
Hugh Mallon to the soft job. Now let
the council appoint a keeper of Joffor-
on square at $75 a inonth-
POSTMASTEU GENKUAL DON DICKIN
SON will doubtless bo the managing
politician of the administration. If his
success in running national democratic
politics is no bettor than he had , in
managing the affairs of his party in
Michigan the administration will not
find him u great acquisition.
ACCOUDINO to a Sioux City paper
there scorns to bo some dispute as to
whether Omaha is the btato of Ne
braska. Omaha has never olaimed to
bo the state of Nebraska , but it has al
ways paid one-tenth of the taxes andhaa
one-tenth of the population. On the
Other hand nobody has ever thought of
Sioux City except as the tail end ol
Iowa.
Till ! attorney general of Ohio has
recommended to the governor of that
state that tlio laws of incorporation bo
FO changed that combinations of capita ]
shall bo prohibited from limiting pro
duction , advancing prices and cutting
oft competition. This is just what ia
wanted. We arc anxiously waiting for
the attorney general of Ohio to show
how it ih to be done.
Cor.ONKt , PUKD Git ANT appears to bo
prudently shy of democratic favor. He
was offered the position of quarantine
commibsionor to succeed Platt , but do >
cllned , although the place would un
doubtedly bo very agreeable to him.
If the colonel believes ho has a politi
cal future , and very likely ho does , not
withstanding his rather dlnastrous defeat -
feat last fall , he cannot afford to allov
the enemy to u > o him , as evidently it i ;
disposed to do. There is some pretty
bharp political work being done in Nov
York just now , and the colonel will dc
wisely to keep aloof from it.
TIIK national board of trade will moo
in Washington to-day. A largo rep
rwscntation of boards throughout tin
country that are members of thoimttona
organization is oxiwctod , and much o
the time of the session will bo oceupiei
in the discussion of propositions , already
.submitted from a number of boards o
trade , relating to the surplus and revenue
onuo reduction. As a representativt
body of tlio business man of the country
the national board of tr.ido ought t <
exert a commanding influence , but i
has generally boon found that as muol
divorbity of views exibleu among it
members as in any other body of cqua
numbers , and the result has been lha
the deliberations ooiioluslons of tin
board have not counted for much
Tha present meeting may provo to hi
jf more importance. ' ' '
ThcCltjr AdvertlitlnR.
At ita meeting last wcek the council
rejected all bids for city printing , under
the prctensd that it could not toll who
was the lowest bidder , and the city clerk
was instructed to invite now proiKHtils
from certain designated papers. , This
order was ingeniously worded HO as to
exclude the bid of the BKK Publishing
company for the morning edition of the
daily liiii : . In order that councilmen -
men miiy not plead that they don't know
tlmC they have no right to make any
such order , wo quote the section of the
charter relative to city advertising :
Section IM. Tlio council tit the commence
ment of cnch ycnr , or as noon thereafter us
may bo , shall designate some dally news
paper , printed In the city us the nnlulal paper
of the city , In which shall bo printed all pun-
cral ordinances and nil notlcon or other pro
ceeding' ? required by law or ordinance to bo
published. Allpulillthinij nf the c.lly shall
tic let himmtnict tn the ltncc.it rcuiiutisllilc
bidder. And the newspaper which shall be
awarded the contract us theflowest responsi
ble bidder tor publishing all the mutters
hcrulnbuforo specified , shall bo the ono de
signed us the ofllelul paper of the city , pro
vided that said paper liall have at least a,000
circulation for six months lust preceding the
time of bid.
Now In the flrflt place the council has
taken no stops to ascertain the circula
tion of the papers mentioned in its
order , and in tlio next place it has no
right to exclude the bid from any re
sponsible newspaper which is known to
have more than 2,000 circulation during
the past six mouths. The council may
not be aware of the fact , but it is never
theless true , that the BKK'S associated
press franchibo Is for the morning edi
tion. The attempt to exclvdo that edi
tion from the competitive bids for city
advertising is a palpable violation of
the charter , which leaves the council no
option whatever to designate which
daily papers shall or shall' not bid , any
more than it has the option to say who
shall or shall not bid for street paving
or construction of public works.
It IN Explained.
Mr. Lamar has only to receive his
commission , which , if not already in his
hands , will doubtless not bo long de
layed , in order to take his placo'on the
bench of the supreme court of the United
States. Ho owes his confirmation to
two republican senators and a political
nondescript who was elected as a repub
lican , but who acts from time to time ,
according to his btato of inebriety , with
either party. Nothing different was to
nave been expected of Uiddleborger ,
who has no regard for political obliga
tions and no care for principle. But
what cau bo said in defonto of the course
of Senators Stanford and Stewart , and
[ iow does their action reflect upon
Lamar ?
The letter of Senator Stewart pub
lished last week , intended to justify his
determination to vote for Lamar , nnd
in which , as now appearsSenator Stan
ford concurred , did not dispose of the
objections to Lamar , or furnish the jus
tification for tfteir proposed action
w Inch these bonntors intended it to do.
It was unmistakably a most painstaking
effort to find r CUM ) us for a course which
it was propobed to take for quito other
reasons. Theeo are apparent enough
now.
now.The
The two republican senators who
voted to confirm Mr. Lamar are identi
fied with a great j-ailroad corporation
which is very likely some day to got
ioforo the supreme court , and the now
justice is not an ungrateful man. But
these shrewd and vigilant guardians of
the great corporation do not count
largely on mere gratitude , They re
quire something more tangible. Is it
not plain that they already have it in
part , at least , in the course of Lamar in
driving Sparks out of the land oflico and
dismissing Lo Barnes as the last act of
his administration V Could there bo
any stronger circumstantial evidence of
an understanding than is presented by
these facts ? Sparks and his most faith
ful assistant in the land ollleo ,
who was really the author
of the administration's land
policy and know moro about the fraudu
lent claims of the corporations than any
other man in the service of the govern
ment , wore agreed upon as sacrifices to
appease thc-corporaUons and secure the
two votes necessary to confirm Lamar.
Ho carried out his part of the compact ,
and now the corporation senators have
fulfilled theirs. It remains to bo seen
whether they arc now quits , or the now
justice of the supreme court has further
obligations resting upon him. In any
event the people will not fail to under
stand the motive of the men who are
responsible for his confirmation , and
this knowledge must greatly in
crease the popular dibtrust of Mr.
Lamar and tend to moro firmly estab
lish the opinion that he is a man wholly
unworthy to occupy the highest judicial
position in the nation.
Tlio War on 1'rustH.
There is a growing determination ,
which cannot bo too earnestly encour
aged and cultivated , to find what can be
done by way of legislation to suppress
that most formidable and dangerous
form of monopoly , the trust , nnd to give
the remedy prompt nnd effective opera'
tion. Measures have already been in
troduced iu congress looking to this end
there ia promise of the subject receiv
ing the early attention.of several of the
state legislatures now in session , ani
oven the Tammany society has throwr
its influence- into the scale agninst thu.sc
combinations , which it declares to bt
" pernicious in their effects , thingaroui
in their jw > wor , and oppressive on tin
people in their creation of monopolies.1
Out of these numerous efforts , whicl
will bo supplemented by others
it may reasonably be expected that i
practicable wny will bo found of prc
venting these combinations , the danger
of which to the public .inlorCi > td and t <
the material prosperity of the country
the people are beginning to clearly un
dorstand.
So long ns the trust method of mon
opoly was confined to two or three departments
partments of business there was no ver ;
general feeling of concern regarding it
The Standard oil and the cotton teet
oil trusts , for example , the progenitor
and models of all the existing combina
lions of this character , encountered n
serious hostility outside the ranks o
tliosfo who were- made the victims o
their avarice and power. The popu
Inr judgment condemned their
policy nnd course when brought
to attention , but there was 110
gen oral HOII O of an urgent necessity for
taking legislative cognizance of those
organizations. At best tlio popular
mind is slow to discover danger from
the growth of monopoly. The shrewd ,
nnd for the most part unscrupulous men
who enter combinations to plunder the
people proceed in their work insldu-
ously , and when their schemes are
safely launched there are not wanting
devices to keep them afloat and to de
lude the public. The early trusts ,
being Httlo watched by the great
public eye , wore enabled to carry out
their policy of absorbing or crushing
out competition almost without hin
drance , and they take the largest iul-
vuntagc-of their opportunity. If these
monsters of monopoly could have gone
on without breeding their kind it is
not unlikely that this system might
have had an indefinite career unchal
lenged. The example , however , was
too inviting to bo ignored , and there
are now more than a score of the prog
eny of the parent trusts , all brought
into existence within the last two years.
Thip rapid growth of a pernicious and
dangerous policy , directed in many
cases to the regulation of the product
and prices of the necessaries of life ,
aroused a public sentiment of hostility
that is now beginning to manifest itself
in a practical way in the halls of legis
lation. The people have come to under
stand that the question of self-preserva
tion i involved. If the trusts
are permitted , to continue and
multiply it will bo only a ques
tion of time when everything that the
people eat , drink , wear , or use in any way
will bo completely under the control of
those soulless combinations. Not only
this , but the progress of enterprise and
the prosperity that proceeds from an
unrestrained and vigorous competition
will receive a check damaging to the
enoral welfare. The demand that
something bo done to put an end to this
abnornal development in thu counnor-
ial system of the country is urgentand
will not bo denied.
The matter presents a new problem
which may not bo easily disposed of ,
but there are probably no difficulties in
the way that will bo found insurmount
able. The power of congress to interfere
with this form of rnonoply may be lim
ited , extending only so far as it may be
shown that their existence affects com
merce between the states , but whatever
congress may bo unable to do can cer
tainly be supplied by the slates. In this
there should be thorough and cordial
co-operation among the states , and in
deed there must bo to render a move
ment against the trusts effective. This
may not bo accomplished at once ,
though its ultimate attainment may be
regarded as certain , and meanwhile the
combination may bo expected to make
the best use of the time , as the sugar
and other trusts are now doing , to en
rich themselves by a deliberate robbery
of the people.
SOME years ago Buffalo Bill had him
self shot at in Council Bluffs by a man
who had a great deal of method in his
madness. The would-be midnight as-
Basin was sane enough to shoot wildly
in the air. Ho was promptly arrested
and the whole country was startled by
the Associated press reports of Buffalo
Bill's hairbreadth escape. The shoot
ing , arrest and release were
all a part of the wild western
play , and served its purpose of
advertising the famous showman.
The latest advertising dodge , and by
all odds the thinnest , is the arrest of
prominent editors on trumped-up
charges of libel. This was done the
other day by an actor who pretended to
takowffenso at Sam Small , whoso ser
mon was published in the Kansas City
Times. Among other random talk about
actors , Sam represented this particular
actor aqhavingpquealed after having lost
heavily in gambling in San Francisco.
It was preposterous to charge an editor
with criminal libel for publishing a ser
mon , but it was a part of the play.
Editor Mumford was arrested , and the
associated press of course advertised the
actor far and wide without any expense
to him. The case will never bo tried.
It has already served its object.
TAMMANY is not in full sympathy with
the president. At a mooting of the so
ciety a few days ago resolutions wore
adopted declaring that free trade is a
myth nnd boldly assailing civil sorvieo
reform by assorting that "wo believe in
the absolute , vigorous and untrammeled -
moled control of the pcoplo over every
department of the publio service. "
There is perhaps not quite as much wis
dom in the councils of Tammany at
present as there lias been in the past ,
but there is an evident disposition to
keep it on its traditional lines , and. this
would necessarily array it against civil
service reform. It is not apparent that
Mr. Cleveland is very solid with this
faction of his party.
JUST now the street commissioner has
little or nothing to do. The city i ;
paying him $1,800 a year. The chariot
doubtless contemplates that ho should
discharge other duties besides suporvin-
ing street repairs during the busy sea
son. Section 100 of the charter provides
that in addition to the duties herein
specified , namely , street repairs and
maintenance work of the city ' 'the strcel
commissioner shall do such other worli
ns may bo prescribed by ordinance or bj
the rules of the board of public works. '
It is with the board of publio works tc
designate what the street commisaionei
shall do during the winter months.
I'UOMINK.VT PKUHONS.
Hut us Hutch was once a locomotive en
plnror.
Ver the comx | > or , was oiico an organls
at a salary of fGOO a yeax- .
The cstaUi of the lute Governor liodwoll , o
Maine , Is vuhu'd ut tfOO.OOO.
Cornelius Yoiulerbllt Is strenuously oppoic <
to tlio Buloof lliiuora anywlioru near n rail
road station ,
Joseph Chamberlain says th.it his dutle
will detain him In Wellington for at least i
month longer.
Miss CoQy , HulTalQ Bill's clover daughter
has met with great social success In Munches
tcr , ICtigla'nd.
Barnum bos put his beautiful , residence
Wulilomcrc , In the uirrkotj and will probably
sell for 11,200,000.
Ignatius Donnelly is going to England In
JunotocopyrlshthU forthcoming hook ou
the famous cipher. " '
Congressman { 'elton , of California , is
worth $ WuOO,000 , and pays * IOO month for
npnrtmcnts In n Wuahlngton holcl.
Senator Ourmai has the reputation of beIng -
Ing the laziest inuli In congress. Ho puts In
his work us n politician nnd tnkcs his rest ns
a sonntor. , .
Of thu labor of condensing an nrtlclo , Sam
IJowlus once Hiilil , when nskcil for nn limno-
dlntocdltorluli " 1 can give you n long one ,
but I Imven't thno -nlght to write n short
one. "
UUmarck sent n Christinas greeting to
liobert Urownlng , by the young Kngllsh
painter Hlchmond , who Inn been doing the
great chancellor In oils to the great sutlsfuo-
lloti of nil interested. Ulsuiarek is un ad-
uiiror of Browning.
James A. Trotter , the MuHiuichusetts gen
tleman of color , who Is now recorder for the
District of Columbia Is making u small for
tune in Washington. Ho receives f l.GO for
every deed ho records und has sometimes
taken In f125 In n day.
There nro iilno surviving ex-governors of
Massachusetts , namely ; George M. limit-
well , Henry J. Gardner , Nathaniel K Hanks ,
William Clallln , William Guston , Alexander
H. Ulcc , Uenitniu ] : F. Hutler , John D. Long
and George D. Uobluson.
Little Josef Hofmnn , Is senslllvo to honuty
In all It forum. Ho has been much Impressed
by the haudsaino faces of the Baltimore
women. " 1 think I would like to live in Bal
timore , " ho nnlvcly remarked to his father
after n concert In thutcity attended by a large
number of the gentler sex.
Congressman Holman , "tho great objector , "
is sixty-six years of age and begins to look
time-worn , "His hair and scant whiskers
are grilled nnd lifeless , " says nn observer ,
"and his ilesh seems to ho drying up like
parchment , so that you expect to ho-ir it
cracking in his checks as ho opens his
mouth. "
R. A. Jones , a colored man , is editor of the
Cleveland Globe , u newspaper devoted to the
interests of the American negro. The Globe
has of late supported the Democratic party.
Mr. Jones wants to bo minister to Liberia ,
and fcols so snro of the appointment to that
position that ho is busily studying the geog
raphy of Africa.
Colic Is Costly.
At hint a Constitution.
In order to give n baby u dose of paregoric
n 200 per cent tux on the value of the dose
must be paid to the government.
New Field for Tenor Singers.
Pewia Trttnicrlpt.
The manager of an eastern railway line
1ms instructed his brakcmen to nn no unco tha
name of each station in "n clear tenor voice. "
The Uoynl Infant of America.
CMcngn Iltrald.
The infant king of Spain draws a salary of
MOCO,000 a year. A well-paid infant'cer
tainly , but not a "marker" to the iron infant
of Pennsylvania.
Hallrondfl In tbo United States.
Chicagn Inter Ocean ,
New York has dropped to the position of
the sixth state of tbcrunion in the number of
m lies of btr railroads. Illinois stands at thu
head , followed by Iowa , Kansas , Texas ,
Pennsylvania , Now York and Ohio. Kansas ,
with 41(0 ( moro miles pf railway than Now
York , is an object lessen worthy of study.
The Poet Laureate.
HIS ODE TO SULLIVAN.
.
Champion slugger from over the sea ,
Sullivan I
England Is prostrate in homage to thce.
Could it but add to the honors we pay ,
Gladly we all would be sluggers to-day ,
Sullivan !
Monarch of muscle 1 Thou great knocker out ,
Sullivan !
AH our fine feelings have gene up the spout.
Rushing and crushing , St. James' wo storm ,
Only to gaze ou thy wonderful form ,
Sullivan !
Shades of the "pugs" who adorn our great
pus' ,
Sullivan !
Welcome the blggist of fighters at last.
Kieh men and poor , of whatever degree ,
Join as one man iu their worship of thee ,
Sullivan 1
Royalty sullenly takes a back seat ,
Sullivan !
Heady nnd willing to fall at thy feet ,
Slugging is now the most popular style
Hero in this right little , tight little isle ,
Sullivan !
Wonderful man from a wonderful land ,
Sullivan !
Guineas in plenty shall fill thy big hand ;
That is the praise that will plenso thee , no
doubt ,
Take them , and keep them , and knock us nil
out ,
Sullivan !
STATE AND TKUUITOIIY.
jN'cbrankn Jottings.
Otoo county's debt amounts to $000,000 ,
or about WO a head.
The tale of the blizzard is being twisted
at a vigorous rate to keep up the circu
lation.
A reward of $1,200 for a fire-bug is
still running loose in Loup City. So is
the fire-bug.
The ice men are laying tip a superb
stock of winter goods for summer wear ,
Their bills never bug at the knee.
Plattsmouth is planning great things
for the coining summer .season. Main
street is to bo paved and sewers built as
a starter and an electric plant will
follow.
The lyceum of Deadmnn Valley as
sembled in limited numbers last week
to discuss , "Whither Are Wo Drifting1'
The blizzard took the nlllrmativo and
soyera of the disputants arc still
missing.
The news comes from Norfolk' that
"Mr. U. P. Wind has been refused a sa
loon license in Omaha. It is rumored
that ho will hereafter figure promi
nently in the editorial columns of the
Omaha Kopublicau. "
Dawoa county jxipors have scooped
the country with to ) | startling and in-
trresting news that the Chicago anarch
ists have attempted suicide. Evi
dently the climate nnd government of
the inferno does not agree with their
soul-laden notions , "of liberty. They
want the entire bakery or nothing.
Possibly a wltiff of the bliz/ard might
cool their ardor.
During December the Chadron land
oflico rocoioved 77 cash entries em-
braelng 11 , 10' ' ) . 32 acres ; 01 pre-emption
filings , covering lU.iMO acres ; 6 sol
dier's homestead declarations , covering
800 acres ; 87 original homestead entries -
trios , embracing lU/-0.82 / acres ; 2 final
homestead entries , embracing 181.1)4 )
acres ; JiO original timber-culture en
tries , embracing 6,73tf.uG acres. Cash
received during the month , $15,015.87.
Ono hundred and povonty-oiio contests
wore examined and decided.
Colorado.
Trinidad expects a rolling mill and
coke oven this year.
Lcudvillo's total output of mineral is
sot down at $13 1,000,01)0. )
The total valuation of state property
for tax purposes is Jl-llilli'J9 : : , un in-
cren.su of SlIO.OOO.OO'J ' ever 1660.
The htalo delegation to rongronS has
succeeded in preventing tlio abolition o !
the branch oflico of the geological sur.i
v.oy , located in Denver.
Mr. W. O. Sterling n few weoka ngo
while in Norfolk park shot nnd killed a
golden cnglo that measured , seven foot
tuld seven inches from tip to tip. The
jlrd is believed to bo llftyyonra old.
Boomer Perky , the colorlo colonel
ivho threatened to gird Lincoln with a
mbtiiit street railway , build car shops ,
and turn day into night with the smoke
clouds of industry , is doing Denver with
similar inflated echomca. A liberal
bonus is necessary to hush him.
Montana.
Butte Is negotiating for waterworks to
cnst 8200,000.
The Methodists nro agitating the
| ) rojcot of establishing n $ 200,000 college
to develop Into a university , at Helena.
The Granite Mountain's output for the
lust week in the year was 611,570.17
ounuuii of line silver and S0.48 ounces of
gold.Before
Before spring the coal mines at Ttm-
borliile will bo producing 11,000 tons of
coal per month and give employment to
L'oO men.
The dividends of cloven incorporated
mines in Montana during the voar 1887
tiggre'gatcd $ : ! , ii : , ' ! , ( > 78. No other terri
tory or sluto in the union can present
Btich a record.
A FINK SHOWING.
Mnrto Ily tlio Itaiiroiid liiiildiMg Firm
of Kilpatrlck Jlrot * . & Collins.
Beatrice Express : The Express is in
debted to Messrs. Kilpatrlck Hros. &
Collins , railroad contractors of this city ,
for a Bummarizod statement of the work
< loue by them in the year 1887. It is a
most remarkable statement ud places
the firm at the head of the list of rail
road contractors in the west. The mag
nitude of the work done by them can
scarcely bo imagined from reading a
bare statement of figures such as wo
hero produce. Briefly stated , the num
ber of miles constructed and the compa
nies letting the contractsaro , as follows :
For the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy
railroad company , from Curtis , Neb. , to
Cheyenne , Wyo. , grading , bridging and
track laying.inaiu line and sidoings,289 ,
miles.
l < 'or the St. Joseph & Grand Island
railroad company , from south line of
York county , Nob. , to Strotnsburg ,
Nob. , and from Powell to McCool Junc
tion , Neb. , grading , bridging andfenc
ing main line , etc. , 90 miles.
From the Union Pacific railway com
pany , work in Wyoming , Colorado and
Kansas , 09 miles.
Fo'1 ' the Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska
railway company , work in Nebraska
and Kansas , 00 miles.
For the Missouri Pacific railway com
pany , Gypsum City and Marquette line ,
grading , bridging , tracklaying , fencing
and construction of station buildings ,
32 miles.
Making a grand total of 539 miles of
construction work done by this ono firm
during the year.
It will bo observed that this firm does
not confine ils work solely to the con
struction of the road bed and trackluy-
ing , but undertakes and has carried to
u successful end , all manner of building
included in the opening up of a new
line of road.
Tlio number of teams omoloycd in this
work was not less than 6,000 to 6,000 ,
and an army of mon of like proportions
were engaged. The work was in pro
gress at the various points in the differ
ent states and territories , at ono time ,
and to successfully handle the large con
struction force required a generalship
quite equal to that of marshalling a sec
tion of the regular army.
This work involved the enormous ex
penditure of $2,250,000 , and the clerical
work involved in auditing accounts ,
etc. , has evidently boon in competent
hands.
The foregoing statement is certainly
a remarkable ono in many ways and
shows what a hand this firm has been
taking in the railroad building of the
west.
Drivers Come to Blows.
Yesterday as J. Withrow , ono of the driv
ers on the Farnom and Twenty-ninth street
car line , was turning the corner of Twenty-
fourth street , ho discovered Chris Jensen
with a wagon across the track. As ho was
on the down grade , and a steep ono at that ,
ho found some trouble in trying to stop the
car. Ho yelled to Jensen to get out of the
way , and was answered with oaths. Some
lively swear words were exchanged , when
Jensen jumped off of his wairon and ran to
wards the cur with a club. Withrow stood
waiting for him , and the minute Jensen got
within reach the driver struck him a stinging
blow in the face with his whip that raised a
long and uncanny welt , Jensen changed his
mind about , assaulting the driver , and driv
ing furiously up town ho swore out a war-
runt against him. Withrow was arrested
and on arraignment was given a continu
ance until this morning at 10 u. in. All the
persons * on board the car justified the action
of the driver toward his foul-mouthed ,
would-bo assailant.
ItesUtod tlio Police.
Martin Moriarty , Frank MeGovorn and
Mike Meuny , the ox-street commissioner ,
were arrested yesterday afternoon on the
charge of interfering with and resisting an
ofilcer. On Sunday night McGovcrn and
Jack Qulnlan had a light on South Thirteenth
street. Officers Kissano nnd Hinchy at
tempted to arrest the boligerents whan a
number of their friends interfered und suc
ceeded in liberating McGovcrn. The affair
was u disgraceful ono and caused a great
deal of oxcitcniedt , the molco being wit
nessed by fully 'JOO persons. The trial of the
parties arrested was llxed at 11 a. m. Friday.
Tom liynn , another of the gang , Is still ut
largo , having thus far skillfully eluded the
officers. _
Articles of Incorporation.
The A. D , Clarke Place Concentration
company filed articles of Incorporation with
the county clerk yesterday. The incorporators -
tors tire A. D. Clarke , C , F. Goodman and S.
T. Jossclyn , and the capital stoek is limited
toJIOO.OOO. Tlio object of the company is
the construction and erection , operating or
leasing of the concentrators for the purjioso
of saving llo.it und Hour gold , tlie leasing ,
purchasing anil selling of mineral lands or
claims und other business appertaining
thereto.
Yesterday the Omaha Coal , Storapo and
Warehouse company Hied articlesof Incorpor
ation , with Joseph 1) . Her , Ernst Hull ,
Edward W. Pitkin , Augustus F. Broseho
und Louis Sehrocdor Ineorporators. Thu
authorized capital stock is $100OUO.
Kcllett After
Young Juuk Kollott has declared himself.
He says Jimmy Lind.-tay is masquerading un
der a title the champion middle weight of
the state to which ho has not the shadow of
a claim. Ho further says , and this can be
considered as his challenge , that Jhnmlo
must either meet him in a contest of a limited
number of rounds , a light to a finish , or sur
render the Hichurd 1C. Fox medal to its origi
nal custodian the Omaha Chronicle.
A Question Answered.
A party , evidently a lady who lgn her
self "N. C. " wrltos the HKB to ascertain what
the price of cranberries is and where they
can be obtained. Tlio former may bo leained
by glutting at the produce market irportund
thu latter by ronsulting the "ud " of thu
many commission men who will doubtless bo
glad to furnish any information.
A Little Illnze.
A bale of hay near the earner of Seven
teenth anil St. Mary's avenue caught tire
from hoinu unknown cause last evening nnd
caused an alarm of fire. The chemical
quickly roHponded and the flumes were
quenched without uuy further duuia v.
COUNCILMANIOCIIOOKKDNKSS.
Ono of South Onmlia'H City Fathers
In n Tight IMnun.
Once more the South Omulm Hty council
met In secret session and last night It win to
hear the charges of bribery preferred against
Councilman bocscher by Councilman Kaf-
ferty. All the members were present except
ing Councilman Geary , who was absent
through Illness , nnd Councilman Whlttlesey ,
who was detained by business. Councilman
Smith took the chair , and shortly after 8
o'clock the testimony was tnheii , Jerry Uoo
was first sworn , nnd said that , hearing
l.oescher wished to see him , ho wont to his
saloon nnd was Introduced to him by Patsy
Itcurdon. It was about election time and
after a drink or two bo went Into Loeseber's
Rilling room , and was told by him that he
was lighting both railway ronrnnnlcH , but
thai there was money In it , that ho hud been
paid fflO , and that bo had told "Johnny"
Burke where to go nnd get . ' ( > nnd lie had
got It. Kx-Murshal Ulcu stated that one )
tlino Loesehor had asked him to see that the
street in front of his property was filled up ,
that it would cost him ( Uico ) nothing , as he
( Loesehor ) hud received W5or $50 from thu
election anil some more from "some d n fool
who didn't know enough to take It. " Mayor
Savage repeated a conversation ho had over
heard ut the close of a recent council meet
ing , In which Looschcr admitted
that a mau named ViinKuren hud
loft fWi In lik pocket and said It was
wiiut ho "owed him , " nnd also that
ono Have Anderson bad offered him $1OHO
stock of tlio South Omaha Street railroad as
soon us thu votes were counted and the re
quired franchise grunted.
Councilman Glasgow gave practically the
same evidence , anil Councilman Itafforly
told the circumstnuccs that had led him to
prefer the charges , after which Mayor Savage
ago suggested that Councilman Locscher
should leave the room.
Before doing so , Councilman Loescher
asked for lime U > consider whether ho should
resign or not. He did not want to bo branded
as a thief , und did not want to resign until
the charges were disproved. When lie left ,
the remaining members of the council in
dulged in u general conversation , in which It
was intimated that more than one city
olllcl.il would liuvo to perform their duties In
a more business-like way or a change would
bo made. Kesuming the subject they wcro
called uixm to discuss , they each gave their
opinion and at the close It was moved that
"this committee of the whole , appointed to
hear the charges preferred by Councilman
Kufferty against Councilman Loesebcr , do ,
from his own admissions and other testi
mony , consider them fully sustained , and
that we recommend the council to grant him
until next meeting ( January 80) ) to disprove
the sumo or hand in his resignation. " The
commit ! c then rose anil adjourned.
Officer Kaworth Dismissed.
The flro and police commissioners held n
mooting last evening in the oflico of
the chief of police. The first
thing considered was the case of
Ofliecr George Raworth recently suspended
from the polioo force on the charge of lar
ceny. Yesterday Kaworth was tried before
_ the police court and his case was Riven a
'thorough examination , which resulted In the.
dismissal of ttio charge against him. De
spite this the commissioners decided to dis
miss him on general principles , the chief
being decidedly displeased with Ilaworth's
services ns an officer.
The special order of business for the even
ing was the personal examination of candid
ates for positions In the ttro department.
There were upwards of thirty applicants ,
but only six wcro chosen. The fortunate
ones were Ed Galllgan , Jumofl McNumuru ,
George H. Cragor , David H. Doyle , liobort
McKlttrick and Joseph White.
Other business of minor importance was
transacted nnd a general discussion of matters -
tors pertaining to the iK > lco ! forco. There
are already under consideration a number of
applications for positions on the force after
the proposed Increase In numbers.
On Her Birthday.
Thursday evening as Miss Anna Sweeney ,
bookkeeper for S. Daugberty & Co. , was re
turning to her home on Thirty-fourth , and
Davenport streets , she was overcome with
cold. On Farnam street a gentleman who
was a short distance from her noticed the
girl to be suffering with cold and on coming
closer found lutr to bo unconscious and
speechless. Ho convoyed her to the resi
dence of Mr. Valentine , where upon examina
tion the young lady was found in a seemingly
hopeless condition. The earnest efforts of
those present revived her and the young lady
is now as well as ovor. An u curious inci
dent it may be mentioned that Thursday was
Miss Sweeney's ' birthday , and it is needless
to state that sbo fully appreciates the kind
assistance of the gentleman who befriended
her. Saturday evening last Mim Sweeney
entertained a number of her friends ut her
lifline , who had called to congratulate her on
her sppcedy recovery.
Iniwrejr Was Not Thore.
Councilman Lowrey yesterday stated to a
BEB reporter that he had been grossly mal
igned In the noticcsjwhlch told of his begin
among the noisy anddruuko occupants of room
twenty-four in tbo Ogden house , Council
BlulTs , the night of thu great blu/urd. Ho
claims lliat he was not in the room referred
to , that bo was not drunk , and that ho was
in no way mixed up with the digraeeful
The Board of Chnritlcs.
The Omaha board of charities and correc
tions met at the board of trade rooms yes
terday afternoon and conferred with Chair
man O'KeefTe , of the county commissioners ,
County Agent Mahono.v and representatives
of the various charitable organizations of the
city. A committee was appointed to solicit
funds for the board , the objects and chur.io-
tor of which was thoroughly und sulisfactor-
Hy discussed.
Personal Parngrnphfi.
John Bennison , ono of tha Bcnnison Bros. ,
and manager of their Creston , Iowa , brunch
dry goods house , is iu tlio city.
Mike Maul , of Drexel & Maul , after a
severe illness of nearly six weeks , was ublo
to coma down to the store yesterday.
Mr. A. It. Keclcy , representing tlio Uocky
Mountain Colt , a journal devoted to the in
terests of the Irish people , is in the city.
At tbo Hotel Barker : E. D. Bennett , Chl-
rage : F. Kroff. Schuyler ; O. E. Mitchell ,
Cedur flupids , hi. ; ( J. B Reynolds. Friend ,
and Dr. G. H. Peebles , David City.
Mr. G. T. narrower , representing Marshall
Field & Co. , of Chicago , is in the city. Mr.
narrower has many friends in Omaha und is
one of the best salesmen on the oad.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hadra and. son , of"
Nebraska City , nro visiting Mrs. Hudru'H
parents , Mr. und Mrs. E. Seligsohn , ut r > 10
South Twenty-second street. They remain u
week.
No Moro of the Hall Hope.
The boll rope running from end lo
end of the passenger train and attached
to an alarm boll in the locomotive cab
has been superseded by an automatic
train air signal on the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh road. The now signal is a
\Vchlinghouso piitonl , and consists of
the following : On the locomotive , a re
ducing valve in the main roriorvoir.with
nn auxiliary reservoir , with diaphragm
valve attached , while in the co-b , di
rectly in front of the boiler , is a smull
whisllo. The cars are fitted up with a
signal valve , to which is attached a
cord extending through the car and
made fast at ciuih end , and the cars are
not coupled with the cords. The con
nection hot won the engine and curs in
made through a line of pipe- and coup
lings running parallel with two bruku-
pipe , but nearer thu center line of the
car ami lower down. The couplings are
united and separated In the same man
ner ns the air-brake couplings. The
new signal is a great improvement ever
the old. The conductor has the train
at his entire command. Should a train
break in two wlulo running tliero is no
dangerous bell rope to Mush right and
left Ihrough tlio car. Should ihe coup
ling become loose or the air connections
imperfect the engineer is warned by a
continuous blowing of thu whistle.
There are said to be but four hor-sos
in Alaska three at Suneau and ono at
Sitka.
YOUNG GIANT ALLIANCE ,
The Oomliiff Metropolitan Town of
Northwestern Nobrnska.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY'S FUTURE.
Opening of New and Moit Important
Dlvlnlon and Junction of the
Great It. & M. llouto nnd
ItH 1'roHpcctfl.
Alliance.
February 2"i of this now your will mark nn
liii | > ortuiit chapter in the history of Box Butte
county , ns Indeed of the entire northwest of
Nebraska. The boundaries of Box liutta
eneompasi one of the linndnoiiicit tables of
rich nnd arable lands to be found within the
fertile limits of Nebraska , and the county Is
already settled by nil Intelligent and ener
getic population.
Within the next thirty days the II. & M.
rtillroud In Nebraska will have Its Iron laid to
sectJon ! < 0 in township 'Jfi north , of ritngo 48
west , In Box Hutto county , Nebraska , and ,
nttho date mimed above , February U5 , tlio
Lincoln I.nnd company will have surveyed
nnd platted , ready for sale and occupancy , thu
town of Alliance , located upon the land above
described.
At this ( Hjliit Is formed the junction of the
B. & M. now surveyed , ono extending west
on the Snake river into Wyomlrtg , und the
other running northwest through the town of
Hemlngford.
This conveyance oi > ens Into Nebraska at
this point , the immense trade which must
eventually bo bundled on these Unas.
Wyoming , Montana und western Dukotu ,
from their mountains will yield such supply
of minerals , coal , oil and building Mono us
will creuto a new source for those great rul
ing features of trudo for tbo western und
middle stntcs , while tno Powder , Yellow
stone. While , Niobrara nnd Siinko rivers ,
from their fertile valleys , will send forward
their great yield of live stock und agricul
tural products , nil of which , from the country
tributary to the > uw lines will center the
world's markets through the Alliance. Even
a cursory examination of a map showing tlio
geography of this new and undeveloped ter
ritory , will give a clear idea of the favorable
renditions attached to this location as a fu
ture jobbing , distributing and even manufac
turing point.
The northwest must have n commanding
point for trade and its distribution , and cer
tainly , the very basis for u city of this char-
ueter cixista with this now nnd well chosen
location , which , together with its superior
railroad facilities and conditions promises
fairly for that center.
A largo area of agricultural land between
the Niobrara and Snake rivers secures n cer
tain and reliable local trade of the best char
acter , so that there would seem hero , in nil
respects , to bo the fairest opening for energy
and capital uow offering for tlio investor and
trader seeking the best chance.
Division and junction facilities will at once
be established at tins point , and regular
trains will bo running between Omaha nnd
Lincoln and Alliance by the S5th of Fob
ruary.
The site , the prospects suggested in this
outline of thu future of the country re
ferred to , nro not frequently offcreit to | > coplo
who desire to make n homo or lay the foun
dation for a future success. On the contrary ,
in the majority of instances , the most that n
offered is a barren country , devoid of natural
advances nnd wanting above till things in a
railroad , without which the development of
the section would bo slow , tedious and un
profitable. But such is not the condition of
the country referred to. It is blessed with
nil the gifts of heaven nnd supplied with all
the advantages which enter into the building
up of a new community. It yet holds for
tunes for the energetic ) nnd Industrious set
tler as well ns inducements for the capitalist
which can scarcely bo experienced elscwhoro.
This is the greatest of the few opportunities
remaining in this state , and wise people will
not bo slow to avail themselves of U.
The Platt Vacancy.
Nr.w YOIIK , Jan. 17. H Is announced that
Governor Hill offered Colonel Fred Grant
the nomination of quarantine commissioner
in pluco of T. C. Platt , but Colonel Grant re
fused.
VITIATED BLOOD
Scrofulous , Inherited and Contagious
Humors Cured by Cnlicnru.
Through the medium of ono of your books , re
ceived through Mr. Frank T. Wrny , druggist ,
Apollo , 1'a. . 1 became acquainted with your CM-
TieuKA KKMIMUKH. and take this opportunity to
testlfv to you that their nsn 1ms permanently
curud me of ono of thu worst ( ii.-i-H of Wood
holVHilng. In connection with erysipelas , that 1
nuvo evt-r .seen , ami Ihlh alter having been pro.
pounced Incurable by homo ot the best pUyhl-
clms : In our county. 1 take great pleasure Iu
forvunllug to you this tt'Ktlmonlttl , unsolicited
us it Is by you. In order tliut others sutrerlni ;
from Klmllar nmludles muy bu ourotiriiBcil to
clvo your CUTICIIIIA KKMKIIIKS u trlnl.
1' . 8 WIIITUNUliK , J. < MH-lihtirgI > a.
Jtofcroiu-e : J-'IIANK T. WUAV , ,
Apolln , I'a.
SCHOI-'UI.OUH UI/CKUS.
James 1C. ItlchnnKon , Custom House , Now
Orleans , on onth s-ays : "In IWli Scrofulous in.
rers broke out on my linily until I wits it inni"j
of roriuntlon. liver } thlmrkiumu to tlio nieill-
cal faculty was trleil In vnln. 1 bccumi ; a meiu
wreck. At times could not lift my liinms to my
head , could not turn In bed : wa.i In con
stant p.tln , and looked upon life as a turue.
No relief or burr In ten year * . In l i 1 lu'iirtlnf
thn rimccHA UrMKint > , usedt hem , mid wni
perfectly cured. "
Bworu to bufoi'i ) U. S , Com. J. D. CitAwronu.
OMK OF THK WOltST CASKS.
Wo Imvebeen celling your CUTIOWIA HEMK-
DI KH for years , iind luivo tbo I ! rut complaint yet
to receive from n purrhiisor. One ot tlm orht
iascsf Pciofnla 1 ever HKW was uuroil by tlm
use of live bt > tte ! nf Cuiiouiu lir.s ( > iv > : vr ,
rimctw \ . ami CUTICIIIIA HOAI- . The Soup takes
tlio "cake'1 heiu as n medicinal soap.
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CuTieitiiA HKMi.vi.NT internally , \vliou nil olln-r
medicines full.
Hold everywhere. 1'rlro , Cirrinm \ , r/Oc : POAI- .
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l'ljKS , bluck-liciuls , chapped and oily hkln
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