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VOX OMAHA DAILY BB&Df MONDAY * MAJtOH 12 , * 188a THE BAJLT BEE , ronijiaiiED EYBIUT MOBNING. TKUM8 OF SUnSCntPTION. Dnlltr ( Morolnjj Edition } Including Bdndny . JIIB. One Veac . . . MO CO For Six Months . . . . . . . . coo ftorTtirw Month * . . . . . . . 3 H ) The OmnhftBundny nitis , mailed to my art- rtrcsi , One Year , . , , . . . . . . . . , . . . . 200 OMAHA Urrioie , Nos.OHAnnJilfl PAn * AM STUKKT. NrwTonK.OnriCB.HOOM 14 AHJi15TlllliUNe WAPIIIMOTQN OrFICB , .NO. 619 . Ml communication * relating to news and cdP torial matter sliouia be hOdressod to the HMTOB ° * T"B ' BKB'nU9INKSS I.RTrKHS. , , All Inwlnesn letters and remittances should ue addressed to TUB I K rirnunrtum foni-Anr. OMAHA. Drafts. checks and postofflce onlers to \ > n made paynble to the order of tlio company. Tim BOB PnlsWiiiliipy. Proprietors E. ROSEWATER , Editor. TUK DAlJjY 1H81S. Sworn Statement ofClrculatlon. Blnte of Nebraska , . I.B County ofPouglasS. f , Geo. 11.Tischuck. secretary of Th ? Deft Pub- IWiinp conlimny , does solFiniily swear that the ncumlclrculatlon Of the Uallr lleo for the week enrtlna March 0. irea. wns ns follows. Saturday. March 3. . . , . ' < 1B,700 Bunrtnr. Varch * " . ' . ' " S'S ' Monday. March 6. . . . . . . , A IWJO Tijcsdny , Mnrch 0. . , . W-30 WpdiHsdajMarch T..I ' " OlmrHdiiy. Mch. 8 , . , . 10.2W Vrlday , Mch. 0. . , , . . . . . . . . . , . . . .19.420 AvernRe , . , .18.867 * . -oito.'i'.TzscHiH'K. Sworn to and subscribed In my presnnee this 10th Oay of March , A. D ; . 18S8. N. I > . VK1I * Notary Public , Btato of Nebraska , I , County of Douglass , rB < s ; . . aea.U.T schuckbelt\5flWt \ duly sworn , deposes - poses and says , that ho Is. secretary of Tlio lice .Publishing company , that the actual aVeniKo dalh'circulation of Inn Daily lice for the month of March. 1887. 14,400 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14i810 copies ; tor May. 1887 , 14,227 coplcRt lot Jund , 1B87 , 14.1iT copies ; * for July < 1KOT , If.Cra copies : fof Aurast. 1(87 ( , 14JM copies ; for BepUtmliBr , IS87 , 14.319 copies ) for October , 1887 ; 11,183 ; for November , JfW , 15,238 copies ; -for Oeceml > 6 v 1887 , 15.W1 copies ; ' .for January , VSf , 16,300 copies ; 'for 'IVbruary. 1888 , u , a cop R ; . . fWvorn anil subscribed to In inyjpresentM tills Sd day of. robruary , A. , J8ii3. If. P. FKIL. Notary Public. . . . TlUS boat way to advertise Omnha Is to ' rid the city of tax-enters , redu.ce Utxos , and.fo.stai' enterprises , that 'will give workingmo'u steady.employment. ON.-gpod'authority'of-- ff seconds , Jho hair" pulllug matchhotwcnJii "tho ' two feinnlo clerks 'iu. the interior de partment at Washington has boon do- clarcd'iv "draw.1 . . ' * ' . ' ' .JUDOK DUNDY is a very handy man , . tor'iho.rallroajls' . fjf thn .railroad , iqan- ngors'ghould'ask-h'nj t onjoin' dogi .from bAi-kinctftt S passing-locomotive ho , t would grant a rcstraining-ordor : . . ' Tilfi wpstorn roada are' going back. to . ' the old schedule ratou within twb wholes * . . Perhaps .that .telegram , to. the inter ; " . .statd tfommiflstoo nskitfg if-to .postpone' -Indoflniteiy.tta visit.to Qinfthai ought to bcf.t'oonllod. . - . : . . * . ' Wrfn Morocco mattrealng'Anjorica.n { oltizona 'gobbling 'up.'Von < , England . . - ,6 < suoji ; Canadar-dissatisfied vrlth the ' flshorjos'.treaty and.'ibun Jj..Sali'vfta { /irrcstodin Fraiicff , " the nayy.'d'pp'arl- ' ' t'ought-td bqijoliaJtinff up U for actloji. * ' . . ' -IN'.view 'of'theKilrain-Smith'fiasco and the rofiont .Sulliran-MltcJltell hippodrome - " . ' ' " drome , congress aud'parliatnont should , - * immediately. appoint < au intorilationnl jprizo-ving oommission to put' slugging as is slugging on'ite'feot again. Lot the'Knf'cry be , ' "To drriws in succes * * siouis too much. " " . SiitfATOil SniatrfN objects 'to hold- In the domocratic. slate convention in Omaha on account of .the quality of its water. In behalf of our do'mocratio friends we assure Mr. Sh.orv.ln that "no - Water will DO drnnk by any good demo crat \yhon the convention takes place. any numbci-of ussoolotions . ' tn Omuba Jormodottho'ostonsiblo pur pose of advortfsmg the city. But-iipto the present time the o'nly Way noVv mor- : ' -cantllo on3 manufactirritlg institutions ' have been invited td the city has been / fey' aase'ssing mombet's for initiation 'lees. , . A &A11OB quantity of rolton brlclc , it ' is clalnioil , has boon used in coniiruct- iup the lower end of'the Jones stioot . . Bowor. If a thorough inspection of ether public works through tho- city Avoro . ' toa'do , no end of. rotten work would , bo ' found foe which tlio taxpayers paid the full value of good work. JUDOK DujtDY's bull against tlio comet haa had some effect at last. A ar load of whisky that had boon stand"- ing } n the Union Pncijio yards , at Lin- t. Coin for several days'has boon switched by iho rebellious engine man tuitl forwarded - warded to points whoro'tho armed mor- conariea recently imported into Ne braska by the Burlington need brac ing up. t GOVKHNOH LAUIIAIUK of lown , exhibited - itod a commendable solicitude- for the interests of , the people of that'stato , \vhlchhavo8utTored eoilous injury in consequence of the Burlington strike , in presenting the situation to the atten tion of the president of 'tho' Burlington road and appealing to him to make . every possible ollort to como IQ an un derstanding with the strikers. This appeal of the governor , and his .sugges tion that recourse bo had to arbitration ' unices a sotlleinont is soon ronohod in eotno ether way , Ought to have eomo in- 'fluonco upon th'o Burlington oflloiuls , but it cannot bo 'regarded as .certain that'll.will have , The splr.itthat has thus fur obviously dominated the ooureu of these olllctals has plainly tfhown'that they have no thought of the publlc-ln'- torobts and no care for the obligii'tiqna of the corporation as a ommon' < currioY. It IB hardly to bo oxpcetod , therefore , that the representations and the appeal of the govornof will have any effect to change or modify thitf spirit , an.d that iu order to carry oat the oVldorit design of crushing the. brotherhood thubo otll- oiaU are | ) repared to continue iiuloll- "uitoly the injury their policy is Inlllct- ing upon the people of the states through which the Burlington system passes. It is singular that these mana gers do not sqo that tholr course is strengthening tlio popular conviction that the railroads must bo subjected to larger control and regulation than IE provided by existing laws , and that they are furnishing the needed arguments to hasten this consummation. ThojjNrllngton striko.lsdlr cllng pub lic ntjrcntton moro earnestly thnn tovor bbloto to the necessity of some general triotbpd or regulation that shall protect UicfpubUo 'rom iho Injury ot railroad strikes , and particularly from the dan ger of a widespread conflict that would pnrnlyzo the commerce of the whole country. TholJRfihasalreadyoxprcssod the opinion that legislation to accom plish this , oparating as a restraint upon both the corporations and tholr cm- ployos , must be had sooner or Interand wo find this view to bo widely enter tained. The Chicago 'Mbuni rotors to the matter as , follows : Something must bo done to protect the public frdm the Injury Indicted by railroad strike * and blockades. A method to comiicl the arbitration and peaceful settlement of dinicultlcs between the railroads and their % cmployca has become a public necessity. The subject ls < aurroundcd with great dlfllculty , nlncc it is altogether out of the question to .require men to continue at Work ngainstithbir will or to prevent them front leaving tU ir employment. In & body If thoyncoflt , al though n blockndo of commerce would Inevit ably follow. Perhaps the boat suggestion yet made ia that the government should license railroad , employes and retain uo\ror \ to revoke licenses whenever an attempt i $ made to blockade a public railroad" highway as o mcnna to" enforce- compliance with personal demands. ' Under such a system the govcrn.mont could provide thp means to aottlo all grievances by arbitration , and If employes refused to abide by such dc > terminations Ihev could only bo regarded as resigning their situations with a view to scok some employment not affected with a public' Interest and not subject to the re quirements of a government license. .AH governments .have such ralesHad rcsula- tldns regarding persons bmployod. in , navigiy tion ' , and there is no.rcadou why gqunl om- , too'l should jiot bo exorcised over transiwrto- tloh [ by.rail. ' ( Jnftt persona' should be , ox : ' clud'bd'fEom tlio.BCTvkD , promp't rcdresa pio- vldcd for'grievancesnod'the. llcenaed. oin- ploj-c hold to the exorcise-of tho.lldo\lty \ the public wojfuro demands : ' \Viiut better plan can be suggested } . . . Tlioro. can bo no question that con gres& has-amplo po'wov to dnaot laws de fining'tho-duties of public carriers' to their p'stj-ons hnd dsta'b.llsliirig'.Qonili' . lion's for the gOTornmaivt'of .all pors6i)9 ) indispensable to thd'nicioTit . pdrform- cinco of tlio functions 'of .public barriers. Thp jiQwor/and duty of congress to con- , tr'dl tho' operation of publip-carriers is. omhodled iu tho. 'provision oftlie con stitution . .wjiiqh vests it 'witli author ity 'to regulate , oomnlorco.botjvopn the ; s | teS'asi-\yol } & 3 ttpvUuyiii611 ! itialtofi ' .it the duty ofcongress. , to. 'provide. .f6r the gonorul welfare. ' But boforo' . the national' lo'gislalul'o aUempts'to .deal .with this prdblem/lt fldu'sftdofiniQ tho'ro- Jatjons bot\v60n ' th6 chattoi ea public highways known' As'failroadftaud'tlld ' publican whoso'soryioo theynro. . opo- rattidt' ' It 'must , clear awojtljo rubbish which ha ? bean heaped iipby railway iittpmots 'against 'ffdv rnraQni tedHtrol of rdiltpftds- and treat thes .railroads a's'channolsoi commbrce'who e uji'intor ruptod and efficient'operation'Js Tital to national prosperity . ' . . . . ' , ' . ' ' tp ) to this tudo th& rMlroad maprriatos havo'roflistbd and.obstruo'toa ovory'step thogOTornm'onthas ( ta'jcpn td Inlorfore .toward subjecting these public carriers to its control , in the ihforest of the people ple , . But the country can ; no longer tvt- fordto > allovr' . its wolUro tob6 jeopardized by .Wars _ . "between , cail- Toad owners and Omployaa. The issue 'must sodnoV or later b'o mot , and it mtiy.'oB wall bo mot now.- Engineers , train dispatchen's , tologcaph' operators , and o her skilled employes ncce"savy for the offlciont operation o railroads muBt bo placed on a footing that "will protoct'th'o publte against periodic tr if- 11 o blockadoa and insure the safety and oonjforto'f passengers. This cztn bo done only'by placing the railroads under strict regulation with regard to the solcctibn' tlicio skilled clashes , whob'd rotontsion should DO assured during good behavior. On the ether hand strict regulations should bo enacted re garding the conduct of this class of employes , and individual responsibility estubljsheu1 for wilful obstructions of trafllc. In other words , railroad engineers - oors , train dispatohcrs , and , railway telegraph men sliould he placed on it civil service fopting , under governmen tal Bupbrvlsion with regard to compet ency and general fitness for their work. All uiffoicnccs arising bptweon thd railroad companies and their omployca should bo adjusted by arbitration , in which both parties should have equal voice , and from whoso dodisiou there should bo rio appeal. Democratic ftovcnuo Reduction. Tlio bugbear of the surplus will bo very' rapidly disposed of if the projects of the donjocratio committee on ways and mcanu inthq hcfuso are carried out by c6ngrosa. With $27,000,000 , lost through additions to tbo free list and a scaling 'down of .tho duties 6n su'gar and molupsos , and $25,000,000 more through a reduction of Internal revenue taxes , a largo slice will to taken out'of the treasury smplusv The people .of the west generally demand a reduction iu " tariff duties" . They will-view with no alarm the proposition to'doduct from the enormous duties placed 'on iron and stool in or dor'to rc'duco tho. surplus 01 the Bessemer stool/ring1 and the open .hearth comblno. * " " , . In the main the additions made to the free list will meo't-wlth thplr'itppi'ovnl , with tlio solo exception of the rombval of all classos'of wool from-tho protected schedules. Thoyt will concern themselves - solves lrss\vlth manufactured materials , other than these which enter into .their daily consumption , tholr prime concern being thut.-tlio' ptiqobsarlos ol life shall , bo.choaponed. To tlio people of the -west the fact that there is ft-sur plus in , th'o national treasury is not n cause of so much alarm as the fact Unit there Is.a'vacuum In their\nvnpockots. Tlio Intorjiril revenue Jaw cut will not appeal to tllom half oaa strptfgly us * the cut' In'the duties onr sugar , oh salt and on lumbar , Scaling don the internal revenue tuxps means Htllo or'no relief to the pcoplo At large , It is simply a sllco taken ouj. of tbo revenue which dee § not I'eliovo to tiny appreciable ex tent thti coUsumlng public. When the special taxes and license foes are abolished ished , tiB'proposod by tha billtho manu facturers pud dealers will cliietly reap the benefit. Tobuccowlll probably cost us much to the small consumpr us It did b'o- fore the taxes > \ero taken oil. This was the ooso in 1883 , when the tax on manufactured tobacco and cigars was icduccd ono-half. The only oltcctwa9 , an increased profit to the manufacturer and jobber. So far na can bo ascer tained neither the tobacco ralsorainor the purchasers at retail reaped nny cor responding bonoflt. The now internal revenue bill which IH now pending in the house seems to hare boon drafted largely in the interests of aouthorn moonshiners. What the pcoplo of the country de mand is that reduction of the qurplus shall go hand in hand with reduction in the coat of living. The tarlfT taxes af fect directly and indirectly every con sumer of the 63,000,000 which populate the country. To materially reduce the tax on whisky and to leave untouched these which , make food nhd clothing and living moro expensive will not moot the requirements ot thq people. As long as the annual national cost grow ing out of' the war of the rebellion amounts to nearly $125000,000 the com.- modjtlos upon which the iiHornal reve nue tax ia placed 'may as well bear a largo prouortlon of the taxation neces sary Co moot it. . The argument tl\at \ in ternal revenue taxes ere war , taxes is fully mat by the reply that the expenses connected with the war nre sUll ac cruing. . J ' An 'extension of thp frea list la the truot remedy for the dangers of a treas ury surplus. < . The Trust investigation. The committee of the Now Yoric' son ata * ' whlch , has book Irtyestlg ting' "trusts' * , T.lie committee has.ropdrtcd . , seems to.luivoma o. tqwiiow discoveries , ' but it formulates Very tersely what the pilbllo hni nlrcndy.'known.that , trusts are simply'combinations inimical td th'o public"welfare , as lending , to'tho' anfii- hilation of competition nn'd to tho. nr- ' , . , otvb 'tiro i'nfiuouccs'which give rise ' . 'to those ooml'lnatioiisjiiay bo , " says the ! * report , ' ' 'Ihpanalu purpose atul manage'- ' ment and biTeot'of alltliYou thoiubUq ' 8- the tJbwit tho- ' . of game,1 ; | thoQg'grogc tipn. ' eapitttl , the 'power , o.f. ' coittrollirig'tho ' nmHufafiluri ) and' output of. various.Woo . - 'ossary co'mmoditjios , the acquisitioji * or' .dobtt'uctioii Of 'compotllivo properties , all lending fo the final and conclusive purp'oges * of annihilating' compotit'on , and 'diiobilng' th.o 'oombiuutioljs' to flx Wio tt 'whiob .tT\oy \ ' . . would' ' sell. .tho. ' rfianufactUrrd product , totho , .oontutno'i1.1 In any. bv'o'n-t' the pnblio ntonoh' ; end of. the-'iridjustvy , tlie produco'r. and consumer is , : hnCLis intended to bo , in a certain. FOIISO , n't the mercy of tie ] Byndjcdfo , Xsombirt atjlon 'o * ' ' ' ' ' trust.1 : . ' . ' . ! . - . , While doubting tho'ijowerof lheJTow \ York legislature to Interfoi'o'with th'o lArgest and most dangerous of" those. couihiuaUans' , . of..oipita4ho | coifl'mittoc hoWs-that several of those which , it hits been in ycstiira'ting are'- clearly withih the JHria'diclton ot'tho siatb' . It a'c'corrf- ingly ooommoTids. that ' suibs'hnil ' bo .iiastltutc'd bj1- the a'ttarn6y"vgenp'ral .Agaluet su h oj thd . 'trusts as riro atnen- , nblo to tho' state law. What tlio. remedy is aftci'suit Ka becn insti-tutod'tho'com- mittco fails clpady to siato. ' orfeitUro of charter iu suggested , . -but there la no. . ns'sur'anco that "thesntho . 'interests , und6f other names , cannot combine against tlie public interests. The cry ing need in the interests bf tlio jjubllo is a law making 'such combhiations oon- spiracieB against the pc'oplonnd'punislt- ble by fine and imprisonment. If the combination of a few hundred workingmen - men to raise the price of labor is illegal and dangerous1 and subjoct'to 'tho general - oral IR.W. of conspiracy , cert < alnly the combination ol millionaires increase . the pi'fca of. the noco&ariea 6f life should be equally punishable hy statute. ThorQ is on < 3 ftoodOffdCt which the- thorough discussion 'given by the press to these Unlawful combinations- se cured and that is an awakening of pub- llo woUimeiit to the nacosslty of indi vidual action by the states hrrbprossing such unlawful combinations without awaiting the dilatory action . of congress in otiuctiDg a general law which will oovbr , all such case * . Now York has taken the initiative , aJ ) Was proper in asUito which either the headquarters or the campaign field for the largo majority of these octopl of capital. Other states should not bo backward In following her oxamplp. There can bo' no question as to tlio right of the states to' regulate such aggrega tions Of individuals acting within the state linOs , whether incorporated under state law or not , but thorp will certainly bo question raised in congress na to the constitutional right of the national % * government to regulate , private corpo rations within the slates. Well'devised jind carefully considered laws defining commercial , conaplvaoy and providing heavy punishments for Iho coiibpiratora of tnulo , should bo passed in every stale in the unipn. Such a c'otilbinod assault , upon this npw and mcfet dangerous form which corporate monopoly has assumed would soon scotch. the monster. Simpler Bfctlipds The report of Senator Cook roll , ohair- inan of the special committee of the senate which , si'nco thq lnt session , has boon investigating the mbthodsof.do _ ing busliless In the ' .executive depni t- ments of the government- will disclobd to tho.Amoripan peo'plo'what-tho great majority of them Jmvo ipt beya a\yara ' ot , that the busnass m'etltoda of theiv govornmbnt are moro complicated , anil involve mpro of what la , tochnigally known as"rod tnjm , " than these _ of any other govornmbnt in tlio world 'except , perhaps , thatof Great .Britain. It was ' supposed when 'the comrait- tee was . appointed " -that its 'work could l > o . easily 'completed in Uyo-or tljreo' nlon'thsjbut instead O/ / .tills nearly a'ycai-waa requires to prose cute'a thorough investigation andti Volume ojt almost throe hundred printed pages was nocDS'sary-to toll the result. / Among the many interesting fuels do'- volopqd it was.fpund that thpro IB.JIO ctnuieotion of bureau with bureau , dlvi- elon with division , in rcsp'oc ' ; to any Bhiglo item or business. Iu tracbig * a few items , selected as specimens , from , initiation to completion , the "bourse puri sued was found BO copiplox as to bo almost bo.vfllUarlnsr. Other cases showed , in the language'of the report , "farcial routine ex'amina ipaa , certifica tions , entries , countijp-ontrlcg , and rod tape ad naiueami7'M ' A Bttiking example - ample was disclosedItl ] the fact that in the second audl'tin's" .office the clerks , fnstond of referrfn'b5 'for ' desired information mation to the records | \ the office , wrltb thousands of leltonjlo obtain such information mation to the quartermaster general's oDlco. The chaollb condition of bust- ness in the goiWfM land olllco is phargod to thd l It > of plain , corroot business mathoda\ , ( o ; conscqudnco ol which information that should bo read ily accessible Is to'bodbtalnod ' only with greatcoat of tlmo anil labor. Numer ous faults wora foUiid to exist In the practices of this' office which Imvo neither warrant of law nor c'tui bo justi fied as sound business principles. The methods in the patent office are also , capable of improvement , nnd , in short , this is the case \yttli every department and bureau , At tho'suggestion of the committee the secretary of the treasury nnd the Borotary of war , in whoso departments the businesa'metliods most require ro- ' ' iormlng , will appoint' commissions to ascertain wherein reforms , nro pracll- cnblo inul how noodlosaroutine can bo avoided. Very likely the heads of ether departments , will also make an oiTort to find out how thp methods of business under t'holr'control can ho sim plified and improved , A certain amount of "red tape" may bo'necessary' Jn order that roquiro'd chocks and safe guards .may bo maintained'- It Is evident thatIhero la , now n grdat excess of this , and the .affect is pot 'only t6 , dofvynud \ c'oift\ill- \ cato'tho transaijtioirof public ; ( busliiOsa , , but ; to oqiilro'a'groat many moro people for its 4isc.hiirgo' thi\n tvould otherwise b 'nocossary. It is not"qlieationablo .ihafc'the viist civil * list > 'of the povorn- monf qoUld bo vorymat6rially reducQdt wvviujj , a largo .aunual 'p-xymulituio , if. ' plain , correct , and.still'toritirqly safe and ofllclotit methods' , ot transacting tlio' "busiiless of the govornmont'wo'ro to. dis- pla < ; b.tho complex system 'now ju gou- eral.praoticd with the doDar mbntaJan.d . .tlicro ctn' | be no . 'doubt tha { ; | ho roTo'riu , ' ' .would'also bu v-o'ry inuqh to tha'publjcJ ad'anlago laxsxpotlltingh'uslii'ijs ? . The noqeasity of iinprovolnont having boon clearly pointed outth o'xpoctation tliat it Will be accomplishc/d oughtuo'ttd bo in'vain. ' ' ' fpr city .work- think that thy are very much nbU60.'d Wlioa the bo'ul'd Of. public' works calls them * to ttisk'for nogloctiu to.ilnisli iu'Mtirch 4wha.t they contracted ( 'lj6'qpmplote thjo ' 'middld'of batpbor.ii/'TJiia not to bo \vtrti dpi'e'd Ad . . 'A 'v ' rj/acoomnjodating / city * council stands ' 1 > y t'Antra'ctors eVery tlino , whenever fjlio 'Upard of publiq works' complains } cff ' tyad ' faitli 'on the pariof c6n.lraolorepii 6o/that whOn the dhfiif man of. the jbQO.nl tivdiitcii3 } to annul tlio content 'tAfinish trio work at the contractors , " expense , they look upon the . board's a'cllon ' ns moro blow nhd'blustor , and Tool huyt at the inter ference. ' --1 ' ( ' - - of thd 'catmcll'mon R.rd talking inviting now plan foe A pity hallj and letting . thq wyi'k out. by the day. .What d'o.thoy .want with .netv pitins ? Are n6t the plans ) already adopted good enough , and will not the structure bo commodious enough for all thohv wants ? What'sortse ie thovo in spending thous ands of dollars * for plans , delaying the work Jtor months , and tBon tearing up the basement for which tno city has paid out and is to pay oat over SJO.OQO1" STATE ANU TKIVKtTOltY. Nfljl-askli Jottlij K. Schuyler. is tha hay market of the slate. slate.Waterworks Waterworks will bo among the spring iinpVovemohtij in Brolcon Bow. The Mothodiats of David" City" are planning to build a $7,000 church. The measure of Broken Bow has boon taken for ? a city ot the second'class. Twenty c'rimlnKls'ai'o b'ooked for trial at the present term of Court at Broken Bow , The now Clarendon hotel at Fairmont will bcj dodicatbd with a banquet and ball next week' . The tplnl membership of the Ne braska G. A. E. is 3,4ii2 , an indreaso of 1,176 lmt year < Thb Hastings branch of the -nikhorn Villoy road is to bo extended to Superior , Nuckolls county. To anxlouo democrats : Marshal Biorbowor's official demise is booked for May next. Go It , Ireland ; go it , Boar. Visions of a stone depot llourish and grow In Sidney with ljio progress in congress of the Union Pacific funding bill , The North Bond Flail is shouting luslly for * 'C. If. Van Wyck for presi dent and Susa.n B. Anthony for vico- prosldoilt. " The town of Whitney is anxious to sopuro a creamery to handle the pro duct of 500 , A liberal bonus awaits tlio right man. Blownvlllo advortiBO1 * for aphyslaiiim a dentist , a drug store and a grain and hog buyer , Suoh a combination would muko comoterfos yawn. The directors of the Fremont foundry and mn'ahlnO shops declared a dividend of 'IU per oont and decided to increase their capital stock to * 30,000. David City p'roposes to build a 910"OOI > school this sortson. Thiswit1i two ward schools , will"nccomriSodnto the x'lsing generation fpr a yeapoi * two. . T'liQ.pooplo'.of IIoldfpgo/lik.0 jthosobf . ' csolutlons of Nelsop. ; 'opudiuto Uip i sympathy with tliQ Burlington bent out entered Wodno.sdav and -a gold' watch value * ! at $150 ' and. a.11 the silver pi a to takdn. ' ' " * r"l V'yroorO Is altoaclyyirep.arlfig tpcelo- Uratq her wryonth blrUa y ajinlv'ersai'y ton May 21 , Oratioii8 vumdo8Bhain 'buttles itijd L'iimi ) fi'rca are among the features'of tho'plonia. , ) W. G. Albright , . thQ Omaha roal'os- ' tate rustlpr , lias Hooded "th'o state with maps , descriptions and statistics of the marvelous grdvHh of the motrpftolis and has , harvested mrgo crop of Compll- monturj' noticoS'from the country press , "The stereotyped llo , " says the Nuck ells County Journal , * 'thut Is 'daily re peated hundreds of tlraosiovop > 'Bomo' ' tejegraph Hn'oB that the B. ft M , pas- sengojr an.d * 'f reigHt traina are running regularly as * of.old . , is too abstird nnd barefaced for .any one.td belieye'that Itnowd anything" ; all about the irregu larity * of the mails nlon'o , much lesa the appoaraifoof a freight tvajn since the . Louis Spear , an experienced" torch. bearer" of democracy , in Fremont has disappeared in a sputtering " . .uUpThcro are strong indications of irregularities in his management ot the office of dis trict court clerk which position ho hold up to the first of thoyoar , and it ia feared that the commotion caused by his de parture will waft him over the lakes. Processions will bo few nnd fcoblo in Fremont the coming fall. There is n young couple In Spring field who have been ranrriod about four and ono-hnlf yonra and have thrco children. The husband has loft his family throe timoa. nnd each tlmo the wife has sold their goods and returned to her narcnts , taking back her apouso every time ho has returned , and nolp- tng refurnishing. Furthermore , she haa loft him twice , when ho in turn sold their common possessions. They nro now living together * nkaliv na if nothing had occurred out of the usual way. _ loiva items. Kookuk's packing houses have ceased operations. Thor6 are only thirteen "women in thp Annmosn , penitentiary. There are only llftoon marriageable mon in both houses ot tholowa legisla ture. ' A special ngont of Iho treasury department - partmont seized cloven head of fliio blooded horses i\t \ DoNyitt , Thursday. . They had been imported from Canada and phid no duty. " ' Work on MarshaUtown's ' gns Well Ijos" commenced ncaln and wilt bo prdso- quted day and night 'until , BH9i petro leum or at least pure drinking water has boon struck. Sioux City has gone one higher and taken tenth place among pork packing cities for the winter season with n rco- ord of 100,000 ugulnst. 87,7 0 * last' year. Thcro la n reduction of. 016,000. hogs from the entire number-pocked in 1B87. The noW patent anti-bogus solf.-stUff- ing ballot boxes wore used at the elec tion in Burlington last- Monday lind worked very nicely. .Being made. of glass , oioh ; Voter ia enabled to see It is .ballot po down into the boK , luul at the samp time the uumbor of ballots dqpos- , Hod is registered. TJio device. ia very nba ; , 'b'ut hardly atti-Actlvo enough to pbax $100 dut of tho.city.for Bovon ballot boxos. * - . " . - . . SloXi'x Falja is .t The Norwegian college is an ass'urofl .thing for Sioux Falls. Two Chinamen' fought- a finish at Doad\yood Saturday night. Ouo used ai ; ux and the other hia tooth. The ax rartn wqn the fight and paid costs. A' man has boon found at Ctivoiir Who is lee Ju y to p.5 'k up a , $10 go.ld piece from the sidewalk for" feor. hoyill have to oxcrt'lilrosoTf 'tn b H _ ; 55. * Six ino.n wore arrested in Ouster coun ty Wednesday for stualing cattle. TUo * acoisdd | have "boon killilig bedf cattio belonging to several cattle companies ; and disposing of. the meat. ' A fnthor nn'd son named Olson verb 'devoured. by woivos near Now Uockfol'd Woxlnosdny. The t\Vb uiifortimato mcji started ( p n luivstiick some ten rods from the UOURO to shovel u path around the stack , ' whOn they wore snrrouhded by wolvo and litofnlly oatoifulii o. ' Tli a Mril-VelH The Sun Fraridlscp Call says : One of tha.iniirvqls of telegraphy was fully dq monstratcd hist Sunday morning , when p Qratflrs in the Western Union office. in thib.city carried on art i-ntcve'iting cbn Vorgntion over , hill and dale , over. utiountaibs capped -with snpyr ; through' vnllaya erf perennial r ro6n3 under , thtt Atlantic ocenn 'rfith its unexplored secrets - crots , ovoY the. vinocladrcgious of Eo- a'ope and under. the MeditOrrancan. The tune was tlu'oo o'clock in the morn ing , just after n , heavy night's work , ' ' " lecoivedon 'gpod night" having1 been the last press dispatch. The dianmtts personal w ere tin eo Dporators , and tho- ' way the affair came abdilt was as fol lows" Ohiei - All clear , llavo you a cigar , Bob ? Bob You bet ; but I'll keep it. Chief Yon wlllV Who aieyou work ing with , TomV Tom Chicago. J'vo old -Rox horp. JIo's going to turn on the Cable office , add by the mortal Frost I'll speak with Valontitt or bUht. . "Co , Co , Co , Cn , " rattled ollf the Bounds , nnd ' ! , I , J , Co , " came in t-osponftd. o'Tlioro ib the cable ofllco , " said the Chicago operator , "go for him , old fel- 16w. " To Valeria Lot us liavo tendon now , plouso Tor Bay. Valootia to London 'Horo ' is San Franciscoi Cal. , who wauto to speak with you , Tor Bay is doing the cable translations. London to Kan Francisco -Delighted to meet you by th wiro. It Is just striking noon by St. Paul's cloclc , and very foggy , as usual. How is the weather thcrcy "This is wonderful , " responded San Francisco. "It IH 4:80 : o'clock standard tlpio here , and not yet daylight. Wo I'eqeivo many caljlod from Lomlun , but never had.tie ) plcnsoro of meotiilgypu boforo. Any Americana thcroV It is raining slightly. There nro plenty of mushrooms on Iho hills , and the bulls will bo selling violets on the street corners to-day. " \\Tcra Explained. San Franolsco Chroniolo : They wore at the breakfast tablo. Tlio oldest daughter had ilot made her appear ance. "Whoro's Hattie ? " asked the father. "Hattio's not very well this morning. She has a headache , " " Yospa , Hattlo's awful sick. " So Hpoke up the little brother. "What's the matter with nor ? " "I don't know. I don't think sho'a Tory ill , " said the mother. "Yes" , .she is awful sick , " Bald the boy. "and I know what'a the matter with hor. " "What is it ? " "Last night she and George. Smith had an nwful row and it fight , " "What ! A fight. What do you mean ? " "I Wa ! ) asleep an , ' I woke up , and' they wad in tha parlor down stairs , and ho was awful madi Ho waa shputin * n'nd Borcntnln * tuid stampiii' nnd .whowas cryin * td him ' -to stop. An'Icreoped .do\vn .stair's "and pecticd through tho' keyhole' , an' 116 waa jnjit glvin'itto Jior. Tljdn they quloted dowji ah' I.BCO him-- hibij her.1' : ' 1 . "Tiiia1 ia terribloHna Hattio1 said- anything to-jouV'1 s.ilfl father to mother * "Not a word. " . , . "Justtb'on llattio'mndo her appearance , langxiid and tirpd looking , " ' . and "Whnt'B.this.tronblC'botwbqn you Ooorga'j" ' Has ho been 'insulting yo\i ? Wliy didn't jou'ttjll mo about 4t ? " said ' the father. ' ' " ' ' "About whajtW * Then they 'tt > Idher the snall ; boy's story , She took the i'nn.U ' boy by the ear. . . . . ' ; You'JittloimpWhyjpaGeorgq ; ! is going to play "Othello" n.t'thjS amateur theatricals , and wo wore' rehearsing- joaloxiay.sccno" . ' * , "Playacting foalousy already'Buid ! the old man. "Whydon't you wait till , ' you're" married , and ou'Jl-L'ut the'ical thing moro thun jou wanty1 ' ; ' . . , The small bo.v lias co'mo to the cOn- c'usion tltat things , are.pqt wjiatt\ioy \ ' ssom , and. ho'll find out' before .ho uoxt time , Hu'e vovysofry about - SOMEHAI BREADTfl'ESCABte i j Thrlllingf Adventures in the ( "fold dnd Silver Mines of the West. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. A Miner Narrowly Escape * Being Btiricil'AIIvo In n Cavlnp Drift An Kiperlcncn In n Ctiinib- ling Sliver Mine , A correspondent of the St. Louis Qlobo-Doniocrat , writing from Virginia City , Nov. , says : ' Danger attends eVery kind of raining. "Even In the early days , in the rom- paratlvoly shallow diggings of the Cali fornia plaoor mines , there was much loss of life nnd limb in various Ways. Momvoro caught under caving hanks and flattened otft as n gopher under n dead fall ; wore inanglod and killed by the premature explosion pi blasts , crushed beneath rolling bowlder , wore swept away through flurries ever rooky falls , nnd dumped dead nnd mangled into spmo r.oarfng rlvoi , or ere "nipped. 1 by the logs in souio , deep 'ground 'sluice by a sudden fall or .treacherous , soapy , slatjO rock'from ouci < of the side walls , nnd there hold down 'till drowned. In the doop'mines of the Comstock silver lode , and of similar gron ) , mincrn.1 veins in ether pluqos on , the Paolflo coast , the moVe than Egyptian dark- , iibssadda terror'to the many dangers that must bo.encountered iy drifts ' and chambers that are from. 1,000 to 3,000 foot bolpw the surfacio of the -earth. Caves , oxplosoHlons and dead gases ex tinguish all candles , nud must .be brarod in darkness. On the surface , undor.thp broad light of day , , one may' BOO. the daugora that thronfon , and im agination does not'udd torror'to the Hit- ujxtion , ai it is * the cas.o when onu is holplopsly groping- the dark. I i\livo had. a few experiences myself , .both iu thp gold jnlnosof Californiaand , ' iho allviar minps of Nevada , tlmt hnu'nt i i0' vou to thd present timo. They Often rise/rojq the past'at the moment- whon.jhy byea.aio just ( ilotiing iu.jri-uch coveted sloop' , and are ghosts that will not down at-my bidding. 'At'times , too , these ghosts of dangers.nassod , cquia'tq mo i\ [ \ moro vivid shape'in my Bleeping than in my waiting moments. I ipay < then , \yoll qxcbiim with Hamlet * 'Tj ' ) eicop. wffliiaan io di'5n ; ays , tu.orw' ' 'Wic j'ub. " . . . . "OUT OF TIIE Fnviifa PAN info the fire. " v . Qnoof..tho ghpsts of experiences in the past thttt"soinotimos borne 16 me ill urcnmo , and.causda Ino to rend tho.mid- ' night ait- with jMJwlBwaa ; a n.lr'row es cape I once had in. the miUoa of Ciili- fornia , nostr Placorvijllo. ' tWith half a- dozen partners I was engaged in mining a placer claim sittiatcd in. an altitude so great that water could not bo brought upon'tho grpund td u. height that would give sufficient prosauro for' washing down tht aurlforouagravolTiy. hydraulic process. We wore , , therefore , obliged .to undermine the high bank by digging under it at a level with -'th bod-rocks with picks' a dangerous kind of work. In this particular claim to .thus break down the gravel wsie moro than -ordin"- . ttrily diiTigdroUs. About throe. feat aboVe the bcdtrock there was a stratum Of hard-pan or cemented "giiavol that- tvas rtbout ad hard : uf iron. Thiacouiojit stratum \vasJ about two feet thick , and did not readily give why , pvon whoa llio loose gravel bonoath'it had boon dng out. When it did go , it Vrad liable to break -short oil , when down would como a great cave , reaching1 Across the whole ftipo ot the bank , and to its full height , about thirty foot. In order to got down forgo caves of earth wo-wore in thp habit of cutting a shallow trench on the surface of the ground six bi'oight feet bock of the face of the bank , making holes four or live docp in the tronfeh , with a drill' , and then turning in water. 'This gortorally brought down the bank in a few min utes , but sometimes it failed. When the banlc refused to eave lomo ono uus oWlcdd to return to digging beneath the nard pan. This waa perilous busi ness. A trustworthy man was sent above to keep a- sharp lookout for the cracking of the ground at tlio top of fhb bank , nnfl to glvo theularm as soon as the smallest opening became visible. Ono day the bank stubbornly refused to uave. Becoming impatient I sent ouo of our best mon above to watchand then began digging under th towering , per pendicular IdulT. The loose gravel had boon dug dut so far back that in order to get moro of it out I was obliged to lie Hut oil my breast and roach In with my piok until my hood and Bhouldors ware under the hard pan. While I was in thin position there duddonly oamo from the maa above a terrific yell of : "Look out ] Look outl" The pry was u terod In such a fright ened , unearthly tone that I kuow I hud not a-moment to lose. I left my pick under the hard-pan , and wna out and upon my foot in a flash. I did not take time to run ; I moved by jumps , spring ing from both feet at once ; I made bound after bound. The men all de clared afterward in talking ever tlio affair , that at one time the top Of the falling banc ) projected at least eight beyond my head. The next bound , however , carried me from beneath It , At tno bamo moment the bank fell behind - hind mo with n noise like a chij ) ot thunder. The wind of the concussion sent my cap flying fifty foot. BWKl'T ALONG WJTJI TUB AVALAXCHH. When the stratum of hard-pan gave way the whole face of the bunk a boljd wall of earth aiid rock's thirty feet in height and nearly uixty fpot In length foil forward iu an unbiokon mass , in a hugo slab. When this great , wall of earth , thou sands of tons in weight , struck the firm boi * rookitvfss dashed to atoms , tmd the dobrift rushed forward like on avalanche. This rush of loose earth caught mo , took mo off my foot , and Bwopt mo along a ehallow ground sluice to a bod-rock shaft. This shaft was fifty foot In depth nnd connect cd with a largo tunnel below In which \yoio our sluice boxce. There being a small rlvor of water flowing down the ground slulco , tjio loose red earth was instantly dissolved , nnd reached the top of thotmaft floating in a mighty rushing stream ol t ls thin mud. Lucidly my Tioud had not gone under tha mud , nnd , havlrig the use of my ejcs , I saw lying across the shaft a long iron bar used in handling largo boulders. Just as I i.was descending to my death at the bottom of the shaft 1 throw forward botfl arms nnd caught the bar imdor my armplta. This was a fortunate dash , but J was hy no moans sa'.cd. The rush of inud. water and rocks irom behind pitched against my back and logs , and BO swung and swayed mo that my hold on the bar was in danger of be ing tdrn looao. Reaching downward 1 caught with both handa and firmly grasped a strong Icnlhorn bolt that was ucklod about my waistNgt eatlaflod with this I tried , to got hold ot Urn big iron bar with my tooth , for in n Ilium 1 saw all that was below mo. I know that If I wore not killed by a vertical drop of fifty .feat to the solid rook below , i would bo almost instantly pounded to death 'by the mud and rooks of that wore tumbling down the shaft , some ol the falling bowldorfl weighing 200 or 800 . pounds. Tliqn ray limp nnd boneless body would go out through the sluices of the tuijnol , and bolng dumped into a ( rocky ravine , would roll and tumble nx'orhnU a doaon perpendicular falls to Ijo finally landed in a roaring nnd foaux- ' crook b'olow. AH * th iy ttnio there 'was a great com motion . among my partners , niul it is uot a little curious that .groat as was my peril rtoole lioto of ovary word that 'wad. sp6kon. ' Oilo cried : ' rope ! goturonop1 Another. frantically. yelled : "A'polol bring a poloV' * A M lit ACU LOUS ItSlUVlC , To tlieso.propbultlona I mpntally. look , exceptions. ' Neither rene uor polo Vould dn mo. Ono of the men- was a Froncli Can a- , uudmii and I heard him crying : \'JMon ' Dioul Moil Dfnu ! . Cola est blon mall' Cela cat terrible ! Cola fait' drosaor lea chwVcux siir la tatot" ( It makes one's " linl'r stand on onds.J P. could imagine hoxy tlio little fdllo\v'.xvns \ danolng about while 'thus wildly serpnmlng , and was faintly nn'usQd | tluU isbuld have beou atVVUbpd.hnd I not had more soriousiiyit- vi v * jy I V * -1. W C7llAtLAVlUt b > llS IJL .you , take hold of tilts plank and put it acrdss the shnfl ; < .thon ono of you you , ' BilLPorhlfnoino out upon 1 ( > with mo ' and we'll tnlee him .by thesllouldoos and hoBt } him out of tlmti" . . ' Jjm Odoll was talking. That plan would do. Lat once felt that I waa Bafo , ' ' almost felt as'though already landed oa the solid bfjdrock. ' . . ' - After thd broad und strong'plank Waa. laid acrbsa the shaft it wns Iho. work of .but a moment to lift.mo " .from iny poril- . .ous positioa. " ' ' ' ' < . 'When I win- safely Inndod tho.llttlo , , ' Fronohmiin was the first-16 congratulate mo upon my escape. "Cfclft iho' fait lo rilns grand plalslrl * ' oi'lod ho ; "jo. vouu lolioita ! jo vous foliolto do 'toot' moa cooui-l" "the- ' My escape gave him - protitdBt pleasure. * ' and ho wished -mo ' joywith "all his heart. " . . , Little , did Ploi'ro Kdonard Th.oophilo . ' Sylvestro then.'think how soon it would bo rhy'tui'n. to wish him joy "do tout * in6n coour. " . - . The lookout ninn , loohad a narrow escape - - capo up oh' the bank. While lio'was" watching for a crack to appear fn tho. trench , the oayth opened behind him at' ' a point whore 'thoro was a clay seam jiroDably an old oavthqunko crack and the first ho know of it was when ho felt ' . the ground moving forward with him. ; ' Ho had uttered hia uneatthly waniing ' cry to mo while on the wing for terra nrina while leaping a chasm nearjy a * yard in width. A day or two later I helped the llttlo Pronchman cftitof a cav6 of dug earth. Ho was cnught in a "rush' * of a eave that reached , about one-third 6f tha way up tlto face of the back. Jim Odel and 1 nttd got hia head out of the dirt when thorp was a cry of "look outl" and as Wo foil back again another crtvo cahio' down. Again Plorro wda out of slfjht. Wd uncovered hid head and phouldord , anil th'diiUddlnganother c"avo coming and oho that would fall from the top of the bank , tried to haul him Out by the arms , hut he screamed and de clared that we were killing him , Again came from tha men on watch tlio warn ing cry of "look oUtl" and for the third time the Frpnchmon was buried ovtt'of Bight. Soon , however , wd had his head clear. Wo wore obligedto dig down to the tops of hisbnotH before vvo could null him out so firmly wa the earth packed , about his foot. Plorro had not a bone broken , nnd within a week was again at work. Ho hrtd shielded his head und fnco with his arms 03 each successive ! cave folj , be sides ho wns only in the forward "rush" from iho successive caves ; the gravel did not strike him whoa it fell. While suspended over the shaft , with my lifo in joparcfy , I noted every word the Fionohinnn said , but romolnbor nothing1 he mild whan ho was caught , though , after spitting the uirt out of his'mouth , ho jabbotod all the timo. My rocolloo- tion of his conversation at that time is that it was largely made up of "mon Dioul" and 'pour I' amour do Dioul" Leland hotel , Chicago. The Honduras congress is discussing a bill for the establishment of a national jury system. Trial by jury la na yet un known in Unit country. A By B torn simi lar to the oio ] put in force u few montlm ttgo in Coila Itica will probably bo adopted , WHOSE YOUR TAILOR ? Jones , can save.you money on tai loring na well na ether things. 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