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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , AP1UL 0 , 1888. THE DAILY BEEi EVKUY MOUNING. OF SUBSCRIPTION. T ) lly ( Mottling Edition ) Including Sunday IJr.r. One Vmr . W J For Btx Months . > For Three Months . . . 2W true Omaha Sunday JJKB , mailed to any address - dress , Ono YtM- . 200 OMAHA Omen. Nos.BH tsn918FARNAM STURET. Nnw YOIIK omce , Jloosis 14 A.NI. ISTKIIIUNK nim.mno. WABIHNUTON owe * . No. 51J FOUlirriNTH BTHBEf. COWtBSrONDENCE. All communications relating to nflws and edi torial mutter should bo addressed to the binron nUSTNr.8SIETrE S. AH business letters and remittances should bo ncldrwscrt to THE IIRK I'nm.iiiiiiMi COMPANY. OMAHA. Draftfl , checks and postofflce orders to be made payable to the order of the company. Tbe Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors E. ROSE WATER , Kditor. T11K JJI3K. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btatf of Nebraska , I , . County of IotiRlas % } " " ' neo. II. Tzsrhuck , secretary of The nee Pub- lUblnK company. doeH snloimily Bwear that the ctn-fclrculallon of the Dully lleo for the week -ndlm * April 8. 18C8. was us follows ! Humlny. April 1 Monday , April B . B0.1W Tnesday.Aprlia vr-dnM < WrAi > rll 4 Thursday. April G . 1JW70 . April . -M. " " Average . M.M1 OF.O. n.TZSCIIUOK. Sworn to and subscribed In my presence this 7th day of April , A. 1) . . 1888. N. 1' . FKIL , Notary 1'ubllc. Elate of Nebraska , I County of Douglass , ) " " Oco. 11. Tzschuck , being first duly eworn , de poses nnd says that he Is secretary of Tlio llco Publishing company , that the actual nvcrnpo dally circulation of ino Dally lire for the month of March. 1887 , 14,400 ropiest for April , 1887 , 14niO copies i for May , 1887 , H,27 ! copies ; for June , 1P87 , 14.147 copies ; for July. 1867 , 14.W3 copies : for August , 1R > 7 , 14.161 copies : for September. 1R87 , 14,349 copies : for October , 1887 , Hnxi ; for November. 1BS7 , 15,228 copies : for December , 1887 , 15.041 copies ; for January , 1RJ8 , 15,200 copies ; for February. 1E * , 15.TO2 copies. HKO. n. TZSCHUCK. Bworn and subscribed to In my presence this fd day of March , A. D. 1888. N. P. l-'KIL. Notary 1'ubllc. WHATEVER additions arc inado to the High school building the symmetry nnd architectural beauty of the building should not bo sacrificed. PHILADELPHIA IB so Imppy in secur ing Claus Sprecklcs and liis sugar re finery that in their bland and quiet Quaker ways they dub him the apostle of sweetness. THAT staunch old democratic friend - Fillibustor is back at his old tricks in congress. Ho has already wasted four valuable days , and there is no tolling how much longer his tactics will deprive the country of much needed legislation. The .southorn colonels and mayors who flock under Filibuster's standard are digging the grave of the democratic party with extra large shovels. BY hard work on the part of the re publicans in the Now York legislature , a high license bill was passed by the as sembly. The bill is almost certain to pass the senate , but Ihero are some doubts whether Governor Hill will add his approval to the measure. The dem ocrats are bringing all the pressure tnoy can on the governor to induce him to vote , Iho bill. If ho docs , there is not the necessary two-thirds vote In the legislature to pass it over his veto. QUEEN VICTORIA may assume the title of "Quoon of Canada , " and the proposi tion is favored by the Canadians. It would relieve the people of the domin ion of the necessity of a governor gen eral , as there would bo a Canadian min isterial representative at court whoso business it would bo to transmit to the queen the advice of her Canadian coun cil. The Canucks have long wanted a direct government by their own minis try without the necessity of the British privy council as a go-between. THE Builders and Traders' exchange , just formed among the various contrac tors nnd building supply dealers ol Omaha , _ is n niovo in the right direc tion. Every largo city of the country lias such an exchange , ono of whoso ob jects is to protect both contractors and property owners from imposition and crooks. For the past two or three years ninco the active building operations bo- pan , Omaha has been overrun witli n lot of crooked contractors who liavo beat workingmen out of wages nnd entailed loss and damage to many a property owner and builder. The Builders and Traders' exchange will , to a largo extent - tent , correct the evil , and therefore should bo encouraged. GENKKAL QUINCY A. GILLMOISE , whoso death occurred in Brooklyn , N. Y. , on Saturday Inbt , was ono of the most distinguished military engineers of the country. IIo was n graduate of West Point , and during tlvo civil war did most valuable service , attaining the rank of major general of volunteers. After the close of the war ho was mus tered out of the volunteer Borvico anil held the rank of colonel in the United Stales corps of engineers , being at the time of his death ongincor in clinrgo ol the defenses of the Atlantic coast. IIo was the author of numerous works ro- luting to engineering and contributed Bciontltlo articles to the American and Universal cyclopedias. General Glll- moro was born in 1625 , and was there fore sixty-three years old at the tliuo of his death. WOODEN blocks make n very nice pavement /or carriage drives during the ttrat two or thrco years after they nro laid. At the end of that timu the wear of the surface rounds off the blocks at the edges and the decay of the base makes the blocks settle in spots so that the street becomes as uneven and rough us if it was paved with cobble-stone. A' the end of six or seven years the wooden block pavement , cut up by dee ] ruts and gashes , becomes impassable nnd the street has to bo rcpayod This is the universal experience. The only difference between wooden blocks laid on sand and wooden blocks laid on concrete base is that the block laid on n concrete base otters n uniform resist anco'to pressure , and therefore remains even for u longer period , On the other hand , the concrete base retains all the moisture undqr the blocks and cause's them to decay more rapidly than.a sane base , which docs not retain tho-moist ure , but allows it to bo absorbed , by the Boll underneath. ' ' \Vhat Will They Offer ? The question as to what the ropub- icnns in congress will offer , if they seriously Intend to offer anylliing , as a. substitute for the tariff bill framed by the majority of the ways and means committee , is ono of great interest to .ho entire country and of profound con cern to the republican party. It is unquestionable - questionable that the tnrift bill which has boon reported to the house is not acceptable to the majority of the people. For ono reason nnd another the objec tions to it are so serious that its passage through congress in its present form will bo impossible. It Is conspicuously a par tisan nnd sectional measure. While fol lowing the suggestions of the president In certain respects , It widely departs from them In failing to show that ra tional contemplation of the subject which he advised. Its requirements nro not equitably nnd justly distributed. The Randall bill , assuming that that measure will bo heard from again , is no less objectionable. It would bo the bul wark of the monopolistic trusts nnd com binations. It would give no rollof to the pcoplo from the burden of taxation , however effective it might bo in reduc ing the revenues of the government. It is not a reform measure. Since neither wing of the democratic representatives in congress has been nblo to prepare n wlso , just nnd accep table measure of tariff reform , the opportunity is given the re publicans to do so. Will they improve it , or will they bo content to simply oppose the bill of the democratic majority nnd rest their case before the country on a policy of obstruc tion that can result only in defeating nil reform at this session ? The report of the republican minority of the ways and means committee docs not indicate that the republicans are disposed to oc cupy any other attitude than as oppo nents of what the democrats propose. It holds out' no promise that they will have anything to present to the coun try which would attest their professed dcsiro for n fair revision of the tarilT , or which would correct these inequalities which the party is pledged to remedy by its last national platform. It avows only n determination to resist with nil their power the measure of the demo cratic majority. This is not the attitude in which the republicans in congress can safely place themselves at this timo. Something more is expected of them. Granting the soundness of every argument they make against the tariff bill of the demo crats , they cannot afford to go before the country with the claim simply of having resisted that measure. The de mand upon them is that they shall offer n better , wiser nnd fairer measure. The opportunity to do so is open. The way to do so ought to bo reasonably clear. If the republicans in congress fail to accept this opportunity nothing is inoro certain than that the country will regard such failure as an acknowl edgment of either incompetency or of indifference to the interests and the de mands of the people. It will be to little purpose to attempt to ex plain away a failure of this kind. The great number of people who are fooling more heavily from year to year the oppression of tariff taxation nro not in n mood to listen patiently to excuses and apologetic explanations. They want relief _ and the party that shows the best inte'ntions to give it , on a just and equitable basis to all interests , is very likely to get theirsupport. The chance is now offered to the republicans in congress to bring forward a tarilT bill which would convince the country that the party really desires not only to carry out its pledges to correct exist ing inequalities , but to gLvo necessary relief from taxation in the direction in which it is most oppressive. If they will bravely do this , the parly can enter upon its national campaign with war rantable confidence , given a candidate who would fully represent such a policy and could command the support of all elements in the party. But if they shall have nothing more to offer than resistance and obstruclion Iho parly will be so handicapped that the na tional contest will be an uphill struggle , whoever may bo the standard bearer , with the result rendered doubly doubt ful. Civil Service Koi'nrm Hypocrisy. The letter of President Cleveland to the civil service commission , in which ho urges the strictest coiibtruclion of the rules in the matter of promotions , has naturally been commented upon in the light of the facts recently devel oped regarding the civil service in In diana. The letter of the president de notes great anxiety on his part that the purpose of the civil service law shall not bo contravened by incautious pro motions in the classified service , in cases where non-compotitivo examina tions are allowed. Such examinations , ho remarks , are exceptions to the plan of the uct , nnd Iho rules permitting the same should bo strictly construed. This profession of solicitude for the integrity of the civil service law would sound well if it were not for the fuct that in so many other respects of far graver concern as affecting the integ rity of the law the president has per mitted the act to bo wholly disregarded or openly violated. Tl\o country has grown so fnmiliar with the civil service reform hypocrisy of the present administration that now evidences of it probably receive llttlo attention. It has come to fully under stand that the reform lias been made to adjust itself according to the Eontimont of localities. Thus it is that in Indiana , for example , where the great majority of demccrutio sentiment is not favorable to it , great cara has been taken not to otfcnd that scmtiuieut. The facts fur nished the 63 nut o. committee by the president of the Indiana civil service reform association are conclusive - clusivo upon this point , and so fur as wo have observed no ono has questioned their truthfulness. Even so loyal a friend of the president as the Now York UmifiiPott is com pelled to confess that his mistakes in Indiana and Maryland hava been varj serious. , resulting in a most shameful demoralization of the public service in these states. "We believe , " says that paper , "that the loss of- . Indiana to the democrats noU full has beeu mado' verj probable by the scandals nnd abuses in ; ho government service which the ad ministration h.a8 permitted or connived nt. " How great thcso have been It may not be hero necessary to show by a statement of the details. This will bo done in duo time by the senate com- mlttco appointed to investigate the civil service. It is Important , however , that the people ple should be kept reminded at this juncture of the general fact that the present administration has not been faithful to the pledges of civil service reform which it made to the country when It came into power , nnd that con sequently no provisions or promises which it may now make with regard to this reform nro entitled to the slightest confidence. On the contrary , the course p\irsucd warrants the belief that if the democratic party is permitted to con trol the civil service for another four years , the result will bo that the cx- pcrionco in Indiana will bo repeated in every slate in the union , thus prac tically putting an end to the reform. THE American minister to England , Mr. Phelps , will arrive in the United States during the present week on a lonvo of absence. There has been n good deal of conjecture ns to why Mr. Phelps desired to como homo at this time , nnd several reasons arc given. Ono of them is that ho is very much dis pleased at Secretary Bayard's action in negotiating the fisheries treaty at Washington , instead of leaving it In the hands of the American minister , who was given to understand when ho went to England that the settlement of this controversy would bo ono of his chief labors. The fact that ho was ig nored in the matter is said to have caused him great chagrin , and it is thought not unlikely that his return is duo lo a desire lo personally communi cate his displeasure to the president. Another surmise is that Mr. Phelps has a very good chance of being appointed chief justice of the supreme court , and that it is do- sivablo ho should bo in the country if that honor is to bo conferred upon him. While the American minister to England hns received some very com plimentary notices in connection with this surmise , his credit as a lawyer hns boon somewhat impaired by his effort in the Nineteenth Century magazine to in struct Englishmen in the history and principles of our American system. Several grave errors of fact have been noted in thcso papers which are unpar donable in the case ol a lawyer of the pretensions of Mr. Phelps , particularly when writing for the instruction of another people who will accept his statements as accurate Without any nt- tempt to verify Ihom. Furthermore these productions show their author possessed of views regarding the Ameri can system which the great majority of his countrymen would repudiate. The president is understood to have a very high regard for Mr. Phelps , but if ho is really anxious for the approval of the country on his appointment of a chief justice ho will select some other man for that position. ONE of the crying evils that affects every city , especially the metropolitan centers of the country , is the tax dodg ing of millionaires. In Now York city the money kings are living without pay ing anything like their justshiire of the public burden , owing to the inadequate laws and loos'o methods of assessment af fecting Iho tax on personal property. This evil is rollccled in many oihor stales , oven in Nebraska , where Iho assessment of personal property has actually de creased in the face of the vast increase of wealth. The result of this discrimi nation is bad. It heaps upon real estate Iho taxes that ought lo bo paid by personal properly. It increases rents and the cost of living to the poor. It affects the investment of money in real estate and in permanent improve ments. The old cry that a levy on per sonal property drives capital out of a state is disapproved by the healthful condition of Pennsylvania , whore the assossmontof personal property amounts to over 80 per cont.of the assessment on real estate. In Connecticut , Massachu setts and Illinois there is an assessment on personal property of from . ' ! 0 to 50 per cent of the valuation of real estate , nnd no ono is foolhardy to say that capi tal is driven out of these states in cense quence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE only industry which is having a spring boom in Germany is that of match making in the royal family. STATE AND TKUHITOKV. Nebraska . ) oitin H. Fullerton in threatened with a demo cratic paper. Sixty-eight women voted in ono ward in Grand Island. There are a few spikes loose in the Burlington's scab lino. The Hock Island and the Burlington don't speak as they pass by. The Weeping Water republican has parsed its bovonth milestone. The Catholics of York have procured plans for a church to bo built this sea son. son.Soward's back yards are strong enough to swallow a fertilizing works without gasping. Fairbury will distribute $1,300 worth of tracls among the hoarding heathens of the oast. Fall City has scoured a pointer that it is to bo made u division station of the Burlington. Burglars blasted a safe in Weeping Water , after hours of hard labor , and realized only $4. The proposed "Young Men's Demo cratic Club" in Nebraska City will wear flowing whiskorti. York has passed an ordinance regu lating plumbers , but it has had no por- ccptlblo effect on the size of their bills. 1) . Cash's grading gang is recuperat ing at Beatrice , and nropariug for the campaign on the Hocl ; Island extension. The fair associations of Antelope , Nance , Platta nnd Boone counties have farmed the Nebraska Central Fair cir cuit. cuit.Tho The Forfolk Fair association has pur chased tract of sixty acres for a per manent fair ground. The price paid was $4,500. A nameless contemporary suggests , n3 n presidential ticket , Conklmg and Lock wood , the Apollo and Bolva dear of American politics. Thd universal liver pad party , a Me- Cook institution , has gone into involun tary retirement , accompanied by the lioots nnd boots of the populace. Mr. Rutherfordof Fullerton , pulled n gun , tmmld foremost , out of a wagon and lost the surplus flesh ot his hand and the thumb. Ho , got oft cheap. J. A. Kchoo , the noted democrat and stock shipper , wnji found among the dead in the munioi pal battlefield in Plntto Center. Ho- was singled out for slaughter. "Speaking of strikes , " says a score of exchanges In'a mllu" chorus , "it would strike us dumb with'Surprise and joy if our delinquent subsi/rlbers / would strike bur office and pay up. " Cor Hand. In Gag6 county , is so en thusiastically in love with herself that she proposes to put on several cosily frills this season , such as waterworks nnd a canning factory. After the term of office had expired It was discovered that ono of the city dads of Ncligh was never oloclcd , and the other fellow , though bald as a prize pumpkin , is now rcd-ncndcd. Nebraska City , in that belief of Sol omon's , that it were bettor to have a solid growth than n boom , is now hug ging the delusion of another bridge across the Missouri river at that point , An auctioneer in Louisville announces that "tho Snyder stock of gods will bo sold cheap lo the highest bidder. " The limes are surely out of ioint when a stock of gods descend to the auction block. The Fall City Journal is delivering lectures to the youth of the town on Iho graveyard evils of the tobacco habit , illustrated with the fumes of editorial tufors , and corncobs ebonlzcd by long and faithful use. The state live slock commission would render the public invaluable service by slaughtering the glnndcred dark nnd white horses in the political pastures of tlie state. They are a menace to the living , and should be planted early. The war has broken out in Perkins county again. Wholesale arrests are being made in Grant and Madrid , nnd a majority of the rosidoiils of both , if the charges are true , are entitled to permanent quarters in the penitentiary. Hebron is figuring on sinking $5,000 in a hole 1,800 feet deep. The Lincoln Democrat suggests that 1,300 holes with a tree planted in each is a far inoro profitable investment. The suggestion will not wear well in a largo bore com munity. The Johnson County Journal will print a boom edition of 10,000 copies next week. Poor old Tccumsoh has taken a new lease of life , is getting a new court house , canning factory , holcl and waterworks , while several brick- blocks arc going up. Norfolk and Yankton are now exchanging - changing views on the railroad'quo - tion. A delegation of Yanktoninns will make a pilgrimage to Norfolk Wednes day , where they expect to secure better results than in Ointtha. Their countless - loss advances to 'ih'o metropolis wore rewarded with the cold shoulder. The supreme couFt has squclchod the redundant honesty'of the commission ers of Otoe county. They proposed to day the refunding b6nds , 'amounting to $150,000 , issued in'1881 ' , but the court stamped them as illegal and worthless. Strange to say the 'wiping out of this debt roused no enthusiasm among the sturdy , gilt-edged people of Ihe county. They are not repudintors and will de vise other'means to'cash up. Dakota. Sioux Falls has a1' vinegar factory on tap. / / Yankton's new school building will cost $18,000. Chicken-pie supporsgivo to life a rosy hue in Rapid City. The Fargo & Southwestern road is now open to La Mour. The hill cities com plain of abominably inefficient mail service. Considerable real estate has been sot afloat by the spring thaw. Sioux Falls' real estate boom has a granite base and a silver lining. A commodious county hospital , sur rounded by twenty acres of land , has been completed in Lawrence county. A man with his boots on narrowly es caped drowning in the main street of Deadwood last week. IIo was fished out with a grappling hook. Wyoming. The territorial capitol at Cheyenne has been in&urcd for $04,000. Douglas has put on a spring boom , nnd the Budget howls for a needed reform and insists that the "city dads should clean the strcols of sago brush. " Douglas proposes lo hold Ihe counly seal of Iho newly erected counly of Converse - verso , and "any slouch who monkeys with it will capture a hide full of lead. " The Clioyonno board of trade has issued an illustrated report ' 'showing the advantages of the Magic City of the Plains , " giving illustrations of the prin cipal blocks , streets and citizens , and setting forth the advantages of Chey enne as a manufacturing point. From this review wo find that the assessed valuation of property in Chevonno for 1887 was $ ni.r)3,000. ! with a future as llattoring as u wnisky trust. . Kcmcniber This. ll" < ifl Street IfeiM. When the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy inaugurated the engineers' btriko , wo said the company would win a costly victory. It has not yet achieved that , but it has lost about two millions of money and dropped Iho price of ils slock fully 10 per cent. When the holders begin to realize how enormous the losses have been , when they find out what nn enormous floating debt has been accumulated in paying dividends without earnings , there will bo stock enough to supply all the bears and Iho block will drop any where from 1 lo fi per cent at a clip. It sold yc&tordny al Iho lowest price in three ycarst , but you can buy it below par before many mooite. Komcmbur this ! , A Correct ion. OMAIU , April 8. To tboEditorof the DEB ; It was announced yesterday that Messrs. Kaymond. Utt , Eagai ) uml Altitun , stock holders in the Lincoln ffOwsjwper Union , had disposed of their interest In that concern to Mr. J. N. Garver , ono of the original mem bers of the company who represented in the deal nn eastern capitalist , whoso name Is not mentioned. The sale caused not a llttlo com ment , and when it was reported that Mr. Hostorman , manager of tbo Lincoln house , had agreed to uiovo toQmaua , , to accept u iwsition with the Western Newspaper Union , arumor gained crodauco that the local con - com had been swallowed by the Western Newspaper Union. The Lincoln Newspaper Union , of which Mr. Garver is now general manager , wishes to deny that statement , through your columns. All the stock oftho Lincoln No-.vsiiapcr Union is owned and eou. trolled by Mr. J. N. Garver , and his asso ciates , and they will stay iu Lincoln and con duct tbo business as first Intended. In proof of this , they have rented premises for a term of years , and propose to equip it with the best machinery possible , It is true that the Omaha house has cause to bo alarmed at the growth of the Liuuoln Union ; it isaUotruo that the Wc-Urn Ne\v.paner Union has , bo- fora ( iud since the starting of the new house , made flattering offers to Mr. Hostcrmau , but wo wish It distinctly understood that Mr. Hosterinan's withdrawal irotn this house will not In any way interfere with the business at this point. J' N * a.uv.u , General Manager Lincoln Newspaper Union. RALLY ROUND THE FLAG , BOYS Bally Oiico Again , Shouting the Battle - tlo Cry or " 'olmny. RECRUITS FOR THE CONVENTION The SlAte of the Knllrond Clnn For the Next llcpnbllcnii Convention Dlscustcct Republicans Talk Freely. Can Uio Party Btaml It ? LINCOLN , Nob. , April 7 , 1833. Someone ono has said that man is by nature a nomadic animal , and the most grievous burden imposed upon him by civiliza tion is the necessity of remaining in ono place. This is exactly my fix. Hero I am once more at the stale capital- thai center of political intrigue and job bery , to whioh I had turned my back months ago , determined to return no more. But wise men change their minds fools never. Once more I am rambling about the old haunts which have witnessed so many exciting hnnd-to-tmnd political contests. Now that the Burlington strike is de clared off by the railway managers , in- loresl at polilical railroguo headquar ters centers almost entirely on tno na tional convention. In former years the corporation poli ticians were divided ns between Blaine nnd anti-Blainc , with Iho Union Pa cific magnates pronounced for Blnlnc , while the Burlington contingent was almost solid against tlio plumed knight and for the dark horse. This time the railroad forces will net in concert- It nskcd whence ho halls from , His solo reply will bo , He is ono of the oil room boys , sir , And will vote for J. M. T. This is bad rhyme , but it is so because it contains more truth than poetry. It is an open sccrcl that the election of John M. Thurslou , president of the slate league of republican clubswas Iho well-malurcd outcome of the campaign plan , agreed on months ago by the innnor-circle at these uolitical head quarters. The next Ihing on the programme is the ratification by the state and district conventions of the railroad slate of the delegation to Chicago. Four of thcso ton delegates are to bo eleclcd at largo by Iho slalo convention on the 15th of May. That election is expected to be n mere formality , if the railroad convention packers are success ful all along Iho lino. I presume I vio- laic no conlldenco in slating that the general attorney of the Union Pacific is to bo one of the four , with Patrick Egan , president ol the Burlington railroad elevator trust , Captain H. E. Palmer , general railroad lobbj-ist and Boss Bost- wick , Jim Laird's quartermaster , as companions in the quartette. It is expected , of course , that the six district delegates will bo vigorously contoslcd by ambilious local polilicians in Iho three congressional districts , but the allied corporation inllueucc is cx- pecled to capture most , if not all , of them. Charley Greene , the rip-roaring B. & M. statesman who prides himself on his auburn locks and brilliant achieve ments in the Icgislalivo oil-rooms , is ex pected to capture Douglas county with the railroad cohorts and Pink- crton police. Harry Phillips has high hopes that hovill be nblo to handle the state of Beatrice and como in with Gage and Lancaster counties. In the second district the redoubtable Captain Lpe , of the horse marines , is pushing lo the front from the Republican valley which he carries in his pocket , as it were , over since ho made himself so useful to the railroads when ho was in the legislature. The gallant captain expects to join forces with Jim Laird's batlalion and give Ed Cams , Iho Seward - ard county chestnut , sufficient support to pull through. The Third district Is to rally around the Hon. Mr. McCann , who trained with the boodle gang in the last legislature , and the Rev. Mr. Talc , who played Joshua for the railroad hosts and made the sun stand still while they were fight ing with the Philistines. 11 is intimated that John M. Thurston may withdraw in favor of J. II. Millnrd , the Union Pacific banker , who has been a standing candidate for Iho nnlional convention for Iho last twelve years. I have my doubts about this , however , unless Millnrd is will ing to give Thui'bton a helping hand in Iho senatorial contest. I have mot a number of staunch republicans who are not in the leasl pleased with this factional lay-out. Ono of thcso expressed his dibsent in no uncertain terms. "I have been a life-long re publican"said ho , "and I hoped that the parly Ibis year would furnish no oc casion for discord and Hoandal. Wo lost a congressman in this district two years ago by allowing the railroad faction to run the party and force nn objectionable candidate upon us. That lesson should have lasted more than two years. Are railroad lawyers , railroad lobbyists and men who belong soul and body lo Iho corporalions the only men fit to represent us in a na- lional convention V Why can't the party for once discard this class of profes sional politicians and convention packers , and send to Cliicago ropro- bontative men in whom the rank and ( ilo of the party have confidence ? ' ' "I am thoroughly disgusted , " said another republican. "Last bpring when Ed Roggen was a candidate for mayor , thcso Btal- warls who never tire of boasting about their loyalty to the party , bolted the ticket and elected a democratic mayor , jusl because Roggen could nol bo used as a B. & M. tool in the stale houso. Mark my word , if they sccuro such a set of delegates to the nalional convention , as is talked about now , you will see the party disrupted and demoralised worse than it over has been in the last fifteen years. " Tliis was the general expression out side of the charmed railroad circle. Ah FAtUIIUOTliUU. n. & M. Politics nt MoCnok. McCooK , Neb , , April 7. [ Correspondence to the BEE.J Your special correspondent In liis report of the recent election held In this city convoys the Idea that the issue was ono between the "business men" and the ' 'strik ers. " The reverse of this is true. The ticket that was defeated was tbo first ono nominat ed in caucus duly called for that purjmso and that ticket was composed ot the most intelli gent business men of our city. The "striker" portion of that ticket ( Mr. McSuroy , an es teemed fellow citizen , ) was unanimously en dorsed by another and subsequent caucus and placed upon the successful ticket for tbo important ofllco of councilman. With the single exception of Mr. Hunt \v\\o \ was a nominee upon the nret tlcltet for member of the school board and who hud already served in that capacity with credit to himself and to the city , the two tickets stood upon an equal fooling BO far ns the "strike'1 is concerned I make no mistake in asserting that each and all of the nominees upon the ticlint nr t/ uoiaiuuted , entertained the best of toward the B. ft M. ro.tdiuntll the advent of the second ticket. The raolhods employed for the success of the second ticket were such ns would natur ally nllcnlnto the hitherto friendly relations between the railroad nnd the more IntcllU pent citizens of McCook. For days prior to the cleolion certain railroad employes nnd ofllcltxls , Including Mr , CatnpbolldlvMon ( ! superintendent ) paraded the public streets of McCook proclaiming to its cltirona that the future growth and prosperity of our city depended upon the election of the "second ticket , " and that the election of the " flrst ticket ' would inevitably bo followed by n marked depreciation In McCook real es tate. This argument proved effectual , for It Is n fact that many of our business men wcro literally frightened Into the support of a ticket which otherwise they would plndly have scon defeated. The effect of all this is obvious. Many of our citizens honestly believe - liovo that the president nnd board of direc tors .of the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad propose to actually control and ma nipulate our city olcotions in tha future. While quiol submission to such tyrnnlcnl power may bo deemed the bolter polloyon the part of property owners , thora Is , never theless , a half suppressed icollng ot Indig nation nnd n hope oxprotsed that McCook may , in the near future , welcome the advent of u competing line of railway , whoso ofllulnls shall manifest a broader and moro liberal spirit. _ nt Hod Cloud. Hen CLOUD , Nob. , April 7. [ Corrcsinrnd- cnco of the Bnn.l Hod Cloud Is truly the gala city of the Republican valley and as such hns received n great impotous to its pros perity. A very exciting clcclton was re cently held for bonds to aid in the construc tion of the Missouri Pnclllc railroad to this placo. A largo vote was ] Xlcd ) nnd the bonds unanimously carried. The mayor hns ro- cclvcd reliable Information that the road will bo completed iiud in operation by August 1. The city now has n population of 4,000 , nnd is rapidly growing. Many now nnd largo brick storehouses have been erected hero within the past two years. Wo have nn ex cellent stnudplpo system of wntorworks nnd n fully equipped fire department , This Is ono of the most Important divisions of the B. & M. railroad which has established hero n largo round house nnd repair shops employing several hundred men nnd their pay roll every four weeks nmounts to $10,000. The Hcpublluan rlvor , which Is within two miles of Iho town , furnishes power lo the two largest-flouring mills in the valley , com bined turning out -109 barrels a day. The city is lighted by a line system of electric light. Ties nnd rails for the street car line nro now being spread nlong the streets only waiting for weather permitting to begin work. A largo throo-story brick hotel Is con templated. Some capitalists of Cincinnati nro the projectors of the enterprise. A company has been organized and will at once establish n canning factory. The Farmers and Merchants' banking com pany have already commenced on n three- story flro proof brick nnd stone bank build ing. This , when completed will bo the llucst building of tbo kind between Lincoln and Denver. Tlio real estate boom has already begun. Business places are in demand nnd scarce. Kny Springs and Sherman County. HAT Si'itiNGS , Nob. , April 0. [ Correspond ence of the HEI : . ] There is perhaps no part of northwestern Nebraska moro generally known or extensively advertised nt this time than the Hay Springs country. This section comprises a large area of country , all trib utary to the town of Hay Springs , nnd in cludes the largest tract of agricultural lauds tributary to any town In this part of- the state. The country is well watered by nu merous streams , and good , pure , wholesome. water la obtained nt an easy depth. The soil is of excellent quality and very productive , as the line crops raised hero last year fully attest. This country possesses great nalural ad vantages in thowayof timber , building stone , limestone and brick clay. An oxcollonl qual ity of good , hard , dry pitch pine wood soils in Hny Springs at $2 per cord. It is obtained from the pmo ridge which borders this coun try on the north and northwest. A number of saw mills nro located in this ridge , and great quantities of lumber are manufactured at a cost of from $10 to 113 per 1,000 feet , thus affording cheap building material. This , together with fuel obtained at a nominal ex pense , has contributed largely to the devel opment of the country. Tlio settlers nro nn enterprising nnd progressive class of people , who have readily adapted themselves lo their conditions , and who have great faith in the future ot this country. Churches have been established and schools organized in every township , and a territory which but thrco years since was un inhabited , is now dotted over with happy homos and a contented and prosperous pco plo. Now settlers arc daily arriving and ap propriating unoccupied lands. Although but little vacant government land remains , thcro nrc r.till nnc claims in dcsirablo localities to bo had nt reasonable figures , and some choice deeded lands which can now bo bought at one-half tbo price they will command in the near fnturu. The climnto is exceedingly healthy , free from fevers and malarial dis eases. The winters nre mild and pleasant. As n matter of fact thcro was not n single storm or blizzard bore last winter of Bufllcicnt violence to seriously interfere with travel. Hay Springs is situated in the western part of Sheridan comity , 1ms a population of about SOVPII hundred inhabitants , nnd is ono of the most enterprising and progressive towns in this section of the stato. A very largo brick schoolhouse has just been completed , built almost entirely of ma terial manufactured at home. A lirty-barrel Hour mill is projected , and is expected to bo in running order by harvest timo. A roller mill is greatly needed horu. and should tbo parties now figuring to build fall to prosecute the enterprise , there will bo nn oxrcllent opening hero for some ono clso desiring a good location. Semi ! lloomlots. NmuubKA CITV , Nob. , April 8. [ Corre spondence of Ihe Hr.n. ] The spring boom opens with great promise for Nebraska City and brings with il the long desired consum mation of a schcmo for building a wagon bridge across the Missouri river at tills point. All arrangements have been perfected nnd the promise is made to have it In operation by the fst of July. This bridge will bo of moro vnluo and importance to Nobrasita City than a new railroad , as it directly connects the citj with n large portion of Iowa which has hitherto been without u permanent mar ket for Block nnd gr.iin , such us Nebraska City can offer. The Jowu people , especially the farmers , appreciate tills us Is shown by by their financial encouragement of th brldgo scheme. It Is proposed to ohnrgo toll Just ufllcl < mt to pay a reasonable per cent du the money invested , Improvements in the city have commcnccd In earnest , nnd hundreds of now business houses nnd rosldoncas nre being erected. Among the new enterprises during Iho past week la n blank Uoolc manufactory nnd bin dery by 1'itz , < ; Young , giving employment tea a number of hands. Donaldson ft Hnuor Is the name of a now firm that has engaged In the bottling business and the mnnufncluie ot fiodn and mineral waters on a largo scale. Lcldlgh ft Co. have opened new lumber yards , Phillip Host 1ms concluded to mnko Nebraska City n general distributing point for Iho state , and a number of minor enter prises have c6tno Into existence- , all helping to tidvanco the business prosperity of the city.Another Another step towards ntotropolltanlsm i tbo schema under consideration by the city council , which was recommended to them by the board of trade , for a street inomenolnturo. n scheme copyrighted by Mr. Stewart , of Philadelphia , who allows the city Itauno free , it Is a plan similar to the ono now in use in Philadelphia and does away with all street names , tiio streets being designated ns ave nues nnd carsos Instead , All houses are to bo numbered. An ordinance has been drawn up under which Nebraska City will organize as n city of over 10.000 Inhabitants , nnd a free mall delivery - livery will uo nskcd for. The city is making preparations for one of the grandest celebrations on the Fourth of July over undertaken in the state , It Is pro posed to make the day a general Jubilee uf- fair , to rejoice over the prosperity which has como to the city. It is expected that by llinl limo bolh bridges will bo completed over the Missouri , the streets will bo graded nnd paved , the strcot cars in operation , the Insti tute for Iho blind building completed , the "citizens' council" In good working order , nnd a hundred now business nnd mnnufuc- luring enterprises In operation. Kxcursions will bo run over every road and every city In Iho slnto will bo Invited to partlclpale. Largo subscriptions have already bt-cn mndo to wards the celebration expenses nnd tbo af fair will bo bound lo bo a success. Prosperous Superior. Summon , April 7. [ Correspondence of Iho Bite. ] Superior Is ono of the prettiest towns wo have seen In the state , a really superior town ; far enough away from Omaha and ICausns City lo not bo affected by their en- croachmonls , nnd largo enough not to fear her pretended rivals , Lincoln , Hentrico and Hustings , situated on n beautiful eminence overlooking ono of Iho finest valleys in the world , nnd from Its heights you can see across ititoKnt.sas nnd witness the vocolnllon wrestle with the hot winds , while nil Is pleasant at home. She has already three railroads and two moro on the way , and others heading that way , which will give her railroad facilities not lo bo excelled by any town in southern Nebraska , and the public spirit which marks her progress is bound to carry her to the front in n short time. Many fine miild- ings have already been creeled , and Ihero is capital ready to push forward moro this year , and the corporation wears u smile all ever Us beautiful exterior since It has fallen Into such good hands. Thuro are 1Mb Bossormans and Hunters , and Adamses ( descendants of Quincy ) , nnd others with plenty of means , who nro going down into their pockets to build her up , In fact , she nlrcnd } ' puts on metropolitan airs. Through the city flows the Republican river ( checked long enough by a dam to use the water for milling purposes ) , and n vein of humor which no ono can check by any kind of a dam , cither sacred or profane , and every body wears n smile , cut after the most np- provecl style , the snmo ns they do their clothes. Tlio moral and intellootilnl welfare of the pcoplo nro duly cared for , as wo can testify , having become somewhat acquainted with the dispensers of both these commodi ties , and Iho women uro bolh hoallhy and beautiful , moving around with n grace nnd b'ustlo that is very charming. The only unhappy man wo saw was the de feated candidate for mayorwho had a kind of "paradise lost" expression on his counte nance , and this was rapidly disappearing when we saw him two days later. Doctors nnd undertakers nrc not very pros perous , owing to the health of the town. However , Iho doctors have the advantage , ns the population is increasing , several having arrived during our stay who will not need to take out naturalization papers , tipping the scales at eight and ten pounds. Truly there Is a great future for Superior. Valpnralno Items. VALPARAISO , Nob. , April 8. [ Correspond ence to the BiiK.l Everything in connection with our water works is in running order now. Several tcsls have been mndo proving them a success. A hose company linn been formed and is training daily lo bo In readi ness at the first call. Mr. U. 1C. Johnson Is contemplating the erection of n brick block 73x80 , two storic. high nnd offering to the Masons the privll- cgo of building a third story room 25x80 , to bo used as a lodge room. The school census showit the number of chlldicn of school ago to bo101. . Ono year ago 11 was less than three hundred. Farming hns commenced in this vicinity. Lumber dealers report trade ns being good , showing that improvements nro going on in the country in the way of building us well us in town. The demand for houses to rent Is very lart-o and no empty dwellings to answer to the call. Messrs. Scavillo & Crafts , proprietors of the Limloll hotel , have llttnd up ten new bed- roonib in connection with their house and are full , and running over with custom. Travel ing men need not bu afraid to stop at Val paraiso any more , us it now has two flrat class hotels. Keal estate men are busy and report a good many sales of farms , mostly to men from Illinois and Iowa good , well-to-do farmers who nro glad to Icnvo their old , worn out farms for this btato's rich soil. lioomliif ; Crawford. Neb. , April 3. [ Correspon dence of the HKB. ] Crawford is going to have a boom Ihis summer. The H , & M. In coming hero will tnako it-tho first town in northwest Nebraska which has two roads , Tlii'rn will bo lots of vvorlc hnre. Some of the scttlcrh along the Whllo river uro get ting out Ufi.OOO pine and cedar posts' for the railroad company and men In the uuut say it gees bard on the govonmcnt timber. Tliorn wont bo much left if they uro not slopped soon. Miss 13. Linda , of Rapid City , proposes to euro "what in called hog cholera" free of chnrgo. Miss Liiido did not at tend the womanWoundl bulhaugivun up her life to Iho line arts. Most men would like a Spring Over coat , bul imagine Ihoy cannot afford it. Jones will this week offer 3 elegant styles of Spring Overcoats in fine Cash mere and Cheviot Fabrics at 19.75 each. Ono style is Salin lined through out , and the others are Satin faced. The regular value of these Coats is $15.00 , but Jones wants every man to have a Spring O.'orcoat. Another bar gain is a line J3rown CtwinioreOvervout at $0.00 ; ask to see It. til'JTTI .VcTl'OHTli I ) . L. O. JONES , American Clothier , 1309 Farnan Slreel ,