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Tim Tumtnany braves arc going to
the St. Louis democratic nun-daneo
2,000 strong. The question is , how
many political scalp-locks will Chief
Cleveland offer thorn for a rononunn-
tlon 'I _
WITH its stuto delegation headed by
John M. Thurston nnd its district dele
gation commanded by Charley Green ,
Douglas county will have the right to
boast of being the stronghold of brass
collar republican ibin.
Tin : grand old.tnan of England and
the iron-chancellor of Germany have
evidently reached the turning point in
their careers. But the man of destiny
in Franco is &till on parade to the tune
of the Boulnngor inarch.
EASTKUN Limbtirgur checso manu
facturers have met and formed a "trust"
for advancing prices and controlling
production. If congress ever gets to in
vestigate that combination it will have
to wear u clothes' pin on its nose.
IV Battonberg is as brave and chival
rous as ho is said to be , he ought to steal
lip the palace stairs some night , carry
ofT his bride , show EmperOr Frederick
the marriage certificate , and ask Bis
marck what ho is going to do about it.
WHAT is the use of holding convon-
lions to nominate delegates to Chicago
nnd.St. Louis ? Why don't the manag
ers of the railroads hold u conference
and select the delegation for the respec
tive national conventions from among
their oil-room orators ?
Tim republicans of Arkansas have
had their state convention and elected
delegates to the Chicago convention.
Powell Clayton , the carpet-bag swash
buckler , called the convention to order ,
and will head the "unit delegation" at
the convention. Liberal bids will bo
entertained.
Tim bill introduced into the house for
the construction of the Nebraska Cen
tral railroad bridge across the Mis
souri ut Omaha in opposed only by the
Union Pacific. When a railroad com
pany already owns the two bridges at
thin point , it seems decidedly hoggish
for that corporation to insist that no
body else shall have the right to build
another bridge.
Tnn Minnesota commissioner of sta-
tibtics has figured out that the chances
of death consequent upon railroad travel
in that etalo is one in ono million two
hundred thousand. If lie had calculated
the rinks of being maimed or killed by
Minnesota cyclones , ho would have
found that it was ono million two luin-
hundred thousand chances against one
of escaping alive.
Tim cheap fuel problem is BOOH to bo
solved for Chicago. A pipe line over
" 00 miles long is under construction
from the Ohio oil fields to that city.
And within sixty days the furnaces ,
foundries and steel works in and about
the oily will bo supplied with oil-fuel.
With cheap fuel Chicago is bound to
become- powerful competitor to Pitts-
burg iu the iron industry.
IT is all very well for the First ward
councilman to bond nil their energies
to ( secure a viaduct over the Union Pa
cific and B. & M. tracks on Touth
strcot. But if they would only expend
a little of that energy to compel those
corporations to pave Tenth street in
front of their property , just as all prop
erty owners in that vicinity have done
long ago , taxpayers nnd voters would
swallow the viaduct scheme , which is
sprung on thoin periodically a few
months before election.
THK first Arbor day in Illinois was
celebrated with considerable enthusiasm
ell through the state. Governor
Oglesby and the other state officers in-
nugurntod the ceremonies by planting
thirty trees in and about the state house
grounds at Springfield. In various
cities of the state the churches planted
trees. Two Grand Army posts turned
out in a body and planted memorial
Bugar maples , The school children ad
journed to the school yards and with ap
propriate exorcises sot out class trees.
The day was the. mosUlibtinotly marked
holiday of Uio soafeon , Und Illinois hag
Bet ! good e.\ample for her slbtor stated
to follow.
Against "Western Securities.
The warfare that has bcon waged for
a year patt in tno eastern press against
western securities and farm mortgages ,
it scorns , is to bo carried into the legis
latures of that section. Massachusetts
is setting the example. Wo noted a
few days ago that a bill proposed in the
legislature of that state allowing savings
banks to Invest in the bonds of Minnesota
seta nnd of its cities and towns had been
rejected by tin overwhelming majority ,
and that tills fact was referred to by an
eastern journal as a warning to other
Now England states that it was time to
call a halt to investments of these in
stitutions in western securities. There
are now before the legislature of Mas
sachusetts bills providing for the gen
eral regulation of loan and trust com
panies , and also for the placing under
general provisions of law the western
farm mortgage business. A Boston paper
referring to the latter object urges that
the Hold of these companies ought to bo
divorced entirely from the western farm
mortgage business. "It is far from
being a business in which trust funds
should bo invested , ' " says this journal ,
"nor should those mortgages ho made a
legal investment for such funds. " A
few of the companies are willing to give
up the privilege , but more are not. Yet
In view of the action of the legislature
regarding the savings banks it is alto
gether probable that Massachusetts will
prohibit its loan and trust companies
from investing in western farm mort
gages. And the example is more than
likely to bo followed by other Now Eng
land slates.
There is injustice in this policy to
everybody but the borrowers of that sec
tion , who , by the shutting ort of a largo ,
safe and profitable market for the in
vestment of the accumulated capi
tal in savings banks and loan and trust
companies , will bo assured of cheap and
fheaponing money. This class , it is
safe to assume , arc the most ardent ad
vocates of the policy. It is primarily
and especially unjust in the implication
it involves\hnt western securities , and
particularly farm mortgages , are dan
gerous investments. So long as this
was proclaimed simply through the col
umns of the newspapers , by correspond
ents whoso mission it was to hunt up
every fact that -would malco a depreci
atory shoeing and give it the most ex
aggerated application , no very serious
harm was to bo feared. It was very
easy to refute such testimony by over
whelming facts , as has boon done. But
when a legislature , presumed to- act
honestly and disinterestedly in such a
matter , virtually stigmatizes the
securities and mortgages of a
great and growing section of the
country as something to bo shunned by
capitalists , the wrong and injustice done
become a very serious matter. It is an
injustice also to those who entrust their
capital for investment to the savings
banks and loan and trust companies for
bidden to invest in these securities and
mortgages , since it curtails tlio earning
power of this capital. The rate paid by
these banks and companies for the
money entrusted to them will bo greater
or less according to the rate they tire
enabled to obtain for it in safe invest
ments. If their field is circumscribed ,
perhaps to the demands of their imme
diate locality , a cheap and cheapening
rate 'is inevitable , with corresponding
small returns to the owners of the
money. To all but the local borrowers
this would bo an unprofitable and un
just policy.
It is not necessary to repeat the evi
dence , several times presented during
the past few months , which shows con
clusively that there have boon no safer
investments than western securities and
farm mortgages , and no'no others BO
profitable. The testimony to this effect
is uniform and of the most trustworthy
character. A very considerable portion
of the wealth of Massachusetts and of
other Now England states is duo to
these investments. Untold millions
have gone from the earnings of the
farmers of the west and from the enter
prise and thrift of its people to augment
the capital of the oast. Not one-tenth
of ono per cent of all the eastern capi
tal invested or loaned in the west lias
been lost , nor is it in any danger now
unless by a narrow , short-sighted and
nnwarrantable policy of hostility on the
part of eastern legislators something be
done to jeopardize it. The people
of this section have not grown out
of their way of honest and
upright dealing , nor arc they likely to.
They have kept faith with the capital
ists of New England , and they in
tend to continue doing so. More than
that , they have gone on until now un
complainingly paying tribute to the
protected interools of that section ,
while they supplied it with food at frco
trade prices. But they protest against
having their character misrepresented
and their integrity maligned before the
world , as has boon so freely done by the
press of the east , and they justly com
plain of such unwarrantable hostility as
is being shown In the legislature of
Massachusetts.
JIcudH i Win , TalU You Lose.
Adams county comes to the state dom-
oorntio convention with a delegation
picked by the Honorable John M.
lagan ? , of Hastings , wbo has instructed
them to demand for him a scat in the
national democratic convention. This
information comes to us through the rec
ognized loading organ of the Nebraska
democracy and is therefore doubtless
nllloial.
Like the Honorable Mr. Dave Mercer
and many other persons with borrowed
jug handles to their names , ttie Honor
able Mr. Hagan has boon a regular at
tendant at our legislative sessions not
as a representative of Adams county or
any other constituency , but as a regu
larly enlisted paid lobbyist of the rail-
roadswith headquarters in the oil rooms.
Under the political railroad code which
has dominated in this state for the past
ton years such eminent services are a
, not only to stuto and national
cpntcntions , but oven to the national
legislature. While the "honorable"
Mr. Ragan chalks his gripsack for St.
Louis , the "honorable" Charley Greene
is getting ready to order Ills baggage
chocked lo Chicago. To th6 railroad
managers it ia a matte ? of supreme in-
( HiToroncewho will ho elected prqaidcnt
next November solong as they can
claim the glory of holplnp to nom.lnnto
the winning man through their honor
able oil-room delegates. With them it
is a game of heads I win , tails you lose.
MiiRWHtnpcry In I'ollilcs.
Ex- United States minister to Eng
land , lion. James Russell Lowell , has
boon delivering nn address at Stclnway
hall , Now York , on the advantages of
mugwumpery in American politics , a
brief synopsis of which has been sent
west over the wires.
From this telegraphic report it ap
pears that Mr. Lowell's Idea of true and
exalted statesmanship was never more
clearly shown than by the votes of Sen
ators Fes3cnden and Truinbull against
the Impeachment of President Johnson.
Ho claims that the mugwumps who left
the republican party to vote for Mr.
Cleveland four years ago were with
God's help carrying through a great
moral purpose , and that if they , the so-
called independents , have not got nil
they hoped for from the Cleveland ad
ministration , they have .gotten more
than they expected !
So it is now made clear that the high
moral purpose , with God's help , they
wore lo carry through by voting nnd
urging others to vote for Mr. Cleveland ,
partook largely of the ohnrnctarof fraud
on their more Innocent perverts ; that
the leaders in this high moral purpose
knowingly deceived them , Hed to them
to beguile them into voting for the
democratic candidates four years ago ,
in leading them to expect certain re
forms , when in fact they did not expect
any such reforms In the event of suc
cess. And this is now publicly admitted
by this chief apostle of these modern
political phariseosl As if this open
avowal of humbuggory nnd admitted
fraud were not enough , Mr. Lowell has
the mendacity to claim in the same ad
dress that Abraham Lincoln was a mug
wump 1
Tilicni : is reported to bo a very inter
esting contest in Pennsylvania for the
control of the republican machine. As
everybody is aware , this has been al
most uninterruptedly managed by the
Camorons , but the ambitious Senator
Quay has conceived the idea that ho is
competent to run it for awhile , and is
said to bo working hard to that end. If
this be true , it is a striking instance of
political ingratitude , for Quay owes his
political rise largely to the Camerons ,
or rather to the veteran Simon , who , by
the way , is still taking nn active inter
est in politics. Quay learned about all
the politics ho knows in the camps of
the old chieftain , and but for his confi
dence it is questionable whether he
would now be in the United States sen
ate. Occupying this vantage ground ,
however , it is said that Quay is now the
leader of a strong opposition to the
Camorons , and that ho will probably be
able to prevent them from securing a
delegation to Chicago to their liking.
This would mean that the Pennsylvania
delegation in the national convention
would be in the market. The state con
vention will be held on the 25th instant ,
and a very interesting contest is antici
pated. _
ONE of the most fortunate men of the
country in politics retired to private
life when a few days ago General N. P.
Banks handed over to a successor the
office of United States marshal for Mas
sachusetts. Ho has been almost contin
ually in office since ho entered politics.
At the age of twenty-five he was elected
speaker of the house of representatives ,
the third position of honor under the
government. Though not a great man ,
General Banks acquitted himself credit
ably in all positions and performed some
good service during the war. The dem
ocrats of Massachusetts have bcon after
his head for a year or two past , and a
few months ago there were charges of
irregularities in his office. General
Banks easily cleared himself of all re
sponsibility , except as to carelessness in
not holding to a stricter accountability
the men under him , a dereliction duo to
his implicit confidence. The disclos
ure , however , was a leverage which the
democrats who wanted the office fully
utilised , and when his term expiicd the
veteran soldier and statesman was per
mitted to go.
TIIK cable dispatches of the SUNDAY
T5ii : were a mot comprehensive and in
teresting presentation of the several
matters that are at this time agitating
Europe , showing that there are deep
nnd strong currents below the surface
of affairs which may at no very distant
day develop most important results.
The threatened crisis in Germany ,
growing out of the matrimonial ques
tion , cannot be said to have passed , but
on the contrary the complications load
ing toward it appear to become more
numerous and more serious. It scorns
that popular sentiment is by no means
altogether with Bismarck , and it is evi
dent that wore the emperor in health
the chancellor would have to abandon
his hostility to the marriage , or relin
quish his ollloo with the general popu
lar approval , In Franco all interest
still centers around Boulanger , and the
result of yesterday's election in the dis
trict of the Nerd is expected to have
most important political consequences.
The present situation in Europe in preg
nant with possibilities of universal 1
concern.
tu railroad suit important to
shippers has been decided in a
Dakota court. It seems that the North
ern Pacific had porilftuiJtly discrimi
nated against a cortnln wheat shipper
who entered into competition with the
railroad company's < sl9vnUrs in a srmUl
town. In order to freeze him out , the
Northern Pacific retimed to furnish him
with cars. A suit was brought to com
pel the company to furnish him with
proper transportation , and a decision
has just been handed down in favor of
the plaintift who will be awarded dam
ages in each cia where he failed to get
cara as demanded. This will bo good
nowfa to grain shippers ah through the
west against whom the railroads have
discriminated in order to build up elo-
vutor monopolies at the expense of the
people ,
THE twenty-third anniversary of the
shooting of Abraham Lincoln was ap-
1'riatiily celebrated yesterday.
STATE AN'D
Ncbrnfekn
Bonkloman is moving for waterworks.
Ord's butter nml checso factory is
nearly completed.
The Wnhoopostofllco handled $32,616
for the year ending March 31.
The Pchcmo for a professional base
club in Fremont has boon batted over
the fence.
.T. M. Woodsoi ) , of Plattsmoulh , has
fallen heir to an estate in Virginia
worth $35,000.
The farmers in Clay county have
planted all thbifr small grain and are
now preparing the Holds for corn.
O'Neill has Btvlpcd the land office
from Niobrnra. The coolness between
them would make a superb summer re
sort.
sort.Tho
The round-up of the youngsters of
York shows a total of 1,202 000 boya
and 590 girls. Fortunately there are
enough boys to go around.
"Hastings and Grand Island , " says
the York Times , "are right smart
towns. If they wore a little further
away from York they would have
a brilliant future. "
The Joyful news comes from Rule that
the Missouri river "Is going down. "
Had it stopped a moment and looked
Rule in the face the consequence would
have bcon appalling.
Another daily paper is promised in
Hastings. The recent mounds erected
in the journalistic cemetery there have
no terrors for men with more money
than discretion. Pewter plates come
cheap , however.
Omaha brick makers are investigat
ing the clay banks near"\Vcoping Water
with a view to establishing yards there.
The clay is said to bo a superior article
for the manufacture of pressed , paving
and other grades of brick.
York is pushing lo the front in a way
that threatens the pence of slumbering
rivals. On the heels of waterworks and
a big school comes a united pull for a
foundry and a planing mill , both of
which are almost assured.
A Gage county man was hurried to
the pearly gates last week with "good
luck" branded on his abdomen. Ho
was kicked todcath by a horse. The
brand will give him a leading position
among the Mavericks knocking at the
door.
The recent arrest of E. E. Finnoy in
Omaha for raising money by mortgages
on check did not astonish any person in
Fremont , where ho masquaraued as a
model youth and borrowed right and
loft. The Herald says he left dozens of
victims in that city.
"I sec that the base ball rules for 1888
provide for three strikes , " remarked
Maud to Alfred , as they stood up to
soften their joints on the grand stand.
"I hope it won't spread to our boys. I
should hate awfully to see them lose
their situations. They are just too
lovely ! "
Sioux City imagines that the finger
of scorn will scorch the nose of Omaha
if she borrows the corn palace idea.
The hamlet on the Big Sioux is need
lessly worried. _ Omaha's corn palaces
are ample for hdmp needs , without bor
rowing from the bootleg joints of her
red-headed neighbor.
Men and teams- are at work grading
the Elkhorn extension from Crcighton
to Verdigris , near Nlobrara , a distance
of twenty-four miles. It is generally
believed that this move is a preliminary
stcn toward the Sioux reservation. It
will give the company a big start
through that country as soon ns it is
opened.
Beatrice is looking hopefully toward
the Rock Island to build northeast from
that city to Omaha. The Domoucat
says surveyors are working in that di
rection now , but no ono knows what
their purpos.0 is or what company they
represent. The territory between the
two cities is the most inviting in the
state , rich in natural resources , well
improved and stocked , nnd open to the
first comer. Liberal aid will bo given
the company that undertakes the job ,
The I. C. society , of York , has pro
cured a gold medal to bo presented to
Miss Minnie Freeman , the heroine of
Myra valley. It bears on ono side the
raised initials , "M. F. , " inlaid with
garnet and turquoise. Upon the re
verse side is engraved the letters "I.
C. , " the name of the society which
gave it , and "January 12 , " the day upon
which she rescued so many little ones
from perishing in the great blizzard.
Miss Freeman is a member of the I. C.
society.
"A substantial city of over
eight thousand inhabitants , " says
the. Plattsmouth Herald , "with
but one railroad is certainly an
anomaly in this state , yet that is Plntts-
mouth's condition to-day. The Herald
has the best of reasons , however , for be
lieving tliat ere long we will bo blessed
with another lino. The Missouri Pa
cific people will build through to Omaha
this year frtmi Union , fourteen miles
south of us. That ib our prediction and
as wo have achieved something ofarep
utation as a prophet , we shall take no
chanccs _ when wo assure our people of
the buildingof a new line. "
Land speculators and settlers are
pouring into western Nebraska nnd
eastern Wyoming and Colorado by the
hundred. As a rule they are sturdy
people , well equipped to rough it until
harvest time. Government land is dis
appearing so rapidly that in less than a
decade the choicest of it will have
passed into the hands of settlors.
This fact coupled with the certainty ol
rapid increase in value is a
powerful emigration agent. Anothoi
incentive is the widespread belief that
congress will repeal the pre-emption
and timber culture laws , nnd limit
claims to the homestead law undoi
stringent regulations. Scores of worlc-
ingmen and farmers' sons in and around
Omaha are arranging to take advantage
of this bonanza. With a little money
and the grit and energy to stay by the
claim , a man can secure 480 acres ol
land ancl at the end' of five years will
have secured a comp'otonco ' anil freedom
from the stripes inherited by wage
workers. Go west and secure a slice of
the nation's bounty.
Iowa Itema ,
The whale has succeeded the legisla
ture as an attraction in Des Moineo.
The people of Lo Mars nro making a
strong effort to secure the Sioux City &
Northern railroad ,
A six-year-old Foihof George HuthluiT
of Fort IJodgo , was severely scalded bj
turning over a kettle of hot soup.
The artesian well in Central park
Davenport , is now down feOO feet , ant
the work is still in limestone which has
been penetrated a distance of GOO feet.
The people of Marcus have prospects
of a creamery and cheese factory. There
is considerable building going on in the
town and the people weern pleusei
with their prospects.
A veteran of two wars , aged eighty
four , has been sent to iho state soldiers
homo. A moderate passion for grog is
said to have made him prematurely oh
and reduced him to poverty.
The so von too ii-year-old daughter o
Farmer Bookman , living four miles fron
Dubuque , was roabted to death last
Thursday. While burning cornetalka
in the field her clothing caught fire ant
eho was bunted to death before Assist
unco couid roach her.
A collision occurred nt Paotfio June-
Ion Friday morning , Engine 120 , trrtln
0 , didn't stop nt the Kansas City cross-
ng , but plunged into a switch enpino
n the yards , sending her flying into a
ot of baggage cars standing on the
rack. No. li0 ! struck her once more ,
or fun , and 'the pnmo ended by the box
cars flying around like nine pins in nn
alley.
Dnkotn.
The territorial firemen's tournament
vlll bo hold next Juno in Huron.
It Is reported that coal was struck nt
tVcsstngton nt a depth of 230 feet.
The amount of government money
mndled nor day In the Deadwood post-
office Avill average nearly $2,000.
There is n prospect that central Da
cota will have the best immigration
his year that has boon known for sev
eral years.
Prairie fires are unusually numerous
'or this season of the year. Great care
ihould be taken by all in preparing
n-opor protection for their buildings.
A ( lowing well was struck the first of
, ho week six miles southwest of Howard ,
Hncr county. At the depth of thirty-
five feet pine wood was struck nnd the
vater immediately beneath.
Brulo county claims the oldest In-
inbltnnt in the territory. Mrs. An-
olnottc Osmondson , a native of Norway ,
ins reached the remarkable ago of 104.
She is the mother of eight children , five
of whom are living.
Wyoming.
Laramlo has struck sulphur water and
i strong smell. The town has all the
uxurios of a first-class summer resort.
Lnramio has inside information to the
effect that the Northwestern road will
be extended to that town from Sweet-
water.
William E. Guthrie , of Chovonnc.
has sued the Union Pacific for $26,000
damages for injuries sustained in ti , c6l-
lision on the road last year.
A Saratoga sanitarium has boon in
corporated at Rawlins. The owners
propose to build a hotel and make the
journey to the grave asnprecnblc ns the
victim's means will permit.
One of the strong indications of what
Is being done in the development of our
mining industries is the fact that over
Lwo hundred placer location certificates
have bcon sold at the Cheyenne office
during the past two weeks.
Sensational KeporlH Corrected.
Sioux Cilu Journal.
The Big Muddy is a stream pregnant
with surprises , and the inhabitants of
its valley never know just what to ex
pect. Navigators have cursed its fickle
currents from the earliest days , and
land owners in many of its bonds have
groaned in spirit over the knowledge
that it laughed to scorn the claims of
title and possession. It cannot oven
shed its coat of ice as do the tamer
rivers elsewhere , but occasionally in
dulges in the unpleasant freak of break
ing up at the wrong end , and when it
does commence the process in the
proper order there are its sand-bars
and eddies to catch the broken ice cakes
and form them into gorges that act as
dams. So it is readily understood that
no matter how innocent and quiet the
river may seem to bo while submitting
to the dominion of winter , its breaking
up is always a matter of absorbing in
terest.
The break-up commenced three weeks
ago , nnd had the fine weather of Sun
day , March 10 , held for two or three
days longer it is altogether likely that
the ice would have passed out quietly
and without damage to property , but
weather turned suddenly cold and was
severe enough to form now ice that se
curely anchored the old nnd brought
the movement to a complete standstill.
Meanwhile the upper waters were send
ing down their floods and the increased
pressure only strengthened the gorge
of ice already formed between hero and
Elk Point. The damage was foreseen
by the people acquainted with the
Stream and precautions for safety taken
in time. And the Hood came. For a
week commxmication has been cut off bo
twcon this city and Elk Pojntand a considerable
sidorablo tract of country in the hitter's
Immediate vicinity has been inundated.
There has been no loss or jeopardy of
human life and no destruction of cattle
or property , save that in the overflowed
district the operations of planting and
sowing will bo somewhat interfered
with.
As always occurs in case of disaster ,
the scone of which is remote or dillleult
of access , rumor supplants Investigation
and the outside world , clamoring for
news , is fed from the fertile brains of
those accommodating people who fur
nish special correspondence for the
daily press. Thus it happens that the
Journal , bound to present only the facts
based upon reliable reports and the ob
servations of the nowBgatherers , has
necchsarily been confined lo accounts
that seem meager in comparison with
the thrilling and graphic novels pro
duced for the press of other cities.
Comparisons of the situation nt Elk
Point with the memorable flood of Ifabl
further up the river have been made in
a manner that convoyed the idea of
similarity and which is all togothermis-
leading. It in probably true that the
water was as high and perhaps a little
higher at Elk Point this year than it
was in the same locality in 1881 , for the
reason that then the principal gorge
was above tliat town , while this season
it was below. No correct parallel could
bo drawn between the Elk Point freshet
of 1887 and the terribly destructive in
undation that reached from below Vcr-
million to Ynnkton in 1881. Tlioro was
no such sudden and overwhelming rise ;
no battering and crushing of trees and
building : no such permanence of flood
heigh , and no such days of cold and
storm to torture the people in their
flooded dwellings , In common parlance
the flood this year did not "hold a can
dle" to that of sovotrycars ago ,
A GRE/VTSOLDIER / GONE.
Death of General Q , A. Olllinorc at Ills
Homo In Brooklyn.
Now York Herald : Major General
Quinoy Adams Gillmoro , United Slates
army , died early yesterday morning at
his homo in Brooklyn , No. 147 Remson
strcot. Ho Had boon ill for about two
weeks previous to his death of a com
plication of liver and kidney troubles ,
but for many years ho has borne with a
soldier's fortitude the suffering caused
by malaria contracted in the south
during the war.
General Quincy Adams Gillmore was
born at Black River , Loruin county , OMen
on February 8 , 18 i. HiB father was
ono of the earliest settlers of Ohio , and
General Gillmoro's childhood was spent
on bib father's farm. General Gillmoro
gained his early education in the old-
fashioned country school , and later ho
studied at the Norwallc ( O. ) academy.
For three years preceding his twentieth
birthday ho taught a district school and
attended two term at the high school
in Elyria , O. While there ho read a
poem of his own composition at a pub
lic exhibition , which attracted the at
tention of the congressman from the
district , who offered him the nomina
tion as n cadet at the United .States
military academy.
General Gillmoro.aocepted the oftor
willj aluoriU't and entered , the academy
nt West Point on , T\tly 1 ( 1854. Ho was n
hard , oonsolontlwis student , and grad
uated with hlph honors 6n Juno 80.1849 ,
standing first in his class of forty-throe.
The next day ho was promoted to a
brevet second lieutenancy In the corps
of engineers , and for three years served
ns an assistant engineer in the building
of Forts Monroe nnd Cnlhoun for the
defence of Hampton Roads. Ho was
now promoted to n second lieutenancy
in the corps of engineers , nnd In 1852
ho was made assistant instructor iu
practical military engineering at the
West Point nondomy , In which position
ho served until September 15,1850.
In July , 1850 , General Gillmoro was
promoted to n first lieutenancyand hold
that rank In the army registers until
1801. In the interim ho had served as
treasurer nt West Point nnd ns quarter
master , had boon In charge of the engi
neer agency in this city for supplying
and shipping materials for fortifica
tions , etc. , nnd was also in charge of the
fortifications in the harbor.
When the war of the rebellion broke
General Gilmore was acting as assistant
to Major General Barnard in the con
struction 6f the fort nt Sandy Hook. In
August , 1801 , ho was promoted lo a cap
taincy in his corps , and as chief of en
gineers accompanied the 1'ort Royal
Expeditionary corps on the staff ot
General Thomas W. Sherman in Octo
ber , 1801. Ho took a prominent part in
the operations upon Hilton Head , S. C. ,
on November 7 , 1801 and after the re
duction of the place ho rebuilt and
strengthened the forts and superin
tended the erection of now fortifications
at that point.
Ho acted ns ono of Iho commissioners
in the arrangement of the terms of ca
pitulation of the place , and on April 11 ,
18G2 , ho received the reward of his mer
itorious service in the shape of a pro
motion to be brevet lieutenant colonel.
Ill health forced General Gillmoro to
go on a leave of absence n lor these
operations , nnd it was not until the fol
lowing August that ho resumed active
duty again. Ho was not thoroughly re
covered nt that time , but his rcs'tless
spirit chafed against the restraint of ill
ness , and despite his physician's advice
lo the contrary , reported for duty.
Having been nromotcd to bo brigadier
general of United States volunteers , ho
spent a month assisting the governor of
this stite to organize sixty regiments of
state troops and forward them to the
front.
From September 18 to September 28 ,
1862 , General Gilmore was in command
of the division that operated from Cov-
ington , Ky. , and from the latter dale
until October M , 1802 , directed the operations -
orations of the division of Western
Virginia. Next ho commanded the
first division of the army of Kentucky ,
and later the division of Central Ken
tucky. It was while thus engaged that
on March 30,18(53 ( , ho administered a
crushing defeat to General Pcagram in
the battle of Somerset. For this ex
ploit ho was breveted colonel , and [ in
the following Juno , on his return to
duty after after another absence on sick
leave , ho was given command of the de
partment of the south , comprising all
territory occupied by union troops on
the coasts South Carolina , Georgia ,
and Florida.
In July of the same year ho was given
command of the Tenth namy corps , and
directed the memorable operations
against Charleston , S. C. Those opera
tions comprised the dcscentupon Morris
Island on July 10 , a brilliant achieve
ment , for wh'ich no was breveted brig
adier general ; the bombardment and
reduction of Fort Sumtor ; the siege
and capitulation of Fort Wagner and
Battey Gregg. These operations were
characterized Vy marked skill and bold
ness , and resulted in his promotion as
major general of volunteers.
During the pursuit of lie ] rebels
under General Early in July , 1801 , Gen
eral Gilmore was soverelr injured by
the Jailing of his horse , and wn.s absent
on sick leave for a month. Then ho
acted as president ot a commission for
the testing of heavy iron cannon , wont
on a tour of inspection of the fortifica
tions from Cairo , 111. , toPonsacola , Fin. ,
and was again in command of the De
partment of the South from February
! ) to November 17 , 1865. Meanwhile ho
had boon brevetted brngadier general
for his services in connection with the
captuie of Fort Wagner and major on-
oral for his services in the assault out
Morris Island and the bombardment and
demolition of Fort Suratcr.
In December , 1865 , ho resigned his
commission ns major general of volun
teers and returned to service in the en
gineer bureau at Washington , being
subsequently appointed onyinoor-ln-
chief of all the fortifications and river
and harbor improvements on the At
lantic coast south of Now York. He
was made major in Juno , 1803 , lieuten
ant colonel in 187-t and colonel on Fcb-
rnnrv 20 , 107-1. He was president of the
Misslsa'.ppi river commission and of
several boards for important river and
harbor improvements and as ono of the
judgosattho centennial exposition in
1870 , ho mndo interesting reports on
"Portland , Roman and Other Artificial
Stones and Cements , " and on ' 'Brick-
macking Machinery , Brick Kilns , Per
forated and Enamelled Bricks and
Pavements. " lie wrote a number of
works , among them being , "Tho Siege
and Reduction of Fort Pulaski , " Limes ,
Hydraulic Cements and Mortars , " "En
gineering and Artillery Operations
Against Charleston in 1803 , " "Bolton.
Coignotand other Artificial Stones , "
"The Strength of the Building Stone of
the United States , " and Roads , Streets
and Pavements. "
Oborlin college. Ohio , conferred upon
him the degree of master ol arts , and
Rutgers college that of doctor of philos
ophy.
General Gillmoro was at ono lime
president of the Kings county "I/1 road.
Ho was married twice. Four sons by
his first wife survive him.
A telegraph message has been sent to
Lieutenant Gillmoro , now stationed nt
Fort Clark , Tex. , and arrangements
for the funeral will not bo made until
he is heard from.
Planting
Kansas City Times : Knneap anil Ml9 <
souri have both selected Avbor days.
Mr. Goodman , socrotnry of the Missouri
horticultural society , has Issued a circu
lar urging that school boards nnd county
courts take up the mnttor anil ndil the
weight of their influence to mnko the
tree planting general. Uo gives the
following hints on the best varieties of
trees :
The best nntivo fflrc t trees : Thn olm. then
the innplo , tlicn the nth anil boxlilor. . If
you can fret thorn ami can afford it , got the
mnplo , tulip tree or linn trco ; nlfto , la
URO the Kvonmoro. It slnmls the coal
snioko best. The best evergreens t Hed
cediir , Norway spruce nnd white nine. Plant
m clump * ot lire or sevenand not In straight
lines so much.
Kansas has yet to glvo that attention
to trco planting her conditions ot poll
and climate demand. The western part
of the state particularly needs the pres
ence of forests. To quote from Mr. Par
ker's paper In the fifth report of the
state board ot agriculture : "Arboreal
culture is the most vital question before
the people of western Kansas. If one-
eighth of the territory could bo covered
with forests it would become one of the
most productive portions of the country.
Forests would make this region a para
dise. They would undoubtedly prevent
the hot winds and would have a ten
dency to drive tornadoes Into the upper
regions of the alinoyphoro nnd render
them harmless. " Mr. Parker thinks
that \\cstornKnnsasllls useless to
plant sugar innplo , "beech , willows ,
larches , firs nnd spruces. Ho recom
mends the black walnut , the hnckborry ,
the ashlcavcd maple , the green ash , the
honey locust and the wild cherry. The
red cedar ia almost the only evergreen
which can bo depended upon. Prof.
Poponoo of the Kansas agricultural
college reports ; that on the college
grounds the white ash 1ms done well ;
also black walnut , catalpn , soft maple
( the last two on poor , gravelly , clay
soil ) , allantus , box alder and groou ash.
Ho reports that the larch , hickory ,
sugar innplo , chestnut ana Norway
spruce did not resist the dry summers
and locusts of 187i ! and 1874. From the
rather meager report * ) of the state au
thorities it is evident that no general
movement to extend forest culture has
boon inaugurated. Prccipo information
as to the best varieties for the different
soils and climatic conditions docs
not seem to have been se
cured , and the question is stil ] in
the experimental stage. There is no
doubt about the high utility of trees to
western Kansas. All the writers admit
thnt general proposition. If half the
money spent last year in boring tor nat
ural gas had gone into young forests thb
state Would have nn Interest bearing
investment which in a few years Would
bo invaluable for its benefits to other
crops. For its instruction in what foros.t
culture can do in producing a diroilt
profit the experience of California may
be cited. It is said that the most valu
able farm land in the world Ib that
planted In English walnut ti cs In
southern California. The certain re
turn is never less than 10 per cent , on
$3,000 nn aero. The trees do not boar
for several years after they are plan tad
probably not before the seventh eft
eighth year but when they once begin
they require little further attentionand
rarely fail to irivo a crop. Tlioro Is no
tree known which will give such a profit
in western Kansas , but no doubt a full
series of experiments would very soon
show what Is the best for the artifical
forests which western Kansas must nave.
In the eastern middle states people who
wish a tree of rapid growth nnd hand ?
some appearance select the Carolina
poplar. On poor soil it will grow in
throe or four years to bo a largo and.
showy shade tree. Its wood is of little
value and It docs not live long , but to
answer the purpose while more valuable
trees are growing in the cast it hns no
equal. Whether it can bo depended
upon on western plains lias , as far as re
ports seem lo go , not been determined.
, nTho manner of planning young trees
cannot be better described than in the
language of Mr. M. W. Reynolds , who
has recently said iu the Goiida Springs
Herald :
You can't slick a trco into a little consti
pated hole without nny room for the roots to
run out , dump on a lot of dry clods of dirt
and expect it will inow. The tree expects
bettor ucatnicnt. From kind hrnvon It ic-
colvcs lorrcshmg dews und propituous Bhofv-
crs and Iho warm , ponml sunshine. It rchcjs
Halnst nuy other sort of u ngo than that
which kind nature furnishes. The hole
should be nmplc , for an ordinary KOOI ! slzod
trco two foot and n half ile p and from two.to
two nnd a half foot in diameter. Always sp
below the hard pun. Then (111 ( in with llncly
pulvoivod bluclt dlit , or surfnce soil. Caru-
fully spicnd out the rooln and ( lhus | , put in
iho line oil a few inches , then ti hily pack
the dht. Unless it is very wet put null to
full pail of wntor to ench tree itnk'h with
coarse mamiro , and if convenient put some
stones upon the mulrlilnfr to hold It < lmvn ,
keep the tice from swaying utirl to hold the
moisture. Do thin nnd yotirtri'es will nil IH'o
providing thgv have Riidlclcnt root and the
roots weio not exposed to tin di.v wlii'ls so &i
to pnich Iho libers while tinnsplantH ) > , r
Every man , woman and child in Kan
sas ought to celobnilo Arbor day by
planting a trco apiece. In wcstorii
Knn n.s they should get up early that
clay and keep planting until darit.
Around farm IIOIISOH , schools and
churches should bo big groves. Aloqtr
{ he roads , by the ditrhes , on the hill's ,
in the bottoms should ho rows of Irons.
The people out there can not for onu
day or one week bo too crazy on the
subject of trees. Plant them this year ,
and if ncrobbiiry Kcop them mulched
mid watered through the summer. It
will bo Inbor well expanded. Get them
once started and tlmy will grow on
whether they are cherished or nog
looted. Like n life insurance policy
limy not only afford needed protection
but act as a pavings bank out of which in
a few years the owner can draw out
what ho paid in with full interest and
accumulated profits , According to Mr.
Parker's calculation twenty acres out
of every KiO , planted in trues , will make
western Kansas a prtradino. Land in a
paradise is worth at least $2i to $50 an
acre. How can western Kansas invest
itn land nnd numuy better than in n
cheap crop v.hiHill ) thus advance the
value of the wholeboctlonV
It h no longer necessary to pay you r
tailor fancy prices for trousers. Jones
can fit and please you. Over a thous
and pairs to select from. From 81,08 to
$10.00 , for perfect fitting tailor imvdo
punte. A chromo will bo given the
man who is too tall for Jones to fit iu
pants , \yhatevcr you forget , jst
t > cr that
Wake Up !
JONES , HE SELLS PANTS ,
