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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; THUESPAY. APKIL 19. 188B , THE DAILY BEE. EVBIIV TRHMS OF BunscmmoN. Dnllv ( Morntns Edition ) Including Sunday HER. Ono Year . 110 M For Hlx Months . . . r. in J-Vir Three Monthl. , . , . 260 ! TJio Omnlm Hnndny HKr mailed to any ad- drosi , Ono Yenr . . . . 200 OMAllAOFFICB. NOS.PlUKt > OlnFAUNAMBTHKF.T. NKW yoiiK OrricE , ItooMS 11 AN 15 THIIIUNK WASHINGTON OFFICB , do , 611 COUUKSrONDENCK. All communlcixtloM relating to r. vrs nncl cdl- lorlnl mnttcr should bo addressed to the Uiuiou j All business Icttcra nnd remittances should 1 > o nddresscd to TIIK m.r. 1'iniusiiiNn COMPANY , OMAHA. lrnf ) t , chocks and postoinco orders to { Jo nindo payiblo to the order ot the company. Tlic Bee Pnblisliing Company , PronriGtors E. ROSEWATEK , Editor. THE UAIL.Y 1H3B. Sworn Bntcincnt of Circulation. . Etnto of Nebraska , I . , County of Douglass , f"-s- ( ! co. li , Tzschuck , ( secretory of The UPC Pub- JIMiliiK company , docs solemnly swear that the nlttiarclrculatlon of the Dolly lleo for the week fendlnc April VJ. lB8a was as follows ! Patunlay. April 7 . 20.000 Sunday. April H . I'.Sfl ' Monday , April d . 1P.PV ) Tuesday , A prllio . 1I .S75 Wednesday , April 11 . lO.TOO Tliuriday , April 12 . Ili.0f0 ltluay , April 13 . . . ,18.Ka Average GKO. 11.TZ8CHUCK. Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this 14th day of April , A. I ) . , 1888. N.l'.FKIU Notary 1'ubllc. Etnto of Nebraska , I . County of UoURlnss , fB < B < ( Jeo. 11. Tzschtick , being first duly sworn , do- roprH mill says that ho Is secretary of The Dee ruhllshliiK company , that the actual average dally circulation of tnc Dally lleo for tbo month of April , Ifb7. 14.31B copies ; for May. 1B87 , 14,227 copies ; for June , 18K7 , 14,147 copies ; for July. 1E87 , H.ttO copies : for August. 1847. 14,11)1 copies ; for September. 1687 , f4,34'J copies : for October. 1687 , 14.XH : for November. I b7. IG.Sza copies ; for December , 1H87 , 15,041 copies ; for January , 18FN , lfi.200 copies ; for February , IBS ? , IB.'JUS copies : for March , Ib88 , J , Cc copies , OKO. . TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before mo and subscribed In iny prcscnco thUluth day of April. A. U. 1888. N. P. FEfL. Notary Public. WHY can't Dan Lnmout play Bis marck's role and put his foot down on the coming marriage between Secre tary Bayard and Mrs. Folsoin ? Tim Louisiana election returns are coining in , but the counting is progress ing slowly. It is said that tissue bal lots stick clobor together this year than over before. Tin : great Kcoly motor has again been dragged into the Philadelphia courts. The judge wants to know what makes the wheels go round. From the array of legal talent for Inventor Kooly it looks as if the lawyers' tongues sup plied the motive power. Tin : trousers , which Balfour took from Editor O'Brien last fait when ho was confined at Tullamoro jail , arc worn out. This explains the reason of Mr. O'Brien's recent arrest. The queen's secretary for Ireland is in want of another pair of pantaloons of Mr. O'Brien's particular fancy. NO VISTTEK way to beautify Omaha nnd to increase the value of property at a small expenditure can.bo . found than by planting trees along the curb. Many "property owners are already doing their duty in this matter. As Arbor day falls on the 23d , the holiday could not bo celebrated - obratod in a more fitting manner than by a general observance of tree plantIng - Ing throughout the city. THE course of political events in Ohio , while generally favorable to Mr. Sher man , is such as to suggest an undercur rent that the friends of the senator have reason to foar. A great deal will undoubtedly depend at Chicago upon the fidelity of Governor Forakor , and there is iv possibility of this failing. There is great danger that the ex perience of Senator Sherman with Ohio politicians may bo repeated. ALTHOUGH the American hog is ta booed in the Syrian markets , American petroleum will again supply the oil for every lamp from Dan to Beorshoba. For two years the Russian merchants imitated our cans and labels so closely that the dark-eyed Syrian was deceived into buying the inferior crude miptha of Russia for the pure oil of our Ponn- pylvania wells. But they found out their mistake , and the order comes from Beirut for thirty thousand cases of prime American petroleum. THIS medical profession has suffered a loss inHho ddath of Dr. Agnew , of Now York , who hold a prominent place as a specialist , being widely known to the profession not only of this couiitry but of Europe. Ho was ampng the first physicians called to attend Mr. Conk- ling when his illness became serious , but was compelled by his own illness to leave the case to other hands. Dr. Agnew made a record of great useful ness to the cause of medicine. TiiUKK tailors in Tooloy street once upon a tlmo resolved that "We , the people , demand , " otc. A dozen hood lums and bums hired by political and personal enemies of the editor of the BKK , resolved that "Wo , the central labor union , condemn and denounce a certain journalist. " Those cowardly backbiters , who hadn't manhood enough to name anybody or paper in their great resolutions , furnish a great deal of am munition to the monopoly hacks and roadorless sheets who subsist on bub&i- dics from the Burlington railroad and crumbs thrown by jobbers mid ringstors. THE deal botwuon the fillibustorn nnd nntl-fllllbuslors in the democratic party over the direct-tax bill by which the dead-lock was to readily broken is now explained. The lilllbustors Imvo agreed to permit a vote to bo taken upon the direct-tax bill in Deroinbor on condi tion that they can tack an amendment to the bill to remove Iho existing limi tations upon the payment of further claims under the captured abandoned property net. The amount of claims under this net , which nro now barred , aggregate about $15,000,000. So that if the diroct'tax bill us amended bo passed in DQcombor , the north would got about eiTiOOO.OOO and the south $15,000,000. The brigadiers would bo pleased with tjiis "ovon trade" although the north would get a million or two more- out of thq The Opening of the Dolmtc. The country will not derive nny great encouragement from what was said in the house of representatives * Tuesday for and against tariff reduction by the champions of the opposing forces put forward to open < ho debate on this sub ject. SO far as tlio spirit ot the speeches of Mr < Mills nndMr. Kelly is coiresrncd , it is1 simply in accord with the political nfllliationg of those gentlemen , and to this extent may perhaps bo accepted as foreshadowing the character of the de bate throughout. It cannot be regarded as a wise or fortunate fact for the demo cratic leado'r to have occupied so much of his speech in the oltort to doproel- ale what had boon done by the repub licans in reducing taxation. There was in this portion of what ho said too much of that sort of political diatribe which , while admissible on the slump , is not well suited to the hall of the house of representatives in inaugu rating the discussion on a measure of great practical and national import ance. If it bo un.wlso to debate this issue on purely political or party grounds , it is still more unwlso to inako it in any degree a subject for antagoniz ing classes. Judicious men will not think well of an argument in support of tarill reform that might have this effect. In another respect Mr. Mills appears to have gene too far for the good of his cause , nnd that was in mak ing too apparent the frco trade senti ments which ho is known to cherish. It was an imprudent slalomont , to say the least , that "not moro than ton per cent of the goods consumed in the United States would bo imported if all the custom houses were torn down and the government supported by direct taxes. " It was an assumption which the necessities of the open ing debate did not warrant , nnd which gave no strength to his argument. It simply showed that the force of Mr. Mills' real sentiments regarding the tar 1 IT was lee strong to be kepi entirely in abeyance. The speech of Mr. Kelly followed the lines which ho has made familiar for twenty-five years. If somewhat , less political and nartisan than that of the democratic leader of the hou&o , it was characterized by a much closer adher ence to the old ruts of argument. Per haps nothing different was to bo ex pected of Mr. Kelly , whoso life work has been the advocacy of high-larilT protection , and who has grown too old in this scr.vico to bo inlluonccd by the changed conditions. On this ground his selection to open the debate against tariff revision and reduction was per haps not a mistake , but in so far as ho may bo regarded as representing the general altitude of republicans the selection was unfo'rtunalc. It very likely would have made little differ ence , however , if any other of the re publican members of the ways and means committee had been put forward to open the debate , since their report shows them to bo in full accord. The course of the debate will un doubtedly develop an abler and moro judicious treatment of the tariff ques tion , from both points of view , than is shown in the speeches of Mr. Mills and Mr. Kelly , but these may be regarded as foreshadowing the line 'of argument that will bo presented for and against tariff revision and reduction. There is nothing in this promise that is reassur ing. It will simply bo fighting over the old battle , with every probability of a like termination as in the past. Tlio National Hanking System. After the questions of taxation and revenue , just now the most pressing , shall have been disposed of , assuming that they at some time will bo , the next most urgent matter to command public attention and call for legislation will relate to the money of the country , with particular reference to the national bank currency. This subject has made its npponranco in a casual way at every session of congress , and at the present session with rather moro piominoncc than for several years. In every dis cussion in which the currency figured the future of the national bank note has received consideration. A few days'ago when the bond purchase bill was before the bonato Mr. ShOrman found opportun ity to say a good deal in defense of the national banking system , which ho be lieves it to bo the purpose of the dem ocracy to overthrow. On that occasion Iho Ohio senator said : "But the na tional banking system has proved to bo the best that over was adopted in the history ol mankind. It is copied by other nations , and the principles upon which it was founded , though it was es tablished in the midst of civil war , have grown stronger and stronger , and its whole lifo has boon a vast benefit to the pcoplo of this country. It has furnished a local circulation in almost every town in the United States , nnd this circula tion has fed the fountains of business at home. It is the moans by which money has been made active , by which crops have been moved , by which trade and industries have been curried on. Its benefits have boon un told to the people of the Untied States. " The charge that the system has cost and is costing anything to the people of the country the senator dented. The character nnd relations of the banks' , and the duty of the government with regard to thorn , were again dis cussed in the senate on Monday , Sena tor Fur well , of Illinois , spoke on his bill providing for the investment of cer tain funds in the .treasury , and gave notice of amendments intended to secure the continuance of the national banking system. Ono of thcso directs the soaretiiry of the treasury to issue nnd sell to national banks , at par , for United Slutos notes , bonds of the United Status , bearing interest at two and 'ono-hnlf per cent. , re- dcomablo after fifty years , sucli bonds to bo used na security for the circula tion of national banks ; the other amendment provides that the secretary of the treasury may , in order to ennblo the banks to maintain and increase circulation , and to prevent their de struction by thopwcliasoorjinymont of the national debt , receive as security for circulation state , county or muni cipal bonds bearing not loss than four per cent interest , having ft market Value equal or greater than their faoo value , und upon which the interest has been promptly paid. Senator Farwoll advocated the refunding of the national debt at two artd ono-hnlf pot1 cent , al lowing national banks circulation on such reduced bonds at par , Op position to any legislation for con tinuing the national banks -was voiced by Senator Reagan , of Toxns , who declared that the banks had boon "guideil by a policy pe culiarly their own and at war with the best interests of the country , " and by Senator Stewart , of Nevada , who char acterized the bank note currency as "mushroom stuff" which had already brought distress upon the country. Under present conditions the banks cannot outlive the national debt. Un less legislation is provided for their continuance ) the limitof thclroxlstonco , ns batiks of issue , will bo 1907 , the brief period of nineteen years. Out many of them will not wait to reach the period of natural death. Undoubtedly moro or loss of them will from year to year surrender their privilege of Issuing currency , so that it may bo expected nearly all of them will cease to have circulation several years before they will bo forced , under existing condi tions , to abandon it. It is claimed there is nt present no profit to the banks in this circulation. If that bo BO there is no reason to supnoso there will bo profit hereafter. The advancing value of the bonds necessary to secure circulation is a fact against the organization of now banks. In short , all the circumstances of the situation forbid the idea that the national banking system will bo on- larged"but on the contrary assure Its gradual decline. The question of universal interest to the pcoplo is , therefore , shall provision bo made for continuing the national banking system , or shall it bo allowed to expire and the circulation thus lost to the country bo replaced by other forms of currency , as gold nnd sil ver certificates , coin or greenbacks11 ! This question is surrounded with diffi culties which it will bo the duty of con gress to wisely and thoroughly consider when other matters of greater urgency are out of the way. THK death of Roscoe Conkling will doubtless renew discussion us to several matters concerning which there has been controversy. Ono of these relates to his views regarding the presidential election of 1870 , and the method adopted to determine the result. It was freely claimed at the time by the democrats that Mr. Conkling believed Mr. Tildcn to have been elected , and this claim seemed to gain strength from the fact that Conkling manifested no sympathy with the plan of an electoral commis sion , preserving throughout a studied .silence with regard to the election and to that project for determining the result. The republicans were moro solicitous regarding his opinion than that of any other man in congress , and it is well remembered that great pres sure was brought to bear to induce him to make some expression on the matter. When the electoral commission plan was being formulated , and the greatest anxiety prevailed throughout the coun try , it was reported from day to day that Roscoe Conkling was preparing a great speech on the subject , and never was promised utterance awaited with greater solicitude by men of all parties. The speech was never delivered , and very likely none was prepared , though it is probable Conkling did at ono time seriously intend to speak on the matter. Had he done so , there i& very little rea son to doubt that it would have been in opposition to the electoral commission , on the ground of its unconstitutionality. Is it not more than likely that the counsel of General Grant dissuaded him from doing this ? The other matter of controversy relates to whether there was an understanding between Garficld and Conkling in 18SO by which in consideration of the latter engaging actively in the campaign ho was lo bo allowed to Control till appointments under the administration , in the event of Cm-field's election , in New York. The friends and adherents of Conkling have always insisted that there was such an agreement , and charged Garliold with betrayal of a solemn compact in appoint ing .ludgo Robertson an ardent sup porter of Mr. Blulno , who refused to bo bound by the unit rule in the conven tion of 1880 collector of customs at Now York. A great deal has been said on both sides of the controversy , but so far as wo know Mr. ConUling never gave any intimation that there had been such an agreement. The infaronco , however , was supported by strong circumstances , and there are doubtless very few who do not believe that the price of Conkling's support of Garfield was his control of the New York appointments. With regard to both those matters history can make no authoritative statement , slnco the only man who could Imvo remedied all doubt was silent respect ing them to the end. Perhaps it is well for his own fame , and for the fame of others1 , that he was silent. THE collapse of the American exchange - change in London and the disclosures incident thereto , will not improve the foreign estimate of American character for honesty. The object of the institu tion was good , and had it been honestly managed it would have boon of great service to Americans abroad nnd prafit- ublo to those in charge of it , but it is shown to have been conducted solely with reference to plundering its confid ing victims , some of whom are heavy losers by its collapse , The concern was givoii n reputation by the connection with it of several reputable men , among them Senator Ilnwloy , who'was the president , but those men appear to have really known very little about its opera tions. There is perhaps some excuse for their not being bettor in formed regarding it , but they will nevertheless Imvo a share of the blnmo for the collapse. Already the matter is being referred to as likely to bo a dis advantage to the presidential chances of Senator Hawley , forosh adowing that in the event of his being nominated for cither place on the national republican ticket his connection with the exchange would bo used against "him. Ynt no fair man will doubt that General Ilaw- lej was entirely innocent of any tus- c - . picion Ihnt the concern was bolng mnn- ngod in the unscrupulous way which the disclosures show. It will .probably bo some years bt-foro another attempt Is mndo to found n'n American exchange in London , for frlch thoro. is perhaps no urgent need , but the most serious feature of the mnllev 13 the milled stigma which the collapse fixes on the American character for fair dealing , There nro eomo very trenchant writers con nected with the central labor union. They know how to uao the EnRllsh language so ns to leave no doubt ns to their meaning. 7o publican. Those trenchant writers do their work principally with the venomous pen. They are men who labor off and on in the manufacture of screeds nnd slanders against the editor of the Din , and Imvo their headquarters and hindquarters in the ofilco of the great dilapidated on lower Douglas. The applicants' pigeon holes in the Bnu office are choked with appeals for employment from these dis gruntled writers of trenchant English , who delight in playing the bushwackcr from behind the screens of the so-called central labor union. THE stronger the prohibition laws are made in Iowa , the weaker her officials become. Some time ngo a quantity of liquor was seized in a whole sale house at DCS Moines , But the con stables who took it manifested a dispo sitton to bo bought off. The liquor" dealers acted on the hint nnd then turned around and had the men in dicted for receiving bribes. It will now bo in order for Iowa to call a spec ial session of the legislature to pass laws dealing with official crookedness. POLITICAL POINTS. Tlio Mississippi republicans hold their state convention. The sentiment wns said to bo In favor of Sherman's nomination at Chicago. The Tribune is workln.q so sincerely for the nomination of Ucpcw for president Unit wo are In dally expectation of seeing It pre sent n sketch of his career as n census taker. Mayor I-fewitt went Into n Park row rest aurant the other day and ordered an Irish stow. "Ono antl-IIowltt , " screamed the waiter , who failed to recognize his customer. It is a remarkable fact that a free trade club of 230 worklngmcn wtw formed at Drac- dock , Pa. , Wednesday night. This is the heart of the iron region and hot-bed of pro tectionism. The Cincinnati Enquirer is ono of the democratic newspapers that appears to pro- fcr Grcsham to any other possible nominee ot the republicans , * It may bo remarked that the Enquirer has never approved Cleve land's ' policy. Dialect stones abdut the presidential aspir- nnts are now in order , and a neighbor of Judge Gresham is the first to bo heard from. "Quick nnd strong'ns liglitnin' and straight and squur' ns a win'dow pain , " is his charac terization of the judge. William H. Barnum is said to have become thoroughly dissatisfied with CIcveland.ana it Is believed ho will endeavor to secure u del egation from Connecticut to the nutioual con vention which will support the ridiculous pretensions of David 13. Hill. The Cnmoron club of Philadelphia adopted a resolution endorsing Don Cameron for the presidency. A prominent member said that during a recent trip passing through cloven southern states , ho frtuiul Senator Cameron the favorite among republicans for the presi dency. Congressional Delegate Voorhces of Wash- ton territory lias declined to represent that promising bit of country for another term. Papa Dan should look alter that young man. A Voorhees who declines an olllco has some thing wiong with him. The Cleveland Leader declare' ! , at the close of a political review , that "Ohio is for Sherman ; every republican paper in the state , with possibly two exceptions , is sup porting his candidacy , and the Ohio icpulj- llcan delegation will vote ; for him solidly at the Chicago convention. " Senator Halo , of Maine , is now accused of presidential aspirations , nnd the Washington Star thinks "ho is laying plans to capture the Uluinc following in the cast , and that his resolution to investigate alleged disregard of the civil service law by the piesent admin istration is n carefully played trump card in this presidential game. " Cleveland's majority over Ulanc In Now Jersey was just IIK. The narrow margin of democratic safety in that s > late is made still narrower by the return to the republican ranks of thousands ot tcmporaiico republi cans who have Jjocn acting temporarily with the prohibitionist organization ; and that man is a fool who can not foresee the inevita ble result of nny attempt to force upon the democrats of this great manufacturing and protectionist state A free trade platform and u frco trade candidate. ' An Immigration Ad. New YoikStar , Judge Shields of Omaha , has decided that when nn attorney doesn't charge moro for his services than his client has the fco is not unreasonable. An immediate emigration of lawyers to Omnlm may be expected. An Old Trick of tlio Koiilli. I'htlailclnhtn 1'rcss. Colonel Shakspcro is running for mayor of New Orleans , but even If ho were elected Ig natius Donnelly would probably claim to show by a cipher in the tally sheets that the votes wore meant for some other man. The National llorso Market. C/ifri/o / ( ( / Kcief. For several days , f.ho Washington porrcs- pondents liavobeeii < xjnlinlii ( , ' their dlspntuhos mainly to descriptions of the horses of inmn- bcrs of congress. Uj the statesmen do not begin to bestir the > n6blvos soon they will bo completely overshadowed by their own llvo stock. * ' - - srr A Gentleman ami n Soldier. General Alfred' 1 . Terry may bo the re publican candldato governor in Conncti- cut. The general was stationed gin Atlanta during reconstruction times , and ho Is re membered hero as 11' bentlcuian us well as a soldier. Vjjj A TriiHt IB hoc ) For Farmers. St. iMUttfcpuMfraii. . Mr. Walter N. Allen , president of the "Farmers' Trust" in Kansas , undertakes to demonstrate that competition is a disease und monopoly controls the only natural and healthy way of doing business. Mr. Allen's proposition Is that it is not only possible but laudable for the farmers' to corner the grain and produce markets. Wo do not believe that It would bo laudable. Wo are sure it Is impossible , It is tolerably certain , however , that If "a national farmers' trust" existed the president and board of directors would bo in luxuriant clovor. Tlio Itcal Facia in the Case , ISmton Adveittter. The revelations made concerning the affronts offered our citizens In Morocco bhow clearly that the aftionts were intentional. Such outrages arc not put upon other for by the Moors , because they know tlmt the result would bo a naval force In the harbor of Tanker , Our ilomtm trnion has been the npponranco of the wretched little Apology Tor a war vessel , the "Entc'rprlsC. " It provokes nothing but derision , Our qov- eminent plainly ought cither to withdraw from nil relations with Morocco , or else com pel by force some attention to our treaty rights , _ An ErtiMMi Vietv of It. SprtnafleM Republican , The Iowa legislature , which adjourned , had an oxclttng session , but did not accom plish much of permanent value. Prohibition ists nro grumbling because moro radical tem perance measures were not passed , nnd on the other hand thcro Is complaint that the now pharmacy law puts n stlgmn on druggists - gists , nnd makes It almost Impossible to get liquor nnd spirits for oven necessary pur- INDSCS. A bill to rrgulato railroad fares failed mid the only thing that was done in the way of railroad legislation was to apply the prin ciple of tlio interstate commerce law within the limits of the state , nnd to mnko the rail road commission elective. Yoliintccrn Wanted. I'Mludclplita llcconl. The Tariff Koforin club , of Now Yoik , has issued a circular which contains the follow ing points for the consideration of the pcoplo of the United States : 1 , That the prices of all the necessaries of life which nro affected by tariff laws are higher than they would bo under n properly revised tnrilT. 2. That the existing tailft enables combina tions of men. "Trusts" and monopolies to levy a continuous toll uixm n vast number of nrtlclcs consumed by the masses , thus bcno- iltlng a small minority at the expense of the whole pcoplo. a. That the amount of thcso exactions being - ing the difference between ttho prices paid by consumers and prices which would bo paid under a proper revision of the tariff exceeds ? 500Ki,000 ( ) , n year. 4. That the wages of these engaged In the ' 'protected industries , " so called , nro in no manner increased by the tariff , nndthat the artlllcial stimulation of prices through "Trusts , " combinations nnd monopolies pro duces no benefit or advantage whatever to the workingman. Tlio club promises to lay the evidence of thcso facts before the voters of the country , and It calls for volunteers to assist in carryIng - Ing to n victorious conclusion an issue in which the wclforo of the whole pcoplo is In volved. _ _ STATE AND TEltlHTOHlT. NclirnRkn Jottings. Plattsmouth's pontoon bridge is under way. way.Tho The dog poisoner is at largo in Aurora. Broken Bow is trying to secure the Northwestern road. The Grooly News and Independent has been consolidated. A Beatrice fireman lost a hand in oil ing the engine at the waterworks : Eight thousand throe hundred acres of land in Cheyenne county sold in ono day.Mi Mi : Hildebrand , of Pawnee City , wo understand , has purchased the St. Paul Frco Press. Plattsmouth has organized a pontoon bi-idgo company with eighteen sections and $50,000 capital. Presser is the namoiof the now town on the Misbouri Pacific road on the west side of Adams county. Mrs. Saxon is delivering lectures in favor of down-trodden woman , and de mands that they bo given their rights. Fremont offers an interest in the golden den streets of the hereafter for a few slices of ordinary pavement for present Charley Green , the Burlington white horse blonde , is trying to scare the htrilccrs of Plattsmouth with threats of of arrest for conspiracy. Tlio press of the state is , filled with cards of thanks from the B. & M. to these who exerted themselves "so zeal ously" for the company's good during the strike. Mrs. Brincy , of Alexandria , Thaycr county , who was supposed to have been bitten by n mad-dog , after going to sev eral places and trying the virtues of a mad-stone discovcd that the dog had only scratched her face instead of biting , her. . _ Iowa. Dnbuquc has a directory population of 35,001) ) . There are six licensed dealers in bo gus butter in the slate. Mitchell county rolled out 2,018,025 pounds of butter , worth SSST GG , last year. The Catholics of Bnrnum , Webster county , have contracted for a church building , to cost Jli.OOO. The liquor business in Clinton is now confined to the bootleg and back yard. The private jug is also nourishing. Contractors are holding off from largo jobs in Dubuque because the mechanics are asking more wages than the build- orb f col able to pay. The plans for Iho improved .lulien house are now ready , and it was expected work would bo begun - gun right after the 2d of May , tlio date of the democratic state convention , but this'dilliculty between the bosses and the men interferes. Dakota. County warrants are 14 cents Oolow pur in Dcndwood. Huron owes $70,000 in bonds and out standing warrants. A number of Indian churches are being constructed on the robervation at Fort Bennett. Sioux Falls in short on houses and long on tenants. Rents are higher than the pric-0 of salvation. MePhoreon county cattle have passed through the winter in good shape , Very few losses are reported. The republican territorial convention to elect delegates to the national con vention will bo hold at Jamestown May Jli. Jli.nMoro nMoro final proofs have been made at the Ynnkton land olllco during April than for Iho same time during two years past.Tho The Black Hills papers say that with the -pleasure of nearer railroad com munication is mixed the pain of book ugonts. The young son of William Summers , of Rapid City , grabbed a bottle of bun- xino und took a long pull. Death fol lowed in an hour. Less wheat than usual will bo sown in Sully county this spring , as the farmers are turning their attention to cattle , hogs and the coarser grains. Some farmoro who loft Mandan for Washington territory a few weeks ago are coming back as rapidly as they can. They say that things are overdone on and near tlio coast , and the happy medium - dium is , iii their opinion , somewhere on the Missouri slope. A Jealous Thrust. WASIII.NOTO.V , April 18 f Bpeclul Telograni to the Ueu.--Edwln ] Wuttcrson , son of Henry Wuttorson , proprietor of the Courier Journal , was arrested last evening , charged with assault with intent to kill Mrs , Unkor , a widow , who boarded at his boarding house , Watterson asked Mrs , Unker to break an engagement she had mude , nnd when she ro- fusoa ho drew a penknlfo und cut her in the wiibt. Jealousy was the cause , Thuro will probably bo no prosocutipa , QUARRIES OF COLORADO. The limnonso Onxnlto nmt Sandstone The rapidly increasing consumption of Colorado stonb for building jiavinp nnd curbing purposes , combined wltli the demand for this stone coming from KnhBfls , Nebraska and Missouri , In duced the Denver News to interview Mr. James O'Reilly , assistant superin tendent of the Union Pnclfld stone de partment , for the pirj "so ot ascertain ing the magnitude of shipments fcr l ! < a year past and to secure an estimate ol shipments for the year to como. Mr. O'lloilly was found at his desk at the Union depot , busily reading a telegram from Lincoln , Nob. , making inquiries with reference to dimensions and prices of 00,000 feet of paving nnd curbing stone , upon which the author of the telegram , an extensive contractor , de > sired estimates nnd prices. "I have boon in the business over slnco I was sixteen years old , and I am now sixty-six years of ago , " said Mr. O'Hollly. "However , my experience with Colorado quarries Is confined to n very limited period , having como to Denver to assume the duties of assist ant , under Superintendent A. C. Beck- with , early In March last. Therefore , I tun not In n position to give the News a great deal of specific Information in the absence of Superintendent Bock- with , who is now In Wyoming. My experience - porionco of fifty years in this branch ol business induces the statement , how ever , that the shipment of stone from the Colorado quarries is as yet in its early Infancy. In ten years from the present It will have reached n mngnt- tudo far beyond the expectations of anyone ono not thoroughly acquainted with the rare good and enduring qualities ol Colorado sandstone and granite. YKT TO UK DISCOVKU1SD. "When I say the business is yet in its infancy I mean to bo understood as affirming that there is an empire of wealth of a still bettor quality ot stone yet concealed In the rock-ribbed moun tains. There is stone there that will withstand the mutations of any climate nnd endure through ages , when it is discovered and adequate facilities given for its shipment , Ibolievo it is within easy range of the possible for Colorado to supply St. Louis and even Chicago with tlio best grade of building stone at rates that will displace the native stone of Missouri and Illinois from extensive use. The building stone of thcso states gradually yields to climatic influences , and it is especially susceptible to the effects of frobt and intense cold. Colorado rado stone is of a composition that defies the corroding inllueiiccs of tlmo and climate , and there is practically an un limited field for its use for building material , paving and curbing , in the states of Kansas and Nebraska , neither of which states possess any adequate stone supply for the purposes indicated. THE QUAUUIK3. "The Union Pacific quarries are loca ted at Buckhorn and Stout , in Laramie county. The company is at present giv ing employment to 1500 men , but this force will soon bo increased to 600 or 000 , since wo are in receipt of extensive or ders every day from Omaha. Kansas City and Topoka. You see the Colorado rado quarries enjoy some advantages over thobo of Illinois , Iowa and Indiana. In the latter states work can bo prose cuted only five or six months in the year. When cold weather approaches the quarries have to bo flooded in order to protect the exposed strata from frost. This involves a largo extra cost , which is seriously augmented by _ the expense of pumping this water out in the spring. In the Colorado quarries work can pro gress all winter without cessation , ow ing to the mild climate. Notwithstand ing these great advantages wo are far behind in filling our orders for last year. Why , the demand from Omaha was of such magnitude that we are 20- 000 cubic yards behind in our orders from that point on the demand for last season , and hero is a telegram from the uimo parties calling for an additional supply of 40,000 cubic feet. The great bulk of our present shipments are to Kansas in general and Topcka In par ticular. The demand from this source is so urgent and extensive that wo find it impossible to fill Kansas City orders. nirricur/riKS KNCOUKTUUKD. "While the stripping at our quarries is comparatively light , averaging about three loot of dirt , violent upheavals of nature and probable volcanic action has forced the strata of the mountains out of horizontal position and left the lay ers resting on an incline that makes quarrying quite difficult. The stone taken out at Buckhorn and Stout varies from four to thirty inches in thickness. Wo avoid blasting as much as possible , preferring to use the drill and wedge. By the latter method a great deal of waste is avoided and , again , it assures getting the stone out in bettor condi tion. It comes out solid and square , in stead of shattered and cracked , as would naturally ensue from blasting. As a general rule the ledges run into the mountain in even stratus , but oc casionally wo find places whore , in ngos long gene by , volcanic action lias scarred , cracked and broken the ledge. until they have been seriously impaired This is the exception and not the rule. SlIll'l'INd KACIf.lTIKS. "Wo enjoy the best ot facilities for getting this stone to market. Tlio road runs directly to the quarries , about seventy miles distant. Two trains arc kept constantly in this service , and as the grades are easy an ordinary engine of forty tons weight can easily haul fif teen to eighteen loaded fiat car-j to Denver. The aggregate value ot our shipments last year ? Let mo look at the books. " After a paujo : "Woll , wo keep the record by months , nnd I have not the time to mnko an accurate exam ination , but taking several monthly ag gregates and making a rough eflti- nmto , I will place Iho value of shipments last year at ( liTo.OOO. Tlio supply ? There is enough building and paving btono in Colorado to supply the world for contu rics yet to como. The wealth of her stone product is equal to that of her gold and silver mines. Vast quantities of this stone are used in the construction of our state capitol building and Denver school houses , Thu demand this sum mer will bo greater than over before , and when the qunrrios are fully devel oped and good shipping facilities provided the annual product ton years iionco will run into the million * of dollars in value. I could gl.ve the News a great deal of interesting and vnl- uahlo Information , wera it * not that Superintendent Boclnvilh has with him somaoftho more important statistical records of the Stout and Buckhorn quarries. So soon ns he returns , 1 will bo pleased lo furnish material for an elaborate ) statement of Colorado's stone business. " . A AVut J'astoi- , While two Chicago policemen were out with a 800-foot chain marking the saloons that were in the prohibited distance of churches and schools the other day , they went into Frud Youn- gor'a saloon , corner of Gurlleld and Lincoln avenues , "You will have to quit business hero ; thnt'a orders , " said Policeman Burtlott , "U'byV" "Because the Fiivt Lutheran Plattdcutscho church is upstairs , and after this you pan't keep a saloon within 200 feet of nny church , much less run a saloon in the sainq building. " "But , mein Gott , 1 am the piibtor of the church , " aus- . the astonished saloon-keeper. The officers retired to present this now phase of the cnso to Cnpt. Shanck , Hcsohttloni , The prominence given by the local press to the so-called resolutions pur porting to have boon adopted by the Omaha Central Labor Union impels mete to make n slalomon ! over my own nnmo with regard to the construction of the BKK building , Before doing so I brand those resolutions as a tissue of malicious falsehoods unworthy of any honorable or decent member of the building craft. Whoever the Central Labor Union maybe bo , the parties who hnvo given publi city to those slanders nro not reputable mechanics , but hirelings or designing political and personal onomios. I need only cite four of the eight sections of thcso infamous resolutions to convict the authors thereof as unmitigated liars nnd scoundrels : Whereas , The Central Labor Union , com prising the federated tnulcs of Omaha , view with shame nnd humiliation the action * of n man , who professed outwardly and through the medium of n great Journal his friendship for worklngmcn , nnd , Whereas , Through Mio taodhnn of his Jour nal ho has presumed to teach us that organ ized labor should bo encouraged and fos tered , and , Whereas , The only Job now being erected in Omaha where carpenters nro compelled to work moro hours per tlnv than other contractors demand , being the ono which the aforesaid Journalist Is himself erecting , nnd , Whereas , Ho lias and still refuses to accept union labor on the brick woric ot said build ing. and by so doing allows it to bo erected by "scab" labor. This is a dead give-away on Its face. The BKE bulldinir is to bo a strictly fire-proof structure. Up to this day not a foot of lumber has been used , and ijot u single carpenter is at work on the building , nor has there over been a car penter on the building , and no contract has yet been made for the carpenter work , which will bo necessary in finish ing. This ought to dispose , effectively , of the malicious charge that the car penters employed on the BIB building are compelled to work longer hours for less pay than any others. It is a downright falsehood that I have refused , or "still refuse to occept union labor on the brick-work of said building. " I have nbvor employed a single mechanic , bricklayer , stone cutter , iron-moldor or hod-carrier at work on the building , for the very best of reasons , namely , that the granite work is being done under contract with Jackman & Sher man of Chicago , who are to furnish the granite ana place it in the walls for a fixed sum of money under a contract made last September ; that the brick work in said building is being done under contracts made in September and December , 1887 , with John F. Coots , and the iron work is being done by Paxton & Viorling , under iv contract made last October. I have no control whatever over men employed by those contractors , nor can I interfere with them without laying the BEE Publish ing Company lit\blo \ to damage suits for breach of contract. While I should pre fer to see union mou employed by Mr. Coots , and have repeatedly told him so , and urged arbitration with the union bricklayers , I can , only hold him re sponsible as contractor for'tho work ho docs. I certainly derive no benefit from inferior work , if any such is dono. When Mr. Coots commenced to erect the walls with non-union bricklayers , a committee of the bricklayers' union called on mo and warned mo against in V'J ' ferior work. I told them I was not a competent judge of brickwork , but would at once send for Mr. Boman , the architect. I telegraphed Boman the same day. Ho was siqk at the time , but reached Omaha within four days there after. Tlio committee of bricklayers asked that i should employ a superin tendent , but expressed preference for a non-resident who would show no partial ity to the con tractor. On my request Mr. Boman engaged as superintendent Mr. J , S. Baker , of Milwaukee , who had been the superintendent of the North western Mutual Life insurance com pany's building in that city , planned by Mr. Boman. Mr. Bukor has been hero since last week Friday aiid receives ij > 20J ( per month for supervising' .the work. Docs this show treachery and want of faith on my part ? Can reasonable and fnirmlndcd workingmen usk any more ? A few dn ys after the bricklayers' com mittee hud called I was invited to go before fore the executive committee of the Knights ot Labor to explain the situa tion. I did so , to their apparent satis faction , by not only answering all their inquiries , but also by placing in their hands the contracts with Mr. Coots to show that I was powerless to interfere with tlio employment of non-union man on tlio Bisic building. In view of these fautn f submit to an unprejudiced public whether there is nny ground whatever for the "roasting" which my Omaha .would-be rivals have taken delight in administering to mo over the shoulders of organized labor. If there over was anything moro con temptible and villainous , both on tlio part of the solf-constituted mouthpiccei of organl/.cd labor and rival editors and publishers' , I do not romoinbor to have BOOH it. K. Constitutional Galarrii. NoBlnglo illHonso has cntallort moro suffering orhustciu'd the hrenUnx up o ( the constitution limn cuUrrh. The sew > u of smell , of tastr , of night , of licaiiiitr , the human voice , thumlnd , 01111 or moro , iiiui Hornet lines all , yield to Undo- htnicthc Inllncnco. 'Ihn poison It dlHtrlhutt-tf throughout tliusjHtem attacks every vititl form , mul lacaka up the most rnbuht of coiiHtltntlona. iKiiornl , becaiiKo but llttlo iindiTHtooil , by moet | ilij lclnn , Impotent ! ) ' iiHsulkd by IIIIIICKH tuid chinlutimg , UIOMI xnlfnlntc from It iiiivi llttlo liopo to bo rclluvt'd of It tills Hldo of the gruve. It iHtlmi- , then , that tlio popular treatment of this terrible dlHi-nso by rrmvdlcx within the reach uf all puiFod Into hand * at onro rouiiu- | tent anil trustuoitliy. The mm-und hitherto mi- tiled method adopted by lr hantord In the iirt'pnrution of | IH ! HAIIII u. ( JmiK linn \\ontli" hodrty approriil of tlioumuida. It Is Jntttnnlano- ousln alloidlni ; relief In .ill lieiid ( odN,6iioci- | , lim , binilllliii , ' nnd iibstincled breulhliiK , mul rapIdly - Idly removes tlui moHt opprcxtilvu yinptomx , clouiliiKtht * head , xweetenmt ; tlio Imaili , re tor- Inn the sencds of uniell , la te and liuurlng , unil ni'UtrnllzliiK the rontiltutlonal lenjeney of th illaeaso towards the IUIIKH , liver and kidneys. tiAMOim'H lUimuiCUIIK comilittttof ono bottle - tlo of thu IUHIUAL t'fjiK.ono box of CATAKIIII.U , SOI.VUNT , und Ini'iiovhii INIUI.KII : price , tl , ro , ITCH DllUO & ClIBMIO iL CO. . ilOHTOU. RHEUMATIZ ABOUT ME ! JN ONK MIMITKthoC'UTK'I'leA A.NT1- 1'AlN I'/.AhTFU icllovos Hhuimutle , -Sclutlc , miildun , blmrji and neruuu ratlin , Ptrotns nnd Weufcnesed. 'Jlio only pnln kllllnt ; planter , A now ami Infallible untidoto to jiatn , Ihtlamiinitlon und uuaknuiu. Utterly unlllcu and vat > tlyupertur to all other plasters. At all dnigilst , 2. miiU ; Jlvo for * l.wi ; or , postugofreo.tif i'ormi Unco AMI C'UliUIUAL Co. , JlOitOU , MUM ,