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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. AP1ITL 24 , 1888. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED KVKRV MOItNINO. TBHMS OF sunsonrraoN. Dully ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday . . . . . , TOT Hlx Month * . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 H > rosXhrce Months . . . . . . . 3W VCh Omnnn pmiflay BKE , mailed to any address - dress , Ono Year . . . 300 . . . HBW YonK OrncB. HOOUB 14 AND IB Tninugis WABHIXGTON OITICE , No. 613 COnnUSPONDENOR. All communication * relating to notrs nnd edi torial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR or IUE u % UBINrsB jjnTTr.ns. All business Ictten and remittances should bo nildroMeil to TUB HRK 1'unuHiiiNO COMPANY , OMAHA. Drafts , chrckl and postofllco orders to lie inado payable to tlio order of the company. Tlie Bcc Publishing Company. Proprietors E. ROSEWATEtt , Editor. X111S DAILY UEB. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Elate of Nebraska , I County of Douglass , f" ' fc ( Ico. 11 , Tchuck. secretary of Tlio nee Pub lishing company , docnnoleinnlyswenr that the actualclrculatlon of the Dally lleo for the week DdlnB April SU. 1888 , waa as follow Saturday , AlirilU . 19.115 Sunday. April 1C. . IS.fiUO Mouday.Aprl 10.- . li.OOO rruendajr. April 17 . . . IB.oro Wednesday. April 18 . J7.W Thursday , April 10. . . . , . 17.940 yrlday , April SO . .17.810 Average . laSra GKO. n. TZ8CHUCH. Bworn to and nubscrlbed in my presence this Blst day of April , A. D. , 1B88. N. V. FEIfc. Notary Public , Btato of Nebraska. l _ _ County of Douglas , f B > Bl G co. 11. TzHchuck , belnK first duly sworn , de poses and ntiy * that ho Is secretary of The Heo Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Jlnlly lleo for tlie month of April , 1BS7. was 143IO ; copies : for Way , 1HS7. : 14K7 ! copies ; for .lime , 1687 , 1U47 conies ; for July. JKff , 14.0W copies : for August , 1887 , 14,151 copies ! for September , 1887 , 14.UI9 copies ; for October , 1R87 , H.SPI copies ; for Noember. . 1R87 , 1BJSJ ( copies ; Tor December , 1S87 , 15,011 copies ; for January. 1888 , 16,200 copies ; for February , 1888 , 16tt copies ; for March , 1888 , lu.CSO copies. GKO. H. TZSCHUOK. Bworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence this 10th day of April. A. I ) . 1888. N. P. IlilL. Notary Public. THE ministers of the oily in attacking the wlno-room havo- struck M an evil in which they will have the hearty co-op- orutiou of all good citizens. A BOSTON paper nnnouncos that there will ho no session .of the Concord school of philosophy this summer. In prosi- doutial years the philosopher's stone is overgrown in a night by the politi cal gourd. THIS vinegar trust is the latest combi nation formed to sour the consumers. Protected by n tariff of 74 cents p.or gal lon , the vinegar manufacturers have the nmrU.ot all their own kway and propose to profit by forming a pool and enhanc ing the price of vinegar. YOKK , Boston and Philadelphia ehpw a decrease jn .bank .clearings .for the week ending the 21st inst.buta reference to.thp clearance rocord.showB ithnt Omaha proudly Jjolds ihor .head erect with an .incrouso . 15 per cent over the corresponding week of last , year. THE annual mooting of the national' civil service reform leagueis to bo hold in Now York City , May 30. Mr. George William Curtis , the loading "inde pendent , " delivers the address of wol- .corno. It is to bo noted that tuo.lpaguo recedes the democratic . .convention. Thlg is done in order to warn Mr. Clove- ' lund that.his civil service ; rocor.d is un satisfactory , and that ho stands in dan ger of losing the mugwump support. iOS ANGELES , Cal. , is going to pay its councilmen $250 per month and dur ing their term of ofllco they will not bo allowed to ongigo ( > inanytothor > busjLness. TJuo cities .of tho'United Stateswill keep an eye on Los Angeles to see if a $250 a mouth councilman is more honest and cheaper in the long run than a 8000 a year councilman who 'is ' left to his own resources to picco out a comfortable liv ing at the city's expense. THE St. Louis papers are publishing glowing accounts of the preparations that are being made by local committees to entertain the democratic delegates and their friends nt the convention in grand stylo. There will bo illumina tions , and parades , and fireworks in pro fusion. But of the money to bo spent wo miss from the list an appropriation for Kentucky's chief product. Can it ho that Henry "VVnttorBou's state will with bourbon generosity supply with a free hand the needful tonio'/ BoilK time ago the Canadian Pacific railroad announced with a great flour ish that it had put on a line of swift Btonmora between Hong Kong and Vancouver - couvor and by rapid transcontinental Qsiinspartution was going to divert all the oriental carrying trade from the United States , At 11 rat there was con siderable uneasiness among our rail- 1'Oiuln that the boast would bo carried into effect. But the Canadians were checkmated at their own game. ( Jlosor communication was established by tno Pacific Steamship company between the Chlnosq ports ami San Francisco. Ex press ten trains wore put on the Union and. Central Pacific roads. The result has boon that the Canadian Pacific could not compete with our lines in ranld transportation and ' has boon forced to make Sun Franoihco the oast- cm point of destination for its Hong Kong stotnnship lino. * " W lMi B AT Kansas City the county board of equalization has raised thu assessment on all real estate platted into city lots. Tlio aggregate increase of assessment withju the limits of Kansas City is ever $1,000,000. On the ether hand the Mis souri Btato board of equalization has lowered the assessment of Kansas City lor siato taxation purposes 60 per cent. It our county board could do for Omaha what has boon done for Kansas City our city assessments would not remain so ridiculously low and our tax rate so out rageously high. This county paid ever 8140,000 of state taxes last year , which is an enormity and out of all proportion with the tax levy upon the balance of the ctute. When the stats hoard realizes thia rank injustice , wo have no doubt it will equalize thd assessment of Douglas county by a proper reduction of the aggregate assessment. If they refuse to do sq the remedy must bo sought through tbo next legislature through a radical revision of the revenue laws. Aa a matter of ( act , our whole system of appraUoinent and luxation is a mon strosity. nights of llallrond Commissions. The supreme court of Minnesota on last Friday rondcrcd a decision which is of general interest and importance , rotating as it docs to the right of the railroad commission of that state to fix equal and reasonable rates , and declar ing a principle which will perhaps fur nish n precedent for ether states having n railroad commission whoso authority to establish rates may bo called in question. The case in which the decision was rendered was brought lost August , when the Milwaukee & St. Paul rood refused to reduce rates on mill ; between Owntonna and dt. Paul and Minneapolis. Complaint having boon mndo to the railroad and ware house commission , it ordered after in vestigation that the rate bo reduced. The railroad failed to comply with the order , and after the required notice to the dompany the case was car ried by the commission to the supreme court. The wbqlo question of the right of the railroad commission to prescribe just and reasonable rates uridor the state law was Involved in the case. The legislature of Minnesota , at the session of 18S7 , passed an act to regulate common carriers and creating a rail road and warehouse commission. The provisions of the net are inado applica ble to all common carriers of persona and property by railroad and partly by water , when both are used under a com mon control or management. It pro vides that all charges by any common carrier for the transportation of pas sengers and property shall bo equal and reasonable , and iii ether respects follows pretty closely the re quirements of the inter-state commerce law. The commission is authorized and directed , in case it at any time finds the rates , faros and charges of any railroad in the Btato to bo unequal and unreason able , to compel such road or common carrier to change the same and adopt such rate , faro , charge or classification as the commission shall declare to bo reasonable and equal. On the noglcct or refusal of any common carrier to com ply with the order of the commission it is the duty of the commission } , o apply to any judge of the supreme court or any of the district courts of the etato , as was done in this case , for a writ of maiir damns -to compel compliance with the requirements of the act and the recom mendations of the commission. The most important feature of the decision relates to the ques tion of the validity of the act , that is , the authority of the legislature to con fer such powers upon the commission. The supreme court of the United States long ago affirmed the right of a state legislature proscribe the rates to bo charged by a railroad chartered by the statobut tlio power of a.logislaturo . to delegate this right to a commission has been in dispute. The decision of the supreme court -Minnesota rc.cqgnizos in the most positive terms the powcr of the legislature to confer such right on the body designated a railroad and < warehouse commisaipu , and .interprets the law as giving such commission , un questionable .authority in determining 'What ' rates , fares , qharges and classi fications are equal" 'and reasonable. ' In the .view , pf ftho court iti was , the intention of , the legislature - ' laturo that the rates recommended and ) published by the commission should bo not .simply advisory , -not merely primu /aqie equal and treasonable , but final and' ' conclusive as to what are 'lawful ' oi" equal and reasonable charges , and that in proceedings to compel compliance i with the rates thus published the law neither contemplates nor allows any issue to bemade or inquiry to bo had as to their equalityand : reasonableness in fact. The only equal and reasonable , and-therefore lawful , rates are those published or allowed by the commission. The far-reaching importance of this decision , recognizing as it does the au thority of the railroad commission to dictate freight and passenger schedules to all the railroads in Minnesota , will hardly bo submitted to * without a further cllort by the roads to maintain their independence of this authority , and the case will doubtless bo taken to the supreme court of the United. States. It is thus probable that within a year wo shall have frotm the highest judicial tribunal a decision as to the right of a state legislature to delegate a power which that tribunal has already con ceded to it. Who Is to niamo ? The Bricklayers' union , whoso mem bers have been idle for more than a month because they rcfuso to accept last year' ? scale of wages , have passed reso lutions censuring the editor of the BKIS for allowing non-union bricklayers to bo employed on the now BEH building. They have asked other trades unions to help them in keeping non-union bricklayers - . layers out of Omaha. Now wo do not propose to discuss the lack of fairness in denouncing the proprietors of the BEE building because they do not volunteer to lay themselves liable to heavy damages for interfering with their contractors. But wo ask in all candor who is to blame for the influx of mechanics who have taken the places of the union bricklayers who refuse to work nine hours a day for $4. 60V Surely not tlio editor of the BEE. Just two months ago , on the 23d of February , the editor of the BEE made the following appeal to Omaha workingmen - men who arc employed iu the building trades : The mechanics employed In the building trades will make a very serious blunder if they do not comoto an amicable understand ing with tbo bulldent and contractors before the building soaton opens. It is tlio manifest interest of worldngxnen to gel the highest wages and most liberal hours of labor that can bo secured from em ployers. Labor unions and federations of tradea are the most oiTootivo agencies for upholding wages and enforcing the demands of worklngmea. Thsro are times and seasons when skilled labor can command its own prlco and dictate its own terms , and seasons when the mechanics engaged in building trades must taka prudent counsels. Such a season Is now before us , The past season has witnessed an overfjrowth of American cities. The building buotn last year was not ccm.tlucd to the west and south. Now York , Philadel phia , lioston and 13aUiinoro showed extraor dinary building activity Iu 18ST. It is .but natural that a reaction should follow the overproduction of buildings. The present yonr , independent of tbo usual dullness of presidential election years , will witness a general slackness in building oucrntions , not only in the largo cities , but also in cities of the second and third class. It is a well es tablished principal In commerce that you can not raise priooa on a declining market. The same natural law of demand and supply gov- qrns industry. When there Is an aotivo demand for mo * chantcs and laborers high wages can bo maintained , and tbo demands of workingmen - men for reduced hours and extras can read ily bo enforced. Hut in a season of general dullness , when there is a surplus of unemployed mechanics and laborers , It is up-hill work to commander or enforce the highest rate of tragos and a reduction of tlio hours of labor. Last year nearly eight millions were spent in Omaha for building Improvements. The construc tion of mammoth business blocks , banks and packing houses employed thousands of skilled mechanics , This year the outlook BO far is not very promising. With the excep tion of two largo blocks already under con struction , the business buildings so far pro jected will nqt employ ono-half of the bulhl- Ing force which was at work last season , The abandonment of work on the city hall , the failure of the now hotel project , and the break up of t o Knights of Pythias building scheme have discouraged property owners who were disposed to Invest in costly build ing enterprises. This state of facts should not be lost sight of by workmgmon. If Ihcu can come to an agreement with Vic bttltdcra OH last year's scale of wages , thcu should lie content. There is strength In union , but unless there is prudence in the counslcs of workingmcn , they are liable to make very serious and costly blunders. On the other hand , the contractors and builders should exhibit fairness and liberal ity in treating with the workingmcn. They should endeavor , if possible , to cotno to terms mutually agreeable- They must rcc- ognlzo the right of worklnpmon to act in concert oven when they do riot fool able to yield nil of their demands. How docs this caution appear in the light of recent experience ? Why was not our advice hooded ? IJad the brick layers' union acted with prudence and contented itself with demanding last year's scale , wo doubt whether the con tractors would have dared to refuse their reasonable request. But the union bricklayers overshot the mark. In the lace of the docliuo in building operations and the great surplus' unemployed akillcd .labor they rashly ventured to demaud shorter hours at the same pay which was really a demand for higher wages , "If 'they have failed in enforcing their demand , who is to blame ? If hundreds of ether workingmen have been compelledito.re main idle , and their families suffer , who is so > blamoV If building projects have boon abandoned on account of the fool ish strike , which would have started this spring and' would have given em ployment to many workingnien , who is to blame ? Surely , vnot the Omaha BEE. Tnu secretary of the treasury having finally .reached the conclusion that ho has the authority to purchase bonds , and issued a circular.inviting proposals , the outcome yrill bo regarded in finan cial circles with a great deal of interest. When this method of relieving the money market and reducing tlio treas ury surplus .was tried some months ago , it did not prove to bo entirely satisfac tory. At the outset there was no lack of sellers nt prices fully up to or a little beyond the .prevailing .market rates , but when it .was ioarned that the treasury did not intend to buy nt suoh figures , the anxiety of holders to realize cooled , and 8evoral weeks were consumed in purchasing an amount of bonds that might have boon bought in sas many days if the treasury had been willing to allow the bond holders to bull the market. The result then showed that there was not such a pressure for money upon those having bonds us to .lead them to favor the trcab- ury , and it.remains'to bo seen wliothor there is now. It is apparently true that money is not abundant , but it is equally the fact that there is not a very brisk demand for money , and does not seem likely to bo at least until the sum mer is past. Unless bondholders can see a profitable way to use money there will bo no object in selling to tlio treas ury ofl its own terms , and under exist ing circumstances it is hardly probable that a great many will do BO. If this view shall prove to bo correct , bond purchasing will not for the present make an important reduc tion of the surplus , and indeed may not amount to sullicicnt to balance the monthly increase now going on. It is of course bettor than no plan for dis posing of the surplus , Jiut it is a make shift that ought not to ho allowed to stand in the way of measures whoso operation will certainly and permanently prevent the accumulation of revenue in the treasury beyond the requirements of the government. THE effort of the majority of the ways and means committee to induce the minority to limit the time of the debate on the tariff bill has not yet had any favorable result , but is to bo further pursued. The chances are that it will not bo successful , although , as wo have already said , we are unable to see in what respect it can bo of any advantage to the republicans to insist on prolong ing tlio discussion to an unreasonable length. The moro earnestly the demo- cratb seek , however , to curtail debate , tlie mure certainly will the republicans fool that it is their policy to taico tlio opposite ground , and thus the .matter will he determined solely with reference enceto possible partisan advantage. To continue the discussion u month or more will not only keep the country in suspense regarding the out come longer than there Is any necessity for , but will retard other legislation of importance that ought to have careful consideration , and which will be enacted - acted , if at all , with a rush In the last days of the session. The work of the senate is now in advance of the house , and the upper body will bo virtually idle during part of the time in which the tarllT discussion is in progress. There are obvious and ample reasons why the debate should not be extended beyond a limit that will allow tlio rep resentative men of both parties un op portunity to bo heard. Tim reasons why Hoscoo Conkjing refused to particinato.iu aotive politics for the lust seven yoara are now coming to light. It was only recently that .ho sent a courteous letter declining the honor of bearing the name of a young men's republican club , .of Plttsmirff , which strengthens the belief , current ntnong his friends , that Jio never again in tended to enter'tho political arena. Mr. Nathaniel Paig6'd ' bosom friend of the dead senator , is quoted ns saying that Mr. Conkllng remarked to him notlong ago : Wo have two parties In this country , and what are ihoy I They have been golnp down , down , until now the - have almost reached the lowest depths , \yhat a commentary upon the politics of n great republic I They repre sent two colossal organic appetites thirsting for spoils. The tvo parties are like two beasts trying to devour each othpr. The American citizens are Intelligent and far above the average citizen of the old world. They are the prop and stay of the republic , and have the spiritof freedom in them handed down from stro to son. They are honest , intelli gent and energetic. The men that make laws for thorn on Capitol Hill do not represent tiiom. They represent the saloon and the de bauched elements of the country. If Mr. Paipo reports the latp ox-sen ator correctly , Mr. Conkling must Imvo undergone a very great change of heart since ho had loft the political arena. It makes n great deal of difference whether the man is the power behind the throne with patronage nt Ills disposal for his friends , or whether ho is out of power and views the political arena from the ojstholic standpoint. IN Wisconsin the farmers have forjned "institutes" where popular in struction in agriculture is brought di rectly to the homes of the people , In the current year there have boon hold eighty-two farmers'institutes in forty- five counties. The list of practical top ics discussed is 270 and embraces such questions as concern the well-being of the homo , the profit of the farm , the moral welfare of tlio people. In this service there have been engaged 107 teachers and instructors , thirty-one of whom arc specialists from ether states. For this purpose Wisconsin appro priated $12,000. Hero is nn example of an "agricultural college" which the /armors of Nebraska might follow with profit to themselves. OMAHA stands third on the list of pork packing centers as reported by the Cincinnati Ptfce Current , and is pushing Kansas City hard Jor second place. In 1887-from March 1 to April 18 , Kansas City packed JT2.000 hogs. For the cor responding period this year , itho same city packed 177OQO , showing an increase of only 5,000. | For the same periods Omaha packed 06 000 hogs in 1887 , and 112,000 in 188S , a clear gain of 17,000. At this rate Omaha will soon pass Kan.- sas City as a pork packing center and follow Chicago aS' a close second. VOICE OF Tlife STATE PIIESS. The West Point Republican finds that "Omaha is notonl folding her place ns , tno third pork-packing center of the country , but is rapidly comingriorward to the second place now occupied b.y Kansas City. " The Wymoro Union thus comments upon Mr. Harlan's candiaacy : "Mr. Harlan was speaker of the house atthe last session of the legislature , and. in that position won many political , friondsfrqm _ all arts of the state. In some respects ho is much moro preferable than the present incumbent , " A West Point paper furnishes this sport ing item : "Omaha is the greatest Sunday baseball city In the country. In the morning they have baseball in the pulpits and'havo it , again in the afternoon on the diamond. In the evening it is again transferred to the pulpits. So it seems they just abnut live on the national game in that city on the Lord's day. " "Mr Dorsoy's 'flop' upon -the 'tariff ques tion is a subject of considerable comment , " says one of the Beatrice papers. "Mr. Dor- soy represents u constituency that holiovos In the lowest possible taxjtbat will maintain the government , honestly and economically administered. The fact that a democratic president has led off in this reform move ment will not ho sufficient excuse for Mr. Dorsoy's constituents for his grand counter march , and taking nn entirely different view ' from what ho did a few months ago , " The McCook Tribune "notes with pleasure the success and approbation with which Judge Cochran has been meeting in his holdIngs - Ings of district court throughout his Jurisdic tion. His honor has been painstaking , care ful , patient , and ever mindful. of the quality of equity and Justice , In all issues tried ho- fore him. The docket of the respective counties have been very largo , many of the coses being old and knotty , but by persis tent , laborious effort these have been in the main cleared , so that the business of the dif ferent courts of the district were never in better condition than at present. Judge- Cochran is making for himself an excellent record. " With a perfect knowledge of its subject , the Mead Aavocato says : "There is no lo cality in the country better suited to the farmer of moderate means than eastern Nebraska. There are o tiler localities Just as good , but us a farming community , all things considered' , none bettor. Wo have railroad facilities that could not bo im proved upon ; and with such a network , it is doubtful if one could find a quarter section , especially south of the Platte river , and ojio hundred miles cast of the Missouri , that is ten inllos from an elevator. Men sell their farms in Nebraska , move to distant stales , but seldom improve their circumstances. " "Wo are glad to ijoto , " says the York Re publican , "tho earnestness of the people of this congressional district In demanding that Hon. N. V. Harlan be the nominee of the convention. Mr. Uarlan is a republican. Moro than that , hoi is a man , In the full meaning of the term. The fact that some of the mugwumps are supporting him Is no reason why the party should doubt his loyalty to the rcpUblfcan party. If nomi nated and elected , those follows will bo treated In the only way Harlan knows how to treat men , that Is. decently. They will In no way have any influence to prevent him from acting at all tiiies | in fall accord with the republican party,1 ; CommenCing upon the burning of two mall cars by the 11. & Mi at Grcston , and the cause loading to the disaster , the Sioux City Sun says : "Whatever may bo said of rail way ofllclals , their employes are nothing moro than human ; and it is now generally conceded that an occasional rest is essential to the existence of the average human being. This belief does not obtain , however , among rail way ofllclals. To them an employe is some thing less than a machine , for machines coat money while now mon pan always bo found to take the place of these killed while on duty. When a man pnters the employ of a railway company ho Is expected to bo ready and willing to devote his wholetlmo to the service of the company If required to do so. It is no uncommon thing for tralnsmen and cngimnen to be on duty for forty-eight hours or longer , without a moment's rest or oven an opportunity to secure cur ternary meals. Small wonder then that railroad men nro so soon worn-out and incapaolatod for active service , and small wonder that an occasional accident occurs. Tlio tvondfir Is that acol donjts are so few. The safety of the travel log public demands that a law should be framed making it a misdemeanor , punishable by a heavy flno , for a railway company to ro qulro its employes to remain on duty for a longer period than ton hours nt a time. " Even the Seward Reporter , which for years has been allied to the monopoly fac tion , cannot stand the actions of the Republican lican club league. It says i 'Wo are not 01 that class who think that because a man is in the employ of a railroad ho loses all honor and is not entitled to the respect of the pub lie ; but wo do think that other men are Jus as capable to All positions of honor , and the railroad attorneys should not monopolize everything of n public nature that is In sight To the election of Mr. Thurston as president of the state league of republican clubs we hatl no objection to make. We rccog nlzo in him a man of ability and a staunch republican worker , Bu Mr. Thurston vyas chairman of JLho Nebraska delegation in the last national con vcntlon , and has been honored by his partj in various ways , and it seems as If jt is tlmo for some other man to bo nllowcd some shore of distinction , The election of a Union Pacific attorney as president of the league docs not commit the party to rpliroad dotn iiiatlon , but if the same gentleman is sent to the national convention , accompanied by a B. & M. attorney in the person of Mr. Green , it cei talnly will bo a disadvantage , to the party. The charge of being run by railroad influence has boon frequently made against the republican party of Nebraska , and such a step as this would bo putting a whip into the hands of its enemies with which to lash it. The Madison Reporter gives yent to the following burst of indignation : "There is a trust now organized in Nebraska known as the monopoly trust , which sprung into exist ence at Lincoln , and dates hack to last win ter. It has for its object , the -.rapturing of the republican party of Nebraska for cor porate purposes , and against the whole people ple of this grand state. This same trust will rather than fail , carry into disrepute the party with which they now pretend to ally themselves , and will forever blast its prop- pcets if allowed to carry ' out _ their purposes. It is headed by the s'lum , rag and bohtnll of all the parties , the largest bohig lately these of republican convictions for , rp.vcnuo only. Unfortunately , this grand old party during its long reign of power , gathered n largo con course of thpso political evils who are always clamoring for * ofllco , and many of them who by promises of faithfulness their constituents , were sent to the Icgisla turo , and last winter , at Lincoln , betrayed a'll the manhood they over possessed , betrayed the people and formed the trust which' they now seek to put Into operation. To 'further deceive the unsuspecting people , they nro trying to sail under the name of ' 'Straight Republican Clubs , " young "Men's Jtcpubji- can Clubs , " etc. While they have 'deceived n few to some extent , there is no doubt that the wise will take warning , especially if thijy got n pass to Omaha and watch the proceed ings of that bob.v of political sharks. That outburst of political economy under false colors was equal to the occasion when it came to the appointment of the ofttcersr-ono presi dent and also about twenty-five vice-presi dents , or one for every county where they had representatives that were suitable -for their work that was to Jjo done , namely , de ceive the people , of which .Madison county was honored (1) with one. Tnoy must have been well acquainted with human nature , ps their selection was a good one , and his suc cess will depend upon how many lieutenants he will appoint , andhow well they will pqr- form their part , which we will note as 'the work progresses. " Dr. Jekyll and Sir. Hyde. JIKnncfljwHs Trllnmc. Jay Gould says his prayers ut 10 o'clock every evening , Just before retiring. J3vory morning , just -after arisingho , picks ujtho New York Herald and says something else. Ac tlie lufonnnl 'Ballot. Chicago Kt\v . The rumor that the Hon. Chnuncoy M. Dcpew Is not a.candidate for the nomination * will bo confirmed , wo fancy , when the secre tary announces the result of the informal ballot. Not Xlmt Kind of a Ring. llvffalo Courier. Having mentioned himself for president , Senator Stanford is standing at the telephone waiting for popular enthusiasm to ring up. It does not appear to ring up to any sensa tional degree. Stuff Cotton In Hrr Ears. Hoston Advertiser. If Mr. Phclps , of Vermont , is raised to the supreme bench , Justice should bo provided with nn extra thick blindfold that she may not see the very mediocre attainments of the gentleman and blush. Pennsylvania IliRli License. IWladclpltla Bulletin. The high license law in Pennsylvania will bo maintained by a broad and unequivocal afllrmation in the platform of the next repub lican state convention , and no republican candidate for the legislature will , as a good party man , have the right to go before the people unless ho stands fairly ou that plank. Knifed at Home. San Franclico Chronicle. It would bo impossible , if the republican party wished jt never so much , to segregate Senator Stanford , the railroad president , from the corporations which ho 1ms managed so long , and it is hardly necessary to say that California would never bring herself to accept the railroad president as her candi date for the presidency of the United States , Monopoly Tnolc Ticks. Kew VoiK Ttltgram. The big tack factory at Taunton , Mass , , announces a wholesale reduction in the wages to bo paid their men , The reason they give Is that "western competition" has demoralized the taok market. Tacks are protected by a duty of 40 per cent , and if manufacturers can't got rich and pay their men decent wages at that rate they had bet tor shut up shop , "Western competition" means , no doubt , that BOino people in this country nro willing to grab less for themselves than the tack barons of Taunton. We trust that the labor ing man will observe how he ii mode the football of tariff monopolists. A Tariff Poem. Kew York Journal Talk , talk , talk , 3'alfc , talk , talk ; TALK , TALK , TALK , TALK , . TALK I TALK I TALK I ' STATE AND TEltlTOItiT. Nebraska Jottings. Valentine will have waterworks. Fairbury claims a population of 4,818. Ponca'a artesian well is yet on paper. Norfolk's Sunday News was an elghtj page boom edition. O. H. VanWyck is booked for the Holt county fair , September 12. Tecumseh has lot the contract for wa terworks and her now court houbo. Dakota county pomes in with the flret cyclone of the season. It was a mild af fair. Grand Island's donation of OJ.O acres of land to the soldier's homo has boon recorded. Willie Ncsmtth. of Hitchcock county occiOon tally shot himself. Snturdaj evening. A Slratton prpachor who talked foe temperance nna voted for whisky has boon asked to resign. The 13. & M , graders will bo at work in Crawford before the 1st of Jum Mark the prediction. The Nebraska City Press printed an "Arbor Day edition'1 which reflected credit upon its publishers. Alliance has a now 'newspaper , the Argus , J. D. Calhounof the Lincoll Democrat , being one of the owners. Hastings wants n. canal from the Finite river to the Blue through Hn& tings , a distance of twenty-live miles. California. Occansldo now has a dally Journal. There is 31,010,010.41 in the state treasury. A Woodland orchnrdist has refused to pontract for his apricot crop this sea son at $11 a ton. A Tularo capitalist offers a reward o $50 to any ono who will raise a 100 pound , watermelon in that county tin year. . .Californiaona \ \ nro killing manj young horses in Trinity county. Tlio people nro anxious for u bounty law to bo passed. A vigilance committee of five has boon appointed by the citizens of Solnia to kcop the town clear of vagrants am immoral characters. Dolana , Tularo county , has come to bo a great wool-growing center Already this year 'tho shipments' have readied nearly 1,000,000 pounds. The last rabbit-drivo nt Fresno was a failure , as only 800 were killed. While at Mercer the last drive resulted in the destruction of thousands of the animals Thc.otlior day at Fresno aowo gave blrtji to three Jambs , two white ones and ono black as the ace of spades. When the mother saw this oil-coloi offspring she stamped and butted the poor little thing until it-was dead. Tlio following account of the times at San Diego is taken from nn exchange : "Eight restaurants closed in ono day. Sixteen clerks discharged from ono dr > goods house ou-tho same day. Sixteen hundred empty rooms iu the lodginc houses , Rates at'CoronndoUeach hotel reduced to $2 not- day , and scarce at that. Price of shaving reducedfrom , twonty-fivo cents to ten cents ; coiTqo from ten cents to" five .cents. Boa ! " estate agents" leaving b'y the gcoro daily. " The Northwest Ctonst. Five Jiorscs wore frozen to death at Grass Vulloy , Nov. , last wook. A largo quarry of superior sandstone has been opened near Corvallis , Ore. A number of Salvation Armv soldiers in full uniform have arrived ini-Tacoma. Camas Prairie in Northern Idaho can raise 8,000.000 bushels of wheat annu ally. ' ( L'ho population of Alaska is estimated at 30,800 , of which number 27,800 are uncivilized natives. Some Tacoma fishermen took in 1COC pounds of smell and rock cod at a single haul last Saturday. ' The whole country north of Sjinko river and tributary to 'the Spokane & Pa-louse railroad is booming. The War Eaglemine .near Jluby City sold to Irish capitalists for 837,000 atid was stocked , to'tlio amount oft$276,000. iRich silver discoveries , have boon made in" Lake Monica district , thirty miles from Salmon City. , atjda stampede has begun to the new camp. 'Tho lumber business ithroughout , the Pacific coast is reported liv.olior'than ever before. .Happy is the saw mill man who has a "big boom of logs. A number of towns , in 'Washington Tcrritoryihavo already taken advantage of the incorporation act passed by ihe , last territorial legislature , aud .many . more will follow. The Womans' Christian Temperance union of eastern 'Washington willimuet in annual convention at Spokane -Fulls Thursday , April 20 , ( .continuing three days , with mass mooting on Thursday. The Pugct Sound loggers asbbcintiou has been organized for the mutual rnro- tection anQ general bonolit of the Jog gers of Pugct Sound. A'buroau of Hta- tistical inlormution will bo established at Seattle. Three counties of Oregon ! have made no payments of slate taxes for 1887. Muitnoinah county owes tlio state 8104- 000 , and the sherill has collected nearly iKU)0,000. ) Wallovya county has nome bert of an excube , as its sherill' died a month or so since. Unuitilla county has made no move , nor does any ono know what is the reason of the delay. Wyoming. Cheyenne's creamery is in full blast. There was no loss of cattle in the Big Horn basin this last winter. The oil wells arc being boomed with all the vigor pobsibio to command. Plans and specifications for work to bo performed on the interior of tlie pen itentiary nt Laramie have been received and accepted. Thomas Kccfo , the Union Pacific switchman who was crushed between two cars last week at Larainio , is rap idly recovering. The Laramie Boomerang s'ays that the wonderful good which has been accom plished by stocking Wyoming's streams witli fish of ditforent varieties is fast becoming apparent , and not a day passes but shows some good f Heels in this line. The Laramie Sentinel says the most DOpular law in that city passed by the legislature is tlio Sunday law. It is universally obeyed and generally en dorsed there by all classes , and the Sen tinel editor declares he has not heard a man , woman or child object to or And fault with it. Dakota. To-morrow is Arbor day. Armour is enjoying u bobin : Deadwood wants a Eli-cot sprinkler or loss dust. A county teacher's institute is in ses sion at Rodficld. Temporary in junctioiia are scoring the saloon Keepers of Fargo. Governor Church is fixing his fences 'or ' the Watertown convention. J. iToblnson , the bogus dfaft man who fleeced Yank ton people , hasgonotoUnd now pastures and suckers. His oilier name IB 3. G. Robinson. Rumor says that lack of funds will de prive Dakota of the joys of its annual militia encampment , together with its sorrows and hcedaohos. The programmeof the fourteenth an nual meeting of the Dakota Sunday school asbociation is nearly completed , The convention will bo hold at Mitchell July 10,11 and 12. Tlio Fore&t City & Sioux Falls railway Bompany claim that they \yill have the roaa flnished from Forest City to Gettys burg within two months. The right-of- way parties are now in the field. A now corporation has boon organized n Aberdeen for the purpose of con- lucting a general inyubtment business under the name of the Union bunking JOinpany. Capital stock , 85,000,000 , Spink county Odd Fellcmeure extensive preparations for their second annual celebration , which occur * at Kodfiold April 20. A grand ball and , banquet will bo given in the evening- . lown. Slpux City hag a "corn pnlaco" bnso ball club. There Is not a "Monday morning paper iu tlio stato. Spencer has a building anil loan asso ciation. The Snnborn band has purohnso a ll brary for Its hall. The soldiers' monument on the capital grounds will soon bo c'oininoncod. Thodeinocrnls of Hurlington will start a now paper foi the dissemination of campaign loro. Tlio directors of the O'Brien county agricultural society nro getting ready for a big fall fair. TJio stnto convention of republican clubs isto bo hold at Dos Molncs on Wednesday , Jylay 2 , An eloping Sioux City wlfo , who loft her homo last fall , returned th'o "other flay and found sheller in the poor house. Kdokuk has a monstrosity in the shane of a human having six claws for for fingers , wliilo tlio lower part of tlio body rcsomblos a boar. Tlio Fourteenth district republican Judicial convention will bo hqld at Spencer Juno 13 , to nominate a candl dvlo for district judge to succeed Hon. Lot Thomas. AMUS13MI3NTS. 'Xozo , " the Mnulo Quean , at Boyil'a w * * _ _ * . _ . . _ The spectacular drama , "Zozo , the Mnplo Queen , " was presented to n fair audience at Boyd'sjast ' night. Since Its former rendition in this city the play has been revised and many chnrmlnt * features added which would , if put in the hands of competent artists , or oven actors of ability , coupled witli the grand Bccnio effects , make the play ono of the greatest attractions on the road. George H. Adnuis ns Washington Knownll can almost bo credited with doini ? all the work , and as n comedian ho is unapproachable. While MIs Montcgriffo possesses a no small dcgreo of ability , thcro is u wonderful clianeo M im provement. Charles Uvmviclc may certainly bo n success as n sea captain in a nautical sense , but In this connection ; t will ' he well to state that ho lacks .force and , if'cnpnuiy Judge from his actions on the stage , experi ence. Cupid was a woeful , dreary failure , and had a tendency to make the listener weary , whllo Donovan Ilossy was a ucceSa only when ho dtuiced. As Lororiio , Percy KlnKsJoy was n flzrto , nnd if Jio Inlands to continue iu tie theatrical business ho should ask to bo assigned another position In the cast , the 'villlan role being about a .pound too heavy , Touia Hanloti as Rhododendron' ToQtslemado , n | hit , nnd in addition to hcr'ubllitlcs n a counter feit .school girl and bearer of jnaglo'tuUs inauslB a singer of no mean merit. While her sougLagt Koso of Summer" did .not . equal nAbh6U's , It was excellent , and ; the hearty encore , shp received Was jrlchly de served. Thorest , of the girls did well. Tbo scenery was more than grand , and the transformation pccno In the last act is ono of the most wonderful pieces of work o\'er at tempted ou any stage.and is alone worth.tho price of admission. The other m6chaaioal effects were superb. Beyond tblsinoiuiling ; ofcourse , the good woricof Adam ? nhdMlsS Hanlon , there Is nothing to commend the plav to the public in tlio hands of the nrdsotit company. f company.if IRS OOODIijgn AT THE O1IA.ND. Last night at the Grand opera house Miss 'Eunice Goodrich made her flrat appearance in this clty , the play being the 'familiar oho " .The Pearl of Savoy. " Jt Is one whicfi , mainly through 'the instrumentality oi Maggie Mitchell , has-becomo as well known ns that of the lady who brought it Into prominence. Miss Goodrich'a audience filled the largo auditorium , and they retained their placcs > until after 11 o'clock. It was ti tribute to the ability of the etar and a ohm- pliment toitho company aupportmc'hef.Her leading Bupjx > rt is.Jamcs 'Jl. MaCann , who has already boon soon -hero 'With iRofand Reed , and > who is an actor of coasiderahlo ability. The company is also a capable.one. Criticising Courts Marshal. WASHINGTON- , , April S3. In .disapproving the-sentimentsof.ilismlssal , in > tlio-.oases of Captain J. A. Olmatond , .Ninth cavalry , and First Lieutenant Montgomery D , Earitor , Ninth cavalry , the president said in'hls.ordor that the examination of thcso cases tried by the samo.court imartial has fully-convinced Jim that conditions extol at Fort Du Ohcsno that must , if nllowcd to Jconttnuc. .result in scandal and demoralization. Tills condition should aud imust ho .promptly corrcotofl by nmoro effective plan than .tlio approval of court martial .proceedings which .rest upon suspicions and weak evidence , -und which , it may well bo .feared , originated in question able motives. Pondlotou Improving. WASHINGTON , April 23. The department of state to-day received a 'telegram ' stating that MlnlBtor'Pcndleton ' IH improving rnplJly , Sciscr iiaf , illeeaee ucnnt and conta- Security illnn nro PlTocfuiilJy combntteil by uiirnliiK Hutlrunafiltinl I\itMitti ill rooms nnd ftpurtmcnlH. Tlioy nn ASS nSt fii Kiant.njilfuvlKoiutli ( | ) totliOHlclc o nun and caT ; > tltir.-isc * uro ponna- . . nently cured by tlio liutJtonanUml \fIpr | | tlP" .Snnp.n , pnre.lilBlilr bconttrt niedlcjn- OUIIGIIIIg , al mm , for toilut , nunrrr ami bntli. Toiitliaclic , fncc ncuip'o'u ' and in- HicOQCQ faimtl ur Molten pimisylijldpropipl- UlOCdOC ly to Darbv'H Dental Plnsturg , which tnko the. IUHCO of opiates , and don anrl BITOUH toothache drops. Qllll CuiiniMd llunlnns catino no noiii wlioro THoitd'B Corn unrt HunliJii I'lafctura ute uaei ] , 3'lny quickly allay Inflammation uul ( remove pnin. Hmnll pox oilrt otjibh contnfjlpvw dlbeasos nro prevoutert b. . . BonbniT'B Bitliilitir Csiidlon In fel- lar . closets , HlnkB , whips' . . OR Pnnfe blid rnmis , chicken coops , etc. ZO uenibSKAnuitV A : JOHNSON.S'eivYorlr. SOME DOCTORS lioucslly admit that they can't euro lUicmnatUm and Neuralgia. Others say they can but < Jon't. AtU-lo- plio-ros suys nothing but caret. That's thu tecrct of its KUCCC84 , Ycaru of trial luivo protttl it to bo a quick , tafe , lure euro , oucoril , N. 1 U. . Bfpt. S , lf7 Inmyowiiumlfj/u . wa ni" J D n laxt ivaort , tlio < HT luring iiiirrrnt i from rlieumntuiii forsfura uud having been lrtatr t ( or tlie ilwrare br illffi rfIH l'liy ldan la thin Klale ami > Uuiu-lm. K > tln without otcn loiiiiwrary nJIcf. Ul n inyrfonniinptKlatfoiiucorKSor poo. l > le hate nwl IliU n-uieuy witli lh in8 icsiiltn clilincil fur It t ) , Jl. WIMON. Dnlrtlquc , Iowa , Jan. 8 , IWMi Alnlorlioron Inn < .oini > letely cunxl me of nor\oust hciiluLlio , and I fful Uiantfut for all the good 11 ban dnnnlna kin. I/ODSSK Oiirnnr. KtScad C cents for the licmitlful cxilorcd pic ture , " Moorish Miildtn. " 7HEA7HLOPHOROS CO. 113 Wall St. HY. 0. T , U A. N0 . JMIOI'OSALS 1'OH AHM Y Huppllos lloadipmrtors Dopt. of ( no I'lutte , 3IIICO of C'hlof Cominlnury of SubHlstmc * , : ) niiilm.Kob , , March 61 , icww , Sealed ( Jl I ' - In triplicate , acixiiiinanlud by Kunrantco bonds , rrlll bo received lit the attics of the cnuimlafnry if bubslstenco nt Omnlu , Nob. , and the olllca of theactliiK roiumlRsnrv of nubultitcnco nt Tort ; ) mnha , Neb. , until W o'clock 41 , , central etand- nd tlmn , nnd at thn oilico of the commissary of nibaUtrnco at Clteyenne Uopot , Vfyu. . und tha > nicea of th actlDfi commUBurleA of pubiUteuoa xt Torts Bldnuy , Nlolnnia and Holilnaon , Neb. , l''orw ' MclClnnuy , J , rainle , llrldcar. 1) . A. Jtiis- ill and WAtuaklv. nnd"Cl ln IMIol llutto. Wyo. . tnd Korts Dougla * and Du Chcsna , lhaU , until II o'clock n. in. , mountain ttandard time , on IVudnemltty , thu 25th day of April , 1BE3 , nt which .line and places they will bo opened la thu prc > into of bidder * , for the furnlihlnc and dulivory it tlie frenh beef reriulrcd at the post * ana itations mentioned , rcMiectlvoir. durlnir die fls- : al year commencing July 1. IMS. Tliv rjiht Is csarvcd to reject any or all bid * . 1'or Infonna- .IODIIH tothe ( juantlty of froMi l > e f to u fur- iluhed at any bott or itatloii. amuunt bf nuar- inten bond , blank iiropo Al anJ gaaiAnte * jomlE. and circulars for lutorumtlon of bid aim , > pply by malt or in person to tlto offices herein loitlKnuleil to regalre proUoval * thtriM. J.V DAltlllUKll , lluj. and U. B. , U. S , A. , Chlof 0. S : htlU. iiittft , PROF. f. O. FOWLER , Mo dU ,