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TUB mixing up of a part of the dem
ocratic plnlform lute the republican
resolutions adopted by the state con
vention has boon satisfactorily ex
plained. The muddle took place in the
coiumittoo room , where it is safe to say
the majority of the committee were in
as muddled a condition as the platform
which was adopted.
TlTK people of Denver are bemoaning
the failure of the million dollar hotel
project that has boon talked about in
that city for a year or more. The
trouble is the lack of liberality and enterprise -
torpriso on the part of local capitalists
and business men. This is an experience -
enco in which Denver is not alone.
Omaha has had a great deal of it , and
therefore knows how to sympathize
with the Colorado metropolis
; CONGUESSMAN DoitSKY has returned
I1 to Washington with the understood in-
5 lontiou to roinaln there until .the close
of the session. It is to bo inferred from
this that ho is satisfied with the situa
tion in his district and does not feel
called upon to give it any further personal -
sonal attention. Mr. Laird loft his cara-
\ paign for a ronomination in the hands
; l of his friends , and has been content to
| ; ' communicate with his constituents
t through the malls. It Is to be hoped
these representatives will find oppor
tunity in the remaining time of the bos-
sion of congress to do something that
1 * * ' * * " will give the people of Nebraska bettor
reason than they now have to be proud
of them.
WE should be glad to believe that
the proposed amendments to the river
and harbor bill , appropriating $425,000
for the improvement of the Missouri
river at several points In Nebraska ,
would bo adopted. There can bo no
question that the improvements at the
points specified , which ineludo Omaha ,
Nebraska City , and Plattsmouth , are
needed , and the sums proposed to bo ap-
priated are not extravagant. But wo
apprehend that rsliould those senate
amendments bo accepted by the house
and go through congress , they , with
other features of the bill , will encounter
the disapproval of the president.
Mr. Cleveland has already indi
cated , his purpose to continue the role
of economist in government expendi
tures , so far as they relate to public
improvements , without much reference
to the necessity or urgency of such Im
provements. Ho evidently believes
that such a course will servo him in
the campaign. Wo are therefore con
strained to doubt whether there is much
ohunc'o for any extensive Missouri river
improvements during the casulng year ,
or , indeed , whether any river and har
bor bill that provides for a liberal cx-
pondlturo , fairly distributed , will get
executive approval.
IF the Union Pacific railroad were as
considerate toward Omaha as the board
of trade is solicitous in urging congress
to extend the time of the indebtedness ,
there would not bo to-day the long roll
of empty promises made and repudi
ated by that road to this city. In con
nection with the appeal of the board
for clemency toward the Union Pacific ,
the Interview of Mr. J. Sterling Morton
does not come amiss. Mr. Morton very
plainly indicates that the passage of
the Outhwalto bill , which the board of
trade favors , perpetuates the Union
Pacific as a grasping monopoly. Re
lief to the pcoplo of Nebraska is not
assured when an extension of seventy
years is asked for the payment of a debt
of $100,000,000. It fastens on the com
munity an additional tax of 63,000,000 a
your merely to pay iho interest of a
defaulting company. In seventy years
two hundred and ten millions of dollars
of interest alone must bo raised by the
people of this state , principally in order
to continue a bankrupt management in
power. Does this look like a fair ,
just and equitable basis of set
tlement between the Union Pacific
m , and the government , and a bcn-
li oflt to this state , when n debt of
, over three hundred millions is saddled
on the pcoplo ? What guarantee is
there that the Union Pacific will in the
future live up to its agreements and
promises ? There will bo backbllding
in this now pledge to the government
as there has boon in the past. Dut the
poopla will.bo bled without mercy. The
tax raised from the products of Ne
braska that should go to liquidate this
enormous debt will be swallowed in the
quicksands and maolutroiu of railroad
mismanagement.
McShnno Not a Candidate.
Congressman John A. McShano will
not again bo a candidate for congress
rom this district. The information
comes from a gontlomnn who holds inti
mate and confidential rotations with
Mr. McShano , and who is not In the
lablt of making haphazard or sensa-
.lonal statements , The decision of Mr ,
McShnno is said to bo based wholly on
justness grounds , llo has not tired of
congressional life , nor lias he lost pollt-
cal ambition , but his absence from the
management of his very oxtonslvo busi
ness is a serious drawback to it , and ho
is not willing to make the largo sacrifice
of his practical affairs which a continu
ance in congress would require. Ho
will doubtless still give more or loss attention -
tontion to local and Btato politic ? , but
only to the extent that will not interfere
with his business affairs.
The retirement of Mr , McShnno may
somewhat complicate the democratic
situation in this district. It is hardly
qucstionablo that did ho desire a re-
nomination ho could have it. There
are other aspirants , but none of them
lias any bettor claim to the support of
the democracy of this district than Mc
Shane , and while they might make him
a little trouble , it is not at all proba
ble that any ono of thorn could do-
teat him. With McShano out of
the field , however , there is very
sure to bo a lively fight among
Lho several aspiring democratic loaders
who would like to succeed him.
On n straight party vote the district
Is republican by fully five thousand ma
jority , and in this presidential year
there will bo a straight vote unless the
republicans make the mistake of nomi
nating an extremely objectionable can
didate. On the presumption that they
will not do this , any democrat1 who re
ceives the nomination of his party will
have bestowed on him a merely empty
honor , from which ho will acquire at a
good deal of outlay only a little passing
notoriety.
Ttio Mississippi Floods.
The disastrous floods along the Mis
sissippi river have already done very
great damage , and threaten to make
this a memorable year for the destruc
tion of property from this cause. For
several days past our dispatches have
chronicled the progress of the irresisti
ble floods , by which hundreds of people
have been rendered homeless , many
thousands of acres of crops destroyed ,
and dainngo done amounting to millions
of dollars. The Sny bottoms In Missouri ,
forty miles long and five in width , and
ono of the richest agricultural strips in
the world , is now covered with
water , its one hundred thousand
acres of crops probably de
stroyed. Elsewhere largo areas
have boon inundated and the promising
crops will bo largely or entirely lost.
Levees have been swept away which it
will cost a vast sum of money
to replace. The worst may have
been experienced , but if this
should .happily prove to bo so the
destruction will still bo so great as to
render the floods of this year memora
ble.
ble.There
There is believed to be a remedy for
this if the government had the liber
ality to apply it , and a remedy which
would also give to agriculture a very
largo arid territory which can only bo
made of value by irrigation. Major
Poxvell , of the geological survey , has
suggested a plan which it is
believed would effectually check
those destructive overflows and reclaim
by irrigation not loss than one hundred
thousand square miles of now worthless
country. His proposition is to dam up
the canons of the Rocky mountains from
Canada to Mexico , in which are the
fountain heads of the tributaries of the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers , and
thus form vast reservoirs or storehouses
of water to irrigate the arid lands.
These reservoirs would retain the water
which , collecting with great rapidity ,
forms the floods which are so disastrous
along the two great rivers. In the opin
ion of Major Powell it would bo possible
in this way not only to redeem the arid
lands , but also the flood plains. His plan
of irrigation is as follows :
The waters which ordinarily flow into the
ocean through the Missouri and its tributa
ries and through the Arknnsds , the Hod , the
UIo Grande , the Colorado , the Sacramento
and the Columbia rivers are to bo dammeu
up at their fountain-hoads anil stored in vast
reservoirs. vVe will thus have n chain of
storehouses In the mountains from the Ca
nadian to the Mexican border and the water
can bo utilized by letting It out upon the
land through Irrigating canals. This method
of redeeming land Is not now. It has been
practiced for 5,000 or 0,000 years. The earli
est agriculture known in history was by Irri
gation In the valley of the Nllo , and as early
or oven earlier Irrigation was known Inthoval-
leysof China. In the region of the flvo rivers of
India agriculture was wholly dependent
upon Irrigation , and the same can be said of
Peru and Mexico. Lonp : before the humid
regions of the earth were cultivated the des
ert lands were redeemed by irrigation , Al
ready there are great areas In California ,
Utah , Colorado and other arid states under
Irrigation , but only a small portion of the
water la used , and consequently a small part
of the land is redeemed. There are many ad
vantages m Irrigation. The fanner docs not
depend upon inconstant rainfall. Ho has to
deal with no drouths , no storms , no Hoods.
The water la poured upon his land where it is
wanted and only ta such quantities as are
needed.
In reply to a senate ro solution of in
quiry some time ago , the secretary of
the interior gave his full approval of
Major Powell's plan , both as a moans of
reclaiming a great amount of territory
and of mitigating the severity of the
effects of the floods of the Mississippi.
No doubt seems to bo entertained any
where as to the feasibility of the plan ,
and the only question is one of money.
Major Powell asks but a quarter of n
million dollars with which to begin the
undertaking , and in view of the vast
interests at stake the government could
certainly afford this moderate sum for
the purpose of experimenting. If the
result proved satisfactory there would
bo no hesitation regarding the further
expenditure" necessary to render the
plan complete. In a matter of such
obviously great Importance , affecting
the welfare of thousands of people und
the permanent utilization of a vast ter
ritory now valueless , there ought to bo
no plcayunlsh economy.
can bo 110 question regarding
the soundness of the decision rendered
by Judge Shtras , of the United States
district court at Sioux City , against the
transfer of the brewery cases from the
slate courts to the federal court. Those
cases bolngf as stated by the Judge , of a-
quasi-criminal nature , Involving the
question of the police power ot the
fitnto , tho'federal courts can properly
have nothing to do with thorn. When
such cases have boon passed upon by
the highest judicial tribunal in the
state they may roach the highest fed
eral tribunal only in the event that
there is developed a federal ques
tion , as for example the right
to manufacture exclusively for
export. Late decisions of the United
States pupromo court have defined
pretty clearly the ecopo of the pollco
powers of a state , and the authority of
the legislative and judicial branches of
a state government to enforce these
powers. These decisions leave little
opportunity for federal interposition ,
and it is clear that none is presented by
the Sioux City brewery cases that would
warrant the federal court in assuming
original jurisdiction. In fact , It may bp
stated as a general proposition that any
case which has rohtlon to the pollco
powers of a state the inferior federal
courts can properly have nothing to do
with.
_
THE supreme court of the United
Slates has just ended Its session of 1887-
83 , after disposing of a largo number of
cases of unusual importance. The pres
ent term has boon significant in several
respects. The accession to the bench of
the first democrat , Lucius Q. C. Lainar ,
since the appointment of Stephen J.
Field by President Lincoln In 1803 , and
the more recent death ot Chief Justice
Walto.are in themselves noteworthy
events. Had Melville W. Fuller re
ceived the prompt confirmation of the
senate when his name was sent in by
President Cleveland , the session of the
supreme court just ended would have
boon signalized by the promotion of Iho
first democrat to the high ofiico of
chief justice since the time of , Roger B.
Tanoy. In the decision of cases of a
constitutional nature , the leaning of
the court has been on the whole towards
state sovereignty. In but one or two
instances has federal supremacy been
favored , notably the Iowa whisky cases ,
in which It was decided that no state
has the power to prohibit the importa
tion of liquor , or any other article , into
its boundaries from another state. In
other cases affecting questions of sovereignty
eignty , the rulings of the court have
reasserted the supremacy of the state.
The appeals in the anarchist and Max
well cases were denied by the court on
the ground that a federal court boa no
right to interfere with the criminal
procedure of a state unless a federal
law has been violated. In the Kansas
prohibition and the oleomargarine suits
it would seem that the court has gene a
stop further and has extended the do
main of state rights. The court ruled
in the former case that a state has full
power absolutely to prohibit the manu
facture or sale of liquor within its bor
ders without making any compensation
for property destroyed or injured ; while ,
in the latter , the judges hold that'a
state has power to suppress any Industry
or render any trade unlawful.
IT is proposed in congress to make a
thorough investigation of the cattle
business so far as relates to the al
leged existence of rings , transportation
arrangements , and such other matters
as will throw the light of official in
quiry upon the methods by which it is
charged the cattle men are oppressed
and the consumers plundered. The
statements of Senators Vest und Plumb
have led the senate to regard such an
investigation as demanded in the in-
tercbts of tno people , and it is con
templated to appoint a committee to
prosecute the inquiry after the ad
journment of congress. It is proba
ble that a good deal will bo dis
closed in advance of that time ,
since the Chicago and Kansas City
beef men are already hurling against
each other accusations of using unfair
means to secure trade. The chances uro
that the country will got a good deal of
information on this interesting subject
to everybody , and that it will show quite
as much regarding the objectionable
operations of the cattle rings as any
body has charged.
Otlicr JmudH Than Ours.
Public interest in England continues to
center chiolly upon the controversy regard
ing the condition of the army and navy.
Their ineniciency has been long notorious.
This Is duo In eomo measure to the peace In
clinations of the liberals , who do not , on
principle , uphold the maintenance of the war
institution for purposes of foreign aggres
sion. It is duo in still-greater measure to the
stupid and fraudulent economy of the tones ,
who have held their seats more securely by
an appearance of cutting down expenses.
The desperate situation of the Irish
landlords and the Impossibility of en
forcing the coercion act without
using nearly 40,000 men In addition to the
15,000 armed constabulary In Ireland have
compelled the ministers to spend so much for
the peace of that country a peace at any
price being indispensable for their continu
ance In ofllce that they have been prevented
from including In previous estimates an adequate -
quato appropriation for the improvement of
the army and navy. The result was pictured
recently by the two highest military authori
ties in the empire. The utterances of Lord
Wolscley regarding the almost helpless sit
uation of England for defense aroused almost
a war panic , which was not entirely dissipated
Lord ' of Wolso-
pated by Salisbury's censure -
ley's statements. The government finally
saw the necessity ot responding to the
popular scare with something more practical
than reassuring words , and have asked lib
eral appropriations for military and naval
purposes , * Thus soothed the English public
will return to Its wonted Btato of confidence ,
all unmindful of the enormous cost of its de
fensive establishment.
. * .
The sentence of John Dillon , the most con
spicuous of the Irish leaders next to Parncll ,
to bo imprisoned ftfr six months , must com
pel Englishmen to reflect upon what it is
that the policy of the torles toward Ireland
really signifies and portends , How can
Englishmen fail to ask themselves wh ether
it is possible to govern Irishmen as 'natives"
by moans of a British resident and a force of
military police ) The course of repression and
persecution which the Salisbury government
has again adopted has at times been success
ful in Ireland , Cromwell made an unques.
tionable success of it for the time being ,
Dut the notion of reviving the Cronnvcllian ,
system of governing Ireland , and especially
of combining It with a constitutional system
under which Ireland is actually represented
in the legislature by the rory man who are
the chlof objects of persecution by the gov
ernment they liolp to constitute , such a
mixture cannot , possibly bo successful for
more than a fowtjVeoks at a time , Mr. Dai-
four might almolf po suspected of n wish to
expose the nbsunllty of the crimes act by
his selection of men to bo persecuted under
Its provisions. If the Irish continue to Bond
to the house of cotninoas thosamomcn whom
the government treats as malefactors it will
at lost become evident to the dullest lory
that it is not possible to treat a country at
once as a conquered province and ns an
integral part of nn "empire" governed by Its
representatives In parliament.
*
Emancipation has boon accomplished In
Brazil , nftcr a struggle of nearly twenty
years , the senate having a few flays ago
passed the bill abolishing slavery which had
boon approved by the chamber of deputies.
The venerable and philanthropic ruler of
Brazil , Emperor Dom Pedro , has boon from
the first a consistent and enthusiastic advo-
onto of emancipation , and the news of the
notion of the Urarlllan legislative power \vlll
bo Joyous tidings to htm on his sick bed In
Milan , where ho Is now lying stricken unto
death. Partial measures of emancipation
were passed In 187J. and again In 1835 , under
the provisions of which it had been antici
pated that all slaves In Brazil would bo frco
by the end of the year 1S02. The time ot lib
eration has accordingly boon hastened by at
least four years through the action recently
taken. According to the official returns the
number of slaves still remaining in Brazil IB
000,000 , , their value being estimated at i200-
000,000. As n partial compensation to the
slaveholders for this sacrifice the frccdincn
will bo obliged to work for them at wngoi
for a limited porlou. Under the now law the
exit of frecdmen from their respective coun
ties Is irohibltcd for two years , and severe
penalties are imposed for Idleness or dissi
pation. Cuba and Porto Rico are now the
only slave holding countries on the American
continent.
*
#
The fact that Bismarck , nt the direction of
the emperor , has requested the sultan of
Turkey to depose Ferdinand , the ruling prince
of Bulgaria , Indicates that in the a flairs of
that country Germany and Russia nro acting
in harmony. The principality of Bulgaria
was created by the treaty of Berlin , signed
iu 1S78. By that treaty Bulgaria was "con
stituted an autonomous and tributary princi
pality under the suzerainty" of the sultan of
Turkey , and the treaty also further provided
that "tho prince of Bulgaria shall bo freely
elected by the population and confirmed by
the sublime- porto with the consent of the
powers. " The "powers" who were parties
to this treaty were Germany , Great Britain ,
Russia , Austria , France , Italy and Tur
key seven it all. Alexander was elected
reigning prince In 1379 , but. was forced by
Russian intrigue to abandon his throne In
ISSi ) , and Waldoiu rj of Denmark was elected
to fill his place ; Dut , ns Russia objected , the
prince declined. In 1837 , Ferdinand of Saxo-
Coburg was elected ruling prince and to him
Russia has always been opposed , hi fact
Russia would object to any ruler of Bulgaria
who attempted to perpetuate that govern
ment and opposed the pot scheme of Russia ,
which Is to unite' the Slav race under ono
government to bo dominated by the czar
himself. Ferdinand swears ho "will lend
Bulgaria to the goal marked out for her In
history , " wherever that may be , and ho
shows signs of hold Wig the throne against ail
enemies. The dispute is quite likely to lead
to something serious , if Ferdinand has the
courage he profcsfcs.
5 * *
The emperor of Brazil , Dom Pedro II. , Is a
somewhat remarkable figure among monarchs -
archs , and would leave n noticeable blank m
the gallery of contemporary i oyalty. Ho Is ,
perhaps , the most unconventional of his
caste , if not the most accomplished. In ad
dition to his native Portuguese , he writes
and speaks fluently flvo European languages ,
and ho is an active member of half a dozen
learned societies. Ho Is the greatest traveler
of all the crowned heads. When stricken III
he was in the course of making his second
tour of Europe ; in 1870 ho visited the United
States. Ho has been a shrewd ns well as a
liberal-minded ruler , but the highest dis
tinction of his reign is the edict for the
gradual but total abolition of slavery in his
empire. Ho is not yet an old man , being in
his sixty-third year. ) mt he has had a long
experience on the throne , having been de
clared of age while he was in bis fifteenth
year. Ho will have been forty-eight years a
sovereign by ni'xt Julv , should ho live , mid
every friend of liberalism will hope that ho
may bo spared to sco this and many more an
niversaries of his coronation.
*
*
While news from Stanley is still lacking ,
the recent tidings from the Congo give a
veri favorable view of the condition of
things nt the explorer's base. The rumors
of treachery on the part of Tipnoo Tib have
been wholly dispelled , it being made clear
that ho is not only In the rcpion of Stanley
Falls , but has subdued the tutbulcnt Arabs
tliero. It appears , also , that everything is
ready for organizing the carrier expedition
with which to proceed to Wadclui to talco
supplies and bring oft Em in Pasha's tons of
Ivory , according 'to Stanley's plan.
At least , therefore , there is no de
fection In his rear to fear. The con
tinued lack of messages from Stanloy'hlmsclf
nt Tambuga up to the end of February or
later is certainly strange. Yet It is In no re
spect alarming , since a largo part of his
course luy through unexplored country , and
ho may Imvo been forced by natural obsta
cles to depart very far from a direct march.
After reaching Wadolal ho may have con
sidered it shorter to send or go to the Zanzi
bar coast , and from there communicate his
directions to the Congo region again for
completing his work , Instead of retracing his
steps or sending back messengers.
if
I" *
Last Thursday was the national holiday of
Norway. The constitutional history of mod
ern Norway is ono of the brightest chapters
in political annals. It shows a pcoplo who , iu
spite of the most adverse circumstances , had
the courage to proclaim their independence
and the wisdom to establish a frco govern
ment as thoroughly liberal and democratic In
principle as it has proved to bo stable in prac
tice. The Norwegian people have
a king , but tlio l [ lo not allow him
to meddle In politics. They gov
ern themselves , In , township , county ,
and nation , making aWaws , whether local or
national , appropriating all money to bo ex
pended for local or-'national ' purposes aud
keeping a vigilant watch on the administra
tion of the laws.Vhen ' \ they come to this
country they know the principles of govern
ment obtaining hero from the constitution of
their native land and soon become familiar
with the administration of the details of gov
ernment because they have been exercising
the rights and discharging the duties of popu
lar self-govornment in the old country.
*
*
The progress of exploration Into unknown
regions Is going on rapidly , 'In Asia the most
noteworthy researches have been incidental
to the schemes of military aggrandizement
cherished by Riftsla. The road to India has
been surveyed in spite of formidable ob
stacle ? , until now wo have precise knowl
edge of the main geographical features of
the great region that stretches from the
Ural to the Himalaya mountains. The ex
plorer has also been busy in Persia , Thibet ,
Yunnan , Cochin China , the Corea and the
Interior of China , so that few geographical
graphical problems of magnltudo are loft un
solved on this , the greatest of all the conti
nents and the ono vtMch until recently
guardoil Its secrets most Jealously. Nor nro
the Isles of the sea forgotten in this universal
curiosity. Within a few years our knowl
edge of the continental islands and the ro-
uioto groups of Australasia has been much
Increased. Thus the only considerable portion
tion of the earth's surface with which wo are
still unfamiliar is the antarctic region. But
cvon this has lately been attacked , and wo
shall doubtless soon bo told the moro Import
ant facts concerning it.
8TATK ITKBI8.
Nebraska.
The Fremont Trlbuno Is six years old and
very honlthy.
The Hoklrcdgo Progress will bo Issued
soml-wcokly ,
The Tckamnh creamery Is turning out a
flue quality of butler.
The democrats are organizing clubs
throughout the stnto.
Aurora has four saloons ono for every -100
men , women and children ,
The Hastings board of trade , according to
the Journal , seems to have lapsed lute obso
lescence. .
Kearney's ' canning factory Is expected to
prove thb stepping stouo to other similar en
terprises.
The population of Phelps county Is re
ceiving accessions this spring direct from
Sweden.
H. W. Hardy , ox-mayor of Lincoln , Neb. ,
Is addressing the pcoplo of Nebraska on pro-
hlbltlon.politlcs.
Owing to the prolonged wet weather there
will bo moro corn ground listed this year
than ever before.
Complaints nro frequent against parties In
Broken Bow for working on Sunday. The
strong arm of the law , It Is threatened , will
be applied.
The town of Chndron Is to have a now
hotel , 75x100 feet , to cost ? 17,400 without the
furniture , and the contract for which has
just been lot.
A lively interest Is awakening in the matter
of natural gas nt Beatrice and It is likely that
steps will soon bo taken for making practical
investigation.
The I3eem sulcldojnystcry , which occurred
near Stnnton , Neb. , has been the talk and
cone the rounds of the press , und still re
mains a mystery.
The Ord Dnviifg Park association will hold
their meeting on May SI ami Juno 1 , 1888.
The prizes offered amount to ? 000. They in
tend to have some good races.
The Nebraska Sunday School association
will hold its twenty-first annual convention
in the M. E. church nt York. Neb. , Tuesday ,
Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
Acoordlng to the Sherman county Tran
script Senator Conger attended the republi
can convention at Omaha by proxy by send
ing his plug hat down on the head of ono of
the delegates.
The well at the waterworks nt Norfolk has
been abandoned at a depth of 287 feet , there
belnirno sign of finding the bottom of the
strata of soft rock throURh which the drill
had boon working for a distance of 235 fcpt.
The Madison County Soldiers' Picnic asso
ciation 'ill hold its next meeting in Switzcr's
grove , Emcrick , on Friday' and Saturday ,
Juno 1 and 2. All old soldiers and their
friends nro Invited to attend. Good timo.
Superintendent George Buchan. of the
construction work on the Nebraska City
bridge , slipped from a piling and foil into the
river , a distance of some eighteen feet. The
boys iished him out and aside from a wetting
ho was all right.
The university cadets will go Into encamp
ment at Wymore on Friday , May 18 , and re
main till May 23. There will bo throe com
panies and the university band. They will
take part in the sham battle on May 21 , and
the affair is'expected to thrill the gay soldiers
oven as real powder wo aid.
Beatrice has a population of 12,000 , being
the third city in the -state , a position she has
won and held on her merits. From a mere
village in 18SO she has grown to be a beauti
ful city. Each year her increase has been
greater , and in 1SS7 she added more than
$1,000,000- the substantial improvement
column and expects to more than double her
18S7 record before the dawning of 1889.
The Lyons. Burt county , Mirror tolls this
story of poor Lo : Willie Ilarlan , an Omaha
Indian , lost a child by death on Sunday. On
Monday he brought a load of corn to town to
soil for money with which to procure a coflln.
Before reaching town he became so drunk
that ho could hardly sit on his wagon. Just
as ho reached town ho fell off In deep , soft
mud. Ho managed to creep or roll out of the
mud the muddiest biped that was over on
our streets. Ho was placed on his wagon
again and went about two blocks further and
again fell from his wagon. This time another
Indian came up and took care of the team and
washed some of the mud out of the oycs and
mouth of the drunken man.
The Broken Bow Republican records the
fact that Sheriff Pcnu and the state veter
inarian returned from Arnold this afternoon
where they had been to investigate reports
of diseased horses , which resulted in killing
ono for W. H. Gunnison , another for Andrew -
drew Biznr and a fine stallion for E. S. Allen
worth S > 00 or $010. Mr. Blzcr's horse was
purchased of parties that brought In their
horses this spring from the cast. From the
number of glnndorcd horses reported over
the state wo think it would bo a wise plan to
quarantine the state ugainst diseased horses ,
by requiring all shipped into the state to puss
an examination.
Iowa.
The Cedar Rapids condensed milk factory
receives 8,400 quarts of inllk daily.
There has becm but ono tardy pupil at the
Logan , high school during a period of 104
days.
Dug Molnes base ball men are of the opin
ion that Kennedy's greatness far outshines
that of cither Allison or Cleveland.
A number of buildings previously occupied
nn saloons at Kcokuk have been reopened for
the public sale oi non-intoxicating beverages.
A movement is on foot ntFort Dodge for
the organization of a local company lor the
manufacture of beet root sugar under for
eign capital.
The Carroll Herald says the Into frosts
have been fatal to small fruits m low places ,
mid reports the strawberry crop pretty gen
erally destroyed.
The sinking of the new cannel coal shaft of
the Craig Coal company atFortDodgo Is pro-
gicasing finely , and the mine , with all its
wealth of superior quality of these dusky
diamonds , will bo opened within two wooks.
Lucy White , a young lady of Duck Hollow ,
Council Bluffs , in a fit of Jealousy , on Wed
nesday took a dose of concentrated lye with
a view of ending her life. Her condition is
serious , and her relative ! ) fear she cannot
recover.
A holiness convention will bo held nt the
Methodist church In Storm Luke from May
IU to 27 , conducted by Rev. R. Oak. of Canton -
ton , D. T. Ho Is said to bo nn nblo exponent
of the doctrine of entire sanctlllcation and
holiness ,
The Fort Dodge high school class of 18SO
has requested the board of education to allow
all these who so wish to graduate next year
without taking the extra year , In case the
course Is extended by the addition of another
year's work ,
Out of Poll ics.
Tni ! BEE published an Interview two days
ago setting forth reasons why John A , Mc
Shane would not bo a candidate for reelection
tion to congress , Yesterday the gentleman
whoso views were then expressed said to
TUB BEB mans "Loss than an hour
after I sjioko to you about
McShano for congress , the other day ,
I saw McShune himself , and ho told mo that
ho did not think of running for re-cloction ,
that he would not run for it , and nothing
would Induce htm to again go to congress.
Ho meant what he said. His assertion was
positive and absolute. "
The circumstances mentioned In the
first interview which were calculated to
impel Mr. McShano to this determin
ation were Injury to business , loss of
health , which ho felt would sooner or
later come to him because of the arduous
work which he lias been compelled to do
blnoo his election. Being the only demo
cratic congressman fioui this pait of tiie
country , his mail of inquiries is
four times as largo as tuat
of any congressman and necessitates four
stenographers to answer. As acoiiboquencc ,
.since Uis election , Mr. McShauo has been a
Mavo to hU constltucivla nt the sacrifice ot
his wealth and health , Who will bo his suc
cessor I
Political Notes.
C. E. Yost , ot this city , was a member of
the committee on resolutions In the republi
can state convention on Tuesday last , and
when asked yesterday how ho explained
the presence of the democratic planks m the
republican platform which his committee
had constructed , said :
"Tho democratic party stole outright nil
our forts nnd nrsenuli twenty-llvo years ago
and now they have stolen three planks of our
platform , "
It is probable that a meeting of the Joint
committee consisting of members of the
young men's republican c.lub ot this
olty nnd the state executive committee
consisting of Messrs.Scoloy , Egnn , Hill , Han-
Ion and Brockonrldgo , will bo hold on Mon
day noxt. Mr. Sooloy says that the number
ot applications made for accommodations at
Chicago during the convention Is greater
than was ever experienced in this stnto. and
the first work of the committee will bo to at
tend to these.
Word has been received that seventeen
rooms nnd ono parlor have been kept at
the Grand Pacific hotel Xor tiio Nebraska
delegation , which comprises twenty i > eoplc ,
cxclusivoof these who will bo accompanied
by their wives.
The Idea scorns to ba gaining ground that
Nebraska should In some manner attract to
herself the attention of the pcoplo at the
convention. Many minds nro now
nt work to decide what plan ,
with this end in view , should
bo adopted. The general Inclination seems
to bo in the direction ot a horticultural dis
play , which could bo made In the hondquar-
tcrs. It was'such a display which so greatly
advertised this state iu Now Orleans. The
state , at the last convention , achieved some
notoriety through the red-painted hat of
Gcorgo A. Brooks , of Bnzilo Millswhich was
followed by thousands of people/when Blalno
was nominated , The same hat , somewhat
worn nnd battered , is still preserved by Mr.
Brooks In a glass case at his homo at the
place mentioned. _
Hoard of Public Works.
The board ot public works mot yesterday
afternoon at 1:30 : o'clock ' nnd approved the
following contracts : Sewer in district 71 , to
Mount & Qrlflln ; storm water sewer on
Twentieth street , from Cass to Nicholas ,
Mount & Grlflin. The lowest bidder on this
work was D. Koloher. In n communication
to the council , Chairman Balcombosays that
Kclehcr Is Interested In the completion of
the north Omaha sewer with Delnncy ,
Thomson & Co. , nnd the board declined to
nwnrd the contract to him because it was
advisable that the firm in question should
devote their entire energy , credit nnd money
to the completion of their old contract. The
board consequently awarded the contract to
Mount & Griflln , the next lowest bidders ,
who agreed to take the work nt Kolchor's '
figures.
The contract for the extension ot the South
Omohn sewer , west from Twenty-second and
Pierce streets to Twenty-seventh , was
awarded to J. Ryan & Co. ; reconstructing
sewer in district 4 , A. R. Hocl ; west branch
of South Omaha sewer , Hugh Murphy.
The contract for building a sewer on Doug
las street , from Twenty-eighth avenue to
Thirty-sixth street , has been awarded to
Mount & Griflln.
Mr. Cohort's BoomoranR.
Emll Cohen , a tailor who has a shop at 111
North Sixteenth street , owes Joseph Fergu
son , n furniture dealer at 715 same street , a
bill amounting to something like $30. Cohen
went to Ferguson's the other day to settle ,
and got into a dispute about a quilt , which ho
says ho purchased of Mr. Cody , one of the
clerks , but which Mr. Ferguson says ho can
prove no stele from In front of his store. Bo
that as it may , Cohen became boisterous and
abusive , and was finally ordered away from
the place by a policeman. Then ho hied him
self to the station and swore out a warrant
for Ferguson's arrest , charging him with
disturbing the peace. After the affair had
been thoroughly ventilated before the court
by the lawyers for and against , Ferguson
was promptly dismissed and Mr. Cohen re
quired to pay the costs , which fairly para
lyzed him.
Dr. Mercer's Fishing Pond.
When Dr. Mercer laid the tracks for his
motor line along North Fourteenth street ho
loft the crossing at Dodge street In a very
dilapidated condition , and whenever it rains
a small lake forms in the vicinity , making
travel dangerous and inconvenient. The late
rains have again flooded the deep cavities ,
and last night somebody , with irony m his
heart and humor iu his soul , posted the fol
lowing bulletin on the lamppost near by :
"Mercer's pond. Fishing reserved for tno
city council. " THE BEE has It from good
authority that the pond is well stocked with
various species of fish , among the most
notable being "sucker taxpayers" and ' 'mul
let-headed freeholders. "
Tlio Pouoilmastcr'B Story.
The following was received yesterday :
Editor OMAHA. BKE Sir : Referring to
your article in the edition of last evening
regarding the impounding of a horse belong
ing to Mr. Maybrlght , I desire to make a
statement.
Mr. Mnybright resides in the alley between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets nnd Cum-
ing and Izard ; now the horse was picked up
in an open lot on South Sixteenth nnd Pioroo
streets , several blocks away from May-
bright's home.
Section U of the ordinance governing this
case distinctly prohibits the herding of
animals on any open grounds within the city
limits.
With regard to the demand ofthe officer
making the arrest forl , It Is false , but lie
did make a demand for 75 cents which under
the law ho was entitled to.
The horse was held for redemption for tho-
period allowed by law , was advertised for
sale and sold nt auction to the hlghost bidder
for * 13.
With regard to the horse being worth $75 ,
that is simply nonsense. I consider $12 his
full value and would not give that much for
nlm myself. J. IlENSEssy ,
Ponndmaster.
As stated In yesterday's BBC the horse sold
for 812 at auction and was afterward sold by
the purchaser for $20. These- are the facts ns
can bo proven. It would teem from the above
that the statements made by Maybright and
Mr , Henncssy are somewhat at variance us
regards the locality in whlcn the horse was
found.
IJOSSCH Duo to the I'hylloxorn.
London Daily News : A writer in the
Economisto Francais estimates the
total loss to Franco from the ravages of
the phylloxera since 187G , when this
scourge of the French vineyards first
made its appearance , at the enormous
Bum of 10,000,000,000f , or about 400-
000,000. The estimate is based upon
French ofllclnl statistics giving the
aggregate area of vineyards destroyed
in the country about 2,500.000 acres , and
on the assumption that , In addition to
the acreage of vines thus utterly de
stroyed , the extent of vineyards more
or loss infested with the phylloxera
amounts to about 500,000 acres , making
thus together 3,000,000 , , of acres. The
vuluo of these latter , which according
to the writer should bo calculated from
the gross , nnd not from the not , revenue
formerly derived therefrom , is esti
mated at 280,000,000. On adding to
this amount the lobs occasioned through
the outfall in labor in the destroyed
vineyards , as well as by the vast impor
tations of foreign wines and grapes for
winemaking necessitated by the dimin
ished production during the last .thir
teen years , which is taken at 120,000-
000 , the above mentioned sum is ar
rived at ,
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Dfcby wo * tick , WB gave her CutorU.
Whoa the was a Child , chs cried for Castoria ,
When the became UUi , eLo clung to Castoria ,
When the bad Children , the KITS them CtutorU ,
HE FELL IN THE MOD
The Undignified Position of a Nowo-
pnpor Writer.
llo Tries to Iienvo A 11 ob Tnll Street
Car While in Motion , and Is I'll on-
cd iKnoniiotiBly Into the Mud. Ho
SoouroBilU Interview In Splto of
the
The rnln And mud tnnt hns reigned mtpram *
for the past two wookn proved to DO nn olTtcttial.
Injunction nccMnst Ftnndny base bnll , causing
postponed games with the Minneapolis , 8t. I'lvul
and Mllwnukco clubs , the former nnd mttor beIng -
Ing Snmlfiy grimes. The n foresaw rain nnd mud
UM also furnished several humorous Incident ! ,
one. of which mention WAR made during the
weolc , of n horse being inlrod on 1'ark tivonuo ,
and another or ft well-known newnpapor writer
who having business In North Omahn , tiled him
self to that locality on ono of our fnmom bob-
tnll street cnrs , over oconnn of mud , nnd on at
tempting to lonve tha cur on North Nineteenth
direct WAS unceremoniously thrown Into the
streets in general and on bobtail street cars in
particular.
r Well.I nm In luck because there uro hut foiv people
ple horn to BOO mo ; but what did I coino out hero
for ? soliloquized the bospiUtered young man ,
who had for tha time forgotten his business and
had to refer to his note book Cor the desired In
formation.
"An Interview with a gontlomnn on Korth
Twentieth street , nnd I nm in n nlco condition
to Interview anyone : but It must bo done , nnd
hero ROCS , " and ho did.
The gentleman to
bo inlorvlowoil
Groved to bo Mr.
corco Handerflon.
residing nt No. 1ICT
North Twentieth r
street , nblackgmltn
employed bjr tha < .1
car company at
their shops nt thn
corner of Twenty-
tint nnd Cnmlnfc
streets , Mr. Jtau-
derjoii has resided
In Omahn tor about
Ilvo years , nnd for
three years of that
time has worked for
the car company at
the nbovo placo.
"ilr.ltnndorson.1
hear you have been
Blok and have some
thing to sav about It that would Interest our
readers , nml for that reason I have called on
yon , " ald the writer.
"Well , yes. I hail been sick , but am not now ,
ns you see , but for about eight years I wan n
piettyslck man , not so sick that I had tore-
main Indoors , but sick enough to fuel miser
able all the time. During the last eight years
I have been a constant sufferer from catarrh ,
my nose would stop up so that I was compelled
to breathe througlvjniy mouth. Every froili
cold would causn mo moro BUfTorlnir , until ft bo
camonlmost unbearable. 1 had a continuous
dull pain over nnd In the back part of my eyes.
I scarcely know what It was to bo without n
headache. I was continually hemming aud
spitting to remove n lump In my throat , milch I
could never displace. In the morning it vrouUt
cause me BO much nnnoyanco thntby the time I
was readv for tuv bro ksnst I had lost nil my
nppetttororlt.tii fnct.niy appetite \vnapoor for a
long time ns inv stomncli was continually out ot
order , n constant rising of wind and ot sour
water In my throat , n dull heavy fooling In the
pit of my stomach and u pain on one side or the
other under my ribs which made mo feel as
though 1 could not take a long breath. My
lungs felt sere all the time , but the doctor tola
mo It was duo moro to the condition of my
stomach , which I afterwards found to bo true ,
for as soon as I felt better In jny stomach the
pains in my chest left me. My condition was
such as to alarm my wife and my friends , my
sleep was broken , and I would arise In the
morning feeling as tired nnd languid as I did tha
previous night.
As I said , my condition alarmed my wife and !
made up my mind that bomothlng had to bo
done , for I had suffered enough. I consulted
heveral doctors nnd tried several patent prepa
rations , but it did mo no good. I was advised by
a friend of mine to consult Dr. J. Cresap McCoy ,
and as I had read considerable about him , la
the dally novvspavers. I concluded I would con
sult him. I visited his ofiico about tire months
ago ana consulted him in regard to my case. I
took treatment and began to Improva at once ;
after the first treatment my nose became clearer
and I could breathe throughitoncomoro some
thing I had not done for n long t Ime and it du |
not take lonp until I began to feel bettor in every
way , and to-day I feel like a new man ; I have a
good appotlt6 , my stomach , ia nil right again ,
and I can eat throe good meals every day ; !
have no more trouble with my throat , and tha
pain over my oy es Is n thing of the past ; I have
no moro headachcB , and , to make a long story
short , I think Dr. McCoy has cured my catarrh.
Mr. Kanderson resides nt No 8711 , North ,
Twentieth street , and Is employed as a black
smith at the car shops , corner of Twenty-firs t
amlCumlng streets , and will corroborate the
above statement to any one doubting it.
A FEW QUESTIONS.
A. Fcvr Symptoms or Dtaonso Tbnt
May Prove Serious to Von.
Do you have frequent fits of mental depres
sion ?
Do you experience ringing or buz zing uolsea
Iu your ears ?
Do you feel as though you must suffocate
when lying down ?
Are you troubled with a hacking cough nnd.
general debility ?
Are your eyes generally weak and watery and
frequently tnllamed ?
Does your voice have a husk , thick sound and
a nasal sort of twang ?
Is your breath fieijncntly offensive from soma
unaccountable cause ?
Have you u dull , oppressive headache , gener
ally located over the uyes ?
Do you Imvo to hawk and cough frequently in
the efroit to clear your throat ?
Are yon losing your sense of smell and Is your
sense ot taste becoming dulled ?
Does your nose nlwaya feel stopped up , forc
ing you to breathe through your month ?
Do you frequently fool dizzy , particularly
when stooping to pick anything off the floor ?
Does every little draft of air und every slight
change of temperature give you a cohl ?
Are yon annoyed by a constant ileslro to hawk
and spit out nn endless quantity of phlegm ?
Are yon always tlrutl nnd ludlsposud to exer
tion , whether or bnslnoss. work or amusement ?
la great elfoit required to keep your thoughts
llxed upon matters that formerly were easily
performed ?
Do you rlso fiom bed as tired nnd weak as you
were the night before nnd feel as though , you
\\nntedtollothero fotever ?
Is your throat tilled with phlegm in the mornIng -
Ing , which can only bo disi'lmrned after violent
coughing and hawking nnd splttlngl
Gnu Cntnrrh bo Cured.
The past ago might bo called a superstitions
one. The present can moro properly be called
among the Impossibilities hnvo now bccomu
oveiyanyposslullitles. It would be superfluous
tocmimciata them. Hut have wo reached the
utmost limit ? Have we ? 1'hyslclans who claim
to make ccitnln ailments the human body in
BUbJert to a special study nnd claim to be nblo
to Mire such diseases , are pronounced by other
self-HatIhtled practitioners as prvsuluptuousbut ;
does tliolr saying so rnuko it so ? Tuo man who
coincritbo neatPNt to overcoming the deeming
impossibilities of others is now nil the rage , nud
well does hn or thuy deserve the success they
have labored so hard tonttaln , Dr , J.Cresap
McCoy or his associates do not make claims to
mi } thing marvelous , such as raising the dead
and giving them new life ; neither do they claim
to glvo sight to the blind ; but by their now and
Bclentlllo method of treatlug catarrh they hnve
cuicil and do cure rutarrh , as well as bronchial
nnd throattroubles. . They make catarrh a
specialty because It Is one ortha moat prevalent
aud troublesome diseases that the people of this
climate are heir to , Slni.o Dr. McCoy and hU
assocjatus have located In this city they have
treated with success hundreds of persons whom
other physicians have tola their disease wus
rlassiid among the incurables , Do thuy not pub
lish from week to weuk In the daily paper * tes
timonials ft oin homo of their many grateful
patients , giving In each case the full name
and uddioss of the person making the state
ment , that thn doubting und skeptical may call
nnd interview the said people prior to visiting
the doctor's olllcus for consultation. The peopln
advertised as cured are by no means obscura or
unknown , but In the majority ot cases are citi
zens well known by the buulni-s * people and
community at large , and It will more than repay
anyone Buffering from caturrlml affectlonuto
visit thobo whofco statements era published , or
consult with the doctor or his associates at his
oil ! co.
i'enmueutJy Located.
Or. J. Cresap McCoy , lata of nulleuft Hoipl *
tal , Ne\T Vork. and his associates , lately of tli
UiilviTSllyot New Vork City , aUo of Washing
ton , I ) , ( J. , hava ( ocatrd permanently iu tha
Jtamga IJlock , Umulm , Neb , , whore nil curable
< asex are treated skillfully. Consumption ,
Jlright's Disease , Dyspepsia. JlhoumatUin , and
all nervous diseases. All diseases peculiar to
aax a specialty
CATARRH CURED.
Consultation at ofllce or by mall , 11 , Olllco
liourti , U to 11 u , m , B to 4 p. m. , 7 to B p. m ,
Hiiuilny liourf , from U u. in , to 1 i > , in.
Corespondence iccelves prompt attention.
No letters unsmtied uufces Kccompituttd by i
cenU in stamps.
Address all mail to Dr. J , C. McCoy , Hamga
lilock , Utnuha , Neb.
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