Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 24, 1888, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA E : THURSDAY , MAY 24 , 188a THE DAILY JME. I'UULilSIIED EVEHY MOHNINQ. TERMS o ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday Ono Year . . . . . . . W 00 . . . . rorThrto Months . . . * CO Tlie Om iba Butidny HUB , mailed to nnf aa- dross. On Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . > * 00 OMAHA Omo * . Nos. i4Atii > WRIT Von * Orrtcr , Iloosis it Aim 15 Tnintmr Jtl.'IMIINO. WASHINGTON OrrlCB , NO. 613 OOHUKSrONDKNCK. All communications roUtlns to news and pdl- lorinl m ttcr bould bo addressed to the EDITOR . l. .All business letters and remittances should b MRso o THIS HEE rumnsniKfl COHPAMV , OMAHA. Drafts , check * -poAtomco orders to lie made payable to the order ot the company , Tiic Bcc Publishing Campy , Proprietors E. ROSEWATEK. Editor. THE U\\VV BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. EtalcrtfNclirnsJtn. I. . County otDouslas , I' ' " ' Oco. II. Trschuck. flecretarjTcOf Thelloo rub- llshlnir company. docs f Dlcmnly swi > ar that the ncttiBlclrculatlon of the Dally lleo tot the week cndlap May 1H.1S81 waa as follow * : BatunTn.v. > ! ay 12 . Wm Rnmlny. M r 13 . , . 18,2.0 Monrtay.May 14. . . . , . . . .lfMM5 Tiiwilay. lny 15 . ! . " < vrdtiftsday. ilay 10 . l .rar > Thursday. Mnv U . . . . . . . . 1H.010 ITlday. May 18 . . . ,18.1m Fworn to nnd subscribed in my presence this 10th day of May , A. D , 1B88. N. iL FK1U Notary 1'ubllc. Btatoof Nebraska , I. County ot Douglas , f Gcorito B. TrsthucV , behiK first duly sworn , deposes mid says that ho Is secretary of Tlio lleo J'umlshlnir company , that the actual nvernRo dully circulation of the Dully lleo for the month of JIny , J6S7. was 14K7 ! copies : for Juno. 1887 , 14,147 topics ; for July , IPh , , H.Ottl copies : for AUKUSt , 1W , 14.1B1 copies ! for September , 1887 , HM9 ! copies : for October , 1NJ7,14.IK1 copies ; tor NoYomlier , 1S87 , 16'SH copies ; for December , 1F87,15,011 copies ; for January. Ih88,15 1)0 ) cop- . JeM for Pobnmiy , 1fW , 15,1W3 copiesr for March , x Jb8 , IB.CiR ) copies ; for April , 18X8 IR.744 roplot. Ult6. II.TZHCHUCK. Sttorn to before mo and subscribed lu tny > presence this 2d day of Jlay , A. U. lb 8. N. P. I'm. Notary Public. AViiAGEl : > AILl'CUCULATIOX18,2iO ; TUB Mississippi river is boom in R at St. Louis. Thnt is the only genuine l > eon of which St. Louis can boast. As between shade trcosand telegraph wires aloup our strcots the avora o citizen will prefer the shade. . Tltn city hall "a melancholy monu- aneut of the incapacity of our city gov ernment. " Councilman Loo's head is lovol. THE amount of paving to bo done this year in the resident portion of the city will exceed in extent the record of any previous yoar. THE weeding out of incompetent men who arc trying to run Burlington & Quiucy engines , and the numerous recent - cent changes which altoot that depart ment of the railroad , are conclusive evi dences that ' , 'ovorything is not run ning smoothly. " fa GEOUOE FnANCis TRAIN has become weary of the Canuks nnd is going hack to Madison Square to play with the children and to feed the sparrows. His Psycho , however , is wound up to boom Omaha in Now York City as it did iti Now Brunswick. MiCiiiaAN'8 local option law IB de clared unconstitutional by the state Bupromo court on technical points. The decision is regarded as a great victory by the liquor men , but the prohibition ists are not discouraged and are go/mp to frame a bill which shall not ho open to technical objections. JAY , GouiiD is a martyrvto neuralgia , I rheumatism and sciatica , also to stock f watering , railroad wrecking and politic - c cal jobbing. Ho was unable to meet ' the directors of the Pacific Steamship Mail company the other day. Neither were his many victims of the Kansas & Texas railroad able to moct their crcdit- , ors. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Is It possible that in the field of poli tics the name of Ben Butler has not yet ' made Its appearance. A national campaign - > , paign without Bon Butler on some / ticket would bo as uninteresting us a I base bull game without its kickers. The f only place reserved for Ben this year is , on Bolva's ticket. The declination of P Alfred Love to run gives Bon Butler the opporlunity to pose as a vice prcsi- dontial candidate of the equal rights k party. lie has tried every other ticket , } , but the combination never look. democrats are counted as rortalu to vote against the Mills bill. If tlis ) siall ] prove to bq correct , and there are no defections from the repub licans , the defeat of the bill in the Siouso is inevitable. With a solid re publican vote ngiiinst the measure the assistance of eight democratic votes will bo miOloionl to defeat it. It is not eafo , JiojYQVOr , to pTaco too great reliance upon reports regarding the Intentions of democrats hi tljq house who have not unmistakably proclaimed themselves. & The party pressure is very great pn them. Nevertheless the outlook for the L Mills bill IB not favorable , and the pro'b- r ability is that it .will fail , whether \ brought , to a vote before or after the St. ouis coi\vontion. , OMAHA IB always ready to oxtcmd the jleht hand of welcome to visitors , and it is eafo to cay that the distinguished southern gentlemen of Augusta , Ga. , now on a pleasure trip , will bo royally entertained by representative business men of Omaha. That these visitors will bo favorably Imprpssod with tho-enorgy and activity of our city and South Omaha gpog without saying , They will carry buck to their southern hoinos glowing ptorlcs of the west. They will find hero that hospitality and good fel lowship which ia so characteristic of the South. There Is but puo thing to re gret. It ifl that wo have to little direct commercial relations with the southern etutos. But that is u fault of geograph ical location , not of the wishes of our ppoplo , Perhaps the delegation from Georgia can point out to our business men some channels of trade by which an exchange of products can bo made mutually profitable. But aside from any commercial advantages which n visit of this nature may bring , such meetings of business mon are to bo pncournged. They foster- unl'ty of iutorcbts and pomeut national Iricndtthin , ' , A Timely anil Just Hobuko. The action of tho'VVabash. Farmers' alliance ) of Caes county , In passing reso lutions condemnatory of the selection of the creatures of the -railroads to repre sent the republicans of Nebraska at Chicago cage , nnd rebuking the treatment ac corded General Van "Wyck by the state convention , was timely nnd just. The members of the alliance who thus put on record their unqualified disapproval ot railroad domination in the politics ot this state nro republicans who are ns devoted to the party and as solicitous for Its welfare as any in Nebraska or olsowhoro. So long as the party shall dcsorvo their support it can count with certainty upon receiv ing it. But they have had a hard nnd costly experience ns the consequence of the corrupt manipula tion of politics by Iho railroads , and having scon the corporations again step brazenly to the frcnt nnd secure their emissaries to the national republican convention , whllo every vplco raised .for the people was drowned in the ppn- tomptuous snocrs and sallies of the cor poration hcnohtncn , duty to themselves demanded that tlioy should utter in un mistakable terms their Indignant pro- lost and rebuke. Unquestionably the sentiment of tlio farmers of Cass county is entertained by n largo majority of the untrum- molod republicans of Nebraska. It is impossible that any considerable num ber of the men who nro the pillars and supports of our prosperity as n commonwealth , and who bavo berne the heavy burden of railroad op pression , can fail to realize that the con tinued assertion in political affairs of the pernicious influence of the corpora tions is a most serious mojiuco to their future welfare. It cannot bo believed that the intelligent farmers of Ne braska , who have paid so dearly to learn what railroad domination in this state means , fail to appreciate the full sig nificance of what has boon shown dur iug the past two weeks lu ovideuco of tho.political power still exerted by the corporations. This tremendous and corrupting influence ) has manifested it self with a vigor and audacity as great n it had over before shown , und with a success also that may well alarm every friend of the people's Interests. With a full knowledge of the situ ation , is it not obviously the duty of the free republican farmors'of Nebraska to follow the example of those of Cass county , protest against the railroad in- torforcnco in politics , resent the insult of the people's advocates in a republican convention , and organize to resist the further encroachments of the corpora tions ? It ts certain that the railroads will not bo satisfied with what they have already accomplished , but will seek further victories in the state con vention and In the choice of members of the legislature. Their creatures are in politics for all they can command or control. They will stop at nothing necessary to accomplish their purpose. They may bo successful if the people are indillerout und apathetic , but their defeat is certain if the opposition to them is united , vigilant and firm. There is no time to lose in bringing this opposition into lino. Too Much RospoiiHlbility. Secretary of the Treasury Fail-child was banqueted recently and mode a speech that in most respects was a very sensible ono. It related largely to the duties and responsibilities of his office , nnd"witli respect to the latter Mr. Fairchild - child was very explicit in flaying that they are much greater than should bo devolved upon any officer of the gov- oriiinout. Referring especially to the power given the secretary by congress for purchasing bonds , Mr. Fairchild said : "It is unnecessary , it is wrong , that such responsibility should bo im posed"or such power given to any oQlcor of the government as that which our laws im ] > ese upon and give to your secretary of the treas ury. " There is a great and accumulating suplus , which can bo dealt with * only by the purchase of bonds and the anticipation of interest not duo. It is in the discretion of the secretary whether thcio &hnll be coined monthly two or four million dollars of silver. Ho can force silver into circu lation or withhold it. Ho can deposit currency with the banks or decline to do so. Ho has the authority and the means to exert a most important influ ence on the affairs of the money mar ket , In a word , ho is a financial monarch with almost unlimited power. Secretary Fairchild is entirely right in saying that no officer of the government , und least of all the officer charged with the admin istration of the treasury , should have this gro.it responsibility nnd power. To a man who would not scrunlo to use them for his poraonnl ad vantage they would afford the oppor tunity .for enriching himself and others to an almost unlimited extent. The policy of the treasury in certain exigencies is practically omnipotent in determining the value of bonds , stocks and many commodities. It should not bo loft to any olficial to declare from time to time what that policy shall bo. It is an authority toofar-reaehing in its possible olTects for any ono man to bo entrusted with , for however wise and careful and honpst the man may boho cannot 'always avoid mistakes that may have very serious results. No other fiduciary officer in the world pos sesses such extensive authority as the secretary of the treasury. Secretary Fairchild will have done no better service to tlio country than in calling attention to this matter , if his doing so shall have the effect of im pressing congress with the necessity of reform , But perhaps the only effective way of reducing the power of the secre tary , and restoring the national treas ury to Its legitimate function , thereby divorcing it from all extraordinary re lations Co the financial nlTuirs of the country , will bo to provide against the accumulation of a surplus , Thou the treasury can have a bottled policy , and there will be no reason or opportunity for the secretary to oxordso any other powers than these of receiving and dis bursing the revenues of the govern ment as provided by law. The surplus is responsible lor 'many evils uhlch cannot bo cosily removed while it re mains. The School * and Politics. The people of Omaha will this year again have the question presented to thorn whether the school board shall bo a non-partisan body or shall bo com posed of politicians who will make use of their positions for personal nnd par tisan advantage. The nttltudo of Tint BEU on this question will bo the entno this year that it waa last. Wo are un changeably opposed to a partisan school board. Wo believe the practice of electing politicians to administer the affairs of our schools to bo essentially pernicious and demoralizing , It is a policy that is universally condemned , nnd its abandonment is Bought wherever noithorof the political parties is so overwhelmingly In the majority as to have everything It ? own way. The ablest and most experienced friends ot education reprehend it. Its supporters nro the self-seeking politicians only , whoso business it is to turn everything to the account of politics. This class havoalroqdysigulfted their purpose to put in the field a partisan ticket for members of the school board. They propose to make the boat-d , if pos sible , a political body , so that its power and influence may be wloldod In the in terest ol a party and for the benefit of such politicians ns may bo able to use it. They intend , if permitted , to matte our public schools a part of the political machine by which they nnd their friends are to secure and retain public ollco. | This means eventually the de terioration and degradation of our school system. Whenever the public schools become the instruments of the politi cians , to do service in rewarding their followers nnd raising their friends to public places , the efficiency of the schools will necessarily become im paired and their usefulness diminished. The infusion of politics into educational affairs will inevitably work detriment to the latter. Those who believe in a non-partisan school board should promptly organize to confront , and as wo believe can bo done , defeat the partisan programme already announced. * It is n matter of very grave importance to our city and to the future of our schools , and the people of Omaha who desire to keep public education frco from all associa tion with politics should give it imme diate attention. Foil the past lew weeks an enormous adverse balance of foreign trade sot in against us on merchandise account. The United States was importing jnoro goods than it exported. Ju consequence , the brokers of Wall street predicted a great efllux of gold , and the clouds looked dark iu moneyed circles. But the exporta tion of spcoio to pay for the woolens and thousand and ono other articles im ported from England , Franco and Ger many did not sot in. The scare was more fanciful than real. Notwithstand ing the balance of trade was In favor of England , the rate of exchange was kept down by the liberal investing of foreign capital in mining aid manufacturing enterprises in America as well as by our continued ex portation of railroad bonds. It is strange that the balance of trade fluc tuations are not better understood. Whenever America imports more than she exports the cry is annually raised that there Is an unfavorable balance of trade , and that the gold will flow out of the country. Nothing is more falla cious. In the nature of the immunso international trade with England , there is a period in the year when wo import more foreign goods than wo export. This season always comes in the spring when our shipments of grain and provisions to Europe uro at the minimum. As soon as the harvests sot in , America not only wipes out the balance but turns the scale and England owes us for the rest of the year. Added to our exports of food products , the bonds and securities which nro the certificates of foreign money invested in American enter prises , there is practically no adverse balance of foreign trade ngainst us. The scare of an efllux of gold ia therefore silly nnd unfounded. Tun United States court in the dis trict of Now York has just handed down a decision in the now famous cnso con nected with the importation of Rev. E. Walpolo Warren , the pastor of Trinity church. The court sustains the decis ion of the lower courts , that the act of congress against foreign contract labor applies to ministers. This ruling will bo a surprise not only to the vestrymen of Trinity church , who are liable to a fine of $1,000 , but also to the ministers of the United States. It may bo a de batable question whether congress in tended the act to apply to ministers , but looking nt the matter in a common sense view , it seoma right that the min istry asa profession bhould como under the provisions of the contract labor act. farmers of Nebraska nnd tjio northwest cannot find fault with the weather. For planting corn and coroalb , everything Is most propitious. The weather Is pool and but little rain has fallen for the past week or ton days , giving the farmers ample opportunity to finish their work which was inter fered with by the lute rains. Wheat seeding Js practically finished except in very few localities. In many counties farmers are busy putting in oats and barley and the acreage of these crops will undoubtedly bo larger than last year. The aorongo of 'corn is every thing to bo desired , and the prospopts for a fujl crop this fall start out very promising. A Franlc ConfohHlon. Chicago Time * . The Nebraska republicans merit whatever praise U duo to men who frankly admit their own domagoglsm. In their platform , after arraigning the democrats for seeking to tear down "tho great American sy&tem of protec tion , " they proceed to denounce tko demo crats for making no effort "to put down cor porate trubts. " Inasmuch a it Is "tho great American system of vrotection" that makes most of these trusts possible , and inasmuch as nltio out of every ten members of these trusts are influential republicans bent on pontlnulng "tbo * great American system of protection , " \\\o \ \ Nebraska platform is almost as moritoikms as a frank Confession , It ought to do the souls of republicans , out there a deal of good. . VO1OI3 Oli * AH13 SXATK IUIES9. Several now RranU trains will now bo fitted up ntgroat cxponso , for political purposes. No 'scab" engineers nocdnjiply , as the lever will bo pulled by n political offlolM , remarks the Thayer CountyiHornld. The Scrtbnor News thus records the po litical dcnilso of "Onr Val : " Valentino waa in the Norfolk convention with n view to gottlng himself elected delegate to Chicago. Out ot the flf ty-sdvcn In the convention ho got three votes. Val. Isn't the power ho uacd to bo. i The Norfolk Nowk wondorlngly Inquires : What right has n'lot ' of imported Plnkorton specials to bo dolhg jSolIco duty lu Nebraska ? By the time n few inoro citizens are killed off , perhaps public sentiment will bo aroused sufficiently to demand that the Burlington road call of its dogs. The Wood River Gazette remarks ! Hon. N. "V. Harlan withdrew from the congres sional race in the Second district. The con spiracy to down anything nnd everything in opposition to Laird was too formidable , and Mr. II. wisely concluded not to allow himself - self to become its victim. "Slnco Congressman McShano Is not n candidate for reelection1 says the Beatrice Democrat , utho republican aspirants for his position nro bobbing up all over the district. Thcro is plenty or tltnbor in the republican camp , such as It is , and it is of that peculiar growth thnt pushes itself to the front , un cultivated and unbidden. " Thus merrily sings the Kearney County Democrat : Another month nnd wheat will bo heading out. Another month later the sound of the reaper will bo hoard. Ninety days hence wo will bo eating bread made from now wheat , nud tbo critical moment will have passed and gone. Soon the streets will Do ciowdcd with farm wagons loaded with grain , and the farmer will bo returning homo with lumber , merchandise , otc. , < whis tling merrily , nnd the merchants will bo hail- oning to the bank to make their dally depos- its. Hang on I Ilnng on 11 The Cedar county Nonpareil editor throws his soul away In this fashion : "U. N. Smith , of Concord , has our thanks for 52.50 on sub scription. It took us so by surprise that wo nearly had a fit ; It being the first money wo had received on back subscription for nearly three weeks. We'll gladly risk having fits , ' however , if inoro of our subscribers will follow the example of Mr. Smith. Wo would have tbo heart to get up a hotter paper ; as It is now ono might ns well not try to do any thing If ho has to dcpond on collections. As n matter of fact wo don't take in cash enough to pay current expenses , although wo nro doing a jattliug good credit business , and wo expect our duos sometime or the other , but wo can't persuade the paper dealers to do business this way. It Is cither cash up , or close up. Pay up , so wo can cash up I" The York Times thus reviews the action Of the recent convention In this city : "Though Hascall and others In the state convention jeered General VanWyck's resolutions , it Was a noticcablo fact that the committee embodied his tariff views in the platform which was unanimously adopted with a good deal of enthusiasm , 'Tho democratic per tion' of the Van Wyok resolutions seemed to fit the republican platform pretty well. They arc preclscly'tlio ' same views that wcro expressed by Mr. Laird in his letter of ac ceptance aud roprqaont the sentiments of nino-tcnths of thoiropubllcans of Nebraska and nearly all of thcMomocrats. It was not the tariff portion of Mr. Van Wyck's resolu tions which were objected to as unrcpubli- can , but that resolution whicti referred to the interference of the railroads in politics. The boys nro very tender on that ] x > int , but .they may rest assured that the majority of the party in this stafo do not consider such sentiments unropublican. There is no doubt that the interference of the railroad corpo rations in state politics'this year has lost the republican party thousands ot votes , nnd General Van Wyck is not the only man who deprecates it. " Chanced His Sex. rhtlaaclphta Uttonl. The Father of Waters ia just now the Mother of Mischief. The Brass Button. Plotiter Pi ess. The Cleveland button has stamped upon it the inscription : "A public ofllco is n public trust. " The button is made of brass , and the metal is appropriate to the inscription. Why IndlRiinnt ? Chtcaoo Ueraltl. Tlio doctors have kept the New York man who was bitten by a rattlesnake uproariously drunk ever since. Thcro is a great deal of indignation in New York because ho killed the snake. The Itnll Hull Murker , Man. ' Scaled proposals will bo received until 0 o'clock on October 8,18S3 , for the purchase of ono or more first-class bull players. Pro posals must state player wanted nnd sum offered. Every man guaranteed to bo worth his price to the Chicago club. No bids of less than $10,000 entertained. Address Chicago cage ball club. N. 13. A fine assortment of promising colts now under training will bo * ready for the market In ISS'J ' , " The Itcpiiljllcnn Alwnyfl KuiiKiis City Jimrnal. While n copy of the platform ndoptcd by the Nebraska republican convention was on its way to the otllco of the Omaha Republican some mischief maker pinned to it one or two sections from the democratic platform , nnd the Republican charges collusion on the part of its democratic contemporary , the Herald. Whoever may have been guilty of collusion , it Is certain that the Republican was guilty of gross carelessness and stupidity which passes understanding. Its explanation Is very lame. The Growth of the HOOJJIH. Commcicfal Adctiltter , It Is a rather late spring for all kinds of crops , including booms. Nevertheless , just as seed time and harvest never full , however unfavorable the meteorological conditions may bo , the politica | mrvcst is sure to ripen every fouith year in this country , oven if it occasionally gets n little behind time. A president must , bq ( elected every fourth November. In order to bo elected ho must. Imvo been nominated previously ; and In order to bo nominated. ' ! ! appears tobo "gen- crally conceded" thut no must Imvo a boom , This Is not strlctluiuid Invariably tiuo. In fact there have been'a great many and nota ble exc options to the mlo. Gurfluld had no boom , Hayes had no boom , Lincoln had 110 boom. Hut the aspiring politician usually thinks it better to bo "forehanded , " and ac cordingly devotes u utptty largo share of his notivo llfo to the incubation and nourishment of his boom. Ijook Out Bain , Cltiwua Tiiliunt. Sam Randall , Sam Randall , beware of the day When the star-eyed shall meet thco In battle - tlo array , For the boys lu the trenches nro heaving in sight , And the pjumo of the cliloftaln who loads thorn In light Is a tuft of pluo grass , See his ominous frown I Wo , wo to theo , Sain ) Ho will trnuiplo tupo downI STATH AND TKIIUITOUY. Nebraska Jotting. The university cadets are now in catnp at Wymorp. Ajoungladybf Hastings invested & ) D in real oslatp a year ago and to-day Is worth over * 2,000. The Danabrog Sentinel Is the nnrao of a now'Tmpor from Howard county. Father Martin ngnln booomos solo proprlo- or of the Dakota City Argus. "Of course , " tsays Father Martin , "our story will bo con tinued. " Slncp the death of Mason , who diet ) from the effect of n mad dog's blto , n general warfare - faro has been commenced upon nil dogs , ro- gardlcss of color. Arrangements nro being mndo for n public fountain In the city. It Is expected to see the toculont waters of the old Missouri spout IWo thousand foot in the air. In the foot rnco at South Sioux City on Saturday Maloney , the Jackson racer , won the 100-yard dash over Gray , the South Sioux City runner , on a 15mlnuto record. The oldest Indian village la Dakota county , Ncbruika , of which thqro is any record , xvas located by the Omaha's near the present Slto of Homer. They burned it in 1600 to got rid of the small pox. James Arthur , n farmer from Pleasant Valley township , Dodge county , was ar raigned by Sheriff Malion yesterday before the commission of insanity and pronounced a lunatic. Thomas Hilton , who lives ntDoadwood , Crawford county , is the father of a fourteen pound boy. It arrived last Monday , nnd as an evidence of the productiveness of No- braskn's soli it caps the climax. General L. W. Colby Is In Washington. His business down that way is to gt > into Pennsylvania nnd got the Arabian stallion. "Linden Tree , " which ho recently purchased sf U. S. Grant , jr. It is stated that it wljl cost $300 to ship the horse to Lincoln. It Is stated that James Burrowsof Pueblo , Colo. , who was arraigned for the killing of I. I' . Olllve , several months ago , has been , by the Jury , acquitted on the grounds of solt-do- feu so. OHivo was well known in nn early day In this state , as a stock man , und was foully butchered. Says the Journal : "Tho Indebtedness of Hastings is loss than $200,000 by consldorablp , and in this respect can stand , much to her credit and financial reputation , comparison with all the cities of the west. For tlio debt wo do have wo have much to show four dis tinct systems of giant railway corporations of the western country. " The Wnyno , Neb. , Driving Park associa tion begins July-1,18S3. Lot 1 , 3:35 : clusH , i < > 0 ; lot 2 , pacing race for green paceis , $150 ; lot 8 , pony race , ono-half mlle nnd repeat - peat , f25 ; lot 4 , three-minute class , SICO ; lot C , 2-15 : class , 200 ; lot 0. thrco-minuto class for horses owned in Wayne and adjoining counties slnco May 1. fc7G : lot 7 , one-half mile nnd repent ( running ) , ? 100 ; lot 8 , 3:27 : class , $200 $100 to winning horsoif ho makes 250orbetter. : ! If the weather Is favorable the races will bo continued Juno 0 , with added purses. That same old chestnut , the Nebraska clam bake association , will clvo ono of Its annual seasons of sontt at Shogo island , at Milford , Neb. , Juno 1 , 2 nnd 3 , IbSS. Tbo membership fee is S3 , which entitles the member to bring ono guest with him pro- vldcU the guest pays In the samp amount. Among the peculiarities of the organization are rules forbidding the U&o of cigars , plug hats lind whlto shlits. Pipes will bo fur nished by the association and every species of salt water shell llsh will bo provided aud cooked by sea-coast exports. Iowa. SOme grain dealers nt Odobolt are ship ping 80,000 bushels of oats this wcok. An old settlers' festival is announced to tnko place at Macedonia on the 80th of this month. The Odd Fellows of Dubuque will decorate the graves of deceased members ou memo rial day , May 80. The Sioux City high school alumni has de cided to hold the annual exorcises on the evening of Juno 13. The gas well people nt Marshalltowa are haying considcrablo trouble on account of the blue clay crumbling in. Holstoln wants a canning factory , a starch factory , a butter and egg packing bouse and a creamery. Thnt is all this tlmo. The Fort Dodge butter and tub factory , owned by Butler liros. . has been destroyed by fire again for the third or fourth timo. The Onawa Gazette was recently sold under a chattel mortgage and purchased by H. C. Lamb , father-in-faw of Mr. Ainswortb , the proprietor of the paper. The Northwest Soldiers' and Sailors' asso ciation will meet at Sioux City ia August , in stead of corn palace time , as first suggested. The forty-ninth annual meeting of the gen eral association of the Congrcgation'al churches and ministers of Iowa will bo hold at Grlnnell , May 23 to 'J7. A crazv man was arrested In Sioux City by Deputy Ford. The fqllowwas on Prospect hill In a heavy rain on his knees praying. He gave his name as Doran , and again as Brady. The occupants of Bachelors' hall at Hoi- stein are talking seriously of organizing a bachelors' insurance company. The plan will bo for each member to pay 810 to any members who shall get married , A band of Indians is giving nightly exhibi tions in the court house at Crcston , much to the dissatisfaction of some of the taxpayers nnd tlie djspp.t 9.f fho. officers. Some joker has posted a card in the court house yard saying "All business but Indian exhibitions is suspended. " Dakota. Several new houses are in course of con struction in Ccntervillc. The Rural Voice , of Olivet , will remove to Mcnno in about two weeks. The leading amusement among the sport ing class of Redlleld nowadays is foot ball. The Vermlllion cornet baud is practicing for a big concert to bo given on theunivcrslty field day. The consecration of Christ churchat Yank- ton , which was to huvo occurred May ! 10 , has been postponed until some tlmo iu Juno. The countv commissioners of Hutchlnsnn county have let the contract for the construc tion of n lire-proof vault at , the courthouse. A largo number of valuable and interesting natural history specimens were iccelvcd at the Vcrmilllon university last week from 'Rochester , N. Y. Alexandria is making arrangements to build a brick veneered four roomed school house to cost when completed 3,000. The old bchool building will be taken by tbo city and converted into u town hall. The sisters of St. Edward's ' academy at Dendwood Imvo made a beautiful banner to bo competed for Dy the various Uro com panies of the HI nek Hills at a fair to open at that place on the OtU of next mouth. The postmaster of Carbonate camp , In the Black Hills mining district , has caused con siderable of a sensation up there by going on an extended spree. Nothing is known of his accounts bavo that ho has made no reports of money order business for three months , Fanro has ono or two breweries In nctlvo operation , but cannot sell to residents. Citi zens who wiuit kegs delivered at their houses order by telephone from the sales depot across the river , and boor wagons are driven f lorn the brewery over ono brldfQ and back over the other to deliver to icsluents. General llrooko's Serenade. In the balcony of the Paxton sat many army oftlcers , their wives mid friends last evening , nnd enjoyed the beautiful concert given by the band on the floor of the corri dor. About the halls strolled tdo guests of the houBo. aud en the lower noor were crowded tlio many outsiders who had been drawn thlthor by the sweet strain ? of music. The affair was the llrst serenade by the Second Infantry bund to Brigadier General Brooke , the successor of General Crook. The sercnaao commenced at about 8 o'clock and continued until shoi tly after 10. The following programme was given : Selection "Robert Lo ; Liahlo.Meycrbeor ) Diploma Polku Cornut Solo Cox P. TuBctonlKtir. Waltzes "One Hundred Nights , " . . Strauss Reminiscences of Doiiizotta ( arranged ) Nelucko Wultzes-"Flour D'Alsair" SUIncr Selection "Caprlciu , " ( arr. ) . .Wedoiuuyor La Boiilnambala "Thralr mid Vuru > , " . .Don igulh ( Cornet Bolo ) Prof Darwin. I Potpourri " 111 Pollute , " . Doulgath Badly IMtton ISy J. E. Copald , a Sixteceth street saioon- keeper , was attacked lost evening by a Yipious bulldog owned by a butcher doing business ou the snino btrcot. A.t . tljo tlmo of the affair Kopald was standing i front of his saloon. His clothes wvro badly torn by the animal and tbo ilesh in his side aud nock was .terribly laccratod. Medical attepdauco was called at dnco und the ugly cuts wcro , eared for. The owner jof the dog .has prom ised to' have U Wiled iqimudtutcly. MORE HEADS WILL COME OFF Postal Olorka to bo Dismissed for Political Purposes. PATENTS FOR THE POSTOFFICE. The Department Wooded AVItli I nbor- saving Devices The Next Postage Reduction Will lo Mntlo on Foreign Matter. Uneasy Mall Distributors WASHINGTON , May 22. ( Special Telegram to THE DDE ] The change lu the head of the railway mail norvlco of tlio postoftlco depart ment Is causing n great deal of uneasiness nnioiiR UJD postal clerks of the country. Al though the dismissal of a largo number of competent clorlts during the past thrco ycnrs has caused n decided fulling off In the cfllcloncy of the service , It Is the determina tion of the powers that bo to carry on the process of weeding out the remaining repub lican clorlts until a nwu whoso politics uro not In accord with the administration will bens ns dinicult to find In the railway mnll service ns a rlpo strawberry In the northern fields In December. It Is understood that preparations nro being made for n wholesale change from thlstimo on until election day , and mil way mall clciks will bo dismissed by wholesale , notwith standing tliclr records for ofllclciicy nnd the faithful performance of their duties. The administration , or nt least that branch of It controlled by Postmaster-General Dickinson , docs not propose to allow the business Inter ests of the country to Intcrforo with the moves on the political chess-board. A clean swccj ) Is down , nnd every place Is to bo rando of some value to the democratic party. In consequence the complaints of ineAlcionoy which linvo boon so thick of lalo will bo re dressed , and these who hnvo cause to com plain nmy keep on growling , at least until after the November elections. The supply division of the postofilco de partment Is again ilooiloJ with a number of patented devices. The paiiteuleos think they Imvo the very thing needed to lessen the labor of cancelling stumps and post-marking letters. Up to date , howovcr , the depart ment has not seen fit to adopt any of tlicso patents , because of the complicated nature of the machinery , or imperfection of or the cost of the machine. Some years ago a machine was invented for cancelling stamps on postal cards which is a self-feeding apparatus , and Which worked to perfection. This machine costs WOO. and u number of thoin have been purchased by the department. Cut postal cards nro going out of fashion , nnd the ne cessity for the machinery Is passing awav , so that it is not likely that any inoro of them will bo purchased. An inventor in Now Eng land has a'devico * for cancelling nnd post marking stamps , which is used in the post- office nt Boston. The government has not yet purchased any of thesecontiivauocs.although the postmaster-general has recouimondod their adoption for the larger ofticcs of the country. The reason ho has not made the purchases Is because the price fixed upon is altogether too high , as the patentee asks $500 each forthcm. If ho can bo induced to cut the price down somewhat they will probably bo placed in all the first and second class of- llccs ; otherwise the government will wait until some simpler method is dovlscd. Ono of the problems to bo solved in the post of fice department is that relating to ink. An indelible ink is needed , nnd up to date none has boon offered which fills the requirements. Some powerful chemical inks which usually contain mtrata of silver , has boon placed upon the market , bnt their use by the de partment is prevented because they are too- powerful , and destroy the contents of let ters as well as the stamps It is probable that Postmaster General Dickinson will appoint a commission duriug this summer to settle upon some compound which can bo used for destroying stamps so that they cannot bo washed , and which will bo at the same time free from danger. The next general reduction , of letter postage - ago will probably bo proposed on foreign matter. Letters to all parts of the worjd now pay five oouts for each half ounce , whether mailed in the United States to other countries or iu other coun tries to the United States. This is an international arrangement and meets with general approval except with people in coast cities who do heavy transactions In merchandise with foreign dealers. These are demanding a rcductipu in the postage , seas as to make 5 cents pay for an ounce instead of a half ounce. The matter is ono which must bo settled by international negotiations , and will bo very slow to not upon. The re ductions on foreign postage have been re- marlcnble during the last third of a century. In 1840 it cost 43K cents to send a half ounce of letter matter from Hoston to Bremen , Germany , and a newspayor from or to the same points had to pay 01 cents. The reduc tions were made by 50 per cent cuts. The strange and unexpllcablo turn taken by Second Assistant Postmaster General Knott recently in refusing to inform bidders for star route contracts who wore successful until weeks after the time the lettiups were made had elapsed has been paralleled by the supervising architect of the treasury. It has boon the custom of the supervising architect from the ci cation of the olllco to make public records of bids and contracts , which records wcro open to the public Intelestcd for Inspection at any time. Bids 1110 always opened nt 2 o'clock in the afternoon , and the names of bidders and the amounts proposed by them are Instantly made public , The present supervising architect , or the am eers under him , Imvo refused to furnish the i oprcscntatlvos of the press and others who call for the information , lists of bidders , un less the parties desiring the in formation nro present nt the opening of the bids. It is probable that Secretary Fairchlld's attention will bo called to this proceeding and that the buporvismv architect will bo asked to explain this remarkable action. SHUTTING OUT A FACTORY. The Other Side of Urn Kouiizc-l > afo Soap Jloiibo Question. Tuesday evening tho'iMCstiou of pt eventing the opening of the Page soup wet Its in the old Koyd packing house como , up iu the council and was referred to the delegation from the First ward. As mentioned in TJIB IJici : of Monday the part of the house in question \\us sold to Vf , A. Page , of Crcston , Iu. , and the Intention of the latter was to open his factory on tlio first of next month. The opposition led by Mr. Kountzo will prob ably Interfere wltth the piojcctbecause , as stated , it was backed with Interests repre sented as valued at $1,000,000. This opposi tion was grounded mainly on the charge , that ns a soap factory was necessarily a nuisance. It emitted un pleasant odors , and it was Impossible to keep it in a clean and healthy condition , Somu months ago , on the same groundMr. Kount/o prevented the sale of the lioyd house to Un. dorwood , the Chicago pucker It is stated that nt the tlmo nn onilnunco was passed which prevented slaughter houses nnd other malodorous institutions , among thorn sonp works , from bolng erected in the city , though the ordinance could not bo found , I f Nuch should bo the case , the opening of the 1'ago factory , without repealing the ordi nance , will bo an Impossibility. It is claimed , on Uio other hand , that such an ordinance does not exist , and that the only way in which the factory may bo prevented - vented from opening Is under the section thirty of the council which provides that the "mayor and council shall have power to secure - cure tliQ 'cuorul health of the city , to pro vide for the prevention , abatement and re moval of nuisances ; to ruguluto or pre vent the carrying on of any busicness which may bo dangerous or detrimental to public health. " This is the undeifttunding of the case had bv some members of the council , with two of whom a UKU man npoko yesterday One , Mr. Manvlllo , said ho had boun approached by some person whom ho did not know , and asked to prevent the opening of Pago's fuc- lory , ilo , howovcr , did ndi Understand why a soap factory could not run hero without LCiugnurlous ! ] to people and noiruborli6od , Councilman BnjUer wiid that ho hud not been approached by anybody regarding objections to the noup works. When > eoplo wanted to work eultctnes of that kind ihcy went to pthor incmburs of tUo council. , Flo wan opposed on general principle * to shutting out manufACKirloH. The city Vran striving for thorn , wanted thorn and ought to oncourngo thorn. A ROBU factory was not A nuisance , nnd ho would glvo no vote to * hut ono out. because it meant , among other things , the employment of nt least fifty tnon. Dr. Mercer Was sXkcn ) to on the subject nnd said that so far from a soap-factory being a nuisance , llioro was nothing to destroy - stroy Impurity in the atmosphere so well ns the acids nnd chemicals used In the innnnf.no > Uiro of oap. nnd everybody know that. Mr. Page has written that ho will nrrlvo in Omaha to-day. It is stated by some that the transfer to Mr. Page of the property has not yet been made , but this statement Is not credited by well-informed people who know that the deed was made out long ago and forwarded to Chicago to MM. .T. D. Her for her signature. They claim that the deed must Lave long since reached Mr. Page , Mr. Her and his brother Peter nro noxr In Chicago. They were telegraphed yesterday by Colonel Akin of this city of an un favorable turn in the Illness of thotr .father in Tinin , O. , and will probably return to that point before coming homo. Mr. Ilor has not been informed of the opposition obovo referred - forrod to , and Mr. Page had not anticipated it , because ho had already inndo the first payment on the property purchased. THIS nUKKAU'H CHIEF. Mr. GrinittH Addresses ix Icw Mnos to the Hoard of Trade Freight lluronu. But a few days uioro remain of the ofilcial connection of W. S. Grlnitts with the freight bureau of the Omaha board of trade. Ho retires on the first of next mouth , and retirement nt that tlmo Is considered par ticularly unfortunate by many of the mem bers of the board. Some Imvo felt that it n retirement must take plnco It would have been a dictate of policy aim courtesy to have placed the date subsequent to decision of tlio intcr-stuto railway commission upon the question of discrimination raised by the bureau , nnd especially by Commissioner Grinilts. The retirement of the latter leaves the present freight committee without n head and has prompted Mr , Grlflltts to pen tliein n few lines bearing upon the future of the board In the discussion of railroad nuos- tions. Mr. Grinitts says : 1. The decision In our case now pending before - fore the intcr-stato commerce commission , if favorable , your watchful attention will bo necessary In order to see Its requirements are promptly fulfilled by the railroads In in terest. If unfavorable , your best efforts will bo required towards reaching the ends lu View , through other channels. - . All decisions of tlio intcr-stato commerce - morco commission should bo carefully scruti nized by your committee , iu the interests of our city. 3. The course our stnto board of transpor tation may pursue with reference to a reduc tion of freight rates In Nebraska , should bo closely watched. In this connection the claim of tlio Union Pacific for exemption from state Interference , and its ultimate dis position , are subjects for your earnest atten tion and consideration , as affecting Omaha. 4. The effect of the distance tariff now adopted in Iowa should bo cnrofullylnvosti- gated us to the influence it may oxcrciso , for good or ill , on our Jobbing and manufactur ing interests , 5. The Niagara ship canal project , toward which our board of trade stands fully com mitted , should not bo lost sight of. On the assembling of the legislature oaro should bo tnkon to secure the passage of strong resolu tions endorsing the enterprise , ana stops betaken taken for tboir proper presentation to the congress of the United States. 0. The efforts to destroy competition of Canadian roods , as voiced in resolutions al ready presented to congress , should bo stub bornly resisted in the interests of our Job bers and manufacturers. This point may yet call for the exercise of the highest ability you can command in. an appeal and argu ment before the intor-stato commerce com mission. I retire with the warmest thanks for the In variable courtesy you have extended ino throughout my entire oTidal ( intercourse , nnd with my best wishes , not only for your indi vidual futures , but the continued welfare of the Omaha board of trado. Railroad News. . A FAST STOCK TOJUJf. " " Nineteen cars of stock bound for Chicago left at 0 : J5 yesterday morning , and by special agreement on the part of the C. , B. & Q. management are to arrive in Chicago iiisldo of fifteen hours. This is the fastest stock train time on record. THE nrocCTOiis SUSTAINKD. Copies of the resolutions adopted by the stockholders of the Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy at their annual mooting ift Chicago May 10 were received at B. & M. headquar ters yesterday. Five hundred nnd twen thousand five hundred and ty-seven fifty- five shares were represented , being nioro than two-thirds the entire capital stoclt , and the following unanimously adopted : Resolved , That the stockholders of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy Railroad com pany thoroughly sustain nnd approve the course pursued by the directors , president and managers of the company during the recent strike of the engineers , firemen and swltchmon. In the face of the above statement whcro is the man who has temerity enough to deny the oft repeated statement : "Everything is running smoothly. " NEW rllCIQIIT HATES. The Union J Pacific yesterday Issued their new freight tariff circular on shipments from Mlssouil river points in Kansas , No- brask.i and Montana which will talto effect Juno 1. Hates to Montana poiuts uio us fol lows : .First class 3.05 , second class f 1.60 , third class $1.55 , fourth class 810 ! ! , fifth class $1.15 , class "A" $1.03 , class "B" 02e , class "C" Wo , class "D" 72c , class "E" ( i2c. Thcso rates apply to points on the Montana Union and Utah & Northern. The rates on Cattle to points on the former line are $115 , to points ou the latter from ? KI3,25 to f 110 , ac- coidingto distance. sriicus. Acting on Information received from B & M. headquarters , TUB JJi a few days since announced that the republican delega tion to tlio Chicago convention would travel via the Chicago , Burlington & Quiucy. It transpires since , liouovur , thnt the Milwau kee has sccuicd the plum , nnd that the dolo- gallon will travel in a vestibule train , with dining cut3 und such things atUchcd , As is usual the republican delegates to the Chicago convention will travel over the Union Pnclllo In six special coaches. The train will leuvo Sun Francisco Juno 10 at 8 a , in. in.Peter Peter F. Daly , traveling passenger agent of the Delaware , Lackawanna & Western , Is in the city in the intercut "of his popular route , Pcto Is a genial young man and a rustler , nnd if tlio Lackawatum docs not profit by his visit out hero it will not be hii fault. The ropoit that engineers nnd firemen for merly In the employ of the Burlington uro leaving Omaha to search work olsuwhoro is a fabrication emanating from u few half-sal aried petty officials of tlio B. & M. The inon are doing welt enough hero at pioscnt and It is but a matter of tlmo when tlielr old places on the "Q" will again bo open. Superintendent Bllckonsdcrfcr , of the Union Paciflo , has gene west. General Passenger nnd Ticket Agent Teh- belts , of the Unloji Pacific , who has boon in Sun Francisco for some time , returns to-day. Assistant General Passenger nnd Ticket Agunt Lomax , of the Union Pacific , re turned from Kansas City yostoidny , General Passenger Agent Hustls. of the B. & M. will return from San Francisco Fri day.Assistant Assistant General Ft eight Agent Johnson , of the Union Pacific , returns from California on Sunday next. The Itock Island summer resort at Colfax Springs , Iowa , will bo opened Juno 2. Tlio Union Paaiflo announces that the Gun- rilson district has boon reopened for business , McGoo's station , 120 miles west of Denver , an the Union Pacific , has boon closed , Schwandcrs station , IS'i rnile& west of Denver , has boon made a reporting freight nid passenger btation. Shetland pony forealohy George A , Koollno , Council HlutfH. King of MIlna'H PESTU , May 2J. The minister of communi cation lias learned of a plot to overturn the .rain on which the king of Milan returned to [ iolgrudc. The plot was thwarted t > y the irofcct of Belgrade , who arrested a man inuicd VitalU , a eon of a millionaire .railway xjntroctQi1. Drink Multo for the nerves ? '