THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; 8ATUTOPAY. JULY 21. 188& THE DAILY BEE I'UHMSiinn KVIOUY MOUSING. TERMS OF SUIISCIlItTJON. Dally ( Morning Hdlllon ) Including Suiulaj1 IIKK. Ono Year . tlO C I'or M * Months . . . P t 1'orThroB Months . U I Uho Omaha Sunday UKK , mailed to any ad dress , Ono Year . 2t OMAIIAOKKICK.NOM.ftHA.NllUlfil'All.NAMHTIlBBI Nl'.W YollK OfKICI ! , 1 < IM II ANIlMT'lllllUN WANIIINIITON Oirricr. , No. 51 STIIKI.T. . All communications relating to news and cd torlnl matter should bo addressed to the IvtiiTO . , . All business iPtti'M ' and remittances should b nddresssrt to Tin ; HKB rrni.isiii.vo COMPAM OMAHA. Dralti , chpcks and po t iiiico orders t bo made payable lo the order of the oompanj The Bcc PnlilisMiiECiiiany , Proprietors K. KOSBWATHH , Kditor. ; DAU/V i ii : . fiworn Btntcine.nl ol'Circulation. Etate of Nebraska , I. , County of Douglas , I8' ' ( Ico. It. Trf-chuck , secretary of The llc Pnl HshlHKComiiuiiy , dues solemnly hwear "mt * * \ Rctimldrculatlon of the Dally lies for the weo. ending July 7. 1WJ8. was us fo Hows- Batunlay. .111110 ! * 17.9 ; Kundiiy , July 1 IH , ! Monday , July S 1IW O'ucMlaj . July il I" . . AVpdnc- ' , , jjilv 4 Olt Thursday , July G ic. < Friday , July ii .Wt ATerage IHJK OKO. II.TZBCHUCK. Fworn to before mo ncl gulmcrlbed In ta prcbcuce this 7th day of Jnlv , A. D. , ItW. N. V.JflllL , Notary 1'ubllc. Btato of Nebraska , i County of DoiiKln' . f8'8' Ocorgo II. Tzschuck. beliiR first duly swon deposes and says that ho Is secretary of The Me PuhltahliiK company , that the actual nvuniK dnlly circulation of thu Daily lieu for th month or July , W7 , was I4tr.ii : copies ; fo AiiKUSt , 1KST , U.lfil copies ; for September , ISs ; J4il'J : copies ; for Octcter , 1 87 , ! ! , ! ! copie.s ; fo November , IW , ir ) , ! ; il copic ; for Dccembc ; 1 7 , ir > ,0ll copleHj for .lanuarv. lif. IVJXi COT le ; for February , It-W , lfi.tw copies ; for Jlarcl in ? , 1 , lOcopleK ; for April , ItW , 18,744 coplo ; for May , It * * , 18,181 coplus ; for Juno , 18SH , 1W.S1 copies. OKO. 11. T7.SCI1UCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In ui presence this JJOth day of Juno , A. D. lt8. N. J' . 1'KIL Notary rublle. CouNC'n < MAN BKDroitn's ortlinnncc should bo pivsaed without dissonting' voto. TllKitK is n broad"smilo on the face c the realty market as the totals of th daily transfers foot up into the hundre thousands. NKIIIIASKA fanners are seriously tallt ing of laying in n stock of stump-pull era. That appears to ho the only wu ; to { father in the big cars of corn thi fall. IT 13 in Iowa that the railroads art learning that they arc subordinate- the people , but in Nebraska the rail roads imagine that they can run th state. NEITHER the Mayno muddle nor tin city hall question or anything else t rile the city dads came up before tin council. How beautiful it is for broth orn to dwell in peace. JAY GOULD is evidently not BO sicl that ho cannot take nourishment , llo i Bald to have just absorbed the Bennett Mackay cable. What n voracious up polite that man has anyhow ! IF Senators Butler and Blair inns appeal to weapons to settle their dill ! cully , lot thorn pit Ingalls agains Voorhoos. The tongue lashing will cu deeper and smart longer than a duoll with bare bodkins. A .Ton lot of transparencies are no\ for rent at reduced rates to doimcratii clubs only. Apply at side door ot tin white house. The following logondi will be put on free of charge : "Publii ollico is a public trust. " "Innocuou desuetude. " "It is a condition whicl confronts us , not a theory. " "OiTonsivi partisanship. " IF any ono is skeptical about the ac tivity in building operations lot hit : take a drive about the suburbs of th oity. On every hand substantial am palatial residences can bo counted b ; the dozen. Such evidences indicuti that the bulk of our people do not con slat of n floating population , but com hove to stay. will the council got througl playing shuttle-cock with tlie Rcgai Bros. ' contractV At ono of the las meetings of the council , the ptivtm contracts made with Regan Bros , in 18S wore oancellou. At the session of tin council Thursday evening , the quostioi was reconsidered. In the language o Mayor Broatch , what induced thi change of front ? IF rr bo true that the Nomaha count poor farm coats the taxpayers noarl throe thousand dollars jv year for th care and food of nine paupers , it is hig tlmo that an oflioial investigation b made of the management of that insti tutlon. "When inmatea of a poor houp uvo living at the ratu of nearly a do'.la a day , it is either a case ot oxtrnvugciu luxury , or of downright robbery b somebody connected with the oatablisl : ment. And it looks very tr.uch as i the latter was the case. TUB much ado about nothing bccaus some insurance agents of the city nr willing to cut their commissions ha 'Iv ' ? stirred up considerable talk in insui it- n'nco circles. The truth is , hownvei there is nothing illegitimate in an ngor Willing to accept a commission 16ss Urn the average. There is no authorit why insurance men should form a trui to keep up their fifteen to twenty pc cent commissions. If a man is willin to accept ton per cent as his share ( commission ho is doing no more wren than a ruorcimnt who outs his proi : below his competitor in selling h wares. Wo are forninst trusta. THE ? onnto yesterday , by a vote i forty-one to tweuty , confirmed the a ] polntmont of Melville W. Fuller t chief justice of the supreme court of tli United States. There has never bee any serious doubt that lib would bo coi firmed , but republican senators deenit it proper to give some attention and di liberation to statements regarding tl fitness-of the candidate for tills grei ofllco , and they wore entirely justilic in doing this. Mr. Fuller having bee conltrfnml , men of all parties will hoi that ho will ehow n wisdom , intcgrll nnd patriotism jhot will worthily mail tnin thaillustficwscharactorof the mo. . eminent judicial ollice In the world. , Tho-Union 1'nolllo Htlll The assurances given several wceli agd in the lotter.of Judge Dillon , th chief attorney of the Union Pacific , t Attorney General Leuso , implied promise that the corporation would nc further insist upon the duiiii it had st up of independence of all state conttx or authority. The comprehensive pri fiontation of the situation made by th attorney general , the conclusive charat tor of his arguments , and the firmno ; with which ho expressed the dotormlnt ! tioti of the state to go to the farthest o > troino in assorting nnd maintaining il authority over the Union Pacillo roa in Nebraska , scorned to have coi vlticcd the attorney of the coi poration that it was trcadin upon dangerous ground , from which : would bo expedient lo promptly rocodi PosHibly there w. s no sincerity in th assurances given by Judge Dillon , an it may bo that ho was unable to satisf the company that the policy ho ind cated was the wise ono to pursue. A all events it transpires that the corpoi atlon determined to adhere to its orij : inul arrogant assumption of Indopciu once so far as rclatos lo the authority c the state of Nebraska. The evidence of this appears in th answer of the Union Pncilie to the orde of the stale board of transportation , < July o , concerning rates , whit- wont into elTect on the " ( HI This order the Union Pacific re fuses to comply with. Numerous roi sons are presented in justification < this refusal , homo of which may hav force , but it is not necessary lo discus thorn hero in detail. They will in du time bo considered and passed upon b the board of transportation. The par ! mount I'cnson , which is of the highc.1 interest and importance to the whol people of Nebraska , is embodied in th following from the Union Pacific's at swer : "The Union Pacific was coi structed under an net of congres through Nebraska before the orgauizi tion of Nebraska an a state , and hone the Union Pacific franchises and right thus created are not subject to th control of the state. The rospont cuts , therefore , maintain that th board of transportation has no jurifuli < lion as to rates , such power and jurn diction being vested in congress. " It : further claimed that by the provisior of the Thurman act the Union Pacifi was authorized to fix its own rates sul joct only to the power reserved by th act itself. This renewed assumption of suporit rights removes all doubt respecting th attitude of the Union Pacific toward th state of Nebraska , and places that in porious corporation unmistakably i conflict with the authority of Nebraskt Whatever may be the value of any < all of the other reasons for the refusal t comply with the order of the board < transportalion , acting by and undc the authority of the slate , it is obvioti that the Union Pacific relies chioll upon the arrogant claim sot forth in th above quotation from its answer. 1 will stand and make the fight on tin in the event ot all the other grounds ( refusal being swept away , and it i therefore virtually a challenge to th stale lo a trial of its authority. It n mains to bo seen how the board wi moot the issue , but the people of N ( braska will expect it lo make no cot cession or compromise that will bo i the least degree a surrender of th authority of the state. It should us firmly and fearlessly every power cor ferred upon it by the law t enforce compliance with il order , to the end that the cot ilict invited by the Union Pacific shn bo pushed to the earliest practicabl settlement in the courts. There : nothing to bo gained by paltering wit this question. If the assumption < almost imperial prerogatives by th Union Pacific is warranted , lot the fa ( bo determined , so that the people wi know how to deal with that corporatio hereafter ; if it is not warranted , th sooner that is established the botlt it will bo for the people of the slalo , an of every slate penetrated by the lines ( this arrogant corporation. There is in volvcd in this ibsuo a principle so grav and vital that no conceivable consit oration would justify the reprcsei : tatives of the people and ( their sovereign authority in ignoi ing it , or in failing to press it to final dotormination. There can bo littl doubt of the result if the stale author tics shall act with the vigor , firmness an courage which the situation demand Ohancollor Manatt's Onse. The action of the boai'd of regents < the university of Nebraska , in the ca > of Chancellor Manatt , will doubtless 1 very generally approved as in the it torest ot the institution. It cannt fairly bo questioned that the board coi sidorod the case without prejudice. C the eight charges against the chat collor it found but throe to bo sustaino by the evidence , but these wore th most serious. It was clearly shown tin his temper was such as to militalo vet greatly against his usefulness. It d < privcd him of the respect v hic a man in his position shoul enjoy , and was the source < a great deal of irritatfo and trouble that was necessarily dan aging to the university. Mr. Mann KIIS given an opportunily lo resigi Which ho mistakenly declined to di whereupon the board promptly passed resolution dispensing with his service aftur the first of next January and n Moving him immediately of any furtlu duty. The chancellor would have bee wiser not to have forced this actioi but a different course than that he pu sued would not have been consistei with his habit of mind. ITis course wr an unfortunate confession of his mo : conspicuous weakness. If this shall be the end of controvo ! sles and difficulties damaging to th usefulness and welfare ot the univorsil tin ) people of Nebraska en bo heartily congratulated upon the n tion of the board of regents. It is probi ble , however , that the board can fin other demands for change and refer which must be mot before the unive sity can be pronounced in an entlrel satisfactory condition. Having bogn in a way to win approval the boa ; should go on until it'is sure ol'lmviu accomplished nil that is required t place the university on the hlghoi plane of uscfulilo&i. I'nrmllMo of tlio VHR. Not innny years ngo ( when Omaha pretensions lo grealnos.s were mode ! and her wisdom not of the best , sli inndo use of a stock joke'on Counc Bluffs. It ran to thu cITcct that bloon ing sunflowers brightened the prlnclp : streets of our sisler city , and were cu tivated there. It would not do for Omaha to erac that joke to-day , in all her glory an molroj.Hilitanairs. Many unpavcd Htrot- within the ono-milo radius arc skirtt and almost lost in a rank growth ( cocklebur and sunflower plants. Wo ! ster streol , through which the mot < track winds its weary way , is all bt abandoned to weeds. Twoti ty-first stree right under the shadow ot the hig school tower and within hearing of th merry voices of the city trysting-plact is ono waving mass of smart-weed an jlmson. It is not necessary lo speak i other localities which are legally undc the city's care. Nor will it avail muc to say that there is a statute condemi ing the sunflower. There nro thriving little towt throughout Nebraska which alToi Omaha u striking example i the care of streets. Their idi is n simple one. They muter tor occupants of the lock-up and con pel them lo clean the thoroughfare ! Our city and county authorities hnv iimplo authority in law to compel pri : oners to work upon our highways. Tli recently invented bugbear that to con pel vagrants to pound rock would diet poor and honest labor cannot cortainl prevent these la/.y paupers paying pomi thing toward their support by noedc work on the streols of Omaha , whet ' 'the harvest is great and laborers ai few. " The ordinance introduced last nigl by Councilman Bedford is most oppoi tune. Its provisions are wise and prai Ik-able. Upon its enforcement Omah will soon find herself purged of th tramp plnguo , to say nothing of th benefit accruing from clean and wol kept streets. The vagabonds should 1 put to work , and kept at ituntil they at made to fool that life in Omaha mean work , and that their only option is.woi1 or go hence. As it is , Omaha is U : paradise of the indolent vag. A HAIIKISOX AXD MOUTON' club In just been organi/.ed in Birminghan Ala. , and'a few republicans have show bravery enough to announce their cat didacy for ofllco. Commenting on Hi latter , the Birmingham Aye cries ou "It will not do to sot up a man and ca him respectable and lit to hold ollk when he is the candidate of negroes an the scum of creation. " JUDOK G itoi-T , in his charge to Hi last grand jury , characterized Hi gamblers as a class of leeches that prc upon respectable , wage-earning cit zons ; asa blol on the body politic , an as a pestilence fr6m which the cit should cleanse herself. What ho sni of the gambler is equally true of th tramp nnd vagabond. Lot them all b put to work , or driven out of the city. Other Ijavulu Tlian Ours. The topir of foremost interest in Europe i this tlmo Is the meeting of the czar nnd tl emperor of Germany , which took plni Thursday , and was in nil its features nppn ently of the most cordial mid friendly nntur The two emperors embraced ami repeated kissed each other , and so far ns outwai appearances could determine never were tv men more happy In meeting eneh other. Tl royal magnificence and the social feplendi of this notoblo event have been graphical set forth in our dispatches , but the astute co respondents have been able only to conje lure regarding the political sigtiificanco i the meeting of the emperors , and this is tl matter that most intensely interests Europi AVlmt the two cousins will do when they ( their heads together nobody appears eVe faintly to know. Germany thinks it friendly visit. Husshui opinion is that concerns Bulgaria. France fcnrs that means the last possibility of any Russian all mice , and Austria and Italy nro ill at eas The most amusing and deplorable fcolin exists at Constantinople , however , The in spcukalilo Turk , who 1ms that faculty of ge tlug things wrong end foremost clinrnctc istle of burbariu peoples , has come to tli conclusion that it is to bo a renewal of th three emperors' league , mid that German and Austria propose to sacrifice Turlit to the czar , while England Is nnab to render any assistance , Imvln enough to do to tnlco cm of hcrsolf. The ono possibility which hu not apparently occurred to anybody is thn the Interview m\y set Europe on a ponm nent peace footing. William Is desirous i distinction nnd has declared for peace , an his very early call on Russia may be his fin move in this direction. L5ut whether tl meeting shall be a pledge of pcaeo or a clip Icngo to battle yet remains to bo seen. Thoi nro indications tlmt if Kusslu shall consent i n withdrawal of hoi' foreo from the Qulfulu frontier It will bo upon the condition of bcli ; allowed greater influence In the Balkan That Germany will bo inclined to nccedo 1 this is probable , when It is remembered th ; Ulsmarclt In his speech to the refchstag nn that the settlement of the Bulgarian questlc Was only a secondary consideration with tl : government at Berlin. It Is not so , howovc with Austria , nnd nny net which might n contrary to the terms ot tlio triple nlllum would undoubtedly bo resented by her. It evident that Germany holds the key to tli situation , and that upon the notion of tl young ruler who has eomo Into poWer d ponds n pacific solution of the quostioi which nro agitating Central Europe nn causing even the Inzycand sciul-inorib'uii Turk to prepare for action. If there Is anything nt all in the bonstc British fair play it will revolt nt the persi cutlon of Parncll. The government propose to Investigate charges against ono of it most formidable opponents by means of commission namad by itself , and it domnml that Parnell shall assent to Its choice In m vance , without knowing wlmt it Is , on pain < getting no investigation at all. This may I British fuir play , but it would bo the heiRl of unfair play in nny ether country. C course thu men who have framed th measure desire that the result of it shall 1 the ruin annd disgrace of Mr. Paruel That would help them moro than nnythir else that could happen in Irish politic .Of conrso they have framed the measui with that view nnd tlioy demand tlmt 1 shall accept this moasura blindfold or the will give blni nothing. If the house of- con inoiis nnd the British public will stand tlin they will stand anything. Then ) never , wi n inoro flagrant proposition for-the trial of cause by u packed and prejudiced Jury , bouu In ndvnneo to rcmlora verdict to null thesldi that appointed them , than this so-called "com mission of Inquiry. " Mr. Pnnioll puts the question with oxnctncs ? when ho says Unit 1 the alleged letters arc genuine ho Is not en titled to bo called nn "honorable ) member o parliament. " .X.ljo question of the genuine ness of these documents Is the only ono to b determined In ihfc matter , and it should b settled by n fnlrlribunal. j / The nboHlion ey slavery in Hraztl appear to have been ncc < 3nip.inlcd by n very genor.i roOogtiltlon of 'tnow \ \ Industrial condition on the part of llio planters , whllu nt the sum time llio freedmen hnVCC''Mently D-1L ( " evlnc Ing n strong desire to work chcorfnlly fo moderate wages. The expectations of thosi who thought tfioy foresaw In the passage o an emancipation tnoiuuro n now future fo Brazil seem about to bo realized. It was fet lunate , In ono .sense , Ihat thu law went mt < olTcctntntlmo when thoplnntcM were oblisci to moot the freedmen half way nnd to oftoi fair wages nnd good treatment nt once. Tin coffee crop had to bo gathered , nndthoneccs sitics of the moment forced both sides Into m arrangement tlmt 1ms afforded a good start Ing point for the future , nnd that has servoi to preclude , in n great measure , th trouble naturally looked for in the adjust montoftlio relations between planters am laborers. There has also been n largo inlltr Into the cultivated districts of poor white from the mining regions In search of omploj ment. There were no opportunities for then in thu days of slavery , when wages wore no p.iid for labor , and so they remained nlway miserably poor nnd idle ; but now , whoi wages must bo paid for every man's laboi they nro nniong the first to seek employment Another fact which must largely conduce t Increased industrial prosperity is Hint yonn men who formerly held aloof from industriii occupations , because ot their objections V the system on which they were conducted arc leasing plantations from the old owners the hitter llnding themselves unable to fal into line with the now conditions. * * * The rebuffs recently administered to Poi tugul in her efforts to extend her possession nnd privileges on the borders of Xuaziba have not checked her enterprise in that u rection. The region north ot the Xninbes , to which she Is now about to scud an ex pedition under Governor Guilimnni , is on which England is hardly likely to see pas under Portuguese control without oppos tion. She bus already hud occasion to pri vunt Portugal frcm making commercin restrictions which would not only give tli latter the entire control of the /umbcf valley , but completely keep out Hritis' goods. It would bo n tusk of grcn difliculty , however , for Portugal to cbtnblid' . herself In the country noith of the Xamlt-s ) nnd southwest of Ty.iko If yns a. Tlie unlive throughout East Africa hold the Interior , am while Portugal , Germany and Great Drltnii control the coasts , under the fire of their wn vessels and tlicir forts , nnd also the banks o the rivers with their gunboats , as s > eon n they venture inland the effort really to oc cupy the country against the will of thi natives costs more than it comes to. Still the pcoplis iiro generally friendly enough , in nsmucli ns the Kuropcnns nro customers fo their Ivory and other poods. * * # The fact that Africa or nt least the whit' ' men there would welcome the Chinese will open arms to that moistmu ! malarial countr ; is rather noteworthy ut n time when the pjo plo in so nmny parts of llio world feel mi comfortably crowded if the Chinese couu among thorn. Knwn Pasha wrote n while ngi that it was "onc.oi his dearest projects" ti introduce n fcwflrundred Clitncso into hi : P'rovince , nnd ho Iicliovcd that the results o such mi enterprise would repay its cost : thousand fold. Ho wanted them to buili good roads between his settlements , whicl would give a great imnctus , ho thought , ti the development of the province. The our voys for the Congo r.iilroiul have nov entered upon the hist stage , and the author ! ties urn fostering the idea that John is jus the ort of a man they want to build the road It happens , however , that the Chinese gov eminent lias for some years manifesto ! much interest in its sons who have gem abroad , has sent ut least ono commission 01 n grand tour of the Pacific to inquire lnt their welfare , nnd it is doubtful if tin authorities ntPckin have sufllclpnt faith ii Africa to encourage emigration. Mnrqui : Tscn g remarked on thisqueslion two years ng ( that lie did not think his countrymen wouh care to Incur the risks of the African climate * * Over seven hundred colonists from Ice Inud will nrnvo in Manitoba this month driven from their northern homes by the ex cessively hard conditions of life In north Ice land.Vo are apt to think of Iceland as i rather email nnd unimportiint island , tliougl the fact is that it is over three-fourths tin si 70 of New York btnte , and a coiiRldcrnbh part of the northwest coast is still tin perfectly known , having never yet beci explored by n scientific traveler Mr. Thoroddscn , the geologist , wlu visited northwest Iceland last year says the farms lie high nuov < sea level , and that as there are no highways through the terriulo rough country to UK southern settlements , the inhabitants are ul .most completely cut oft from the world , except cept during the two or three months whei tlio k'o may move off the coast , giving pass ngowiiy to ships. Thcso funnel's , who hnv ( often had little , in their larders except tin birds they have caught , will probably imagine ino they have found nn Klyslum nt lust whei they see the wheat Holds of Manitoba. * * * The French are finding trouble In extend ing their sway in Tahiti , nnd having beei unnblo to carry their point by amicable no pollutions , have now resorted to the proccs ! of shelling llio native villages. It Is sak that this course was taken ns n puiiiHliuicn for an attack upon u launch belonglnf to n French war ship , but it is prac tically a part of the execution of the pur pose to reduce the whole group to tin sway of the ruler who Is the French rrpro Bontatlvo. The protectorate of Franco ni Tahiti was long ago acknowledged , und thi station is ono of tlio most Important that shi has in the Pncliip ; but a portion of tin islands have always insisted that they hai stipulations for nn independent government and have declared that they would fight foi this right. Of course they will quickly b ( reduced to snbjeqtlji.n by the French , havlnt no means of resisting the attacks of a wai vessel. STATE A TKIlltlTORY. cu Jottings. The Fairmont "district fair will be hcli August 23 to 3'J. The burned district of Weeping Water Is rapidly rising from Its ashes. Three Gothenburg women hnvo signed t petition for a saloon at that place. Work on streets Is proving effectual ir keeping trumps away from Weeping Water Dr. Kdwnrd Thomson , formerly president of Yorkcollego , has recently niarrletl a yount lady at Los Angeles , Gala. The Polk County Democrat Is a now papoi which made its first appearance nt Osceolc tins week , E. A. Wnlrath , publisher. Bishop O'Connor , assisted by six priests will dedicate the now Catholic church in Broken Mow the last Sunday of the month. . The editor of tlio Creighton News helps tc make both ends meet by selling butter , casli n advance , with no reduction for the cum- palgn , A dozen flags wav proudly in the breeze at Schuyler for Harrison and Morton , ono trentner llulU for i'isk ami lirooks , but not a slnulu Cloyemnu and Thurmnn bannc is to bo found. The republican club of. PawneeCily Im established n reading room nnd Invlles over ; body U > cotno ami study the Issue's of Ih campaign. The vigilantes nt North Houd tire gctlln out tholr ropes und haltcrx for the mombet of n gang of thieves who nro commlttln numerous depredations in that vicinity. A Wood Ulver druggist 1ms n tnmo mousi which ho has taught to catch Hies. Th nimble little rodent keeps tliu store free froi the Insect pests , und saves the proprietor lot of lly paper. The Ulysses Dispatch warns its render "ngainst ono William Search , n swindlln Imhtnlng-rod peddler who Is searching fo vlctln-s in this part of the Lord's vlneyari Ho Is a short , rather heavy set , grnyish lool ing sinner , with lots of gall , und ho will ro n sou shanty or n man's spinal column If h is given hair a t-hutico. " Hulpli HuntsbcrgCT , n youth living r Lyons , captured n frog the other day , nn while gazing nt It with open-moiithed wet dor , thu animal nindo n leap und landed in 111 lad's Htomnch. Thu boy snys ho didn't waite to swallow the nasty thing , but It pushed s hnrd with its hind legs that ho couldn't lu-1 it. llo now holds his mouth open nil th tlmo in the hope that the frog will bi-coni tuod of Us new homo and leap out ngain. town. Ex-slaves residing In Clinton have orgni Izeil a Harrison nnd Morton club. The llroUiorliood of Railway Conductor holds Its convention nt IJoono Sunday. Daniel P. Enrps , sent from Montgonicr county on n three years' sentence for pas : ins , ' n forged noli- , was pardoned by ( lovernc LarrnliOo. He had served more than ha his sentence. His pardon took him by au prise. Colonel F. II. Impcy , once of the Davei port Gazette anil secretary to the govurnc ot the state , has been put in jail in Denve for steallnir books from the public librnr nnd selling them. Ho Is a talented man , hi whisky has made him n tramp and a vngi bond. Grade EnfloW , aged eleven ; Myrtle Cham U > r , ujred thirteen , and Cornlo Hnrtlott , ngc thirteen , daughters respectively ot D : Charles Eulleld , W. D. Chmidlor und Pro M. L. Barrett , were drowned in the Hnccoo river noiir Jefferson Wednesday evening. Judge Cusuy , although nn nntl-prohlb tionist in faith , upholds thu law forbiddln the sale of intoxicants. Ho decided the cap nfiaiiist Henry Schlapp , brewer in Fort Mad son , by Imposing a line of $ .1U ) In addition t p.iyment ot the costs in tlio case nnd Fran Luindeckor. in Kcokuk , was lined { 500 , or ? . ' each in fourteen separate counts. Thn Const ntut Northwest. The shipments of bar silver from Butt lust wee-It amounted to $ ' , )1MS. ) Helena Is experiencing much trouble I llnding n suitable site for a now cemetery. Six tramps were strungup nt Hock Snrini ; to mnko them confess to robbery , but they a "buffered in silence. " Alias Ella C. Snlim has been elected city si p rinteiidont of the Portland , Ore. , school : und principal of the high schools , at u salur of $ JOJO. , At Iron Mountain , Shasta county , Gala n genuine silver mine has been dovclo | > et On the 5th inst. the company shipped si > teen bars of silver , worth $10,000. Owing to the smallpox scare In Doc Lodge , Marshal Kelley has quarantined th penitentiary. No visitors uro admitted , mi Warden MuTnguo and liis dozen doputie keep within the enclosure. Two men. Kyun , a minor in the Mt-Nnll , mine , and Nicholson , an a"nt of the oxpres company nt Hildivth , Cnla. . have been ui reted nnd charged with robbing the stag from tlio McNully mine , iiearHilureth , abou two weeks ugo. There is irrrat excitement in San Luis vul Icy , in Colorado , over the discovery of nut unit gas. Tlio presence of gas Is undoubted An nrti-xinn well has been sunk ! MO feet , am was yielding a stroui ; How of water , win- : the gas hurst forth with Mieh force tlmt th water and frim How ulti-riintoly with u lout report. A prospecting company is being cni itali/ed. The Montana Live Stock Journal says Urn stoi'knien report tlio condition of ran go steel und the ranges in l-osento colors. liny can b made in greater quantities than usual nn more will bo put up than ever before durin , nny ono baa.son. The year bids fair to be on of great prosperity to the stock Interests o the territory. It has just been learned that Lieutenant Colonel Smith , commanding Fort Mnginnh who for thirty years 1ms been an officer o the United Status urmy , drawing the pay am emoluments of his various grades , nud win Will bo retired with tlio pay nud rank of : colonel In the United States army next May ISfc ! ) , has never been naturalized. Ho ha just made application for naturalizatloi papers. John Drown , president of the Elmir : ( Idaho ) company , was arrested last week 01 a , charge of criminal carelessness sworn ou by Ed. Maloney , partner of Mike McCul lough , ouo of the mnn who perished in th < lire nt IJauner last month. It was ullegei that the btovu in the boarding house that wn burned was not safe. After a full examina tion there was found to bo no case agains Brown and ho was discharged. Two or thrco HCtindnls arc raising Cain ii Pueblo , Colo. On the North side is tin elopement of n man , who until recently ha been in business on Main street , with i pretty young lady who has been employed ni n typewriter. Ho leaves n wife and twi children. Tlio South side nffair concern ! the sin and shuino of a we'll known "wlfo am mother. Then there Is u third domestic ! disturbance turbanco as the result of which a Union live 11110 mnn has gene to Salt Luke to start i harem , taking some of the stock with him. TUB U. V. MAICKS ANSWKIt. lllglit of the SI-Uo Hoard to Fix Kate : Denied. LINCOLNNeb. . , July 20. The answer o the Union Pnuillo and Omaha & Hepublicai Valley railroads to the order of the statt board of transportation regarding rates , wn Hied yesterday. The answer is very vol uuiinous. A general denial of the board' ! jurisdiction is made , nnd the respondents ul logo there was no complaint Hied with the board regarding freight rates since No vein < bcr , 1W , nnd deny that the board had nuj llnding that the respondents had in nny waj fulled to comply with the law. If there win any examination or hearing the respondent ! had no notice of It , Tlio local distauco tariff hi force since November 1 , 1837 , is a reason , able nnd proper schedule , nnd no objection 01 complaint has been mado. This seheduli amounted to M per cent reduction. Thi' ' local distance tariff1ms been in operatloi only eight months , a length of time InsutU cient for it to bo determined or found that i reduction can justly bo made la the rates oi freight therein llxcd. During the greater part of 1887 the tarifi on the Omaha it Kcnublicun Valley road was higher than that which was put in force No. vembor 1 , 1837. During the first four mouths of 1SSS the business would bo about i7 , < XX. less than the operating expenses of said road during the sumo period , if the proposed schedule was applied to the business done then , the volume of business being greater than the corresponding months in 1887. It Is impossible to state the result of the purely local Nebraska business upon the Union Pacillo lines , but the respondents be- llevo that the Nebraska local business during 1887 was not moro than the operating ex penses. The order of July 5 will result In a net loss of about IS per cent of the gross earn ings of the respondents in Nebraska. Union Pacillo stockholders have received no divi dend for 11 vo years , mid the Omaha it Repub lican Valley road has never paid a dividend. The order would work Irreparable damage , and therefore ought not to bo cnforred. The respondents deny that the present rates are unreasonable , and are as low as can bo mudo with reference to operating ex penses. The present tariff is not In any par ticular discriminative , A largo part of the territory is ns yet sparsely settled nnd largely undeveloped. The Union Pacillo was organ ized nnd constructed and operated under an net of congress. Subsequent legislation , known ns the "Thurman act , " hns-mado pro vision for the repayment of subsidy bonds and interest , nnd that when the net earnings of the entire rOud nnd telegraph , Including the amount allowed for services rendered the United States , after deducting all expendi tures , including repairs nnd the expense of furnishing , running nnd managing said road , shall exceed 10 per cent. i > er annum , exclus ive of the 6 per contnm to bo paid the United States , congress may roduea the rates of faro thereon If unreasonable. By the provisions pf this'act the Union Padau was authorized to fix Its own rates subject only to tlio po'we reserved by the net itself. In January. IS-'O , 'tho' Union Pacific , tli Kansas Pacillo and the Denver'Piiclllo woi consolidated , ns ntithorl/ed by the net c congress of July 1 , 18C'.1.and. the various acl amendatory thereof , the .consolidation bcln known ns the "Union Paclltc Hallwny con pany , " the respondent Ucrein. This con jinny owns the majority of the stock mu bonds of the Omaha it Republican Yullc road , nnd the same nro hypothecated. A n deletion of llio rates ns proposed would rcn der the pnymenfof Interest on the bonds In possible , and in that event tlio Union Pnclll would lese said bonds , thus destroying u pni of Its assets , ami would also lese the use an benefit of the Omaha it Republican Vnllc road us n feeder , The Union Pacific was constructed undu nn net of congress through Nebraska bofot the organization of Nebraska ns n state , nn hence the Union Pacific franchises an rights thus created nro not subject lo th control of the state. The respondents , then fore , maintain that Iho board of Irnnsportr tion has no jurisdiction ns to rates , sue power and jurisdiction being vested in con gross. The proposed order would nccrssltnto moi Ideations of tariffs on interslnto business The board hns no right to interfere with Id tcrstnto commerce. The order of July 5 was not served upoi the respondents ns required by law. Th respondents claim it would bo contrary t law to enforce said order , mid that it wnul bo Impossible to comply with the order will out violating the laws of this state , ns the eider der was not brought to l " " .ollee of the n spomlouts until July 11 , und since the ordci If enforced , will result In raising certain o the rates now charged upon the Hues of tli respondents , these respondents cannot con ply with the same by pulling the rates i question In force on or before the "Oth c July , 18SS , without violating the laws of thi stnto in that behalf made and provided. A Correction. WIMIKII , Neb. , July 18. To the Editor r Tin : Bin : : I find It too often the case wit some people , and especially with Inwyet who can write slush when things do not Rte to suit thorn , to send articles to the dull papers for no other purpose than to Injur tlio characters of their fellow men. A letto from this place , published In the Omalm Hei aid of the 17th inst. , speaking ol the urres nnd acquittal of Mr. R. P. Buck , who w.i arrested on Saturday last , charged with ni suult and intent to commit rape , was false i every particular , and the writer , who nt till time is out of town with n woman tohor thn his wlfo , was never known to toll the trull nnd Is branded wherever known us being th champion liar of Saline county. Mi Buck is very much respected by n the better class of Wilbur's citizens nnd his arrest by Fisher Is known to he blackmailing scheme. J'ho case was trie : before County .ludg" Rhine , who is noted fo his fairness in such mutters , nnd the fin that Mr. Buck was discharged by the cotir is sunk-lent evidence tlmt ho was not guilt , as charged. Tlio case was prosecuted b , Alley , Messrs. Hastings it McGlntco appeal Ing for the defense. The woman in the cas is the wife of a laborer , and ho was at worl when the job was put up by the woman t rob Mr. Buck of "th ) , which she demanded We nresorry the Herald has become so smnl ns to publish such u personal article nbout ; good citizen of the state when written b1 surti u fraud as the author of the Wilber let ter of July Ni. Mr. Buck has resided ii Wilber for twelve years and 1ms a host o friends who uro ready to stand by him whei the liars of the town undertake to iniiko i stake by misrepresentations. * * * , Tlir Cyclone Was "All AVIiid. " BIXKI.IMAK : , Neb. , July IS. To the Edlto of TniBiu : : : Your well known spirit o fairness warrants us in asking space to cor reel the statements of your correspondent a this place In reference lo our "cyclone" o Sunday last , The facts are these : About' ' o'clock Sunday evening wo had an unusuall ; heavy rainfall accompanied by n strong wlm from the northwest. The Presbytcriai church , n detached frame building , win moved about two-thirds of Iho way off it : foundation mid was seriously damaged. Om blacksmith shop hud part of the front hlowi out , damaging it to the extent of M or ? . " Aside from this no business house was dam aged a dollar's worth. One small dwelling unfinished and unoccupied , was blown down involving n loss of about § , ' 10 , and n now tin seasoned stove-Hue was blown oil anothei dwelling. No other dwelling was damaged The largo herds of stock alleged to have beer killed are confined to a dozen chickens mill four or live turkeys. There has never been anything like a tornado nor a cyclone In this county siucutho oldest settlers came. Signed by John W. Knrr , Itlversldo farm , E. M. Mnllcttc , real estate and loans ; E. E , Glllen , notary public- ; Oscar Cullihun , notary public ; H. H. Edwards , principal of schools A. Tl. Stnrkoy , blacksmith ; J. H. Leslie hardware ; C.uupboll it Williams , real estate agents ; .lames Curry , farmer ; L. Morse county treasurer ; James S. West , countj judge ; W. O. Turner , merchant : Frank Pay , postmaster : W. H. Porter , assistant post master ; F. W. Dawson , manager How&rc Lumber company ; P. Marshall , bookkeeper Howard Lumber company ; J. L. Roiualey , proprietor feed and sale htables ; D. O. Her gen , real estate ; K. E. Miller , hotel. SiVSIOSKT'S KOMjO\VHKS. A Meeting of the New Omnlin Demo cratic Club. Thursday evening there was r very important meeting of UK Smnosot club held in Its rooms , oi Fourteenth near Fnrnam. There was a largo attendance. Amended articles of incorpora tion ami by-laws were adopted , and the ciipl till stock was placed at $0,01)0. ) Hereafter all business meetings of the organization will bi1 secret , though at stated intervals there wil bo meetings to which the public will bu ml milted and at which political topics will be discussed by both homo and foreign talent. This organization is not Intended lisa cam paign club , but rather an association which is designed to last for years , for the purpose ot taking such part in political ugitationsi ns may to It seem advisable. It Is fashioned on the plan of the celebrated Tammnn.y ol New York , and will bo managed In the sumo style as Ihat organization has' been for many years. The olllcers , ns they are now ore president , Charles Ogdcn ; treasurer ' ohn Dougherty ; secretary , William Moitin ; among the trustees are Alfred Schrotor , Charles Metz , J , J. Philbin , C. V. Gallagher ; C. E. Fanning nnd others. The membership comprises the leading democrats of all na tionalities in the city. The initiation fee has been placed nt if > . Thursday night , it was announced on the streets yesterday , ono of the patriotic members of the organ isation took occasion to Hud fault with the democracy of Postmaster Gallagher be cause that gentleman retains on his list of carriers and In ether ways among the em ployes of the postolllco a number of gentle men who are supporters of Harrison mid Morton. The postmaster's critic was not sustained. This afternoon at 2 o'clock there will bo a prohibition mass convention In Wil liams' imll , Fifteenth and Dodge streets. Delegates will bo selected to the congrc.s- ilonal convention of the First district , which Is to bo hold in Nebraska City on July Ui ( , also to choose delegates to the state conven tion to bo hold In this city on the 15th und Illth of next month , This afternoon at 2 o'clock then ) ivill bo n meeting of the Douglas county re- mblican central committee in the council chamber. _ Another Scheme. The proprietor of a Tenth street auction louse named Colonel Toner Is ostensibly In lard luck. A day or two ago a lady loft with ilm for repairs a f 5 gold watch which was : o bo called for , Just afterwards n nntlvo of 'M Hello France deposited an 18-karat brass mronometer for a similar object. The Monsieur" was the first to call and , ho auction man Inadvertently , as ho claims , inn'dcd over the gold article , whereupon . Vcnehy vanished into thin nir , It is snp- losed. The auction man now claims to bo if tor him with n club , ills > tory is consld- sred gauzy-and the lady Is likely to continue 0 mourn thu loss of her ttma pieoe. Gas Mvaporutes , iolid matlor remains. The bombast 1 ml ful o roprnsontatlpn about bogus lontriflL-os which hare-frequently boon cfc Hit' have Msole'ssly evaiiuHC'.eil ; buy 30/ODONT , bcc.au.so it Is a real r - toror of.doiital . health alul boiiu.l'y , ud- rurtlbos itsult u'ermunontly. THE SUICIDE CLUB , The Poisons and Suicidal Appurten ances Used. An Oninhn MOM'S Attempt at Passive butclile Ills Story Grupliloally Tolil No Aloru Sulclilo for Klin. There Hvus tn ( minim to-day n limn who twenty year * KO was what Is termed oil board ii-inuii of war , it powilor monkc-y. Tht < duties of u powder monkey , usv iiudurntnud It , Is to supply iitiiiiuiultloii from tlie magazine iviul turrets to tliu gunners whlln In iirtlnn. The man reform ! to wont into the t'nited States navy when but n boy being a ort at tlmt tlum only in yo.-u--v iinilln his m-rvleo on the Nnveral ships liu traveled ov r thousands of mile. * o ( ocouii niul has boon In nearly ovcrv iiort In the world and his oxperimenco would till a good ol/.ed volume mill make very Interesting toad- Q'ho gentleman referred to Is MH. HI ) . MAT1IIKWS , IIATTKII , whoso place or business Is In room IS , Herald building. To thii writer Mr. .Matthews Wns ro- luting some of bl eApcrionce- , and being ae- iinnlntoil for some tlmo with Mr. MnttliouM ho asked him to toll him now it was that no Ion the hu.irlngot his loft car. "Why. don't you know that 1 Iiavo regained my hem-Ing again ? 1 sea you rtM not know It , so 1 must tell jou , but I must lltst tell you bow Ttm two lit thrlr cigars and sat down for a Rood chat , and Mr. .Mutthows continued bis narrative. "Yousee , while 1 was In the imvv HI a powder monkey my duties oftcnrniulrvd that I down at the turret and whllti down tliero every discharge of the yun makes an awful concussion and to us poor monkeys In those turrets It wni strong enough to knock ns down sometimes. I noticed that my ears \\uru bo- coining nlli-clod by the discharge of the (51111 nm-y and I wont to th > i surgeon onboard , who tobi me that ho could do nothing for me except that 1 had butter use cotton In my earn , 1 did so and to tlmt. 1 think , I owe the hearing of my right ear. After my retirement from the n.it y JHV left ear continued to grow wor.-e and I lo l the hearing of It entirely. Di my business 1 tiavel considerably nnd have had an oppor tunity to consult soiuo of the llnc.st aurl.siHln the country and 1 did consult them too , and 1 presume that 1 have Imd two dozen of thtini working on my ears , but thev told me ono mid all that the drum was cutlioly destroyed and 1 would never bo able to hear again. I got accus tomed to hearing with only the one ear , and had about mailo up my mind that I never would hear again with my left ear. I became acquainted with a young man who Is connected with Ilr. McCoy In tint llnniRp Illock , and ho became tired , he said , of having to ronc.it hs ! conversation to mo nnd told me to come up and have the doctor examine my ear and see what ho could do for It. I oidy laughed at him and did not go , but a few weeks ago the ear commenced discharging again and 1 went to Dr. McCoy's ollice to have 11 attended to ; hu examined my nr and nald tlmt the drum was almost entirely destroyed , and that he did not know oN hnVonld do anything for It. but tlmt be would do w hat ho could for If lie healed the ear up , and then inndo an apparatus to put Into the ear which he placed theroaudl could hear at once. 1 heard a watch tick held ono foot from the left ear , something 1 had not done for twenty years. I thought perhaps It wai with the right car I heard It. nnd closed that ear up ; and I was very agreeably surprised to hear It very plainly with the left oar. Of course It will take s-oniollttlc-tlmo until 1 become accustomed to wearing the apparatus In my ear , but 1 will boon ovuicoiue that. It Is very neat and us you cnn tell cannot bo seen at all You would'nut Know thrro was anything In my car unless I would pull it out , but If I pull It out I cannot hear , so 1 kept It In , nnd 1 hear now as well as I ever did. I am very glad I took my friend's ad vice ami went to see the doctor for ho bus done for nie what many another has tried to do and failed. I am ihoro thin sniltflcd with tint way he treated me and feel mitlafHlthnt any per son that places him orher.self under hts treat ment will never have caus to regret It. " The writer thanked Mr. Matthews for hlsklnd- ness and asked him whether bo would object to having his conversation published In the form of a testimonial , "Not at all , " continued that gentleman , "you can publish It and welcome , and just add for mo that If there Is anyone who doubt * the truth of It they may call on me at room la Herald build ing , and 1 can convince them that It Is true , every word of It. V'hy I could not ho.ir a word n man said If 1 was not on thu loft side of him and then only board It 1'idlstlnctlv , but now I can hear It all right no matter wlmt sldo I am on. " Mr. Mathcwsas above stated Is engaged In liuslnoi < siiKii batter In the Herald building at the corner of 1,1th , and llarney streets , and it willing tocoroborato the above to anyone. TWENTY-OXB QUESTIONS. Few Symptoms of Disease That 1'rovo Serious to You. Do you have frequent Ills of mental depres sion ? Ho you experience ringing or buzzing noises In your ears ( Do you feel as though you must suffocate when lylngdown ? Are you troubled with a hacking cough and general debility ? „ Are your oyosgenerally weak and watery and frequently inflamed ? lloes your vulco have a Imik , thick sound and ft nasal sort of twang ? IB your breath frequently offensive from some unaccountable cantoi1 Ilavoyou a < UiII , oppressive headache , gener ally located over the eyes ? Do you have to hawk and cough frequently In the cttcct to clear your throat ? Are you losing your sense of smell and Isyour sense of taste becoming dulled ? Does your nose always feel stopped up , forc ing you to brcatho through your muuih ? Do you frequently feel dizzy , paitlcularly when stooping to pick anything oil1 the Door ? Doescvory little draft of air and every slight change of tempor.vti.ro glvo you a cold ? Are you annoyed by a constant desire to hawk nnd spit out an endless Humility of phlettm ? Do you rise from bed as tired and wnii : as you were the night before and feel as thuiiijli you wanted to llo there rower/ Is your throat illlod with phlugm In the morn ing , which can only bo discharged alter violent coughing and hawking and spitting ? lo ) you occasionally wako trom a troubled sloop with a start mid feel us if you had Just cbcapod nh'iri'Ihln death by choking ? Have you lost all Interest In your calling or business or former pleasures , all ambition gouu , nnd do you feel indliferent whether to-morrow lluds you alive or dead ? Are yon troubled with a discharge from the lieud Into the throat , sometimes watery and nx- cesslve , sometimes mucus , thick , Mleklng to whatever It touches , eonietline ) bloody , uiid nearly always putrid and cllcnslvo' ' Tlio above are some ot the many symptoms of catarrh anil thu beginning of IUHK trouble * . Not mo i ase In a hundred will have all of them , but ivory omt afflicted will have a tow or nuimy of Ihem. The greater or more serious your Bynip- loins , the more dengerous your condition. Tills iluss of disease Is trciitod very successfully by l > r. McCoy or his associates The many civesro- ixirted through the columns of the dally paporn proves this , and each Mntcmeut nubllslioil la nub. itanclnlly the same as given by the pal lent cured. Dr. McCoy and his associates IIKO no Secret nos- rums , but euro disease by their skillful combl- nitlon of the best Known romi'dlim , applied lu he most approved manner , and by uslug the atost and must highly roei'iuw'ndud ' appliances : nonn to tint profession. They thus produce ro- nits that speak for themselves In tliu nmny pa- IcntS cured , and \vu assure our readers that the u imlnout. physicians havu achieved a success In urlngdlsuaM ) which few or no other doctor/ an duplicate. nor/roil J. CRESAP McCOY , alc of BelloviiG Hospital M York , HAS orPfCKS To. 31O nnd 311 Ramcro Building 'orncr I'lftcenth and llarnny sts. , Omaha , Nub. , where all curable cnse ? uro treated with Hiiccess. Medical diseases treated skillfully. Constimi- Ion , llrlght'sdlfieaii' . Dyspepsia , ftlioninatlKiii. ml all MIUVOUH DIHIJASKH. All diseases p i ullar to tliu HCXCS u opeclnlty. CATAUKII mi ten. ( XNSUI < TATION at olllce or by mall. tl. Ollico houru-Oto 11 u. m , , : : to i p. in. , 7to8n. i. . Sunday oilico hours from 0 a. m. , to I p. m. < orreinonilcnco receives prompt attention. Manydliertwes nru treated unixesafully by Dr. IcCoy through the uuills , and U U thus posslbla ) r tlm"u nnablo In make a journey to obtain U : CKBKOI ; , HOSPITAL TltUA'/illiNT AT Hljllt HOMr.S. No letters answered mil MB accompanied by lo iKtHUtrt. | -Ml uall hhould bo ndtftnoed to Ilr tl.OrusHn leoy ( ; , 'Itootiis 'J10 tiwi 'ill , Ii ( mc4 > bulMlnt. innhii , Neb.