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a OTE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , AUGUST 2j 188a THE DAILY BEE. nvuav MOHNJNO. TKItMS OP SUHSCIUPTION. Daily ( M&rnlnjrlMltlon ) including Sunday llFn. On Year . . . > . . . HO CO ForKtxJlontbs . . . fn ; ( " J'-or'llireo Months . W , 'Jio ! Oin ilia Sunday llf r , mailed to any ad dress. Una Year . SCO OtuiiAOtriUK.Nu8.UU UTitiiKT. Nr.w VOHK O PICK. Itno.n 14AM ) 10 JlUII.ntMl. WtHIIIMUXON O flCI ! , NO. CM COIlHFBl'ONDr.NCK. Alt communications iclntliiBto news and cdl < torlal tuatlcrsliould be address d totlioKuiioit * 1)EI' ) OB Tilt1 ' 1)EI''BUSINESS i.r/rmts. All business letter * and rcmlttnncrsshonld bo addressed to TUB Hi B I'UIIMMIIMI COMI-A.NV , OMAII \ . Drafts. checks and pu ti > IIIco orders to 1)0 made pa ) ableto the order of the company. Pronriclors , K. ROSBWATEB , Editor. fixvorn Statement til Circulation. Btato of Nebraska , I fount ; of DouKins , f " " ( lcor o H. 'J'zrft-'iiuclc , bolus first duly sworn.do- to ) ps and days th.it ho Is Kccretory of 'Jlio lleo 1'ubllahlUK company , that tlio actual avcrago dally circulation of the Dally lleo for the month of August , 1WT , wtw 11,111 copies ; for September. 1887. H.M' ! ' copies : for October , 1SW , ll.Jttl copies ; for November , IfW , Hysw copies ; for llecember , 1HS7. 11,041 cop ies ; for January , 1W < H. ir.,2Wj ) for ribruary. lew , 1iB / ! ! copies ; for March , 18W. 1'UiW ) copies ; for April. IWH , 18.74 * copies ; for May , 118. 1X.131 coplos ; for JunelfctS , ll'.SlHoples ' ; for July , P-83. 13,1m copies. . 0150. H.IY/'CIIUOK. Bworuto before mo and subscribed In my presence this 1st day of Ans-nst , A . 1) . . 188S. N. P. KEI L , K'otary 1'ubllc. KN it comes to a lynching boo , Ne braska is not far behind Dakota. IT MUST not bo imagined that because Grover IsatBoaho ic not angling for votes us well aa fishes. Till ! Georgia congressman was altogether - gothor too crisp and tart in his oppo sition to the Omaha building bill. II will have his arms full when ho gets homo from his imperial junket. There's a now baby at his house to bo kissed. WHEN the stones are falling from the top of Chicago's court house from sheer weakness , it is time to lot up being scared by dynamiters. EVISIT a congressional committee on immigration must consider it a hard job when it is obliged to cross-examine an Italian with the hand-organ name of Antonio Sqranibiglia. JUDGE GASLIN will doubtless tender his heartfelt congratulations to Judge Lynch , of Pawnee county , for his prompt despatch of business. Judge Gaslin knows what it is to hold court .and pronounce sentence at midnight. "IF the contractors are to run the city , then each department should bo , turncd over to thorn , " said Majror Broatch to the council. And the coun cil took him at his word and promptly turned the street sweeping over to Fanning & Co , Dn. Nonvm GIIKEN , the president of Gould's Western Union Telegraph com pany , was a prominent visitor at the democratic national headquarters at Now York ono day last week. The query arises , how much "stock" have Jay Gould and the Western Union sub scribed to the treasury of the democratic executive committee ? TIIK statutes of the United States prohibit the Importation of foreign con victs , the immigration of alien paupers and the coming into this country of for eign laborers under contract. The tes timony before tbo congressional investi gating commltttco shows that the im migration laws have boon repeatedly violated. The question arises , what is -tho use of more rigid legislation so long as the present laws remain a dead , letter _ _ _ _ _ WHEIIE is the board of health ? The dumping of garbage comes under its inspection , and it should call the coun cil's attention 'to the unsatisfactory method now in use of disposing of 'tho ' city's refuse. The practice of the garbagomastor in 'dumping filth on the streets at the levee ought to bo severely condemned. It is criminal to invite contagious sickness in that man ner , and the board of health should recommend to the council the necessity of disposing of the garbage by burning or by other sanitary methods. * THE city clerk , under the charter , is required to make out the tax list. < This is a duty which ho is expected to perform without extra pay. It is now proposed to lot the work out by contract to private parties. Mr. Auch Moody proposes to take ttiis job for two thou sand dollars ; Mr. W. J. Htihn is willing to do it for eighteen hundred dollars. The question is , why should the tax payers ol Omaha pay eighteen hundred dollars for work which the olork is required to do. THe city is already paying two fygh-prlcod deputies and an extra Jlork to do Mr. Southard's work. The salaries drawn by the clerk and his as sistants amount to five hundred and sixty-flvo dollars per month , or six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars a year. Isn't it piling on the agony to vote eighteen hundred dollars morq for extra clerical help ? Till ! announcement that General Roger A. Pryor , of Now York , had boon appointed special counsel for the civil prosecution of the trust corpora tions is a gratifying assurance that an effort is really to bo made to ascertain in the courts whether thejo corpora tions have a right to jsist. It is pro posed to bring nctisatfii the courts of the county o ! Nqw-York , and -the appoint- raont bytlio attorncygenoral of spocla' ' Codiisel is to bo accepted as indicating that ho la about ready to move upon the work G of the monopolistic "combines. ' An effort was made to got u law for the suppression of trusts VnK5 ° d by the legislature at its last session , but the politicians of that body did not hav the courage to respond to the popular demand. It is believed , .how ever , that the exiting law ! of Now York \\-ll bu foind sufliclont foi suppressing the combinations. The ' 'progress of the movement to lest the scope and ( O'vr-.rs of the laws relating te corporations will bo watched with'great intnrpst , . . ' The Situation In Incllnnh. The dcmpcrats express greater confi dence in their ability to carry Indiana since General Porter has decided to bo ho republican candidate for governor. They profess to have feared that with ? orler at the head of the republican stale ticket the democracy would have i very small chance of carrying Indiana , .nit that possibility being removed they ilToct to believe that the state is cor- .aln to go democratic. It is not jucsUonable that General Porter as a candidate would strengthen the repub- ican cause in Indiana. IIo is especially popular with the spldior element , and ho is strong with the whole people. Ills record as a public man is perfectly clean and his follow-citi/ons of all parties respect him and are rather proud of iiim. IIo is , perhaps , the only republi can in the state , with the exception of joncral Harrison , who could draw votes from the democracy. IIo will work hard for the success of the national ticket , though perhaps less effectively than if he wore a candidate. But democrats may very easily over estimate the effect of General Porter's Oeolination. It' would obviously bo much moro serious wcro the national candidate not an Indiana man. There ought to bo no doubt of the republicans of the state casting their full vote for General Harrison , and the only ques tion is whether they will bo to any extent reinforced from the demo crats and the independents the latter a not very numerous body. State pride will certainly exert an Influence , and it does not appear unreasonable to estimate its value at several thousand votes drawn from the democracy. As to the independents , Lucius B. Swift , their acknowledged loader , is authority for the statement that they will almost unanimously support the republican candidates. This element is very much dissatisfied with the civil service policy of the administration as exemplified in Indiana , and not having had any success in impressing its dissatisfaction at Washington , though it has made several attempts to do so , it intends to administer through the ballot box n rebuke for the failure of re form promises. Another very important fact favorable to the republican cause in Indiana is the increasing interest which the workingmen are taking In the cause. The delegation of twenty-five hundred minors which visited Gb.nonil Harrison the other day contained many democrats who after the interview de clared that they would support the re publican ticket solely on the tariff issue. Contemplating those facts of the situ ation carefully and fairly , and remem bering that two years ago Indiana was carried by the republicans , wo do not see how It is possible to reach any other conclusion than that the chances are largely in favor of the state giving its electoral vote to the republican candi dates. Pniiper Labor in Chicago. The Chicago Times is printing the personal investigations and experiences of ' 'Noll Nelson" in the factories of that city whore girls are employed. The writer is evidently a very bright woman , well qualified for the service she is performing. Her plan has boon to apply for work at various establish ments and to remain long enough whore work was given her to fully inform her self regarding the wages paid , the amount that girls wore enabled to earn , the treatment of employes , and other relevant and interesting facts. The story so far as she has told it is a very cheerless ono. There are thousands of girls working In the factories of Chicago , or doing work for those factories at their homos , who cannot earn 'enough for a proper subsistence. Those who earn three dollars lars a week are especially fortunate , much the larger number earning not moro than half that amount , while Ne'll Nelson found some whose weekly earn ings fell below a dollar. As to treat ment , in most of the establishment , not the slightest attention is given to the comfort of employes. Generally 'the supply of girls seeking work greatly ex ceeds the demand , so that there is no reason , except that of humanity , why the factory owner should trouble him self or tax his pocket for 'tho welfare of employes , and the average man of this class is not overflowing with humane feelings. The girls in those fac tories pass their days of drudgery in unhealthful surroundings , many of 'them receiving less for the results of their long hours of toil each week than their extremely plain food costs them for that time. It is a very pitiful dis closure which the Times is making , and unfortunately it could bo duplicated In every largo city of the country. Perhaps the practical sermons of Nell Nelson will do some good , but the chances arc that they will accomplish next to nothing for ameliorating the condition of the thousands of factory girls of Chicago. They will furnish material for reflection to the social phi losopher and reformer , they will help to confirm the conviction of those who believe that there is something radically wrong in the in dustrial and social systems , and they will very likely Stimulate philan thropic interest and effort in behalf of the overworked and ill-paid girls. But the hard and relentless manufacturers will doubtless continue on in the polioy itioy have found to bo profitable 'ustify- ing themselves with the plcatli&tactive competition on the OHO hand and on the otbor hand the qve'rabundanco of labor do not Y.'frrrant thorn in being moro generous , or less ungenerous , to em ployes. When girls crowd and jostle ouch other for a chance to earn twenty or thirty cents a day , it Is idle to expect that the average factory owner will not take the fullest advantage of his oppor tunity. It isbn unfortunate fact that so many girls tire unfitted to bo anything bettor than factory omploj'cs , or prefer that kind bf employment to do mestic duties. There is no excess of girls qualified to do house work properly , while there is n very large and steadily growing demand for such. But this sort of work is repugnant most girls , or rather the idct * of being regarded as servant is repugnant , and therefore gjrls will go to the ill-paid drudgery of n factpry rather Than perform domestic duties , which besides a reasonable pe cuniary reward would enable thoni to mvo the comforts of n homo and a share n the interests and cure of an em ployer. The consequence is that the 'nclory labor market is overcrowded and those who enter it nro compelled to Lake what grasping and heartless inann- racturors are disposed to give , Tlio Niiw I'osloIIlee. The now postofilco Mil has struck a snag. The simp judgment taken by the opponents'of the bill has for the time being given the measure a set bauk. The mishap Is chiefly duo to the ex treme weather , which caused the ab sence of nearly one-half the members of the house. There was a bare quorum present , and on the division only ono hundred and bovonly-threo out of the tin co hundred and nineteen members , wore in their seats. As it was , a change of six votes would have carried the bill through. Mr. McSluinoill doubt less bo able to sccuro a friendly conference committee , and with n long pull and a strong pull the bill will go through jubt as boon as it can bo reached. The only question now is whether the now conference commit tee's report can bo sandwiched in be tween pending legislation that has preference , so as to sccuro a vote before the adjournment. At the very worst if the bill goes over until Decem ber , it is safe to predict its passage be fore the holidays. That will bo time enough to formulate state legislation which must bo had before the govern ment can acquire title and sccuro juris diction that has to bo coded to every government building. A Pioneer Nebrnsknn Pond. Another of the pioneers of Nebraska , and ono of the founders of Omaha , has departed to that bourne from which no traveler returns. Colonel Lorin Miller , whobo death at the advanced ago of eighty-eight wo chronicle , was among the most respected and venerable men of this stato. Identified with the great west for nearly thirty-five years , ho contributed largely towards the settle ment and development of the state and city of his adoption. Ho was ono of the four surveyors who laid out the metropolis of Nebraska and fixed the boundaries of her broad thoroughfares. Ho saw Omaha grow from an Indian camp to a city of over one hundred thousand population. Honored with the office of mayor nt a period momentous in the history of this city , ho helped to welcome the first lo comotive that reached the banks of the Missouri by rail from Chicago. During the years of his retirement from all polit ical and business activity ho enjoyed the esteem o'f his follow citizens , and felt just pride in the marvelous growth of Omaha. TIIEUE is likely to bo some trouble among the Sioux Indians who have mot the commission at Standing Rock agency which may finally bring about u signing of the treaty. Many of the chiefs nro disgruntled because they wore omitted from the list of orators who addressed the commission. They have learned that they have the right to speak , and speak they will before the conference is ended. Out of spite , there- lore , to the chiefs who preceded thorn they may oppose them and urge the Indians to sign the treaty. A division in the camp , it Is ttibught , would soon influence the necessary number to sign the treaty. Shrewd old Sitting Bull , who has not yet ap peared on the scone , is reported to fear just such a result , and is said to bo dis gusted with the Indians for remaining to talk so long with the commissioners. Ho is coming to Standing Rock to add his influence in opposing any conces sions. The astute old fox has spread the report that ho will not speak so long us the Indians refuse to sign the treaty. But if they waver In their pur pose ho will stop into the arena and cause trouble. With this wily politician as the chief mugwump , the Indian con- loronco will bo as exciting as a political convention. t COXOIIESS appears to'havo determined that Mr. Cleveland should pay for his brief fishing excursion. When ho got back to Washington on Tuesday ho was confronted by a mass * of legislation awaiting his porubal and action , Among these bills wore moro than one hundred private pension bills. If there is ono thing moro certain than all others to rulllo the spirits and upset the equanimity of the president it is u pri vate pension bill , and it is safe to saj that when Mr. Cleveland had these hundred evidences of the government's generosity thrust under Ins nose his mental observations on congress wore of a kind not suitable for family read ing. The next three months will bo a very busy period for the president , bul both his industry and his powers of en durance are equal to the task. . IF THE reports from Now York be true there are to bo some stupid dem onstrations when the campaign formally opens in that elty. The democrats arc said to bo organizing band of Chinamen to parade and carry Harrison and Mor ton banners for the purpose of having photographs fakon of the procession niii scattering thorn on the Pacific coast , The iovublicans , it is gaiti , vill re " ttilliato by getting rtjp""if parade o ! British tars dressed in suits made ol the English Jack and carrying Cleveland - land and Thurraan portraits. All sucl : horse-play is not only foolish but a use less waste of campaign funds. The campaign ought not bo made a circus A Clinnco lor Civil Service. Olnt-Dtmocrat , A son has just been added to the roya household of Germany another evidence o President Cleveland's disposition to let for cign nations got the advantages of thii country , "A Condition Not n. Theory. " Cltlcauo Tribune. The yacht danced taerrily over thoblui waves. The president loaned over the aldi -of the vessel , looking with felaiCJ'eyff'at thi wntor , and at Intervals briefly .yet frantic ally apostrophising tbo mighty deep in Vol apuk. "Ban'J ' said ho , "ugh wow Is there m ctiroforthls'sortfcf mlseryl" "There Is a theory , sir , " replied Dao , "thu BoailcltncM Is iniroly n mental ilUordcr and ratiy bo prdvcntcd by the oxorclsdof " "Dan , " Interrupted the pioslflont. sternly , "it Is a faugh | -a condition , and not n the ory , that coiifWi ts mo I" This is ho\r"tho campaign pool of the Springfield Itptrabllcan breaks loose : Standifast for Harrison. Scnrco'hiis so rare n son Sto aijtvith his pen , MonoV | or saber , or Tongue for the laborer Timo' and again. STATK AND T1S11IUTORY. It la predicted ; that 200 Btuilcnts will attend the fall term dt'Hastmgs college. Kearney's clcctrlo lights nro visible nt Minduti , n dlstnnco of twenty miles | Ono of Mlndon's best carpenters tins Btruck < pilto n simp , making stilts for the funnels to pick corn with. The major of Superior has Issued an order to the chief of iwllco to close up nil the houses of prostitution iu the city nnd to drive out the roomers. Hub citizens have organl/cd n conl pros pecting und mining company for the purpose of discovering the extent of the recent Hud made In Unit section. The udvont of Uarnum's circus Into Hast ings on thosnuio day that the county fair had been fixed for has caused the fair managers to change the dnto to September 25 to 23 , in clusive. The Now York llfo insurance company offers to build n & > 0OOJ opera house nt Ko.irney for $100,000 worth of insurance , nnd tit the end of flvo years they will present it to the city. The cuirontof the Missouri has suddenly changed nt Nebraska City , leaving the Nibirska side nnd striking about the center of the Island , Tlio rnlhoad compauy is busy protecting the shore with rock and brush. The premium list of the annual fair of the Cliaso county agricultural tocloty has just been Issued nnd is nn extensive little book. The fair will bo hold nt Imperial September 1 , 5 , U nnd 7. Premiums to the amount of $1,717 are offered. Peter Johnson , n farm hand llvlnc near Yoik , died recently of perforation of the stomach. A post mortem examination re vealed the fact that the liver , bladder , stomach nnd intestines were involved iu one cancerous mass , and it was almost a miracle that the man had lived so long. Sovoi al farmers living near Puxton have told the editor of the Pilot that they thought "their wheat would make twenty bushel * per aero. This , nt the piosont market price in Omaha , would amount to $12.20. Land lying adjoining these farms can bo bought for from W to * ! > per acre. The wheat on 100 acres viould almost pay for 200 ncres of equally ns good land nnd yet thousands of pcoplo In eastern states nro renters. Why don't they como to Nebraska and bo as in dependent us kings ) " Iowa. Church members nt Hortly have forgotten the good old Puritan customs of their fore fathers nnd have fallen into the habit of buy ing their dry goods and boots and shoes on Sunday. Governor Lnrobeo has received from the governor of Colorado a request to send dole- pates to a convention to bo hold at Dunvor , August 20 , in the Interest of securing an other dccp-soa port on the coast of Texas. Fred Wood of Union , as assignee of the O. B. Chapin hose team , has brought suit for $1,000 against thq A. H. Smith team of Clin ton , to lecovor prize money claimed to bo un lawfully awarded at the late firemen's tour nament. A ox-confodcrato soldier who was relieved of his necessities DV Grand Army veterans of Dubuque , told a Herald reporter that ho had never yet scen.a.umn who wore a G. A. H. button who would "go back" on a man who were the gray. 1(1 ( The night wiitchman of the lumber yards ofKnapp , Stout & Co. , Dubuque , found a man trying to fik'-up a bunk in the lumber piles. The man did not want to go to jail nnd on the way/iried to escape. The watch man shot him through the abdomen and he is in a critical condition. f Dnltotn. The election on the question of incorporat ing the town of Hcrmosa will occur August The W. C. T. U. of Bismarck will incor porate and obtain a building to be used for permanent headquarters. Mitchell citizens guarantee $3,003 for the proposed Methodist university at that city. The now building will bo commenced this fall. fall.An An enterprising resident of Ynnkton who is going to the national G. A. It. encampment at Columbus , O. , proH | > scs to take along a corn pulaco car for exhibition. Flvo delegates favoring the nomination of Hugh J. Campbell for aelcgato to congress were elected ut the Faulk county republican convention. The delegates were not in structed. Hon. M. H. Dunnoll , the republican can didate In the first Minnesota district , is the president of the bank of Now Itockford , Dak. , und the principal owner of the Now Kockford towuslte. The guests of a Vankton hotel have boon kept awake nights for a week past by pecu liar noises in the walls. A search made re vealed a family of infant king birds in a chimney , and the noises which have tnndo strong men nervous were found to issue from thu tiny throats of those fledgling * . "Wyoming. A ferry costing $6,200 has been established at Fairbanks , onthojNorth Platte. The Jury in the Patterson murder case at Cheycnno has returned a verdict of not 'guilty. Electric light for Evanston is now an as sured fact. The plant will bo erected with out delay. A Cheyenne man lion just found an old county warrant among his papers which was issued iu IbOO. Judge Corn has refused to grant u change of vcnuo in the Jewell murder case at Lau- dor.fc This Is the now noted Indian murder. Some dissatisfaction is expressed in Chey enne over the appointment of n Colorado presiding - siding older to the superintendency of the Wyoming M. E. mission , and hopes are ox- pi esscd of soon having a Cheyenne man at the head of it. A dispatch from Lander says the citizens of that vicinity have wired Delegate Carey to Interpose u vigorous remonstrance against the withdrawal of troops fiom Fort Wusha- kio for the summer camp , as the settlers fear trouble from the restless Indians. A largo number of Utah mutton sheep nro being driven through near Evanstoii on their wav to Nebraska , where they will bo fed during the coming winter nnd placed on the early spring market. Thirteen thousand head were purchased in Utah , nt SJ per head , and tlvo thousand nt Hillard ut $ J.75 , The grocers of Lnramlo , without & single exception , huvo.entered into a contract , with a lorfolt of $100 to bo paid by the first ono who breaks the obUgjtlon , to close their re spective places of , Business ut 7:30 : p in. dur ing the months of Juno. July , August and Soitcm.t ) , r , and at 7 o'clock p. in. the remain ing piftht months of the year. Tlio Michigan Copper mining company In Muskrat Canon , near Uawhido Unties , in Laratnltio county.i have contracted to fur nish the smelter at , Fairbanks with fifty tons of ere per day. The mining company have also sold a very largo quantity of ere in bulk to the smelter. .Tlio smelter is to haul tba ere from the mines , a distance ol twenty- five miles , and'Unls ' hauling contract has been let and the teaming began" lust Satur day. ' FOR , 'TUB PEOPLE. Anti-Monopoly and Settlers' Rights Association orjUoii To the president of the United States , the secretary of the interior , the nttornoy general - oral , the commissioner of the general land office , and tbo honorable senators and rep resentatives In the congress of the United 'States , greeting ! The undersigned , on behalf of the members of this association and all good faith homo-seekers in Colorado , mid in behalf of iubtico and right and common decency in the administration of public ixffuirs , respectfully represent ; 1. That the Union Pacific Railway company has in the past boon permitted to steal thousands of acres of the public domain in Colorado. 2. That this land \\i\a never in any slmpa , manner or form granted to bald company or any of its associate compa nies , and neither legally nor 'equitably has snld company any more or greater claim to the same than to thu capital grounds at Washington. < l. That this land in largo measure consists of that alTcctod by the famous Uunmoyor decision , and that lying be yond and without the original grants and embraced wlthiu what is known as the "Trlnnglo" adjacent to Denver. 4. That largo portions of this land has by said company been ostensibly sold at nominal figures to Denver and Colorado speculators , who never purcha&ed the same for establishing homes , but simply mid solely for the purpose of specula tion ; that these tracts range in area from 100 to 10,000 acres , and in nine ca es out of ton , have never been ac tually settled upon by the speculative purchasers. 5. That , not content with recovering from the company on their warranty deeds , these Denver speculators and said company have devoted their vast means and energy to Inlluonclng tlio land department at Washington , and securing congressional legislation for the purpose of curing , quieting , perfect ing and patching up those fraudulent and stolen titles , unit that for this pur- uoso , they have for over two jenrs , through the ablest lawyers and most astute lobbyists , importuned the United Status hind department at Washington for favorable rulings and orders , and that these same lawyers and lobbyists have boon in constant attendance dur ing this nml the preceding congress , and , besides arguing before committees and lobbying ironorally , they have per sonally or by proxy button-holcd jvory Individual member of congress and every department official time and again. These facts you personally know to bo truo. 0. That , relying upon the United States land laws and the decisions of the supreme court of the United States and not for one moment questioning the integrity or manhood of the legislative and administrative officials of the government , a great many needy and good faith homo-seekers filed upon tracts of this land and uoUuilly settled upon mid improved the same. 7. Tnat these filers and settlers are universally and proverbially poor and in need of homos and have no means nor resources to enable them to employ law yers or lobbyists to constantly wait upon the department and congress at Washington , and if their rights and in terests are to bo taken away from them and the decisions of the supreme court of the United States and the land laws of the United States are to bo ignored , sot aside or overruled by procured rul ings and lobbied legislation , then are they helpless ; but 8. If you desire fair play and nro in clined to put a stop to the legislative legerdemain that are always called into requisition where the interests of an American citizen are to bo subverted to the greed of a railway corporation , if you have confidence in the supreme court of the United States and are de sirous of having its adjudications en forced according to their letter and spirit in short , if you are on tlio side of the people and against the methods mid influences that have corrupted our legislation for many years ; in the name of justice , in the name of American citizenship , in the name of common decency wo beg and pray that you will raise your voice against this despicable monopolistic manoeuvre that is about to bo consum mated in the solo interest of the Union Pacific railway company mid several Denver millionaires , and against not only poor bottlers , but against the United States land laws and the de cisions of the highest court in our land. 9. Wo have heretofore focwardcd to ono of the senators from this state a petition , with several thousand signa tures appended , upon this subject. Suit has been commenced by the Rovorn- moiit to sot abide these void titles ; but the bill now before you which has boon drawn with consummate skill and un scrupulous astuteness will , if passed , render these court proceedings of no avail to the people , but will enable the said speculators to perfect their titles. DWGIIT H. HEYWOOD , President. JAMKS H. KNIGHT. Secretary. DENVISK , Col. , July 25 , 1838. Tlio Vote In Town. CHAPMAN , Neb. , July 81. To the Editor of the BEE : What was the official vote In lown In 18S4 ? Please answer through the columns of the DEE. CIIAIILGS R. CAUOIILAN. IBlnlno received 107,089 votes , Cleveland 177,310 , votes , and St. John 1,472 votes. There was u fusion of the democratic and green back parties , so that the other presidential candidate , Butler , did not receive any votes. ] A Strnngo Linnguagc. At the last mooting of the Berlin An thropological society , Lieutenant Quo- denfoldt , a Gorman officer who has lived on Comoro island , ono of the Canary group , described a whistling language which is used by the inhabitants. The language does not consist of any arbi trary series of signals or sounds. It is described as ordinary speech translated into articulate whistling , each syllable having its own appropriate tone. The Comoro uses both lingers and lips when whistling , and Lieutenant Quedenfoldt asserts that ho can carry on u conversa tion with a neighbor a milo oil , who perfectly understands nil ho is paying. The practice is confined to Comoro island , and is quite unknown to the other islands of the archipelago. The adoption of the whistling language is said to bo duo to the peculiar geograph ical construction of Comoro ibland. It is traversed by numerous gullies and deep ravines , running out in all direc tions from the central plateau. As they ur6 not bridged they can only bo crossed with great difficulty ; hence a man liv ing within a stone's throw of another in a straight line has often to go many miles when ho wishes to see and speak to his neighbor. This , it is conjccftirod , led to the adoption of whistling as a useful means of communication , which has gradually assumed the proportions f a true substitute for speech. Clicnp Will sky and Dear Whisky. AVncrica : The newspapers of Phila delphia arp agreed in the statement that since the now high license law wont into oflcct in that cityn few weeks ago , the numbarof saloons baa been re duced to a mere fraction of the previous total , while ( n seine wards they have been wiped out altogether ; that the ar rests for Intoxication and disorderly conduct nro not one-third us numerous as in former years ; and that tradesmen report an increased demand for food , clothing , and family supplies , which" are now made available or.'lng to the decreased expenditure for liquor. It might bo argued that licensing crime is immoral , but high license is the Only practical manner of regulating the greatest evil of the day. Free whisky will not do it , but ilear whisky will take the liquor out of the reach of the poor man , and he is the one most injurou. Killed COFFEEVJULK , Miss , AUgUSl 1. [ SpSoI.il Telegram to THE Bun. ] In a dlnictiltv nt Pittsborouch ; , Calhoun county , betwoqn Bob Regan , who. was assaulted by Jim and E. W. Enochs and Chniles Calhoun , Hcgan re treated Into a blacksmith shop , but was fol lowed bv bis assailants , whp continued the attack on him. Ho finally drew n knife and cut Calhoun. Who fell doad. The | } noc.hs wcie both severely cut and may ifot recover. THY1NG TO SQUAItE General lllnok tlio Schemer Who ? Inu- Ipttlntcd the Colored Convention. WAsiu.vntox August 1. [ Special to TUB lien. ] A gentleman who has business , at t"io pension ofllco uays ho lint run against J , Milton Tumor , tlio colored man who was sent by the administration to Indlahnpotls to lend the colored men's convention for it di vision of the colored vote , almost every time hohasgono to the pension building during the past six weeks , and that many of the plans carried out in the Indianapolis conven tion were originated by Commissioner Ulack. "General Black , " bays'tlus gentleman , "Is extremely anxious to make himself solid with President Cleveland , and ho conceived the idea of turning his abilities toward an organ isation of the colored men with a view to dividing the colored vote ut the polls In No vember. The piesldont Is very much In censed at some of tbo nets of General Black during the past six or eight mouths , niul has marked him for decapitation. To begin with , the piesldcntwas greatly pro voked at Black's pcislstency In tunulngfor iiio vice ; : rc ' inntlal nomination , and then Blncic has misled the chief executive in furnishing pension vetoes. You know nearly every ono of the pension vetoes were written in the pension oHlco by clerks designated for the purpose , and the Instructions of the president were to the effect that the facts pointed out In the vetoes should indeed bo facts without any possible speculation , and that the icasons given In the vetoes for dis approval should bo entirely different from those assigned when the cases \\cioorltjln- ally rejected by the pension ollloo. The president has found that these Instructions , in many Instances , wcro disregarded , and that false Information ami prejudice have largely govoined the clerks who have written the vetoes , and that In many Instances the Identical language used when the cases were rejected lias boon employed in the vetoes. This put the president In an em barrassing situation , uml will leau htm to further condemnation when this pension veto business Is thoroughly looked into. "In tbo Hist plnco , " continued the gentle man , * 'tho president thinks General Black is too ambitious ; and In the second placebo says bo Is too leclcloss and paitlsau. Gen eral Black has been running a i egulur politi cal bureau for two or throe years and has made no secret of the fact. Nearly all of the civil service scandals which hnvo come out against the present ndminlstintlon can bo laid at the door of the commissioner of pensions , whom the president holds blame worthy for nearly all of bis political evils. It may not bo true that the president has , ns reported , requested General Blaok's leslgnu- tion , but I think tbo president may Just as well have asked for the commissioner's res ignation ns to have sat down upon him as hard as be has upon four or live occasions iccently. " After n Military IMuin. WASHINGTON , August 1. [ Special Telegram toTiiEl3r.i ! . | It was rumored at the war department j cstei day that Captain tawton of the Sixth cavalry will bo tendered the pro motion to the forthcoming vacancy In the adjutant general's department on the 20th of this , month. There has been a Vigorous struggle for this army plum In which Cap tain John G. Bourke , of the Third cavalry , Captain J. B. Babcock , of the Fifth cavalry and Captain Lawton have been competitors. Captain Bourke has had the warm endorse ment of General Ci ook and the active work of the entire Nebraska delegation. For some weeks past it has been known that the appointment lay between him and Captain Lawton. Lawton was , however , more early on the grounds and has bad the strong sup port of tbo Indiana delegation , in wblcli state ho was a colonel of volunteers during the late war. Nebraska and town Patents. WASIIIJJOTON , August 1. [ Special Tele gram to THE BciO Patents were grant ed to the following Nebraska and Iowa Invent ors : Frank A. Bagloy , assignor to himself and T. McCulla , Cherokee , la. , feed gauge for plate printing presses ; JSdward P. Lynch , Davenport , la. , hoiso hay rake ; William G. MaoLaughlln , Omaha , assignor to Mac- Laughlln Chemical Motor and Heating company , SewarJ , Tfcb. , generating steam and heating air apparatus for chem ically heating water to produce steam and apparatus for automatically producing boat ; James Mahedy , Sperry , la , regulating dam per for cooking-stoves ; C. Nathaniel and J. Ritchie Miller , What Cheer , In. , rock drill ; Henry C. Plambeck , Davenport , la , , cigar mold ; John A. Roberts , Chmnda , la. , wlro fence machine ; Frank P. Stanley , Spencer , In , post-hole auger ; Hurvoy N. Simms , DCS Monies , la. , polo and shafts for vehicles ; Henry M. AVheth , Council Bluffs , la. , pump. Trying to Hedge. WASHINGTON , August 1. [ Special to TUB BEE.I Slnco the publication of the fact that the democrats were using the Grand Army badge with a plctui e of Cleveland In the center of the starthcio has been a great deal of com ment among the democratic leaders hero , be cause they see that the scheme is likely towork to their detriment. All sorts of plans hnvo been suggested to offset the evident opposi tion which this badcro has created In Grand Army circles , and It seems now that they have hit upon ono which is llkoly to prove successful. Within the past twentv-four hours dealers who have had.a . stock of the Grand At my badges with Cleveland's plcturo ns an adornment have boon supplied with a stockof similar badges In which a plcturo of Harrison Is used. This Is a nice little scheme to make ifappoar that the Cleveland badge was not a political trick to steal the G. A. R. thunder , but Inasmuch as It was offered for sale several weeks before the Harrison badge of similar design , It will hardly have the desired effect. A FIRST-CLASS FRIGATE. That Never Kvun Touched tlio Water. Now York Times : As the work of the now cruisorb progresses thoboHomof de struction is making a clean sweep of all that remains of the last of our wooden vessels , designed during the civil war and never launched , and a visitor at the navy yards cannot fail to notice the wonderful change that has lately passed over the frames of what was ut ono time intonilcd to bo a llrst-class steam frigate of a ton.iago slightly larger than the Chicago , und which , whoa launched , it was intended to christen the Now York. This vessel , whoso frame has for a quar ter of u century filled the largo ship- house to thu left of the main uvenue of the yard , has for the past few weeks boon growing gradually smullcr.und be fore the three months of the conti act limit expire thoi-o will bo very little of this much-diBcusscd vessel remaining. Her keel was laid during the civil war , and , unlike numerous other vessels con structed during that busy period of wood that was actually growing in the forest when the contract for building them was drawn up , the timber used in the New York is of selected BijabOned oak , us hard as iron , as thejtools used by the workmen in tearing her to pieces utTord ample testimony. Popular opinion was very much in fa vor of completing the shipoven though she was only used as a transport , n class of vessel , by the way , of which our uavy seems strangely deficient , njid ono whoso services would alfr.ys bo in de mand to keep up ttio'&upplics of our for eign sttitlr/ttsTTnd to transport men and Bmt6rTfil to and from the isthmus v/ncn occasion required , The , only strong nrguniont used ngains.t the Now York , and the one which proved sufficiently potent to decide her fate , was that this is an ago of steel shipbuilding , and the fact that this vc-ssel was to bo built en tirely of wood was quite sufficient in the eyes of the powers that bo to con- dcinn her. Had she boon completed she might h.uvo made a formidable crulfaor , with of course moro or lebs departure - parturo fiom her original design , which would have bqpyrcd for her fore-and- aft IIru and other cq Jtilly important ad vantage * BO absolutely necessary to the modern cruiser. The preparations for her completion wor'oo\oii far enpugh , advanced to include the finishing other boilers anil engines , which were nil ready to bo shipped on here and set up in the vessel , ns nt ono time the mind of the navy department was made up to complete her. tor opposite her imnto In some of the old navy registers wo find Now York under the heading of vessels of the first rate that rcquiro extensive repairs - pairs , with this romiirlc ns to her condi tion : "On the stocks to bo completed. " Tliis , however , was before much hail actually boon accomplished toward the construction of the stool vessels. When fully committed to this material , and with largo contracts entered into , whluh will eventually give us a navy of which wo can once again bo proud , the fate of the Now York was oHoctiiully sealetl and she \\tis again ordered to bo appraised , but the value placed upon her wua altogether too hlt'li to attract any bidders , and the appraisement wna reconsidered and very much reduced. Even at the low figure at which this esti mate of her value was placed nobody came forward to invest , nntl she wna sold to tlio present contractor for $10 , with which the government , after ox- uomltng u quarter of a million dollars , had to content itself. The secret of all this lies in the fact of its being a very hard and expensive job to break up BO stanch a craft and that the material recovered bus no very high market value. The vessel , ns u vcbsol , is of couivo utterly useless , and the question simply resolved itself Into one of wages to bo paid In pulling her to pieces , against whatever sum she will bring us Hrowood and junk , with a possible bid from mechanics who work in hard timber of short length pieces , such perhaps , ns wagon und wheel makers. The prospect of the demoli tion being finished within the snecillod time are from present indi cations in favor of the contractor , as the Immense frames which rose fifty feet or moro fiom the ground are visibly crumbling until now the flooring alone remains , and has the appearance of an immense sandal. The cutting away of the upper timbers , itself no easy tusk , ia simple enough when compared with the almost solid mass of floor timbers which romuin to bo disposed of , us they are bolted through and through with the idea of securing a structure strong enough to resist the shock of the mighty xvavos and to bear the heavy weights of engines und battery. It is this system of bolting that makes it bo very dilllcult to wrench the timbers apart , us the bolts pass in every direction in which the greutost&traindnro expected ; consequently quently the saws used in breaking up the frames are frequently rendered almost Ubolcss , ns they bring up against an unexpected bolt , when the slower process of wedging has to bo resorted to. As a rule the breaking up of the old vessels is very much simplified by burn ing them. They tire towed to the Huts at top high water bo ns to get thorn as far above low water mark us possible , und are then thoroughly fired in nu merous places and allowed to burn until all inflammable material has boon con sumed. The metal is then recovered at low water and sold for old junk. Jn the case of the Now York , however , this plan was obviously not feasible , as the ship was only in frame without any planking what ever , and although this state of construction adds greatly to the case of pulling her apart it renders it impossi ble to launch the vessel without going to the great expense of planking and calking or whatever else is necessary to make her fit for transportation to some convenient burning place. The im- munsoly valuable property In the imme diate neighborhood of the shipliouso , both government and private , naturally prevents any other plans being followed than the ono at present being curried out. out.Somo Some idea of the time and amount of work required may bo formed when ono considers that the vessel is about 835 long and forty-flvo foot beam a very respectable pile of kindling wood anil old junk. The bolts so fur taken from her tire mostly of iron , but those bind ing the keel und floor timbers together will bring much moro in the market , as they are copper. When it bus boon ns- cortaincd how much material there will bo to dispose of , proposals from outside parties will bo Invited , and the success ful bidders will then take charge and remove their purchases'from the ship- house , which will then bo thororghly cleaned and possibly made ready for a new battlcbhip. Lot us hope that It will bo the finest and most successful yet proposed , the prototype of others yet to come , and that slio to may bo christened the Now York. JL * IN EVERT ONfe A. CURE7 No RETURN OF PAIJ * , * AT DmntelSTS'AND DEALERS' . IKE CtfAS'AA/QGELERfJO'BALTO'MO' / Or the IJiuor Hnblt , Posltlrcly Cured bj AdinlnlstcrlnpDr. llnlnc * ' Golden Specific. Tt can be given In n cup of coffen or tea with , cnt tlie Knowledge ot tl/e / person tuklnK H : absolutely - lutoly h rmlues , and will oircct a permanent nnd Bpecuy euro , whether the patient 1s a moderato drinker or an alcoholic wcc * . UhoueanUs of druokarili hare been inadu tcmporato iiitu who have token Golden Huccldc in ttiolr coffofclth - out their knowledge nml to iliy believe they quit clrliiklnc of thulroun fret ) will. It never falls , 'lliesjatcra once linpicunatcd With tlm SpeclUc. it becomes un utter Impossibility for the llquoi appotlto to exist. Tor Bale by Kulm Se Co. 15th and Douglas BIS. , nna 18th nnd Cum. Incuts. . Omalu. Nob. ; A. 1) . Foster It IJro. . nun < ni lllutrs. Jon a. GRAND TOUR , Of United States nnd Canada. Ungar the mi * | > lcns of Aniorlcnn-IIiiropi'iin Tourl t' J.ducutlonal AMucliUlun. nn AuicuH all. ISttt , The main tratnx uC nuporb niounhitf an I dlnlnu inrs will cnroChlrnnii for n tnnrnf Hilun.Tlit' ] < ltiiriurol ; iull llullulo , Nluuara mils , Toronto. Klnuttmi. tlirouvli Ht. iJiirrenco Hirer to Montreal. Wlilto , Mmuitnlln. rnrtlmul. old Orthnril Huic.li , llostun , N vr York. riilUUulphla.mlilnKlon , Cincinnati , Indl miipolu rcturnln/ rlilciiuo. All imluti of Inlvrost visited en ronjo. 18 Days for only $ liO Inclining berth , nicnls , liot'ch , clsht-socinir , ni tBuwi'iitB , carriage ) * , ntc , J'orparticulars uadrms , C. H. A. IIKCKI'.IW , I'roslilcnt , Ainerlcan-Iluropwan TourUt'H Kdu- cational AoHocIntLcSr hoont < U ) ll.inlc of Com merce llull < USir. Rt. 1-oulB , Mo , ror'i ! < ca. berths. Instructions , etc. . npplr c Cltr Ticket Oillu ) IV At. * .St. 1 > . It. II , OamhK. ' Iteiucoiucr , only 2j ticket * will tig oKl In Omaha. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clranfe * Mid brautlfle * the bilr * I'rumota ItnutUiit trro trj. Ncvgr Fills to Reitore Grty , HtlHolU V.ufhful Color , ICuretKulpdliCMcuimT FUORCSTON COLOGNE HO > t fragrant ami tailing vtl'crtumri. tie. Picital ; m . . .I. . . . _ . . XVAFBRM are 13 upcuu/uly | Ukftl monthly b/ over 10,000 V rl * ' * 8. Arpsei.Wt < : ' nla' > < ' X' < coaaM < SJ SI jM-rb-ir hy mall.or at tlrufrclJttt. ficaltj tarfictiJar * 3 potitnge eUimpi. AJrtregj TUB kuaxiu CuzutCAb Co. , UufnoiT , MICK , lfor sale nntl by mail by Coodinu vn Co. , Onuiha , Neb. '