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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
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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
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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.
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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
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* AT DmntelSTS'AND DEALERS' .
IKE CtfAS'AA/QGELERfJO'BALTO'MO' /
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Specific.
Tt can be given In n cup of coffen or tea with ,
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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. .
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