THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , AUGUST 0. 1888.
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Tin : first blast of tlio campaign from
the democrats will bo sounded at Port
Huron , Mich. , on the 2'Jd of August.
Thurman and his bandana will bo
thoro.
WHKN American defaulters begin to
bleed the Canadians there is some pros
pect of a treaty between the United
Stales and Canada for the extradition
of boodlors.
Mu. CMiViiLAXi ) has been signing so
rnany pension vetoes of late Ihnt he is
suffering from writers' cramp. That is
ono way to explain the long delayed
letter of acceptance.
GovnuNOK MARTIN of Kansas has
appointed thirty-two delegates to the
Denver deep-water convention. Dooo
tlio governor intend to capture Iho
ineoling and locate the Texas harbor in
Kansas/
GKNKUAL FISK , the prohibition can
didate , has sotno scathing words about
the drink that inebriates in his letter
of acceptance. 13ut he has failed to
pivo Iho seductive drug store soda a
drubbing.
IT was altogether too bad that Coun
cilman Kaspar should have ruillod the
happy mood of Councilman Iluscall by
referring to such a litllo matter as
"free gas and water" at the council
mccling.
NKHUASKA'S bounliful crop is the
mother of invention. According to the
Chicago JJemld the carpenters in Minden -
den , Kearney county , have gone into Ihe
business of making stills for the farm
ers to pick corn.
IF Mil. CLKVELAND goes on quarrel
ing wilh his trusly lieutenants like
Matson , the democratic candidate for
governor of Indiana , ho will flnd him
self deeply planted in the political
graveyard next November.
THE five dollar emigrant rate from
Now York to Chicago which goes into
effect this week , allows the overcrowded
east to send industrious men and women
into the booming west whore there is
teem for everybody with stout hearts
nnd willing hands.
THK arrival of Mr. Blaine , Thursday ,
will bo colobraled in Now York Cily by
a monslor procession. Fully -10,000 men
nro expected to be in line on the night
of hia coming. As a political demon
stration , the ovation is destined to be
ono of the grandest over tendered to an
American.
THE universal reports of good crops
nil over Iho country have infubod some
life into Wiill streel. For many a long
day the Block market has been in the
dumps. If Wall street bo the barometer
of financial confidence nnd quickening ,
it bespeaks a picking up of business all
over the country.
Oun enterprising cotomporary on
lower Douglas wants to add ton thousand
names to its daily subscription list be
fore now year's. Nothing easier than
that. Take a few thousand names out
of the city directories of all the towns
in this state and throw a few thousand
papers over the back and front yurds'in
Omaha , and you've got 'em.
WILL England bo obliged to prepare
for a war with China as well as to fortif j
India against n Russian invasion ? An
nrmy of thirteen million Chinamen ,
tinned with rifles , as the emperor boasts ,
ia somewhat different from a horde ol
barbarians armed with tom-toms and
hideous battle flags. There is a thine
or two in the now China war whlcl ;
western nations may well ponder.
TIIKUK ia to be another ticket am
another platform in the field just m
Boon as the "American party" holds it !
convention at Washington on the 14U
inst. It ia championed by n few news
papers nnd by some men of politica
prominence. Out the organization ii
destined to cut a very small figure ir
the presidential election. The pnrty'i
luost strenuous advocate , the ylmcri'crt
makes the "cardinal principles" of tin
tl.mof ) immigration con , extonslot
ot time required for natttraliz\Unir ; '
fourteen years ; third , protection of tlu
American free school system ; fourth
American land for American settlers
lastly , no public funds for sectarian pur
poses. , -
\VitNlllimton Tnrrllory.
The bill for the admission of Wash
ington territory us a state-holds tlio po
sition of unllnidhcd business on Iho Icg-
Islaliva cnlutulnr of Iho penalo , nnd is
therefore likely to bo artcd upon at tiny
time. Tin : UKH referred a few days ago
to the vigorous appeal made in the house
by Delegate Voorhccs In favor of ad
mitting Washington territory to state
hood.
Although it Is not probable that the
people of this territory will have their
desire for self-governmeiil gratified at
the proaont softiion of congress , U can
not bo without interest to note upon
what facts they base their
claim to the right to govern
themselves. The area of Wash
ington territory is about equal to all
New Engliind , mid id divided by the
Cascade mountains into eastern and
woslurn Washington. Tlio western portion
tion , whlt'h is the smaller , has a mild
and moist climate. The mercury rarely
falls much below freezing , and then
only for a few days. This portion of
the territory is heavily wooded and lias
extensive tracts of rich bottom land.
In the eastern portion the winters are
colder , yet in the boulhorn part and tlio
river bottoms of the Columbia the
farmer may plow tiny month in the year.
Tlio population of the territory is
claimed to bo Iwo hundred thousand ,
and It is doubtless very near this
number. Tlioro are about twelve hun
dred miles of railroad , and the ter
ritory is hardly surpassed in the
richuobs of its agricultural resources ,
which nro rapidly developing. It is
estimated that within the last twelve
months quite ono hundred thousand
acres of farming lands have been added
to that previously under cultivation.
Eastern Washington , long regarded
as a cold , dry and dobcrt land , is rapidly
becoming ono of the rare garden spots
of the west. It has n great variety as
well as good quality in its range of pro
ducts. Stock raising is a leading in
terest , and the best breeds of caltlo ,
horses and sheep are found there. The
mining lands abound in iron , gold , sil
ver , copper , lead and coal. With the
exception of coal the mining in
terests have not been developed
to any great extent. The coal deposits
cover an area thus far ascertained of
nearly two hundred thousand acrosaud
the product mavkotcd acording to the
latest and most trustworthy statislics
amounted to over Ihreo million tons.
The timber supply of the territory is
not surpassed on the continent , or per
haps in the world , and finds nn cxtcn-
bivo market. In climate , soil and nat
ural resources , Washington territory is
tlms seen to bo ono of tlio most highly
favored sections of this wonderful
country.
The population of Washington ter
ritory will compare moat favorably with
that of any other territory or most of
Iho stales. It iscomposodof intelligent ,
industrious and thrifty people ,
who are anxious to progress materially ,
morally and socially , and behove this
can bo done more rapidly under a state
than a territorial government. There
is a good common school system and
some institutions of learning of higher
grade , while there are not wanting
other requirements for the intellectual
improvement of the people. The attcn-
lion which Ibis territory has attracted
in the last five years is likely to bo
greatly increased in the immediate fu-
lure , and it is reasonably expected that
population will rapidly increase , and
with it necessarily industrial prosperity.
Having now the population necessary
to admittance to statehood , the people
of Washington territory are urgently
asking that this great right guaran
teed by the constitution to American
citizens bo accorded them. They nsk
congress to regard their request with
out reference toparlisan considerations ,
which should in justice have no weight.
Unfortunately , however , it is such con
siderations that are most potent at this
time , and in keeping Dakota out of state
hood bar the way for the admission of
nny other eligible territory. It it alto
gether probable , therefore , that there
will bo no legislation at the present ses
sion of congress to enable tlio people of
Washington territory to come into the
union of states , but whatever may bo
the result of this '
year's political con
test , it is reasonably to bo expected that
before the close of another year the
number of stales will bo increased lo at
least forty by the admission of Dakota
and Washington.
The Prohibition Ganillilntca.
The prcsidenlial candidates of Iho
prohibition party are oxMnombers of
the two grofit political parties , but
there is a very wide difference in the
character and circumstances of their
former party allegiance , and the way in
which Ihoy now feel respecting it.
General Fisk' was a union soldier who
made an excellent record in defense of
the government. For years thereafter
ho was identified with the republican
party and did able and oniciont service
in its cause. lie has now no hatred of
that party , and his identification with
another cause is duo to a sin
cere conviction that the moral
reform ho desires accom
plished is paramount to all other issues
affecting the public welfare and is hopeless -
loss of ullalnmoiu through either ot the
great political parties. Ho assails these
parties only wilh reference lo what he
conceives lo bo Ihcir weakness with re
spect lo the issue he represents.
The vice presidential candidate , Dr.
Brooks , lived in the south at the time
of the rebellion and acknowledges Unit
he was ardently in sympathy with the
confederate cause and prayed for ils
success. It goes without saying that he
was n democrat until he became identi
i fied with the prohibition party. Ilia
motive for transferring his parly alle
giance * may have boon n sincere
desire to advance the cause of prohibi
tion , but it appears that ho is still im
bued with all the bitter hatred ot the
republican party that possessed him
when ho was battling against the union
under the confederate Hug. Atn speech
delivered some ten days ago ut Decalur ,
Illinois , Dr. Brooks declared that he
hacl Won a LWOOrftt tllld , U > IJ"'l God
ho had not to answer for inC si a "Of ovot
having been a republican.
No ono will question tlmt the prohibi
tion' candidate fin' vice president hail
the"rjghl to bo. a democrat , or that
It is 'his nrlvllpgo now to tool
proud of that. fact. But how far
lie may go in boactlng ot his former
party allogititico and casting roprotvoh
upon the party that preserved the gov
ernment , and retain any claim to the
respect and support of former repub
licans now acting with the prohibi
tionists , is a question which till such re
publicans may very properly address to
themselves. The language of Dr.
Brooks , uttered with the earnestness of
strong feeling , was an insult lo General
Fisk and to every prohibitionist who
has been a republican. Tlioro was noth
ing in the occasion lo give it warrant ,
no circumstance to justify or palliate it.
It wtis a wholly grattilliotts reproach ,
born of tlio spirit ot haired and vlndlc-
tivcncss. 11 is evident the prohibition
ists made a serious mistake in tholr
fiolccllon ot a candidate for vice presi
dent.
Tlio County Hospital.
The construction of the county hos
pital is said lobe dofeclivo in many Im
portant particulars. Tlio trouble is not
with the plans , but of the failure of the
contractors lo carry out the specifica
tions which require the best materials
and skilled mechanical work. Tlio
blame is not wholly on the contractors ,
however. It is the common experience
of nil cities that contractors on public
buildings will slight their work unless
they are rigidly held lo the specifica
tions by a vigilant , competent and un-
purohasable building Inspector. This
inspector or superintendent should in
all cases bo at Iho building from the
lime Iho work begins in Iho morn
ing until the whistle blows for
hem to quit in the oven ing. An
jccusionnl visit for fifteen or twenty
minutes , or even an hour or two , is a
: nero farce. No sooner is the suporin-
.ondont'u . back turned than the con-
ruetors will tnko ndvantage of his ab-
icnco , use inferior materials and try to
: ; ot Iho most work out of their me
chanics in the shortest time , no matter
now poor the job may bo.
This is the true inwardness ot the do-
'ects nt the county hospital. Mr. Shane ,
the Inspector , has been unable to devote
nuch time to inspection. His visits
.yore . only at intervals , like these
of Iho doctors that will bo in
attendance upon hospital pationls.
Mr , Shane has contracts of his own
o carry on , and cannot therefore devote
nuch time to the county building. Ho
very properly declines to servo any
'urthor , and Iho correct and business
iko thing for the commissioners to do
s to find a trustworthy and competent
superintendent without delay and hire
lim to remain at Iho hospital building
until it is completed.
IT IS remarked as somewhat singular
that the president should retain Mr.
Idgcrton as ono ot the civil service
commissioners. Edgerton has never
manifcslod nny sympathy with the other
democratic member of the commission ,
who professes Iho most ardent devotion
to reform , or indeed with the preten
sions of the president in the same lino.
It seems lo us Iho mailer can bo nalur-
ally explained. Mr. Cleveland knows
lhat of Iho two democratic members of
Iho civil service commission Edgorlon
s Iho more honest and betler represents
the general sentiment of the party ,
and ho is necessary as a sort of
safety valvo. Oberly was an ideal
spoils hunter before ho became
a reformer at a generous salary and
traveling expenses , and like all con
verts ho is now a fanalic. The repub
lican member cuts a very small figure.
Edgorton is the foil to Oborly , and un
doubtedly has a much closer under
standing with the president than Iho
laltor. At any ralo there is good reason
to believe that the president has found
it to bo wise policy to keep Edgorton on
the commission , and undoubtedly ho will
remain in the position as long as it is
the privilege of Mr. Cleveland to retain
him there.
A3 WAS to have boon expected , the
"squaw" men are found to bo in a largo
measure responsible for the attitude of
the Sioux toward the treaty for opening
their reservation. Thcso while rene
gades and desperadoes have n much
greater influence with tho-Indians than
is generally supposed , and their pres
ence in the tribes has boon the cause of
perhaps moro than half the crimes and
outrages that have been committed.
They constitulo a wholly bad element ,
which , if it is not possible to eliminate ,
should bo deprived of much of ils power
for mischief. This would bo largely ac
complished by Iho bill now in
Iho hands of the president
to prevent white men who
marry Indian women from thereby
securing anyvighls or Interest in Iribal
properly. Wilh such a law in force
very few while men would seek IiiuS" !
wives , and Iho few who did , having no
property rights , would bo without in-
lluencc. Legislation of this kind twenty
years ago would have prevented a vast
amount of outrage that has cost the na
tion many millions of treasure nnd ami-
plied to Indian history some of its
darkest pages.
WHEAT has gone up. English ad
vices show thai Iho demand is nclivo
and holders oiler freely. This will bring
joy to the American farmer. Owing to
the shortage in the wheat crop in Great
Britain and Franco , estimated at over
75,000,000 bushels , the advance in price
for American wheat is almost certain.
Belli America nnd Russia will bo called
upon to make up Iho deficiency ot wosl-
ern Europe. India cannot bo depended
upon for a supply , as the crop there has
been smaller than the average for the
past few years. Russian wheat has excited -
cited the prejudice of English buyers
on account of its unclennlinoss , so it
appears that the bulk of Great Britain's
fcunply will bo drawn from the United
States. .
THE council has voted Fanning &
Slavcn twenty-one hundred and twenty-
eight dollars and sixteen cents for clean
ing nnd swooping Iho streets during a
period of llvo weeks. Four hundred
nnd twenty-five dollars n week for street
cleaning Is a nice llttlo bill for the tnx-
, , * "or8 of Omaha to foot. But It la a
very /at / job To ? > ° contractors , who
probably have cleaned tip tlZ'J ' tno
Iwonty-ono U-udri-d dull , rs In ptiro
dust , nftor p.iylng elf tin B' ' reel-swoop ;
ing gang , with Ihoir t
Tin : national txccullvG committee ot
the democratic fjurty hiw already slartcd
the ball rolling by Bonding oul IOIIH ot
congiTssioiiuf-i'ooords containing larllt
speeches which , nobody reads , Tlio
campaign orafii has also buen started
on tlio road wlUt n clean suit of clothes.
a democratic plug hat and a rod bun-
dann. Ills an 111 wind that does not
bit w s "tnebody " jgood. Democrats who
make hay whllo the Brlce-Scott sun
shines nro very"sensible. .
Tun iilco plum which the freight
agents had prepared for Kansas City by
allowing shippers to send grain to Chicago
cage nt Ihrough rales with stop over
privileges en route has boon picked be
fore it was ripo. Some of the roads refuse -
fuse lo make any such terms , and Iho
city on the Knw will have to worry
along on Iho old schedule rales.
Why tt'i Drlnyril.
Tlio delay In tlio appearance of Mr. Clove-
land's letter of acceptance justifies the suspi
cion tlmt It tins been submitted to some of
his lending supporters In Ehglnml for criti
cism and revision bsforo being published in
tills country.
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Tlie Stnr-lOyiMl Guiltless Hot.
Kan * ! * City Jmirnal.
"Which Way I fly is Hell , " was tlio tltlo
of a bitter editorial written by Mr. Henry
Wattcr.son ono day last week. Wo know
that Louisville was n hot dty , and tlmt it ,
was bolter than usuul last week , but surely
Mr. Wattorson's description of the tempera
ture must Imvo been overdrawn.
In His
jVcii1 Y > 1 : ll'inW.
Holva LocUwood is In great demand. Slio
lias been asked to run as tbo presidential
candidate of a new party to bo composed of
; > roliibitionists , greoubiiekor.s , reformers ,
woman suffragists , etc. Tlio anti-bnstlo cn-
tbnstasts fan-
hot-water-euro-for-ilyspepsia -
antics base ball
, doublo-umpire-system-for
advocates and the Salvation army are seri
ously considering tbo question of Joining in
the Lockwood movement. Uelva Ann seems
certain of pulling a great vote.
Civil Service lUfoi-iii.
A'cio 1'iirfc TrlJntne.
1'iznx I3usn , Dakota.
Mv door Groover : Your letter putting mn
onto as bow I had ben nppinted P. M. beer
was bret to mo last nito by Jim Hanncr. Ho
happened to bo goin' past the ofllco and thot
ho'd ask fcr mo Jos for a joke and I'll bo
durned If ho didn't git your letter. I'm ' sorry
to dissaplnt you , Mr. Cleveland , but I don't
believe I hero for the ofllco. The blamed
tiling don't pay mqro'n dollers a yo.ir , and
I couldn't 'ford to give up my soloon for that.
I make six thousand out of tbo soloon.
Whiskey two bits , baor 15 cents. Other
drinks in proporshun , or moro so. I did
think at fust that I wood move ono pool table
a llttlo and put the olllco in the corner by tbo
north end of the bap , but I low it will pay bet
ter to put in another table and deal Spanish
inonto on it. I have faro and hazard and
wheul and keno and stud poker now , but they
say there is piles of money in Spanish monto.
Least , I reckon there will bo inoro'n In your
old postofllee. IJettar give it to Huok Boble-
tor bo jest hasaMeloon but no sporting lay
out and could giit the attention it deserves.
Uuck shot a m.in'liftt month but the JedgJ
you sent out cleared him in bout u minit. He
is a thumlcrin' go"bl ! jcdgo for this country.
Ho dropped 200 dollars on my south faro table
last night and never kicked a kick. Send
out some moro of that kind.
Yours till dctb ,
NIC DUUGIN.
Thiiriiian's
New Yorlt Tribune.
"Know yo tlmt never took a pinch ,
Knows lie the pleasure thence that flows
Knows he the titillating Joy
That my nose knows )
Nose , I am as proud of theo
As any mountain of its snows ;
I gaze on thco and feel the joy
A Roman knows 1"
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PHOMINISNT PERSONS.
Jay Gould has gone to Saratoga.
They say thatMr.Edison is worth $0,000,000.
Wayne MacVcagU and family are at Bar
Harbor for the summer.
Hobort J. Burdctic has been taking a ram
ble through the Kocky Mountains.
Herbert Spencer is working on his auto
biography , but his poor health prevents his
making much progress.
Dr. Edward Everett Hnlo is practically the
bead of the ( Jhautaucjua assembly at Weirs ,
N. H. , and is lecturing there daily.
Theodore Tilton is often seen nowadays on
the Champs Elysecs , Pans. Ho much resembles
sembles Floquet , the prime minister of
Franco.
Ex- Governor Alger , of Michigan , is visit
ing thu Cincinnati exposition , Ho loaned his
tine collection of paintings to the exposition
art gallery.
Dr. Uobort Morris , who recently died at
La Grnngo , Ivy. , was ono of the only two
pocls laureate the Freemasons have ovoi
had. Uobort LJurns was the first.
Jesse D. Cnrr , the rich ranchman of Fresno
county , Cal. , has been ordered by a govern
ment agent to remove a stone fence which ho
lias built around 40,000 acres of government
land.
land.Thoro
There is an unfounded rumor afloat in
England to the cffeet that William B. Glad
stone will enter the house of lords as the
Earl of Flint. It is bettor to bo the llrst
commoner In England than ono of n useless
body of lords.
General Houlnncor , on n pension of jl.fJIK
n vear , pays f'3,400 a year rent and spends
* JO ( XX ) ft J'cur on himself nnd nn eqna
amount on the e fcxblishmont of bis wife and
two daughters at VeraaillSB , French papers
intimate that nn American n3iic"alro ! ! sup
plies the difference between income aiiu
outgo.
Ella Wheeler WHc ° x wears n white bath
ing suit trimmed with blue braid , and varies
the monotony of a black-hosed majority by
wearing pink stockings. She Is said to look
about sixteen in this short-sleeved , short-
skirted atlire. Shluilways attracts much at
tention us she "walks' the plank , " but avoids
the publicity , courlo.l by nianyof promenad
ing the beach In bathing costume.
Dr. William Evero'tt , son of the famous
orator , is possessed of a phenomenal mem
ory. Ho Is master of Adams academy , nt
Quincy , Mass. , and never uses a text-book in
the class room. Virgils " Enoid" and Her
ace's "Odes and Ejwijos" ho knows by heart.
On account of hid I rpumrkablo vnico , which
combines In u startling manner the qualities
of bass nnd falsetto , ho is irreverently re
ferral to ns"Plgey''Evorott ' among the boys.
Edwin Booth's only daughter , Mrs. Gross
man , U petite , with palo sweet faeo and
childlike manners. , , $ ho is wholly domestic ,
absorbed In her husband , children , and
father. Mr. Grossman is a Hungarian , nnd
speaks with a strong foreign accent. Ho has
dark eyes and prematurely gray hair , and is
tenderly lovor-liko In his manner to his wlfo
always. The oldest child , Mildred , not yet
three , has the Booth eyes nnd a tragic face
even in her babyhood. The baby , seventeen
mouths old , bids fair to astonish the world
and the tragic Booth family by becoming a
comedian. Ho astonishes his grandfather
even now by his remnrKablo feats of
mimicry.
Hacking for Orny's Patent.
HICIIMONP , Va. , August S. The Gray Na
tional Telautograph company has been char
tered , with a capital stock not to exceed
$115,000,000. Thu principal office will bo lo
cated in Itlchinond. The company will engage -
gage In a general telegraph and telephone
business Under the system invented by Prof ,
Gray.
\YAS \ HASTINGS A DESERTER ?
A Quo6r Incldonb In the Llfo of a
Nebraska Editor.
HIS MILITARY RECORD CLOUDED.
Hi ; Hnrved Oillantly Tlu-oiujhnnt tlio
\ ViuHut. . Is .Miulo ( i ) Sull'ttr
for an Unintentional
Wronjj.
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\V.\sutXfiTON' , August 8. [ Special to TUB
UKI : | Some very strange incidents nro un
earthed in the records of the war department
occasionally. An Instance comes from Neb
raska , and involves n well-known editor In
that stato. Two yo.iw 1150 , Lon-n W. Hast
ings wrote to Washington for his military re
cord , believing It to be without blemish , and
was staggered at discovering that ho was on
the rolls as a deserter. The eiicumstiinccs
under which Mr. Hastings was scored as u
deserter are interesting.
Ho onlisieil in company G , Sixth Iowa Vol
unteer Infantry , at Iowa City , March 23 ,
1SO'2. After about two months servieo In the
Infantry arm of the army , hobjcamudisiatls-
llcd and wanted to enter tlio navy. A trans
fer was refused him , and when his company
reached Pittsbnrg Landing , Tenn. , ho
abruptly loft it , and Immoil ! itoly out < roJ tlio
service of the navy , going on board the
United Stato-i ship , Cairo , then lying at
Mound City , 111 , llocnrolicdhis iininonsono
of tlio ere w.ho immediately entered lutouctivo
service. Hepicferrecl serving in the navy
because ho had a number of years before
boon a seaman before the mast , and certainly
ho was enabled to be of greater advantage to
his country in the branch ho was familiar
with , and which ho preferred to servo in
rather than the place distasteful and strange
to him. Ho never dreamed that his leaving
ono branch of the service and Immediatoy
entering into another would bu recorded
agaliiht him , and naturally presumed , during
all these years of peace , that the record of
the department showed that ho had contin
ued in the service of the union. It was well
known in the company ho left that bo hud
entered the navy , and ho presumed that his
captain would sco that his name was prop
erly transferred , since ho had made formal
application for it.
Last February Senator Paddock applied to
the war department requesting to know
whether Mr. Hastings' record could not bo
corrected under the statute of Mav , ISMi , but
the department held that immediate enlist
ment in the navy was not covered by the
law , which applied only to ro enlistment in
the army. A bill was introduced in the sen
ate to correct the record , so as to make it ap
pear that instead of being u deserter ho had
simply absented himself without leave from
his company commander ; that ho had im
mediately entered tbo navy , served honora
bly , nnd was discharged from that service
making his army record a matter with the
navy instead of the war department.
Senator Cockrell has .submitted a report
favorable on thu bill from the committee on
military affairs , nnd in his statement tbo sen
ator says :
"find the petitioner joined some other
regiment or company in tbo army , instead of
enlisting in the navy , tlio charge of deser
tion would bo removable by thu war depart
ment under the act approved May IT , 18M ) .
It is perfectly manifest tlmt the prisoner did
not , intend to desert the service of the United
States , in the prosecution of the war for the
maintenance ot the union. In other woids
ho did not absent himself without leave with
the intention , thu animus , of not returning ,
but with the express purpose and intention
of Joining another branch of the service , for
the samu purpose , and which was cooperating
ing with the inilatary arm in the prosecution
of the war. Ami the telegram of the adju-
tnntgcnoral to General Hnlleck , December 17 ,
Istll , and general orders No. 'J7 , issued by
General lialleek , January 31 , 1SW ( , clearly
show that the rumors which reached the
petitioners in regard to the difficulty to pro
cure men to man the western flotilla , and or
ders for the transior of soldiers to such
service were correct. If the petitioner had
made a formal application in writing , or if
his captain had forwarded his name to his
commanding officer to bo transferred , the
transfer would doubtless Imvo been mado.
The charge , thcrUjforo , of desertion is not a
true ono , and should not remain upon the
records. "
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Another special consular bulletin has just
been Issued from the department of state on
tlio subject of thpcostof manufactured arti
cles In England in comparison with these in
the United States , the object being to submit
an oflicial argument in favor of a reduction
of the duties on imported English goods into
the United States. This report is confined
to the ingrain carpet industry and comes
from the American consul at Tunstall ,
England.
In Iho first paragraph of the report it is
shown that in America the price paid opera
tives for weaving with our improved ma
chinery , which enables each person to weave
an average of ono hundred and eighty yards
a week , is 5'f cents a yard , bringing up the
avorugo earnings for the operative to 19.45.
In England the Ingrain carpet is woven by
hand looms , for the reason , the consul says ,
that "hand loom weaving offers to the manu
facturer the great advantage that ho need
not sink tbo greater part of his capital into
fixed charges of costly machinery , " the price
of labor being so cheap that Improved ma
chinery is not nn inducement to English man
ufacturers. Owing to the fact that hand
looms are used in England the manufacturer
can deliver the carpet ut a cost of 10 cents a
yard , which includes the warping , weaving ,
dyeing and finishing and everything else con
nected with the manufacture. Including
the expense outside of the weaving nlono
about the same price Is paid for the weaving
in England that is paid in the United States ;
but whllo an American weaver turns out ISO
yards a week , the English weaver , with the
best hand looms , turns out but 1-0 yards in
two weeks , which is only about ono third us
much as Is done by the operator in America ,
and the English operator is paid * ' ) a week.
The highest wages paid for power-loom
weaving in England is a pence , or 4 cents ,
nnd tbo average wages paid is a llttlo below
$0 a week in the English carpet factories.
Advices have reached the state department
from Japan , Sweden and Italy of increased
duties on imparts. Those reports show that
nine-tenths of the European , Continental ,
Oriental nnd Occidental countries havu in
creased their import duties during the
last two years , and that moro tnan half of
them levy duties ranging from 10 to r > 0 pol
ecat nbovo tboso imposed by the laws of
the United States. This fact is being
paliitS out by the tariff protection republi
cans in congress r.S an argument going to
show that "thero siiOUlJ ! " > t J > ° decrease in
the duties on manufactured articles at this
time.
*
An old republican member of tbo house
from ono of the principal silver states , iravo
mo briolly to-day a history of the bill which
created tbo "dollar of our daddies , " known
as the "Hland dollar , " or thu "bu7Z.ud del
lar. " For several years Mr , liliuid , who
comes from Missouri , has been claiming
prestige and leadership in the house on the
reputation ho earned with this bill , and after
all it duvolopes that no more credit is duo
him than Is duo the man in the moon , because -
cause bo never wrote a line of the measure
and never offered tbo smallest suggestion to
It. The member referred to gave mo the
history of this bill , which is now a law , in
words like these :
"Tho bill was introduced by General N. P.
Hanks , then a member from Massachusetts ,
elected by the independents. When the bill
was introduced by Hanks It was thought to
be so much of a Joku that it wasn't dignified
by its reference to the customary committee
on banking and currency , or oven to the com
mittee on coinage , weights and muasnres ,
but was referred to the conunitto on mines
and mining. Hland was chairman of this
committee , having obtained tbo puxlUon
because , some year * previously , ho
had lived in Virginia City for n
while , and was supposed to know something
about mines and mining , The committee ,
having very few bills before It , took this bill
up simply to make a record for the com
mittee , nnd Hland , as chairman , was In
structed to report It favorably to thu houso.
U was passed by the bousu nnd wunt to the
senate , where it received some salutary
amendments by Senator AllUon , after which
It passed the senate and became a law. In
tbo.consultatlon In the committee on : IIIICH |
and mining on the bill every member frankly
admitted his ignorance of luu subject , uo inuu
moro frankly llmrt Hland , nnd 11 Booms
ntrango tlmt such n circumstance should
have brought fame to n man who had nctu-
ully nothing to do With the matter except the
prufunctory. duty of reporting it from his
I'ntnmlttpn "
The smokers of tobacco who Imvo ever
Insttul the flavor of the wood from Eeypt
h ivo wondered what gave it that peculiar
flavor a Uiml of sinokey euro which par
takes of ago and oil. John Cartlwcll , the
United States consul at Cairo , has written n
letter to Ihu department of state which con
tains < omo information on the subject of
Egyptian tobacco. That country , for
many years , has mndo a dcsperato cffoit
to Improve thu cultivation of her tobacco
crops and bus levied a tax against the im
ported nrticlo which almost amounts to nn
inhibition , except to the specific dealers who
have an arrangement with the government ,
't'his has had a tendency of developing tbu
tobacco Industry In Egypt. In the course of
Ins rcmiuks on thu subject Mr. Gardwcll
says :
"Tho English , Mediterranean and Ficncb
cigars sold in Egypt are , it is said , largely
composed of American tobacco , but thu main
demand for foreign tobaccos is for the man
ufacture of cigarettes , which are not only
largely consumed in Egypt , bu.t are ex-
porti-j to nil parts of the world , Egyptian ,
tob.ii fo has been consumed almost al
together by thu common natives for sinon-
ing. It bus been the cheapest tobacco in
market , tlio Grecian coming next. The last
uained is prepared In Imitation of Turkish
tobacco , nnd is packed in packs like it. It is
said some Turkish is mixed with it to give
it the more popular flavor , yet its use is in-
dunantly disc'almed ' by the makers of high
class clinirettes.
Turkish tobaccos , including Syrian , Imvo
n wi'lo ' rail go In quality ami prices. They
aru almost altogether light. Some of them ,
however , are dark , being made so by smok
ing In the curing process. The packing of
all tobaccos sold heie is in sacks , each pack
age weighing from 1-5 to IT , " ) pounds. Much
of the tobacco is covered by an internal
casing of cheap skins or by paper prepared
for the purpose.
"I have consulted with many tobacco mer
chants and cigarette innnulacturers regard
ing the Importation of American tobacco.
The invariable answer Is that they ca'i make
no promises as to ils use unless supplied with
reliable samples. 1 was shown some samples
received a few days ago from tlio United
States , and they were nil pronounced too
coarse , nml decidedly too strong. I am satis
fied the light , mild leaves of North Carolina ,
and similar products of other states , could
bo prepared to meet the Egyptian demand. "
STATR AND TKtllllTORY.
Nolra ku .Jot t Inns.
The Hall county normal institute has been
the most successful ono over held in central
Nebraska.
Hod Cloud is to have another dailv paper ,
republican in politics , to be managed by M.
A. Mel/gcr , now of Beatrice.
A turkey at J. Sterling Morton's Arbor
Ledge ha * adopted an almost full grown
quail , nnd the littlu bird rests every night
under the shadow of Its protector's wings.
Beatrice may come to bo known as tlio city
of sweet scents. There is talk of starting up
n perfumery factory in the near future.
A young lady living near Minden has made
herself n dress from flour sacks. It is said
the dress presents n very unique an 1 pictur
esque appearance , with "Straight Grade" in
front and "Early Hisos" behind.
A business firm In Grand Island received
the other day a shipment of goods upon
which the freight charges from Batesvillo ,
Ind. , to Kock Island , 111. , about six hundred
miles , amounted to ) ? ' , ' .2 ! > , while the charge
from Hock Island to Grand Island , a dis
tance not so great bv 150 miles , was S10.30 ,
or considerably more than four times as
much for one-fourth less distance. And the
Independent wants to know if it is any won
der that firm said Not when uppioachcu to
sign a petition staling satisfaction with pres
ent rates !
'J ho Long Pine Chautauqua was the first in
the west to establish a school of pedagogy ,
having supported one in the session just
closed. It was n success , and plans are ma
turing which will make it u far greater suc
cess next yrar. At a meeting of teachers
held on the grounds this year nn executive
committee was appointed to raise funds and
build a hall of pedagogy and science. The
committee was given full authority to secure
the lease of ground from tlio trustees of the
assembly , appoint all necessary auxiliary
committees and erect the building. This
committee has appointed committees in every
county , consisting of the county superintend
ent , as chairman , and the principals of thu
graded schools and presidents of colleges
and other institutions of high irrnda in the
county , to make a thorough canvass of their
respective counties and forward the funds to
the chairman of the executive committee ,
President E. A. Whitwam , of the North Ne
braska Normal college , Madison , Nub. , who
will return proper vouchers.
Iowa.
DCS Moincs real estate men complain of
dull business.
If Dubuque can raise $000 moro she will
secure the Lutheran college.
A man named Mike Kelly was crushed to
death under the cars nt Burlington Tues
day.
day.A
A Burlington mechanic walked Into an ele
vator shaft Tuesday and had both arms
broken by the fall.
The "Q" shops at VVest Burlington have
almost completed six new baggage oars to bo
used on the "Ell" train.
The July report for the boy's reform
school at Eldora shows the aver.igo number
of inmates to bo 357 , and the Mitchcllvlllo
school for girls has 114 inmatos.
The July report for Anamosa penitentiary
shows the overage number of convicts for
that month to be " 54 ; monthly expenses for
convicts , $ -,540 ; for olliccrs and guards ,
? 23'2 ! < .l.27 ; for improvements nnd repairs ,
Governor Larrabco has appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen as delegates lo tlio deep
water convention to bo held at Denver August
23 : A. P. Chamberlain , Polk county ; K. H.
Spencer , Kossuth county ; N. C. Blanchard ,
Palo Alto county.
Thu following are the dates and places for
the regimental encampments of the I. N. G. :
First , September 10 , at Cedar Kuplds ; second
end , August 20 , at Burlington ; third , August
II ) , iitGrinncll ; fourth , August S3 , at Olo-
wcin ; fifth , August 20 , at Villisca ; sixth ,
August 23 , ut Mason City.
The Clinton Herald tells of a young man
in that city who is serving on the police force
while ho U educating himself to become a
Methodist minister. In the absence of the
pastor thu policeman conducted the services
last Sunday morning. O. W. Weeks IH his
name. Thu Herald relates how once ho secured -
cured a position as city editor on a daily
newspaper , "but his associations not being
congenial he severed his connection with
the press. "
L
The Coast anil Northwest.
Bweinan Is figuring on erecting a § 100,000
hotel.
Girls are not allowed to servo beer In sa
loons at Los Angeles.
Nevada lia * four Indian reserves embrac
ing S'JOjwi'S J < * 3. uml containing 0,800 In-
itians. ,
Huttc City has voted fsO.O i > J 19 rrr ' " "
nlclpnl Improvements. For sewers T % . ' , " "
for street grades $15,000 and for improving
city hall tlOooo.
Prof. Lorn.v , the tight rope wnlkor , Is to
walk across tlio Missouri river at Bcnton on
tlio 1st of September , using a Htccl cable
stretched from towers twenty-live feet hluh.
While Woods , fho colored wife murderer ,
now In Jail at Bhichfoot , Idaho , was being
taken from the Jail at Butte to the cars for
return to Ulackfoot , a dalegiitlon of col
ored Masons , of which Woods is a member ,
called on and shook haiuin with him.
A locating party , headed by Engineer Hun
dock , Is reported to bo at work surveying the
Billings , Clark's ForlMs Cooke City railroad
from Billings 10 the coal fluids. It Is thouuht
by the citizens of Billings that the road will
bo completed to the cnul Hold * In about two
months.
The Blackfoot and Challls tago robbers
who were arrested at Dillon some weahsngo
nnd taken to Chnllls "squealed" aftergnttlng
to Jail mid gave up the stolen bullion , The
brick valued at nearly 12,000 , was found
where they hldit nnd was brought down last
Friday imd shipped to Salt Lake City.
Itnlen Ktnliujed.
ST. PAUL , August 8. Every line leading
cast from this city was represented nt the
inci'tlug held hero for Iho purpose of reduc
ing freight rates. A proposition was mlnptcd
to make rules via Lake Superior niul Lake
Michigan ports equal , the representatives of
all the roudt agreeing except Vlco Picsldont
Fiiljer , o' the St. Paul & Uuluta.
HE WANTS TO BE A SENATOR
And the Railroad Influonbo la Bnclc-
Him.
FIGHTING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST ,
lllui ) Hill KiirnlHlicH a Stronj ; Man
'
With a Clean Itcuoril Wlillo tlio
It. t\i M. linn a Ciiiulliliuo of
Another Stripe.
Will tlio I'oonlo Win ?
lli : CI.OUD , Neb. , August 8. [ Special to
Tun UKI : . ] The political situation Is warm
ing a llttlo In this locality. Drum corps ,
flambeau clubs and all other necessary ad
juncts , and a lively political campaign Is
being organized for the fray. Local politics
cxoito but little Interest except In the contest
for senatorial honors. Colonel Hoover , of
Blue Hill , is the people's candidate for these
honors , lie stands well with all classes.
His reputation mid character as a business
man are beyond reproach. In fact , ho Is ono
of the pioneers who came to this country
when the wisest could but give that doubtful
shako ot the head and say : "I don't know
what the outcome will bo. " Ho has lived
and labored side by side with the rest of the
tried and true , until to-day ho Is enjoying the
honors and fruits of n well-planned life. Ho
took about four years of the shot and shell
method of baptism along about the years
from ISlll to 1SC.5. This gives the people Im
plicit faith in his republicanism. Ho Is nn
able , conscientious aud upright man , and will
bo a credit to the Twenty-first senatorial dis
trict of Nebraska.
The B. & M. railroads , however , have an
other candidate in the Held and in their man
ipulations at this point they are leaving no
stones unturned in their eltorts to palm him
off on an unsuspecting public. Ihelr candi
date , A. J. Kcnnoy by name , came before
the public posing us anything and every
thing for the sake of obtaining tlio nomina
tion. In the prohibition camp ho is loud In
his proclamations against the rum trnftlc.
Down where the boys "take a nip for the
stomach's sake" a tap on the shoulder , u
wise nod of the head backed by "I under
stand the situation , " Is intended to catch
that crowd. As an illustration of his de
ception , a few months ago ho startled the
members of Garlled Post No. 80 by assorting
that he at one time enlisted in Iowa and was
ready to go to the front , but the nutvs of the
surrender of Leo at Appomattox reached
there before his command received marching
orders. A letter written to the adjutant
general of the state of Iowa inquiring if Mr.
Kennoy's name appears among the volun
teers of that state brings back the news that
it does not ; that they know of no such character -
actor and that his "namo is not written
thero. "
Such pretensions are loathsome and disrep
utable , and a business man would not at
tempt to use them whllothc vendor of shoddy
goous knows the use of no other. Mr. ICeu-
ney's record in the house as float from this
district two years ago shows him to bo u
weak man , noted morn for his inferiority
than anything else. While his claims to sol
dier honors cannot be substantiated , there
was a society in Iowa known as the "Knights
of the Golden Circle , " to which Mr , Kenney
would have but little dilllculty in piovlng
membership. In fact other members of the
same society claim him as a member and
brother. His early tr lining , his democratic
proclivities during the war and his willing
disposition to bo "anything , Lord , for tlio
sake of position , " renders him unlit as a
people's candidate. Mr. Kenney is an un
tiring oftleo-sceker and never permits a cam
paign to go by without asking for something.
Ho believes in the strength and power of corK -
) K > rutions and relics upon them to carry him
through. At this point Ed Highland , the
roadmaster on the B. it M. . is , to all appear
ances , devoting his entire time and attention
to Mr. Kennoy's canvass.
This Is the most open and flagrant case of
railroad dictatorship that has appeared In the
political field in this valley. They seem to
need Mr. Kenney for some purpose and are
determined to have him at all hazards ,
Drink Malta.
Tlio Omaha I'imtnnicc mil.
Tlio bill providing for the purchase of
a silo u nil the erection of a postollleo
buildinj : in Omaha , us now buforo a
conference committee of the two houses
of congress , ia us follows :
An not to provide for the purchase of
a silo iind tlio erection of a public build
ing thereon , at Omaha , Nebraska.
13u it cnnuled by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America in congress apHOtnbled ,
That the secretary of the treasury bo ,
ana ho is horobynuthorizoil and directed
to purchase or acquire by condemna
tion proceedings , in accordance with
tlio laws of Nebraska , a suitable lot of
land in the city of Omaha , in the county
of Douclas. and state of Nebraska , to
bo used for the construction thereon of
a building suitable for Ijio accommoda
tion of the poslolllcu , the courts
of the United States , and other
government olllcos in said city ,
at a cost which shall not exceed -
coed for said silo tlio sum ofjOO,000 :
Provided , that the siteahull leave the
building , when constructed , unexposed
to danger from fire in adjacent build
ings by nn open space of not less than
forty feet , including streota and alloys ;
and no moneys appropriated for this
purpose- shall bo available until a valid
title to the site for said building shall
bo vested in the United States , nor un
til the state of Nebraska shall have
ceded to the United States excluslvo
jurisdiction over tlio sumo during the
time the United States shall bo or re
main the owner thereof , for all pur
poses except the aduiinistaation of the
criminal laws of said state and the service -
vice of civil process therein.
That the sum of500,000 , or so much
thereof us shall bo necessary , is hereby
appropriated for the purpose of the pur
chase of said site , out of any moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropri
ated. _ _ >
When you need a friend , select a true
one. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonio is
the boat friend mankind lias for all dis
eases of the stomachliver and kidneys.
The best blood purillor and tonic known.
60o. For sale by O. F. Goodman.
North I.OIIII'H All vantages.
NOIITII Lour , Nob. , August ! . [ Cor
respondence of Tun JJKU. ] North Loup
is a beautiful town of 800 inhabitants ,
"limited in the North Loup valley , with
tlio widely . "ow" M and Davis crook
' ' North
. 'Jl'dors.
valleys as ils direct
Loup does not boast of mushroom Soui ,
with every branch of business overdone ,
but claims to bo Ihc source of supplies
for ono of Nebraska's finest agricultural
belts , which alone guarantees a bright
future for Valley county's young city
North Loun and the surrounding coun
try Is peopled by iilhrUty chins of Amer
icans. From a business standpoint
North Loup holds the fort , as tlio largo
country tributary naturally looks to
North 'Loup for its supplioo. Her busi
ness men are enjoying n good trade in
all branches , but there is still an excel
lent opportunity for a llrst cliiss bank ,
a llvn general merchandise store and a
lumber yard.
A number of substantial improve
ments , are contemplated by the cltl/.r-ns ,
among which is n brick block with an
opera house in the second story , by
Smith ] 3ros. ; an implement factory for
tlio manufacture of plows , harrows , hay
rakes , etc. , by S. Spothman , and an oat
meal factory , by a stock company.
Prospects for a bountiful harvest were
novur better in thu Loup vnlloy , which
means continued prosperity for North
Loup.