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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; .TUESDAY ; AUGUST 14 , 188a DAILY BEE. PUKLI8HKD T3VEIIY MORNING * TKIIMS OF BUuscnipnoN. DmlrfMomlmi IMltlon ) Including BU.NDAV J.HF.K. Ono Your . . . . . . . tlO 00 ForHixMonth4..iM . fi 00 ror Three Moulin . 't W CTiiFO\CAtfA8tr ! i > AY IUn : , mailed to nny Uno Vinr . , . . . . . . 200 . YonKUrFicr. , noons II ANII 13 TIUIIU.NK JIUII.DISO. WAMIIMITON UFI1CC , NO. OU HllttET. . . All communications rclatlnKto news ixnu edi torial mutter should bo addressed tothol.uiiou Of TUB Uui : . linsiNKSB MVTTHIIS. All Intslnrm letters and remlttiiiicot should bo nadrsssedtoTin : HhK rfiiMiiiiMi COMPANV , OMAHA. Dm tin , checks and piv-tonico orders to Jo made i > aj blu to th ordur of tlio company. flic Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , K. ROSEWATEIl , Editor. I1EI3. Sworn Statement oi Circulation. Btntoof Ncbrnikn. I. - County of Doiit'lnx , | B' " Goo. II. Tzschurk , srcrotnry of Tlio lire Pnl > - HsliliiL' coinpnuy , does polumnly Nwour tlmt the ivctualclrcumtlon of Tin : Iii.v I IIBB for tlio Week ending Angtut 11 , 1SSS , was i\s follows. Buudny , Alif'ustr > . 18 , ! . ' 10 Monday , Augiistfl . WVX 'Tuesday , August 7 . ,01J Wednesday. Au nst8 . 1H.OM Thursday. AtiuustO . UMK7 rrirtuy , AiiRimt 10 . wm Saturday , August 11 . 18.014 Average . . . . 18.J72 oio.n.T7. : cnuK. ; Sworn to Ijpforr Tno nnd subicilhctl In my rncnenco thin llth ilny of Atiuust. A. I ) . IBS-i. N. 1 * . I'lUL , Notaiy Public. Etatoof Nebrnikn , I _ County of DoiiRlns. f Bl H > GeoiRe II. TZSCUUCK , bclntc first duly swnrii.de- tioscs nnd Enys tlmt ho Is secretary of The Hoc riiblislilUKConiimny , tlmt the iictunl nvernco dally circulation of THE DAII.V HIT. for tna mouth of AiiKUSt , 1W , was ll.l'il copies ; for September. 1E87 , H.319 copies ; for October , us" , HW ! ) copies ; for November , 1887. ir. , : f > copies ; for December. IKS" , r..Wl cop. les ; for Jnnunry , 18SP , 1 Voples ; for 1'ubniary , JCSti.li'j.tro copies ; forMnrch.lW.l'i.MU copies ; for .April , INW , 18,74 * copies ; for May , 1SW. lHm copies ; for June,188S , l ! > ,2ii : copies ; ior.ituy.issy , 18MO copies. ti KU. 11. T/.SCII UCK. Kwointo rx > fore mo and subscribed In my I > rcfcence this 1st dnv of August. A I ) . , 18H * . N. P. riJIL Notniy Public. Tiu : letter II plays a big part in In diana. Harrison nnd Ilovoy hold the Hoosicrs this fall. IT LIIS between Kansas and Iowa as to which state can furnish the greatest phooling sensation. is willing to make him- Bolt the center of popular attention , by becoming a target for bullets so long us they do not hit him. SINCE Mr. Thurman has gene back to drinking "Old Tom , " there will bo no more necessity for sending daily bulle tins to the White House of the state of bis pulse. UNTIL Cleveland and Harrison heat the record , the candidate who had held -HJack his letter of acceptance the long est time was Dlnino. It was forty-three flays after his nomination in 1SS1 when his letter was given to the public. THE quartermaster ot the Department of the Platte has posted notices calling for bids for the sale ot n site for the now Fort Omaha , within n radius of ten tallies of this city. Uncle Sam is start ing in early to buy 040 acres nnd plat and improve tin "addition" of his own. IT is not improbable that if there wore no tax on whisky the trafllc would bo larger than it is , but oven with the ! t tax It goes on growing. Government f Statistics show that the receipts from the internal revenue are steadily in creasing , and that the increase for the Ihst fiscal year was mostly from the items of spirits and fermented liquors. THE reason given by the railroads for withdrawing the limited express trains between Chicago and the Missouri Wvor was not on tlio score of economy , feut a threatened rate war was at the bottom of it. Tlio "limited" were mak ing money nnd cutting heavily into the passenger traffic of the other roads , which threatened to cut rates unless the fast trains were taken oil. This how order affects Kansas City much more than Omaha , and as the former city vigorously protests , the agreement may bo abolished after all. RV THE table of bank clearings for the $ < . "week ending August 11 tolls an inter esting story. As compared with Cleveland - land , a city of two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants , Omaha leads by Over a half million dollars , and over tops Minneapolis , the great railroad and manufacturing metropolis of tha north- West. Omaha is also far ahead in the fate per cent of increase in the amount pf clearings over the loading money Centers of the country. For a mid- feuinmor week the city is showing up in 110 form. MINNEAPOLIS for some months past tas boon investigating the best means \or \ disposing of that city's garbage. After an examination into tlio methods used at Chicago , Milwaukee , Pittsburg , Montreal and other cities , the crematory Of Dos Moincs , la. , seemed best suited for the city's needs and was adopted. iTho furnace will bo thirty-five feet long , ton feet high and ton feet wide , built nt a moderate cost. The garbage Question is ono that is vital to the health pnd cleanliness of Omaha as well , an < 3 tlio council would bo wise to follow s' example nt once. Tun annual statement of the Chicago & Northwestern just published for the fiscal year ending Mny 81 , 1888 , shows IV decrease in its net earnings as com pared with last year , although the vol- IJUIQ of business in every department fcvas greater. This is n peculiarity o the railroad trafllc for 16S8 not conflncc to the Northwestern. Tlio reports o Bovonty-fivo roads from January 1 to the end of May show an increase in their gross earnings but a falling oil in their not earnings. But it docs no Signify necessarily that railroads are losing money. The period last your with trhich comparisons nro made was a time Of unuBual prosperity and largo profits ffho buoyancy in the railroad world led to Extensive railroad building , the effects Of-which , the roads are fooling now , as ty not only created new debts but in creased the operating expenses. In the Case of the Northwestern , the construe lion of now lines and additional train korvice cost that road over a million and half dollars above its operating ex the year provloui. ninlnc ns n Target. Once moro the gunsot the democratic organs arc fully trained on Mr. Blainc. Jntll tlio Chicago con vontion nominated a candidate thcso papers nnd their nl- les found it a plcneing labor to conlinu- illy assert that lllalno was practicing luplicityin declaring that under no circumstances would ho become the can didate of his party. When the sincerity of his declaration was fully established , ho organs generally were forced to bo ilent regarding him , though some of , ho moro malignant kept up a desultory u&llndc against the Maine statesman. lis return lias enabled all of theme o reopen their batteries , in most cases charged with a very weak sort of idicule , implying that they do not re- ; ard the matter ns one at all serious to , ho prospects of their party. It is the > cst evidence they could give of their repidation. Mr. Blainc is pretty certain to bo the n-inclpal target for the democratic cdi- ors nnd stumpers during the campaign. ? hal ho will supply them enough to hink about , and that of a nature not lUogcthor amusing to them , it is cn- , iroly safe to predict. It is to bo hoped , hoy\vill have the manliness and the airncss to discuss the facts and argu- ncnts ho shall present , nnd not attempt o combat them with personalities , oward which a tendency is now being hown. Mr. Blainc is a private citizen , and so far ns any man knows is not an aspirant for any ollice. In discussing > eforc his countrymen principles and lolicics which have relation to the gen eral welfare ho should have absolute rcodom from personal abuse. The signs .hat the democratic press may not re- card this obvious justice to a citizen vho is not a candidate warrant calling attention to the assurance of Mr. Brice , chairman of the democratic national campaign committee , that this to bo n 'campaign of intellect" and not of per sonalities. If the democratic editors and speakers will permit the canvass to jo conducted on that line , BO far ns Mr. Maine is concerned , it is probable they will find themselves considerabl5' im- irovcd intellectually when the cam- > aign is ended. The "American" 1'nrty. There will assemble in Washington city to-day a convention representing what is called tlio American party , nn unorganized political movement which ms for its chief purpose the promotion of a policy to restrict immigration and , o subject aliens to a longer residence , han is now required for obtaining citi zenship. The promise is that this , con vention will he quite largely attended , .hough its membership will bo made up chiefly from less than a dozen states. It s called to nominate candidates for the ircsidonoy , nnd no doubt it will find nen willing to be thus prominently dcnliCcd with the movement , not withstanding its essentially un-Amor- can character. Among those who have jccn talked of as the head of the ticket , are Mayor Hewitt , of New York , ox- Mnyor Low , of Brooklyn , Senator Blair , of Now Hampshire , Wade Hampton , Governor Rusk , of Wisconsin , nnd Gen eral Ncgloy , of Pennsylvania , the latter jeing the most favorably regarded. It will thus bo seen that the members of , ho now party are not at all particular about the past or present political at- .achmonts of men , and are ready to go nto cither political camp for a standard jcaror. Mr. Hewitt could very likely liavo the presidential nomination of this so-called American party , but ho has very explicitly and decisively baid that lie doesn't want it. It is hardly probable tlmt any of these whom the convention will most dc&iro as candidates would care to imperil whatever political in- luenco they have by accepting the .cadership of this party. It is not to bo apprehended that this movement will immediately amount to anything , if it ever shall. There is certainly no Dresont demand for it. Granted that the country is getting too many of a class of immigrants which are not desirable , there is surely no need of a now party to remedy the evil. A committee of congress is in- vestignting the matter , and thus far the trouble is shown to bo that the laws are not enforced , not that they are inadequate. Tlio thousands of laborers imported under contract during the past year or two could not have como into the country if the laws for the exclusion of such people had boon faith fully and rigidly enforced , and when ever there shall bo a congrc&s to pro vide all tlio necessary machinery for their enforcement , and nn administra tion willing to oxccuto the laws , there will bo no further reasonable cause of complaint regarding immigration. There nro principles avowed by this American party as to which all citi zens ngrco , and which have ] been re peatedly declared by the great political parties. But the vital objection to this embryo organization is that its cardinal purpose is to make nativity tlio test nnd requisite of illl political preferment , and if possible put into effect the know- nothing policy which more than thirty years ago was overwhelmingly con demned by the people , though then championed by some men who had won honorable fame as statesmen nnd polit ical leaders. It is a wholly unnecessary nnd unjustifiable movement , and there fore doomed to bo abortive. Altogether too Frivolous. The protest entered by THE BEE against the closing of the public schools during fair week has evoked excuses from certain quarters which are alto gether too frivolous. On the ono hand , wo nre told by a a contemporary that champions the ill- advlscd action of the board that the schools were ordered closed for that week because the superintendent thought that half the children enrolled would refuse to attend school on accounl of the fair , and tlio board thought thai "Young America knows his rights , nnd will have them , by fair means or foul. ' This is a novel idea , Suppose a circus was billed for ono week in Omaha , and Young America insifatcd thnt it was his right to roam about the city toscotho elephant parade the streets every day. Would nny ra tional person consider it proper to close the schools because to keep them open twould spoil Young America's' fun. And what right has the superintend- on't to rvssmno that half the children vould refuse to attend school during air ivcokV Why should ho care whether they all did or did not attend ? It is no- orlous that the first week ot the term 3 largdly frittered away on organizing. 3y closing the tchools the first week , , ho second week will bo devoted to or- mnization , and thnt means that moro han half of September will roll round jcforo the public schools will bo ac tively engaged In educational work. On the other hand a teacher who does lot sign her or his name , takes excep tion lo Tin : BEK'S protest , and outers the following plea : To any teacher or , in fact , nny person fully acquainted with school work , the proposed lollan.v must sccui not a blunder but a wlso plan. You say , "Had the board simply or dered the schools closed for ono or two half dajs and directed the teachers to escort their pupils to the fair , no serious objection would have been raised. " That would bo expecting n great deal of the teachers. To tnko forty or fifty "live" boys and girls to .he fair , bo rcsjKmslblo for their safety , nnd jeep them togetncr , would bo nn undertak ing few would bo willing or equal to assume , furthermore , this Is not a teacher's duty , nnd so not to bo thought of for n moment. Supposing Monday was given ns n holiday to .ho schools , In order to allow children to at tend the fair children , as u rule , nro not tormiUcd to attend such places without Lhcir patents and arc nil parents ready to go to the fair grounds on Monday ? Will : hcy lay aside all duties to attend on Mon day because the children have n holiday on that tlay ? They will not. They think nt this time ono day moro or less makes no great difference. This , if anything , is more frivolous than the plea that Young America will have his rights ! Is it beneath the dig nity of the teachers of Omaha to attend the children at the fair , and look after their personal safely ? It may not bo a part of their duty , as set down in the rules , but our conception of teachers is thnt they are the guardians and pre ceptors of the boys and girls who are under their care. For this , as much as any other duty , they draw their pay. If it is a pleasure to them to have a va cation away from tlio cares of school , it should also bo a pleasure to them to accompany the children to an exposition and to impart to thorn lessons that can bo drawn from viewing the various products , machinery and articles on exhibition. This has been done time and again , both by teachers of public schools , seminaries , colleges and boarding schools. As to the parents' inability to conform to two half holidays , which Tins BKK suggested to be sot apart , wo only need point to the fact that parents do find time on a particular day or evening to attend the circus or min&trel show with their youngsters. As to the teachers themselves , and their pleasure doubtless was ns much in the minds of the board ns was that of unruly Young America , wo believe that two half-holidays within a week after a two months'vacation ought to be ample. Wo still insist that the board , in the interest of the public schools nnd its patrons , should revoke the order for closing the schools between the 3d and 10th of September. It is not calculated lo promote the welfare of the school children , but on the contrary will tend to increase the risk of fatal and serious accidents to them while running at largo. The Heating Franchise. The ordinance granting a franchise to the company that proposes to supply Omaha with heat for store houses and private residences by the process of heated water , will como up for final passage at the next mooting. While Omaha should encourage every project designed to reduce the cost of heating nnd lighting , it is questionable whet hoi- such franchises should be granted pro miscuously and without royalty or bonus to the city. The time is near at hand when a franchise in Omaha for any such purpose will bo worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. In any event , the ordinance now pending bhould bo carefully over hauled , and no loop-holes left that will enable the incorporators to speculate on tlio franchise without doing nny work themselves. They should bo re quired to establish a plant with full capacity to meet tlio present demands of the city and lay at least two or three miles of pipe eonnccted with the power house , within the next twelve mouths. Tlio moro laying of a milo of pipe , dis connected nnd in out-of-the-way places , is a mere fahow , and would be worse than Dr. Mercer's "rust streaks. " Tun resident taxpayers have been assured by the organ of thonoti-residont syndicate tax-shirkers that they are enjoying an economic , cheap and elll- cicnt municipal government. South Omaha has been incorporated just sev enteen months and she is already behind - hind thirty-five thousand dollars. In olhor words , the city is run ning two thousand dollars behind every month. For this deflcoincy thej have not a thing to show. It the pro perty of the town is mortgaged foi thirty-fho thousand dollars now , nni the same ratio is kept up tlio debt wil soon cat up the property. O course , by the time the debi is duo , the syndicate wil have all its lots sold of and the resident property holders wil ! find themselves in a hole. Tnis is the plain English of the whole matter. Staving off the debt for a few years is only putting off the day of reckoning. Tinc Johnstown , Nebraska , fellow cllUons of John P. Anderson , whoso imprisonment in a well for seven days , was a sensation of universal interest nre endeavoring to raise a fund to bo used in rewarding the courage and for titude of Anderson and the fidelity and labor of the men who rescued him It is said that Anderson's hard exper ience somewhat impaired his physica condition , and that ho may never agaii be the vigorous man ho was before fore the accident. There is n mortgage on his farm which his neighbors nnd friends desire to pay off and to give him a small fund besides. THE Dun is asked to assist in doing this. There can bo nothing1 but commenda tion for the philanthropic in' tercst which the friends of Mr. Ander son manifest , but THE DBK cannot ro- gnrd his case ns ono that makes such a pccial appeal to"rtht > generosity of strangers ns would warrant this paper n calling upon them for subscriptions o the proposed fund.Anderson showed admirable qualities In ftis very unfortu- late experience courage , solf-posscs- sion , and good judgment. Equally his oscucra are cntitlcq tolcrodlt for most ailhful nnd pcr istc\it \ ( jITort. But hero- sm of this sort , if licrolsm it can prop erly be called , is not ! of to exceptional a character ns to glvo ihojpartles a special claim to general philanthropic consider ation. Wo shall bp vpry glad if the 'ricnds ' of Mr. Andofbon succeed In rais- ng the fund they \Vishto obtain , and we .rust there are a great many people who will bo induced by this reference , o the project to assist in making it a success. But Tin : BEI : does not feel , hnt it can properly identify itself with , ho matter in the way it has been asked to do. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK labor question ought to bo thor oughly sifted by the time the national bureau of labor is ready with a full re port. Congress has enlarged its scope , jiving Colonel Wright , who is at the liend of the department , power to inquire - quire into the soclnl.cconomic and moral conditions of working women in lending cities , nnd to ascertain the condi tion of railway employes. Asldo from this bureau , the national govern ment has instituted special inquiries. Such are the Ford immigration commit tee , now investigating the movement of pauper labor into America , and the re ports of our consuls in foreign countries as to the condition of labor abroad. Twenty-one states , moreover , have bureaus of labor statistics which cooperate - orate with the national bureau. From all thcso sources Colonel Wright can draw information and make such deduc tions as the testimony in his hands mny warrant. Flnuncl-Shlrtcd Senators. Actc I'oi7. Il'oiW. Flannel shirts have become popular among the members of the United States senate. Senator Plait started the fashion by appear ing in a blue and white line striped shirt some tlmo ngo. Senators 13cck nnd Hlack- bnrn at once abolished boiled shirts ami the festive flannel was adopted in their placo. Hut the astonishment of the senate was un bounded when Mr. Edmunds walked into the chamber Monday wealing n shut of white flannel. Senator Edmunds , the dignified , conservative iceberg from Vermont , had never before appeared among his colleagues in so frcc-and easy n costume. Perhaps bla/crs nnd tennis shoes may yet llnd ac ceptance among our nation's law-makers. Slierldan and Giant. A" . 1 * . Sun. Sheridan's personal attachment to General Grant was always warm nnd devoted , nnd the points of his public performance of duty since the war which have been most criticised were these in which , ns in Louisi ana aud Texas , ho Was attempting to cn- force what ho believed to bo the policy of his chief. Political llfo ho was sincerely averse to , nnd limited his * activity as far as possible to the strict performance of military duty. His devotion to tho. country was un questioned and unquestionable. His patriot ism was pure aud slncoro , Ills great ser vices nnd the romantic brilliancy of his career forbid that hisi.iamo should bo for gotten , nnd it is likely to grow only moro solid ami glorious with time. - o The Fisheries Treaty. Jlostnn Adverliitr. The simple question before the senate Is whether the Chamberlain treaty contains an honorable and a reasonable bargain between the two countries. If It docs , it should cer tainly bo ratified ; if it does not , it is not for the senators of the United States to be swayed by any impulse of fear. That the treaty contains a onc-biacd bargain is not merely the belief of the republican senators , but wo arc Justified in concluding , from his speech upon it , that Senator Morgan of Ala bama , who is the foremost man of his party in the senate , would vote to reject it If ho were not acting under a political stress. If the terms of the treaty are not what this country can reasonably demand there Is no room for two opinions upon it. Wo are not so weak nor Canada so stiontc that we are to play the part of a little Bulgaria to her Uussla. _ " \Yhnt Cleveland Snlil. The white house is so awful hot , I'm driven to ictreat ; But , Daniel , there is no relief In this my country heat. Oh , Daniel , bring my palm-leaf fan And damn the weather , dour ; But do it in a whisper , Dan , So Mis. C. won't hear. STATE AND TER1UTORY. NcbrnaKn Jottings. Dunning is shipping hundreds of prairie chickens to the eastern markets. Tito Presbyterian church nt York'wlll bo dedicated the first Sunday in September. An epidemic of croquet lias broken out in Norden , following in the wake of the recent hall storm. A good Jeweler and watch maker Is badly needed at Sidney. There is but ono in the town , and he cannot attend to all the busi ness. Harrison , the capital of Sioux county , was visited last Saturday by an undersized cyclono. The llrst building it struck on the cdgo of the town was demolished and ficat- tcicd all over the prairie , but the wrestle was too much for the energy of the storm , and It collapsed without doing any further damage. Dr. Micham , of Norden , Is said to bo so mad that his once rnvoii locks have turned a flroy icd , all on account of the loss of n barrel of pickled pork by n thlqf. The medical man Is on the trail of the hog rustler nnd ex- poets to camp on it until mo overhauls the outtit. When that occurs the coroner will have a JQU. It taltca a mighty mean man to steal from a man who , hua just bad all his crops destroyed by hail.11 ; The mayor of Aurora Is having considera ble trouble with the coimcillncn. Ho called a mooting the other night to transact im portant business , but two of the city fathers got on their oar and IcfPtheimceting without u quorum. Then the -mayor tried to make thorn attend by swearjng out warrants , but that was in excess of bis authority. Ho will now call n mass meeting of ) citizens and ap ply for permission to run tuo city alone. Io\vi. J Iowa agricultural reports tsllmato the corn crop this year at 272,885 , 000 bushels. The Davenport glucose works started up again Monday after three weeks of idleness. The artesian well nt West Liberty Hews twenty-live gallons per minute , but it is not strong enough , aud the contractors will go still deeper , , Tlio governor lias received from the war department notice that his requisition would bo honored for u long list of munitions of war for the Iowa national guard , Including 200 Sprlnuneld rifles of 1881 , 50.0JO cartridges nnd 20,000 blank cartridges. The police force of Sioux City liavo pur chased horses and saddles nnd will take a whirl out through the suburbs of that city occasionally. Their Idea In mounting themselves - selves in this manner is to cover moro terri tory and they buy tno outfit themselves. Mr , D. F. Coylo , of Humboldt , has been awarded the fine lib cornet offered us a jirilS by J. W. Pepper , of Philadelphia , 14 the per son who could writ ? tie bQ'tttrUclO on "How to Tcsc'u Sands , " the article to be published in his paper and voted upon by the sub scribers. _ Wyoming. The first frost of the season was visible at Larnmlo on the morning of the tth. A company with n capital of $15,000 has been Incorporated to erect u roller mill at Lander. Tramps nro scarce around Cheyenne , and it Is hoped tlmt this state of affairs will con tinue for n long time. John Gchm. the desperado who made his escape from tlio Jail at Cheycnno and was ro- capturcd. was last week transferred to Jollct to servo his term. Colonel I. W. French , who was nn old pioneer neer of Cheycnno nnrt nt ono time conducted a largo mercantile business there , died re cently nt Applcton , Wis. , of heart disease. In Larnm'c ' county the personal property nnd real estate Is assessed now at fy.45U- IIS7.12. Last year the territorial board re turned 11,10(1 ( or f 11,000,000 ns the county's apportionment of the taxes of the railroads nnd telegraph lines , so that this amount added to the taxable property in the county will bring the amount up to over $10,000,000. Samuel Sparlmwk , sixty-one years of ngo , and father of Sheriff Sparlmwk , ot Fremont county , and of Frank Sparlmwk , of Fort Fcttermnn , shot himself with suicidal Intent ono day last week in a ohairr nt his homo in Lander. He Is still nllvc , but owing to his advanced years It Is feared the wound will prove mortal. No cause is known for the net. Thcro has been some exceedingly bad weather around Buffalo , In Johnson county , of late , and it seems more llko fall weather there now than It does llko midsummer. They Imvo had not only rain storms by the score , but have also had hall storms and snow has even fallen there within the past few days. The streams nro full of water and they have but llttlo use for Irrigation ditches this summer. Two prisoners in the Jail at Evanstonmado n desperate and successful attempt to escape recently. When the deputy sheriff entered the jail with supper , two of the prisoners made a leap at him , forced him down , gagged him. took nway his arms , watch nnd about SSK ) in money. Then they left for parts un known. As soon ns the facts became known n posse was organi/cd aud a pursuit Insti tuted. A reward of $75 each has been offered for their capture. An Estlmnto of Slierldan. A'ctu'oil : Sun. Sheridan was nt the time ho com manded the cavalry corps of the army of the Potomac in his thirty-third year , lie weighed about 120 pounds , but was as hardy and wiry as a wild Indian. Al ways neatly , but never foppishly dressed , indeed , scarcely over dressed in the regulation uniform of his rank , ho was as natty and attractive a figure as could be found in the whole army. With a clear and flashing eyea bronzed and open countenance , an olort nnd ac tive carriage , ho appeared at all times and under all conditions , a bright and cheerful figure , ready for any undertak ing which might fall to his lot. lie was not ono of those pedantic grumbling fel lows who always know moro than the commanding ollicor nnd never approved the plan they were expected lo carry out. lie was the prince of subordinate commanders , and by his unfailing alac rity won his way straight to the confi dence of those in authority over him. It cannot bo claimed that he was then or that he ever became a great theoreti cal student of the military art in its higher branches , or that ho know much of grand tactics or strategy , or of military precept and history. If the truth must bo confessed , ho was never much of n lover of books , nor yet was ho altogether neglectful of them. There were n few with which ho was familiar , and Shakespeare stood at the head of the list. But as a practical sol dier it may well bo doubted if there was over a better one in any army. lie had a natural instinct for topography , and readily almost instantaneously mas tered every detail of the theater of war in which ho was operating. He was a rapid gatherer of news , and never de pended upon army headquarters to tell him what the enemy was doing , lie made acquaintances with the people wherever ho went , and readily found a way to learn from them vrlmtcvorvas worth knowing. lie kept his scouts constantly on watch of the enemy's camps and columns , nnd never at any time in his career was taken unawares by their movements. Other men were surprised , but ho never was , and fre quently when commanding n division it was his lot to warn these above him to bo on the lookout for trouble. IIo was far from being nervous or an alarmist , but he had an instinct for danger which never failed to warn him when it was near. Ho was an excellent provider , a most skilful forager , nnd ntnll times ex ceedingly watchful of the wants and re quirements of his men. Whether com manding infantry or cavalry , ho generally - ally managed to got for them the best as well as an abundance of whatever there was to bo had. Liking a good dinner , but in tho-so days by no means a heavy enter , his mess \\as always amply provided , and frequently whin others were hungering lie was revelling in all that a soldier's appetite could desire ; [ and this was duo to prudent foresight and care , and not in the least , as was frequently the case with others , to greed or chicanery. Upon ono occasion , after the battles about Chattanooga , ho exchanged honey and quails and home-made bread with'a less fortunate friend for canned oysters and crackers , and thought him self the gainer by the exchange. No man in the army understood bettor than ho how to supply his troops or how to make them comfortable in camp oren on the march. No man know bettor than lie how to move them from place to place , or was moro familior with the tactics of battle. Withal , ho was a firm , though reasonable dibciplinarian , who never expected impossible virtues or impossible performances. And yet ho was like other men in many ways. Although generally cheerful , bright and companionable , ho was at limes fcomowhat irritable and irascible , and when these moods came upon him tlio Inggard who fell in his way had a rough time of it. _ AX APPEAL TO CHARITY. The Deplorable Condition of Several Families in Koyn 1'nlin County. LINCOLN , Neb. , August 11. To the Editor of TiinBEis : In your paper of Friday you call attention to the suffering condition of Bomo sixty families in Koya Palm county nnd in a portion of Cherry county , nnd suggest that the governor designate the channel through which contributions might bo made for their relief. I have received a communication from T. U. Evans , chairman of a relief committee , nnd D. T. Gerdcs , secretary , of NordanKcya Palm county , appealing for relief. The con dition of these families is ueplorable. The hail storm destroyed every vestige of their crops. Thov appeal to mo to furnish aid from the state'but that , of course , Is not in my power to render , but In their behalf I ap peal to the charitable public to maUo such contributions as they feel able to givo. The call Is urgent , nnd 1 nope It will bo liberally responded to. As THE HEB was so successful in securing n largo amount of aid for tha school teachers who suffered so torrlbly by the blizzard last wlnter.IrospcotfullysuggpstthatTiiBniiubo the channel through which contributions may bo forwarded for tUc rslier of these suffering families , Fo etfs Hvlns in that portion of tha state ralRh't"contribute directly to the ofneevs of relelf committee above named. Very truly JOUK M. Tuivcic. yours , A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE , Nolthor Republican uor Democratic , Prohibition nor Mugwump , PLATFORM ON WHICH HE STANDS How Ho Will Dcnl With iMinilgrntlon , the Tariff , Corporation ? , Snloona , Pliikcrtoiis , Kctlcrnl I'ntrou- nge , Foreign 1'ovtors , etc. A Jfow Platform. There IB nn honest , industrious man in Omaha who has evolved nn idea. Ho has puccccd in corraling it , and asks Tin : Bii : ! to put it before the world. Mnybo it will grow nnd grow until nil political parties will succumb , nnd our prophet's name bo emblazoned on the linger-board u fame. Hero it is : OMAHA , Nob. , August 10. To the Editor of Tin : J3in : : As neither one of the parlies now before the people is offering any relief , but merely lighting over the spoils , 1 therefore oiler myself as an independent democratic candi date for tlio presidency on the following platform : I. Absolute prohibition of any more emigration to this country at the pres ent , or ut least rigid restriction of the same , and the gradual removal of tlio Chinese. U. Tlio relief df the masses from ex cessive taxation by the removal of nil internal revenues , except those on liquors , and the reduction of the tnritT on all articles of neccssarv and daily " consumption by tlio people , to the low"- cst possible point consistent with the wants of tlio government , nnd , if necessary , of raising tlio duty on lux uries , especially liquors in all forms , provided , however , the tan IT shall bo no lower with nny other nation than they may charge for importations from the United States. ! t. All corporations doing busi ness under a charter from congress are , and shall be , wholly subject to tlio con- troll of congress , nnd that congress should pass laws governing railroads , and establish passenger and freight rates at a llxed rate per mile , which rate should bo just and equitable to both the roads and the people , and should bo the same for a long or short haul and should bo tlio same"on every milo of railroad in the United States , . 4. All alien land or cnttlo f-yndi- cntcs doing business in the United Stntes should pay n government tax of 10 per cent per annum on all such hold ings. 6. All pnloons or other ' re tailing liquors in tlio United States should pay a government tax of 81,500 per annum. 0. No more Pinkortons or other alien cut-throat and criminal characters should bo permitted to practice n sys tem of gendarmes and surveilance over tlio people , which is wholly foreign , un- American and repugnant to our law- abiding citizens and American institu tions. 7. Free trade , states rights , and the spoils system arc , and would be , damnable curaos. 8. An equal distribution of patronage among all reliable parties as near as possible , realizing that a man who is too much prejudiced to take in all re spectable parties on equal terms is not lit for president. 0. All territories should bo ad mitted as states as soon as they may have the requisite amount of population nnd frame a constitution compatible with that of the United States , provided such constitution may not have boon framed by fanatics , such as Mormons ; and should congress fail to admit them through any political trickery , then the president bhould admit thorn by procla mation. Q10. 'Hie building and maintenance of a sufficient navy to protect our citizens , both native and adopted , in their just rights in all parts of tlio world , nnd they should bo so protected with all the force of the government when neces sary. II. A strong nnd vigorous American policy to overcome the weak nnd semi- Knglifah policy of the present impotent administration , which has done abso lutely nothing but veto the acts of con gress and turn out government em ployes , and has proven itself incompe tent to handle go small n matter as the fisheries question , and is unworthy the confidence of the people , and has suf fered our citizens to bo murdered , imprisoned and maltrealtd , and our vessels captured , harassed and plun dered without ono word of protest from "tho government. 12. It is the duty of the presi dent to do all in hib power to allay all sectional animosity , and create a feel ing of national brotherhood as much as possible , instead of which the present incumbent has further alienated the people and widened the breach by his uncalled for warfare on tlio government employes for political p'urposcs , and after having said ono term was enough for ono man , and having professed great civil service reform principles , lie has lent the whole force of the govern ment to the accomplishment of his re election , to the great detriment of tlio peoples' interests ! Hi. The Sandwich Islands being the gront American key to the Pacific ocean , the East Indies , China , etc. , they should bo annexed to the United States and made a stronghold nnd coal ing station for our Pacilic marine. 14. As the Canadns were nc- quircd principally by the shedding of American blood , and the so-called British North American Territory , cut ting our possessions in two almost in the cciflor , and the same is held by foreign bullying nnd arrogant , but weak nnd rapidly decaying monarchy , therefore England should he compelled to settle nil disputes concerning the same in a satisfactory nnd prompt man ner , or the so-called British Territory should bo annexed to the United States to have and to hold the sumo , peace fully , if possible , at the point of the sword , if necessary. 15. All European nations should bo compelled to keep their hands oil our sister American republic ; that the policy of nonintervention , so far as oua weaker sister republics nro concerned in maintaining their just rights ngniiibt the greed of European nations , is weak , cowardly , and unworthy our standing as a nation. in. As the cabinet has become such a largo part of the administration branch of the government , it is nothing but right that the people , when voting for president , should know something of. who is tocomposo the cabinet ; there fore , if elected president , I propose to appoint the following gentle- inon to the positions herein named , pro vided they should see fit to accept the same : For secretary of state , John G. Car lisle , of Kentucky ; secretary of the treasury , Samuel S , Cox , of Now York ; Bccrotnry of war , John B. Gordon , Gi > < a ; secretary of the navy , United States Senator Hiscock , of Jcw York ; secretary of the interior , M. M. Estee , of. CnUfcrnln ; attorney-general , W. B. Allison , of Iowa ; postmaster-general , ox-Sonator Maxio , Texas ; commissioner of labor. T. V. Powdorly , of Pennsylva nia. M. Vf. DOKAKKV. 1 7051 North Seventeenth street. BOMJQ ONE HAS BLUMDEHEII , f" toWMMM * A Few Very Interesting Facts fof OiilnhA Tnxpnyrr * . "Say , " said a well posted Uxpnyor oU Oinnhn , as ho met n Line innn en the street , "I want to giro you some point * in regard to tlio blunucrlag on tUo part of pur u'lwol board. "I happen to know personally that thora 1m been n grant deal of blundering nnd favoritism , If nothing vrorso , In the innnncr in which the school board lin.1 boon running Its affairs , and 1 think tlio taxpayers of thU city would bo glad to sea Us csposltloii lu Tun Unn. "In the first place , when the bonrd tiiloptofl nnd accepted plans for the Mason atrooti school nnd awarded tlio contracts for buildIng - Ing it , neither the architect nor n member ot tlmt body know the exact size , slmpo or KKulo of the lot upon which It wai to ba erected. In consequence , vrhon the tuna came to oxcarato for the building , 03 tliou planned , It would not go on the lot. An addi tional contract was thou let to cover the changes make noccssary by this piece of ig norance , to the amount of $2,000 , Tills must bo counted as nn extra , and tills too , before the erection of the building had been commenced. Pretty early for extras , olil In fact , till * building , which was to cost originally f 13,000 , can uot possibly bo com pleted for ? 40,0 ( > 0. "Aa can readily bo soon , nil tliU tronblo might have been averted had tlio school board nnd the architect used ordinary busl ncs * lorcthought. ' The plans adopted for the Walnut Hill school run from f.3,000 to $1,000 over the llrstj i stlmntcs , nnd the board was compelled to cut them down. This leaves the building without any exterior ornamentation what ever , nnd It will look more llko n barracks oi < u warehouse than n school building. It also deprives the children of their play rooins ( whli-h Itvns necessary to leave out , ami which seem to mo to ho n very nccoisary adjunct to u school house In tlio winter. " "i'hoy have been tearing down the Lake street school , " ho continued , "to make roont for n building that will moro Htly meet the requirements of that district. " This build ing was erected hut tlu-eo years npo , mill through the Inlluenco of the board member from thnt district nt that time , was rushed up for the bencllt oC his contractor frieiuls , without duo regard to the possible future requirements of the dis trict. Now it has to como down , a now nrelu itect employed , and n new building nut up. Tins is an unparalleled pleco of stuiiidlty and extravagance which all taxpayers Imvo occa sion to fuel sere about , as they arc tlio ones who 'pay tlio lUldlor.1 "There has been a most tinmislncss llko delay in the Omulin View school houso. Tlio contracts for the erection of this building- , which is of only eight rooms , wcro awarded over ono year ago , and the school hus not yet been llnishcd and accepted. Thcro Is no tip. paiont excuse for this ; none of the contract ors Imvo died , and they luvo been given every opportunity that ovnn oidnmry enterprise could denuiml. It seems duo only to procras tination nnd carelessness on the part of tad architect ami the school board. "The crci lion of the Webster street school has also been dclnjcd some live months. Tlicio socnis to bo some excuse for this , how ever , us ono of the contractors on this build- in ) ; , .Tames Grillith , died last full , which , caused the delay. "Now , hero Is n nice pill for the taxpayers to swallow , as I suppose they must , and that is the reckless , and almost criminal oxtrav.i- g.uico with which the temporary school houses in the outskiitsof the town have boon erected. 1 know what f am talking about when 1 say that there has been n leak of about SSOJ on cnch of thcso two-room frame schools. The board awarded the contract , by accident , jou know , " nnd hero Mr. Tux- payer gave a mysterious wink , ' 'to the brother-in-law of a certain member of the building committco of the school bonrd , at ? 1,400 for each building. A well-known con tractor told mo , after u careful estimate of the plans for the bulUliiiiw , that ho would have taken the Job and made money at $900 for each two-room bchool. "I haxo a lot moro interesting Items , " con cluded this gentleman , "in regntd to the peculiar business methods of the school board , which 1 will glvo you some other day , I thlnlc the above facts , however , will bo suflloicnt to keep taxpayers busily think ing until I can toll you more. " "Oh , yes , " ho replied to the reporter's ' In quiry , "I c.m give yon all the names you want , and will verify everything 1 say , over my signature , if ncccssaiy. " TliK TJ1IIIO AYA.lt ! ) MUODLH The Primary haw Heine Investigated l > y Attorneys. The gentleman named Crawford , who dis tinguished hlnibclf as ono of the primary Judges in the Third , Is supposed to bo still In the city. At least , ho was last night and , it was claimed , proposed to remain. His identity as Gallagher , the tally-sheet forger of Chicago , has not been entirely established , some well posted people still holding that the man who figured as mentioned is not the Gal lagher of state prison memory. General Webster and some of his friends , however , propose to pay him sonic attention. They nro Inquiring into the constitutionality of the primary law , which It is claimed Gal lagher violated. If the same should bo found reliable , Gallagher will bo arrested , ami prosecuted. Thcro is ono difllcutly , however - over , and tllat is that before the conviction , before oven the arrest , Gallagher may seq fit to leave this city and state behind him , Council Wouldn't Glvo Up. W. J. Council said to a Unn reporter that ho had no connection in any manner with the alleged ballot box shifting in the Third ward primaries. lie know nothing about the al leged Gallagher , and if what was said of lilni was true ho ought to bo punished. IIo ( Mil. Council ) would not bo a party to such a scheme , and moro than that , ho had not in- eludea the Third ward in any of his calcula tions for the nomhution , beiauso ho know in advancethut ho could not secure It. Some of the workers in that ward had cdmo to him early In the morning and said that Wcbstcn had put great deal of money into the con test and it would bo necchsary if ho ( Con- neil ) wished to carry the ward to put somo. money in it also. Mr. Council s.iys that , while ho was willing to contribute to tliu legitimate expenses of n canvass ho did not want to bo stood up in a corner and be called on to deliver. Ho accordingly lofusod the request and the balloting went on without nny interference on his pait. Ncliraska I'rolilhltlnnlsls. The prohibition state committco has Issued u loud-sounding manifesto to all friends of the cause In connection with the assembling of the state convention In this city on the IGth inst. Tlio gathering will take place In tlio Grand opera housu and it Is claimed will consist of a thousand people. ICx-Oovornor John I1. St. John of Kansas , and the Hov. J. H. Kcctor , a colored apoaker of California , nro expected lo bo among the orators , livery dclcgato Is requested to bring its Hags and banners and uniforms , and como prepared to remain two dayn , It i claimed that thirty countica have already oig.mUud , ami tlmt UOX)0 ( ) prohibition votes will bo polled in November. First AVnrcl Democrats. The Democratic club of the Kirst ward have elected Charles Conoyor president , vice William Spaulding , resigned. It proposes to establish a llambcan club and hold a mass meeting In MeU hall on next Thursday nlcht. Cfares LJJ IN EVERYONE A CURE. RETURH OF AT BRUllQISTS'AHD DEALERS' . THE CHAS-A-VQCELERCQ-BAUO-MD' a WE I'EKKsklU ' ; MII.ITARV ACAOBMV I'eeksKlll ou-Ilud on , N. V. Bund for ciito- logue. JNO. M.TII.DHN. M.U. M.A. . Principal ,