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TIIK daily bulletin from the white
house President Cleveland has vetoed
* ' another pension bill.
IP =
if OJiAlfA is ahead of her rivals in ono
respect. She has an independent can
didate for the presidency , with a
double-decked platform.
TIIK protest of the board of trade to
the withdrawal of fust trains between
Omaha and Chicago is timely. This is
a fast ago , and once having established
rapid service , all business interests
demand its continuance.
Tun Bank of England has increased
its discount from 2 } to 3 per cent. This
shows that the return movement of
gold from Europe to America has f-ctin ,
nnd is likely to assume largo proportions
when the exportation of grain begins.
A CKUTA1N sago philosopher once
truthfully observed : "Every cup has its
bitter. Sometimes you will find it at
the bottom and sometimes at the top. "
Political aspirants in Omaha and
throughout Nobraskaaro draining their
cups. They will dibcovor the "bitter"
at the bottom.
Tin : democratic branch of Nebraska
will nipot in Lincoln on the 29th of this
fnonth for a grand pow-wow nnd place a
state ticket in the Held. Omaha has a
number of "littlo big" Indians who will
attend in nil their glory. But by the
time of election they will all bo for
gotten and forgiven.
OVKUCLOUOKO skies with occasional
cold-water showers ought to please the
prohibitionists who hold their state
convention in Omaha. When the
saloonkeepers meet , the weather clerk
will accommodate them with 101 = in
the shade and atmosphere exceedingly
dry. Omaha is determined to become
the convention city.
THE railroads of Ceylon , many of
which cost $175,000 per mile , are in a
deplorable condition , only paying about
3 per cent on the invostmor.t. If the
Ceylon managers wifah to put their roads
on n , solid financial basis , paying 15 per
cent on the money in vested , they should
I j import ono of America's many railroad
t magnates , Mr. Gould for instance.
PALKSTIXK , Texas , is mourning over
the death of her beloved ox-marshal ,
Chris Rogers , who was murdered on the
27th ult. The only claims that Mr. Rog
ers could lay at the feet of Farno wore
that ho had killed six men. This , the
Texas city of biblical name , but not
tendencies , considers amply sufHcient
to parade him before the American pub
, lie ns a hero.
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Mil. Bl Aixi ! returns to America
Stronger than ever in his adherence to
republicanism. During his porigrina-
tioiiH abroad ho has had excellent op
portunities for studying the American
political book through European glasses.
The simple fact that England looks up
on the democratic party as her friend
nnd free trade as beneficial to her in
dustries is a convincing argument that
the republican party and protection are
for America alone.
TIIK improved condition pf Governor
Saunders , reported by the correspond
ent of TIIK UKU at Colorado Springs ,
will bo welcome intelligence to the nu
merous friends of the governor in
Omaha nnd throughout Nobraeku. It
Booms his illness was from heart failure ,
duo to the altitude , und not apoplexy ,
as at first reported. It is expected that
ho will bo sulllciontly strong to return
homo In n few days , and It Is to bo
liopod nothing will occur to Interfere
with the fulfillment of this gratifying
promise. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AN Important stop lu the progress of
the Nicaragua canal enterprise was
effected a few days ago when the gov
ernment of Costa Rica ratified the con
tract with the cannl company giving It
certain Important and necessary fran-
L * . chlses rind concessions. These nro in
toner nnd form similar to these granted
liy Nicaragua , nnd were essential to the
progress nnd the security of the ontor-
, prifao. There Is now nothing in the way
Of pushing forward to completion this
wholly American project , the great
L commercial advantages of which when
L finished nro now acknowledged. It is
I closlgnod that the cnnal shall bo fully
| * ' ready for trnfllco within a period of five
* years.
, \ \ orkln tncn Thinking.
There are evidences that -thii work-
ingihcn of the country are giving mdro
careful , earnest nnd intelligent thought
to the principal issue in the present
campaign , and to the claims of the two
great parties to their support , than
they have ever done in any previous
national campaign. This is n fact to bo
encouraged. The intelligent workingman -
man should think for himself , and ho
should bo quick to distrust those politi
cians , of whichever party , who insist
upon doing his thinking for him.
Ho owes it to his personal inter
ests , and to his obligations as a citizen ,
to consider carefully and thoroughly , BO
far as his opportunities will permit , the
questions which nfloot his own and the
general wolforo , resting his faith upon
the views of no man and the dictum of
no parly until , by investigation and
study , bo has satisfied himself on which
side is the largest measure of truth ,
wisdom and sound policy. It is unfor
tunately true that the great majority of
workingmeti have not in the past pur
sued this plain line of duty with the
care nnd consistency they should
have exercised , and as a consequence
quence they have been a drill
ing and uncertain quantity
In politics , losing thereby in inlluonco
and respect.
The labor parties have nominated
their presidential candidates , but the
indications are not favorable to these
candidates receiviiif a very largo general -
oral vote , though in localities they may
fahow u strength that will affect more or
less seriously ono or other of Iho political
parlies. It is certain , however , that
before November the vast majority of
workingmen will have arrayed them
selves under the banners of the repub
lican and democratic parlies. Already
both of these political organizations arc
seriously at work to capture their sup
port. Neither party can hope to
obtain all of it , but the party
which shall bo so fortunate as to secure
the larger part , especially in the doubt
ful states , will bo pretty sure of the
election. A great deal is being reported
regarding the tendency of the labor
vote , much of which should unquestion
ably be placed to the account of inven
tion and exaggeration. But it nil indi
cates the great importance of this vote
and the solicitude with which it is re
garded , and should suggest to the workingman -
ingman the urgent necessity and duty
there is upon him to investigate care
fully and intelligently the issue that is
paramount in the campaign , nnd to do
liis own thinking in determining which
of the two great parties ho prefers to
trust in the settlement of the overshad
owing issue.
The task need not bo a difficult ono.
The facts tire oiwy of access. The
arguments on both sides can be had for
the asking. The history of the two
parties on the vital question of a na
tional fiscal policy is familiar to all.
Having these before him , every intelli
gent working man is at least as com
petent to decide which policy is the
more favorable to his interests , and to
the welfare generally of his follow
workers , as is the politician whoso first
thought and concern is for the success
of his party. The present campaign not
only offers to workingmen a great op
portunity to think for themselves , but
makes an urgent , demand upon them to
do so. nnd there is no reason to believe
that they are thinking more earnestly
and more independently than over be
fore.
Courage.
It is suggested that the recent action
of Mr. Cleveland regarding certain
measures of legislation indicate that ho
is losing courage. Particular reference
is had to his permitting the river and
harbor bill to become a law without his
signature , although objecting to cer
tain important features of it , of which ,
however , ho failed to make any olllcial
statement , leaving those who assume to
speak for him to explain his action. In
the matter o ! votoilig pension bills ,
however , the president becms determ
ined to maintain his record.
Undoubtedly Mr. Cleveland is giving
very close and careful attention to the
trend of the political current , and
if ho has ordinary political sagacity ho
cannot fail to see that its course is far
less favorable to him than it appeared
to bo sixty days ago , when there was a
perplexing uncertainty regarding whom
the republican candidate would bo.
Viewing the events of the past month
with the keen Bolf-intorcst and absorb
ing solicitude that must possess Mr.
Cleveland , it is not at all to bo wondered
at that his courage , or rather hih ob
stinacy , should begin to weaken , and
that ho should manifest a desire to avoid
whatever ho can of responsibility with
out completely stultifying himself.
To witness the republican party
everywhere exhibiting its old-
time zeal and enthusiasm ,
while the democracy is nowhere show
ing ai.y heart or interest , is a spectacle
well calculated to discourage a candi
date who dictated his nomination and
expected the party to follow it up with
a whoop and a hurrah that would grow
steadily in volume until the day of
election.
If Mr. Cleveland is not disappointed
and discouraged at the situation there
is every reason why ho should bo. The
party has apparently fallen into a con
dition of complete apathy , and it isn't
easy to see what is going to lift it out of
that condition. All along the line there
is n conspicuous lack of zeal and
interest , und necessarily a steadily de
clining confidence. Mr. Cleveland
might arouse the party a little if ho
would give out hl letter of acceptance ,
but ho seems to bo afraid to do this.
Mr. Thurman will soon try to Infuse
some interest in the campaign , but
the old gentleman cannot spare
much energy for this work. Mean
while rapunlicnn organization goes
steadily on , and republican zeal
and confidence grow and expand.
There is everything in the present
aspect of the political situation to lead
Mr. Cleveland to lose courage.
Tlio Prohibition Convention.
The state convention of the prohib
ition party of Nebraska will assemble
in Omaha to-day. A largo attendance
is expected , and those worthy citizens
will have a cordial welcome to the
metropolis of the state. They will not
fall to find some things to Interest them
besides the duty they come to perform.
They will sco evidences of steady , ma
terial improvement nnd progress.
They will find unimpaired till the con
ditions which assure Omaha a future
prc-omincnco among the commercial
con tors of Iho west. They will note on
every hnmt nn enterprise and prosper
ity which are the augury of great
ness indeliiuUuly extended. They
will sco a happy , peaceable
community , where the policy
of high license has received a most
complete nnd entirely satisfactory vin
dication. As citizens of Nebraska they
cannot fail to feel proud of Omaha.
It is claimed that the prohibition
party now has organizations in thirty
counties of the state , and the more snn-
gulno members of the party profess to
believe that it will cast thirty thousand
votes next November. Four years ago
the prohibition vole in Nebraska was
two thousand eight hundred andninoty-
nine , nnd in tlio state election of two
years ago it had increased to eight
thousand one hundred and seventy-live.
If the same ratio of increase has been
maintained during the last two years
the vote in November next will bo about
twenty-five thousand , but It is
not at all probable the party has real-
lized any such growth. We think it en
tirely safe to predict that General Fisk
will not receive more than ton thousand
votes in Nebraska , and in view of the
fact that his associate on the ticket is a
man whom no former republican now
acting with the prohibitionists can sup
port without a sacrifice of self-respect ,
it is not improbable that the prohibition
vote in Nebraska on the national ticket
will bo less than the vote of two years
ago. Doubtless four-fifths of the prohi
bition parly of this state wore formerly
republicans , and wo question whether a
majority of those will bo dis-
poaod to honor with their votes
a man who publicly proclaimed
that he had boon a rebel and a democrat ,
and thanked God that ho had not to an
swer for the sin of having over been a
republican. Nowhere will the burden
Imposed on the prohibition cause by the
nomination of Dr. Brooks weigh more
heavily than on the Nebraska branch of
the party.
But there will como a more opportune
time than now to discuss the candidates ,
policy and prospects of the prohibition
party. Meanwhile the action of the
state convention will bo awaited with
some degree of interest by men of all
parties.
Tin : death of Charles Crocker ,
the railroad millionaire at Monterey ,
California , is rapidly drawing to a eloaO
the last chapters in the lives of the pro
jectors of the Central Pacific. Crocker
was ono of the four founders of the Pa
cific railroad. A storekeeper in Sacra
mento ho was induced to enter into the
project of an overland route through
the influence of Stanford , Huntingdon
and Hopkins. The actual work of build
ing the road was entrusted to Crocker.
For six years lie superintended the dilll-
cult undertaking while his partners
wore engaged in raising money for the
purpose. As his share of the
deal , Crocker retired with n for
tune estimated at $20,000,000. Of late
ho has not been directly identified
with railroad manipulation. The work
and exposure incident to the building
of the Pacific railroad undermined his
health. Of the interesting group which
built the preat Pacific railroad without
a dollar , whoso financial operation ; *
have never been equalled for audacity
tint ! brilliancy , only one member , C. P.
Huntington , retains his full vigor.
Mark Hopkins nnd Crocker are dead
and Stanford is very sick in Europe.
AT the conclusion of the rillo prac
tice at Bellevue on Monday , General
Morrow in his address before present
ing the prizes made the interesting
statement that not only is marksman
ship in the American army at the high
est point in the history of the army ,
but had reached a standing not sur
passed by any other nation. Marks
manship is ono of the most important
achievements of the boldior , and
as General Morrow said has
value not restricted to the one thing of
rendering its possessor more efficient
in service. It helps to improve the
character and conduct of the individual ,
and hence its pursuit is an aid to the
whole work of discipline. The entirely
satisfactory results of this sort of train
ing supply all the argument required
in behalf of its continuance and en
couragement.
A TAXi'AYKii who evidently keeps his
eyes open to municipal affairs , calls at
tention to the loose and unbusiness like
methods on the part of the board of ed
ucation. In the affairs of the building
committee alone , it is safe to say that at
least 525,000 of the school fund was
( squandered owing to the carelessness
and ignorance of certain members of
the board. The result has boon that
contractors have grown fat at the tax
payers' expense. If the records of the
committees on teachers and text booko ,
supplies and property were looked into
the report would likewise bo damaging
to the business sagacity of the board.
The now board has before It u great
task. Order and business methods
must take the place of the loose and
shiftless policy so long in vogue.
Mu. M.V. . DoNAKKYof Omaha , who
oilers himself as an independent dem
ocratic candidate for the presidency , is
commended to the favorable considera
tion of the American party , now in con
vention at the national capital. There
is very close accord between the avow
als of this party and these of Mr. Don-
akoy regarding immigration , while
throughout the platform of the latter
there is voiced such an ardent spirit of
Americanism as should make him an
Ideal candidate of the projected now
party. And wo feel warranted in saying
that Mr. Donakoy ( great car'o should betaken
taken not to omit the "a" in the name )
would promptly accept a nomination.
TIIEUK is likely to bo a big drop In
passenger rates to the PucUio coast It
is claimed by the Atlantic and Pacific
that the Union Pacific started the war
by cutting rates $1 to SO. Not to bo out
done that road mot the Union Pacific by
a rebate of $10 on tickets from San Fran-
cisco to Missouri rive1 ! points , The row
Is hardly oil as the Santa Fe Is ypl to bo
heard from should the Union Pacific re
taliate. The moroToj this is , that the
public hears no fhowl when railroads
Blush ouch other. Btfta mild reduction
ordered by n &Uitbolird of transporta
tion is fought as i ( . It j involved the con
fiscation of the railroads.
TIIK idle boys of San Francisco have
been olTored free itra'hsporlatlon to go
into the interior and pick grapes , as
California is just now in the middle of
the grape season. , ' The state board of
trade is anxious to supplant the Chinese
coolies by wbito labor and lias issued
circulars to the grape growers through
the state to give the boys a chance. The
experiment will bo watched with inter
est. The Chinese have had the monopoly
ely of harvesting in California to long
that while labor in the fields is a nov
elty.
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Tun coils of the lumber trust arc
tightening In the northwest by which
the people of Nebraska and other states
will bo squeezed. A combination of all
the principal lumber interests of Min-
nt'pota and Wisconsin lias been effected ,
backed by a capital of sixty millions of
dollars. When the plans of this syndi
cate arc perfected , every foot of lumber
sent to this state will be controlled by
the trust The prospect is far from
pleasing.
As A result of the recent investiga
tions into the sugar trusts by the stale
of New York , the attorney general has
instituted smits against the monopoly.
Between the law on ono side and Clans
Sprerklcs on the other , the eastern
8U iir pool is as it were between the
devil and the deep sea.
PUIjlTlOAIj 1'OINTS.
The purchase of Canada would bo a fine
way to reduce the surplus.
Senator Kvarts expects congress to ad
journ election day , while Sunset Cox de
clares It is liitely to remain in session till the
4th of next March.
John U. Haskln , a prominent Isow York
democrat , member 'of congress before the
war , mid a warm friend of John Kelly , has
declared for Harrison.
Anna Dickinson will talc : the stump in the
pending campaign , and will make several
speeches for tlio rcpublifnn candidates in
Now York , Now Jersey , and Indiana.
Calvin S. Hrice , the now Ohio field marshal
of the democratic party , docs not seem to be
a glittering success. Two of his pot schemes
were icccntly voted down at a single meet
ing of the national committee.
A bank building against a drug store that
Harrison carries Indiana is the Intent and
oddust election bet from the "cotton velvet
west. " The property is rated at about
SIO.UIO.
H. P. Warner , of Rochester , N. Y. , owns
a Tippecanoe handkerchief that has been in
the family since 1S41) . It. is emblazoned with
devices designed to lire the patriotic heart
nnd bus mottoes printed in red on n white
ground. Ho has boon offered $100 for
it , but declines to part with it.
Col. Fred Morley , of Detroit has sent
Con. Harrison tin ; original manuscript of his
grandfather's inaugural address. President
Harrison gave the document in charge to a
colored body servant named 'Du Baptiste ,
and Col. Morley obtained it from an acquain
tance of Baptisto whom ho had bcfi leaded.
Mrs. Lydia Dickinson Courtney , of ICon-
nebunkport , Me. , denies Tthnt Mr. Blaine's
action in refusing n presidential nomination
is unparalleled. Shq vislies it remembered
that her late honored father , Daniel S.
Dickinson , declined a presidential nomina
tion when actually in his hands nt the demo
cratic convention held nt Baltimore in June ,
1M2.
1M2.Tho
The smallest man in the house mndo the
longest speech during the crcat tnrift debate.
Ho is Joseph Wheeler of Alabama , the cele
brated cavalry leader who hung on Sher
man's Hank and g.ivo him so much trouble
during the historic march to the soa. Gen
eral Wheeler does not look much like a man
who had made a record as a cavalry leader.
General Wheeler's tariff speech tills thirtv-
two uages of the Congressional Heeord. No
ono has ever read it except himself , but a
glance over it shows that the effort Is made
up of quotations from the various presidents'
big tables of figures and innumei able poet
ical illustrations. The ox-rebel cavalry
leader was so proud of it that ho had a copy
of the speech handsomely bound in morocco
and presented it to Mr. Cleveland.
The Hulletln Fikc.
Uttca llcralil.
Wo move that when the next man loved
of the nation falls sick the doctors lot the
bulletin business alone. From Garfield to
Sheridan they have covered the ground of
misinformation amply. It Is best to quit.
II ID Savages Must Move On.
The idea of the government being thwarted
in its great plans for the civilization of the
Indians and for the conversion of the wild
prairies into farms and villages and cities by
a few unscrupulous renegades is not a pleas
ant one to contemplate or ono that is likely
to bo submitted to.
Lois Go
ClilciiUH Trlljiino.
The President Dun , what worries mo in
this letter of acceptance is this second term
business. How am I going to get around iti
I can't explain away that letter I wrote four
years ace denouncing second terms , and if I
don't say something about it the people will
think it looks like cowardice. What would
you do , Dan.
Dan I would dispose of It , sir , in n few
lines
The President ( eagerly ) Lincs , DanJ That
reminds inc. Let's go fishing , Dau.
A False Alarm.
MIUIllU 'nild.
Another shook awaits the American
wheat grower nnd miller. Another grain
phantom has materialized. Another "gran
ary of the world" is announced. This tlmo
It is the valleys of the Congo , in interior Af
rica. As usual , the now "granary of the
world" is more fertile than all the rest of the
earth , Itswatorways uro the finest , its climate -
ate is the most heavenly , and it is nblo to
turn out at least 099,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
bushels of wheat so excellent that , lyhen
Congo wheat becomes known , ordinary Da
kota and Minnesota wheats , now known as
the best on earth , will bo relocated to the
station of hog-feed and ornamental grasses.
Welcome the "granary ot' the world 1"
Adieu Chill , Argentine Republic , Australia
and India I All aboard for Congo !
The South Con fosses.
dMic-Dtmocrat.
General Moray , at n meeting of his society
held In New Orleans a few days ago , expa
tiated eloquently on the soil and climate of
Louisiana , but added significantly , that it Is
not n pleasant state .o Hvo in for persons
who "differ political ! , , from the dominant
clement. " Ho himself , ho declared , "had
not had the right of expressing his opinions
when ho differed with his neighbors , us ho
would have had In the north. " The general
evidently made the acknowledgement more
in sorrow than in ungcr. as ho has a personal
and' pecuniary interest in the advancement
of the state. Ho dared to toll tlio truth
however , and in doing so ho confessed that
"at the last election I east my vote for War-
moth , and it was counted for General
Ntcholls. "
For twenty years General Moroy has lived
in Madison parish. Ho owns property
there and pays his share of the taxes freely
nnd promptly. There U good reason to be
lieve that ho obeys the laws rigidly nnd
cheerfully , nnd that ho is In all respects a
worthy member of the community. And
i et General Moroy is obliged to confess thnt
ho has not the right of expressing hH
opinions when ho differs with his neighbors.
Orovcr nt Itotl Top.
Uiifiiion ( Critic.
Oh , Daniel , bring mv palm-loaf fan ,
And wnvo it to and fro ;
I'll shut my eyes nnd try to think
That I'm not down below.
What pleasure I might have Just now
If It were so , dear Dan ,
Instead of what 1 nm , I were
A cold and haughty tun it.
I hnvo'not tlmo to take a trip ,
My worK grants no release ;
Uut , Daniel , If this thing keeps ou
I'm bound to go to grc.isc.
If politicians como these days
And want to talk about
Tills oftlee for this man or that ,
I cannot frouzo them out.
If Mrs. Cleveland calls to meTe
To hell ) In her affairs ,
My he.irt grows soft ; 1 can't refuse ;
1 melt and run down stairs.
STATK AM ) THItlUTOIlV.
\olirnski
A fourth saloon was started ut Nlobrara
last week.
There are prospects of peace In newspaper
circles in Grand Island. The Times is about
to change hands.
Enterprising citizens of Candy have
mowed down the weeds in therouit house
square , which almost hid the trees from
view.
According to a Kansas piper , a man in
Nebrniku invented a patent fly trap. Ho
saturated a blanket with co.il oil and when
it had bccomo covoro 1 with Hies sot llro to It.
He is now trying to llud his house.
A youthful ball player nt Grand Island
thought ho could curve the sphere with thn
best of the twirlcrs , and in demonstrating
his ability curved his nrm so suddenly as to
break the bone. Ho will not play bull any
mote this season.
Tlio Knox county court has just decided
thnt the woman who had for many jcars
lived with the lute John Mitchell was his
legal wife , notwithstanding the fact that no
mnrringo ceremony had over been performed.
The case will bo carried up.
Annlo Sehurf , the ten-year-old nleco of
John Hodcwig , of Hooper , Dodgocounty , has
just arrived from Germany , making the
journey alone. A card was attached to her
dress telling who she was nnd her destina
tion aud thus ticketed she found no difficulty
in getting through all right.
A Ouster county deputy sheriff went to
Alliance last week after a couple of follows
who had mortgaged some property two or
three times and then skipped. They were
tracked to a ranch in the western part of the
county and captured. They were very brave
und boastful und were armed to the teeth ,
but when the arm of the law reached for
thorn they crawled under the bed and trem
bled.
In the fnvorublo report submitted by Con
gressman McShuno on the bill for u public
building ut Beatrice , the following facts
were stated : Beatrice has n population of
about twelve thousand. It is n rapidly gi ow
ing city , the third in size in the slate , and
the county seat of the third largest county
in Nebraska in respect of population , busi
ness und wealth. It has three trunk lines
of railroad and is the center of largo manu
facturing industries. The post ofllco at
present is located in the Masonic building ,
which is occupied by stores of various kinds ,
olllces , nnd a printing estubhsh-
ment. In consequence the risk
to the government property from its
present situation is very great. The room
now occupied by the postofllco would readily
rent for $1,500 per annum , and when the
present lease expires , which will occur about
the tlmo a rovornment building could bo
erected , if the bill now pending should become -
come a law this session , the rent would un
doubtedly be much greater than it is at pre.v
cnt. The rent under the existing lease was
reduced by contributions of business men at
the time it was made. These cannot bo ex
pected to bo continued when the lease expires.
The appropriation provided for in the bill is
very moderate in amount. The interest on
the cost of the building nt .5 per cent and
this is a high rate for the government to pay
would amount to a rental of $1,200 n year ,
which will be less by several hundred dollars
than the sumo would be if the department
should depend upon renting.
Iowa.
A Des Moines butcher has boon fined $ o.-l3
for selling meat on Sundny.
Colonel Chase , the landlord of the Lyons
house ut Hook Kapids , was robbed of his
pocket book , containing 175.
The state auditor has issued a warrant to
the soldiers' orphans' homo at Davenport for
9IM)0 ) , voted by the last legislature lor im
provements.
A reunion of the Thirtieth- Iowa regiment
will occur nt Birmingham August 22 and ' . ' 3.
The Sixth ( Corse's old command ) will ns-
semblo at Osccola on the same dates.
The lecent death of Bob Conner , the
noted sporting man , recalls his campaign in
Iowa with the famous horse , "Small Hopes , "
in 1875 , under the nuuio of "Lothuir , " nnd
pu'ticularly the clean scoop made at Du-
buque.
Dakota.
Hermosa wants to incorporate.
The oyster season is announced as opened
at Deadwood.
The average shipment of butter from the
Brookings creamery is about ! } ,000 , pounds
per week.
Grain buyers nt Armour will start the
wheat market at from 53 to CJ cents , accord
ing to the quality of the grain.
The city council of Dell Kapids has decreed
no bunks in the calaboose , as prisoners break
them up and use the pieces to dig out with.
The city council of Woonsoeket has passed
an ordinance making it unlawful to play ball
on the streets or to ride bicycles on the side
walks.
The city council of Brookings has mnao ar
rangements with the cornet baud of thnt
plat-o for ten concerts , for which the band is
to receive $110.
Omaha in 1'olltlos.
Un-nln Datlu Call.
The action of the republican county
convention at Omaha on Saturday was
characteristic of that town in politics.
It voted down a resolution favoring the
ronomination of Attorney General
Leeso because ho has favored lower
freight rates for Nebraska and n cessa
tion of the discrimination made by the
roads in favor of Omaha and against
every other shipping point in the stato.
It was an Omaha against the state dec
laration. Mr. Fred "W. Gray , who hits
mndo some money out of cedar blocks
laid in Lincoln streets the past year ,
was the chief spokesman in the conven
tion against the Loose resolution. Ac
cording to the newspapers ho stood up
in the convention nnd declared Leoso
an enemy to Omaha. An enemy for
sooth , because ho , as a member of the
board of transportation , has engaged
in the work of making the roads do
justice to the people of the state outside
of Omaha. Mr. Gray was ono of the
Hers and Griffiths who came to the
meeting of the state board of transpor
tation clinging to Mr. Kimball's and
and Iloldrego's coat tails , and testifying
that rates were low enough in the
stnto. It was all testimony showing
fraud on the face , the testimony of men
who hove thrived upon the rates given
thorn at the expense of every other
town in the stato.
$ Mr. Gray is an extensive lumber
dealer. It'is n notorious fact that up
to a short time ago the rates were such
that not a city in Nebraska outside of
Omaha could wholesale lumber und
live. The railroads gave wholesale
lumber dealers in Ounum the state of
Nebraska for a field and killed compe
tition with ruinously high rates. The
state board of transportation after much
work , partially righted this wrong , so
that lurabof dealers at Lincoln , Fro-
. .
A w.h ft-
mont and other places can do n whole
sale trade , but still at a disadvantage
compared with Omaha , Mr. Gray may
bo pinched n little when ho declares
Mr. Loose an enemy for the
part ho played in giving par
tial justice to nil Ihc state out-
sitto of Omnhn. It is n good tiling in
advance to know not only that the rail
roads own the Douglas county delega
tion , but that individually , some of
them at least , arc willing to denounce
as a common enemy anyone wlio books
to give the state justice in rates. The
state of Nebraska ought to bo greater
than Omaha. Itoiitrhtto assert itself
ns tlono paying tribute to that place on
the rnto dictation of the railroads. The
Call predicts that the action of the
Douglas county convention in voting
down the Lecse resolutions will bo
worth a hundred votes in the conven
tion. This city Is ready to go before
the poonle of the state on the Issue laid
down by the Omaha convention.
A COUNTY SI3AT COXTKOVBUSY.
llyiinnls MoomorH Chnrucil AVItli Violating
lating the Klcuthm Ijaws.
WIMTMVNNob. . , August 11. To the Editor
of TiinllKi : : In the issue of Tin : Hr.i : of
August 11 , appeared nn article under the
heading "H.vaniiis Gets the County Seat , "
which Is misleading and which does not tell
the truth.
It has been well said that the "truth is not
to bo spoken at nil times , " and thh may be
the view that the Hyannh writer has taken
of this case. However , bo that ns it may ,
last fall or winter upon u petition supported
by affidavits , asking for a temporary organ
isation for Grant county , Governor Tlmyer
appointed J. K. Dollingcr special clerk and
Thomas U. Lyrech , James Forbes and W.
AVcstover special commissioners und selected
Hyanuis as the temporary county seat.
The statute of Nebraska plainly defines
the duties of these special commissioners to
be to divide the county into precincts und
to uppoint a polling plnco in each precinct
m.d to call a sneeial election in the countv if
uceessnry , nnd to nnnounco to the public the
various officers to be voted for , ns well us to
proclaim the places to be voted for for per
manent county scat. And the duty of said
special clerk is to act as cleric of said special
commissioners. Among other things done
said commissioners divided the countv into
four voting precincts , to-wit : Whitman.
Collins , Hy.inim and Ashby , and called the
special election for July yi und in addition
to announcing the various officers to bo voted
for proclaimed that the voters might select u
permanent county seat by casting their bal
lots for Whitman or Hyaunis , ns their con
science might dictate.
The election occurred on Tuesday , the
3lst of July , and on the following daj ,
August 1 , found the leturns till in
nnd said special officers on hand nt Hyannis
to canvass , as people generally supposed und
ns the law provides. Although several
electors from Whitman and other parts of
the county were in attendance upon the ses
sion of special commissioners , from August I
up to the night of August 3 , nothing had
been done , so far ns the public could learn ,
towards the canvass ot the votes , although
it was well known that the seals on the re
turns had been broken und in two instances
the seals to the ballots had been broken.
This is traceable directly to the special
clerk , it is claimed. Ou the night of August
3 Special Clerk Dolllngor went to Lincoln by
request of the Lincoln Town Lot and Land
company , and the board adjourned to
nwnit his return the following
Tuesday , August 7ithout making
a finding or announcing the result
of the vote. On said August 7 , nt 9 o'clock ' n.
m. , the special board completed their labors ,
there being no ono present usido from that
august body , and amidst whcrcases and
ejneulntions found that by throwing out und
Hinging to the wind the vote of Ashby pro
duct Hynnnis would have a majority of ono
for the county seat , and that James Forbes ,
ono of the special commissioners , would bo
elected county treasurer by ono majority ;
whereas bv the straight vote , had It been can
vassed and declared us the law provides , for
the entire county , showed the defeat of the
entire Hyannis outfit. Said special clerk , J.
S. Dellingor , ns n candidate nt the election
for county clerk , failed to carry one-fourth of
the votes of the county , and such was
the case with H. H. Dellinger , candi
date for superintendent ot schools , nnd
II. A. Wostover for commissioner nnd Mike
Yukeeui for surveyor. As aforesaid , James
Forbes , by an act unprecedented and with
out any shadow of law , whatever , by dis
franchising the electors of ono whole pro
duct , procured his election by ono majority.
Whoever saw the like or a similar case ? Of
course , said special commissioners and clerk
or two of the commissioners anyway and the
clerk are determined on Ilynnnis for the
county sent and it has been nssertcd that
they would have turned any stone or cut any
caper which would have afforded any avenue
of escape in this their dire extremity.
The pretext for throwing out the vote of
Ashby precinct was that the electors them
selves changed the place of voting from
the tent as announced by the commissioners
to a house only a few yards distant.
The facts nro that a notice of the would-bo
change was posted for more than a week
prior to the election at both places , that the
change was benelicinl ou account of the
buildings nnd that every voter was agreed ,
no ono being inconvenienced or u vote lost.
Had the voters anticipated the straights that
suid commissioners and their clerk were in
no change would have been made , and no
loophole or avenueof escape offered. Bo it
everlastingly said to the credit of the Ashby
electors , no illegal act can be laid at their
door , nnd that not a sympathizer with the
nefarious schemers can bo found in their
precinct. Grant county is a young county ,
but the voters nro us intelligent ns unywhorc.
No deceptive article written by this sumo J.
S. Dellinger mid published in Tin : Bui : or
any other paper of standing will have suffi
cient weight to overcome the damage done
to decent nnd respectnblo people In Grant
county. The real facts uro ns recent events
Imvo demonstrated that this man came hero
from Broken How with the intent to make
money ; that ho took the land nt Hyaunis ,
made his proof with the money furnished by
the Lincoln Town Lot company , and that ho
deeded one-half to said company , agreeing nt
the same tlmo that the county scat should bo
located thoro. It was fortunate , indeed , that
the people ' 'caught on" in tlmo to prevent his
election to nn important county office. It is
strange thnt the Lincoln Town Lot company
would sustain and uphold the ucts of this
man.
AKIN TO OUOOKUUNKSS.
Store Ijtght Thrown Upon Recent
Transactions of tlio Scliool lionrd.
"What do you know to-day ! " remarked
Tnu BEE man ns ho mot Mr. Taxpayer , "any
thing moro about the school board I"
"Yes , sir I" was the reply. "Now there's
the Webster street school ; there's lots of fun
going on up ut that school , und the end is not
yet , by any means. When the erection of
this building was commenced the old school
board was In ofllco , and before the present
board appeared upon the scene the plans and
specifications for the plumbing nnd steam-
heating , as compiled by the architect , were
approved by the old board , und the contract ,
amounting to $3,200 , awarded. Upon the ac
cession of the now board , however , these
plans were rejected , and a member of the
board , together with u local steam-heating
firm , compiled or system of plumbing and
steam-heating to suit themselves.
"Tho s.vstom recommended by the archi
tect provided for two boilers with a separate
brick lluo for each ono. The new system
compiled by the amateur architects only pro
vides for ono bailer , consequently there is
not a flue m the building largo enough to ac
commodate the system.
"Tho boiler , as provided by the 'amateurs , '
was so largo that it could not bo taken into
the building through nny of the apertures
already built , so they knocked a hole in the
wall and succeeded In getting it in.
"Then a now difficulty presented Itself.
Cold air ducts had been loft In the walls by
the masons to uccommgdulo the original sys
tem , but these were found to bo Impractica
ble for the 'amateur' plan , and they cut
holes for themselves. "
"And where do you think they cut thorn 1
Right In the piers of masonry , twenty-nlno
Inches smjiuc , seriously attacking the
strength of-tho building. This was done not
withstanding the protests of the superintend
ent ; but it was so preposterous that they are
now being filled in again. "
' The 'amateur' system docs not pro vide for
fltoam rudliitir * In the piny-room * Ib I ha
bT o.uy ; * , 4.4 formerly provided , .Thoiri pliiy.
rouns are 11 * 1 mainly during 'tap' wli rr
in it.lhn , i u . U i est important thti t uy
sluui.i uo lii1. . v J in some manner. 1' uyM
having no t > \ Vi''ors In the pliiy-roon
Imvo cut of t'i only po slblo clmiiuu i a
by 'paokliu' iho nnlti ntul return i
pipes. It Is c\ ' ' "it ny man who 1 , H
anything wlmlo\ stonm heat n , ' ,
the Atcnm iilpos t , bo packed n n . i
but In the boiler-re -I Unit they n'.outd
lorvo us means to p t thoplumbiiik ii\im
froozlng. "
"Now , the whole c.u. . of nil this Imsln ns
aocms to bo In the ( not t ! . t thu board m > in-
bor who helped eompllo ti'nmnteur' s < 3-
torn , nnd who succeeded in having tlio con
tract nwnrdcd to hU etcnm-hwttlUK tricitdt ,
is the unrtiior ol this BIIHIO linn , bat tu 11-
otlior branch of their busin s ' ! ' ' > i-
tract , nn awarded , nmountcd t > " , i" M
morn than the llrst. or origin i < . t.
Another feature of this affair U thu i > n
who spot the plumbing contract , i
through the Influence of tills u
board member , the cousldorat > . >
ing that the plumbers buy t < l !
mntorinl used In the contract
a Bupply house in this city of which ' li
tcrprisliig board inombor Is n partner "
" 1 understand that there has bt > ,
loose method in the manner in v , j.
architects have boon allowed to m u > in s
and the way in which they woivio
anted for tholr work. "
The old board had n certain nrcluit > >
thU city innUo plnns for an iiddltlon >
high school building , but they were fo > i i .
bo utterly impracticable , nnd not used
ever , they paid this architect ? 700 f i
work before it was found out thnt tlu < t
could not bo used , aud it is a doud loss , \
city. "
Then the present board employed a .0 > r
architect to get up plans for the nnmo pur-
poc , and paid lilm $ r > 00 for thoni , but for-
Homo reason they were not used , aud now
they nro not going to do anything- about It ,
The board h is nlso paid a local linn of archi
tects from ? .10D to $700 for planning buildings
which fir some reason or other could not bo
eroded. "
_
That Mason School Illumlor.
Look hero , young man , THE BEE'S In
formant was not well advised on on o point as
p 'Uitoil In yesterday's Hnn. lie thinks the
superficial feet of the lot on Twonty-llftU
nnd Mason streets nro not adequate to the
largo new school building now being erected
on that spot.
Without any effort to bo proclao I wduld
say that the lot is largo enough , but a bettor
Bite might have been chosen. The school
building now being reared on thnt Jot Is thu
largest in the city , except the High school ,
nnd the ono on I Mho street , of which It Is a
duplicate. It iiuiv bo legretted ovontimlly
that u more nightly and appropriate location
had not been found for such a massive and
costly houso.
The fe.Uuro of extra oxponao was not as
stated. Hut after the excavation was sup
posed to bo completed , Morrison , the now-
made chairman of the eommlttoo on build
ings and property of the school board , or
dered the grading contractor to cut deeper ,
nnd , by so doing , the additional and heavy
extra expense was incurred.
It Is understood that other members of the
board were not consulted , and the aforesaid
chairman it > the responsible party to tlio
extra cost. Hut no ono would have occasion
for fault-finding If the added cost had elloctod
nn improvement. It is suspected , on the
contrary , that the deepening of the cut ia
damaging to the grounds and the building ,
on account of their both being too far bolbw
the grade on Twenty-llf th strtsot.
TI1J3 FIjV 8I3NTI2NOED ,
Hue tlio Spltlcr.s Skipped and Are
Still at Imrjjo.
O. II. Hayncs and L. W. Greene , perpe
trated such a wholesale fraud nnd 1-obcry in
government lands throughout Nebraska that
the poor government has not money enough
left to arrest thoni , but their ngont , n ono-
armed man. has been arrested , tried and VTM
Monday sentenced to do three years hi the
United States prison at Sioux Falls , Dale.
The man who received the sentence is Lou
Passoo , familliarly known as "Happy Jaok. "
ITo was arrested over n year ago charged
with forgery In making out bogus land
receiver's receipts , . The facts nro thnt 1'ns-
see is sot nblo to write his own name , but
pleaded guilty to handling the papers and
received the sentence as stated above , whloli
is the lightest that could be given him. Ho
wt not regarded by the court as a forger ,
but merely the agent of some men who Imvo
perpetrated the greatest land fraud on people
in this state that has ever been discovered.
Ttio men at the head of the schema wore ,
O. H. Hayncs , a member of the Omaha bar ,
and L. W. Gieene , a land agent. Haynes
was admitted to the bar about three years
ago and made Greene's acquaintance when
ho was asked by the latter to de
fend him in a suit in the
United States court on n land fraud.
Hayzics conducted the trial nnd acquitted his
client. It was the last cnso ho tried and cm-
barked tit once with his brother in this large ,
and magnanimous bchemo to sell all of the
government land in Nebraska. Their plan
was to make a survey of the land , draw up a
description of it , and this , with pictures ot
the surrounding country , was sent cast !
among people who were seeking homes in the
west. The llshlng was good and soon the
11ns began to ewim into tlio not. Heal gov
ernment papers were now necessary and
were supplied to the flrui by a brother of Mr.
Haynes , who had cfiargo of the government
land olllco at Hex Uutto. They were thua
not forged papers , but the genuine.
The business soon became so prontabla
that it needed no longer to bo run behind a
screen , but an otllco was opened in Lincoln
just across the street from the genuine gov
ernment land olllco. This was the head of *
llco and branch offices were opened nt Hex
Hutte , broken How , Valentino , Omaha and
In fact nil over the stato.
The business was lucrative beyond the at
tlcip.ilion of the managcis of it and It Is salil
that in the tlrst year the Lincoln oftlco paid
to the sharks a revenue of fM.OOO. The
branch olllccs also sent In good returns over
and above the good salaries of their mana
gers.
The schema was to send these pic
tures made by the surveying parties
cast , and when an applicant cauio
for a homestead they would issue him a ro
coivcr's receipt for the land which was his
right nnd title to it until ho received his
patent from the land ofllco. The date of the
issuing of the patent was so far ahead that
the schemers intended to sell the stnto and ,
when it cauio time to provo up , they would
not bo In Nebraska. The tenant paid in cadi
case $ iU.r ; ! > 0 for his receiver's receipt.
The duties which Passoo performed In thli
deal were to conduct purchasers to their lain !
when they were ready to settle. For this
ho received fT.'i u month and oxJ
pcnscs. Ho dually quit his job
and returned to Omaha where
ho had always lived and after being nt homo
sonio time , they sent for him and made him
collecting agent at a salary of ? 100 par month
nnd expcnsos. It was In this position hawaa
working when ho was arrested nnd arraigned
In court. Haynes nnd Greene were also hir
dieted but have never boon placed under ar
rest owing to the fact that there is no money
In the treasury to prosecute their caics.
Passoo has been retained In the county Jail to
bo used us a witness against them when they
nro brought to trial. During his confine-
mcntd ho has received kind treatment at Urn
hands of the United States marshal and
county jailer , and hui oven boon allowed
to work on the wagon which
stands in front of the jail and for which ho
has applied for n patent on the ground of thu
dumping attachment. Ho Is fllty-four years
old and n general favorite at the jail and has
charge of the laundry department. Itisgen-
crully believed among the men that ho will
not bo taken to Sioux Fulls , but will still bo
retained hero to servo as a witness in future
land fraud rases. _
City Honda ut 11 Premium.
City Treasurer Itusu closed the contract
yesterday for the sales $312,000 worth of 0 per
cent district paving bands duo In from ono to
nlno years at the premium of $10,3(4.60. (
There were seven bids , as follows : Hlako ,
Hros. &Co. , of Hoston , $1.03.4 ; Hrowstor ,
Cobb < fc Estabrook , of Uoston , ft. 03.35 ; John
Day , of Omaha , ? l.03.1 ; S. A. Kcene & Co. ,
Now York , * l. < r3.r > 7 ; Omaha Loan & Trust
company , of Omaha , ? 100 nnd one-half of 1
percent : Central Loan & Trust company , a
slight advunco above par. Each bid included
the accrued Interest , The sale was made to
Ulakc , Hroa , & Co.
I'rluco JoMeph Dead ,
Uuiui.f , August 14. Prince Joioph ot
Saxo-Coburg-Gotha has died of mllaujma-
tiou of the lung * .