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that the plumbers strike is ever ,
everything is serene in the industrial
sky. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT MAY well bo inquired if every
thing is running : smoothly at the county
hospital building.
FICKLE Franco , she has shattered her
idol Boulnngor nnd pins her affections
on our own Buffalo Bill.
Tins people of Walnut Hill should
not bo asked twice for n lot on which to
build a ( Ire engine house.
E state bank inspectors have very
properly concluded that branch banks
must huve a capitalization of their own.
THE Wabash has once raoro boon con
solidated into a powerful railroad sys
tem , which puts it into position to
cope with its old rivals.
THE Union Pacific has made a vigor
ous demand for its proportionate share
of Pucot Sound business , which is now
divided between the Northern and Ca
nadian Pacific , nnd if refused should
make a bold 'fight for it. , "
PHILADELPHIA capitalists have in
vested , it is said , a half a million in
lands in the neighborhood of Dallas ,
Texas , and the question bothering the
people ofnorthorn Texas is , What does
the syndicate propose to do with this
property ?
Tins cloud bursts which have broken
and caused great disaster by flood in
various parts of the country during the
past few weeks would indicate that the
cyclone of recent years has boon sup
planted by an element of destruction
equally as disastrous.
Tun British have just learned that
sonling in the Bohring sea can not bo
carried on with , impunity. The seizure
of an English sealer by an American
revenue cutter will bring the question
prominently before the immediate attention -
tontion of both countries.
WHAT Do Lossops did for the Pan
ama canal , King Leopold , of Belgium ,
is doing for the building up of the
Cqijgo stato. It b to bo hoped thnt in
> the proposed railway to bo undertaken
by the Belgians through Africa , the
project will not end as disastrously as
the citual through Panama.
TlUC last of local beef inspection has
probably boon hoard from. A Minnesota
seta judge has just ruled that the beef
inspection law of that state is unconsti
tutional on the ground that it interferes
with the freedom of trade between the
states. State legislatures should know
by this time that it is fatal to infringe
upon the vested rights of congress.
ONE hundred and thirty millions
wore collected as internal revenue for
the fiscal year ending Juno 80 , an in
crease of six nnd one-half millions ever
last yoar. If these revenues go on in
creasing at this rate , within a few years
the government will have sufficient in
come from this source for Its support to
do away almost wholly with a tariff
duty for rovonuc on imports.
Till ! effort to drive away the settlers
near Cut Off hike is nothing moro nor
less than n scheme to monopolize the
entire river front and prevent any rail
road that wants to bridge tbo rlvor
above Omaha from procuring a fool
hold on this aide. The Union Pacific
baa no right of way near Gut OR lake
and has no business there , and does not
need any trackage near Florence , ot
north of its shops except for blocking
other roads.
THE solution of the trust problem IE
likely to bring about a great change 01
opinion' In the ranks of protection
Signs are not wanting to show that a demand <
mand for tariff revision will be general
Loading republican newspapers like
the Chicago 2Vioi ie , thoSt. Loul Globe
Democrat , the Boston Advertiser ani
Others have already sounded the alarn :
that our doors must bo opened to free
ugar , free salt and other accessaries li
order to check tbo growth ot monopoly ,
Such n policy on the part of congress
would bo the entering wedge for an
early and radical revision of the prcaon
tariff.
AXD OIIEEX.
The controversy between Postmaster
General. WanamnkorixnilNorvlnGroon ,
president of tha Western Union Tele
graph company , is very naturally at
tracting n great deal of publlo atten
tion. The bone of contention is the or
der of Mr.'Wnnamakor flxjng the rate
at which nil telegraph companies shall
transmit dispatches to nnd from United
States officials. The authority for fix
ing these telegraph tolls is ombodled
in the national telegraph act ot 180 C ,
wherein it is made , the duty of the
postmaster general to establish
the rates chargeable for govern
ment telegrams from year to year.
Mr. Wnnnmakor has fixed this
rate for the current year at ono mill
per word , or ton words for ono cent ,
taking ns hla basis the lowest rate
charged by the telegraph companies to
tholr most faVored patrons , the press
associations.
In fixing this rate on the basis of
press dispatches , General Wanamakor
has ignored a most important factor.
lie does not tako.into account the dif
ference in the snrvlco porformodwhlch
necessarily must tnnko a very marked
difference in its valuo. The bulk ot
nil press dispatches are transmit
ted in blocks of from live hundred to
two thousand words at a stretch , with
drop copies to from five to twenty
papers in ono circuit. - In other words ,
ouo operator usually send the same dis
patches to ton or moro papers located in
as many cities , nnd for each of these
drop copies the Western Union receives
ono mill per word. The service for ten
pnpors is equal to ono cent for every
word sent by that operator. Press dis
patches are , for the most part , .trans
mitted during the night , when the
wires are least encumbered with com
mercial messages , and therefore their
use is least productive to the telegraph
companies.
On the other hand , government dis
patches are ordinary messages , aggre
gating perhaps not ever twenty to thirty
words each. Moro than ono govern
ment message is' very seldom directed
to the same destination , and few of
them ever arq duplicated. Now the
essence and spirit of the law is that the
charges fixed by the postmaster general
for this service shall bo reasonable.
Grant that the government is enti
tled to as low a rate as the most favored
of patrons of the Western Union , the
postmaster general should take into con
sideration the character of the service
and its cost to the telegraph company.
With a guaranteed press service of
from twenty to thirty thousand words
per night , duplicated to thirty or forty
points in one circuit , the telegraph
company can make n fair profit for the
use of.its wires by charging only ono
mill per word for each paper to which
these dispatches are delivered. The
cost of handling and delivery of press
dispatches is comparatively trivial. The
same rate for carrying government
disptaohos would compel an abso
lute loss. A thirty word mes
sage would yield just throe cents for
handling by the two operators sending
and receiving the same , for the mes
sage blank and envelope and the mes
sage boy for delivering the dispatch.
The postofflco department charges ten
cents for registering a letter or for the
immediate delivery of an unregistered
letter. As a business man , Postmaster
General Wanamakor will not contend
thnt three cents for transmitting nnd
delivering a telegram goingf rom Wash
ington to Omaha , or oven from the
general 'postofflco to the white house ,
would bo reasonable. If It is , how
ever , an exorcise of arbitrary power ,
to limit the charge to ono
mill per word , then the postmaster general -
oral may with equal and bettor propri
ety order the entire service free of
charge.
When the Pacific telegraph was char
tered in 1801 congress granted a subsidy
of forty thousand dollars per annum for
ton years' to the telegraph company ,
conditioned that all government dis
patches should have priority of trans
mission free of charge between the Mis
souri ri vor and Pacific ocean. This was
carried out by the company nnd lasted
until 1872.
When the national telegraph act of
18GG was passed by congress , all
telegraph companies accepting its
conditions were given the right
of way ever nil public highways ,
across all navigable streams , and over
all the public domain. The only condi
tion congress exacted was the right of
the government to acquire the tele
graph lines by purchase at fair ap
praisement , and the right to fix the
rates through the postmaster general
on all government dispatches. Tbo
proper thing for congress to have done
was to require the transmission of all
the business of the government free of
charge. That would have boon a fair
and equitable exchange for the valua
ble franchises given to the telegraph
companies. But congress has simply
given the postmaster general the
right to establish a reasonable
rate for government dispatches. Wo
do not believe oven Mr. Wanamakor
will contend that the rate ho has or
dered 19 reasonable for the service to
bo performed. If the postmaster gen
eral will recommend to congress that
the act of 1800 bo amended and tele
graph companies shall do the service of
the government free of charge , wo will
cheerfully endorse his recommenda
tion. But we do not concur with hi m
In his effort to reduce telegraphic tolls
of the government below the coat of
service. We have no sympathy to
waste on any monopoly , least of all the
Western Union monopoly , but wo would
not do rank injustice to a monopoly
merely because It has Imposed upon the
country and grown fat from extortion ,
A onrnoAL SITUATION ;
The apparent restoration of order and
harmony in railroad circles , after the
threatening conditions of a month ago ,
cannot bo relied upon to last. The ex
pressions and action ot the Inter-state
Railroad assoeiation at its last session
were certainly reassuring. They dem
onstrated , beyond a reasonable doubt ,
thnt the controlling influence of the as
sociation is In favor of complying with
the law and of avoiding these contro
versies and warfares which in the past
have boon so disastrous to the interest *
of railroads , and BO demoralizing
to the business interests of the country.
But there is reason toboltova , or r nth or
to apprehend , that thia influence will
not bo powerful enough to perpetuate
the present favorable conditions , and
there are Indications thnt the situation
is oven now critical.
A prominent railroad man is quoted
as saying that the only solution of the
present embarrassing difficulties of
railroad carrions is to bo found either in
the combination of tha railroads or My
the government taking control
of nil traffic , and another prominent -
inont in railroad management ia re
ported to have said that if relief Is not
imd from present ovlla there must soon
come n crash. Sunh oxprcssions plainly
indlqato the lack of confidence in rail
road circles in the existing stale of
things being maintained , They coiv-
cluslvoly show that there is nn undor-
currnnt of doubt nnd distrust which
demonstrates that the situation Is not
healthy nnd harmonious. They Indicate
that however fair the surface indica
tions may bo , there is beneath a turbu
lence and discontent which nro re
strained with very great diffi
culty , and which nro liable to
break out at any moment. Ono ele
ment in railroad management appears
to regard government control of traffic
aa the only safe alternative. Another is
inclined to seek combination ns the
true moans of remedying existing evils
ano bringing about permanently har
monious relations.
The proposal of a great railroad trust
with hundreds of millions of money nnd
enormous interests placed in the con
trol of a few men , we have hereto
fore referred to as something
which the people of the country would
not tolorato. However indifferent the
masses may bo to the ordinary forms of
monopoly , they would array themselves
in vigorous hostility to any attempt to
organise the railroad interests of the
country into ono great combination to
bo controlled nnd manipulated by a few
men. Such a tremendous power with
nil Its possibilities of evil and abuse ,
with its vast influence exerted upon na
tional and state politics , aud with its
opportunities and means of defeating
the jmpular will , the people of the
United States would not permit
to exist. Whether or not com
plete government control of the rail
roads is the only alternative is a ques
tion to bo very seriously considered.
It has boon suggested that if the
transportation problem had no stock
jobbing side it would bo a comparatively
easy ono. But unfortunately there are
stock-jobbing managers who are ever
seeking to advance their personal
interests , and who will not hesitate to
make rate wars when that shall seem
to promise thorn the greatest ad
vantage , or on the other hand to make
peace , or a pretended peace , just
when the best fruit of competition
might bo realized for stock
holders by continued competi
tion. The speculative manager is the
worst of all enemies to the stockholders ,
and he is really at the bottom of most of
the difficulties of the railroad situa
tion. But how is ho to be gotten rid of V
A closer attention on the part of rail
road stockholders to the alTairs nnd the
management of the properties in which
they nro interested is unquestionably
desirable , and could hardly fail to have
the effect of weeding out many of the
stock-jobbintr A managers , but it is
questionable whether oven this would
wholly cure the evil. Bettor results
would perhaps bo secured if these
managers who are not stock-jobbers
would turn their attention to the spec
ulative managers. But it is too much
to hope that they will do this.
The improved appearance of the rail
road situation over that of a month ago
is certainly somewhat reassuring , but
there is reason to fear that the present
seemingly harmonious condition of af
fairs will not last. There are mani
festly undercurrents of reaction and re
volt which may develop now issues at
any time. A strong influence is vigor
ously at work to prevent this , but how
long it will bo effective is very uncer
tain.
1
REVOKE 'HIE COAL LICENSE.
It was eminently proper for the coun
cil to protect the consumers of coal
against shortage in fuel weight by a
stringent ordinance requiring the
weighing of coal. There is no valid
reason , however , for imposing a license
upon coal dealers. If coal dealers must
take out tvllcenso and pay ono hundred
dollars into the school fund , why not
also compel dealers in stoves , furniture ,
ice , moats , lumber , brick , or any
class of necessaries , to pay a license ?
The charter expressly provides that the
mayor nnd council shall have power
to regulate the weighing of coal bold
and delivered within the city. It also
names the classes of business which the
city may license , as follows : Pawn
brokers , auctioneers , employment agen
cies , commission merchants , brokers ,
Insurance officers and agents , solicit
ors , . real estate agents , surveyors ,
engineers , architects , house movers ,
runners , hawkers , peddlers , telegraph ,
telephone and express business.
. The only authority upon which the
council can , under any pretense , re
quire n license from coal dealers is the
power conferred upon the mayor and
council to license any business not
named in the charter which in their
judgment the public good may re
quire to bo licensed. Inasmuch
us many of the vocations
named in the charter as subject to
license are still on the free list , the ex
ception made in the coal trade strikes
us us very arbitrary. It is class legisla
tion in the interest of the heavy deal
ers against the smaller dealers , und not
in the interest of the public.
A DANOEIiOUS PRECEDENT.
The ordinance now before the council
to grant the privilege to the owners of
the Paxton house to inclose the porches
on Farnam and Fourteenth streets and
convert these porches into hotcl rooms
ought not to pass < Such an ordinance
would establish a precedent that would
sooner or lafor prove detrimental to tbo
publlo.
The porches in front of the hotel
already extend beyond the four-foot
limit allowed for arcaways. They have
been tolerated because the community
has been disposed to entourage such
nn onterprffio hfl the Paxton hotel. So
long ns thcr.porohos remain ns such no
objection wiWprobnbly bo rnisod.
But when iV is attempted to enlarge
the hotel ° by annexing part of the
street , tho"council is In duty bound to
call n hah.l Jlit , will allow the proprlo-
toia of thqaxton , ! hotel to encroach
eight footv.upon the street fronts , It
can with equal propriety permit others
to arcade thdiantlro sidewalk nnd build
ever it to iUPfull width. It a hbtol maybe
bo extended 'but Into the street , any
other busfrfifsa house must huvo
the same privilege. If these
privileges nro to bo exclusively for
hotels their grant would bo n rank in
justice to adjacent property.
Wo have no uosiro to obstruct tlio
owners of the Pnxton in any effort on
tholr part to Improve tholr building ,
but wo object to this now donjirturo be
cause it will lead to endless favoritism
nnd consequent injustice ,
Till ! present Investment of foreign
capital In the mercantile and industrial
enterpriser ot this country is not
all drawn from England. It comes
from the continent ns well , but largely
through London banks , and has corso-
quontly earned the name ot "British
gold. " However , there is nothing sur
prising about this fact. Largo amounts
ot money have boon invested for n num
ber of years In American securities , but
heretofore the transactions have talcen
place largely through international
banking institutions and. have excited
but little general Interest. Foreigners
at first invested millions of dollars
in government bonds. Moro re
cently they- put tholr money Into
our railroads , steamboats and cattle
ranches. These enterprises , subjected
to speculative influences , have not , ns n
rule , boon wholly satisfactory to the
foreign investor. Ho has there
fore changed the direction of his
energy ana turns his investments
into channels less fluctuating than rail
road stock with its accompanying risks.
There consequently need bo no fears
that the British nro buying us up body
and soul. While they are bringing
largo amounts ot now capital into this
country , a corresponding release of
American capital takes place , which of
necessity will seek profitable invest-
tnonta. The industries of this country
will go on as before under the dlror.tion
of American overseers nnd American
labor. No mattor'whothor foreign cap
ital is invop(6cl ( in our mercantile and
manufacturing establishments or in
railroads , it can never control the in
dustries of tjijs country and can never
escape the responsibilities and restric
tions which tflftf law of tlio land can im
pose at the wtl'of , the people.
TUB light in'g of this city has boon for
years a bourjjojijf revenue for boodlors
in the council and the recent effort on
behalf'of ' the , 'taxpayer is only In the
sumo direction. If the people will got
bettor street ilighting for less money
well and goodj ' If it is simply a ques
tion of the highest bid to boodlors , the
public -will1'gain ' vvery little by the
frantic ottortfto lighten its burdens.
THK suggestion that a freight depot
bo built at the east end of the wagon
bridge , is a very good one , providing ,
always , it is not a scheme to compel the
Union Pacific to buy up all the land on
the river front opposite the city at
prices to suit the speculative owners.
STATE AND TEUKITOIIY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Red Cloud has a progrcssivo checker club.
It is said that Junlata has moro hogs than
voters.
A bank is to bo started at Cordova by W.
H. Wallace.
Osceola hopes to have on opera house in
the near future.
The Ewing creamery manufactured 0,000
pounds of butter in one month.
Tbo Clay county swine breeders will hold
a meeting at Clay Center August ID.
A young eagle was shot at Grant last week
measuring over four foot from tip to lip.
Falrbury has declared a quarantine against
Hollonbcrp , Kan. , on account ot small pox.
Falls City stands a chance of securing an
oat meal mill with a capacity of 5CO bushels a
day.
day.Choyenno
Cheyenne county contains 1,750,000 acres
of land , as mucu us tbo territory of Okla
homa.
The now Lutheran church nt Battle Creek
was dedicated Sunday , 700 people attending
the exorcises.
The McCook creamery has leased a cold
storage room in Denver , and will hold Its
product for bettor prices.
The Long murder case was called up in
court at North Platte Monday , but on appli
cation of the state the trial was continued
until October 21.
A nluo-ycur-old son of Thomas Churchill ,
living near Sterling , was Instantly killed by
a beam from an old barn falling and strik
ing nlm on tbo bead ,
Tbo Greclcy county teachers' association
meeting advertised for last week was indef
initely postponed on account of tbo absence
from tbo county of nearly all the members.
During a recent game Hart , of tbo Grand
Island ball club , wus hit In the face and had
four teeth knocked out , while a Grooloy Can
tor man was HO exhausted by making a homo
run that ho fainted ot the plate.
Peter Grubb. aged seventy-ouo , and Ella
Jane Hare , aged slxty-ono , of White Cloud ,
Kan. , wore lately joined In matrimony at
Fulls City , Peter has Just received a pension
and back pay npiauntlng to $3,500.
Charles UarUOf.'a Ravenna dog fancier ,
has JlvocanlnoBilmtralnlng to compote for
the $5,000 prizes to'be awarded ut the Lax
ington , N. C. , noldltnals in December next ,
The animals belong to J. I. Case aud C. H.
Kil pat rick , of Chicago.
'Iowa Items.
Cbariton is . $ > ' Imt la a 1,000-lamp Incan
descent light pjantf ,
Wavorly her nj n have Just Imported 103
borses from Mo tfeal.
Minnlo Hlgdeo , of Uttumwa , has boon bold
under I3QO bender on the charge of horse
stealing. Mut >
H. Myorholzf * former living nearWapollo ,
had an anklo-Urolon by being caught In a
inower wheel. 'm.
F. \Varnor ua be n elected mavor of
Angus to till tlio Vacancy caused by the re
moval of Robert A. Lowry to Oklahoma.
Lewis Man. wt > o recently dlod at Parkers-
bur g , aged sovonty-throo , was for a .quarter
of a century draft clerk in the United States
treasurer's ofllce , and was a close friend of
ex-Senator Sulnaer.
According to the report of the commis
sioner of Indian affairs for 18S9 , Iowa has
1,353 acres in reservation and an Indian
population of SSO. Tbo births of the preced-
mgyeur numbered 12 and tbe deaths8 , show
ing a net Increase of 4.
Mlsi Jennie Slack , aged sixteen years , re
siding In the blue grass region of Iowa , near
Villlsca , has this season planted ana culti
vated ttilrty-tlvo ucros of corn besides milk
ing sic cows night and morning and helping
in other work auout tbo farm and household.
O. S. Tolllvcr , a prominent attorney at
JelTorson , Saturday presented a drait for
collection on one of the leading merchants of
the town. The Utter bocatno enraged and
truck Mr. Tolllver near tuo temple. Ho is
now In a very precarious condition nnd his
llfo Is dospMrcd of.
The flrst legislative action towards the
building of the now cnpltol was taken In 1ECS ;
the Independence hospital In 1SGS ; Clarlndn
hospital In 1834s Industrial schools at Kldora
nnd MItcliollvIllo in 1872 nnd 1870 ; Council
UlufTs doat and dumb Institution In 1SCO ;
AnamoiapontUntlarv ; in 18S3 ; Mnrsballtown
soldiers1 homo In 1830 ; Cedar Falls normal
school In 1870 ,
Tlio mayor ot Lnrainto has ordered that no
more gambling bo allowed in saloons and
cigar stores.
Mrs , William Halo , widow ot tlio Into Gov
ernor Halo , has been appointed a clerk la the
Cheyenne postofllco.
It Is sold that tlio search for the robber
who hold up the Rawllns-Lander coaches
has been abandoned.
The totol receipts of the Buffalo land ofllco
for tlio quartdr ending Juno 00 was $10,807.25.
Fifty-seven cash entries were made , twenty-
six tlnnl homesteads and cloven final dcac'rt
land entries.
The ngrlcultural districts of Northern Wy
oming ara fast gaining a foothold In eastern
Montana In the way of supplying Hour , porlc
nnd other articles In the line of the products
of that region.
Two now postofllcos hnvo been established
In Wyoming , at Farrlngton , Lnromlo county ,
with William G. Curtis as postmaster , and
nt Wlllotvglon , Carbon county , with Harri
son W. Holnoa as postmaster.
Governor Warren expects to lunlcoqultoan
extended trip through the tori llory during
the months of Auuust and September. Ho
will visit Sundance , Buffalo , Sheridan nnd
Lander during the oarlv part of August nnd
later take a trip to the Yellowstone park.
The Cheyenne Tribune rpporti that cuttlo-
nion In the Dig Horn basin nro driving tholr
herds to tbo mountains , whoio they will hold
them till Into in tno season , in or dor to snvo
the foothills nnd valley grasses for the win
ter. Cattle shipments will bo largo this full ,
and the hooves will bo in superior condition.
The Caspar Mull says that the number ot
sheep sheared at that point foots up a llttlo
ever 40,000. The nvcrugo weight per floero
is about twelve pounds , making u total of
4 bO , 000 pounds of wool clipped thoro. This
has been all sold in Caspar nt an average of
15 ccntA per pound , thus leaving for wool
alone $72,000 in the county.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hurt , commanding nt
Fort Washnlcic , had a narrow cscapo from
drowning lust week. While attempting to
cross Bip Wind rlvor , his horse Rot into
deep water , the colonel was swept form his
back , and caught In the limbs of n submerged
tree. Hero ho would have drowned In a fo\v
minutes but for thu assistance of soldiers ,
who hold his head abovo. water until help
arrived.
_ _
PIG DUES WHICH LIE.
An Aliened Floating Indebtedness of
the Board or Education.
Major Wheeler , chairman of the finance
committee , speaking of the discoveries made
In examining the books of the board ot edu
cation , said :
"The funniest thing of the whole business
was tno discovery of the comptroller of an
Item of (10,000 which had been carried on
the books of the board of education for two
years under the heading of 'Floating In
debtedness , ' when as a matter ofact , thu
board does not ewe anyone a cent. This
amount was reported by the secretary in his
annual statement , and reduced tlin assets of
the board that amount , nearly ono mill on
the levy. The comptroller examined the
matter and found that it was
simply an error and that
the board docs not ewe
any such amount or any sum for the pay
ment of which provision has not been made
by bonds or otherwise. It must bo n plo.u-
ing sensation for the board It certainly
would bo for an individual to discover that
a presumed indebtedness of $10,000 does not
exist ( n fact.
"Thoro is no cause for complaint ngalnsc
the sociotcry of the school board1 said the
councilman , in speaking of the now rules
adopted rrguluting the drawing of warrants ,
but the system employed by him , as nuthor-
ied bv the board , 1& certainly a very careless
ono. It has been the custom to draw ono
wairanbon the county troasuior each month
for the payment of the teachers and Janitors
salaries , and then nay thorn separately by
the secretary's Individual check.
"This monthly pay roll amounts to about
$2.1,000 and it Is certainly poor policy to place
thia in the hands of niiy oUicial who ia only
required to give a bond of $10,000. Not only
that , but in examining the accounts , the
comptroller Jlnds that a largo number of
these checks , or the claims for whicn the
checks wore drawn , have not been receipted ,
so thnt as a matter of fact the city has not
been relieved of its liability for these
amounts.
' Tbo payment to a teacher of a sum on tbo
secretary's individual check can not be held
as n receipt against snch teacher for wages
duo from the city ,
"Then suppose tha secretary should die Just
after drawing $25,000 out of the city treas
ury , the city would not bo relieved of its
liabilities to tno parties to whom the money
was due.
"The new plan of Issuing warrant * on
vouchers is tbo only proper one and gives the
city a proper receipt for all funds paid out. "
It is said that tlio plan was adopted solely
for the convenience of the lady teachers.
WHY UK HOLDS THEM.
Sonutor Siuuiilcrs Tells Wlmt Lota
the Union I'acillc Wants.
Senator Saundcrs was seen yesterday
nnd asked why ho had not deeded to the
Union Pacific all the lots deeded to him as
trustee by the city to bo , In turn , deeded to
the road.
"Those lots , " said ho , "I have forgotten
the description of , but they Ho somewhere
down m that direction , [ indicating tlio tcrrl
tory south cast of the depot and near the
river. ] The company had u long track on It for
a time which It afterwards took up , because
I bollevo It didn't care to maintain it there
auy loiif.or. It used to run empty cars on it.
I think the B. & M. came in afterwards in
tbo snmo vicinity and got some of the prop
erty in question. The reason 1 didn't deed
the property was simply because the com
pany didn't seem to want it. It moved oil
in another direction.
"Wlion the treasurer notified me of the
taxes well , 1 directed him to the road.
"Four or live years ago the city council
raised a cry to know why these lots hold in
trust by mo had not boon deeded to the
Union Pacific or returned to the city. I im
mediately consulted Mr. Popplcton nnd asked
him to which he thought the lots belonged.
to the company or to tbo city , ana what I
should do in tbo promises. '
' Ho stated that the lots had boon deeded
to mo with the intention of presenting thorn
to the Union Paoilio railroad company , and ,
although the Union Pacltlo did not mnko a
demand for them ut the time they \voro ready
for turclng ever ho thought they were still
the property of that corporation , nnd that I
should not return them to the city.
"It was thought at the tluio by some sus
picious people that I was holding the lots for
my own benefit , but I thought I was able to
make a living without using any of the city
property , and only held the lots in pursuance
of Mr. Popploton's opinion.
"Tho case has now got Into the courts nnd
I presume will sooner or later , bo decided.
Whichever way It is decided will be satisfac
tory to me. If it is determined that tbo city
owns lots I will be glad to turn them ever to
the city. "
N BIINKB IN CUBA.
They Are Bolnit Opened By nn Amer
ican Hyndlcutc.
CniOAOO , July 30. [ Special Telegram
to TUB BEE. ] Extensive iron mines In Cuba
are Doing opened by a Minnesota syndicate.
Captain Elisha M , Arcoms , of Tower City ,
passed through the city yesterday Journey
ing from Cuba to his homo. "Our company
will begin extenslvo operations In a few
weeks , " said the expert. "On account of
cheap labor ia that country a good profit can
be realized. The trouble in Cuba for for
eigner * who wish to inaugurate enterprises
is the great expense they have In entertain
ing ofllolals. When we began work and the
governor general came down to see us , wo
had to spend $700 In feasting and wining
him. I wus surprised to ilnd such general
discontent among the Cubans. The govern
ment seems little less that a powerful press , .
always at work grinding out of the masses
tbo utmost lu the way of taxe ? . Wo will
work between 1,000 nnd 1,500 , men nnd send
all the ere to this country. The ere is 01 per
cent , to C3 per cent , metallic iron. "
IEESE ON A LEGAL PROBLEM ,
Thurston County Bolongo to the
Seventh Judicial District.
FULL TEXT OF THE OPINION.
Jttilga Fotvorflj Ilowcvor. Thlnkn to
tlio Contrnrjr Point * * nt ; tlin Htnto
HottHc Supreme Court Onscs
Xtio Library Itaoma.
LINCOLN Uunc.AD ortnit Osun * . USBL
1029 P StnisnT ,
LINCOLN , .TUly 00.
A day or two ago Tun Hisn called atten
tion to the peculiar situation of Thurston
county ns to its Judicial Jurisdiction , citln ?
the fact thnt the Into legislature had failed
to glvo It a place In the judicial districts of
the ttato and that the attorney general had
boon called upon for an opinion as to whether
or not the failure ot the legislature , to glvo
it Judicial place , left the county out In the
cold so far as it concerned the Jurisdiction of
district courts. It scorns that a recent mur
der had been committed In the county in
question , and that Juilgo Powers has de
clined to try the case , or hold court there ,
for the reason , ho alleges , that ho has no
'Jurisdiction ever the county. In view of
these facts the opinion of Attorney General
Loose , which 14 as follows , will bo of pecu
liar Interest to the publlo :
LINCOLN , Neb. , July 80 , 18S9. Mr. .r. E.
Arthur Dear Sir : I wrote you yester
day regarding the holding of district
court in the now county of Thurston ,
und I want to sav , now , that I
consider that the district , which has
the larger part of the territory composing thu
county , retains Jurisdiction for all Judicial
imrposcs In the now county , Such seems to
bo the Intention of the law governing now
counties , formed out of ono or moro existing
counties , when the county Is formed by peti
tion or out ot unorganized territory , und the
snmo rule should prevail when the county is
fomod b. legislative enactment , ns provis
ions nro made in such cases for the oath of
county ofllccrs nnd the complete organization
of the couunty , whether the now county is
organ bed under the existing statutes or by a
legislative act ; nnd I cannot see why tno
court that formerly hold Jurisdiction ever the
greater portion of the territory composing
the noxv county should not hold jurisdiction
over it. Section 14 , uitlclo 1 ot chapter 18 ,
provides how the ofllccrs shall qualify on the
formation of n now county. It/ulso provides
thnt for judicial purposes it shall bo doomed
nod taken as belonging to the dis
trict in which said now couuty or the
larger part thereof U embraced
nnd terms of the district shall bo hold at
such place , in said now county , ns the county
board thereof shall dcsignato until the
county scat thereof shall bo permanently
located , and the times of holding such court
shall bo appointed by the judge thereof until
otherwise provided by law.
Thus it will bo seen Unit the legislature
did not intend to have any now county organ
ized without holding district court therein.
The situation of this now county is in no dif
ferent condition an to Us judicial district than
ono would bo , though formed from unorgan-
ired territory , or had boon created from seine
other existing county or counties. In cither
case the now county would belong to its
former judicial district under the exigencies
described. Section 14 provides that the judi
cial district having hold the greater part of
the territory from which the new county is
created shall hold Jurisdiction ever the whole
of the new county , and as 1 understand the
situation , all that portion of the Winnebago
and Omaha reservation not attached to other
counties was a pact of the Saventh judicial
district , and as this same torrltor is the
greater p.irt of the county of f hurston it Is ,
in my opinion , a part of the Seventh judicial
district. Yours very truly.
WILLIAM L.BESI ! , Attorney General.
The Slnto library.
The flnely polished furnishings of the state
library room are all in place. A practical In-
tenor furnisher did the work , and so far as
arrangement is concerned it is certainly all
that can bo desired. The book cases are
each fourteen foot in length , with suvan
shelves on cither side , and they sit from
north to souCli in the north part of the room ,
which la twenty eight feet and eight Inches
in width by eighty-two foot in length. A
sub-gallery , eighty-two feet in length , sovun
feet above the iloor , and just above thodoors
nnd cases , contains six rows of shelves tbo
cntiro length of the room. This is reached
by means ot a ladder with silver mounted
banisters at the grand entrance. Beneath
tbo sub gallery there arc seven other rows of
shelves and , barring the cuts for three doors ,
also extend the entire length of the room ,
Midway in the south part of the room , di
rectly fronting the grand entrance , sits
the state librarian's desk. On either
side of the desk sits three tables ,
3 feet G inches by eight feet , surrounded by
six chairs each , of the most comfortable de
signs obtainable. Tllo furnitnro isjtll of an
tique oak , and so highly polished that it
gives back a reflection almost as perfect as a
looking glass. It cost the stuto 0,000 , and it
Is learned that the shelf loom provided will
store 40,000 books. The upholsterers and
carpenters completed the work to-day , und
the library room of the stuto house really
presents u very creditable appearance.Ir. .
Wheolcr , deputy librarian , states that the
library will bo removed as rapidly as possi
ble. Active work will probably commence
to-morro\v. It is Intended that this work
shall bo performed so as to not Interfere
with the regular duties of the librarian or
these immediately connected with the supreme
premo court.
An Informal Complaint.
An Informal complaint was fllea bofora tbo
Mate board of transportation to-day by J. IV.
Babbitt , of Vordon , Uichardson county. TUo
complainant alleges overcharges against him
on the part of the Missouri Pacific folks , lie
states that on October 20,1883 , ho shipped a
carload of apples from Vordon to North
Pintle , on which he paid the Missouri Pacific
$42.4:1 : and 1117.81 to the Union Puciilo folks ,
making a total of $153 23. He further states
that on the lHh ! of November n friend of his ,
J. II. Littoral , shipped a airload of apples
from Howe , the second station above Vor
don to North Pluttc , and was charged a total
of $83.15. On the 21st of November Babbitt
says ho shipped another carload of apples to
tbo amo point and was charged the same
ruto paid by Littoral , and therefore asks a
rebate on the first shipment to correspond
with that paid ou the last.
Supreme Court News.
The following cases were lllcd for trial in
the supreme court to-day :
Louis Bradford vs. Grace E. lilgglns ot
al. ; appeal from Douglas county.
Jacob Fisher vs. Oitizcns' Street railway
company ; appeal from Adams county.
Omaha and Florence Land and Trust com
pany vs. Jnmos M. Barker ; error from
Douglas county.
Hush Elliott vs. Stuto of Nebraska ; error
from Choyouo county.
Louis Bradford vs. Emily 0. Patterson ot
al. ; appeal from Douglas county.
John U. Kcodle vs. Susan H. Flack ; error
from Hamilton county.
Omaha nnd Florence J'.and and Trust com
pany vs. Thomas Barrett ; error from Doug *
las county.
Doings at the Capital.
The following commissions were issued
to-day from the adjutant general's ofUca :
N , 1' . Lundeon , of Yurkj captain of com
pany A , First regiment of the Nebraska Na
tional guard.
W. G. Fisher , of Yorlc , flrst lieutenant
Company A , First regiment of the Nebraska
national guard.
Arthur G. Scott , of Genera , ilr t lieuten
ant of Company G , First regiment of th
Nebraska National'uard.
Fred A. Balloy , of Shelton , second lieu
tenant. Company A , Secdud roglmont of tbo
Nebraska National guard.
George J. Paul , of Omaha , flrst lieuten
ant of the Edward Croighton guard ,
Edward J. MoVann , of Omaha , second
lieutenant of the Edward Croighton guard.
Tbo Denver insurance company , of Den
ver , has filed a statement and applied for the
privilege of doing buiinuita in the state.
This Is a now company , organized December
6 , 18S8 , ana comrnancd business May 1 , 183'J.
H has 200,000 cash capital nnd foO.OOO ca h
surplus.
The Massachusetts benefit Association , n
llfo asMirnnco company , of Boston , has bocn
nuthorlred to transact business In the state.
Total Investment assets of the company ,
(307,013.05. It U a mutual coucorn.
City Mown nnd Notoq.
Brad P. Cook and J. 1 > . Gatcholl go to Chicago
cage to-morrow In nnsworto a telegram from
Commander Davis to confer M to the re
unions at Milwaukee and Kearney. Attend *
anco nt the reunions Is the chief question to
bo considered.
General Superintendent Colvort nnd As
sistant Superintendent Uianoll , of the 1) . &
M. , made a recent tour of inspection ever
Blgnoll's division nnd found tbo damage to
the road by the recent heavy rains , north ot
Palmer , was not ns bnd ns has ooon reported.
W. B. Wilson , provident of the Denver In
surance company , of Denver , was a Lincoln
visitor to-day.
Mrs. 13. T. Wilson dlod nt her residence In
tills city la * night. Her remains will bo
snipped to South Bend , Ind. , for Interment.
Miss Anna Howard , of Sownrd , Is the
guest of Misn L'ftlo Lccsc , the attorney gen-
oral's daughter.
Work has commenced on the Y. M. C. A.
building , It will bo a credit to the city.
A HVDUivV.1 ? LKAIC.
How It Is Mnlil to Affect the I.'lnnnors
of ilia City.
"I have discovered somuthlnir thnt I thtnlc
will account for the low condition of the
fire-hydrant fund , " said Commissioner
WJieolor to a , BKB reporter yesterday.
"Thoro is In the nlty a largo number of
hydrants that nro located on stroats between
cross streets which nro already supplied
with hydrants. These uro called intormodt-
ate hydrants , and the waterworks company
has m rcod to furnish these to the city at $10
per annum.
" I hnvo boon busy for two days copying n
list of tbo hydrants ot the city
and their location. I hnvo already
found twonty-flvo of these that nro located
properly to bo called intermediate hydrants ,
for which the city is Having a rontnl of (00
each , and in some cases fSt. It mny bo that
there Is some explanation ft this , but I don't
sco what it can bo. If U Is true that the
city Is paying $50 too much for each of these
hydrants , there is certainly SI.ISW duo from
the waterworks company nnd that amount
too for each .Year that this excessive charge
has been made. If thii It true , and I huvo
every reason to think it is , the council will
bo able to clvo the citizens of Druid Hill and
several other localities the hydrants that
they need so badly for flro protection. "
PUBLIC \voims.
Action of the Uo.ird In tlio AInttor of
itottoii I'nvliiR Material.
At a called meeting of the bom-cl of publlo
works yesterday afternoon the following re
serve payments were allowed :
Hugh Murphy , alley , paving district No. 43 ,
$103.00 ; Hugh Murphy , street , 'paving dis
trict No. SO. 59S9.08 ; Hugh Murphy , street ,
paving district No. 09 , 52,723.47 ; Hugh Mur-
phv , street , paving district No. 130 , 1310.77.
U. H. Walker was appointed inspector on
public works
Mr. Fur ay moved that the cedar blocks on
Twenty-fourth and ClaiU streets , where the
contractors uro ut work ut present , were not
such blocks ns nro required by the opccltlca-
tlons , and the action of the chairman of the
board and the oily engineer in condemning
said blocks and stopping work bo sustained ,
and that hereafter nil blocks known ns
"summer cut" nnd "worm eaten" cedar
blocks are not to bo delivered on the work ,
but only such class of cedar blocks as con
form to the samples before this meeting.
And Inspectors are instructed to allow no
"summer cut" and "worm oaten" blocks on
the work , and only such ma tor ml as in their
judgment compiles with the specifications ;
and that J. B. Smith & Co. and J. E. Kllev
bo allowed to commence work us soon na nil
objectionable blocks uro culled under the di
rection of the city inspectors.
This motion was adopted.
STRANGER IMBECILES.
Ofllclal Hearts Wn rm to TliomFor tlio
Snlco of n Junket.
It is not unlikely that when Commissioner
Turner returns and presents his bill of ex
penses for taking Sadie Gildorsloava to New
York , ho will find himself the oauso ot a
merry war. Commissioners Mount , O'Keoffo
and Corrlgan ate grumbling. They don't
think the county ought to bo taxed $ .200 for
something that was unnecessary. When the
question of sending this woman esst flrst
came uu , her former husband and aunt living
hero informed Chairman Mount that if the
board would pay for sending her to Chicago
they would sco that her ttausportation. from
that point was provided for.
Subsequently , Turner , it is said , concluded
ho would like to take a trip and entered Into
an agreement with Anderson whereby ho
should go through to Now Jersey , take in
Now \ork , return by way of St. Louis , and
have the county pay for it.
Then Jailor Miller conceived the idea that
he might as well avail himself of an opportu
nity , and , by some clover manipulations se
cured consent to take an old imbecllo.dubbod
"Jack the Rippor" and leave him in Now
Yorlc.
Without anybody apparantly knowing very
much about it , these two worthies packed
their grips , purchased tickets and left.
A pin-overt by Wool Growers.
COLUMIIUS , O. , July 80. The called meet
ing of the National Wool Growers' associa
tion has passed resolutions approving the re
cent decisions of the treasury department in
relation to broken tops und garnettod wnsto ,
nnd asking lllto decisions to bo applied to
Hug waste and soiled laps , which nro being
imported In largo quantities , as they allege ,
in violation of tno tariff laws. They also nslc
the president to call a special meeting ot
congress to revise tlio tariff lavrs/
SORE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE ,
Skin outlroly uonc. Flesh n iiinso itt
< Ji4i'a o. LICK dimtnlHlicd one-third
lit Hlza , ConUltlun linpcleUH. Ourod
by tlio Ciufoura lli-iuoillos In mo
months , Not n BIRII of ( llseuuu now
to ho ani-n ,
For three years I was almost crippled with on
awful sore log from my Unco down to my ankla ;
thesltln was entirely onoi uml the tloih MUS
ouu mass of disease , borne iiliyalUtuis tuo-
nounced It Incurable. It Imd diminished about
one-third the tdze of the otncr , and I was In
liopnieui condition , After trying all kinds ot
remo'lloH ' and spending hundreds of dollaru ,
from which I got no rnltof wlmtuvor , I was pot-
Bimded to try your OUTICUHA KEMHIIIFK , und
the result was as follows : sitter three dnya 1
noticed a decided clningo for the buttur , uml at
the cud ot two immthH I was completely cured.
My lluh V.UH purllloil , and tnabouo ( which had
been exposed for over n year ) got Hound. Tno
Hash l > e' { n to grow , nnd to-day , and for nearly
two yeais past , my lug i us Moll as evcrltwas ,
sound In nvery respect , and not a sign ot the
disease to ba seen.
8. (1. ( AHUUN , Duboia , Dodge Co. , ( in.
Torrlblo HiilfHi Ing from Hkln I ) | UHH < '
I have been a torrlbla milTeror for years from
dlsonses ot the skin and blood , aud UA > B been
obliged to shun public places i > y reason of inr
dlBifgurlng humors , Ilnvo tjudtlmbcstof i > hy l-
claim and gpunt hundreds of dollars , but KOt
no relief until I used the CUTIUUIU ltin HOIKS.
which have cured ine , and leftmjr skin as clear
and my blood tin pure an a child' * .
IDA MAY llAhS , Ollva Uruuch i'.U. , Wai ,
MnrvclloiiH Guru ol'HUIn DIUI nun.
The CuricuiiA , CimcuiiA lti:8orvrNT. OH
CUHA HoAi-Lmvo brought about a marvellous
euro In the OAKU of a utln disease on my little
eon eight years old. 1 hao tried almost alt
remedies and also the most eminent doctors ,
all alike fulling , except the wonderful OUTI-
CUHA HBUKIIIKH. KI ) . N. UUOWN.
70 N. Itlth . , Omaha , Neb.
Outlourn IleiiioclluH.
CUTICUIU. tlio great Skin Cure , and Cimcuni.
BOAr. an oxiiululie kln benutlller , externally ,
and OUTICUHA KEBOI.VUNT. the now blood puri
fier , Internally , are a positive euro for every
foiiu of nklu , calp , and blood dU u o. from
plmpl ( o scrof ulu , except possibly ichthvosls ,
Bold everywhere. Price : OuTlcuitA.&Jci BOAI- ,
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HOW MY BACK ACHES
llttclc Ache , Kidney Fains , and Weak-
nv 8 , BorenuM , Lameness , Btralns , nnd
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