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THE Ml&A DAILY BEE } , FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER , 1889 , DAILY BEE. I I * . - h. THE . B. ngSBWATEIB. , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY "MORNING. TEIIMS OF BUIISCHIPTION. Dullr ( Mornlne IMItlon ) Including Snndar Hee. One Vcur 0 00 J'orStx Months r. ( Q r < > r Three Months. 2 W The Omnhn Sumlajr Hc i infilled to any address One Year > . . 200 'Weekly lice. One Year 2 00 OFKICKS. Omohn omcf , lice Ilultdlnp. N. VT. Corner Ecvnnteinth and Fnmnm Street * . Chlcngo Offlcc , M7 Hookcry llulldlnfr. Now York Olllco , Itooms 14 and 15 Trlmmo WsslilnKtonOrnccNo. 613 fourteenth Street. Council limits onico. No. 121'curl Stroet. Lincoln Ofllce , 1025 1'fluent , COHHKSlONnilNCK. All communications rolntlnit to news and edl- torlnl mutter mould bo nddrossod. to the Kdltor oftholloo , I1CS1NES3 IETTKI13. All bnMm-ss letters nnil rnmlttanccs shonld Iwnddrcjucdto'lhe Heo rulillshlng Company , Onmhft. Drafts , checks mid poitolllco orders to TJO nmdo payable to the order of thoconipnny , The Bcc PnbliSuinrlSpiy , Proprietors , jtlcn Uutldlng Futnam and Seventeenth Btteots. HID HOH mi the Trulim. There Is no excuse for a fnllnro to got Tin : linn on the trains. All newsdealers hnvo been notl Hod to cnrry a mil kupnly. Travelers wno wnnt Tins HKI : and can't get It on tiains where other Omnhaoupers nro carried nro reu.tiostod to no tify TIIK IIKE. | I'll 13 JMIIjY IIKK. Sworn Stntnmunt of Circulation. Etnto of Nebraska. 1 , . County of JiouglM. } ' " Georftn II. 'rjs'chuck. secretary of Tlio tleo FubllsnlngComimny , Onus solemnly n\vear tint the actual circulation of Tim D.iir.v HER for tliu v ecK ending September 7. 1SM . wax as rol IOWHI Sunday. Sept. 1 1S.WO Monitor. Kept. 2 1S.708 Tuesday , Sept. : i lH.on Wednesday. Sept. 4 18,770 Thnrsilnv , Pant. t > 18.T49 Frldny. tept. * 0 18.740 Katnrduy , siopt. 7 18.011 Avernpo 18.7 71 OKOItOl ! H. TZSCIIUOK. Evrorn tn before mo nndsuliicrlbcd to In my Drcscnro this 7th day of Pi > ntBiiibor. A. It. 1SS9. lKeal.1 N. I1. I'm U Notary 1'ubllo. Elate of Nouriukn. I. . , f BS < County of Douglas Ueorgo 11. Tzichuclc , bulns duly sworn , de poses nnd snys that lie is secretary of The lieu I'libllshliiR conipiuiy , that tlio nctnnl nvcra n clnlly clrmlatlou o THE DAII.V BKB for tlio month of September. 1N-C. 1P.1BI copies ; for Oc tober ltd. " . If.OiM copies ; for November. IhW , 18- 9MI copies : for December. 1KSS. 1P.SM copies ; fet January. 1FN > , 18,574 , copies ; for Kobnmry , IN . M.VM copies ; for Slurch. IRS ) . 18.KM copies : for April , inn. IP.KU copies ; for Mny. ] & j , 1B.IW.I copies : for June. 1F3 ! > . I8,8 : > ! < . copies ; for July , lt * ! > , 18,738 copies ; for August. 1NS . IWil coplns. < ir.o. It. TKSGIIIICK. Sworn to before ma and subscribed in my presence this 3lst day ot August , A. I ) . . 1839. [ SEAU ] N.I' . I'KIU Notaiv 1'ubllc THE London wharllnjror ia gradually boinp bunt to the demands of the strik ing' dockmon. LiKKtho roarint ? onoinv whom Snm- Hon a&sailod , Corporal Tanner hag fallou a victim to "tho jawbone of an nss. ' ON TUB question of Missouri river transportation TUB BEE takes the posi tion that money spent in this direction has boon thrown away. WITH the forged signature scandal before them , Omaha paving contractors should write a volume entitled , "Every contractor the people's penman. " THIS contemplated additional capac ity of the Omaha smelting \VOVKB is a splendid indication that Omaha isabout to take the position of the loading silver refining city ol this country. TUB American navy is lucky , indeed. Not.a single vessel was out in the great storm which swept the Atlantic coast. It would not do to have the Apia exper ience repeated on our own shores. PHILADELPHIA and Now York have not yet abandoned the bob-tail street car. It might bo an instructive object lesson for representatives of either city to come out and look at our street car systems. TllE government supervising archi tect promises to visit Omaha early next month and put the now government building under way. The earlier no comes the heartier the welcome ho will receive. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tun extreme kind-heartedness of the Omaha police commissioners in sending a portion of the city's force to Lincoln to watch Omaha crooks during fair week will doubtless bo appreciated by the Capitol City. IOIVA would fcol pleased to have ox- Congressman Kasson receive the Rus sian mission. And it is quite likely that the old campaigner , in spite of hie years , would risk tlio rigors of a Rus- Bian winter in the service of his country. TUB Now York papers continue to complain of the slow progress made by the millionaires of that city in raising funds for the world's fair. Meanwhile , the Chicago press is patting its people on the back and tolling thorn to go in and win. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : title of the Omaha , Ilutchinson & Gulf Railway company ia very at tractive , but the railroad has not yet done anything but establish a capital ' stock. When the road takes another stop the public wlU bo duly Informed through those columns. SIIEUMAN , of grain shortage fame , who is wanted in Now York on charges of forgery , is gald to bo weary of lilt oxllo in Canada and IB likely to roturi ; nnd surrender to the authorities. Snug warm quarters in Sing Sine * do not con trast so badly with the extreme cold oi a Canadian winter. Tim senate dressed boot committee lias discovered that in selling moats tc the consumers after buying from the packers the Kansas City butchers make a prollt of about nine dollars a carcass If the commission will now determine what profit accrues to the packer attoi buying from tlio stock shipper , the dressed boot question ought to bo com pressed in a nut stioll. Tins trial of Henry S. Ives , the Icon of finances who , out of a capital ol " "nfew-hundrod dollars was able to bu\ , nnd control two railroads nnd fall foi twenty millions all within eight years , will prove one of the most colobratei criminal cases on record. Ho IB ar rained in Now York city on the charge ot obtaining six millions uudor false pretenses , and In the course of the trial the story of the wonderful career of this Block rascal will ia all probability come out. COMMlSSIOHEKSnTP. The dlspntohoa of Wednesday regard ing the csvso of Commissioner Tanner wore vnguo nnd somewhat contradic tory. Later information shows his re tirement to bo final , ho having tendered his resignation , which the president ac cepted. The correspondence which brought about this interesting-result is brief nnd pointed. The commissioner states as the reason for tendering his resignation the existence of differences be tween the secretary of the interior nnd himself as to the policy to bo pursued in the administra tion of the pension bureau , which had reached a staga that threatened to embarrass him to an extent ho felt ho should not bo railed upon to sulTor. The completed investigation of the pension bureau having discovered nothing re- Hooting upon the integrity of the com missioner , nnd ho being desirous of re lieving the administration of any further embarrassment in the matter , sent to the president his resignation. In accepting it , to take effect on the ap pointment and qualification of a successor ser , the president . did not think it necessary to discuss the causes which have led to the present attitude of affairs in the pen sion ofllco , and disposed of the matter by stating that so far as advised the honesty of the commissioner has not at any time boon called In question , con cluding with an expression of personal good will. ( What elilTcroncos there have been be tween Secretary Noble nnd Commis sioner Tanner is left largely to conjec ture , but whatever their nature it is safe to assume -that the secretary has not been at fault. Both ho and the president are old soldiers , and are as heartily and earnestly the friends of old. soldiers as Commis sioner Tanner. It cannot bo reason ably supposed , therefore , that there was any desire on the part of either to em barrass the commissioner in the judi cious and proper performance of his duty , and if ho was threatened with em barrassment It was simply because his blunders nnd indiscretions had com pelled the secretary , undoubtedly with the full concurrence of the president , to put a chock upon him. Obviously the desire of the administration would bo to sustain so important n public olllclal as the commissioner of pensions as long as a reasonable excuse could bo found for doing so , and from this point of view the result proves that Com missioner Tanner had outworn the paticnceand toleration of the president. In implying that the responsibility , or blame , for the differences between him self and the secretary of the interior rests upon the latter , it is not to bo doubted that Commissioner Tanner does an injustice to Secretary Noble. Corporal Tanner , like many other well-meaning and honest men , fell n victim to his inordinate passion for talk ing. Early in his short incumbency ol the pension office President Harrison felt obliged to warn him "not to talk too much. " The friendly warning , un fortunately , only seemed to grease the hinges of his jaws that speech might follow interviewing. In his anxiety tc accomplish reforms which might in crease his own popularity and redeem pledges made , ho felt it incumbent to mount the housetop of publicity and shout his Hosannnh of wide open liberality so that the world might hoar. The recoil of his mouth may not have been more damaging to himself than his shots wore to his friends , but it has kinked him out of ofllco. The obvious moral in the case may bo commended to nil executive officers ot the govern ment. It is reported that Major William Warner , of Missouri , ox-commandor-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Re public , has been tendered the olllce ol commissioner of pensions , nnd that ho has gone to Washington in response te a telegram from Secretary Noble. Major Warner has the full conlidonco of the old soldiers , is a man of ability and experience - porionco in affairs , and his appointment would undoubtedly bo regarded with very general approval. TUB APPEAL 1O OltEED. At notlmo slnco Now York begun its campaign to secure the world's fair , which is to celebrate the discovery ol America has there been i serious ap peal to any other instinct of the people of the metropolis than that of greed. What Now Yorkers could probably make out of the millions of people whc would visit the fair is the prime consid eration that is continually put forward most prominently as an incentive to nil classes of the business com munity to subscribe to the proposed fund. There is no suggos' tionof patriotic sentiment in connection with the projoct. The idea that the people of the greatest city of the west ern world should be generous for the honor and glory of the country has never boon presented in any of the urgent calls upon those people to come forward with their subscriptions. Orilj mercenary nnd sordid consideration ! have boon addressed to them. The pea * sibillty of immense profits foi every line of trade , the grnne opportunity for more fully advor Using to the world the coinmor cial greatness of Now York , and the magnificent aggregate of the "pick ings and stealings" to bo expected frotr having the world as its patron for sto months those alone are the moving and inspiring considerations which are kept before the people of Now York at inducements to zcml nnd liberality. The statistics of the material benefit ! to Paris of its great exposition an freely drawn upon to stimulate the greed of Now Yorkers. For example the Now York fc'iw finds that there Imi been a great increase in the con sumption of moats and othoi ' articles of food in Purls , ant quoting from the corrospondon of a London journal that business done in hotels , boarding houses and shop exceeds the most sanguine hopes , en thusiastically says : "What prosperity awaits the butchers , bakers nnd candle stick makers , as representatives of al trades and occupations , of Gotham Great as the times be now , nolthor tin present nor the past provides un adequate quato measure for the fullness of tht future. Everybody in town must pre pare nnd bo ready to expand lits field of operations , from the ma jostle manager of the lines of trnfllo down to the honest bootblack , the pollto vendor of sodn , wntor , and the Industrious merchant ot oranges nnel npples. " How entirely chnrnctoristio this of New York. AJwnys mercenary , grasping , insatiable strong in prom ises and weak In performance great in nil material things and infinitely small In every other * respect wholly selfish mid wholly provincial. If New York fails to secure the world's fair the fail ure will bo in no small degree duo to n widespread unwillingness to oncourngo the unconcealed greed which is the in spiration to her efforts. OUR The humiliating Inadequacy of the American oxhlbit at the Pnrla exposi tion has frequently boon spoken of by our own citizens who have scon It , but no ono had quite elono the subject jus tice until Mr. Chnuncoy M. Dopow talked about it. Mr.Dopow has just returned from Europe , and his very apt anil impressive description of the effect the American portion of the great show had upon him is the statement that when ho went into it ho wrapped himself in an American flng about ono hundred foot square nnd when ho had walked through the exhibits of the United States ho found ho could put that flag into his pocket. This is n very neat and tolling wny of illustrating the shrinkage which American pride suf fers from a comparison of the exhibits of this country with those of other coun tries , and it gives the best idea fur nished by any ono of the relative mean ness of the American portion of the Paris exposition. What the United States has there Is good , but it is wholly inadequate to the purpose of showing the variety and greatness of the coun try's productions and resources. Mr. Depow suggests that the Amer ican people have got to rise in their might and create a world's fair which shall bo such an exhibition of the manu factures , arts and sciences as will as tonish the world , and thus atone for our humiliation at Paris. There will bo a universal concurrence in this view. There is not a single good rea son why the United States cannel nol have a world's fair in 1892 that will surpass the French exposition , magnifi cent as that unquestionably is. On the contrary , encountering none of the hostility from European governments that Franco did , wo should , be nblo to easily excel her fair , if the proper spirit nnd olTortnro shown. Wo have only the one disadvantage of not pos sessing a Paris. But wo have n city that comes nearer the French metrop olis than any other in the world in the extent and variety of its attractions , nnd if congress shall wisely locate the world's fair of 1S9U at Chicago , the exhibition will not only surpass that at Paris , but the finuncinl results will bo very much greater. Mr. Dopow can greatly aid the promotion of such a world's fair as ho thinks this country ought to have , and at the same time gain something personally , by throwing his very consid erable influence in favor of the western metropolis. PROMOTIONS ON MERIT. The employes of the Union Pacific will bo most interested in that part of the interview with Mr. Charles Francis Adams , published in another column of TUB BEE , which relates to his determi nation to enforce in the future civil ser vice promotions within the ranks of the railroads. There has been a strong suspicion that Mr. Adams was not at all treating the old employes fairly in roc- ognb.ing worth , and in encouraging their faithfulness by promotions. From the day of his election until within a few months at least , vacancies as a rule have not been filled by promotions. Too often green and inexperienced hands have been put into positions of trust over the heads of inon grown gray in the service. The result , apparently , has not boon thoroughly satisfactory , or else Mr. Adams has experienced a change of heart. From his recent declarations , the old employes are at last to receive their just duos. Promotiono tire to bo made from within thoranlcs , and only in ex ceptional cases will officials bo taken from the world outside the twenty thousand employes of the road. If those professions nro sincere , the efficiency of the Union Pacific in all departments will bo raised. The policy should long ago have boon adopted as the standing rulo. Other roads have recognized the force of this stimulus in encouraging their employes to put forth their best efforts , and on the great trunk lines of the country it stands us an unwritten law , not to be broken. OHDKHS have just boon issued by the secretary of wnr for the abandonment of several forts and the assignment of their garrisons to other posts. The forts are all well known nnd wore atone ono time of consequence as outposts of civilization. They nro , however , now but little needed as defensive stations , nnd have for that reason become use less to the government. Among the number to bo abandoned nro Fort Lyon in Colorado , Fort Laramie in Wyoming , Fort Hays in Kansas , and Fort Sissoton in Dakota. It is evidently the inten tion of Secretary Proctor to make many more such changes nnd to concentrate tha troops thus relieved in the newer and larger forts at Omaha , Chicago , Denver , Fort Robinson , Fort Rlloy and Fort Nlobrarn , which , when completed and furnished for their maximum ac commodation of troops , will bo able to sustain largo garrisons. The con templated changes uro of considerable importance , as it will involve a great saving to the government and add to the bettor discipline of the army. IK this as well as in. other cities the overhead wire system is assuming a serious phase. A Cincinnati telephone company has brought suit for heavy damages against an electrical street road because the induction from the wires of the ono company interfered with the workings of the other's busi ness. With electric light , telegraph , lira alarm , district telegraph service and the olectrlo car wires overhead n multiplicity b ( currents nro produced , and nny proximity ot different wires produces nn'lttirncdlnto ' trouble withtho , currents. Tjioj-o IB only ono wny to overcome the difficulty , nnd that is by placing the * } Viros underground. The quicker this method is adopted in Omaha the bettor for nil concerned. TUB six months of the summer pork packing boas cm have justclosod nnd show nn encouraging condition of the pack ing interestsRespite the unfavorable outlook during the spring months. There has been nn increase in the season's total from March 1 of over ono million ns com pared with the corresponding time last year. All of the ton princi pal packing centers report largo gains and ready markets , and the present year bids fnir to touch high-water mark. The pork packers of Omaha cannot complain of their season's work. They have rounded out the record with n full half million to their credit , an increase of twenty-live thousand over the favorable showing last yenr. It ro- mnins for thorn , however , to ndvnnco Omaha as n pork-packing center from third to second plnco. THE BEB cnlls attention to the special trade reports and reviews which nro sent exclusively to this paper from the trade centers of the oast. The com mercial interests of this section hnvo learned to npprocinto THE BEE'S efforts in this direction. Its reports touching the pork packing statistics of the coun try nnd copper industries of the world nro found to be useful guides to the in terests involved , The review of the wool trade , proparcel from reliable sources , n feature just added , is , more over , likely to provo of value to the wool growers and trade generally of this state , Wyoming and Colorado. Tun total amount of currency circu lating in this country on September 1 was ono billion , three hundred and ninety million , throe hundred and six thousand nnd ton dollars , being nn in crease over August 1 of ton million , six hundred and nineteen thousand and Bovonty-throo dollars. With such a fa vorable showing as this-no hood need bo taken of the wild cries of the demo cratic organs about the shrinkage in the currency. KANSAS CITY is paying her respects to the chiefs of fire departments , who nro holding- their seventeenth annual convention in that city this week. The compliment is well elosorved. No class of men is so well < respected in the com munity as the brnve fire laddies , whoso lives are risked in the saving of life and property. Mil. JOHN L , SULLIVAN is as yet un determined whether to satisfy his unre quited ambition by running for congress oxby accepting an humbler seat in the common council of his own Boston. Another prize Tight would swell his head to the size where there couldn't bo any doubt of his aspirations to the presidency. THE B. & . M. railroad has established an air brake school at Plattsmouth for the purpose of instructing trainmen in the proper use of brakes. Judging from tho- numerous collisions which hnvo occurred lately an air brake academy would do well hero. A Htnrtllnc Innovation. Oifciif/n Intcr-Oaan. The couri and the attorneys for the de fense in tlio Cronin case scorn to bo wide apart in the kind of jurors desired. The court goes so fur as to favor men ol intelli gence. Kansao City' * Dirty Streets. Kama * City Journal , The streets are now in flue condition to be cleaned. Tlje tllrt on tlio pavements Is of such consistency that it will yield readily to the lioo. Lot the good work proceed. 1'npa Micrht ( > fro Him Points. Clilcaqo Herald. Prlnco Albert Victor is going to India to hunt the t Igor. The young man can got some valuable pointers as to the luibits of this fe rocious beast from his jolly , bald-headed papa , who In days gone by has often "bucked" the royal animal with varying success , Can Talk na Well ns Fight. St. Louts Glnlie-Dcmocrat. Joseph 13. Foraker's speech nt Xonla , marks the formal opening of the Ohio can vass. The governor is us good In talking when talking Is in order as ho was in light ing tu 1SOH15 , when lighting was the busi ness of all patriots , or as ho has boon for the past four years In administering the affairs of Ills stato. o Armour nnel tlio Sonata. I'litladelvhtn Ttmts. Unless Mr. Armour has good reasons for believing that ho and tits dressed bcof syndi cate are moro powerful than the Umtod States bstmto nnd house of representatives ho has made a inistaKo , The fact that ho has refused to appear bofora n properly con stituted Investigating committee of the sen ate will bo accepted by committee , senate and people as a confession that ho is engaged In u business Inimical to the publlo interests nnd that ho fears to have It Investigated by ace co in in it ton that will investigate. Perhaps , however'Mr. Armour , has been assured in ndvnnco that liberal contributions to campaign funds entitle ) him to tell u senate Investigating committee to go to Hades , and t'nat after doing so he can with safety twirl his thumbs at the committee and uslcTweed's famous question. The publlo will watch with some decree of interest to see what the sciiato will do about ft. , ' THIS' AND THAT. It would not bo ° surprising If Yon dor Ahe should now take'up foot-LmIL Ho certainly displays remarkable ability as a kicker , If Jubtico will only brace up and oil her scales , as Judge Horton wants her to , Chicago cage may become a very decent sort of a place , after all. A train load of Doston capitalists will visit the Sioux City pnluco. The social meeting ; of the bean-caters with the corn-raisers will uo doubt bo homoay-ous. Throe whlto horses wore concerned In the Crouln uiurOor caso. If women could servo as Jurors , those with bright auburn hair would bo la great demand. Again has St. Louis boon forced to yield In her unequal race with the city by the lultc. Her only anarchist newspaper is In the hands of its creditors. Another counterfeit English lord has not witli disaster , this tltno nt Furgo , Dakota. Ho proved to bo u clover forger who had comu to this country to wear an assumed title nnd squander stolen wealth. It U n difficult matter for Americans to toll when n foreign title Is the real article or only an imitation. It might bo well to always bo certain that the nnme Is blown In the bottle. The paying solicitors who saved people the trouble of signing their petitions may hnvo meant well , but accommodations of this kind are not usually appreciated. A live tarantula was fauna In a Now York station homo the other dny , There is rea son to fear that Chicago jmpors will lump on the fact at nn argument against holding the World's fair in the metropolis. Hard times have overtaken the Aurora Watch company and the management has temporarily wound up Its business , but hope to have Its Idle hands nt work again soon , even if the business tins to bo run on tick. It Is not Improbable that Jack will finally giro up the ripping business from sheer weariness and try some ether form of amusement The bloclchoadcd London bluecoats - coats don't ' or on make It Interesting for him , A Chicago girl has varied the monotony of the ordinary elopement which occurs with such commonplace frequency In that city , by running away with n Jopaucso nnd marrying - ing him In Milwaukee. Chicago is strikingly cosmopolitan If it Is anything , A scientifically inclined person claims to have discovered that night mares nro on the decline In this country. The fault to bo found with the gentleman's Investigations IB that ho conducted them during the wrong time of the year. If ho will take n few data nlong In December when the mluco pie nnd the roast turner season is at its height , wo bolloyo the nightmare problem will assume n different phaso. PEHSONAIj AND The worklnirmen's G-cont faro over the motor bridge line to Council Ulufts still re mains at n dlmo. There is a possibility that the parties wbo propose to exhibit the corpse of the grcun- bn'cic party at a convention ere long will bo arrested for grnvo-robblng. The Bohrlng sea troubles seem to have caused Canada to become a cbronlo growler. Probably that Is why the United States con tinues to Hush it. Jay ( Jould's health is said to bo bettor now than it hua boon for some time. It Is likely that no will now go to work in real earnest to lay up something for old ago. The gravo-dlggor in Hamlet remarked : "A tanner will last you ntno years. " Either a Danish tanner is made of bettor goods than the American , article or else President Har rison's Tnnuor was not up to the mark for ho only lusted about aix months. Henry M. Stanley , the explorer , has again boon heard from lighting his way from the Upper Nllq to the east coast. Stanley dif fers greatly from ull other modern explorers. Ho devotee moro time to exploring than ho docs to lecturing about his exploits. It Is very unjust to speak of the Prince of Wales us a useless appendage to tbo British court. Ho has Just set tled nn important question of dress by deciding that three studs , instead of two should bo worn with nn evening costume - tumo and gives as a reason for his opinion tbnt the increased number makes a shirt sot better. The prince has a great head that would , wore ho a resident of this country , entitle him to a seat m the city council. TIIK An anti-sowing machine guild has been formed by the Chinese tailors of Hong Kong. Lord Randolph Churchill has become ono of the foremost champions of the eight-hour movement In "England. The employes of the Mordcn frog nnd crossing works , in South Chicago , nro on n strike for an udvanco In wages of 10 per cent. cent.Work Work is being resumed In the Blackburn mills In England , which shutdown , and 1OOJ looms which were stopped hnvo again been put m motion. A Frenchman who was born in 17S9 is regularly - ularly at work in a mill at Ottawa , Canada. Ho is halo and hearty , and seems good for several moro summers. Trade Is reported to bo very good in the iron nnd stool industry nt Youngstown , Pa. All the mills are running in full blast and no ono is idle who is willing to work. The Louisville & Nashville raised the wages of passenger conductors on Septem ber 1 from J100. A conaidcrablo number ot the old conductors wcro discharged a few weeks ago. An increase of wages of from 2 > { to 10 per cent has boon promised to the omployos of the Pennsylvania Stool company al Harrisburg - burg , Pa. The iacroaso Is to sot on * a reduc tion when the trade is bad. The percentage of wages paid for food by American worlclngmcn as shown by a re cent return from various countries is much less than Is paid by the workmen of cither Germany , Spain , Great Hritnln , Franco , Italy or Bolgiilm. It is said that hundreds of colored men liv- "inc in North Carolina , owing to the low wages they receive , are thinking of emigrat ing to western , northwestern and south western states. Slnco last fall.lt Is reported , at least 15,000 colored men have emigrated from that stato. The report of the Saxon factory Inspectors In Germany states that during the past year no less than 10,053 children , from twclvo to fourteen years of ago , an Increase of 1,000 in round numbers over the previous year , are employed in the various Industrial establish ments. "Men wdo i > ot typo for this paper , " says the Madison ( Wls. ) State Journal , "havo slnco tilled the ofllccs of United States treas urer , members of congress , supreme court judges , and many lower odlcos in the govern ment ; several eminent editors , ministers , lawyers nnd physicians have also sprung from their ranks , nnd a still larger number have occupied the higher positions of trust in the business circles of life. " STATE AND TKUKITOUY , Xouraxku. A thief nt Franklin walked off with n 1,300 pound pile driver hammer. The Cherry county court house at Valentino tine has bean declared uusafo. The Salmo county republican convention will bo hold at Crete , October C and the democrats will nominate on the 12th. A demented young woman' named Zuugg disappeared from her homo cloven miles east of Kushvlllc last week and has not boon hoard from slnco , A reward is offered for Information regarding her whereabouts. The coroner's jury which has boon invest ! , gating the cano of Albert I'ohl , who was killed near Frmnont by fulling from a train , has brought in u verdict censuring thoUnlon Pacltlo and Pullman companies for neglect. The Chambers Eagle reports the death of a at Scottvllle Holt twolvo-ycur-old girl , county , the daughter of u Mr. Sargent , caused by n load of bay overturning upon her. A pitchfork passed entirely through her body. Four North Hond young mou named Al Hartlett , William Frouch , Albert MoUreath and George Btanforth. are In jail at Fremont - mont charged with robbing the store of tbo lutter's father In March last. They have acknowledge , ! committing the crime and their prospects are good for terms In the penitentiary. Five toughs tried to run the town of McCool Junction the other day during the progress of a campmcotlng. They tried to steal two horses , Insulted u woman and threatened to chop a mini's head oK with an uxo. liut there were men at the cauipmoot- Ing who hud aeon something of wosturu life , nnd proceeded nt once to overhaul the offend * ors , arresting nil of thorn and plnolng thorn safely behind the barn. town Items. Ottumwn will commence laying rails for its oloctrio street railway next weak. No moro comotorles can bo located within the city limit * of Dubuque by edict of tha council. Filtyorphnns from the ftow York Catho lic orphan nsylums have boon given homos in lown lids wock , Oscar Wilde , who drives n hack in DCS Molnos , has been lined $5 for trespassing on forbldao'n ground at the depot. Ottumwn colored citizens will cclcbrnto Emancipation day with nn old-fnihloned barbecue - bocuo at Mineral Springs on the S3d. A reward of 50 In offered for the capture ot Hlrnm J. Lnwhond , the horscthlot who recently escaped from the Knoxvlllo Jail. Minnie Ender , of Princeton , ha * become insane owing to the persistent cruelty of her husband nnd has boon sent to the Mt. Pleas- nut asylum , Prospectors have found two veins of coal within three miles of Davenport which will nggregato elcht foot In thickness. The < nn > l- It.V is excellent nnd citizens nro Jubilant. It is the only coal In that region west of the river. A band of Sao and Fox Indians performed the "pcnco dnnco" in the rotunda of the state cnpitol , nt Dos Moincs , the ether dny , for the benefit of the governor and several visitors. The governor was much pleased with the performance nnd the good will expressed - pressed by the Inditing. Mayor Amos , of Mnrshnlltown , has ro- colved a letter from II. McChesnoy , member of the Chicago board of health , in reference ton shipment of cattle received ut that city , the nnlmnls boltig nflllcted with the disease Known ns "lump-jaw. " The letter requests the unmo of the owner of the ciUtlo , nnd anys the cnttlo wcro probably feu nt the glucose - coso factory In Murshnlltown. A Storm Lake young lady , while splitting kindling woou , mndo n uiiss-llck with the hatchet and out oft n picco of her loft oar , says the Pocahontas Hocord. Her mother did not take nny stock in doctors , so she sent up town nnd secured n bottle of mucllngo nnd pasted the piece back on with that nd- hoslvo article nnd , strange to say , the picco took root and Is uow entirely well. The people of Douglas hnvo unanimously voted in favor of waterworks. The Hessonior Journal claims that nt a depth of 'J25 feet n How of twonty-11 vo bar rels daily is the result of the MofTnt well near that place. It cost Wyoming 81.52 for each patlotit In the Evnnston ir.snuo asylum during the month of August. lloports from the Savory range in Carbon county state that shoou men nro trying to drive cnttlo from the country mid have llrcd Into several hards. A real estate boom has struck the now town of Newcastle , flvo uillbs south of the U. & M. coal camp in Crook county , nnd seven miles northwest of Field City. Ed T. Mo ran advertises In the Buffalo Sentinel that ho is about to "skip" town nnd requests his creditors to present their bills ut once or "Icuop their mouths shut" thoro- aitcr. The town of Altny claims to have seven coal mines , seven stores , eight saloons , two temperance places , two barber shops , four churches , ono ouera house nnu three ice cream parlors , and says she only wants n good newspaper and the electric light to bo perfectly happy. The Hawllns wool warehouse handled this year 1,000,000 pounds of wool , an excess over the handling of last year of 022,000 pounds , says the Tribune. This wool was not only . handled in the matter of storage , but the crcat bulk of It was sold at Uawlins. Myny Wyoming points outside of Carbon county marketed their wool this season at Hawllns. The Rock Springs Independent says there are now at work on the Carbon cut-off bo- twccn three and four hundred mon. The line itself , though only eighteen or nineteen miles lone- , will really aggregate a length of twenty-live or twenty-six miles , aa for every mile of main track there 13 half a milo of switch track loading to ono or another of tlio numerous coal deposits with whloti the Hue is bordered on either side. WHO 19 THIS KOKGEtt. Two Morn Instances of llo us 1'nvlnt ; "I think , " said a pale faced young man with n tawny board , who represents Mr. Hugh Murphy , the contractor , In tlio capac ity of chief clerk , "Hint TUB Unn should have given Mr. Murphy an opportunity to aay something before poming out with a charge that ho had forged signatures to peti tions for brick paving. " It was yesterday morning , nnd a reporter hail called at Mr. Murphy's ofllco on Farnam street to interview that gentleman In regard 10 the charges made against his solicitors in TUB DKB Wednesday. "But , sir , you hnvo but just now told mo that Mr. Murohy is out of the city , nnd how could tbo matter bo laid before him ? " asliod the reporter in reply to the chief clork. "Well , you might have waited. There nro n coed many false allegations mndo against Mr. Murphy in that article which appeared In Tim BBH , and it can bo proven. " "As I understand it , " roturnoil the other , "there wore no direct charges mndo against Mr. Murphy , but It was stated that his solic itors had done thuso tilings. By saying that charges were made against Mr. Murphy , you mean to refer that ho was cognizant of what his solicitors did and was therefore respon sible for " "I don't say anything , nor do I care to talk about this nmttur. Mr Murphy will bo homo the last of tha week and you had bet ter see him. " "U'hut is the natno of the solicitor ? Ho should bo given nn opportunity to niiike an explanation. " "No , you had hotter wait until Mr. Mur phy comes homo. Us fellows hero in the ollico don't oaro to say anything about the matter. " Notwithstanding Mr. Chief Clerk's state ment regarding the falsity of Tun Bun's al legations , now cases pnrallol to these pub lished nro forthcoming. Mr. Andrew Mnyoxvskl , n clerk in the nrmy headquarters , whoso cnno was briefly mentioned Wednesday , was soon yostordny. "Yes " said he "mv , , nutno appears upon that petition , but I never placed It there. The nttompt nt forgery Is n very awkward ono , nnd Is readily detected. No ono , roproson tIng - Ing the brick contrnctora , over up- preached mo upon this subject , nor was I over aiked to sign n petition for brick , nnd you can Imagine my surprlso when I wni Informed n day or two ago tlmt my nmno was attached to such n document , I couldn't bo- llovo that nnyonn would bo no bold until I wont over to the city clork'n onico nnd satis fied myself that some ono had really signed ui.v iiftino to the petition. I am not In favor of brick pnvine. but on the contrary signed n petition for codnr block ? . My property on Thirtieth street Is Improved nnd I live upon It. " Another case Is that of John Ulloy , who serves Captain John Hustln lu the capacity of conohnmn. "My nmno li on the petition , but I never nut It there , " snld Ulloy yesterday mornlm ? . "nnd I never Know anything nbout U until ether residents of the district told mo that my nnmu was on the paper. I never signed but ono petition nnd that was for cedar block , nnd It was cedar block that I wanted. Brick would cost mo n great deal more , nnd Moclt will do us Just ns well. No ono even nskod mo to sign n petition for brick , nnd I consider It n clear case of for gery. I should think something would bo done with these fellows who do such dirty work. " The cases b'ivon so fnr , and there nro ethers still lo cotno , apply only to the petition circu lated by Hugh Murphy's solicitors ninoiiK the residents nlong Thirtieth strcot , from Spauldlng north , but It Is believed Unit bo- fora this Investigation Is ended It can bo shown tlmt ether contractors hnvo uorpo- trntcd similar frauds. The board of public works bus no Juris diction In this mutter , as it rests solely with the council. Tun Hun's urtlcloof Wedtiosdaycreatodcon- sldor.iblo Interest among ptoporty ownora whoso streets hnvo been paved this year , nnd n general overhauling of petitions Is being uiiulo. "Whom was this matter referred toby the council ? " was nsKcd , "I don't know , " suttl the party addressed ; "I suppose It must go to the commlttao on paving. Bailey Is chairman of It. Sunders Is another member , nnd ChnlTuo Is away. If that committee makes a very grout Investiga tion I'll bo considerably surprised. " "Tho committee will throw out both brick nnd wood nnd put In nsphultum , now see If it don't , " OUAIUTY ASaOOIiVTlOX SUKD. A Hank Desires Lit Mulco It Pay n lilll. The Omaha Charity association has been sued for a bill of Kill -by tlio United Stntos Nutionai bank. Some time ago John II. Sul livan sunpllod the association building with furnace , pipes , radiators and llxturos , for houtinir purposes at n cost of ? 1V5. Uo was paid about one-half the amount and subao * qucntly sold his account for tha balance , secured - cured by n mechanic's hen , to the United btates National bunk. " The ConnoU-Gas company cnso. tried before - fore Justice Anderson , whcro piulnUlY ob tained judgment for $ JOO utid costs , amount ing in all to f 'J GJ , bus finally reucueil tha district court on nu appeal. Tha transcript and ether paners wore Hied with Clerk Moorcs yestorilay morning. Emma A. Lindsay , who owns two lota on ' west Harnoy struct , in Mc'Corra-iolc's nJdl- tion , has brought suit ngnlimt the olty , Ed ward Phclun and Peter Justlson , to prevent any ehango in the grade established in l&So. She pr.iys that ordinances No. 71 nnd 1U3 bn declared void and uiirausomihlo anil inopera tive ; also that the defendants ho perpetually ' enjoined from earrylnir out the provisions o'f these grade ordinances. .luJiro Doitno mndo un order to the effect that : i hearing for n temporary injunction bo had next Saturday at 10 o'clock. Cotititv Court. Suit has been commenced in the county court by the Nebraska Mortgage Loan com pany against G. M. O'Drion , jr. , nnd Theo dore Gallagher , to recover on a promlsory note for $211.53. The Sopor Lumber companv , of Chicago , has instituted suit ntfulnnt John W. Taylor , nn attorney , for S152.03 , on u Judgment ob tained ton yturs ago. This company had a bill for SI lO.Qjaguinst the Independent .school district of Little Uoult , Lyon county , lown , and gave the account to Taylor , who was then practicing law In Canton , Dak. , for col lection , IIci sued the school board and got judgment , together with .fiS.JS costs. In May , 1SSO. Taylor collected the bill nnd Icopt It. Tlo following judgments were entered : L-2W-P.it McQuillan vs ICilualriolc Hros. ct nl. ; for plaintiff , Siar. L-Wl Shone vs Mary Svaeina ot nl. ; for plaintiff. S2T1.IB. Aultmaii Miller & Co. vs Hlco ; for plaintiff , 125.75. -Froylmrn vs Casey ; judgment for do- fondant. The call for to-day Is as follows : J-10 Van Alstyno vn Potir MUza. L-31 Forbes vs Urovvn ot nl. Cushman'B Mcntho inhaler euros catarrh , headache , jiounilgin , asthma , hay lever. Trial free utyour druggist. Price 50 cents. SUMUV/iN'ri tK\Y GAKKtiR. Ho Will Stunil For Clly Councilman ndVirp Illumine For Coiifjrpss. UOSTON , Mass. , Sept. 12. 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