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12 THIS /.03JiJJl ] , MONDAY , JUNE 30 , 1800. AMONG STATE ALLIANCES , Various Indications Point to a Prosperous Condition of Affair * . A SCATHING LETTER FROM SILVER CREEK , A t/oniorvatlvo Mombnr nl * llir Alllnnui : HctM Forth HlH Vlcxrn In An Abli * anil Clear , Cut Hlylo. Hii.vru Ciir.r.K , Neb. , .Tunn 3.9. To the Hill- lor of Tun Hun. In thu Lincoln Funm-nt' Alllancodf Juno IW , in his lowlliitf editorial , tlio rlKhtCoiiH Boul of .1. llu frown swells with iiiicontrolliilito indlKimtlon. It Is Tin : Ilir. : unil tlio "Stale Iluslmws MOII'H nnil Hankers' association" Hint Imvo excited lib virtuous wrath. Ho denounces the Imslnc-iB men of- thoHtalo for having the couniKO of their con- vlrtlons mid BlirnliiK ii declaration against prohibition IIH bohiK Inimical to thu bent InU-r- iwU of llio Htnte. If thine men , boliiff afraid of loalnt ? the pntrnimKD of thi'ir fanatical pro hibition customers , hail refused to say what they knew to bo true they would luivo greatly ( Oininunileil themselves to Mr. llurrow.s1 fiivor Such men an ho Is IIIPII homiat by profc j-'lon naturally ll ! < o hypocrites. I hail all iilniiK bulloVed Air. HIUTOW.T to bo n rahlil prohibitionist. This llory ebullition jiroves him such , save a tow gnauleil spurts , iierutofore as a matter of policy , ho had ro- allied from rommlttlnir himself , fcailm ; to divide the allliinro vote , for Votes an < l dollars ro what ho Is aftor. Now that his Imlo- jH-iiJt'iit paity movement Is well under way mid ho thinks ho has the farmers wull In Imnd anil ran Mvlnj ? them for the amendment , liu throws olt the musk and virtually declares for prohibition. Hrolhor fanners of the now pirty , bo prepared to walk up Mini take your medicine ! You have JK.TII complaining , and most Justly , of the financial buidcns that have been placed upon iou ( ! o now and stultify yourselves by vot- iiiK upon yourselves and your posterity that Jlnanclal Incubus of constitutional prohibi tion You can wo now , that I tpltl you the truth when I said last week , In substance , that whereas the leaders of the alllanco at a former tlmo sought to control your votes In the Imprest of the domoeinoy , it was now llki'lv tlio attempt would bo to work you for prohibition. In the editorial above referred to Mr. Nar rows enters into u general defense of pruhlhl- lion In the use of sulphurous , blood-curdling I'plthets ho rivals W .IcnnliiKS Demorcst. ami for pious , hypocritical cant ho can scarcely bo Mirp.issed bv the most fanatical followers of .St. John Ho declares that his paper is not a prohibition organ , hut savs that his "blood liollcd when ho saw the vlloshowtho rejire- iicmitlvo business men of Nebmska won ) making of themselves and the state , " and that ho Is hero to tell llio truth and take the foiiseiim'iieos. " Well , now , that Is very beautiful" In my deeply fallen est-ito I have always Haltered mysell that 1 had some ro- Ijard for the truth , at Irtist in others , and I almost feel that I could fall on the neck of Mr .1 Hnirows. and omhraco him and shed tears of Joy at the thought that there Is yut living In tlie.ii ) United States of America In the year of our Lord lyjO , one. man who is able to wield tlio metaphorical little hatchet of U Washington. And yet , somehow , mv Joy Is chilled as with uhlastof thonoith wind , when I rolled that ever since Mr Hill rows has sat in the edit orial chair , and wielded the editorial pen , lie has been proclaiming his freedom from llio iiilluuncoot the corporations. his honostviind absolute Incoiriiptihlllty. Almost weekly ho has said "Is'o money will buy the opinions of this paper " Now. I always had a kind of old fashioned notion that the man vim was always telling about his liont'stv was llioery oao who needed vuti'lilii'T Suppose a year ago last winter down at Lincoln a member of tlio legislature liml walked Into the now historical oil room and , with head erect and thumbs in Ids vest imckot.s , had said : " ( ientlemen , you arc n sot of rascals and I want you to distinctly understand that I am not In the mm ket. No money will buy my voto. " How those keen- eyed loljhyUls would have exchanged winks mill grins , ami then proceeded to wrlto the honorable member down in their memoran I l dum books as a purclmsablo commodltv. What would bo thought of a woman who hhonld "Oontlomen I virtuous say , , am strictly ous Do not ( hui ! to touch mui" Speaking of alllanco badges , wo mav see liero another Illustration of the arbitrary , and , I will say , damnable work of our state onlclalT The "onlelal organ" roeently In formed us that the executive committee had adopted an nllianeo badge. Hv wlmt author ity did tliey do that thing ) llow did they happen to know that wo wanted a badge ! "Why didn't they wait until ncjct winter and lot the state alllanco say whether or not they wanted a badge ! Are wo in sober oiunost in this gixi.it imlustiinl war ! or HIM wo more desirous of parading ourselves before the world as a lot of tin soldiers by adopting the fashionable tlummery of the davl lint , in mi } case , what business Is it of llio executive committuot Section 77 , Art , 1 , of our constitution dollues tlio powers mid duties of thu executive committee. Hi'.ul It and then say if they arc not a usurping , ilictatoiial hotly , continually arrogating to themsehes powers which belong aloao to llio Htuto alllanco Itself and not to their servants , Most of the present mom burs of thoexecutivo commlttco HIM doubtles < well meaning men , but they allow themselves to bo led by the HUM ) by Dictator llurrows. The section ro- lvrn.il to runs as follows : "Thu uxemitlM ! commit tee. shall ho conii > ese < l of live nimiiln'r.4. Tliuv tilmll uxamlao the bool.sof thoMUMOtaiy and treasnnir anil ni- ] > ou upon tlio sumo to the Main alliance , They him It Hiiior\lMi | the execution of suit alilo bonds h > I ln > secretary anil irviisurm * and niipumi tlitiHiumi. They shall audit all claims and , If allowed , so notify the seiuotiuy , who shall draw hhMirrant on tlui tieiismer for the union nl MI allowed , and \wtrraiitsdiM\\nnn tliottvnsiiii > i'lmll lioilKiu'd by the i > t > viotniy and apiiiiived tiy the invildi-nt. " lint I stinted out to talk about Mr. IJur- rows1 prohibition odttorial. Pardon this long digi-i slon. In speaking to the business men of the state ho says : "You liavo douo w hat you could to solidify the fin mor vote in this stnto in favor of prohibition , " tells them that Ciod Is using them as nn instrument of good against their will and tries to mulct ) It | . appear that the farmers will now bo unani mous for piohlbltlon. How does Mr Bur row * happen to know what ted ! Is doing about this thlngl Hut that Is only characteristic isticof the St. Johnltes. Thoru am doubtless thousands of farmers In favor of prohibition , but there are also other thousands of farmers who nro opi > osed to it. So far as my ob servation extends , the farmei-s am about itiumlly divided on the .unendment question. How the farmers will vote can bo told bettor next November. ( Jiiuu.ts WOOATKU. ol' a I'oiiNervntlvo. I'IIOIIH , Nub. , 'Juno 'J1 * . [ Special to Tim lire J Tlio conservatives or moderates of the farmers' alllanco have no organ. Kindly permit - mit mo to USD your columns.Yo'lmvon ' paper to Do sure , but It is radical , and Us editor , Mr J Burrows , alTccta u.ot to know that them HIM any conservatives. Ho will not print any conservatlvo utlerrancc. In his opinion a consorvatlvo Is a nobody. 1 hope lip will not succeed In misleading thoallluiices. There must IK ) many members who cannot go to his extremes. Tliey did not formerly ami cannot thus suddenly have clmnge-d. They organUcil to oiiio buittcns , nut Ui abandon all fivj-mer views of state and national policy. 1 trust Mr. 11. 'a assumption and dogmatism wl ) ) ilccclvo uo oit | > . His published views HIM tq Uo taken simply for \ \ hat they may bo worth. No ono ha * to necvpt a thing from him Vkvauso ho Isedltorof the Alllanco i por. Ho cannot dictate wlmt must IKS boliovcd , 1m caunut ivad nnyono out ot the alllanco. Not what ho has n mind to print is "platform. * * The delegates to thu atalu alllanco make tno state plntfoml , and they alone. The last state alliance continued Mr. li.'s impor as the ul- lluiico orgun l > ecaiiso ho l.s earnest In the cause mul his views generally right , but It did not say that ho would uovor iot. "u llttlo oil,1 * and that all ho might print must l i swallowed. But not even tlio state platform is llko the laws of the Modes mul Poraians , which cnu- not bo ehangotl. It does not claim Infallibil ity. It Is the vlows of delegatca at that tuno. Tner did not say that tlio policy thoroln sot forth must bo accoptetl In tote by every mem- lor Ono may th ix > fore bo an alliance man nnil illdei- somewhat from the alliance plat- ! l forui. Mr. Bunxiws U nowchiwlng the bUn- ( ortl mlubow for the Dot of mouoy L al Iho end. That schnmo may look prntty to notnc. but It IIIM Acrloua dangers. In the lint place IrrcdOPtn.iblo pnp r money Is mibjcct to llucluatlono , In nut jitnbtp , and tlii'rcforo ii bad money. Moiloy hnnld ha subject to no lluctuatJons wlmlevcr in vnliiP , II' jwislblo , The nearer wo can Iccon to tills the better. Money tmist Imvo intrliiMlo value or ho no so- cnrt'd Unit IU rcdomptloii In coin may bo Im mediate , ami that to tlio whole amount. Paper hills are promises tojpay money , or rightly Hhould 1)0 , A mini's notoH may bo mxxi , hut ho cannot go on endlessly replacing notes with notes. J'eoplo may takn the notes for awhile , but by and by they will get distrustful - ful and want monov. Thu distrust will quickly spread , and all holders of tils notes will demand money. If ho has the money ho Is all right , and no are they ; but If ho hits only half ho becomes n bankrupt and the holders HiilTur. A man by paying on * or redeeming - deeming part of the not'vt , as Ins Imslnr.ss runs on , may keep going Homo tlmo Issuing notes and redeeming tuum. Hut let u distrust nciro tlm proplo and a run on his ofllco will begin , nnil no iniint pay up or hroak. It mat ters not how much re u estate ho may have to backup his notes. Ho luis promised to re deem on domain ) , and no breaks because ho cannot. His reputation and credit an ) In jured. Hl't notes , what are left unpaid , depro- ulnto and thq holders lososomuthlng. His wits an unsafe business policy. Ho should have put out no morn notos" than ho could redeem Inntantol' , and should have contracted his business accordingly. Ho expanded too much , Overdid the thing. Now , what Is sound policy for n business man Is sound policy for our nation. Flnancu Is bUHlnoHS , not rainbows. Our government must not issue its notes ( gold cerullcatux , sil ver certlllcatas. greenbacks or fractional cur rency ) beyond Its power to instantly convert Into coin. Our national , money should bo above possible distrust , and our treasury be yond "runs. " There Hhould novur bo the shadow of uiicertainty about our money. An uncertain money is bad money. Now the Stanford rainbow would give us n rain of irredeemable paper money. The loan to tlio limner would ho secured by n mort gage on his farm. The money itself would bo paper ami paper it would remain , if 1 un derstand Mr. Burrows' and President Pow ers. The farmer would pay his mortgage In greenbacks In part , or mow likely In whole. They would never bo icdeoined unless it was so printed on them. They would read : "Ono dollar , , by act of congress , U. S. A. Legal tender for claims , publio and private , " and possibly , "on penalty , etc. " Irredeemable ] iiiipiir money Is thd abomination of desolation in business and llnance. There Is no need to theorbo. History affords numerous exam ples. Frederick the Great issued paper in Ills wars. Ho was victorious , but , though Prussia recuperated the inonfiy became worthless , Did no harm result I Was no body cheated ! Did anybody suffer I John Law was allowed to start a bank of Franco in 1710 , For u while its notes bore a pre mium ever coin. Then it bloomed out into Just such a paternal government loan con cern as tlio nationalists want and thu Stan- form scheme Otters. In four years the money was worthless. Was it a harmless llttlo experiment ! Kead up yoursell. During tlio French revolution paper money was Issued called "assl nats , " They were made "legal tender , " but they were lee tender , and they soon fell below par. In six years they were good for nothing. Some were redeemed In "mandate" at HO for 1. It Is said by some persons that moro.suf fering a hundred fold was caused by the as- fdgimts than by prisons and guillotines. Dur ing our war for independence our forefathers Issued the continental currency , based on the good faith of the united colonies. They dropped out of circulation in 11 vo years , worthless'and ; although our fathers won and soon raised streams of revenue and pah ! oil the other debts , the paper was not made good. Irredeemable p ipor money is a publio calam ity. It is claimed by some fresh liminclers , in utter dellance of history , that it was "the exception clause" winch depreciated the greenbacks in IbO1 , ' , because the lirst issue , the "demand notes , " kept at par. They did not have tlmo to depreciate ; they wore in circulation lint nlno months before being called In and supurceded by the others , .lohn Law's money was Ii and 10 per cent above par at llrst ; why did it not remain soi Our con tinental bills kept up to par lor over a year. Why did they not stay upf At the revolu tion clo o men thought nothing of giving $500 in bills for a dinner. It took a sulky IIOK full to purchase a cow. Did the continental money do much worse I Hut it may bo said that the govornmentcan loan paper to the farmers to bo redeemed in silver and thus wo will get loans and moro silver both. It will take a long tlmo for our government to accumulate a reserve largo enough for redemption. It will add much to Its yearly expenses to buy mid coin the silver. The amount of the money would bo enormous. The value of our farms is 810,200,000,001) ) . One-fourth that , the amount possible to bo loaned under the Stanford scheme , is $ jr > . iO- , 000,000. Our government cannot well coin ever UvVt.tKK UOO per year. It would then bo over forty-seven years raising that reserve. If It redeemed some paper every year , yet It would take forty-soveii yours for the achievement. Such n vast amount of money thrown on the country would Intoxicate business. Prices would go sky high. Two billion , llvo hundred anil llfty million dollars Is about three limes the amount of paper ( greenbacks and bank i\otea \ ) wo had during tlio war ; and with our present circulation of ilii7.ltV : | , < HK ) ( Windom's llg- ures ) or total of iliib7,199,000 ! , wo should have llvo and one-half times our total circula tion In 1870. Prices accordingly would go to about live and ono-half times those in 187li. Is it said that the amount of loans would not come nnywhero near these llgnu'st Who knows I "All would want to borrow , all poor men of all classes who could give security on land. What was done for one man would have to bo done for all. Them would bo the wildest era of speculation over witnessed , It would be followed by an awful smash and then hard times. Millions would be almost beggared , The volume of money can not bo suddenly expanded or contracted to any great degree without danger. There Is danger of this in tlio free coinage of the silver "dol lars of our duddliMVo need moro money In our circulation , hut It must bo Issued In small quantities ami it must not be Issued ho- yond the needs of business. The Stanford scheme N not a safe one , Koliof for the farmer can ho found In other and quicker ways , Tlio law can bo changed so that ho can have more tlmo In which to ro- dvom n farm , mul possibly two or three years before being foro.elo.5ed on. Hullroad rates can bo lowered. Interest can bo lossono.l. Moitgagod property catl be assessed lower In proportion to mortgages. Wo conservatives believe in the strict con trol of railroads and telegraphs and In mak ing them como down to tlio low profits that tluso hard times require. Wo bellovo that the moderation that soulless corporations will not voluntarily show they should bo com pelled to oxorclso by law. Wo demand the iv\luctlou of freights to the Iowa figures and the abolition of the state board of transporta tion. We do not yet favor government own ership of railroads and telegraphs , but wo believe liovo that no corporation has a right to op press the public and that if necessary to self- defense the pubhu may lawfully conllscato the caith. N. II. HI.VCKMI-.II , Secretary Peorlii Alllanco. Against Third Party Action. STKiiuxo.Xob. , Juno ± > . [ Special to TUB Br.u. Politics nro very quiet. Tlio nllianeo men In this country tire not very enthusiastic in the third party cause and all the members sooni to have made up their minds to vote with the parties to which they belong. 'llio Alliance * Will Celebrate. NBIUUHKV OITV , Neb. , Juno 2l > . [ Sjtcclal to Tim BKK. ] Tlio alllanco farmers in the western part of the county who uro handling and shipping their own produce , now realize y cents iwr bushel for corn , with an up ward tendency , uud with about half the corn crop yut to ship. The Fourth of July celebration at Syracuse , under the auspices of the alliances In that vicinity , piomises to bo an Interesting altair. Several good speakers will bo present to dis cuss subjeou of Interest to the alliance pee ple. ple.Tho The farniois In tlio neighborhood of Pleas ant Valley school hoiuesouthoast of this city , met several evenings ago and organized an alliance with flftocu members. A SiiHplulons Clinraotcr. John Bultliuoro , a colored man , la In jail , charged wUhlhociimoof being a suspicious character , Tlio suspicious circumstances that linger about John are that when arrested ho h.in UIKHX hla pcnon n gold watch , set with ton diamonds , and a pawnttcket showing that ho hint put up a diamond ring worth fJO. The olMivrs uro of the opinion that the property has boon stolon. lilOi SUlooiitU and Pimmm fclrools Is the now Hook lalnud tlukot ufllco. Tick * oU to till point ? oust lit lowest rates. TO CUT THE CORDIAN KNOT , Why Should There Not bo Built a Eoad From Omaha to Sioux City ? A SUBJECT OF VITAL MOMENT TO OMAHA , "K. I' . JI. , " With ArKtliiieHlH Cogent and Convincing , IiiHlsts on llio Hlccl IliuulM llcliiK LaldI''nitH Worthy of Confederation , Sioux GITT , la. , Juno 2STo ( ho Kdltor of Tin : Bin : , The fullncss-of tlmo has como for harmonious action among Missouri river ullles , especially Omaha , Kansas City and Sioux City , to cut thoOordlan knot by which the old Chicago railroad companies have tied the hands of the west. All the.so Missouri river cities have a common lutoront in this matter. Kach has u sunlcicnl tributary In tlio trans-Miss'ourl omplro.t'l''or cuch the question of railroad rates Is" vital ; and for all alike the qucitlon of fair rutcs U inextricably involved in dlscnlhrullnicnt from the old ( Jhl- cage line combine. Tlio subject Is especially vital to Omnha , and tlio opiwrtuiiily Is nbw open to Omaha to achieve Independence of tlio old Chicago lines. It Is the opportunity lo , secure tlio co.npetition of the new upper lake competi tion-actual , genuine competition In rates- ana it is open in no other direction. Are the business mcn'of Oimtha aware of the fact that they uro today indebted for rates via the old Chicago lines ' . ' . " i > or cent lower than they wore two months ago wololy to the establishment at Sioux City or connection with the Dulutli and upper lake competition in freights ) Are they aware that for three weeks the solo serious obstacle in the way of the associated Chicago roads advancing rates L7 > per cent and moro is the oxis'tonco of this competition at Sioux City I ' Are they aware that the biggest share of thce.ist bound pack ing house product of Sioux City is today being shipped over the Sioux City & North ern to the Great Northern to Dulutli , thence 1)3 * the Great Northern linoof steel steamship by lake to BtitTalo , and thcnoo by the Krlo road to New York or by New Knghuul lines to Boston I Are they aware that the lion's share of the freight to and from Sioux City goes over this loutu , or over the -'Soo" line Irom St. Paul and via th.o Canadian Pacilie ) Are they nwiiro that the old Chicago lines nro compelled to meet this competition at Sioux City by cutting down rates to the level of the upper lake competi tion , and that under the rulings of the inter state commerce commission , the rates having been put down at Sioux City , they hud to bo put down at Omaha and other Missouri river points ; mid that on the other hand thev can not bo put up by tlio Chicago roads until they are aLso put up at Sioux Cityl This is tliO mill ; in the cocoanut. And how does it como that Sioux City has tlio low upper lake rates ) Simply by tlio building of the little Sioux City & Northern road a little road of ninety-eight miles ; a llttlo road running duo north from Sioux City to a junction with tlio Great Northern or Manitoba system , with which it is operated under a cast-Iran tralllo contract made before a shovel full of dirt was thrown on the Sioux City & Northern. And right hero a little retrospect is profit able. able.A A few years ago it was. found that the low levels of tlio line of the great lakes and the St Lawrence basin afforded opportunity for the cheap construction and operation of rail roads. Tims there was developed , partly on Canadian soil , a system of low-grade roads , having the advantage of co-operation with lake lines , the capitalization of which is only a portion of that of old trunk lines between Chicago and New York and of their feeders and tools , ttie old lines west of Chicago. Them grew up a distinct now system of transportation , stretching from Dulutli to the extreme of Lake Superior to the seaboard , paralleling the old system. The low grades. the cheap operating expenses and the small capitali/atwn of the new system , combined with the lake and Canadian connections. gave to it immense advantages over the old system , enabling the formoy to make profits on lower rates than the latter could concede and maintain its enormous burden of fixed charges , watered stocks and fraudulent bonds. The old .system was under bid , and a vast volume of tratlle began to move over tlio upper lake route. Then Dulutli began to be u city. Now remember a familiar lact. St. Paul and Minneapolis had been under the tyranny of the Chicago roads , just as Missouri river towns Imvo been. The period of their notable growth as cities dates from the day when they secured the low upper lake rates by thu bulldinir of the "Soo" line , nn independent line of their own. The low rates thereby secured enabled them to supply an immense territory of the northwest with freights that moved fiom the eastern sea board entirely around Chicago on rutes which the old Chicago roads could not or would meet because the pooled trunk lines east of Chicago extorted their old ilxed "pro portional" of the through rate. On the other hand Iho Hour of Minneapolis moved cast al most cntiielv by the now route around Chicago cage , as did also n largo and rapidly Increas ing proportion of the grain and food products of the northwest in the region of the trade of the Twin cities. In short , the Twin cities tin ) the cities that they are today largely by virtue of their access to the low upper lake route. Meantime the Great Northern or Manitoba railroad system was rapidly extending its lines through the wheat region of the north and developing into a great railroad system , an anti-Chicago system , having its Interests ccntrallml at Minneapolis and St. Paul , mid making promptly a connection with Dulutli and lake navigation. The great Northern had ono arm reaching down through Minnesota seta and South Da'cota to within 100 miles of Sioux City. Now all western business men know the origin of the rate troubles In the west and northwest during the past thi\se. years. They know that It lies In the extension of tlioupper lake competition to St , Paul and Minneapolis. The old Chicago roads refused to meet that competition. They virtually "wqnt out of business , " In railroad pnrhmcuTlitit they were Involved by the oourao of the Chicago , Burlington & Northern , mid they had to make desperate otTorta to prevent tno exten sion of cut rUcs to Missouri river points , un til dually the Chicago , Burlington .V ; ( Jnincy was compelled lo ulnorb the Chletfgo , Bur lington & Northern for whoso action in meeting upper lake onnlpotltlon it was held responsible by the old Chicago lines. To Illustrate the dospoi'ation of "thu .strug gle of the old Chicago roads to pre vent the reduction of rates to Missouri river points proportionally lo the upper lake iiites , a notable fact , may bo cited. Sioux City , lining the northernmost Missouri rlvor point , does business in terri tory competing \\lth St. Paul and Minneapo lis. As the old Chicago roads rot used to re duce tlio Missouri river rates Sioux City was compelled to eompoto on a high Missouri rher rate with St. Paul and Minneapolis on the low upper lake rale. Tills , competition hecamo critical at times during the past tlneo yours. Inthe - spring of last year bt , Paul Jobbers were able actually to lay down goons to the trade In Sioux City as low as Sioux City Jobbers could get the same goods hero : The St. Paul Jobbers actuallv did the same In of towns in the tonltory at the very door-i of Sioux City. Tlio Sioux City jobbers for two years appealed In vain to the Chlcacrp roads to remedy the situation. Admitting tlio un just and fatal dUcilmlnatlon , they pcisUt-- cntly refused to remedy it on the grounds that to reduce rates to Sioux City would compel thorn to correspondingly reduce rates to Oimilni and all Missouri river cities to the south , The Illinois Central had no line teSt St , Paul and Minneapolis , and thproforo tlm diversion of freight by the low upper lake comiHJtltlon from Sioux City was n diversion of freight from tlio Illinois Cent ml ; but so powf rful was the pressure bought to ixjar ny the Chicago roads upon the .Illinois Cen tral that It refused , against Its own Interest , to reduce the rates to Sioux City. Then It was that Sioux City , hopeless of remedy otherwise , took Its fate into its own hands , as Minneapolis and St. Paul had done yours before , and secured a connection with upper lake competition by building the Sioux City & Northern road north nluety-olght mites ton connection with the 0 rent Northerner or Manitoba system , a close alllanco having boon previously consummated. The Sioux C'lty & Northern was constructed late In the fall of last year , and It was opened for bust- m\vi on the tlrst duv of April lai > t. Krtmi that day Sioux City has ceased to humbly petition fur fitiors of the old Chicago road , I'VoWRflmt day the Jobbers of Sioux C'lty.luiyo had no trouble with rates. FromsihS day the agoilU of the old Chicago road * 3 ave been "hustling" for Imslness In Hioul City. Upper lake comt > otl- tlon U n fact lAjfL , City today. Not only so , lA within ten days of the opening of tin oux City & Northern , Iho Chicago , St d , MlnnoaKlls | & Omnha company to and secured from the trallio assnclwlltni iK > rtnIsslon to moot the .Sioux City & , n thorn rate * on grain in com petitive territory. That Is where the reduced grain rate came Cram , Moro than tlift-herein } Is the essence of the reason why the rates today at Omaha nro 25 l > cr cent below the limit three months mo , unit It Is solely the effect of upper lake competition - petition at HlvpwtJlty , which has prevented Missouri rlrurmitcs being advanced to that extent. Do the cilizoim of Omnhn know why the Pad lie Short line has boon built lir > miles duo west from Sioux Cltj-to O'Nclli , Nob. , and Is today under contract for construction the entire - tire distance tlieuca to Ogden , Utah , to u , connection there with thn Central Paclllol It Is largely because by building that oonnectlon upon u lower capitalization than the Union Piiclllo or any old Chicago road , and by the advant- tago of the low uiper lams competition at Sioux City , the. position of this new trans continental line Is impregnable. Why the Union i'aellle-Northwcstcrn-Vundorbllt altl- iinco ? Why tlio tremendoua efforts of that combine to light back the now construction westward ) The reason la the samo. The history of this conflict which has been going on lias not yet been given to the publio , but when it is fully hmdo known tlio west will better understand why the old Chicago ro-uls have striven so desperately to choke olT the now upper lake competition from extending down the Missouri river and into the trans- Missouri empire. Hero is n fact worth the consideration of Omaha : Within thlity days the old Chicago roads have repeatedly offered to turn over to the Great Northern or Manitoba .system nil business at St. Paul and Minne apolis , provided it would break its contract with the Sioux City ft Northern and abandon Missouri river business at Sioux City I But the game didn't.succeed. Now to the point. If the upperInko compe tition excites the old Chicago roads to such desperate efforts to drive It away from the Missouri river , is it not worth the while of Missouri1 river cities to establish for them selves forever that competition , to strengthen mid extend it ) That competition is now Ilxed nt Sioux City , and why should It not bo extended - tended to Omaha , thus entliuding the old Chicago cage combine and bring in a competitive force which cannot bo overcome ) All on earth that Is necessary to this end Is the building of 100 miles of road along a low grade between Sioux Clt } ' and Omaha , a line in harmony with the Sioux City & Northern. That line will not Imvo the iron laid before the Missouri Pncillo will bo glad to make arrangements. But it will forever llx nt Omaha the competition of the low lake raUxs which built Minneapolis and St Paul , and the effect of whieh has so revolutionised the transportation situation at Sioux City. When Omaha has this genuine competition , this unfailing check upon the .old Chicago roads , then will ho tllno enough to build dis tinctively Omaha roads In other directions , north , east , wast or south , as Sioux City is arranging to do In "its territory ; for then Omaha can have nn assured use to which to put such roads. Then Omaha can bring in supplies from the seaboard and send grain and other western , food products thither ab solutely independent and In despite of Chicago cage and the whole array of the old Chicago roads and this Is'somothiug which Omaha cannot do today.1 : ! , f Why not cxtciill tlio upper lake competition directly to Omnha , jind why not do it now ) Tlio now indqpimdcnt bridge across the Missouri river stanUs ready today to guaran tee in advance ; to h railroad between Sioux City and Omaha facilities on identically the same terms as tb the Pacific Short lino. This isonicial. "ty Why not have thi connectionl / ' } E. P. II. Klvnl Ore Hois'ori. Diunwoon , Si U. : Juno S3. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Jt'e. ] A rivalry ctists bc- twcon the nighfr , nnd day shifts hoisting ore nt tlio Old Abe sduft.'to sco which can hoist the most pro. One shaft hoisted 777 cars , and tlieiiTtUo' thor.jfud'-beut'thoin by hoisting 811 "cars.Thoy nrj ) trymg to got the ore bins llllod so that alayoft can bo taken on the Fourth. The two horaestako mills use n lit. tie over a thousand tons per day and the Highland mill aboutllvo hundred tons. Bloro Graders Needed. DKADWOOD , S. D. , Juno 29. [ Socwnl Telegram - gram to Tin : Bui : . ] Nearly double the inon at work on the B. & 'M. and Elkhorn grades could bo utlli/ed. The men got $3 a day and nro boarded for $1.50 a week. Tlio greater portion of the best workmen on the Elkhorn have thrown up and gene to the B. & M. , claiming that the grub was not good enough at tlio Tunnel camp. AVIII Trust in the Kmperor. Bnui.ix , Juno 20. [ Special Cablegram to Tun BKI : . ) Ilorr Miguel , the now minister of finance , In a farewell speech at Frankfort said : "I am about to assume n position where conflicting interests ciasn ami wnero perhaps a conflict will rage. Yet I am re solved to essay the task manfully , fully trusting In the emperor , who has raised the banner of social reconciliation. The financial burden must bo more equally distributed. " In concluding , lie expressed his belief that the center of gravity of German tr.ulo Is being - ing moro and moro transferred to Berlin , hut Frankfort , ho added , ought to develop now Industries and to ' promote technical educa tion. Active Mining Stocks. DHAWVOOD , S. D.j.Juno 29. [ Special Telo- grnm to Tin : BKH. " ] Mining stock has been active for n ucok. Quotation' closed hist niglitjisfollows : Homestako , 11 ; Caledonia , 8 ; _ _ . . . _ . , . ' Uetrlover , U ; TloisAnnib.il , 15 ; llubv " Bell , 10 ; Scotia , 'J ; Steward , 8 ; Tornado , 10" ; Uncle Sam IB. _ _ A Painful Aooiilont. Master Arthur Woodman , while attending a plcnlo at Ilnnscom park last Saturday , met with a sorlous accident. An iron bolt pro jecting from the aide of ono of tlio swings caught his leg , leaving n deep and uglv gosh. The boy was convoyed to his homo nt Twenty fourth street and Caiiltol avenue. Medical aid was culled In ami the wound sowed up. Ho will likely bo confined to the house for boui tlmo. Hell DoyH on 11 Strike. The Murray hotel bill boys , twelve of thorn , are out on a woll.ilovolopod strike. They quit nt 0 o'clock , Ja.lt night , claiming that they were compolloino work eighteen hours a day and oat the leavings of the hotel tables. Mr. Slloway , the proprietor , states that the Iwys have been 'JJJStcd as well as those of any other hotel liitlio city. In nn hour nftor the strikers leftrthelr places were ill led by other boys and tlm business of the hotel went merrily on. r\ now ollleoS of the pront Rock Is land route , 100U , Sixteenth mul Fnrnn.ni street , Omnlm , nro the llnest in tlio city. Cull and see UuToi. Tickets to till point * oust nt lowest vljosf f - jr'Jh.MfSO.V.1 / , , IM ll.l ( SK.l VIIS' , _ Holwrt J. Stlwscui jf Fremont Is a guest at the Mtllurd."TA Gcorgo H. Siwf of Columbus Is at the n l ' Merchants. Frank P. Lnwrenco.of Lincoln Is icglstcrod at the Mm ray. F. M. Perslngor of Central City Is stopping at the Murray. Miss Nettle Mitchell of Blair Is among tbo guests ut the Mllhird. George U. McDonald of Frsmont Is stop ping at the Millurd. N. S. Haroling of Nebraska City is stopping at the Paxton. W. H. Clemmons and wlfo of Fremont are guests ut the Puxtqn. J. J. Bartlett of Kearney Is regUtered at the Pax ton. Miss Carrlo McFarlaud of Nebraska City Is at thu Merchants. Alex Altsehuler and wlfo and Miss Grace Bane of Alnsworth uro stopping nt the Caoy. Hon James WhltcUead , revolver of the land odlcoat Broken Bow , and Mr J Horn , eJitor of tno ( . 'inter Loader , of the same place , aio in the city. LESS SCRAMBLING FOR SPOILS A Eosult Partly Brought About by the Oivll Service Rules. SITUATION IN THE SOUTH. Capital l-'loMrliiK In Pnrndoxloal Attl- tudo ol' the States' JlluhtM Kopre- HontatlvcH An Odd Vo- iniilo School. WASHINGTON , -Tuno 'Jl. [ Special to Tiir. Bun ] 'Unmistakably thcro are evidences of a dec.ulcnco In" political work for the spoils , " H.altl n senator from the west , this morning. IK ; continued : "I receive a great many surprising letter. * from my constituents , going to the point of wlmt 1 say , and my oxperlenco H that of many other publio men. Political workers nro inoitly In the Held now to punish cnctnlo ) or look to the publio good. Tliey nro networking working for men. Mon nro ungrateful. Measures live and operate for all without prejudicc.i * "How do you account for thlsl" I asked. "It la tin } natural soiucnoo of the working ot the civil service law uud n weaned condl- tlori of the people. Men In all parties have come to the conclusion that it doesn't piy then ) to give HO much tlmo mid trouble to the ambitions of men. You will not find willing victims to the political machinations In the future. I moan that you will not hear of mca stuffing ballot bo\es and bulldozing voters ers for the advancement of men ; they may do It for principles. In sections of the south it is iLprinciple that moves manipulators to nets of violence that leads them to run the risk of serving terms jn the penitentiary to make political points. But oven thcro you will llild le.si In the future than wo have had In the past. "These things I learn from experience of my own and other men in public life , " con tinued the neimtor. "When we nsk men to , do hard and hazardous work In the future It " "will bo something more than personal friend ship that will move them ulllrnutivcly. It doesn't pay , and the workers know it us well us wo do. Friendships are shifting and gratitude is unstable. These conditions , this change , make a federal election law loss necessary , I think. It shows a healthful condition of ntfidrs. When In the future n piece of corruption is suggested the men who are asked to do the work are going to hesitate and ask themselves , 'What will this benefit mo ! ' and in very few instances will they do it. Almost every county in tlio country where there have been corrupt polit ical methods employed Iris lurnished a can didate for the penitentiary at the close of each campaign. Those for whom the work was dflno were the lirst to lleo from and de nounce the accused. The workers know this and scapegoats are going to bo scarce. " Such talk as this i * heard In every direc tion now , and its effect is as noticeable in ono party as another , it means less determina tion in personal politics in the future , and that principles uud not men are going to win. A few days ago T received a letter from n very able lawyer who emigrated from Indi ana to Texas , in which ho spo-iks of the po litical methods of the south , alter a valuable comment upon the business outlook of that section of country , especially in the way of development of cities. The impression is veiy general now that the attention of the coun try north and east will bo largely directed toward the south for business speculation , uud English capital is going into the south ern states In greater quantities than clso- where Just at proacnt. Of politics , this gen tleman whoso observations and Judgment are worth the consideration of any American reader , says : "These southern people tickle me , and make mo mad by tholr states' rights the ories on one side and their intense desire for . governm ental aid on the other. Their struggle for political power would bo amusing if I did not know that success on their lines , with their political ideas , would bo such a inlsfoitnno. While Texas Is demanding ? i > , - OOUjOIX ) to make u deep harbor ut Galveston , everyone of her representatives is howling for states' rights , and Jumping hard onto ev ery other proposition looking toward the use of federal aid to advance corporate and other interests in the states. How do they hope to catch the northern people with tlio fair words "Tlio Now South , " with its double moaning. To tlio southern politician it is a catch-word to beguile. To him It means the return of the south to power , and he wants the north to believe It means the acceptance of the re sults of the war by the south. I feel deeply on this subject. I love the union so intensely that I burn to fever heat at the state suprem acy of southern politics and llio political ideas of these people. A states' rights southerner is opposed to everything that is federal with in her borders till he wants federal aid to homo Improvements. I do not question the patriotism of these people especially when a loreign fee shows himself. " Now that the season has arrived when pub lie and private schools are closing and ar rangements are being made for the term be ginning next September or October , it will beef of Interest to the women of the country espe cially , to know that Washington has probably the oddest female school In the country. It Is essentially a fin ishing school an establishment which ( fives young ladies finishing touches for entering Ilfo. The girls nro schooled in the arts of etiquette , housekeeping and society. It is ono of tlio most aristocratic schools In the country , too. A few years ago its patronage was confined ton score of pupils , but now it has nearly two hundred , and they represent the llrst families oftho country. The young ladies nro taken to the white house , cabinet and other public icceptions , and given an op portunity to participate In them. They are given receptions at the school , and taught to shop and converse. The curriculum contains very llttlo ot the usual thorough course of schools. The main idea of the school has caught llko a prairie tire and its novelty seems to spread everywhere. An architect from ono of the flourishing fur western states this week was surprised to see the great variety of architecture shown in private and publio buildings hero. Ho de clared that the.ro was the greatest r.igo of styles of nrchltcctuio presented In Washing ton of any city In the world. In a single block ho pointed out as many as 11 dozen stj ies of the highest architecture. Ono of the secrets of the great variety of architecture here and the beauty of the de signs lies In the fact that there are more first- class architects In the national capital than nuy other city In the world. The treasury do- imitment has a training school for architec ture In the olllco of the supervising architect. Tlieio are probably sovcnty-Ilvti draughtsmen employed in the supun islng architect's ofilco , anil they design the federal buildings which are constructed .throughout the country. These inun are B'/nerally / young and fresh Irom modern schools of architecture. They comoheio to get tli/J / finishing touches and to ho alTorded an npp/rtunity / to study the High est Branches of their art. The wuik they are employ ud upon is of iho highest character. None of the government's buildings are cheap in any respect. As soon M these men "gut the Filing of tlm barn" they quit the service of the government und open unices of their lown' . , The services of this gicat army of bright , young , ambitious and capable nrchl- tlvts are shown In the buildings which Imvo been constructed hero during the p.ist four or five years , and which have made Washington the hamUomcat city in tlio world , No severer test can ho made of a man's uorvotlian , the delivery ot Ids first oration in the/seaato. Thbro are a great many line orators In the-upper branch of co.igioss and some of the older men are almost uncharita ble in their criticisms of new tulloaguo * . Some of the uilddle.igcd senators llko Mr. Ingnlls of Kansas have made a study of the higher and liner arts of oratory from all of the schools represented in modern us well 03 unclont literature , und they uro thoroughly capablo1 critics. Senator Wulcott of Colorado passed the ordeal of exhibiting his oratorical powers In the senate on Tuesday , und although ho withstood the test much bettor than it Is usual , ho evinced much nervousness for some mlnutosMr , Wolcott is a young wan and cumo to Washington with the reputation of being ono of tlio first orators of the country. Ho certainly has the finest volco In congro s , It Is full ami strong , und has that lucid tone which always elves music and never tires the hearer. Ho U a handsome man and gifted with a wonderful fund of good humor uud patlcnco. When \\n \ arose every senator with in the building .settled down Into his scat and looked intently Into the face ot the now Clce.ro. Many now nonators hiuo given ex hibitions of their powers under embarrassing circumstances , but it Inw not been within the past decade that n moro trying test luw been made than that of Senator Wolcott. When the Rtutosman from Colorado took his neat ho WILS fairly smothered with congratulations , and everybody was g'nd ' that he had inndo a great hit. Pinmv ri. HKVTII. "CJO.V1-3 Ul TKH Glinstly Origin of n Now Popular "Yoiihnvo often honnl tlio expression , 'pono up the llnnto , ' Imvon't ' you'/ Well , Unit pliniMu was slnrteil I1 ore In Colum bia , "wiys nn old forty-nlnor in n Si-nttlo , "Wnsli. , papor. "JJarkloy wns the Hrst nmn 'who wont up the Iluino. ' Ho hud boon n peed mini until ho married mid Blurted n gin mill. Thou ho became u tough clinruetor. .Tiiok Smith , a I'hiln- ( lolimlan nnil popular follow follow , got , a llttlo full , anil Huuntorliip Into Hnrk- loy'a plnuo ho nccUlontnlty broke u pitcher. Uo olTorod to pny for it , but the woman of Iho piano prccipitiitod a qunrrol , and .Bnrkloy , in the presence of two mon , Hhot Smith down. " The Philadelphia boys collected to- Ijothur , formed a vigilance committuo and arrested nnrkloy. News was Hpreud ( illicitly in these days anil before night Jim Stewart , the slierilT , hud honrd of tlio vigilance committee and ho and two other bravo men came galloping down to Columbia. "I happened to bo the second man in the house after the murder and I hap pened also lo find out that , Iim Stewart and his men wore coming , " says the narrator rater , "so I took a short cut down to the place of hanging anil warned llio boys. Thcro wore over a thousand of these men , so they just formed n solid wall around their prisoner and. kept tlio ahorilT buck until the murderer was deid. "Tho place chosen for the execution was on tlio road between Columbia and Gold Springs , and the gallows was the ilumo that crossed over the road at a height of twenty feel. Burkloy was the first , but there were others who were subsequently lynched on the Hume. Tlio warning note of the vigilantes to the evil-doers was : " 'Jjook bore , young follow , you go slow , or you'll go up tlio Hume. ' "And frequently questions of 'Where's Mike , or Bill , Jim ? ' would be answered : " 'Them , why they're gone up the Hume. ' " Tlio expression and its wholesome use was spread from eamp to camp , and now it is world-wide. Through couches Pullman palace sleepers , dining ears , free reclining chair ears to Chicago and intervening points via tlio great Kock Island route. Ticket ollieo 1001 ! , Sixteenth and Faruum. MAKING liOVK IX A Koyal tweeheart IJiin.s Against n nrim < > nnrd. A year ago tlio young prince royal of Greece was engaged to the princess im perial of Germany , and immediately setout out on his bp irking ocpcdition. Tlio young ludy lived in the palace of Pots- dam. and tlio prince used to go there frequently from Berlin. At first he made stated visits , and was taken in a carriage from tlio railway station to tlio palace. But ono _ day lie took it into his head to piy : nn informal visit. Dressed in plain civilian clothes , lie boarded a train , and on arriving at tbo railroad station toolc tlio first vehicle ho could hire. When lie reached the palace a sentinel wib , of course , at llio gate. " \Vor da ? " growled the big Prussian. ' "Tis I , ' ' wiid the prince , "tlio crown prince of Greece and tlio fiance of the princess. Lot mo pass. ' ' "You are a nice looking prince royal , you are ! And a princebs miishor , eh ? Get away ! " Tlio prince in-uitod and got angry. Tlio soldier thought lie wan a poor crank. Noticing a lackey , the prince beckoned to him , and after scribbling a few lines on the buck of a card told him to take it to tlio empre.ss. The lucKoy wont olT on his errand. Tlio sentinel grinned. A era/y mini mjght fool a lackey , but an old soldier wasn't to bo taken in. Hut what was bis astonishment when ho saw tlio princess coming to meet the * poor crank and wel coming him in the most afl'eetionato | manner. An Old | j3j > cr Hospital. Recent discussions on the subject of lepers and leper hospitals have directed attention to the hospital of San Jyuuro , which has existed in Suville for owr six hundred year * , says tlio London Tele graph , It was founded by Ferdinand III. , commonly known as S'Uiit Kerdi- niiiid , when lie took Seville from tlio Moors in 1218 , on the site of an old castle , about a mile out of tlio town , which had belonged to two famous Moors called Gasinio. In tlio fifteenth century , so rigorous waa tlio decree ordering till who wore attacked with tliis terrible-disease to bo removed to this institution , that several noble loiiers , including tivo bishops , died within its walls. liven as Into as the Itiat century it was the custom for four patio Is to visit Seville dally , hogging on horseback. As lepers were not al lowed to speak to the inhabitants , they attracted attention by means of minted boards. Tlio ancient hospital of St. Luzaro has undergone in its day many vicissitudes ; but , thanks to tlio benevo lence of individuals , it is reported to bo how ina , nourishing condition , its pa tients , who number from thirty to thirtv-six , being tended by tlio sisters of St. Vincent do I'aul. A liOiiK Checker Match. Timothy M. White of Little Silver bids fair to become the champion clift'k- or nluyor of the United States. A tour- nanii'ut In wliich bixty players took part was about two years ago , writes a Hed Hank , N. J. , corrc.spoiutont of llio Now Vork Times. The players wore matched by pairs , ami it was arranged in tuioh a way Unit cuch palrbhould play wix games bimultaneotiijly , thu player who won tlio leant number of gamoH to drop out of the tournament. H llio contest between tlio players resulted in a tie both nion were to roiimin in. Each man lias played up to date thirty games. ,1. "W. Mjrrillolil ot Pen Van was Mr. Whlte'o last opponent. Five of the games resulted in draws and one was won by Mr. White. During the tourna ment Mr. White lias not lout a game. Every man lias been retired by him ex cept .Mr. Jolitry , president of thu Now York checker .club. In the games bo- ween these men every ono was drawn. . Wben the pairs are made up for the next bories there will probably bo not moro than four players. Thognmo.s are probably played by mall according to rules adopted at the commencement of thu tournament. Credit Konulor .Sonnil. P.ints , Juno 29 , A letter from Houvlor , minister of Finance , to Clnistophlo , governor of Credit I'onclor , mtlllrms bollof In the soundness of Credit Fonclur. The charge * against ChrUtophlo were Ignored. Tlio Knnsan Original Paokago OIHO. TOPKKI , Kan. , June " 0. Governor Hum phrey has directed a letter to Attorney Gen eral Kellogg instructing him to unpuur bofoic. the circuit court of the United States and iv | rodent the state of KIIIIS.LS iu the packuju cuso. Be Sure Tf you have m.iilo up your mind to buy Js Hood's Sarj.ipnrlll.i do not bo Induced in take / an ) other A llo'ton lady , who o example h Atithjr Imitation , lolls her oxperlenco Itclowt ) " In ono sloro whcro I went to buy Hood's j B.iRi.iiallla | the clerk tried to Induce mo buy j / * * their own ln.ite.idot Hood's ; hotoldinolliclr's jf \ would l.ast longer ; that 1 might talto U on ten f \ To Get days' trial ; that It I did not llko It I need not p.iy nnjllilnc. etc. Hut ho could not jiro\all on mo to change. I told him I had taken Hood' * itars.ip.irlll.i , knew what It was , naa Milled with It , nml did not want any other. Wion I began taking Hood's .San.iparlll.i I wa * feeling real miserable with dy. pop < | .i ( mul so weak that at times I could hardly Hood's stand. I looked llko a person In consump tion. Hood's 8ars.ipirlll.i : did mo so much A Rood that I wonder at myself sotnctlwpi , fj and my frluiuN frequently Bpo.ik of It. " JUw. 'jf KLI.A. A. dorr , ct Tcrraco Street , Boston. * ' ' 1 Polit 1 > ? nil itriiKitht * . ? lslrforJ. ; Prepared only by 0.1. HOO1 > & CO. , Aiiolliccarlci , Ixwcll , .Mais. IOO Doses Ono Dollar KUIiljS I.V KI.UKIIIA. A Judge Who Had ( ho Inlrrcsls ol'tli Mntcnt Heart. ' A good deal of surprise lias boon ex pressed by newspapers , " a man who has recently roturnctl from Florida said to a New York- Tribune writer , "that this follow t'ottrell , tlio lighting mayor of Cedar Keys , should liml it possible to terrori/e and fiubjugato nn entire town as lie is said to Imvo done. To ono who lias lived in the small towns in the south ern part of Florida the nitmition is easily understood. There are few exceptions r to the rule that tlio government of any people is jtnt about what a largo class of tlio community is contented to have it. " Tliis hold1 good , in my opinionfrom tlio vast empire of Russia down to tlio little town of C'edar Keys. And I judge from tlio tyrannical policy pursued bv tlio czar and tlio outrageous boldness of the fes tive Cottrell Unit cacli man lias an equal ly largo inlluontial and admiring back ing in proportion to the extent of his do main. "I have just boon spending a winter in a growing town near tlio gulf coast of a southern Florida countv , where there is jiiht sueli a clique in control of munici pal affairs as there must bo in Cedar Keys. Tliis clique is led by the county judge , however , and lie maintains his authority , not by means of tlio shotgun , but by processes of the court. The ras cally decisions ho gives in trumped-up suits against the enemies of his gang would make dull reading , as a rule , to any but those immediately interested in thorn , but one case which I had him de cide my.solf had a grotesque touch of humor in it. "One of the supporters of tlio 'court house gang , ' as tlio clique ib called , had t picked a quarrel , by per.sibtent effort , witli ono of the opponents of tlio clique , and had drawn a wicked looking knife , of great length and keen edge , from his bootleg , witli which ho attempted to blab ills opponent. The latter , seeing the knife , ( frown revolver , levelled it at the rulllan's head , and commanded him to put away his knife. The man did bo and sneaked out of tlio bloiv , whore tlio scone occurred , without another word. Intho course of ten minutes ho camo. back with the .sheriff and tlio town mar shal. Tliey arrested the man wbo Jmd _ S drawn the rovolvor.Iodged him In a liOr- x ribly hot , stilling jail , where clouds of X , mosquitoes and a wretched negro or two wore his only companions , and there left him for the. night. "Tlio next day about noon ho was brought before tlio judge and charged with carrying concealed and murderous weapons about his portion within the limits of tiie town. This is a convenient law for the court house gang , who nro all armed and never enforce the law except in regard to their enemies. The pris oner was tined $10. Ho paid it without , V a word , knowing how usuleis an anpeal " would be , anil then made a similar charge against his opponent for carrying - ing the knife in his bootleg. Tlio knife was exhibited in court , ami a most murderous looking tool it was , tit to carve u man's heart out , in fact ; but the juilgo , who seemed also to net as counsel for the accused member of his gang , appealed to tho. crowd in the room , lib a bert of jury , nnc said : 'Do you call this a murderous weapon ? No , gentlemen , this ib a sim ple priming-knife , a peaceful tool of hus bandry , a more ngricullral instrument. Fine n man for carrying the implements of his avocation about him ? Never , gentlemen. To punl.sh a gentleman for carrying a pruning-knifo in Florida would bj a blow at the great orange- growing industry of tliib state , which it nhall never bo biiid I w.is tlio first man to strike. Tlio charge is dismissed with $5 costs to bo paid by tlio complainant. " Tickets at lowest rates and superior accommodations via the great Kock Is land route- Ticket oltleo , 1G02 Six teenth ami Farmini streets , Omaha. An Old Iji\\sult. ; Tour hundred and seventy years ago two men in Hungary wont to law about a piece of land valued at $2,000. But no body was in any particular hurry , and so tlio matter dragged along until tlio oth er day , when tlio court decided it. Thu dcelbfon , however , is of little practical Interest to anybody , as the land in ques tion lias been covered by u lake for the last iiOO years. Absolutely Pure. Acrnatnof t.ti tar halting nomlur High * of Inavunln ; ; ( itrcmgth-U. S. Gu.run.oul l'- ° " port A us. IT , ISiX 1409 DOUGIAS---STREEI. On nrcoiint of our 1..U" nnil incro'iaiiig I'rai' ' ' s wo have KKMOVMJ ' ' moro npnoiouo un1- ! ' ' * voniont olllcos , 3Drs. Betts & Betts , 1400 Bouglas ! jt , OmaLo ,