OMAHA DAILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUKE 19 , 1897 , OMAJTA , SATURDAY iMOlloSTllNa , SEL'TEMBER 11 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES , SINGLE COl'Y ELYE CENTS.
NORTH DAKOTA INTERESTED
Commissioners Will Oo-Opcrato with the
Railroads in on Exhibit.
STATE TO BE REPRESENTED AT EXPOSITION
I < oMiinliprr > Arrl\e
uml Telln of WorU llelnu ; Dime tea
a C'riMlltitlilo Il pln >
tit the Croat show.
Colonel 0. A. Lounsberry , vice president
for North Dakota for the exposition , Is In
the city to look over the ground nnd formu
late , plans for North Dakota's reprcbcntatton
nt the exposition.
North Dakota has no appropriation , but
the legislature created a commission and
nuthotbtd Iho members to co-opcrato with
the railroad companies and other corpora
tions , with counties , cities , schools and In *
dlvldimts , and through thu co-operation at
the several Interests In the Btatc the com
mission hopes to raise at least $10,000 for an
exhibit.
Colonel Lounsbcrry Is one of the com
missioners , as well as vice president. The
other two commissioners uro Colonel J. H.
1'oncr of Power and Colonel C. D. Little of
Dismantle. In 1873 Colonel Lounsbcrry es
tablished the first newspaper In North Da
kota , and Is now publishing an Illustrated
magazine at Fargo. Colonel Power Is the
proprietor of the Helendalo farm. Many
saw the magnificent painting belonging to
thu Agricultural department , Washington ,
which hung at the head of the stairway lir
the North Dakota building at the World's
fair. The painting was by Carl Ouenther
and wati purchased by the United States
government as n typical farm scene. The
scene was from Colonel Powers' faim and the
horses wcro from llfo as found on his farm
Colonel Little Is president of the First Na
tional bank , Illsmarck , and a state senator.
So that It would seem North Dakota ha&
chosen Its representative citizens for the
work.
Colonel Lounsberry's visit Is preliminary
to organizing. Ho hopes North Dakota will
bo able to t ko 10,000 feet In the Agricultural
building The state lias no Interests In
mines , excepting lignite coal , cement and
clay , nouo 'In horticulture , and , thcieforc ,
purposes concentrating1 whatever display It
makes In Agricultural building. The
commlbsloners will probably have their
oflice.M and reception rooms In this space
Thn state has Impoitant stock Interests
which will take their appropriate place.
NORTH DAKOTA IlESOURCCS.
Said Colonel Lounsberry : "North Dakota
'was ' poor a year ago In taxable icsources
nnd In available public funds , but the people
of our state have $1,500 surplus from their
cropb this year foi every family , or about
$300 for ovoiy man , woman and child In the
stato. Wo have BO.000,000 bushels ot vvhe-ai
which will bring us $37,500,000 ; 4.500.00B
bushels of flax , worth $4,500,000 ; 9,000,001) )
bushels of barley , worth $3,000000 ; 28 OOO.OOa
bushels of oats , worth $7,500,000 ; .1,000,000 ot
potatoes , worth $1,500,000 ; 2.000,000 pounds
of wool , woith $240.000 ; poultry and eggs ,
ivorth $1,800,000 ; milk products worth $ 'J-
600,000 , and live stocit and meats worth $10-
000,000 , making a total ot ? GS,290,000 foi-
paylng debts , for betterments , and n surpluo
of a few millions which our people can spena
in attracting attention to our unparallelea
resources and In having a good time at the
exposition.
"Only six counties of our elate are thickly
eettled. There are millions of acres subject
to entry under the homestead act and many
millions which may be purchased on the
crop payment plan vvhcro halt the crop frequently - .
quontly moro than pays for the land the
llrst year , and many mllllorH inoie which
may be purchased at $5 EU acre.
"Our crop was late and we have needed
the hot weather to mature It , but the wheat
crop of North Dakota will pay this year an
average profit of $10 an acre over and above
the cost of production. As wo had 3,500,000
acres In wheat , you can see what wo rely
upon for our ready money.
"With such resources and a disposition to
show them , you can rely upon North Dakota
coming to the front with a nlco exhibit.
Wo gained our first great boom from thu
Now OrloEins exposition , at which wo had
n fine o.\hlblt. The World's Fair did not
bring apparent results , but we look for an
Immigration of 100,000 people next year and
know the % aluo to us of the Transmlssls-
slppl Exposition. "
TiiAriv\ai : I\POSITIOV : HOIJM
Satlsfacloo Coiilnift I.IKclj to IH
Signed l > ltiillnii > OlIlelalN.
The question of railway trackage on the
exposition grouada seems In a fair way
.bo settled within a very few days and then
the tracks of the Missouri Pacific will bi
completed along both sides of the main
court and across Sherman avcnuo from the
bluff tract , so that the material for the con
Btructlon of the main bnlld'ags may bi
liauled dlreetlv to vvhcro It will bo used.
Manager Ilabcock of the Department ol
Transportation held a meeting Thursday aft
crnoon with Messrs , llathbun and Phil
llppl of the Mlfoourl Pacific and a form ol
contract was agreed upon This contracl
ivvos executed on the part of the1 expoaltjoi
authorities yesterday , President Wattles
and Secretary Wakofiold attaching their slg
natures to It , and It won then forwarded
St. Louis for execution by the railway offi
clals. No further tracklaylns will bo don <
until the contract Is fully executed.
The teinis of the contract are briefly am
concisely stated and the ambiguous wordlnt ,
\vhlch characterized thu original documen
In entirely eliminated. All of the points In
the original contract to which objections
wore raised by Superintendent Owens of the
Department of Transportation have beei
omitted and the document compiles with the
roqulrcmontB Irslstud upon by Manager Dab
cock'H department. It Is provided that the
exposition company shall do the grading nee
ossary for Iho laying of tfio tracks and tha
the railway company shall lay , extend , remove
move or relay the tracks as may bo directoc
by the exposition management without any-
cost to thu exposition. The moving of cars
Insldo the grounds shall be under full charge
of the exposition , through Its authorized of
fleers. The railway company agrees to fur
nlsh an engine and crew for the exclusive
use ot the exposition within the ground
whenever desired by the exposition. The
tracks Insldo the grounds are to bo Ui ful
charge of the exposition management and I
Is etlpuUtcd that the tracks may bo used
by the latter for tba operation of miniature
trains during the exposition If It Is desired
to do so. The section ot the contlact ro
forrlng to switching charges provides that a
uniform charge of $4 per car shall bo mad
for all loaded cars switched to or from o
within the grounds , regardless of how many
times the car may be handled Insldo in
grounds , but It Is provided that this charg
of $4 per car shall not bo considered a par
of the usual switching charge on buslnes
vvllu connecting lines
_
An nhMiiteil C > ole Iliillwiiy.
The latett proposition received by the De
partment of Concessions for the Installation
and operation of a mechanical noevlty 4s fo
en aerial bicycle , or , as the Inventor calls
It , an elevated cycln lallway. The plans
submitted by the Inventor of Ihlt new
method of locomotion show a a double track
of single steel rails , suspended about fourteen
feet above ground on cross arms attached to
posts much after the fashion of a trolley
line , vvlth the posts between the tracks. On
these rails arn operated bicycles so rou
Etrue-ted that tha u heals are over the riders
li Hds Instead of being beneath the riders
as In an ordinary blcyrle. The machine )
are propelled In Iho same manner as a
Weycle. each machine or carriage rarrylnn
\wu riders. The lower part of the carriage-
r 1s seven feet above the ground. The In
Veutur U a Wiico , Tex. , man named Martin
nd he wants the privilege of Installing Ua
pa p.i rat u 3 on the exposition grounds as a
leans ot transporting people about the
rounds.
) ( IM\S COmTV AMI n\l'O < HTI\ .
lonil Proportion Wilt He Siihiiilttnl
nt Co in I n IX nicctlon.
A petition addressed to the Board ot
County Commissioners asking them to sub
mit to n vote of the people of Douglas
oun'.y at the coming election n proposition
n Issue bonds to the county In the sum
f $100.000 has been prcpaied by the De
al tment ot Publicity and Promotion nnd
oplcs of It will bo circulated among the
csldcnts of Douglas cpunty for signatures ,
oples of the petition will also be placed In
ho public offices and In prominent incrcan-
llo establishments , where nil who may dc-
Ire to do so may sign lt < or copies may be
htalned nt the office of the Bureau of Pro-
notion on the sixth floor of the Paxton
dock ,
The law passed by the recent legislature.
irovlded thnt such a proposition might be
ubmlttcd to notu of the people whenever
\ petition containing the signatures of 1,000
otcrg of the county la submitted to the
ounty commissioners. The state law re-
ulres that a bond preposition must be ad-
ertlsed for thirty days before the election
nt which It Is to be submitted Tlfu next
lection occurs November 2 , and the nil-
ertlsement must , therefore , be Inserted
bout the last of September. The board
mist have time to act on the petition , so
hat It will bo necessary to secure the re
tired number of signatures within the next
wo weeks.
u'iM.ins roil WAU mill' i\imiiT.
iixcntiir Would Shovi Count HefciiNC
VoKHCl III IillKOOII.
John K Hallctt of Valley Springs , S. D , Is
he inventor of a coast defeube vessel which
ic wishes to operate at the exposition as a
concession and ho has made application to
he Department ot Concessions for the prlvl-
Mr. HalMt saya he will transform his
engine ot deatn and destruction Into a harm-
ess nierry-go-round which will disport In
he lagoon and afford nmuseme'it to those
vho are not especially Interested In the
nechanlcal Ingenuity displayed In the In-
, entlon. Mr Hallett's "vessel resembles noth-
n i ; so much as a tub/ i It Is perfectly round
and Is fitted w th propelling apparatus ,
which Is so arranged that the boat may be1
whirled cbout In the water or may bo pro-
) clled In any direction When used for a
coast defense vessel It Is designed to bo
suimounted by ari armor clad turret , but for
the purpose's of the exposition the Inventor
ipodcs to construct a series of promenade
leeks diminishing In sbo as the height ifrom
the water Incrcssbs On these pa se.igers
I be carried and the boat will travel about
n thu lagoon.
WOHIC ON' Tim MINKS ) ItLU.DING.
Contractors Vhuut Itend > tu HoKlit enC
C iiiiNtrneiloii.
Goldlo S- Sons , Chicago , contractors for the
carpenter work cci the Mines and Mining
liulldlug , aic shipping Into the exposition
grounds a complete .planing mill outfit which
: hey propose to 'set up Insldo the Mines
building and turn out their material as fast
as needed. They will at once commence tbo
work ot cutting oft thu piling that Is now
n place and will construct the floor of the
Building first , BO that their machinery may1
be set up as soon as possible
The floor of the Mines bul'dlng will be
about four feet above the groand level at
th * west end and It will therefore bo neces
sary to lay the floor s > o that the workmen
can get about. Lumber Is on the track and
the cars will be set cm the track back of the
situ of the building as soon as the connec
tion Is made acioss Sherman avenue The
work on the piling Is provoklngly slow , only
about one-quarter of the piles being now In
place. Little can bo done by the contractors
until the pile drivers , who are employed by
the exposition , get out of the r way.
Vn ViiiiiNViiiciit No eltj.
The Department of Concessions Is nego
tiating with a number ot parties who are
after the concession , for "Shootlnr 'be
Chutes " The rivalry to secure this privilege
Is veiy brisk. A combination of tocal people
ple Is pushing hard for first plaoo In this
contest and a man from Brooklyn , N Y ,
IH on the ground determined to capture the
Uo. 'Iho wjres are being kept hot by-
other parties v\ho have been after the con
cession but who have not bean able to been
on the ground. It Is expected that the con
cession will bo let within a day or two at a
good figure.
Short MertliitT of IIIreetorH.
The board of dlrctors of the exposition
held Its regular monthly meeting yesterday
afternoon The bqaid was In session Just long
enough to read the minutes of the last meet
ing and pass n motion to adjourn. There
was a quorum present , but after the minutes
had been read no ono seemed to ha'vc any
thing to offer , end the executive committee
had nothing to reporti so the meeting was
adjourned without further delay.
\ntoM of the CtiioMlf Ion.
The Department of Concessions has re
celved a pioposltlon to Install and operate an
Algerian village. ,
The Omaha delegates to the meeting of the
Coopers' International union started for Cin
cinnati , O . yesterday. They v. Ill try to have
Omaha selected M the placu for the I SOS
Tc'otlng. <
Gcorgn C. HUftemeyer , editor of rinauce
and Commerce , n New York commercial
paper , has applied for appointment as com
mercial agent for Now York. Negotiations
ire pending with him foi the appointment.
J H Dinsmore , superintendent of the Llvo
Stock department , , has returned from St.
Paul , where ho attcndcJ the Mlnno ota state
fair. He reports that the live stock men
promised to maks a fine exhibit at tbo ex
position.
The application for fip < ue and the right to
erect the Nebraska State building has been
filed vvlth the exposition authorities by
President Novlllo and will bo laid before the
executive committed at Its meeting this
afternoon.
J. Y. Craig , superintendent of Forest Lawn
cemetery , started yesterday for Cincinnati ,
0. , where ho will attend the convention of the
National Association of Cemetery superin
tendents. He wilt cndcavoi to eecuio the
next meeting for Omaha.
The people who are furnishing the financial
backing for the Sherman umbrella , the en
gineering novelty which Is to bo erected on
tha expobltlon ground , have notified the
Department of Concessions that they are
ready to sign a contract and make their flrsl
payment of cash ,
The Depaitmcnt of Exhibits has received
a letter from Dudley Smith , commissioner
general for Great Hrltaln , In which ho speaks
in A moat emphatic manner of the encourage
ment ho has received from DHtlah officials
regarding an exhibit at the' exposition by HIP
HngllBh government. Ho cays ho has every
reason to believe that he will cei-uro a very
satisfactory exhibit from that country.
Carroll llelil UN a Simiirrt.
Thursday afternoon a valuable set of har-
nea belonging to J. W. Cady , 2020 St. Mary's
avenue , was stolon. Thu absence of young
Pete Carroll was noticed simultaneously with
tlui dlsapiveurauce of the harness That night
Carroll was picked up In a decidedly In
toxicated condition and was arrested on the
charge of being drunk. Again almost simul
taneously the stolen harness wag found In
the rear of a stable at Seventeenth street
and St , Mary's u venue , Micro Carroll was
found. Carroll Is being held while the au
thorities aie cotibldcrlug the advisability of
prosecuting htm for the theft.
If you have ever ACCII a , little child In a
p.iroxytjm of whooping cough or If you have
been annoyed by a constant tickling In the
throat , you can appreciate the value of Ono
Minute Cough Cure , which glus quick relief.
SHOWS FALLACIES OF FUSION
Populists Propose to Make the Political
Fight Alono.
FACTS PRESENTED TO GOVIRNOR HOLCOf/.B
JIUIIC.H M. In ; lor i\iironxcn the
( Ililnliiii ( lint It IN llrHcr In lie
Di-rcnlril Tliiin 'lie I'p
with Other I'artlvH. I
Political fusion , so far as the populists are
concerned , cecms to have struck a snag ,
and many of the old-time leaders and party
workers , as well as those ot the rank and
file , are actively opposing any such move-
mc.it. James M. Taylor , ono of the original
populists of Douglas county , sizes up the
j situation as he sees It In the following com-
nnnlcntlon , n copy of which he had addressed
o Governor Holcomb prior to the convention
at Lincoln :
OMAHA , Neb , Aug. 2. Hon. Silas A.
Holcomb , Governor , Lincoln , Npb. My Dear
Sir : That my position may bo fairly under
stood , please bear with this brief explana
tion.
I differ with no citizen or set of citizens
as to their Inalienable lights under the con
stitution and declaration of Independence ,
but It Is their acts which tend to deprive
ne and my family of those God given
rights vouchsafed to humanity In the fiitt
creation and recognlrcd In our declaration
of Independence That I oppose and that
alone , and I shall continue to fight those
actions until by some means they are de
feated , for truth and justice crushed to earth
will rise again under new leaders If need
As to the definition of fusion and co-opera
tion , I have for , lo , those many years been
icqualnted ; but the objects of reform sought
or by the people's Independent party never
IBS , It Is not now , nor never will bo attained
jy the kind ot fusion or co-operation that
was entered Into In 1S9S One of the main
reasons Is that of the Chicago platform ,
which Is at marked variance with that of the
: > ecplo's party platform , so much so that
true populists ( rathe- reformers ) cannot af
ford to coMjpemto farther with It. Political
lebts should now be cancelled and that for
ever.
ever.No
No , the Chicago platform does not , as
was urged and argued last fall , carry with
It , nor does It advocate , any of the essential
ailnclples of the people's party platform
No , no ; there Is acy wide and marked
distinction between the two. The Chicago
platform In Its attempt to steal from our
platform , declared first for the democratic
paity and second for free silver at 10 to 1 ,
and theri knocked the wind and bottom all
out of that plank by declaring In the follow-
Inc words fas I have the platform before
me ) ' "And wo demand that all paper wniiii
Is rro.de a legal tender for public and pri
vate debts , or which Is receivable for duties
to the United States , shall bo Issued by the
jovernmont of the United States and shall
be redeemable In coin. "
Think of It ! thus placing the people both
Individually and collectively in a false light
and where they must continue to pay the
shy locks whatever actions they may see fit
fit to Impose for any and all redemptions of
whatsovsr sort or kind , which simply means
debit or debts , both small and great This
would be as bad , If not worse , than our pres
ent condition , for to carry out that plank
would make It obligatory , although extreme
ly unjust. How false the delusion.
TOYING WITH MONOPOLY ,
feccond the railroad question. On this vital
question which Is. under present conditions ,
of equal importance to that of the money
question. Regarding It , the free sliver dem
ocrats say : "We demand the enlargement of
the interstate commerce commission and such
restrictions and guarantees In the control ot
railroads as will protect the people from rob
bery and oppression. " On this all true m n
should both think and act , foi It is clear to
every man that this scheme of control
through receivership has served a success'ul
purpose for the centralization of all our rail
roads into the hands , of J. Plerpont Morgan
and Jay Gould lines This Is a square and
farther play Into the hands of monopoly.
Is that people's party doctrine ? Notwith
standing these fallacies , that Is the kind of
a platform that the
would-be
- populls. or pop
ulists , supported last fall with KO much pa
triotism , nothing more , nothing less
As to other municipal franehls ° s and the
intelligence system , they practically say-
nothing Those three , money , railroads and
the Intelligence system , are Inseparably coii-
rectea , and under present conditions no one
of them can bo enacted Into law. Leaving
the other two In the hands of and undei ab
solute contiol of the monopoly , as they would
have been In case free silver would have won
last fall and make them In any way effective
In securing relict for the suffering masses
This all of our leaders knew , alas , too well
whether they admit it or no. hence the tul'
lacy of a single Issue on free sliver.
Now take the people's Independent party
platform , not
demo-rcpub-pop-platform No
for we must accept the definition of co-opera
tion as It applies to numerous things and to
the different actions and purposes of the
people , and In recognizing co-operation In
politics , wo must Invariably weigh first the
Intent of the parties Interested and second th3
natural outgrowth nnd future results of such
co-operntlon when applied to politics There
fore I take the two platforms together with
the Intentions of thu parties concerned , based
upon tholr actions ( and thu icsults of same )
ill the past , In the present and In the future
and it Is very easy for an honest thinking
man to decide
whethci
co-operation vvlth the
democrats ( or lepubllcans ) under existing cir
cumstances Is a wise thing to do or no.
CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
I have always declared and still so declare
that the free sliver demociafs nnd free silver
republicans , and I Include some of our com
petent leaders , have not been and are not
no taking a wise or proper coin so to either
unite the forces , which requires confidence
or to secure the reforms
necessary , and
therefore are deceiving the people.
Let us see. The fieo silver democrats
and free silver
republicans In
aigumont ad
mit that they favor the free coinage of
sliver at 10 to 1 , and In argument they favor
the government ownership of railroads but
they are not bound by It In their platfisia-
as touching all those points , they are abTol
lutely meaningless , and In no way binding.
Hence , they cannot bo trusted with It In
any ICBUlatiiic. I repeat that they are not
honest with themselves or the people , for
If they were they would not stubbornly stand
out In their
separate organizations and thus
prevent a union of the forces , If they truly
had the welfare of the suffering masses at
heart they would not stand out meiely on
a name , and Go ] knows they have no other
excuse. Hut. again they provo the'lr disloyal-
ally to thobo "
"all essential principles of
reform" by stubbornly and selfishly refusing
to add themselves and their Influences to
those 2,500,000 votes of the people's Independ-
cut party , whoso principles they pretend to
advocate by not coming to them and thereby
Insure a gloilous victory for the whole pee
ple. What era they standing out against ?
The people's party platform demands It does
not declare In favor , but demands emphati
cally , without any quibbling or straddling ,
for thn free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 1C to 1 "without the aid or consent of
any othei nation or nations. " It also de
mands In unmistakable terms the govern
ment ownership of railroads , alto of munici
pal franchlbOH ( not contiol ) , and that Is not
all , Those true reformers , who for the past
twenty years to my certain knowledge , have
been fostering and growing these same Iden.
tlcal principles of reform * which has eost
them the enormous sacrifices which they
have. Those , I bay , aio the men , not the
treacherous leaders , vvho today make up the
life bloou and spirit of the people's Independ
ent party. Thobo principles are too dear to
them to allow them to be bartered away for
a mere pretense of reform. No , no , God for
bid.
bid.Where
Where wcro all those great statesmen , and
BRYAN RIDES ON A FREE PASS
How ( lip Oreiit Oiuinncnt of MonoiiolleH Scoured Trniiiporlntloit Oter
the Southern 1'jtclflc Itnllroml on Itln 1'cmoiilil Application.
William Jennings Brj an , self-styled foe of
monopolies and trusts , 'denouncing railroads
anil at the same tlmo rUIng on free passes
This Is tbo ro'.ehlcli the Into candidate
for president has bcetii playing en his re
cent trip to the Pacific coast. The pass
was obtained from the Southern Pacific rail
road , known far and wide as the Iluntlngton
octopus. It gave Mr.J Bryan a free ride
from Sacramento to Poqttind , Ore.
When the fact that Mij. Uryan had been
travclYig on a free pass -was made public
by the San Tranclaco papers , It was at first
dented by bis friends and then excused on
the ground that It was not the only one
which be bad secured ) from the Southern
Pacific , and that he hadj also demanded and
obtained n free pass over that road from
Ogdcn to Sacramento.
It will bo remembered that when Mr.
Dryan was nominated for president , al
though ho had traveled to the Chicago con-
\entlon on newspaper passes , be made a
grandstand play by pa } Ing his faro for him-
Pooto to procure the ticket from William II.
Mill ? , local agent of the Southern Pacific
rallrcad.
Mr. Mills , when questioned about the
matter , said that ( ho ticket WAS Issued to
Mr. Uryan as a representative of the
World-Herald and In accordance with an
ad\crtlslng contract between the Southern
Pacific and the World-Herald. The business
manager of the World-Herald , however ,
when lntor\lo\\cil , stated that that paper
had no contlact with the Southern Pacific
and had not been printing any Southern
Pacific advertising , although It had secured
transportation on an ndve'tlslng account.
Mr Bryan himself , In answer to a tele
graphic Inquiry , stated that he was a stock
holder In the World-Herald , and that he was
bylrtuo thereof entitled to free passes on
account of the newspaper.
As a matter of fact , Mr , Bryan's connec
tion with the World-HoMld as editor was
terminated August 1 , 1S96 , since which he
has not been connected with the staff of
that taper In any capacity , and the mere
.fact that ho claims to own a tow shares of
N -X - * Jr & * .
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self and wife on the return trip. When ho
was traveling ou hlsi camralgn tours ho
made special ado about paying his way and
loudly Insisted thai no ono was > entitled
to special privileges from the lallroads
With the election over , however , Mr.
Diyan's conscientious scruples about accept
ing railroad favors seem to have been re
pressed , and he has been losing few oppor
tunities to work the rallioads for free trans
portation. As a covercfor the transaction ,
and In order to evade , the Interstate com
merce law , which forbids the railroads from
giving free passes , Mr. Dryan had lite passes
Issued ostensibly on account of advertising
In the Omaha World-Herald , although his
aetlve connection with that paper ceased
over a year ago
The fac-slmile order here reprinted , writ
ten In Mr. ( Bryan's ov n band , Is his own ad
mission that ho has been traveling on a free
pass The order was given by Mr. Dryan
to Mr W. W. Toote , who was chairman of
the reception committee for h'a visit to Pan
Francisco last July , and , was used by Mr.
those vvlso financiers , who ere today bsrter-
Ing for office and boodle , during all those
past years , when all tnose "threatening
dangers" ( from which we are suffering so
Intensely today ) , was being "heralded from
the housetops throughout our fair land ? "
Past history and present conditions an
swers correctly , and now at this late date ,
with victory In sight , to allow them to step
Into our conventions as they did in 1810. with
thulr deceptive democratic dogma of icdemp-
tlon money and government control of the
franchises and thus defeat the vlctoiy al
ready won , Is too contemptible for anything
nnd will not bo tolerated
MUST SHAKE OFIF TREE SILVER.
If the pops continue under the hypnotism
of one or more of the Ideal gods of the demo
cratic party to the extent that they secuio
the nomination they will meet with a moro
dlsastious defeat In 1000 than they did In
ISflfl , for they can no more elect their pros
pective candidate on this contemptible one
plank , free silver redemption craze , than they
ran pull the sun fiom the heavens. Mark
the prediction , for It has long slnco passed
that period when free Mlvcr alone can In
any way bo made effective In securing the
icllof now necessary.
The powers that be who need moro than
government control , have grown to too great
proportion , and there Is but 0110 way to
get rid of It ; that Is to see to It that It la
defeated , and we know near enough how we
stand now to say without guesswork that
that Is what will bo done. There Is no
farther excuse for free silver democrats , free
sliver republicans or for populists to longer
dodge the truth as to Iho platforms or the
Intent , and If Mr. Uryan Is honest In his
advocacy for reforms , lot him do as have all
the true sacrificing patriots step patrioti
cally and manfully onto a platform that
means what It says and says what It means ,
and wo will land him In the executive chair
as sure as he lives taaeallfut time
It has been and Is now my earnest prayer
that all true and loyal men , and women , too ,
will take a decided stand lot the all essential
principles annunciated by the people's In
dependent party platform and see to It that
our candidates are placed upon It without regard -
gard to and Independent of any and all other
parties , factions or creeds , then It will bo
that confidence will be restored , and victory
will pcrc'i upon our banners In the near fu
ture and not until then.
In conclusion , let me. say that no man ap
preciates the noble , patriotic work uccom-
plUhed by your persUtcnt efforts In your
position as governor more than I , and I plead
with you as a brother In the flesh to stand
Independently by that good record based
upon , as It was , and made wholly from the
people's Independent pary | platform There
are none other llko unto or equal to thembut
past history without exception Is that If wo
wander off OT by-roads we are sure to get
Irretrievably lost In the wilderness. May
God'forbld. Most-respectfully ,
JAMES M. TAYLOR.
The "Illcycllsff l ft Knena1 .s a familiar
name for DeWlft's Witch Hazel Salve , al
ways ready for emergencies. While a spe
cific for pllM. It also instantly re'leve ' * and
cure.3 cuts , bruizes , tail rheum , eczema and
all affectlonirof the cklu. U never falls.
stock In the concern gives him no right
under the lawto travel on tickets Issued
In exchange for newspaper advertising
It Is plain that the fieo ticket Issued Mr.
Bryan by the Southern Pacific was issued to
him , not on account of the World-Herald
o" any other newspaper , but simply because
it was Mr. Bryan vvho asked for It , and the
railroads were glad to favor him vvlth the
expectation of demanding return favors when
ever he might be in position to grant them.
The railroads do not care how much he may
denounce them In public or how loudly he
may proclaim eternal warfare upon railroad
corporations , so long as he places himself
under obligations to them They do not caie
what he may do to delude the farmer Into
believing In his opposition to railroad e-x-
toitton so long as they know that they have
a string on him which they can pull whenever - ,
ever occasion demands.
In the meanwhile Mr. Bryan will doubtless
continue to travel on free passes , while the
common people pay fare , not only for them
selves , but for those vvho are carried free.
CIMWDUIJ CONDITION OP SCHOOLS.
Mutter for the llnnrtt of rMiicnllon to
Conxliler.
A special meeting of the Board of Educa
tion has been called for Saturday night to
consider ways and means of disposing of
the tremendously Increased attendance at
the public schools. In some of the schoolu
the attendance Is so large that two pupils
are occupying the same desk and It Is Im
possible to properly organize the classes un
less some relief Is afforded. The attendance
at the kindergartens Is albo exceptionally
largo. Those at the Lake , Wobbler , Long
and other schools aic crowded. At the Dodge
where there were only a handful of kinder
garten pupils last year , there are now up
wards of fifty.
It Is the general opinion of members of the
board that the resolution passed at the last
meeting , which provided that no transfe-ra
should be Issued duilng the first six wcekii
of the term , must bo rescinded , as It Is ab
solutely Impossible to accommodate all the
pupils except by transfers to other schools
where the same conditions do not exist.
The attendance at the High school is also
testing the capacity of the building There
wore 1,023 pupils registered Thursday , ns
compared w.ltji S83 last year ,
coNrrcuuNou OK TIII : INCIMIH.S.
All Auree that Sixteenth Street Vlu-
iluet IN In nil I iiNiife Condition.
City Hnglneeer Hosewatcr nnd Asslstnnt
linglneer Stenger , with Councilman Stuht
of the committee on v Inducts and railways
and the engineers of the Union Pacific nnd
Burlington railroads miidc an official exam
ination of the Sixteenth .sheet viaduct yes
terday. The rallioad engineers tacitly
admitted that the structure vvns In a dan
gerous condition , but did not Indicate
whether they were In favor of a new via
duct or believed that another effort at re-
paiis should be made. Theyl wanted time to
figure on the comparative cent of repairs
and a new structure and they will li.ive an
other confc'ioncu with the representatives
of the city one week from today ut 10
o'clock.
DenlHMli the llioUem.
Tlieio was a splilted session of the local
passenger association yesterday In room
No 13 of the Barker block. Charges were
preferred against City Passenger Agent West
of the Northwestern by Secretary Chambers
whoso representative hail purchased a North
western ticket from Council Bluffs to Chicago
cage from a local broker at the reduced rate
of $11.25. The Investigation was a hurried
one , and the city passenger agent accused of
having dealt with n ticket broker was sum
marily fined the usual $10
AireMt Hi n I'oiiooiiiuKor.
Vaclav Krulls nc ed thu part of a peace
maker In a dog fight Thursday , One of the
animals belonged to V. F. Kuncl. It is al
leged that Krulls picked up an Iron bar and
beat Kuncl'8 dog until bo ceaeud fiom the
fray. Kuncl has now sworn out a warrant
( or Krulls' arrest on the charge of abusing
aulmalj ,
12ITI3CT Ot. * THIS INJUNCTION' .
en Ieln > I'ondlttK Interpreta
tion of Nc Prlnolplt-H of ln
The Importance of a doclslou In the Ne
braska maximum rate case by the United
Slates supreme court has again been demon
strated In the controversy that Is being waged
In South Dakota over the operation of a
schedule of reduced rates prepared by the
state railroad commission there and bitterly
opposed by the railroads engaged In traffic
In that stato. As announced In the tele
graphic columns of The Ilco yesterday , Judge
Garland of the federal court at Sioux Falls
granted a temporary Injunction against the
enforcement of the new schedule of rates.
Asked the effect of the temporary Injunc
tion , General Solicitor Manderson ot the n.
& M , who has Just returned from Sioux
Tails , yesterday said"The effect will
undoubtedly bo to postpone the matter until
well along Into the autumn. Uy tlut time
the supreme court of the United States vull
probably have handed down a decision In the
Nebraska maximum rate case. It Is gen
erally believed tint a decision In this case
will bo announced In October. In this
decision the supreme court wilt doubtless
lay down some general principles on which
questions of dispute between Hate railroad
commissions and the railroads In these states
regarding the enforcement of freight and
passenger rates arbitrarily determined by the
state railroad commissions may bo decided
Although the supreme court has hinted at
tlvla matter In the decision of a few previous
cases , theru has never been any full exposi
tion of the law on the subject of the enforce
ment of rates announced by state railroad
commissions by the United States supreme
court. Tor this reason 'ihe ( decision In the
Nebraska maximum rate cose Is awaited
with thu greatest Interest. It will scivu as
a precedent , not only for the detarmlnatlon
of the controversy In South Dlkota , but tor
all h-lmllar disputes In other states
"Just what constitutes fair and equitable
ratea Is a difficult problem to solve Some
of the people In South Dakota In the case ,
In which Judge Garland has jtibt Ibsned a
temporary Injunction against the or force-
mcnt of the state railroad commission's
rates , thought that If the vuarnIngs ot a rail
road were equal to the mere operating ex
penses , the rates wore high enough They
would not allow the paymhnt of any Interest
on the bonds of the rallrdad company , and
wore not In favor of the iWlaratlon ) : of .tnj
dividends whatBovcr to the stockholders
Others thought that If a"ny Interest at all
were paid on the ( investment , oven though
It were but I per cent , that the railroad was
getting all It deserved The decision of the
Nebraska maximum rate case will probably
contain c full Investigation Into these mooted
problems , and foi this re-a on Is awaited with
the greatest Interest tfverywhcne. "
Notox unit Pi
Superintendent Korty of the Union Pacific
telegraph department Is In Chicago.
William H. Bartle , traveling fieight agent
of the Indiana , Illinois & Iowa railroid , Is
In the city from Chicago
Miss Wilson of the Union Pacific's execu
tive department Is enjoying her annual va
cation at Gardner Grove , la.
H. Irwln , a switchman In the employ of
the Union Pacific , was Instantly killed In thu
Union Pacific yards at Denver last night by
falling from the top of a freight car.
General Manager Skinner of the Union
Stock Yards company of Kort Worth , Tex ,
formerly stationed In this city under W. N.
Babeock , Is here rcne'wing old acquaintances
Charles A. Coons of the mechanical dc-
partment and Walter 1) Wllkins of the andlt-
Ing department. Union , Pacific , have just re
turned from a fishing trip In Wyoming , nnd
have brought back with them some splendid
specimens of the tiout caught In thu Big
Laramie river.
The health of President B H. H. Clark of
the Union Pacific Is reported ns greatly Im
proved. Accompanied by Mn > Clark , hit ,
moved from Helena , Mont. , to Dctioit City ,
Minn. He will remain at the lattci point
several weeks
General Manager Savin of the Omaha ,
Kansas City & - Eastein rallioad has jiibt
made another change at Council Bluffs. G
H Beaumont , formerly of West Qulncy , 111 ,
has been appointed local freight agent of the
ne\\ road at Council Blulfblco J. S
Ulanchard , resigned
Thu change In the schedule of the Mil
waukee's passenger trains will go Into effect
today at noon. Train No ! 1 which now
airlves from Chicago at 325 o'clock p m ,
dally except Sunday , will after today ai-
rive here at 1.15 o'clock p m Train No 4
which now leaves here for Chicago dally at
6 35 p m , will on and oftei today leave
at 5:45 : p m .
Joseph Barker will on October 1 enter the
service of the Milwaukee's local frclg'it de
partment under Gencial Westcin Agent
Nash For the past Blx months he has been
connected with the auditing department ol
the ! B. & M. The new comer In freight
circles Is a BOH of the late Joseph Uaiker ,
the banker , and a successful careei Is pre
dicted for him In railroad circles.
John Daugherty , a Bwlt/cnuian In the cm-
ploy of the Union Pacific , was yesterday
badly bniUeil while attempting to make a
coupling In the Omaha yards A portion of
the coupling link broke while he was trying
to make the coupling and Injured his right
leg. He stepped back ah the cars came to
gether , but not far enough away to avoid
being struck by the piece of the pin that
broke off.
All the railroads In the btate yesterday
reported that good rains had visited towns
along their lines The ralnfaH was heavhst
In the western part of the statoythe B & M
and the Union Pacific reporting two Inchon
of rain at several points there. In the cen
tral part of the state a number of points
reported ra'n to the depth of from ono Inch
to cno and a half Inches In the eastern
portion of the state the rainfall was light.
William II. Heathcote will next month
leave the service of the Union Pacific Coal
company , with which Institution ho has been
connected for a long term of years Mi
and Mrs Heathcoto will remove to their
future homo In franklin , Pa. , In the eaily
part of October Mr. Heathcoto will there bo
associated In business with ex-Congressman
Joseph Slbley of the Keystone stale Ho
will leave a host of friends not only In this
city but all along the line of the Union Pa
cific , wheio ho has been known as thu bright
est and most genial representative the
Union Pacific Coal company ever had.
CntoherM Kil
Mnry Copeland and Wllber Morris , who
lodged complaints in police couit n short
tlmo ago against Lew Pike and "Cow"
Brown , n couple of dog pnlchoiH , wcro nr-
rcKtod last night upon complaints lodged by
the defendants nlenlnK ] a frncturo of the
peace The trouble occurred near Twenty-
fifth and Kisklne tticets nnd VVUH ovei n
dotf owned by Mary Copeland. In the gen
eral inlxup the woman IH said to h ivo
broken her leg The dog catchers weie
locked up on u charge of iiRMiilt with in
tent to do great bodily injury. The In
formation now sworn out by' them la sup
posed to be merely a method of getting
even.
IloiiuiH AHNlKiieil to OlllelnlH ,
Biipc-rlntcndent Latcnser l now making
the olllclal assignment of ofllceH In the
new postofllce building for the X'overnmenl'n
employes In this eitv When thnt IH com
pleted nnd forwarded to Washington It IB
expected that the plans and pe < Ideations
for the work completing the upper stories
of the building will bo sent here and bids
advertised for , There nre Jilntu of some
disagreements among the ofllclnls IIH to
vvheiu their offices fcliall be loinled. nnd It
Is possible that the authorities nt Wash
ington may be called upon to act us nrbltr.i-
tors
CettliiK Hid of UVUh ,
Jack Welsh , the southKldo pcavcngfi and
owner of half starved horte.s , who hub been
In Jail more times tlnn lie e-an rerne'mbpr
for cruelty to hU dumb cliurgis , wax > > > > -
terday arrested for lrespans. The Information
mation recites thnt Welsh U u "imtl
ter upon lot 15 , block 0. KounUf's
third addition to the rdv of Otnnlin ind
though ho Iwn been ivpuitnlly dinned for
rent , refuse to cats ! ) up 01 move- .
POPULISTS ARE DISGUSTED
May Yet Decide to Nomtrmto a Straight
Middlc-of-tho-Road Ticket ,
THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRICKED
Voting cm Adi lee of Clinlriiiiiti 1'nrU ,
Tin- } \ro l.lalito to 1li > | > mllnc
tlu > Action of tin- COIMCIIJ ,
( Ion at Lincoln. |
The longer the local populists consider the
position In which they find themselves , the
more distrusted they are with the result of
: hc farce at Lincoln by which they wore de-
hered o\cr Into the hands of the democratic )
mnciilno. Some of them were thoroughly
convinced during the long struggle In the
convention that their leaders
were hand-ln-
glo\o with the scheme to sell them out , nnd
slnco they ha\o sired up the crowd that
nantpulatod the convention and secured iho
ilaccs of Influence on thuarlous commit
tees no doubt lomalns that their p.artlclpa-
.Ion in the proceedings was simply to give
olor to the plans that had been carefully
iicpared before the convention met.
Populists reallo that while they claim ,
noio votes In the state than the democrats
and silver republicans together , they aio to
.insist In electing the eimlldatc of another
> urty
Having been fooled once or twtco before
ocal populists are capable of seeing that eo
long as they submit to being herded llko
sheep In the fusion corral by leaders who
in\o personal ambitions to servo they will
bo no better oft than they aie now , The
number of populists who are Indignant at the
mnnnci In which they have bceen ticatcd la
( instantly Increasl.ig as the mnchlnn
manipulation becomes more apparent , ami
already tl cru IH some suntlmont In favor ot
a mldillu-of-the-road convention. Thlb scutl-
iiH'iit has been atlriod up by the following
letter fiom Milton Paik , odltoi of the South-
cm MCI cm y and chairman of the national
executive commlttou of tbo people's party ,
.vlilrh . was retelvcd by Waltur Droen of this
city the othei day :
DALLAS , Tex , Sept C. 1S97. Wnltcr
Uiceii. C MI . Do.u Sli YOUIH of the 3ul nt
hand and duly noted 1 ngteo with you thnt
join Btntu eominlttepinen should get to-
s-ollici nt once nnd call n cnnvcnllon of the
mlddlc-of-tlie-roul populists of Nebraska ,
ntul put out a sti.ilBht tit kot for the ollleea
to be tilled nt yom appro icilng election.
Wo lm\e nil to lose an < l nothliiR to n.iln by
standing vvlth the fuilonlsts If wo hive to
1,0 I'uvvn lit n do It with colors living. I
ucl'evo ' , i sti.light populist ticket will meet
the lio.iity support of e\cr.v true populist In
Nobintki Keep preying the work of or-
B.inlrUlon and let mu hear ol" yout progress ,
tiuly. MIL'ION PAHK ,
Chaiiman.
The question of nominating 'a straight
populist ticket Is being bcrlously discussed
and It Is stated that a meeting nuy bo called
very shortly to take action looking toward
that end.
nomir.D nv r.Nci.isii uonu. .
John Itusli nil ComlllloiiN nxlxtliil ? In
Irrliinil.
OMAHA , Sept. 10 To the Editor of The
Dec Youi editorial of a few- days ago rela
tive to the Impending famine In Ireland
was , I am sure , appreciated by jour readers
geneially. Although the English people
and gov eminent will try to mlnlmlzo the
lioirora of the situation , as they did la
1847 , when they permitted l.OOQ.OOO people
to btarve , the fact remains that a crisis
exists , nnd cltl/ons of Irish birth and de-
srent ought to take Immediate bteps to pre
vent a recurrence of the dark and evil day a
of a half century ago In this they will huva
the snppoit and sympathy of this gloat re
public , an on the former occasion.
It docs not appear to bo generally Known
that an Impartial commlbslon appointed a
few years ago by Paillamunt to examine
and report upon the system of taxation In
Iieland , reported that the people of that un
fortunate land vveio taxed over 3,000,000
pei annum moio than the people ot
the neighboring Island In proportion to their
lelatlve properties , that Is , slnco the last
fdinlnu In Ireland 1GO,000.000 have
been unlawfully and unfairly taken
fiom the Irish people to maintain the Brit
ish gov eminent If England would pay back
this Immense sum or cvon a part of It the
people who have thus been robbed would
not bo compelkil to ask outsldo aid. It
this money bad been used for Internal Im-
pnnement. such as the building of ships
for commcrto , the development of factories ,
the reclamation of bog land and the Improve
ment of rivers and harbors the failure of tbo
potato crop would have little effect and the
people would bo Independent , happy and
piosporous Rut "a condition , and not a
theory" exists , and our duty It to meet It.
Respectfully , JOHN HUSH.
IIOIHIS QUITS.
Conclude * ! \ot to ProNooiite Illuck-
Hlllltll Kollj.
School Teacher L S Hodges ot Papllllon ,
who was mauled and battered by Blacksmith
A. J. Kelly because the latter alleged that
ho found his wife In Hodges' arms ono day
at his homo near Twenty-fourth and Lcavon-
vvoith streets , Is apparently not looking for
any revenge. At any late ho has not ap
peared to prosecute Kelly and the case
against the latter has been dismissed.
The affray occurred several weeks ago.
Kelly was arrested on Iho charge of assault
and battery and Hodgcu was also hold for
( llstm bins Iho peace by fighting. On the
following day the appearance of the school
teacher's phi ? wan the cause of his arrest
an n suspicious character by the South
Omaha police. Ho was subsequently dls-
charguil and since that tinui ho has not put
In an appearance In these pat Is , although
th > < cabco have been continued a number
of times on account of his absence. I'lnally
as ho did not appear Thursday afternoon
when the cases were pet for trial , they wcro
both dismissed
In the meantime , peace Is once moro reignIng -
Ing In the Kelly household Immediately
after the occurrence , husband and wlfo mutu
ally acciiBcd each other of being guilty of
the fracturing the domestic bliss , but the
( llffemici H have been nettled and the pair
are living together again
hrivcr on Ciuli } Street ,
The contiuct for constructing 3SG feet of
eight-Inch sewer , extruding cast from Sher
man avcnuo on Corby street , wa lot to
Connolly & Shaw by the Hoard of Public
Works yesterday. The prjre IB 34 cents
per lineal foot laid In Portland cement
and 33 cents In American cement. John
P IMIoy and P H Mahoney bid exactly
the same ( Uuro ; as thu successful bidders on
Ia > lng the pipe , but Connolly & Hhaw bid
145 on flush tanks as against $ GO and $49
by Daley and Mahoney The bids of M.
Paik and McIIugli & Crelr.hton were con
siderably higher all around.
If lou I.ncU llnrrctf ) ,
TII Ilorxfnrtl'M Aflil I'liciNiihiile.
It vitalizes the nerves , helps digestion ,
feeds tbo brain maktu life worth living. It
Is a medicine , a food and a delicious bever
age
Suit' of I Midland JlimUMHIN. | .
Ilteelvcr J. W TlmrnaH made n second nt-
tempt tu sell the apKtU of the' defunct Mid
land State bank yeitirdny , lie held the
.tile at thu eint door "f the I'jnit house , the
inlo being held open fiom 10 until 1o'clock. .
TinabttB , fxiepl the furnltuie , were Hold
In liulk to J. A I'erk'ny for jW The
uillce H'ifu was fold to H W Hurte of Coun
cil Bluff ? for S100 , and the- clock wan sold
to J \i \ Knit ? ) foi M 'lliiue l > ld will La
rrpoilrd tu the dhtr'rt coin I. for approval
U'rl r < lillimallon
Ainilltlrn o ( Vlrry t-urcs
lOc , Lor and < j > c All druggists.