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Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
Reoeiptine for Registered Letters

b~eoefpttng Tor heRisteroo AseeoE'
New York Sun.
Business men of this city who re-
celve many registered letters daily
complain Of o recent order Of Third
Assistant Postmaster General A. ID.
Hszen, which requires, Instead OF q
stamped signature, the written sigma
ture of the person receiving and re.
ceiptinq for q registered letters. If
he Is an agent Of the person to whom
the letter Ia addressed, he must write
the name of his principal also, and
write "clerk," ''mansger" or agent
after his own name.
New York business men have been
in the habit of sending q clerk with a
stamp to get their registered letters
81 have received as many as 900 regis
tered letters In one day" said a busi.
ness man yesterday. "The labor OF
signing a separate receipt for each one
with pen and Ink became 90 intolera-
Bile that | was compelled to have re.
course to a stamp. In doing this
followed a good precedent, for many
million, of dollars Of United States
treasury notes and national bank notes
have been issued with the printed sig
natures of the Government officials
and even the printed signatures of the
bank officers. Without such ar
expedient it would have been alb
solutely impossible to Issue the
enormous amount of paper money
which the Government has
put into circulation during the
since the war. Even the secretary Of
the treasury has signed his name In
this way. Congressman have often
affixed their franks by means Of
stamps, and the ~postofice department
has recognized them. 1t Is q very
common occurrence for presidents Of
railway companies to sign their bond,
or stock certificates In this way, II
seems to be an unnecessary bit of red
tape for Mr.. HAGEN to put the bust
ness men Of this country to 80 much
Inconvenience as will be occasioned by
this order. There are often as many
a. IL, 900 registered letters a day de-
livered from the New York post
Office, and l never knew of a case
where a registered letter got into thu
hands of the wrong person by means
Of q stamp. As a matter of fact, 1t II
Just as much q forgery for any one tt
counterfeit my stamp as 1t Is to ooun
terfeit my signature written with per
and ink"
Postmaster Pearson said yesterday
that he had no alternative, but wal
compelled to enforce the orders of hill
superiora. He was certain that nc
losses of registered letters have beer
occasioned at the New York Office BY
the use of the stamp.
Steps have been taken to secure 6
united protest against the new order
from the New York business men In
terested.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
Realizing on Realty.

The following deeds we're filed for
record In the county clerks office,
February %, reported for THE BEE
BY Ames's real estate agency:
G. r. Rathburn and wife to F. IN.
Stuart, W d, e ] tf lot 4, block 9,
Shinr's add, $l,400.
l. r Tuttle, jr., to F. J.. Schert,
W d. lois 81 and 80, Tuttle's subd,
$1,000.
G. q. Boggs and wife and L. Hill
to 81. Shumsn, W d, lot 10, block 2,
Arbor place, $3.50.
G. q. Bogg and L. Hill and wife te
J. Ries, W d, lot II, block Q, Arbol
place, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

SENATOR VAN WyoK's pension bill
has passed the senate. This measure
increases the pensions Of soldiers, who
have lost q hand or foot in the SER
vice, from $18 to $24 q month, and
those who have lost q leg or arm to
$50 q month. This increase will be
generally approved. Such disability
deserves u liberal pension, as does
every genuine disability received in
the service. To, survivors Of actual
I'M uries the government and the peo'
pie are not disposed to be stingy. II
Il only . host Of fraudulent pensioners
that have made many Of our people
doubt the wisdom Of their past gener'
osity.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

CHICAGO and Council Bluffs are still
wrestling with the high license prob
lem. Chicago has gone SO far as to
fix the license of brewers and distil.
lers at $500 q year, but the saloon II.
cense still remains an open question.
Council Bluffs is waiting for the COM
pletion of her wsterworks before she
determines how much the brewers
and dealers are to pay for the privil-
ego Ct selling corn, barley and hops
diluted with Missouri river water.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

AMONG the bills just passed by con-
gress Is an act to prevent the impor-
tation of adultersted teas. This Is
regarded by importers as a much
needed protection to tea consumers.
1t Is an established fact that this
country Is the chief dumping ground
for all the worthless stuff that Chi
nese ingenuity can doctor into a sam
blAnoe of the great staple. The GUS
tom house satisfies show that We con
sumo on 60, 900, 900 pounds of tea,
while the British Isles consume 140,'
000, 900 pounds, oil more than twiot
Is much. Great Britain passed al
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

A FAIR assessment Of property In
Omaha would give this city IN
assessed valuation Of s15. 600, 600.
The increase would net come on the
citizen of moderate means. The
poorer classes are not the tax shirk.
Ing class. It Is the men whose prop
erty In stocks and bonds never shows
up when the assessor calls, who value
their real estate at $50 an acre for
assessment ana 81, 900 an acre for sale
In the open market.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
Where Ignorane Wasn't Bliss.

AS ooh LSAAcos
wsstIlChetser Pa, Record.
A West Chester physician was called
In by a mother to see her little son,
who was suffering with q slight chill,
the doctor stated. The mother said
she was much relieved upon hearing
the result of the doctors diagnosis,
and said she had feared her boy had
smallpox. The doctor ~thereupon In
quired whether the boy had been
where smallpox was, when came the
reply. "No, he hasn't been where
smallpox was, but he was playing with
o boy who has q cousin that had the
smallpox" The doctor asked If thu
second boy had been with his cousin,
when the woman replied she had never
seer him, but she thought the disea,'
might be In the family.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
CONGRESS Is making very liber

CONGRESS Is making very liberal
appropriations for the Yellowstone
park, but the conditions under which
the secretary of the interior can OK.
pend the park fund and the restric
lions under which he Is permitted to
lease small tracts for hotels will MIR
In the bud the scheme Of the Wal
street jobbars who had organized 9
syndicate to monopolizs the national
park.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

PROHIBITION has made no progress
this year In the various legislature,
where the question has been dis
cussed. Indiana, Minnesota, WiOcon'
sin and Texas have refused to subml,
amendments, and in Kansas the legis'
lature has been foaded with petitions
urging 1t to repeal the prohibitory
clause In the constitution, aa It Il
claimed the people pronounced againa'
Il at last falls election.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

The campaign of last fall Was q
memorable one for the people Of Ne
braska. The state was shaken from
end to end by the demand Of our pro-
ducers for certain reforms, and both
political parties felt the vibrations.
The cry for legislative restriction Of
the aggressions Of corporate monopoly
and changes In d revenue laws
which would compel the railroads to
bear their share Of the burden Of
taxation was 10 loud and 30 pressing
that It could not be ignored. No pc.
litical leader was 80 blind a. not to
see that 1t was genuine and deep
seated, and both parties at oncs trim.
med their sails to catch the ~fsvoring
impulse of the anti-monopoly breeze.
Every stump In the state held Its
party orator pleading for the straight
ticket and denouncing in unmeasured
terms "the fragrant abuses of the cor.
porations." Candidates for every Of.
fee pledged themselves with loud
professions Of allegiance to anti
monopoly principles and voters were
besought In despairing terms Co stick
to the old organizations which were
able and anxious to do the people,
will.
The result of the election showed
that the change In policy Of the dem.
ocratic and republican parties wa.
made none too soon. The straigh,
out antt.monopolists barely escaped
eleoting two out Of three congressman
and cast 1900 votes for their cand
idates on the state ticket. The solemn
pledges of republicans on the legisla.
tive " tickets In o number Of district
divided the anti-monopoly strength
and increased the republican majority
while party pressure retained thou
sands In the ranks of the older OF
ganixation. As for years past, tn
republican party controlled the legil
, laturs with p~rofuse promises Of thei
willingness to secure the reforms who
Nebraska so loudly demanded.
The Legislature has closed and tn
record has been made up. The ses
, sion ended In the usual triumph {
the monopoly lobby. Men In who's
pledges the people had placed implio
Q trust betrayed their constituents an
0 sold themselves to the railroads. Ever
!. reform demanded by the people VI
= contemptuously ignored, while th
g republican party reveled In q oarniv'
@ Of jobs, bogus claims and doubtf'
r appropriations. Experience Is the be-
teacher. The people of Nebraska wi
profit by the lesson which has bee
taught them. Pledges III good b.
Il records speak louder than words.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

MASSACHUSETTS has reached the
conclusion that We are governed too
much, and her Legislature has voted
to submit a constitutional amendment
that will dispense with costly and use
less annual sessions of her Legislature.
One session every two years Is ample,
especially In the older states.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

MORE than half Of tho present con.
gress was elected to stay at home In
the last election. Only two more
days remain Ct the session and every
corrupt congressman Is doing his level
best to get a grab at the treasury be-
fore Saturday night.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

The bill to permit the Fremont &
Elkhorn valley railroad to cross the
Fort Nlobrara military reservation
has passed, and work on the extension
will, 1t Is understood, bs pushed as
rapidly as possible. As the bill passed
the senate It was nhorn of all amend
ments, and merely grants the right Of
way asked by the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

AMERICAN generosity Is proverbial,
but II has more than sustained Its rep
utation this year. Since the first Of
the year we have given fully a million
dollars to relieve foreign and domestic
suffering, of which sum $4,000
went through one channel, to tie suf-
ferers from the Rhine foods.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
To

Your attention IL cal ed to contracts 70 be let
for dir him. Ditch In Burt and washington
co mt es, about thi mics loag, 10 worsing
sections, h .ough a marsh, width about o ieet'
sidas tlopi'g l to 2 feet deEtn from B to ,ess'
d ri to . moved about 8 feet from brink OF ditch
N,mber NJ cubic wards to be moved about 49,.
| 74O. Said itch is being constructed by said Two
| counties under statute providing for STaining
swamp l. nds, approved Feb. 2S, 1881. Woik &c
| he done In accordance with plans and specihca-
lions. For further information apply to the
county clerk Of eli her OF aid counties. ana see
report Of engineer and proceedings OF boards Of
Commissioner Ct said couaties and part cularly
that Of February Sth. 1879 Also the official ad'
YER isement in the Blair Pilot and IN Burs Coun'
Bids are to be fled with certified check ant
name Of %,urstie', on or before March 22d 1883
AZ %. M. with county ole,k Of / urt county, a
A Tbomcs. Duplicates (wi.hout Checked VIII
county clerk Of Washington county. Blali
forms for proposals will be supp led oy sA'
''ef''' BOARDS or SAID COUNTIES.
feb 19-oew ms Q 81
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

JOHN w. FOSTER, of Indiana, has
been appointed minister to Spain. Mr..
Foster has filed the Russian and
Mexican missions with success and
fidelity. His appointment to Madrid
is one In the line of o we'll conducted
public service, and is all the more
oreditsble because 1t comes unsolicited
by him or by his Indiana friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

L%oU1sIANA's supreme court has de.
oided that telegraph companies are
responsible for errors In the trans.
mission of unrepeated dispatches, not
withstanding the contract at the head
of the mesJage blanks. In the decision
the we'll established rule was followed
that no corporation q protect Itself
by contract against Its own negligence,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

AMONG the SOP bills left unreported
by the house committee on military
affairs are the Grant retirement bill
and the house bill to restore Fltz John
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

act similar to this In 1867, prior to
which time great complaint was made.
Other nations have passed similar
laws and the result has been
that the great bulk Of sdul.
terated and mixed leaves has
been sent to America. The
market being full of Inferior
grades, tea Is said to have become I'M
populor and hence our comparatively
light consumption Of it. There are
now said to be stored In English ware.
houses nearly $4,000 packages, or
about 5000, 900 pounds of tea con.
demned by the customs officials and
stored for re.exportation. A Liver.
pool paper says the bulk Of this rub.
bish will find its way across the At
lantlc to the United States. If true,
1t Is sincerely to be hoped that the
new law will be in force when the
stuff arrives, and that 1t may be sent
to hunt another market. 1t Is reported
that the consumption of tea In Great
Britain has increased wonderfully
since the passage of the law of 1867
so much as to leave no doubt but
thas the general dlstruat had before
prevented many from using 1t at all,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

UNDER the new redistricting law the
governor has the appointment Of five
judges and the appointment Of Judge
Post to the revenue collsotorship will
create another vacancy on the bench
which the governor must fill. This
judicial patronage IL liable to make
ten enemies for Governor Dawes
where he makes one friend.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

THE senate has refused to appro.
pirate the necessary money to carry
out the Sioux treaty. This blocks the
proposed throwing open Of many
thousands of acres Of fine agrIcultursl
ands In Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

ALL the railroad bills introduced In
tho Minnesota legislature this session
were indefinitely postponed by . close
vote. Having finished its work the
railroad lobby has retired to head
Ouartera.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

The session of the last Legislature
began with religious services. And
yet pastors throughout the state won.
der at the growing disbelief In the
eff Of prayer.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

UNDER the new registration law
every voter must register his place Of
residence with his name. Re-
lpeating and false registration will now
be at q discount.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
Receiving $4,000 I'm a Luoid In
esrvsl.


New York Sun.
The Pennsylvania railroad ferry
boat, hudson City and the New York
and Norwich transportation company's
sound steamer City Of Norwich were
in collision in February, 1880, John
M. Martin was q passenger on the
ferryboat. A gas fixture fell on his
head. The blow so affected his mind
that it was necessary to confne him In
q lunatio asylum, from which be was
but recently released. He sued both
companies In Judge Larremore's court
for 1926, 900 damages, and yesterday
he recovered $40, 900, He was q wit
ness at the trial, but his wife testified
that on Che night of the day IN which
he had testified he knocked her dowt
and had to be- put under restraint
again.
On this testimony Mr.. John W.
Scrlbnar, for the defendant, asked
that the salt be discontinued DO.
GAUGE the plsintiff was insane. Me-
Joseph II Choate, for plaintiff, asked
for permission to increase the claim
for damages from $4,000 to $40, 600,
Both motions were denied.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

WITH Judge Post In the revenue
collectors Office at Omaha, Jim Laird
expects a walk-Away for q renomins.
tion In 1884.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

THE changes In the surveyor gener-
ais and internal revepue offices are
In perfect accord with uncivil service
reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

BARGE navigation down tho Missis.
sippi is not, az has been supposed, q
visionary scheme. According to the
St. Louis Republican there have been
shipped from the port Of ST. Louis
during the first week since navigation
opened down the Mississippi 712, 00C
bushels of grain In barges to New Or.
leans. This Is something like two
thousand carloads or sufficient to
freight q hundred trains. In add.
tIon moro than FIVE hundred tons Of
miscellaneous freight has been ship.
ped In the river barges.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

THE offering on the altar Of the Falls
City postofice Is n Of Frank.
incensed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

"THANK God there Is to be no more
office broking."-S. p. Modify.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

1 had severs attacks of gravel and
kidney trouble; WA unable to get Q
medicine or doctor to cure ma unit! l
used Hop Bitters, and they cured me
In q short time. "A Dlsgulrhed Law.
yer of WAYNE county, N. Y.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

II KNOW q thing or two about sur
veying contracts. Dave Stevenson.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

II you can tell Us who will be the
next city marshal We will tell you who
will be the next mayor.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
The BEE PUBLISHING CO., Props
e ROsEwATER Editor.

UNEASY lies the head that holds o
federal cfio 90 In Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
Gentle
Women

Who want glossy, luxuriant
and wayy tresses of abundant,
beautiful Hair must use
LYONS K~ATHAIRON. This
elegant, cheap article always
makes the Hair grow freely
and fast, keeps it from falling
out, arrests and cures gray;
ness, removes dandruff and
itching, m makes the a ir
strOng,. giving it a curling
tendency and keeping 1t in
any desired position. Beau
tiful, healthy Hair Is the sure
result of using KathairOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
The Omaha Bee.

Published every morning. except Sun
az. The emily Monday morning daily
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

with a deep Sigh the bereaved hus-
band drifted out.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

and believed a happy future to be be-
fore them"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

Peck's Sun regards st. Jacobs Oil as
the "boes" and everybod agrees with
IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

CORRESPONDENCE All Oommuni:
atfons relating to News and Editorial
matters should be addressed to the EDITOR
or THE BEE.
BUSINESS LETTERS-All Bushes
Letters and Remittances should be ad
dressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY
.)MAHA. Drafts, Checks and Postofice
Jrders to be made payable to the order OF
. the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

cHE WEEKLY BEE, published every
We inesday.
TERMS POST PAID
One Year. .....e2.O0 Three Months. 30
glr Months. 90. LOO One Month";. 10
AMERICAN News COMPANY, Sole Agents
Newsdealers in the United States.i
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

TERMS BY MAIL
One Year. $1,000 Three Months $500
Biz Months. 500 One Month";. LOO
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

me-eod..th. 9th or 18th p.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-20

Special Dispatch to Tns BEE.
New YORK, March 19.-The state
branch of the Woman's National Re.
lief association, In response to tele-
gram from the sgsnt at Louisville,
stating that "the situation Is much
worse than reported" appeal for funds
to purchase bedding. shoes, etc., for
the sufferers by the food.
CAIRO, March19 The Indianapolis
board Of trade relitf f committee arrived
this evening ON the steamer Hslpin.
They visited every inundated city
and village on the Ohio river, and
have given relief where needed. The
members say no more funds or sup.
plies are necessary. They return home
from here.
WASHINGTON, March 10 p resident
Arthur has received letter from Ber-
lin, inclosirg a contribution of l, 600
marks from number of prominent
bankors In that city, for the food
sufferers in this country. The letter
was referred to the state department
for proper acknowledgment, and the
money turned over to the representa-
tive in this city of the order Of the
"Red Gross" for distribution.
YAzoo CRY, March 10 Later news
sets at rest fears of an overflow along
the Yazoo. The water at Shsrkey .
was falling, at Greenwood at stand.
Between the latter place and the head
of Honey Island the plantations are
overfowed. In the head of Honey
Island there seems to be very little
uneaslness and work continues on all
places. The Yazoo river can stand q
larger rise than she will get.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-20
THE EYANKTON SCANDAL.
A Fine Chance for the DAKOTA Com
miss,oners to obtain Weaith.

washington Special 70 Philadelphia Press. i
The attempt to secure division o.
the territory of Dakota ana tne ~
m,s,ion of the lower part INTO sns
nn,on as n state, received a decioea
ssthsck bv reason Of the Yankton nohd
sosndaI Information received mere
from one of the prominent oihcels .,
.he territory In relation to the ao'loh
recently taken by the territ0tiai iee,s
I.ture for the removal OF the cap,'"'
fr,m Yankton forebodes an onehso
wh,ch will become worse stench III
~ no,tr,ln of honess people than the
saUnd;ation of bonds. Yankton Is IN
tbe goutheostern part OF the terrfSry,
I'D the removal of the capital 10
a site more central has long oeen an
t,oipatsd. There has been great tlvai va,
~ among various towns In the Interior
for the po,session of the Capital anc
feeling ran so high that the ieeisiatur'
1 az ls.t detsrmined to disregard all f,Va rive
ol.ims and set up not only new gap
;.si hut a new town. The oomgetin
railroads in the Territory, the N9rSn q,
!. western. and the Milwaukee anu p y
!, psuI each presented two towns .
= ths,r reapectiye lines as available nit'
= tor the Capital, but the leaders IN u
= ohsma drove OF both those oorpos
y N tions by threatening hostile ieglsl..,s ..S
a unless their lobbyists at YAnkton we
N N withdrawn. The threat was .uoCei !
~ ~ full. and the companies called away : |.
30 man who had been working Tor the
On In the Legislature. ,,..,,. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-20

NEW YORK, March 10. BY the
agreement recently made the Oregon
and Trans. Continental company shall
.snpiate and eaain the, ,remaining l25'
$40 O( 0,per mile, Anof9S, SVOjUV0 secs
ond mortgage bonds also that the
Oregon and Trans. Continental com
par v shall lease the Oregon and CALI
fornia system 900 years, paying the
following rental: First, the amount OF
fixed charges, beingi tersst on the fir.s
and second mortgage bonds; second,
500, 600 q. year to maintain the organ
izstion of the Oregon and California
company; third, $40, 600 per snnum
for three and one-half years to be
distributed on dividends at the rate
of 81 per cent. per annum on pre-
ferred stock Of the Oregon and CALI
fornia company; and fourth, to pay
from and after July l, 1886, to the
latter company 8 per cent. OF tht
gross earnings with guarantee thai
this percentage will DO sufficient II
Day the fixed charges Of $40: 200 PEI
annum for the maintenance OF tn
organisation and minimum OF q pc
cent. divided on preferred stock.