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Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
THE CoLoRED CONVENTION

A convention Of the colored rae
has been called to meet In Washing
ton In September. Each state is CIR.
titled under the call to at least one
delegate, and there Is to be a delegate
for each $4,000 of the colored popu'
latlon. The object of this convention
Is to study the situation Of the colored
people of the United States, and to
devise measures for relief from the
grievances under whioh they claim
they are suffsrlng. 1t Is charged
In the call that the negro Is debarred
from his civil and political rights,
that he Is neither paid sufi clently for
his labor and protected In the col
lection of what Ia due him, and that
he does not have q fair chance In the
public schools.
Now several Of these alleged griev-
ances will not be gainsaid. But this
Is through no fault of the law or of
the party with which the colored
people have allied themselves. Our
laws guarantee them political equal.
ty and the civil rights bill goes as far
as possible to protect them In the
social equality which they have de-
manded. The complaint that their
labor Is not sufficiently remunerated
Is not confined to the black. The
price Of negro labor like that of white
labor Is governed by certain laws
which all the legislation and resolu.
lions of q hundred conventions will
not alter. The trouble with the MACS
Of southern negroes is that they fall to
appreciate the value of industry and
enterprise and thrift. If they persist
In doing only a half the work done by
q white man they cannot expect q
white mars pay.
So far as the abuses In Tho ~collec.
tion of money owed the negroes by
their employers Is concerned they
ought to be remedied. And IL the
political rights of our colorcd people
are ignored, public sentiment will oon-
denim and reform the abuse just ss
o as the fact Is made clear. But
the very worst manner in which to at
tack these abuses Is through the cres-
tion Of q race movement. Appealing
to a class pre- ud!cs is not the best way
to attract the calm and deliberate at.
tention of the public.
When Frederick Douglas said, some
years ago, that ''the negro must work
out his own salvation" he spoke a
great political truth. But the politi.
cal salvation of the oolored people does
not lie through an independent black
party. As parties are now constituted
the enforcement OF the laws protect.
Ing the colored people In the enjoy.
ment of their rights devolveu upon the
most intelligent and powerful elements
OF the body politics. 1t Is much bat
ter for the colored people that 1t
should remain In the same hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

ard residence for the preceding five
gears, education, and such othor facts
- the commission may prescribe. The
Eemptions from examination are
v3ry few, and embrace confidential
clerks or secretaries CT heads of de-
Jsrtments or Offices, cashiers or col
l%ootorr, superintendents of money
order divisions In postt fiji ,es, the
direct c%ustodians Of money above the
Grade of assistant cashier on
teller, for whose fidelity an.
other officer Is under official
bonds, persons employed exclusively
In the secret service Of the govern
ment or as translstors, and persons
whose employment Ia exclusively pro.
f~essional. such as lawyers and doctors.
None of the persons 80 exempted can
be transferred, appointed, or pro.
NOTED, unless In some excepted place,
without undergoing an examination.
Any violation Of the rules or Of the
civil service act relating TO political
assessments will be deemed good cauSc
for the removal of any cfhcer employed
in the executive civil service. The
balance Of the rules apply to the gov
eminent Of the commission and the
service, and are of nc special interest
to the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
COLORADO.

The remains Of a man, with the head
missing, were found Ia ar abandoned coal
shaft near Golden last Friday. The body
was badly de composed. There ia no clue to
the identity Of the man.
Frank Bingham, q Pueblo shoe dealer,
was attacked by highwaymen one night
last week, but used his umbrella to such a
good purpose that the thieves fled.
Leadville during the past FIVE years has
produced % 900, 600 ounces OF silver, one
hundred end forty thousand tons Of lead,
and rs, 900 ounces OF gold.
A man named NJ. V. Rains, was arrested
at Golden last week. He is wanted al
Lawson, Clear Creek county, for cutting a
mans throat last Thursday.
An explosion of melted bullion occurred
at Lesdville last week, and a man named
Russell Locke, who was standing near by,
was blinded for life.
trinidad is holding meetings to induce
more railroad companies to enter her
limits,
Ore stealing is now one Of the prosperou
enterprises Of the mining districts.
d. Z. Ballard has been appointed com,
missioner Of deeds for Colorado.
Thirty.seven n~otsries public were ap.
pointed in Denver last m NTH.
Two fountains have been placed in the
Union depot yard at Denver.
A new postofics hos been established Ii
Garfield county called Axial.
Tourists have begunarriving at. Manitou,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

The county assessors have begun
their work of lis'ing the real estate
In this city for assessment. If they
are disposed to do their duty they will
have no difficulty In srrivirg at a fair
valuation Is every instance. . Let
them consult the records In the county
clerks Office and examine the prices
paid on the last transfers of properties
In the different blocks In their
wards. Where no transfers have
bsen made In q particular block dur
Ing the year, the price Of property In
the adj lining blocks will prove o
good basis for a fair assessment.
This is especially necessary In listing
property In the additions. Last
years prices arc of no more value In
arriving at the real value of property
In the city's limits than last years
prices on the New York stock board.
Property has doubled and quadrupled
In many Instances, and the city
must receive the benefit of the ad.
vance.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
v SERVICE L

Twenty-Five rules have been sub.
mitted by the civil service commits
sioners, and have been approved by
the president and hist cabinet. Some
Of these contain several subdivisions,
SO that there are thirty regulations
for the reform Of the service on the
plan of competitive examinations.
Under the fifth rule the civil service
10 divided Into three divisions or
classes. The first class embraces the
departments at Washington; the
second takes in the customs,
service throughout the country, and
the third the postal service, including
the local postofioe at Washington.
The rules are made to apply to all
custom houses and postotices giving
employment to fifty persons exclusive
OF laborers. Rule six provides for
open competitive examinations both
In testing the fitness of candidates
wishing to enter the service and those
desirous of securing promotion from
q lower to q higher grade. The rest
OF the rules az condensed by The
Cleveland Leader are as follows:
"The examinations are to be prac.
teal In character, and will embrace
penmanship, original letter writing,
the fundamental rules of arithmetic,
together with fractions, percentage
and Interest, bookkeeping, elements
OF the English language, particularly
photography and the proper constiuc
ton of sentences, and, lastly, ele
ments Of the geography, history snt
government Of the United States
For positions In which q lower grad,
Of education will ct flee, the commits
sion are authorized to limit the exam
nation to per msnship, copying, or
biography and the Fundamental rule
OF arithmetic. The commission
however, are not debsrred from hold
ing examinations of a higher grade
or upon additional or special sub
jects, when necessary to tes
the fitness of candidates for any
special place or branch of the service
No person "a De examined for tn,
classified postal E~ervice who is uude
s~lxtsen or over thirty five years o
age, or for the classified service a
Washington, If under eighteen or owe
forty.five years of age; and no on,
can be examined for a custom hous
inspectorship who Is not of legal age
The eighth rule forblds the question,
Ing of candidates upon religious AM
political views and affiliations, an,
provides that the commission and It
examiners shall discountenance all dis
closures before them of any religion
or political opinion by CT o~oncernin
applicants for examination, or by O
concerning any one whose nam
has been registered for appoint
ment. Candidates for examinstlo,
will be obliged to state In advanc
. their names, residences, postofi,
address, citizenship, age, place c
birth, moral character, health an
capacity for the public service, RICH
of preference by reason Of military @
naval service, business or employment,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

A PAhT of Sixteenth street has
been ordered paved by the council.
Why not all of III Que Of the most
weighty reasons for paving the entire
street from Farnam to the bridge Is
that 1t will receive the heavy hauling
from the Northv estern depot. Our
merchants, too on the northern end OF
this thoroughfare have a right to ex.
poet liberal treatment from the ooun.
oil. The whole street to Sherman
avenue ought to be paved with sub.
stantial stone block.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
ARIZONA.

Many valuable bird dogs have died at
Tucson from o species of rabies. The only
symptom lacking is the f othing at the
mouth. Dogs attacked can only be man.
sged by chains, as they enap O half.inch
rope in two IN a %twinkling.
The authorities of Prescott, sent
q man to bury Harry Gibbsons, who died
there recently of smallpox, and to burn
the house, and In order to save time the
house was burned without removing the
body
In the Copper Que,n' mine, Bisbee,
the greatest copper mine in the southwest,
on the 5OO-lsvel they have q body of ore
nearly $50 feet wide.
An ordinance will come before the coun.
Gil to prohibit boys under the age of eigh'
teen from going oil the streets after 6 p. m.
The Prescott Miner alls attention to
the fact that there are extensive and ex.
ceilent cattle ranges in Northern Arizona,
"S~tringtown" is the appella,ion applied
to the new settlement On the edge OF the
Mesa between Tempe and Desa City.
Minerp, the Indian scare being about
over, are returning to the mountains.
A Chinaman and q Mexican woman have
been united in marriage ct Tucson.
Tempe is rapidly increasing in popula'
ton and business is improving.
The post office at Tombstone is to be
rated back to the fourth class.
Good copper specimens are shown from
the Table mountains.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Tombstone.
Tucson is soon to have electric lights.
p. enix want o free reading room.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
DAKOTA.

The Marquis DE MUres has closed ON
agreement with tw~enty.four settlers along
the Little Missouri, to supplyesch Of them
with 900 sheep fol seven years, the profits
to be equally divided between the borrow.
er and the marquis. 1t Ia said the latter
has several other schemes, which will be
made known In q few days.
The Herald says that Tower City started
In 1879 with a total capital Of s., 900
while to-day her business houses represent
o capital of over $3.50, 600, Add to this
an annual trade Of $500, 900 and the cost
OF residences, and 1t will make o total of
$3.50, zoo.
Speaking Of the new capitol the James.
town Capitol says: "rhe bonus asked
for by the Capitol commission Ia o heavy
one 800, 600 in cash and 100 acres OF
land -but If any town can afford to give
this jamestown can"
0riska, Bareu, county, offers thirty
acres Of land in the town limits, and
$1,000 In cash to any parties who will
establish q college or institution of learn.
ing ut that pc mt, to cost $40, 0O0.
The recent law passed In Dakota exact.
ing a deposit from all the insurance com.
panies in that territory Is being severely
criticised by the companies represented In
Chicago.
Two sisters named O'Neal, living neal
Buffalo, own farms of leo acres each
They live In houses on their claims and dc
all their work, except threshing, them,
selves.
A large Increase 10 the acreage of small
grain is reported throughout southern Ds'
koia and the outlook for "a large yield |.
very promising.
1t is e,timatei that not less than $50, coz
bushels Of wheat will be raised in tht
Immediate vicinity of Hope this season.
The contract has been let for grading tn,
Manitoba road from Bartlett to Devil.
Lake City.
Fargo claims crowds Of ~millionaires who
have nothing to do hut fish in the Rec
river.
Work has been commenced on the depo'
building ut Darlington, Foster county.
An effort to organize the Knights o
Pythias Is being made at Bismarck.
The capitol commission adjourned las
week, to meet again on the 10Th.
Fargo and Casselton are to have tele
phone connection.
Grand Forks has q scientific association
Wheat is worth 90 cents at Fargo.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

discovered and are being worked. The
ore assays ten ounces 10 silver ard about
forty per cent copper. Toe vein IL ab u
four feet wide and said to be . true Insure
lode"
1t is claimed that $4,000, 60 wa7 in.
vested last year by English and Scotch
capitalists 10 the live stock business IN
Wyoming aud Texas.
W. =. Green, station agent at Eagle
Rock, wa shot and dangerously woun;ed
by a brakeman nsnel Whitley the other
day.
Very little farm work his been done In
the vicinity Of R,nlins On account OF The
bad weather.
The LARAMIE San!iue, tayJ that there
are 200, coo sheep on the LARAMIE Fl 'ins
and vicinity.
In some places in North Park the snow
was ten feet deep last week.
The city hall at Laramie is 10 be remod'
elled and generally liked up.
A number of new buildings are going up
In Rawlins this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

THE reported robbery Of Major
WATSON, paymaster In the army, turns
out to be a heavy embe zz!ement of
the public funds. Major WATSON
accounts are discovered to be $5 500
short, and he has confessed to q fur.
Their disposition Of $1S 500 which
have been secured by the govern
ment. The defaulting paymaster Is
now under arrest, awaiting court mar.
tial and will undoubtedly be sentenced
to dismissal from the army and a term
In the p%enitentlary.
To many residents In Iowa, and
especially In Davis county, where the
old and respected father of Major
Wasson still resides, the news will be
a severe shock. WATSON was a gradu-
ate of West Point, q man Of remark.
able intellectual and social attain.
ments. He led his class In the mill.
tary academy aud resigned In 1872
to accept the appointment of professor
in the 4 University Of Toxic, Japan.
While there he married the daughter
of Minister Bingham and returned to
this country upon receiving the ap-
pointment of paymaster In the army
through the personal i, huence of the
Grants. Since receiving his COM
mission In 1876 he has been serving In
the department OF Texas.
Major Wasson's troubles show that
mental abilities and a West Point
training do not always 20 hand In
hand with moral strength and lnteg.
rity of character. The case will
probably be used as another argument
why disbursing officers of the army
should not be chosen more for their
business abilities than for their army
record.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

Or course there are ugly rumors"
from Mexico Of Crooks humiliation
by the Apaches. There never yet was
an Indian campaign where the com.
plete destruction Of the command
was not reported a half a dozen times
before the news of final victory
reached the settlements and olvillza-
ton. General Crook Is shrewd, care.
full and aggressive. Late reports will
place the humiliation In q different
quarter among the Chiricahaua hair.
~raisers.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

THERE Is q saying that In Jersey
they hang a man for stealing a peach.
However that may be, the p~roverblal
dispatch of Jersey justice received a
new illustration, last week when
one Ellis, a burglar, at Asbury Park,
was caught trying to enter a house on
Saturday, wal indicted on Monday,
tried and sentenced to eight years In
the penitentiary on Tuesday, and on
Wednesday was behind the bars al
Trenton. This is The kind of treat.
ment that makes Jersey justice" q
wholesome and a holy terror to Grim.
inals.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

MISS KATE KANE, the Milwaukee
lawyer, who called the judge "a mean
old thing" and threw a glass Of water
In his face because he refused to as
sign her to the defense Of criminals, Ia
still languiahing In . Wisconsin dun.
geon because she refuses to apologize
and receive his honor's pardon. II
Kate is the kind of legal Kane the
Badger state is In the habit of raising,
the enlargement of woman's sphere In
Wisconsin will receive q decided back.
set,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

If the ill.mannered Doors who
sweep into the opera house a quarter
of an hour after the time for the per.
Torrance to begin heard the disagree
able comments made upon them by
respectable people, they would set
their watches half an hour ahead
rather than disturb the audience by
their vanity and c%latter. Theodor,
Thomas has a way Of locking tn,
doors IN the minute set for the per
formance and keeping them closed
until the intermission. This Is a llttl,
severe, but 1t would be In the line o.
. healthy morality In Omaha. Il
would stop a great deal Of profanlt,
In the opera house.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
NEVADA.

The tramp nuisa, ce in Reno is greater
this year than ever before. The Gazette
says hey are not satisfied with getting q
meal, but insist on having cash.
A narrow gauge locomotive for the
Sierra lumber company arrived at Reno
{ ON the east recently, and will be used tc
hsul logs in the mountains.
Tramps fred o box car In the railroad
yard az Winnenuccs, last week. The
fl mes were e~xtinguished after the rooi
had been destroyed.
Sheep men say the increase in h1cks has
been greater this year than ever before,
Feed ia good, and the lambs are strong and
healthy.
BY order from the authorities at Wash,
ington, the stages will go from Truckes to
Eureka Mills in enc day.
The people of Bieoer and vicinity are
engaged in planting fruit and ornamental
trees.
1t Is reported that grain near Loyaltor
is badly frozen.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

JAY GOULD remained In Omaha
long enough to take In the beauties OF
our mammoth COW shed depot. Fol
architectural symmetry, he thinks 1t
beats his yacht the Atalanta. It cost
the people Of Omaha almost as much
as his ocean voyager cost the great
railroad king.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
NEW MExICO.

The owners of the Benson smelters are
in Silver City for the purpose VI buying
lew srsde ore for lux.
The Silver City and Den ing railroad
has reached Apache TAHOE.
The patent for the Santa Rita copper
mires has been received.
The Ell Paso and White Oaks railroad
has been surveyed.
A FIRE department is to be organized at
Albuquerque.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
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There was considerable CONSERVATION
among the members of the San Francisco
police force at the beginning Of the present
month, when 1t was discovered that their
salary warrants would not be paid. By
some peculiar residing IF the new consti.u.
ton, the brokers claim that the present
uncashed salary war ants can never be
paid; next years taxes not being available
Tor this years expenses. The 6remen were
treated q little better, there being enough
money in, that fund to pay ha.f Of the lad.
dies monthly salary.
james w. Kennedy aud William Nc.
Dermott were arralgned in the U, s. dis.
trict court, at San Francisco, recently, on
a charge Of smuggling 2,0C0 pounds of
opium into that port, with the assistance
of Lee Yaw Why. Toe defendants pleaded
not guilty.
Prot. Cope, q geologist and naturalist, Is
exploring in the vicinity of Fossil lake,
Sirkiyon county. for the purpose of col.
Letting fossil rem aims Of prehistoric ami.
mals, which abound in that region.
The largest cable eyer made on the Pa.
ciic coast WIS lately finished in San Fran.
cisco. 1t is Is, 1000 feet in length, and
weighs twenty-s!x tons. The cable is for
the street railroad, and cost 800. 600.
1t Is proposed to establish a signal serv.
ice station on the top of Mount Whitney,
Gal. The elevation of the station will be
5000 feet, more thantwice as high as that
on Mount Washington.
The carpenters and %j1iners' union, of
San francisco, have decided that nine
hours shall hereafter constitute a do, 3
work. There IL very little opposition on
the part Of the EMPLOYERS,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

Elk GOVERNOR AL,Nzo B. CORNELL
is understood to express confidence
that he can name tho next president
and his cabinet. II Mr.. Cornell wants
to back his opinion he can find q mum.
of takers without leaving Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

THE appointment of Secretary Fol.
gers son to an important place In the
treasury department Is announced.
Mr.. Eaton says 1t Is none Of his bust.
ness as the new rules do not 20 into
effect until July.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

MAJOR LLEwELLYN ia to take q
band Of Mescalero Indians to the
tertio millenial celebration at Santa
Fe In June. By hat time he will
probably sport the title Of colonel.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

THE jury wanted to set on Satur-
days and until 10 O'Clock at night, but
Bliss protested. He believes In a five
hour law and one hundred and fifty
dollars q day.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

A DISPATCH from Washington says
that Keim's commission has been
signed by the president. The report
Is probably q Keim era.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
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Z. ROsEwATER Editor.

THE author CT Sir Joseph Porter,
K. G. B has been made Sir Arthur
Sullivan by the Q1een.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

GOO to $4,000 per month in high grade
bullion.
Diptheris is prevailing among the chill.
9ren % Helena.
Blackfoot is infested with tramps.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

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WYOMING.

SweetwAter Gazette: ION Douglas
creek, between Browns park and Snake
river, valuable copper mines have been
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