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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23
THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL
Congressman Beltord, OF Colorado,
Wants to Testify.

Special Dispatch to THB BxH.
WASHINGTON, February 81. - Rer-
dell continued his testimony In the
star route trial to-day.
Ingersoll asked the witness what
was written on the stubs.
MerIick objected to the question un.
lees the defense produced the book.
The eourG ruled that the stub book
could not be used by the defense to
test the memory Ct the illness In tho
cross.examlnstion unless the book was
produced and introduced in evidence,
otherwise the book was forever out Of
the case.
Insersoll a.ked to know tho extent
to which he had been affected by the
answers already g,von. He had never
know Of that Bslford check and did
not know wha. the check had been
given for.
The court said the answer should be
eliminated. from the record.
lngersoll gave notice that he would
20 into the subject later on, as he In.
terdsd to relieve Bslford from any
Injurious inf uence.
I~ngersoll then resumed the cross.
examination, and read from the eff
davit: THE statement that 8. w.
Dorsey and j. w. Bosler paid Brady
30 or any orher per cent was a pure
fabrication"
The witness said 1t was not a pure
fabrication, for he inferred such was
the case.
Ingersoll then stated that 1t was q
pure fat rlcation. 1t Is q falsehood.
Yes, that .& isvit generally was a
falsehCod.
The witness steadily denied all other
paragraphs from the eff 1avit, and he
never saw any money paid to Brady,
and only had Dorsey's statement upon
that point, and the charges against
him on the books. E ght months be.
fore he made the sfi iavit Dorsey told
him be had destroyed the letter., con.
sequently he was astonished and over.
whelmed when they were produced.
Dorsey came down to me when ]
WAS In Jail aud threatened me with
those letters"
Adjourned until Friday.
THE RED HEADED ROOSTER.
Congressman Bedford upon being
questioned this evening concerning
the testimony given In the star route
to. day to the effect that the check TO,
81, 900 had been drawn In his name BY
s. W. d ,rsey, denied 1t In the mos
emphatic language that such was III,
fact. He says he never had any deal
ings of q financial character, either
public or private, with Senator Dor
sey in his life to the amount of q sin,
gle cent. II his check was drawn II
bis name, he never saw It and never
heard of 1t until to-day. IT it wa
drawn It must have been presented
and paid to some other party, If pait
at all. Bedford called on Ingersol
this evening and requested to b,
placed on the stand to deny the oharg'
under oath. He Is determined t,
prove the falsity Of the testimony.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

THE tariff bill passed ON Monday by
the senate, will not give satisfaotion
to the people Of this country, who
have 30 urgently demanded q radical
reduction Of taxation. II 10 Q bogus
reform measure, intended to oonoiliAte
popular opinion, but which In reality
makes few important changes In the
list Of dutiable articles. So far from
reducing the tariff on a number Of
commodities of domestic necessity,
it actually increases existing rates,
and as an of set places on the feee
list such luxuries as spices, on which
the present rates might jus,
a. well have been retained,
On cotton manufactures aud wool, or
Iron and steel, on pottery and glass
ware and on fifty raw materials whiol
enter into the production of number
less products Of domestic oonsump
ton the reductions are either trifinl
or absolutely nothing. As a reform
measure the bill Isl prstense and
fraud Of the first water, twisted an,
distorted and wrenohed from its or
iginal design In the interests Of indus
trial monopolists.
The bill q first reported by tn
senate finance committee was base
upon the recommendation Of tn
tariff commission and made large re
duotions In the LIST Of duties - sus
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

ACCORDING to the statement Of Sid.
nsy Dillon, y incorporated In the last
report Of the government directors,
chs Union Pacific had IS, 963. S45
worth OF stores, fuel and material on
hand on the Let Of July last.
According TO the statement of the
Union Pacific officials at Omaha at the
last assessment, the company had not
Q dollars worth of stores liable to
taxation. II other words, II Ia safe to
cay that Nebraska and Douglas
county were swindled out Of
the taxes on at least mil.
lion dollars worth OF taxable
property within the Omaha city limits,
because an inefficient and imperative
evsnue bill permits the railroads to
List and lump their property, accord
Ing to the sweet will OF the manage
ment.
The value of the property Of thu
Union Pacific varies according to OR
oumstances, but il Ia eve 30 low q
when the assessment lists are to b.
returned to the board Of equalization
just a. its profits are never quite o.
small q when the Legislature L. discuss
inga railroad bill to regulate fares. Ant
yet In spite Of such notorious evasion
OF taxes BY the ~monopolies and the
added burdens which such syasiol
throws upon the people, the Legislature
Of Nsbraska refuse to pass q revs
nus bill that will correct this crying
evil and compel the tax shirking COZ
porations 10 contribute their lAwfu
shArs towards the support Of the stat
county and municipal government.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

The true story Of how Senator Tom
Bowen of Colorado struck II rich has
never been told. When he was a
judge In San Juan there was q mellow
crowd putting uo at Del Norte, am ong
whom where Tsnkersley, Taylor and a
dozen others who mixed up law and
mining and lived from hand to mouth.
II vas a wild country and q dull time.
The only recreation was the cheerful
and elevating game known as draw
poker. BY long practice the players
became very expert and knew each
other perfectly 80 that all tho elements
of a good game were at hand, except
ths one very essential element of
money. Not o man in the crowd had q
dollar Tankersly borrowed S. from
q stockman once, and was known
thereafter as "the banker" In lieu
OF money, however, the Del Norte
crowd played with shares of mining
stock. Bowen owned the Ida mine
and in order to gain plenty of mate
rial for ante, he stocked it f,r $40, 900,
600. 1t was very common to put up
30. 600 shares for an ante and the win.
ner Of a pot Ct 100, 600 shares did not
consider himself rich enough to set up
the drioks. George Alfred Townsend,
GATH" drifted into the country one
day and they made him q present of
$l00, 900 worth Just for q joke. Ida
stock was synonymous with worthless
and 1t remained 30 for some time af-
ter Bowen struck It.. Tho present
senator elect was an uncommonly
shrewed man and instead of making q
big noise when he saw the gold he
gave out that the niue was for sale at q
few dollars. Then he played poker
for the stock. He could have pur.
chased every share outstanding for
500, but he did not have the money.
Therefore he played poker for 1t and
ig better, he won. The only shares
outstanding were the ones owned by
"Gatb," and Bowen negotiated for
these and secured them for q song.
When he had every share in his pock-
OF he announced his luck, and all
through Del Mott, there was weeping
and wailing. Bowen, however, only
smiled. He could afford to.
One night, not six months ago, In
Windsor hotel, Dsnvsr, he ''gave 1t
out cold and fat" to use his own or.
pressive slang, that he was the richest
man In the world aud he undoubtedly
spoke the truth. OF course 1t IL all In
the ground, and In q certain sense
prospective, but It Is In sight. The
vein 10 fablously rich, and 10 mex
haustible, 20 that It may be set dowr
that Bowen 10 . very rich man, prob
ably the richest ever elected to thu
United States senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23
A Novel Anuel Report
From the Boston Post.

from the Boston Post.
Mr.. D. W. BAloh, President Of the
Nevada and Oregon Railroad, . wild.
cat affair, with . nominal capital, of
5000 600 and q paid up capital of
5000. 900, has justissued at larson his
sworn report for the year 1882, In con
formisy with the statutes of Nevada"
It is safe to say, remarks an exchange,
that 1t will be the most remarkable re-
port that Mr.. Poor has ever perused,
and he has perusds some
cry queer reports. In the
course Of it President BAloh says: "Of
theamount and nature OF the indebted
ness Of the company It q impossible 10
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

NORTHERN Nebraska IL 10 have an
immigration boom this year and all
indications poin. to q rapid settlement
Of the lands which good judges report
are unsurpassed in fertility by any In
the state. H-I ~ +i
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

The Lew census compendium shows
q large increase since 1870 in the
number Of idiots throughout the ooun-
try. This statement Is borne out by
a cursory inspection Of the congres-
sional directory.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

IT Il sumorsd THAT Sidney Dillon
viii resign from the directory of the
Union Pspidc at the coming election,
.anA that the Ames interest will assume
control. This means somo radical
changes In the operating departments
OF the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23
JAxrs GoRDoN BENNETT, whatevsz

JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, Whatever
his faults II generous to the core and
heads . subscription for the relief Of the
suffsrsrs By the Ohio river floods With
. liberal donation Of $1,000. The cd.
itor Of the New York herald ID always
IN the front rank when charitable con.
tributions are called for. His prinoely
gift Of 900, 900 three pears ago to the
Irish famine fund will not soon be for
gokkan.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

IsroRMER. Carey's attempt to impli-
cate the Land League In the Dublin
assassinations has failed. The testi.
mony Of such out-throat sooundrels
will betAken with . great many grair q
Of allowance By all decent people.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

ACCORDING to the reports OF the
Illinois railroad commission the legal
expenses Of the O. B. q @ last year
amounted Il nearly sos, 600. The
q. p. never makes up Its legal expense
account until after the adjournment
ct the Legislature. Then 1t charges
Il up 10 the political profit and loss
nolumn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

THERE are several rumors afioat 90
to the changes In the federal Offices In
Nebraska, but lightning will probably
not strike until after March 4th.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

THE appropriation for Fort Omaha
and the department Of the Platte
failed to materialize In the sundry
civil service bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23
gested by that body Of travelling pro

gested by that body OF travelling pro-
t~ectionlsts. After ak weeks struggle,
In the committee of the whole IL was
reported back to the senate with
amendments and additions on every
schedule, and on It's final passage
nearly every reduction made In COM
mittee was replaced through. the
eff rts Of the lobby. In Its present
form the total decrease Of revenue
through Its operation cannot be more
than $25, COO, 600. while an annual
surplus Of $3.50, OO0, 900 is pillng into
the treasury.
The bill a. now In the hands Of the
house and seven days remain for its
confederation. 1t Is not probable that
that body will acceptSit in Its present
form and II will be a matter of indlf.
ference to the public whether they do
or not. Such a shameful sham will
not satisfy the people Of the
country who have had their
eyes thoroughly opened by
disgraceful log rolling and corrupt in.
%fluences which have prevented the
passage of any measure Of genuine re.
formr 1t remains TO be seen whether
the iron and lumber interest. control
this country. A republican congress
has been given the opportunity to
serve their party by serving the PEG.
pie. They have thrown that opportu.
nifty away, and the duty will now be
placed in other hands at the next con
gress. Il will be fortunate for the
party II the defeat of tariff reform
does not mean the defes. OF a republl.
can administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

UNCLE RUFUS HATCH cables from
England that the European floods will
give America large market for all
her surplus grain.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

Mr.. TALMAGE attributes the bad
weather to the prevalence of evil.
Mr.. Tslmsge judges the rest Of the
country from the Brooklyn standard.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

Mr.. James r. Young, of Owatonna,
MINI, writes: "My wife was afflicted
with Q very severe sore throat a. were
also three of my children, We used
st. jacobs OIL and q complete cure was
the result"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

THE best way to encourage Ameri-
can lite rature is to support your local
paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

DISTRICT Attorney Lambertson has
been renominated by the president. !
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

Usl Redding's RusziA SAlve Ia the
house, and use Rsdding's Russian Salvs In
the stAble. Try Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23

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privileges to be held during life. Most of them
lived to be over eighty years of age and Mr.. Ok
enford is the last of them When over seventy
years of age he went to Germany to learn tho
language, and acquired it so as TO speak like
native.
SOME time ago Mrs. Fremont remarked to
lady that she remembered the time, probably in
1856, when her husband, the General, walked
five hours on Nantucket beach considering
which presidential nomination to accept over.
lures coming to him from the Democratic party,
which had anticipated the strength of Fremont
in the pending Republican convention. Mrs.
Fremont said that the Democratic nomination
meant success, while the Republican nomina'
t1on undoubtedly meant defeat, but with the
principles General Fremont sustained he decided
to take the Republican nomination,
THE late Dean Stanley is said to have rarely
made gesture while preaching fact which
probably gave rise to the following amusing ans
ecdote: One day, after morning service, he
asked his wife if she had noticed the intensity
with which the congregation had gazed upon
him during the sermon. "How could they help
it, my DEAR" SAID Lady Augusta, "when one Of
your gloves was the top of your head the
whole timel" The Dean, having taken off his
hat before entering the pulpit, the glove lying
therein had fallen his head, and, as he stood
quite still while preaching, there il remained.
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A LoUD-vo1cED Fenian in Buffalo, named
Mcbride, says he is going to head move
ment to avenge O'Donnell. He telegraphed
to President Arthur to spare no efforts in be-
half of O'Donnell, but his efforts in that di-
rection not meeting with success, he now
proposes to retaliate on the British govern
ment. The dreadful Mcbride says he is a
chemist and intends to make quantity of
dynamite, which he and his friends will use
in Canada, where it will do the most execu-
ton. Mcbride does not approve of ODono-
van Rosa, because that gentleman is blath-
erskite. and is always giving away the plans
of the Invincibles. Mcbride will act eau
tiously, and not having disclosed his inten-
tons will, he feels assured, be enabled to
cover up his tracks after having plunged
England into the deepest woe. The British
government should beware of Mcbride.
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AMONG the new committees raised in the
House OF Representatives was one upon the
alcoholic liquor traffic, thepurpose of which,
as stated by Senator Vance of North Caro-
lima, Democrat, was to furnish the country
with information respecting the cost of its
maintenance and such other information as
would lead to an arrest of some of the evils
resulting from intemperance. Speaker Car
Isle, in making up the membership has
practically nullfied the purpose of the COM
mittee; for ne has appointed only three who
voted for the resolution forming the commit
tee, and six who voted against it. 1t is hard
ly presumable that these six will be greatly
interested in the work for which they were
named
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THE correspondence between Mr. Johnson
and his wife, which is in part published in
this mornings Journal Is bad enough; the
part suppressed infinitely worse The case
has attracted such public attention that as
news-gatherers and journalists it has
been thought proper to give this much of its
inside history. This it has been deemed
necessary to print as a matter of justice to
all concerned. The lips of the dead are
sealed, and cannot voice the cause or tempta-
ton that led to the wrong acts, if any there
were committed. To the living, who are re-
sponsible for dragging these letters to light,
attaches the baleful effects of their publicity.
The dead appeals to the charity of God, the
living to the judgment of mankind
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made from the waste cane. His lecture on
the Use of the polariscope to the sugar
the meeting. Professor Wiley is not at all
sanguine that the roseate views of the more
enthusiastic, who expect great wealth and
immediate success from the sugar business,
will be realized, although there is no doubt
that the quality and quantity of sugar and
syrup may be greatly increased.
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portance of the newspaper, and we strongly
urge upon them that they see to it that pref
erence is always given to the local paper
the county paper first, and then to the State
paper There is neither reason nor occasion
for going outside OF Indiana for newspaper
1t is suicidal policy to build up the papers
OF other cities and States at the expense of
the local press
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THE Conservatives in the British House of
Commons have decided to oppose the cleo
ton of Arthur Wellesley Peel to the speak
ership, about to be vacated by Mr.. Brand.
1t is rulable for the government to consult
the opposition as to the choice of Speaker,
but in this instance Mr.. Gladstone
offered the place to Mr.. Goschen, who de-
cined, and now to Mr.. Peel, without con-
ferring with the opposition benches. The
speakership is a valuable and honorable
office, the salary attaching to it being $25. 900
year and an official residence, with a pen
sion and possible title upon retirement
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IN the discussion as to the best means of
securing uniformity OF college degrees and
as to the proprety of comforting honorary
degrees, John Clark Ridpath of DePauw
University, took the ground that it is mis-
take to confer degrees upon college gradu-
ates at all College degrees, he said show
that students have done something; they
look backward. Students possessing them
claim to be able to do anything; they look
forward, and are pulled up with vain glory.
Instead of granting diplomas, Professor Rid
path would keep an alumnal record of the
students progress, and grant the degree later
in life if it was deserved, Honorary degrees
he said, are mere child's play, and are usu-
ally granted in order to get honor reflected
backw ward on the college granting them from
the luminary receiving them. Degrees are
too common. Teachers are victimized by
their own titles. Every body aspiring to po-
sition fourshes a sheepskn as though it
was soept2r but the world is no longer
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WHEN the gray clouds of fate are lowering
over oppressed humanity and existence seems a
a burden, then it that a rift of sunshine comes
which seems to make life worth living once
more. Since contemplating became fashionable
the world has beer sad one to large number
OF estimable persons who have the misfortune TO
live next door to the owner of the instrument.
These unhappy wretches may now take heart as
there is prospect. faint to be sure, but promis-
ing that the rage for the horn will decline. A
Philadelphia man, who was addicted to the vice
of CONTEMPLATING, almost blew his palate out IN
an extra effort TO surpass the acts of The neigh
borhood. He only saved the useful organ in
deed by firmly closing his teeth in time, but the
danger frightened him, and he has thrown away
the instrument. adjurng all other players to fol-
low his example. 30 t5a-H
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GENERAL GRANT fell upon the icy side
walk, in New York, yesterday, and suffered
the breaking of thigh The General is
quite an old man, but he is in excellent gen.
eral health, and while the injury is severe,
and will confne him to his home for some
time, it is not thought to be dangerous.
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THE New York Herald's Cleveland CORE
spondent figures out sixty votes in the Demo-
cratic caucus for Henry B. Payne for United
States Senator, This is eighteen more than
is necessary to secure him the nomination
Mr. Payne has 4bar'l." 1t may be that
the red bandanna statesman has blown his
bugle little too late.
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afraid OF them. In the literary and social
circles of Ann Arbor the titles of professor
and doctor" are dropped and plain mn"
is preferred. Prof Ridpath's remarks. were
received with appreciation, although no ac-
ton was taken upon the subject.
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THE Versailles Republican saws:

''The Decatur News thus justly complains of
the county officials of Decatur county:
"'The Indianapolis Journal Company furnishes
the Decatur county legal blanks. 1t is a shame
to treat home printers this way 1t is always
right to patrOnize home in everything
''Ihe News is right. The practice of sending
the county printing to Indianapolis or Cincinnati,
when it can be done at home just as cheap, is dis
reputable in the extreme and a county official or
business man who cares SO little for the enter
prises of his own county as to refuse to patron
ize home industry, should not receive The pat
ronage OF the people of the county"
The Journal again takes occasion to call at
tenton to the fact that there is no connection of
any kind between the newspaper and the job of
fee, which is operated under the title of the
journal Company" The two are entirely dis
tinct The journal has no interest, direct or
indirect, in any job printing or stationery con-
tract We publish simply the indianapolis Jour
nal, daily and weekly.
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The objectionable Sin.

Terre HATTIE Express
We might overlook England's treatmentin
the O'Donnell affair, but we are for war when
biarsted Britshers snub Lolita.