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Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

If the legislature can't give us railway
regulation, then let it give us nothing
The people certainly do not want a com
mission, which will add TO our state ex-
penses from $3.50 900 to $40, 900 a year in
extra taxes. There Is no need of a com-
mission, as there is already a law en- the
statute books requiring the auditor CT ev-
cry railroad company in Nebraska to make
annual returns to the secretary of state
concer ning the business condition of his
road, but that law has never been obey ed.
If the legislature would simply pass a bill
authorizing the secretary of state to col
lect this information and allowing him suf
ticient clerk hire for preparing q tabulated
statement, it would do all thst q commits
sion could possibly accomplish, and the
expense would not be more than $1,500 8
year. The clerk could assist the sscre'
tary in other work, 60 that the outlay
would be q great deal less, The idea Of
mixing a commission, whenthe people de
liberately refused to have one. and wheI
it il designed from the outs,t toconter Nc
powers to regulate freight and passenger
tolls, but merely to collect statist 'cs, is al
Insult to the people, and solely in the in
~terests of the railways.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

DURING the month of January 7,Sll
immigrants arrived in the United States.
Thi, is a ,204 less than the number landed
in January, 1884. For the seven months
ended January, 1885, the total number
of immigrants was 100, 81, whIle the
total number for the seven months ended
January l, 1885, was 250,356. This is a
heavy falling off in immigration and can
only he accounted fer by the hard times.
The immi grant rates have never been 80
low as they have been for the last few
months and yet with the heavy reduction
this class of travel is falling off. Itwiilpro.
badly pick up conside rably whom spring
pDpna-
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
''TEE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT
OLE THE CENTURY,

The Omaha Republican in it's "Old
World" article Of Sunday morning makes
the assertion that "the fall Of Kh.rtoum
Is the most important event Of this cen.
tury." The historian If that paper GER
tainly displays q lameutable ignorance of
the important events Of the century or
else his ideas of Importance are strangely
peculiar. When we look back over this
century aud see tho many important
events that have transpired-compared
with whica the capture of Kbsrsoum by
the Mahdi ia q very iniignifcant stiIir-
we are surprised that any man Of ordinary
intelligence would make such a reckless
statement as that which appeared In the
columns of the Republican. Going
back to the days Of Napolean we
find during his career events
that shook Europe from end to end and
deeds that will ever remain the admira-
ton and wonder of the world. How
about Napolcon's crossing the Alps and
defeating the allied armies of Austria and
Sardinia, making a campaign which has
been pronounced the mort brilliant the
world ever SAW Yet, according to the
Republican, this was nothing compared
With the fall Of Khs1toun, "the most
impor ant event of the century" How
about Nep1leon's campaign in Egypt,
when forty centuries locked down ftou
the pyramids upon his brilliant victor es
But the Republican would have us be
lieve that the fall of Khsrtoum over
shad lows Napoleon's conquest of Egypt.
Are we to understand that the battle o
Au,terlitz Is to be ranked as an event o
secondary importance? And hov
about Waterloo And the division {
Poland, by which a nation was wiped GU
from the map of Europe? OF course al
this amounts to nothing when compared
with the fall of Khartoum; nor does tn
bombardment of Sebastopol, nor tn
battleat Bslak'ava. We suppose, too, tina
the engagement between the Prussiin
and Au,trians at Ssdowa-where the for
mer numbered $50, 900 men and the latte
1856, 900, the total number bsing gr, ate
than has been brought together In med
ern times on any battle field except tina
of Leipsic-is evidently considered TO b
an in ,ignjticant event by the Republic II
historian, who by his assertion also rank
the battle of Sedan, the equalization 0
Napoleon, the siege of Paris, and tn
change of the French empire to a republi
as events of only,.ordinary Importance. w
would like to ask if the war of thu rebe'
lion in the United States was not a
event in the worlds history compared
which the fall of Khsrsoum Is as a moe
hill to q mountain, There are hundred
of events that have occurred during thi
century that completely o~vernhadow
import ,nce the fall Of Khartoum.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

INOR RI MA 8 room cottage on eat o 18th
y ST. 70 ord door south Of Webster. luiIc Of
G.. II. DoaDe a. Go 777u
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

MAYOR GRACE, of New York City, has
begun proceedings to recover from the
United States $500, 991, with interest
from 1861, for advances OF money made
by the city of New York to equip soldiers
for the war under President Lincoln's
call for troops. This is very much like
Aome Of the "war claims that have been
brought against the general government
by the commonwealth of Nebraska. In
commenting upon Mayor Grace's action
the Chicago Tribune pe%rtinently says
that the president should institute pro-
csedings to recover several millions OF
dollars damages to the United States by
reason Of the Copper head riot, which
took out of the field 90, 900 Union trcopa
10 put them down.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS informs the
secretary of the interior that whsnever
the department will spec fly the sum due
from the Union Pacific under the annual
settlement required by the Thurman act
to be made on the first Of February, 1885,
the amount shall b, for waIdei by draft
by return mail. Now if any N ought
to know what is due the government
from the ULi II Pacific under the Thur
man at CT any other law it seems to us
thai that prison sho1ld bs the president
of the company, and we believe that
CHARLES Francis Adams very we'll knows
what the amount il. If he DOESN'T he
better introduce himself to the company's
accounting officers and bookkeepers and
post himself, and then for ward that draft
without any further nonsense. One thing
10 certain, aud that Is that Mr.. Adams
knows beyond the shadow of q doubt thai
the Uni IL Pacific yves a great deal more
than 1t ever wants to pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

THE OMAHA BEE is nj taken when II
declares that the death penalty is not II
force In Iowa. There is q prisoner ir
the peniteptisry now upon whom the
sentence of T cath has been passed.-DcG
MOines Leader.
We were led into the mistake by the
at,temsnt Of the Sioux City Journal tba'
''there have been over 800 murders com
mitt I'd in Iowa in fifteen years, but not a
single murderer legally extsrmlnatsd,
We took 1t for granted that, In view OF
such a showing, Iowa d d not have c,pI-
tai punishment. Now that we ara told
that the law provides for capital punish
ment we are surprised that the authori-
lies do not once In a while have a legal
hanging. If the law were enforced, the
number of murders would not only be
diminished but the number of lynchiugs
would be decreased. 1t Is the delays and
non-entorcement of the law thst Induce
men to take the law into their own hands
II the prisoner now under sent,nce of
death, Ysferr-d to by the Dss Moinss
Leader, (, executed, he will be the cn'y
murderer huny In fifteen years, during
which oyer 800 muir lsrI have been com-
mitted. if the statement of the Sioux CITY
journal /, correct,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

Now that the beard of trIde has de-
f)nitely settled uton the lot to be pun
chsted for a site for a chamber Of com.
merce building, every business man,
who desires 10 have a chamber Of com
merce worthy cf the name, and which
viii he in keeping with the pretensions
Of the city as a trade center, should at
once apply for membership to the hoard,
and actively assist the pretent directory
in carrying out this programme. If our
business men do 60 promptly there is no
doubt whatever that before the 1st Of
next December the building will be com
pleted, and Omaha will have a chamber
of commerce of which she can feel proud,
The effect Of such an enterprise upon the
state at large would be of incalc1lablC
value to the bu,inesS people Of Omaha
1t would at once, in conjunction with our
live stock and gan industries, make
Omaha a great market, and tend to bring
to this point capt. slists and men who de
sire to build Themselves up In an enter
prising and growing city.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
CONTRACT LABOR.

Senator Blair, whatever else may be
said az aims. him, i, entitled to credit for
the zeal which he manifests in behalf of
the bill prohibiting the importation of
Ia5orers under CONTRACT. This bill, which
passed the house at the end of the last
session, and is now before the senate, is a
just aud reasonable measure, and ought
to become a law. Everything i, amply
protected" in this country excep; the
labor Of our workingmen, who have to a
great extent been und ermined and thrown
out o! employment by this vicious 81 stem
Of importing cheap labor from Europe
under contract. The Italian, Polish and
Hungarian laborers, as we'll as those
of other European nationalities, have
become accustomed to live on what would
starye an American, and Of course they
can affJrd to work for a mere Iittance.
Ths contract system has ihro wn into the
American labor market a large number of
the supeitluous laborers of Europe, who,
owing to force Of circumstances, have
virtually become paupers in their own
countries. While their condition ex-
cites sympathy, it is unreasonable to AJAX
this country to take cire of them at the
expense of our WI workingmen. Char
ity begins at home, and we balieve in
giving our own laborers q show to make
a living before we feed and shelter an ar
my Of foreign paupers, who, under
the contract system, are degraded to the
lsvel of contract Cinnamon, and many of
whom, like the Chin amen, only save up
their money to send 1t out of the coun-
try. Much of the trouble CT the eastfrn
mining regions has been caused by the
Importation of cheap contract labor, and
1t is time that it WAS abolished by law.
The passage of the proposed bill will Ger
tainly meet the approval of the people
of the Uni'ed s. ,tes, and will bs in &C
cord with the platforms of both political
parties. Let us protect our w~orkingmen,
WihSCFSi Wo W. aLiCkiSuii inboL 10 d
commodity that deserves fair treatment,
and If justice is done many of the labor
troubles will disappear. If there was
more legislation On the part of the
United State, senate for the ban,
eft of the laboring man ADD
less for corporations and %monopolist.
it would be much better for the county
Any measure for the lettering of the
condi ion of ~workingmeu, if Just and
reasonable, should receive more attention
than any kind of leg. Station. They are
the hone and sinew Of the country, and
anything that tends TO materially aid
them conduces to this general welfare
and prosperity. A period of depression
tells worse upon them than upon the
capiialistic class Among the former it
is the many that sutf, r, while among the
latter it i, the few, aud who can staud
hard times without being compelled to
undergo personal hardships.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
Hears Through Her Nose.

Philadelphia Press.
Harrison Hahn, of Wind Gap, Pa, has
a two-yesr- old daughter whose ears are
bent forward and grown fast to the face.
The girl was deformed when born. When
she became two months old two doctors
separated the ears from the face and tied
them back to their proper place, but they
returned to their former position and are
there to remain u%ndisturbed. Both ears
are without the %orifics, but deafness ia
prevented by the girl hearing every
sound, no matter how light, through her
nose and mouth. She is a very bright
girl, Is very fond of music, weighs only
twenty pounds, is healthy, aud Is Mr..
Hahn's frs and only child, although he
has been married fife en- years.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
lINCOlN'S HIGH SCHOOL.
Whit II Cos S The State 10 Maintain
The UllVersity,
A Score OF Doctors on the Milage Pay
Roll-Ncsrly half the Students
Residents of Lincoln.
THE UNIVERSITY.

Special Correspondence of the BEE.
LINCOLN, Feb. 10 Your correspond
ent has no cd a q, al many d c ora in
he lobby of late. A curiosity to find out
what was the mater revealed the fac.
that o large majority of these pill ven
doris constitute the faculty Of the mediJal
department OF this univ ctsi.y. 1t will
probably be news to many Of the taxFay-
ers that such Il department. exists, but 1t
does all tbs same, with tV enty-one pro
f%essors, who agreed to charge for their
valuable s3rvices for the frat two years,
although over Sl,400 has already been
paid them fer travelling expense, etc. A
the professors live in all parts of the state
their travelling bills amount to a big sum.
Now the tax payers wish to know if
there is such a great demand for do1tocs
that the state should appropriate Lang!
sums CT money out of the university fund
to ran this department. The present
supply OF doctors much more equal The
demand. 1t therefore follows coat thS
state should nos be put to the expense Of
educating a los more when they are not
needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

The Omaha Republican is edited by a
mar of immense mental calibre. He de-
votes a column editorial to the alleged
efforts Of Rosewater at Washington on
the coming inaugural day, and on another
page of his paper he publishes the pro
ceedinps of the Omaha board of trade in
which Rosswater Ia mentioned among
those participating in the meeting. This
man r. sewater is certainly q very ubi-
u~uitous perscn.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

A MEMBER of the British psr,i, man
expresses the opinion that The o,cups.
ton of 800 square miles by an American,
Mr.. Winans, In Scotland, as pleasure
grounds for himself and friends ought
not to be tolerated. These are our senti
ments exactly. The Engliih now see the
evils of American land-graboing within
their domain, and they ought not to com.
plain il we find fault with the English
and Scotch Undertaking syndicates and
individual capitalists who have secured
nearly forty million acres In the United
States for their cattle and sheep ranches
at nero nominal sums. This condition
of affairs will not he tolerated much
longer in the United States. The
alien land owners must either
become citizens CT dispose OF
their lands to persons who are c%it;zsns.
1t Is had enough to have photographers
amorg II own people, but whsn whole
empire, of territory are bought up by
wealthy foreigners who propose to estah.
llsh the odious system CT absentee land,
lordism and eventually suck the life blood
out of the country, it Is high time for
the people to make a vigorous protest,
and it Is hoped that congress will con.
tinue to agitate the subject until it rssul's
in some very healthy and effective legis.
latiop.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
DREXEL IL MAUI,
SUCCESSORS TO JOHN @. JAooBsi
|
At the old stand l4l7 FarnAm st. Crders by tele-
graph solicited and prompt attended to. Telephone
No 22b
PROPOSALS.
UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE,
PINE RIDGE AGBscY,
Dakota, January i2, 1885.

Sealed proposals 10 t~riplicate iTdorsed, ~proposalO
for the erection OF one Wefelwi.ht and Carpenter
shop, one harness. shoe and misos ilanoous shops,
one slaughter house, two wagon and storage sheds,
one bake house ana cellar, At this agen"y and direct
ed 10 the undersigned, care u Chief Quartermasteg
departm ent, y 1.-THE rlstte, Omaha Neb Will be re-
oeiyed unit ~ m. Saturday, February IL, ltsb
Plans and specifications can be txsmined In tho
OF CO OF the eIief q~uaTte'.n aster, der artnent oithu
Platte, Omaha, Eeb, the "Iuter Ocean" Chicago, Ill.
and the Journal" bt Kansa, City, Mo-.
Cont act will be awarded to tine lowest responsible
bidder, subject tn the approval Of the department Of
the interior.
The right. however, is reserved 10 reject any and
all, or any part Of any bid, il deemed for the best In
terest Of the service
Props, Ii must State length OF time required for
COMPLETION Of building after approval OF o ntract,
and must be accompanied by a certified check upon
some United States Depository, payable TO the order
Of the 'unc ersigned, for at least Ave 80
per cent OF tho az cunt n The proposal. viii h check
shall be %ioTieite TO the United States In case Of any
bitdeT receiving the sw I'd. shall fail TO execute
promptly a contract with good end sufficient secuTi'
ties, according TO the terms Of bis lid, OtheTWlse TO
be returned 10 the bidder.
For further III Tnat on address the Undersigned
at Pine Ri6ge Agency, D.kOta.
TIE undersi. ned will will be at Paxton House,
Omaha, Neb., BY the morning Of Friday, February
10 lsSb.
V. 7. M'6mLYcUDDY
Jan 20.sN IN u. s. Indian AgoH
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

DR. HELMBoLD, OF buchu fame, has
been released from an insane asylum
where he has been confined for -four
years. 1t will be pleasant news to coun-
try newspapers, amid the gloom of the
era of depression, to learn that DR..
Helmbold proposes at an early day to agar
edit their sheets for them with column
articles upon the virtues of buchu.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

A w1FE-MURDEEEE, who set uo the
plea of inslni y, was convicted and hung
in Pennsylvania the other day. This
would Inc i,ats that the people Of Penn
sylva1ia are beginning to believe that the
insanity dodge ia worn out.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

JOHN PETER ST.. JOHN officially an
nounns hat he has MT petered out yet,
bat proposes t, give q series Of lectures in
a number Of K9n5as towns. John Peter
stlll livc,, otwith' tinAing the attempt
OF Clsrksop, of Des MONIES, to bury him.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN,

over one third, at an ar nIal coat to the
state at la'ge of oves ST.. goo. This sam
catalogue shows that there are SO non.
rssid ents, who, under the law, are re.
quired t. pay a tuition fee, to be fxedb by
the regents, (Sec, IA, Page 513) The report
nowhere shows that tbs has been done.
The cost to ihs sta tie for each student is
about $lC0 a year. There should. there.
fore, be in the nei hboraood of $4,000 a
year paid in by the non resident students.
Why is this not donel
1his %in.'itution should be sustained by
he income from the lands and there Is no
reason or necessity of continuing the
three. eighth mill tax. The regents have
since the last legislature Adjourned added
y medical department consisting of three
seq arats schools of m~edicine-ol6 school,
hone e )pat1Ic and eclectic, each with its
separate faculty.
IL is, of course, desirous to make this
department a SUCCESS as well as a pride
to rhs safe, but does the expense incnr.
red justify at this time a large sppro-
priatIun Tor its benefit? The result of
free education in law and medicine has
been tried in q number Of states and
| plJNSu RldIu dlAuEGb L GulleJlVdI ID
University, the university at Ann Ar.
Der, Michigan, the Iowa University, and
a number of others have long since
alb nioned the free system, now requiring
he legal and medical students to pay fees
50 that to-day these departments in the
above raued institutions are self-sus,
aiming. In fact it Is unjutt to tax the
people to give a Professional ed
u~cation to the comparative few. 1t
liz hoped that the legislature
will amend house roll 1853 60 as TO re
quire professional stud to pay fees
otherwise the medical apartment with il
twenty.o one different professors will toor
A UP THE ENTIRE REvENUE
of the institution. The university Of
Michigan charges non-residents of ths
state $50 a year; if the same sum was
charged by our university it would yield
an annual income IN a few gears eufficien
to pay all costs of that department.
The medical professors are max ing
every effort to lobby through bills, giving
them big pay for their services; to them
the university Is everything, provided
there is an appropriation for their bene-
fit.
1t Is demanded by the people that the
state taxes be cut down a, much as pos
sible. The legislature of 1883 appro-
pristed $4,000 (see se,sion laws, PAGE
358) for expenses of the university OF all
kinds, including model farm, and there
is no reason why The present legislature
should increase this sum for the next two
| years.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

INAUGUR ALTON Gay comes but once In
four years, and 1t is a golden harvest for
a large number of residents of the nasion-
al capital. The privilege of occupying a
window and looking at the procession
will cost the visitor from FIVE to ten dol
lars, while Standing room along the route
Is sold by the inch.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
Two Chicago Drovers Killed.

PursBURG, Pa, February lG. Two stock
trains near C~onewaugh collided early yester.
day morning by which two Chicago droyers
were killed and a tramp stealing a ride was
seriously injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
Clearing Bnuse Renort

BosToS, February l6. The managers of the
leading clearing houses in the United States
report the total clearances for the week end.
ing February 18th, s7l6, 500, III, being a total
decrea-e over the corresponding week a year
ago Of ~ u.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
VIII Accept . Canadian Reeiment

OTTAWA, February l5,-Col, Williams re-
ceived a telegram from Gen. Wolsslsy at
Korti t. she effect that ne would be glad TO
ses a Canadian regiment in Egypt.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
Is 1t Dynamite?

LONDON, February ga terrific explo.
sion occurred in the powder magazies at Glib
rsltsr tod ~, killing seventeen men and doing
considerable damaPs.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

IT is announced that the long strike in
the Hooking Valley is ended. This is
cheerful news to the miners who have
been cut Ct employment ever fince
last April.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

QUEEN VICTORIA Ia on the sick list.
Her illness Is ascribed to an overdose OF
Egyptian bi'ters.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The al nual meeting OF the stockholders OF tho
Bee Publist ing Co, will be held at sir Office, No..
el6 rarnam street; on Monday, sarch l,t, 1876, at s
o'clock p. M for the election Of officer, and the
transaction OF such other business az may come be.
fore IT T.. ROSE WAFER, President
OMAHA, Feb. 10, 1885 eblOdlOt
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17
WHAT THE sryTE DOES NEED

is educated citizens. For this was the
university endowed in gifts CT lan6joy the
national government, but when it cJmes
to taxing the people thi c Fights of a mill
and squander.ng the res ources Ct tne in.
stitu,ion for the purpose Of giving profei-
sional men An education, which Ia of
course their capital, it strikes the aver.
age taxpayer as a great injustice. The
merchant and the farmer might al well
ask the stats to set him up in
business "a for the doctor tt
get his Professional education free.
it may be inter es ing to know something
about the running OF the university, and
to that end your correspondent has spent
some time in looking up the matter.
The university costs over $4,000 a yeal
at the present time, (ses report OF re
gents, page 32), Pie probable incom,
for the next two years ia fixed by the re-
gents at about $3.50, 200. OF this ST..
500 is re ,eivei from the state tax of I OF
a mill levy, leaving a balance derives
from sale and leased lands of $72, 700
(see same lepcri page 12). The balance
IN the trelsury at this lime Is about $S7,
600, (page 12), II this is properly IN,
vested even at five per cent 1t will yealc
al annual incoma of 81, 1850, which added
t. tbs Income from university lands vii,
make for the two ensuing yeats a revenu,
of SS1, 0c0, making $40, 700 a year.
From the above figures taken from th'
regents report, 1t will be seen that TIT
income from university lands will sup
port the university. 1t therefore follow
that the state tax CT thrse-eighths Of
mill should no longer be continued, ant
the law relating thereto De repealed
Sec. 10 of Chap. 513, page 5l3, Annotated
Statutes.
By reference to the Upiversit
catalogue Of 1884 it appears that tn
to al number Of student, in the free de
partments is $50, of whom 1876 are
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

l'OR N~KNT-House 4 roous south 18th St, sI3.
B Cottage 8 rooms near HanscOm Park, sl7. House
. rooms davenport and .5tD SITS, $l7. House . large
rooms and asCre ground ,outh Omaha, So G. l..
Mayue, 13tnand Farnam. 1877
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-17

NOR RRNT-New brick house, II rooms, modern
Il Improvements, No. sl2 N. 22d st. Inquire PIG
California st. l57tf