davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-15
THE DEAD iNDIANlAN.
How the News Was Heard at Home-Ths
Funeral Train.


Funeral Train.
SoUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. i5 The news Of
the death of Hon. Schuyler Cotax at Man
kato, MINI, was received with deepest sor-
row in this city, his home. He was highly
esteemed by all of South Bends citizens who
mourn him as fellow citizen as we'll as a
distinguished man.
Mrs Colfax was infornlel of her hus-
kani's death by MIR. P. f. Stndebaker, by
whom telegram announcing the sad event
was received She was much overcome, but
subsequently, recovered herself-control and
bears her loss with fortitude. delegation
oL Oddtenova from the city will meet the
remains at Chicago and accompany them
home The funeral is not yet announced.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-15

794c; February, 1850; March, sy1zI, May,
Sh@sc, Corn Quiet; No. :, 37&c. Oats, :
Firm; NJ, :, 2djzc, Rye-S,eady; No. /,
6Oc. Barley Strong; No. z, 53}z.; extra
M z 4Sr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-15
Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan II.
Wheat Firm; No. l whiGa, S@34c cash and
January; 99c February; 9115c bid March;
94c May; No. 2 rod, oS15c cash and Jan.
uary; S91lc February: Ole March; 93c May z;
No. 3 red, 76c bid; Michigan soft red, SShsc
Corn-No. .. 4.c asked. Oats-Light mixed
S31sc, No. = white, Sic; No. =, Sic.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
Tho Country Postmasters, Union.

A large convention of country post
masters will assemble next month in
Chicago to take action regarding various
injustices to which they are subjected by
the government. The meeting will con-
sst entirely of third and fourth class
postmasters, and every state in the union
is expected to be represented in the gath
ering. The call for such convention is
proper and timely. For years past, as
the BEE knows from personal experience
as well as universal complaint, all the
legislation pertaining to the manage
ment and expenses OF postoilices has
been directly in the interest of first and
second class postmasters, while those of
the third and fourth grades, who are
by far the hardest worked, have been
neglected and treated with positive
injustice. This list of complaints made
by the country postmaster against tho
department is formidable one. 1t may
be summed up briefly as follows: Every
third and fourth class postmaster is com.
PEELED to pay his own rent and furnish
his own fuel, light, pens, ink, paper,
mucilagc, pencils, a number of books in
which to keep his accounts with the gov.
crnmcnt. and, in word, all his incident.
al expenses, whilst every dollar for such
purposes in all first and second class
Offices are paid by the postoilicc depart
mcnt. They are not only loaded with
these unjust expenses but they are vrlu-
ally robbed of their legitimate incomes,
m
the government large percentage
Of their box rents, although the
bOXos arc their own private property.
If the postOilice happens TO be dis.
tributng point for other Offices, the in
come is in n large majority of cases eaten
up by clerk hire, for which the depart
mcnt makes most niggardly allowances.
We know ofsoliiccs in Nebraska whose
maintenance is Il source of actual ex-
pense 10 the incumbcnts. This accounts
for scores of tho designations which have
been hanging iire for so long in Wash.
! ingtOn, because it is difficult matter To
lind any one who is willing to accept the
thanklesS ollice.
The country postmaster is made the
subject OF many jibng paragraphs, put
he is often the hardest worked official in
the department while he is certainly the
most unpaid, The smallncsS of his of.
flee and the little amount OF patronage
! which il controls have mado congress.
men careless in regard TO his demands for
relief, There are ifty thousand post.
masters OF this class in the country and
they nov propose To unite in demanding
Il hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

the organization of u local company aud
the filing of articles of incorporation.
Our business men arcthoroughly aroused
in the matter and thcrc should be no
difficulty in securing enough subscrip-
tious to stock 10 make the preliminary
surveys at once. One result of this
agitation of direct line into northwest
crn Nebraska is seen in the reported de-
cision of the Elkhorn Valley road to
build ut once fcom Bell Greek
into this city. This will materially
shorten the dis,ancn to Fremont and
to all points in the. Mkhorn valley and
save the long and roundabout trip by
way of Blair, But the Omaha road must
be constructed, no matter what outside
enterprises aiN hcralded "a "aDout to ae-
complish the same end" No other road
under the control of managcmcnts whose
interests centcI on the lakes or tho At
lantic coast can accomplish the same end
for Omaha as Il road controlled by home
capital and built in tho interests of Ne.
braska. The completion of such q line
will speedily adjust rates from tho pres.
nteXorbitant and discriminating tariff to
a basis on which business can be done on
the live-and-lct.livc principle. There is
ample room in northwestern Nebraska
for all tho various railroad. enterprises
which have been originated during the
past month with Omaha as their termin-
III point east.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
MEN AND WOMEN.

,r ,,r,,, =, a., -, =, ~, ,,,.
,rMrS. MIS-. "iiDuf T. STORY VIII sen 'ie hhlcaSo
M
Mr.; Ilideh Is agalh experiencing violent
attack OF gooa mea'tn.
Roscoe Conklng threw boquet of roses to
Judlc the othef hight.
Scnor Valera. minister of SPAIN is the
handsomcst diplomat at Washington.
Miss NJ,ufrcc thn novelist il cnavinp tho
muses. in the Great Smoky mountains.
EMrs. Elizabeth Cadv Stanton will celebrate
Ger seventeen birthday on November II,
pa,. I'I,, p,,,,.i,, n,sns. NJ tta 81, aI,,f;
t;nn iaadnrs utiii r!ii6cg ~ frontou mi"
60, wv ann, wv, 49,, ,,a,, ,.n,,.
, ntmiGG w. y, S9i,S nus !ttn p2i pSn,et ae
uie iuhelalS oi Ililleeh ulSt'hgu'S'ie" men.
New "rk critics nave diiSc0yered that
MARY Anderson mas al exceedingly ugly loo''
United States Senator Gray, OF Delaware,
is one of the handsomest men in the senate
Miss Cleveland will not return to the white
house until fall house cleaning has been
done.
Col. Tom Ochiltree is abnormally ouiet, He
must he suffering from ossltcati0n OF con
science
A grandson of Uerrv Ward Ree,hnr Ia a
rnshGr on thr ynle fnnfhoiI teain Ihp old
prntlamnn is a kicker himself
iii,. Ga,'.t;a, Ir,,,,,i .i," S,,,t &c rr,,,,.o,.
= ,S nid Iei. g. En pmeSS af nu'a %, utkey Fo
- SdLu w DS idlIiiiS lhcllltllA' oulScG CoN
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

IT, railroad commission has been
making fifteen minute stops along. the
Elkhorn Vallcy to receive complaints
from citizens They were accompanied
in their travels by the editor of the Re-
publican, who notes with surprise the
univ al impression that the commits.
sion Is roaring farce, In almost the
same breath in which he records the pleas.
urcs OF the junkclng trip in n pnlace car
and the complaints Of the people that
they were given no time to formulate and
present ;kcir complaints.
OF course the commission is farce,
"a roaring farce and an expensive
farce. It was not the reply of the repub-
lican party to the demand for railroad
regulation rs the RtlHbil1W insists.
IL was the means adopted by the attor.
neys and political cappcrs of the rail
roads TO block any effective railroad
regulation 10y placing plant tools under
the guise of popular servants, in the
hands of the great corporations. Cor
poration managers and editorial hire.
lings need not be surprised that the peo-
Dtt VI NGDIdShh NtlC uNlCh W otO
through the sham. They knew enough
TO know that redress of the grievances
which the people have against corporate
monopolioS W ould never be secured by
commissioners appointed at the dictation
of tho railroad managers. They had
enough sense TO understand that this
much advertised method of taking the
railroad question out of politics was noth-
ing more than taking away from tho
people tho power to regulate
corporate abuses, and placing
it in the hands of the
railroads themselves. The luxurious
trips of the commission III special cars,
in which railway officials assist them in
tiftccnminute Investigations, have not
assisted in ringing down the curtain on
th "roaring farce"
Tho people of Nebraska have not been
dcludcd for one moment by this device
of the transportation companies to stilc
the public demand. Complaints of rail
| road discrimination and eXtortion are as
| frequent to-day as they were before the
creation of the commission. Producers
and consumers alike demand an etfcc
tive weapon against their oppressors.
They will never be satisfied with packed
jury before which they can humbly lay
their complalnts-if they happen TO catch
| them before the train leaves the depot
and whose sole province is 10 give Il vcr-
| diet and not to supplya remedy. The sur
| prise of the Republican over its discovery,
that the people have no use for the rail.
way commission, is well feigncd but will
not create half so great an impression rs
the discovery, long ago made by every
| one else. that the railroad commission
| has no use for the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

Last week recorded II fearful railroad
disaster on the Hackeusack meadows.
A west bound express on the Pennsyl-
vania line, without a moments warning,
crashed into an cmigrant train
ooaling station. A second later
an express on the adjacent Lehigh
Valley road drove furiously into the
wreck. Nine lives paid the penalty of
some ones blundcr. The signals on each
end of the "block" announced "a clear
track" and the engineer piloted his en-
gine to the scene of death i'll the assured
confidence that he would meet with no
distractions. The next day a telegraph
operator was arrested, and the
papers announced that the responsibility
was fixed where it belonged.
The employe whose business it should
have been to give the warning of
danger failed in his duty and now lies in
Jail on the charge of manslaughter. He
made no complaint upon his arrest, ad-
mitted his fatal error and in "a half
dazed way gave as his only excuse, 81
was tired" He had been on duty six.
teen hours that day on the magnificent
salary of sixty dollars month, He was
too tired to think clearly over the situa.
ton of tho emigrant train on tho
"block" where, since early daylight, he
had been signalling the movements of
more than 250 trains freighted with hu-
man lives. He was perhaps not the man
for the position, but which OF his high
salaried SuperorS in the employ of the rail.
road company could have filled his place
successfullyg With faculties benumbed
by long and cXhauSting labor, it is not
surprising that the tired slave of great
corporation made his terrible bundcr.
But who should, in equity, be held 70.
sponsible the tired operator, Pratt, or
the grinding greed Of his employcrsy
| Which is moro to be condemned, tho
| blundcr of I'm aching head that sent nine
| souls into eternity or the soulless selfish.
ness OF men who, through Overwork and
undcrpay, are committing legaliAcd man
| slaughter every day in the year!
Let the responsibility be placed where
it belongs, Whatever the verdict of
courts of alleged justice, popular opinion
will decline to permit the consequences
for such accidents to be entirely shiftod d
to the scapcgoats of friondlcss employees
The safety OF hundreds of thousands OF
lives must not be allowed TO be haHnrded
by the lapses of memory and the careless
unconcern born of IN ovcrtaNcd nervous
system. 1t is criminal mistake to keep
operators and dispatchers employed for
so many hours beyond the average day's
labor. Public efforts must como to the
relief, In England the agitation has al
ready begun to prohibit extraordinary
service on the part of railway employees
Cattstrophes like that OF last week in the
United States should arouse our people
to demand like remedy. Short hours
make good work. Heavy strains as
surely impair the results OF labor. An
enlightened regard for the public inter
est, AS well rs for the bodies and brain,
of workingmen, demands the prompt re
moyaI Of the opportunities for such le
galzed manslaughler
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
A Brass Foundry Burned.

A fire alarm sounded at Saturday
morning from box 10, Eleventh and Dor.
cas- streets, called the department to
Vinton street hear South Thirteenth,
where Winterleck's brass foundry was
attire. The as, 3s and hook and ladders
responded, but before they could get to
work tie flames had gained a headway
The building burned completely down,
and I'LL the machinery will be pretty
nearly II total loss The damage cannot
yet bc estimated, but il is roughly placed
ut between 81 800 and S2,0J0. This i'm.
cludes stable which burned down. Two
horses narrowly escaped perishing in the
flames, and would undoubtedly, but for
the efforts of Mr.. Cinderman, who rush
ed ont OF neiyhbOring house and took
them from the burning stable.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
The wcst and Honest Money.

The charge madu by some OF the adNo-
Gates of the decentralization of silver, that
opposition to what they call "honest
money" invariably springs from the
west, is unjust and ungunerous. The
differences of opinion as to winch of the
proposed plans is the best for restoring
silver to a closer approximation TO its old
value among the metals are as numerous
in the east as in the west The uttcrances
of tho New York press, which writes
under the shadow of Wall street, are as
little to be taken rs u reflex of pub.
lie opinion on the coast as the wild
rawlings Of some of our western small
bore editors are to be supposed to reflect
the honest opinion of sensible and intelli.
gent citizens of this section.
No one is admittedly, in favor of "dis.
honest money" Capital and labor alike,
wherever tho subject is intclligcntly dis
cusscd, desire stable and solid basis for
our circulating medium. The fogs which
envclop the subject have been raised
largely by dishonest discussion of the
currency question by men whose inter.
csts lie either on the side of an undue in
tlation or an unnecessary contraction.
The people at large are less concerned
about theories than they are about re.
suits. They recognize that II deprecated
currency in the end helps no one. They
have intelligence enough to under.
stand that fluctuations in tho value of
any circulating medium arc injurious
alb, . ,,,nI,,,n,,
unsettled values and the stimulus given
to unhealthy speculation. The charge
that the west demands the unlimited
coinage of silver because it is the silver
producing region is not true. The best
intelligence of the west protests against
the demonetization of silver because it
believes that such n course is unnoccS-
sary, and that the relative value of the
two metals can be so adjusted rs to per-
nit them to circulate in harmony. AT
the same time there is no demand for the
continued coinage of the deprecated
Bland dollar. Public opinion in the
west, as well as in the east, is largely q
unit in favor of an increase in the weight
of metal needed to restore the dollar
to nearer approximation to its old re-
lation with gold. Just what the increase
| should be and what measures should be
taken to protect the interest of holders
! of old issues of coin is Il question upon
| which many are divided What is most
needed is Intelligent discussion of the
question in all its bearings upon home
interests and industry, international
policy and the probabilities of the future.
Bankers and demagogucs will not be al
lowed to monopolize the public rostrum,
Intelligent business mon and students
who have given the subject earnest at.
tention must be heard as well. The com
ing season of congress will be the arena
upon which the various contestants will
display their abilities in debating the
silver question and there the public will
be able to learn whether all the financial
hercsics of the country are produced in
that section which produces, with abou,
everything else worth producing in the
union, Il sense of national honesty and
| good business methods included.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

.OFFIcIALs in Cuba have frank and
free way of feathering their nests which
makes the eyes of average New York of.
iice-holders bulge out with envy. Acol.
lccior vi customs AT iluyana had to give
MI his salary 10 tho political boss in Spain
who appointed him. set he lived well
daring his two years term and took 500,
0OO back to Spain. A leading physician
was apr inted to represent Cuba At tho
" shin. tJn medical congress. bat dc
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
sIueeed and Robbed.

A man named VIM. Badger, living in
South Omaha, was found Friday evening
in an unconscious condition on the Bur
lngt0n Il Missouri tracks, near the
seventh street bridge. His scalp was
badly cut and bled profusely, Upon
viycd it was discovered that his pockets
had been rilled his watch and some
small change being taken. Badger was
sober, and said that the last thing hu
rrmembcrcd Was the receipt of a rap on
the ,lead as he turned on hearing "a light
step bchInd him.
IL is understood that Coy. Dawes will
preside nj The mass mrrting of Irish citi
Gems tonight ut the opera hOuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

THE decision of the supreme court at
Lincoln that mutual insurance eompan.
les must comply with the general insur-
ance laws OF the state settles once aud
for all the business of wildcat insurance
IN Nebraska. Other states haYe been
worse swindled than Nebraska by bogus
insurance sharps, who can only ply their
trade in the absence ot regulating laws
Nebraska's insurance law has now been
found competent la deal with this evil.
and companies who wish t0 do business
ON the assessment plan must show up
their capital and - stem on skip 10 more
congcnial olinles.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
JOSH WAS SHREWD.
How the Dead Humorist Turned His
HumOr into Cash.

Inquiry of the several publishers of
Josh Billings humor, since his death,
elicits the fact that he rivaled Mark
Twain in turning his output of humor
into cash. Carlton, OF New York, says:
"As soon rs Mr.. Shaw found that he had
made II hit with his fonetic pieces, he
made Il careful study of the question how
to get the largest money return from his
work He said to himself, What book
has the largest and steadiest sale in
American and his answer was, the al
man; c. So he resolved to make alma.
macs He came to me with the idea, and
/ told him that | would only publish his
Farmers AlmanaX,' as he called it, I'M
der guarantee against loss. He
was was perfectly willing, for he
. n very liberal share OF the prospective
income. He was II "a whit astonished
but everybody else was, when the first
years sale reached 10000 copies | be-
lcve that in ten years the publication
yielded altogether over $4,000 clear.
Francis S, Smith, survivor of the firm
of Street ~ Smith, relates that Shaw
came to them for IA page advertisement
for the cover of the first almanac, but
they had no belief in a heavy sale, and
were willing to offer only $40 for the
space. $50 you think it won't sell 500
copies2" he exclaimed, "Well, sign a
contract to pay 10 cents Il copy for your
advertisement and IL be satisfied. The
bargain was made on that basis, and he
got more than $1,000. His shrewdness
was also shown in his solicitation of bids
from the story papers for his contribu.
tions, for he obtained 800 IL week for an
average of 500 words He lived well,
but not ut MI extravagantly, and leaves
an estate worth Sl50,OOO.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
They are Doing Quite Well.

Newspaper men at Washington appear
TO do very well in worldly way. r. G.
Crawford, well known writer, has Just
bought II handsome residence. The chief
of the associated press, Melee, owns Il
fine house on Connecticut avenue. Muir
ray, of the Philadelphia Times, owns and
lives in an elegant residence. John
McCarty, of the San Francisco Chronicle,
saves money and puts it into houses.
Gen. Boynton has II fine residence
Mcbride, of the Cincinnati Enquirer
lives in his own house, and it is IL good
one. Correspondents Ogden. Young,
the newspaper men who own their resi-
dcnccs ut the federal capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

clincd on the ground HAT lie could not
leave his practice. When next the cap
tain general saw him, ho questioned him
on the subject, asking if the grant of
s., coo for his expenses was not adequate.
Two thuusandg" said the doctor; "it
was 5000" and he drew out the official
letter. Tho clerks in the captain gouer-
ais office had agreed among Themselves
to cut down the grant and divide the
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Advertisements under this head 10 cents per
Iluc for the first insertion, and cents for oaoh
subsequent Insertion. Seven words will DO count
cd to the line; they must run conscoutively and
must bc paid In advance. All advertisements
must I've handed in before O'Clock y. IN, and
under no circumsan, vs. will they be taken or
discontinued by telephone.
Parties advertising in these columns and hav.
ing the answers addressed In care of BE, viii
please n-k for check to- enable them to get their
letters as none viii be delivered except on
presentation of check. All answers 10 advers
tisculvuts should hc enclosed in envelopes.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

JUsT at present, Carl Schurz is praising
the administration for its devotion to
civil service reform. If that vacancy in
the civil service commission is filled by n
man whose last name does not happen
TO be Schurz, Carl will get down from
the fence in. double quick time and once
more join the ranks Of the straight-Outs
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

FORD or Coburn? 1t won't take the
average voter long to decide the cues
tion. Even the "men of inlooence" will
to deliver their usual slim number OF
votes on such an issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

EINE-TENTHs of the butter sold in Chi =
cago is o'eomargarinc. This is one of
tho resulting benefits from stock yards
and large packing houses, which is not
generally appreciated by tho public.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

"MY policy" in the case of President
Cleveland, is creating almost as much
division in the party ranks rs Andy John
sons did eighteen years ago among the
republicans
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

THE county nominations paralyzod tho
Herald. 1t wants two days to think it
over and promises to discuss them in do
tail Tuesday morning. Like dose of
castor oil, the longer the doctor looks ut
it the harder it will be to keep down.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

ZONE of the most prominent defects of
our graded system" is the heading of An
editorial in an eastern paper. One of the
most prominent defects of Omaha's
graded system is deficiency in pave
ments, which will be somewhat removed
when spring opens.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

DOUGLAS county democrats made n
desperate attempt to match the republi-
can ticket, but it WAS Il failure after all,
The republican nominees will be elected
oven without the split in the democratic
camp which will break wide open the
chances of several of the candidates.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

ONE by one the official heads are drop
ping into the basket, but the groans
which come from the democracy over the
slowness of President Clev Glands guillo-
tine are enough to draw tears from n
OF
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is reported by
his brother-iniaw as predicting republi-
can success in New York. Administra-
ton organs will now have an oppor
tunity of explaining to the Jacksonian
democracy how this latest attitude of tho
president is in the line of the best and
dearest democratic aspirations.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

Mrs. LANGTRY refuses to pay her Eng
lish drcssmakor's bill. The Jersey Lily
is leading fashionable society in this as
well as in other respects.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

SERvIA has crossed the Bulgarian bor-
der and will probably be met by Bull
garian troops. 1t looks rs if the band
were really about to strike up on the Bal
kan frontier.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

FIFTEEN cigarette factories have been
lately started in the City of Mexico. A
decrease in Mexico's population may be
confidently looked for IN the next census.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

THE harps of Pricthett, Gallagher and
Herman are still hanging, so to speak,
ON the weeping willow tree of long
deferred hope.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26

"lr is evident" says the New York
World, that public opinion in Wyoming
is hostile to the Cinnamon Slightly SO,
we should judge.