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Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

One Of the problems with which our
city must grapple is t~he'economic and
effective disposal Of garbage. In view
Of the continuous extension of the city
boundaries, it becomes a question of
considerable moment how far down the
river the garbage boats must land in
order to make their deposits inoffensive
and safe to the health of our popula-
ton. The difficulty to properly dispose
of the enormous quantity OF refuse is
even greater during winter months
than it is while the dump-boats
are running. While it is true that
the cold weather prevents in part
the cleaning of streets and alleys and
collection of garbage, there is necessar-
lily a large quantity of matter not drain
able by our system of sewage that must
be carted away from the business GEN.
tire.
The only effective method for dis
posing of garbage all the year round is
through the crematory. Chicago burns
it's garbage and finds that method
highly satisfactory both from an econo-
mic and sanitary standpoint. Barring
the royalty on the patent the cost Of a
kiln and it's maintenance would be
comparatively light, in view of the ex-
pense incurred for maintaining dump
boats.
1t is to be hoped that the council will
take this subject under serious consid-
GRAFTON at an early day.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SATURDAY. july IS: 1888

contemplate the utilization OF this stock by
distilling it, and they petition the government
to refund excise taxes already paid on the
wine, to reduce the distillation tax on their
behalf TO one-half its usual rate, to confer
a considerable bounty on the expectation of
spirits, ana to give them reduced rates of
transportation on the government railways.
1t is not very likely that these demands will
be granted, for not only would they entail a
very considerable expense themselves, but
the fear is entertained that the granting of
them would be the signal for a food Of claims
for help from other industries in distress.
~.
King Milan, of Servia, is a most despica-
BILE creature. Some years ago he went to
Vienna for a brief stay and the first night of
his visit he lost f24,000 at a mobiles club.
The money had to be paid within twenty
four hours and, as the amount was not
within his reach, he went TO the palace and
requested a loan Of the emperor, who gave
him the money on condition he would not
play again, and yet the very next night he
was found at the table and did not rise until
another $4,000 had gone. No application
could be made this time to the emperor, so
Milan raised the amount on a splendidly
jewelled scimitar, his most valuable heredi-
tary possession, which had been presented to
the late Prince Milosch by Emperor Nicholas.
Thiss cimitar has never been redeemed and
it is now in the possession Of Herr Bleich-
roder, a Berlin banker.
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English railway corporations are not per-
mitted many liberties in Great Britain. In
that country the railroads are not, as here,
the chief agencies through which speculative
capitalists seek to accumulate wealth, and so
they are firmly held to their primary function
of fetching and carrying for the people. BY
additional parliamentary enactments it is
now proposed to revive all the canals in the
United Kingdom and make them active COM
petitors with the railroads. This course, IL
adopted, would make the waterways thor
oughfares for all heavy freight, and practi-
cally put an end to railway competition. The
English railroad companies are not permitted
to control trade, nurse infant industries, de-
velop favorite localities, or to do anything
else, indeed, beyond the scope Of the business
of transportation for which they were char
tered.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

THE appeal made to the people of Ne
braska asking contributions for the suf-
ferers by the recent widespread and de-
%structive fires in Sweden should be gen.
erously responded to, particularly by
the natives of Sweden, who constitute a
considerable and generally prosperous
portion Of Nebraska's population. The
destruction wrought by these fires is
terrible, as may be judged from the
statement that it is estimated at eighty
million Swedish crowns, equal to about
eighteen million dollars-a sum which
can much more in Sweden than here
and thousands Of people are homeless.
Although remote, the consequences of
this calamity appeal to our sympathy
and philanthropy, and should elicit a
generous response from u prosperous
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

A DELEGATION Of Kansas City grain
shippers waited on Chairman Midgely
of the railroad pool, as the bearers of a
grievance from the board of trade of
that city. The complaint made was
that the railroads are discriminating
against Kansas City and St. Louis in
their grain carrying charges. They
claim that the through rate from
points in Kansas to Chicago is from
five to seven cents less than the sum of
the two locals-that is interior points
to Kansas City and Kansas City to Chi
cago. The result of this is to shut out
Kansas City from the business which
the merchants claim is due to them
owing to that city's location.
1t will be remembered that this is q
case identical with the one brought by
Omaha against the railroads before the
interstate commerce commission, and
which was not allowed by that
body. The Kansas City shippers saw
that it would not avail them to lay their
grievance before the commission. They
therefore appealed directly to the rail-
iOuuo, oohih6 pAOhh W uuJuoo
their tariff on a basis to make
Kansas City the distributing point.
The reply made by the railroads to this
unique request, as might have been ex-
pected, gave very little comfort to the
Kansas City people. The answer of the
railroads vas in effect the same as that
given by the Interstate commerce
commission in the Omaha case.
Other Missouri river points are
as much entitled to relief as
is Kansas City. An adjustment Of rates
at one point would make it necessary to
make a general revision, and in order
to effect this all the roads west
Of the Missouri must be represented.
The matter, however, has not been
dropped. A meeting of the western
roads will be held at Omaha next
Tuesday, and it is possible that a
schedule can be arranged satisfactory
to Kansas City, Omaha and other Mis-
| souri, river towns.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
9th er Lands Than Ours.

The passage of the English local govern
ment bill through committee was hailed with
great satisfaction both by the government
and the opposition, which were for once
agreed. The liberals welcome it as almost a
revolution, which transfers the control of
county affairs from the privileged few to the
people. Londoners benefit at least as much
as anybody else. London becomes for mu-
nicipal purposes something more than a geo..
graphical expression. 1t acquires the right
to govern itself. Vestries and the metro
politan board Of works pass out Of existence
unhonored and unlamented. The bill has
yet to go through the formal stages in the
house Of commons and may suffer amend
ment on one or two points in the house OF
lords. But it will become q law substan-
TALLY as it left the committee. Regarding
the report that q female spy has
been employed to work up a case
against Parnell, it 10 remarked that
this is not the first time that the party in
power has employed dissolute women to en-
trap the Irish nationalists. A few years ago
o stylish female went to Dublin and pro-
fessed to be a dynamiter. She formed q sim
cere attachment for Joe Quinn, under secre-
tary of the league, and with him laid deep
plots TO blow up the ~''castle'' and destroy the
last vestige Of English rule in Ireland. Just
as matters were all ripe for An explosion, DIR.
| Quinn gave her a secret letter, which she
was to convey to confederates in London, but
which she opened on the boat to Holyhead.
In this letter she learned that the league
| knew all about her mission, and had known
it from the first, and that DR.. Quinn was
aware OF her true character. The English
| government paid the bills for the champagne
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
STATE JOTTlNGS.
Nebraska.

Nebraska.
Wheat and oats are being injured by rust
in the vicinity of North Bend.
Thieves sneaked s155 out Of the Commercial
hotel at Humphrey the other night.
The Fairmont creamery shipped a carload
of butter to San Francisco Monday, on an
order for two car loads.
The water was turned into the pipes of the
new waterworks system at Norfolk for the
first time Thursday.
IL is suggested that tramps arrested at
Norfolk be put at work moving down the
weeds which have grown so high that parts
of the town are almost hidden from sight.
The pioneers and old settlers Of Dakota
county will hold their seventh annual re-
union in Hileman's grove, seven miles south
west of Dakota City on Saturday, August Is.
Rev. j. A. Hood, pastor of the Presby-
terian church at Schuyler, preached on the
subject of 'Sabbaticus Morbus' Sunday
sickness), which Is said to DO very prevalent
in that city.
While sinking a shaft for coal near Lyons
the Crowell brothers struck water at a depth
of thirty-eight feet and were obliged to stop
work. The water spouts above the surface
of the ground IN a two-foot stream.
A mar named Jenkins, living near Union,
wanted to get married last week. The
BRIDES sister objected to Jenkins for a
brother and undertook to take her sister
away from him by force. The boy was the
victor in the scpfiie. He then waltzed her
before the squire who made them one and
trusted to the Lord for his pay.
Cheyenne county is all stirred up over the
government timber trouble. The Kimball
Observer says that three residents Of Pump
kin Seed Valley are at the bottom of 1t, and
declares that "a coat of tar aud feathers and a
pole would be a safe way in which to covey
these parties out Of the country. The coun-
try has no longer any need for them.
Delbert Simpson, the sixteen-year.old son
of a Custer county farmer, committed sui
eide in a most deliberate manner on the 24th.
He had been sent out to plow with a team OF
oxen and took a double barreled shotgun
with him. Reaching an unoccupied mouse he
went in, took off his right boot and sock,
| cooked both locks of the gun, and with his
| foot, after placing the muzzle of the barrel
in his mouth, discharged the gun, which
blew the whole top of his head OFF, scattering
the brains and skull bones all over the room
and even up TO the roof over him, The cause
which led to the suicide is not known.
Iowa.
Thu Cedar Rapids water works company u
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

THE vote Of Congressman Knute Nell
son, Of Minnesota, for the Mills bill
was a source Of very great qualification
TO the democrats, and they have been
solicitous to know what the attitude of
the Minnesota representative would be
In the campaign. Mr.. Nelson has great
influence in his state, particularly
among the Norwegians, nearly all of
whom are republicans, and the demo-
Gratis have been cherishing the hope
that he would follow his vote by a dec
laration favorable to the reelection of
Cleveland. The dissipation Of this hope
was made complete by Mr.. Nelson three
days ago in an interview, when he u
thorized the correspondent to say
that he is just as good a repub-
lican as ever and that ''we are
going to clean Grover Cleveland out
this fall" Mr.. Nelson voted for the
Mills bill because it twas in line with tho
tariff views he has always held. He
will not again run for congress, and
does not want any political office. But
he has no thought of deserving the re-
publican party, and undoubtedly will be
found doing good service in its behalf
during the campaign, il he shall have
the opportunity. This is but one of
many cases in which democratic hopes
will be dashed between now and No.
yember.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

SAN FRANCISCO has earned the repu-
tation Of being the most immoral and
worst governed city in America. A
grand jury composed of nineteen repre-
sentative citizens has been in session
seven weeks and its investigation has
revealed n state of corruption unpar-
alelled. The criminal classes virtually
control the city. Crime is organized
for purposes offensive and defensive,
and has its aiders and abcttors. The
elections are wholly in the hands OF
twelve or fifteen hundred of the worst
element which makes and unmakes pat
ronage and dictates to those in power.
Matters have reached such a climax
that to openly offend the head OF this
criminal ring is SURE to Invite political
ruin. Under such a condition most Of
the departments Of the city government
are corrupt, and crime fiaunts itself
openly in spite Of law, authority or
decency. The investigation Is by no
means complete, and 1t is doubtful
whether all the fraud and m~ismanage-
ment which curse San Francisco will
ever be brought to light. Such a con-
dition OF municipal affairs Is due to the
indifference Of reputable citizens at the
polls. The danger which over
whelms San Francisco is re-
peated in every city in the land.
1t is when the OWL Of misgovernmen'
becomes unbearable that the respect
able voters OF the city by spasmodic
effort WELD an influence. But municipal
corruption, like . cancer, requires
heroic surgery.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

ADMIRAL LUCE is authority for the
statement that there is less drunkenness
in the navy to-day thar there was forty
years ago. Admiral Luce forgets that
there is only one-half as big a navy o
as there was when he was q midship-
mite.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

THE finding of the Regain Bros. bond
the contract have been violated by the
firm in every particular, and the city
authorities have failed to enforce the
compliance by proceedings against their
bondsmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

For the first time in the history Of
the present session Of the house, when
it resolved itself into a committee of the
whole on the Oklahoma bill, not a single
member was prepared to proceed with
the debate. The dilemma caused such
a shock that a congressman dropped his
false teeth in the excitement Of the
mOment-
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
No Blame in Their Ranks.

CNICUUO ITTDUW6.
''Dan," said the president, uneasily, "the
republicans appear to be arranging a tremen-
dous reception for Blaine on his return from
Europe. Do you think he will take an active
part in the campaign 2"
''There can be no doubt of it," replied Dan,
'rt would be exactly like him."
''Dan,'' said the president again, after a
pause, 1--WE have observation-disclosures, have
wel"
Lord! no." calculated Dan, signing heav-
lily. Another pause.
DAN" resumed the president, eying him
closely, shave we no-is there no democrat
that could make as big a sensation on
coming home from Europe as Blaine will
make ~
"None," answered Dan, quite positively.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
Let 1t Be Tried in Omaha.

PhiIddGIDhid Record.
A Pittsburg landlord has been fined $500
and sent to jail for four months for renting a
house belonging to him for immoral pur-
poses. This is essential justice, and if the
Ptttsburg example should be followed in this
city and in other cities where property own
ers wink at the iniquity by which they profit,
a new safeguard would be interposed against
an ever active form of social degradation.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
An Unfailing q

81. LUUTN UtUDt-DTTNOCFNU.
The increase of 5000 900 in the receipts
from the whisky tax in the past year indi-
Gates that the growth in the number of dem
ocratic voters is keeping pace with the ex-
pansion in population, In som parts of the
country at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
He Should be Enthusiastic.

Pttsburg Dispatch.
The prohibitionists are said to have on
their list of campaign speakers John Melon
aid, who served q year in prison as one of
the whisky frauds. Mcdonald can certainly
bear evidence to the evils of Illicit whisky.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

TIE natural gas supply Of Pennsyl-
vania is showing decided signs of Civ
ing out. That is not to be wondered AT
when Bill Scott, the chairman of the
national democratic committee, is draw
ing SO heavily on the Pennsylvania
,.1J1.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
Even Truth May be Ruptured.

PIttSDu1V DISPATCH.
The Standard magnates may not tell lies
when they assert that the Standard company
never received better rates from the railroads
than did other oil companies and private in
dlviduals, but if what they say is truth it
might be as well for some one to give them a
hint that it won't bear much more stretching.
There is a limit to the endurance even Of
the frnth
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
The Bloody Sioux.

Chicago Times.
IT'S plain, when you read in the papers their
vioux,
That too much booioux
Has got into the Sioux,
But if we would give the poor Indian his
dueioux
He would be Of more useioux
And drink less of boOioux.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

BY the by, what high sounding med
icine-man title will those big I%njuns,
Jim and John Boyd, wear at the Samo-
sat cluh.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

General Freight Agent Morehouse of the
Fremont, Elkhorn Il Missouri Valley has re-
turned from Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

When the Bar'ls Have Been Tapped.
Boston Herald.
The business outlook is unprecedentedly
bright in all the doubtful states.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

The UNION PACIFIC offers SUI
perior accommodations to third-class
travel.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

The Cedar Rapids water works company u
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28

larry of the admitted doctrine that taxation
and representation go together.
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The thrust that M. Floquet made at Cen
eral Boulanger's throat seems to have
reached quite through the district of Ar
deche, in which the latter was q candidate
for reelection to the assembly, as at the
election of Sunday he was overwhelmingly
defeated by his opponent, who received
nearly three votes to his one. General
Boulanger evidently overestimated his popu-
larity when he so theatrically resigned his
seat in the assembly; he no doubt thought
that the first district in which an election
occurred would vindicate him by returning
him by q great majority to the place he had
deserted. But the citizens of Ardeche did
not want him. Apparently they are for the
better, or the luckier, swordsman. The
general will nave to try again. No doubt he
| can find a district In. which Boulangerism is
still popular, but he will have to be quick
about it, as that bubble seems to have been
pricked when he was pnked by NJ. Floquet.
When the winds are out of it B%oulanger will
be only q past and curious episode in French
politics. T.
The Emperor Williams projected visit to
Rome in October involves him In some en-
barrassment. He has accepted an invitation
to visit King Humbert at the Quirinal and
the pope sends word that if he does he will
be considered as having committed a hostile
act against the vatican, and that the depart
ure of the pontiff from Rome may be pre-
| cipitated thereby. In view Of the fact that a
very large number of the emperor's subjects
are Catholics and that Bismarck has adopted
a conciliatory policy towards them Of late,
the situation is rather interesting. 1t APP
pears that no European sovereign has visited
Rome since the accession of Victor Emanuel.
The pope would regard such a visitation as
an endorsement of his deposition from tenn
poral power in the Holy City.
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An interesting outcome of the tariff war
between Italy and France is the appeal for
governmental assistance now MADE by the
wine-producers of southern Italy, who find
themselves with over two hundred million
litres of hast years wine on hand, it's marke,
having been cut OF by the war" They now
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-19
TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
The Awful Consequences or Myra Haslsins' Flckleness Toward Her Adianced Hus- ba ph.

 The Awful Consequences or Myra Haslsins' Flck1eness Toward Her Amanced Hus- band.
 FRENCHBURG, Ky, July 13.-Word reached here yesterday from Red River, sixty miles distant, of an unusual tragedy which occurred there. The news was brought by Jacob Shull, who carries the mail. For some time 1t has been under stood that Harvey Pike was to marry Myra Haskins, the daughter of a general store- keeper in the village. Some weeks ago young man named Everhard, a tim Der buyer from Philadelphia has been about the place, and boarded at Haskins' He and Miss Haskins d became great friends and spent much of their time to- gether in the evenings. Pike became ex- ceedingly jealous of the stranger, though there was nothing to indicate that the lady was untrue to him. Last Tues, day night Pike called at Haskins' residence and learned that his swee thelrt and Everhard were out walking. He sat down for awhile chat ting good -humoredly with the family, thon, saying he would not wait any longer, left. Instead, whether by accident or design, he walked out the road taken hy the couple and found them q half mile away. What passed between them will never be known, but when later search ing party, alarmed at the long absence of the two, reached the spot, they were found dead. Everhard had been shot in the head Miss Haskins was fifty feet away, the back of her head crushed by a blud- geon, which had fallen by her side. Across her body Pike lay, feebly gasping, with a bullet hole in the roof of his mouth, whence he had sent a bullet into his brain. He died inside of an hour.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-19
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;
pr. Kirchhoffs version of the Story of Its
 Discovery.

Discovery.
 Shortly before his death the late Dr. Kirchhoff, of Berlin, related the true story of the discovery of spectral analysis. He and Bunsen were then professors at Hei delberg and kept bachelors quarters in tho well known 'Riesenstein." Upon one of their daily promenades Bunsen remarked: 'Kirchhoff, we must discover something which will be too simple to be true" They returned and went to work But years passed by before the discovery was effect ed Experimenting one day in his labora- tory, Kirchhoff happened to place burn. ing lamp in the rays of the sun. A dark place appeared at once. Thinking 1t an s'optical illusion" he repeated tho action, only to find the dark ray reappear, and give place to the ordinary ray when the lamp was removed. He called Bunsen. The experiment. was repeated many times and always with the same result. They could not explain it. Finally Bunsen pro posed that they go home and think of other things for awhile;' possibly some explanation might be reached. They lolled in theic easy chairs, smoking their long student pipes and talking of the days of their youth and the gossip of the hour. The afternoon had almost passed when Bunsen sprang to his feet with the remark: Eureka The flame of the lamp is fed by the same stuff which is burning in the sunr' They hurried back to the labora- tory, tried number of experiments, and the great discovery was made. That night there was a jollification in the bachelor quarters of the modest hotel. few weeks later the whole world knew of the discov cry, and Kirchhoff and Bunsen were en- rolled among immortal scientists The name of Kirchhof, by the way, means graveyard. At state dinner the dis tinguished scientist once made speech in honor of the guest of the evening, ending with the usual "Hoch soil leben.n Prof. Helmholtz. now head of the physical insti. tute In Berlin, after listening to the con clusion, was guilty of the remark; He must be immortal, indeed to whom the Kirohhofr (graveyard) calls Long Live"
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