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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
NEWS COM MENT.

Ludwig observation-disclosures is a
Cincinnati man. Ludwig should marry. He
has name enough for two.
If Denver people don't stop killing them
selves the place will soon be as dead as
st LIS
According to a New York young man who
was cut down while trying to make his exit
by the rope route, hanging is pleasant SEN
saton. 1t is to be hoped, however, that this
form of amusement will not become fad.
Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson is
beating the carpets in his Office and fourth
class democratic postmasters tremble as they
hear the sound five hundred miles away.
A meeting of Kilkenny cats is harmonious
compared with the recent conferences held
in Chicago by the general freight agents of
western railroads
The Italian government is alarmed at the
proportions of emigrations from that country,
and will adopt stringent measures to check
it.
The remarkable inducements held out by
the Argentine Republic to foster immigra-
tion has drawn to that, country within the
past few years an unprecedented number of
immigrants. On good authority it is stated
that no less than three hun and seventy
five thousand will be added 10 the population
this year. This is aFecord surpassed by that
of the United States alone. Under this
steady pressure of Increased numbers the
public lands are being rapidly taken up, and
real estate values are rising. OF all coun-
tries of South America the Argentine Re-
public resembles ting United States in char
acter, enterprise and progress. The infusion
of new blood can not fail to bear lasting
impression upon that country With its un-
bounded natural resources, its skilled indus
tries and energetic population bright future
is IN store for the Argentine Republic whose
friendship and trade the United States could
we'll cultivate.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FRIDAY. JUNE 2. 1884,

size OF families In the state isdncreasing, the
gain, however, beng almost wholly with
mothers OF foreign birth.
English letter IN American Manufacturer:
1t is stated that there Is already scarcity
of puddlers, and that this scarcity will be.
come moro marked later on. In the Shelf
field and Rotterdam district under. hands
can not be obtained--tho mon alleging tn at
the work is too hard and tho hours too long
for the wages given. Many men appear to
have left the trade altogether and will not
return.
The Philadelphia Real Estate Record says:
"The building record for the present year in
Philadelphia rring, OF course, any fiuan.
cial or business disturbance not anticipated
at the present timo-will certainly eclipse
that of any previous year in the history Of
the city," 1t says the prohibition election
incident is keeping money hid and delaying
operations.
Alexandria (va.) Gazette: The material
prosperity of the south doesn't compare with
that it enjoyed thirty years ago; the vigorous
life apparent in a few isolated localities in
the south is derived from tho southern
fathers of the men who manifest it; and the
Influences which refine and elevate human
existence have always been potential III the
south.
Newark IN J.) bakers now work ten
hours per day and twelve on Saturday.
Some Brooklyn men have gained the demand
for eleven hours and thirteen on Saturday.
Ohio farmers will organize to get 10 cents
per gallon for milk in summer ana 10 during
the winter. The dealers sell milk in Cleve-
land for 5 and cents during the summer and
6 and the rest of the year.
New Orleans brcklayers will work for the
old scale-35 cents.
St. Louis BARRIERS get half of their receipts
for wages.
Topeka, Kan, leads with seventeen miles
of electric railway.
Minnesota pays 81 per bushel for grass
hopper eggs
Southern textile manufacturers have or
ganizcd.
Pittsburg brcxlayers get 81 for nine
hours.
Buffalo bricklavers get SO for nine hours.
Palace Car Pullman employs over eight
thousand men.
Des Moincs talks of trades university.
California sent 3.50O,00O pounds of honey
to Europe last year.
Woonsocket French Canadians will run
cooperative cotton MILL
Laconia, N. H., claims to lead the east in
wcolen hosiery manufacture.
Cotton seed, which used to be thrown
away, now makes Is, 10000 gallons of oil
yearly.
The Cincinnati Post says the wages OF the
LOO girl shoe workers there have been cut
80 per cent in a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
Iowa Items.

Burlington is paving with brick.
James G. Patterson, q prominent hotel
man at Keokuk, is dead.
Montrose offers bonus to secure can
ming factory and Il Touring mill.
Preston people rate saloon keepers and
drug store proprietors about the same. Four
are in trouble.
The annual meeting of the Central Iowa
Trotting circuit will be held at Des Moines
June IS, 10 and 20.
Mrs. Burnett, citizen of Onawa got a d.
vorce from her husband at the last term OF
court on the grounds of dcsertion, and il less
than three weeks she married him over again.
Dubuque and Des Moines are indirectly
affected by the Pennsylvania flood. Both
cities are extending their street railways
and the iron TO be used has been ordered
from the works destroyed by the Johnstown
catastrophe
A purse of 500 has been presented to
Andy and Sam Jones' tho Henderson county
boys who braved the storm and went 10 the
rescue of the passengers on tho lll-fated
steamer Everett, that was capsized in the
Mississippi short distance above Burlington
not long since.
Rev. G. p. Williams, chaplain of the peni
tentiary at Fort Madison, says card playing,
gambling and the theater are the most potent
factors in the development OF criminals, and
along with the social dance can account Tor 9
large per cent of the inmates OF our lails aud
penitentiarles.
The report OF the penitentiary ut Fort
| Madison for May shows an average OF 80,
| convlcts the report of the Iowa Soldiers
| home at Marshalltown shows 274 inmates
| during the same month That OF the Iowa
Orphans home Mt Davenport shows an aver,
| agefor the month of eighty-three soldiers
orphans and 2S3 other orphans.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

THE board of public works did the
right thing in claiming the forfeit
money put up MS an evidence of good
faith by the Kansas City contractors.
The attempt OF these adventurers to
bulldoze the board into returning the
money was the coolest specimen of gall
Imported into this city for some time.
II anything the board was too lenient
In dealing with them. They were
given ample time to file their bonds and
begin work, but they refused to do
either, and demanded the return OF
their money because they were disap-
pointed in railroad rates. The city has
been damaged by the delay in public
works and hundreds OF workmen have
been kept idle by these jobbers and
triilers. The board should see toit that
operations are begun promptly on al
contracts.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
City News and Notes.

The case of Lavina Foster, Mary A. Mo.
Kee and sixty-one others VS. James Devinney
and Robert Frost has been filed in the su-
preme court for trial, on error from the
district court of Johnson county. This Is
one of that cou nty's celebrated liquor cases.
The case of Marshal M. Barney VS. Joseph
Brinkham, on error from Kearney county,
was also filed for trial.
The bank examiners, Messrs McNaugh-
ton, Brink and Sanders, are in the city TO-
day preparing blanks for the report OF
bankers, and also blanks to facilitate in ex-
aminations.
John Brown, sheriff of Cedar county. was
here to day to commit Albert E. Mccoy to
the state penitentary to servo term Of two
years for cattle stealing. This commitment
raises the number of convicts In the state
pen to 3T7.
Henry Johnson, one-eyed colo,ed youth,
twenty years of age. was arrested to-day on
the complaint of Ella Burns, also colored,
charging him with seduction. Ella is a half
witted GIRL and the case on the surface is
peculiarly aggravating. The case will be
heard before Judge Stewart.
The county board Of equaliza-
ton will meet at u the office
main in session twenty days, to satisfy any
claim county tax payers may bring forward
for adjustment or equalization.
Dietrich Deirks, charged with felonious
assault on Henry Franzmeyer, was brought
in from Olive Branch precinct this afternoon
by an under sheriff. He asked and secured
a continuance until the 14th.
Mrs. Ann Houser, who was arrested yes
terday by the police on complaint Of Lulu
Henry, who charged that she had sworn to
kill her, was again arrested to-day on war
rant issued from the county court On ar
raignment this afternoon before Judge Stew
art she entered the plea of not guilty, and
her trial was set for tomorrow morning at Q
o'clock.
The Fedawa will contest still takes up the
time of Judge Field and jury in the district
court. Mrs. Margaret Fedawa was on the
stand nearly all day. The case is certainly
a remarkable one. While involving large in
terests it has been tried without single jar.
the sole object seeming to be thorough and
searching investigation. 1t is quite probable
that the case will be given to the jury so19
time tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
THE NATIONAL Noes.


The statement of treasury operations
for the month of May shows some things
Of interest. There is a steady, though
gradual, growth of the surplus. Silver
continues to accumulate in the treasury
vaults, bond purchases decline, the rev.
enues OF the government are shown to
be larger than last year, and there has
been little decrease made in the amount
of the deposits of public money with the
banks. The increase OF the surplus
during May was two and half mill
ion dollars, but the aggregate is
still less than at the begun
ming of the year. The revenues for the
month were more than three million
dollars in excess of the corresponding
month last year, and the indications are
that for the fiscal year ending June 30
the revenues of the government will
exceed those OF last year oy quite tell
million dollars.
These facts supply texts that ought to
interest economists and statesmen. One
in particular, the steady increase of the
surplus, suggests that the drain being
made upon the people at time when the
industries and trade OF the country
are depressed calls for alienation.
There are very few interests which arc
making any money, aui the outlook for
the Immediate future is by no means OF
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

THE assertion that Fort Omaha can
not be enlarged is malicious fabrica-
tion. The late legislature granted the
government the right of eminent do
main, and it can at any time exercise
that right in Douglas, Washington or
Salpy counties. If congress repeals the
law authorizing the removal, the gov
ernment can condemn as much land as
is necessary surrounding the fort, and
enlarge and improve it to the extent of
the money appropriated. There is
plenty of desirable land in the vicinity,
and a sufficient amount of it can be
added to the present reservation to
make it sufficient for all military needs,
and certainly for the money required to
purchase the Bellevue site. The ele-
giant buildings, the grateful shade, and
the magnificent parade ground are a
protest against removal.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
STATE JOTTINGS.
Nebraska a.

Fifty divines attended the district con-
vention of the NJ T.. conference at Ponca.
The York Butter and Cheese association
has closed the contract for the necessary
plant, to cost 81, 800.
County Judge j. NJ. Hiatt, of Orleans, has
resigned and his place has been filed by g.
b. Beail of Alma
Dixon county farmers are confident that
they wlll harvest the best crop this fall that
has been secured for good many seasons.
The ctizens of Tekamah want water
works and the city council will be asked to
call an election to vote the necessary funds.
A Hastings lady whose husband has lost
all his money at the gaming table has caused
the arrest of TWO gamblers who won the
money.
The employees of the Dempster Manufac-
turing company, at Beatri:e, have organized
q mutual insurance association, covering
sickness, accidents and death.
farmer who has been a resident of John
son county for seventeen years reports that
in that time corn has never been 50 far ad-
vanced at this season of the year.
Lightning rou peddlcrs have been working
the old games on the farmers of Butler
county and have added a few variations, re-
sultlng in their reaping good harvest.
The citizens of Palmer held meeting
Wednesday for the purpose OF arranging a
Fourth of July celebration. but changed their
minds and concluded to send the funds raised
to the Johnstown sufferers.
The wife OF Bill Owens, worthless
Plattsmouth man, who left him because he
abused her and started for the home of her
parents in Ohio, died on the train while en-
route. Owens is thought to be going mad.
The natural gas enterprise in Hastings is
still alive and nearly ready to commence
boring. The officers of the company have
closed contract with a firm in Saltwater
MINI, to dig the well. and the parties are
expected in few days with all the neces-
sary apparatus for the business.
The Dixon County Agricultural society
has decided upon September 81, 25, 26 and 27
as The date for the holding of the annual
county fair The society announces that the
usual balloon ascensions and such other at
fractions will be done away with, and new
features introduced The second day will
be known as old settlers day, and will be OBJ
served by an OK roast and big dinner.
Tho stone walls for the foundation of the
Sisters OF Visitation academy, ut Hastings,
have been completed and large force of
workmen has begun laying brick. The front
walls will be of pressed brick of Hastings
manufacture, and more than million brick
will be required in the construction of the
building
Myron Van Fleet, prominent citizen of
Hastings, had his foot accidently caught
and wrenched severely by one of the traces
while driving a horse recently. The injury
was supposed to be slight at the time, but
the surgeon has found displacement of the
ankle bones that will require some time,
after being adjusted, for nature to repair.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
NEBRASKA SUGAR BEETS.

A wrong impression has obtained
with some regarding the quality of
sugar beets grown in Nebraska. Ac-
cording to an analysis of Nebraska beets
made last year by the division of chem
mistry of the department of ag riculture
they contained between fifteen and six
teen per cent Of sugar. Commissioner
Colman said: s'If beets of this quality
can be grown in large quantities in
your locality, it certainly would in
dictate that you have u fine soil and
climate for the production of beet
sugar" There is no question with those
competent to judge that in portions
of Nebraska beets of equally good
quality with those analyzed by the de-
partment of agriculture can be grown in
abundance.
Mr.. C. C. Hawkins, of Wellheet, who
has given great deal of attention to
the cultivation of the sugar beet, says.
in a communication to THE BEE: "By
comparison with the beets of Germany
and France, it is apparent that the Ne
braska sugar beets are vastly superior.
fifteen and sixteen per cent of sugar
while the beets raised in Ger.
many and France yield only eight
and nine per cent" He also says: 1.-The
sugar beet requires light sandy loan,
soil that will not bake, and that is very
porous; too much moisture is detrimen-
tai to the quality OF the beet. 1t will
not grow in a wet, soggy soil. The
beauty of the soil in western and parts
of eastern Nebraska, is that the rain
never remains on the ground. 1t quickly
drains, and the moisture is absorbed for
future use. This is why better crops
are raised with lie IS rain in this state
than in Iowa or any of the states east
OF the Missouri river, and the sol
being more porous can stand more
moisture without detriment to the
crops"
Two companies have been formed in
Nebraska for the manufacture of beet
sugar. The machinery for the com
pany at Grand Island is now being pur-
chased in Germany, and the Weililee,
company will begin the refinery in
the autumn. The men who have in
vested in these enterprises have the
fullest confidence in being able to OBJ
tain an ample supply of beets of excel
lent quality. The experiment merits
hearty announcement,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
the most encouragine character. There

the most encouraging character. There
is no marked indication that the situa-
tion will become worse, but on the other
hand there is no great promise OF inn
provement. Under such circumstances
the continued piling up OF money in the
treasury is oppressive. or course there
is nothing to be done now, but when
congress returns to the consideration Of
the question OF reducing taxation the
situation OF the treasury and of the
country should receive its very careful
attention. 1t is not possible to justify
the accumulation of vast surplus even
when the country is in the highest state
of prosperity, and the matter becomes
far more serious when excessive reve-
nues are taken from the people at time
of general depression. That there must
be relief in this respect is obvious.
The continued accumulation of silver
in the vaults of the treasury presents a
question that congress will be called
upon to give early attention to.
The coinage of the present year
will be about thirty-two million dol
gone into the circulation. The big
vault constructed under the treasury to
accommodate the silver hoard is now
practically filed, and additional pro-
vision will soon have to be made for
storing the increasing supply of silver
dollars. Treasurer Huston is reported
to be opposed to an increase of silver
coinage, and it seems probable that this
of the administration. The treas
urer, however, is not unfavor-
able to increased purchases
of silver bullion. He is reported as
saying that if the government was COM
PEELED to purchase the maximum amount
of silver bullion allowed by the Bland
act, four million dollars month, he
had no objection so long as the silver
purchased would remain in ingots, and
be stored in that shape. He was not
prepared to say that he thought the
government ought not to increase its
purchases of silver, and could see good
reasons for its doing so, but he
is not favorable to increasing
the coinage. The significance
OF Treasurer Huston's attitude in
this matteris the fact that he is in init
mate relations with the president and
will probably have as much influence
with him as any other member of the
| administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

THE total cost of the Canadian Pa
citic is said to have been one hundred
and siXty-tive millions. 1t has been
enriched by the Dominion government
with subsidies of one kind or another to
the value of two hundred and fifteen
millions. While at first blush this may
seem a bonanza to that railroad, per-
hitting it to make serious inroads upon
trade rightfully belonging to American
lines, it Is well to keep in mind that the
people of Canada ara taxed for these
largesses, and will be obliged to make
good every dollar lost by the reckless
ness of the Canadian Pacific. The pol
icy of the Dominion government ap-
pears to be to rob Peter to pay Paul.
But this sort of thing can not go on
forever. Some day the patient Cana
dian taxpayer will refuse longer to
carry this increasing burden, and the
bubble of the Canadian Pacifc's sue
cess will be pricked.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
WHAT MAY FOLLoW.


There is very great and reasonable
fear that disastrous epidemic of
typhoid fever may result from the
Johnstown flood. The cities of Pitts
burg and Allegheny, with population
OF three hundred and fifty thousand,
drink the waters OF the Allegheny
river, down which corpses and debris
must flow unless stopped above. The
day after the flood the water of the
river was thick with mud. The flood
that swept through Johnstown cleaned
out hundreds OF cesspools. The
contents OF these, with the manure
of barnyards, the dirt from
henneries and swamps, and refuse and
filth of all kinds, were carried down
into the Allegheny river. In addition
to this there are the bodies Of tho
drowned. Some of these will, in all
likelihood, be secreted among the de-
bris and never be found. Hundreds of
carcasses of animals of various kinds
are also in the river, and these will de-
cay and throw out an animal poison.
When all these polluting and poisonous
dBtHClCS iIC CDISluSIGu ~ 10 Wv ipS'S
that the people who drink the waters Of
the Allegheny have good reason for Sc
rlous apprehension.
Those who live in the neig hborhood
of Johnstown are in still greater danger
of an epidemic. If the estimates of the
numbers drowned are approximately
correct, there are thousands of bodies
decomposing beneath the mud, many of
these perhaps at no great distance below
the surface. Correspondents have stated
that the stencil OF the bodies of the dead
which have been recovered, was almost
| uncomfortable, and it impregnated the
air for miles around. The condi-
tion will be much worse when the mud,
covering the unfound bodies, dries
and the summer sun does it's work upon
the decomposing remains. 1t would
seem inevitable that for the next five
or six months, or until frosts come, the
atmosphere for miles around Johns
town must be heavily surcharged with
| the poisonous exhalations from putre-
flying dead bodies, and only the most
vigorously healthy can inhale this air
continuously without suffering seri-
| ously from it.
All the conditions are certainly such
| as to warrant the fear that a
devastating epidemic may result
| from the flood and add thousands of
victims to the terrible list made by the
Johnstown calamity. Undoubtedly
whatever precautions against this,
science can take will be promptly lytakeu
but it is to be apprehended that the
very best and all that can be done will
not be sufficient to wholly avert the
danger. A typhoid fever epidemic
would be fearful sequel to the most
| terrible calamity of modern times.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

THE drift of business on upper Far
nam is n perplexing conundrum to the
mossbacks The explanation is fur
nished IN the enterprise of property
owners, who build maguifce blocks
with all modern conveniences for
the transaction of business. The own
ers of the shoddy structures which dis
grace the present business center of the
street will learn when il is too late that
they cannot retain their advantages
with fire traps and one and two-story
shantieS
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

AT the first appeal for aid from the
Conemaugh disaster James Gordon
Bennett cabled a subscription to Mayor
Grant of New York of ten thousa nd
dollars. Mr.. d. B. King sent his check
for one thousand dollars and offered to
SEND to Johnstown Mt his own expense
an engineer and thousand workmen to
aid in the task of clearing away the
debris. With all her faults New York
has her generous citizens who can we'll
afford to make princely contributions
when occasion demands it. and are al
humanity.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

The Hampton (Va.) Normal and
Agricultural institute is contributing
much toward solving the negro problem
in that section. 1t begins at the founda-
tlon of industry and good citizenship by
teaching pupils how to earn their own
living, and practices what it teaches.
Within a few years four hundred and
fifty pupils have earned nearly fifty
thousand dollars in various work con-
nected with the institute. The success
of this plan demonstrates anew the
value of industrial education. In this
instance the allowance for work done
proves great incentive to the pupils,
giving them an early experience in the
practical side of life, and making them
strong in character and influential in
eXamDle.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07
HITS AND MISSES.

Things are looking up just now on upper
Farnam.
Owing to the absorbing sensations of the
past few days every paper in Omaha neg
lected to mention the fact that the shotgun
campaign was doggone good thing.
Stand from under. Another bridge is ma
terializing.
And now it is S. p. Morse who is moving
toward Eth and F'-m. Great men always
gravitate toward the heights.
From reports which are rife it appears that
Mr.. Frederick l.. Ames' visit to Omaha
means more hervy investments here.