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Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

lily understand that these selections wera
made for obvious reasons, But they came
no nearer reaching an agreement ,than did
the principals, therefore, II was decided TO
call in a third party Here was whore tho
real trouble commenced. OF all the Omaha
business men, Logic could not consent 10
accept any other than NJ. Il. Smith, who was
disqualified because he had been q
a creditor. The companies named w. v.
Morse, S. p. Morse, David Bennison, ID. J.
O'Donshoe, Charles Coe, Mr.: Koch, MIR:
Chapman, ]. II. Dumont and others, but all
these declined to serve. Why should he ro-
fuse such menl In ordinary cases, the COM
panies fear local sympathy for the claimant.
Afterwards, Logic refused any man from
Chicago, and by shrewd manipulation finally
got the case into his own circle of business
acquaintances in New York. There he got
an award, but the companies feel that they
have been wronged and propose to find out
how he got IL. They were willing to pay
upon fair and liberal basis, but refuse to
admit that he could mako from 30 TO 80 per
cent profits on his business
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

The telegram sent to the con-
stitutional conventions Of the new
states by Mr.. Elliott F. Shepherd, pre-
sident OF the American Sabbath union,
asking them to incorporate in the con-
stitutionsa clause providing for Sabbath
observance, appears likely to receive
very little attention. The Washington
convention gave it the courtesy OF a
reference to committee, where 1t
will undoubtedly be buried, and so far
as reported the North Dakota and
Mont tana conventions have paid no
attention to it. 1t would not be sur
prising it it were regarded as an inn
pertlnence rather than the expression
of kindly interest in the people of the
new states.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
LOGlE'S FIRE LOSS.
Insurance Companies Intend to Eek
anime Into Ii.

Insurance Companies Intend to Ex-
anime Into 1t.
1t was a prominent fire insurance agent
who said yesterday that the various compan.
les interested propose to vindicate themselves
before this community by bringing suit to
ascertain what methods A. r. Logic pursued
in obtaining the award recently made to hun
on his loss by the burning Of the old Lehman
store on Farnam street. "Certain papers
have announced he said, "that the New
York board of arbitration gave him moro
than he was entitled to. / want to
inform you that there is no such
board. At the time Logic was
burned out many comments were made
not altogether favorable either. ABOUT his
loss after the adinstors had failed to arrive
at a settlement arbitration was resorted to
rather than court of justice We agreed
that the matter should be submitted to two
disinterested men. Mr.. Logic selected an
intimate personal friend from New York,
while the companies chose a Chicago man, in
whom they had confidence. You can read
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

The bank clearings, the railroad earn
ings and the foreign commerce Of the
country indicate that larger volume of
business is being done this year than at
the corresponding period year ago.
Nevertheless there is n universal COM
plant that In many departments of
trade the margin OF profit continues at
the minimum. This probably explains
why large amounts OF capital still re-
main in the hands of investors waiting
an opportune moment to go into that
industry which promises an adequate
return.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
A QUEER COINCIDENCE.
Two Yard Foremen of the Buriin gton
at the Point of Denth.


Two yard foremen OF the Burlington at
this point are lying at the point Of death at
ST. Joseph hospital.
Il. w. Shearer, who Is foreman OF the up
per yards, was some time ago afflicted with
malarial fever. He bid fair TO recover, but
he has had relapse and the attending
physicians announce that the afliction has
developed typhoid fever. Shearer has q
wife and child residing in this city, who are
being cared for oy sympathizing friends.
Wednesday the Burlington employees raised a
purse of $50 and presented it to the wife.
Tho latest reports from the afflicted man are
TO the effect that ho Is gradually sinking and
that his recovery is very doubtful
The second case Is that of Thomas Carey,
foreman Of the lower yards. About two
weeks ago in coupling cars, he
had his hand crushed between
the bumpers. He paid but little
attention to his injuries, thinking that he
would be able 10 resume work in few days.
For the past few days tho hand and arm be-
gan TO swell and gave him much pain. He
repaired TO the company physician, who dis
covered that gangrene had set in. Tho case
has gone that far that the physician will
amputate the arm near the elbow, but Is of
the opinion that death cannot be averted.
Careys parents reside at Minburn, Ia, and
being informed of the condition of their son,
arrived in Omaha yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

BOTH the republican national COM
mittee and the democratic national
committee are going to make a hard
fight to capture the four new states.
That much is already settled. While
the brunt OF the battle is to take place
in Washington and Montana, which
the democrats claim to be disputed
ground, they do not propose to let the
fall election in the two Dakotas go by
default. The spectacle to the rest OF
the country will be highly inspiring,
and the battle of the giants will be a
mill which for absorbing interest will
throw the Sullivan Kilrain match far
In the shade.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

THE Braidwood mining region Of
Illinois must be In a terrible condition
II the furnished populace Is compelled
to subsist on the carcasses of dead
horses. The Industrial relation OF
these miners to their employers should
be Immediately inquired into and a
speedy settlement OF the long pro-
tracted strike ordered.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

THE New England trip OF President
Harrison has been arranged, and he
will take it early in August, his des-
tination being Bar Harbor, where it is
understood he will remain some time.
Apart from the fact that Washington is
not desirable place in which to live
in summer, under the most favorable
conditions, is the consideration that
the residence Of the president is one
of the most uncomfortable and un-
desirable in the national capital.
Congress, 1t is said, will be asked
to provide better home for the
president, either by an addition
to the white house or apart from
it, leaving the old executive
mansion for purely official business.
This great country ought to comforta-
bly, house its executive, and a reasona-
BILE expenditure for this purpose would
not be disapproved by anybody. The
white house is untitled for residence,
and money expended on it for this pur-
pose is wasted. Bar Harbor is one OF
the most healthful resorts on the At
lantic coast, and a soujourn there will
doubtless prepare the president for the
more arduous duties that will confront
him few months hence.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

the fact that'the glass OF their lamps is
clear, and the lamps are kept very clean
all the time. In this city the lamps on
the principal thoroughfares are OF an
ancient, village pattern, and the light
is scarcely visible through panes OF
glass that are either smoked up or COW
cred with the dust of ages.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Scott Goes to Kansas City.

John w. Scott, AZ present chief clerk in
the general passenger department of the
Union Pacific at this place, was yesterday ap-
pointed division passenger agent of the
Union Pacific at Kansas City, in charge Of
the passenger business Of the Kansas divi-
sion the appointment to take effect August 1.
MIR. Scott will be associated with T.. B.
Whitney who, at present and for some time
back, has looked after the freight and pas
senger business. The traffic at that point
having increased to such an extent that
assistance became necessary, the department
has been sub-divided aud Mr. Scott will take
charge of the passenger and Mr.. Whitney
the freight department.
The new appointee has numerous friends
here who will be pleased to hear of his pro-
motion. George Haler, at present acting
chief clerk, will, in all probability, succeed
Mr. Scott
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

The attempt Of Union Pacific agents
to bulldoze and frighten parties who
have settled near Cutoff lake, ON what
may be termed No Mans land, should
not be countenanced by anybody. The
Union Pacific begins at or near the
transfer depot on the Iowa side. 1t
has no legal existence in Omaha
excepting on tho tracks leading
to and from the Union Pacific shops.
Its right OF way does not extend to Cut
of lake, and the only object il can have
In taking possession would be- to hold
the entire river front from Florence to
South Omaha against all comers. What
else could they want with the land near
Cut-off lake.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Give Him n Fair Show.


While the brother in black has been in the
midnight of ignorance from the time when
the memory of man runneth not to the con-
trary, in this country at least he has emerged
into tn sunlight of liberty. This is an in
stance where the statute of limitations does
not apply where neither caste or previous
conditions can operate as a bar, and where
we should be willing to concede perfect
equality to the mental evolutions Of the sons
of Ham
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

RELIABLE parties who have just
made tour OF South Dakota contradict
the report OF poor crops there. Never
before in the history of that great
young common wealth were the pros
poets as good Tor an abundant harvest.
The farming sett'e nents of South Da-
kota are rs dense as those Of Kansas,
and this years crop of small grain
promises to be as abundant as ever 1t
has been in that section.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
The Modest Prohibitionists.

btNSUS Cty JouHW
The prohibitionists have nominated can
didate for governor Of New Jersey. When
the high license republican candidate is de-
feated and a low License democratic candi-
date elected by a plurality just about equal
to the prohi bltion vote, the prohibition ora
tors will point out how the republicans
might have won a victory for temperance by
throwing all their votes to the prohibition
nominee
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

TIE strawboard makers OF the coun-
try have agreed to form trust for the
purpose Of controlling the trade and
satisfying itself with reasonable
profit. This last statement, however,
contains considerable chatf.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
The Innocent Salt Trust.

FWt6UWTV DtSUFtU!Ts
The salt trusts announcement that it is no
trust, because any one can buy the shares
who will put up the money is a more than
ordinary violent effort of the combination
logic. Numerous other trusts have shown
an entire willingness to unload on the peo-
pie who are deceived by the promise of
monopoly profits INTO paying 50 or 81 cash
for one of actual investment and the rest of
paper. Ae
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

- Or course when Minneapolis and not
st. Paul takes whirl at the census fig
ures OF the Flour city, we must take it
for granted that the increase in popula
tion during the past year has been
more rapid than the rise of the ther-
mometer under d boiling July sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Shall It be the Sunfower?


NcU TOlh sun.
We aver that the sunfiower Is historically
the oldest and in size the largest of American
flowers; in color the most brilliant and typi-
cal of our clear and favored skies; while in
economic Importance it has no equal among
flowers. Hence, wo cast our vote often and
unreservedlv for the sunflower as the floral
emblem most suitable to represent the
United States of North America.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

ARE those city hall plans ever going
to be completed? 1t has been three
weeks, and again three weeks, and
again three weeks, since they were
promised. And here we are near the
first day of August still waiting cheer
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
The People and the Trusts.
st. Louis Globe Democrat

The newly organized British paper trust,
even more than did the copper pool of /. year
ago or than does the salt combine now
being organized shows that commercial con-
spiracies are independent of revenue laws.
All are against the Iublc interest, though,
and must be dealt with by the people by the
methods which promise to be readiest and
most effectiye
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Ben's Bad Form.

ChtcugO NttCS.
General Ben Butler sailed to Bar Harbor
in his yacht the other day, went to MIR.
Blaine's house, left his card. and then put to
sea again. The general should have known
that it isn't good form to go calling in a
yacht. He ought to have hired hack.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

IDAHO viii not prohibit railroad pool
ing nor forbid her state officials from
accepting free railroad passes If admit
ted into the union. But as Idaho is
only playing at drafting a state consti-
.tusion, these things will not be taken
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Railroad Notes,

Paymaster Floyd, OF tho b. b NJ, has re.
turned from a trip over tho lines of that com.
pany.
II. G. Cheyney, assistant general passenger
agent of the Elkhorn, has gone TO Chicago
to attend meeting of western passenger
agents.
o. w. Whittlesey, general baggage agent
of the Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, is in
Omaha. The matter of transferring HIM to
Omaha Is being considered.
Superintendent Resseguie, Trainmaster
Baxter and Division Engineer Schmmer
horn, of the Union Pacific, have gone to
Cheyenne on trip of inspection.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

IT ISN'T advisable to give the Omaha
drugmaf the wink these days ii he has
not complied with the law requiring a
register Of all the liquor sold or given
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

SPEAKING Of boodling state officers,
1T is said that every word of all the laws
enacted by the late Colorado legisla-
ture cost that state ten dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
WANTED A GERMAN TEACHER
Mrs. weinhagen Resigns Her Position
in the High School.

Mrs. A. l.. Wenhagen, for three years
past teacher of German in the high school,
has rendered her resignation and will leave
on Monday next for Seattle, where she will
reioIn her husband, who Is located and en-
gagged in the insurance business at that
place.
Mrs Weinhagen has been warmly compli-
mented by Superintendent James for her
work in German. which has also
been generally admitted 20 have
been among the finest the high school has
ever experienced This oommendation has
been earned Notwithstanding that az times
the class has comprised 1856 scholars.
Mrs. Weinhagen's assistant has beon Miss
Dora Lucke, who Of course assisted in the
good work.
The latter is an applicant for Mrs. Vein
hagen's position, as Is also Prof. Borndrueck,
who IS now holding classes In Germania hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

THElargest cities in this country, no
tably New York, Philadelphia aud
Chicago, still light their streets with
gas. And they are we'll lighted, too.
This may be partly due to the quality
OF the gas, but tits very largely due To
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

SOUTH OMAHA will not be invaded by
cattle affected with Texas fever. Gov
ernor Thayer's prompt proclamation
stops them at the borders OF Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

A PROGRAMME for the merchants
week carnival should be prepared with
out unnecessary delay. The commit
tees should know what they are going
to do and should be getting ready to
H.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

TIE seat OF war between the rival
street car companies has been trans
ferred to South Omaha. At last ac-
counts General Mercer IS still in the
coll1a
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

THE Union Pacific officials are grad
ually learning what kind Of union
depot Omaha wants.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

IF WE can have our streets lighted
as cheaply with electricity as with gas,
the electric lights should by all means
be given preference.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
Ore and Bullion Rntes.

There is trouble brewing between the
Union Pacific and the Denver s. Rio Grande,
which, 1t is said, may result in a serious cut
in trans Missouri rates from Denver east.
The principal point of contention is In con-
nection with the ore and bullion traffic.
Some time ago the Rio Grande threatened
to reduce the rates on this commodity and
was only prevented In doing so by the Union
Pacific making important concessions. Sub
sequently the Rio Grande discovered that il
was not getting its share Of the business and
since that time the trouble has been brew
ing.
1t has grown to that extent that Vice Presi-
dent Holcomb, of the Union Pacific, has been
compelled to give the matter his attention,
and yesterday left for Denver, where he will
Take the matter up with the officials of the
Rio Grande to day.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

The best regulator OF the digestive
organs, also best appetizer known, is
j. G. b. Siegert s. Sons. AT all drug
gists,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26
A cosTt,Y EypERTENCE.

II has been given out time and again
by the city council that no street would
be graded and paved the same season,
and that all water and sewer connec-
tious to the property line must be laid
within specified time before paving
operations began. The recent action
of that body in ordering certain streets
to be graded and thirty days later
ordering the same to be paved, would
indicate that the city fathers had
swallowed their good intentions and
precepts regardless of consequences.
This Is, however, serious matter,
and one which should receive serious
consideration. The rule as laid down
should have been strenuously enforced.
The experience with undermined
streets and the testimony of the board
of public works, the city engineer and
paving experts should have taught the
council that n permanent pavement can
notsafely be laid on newly graded streets.
Depressions that have been filed with
earth are spongy and yielding and it Is
the height OF folly to lay pavement in
such places until the earth shall have
been allowed time to pack solidly.
The honeycombed condition of many
of our streets can be traced to this very
defect.
Where base OF concrete has been
laid on newly filled earth, the soil set
ties leaving pockets and air chambers.
During heavy rains water finds its way
under the spongy soil and following
sewer and water trenches gouges out
deep depressions. In this way pave
ments have been undermined, sewer
and waterpipes displaced, and the city
is constantly called upon to expend
thousands of dollars annually in making
expensive repairs.
BY using proper precaution, the coun-
Gil could remedy this condition in the
future. It is therefore foolhardy to
order the laying of pavement on newly
made streets that will have to be re-
paired nearly every time a rain occurs,
at great cost to the taxpayers of the
city.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-26

Appointed Division Passenger Agent.
f. b. Semple, well known in railroad circles
in Omaha, was yesterday appointed division
passenger agent of the Colorado division of
the Union Pacific with hcadquarte rs at Den
YER. The appointment will take feet Au
gust |.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-26

rNpcr nents Were made o. animals. He
was greatly gratil,ed. Into the iOreleg o.
an Old horse, that was SO worthless on ar
count OF age tnut in another dav he would
have cen III the soup-the mock tan tic
sCup of Paris--he elected his elixir. In an
hour afterward with bright red noatlil and
tail neatly drapcd over the dGshl GARD. he
sailed up the Sholiz Eleeza, knocking
spokes out OF valuable carriages all the way
up to the arc of Triumph. where he Clipped
out about five cents worth Of the corner of
that great work and piled up Dr. Brown
Sequard in a chaos of clothes and con-
tusions. His first anxiety was to find out,
OF course, whether tho hyphcn had been
Knocked cut OF his name. Finding that 1t
had not. he returned to his experiments.
He also secured an old dor with thick
hearing ana pronounced tagging Of the
mental powers. The dog was so Old that 10
had forgotten everything. AMI so lind that
Il French sold err in rrd-gored trousers did
not start'e him any more. After Il dose OF
tine elixir he wugged his tail, a thing he ha
not done for years. Then he yawned and
ate some grass. He then noticed n cat on
the lawn, one that had grown old with him
but had not had a nip Of the elixir. He took
after her and in two minutes he had her
quivering remains on the grass. BY 1
O'Clock he had gone back to puppyhood
and had chewed up DR.. Brown Srquard's
white CATERS. pair of lace curtains. and
child. BILL NYE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-26
How He COncealS Himself.

Those who have seen animals only in
a menagerie can have little idea how
differently they appear in their native
forests. The giraffe, for example,
eludes observation to n degree almost
Incredible, as is shown by the follow
ing:
When We come to the giraffe, we
cannot at first understand that the size,
height, and bold coloring thai make it
so conspicuous on open ground should
become its most effectual means of
concealment when among trees. The
animal feeds mostly upon the leaves of
q species of acacia called by the
Beers "kameeldorn," or giraffe-thorn
stretching its long neck among the
branches, and with its 1.-the, slender
tongue plucking the pendent leaves
from the twigs.
When it is standing among the
acacias, it can with difficulty be 6istin-
guished from them, its long slender
legs resembling the trunk, and the
head and neck being lost among the
branches; while the spots, which are
so conspicuous in the open country,
harmonize so faithful with the broken
patches of light and shade thrown by
the leaves, that even the huge body is
indistinguishable at little distance.
Not even the native hunters, with their
highly trained vision, can decide
whether little clump Of three or four
acacias be tenanted by the giraffe or
whether it be empty. Even tele-
scope or a tield-glass will fail to ascer-
tain the presence of the giraffe.
The anaconda, also, can lie unseen
in the forest, the beautiful diamond
shaped patterns of the body resembling
the lichens, MOSES, and tleckipgs of
light and shade upon the tree-trunks
So close is the resemblance that man
has been known TO seat himself upon
the body of a gorged and sleeping ana
conda, installing it for the object which
it simulated. Similarly, the spotted
jaguar of the New World, and the
leopard in the Old World, are practi-
cally invisible among the branches of
trees, and depend on this fact for their
ability to capture the wary and active
Nonkeys.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-26

As | stood one delicious spling dav,
says Will Hubbard Herman in the New
No,k Mctru}y. on the steps of the
Court House of Fargo. Dakota. now
North Dakota. homely and hay seedy
Young man hip halted up the walk, and
pau: Jog in front of me. said:
Say, mister, hev $50"
YES" | replied, CURLY and hardly,
half in tone of query,
IAN | want ter know how to spen'
Il. / mint no drinkin'. her gamblin',
ncr in moral ciitter. any wny."
"Bettrr ss,k ont some OF the poor
people in the back alleys over yonder, "
! sree.ed plenty of .laces in which
to put an overrlus of money. They
can spend your 500 for you sight bet
ter than You can"
"Er hull $500