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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
MORE INDIAN NEGOTIATIONS.

The president has appointed a COM
mission, pursuant to act of congress, to
negotiate with the Cherokee and other
tribes in the Indian territory for the
cession Of a part of their lands to the
United States. The amount of land
which the government will obtain if
these negotiations shall be successful is
stated to be about twenty-five million
acres, an area not quite half as large as
Nebraska, but nearly all of it superior
land. No one, however, need be in a
hurry to take advantage of the opening
of this territory. Under the most
favorable conditions that can be
reasonably hoped for it will be year,
and perhaps much longer, before nego-
tiations can be completed, but there is
every reason to expect that the govern
ment will find some serious obstacles in
the way of success, the removal of which
may require further Legislation by con-
gress. The matter will doubtless be
found considerably more complicated
than the negotiations with the Sioux,
and it is very likely, also, that the ln-
dians to be treated with will be found
no less shrewd and stubborn than their
Dakota brethren in raising objections
and insisting upon their claims. So far
as the Cherokees have expressed them
selves regarding the disposal of their
lands, the outlook for negotiations with
| them is certainly not favorable, and
| their attitude is pretty sure to exert a
| strong influence upon other tribes in
| the Indian territory.
The rights OF the tribes in that terri
tory have been very clearly defined by
| the treaty and their disposition ap-
pears to be not to relinqulsh one iota of
| of what has been accorded them, but to
| hold the govern ment to q full perform
ance of every obligation. Thus, when
it was proposed in congress to embrace
what is known as the Cherokee Strip
| with Oklahoma there WAS vigorous
! protest from the Cherokees against the
| proposition, and it WAS found that the
| government could not do this without
violating treaty obligation. 1t is a
| question how far, if at all. the govern
ment is bound by these treaties, the
supreme court having decided, we be-
lieve, that they have no force except as
congress may be pleased to respect
them, but, however this may be, it was
decided not to violate the agreement
in the case of this Cherokee
Strip, unless forbidding renewal
of its lease to a cattle COM
pany constituted violation. The
treaty of 1866 allowed the government
to settle friendly indians in any part of
the Cherokee country west Of ninety
six degrees of longitude, the lands so
used to be paid for at q price agreed
upon. but until this was done the Choir
kee nation was to retain possession o.
and jurisdiction over all such lands,
The right of the United States to settle
friendly Indians on the strip" is ac-
knowledged by the Cherokcos, but the
proposal to open it for the settlement of
whites is a different affair. The Chero-
KEGS leased this tract at an annuai
rental OF one hundred thousand dollars
and the terms of the government will
have to be liberal in order to induce
them To give II mp,
Negotiations looking TO the acquire
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

The assertion recently made by Lord Sal
isbury, that it was never more uncertain
whether the rulers of Europe would remain
in power for five years, was so extraordl-
nary as to have attracted great deal OF at
tention. The British premier must have
meant not that the present rulers of Europe
might cease to live, but that they or their
expected successors would cease to reign
within the brief term mentioned. 1t would
have been a truism to say that a sovereign's
tenure Of life is uncertain particularly as
the king of Holland was but lately looked
upon as moribuud. The king of Spain is
cnid, the sultan of Turkey is an invalid, the
czar is necessarily threatened with assassi-
nation, the emperor of Austria is known to
be tired of life, and the German kaiser is be-
lieved to be a sufferer from constitutional
disease. That every one of them may in five
years give place to another member of his
dynasty, is truth too obvious to need af-
tirmance by man who, whatever his
faults, has never been accused of twad-
die. Evidently the uncertainty to which the
British premier referred is concerned with
the duration, not of individual lives, but OF
dynastes and forms Of government. Even
thus defined, the statement seems too broad.
In some European countries political revo-
luton is probable; in others it is possible !;
while again in others it is scarcely conceiva-
Bile. Few careful observers of current events
would be surprised to see material changes
in the French political regime-we will not
say in five years, but in five months.
Whether the Regent Christina will be able
much longer to repress the Spanish revolu'
tionsts is also very doubtful. The hold of
the house of Savoy upon the Italian PENN
sula has been sensbly weakened by its fail
ure to conciliate papacy on the one hand, and
its intimate relations with the traditional en-
cmies of Italy on the other. No one ex-
poets King William, of Holland, to live
five years; and should his young daughter
die during her minority, the Netherlands
would pass to German princess, under
whose influence the country might be in
drced TO enter the German empire on the
same footing as Bavaria, AS for Belgium,
or behalf of whose neutrality and indepen-
deaoe not even England would now desire to
fight. she is likely to oe roughly dealt with
in aIY territorial readjustment following a
European war. 1t is plain enough, more
over, that in the three Danubian principali-
ties. Roumania Seryla aud Bulgaria, rev
0iuton may break out ut any hour But
hero the scope OF probable political change
sceus 70 end. IL is inconceivable that q
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

The cities of the east have responded
nobly to tho call OF distress from the
ruined districts of Pennsylvania. Three
days after the news of the terrible dis
aster was confirmed, Philadelphia sub
scribed the munificent sum of three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
New York followed next with one hun
dred and fifteen thousand, Chicago sent
fifty thousand, Washington twenty
thousand, Cleveland thirty-eight thou
sand, and many other cities contributed
generously in proportion to their size
and wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE property owners OF Burt street,
between Sixteenth and Twentieth, have
determined to pave that thoroughfare
with vitrifed brick in preference to
wooden block. The success of that eX-
pertinent will be watched with great
interest by the city. Burt street is des-
tined to become one of the leading resi-
dence streets, and by the selec-
tion of vitrifed brick, the property
owners expect to secure pavement
that shall combine cleanliness, durabil-
ity and noiselessness at a cost not eX-
ceeding that of wooden block. Should
the new pavement prove satisfactory,
there is every reason to believe that
brick will take the place of all wooden
pavements in the suburban districts OF
the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
PREPARING FOR STATEHOOD.

The governor OF Wyoming has issued
proclamation directing that an cleo
tion be held on the second Monday OF
July next for the choice OF delegates to
the constitutional nvention to be held
in September. The governor states in
his proclamation that the territory has
the population and other conditions
necessary to insure stable local gov
ernment therein, and that n very large
majority of the people desire to estab-
lish o state government. Bills were re-
ported to both houses of the last con-
gress for the formation and admission
into the union of the state OF Wyoming.
Under these circumstances the move
meut for statehood has full warrant,
with excellent promise of receiving the
favorable consideration of congress
whenever the preparatory requirements
have been complied with.
The last report Of the governor OF
Wyoming to the secretary OF the in
terror estimated the population OF the
territory at eighty-fve thousand. 1t is
probably now not less than one hundred
thousand. In recent years the charac-
ter of the population has steadily i'm
proved, and with this has come change
for the better in the condition OF the
material affairs OF the territory. When
this report was submitted there were
eight hundred and ninety-one miles OF
railroad in the territory, and the mile
ago has since been increased. With
these railroad extensions the mineral
deposits of the territory have attracted
greater attention and are being steadily
developed. The territory is rich in
coal, it being estimated that its coal
fields cover thirty thousand square
miles. There are extensive deposits OF
soda of remarkable purity. The terri
tory is believed to have vast deposits
of oil which must ultimately become Il
source of great wealth. Stock raising is
still the most important industry, but
| farming is successfully carried on in
| the districts where water is abundant
for irrigating purposes, and the gov
ernor expressed the opinion that 1.-THE
| time is near at hand when all the val
leys now producing only half crop OF
| grass WILL uc WAVING hOiuo vi 81" "ih
and rich with root and vegetable pro-
ductions." The public school system OF
the territory is we'll cared for, there is
u university that has thus far been
very successful, and there are mum.
| Der of humane institutions. The bonded
indebtedness of the territory last year
was only three hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, which was but one
| per cent of the assessed valuation Of
the previous year. During the yeal
ending June 30, 1888, nearly three
hundred thousand acres of public land
we're entered in Wyoming, and nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand acres
| previously entered were brought to
final proof.
1t thus appears that Wyoming has
been making good strides in population
and material prosperity during the last
few years, and there is no reason to
doubt that this prosperous course will
continue. The vote of the territory is
republican, and when the people have
adopted suitable constitution and
formed a state government there can be
little doubt that their demand for state
hood will be favorably considered by
| congress-
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
THE AMES PURCHASE.

The enterprising example OF Mr.. Fred
l.. Ames In placing hundreds OF thou
sands OF dollars in Omaha property is
worthy of more than passing mention.
1t is display of unbounded con fidence
in the future OF Omaha, and conveys q
significant lesson to our moneyed men.
The purchase OF the Coad and Pacific
Express properties, and the erection OF
magnificent business block, in
volving total investment Of
nearly half million dollars,
shows that the 'trend of business"
is westward and can not be stayed while
property owners east of Fifteenth street
are Indifferent to the demands of ex-
paudiug mercantile interests. Golden
opportunities are slipping through their
hands. They are content as long as
their fire traps bring large rentals, and
shut their eyes to the gradual but cer-
tain drift OF business to other sections.
The fact that east Farnam street is
steadily losing its character rs retail
street is not surprising to those who
have closely watched the tendency
of business. Crude, incOuvenient
and shoddy buildings do not attract
business. They repel it. The external
appearance OF a building is an adver-
tisement of the character Of the tenant
and his business. And so long as the
owners fail to furnish modern struc-
lures and conveniences for the expand
ing business, they can not hope to long
retain tho prestige of the street. Their
rent rolls will diminish when it is too
! late, and the tenants who now pay ex-
| orbitant rents for poor accommodations
will move to other and more desirable
quarters, where property owners are
| ready to furnish every modern conven-
ience for fair return on the invest
| ment.
| The rapid development of upper Far
nam and Sixteenth streets is strong
evidence of the tendency of business.
Stores which were considered gorgeous
In pioneer days are no longer desirable.
The modern merchant must have the
latest appliances for the conduct of busi-
ness, and these can not be secured from
the landlords who live for to-day and
care not for tomorrow.
| The shoddy fire-traps must go, and 90
promptly, or business men will leave
| them to the bats and cobwebs.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

Boss BUCKLEY who controls the
politics of California, is at present en-
joying himself in New York City at u
daily expense OF two hundred dollars.
But as the last legislature appropriated
four millions in excess of the estimates
OF the state controller, there is no rea-
son why this astute politician should
stint himself in the least.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
necessary

MALIGNANT diphtheria and pneu-
monia are stalking through the valley
OF the Conemaugh, as if the Unsuitable
work OF death was not satisfied with ten
thousand victims. Bereft Of home, fam
lily and all that life holds dear, the con-
dition of the survivors is truly heart
rapdipr
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
Had Grown Rusty.
,hicd1o Times.

tHicuDO IlWCS.
We rejoice to see that our old friend an
co-laborer, William Henry Smith, has taken
to writing for the newspapers again. His
dispatches from Johnstown carry us back to
the TildenH Hayes campaign. William Henry
is no slouch of n correspondent, but his long
connection with the Associated press has had
the effect of knocking him out of practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

ment by the government OF territory
greater in extent than that of num-
ber Of the states, and consisting OF ex-
cellent land, are important, and will
need to be conducted with exceptional
skill and ability. The commissioners
appointed are not sufficiently we'll
known to enable us to speak authori-
lively regarding their qualifications
for such duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

atlanta Constitution,
This ice-water business Is one OF the worst
forms of intemperance. 1t kills, either sud
denly or gradually, about as many people in
this country as whisky Kills In fact, mod
crate dose of whisky is not as dangerous as
an immoderate drink of ice-water, and a
tablespoonful of the latter is an inmoderate
quantity. Now, get your ice-water and pour
it down your throat, if you feel like it, You
know the consequences.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
All Orhcrcl Green Mint.
Nelp York Sun.

N6D lOrk sun.
The other night when the most fashiona-
Bile drinking place in America was crowded
every man except two had glass of green
mint before him. The rage for this decoc-
tion of sugar tinctured with the juice Of
mint leaves-which tastes very like oil Of
peppermint, by the way--is approaching a
madness in town.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

DAKOTA farmers of the Red river val
ley have undertaken the raising Of
hemp to supply themselves with bind
ing twine. This is practical and ef-
fective way of fighting the demands Of
the tWine trust,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
THE Union and Northern Pacific rail

THE Union and Northern Pacific rail /;
roads have come to an amicable under
standing as to the approaching election
of the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company. All suits and litigations now
pending in the courts affecting the
Navigation company's interest will be
dismissed. In short, the lion lies down
with the lamb, and the happy family is
again reunited.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
He Will Change His Tune.

DftfDU FFce Press.
"Any man who accumuates over $4,000
should be made to divide" said Charles
Spachs, Milwaukee socialist, n few weeks
ago. The other day he got legacy of Sl6,-
600 from Belgium, and we trust that the
strong arm of the law will step in and take
$1,000 of 1t and divide it among the poor.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE council should provide for dog
pound where tagless dogs could be de-
tanned before being despatched. The
promiscuous shooting of dogs on the
streets by policemen is not only dan
gerous to citizens, but is brutal and un-
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

A REAL ESTATE transaction whereby
piece of property fifty-eight feet 'front.'
age on principal business street can
be turned over in the course of two
weeks at a net profit of six Thousand
dollars is fair indication of the sta
bility OF Omaha realty.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE destruction of Seattle by fire is
lesson to all cities that the first essen
tial of municipal life and progress is a
fire department thoroughly equipped
for emergencies.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
Proclamation.

70 the people of Nebraska;
Whereas, The last disaster in Pennsylvania
TO life and property is unprecedented, and
the citizens Of the devastated districts are
destitute and demanding assistance to al.eyi-
ate their sutferngs, and
Whereas, Our citizens remember aud are
grateful for the generosity manifested to-
wards our slate by other comnonweaths IN
time OF need and misfortune,
Therefore, /, George ID. MeIklejohn, lieu
tenant und acting governor OF the state OF
Nebraska, would recommend that LIBERAL
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

II is promised that on Vice-President
Holcomb's return to this city, the union
depot project will be submitted. Omaha
is patiently waiting.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
All Quirt at S inoa.

SYDNEY, N. S. W., June 7.-l'he steamer
Lubbock has arrived from Apia, Samoa. with
adyices of May 2S. Everything was quiet in
Samoa A truce was maintained between
the contending natives, owing 10 reports that
additional German men of war were On their
way TO Apia.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE heavy shipments of gold abroad
show little signs of abating, and are
likely to continue until money will be
necessary to move the new crops In Au-
gust to market.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

AN Interstate exposition this fall
properly managed and inaugurated on
a scale commensurate with Omaha's i'm
portance can not fail to be Of great
commercial advantage to this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE stock ticker has been restored on
'change and the gambling in futures,
whether it be done on the curbstone, at
the bucket shop or in Wall street, will
go on undisturbed.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE destruction of the Chesapeake &
mark. In Washington's time it was re-
garded rs the highway of the future.
the main artery OF commerce to con-
meet the east and the west. But the
development OF to-day was not dreamt
Of by the fathers, and the highway of
those days long since lost its useful
ness. 1t served to illustrate the mar
velous development of the country, and
its loss will be regretted chiefly by the
army of employees which the political
bosses of the state kept at work on it.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

Hot SPINGs, Oak, June 7.-lSpec,al Tele-
gram to The BEE. THE Dakota soldiers
home board has been organized as followsi
Thomas A. Bones, Webster, president; w.
Is. Lucas. Chamberlain, secretary; A. J.
Cleiner, Pierre, treasurer: w. u. Phillips,
Hot Springs, superintendent of construction.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE Missouri bottoms to the north
east will undoubtedly become the
railroad and manufacturing center Of
a worthless swamp few years ago has
been reclaimed. Scores of warehouses
and factories, lumber and coal yards
and other important interests now cover
the eastern section. Three railroads
find ample room for expansion, and
their shops furnish employment for a
large number Of men. Tho men inter
estea in the development of that region
are in position to do great good for
themselves and the city, and it is GER
tain that they will not let any oppor-
tunities pass which will enhance the
value of their property,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
City News and Notes.

Sheriff j. M. Smiley, of Seward, was in
Lincoln to-day to secure his voucher for TAX
ing Leroy Horne to the state Industrial
school at Kearney on the 5th. He was sent
for incorrigibility.
The case of Mrs. Anna Houser on COM
plant of Lulu Henry was dismissed by
Judge Stewart to-day. This is the second
time Lulu has had Mrs. Houser before the
courts and both times her word was insult.
cent to bind her adversary over.
The celebrated Fedowa will case was
given to the jury this afternoon. If the jury
are as long winded in deciding as the law
yers were in the investigation. the verdict
will be reached week after next. The case
was the most bitterly contested of any on
trial during the present term of the court.
University examinations closed to day, and
commencement exercises are fairly on. The
philodlcean exhibition last evening was
largely attended and the exercises were
especially interesting. Apropos of this 1T
may be mentioned that the graduating class
of the high school acquitted Itself very cred,
itably.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
To Keep omcc.seekers Away.

Like good, faithful wife, willing to do
anything to save her husband from the an.
noying visits of small politicians and curios-
ity seekers for the next three years, Mrs
Cleveland is learning to play the violin.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
President Ahams' Mother Dead.

QUINCY, Mass, June Mrs. Charles +.
Adams, widow of the late c. +. Adams ana
mother OF John Quincy Adams and Charles
f. Adams, president Of tho Union Pacific,
died last night, aged eghty-one.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

DOCTOR MERCER'S motor will mote
within few weeks, but the people of
South Eleventh and South Sixteenth
streets are still whistling for those long
promised extensions.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
The Modest Violet for Us.


A New York paper favors the adoption of
the violet as the national emblem, and GER
tainly there is no flower that so perfectly
typfies the shrinking modesty of the Amer.
ican character. Let other nations choose the
gaudy sunflower, the proud hollyhocks, the
flaming rose, the loud peony-the quiet and
unobtrusve violet is the emblem for Amer
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
"Dnn't Get Cav"
NcW YOlh World.

NCW fOh UOrid.
This is q world of ups and downs,
OF circumstances and fate,
Where fortune smiles or darkly frowns,
And bids US calmly wait
We in the darkness Dlindy grope,
And though on top to-day,
Perchance tomorrow in the soup.
So
If fortune has been hcaped on you,
'Twere better not to slight
Your felownen whovo fought as true,
but won less in the fight.
You'll meet as much December
AS you do OF sunny May,
This fact you'd best rememenber,
And
Gay.
BE peaceable with all mankind,
The smoothe,J ways are best;
BE to your lot in life resigned,
Your soul IN peace invest;
BE to your klnclier nature true
And choose the easiest way,
II matters not what else you do,
but
Gay.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08

THE men who urged and worked for
the removal of Fort Omaha will live to
regret their acts.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1880

affection for Russia, Notwithstanding the
ties OF blood which subsist between the
rulers of both countries,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
Children Cry fer Pitchers Castoria.

When Daby was SEX, we gave her Castoria-
when she was Child, she cried for castoria,
y',en she became Miss. she chung 10 Castoria.