Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22
SnADOWED BY DETECTIVES.
Treasury Department Clerks Feel
That They Are Watched.
1T HAunTs THEM EVERYWHERE.
Mysterious Eyes Are on Them at All
Times and Places, in Their
Minds-Nebraska and
Iowa Crops.
wAsHISeroS BuREAu, THE OMAHA BEE, !

WASHINGTON BUREAU, The OMAHA BEE,
5l8 FOURTEENTH STREET, ,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 81. J
The treasury department clerks complain
that they are shadowed by government de-
tectives.
Said one OF the oldest OF them to-day:
'It Is the only disagreeable feature Of my
employment, TO feel that am always being
watched, and that can never leave the de-
partment building or my house with any
confidence that my footsteps are not logged
by secret service detectives in search Of in
formation as TO my habits"
The fact is that of the 1400 employees In
the treasury department at least 1000 are
firmly convinced that they are followed
about pretty nearly all the time by govern
ment detectives employed expressly for
that purpose, to see that they behave them
selves and to report everything they do tnat
is naughty to the authorities of the depart
ment. II q money counter takes glass Of beer
In saloon he lmagines that the man who
picks his teeth on the other side of the screen
In the doorway is lurking there TO watch the
motions of his elbow. If the young lady who
helps work the hash machine in the redemp-
tion division INDUCES III Irritation at an
evening party it is with faint though haunt
Ing dread. lest the cooked eyed violin player
may possibly be observing her at so much an
hour, drawn on vouchers against the secret
service fund. If the youth who does up silver
In bags of 81, 900 each invests 50 in a poker
chip he can not help suspecting that the
newly introduced acquaintance on the OPP
posite side of the table who keeps "straddling
the blind" so prevokingly is an officer in dis
guise detailed to shadow him.
NEBRASKA AND IOWA CROPS.
The secretary of agriculture in his
~.
throughout the country, distributed to-day,
publishes the following from j. Nj. Osborn,
of Ohio, who is a large farm owner in Ne.
braska and who ls described by Secretary
Rusk as an intelligent and experienced OBJ
server'':
II have taken close, continuous look at
the crops, from Omaha to Kearney. Corn is
an unusually even, heavy crop From Omaha
TO Central City, a distance of 131 miles, the
blade, stalk and ear is ripe aud dry. West of
Central City the ear has the appearance of
ripeness, hanging downward, the husk white
and dry, while the blades are yet green.
IN previous yeras. There may have
been more rain west of Central
City than east of that place.
Corn shows remarkably good cultivation In
freeness from weeds or grass.
1.-The hay harvest is nearly completed, the
meadows have u fine aftermath, and pas
lures are in fine condition.
Oats are fair crop, hardly as good
ylelu aS laSb year, owing 10 u lew EOU WINDY
days before they were fairly filled, at least
that was the condition at this point, it may
not be general throughout the state.
"t'all plowlng Is quite general practice.
AT this time the ground turns up moist and
mellow
$50 far as l have seen and heard, the pro-
duction per acreeseems to be highly satisfac-
tory TO farmers. They are not pleased with
the outlook for prices. Oats at 10 cents and
corn et Is to 20 cents per bushel is not en-.
couraging."
1he following general observations
on the condition OF crops
the report:
During the month of August the tempera-
ture the greater part of the time has been
above the normal and the rainfall considera.
bic below. In fact there has been practic-
ally no rainfall since the first week in Au
gust, except in few localities, and then
only in small showers. The warm, dry
weather was for a time favorable to corn.
but its continuation, producing "a drought, is
shrinking the ears and drying the stalks
prematnrey
Potatoes will fall short, Of the anticipated
yield.
Pastures are drying up and water in wells
Is lower than ever before. In some locali-
ties growing crops are not suffering so badly,
owing partly to heavy rainfall and partly
to the nature of the soil.
Oats are nearly all harvested and have
produced an average yield, and the
grain is of the finest quality that
has been harvested in the state for years
Sorghum promises good yield. The prob
lem of manufacturing sugar from sorghum is
creating considerable interest.
The number of young hogs is unusually
large, and, compared with last year, makes it
still larger. The good prices paid for pork
for the past two years, together with the
large corn crop Of last year and the absence
OF all disease in swine, have contributed to
the favorable conditions of hog raising. The
condition of stock hogs is also good.
MAHoNE's BATTLE.
Although General Malone is fighting
against tremendous odds in Virginia his
friends are now more sanguine than at any
time since the campaign opened. Both sides
will appear for the first time at Arlington,
on Monday. Overtures were made by the
republicans for joint debate there between
General Malone and Senator Daniels, bu,
Senator Barbour, who is managing the dem
ocratic campaign, peremptorily declined to
entertain them So far the efforts Of the
democrats have been devoted TO q careful
scrutiny of the registration lists, but Cen
eral Malone has accomplished more than
that and has organized one of the most com
plete canvasses of the entire state ever
known in the history of Virginia.
MISCELLANEOUS
During the past four or five days coo
weather has prevailed in this region and il
has had the effect OF rushing Washingtonian.
home from the summer resorts il
great numbers. Every incoming train |,
crowded with returning citizens anxious fol
the comfort OF their homes in the capita
city.
NEBRASKA AND IOWA PosTMAsTERs.
Nebraska-Malulla, Buffalo county, p
Iowa-Read, Clayton county, F. w
Wilke; Shambaugh, Page county, Charlie
PERRY S. HEATH.