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Til fl OMAHA DAILY B.E1G : Tl'JflSDAlT , NOVEMBER 24. 1S35. THE DAILY BEJE. OMMM orvicr , Xn. H.r > Mfl VAimv PI SMT VOIIK On icr. , Hoovi Cu.Tmni SB 111 If.TltVO , -lifilrvpJTJrioniliiir.orrr-pt P'iniln.r. Th ( iriily Momliiy ninining i > npr puti. h < 'l ' In thi ftttlO. tnv nv MMTI Ono Vtnr . HUX ( > Thren Month * . . . $2.r * MX Monthn.UOOnn Month . I.W Tiir. Wi.r.Kl.v lnr ! , I'uHHlKvl Every Wo-lii" Jny TLIIUO , rnrrt'MU. OnoVcnr. with premium . . . . , , . , , . . .J-.0 OnoYciurlthoiitpimnlutn . 1.2 siv Month * , wnimm iiit-mlum . * One Jloiith. on trim . 1 All ronitm'mcntlrin * . iclntltiir to IIPW nnd HI fonnl mutli r i Omuld be nildicwcl tu Ilic Uiti Tt ti OKI in : Dr.n. IlCStNF T.KTTIRV AUillS.liif'n ! letter * nml rnnilMiinp"4 t lionM In ndill PF'l'll to 'I IIC IlKli I'l'IIMOIIIM ) ( 'OMPVM' DUAIM , Draft" , i-hr-ok" mul jm-lolHoc older tolm tnnrto piirnMototliconlcronlii'Miinpiiijf m m PUBLISHING COMPANY , PflOPBIElORS , i ; . Co UN aivl wheat nro trailing for the Intosf new * from Km opt * . In UOUMIOVV denies Hint ho i u non partisan. Prollj POOH Mr. Jiyit ! ( will Ice called upon to deny that Ihu moon i made of grocn Xi.w YORK is agitating a heavy lax ol skating rinks. Omaha's laM , nnd onlj has gone the tvny of all bankrupt , con corn" . Holler skating i-i ton unliqualoi an nmu-iomenl for the progressive west JoM'i is to Imlil n surius of roviva meetings in Washington this winter When In- - peakof ' lite "deadly clittcli , ' lie is not to be misunderstood ns referring to the gup vvilh which nrtn-nlVoii'dvi' par lisaiiH nro hanging on ID ollk-o in t'i'j ' na tional capital. .i ) activity in railroad circle in Nebraska this fall is noted all over ( In state .Nuvv extensions aru boingplannei and survo.ys of eonriocllng linus nro 1)L ing run in u do/on dilTurenl direction- ! Tlio nioiv the merrier. Competition am regulation nro at once tlic life of rtulroni t raffle nnd the im > lcctioti oi the people. Tor.Aero dievvors slionlil uro'ul Mou mouth , 111. , aa very cold climate foi lovers of llio plus- MIClnybank , win poi'dialed in expectorating al a soein gathering in that cily , was .shot anil killed last week by mi indignant unli-to hnc.cQiiisl. The romo.dy was an oH'ectivi one , but is not likely to become popular PAKSON DOWNS hns boon bounced iron his Boston diureh , : i Now Jersey elurg.v man hns been indietcil for forgery , t ' < Jllinols mini.slcia arc standing jury trial.1 for improjuT liciinyior , nml a .New Yorl pnlpil , ponnilor bus jusl beou impri < onpi ! for a brutal : i satill on his wife. Ttoni' of intnrest about llio mmi lry are opi'n- ingiij ) pretty well for a lali1 ii-afon. II SrniMJM ) , the much dis Brooklyn jiolltician , who was left in the civil si-rvici' cxuminulion for the custom hotisn wi'ighorship , lias just boon uppu'mlcd a port warden for New York liy Governor Hill. This is n direct slap in Sir Cluvolaiul's face owr whioli Jrioml.s of tlio adminiRtration air iiiirm- ] in in thu Kmpiri ) state. SPAKKS is dc to pnsh the cattlomun who have nc - leiitud to take down their fences. Thi ! attorney-general lins been given tlic uiuiies of forty ranch otvnors who have not compiled wltlt the law and bus buon ruqiiu.iti'd to institute loth oivil and criminal procceding-i against lliu nllcndurs. Tim governmentaaeins de termined thiit thi ) funuos miiNt go. HON. JOHNV. . nnoicwAin-ni : , ol Ohio , who recently ivtiirnod from Un- rojio , Hiiys that India raised more wheat ( hisyear than America , and that cotton in that , country , though inferior to the AmoriDim prodiint , in rapidly boin liroiight up to an improved quality. lie maintains that wo arc alio in iiangei from Kgypt. Mr. Bookw.tllm1 , who liae oviilonlly taken pains to carefully inform himself , .says : "The ICnglish nndonlited- Jy mean to hold Kgypt and nro already considering methods of improvina llio navigation of llio Nile and at the uame timu irrigating the 'Nilu vnlloy. In that way they can go 2,000 miles up Into tint country and then Jook out. for American cotton. They oan raifto in Ivgypt thu liiusHl doserlption o | cotton , and they have raised 8HtK)0 bales this year. J do not ussurt tlnit they can raise as much cotton as our bonthern Mntcti , but enough ( o break price ? when- cvor they want to. Tiio American crop of cotton is dillorcntly estimated. Some say us high of 7,000,000 bale * , though if W ) get 0,000.000 w .slmll do well. They TJin raise in Egypt under Kngli.sh syMimi a fnir pcrcuntiigc of an much cotton as wo ( iiin. " PKKSIIHNT ; CLKVKUA.NU is slrnggling with th Indian problem. It id Ultima- t ! ( l Unit hn iKiliovus thu proper solution in to glvu tlio IndiuiiR tlmir lands in aovoralty. Wherever this i practical , it % vlll do ntvay tvllh tlio reservation sya- Mom nml mid to tlio public domain 8ov- cml millions of mires of vulutiblu land , tut tlio homii'iteador. Under thu reser vation N.vatcm moru land in tied up than llio Indians could over take c\ru : of and cultivate. Now that the game is imurly sill gout ! and ni they depend \vholly upon ilic government for their support , they Imvw no need of tlm vmt oxtimt of turrl- 4ory that is 6t > t npurt for them. In thu allotment of landi in Niwcralty thuy W. uld not probably bo given uny moru * } iml individunlly than oan bu obtained 4 ty tlic whites under the viiriuus hind 'i'VH. They would , of course , bo assisted v.itli government aid until they > ttxuna iMilf-snpporting , Tlio i3iouin - 4li&nn tit I'inu Hidgo iigoncyor , , nru now in a condition to take Hiiveralty , iitul , with s.mio gov- for a few yo.iri , to become iuJupumlout furmiirs. It w.iulil not take i Wiciu very long ( o buoomu iiKolf-support- Sug people , Many of them already un- agrioulturo , mil are ulun-it g now Iiidlain who tulfo suverally ami are alile to onlti- them , should tilso bu given the rights of full nitlKonshlp , which is .vinuthing no doubt would uppruuitito wlu.n fully understand thi muaninft' . AVostcrn Grotvtli. mny go up or down , lime' mib" hard or good , but the growth ol tin- wen continues , " Miig * the N'cw York Tmifi in an clitorinl notice of tlie 1m jiiMi'o Inml snicfl ivoorilfd during the last lineal year in Dakota , Nebraska and KaiKas. Of the sivtecn million acres o : the public ' . . main sold last 3 car by the gf-neril lih : i olllcc. nearly thirteen mil lion an- credited to our own stite mid its northern and southern nr-ighbors. In Dakota Hie sale- ? wore 3,711.IW ) acres , a derliiv of ' . ' .Ol ) ,0U ; from the preceding yenr. In Nebraska ! V > iri,7ij acres were "Old , showing an increase of 1)00,001. ) Kansas hosv. an inernase of Iyi70i ! $ uvrt s upon sales of aS3i.ioi. 1'liisis ! rfmai'kable showing , and places clearlj before llio country , better limn mry v- tr > mlcd description , tlio unpnralltjleil growth of that great belt ol territory which Wretches from Canada to the In dian territory , and e\t"iuls woltvnrd be twern tluj iiincly-siNtli and one hundred nml fourth meridians. To a very large cvtentthesulfs of land have been coinci dent with thu proportionate increase ol population , the advance of ngrictiUure , ! lu c lrnlonof railroads and Hie founil ing of the smaller trades and industries which go ( o make1 up and foster the ovoi ndvancltig progre-is of llic weM.'ithit \ : our own tale Hie population hns nearly doubled in five yenrs. During thai period , the opening of tin North I'latli1 country , so louj. neglected by .selllement his : seen tin locution of a hundred thousand popula lion in tlic region hclwcnn tin ; norlherr border and the river. Towns , vilhigoi and hamlets have sprung up u.s if b.i mngie. School houses and clmrchus havi risen from the prairie sod in their wake What one yeai was virgin soil has in tin second sent its products to the market Vast tracts of former "wilderne q" , no\\ girdled by farms and dotted with younj : giove.s and orchards , boar witness to tin bounty of the government ami the in dustry of the .settlors. The iron liorst has lollowed behind the pioneer. Hail way mileage in Dakota , Xobraska am Kansas has more than doubled in up .Tears , and it is rapidly increasing. lr 1S7 ! ) , O.G'20 miles were reported. There an now 13,000 , with a tliou.-.atul moru pro jee.le.il. Itistollie trans-Missouri country to. dny Unit the ei : < t look * tor the best illus. trillions of western entcrjirisc , western progress ami "western grit. Jt cannot locu.s it iittcntion cm a region more prolific in surprises , whore the statistic- : of to-day are shelved by the liguii's ol to-morrow's growth , where industr.v limit ample Hold for exercise in u Koil which generously rewards labor and which oilers cverv inducement to courage and pcr.-e\eram-e in furthering the destiny ol the far west , Tlio Enjillsli locution- , . Tlic battle tit the polls is now in pro- givj"i throughout England and will con tinue for nearly two weeks to come. This week the cities and towns will give their verdict on the candidates of the iwo parties , while the contests in tins comities will not be concluded until early in December. The elections are not hold UIJDII the same day and , like 1'ir.st elec tions in France and thu October cleclionsj in this country , there is given an oppor tunity for some of the districts to aet a political cue and for others to check a tidal wave. All speculation as to the outcome is much mom at sea than u month ago , wlienasm.ill liberal majority was admitted oven by many conserva tives. But the wide split in tlio liberal parly nml the skill with which the lories hare managed their canvass make this result altogether uncurtain , ami llio un- cortainti id increased by the introduction of 2,030,000 or more voters , munlyagri- cultiirUts and laborers , who will cast their first ballots in the prostntelections. Tliens are 070 wmU to bu contested in the presentsniggle. ! This is an increase of eighteen over tins number of m mi'iurs ' previous to tlic passage of the redistribu tion bill. In order to obtain a clear m.i- jority the Miccussful party must secure 3'I ' seals. Mr. Rirnell'd campaign seema toasssiiro the IOH to the liberals of tin forty Irish mjm'jir.s upon which tliuy counted in tlio last purlianusnt. This loss ( hey nrist mike up in England mid Scotland , fn the latter they nro likely to gain ton or a do/on .suut.s , but the recent local elections nuem to foreshadow a tendency against them in the small borough' , south of thu linn. The liberal strength in the par ! ! uncut elected in 1880 was Xir , but this was greatly reduced before the ministry passed over to Lord Salisbury. Tlio hopus of the consurvatlves for n parlia mentary majority are based upon the disestablishment se.tre , the alarm of the land holders and owners of vested in terests ut Iho projrainmn ; of Messrs. Chamberlain and Dilke , and finally , and more than all , on the alliance with 1'ar- noll. Thnir strength in thu last parlia ment was S0 , " > English seatn , The conservative vative leaders admit a probablu loss of 10 .seats In Scotland an I Irelan 1 , but promise themselves n gain of 70 seals in England , wiioh | would give them SH5 seats a sulliclent number with Mr. 1'arnoH's party to give tliitm control of thu commons and of lliu governnnnl. The campaign has ( men tlio m M thor ough mid thu most exciting iivur known in English political hi-.lory. For tlu lirst timu in uuch contests the candi lates have been forced to abandon the thus honoro-l system of p Tsonal canvass on account of thi ) largely Incruaiud numbur of rotors , and speakers have IHMII cmnpullod to bring their arguments to tint Im'ol of thu undiirstandings of tint poor and hard working clas-us. ah ml lliu tailuro of t'n > Btroutuar coiii.iny | u * com ily with the or-linaiK'c , coatmun to cjm i in. Tim cars are not run on tlu < ohcdulu ra- rjiiiri'.d , especially ut'lurdark , Early in the ovonimjthuoump.uiy bjgiiutoreduuu thu number of trips , an I tlmrn are wide gaps in tllu rum , soaiiitinui annuallng to half un hour on nomu of tlu linus , 1'huru seoiui to bo m > attempt made to run thu cars continun'.isly o'i a twenty imnutos suhu'tulo ' until m1Jiii < ; ht. The last eur on the I' rk avunue. limi loaves fhuopera house at 11:05 p.m. This is onuses , troquontly , the Uinturbauco In the opera honso in- the mill for the door before the performance clo c o' ' pi , ons who are trying lo caleU tlm last car. The right of the council to regulate the street car traQic is unquestioned. The city ha * an ordinance which requires a certain lived schedule. 11 must be on- forced. The rapid growth of Omaha has made the slivct railway company one of Ihe mo.t valuable private investments in the stale. II is yearly becoming more o. Prompt service and fair treatment are de manded by the public , required by the city ordinance , and will be compelled , if necessary , by Ihe proper authorities. We Must llnvo nolli. Wi > once more call thu atlenlion of Ihe cily council to the necessity of imme diate action in Iho matter of nn c ten- oioiiof tlio lire limits and llio creation of the special otlicc of building inspector. 15oth of the.so subjects demand prompt attention bccat'sn both are in the- line of MH'iiring a permanent and needed im provement in tlm character of our build ings and in the safely of our city. Speaking - ing plainly , Omahn will never catch up with her western rivals until n spirit of enterprise is forced upon some" of her mossback residents , and dollar clutching non-rosldunt property owners by the ordinances of the eity council. There arc scores of owners of lots who will wait till doomsdny before improving their property unless they arc compelled to keep up with tlio pro- co ion. Just as long MS cheap John shells and dangerous two-brick walls will pay handsome returns in the busi ness part of our city they will be eon- slrucled if the city authorities do not make such buildings impossible. It is an untortunato facl that no one can force another lo build if ho refuses to do so , or to tear down an old rookery as long : IH it does not endanger life and proper ty. I5nt the city does it.ire lite power lo compel the erection of safe and lire- proof buildings whenever a new one is decided upon , or an old one lorn down to make room for a successor. T.ho lime has como whcnthe ] ( ire limits should bo so oxlenucd as to make Omaha a city of bricks and not a mass of huddling wooden shells , Sooner or later the cen tral residence portion of tlic city must be included. For the present the pressing need is protection for our stores and warehouses and the millions of property which Ihoy cover. The same arguments apply to Iho qucs tion of building inspection by n compe tent man under a definite ordinance de fining his duties and enforcing compli ance with its provi-'ioiib on ( lie part of property ownor.s. A Sliiiulei' UcfiMoil. The railway organs who voice the in terests of the corporations in denouncing river improvements as piracy , have been making capital out of an alleged report of Major Sute.r of the river improvement commifsion. According lo tlio dis patcher Major Sutcr advised against any further expenditures for the improve ment of the Missouri , and expressed the opinion that the river never could be made navigable or of use for transporta tion purpose * . This opinion has been thrown at [ he public by Mr. Gould\s or gans all ftver tlio west as a final clincher and our people hare boon assured , that considering thu high source from which it ciimi ! , it should torovcr stopappropria. lions for the improvement of the Missouri. The Ban took occasion at once to de nounce the report as a palpable false hood and to refute the arguments on which it was based. Mr. Broatch , of Ibis city , who is a nunibur of the Missouri river commission , promptly asked an ex planation of Major Sutur and received tlin following reply : ST. 1/outs , Mo. , Nov. 31 , ISi'l. Dear Mr. Broitch : On loiurnliiK from a trip of In- bpectlnn down the .Mivils3lp | > I rlvor I found your nolo of loth enclosing clippings tioin IhcUniiih UIK : iiiul Ifcmlil. Kinm the gen eral tnuorof ( lie articles 1 conclude thai they icter to ft dispatch fioia Washington which w.is published. . In the St. Louis p.ipers ot No vember 13th. Tli'.s ' lispitVi rivoevlM-'ts from a report allowed to hive bean written ! > } me. recom- mi-iKllii. UIH dis > ! oitl millof ! tin sinorn- niL'iit Ilif'itsou ' tli'.1 ' Missouri liver , ami giving sundry reason ? therefore , I trait it Is need us for un to tell you dial I never wrous t'u toy irt In question , but as other people rit'uai to Imo luiiii dc& l\cd in thi ) m liter It m ut bj djiiiii I I Hit ) liy. I nuviir wrotu suili n ropoit and know ab- holurely nothing about It , So far as I a.n cimreriH'd the story Is made out ot whole cloth. Yours Very Truly , CIIA.S. It. SUTKK , Major of Kn im-crs , if S , A. This is plain language. The inlorosl- ing quo lion now is who forged Major Sntor's mime to a bo UH report whoso objcot was lo defeat continued improve ments of tlio Miysouri river. What rail way tool has manipulated Iho associated ppj-s in the interests of the great corpo. rations wha nro lighting river improve ments because Ihoy dread thu coinpuli- tion ot opun walunvaysr Suoh methods of warfare are familiar to thu railroad wreckers and jobbers , but the public ut largn will open its eyes when it under- htands how easily it can bu dueeivcd through forgud dlspivlohus and garbled reiwru in miifnctiirud to change senti ment and to block legislation unfavorable to the corporation kings. street is suflormij very much from f rough pavement and rough street crossings. There Is no question th-t many pooplu avoid the strout becausu the crossings are so rough. Something Linjht ; lo bu douo about the matter ut Diiee. Either an arrangonuwt ought to bumidu wilh liiu as hill people to ox lend tlielr pavemunt across thu intersec tions lo the gutter , or the council should iluoidu to lay asidu enough funds from the proceeds of the novt luvy to put in sinouth and subst-.iatiul ll.i { stone crossings - ings , i'arnum will uhv.iys bj our princi- pa strc.ct , but it should be made as at- ractivu as poasiblu In order to maintain present advantages for business , Govr.UNdic STONKUAK , the democratic oxcculivo of California , is reported to have suggested in a recent interview that the way to keep thu Chinese out of Cali fornia is to establish an immigrant com- mUsion , constituted like that in New York , ! iu said ; Lei California have an iinuil rutlon com mission similar , nmlUth like powers , tn Dial f New York at Cnstlo Onnlcn , and nol nnothor Mongol \ \ \ \ \ ! KJ ppimlttcil to Iniiil upon our shore * , ntdcsi he Is an ambassador , or some dignitary whoip tl lt isdeslrabli Rinl whose presence is needed at the capital of the nation. Let the commission be clothed v.-lth police mithmlty , nml otery steamer from the Orient will be compelled to anchor In the channel , will besiiriouiidcd by the proper aiitluirlllo- Chinesepasscnsers Mill not bo pcrmltled In land , and the owners ot tlm vessels bo compelled to teluin Ihe Celestials lo the llowcty kingdom fioiu \\hcnce they came. This would nol sohe the question in a day , a mouth , nor a year , but linlde of twenty yours the Mongol would be as scaico In California as Is now the Digger Indian. They lime no whes ; there " me" not II Uy Old HUM- children in the stale ; and 1C they are stopr-ed coming from China they soon will cease lo bo tioublcfoino In labor circles and nnl be a factor In over production. TiiKitn seems to bo Tin impression in Washington that Haynrd must go be cause bis appointments have embar rassed the administration. If the admin istration proposes to remove every source of embarrassment from Iho de partments Mr. Cleveland will pa s ; > very lonely winter in Washington. Tun Springfield , Mas ? . , Itiinl > li-tK , says that the fact Hint one of the calllo companies will have to remove tiftv-seven miles of wire fence from one county in Nebraska shows thn value of Ihe supreme court decision of fencing public lands. Tt KKtiv will bo ussaiilled all al eng the line on Thursday , and literally c-irved to pieces. The hostilities will bo short but decisive , and tint dieintegratiou com plete. f _ _ JACK Titos rand the Thanksgiving tur key put in t'.ioir appearance about thu same time I his year. I'AIMU. : : to Gladstone "Every tub on Us own bottom. " FHKSONAIiITIHS. There is a man in North C.irolina named Mote. Snow. Ills nelt'libors ivienot inliuor oChlin. King Tlierbaw , of Uiirmnh , has COO lvos , yet , as he leaves hnniu in order to lis'ht , he mu.st Ijo the boss. 1'jul Da Cltalllu will nsain RO lo the gorilla country , lie may succeed in discovering thu aboilglnal dude. "Adirondack' ' MuiT.iy will return from Canada 1o Hip United States. Ills Micclmr tlon piobably didn't lake. \V. S. tJllbfit , Ihe comic opeia writer , will spend Ihe winlcr in Kgypl. 'Tinafore'1 1ms not yet leached the laud of the Pharaohs. Senator Mahone , it Usaid , hasa fondness foraUeiultnc iut women shows. Uut , slr.iiiKc toielatc , he has never jcl been taken for A Hviui ; skeleton. A pretty cool proceeding tiiat of the Qaeou of Samoii to st'iid tliu puMdcnl a S.imoan hulyS dicjs , Klrdlc ami a bit ot fringe. His Hankering. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ; Gen. Butler hunkers for another session in congress , according to irresponsible ru mor. _ - _ "Wll * Soon Feel llonio iolc. 1'hiladelphia Record : Canon Farrar will soon want to go homo. The picture of him in the wood-cut newspapers will make him homesick. Projjresi in Vermont. Pitt sbnrg Commercial : Tlic first street car line in Vermont was completed in Hiirlington a few days ago. Vermont is learning of some modern improvements. s to IMcod llio Gas Coinpa. IlifS , The next session of the New York leg islature is likely to bo an expensive one for the gas companies , for it is said that Lhore are already twenty-live or thirty uhoap-gas bills ready for presentation upon the day of ii icmbhng. Last ses- JIOD'S quotations vvuiv $ ij. ) lor rural and # 1,200 tor city assemblymen. Blif AToii < ; \ - for Poor Philadolph'ui Record. If the Oregon lemoorats have m ule Mr. Hippie Mitcu- Mi's support in Washington the price of liis uloction over Mr. Lau.l.iulut Williams limy have puiil bi money for poor goods have acted with th i same - - : ) dness that the republicans disidnycd ivhen thuy invested in M.ihonu. Ittit'tho ivenigo politician is us much afraid of common sunsu and coiis'tsUmnv in dual- inic with an antagonist as a Digger In- Han is ot soap. TaklimTintr liy tlio Koroloolr. Sprinjjlield , ( Ma . ) Republican : The l > eoplo of Iowa ar taking time by the forelock and agitating for a reform ' ) lec- : ion law , which shall nnnlhh voting on illidavit ami shall cout.un a.lcrjualo pro- , 'isions tor registration bnforu the cities ) f the slate sh ill grow largo enough to naku the ghiri ig tr.iinl-i of Chicago aud . 'ineinnali possihlo. This is onijliillc- illy lliu sort of stitch in timu that naves lino. 'i'r.ilniiii ; , St Louis ( ilobo-Iomournt. ) The 'dua ' of iianual training as a part of education Is ; oed and its practical results hero and ilsnwhoro ha\o been admirable. The iind of "practicality" which is embraced n the Idea of manual tr.iinin Is not tha't t should turn out finished i > nd compo- out mechanics , but that the pupil should icqiiiru thu gronudworkof a sound niu- iliamoal education , uvun us other pupils miy acquire thoirroiiudworkof a lityrury iducatlon in the common schools I > olit of I'aoitloJtonils , Tlio Washington corrdspondent of the H. LouU Globe Doniocrat says : It lousn't ' follow beoiiusu jGon. Johnston' he Commissioner , recommends the Hoar ilan of funding the 1'acijio Railroad debt semi-annual payment extending over iixty years Unit tlui administration will 'oinmlt itself to that propoaition. The Joinouratio HOUSD last winter ratliur on k tlm view that this scheme wa too avorablo toward thu subiidi/.cd roads. jecrolnry Lamer was a member of the juuato commlttco which reported fn uvor of thu bill , but ho says that he does lot consider ho is bound or committed ty his signature to thu report , A sub- : ommittuu , co.nposod of Senators I'M- nunds , ( Jarlaud and Hoar , invostignteii ho Biibjeet and the oilier momburs joined n llio rojiort. Thu Secretary am } his wo assistants will take up the subject in i tow days and consider It thoroughly bo- ore deciding what thu policy of thu do- lurtmont shall bo in tlio nnittur of tbu uilroad debt. Prom what is known of ho assistant aocrftaries and of Mr. .amar'.s own views thu impression is ihUiinod that the hixty-yaar oxtansion chomo will bo coiisiditrud u policy too ibural , and will net by recommended , A MODEL REPORT , What the Hailway Commissioners S.r About Their Eecenl Junket , Something Ibr be Pcojilt * lo UP. ill anil The following is the rcnorl of the Ne braska railroad commissioner5 ! regarding their latest pleasure Ir.n , which look them over the Sious Oily & Pacific , and Fremont Klkhorn vV : MisJouri Vcllej railroad : To W. H. Liii lcy , E-i ] , general man ager Sionx City & Pacific railroad ami Fremont , Klkhoin & Missouri Valley railroad , Missouri Valley , Iowa Dear Sir : In accordance with si elion i ! of an act entitled an "act to provide a board of railroad commissioners , lo deliiie their dulics and to provide for their .salaries ; approved. March fi , 1SS5 , " the board of railroad commissioners made an inspection of the Sioux City A : Pacific railroad and the Fremont , l-'lkhorn A Missouri Valluy railroad and thoii brandies in Nebraska , commencing on the 20th , and completing it on the VMtli ol October. The boa n ! find that the road bed , tr.icks. culverts and bridges in good con dition , nearly one-half thu rails being steel , and thai .stud is being substituted for the iron originally laid in the eastern division of the linus , and thai in all ex tensions now made steel rails only are Used. The board reports Unit the depots. stockyards , sidetracks and crossings of your line arc , with hardly an exception , well constructed , neat , and ample for tliu accommodation of shippers and the public generally , and olVering tlic best taeUilics for btiMiiuss. Some complaints were made by ship pers of rough handling of freig'hts and c L > y eiti/.eiis of violations of the law nml thu rules of thu company , in the matter of obstructions of crossings which doubt - le--i having been mentioned to tlic agent at the points where such complaints were made , have already been remedied. At the stalinns hereinatt-.M1 ni'mtioncil. Ihe attention of the board wn called citizens ami town authorities , or ship pers , lo deficiencies in accommodations or management , and to rates claimed to be unjust or discriminative , and in each instance the board appends in recom- mondallon upon investigation , or in case where a formal investigation has not been had , submits the matter complained of for investigation and explanation of your company. At Kcnnurd complaint i ? made Unit the rates on coal are one dollar higher per ton than nt Hlair and Fremont. The board submits ihese complaint- ! tlio company for investigation and ex planation. At Boll Creek complajtu is made that Iho town and poslnlVice is named Arliug' ton , and Iho company has -o far neglect ed to change the name of the Hlation to correspond. The board recommends Iho company as soon ns practicable to make the change in the namu of the sta tion to correspond. At Hooper complaint is made by flic grocorymcii on L. U L. rates. 'It i.s claimed that the rate on tlmir is in cunts per 100 Ibs , which appears lo the commissioners - mis-sioners a fraction higher than the- distance t-irif ) ' . This complaint is sub mitted to the company for investigation and explanation. At , \ \ isiicr it is charged by grain deal ers lhal belter rales are given on grain lo Wayne and Wakofiold and other points of the C. , St P. , M. & O. railroad than at this point. At Atlanta Hi > board finds that in a rainy season the water backs up by the depot on the north side. They recom mend a , culvert oust of the depot build ing at a cross switch. Complain ! * tire made hero by shipper * of the rough handling of Ireighl. Tlio board recom mends the invcoligalion ot' this com plaint. At Pierce Ihe shippers complain of the charge of $5 per car for switching and transferring coal from the Union J'acilic railway at Norfojk and claim that it i.s exorbitant , making thu rate on coal from Norfolk , a distance of fourteen miles , from § 18 10 $ . * ! ) n ear. It seems to the board that Iho charge of 5 for switching is oxhorbitant , and the board ask for an explanation of this mutter. At Battle C''eek complaint is made that the rate on lime is US cents a barrel , and tliat it IP eight ccnlo moru than the" rate charged by them from Norfolk. This complaint we refer to the company for inviibtiffiition and explanation. It is also complained of that the rate nil coal from Norfolk is 11 cents per him- ilrod pounds. This is largely in excess ; > f the distance tariff rates published by Llio company At O.ikdafc shippers complain that the wino rate is charged on grain lo Chad- rou us is charged from Fremont , 10(5 ( miles di.stanl , and intervomng point. The board is unable to Iind any justifica tion for such rates Irom the tun IV sched ules in the ollico , and rctor the matter to ! ho company for investigation and ex planation. At Ni-ligh nnd other points on the road complaints are made that the rates to Jlmdron on corn and grain i.s a discrim- mition against the e points further dU- .ant. from Chadron. The board refon. these complaints to : ho company for investigation and re port. port.At O'Ncil tin ) same complaints are undo us at Noligh and ether points in egard lo lliu rales on corn and grain lo 'Jhadron. Al. Atkinson ( he board recommends the istuhlUhmunt of crossings on lliu main itrei'l , with approaches , and an extension > f tlie platform for thu accommodation jf iiasNiMignr trains. The board desires to express Its obliga tions for thu tucilitins extended its mem- > cr tor making thu examination : ind in- 'peetion ' required by lay , and tlm courte- ncis extended by ihuolllcnriiuiul employ c * > f your corporation. Dniii ) at Lincoln , Nebraska , this llth lay of November , 1SS5. K. P. Roi ( < ii.v : , WM. Lrunr , Commissimiors. il liy Gould. A recent dispatch from Topeka says : tunator T H. Plumb and Kx-tJovcrnor I'hom.i.s A. O.sborn , have roliirned Irom i biiwiness trip to Chicago , where they mvo bocn consnlUngjironilncnl railway nun in roforoncij to KuiiiaH Mr. P. 1) . Vrmonr , ropi iteming the Chicugo , Mil- vankco & St. Paul , said Ihut line would mild to the Missouri river within it year , onohingvSl , Joseph , Atuliismi , Leavon- vorth and Kansas Cily , and would with- iut doubt extend to Topeku. Ho said ho road wanted no subsidies , but would lomi ) into Kansas sw a nmitei ot bmi- icss. Mr. Hughctt. of the Chicago iV jortliwusle.ni , stated that his road would 10 forced into Kansas soon , us it mailer it protection to it-s interests. Mr R. It. lablc , of the Chicago , Rock Island & aoilio , expressed great interest in Kan- as , and wiiilu ho made no promises , lie enmed very favorably lmpres-.ud vyith hu idea of loading into the htutu by k-ay ot Topeka. Mr Potter , of thu Miicago , Uurlinglon and Quincy , stiid is compuny had made soronil .survoyn ute Kansas , mid was gtvinj ; the o\Um ion quosUuu duo considoration. His udgmunt wiii that the Hurliiiglon nnu lissouri river brunch might , with aitviin- iigo , bo extended from u hltfl CMoinl to lulo , through Hiawatha to Topoka. iessrs Plumb nd Osburn nro updy- | jg thesu ruitdtf with stutidtius of httus.is buslnoss , and , from information whir they are not at liberlj to make p'ibll they arc convinced that at least two i ( he loads named will be bitill into Kin SHS within a year , nml incntmilh all > them will rein h horn. Kiin a < i consi ; ored one of the beii lumber markets i the Union There will nMl l > e cigl ca-lcfn lines coneentralcd al K.m i City , and all lighting tor tinir.illi originating in Kansas and cairied ilici by two Kanns rood" . Could has ulrc.-id nntieipated the -iilualioii bj going aroun KaiiMi- City , bnilding into the iuti-rior i Kausa < - ami taking Ihe greater pin tion t the Inulo. The elVect of Ibis move on th part of Gould will be to drive other line into the sl-ite. s-eeuring increased faci itics for shipijing and an iinportant ri duclion in freight ral < s. AMERICA'S NORTHERN TERRI TORY. Tlio I'ni-cbiiHC of Alaska Xnt a l > m 'I'l'iitiiiu'tlon. A Catholic priest , ju ! < t reiuritcd froi Alaska , publishes in the St. Louis Ameri cfm ( llermniOa description of that fin away Urntory of the United States. " do not believe , " lie says , "Ihnt Ihe pm chase of this norlliern point of laud wa a poor bargain lor our people ; but , to th coulrarj- * . soon as we siialt have bei'i informed of all the natural resource * o this country ue. shall see Hint the Unitei Slates Inis made a voi'i profitable invest menl. On the ni'c-ision of n ] ) iiblic din ncr given in honor ot'm. . )1. Scwanl he was asked which ho considered Un mo.sl iinport.int act of his life. Wilhou he-iilatiim he replied : 'The purchase o Alaska ; but it will require two genera lions ; it len-t before it will be aiiprceia led. ' " "Tin- United Stales paid Russia $7,200 , 000 for the territory , or KMS than ' . ' cent per acre. Tlio purchase nt the lime ( t"li7 was ridiculed a- > 'Sewmdfolly , ' as Ihi Russo-Americii had been looked upon a1 the proper abode ot Ihe l < > qnimuu am his dog , the polar bear and -e.i lions , bu useless us ( In ; habitation of civ ili ' .ed man The climate , it vas believed , wax % o rig orotis thai the iiiick | ilver ol the thcr mometer stood pennaiiently below xcro nml the nights lasted sevenil monllis , it line , Unit Scwanl had piirehi'.M'd an im inunse icdu-rg. "It is singular that so little is general lv , known of a country to which publii attention has been called since Peter tin Gveal annexed il lo Russia , and , espcci ally , by the people of Ibis country , win have ovv ncd it for the last eighteen years One of thu curious features of this pur cha-c i.- , the facl that at the time ol Hit sale no report was made of the island ! belonging to the territory , and vyhicl have since proven Iho mo.-t prolitabli part of the bargain. These seal island- arc rocky elevations , in area ailogi-thei about the si/.u of tvyo Missouri counties , The St. Paul issixmijes widu and thirteen long , Hie St. Woorgc wideand lenloiiu ; . The government has leased lhco island' to the Alaska Commercial company , and has already received from this aourci alone more than Iwo-thirilsof the origin al purchase money to wit- Si.'i.OllO.OOl ) . Thu lease runs from 187(1 ( to l ' .Kl tvvenly years al a yearly rental of $10,0(10. ( In addition the company pays if- . ( ' > ( or every sualskin il cnuluros , ii sum which. with Iho renewal ot thu contract , will probably be increased , and as the num ber of Minis slaughtered annually does not .seem lo docrea-c the suppl\ , this bum , allowing Hie number taken lo he about 100.000 , swells tlm number lo a lundsome figure. "Many suppose that the-o M > aN mav be found anjvvlicrc along Ihe eoa ! Tliis i.s a nii < l.iKc , and in a do/.en trips up and down the whole lunglh oi the Bav of Sit- ka , one may louU in vain for one < > C these animals. Thu largest number arc found in the Miniumr season upon upon Ilic fog gy islands of St. Paul and St. ( icorgc , whore ihey oong regain b.v Ihe miliion'j. Here the quantity allowed by law is caught and their skins shipped to San Tranci co , whence Ihty are sent to IjOM- don to bu dyed ; iml lu'i-jiari'd for the mar ket. Those islands lie nl a considerable ilit-li < iico from the inainland The St Paul is I171 I miles , vest ol Sitku and J.OIIU mill s north of Sin ; FrancNco. "iieside-s thu seal , Alaska ccuit.iiiis ; i larf > c number of other fur imimiils Mich us llio varlouspecic > of foxes , lliu bea ver , the Siberian > ' ] uirrcl , the botir , wolf , imirlcn , i.iiiiii : and other. These ani mals conililiitc si rich source of iwuiiue lo tlio country. lnl ! its revenue i.s not confined to Iho fur ir.ide. Alaska is al ready colebralcif for its lislierios ul- tliough the iniliHlry has nol been largely ) iir.-.ued until within the past finv year-i. The s.tlniou caught on tincoa t are very in Iho wesicrn mrKol'- , and are X'ginnini ; lo be known in the eastern cities. The rolitnibia river salmon was on < f considered Ihe bi-.t but since the \isl.u ] ; viiinion have bi-en bronglit into ! oniji-tiliou ) the Columbian have du- ; lmeil in | iricc. From Dixou'.s untrnnei ) , in the southern line , lo the mouth of the 'hilcat river , large snlnion depots have ( eel ) isstabli-hcd from whieh thousaiul.s > f baird.s 01 salmon nro .shipped c.vny , 'u.tr. They are generally caught with a iet. In onu ol the depot- , recently visit- > d , it was learned the average yield was K)0 ) to a haul , bu.t as many as 1,700 Irnvo > een brought iislioru in u wingludr.ii ; . I'ho average weight iseven jinuiuN. JnriiiK the summur season lliu river i are .warunng . with fish. Large mmnlitios of odlish , troul , and oilier variutics aiv aught. In Killishoo Ihe herring are isod for tlm inunufiioiiiri' oJ oil and for mtniiiv. II can bu said , without cv.ig- Deration , that the rivers of Alaska con- ain fish enough to .supply the markets of Im world for years to como. "Tho immense forc-ts , for the mol art unexplored , premise to become an- ither highly valuable source of trade for Uiisku. livery wheio from Victoria to 'hilcat and Sitku the { -round ! H covered vilh fir lrco = , the larch , the oyprosn , and Ins valuable yellow cedar being most imnuroiih. The mines of Alaska , cv tooially the gold miiuts , arc ullructiiit > u ; oiii dual of attention jiiit now. l-'or omo yeai > milling along the Sitka river , mil In Iho vicinity of Ihe.funciiu , has i'on proven prolitalilc lJurliig the last vvolvc montiis gri'at efl'oit.s havt ! bunn nadi ) to explore the ( juiirtvuiiH near lilka. but priiicliinll upon Diuiplas slam ) , whoru may bo seen onu of ttu- argent I'l.imp mills in Iho world. The [ 'loiulvrull mine , which has been worked bout lliroo years , runs V.'O Pl.imiii rs nnd ortyeight conoDiitratorK day and nlghi U p'rcnunt : > r 0 tons ol on > nro Inuited per lay , valued ul from # to $ . , ' 5 per Ion. . 'ho mmrU is not of the richest quality , ml the rottof ivdiirtion i. small , leaving hainlsome profit to thu piopriuloi * 'ho nmoliines nro driven mostly by the iMtur power furni lii.'d by llm mountain K , and It is nnlculnlt d the cul l of odui tion dou- . not exceed -i-1 r > 0 pi r ton 'lie steiuiinr for San I-'ram-isi o has re icatcdly ihiiped | gold bars valued nl ) ) , ( ) ) , the prodiK-v oi'onu month's In- or The basin ol tlui Yukon nvor bus iti.-i-ivi.il coii.-ideralu ) ) attcntiuii from for homo time , and frmn already mtiflu it is bo- valuable mnu-s exist thcru. lint Iho rlnli-r beln moro ilgoioiiH than on thu east lliose mmi.i ) have not been so thor- ughly uxplorud. Resides gold , other i murals nru toinid In tu-arh every ortion of lliu -rtitory. t . Coal has also cini dlKcovurud. Thu rcvunuu o.iltiJi1 'orwin reci-ntlv brought the news Unit irgccoal lieliln extending back from 'ajic ' Liibon IIMI miles inland had been iscovirud. Thu coal iof Hm bust uaiitily , oaiiMiig llttlu .snuikc ami leuv- ig liltluaahcs. "The ipiiLstion of the dinmtc ii onu iut can not bo in pxnctlj answered us utt of California. It cnn not. however. u coniradiolud Unit the noitlii rn part of .hinkn bus an Arctic iium p'iKn ' * , but in lusKUthwcxtuni porllona I hitl > 'i mid \uuii \ tliu riiitttliurn wn.iit lliu uliiu-tto It milder than in Montana sml Idaho During Ihe last tiff , ) \i--u-i tinUussinns b-ivc taken the state of tin vvoatlior , nnd only ott fourteen occaionhns the ther- momi'tcr fallen below/oro at Silkn La l v\inlor was an extraordinary mild 'one , pie : iviiige : snov fall being only i ighl iiiclu < , and remaining only foi hhoit 1'ino ' on 1lio ground. "Alaska will nc.yc.r be of .my im po'Manco ' us an agricultural and stock ruling country. In soiiu- portions { it.ist. grow t well , iind dilVerent kinds of veicc tuld ( > s mo suecrssfnjlv cultivat > d. Km onlv in Miifilt quantities. Potatoes arc rai-ul. but gr.iin will nol ripen. " Some Hiilllon ( Inoago Ncvv According tn the osti males or Ihe director of the mint , there was Iil0.inioi)0 ) jrtjltl eoin nml } -i.2K ( ( ) { ) ' 000 silver coin in the United SuuosOcl. t. IHS | , making a total of . ' . .ftOrt.OOO. The " -old coinage for the pncodiprronr reached JT.tKM.Kil. and the oMtmutud prodiii'iion of gold in tlm United Stains Air 1S8-J was only $ : ! 0OiU > .OOl ) So it will he soon thai the coinage came clone upon the Jiecls ot the production. Tint rnlativo proportion of sliver coined lo silvc'.1 iiroduccd in tlie same periods was s 'JD.SM.S.fKiT ( of vvliicli8ni : ! , . ! .50 were silver dollars lo ? IOWO.Oi > 0-- leaving.- ! margin uncoined of over six- Icon millions The production of gold in the United Slah-.s .shows a 'toady dc- oivaxo suu-e 1 19 , when it wns ijlV'Ot ! , - JJliO , wiiilc thai ol silver is as great n * ov er. To allbrd an outlet toi our great sil ver production the national mints arc stamping il into dollars at the rate of $ ? , OOii.OOO a month. Thnt Hie icatler may appreciate how great is the falling oil in our gold pro auction il mav be stated the avenge annual production of gold in Iho Untied Slates Irom its discovery in C-iliforuia in IRIO lo 1S7. " ) , inclusive , was over fio.miO- 000 , or $ ' . ' 0,000,000 more than for the jear 1 :1. : The average annual production of all oilier countries for the same in : mil was ovur ! ? , T.VWiMW. ) ( l''rom tliiH u ap- jicui s that the products ol our am iteroiis minus for twenty-seven yours was but lilllc short ol half the worln's supply in th.it time , 'llm di-elinu of two-lifths in their output is therefore of the grcatist impoitanci. ' While we have " ; radually fallen behind our average in the matter of gold pro duction , we have as steadily and more rapidly increased our .supply of silver. in the years pet ween 181 ! ) nnd 187 , " ) the average annual production of silver in all other countries was iu l short of iM- ) 000,000 , whereas in tliu United State.- from the lime of the discovery of silver in 1S , " > ! > to 187. the average annual production was onb SltiiJJOOUO Since ihen the uvor.igo has risen lo OUT ? tOonoOl)0 ) annually , and the produc tion i.s now about $30,000,01)0 ) a your , or nearly hall that of the world , while our Kohl production has dropped liolow one- third of that of the world. The rapid increase in the production of silver and the steady fulling off in thai of gold , for which now uses are almost uaily found , accounts lor the continual advance in the value of the latter nnd the iteprocia tion of tlm former without any appeal .to tlm theories of limuicial expertor quacks. It may bo of great interest to slate , on tlic authority of a German statistician , Ihnl the production of gold for all con- tries since the discovery of America in 1102 to 187 , ' . was sUHiOS7l5 : : ! ! , and of silver during the tame period $11,1.7. ) , ' LMl.OIS n total of .flO.t-O'.VI''O.ai : ! In tliis total the United States is credited wilh ! ? ll'ni,0)0is. ( ) : ; Prom another source it i * learned that the domestic produc tion of Q\I\ \ \ and silver at the riulional mints and assay olliues since their organ- i/.ation in 17lft lo .Iiino ! t ( ) , 18-M , was $ irifiSi2o.ri ! , ot which iM.w.riori.j'jn was gold and $ yjl,070WI .silver. Ka * < y to ( id Murcloil. Professor ( iougn , in a recent lecliiro , sty : > - Anybody can marry. A man iuiy : be f < homely that the reflection of hi.s face would dint a now milu iian , but hu can marry. I know mi cranle creatures who have existed scores of jcurs and nil Ihi'i havu been able lo get wns to gi I imirried Down from thu flying years I have passed safti from uiipid'silnrN. 1 have met young Indies so eager to jot married Hint it kept them up niglils with male companions. 1 have been busii ! id ; by old maids , bombaided v\ith willows and ouillankud by book figonts "Ago ilnoh not wither nor custom stale" n man of my build , nnd 1 have to change mv boarding placa often.Vhnt I do nol know about love , courtship and tmtrriagu you need not look in the een iH of 18-U to Iind out. Itut I shall not lecturu 11)1011 ) those 'homos I jiavo marked thu ohb and flow of tn.sto in those multivi. . Them has been a run uu coHchmcii until good drivers beenn ese so scarcn thai llm canal bunts of our dis tracted cmmlr.Y worn rotting al their wharves and gildud horacshocs wore the fiishiormblo ador inenls ol our homo- ' . rhc.li the drain of our foreign nohlom loll our restaurants and b.irber.x suops without help. Afterwards the oocl.ney iliulo was in demand until llio Indies be I'lime iilliiolii'd to a cheaper Kind of dog with n string "Pity is nkiii to love , " mil women marry some very pitiable oh- iccLs. Weddings mid funurnlsnrc pnlsidu 'jy ' side in llio pnputvi , for they both ncltlo i man ' .s destiny lor paradise or perdition Thoru has been a fcloady ellbri in our ) rogros-ivu country to makii divorce ns insy ns marriage , but the luwvtuvi will ilwiiyw bu more uxponslvo t'litn the ireaehers. Young men , 1 have seen .ome happy mnrrnigort , nut thuy nru 'ounduil on respect and mutual litncss They vvure undertaken with morw calm .hought nnd prepnratlon than inoonllglit mil gum drops. Theru will be the HIIIIIII iiooullght alter you nro married , but a iimdl hoiisii and lot will cost yon com tl llio rmilm. IJncklu down to your , ludlcs nnd gel an n surod position In so ilel.y , n jiull in u political parly or an icoount at the bank , and then I will riiaraiilcu tliuru will bo girls loft ami .villing . lo marry. . . An Iniprovomcnl In Olllco. Avob-riin nltnohu of the lliMlon cm- oin IIOUMh. . > .i "TliD fivil-wirvicn ru- 'orm agitation bus greatly bi-iulll''d | thu vorkiiiginen in goinriimenl H urn- ) loy. Uilliln tlm hiM few veni-H the po- itical-ussossini'iil cell sclor fins become iv mihaiico ol tlm punt. Hu nuver shows in husi hero now , but vvhon I was young n the rii-rvici ) i havu sen tlio eontr bu iiin'iiiaii i.-oliu ) right up lo the desk of -li-rks and tal.u the monev from I linn HI hit most huainc.Ha-liko , c ild-blooded way muginahli' Cli-rk.i who did not or ruiihl nol contribute In came mnrl < od lien. Many of them were Hum of I irgu niniliiMnnd small salaries , nnd lhi > > felt hu ex.ielion Moymvly. Mill il vvas lolli-r o pav llinn to run tln < risk ol rniiMil | : If he u.vil-M-rvlcu law In.d douo noil-ing Ue , it would have justified itujf bj end- ng this uxiiction si A Word in S i Philadelphia C.dl : A c.iso has Just icon decided III Urn Now York court of ppunls which pos-tussi-3 ninny points of ni ro > t for HID people of thin oily A lerson was mjiiied In trying lo get o ; iv tivt our , the injury buiug caused b , ) a lie of .mow which this compuiy's plovv nd turned up beside lliu track. Tno iiry gavu the plainliil' ' .Jll and thu ompuny appealed. Thu court of up- enlssiiiitnins llu- verdict aud holdsth.it lie street companies nru ur.dur the H nnu bllgatioiiH with rcspuct to tlin ronuivnl f snow as aronwnurnof proin-rly udjom * ig u .sireol in it populous nil ) . Thu only Complexion Powder In ti n , r < rld that is without vnlg.u t. > . wiihiut ijm\v to llm user , nnd Without doubt 9 1,1 ,