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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 0 , 1890 , DAJIAr BE. _ riT iuJSU12D KVKHY ' MOKNING. OK hnlly nnil funilny , One Year. . , J0 ! 00 Hx tncntln . rhroo monlliH . . . . 2 Mi fimclny Iko , < > no Vi-nr . 200 Wrokly llu1 ! OiHLV'onr j . I 20 i OI'lTCiS llnnlui. Tin1 lice IlllllilliiK. until < Minim. Ciirni'r N Mini 2 > Uli Street' ? . Joiini'll Hint * . is 1'onrl Street. 'lilrnKO Ofllrp , Ml" C liamlmrof fomtnerco. VfcW York , 111. mnt lj.ll : iiiul l.'iTrllitinu Building. Viiblilngton. Dii : Fouituuntli SlicuU UOWlKSI'OJfnKNrB. All rf imniinlcnt.lons rolatlntf lo news and [ illlnr'nl nmiior should do ndilrus-ied to the Ullttirlnl lipjiartmcnt. llt'SINKSS rFTTEtl3. All liiihlni'f" ! Mturi and rom'tUnco * should ho mill rw cd loTliolloo I'ubl sutnir Company , Litimliii Drafts chocks tm'I jioilofllro orilois l < > lie imulo payable to the order of the Oum- tilny. Hiclkc Publishing Company , Proprietors. ri-c llco IS'Id'g ' , Knrnani nnd Hcvonteenth fits KPATKMK.Vr OK omcUI.AT.10N irot Nebraska , I . , County of Dmmlna. f < riivi > II , TxMjIitinld wrrofnry of The Hen tdili-lilrrr Cotiiiiriylni | ) ( > iwlciniily nvrarthnt "cliinlHn-ulntrnn of TMK ll.ui.v ! : ! for lie week pnflliu Airjust ' . ' , 1S ! I , was as follows : iniilllV.July -'i . - " ' MO loildfiV. July m . SI.S1I rue-Mi liy. July" ! ) . 10,121 Vidmwlny. .MilyJW . I9.48S luir ( lav. July III . l ! ' . ii : 'rliliiy. Aiiirtisi I . in.2ffJ utiililny , Augusts . 19H7 ( Avcrngo . iOiS7 : GKOIIOI : H. TysrnucK. Sworn to licforn mo iitvl subscribed In niv BN-HCIICO til's ' I'll liny nf Aiiunst. A. I ) . . I&'KJ. ; lm.M : , . | N. 1' . Fiir. : , Notary I'ubllo. UK.II > of Ncl-rnskn. I _ _ County o ( Douelns. I B Oioiwll. 'i'zwhuck , ht'lns duly sworn , ilo- > r.M'SiiinlH : y.stliitlio ; Is s""relary of The Hoe 'uliltsliliiL' Ceiiiipiiny. that thu actual nvorinto Inlly clrrulutlon of TIIK D.vn.v UKK for the Month of AunuM. IPKi , 1RV ( > I i.'optoH ! for Hp- ( Pir.hcr. KM ) . 18.710 copies , for Octnl-or , M.t.w copies for Novt'inbcr 18V ) , Hi.nn : coiimqj fe > r lpf ) cinbcr. I'S'.i , auMS roplos ! for January. ISiXi. IDA" , reinlcs ; for rolirunry I1) ) ! . IH.'C.I ceirili'i : for Starch. lf > 9) ) , 20,815 conk" : ; for April , IMH , 3)ii ) ; copies : fur Mn for . .lentW.n. . copies , for July , 1830 , fu.iTi'J copies. Uttnitni : II , TZWIIUCK. Sworn Id lioforo tno nnd Hii ! > srrlbod In my pri"i nco til's " (1 ( day of AiiKUHt , A. I ) . lf > 0n. ( KA r.J _ N. I' . KKII. . Notary 1'ulillo. Tin- : current of sonsntion and inniullin fenlimont ia temporarily turned toward ttcmmltir. As A cheap and ollcctivo moms ; of di- . ! { , Hio Block of fools , bridge jumping should bo oncounigcd. IT is neck and nock between South Jhnnhu und Ploronco 119 to which can produce the largest assortment ol munici pal sensations. TIIK ivnrtition of the "Krcutzer Bonnta" by the postal nuthorilies is the > wcotcst ih ory music over notircd into Iho ears of the fortunate publlshora. TUB stivte elcetion in Alnbuma was re markably peaceful. Partisanship was laid on the shelf and riff Idly guarded while the democrats rolled up the usual majority without opposition. . THIS National cordage company has Buccecded In floating iiftceii millions of fctouk and gobbling twenty factories with the proceeds. Federal and state laws do not discourage or cheek the gragpin umbitioif of combines. Tun periodical cscnno of the czar from nihilistic plotters was successfully uccompliBhcd. His majesty's saviors were immediately promoted and their successors may bo expected to "frus- f.rato" another devilish plot in duo time. TIIK activity of the railroads in the vest and northwest points to the exten sion of two more roads to the coast. The reorganized Manitoba system is being pushed over the mountains as rapidly ai jnon and means can do it , while the Union Pacillo is pushing southwest toward Lo < * Angeles at a stesidy pace. FOR the time being , patriotic Salva- dorhuis have lost all interest in the movements of the onomy. All energies pro directed toward the capture of Gua temala's ilbcal agent , who is hurrying homeward with two million dollars packed away in his grip. If the patriots Piiccoed in capturing the boodle , it is bo- liovcd the assaults of Guatemala will bo readily forgiven. Tnu constitutional convention of Mis sissippi , among its 115 delegates , will not contain a single colored man. The convention meets on the lilth of August , and its object is to devise some scheme by which the colored voter Will bo dls franchisod. About all that is necessary to accomplish this result is to increase the number of Kempcr county nigh riders. Ar/rHOi'nii Senator MePhorson of Kow .Torsov has been put , forward as the loader of the democratic opposition it : the semite to the tarllY bill , it is not to bo doubted that Mr. Carllslo has quite as much as ho to do with suggesting amendments and the arguments in sup port of them. Nobody needs to bo told that the Kentucky Bcnntor is the best equipped man on the democratic side of the house regarding the tariff , nnd the fact that ho is not the proclaimed lender in the tarllT debate is undoubtedly duo to his' ' recent entrance into that body. ] 5ut unquestionably his domocratlo col leagues nro not falling to avail thom- Folvcs of his judgment and counsel. Mr. MePhorson doubtless ranks next to Carllslo in his knowledge of tariff mat ters , but ho is not strong in debate. OITOSITION has developed in the house cotnmitteo on postofllcos and post roads to the bill providing for the ox- elusion of all lottery matter from the malls. Two members of the committee nro reported to object to the measure ou the ground that the proposed legislation is unconstitutional. It is quite possible there is something in this point , in view of the fact that the lottery at which the bill is especially aimed exists by virtue of the authority of a ttato exer cised under a constitutional provision of the stnto. At any rnto , the objection ought to receive the most careful atten tion of the best lawyers in congress before - fore the proposed measure becomes a law , blnco to adopt legislation that would not stand In the courts might have worse results than not to legislate at all on the subject. It would bo a very different matter , of courbo , if the lottery had no legal status , or existed by vlrtuo of an authority less than that of a state. Four ropublicansenalors Imvo had the courngo to vote against the majority of their party colleagues in favor of re ducing duties provided for in the pending - ing tnrlff bill on qorttiln articles in com mon use. Thcso senators represent west ern constituencies almost wholly com posed of afjrlcuUuml producers , and they have ntnplo assurance of the oppo sition of these people to the higher duties which the now tnrill bill pro poses to place on many manufactured ar ticles which nro absolutely necessary in every home. This revolt against in creasing the burden of tariff taxation did not begin a Any too teen , but there is yet time for it to accomplish a great deal of good if the republican senators who have inaugurated it will manfully hold their position in defense of the in terests and welfare of their constituents , which are in common with those of the great majority of the people of the entire - tire country. The attitude of the republicans of the west toward the tariff is not in doubt. It has been plainly and clearly defined in . the utterances of convention platforms and in the col umns of Iho newspapers that best rolled public opinion. The Nebraska republi can platform , though less specific than it should bo in order to represent the senti ment of a majority of the producers of thifl state , is distinctly adverse to higher duties. It says : "Wo favor a revision of the tariff in the interest of the pro ducer and laborer. The import duties on articles of common use should bo placed as low us is consistent with a protection of American institutions , " The republicans who gwo their approval to ' this resolution do not believe that an in crease of the average percentage of duties from forty-three to fifty-five par cent on nearly everything ia common use is in the interest of the prod'icor and laborer. The republicans of Minnesota , with moro directness , have declared their opposition to the McKlnley bill. \Vhorovor western republicans have given expression to their views on the tarlir they have distinctly indicated their hostility to higher duties. They believe that the repeated pledges nindo by the party in its national platforms to revise the tariff wore intended to mean that duties should be reduced. This is the interpretation of the promises of tho-party which the re publicans of the west have expected would control the eourno of the p.vrty on the tariff when it came into power , and they nro disappointed and dissatisfied that such is not the caso. The majority jirty ) : in congress can make no greater mistake than to disregard this feeling. Western rcpublicans'dosiro no tariff legislation that is not clearly consistent with an adequate protection of Amor- can industries and American labor. They are in favor of whatever is necessary to subserve the interests and promote the prosperity of both. But they do not bc- Uovotlmt a policy of this kind requires that industries which have become firmly established and highly profitable under the existing tariff shall bo" given the power to exact increased tribute from the people. The west has de manded and still demands a revision of the tariff , and it insists that it shall be downward and npt upward. In this western -country republicans are in har mony with the only rational nnd logical interpretation of the pledges of the party to the country , and urge the only policy which will not bo a mcmico to the btnbillty and potency of the party. TUB UXSKATJA'O OF JUIKCKIXHWUK. It is probable that the sent in the house of representatives hold by C. R. Ureckinrldgo , representing the Second district of Arkansas , will bo declared vacant. A resolution providing for this will accompany the report of the com mittee on elections upon the Clayton- Brockinridgo contested election case , and undoubtedly it will bo adopted. Thus one of the most remarkable and interesting cases of contest in the his tory of congress will bo disposed of in the only way that Booms just to the house and to the people of the district repre sented by Breckinridgo , whether right fully or not will never bo certainly de termined , the bullet of an assassin hav ing terminated n , contest that would have dibdoscd all the facts. Tito case is familiar to the public and is perhaps without a parallel in the bold ness of the frauds by which the election of Breckinridgo was effected and in the dastardly crimes that ensued from the efforts of the defeated candidate for con gress , Colonel Clayton , to investi gate the fraud. It is a matter of common knowledge that while Clayton was pursuing his in quiries for evidence with which to sup port his contest ho was assassinated. There could bo no reasonable doubt that this deliberate murder was committed by some one of those who were charged with stealing the ballot boxes and against whom Clayton was accumulating evidence , but noneof these portions .wore arrested. The local authorities made little or no effort to discover the crimi nals , and the stnto authorities attempted to do so without result. Subsequently a negro detective who was working up evidence of the election frauds was tnur- doroil and his murderer was dis charged without trial. Then one Bentley , suspected of * being one of the ballot-box thieves , w.w killed , , the im- prosaion being tint ho was negotiating to give ovldonco that would expose the guilty purtios , and this nutter wa ? not oven investigated by the authorities , who uppsnr to IMVO boon satisllod with the statement that Bentley was acci dentally shot by his brother , Another murder growing out of this election was that of llunjumin , a well known repub lican of Little R'J2k , and no effort lias boon made to discover his murderer , al though many parsons witnessed the crime. Such is the record of blood that fol lowed the last oloutlon in the Soeoml congress district of Arkansas , and which unquestionably was preceded by frauds of the boldest character. Nobody that Mr. Breckinrfdgo had any agency in or knowledge of the frauds , and lits worst enemy would not connect him in Iho remotest degree with the deeds of blood that ensued , but every fair minded man will acquiesce ia the decision that ho should not prollt by those crlmos. ifo declined to resign his scat and again appeal to the people , on the ground that such a course might bo regarded as a confession that ho did not feel that ho was justly entitled to his seat , and it Is conceivable that n. man conscious of his own Integrity would take this view , but the house has a duty to perform in defense of Us own ohnrnc- tor and in justice to the people of the district whom Mr , Breckinridgo does not represent politically , and its plain and only proper course is-to declare the scat hold by Mr. Breckinridgo to bo vacant and thus glvo the people of the Second Arkansas district another oppor tunity to determine whether they shall bo represented by a republican or a democrat. The right of the house to do this is unquestionable , and it is the ourso which rightand justice prescribe. The establishment of stockyards and packing houses in the neighborhood of San Francisco is looked upon by Califor- ninns as nn event second only to the dis covery of gold nt Sutor's Mill. Plain , ovorydny English is insufficient to express - press the joy of the residents. Copious slices of French and Chinese tongues , with a dash of the languid Spanish * tire thrown in to give a cosmopolitan color to native enthusiasm. The scheme is a "big thing. " It is the Napoleon of const industries , the missing link in the commercial chain which will weld the isles of the Pacific to California. The possibilities of the industry tire incalculable. Apart from Its vuluo as a home market for native products , a means of employment for labor and n convenient source of suu- plying the needs of Polynesian carnivals it will take high rank among Iho mod ern wonders of San Francisco. The metropolis of the coast justly boasts of its Chinese town , with its llu- cnt odors and cavernous alleys ; the rich breezes wafted over Seal Rocks ; the bawildoring beauties of Sutra's park , and the wonders of Iho Pioneer museum , but the collection was incom plete without a stockyard * . Supplying this long felt want is the crowning glory of Sin : Francisco , and completes a group of attractions where nature , art and science eomminj.'lo in democratic harmony. "Tho process of killing hogs at the rate of one a minute , " exclaims an enthusiastic art critic , "is considered a moro admirable spectacle than that of the Pittl palace or the Vatican library. " inu cunstriiuuuii auu upununm 01 icicntific tibbattoirs is an unmistakable sign of advancing civilization in the ox- remc west , and Omaha felicitates her self on having furnished the Moses to end the offspring of the Argonauts out of darkness into the high ronlmsof phys- cal and mental enjoyment. His name is 1'etor E. Her. I'ROMOTIXO IXSVIIUllDlffATlOX. The board of education should apply business methods to the affairs of our public schools. "Whon a largo cor poration appoints a superintendent or manager to conduct and supurviso its business ho is usually given full author ity to hire and discharge the ordinary employes and to recommend these who lire associated with him in the super vision of subordinates. The superintendent of our public schools should by rights bo hold re sponsible for the oindioncy of the teachers and conduct of the scholars. It would bo manifestly unreasonable to the superintendent responsible for incompetent or inoillciont teachers if ho has 110 voice in their selection. While the board very properly may make se lections from the teachers recommended by the superintendent , it is decidedly improper to override the super intcudcnt and elect teachers that have fulled to'rocoivo Ills recommendation. Such notion can not full to have a demoralizingolToct. . It promotes Insubordination and must have very inuoli the muno ollout upon the schools that a slmllnr cour.so would have should corporation ollluers employ mon in iliHrejjard of the wishes or recommendations of their mnuajjors. RAixncnv BKICIS is quietly at work laying his plans to capture the demo cratic presidential nomination. It is reported ho has secured control of a democratic newspaper in Indianapolis which will prosant his claims in taking colors lo the noosiors. It must bo con fessed that Brieo possesses in a marked degree all the qualifications for loading the democratic forlorn hops. Ho has a largo campaign bar'l. For busino-w as well as political purposes ho is a Now Yorker , and for senatorial and standard oil ends ho is un Ohionn. Thus ho com bines the essential elements to satisfy the eastern cry for a candidate from Now York , and placnto the demand for a western man. Uniting the two great factions , and fresh crowned with the wreaths of senatorial victory , Brice is really the only available man in the democratic camp. Tun flro escapes placed on business blocks In various portions of the elty nro rendered useless by the close- proximity of wires. Thisls particularly noticeable in the alloys , where they a re obstructed by electric wires and braces. In ease of lire or other accident in largo buildings requiring the lye of lire escapes , the oo- cupants would lly from one danger to certain death by contact with the light wires. The authorities should see to it that theho perilous obstructions are promptly removed. Tun proof of the pudding Is In the eating. Nobody can impose bogus but ter upon people used to the gilt-edge brand of the genuine product. The mer chants of Omaha know just exactly where they got the largest returns for their money in advertising and it is en tirely unnecessary to Invlto them to visit eneli other on Mondays to find out where the trade is drifting , and what Sunday paper has given them the larg est returns. The wldo-awako merchant can generally tell by his own business where it pays him best to advcrtlso his wares. THKUI : ought to bo no hesitancy in granting the request of the board of health for an appropriation of three thousand dollars. The members of the city council should co-oporato with the board in protecting the publlo health. It la of tlib utmost Importance that suf ficient means' bo placed at the disposal of the boarsCln order that prompt and effective measures bo taken to isolate cases of contagion nnd prevent the spread of dnngoro'i ' ? dhcasos , TilR pollc'o commission is steadily weeding puf , the incompetents on the force. Lmt the good work go on. Htlllni Ijotig I'elt.Vatit. . Nearly 4 ! > O.OOJ patents for mechanical pur poses have boon issued during the past 100 years , but not ono of them will prevent home body from nskltiff if It la hot enough for you , with the temperature l > 5 la the shade. Another .Stop Xcocssary. A'cio l'i > rl < Sitn. A Kansas tmn thinks ho ho has found a process for nukhif , ' twhio from sorghum. Now , If the department of agriculture could onlv find n process for making sorghum out of twine , nsrlculfuro could tc.ko a fresh start , Duiiu-liei'ktiinv. I'latl , The 'World-Herald cannot see It says It can't bovtlio Flnll , with its motto , can sup port Coiinrossuiiin Dorsoy. Thcro be strange things In this world , Mr. Illti-bcock. Now the Flnll ( . miiiot sco how nn English aping iluile , who droises like n llcnu Druinmcll , pronounces "ithn" nnd "nlihii" and bats bis r's In the head can Itavo such n strong atTec- titm for the funnel's and laboring classes. Possibly Mistah Hitchcock liad-ah some wel- atlvea that wen fulmms. Miov.-ln/r / Jtrt Colors. The Omaha World-Herald Is Just boiling over with sympathy for the dowa-troddca farmer , but it Isn't supporting tlio farmers' candidates for ofllco at an aliinnlng extent. It Is In favor of Hrynn , the democratic nominee , and opposed to Van Wyck , tlio alliance Candi da to for congress In the First district , nnd It throws cold water on the candidacy ofjO. M. Kern in this district. When tbc- lines of bat tle tire drawn \VorliMIcrald \ wilt bo found in the rear of the democratic column urging tlio boys to go forward.o ' o - A Curl isit.yol'tiio Uis Chicago / / ( 'nine ' The editor of ttio Huslness Chronicle learns from a St. Tamils scientist thnt tlio cattish in tlio Mississippi river near that city have de veloped abnormally largo pectoral llns , owing to tlio habit tlioy have Indulged in for several Kciiorutlons of mittli.g their hona.'i out of the steaming waters during tlio hot months of a St. Louis summer nnd fanning themselves with those llns. The story Is uu iutcrostini ; ono us showing tlio effect of environment on the process of evolution , hut it gives ono n poor opinion of the intdlitreneo of a St. Louis coming northward for a summer vacation. Many of. the people of St. Louis ciia't ' get away in June , July and August , but the cat tish can. Tell tlio o Truth. This is the way the prohibitionists speak the truth : The Wahoo Wasp says editor- ioly : "What will our anti-prohibition bowlers , who have been tolling us that both Iowa nnd Kansas have bt'cu goiiir { down bill during the lust ten years , do with tlio Into census returns turns } Dos Molnes , ! - , has mow than doubled its population la that time , a record not tnndo by a single eitj' of any importance in Nebraska. " Well , well ! Jv'ot ono , is it } Bless your phjlieadoancss , Ilucoa ! hnd ton yours nio 18,05 , populntiya.no\v 05,01)0 ) , moro thnn four times as many. Onmhu luul ten years ago ! ! 0,518 , now l.'i. OOo , four and a half times as many. Grand Island , 1/Yemont , Koitrnoy , TScat.rice , Hasting * , Nebraska City anil every other town of Importance has grown two to ilvo times of thu size of IBS ) . And the pro- Inbitlon howlers , like the birds that IrjJ'oul their own nests , decry their own state and proclaim to the world that no city has doubled its population , Go , yo liars , into the wilderness nml lo.irn to .spealc the truth from the wolves und Jackals. How Kansas 1'rosncrs. - Tiiictoi | Uepubltcan. A letter just received by us from agrooinciU.'v of the legislature of Nebraska says : "There is unite u prohibition fight going on here , and it is Rotting warmer all the time. In this part of the state , however , prohibition is not very strong , I do not think the prohibition amendment will carry this fall. Wo Imvo many speaker * from Kansas. They tell us prohibition works well there and has made the state very prosperous. " What line followers of Ananias ! Prohibi tion works well in Kansas 1 The unspeakable liars ! Prohibition bus inado Kansas pros perous ! The bottomless liars ! Prosperous under a mountain of mortgages ! Prosperous when our primipal growth is crops of political prostitutes , spies , spotters , In formers , detectives , corrupt ofUciiiH anil potty tyrants. There is not n spot on this continent where has been developed so much lentil tyranny pnd judicial depravity an In tho.stuto of Knn- s.is. And nt last "tho crest unto the crest" of violence and lawlessness lias boon reached in the open nnd avowed determination to nullify the constitution us our fathers made- it. In tlio "bright lexicon" of the ropub-pro- hib. party in Kansas "law" means the will ol Humphrey , ilrunk in Colorado if sobcr'iu Kansas , the will of Campbell , drunk and com pany witb harlots in Missouri , however pure in Kansas , the will of sleek nuJ oily Trout man as ho sits in the cool sluulo on a plcasanl salary , ilrawlng decrees of foreclosure ngnlast the farmers bolllug in the sun to pay Interest , the will of the fools , fanatics and' foxes every where this is "law" In tlio parlance of the ropub-prohlb. party , But the people of this state will soon unluudthclr shoulders of these devilish incubi and succnmbi , ASIC THEM TO KXPJ-.ATX THIS. E , Neb. , August ! . To the Kdltor of TIIK BEK : , Will you please iisksonioof our prohlbltloirfrlomls to explain the follow ing : i Bcntrico , with i her 14,033 population and eight licensed stiloons b > is bail ono cti.so of murder In throayeiiw , the one In which Car- sou ( colored ) , \vas alleged to have killed tt'est. Auburn , lliQooiinty soil of Netnahn coun ty , with l,5j.iiihibltmtand ! ) : no licensed sa loons , has h.id fluvoi'.i-iw of murder In the last two years , viz : The ono in which Skill- man klliod 'Williams ' ; second , the OHO in which Johnsoii'ltlUuilVeittn.in ' , anil third , ono in whlchai mu.ii was killed while burglar- I'lcnso nslc > Mioin to explain this , or stop holding upsnchcnsos as the Carson- West as the fruits of licensed Miloons. P. S. Auburn has had no license saloon for over three years , Mus. S.u.i.n : Toon. Will Marry u Turk. Nnw YOUK , August 5. fSneclal Telegram to TIIK BEK. ] The engagement is announced of Isaigi Boy , formerly connected with the Turkish legation In this country , to Miss Allco Jcnnoyf daughter of the niilllonniro of Hoston. The niuU'h hai been lone opposed by tno girl's parents anil correspondence be tween the two has been carried on clandes tinely , but recently thu parents consented and the. marrlugo will soon tulto place. A Testimony to BnlUliury. LO.VDOX , August 5. The emperor will pre sent a life-sized portrait of blmvclf to Bulls. bury on recognition of the marquis' aid In bringing about the Anglo-Gonnau agrooinciU. AM3IIVS O * ' TIIK XOitTltlVKST. N'olirnnkn. The formers' elevator at Holilrogo Is near- ItiK completion. The Custcr county fair will bo hold at Broken Bow September 0 to October U. An mitl-horso tblof society has been or ganized at Graf ton with twenty-six members. Dennis Cannon of Hebron defeated llcrt Ulnzcll of llclvldero In a hundred yard foot nice. nice.Thero There nro 5,0. > 3 children of school ago In Scward county D,0'J7 ' males nnd ' . ' ,910 fo- nmlca. A thirty-foot vein of magnesia has been discovered by a well digger eight mlloi north of Concord. The Western Farmers' Alliance Is tbonamo of n paper Just started at Mullen by Mary ft Cudobcc. A buy man's club has been formed at JIullcn , Hooker county. Tlio meetings nro held In a box cur. A small-sized cyclone tore down ablgcattlo shed belonging to Owen liros. , ncarStantun , but did no other damage. The old settlers' reunion will bo bold In the writ ' nt Falrmount August 2:5. General Vim \'v \ 'Vyck will deliver an address. Tlio fair usually held at Arnold , Custcr county , unmmllv , will not bo hem this year on account of tliu poor vegetable crops. Hock county has commenced unit against Drown county , from which the former was formed , for its share of the value of tuo old court house grounds , Klx saloonkeepers nt I1nlrburv have been sued bv Mrs. Llwlo tt'yjitt for f 1,030 damages for selling her husband liquor and rendering him unublo to support his.family. Tlio family of Joseph 1'holp.t , an Klmwood pilntcr , is being supported by the county. I'liulps loft town last spring and hns not been heard from since. Two burglars attempted to break Into the Statob.uiknt lilmwood , but were discovered by .1. II. CJreon , wno gave the alarm and scared tlio thieves away. Mrs. AVlllctt , mi aged Inily living near llyron , foil down thocolliii'stulrs and suffered n compound fracture of her nrm , the bono being driven through tlio llcsh and Into the iu-in pit. John Dcclnus , rosldlnp four miles south of liroltou Bow , was struck by lightning life otlior day , but still lives , 'I'ho bolt struck thu h.ick of ills bead nnd burned n furrow down Iho hair nnd crossed over the shoulder to the right breast nnd down on tlio right sido. passing down the right thigh and down to tlio foot , tearing the p.mts log open In its ciiurse , and toro nway part of the shoo on the right foot. The llcah was blistered all the way down the course of the current. The true story of a faitfiful dog comes from the west part of the county , says the Auburn 1'ost A man named Moron liv'lngnciir John son , wi'iit over into Johnson county to hull clover. Ilo was gene some time , and when ho ivtnrnoJ homo ho left the englno there , intending to bring it homo later. Upon his ruttirn ho missed ills dog , and as the animal dill not make his npp arnnco ho wus given up for lost. Thrco months niter Moron went to get Ills engine1 , when , to his surprise , hn found also his faithful dog , which hail re mained there beside his master's property all the time to watch it , and probably for airing nt night to keep himself from starving. The sagacious nnluial was overjoyed to sec his master and bo released from his long and pa- f Inti t vlfril lo\vn. A bicycle club has been formed nt Boono. A boat club has uecn formed by the young men of Clear Tsike. The immense grape crop iu the vicinity of Nnrwoo 1m * commenced to rot and may bo entirely destroyed. An artesian well , to furnish not less than 120,000 gallons of water a day , has been con- tr.ictcd for by the town of Washington. P. II. Sackctt , a Sanboru attorney , is among the missing. Ilo loaves a wife and family in straitened circumstances nnd credi tors mourn the loss of about . ? i,000. Mrs. Charlotte Parks of Hnrtwlck , 1'owe- sbiek county , was tlio other day sent to tlio insnno asylum at Mt. I'lcasnut. Her delu sion is that her husbaiul wants to poison hor. Mr. Parks is an exemplary young man and deeply fools thu blow of his wife's ' causeless madness. A young man , who registered nt the Con tra ! bouse , Charles City , as J , C. Kane , was urrestcd for stealing a horse and buggy be longing to J. B , Juijuist of Trenton , Minn. The theft was committed at Florenoovllle , Minn. Knno says his real name " is Guy Latta. Mr. Cullen , n resident of Iowa township , Dtilnujuo county , is 107 years old. Ilu lias used tobacco for ninety years. Ho now weighs between Id ) and 1UO pounds , nnd is so we.iK thnt it is ncecsf ury to inovo him in bed nnd has been so for the pist Ilvo years. His hair is silver groy , and though ho Is helpless , his voice is strong and ho rolutt1 * reminis- conso1) of suvonty-flvo years ago with uniin- paved memory. A man named Casper is under arrest at Boone for cruelly boating his wife. The couple bad parted , the woman going to live with friends in Madrid. Her husnand fol lowed and demanded S-00 as a bonus for leav ing her in peace , giving her the choice to cither pay the money or take n beating every day in the week. She roluscd to pay , whore- upoiijio gave her Iwating No. 1 , for \ \ hich ho languishes In tlio Donno Jail with excellent chances of leaving his wife in peace for some time to come. Hcyoiul ( lie Heckles , The salmon fishing season in Oregon lias dosed. The bun&ou's pack is estimated at Uf < 0,000 cases. The school census of Boise City , Idaho , shows 811 children ol school a e , an Increase of 111 over last year. .1.1) . FisUo , who was murdered nt Fivsno , Cain. , bad bis life insured far$05,00. ) und also carried an accident policy for $10,000. Charles D. Green , an inmate of the Stock ton , Oula. , insiiflo asylum , was strangled In death by his crazy cell mate named Frank Cure. .folin Onnnoii of Vallejo , Cal. . committed suicide In the presence of his fattier , mother and two sisters by shooting. Ill health was the causo. A vein of ere assaying 100 ounces in silver and 015 per win in lead has recently been de veloped near the summit of White Pine mountain in Nevada. Benjamin Dlanton lias been sentenced to imprisonment for llfo in the Washington peni tentiary for tlio intirdur of Thomas Click in Colfnx last Decombor. A recent hailstorm ntAlma , Cal. , exposed the fuel tant buts Ilvo in the green follugo of trees during the summer. The hailstones knocked a good many to tlio ground. Some sheep rnlscw tried to pasture a largo flock on the Port Kills reservation In Mon tana recently , but the grass was doctored with saltputru ono night and 400 dead sheep were found the next morning. Dallas , Ore , , claims to handle moro wool direct from the producer than any other city in tlio United States , Largo wagon loads comu to town every day , anil fi.OJO.ODO . pounds will uo handled this season. . S.V. . it. Jones , a wealthy farmer near Silom , Oro. , was buncoed out of over $5,0)0 ) in gold oy the old lottery ticket swindle . All bo ban to show for his money is a tin box and some Htoucs It contained. The sworn statements by the superintend ents filed with the county assessor at Virginia City. Nov. , Allow that thu total ere yleld.of thoComsUick lode mines during the quarter ended July no , 18W ) , aggregated SS.UOU tons , yielding $1WO,000 ! in bullion. A swarm of buttormos on the mountain rnngo near 1'laccrvillo , Cal. , settle about the springs nnd moist places so thickly that tcamstcra report that at times It is Impossi ble for them to sco their leader.- * , and that horses nro often scared by u sudden rise of largo masses of thuni , A short tlmo aii Edward Kogors and JII1- lorMcLuin , who rosldo on n ranch ilvo inllos west of Olympia , Wash. , on what is known us Mud Hay , an arm of I'ugot Hound , went out on n hunt. McL > nln spied n largo sized fcmulo cougar about .seven and one-half feet long , only about llfty yards uwiiy , rlso up from bohindnlog. Hollrod upon it , nnd It had no sooner fallen limn another fumalo cougar rose furiously from the snino pluco and sprang towards him. He fired and wounded her In the neck. The cougar sot up an un earthly yoll. Ahnwud Its teeth , rolled its eyes and crawled in amostsuvngo tiunncr. Then , with rmnnrkiililoBtrcMiijth , which only a innd- doncd brutocan ( sxhlblt , it sprang Into Iho i ulr toward Melanin. Mcfjula took steady uim i nt It with his rlllo nnd shot it dead while in the air. Ho then went to thu log and found four young cougar cubs , nnd on attempting to capture them they mudo for the brush. Ho succeeded in capturing ono beautiful little kitten. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL , The West Lincoln Packing' House Has a Har row Escape from Flames , SMOKE HOUSE AND CONTENTS DESTROYED riio Hcniiilns of John It , Clark In Id to Host \Vyuka C'oinolcry The July IJcntliUoll Clly NCWH Notes. LIXCOLX , Kob. , August fi , [ Special to Tun Br.K.l Lincoln cnino very near having nil- other disastrous llro toilny , and for n tlmo It looked ta though the West Lincoln pnc'.ilng liouso was about , to bo wiped out. At f > : 'M a. m. It was discovered that the building known is the smoke house of Iho packing establish ment , whcrohauunudsldomoatt nro cured , wns on llro nnd the local llro company wni called out. The most hcrolo efforts of the firemen were powerless and ono of tlio Lin coln companies was telephoned for. The steamer was rushed over to the suburb just in tlmo lo save the main building of the p.iok- Ing bouse. Tlio smolcu house and its contents were found to bo a blazing mass , and two or three times the flumes had been communi cated to the main building , only ten feet away. All the streams were brought to play upon the side of the blazing building nearest the packing house proper , nud finally the lat ter was saved. The sinoko bouso nnd its con tents were entirely consumed , entailing a loss of probably Ji"OCO , on which there was an in surance of only $ J,000 , injiiiAi.oi'jon.v n , CLAIIIC. The Interment of all that was inortnl of John It. Clark occurri'd \Vyuka cemetery this afternoon , and the ontlro city of Lincoln donned the robes of sorrow fir respect to his memory. All the banks wcro closed nt 1 p. in. , while the greater portion of other busi ness houses closed at 3 o'clock. The street cars were draped In mourning and the various Hags wcro lowered to half must. At no tlmo silico the death of n president has thcro been such a public exhibition of sorrow in Lincoln it tlio passing a way of n man who has endeared - doarod himself to bis folloiv-citizons. There wcro two funeral services hold , owing to Iho prostrated oomlitliSn of Airs. Clnrk , tlio lirst being at the late rosldonco of tlio deceased and the second at the grave. The obsofjuioa : it the homo were held nt It p. m. and wcro almost private in tliclr character , only the relatives and most intimnto friends of the family being invsont. Uev. K. II. Curtis , pastor of the Flint Presbyterian church , de livered a very appropriate funeral address , and wns followed by Hev. .1. T. linird of L-'lattsmoutli , to whoso pi-caching the do c-cased loved to listen nearly twenty years ago.The The remains reposed in n beautiful casket almost hidden under a wealth of lloral tilbules. Among the more conspicuous was u lovely ininnturu street car composed entirely ot ri'sos , which was contributed by the Lincoln street railway company. An liiiiiienso throng gathered near the home to follow the remains to the grave and listen to the burial services. Aiiiongtliescwero noticed the most prominent business and pro- fcviioiinl men of tlio rlty. A largo number of bankers from neighboring towns wcro also prosont. There wns n countless number of vehicles , and nearly nil the street c.ira . in the city were run down on Seventeenth street to transport free of charge all who wished to go to the cemetery. The attendance at the place of burial wns probably the largest uvor known at a funeral in Lincoln , 'J'ho grave was robbed of its repulsive features by a beautiful and wonclcrously wrought lloral bower , and the burial soamud nothing more than a sinking to rest on n couch ofroses. | A noi.n TIIKIT. Shortly before noon yesterday a thief nainod Charles Kuntson entered the rear of E , 11. Gutbriu'H harness shop , oa O near Fif teenth , nnd while the proprietor was talking to a customer lie slipped out with an armful of harness. Ilo wns discovered sneaking down the alloy by William Over , who rushed in and informed tJuthrio of the thoft. The proprietor gavochasoand followed ICuntson two miles to his homo In Relmont addition. 110 then hired a man to watch the place and rcp.iirod to the police lieaiUiunrlers to swear out a warrant and guide a policeman to the liomoof the thief. When iCui/tson / saw the copper in tlio distance ho lushed out of the bouso and managed to sccroto himself some- whuro among the ravines north of the city. Tlio ofilcor roimlnod In ambush , however , and about 9 o'clock no was rewarded for hla patience by seeing Kuntson como sneaking back. It was only the work of n few seconds to seize the thief and clap a pair of handcutTs on his wrists. The whole thing was done so quickly that ICuntson was a powerless pris oner before ho know It , and ho bawled like n baby , HiiAUi nr. ruMSii oxi : on HOTII ? .Tustico Foxworthy is pondering over the problem as to what ho shall do with Alfred Harrison and his son Ilarton. Yesterday Jluri-ison was tried before the Judge 011 the charge of cmntly boating the boy with a bar rel slave. The Judge reserved his decision until later , and Harrison , fearing this boded 111 for him , lllcd an Information against his win. charging ; him with hicorrigibility and asking that ho bo sent to the reform school. At1 p. in. today the Judge listened lo the tes timony of the father concerning the boy's badness. His honor is in a quandary as to whether it would bo Justice to each to punish both father andson. IIKATII KOI.I. nunixn JULY , The ninrumrystatisties of Lincoln during the month of .Inly show the following figures : Kumiiur of deaths , ! ( ) ; cholera iiifuntuin , ( I ; congestion of lungs , 1 ; summer complaint , 7 ; consumption , 1 ; Hright's disease of the kid neys , 1 ; cplleptio convulsions , ! ; heart dis- ttise , ! ; diphtheria , 3 ; organic disease of the brain , 2 ; violent death , 1 ; poisoned , 1 ; hciut failure , 1 ; measles , 1 ; paraivsli , 1 ; stillborn , 'J ; meningitis , 1 ; lack of vitality , U. Of these 40 persons. UU were males and IT females. Thirty-eight wcro white persons and iJ black. 1113 KX'UIIKNCI5 ( WITH INSUllANClf AdKNTH. Ambrose Eady tells in the district court a story about confidence insurance agents , Ambrose owned a beautiful residence In Hiuvlcy'a addition to Lincoln that was worth ? , f > UOlf it was worth a cent. A little over a year ago nn oily tongucd Insurance agent sought out J3ddy and pictured the dire ful condition ho would ho hi if his house should bo burned down. Kddy , therefore , wai mudo to hellcvo that his only success In llfo depended upon being heavily insured nnd ho was persuaded by ono agent after another to insure as follows : la Queen's Insurance- company of Liverpool , Kngland , fl.r , > ! K ) ; Gorman insurance company of l-'ivoport , $1 , ( ) ( ) ; ( Joriimn insurance , com pany of I'eoriu , f'J.O'JJ ; Fanners' iina Mer chants' Insurnm.-o company , $1,00(1 ( , On March 1(1 ( Eddy's liouso was burned to thu ground. The loss was n sovcro ono , but tiu checrod himself with the fact that ho had ? . > , f > 00 insurance money coining in. Ilo called on the insurance agents , but the agents man ifested a disposition not to pay him. Thu up shot of thu whole matter Is that thu Insurnnco money has not boon paid to Kddy and be , suspect ! ng that the companies wcro trying to beat him out ol it , toduy tined for thu whole amount duo from them. CITV NKW8 AST ) NOTHS , To Detcctlvu Pound Is duo Iho credit of capturing the forger , F. C. Hrobst , tit St. Louis. ICd IJnkor stole n watermelon from nn O street store lust evening and will pny for the Mima by languishing in the county Jail for nlnodnvs. ( .icorgo Kasinusscn sues his stepson , Lars Larson , u young man of twenty-oiio , lor ( ioT > . RHii.us3un : says that fMK ) of Ibis was money borrowed by Larson from different persons and which Kusmussou had to settle for him , being his security. James II. McNurtry hnscoinmcncod pro ceedings against John Siulelt to forccloso a nioitgago on a lot in I'rlncoton which the Gormuii bought from him. There Is only J'JO ' duo on the lot. Governor Thayer nud wife will go cist this week for tholr hciillh. Airs. C. H. Jones recovered her team and buggy toduy from K. W. Worthlngton through the decision of Judgn Stewart of the county wurt. Worthiiigton had sued .lonos for $1,000 for having him nrrnsted for u crlinu committed by his brother. WortliliiHlon ro- covcrod damages and the tuam and buggy were taken from Jones IM iiait payment. Mrs. Joi.ea objected , claiming that tliu outfit wes l.ers , und today abe made peed her Claim POLITICAL OIIOW C11CW. The accomplished ngrlouUurist anil farm ers' ' friend who presides over the doctrines of our csteomed doublo-doclied contemporary has recently visited Chicago. The Chicago Herald says that It found nlin in nn uphols tered chair In tlio Grand 1'aclllo rotuniln , nnd ho was gleefully tmstlng of the political outlook In Nebraska. Ho is quoted 119 saying that the farmers' nlltanro ticket would ' tnl nine republican to eno democratic ; vote , /id of course the democrats wcro sure to win thin year. U'hls confession , coining from his own lips , shows his sincerity for tlio nllliiuco nud his extreme solicitude , when nt home , for Iho oppressed farmers. The vorilnnt young editor has given the simp nway. The frnntlo nppcals for the farmers coining dismally from the columns of tlio double-docker arc only u decoy to stampede the farmers so the demo crats can have a chance to elect their con gressmen and stnto ticket. Genorrtl Weaver of Iowa says that ho ha * been invited to run for congress In two ills- trlcts in his stnto , Prom the nature of hl : visionary speeches In this stnto the past two inonthn it looks ns If bo would like a couploof _ . nominations tendered him from'Nebraska , mf Whenever there Is mi ofllco in sight , with-jr doubtful salary connected with It , there are always do/ens of patriots willing to saerlllco themselves for their country's pood. This proposition was proven hut night In the bcrnmblo to sco vho should bo chosen sccro tary of the state central committee. Mr. Boyd's ' readiness to bo sacrificed for democracy's sake will provoke unbounded enthusiasm In sloltcr-houso circles. If UioMcKlnloy bill passes , which raises the duty on linen CO per cent , soon the ma jor's hickoryshirt will bo universally adopted ns the imtloiml stylo. General Van Wyck Is billed tospoaknt Shelby , Polk county. As Shelby Is outside thu First congressional district the general ought to explain whether ho knows why the combination of Chnmborlaln , Dave Duller , and bis right bower. Hull , so-called master Cr. the grange , inado up with Burrows nt alli ance headquarters. Hurrows had charged the triplicate with attempts to brlho him with B , & M. money , and la his sympathy for the youthful nnd younger member call - him poor Cliiimberlain. Vet at the peoplo'.s % convention the triplicate untto with Uurrowrf , to nominate the ticket demanded bv the B. , < c M , When Major Watson satin bis chair lilst night presiding over the meeting of the stnto central committee It was evident to all who ' saw him that his features gave evidence of a man who was charged with grave responsi bilities. In nil of the seriousness that scorned to possess and envelope and liang lo him , a smile noiv nnd then stole over hli face , but it was not the smile of a dissembler. Of course ho was presiding for the first time In the new position by which ho had been honored by the * il.ltn f nnvnn ( Inn ho Irtimv tlinf. 11 nnmri'iitrn of great moment wns about under way and ho know nlso that to him In a great measure depended the success of the ticket. This would naturally make a conscientious man feel grave , but all this did not enter the mind of Iho ex-spoakor. What then weighed upon himl Why'John C. Watson , Jr. , urrivoil nt lis homo in Nebraska City Monday night , and the affairs of the Argentine Kopubllc wcro nothing compared to tlio ' 'doin'si ' which 10 had been to , " ns ArtemusVurd expressed t when Dotsy Jane had twins. Orlando Toft , the Cnss county statesman , was in Omaha yesterday , but ho did not iioininato a Cuss county man to any oftleo.nor was ho nominated for any. ' The signs of the zodiuo wcro not right. Mr. Kd Sizor of Lincoln , In sizing up tbr ; > oltical ! si Unit ion , gave it an his opinion thiu\ Jio treatment of Dave Butler by the nlli .voulu not give the Independent ticket ns nany votes as It would have otherwise re ceived. Mr. Slzor should remember thnt Butler has had it nil his own way from Kern and MdCciglmn down to Powers. The double decker was cnthiislnstlc in Its support of Grandpa Burrus , but it 1ms rolhing to say for Grandpa Powers. The reports thnt have reached us fiom Washington during the past six months to tlio effect that congress is about to tnhtm roccss seems to luck confirmation. In the meantime Congressman Council is ndvlsod Jiat all the garden seeds which ho sent to b' ' beloved constituents have grown and thcro Is a general demand for him to como nnd boo Lho garden. Ilo Is also reminded that Bryan , "Van Wyck and Colonel Todd of Cim county arc about to take the stump , and if congress cannot adjourn ho should excuse hiinsulf , There Is a hen on and something I : inandcd. , t.v IWXKST intii'JKirs Senator .Tones Drops n Dig Hell , bat it Is Hemmed to Him. Niw Yomc , August 5. [ Special Telegram toTiii ! lliii : . ] United States Senator Join's of Nevada loft Ids hotel hurriedly yesterday afternoon. He summoned a cab and placed three handbags on the sent by the side of the driver. Ono of the bags contained registered railroad bonds valued at { 15,551 , bc.sldoj hi i bank book nnd cheek book. On the way to the ferry he stopped to buy some cigars , and on ro-entorlng the can discovered that the satchel containing the treasure was missing The driver declared that ho did not know how the bag was lost , suggesting that It might have fallen on" the seat. The senator univo Ui police headquarters and reported his loss to Inspector IJyrnos , who sent out n general alarm nnd dispatched detectives in every ill rcction in search for the bonds. Late in the afternoon , an American express company driver cnmo lo the hotel with the missing satchel and restored the bonds , to the delight of Senator JOHCJ , who gave him $ J ( ) . The driver said ho found the bag in Fifth nvonuo under the wheels of n truck. The nppoarancu of the bug confirmed Iho driver's statement , ns it wns all cut to pieces , having been run over by several vehicles. Thu bonds were all in good condition. o A Now Deputy Comptroller , WADIIINOT'OX , August 5. [ Special Tol" gram to Tun Dm : , ] Uobort M , Nlx < * * s- Novvcastlc , Ind , , Is to bo appointed deputy comptroller of the currency , Mr. Nixon is about forty-two years of age. Ho was for a number of years a book merchant , hut has boon practicing law during the past docadu Ilo came to Washington last summer and up piled for the pluco , but It was only recently that ho was assuied ho would secure the : ii polntmciit , r OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST , COMPANY. Subscribed und flunrnntccd Capitol..I.WO.OOO I'nld In Capital xa-m Hnyu nnd soils slocks ' ) JwnilHi | i" ol'"H ' ; ] coinmorulal impon nx-n vc und oxufiitcj tni "r > < IH irunifnr num. t ami truMru of rorjioratMiw. tukoa chnMO of properly , col- 103t tllXCS. _ _ _ _ _ _ Omaha Loan &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner lOth encl Douglas St 1'nld | n Capital I ' Kiibscrlbcil und ( Inuriintrud Capital. . . . ! . Mubllltyof Btooklioldurs 2W,0X ( ) D 1'or Cunt Inlrrnit I'nldon Dcpo'jItH. THANK J. LANOi : . Oiwhler. OHlcois : A. U , Wyman. iirotldunl ; J. J * } lrov n , vli-e-presldcnt , W , T. Wyman , Iroiisiirur. Dlrootors : A. U. Wymnn , J.It. Mlllurd. J. J Ilroviii.Uiiy 0. IJirton , K. W , Nulu , TUum J.Klmball , Ucorii * U. Lak . "