THE OMAHA DAILY EEE/irYnmNESPAY : , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1890. lJU13LtSIIED KVKllY MOUN1NG. TKUMsWaUtlSCUll'TION , Tally mid Bnndny. Ono Ycnr . . . , $10 00 fix months . fi < W 1'lircp morilliH . 2 M fnmlny llre.Ono Yi-ar . B M AVcuhly Ilco. Ono Year. . 1 31 OITICK3J Omiriin , Tim } ! oo IluIIdliif , ' , KiiutliOiMiiliii , CornorN mid SCtli Streets. Council JUiiir * . 12 I'eiirl Hlrcot. ClilPiiitn Oflleo. HIT Ulmnilioror Oommo.rco. Now Vork.ltoonta ii.l : < and 1."i.Trlliu tin llulldlng WiiHliliiyton. Mi ; KourtciMitli HtieuU All rntnmiiiilculloiis rnlntlnz to now ntul nlltorliil mutter should bo ucltlriwsed to tliu Editorial Dcpiirttiiont , mtHiNKss MTTKIIS. ; All business St'ttcrsnnd ri'tnlttiitiCRi should tin addressed to Tlio lieu I'lilillsMtig C'oiiiimtiy , Omnliti. Drafts , uhocks ntul jiostolllco orders to Ijo imidu ] ) : yablu Ui the oruor of tno com- Jinny. Tiic lice Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tlio Ilco It'ld's. rarn.'itn iind Sovuntccntli Sts rWOHN S-TATT.MKNT OF UWUULATION. Etnloof Nebraska. I . . County of Doiidas. f "a Ooo. II. TzHchuck , xocrclarjr of The Hofl I'lifollslilnziotnimtiv , rlooSHoU'iiinlyswiMirtrint Hits iictuitl circulation of Tin : DAILY HEB for tlio week fnillnc August : i ) , 18'JO. wan us fol lows : Hundny. AiijrustZI . S2.FOO Jlmidav , Au < : tinl , " . > . 'Jl.-'ii TtiPiilny. AititunUM . 'Mr , V WuilriPMlny. AilKiml27 . U < 1 Thursday. Augustus . - " . H " > J'rldiiv. AusustMi . ' ! - > .4ni Saturday , August WJ . 20.KB Average . 2 1 Ul Oio. II. TJIKCIIUCK. Pworti to lioforn tno nnd milisorlbcd In tny prcR.'iico llilbJJUtli duv of August. A. I ) . . 1300. IBKAI..I N.I' . II'KII. , 2totnry I'libllo. Four IloiJixsotf troops have boon liaving u prnctico march. They are doubtless getting roaily for okl Chief lo llnlr'ri full campaign. Mil. McKinoiiAN and his mouth nliould bo encouraged to grantor activ ity. A general exhibition of both in- fcui'es a largely increased republican ma jority in the district. w that the president lias approved the joint resolution for an appropriation for the relief of the destitute in Olclu- homa , tlio le lnlaturo of that territory can prolong its session. AT Tribes Hill , N. Y. , u rinkorton floteotive was assaulted and badly beaten. Justice takes a slow and cir cuitous route to oven up , but she seems to got tboro with both foot. Tun national conforonuo of single tax clubs is in progress in Now York , but the reports of the convention leave the public in tlio dark as to whether those reformers pay taxes of any kind. Tin : invitation to the Chicago domoo- raoy to eomo into court will bo accepted voluntarily. Experience , hut ) taught the line workers to light shy of institutions which swell the party population at Joliet Tins reunion of the Nobr.isku Grand Army of the Elopublio now gathered at Grand Island , is proving a great success , but the sugar palace seems to bo the drawing card. Qrand Island citizens ' are nothing if not ontorprMui ' , . * - * " * IT soomsJlyU iXo Vnlparniso , Chili , mpH * -h.- attempted to saok the town , confiscated the National biscuit factory. The biscuits , however , wore thrown up in breastworks and the guns of the enemy could not penetrate them. OFKICIAT. . figures show that the num ber of foreclosures in prohibition Kan sas , for forty counties , averages twenty- ilvo to the county. The colonels who are talking about homo and native land should btudy these Hguros well. SOUTH DAKOTA 1ms three full fledged party tickets in the field , with a good prospect of a fourth before snow flies. Though young in years , tlio state poa- BOSSCS all { ho political elements neces sary to make a peppery campaign. Tim democrats carried Arkansas. The fact that they inaugurated u reign of terror , shot and pummoleil voters who did not agree with thoin , only makes it surprising that they wore willing to stop with thirty thousand majority. "With their night-riding methods the majority could as well as not have boon ono hundred thousand. HKNUY GIOIUIU : , the great single tax ndvocnto , after a long absence abroad , has returned homo to work out his poll tax. lie claims that his free trade speeches excited the inhabitants of Australia , and that single tax clubs fol lowed in his wake. Mr. George should hasten to the Second district in Ne braska and assist In 13111 MoKolghun's dodging campaign. SENATOR PADDOCK has talked an hour and a half oa the tariff Ho clearly stated the prime object of revis ion was to reduce taxes. But from the fact that a largo majority of the senators > tors have no such object in view , Mr. Paddock's hour and a half was merely Bwootnoss wasted on the desert atr. A few wostjrn senators favor a reduction on duties , but the other fellows BOO to it that nothing of the kind is done. SOME of the political cranka who have boon lot loose on the people see disaster to the country in foreign capital seeking investment hero. They would shut it out and look the country's gates ngainat the gold of Europe. This is the rankest upoclmon of political rot over exhibited on the stump. If these political farmers Imd their way they would doubtless shut out the millions of foreign money now being invested in America's surplus grain , cotton and moat. Pf < AN9 for congressional junkets after adjournment are developing. Among the number already proposed there is u painful absence of the annual Investiga tion of the Pacific railroads. For some mysterious reason these favorlto politl- rul junket routes hava boon overlooked. The omission is all the tuoro inexplica ble for the reason that tlio roads are in ( splendid shape to enlighten careworn statesman , and the commissary depart ment was never in bettor condition to docornto and stimulate the interior de partments of congressional bodies , Hut there is yet time to rectify the oversight , and give the popular lunch routes a show. CAX.WA XOT TO HE 10X011ED. The spirit of reciprocity la nil-pervad ing. While curtain statesmen are con centrating their attention upon the mar- cots of thi ) Houthorn continent , others nro equally anxious to effect inoro lull- matu trade relations with our northern neighbor. There Is iv deslro to solicit Canada to enter into the great scheme of rcclprocaftrado which is oxpaotod to afford our farmers and manufacturers tin outlet for their surplus products , and undoubtedly the people of the Do minion will bo given to understand , if they do not understand already , that this country is prepared to olTor them very favorable terms for a commercial arrangement that will bo mutually satis factory. The amendment to the tariff bill pro posed by Sonutor Sherman in in this di rection. It provides that whenever the president shall have otllcial information ot a deslro on the part of the Dominion government to enter into commercial arrangements with the United States that will result in the complete or partial ro- innvnl of the duties upon trade between Canada and the Unite ; ! States , ho shall appoint commlsdiimarj to confer with representatives of Canada regarding a method to off act the proposed object. A similar proposition has heretofore boon prosontoil In congrons , and though it lias encomiteriid opposition on tlio ground that the last reciprocity arrange ment with Canada was not to the advan tage of the United States , a contention which the facts do not sustain , such is the tendency in favor of reciprocity be tween tills country and all others In the western hemisphere , that undoubtedly the proposal regarding Canada will bo adopted. So far as Senator Sherman is concerned , lie is a very prominent advo cate of admitting Canada to considera tion in this particular , having not very long ago expressed tlio opinion that it was a question of only a few years whoa Canada would bo either commer cially or politically in the most intimate relations with the United Slates. It ia not questionable that there is n very consldurnblo sentiment in the Dominion in full sympathy with this view. Such being the situation , it is inter esting to note the present condition of trade between the United States and Canada. According to the reports of the bureau ol statistics of the treasury de partment for 18SO , this country exported to Canada merchandise valued , in round numbers , at thirty- eight million dollars , while the imports from Canada amounted to a little loss than forty-two million dollars. This shows a I ) ihineo of about four mil lion dollars ng.tlmt us , but as our experts - ports are not carefully recorded , there being no duties upon them , the statistics of the Canadian government are more trustworthy. Those show a largo bal ance of trade in our favor , amounting to nearly thirteen million dollars. The aggregate .vuluo of our trade with Canada in 183'J ' V.MS eighty million dollars lars , or 'twontv . .iuillionsgucator than * with -J-22iC the country of "South 'America with which wo have the largest commerce. In view of this and other obvious facts not loss important , there would sooni to bo excellent reasons why Canada should not bo ignored in consid ering a policy of commercial reciprocity with the countries of this hemisphere. fir DECISION. The secretary of the interior has ren dered n decision of vast importance to the mineral states of the west. The question involved thorightof land grant railroads to all mineral land within their respective grants. Despite the fact that congress oxeaptod "mineral land" from , the terms of the grants , the railroads maintained that the exception referred only to known mineral lands at the date of the passage of the law. In deciding the test case , brought up on np- peal by the Central P.vcilio railroad , the secretary holds that by the terms of the grant all mineral lands are excepted from its op3ration.whcthor or not known to bo of a mineral character at the date when the railroad company's rights at tached under the grant , if they are dis covered to bo mineral lands at any time before the issuance of a patent to the company or cortillcatton whore patont-is not required , in olloct tno decision gives the discoverer prior claim to mineral oral land , for which a patent had not boon issued to the railroad. It will settle - tlo a vast millibar ot like chums , involv ing mineral lands of incalculable value , especially in Montana , where the North ern Paeilic claims whole mining camps on the grounds that its rights attached the moment its land grant boundary was dotlnod. Apart from the Importance of the decision to minors , it will have the olloct of oxpaditlng the taking out of patents and subjecting hind grants to local taxation. A DOMINANT TENDENCY. The Now York Sun remarks that the dominant commercial tendency of our time is coalition , and it thinks the most interesting manifestation of tlio tend ency Is offered by the railroads. Wo have noted the remarkable progress that has boon made within a few years in railroad consolidation , promising to bring the entire railroad system of the country at no very remote date under the control of a few corporations , and our contemporary , also noting this movement , regards it as expedient. The Sun says there is nothing more probable than that in the very near future the Now York Central , with all Us magnitude , will bo only a link in a clmln , bearing the same proportion to tlio. whole that any ono of its own little links did to the present great line from BulTalo to Now York. It expresses tlio opinion that the consolidation of the Central with the Lake Shore is inev itable and cannot be much longer deferred , and it will bo followed , if it Is not preceded , by a coalition with the Chicago & Northwestern nnd Union Pacific , with the result of a single nnd continuous property from Now York to Puget sound. The Pennsylvania rail road is not likely to BOO an arrangement of this kind consummated without en deavoring to achieve an equal advantage by obtaining control of properties now Independent and antagonistic. The con solidation of the whole southern system U now projected with the probability of early accomplishment "Thoro will bo , perhaps , " says the Sun , " /our great transcontinental systems with transverse dependencies dependent upon the com petition with natural waterways nnd the necessity of draining tlio commerce of the centre of the continent and the south west to the gulf. Tlio shortest railroad to the longest haul by water will prevail against all other competition. " Circumstances certainly justify the forecast of the Sun , and it is undoubtedly correct In saying that the results will bo revolutionary and far-reaching , but it Is not so easy to agree with its opinion that the tendency it points out is expcdlont. On the contrary , there are very sound reasons for believing that it may bo pregnant with danger to the best inter ests of the country nnd the people. RXl'LUllATWX OF ALASKA. The development of Alaska in popula tion and trade within the past half a ( Io7.ou years has boon far inoro rapid than tlio most samruino could have antic ipated at the ttino this territory WAS purchased from Russia. The last report of the secretary ot the treasury states the volume of trade to bo not less than ton million dollars , and constantly grow ing. Gold , silver , load , zinc and other minerals are found in the territory , nnd many deposits - posits of coal. These sources of wealth have boon reached with comparatively little exploration , ana it is reasonable to suppose that what has boon discovered by no means represents the full riches of this really remarkable country. It is believed that in the unknown regions of Alaska tlioro may bo sources of wealth equal to any yet disclosed. Tlio proposal that this territory should bo thoroughly explored has boon discussed for aovoral years , and It is again bsing urged will ! a more favorable prospect of securing the required authority and appropria tion from congress. The plan of Gen eral Cuteheon , chairman of the military committee of the house , is to organize an expedition under the command of of ficers of the army , and to thoroughly equip it for the prosecution of a pro longed exploration from which would , bo obtained an accurate knowledge of the topography of tlio country , Us re sources and capabilities. It is slated that the secretary of war heartily approves the project , and so far as appears the military committee of the house takes a favorable view of it. Tlio proposed exploration may not bo ordered this year , because the present disposition in congress is not to incur any expenditures that can safely bo deferred , but reports from Washington regarding the matter warrant the opin ion that such an expedition will bo ordered at the next session , and that liberal provision will bo made fo.r it. Alaska has thus far boon.a' very profit able investment fortho government , and it is not to bo doubted that its yet un known resources will very.greatly In crease its value. THE August reduction of the public debt doe's not come up to the average , owing to the vast sums required to pay somi-annual interest on bonds and like obligations. But the figures do not rep resent the actual reduction. The sums withhold to pay for bonds called In should .ho properly credited to the total. When wo compare the public debt today with the amount at the close of the war , the marvelous recuperative powers of the nation may bo measured. In 1SGO the public debt reached its highest level , amounting to two and three- quarter billion dollars. Lass available cash in the treasury , the debt now amounts to eight hundred and seventy * live millions , a reduction in twenty-four years of ono billion eight hundred and ninety-eight million dollars. With the possible exception of the fiscal opera tion of Franco following the Pranco- Prussian war , no nation in the world can furnish a parallel for the financial strength of the United States. TIIKIU : is no danger that any school hoard will over attempt to pull down the high school building. Such talk is inoro gabble. The proposed onc'story brick structure in the roar of the high school will bo at best a temporary alTair. It will help to bridge over the dilemma in which the board finds itself now for want of accommodations for the primary grades of the Central school. The patrons of the Central school would cer tainty prefer to have their children quartered on the ground lloor of a building that is well ventilated and supplied with commodious exits than to have them climbing up three or four stories into the tower of tlio high school building. In duo time when the board is placed in position to purchase suitable grounds In the vicinity a largo and more substantial school house will bo erected. From a financial standpoint the temporary ary school house is more economic than renting some private residence or store and converting It into a school house at largo expense. N BUTTKItWOUTlI of Ohio , who la also general commissioner of the world's ' fair , is making a tour of the northwest , and in October will open the Spokane , Washington , exposition. As this exposition will bo the biggest given this year by any western state , including Montana , oldaho , Oregon and Washington , the Ohio congressman may conclude to settle the world's ' fair silo , and choose the whole northwest for It. While this would interfere a trifle with real estate spaculalors in Chicago , it might moot the hearty approval of the gentlemen and ladies who have indl- roetly followed Columbus. THE cold indifference which greets Dave Illll'a presidential boom in various sections of the country convinces his ad mirers that an early withdrawal is the only graceful thing to do. In considera tion of this sacrifice they nro willing to assist him to a sonatorshlp in 'Ol or ' 03. The country is not particular which horn of the dilemma David grasps , The presi dency nnd the senate are both beyond his reach. WiiKNtho contract for the interior finish of the city hull building is lot a specific date should bo fixed wlipn the building is to bo completed and ronuy ( or occupancy. No loop-hole should bo loft in this contract for the customary de lay. The conTntctor ( or Iho superstruc ture should bfjpflkcd In tno ribs and re minded that f/il / ctty Is losing $20,000 to $2-3,000 uyonrb > being kept out ot the building. Tljero Is no reason why this building Bhoulif iot bo ready for occu pancy by Utoi > 3nd of next year. It could and should bo finished by the first of July coimcllnion nnd ox-council- men Imagine , < Jhoy have earned promo tion to the .county board , and nro furtively watching Anderson's move ments. Tlio jatypr's disposition to rotlro peacefully to private llfo has boon hung up for the present , imd the great dis penser of parliamentary logic is in the "hands of his friends. " Unless ho ro- colvcs a loud and prolonged cnll to servo the dear people for another throe years , it is probable ho will try to naino his successor. But , conventions propose , tlio voters dispose. Tim disposition of the board of public works to secure permanent sidewalks is commendable , but there ia no excuse for piling up needless burdens on property > owners. Where plunk sidewalks nro In good repair and at grade , they should not bo disturbed. It Is time enough to order ponnunont walks when temporary walks nro worn out and require repairs. The Interests of property owners should not bo sacrificed to the greed of con tractors. Tim time has come for a vigorous en forcement of the law ngalnst reckless driving within the city limits. The record of accidents nnd death is sufficient > cient to spur the authorities to action. Pedestrians and the occupants of vehi cles are entitled to protection. The full penalties of the law should bo meted out to all persons guilty of fast driving on the public streets. Amen u long and dospjrato struggle the river and harbor conferees have reached an agreement and signed their report. So far ns can ba learned the cherished scow line was loft out. Un less an amendment can bo tacked on , the probabilities are that an extra session of congress will bo called to adjust this im portant matter. THE manholes of the county bastllo should bo looked after. The monthly board bill is liable to suffer a relapse if many more distinguished bpardors es cape. > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in ? tiua xt > n ir Groeloy Center .wauls a food system of waterworks. ' The Burtcountyse.it election will bo held September 8. ' Tlio contract for ho now school building at Drnikhnw has beenlot , for S,500. U. ho Ouster county republican convention will bo held ut IJrokeu Bow , September 12. The BlootnlnRtoiiiroller mills are compelled to run night and day to supply the demand. Pairbury buildera have boon awarded the contrnot to build n now Preibyterian church at Hebron to cost # ) ,000. The South Side business men's union of Kouth Sioux Cilv has Incorporated with u capital stock of $1,000,000. Worlc on the Pacific Short Line elevator nt Jackson has bpen commenced. It will Have a capacity of 10,01)0 ) bushels. A little daughtocof Mr. Anderson. HvlnR near lloldrcgc , was BO budly scalded the olhur day that she died in n few hours. Tlio voters of Perkins county will probably be ( 'lvcn an opportunity thin fall of deciding on the advisability of township organization. A reward lias been otlored for the arrest of Alonzo Moore imd John Hove ; of Nebraska City who skipped towu with a team that had bec'ii mortgagee ! . Box car thieves are working nt their trade in PlatUrnouth. A small boy discovered sonio of thuir booty hid In the weeds aud turned the stult over to the railroad agent. Tlio You\\K Men's Christian association of North Plutto will shortly have quarters In the Keith block , on the corner of Front nnd Spruce streets. The Union Pacific -company assists in tbo expense of establishing the af fair to the amount of $1,000. Hebron will bo the sconce of n grand re union of the old soldiers of Thuyer and ad- joiulnp counties September 80 and October 1 , J and a. The lirst day will bo given to the old settlers of that county , who have pojt- poncd to that date their picnic , -which was to have been held August" ! . In Webster county , near Cowles , there Is a farmer who has grown rich this year raising onions. Hu dammed up the creek nnd irri gated ten acres of this fragrant fruit , and as n result has -,000 bushels and they nro sell- inpr In the market at ? I.2G per bushel. He will luivo a net prollt of $3X ( > 0 for bis sum mer's work. Iowa. The Forest City flax palnco is rapidly nearing - ing completion. Hogs uro dying In Audubon county from a fever entirely ililtorent from cholera. Bert Boon is under arrast nt Hock Rapids for selling liquor without a government license. John Silur , a tramp , forpod the nuinoof Gcorgo Martin of Manning to a uoto for $03 and is now in Jail awaiting trial. \Vhilo digging in his garden the other day a Muscatlno man dug up n nest of tmnkcs con taining ( thirteen reptiles uaud twelve ejjgs , ready to hatch. Mrs. R. II. Allen of Early , Sac county , drank a quantity of embalming lluld the other day with fatal effect. Despondency over the approaching birth of her child is the cause assigned. About a year nso "Dr. J. O'Bricn. V. S. , " arrived at Central City , rented an old barn and put out a shingle bearing the legend. Ho aid quito n flourishing business apparently , generally having from four to six diseased horses In the barn , In which , lately , ho has lived , slept nnd taken his meals , doing Ills own "housework. " Latterly ho has shown symptoms of insanity , not really of a dan gerous character , only as related to his treat ment of horses , sc'cuiiiig possessed of the idea that most of them'hdd the glanders and that lie was empowered'to ' shoot them. Several owners of norses'wero obliged to drive them off their promises'.Wkcap him from shooting them. Ho told marvelous stories , saying that his father was president of the Hank of Kng- Innd , that holmil.&iOS.OOO deposited there and 850,000 in Cedar Ifcif'tus ; that the \VupsIo volley - loy belonged to him nnd was known as "O'Brien's doinijiqns. | " Also that ho was postofllco inspoctoiv'h government detective and finally thnt.bpf was president of the United States. 'Jn6 demented man has boon talten to Marioni/frpm / whence ho will bo sent to the Independence asylum , While clearing up-tho imorior of the old court house at , IuI > uquo workmen c.ituo auross a grim and vastly rollu of the early days whoa vlolun'f [ vras common In tbo rough mining country around Diibuquc. It was found stored awuy'Kti u dark corner of tha attic , covered with ( lust und grime. It is a tall pillar , across tlio top of which runs n cross bar. In the end of the bar nro cut deep notches for a ropo. It is a gullows , Two murilorctti paid the penalty of their crimes upon it. The beams will bo cut up into canes mid will be carried by the county oftlduls. The Kookuk Uato City , uuuat the wolf killing episode In that city the other day , says : ' 'A ' gentleman suggested to n reporter last evening that U would bu unsafe for uhlUlren to bo upon thastreots until the tall weeds wore cut nlong tin sidewalks. A wolf win killed on ono of tha principal stivots the other day , nnd thcro is danger of them lurk ing la the woods and springing out upon the unsuspecting mid unprotected children. If fear of wolves will laduea the citizens to harvest their lit xurltint croni of wojili , the coyote killed by Air. OldJiiburg , Sundaywill not have lived and died In vain. " Wyoming and Colorado. Never In the Ulstary of Aspen , Col. , hoa thcro boon so many brtok buildings In courao of erection M nt present. Fret ) gold has recently boon found lu llont jilukodup near WesUjlirf , Uol. , and parties nro now prospecting for the lead. Lightning struck n band of sheep belonging to Li. Sutulcrlin of Klk mountains , Wyoming , ami killed eighty-throe head of the animals. The body of an unknown mnn , horribly innnpli'd , wan found on the railroad truck near 1'ercy , Wyo. , and It was buried without being Identified. Thi ) McMullon bismuth claim at Cumminps , Wyo. , Is bolng actively worked and good re- Milts nro promised. The claim Is bcllevud to ba nn unusually valuable ono. The coal shipments from Newcastle have now reached slxty-thrco car loads per day , uml the superintendent Is confident that ho can by January 1 increase the output to 100 curs. curs.Chcycnno is so crowded that n number of ineelianles In the Union Pnclllo shops are forced to Ilvo in shacks which they have erected for temporary use until they uau se cure houses. Charles Wilson , while attempting to jump between tha cars as un extra oast-bound train started to pull out of Carter station , Wyo. . fell under the wheels and had his left leg cut olT. Ho wns taken to Green Klvor and tiled the ucxt morning. Ills homo la at Detroit , Mich. The San Luis land , canal and Improvement comp.my of Al.tmosit , Col. , Is preparing to go Into farming next year on a large scale , it will have fully7,50U acres cleared and plowed this full that will bo put In wheat next .spring , Some of the very Jlncstwho.it ( frown In the valley this year was under the San Luis canal , While the buy crop , says the Larutnto Ho- publican , owing to the drouth In the e.irly slimmer months , w.v not so heavy as usual this year , ranchmen say that the ho ivy raltn this month luivo started the grass to growing so that unless It is killed bv severe frosts there will bo plenty of feed to last through until spring. Charles Pnrlwr , the desperado who robbed Paymaster Hash of a satchel containing $75,000 at Antelope Springs two years njro , was detected in nn attempt to a-tcupo from the government penitentiary ut Larainle a few days ago. Ho had tunnelled several feet in the ground underneath his cell , and had hi ! work not boon discovered ho would no doubt soon Imvo made n break for liberty. Miss Mary "Wright of Lnramie , candidate on the republican ticket for county superin tendent of public instruction , was severely Injured a number of days ago and hua slnco been unable to leave her room. While passIng - Ing through a iloor her dross was in somu way caught , throwing her down and dislocat ing her hip. She Is recovering slowly , but It will bo some time beforo'sho U sulUcicntly re covered to bo ublo to go out of doors. liruco Edwards imd Mamie Bigger olopcd from BoulUer , CoL , and wore duly cemented Into ono. When they returned to receive forgiveness and the "old man's" blessing thov were repulsed and told to go into the cold world nnd die : but this Mr. and Mrs. Bigger refused to uo and now Blgiror Is tak ing daily lessons with his target gun at a postage stamp ! ! 00 yards away , as ho swears by nil the Homau gods who ever wrote wretched ptiilosophy that ho will murder Ed wards at sight. KING OF isNCYcijorKDiAS Ami tlio Monarch of the Daily Papers. C\Vo mean Tin : OMVII.V Btn , of course. Ex cuse this apparently superfluous explanation but some folks who read this may bo strang ers , not acquainted with the Institutions of the great west. ) The cnclyclopajdia complete and TUB OMA HA Biu : , dally , Sundays Included , for a year. How much fpr the twol Guess. You know what Tit n DULY Bun. costs , 5 cents a day nnd 5 cents every Sunday. That makes SIS.'J. ) a year. 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Take a pencil and a bit of paper and Jlguro out for yourself tbo sort of offer wo nro making you. You know what THE OMAHA Bnis is , But you don't know what the Americanized Encyclopaedia Britunnica is yet , That's what wo are going to explain to you. The original Encyclopaedia Brltannlca Is the standard work of reference of the English speaking world. Its articles in every depait mentof science , history and lltor.ituro repre sent the thoughts and discoveries of the most famous men of all nations. The cost of it ? preparation was considerably over u million dollars. It is a monumental work , accosted as the authority by all students nnd literary men. It la on the shelves of every publio library , and In hundreds of thousands of homos ; and for every person who owns it them are probably live others who don't ' own It , only because it costs so much that they can't afford to buy it. lint * lin IT n/itr lAnrw1tn TJ * 11 oi n I * - < ! lifter * 1n _ > - y j , . fects. It wns compiled In England , lor the .special USQ of Englishmen , and quito naturally therefore it devotes n great deal of space to subjects of interest to Englishmen exclu sively , nnd comparatively llttlo space to many matters about which Americans care a good deal. AH English county hn in o ro said about it than nn Ameri can state. An English king gets columns of biography , while nn American president has only a few lines of mention. Plymouth , Colchester and Tcignmouth nro told about exhaustively , while Oshkosh , Kill- ninnzoo nnd Tacoina are dismissed with a few particulars of location anil population. Tins is all very well for Englishmen , but it some times mnkcs un American swear or feel like swearing , anyhow. Anotner trouble is that the plan of the Encyclopaedia Britunnica excludes biogra phies of living people. A man has got to tiio before the Encyclopaedia Britannica will take any uotico of him. And quite a number of persons about whoo lives Americans would like to know something have decided not to die yet awhile , not even for the sake of being mentioned in nn English Encyclopaedia. This also provokes outbreaks of profanity. The publishers of the Americanized Kncyc- lop.i'diu Hritaimicu have remedied nil this. Taking the Encyclopaedia Britannica ns a basis and preserving intact nil the scientitlc , historical , biographical und other articles oa equally interest ing to both Englishmen nnd Americans , they have had re-written uy n compotcnt staff of qualified writers all the nrtlclM of special interest to Englishmen , ns well as those of special interest to Americans ; reducing llrst within reasonable llmlu and expanding the second to embrace the fullest details. They have also aadedncompletosoriei of biographies of prominent living men und women nnd ninety-six iluely executed mar" , Including a now map of every state of the union. And they have brought every article in the entire work down to the pimont year 1SOO. The result is the Americanized Encyc lopaedia Britnnnlca , u work which combines all of the advantages of the latest English edition , with those of a distinctively Ameri can library of refcrcnco. It Is a monument of enterprise , Ingenuity , learning and ro- search. Can you afford to bo without It ! You know boat , of oouno , but wo don't think you can. can.Our representative will cull on you shortly ; or if you would like to have him call at oiiuo , a postal card to 113 will bring him. Eight cents und a trifle more than a fifth of a cunt dnllv. Put that by , and taking one mouth with another , it will nmount to $ _ J.M ) u month , or $30 a year. And for that $ " 10 , paid in monthly instalment ? of $3.GO each , wo will furnish you with a complete sot of the Americanized Encyclopiudla Britatinlca , In ten volumes , and tlio DAILY UBB every ay. Including Sundays , for a year. Both delivered nt your houso. You won't have to do nny waiting , cither , Wo nttond to the waiting part of the transac tion. When you tuaUo your llrst payment of f-.fifl , you got ihe llwt Ilvo volumes of the En cyclopaediathov have Just coma oft the ress ; and thu delivery of Tnu UULT UEB be gins next day. Withlu four mouths after- wnra you will receive the romnlnlns flvo vol umes of the EticjTloiwdln , which arc now al most ready for minting. ( Jood thing , Isn't ' UI Ahl but you don't begin to ronllto how gooil It Is. You know TUB Urn , of couno , o wo needn't ny any thing about It. Uut you don't ' know the Americanized Enoyelopiuilla llrllannlca , nnd that's Just the reason why wo want to tell you nil about lu Maybe you think it w nn Encyclopirdla like the other Encyclopedias I Dead wrong. It isn't ' an ) thing of the sort. Audit Isn't nro- prlnt of the Encyclopivdla llrltnnnlcn , olthor. It Is Mil ROtiorl'i ; that'u Latin for ono of n kind not much use in n prn.iio of cards , but a mighty good thing lu a library. Unique , you umiersliitul I Ever hear of the Belford-ClnrJto company of Chicago J Big publishing house , ' ou know. Full of western enterprise and energy. Al ways looking round for things Unit don't ex ist , but ought to , nnd brincliiK them Into ex istence. That's the way thli western coun try grows. Well , tlio Belford-Clavko com pany have taken the Eneycloiwdla Ilrltniml- ea , pulled it to pieces and put It together .again in such such style as to make it the host and most complete library of unlvorsU refer ence for American use that money can buy today. And Hint's ' the work the American Encyclopaedia Brltnnutcn that , wo propose to give you with Tin : OM via lir.n , Uiuly nnd Sundays for ono year , in return for your twelve monthly Inst-ulmcntiof S..KU often. About which do you want tha most com plete Information , the city of Horwlch. In England , or the city of Omaha In the United Statesl The county of Sutherland , ! ! ! Scotland or the sttito of Nebraska J The most noblotho innrquls of Daodlctou , lord lieutenant of Vcn- shiri' , or plain Hcnjmnin Harrijon , invsldent of the United States. Hunt these up in the original Encyclopedia ndtnmilca und you will llnd pages duvotcd to the English subjects and lines or words to the American. Then turn to the Amorlfiuiizod Encyclopaedia llrltiumloaand thu whole system is reversed ; the muttora that interest American * are treated at full length , while subjects exclusively English about which IK)3I' ) ' ' ) ' . > Americans out , of every 1.000,000 care Just nothing1 at all , are proportionately tionately < : ufc down. That's where the . Americanized" conies In. Scot Something new. The Encyclopaedia Tlrlt- nnnicncontains no biographies of living people ple the "plan of the work" excludes that sort of thing. The Americanized edition gives the biography nf every noted man liv ing nnd especially of every noted living American , down to the present year. Anything moral Well , yes , the maps. Ninety-six of thorn , Including now maps of all the states In the union. Any morel I'lonty. But this Is all wo have space to tell about just now. Our rep resentative will call ou you to take your order. Perhaps ho may not como soon enough to suit you. Ifsourop us a postal card and hi'lwill call at once. NA/XUItAMZiVTlON IiV\VS. Huw 1'coplo of I orolun Hlrtti Jlay I'u- uonio Citizens ol * Tills Country. The statutes made and provided for the naturalization of those who are not but who wish to become citizens of the United States should be thoroughly understood by these seeking to acquire the rii ht to voto. Follow ing are the provisions under which citizen ship inav Ini acquired1 Title XXX Naturalization. Section 'JIM : An alien may bo admitted to become n citizen of the United States In the following manner , and not otherwise : 1. Ho shall declare on oath , before n circuit or district court of the United Status , or u district or supreme court of the territories , or n court of record of nuy of the states having common law Jurisdiction , and a seal nud dork. two years , at least , prior to his admission , that It is trana lido hi * intention to become a citizen of the United Stales nnd to renounce forever nil nl- Icglnnco nnd lidellty to any foreign prince , potentate , stntoor sovereignty of which the alien may bo at the tlmo a citizen or subject. U. Ho shall , at the time of his application to bo admitted , declare , on oath , before someone ono of the courts above specified , that ho will support the constitution of the United States , und that ho absolutely and entirely renounces und abjures air allegiance nnd lidelity to every foreign prince , potentate , state or sovereignty ; and particularly , by name , to the prince , potentate , stnto or sovereignty of which ho was before a citizen or subject ; which proceedings shall bo recorded by the clerk of the court. a. It shall bo made to appear to the satis faction of the court admitting such aliuii that ho has resided within the United States flvo years at least , and within the state or terri tory where such court is nt tbe tlmo hold ono year at least ; and that during that time ho lies behaved as n inunof good moral character , attached to the principle. ? of the constitution of the United States , and well disposed to the goo.l order and happiness of the same , but the oath of the aimlicant shall innocaso be allowed to provu his residence. Paragraphs lour , ilvo mid six pertain to the naturalisation of honorably discharged soldiers , persons bearing titles or belonging to the nobility of foreign countries. Section 2,107 Any mien being under the ago of twenty-one years , who has re- bided In the United States thrco years next preceding liia arriving ut that ago , and who has continued to reside therein to the time ho may make application to bo admitted a citizen thereof , may , after ho arrive. ? at the ngo of twonty-ono years , and utter ho has re sided live years within ttio United States , in cluding the thrco years of his minority , bo admitted a citizen of the United States , without having made the declnrntloii re quired in the llrst condition of section i,105 ! ; but such nlieii shall make the doclar.i- tlon required therein at the tiino of his ad mission ; and shall further declare , on oath , nnd provo to the satisfaction of the court , that for two years next preceding it has been his bona fldo intention to become a citizen of the United States ; nnd ho shall in all other naturalization. Fair Dntrs , Below nro given the dates of the county fairs in Nebraska nud state fairs in adjoining states : Grand Island boot sugar palace September Iowa state fair September 1-7. Nobrasknstnto fair , Jtopti'mlx-rli-IS. HlouxUlty corutmlaco opens September " > , luimuK state tnlr , tieptumbor lt--"J. Wy unilng state fair , S-oplunbor 11119. . NKnilARKA COUNTV F.AUW. Adams . Sept. 34 Gniro - Seiit.SO-Oct. 3 nialno . yot.2JlHall | . Sept. | ( i-l ! ) Drown . Kei > t.l7-a ) llnilun . Sept. II5 lloono . Pupt , 17-10 HHclioock..fu | > t. lli-1 ! ' lliitralo . Sopt. li-lll ( JuiTurriun _ Sept.'M llutlor . Sojit. il-.T ) ICc-iiriusy . Si-pt.SI-.T Oass . Htit.ir ) Lincoln . Sept. 1.1ID ( 'hoyumio..Suit.MlMlMmllsoii | . Sept. 17-111 Oliiy . Ke-pt. llMOIMorrluk . Sept. 17-liO ( iolfav . Sopt. 17-lU'Namo ' : . Sept. Sl-3 . ' . . . iliiilng . Sepl.SJ-sriNiii'kolls.Sopt.iW-Oct.U ( lust or. . . .Sent. IlJOut. llll'Iurco . Sept. 13-17 D.nvos . Supt.l7-S3 1'olk . Kopt. ! ! 5 Dlxou . fc'opt. II.1 Harpy . Rept , 17-lit Dodge . .Sopt. au-ot ( : i Humidors. . . .Sept , a4 Diiwxim . Sopt.M ! : Sherman . Hupt. IH-IM Douglas . Sept , 14 HI union. . Sopt. ; w-tct , : t rillmoro . Kiipt.lJ-l ( ! ) Viilloy . Sept. . SI-'T FrunUllu . Bunt. lil-Siij York . Sept. S5 Tlio Stato'n Relation to Marriage. To the state , marriage la n civil con tract between a man nnd n woman. It can ho nothing else or inoro than tluit , hiiyn Hov. M. J. Savage in the Septem ber Forum : And the only Interests of the Htatc , as state , is that nil tliu rights and duties involved in a civil contract ghall bo maintained , to the end of public order. The moment that It uttuinptB anything beyond this , It is a trcsapassor on personal rights , and works only mis chief. Ills hardly matter ( or dispute Unit those who have claimed to bo not ing for God , in political matters , in the pant , have been authors of cruelty and injustice. Most writers on "dlvorco reform" as- fiumo Unit ono ( , 'rcnt end to bo nlinod at is to prevent divorce by any and all moans. Their highest , their ono ideal , scorns to bo to keep people tied together without regard to consequences. Uut it is not a question of the Ideal. It is ns to what the Btato him n right to do under present actual conditions. Man should Book thu ideal in all dopurlmonts of lifo , not in marriage only. liiitHhould the Btato decide on what that Ulonl IH , and enforce it always by pains nnd pon- nltleny IB this not rather a matter for school and church nnd individual btrlv- liij , ' ? It is not Iho duty of the Btato to force people olthor to marry or to slay married. 'Neither of thoho IH the end , eo far us state jurisdiction IH concerned. It is ( or the Htiito blrnply to guard the rights of the Individual pnrtluB to this contract , proclbolyas In the case of any other , FROM THE STATE CAPITAL The Body of Miss Doforty , tlw Suicide , Shipped to Deuror. HOUR HELD FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER , . * * ) A Lincoln Cltly.cn , after niul Hobltod ) In Arrested on the ClinrKO of Druiilcoiiuest. Nob. , Sept. 3. ISpcoInl to Tins llr.iAt ! ] 'Jil5 this afternoon John Douerty , the aged father of Jllss Kitty Dohcrty , the sulctdo , arrived. Ho did not know that his daughter was dead until liu arrived , nnd when ho wiw Informal that sha had committed sulctdo ho wu struck dumb. Ho In a Hue looking old man of patrlurohul nppcaranee , and said thnt ho dared not tolo- Brajili the now * homo fer fear It would kill the mother. Mr. Dohcrty had never seen Boone , but sild ; that the fclloiv hud been writing on an avor.tjo of throa letters awoe'c to her. At S i > . in. tlio old man took tuo body to his homo In Denver. noun noux'i ) ovsu. Henry Mohr , who shot his wife In tlio back with niunlorous Intention ; * about a week HKO , was given lib preliminary hearing before Justice Cochrau this afternoon. Among the witnesses ntrninst Molir wcro lits dmijjhter ICltty , n young liuly of eighteen , and Mist Spell mini , u ii'iinistresseinployednttliohouso ! i . tlm Hum. HMiiM1 ivltnn nn * ivoi'rt nvninlnfil and the case was such u stroiij ? ono tluit the lud o put Molir under $ . ' ,000 , bond * to iippem- before the district court , MM. Mohr is recovering - covering from the effects of the wound. WHY DID IIOI.AXI ) TAKK TIIK 1IOHS1 ! . / \V. A. Iloland Is an old style duilo vcarlns ' " a pins hat of tlio vlnUiROof 1330. Ho Is Sif present under n cloud nud la endeavoring tu blulT his way out. Ho lives nt Twenty-fourth and Washington streets , and Saturday evenIng - Ing ho repaired to the promises of M. L. Tlionnusnt Twenty-fourth uiid A streets , and helped himself to Thomas' horse. Mrs. Thomas happened to rpy him , however , and when her husband returned oho informed him of the bold actions of 13oland , Air. Thomas. In company \vilh his brother , n phy sician from \voculng Water , repaired to Holiind'snbodoanu tloniatidcd the steed , but thcv wcro chased off the promises under threats of murder. M'hoinus therefore- went to" County Judge Stewart nud swore out a warrant far Do- land's ' arrest. The fellow was brought to tlio court house this forenoon and resorted to the chwtnutty plan of endeavoring toblufljudyn , prosecuting attorney and plaintiff Into not prosecuting the case. Ho llnnlly saw thnt the prosecutors meant business and then with the air of a lord ho told the deputy that lie could take the d il horse , but in nn Insulting manner declared that ho didn't ' want Tliotms to go alonu. Uut the bluff didn't ' work nnd Thomas says that liolauil is liable to land Ixv hind the bars If ho docs not dmiiqo his tactics , si.i'cior.n AMD itennni ) , As John Brophy was on his way to liH homo nt Twcnty-iilnth and 0 streets nliout half-past 10 last ovcniiiB ho was waylaid liy highway robbers at ICiglith and Q strcct.s beaten into insensibility and robbed of his watch ami SV.M In silver. Ono of the high waymen wus a nepro and the other a whita follow. The llrst Intimation Broiiliy had of the proposed robbery was the hull mullled ro- innrlt by the white thuR : "Hero ho is I TIe Is our meat. " 'Tin ) negro then sclzcillJropliy's hands niul hold them behind his back while tbe wbito man struck him several blows over the head with a billet. This Is the lost Brophy remem bers. Ho lay senseless for two hours and wns found by OUleur Harry , who seat for a patrol wajion nnd had the unfortunate man lodged in jail on the charge of drunkenness. TliU morning the true state of affairs was dis closed when lirophy recovered consciousness and found that his watch nnd nionoy were missing. OXMT snVKX WEEKS A nittDR. TMIss Knitnn L. Connor wants a dlvorco from her husband , Kdward Connor , to whom she has been married less thau two years. She says that after she became Connor's wife he almost Immediately assumed a dictatorial manner towards her .and treated her most cruelly. Although 03 u railroad employe lift.-- could earn S10) ) pet month ho refused to pro vide lor her. IHiially after heiiign.irricil t < Ki him only seven weeks bo deserted her without - t out provocation and has remained away ever since. She therefore asks for u release fr tlicjmarrlage stato. AN Ar.t.Kann rn.iui ) . Mrs. Sadie Collier , of S0 : North street , is bewailing Iho loss of ยง L which shu paid for 10 cents worth of noodles to sonio BtraiiKor , Auinist C. , on the strength of set- llni ? a certificate for certain valuable house hold furniture , The ecrtilleato uoro the sig nature of James S. Bradford & Co. , H37 Sixth avenue , Now York. The fellow , after got- tliij ; MM. Collier's dollar , promised to bu around with the furniture September 1 , but has failed to put in nil npponrancoyot. Mrs. Collier tli hi In sha lias been swindled niul wants tlio fraud bunted up and punished. It is not known how many oilier ladles are of a similar inlnd. sicirrKn WITH $1)00. ) AV. A. Miller , tno building contractor , li looliiiiR for hishito partner , J. U. Kline , who has loft for unknown parts after getting bold of about ? iSOO in money belonging to Miller. Miller says that lust Thursday IClltio col lected SUOO from a person for whom they bud liccn erecting a liouse and going to other creditors collected nc.irly iOO { more. Ho then skipped , leaving IMillor to pay a partner ship note for- . So Miller is about SCO. ) out of pocket. Ho has ro ] rtcd the umo to tliopolico and will have Kline arrested for trotting money under fill so pretenses lu casu he can bo found. 6TATJ1 HOUSE NOTES. The following notarial appointment ? were in ado by Governor Tlmyer today : V , If , Porter , Heed j T. II. Cotton , jr. , Dnitrlcu ; II. Oppenhcimer , Lincoln : \V. II. fllcUon- old , North Platte ; C. E. Karly , Columbus : L. It. Herbert , 1'icrco. Humphrey Is to have a fair of its own , cer tain citizens of tbnt town having 11 led ar ticles of incorporation today with such nil object in view. The association is to l > * known us the Plattu County Driving tinu Fair association and starts la with $5,00i > capital .stock. G. ( J. Murphy and six other persons nro the originators ot the selii'tno , Governor Thaycr loft for Grand Island lust evening to attend the soldiers' ' reunion. OI > DS AND > : XDS. At 13 :10 today 1M Grand Army of Iho re public moa left for Grand Island to iiltond tbo reunion. On Wednesday cvoningLlcutonantTliomai W. Grinith , instructor of military srlcnco In tbo state university , will bo married to Miss .Alico Oakley , daughter of Mr. O.K. Oakley , president of the board of trade. On Wednesday evening MorrI ? fj. Wheat , general worthy foreman of the Knights of i-abor of Iowa , will talk to thu laboring men or thu city In tlio postoillco A Kin ; ; Ktriulccn with I'ovcr. X , Si'iit 2. King Ubarlcs Is suffering from un attack of typhoid fovcr thu result of drinklii } , ' polluted water. Tlio attack Is not severe uud no alarm is felt regarding his con dition. _ OMAHA ; LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital , . . . (300.000 ( I'aldln Capital . KO.WJ lluys nnd sclU Moclnaii < l bondii noRotlntoi commorulul | iapur : rccolvi-i ami uxucutcj IruHts ; a ulb ns trainfurnitunt ami triutbo < > r ooriiorittl'jiiB , takes oliar u of iHuporty , uol- loU taxon. _ - Omaha Loan &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner 10th nnd Douglas Sta In Capital . . . . . .I , Huhftorlbeil unit Guaranteed Capital. . . , 1W)0 ' Ll bllltyof HtookholdcM . SOO.ttW E Per Cent Interest Paid nn DoiioilH. FItANKJ. LANOK , Uushlor , Officer * I A. 1 ] , Wyimm , ptoiWunt ! J , J , Drown * vlce-iiresldeiit , W. T , Wyiuan , trouuuror. Dlrcoton : A.U. Wyman. J.II. Sllllurd. J. J Jlr ; > wiiUuy ( ) . Burton , B. W. Nuiu , 'i'lioin J , KlinbaU , Ouoro U.