THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1800.
BEE.
E , R08EWATER , Editor ,
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N. 1' . Kwi. , Notary I'ulillo.
IT wiis In accord with the eternal fit
ness of things to pliico n innn named
Gall on the splenetic platform built by
the doinocratHof Indiana.
TUB successful hauls of train robbers
In Missouri and Alabama Illustrate the
lofty dusli und brilliancy tlio profession
3ms readied in the south.
Tnn legislature of tlio state of TVash-
ngton has met in special session to enact
nn iipnorlionmont bill. Accordingly
congressional candidates are budding in
nil dlrcutlons.
CillCAtio hits about reached tlio con
clusion that it cannot afford to bother
with the world's fair. Perhaps Kiila-
mazoo or St. Louis could bo induced to
take the olonlitvnt otT lior hands.
AMID the raltlo of sabres , tlio tramp
of march Ing veterans , and the stirring
eloquence of camp fires , tlio only music
that touches the popular chord la Grand
Island is , "In the sweet by and by. "
gleefully welcomes
Senator Parwoll into the senatorial contest -
test no\v tfoinj , ' on in Illinois. Senator
l'ai'\vell ijoqually pleased with political
conditions wlilch insure him an easy vic
tory.
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IT IS claimed that ono hundred thou
sand New York children of school ago
rcill bo turned away from school this
year for want of room. Now York should
maintain inoro school houses and fewer
iboodlo aldermen.
NJSCT Sunday the Stvodoaiiithlscoun-
, try will colobratotho two hundred and
fifty-second anniversary of the landing
of the llrat colony in America. That
day will also bo the anniversary of the
close of the thirty years' Avar.
IK French papers claim that the
United States made a proposition to remove -
move tlio duty on French art provided
the French government -would remove
the prohibition against American pork.
It isa strange thing- that French art
should run counter to an .American hog.
TilK Mississippi river' commission
lias made its annual report. The most
Important item In the document Is ref
erence to the fact that tlio commission
drew thirty-ttvo thousand dollars for
salary and o.xponsos. In this they did a
Httlo better than the Missouri river
commission.
window glass trust proposes to
regulate tlio manufacture of that pro
duct , As usual , this movement is In the
Interest of tlio public , but by the time
the output h rogulutod nnd pricas ad
vanced accordingly , purchasers will Lo
able to see through the benevolence of
the combine.
TlliiKK are thrco battle ships now In
course of construction for the now
American iiuvy. Itwill bo three or four
years until thoy. are completed , but as
wo are not in need of a navy at the pres
ent time , the country -will manage to
worry along with Galling guns and old
style bayonet aalres.
Tun Hock Inland and tlio Alton roads
1mvo taken the Initiative in putting In
force the grain rates ordered by the In
terstate commerce commission. This
action \vlll forcoall other Missouri river
roads to follow , giving the producers of
this section , for the first time , an un-
chiingenblo maximum grain rate.
Tf ! the city of Now York , tlio greatest
city in the union , only fourteen thousand
parsons last year returned to the assessor
any parBOiu\l \ property.Vh \ ; n loss than
one per cent of the population of a great
commercial olty falls to return their
property to the assosssor , It is plainly
evident that our laws of taxation and
assessment are n delusion and a snare.
OitDRits for the abandonment of the
military p , t at Port Gibson , Indian
Territory , have boon given. This Is the
oldest past west of the Mississippi , hav
ing been established In 1821. Had the
Fort Gibson people taken the measures
of Borne other military posts and Induced
Homo soro-oyod Indian to threaten to go
out on the warpath the post and the pay
roll might liavo boon iiidolliiltely con
tinued ,
HAII.HOAD building in the Black Ellis
country Is being rapidly pushed. Whllo
tlio lines bolng built are branches , they
penetrate the richest mining districts
tvndvlll boused to great advantage la
carrying oru toBineltordiindmaln linos.
ItU snld that the Ilomostako company
is ready to commence work on a mam
moth suiollor at sotiio convenient point ,
perhaps Klk Creek stntion , Those 1m-
provomonts will add much to tba
of South. Dakota.
TIIK NKXT
The noxtsoswlon ofthoNoliniskiilogls-
Inluro Is destined to bo ono of the most
important hQld.ln , the fitato within ton
years. While there will bo no United
States senator tooloct , the work devolv
ing on the corning legislature is of more
vital concern to this state. Under the
census of 1S90 Nulvuskn will bo entitled
to not less than live and probably six
congressmen , and the coining legislature
will rcdistrlct the stnto nud fix the
boundaries of the now congressional dis
tricts. The present districts wore
formed ton years ago , when the stuto hail
but four hundred and fifty thousand
population , The First district almost
has as much population , and Douglas
county ulono hni as many voters as wore
comprised In the First district when It
wiis cnrvod out in 1831.
The representative and senatorial dis
tricts wlllhavo to bo roapportlonocl.
The lust apportionment w.is made in
183o. In that year there was a very do-
t'islvo majority residing south of the
Platte , whllo now there are 110,000 more
north of tliiit stream. The I'latto river ,
which for twenty-live years has been a
political Chinese wall , tlio dividing line
in all politics nnd political inphutions ,
will doubtless bo obliterated by the next
legislature. The strcrain will How on , as
of yore , but it will lose Its political si g-
iiillcanco. There will also bo a judicial
apportionment , which is very important.
Under the present apportionment there
are ten judicial districts In the state
with twenty-two judges ,
Apart from this tliero will doubtless
bo very important legislation on eco
nomic questions. Among the radical
reforms will boa revision of the revenue
laws and the methods of asaus.-miont and
taxation. Railway regulation will ou-
cupy n great doil of attention. Among
those will ba imxhnuiiL rate bills , lawa
fixing responsibility for damage done
employes , and compelling the roads to
use appliances which sclonco supplies to
protect employes ; and the abolition of
IMSscjUundfroo transportation. The In
surance Inws of the state will bo given
attention , and last but not lo.ist will
conui the bulking and usury laws which
are certain to receive serious considera
tion.
A PKK3IIUM CKV I'KUJUKY. '
During ton years following the war
the people of this country wore subjected
ton , gradmtodincome tax. Those who
romambar the ; opsr.itlons of this law
will also recall the fact that the income
tax was a source of moro rank perjury
than any law on the national statute
books. Men with salaries mndo honest
returns of their incoau ha-
cause It was within reach
of thetax gatherer , but the heavy capi
talists and the men who wjro walking
on financial stilts wore always ready to
hold up tholr hands and certify to a
downright Ho. The big capitalists who
had tholr Irons in many fires had no
trouble in concealing their in come and
cheating the government out of
the tax by u simple turn of
the wrist , The late SvmuolJ , Tildon
was ono among thousands of prominent
nabobs \vlio made no bones about shirk
ing his income tax , and the evasion , as
\voll as the perjury , wont unpunishnd.
It was quite the reverse with the
financial wind bags who exaggerated
their wealth and wanted the world to
Iwliovo that they wcro doing a
lucrative business. They purposely
inllated their Income returns and
paid tlio extra tax in order
to impose upon tholr creditors. There-
suit was that the graduated income tax
became a pernicious promoter of perjury
nnd fraud.
The revival of the income tax would
simply moan a repetition of the old ex
perience. The American people never
have taken kindly to n direct tax ,
nnd they probably never will.
They are willing to pay indirectly
on liquors , tobaccos and imported
luxuries , but they will always resent the
Imposition of stamp duties or an income
tax.
tax.Tho
The protective duties that wo are now
paying are not imposed so much with a
view to the revenue they ylold as they
are to prevent ruinous competition with
American manufactures by the wares im
ported from foreign countries.
As the yo-irs go by the national
debt is being roduuod , and
within less than ten yours there will bo
no interest to provide for by the national
government. If tliero Is to ba any
special tax imposed upon parsons who
own property in excess of a fixed sum ,
the tax should bo levied on their estates
wherever they may bo located , but oven
then the men of largo moans will encounter -
counter no difllculty in devising schemes
by which they will bo able to evade
their duo share of the taxes.
A.N IMl'ORT.llfT
Canadian enter prise , backed \vith Brit
ish and French capital , proposes to
revolutionize the foreign carrying trade
of the country. A gigantic railroad
and steamship scheme is being organized
to connect the railroad systems of the
Dominion with St. Charles biy on the
Labrador const , and operate a steamship
line between tliut point and England.
The fact that the project is supported
by iiromlncnt English and French capi
talists , under the leadership of Sir
Charles Tuppor , gives assurance of the
success of the undertaking.
The importance of this proposed com
mercial highway lies in the fact that it
will shorten the time of crossing the At
lantic from three to five days. The con
struction of eight hundred and fifty
miles of railroad will connect the Cana
dian systems with St. Charles bay , and
the distance from that point to Mlford
Haven , InValos , cnn bo traversed by
steamships in three days and a half. Hy
this route passengers and perishable
freight can bo carried from Chicago to
London within seven days.
Canadian railways have already bo-
coino un important factor in the com
merce of the north. They are a safety
volvo against the aggression of Ameri
can corporations. To thorn the produc
ers of the woat are indebted for reasona
ble rates to seaboard cities , and with the
oxlonsion of the Dominion to the north
eastern coast there is no doubt the result
will provo decidedly Ixmollcinl , Tlio
now route -will become an actlvo competitor
itor with Now York In the foreign
carrying trade , and competition moans
reduced rates , better facilities aui
Creator zeal In catering to the wants of
ho public.
SVRBAO THE MOIIT.
The current issue of the A'orth
an Bci'fcio contains nn Instructive sketch
of the growth of Onmhn , from the pen of
rtr. 12. R Test , Tlio nliirvolous prog
ress of the city In population during the
> ast decade , ns shown by the census ,
orms the groundwork of the article ,
around which is grouped statistics of the
oinmorcial , industrial and financial
H-ogress of a "dreamer's town-site" in
831 to the metropolis of the trans-Mls-
ourl region in 1800.
In the history of western development ,
crowded with instances of urban growth ,
hero is no parallel for Omaha's career.
Omulia did not have oven the temporary
idvantngo of a mining boom nor was it
ho destination of any great human tidal
vaves which swept westward during the
mat forty years. Its sole dependence
vns the superiority of location , the for-
illty of the surrounding country , and
, ho energy , pluck and perseverance of
ts people. Its destiny was fore-
mlatnod. The confidence of its founders ,
-hough - shaken at times , survived the
hocks of war anil the blighting olfoots
if financial panics , and many of them
ived to see their wildest hopes sur-
jassod and to roall/.e a fortune on the
alth.
The facts of Omaha's growth bolng
erlfiod by the federal census , suggest
ho necessity of giving them the widest
> ossiblo publicity. The board of trade
ind real estate exchange should take
ictlve measures to spread the light of
Omaha's ' growth at homo and abroad ,
mtl point out not only the nchicvonionts
of the past , but show the firm foundation
on which the city rests its future.
Merchants and professional men , and all
classes , can materially assist in the work
> y Bonding to all correspondents and
icquaintances the olllclal record of the
city's growth. The time is ripe for an
iclivc , effective advertising campaign
ind a united effort to place the mala
acts of Omaha's progress where they
vlll do the most good.
TIIK ( u.w.i tax's 1'iioannss.
When it was propa-od to place the ro-
lublican ticket in the Hold at an early
lay thuro wore iiriny to oppose the idon
on the ground that it .would bs cxpan-
ivo and tedious to mnkoa three months'
anvass. The fours , however , have baon
Lispolled. The ticket has boon before
.ho . people almost a month and a half ,
ind what has bean the rosultV The plut-
orm has boon given to tha people , and
ts demands have mot a hourly approval.
[ "ho contrast furnished batwoan the
sound and conservative declarations of
ho republican platform , and the wild
ind visionary schemes endorsed by the
lemocracy and the indopandants has
suggested to thoughtful farmers and
aboring mon to go slow in adopting the
vildoat scheme.- ! . The mon who wore
lominatod have experienced no hard
ships because of the early date , while on
the other hand they have had time to
noet the people and explain any quos-
ion that might arise. Ujpubliuans who
lave road the platform and given it the
second sober thought know tlr.vt it niaots
the demands of the times , und knowing
that the republican party has sought to
carry out its promises will vote the
ticket this year as they Ir.ivo in years
last. The republican c.vndidatss will
compare favorably with tluua of either
of the opposing parties. As Sjptembar
irogressos tha light will commence to
warm , but there will bo little real cam
paigning until Octobsr. While the
, nrty may not carry tlio state by its old-
, imo majorities , the outlook for its suc
cess is not in tha least dis-ioura ing.
TIIK charge of democratic lenders that
adoficit in the treasury is unavoidable , is
shown to ba without foundation. Ron-
rosontativo Cannon , ch'iirni'.in of the
liouso conmllt33 : on appropriations ,
proves that with all appropriations made ,
and all amounts nouass'iry to nnot cur
rent obligations , including th j river and
liarbor bill , deducted from the oatlmato
of receipts , will leave a surplus of over
sixty-live millions at the cloio of the
present llacal year. Govrjrnmont re
ceipts for the past two months show a
marked increase over the oitinuit j of the
chiefs of the various departments , HO it
is safe to place the surplus considerably
above Congressm-m Cannon's total. The
democrats , however , persist in the charge
that adolloit is unavoidable , but furnish
no reliable data to sustain it. They go
upon the ridiculous thoory'that all bills
carrying appropriations will bo , passed
by congress and on this Ir.isis ll uro out
n deficit of eleven million dollar . The
absurdity of the charge ts apparent. No
congress in the history of the country
passed all bills appropriating money , and
the present body Is no exception to the
rule. Under the sit ling process adopted
there is little probability of any further
increase of expenditures , thus depriving
the democrats of an effective campaign
slogan.
TUB sugar palace exposition in progress -
gross in Grand Island deserves the sub
stantial support of the people of the
stato. Apart from Its novelty , .tho ex
hibit combines many instructive features
showing not alone the enterprise and
vigilance of the townspeople , but tlio
productive fertility of the surrounding
country. The sugar pulaco Is a notable
milestone in Nobraska's progressive ca
reer. It is a monument to the incaptloa
of an Industry which promises profitable
results to the producers of the stato. It
marks the establishment of un entirely
now homo market , the success of which
Is of vital importance to the farmers of
the state and the industrial progress ol
the nation.
TIIK people of Baltimore have com
menced a lively war on telegraph poles
and overhead ylros. The crusade is
being made in earnest , and the proba
bilities are that the nuisance will bo
ubatod. The wire ovll Is growing moro
conspicuous In nil western cities , nnd it
is only a mutter of time until the poles
will bo removed and the wires placed
underground , whore they very properly
belong.
Tun committee's report on the con
vict labor Bystom in Mississippi , sub
mitted to the constitutional convention ,
contains many good points. The princi
pal fouturo is that the praetico of hiring
or leasing convicts , as has been the cus-
.0111 , ahull cc.-fedj'J ' The penitentiary Is to
> o abandoned1tuijjl a convict farm main
tained Instead ; ! A reformatory school ,
separation of tljo sexes and the keeping
of juvonllo oflkfidors from associating
vlth the mono hardened criminals is
also rocommo'rfdtid. The convict Bystom
of the south , c'sppelally of Mississippi ,
las boon a chapter of shnmo , brutality
and disgrace.1 ' ' :
the fact that the
lontocrats of Ohio gerrymandered Major
klcKtnloy'a district BO that it would or-
llnarlly give . .t'o thousand domoaratlc
majority , consm-v'atlvo estimate are to
, ho effect that ho will coma pratly close
to being elected , llocauso of the demo
cratic nchomo hundreds of disaffected ro-
niblicans will vote for McKInley who
vould not vote for any other republican.
If ho Is elected , as Booms probable , this
vlll bo ono case of gerrymandering that
did not gcrry.
AMONG the dozens of rumors that
ostlo over eMi : other In Washington ,
s ono to the olToct that should congress
uljourn in October , a special session will
jo culled the 10th of November to con
sider the Foruj 1)111. This ruimr , with-
nit , any foundation in fuel , has made
lemocratio nawsp'ipsrs red-heudod. As
tls generally iridjiytoo : ! tint HJtllelont
unto the day is th j evil Unroof , It would
lot bo u bud idea to wait .until congress
adjourns.
TIIK prices at which variou ? thirty-
Ivo foot slices of real estate were offered
M the city proves the ownprs have un
rounded confidence in the value of their
foldings. But then there Is a vast dif-
'eronco in values between private sale
mil unloading on the city.
BBTWKHN" the council's whims and
the necessities of education , there is but
ono course for the school board to pur
sue to erect temporary quarters for
iriimiry grades on the high school
ground. Sentiment must give way to
ictual necessities.
rlA.ii LAN and McKoiglmn diseiiRsed
the issues of the o tmpalgn ut Hastings
yesterday in the most approved stylo.
MoKolghan's record , however , hovorcd
iround the speaker's stand and spoiled
.vliut.ovor olToct his words might other
wise have had.
IT is less tlrintwo weeks before the last
congressional convention will In hold in
the "Big Third. ' ' Before another cam
paign rolls round there will bo room
tor more thau'ono congressman from
that extensive district.
CROP reports'from various sostions of
the state continue to indicate a moro
favorable coiditi6i : : than first reported.
Nebraska will y.ut pan out an immense
yield of the great staple.
As A specimen of "business methods
applied to city atlairs , " the discovery of
the huge profiUiof the dog-catchor just
as the fund is exhausted , deserved to bo
preserved. '
Now that tho' ' street commissioner's
fund is about Us6u. up , the gang of poli
tical pensioners quartered in that de
partment will bo given nn Indefinite
holiday.
MAYOR C'usiiixo's weekly grist of
vetoes are useful mainly in pointing out
the woful orrord and inconsistencies of
the combine.
1'OL.ITrOA.l , OHOW-C 1IO\V.
As the time for holding tlio republican cou-
crcssloiml convention in the Third district
approaches , tbo ciuidldu cs nro all claiming
that they have carried every county. There
b enough In sight , however , to suigc.st ( that
t'.io ' coiivcatioa , Sa/.ouibar 17 , will furnish
plenty of excitement for nervous folks.
Tno giast.outu3 ! uai bean placed in position
over tlio main entrances of the city hall. And
ttiero's a pair of 'om. They are made out of
red sandstone , and resemble a cross between
a gob of bric-a-brac aud the delirium tremoiis.
A lurgo gowsiiw reaches down from
the fripper and blonds with a gimcrack
that is evidently all wool and a
yard wide. A pond-colored nnklct extends
over the brow of tbo fiiastteutus viewed from
the loft as you go out , and a jobbcnvoclc can
bo soon in the dtatniico. The rare baast dojs
not sing , ns tlio cjntrast calloj for , bat bo is
ono of the prottlcjt birds ever set up in
Omaha. People should como from miles
around to view this pro-historic boast.
I'.ipora In tbo cast nro demanding ono cent
If they will just wait until Me-
is clcetoil , they can send tholrlottcrs
without any poUacp.
Ur. Alexander Boar , who licllcvca that there
U nothing in n name , is receiving ROIIO notoriety
riety by the following notice which Is going
the rounds of the eastern press : "Tlio demo
crats of Nebraska will undoubtedly ontbuso
over their candidate for lieutenant governor.
His name is Boor. "
Otoo county scorns a bad place for decision.
General Tan Wyck la in doubt about accept
ing the alliance nomination far congress and
Major Watson is hesitating between nc ept-
ing and declining tlio nomination for iloat
representative. 1'aul ScUinlnka should bo
called upon to arbitrate this important matter
before it Is too lato.
Colonel It. Foster Stone , through bis next
best friend , Coronet Buck , announces that if
nny community'Is'doairous ' ' of having a fair ,
square and elaborate speech for prohibition ,
Mr. U. Foster Stouo is the huckloborry. Ho
not only appeals * to the reason , but ho also
appeals to the pocV6tbooks of those who em
ploy him. R. Fo3t6'r Stone should bo given
an audience at ulUmzurds.
J. P. Hartlott1 till'attorney , who was atone
ono time a momlior' f the Omaha city coun
cil and for a briofu < ) rio.l was city attorney In
the ' 70s , compiling tbo llrst book of city
ordinances , wasTSceiitly elected permanent
chairman of the , few Hampshire democratic
f Eastern papai pcnonilly made extended
comment on Scn.ilo PaJdouk's speech on the
tariff , delivered jOldny. ( AH without excep
tion note It as iih expression of v/ostern
sentiment for tariff reductions , and as a call
for reduction In the line of lower duties.
The Now York Times says that Senator
Paddock's expression of opinion oomos with
moro force than that of Senator Plumb , on
account of his known conservatism hereto
fore and tils nlways expressed dcslro to ncl
as far as possible within tbo party.
Thin In Moro Scuwililo ,
Inter-Octan ,
The Mississippi farmers' alliances expect to
control the next legislature of that state , and
announce It OE their platform that if prices
for corn and cotton do not go up salaries ol
state officials must como down to muko then
harmonize with the earnings of those who
pay the taxes. This is moro seusiblo than
the declarations of tlioso farmer * who pro
pose to legislate so as to incro.vto the prices
of agricultural products.
Present nnd Not Voting.
The object of tha force bill tn the south
to count n quorum ol those "present and
not voting.11
lit ; Met tlio INHIIL .
llitrttinjK jftlirariuin.
Editor Uoiowater stood up baforonlotof
flit nionoy advocates the other day with ad-
nlrablo courage nnd ability. The numerous
questions propounded to htm nnd tlio clinch-
, i\g \ auswew ought to bo widely circulated.
Can Tliny ] > < > It ?
Inter-Uecan.
The Mississippi constitution doctors pro
pose to limit suffrage to tho.so who cau un-
Ivrstaml the constitution after It has boon
rcnil to them. This will leave the delegates
-o the convention In complete control of tbo
suffrage of ttio state , If oveu they understand
what they nro doing.
tTllHt ItH SI/.O.
/ifncotii Jourmil ,
The Rift enterprise known as the Omaha
\Yorld-Itcr.iUl ought to ortor n prize to the
Irst person to guess the size of tbo domo-
cr.Ulo majority in Nebraslca this year. As It
will not bo necessary to give the prl/o the
scheme will provo economical us well as
neat. It Is Jiist tbo World-Herald's size.
Tlio Dear I-'arinor.
/'l < i im < ti ; llrraM.
"Wo love the dcah fahinih , " says the
World-Hitchcock as ho eouks his Derby and
. .wirls his walking stick , "but tlio fabmah Is
i twlflo too weak this ycnh for a gweat papch
llko the World-'Kwald to tlo to. Where tbo
fahnmli nindo 'is mistake this yorxli is , la not
defcblng Ms conventions huntll ha Itch domo-
luntlo conventions wch 'eld and hcndowsed
-heili nominations. Then this papoh could
ave suppotcd theib tickot. It was nuiifoh-
tuuato for the doah fahinah , don cho know. "
AVlmJ. 11(5 Wants.
York 1'tmcs.
McKclghan says ho wnnts a government
that will give him a home , but bo Is wrong ,
that Isn't what bo wants at all. The state
'nvo him a largo tract of laud , and bo dug a
ittlo hole in tbo side of a bank and chucked
Ills family into it , and as fust as the land in
creased in value ho increased the incumbr.anco
and used the money in the lowest kind of dis
sipation , until tlio land slipped away from
liini. What , ho really wants is a government
that will give him all tlio money bo wants to
spend in drinking and carousing. Ho doosa't
care anything about n home.
Not Good I'olitlcH.
SlDiir CijJuiirii'il / ,
"All mon nro dishonest. You nro not voting
ing for the in'in , but for the principle ho ad
vocates. " This is the remarkable assertion
of Candidate MclCclghan of Nebraska in a
public speech. It is said that In the state
ment ho was measuring "all nioa" In bis own
Imlf-ijusbcl. Such a declaration would not
commend a man for a place of trust in a pri
vate business house. What faltti can bo
l > laced lu the profession , of principles of an
avowedly dishonest man I The people cannot
afford to give tholr assent to such mi avowal
by tlio election oC the man who takes for a
platform the proposition that there Is no
liouoty in tbo land , It is bad morals , and
bad morals cannot bo good politics.
Ones Not Suit.
Ficiiwnt t'lall.
Mr. Koin does not please the p ° oplo ho ad
dresses. Ho makes sweeping assertions , calls
maledictions on tbo beads of railroads and
ruUios the dust generally , but ho gives not a
hint of bow all his grievances are to bo righted
nud doas not dciino his position on nny of the
loading issues of tha day. Ho dow not know
whether bo Is high tariff , tariff reform or frwo
traao ; he U neither prohibition or high license ,
bullion or anti-bullion , but simply a poor
farmer who wants his wrongs righted. Tint
position is well euoaub taken , but supposing
that by some means bo should gut to congress ,
what tlio deuiio would bo aoi Those are iHio-i-
tious that concern the farmers mnrotbau that
they are oppressed. They all know that.
tt here "Vanlcoo Untcrpriso" Failed.
irdkMii/ [ ( Slur.
When the republic decides to take the
measures necessary to increase our trade
with the South American states , a conference
ought to bo held In tbo south countries , so
that our merchants might learn exactly what
is wanted before they begin to supply the
want. It is related that a gentleman living
In Colombia sent u package of samples of
cotton prints to tbo president of the Boston
chamber of commerce , in order to show what
kind of goods to send down , and on tbo package -
ago was $3.37 postage. This the "president
was requested to pay , if the chamber thought
tlio information was worth It , and tbo cham
ber , after deliberation , returned It , leaving
the gentleman double postage to pay. Ho
had the package framed , and it now hangs in
his onlco as a "tip" to English and German
merchants.
Let Us ICccp tlio Slocninl ) I/aw.
M/iutoi Ileultttcr.
The object of this prohibitory law is to stop
drunkenness , prevent crime which results
from its effects and improve the moral condi
tion of the people generally. The law may
become a fact , so fur as words and penalties
are coaccinoJ ; , but its operation , so far as ro-
suits uro concerned , Is a question of doubt.
Through all the discussion of this matter wo
have had poumlod into us the "God mid
honiu" idea , which is the right ono in its
place , but none of the bright minds that have
made nso of such nn argument have proven
that a law which says whisky should not ho
sold kept men from drinking it. If , then , the
law doesn't do what It is Intended to do ,
what's the use of having itl * *
Thcro is n righteous outcry against the
evil iullucnuo of liquor and the liquor busi
ness , but if the law of reason and individual
manhood , the proud inheritance of nil Infinite
God , will not operate to bring abaut reform ,
them it is useless to attempt it through the
moJium of laws which la miHty cannot nud
do not roach tlio root of tbo ovll. The
trouble after all , Is not In the selling of li
quor but in the drinking , and the Indulgence
in or abstinence of a man from its use is a
matter between bis own consciunuo and him
self , nnil any nttompt to legislate a man's np-
petite against his will would indeed become
sumptuary , Tlio Register ha ) said the
Francis Murphy theory is the true ono , and
it still thinks HO. If the passage of a pro
hibitory law would stop tbo manufacture ) and
usa of tlio stuff , a general amen would go up
from all over the land , but tlio prohibition
ists themselves admit that the law will not
do this , nnd the Hoglstor has reached the
conclusion that tlio best way to deal with
tbo business is to keep it where tbcro is a
legal remedy for much of the offensive and
injurious fruits of its existence , placing the
responsibility , and keeping it la check. The
Slocumb law , if enforced , Is a good one , and
if it cannot bu enforced , as has been claimed ,
then tbo prohibitory law cannot bo enforced
mid becomes n dead letter. Lotus keep tbo
Slocumb law ,
It WllH
Sept. 3. [ Special Cablegram to
TUB BEK. ] Tbo Lolcalal Amoigor says a
medical examination showed the presence of
cholera bacilli in the body of the person who
recently died in this city with symptoms of
cholera.
No ol luting I'or looUn.
PAIUS , Sept. ! ! . [ Special Cablegram to TIIK
BUB. ] Tlio Matin says tbo German govern
ment is negotiating with Italy for the imr-
cboso ot the docks at Mossiua which it has
hitherto leased.
xium * ' mi : x <
Nclirnnkn.
The new Methodist church nt Inmnd , cost-
ItiK $1,354 , has been dedicated free from debt.
John Brlngmun of Louisville , while con
fined in an Insane asylum , died of consump
tion.
tion.Ocorgo
Ocorgo N. Smith Is tbo alliance candidate
for state senator from Buffalo and Sliorman
counties.
The Adams county board ot supervisors
has formally accepted the now court house
tit Hastings ,
An extensive premium list 1ms been Issued
for the Netnaba county fair , which will beheld
held nt Auburn September ! U ) to October ! ! .
Thrco Fall-bury boys nnmed Black have
been held for trial for disturbing religious
meetings and assaulting a man named Pat
terson.
The democrat * of JelTeison anil I'hnyor
counties linvo nominated Thoums J. Dclvulb
for representative and O. H. Scott for state
senator.
A worknmn on tlio Olthcns' bank building
nt Ciciiova stopped on a ton-tunny null and
ran It entirely through his foot , making an
ujjlytmd dangerous wound.
A four-year-old son of Loin Mitten , living
near UrewsU-r , fell on a board and ran n
splinter in his pyc. the result of which will
probably bo total blindness ,
Hon. William A. Saunders , for nineteen
years a resident of Knox county , during six
of which bo served as county commissioner
. and four years as treasurer , died at his homo
in Bazllo Mills Tuesday.
A man named Luptonof Clay Center , ICnn. ,
spent a dav In Falrbury hunting for his wife
who ran nway with another man , Ho se
cured a clue and has started on the trail of
the erring couple with blood in ills eye nnd a
revolver in his pocket.
The thrce-year-ola child of Fritz SchnfT-
roth , an implement dealer of Columbus , fell
fromamiKiry in which she was playing ,
catching her neck In the spokes of the front
wheel and breaking it. She had been dead
about ten minutes when found.
A burglar tried to cscnpo from the county
jail at Clay Center by sawing tbo bars over
his cell window , but was discovered by Mrs.
Davis and pulled back after his bodv was
half way through the aperture , lie had
inatlo n saw from the steel sprinc In tbo solo
of his shoe.
The state convention of the Womons'
Christian Tompcrnncn Union of Nebraska
will ho held at He ward September Vi ! : , 21 , I. , " ,
and mi. Arrangements will bo made for the
entertainment of the three hundred and fifty
delegates. Miss Pram-Is K. Wilhml will bo
present. Mrs. JH. A. Beam is chairman of
the entertainment committee.
About forty people loft Albion , St. Ed-
warns nnd Cedar Huplds bv a special car on
the Union PacificTuesilnv night for the John
lirown colony at Mudria , Cala. The representative
tativeof tuo colony , B. 1C. Smith , a former
resident of the county , has been working in
the county for about a month and the crowd
who left is the result of hU labors. The
colony is a co-operatlvo schoino nnd the busi
ness to bo engaged in is the raisin grape
culture.
town ,
Forty-eight deaths occurred in DCS Molncs
during the month of August.
A ang of lightning rod swindlers nro
doing a rushing business in Linn and adjoin
ing counties.
Thcro were thirty-two births , seventeen
marriages and sixteen deaths in Muscatmo
county during the mouth of August.
Some miscreant threw a dynamite bomb
Into Dr. Shelton's Infirmary nt Bloomflcld ttio
other night , badly damaging the building.
A field of good horses is assured for tbo
Harrison county fair nt Missouri Valley , Son-
ternberL'9 to Octobers , nnd overv other de
partment will bo well represented.
The other day the largo burn on W. A. Fry.
bargcr's farm , in Moscow township , Musea-
tine county , was destroyed by lire , A small
boy chased a rat into a nolo under the build
ing and , being unable to got the rodent out
stuffed the hole full of straw and applied a
match with the above rc-sult.
Hurmslcy's salooi at Mason Citv was
raided by offlccr * and n largo quantity of beer
and a case of porter seized. The bottles
originally bore boor labels , but when ho of
fered them for sale the original labels wcro
scratched oil and ginger nlo labels put on.
Hnrmsloy will fight the case.
William Henderson of Davenport was nd-
judged insane at Clinton the other dav und
has been sent to the asylum at Independ
ence. Hu mania consists in the belief that
he is Jesus Christ , that his spirit will exist
whcro Clinton now stands thousands of years
hence , and that there will bo no saloons.
Two dlRiilllcd legal luminaries got into a
heated discussion in the clerk's ofllco nt
Wupcllo the other day and thowordv wrangle
terminated In a fistic encounter. Thcv pum
melled each other hard , ono attorney' having
a fliiKor broken , whllo the other hud his face
painto-1 with nil the colors of the rainbow us
a result of the sanguinary conlllct.
Beyond the .
Spokane Falls is to have a high school
building costing $72,577.
Provo , Utah , has a rod-hot anarchist. His
wife supports him by taking in washing.
The population of tbo eity of Oakland.
Gala. , exceeds that of the state of Nevada bv
8,000.
The first car load of dried pruncssont from
California left Santa Hosa last week for
Chicago.
Thomas Myers , engineer of the Cnndelarln
mill , Nevada , lost his left hand the other duy
by getting it caught in some machinery.
The California state board of equalization
bus decided to llx the .stnto r.ito of taxation
at " > cents on each 5100 assessed valuation.
The estimated yield of hops in Washington
this season will bo10,000 bales. At present
prices , : J1 cents a pound , the farmer will coin
money.
That p.irt of Oregon's wheat crop which
will ho shipped from Portland will ( ill liftv-
ono vessels and will bring ? 2,00t,000 ) to tuo
producers.
Alexander Koff , a pioneer citizen of Walla
Walla , Wash. , died recently aged Hcvcnty-
two. For years bo was called thu weather
prophet of Walla Wnlla.
The pumps in tbo Gold Hill inlnont Grass
Valley , Cala. , were uncovered recently after
lying nine years under water. They wcro
put to work mid lifted water as well as tlio
lirst day they were down.
The Chinook , Mont. , artesian well is down
805 feet in n shnlo formation , There is a con
tinuous How of gas from the well and consid
erable crude petroleum is brought up , which
burns freely when n match is applied.
Tlio Carson ( Nov. ) Appeal says that from
tbo fact that the sajjo hens are six weeks be
hind in their hutching and numerous other
signs , the Indians predict a short , mild winter
tor , nnd will not begin stealing wood unt "
November.
F. M. Kiln of Walla Walla , Wash. , whllo
hunting , wounded a grizzly bear. The ani
mal seized the hunter and but for a dog
would have killed him. The hear dropped
the man to Jignt the do wlion Kiln was able
to shoot the bear. Tbo wounds from the ani
mal's claws wcro deep but not dangerous.
An epldoimc of suicides struck Buttc ,
Mont. , lost week , no less than thrco attempts
having been made In ono day. Ono was a
young clerk named Howland , who shot him-
self. A young attorney , suffering from ill
health , attempted the morphine exit , und a
woman essayed the dark passage the anmu
way. All will doubtless recover.
The Portland Orogonlnn says : Pcto Mox
Mox , nn Indian , stele two horses from J , S.
Dillman of Grand Couleo. Dlllmnn at ouco
took up the trail und followed tbo thief for
llfteon days , finally capturing Mox Mox by
shooting him In the urm. Oillinau suffered
great hardship and privation in his long pur-
butt. On the dry western ranges ho often
suffered for water. Ono rldo of forty-llvo
miles was made without that necessity.
Pierre Wibaux of Mlnpusvlllo , Mont. , the
largest cattle owner in IJawson county , who ,
nt the beginning of the season contracted
with Nelson Morris of Chicago to deliver
nearly eight thousand beeves at a stated
price , Is having trouble with Morris's repre
sentatives , who have refused totakathu full
number contracted lor , Komo time since ,
Morris offered Wibaux W a head to break the
contract , which at the present market prices
would huvo boon n loss of $1 ! > 0.00 ( ) to Wfhaux.
Tha cattle , as contracted for by Mr. Morris ,
will bo driven to Mlngusvlllu by Wibaux ,
ready for shipment , and if ho docs not ro-
ceivu them , Wibaux will bring suit for dam
ages amounting to several thousand dollars.
Carnet Ufcovors.
PA HIS , Sept. U. [ Special Cablegram to TIIK
BIK : , ] President Carnet bas recovered from ,
bis Indisposition.
FROilI THE STATE CAPITAL
Another Reason for tbo Quarrel Botwooa
Miss Dohcrty and Her Betrothed.
A DIFFERENCE IN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
Imtest lUimdor liy tlio Lincoln
City Council Chief NowbcrryVi
Onso lleliiK Heard City
NOWH Notes.
Nob. , Sept. 3. [ Special to Tun
1 it is now asserted that thocausoof
the quarrel between W. M. Itoono of Utlca >
and Miss Dohortyof Denver that led to tbo
tragic suicide of the latter a few days ago at
the Capital hotel was caused by a
difference In religious beliefs in tlio two
families. Miss Dohcrty was a Catholic and
to this the Doono family , it is claimed , ob
jected , Boone was indifferent , being n man
who apparently cares nothing for churches or
religion. A llltlo over two weeks Mr. Doherty -
herty says that lloono wrote his daughter u
quarrelsome letter that throw her almost in
a lit of hysterics. She Immediately
packed her trunk nnd loft for Utica
to discover tbo cause of the lottor.
Thu father and mother of the girl had un
bounded faith in her good judgment nud al
lowed her to follow her own inclinations in
the matter. The father saw the letter but In
a , gentlemanly manner declined telling what
thu contents wore. It is evident that there
Is moro back of the matter than has yet come
to light. Miss Dohcrty was a gradunto from
both the Denver high school and the uni
versity in that city. She was n finely edu
cated , brilliant and ambitious young woman.
ASOTIIKIl COUNCII.MANIO lll.UNDKK.
Another blunder on tbo part of tbo city <
council has come to light. This time It wiv >
again concerning the mooted paving ques- * ,
lion. As will bu remembered , on readvcrtls-
Ing tbo final award was made to Fitzgerald.
Lanhiim & McCUy. Mr. Fitzgerald , asked
the council last evening to change the specill-
cut ions to read "Lincoln manufactured brick1
instead of vitrified brick. The council sat
down on Fitzgerald , informlnghlin to furnish
vltrlliod brick or forfeit hit $1.000 guarantee.
"All right , " grimly replied Fitzgerald.
Today the significance of the remark was
revealed when it was discovered that there
was neither any signature to his bid nor had
bo put up any check.
TIII ; HIIIB CHIEF'S CASK 111:1x0 HE.UU > .
Last evening nnd today the city council has
been listening to the charges against Chief
Now berry who , It is.alleged by some of the
owners of the woolen mill , was guilty of
criminal neglect in refusing to take out the
steamer to the destructive tire nt the woolen
mills plant. It was claimed by the mill
owners that bad the steamer hceu taken out
the larger building eould have been saved
Tno chief admitted this but said that the n >
nmindcr of the city would have been at the
mercy of the Humes in case of a great confla
gration , and furthermore ho could not tuku
out the steamer without the mayor's permis
sion.
sion.Considerable
Considerable of a sensation was caused
when Mr. Akoy declared that ho had not
signed the charges against tbo chief and that
tlio signature there was a forgery.
ASHAMED TO TRMj HIS XAMK.
A cattlo.man from the western part of the
state was in the city yesterday nnU last evening -
ing ho fell tn with a negro who conducted
him to a low dive in the bottoms. On leaving
the place the dealer in cattle discovered that
OHO of bis pocketbooks , containing fCO , was
gone. Fortunately ttio most of his money
was in another pockctbook or ho would have
been M" > 0 instead of $50 poorer. The stranger
told tbo police of the affair and they were sat
isfied from the description that the negro was
no other than Bayllss. Later the susjxjcted
colored man was found by the police as drunk
as a lord. Ho Is being held. The stranger
absolutely refuses to tell his name or place of
abode. He seems very much ashamed of him
self.
NOT A OniMIXAI , OFFKXSI3.
, T. S. Perks , who was arrested on the
charge of obtaining poods under Itilso pretenses -
tenses , was arraigned this afternoon and
secured n discharge. It seems that John
Doudican owed J.f. . Gillespio several dollars
lars and in order to collect it. Oillcsplo sent
Parks to Doudlcun after n load of oats.
After the cereal was put into the wnfion \
Parks told Doudiean that the oats were f'ir
Gillespio and they were to go on tbo bill f
owed bv Doudiean to that gentleman , The ff
dealer In oats was so angry over the way Iw
hud been outwitted that bo caused Parks'
arrest.
sun HAS nosE ASTiivr.
Charles Adams wants a divorce from his
wife Lydia , to whom ho has been married
less than four years. Ho claims that ho was
always un exemplary husband , but with
out cause she left him n Httlo over a
year aijo. At present ho claims she is lend-
'ing ' a life of shame and ho Is anxious to bo
freed from any connection whatever with u
woman who has sunk to such low depths.
J.OU riUTHIIH AOAIX.
The notorious Lou Prnthor manages tn get
her name in print more than anybody else in
town. This time it is ou account of n row
aha hud with Dal Kowdcrlclc , the fellow com
monly called her "solid man. " Kowdcrk-k
transferred bis affections to another fomnlo
and was unkind enough to take her under
the Pruther roof also. This caused a row be
tween tlio rival candidates for Howderiek's
love and Lou says that he interfered ami
guvo her a terrible beating. Tlio frightful
bruises ou her face corroborate the tale.
sioitTOAGnn TUB MUI.KS TWICK.
The sheriff is looking for a man named
Shnlcr. who recently lived southeast of the
city. Air. Shafer had a span of mules , aim It u
charged that ho mortgaged them to different
persons for nearly their full value each time ,
mid getting n eomfortnblo roll of money
thereby , ho skipped. Ho loft the animals in
thu stable at the paper mills , where they
were found this morning.
C Z3 OUIJS AND KN'DS.
This aftcrndon was the time for tbo regular
meeting of the state board of transportation ,
hut only Land Commissioner Stecn and Au
ditor Ucnton being present no business win
transacted.
Today was tbo time chosen by Cantor'
Ford No. 2 , the uniformed rnnlc of the Inde
pendent Order of Oddfellows , to have a pie-
nio nt Cushmnn park. All the Oddfellows m
tin ) city hud been invited and a grand time
was expected , hut unfortunately the soaking
min Interfered with the occasion.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of
n rowdy named Martin Fitzgerald , who n
alleged to have brutally assaulted an old nu.u
named Qulnn and cut his face open.
When Baby wixr , ! c1r , wo gayo her Ciutorla ,
When she won a Child , she cried fur Castorla ,
When she brcninn Mlsi , she clung to CftitorlA ,
When she had Children , shu favo Uium Castorla ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital..KOO.OCO
1'uldln Capital U50.00J
lluys and solln Btnokx nnd Immlst nexotlutui-
commurulal paper ; rocolvi's und u.xecutei
trusts ; acts u transfer nRuiit and trnsto-j of
ourporathua , takob churgu ot prcjuirty , col-
losutnxei. .
Omaha Loan TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S E Corner 10th and Dpuglos Stsi
I'ald In Capital I t W.COO
HubsurlbuU und Oiinrnritocd Uailtal. . . . 100,900
Liability o ( UtuokliolduM .1 JOU.dOO
B I'or Cent Interust 1'uldori DcpoilU.
KltA.NK J. LANUj : , Uushlor. I
Officers : A , U , Wyinun , president ; J , J , lirown ,
vlce-tirosldont . T , Wynmn , trounurur. I
Dlrooton : A.U. Wyinan. J. II. Mlllurd. J. J
llrovrn.Uuy ( J , Uarton , B. W , Niuh , ' 1'honi
J. Kluibali. Uuorxo U. LaU * . "f