THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1800. MORNING. Tr.KMS OFfiUIlHUKirTIOJ } , pnlljr nnil Sntidny , Ono Year . JIJ CO Hlxriumtlii . . . . . r > 00 Tlirro liinnllii . 3 M iiiiilny HM . Ono Year. . . 8 no ? V'cckly lieu. Ono Year. . . . . . . . 120 orncnsi Dmnlin. Tim tlt'O ' Ittilldln , HomliOinnliii.OorricrN iimlCT.tli Street * . Council Illiiirt ) , 12 IVurl Htruot , OlilcB8oonieoll7Cli ! inlerof ) Oointncrec. NcwVorMU > oni l.'MliuiOIVrrllmnfllliilltlDj ! ? wuililtililon , 013 Foutlcontli Street. rOUUESt'orinnNOE. All communication * ! rrlntliu to now * nml faitorlul mutter Hhoiilil bo addressed to llio Ktlllorlul Dt'iiartinriit. HU8IN11.SS IrTTKiS. : All iHiMncvOdlonmiiil remittance * should TORd ) < li-C ! . 'U InThollRU 1'iiblI.sMiii : ( 'iiminny , Oiniilin. llriifti , ulicekn nnd iifwtofllcoorilora to bo murto imyaljluto tlio order of tlio com imny. The Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tlio lli'H H'lflV , Piirnnin nnd Seventeenth Sit Utulpof Nahrn'kii. I County of Doimliu. f " llnlicrt Hntitnr , clerk of The Hoc Publlih- Inatomnnnv. noon fiolctnnly swear taut the nctiml circulation of Tins IJAII.V IIF.K for llio vsceit unOlne Kept 1U l&tw. was us follows : Humlii.v.Sf | > t.ll . -Ji.KU Monday. "i-l't. 13 . y.4SJ ) THe liiy.Pi'iii.l . SUM VVrdiicmlny. Hft. | ) 1 ? . -U. > : Thursday. Hujit.18 . 2 Ht Krliliiv. hept. J'J ' . SM-H7 KuturUuy , Siipt. SO . 2MOO Average . SO.Hitl ItOIIEKT llir.NTKII. FForn to before me anil milwribfd In w.v lirofPiicolinsSOtiiilnvo' Soutoiniicr. A. I ) . .ISM. lsr..u. . | N.I1. Vr.lt. , Motury 1'ubllo. ' Btnlenf Ncbrn kn , I , , Comity of Doufjlftfl. f Oorsro H. TMclmk , bolus rtuly sworn. < lo- Of > p < nnil Kiiyi lhatlio Is secretary of The Iluo I iiljllshliu < : < > : iimiiv | , that HID ncltml uvoruito Jtilly cltculiitliiii of Tin : DAILY Itm : for llio tnonlli of September , 1M9 , 18,710 coiilus ; for Oololior. IW , | RWI7 copies ) for Novumuur , 153 ! ) , J9.iHc : ) < > | ) lM ; fnrPpcc'inber , IHS'.I , 20,0 H copies ; fnrJntniiiry , 1S91. llr V > coptu * : for I'cbruury. 18Wlli'illcoilc4i ! | for.Mnirli. 1hW ! , SXJ.8I5 copies ; for April , 1H'.n > , yoflni enplosi for May , WW , 'JUMJ i-oplcs ; fur. Jii nc , ) M I , 'MM COOM | ) | : fur July , aSWWll ) ! copied ! forAiiKU.it , ltd ) , ' - ' . > .7.'ii : copies. ( iUOIIUt : II. 'IV.SCIIt'CK. twnm ? lo buforo me , and subscribed In my presence , tli La 10th any of $ ci > lcmbcr , A.I ) . . JS'JO. N 1 * . ri'.ir. , Notary Public. _ A.rL , roads In the First district lead to Plutlsinuuth. As A matter of justice to Chicago , it Should lie tjlnlod that the world's fair Bile IK again .settled. tliut fees nro iihsurcd , a notable literary revival may bo looked for in the form of coroner's jury rorilicta. IT is ftlgnlfictuit evidence ot Imildlng1 activity In Omaha tliut llio mipplyof brick inusoiiH ( loot ; neb equal the demand. Till ! rich and varied natural resources of Wyoming nro supplemented with an oq.uMly varied n/bimilunuo / of sonulorlal tinilioi1. .V boiler explosions , collisions nnd burning bridges , tbo llfo of train men is ufuoryof excitement , julvonturo and hrovlty. " \Vrni a scant population of sixty thousand , Arhoua's ' proupcct of state hood appears to have joined the dome cratto "victory" in Maine. 'Till : ronomlnation of Congressman Connull will leave Mr. IBryan but ono rational excuse " /or / continuing In tlio Hold tliut of chuporonliig Allen Root. DUSIMTH the parploxltios incident to the Inauguration of the world's fair , itis gratifying toobsoryo'thnt the suliirloHof the olllcers are running along1 smoothly. Accoiinufo to a recent decision of. the X uhrnsImHiiiiroino co.urt , the burning oC the Wakish trestle would bo classed as "an act of God , " though caused by the carelessness of an engineer. IP the district court wore In condition to dispatch causes within three or six months after Illing , a radical reduction would result In the largo oliontolo which utilize the law'a delays to stand off claimants. , DAVB HILL poralstonly resists the tempting bait of nsanatorflhlp instead of tlio presidency , The public nt largo Is imlllturont which horn of the dilemma David grasps. Ills ohsuiuoa ot tlio presi dency are on par with the sonatorship , nnd the latter olllco IH ontlroly boyonil TllK binding twine trust appears to have secured a footing with the con ferees on the tariff hill , having already Bocurod n modlllcatlou of the senate's action plaulngtwino on the free Hut. if the trust is permitted to dictate tariff terms on binding twine the farmers of iho west are lialjlo to propound some liorttnunt questions to congressmen Booking * ro-election , Tins common belief that Americans Surpassed the world in all things is a mistake. The ability and vermillllty of ' our bank wreckers , for instance , 'loft nothing to bo dosirotl. They certainly left hut little for the depositors and stockholders. Yet the most talented of the profession nro more amateurs com pared with the wroukord of the British Capo of Good TIopo bank , is'ot only was.tho capital and reserve fund swal lowed H ) ) , but eorrespondonU were hold up to the tune of two million and flfty- llvo 'thousand dollars. Doforo sucli monuinontal .genius the iinanclal Na poleons of America respectfully doff their tiles. U report that the widow of General Jolm C. Fremont Is In want should so nrouse the philanthropic fooling everywhere - where in the country us not only to an- Buro prompt relief of her inimediato necessities , but ample provision for the future. The nation owed something more substantial than gratitude to the distinguished explorer and soldier , General - oral Fremont , and having failed to meet the obligation while ho lived it should care for those ho loft. Hut this has boon delayed and is. likely to bo still further postponed , and meanwhile the noble woman who hero his name , and whoso llfo has boon an honor to American womanhood , should not bo permitted to Buflor the hardships and privations of poverty. Such would bo a most cruel fate for BO excellent u woman In a country Which owes so much to the ability , cour age and fortitude of her Head husband , &ud it is to he hoped the knowledge that BIio Is In need will promptly elicit from the philanthropic auiplo provision for Jior relief. nr run ivinrr. No loader of the so-called Independent party and no democrat has yet given a single sound reason why nny republican farmer of Nebraska should refuse to slay by the party In the present campaign. There is no reason that Is worthy a moment's ' consideration of nny Intelligent man who can understand the utter fallacy nnd futility of the Independent movement and who knows the history and the alms of the democratic party , It Is the republican farmers who have kept the banner ot republicanism aloft In Nebraska and hold the stale firmly In the republican column , nnd lo thorn belongs all the credit of the splendid progress llio state has achieved under this control of that party. It is a proud and honorable record , which may bo prolonged to the incalculable advantage of the Hlato If the republican farmers will hut remain faithful to the party thai made It. They have nothing to hope , for from any other political organization. Democratic success , to which the olloot 1 ( not the design of the Independent movement is to contribute , would bo fatal to every measure of reform or re lief asked for by the people. Democracy In Nebraska is not different from do- mocr.icy elsewhere. Ite ambition is to secure the spoils of ofllco. EJlncetl in power hero it would undo , as far as pos sible , all that experience has shown to bo-wisest and best la our political sys tem and administration , and true to the spirit of reaction which everywhere guides it , would reverse the principles and policies which have contributed to tlio progress and prosperity of the state. Hotroyrosslvo'ln all its tendencies , the democratic party cannotsafely bo trusted with the administration of the affairs of n growing stale whoso people are eager fo pres.4 forward in the march of national progress and anx ious to maintain the grout record they have made. As to th o inde pendent movement , it promises nothing and can accomplish nothing , unless it be to slid the democracy. For all else It is fallacious and futile , and every farmer who has heretofore acted with the re publican party and is now giving this movement his countonnnco and support ought toHoo that ho is wasting his sym pathy and strength in the interest alone of a political organization which does not and will not concprn itsulf with his interests and welfare. The republican party has placed Ne braska in the proud position she occu pies among the states of the union. It is pledged to maintain the principles and policies under which this progress has boon achieved and to put into olTcct others doomed necessary to good govern ment and the general welfare. Republican success assures continued advancement. Republican defeat would inevitably bo followed by reaction and retrogression. The plain and paramount duly of repub lican farmers is to stay by the party. The sale of the Colorado Midland rail road to the Atehison , Topokii & Simla Fo is ono of the most important \vostcru railroad transaction ! * of the year. Jt gives the purchasing company nn advantage of linmcdiato and pornni- notit vnluo over competing Missouri river roads and mual cause a radical change In the plans of .rival companies. Tlio Midland has not proved a paying Investment. Extending from George town to Grand Junction , through the leading milling towns of Colorado , it wits practically u local road , without suf ficient commotions to give it standing as a second rate trunk Hue. 'The broaden ing of tlio gnugo of the Rio Grnndo Western from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City inmlo the Midland a most de sirable connecting link for custom trunk roads. It was generally supposed when the Rock Inland built to Georgetown Instead of Denver that It had secured a controlling interest in the road , which would give it direct connection with the Central PneUlc at Ogden , but the coup effected by the Sunttv Fo disposes of nil Burinlsosnnd leaves rival lines flounder- Ing1 ut the enstorn biao ; of the Rockies. The accession of the Midland ; coupled with u long lease of the KIo Grande , places the Santa Fo in position to con trol a largo share of continental travel nnd trnliie. Fully one-half ot the tourist travel between the twooueuns Is diverted nt Ogden to the scenic route of the Kooky mountains , and with that line changed from a narrow to a broad gaujro , Its business la hound to Increase , and materially swell the Bum total of Santa l''o trunk line tralllo. The purchase in dicates a radical eliango in Iho policy of the Santa Fo , which heretofore wasted Its means nnd energies In Eouthwostoni extensions. In catering lo northern tralllo with its usual energy , It will put the northern roads ou thulr mottle and force the Burlington and possibly the Hock Island lo build to the Suit Lalco valley tia a measure of solf-dofonBo. Tt Is more than probable that the plans of the Union Pacific ) precipitated this nnlookod-for scoop of the Santa Fo. The purpose of the former to luvnda the tatter's territory by building southwest from Salt Lake to Los Angeles doubt less forced the AtchlHOU nmnngoi's to re ciprocate lu kind , and they have suc ceeded too well for the potico and com fort of the Union Pacific. Connecting with the Southern Pacific nt Mojave and Los Angeles , with the Central Pacific at Ogden , and enjoying the favor of both corporations , it Is apparent that the now deal will matorlnlly disturb the business of not only the Union Paolllu bnt nil parnllol lines. It will certainly stimu late railroad building in the west. T1IK KKAWOHTIOSJIKXT 1111,1 , . Representative Jhmnoll , chairman of the committee on the eleventh census , lias Introduced a bill providing for the apportionment of representatives on the basis of ono for every ono hundred nnd eighty thousand persons approximately. If this moasurots adopted it will increase the membership of the house of repre sentatives , as nearly as can ha estimated , to three hundred and fifty-eight mem bers , making the electoral vote In 1892 four hundred nnd forty-two as against four hundred and ono la 18SS. Under this arrangement , grouping the states ns they voted In the last presidential election , the republican gain In the elec toral college Is thirty-six , while the dem ocratic gain la only iivo. The no t ropub- Hcan gain In the electoral college is therefore thirty-one , twenty of these votes coming from the now ami cloven from the old slates. With a total elec toral vote of four hundred nnd forty-two the number necessary to elect would bo two hundred and twenty-two. Sep arating Now York , Indiana , Connecticut and West Virginia , with a total vote of sixty-three , as doubtful states , and wo then have this situation : Republican vote two hundred and eighteen ; demo cratic vole ono hundred nnd sixty-one. Thus the republicans , requiring but four votes to secure n mujority In the elec toral college , can win by carrying nny ono of the four states named ns doubtful , while the democrats must carry till of them in order to bo successful. The re publican outlook , as thus indicated , is therefore exceedingly promising. No new basis of representation likely to bo adopted will materially change this republican advantage , but there is another important consideration in volved in this matter , nnd that is the Question of increasing the membership of the house of representatives. It is urged that the house isalrcady unwieldy , and that to add to it would bo simply to increase the difllcultlcs In the way of promptness and-efllclcncy In legislative work. The present house has made an exceptional record in pushing business , but there is no assurance that the exam ple will bo followed by succeeding con gresses. An interesting fact to bo considered in connection with this ques tion is tlio steady increase in the vol ume of proposed legislation. In the present house the number of bills intro duced exceeds twelve thousand , and in both branches the number is between sixteen and seventeen thousand. Al though a great many of these measures are never acted upon , and It may bo are novel * intended to bo , they take up val uable time and add to the expense of legislation. Increasing the membership of the house could hardly fail to increase .ho . volume of this class ot legislation , or the disposition of members of con- ; ro3 to vie with each other in lutroduc- ng bills evidently grows from year to year. But however cogent the argu- nents against adding to the membership of the house , they will very likely bo overcome by tbo refusal of states to have their proportionate representation de creased , and it would bo obviously un- , ustto establish a basis of representation , hnt would amount to a practical dis crimination in favor of states accorded membership far laoxcessof what their population warrants. ONE of the important problems which the next legislature must solve is a re construction of the courts of Douglas county. Litigation has grown to such proportions in this city that the four district judges are unable to dispose of thobublness within a reasonable time. Despite various reforms instituted by the judges to expedite business , fully a year and a half must elapse between filing of n suit and trial. This is an injustice to litigants that should bo promptly remedied. It is clear Unit the number of judoros must bo Increased or the district limited to Douglas count } ' . Ono of the evils of the present law is that it permits trilling causes to bo appealed from justice courts , and the district court docket burdened with causes which rarely come to trial. This should bo stopped either by the creation of an intermediate- court or by mater ially raising the limit of appeal. Under the present system potty justice is a farco. No matter what the decision or the amount involved , it can bo appealed and hung up for years In the musty docket of the district court , needlessly increasing the labors of the judges and court ofllcors , and imposing an unjust expense on the taxpayers. It is of the utmost importance to tlio people that these evils bo remedied and justice ex pedited. The question should receive the early attention of the bar associa tion. Fliojr a business standpoint the bank clearings of the loading cities of the country for the past week are most en couraging. With a. few insignificant exceptions there is a general increase in financial transactionsindlcatlnga steady increase in the volume of trade. Locally the record is a repetition of the old pro gressive story. Clearing house transac tions aggregate in round numbers five and a quarter million dollarsan Increase of thirty-nine and nine-tenths per cent over the corresponding waok last year. In per cent of increase Omaha distances Kansas City , Denver , Minne apolis and St. Paul , nnd out of sixty cities only eleven reports a greater per cent. The clearings substantially rolloct the Improvement in all lines of business in the city. Jobbers report marked activ ity in all departments , and all business signs point to a prosperous fall and holi day trade. These bnromotora of healthy business progress are supplemented with Increased demand and inquiry for Omaha realty. The clouds of uncertainty are gradually disappearing and a confident tone prevails , as isshown in the Increased volume of transfers as well as in the im proved activity In building operations. These important indicators of prosperity unite in showing the strong eurronts of conlldcnco and abiding faith in Omaha's immediate and future progress. Tun proposed lire limits are an ovl- duni'o of a broiid-caugo purpose to pro tect enterprising builders from frame fire traps , TUB bank , realty and building records tire prosperity pointers of the right kind. All Mr. CrlHp ImokH. Mr. Crisp would malto a better democratic louder If ho had inoro sense about what not to do. lloyd'H Scyllu nnd Uliarilnlls. Ktarntu Jluli , A candidate who Is rluli has a hard row to noo. lie Is abused by half of the people who think riches 11 crlmu , and hounded clmvu by the other half because ho doson't wbaclc up. A Cold Day Tor DctnocrnlH. JVcImiufca Cttu I'rea , Tlio republicans liavoopcnoil tlio campaign , The cola woat her for democrats IUH arrived and will grow more frlghl as the 4th of No vember draws near. After this date tUo domocrnU will Imagine that they nro in Si beria. 1'uticitt iiiiiin null. Ktw Yuiii H'orlil , The Empress Frederick , to whom the En. gllih taxpayers have contributed $10,000 a year for the past thirty-five * years , has nt present nn Income "ofcl'W.OOn \ n year. The Kngllsh taxpayer U a ) nau of toff words nnd suffering. Tlio Plnco f jr Now Ideas. C/ifcnao / Tribune. I'ttttlnR nbec-hlvo oft wheels nnd trundlliiff itnhout the country to gratify tlio lonelnitof tbo bcos for change of scene and to prevent them from swarming Is the happy thought that has struck aplurhts In California nnd been put la practice. There Is nothing like the boundless Vest for new Ideas. there In llono for Indiana. JmHdiw/iijIfo Journal. It would not bo n bit surprlsltiR to see the political complexion of tlio Indiana delega tion In congress entirely reversed by this year s elections. The republicans and farm ers' organizations scorn to bo making some re markably stronR combinations against the common oncmy to good government and gen eral prosperity. A Ii'nrctnnto Is HnoiiKli , ( Jniinl Wn il Indtpcntlmt. Nebraska bus already felt nnd Is now feel ing a forctouch of the blighting effects of pro hibition , and the foreUHo Is about ns much as our paoplo are willing to have forced upon them by Imported prospsrlty paralyzors who so glibly lie about Nebraska to the detriment of the state , in the hope of scoring a point for prohibition fanaticism. nml Uculproclty. c I'm fc Tribune. The democracy with strange fatuity con vinced itself that reciprocity was n cave of Adullam , In which Secretary Ulalno would rally deserters from protection. AVhat Is their dismay at finding him In his accustomed place In the front rank of the republican host ! He-costing their scriptural metaphors they might now recognize reciprocity ns a flru-brana fox sent into the I'hllistlno corn Held. Or , better still , they may credit Secru- tnry Dlalno with using their premature nd- vocacy of reciprocity very much as Samson employed tlio jawbone of tbo ass. In tlio IHtli Senatorial OJCKOLA , Neb. , Sept. 22. To the Kdltorof I'm : BEB : Had John A. McShane , Dr. Miller orUIUMcKclghan been nominated for un Im portant position on tbo republican ticket the news would hardly have created more sur- Dt'iso and Indignation among the republicans of this county than the announcement that tlio republican .senatorial convention nt Claries had nominated L , U. Hnsltoll of Stromsburg for senator of tbo Eighteenth senatorial district. While ho has ostensibly been a republican during the past three or four years , ho has antagonized n portion of tbo republican ticket in tuli county at every election , and it has been well known that ho has , during : every campaign , been in secret conclave with men of tbo Chamberlain stripe for thu purpose of dufrntlng republican can didates. Ills unreliability , politically , lias been so well known that no one supnosccl for a moment that ho would get lu liU Hue work and capture the republican nomination for state senator , or iiropbr stops would have been taken to prevent tbo outrage. In Stromsburg ho IIQSCS us a temperance man , entertains prohibition speakers and contributes money for their support. Abroad bo takes his whisky straight , too much of it at times to sustain his natural equilibrium , which can bo fully proven by scores of reliable witnesses who were in attendance at the Into republican con vention. At the republican county convention nt Osccola last Saturday the indignation at his nomination was unbounded and a motion to endorse his cnutliducy was defeated by a vote of 7 for to a'J ngnlnst , ' and four out of the seven who voted in the afllrmativo were delegates to the convention that nominated him at Chirks. Mr Ilaskcll was before the convention nml promised to withdraw. Whether bo will keep tiis word or notrcmnlns to bo seen , as bo is not particularly noted for rclinbilltyiu such matters. It is snfo to sny that nt least live hundred republicans will refuse to support him in this county and It is .freely predicted that the opposite candidate will receive nt least ono thousand nnjority , in which case the fusioulsts will have n walkaway In nu otherwise republican district. It is hoped , however that Mr Haskell will make his word good and withdraw nnd let tlio republicans unite on a man whom all can support. POLITICS. PJSL'L'JSHMINT DttOPS. Puck : In n Jolntdcbato the speakers should articulate well. Atehison Oloboi Thelongera man has been dead the better man ho is. Yonkcrsi Stutciinun : Tbo popular opiulan is tbat it lowers u man to pet 'mgh. " Terre limit Express : You can't tcacn mi old dog now tricks , but you can buy a now dog. dog.Atehison Atehison Olobo : Much w a man admires the truth , ho prefers to have It told about some other fellow. Chatter : At tlio science examination : Q Which Is the best known Insulator ) A Poverty. Somervlllo. Journal : Even the laziest of men can usually sco some work that some other fellow ought to do. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette ! A south ern pajwr explains that when It referred to "the Puritan spirit" It meant Now England rum. rum.Klmira Klmira Gazette : "At least , I can take things in n philosophical way , " Raid thu burglar , as lie lifted out u pane of glass with a rubber sucker. lioston Herald : Wife So they returned your manuscript. It Is too bad. Husband ( who thinks no can wrlto ) Yes , that Is whnt tbo editor said about it , Philadelphia 'rimes : "Where In the world Is the chalk dntwnr ! " asked tbu drug clerk. "What do you want it for ! " "Thoro's a customer Hero after powdered Iwrax , " "Well , lio'll have to wait. Pillbox 1ms the chalk putting up an order for maKiiesla. " Hrooklyn Ufo : American cltUen 01 say , Dooehy , cud yo not play somothln' bosolits y'r Uooch chunost Don't ' yo know imny American chunost Loader of Htreot bund Yah. American citizen Thin give u * "Wrai-in1 o' th' Ornne , " or "St. Patrick's Day In the .Moniln'.1' HJ'JXXElt M'UA VN l-Ht I * K. I Tt I. Tnc Old Grntlciimn lii a Pitlablo Con dition I'roiu JVIaiiv AilimuHN , NKW Yoiw , Sept. ( a-8pcclal ) [ Telegram toTiiRnie. : ] A friend ufnMOnoral Spin. nor , ox-treasurer , of jtho United .States , lias received 11 letter from hi in dated nt his Flori da homo , in which ho siiyn : "I-'ornlno weeks I liavo been compelled tO'i-onmin ' In tlio house for nllltctlons other tlan ( tlio cancer on my faoo. 1 hud ehills , rhuinnatlsm mid minor ailments , From these 1 Inn now rolloveil , but I nni left In n very foohW , nervous condition ami myi > hysIitiocoii4 ] ! ( , M of nothing Imtsliln and boiim. 1 am a uiTsoruulo wreck of my former sol t nml the citAtar has oaten away lui'L'o portions of my client : nnd nose , mid Iwi HO impaired my vision'1 ( hat I cannot distin guish ono frlenil from another and thu pulns from Uiu wound /nut from the constant ncu- ralfla In my liuml hnvd rendered my llfo al most uticiuiiirablo , Tlilolo * hope that | * jc ( | mots tbat le.ilh may 64(1 ( relieve mo of my HUlTorliigs , " A Former Omnium Ano , Sopt. 'J.1 , ( Spyclnl 'IVIugnini to THE HKK. ] Henry Von llotleu , u young ticr- iiinn nohlunmii , has broil missing from his boantlng house , nt-101 Lincoln avenue , tiliico Wednesday morning. Lust Saturday night n wi'uk Vou IIolloii urrlvi'il la Chicago from Oinnhiiln Hi'uruh of work , His trunk and satchel nro at the Lincoln house. IIu was not acquainted in Clilcagu. - Tlio Doftmot ( 'aim Iliuik. LONDON , Sept. W. The ll'iuldutor.i ' of tlio Capo of ( ! oed Ilopo bank report that tbo de ficit , In audition to the total Ions of the full paid up capital anil rnsorvo fund , amounts to JtMll,000 , The report recommends tbat a llrst mil Ixi iniulo iiK > n the diuroholilurs for JC100 per share payable lu ten monthly In- atJllmcnls. XKlt'H 01' 'rilK XOJKTIIWKHT , Ncbruakn. A branch of tbo Women's Christian Tom- pernnco union lias been organuoil nt Miller. The Independent Im been launched on ttio journalistic se.i nt Gordon by S. 8. Murphy. The republicans of Polk county have nom inated Samuel McConncll for representative nntl T. II , Saundora for county attorney , The contract has been let for sinking the wells for the Mlndcn water works to a pon- tlcinan from St. Louis. He has returned to St. Louis for the machinery wltli which lo rte the work nnd expects to get back and begin operations next week. At the Pierce county fair n dozen small boys climbed upon the root oC the grandstand to get a bettor view of the ball game , when It catna down with a crush upou the people within tbo structure. Luckily no ono was In. lured , but the Norfolk bund hoys bnd n unm oor of their best Instruments badly smashed A cotipto of sneak thieves vUltcil the stores of II. Kowmnn nnd C. J. Sivniison nt Oak- Iniul mid managed to purloin about a dozen pairs of pants which they proceeded to dis pose of during the day atpcr pair , after which they took their departure on a passing freight train. The tags from tlio clothing were found In nn empty box car , which loads to the belief that tlio thieves were tramps. Albert Haulier of Hastings was arrested at Harvard the other day for attempting to wreck the morning flyer by putting an ob struction on the truck. Ho was tried before .lustloo Ltmbocker and was sent to Jail to await the fall term of court. Ho is n boy seemingly not moro than sixteen years of ago mul his story is tlmt ho had bson to tlio state fair and deiulbout his way from Lincoln ss far as Harvard , where the box car In which ho was riding was sot out. Ho then started to walk to Hastings , when , gelling about thrco miles west of Har vard , lie heard tlio train coming , nnd placing some ties on the track ho bid behind some bushes. When nskcJ why lie did It ho replied tlmt ho thought ho would stop the train so bo could got on and vide the rust of tbo way. lo\vn. Miss Cornelius Is a candidate for recorder In Louisa county. M. A. Koberta. ono ot the oldest citizens of Muuch Chunk , died recently ot lockjaw. It is said that nn examination of the books of Poweshlok county develops that Its former auditor is short In his accounts about $10,01)0. , A convention of the societies of Christian Endeavor of southwest Iowa has been ar ranged to meet at Corning October 17 , IS ana 19. A farmer Hvlnj ? near Charleston was fat ally poisoned tlio other day from eating pie. A mystery surrounds tbo case , nnd the au thorities arc investigating. At a marriapo ceremony In Cedar Rapids the other day the brklo refused to accept the marriage license because the witnesses af- ilxod their signatures with n lead pencil , and demanded a new document. The Wavorly canning factory has closed for the season ! The output this year is esti- mntoil at 425,000 cnns. On nn average 115 people have been employed daily for nearly a month. The crop of corn was Hgnt less from ( SCO acres than from 1180 last year. On May 20 , 1S90. Hev. John Potter of Lynn- vlllo made a complaint to tbo railroad com missioners that ho was ejected from n pas senger carrying freight on tbo Hock Island at the above place because ho tendered bis faro and not a ticket , being unable to procure the latter , owing to the ticket ofllco being closed. Tlio board ruled that the fare should have been acccpteit and the passenger allowed to remain aboard. The residents of West Halman township , Osceola county , are for a second time shocked nt the scandalous actions of Frank Ellgen , n well-to-do farmer , having a wife and three children. About a week ago Ell- gen disappeared mid an investigation re vealed the fact that a Miss Troch of that neighborhood was also among the missing. The whereabouts of the elopers is not known , but It Is thought they nro in hiding near Lu- vornc , Minn. Kllgcn is very popular among his neighbors , but , it seems , cannot resist the blandishments of women , having six years ago clopcil with another woman , whom ho de serted , and was taken back by his wife under the promise that ho would reform. About live miles south of Dubuque there stands on the bank of the Mississippi a rick ety ono-story frame shanty , inhabited by a mysterious old man known only by the name of "Old Frltx. ' His occupation is that of a fisherman , and in order to increase his lioaril ho deals out poor whisky by the glass to the railroad laborers who may happen that way. Ills hair is long and matted , his ilguro is bent with ago , his clothes ragged , and altogether ho presents a most revolting appearance. This old man lives on dogs. Ho is the only man in tlio world t'mt ' is known to malco a regular diet of dog meat. In nuold shed attached to bis house ho.keeps from llftcou to twenty dogs , of all sizes ami breeds. Ho feixls them well , and when ono becomes fat -mid Juicy no kills it and dines off its rich sirloins. Ho is contin ually procuring now animals which ho picks up along the highways or in the city or purchases for a few pennies from boys. "Old Fritz" cujovs Ida strnngo diet and thrives upon it. Ho seldom offers any to visitors , and is unwilling to talk about his peculiari ties to strangers. Ho has , however , been heard to say that tbo nosh of thu do ? is. in his judgment , preferable to tbat of any other animal. _ _ _ _ _ The Two Dakota * . Seventy-five loads of grain were marketed in Oarrctson ono day last week. The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Vallo.v is shipping over twenty thousand head of beef cattle per month from the Mtnneselu yards , The famous LB I3ollo ranclio case was tried at Madison last wed ; and thu jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $20,000. , The amount involved was ft 1,000. The case will likely bo taken to the supreme courc. Two Indictments wcrci reccntlv found In Turner county against Mrs. Hockey and Frank Elliott for adultery , but both cases were dismissed l > y the Judge on the ground that there is no law making adultery u eriino on the statute books of South Dakota. An old gentleman in the north end of Da kota , who has recently married his third wife , was nwt by a frioad , who inquired how ho was pleased witbhis nride. Well , " wiii the deliberate nuswer , "I don't ' know as she Is so handsome as Susan or so spry as Kate , hut she'll do for a change , " About ono thousand car loads of cattle have gone east over tlio Northern I'.ielllo so fur this season. It Is estimated that -1,000 , moro car loads will bo shipped lioforo the season is over. This will imilio in the neighborhood of ninety-live thousand head of cattle that will go over the Northern 1'aciflc this year. Surveyors nnd others living in Nowlin county tell of having socii stranpo looidng animals there occasionally that evidently belong - long to the feline species. They resemble the wildcat variety , only are larger somewhat mid have ijulte longtails. . They are not panthers because they are not half so largo. I'rof. Krco , tlio well known geologist of Yiinkton college , after repeated and careful examinations ot Dakota's lignite deposits , says that they olTor a solution of the problem of cheap fuel for North Dakota , In order to secure thu best results , lie roiMtinni-iulH the use of Hgnlto stoves , which ell If or from othur stoves us much as soft coal stoves dliTer from hard coal stoves , At a running rnco at the Aberdeen fair Yum-Yum , u Sioux Falls horse , bolted ever thu railing funru mul struck on lier head , hreaUIng her nook. Tlio horse rolled over on thu Jockey nml ho was picked up for dead. Tliii boy revived In a short time , liowevor.awl with th(5 ( exception of a badly sprained nnklo no injuries were suhtained. Yuin-Yum died a short tiinu after the race. A short tlmo ago some railroad workmen , while excavating in the neighborhood of Com missioner Hay Smith's much , about one. mlle from Tigorvlllo , in the lllncl ; Hills , un earthed u ronin containing the remains of a miner named 1'atrick Fitzgerald , burled about stivon years ago , Tlio conln was acci dentally broken open , whoa the body was found to bo in a potrilled condition , It was again buried a few hundred yards from Its original location. Ono day but week It was discovered that the grave hud Iwon robned. At Cliulndn Saturday Vornlo I.islo , the twelvo-vcar-olil son of C. A. Uslo , br.ively met Ids death while attempting to roscuohls little brother from drowning. Several of the neighborhood boys , with tlio Lisle rhllilrun , were ptrkmVklng about n mlle south of the city near a branch or creek , and Had boon wading in the mud. Kdwln , the nmo-year- old son of Mr. Lho ! , was bitting on a la. washing hit feet , whoa the log guvo way and plungw him Into a holu hcvor.d foqt deep. Vornlo saw his timthcr'H danger and Jumped lu to save him , which ho succeeded in doing by n great effort , but sacrificed his own llfo in so doing , ; The boys nro both aiaall for their age. FROM THE STATE GiPlTM. A Young Mnn , Mftdo Desperate I ; Poverty ) Tbre.\tous to Commit Suicide. SUSPECT SHERMAN AGAIN ON TRIAL C\\o Notorious Crooki Got Iilglit Son- toiicca KlRlit Over n Bedimfi tllssO'ICcefoStillfVHvo City News Notes. Nob. , Sept. 22. [ Special to THE Bin.J ; It is reported today that the young nan who tola Messrs. McMurtry and ImholT , on Twelfth and J streets last evening that lie ntciulcd to commit suicide , was uo other than Jim MeConlga. Tlio cause of his rash rcsolvo was lack of money and ho hud Just jcggcdn dollar from McMurtry. MuCo las s said to bo a sad specimen of the young mini jorn of wealthy parents who never learned .hd vnluo of a dollar. Ho early learned ex travagant habits nnd his old playmates still remember that when but a mcro hey of his lighting his cigarettes with $5 bills. It Is stated that ho has boon set up in business by his father several times , hut always squan dered his money. IIo married rich , but his wlfo finally left him. Too much Ijqtior Is said lo have crazed his brain and incapacitated him for business. SUSPECT BIIUIIMAN ON' TntAti AOAIN. William , nlltns AVIIlis , alias Wlilpplo Slier- man , who gained such nnmicnvlublo notoriety by being arrested nnd taken to Omaha on the suspicion of being nn accomplice of JSdKcal In the murder of Allen and Dorothy Jones near South Omaha , was arraigned in the dis trict court here touay on the charge of steal ing n horse from S. P. Hlchoy. Sherman con ducted himself with thu nonchulanco of n man accustomed to being tried for hick crimes , nnd in order to sus tain the Otstingus of such n. noted persoiiuRO appeared In court with hair freshly cut nnd his llory red mustache waxed to a point. Somovory damaging evidence was brought out In evidence , but Sherman ignores it all by cluimlng that the horse taken docs not belong to S. P. Hlebcy , but to the nephew of that gentleman. COT I.IOUT snsTr.xcns. The two crooks , George Uox nnd Bll 1 O'Connor , were arraigned in the district court today on the charge of grand larceny of n. watch from n woman known ns Kva Unsworth. Tlio theft occurred over thrco months ago nnd the fellows flea from the city but returned a week or two ago. They were then promptly arrested and jailed. Later they were held to tlio district court. As the case was n clear ono against tnem their attorney secured a light sentence for them today by claiming that tlio watch was worth less than S33 , and conscnuently their deed was only potty laiveny , which is not n pcnltontinrv offenso. The prisoners ple.idod guilty ot the misdemeanor of potty larceny and the judge gave them thirty days each in the county jail. rjmiT OVER A nnn-nuo. 1'otor MeGcrry nnd Tim .Tones , two board ers at the Depot hotel , discovered n bed-bug in the salt cellar tbat they were using nt din ner mid each charged the other with putting the insect thero. Hnrd words ensued nnd llnnlly a desperate light resulted. McGerry was getting tlio worst of it nnd grabbing the suit collar ho throw it at Jones' ' head. It missed him nndwent crashing through the window , McOeiTy was arrested for his bad markinanship and lined { 9.40. snsi o'icr.uri : sni.r , Ai.ivn. Miss Julia O'Kecfc , whoso leg was so terribly crushed by a car at the Missouri Pacific crossing on Tenth street last evening , is still nlivo but has slim chances of surviving her injuries. Her spinets also badly injured. She was a very attr.ictivo and ladylike young woman mid the pride of the O'Kcefo family. She is still at Mr. 1'hclnn's residence. ODDS AXD nsns. QJ. S. Kelson , the lazy loafer who has boon arrested so many times for beating his wife , win sent to the county jail for thirty days todav for tiis brutal assault on her Saturday nifflit. Miss Martha Kiimso , n woman of twenty- five , who luis un illegitimate child three years old , raised a hubbub yesterday by complain ing to the police that , tier aged father and mother were trying to get her claim of UiO acres in Holt county away from her. The parents say that it is not their intention to rob her. They say that all tlio improvements on the land have been made by them and that the farm is heavily encumbered with n , mort gage. They merely wished to sell the land for their daughter to save her at least a portion tion of its value. As shoisdcuf the parents excuse her eccentricities. Ntll Hobarts , the courtesan on M near Eleventh street who took nn overdose of mor phine last evening , supuosably with suicidal intent , has recovered sufllclontly to be pro nounced out of danger. Alfred Harris , who was held to the district court for cruelly beating his eight-year-old son , was tried todny by jury and acquitted. This is the second case inside of a week in which n parent charged with cruelty has been acquitted. Peter Junson , the follow who was arrested for skipping after cashing nSJOU draft for his employer , Charles O , Strickland , but lied again after securing $700 bail , was captured today near Broken Uow. Germany nnd Slavery. BKIIMK , Sept. tIJ. [ Special Cablegram to TUB Hue. 1The 1 Iliiinbugcr Nachrichten , which is accepted as Prince Bismarck's or gan , n few days ago published an article crit icizing the nuinnor in which llio government dealt with the minors concerning Its attitude toward slavery In East Africa. The North German Gazette , government organ , replying to the article , snys that the government de clines to bo dictated to by thu Nachrichten , and Justifies the meeting of such ciunrds at times by strulghtfowurd dcnial'lnstead of by diplomatic shufllng , The Gazette in the course of its article makes nn incidental at tacks upon the persons who inspired the criticism. * The Situation in 1'orl u nl. PAIIIS , Sept. L'2. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : Biu : . ] The Sleclu today publishes an interview with Sonoi * Lagasta , the Spanish pi-lmo minister , Referring to the situation iu Portugal Senor Scgasta snld that the Portu guese republicans before ovcrythlng were patriots , and tlmt they greatly fear the con sequences of foreign Interference which might involve absolute loss to their colonies. Spain , ho declared , wus merely socking to preserve the statu quo In Morocco mid that no International complications were feared. A SwIsH Vlllaj-o I'nrning. TiKiiNi : , Sept. 23. [ Special Cablegram to TnnHiiJ : ! The village ofKutbi , in the can ton of St. Gall , Is on fire. Thrco hundred houses have already boon destroyed nnd the loss of ono life Is reported , All tbo people whoso houses have bcon burned are hi u des titute condition , Fatal linen motive CIIATTAXOOOA , Tciui. , Sept. ' 'J. The boiler of a freight engine on thu East Tennessee , Virginia & Georgia railroad exploited lust midnight nt Sherman Heights. The cmrl near n'ud fireman wciu killed and tha brakeman - man seriously injured. Honored by ( lie Kinlr. ST. PiiTKiioni'iin , Sept , 82. [ Special Cable gram to THU Hiu. : ] TboUtnlrof Uokhara has conferred upon M. Vyshnegmdikl , the Husslnn minister of finance , the badge of the Grand I3okhnr.ui order decorated with brilliants mid many valunhlo presents. ( Jlnsgow Ii'iii'iiuoeinen 8trlk ; . Cii.vsoow , Sept. 22. [ Special Cablegram to TIIK UKK , ] The Scotch furnucomcii have struck for higher wages anil the furnaces uro being blown out. The iron murkut hero 1s excited lu consequent-oof the strike. A samnin of the ton1 manufactured In Now York from Dakota llux has been received at Sioux Kails. It is exceptionally cleai and pure after hnvlng been blciiehoj. Tlio iiorsou who sent the nntnplo declares tliut the tow win bo manufactured In Sioux 1'alls ut u cost of tin a ton and In Now York the product will bring at loait $7f > , leaving u prollt of f(50 ( for each ton , to pay for transportation. THIS GRANT MONUStlWT. New yorkli'lnnlly Tnkcstho TlrstStop The Dcsliiu Adopted * A mnsstvo dome ot grnnHolowcrlnR nearly tlirco lumilreil foot nbovo the water's cilpo is to bo llio memorial erected at tlio prravo of General ( Irun tit lUvorsido drive , Bays tlio Now York Times. Nature ami art will bo Joined in the tribute. The olllY-llko promontory A shadowing Miinhnttimvlllo , converted into a series of base lines down the river , nnil tlio Blopo ol the driveway , furnish ing gentle but distinct approaches from tlio Bouth nntl cnst , will invest with the appearance of entity the landscape and the alruoturo to bo reared , and will pro vide for the great chlcfttilo a tomb worthy of his renown. The executive committee of the Orant Monument association took the llrst stop yesterday toward Bccuring such u me morial by eolcctlnp tlio duslpn submitted to Its Inspection by Architect John U Duncan of this city. The Architect , while mindful of tlio economic conditions of the money ( sup ply , i9 yet nllvo to the infinitude of elab oration which tlio character of the struc ture , the mngnillconco of the Bite , and the loyal Impulse or pride of the people mny justify. Ills design is con- Htructcd with such possibilities In vlow. The terraced bnso innlcos of the blutT itself n , giant pedestal , with roadwaj-H as It shelves , and with spacious ureas of croon or gravel or granite on which can bo set statuary commemorative of Iho war in croups or single pieces , or oilier decorations tributary to the general design , This landscape pedestal , If It mny soba called , rises 127 feet nbovo tlio rlvor level. The Rtvuoturo to bo built upon its summit will bo from 100 to 170 foot high , and Innd- scapo and granite nro to bo BO joined as to nuilio the memorial when completed : i mnsslvo and symmetrical pile , toboBcon in Its full proportions from the rlvor , and a commanding sight from every point of vlow. It will bo clearly defined alike from Iho beginning of the drive at Seventy-second street , from the heights of Inwood , nnd from anywhere alon lhe stretch of western shore from the foot hills of the Highlands to the last blull of tlio L3allsadcs. The design of the structure Itself is impressive and appropriate. It looks like n memorial structure. Strength and dignity 1111 its contour In Iho space of 100 feet enuaro , which It will cover the ruling Idea , always is to preserve - servo tlio distinctive features of solemn- nity and grandeur ; which such u place should inspire. There la no effort toward great display or starting elTccts. Massive simplicity Is the end sought , mid In the opinion of the committee it is admirably secured. Tlio opportunity afforded in the design for filling In spaces with statuary or other ornament , or for interior decoration , carefully precludes anything that would detract from the leading and supreme motive of grand simplicity. It is Intended tlmt there shall bo a crypt in which the collin shall reiwso and which limy lie viewed from a gallery above , as nt the tomb of Napoleon. There is to bo also nn outside gallery from tlio upper level extending around the base of the domo. There will bo abundant room for the display of treas ures or souvenirs , and ample incentive for decorative detail in thu interior as well as outside. In tlio end the elabora \ tion of the structure and its approaches may well mnko the tomb of Grant onoof the famous sights of the world without a single departure from the comprehen sive designs now accepted. Little James hnd bcon imparting to the minister the important nnd cheerful Informa tion that his father had got a now sot of false teeth. "Indeed , J nines ) " replied the minis- tcrrlndulgently. ' 'And what will ho do with the old set ! " "Oh , I s'pose , " replied lltllo .Tnnics , "they'll cut 'em ' down and nuuco mo wear 'cm. - * - Cottager I ordered two dozen eggs yester day , Mr. Crackers and paid forthcm.and.vou only sent twenty. Mr. Crackers Wu-nl , you see , four of 'em was bud , nn' I Itnowed you 7 wouldn't kcer for 'em. Harper's Magazine roit OCTOBER CONTAINS t A.tttolno's Mooso-yard. By JULIAN RAJ-TH. "With Thirteen Illustrations. Fifth Part of Port Tarascon : The last Adventures of the Illustrious Tartaln. . By Ara'itoiNSis D.vUDirr. "With Fifteen Illustrations. Now Moneys of Lincoln's Admi Is- tra'ion. 13y L. E. CHITTKXUKN' . A Story. By I5. S. Mc- The First Oil "Woll. By Prof. J. S. NUWHEKIlY. Sonnets by Wordsworth. With Eleven Illustrations drawn by AiA'ituu PAIISOXS. 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