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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 9 , 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. Y BEE. E , B08EVATBR , Editor. _ Vl'l lUSII KD KVKUY MOHNING TKHMS Tor auTiscuii'Tiotf. Pnlly nnit HunJny , Ono Year . . . fin 00 Hlxmniitlii . f'OO Tliri'C tnniitln . ' - M Htiwliiy Hit- , Ono Vcnr. . . . . . - 00 Hot' . Ono Year. . . . . . . . . . . 1 23 Oinnlin.Tlio tcn ! llnllcllinr , fcoulh Omnhn , Corner N nii'l Jf.th . Streets. oiincll ItliilT * , 12 1'rnrl Ftrt ct. ( 'lilciiRoUnircai70liRiiilior of Commerce. . . New Vurk.Kooini 13,14 mid I > , Tribune IJulldlnc Washington , 613 L'ourtct < iilli Stiuet. coimrsi-ox JENon All communications rnintlnit to now * nnu rclllrirliilinnUor should bo addressed to the Kdltuilnl Department. HUMINHHS MTTTr.US. , , , All Iniiliipsilnltorsniiil remlttnncos should liunilJlirwc-cltoTlioHuol'ulilMiliiRCotiipnnjr , Orniilili. Drnfls , rlicokB nnd nontonico orders to Ijo mudo payable to tlio ordur of the com linny. 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TMohucIf , liolnis duly s\nrn , do- roKi mid wnys tluitlio Iswcrotiiry of Tlio IIoo I'ulill.sliliisOoinpaiiv. that thnnotunl nvuraito 'lally ulrinliitlnn of Tun lUinv IIKK for tlio iiioiilh of November , lkM > , wns lO.IIIOcoplcs ; ' . , . . . rn to liofnrn inc. mid nulisurllicd In my Jircscneu , tills latuiiy of Novomlinr. A. I ) . . 1M > J. N I' . 1'Rir. Notary Public. DISTANCE lends oncliantmont lo the forms of Iho rotlrinp colonels. IT Is jirodiclod that the vote will bo a prominent feature of lifo nt Lincoln this winter. Tlinunin porno consolation in the fact that the left nro more numerous than the elect. Tin : humor of tlio campaign In Wis consin Is on the democratic side by thirty thousand majority. OlTic'Uti returns are still wnntinp to RIO\V ! \ the oflfcct of tlio victory on the Nebraska Central bridge schomo. ITAI ) the Independents placed Van Wyt'k ut the head of the ticket , there would ho no occasion to iiwuit tlio olli- cial returns to determine his election. IN TUB programme of the coming democratic jubilee , the Samosets should not forget to give the place of honor to the elect , especially these whom the big ehicN nllomptod lo fire ort tlio ticket the early days of the campaign. Tin : old Cleveland cabinet thinks of having a reunion In the sonata cham ber ul Washington. Whitney of Now York and Vllas of Wisconsin already think they liavo the pins setup , and tho. rest expect to come In oil the next election. Notlio \ Mormons are accused of working the religious craze among the Indians. Just what the saints hope to gain is not stated. Having overthrown polygamy , it is necessary to charge them with some terrible criino to keep the church tilivo as an issue , Tin : reported discovery of a euro for consumption by Dr. Koch , a famous ( lorinan specialist , has attracted world wide attention. The details of what is pronounced "a" revolution in ther apeutics" will probably bo inudo public \\ithinamonth. \ Meanwhile the doctor is prosecuting his experiments with bacilli to the exclusion of other duties , and will BOOH relieve a coughing world of the strain on its lungs. Mit. C. A. ATKINSON , president of the Non-Partisan Amendment Waguo , is the llrst prohibition lender to account for the Waterloo in honest , manly fashion. Ho pays it was duo to the fact that the farm ers cast iin unexpected vote against the nmomlmont. lie does not charge that tlio victory for license was won by fraud , outlawry or bribery. It is refreshing to have ono prominent man of the other aide oxplulu the result In a manner that Is at once truthful and creditable to the level headed farmers of Nobraska. TJIUIK of the great packing1 h ousos of Chicago , these of Armour , Swift and Morris , Imvo decided to move their establishments beyond the boun- dury of the city. The announced objool is to escape inimical local lawa and excessive taxation. It is evident , however , that the real ob ject it to emulate Pullman aud start a packers' town. A largo tract of land has been secured just beyond the Indiana boundary , on which the factories will bo started and the town built. Tlio annual business of tlio three firms amounts toono hundred and fifty millions. Possessing ample capital and the ability to successfully manage any undertaking , there is no doubt that their project will add tons of thousands to tlio population of Indiana within ton years. SioxouSucci , adiseiplo of Dee Tanner - nor , after sixty days oxporlonco , de clares : "Tho power of psychic force over matter in the secret of fasting. " Tlio discovery is important. Indeed it is invaluable at the present time when thousands of misguided bohifja have hud tholr hopes and aspirations ruthlessly shattered und the glowing prospect of n , profitable season at the public crib has jjono n-glimmoring' . A moro consoling beverage for the defunct cannot bo found in the matorla raedlca than psyolito force. And what makes it all the moro grateful is that it costs nothing. To candidates who have had tlio fat fried out of them at every turn and have hud to grease their pathway to the political bonoyard. it will prove a priceless boon to loara that the power of psychic force affords , a balm for mutilated hopes and filinttorcd nerves. Sued is a benefactor in disguise. Long live the slgnor. ; im/ i TIIK ST.ITB. Carefully compiled returns from all jut two counties , Hooker and Mcl'hor- eon , glvo James K. Boyil a plurality of a fraction moro than one thousand votes over Powers , independent people's can didate for governor , and throe thou sand ever lllchards , republican candl- late. In view of the fnct that the returns presented by THE Din ; are nearly all olllcliil and the vote in the two tmro- ported counties cannot exceed two hundred , it is manifest that James E. Boyrt 1ms been elected governor. According to the returns rccolvcd ut republican headquarters it la almost certain that with the oxconllon of gov ernor , nil cnndldnles on the republican state ticket have boon elected by major ities ranging from two to four thousand. It Is impossible as yet for 119 to print the returns on state ofllcers , but wo shall endeavor to do so in our next issue. The next legislature will be decidedly anti-monopoly. In thesomite there will bo six straight republicans , nine straight democrats and eigh teen incinboi'S who may bo classed as alliance men , although porhnps one- half of lliobe had licon nominated jointly on republican and alliance tickets or on democratic nnd nllliinco tickets. In the house there nro fifty-four nlll- anco men , twenty-four democrats and twcnty-two'rcpubllcuns. Whether the members of the alliance in the house f/OII' ST.177COfTKSTSA tC The close contest on the Btuto ticket very naturally provokes the inquiry what the next legislature has to do with the returns and to what extent it can In- tcrp&so for or against any particular candidate. Wo will outline briefly Iho functions of Iho legislature and Its authority in determining' the result of the Btato elections. Under Iho constitution , the legislatures or rather each of its two houses , is the judge of the election mid qualification of its own mcmborn. In other words , the legislature hasabjolutopower to deter mine who is or is not entitled to a se.it but in so doing1 it must con duct Us inquiry in conformity with the election laws , which require that any candidate for tie ] legis lature , who for any reason dc&lres to contest the beat of his opponent must serve duo notice upon him wHhin a fixed time after the election , setting forth the points upon which ho expects to estab lish his rlijht to the seat , and designat ing a notary before whom testimony is to bo taken to establish this right. This testimony is usually placed before the legislature and that body may go behind - hind the returns and render a lliuil de cision as a majority of its members mx doom just. From this decision there is no appeal. It is altogether different with regard lo stnto ollicors. Under the law the various county clerks are required to forward to the secretary of state the aggregate number- voles cast for each candidate in duplicate and certify to the same under oath as being a cor rect return as inado by the county board of canvassers. Tlio sccrqlary of btato is required to preserve ono bet of these county returns , scaled , und present the same to the legislature , with n tabulated exhibit o ! tlio returns as ho finds them , n the other sot. As soon as the two houses of the legis lature are duly organized they moot in | oint convention , which body becomes a state hohrd of canvassers. They break open the sealed envelopes containing the county returns and verify them with the exhibit placed in tholr hands by Iho secretary of state. If the footings correspond and prove correct , the president of the senate , who In this instance will bo Lieutenant Governor Moihlojohn , will publicly declare each candidate who has received a majority or plurality of the vote catt for any olllco duly elected. This act ends all connec tion of the legislature with the canvass of state election returns. The legislature has no power to alter or modify any of the returns except so far as an error may appear in the footings inado by the county canvassers or secretary of state. The enl way any candidate for u Btato olllco may contest the election of either of his competitors Is by process of law through the courts. This proce&s is pro scribed in our statutes and requires the taking of testimony as regards fraud or miscount , just the same as is provided for contofetnnts of county or city olliocrs. KEKl * XKJUI.ISXA IX TIIK FltOXT. For several reasons the people of Nebraska braska have just now an especial oppor tunity to push the stata forward in a now and promising path of development. In the first place the danger of prohi bition has boon laid. Alone of the belt of agricultural states stretching from the Indian territory to Canada , Nebraska braska has voted against the policy that makes capitalists distrustful , discourages investment and injures material pros 9f perity. Much now capital is now ready to flow in and much moro can bo induced tocomo this way by proper effort on the part of enterprising communities and of f the statons a wholo. Another thing which should stir the peoulo of Nebraska to unwonted activity \ nt this time is the importance of having the etato in the best possible condition in 1693. lu that year wo hope to attract thousands of visitors through our exhibit at the world's fair , and to interest capital and now popula tion by the opportunities offered by the prosperity of the state. The whole west will receive a dogreoof attention in 1893 that it has uovor before enjoyed. All western states will then bo rivals for the good opinion of visitors and the solid re wards which will accompany it. It is not too early to plan and worker this end. end.Tho The now legislature will bo asked to provide lilwrnlly for the &tato's repre sentation at Chicago. It will probably bo asked also to put in operation some practical bohemo for advertising the .stato'sadvantages mid encouraging im migration. The effort to accomplish this by moans of a dovelomuout bocloty nllod. It is a movement that can uc coed only by the aid of the Btato which B lo bo benefited by its results. Now Is the tlrao for all Nebraska pco- plo to unlto In an earnest effort to en- lunco the greatness of Nebraska. Suc cess in such an effort means prosperity or all. AND VUllLlO S'.iFKtr. The oxtrnordlnnrjinumbor of fatalities on the railroads of Ihis country during the last few months 1ms invited serious consideration of the question whether measure's should not bo adopted , both national and stnlo , requiring railway companies to make belter provision than .hoy . now generally do against avoidable accidents. The last report of the inter state commerce commission contains sta tistics of railway accidents for ten years , ind the statement shows that during the two years of ISSSnnd 18S9 the railroads tilled ever eleven thousand persons and .njurod fifty-two thousand , of the latter forty thousand being employes. This is a most alarming exhibit , and It will bo rendered still moro so when the record of this year's casulties'is added. It is es pecially significant as showing the dan- porous nature of railway em ploy mo nt. During the last two years there was ono death for every three hundred and fifty- seven employes and ono injury for every thirty-five. No such havoc as this happens on Eu ropean railroads. In England the num ber of railway employes killeil in 1S88 was one in ovaryeight , hundred and sov- onty-li vo , and the number injured ono in ovcry ono hundred and fifty-eight. The statistics of passengers killed and injured are still moro favorable to English railway management. Tlio French statistics compare favorably with these of England. It Is true , as the report of the interstate commerce commission says , that the conditions of tra\ol hero are different from these in England , but it has been well remarked that this fact does not change the gen eral principle that railway trulllo can bo rendered much moro soouro hero by the action of the companies themselves in adopting moro complete equipments and enforcing a higher ilogroo of disclplineor by moro stringent legal roslricllons and regulations. In England juries are ready to reward exemplary damages to any parson who has boon injured iu a railway accident , or to his relatives in casoof his death from such a cause. The authorities iniist upon the adoption of lifo-saving' appliances , and tlio speed of trains is proportioned to tin weight of rails , tlu ) weight and capacity of loco motives , etc. There is a rigorous inves tigation of accidents by competent men , whoso conclusions and recommendations are respected. A wise plan for the re duction of fatalities is found lo bo the increase of the cost of accidents to the railroads concerned , und the applica tion of the 7 > rinciplo would doubtless bo found equally serviceable in this coun try. try.Tho The number and frequency of railway accidents in the United States , and the very dangerous nature ot railway employment hero , un questionably duo very largely to the neglect of the companies to pro vide proper and adcquata safeguards , make a most urgent demand for legisla tion that will eompol the railroad com panies , under severe penalties , to use every precaution and appliance for so- ouring greater safety to the public and to their employes. A record of sixty- two thousand persons killed and injured during two ycaiM is a startling indict ment of our railway management , and tbero is liltlo reason lo expect that tlio companies will voluntarily provide the remedies. Tills is u mailer which should receive the serious attention of tlio next legislature of Nebraska. , TIIK VUTK AND TUB CKNSUS. The rccont outrageous attacks ol the prohibition hirolimrs on the census of Omaha furnished the detractors of tlio city with texts for attacks on the accu racy of Iho enuinuration. It was juicy moat for St. Paul and Minneapolis. Kansas City pounced upon It as drown ing man grasps at straws , anil Denver hailed the prohibition fuko as proof pos itive of wholesale btulling. THK BISK ef fectually exploded the malicious canard at the time , but tlio result of the olec- lion furnishes additional evidence of Iho correctness of Iho count. Tlio vote east by Iho respective cities last Tuesday is as follows : Minneapolis 20,051 Omulm 2I.4M St. P.ml VJ.O'Ji Kansas Olty ; 17,01V , ) Denver , 10OsO , The population of the five cities as shown by the federal comus in as fol lows : Minneapolis 104,738 Omaha IHO.TOO St. Paul ii3aoi ; Kansas City 13.,000. , Denver 120,000 While the ratio of _ vote to population in Omaha and Minneapolis is practically the same , St. Paul , Kansas City , . and Denver show a mnrkod discrepancy. In Kansas Cily tlio election did not call out a full volo. Denver and St. Paul hud ; every incentive to bring out a repre sentative voto. The five cities maintain in the number of votes cast tlio position given them in the census. The figures leave the envious critics of Omaha with out a peg on which to hang their assor- lions. EDUCATION Itf TUG SOUTH. At Iho recent mooting of the Freed- men's Aid and Southern Education so ciety Interesting statistics were pre sented showing the progress of education in the south. Since the uar there hnvo been expended in the sixteen southern states six million dollars for the educa tion of the poor whites nnd of the col ored pooplo. Eleven colleges and twenty- eight academics hnvo boon established. . Industrial training forms a fonturo of the educational work , nnd hist year over two thousand men andVomon received such trniniiifr and Avero thus enabled do become independent und solf-rolinnl. There are ever flvo thousand traveling preachers oprosenlinp an nggrognlo population of Iwo million , the church communicants numbering ever half a million , Kspoclal interest is shown by both whites and blacks in the training schools , which nro kept crowded. But while most satisfactory progress has boon made , there is still an enor mous work to bo done in reclaim Ing the lllltorato. ItiJho section ever which the BOfloty presides nearly two million poor whites and ovof three million colored people cannot .wrjto , while tholr moral education haa bctma.3 much neglected as tholr intellectual. Ono of the most sorlous obstacle encountered by the BO- cloty is the hostility to its schools of the better clius of whites. A great deal of prejudice still oxisla , but It is gradually giving way , ana from what has boon ac complished thcro"ls'reuson to hope that within a few years It will have so far disappeared as to bo no longer trouble some. * < 'I" All the facts relative to the progress of the negro in education show the devel opment of the ruco slnco Its emancipa tion to bo most remarkable. Twenty- five years ago they owned not oven a cabin , and lliey were forbidden to learn to rend or write. Now they own houses and many of them can read and write , while In tholr ranks are physicians , law yers , clergymen , skilled mechanics and arllsiins. Tlioyhavo demonstrated the capacity of the race for intellectual ad vancement , and having done this nothing - ing will now fitay its progress. Said ono of the members of the society : "Educalo the negro , and the greatest problem thrcatoning the safety of this country will bo triumphantly solved * " Southern sentiment regarding public education and its extension to both the poor whiles and the colored people has been growing moro liberal for bovoral years , partlcu- lurly in those portions of the south where Industrial development has had its natural ofTecl in modifying prejudice , and progress of this kind is certain to go on. It may bo checked from time lo time , but it cannot bo stopped. The outlook for the material advance of the south is entirely hopeful , and with Its development in this direction must come tlio intellectual progress of nil its people ple , the blacks as well as Iho whites. ma E/P TKVST , Dispatches from Chicago toll the story of the formation of another big bcof combine. It appears that several of the largest packing houses in Chicago have agreed to soil their plants to a company of English capitalists , and that by this means a concern larger than any indi vidual firm now in existence will come into the field. The business \ \ ill bo conducted with foreign capital and on an enormous &calo. The present understanding among the packers is about as close us it could bo , so that the new company , colossal as it is , will perhaps produce no immediate effect on prices. But there are two features of this transfer that will not impress'tbo public favorably. In the first place , the fact that English capitalists are anxious to pay a great price for these ) packing houses will strengthen th popular belief that the profits of tjfoj packers are out of all reasonable proportion to the profits of the men who feed stock on the Ipralries of the west. And , further , that tboso unreasonable nrofits rob the consumer on ono hand as they do the producer on the other. In the second placd , thin is. another and a vary loug stop toward the concen tration of a , great business in Die hands 11 few. What makes this a moro vital mutter is the further fuct that the monopoly deals with the food of the people ple and touches both the pocket and the stomach nerves of every man. The tendency of the times is toward combinations of capitalists nt the ex pense of the people , and the psoplo are gelling into a very aggressive mood about it. For those reasons the stroke of enterprise recorded in recent djs- patches from Chicago will not bo hailed with any signs of hilarious delight. TIIK HETUllS OF RO.Y The defeat of prohibition by a ma jority so largo as to remove all fear of that question being again submitted to the vote of the pooplb of Nebraska for many years , if ever , lias produced a gen eral restoration of confidence in busi ness circles. TIIK Bui : comes into daily contact with men in all departments of trade and enterprise , and it finds the universal fooling to bo that Nebraska and its metropolis are assured a period of development and progress unsurpassed in results in the history of the btulo. All expression is that of unqualified faith in the fulure. It is not a boom than intelligent and practical men are looking for , but a steady , sound and substantial growth. They expect - poct that Nebraska will get its full Bhuro of the people drifting from the . east to the west , and that new capital will seek hare the favorable opportuni ties for investment. These are reasona ble expectations sure to bo realized. With all the conditions now favorable to progress Nebraska must advance. The only danger that threatened her growth and prosperity having boon averted , &ho must move forward with I the expansion of the enterprises 'of hoi- own people and the additions to her economic forces certain to bo made. So far as Omaha Is concerned , the prospects were noyor moro favorable. In every department of business the coming year will witnofraau extension , and the promise for building enterprises assures tin extensive oiHplpymont'of labor and a ' largo distrlbulion'bf money. It is safe to anticipate 'increase of population during the next twelve months equal to the highest of any preceding year , and a measure of gonbl-al prosperity unsur passed in tlio history of the city. The superior advantages of Omaha ever most other western citlfes are well understood , and capitalists ajo ; , ready lo embark in many ontorpiisasinthat promleo them remunerative rotVffns. "Wo feel safe in predicting that -tho coming year will provo the most prosperous of any Omaha has over experienced. Open unit Abovulionrd , St. Jiwph Ketfi , The people of Nebraska decided by a rour Ing majority to tnlto their whislty openly nt the bar instead of Imbibing secretly from the private botUo. Tlio Ladies tlio Heal SufTorors. After all , the real sufferers from a political campaign nro of the other sex. When n man comes homo late at night after a campaign meeting , with his Jiurvcs ou eclgo and las hnlr as tousled aud frouzy us a prlzo chrysanthe mum , und begins to talk politics , It would tak a Rood deal to persuade his wlfothut elections are auytbing but uu uu mixed uiiuoy- an co. X Ar Kansas City Globol Wo admitted the landsliilo yesterday mornlnp , but there were really more fringes about It than wo thought , Chicago Intcr-Orcan I Democrats nro , wo nro told " " " " , "painting" villages "rod" through * out the country. Hut tbclr rejoining wont bnlf equal Unit ot the Kitnt bosses across the water. Now York Sun i If the democracy Is kept united nothing can defeat it. It can bo kept united If the advocates of two trndo nro not allowed to got the upper hand again. If they do disaster is Inevitable , - Cleveland Leader and Herald : It Is hard to toll whether the landslide was the moro crushing in New l-ingliiiid or the West. The mugwumps niul the farmer * ' alliance nro queer nlltes , but apparently about equally effective In helping out tboola-lliio Bourbons. Now York World : In vlnwof this verdict , any attempt to perpetuate the ascendancy ot the republican patty by the enactment of n force bill , or of a partisan rcapportlomncnt , based nn a fraudulent census , will bo a ties- pernto defiance of the expressed will of the people. Philadelphia Record : The voting through out the country shows that the impulse which carried Pennsylvania back Into the democratic column Is not slnguliir nor accl- dental. Slio still stimds sldo by side with Massachusetts. The skies loolc very clear abend. Chicago Evening Post : The course of ovenls which imistlnlcrvcno before Mr. Me- Kinlcy can again claim the suffrages of his fellow citizens limy have the effect of open ing 1 his eyes to Iho monstrous character of j tno principles which ho has so ably nnd earnestly - estly ; championed. If so , tills country will bo cimehod by nnotbcr statesman not only right-minded but honest , clean and above re proach. Sioux City Journal : The Journal chal lenges the interpretation which represents the late congressional election as a deliberate and decisive popular Indorsement of the policy of free trade , or that it Indicates such an Indorsement two year * bcncc. Such a de cision will bo ccrtlllcd when tlio people of this country entrust the government , in both branches of tlio legislative and In tlio execu tive department , to tlio democratic party. That cannot bo done before ttio election two years hence. Chicago Tribune : No part of the blanio for the great landslide In politics of Tuesday can bo laid at tlio door of Secretary Ulatiio. ilo did all In bis power to prevent tlio canso of It and to mitigate the force of the "slide. " It Is generally understood that bo wns opposed to nil the unnecessary Increase of duty In tlio McKiuley bill mid especially In the woolen and linen schedules. Ho believed that the campaign of 18S8 was fought and won on the Issue of reasonable protection versus tlio Mills bill. Philadelphia Press : The fight the republi cans made was against great odds. There was some local dissatisfaction wltb the tariff bill , whicb , however temporary It may bo , was strong enough to sweep away n few dis tricts. Then the gerrymanders la Ohio. Maryland and Keuluclty transformed at least ten republican districts Into democratic dls tricts. And when all this was added Iho force and fraud practiced In the south It will bo seen against what odils the republi cans bad to contend. Under thcso circum stances it Is surprising that the republicans were able to do as well ns they did. Boston Gazette : A business man is never put out by a puff. Atchlson Globe : The only safe way Is to avoid a man's example utiil take bis advice. Binghampton Leader : When a ship goes down the presumption is that It didn't have n good bold. Elmlra Gazette : Strnugo that people go south for the i\Inter when wo have so much of it in the north. Buffalo Express : Anybody could tell that the reason why clocks get Into the peniten tiaries Is to do time. liackot : "Bears live mostly on plants and fruits , " remarked the teacher , "In New York thev live on lamb ? , " Interrupted Tommy , who reads the newspapers. Chicago Post : "Mniunm , let mo hold Fdo ! , won't you J" "No , dear ; I'm afraid you might let him full out , of the carriage. But you may hold the baby. " Chicago Post : She Hero you nrp potting homo late again. And there's a flush on j our face. face.Ho Ho Just my luck. Bocu wanting a flush nil tuo evening ami now it comes too Into to realize anything on It. Cblcngo Post : It requires a nlco choice of words to write a letter to your country rela tions that sufllclciiUy thanks them for tbo summer visit you nmdo there , und yet not have It misconstrued as nn invitation to vc- turn the visit during tbo wlnUr. ludlaunpolls Journal : "Poor Mudgo is not so much to blame for bis Jove of drink. It comes natural to him. " "Inherited ? ' ' No ; but ho tells mo that between the flrst and third yours of his lifo ho was kissed by no less than ! XK ) candidates. " AFT1SK TUK CVGIMltK. Kearney Hub : Out OU ! Oh I O'Kei- ghnn , O'Brinu und O'lvom. ' Sheltou Clipper : The farmers were de termined to have a change In the political situation aud they have undoubtedly got It. Nortli Platte Telosrnph : It is a far pleas- nnter tusk for a republican to write nn nr- ticlo on the best manner of cultivating pump kins than to refer to the results of Tuesday's election. Norfolk News : Mr. Uosewator can now prove by the election returns that prohibl- tlou won't prohibit In Nebraska. There's nothing like having the flgures to back up a statement. Grand Island Independent : Prohibition Is defeated without counting the vote of Omaha , Grand Island , Nebraska City , Lincoln , Fro- moot , 1'lattsmouth , Hastings nnd Kearney. In short it is defeated in both towns nnd country. Fremont Tribune : Ono great question now to ho settled by republicans , if Hlchards is defeated , Is whether Doyil or Powers would bo preferable. It takes a good deal of fine figuring to tell just whcro a follow would prefer to stand under certain circum stances. llcotl's Vnliinblo I'roucdentM. Chlmuo Trtlnmc. Tbo next congress will bo Indebted to Mr. Heed for several vulunblo pointers la tlio matter of conducting business cxpe lltiously. TIIK TOSGVI3 Ctlpr Cod Ittm , "The boneless tongue , so Hiuull mid weak , Can crush and kill , " declared the Greek. "Tlio tongue destroys u creator horde , " The Turk assorts , "Than does tlio swore. " Tlio I'vrslun proverb wlsoly faith : "A lengthy tongue uu early dt-alh. " Orsoiiictlmos takes the form Instead : "Don't let your tongue cut oil your head. " "ThototiKuuciirtsieaka ; word whoso spocd , " Hny tbu Chinese , "outstrips the bluod. " While AriiHagc3 ) thl.s Impart ; "Tlio ttinKuii'fl Kroat storehouse Is the honrt. " From Hebrew wit the maxim ( .jirung : Thcmirli feut should slip , no'cr lut the t mue , " Tlio snored writer crowni the whole : "Who keeps his toiiffuu doth LUC-II Itls boul , " l.tTKHMtV No writer among tlio younger school of American novelists ehltics with a clearer light from the literary sky than Mnrlon Crawford , Ho Is n well cstabthhcd author , with n constituency that Is world-wide. Howolls 1 ! niul Jntncs ulono of hU class rival him ! lu popularity , mid neither IKMSCSSCS the | J hold upon the affections of hU readers that Crawford enjoys. How permanent his work limy bo remains to bo seen , but it Is remarkably ovcii In Its quality nnd never loses Its power of cnctinlnlng the render from the llrst II.IRO to-the last niul hurrying h tin 0v ] to the conclusion , livery story th.it ho writes , every character ho dr.uv.t , has a human Interest that tbo reader catches anil f i feels llko nn electric currant. This bus been tmo of nil his books , from "Dr. Isaacs , " the llrst , to "A Clgarctte-JiiaUer's Honinncc , " the lutesC. The latter i ? a simple tnlo , covering thirty- six ! hour's In the lifo of uHussIuii count , who had gene disinherited from the home of his father tn itiuku n livelihood lu the shop of a Munich tobacconist , The absorbing interest JU tlio story centers about u peculiar form of insanity which the extraordinary change In his social status hail wrought in the count's mind. Kvory Tuesday night the i > oor gentle man loft his bench in the cigarette shop with the oxpectatlou that on the morrow ho would bo waited upon by great dignitaries to cseort him back tohls ancestral oatiito. Kvory Wednesday morning fouiul him waiting In his well-brushed und wcll-wor.t Sunday best , ut his mlser.iblo lodgings , for the good news that never catno. Ou Thursd.iy ho returned quietly nnd without recollection of disap pointment to the little bench In the shop. The workings of this remarkable mania are depicted with un nrt that shows Crawford nt his best. It dmvns slowly upou the leader as the story Is unfolded , The count's ' character , aside from this feature , Is ono of singular nobility. AH the Iminblo per sonages in the story stand out in the writer's description as clearly its ilgurcs on the stugo. Tlio events that le.ul rapidly up to a ple.isant conclusion , and work n strange but sclcatlllc tr.msforinatlon In the count's mind , are de scribed with u skill that holds the reader's interest us In u vice and exhibits tuu novel ist's ' power very strikingly. His humor nnd faculty of expounding the philosophy of life through u Merles of upt minllcs is nowhere better Illustrated than in Ibis simple but ab sorbing tulo of n day and u- half In the history of n noble outcast. Ma rlon Cruwford Is ono of the most satisfactory literary products of this genera tion. [ Mncmillnn .t Co. , New York , $1.60.1 There appears to bo a considerable revival of what may bo culled the literature of labor. It covers u wide range , from ponderous essays to light fiction , but all of It has the serious aim of tillering or overturning social conditions In the Interest of better opportuni ties for the musses. There is evidence Hint this output Is widely read. It takes promi nent places lu magazines tbnt have the repu tation of furnishing what the public wants , nnd it comes in paper covers freely from the press of publishers who cater exclusively to u trade that buys ohcup books In largo ( man- titles , diaries II. Sergei & Co. , Chicago , publish n nice paper edition of "Toil , " a bundle of essays by Tolstoi nnd LondarefT , which have niuilo their way into the English language alter passing through Hussian niul French. There l.uvo been no jirofoumlcr HO- cial philosophers in rccont times than Tolstoi and his ilcseiples. Their plea for universal labor is only iv new wny of asserting that all insti shall share ullko In the work and re wards of lifo. Instead of demanding that the rich shall share their possessions with the poor , they demand thni the poor shall share their labor with the rich. lint , they iiini ut the same result the common equality of mankind. "The Struggle for Broud , " is another example. It is written bj' Leigh H. Irvine and published by John B. Alden , New York , in cloth at r > 0 cents and paper lit 25 cents. Xuo views expressed iu this work nro conservative , iu spite of the nggrcsslvo title nnd chapter heads. Political developments both nt homo nnd abroad suow that social reform Is Homcthlng moro thuu the dream of philosophers. A notable contri bution on this point is Washington Glad- den's article , "Tlio Kuibattlcd Farmers , " in the November Forum. Eugene Field makes a modest bid for fame with two books that nro dainty both inside and out , as their titles denote : "A Little Book of Western Verse , " and "A Little Book of Prolltablo Talcs. " Both tuo poetry nnd the prose nro charming nnd wonderfully fresh in style. They will bo read with pleasuio by everybody who makes tnclr acquaintance. Mr. Field has dona a grant deal of similar work , hut It is . doubtful if anyone appreciated how really good unit bright it was uutll it got between these covers of robln's-cgg blue and in theiu sumptuous uncut pages , with gilded tops. The Hood of novels lu paper covers good , bad und indifferent by authors ranging all the way from obscurity to fame , continues to como unuhiitud from the press. The public appetite for this class of Ilteratnroinust bo enormous. Very little of it is H orth noting. Most of it is ephemeral , nnd if the railroads should suddenly slop running much less of it would bo read. HOOKS HICMVII : : > . "A Kentucity Colonel. " A novel. By Opio P. Uiiad. F. J. Schulto &Co. . Chicago. § 1.23. 4 * "Children of the World. " A novel. By Paul Hoyse. Illustrated. 'XYorlhiiiKton { * Co. . Now York. 75 cents. "Kunino. " A novel. By Oulda. John W. Lovcll & Co. , Now York. 50 cents. "Between Lifo nnd Death. " A novel. By Frank Darrett , John SV. Lovcll & Co. , New- York. f > 0 cents. " 1'hoSloano Square Scandal. " A novel. By Annie Thomas. U. S. Book Co , , Now York. SO cents. "The House of Hallivvell. " A novel. By Mrs. Henry Wood. U. S. Book Co. , New York. 50 cents. "A Black Huslnoss. " A novel. By Ilnw- loy Smart. ' . ' 5 cents. "A Fellow of Trinity. " A novel. By Alan St. Auliyn nuuVnlt Wheeler. Hand. McNally & Co. , Chicago. 2.1 cents. "Tho Passion 1'lny at Obcrammagan , " by Canon Farrar. John W. Lovcll company. New York. ! i" cunts. "Aimic's Marriage. " n novel , by P. II. C. American Sunday School union , Now York , $1.5) ) . "Dumps , " a novel , lij- Louisa Parr. John W. Lovcll company , New York. 53 cents. "ThoNIsthtof tliollrd Ult. , a novel , by H. F. Wood. John W. Lovcll company , Now York. 50 cents. "The Great Mill Street Mystery , " n novel , by Adeline Sarireaut. John W. Lovcll com pany , Now York. 50 cents. "Tho Chief Justice , " u novel , by Karl Kinll Fmnzos. John \V. \ Lovell company , Now York. 50 cents , "Her Nurso's Vengeance , " n novel , by George H. Masson. John W. Lovell com- nntiv , Now York. 25 cents. i'li-imas of Life. " A novel by George It. Sims , United States Book company , New York ; M runts. "I'roscj Dramas , " by Hcnrik Ihspn. United States Book company , Now York ; 50 cents. "Tbo Story of Scotland , " by .Tolui Macklu- tosh. For sale , by Uaaso & Kddy. "Tho Trees of Northeastern America , " by Charles H. Ncwhall. For snlo by Chuso te E'ldy. "On the Blockade , " by Oliver Optic. For sale by Clip-so & Kdily. "Moths nnd Buttnrilles , " by Julia P. Bat- lanl. For sale by Chase' ft Kddy. "Diiht and Its Dangers. " by T. M. Prud- den. For sulo by Cnnso te Kddy. "A Marked .Man , " n novel by Ada Cam- bridge ; John W. l/jvell company , Now Yoric , Price W ) cents. "Princess Sunshine , " a novel by Mrs. J. II. Klddell : John \\WLovell \ company , Now York. Price M ) cents. "In Stella's Slui'low : " A novel. Bv Albert Hoss. G. W. Uillinghum , Now York ; 50 cents. "A Phenomenal Identity : " A novel. By Chuneio UoWitU Minerva publishing com pany , Now York ; S. > cents. "OodlnCivllUntlon : " A romance. By Mrs. M. A. Plttock. Kurcka publishing company , Chlcatro ; 25 cents. ; "Stories of the Civil War : " Illustrated. By Albert F. Blalsdell. Leo I. Shepard ; * 1. An "Ail. " in It Kor Stanley. JlfiiiKiioIn ( | ( Ti llninr , If Explorer Stanley husbands that Bart- telot scjuiJtil carefully , lie can make it last him throughout his entire American cam paign. There Is rmy rtmouiit of advertising In it , If ho llkos tlmt loud of advertising. Dnvld ntul tlio Huzz Saw. CMeatft tnltr-Octan. Governor Hill will doubtless acknowledge that Secretary Nolilo can say ru much In a line before remarking , "Yours truly , " as any correspondent un ills list. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL , \ Official Returns of Lancaster County as Far X as Oauvossod. A COMPLIMENT FOR LOUIS IIEIMROD , Tlio I'roslilout oftlio Personal lllglits Iicn iic Cdint * * In for U'orilB of 1'rnlHc Turner Will Cnso Testimony. LI.NCOT.K , Nob. , Nov. 8. [ Special to Tun HKI : . | The oniclnl count of Lancaster county wns begun yesterday nftcrnoon and has boon proceeding very slowly. Following nro the returns so fur convassoil i For Rovonior-Klclumls , ; Boyil,8,212 , ; Powers , S.Vir ; l nlno.4Tl ) . Fortroasuror-IIill , 5,121 ; Gushing , 2,507 , ; WolfoSl2l5HnWyUi.'l. For luulllor Henton , 5.497 ; Wuhlquist , 2- 20:1 : ; Hallo , 2,1)11 ) ; Flu-h , mi. For ( oiicrossiimn Council , 4-HO ; Bryan , 3,117ft ; Hoot , S.iWIjClinpIn , 531. , , , , For lloutcnaiit-govornor Majors ( rep ) , 5X ISil ; Hour ( Join ) , ' . ' ,715 ; Dock ( liul ) , 2,855 , ; \Vooilboy ( pro ) , ( WO. For secretary of slate Allen , It , 5,101 ; Sprnguo , V , L',074 ; Mayborry , 1,2,816 ; Watts , j > c , ' For'nUornoy gcnor.il Hastings , H , 5.1S3 ; Hlggins , D,2,573 ; Kdgerton , I , 2,037 ; Wig- ton , P , O'Jl. For land commissioner Humphreys , It , 5,0(11 ( ; Hlgler , P2,811 ; Wright , 1 , 2.7S7 ; Olson , P , Ml. For state superintendent ( Somly , H , fi.OGI ; linkvstruw , U. 2 , J'J ; U'Aliouiand , I , 2,81)3 ) ; Morgan , P , Ola. For senators Moore , It , 5.005 ; Ejrglcston , U , 5KM ) ; Morrison , I ) , 3,6Ul ; Casstdy , 1) , 2r > 7J ; ; Taylor , I , ! l,04fl ; Thompson , I , 2,850 , ; Doubt , P , ( KS ; WyoolT , P.IW. For representatives Oakley , R , 5.1112 ; Ciillilnn , It 5,023 ; Cornish , It , 6,2I1 ! ; Soverln , IJ , 5.00J ; McKesson , H , 5,018 ; CumHff , D , 2,071 ; Tuttle. D , aiM : ; Bahls , D , 2,70i : ; Guile , 13 , 2,211 ; Sovoriu , 1) ) , 2,010 ; Baker , I , 8.20I ; Domaroo , I , 2WW ; Dale , I , 2,875 ; EgRcr , I , 8,000 ; McAllister , I. 2,7-l ! ; .loluiHon , P.liOl ; Bench , P , IW1 ; Mnyes. P , 5I7 ! ; Scott , P , 003 ; KxloyC21. For county commissioners Churchill , H , f ,20l ; Mcaraw. K.-USD ; Dickson , K , 5,147 ; Crist , U , 2.5S8 ; Wittman , 1) . : ! , I41 ; Smldt , D , 2C' ' , ; Anderson , I , 2i4 , ; ; UllLlck , I , 2b77 ; Stocking , I.'J.b'Jl ; Lcavitt , P , 030 ; Frnzicr , P , (551 ( ; Lnrkln , P , 021. For county attorney Courtnnv , 4,150 ; Siicll , 0,435. For prohibition , 4,501 ; nRiiinst , 5,215. For license , 4.30U ; nsainst , 4W1. , For amendment Increasing number of su- picmo judges , C.r > 37 ; ngainst , 1,118. For aniuiidinuiit Increasing salary of supreme premo uud district Judges , 0WO , ( ; ngalnst , 1,22(3. ( For township organization , 3,300 , ; ngalnst , t > i > 'i i * * , * t > i III.UR 8ATUIIIIAY IS LINCOLN. It has been n drunry day In Lincoln , not only for tbo politicians but also for the ro- nialnder of humanity. The snow of last nlcht lias been supplemented witli a drizzling sleety rain today that tilled the streets anil side walks with slush mid mudo podcitri.inlsiu al most Impossible. Kvon politics could not du- lay the nvcrago citizen from his warm lire- side. The deinocratiehcad < i'.Kirtcrs are quiet , the republican headquarter : ) are locked up and Walt Sceloy gene , while the erstwhile dcnso crowd at the alliance headquarters has thinned out to about a dozen souls. The telephone wires nro loaded with sleet nnd many of them , succumb ing beneath the weight of congealed ram , -hnvo broken , causing almost Irillnlto confusion by falling across other wires. Con nection between Omnhu and Nebraska City is broken aud it is feared that the wires load ing to other towns and cities will also give way. Disastrous results arc feared when the elcctrlo light company commences opera tions for the evening and the powerful charge from the olcc-trlo light wires is communicated to tbo telephone wires that have fnlleii across them. The cars on the street railway hnvo boon running regularly despite nil oxidations to the contrary. Both roils nnd trolly wire are coated with ice , but nevertheless they have performed their functions the same us " ' " usual. i OA1TAIN PA.T.NE.-5 SHOUTS FOIl TUG ALLIANCE. It is believed , that Captain Payne , thostato oil inspector recently bounced , has cither gone cr.uy orls llshingfor favors from the ulliunce. This morning in the midst of the great crowd that gathered in the Capital hotel no declared that the alliance should and would throw out oil the votes from Douglas county mid thereby elect Powers. Ho do- clurcd that there was fraud apparent In the Douglas county returns and he denounced Omaha until he finely grow black In the fneo. Jinny of the alliance people hcio heartily believe with Payne , but thov helluvo ho has experienced u ctiungo of heart n little too late _ iu the season. * vJ JAY AT TUB STATE HOUSK. biace the latest election returns have como In and it Is reasonably settled tlmt the repub lican state tickut outside of governor Is elect ed w the boys the threatened panic lu tlio oUlccs of State Auditor Bcnton und Stnto Treasurer Hill Is forgotten. The faces oftho deputies und clerks that heretofore were an anxious and careworn look are now wreathed with Btnllcs und manifest n feeling of seren ity and Joy. All an1 mutually congratulating each other on the great victory. The only concern now is , will the members of the al liance legislature takcruvongo for their dis appointment in not capturing the state otllccs by reducing the salaries of the clerks und deputies under those olllclulsf I.OUI3 imiMIIOD COMl'LIUKM-HI ) . The stat ofllcors of the Personal Illghti league held a meeting iu Lincoln this morn ing. Great satisfaction was ox pressed at the rout of the prohibition amendment and grati tude expressed to Hon. E. Kosewater , Hon. KdwardP.Koggon aud Hon. John L. Webstei for the matchless generalship displayed by them in managing the campaign. Mr. Louis Ilcimrod of Omaha , the piosldent of thA league , was also highly complimented for his tireless efforts and otllclont service nnd a series of resolutions were unanimously passed thanking and congratulating him for the work done by lilm as chief ofllcer of the league. > TIIR TUIISnfl WII.Ii CASE , The hearing of testimony In the Turner will case wns resumed today in Judge Stow- art's court. Kov. K. II , Curtis of the First Pioibytcdan church was the ilrat witness. Ho tcstllled tint the deceased , John J. Turner , hid informed him before his death tlmt In intended to bequeath $ SOUI ) to tbo Presbyterian chinch missions. "William Clark testified that Tumor hud chosen him us administrator , and Informed him that ICorcn Itoothnm , the old housekeeper , would deliver the will to him nftcr Turner's death. Aii Opportunity Tor Severn ) . KiTiiwin Cttu Jovrnit. Now , If some boys' hoarding school , or girls , for that matter , will only hold u mock I > olitlcal convention ana nominuto Gmvcr Cleveland for president , it will receive by return mull nn autograph letter two yards long , fourteen Inches wide , containing the pronoun ' ! " 1,010 , times and Iho expression tariff reform 1 , < M5 times. Thoro's your chanoc , hoys and girls. OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. SuboorlbcJ and duurantaod Capital. . . .S- I'atdlu Capital . 3M.OOO Hnjrs and noils stocks and boida ; ncctithitoi caininerolnl papori roculvcs und executes trusts ; acts an transfer agent and trustpoof corporations , tukoii clmrgo at property , ool- lecUlaxti. _ Omaha L.OQ n&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. 3. E. COP. 10th nnd Douglas Sto. 1'ald In Oiip'tal ' . 105.003 fiubscirlboil und dunrantcrd Oapltal. . . . 100,001 Liability of Stockholders. Sl'urCont Interest I'ald I KAMv J. IjANUK , Cunhlor. OC3C4H : A. U. Wyinaii , president. J. J , Drown , Tlcc-prushlunt , VI , T. Wymnn , treasurer. Olrectom-A. U. Wyman , J. II. MlllarU. J. J , lironu , Guy 0. 11 arum , K. W , Nusb , Tliuiuaf I * KliaDalC Uoorjo I ) . LaV * . \ P IIV Oj 1til 1 tilat at atol to ccOl Ol Olw IU tl ill 1)1 ) IIItl w tic O ( 01hi hi hidi di diol ol olw IIIKi Ki Kift tliDl