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THE OMAHA DAJJ/Y J3EE : FRIDAY , SOI TJSMBEK 18 , 1891 , THE DAILY BEE. K. noMUWATKIt , KniToit. THUMB OK SUllSOUtrriON. Pally HCP ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . .I ft W Dully nnd Sunday , Onu Yonr . . 1" w ! Mx months . , . . . r > ( Thrro Month * . . . . . . 3 g | 2 n < Hundny llon.Onn Year . Pntiirdny HOP. Onn Year . . . . ' " , Weekly lice , One Ycat . . . 1W OI'KIOES ! Oninlia. Tim lice Itulldlnc. ' . Boutli Umnlin. corner N nnJ Mlti Ptrcots. Council HlnlTi. 12 1'oarl Hlieot. UhlcnBO Olllco , ai7 Chamber of Coinniiiree. Now York.ltoonm IS. Jl nntl I Vl'rlhuno llul'.dlnR Washington , fil.J I'ourlCPiitli HI root. COUUKSI'ONDKNOn. All communications rolatlne to news nnd editorial matter should bo addressed to tlio IMltorlal Department. urnr.iis. All Illinium Icttnrn nnd remittances should lin nddrcviod to Tim Hro Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , rhtcks nnd postofllco orders to bo made payable to tlio ordorof tlio com pany. 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In order to pivo every roiidor In this Btnto nml Town an opportunity to Iccop posted on the progress of UHJ campaign In both these states \vo have decided to offer Tin : WKKKI/Y Bin : for the balance of this year for twenty-five couts. Send } n your orders early. Two dollars will bo accepted for a club of ton names. Tin : BEE PUIIUSIIINO Co. , Omaha , Nob. A GOOD man , unconliiininated by corporate - porato influence ) on a sound platform and no other will bo a safe nomination for the republican party. CIIAIXCIY : M. DIIMW : : is homo npain with a frcHh stock of his inimitable sto ries. Ho cracked jokes all the way up the bay on his arrival at Now York. PUKSIDKNT HAHJUSON cannot do bet tor than to select nn Interstate Com merce commissioner from Nebraska. It is high time this great west of ours was given a place on this commission. Q. MILLS will deliver six speeches in Ohio , beginning with ono at Mansfield today. It will bo interesting to note the increased majorities for McKinley - Kinloy in the towns visiteu by the Texas free trader. PKOVIDKNCE is sending this weather to ripen the corn nnd confuse the un righteous calamity shriokors who have boon atiiving to prove that the Devil and Blue Ruin had boon given entire control of Nebraska. MASSACHUSETTS republicans , follow ing the example of Pennsylvania and Now York republicans , have just hold a harmonious xionvontion. It will bo ob served that factionalism heads no move ments in republican conventions this year of our Lord. SPECIFICATIONS for asphaltum pavo- jnont In Washington require a base of twelve inches of broken stono. In Omaha the base is concrete from four to six inchca in thickness. These are two good facts to keep in mind in discussing prices , quality and durability. AN OATH HOUND organization cannot long maintain control in city , county , atnto or nation for the very excellent reason that this is a free country. With the Australian ballot to protect the in dividual voter , there is no danger thnt ho will bo intimidated by the throats or ostracism of such organizations. ENGLAND'S occupation of Mltylono at the mouth of the Dardanelles , from a Russian standpoint is mighty moan. It is not excusable from any standpoint. England has no more right to control the straits loading to the Black son than she would have to plant fortifica tions on tlio isthmus of Panama. NKHUASKA is a republican state by a safe plurality upon party issues unmixed with local questions or non-political "Isms. " With a clean ticket nnd n Btrong platform Nebraska can bo re deemed for the republican party , but we cannot afford to take miy chances or commit any blunders. The situation is noto'ncournging enough to warrant any foolishness. TIIK testimonials presented to the re tiring ofllclnls of the Hastings Insane nsylum by their. follow-omployoa are very different from that of the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings. The gracious compliments of their late nsaoolutos are nothing to thu discredit of Messrs. Test and Llvorlnghauso , but un fortunately for thorn they do not go into the archives of the state for the informa tion of future generations. TWKNTY-FOUU annual fairs have boon hold by the CMS County Agricultural society , and the twonty-tlfth ia now in pcssion , bigger and better than any of .Its predecessors. Newcomers In Omaha fwho desire io BOO what twenty-live years 'of agricultural growth has accomplished in ono of the bout counties in Nebraska , will bo wise to knock off long enough to run down to see the Cues county agri cultural show and the pretty , progros- Ivo little city of MASSACHUSETTS l Tlioro is not at this time that complete - ploto harmony among the republicans of Massachusetts which IB necessary to suc cess. There are factions in the parts * , representing individual ambitions , which may prove troublesome. The party lacks a strong , commanding loader , capable of adjusting the disturb ing strifes and conflicts. Never since the party was organ I nod have the repub licans of the Bay state boon in greater need of a head than they are at present. They have n litivd light before them , calling for the ablest leadership , and this is not promised. The men who would naturally bo looked to to assume such n responsibility do not command the absolute confidence of the entire party , for the reason thnt they are bo- llovcd lobe chiolly anxious to promote their norhotml political fortunes. The contest between the friends of Mr. Crnpo nnd Mr. Allen , prior to the state con vention , has not tended to Improve - provo the chances for harmonizing the parly , and although there was no evidence of serious disaffection shown in the convention , it is not to bo doubted that it exists. If it can bo overcome the republicans will win , but without com plete harmony the chances will bo against them. , The candidate for governor , Hon. Charles W. Allen , is a.young man of brilliants parts and a good reputation as a legislator , lie served live years in tlio legislature and two terms in con- press. IIo is a merchant and manufacturer , and was put for ward as a clean , capable and vigorous representative of tlio young men. Such a candidate It was expedient to nominate in order to offset the influence of Governor - ornor Uussoll , whom the demour.its will renominatc , with the younger class of voters. But how the older men of the party , who generally favored another man , will take tno selection , remains to bo determined. If they yield and fall into line there will bo no trouble in hnrmoni/.ing the factions , and with n vlffbroui and aggressive campaign the republicans may recover control of the state administration , which they lost last year for the second time in a third of century. Governor Russell , who had been j iaton In the elections of 18S3 uud 18& ) , was elected in 1890 by a plurality of U.OOO , all the re publican candidates for state olllcos being elected at the same time except for auditor. Russell is unquestion ably a very/popular man , but of course the conditions this year are far more favorable to the republicans than they were a year ago , outside of the factional differences in the party. Mas sachusetts was affected in common with all other states last year , though loss seriously than some others , by the extra ordinary revulsion of popular sentiment , but the influences that brought this about have since lost most of their force. The total vote of Massachusetts for president in 1883 was in round numbers . ' ! 44,000 , the republicans having u plural ity of 32,000. The total vote last year fell short ol that two years before 59,000 , and the republican vote in 1&90 was 52,000 less than in 1888. While the decline in the democratic vote was only 11,000. Unquestionably Massachusetts is n republican state , nnd with harmony and thorough organization the republi cans can win this year. These condi tions can bo secured if the leaders will subordinate their por&onal ambition to the good of the party , and In view of Uio great importance of placing Massachus etts safely in the republican column for next year they ought to do this as the iirst of patriotic duties. THE OOALA SVUEMKS CONDEMNED. The convention of representatives of the Farmois' Alliance- and Industrial union , which was in session at St. Louis Tuesday nnd Wednesday , declared in unqualified terms against the sub-treas ury nnd land loan schemes to which the alliance yfns committtod by the Ocala platform. There is no equivocation about the language with which the St. Louis convention condemns tlio indefensible propositions that the covornmont shall Issue currency upon non-perishable products and make loans at a nominal rate of interest on real estate , and the men who com posed the convention made provision for an educational campaign in opposition to thobO crazy chomos. A committee was appointed to lay the views of the convention before the supreme council of the alliance at. ts mooting in Novem ber , nnd this committee was also consti tuted n bureau of information author ized to use all legitimate means for Informing subordinate unions nnd the public regarding the true views and principles engaging the attention of the Industrial classes. The convention rec ommended that each state organization select a committee to act as a bureau of information in co-operation with the national committee. The convention distinctly disclaimed any purpose , as had boon charged , to effect a separation or division of the order. Although the convention was not so numerously attended as had been ex pected , the declarations will not bo with out weight and Influence. They are an assurance to the country that there is a considerable element in the alliance which is too intelligent to bo deluded by any such demagogic expedients as the Ocala platform proposes , and which has the courage to proclaim Its oppo sition in a way not to bo misunderstood. A few thousand men of this kind , with common sense on their side , can put to rout n million who make n stand for something that is ut terly foolish nnd impracticable. The notion of the St. Louis convention , nnd the campaign of education which it is proposed to inaugurate , will have the effect to strengthen the opposition in Lho alliance to the sub-tro.isury and land loan schemes , nnd it would not bo surprising if there is greater haste to abandon them than there was to make them loading policies of the organiza tion. It is unquestionable that they tinvo boon steadily losing ground as they have received intelligent anil candid consideration. Very little in vestigation Is nocnssary to show that the inevitable result of putting these schemes into effect would bo general disaster in which the class in whose bo- Imlt they are proposed would bo the greatest suffer era. The farmers of this country ennnotafford to cast their influ ence In favor of any such illegitimate expedients. Of all classes of the popu lation tholr interests are most opposed to n flab , currency , to class priv ileges , nnd to nil devices which would have the effect to revo lutionize existing financial conditions nnd radically unsettle values. The pro ducer And laborer are best off when there is stability , both financial nnd commercial , when conlldcnco is Jlrmly established and the currents of business flow smoothly along. The Argentine Republic , prostrate under the curse ol cheap money , is an example of what would happen hero if the sub-treasury and land loan schemes were put into effect , nnd the pcoplo who nro suffering most in that country today inro the farmers and laborers. There ought to bo no possible danger of such n state of affairs as exists in the southern republic over being known in this enlightened country , but confidence in the intelligence , the honesty and the patriotism of the American people does not render unnecessary the exposure and condemnation of the dangerous schemes of reckless nnd solf-scoklng demagogues. ' Jtnwi : Conn Is practically out of the race for associate justice of the supreme court. His best friends candidly admit that his nomination would bo hazardous under existing circumstances. lie may have some fool-followers who will insist upon pushing his name to the front at the convention next Thursday , but the convention will not head the ticket with so weak a nominee. The convention , if It Is guidedin its deliberations by the wish to make up the strongest possible ticket and prepare for an aggressive - sivo campaign , will adopt a plat form which pledges the party to necessary reforms In no uncertain tone nnd will nominate as n candidate for associate justice of the supreme court a man in whom the people already have implicit confidence ; ono whoso past rec ord is the best proof of his loyalty to the best interests of tlio state and the re publican party. Such a man Tin : BEE can give an earnest , vigorous support , and such a man the republicans of Ne braska can elect by a safe plurality and so solidify the party for the far more im portant contest of 1892. L. W. OsiiOHNi : may bo able to cap ture a delegation in his favor for dis trict judge in his own county and thus make a showing of strength In the re publican district judicial convention , lie is probably politician enough to bring this about but ho is so unpopular with his own people that Washington county will not give him a majority if he bo nominated although ho may have his name on both republican and inde pendent tickets. In Douglas county Mr. Osborne will simply bo a foot ball. Douglas county will resent his under handed attempt to defeat Judge Hope- well of Bur * , county by burying Osborno out of sight. A OUAND ] tiry should have bcon ordered - dored for this term of court to examlho into the numerous charges of malfeas ance in oflleo and to bring the two-mile saloon keepers into compliance with the law if for no other purpose , and home body neglected a duty to which atten tion wns duly called by allowing the time to go by without providing for an inquisition. There are objections to the grand jury system , but it must bo admitted on the other hand that this time tried common law institution has a most effective restraining influence upon the vicious tendencies of citizens and public officials. ONI : of the brightest and host lady teachers in the Omaha schools suggests that the teachers can help educate the community to the duty of patronizing homo industries. Superintendent Pita pat rick will doubtless bo awake to the value of this suggestion Omaha nnd Nebiaskn have a place in the couiso of study and the industries of the city can bo greatly aided by intelligent instruc tion as to their extent and merit with out advertising individual firms. THE prominent Cleveland democrats who were allowing themselves to bo in terviewed to the oftcct that Governor Senator Hill's reign as a boss was about .to bo closed are now hieing themselves to the Adirondneks to got sun tan enough to cover their blood red blushes. David B. Hill will bo a boss in Now York at least until nftor the stinging re buke of a defeat has been administered to Roswell P. Floworhls preferred can didate for governor. Tun State Temperance union of Kan sas admitted in their meeting at Topoku the other day that piohibition Is a dead failure in all the largo cities of the state excepting Topoka. Of coin-so the union charges the failure to enforce the law upon the republican party instead of a lack of local sentiment back of the law in the large cities , but the admission is significant. COLONEL L. L. POLK , the big chief of the southern alliance , will not stay in Kansas very long. It appears that ho was in command at Salisbury prison , North Carolina , during the war , nnd the ox-prisoners have recognized him. Ex cept for the intervention of the police Colonel Polk would have loft Wichita encased In tar and feathers the other night. Eunoi'i : Is as much Interested in the Ohio election as America , i In Europe the people thlnl : the McKlnloy tariff will stand or fall upon his election or defeat. Should.tho gallant republican leader go'down in the November contest A cry of joy will go up in England nnd on the continent SOUTH OMAHA'S city engineer raises another question of voracity upon the South Thirteenth street matter- and ho does so under oath , The fact is that South Thirteenth street is developing u good doil ; of richness us the committee gets into its depths. IT is amusing to sec the prominent part taken in state and local politics by alleged cablegrams from Mr. Rosowntor , especially in view of the fact that ho has not patronized any of the cable compa nies during his absence. Mr. Rosewater wont to Europa"T6T rest and rocupora- lion and ho lmapoj. permitted state or local politics to lulorforo with the fullest enjoyment of the. ffyat outing ho has ta ken In twenty y/oj\rv / Tun 521 dovotcU'ttomocrats assembled at Grnnd IslnntLiJro a unit on the prop osition tlint thoj > ojit political tactics for the coicing oloctipu will bo n unanimous individual riislv.for trto court houses as democrats If possible , as fuslonlsts if necessary. The state ticket is a matter of very little importance. It does not figure extensively' in the manipulations of the democratic loaders. IT hardly" seems necessary to state that Mr. Rosewater has not indicated to anybody his preferences for mayor of Omaha. As Mr. W. I. Klorstoad has repeatedly stated that ho is permanently out of politics , it is not at nil llkoly thnt Mr. Rosewater over thought of him in connection with the mayoralty. There is n vast difference between u fake and a fact. Tin : pcoplo of Omaha hope Dr. Towno will push the High school case to a de cision. Wo want to know definitely whether or not an addition or other buildings for grades may bo legally con structed on the High scliool site. Tin : North Nebraska Methodist Epis copal conference Is now in full blast and the Methodist clergymen are enjoying a taste of the cordiality and hospitality which will bo extended to the general conference next year. POLITICAL manou vorlng Is not confined to the political conventions this week , as certain Omaha aspirants for general conference honors have discovered since the Methodist brethren arrived for the annual conference. ALHUMINOID ammonia is the latest nightmare with which the unoffending Omaha public is to bo aflllctcd under the auspices of the Omaha Board of Health. "Mr BUSINESS has increased 50 per cent since Tin : BKIJ opened the fight on behalf of homo industry , " remarked a local manufacturer yesterday. THE despairing real estate agent and speculator opened his eyes with now delight - light when ho saw the transfers aggregating - gating 8211,000 Tuesday. An Kiiay Vny to Tell , Ltnytlm Journal. "Everybody knoiviD , was a Ho , " quotes the \Voild-Herilil : in rofijrenco to its Aljjor inter view. Illeht you aro. They know it the moment It appeared hi the World-Herald. in Ono Hue. Ficmnnf tribune : How many pco'Jip"of | Nebraska have over heard of J. W. Edjjorlon in any other capac ity than that of tbo oiiica scoUcrl Ho has , of course , distinguished himself in that profes sion , but not in tualtUv. Kl Fnlsus in Uno , luilsuH In Omnibus. I'lattsmoiith Journal. A man who is so fOrstituto of the oralnnry courtesies uf social life as to belray the con- lldonco of bis host , as .Juduo Cobb aid by the stealing anil publication of Uoucon's letter to Watson , would not bo averse to rendering opinions from the bench that are biased by personal or political interest. York Friendly to ilccso. I"oi7f Tdna. A peed many papers are advocating the nomination of Judge .M. 13. Keeso for the supreme premo bonuh. York county has always been very friendly to Judge Rcose aim would probably bo for him if ho were a candidate. All recognized his integrity , nobility and strict integrity. Some of the loaders ol the independent , movement claim that n judge need not necessarily bo a lawyer , but this position is not in accord with thu wall estab lished opinion of the jicoplo of this coun try. They have always boliovcd. that the very bo.it legal talent should bo selected for the bench , and they have not abandoned the idea. The republicans will surely nominate a lawyer of ability nnd a man who bus bad experience on the bench , whotbor it bo Judge Hceso or some ono else , and ho will probably bo oloctod. The now and selfish idea of the in competent candidate for judicial honors , that anybody can bo a Judge will not bo endorsed at tbo polls. The rain of Melbourne Is not sorlouslv ques tioned In the \vest. Yut ho Is a nonrtnonaruli for all that. Tinth : "Thocainul 1ms seven stomachs , " said I'llklns. "Oco-whlzl" s.ild old " - Pyspop , "no wonder he's hnmnod , " Philadelphia 1'rew Knijllah Tourist I have written a description of my adventures In Now York olty. don't yo know , ami 1 dccl.no I cawn't think o ( a tltlo fur the book , Now Yorker How would "Thu .Land of tlto Midnight foil" strike you ? " Harpcr'HtFaiar : "John. " said Maiul , when she caught her llaneo throwing a ! ; Us to her former rival , "I am afrnld you are lloklu. " "Indeed 1 am not , " returned .lolin. Inno cently. l'\o always lovqd that eirl. " Out lu the hitherto obsnuro town of Mo- Grosor , Tux. . Hvom.ui who buuamo the mother of triplets lens tliiin. a yoar.igo luis now given birth to four ohlldren. and It Is Rtatccl that all of tlio huven uruiloliiK well. If tills sort of tiling continues Ions , whuro Mo- Orovorslts will bo thu head of the table , auro onouirh. Knoch : Gracious ! What are you buying u mourning unm for ? Is some ono In your famllvdpiul'r"1 "Not yet ; but -husband has been ap pointed u b.ibo ball umpire. " HUT surros'iMi TUEIII : SHOULD nu TIIIIEE ? " 1 fear you o.ui't support mo. sir , " said sho. "Alone , " said he , 'I must confess that's true ; oil } Hut what you have , with wluit belongs to mo , I really think will bn enough for two. " Iloston Courier : Hu ( tenderly ) Don't you feel chlllr.darllnK : wouldn't yun llkumycoat to put around vou/ " * ' * ' > bliu ( shylyf 1 think yoursloovo will bo suf- iloioiu. [ , | t Washington StariYJjyJones produced his now emotional driinm'ijat ' week , I ho.ir , " Vos. " 'i" ' I J "Much success ? " t i "Wasn't u dry oyoJUotho house when the onrtaln wont. down. "n nfi "Indeed ? " i. "Sure. Wasn't a wp o o cither. " Iloston Gazette : "Vou tire grossly Intoxi cated , Mr , Mangle. " "I know It , my fovo ; but you told mo wbun I started down town this morning tooxehaiigo a pluasant smllo with every one , and I oboyud your Injunction. " Nuw Orleans 1'IcayunoiVliun a spider crnwls into his hole ho nithns business. I'ltUburc Tolozrupli : Should we rail at a man on the fence ? Denver Sun : "Thoro goes a man with u strong Intuited , " remarked I/up 11111 to Young Colfux Avunne. "I don't know anything about hU Intullect. jnt I'll answer for Ills breath ; 1 was Just talk ing with htm. " Vonkors Statesman : Tlio linn doesn't stem to have much trouble In picking up a living. Columbus 1'oat : TwourlMiuora In the Idaho lionltentlary hud a prlio light. Neither was uiockod out. Chicago Intor-Oi'oan : The inieumatlo ttlbo noii are at war In thin city. It may result In WOVT for blow. ALL PLACES ARE FILLED , Useless to Apply' for Positions at South Omaln , NO MORE MEAT INSPECTORS DESIRED , John Stein of "U'nlioo Itclnatnlcd In the I'ostofllco Depart incut and Will IIo Aligned tu No- brnskn's Territory. VVASlllXOTON' BtmBAU OP TlIC BKB , ) FouitTBRXTit BTIIKBT , > WASHINGTON JD. C. , Sept . , 17. j It U useless for any ono to wrlto letters or telegrams or conio hero for places under the meat. Inspection law to bo located nt South Omaha. In that region nil appointments to tho'places hnvo beou determined upon. Nevertheless , the number of applications does not diminish and from ton to twenty uow namosnro presented dally , STB1N IIHI.NSTATEU. John ytoln of Wahoo Uas boon rolnstatoc as au inspector for the Poslofllco department. Ho has been ordered to report for duty al division headquarters , St. Louis , Mo. , but will bo assigned to Nebraska , which state -will constitute his Hold of labor. Stoln is a Norwegian and has many friends all over Nebraska , but ho is an ardent republican nnd during iho adminis tration of President Cleveland he was re moved from his position as an inspector upon the request of Governor Hoyd , the offunso boln ? "olTonslvo partisanship. " The posi tion was secured through the Influence ol Senator Mandorson , wboso private secretary , Mr. Ham , has been working up tbo reinstate ment for some weeks past. Tlio commission will reach Mr. Stoiu day after tomorrow II the malls do not miscarry and ho will bo put to work Immediately. SOUTH DAKOTA HRl'UnUCANS. South Dakota republicans hnvo organirod a state republican association. Tliov mot lost night at the National hotel. John il. King wns elected president ; E. T. Crcssy , vlco president ; George D. Fisher , secretary ; W. T. Hatoman , treasurer , and H. Uudolph , sorRoant-at-arms. The executive committee will consist of the president , vice president and secretary. Messrs. Jones , Drosbauh anil Crossy compose the political coinmtttoo. Regular meetings will bo held the Iirst Wednesday In each month. 1IKCKST AUMV OKDEItS. The following' army orders were issued today : Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Lamorcux , Second artillery , is transforod to the Fourrh artillery , vlco Wilcox. resigned , and assigned to b.ittory M at Port Barrancas , Fla. Ucorgo W. Muller , appointed September 14 , 1891 , now at Fort Lcnvcnwortb , Knn. , will proceed - coed to Fort Ht-no , Oik. Eilwnrd J. Waqull/ , appointed September 14 , 1891 , now nt AlcatrazJslund , Cnl. , will proceed to Fort Sill , Old. MISCELLANEOUS. Assistant Secretary Chandler today of- llrmcd the decision of the general laud ofiicc , rcrorslni ; the decision of the register nncl re ceiver of the land olMco at Chadron in tlio pru-omption of John j. Stansbury vs Mury M. Kuckcr In favor of the latter , Involving lot 3 and the northeast ijuarlor of the south west quarter and the noi th half of the south east quarter of section 10 , township 33 , 4" west. J. B. McCrcady was today appointed post master at Harper's Ferry , AliuimUoo county , la. , vice M. Mullully removed. Hon. J. S. Clarkson of Iowa Is at the Ar lington. P. S. H. DKl'lHV'S KVUOPEAS STOItlES. Return of the New York Central President Full ol'Intercstins Tnlea. New Yonic , rispt. 17. The day that Chauncey M. Dopow comes homo from Europe has oeon a Now York Central holi day these ton years or moro. The ofllcors and employes of thorailroad _ biro the Sam Sloan and go down the bay with a band to cheer homo their famous president , to hoar his latest stories and to drink his very good health. It was "Dopow day" yostordav for this year , and none of the rights psculiar to it failed of observance duo und moot , nnd Mr. Depcnv illuminated the occasion with a run ning account of his Journeying , told in his own fashion , alternate layers of solid obser vation und fan. After gottlnp Mr. Dopow aboard the Sloan , Commodore Van Andala , who always manages these things , extended the annual welcome of the employes nad con gratulated Mr. Dopow on bis .oscapo from the temptations of baccarat and tbo plots of Turkish brigands. Mr. Dopow , when ho could , complimented the Central people on the increased pros perity of the railway , showed bow ho avoided tbo baccarat snare by looking , this time , after the strange dark things in Euro no in stead of its social phases , and how bo getaway away from tbo brigands , chiefly by luck. Dressed in a garb , which ho described as a cross between a "costormotlRor und a pick pocket , " Mr. Dopow wont slumming in the VVhltechapol district and saw a depth of poverty and misery that took his breath away. The curse of the poor in Kugland was unrestricted immigration , und the llrst lesson drawn from bis tour was whether the United States was not making a great error in not increasing its barriers against the flood of old wet Id paupers. As to tbo brigand story , that came up in u trip ho made with Mr. Cornelius Vdndorbilt anil two Vanderbilt boys through u desert 300 miles wldo near the Balkan mountains. They went uy the Oriental express , n flyer that made fifteen miles an hour mm wns the pride and Wonder of Turkey. I3rigunus inndo- n practice of holdine Iho train ut > and solzlng wealthy passengers for ransom. If the ran som was not forthcoming they sent tholr captive homo In sections , beginning with his cars and then His noso. "I never know such a mngnillcont opportu nity for ransoms to bo so neglected , " said Mr. Depew. "Hero wns Mr. Vanderbilt and his sous on that tiuin , and the brigands never peeped. " At Athens ho stood on Mars Hill and tried some 1'aulian eloquence on some Greeks who were mending a road , and thov quit work for tbo day. Ono thing ubout Athens was an arrant fraud , and tint was the Muld of Athens. Hu wont to l/oi nt about two thou sand of her , with a tUi pinto over his heart to preserve his afCocil/ins , and fauna she was not good looking u lilt. The thing that attracted bis attention most in Franco was tlio In ton so enthusiasm over everything Russian , since Kussla bad taken the ropubllo cordially by the liana. "At every dinner , publlo and private , " said Mr , Dopow , "whon thu charlotte russa comes on , tliu whole company gets up and slugs the Uussl.m national hyir.n. " After muklnir some study of the Husslan- Jowlsh problem , Mr , Dopow concluded that * Lho condition of the Jowish-Kusslan had not been improved by tbo protest of America , but on the contrary had been made worse Lban over. At the same time Kusstu had taken on a coldness to America not known since the civil war. Boini. asked in regard to the feeling on the McKlnloy tariff in Kuropo , Mr , Dopow said ; "Tho only thing talked about In Kuropo , so Tar as America Is concerned , Is the Ohio election. They do not understand U as a statti election. They only know that Mc Klnloy , the author of the bill , Is running for oQlco. They baliovo that In his election Is , liu whole Issue of high or low tariff , Thov Lhlnk If ho succeeds , then tbo McKlnloy bill s a fixture , but if bo Is defeated , It will bo repealed , the sumo us U would DO with thorn Ify the defeat of the government , and there is a solid vote there against McIClnioy , " In regard to the feeling In Kurono oif the World's fair , ho souls "The World's'fair commissioners were very Kludly received in Kuropo. They MOIO treated us diplomatic representatives of tbo government und were iccoptod as such. There is no organization in Europe to acquaint exhibitors bow to got to Chlcuao with their eooUs or to canvass lu- lustrial neighborhoods for exhibits. This Is nil to bo dorio vot. It H bard to tell whotbor they feel kindly toward tbo fair or not. 'J'bo World's fair ha * bad several things to con tend with which are now dissipated. Of course , thcro Is a dUtliiot hostility on the part of manufacturers who have been hurt jy the McKlnlov bill , and their dissatisfac tion ts'dotrlmonUl to the fair. Onu clrcum- stance which nearly puralyioJ tbo movement for a while w the report thnt the contract labor I AW would bo enforced against em * filo.vos on nil shipments of machinery aont tioro , and thnt they would hnvo to employ jicoplo horn. This hts boon dlsilpittod , but It was a long time before It was explained. " F.131RU JSI.K Uf LKHIIOS. Boston Olobo ! If tbo report of Iho armed descent of British forces upon Slsrl Is true , that great European war which tins Ion ? been n possibility becomes n very dangerous probability. Now York Morning Advortlsnrs H Is ob served that when Mr. Bull helps himself by force to anything the victim Is nlwnvs a weakling. For a thousand years his robber- to < i hnvo been laid on thcso comparatively snfo Hues. Now York Tlmofj : Tlw rumor thnt n body of British troops had landed nnd tnkon pos session of n harbor initlio Island of MyrtU lene Is probably a stock-jobbing story , sug gested by tbo rather nrtlllclnl story of the Dardanelles. Now York World : British diplomacy must have nerved lUelf to n moro vigorous stroke than It has recently at tempted , If the reported solzura of tbo western port of the Island of Mltylono lu the .rlCgcmi should turn out to bo trtto. Philadelphia Press : Lord Salisbury , by occupying Mttylono , has taken ono of these bold steps which make history nnd change tno channels of empire. Ho has matched Gibraltar by establishing an English strong hold nt the mouth of the Dardanelles , Now York Herald : The occupation of Mltylono Is a move on the part of Great Britain full of significance. It Is proof thnt England is alive to the ominous action or Russia touching the Dardanelles , nnd does not propose to lot thnt notion pnss without notlco or preparation to moot It. Denver Republican : The report thnt tbo British landing at Sign , on the Island Mlty- leno , wai that merely of n picnic party of naval oUlcers is not worthy of much credit. If it had boon merely the landing of n picnic party the matter would not have stirred up such n rumpus in nil the courts of Europe. It is moro likely thnt the original report thnt England Intended to occupy the island for defensive purposes Is correct. The Island of Mltylono , tbo Lesbos of the ancients , has boon in possession of the Turks for more than 400 years. It Is of considorabln size , about thirty-eight by twenty-four miles , and , though not much cultivated , is very fertile. Its chlof value to n maritime power , however , is that it contains some excellent harbors , and Is near enough to the Dardn- uollcs to servo as n bnso of naval operations In that quarter. Modern wnr vessels oauld roach the Dardanelles from Mltylono m n few hours. Mltylono has 40,000 Inhabitants. In the days of ancient Greece it win the birth- placo'of some distinguished pcoplo , uuiong thorn Sappho nnd Thcophrastus. But since 14IU It has boon under the bni , of Turkish rule and almost unknown to history. ritoTjuTii > jiv VUI.IVE. Union VetornnH Prevented from ! Unk- v.ins n Illrd of U t , . Polk. % WICHITA , Kan. , Sept. 17. Colonel L. L. Polk , President of tbo National Farmers' alliance , makes n point in his address of de nying tbo stories of bin inhumanity to union soldiers , and dqclarcs bo never hold rank above n third lieutenancy nnd could therefore never have boon In authority nt nny post. M. M. McAllister , a veteran of this citv , who was In Salisbury orison.North Carolina , when Polk was governor , holds a sick parole , signed by L. L. Polk , brigadier general com manding the post , and gives the alliance loader the blackest reputation for his conduct to union prisoners. A score or so of old sol diers got together during tbn day nnd per fected plans for applying tar und feathers to Polk before ho loft town last night.but some how news of their intention leaked out and the police took steps to prevent their assault. Hon. John I , Nosliitt Recovering. GENKVA LiKP , Wis. , Sopt. 17. [ Special to THE Bic.J Hon. John I. Nosbltt of North Platte , Nob. , who for the past two months has boon under treatment at tno sanitarium hero , U rapidly recovering and the physi cians in charge of his case give it as tneir un qualified opinion that ho will entirely recov er. There is now nothing wlucn would Indi cate any sort of mental abcrr.itlon and Mr. Ne bitt will be able to resume his duties as rogtstor of the United States land oillco at North Platte in the course of n month or two. The physicians do not consider it nec essary for Mr. Nosbitt to remain longer nt the sanitarium , ns they believe bo can recuperate as well nt his old homo in Cleveland. Silver Foniul in ConncctU nt. NEW Yonic , Sopt.17.JSilver ore of rich quality has boon discovered nt Newton , Conn. , by Mifhnol Fitzgerald of that city , ac cording to a special dispatch. Ho has spent much money in testing the ere nnd securing a lonso of the property where the precious metal lies. The ore so far assayed gives a return of ? 3,000 nor ton. A hundred voars OKO two small mines were worked in Sandy Hook and considerable silver was taken out. Half a century ago a company of Now Jors.oy capitalists spent $100.000 excavating in the same vicinity without Unding ere rich enough to work. KdltorH Fight lo the Dentil. SuM'iiun Srm.sas , Tex. , Sopt. 17. In a fight between E. M. Tate , editor of the Echo , nnd Everett Moore , editor of tlio AH'.nnco Vindicator , who hnvo been vigorously attack ing oarh other recently , Moore was shot five Limes nnd Tata once. Moore is dead and Tate is under arrest. 3JU : FHOXT QATE , [ lenver lleaubllcan. An old and crippled gate am I , And twenty years have passed Since Ius swung up high and dty Betwixt these posts so fast ; But now I've grown so powerful weak Despised bv man and beast I'm scarcely strong enough to squeak , ' Allhough'l'm never greased , Twos twenty years ago , I say , When Mr. Euos White , Came kind of hanging 'round my way 'Most every other nicht. Ho hung upon n\v starboard sldo And she upon the other. Till Susan Smith became his bride , And In duo time a mother. I ( rroanod intensely when 1 hoard Despite I nm no churl My doom breathed in u single word ; The baby wns n girl 1 And as she trow and grow nnd grow I loud bemoaned my fate : For she was very fair to view , And I I was the gate 1 Then in duo time a lover came , Betokening my ruin , A dnppor follow , Brown bv imino , The grown up baby woolii' . They iprnnpiipon mo In they glonm , And talked of moon nnd star ; They are married now and live nt borne , Aloiin wltti pa and mo. Mv lot was happy for a year , No courting night nnd dnv I had no thought. 1 had no fear Bad luck would conio mv wav. But oh , this morning , aavo tbo manct There came a wild surprlso , A shadow Illtted grim and dailt Across my sunny skies. A doctor with a knowing smllo , A nurse with face serene , A bustle In the house the wbllo , Great Scottl what does It mean ! My hluuos ache , the look is weak , My pickets In n wnlrl , I boar that awful doctor spcalr , It Is another girl ! State Board's ' Verdict Concerning Railroad Rates Anticipated , - TARIFF REDUCTION MAY BE IGNORED , mill Arcuinoiits Will Bo Pro- nciitrd Indlcntlnu That Nebraska 1'ossean Many Atlvau- Over Otlior Stntc * . Ltxcot.V , Nob. , Sept. 17 { Spctlnl to Tits BBE.J At 10 o'clock tomorrow tbo secre taries of the Stnto Bonrd of Transportation will dubimtlU report concerning tbo de mand for cheaper railroad rules. As the work has been done In conjunction with the executive ofllcon constituting tbo stnto board It Is understood thnt the report will bn endorsed. As ono of the executive ofllcors expresses it , "Thu vordlct will bo a thunder bolt. " As tbo result of porststotit roportorlnl In quiry , enough has been gleaned to lend to tbo belief that no attention will bo paid to the demand for cheaper rates , nnd It Is hinted that both secretaries ami board nro unani mously in favor of refusing to order cbeniior transportation. A number of llgurcs nnd arguments will bs adduced to excuse such u decision. Among ttiom will bo the allegation that n farmer nt Hastings , over six hundred miles from SU Louis , can ship his corn to tbo metropolis of Missouri nt n cheaper rnto than farmers In certain portions of Missouri only -00 miles from thnt city. Also , that n man In Box Butte county can ship his cattle to Omnhii , get it dressed , und sent thence to Chicago cheaper thnn tbo snmo man could do did ho llvo'ln certain parts of western Iowa. NiU. : WILL 1IA.NO. Today the attoruoys of Ed Neal , tbo inur- darer of Dorothy and Allan Jones of South Omaha , tiled n motion for a rehearing of the stiso. The Judges listened patiently to the nniuinonU presented und this afternoon overruled.tlio motion , ns tbo excuses given were not sufllcient to warrant giving tlio assassin another trim. This is doomed con clusive and ho will bo luini ; on scbedulo time early in October. LINCOLN'S POMTIOAL FIOHT. This evening republican caucuses wora held in n number of the different wards , nnd nil dav long the various candidates hnvo been endeavoring to make their calling and elec tion sure , and tbo old ring that was given n backset last surlnp has been particularly active. It is alleged that it has control of tbo Fourth ward , the homo of the defeated mayor , and it is an acknowledged fact that Field unu Hull control tbo ward , the most pouulous in the city. A week ago these men chose their delegates to go to tbo county con vention and decided to dispense with the risky nulsanco of holding any cau cus. These tivo also decided to hnvo tbo republicans of Lancaster county vote for Tlbbctts , a democrat , for district Judge , so that Hall and Field could got democratic votes Ir. return. As n result n howl has gouo up as many of the repub licans do not wish to vote for a democrat and because many llnd loult with several de cisions of Hall on the bench , particularly in tbo Owen cose , and are opposed to his naming the delegation. Honcc , war has boon declared and music may bo expected nt the primaries tomorrow. Among the latest persons to proclaim their intention of running for oflleo are Mr. Miller ofDmton precinct who wants to bo county clj k Captain Louis Otto of Lincoln who wisuos to bo constable , Prof. Bnor of Wnv- orlv nnd Prof. Ernest of Raymond who are willing to borvo as county superintendent of schools nnd Wnltor Woodward of the Fourth ward who will not refuse to hold the balances as n justice of tho'pcace. ODDS AND KND3. Notarial commissions were issued today to the following : John S. Allara , Lincoln ; W. H. Starr , Indlanola ; F. J. Robinson , Beat rice. Governor Thayer returned today from Omaha. Articles of incorporation of the West Kearney - noy Improvement company have boon Hied with the secretary of stato.'The capital stock is 1,000,000. _ Fatal Duel In Minnesota. PiriisTOXB , Minn. , Sopt. 17. A probably fatal duel occurred yesterday In the northern end of Pipostouo county. Tom Allen and James An owsmlth hnvo bocn cnomios for years. Saturday they had a personal en counter and yesterday they mot again nnd fought n duel with swords. They were both export swordsmen nnd fought fiercely but so equally were they matched that for some time only slight wounds were inflicted. Sud denly Allorton dropped bis sword when Ar- rowsmlth sprang forward , cleaving the loft side of his antagonist's bond open. Ho at once quit the scene of tbo encounter though ho subsequently gave himself up to tbo sher iff. Allerton Is not expected to live. Glninia to Own the Town. MAMCOTA , Minn. , Sept. 17. Thomas Qlomp has laid claim to a largo portion of this city , including all the stone quarries , the Fowler & Pays lima kilns , nnd the ground on which Tourtolotto hospital stands. Two weeks ago a suit of ejectment from his homo was decid ed against him und his household ( roods were set upon the -street. Mr. Glomp wont to Washington and returned today with n claim that ho secured tltlo not only to bis homo butte to 00 acres of city land besides. China and the PowcrH. LONDON , Sept , 17. The Berlin corre spondent of the Standard of this city tele graphs tuat tbo German foreign ofllco has re ceived news from China that her government was unable to fulfill the promises made to the representatives of the powers that she would punish these Implicated in the recent outrages ou foreigners and their property , and that .sho would In the future protect forc clgn residents. Fattal FlKht Detwoun KarmcrH. OKi.uiciiii , S. D. , Sopt. 17. [ Special to Tun BKK.I Churle4Algrin nnd Ulchnrd Scholz , two farmers living north of Oolrlchs , had some trouble over stock , Algrln wont down to Soholz's pi u eo Sunday to sco about tba stock trouble , and they got Into n light , from tbo effects of which Scholz died yesterday. Algrin wns nrrestod and Is lodged In Jail bore. Ttolihor ISxpcctcd to Confi-HS. MiMVArKfrVls. . , Sopt. 17. Judge Onto Is at Ashland ngaln to open tbo famous Hurlay bank robbery case nnd attempt to clour Da- kcrnow serving n term of flvo years nt Wnu- pun. Gate hays ho Knows who Htolo the $10- 000 and that Baker Is Innocent , and thnt n confession is soon expected which will clear up the matter und provo u sensation. Firemen Inhale Acid KnineH. CIIICAOO , III. , Kept. 17. Captain Mullens of the flro insurance pntrol Is dead , aid | Cap tain Donahoo and Joseph Williams , llromon , nro In n critical condition from having In- Imled the fumes of murlatia acid at n flro last night. It is stated nt the county hospi tal that several others will dlo from the same cause. Hnlinnoedn Arrives In Argentine. PAiiiis'Sept. 17. A dispatch hns bocn ro- colvod hero from Buenos i\yros Baying that ox.Prestdont Balmacoda of Chill has arrived ut Mondoia , the capital of the Argentina province of that name. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE