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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : AlO DAY , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1801. THE DAILY BEE. liGSr.WATKIt , KDITOII. EVERY "MOKNINO. TKHMfl OK SUHSC'im'TION. Dully Hoc ( without Hunday ) One Yonr. . . $ 800 Dully nnil Sunday , Ono Vwir JO l ( Mx months fit" ) Thruo Months - . 2 M > iindny llcc.Ono Year " M Hnturdiiy lice. One Vonr. . . . I < " Weekly lice , One Your ICO OITIOKH : Onmlia. Thn lloo Ilnlldlmr. Honlli Oiinihn. corner N nntl 211 li Streets. Counnll lllulTs , 12 Pearl "trout. Chlraao ( Illlec , HI" Chamber i > f Commerce. Now Ynrh.Hoonm 13. II ami IVrrlbuno lluUdlng \Vn.slilnsliJii. : > ii : I'ourtcontli Street , CflllKKHI'ONDKM'K. All communication * relating to news unit editorial tuntti'r should bo addressed to thu Kdilorlal Department. ItKHINKSH LET-THUS. Alt tnnliip s letters ntul reinllltincrs should lip nildrcs.1'd ti ) Tltr Hep Publishing ( 'miipaiiy , Uinnlm. linifl" . checks mill pt.itomVe orders to IIP luadp pnyablo to thu order of thucOlti- pnny. Tlio Bee PnWisliiiigCompaiij , Proprietors TIIK IIKB IMIII.IUSl ! . SWCWN STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION. Blatuof Nebraska I { iinntv of Miniums. f1"1 acorite II. T/.i''huck ' , seerctriry of TllB IlKR Publishing roinpaiiv , docs wilctiiuly swunr thnl the iii-tmil clri'iilatlon of Tut : D.ui.v HKK for thi ! wcrK ending September "i ! , Hit , was as follows : Hnnd.iy , Sept. 2"W > Miimlny. Sent. 21 . 2I.17 TitUHilay. "Ptit , K ! . 2I,0B ! ) Wednesday. Sept. ' . ' .I . 2I.KII Thiirsdny. Si > pl. ! > . -'l.itt ? baturduy , t'cpl. ' to . ' 'I.W Avorago. . . . " 1,77(1 OEOIUJB II. T/SclllJOIC. Sworn to liuforn mo ahil milHcrlhcd In my presence this 'Jfith day of Septum ) pr. A. ( l.lf < gl. BEAU X. 1 > . I'nii , . Notary Public. Etntnof Nubrnokn , I County i-f lloujjlm , f " George II. T/.schuck. being duly sworn , dn- poses mid says Unit Im Is sccrptury of TIIK HKK Publishing ponipany. Unit UIP actual av erage dully circulation of TUB DAII.V HKK for thu month of September , IMM. was'J'.sTOeoples ' ; for Ootol ur , Is ! " , 20,702 copies ; for Xnvombor , JMK1 , K > . | M ) cops | | ; for December , IMK ) . ai,47l roples ; for .lanuiiry , IfiUl , a > .4l ( > copies ; for I'Vbninry. 1NII , ! l"iS : ! topless for March , IRM ! , IM.CK * copies ; for April. 1SOI , SUtH copies : for Way , INPl.ir , HIO copies ; for Juno , 1801. LTi.017 coplcn ; for. Inly , Mil , W.O-'I copies ; for August , ] fU.t7 ! ! , . ' 18 copies. ( ilxMir.i : II. T/scillJCK. Sworn to hoforo inn nnd MI ! scribed In my presence this Istday of Aliens ) . IN'.U. ' N. I' . KKIU Notary Public J'tHC Till ! C'.I.MJ'.II .V. In order to ( jlvo every reader In this state and lowu an npporlunity to keep posted on the progress of thu campaign In both those status we have decided to olfer TIIK WrKKiiV IlEK for thn balance of this year for twenty- flvo cents. Howl In your nriU r. early. Two dollars will ho accepted for a. elub of ton names. Tin : HII : : PUIIMSIIINO Co. ( Jinaha , Nub , EVKIIY voter should post hitnsolf on the workings of the now election law. CKORK readers of the state psipors al ready discern a grout ninny democratic hull < H floiitin < , r about in independent waters MS if they expected to profit by piracy when the engagement fairly opens. COUNCIL MLUKKS has a school popula tion of 10,21 U according to the hehool consns figures taken at 1 j cents per cap ita within a few days. If the returns are correct Council Bluffs has -10,000 people. WITH .10,000,000 bushels of wlioat,50,000- 000 bushels of oats , 150,000.000 bushels of corn and everything else in proportion , the farmers cannot uil'or.l to make a chief justice out of an olllco seeking ignoramus , who has never practiced before - fore the supreme court and very sol- cloni has a case in the district court. A TKXAS judge has ruled that bonds nnd coupons are not money , and a county treasurer who ombox/.led $14,000 worth of those securities is not indictable. The next thing wo hear from Toxtus will bo a decision that pulque and mescal are not intoxicating liquors because they are uoithor whiskey nor brandy. Nothing should bo surprising in Texas jurispru dence. HAWAII naturally belongs to A morica. The islands can never bo permitted to pass into any other hands than our own. Annexation will eventually como , but probably any scheme looking to that end tit this time would bo vigorously op posed by Knglntid. The natives are be ginning to feel that they would bo better - tor olT Americans than to maintain their independence. GOYKUNOII 1'ATTiHONof Pennsylvania has called an extra session of the state sonatu to investigate charges against the auditor and dtato treasurer. There may bo some partisan political signil'f cnnco in the call at this particular juncture , but the Bardsloy exposures load people on the outside to conclude that rottenness may oxi.st in other high places in the Keystone state. A MtTSC'ovn'K and Mongolian alliance would bo ti threatening combination against the peace of the world. Russia is contemplating negotiations with China for such an understanding as might unite the interests of lho-400- 000,000 people of each nation into n most powerful compact. Kuropoan peace Is always In danger and the pros- pool of disarmament is by no moans promising. AMKUICANS who are inclined to coin- plain of the tedious meanderings of jus tice In their own country and the expense - ponso of correcting injustice ) are reminded - minded that it cost Mrs , UathoiiTt $10- 000 to get out of a madhouse in England In whinh she was unjustly conlined. Mrs. Maybriok's case In London Is an other illustration. It will take sovarnl thousand pounds sterling to bring her case to a hearing upon constitutional grounds in the common law courts of Great Britain. COHN is safe and the orop is iinmoudo Till' 11 KK publishes reports from forty live counties today in most of which an Increased acreage and bettor than average yield IB reported. The western counties show the most favorable condi tions. Sumo of the eastern and older counties show that the wet season has materially Impaired the prospects , but from every section of the state the HOWS is gratifying. No hall storms to speak of or other disasters have interfered except in very few Instance ! * . The out look , taking the state over , Is nil that could bo desired nml.'nol loss that 160,000- 000 bushels of sound corn will bo har vested. I'orhaps the yield will exceed 175,000,000 MISIIKMIRSENTIXO TIIK S/TtMT/OA / The democratic and mugwump newspapers - papers of the cast tire being supplied with false and fictitious Information ro- gatdlng the political situation in Iowa which they may rcgtot having printed and paid for after the election la over. The fiction inrkors for these journals toll their renders that the democratic candi date is carrying everything before him , that Immense audiences hear ana enthu siastically receive his speeches , that the farmers end worklngmon are rallyIng - Ing by thousands to his support , that his followers are literally bursting with con fidence , and that the republicans are dis mayed , demoralized and hopeless. This sort of stulT may find belief in the east , but nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact is thai both parties in Iowa are evincing great intercut In the campaign , but generally the meetings have been in point of numbers , as well as in onthusjnsm , in favor of the republican ! ) . The immetiEio guthcrintr at Oltuinwa to hoar McKinloj was a striking manifestation of the earnestness of the republicans and the Instruction and the counsel they received there they will not forgot The republicans are making an aggressive campaign , whereas Governor Boies is on the defensive. Ho has tried hard to justify his utterances to the eastern gathering of free traders and has thus far made a dismal failure. Tito posi tion of the democracy on the sil ver question will cost the party thousands of votes. Kurly in the cam paign the free trade congressman from Texas , Uogor Q. Mills , was brought into the stale to instruct the people re garding the tarilT , and his false asser tions and reactionary doctrines have boon a positive advantage to the repub lican cause , for they will bo resented by thousands of intelligent democrats who know them to bo wrong. The promise is that every repub lican who sincerely believes in the national principles of his party will vote with it this year. The great majority of those who voted for Boies two years ago will be back in tlio republican ranks this year because they fully realize the dangers involved in democratic success , and understand what a great misfortune it would bo to allow Iowa to bo carried by the democracy in it your preceding the presidential election. Kvidunco of this is seen in every locality whore republi can clubs have boon organi/od , and it is not to bo doubted that it will become more marked ns the campaign progresses. All pres > - ont signs woint to the certain elec tion of tha republican state ticket , and the prospect in the legislative districts , where there has boon moat danger , is steadily brightening , the republicans having generally intulo exceptionally strong nominations for each branch of the legislature. The republican party of Iowa lias but to keep up the light as it has thus far carried it on , and thcro is every probability it will win by an old-time majority. There is everything encouraging to the party in the situa tion. SVGAll HKKTS AND IIKKT SIMAtt. Omaha is the geographical and com mercial center of a region in which sugar beet growing will , in the near future - turo , bo a large nnd profitable industry. She is moro than that. She is the com mercial and geographical center of what will one ttay bo the largest in extent and most productive sugrar beet growing and sugar manufacturing region on the glebe For 350 miles in every direction the land appears , from experiments thus far conducted , to bo adapted to this com paratively now but important industry. Tun BKU fools justified in frequently re peating those expressions of opinion be cause it believes our people do not ap preciate the great promise of the future for the sugar boot in America. The factories at Grand Island and Nor folk , the experiments made by farmers in all the country hereabouts , often con ducted under disadvanta os stabhsh beyond yond cavil the fact that the soil and cli matic conditions are exceptionally fav orable. The governmental experimental station at Sehuylor under the charge of Walter Maxwell of the Agricultural de partment is making scientific tests of the conditions to determine definitely wlial variety of boat is boot suited to Nebraska. There is practically no limit to the growth of the industry. Wo now import by far the greater proportion of the sugar consumed in tills country. The Ameri can product , including boot , cane and maple sugar , is a moro pound in a hogshead as compared with the amount imported. As will bo recalled by readers of Tun Bun Mr. Rosewater found sugar factories in every city of 5,000 people in the vicinity of Bukowan , Bohemia , and an immense quantity produced. There is no article of moro general use , and moro for which the demand continues so steady. It requires no prophetic vision to see the stacks of sugar factories scat tered over till the territory hereabouts and great central rollnlng works in Omaha. In America , wo do not wait fifty years to meet a fact , but anticipate it by at least a quarter of a century , and therefore It is safe to say the boot sugar industry will , within twenty-five years , bo the most profitable feature of our agricultural and manufacturing pros perity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ According to the ox-attorney general at Hawaii , who is now in this country , there is a very strong sentiment in the island in favor of annexation to the the United States , and it is intimated from Washington that the administra tion may this winter move for a recon sideration of the treaty negotiated with the Hawaiian minister two years ago. This convention provided , among other things , for the cession of 1'earl harbor to the United .Status as a naval station. Aj provision allowing the United States to land troops on the island at any tlmo was displeasing to the people of Hawaii and was the cauto ? of the treaty being dropped. Another statement coming from Washington Is to the effect that the State douartmont is contemplating the purchase of St. Thomas , in the West Indies , also as a naval station , Nothing could bo more natural than to associate with these reports the idea of u bchomo on the part of the adminis tration for political effect , but If there Is any ground for Iho statements thai those acquisitions are contemplated in admin istration circles It by no means follows lhat political considerations have any , thing to do with It , nor Is it probable that it could have any ofTeel to Iho political advantage of the administra tion. The question of acquiring a naval station in the \Vesl Indies Is nol anew now ono , Iho purchase of St. Thomas having been proposed as long ago as 1807 , and probably no ono will question that there is greater need o ( It now than there was then , while the domain ! for such a station Is certain to grow moro urgent. Obviously its our navy increases wo must provide coaling facilities In the waters wlioro our vessels crulso , and in order to do this wo musl obtain conces sions by treaty , such ns thai proposed with Hawaii or purchase territory no- cessury for stations. The matter is alto gether of a practical nature , and it is not apparent how it could possibly bo given a political character. So far as Hawaiian annexation is concerned - corned , it is not likely to become a matter - tor of serious consideration in this coun try at present * There is no difllculty In understanding why there should bo a sentiment in Hawaii in favor of it , but there is no valid rea son why it should find sym pathisers In the United States. Tills does not , however , preclude considera tion of a treaty arrangement thai would enable the United States to secure de sirable and valuable privileges on the island and to maintain and porpoluato its influence Ihoro. Hawaii occupies a position in the line of our commerce with Australia and in respect to our in terests generally in the 1'acilic which renders it in the highest degree important thai wo do nol pormil any other power to obtain supremacy there. It can safely bo said that the American people are not anxious to ac quire additional territory , but Iho sort of aggrandisement that would consist in providing necessary naval stations in remote watnrs would meet with no ob jection from those who have an intelli gent understanding of such require ments. ' THHUK is a very considerable Inde pendent vote in New York , &o large , in fact , as to hold the balance of power bolweeu the chief political parties. For years this vote has gone almost wholly to the democracy , but it wil 1 not ilo so this year. It will bo divided , and the probability is that the majority of it will bo cast for the republic in candi dates. Ono of the most prominent among the independents , Mr. Matthew Hale of Albany presents his reasons through the Now York Times why ho intends to support Fussutl instead of Flower , and they are an indictment of the democracy which cannot f .il to ex ert a decided influence upon the class of voters with whom Mr. Halo is identi fied. Ho shows thai the democratic party of Now York is utterly unworthy to be entrusted with the administration of affairs , and it is not to bo doubted that thousands of other independents hold a similar view. It is such signs as this , taken in connection with Ihc f.tcl lhat the republicans are united and harmon ious , while their opponents are not , which warrants confidence in republican success in the Empire state this year. TIIK Real Kstato Owners' association deserves the earnest co-oporullon of the citizens of Omaha. It is djiug a goorl work for the city. The directors are strong business men and willingly de vote a largo share of their lime to the duties incident to their positions without remuneration. The association is wide- awake and sincere in its efforts in behalf - half of the material interests of Omaha and is driving Iho entering wedge which promises to break up boodling in municipal and county governments. At the last mcotinir of the directors , after concluding , the discussion of tho.Thir- toonth street matter , the advertising train , grain olovr.tors . and the clearing house discrepancy all received intelli gent attention in addition to other loss important topics. Exi'isiHKXrn has shown thai factories scoured by bonuses are often a delusion and snare. Manufacturers who are seeking bonuses are usually those about to go into bankruptcy , or which have less confidence in the legitimate profits of their business than in the extraneous benefits accruing by reason of such bon uses. Generally speaking . the only bonus which can profitably be otl'ered as a gift outright is the reasonable expense of removing a planl from ono oily to another and Ihc cosl of reopening in the new location. Propositions to remove to Omaha upon this basis are worthy of careful consideration. UNKOKTUNATK as It is , the prospect for park bonds in the coming election is very discouraging. Wo must have the library bonds in order to secure the property devised to the city by the late Byron Reed for a library building. Wo need the street improvements which $100,000 will muko possible , and the city hall bonds must bo voted. School build ings and sites are equally as necessary , though wo can probably pull through the year on a smaller sum than $ .100,000. TIIK first shipments of American pork reached Hamburg Saturday , Min ister Phelps gave a dinner to eminent Americans on the sumo day , but too early to have a course of pork chops. Ho received the congratulations of his friends , "however , upon the success which attended his negotialions. WHIMS the association of manufactur ers should not and probably will not at tempt to locate factories in Omaha but will devote Its energies to the dovolop- n.ont of homo patronage for these al ready established It will Indirectly bo more useful to now enterprises than any bonuses likely to bo ottered. TOIIK C'ASTOK had just about as much to do with the nomination of .ludgo Post as the WorM-UrniM and no moro. At a republican convention Mr. Tobo Castor Iliruros solely in the capacity of a spec tator. Democrats neither maitu nor diutato nominations in republican con ventions. OTHKI : wards would do well to follow the example of the Fifth and organize clubs for the discussion of municipal and couuly alTi ii There may bo some unnecessary gcmrllng done nl times , but the tnonil bTe ( t of such clubs would aid in dlslnfeoljug and Improving the public service. > n IK Kt'itopK 'could prevent It Major McKinley would 'flavor ' occupy the oxcc- utlvj mansion at Columbus , O. SMAI.T. Interior parks are Iho peoples' pleasure grounds. These are what wo need most. And WrcclCM a I'ortiiiit1. AVic 1'irt.U'intliii ; Atlfrrtiirr. Tlio man , white or othorwiii ) , who untlor- tnkos to cornnr corn in this country In a bounteous season is WOMO than a ulntiyhatn- nior. Uh , Ti-ramle . Over In Nobr.nlcu iharo is no lonpcr n stntRirlo between KIitR Corn nnd .Inck Frost. Last week's hot U-avo placed his golden high ness beyond reach of harm from his nipping oneniy , and the soul of the nollUe.-'U factnor Is sad. An Cltriiniiir Trilmnf , Omaha certainly does show true grit. Tlmt enterprising city throws her castor in tto rintf whenever there Is nnythlnp In sight , and she generally walks away with the pr's-o datiRllnp : nt her bolt , bhc secured the army paymaster who tun boon at Fort Itussell fcr yonrs , and If anybody In Cheyenne sntd ore word apabist It wo haven't hoard it. In fact wo are not certain whether anybody in Cheyenne knows It , ouLsido of the nriny officials. Itlit ItVIM ; Hell-mi Journal. Nebraska's eminent democrat , Dr. George L. Miller , who would have been n member of Tllden's cabinet , had that gentleman de feated Hayea In IhTO , is offering advice to the democratic convention of Ms state , which ought to popularize him In Montana along side of the leading bourbon organ ol the .vest , the Chicago Herald. Ho says : "I would advise them to moot the clamor for n cheap and nasty silver dollar with a bold and broad declaration for honest money.1 Ono by ono the leiullnir democrats nro gutting into line on the silver question. Tlio l < 'liis ol' Dcl'onr. K'la } 'irlc Sun. "Man that is born of a woman , " observed the gro.it sago , "is of few days and full of trouble. " If Hon. Ilojer Q. Mills had b03n proton ho would hive said that the cause of It was the tariff. No one will doubt that ho woir.d have said It who hears the long and bitter wails with which the Texan statesman ia fillIng - Ing the air of Ohio. . Air. Mills is in _ thq Immovable gloom of a crank on calamity. 7n the United States , to which every civllfecil ! nation is looking with hourly gronter intenljieW as the most pros perous and blessed bojmtr.v on the clobo , Mr. Mills hears only tfip'sWids of wretchedness and complaint , anil the "scourge thai is driv ing contentment out of so many homes. " This is a sort of mania that will not elect n demonratio president in 189J , if that Is what Mr. Mills is interested in. Ho may invite the country to gd > 'fcr.wy with him , but the country won't go. Mr. Mills nnd companions in pessimistic philosophy had better eo back to Texas. A DistinmiitlifMl Uncord. A'cio'Ynrk ' VVHmiir. The Harrison administration will"bo distin guished in history for tno changes that have occurred and nro yet to occur In the political conditions of the . publlc.domaln during Its ex istence. President Harrison has summoned into the sisterhood of states six now com monwealths North Dakota , South Dakota. Washington , Montana , Idaho and Wyoming , whoso combined nvoa is ono and a half times as great ns that of the original thirteen states. In Oklahoma ho has organized a territory four times as luriro as the sta'.o of New Jersey. Ho has brought under the operation of the land laws for ttio bonollt of settlers a portion of the Sioux country three times greater than Massachusetts , and will soon recover in the same way an arua of the Crow lands in Montana as largo us ( Jon- nocticut. These vast regions are now filling with a population wnteh for thrift , orderli ness , courage and American enterprise , has no superior in the oast. Its influence will bo felt heavily in tne next census. The ra.ip- pointmont that will follow that enumeration will carry the balance of political power far away from the states that now exorcise so controlling a voice in public affairs. I'ASSIXll .riW The Now York republlcani nro now indus triously picking a I'ottlbono to ploi'os. llrooulyn Llfo : OIi-rK "A Montague stront man complains that thorn Is a lot of rubbish In front nr his honsu. What shall bu donu ? " Street Commissioner "That's tin oisy ; 0110 Have It removed nnd ulauud In front of tlio bousu no.\t door. " Oliicajjo Tribune : "Stop , sir ! Von nopdti't toll your story to mo. " Hharply Interrupted thocross-i'Miinliiliii ; itttornuy.Address your runmrks to tlio jury , " "Aro thuro any lawyers In the jury ? " la- ( julrnil thu wltuu.-s. "No , sir. " ' ( ioiitluini'ii , " boznn tliu witness , with umi-Kud emphasis on the word. Washington Star : Thoco.il barom are the grate guns of a community , AN AI1IZO.VA Ul'lTAl'ir. . / Hf < < iimi > f n Jmtrnnt. "Ilo was lly , ho was fresh , ho was just from Iho Statec , 11 lit ho oncnpd a Jackpot with two llttlo eights. " llull'ulo F.\ press : The prevailing mannish .stylos of fpiiiliiino fostiiino have brought about such u condition that tlio coat no longer shows the man. ItN the trousers. Klmlra Guzotte : Ho Won't you play the pliino for mo ? ' ' Mio I don't piny , , ' llu Thou yon will Sing ? She 1 don tHinu. , i Ilo Then w.ll yoii.niirry ( mo ? I'liluutulphla Kt'cnnfi' ' An np-town oreanlst advurtlssd fora slont youth to blow the hol lows Sundays. The tlrst applicant wus asuod If ho bad t'xporloncn in-thai llnu. "Sort of , " was the reply , ' ! wpfl tlio boor pump In my n nolo's saloon. " Lowell Courier : "How nro tliomlty fallen ? " said the grort'r us hollting a lively cbuoso out of the back window. . , : Knrhustor t'osti 'KTiorse may lower his record , but It dousn't tullow thata Inancan do ttwUhlinuunlty. t ffi Vonkors Htatusnioiul Tlio follow who ban Just returned tram Kjiiopu li abroad minded man. / | 1'trncii.iSK , f.'o.ift . Yttrfcir. Into the dry goods store she walks , And In an earnest way She says sho'd HKO to see some silk Thn eood clerk speeds uway , And presently returns once moro , And on the counter lays Some dozen rolls of good Liliu-k silk She loolu with anxious gaze , And says that after nil Iti host To got soiuu shadu ol blue. She dossn't know that Is , perhaps A purple shudo might do. The clerk trots off and quick returns With blue nnd purple shadow ; Hut no slio's chanced her mind again , She's hoard thut purptu fades. She kuops this up from twelve o'clock To half-past four , we'll soy , And then she says t > ho's much obliged She'll cull 90IUB other day. < ; .v orm/r. \VASIIIS-IITOV Diiiir. vu OP TUB Han , ) 513 FotHlTBKXTII SrilKKT , f WASUINOTOX , D. C. , Sept. U7. j "I run across ono of the peculiar characters In politics on the train the other day , " said Senator Mitchell of Oregon to Tun HKK cor respondent. "The argument ot this man Illustrate * how very hard It Is for n presi dent or party toploaso all classes , oven upon n business basis. The man appeared to bo tntrlllpont and well posted. Ho said no had voted for President Harrison once , but did not Intend doing so again. When I asked him why , ho said because ho had taken hun dreds of millions of surplus out of the treas ury and had loft nothing oxeopt money to redeem certain pledges made to reodom cer tain obligations in existence. "You don't think the president or any ono In his party has stolen those millions , do you ! " 1 inquired. "O , no ; O , no , " ho replied. "It has been paid out lor one thing and the other thing , mid now wo have no surplus. " "It took me. " said the senator , who is a punlle spirited man , "about llvo minutes to convert that man but ho vouldn't aeknowl- eJga It. I asked him If ho knew when the money was paid out or where It wont , and he said lie did not , he only know that a large surplus had vanished. I then told him that when President Harrhon cumo into the white house and a republican congress took hold they found that , a democratic adminis tration had for years refused to pay honest claims against the government. They had not appropriated enough money to run ttio liovoriimont honestly. They had appropri ated millions less every year than were nec essary to pay pensions or carry Iho malls nnd run the postoftlccs. Men who had for years been asking payment for work done the government could not get their pay. The democrats wanted to pile up n surplus nt the expense of honest persons for the purpose of prejudicing thu country against our tariff laws. They wanted to show that wo were boarding upa surplus and making times hard by collecting useless and unjust taxes from the people. Times were hard. The great surplus had contracted the circulating medium. The president wo now have was confronted with a serious problem. A panic was upon us which began to threaten disaster A voar ago it looked very bad ludeed. There must bo more money in circulation. Tno demo crats had been howling about the surplus. and the republicans had demanded that the honest debts rf the people against the gov ernment be paid. So the president directed that the surplus bo paid out to those who had just claims. Now was t'uo time for the relief. This was the moment for the govern ment to como to the rescue of the pooplo. "If wo owed the soldiers pensions and had laws promising them pensions , they must bo paid , and this was the time when a panic could bo averted by disbursements. Thu sur plus vanished. Hut the people wore saved from a financial disaster which had for years been gathering by virtue of a niggardly tinau- cial policy of the democrats in power. Wo have not the surplus , It is true , but wo have paid a lot of our debts. Wo have enforced the laws. Wo have saved our linancial in stitutions. If It had been necessary wo would have been justified In actually giving away the surplus to accomplish what wo did for the business interests. But not a dollar win squandered , not a penny thrown away. It is fortunate that wo have no .surplus. Now , don'tyou ' think sof" ISx-Congrossman Henry Clay Evans of " Chattanooga , Teun. , has boon In"town during this week , direct from Willett's Point , Now York , and elsewhere , and 1ms been study.'ng the much discussed question of coast do- fouscs , Ho says : "Wo are not so bad off as wo think in the matter of dofcuses along our eastern coast. I do not see how it would be possible for a vessel to enter the New York harbor if wo wanted to keopit out , no matter how strong it was. Wo have a mortar system by which wo can lire aliftoon inch steel ball a couple of miles high and drop It on the deck of a man-of-war at a distance of two miles with great accuracy , touch a misslo would go down through a vessel no mutter how many inches deep its stool might be laid. Our harbors are being laid with dynamite torpedoes , so that we could blow up anything that might approach within miles of us. With our crulsesr and mortars , dynamite guns , saudics and defenses gen erally , wo are as nearly Impregnable now us uuy nation on earth. " * An oid ehlof of a division in ono of the ex ecutive departments said today : "Fewer women are being appointed to positions in the departments hero now than ever before. " I asltod him why , nnd ho continued : "This decrease of female appofntments began under President Cleveland and has no possible con nection with politics. A woman can and will if she wUnci to , sit down at a desk unti do nl- moit any kind of clerical work bettor anddo , more of it than a man. But she won't , ex cept in rare instances. A man can bo worked anywhere. Ho can bo assigned from ono place to another ; ho can bo placed upon coin- missions , or sent out on the road , or be al lotted to all sorts of work on n moment's no tice nnd ho seldom complains. This cannot bo done with a woman. She must be put at one sort of work and kept there , except in exceptional cases. A man is generally in health , n woman not. A man asks for pro motion on his merits ; u woman demands pro motion as a right nnd if refused complains that is because sha is a woman. "There are many kinds of work a woman can not bo given to do. It is not proper. There are many men who do not want to work in a room with women , from OHO cause or another , and they are not cranks. Again , women tell secrets when they Ilnd them in their work , and soma important matters affecting the Interests of thogovernmanthavo gotten out through them. I do not say that all women are this way , but enough of them uro to make their selection for all-around clerical work dubious. " w- A plan is now being perfected to aid In a practical realization of Secretary lilaine's ' hope ot extending our trade southward. Wliilo tbo benolits of this trade nro manifest the trouble has been to got merchants to actually embark in it. The wants of South Americans are little understood. Goods sent south are little adapted to the climate and haoitsof the people wno are expected to buy thorn. W. A. Tiadel of the Latin-American department of theColumbian exposition , who knows South America by heart , is developing a plan for the guidance of merchants who ship southward. It contemplates securing from all the loadIng - Ing markets of South and Central America samples of the clothing , hats , shoos , etc. , which the people wear , the household goods which they use and all articles whioh are commonly used. Such a collection would afford our merchants ready means of knowIng - Ing what kind of gcods were wanted. At present our hat makers insist on shipping to South America hats which are fashionable In this country , but which nro wholly unsuited - suited to the south. Tlio shoos shipped there nro too narrow In the toe. Our cotton and woolens nro lojdod by the yard , although South Americans use ttio metre Instead of the yard , and cannot got accustomed to the yard. Packages areshipped : without any ro- gaad to the peculiar transportations of South America. Much of the carrying ia done bv Indians or mules over mountains. A mule carries i.7 > 0 pounds in two packages of li'i pounds each. An Indian cnrrio.s li , " > pounds , but packages from the United States gen erally run from 501) ) to i.OOU In weight nnd are straudod because the Indian mid mule nor- utce of thu mountains cannot handle tn m. P. S. H. ntrscu 31.1 ff rui.i.Hh. Arrest of n Sllulc Swltullnr In Now York City. Ni'.w YOIIK , Sept. i)7. ) Tnoinas O'Urlen ' , an all-around crook and contldenca man , known the world over , nnd the associate of "Hungry Joe , " the prince of bunco steorors , was ar rested last night by two of Inspector Byrne's detectives on warrants Issued at the Instance 01 District Attorney Andruw Hamilton of Albany county. The warrant charges O'Urlen with robbing a wealthy cltUon of Albany of * 10XK ( ) in ; i bunco game uuout a year and n half ago. O'Hrlon and George Post were operating at that tlmo In Albany , O'llrluu made the acquaintance of the victim , whoso name Is withheld , mid Invltoil him to inspect some goods in tils apartments. A game \va.t In progress. Tim victim took a hand , and was Induced to believe he would win f 10,000 , by the turn ol a card. They refused to let him play unless ho could produce flU.OOO. Thu victim left the house , drew f lO.ooo iroin thu bank , and returned. No sooner had ho entered the room than the confidence men knocked him down , robbed him , and lied. Post escaped to South Amnrlcim , ami all truce of O'llrlou was lost until yoiturduy. RELIEF COMMISSION REPORT , Full Test of the Disbursements for Ne braska's ' Incllgout , IT IS COMPLETE IN EVERY RESPECT , Some Dnlny Caused liy the Correction of IIIIIs mill Gonoriil llcins lilncnlti NOWH Notes of Interest. LIXCOI.X , Nob. , Sept. ' , ' 7. [ Special to TUB Hr.n.J The following Is the report of Kov. Luther I' . Ltiddon on the work done for the relief ot Indigent farmers last winter nnd sprlntf , the report being completed last even ing : To the Members of the Nebraska Ptito : He- llcf Commission ! ( Jentloinon 1 IICR leave to .submit tlio following summary of work done by our commission ; Total receipts for the month of 1'ob- ruary J 50,047 59 Total rofolpts for the month of March 50.1M 70 Total rocolntsfortho month of April 100,11)7 ) Ou Total receipts for Iho month of .May'l < ' > ' * ' Total receipts for the month of Juno I'J 00 Total -JOO,7Sl 91 Thu disbursements nro as follows ! I'obnmry J 10,170 IS March. . . . 'J.l.e.7 : : April awi 71) ) May yu.an 40 Juno UUiin July MM 70 August ' . ' .oSil , tt SL-'ptunibor ( wi : (15 ( Total ilO.-i.lH ? 07 Itiilancuon hand to date 'i.O'.tt ' "I There remains yet to bo paid hllN amount Ing to a llttlo over flu ) . This diduy N cntlsiul by the fact that the bills bad to bo returned for corrections and have not yet been prosuiited In propur shupn. \Vo have lllo.l with the secretary "f stuto , ns required by law , II.OG'l Individual receipts for provision distributed and I.'MiiU individual ro- culuts for grain distributed for seed. The commission distributed the following amounts of jr.\lii : Wheat , r > 7,0K ! ! bushels and 45 pounds : corn. : ] S,44r > bushels , iiul 15 pounds ; Imrk-y , 1U.SIS bushels ; oats. I'-W. ) bushels and H pounds ; potatoes , 0LM bushels and IS pounds. Of thu nhovo Iho following wuro donated , the coniinltteo paying the frolzht : Wheat. I.VUO bttsheU ; corn , J.130 bushels ; oats , US7 bushels. Taking the estimates furnished us by the county clerks of the number of bushels raised from one of sowing and using the market price as given by our dealer ; ) , wo have the following results : Cash value grain raised from see.il distributed. Wheat * I.I7I.24S Corn 0,0)1,115 Ilarloy 21)7.4 ) ! ) ) Oats , Mi,4-i ; 1'otatoes fD.lMI ) Total t S"yJrl ! ) In this accounting noimof the supplies ro- colvod or distributed pr.or to the passage of the law ereittlng the commission aru Included. Ni'arly * IOiUOJ worth of grain and provisions and clothing was thus illslrlbutud. Nor do no make an Y account of the largo amount of gar den seeds distributed. A glance sit tlio book al.so shows that four ( nil ( if nvnrv Knvitn fi > nlfis ] rii > nvtul ! Kiiiitiltnq of provisions but twice , whllu iliu other three families received moro frequently , An Itcml/.cd financial ( i.xhlblt for each month Is herewith appended. J < UTiiKit P. lan > m.v. : ( funeral Manager. IilNCl > rN , Nub. , Sept. 25 , 1891. UNCOl.X'S D1VOIICU MII.U Among the divorces granted yesterday by .Tuiigo Field was that in which Mrs. Uosotta Hooker , recently of Now Jersey , llgured as tno plaintiff. Airs. Hooker told his honor that ilfteon years ago she was married to Mr. John Hooker at Jersey City. N. J. , and although ho is a pilot on ono of thu vessels in Now York bay at n salary of $125 per month , still ho has failed to purchase for her the comforts of Ufa. Mrs. Hooker got her divorce. George 10. Brown was the next applicant for a decree. Ho said tnat his wife had loft him after living with him only two years. Ho was given u divorce. Charles E. Lansing , formerly of Now York stnto , asks for a divorce from his wife , Etta. Ho gives the same grounds desertion. The next divorce case is rcmarknblo for the tact that the principals have resided in Lincoln a number of years. They are Oflleor Keano and wife. Tlio policomnir neunrDi that ho is moro entitled to a divorce than his wife. Ho declares that she is an habitual drunkard. That she is in the habit of carry- 1m ? u bottle of whisky and getting so drunk that she would Ilo on the floor incapable of oaring for horaolf or children. That she uses vile language in the presence of her children. ATTDMITKl ) MU'ltDIIIi. Rudolph Hortzot. a Hussian living near the fair grounds , wont before Justice Cocbran yesterday afternoon and swore out a warrant for the arrest of man by the nnmo of Scott , charging him with ni : attempt upon his life , the weapon nsud being a knifo. The two are neighbors and the trouble yesterday is the outgrowth of a quarrel dating baclc several days. Scott took Uertzot's cattle up yester day and the latter sued for possession. After the trial DerUct iillogos that , Scott rushed at him with an open kuifo and the complainant saved his life by grappling with him. TO Tin : At 5:45 : yesterday afternoon an alarm of llro was sent in from Sixteenth and Yoalaud avenue in Holmont addition , North Lincoln , the residence of ( J. U. Nooly being on lire. The chomlc.ll engine and the hook nnd ladder trucks from the O street house wont out , but the distance was so great that when they reached the scene the house was in ashes. All of the household goods wore taken from the building , but the house being totally con sumed , the loss is quite heavy. The llro originated through carelessness in bundling n gasoline stove. r.oi'iM.vo err KM'UNHDS. The county commissioners In conjunction with the couutv attorney have been lopping olT illegal and unauthorized expenditures. Among these may bo montioiiod the dispens ing with the services of a deputy county at torney , which the legal advisor of the com missioners last year claimed was nutliorliod by law , but which was not ; the cutting oiT of pbtico otHcori' fees in felony cases bound over to district court , and the refusal to allow car- tain fees from the olllco of Iho dork of dis trict court whoso clerks drew double pav as bailiffs. The commissioner : ) have also rofusnd to pay Jurymen and witnesses in coroner's in quests , not because it xvas not Just , but be cause there was no taw authorizing the ex penditure. WOMAN'S QUHKIt STOIIY. A comely young woman , landlady of mi east O street block , laid n grievance bofora the chief of police tills morning. It appears lhat she and her husband have separated and last night ho called her outside of her room mil with the aid of a man who represented lilmsolt to bo tin olllcor , compelled her to sign n paper giving him his unconditional free dom with nodoinand for alimony. The cao will bo Investigated. HUT III.ICIN CKXTUU. f'OMMHTBn. The mooting of the republican county cen tral committee was a lively and enthusiastic ono. Very encouraging reports cinno In from the country precincts. A iiirgoropre.sentatlon was present. 1'lau.s for the campaign wore [ iruiicntcd and Ircoly discussed and the full work will be at once laid out and placed ho- fore the committee nnd through them reach the voters of this county. Tlio comimttoo will moot every Saturday night. IIIKII I'll'lll ' III * I.VJL'illKS. Henry Fnhror died yesterday afternoon nt St. Kllzabcth's hospital , after lying uncoil. sciou.s for flvo days. Monday while driving down the hill at Twonty-.sovonth and South streets his toum ran away and ho was thrown out. Ho was picked up unconscious n 4 taken to the hospital. Knhrer hvod on t\ farm t'onr ' Clionoy. Ho was n member of ho Jlonnott Ornml Army of the Kopnblio ! > " ! ana the family boltii ? In destitute elrom stances the ( Iratul Army will take charge , .f . the ronmliis. The Interment will tuKo ptare nt Bennett. ODDS AND r.xtx. The Iliitchlnson murder caio Is aotf.r hearing tomorrow. Uovernor Thayer will llston tomorrow ! . > the attorneys for Murderer Neal , who u is > i him pardoned for his rrlmo , and If that can not be dona to hnvo his sentence commute i Mrs. Fleming , mother of Governor Fi > m Ing of West Virginia , Is the iftioit of tiu family of State Treasurer Hill. ' Pro'f. liasimisjon of Minneapolis has bffi selected as the Instructor of the athlete known M the Lincoln turnvoroln. Mrs. U. I * Hall , corresponding secretary announces that the convention of the Scviei \ of the Homo feT tao Frloudless will bo h.-i I in Lincoln , Wednesday mid Thursday , ( Vt > bor 11 and l.'i. Thusosslon will bo hold n the First Congregational church bogimui. nt l a. m. Wednesday. .luck Wilson , whoso burglar tools were conllseatod by the police about n yeat ago , has arrived in the city nnd will begin .1.1 . action In replevin to recover them , illicit Imi concluded that ho has ns good n right to IIH tools as the gambler.- * have to theirs and wui try the virtue of a replevin , Mr. Harry ChalToo and Miss I'.mnm 1'rlitglo , both of this city , were married VPS- torday by .lustlco Ilrown. Mr. Chaffeo is a stop-son of Hon. 1C. P. Uoggon nnd th > < bi-ido U the necompllshcd stop-daughter of Mr. A. W. Gale of ibis city. The llrst parly and reception of the Pleas- nut Hour club will prubauly bo hold Than Its giving evening. The following oftlcors hav.- boon elected : President , C. l { , Ulchlur ; vie , * president , Harry S. Freeman ; secretary , \V .Morton Smith ; treasurer , Charles It. Hurr ; master of ceremonies , F. /.elmtiiir ; o\ecu tlvo committee. S. T. St. John , O. U. Mullen and Frank L. Hathaway. xiir HOOKS. Wo have Just received the third voliimo of the "Memoirs of the Prince do Talloyrai'd , edited , with n preface and notes , by the Hue do Urogllo of the French Academy , trans lated by Mrs. Angus Hall ; with nn Introduc tion by the Hon. Wnitolaw Ueid , American minister In Paris. " The mass of historical information contained In this work and the secret correspondence scattered through its ! WI pages , render It of inestimable valno to all levers of history. In this volume will bo lounil some Intensely Inturosting facts and Incidents concerning the congress of Vienna , which took place In ISlft , and which proved eiuch an important event in shaping the de.s- tinies of tlio countries ntfccted by tlio nets of the congress. The second restoration and Talleyrand's eloquent and forceful reply to his acciHer-s respecting the murder of thu Duo d'Knghein form the second division of this remarkable work. The exciting revolution of IS.'JO and Its effect on nil Huropo uru graphically related in the last portion of the memoirs of the great diplomat. It is illus trated with three excellent portraits of Tal- loyrand and copious explanatory foot notes aid the reader in understanding thu exact meaning of the text. No student of history jan afford to bo without these memoirs. Pun ished by ( ! . P. Putnam's Sons , 'Jr ami 'J'.t ' West J'wenty-third street , New York , and for sale by Chase & Eddv. Omaha. Under the title of "Tho Yojug limpcror , William II. of Germany , " Harold Frodorio has produced a very readable character- sketch of the present ruler of the Gorman empire. Anything regarding a descendautof the Ilohonzollorns , who , as the author re marks , "havo in our day rovlvllied ami popu larized thu monarchical iuca , not only in Germany , but to a considerable extent else , where throughout Europe , " cannot fall to beef of keen interest to every student of contem porary history. Hut another and still moro potent reason why the life of this young monarch Is especially worthy of study is the fact that ho is by far the most intellectual of his royal race. This is what his biographer says of him : "Withal courageous , enter prising , ambitious , hot headed , tint with n , heart of gold , sympathetic in the highest de gree , impulslve.spirited , vivacious In charac ter and gifted with a talent for repartee in conversation. Ho adores the army by which ho is idolized In return. Ho has known how , despite his extreme youth , to win popularity In all classes of .society. Ho Is highly edu cated , well read , busies his mind with pro jects for the wolfarcuQf.hisoiuJtij.1 - " * J a sirming uoonnoss of perception for every thing relating to politics. " This work would inaho . vovy suitable trift to present to a boy. Published by G. P. Putnam & Sons , Now York , and for sale by Chase & ICddy. Wo have just received the ulnetoot.th vol ume of "Tho American State Reports , " con taining the eases of general value nud author- itv subsequent to those contained in tlio "American Decisions" mid the "American Keports , " decided in the courts of last resort of the several states , selected , reported and annotated by A. C. Freeman nnd the asso ciate editor ; ; of tlio "American Decisions , " and published by Haiicrofl-Wlillnoy com pany , San Francisco. C.il. This is a very valuable book to lawyers ; in fact it would be dillicult to overestimate its utility to the at torney with largo practice. These reports uro so well known by the legal fraternity , for whoso use they are principally published , that it is quite unnecessary to enlarge upon their merits and reliability. Much euro has boon paid to the typography of this volume and it rollects great credit on the publishers. 13. P. 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"Michuliuo" is the title of ono of the latest - test novels of the now French school. It I'i ty Hector Malot , ami is published for tlio first time In this country by Donohiio , Hen- neberry it Co. , of Chicago. Tha story is much bettor than Its class. To bo .sure , there is an unpleasant gllmpso of the forbid den In the opening chapters , but it may bo said for thu credit of the author that this one gllmpso Is necessary for the success of the storv , and that it is revealed with so much delicacy that the reader turns from It with no disagreeable Impressions. The story of "Michollno" Is a strong ono. It deals en tirely with the love of a mother fornn illegit- " ( mate daughter , nnd the portrait of Germain , ns drawn by the author. Is one of the bast that has been attempted. "Homo Life on an Ostrich Farm , " by Annlo Martin , Is an liiterejtlug work and there Is not n dull page In it. 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