THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , nWJflDNBSDAY , OCTOBER 28 , 1891. THE DAILY BEE. F. ItCHEWATEIt , EIIITOII. PUJ3LISIIKI ) EVERY MORNING 01' SL'IISCIUI'TION. -ally Ron ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . . $ R 00 B : ally nnd Hnndiiy , One Year 10 f Hx months g(5 ( { Three Months * JJJ Hundar lice. Ono Vcnr * ( ntunfny Hoc. Onn Year \ < * > Weekly III c. Ono Year ' w orncESi Oninhn. Tim Tire Ilulldlnfr. f-outh Onilihn. corner N nnd 2fth Street ! Council IllnlTs , 12 IVnrl Htrcpt. C'hlCftKO Olllof , . ' 117 Chamber of Cpmmeren. Now York.ltooinn 111. 14 and I VTrlbiino llulldlng Washington. ftii : ronrti-enth Street. romiKsroNpESCR All comn.nnlcntlons rolatlna to news and editorial mailer should bo addressed to the j.dltorlnl Department. IIUSINKHH LETTEUS. All lin lno s tellers nnd rninlUanrns should tcntldrcfscil to The Heel'ublMiInK Company , Otiinha. lraft ) . chucks and postoflli'u orders to bo rnudc payable to the order of the com pany. TliG Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors TIM : nnn n in MM NO. fiUOKN STATKMHNT OT CIUC'UI.ATION. fctaloof Nebraska I. , Count v of Donclns. ( " ' , . . . . Oeordi ! II. Tyschtick , secretary of THE Hr.ic I'nbilshliiK company , does solniniily flwour that the actual clrunlatlon of TIIK DAILY HER for the week ending October ! 'l , ItOI , wns as follows : Hnnday Oct. IS Monday. Oct. 1't ' Tm-sday. Oot..HI Wednesday. Out. Kl Thursday , Oft. ' . ' , ' Krlday.Oct.2.1 tiatiirdiiy , Oct. LM Avemgo 21,515 ono KOI : n. T/.KUIIUOIC. Sworn to lieforo mo and snhscrlbod In my Dr scnCo this 21th < lay of Octolnr. A. D.,1M)1. ) HEAI. K. I' . KOOOK.V , Notary I'ubllo. The prowth of the avpraeo dally circulation of TUB HKIS for six years Is sliown In vho fol lowing table : 18H7 I IBM 18SD j"IS'W j" I 1881" .Innnntj. . . . IU.S78 Ki.2l.fill5.2lK . ! IS.ST4 IJI.fiB5 23,4 , Kpbruarjr . . . III.WIS H.1W IS.lNi 1S.7HI I 1 . - . .r 1 * Mnrrh . .11/1.17 14,41X1 I'.ll.so 18.Mr2U.8l5 21 0(1 ( ' April il2.1UI 14..1lt < 18,711 21 P JliiT 112.4 ! ' ! H.'iiT 17,181 211,840 June | izs ; 11.147 IS SiW. Hl July 1 ? ' " . * 14,0'U l , oal&TM''AlWl ( ' 27.021 AUKUfit. 14,151 IS.lKlilSIVitH7.VI hppteinbur. IH.U.IU 11,34'J 18,154118,7' " * Octolicr. . . U.'MI I4..I.U IS.IBIlltVJ Novcnibi-r I UHIbXOi \ ia'.Mi 1:1:110 : : -.HI Dcceiiihui I2,2H | 15.1)11 ) Jay Hun OIKS , the independent die- tutor , in liis speech at Jhndcn , Octo ber G , said : "Thrcc-foiirlhs of the democrats in Nclratk'i will vote for Joe Edijet ton ; then after ckction they will claim that they elected him. They have jail enoiujh to say i < . We will know we elected him ourselves , and could have done it ij not a ainyle democrat in the stale had lotedfor him. " NKXT to the KUbermitorial election tlio Nobnialm tulvcrtlsing train In Ohio leads in interest. NKHUASICA agricultural farmers nro dally giving the lie direct to Nebraska political farinors. Since Juno 1 S.'i.OOO- 000 worth of mortgages have boon jmld off and the crop is yet to bo marketed. TILDKN'S attempt to devote a portion of his immense fortune to charitable pui-posod has boon frustrated by a de cision of the courts and tlio estate goes to his holrs ut law. This is another sucjjostion to wealthy men that they should niiiko tholr gifts for the good of mankind during their lifctimo. A OHANi ) jury in Chiongo has re turned indictments ngainst several par ties concerned in the poor house and in sane asylum boodle scandal. There is nothing like a grand jury to ferret out boodlors and stimulate emigration to foreign p.uts. When the next term of court convenes in Douglas county a grand jury will bo a necessity. No 0015 is the pnstoboard which makes traveling easy and inexpensive for Con gressman AIcKoigau as lie moves about over the great Burlington , Paul Vnndor- voort was remembered earlier in Bonding out annual pab&os because of his greater faithfulness to the corporations , and ho gets about from ono independent speech to the next on 13. & M. pass No. UM. How do democrats enjoy the snub which Dictator Burrows gave them in his Mindun speech ot Oi-tober 0 , when ho claimed that although three-fourths of the democrats in Nebraska would vote for Joe Eilgorton , the independent party is strong enough to elect him without the vote of a single democrat and would BO claim in the event of his election. ii KDOHKTOX holds Omaha Street Railway pass No. 72 , issued to him "account of city attorney of South Omaha. " This is given in part ro- tmmonUlon for courtesies extended the franohisod monopoly when it was seek ing favors on tlio streets of South Omaha. "Honest Joo" is a thrifty fol low. Ho newer lots his anti-monopoly principles interfere with his pecuniary Interests. In other words ho is a re- lormor for revenue only. TUB drat edition of \\'orhl-Jferahl \ \ yesterday morning contained iv special ilispatch under a Lexington date reportIng - Ing that John II. 1'owors mndo a speech Ut that city In which he fired broadsides of hot shot Into the ranks of "both the old parties. " The second edition cent - t ilns the Hiimo news special with the words "both tlio old parties" changed to "G. O. I' . " The gifted editor know the patrons of the double omlor wore mtiaflod with tlio language of the first edition fur outside circulation , but In the city of Omaha a different sentiment is needed and therefore ho deliberately garbled the report of Mr. Powers' speech. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EiaimncN cases In which a railroad company was ono of the parties tried be fore Judge Post have Loon appealed to the supreme court. Fifteen of these wore- appealed by the railroad com panies. Twelve were affirmed upon the merits ; two reversed and ono modified. Of the two rovorsoa ono was reversed unon the merits and the other upon a question of practice. Three of the eighteen appeals were prosecuted by In dividuals. Ono was afllnnod nnd the two others were reversed upon the law of the cubes. If there is iiuy other dis trict judge In this stnto with us good a record upon railroad cases hit ) name haslet lot been mentioned. VfTltK FWHT In n memorable political contest Gen eral Garflold uttered this admonition : "Tho light must not bo abandoned until it its won.1' The ndvico Is as good now as It was then , nnd should bo heeded by republicans everywhere. The party In Nebraska must keep up the light , and It has every encouragement to do so. Its candidate Is gaining in strength every day. The despic able effort to Injure him by a charge every vital feature of which has boon shown to bo false has utterly failed , and the drift of intelligent and unprejudiced popular sentiment , regardless of party , Is steadily nnd strongly in his favor. Democrats and independents , who have some concern for the character and in tegrity of the supreme court , are coming to the support of Judge Post. The question of good gov ernment , at the foundation of which Is a wise nnd honest interpretation of the lawn , has taken a firm hold upon the minds of thoughtful men of all parties , and none who consider It can doubt that the security for good government is In the election of the republican candidate for the supreme bonch. The closest po litical observers bellovo that Judge Post's election Is assured , but never theless the fight must bo kept up until it is won. Tlio larger the ma jority ho receives the bettor for tlio credit and welfare of the stato. Tlio republicans of Iowa will also bo wise to heed the admonition of Garliold. They have been making a vigorous fight , and it Is not surprising that some of the loaders are reported to bo worn out by the arduous work that has boon demanded of them , but If theto are any who cannot keep the field until the battle is ended others should bo found to take their places. It is far more important in the closing days of a campaign than at the opening that a party should put forth its greatest efforts , and the party thai relaxes at the last betrays a sense of weakness which is apt to loao it more than it had gained. There is nothing discour aging in the Iowa outlook for tlio republicans. On the con trary there is good reason to believe they will bo victorious by n handsome plurality. The most trustworthy opin ion is that , as the result of the campaign thus far , their gains have boon very much larger than their losses. But none the loss , it is important and necessary that they keep up the light until it is won. Till } UOVERXMEXT IS KARNKST. The advices from Washington lonvo no doubt that the government is very much in earnest in demanding repara tion of Chili for the outrages upon American sailors. It seems that the ad ministration very pi-ooerly regards the matter as rather more serious than would have boon an assault upon citi zens of the United States not in the service of the govern ment. The feeling is , if correctly represented , that the outrage at Valparaiso raise , in which two American seamen have lost their lives , was as gross an insult to the government of the United States as would have been an attack upon the flag of the United States. It is also felt that the arrest and detention of the survivors of the outrage was as gross a violation of the rights and dignity of the United States as would have been tlio arrest and detention ol its diplomatic representative ut Santiago under like circumstances. Such being the view of the administration , it of course declines to give any consideration to the palli ating plea of the Chilian government that the murderous occurrence wns simply a street row , and therefore not to bo sorioiibly considered as an interna tional issue. Another aggravating cir cumstance is the fact that the Chilian authorities have taken no stops to ap prehend and punish the perpetrators of the outrage. Although there is unquestionably a deep dislike of Americans in Chili , which is doubtless shared by the junt-i , the best opinion is that the govern ment will not provoUo a war with the United States. It is heav ily in debt and its resources were severely strained by the Into revo lution , be.sidos which the more intelli gent and conservative men in power must understand that a war with this country could only eventuate in the most disastrous conhcquoncos to Chili. The expectation in Washington , there fore , is that the Chilian govern ment will promptly como to terms. Meanwhile the movements o ! our naval vessels show that the government is determined to Lo prepared - pared for any emergency. Thu Amor- lean Hoot in Chilian waters will bo made sulllolently stronfj to carry an inliuonce which the presence of only two ships cannot exert , and if nefos.sary there are half a do/.on voasols that can bo sent to Chill at ouco. It is plain that the ad ministration intends there shall be no more toleration of the arrogance and the Indignities of the Chilian junta. T1IK OMAHA. ( illAlft MAHKKT. When St. Leuls started her open Board of Trade more than 3,500 of her cili/ons immediately subscribed for trading memberships. Comparatively few of those people actually utilized tholr privileges or expected to bo di- rootly benefited by them. They contri buted the membership fee of $11)0 ) and agrnod to pay annual duo * of S20 to on courngo the enterprise. Trading mem berships in the Omaha board cost but S10 each , yet very few outsldo of the grain men have boon taken Our poo- pie do not appreciate the Importance of the utulortaklng in which a few members - bors of the Board of Trade are engaged. They do not give thosu enterprising gentlemen the moral or financial en couragement they deserve and are hin dering rather than helping the good work of building up In Omaha , a homo market for Nebraska grain. The open hoard in the faceof almost insurmountable difficulties Is moving forward , and the beginning , though In significant by comparison with the busl- nncss inothor cities , has been made. Kvorv day at 11 o'clock a call occurs and every day sales urn elTcoted on the open board. Prices are quoted for Omaha , and people out In the state nro basing calculations upon them. Tlio fact Is , that the grain men of NobrasKu and the grain producers who keep in formed upon the progress of markets are far more enthusiastic over Omaha's otttlook than wo ourselves. They appre ciate the value of a market nonr at hand , having enjoyed the practical benefitof such facilities at South Omaha. It must not bo forgotten either In this connection that seven years ago the prospect nt South Omaha for a. llvo stock market wan no moro encouraging than It is today in this city for n grain market. The advantage of making this a grain traffic center can hardly bo overesti mated. Wo shall market 100,000,000 bushels of corn , . ' (0,000,000 ( bushels of wheat , 20,000,000 bushels of o.its and a largo yield of barley , rye and fiat seed this year. If the product of half or oven ono-fourth the state could bo turned through elevators at Omaha , or could bo bought atid sold In Omaha , the clearings of this city would swell to sur prising proportions and the open Hoard of Trade would become a foataro of our commercial prosperity. The business would all bo transacted in Omaha proper. South Omaha is a separate city with Its own b.inks and distinct Interests. Warehouses , mills , malt houses , distilleries and all ether Institutions for handling or consuming grain would but add to the importance of the local market and stimulate the general business of this community. To the outside dealers the advant-tgo of quick returns is inestimable. Omaha bankers especially and Omaha people generally are derelict in their duty In this matter. It is unfair to expect half a do/.on wide awake grain dealers to carry the responsibility alone. They should have the hcarticstco-oporatlon of every financial institution in Omaha. C.IA'AOUK / John Groves Is capable and honest and his experience with public affairs commends him to the voters. iltl-llcnthl. . This is a good voucher , but it will pot pass current in this community. Mr. Groves was put into the clerk's ollleo by the council combine of 1800. That com bine selected him , not because ho was capable and honest , butbecaiiso ho would do the bidding of the Tammany Twenty- oightors and tlio contractors who were behind the combine. His conduct as cleVk has been satisfactory to his back ers. It was chiolly because such men as Groves have boon foisted upon the city by council combines and contractors that the charter was amended by the last legislature so as to take the election of the city clerk out of the hands of the council and lot the people ple elect him. The city clerk's office is a very import ant position. A man who is disposed to play into the hands of contractors and claimants am readily make up the jour nals of the council to suit his friends. IIo can lese or mislay important papers or documents that would compromise boodlors and help in various ways to cover their tracks. Nobody contends that Mr. Groves is not competent to fill the place for which ho is a candidate , but his associations and the conduct of the ollleo since ho lias had charge of it do not recommend him as a trust worthy man for the position. mi A T Dons i T M K.I xi The demand for a fair election nnd nn honest count cannot bo disregarded by Mayor Gushing and the democratic council without justifying the suspicion that they are parties to a plot to nullify the will of the people at the coming election. When the republican central committee aslccd Mayor Cushing to allow thorn to recommend' three out of the seven election officers at each polling place ho gave thorn to understand that their request would receive im partial consideration. When the com mittees presented their lists Mayor Cushing declines to appoint the parties named , but insists upon filling the entire election boards with his own partisans and galvanized republicans who are expected to coincide with them. What does this moan ? Is tlio Austral ian ballot law to bo made a farce by the packing of election boards ? What object can Mayor Cushing have in rejecting most of the names submit ted by the republic xns and substituting therefor men who are discredited by the committee ? Is not the action of Mayor Gushing likely to incite election trouble and throw distrust upon the correctness of the returns ? AMU'llllli CRUSADE. The liquor dealers of Omaha nro being marshalled to the support of Henry Ost- holT on the promise that just as soon as ho becomes mayor the saloon doors are to bo thrown wide open seven days and seven nights in the week. If the liquor dealers of this city imag ine for a moment that , such u programme can bo carried out they reckon without tholr host. The first olToot of such do- llant disregard of the law would bo to arouse the resentment of all law-re- spooling citizens' and Incite- another pro hibition crusade. But neither Ilonry OstholT nor any ether man occupying the ollleo of mayor will bo able to nullify the high license law In any material partic ular. The control and supervision of the liquor tralllc is in the hands of the police commission. The mayor has only a casting vote in that commission ami ho is utterly powerless to prevent the strict enforcement of the law by the police - lice so long as a majority of the commis sion do not join with him. Nowsupposo two of the commissioners should conspire - spire withOsthotl to nullify the law , how long would they bo allowed to hold their places ? There would bo a petition bovon miles long within forty-eight hours demanding tholr removal by the governor , nnd the governor would bo in duty bound to luke ol ! tholr heads. The liquor dealers of Omaha do not seem to appreciate the situation , If they mass tholr votes for OstholT they will simply put u club In the hands of fanatics and prohibition agitators against high license and force upon us another prohibition campaign. Tun insolence of bomo paopla IB bound less. Inquisition Strloklor , who made himself so consplclous in thu prohibi tion contest last year , declares that "us independents must have either the of fice of mayor or clerk of the district court or wo will smash things all round. " Itonlly , can't Frank Mooros'or Mr. Bomls glvo this man out ot n job something to fo ? If they don't ' ho la liable to break ) looao and cast ono volb ntralnst them nitft Tuesday In ono of those Iron sl ittkr cabins constructed under Strlcklor-'ir patent Australian bal lot law , all rljVnls reserved. VOTKHS should ; discriminate very care fully In the kiSlfectlon of councilman , members of ItiiJlpoard of Education and justices of thofpdftco. Although gener ally esteemed to bo positions of minor consideration 'as "compared " with ether municipal and'ejounty olllces , they are really the most important of all to the Individual voter as coming closest to his personal interest in the administration of public nlTalrs. Kvory voter should make it his business to inquire into the qualifications of the candidates for those places and vote for the best men regard less of politics nnd ward boundaries. Tin : franchlsod corporations and the political managers of the railroads are very respectfully warned that they will not bo handled with idd gloves If they persist in tholr underhanded efforts to foist Osthoff upon Omaha for mayor. They cannot cover up tholr tracks by pretending to work for Dr. Conkllng. They know well enough that the light is squarely between Bemis and OstholT and they know that they have used Ostholl in the council nnd can use him again. Tin : tiidouendonts of Burt county , who wcro utterly Ignored in the inde pendent judicial convention , have de cided to throw their support to Judge Hope well , who has lived in that county for many yours. The democrats of Burt nro also outspoken in favor of Judge Hopowoll. It is stated by. all parly leaders that Hopowoll will receive the united and almost unanimous support of all parties in his candidacy for ro- olcction to the district bonch. T\vo ruiiNiTUiu : comnanios from the east attempted to secure the city hall contract. Testimony has boon offered to show that both offered money for votes. Tlio representatives of these two houses appear to have understood the situation and to hnvo learned in some way that boodle was required. Wo need a city council with a bettor reputation. RIMRMIIIK : , workinginon , that al though George P. Bemis , the republican nominee for mayor , has sold over . " 00 lots in this city , mostly on easy pay ments , ho has. never foreclosed a mort gage. How many ether men of means in Omaha have a similar record ? Cinra should bq compelled to apologize of course for the maltreatment of our sailors and reparation should bo made to the relatives of those murdered , but this great nation can afford to bo patient and considerate , until the now govern ment is fairly organized. Mu. C. R. Scoir , ono of the seven candidates nominated , by the republi cans of this district , is u man with an excellent record apd thoroughly reliable upon issues that may arise between the corporations aiffltho pooplo. Ho should by all means bo elected. HENRY OSTHOFF voted for the ยง 40,000 gas claim of January 14 , 1890. This has not been forgotten by the people of Omaha. It was among the first ollicial nets of the hoodlums' candidate ) for mayor. _ _ _ Ht that if you are not regist ered jou cannot vote , unless you have a valid excuse for failing to register and in that case you must swear in your vole. Register next Friday or Satur- dav. THOMAS B. MINAIIAN has affiliated with three political parties within a year or two. If ho is as uncertain upon points of law as points Of politics , ho would make a very unreliable district judge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Louis BHIUCA , the republican nomi nee for police judge , is a man entitled to the respect and confidence of this com munity. IIo has boon tried nnd not found wanting in this important office. HnNHY OSTHOFF voted for the Kotcham furniture contract in face of the fact that a homo bidder offered to furnish the citv hall for $2,000 loss than the Kotcham company. MOHKAUTY resigned a position pay ing $1,000 a year to outer the city coun cil at $000. On the face of it this would look like a dead loss of election expenses and $100 per annum. OSTIIOKF wns a member of the solid twelve which disgraced the city council in 1800 , and part of whose members were repudiated by the people at the last election. BACKFIUINO is scarcely legitimate BO long as the original charges ot corrup tion remain to bo disproved before the council investigating committee. WHAT Interest can a ward councilman have in the old registration lists of Ills' ward when now lists are required by law ? COUXCII.MKX with "for sale" written on tholr records cannot bo expected to blush when bribes are offered. GICOHOK A. BnNXirrr isu workingmnn and Is entitled to the votes of workingmen - men for sheriff. Ohio All Ki lit , .l/liiMfdimlix / Trtlinne. Registration in Ohio is fully up to that of 18bS. The republican plurality that year was 19,599. On a full votpJOhlo is all right every time. Hoot hod with I'orif. .Veil1 VnrH Sun. A few short months ape Italy was solnc to oat the Unltoil Htatos. Now Italy Is .golnft to out United State i pork. I'oaco hath her victories. The \Viiiiiin ; KHUC. Reciprocity wilt ho ' one of the leading topic * of the intuldcnt's mossago. It will also bo ona of the principal causes of repub lican victory In the great contest of 1SUJ. 'I lie 'Jyilunl H.ulronil Olllulal. The rcfortcr that had accompanied the spe cial train to the scene of the wreck hurried down the embankment und found a man who bad ono nrm In n sllnff , n bandage over ono eye , his front tooth pononnd hisnoso knocked four points to starboard , sitting on n broken trucU ot the sleeping car and surviving tbo horrible tnln all about him. "Can you trivo mo some particulars of tuli accident I' * ho nsked , taking otlt his notebook. "I haven't hoard of any accident , voting man , " replied the dlsfluured party , stlflly. lie was ono of the oftloora ot the road , A .Judicial Cryptogram. St. 1'titil I'liinctr'w . Ono dollar U the value placed upon Ig- nntlus Donnelly's reputation by n Jury of his poors. Such was the result of the celebrated libel suit , which ended last evening in Min neapolis. Mr. Donnelly sued the IMoncor Press for ? 100,000 damages. The amount awarded , subtracted from the amount claimed shows a discrepancy of f'.W.imO ' between the plaintiff's and the Jury's estimates , The discrepancy might hnvo boon oven greater , but not much. It would Imvo undoubtedly boon $1 creator , but for a simnlu technicality. As H was the jury stood at ono time It to 1 laavor of a verdict for the defendant. Good Campaign DOUUIIHMUM. Kan l-'ninctfo Chronicle. The little bars of tin sent out from the Tomoical mines ought to bo good campaign arguments nt the oast. Not oven the most robust democratic tircvarlcator can make any head against such convincing ; testimony to the existence of American tin mines. The ctrn < l lliinr I'octy. Kew I'uilt Commrraal Atli'trtfurr ( tic ) . Mr. Flower's letter on ballot reform loaves ono in a state of blissful uncertainty. It may uo a kangaroo letter and it may bo a boomerang loiter , Mr. Flower should have rantlo it more definite by annexing u copy of the constitution. On tlio Hun. rinc ( > maf ( Co imcictif. The republicans 06 Iowa are carrying on n campaign of educated energy. They are maklnc the state bistro and Hare with brass bands and torchlight processions. The dem ocrats , In nfftight , are running to their tor nado boles. OA > / , ( 7MJ 1'Ur.TTlCa. ICoarnoy Hub : Kdgerton on the supreme bench would bo a rape of the goddess of Justice. Hastings Nobrnskan : The World-Herald slander on Judge A. M. Post is making that gentleman voters every day , and if the shoot poisists In keeping up such tactics ho will bo elected by the biggest majority n supreme judge over received In the state. Schuylor Herald ( dotn. ) : The mud bat teries of the Omahu World-Herald are mak ing votes for the republican candidate for jubtico of the supreme court , A. M. Post. As between Judge Post and Lawyer Edgor- ton , nlno out of every ton democrats will vote for Post. Grand Island Independent : The World- Herald , having admitted tnat it lied about Jiu'go Post having boon indicted , and having admitted ihat it lied about his having boon expelled from a Masonic lodge , It would per haps bo a waste of words to deny any.atato- mout it may make during a political cam paign , when fakes constitute Us regular aiot. Republican Valley Echo : It is amusing to watch the attempts of the loaders of the alli ance to whip their members Into lino. How ever , n largo number of our alliance friends are just independent enough to cast their ballot ibis fall for men who they know are all right. You must remomboi- that just because - cause a man is running on the alliance ticket it does not nmko htm any moro qualttied to 1111 the offlco. Nelson Ga/etto : It does not seem neces sary to say that Edgorton is not in the race for associate justice of the suoromo court. No thinking man can consistently vote for this iucapublo young upstart for that re sponsible position when a man Mich as A. . M. Post , who held the position of district judge of his district for nine years Is his opponent. We expect that brains vs wind and demagog- is in should win. Blair Pilot : The Edgorton campaign is in the throes of despair and on the verge of n grand collapse. From all over this broad state comes the cheering intelligence that democrats and independents alike , by hun dreds and by thousands , nro opanly declar ing that they cannot and will not old In elevating a shyster lawyer and political mountebank to a position on the supreme bench of tbo stato. The sober worth , legal superiority nnd moral integrity of Judge A. M. Post in comparison with Edgorton carries such conviction to the public as to the duty of the hour , that by election day few will bo found outsldo of the most radlc.il calamity shriekors who will not support the incor ruptible jucigo the honest man , rather than the shyster attorney with a corrupt record. VAKAMKKn A TUllllOH. Tough Citizen Driven Out of nn Illinois Town. Tu't.corA , 111."Oct. 2 . Late last night about ilfty unknown men calling themselves whitecaps , attacked the store of John Miller , a harness maker of Gnrrott. wishing to got hold of the proprietor , It is said , for the pur pose oflyichlnp him. Thov ton1 out ono end of the frnmo building , when the hiding man leaped through n window and ran. A volley of twenty or thirty shots from shot guns nnd revolvers was flied nt him , but as it was very dark It was thought that , he was not hurt M'hoy then returned to the store and completely overturned It , throwing his goods out. Miller is said to bo a bad citizen and has rnled Garrctt in cowboy fashion when ho getK on a sproo. Lust evening ho tooic the middle of the street with two revolvers and llred a dozen shots at people on the straots. This was too much for the citizens and they ' resolved to end his career last night. Ho hu's disappeared. AVostprn I'aiaiit * . WAHUINOTOS- . C.Oct. UT. [ Special Tola- gram to TIIK rJnn.1 The following list of patents granted Is reported by TUB X5iu : and Examiner Bureau of Uluims : Frank H. Uarnett , Hubbard , Mob. , corn shellcr ; Stephen U. Ulizard , Lincoln , Nob. , track guard for railway track ; James W. Ciihow , Loxlngton , Nob. , harvester reel driver ; Charles Qimlntus and P Uarnor , Io\v , feeding attachment and threshing ma- clilnes ; WIlliH t ) . Sherman , assignor to Union d.vdranllc drain tile company , Omaha , Nob. , sewer plpo machine ; Gustavo Shoodo , near Alollnc , Nob. , threshing nmcimio ; John W. Yates , Genoa , Neb. , fouco stay. JIIK J'.ldS/.VO I' K.I IIS. Xew Ynrli lleral'l. They are slipping ; avtuy , iheso swift , sweet yours. UUo u leaf on the current o.istj \VHIi novcr a lireuk In tlio rapid ( low , Wo watch them us ono by ono they go Into the beautiful As Unlit as the breath of the thUtloJown. An fond asa luvar'Kilroiiin , AH pnru us thn Hush In tliu sen shells throat , AsH rot us the wood lilrd'h uoolng note , Ho tender nnd sweet they seem , Ono aftur another wo huu them pass Down the dim llihtud ktalr ; \Vo hoar tint simuil of tholr Cloudy tread In ilm i.tup'i of tliouuuturlu'i lunKhluco dead , AH beautiful nnd as fair. There are only n few ycmrs loft to love , Shull wo waste thorn In Idlu Ntrlfu/ Slutll wu tritmplu thom under our ruthless feet These Ixutiitlfiu hlossoniH , rare and swuet , Ily the dusty wujs of life. There uro only u few swift years. Oh , lot No on vloiis ttutnta bo lio.ird. Make life's fulr pattern of rare dosljrn , And llll up the moimiro with lovu'u awoot wlnn. Hut nuver au anitry word , IIIR nr.R , t 513 ForniT.KNTit jTiir.r.T , > \VASIIIXOTOX , D. C. ! , Oct.a7. | A report was today received by the presi dent which will attract attention every where. It Is from the commission appointed by the president eighteen months ngo , com posed of well known engineers nnd oloo- trlclam to In vcstlgato the subject of subways in Washington und municipal ownership of certain enterprises. The report was largely m-oparod by Mr. Andrew Uosowator of Omaha and presents prob'ibly the llrst ixblo nnd earnest argument over made In this country lu favor of municipal ownership of street railways. It cites Paris and ether for eign cMe < \ to show that street railroads maybe bo owned and operated through leases bv citlos so as to make largo revenue * and nt the snmo tlmo proVo in every way , greatly to the ad vantage of the people. Klectrio light , gas nnd waterworks , the commission declares , should In every Initmico bo owned by the cities. The commission takes tl > aunquaUllcd ground that municipalities should own and control overythlng that occupies streets nhovo or below the surface , It gives n uogatlvo to the argument of the telogimph compnnios that It Impairs the operation of telegraph wires to place thom under ciouml , producing the statement of electricians from London nnd elsewhere to show that tele- gniph wires , mnnv times of greater longtli underground than would bo necessary here , are not in the least Impaired by being placed under ground. It recommends tlio immediate adoption of the underground cable system for telegraph nnd telephone wires and says It Is n humiliating spectacle to see a telegraph comimny defy thu dlicctlon of the United States government by refusing to put its wires under ground. The report H able nnd exhaustive. It will bo sent to congress by the president and printed for public use nnd will bo of great Interest In largo cities. * Again the nlr about Washington has been filled with rumors tunt Stephen H. Elklns Is to become secretary of war. This report wns llrst published when It was rumored that Secretary Proctor was to go Into the scnaio and it has again been revived from time to time during the past four or llvo months. The fact that Mr. Elkins has boon in Wnsh- Inirlon during the last twenty-four hours has boon ample foundation for the revival of Ins reported preferment. It may ho that Presi dent Harrison will conclude to tonOortho war portfolio to Mr. Elidns , but | lp to this evening ho surely has .not in timated to any ono that ho Intended to do so IIo bus not even tulkod to any mem ber of the cabinet about the selection of Mr. Kllcin * . nnd if ho really Intends to olTer the place to a West Virginian ho has kept the secret well within himself , and not oven his most Intimate political or personal friends who have journeyed hoio In the interest of Mr. Elkins , have boon given the intimation that ho is to bo mndo secretary of war. Quito n number of prominent republicans , among them it is said Mr. Carnegie , Mr. Proctor , Senator Edmunds and General Sowell , have urged the appointment of Mr. Elkins , and it may bo that ho has been , with ether men , taken Into the consideration of the piesidont , but thcro appears to bo no more foundation at this tlmo for the an nouncement that Mr. Elkins is to bo mndo secretary of war than there is for such a statement Involving the name of anyone of the Imlf-do/en men who have been named in connection with the placo. # * * Mr. Andrew Rosewater loft for Omaha to night , having completed his work on the electrical commission. L Kylnnder was today appointed postmas ter at , Sherwood , Franklin county , vice C. Sherwood , resigned. Spokane , Wash. , is going to have enough national batiks. She has already has six and toduv O. F. Hall and associates filed nn application for the seventh ono with a capital of SJ50.0UO , to bo located in that place , with title of the "Old National Bank of Spokane. " Assistant Secretary Chandler today afllrmed the decision of the general land oTico ( in the homestead entry contest ot Uriah Hoover ngainst Manly Ulackman , from the North Platte ofllce , nnd the case of Wellington Thompson against Asa C. Rico and the American Loan iSc Trust company , mortgage from the Uhadron land ofllco. P. S. II. I'ASSIXti .I/JSTA. Epoch : Snlvoly If I "tro lo call you a liar. I should hut suoak the exact truth. bnodcr.iss Km , you always woioufiuld to toll tlio truth. KiitoVleld's Washington : Jones It is said that It is Impossible to witness iiiinio\cd the uctlnK of Mr. J. Ijiiurenco Sullivan. Adams Yes , I saw a KOOI ! iii.iny people leav ing after the ( list .ict. Kuv ! ' ( / . Mcnunj. I'nll oft' upon life's wo.iry way One meets with nrany a s.id surprise. The mlnstrol slius his sweetest lav I'oieliancohon to.irsiuo In his eyoa And life ut bust uncertain Is. hut prises come without a wartime. At nlKht lion f.ilrtho cli impairno's luz , lion bud the headache In the nun nl UK ! Tlio Kirl nho ycstcinlpht you swore The f.ilrest maid In all the uorld , This nioriiliiK met von at tlio door , Her color llonn , ht-r hair uncurled. And so It KOOS. surprise runs r.fo ; lint since the dayh of Noah's ark The most uncei lam tliln'-C In life It , cuiin chestnuts In the dark ! Atchlsoti aioho : It used tn bo , when people saw thn lottuis "H. B H . " they thought of u patent inodliino and Mushed. Now when they see thom they think of "Mmp'.o ' bookless hlmp- son. " and bltihh * > tlll harder. Somorvlllo Journal : A Kantunklnii never BiiulRi'stho water needed to tnaUo a mighty cut.tniut. Washington fetir : "I liopn. pann. " she said earnestly , "that } on didn't hniUJooico's funl- IIIKH nhon you mot him at the door lust night. lie Is veiy snnsltlvo. " "IIo boomed ho. " "Did ho say anything ? " , , "No. my rluiiehtor , ho said notlilnu- : but ( and thoie was an expression of soiono satisfaction In the old man's eye > ho was visibly moved , Now Yoik Herald : JlinlyShiiUesponro speaks of sei tmms In the stones lllnilv Now I undorsfiiiil why women pay so niiu'h attention to one another's jowola nhcn lu church. JiidRfii Mrs. Unwbon I'olham. our pastor IIHH composed a little Dotim on putlonuo. bliull I II v you up u little In bed ? Mi , Diiwuon Is ho KOlug to read H ? Mrs. Danson Yes , dnur. Mr. Duwson Just pull the comforter o\or my head , nill you ? 1 think I fuel u druft. "I think that Mrs. Garrulous , " Said Jnnus to Mis ( i. , "Hqnlto ft K-onlns with her tongue As yon will \uill ucroo In faut. It can hi' mild of her - Not hinting sho's a scold The parts of bpuuch she snrol v has Most thoroughly conliolloil. "I bo.1 your p.inlon. " Mr. 0 , lietnrnul ulth miiphnsK "Hill I'm afraid your vordlot Is Kxceedlimlv iimlns M v own oiporlmmo. dour sir , both this conclusion niach , Ilor IIIIUIIIIKO is continuous Mio no\erpats bur spooch. " Yankee llhido : I'rloud I saw i > oiiio of yonr JoUosIn n book. Iliinicilnt tlluUored-Ai ) | , wli.it book was I'rlond I forget the name. It WUH a book published IIM yours UK" . I saw It In a second hand boon Htoro. _ Columbus I'ost : Asklns questions of a jinb- HospenUor Ih a Eood flouf Ilko hUmllug on a truok tobouro a locomotho. j The melancholy duys have como. bill they clont't scorn so Mirv iiielanfholv , aftur all , to thu mini who has been pestered ull miminor IOIIK with flies , x _ _ Detroit I'roo I'ross : Thorlouk tolls the time by Its own dial-out. AFTER YEARS OF PRACTICE , An Old Army Surgeon Donloil a Oertifkilo of Ability. MUST DISCONTINUE HIS BUSINESS. How tlio New Imw on the Mcdleal I'rnlfcNHlott lOnVotR Dr. T. IS. JliiHtmui ( irijlncolii News Notes. LINCOLN , N'ob. , Oct. 27. [ Special to TUP Mr.n. ] Dr. T. B. Iliwnun , ono of tlio oldo < t physicians both In point of years nndengi \ \ \ of practice , has boun rofusoil u ccrtlllcnto i > \ the State Hoard of Health niut conioijuaiitl.t lias to discontinue tlio pursuit of his profrs slon. Tba doctor Is very indignant over the matter. Ho says : " 1 have been rojectoil on the merest t < -i u nleallty. The members of the board , as iir us I cim leorn , hnvo oppressed no doutits as to my ability to practice niudlclno success fully. Why , 1 WHS studying medicine before Bomo of the members of the stnto board wore woiinod , but because cortnln records wore cle sti'oyod by ilro dining the war I am rofuseju eortlllcato. I commenced the study of modi clno in 1830 under the ptccoptorshi | > of Dr. Mnhan of Iowa Oily. I studied with him three years , Of course tin uie-l yo.irs ago and there Is no chancu to get , \ny credontliils from htm. After leaving lus olneo I took H course of lectures In Mju\u ] II Medical collcgo In St. Louis , romuni Ing thcro a year. Unfortunately dming the war the colleeo was gutted by tliu robots and all the records destroyed. Tlio professors nro all dead as far as 1 can learn. I then decided to put In another year of study before I commenced actual practice. I dut so with Dr. Harper of Harnosvtlln , O. This was thirty-two years ago , mid tlio noted doc tor was then well advanced in yoais. Of course the old man is dead now , thereby cut ting off the last and only chiinco to piovo that I was actually prepared to practice rnedielno. After over live years of as siduous study I commenced the pr.u'ttc * of my chosen profession. Tboro are a peed tnnnv J'oung doctors in the state today wim only after two yours study have recolvid certificates from the state board. 1 had hardly got ostnblisbod In practice before Lincoln called for T.'i.OOO men to put down the rebellion. 1 enlisted as a private. 1 hml been In tlio servloo but a few months when Dr. D. G. Hrinton of Philadelphia , tlio surgeon goon of our regiment , discovered that 1 was a physician. ' "Why man,1 said bo. 'tho ' country has n greater duty for you to perform than merely carrying u musicor You can suvo the lives of thous nnda of bravo lads who are either siclc or wounded. ' "Tlio doctor then and there appointed mo as assistant surgeon and 1 served in a medical capacity until the end of the war. In 1S04 I was appointed superin lohdont , of the smallpox hospital and the bos that I nuraeil and carried through a slogo'of that drcnu disease can toll you whether or not 1 urn qualilled to care for the sick. "Why , only twelve weeks ago , when tli < > ro wore a number of cases of smallpox In a neighborhood in the southern part of the city , I was selected as an expert out of nil the physicians In tlio city to go into quarantine with those striclton with the disease and cure for them. Every one of them Is living and well today. " 1 am dependent upon my profession for n living , yet if I answer n call today nmt pre scribe for a pntiont I am liable to nrrost and imprisonment. I tell you It borduis on the verge of an outrasjo to bo tlms suninmrilv disposed of oy the Hoard of Health. " nosjiiiMAuixouri : : ( \SK. The wife of George Uosselimn , the grocer on Eleventh nonr N street , has brought suit against her husband for a divorce. The petition contains some very sensational charges , among thorn bulim the allcgailon that although Hossolninn has been a very piosperous grocer , ho has squandered so much money upon ono Lillie Unit , with wliom he has b'icomo iiif.iluutcd , Hint he bus boon ronipclli'd 10 niortiiau'o Ids store. Tlio strangest" thing about the case is that , nl-- though the charges made aio most startling , Mr. and Mrs. Uosselman uro still living under the sumo rool. IMMMON'It rOITN'l ) oril.TV. The trial of Charles F. Hammond , charged with criminally assaulting his own Ili-voar- old daughter , proved much shot tor than was expected. The main witness was Alia , the victim , She gave in detail the pnitlculats of the revolting crime Two pn sioians testified concerning the condition of the child 1m- mcdlutely aitor tlio assault. Hammond do- clnrpd that he was not guilty and alleged that the prosecution was duo to splto work. The case was uivon to the jury shortly after 8 o'clock ana in about two hours and a luilf the prisoner was declared guilty. Sentence will bo passed on t1 n tomorrow , uoniinn * iimiai.YH. John Snowden of West Lincoln enjoys the distinction of having robbed a burglar. About midnight last night , ho was nwultcned by n thief opening a tiunk In his room and hu lumped ut > and attempted to grab the fellow by the hair. Ho got his bat Instead and the burglar jumped through the window. Tha hat is worth & ) . snw n. * . n. vosrs. General Joseph Tcutor and lionornl J. W. Dowon goto Valparaiso next Saturdaywhoru they will organi/o it Grand Army of thu Hopuulfc oiicampmont , a post of the Woman's Koliof Corps and a Sons of Veterans camp. A largo delegation liom Karragut post nnd also a number of Son > of Veterans wiiiucoom- pany the two gonoraK i Lust Saturday posts weio orfiinl/od ; at Valentino and Crcston mid in the near future posts : ire to bo organised at Murray and Louisville. SL'l'itr.Mr ' comic or NKIIIIISICA. Court mot imrsuant to adjournment. The following wcro admitted to practice : : Oavld Martin of Atchison , ICun. : Judge Joseph U. Ong of Fdlmoio county. Tlio following causes woio continued : Ilumlin vs Fair mont oroiimory : Simms vs Summers ; Wool- sov vs Chicago , Huilmgton & Qulney Knil- roltd company ; Kcroirgin vs McClolland , dis missed. Tlio following causes were argued nnd submitted : Kmnp vs oinall , on motions ; Cnrr vu Luklihor , D.tvls vs Ilattolrodo , on motion ; Uosonbaum vs Uimoll ; Mercer vs Kiulnaor , on motion ; llendieschko vs Har vard High school ; Figlov vs Jiradhhaw ; SLate vs Yatoi. Ilotts vs SI in ins : Huggln vs Haggln , Suitor vs Park National bank ; Uldrieh vs Gllrnoro , Capitol National bank vs Williams. Court adjourned to Wednes day , October28 , all ) o'clock a. in. OIIIH A SI ) I'.NIIa. Thn oxuot amount of farm mortgages re leased in tlio titiito in the sixteen woolen com- mcncmg Juno 1 and andlng October 1 is Itt.blS.TOI.-J : ! . These are the Jluuros fiom the records of county clerks and registers oortl- Mod to and sent under seal to Deputy Labor Commissioner Luddon. Gambler Urndoon , who managed to encapa rect'iitly , was rearrested last night. Ho wns taken b'oforo Justice Coehran today for trial , but ho took achuugoof vonuu to Foxworthy's : ourt. WhiloJ. Hemingway , n mining engineer train Doudwood , was on a spree hero bo nar rowly escaped being robbed of it largo roll of money by a couple of sharpers. The report of Captain A.V. . Corliss of the regular army on the Htntu militia at Grand [ tdiuid. August 28 to September 25 , is very llattering. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.