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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1893)
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IT IS Kafo to aosuino that the project for new viaducts will bo permitted to blunibcr until after oloc'tioii day. JUST now there are quite n number of people walking the streets under very great uilNuulty with a bucket of water on one shoulder and another bucket on the other. Mits. Cu-WKr.ANi ) has named the baby Esther. Thirf is another bountiful- char acter in bible history drawn upon to moot the roquiroinonts of the presiden tial family ! WHAT kind of a district judfre would the Ilolfenstoin lawyer make , and how many votes would ho poll UUHJIIJ , ' the workingpooplo whof-o homes in North Omaha wore kept by him under a cloud or years ? OUT of town excursions into Omaha would bo a good deal more sensible than an Omaha day at Chicago. What Omaha ncods is more intimate inter course with the people in the territory tributary to this city. This is an exceptional year all 'round. With the thermometer ranging1 among the nineties on the Kith of September and candidates swarming as thick as rasshopiiors the people are oven for- gcttine the effects of the panic. HAS the linn of Shilling Bros. , drug purveyors to the state , furnished that boiler for the Homo of the Friendless - loss ? And if so , what did the state pay for it ? A drug proscription case that compounds iron boilers ought to be watched. IT IS very gratifying to us to know that Mr. Joseph B. Prick , who is play ing supreme court dummy for the Elkhorn - horn and Richards , was at one time a resident of Omaha and among the first hubsoribors to Tin ; OMAHA BKB when it was in its infancy. We also feel grati- llod that wo are able to state ttmt Mr. Frick got liis money's worth. MR. MORTON says ho is in favor of fusion by bringing the populists ever to democracy. Mr. Bryan is not so particu lar. Ho believes in Mohammed going to the mountain if the mountain refuses to comn to Mohammed. . Wo shall presently - ontly sco on whioh line the democracy of Nebraska will operate. The paths of f the two great statesmen diverge , al though botli are laid out with a view of making a terminus in the United States Bonato. . CONGRESSMAN BRYAN Is said to have boon in Nebraska last week plugging up a free silver plank for the democratic etato platform. Bryan's zeal in this re gard is admirable , but ho will find n poor market for his timber in Nebraska tills fall. Ho will bo oanfroutod in con vention by a howling mob of Simon-pure CluvolniiilituH who will base their plat form uion the president's recent mos- Fai.ro. If they don't , the hope of ofllco and an appropriation will stiaiglitway depart from them , TJIKKK is a great deal of resentment among Nebraska rural papers profess ing to bo republican buoauso TIIK Bui : has seen ( It to classify the oppoi"nts of Maxwell cither into satellites of the state house ring or corporation mer cenaries. TIIK JlKK is in the habit . r.if calling a spade a spade and wo venture to assort Unit any editor or politician , who fools himself aggrieve : ! ever its classification lias either Iwtm favored > tsy ono or mihiidhud by the other. In the language of John ] ) . Howe , it is the hit bird ( hat squawks. A KAonox of the Gulf transportation convention jumped the track in Chicago yesterday on the question of state ownership - ship of railroads. The breezy session was hold in the Nebraska building. The question prevailed in spite of thu fuel that the Nebraska constitution prohibits the state from ownership in any railway corporation , as Is also the ouo ; in Texas. It this convention desires to trot ut helot railway problem in a practical way , lot it endorse and commend the Texas law , which prohibits any railway company in that state from issuing stocks and bonds to an amount exceeding 50 per cent of I ( he cost of such roads. I THE F WB Axn rut : TIWK- The spectacle of Edward llosawntcr. mem ber of the * republican national committee working a popiiltst state convention to liavo a ( presumed republican nominated for supreme premo JIMRO Is certainly dlsptistlnir to nearly avow republican In the stain.Vo pit-sumo ho will now KO lo the democratic state con vention ami try the samu tlilnif there , ami falling np.nn , will RO strutting Into the re publican convention wltn as much pomposity and a surancoas If ho had never bucn any- whcro vise. Crete VMttlt. Whom did this spectacle disgust ? Would any honest republican object to the effort of a national oommitleonmn to secure an endorsement , that would in sure the election of a republican supreme judge when the party is in the minority ? JIow was it two years ago , when the same Individ lal worked among demo crats and populists on the rostrum and in this paper on behalf "f .fudge Post ? Was t hero any tiling very awful or dis gusting in appealing to republicans who had gone over to the populists to comeback back into the fold anil support Harrison in place of Weaver last year ? In the Jast legislature the republicans had sixty-lour members and the democrats only sixteen. It was perfectly proper , to bo sure , for the railroad republicans in and out of the legislature last winter to organize a combine between the republican members and domncratic members to elect .1. Sterling Morton United States senator. If Maxwell had been the pot of the railroads and the crony of the state house rings tors their organs and organottos at Lincoln , Crete , Norfolk and Seward , which have all been so fearfully shocked that a na tional committeeinan should try to got oppositii n votes for a republican , would have been singing his praises. Only recently It has transpired that a committee of democrats last fall tried to work democratic candidates for the legislature in tills county to give active but quiet help toTem Tom Majors in exchange for railroad inlluoncc. But that was not a disgust- ing spectacle in the eyes of the gang that wears the republican livery with aTe brass collar underneath. To call Judge Maxwell a presumed re publican is n contemptible slur , espe cially in view of the fact that it comes from men who were in their swaddling clothes when Maxwell was battling for the party of free soil and free speech. Samuel Maxwell was ono of the dele gates in the llrst republican convention hold In the territory of Nebraska 'way back in 1859. Ho was a republican mem her of the legislature of 1859-00. Ho was elected as a republican in 1S04 to represent Cass county in framing the first organic law under which this state was to bo ad mitted into tlio union. Ho was elected as a republican member of the first state leg- islaturc and in 1871 ho was again elected by republican : ! as member of the con vention to revise the constitution. lie was placed on the district and supreme bench by republicans , has been endorsed and re-endorsed , and has never swerved from the political faith which ho has professed through a lifetime. But Judge Maxwell is a republican from principle. lie believes that ho serves his party host who serves his country best. Ho believes thr.t the highest duty of true republicans is to discharge the obligations imposed on them b/ their ofilco honestly and fear lessly and lot the party profit by that fact. If Judge Maxwell is not a good republican , neither was Abraham Lin coln or Thad Stephens. If there is anything disgusting it is the spectacle of men professing to bo re publicans who oppose n man whoso skirts are unsullied by the taint of corruption , who enjoys the respect and confidence of men of all political and religious creeds. Above all tilings it is a disgusting spec tacle to see alleged republican papers and leaders conspire to defeat the party in the impending campaign , -vlicn it has a chance to achieve another republican victory by taking as its standard bearer the only man who can draw a very largo support from the opposition. JlKTTKH I'ltlUKS l-'illl Careful estimates , based on the Sep tember report of the government , place the whont crop of 189II at not to exceed 375,000,000 , bushels. Tlio ma-plus from the previous crops is estimated at tiio highest to amount to 100,000,000 Imshols , so that the available supply of wheat in the country for the crop year of 1S0.1-1 it is thought will not exceed -175,000,000 bushels. Allowing aOf > ,000,000 bushels for thu domestic demand for nil pur poses , thcro remains an apparent sur plus available for export o [ 110,000,000 bushels , Since July 1 the exp > rts of wheat , including Hour , have biwii at the rate of nearly f > ,000,000 bushels a week , or aiO.OJO.OOO bushels a year. It is not expucted that this rate will continue , but there is reason to believe that the exports of the coming yo-ir will equal those of last year , which : im.united in Hour anil wheat to ever IS,00iWO ( in that case the availabln bur- plus of American wheat would fall short of supplying Kuropoau requirements to the amount of 70,000,000 bushels. In view of this it would scam impossible that the price of wheat can remain at the present low lovel. The extraordi narily low figures at which wheat has been selling , contrary to all expecta tion a year ago , are calculated to dibcourago confidence in the future , but the bimplo explana tion is in the fact that tlicro was found to bo in the country a much larger reserve than anybody supposed. The low prices greatly quickened experts - ports , and it is now regarded as certain that there is no such reserve as there ' was'at the beginning of the last crop 'year. It bcems ontirnly safe to predict , therefore , that wheat must advance materially within the next year , and while it would bo idle to offer any figures ns to what the advance may be , there i strong roison to believe that it will bo milllclont to alTord American farmers a profit. The government report also indi cates that tlio corn crop is likely to fall to abiiit 1,000,000,000 bushels , or iilnut the same as a year ago , and some 400- 000,000 bushels loss than the phenomenal yield of 18111. If this estimate should bo b : > rno out by the result it is inevitable that corn will bring better prices next year , for a larger foreign demand than usual appears to bc assured. The most careful judges all concur , so far as wo have observed , in the opinion that prices of wheat and cirn must advance , and undoubtedly to a point that will give the producers n profit. Nothing will do more for the prosperity of tlio country than the realization of this promise. The decrease in the purchasing power of the agricultural class , duo to the abnormally low prices of the products of the soil , has had n great deal to do with the business depression , and complete relief will not bo had while this condi tion continues. LOOK IIHr'UIlK I'OU AKX" . Hopublleans of Douglas county do not hooin to know that straight judicial party nominations are sure to weaken their clly and county tickets. With an cn- dor.se.ment by the democrats of the bar nominations and tlio prevailing si-nti- incut among a largo number of republi cans in favor of anonpartisan judiciary , the judicial c.indidntcson the republican ticket will at best have a forlorn hope. Now if the scheme , which has become an open secret , to pool with the popu- libts on the judicial ticket Is carried into effect , the republicans must nominate one populist and one republican. Judge Walton's olci'llon is a foregone conclu sion , even if tlio republican district uon- \eiition should decline to endorse him. So then tlio republicans would have t' > load mi with either Joe Kdirerton or Ilelfenstein Covcll. Suppose it bo Kdgcr- ,011. , what figure will they cut before the nnk and file of the party ? Suppose it bo Covell. How many republican votes would he alienate from the repub- ican candidate , however competent ind reputable ho may ho ? To give him any chance of election there would have to bo trading with the democrats or citi- wn candidates , if there bo a citi/.ons' movement , and that moans a race in which the county and city candidates ire liable to bo scuttled and laid out without : any assurance that the party would elect its half of the republico- populo double-headed monstrosity. This is the situation as measured by the standard of all political experience. Itga strikes us , to uao a French adage , the game is not worth the candle. Risking the ' loss of several important city and county offices for the sake of capturing a district judge is certainly poor politics. When on top of that republicans arc to be hitched to tlio populist cart to help foibt one of their men upon the bench of this district , the tendency among a very numerous class ol republicans would < be to repudiate the whole ticket just , , . as they did in 1890 , when the party was asked to espouse prohibition. Last , but not least , why should re publicans of this district be so hoggish ? They now have four out of tlio seven judges and they will continue to have them , if the bar nominees are elected. If the partisan bchomo is carried through wo are liable at the next turn of tlio wheel two years hence to confront a combine between populists and demo crats , and every republican judge would bo loft high and . dry. It may look un- rcpublican to endorse a nonpurtisan judiciary but it is , good politics even from a republican standjwint to ac quiesce in the arrangement that pro mises to keep the republicans iti the majority on the district bench for the next six vcars. JIOMK HULK FOIt Among the events of universal inter est which have recently taken place in Kuropo the action of the Austrian gov ernment regarding Bohemia is not the least important. For years the people of . , tlio latter country , or a majority of them , the Czechs , have bnon agitating for homo rule. They have demanded that Bohemia ho given the same auton omy in point of administration that Hungary enjoys that is , that it should have its own Parliament and all the rights and privileges of homo rule i contributing its share to the imperial treasury and holding the same rela tions to the empire as those held by iy Hungary. The German population of Bohemia , which is not very largely in the minority , lias opposed this demand , and of course been sustained by the ) im perial government , who.-e purpose has been to Germanize the country. Never thelesstho agitation broughtabout some concessions , though those were far from sullicient to satisfy the advocates of homo rule , who have persistently nmintninct' tlio strutrfflo in bohnlf of thnlr dnimmil though against overwhelming odds. It would scorn that the more favorable prospect of homo rule for Ireland had inspired tlio ( " . ' /.echs of Bohemia to a more determine J. and zealous effort. At any rate , the agitation in that country has recently been very active and the Austrian government 1ms adopted stern measures to repress it. The people of several districts , embracing 1 Vague , tlio principal olty of Bohemia , huvo been de prived of the right of trial by jury , tlio lietuloni of the press and the right to hold public meetings have been sus pended , newspapers and ( V.eeh clubs have been suppressed , and altogether , the imperial government is manifesting a determination to employ tliu most dras tic measures to stamp out the homo rule agitation. The natural oll'ect lias boon to create a political situation in Bohemia of the most threatening character , the further developments in which will bo awaited with universal interest. Thu advocates of homo-rulo are aroused to a pitch of excitement which renders them ready for revolu tion , but while they number fully throo- llftiib of the population and are nut lack ing in courage , they are necessarily ut an enormous disadvantage , both nunior- ically and in resources. The Austrian government has been very careful to keep no boldiors in Bohemia wiio would be likely to be brought into sympathy with the Czechs , and us it appears to n have tnkon < > very precaution against possible resolution it is not to be doubted ' "that an outbreak would bo donlt tfithjiuost mercilessly , llowovwr bitter , thoratorv. the resentment of the homo rule party In Bohemia at tlio des potic policy' ' , ' yf the Imperial govern ment. it Is hiirdly probable they will go to the dospordfo extremity of attempt ing to 'naugnrato ' revolution. The friend -of * popular self-govern ment everywhere sympathize with tlio agitation of ( y\o \ Czechs to secure that boon for Bohpjmia , but they cannot help seeing that Its realization is remote. Meanwhile Bohemians Hi America and elsewhere will extend what support they can , in sympathy and otherwise , to their countrymen in Huroix ) struggling against mighty odds for their just rights. GOVKKNOU MclvlNU'.Y opened the republican campaign in Ohio on Wednes day nt the prosperous manufacturing city of Akron. The demonstration is represented by the dispatches to have been of unusual proportions and great enthusiasm. There , were pro. ont largo delegations from a number of cities , and besides Mi'Kinloy'H address speeches were made by cx-Congrossmaii Butler- worth and others. It seems to have been a most brilliant and impressive opening of what will bo tlio most , inter esting political campaign of tlio year , mid attested the interest of ropulicaiis In the fight. Yesterday the democrats had their opo.ning at Newark , with their candidate for governor , Lawrence T. Ncal , as the chief speaker. This , also , was a largo demonstration. The battle being on in the Buckeye state , it will be waged from now until the day of election , November 7 , with steadily increasing vigor , and the result in no other state will be awaited by politicians everywhere with an equal degree of in terest , for Ohio is more fully than any other stale this year the battle [ round of national nuostions. and larticiilarly so as to the tariff. Governor Mclvinley will doubt- ess light harder than ho over fought before , and Mr. Nonl will do his bust , 'or ho knows that lib political future lopends on the outcome. WHAT promises to bo a prolonged contest between the democratic majority in the house of representatives and the republican minority was inaugurated yesterday by the latter. The cause of t was the bill to repeal the federal elec tion law and the course of the repub licans developed the fact , which had not been generally anticipated , that they evidently intend to make all the resist ance they can to the democratic purpose of striking this5 law from tlio statute books. It was stated only u few days ago , on what .seemed to bo good author ity , that the republicans did not intend to nuiko any organized or persistent fight against the repeal of the law , but it must be inferred from what happened yesterday that this statement was erroneous and that the republicans do ijot propose to allow tlio law to bo repented , without a struggle. The refusal ofrttio republicans to vote also showed that they do not intend to reject any of the advantages whioh the rules of tlio house afford them for oppos ing objectionable measures. It is pos sible that the bill will not bo pushed at present , but if it is thuro is likely lo bo a contest that will interest the country. GovKitN'OH MATTHEWS of Indiana has succeeded in snutling out prize fight ing in that state. The short-haired fraternity that infested lloby , a village not far from Chicago , has been outwit ted and the $15,000 invested by the toughs of Chicago has gone glimmering. Thus prize fighting , as a profitable en terprise , has suffered another well- merited shock. An Impudent I'ri > | > o9ttl Ilcutntc Tiinrg. "One'1 Frick of Fremont is the imm who propones to beat Maxwell for supreme judge. Dnliuto Cut Oir. / fnfluvijjYcu'x Itciinitcr. In an cmergeney such as now con fronts the railway employes , tlio absolute tisulussness of an organization like the alleged Hallway Employes club is shovvi without dobato. Dol/iC Iii lm > < lit I lid Old Stuiiil. Cincinnati Commactal. The Standard Oil trust lias heen dissolved by tlio courts , hut people who want to pur- uhaso a quart or coal oil will find it doing business and declaring dividends at the same old stand. ( * < mini ; KvuntM , ICtc. Ittitlwaji Rein Itciinrter. A cnod , strom ; pull by the property owners of lower Farnnin street and the union depot is a sure tilingThe big hole in tlio liot- toms should bu abandoned oven if Ktuht nus to bo bought up. Citnn fur ClterUintl Thirty .senators have announcoii their de termination to .speak on the ( silver question before a vote Is reached. Some of them will talk for two or thrco days. Providence was kind to save us from cholera tills year. The double unllctiou would have been hard to bear. JMuku thu InvKHtiuiiiliiii Oonornl , ( itolc-llrmoci-ut , Nevada Stewart tblnlta that silver mining is tlio onlv interest , , that linn any n ht to have agents in the sunato. Hence ho is anx ious to learn whotbci : any senator is a stock holder in u national bank. The national biuilts have moro fois : than friends in the senate ut tiio presejH lime. Tlio Kiifji ami Crush. The race for tlio I ! st laud in the Chorokco Strip is for tlio sxrlft. the stiong nm ! the brutal. The men With the fastest horses , the host stomachs ami iciUneys and the least souse of Justice wi ) | bo found squatting on the corner lots befbrf the sun ROOS down on the first day's rush. The whole exhibition is essentially harbarK' . Siinntur Si SiHnffnln Hnffnln Senator Stewart 'bolloves that the views of the Now York World ou the silver ques tion are not entitled to consideration because - cause Its uilltor w.'is bora iu Kurope. Sen ator Stewart's name Indicator that ho or liU unccblors cumo from Scotland or Ireland at somu more or less remote period. It is rut bur Jato in tlio century , however , for a United States senator to sot up the native American plea. Stewart evidently is a know-nothing of both sorts upper and lower case , ll < lllllllllt | | ll III ItlllO , Dntiuqiie 'itlryrtntfiVm. ( . ) There Is little in the opening campaign spoor' * delivered by Governor Holes at ( ariindy Center to convince the average elec tor that ho should supjwrt Dm democratic In preference to the republican ticket. The very II rat thing the governor does is to rule the tariff and currency questions off the track. Spealiing of the former ho says that "nothing wo ean now do will effect hi ttio least its settlement. " and adverting to the latter ho remarks that "since it is at least true tlu't in our present campaign no vote wo can cast will have nny effect upon this question , wo mny proi > orl.v dl mis it from our minds and turn our attention to these that nro directly involved. " The Interpre tation of tli l.i is that It Is immntprial whether n democrat or a republican shall be chosen to succeed Hon. .lames F. Wilson as United States senator , and thai so far as national questions are concerned , there U no reason wny any eilt/.en should vote for ( tov- urnor Holes , rather than for Mr. Jackson. .Ml rlilcvnm .Mr. Uitin't Ma ml Ini HIrhards of lYemout. who three years ape got the nomination for governor at thu hands of the railroads and prohibition men , nnd caused his own defeat and the election of the democratic governor , Ho.vd , is ntrain putting - ting in his mischievous work .is chairman of the Fremont railroad delegation to the state convention to work for the nomination of n r.illro-id candidate for supreme Jndire. which will result attain In Iho defi-at of such a can. dlilate , as his work resulted in his own defeat - feat three years ago. They IVur , lndi-ii Mittwcll. Iltatr I'imrlcr. Judge Maxwell and a noupartlsan supreme court bench would euro sonio of the ills under which the people of Nctn-aska have been long slilTcritiR and kind. Ho would cany threc-qaiirtors of the vote in Washing ton county and probably fouv-llfths of it. Then it is a move that would result in untold economy In the long run. The corrupt powers of the state fear Judge Maxwell nnd they know the reason why they fear him. Once started the nonparti.Hnn forces would secure a full bench in four years time , and that's what the people most desire I > ontorrttl ; < ! Tux Srliiiinrn. lilnlic-Dciniiciitt. Some democratic papers ami a few dumo. era Ho staicmnrn are saying that duties will have to bo reltnpo.ieil on coffee , to.i ami smrar. Dot ween g70.Xit,000 ( ) and JkSO.000,000 n year of rovcnnu inlL'ht ho obtained from these thrco articles. Tlio threatened treasury shortage will strongly tempt the democratic leaders to put these things on the dutiable list. It would bo a decidedly unpopular policy , though. The republicans nuulo these ar ticles free , and If the democrats tax them they will be beaten in the congressional elec tions next year. Itolornilililn l-aily l.lni'g. > 'HH fVitnrbico Omwlcle The pan-American Himntallie association in urging the friends of silver to form a third party ! s making n political mistake. Tins success of the mugwumps oueht to make iuur iiiu i.iLL mat mosuii-st mail 10 victory s ideiititl.tiitioa with one of the great par ties. It must be admitted that civil service efonners would have had a hard road to travel had they tried to carry out their ideas by means of n new political party. Hut suc cess soon attended their efforts when tho.v iidoptcd the plan of throwing their strength for the party which promised them most. If the bimotnllfsls throughout tlio United States , following this example , would clearly ndiento their intention to vote with the .larty which did the most for silver Iho trouble would soon bo ended , as the leaders would at once recogni/.e the necessity of con ciliating them , and in their anxiety to please they would throw Wall street overboard and stand in with the people. Tlio MIIX\TI * | | J.fucoln Xeuv. The rapid approach of the state conven tion is centralizing interest in the question of whom shall the republicans nominate for supreme judge. The opposition to Maxwell among the inllucntlal politicians and the settors-up of conventions is n formidable ono. Judge Maxwell has also made a number of personal enemies , who are actively at work endeavoring to prevent liis nomination ; but the queer feature of the contest is that none of the factions which are lighting him have apparently settled on any man. As the News has stated before neither Maxwell nor Maxwell's personality iu the real issue in this primary campaign , although an attempt is being made to so delliie it. The nomination of Judge Holcomb by the populists means that if the republicans name a man who is in the least tainted with railroad ism , a man whose record must bo defended or his official acts explained , the issue forced upon it will be nnti-nionnpoly against monopoly and Ne braska is indisputably anti-monopoly. It cannot bo denied that the success of the re publican party , this year moro than any other , depends on the nomination of men in whoso Integrity and fidelity the voters , not only of the party but of the state , have con fidence. Misrule , corruption , favoritism and toadyism to corporative newer on the part of some men whom the republicans have placed in office have lost for the party the confidence of many thousand voters , audit is time that the men whose leadership and treachery to the people's interests have brought this upon the party are overthrown and a new regime installed. The Is'exvs has sufficient confidence in humanity to hcliovo that honest , incorruptible men are moro nu merous than those who bow the knee to mammon in its various guises , and to deny the false doctrine of narrow , nnprogressivo or conservative minds that ono set of leaders is Just as goood and no better than another. The republican party of Nebraska must listen to the dictates of sound political sense or suffer the consequences. That issue is plain enough. JV/JH/M.V/f.l.V.V. An athletic association has boon formed at Hushvillc. Seward republicans will hold their county convention October" . There is n movement in I'latto county to nominate a citizens ticket and knock out the ring. Sam Marsh ICldor is among the Parched throated boomers on the boarders of the Cherokee Strip. The child of Mr. and Mrs. William Selling of Norfolk , who overturned a bowl of hot soup on its face and breast , has since died of his injuries. Cumlng county republicans will hold their convention at Boomer , October ! l. This will be tlio latest county convention in the state this your. Joseph Slmpjon , an IS-ycar-old Tokamnh bov. whoso older brother is In the Norfolk asylum , became violently Insane and will betaken taken to join his brother. Thu state Woman's Christian Temperance union will hold its annual meeting at York , commencing September ii. ! ( There will be about'JOO ladies In ittendanco. Isaac Kills , aged , ' i , and Airs. Martha Moore , ngod - , worn united in nmrrlago at Nebrasica City by Jwlg ICatnn. The parties registered from Oklahoma , but they will make their homo near Unudilla. A young man named Jnrvln , while working near Tckninab , went to sloop with Ids hands on the pullov of n stacker. Tlio machine started up , and when the youth had extri cated himself from its embrace ho was minus six lingers. ! . , auron Jeans has saluted the people of Gordon in the Knterpriso. He announct's that , ho has farmed the last year , got brown , rugged and frisky , and fools like spending a season or two in a llttlo harmless recreation iu the way of publishi'ig a newspaper , if he can make a decent living out of it. An unsuccessful attempt to poison Dashaw Hill , the famous trotting horse owned by II. U'estfall of I'awneo City , was made last week. Mr. Westfall expected to enter htm in thu races at the state fair. It is thought to be the work of some ono who would have had him for a competitor at the fair. While John ' Ollien was threshing for rotor ICngle , near 1'onca , a fire started in the straw about the machine , and the heavy wind spread the Humes broadcast. All efforts to save the property wcro fruitless , and In a few moments tlio machine and four large stacks of grain worn reduced to ashes. The grain was partially Insured , During the old soldiers' reunion at Su perior , James Ion's house was entered and a quantity of valuables taken , including BIX Kngllsh sovereigns. No clew was found until recentlv , when ono of the foreign coins was discovered in circulation. An attempt was made to trace It to Us source , which evidently scared the thief , for the other night some ono opened tlio door of Ion's house and throw on thu fioor the remainder of the money , papers and all. The York Water company is busy now ex perimenting with wells and making Investi gation as to tlto best moans of Kccurhiir an adequate supply ol pure water. Tho.v are boring to find the exact location of tlio dif ferent veins of water. They propose then to test each vein and ascertain to u cer tainty from which the best and most abundant supply of water can bo secured. Knough wells will then bo sunk to furnish all thu water necessary iu any omert'onoy. I'PMI't.K .I.V/I Tlll.VM.i. Chicago Lt.now-In position to fiinilih any qunlity of religion while you wait. Some senators achieve fame , others thrust agonizing speeches on a defenseless world. The parliament of religion * is notably in complete. Hob Ingcrxoll Is unrepresented. On the ; vo of n campaign , loquacious partv loyalty may ho weighed by the number of candidates fur office. Missouri's pre-eminent industry hns been sadly scooped by Indiana's method of .in creasing the circulation. Ser.Atch a shotiter for straii'hl party tnedl- elite regardless of quality and It Is 1(5 ( to I yon will find a candidate for office. During a brief controversy ever thoowtter- snip of u run pipe in Texas , three Ixmo Stars were stiuiTed out and commended to the mercy of the coroner's Jury. A tliimant correspondent likens the 101 lal xcna- silver duoato to the Irresistible or Mng.ira. plunge uo forgets ' that Niagara Iteration'0 ' sulf'cll'lllsi" ! * > ' 1"1 " chronic The American consul nt Amoy re orts t at every ono nbovo ] > the China oMremely IMMUIn own and USD n longuo distributed ' ' ? ! . ' ? lH"fl'1 ! ' " "t'loinents Hcrapor should ho A in the north wing of the federal capital. The follow who shipped n of cargo coffins to the Chcrokco Strip has a marvelous busi ness head. With heat and pun action on his siito , ho may bo pardoned for murmuring as lie fiike.s in the .slurt : "There's a laud that Is fairer than this ! " The last surviving pensioner of the war of 1813 on the records of the Chicago is dead. agencv Ho was Ik-njainln Churchill o'f tale. : hnrg , 111. , and was nearly 100 yeais old. Ho was n private In the New York militia , his birthplace being Alexis , N. Y. The remnant of the Minnesota Coal trust explains that the slump in prices Is dun to the desire of the dealers to mitlirnto hard times. Such bene-Vulcneo is rare enough lo bo preserved. At tlio same time safeguards miirlit bo provided against the perils of pre cipitate enlargement of the heart. Ono of the most affecting reunions during the recent cncainpment of the Grand Army at Indianapolis was thatofOcnor.il Lew \ \ \\allacoamlhlsinenoftho Klevonth Indi ana regiment. About H'.Vi of tlio members were present. Oencral Wallace was their first colonel and the ono who made the regi ment. The pictorial ox.wsuro of feminine run ning and kicking gear on the billboards of IliitTalo so shocked Iho angelic morals of the natives that capacious aprons were pins- . , . , , , , - - mu iin.-4.ui.-3. j > uiii ; < o morals are delicately nurtured and high-strung , and as irresistibly charming us thu sylvan waters of Hamburg canal. or nu ; i > i y. INoiv Orleans Picayune : All HOI-IS of people nro runny for Iho I'horokuu Strip. It U dress ' not a all'alr. Philadelphia Hccord : "Why iloi-i Sunirshv , Keep , his hair cut M > short ? " "He-cause ho's gutting bald and bo won't have It long. lliilTalo Courier : .Speaklnv of slow-going people , the man In charge of the watch coun ter In a joivelry store Is generally behind Iho tiniv.s. I'hllnilclplila Times : Wo are told the iinad- rlllu Is go lint out of fashion. For all Its re verses the waltz will top. ' now have its turn at Iho I ml annpolli Journal : ' -The gptitlomiin's time has expired , " said tlio speaker. " "HH mighty Ilttlu tllirerenco that makes , " said n weury fellow-nienibor. "Tlmt fellow tullK for eternity. It makes no odds to him whether time is no moro or not. " riilladelphla Lodger : Oysters twenty Inches In diameter once crew on the sea bottom that Is now the niiia desert. Vnina ' iloulit It , but they've trot tlio .shells lo show. Atlnntn Constitution " : "Does your man draw well In Washington1'1 congress " \ es ; on payday , " 1'iink : May Illume What an apostle Illnncho would have made ! Frank Iteaeh Why so ? May Illume Did you OVer see a greater Usher of men ? Tops Sittings : "What's ' papa's boy going to lion hen ho grows up ? " "Policeman , " "And wlmt'll ho do when ho's a great big liceman ? " po "C'lub stuflln' out of papa. " TOTIIKSII.V.VTOIIS. 15 tiHhthut'in Klur. neiitlemoii ! ( jcntlcinen ! Prylhoo bccnlm ? Salute one another with stalely .salaam. SI Iml the nice manners that senators are Minimsed to preserve at a point above par. Notwithstanding delay , remain iruntlo and good , If the public can stand it , you certainly should. v 20 S Jiulije. Hnntombcr. oh , September. Your days are fur from nice. They mind mo o' that pudding Composed of glno and rlco The middle may he scorching While the rinds nro cold as ico. AI midnight you nro winter ; I n the morning you lire spring ; At midday fiercest suiiiiniir , As the wild niOMjiiltocs sing ; And you wish you were : i y.nfu And could pull off everything. Suptomltor , I'm hut mortal , With nonelitstle hones , And think It hard to have them stretched 1 hroiiKh all thu varying tones Of eighty-seven latitudes And half a dozen /.ones. Cltv .lourn.il : Tr.iln robWv do sn'i hit often east of Missouri , but when H lines It hits hard. Twenty thousand del lars Is : i good deal of swag. Ho.iUin Tr.inicrlpt : The thieving profes sion must ho In a parlous condition when Its member * become so desperate ns to altauk n train of passengers rc.mnig from Chicago. Minneapolis Tribune If tlieso train i-ol > - . bones don't become leis frequent I very soon the government will bn compelled to build , .111 inland navy on wheels to protect Its treasure tr.ilns. t St. l.ouis Republic : \Vo have our Hum troubles with traia robbers , but the howling wilderiiiMs Just outside of Chicago is the place for devilish , dynamiting , brutal com bined attacks Chicago ran ho counted In theanti-rohtii-r movement. Tlio train rob ber must go. St. Paul Pioneer Press : That the robbers In these canes are allowed to escape is un questionably due to the public Indifference If such a line and irwero raised alter them as the nature of the crime demanded , they co.ild hardlv i\s--npo Uu < dragnet of universal popular Indignation. It is oUdcut that moro effective pollen arrangements than have ever yet been thought necessary must bo organized to prevent and to punish llm class of too fi-pqtiont depredations. C'hleiu'o Heeonl : That Bcouudrol.s of the same sort might not Mm ! lldllllcnlt tn rcxwit | the maneuver * of the laki > Shore robbery is evident. f\w \ only adequate means of pro tection must mine in l he way of object les sons in the courts < > t law. The auilmrUb .1 should not rest until every one of the In diana robbers Is not unly apprehendeu b-it safely guarded l\v the stone walls ol a pent- tentiary. That the example may lie the more sternly discouniirinir to future possible miscro'iuts , the punishment must bu Ilia severest ulloued by law. Detroit Free Press : It was n bold nn.t startling innovation on eastern incthuds , nnd the moro surrcv.sful because so lolallv unexpected. If persisted in , tins plan of netting mmiey into circulation will rnpm-u the express companies to adopt soiiui such precautions ' as were formerly taken by the Wells-i-'ariro people in thu wild northwest and the traveling public will have lo ire armed. Kvcry possible effort should bo made to capture the-train robbers , nnd the ( uamplo made of them .should m..ke their business so unpopular as lo bo practically eliminated from the industrial calling ! ) . POSTOFi'ICii BUSINESS. St.'ttNtlo * for Trn V > iitH Show u Mritdy In- cn-usii In TniMH.ii-lldiiH. It has been said that there is no truer wav of testing the uettl il progress of a city thn , through its postolllco. When business in every line of tr.ido is null It is but natural that the business of the postolllce sliuuld bo likewise , and vice versa. This llic.ir\ , that the progress or bat kw.ird ten lem-.v uf a city may he tested by the business done l > > its postolllce , is generally accepted as Iho correct one , and , Ibis being the case , it may 1)0 ) of interest to Omaha peoule to learn that the Omaha postolllco shows a steady Increase of business for every month of every year during the past nine years and a half up to July 1 of the current year. The llcure.s hv years , showing the receipts of the ofllco and the balance remitted to the gov ernment , after deducting the expenses of the oflleo nnd the cost of carrier service , are as follows : Year. Hi-relpts. llnlancn. 1HH4 $1111.1118 ( ill J 76VI'U ! ( IU 18Hf > IlN.Hll ) 4'2 HH-t2n 77 1H80 lCJ.OMIH 108.-4US TJ 1HH7 17'HJO-tl ) KH.-l'jy liO IHHH 'jou.-no ( ; : > I&HU.I : ) 45 1HHU jllU12'J : 01 lilH4l ( ! L'5 IS'JO 'JrNH7-J OH IH.-i.H.lf , ( > 0 IH'.ll Jli-I.HH-J 712 17II71 ! ! ! l > 7 IHU'J 'JUJ.O.VJ IM ) l < JI.rni ) ! ) til IHUUdlrst half ) iri3H'JU'JO lUliH5 ( ) 41 The increase in expenses for tlio year IS'Jl ' was duo to thu enlargement of the olllco force and the carrier regiment , but the vol ume of business for the succeeding year appears lo have more than made up for nny shortage in Ib'Jl. It will bo Heen that this year of grace ami business depression , lh't ' ) : , so far as U has gone , is away in the lead in the amount of business transacted. Kccapitulating the actual nut earnings of the Omaha ollleo for the past nine years and a half have been in connection with the figures above given , it may bo of interest lo Know that the re ceipts of the money order department of the postoflieo last year were ftJlt,7lU..rS ( ) , and that the registry division handled 78I,5-4 letters and packages. Mil } Doi-sn'l Ain | | > nt Un > ; UI rir . A wrong impression prevails regarding the appointment of superviso.-.s of registration for the approaching election. As a result Mavor Hoinis' mail is burdened with appli cations for appointments. The mn.ujr has nothing , whatever , to do with the m-lection of the registrars,1 that duty falling lo tlio members of the council. Mayor Hemis does examine tlioso who uro appointed as to their Illness and quahllcations and cortilles the same to the city clerk , but beyond this has nothing to do with the matter. l.rvlml nil : t l.iiiulior Vnril. Sheriff lionnctt levied on tlio stock of the Star Union Lumber company last evening on attachments aggregating , in round num. hers , $4,77'J , distrinuled as follows : Carson-Hand Liimboreumnany . " > i Hico- I ako I.ninbcr company. $ .V.I1 ; Heaiilan , ( Jib- son .t ( . ,0 , , M7.'i ; ( Jilhprt. lledgo , t Uo , , ( I.Tii ) ; David .Inycel,2lVi ; Uurlington Lum ber company , $3 III. Largest Ataiinfiiutiirnrs neil Hitallun of OloUinii In thu World. This is my Pa. He's going1 to take mo down town Friday after school , or ii' I have lo "stay in , " ho'll take mo down Saturday sure to see those now suits for school boys that B. K. & Co are showing1. Biggest lot of suits and overcoats and caps for boys ol my size up to Bill's ago , ever saw in my life. All neat and nobby , made good and strong and if you wear knee pants , they7 ! ! g-ive you two pairs of pants with every suit. The colors are dark and light in every atyl- ish pattern. Pa says this suit I have on is hand made , 'cause ma made it , but I'm going to have a real live tailor-mado one. from B. K. & Go's. BROWNING , KING & CO. , | g § fl , QQF , 15tl d3J DOlJIlJ StS ,