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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 3 , 1893. THE BJBJS. K. HOSUVVATKH , Kdltor. EVKUY MOItXINU. TKHM30K SUIlSrniPTlON. Dnlly CPO without Sunday ) Ono Year. . . . . . * 2 K2 Unllv niul Smin.iy. One Yp.ir . I" " ' ; SUMonllii . ? ' . ' " Tli w Mont lift. . " " Similar two. one Your . "JJ Siinriuv HOO.OIIP Ycnr , . i . } ; ; ! ; Wwkly lw ! , OIIP Ywir . ' oo OKK1CK9. Omnlin. Ti . South Oti'nlm eorniTNntiilTwcnty-iilxlliMrprlB. Coiinrll IlliiItH. IS 1'pnrl Htn-cl. Clilentro OITIcp. .117 Clmmbi > r of romnichcp. Now York. runniH til. 14 mid 13. TMUiiw building. \Yiw1iliiffton , lt : Kotirlocnlli Htn-ol. COlirtK3PONI > r.N < lK , MI commtmlr.itloim njlalln * Jo now * and rdl- torl.il innlti rnliuiilil ImmlilrMwUs To llio Editor- T1USINKS3 I.nTTKUS. All IniHliiiKH letliTS mid roinlltniicpH nlionlrt IIP nrtilrcRCMt toTliP ! ) PntillnlilnifConiiMiiy.Oiiiiilia. DraflH i-liPi'kH nml ruMortco outers to be inndn pnynlilp In tlit'imli-rof llmconilKiitv. PaillrH li-avlnir llH'clly foMhumimmorcaii limp THE Pr.K wnt to ilirlr address by'lmvlnir nn onlcr lit biiHlntfH odlcc. TitK BKB PUntlSIIING COMPANY k tin- Urn In Clilcnc" . r Tin : IIAII.Y nml Hn.MiAV MKK li on sulo In ClilrnRo nl tlio following iilucrs ; I'nlinprlintisp. ( Irnnd 1'ndllf hotel. Auditorium liolol. Orent Northern hotel , ( lorohntol , Ji > lnnd linli'l. . . Flit" ? of TUB JtKK nunon nt llio NP- lirn 1 < a liiiililltiR mid tli Administration bulld- IIIR , r.\noilllon grounds rtWOKN STATKMRNT OP CIUCULATION. Sttitnof NelirnHka. I County of Donclan. f Ororcn II. TrHclnick. pperetnry of TUB nrr P Uniting roinpany. ilni H nolemnly mvear Hint llio ncttialclrciilntlo'iinfTiiii Iil.Un : for thu week rnillnR Soli | > int > cr : IO , 1HH.I , wan us followa : Suiidnv. September I ! 1 2(1.02. ( " Monday. September a. 2 : .H2S Tiu-Bclny. September'Jll , 'a3. < ni WtKlncHd.iv..Sciti | > inbiTl-7 itHtr ! : , Tlinnulnv. Septeinlier'J.S 2 ! .iin Frl.l.ivSepl.iilHTV . . | M.HI | Salnnlny , September illl 2l , > tiI : ( (51 DIKIK II. T/scill'cif. ' * , Sworn to befnrnnmninl niibHprlliod In my < BEAT. > pnwnpu tills iHUii d-ivof September. 18011. I , ' N. P. FKII. . Notary Public. Avnrngo < ; irt nliilliiK feir Aiif , . IHtt.'J , M4.O75 WHKN Mr. Powell returns from his political Biiipo hunt lie will bo a sadder as well us a wiser man. SKNATOU CAinr.it TI. TiAKmsoN of Illinois ) would not sound badlv from a domccratic point of view. TiiATi'iiniil propoHltlon la looseenough to allow Jim Stoplioiison to tallyho clear through it without Hlrikin : ; a barb wire. THIRTY-FIVK firms on tifrcil in the manufacture of American tin. plato is not a bad exhibit for the much decried MoKinloy law. HOW UNKOKTUNATK that DotlVOP't ) snow storm lias proven instifllnicnt to chill thu ardor of the Colorado free silver advocates. this city has not fully re covered from commercial prostration it ia gratifying to note that HIO ) keeps pace with any of the big four of the future Minneapolis , St. Paul , Kansas City or Denvor. . SOMK of those factories that wore closed down in the east under stress of the late financial stringency ought to bo given inducements to move their loca tion to this city before reopening for the coming season's business. SENATOR L. R. BOLTEH has deserted the ranks of Iowa democracy for the allurements of free silver populism. The democrats of Iowa could scarcely have expected any different action from a man trading on the name of Bolter. TH am : are a great many men travol- ing'around over Nebraska today in the interests of the railroad conspiracy against the judiciary of the ntato who would have no little trouble in convinc ing a police inngiHtrato that they had visible moans of support. IT RBQUiKKi ) the organi/ation of an anti-smoko society to secure the enforce ment of the smoke nuiaanco ordinance In Chicago. Will the citizens of Omaha bo forced to a similar move by the in action of the city olllclals to carry out tiio provisions of our local smoke ordi nance ? IN THE prospective row in the demo cratic state convention at Lincoln to morrow Secretary Morton has wisely declined to participate/ / . But Congress man Bryan will bo there and opposed to t him will bo the foxy Tobias Castor , who I makes a specialty of beourlng rightof way for the corporations or for the office seekers. TUB suggestion that Omaha inako an effort to got the next convention of the Christian Endeavor society is not inap propriate at the present time. Every national assembly hold hero brings people ple to our city and impresses them with our resourced and prospects for contin ued prosperity. Ills un advertisement worth Avorking for. IP HON. JOHN L. WEUSTEK could bo induced to turn his attention from I ho political job of turning down Max well , which ho haa undertaken in the interest of his state house clients , to de fending the maximum fi eight rate law before the federal court his sot-vices would bo much more appreciated by the teller * and taxpayers of the state. TIIK county conventions have nearly all been hold and the agents of the cor poration junta who have boon workIng - Ing in every part of the state for weeks to overthrow Judge Maxwell will now transfer their scone of operations to Lincoln. Jfo effort will bo spared In the closing days of the nntu-convontlon campaign. The men who cannot bo bought will bo cajoled or threatened into submission to the railroad gang. JK I'liOMlSKd are to bo takou in ovi- deuce tin ) celebration of Chicago day at the World's fair next Monday will eclipse anything heretofore attempted In the xvay of the spectacular on the American continent. The spectacle of half a million people will of itbolf bo a great attraction. The fair lias boon a great success in every way and it is emi nently fitting that the day which is re served for Chicago should bo the most elaborately celebrated. Cbicugohasdono much to make the fair a success. With out her splendid energy it would doubt less have been u failure. Consequently the entire country will heartily unite In the congratulations which will be ouow ored upon Chicago next week. You always have to go nway from homo to hear the news. This is strik ingly Illustrated by the special dispatch from Omaha that appeared in the Lincoln Journal Sunday morning under thn black- typo headline : "Webster a Winner. " Ac cording to this veracious dispatch Web ster displayed' the most consummate generalship in bundling the Douglas county H'publlcan convention and suc ceeded in carryitig things his own way In flpito of opposition , after n most exciting - citing tilt with Hwowatoron the floor. The incst > interesting plcco of news is the nsKortion that Mr. 1'owoll could have had the convention Instructed for him- had ho wanted it and that the unit ruin was finally abandoned for the Swko of harmony. Now , will ) a very few exceptions , the report is substantially correct. There was a republican convention Hold in Omaha on Saturday , which elected tv delegation to the state convention at Lincoln. Mr. Webster , ably assisted by Charley Grceno , Herb Lcavltt and other cm input railroad lobbyists , put in his final word on the outside and succeeded admirably in converting hovoral delega tions that came pledged for Maxwell to change their opinions In less than two hours. This change was evidently brought about by the stringency of the money market and a desire to visit the World's ' fair bj the old reliable Burling ton route , over which all such converts arc carried without money and without price. Mr. Webster did not have a tilt with Kobowaler in the convention. lie had his scrap the day'before in the repub lican primaries of his own ward , and , being rejected as tv delegate , had no right to the iloor. Ho was , however , permitted toapologizo for his champion ship of the cause of his clients at the state house and explain awny his ani mosity toward Judge Maxwell. The resolution to commit the dole- pales to the unit rttlo was not with drawn for the sake of harmony , but for thu sangr reason that caused the mover of tlio resolution introduced at the outset to authorize the chairman to select the 108 delegates through llvo dummied to beat a very disorderly retreat. The convention was over whelmingly opposed to the unit rule and a largo number of delegates revolted and started to leave the convention hall. It is true that the convention was captmed by Webster and his railroad camp followers and it is also trim that it was lost by his mtignillcont generalship , so that nearly one-half o ( the , delegates Bclcetett will go to Lincoln in favor of Maxwell. A C.lU.rilX 10 THK VAKAlt PROJUC- runs. When the Nebraska Central bond proposition was submitted it was hedged by safeguards that would compel strict compliance with the obligations im posed. The Platte canal proposition aooa not contain a single provision that will prevent a , gigantic piece of jobbery. Thoroi is ample time yet for n supple mentary ordinance that will protect this city against Credit Mobilior construc tion rings and costly wildcat oxpoi- irnents. . The great mass of our citizens and taxpayers are in favor of the canal , but they want to feel sure that every dollar voted will be h'onehtly and intelligently expended. They will not vote to plunge the city into $0,000,000 , of debt unless they fool sure that we Hhall got cheaper power , cheaper electric lights and a re liable , abundant and cheap water sup- ' ply. The moro fact that everybody would like to got moro money in circu lation by tjtimttlat ing public works does not justify a reckless voting away of millions without the slightest assurance that the money will bo expended for labor and material instead of being ab- borbcd by bpcetilators and contractors. Omaha has had exiwricnco onotigh with worthless pavement's ' and wretched sewer work to tot taxpayers on guard against n repetition of such waste on a colossal bcalo. THE BUG has never yet opposed a pub lic improvement and it will not oppose the canal project if it is utibinitted in such form as will protect the taxpayers against the taxeaters and job bers. Wo insist that the propo.sition already submitted shall bo revised or supplemented by such provisions as will act as a barrier to reckless waste , con struction swindles , or extortionate charges for power or water supply. Wo shall insist that the work shall bo done by competitive bidrf that will en able us to contract without boinpllcocod. Unless these safeguards are embodied as part of the bond proposition shall deem it oxtralmzardotis for the tax payers to sanction thu proposed blanket mortgage on all they own and all they over expect to own. ItKSVLT 01' TIIK fIJMESR AFFAIR. If wo can give crcd'enco to the latest oitblo advices the final scones of the Franco-SIamotio episode have been en- noted in the ratification of the treaty of cubsion , and the dibincmbormout of Siam has been accomplished without the sem blance of active interference on the part of any of the other interested European powers. Prance , it eeems , was only too eager to tci/o upcn any cxcitfce that might olTer to justify a re ort to aggressive tactics in the east. The killing of a fuw French olli- cers in command of native troops would nowhoio have been viewed n de manding u recourse to violent measures. But thq obdurate attitude of the French government in insisting that nothing short of a large cession of territory would offer eatifcfaotory assurance that such events would not bo countenanced in the future forced the Siamese king to acknowledge his poworlossncss and to look for assistance from the stronger continental nations , Hc-fusal to como to Ills assistance left him no alternative but to agree to whatever conditions the French might deign to accept as their ultimatum , The Impelling motives of the French aggression in Slum have been variously interpreted. The action has on one side been viewed merely as the natural de velopment of thu mania for colonial pos session that lias lately scoured u now grasp upon all the leading European peoples. Franco was behind the others in this respect , and to that may bo rss cribed the apparent unconcern of her vabi rlous neighbors , England , moreover , is said not to bo unwilling to have French territory as a bulTer between its interol csts In the cast and the o of Russia and thus to lesten the chances of frequent collision. The second explanation of the French efforts is that they wore designed as a by-play tn inlluoncc the parliamentary elections that occurred during the mid- die of August last. For this purpose they undoubtedly had somd considerable effect , stimulating French pride in for eign acquisitions , and strengthening the forcrs controlled by the existing govern ment. They overshadowed the sensa tions of the Panama scandals and de tracted from their political significance , but further than that tnolr bearings upon the outeoirio of the election must remain problematical. In the United Slates the sympathies of the people have been almost unlvor- bally upon the side of Slam. .Slant's prompt offer to arbitrate the question of damagts seemed to place all thu blame for protracted hohttlltiod upon the shoul ders of the French and made the French ultimatum appear all the more unwar ranted. France's aqulsltlons in the cast , however , gtvohur a linn base from which she will attempt to extend her dominions. Thu Siamese affair introduces n third European power into the eastern ques tion and insures further complications before many years shall elapse. 71V 7'WnnOiV. SOUTH OMAIIA , Oct. 'J. To tlio Editor of TUB OKI : : Will you kindly inform many readers through the columns of Tin ; linn If there is nny law now in force in the state of Nebraska by virtue of which tlio name of a cltlznn nmy bo placed upon ttio Oi1ioi.il ticket for the oflli-o of Justice of the supreme court without beint ; nominated at a state convention of either the republican , dem ocratic or independent parties. i'ho reason for this query is beo.iusoof the fact : ! that thuro are moro than nine-tenths of thu 4,000 laboring men employed in tlio packIng - Ing houses of tlilr. city , who , without regard to u.irtv nnill.itiqn , hops to have an oppor tunity to wist a vote on the 7th day of next November for that eminent Jurist , Samuel J. Maxwell , but are ufr.Ud If the matter of nomination rests entirely with the wily pol iticians Judge Maxwell may suffer defeat , bceau&o he possesses the cour.-ijfo of his con fictions , to docldo casoa in accordance with the dictates of his Judgment , without regard for the pecuniary interests of the political boodlurs who have already hold up and robbed the unsuspecting taxpayers of the state. PACKING House MA.V. Under the statutes of Nebraska any pot-son may bo placed on the official bal lot 1 for any state ofllco on a petition signed by 500 electors. Each elector signing the petition must add to his signature lias 1 ; place of residence , his business and his 1 ] business address. The petition for the nomination of a state oflleor must be filed with the secretary of state not less than fifteen days prior to.tho . day of election. Judge Maxwell has peremptorily de clined to permit his name to bo used as u aandidato by petition. lie is a candi date for nomination before the republi can state convention. If. the majority of the delegates clocked to that convention shall decline to nominate him ho will , not - bo a candidate .for re-election. This is , of course , upon'the. assumption that . the convention is untrammeled in its } decision end the vote cast on the issue ' is uninfluenced by bribery or coer cion. If Judge Maxwell is counted out by fraud and voted ddwn by purchased votes the republicans of the state will repudiate the candidate , whoever ho bo. may _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MKKDl\G aJlH SKttATK. The Philadelphia .Record , commenting on the senate situation , says : ' 'The spectacle which the senate thus presents in its inability to respond to public opinion should not bo'lost upon the country. Since , in the , condition of things , the senate cannot bo ended , il must bo mended. The advocates and attorneys of monopolies and of private interests should bo extirpated , and along with them the drones and imbe ciles who , by their elevation to a post of which they are unworthy , -have lost the happy opportunity of remaining un distinguished and unknown. Instead of leaving the choice of senators to legislative caifcuscs the people should tuko the mutter into their own hands by nominating for the bonate men who are fitted for this responsible representative trust. " Every word of what our con temporary says is sound and voices a sen timent which is rapidly growing throughout the country. Every day that thu minority of the senate is able to kcop that body in the position of an ob struction to the carrying out of the pop ular will , as it has been most clearly and strongly indicated , increases the fooling that tlio senate must bo brought "nearer to the people , must ba placed in closer touch with popular sentiment and made to realize moro fully its responsibility to thu people. Thu only effective way in which this can bo douo is to change the method of electing senators , so that the people shall uxor- cibo a less indirect influence in the choice of members of the "upper house" than under the prevailing method of leaving the choice of senators to legis lative caucuses. That such a change would result in sending a batter class of men to the senate , thereby restoring that body to its former high character , is not to bo doubted , and it would huvo the equally important effect of inducing senators to pay moro attention to public sentiment and to the popular will , in stead of arrogantly , as now , setting themselves above the people 'and under the cloak of "bunatorial courtesy" disre garding the popular demand and reck lessly endangering tlio public interests and welfare. Tlio course of the senate for several weeks post has furnished an unanswera ble argument in favor of such a change as will thoroughly "mend" that body and make it what it was intended to bo , u conservative chock to hasty and inju dicious legislation , instead of the bul wark of monopoly and private interests , as it has become. The intelligent judg ment of the country overwhelmingly con demns the so-called "courtesy" which : permits a minority to obstruct legisla tion indefinitely , and this unropublicun and intolerable practice , which puts it In the power of u few men to stop the machinery of government whenever their sectional or sclfiph ; iiilorcsts may bo at BtnUe. must go. It will go , with all the abuppj , incident to it , as soon as the people take the matter of the choice ol sctmtors'jj lo their own hands , and it would seum-jv safe prediction that this will bo ( Io/I6"'ln / ' the not very remote future. IT COMEsJlrdm the best of democratic authority ' llmVl'rcsidont Cleveland is "as stubborn ! * for' hn Alcn's confirmation as ho ! is for thq repeal of the purchase clause in the Shurntnti law. " If this is the truth , as n,6Vn ? acouis most probable to any ono whcv'has watched the develop ments of tjiti' ' $ oOOOl , ) bargain scandal , the broach between Mr. Cleveland end tltl the senate is apt to bo considerably widened before the matter is finally settled. With the nomination referred to ( the senator from Now York , Mr. Hill , for report to the committee on foreign relations , the president is not doing much to placate the men upon whom the yielding to his "stubbornness" do- tlP poiid.4. The last batch of Now York ap pointments was scrutinized microscop ically to discover possible traces of machine - chino democracy , but In vain. The anti- snappers ! are still having everything their ' own way with the president , but when they turn to the senate they are finding themselves rather lonesome in the society of the political firm for which Senator Hill has become the solf-ap- pointed spokesman. NOTWITHSTANDINO the report of the grand jury , whinh 1ms been led by the recent attack upon the coroner system of Now York City to muko n recommenda tion that the olllco of coroner bo abolished ished , the agitators who have been par ticipating in the onslaught must not leave Tammany out of their reckoning. An organization which is founded and lives upon thu spoils and plunder of New York City olliccs is not likely to let slip such n lucrative source of gain until it is assured that it will bo supplanted by something affording equal opportunities for jobbery. Tin : so-called' Pun-American silver congress meets in St. Louis today. . The call for the congress was couched in lan guage lurid enoiigli to believe that noth ing less than secession and anarchy would follow the repeal of the silver legislation now on the statute books. But from all indications the delegates are a vury mild-mannered and harmless lot . of people. They will probably adopt the customary resolutions denouncing the gold bugs -of Wall street and ad- jourii. & i * INCREASING-tho internal revenue tax on distilled b'ptrits will give us another example where < , the tax is not shifted to the consumer. > l.Tust as the i-nposition of a high licon ii as loft the price of beer unaffected , the. .proposed 10 per cent ad ditional iutet'ilUl revenue tax will not affect the retdjj'llquor ' trade. It may , however , driypji few of the distillers out of the democratic party , though the old-time bourbon gets as much whisky for his moncy-Yi9 over before , . WHEN Pre jjfent Cleveland sent word that ho was tdoi busy to see Director General Davlsvdf the WttfldyColumblan exposition "ho simply gave the director a taste of his own medicine. Mr. Davis can now appreciate the feelings of the htindredb of people who have boon com' polled to tarry in the auto-room to his office in the' Administration building while he was too busy to see thorn. tinI'.irty himu > . Ginrlii'intlCommercial. As was prcdic ted many months ago , the democratic majority in congress was so heavy it was bound to oroak of its own weight. It is broken now , and there uro none so poor as to do it reverence. Smooth SullinK Without Prohibition. atnbC-Dlinocrat. The campaipn in Tow.i wears a most en- couruging look for the republicans , owing mainly lo the fact that they refuse to bo hampered in nny sense by the baleful issue of prohibition. No Occiislon for 1'rtss. Nobody has yet found it necessary , as the administration procession goes by , to hang tills placard on tlio hearse : . * ' ' ' ' This' Is 'Not.'n : ItcnuUlluun i iinonii. : Some facts are pro-eminontly self-evident. Gold Ml M I n if In Montana. Helena Independent. It can bo truthfully said of Montana , as it has been of California , that the auriferous ground of the state has been scarcely moro than skimmed over. The presciico of rich gold deposits in the state is not a matter of spocutatlon the fact is known to uo true. The gold output of Montana in 1B9J was , in round numbers , $3UOU,000. Though this is a small sum compared with thu silver output for the sumo timeU Is au item not. to bo do- spiscd , and with the depression of the silver mining industry thcro should bo a corre- spotidiug revival of gold raining. No Tlmo for hu 1'ott. Governor West of Utah taltes substanti ally tlio sumo ground us Governor ( Jrounso of Nebraska with regard to the propouod convention of states at St. Louis and declines to appoint delegates. Ho doubtless agrees wllti other con servative governors that this is no time for holding conventions on sectional linen and fomenting discords. It will ho UniQiUUougli for the Pan-Ameri can Dlmotullio association to agitate nuw commercial departures and noniutoruoursc with the east when congress shall liavo utterly failed lo j-econcilo existing differ ences and the government finds itself unable to hold the union together. i U I lorn ) jut ; Olf n bcr.iif I'lillm/tll'/ita / / Ltilytr , If Governor Flolvor is as good ns his word tlio sheriff of Kiiigs county will huvo to choose bctwccuMirovcnting the Mitchell- Corbctt fight an'd removal from olllco. The governor has already expressed ills opinion that thr proposed fight Is in direct violation of law and that Juvlvill hold the sheriff re sponsible for nogltuitlng to prevent it. The governor of Ncw.York possesses the power of removal fur failure to discharge u known duty. It may bo eafoly predicted that the fight will not comiKoft if the sheriff is con vinced that the 'governor moans business. Llko a good manyiothcr public oulclals thu sheriff of Kings county cares nothing for enlightened publlu opinion , but lllto most public ) ofllclals ho does not want to bo dis missed la disgrace from his office. 1'enny Vt'lie anil round Foolish. Chicago HcrnlA Econo my in the matter of safeguards in variably proves expensive to railroad coin panles fa the end. H is asserted that it wreck which occurred recently on a road leading out of Chicago was directly duo to the closing of a night telegraph ofllco in order to cut downexpenses , und this in thn face of the fact thai the road wus carrying 100,000 passengers a mouth moro than its ordinary truulc because of travel to the World's fair. By discharging a telegraph operator und closing thu office the company ' saved" | > crhapsfl5 or $50 a month. The wrouk duo to lUls economy will probably cost the company anywhere fiom fV5,000 ! to J100 , XX ) In actual losi mid damage suits , to say nothing of the bad reputation which the wreck elves the road , which will lose It many thousands moro. There Is no neces sity for pointing a moral In this cnso. The facts speak for themselves. ( ) | > itrrpprnn ( Turku Tnntnd. AVir Yorli Kvenlna Hun The sturdy Interference of Secretary Ores- Imni in the matter of the attack on Mi.sa Melton , ah American missionary In thoNoor- dcsh mountain ! ! , has not hcuti without re. suits. The governor of Mosul , who delayed Iho trial of the accused , has been removed l > y tlio grand vizier and nnothcr appointed lu tils place with orders to see Unit justice is done. Turitoy has probably realised by this tlmo that wo nro building more war ships with ull modern Improvements mid know how to use them. U Is always easier to KOI satis faction In such a case when you have not to rely upon thu law of nations ulouc. Iiptnucrnry unit niplomncjr. Kew Veil < Kmilni ; l'int ( O m. ) 'I'ho quality of the diplomatic appoint ments thus far has not been higher , on the average , than under tirovtous administra tions. Care has been tttkcti , as usual , with ono or two imiiortant posts , ilka Liondon and Paris , but the others have bucn Hung to the spoilsmen , with the old , time-honored disre gard of the national reputation and the na tional interests. Mr. Qtilncy has been al lowed a dobattch among the consulships which would have sickened a Ulalnito , and lins sent him home to Boston with a wet towel round his head. Ho has sent out to look after our trade In the uttermost ends of the earth thu usual quota of broken-down moil and ignorant editors , who will , of course , if , partly through the discredit of them , the democrats should lose the next election , bo remorselessly cast adrift nt their posts , and many of them will linvo to "beat" their wr.y homo , to our further dis grace. XHIIltASKA VUT.lTlUAr I'OINTS. Pierce Call : The Fremont Tribune prints U D. Uichnrd's letter to Kosowatcr , but falls to ptint Ilosowntcr's answer. Why ? The answer by Rosoy was the best part of It. Silver Creek Times : Wo are for instruc- tions , and iron clad instructions at that. Wo have all seen too much of men falling In with the popular current , securing a place oil a delegation and then utterly failing at thu critical moment. That is one of the many schemes to which tricksters resort to defeat the party will. Of course wo don't wish to intimate Unit there are any trick sters in Mcrrick county , but then it Is Just as well to be on the safe side. No frlund of Mnxwoll should object to instructions. Pierce Call : The Norfolk News says that if "Judgo Maxwell is the only republican who can defeat the independent candidate then the republican party of Nebraska bad bolter disband. " Wo think like the News that the republicans can elect any peed , honest , upright man one with a clean record. Hut Prick has not a clean record , but is n railroadito and a monopolist of the rankest kind. If lie is nominated ho will be buried on election dav. It is tune that the ropuulican party was tearing loose from this railway octopus that has been its controlling factor In years past. Lincoln News : Ono thing is growing pain fully evident , and that is that , the llorco partisan'spirit being engendered lu the light for the supreme judgeship is menacing re publican success this fall. The anti-Max well men are using tactics and epithets that will estrange many republicans who love fair play , and that will bo pretty hard for these men to1" swallow if Maxwell docs happen to bo nominated. It" Maxwell [ s turned down by moans of the dummy candidate In every county scheme , and some man nominated whoso limitations with tho'railroads are mofo than suspected it. will inoun the loss of many votes. The re publican atate convention has a very delicate task before it. Tobias Tribune : As the time for holding the republican stuto convention draws near it is- apparent that the real issue will bo , shall Judge Maxwell bo shelved. The issue arises because of the judge's anti-monopoly inclinations and his opinion in thu impeach ment cases. Every corporation capper and every heeler of the state officials will do their b.estto , ' shelve the venerable Judge , and they havo' fair prospect of success , for although the rank and flic of the republicans are at heart In favor of the sturdy old jurist , still the whip of the party leaders and wire pullers at the convention will probably araw enough of them into line to nrovcnt his nomination. It is probable that Saline county's delegation will bo anti-Maxwell , and wo do not have to look fur for'tho reason. This is the homo of Hon. Gebrgo Hustings and the county is full of voters who for the past twenty years have been his ardent supporters and ad mirers , and who today , although they may feel at heart that ' 'Saline county's favorite son" lias made a grave mistake , still they love him and arc unwilling to send a delega tion iluit would directly or indirectly reflect upon Mr. Hustings or show that they thought that ho was disloyal to his constit uentsby ' not serving the stuto as he should. Thb'Tribunc ' holds General Hastlncs in high esteem'and has never believed him guilty of any willful wrongdoine , but in order to vin dicate him wo do not think it necessary nor do wo think it right to shelve the ablest jurist Nebraska over had , simply because ho did not decide u case in our friend's fa\or. The Tribune , and it behoves it voices the sentiments of the ranic and file of the repub licans of this vicinity , would like to see the delegates from Saline county instructed for Maxwell , us our neighbors , Jefferson nnd Fillmore. have already clone , believing that such action would redound to the good of the party and the state. $ aoooo I'Jn A juii. Globe-Democrat : The only thing to bo said in favor of the Van Alen appointment is that It gives Cleveland a good ehauco to correct a serious mistake. Philadelphia Times : Even admitting Van Alon wears a monocle no reason has been so far adduced why ho shouldn't also honestly have u foreign mission in his eye. Washington Post : The country Is , prepared - pared to compromise with Ambassador Vmi Alon if he will agrco to take Ward McAllis ter and Ilobart Chutlluld Ditto Taylor with him. Philadelphia Innulror : On the whole it would seem as if President Cleveland and Mr. Whitney had buoucruolly imposed upon , nnd it would bo an act of kindness to the president for the sonata to reject this rldluu ions person. Now York Advertiser : Van Alen , the rich Idler , paid $ f > 0,000 to Whitney to help thu cause of Urltlsh free trade and reform. Whituov spent the money for Cleveland nml Cleveland was ulcctod , Cleveland repays Van Alon with a fat foreign appointment. Philadelphia Heconl : It is said that Mr. Van Alen desires that his nomination for the Italian mission shall bo withdrawn by the president. Ho could not have given n bottci proof otliis fitnoas for thu place than by re fusing to accept tt under the circumstances Minneapolis Tribune : "I have paid in ud vaneo ; lot them now deliver the goods. " is Mr , Van Alcn's solo reply when anybodi asks him about that Italian mission. Thu senate now has an opportunity to rcdcun Itself by refusing to confirm the nppoinmcnt but the senate can bo depended upon to dt exactly the other thing. Nuw York Sun : Hut what sort of a figure would Van Alen ' make lu Homo with this scandal ntla'chcd to his anpolntmentf Am what sort of satisfaction could he dorivi from the distinction , with the public every where behoving , and the public in Homo ou llovlng moro than anywhere else , thnthego his appointment in return for a political do nation of $50,000 , Now York World : Van Alon contributed a largo sum of money last year to thu duiuo cratio campaign fund. Because of this he has been nominated as ambassador to Italy Mr. Whitney concedes it. Mr. Van Alei admits it. Ho has never rendered nny othc service to the public or lo his party , oxcep that ho has voted two or three times , Thu olllcu Is given to him solely as a "recognl tlon , " a return for the money ho gavotohel ; the party to success. New York Post : No explanations , or do nlals , or feats of interpretation will ge over this. The last man in the country ti whom the president of the United Stutci should give a great ofllco is the man who ha plyeii most money towards clouting him The bestowal of o filets on persons who sup port the party with great sums of mono ; may , in some cases , bo innocent , bin nothiui but a total chaugu ia human nature wonli prevent it very soon makinir every oolce , in el ml ing the presidency , au article of iner chiuidUe. AKllltAfiK I .IM > XKnitASKAftS , R A. Snyro of Kearney died of old ago la ils 89th i car. Fifty people left Wilbcr lit a body to visit ho World's fair. Dnlby ft Chancy have sold the Stella Jour nal to n stock company. Tlio bnlnnco of the weak at Khnwood will bo lively. The fair Is on. The Adnms Kxprcas company no longer lellvors goods up town in Salotn. Uurglars entered Hurgor's store nt Aurora and walked off with several hundred dollars vorth of goods , The Congregatlonallsls of Nollgh have ailed Uov. Mr. liwrcuco of Massachusetts o ho pastor of their church. The Plorco Call has begun Us seventeenth , vojir. It is ono of the oldest and most relia ble papers in northeastern Nebraska. Dr. J. I. Uyrno , who disappeared from Table Hock twelve years ngo , leaving a wlfo iiid family of children , died recently 'n ' ' I'oxas , The Ancient Order of United Workmen ortgo of Cambridge will hold n picnic Friday and it has invited neighboring lodges to par Icipalo. Antclopo county people who are not satis- led with nnv of the three tickets m the Icld will soon meet In muss convention and lominato some candidates of their own , II. B. Fanchcr of Dlxnn county raised 1,500 bushels of flax seed on 100 ncrcs of sod and sold the crop for fl.-IIiO. Tlio ono crop was vorth half ns much us the land it was raised on , lion. Fred J. Fox , for twenty years a load , ng democrat of northeastern Nebraska- dlod at his homo in Crclghton Saturday light. Ho was a cttmlldatn for the nomina tion of Judge In the Ninth judicial district. A pretty Kullorton plrl , says the Post , whom It was thought would roniain nn old nnid because thcro nro no dukes nor kings in , hls country , Is engaged to a man whom her family is opposed to , and their opposition makes her love him until she is almost cr.vy. Exchanges and correspondents will please note that our postofllce address Is Basin , Mob.'says the Nnuervillo Press. Napnrvillo s growing so fast that the postoftlco au thorities are , presumably , waiting for it to iccomo u presidential oflice before appoint ing a postmaster here. In thu meantime wo carry our mail to and from Basin and wait patiently until wo get a chauco to get even with our Uncle Sam. Vonkors Statesman : T\vo wrong * don't inrike ono right , unless , perhaps. It U a sll- vorllo. I.owoll Courier : Ills the telescope which ons enchantment tu the distant view. Philadelphia Times : Autumn's coming Is mturnl. Thu fall follows after the mnninur- sols. Washington Post : The foinaln who holds ip hnrcnloMK.itud skirts Is not necessarily a train robber. 1'hllaclolphla Ilccuril : fn Court What's fourago , nindaniV "A witness doon'l have to testify against herself , i Puck : Mrs. Smylhu I bullovo In making a servant Itoup her place ! MrIlliaiii ' Duly Soilo 1 ; but , door mo , I can't make onu stay over a week ! Philadelphia Noi til American : "What Im- irussod you mosl in Chicago ? " "Thu crowd. It Impressed mo so much that [ could seurcely'brcutho. " Washington Star : Tommy Paw , what makes Iho starsbO bright ? Mr. It'ljjg ) these Oi. astronomers are scour- ng the heavens ml the tlmo Truth : The tlcctor Did you ever hoar of the theory that people will have thu sainvo cations In thu nu\t world as they h nil i i t H ? The widow I don'tbollovo myhusbanit will. : le was un Ice dealer. Somorvlllo Journal : You can always toll a noun mini , because when anything nlxiiittlio lonso goes wrong he always tries to put thu ilanio upon Ids wlfo. WANIMl DAYS. The nlchts are cold , The sUlcs aru ffrajr , The fruit kin * uow. Is on hU Huy. , . Wo miss the rlrilss' Wo miss the bees ; Wo miss the llow'rs Anil leafy trees. Wo nl o miss , TIs joy to stuto , The spoons who HUK The old front suto. Sonio uWe journal. Tlio man who , In the early spring , Laid nut u garden plot May not Inivo raised : v paying crop , Hut , oh ! hn knows u lot ! Nuxtyonr , when sprint ; comes , you wlllhoo Him bluing on tlio fcnco , Anil telling others doleful tales Of his experience. Until n man has tried It once , Ho never gain to know How hard It Is to hoi ) and spade , And how fast weeds run grow. How hot the summer .sun CHII uhlno , How dry some weeks cun be , And how the Lord bus niaclo u bug , I'or every plant and tioe. Hut ho who , In the oirly spring , Laid out a garden plot Has loarnoil nil thlK , und moro by now , And next yeir ho will not ( Jo Into Hardening vury deep Not If ha knows lilmsclf And all his tools , nil Mimincr long , Will Ho npjii the shelf. i man o.v ins sws Htnrr Flnrii Whore III * Holdirr Ilu ; llurleil nml ixplm. ATLANTA , Us. , Oct. 2. Kugcno Starr of , Holyoke , Mass. , died yesterday nt tlio spot where his son was burled years ago. The son , Frederick Starr , belonged to Company O of the Tenth Massachusetts regiment when the war broke out and went with It to the front. Ho ami a companion got separ ated from the regiment and wandered over the country for n long tlmo. Starr tlnally succumbed to want and cxuoMiru and tin body ' was burled by his comrade. faUrr's family were not Informed of the young man's death and probably lived in hopes that Iho soldier ooy would some day turn up nllvo mid well. The man who closed Ms eyes In death and laid him away in a rude grave roninnil over the entire con tinent and nt last settled In California , where ho dlnl a short time ago. Among his impcrs wn ono asking that Kngono Stixrr of Holyoke , Mass. , ho notlllud of his son's death , nnd directions were given liow to find the grave. Uist night a party of coon hunters in the wilderness noticed a strange light In the distance and on investigating came upon a dying limn , who said ho n Kugeno Starr and that ho had come there In search of his son's gravo. The hunters did what they could for him , but ho died shortly after being found , literally upon the lus't resting place of his long du.id boy. Thu nu- thoritles telegraphed the mayor of Holyoke , who continued the story. IXXVHAXtli : COfVKIt.\H ItltJt.tK. A. Company In Titrumu and Ono In Now llninpnhlrn ( So ( o tlio Uall. TACOMA , Oct. a At the Instance of Stnto Insurance Commissioner Mott , the Farmers Insurance company of Spokane has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Molt says the books of the concern have been kept ( so ns to deceive the stockholders. The assets - sots , ho says , do not amount to moro limn WtN)0. ) The Indebtedness greatly exceeds this amount. The company has oul over 1 ,000,000 worth of , policies. Between the conclusion of the ox- .imlnullon and the receiver's iissuinlngclmrga f'Jl.OOO worth of securities were abstracted from the company's vaults. The ofllccrs of the company nro : Paul Uockmoynr , presi dent ) \lames Hopkins , manager , and T. li. Flynif , secretary. The company Was or- cTTiilr.xl Ani'll 1KH1 MASCIIKSTKU , N. H. , Oct. 2. The People's Fire Insurance company , after weeks of tribulation , has made Its last gasp and us an orguniratlon is now a thing of the iiast , The directors voted to retire thu company front business and lo reinsure the risks , AiulXguotM Dlsp.itnli Kxinlnuil. ! NKW YOHK , Oct. ! i. Au explanation of the mysterious telegram received by Honor Hibon of this city from his brother at Mom- pox , Colombo , has at lint been obtained. The dlsp.ilch , which consisted of the two Span ish words , ' 'Salipmos silvaoian"'Wo [ know safety" ] , was supposed to announce thu safety of at least somu of Ihu passoncur.s and crow of the missing Atlas linu steamer Alvo , on which Sunor Klbon's nupliew was a pas senger. The steamer Ails , which arrived here today , brings thi > explanation. It seems thai the Panama Star and Herald published an arllcle about Iho Alvo , which n mnn liv ing at Ctinlmgciiu understood as announcing her arrival. Ilu telegraphed his congratula tions to Scnor Hibon at Aibmpoi , an interior town , the dispatch which caused so much commotion here. Sirs. Uciicon m Nmv York. New YOIIK , Oct. 'J. Mrs. JCdward Parker Deacon , the divorced wlfo of Edward Parker Deacon , who killed Einllo Abeillo , a well- known man-ubout-lown of Paris on llio nighl of February 17 , 18(2 ! ( , arrived on the L.I Bre'.agno yesterday. Mrs. Deacon was uc- conipanicd by her youngest child , a nurse nnd a feniinu du chumbro. Shu aid not usu her married name. She was very retired un the passage , seldom appearing ttmong the passengers , the majority of whom did not know she was on board. Upon her arrival in Now York shu was driven to the Brovoort house , where she refused to BOO reporters or accept a lelcgr.im sent to her room , Per St. I'.itrlnk'R. Nuw YOIIK , Oct. 2. The steamer ra Bretagno , which arrived from Havre yester day , brought the massive piece of silver ultar furniture known us the ostensorium , used lu the exposition of the sacrament. It was or dered about two years ngo from Lyons , Franco , by the Lcaguo of tlio Sacred Heart for the use of St. Patrick's cathedral. It is nuuloof thu llnesl ( juality of silver , heavily gilded and consists of un ustensorium and n thabor. The oslensorluin weighs about eighty-live pounds nnd stands five feet high. It cost $10,01)0 ) , not including tlio Jewels used on it. Its entire cost uns contributed uy members of thu lycnu'iio of the Sacred Heart , Dr. Itniillotil callril to London. Nnw YOIIK , Oct. ! 3. Kov. Amory II. Brad ford , U. U. , for twenty-three years minister of the First Congrega tional church , Mont Clalr , N. l. . ono of the editors o" the Outlook , nnd widely known as if pro.icher und author , lias received a unanimous "call" to the pastorate of Westminster chapel , I onUon , thu lurgcst Congregational mcutiug house in the world , nnd located near Buckingham paluco. West minster abbey , and the Houses of Parlii- ment. Dr. Bradford lias not yet slgnlHed his intention concerning the ' 'cull. " Largest M.imif.vjturora an 1 HUilim of Oluthlujln ho WorU. Nay Pauline , nay , , The theory that a man , to be well and elegant ly dressed , must have his clothes made to his own order by a merchant tailor is busted for makers of clothing1 have got the business down to such a fine point that the largo manufacturers hire all the best tailors country to make up their goods. The quality of the cloth is just as good and the workmanship is often a great deal better than the ordinary tailored job. At least this is true of our goods. Our $8.50 suit is in just as good style as the $10 , $12.50 , $15.00 , $20 00 and $25.00 sort , and are in every way reliable g-oods , guaranteed to wear and fit exactly. Our overcoats , in every con ceivable style , range from $8.50 up as high as $25,00. Our new fall and winter underwear is in , BROWNING , KING & CO. ,