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n-TR OMAHA TATLY ) REEi TiriJRRDAY. OCTOBER K. 1803. TT-1E DAI1Ar BEE. K. KOSKWATEK , Editor. KVKIIV MOIl.NINO. TKUMS OK SIJIlSCniPTIOK. Her iwllhunt Smi.l'i.vi Ono Year f R Of ) Dally find SuiMinjr Om ; Vtiir 4 10 00 Six iloiilM B 0" ThmiMoiitliK a f > ( l Sund.iy If. ) rtiio Y.-nr , ? < > ' ' fliitnnlny Ifcf.Onn Viiir. . . . J f'1 Weekly Too , Oiio Yfiir 1 0 ( ) OFKICRS. Om.ifin. Tli'1 Hoc Itnllillnsr. KonlliOinnhn. conii'rN ami Twenty-sixth streets. ( kniiicM iniitlw. IsMVnrlfitiwt. niilv.tro Offlcr. : il" Cliiiinljorof Oommcrco. Now York. ro'Hiit 13. I Innil 1J5. Tribune Indldlnj , Wntdiliiirloii. i > l ; ( Fourteenth Mn.fl. COHKKSPONUKSOB All ronmimilcnllntiM. ivliuliiir to nmvs and" " ' torinl matter slionld bo nildn-Hsitl To the Editor I1USIKKS3 M'.TTKIW. All biiMm-HH Ir-lti-r and rpndttiiiiees nhoulrt bo ( iildrosHtxl in Tin- PiitilHIdnir nompnny.Oiii.'ilia. UrnflA. clif-rkH ; itnl postoffleo onhirs to bo maJo parnblo tu UH > iiriliT cif lli < > conumny. 1'artlcs li-nvlii ! ' llic city for tlm sumnior can hnvo In ihclr address by leaving nn oruer s < ifll'r. Till : IIKK I'ltllUHHlNO COMPANY Thu line III Clilunco. Till' DAll.v nlid SIINIIAV IlKR It on unlo In Chlcngo nl , I lie folhnvlng places : rainier hmisn. ( rand 1'nrlllclmlfll. Andltnrlnni hotel. On-nt Norlhornliotoli dorn hotel , I/viand Imtul. , . , Kllus of Tun HUH ran bo soon nt the fto- hrnska building niul Iho Administration buildIng - Ing , Exposition grounds riWOUN STATKMKNT OV CIBOUI.AT10N. Slnto of Nolimslta. I County ofloiiian.f ! OcorRC Jl. TzHcluirk. Rcorotnry of TUB llrn Tub- HMihiir eoiiiti.iiiy , iloi-s wil'Miinly nwonr Hint tlio ndiml cli-piitiiilon of Tin : II.UI.Y Hr.K for the week cndlnir Soptfnix'r : iO. 18i ! ) : , was as follows ; Simday , Sfiitfiiilor2l | Uft.025 Moutlay , Sotili'inbor 1 ! . " 23S1H ! Tiit-Mlny. Sc'iti-iiilicr''il BSJilfJ Wihinmliy.Si'ili-Miiborl7 ! | ! . S3.K4tl ! Tlnirwlny , SfiitPmbr.rUS . H3.710 Friday , . < Jcnii.iii'b'1i' 20 . 23HS' ' Sntnnlay , Si-iileinber ! IU . 2I.43U ( HimoK : It. T/sniwcic. . .Swiirnlo boforr Mi" mill BiibHcrilMHl In my < SKAi. Mirohoiiun tlilfl ; iHU ( il.iyuf Sotitoinbor. 181)3. ) I , ' N. P. Ftil : Notary I'tiblle. Avoruc" ( Jlri'iilutliin I'nr AittV IK03 , 8-J.O7C .IUDOI : MAXWUM royrcsonts roptib- llcnnisin , pure and simple. Ills opponents - nonts , railroiiilisiu mill lioodlorism. dulu titua to the state convention * hould place no conlidonco in the reports and estimates of the Lincoln Journal ni ] other railroad organs which . are purposely misleading them by print ing bogus reports from county conven tions and imimifnctm'ing estimates that nro utterly unreliable.- WITH Judge Maxwell us Its candidate the republican convention needs no plat form. With Maxwell turned down the best pint form on earth would fail to satisfy the voters that the republican party can bo depended on to redeem its pledges. ' RKPUHMC'AN delegates to the state convention will cither redeem the party this day from the stigma xif corruption i nnd corporate subserviency , or they .will 1 seal its doom for years to come. Re publicanism cannot.survive whore rail- roadism usurps all its functions and de files its temples. THE Omaha World-Herald , which always reminds ono of Janus , the two- faced Roman idol , proposes to support for district judges , Judge Walton , who does not need its support , Mr. Curtis , ono of the bar candldates , < and Judge Blair , ono of the republican candidates. This is the same old game of hide nnd seek to which tlio patrons of that shoot have long since become accustomo"d. republicans vote to make Gen eral Manager Iloldrego of the Burling ton rnilrottd the arbiter of the party's destiny nnd the supreme ruler over the people of Nebraska , or will thoyjwrouch the power which Iloldroge and otb'or railroad magnates seek to usurp ? Will they supinely submit to a political des potism that arrogates to itself the right to make or depose senators or congress men , state ofllcors and lawmakers , and oven seeks to grasp in its iron hand the supreme judiciary of the state ? TIIEKK will undoubtedly bo nothing more heard of the scheme for a combine between the friends of protection in congress and the free silver advocates. Its unqualified denunciation by nearly all the supporters of the proteotivo pol icy in the senate except Mr. Cameron , who is totally without influence and was on the side of free silver anyway , has effectually disposed of this preposterous proposition. The cause of protection could receive no more serious blow than an alliance with iho champions of an unsound currency. PUICSIDHNT CLEVELAND SOOtnS dotor- ' gined to relieve himself to the fullest extent possible from the importunities of the politicians and place hunters. It is said that ho now proposes to rely al most entirely upon tlio recommendations of the heads of departments as to ap pointments. This will disturb the cal culations of a great many ofllco seekers who are pinning their faith to congress man or to politicians supposed to bo in j special favor with the president , but it will relieve Mr. Cleveland of an onerous ' task which necessarily interferes with . a proper attention to the public busi ness. THKUK appears to bo a favorable pros- poet for legislation allowing the national bunks to Issue notes to the par value nlef the bonds deposited by thorn to secure circulation. A bill for this purpose will bo reported from the house banking and currency committee and it is not ex pected to encounter n very formidable opposition. Huoh legislation would add about $10,000,000 to the currency within a short time and it is thought would lead the banks to still further increase their bond holdings and enlarge their issue of notoa. It is the most prac ticable of all plans for increasing Cio : circulation. TUB notion of the PUtsburg Chamber of Commerce rcqunsting- Senator Cam eron to put aside his personal prefer > ences and vote for- the repeal of the silver purcliaso law will have no effect : upon the views or conduct of that senator. Ho is controlled entirely by what ho conceives to bo his individual interests und has always shown hlmsoll to be indifferent to public opinion or the wishes of Ills constituents. on misrepresents Ponnsj Ivnniu und the o publicans of that stutu must see tail that ho is not allowed to continue to do BO beyond his present term , which tin fortunately does not expire until 1897 , A r/\.i r , A ri'K.t i , . The notion of the republicans assomtin bled In state convctillin this day will decide the fate of the party for years to comu. The spontaneous uprising of the rank nnd file In support of. Judge Max ] well is the last nnd supreme clTort to throw off the alining of corparato monopoly ely nnd rabiiko ptihllo phtndoroM wh. ) hnvo htippod the vitality of the party nnd brought it lo the verge of disruption nnd dismemberment. The issue which republicans nro con fronted with Is , shall the party Btirron- dor its functions to corporate power and become the vindicator and sponsor of dishonesty nnd reckless nogllgcnco In the management of the alTalrs of stnto ; in other words , shall the republican party allow corporation managers to dic tate whom they shall or whom they shall not nominate , nnd shall the party strike down nnd rotlro n judge of thu supreme court who hm bocjina offensive to the Into impeached state nlllcl.ils ? This day will decide whether republic anism in Nebraska is synonymous with railroadUm and bnodlorism. This day will decide whether the republicans of Nebraska propose to surrender the gov ernment of this state to a law-defying despotism , or whether the party will stand up for a government by the people and for the people. The constitution of Nebraska giiaran- tees to its people u republican form of government , which means a government wherein the people are sovereign and their will Is given vitality through their chosen representatives. Have wo In Nebraska such a form of government ? Are wo. not ruled by the managers of railway corporations that obey no law , except it suits their purpose , who exor cise the taxing powers without restraint as common carriers and lord It over thu people , corrupt their lawmakers , foist their own creatures into the executive branches of government and destroy public conlidonco in the integrity of the judiciary ? Tins is no anarchistic nightmare. It Is God's solemn truth. Is it not well known that our railways' keep in their pay a legion of political donpcradoeu and mercenaries who make it their business to pack primary elections , buy up con ventions and spread general demoraliza tion among the people by the wholo- bale distribution of railroad passe : and other bribes ? Is it not true that our stale olHceru have been suborned to commit perjury as mem bers of boards of equalization and seduced from the discharge of their sworn obligations as members of the Board of Transportation ? Is it not true that our legislatures have been tampered with and wholesome legis lation demanded by the people has been sidetracked and pigeonholed through the debasing influences of the oil room ? Is it not true that tlio lieutenant governor of this state , acting ns a henchman of the railway autocrats , has willfully blocked legislation' in their interest and that the lieutenant governor's room at the last session was converted into a rum dispensary and counsel room for boodlors ? This hns been the legitimate outcome of making republicanism and honest crovornmont secondary to railrouuistn and boodlorlsra. The last opportunity that the party will have to turn its jack upon false gods and golden Idols is presented this day. If the hosts of the 'hillstincs who have , debauched the republican party and prostituted it to their base ends shall succeed iu domi nating its councils and forcing upon it some man of their choice the party will ! mvo proclaimed its moral bankruptcy .ind its inability to glvo the people a republican form of government. OKA It 1' LA II' Instead of settling the Chinese qttos - tlon in the United States , as was con fidently expected by its author nnd many of its supporters in congress at the time of Its enactment , the Gonry law has done nothing except to complicate the sittta tlon. Further legislation Is now necos- nary , either to repeal the not or to rcn - der its enforcement possible. Bills to tlo - euro thcrhittor end hnvo been introduced into the house nnd will no doubt roocnvo , curly attention from the committee tots which they have boon referred. The bills Introduced have two objects in view. Ono se't merely appropriates tsu specified amount of inonoy to enable the : president to have the provisions of the Geary law carried out as they now stand the statute book. They uro bucked by the moro relentless Chinese oxoln- sionists , who desire to sue the country u11' tircly cleared of its Chtnoso population. ThoGoury law originally contain- plutcd only the enforcement nof the previous legislation , which pro hibited the fresh immigration oof Chinese laborers. All who were already in tills country were expected to com < ply with the registration clause of the law and thus to establish their right to remain whore they are located. Thai they are now liable to deportation is due to their own stubbornness in refusing to register before the day sot for the on forconiont of the ponulty cliuiso. Had they registered llrst and tested the con stitutionality of the law afterward they would not Imvo found themselves in their present dilemma. Hut the ex treme exclusloniste , having od how the Chinese residents of the in try have placed themselves at tholr murny , propose to take advantage of the unlooked-for situation and force them to return to their n'utlvo country , The other amendments tu the Gearj law aim to attain no moro than the original act. These Chinese who are already here uro to bo given another op portunit.v to register and if they ahou themselves disposed to comply with th luw they are to bo permitted to reed main. It is to bo distinctly understood lowcror , that nftor the expiration of tin extended time no moro indulgence will bo granted nnd those who nro then In default nro to bo ruthlessly deported ! IH the law directs , Outside of n few extremists on the 1'u- cillc coast the people generally Incline to the more lenient of thcso plans. They Imvo yielded to the demand thnt all future Chinese immigration bo SUN- l otHled , but do not care to molest tlio Tow Chinamen that have como here under treaty ngrcomontJ. The exten sion of the tiuio for registration and the grant of an appropriation to enforce the penalty clause after the expiration of Lluvt time may therefore bo confidently awaited as part of the legislative pro- gram of the present congress. o.m ; TIIKM A vitKjx nii.t The preferred cnndrdnto of the confederated - federated railroads and impeached state ( ifllcials for the Maxwell succession Is Judge M. L. llnyward of Otoo. This Is In nccurd with tlio eternal Illness of , things. Judge Hay ward hud not merely been ono of the attorneys defending the impeached state olllcials , but ho volun teered in their defense oven before the legislature had taken tlollnlto action re garding their impeachment. The No- brnsku City 1'rc.in of March 23 , ISM , contains a column and n half of volun tary eulogy of the state house triumvlr- nto under the heading , "They are Vic tims of Parsimony. " Wo need only cite the concluding sentences of this article to show just what peculiar notion ! * .ludgo Ilaywnrd entertains concerning the fast nnd ' loose methods that prevail In the state house. IIo said : The wholn trouble lies in the fuel that thcso stnto oflieials hnvo had n prent num ber of duties thrust upon them niul tho.v hnvo hnd to nsslin the work to deputies. I do not believe nsinclo person who knows either Alton , Hustings or Hill bcllovos there is u dUhonest hnir iu thenheads. . Unnblo lo attend to the work of the Hoard of 1'tiblle Lands nnd Buildings , they have hnd to iluIuRiito the work to others who nro irresponsible. These men hnvo beenvic , timized. I do not bcltevo cither of thorn Ktiilty of crookedness and tun sorry to see they nro in trouble. Thcso arc the words uttered by Judge Ilnywnrd just six days before linnl action was taken by the legislature on impeachment. TlIK Dll'JiQM.lTIC AX1) CUKiSULAlt SURVIVE. The administration is receiving criti cism from sources which generally give it Only praise for the character ol most of the appointments that have been iiiado in the diplomatic and consular sorvico. With the exception of the ambassadors to England and France , Mr. Bayard and Mr. Eustis , no ono se lected fo.r a diplomatic mission is of any prominence or can lay claim to any dis tinguished fitness for such service , while a very important appointment has been "iven to a man who is charged with aving bargained for it by a liberal con- ributiou to the campaign fund last year , 'ho consular appointments have for the nest part been even worse. As vas recently said by a newspaper which las very rarely found fault with any- hing done by the Cleveland administra- ion , there has been Rent out to look ifter our trade in the uttermost cuds of , ho earth the usual quota of brokcn- lown men and ignorant editors , and ho paper says that "bad as it s to have. snub people in any service , it is little short of treason to , ho government to make them our neans of intercourse with foreign na- ions. " There will bo no difference of opinion as to this among men who have my concern for the intelligent and olli- ilont representation of tbo United States abroad. So far as the diplomatic appointments vro concernea , the president must bo icld directly and solely resnonsiblo for them , and in order that this may bo properly understood it is necessary to say that Secretary Grcshnm has nothing whatever to do with the business of ap pointments. There is the best author ity for the statement that when Judge Gresham accepted the position of secretary - rotary of state lie did so with the dis tinct understanding that ho should have no part in appointing diplomatic and consular ofliccrs , and this arrangement hns been strictly adhered to. The extensive - tonsivo and much covnted patronage of the State department has been distrib uted without any recommendation , sug gestion or interference on the part of Secretary Gresham , so that no blame for the poor character of most of the appointment attaches to him. The responsibility for the con sular appointments rests mainly upon Mr. Josinh Qulncy of Massachusetts , Who , as assistant secretary of state , had practically complete charge of this class of appointments. He retired from this office some two weeks ago , huving nmilo a record of unfitness which is likely toy bo a source of annoyance to him ted some time to come. Mr. Quinuy showed : himself to bo thoroughly in sympathy > with the spoils element of his party , ' and indicated also that the principal value of consular positions is as reward for political services , The great drawback to our consular service for many years is the fact that consulships have been so largely used to oay off political debts , and while of Into years this has not boon carried to so great an extent as formerly there are still far too muny appointments made to this service solely for political reasons and without nny regard to the fitness of the appointees for the duties of the olllco. If wo uro not mistaken Mr. Cleveland has himself deprecated this practice and said something about the desirability of applying the principles of civil service reform to the consular service , but , however this may be , there has certainly been nothing done In this direction thus far in his present admin istration. A few men who have been many years in consular positions and have proven themselves highly valuable olllciuls are retained , but beyond this there has boon no indication of a pur pose to apnly reform principles to this sorvico. The United States has long hold u very inferior position in this par ticular to that of other great commercial nations and will contlnuo to do seas as lonu as the policy of appointing inero politicians to consular otllcos Is adhered to. They uro nssontiully business posi tions nnd ought to be filled principally by men trained In prnctlcnl nffnlrs. Tlicro ts rcatij'linblo ' ground for appro- bending that the diplomatic nnd con sular service' , of the country will not bo Improved undcu ? tbo present administra tion , ' " > i OfCltR COMMKtWIAJ , Ct.VH. The Oinnha ommorclal club has boon in existence ' qcwcoly six month * . H was organized by-binlnoss men for the pro motion of OhYitJin's commercial growth ' " ' nnd prosperity' , Its first object wns to iinltu In ono limly nil the elements Hint contribute toward the city's industrial and ooinmorcinl ilovolopment nnd cooperate - orate with nil other organizations that have the same object In view. It's second object wns to establish nnd maintain n freight bureau that would endeavor to protect Omaha jobbers nnd manufacturer ; } against rule discrimina tions and glvo to Oiiinhn distributing vntos over every railway that enters this city.Those Those objects have In n great measure been attained. The momlw-ihip of the club tixcoetls ( i)0 ( ) and includes almost every active btistnoa * man in Omnlm , In cluding bankers , merchants , manufac turers , real estate dealers and men en gaged In co-relative professions. TJio freight bureau , with Commissioner Utt nt its houd nnd Mr. K. P. Koggon ns .its soorotnry , bus already rendered Invalu able service , nnd promises to become nil that could bo expected of It. The efforts of the club J-o attract to Omaha Investors mid manufacturers have already yielded good results. The recent establishment of n furniture fao- tory by caiilalisU ) from nn adjoining slate Is only n forerunner of what the club expects to accomplish in the very near future. All that is needed now is the active and unwavering co-operation of business men nnd an increase of mem bership. , There is no reason why the club should not have 1,000 paying mem bers on its rolls. At Minneapolis they have ! over 1,000 members in a similar organization , and only last year the Minneapolis club raised Si'iO.OOO by $ TiO subscriptions from 1,000 members ns a bonus lo a great harvester and reaper factory. If Omaha emulates this example we shall soon Jinvo permanent employment for every idle man and woman in' the city and many thousands more will bo able to make tholr homos 111ai among us. _ FUDKUAL und state laws provide safe guards for depositors of national nnd state banks. Periodically such , banks must publish it statement of their actual condition , and examiners art supposed to bo continually on the alert and to sound the alarm in case the interests of depositors are considered to bo in jeep ardy. The design of these laws is to urotect the people against fraud. Feeble clTorts have bejij made in this state to pass laws whielwvould protect the inter ests of the taxpayers and their money hold by counlyi nnd city treasurers , [ t behooves the council , the commissioners and the school board to require monthly reports from th6 respective treasurers , giving amount' surplus in each fund and whore the iuonqy is deposited. ALTHOUGH-.a great many mills nnd factories have resumed operations , wholly or partially , during the past month or two , there is still a great deal of unemployed labor in the manufactur ing centers of the country. A-canvass in Philadelphia recently of only about one-third of the textile industries showed IIO.OOO people now idle who were employed six months ago. The impres sive suggestion of this unfortunate state of affairs is that the work of charity throughout the country this winter will have to bo on a moro extensive scale than perhaps ever boforo. K seems to bo no disposition on the part of the champions und promoters of the proposed Platte river canal to provide jiropqr safeguards against jobbery and reckless waste of public funds in a supplementary ordinance and have the same submitted with the propo sition to vote a million and a half of bonds. Unless this is done wo can Fiifoly predict the defeat ol the bonds. The taxpayers of Omaha will not vote a blanket mortgage on iholr property blindly and take chances on the honest and proper expenditure of the proceeds from the canal bonds. EVKttY time there is n big fire loss in Omaha there is n movement sot on foot to raise the insurance rates , nnd yet Omaha 1ms averaged loss loss by ilro than .other cities of equal popoula'ion. A lii-Hi-rt of Wards. Kamis Cltu Star. Soimtor Stewart's recent speech as printed makes 70,000 words. Seldom have so many words bucn used and so little said. The AlMiiril Mr. CMrugn Tribune. Senator Morgan of Alabatnn speaks of himself ns nn "ambassador from n sovereign stato. " If Mr. Morgan considers the ad States n foreign power with whom ho ds como to Washington to treat ho should col lect his salary nnd inlleuge from iho sovereign eign stnto of AlUjbunm , Mr. Olni'V ' OoimUtprnle. 11'm.Mnufoii . Star. Kopcntcd calls bn Attorney Olnoy to "smash n tiusti"t-Just as n guaranty of Bood faith , hnvo.nbt produced results usyot , It is altogether possible ) that the attorney general docs not1 l'deslro to take nny stop which limy niid.tathu complications of 1 II business condition which Is already pretty All ' -'y'f0 ' fill t'UIISU8 , The house of reiroseiitntives on Saturday adopted n resolution fixing Juno ! K ) , IbUJ , ns the Unto.whcn thu tlovouth census must bo completed. Uy taut time four years nd moro of the last jjlicado of ttio century ill Imvo passed uu'dninuch of the us amount of materiaTtollccted by iho census of IB'.H ) will tiavocbocomo obsoloto. A loss pretentious colloutiou of data would permit n apotvllcr publication of the report * , Insur ing resent Interest In them nnd n corresponding spending Increase tn tholr practlcnl valuo. Destruction of lluiictt Klrcton ! . The bill to repeal the feder.il election' laws Is simply n proposition to legalize the bull- do/.lng nnd bnllotbox Muffin ? that the ilumo- crnts have been practicing over since these laws were passer Snj-nr Trust. ( llnbe-Dcmncrat There nro two ways of striking the MiRar trust. Ono Is by putting n tltity on'rnw sugar equnl to thnt on the refined product , ntiil tho. other Is by mnking rollncU sugars free , ns the raw commodity is. The hitter plan Iris this Important ndvnntngo over the other , thnt It would rciluco the price of sugar to the people. A Woril lor tlm CnpltalUt. l'/i/ii/f/jiifrt ( / / / ? iVorHi .imerlrdii. Foolish or Ignorant or mlichlevotis people tnlk loudly about thu capitalists , without whom , by the way , one-half of Mm popula tion would bu nimble to earn n livelihood ; but the capitalist can look after himself. It Is always the workitigmnn who sutlers most when ttio currency la debased , nnd the hill pending In the scnnto , a bill not to demone tize but to sustain the silver dolltir. Is oh lolly In his Interest. Ami thnt Is why it ought to bo passed. " Ontlmm'fl foMiilliiii'iil.i | to . Afinirl ; Vliiw.1. Senator Morpnn has fallen Into grave errors aim misconceptions , which It is our duty to correct. In the course of his speech on I'Yltiny he denounced the mnvspnpur.s of New York City ns n "licentious nnd lurelliitr press , scnrcoly nblo to string together enough viperous epithets to signify their contempt of .senators. Ita pen iiy-u-l lucre , who would bo alad to get n crust nnd dried hurrlmr , spew out of their mouths slanders and defamations paid for by the lino. Wo admit thnt the epithets that the sen ate smarts muter but ! nauYiuatoly ] express the detestation which not only the writers , hut " four-tilths of the people of this country , feel ( for the nubile enemies in that body who nro now obstructing the ropenl bill. A Drltificratln Tiilo or Woo. .Mlnitlii ConslHiiUnii ( item. ) Mr. Cleveland docs not hesitate- say just what ho wants congress to do , when it suits him to express himself. "I want" is the phrase with which he begins ninny of his sentences. The plain people of this country some 05- 000,000 of them also have very nositlvo Ueas about what they want , They hnvo said In the Chicago platform that they want freu silver coinage , stnto banks nnd a revenue tariff. Aside from these clearly expressed wants tney hnvo others which they express in very emphatic language. The people want negroes sent to represent us In negro countries like Ilnytl nnd Liberia , nnd white men so'it to white countries like Franco nuit Bolivia. It is offensive nnd re volting to the average American of nny po litical party to think of sending n negro minister to Bolivia nnd n negro consul to Calais. _ Tno people want the administration's ap pointments to bo untainted by oven the sus picion ' of n bargain or n deal thnt looks like n bargain. They do not want to sco n ninn appointed nmbassador to Italy who would never hnvo been thought of if ho hnd not contributed ? oO,000 to the democratic cam paign fund. The people want the pledges of the Chicago cage platform redeemed. Ttioy want purity in nolitics , and they want foreign tuitions to understand thnt tills not a mongrel , half- breed republic with n government engaged in forcing the social equality of the races. This is the way the plain people tnlk , und thove nro 03,000,000 of them I 1'KUl'TiK , lti l > TlllXUti. Speculations as to the duration of the son- ntorial gale nro useless. Senator Jones hasn't spoken. St. Louis is doing n heavy business in water just now. The unlives npnrociate its value ns ballast. Congressman Bland is vindicated. A sli ver fork was found m the stomach of n cnp- tivo Missouri cntllsh. Tom Wntson of Georgia appeals to con gress to determine "where ho is nt. " Proba bly in the cold tea department. Governor Flower hns entered the fistic arena with u club of suflleient backbone to knock both Mitchell nnd Coruott out of Coney Island. IJut it will not phazo their mouths. . Although the parliament of religions is giving Satan a lively whirl on the lake front , reports from Chicago indicate ho is doing a thriving business * in all ether divisions of the city. If up-to-dnto ideas nre designed to turn the edge ofl' future criticism , the genesis of the first family should bo revised nnil amended. A cliarmingl.v-go\\nod ; essayist in Chicago the ether day .repudiated iho notion that ISve was n sldo issue. Yung Yu , the now Chinese minister nt Washington , has , it is understood , forbidden the members of the location to accept social courtesies or hospitality from nny American so long as the strained relations between the United States and China , duo to the Geary law , continue to exist. Mrs. Lelnnd Stanford's family nllownnco from Senator Stanford's estate has been in creased from $3,001) to 510,000 per month on her representation that $5,000per month was Inadequate. MM. Stanford will receive the congratulations of thousands of women who nro stubbing nlnngnn f-r ) nnd $10 n wcolr. Women may bo afraid of mice , but they don't scare nt iho thought of having to deal with dead people in various stages of mutila tion. Mrs , Eva M. Ulnckman of Leaven- worth , 'Kan. , hns accepted the populist nomination for coroner , after n man , who was llrst nominated , had dec-lined , saying thnt ho "didn't like the otllco. " Mrs. H. 11. Phillips of Salem. Mass. , who has just recovered from nn nttack of peri- lonilis , during which she was twice re garded ns dead , avers that she died und gel n glimpse of heaven , hut had to como back for n timo. Salem was the starting point for several ladies who didn't come back , away off in the witchcraft days. A Now York publisher offers n purse of $1.000 to the winner of n trial of speed be tween the crnck locomotives at the World's fair. There nre insuperable obstacles to the test. If iho.truekless nnd uusightly foreign locomotives should strike ono of our beauti ful curves iit'n killing pace there would ho n great muss" in the neighboring ditches. Colonel Edward Heck of the First regi ment of the Idaho National gunrd , who was .said to be the youngest enlisted person in the United Statusuriny in the civil war , diixl nt Grangovillo , Idaho , two weeks ago. Ho was born in ISl'.l , niul enlisted ns a drummer in the Fourteenth Kentucky reijunent when ho was II years old. He wns In active service until ISO. ! , when ho was wounded ami invalided home. llonfterward enlisted in the regular army nnd wus sergeant in com pany O , Second United States infantry , for twelve years , retiring In 1880. As might huvd been expected , the arrival of the earl of Dunraven In New York has caused no end of n flutter nmong the nnglu- umulacs of thnt city. A profane and ir reverent practlcjil Joker Introduced nn Eng lish-appearing friend a sleek nnd spruce , Hpnt-wearlng drummer Into u fashionable club the other night us Lord Dunravon , The members at once fell prostrate , nnd then turned up tholr trousers nnd tcuiered around the rooms aftur him with ngait LondoneKijuo in every Joint. They bought wine for the drummer , they worshiped him openly , nnd they Invited him to innumerable dinners , nil of which courtesies ho accepted inn hnughl.v , condescending way. When he Dually loft and the joke leaked out there wus waiting and lamentation. Tno jocose member who introduced the drummer has loft town for n few weeks. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE t , . _ A now olevntor Is being erected nt Hrayton. A union Similny school hns boon cstnb- Isticd nt Stamford , Ijvangollst Ilooplngnrnor is conducting revival services nt Imperial , The Hot ! 1'Yont livery h.nrn nt I xltiRtou ami n lituiso boloiiqlne to K'U. Smltli were destroyed by fire. Kustts citizens raised n purse niul pur chased nco\v fern widow who was so un fortunate ns to lese her cow. Fred Stoihvell of Ai-catlln , while engaged In a friendly wrestling match with Arthur I.eepor , hnd his leg broken nbovo the knee. A Herkshlro porker residing nt Arcadia weighs HW pounds ami his follow townsmen nro proud of him as thu big- ! * ! hog In the state. Tlio Congregational Ministers' club held n meeting at Norfolk mid nrrnnccd n program foal the next gathering , which will bo hold al Nullgti In December. While Dr. Starr of llentrleo was putting the harness on u valuable driving horse tlio nnlmal throw his head suddenly to one side , striking thu sldo of tlio stall with great force. Tlio horse dropped to the Moor nt once and tiled In a few minutes. 01st .lust after Krccl Ucdornmn of Norfolk hnd started for the World's fair his little daugh ter full from a wagon nnil broke hornrm. Mrs. j Itohcrt Craft of tlio same plnco stood on jl a chair to rotiuh some crapes for her little KM : l nnd foil in such n manner as to dislocate her shoulder. William Ilesselgrnve of Ainhcrst met with n fatal accident while on a hunting expedi tion , lie was walking along the road when his friend nnd neighbor , Albert Fellows , overtook him in n o.irt. Upon invitation Mr. llesselirrnvo got Into the cart to ride n short distance , nnd in some manner the gun which he was carrying slipped through the slats of the cnrt and was discharged , the entire contents entering Mr. llossoigrnvo's body just below the heart , killing him In stantly. Mr. and Mrs , Charles Andrmlo , who live twelve miles southeast of this place , met with n deplorable loss In the death by burn ing of n child about U years of ago , says the Hnrrisburg News. Mr. nnd Mrs. Andrudo wcro nt work In a hay field not far from tlioir house , In which they had iefl their young children , when the mother saw ono of the children , the eldest , running toward her nnd the house on ilro. She made nil possible haste and reached the building in time to take her infant 1mbo from iho llamea , but was unable , on account of sinoicc ami heat , to secure the remaining one , ami It perished , the body when obtained bolus burned beyond recognition. Mrs. Anurudu was herself severely burned. nt's. Puck : "Von say you ptlymebnt cannot lovu inc. " "Yes. " "Hut plly l.saUIn to love , la it not'"Yes ; but only u pour relation. " IChto Field's Washington : Gnnson Another InrronMi In your family , uh ? Son or ( laughter ? Itlbeo ( gloomily ) foti-ln-Iaw. Washington Star : "Tliuro N a Rood deal of importance ntlnclied to mo just now , " re- marki'd the policeman as Jin plmicdon Ills badge. Hnrpor'sltnzar : "Sets hnrn , you , " said the wayfarer to the beggar , "I gave you a quarter yi'Mi'i-ihiy hci'iiUKo you said you weni hllnd , and liut'L I llnd " you reading u newspaper. ' Tluit's all rlKht , " said thu beggar ; "I'm color blind. " I'uck : Kloorwalkor A lady has just fainted at the bargain counter. 1'roprloliir What was the trouble ? Kloorwalkor Slio found her exact slzo In something shu wanted. Chicago Tribune : Kegmald Roslo. how do you lllcu the architecture of my new trousers ? Reginald's Sister ( InspucUug the garment ) ' I'm not u good judgu of Iliolr archllecturo. Kuglo , hut , thulr acoustic properties arc simply nmgnlflcentl Washington Star : "I have often heard this spoken of as llRht literature , " ho rmuiirkcd ns ho read his gus lilll through for thu second time , "but It always comes right homo to a man , just thu same , " NOT i.uiiini ( : > AT. Cleveland I'lain Dealer. His face was sad and wrlnklod , His hnlr was thin and white , And round Ills huad Its ringlets spud In wild fantastic flight. Unit hey laughed not nthU wrinkles , Nor his sunken eyes so dim Tor a hank account . Kor u largo amount Awaited checks from him. A HIST Kit TU HIM. Kcw York Sun. Thny walked nnd rode and dallied Thu whole long summer through , They disagreed , thun milled , And soon were frlomls nnuvr. Ho called bur Nell mid she him Ted , And ilioy wuru jolly chums , they said. They spent long days In boating , And Ithhlii'nimr the shore , And oft tliolrskltT went limiting Mld t lHy pads ; Nell wore The drooping blossoms , dowry white , Tucked In hur silver belt at night. Sninotlmes fair Nalllc fllrtod With other happy men , And candidly Ted blurted : "I'm dead In love with Jon. " And ouch In each conllded when Affairs were waxing tame again. And then Ted loft for college Ono duy In nurly fall. To gain maturur Knowledge Of cricket and foutiball ; Out on the porch hn stooped and Idssod her : Do not bu shocked , Nell was his ulster. BOIES' ' ISSUE GETTING OLD Statmncut of an Iowa Politician on the Stnta Campaign. AS TO THE CONDITION OF NEBRASKA BANKS Cotiiitrolli-r | of th t.itrriMiry ItntnlU lnfnr > inntlon nit Ihn Snlijrct ofnn tiitorcnt- ItifT C'lmrantrr They Are Stronc unit linpriivlni : . Htmr..ut or Tun linn , ) iil ! ! If. . P , > . ct.i , ) Kopresmitntlvo Hepburn of Imvn has Just returned from thnt stnto , nnd says the cnm- palgn tlioro Is Delng pushed by the republi cans , bill so far the democrats uro rather apnthetle. Ho thinks the thinl-lorm candi dacy of Governor Holes will cut no llguru The nnvelty of the Holes style of campaign nnd tlio Issues which ho raises haw worn out , and there Is not nearly .is much interest taken In the meetings ns hrrutoforo. "Thu Holes moviMiinit. " says Oenoral Hep burn , " , vns nt Us wnlth in the cnmpnlgntit Inatycar. Holes has hist his prestige In state Issues , nnd should give his attention to national politics. 'Iho issues in lown are largely national. There Is dissatisfaction nnioiiR the people with both parties on thu financial Issue. " AH tu Nrlinuku Hunk rnllurrn. Hcpresentiitlvo Mercer today called upon the comptroller of currency to learn the source of the widely published statement that a largo number of private banks had failed In Nebraska , ami wns Informed that It did not emanate from thu Treasury de partment. The comptroller staled thill dur ing all of ihe recent panic but live national banks had failed In Nebraska ; that three ef them had already resumed and another , tlm one nt York , would -esumc In u few days without the nid of n receiver. Mr. Mercer then called upon the Assort- nlcd press ngcnt nnd hnd n statement sent out showing thnt while quite n number of private banks hnd suspended iu Nebraska during the panic Uierc were but live or six failures among them. Duiiiorrats Ohm u .Slinking Up. Congressman Mercer introduced n reso lution today whiotirented an uproar in the house for n while. Afler the elurk rend It , Hlchardson of Tennessee objected to Its in sertion in the record , while Mnrlln of Indiana objected to Its consideration. The resolution provides that the invalid pension commlllcc Investigate the pension depart ment with reference to the number of em ployes stationed or traveling hi thu United States ns detectives seeking or manufactur ing testimony iigalnst old veierans , who seek pensions nnd calling for n copy of thu instructions under which such employes net. Speaker Crisp finally allowed the resolution to be printed , but It will bo smothered. I'urnoMiil .M I'll t ion. C. A. Conger nnd wife of Seymour , In. , nro at the WeJckors. A. J. Riniton of town is nt the Fredonia. General John Kdwards , formerly n well known citizen of lown. left his homo nt If > IU ICIngmnn Place yesterday nnd boarded a Fourteenth street cable car for the Pennsyl vania station to lakon short trip out of town. When the cable train slopped nt Sixth street he was suddenly attacked with vertigo ns he was leaving the cnr , nnil lurched forward lienvilyau nis face to the street. He wns picked up and hurried to the emergency hospital , where two long scalp wounds were sewed up , after which ho wus taken to his homo. General Edwards l.i 70years old , nnd for n long time was a cleric in the sixth auditor's oftlco. Ho will re cover. Heprcsontntivo Meiklojohn has returned from his visit to Now York nnd ether east crn pl'ices , nnd was iu his sent today in thu houso. Senator Petiigrow secured today the establishment of n postolllco on the line of the Sioux Falls & Ynnuton railroad which hns just , been completed In South Dakotn. Thoofllcels named Irene in honor of Iho wife of one of the well known contractors of the road. National Commlltcemaii .Tnnics A. Ward , who is in the city dispensing ofllccs for South Dakotn will limlco n recommendation for thu appointment of a postmaster nl Irene. The South Dakota delegation in congress was noiiliod lodny of thu suspension for ono year of Casper Conrad , who is n cadet at the West Point United States Military academy. The young man , who is n son of. Captain Conrad , now loealcd at the Pine Kiugo agency , committed nn offense In tno line of hazing. lUlsoullnncoim. Senators Mnnderson nnd Allen nnd llopro- seiitutlvo Item intend to call upon Scerolni-y Hoko Smith tomorrow und present the pro test of iho eiti/.ensin the vicinity of Chndron against the nbolillon of iho United Stales hind ofllco there nnd the consolidation of ils territory with Alllnneo. Iowa postmasters were appointed today ns follows : Hnuor , Marion county , Anthony Metz , vice A. Bower , resigned ) Dallas , Marion county , C. C. HIekford , vice E. 13. Baldwin , resigned ; Mercer , Adams county , Kdwnrd Shimmons , vice John Hlchardson , retitrued ; Woodward , DalliiH county , J. 12 , Wilson , vice / . G. Preston , removed. Pmmr S. HEATH. BROWNING , & " s COL Largest Manilfa'jturoN 1 . . of Ololliinjlii ro Worll Popular Approval Goes far towards establishing ; the standing1 of a business house in the community , and the good will and favor we have brcen shown indicate that these who have dealt with us have been eminently satisfied with their trans actions. Our only competitors are the tailors and they compete with us in quality only in price they can't touch us. The quality of the cloth in our suits js jusL as g-ood and the work manship 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 goods , 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. , Store open | S < r < | fltj ,