Nebraska Newspapers

    n-TR OMAHA TATLY ) REEi TiriJRRDAY. OCTOBER K. 1803.
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K. KOSKWATEK , Editor.
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.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.
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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
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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 )
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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 , )
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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.
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