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IT IS "aid thiit tlio British yachtsmen
do not uravo the America's cup after
all.
IT IS s.aia Unit Clisirloy Monitor Is in
fnvor of ShorifT Bounott'a ranomlna-
tion.
THK fate of the silver bill In the senate -
ate scorns to hiivo resolved itself into a
more question of physical endurance.
1 lie World's fair directory is to bo
congratulated upon the extinction of the
indebted ness of the Columbian exposi
tion.
Tan corporations and- contractors do
not care who It mayor of Omaha so
long as they own twelve counellmon who
will override the mayor's veto.
Tin : rograding of upper Farnam
street is an enterprise that will sooner
or later bo demanded by property
owners w63t of Twentieth street , and
there are thousands of thorn.
Tun proposition to reduce the bridge
motor faro may bo found somewhere in
the vicinity of the Ion ? lost proposition
to build a viaduct over the railroad
tracks on lower Farnam street.
SOMI ; of the very men who assisted in
turning down Judge Maxwell at Lincoln
are already laying their plans for places
on tha republican ticket no-ct year.
They will find before their canvass pro
ceeds very far that they have made a
bad beginning.
MORU prisoners havooscapod from the
'Douglas county jail during SherilT Ben
nett's term of two years than during the
ton years preceding. This condition is
laid to thostupidlty of Bennett's brother ,
who has drawn pay as jailor , but docs
u'ot know enough to herd chickens.
THK Lincoln mouthpiece of the cor
porations remarks that "tho railroads
1sa
are beginning to admit that they made a
mistake In withholding low faros to
Chicago , " etc. They will soon begin to
admit , ton , that they made n most
Borlous mistake in overriding the repub
lican state convention.
CONFERRING a Gorman military title
upon the crown prince of Italy is loot
apt to promote the friendly relations be
tween Franco and Italy. Every day's
events go to show that the Gorman-
Italian alliance remains as linn now lias
when they co-operated with one another
against their common enemies in 1800 [
and 1871.
Tun proposition to disqualify United
States judges from seeking or holding
other federal olllcos of profit Is a com
mendable ono In every respect. Ills , how
ever , to be rogrottcd that Its prospects
for enactment through the complicated
process of constitutional amendment rein
just at present no more promising than
the proposed election of United Slates
eonatora by popular vote.
SOUTHERN democrats In congress ol ' > -
jcct to being reminded that the south
once engaged in unholy rebellion , but
they are unceasing In their efforts to reverse -
verso all the lessons of that ton : tost. If
the rebellion taught anything it taught '
,
that the people of the United States and '
not the people of the bovoral states are
sovereign. While the expediency of the
federal election laws Is open to attack ,
their constitutionality should bo re
garded as settled for all time.
rp BKNNKTT has boon unfortu
nate in the selections made of men
whoso duty it is to serve writs , subpoenas -
poonas , notices , etc. This work in the
ehoritl'd olllco has boon characterized by
ono continued scries of unpardonable
blunders and exhibitions of Incom-
putoncy. Litigants and lawyers alike
Imvo boon exasperated times without
number i.t the stupidity of the sliorllT's . '
outside deputies , particularly in attach
ment cases whore prompt and certain
action is demanded at all times.
THK most unfortunate thing about the
present republican campaign in Ne
braska is that the party is already foon
the defensive. Delegates who violated
their instructions are defending thorn-
solves to their constituents. The im
peached olllcials are rushing into print
\fl \ dafend their friends , who played the
people false. And , to crown the whole ,
the railroad mouthpiece ut tho'&tato
capital la defending the candidate and
claiming that ho is not a railroad man.
It would have been better to have nomi
nated a candidate who needed no defense.
HKt'K.iUNO TUB KLKCTIOX lA.irs ,
The democratic majority in the homo
of representatives has successfully car
ried out the first atop in its program
for the repeal of the federal election
laws , The bill blotting from the
statute book every loglflutivo guarantee
for the enforcement of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution has
passed the house by a strictly party
vote , without n single hitch in the pre
arranged plan , whluh called for the re
jection of every amendment. No ono
who has been at all conversant with
the projects and forces of the demo
crat ! j lenders during the past fortnight
coulo have expected any different re
sult. The eradication of all so-called
war legislation has boon de mnmlod by
the now dominant southern wing of the
democracy , and they have boon easily
able to bring their northern allies into
line with their expressed wishes. The
now rules of the house have stripped Iho
republican minority of all power to op
pose every tuch mcasuro except by their
protesting votes , while the well known
approval of the president prevented the
defection of any northern member , however -
over dissatisfied with the Tucker bill ho
might have been.
The federal election laws wore enacted
to protect the negro in the exorcise of
the political rights which nero con
ferred upon him by tlio last two amend
ments to ilio federal constitution. They
wore called forth by the persistent per
petration of ballot box outrages In the
south , and while they are general in
scope and equally applicable to all sec
tions of the country , the evils sought to
bo remedied by them were strictly local
in their nature. These evils exist today
in certain regions of the south to the
same extent that they did when the laws
were enacted. This is duo of course to
the fact that those laws wore never
rigidly enforced , but that they had some
good results in effecting their purpose is
cxident from the very fact that the
southern democrats feel the restraint
and consequently tislc for repeal.
As lo the constitutionality of the laws ,
that has long boon beyond question.
They apply only to elections of federal
olllccrs and need not interfere in the
least with elections for state ofllcors.
Despite a cry now and then upon the
floor of the houfao that congress ex
ceeded its legitimate powers when It
passed the federal election laws , their
validity has boon repeatedly uphold by
the United States court1 * . Some of the
most ardent advocates of the Tucker bill
woio forced to concede that the power
of congress to regulate the federal
elections is indisputable and to rest their
plea for Its passage upon the ground of
expediency alone.
The comparatively mild test over the
Tuoker bill in the house by no means
betokens for it a similar career in the
&cnato. - The senate rules give the
minority the power to obstruct legisla
tion which it may think detrimental to
the interests of the country , and repub-
lica.n senators are bound to nso every
legitimate means in their control to pre
vent the repeal of tlio existing election
laws. Because they are now unonforcod
in ho many places does not signify that
they nro utterly useless. Their repeal
would bo a powerful incentive to a ro-
uoual of all the outrageous proceedings
that were but too prevalent during the
reconstruction periou. The Tucker bill
has no possible chance of becoming law
during the present congress. Its pas
sage through the lower IIOUMI is merely
indicative of what sacrifices the south
demands from the northern democracy.
The main object of having one-half of
the council elected at largo that is ,
voted for by the electors of the whole
city , was to sconro a higher grade of
councllmcn than are usually chosen by
the ward caucus. It was presumed that
conneilmen-at-largo would bo oiti/.ons
who by long residence and prominence
may have become known to a majority
of the voters. It was expected that the
choice would not be restricted to ono
man from each ward , but that locality
would bo secondary to qualification and
standing in the community. Unfor
tunately the number of councilmen-at-
large was made to correspond with the
number of wards , and that fact enabled
the ward politicians to trade , &o that the
man who could got a majority of the
delegates of his own ward became the
uliuico of the city convention , which
practically nullifies the prime object of
the liuv ttntl makes our oouiieilmou-at-
lurtre simply ward counollmon.
The pernicious otToots of solcction by
wards Instead of selection by the whole
convention ia strikingly shown by the
action of the republican city convention ,
which refused to rcnomliutte n tiiithful
nntl competent councilman like George
l'Munro ' nnd foisted upon the ticket ut
least three candidates wlio are notoriously -
ously unlit for any place on the ticket.
Oimvlia is n corjwratlon with more
than $100,000,000 , worth of property.
The council Is a board of directors to
manage its affairs. The men who are to
iibsinno this great trust should at least
bo citizens who have a fair reputation
for integrity and are not discredited
with their grocei s and butchers. When
Hiiy party allows itself to endorse men
of questionable character it forces the
rank and file to look oloowhoro.
No taxpayer will knowingly vote to
make any man the custodian of the
citv's affairs whom ho would not employ
as a olerk or trust out of sight with $2T
worth of morchandibo. There la only
one thing for men who desire good
government to do and that Is to make i
their pink of councilman from the list
presented by all the parties and 011-
deavor to prevent the election of the
ll.in NKllllAbK.l IN MIND.
Bv what process of political mechanism
ronculvnblo to the human Intellect can a
few odious , unprincipled , discredited and
unworthy schemers continue through a
lonpsorleaof joars , mllustonud with illus
trious victories , to toriorlzo and dominate
/ens , and to register anil ouforco decrees
obnoxious to that vast multitudef .VHo
Tort.Sun. .
When the venerable Charles A , Dana
penned the above lines ho was address
ing himself to the democracy of the
state of Now York. But , for all prac
tical purposes , ho could as easily have
addrobsod his query to Nebraska. The
history of the republican party of this
htato is Iho chronicles of n long con
tinued struggle between the honest
masses of the party and a junta made
up of unprincipled men who have forced
themselves to tlm front and who , backed
by money and influence of the corpora
tions , have boon nblo to manipulate
primaries , pack conventions and djctnto
nominations , They do not represent
the republican party of Nebraska. They
simply throttle It.
KUMUHS 01' ItUXD ISsURS.
Repeated ] rumors have come from
Washington that the administration has
become reconciled to the policy of bond
issues to strengthen the credit of the
government , and that It 1ms boon sounding
Ini the linanclal centers of Europe as
to the prospects of floating n United
States gold loan. According to those
reports ] tlio president's confidence In
the successful outcome of the repeal
bill has boon considerably shaken by
tin events oi the past few weeks. IIo
sees ( that continuous purchases of silver
and the constant increase of the outstand
ing i l currency b.ised on those silver pur
chases can only bo sustained by an en
larged gold reserve In tlio treasury.
For months the legal limit of $100-
000,000 1ms boon trenched upon , at pres
ent to the extent of some $10,000,000 ,
and only the popular confidence In the
security of the government's pledges
has prevented the prosantntion of largo
quantities of paper for redemption in
gold. Add to those circumstances the
ru of frequent conferences between
th secretary of the treasury anrt
prominent bankers of the east and wo
have the groundwork for a fairly plaus
ible story of impending bond issues.
But whatever bo the plausibility of
thobo rumored bond issues as a balstor
to the public credit the attitude of the
president and his confidential advibors
has up to this time been such as to
argue against their reliability. The
unlltiiching stand taken by President
Cleveland in opposition to all efforts at
compromise hi on the pending repeal bill
hiP' iiuiivtin uiiuuiuu uiuuiib LU a HUIJ UJ
proposition for half-way measures. No
few of the proposed amendment ? to the
bill reported by the finance committee
include in their 'provisions ' the author
ization \ of bond issues to sustain the
credit of the government and to servo
as a reserve against any threatened dis
parity of values between the two money
metals at their legal ratio. But these
compromise measures have received no
moro encouragement from the administration -
tration than has that providing for free
and unlimited coinage of both gold and
silver.
Another fact that weighs against the
credibility ot these reports is the inac
tion of the secretary of the treasury lust
spring when the first Inroads were made
upon the supposed Inviolability of the
gold reserve. Although repeatedly
urged to .interpret the law as authoriz
ing him to maintain the gold reserve up
to its full limit by selling gold bonds on
the market , Mr. Carlisle persistently
rofubcd to view the situation in any such
light and watched with complacency the
disappearance of the treasury's gold.
The condition of the gold reserve is now
sravcely moro alarming than it was at
that time. There is no raoro reason now
than then to invoke a power whose very
existence is denied on many sides.
Should there bo a very marked deficit
in the revenues of the government , duo
to the falling oft of imports , there
might bo a call made upon congress to
raise the required amount by a govern
ment loan. Such a loan , however ,
would need the special authorisation of
congress. Its purpose would bo to sup
ply the running expenses of the govern
ment , not to furnish a reserve to
strengthen the credit of the nation.
Until some marked change in the finan
cial situation intervenes there seems to
bo no domain ! for Increasing the inter
est charge of the government merely to
steady the workings oftho , vicious silver
purchase act. What Is wanted is the
immediate repeal of that act instead of
propping it up by Increased gold re
serves.
ACCORDING to the Lincoln Journal ,
the accredited organ of railroad repub
licanism in Nebraska , the issue in the
present campaign is not whioh of the
thrco candidates shall be elected to the
supreme bench , Lui whether tho' state
of Nebraska shall place a man on the
supreme bench who Is identified with
populism. For once our contemporary
tolls the truth. But It does not toll the
whole truth. The Issue forced upon the
people of Nebraska is populism or rail
road despotism. In other words , shall
the people surrender all their rights to
bclf government to a coterie of railroad
managers who have deprived them of
free selection of candidates by packing
conventions with mercenaries and foist
ing upon the party candidates who do
not represent their choice.
AMONG the members of the present
conrfcil who have boon endorsed for a
second term no man is moro deserving
than Mr. Jacobson of the Eighth ward.
Mr. Jacobann has proven himself con
scientious , faithful and unpurchasablo.
Ho endeavors in every instance to post
himself on the various subjects with
which the council has to deal and votes
according to his best judgment. No
corporation or contractor has been able
to control his vote. Ho is just the kind
of man the taxpaying citizens of Omaha
need in the municipal legislature.
WUKN a man is popular in his own
ward it Is prlma fueio proof that he
stands well with the people who know
him best. The fact that Councilman
Back carried his own ward against
Ernest Stuntwho is a very hard worker
and * had the backing of several monu/od
concerns and candidates , shows conclu
sively that Ills immediate constituency Is
well satisfied. Mr. Back earned his
ronornlnatian and will doubtless bo re
turned for a"Bocond term.
IF Tlin ollleials of the Interior depart
ment are so assured of their blamelessness -
ness in connection with the bhumelesd
speculation on the Cherokee Strip ,
why is it that they are so reluctant to
consent to an investigation by congress ?
THK county convention Saturday will
nominate six justices of the peace.
These are important ofllcos. Worn out
politicians and men of shady charnctor
have no place theftf , ' A peace justice is
the arbiter of th ' p'oor man's conten
tions , and malpractice in such courts
brings ropronch ti ] > on the whole judlcjal
system. Whiln the present law govern *
Ing justices of the peace has worked a
vast linprovcmonl'j'ye't there Is wanting
a close suporvlsiqUjpf higher authority
over the inside > norlting4 of justice
courts In some Instances. With honest ,
capable men in thcsd offices there can
bo no ground for eWfdalnt on any score.
The convention slibulfi give this
the consideration It deserves.
OUTSIDE of n factloji of heavy property
owners and chronic tax shirkers nobody
seems to pay the slightest hoed respect
ing the selection of assessors. Unequal
and favored appraisements is the legiti
mate result of such negligence upon the
part of conventions. The Interests of
holders of small properties are involved
in the selection of assessors. The con
vention Saturday cannot exercise too
much care In this matter. The olllco of
assessor is an important ono and calls
for the. best grade of men.
Tun countries in which the cholera
has gained n foothold owe It to human
ity to do nil in their power to keep the
disease from spreading to the territories
of nations with whom they are on
friendly terms. It Is wrong for Euro
pean governments to permit infected
ships to sail for the United States and
thus to lorco upon this country tlio
bin den of supporting a vigorous quar
antine. Lot some of the quarantine reg
ulations bo applied to the ships before
they leave their European ports.
THK rolntroductlon of the anti-option
bill can scarcely bo taken to moan tha
the sentiment of congress In respect to
that measure has been materially al
tered since its failure of passage during
the Fifty-first congress. Its author
merely wants to keep It before the pub
lic. A second natural death awaits "It
in this congress.
TncRC are savoral Improvements to
bo made in the postolllco department before
fore the attainment of the one cent pos
tal service. No ono is complaining of
the burden of present postal rates , but
there booms to bo no end to the demands
for bettor facilities and moro elllciont
( service all along the lino.
CHAIRMAN WILSON'S ' objections to
. the Sprinting of the testimony adduced
by the tarllt hearings are being circum
vented in a way by the publication of
the formal statements presented -by
various industrial rop'rosontativos in the
American Economist. '
IT MAKES considerable difference to
those democratic congressmen who have
been crying for time for mature deliber
ation whether the measure to bo consid
ered relates to the silver question or to
changes in tlio tariff laws.
SpocifleiitUm * Wmtoit.
Globe-Oeuipr ; ( it.
The New York democratic platform con
gratulates Cleveland upon "tho auspicious
box'inuiMtr of his administration , " hut it
does not specity where ttho atlspiclousnoss
comes in. . , ,
Hypnotism uml I.UT.
I'liiliulcliihla Ledger.
The proposition to hypnoti/o n suspected
murdoior in Amsterdam , in onlor to ascer
tainhothor hu will coufuss , , will , if carried
out , ho an interesting experiment in legal
unnuls. It Is not liktily , howuvof , that such
a confession , if it ib mudo , could bo legally
used against the man , as it would bo ob
tained under d in ess.
ICovlva" mi tlm Hullronda.
Deli oil fiet Press.
During the financial trouhlps that have
choolcod the prosperity which the country
would have otherwise enjoyed , both the
freight and passenger traffic of the loading
railroads show an increased volume. . With
the Sherman law repealed , the rommoruial
and Industrial interostsof the country would
ho in a more favorable condition than they
have been for j ears.
llHlpi llttr Nunie.
I'hlUuhlitila [ tints.
Valkyrie really means the swan ronidon
or ono of the airy sprites who skim across
the \vater , occasionally flying through air.
and with their SDuaradosienato the heroes
who shall fall anu afterwards bo conducted
to Valhalla. In the Notso versions of the
Nibolungenliod , Brunhild , the aaugntor of
Odin , appears on a valkyr. and the same
fancy has prominence in Wagnor's musio
drama of "DieValkuero. . "
Helm mill HU < 'iiiii | > nln. (
Jl/dnirrtjxilfs Jmirnal ,
Go\crnor Holes , in his speeches , sticks to
the one topic , inohlbltlon. Ono would im-
nginc from reading his remarks that ho had
never hoard of silver or the tariff question.
Doles siys the only issue in Iowa is liquor
nnd ho pleads for the liquor selling crowd
with great pathos. Ho ignores other state
questions oven. Such as the roUIstrluting of
the state for congressmen , for instanco. If
the democrats got the legislature they pro
pose to rearrange the districts so that the
republicans can't got over two congiessmon.
The Mnnny or tliu I'oor.
llustun ( lloljc.
It has ahvavs bcon the consolation of the
poor in contrasting their fate with that of
the rich that whatever the latter might do
n 1th their money they could not oat it , From
pulpit ami rostrum the poor have boon told
that placed upon an island in mid-ocean with
all his millions hosido him a rich man would
bo as helpless as a hogg.tr.
Mr. Hdlson , however , spoils ell this. He
wants the world's dollars roado of com
pressed wheat , so that a mini's ' wealth shall
bo the measure of the amount of food ho bus
gathered.
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Tlio IliiBHtrixxl I.imder.
The Louisville Courier-Journal pointedly
reminds Senator Voorhous that the policy
of a general in a nuluaryj campaign is not to
hesitate , but to advance ana light. As a
loader In the United 'States ' Rimato on tha
democratic side , Senator Voorheos is prov
ing himself n dlsmr.l failure. This is prob
ably due In part to the rapt that his heart is
not thoroughly in tho' cause which ho pretends -
tends to represent. For'a reason , satisfac
tory to himself , wo/prosume : , ho Is a sup
porter of President * . Jpvoland'a limncial
policy , but ho halts toij much , hosltatos too
much , and ho is nbout us anxious to conciliate -
ciliate his opponents iU no is tu advance the
views of the president. Jt requires a strong
and foai-loss mim to bo a loader In an im
portant cause. Senator Yoorhces U not that
ulnd ot a person.
Turning I'uvrn .Uurviiroimitatlvei.
Svrlnallcltl ( Miisi ) ltMtcai > \ \
As the eloquent fioo sliver atlvoeato , Con-
pressman lir.yan , was unable to tur-i the No-
bruslca democratic convention his way as
against the administration crowd leu by
friends of Socrutar.y J , Sterling Morton , ho
now intends tu join the populist party. A
sign of the same sort is the organization of a
free silver bolt from thp democracy In
Diana's Missouri district. In Iowa a leading
democrat of Logau county , who has repre
sented tils 'party twenty-four years in the
legislature , has loft It tq join the populints ,
saying ; "Wo huvu cone to the parting of
the ways ; n political revolution IB upon us. "
It U beramlng pretty vfell beyond tlio range
of probability that tlio silver or money ques
tion will or can bo settled iu a way tu keep
the democrats together , or the republicans
for that matter.
IM.VIM/H.V CT.ATTKK.
Kx-Boss Stout it ill has ft llttlo pull In
politics. Ono of his sons , t'lncknoy Stout ,
hns boon commissioned a messenger In
Secretary Morton's department nt Wash
ington.
Political argument in the woitern part of
thoitntoh sometime * pointed , as witness
this from the Sidney Poniard : "Now jell
bolters , you soft-shelled , plg-oycd ya
hoes II ! "
Tno camp.ilgn cnn now bo con U'cred ' as
opened. The republican itato headquarters
have been established at Lincoln , and it has
boon plvon out from there that the campaign
will bo a "qutot" ono.
Dodge county republican * hold their nom
inating convention today , and It is whispered
that an effort will bo made to socnro 1 lossy
Hammond's scalp as chairman of the county
commlttoo for hli mismanagement of the
Trick boom.
The split in the democratic rnnk * In G.ipo
county has arlveu Colonel W. J. llllzzard of
the Cortland Hotald out of the party. The
trouble has only begun , Mr. Htlz/ard will
turn himself luoso and frco/o out some pcoplo
before November.
Adams county democrats feel sad. 'They
loft blank n lot of nominations they wanted
the populists to 1111. But the pops didn't
takn ad vantage of the opportunity , and now
the democratic central committee hai the
job of filling out the blanks. It isn't a situa
tion calculated to arouse bourbon en
thusiasm.
The FremontTribune's apologias for In-
Jcoting ono Frlck into tha politics of the
state , claiming that the man with a Homestead
stead name has a future , loads the Lincoln
Mows to obHorvo : "Is It possible that Mr.
Frick is to Join Mr. Klchnrds in the lattor's
perpetual Inslstanco for a vindication ; In
other words , Is Mr. Prick's future before
him or behind Itlml"
The noatrico Times rises to Inquire If It
Isn't about time for the republicans to open
the campaign In Oaso county. The Times
Is respectfully referred to the statement
made by the state house gang of Imneaclmbics ,
who are running the campaign , that It "is not
likely that a brass band nnd torchlight
campaign will ho conducted , The republi
cans will , however , seek to place their sldo
of the question modestly nnd courteously
before the people. " Enthusiasm isn't In It
tills year.
At the very outsat of the brief campaign
iu Nebraska it Is easily soon that party lines
will not bo strongly drawn on election day.
The most conscientious support Judge Irvine
can receive from the democratic press of the
state cannot win to him the disaffected
thousands who will vote for Judge Holcomb
on account of the liigh-handod methods
adopted by the men who manipulated the
democratic state convention. On the ether
hand , Judge Holcomb wilt douhtless receive
the votes of thousands of republicans who
cannot endorse the equally hlgh-handod
methods of the corporation emissaries who
held up the republican state convention. It
Is not that Judge Irviuo and Judge Harrison
are personally distasteful to the mom bora of
their own p irties. There Is something moro
than partisan personality at stake in this
campaign. _
Perhaps the Valkyrie coulu win at a bar
gain sail.
The campaign cigar is ripening , and will
soon fumigate the land.
Philadelphia smashes an old saw by ship
ooal to Newcastle.
ping . n >
Ward hcolors nro Industriously pressing
autumn colors on their snuff tanks.
Anmng other tilings settled hv the vaoht
raoo is this : The senate no longer monop
olizes the wind.
General Slaughter is a recent arrival in
Washington. H is evident ho has not paid
his respects to the senate.
A late in'voico of the Stanford estate
places Its value nt $55.000OJO. At last ac
counts none of It was taken to the grave.
It is suggested that Governor Tillmnn
send a cargo of ninotop stimulants to banish
the depression in pan-American silver cir--
clos.
clos.Tho
The drop In nrltish yachting hopes wasn't
a marker to the dropping of wads by Gotham
ChoHies , don'tchorknow. 'Twas a hlarstod
shnino.
Commenting on the speech of Senator
Blackburn , the Atlanta Constitution makes
the startling assertion that "tho dlgniliod
sonata hung on his words. " It is possible
ttio.yvero tinctured with blue grabs dew.
President Palmer of the World's Fair com
mission is out with another appo xl for con
tributions In aid of the duke of Voragua.
Meanwhile the dulco Is enjoying lifo and giv
ing lavish ontcrtalnniiints In hia Spanish
villa.
villa.Mr.
Mr. Van Alen , our $50,000 ambassador to
Italy , has three children , They have not
boon In America for seven yours , and are
now being oducateJ in England that tlioy
mnv bo exclusively English in their Ideas
iitnl n4Qnr.iiit.fmm.
Those who failed to stake n chunlc of the
Cherokee Strip will llml comfort In the state
ment that there are fiG7,5SO,7tU , acres of gov
ernment land loft in the various sections of
the country , If you don't see wnat you
want go hunt for it.
Dennis Flynn , aologato in congress from
Oklahoma , has staked claims In Imlf a uoion
states , practiced law in Iowa , edited a
paper in Kansas , acted as postmaster at
Until ! io , and narrowly escaped getting shot
several times during the whoopful early
days of tlio territory. IIo is a wide-awake ,
smooth-faced young man , who pains the at
tention of the house whenever ho has any
thing to say ,
Major Henry .Tohnstono of the royal
nrltish artillery has been reading the Now
York duclcs who ape the English a lessen ,
"If I were an American , " ho says , "I would
bo moro patriotiu than to ape any otlur
people on earth I'd ho an American , for
tnls is a flno country. Then , again , the
people the unglomanlacs npo are not our
host pcoplo , They are loungers in clubs and
very apt to be ridiculous , "
ItKl'K.lT.
Olavolitnd Plain Doiilor : The audlnnoo would
really ho glad to bee uoino spcakur * glvo thoin-
sol \osnwuy.
HlfMngs ; "You think you are cutting a
diisli ? " as the tlrlvnr H.ild when thu horsu
kicked In the front of the buggy.
Oil City Dorrlck : Alany pooplu hocoine
poorer ut they beconio liottur Informed ,
i'lioro'H u good dual of Information Unit's ox-
poiiblve.
Now Vork Hurald : Klmoro Did you ever
sco n conip my of wonion purfcctly ( iiilut ?
Doi'Uer Oaco. homo ono had iibtoii which
wan thu uldoi.
Detroit Kroo I'rnes "Is
; your husband work-
I ni , ' on a hiilary , Mrs. lltuwn ? "
"Uh , no ; the llrm give him u stipend ; I hoard
him nay HO. "
Somervlllo Journsl : The average young man
may know Just an much as ho thinks hu ( lees ,
bin ho doosn't Ubuully draw a balury to cor
respond ,
Washington Stnr ; "That'H a pretty peed
story of yours , " xald the odltor , "but you havu
fallen Into a redundancy of lupro.iilon. "
"In your reference to thuhoro us 'a wealthy
' "
pluinuui.
_
Harper's Ilazar : "How did your son do at
college Inst your. Mrs. WIIUns'r
"Very well , Indeed. Ho did RO finely as a
freshman that lie got un encore. "
"A whtit'r"
"An encore. The faculty has ruquostod him
to repeat thu year. "
Detroit I'rco Press : "Aro wo to Imvo the elec
tric lights In the house this winter , papa ? "
uskoil bwout Kvnlvn of lior doting father.
"Viis , my child.
"I'm sorry , papa. "
"Why , my lovo- . "
"llecuu-.o , pupu , dear , they won't turn
down. "
Indianapolis Journal : Mru Wlckwlra What
Is the illiruronco botvruou mo anil u clilckun.
dear ?
Mr , WicKwIro-Aboiit thlrty-llvo years , I
KUwis.
Mrs. Wickwlro-Oh. you hateful thins , That
Isn't the unswer at all. Tlio chlckuu Is killed
to Urea uud 1 am drcsiotl u kill ,
Secret of the Delay in Omaha's Postoffloo
Structure ,
MONEY APPROPRIATED USED ELSEWHERE
Oomocnitlc Manager * Coiunttod llietr
I'lcmure hi folloulne tlio Uiual
Course In l > l | irnliig of Ihft ! > urI -
I > lu * In the Treasury ,
WASIIIXOTOV UuiiEvuovTiin HUE , 1
513 Kot'ltfBlivrii RTitr.KT , >
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. }
It was stated at the Treasury department
today that the real reason why the contract
had not boon awarded for the Omaha public
building was that the money which was ap
propriated by congress for the building had
been used for other purposes. It Is learned
thai most of the numoy which w.xs appro
priated nmlsoinslda for expenditure upon
public buildings has boon pnld out for ether
purposes and that there have bcon tiolays
upon the nxvnrahig of contracts upon n num
ber of federal buildings , both for the super
structures and for repairs , bocatiso the treas
ury was empty.
\Vhon \ appropriations are made by con
gress for public buildings and other enter
prises and are made available they are at
onrosotasido at the Tro-nury department
nnd the money Is subtracted from the avail
able nssots of the government. This ad
ministration has boon so hard run that It Is
said to have boon compelled to use many
specific appropriations for regular running
oxneiiies , nnd contracts for public buildings
have boon deliberately doluj ed ,
Interesting InCurm-ilIon Ktpectoil.
The house committee on invalid pensions
today reported with favorable recommenda
tion the Mollclelohn resolution calling upon
the secretary of the interior for a statement
showing the number of pension claims under
the disability act of 1SUO which were ad
mitted and how many rejected under the
administration which rotlrcd on Maiuh4
last , and how many have boon rejected under
the present administration ; also calling for
rif\i\ina t\f tVtn vitlita * itlll % ri ( l li t \f\t\o \ nf tlm
Interior department under which pension
suspensions have IKIOII mado. It Is expected
that some interesting information will bo se
cured If this resolution Is adopted and hon
estly answered ,
Western Mcxnuros Iteportoil.
The house committee on Judiciary today
made a favorable report on Keproscntatlvo
Sweot'all ! llxuig the terms of the district
court for Idaho. The bill piovides that the
district court for Idaho shall bo held at
Moscow , beginning the second Monday in
Mny and the second Monday in October in
each year ; at BoUo City , beginning on
the llrst Monday In April and the llrst .Mon
day in December ; ut Hlackfoot , beginning
on the llrst Monday iu March and the second
end Monday iu September in each yoar. The
senate judlclaiy committee having favor
ably considered a duplicate of this bill
thoio is little doubt that it will become u
law nt an oat ly date.
A favoraulo report was today made from
the house committee on public lands upon
Konrcsontativo ICem's bill extending the act
of Match 3 , 18'Jl. ' rohting to the Sioux res-
orvntion of South Dakota , ever that portion
of the Sioux reservation lying within Ne
braska.
News for the Army.
The following ar.ny orders were issued
today :
Leave of absence for ten days , to take
effect October 15 , is cranted Captain Chris
tian C. Ho\\ltt , Ninotontli infantry recruit
ing onlcer.
T..CIVO of absence for fifteen days is
granted Captain Uiwioncu Ij. liruft , ord
nance department.
l eave for seven days is granted Captain
Jacob P. Munsoti , Sixth infantry , rouitilting
ofllccr. '
Leave for fourteen days Is granted Cap
tain Charles Hlcharus. assistant surgeon.
Lcavo for three months , to talco ollect October -
tobor 15 , is granted Second Lieutenant
Charles A. Hedokin , Third oavnlry.
The loavoprautod Colonel Charles 12 Compton -
ton , Fourth cavalry , is extended ono month.
Leave 1'or ono month Is granted Second
Lieutenant George . Gatcholl , Fourth ar
tillery.
First Lieutenant Madison M. Brewer ,
assistant surgeon , will proceed from Fort
Hiloy to Fort Leaven worth and report In
person to the commandant of the United
States military prison at the latter place for
temporary duty duriug the absence ot Cap
tain Charles Hichaids , assistant surgeon , on
leave , and upon the return to duty of Cap
tain Klchiuds will roturntohis proper sta
tion. The order detailing Second Lieutenant
ITroderio D. ICuins , Kishteonth infantry , as
professor of military science and taeticH at
Vincennoa univoralty , Vinconuos , Ind. , is re
voked ,
Mk < * rnlliiiiooii .
Representatives Plckler appeared before
the house Judiciary committee today In behalf
half of Ills hill providing that a term of tha
federal court bo held nt Aberdeen , S. 1) . ,
three districts hoing nowcstahlishea nt Sioux
Falls , Plorro and Doadwood. The bill was
isiferrod to a subcommittee nnd Major
Pickler says ho oxpccts a la vorablo ropott.
Senator Kyle hns introduced n slnill.ir bill
In the senate.
ConRrositnnn Lucas of South Dakota re
turned from a biulnov trip to IOWA today.
Mr. Catchlncs of Mississippi , the senior
member of the house coniinltleo on rules
told Tun Hen correspondent tlUs afternoon
that the tariff hill would bo roportoj from
the committee onras nnd means on No
vember art. "I calculate ) , " said Mr. Citon-
Ings , "that wo can pass the bill bnforo the
holiday ruoess anrt that the sonata coin-
mlttco on flnaiH'o can take It up for consider
ation when congress convenes In January. "
A. S. Lnnnean of Honnei's Ferry , Idaho ,
hns Hlod his application for the position of
Inspector of Oilncso
Senator M indorsmi today received a
strong telegraphic protest from Hrokon Ho\r \
citlrons against the romoxal of the land
ofllco at that i-ltv nnd the consolidation of
that district with another Dijliiy Is asked
In the action until lrolcn ! How ran bo
hoard. The protest and request will bo pre
sented at the Intorlnr department tomorrow.
The Ilrokon How ( piostlon is nno Kopiusent-
utlvo ICoin will have \\rostlo with.
1'atrlck Door.y of U.tnscn , Xob. , was today
prantert a patent for a wheeled scraper.
Patents were UMiod to Iowa invontois today
as follows : 1/wH IVc.illly , Fort Madison ,
buguy shafts , r.r.tstus H Perry , Oilman ,
coupling davK'u for vehicle au-ncrs ; Hiram
A. Partly , Koi'luvoll City , automatic hog
wnt-nlng trough ; Wesley Kllnkor. Union
Mills , raka- PKHIH S. UK mi.
'
AKIllt.tSK.I AMI .
The Sidney Telegraph has reached man-
hood's estate 'Jl yuirs old
Charity I. ( 'ago , ono of the oldest resi
dents of Nelson , died of heart falliiro , ngod
74 yuan.
J. Mantnal , a stockmitn from Whitman ,
lost all the toes of his right foot by falling
mulcr the cars at Aurora.
GcoiicoColburij. aoll Known resident of
the vicinity ni Harvard and a loading mem
ber of the Modern Woodmen , Is dead.
Ono of the largest funerals ever known la
York was that of Mrs. (5oorgo F. I'orcornn.
wlfoof Iho uoll known nowsp.tper man and
court importer.
As the result of a runaway team , William
Bishop , a Jefferson county farmer , Is laid up
\ith a lei ? broken in thrva places. The doc
tors hope to sa > o the limb.
It has been discovered that the man who
throw the bomb that wrecked Douglas *
store ut North Platte Intended to mur
der the proprietor. Ofllcers are on his
track.
Over il.-iuO people ere present at the
twenty llfth anniversary of Iho organization
ofSt John's Lutheran church of Auburn ,
ttnd four ministers attended and delivered
Mis. Stock ami llttlo child , residing near
Murdock. Cass county , were thrown from a
carriage in n runaway and both seriously
hurt. Mrs Stock's left arm was broken
near the wrist and lior face badly bruised.
Tlio child received a fracture of ono of its
lees and was othorulse hull.
John Ha\os \Vooplng Water has pro
duced some of the linest coin over grown in
Iho state. Simple oars moasmed over
twelve inches in length nnd weighed from it
pound uml a quarter to a pound and n half
each. The corn was not planted until Jims
10.
The AunplcloiiA llnlmilii .
KfltHti ) Cltll"III nil' ' .
"Wo congratulate President Cleveland
nnd the country upon the auspicious bog In
ning of his administration , " bays the Now
Yonc democratic platform. A linanclal
panic , closed mills , oread riots ana hun
dreds of thousands of worklngmen out of
employ men t. This Is auspicious , Is lit
OAK OP THK COXTBXTitD ,
Idanlrt Co > uftt(0li. ( ( ( (
Any season does for mo
Kinder made fer all time ;
Jes Hut mult In siiniinur limit.
As froo/u tor duath In f.ill.time.
Summer carvlii" melons rlpo ;
( Makes my mouth mow wider ! )
Wlntoi llmls mo with my pipe ,
Dilnlvln' npplo clderl
Whan It's hot , whv , close Is cheap
Ilon't talvii much tor do you ;
When It's cold -Iho iod llatnos leap
Wuimlii' tliiouch and tbroiiKli youl
Spring , or summer time , or fall
Don't mind how you cut her :
Take tliN limn world , till In nil
Tl'oy don't miiku no linttorl
JfOll IHJIOttKIC ,
DOWNING , KJi Sfi"
W * d §
Largest M iniifaaturorian 1 Ititxllori
of Ulotliin.-ln hoVorU. .
What are they ?
That's what a good many people have wanted
to know lately ,
judging1 by the num
ber of ladies and.
boys who have been
up in our children's
dopartni3nt t hi s
week. "What are they ? " they ask. "What kind
of a reefer suit can you sell for $2.50 ? " They are
all right and come in all the loading stylos. Of
course we have others that will cost you more , but
our usual { rood , substantial quality is apparent in
every suit we sell. Wo have a magnificent line of
reefer overcoats that it will do your heart good to
see. You can also get leather or cloth leggings to
match any suit. Boys' caps and hats , collars , nook-
ties , waists , probably the greatest assortment in
this western country , will always be found in this
department. If the gentlemen will visit our men's
hat department they will not only find as good a
ino as in town , but wo can save ( horn dollasr.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btonopuereg evening till < m | Si y ftft jnj
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