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THE OMAHA DAILY REE ; THURSDAY , OCTOBER 28 , 1803. DAILY BEE. " " UOSKWATBtl , Kdltor. KVKUV MOUNINO. TKItMS OP SUnSClUPTION. T > allynf < wlt1itml < ! im < 1' > rlOrK ! Year t JJO Dallr ami 3uml y , OnoYcar ' " " 8lx Month ? SVg Three Month- * 5 SJj Hen , < > no Y mr VJJ Sunday PMiirOnv np .lhif Ycar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . { icj : VTotikly IH-c , OnoYcar. . . . . . * uu OFF1C1W. i. Conm-ll mnlTn , 12 IViarl Btruct. ciiiciiifo office. 317 nmUrot ; commerce. Now York. rwint 13 , 14 anil ir > .Trlbuno building WfiHlilnclon , r > 13 Fotirl ntli street. COUIlKSPONBnNCK. All cnmn.nntcaUniM rolnllnir to lorial mailer flioiild nrtiln-B-wxlf BUSINESS 1.KTTKI13. All lniAlacft < Idiom and mnlllancoii liOUW J > e nildn-mml 10 TliP ! ! < IMiUlNlilii * cotn mnr.Omalift. DrnftH.cliOcltH ninl ii inlonico niilcfB to bo made uiraMn to tlif ( mirror thcoomiianr. I'artli'B l nvln < r tlio cllv for tlui winnnf r can liavo l to tliplrniidn.Hly leaving an oraer I lie lien 111 Chlcnco. TliEfUtLvnml SnxntT HUB U on ale In Chicago nt the follow Ing pl.ieoii I'altnpr hou o. fJruml I'ncldiliotol. . Auilllorlum liotol. Orcat Northurn liotiil. nero hotel. Inland liniol. . . , , Vi\n \ ofTiiK ItKB cnnbo soon nt lh No- bMthatulldlm ; nml tlicAdmlulatration buildIng - Ing , Kxpchltlon ground * . _ SWOUN STATEMENT OP CIUCUr.A.TION. Slate of Nebraska. I Ocorio'lUTrMlmek. Rccrotarv of Tnn Br.K Viib- Hulling compnny , ilonn Bolomiilj- swear that Iho acttinl circulationof [ TMK llAll.v DBS for the wefifc vndlni ; October SI. 180Jvusim followu : Humlay. October IT. ' Monday. OctolKT in TueKdny. October 17. . . . \VrdnpBdny.Oplobcrl8 I'lmrwlay , October 10 FrMav , October ! : < KimuTlnj.CclobfTl.'l 24,5Bj OroiiOKll-TzBCiitJcir. . * . sworn to hefom mo nml mibBcrlbed In my \ KKAI , I IIKHCLCO thin SlBt divof : October , 1M S. l- N. P. FKIL. Notary Public. Ctreulntliin fur 1803 , DON'T full to register today. PARISIANS can now adopt the popular nlr to the words "Aftor the Russians Desert Us. " Is IT wU > o to put a city contractor in the mayor's chair ? The cchoos of the past answer no ! THE World's fair comes to an end next week Monday. How about the Garnoau- Moorc controversy ? EVEKYHODY interested in the main- tananco of good government should register today. Lust year's registration flees not hold good. REGISTER today , else you cannot vote. The impending election will be hotly contested. You will want to bo in the fight. Register. MOSIIKU is a hoodoo. The sheriff of Lancaster.county should beware or ho , too , will fall a victim to public condem nation after the fashion of Sheriff Bonnott. AT'THE present rate of expediting the heatings under the transfer switch law it will undoubtedly require no less than ten months for the State Board of Trans portation to got that law in working order. AMERICAN cities' day at the fair is bound tobo an unparalleled success if it succeeds in exhibiting an aggregation comprising the mayor and city council of Omaha in apparent harmony upon all issues of the day. REMEJIIIEK that the bond proposition to bo submitted to the voters on election day provides for raising money by the Bale of bonds wliioh cannot bo legally applied to the construction of the Platte river canal. It should-bo voted down. IP THE extra session of congress ar rives at a faottlemont of the present sil ver controversy people will bo only too willing to have that issue withdrawn from the regular session. The senatorial windbags will have earned a well mer ited rest. GEORGE MITNRO is one of the best known nnd highly respected members of the city council. 'His record commends him to the people. Ho is a successful business man and a competent public official. His name will appear on the I official ballots. Do not fail to vote for him. him.WE WE have said very little about Mr. Bedford and his candidacy. But if he happens to bo knocked out of the ring when the batteries are opened ho will have to curse the fool klllor for not doing his duty in time with the conceited idiots who arc championing his interests in the World-1 ferula. POPULIST senators are said to expect - poct 1hcir actions during the silver debate - bate to gain millions df adherents to the populist cause In the next national oloc- " Uon. None of those millions , it is safe to say , will include any ono who has heard any of the time-killing debate on la the floor of the senate. > * * WE have had disreputable and low down campaign literature before every election but it remained for Sher iff Bennett , to introduce a chain gang paper edited by a convicted blackmailer who occupied u cell in the penitentiary and paid for by a bank wrecker , forger , embezzler and perjurer. IT 18 the duty of every patriotic H citizen to oxorolso the Iranchlso which ( f has boon entrusted to his care. Do not t ihlrk voting. Before you can vote you must BOO that your nama is properly entered upon the registration books. See to it today. Lot nothing'dolay you , You cannot toll what may happen to interfere on" the registration days to follow. All previous registrations have no validity this year. THE course of Mayor Bomls through out the present campaign is suoh as to oommona him to all good cltizona re gardless of politics , Not only if Mayor * Bomls not a politician in the objectionable - able sense of that tonu , but iho has shown by hath word and deed that he is generous as well as foarlojs and inde pendent , with only kind words for his envious rivals and dofamors. Ho has continued t-j give close attention to the affairs of the olty with ubjoluto indtfter- euco M to the result of the THKHR Gr.Axn Ist.Xxn. Oct. E.I. To the Editor of Tin ? HKR : You h v eccr.il times asserted In'.vour piiprr tlmt the defeat of .rwlpo Max well was brought about by a treasonable conspiracy and that Hnrrlson's nomination was due to thcconfedcrntc-1 rMlrond ninnac- era. Thli it nltogethisr too ccnoral.V want facts. STjtt.wxitT Hra-rntiois. Thcro are none so blind a ? those who will nnt BOO. Can nny Intelligent man who has kept abreast with Nebraska politics entertain a reasonable doubt that the onllro corporate power of this state was banded together to defeat Maxwell by fair means or foul ? TUB BEE is not in the habit of dealing In fiction. When we charged that Judge Maxwell's defeat was brought about by a treasonable conspiracy wo had abund ant proof to sustain the charge. It is a notorious fuel that the candi dacy ol Frlok was sprung by the emis saries of the Elkhorn Valley railroad to turn down Maxwell in his own county. Dudgo Ilnyward of Otoo was injected into the contest by the railroads and the Impeached olllciuls whom ho defended before the supreme court. The same corporation and stuto house Influence madu ClinUm N. Powell n rallying point for Iho cohorts of thu corporations in Douglas county. The candidacy of O. A. Abbott , whoso delegation from Hall county was headed by Harrison , was merely a masked movement to cover the operations of the IJurlin tim c/.ar and bring to the front the mm ; upon whom the corporate conspirators had previ ously agreed. Do these facts subtaln the charge that the railroad corporations had banded together to turn down Mix\\oll and force a man of their own choice on the supreme bench ? If not , there is ono fact thut will clinch the nail and drive it home. Douglas county was the center of the contest for railroad supremacy in the .state , and here all the forces -.vcro con centrated to prevent the selection of a delegation instructed for Maxwell. The railroad organizer , luiodull. had devoted - voted all his energies to organizing the primaries for Powell , and ho was ably seconded by the railroad lawyers and all the henchmen they could muster. The outcome of the primaries was the selection of about a dozen delegates who were in the employ of the Union . .Pacific ruilro.ad or the Pacific Express company which is practically an annex of the Union Pacific. The inanaeors of the Union Pacific claimed to bo entirely neutral in the light and had given assurance to that oflect to the supporters of Maxwell. The Douglas county convention was hold Saturday , September 30. Just bo- foi-o noon on that day , the editor of TUB BEE sought an interview at Union Pacific headquarters with Mr. Clark , the president of the road. The follow ing is in substance the interview : . The Editor ITindcrstaud , Mr. Clark , that your company Is taking no part in the con test over Maxwell. Mr.jClark That is our position. Wo have Uopt entirely neutral and wo propose to keep out of the fight. Tlio Editor Will you favor mo with a statement over .your slsrnaturo that your company has tie disposition to interfere In the choice of supreme judge nnd that the employes of your road arc at liberty to vote ns they plcaso ? Mr. Clark t cannot grant your request. It would ba regarded as a breach ol faith by the othnr roads anii got us Into trouble. What did Mr. Clark mean when ho declared that to give Union Pacific em ployes a written assurance that they wore f roe to vote as they pleased would make him liable to the charge that ho had violated faith" with other railroads ? Is not this fact alone conclusive proof that a compact had boon entered into by all the railroad nianagors to capture the republican convention and defeat Max well ? Was not this compact a treasonable conspiracy to defeat the will of the poo- pie ? According to Blackstone , "Tho purpose of civil government , of all offices , constitutions , laws , courts , con ventions , parties , caucuses and fran- chi&es existing under its authority , whether ordained by the constitution through a legislature , or the voluntary contrivance of any portion of iti people [ as a party convention ] , is to maintain justice and to provide for tfio general welfare. Justice is the fundamental idea of the state. All Its regulations should bo but the applications of the principles of justice. Whenever a com bination of men undertakes the man agement of government with a view to contravene those aims , it is an effort to secure control of the forms of civil authority to enact the very wrongs and perpetuate the very wants for the over throw and prevention of which civil authority exists. If thU Is done In a combination striving to subvert estab lished forms of government , it is troa- Bon , But for a company Of oltizeiu to combine with each other uhdor the forms of law , and , sacking private ends , strive thus to subvert the proper func tions of government , and establish In iquity by law , is none the less criminal because a nameless crime. " "Now if it is treasonable or criminal for citizens to combine for the subversion of self-govornmont , is it'not equally crimi nal for corporations $ n seek the over throw of our flupramo bench by banding together and exerting corporate nowor' to prevent a free choice of candidates ? In the face of such conspiracies , what can the poopledo to protect their rights ? The annual mooting of the directors of the Nebraska Manufacturers and Con sumers association , hold yesterday , wua particularly gratifying in the evidence given as to the complete harmony of feeling nnd unanimity of purpose exist ing among the manufacturers of the state. Every matter presented for the conblderatlon of the directors was dls- pobod of without the slightest friction. The officers of the association were reelected - elected -unanimously , 'and Ills to bo re marked that the compliment was well dosqrvod by all of them. Mr. W. A. Page has made a most ef ficient president of the association , and whllo ho did not seek a re-election , feel ing quito willing , after a service of two years , to give some other member of the association un opportunity ta borvo It , the directors inttnifoatoJ a wise and just appreciation of his worth in retaining Mr. Holmes , the secretary of the association , was continued Jn that posi tion , and ( ho confidence of the directors was substantially attested by Increfulnjr his salary , flo has shown himself to bo the eight man In the right place. The association , as flhuwn by the report - port of the secretary , la In an excellent condition , and there la reason to expect that the good work it has already ac complished will bo extended In the year to come , giving more general recogni tion to the principle , "patronize homo Industries , " which it is the cardinal pur- iwso of the association to promote. A great dt-nl has boon done In teaching the people of Nebraska the valtlo and Im portance of this principle but there is a great deal of work to bo done before the habit of observing the principle , becomes as general as it should ba , and Iho asso ciation nnd its ofliooro must not abate their efforts to firmly im press upon our people the * fuct that it is essential to iho progress and prosperity of Nebraska , nnd therefore to their interest , to patronize homo indus tries. All oltiaotw of Nebraska should fcol that they have a common concern In building up the Industrial enterprises of the Btato , so that the field for the utilization of capital nnd the employ ment of labor may bo steadily enlarged , nnd the only way t' do thii is to make a homo market for the products ol our manufactories , which successfully compote pete in quality and price with ilke arti cles made olsoivhcro. The Manufacturers and Consumers association is to bo heartily congrat ulated upon what It htu accomplished nndfhould receive every encouragement in the work It has In hand , DUTY OP TllK COUKTY LOMMIKttlOffJSItS The county commissioners are bylaw charged with the supervision of the con duct of county officers and empowered to try them for misdemeanors and dismiss thorn from the service. The statutes of Nebraska provide that all county of ficers , including justices of the peace , may bo charged , tried and removed from olllue for oIHiiial misdemeanors for the following causes : First Habitual or willful neglect of duty. f Second Gross partiality. Third Oppression. Fourth Extortion. Fifth Corruption. Sixth Willful maladministration in olllco. Seventh Conviction of a felony. . Eighth Habitual drunkenness. The flagrant delinquencies in the safe keeping of prisoners and the manage ment of the county jail have scandalized the public service to an extent that makes it the duty of the county com missioners to institute an ollicial in quiry. The frequent and numerous jail de liveries afford indisputable proof that Sheriff Bennett has boon guilty of habitual and willful neglect of duty. The responsibility for the safe-keeping of prisoners is with lniu and cannot be shifted. The liberties accorded to H. H. Henderson and Charles Masher show gross partiality and willful maladminis tration in ofllco on the par.tof the shuriff. Section 119 of the act relating to counties and county olflcars provides that the sheriff shall havev charge and custody of the jail and the prisoners of the same , and is required to receive those lawfully committed and to keep them himself , or his deputy jailer , until discharged by law. The manifest intent of the law is that the sheriff Is pro hibited from releasing any prisoner until ho is discharged by a court. This provision of the law has boon violated in several instances , notably in the case of Charles Clifford , who was released without an order of the court. Section 102 of the criminal code pro vides that if any sheriff , jailer or other person liaving any offender in custody charged with , or convicted , of any offense made punishable by the laws of this state , shall voluntarily suffer such offender to escape or go at large , ho be comes guilty of a misdemeanor , punish able by fine and imprisonment. Section 5,764 of the Revised Statutes reads as follows : If nnv sheriff or jailor or any other person havinjf theoaroor custody of any jail , shall suffer any person sentenced to imprisonment therein for any offense to be dealt with in a manner less severe than is required by law ho shall be guilty of u misaemoauor in ofllce. The favors and privileges granted to Convict Mosher by the sheriff are an ex hibition Of such gross partiality as to leave no room for doubt that corrupt in fluences have prevailed to bring this about. Not only was this felon'treatcd as if ho were a personage entitled to the freedom of the jail , but he was allowed to roam at largo , and visit dis reputable resorts to ig-ratify his lust and pabslon for sport. And to cap the ell- ; max of lawlessness , the Douglas county jail was , converted into an assignation house for the benefit of Convict Moshor. A sheriff who will misuse his office and scandalize the courts should bo at once ' impeached. , The commissioners have n responsi bility in thlb mutter which they cannot shirk. The fuct that the people will BOOH bo able to oust Bennett from olllco through the ballot box affords no ox- ctiso for retaining him in his position from now until January. the taxpayers of Omaha willing to plaster $1,500.000 mortgage on this city for buying out Mr. Wiley's electric ight factory ? This is exactly what will bo done with the proceeds of the so- culled canal bonds. Not a dollar of that fund can legally bo used for building a canal or any other improvement. The proposition IB plain and specific. Shall the city of Omaha lusuo $1,500,000 in bonds for the purchase or acquisition of waterworks or an electric llgjht plant ? You cannot buy out the waterworks fpr $1,500,000 unless the city assumes the mortgage of 84,000,000 which now hangg over it. Suoh a bargain would l > o a gl- gantlo job. The only 'thing that tlio council \till be able to do legally with the procooJa of the bands is tu buy out the Thomson-Houston works at such price as the counisll and Mr. Wiley can "ugreo on. That price might bo $250,000 , and it might lw $ } ,500,000. Wh tovor twelve count-iluieu vote will bo tha , prica , The courts are poworlosa to interfere unlcbs absolute proof of brloory shall bo produced. Mr , Wiioy h too smart to Ira cauirht inTTTo lubricating of council- men. JIo la , ( .99 old a bird to bo trapped or tripped. > 11OT any sane man doubt that ho wlll a o his twelve councilman override atiymvetj when there Is n 51,500,000 fob H hand ? IN DISALLOWING a per diem salary claimed by AH raiy officer for assigned work as member o [ a boundary commis sion the Treasury department is sock ing to establish the rule that no person on the army pay roll is entitled to io- cclvo additional componsatiou from the United StatSS1 government. The gov ernment will V-cgard the officer's time as paid for in his regular salary , and the fact that it is devoted to some particu lar duty not in the ordinary line of mili tary life will not give him an extra claim. Though this decision may ap pear to bo a hardship to certain persons it can scarcely bo attacked on the gtound of Injustice. Onthoolhor hand , the old eyutem opened the way for favor itism nnd duly shirking that must have boon demoralising to the ollicloncy of the service. Officers played for appoint ments to lucrative positions and uhorcd their work onto less fortunate wire pullers. Taking nwny tlio monetary In centive will destroy much of the attrac tion of assignment to special duty out side of the military stations. ACCOUDlNCl to Senator Dubols , ono of tha leading spirits In the recent fili bustering entertainment at Washing ton , without Iho aid of northern or southern democrats filibustering would have been In vain from the first. There Is no need to search for the parties to blame for that disgraceful episode. Filibustering was resorted to by the free silver senators because they WCIHJ aided and abetted by members of the democratic majority. _ The democrats must shoulder tlio rospoiidibilit/ thu unnecessary delay in passing the relief measures for which congress was sum moned. THE Board of Education of this city is entrusted with the management of ono of the most important public institu tions. A member of the school board should bo not alone honest , well mean ing and careful of the public interests , but he should also bo capable of appre ciating what a public school education ought to afford. Ho is expected to see the defects of our school system and to provide , for their remedy. No man with an ax to grind should bo permitted to work his way Into the school board. Tiira is to bJVan educational campaign. The people are not only given a chance to study cardinalj principles of self-gov ernment , but they are being educated. up to the standtu'd of discriminating be tween roputabipjcandidatos and scamps. IT IS safe to rpdict that Mosher will not run at largo in the streets of Lin coln. Thcro aro. too many defrauded depositors there } A < lnirllniulle Allalr. Globf-Dcmocmt. The Ohio cam Ja&rnwould bo more inter esting for the country at largo if tuore wcro anycbanco for'Uhe democrats1 to win , but apparently their efforts-are mcroly to keep the republican majority below 30,000. The Olio JlMK : < 'r. f CMcago Inter L'ccan. Ohio ana Iowa republicans have but ono thing to fear , and that is ovorcnnfldcnco. That has often been fatal. Overconfldenco permits thousands of business men to bo absent upon election day , because "one vote doesn't count much , . anyway. " oil Iloraubuck. Loulsvtlle Courier-Journal. Nobody doubted after lat November's election that G rover Cleveland and the na tional democracy had won an overwhelming victory. It scorns to have boon all a mis take , uowover. At present the silver-mine republicans , the populists and the free silver democratic deserters are in complete control of the legislation of the country. Coinmnntlable Liberality. Tr < wMnpon ( Puil. U capital and labor would only bo moro ponerally tolerant of each ether the condi tion of affairs in this and in over. ) other civil ized country would bo much moro pleasant than it Is. Once in awhile a few rays of bright sunsliino pcnctrato the clouds , but the Illumination is much too infrequent. ' For moro than four weeks the King Philip mills at Full River , Mass. , wcro closed , and the employes , of course , wore Idle. Recently the wills resumed operation aod when the hands received their pay for the lirst week of toil after tlio reopening they were much sur prised to learn that the mill owners who also owned the houses occupied by their work people had remitted the rent for the month of enforced inactivity. It was n pleasant and proper , und in a broad sense , a protituolo thing to do. It was ono of tlio best investments the mill owners over made. What t'arUiciiiKia Are Wearing. Jlarptr't Jliizar. Just at present the grand chjo for the atrcot In Paris is dark blue serge , or a simi lar material called buro , the skirt maue c'ear ' to the ground , round and very full at tlio back , fitting closely over the hips , and with less fulness on the sidrs than oven in the skirts made In the spring ; no trimming except several rows of stitching. The coisaga worn with this is either the always popular bolero , or else u tight-fitting- waist with small round basque , quite full In the back , the front having wide rovers turned back BO as to allow a shirt of whlto iluchesse satin draped with cream-colored Venetian or other coarse laoo ; the bolt is of wide black satin ribbon , fastened each side of the front by Hhino-atono bncklcs. - Thu crowning Uuicli , lo this most useful costume , nnd nlsp'jtlm very latest novelty , is u tour do cou of ermine , the skin of the little tlo nnUnaljnounUSI'XVith the head ami tall. A large black hat u'Uli bows of moire ribbon and black ostrich fejnhcrs completes a cos tume-as stylish as " } useful and coniiao U faut. H Double skirts are reappearing , and .tlio incscnco of embroidery on the now costumes makes one roulUojUhat simplicity is no longer iho order ur < the day. The I ouis Keito 'inU Diroctolrkstyles are superseding the 1830 horrors , anil all the looms ofLyons uro at work 011 suoljI lovely Jlovvcred silks. Fancy and emurblaercd ribbons are used , mid the most lovoljjeffects uro produced by thutn. "L - Dinner gowns anS now made in satin an- tkjuo , or paune16rit Is called , which 1 neither satin nor velvet , bat something between - tween the two , aorf.jpd suoplo , catuhiug tha light and making tmcU loyely lines , which follow the movcnuxp4'of ( the wcarerut qvory ( ura. fllK UXCKor. * . T.lllltlKKS. | Chicftgio Inter Ocean : Ono nocount savs ; these wlilto-cappcrs were members of the Womtm'js CbrUtlan Temperance union. For i thogoon name of that nnblo order wo most 1 ftlncciclyhono Hint tbls wns not thocaso. Certain wo nro that the members of that i order would nimoit unanimously condemn ' such outlawry n abhorrent to tha spirit of their union and prejudicial to tholr causo. 1 he order was organized to pron.oto temper- atico by a practical nurtlleation of the princi ples of the Christian rcllRlon and not to rcpuluto social Intercourse by a return to bnrb.trlsm. KntiM.is City Times : \Vhllo-capNtn Is the modern carrytnu out of the old Ku-lCUix Idon nna Is nbhorreut to Iho American conception Of Justice , whether it takes place in ludiaim or AlUsissiiinl , Nebraska or Alabama. It is triio that imbllc nbuscs sometimes become so flagrant as to demand unusual methods of denllnf : with them , but this is too dancerotis n doctrine to receive the support of law-abid ing men. It would put Into the Imnds of pvory lawless mob the power of revenging itsolt upon any person or person * who might have Inclined its dlsplc.isuro. Chicago Tribune : The action reported cannot bo defended by any ono except a liiw.ver hired to iiiiike out tl > o best case pos sible for lila client , irrespective of the real merits of the cane. The proceeding was a lawless ono andsivorod too much of south ern Ku-Klux methods to permit apology therefor. The women guilty of iho 6utrugo may have "felt that the nattio of the city was being sc.indalired b.v the action" of tbo young women , out luero lovily , or ovun im morality , did not call for personal nunUh- input , nnd if the conduct of the offender * \\cro really unlawful tlio courU were open for prosecution under the law. The woaicn who nmlcrlooK to rhastiso with bundles of switches their supposedly errinir sisters were themselves law breauors and deserve to bo punished ns such for a warning to others \ ho prcsumo to take iho law into tholr own hands Instead of appealing to the courts. Till ! CltlMSUXKn lATTLli C1UUSK. _ Philadelphia Press : The only system of train orders worth anything ts under the block system , tind it consists in letting no train into a block xintil the block is clear. This is an order which it Is hard to misun- dorstund. Chicago Post : Madness , wo think , may explain this and ether accidents of thu same uaturo. It may bo the overwork incident to the rnsli at the fair , the strain of their fear ful responsibility and the confusion of innny onlcis cloud tbo brains of these wretched men and send them , heedless of consequences quences , into an act of temporary insanity , never to bo expiated. Chicago Inter Ocean : The car stove was responsible for the horrible fatality in the wreck at Battle Creole , Mich. Now York' ' has a law prohibiting the use of stoves in railway coaches and eouincllinir railroads to use steam ho.it for their trains. This wreck and the burning of twcntv-six people impris oned in the cars is a forcible reminder that ether states should adopt .such ulmv and make Impossible-such horrors. I.'ew "i rk Tribune : The wreck on the Grand Trunk road nt Battle Crook on Fli- ilny was the most destructive and in its in cidents the most dreadful of all the railroad disasters which have added to the gloom and gri-jf ofthis calamitous year. No lan- pnatjo can exaggerate ) its horrors. The most stolid reader of the dispatches in which they arc described must shudder at the re cital nnd join in the demand that when the responsibility has been unmistakably fixed an adequate penalty shall bo imposed. Detroit Free Press : In this instance thcio was no failure of the air brakes , no excuse upon which n pretended justification of the fatal collision can bo based. Orders were not obeyed. An employe dared to take the awful hazard of running on the time of another train , and the result is ono to shock the entire jvorld. Where blame for such wholesome murder is definitely fixed the duty of the authorities is too plain to.re- quire discussion. The man or metiwho are responsible for the calamity should bo visited with justice swift and sure. There is need for such an example as will bring to railroad operatives n full sense of their re sponsibility , and here is a case where the way to such purpose is mudo clear. The dead "cannot bo restored , but the living may Work on the pew county line bridge near Crowoll is progressing rapidly. The directors of the Kearney Cotton mill have decided to increase the capacity of the plant , Dick Thompson , who was recently sent to the asylum for the insane is reported to bo improv-lng. Thieves went through the stables of H , C. Golden near Nebraska City and stole every bit of harness In the building. The pipes for the Fremont system of sewerage have been laid , anil as soon as the flushing tanks are put in the whole work will bo completed. " " Two children of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hol- landsworth of Gibbon have succumbed to tvplioid lover and their father is lying at the point of death. An attempt will soon be made to liquidate the indebtedness on the Young Men's Chris tian association building at Hastings. It will be necessary to raise $3,000 , 'E. A , O'Brien , superintendent of the state hatcheries at South Bend , is distributing 19,000 young fish in the streams along the line of the Klkfoorn road between Fremont and Ilarnson. Two spans of the B. & M. bridge near Oreapolis were destroyed by Uro which started from a spark from an engine. Sovonty-flvo men were put to work at once and a temporary structure was soon erected. The Grand Army post at Shubcrt has made arrangements to giro a baked bean and hard tack supper tonight at McGechle's opera house , and the members propose that all \vlio attend slnill have a first-class time. Mayor Pond , ono of the members of the committee of arrangements , had iho distin guished houor of participating in the cap ture ol Jeff Davis after the war was over , and his reminiscences wo aid 1111 a volume with interesting matter. UcuiUoriul I'UJTH and I'lugger * . Washington Star. A few conservative and estimable citizens have boon somewhat scandalized by the sen ate's descent to physical argument and are properly horriflod because there is popular movement toward having the Miteholl-Cor- bolt cngugoment como off in the senate chamber , but what do they think of the as- sassinatorv statements of silver senators who openly prophesy the sudden decease of tbo vice president should ho proceed to con duct his presiding business in a businesslike way ? _ I'KAETlUAt , JCHt I VS. Stimei vllle Journal. It floosn't pay to bo too good . Hut then , few of us uro. In fact , mostuf us do not roach Tlio fctaiidud murk by far. Wo crlticUuour iielaliUjrH * faults Mostly liohlnil their buck But who sots out to ilnd whut ho lllnisulf iiiostBoroly lac Us ? It doesn't jiay to lie too good IJut then , wuo over knew A iiiiin who really was too jtood ? Huch folks urn mighty few. In inntt of us there U n streak As fut Is streaked with loan Of something that unprejudiced Objervera would call menu. It doesn't T > ay to be too good Just good onoiiKli will do. It unswors nietty well for mo , And It will kervu for you. Don't fret about your neighbors' faults It Isn't right you bUould And bour in muid , tlioy try un hard As you do to bu < ood. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't lieport aking ABSOLUTELY PURE I'lUH'I.U rl.V/ lltl.\IN. . . . The prlnco of Wnlcs ha sixteen uncles. They uro exceedingly useful In rocky times. Indianapolis Is convinced bv about ( TOO , * 000 thdt democracy ami deficit nro . .vnony- inous. Senator Hoar's moatnl barometer Is n bunch of keys \\hlch ho UangloJ from his finger. Primed by the Hoary 1nw , a California court has ordered Oiling Gun tlroU out of the country. The annual fall uncnilnoss Is reported at I'lno KulfroitKcney. Poor l4 > 1ms it Innit-fclt want to 1111 with gjrennnonl rations. in consideration of $100 in hnml l > ald , Con- ercssman Jerry Hlmpson will glvo n storo- opilcon uxhlblt of populist principles for the benefit of Ann Arbor university students on November 4. 1'otor JncUson , the negro pugilist , is hav ing n halcyon and vociferous tunoiton-n in Nc\v York. Ho makes his headquarters nt Iho Toimalnt IVOuvcrlu.ro club.iui organiza tion ot well-to-do colored mon , uud wher ever hn goes he Is followed by a i-rowd of admiring yonegatnbmns , who regard him as the greatest man of the ngo. Ex-Speaker Heed gains $ H,003 to f 1,003-n year by his ' pen oulsldo his salaivas congress- man. , ilo'comm.in is practically his own prlco and his markut is nluaya airnltlng htm. If it were not for this Income- from the mngarlncs Thomas Drackutt would enjoy very few of thu luxuries of life. Ho is n poor man ami has no income Irayond his salary und what ho gets by his literary work. Carter Harrison possesses a halr-triggor mouth , but during its \trns \ and varied career , from its eagle flights In 'TO to the limpid Spanish warbling of 'Uli , it showed no marked capacity forcuduranoe.VhunCarlor hoard of the Nebraska champion in the senate ho smote his beaver thrice and vowed to beat it. ' That ho envies thu fanio of our own Senator Allen and would snatch the laurels of loquacity from his brow , is evi dent from the oftorU of the Chicago Times to pull the senator from his lofty pedestal. Out upon such jealousy 1 The old , unpretentious three-story build ing on Tenth street , Washington , into which Lincoln w as carried after the fatal shot was fired in Ford's theatnr , and in which ho died t entj-fourveiirs ago , has boon leased nnd converted into n museum of Lincoln relics and memorials. The collection , which is not yet complete , embraces all the Interesting relics which Captain Q , H. Olroyd has been collecting since ISliO , and which , up to lust spring , were retained in the house nt Soring- field , 111. , where Lincoln lived when ho was elected picsidcnt. Ex-Senator Ingalls had a remarkable way of prepaiing hli speeches , according to Frederick llaig , formerly his private secre tary. Ho first dictated a speech very rapidly. Then he dictated another and altogether now speech on the same subject , and taking the typewritten copies ot both speeches , ho would cut , paste , erase and interline until ho had made ono symmetrical and harmonious address out of the two. "Tjpon every other page or two , " says Mr. Hnlg , "would bo Interlined ono of tlioso striking sentences which stood forth nnd commanded the at tention of his audience. His speeches uro models of diction and superb rhetoric. " A writer In the Now York Sun , in a sketch of iho llfo of Sam Houston , says ho wns "n uniiiuo character , nnd at certain times a howling drunkard. Ho once sat for an hour or two on the upper porch of n Little llouk hotel reading his'ncwspapcr. It was n hot Sunday morning , and Houston's costume was precisely that In which ho was born. The night after San Jacinto , when Santa Anna was brought into his tent , Houston was too drunk to bo roused from his stupor on the ground. The butcher of the Alamo sat up all night in such mortal fear tbnt no would not accept a cup of water. In the morning Houston was sober and tremendously digni fied and pompous. Santa Anna offered his sword , but his conqueror prundlloquontly re fused to take it. " Lucy Stone known in private lifo.as Mrs. Henry B. Blnckwcll died on the 17th inst. at the ago of 70. Her career was n remark able one , bringing into prominence thosturdy will' power und fearlessness of her Now England ancestry. She wns among the first to take advantage of n college course at Oberlln , then the only college open 'to wonien , earning money enough to pay her way by hard labor during evening hours. Hnr first woman's ricrhts lecture wns irivon from the pulpit of her brother's church In Gardner , Mass. , in 1847. Soon after she was engaged to lecture for the Antl-Slavory so ciety. The novelty ot a woman speaking in public attracted laree audiences. She always put a great deal of woman's rights into her anti-slavery lecturos. Although frequently assailed by mobs and the meetings - ings broken up , she never suffered personal injury. Her fearlessness and determination often made the mobs quail and turned ene mies into supporters. As evidence of her loyalty to the principles advocated , she pub lished at her marriage , in. 1855 , a protest against the unequal features of the law , which ut that time gave the husband the entire control of his wife's property , person ana earnings. She refused , too , to take her husband's name , regarding this ns a symbol of subjection and the merging of her indi viduality into his. Omaha congratulates Oakland , Cal. The city on the bright aide of Fogville has suc ceeded in restoring to the stage , temporarily at least , n star whose brilliancy duzzlod Omaha for a season years ago. The man is worthy of the occasion , and the occasion worthy of the man. To signall/o the open ing of the Midwinter fair across the bay , Oakland has arranged n musical and dra matic feast , nnd the erstwhile Omaha star is booked for two courses : "Solo in A flat , I'm Mary Kelly's Beau , " and "The Mys tery of Oakland's Four Hundred , or How thn Uecr Wan Drawn , " botl numbers b.v1'rof . l/.ilVtlo An Ihcrt O'lJnon , " ni the program states. T'rof O'Hrien's nntlrn mmtasty heretofore ro Rtralnod him from regaling the public with melodious S'in ) ! , yet ihero llntcors In the corridors riders of memory ci'hocs oftiis fiUnrtftlnlnn vocalization of the i > liNslcs : ns well as tha scntlmom.nl ulilch oft broke unprovoked on the o irs of former nv.ocliUos. It WAS la moloilr.i 111,1 tint tlm piofrmor hire scored n triumph , It \vu a representation of English country llfo with the professor in the role of heavy villain , UN makeup \vit > reallstlo , hlsjnca inspiration for Ivnehinif p.irty , nnd such dliUetit phraslni ; vrn never hoard outside ol [ jMicaMilro. Ho was fearfully nnd wonder fully madqup , so much so tlml the Jury which . picked to aouvlct another on Iho professor's testimony Insisted on convicting the pro- fossor. Liter on in Ihc play the professor was to bo waylaid and imirdoioil , when , liowovor , llio would-bu txssusMn draw a bead on the Villain , the gun failed lo do its duty as provided lit the text. A look that stops n clook is regarded as n fiction , Prof- O'Hrlen ttommistralcd that a It-agio stride und lowering pace could atopacmi , Wo repeat , Oakland Is to bo congralutod on the approaching treat of nrtlsllo re alism. ro irK.n.rif. Novell tlbir * ofVt1IUni J , Wood Will lie * roiuti I'limmors ot' Million * . DRNVEH , Oct. 23 By the decision of the supreme court of thu United Slates in the case of Iho heirs of William J. Wood against Jcroino B. Wheeler and the Aspen Mlnltig comnany , seven hitherto poor pcoplo era made millionaires. The heirs uro .lames O. Wood , a sailor oa Lake Michigan who lives at Chicago ; Mnggls Cavcnor , wife of the oldest son , George Wood , living in Canada ; Hiram A. Wood , living nt Owen Sound , Can. ; Thomas B. Wood , Ruppose-d to be in Ala < < kn ; Mnrgaret Billings , widow of William J. Wood , and W. S. Scott , liiwbnnd of Mnltlda Wood. KnrK of t/ho heirs is entitled lo about $500,000 in cash nnd a share of the original one-third Interest In the mine. The Income fronitliB- mine will imxko them each worth millions in a few years. m Unnrtl .Agiilnst tlio White Cnn. | ST. Louts , Oct. 25. A Post-Dispatch spo clal from Milan , UVmt. . savs : Tlio whlu cap war upon certain ginners has reached here , and the gins of .Tnuios Morgan , D. Caldwell and Butler & Co. , have boon posted with the usual "ton cents per pound" warn ing. The citizens hero nro wrought up by the affair and have arranged to guard the gins , which will bo run regardless of throats. Buffalo Courier : Tlio man who makes a suc cess ot [ ho bottling bminoss Is generally a corker. New Orleans IMcnyuno : No one should o\- pcct nsnuiiio meal when making a round of the lunch huiuos. VORIIO : naverly Would you call a man a llur nlio was In the habit ot tolling little , harmless fibs ? Austen H would depend on bow much ha wulghud. , < Philadelphia Uuconlflloax I saw a boll qn a steve tnu.iy. Jonx Thai's nothing. I saw a felon on n patrol wagon. ' Puck : Salrtsii Mis. Modelersroralmlt mo ol the old hen whit sat nil ducks' oggs. Hurdsu Hnw ? Saldso Her children are all In tha swim , und blio Isn't. Slftlnprs : Tlnio Is ninnoy , they say. And It lias been notlcud that It tukoa u good deal ot money to havu a good tlme ; Lowell Courier : A subject soon to como up lit congress , "iunm\ Ins tlio durollcts , " does nirt roluto to the fienuto objlrucllonUts. SomorvlHo Journal : "Aftor crosses and losses men grow humbler and wlsur. " said liun Franklin , and they do , honiotimus , no doubt. Botiitttlmes , on the ether huud , they only scold their v Ives. Galveston News : Hlsonouijh lo tllscouraso any funny man on earth to pokufuuutuu editor and nave mm rermu to lulco a Jolco. nulTalo Cornier : "That's a point in your favor , " suld the lawyer lo hU new typowrker , us she completed a very nlco joti of pencil sharpening. Music nnd Drama : Miss Funicur Jfy brother ! * nnssloimtuly fouU of his clear. I bolluvo tie will smoku In hiiavun. Ills frlond Oh I there ID no doubt tliut ho will binolfo in the horoaf tor : Chicago Record : SIri. Jhonos Ethel , you rolitht tell mo who thu young inuu Is that .called last nvunliiK. " Kthol ( just 17j Ucrtalnly , mamma , If you'ro curious about It ; t hut's tbo young man I'm engaged to. Puck : She Sirs. Robinson's liuiillh scorns to bo very poor. lie Wi'll , people of sedafory habits can't ex pect good himlth ] She What do yon moan ? She's on the go nearly nil tlio tlmo. Ho Nonsmiso ! Slio's continually sitting oa her husband. ' IN TII15 NKCK. ' Dclriiil / " ; te Presi , "Where tlio chicken ROttho ax. " Is at ptusont looking p ilo. Asuslung phr.ise , and tliorj'shopa ' It will boon initlroly fall ; For worn bus just como to us From the nlly of Now York That tlio chlckun gag lias got It Whuru thu bottle got tlio cork. Largest Manufaotarors aul Ilit of OlotUluilu tUa WorU. It's a pudding To soil goods when you have suoh a stook be hind you as wo have. You gat a better selection now , of course , than you will later , and the prices will never be lower. The superlative elegance of our top coats is common talk , for they are made of the richest fabrics , with the finest trimming's and most exquisite workmanship. There are meltons and kerseys , always popular , single and double breasted , ranging in price from $10 on up to $35. But when you get above $20 you get something flne ; something that but few tailors can duplicate and none excel either for fit , fashion or fabric. The same is true of our suits , of which we have probably the larg est assortment over brought to this western country. BROWNING , KING & C'd ,