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-;.T'T ". ! i V. 1 Saturday Morning Courier. KM- ufcjo O yVOLUME 8, NO. 47. l0IN60LN,5NliUl?ASKA, SATURDAY&OCTOBmt 28, I89J. P-KIGH HIVIi CUNTS AS ID Tliu laflt statement iiiiulo I iy tlio Lincoln hanks hIiow ii higher percentage of cash on liund than will probably bo tlio case again for a long tinio to conio. Tlio banks have, with a persistency that him pinved dishearten ing toborroworH, manifested udlsposltlon to accumulate cash until almost un heard of llgures wore reached. At tho titno tho fltatonii'iitH wore niailo tho other day tho Herman National had .'10 per cent, tho Find and Columbia .'II per cent, and tho American Exchange, .'17 per cent cash and exchange. While tlio lianltH are not loaning any money to Bpeak of iih yet, it 1h probable that there will bo a gindual shrinkage in these llgures. Deposits are slowly creeping up, and therein a prospect that a more liberal ioliuy will bo followed iih regards loans. It in interesting, though far from gratifying to note how tho deposits have dropped in tho hurt few montliH. The statements made March (i showed tho following: Columbia $ llitJll.OO Cloniian 1:10,71.1,55 A mcrican Exchange 1).'12,013,75 First 1,87 1,5(55, 13 Between March 0 and May I the deKsitfl dropped to the following Columbia 8 319,1)08,51 German 373,175,07 American Exchange 709,050,(5!) First 1,789.283, 18 July 12 tho condition of deposits was iib follows: Columbia 8 207,1H,5(5 Gorman 275,311,(;2 American Exchange. . 721,858,.'i2 First 1 ,i20.7 10,(57 Tlio last statement made October 3 bIiowb: Columbia 8 278,881,00 German 181,-112,00 American Exchange . . 051,771,32 First 1,0(50,(501,00 Tho period botweon tho last two Btato nioiitH, July 12 and October 3, covem tho most distressing part of tho panic. Since October 3, while, there has not been any very considerable improvement in business, there is greater conlidonco, and tho banks all report a Blight increaso in deposits. There isn't any use denying tho fact that the October business, of which bo much was oxpocted, has proved gener ally disapiHiinting. In dry goods, furni ture, hardware and clothing tho present season ought to be particularly lively; but it isn't. Goods have been ottered in Bomo instances at very low llgures, but tho number of buyers has not been very large. Bargains seem to have lost their potency. Merchants no longer look for any siuldon recovery now. Thoy can see a gradual improvement, and they think matters will continue :o " improve until noxt Bpring or fall, when something like tho normal stago will bo reached. In tho meantime expenses are being cut and tho edges are being trimmed. Coal dealers and grocers ie port sales nearly up to tho average; but then people have to buy coal and groceries. Collections are better than they were a month iigo. Most of the wholesale houses report good business, very good comparatively, with collec tions fair. Tlio travelling men who mako Lincoln their homo are beginning to go out on tho road, and their reports are on tho whole encouraging. There is somolifoin insido real estate. Some Bales aro reported, and there are many applications from renters for in side housed. The number of empty hoimes of every description, is small. Tho saloon men aro affected by tho hard times tho same ns other people. Tho proprietor of one of tho leading flalooiiB in the city, contrally located, says that with tho ex ception of state fair weok his business for the last few mouths has not averaged much, more than half or Inst year's busi ness. Lumber dealerH are doing a fair busi ness some of them very good, lint the sales aro mostly to farmers. Tho fann ers in this county appear to bo tjuitn as prosperous as ever. Tlio Merchants bank in order to get in the piiBh a little further will movo down lown ill a low days ami take jHissossion of tho corner formerly occupied by the Nebraska Savings Bank, Porhups the most encouraging ovidoncoof tlio approach of bettor times in tho presence in tin city of eastern money for thopurchasoof state warrants. Not loin; ago thoy wore Hold with dlfllonlty for l and 1)5 eontB. Now they uro readily bringing TOJ6 L'ClttH. An event of boiuo significance is tho approval of a loan of $00,000 for tho West Side Improvement Company a day or two ago. This money will put things in good shape out at WcBtorn Normal PlllllTIm l'tni-Miiker Flynt tho hypnotist and fun maker returns to Funko opera house for a week'B engagement Monday next. Ho in recognized an the most sciontitlu'hypnotist giving public exhi bitions, while his fun making powers have no limit. Ho loft many warm friends after his spring engagement who will accord him him a hearty welcome. These enter taimnents appeal with special force topcoploof culture who alvvajs find food for thought well as laughter. HypuotiBin is fast taking rank as the most noble of sciences and gaining prominonco in tlio friends of tlio author und dramatist. None who desires to bo abreast of th'j times can afford to neglect acquiring all osslblo light upon tho most abstruse of intellectual studies which is of such vast moment to all mankind. Flint's entertainments aro usually coiiBcdorod a society event and Lincoln will no doubt prove no exception. Just one long laugh charaoturizes these entertainments. "Man wniiU but llttlo lioro below" Will do tu wrlto la a book ; Hut lie's nlwnja nnxtous to not nit ho can lly iiui.it nny hook or crook. I'vo lost my heart tills Bummer. And I'll novor net It buck, Kor I don't know who hna not it Tom or Will or Jim or Jnck, When tho editor tnkos his pen tn hand And writes : "Wo nro hero to ntj ," You can wrlto tho renson upon tho hihhI : "No money to iiuito nwny." II PLAY FOOI BALL Today at M ntreot park the second game of foot ball of this year's series will bo played. Tho visiting eleven is from Baker University, Baldwin, Kan. For two years thoy have been the ehanipioiiB of Kansas. Thoy have been playing with uniform succobh this year, but tho supporters of tho home team hope to boo this record broken today. We havo a stronger team tliin year than over, strongor individually, and espe cially stronger in team work. Much depends on this game. If the Btato university team wins it, the boys will feel quite contident of being able to win the intor-Btnto university pennant this year. As Baker has already beaten Kansas and Missouri this year, two members of this league, it will bo with out doubt the most scientific game ever played here. Crawford, our coach, trained the Baker team last year, and ho told tho boys just what thoy might oxpect. He knows all tho strong or weak (Miiiits in' Baker's playing. The manager has made arrangements so that tho confusion of last Saturday's game will not occur again. A squad of policemen will keep tho crowd back behind the ropes, and good seats near the grounds will be provided for tho ladies free of charge. The university hopes to make these games a tlxtiire noxt j ear. Foot ball is not appreciated ltero in tlio west as it !h in New England, but it will be in the near future It is distinctly a college and an amateur game. By the league constitution professionals aro barred from playing on any college team. Perhaps this more than any thing else is the cause of its great popularity in the east. UU'jrlu N'ott-H, The run called for Sunday, October 22 to Germantown did not take place, the weather not permitting. Captain D, W. Small has been sick about ten days. The boys all join in hope for Ids speedy recovery. Lew Trester is a very unlucky fellow. Ho was married tho other day and had his "wheel" stolen. All in one week. Tho club rooms will not be open to everybody as heretofore, but every mem ber should have a key. Keys can be had of the secretary. The Capital City C) cling club hao moved hi their new quaiteisat ll!27 O street, and have titled the place up in grand stjle. Tlio membership is increas ing rapidly, and wo w ill have over 1(H) mouthers by Christmas. The election of otllcers was held at tho last regular meeting, and the following I ww'H'otod for the ensuing term: J. E.Howe, president; G. H. Ford, vice president; Mode Grilllth, tieasurer; P. L. Webster, secretary; I). W. Small, captain; J. A. Bailey and Charles E.1 Seifert, lieutenants. ( 1 Councilman George J. Woods is tho man who started the discussion con cerning city contracts, which bringing to light the loose methods of the city authorities, has caused some genuine uneasiness. Mr. Woods returned from New York Thursday, ami when asked by n representative of Tin: Couuif.it if ho could throw any additional light on the subject, he remarked: "I will do what 1 can to make the matter clear. Suppose, for the purpose of illustration, we take the Dean & Horton contract for some 88,000 worth of water supplies. Well; in the first place the board of public wot Its were In structed to advertise for bids for material; this they did. But, however, only in local newspapers. The result was that three bids were received, and these all from local dealers, and there was but a slight difference in the bids in Tact so slight that it takes some time to decide which Is the lowest. Now, it is a very good thing for tlio city to have close bids on material. But sometimes tlio closeness excites suspicion. Fur you know in this day and age there aro such things as two or three men putting their heads together." "Then there is further cause for sus picion in the fact thai the board of public works had taken no pains to let tho largo dealers know that the city wanted a supply." j. "I opposed letting the contract to Dean ,fc Horton; ten councihncu think ing the other way, the contract was let to that firm. The mayor vetoed tho action taken, tints giving me time to substantiate my position. Thin I think I have done."' "I addressed a firm in St. Louis and another one in Omaha and received lower bids from each of them to give figures, there was nearly .'100 tons of water pipe needed. Dean A; Horton's bid was 820.10 per ton. The Phoenix Foundry company, of Omaha, quoted mo tho same pipe at 821.25 a saving of over 8(500 on pipe alone, and so on through the rest of tho bill ol supplies. Now there is where I blame the board of public works; an there aro only fifteen or twenty linns of any note in tho country manufacturing such material. They could easily havo addressed per sonal letters to eacn tlrm ami tints re ceived much lower bids titan they did." "Another reason why 1 opposed let ting this contract was on account of tlio talk as regards the number of bills paid every week for material to these throe firms from which bids were received. It has frequently been remarked in the council chamber that the city might as well buy out those estiiblisomontB. I thought it an npiortuuo time to inves tigate." When rogues fall out sometimes tho devil gets his due. The two rogues, Itosowntor and Moslier, are exchanging courtesies, and the public is furnished witlt an inkling of the truth concerning the enormity or tlio deals in which these two precious scoundrels, in com pany with other precious scoundrels, have been engaged, at the expense of the public. Most people will believe all that Moslier sajs concerning the editor of tlio i'c, and the latter will doubtless soon regret that he over touched the match to the Moslier barrel of powder. As to the stories of Mosher's luxuri ous "captivity" in Omaha, witlt male and female companionship, and all sorts of fantastic trimmings, thoy aro quite within tho truth, notwithstanding Mr. Mosher's professions of constant virtue. Readers of 'I'm: Cocuikii will remember that this paper called attention to ' Mosher's disgraceful carousels some ' months ago. Any man about town in Omaha can attest the reliability of the statements recently made in tho news papers of Omaha, and Lincoln. ! The investigation into Mosher's stealings is still going on in a quiet way. with tlio possibility that there may be some startling developments in the near futre. It is probable that Mr. Havden the receiver of the Capital National Bank remarked some time ago that the mildest estimate of tho amount taken bvMosher was far short of the tmth and muni) ii'inwnn iiiivu placed llll i i i i amountjas high as 81.200,000. One of the uueer things in connection with the Moslier case is tho conduct of some of tho people, interested purtios, too. who wore not long ago so clamor oils for revenge. Their aider has cooled somehow, and they no longer seem lo bo Interested in any attempt to punish the bank wrecker, or make hlfh disgorge; strange isn't It? There are some very observant poisons In this city, One of these keen vlsloned Individuals witnessed the pieseiitation of "Tho Isle of Champagne" at the Lansing theatre Monday night, ami this is what he saw, mind you, when tho lights were turned out during a change ofBconery: "I wan In a position where I could see two or thiee young women, ratho'r dimly, it Is true, but still I could see, and to my honor, 1 saw strange things when tho lights were turned otT. It seems that some of our young ladles do not finish their toilet when they de part fiom homo for the thoatie. In two or three instances tlio ladies around me, tho minute tlio lights wool out, grabbed for some secret pocket in their dross or wrap and produced a powder rag, which they Applied to their face with moie haste than discretion. They wete ex podltiiius. When the theatre was again Hooded with light they were sitting as unconcerned and immovable us marble goddesses. Of course If h none of my business, but doesn't It seem that this is carrying the powder rag business to ex trollies?" In addition to tho much advertised N. V. elevated railway station and tiaiu of cars, which aro a foatuie of "The Plunger" which will be presented at the Lansing next week an exact ropiodue tion of tho famous historic Garfield Hut is shown, which was built out of the rails, tics and spikes of the touiKrnry road whjoh was laid to convey tlio late Preside Garfield from the main lino of tho P. 1KB. to his Long Branch homo. After tlftpresldent's death, Byron pur chased tM entire branch of the railroad and oreiiwT a charmingly picturesque hut on hkk spacious grounds at North Long Drftk'h out of tho materials, noun other being Used. FASHIONS FOR MEN. If you carry a cane let it be of natural wood, no matter how fancy. Linen collars mo getting somewhat higher, especially those worn in the evening. The latest thing in bosoms for evening dross is that with an embroidery worked down tho front. Neckwear will be high colors reds, blues, and Persians tills winter, and you will not bo in it if you do not aim at something pretty loud. Tho dress coat has a longer tail than last year and it is much more pointed. Swell dressers in the east think it very bad taste to wear a IsCcd shoe with evening dross. I.cxhuiih III t'lilmt I'alnlliii;, Figures a specialty; orders in Xiiuu novelties and portraits. Samples at Lincoln Frame and Art company. Edith Kuhhki.i., 1928 Prospect St. For latest stylos in wraps Asiiiiv Ci.oak Co. For Sunday dinner supplies call at Halter's market, oposito Lansing Thou tor. Phono 100. NtylMl .lurlo'U. The stylish jacket and one of the favorite garments of the demi-senson in Paris is of three quarter length, the fitted back held in place by a wide girdle of moire antique coiscl shape, made of black cloth, lined with silk; it has collar of Bilk covered witli net, embroidered in palms and inner collar and cravat aieof tin same ouibioidoied tot. The A shb Cloak Company at llll.O.Stroet, keep all tho latest stylos in cloaks, capos and fur garments. A Coinliliii'. 500 dozen Chirks and Coat's tlnead to Ik closed out at le a smki1. We have all numbers and .vim can select what jnu like'. 10 sikmiIs Coat's or Clark's best thread 10 7 tlvo-cent bars Soap. ... 25 1 bottle Lemon extinct 10 1 buttle Vanilla o.vlruct III 1 large sack Salt id) 1 largo bottle Bluing. 10 1 largo package Parlor Matches 2 lbs. Best Raisins. 1 box Gloss Starch 3 lbs. Choice Rice 1 largo box Stove Polish . lb. Extra Choico Tea I large package Soda 1 cake Toilet Soap 15 25. 10 25 10 25 10 5 12.00 All the articles in this coniiitnaiioti must lie inouglil lo get tltcse prices. 25 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar ''! o- K"'!,l'H' .W.l,l' in. i ii. I lli. Pure Baking Powder 82.00 Ml tho articles In this combination must hnhmnrht tn i?ot them nriooM. Tun Faiimkhs Guoikuv Co. 220 N 10th stieet. jllll II The good people of Lincoln mav bo astonished and dismayed to loam that tliepiesonl reform m1Ioo administration is a fraud and a faice. Astonished because was not lefonn In all that tho term implies promised them if the lion. Austin II. Weir was ie elected to the mayoralty? Dlsmn.vod, because they feel there Is no lemeily possible for the existing evils in police nlHilis for elgh toon long months. Thin paper has nothing to apologize for and will stand by tho assertion when It sajs that some of the worsl methods practiced by tho Tammany heelers of the New York police foi co have boon Inaugurated in tlio police department of thiscltj. But to the point. o Tuesday evening when the night foice wore about to leave the station for their beids, Olllcor John Kuccra, a brawling, blatant cnarchist, whose position is secure because of his populist procllvl ties, distributed packages of Fled A. Miller's political cards among the pntiol men, advising them to "rustle for Fred." Instead of looking lo tlio safely of and ptotocting tlio lives and pioperly of the citizens or Lincoln for which they ate paid, those patrolmen aie expected to peddle Miller's cards In order that the Miller Woir-Malone combination may obtain control of the shorlir's olllce as they have gained control of tho muni cipal government, by deceit mid nullifi cation of republican candidates. Again this paper makes the assertion and will stand by it. that Olllccrs O'Sheo and Morrissey were restored to their positions on the jmiIIco force from which thoy had been suspended by Mayor Weir, iiM)ii condition that thoy would "rustle and electioneer for Fred Miller for shorilT." and lo, Otllcers MorriBsoy and O'Sheo, who wore secretly working against Miller before their suspension, aro loudly proclaiming upon the street corners their fidelity to him ami prophesying his election by a very largo majority. - o Again, tills paper makes tlio assertion and will stand by it, that Bob Malone, chief of tlio flredopnrtiiiont and brother of Jim Malone, has given tho tlromoii to understand that they aro expected to work and vote for Fred Miller, or thoy will be summarily fired. - -o-This, thou, Is tho sort of illtlcal methods to which tho boasted apostles of reform have descended, iiutl by which they hope to gain control of the county government. Under the circumstances Thf. ConiiKii, in the interests of good, clean lopiibllcnu government, makes bold to say that the shibboleth of every honest lopiihlicau, democrat, ixipulist ami prohibitionist in this campaign should bo: Down witli the Miller-Weir-Malone combination. Mr. Fred A. Miller's etbirtn to carry water on one shoulder anil beer on the other at one and the same time are very ludicrous. o- - The Hon, Phelps Paine claims to have discovered a deep laid plot concocted by certain republicans to defeat Richard O'Neill for sanitary trustee. Paine always had a penchant for unearthing male's nests. Trifles light as air are to the captain's unbridled imagination proofs as strong as as words of holy writ. o Tiik CouKiK.it is grieved to observe that the Cleveland democrats and middle of-the-road jMipullsts aie ie pudiatiug Colonel Thomas Worrall's fusion ticket. The aiiti-fusiouists aie fast climbing into tlie republican band wagon. Police Captain Miller might possibly icceive u fair vote in Lincoln if lie could eliminate Jim .Malone from his canvass. Republicans, democrats ami independents alike aie disgusted witli the Miller Weir-Malone combination. Politicians of a conservative turn of mind place Maxey Cobb's majority at 1.000 in the count), o The opinion is widespread that mlico men should not meddle with politics while on their beats, --o A well Know ii demociatic politician in this city makes the following piediction as to the result of the state election: llolcomb. 70.000 to 75.000: Harrison. (550(H): Irvine 25 000 , Tin, ir...-, ii.-,i,i iu ... .... i-ti,. with enthusiasm, Joseph 11 I i.ur, for J .district judge iu the Fourth judicial dlstilot. Not long ago when Blair, who Is a lepublioaii, wns one of the attoueys for Governor Thayer in theTha)or.loyd case, the Wovhl-llomlil was disposed to be decidedly unfriendly to the attor ney. But Mr. Hitchcock's paper makes some queer shifts. o -Fred Miller, Jim Maloue's candidate for sherlir, In Hislng as a moral reform candidate to hoodwink tho (eiiiperauce people of Lincoln, jet It Is only three Sunday h since ho attended a picnic and dance in southern Lancaster county equipped with several kegs of beer which he uncovoiod for the boys, ami only the other evening lie was setting it up to tlio bos al the Capital hotel bar. Two of tho populist candidates for countable having withdrawn tho names or William Splain and E. 10. Kenter democrat iciiouilnoos.havo been placed on the ticket. - o -O.T. Hoggs and Itichard O'Neill re. publican candidates for sanitary trustees have tiled certificates of nomination by petition, W. G. Bohaiiou and Thomas Maloy, democrats have followed suit. The query uppermost in llui minds of apostles of democracy is, whither aro wo drifting? Wednesday tho democratic populist committee placed the name of It. Wightmau, prohibition candidate for county superintendent on the fusion tioket. Mr. liner's majority will certain ly bo in four llgures. o - The indications aro that Jim Malone will not bo tlrsl deputy sheriff this year, Henry lloaglaml will hold that position after Alva Smith takes charge of tho sheriff's olllce and Fred Millerroturns to his position of night captain at the police station. A prominent republican sizes up the methods resorted to in this canipnlgn in behalf of the mongrel ticket in tho following caiiHtis stylo: "Tho spectacle of so called republicans uniting with the gang of H)lilical sharks in vllllfying, traducing, attempting to besmirch the characters of Maxey Cobb and Alva Smith in enough to call tho dead to life in defense of tlio boleagiired interests of Lancaster county and tho glory and achievements of the republican party in her behalf, A clique of recalcitrant re publicans! ?)obsoquiously sowing a coterie of ioli(ical pirates and dead beats who are engaged in a conspiracy to obtain possession of tho county government iih they have secured control of the city government, which would be equally disastrous to the best intrents of Lincoln ami her people. We see the candidates of tho republican party for tho two most important ofllccs ruth lessly slandered and villillod by tho gang of demo-K)p mugwumps without a word of reply or defense from the rep ublicaii press of Lincoln, which after having grown fat fiom patronage at the hands of republicans, aro quick to rush to tlio defense of a mongrel candidate if a word is said against him. It is high time that this disgraceful exhibition should close. The nominees of the lopiihlicau county convention aro beyond question tlio superiors of those UKn the domoqiop committee's ticket, and thoiofor should receive the hearty and unqualified supjKirt of every republican and lover of good government. The lies that that are being circulated about Maxey Cobb and Alva Smith should lie hurled in the teeth of the falsifiers by a larger republican majority for the whole republican ticket than was ever known in Lancaster county, -o Colonel A. A Jones' attempt to pre judice Judge Lansing before the colored voters of tho city by accusing him of injustice to the coloied people in the Flippiu case fell most terribly tint, as it properly should have done. In tho M11 Il"-'o the case was brought Tor the ' purpose of making trouble, ami not be- I caiiho of any teal complaint that the colored people had been denied their rights bv the prnpriotois of the sani tariuiu. Ami then Judge Lansing did not decide the case; it was left to a jury, and if Colonel Jones thinks it necessary to find fault with somebody, he should direct his attention to the jury, which was coniK)hed of J, J, Gillilau, H. M. Bushiiell, M. B. Cheney and the editor of Tiik CouniKK. The colored people have full confidence in Judge Lansing. To atii) out until 2 ii. m., KachuU'ht lie often would, Anil if ho felt inclined thnt way, Why, ho'd K0t loaded kixhI, llo'd then ko boldly to hi homo, As boldly climb tho stairs; (Ireat couniKoT Walt, llosimilo was And knew no w ite was there. ''Yes, dear, I said I'd marry ou," 1 heard tlio sweet tflrl say, "If Valkjrle were smart cuoukIi To tako tho cup uwh) Vud now, somehow, 1 wish that 1 Had bet tho other way t" '' m?fr?J!i V ' - r - ma&ceMM'H KW""
