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K. xwbwbb e v. vbOObbmfo: All comaaaBieatioaa, to eecnre atteattoa. mac! 1 accompanied by the foil nam of the writer. We reserve the right to reject any aaannscnft. and cannot agree to retarn the aame. Wedesii a correspondent in every echool-diatnct or Platu coonty. oae of good Jadjrment, and " liable in very way. Write plaialr. me- tte separately. QlTeaa facta. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER S. 167. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For .Tudire of the Supreme Court, A. M. POST, of Platte. For Regents of the .State University, JOHN X.DRYDEX, of Buffalo. C. V. KALEY, of Webster. Louisiana nsko for ir,000 feet space at the Omaha exposition. Choleha is reported at Sandon, B. C. No estimate of the number or deaths has been received. Tun pearl-hunting industry in Arkan sas is interfering with the gathering of the crops, so many people are excited over the mussel shells. Tun sooner we get around to that new postal savings bank law the better. The working millions by next year will have something to drop in such in stitutions. Chicago Inter Ocean. Thkek minutes after President Faure had passed the Madelaiue on his return to Paris Tuesday of hist week a bomb was exploded, fortunately injuring no one. It produced intense excitement. It is said that the total wheat crop of Canada this year will be fully 60,000,000 bushels of prime wheat. The crop will be tho largest in the history of the Ca nadian northwest. The yield will run as high as thirty live bushels to the ttcre. Fisom now on let tho United States assert her power as a sea-faring nation. She can become the first in the world, and let her sad to her place, and keep it, in justice to herself, and in furtherance of the interests of true progress in the earth. Hoi.tz, the farm hand at Waterloo, who took the proceeds of the sale of cat tle belonging to Mrs. Mary Kenneway, some S-lOi), was arrested at Lincoln. Fri day, and ST0.8f found on his person. He will have to answer the charge of eiulieyylemeut. W. 11. Waud, the Englishman who created a sensation a short time ago by eloping with the wife of Millionaire John Bradbury of Los Angeles, Cal., commit ted suicide early Friday morning by throwing himself from a Chicago Ar Northwestern train. Fiuxk Drams body, a mass or bro ken liones, was found in the blower room of the smelting works at Omaha Friday, where, it is supposed he had had gone for the purpose of getting some oil to put on his bicycle chain, and had been caught by the pulleys and tlashed to death. The renomination of Judge Post is a just recognition of a faithful, honest and able man. He has since being a mem ber of tho supremo bench of the state, fully demonstrated the wisdom of the republican choice in nominating him four years ago. The judge has con stantly grown in favor with the people of the state, until there is no doubt that lie will again bo elected by a large ma jority. SL Edward Sun. One of the most interesting oa well as tho most enjoyable events that has ever occurred in southern Nebraska, says an exchange, was tho recent celebration at Hubbell of the golden wedding of the first man married in Nebraska. Council Bluffs was not in existence, and Omaha was not dreamed of when twenty years l)efore Nebraska liecame a state, John S. Davenport was married to Madera Pack at Florence, Neb. 150 friends set out to congratulate the old couple, who are old in years only. The bride of half a century ago wears her age lightly and the groom is still straight and stately. It was a foregone conclusion that Judge A. M. Post would be nominated for a second term on the supreme bench, for neeks before the convention met, not only because it is the custom to giro a faithful public servant at least a second term, but because Judge Post 'has so ably and honorably filled the high position to which he was elected by the suffrages of the people. He has made a clean record during bis first term, and has proven himself to be an able jurist and an honest judge. There was practically no opposition to his re nomination, which was made by accla mation, which shows that he stands high with his political friends and will be warmly supported by them at the polls on the second of November. Sew ard Blade. Emperor William has been again making a spectacle of himself, and it is surely something wonderful to the ordi nary American citizen that the heredita ry heads of governments are not allowed to take a long, long vacation, in fact, be notified that their services are no longer needed. The emperor's speech at Cob lentz has attracted no little attention. The National Zeitung, a moderate pa per, reminds the emperor that under the constitution his own duties and prerog atives and those of the cabinet and the reichstag are bounded by certain limi tations, which no one can transgress with impunity. Adding to this, it says: "His latest speech is unwelcome con firmation of the rumors that have been current for months regarding the em peror's intentions. Notwithstanding All tiiat has been said against him, the mperor ie getting ready to make an ather speech. mmmm: THE SAME OLD STORY. More mortgages have been paid off in Minnesota this year than were canceled in the two years preceding. Thus, east aud west, north and south, prosperity tells the same old story of good times so often that it is becoming almost monotonous. New York Mail and Express. mmmtm PROSPERITY POINTERS. The Baldwin locomotive works of Philadelphia have received orders for 30 locomotives for Japan. Thirty had just been shipped. In the House of Commons Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, in reply to a question why the East India Railway, owned by the gov ernment, had purchased 70,000 tons of rails from the Maryland Steel company of Baltimore, said the lowest British bid was 8,075 higher than the American. The London Central railway, an un derground electric line, contracts with American firms for hundreds of thou sands of dollars worth of material we are better fixed for furnishing in this kind than England is. Of course the increased demand makes work all along the line. The Mexican government is having two passenger coaches built at Pull man. The Jackson & Woodin Co. are to build 200 cars for the Philadelphia & Reading railway. The Chicago and Grand Trunk rail way are having 50 cars built by the Michigan & Peninsula Car Co. The Pittsburg Locomotive Works are building fifteen engines for the Baltimore & Ohio railway. The Baldwin Locomotive Works are building six six-wheel connected engines for the Texas Pacific. The Buffafo Car Mnf'g Co. are to build 200 freight cars for the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg. The Mobile A: Ohio railway are having 400 freight cars built at Pullman, aud have placed an order for ten passenger cars with the Barney & Smith company. Tho Northern Pacific has ordered eight, ten-wheel, compound freight loco motives; the Florida East coast line five. The Shenectady Locomotive Works have- an order for 12 narrow-gauge pas senger locomotives for the Kinshiu Rail way company of Japan. The foregoing notes are taken from the equipment notes of Locomotive En gineering, a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock. From this publication alono for the last four months we could fill this issue of The Journal with just such paragraphs as we have here set down. It is a reasonableestimate that the rail roads of the United States are employ ing 100,000 more men now than they did one year ago. The iron trade is recognized as a very fair index of general business, and rail road equipment is but one line of the iron world, and besides it is but one of the great branches of industry concerned in the operation of railroads, and there is no doubt but there has been a won derful revival along all lines, equipment, freight, passenger, railroad building and railroad extension. We fail to see how any one can deny that times are improving. PROPHESIES FINANCIAL PROS PERITY. George M. Coffin, acting comptroller of the currency, is confident of a most prosperous financial season for the Uni ted States in the near future. He says: "There is ever evidence that the Uni ted States is accumulating a vast amount of capital of its own, and this goes to show that 6ooner or later, if it is not al ready so, this country will be financially independent of Great Britain or any other nation. The current rate for de mand loans in New York today is l4 per cent, against slightly higher rates in London, and it is not at all improbable that under these circumstances New York bankers are loaning money in Lon don. The national banks of this conn try now hold about 8160,000,000 over and above the sum required by law as a legal reserve. This same condition of affairs undoubtedly exists in the other banking institutions through the states of the union. There has been a wonderful accu mulation of capital in the savings banks. One result of this enormous accumula tion of capital will be lower rates of in terest in the future. I am sure that this will come, and my opinion is shared by many bankers throughout the country. I do not believe we will again see as high rates of interest as have prevailed in recent years." Services WVIl Rendered. The people of Dodge county are very familiar with Judge Post. He served them with ability, fidelity and credit, as a district judge. They know with what fairness and dispatch he dieposed of his work. They have approvingly watched his career on the supreme bench. We believe they will yield to their dictates of fairness and give him a good majority of their votes as a reward for services well and honorably rendered. Fremont Tribune. Trying to Ont Insurance Companies. Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. T. At torney General Crow lias filed in the supreme court quo warranto proceed ings to oust the American Central In surance company aud the Citizen In surance company, both of St. Louis, for entering a pool or trust to regulate, control and maintain prices to be charged for fire insurauce in Kansas City and prays for judgment of disso lution agaiust the defendants aud that their rights to do business under the laws of this state be forfeited. Premier Steel Plant to Be Sold. Indianapolis Sept. 7. In the circuit court Judge Allen offered for sale the Premier Steel company's immense plant in this city on Jan. 15. 1893. The prop erty has been in the hands of a receivei since April. 1693, aud has been inopera tive. The order of sale was based on a showing of excessive expense of the trust. Ka!er Will Visit Tnria. Rome, Sept. 7. The newspapers of this city publish the announcement that, upon the invitation of King Hum bert, Emperor William and Empress Augusta-Victoria will visit the national exhibition to be held at Turin next year. 'GlVe Eight Thousand Work. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 7. The Amoskeag mills started ou full time to day after a shut down of one month. All the big mill is the city are now nosing. - APPLY FOR INJUNCTION. Railroads Seek to Restrain South Dakota Commission. FIGHTING A EEDUCTIOH IN SATE8. Coiuiianl Say Tliv Are Loeia Money Under the Old Itutt aud That a Kednr tiou Would IU" :uRil'fi:torjr Mate Coui- uiiasion DwZar? Ing at a I'rorit. t!ie Kuada Are Ope rat - Sioux Falls application for 6traiu the South S. D Sept. 7. The au injuuetion to re Dakora railroad com mission from putting into effect the rates recently adopted came up for hear ing in the federal court yesterday. The roads joiuiug in the application are the Chicago, Milwaukee aud St. Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Min neapolis aud Omaha, the Elkhoru and Missouri Valley, the Chicago, Burling ton and Quiucy, the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, the Great North ern and the Soo line. George R. Peck of Milwaukee, M. D. Grover of St. Paul, ex-Senator C. F. Maudersou of Nebraska, L. W. Bowers of Chicago, ex-Couivssmau Thomas P. Wilson of St. Paul eyd W. B. Sterl ing of Omaha, were among the attor neys Iio appeared for the railroads ; Senator C. S. Pal user of Sioux Falls Thomas II. Null of Huron and Fred M. Brown of Rapid City appeared for the coinniis-,io-.i. Companies Claim a I-in. In their bill of complaint the coin pauies contended th.t they were losiug money in the state aud that auy lvduc- tion iu rates would ie confiscatory, j The comnn.-.iiou c!.:ii..? that the roads! are operating at a profit iu South Da- ! kota. The diserejuuey arises over a j disagreement between the commission and the companies oa the division of profits. The commission claims that not euough profit U i'iveu to South Da kota for the through business criminat ing in this state. . The Chicago, Mil waukee aud St. Paul claim to have lost 4,044,003.40 in South Dakota Hues in the last five years. The Chicago and Northwestern claims to have lost $699, 5T,0.1f; during tin rame period. The commissioners say that this lo-s fc not real, but is the result of artistic bcok- keeping. Judge Garland of the federal court said that he (iu not care to go; through the evidence and to listen to the annual reports until he was satis fied that the bill of the company was sufficient. This was taken as an iuti mation by the court that he regarded the bill us insufficient. An adjourn ment was taken until today and this question is up for hearing. OPPOSING UNION PACIFIC SALE. Senator Foraker and Harris Trjing to Prcteut IViuiiug: Transfer. Chicago. Sept. 7. The Post's Wash ington special says : There will be a meeting of the subcommittee of the sen ate committee on Pacific railroads iu this city this afternoon. The object of the meeting is to discuss ways and means to prevent the consummation of the pending deal for the transfer of the Uniou Pacific system to the Union Pa cific railroad reorganization committee for $43,000,000. The hope of the ob structionists lies iu the supposed inten tion of Attorney General McKenua to appeal from ihe United States court at Omaha decreeing the sale of the Union Pacific uuder the terms agreed to by the government. It is now stated, however, that Judge MeKeuna will be satisfied with certain verbal modifications in the Omaha decree, which the Uniou Pa cific people have agreed to, and that there will be no appeal. If such proves to be the ease, the whole matter will probably be closed up before cougress meets, thus makiug lutcrfcrt-uce from that quarter impossible. Senator Will Ask For l-lay. Kansas ('it v. Sept. 7. S-uutor W. A. Harris of Kausas passed through the city yesterday ou his way to Washing ton. Senator Hairis is a member of the senate .subcommittee on Pacific roads aud was summoned to Washing ton by a dispatch from Senator Fora ker, who is chairuiau of the committee. Senator Harris was not iucliued to dis cuss the details of the work before him, but stated that he aud Senator Foraker would appeal to the attorney general to take uo actiou iu tl fort-closure cases against the Union Pacific railroad until after cour.--s had convened. The Kauaas senator Is one of the best posted men iu the senate ou Uniou Pacific affairs aud will endeavor to show that the interests of the United States will suffer unless further actiou is takeu by congress to protect the government. NO MORE FUSION IN COLORADO. Democrats Deridr to Xante a Mlddlcof-the-Road State Ticket. Denver. Colo., Sept. 7. The Demo crats of Colorado yesterday decided that hereafter there shall be no more fusion by that party with auy other. After a very heated session, John A. Gordon of Las Animas county, a straight Demo crat, was nominated for supreme court justice by the decisive vote of 233 to 1C7. A notable event was the announcement made oa the floor of the convention by a Silver Republican that Judge Hayt, ivho was nominated ou Friday by the Republicans at Denver aud Silver Re publican at Gleuwood. would not ac cept the Denver nomiuatiou because it would necessitate his indorsement of the St. Louis platform, whereas his sympathies were with that promulgated t Chicago. The platform adopted, af ter referring in laudatory terms to Hon. William J. Bryan and predicting his election to the presidency in 1900, says : "We believe in the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 to be the paramount issue before the people of thjs nation and until settled right it should be the supreme question in every election, whether national or local. We expressly declare our oppo sition to any movement which may be construed as a waver of that issue and pledge ourselves to do all iu our power, whether alone or in conjunction with others who believe iu the same thing, to defeat any candidate who accepts a nomination by those who are opposed to the principles of the Chicago plat form." "Government by injunction" was touched upon, the cause of the striking coal miners of other states indorsed and the administration of Governor Adams commended. The platform then says : "We recognize in the bountiful crops of the country and the failure of crops is competuig countries as a splendid advantage to oar people by raising the price of farm products, bnt we deplore famine in other lauds and desire a pros perity that does not depend upon the adversity of the balance of the world." Efforts v.ore made to secure the ia dorscment of the Silver Republican can didate. Judge Hayt, and the Populist candidate, Judge Gabbert, but the anti fusionists triumphed. Only Judge Gab bert 's name was placed in competition with that of Judge Gordon, with the result abov noted. DEMAND FOR AMERICAN MEATS. Departmeat Having Trouble ta Oct la pectors to Examine DrMt Meat. Washington, Sept. 7. The agricul tural department is finding difficulty in supplying the demand from the live stock centers for inspectors repaired to examine the dressed meats for foreign shipment. There has recently been a very pronounced improvement in the European market for American meats, which the law requires should be in spected before it is shipped, and, as a consequence, inspectors are called for from Chicago, St. Louis. Kansas City, Omaha and other v.-e.. ra poiuts. The shortage in inspectors i due to the fact that the civil service list includes no eli gibles for the work. The deficiency has been temporarily supplied by permitting the re-employment of pt-rsons who have heretofore been engaged as inspectors. HEATH SUSTAINS WESTERN UNION. Files Hi Report a Referee la Contro versy Over Rntr Cltargod Uncle Saau Washing. on, Sept. 7. The report of Perry Heath, first assistant postmaster general, acting as referee in the contro versy between the Western Union Tele graph eonij,.uy aud the federal govern ment, has been filed in the court of claims. It sasta5 ns the telegraph com pany's claim to a just compensation for services performed from IsSD to 1893, which Postmasters General Wauamaker and Bissell repeatedly w-fnsetl to allow. The court is expected to :.ppvove the re port, iu which case that fact will be cer tified to the treasury. The latter will i then submit tho matter to cougress. Be fore the amount cau be paid au appro ! - .-. -ii . , i i au. t priaiion v. iu nave u if pusseu. The amount involved i over ?i30,O.0. REVIEW OF THE CHOP SITUATION. Ijirge D?fir2.Mii'y In the World' Supply ol Wht-ut Causing Alariit. London, Sept. 7. The Mark Lane Express, reviewing the crop situation, says : ''The weather ha5? been adverse to the completion of the harvest and the quantity of grain still ojt is coiim:. erable. The French v.-htit srop is eti mated at 31,000,CC0 quarters by the chief writers of the Paris press. Cor respondents of riiglidi business firms state that the crop will amount to from 83.000,000 to Sit.CCO GX quarters. The Austria-Huugary crop is stated to be 17,000,000 quarters. If this is true I ., J.In . .1.& 1 -. J 1 . ..v j-mm 4 a - i 1 Ji 4af- " ' . ,,s 'K" ,u lut: ". ' '"c " uatiou The American crop i etimated by careful judges to be t3.S00,iCO quarters, or 11, OCO.OOO quarters improvement to offset a decliue af 9.:U),Gt;o quarters iu Russia aud ti.CCO.CGO to lO.ttuoJOO iu France. All the figures point, therefore, to a deficiency iu the world's supply of 14. 000,000 quarters. Should the demand be as large as this, the store of old wheat used up. a crisis of great serious ness will only be prevented by gener ally good prosuccts for the spring of 1898. BRIDE WRITES FROM GOLD FIELD. She Sas She Found Daw-ou City Hotter Than site Expected. Dubuque. la., Sept. 7. The first bride to reach the Klondike. Mrs. Robert Schoenbeck, sent a letter home on the steamer Portland. It was dated July 10. Mr. aud Mrs. Schoenbeck, who were married here in February, and who took the overland route for Circle City, whence the groom had come to claim his bride, reached Daw sou City June 21. Mrs. Schoenbeck fonud society there better than she expected. She found churches uuder construction aud the Roman Catholics and Methodists wor shipping iu tents meanwhile. She also found building lots held at $2,000 aud block houses at the same price, and un protected miuiug claims at $!,000 to $20,000. The town has five restaurant!) and six saloons. The Fourth of July was celebrated at the dauce hall by the rougher element, and she aud her bus baud indulged iu a dbh of ire cream at $1 a dish. Thb thermometer registered 115 decrees, but the evenings were cooler tliau she expected, though the sun :houe until midnight and rase again at 2 o'clock. Senator Carey Injured In a Runaway. CiiEVKNxr, Wyo., Sept. 7. Ex-United States Senator Carey was badly injured here last evening by a runaway horse. The senator was driving with his brorht-r, R. Davis Carey, a millionaire manufacturer of Philadelphia. Their horse became frightened at an engiue and bolted, overturning the buggy aud throwing both men violently to the ground. R. Davis Carey escaped with out injury, but the senator eceived a severe cut on t he head and was bruised about the bodv. Four Boji Severely Injured, Chicauo, Sept. 7. Four boys, wht.se ages range from 7 to 14 years, were se verely injured by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge which they found while playing. The injured : W. Mar tin, eye torn out ; Johu Martin, leg broken ; Frank Olsenski, face mangled ; John Olisinski, face maugled. Enforce Allen Labor Law. Victoria, B. C. Sept. 7. A letter re ceived here states that there is an agi tation at Skagway, Alaska, in favor of enforcing the alien labor law and the deporting of ineu who went from here to work for the British Yukon commit tee. Titus Gets the Thousand. New York. Spt. 7. The second an nual national circuit meet of the Quill Club Wheelmen of America, which be gan last Saturday, was concluded yes terday at the Manhattan Beach track. In the 82,000 handicap for professionals Fred Titus pxssed the judges' box a length in front of McFarland, the Paci fic coast flyer, and won the most cov eted prize of f 1,000, made up of 50 $20 gold pieces. TELEGRAPH NEWS CONDENSED, i An Eagle Grove, la., man secured 323 pounds of honey from one tree. l Recently 235 bales of cotton were shipped 'from Texas to Barcelona, Spain. Timber wolves are said to be a source of dread aud danger in Nodaway county, Missouri. , A colored Grand Army of the Repub lic post has been organized at New Al bany, Iud. Over 1,000 cattle escaped from a wild herd that was being driven sear Nor tonville. Kan. Mrs. Black Hawk, wife of the noted Indian chief of Perry, O. T., committed suicide by cutting her throat. Two new miming ooapasies save been organized to develop the xjsc dj. pouts is Cob; cnty, Ugrazl W.J. BRYAN AT ST. LOUIS Delivers an Address cordia Park. at Con- DISCUSSES THE LABOR QTJESTI09. Words of Praise For Labor Organizations Trace the Prosperity of a Xatloa to Condition of the Wars Earner Urges Arbitration as One or the Political Re forms Mast Needed by Wago Earners. St. Louis, Sept. 7. The feature of Labor day-celebration iu this city was au address by the Hon. W. J. Bryan at Concordia park. The biggest crowd ever seen iu the park greeted the speaker. His speech throughout was enthusiastically applauded. Previous to the meeting Mr. Bryan reviewed a pa rade of 15,000 laboring men. Mr. Bryan poke in part as follows : "While I find pleasure in participat ing in the exercises of this day, I am also actuated by a sense of duty, be cause the observance of Labor day af fords me an opportunity for the discus sion of those questions which especially concern the producers of wealth. Iu a pampldet written by a distinguished New York banker I find the assertion that the prosperity of agriculturists and laborers depends ou the prosperity of the bpsiness mau. So long as one en tertains such au idea i-e is certain to en tertain erroneous views upon social aud political questions. All of the literary, professional hud commercial classes will find upon investigation that they rest upon those whose brain aud muscle con vert the natural resources of the coun try into material wealth. Not only must any real property begin with tho.-e who toil, but the nation's progress to ward higher civilization must be measured by the progress made by the producing classes. Uuder every form of government it has been possible to point to a few persons possessed of means au 1 refinement, but it is the average progress, uot the pro gress of the few that must be consid ered. The improvement to lie hoped for must come from efforts outside of politics. Mental disciple, moral train ing, habits of iudr. J.i ry and economy all have their part in improving the gen eral condition of our people, aud yet the influence of legislation uiust uot be overlooked. A form of government like ours makes it possible for the people to have such legislation as they desire, but even then it is possible for a few persons to overreach the people as a whole. The welfare of the people must be sought, not iu the securing ot spe cial privileges to themselves, but iu the denying of special privileges to auyoue. Praises Labor Vulons. 'The labor organization has been one of the most potent factors iu improving the condition of wage earners. Labor organizations are almost entirely re sponsible for the fact that skilled labor wages have uot fallen as much as prices, although they have not always suc ceeded in keeping employment up to full time. While giving to these or ganizations credit for what they have done, it is ouly fair to suggest that neither labor orgauizations nor any other form of protection can secure to labor permanent immunity if the gen eral level of prices continues to fall. The idle man is the menace to the man who has employment and the number of idle men must necessarily increase if we have a money system which con stantly raises the value of the dollar and constantly lowers the market value of the products of labor. "Arbitration of differences between large corporations and their employes is one of the political reform most ueeded by wage earners. Until arbitration is secured the strike is the only way within the reach of labor. Society at large is interested in the application of the principle of arbitration to the differ ences which arise from time to time be tween corporations aud their employes. Laboring people have a special interest just now iu securing relief from what is aptly described as government by in junction.' The extent to which the writ of injunction has been abused within recent years has aroused a hos tility which i3 almost universal. It is only a question of time when govern ment by injunction will be cured by legislation. The main purpose of the writ of iu junction is to a oid trial by Jury. Trial by jury is niore important to the American people today than it ever was before in our nation's history. It was originally intended as a protec tion against society, and it is today the main protection the people have agaiust plutocracy, which is to this country what royalty is uuder a uiouarchial form of government." Last night the Nebraska champion of the silver cause was given a reception at the Jeffersoniau club. At least 5,(100 people attended during the evening, and many of these were given an opportun ity of meeting Mr. Bryan. Altgeld Addrest- Laboring; Men. Philadelphia, Sept. 7. Ex-Governor Johu P. Altgeld of Illinois addressed an audience of about 1,000 people at Wash ington park ou the Delaware river yes terday afternoon. His subject was: "Municipal aud Government Owner ship and Government by Injunction." The event which brought the ex -governor here was the Labor day celebra tion by the United Labor league of this city. President Ernest Kreft occupied the chair and made the openiug ad dress. He theu introduced Mr. Altgeld. North For Cenus Superintendent. Washington, Sept. 7. The Evening Star says : It Is stated that Mr. S. N. D. North of Boston has been selected as the superintendent of th uext census and that his appointment fill be made as soon as the necessary legislation can be enacted. The president ts .xid to fa vor the establishment of a permanent bureau of census, and is likely to ex press iouie views on that ibject iu his next message to esugsti "" Will Kaic- t-ic IMcoka.le. Caxea, St-pt. 7. The admirals in commaud of the fleets of the powers in Cretan waters have decided to raie the blockade of this island ou Friday uext. Death of Ex-Congressman Hanback. Topeka, Sept. 7. Ex-Congressman Low Hanback died this morniug at Armourdale, Kan. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS. The Bank of Germany has rair-d its rate of discount to 4 per cent. Ex-Cougressmau T. T. Flagler of Lockport, N. Y., is dead, at 6. He was president of the Holly Manufactur ing company. The agricultural commisioners re port shows that S3 per cent of Ken tucky's 11,000,000 bushel crop of wheat is still in the hands ol the larmers. The Prohibition city convention nomi nated William T. Wardwell for mavor of Greater New York. Alfred H. Wal lace for comptroller and Thomas Craw ford for president of the council. Mr. Wardwell is treasurer of the Staudard Oil company. Labor day races at Louisville, Ky., were a great success, as the events were hotly contested and two amateur world's records went by the board. Harry M. Sidwell of Covington, Ky., lowered the amateur reccrdfor two-thirds of a mile, by h quart; time, 1 :10, against 1 :14. H. W. Middcudorf of Louisville broke the amateur stand ing start record for a third mile, un paced ; time, :41 2-3, against :42. Ex-Congressman Lew Hanback, aged 58 years, died at his home in Armour dale, Kan., Sept. 6, from typhoid ma larial fever. He had been ill but two weeks. Congressman Hanback was born in Winchester, Ills., iu 1S30 and came to Kansas iu lStf-5. He served through the war as a uuion soldier. His first public office was that ef justice of the peace at Topeka just after the close of the war. In 1877 he was as sistant United States attorney for Kan sas and in 1882 was sent tb cougiess from the Sixth district as a Republican. At the time of his death he was adju tant general of the state Grand Army of the Republic. The Sedalia, Mo., fair, Sept. 15 to 17, will have Senator Foraker, William J. Bryan and Jerry Simpson present. The Democratic members of the court house at Warreusburg, Mo., supplanted the golden ball held in the hand of the goddess of liberty ou the courthouse dome with that of a huge silver ball. The mammoth plant at Mendelsohn park, near McKeesport, Pa., containing the Mendelsohn piano work, ths Barck hoff organ works and the Dickson A Wood brick works, was destroyed by fire, entailiug a loss of $65,000. The supposition is that the building was act afire. FOREST MONSTERS. lima of the Giant Trees That Are foaad la California. In the national parks aud forest pre serves of Califoruia the big trees are by far the most interesting and greatest xatural features. There are two vari eties namely, Sequoiu sempervirens, ordinarily known as tho redwood, the tree which has furnished most of the redwood lumber of commerce, and the Sequoia gigautea, from which ft comparatively small amount of similar r lumber has also beeu made. The for mer is the smaller variety aud grows ou the foothills along the coast. The latter attains a considerably larger growth, is, more strictly speaking, the "big tree" of California, and is seldom found at a lower altitude than 5,000 feet. Scattered along the extent of the Sier ra Nevadas fiom north to south are many distinct aud separate groups or groves of Sequoia gigantca. These are generally known by names significant of locality, as, for instance. "Calaver as," "Tuolumne," "Mariposa" aud "Fresno," names of the counties in which the groves so called are situated. The Tuolumne grove is iu the Yosemite park, and the Mariposa near by. This latter is the oue mot frequently visited by tourists aud contains the"Wawoua" a tree with a hole burned in its base, through which the stage road runs and four horse stages aru driven without difficulty aud the "Grizzly Giant," one of the largest trees iu the world. The stately grandeur of these enor mous and lofty trees i3 so impressive that it seems quite fit aud natural that some of the larger ones should have been individualized aud honored with distin guished titles. Nearly every state in the Union and every distinguished gen eral of the civil war has a namesake among them. The" General Graut," iu the General Grant park, and the "Gen eral Sheridan" of the "Giaut forest" (situated iu the Sequoia park) aie indi viduals of the largest size. It is difficult to determine just which of the big trees is the largest, but these two and the "Grizzly Giant" the gnarly base of any one of which will exceed 30 feet in diameter are probably the biggest treeii yet discovered. The trees often grow in such inacces sible mouutaiu retreats that some of the territory covered by them has never yet been thoroughly and systematically ex plored. Outside the lauda reserved by the government a California lumber company owns several thousand acres of these trees enough to last 40 years, cutting many millions of feet per year. Harper's Weekly. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Showing What a Shotgun Can Uo In a Load of Hay. "What was the most exoiting experi ence I ever hadr" repeated Clarence Haight at the Olympic Gun club. "I think it occurred last summer, when I was hunting doves up iu Sonoma coun ty. Now, shooting doves is uot par ticularly exciting or perilous, but this was one of the hottest experiences I ever had. "I had been traveling all day with a big bag, and was pretty well tired out when I struck the country road aud started for home. It was a good four miles' walk, and I was pretty well pleased to see a big wagon load of hay approaching. The rancher gave me per mission to ride, so I scrambled up on top, lay down ou the sweet, new mown hay and went swaying aud swinging down the road. I was jnt dozing off when bang! went my shotgun. I had forgotten to take the cart ridged out of it, and something had pressed the trigger. The horses gave a jump, aud the driver rolled off into the ditch. "Theu I discovered that my gun had set fire to the hay, aud I thought it was about time for me to escape. The horses were tearing along the road as hard as they could run, but I clambered for the side cf the load and slid for the road. The tail of my stout hunting coat caught ou the top of a sharp staudard, and there I hung to the careening wag on that threatened to upset aud dump a load of burning hay ou me at every turn of the road. "The fire was crackling aud burniug fiercely, and already I could feel the flames. Still the horses rau, and still my coat held me fast to that seething mass of flames. My trousers commenced getting hot, and theu I fouud my coat was on fire. The next moment the loose cartridges in my pockets commenced ex ploding from the heat, and then I tuuelled my doves broiling. "I bad just made up my mind that all waB over, when the tail of joy coat burned off and I was thrown into a ditch full of water beside the road. I did not stop to see what became of the hay and the horses, uor of the rancher, but cut straight across that field for home. That, gentlemen, was the most thrilling experience of my life." New York Press. SILK FROM THE SPRUCE. Palp Fiber Is Found to Make a Very Good Substitute, Silk of excellent quality is being made from the spruce tree in Europe, and a movement is on foot to establish the industry in this country. It is said that the cost of makiug silk by this proc ess is one-fifth that of the spinning from the silkworm cocoon. The fiber takes dye as readily as the animal prod uct aud can be woveu as securely and as rapidly. It is also claimed that the tensile strength of the fabric is as great, as if not greater than, the real silk. Although the spruce lends itself to the process better than mostwoodf, oth er forms of pulp can be used, the in ventor even declaring that old newspa pers, after they have been cleaned of the printer's iuk, may be readily made into silk. The inventor, who has made the subject a study for 20 years, based bis experimental work on the fact thai flying start, paced b' BMER Farm Loans, And Insurance.. COLUMBUS, the silkworm, in eating and assimi lating the leaf of the mulberry tree, ob tained the s foundation of the silk from vegetable fiber. In trying to hit upon the particular chemical process that the original fiber went through before it was spun as silk by the loom he fouud that after the fiber bad been separated it needed the chemical action of a cer tain form of glucose. In tho new treat ment the tree is crushed, and the result ing fiber in mixed with glucose aud then placed in deep metal tuba. A disk, somewhat like a steam piston, is theu forced down on the mass by hydraulie pressure until it is compressed iuto a very heavy gum. At the bottom of the tubs are tubes terminating iu tiny glass nipples, with exceedingly small aper tures. Under the hydraulic pressure the mixture is forced out of these glass nipples in silklike fibers, which are so fine that the girls who are employed in this portion of the process are obliged to wear highly magnifying glasses iu order to see when auy of the fibers break. Tho material is then car ried over electrically heated drums, which dry the ether and the alcohol out of it. It is theu plunged into iced water, dried aud spooled for the locms. Buffalo Express. Color Uliutlness. The term color blindness implies an entire absence of the color sense, aud there are a few persons who are in this condition, but it also iucludes all the forms of partial color blindness iu which the perception cf one cf the fundamental colors red, green and violet is wanting, aud which are kuowu as red blindness, green blind ness and violet blindness. The lino be tween these various kinds of color blind ness aud a perfect perception of colors is not sharply drawn, so that a large number of persous have what is called a feeble color sense, which falls short of actuul color blindness. There is uo doubt that color blindness iu its vari ous forms is much more common than is generally supposed, aud it is more common among the imperfectly than the well educated classes, aud it is. cu riously enough, still more common among Jews and Quakers, probably from hereditary causes. It is ten times more frequent among males than fe males in tho general population, but among Quakers it is nearly the same in both sexes. In the general popula tion 4-16 per cent, or about 1 male iu every 25, are color blind. New York Ledger. Swindled. First Street Loafer It's a shame. Bill, to think that any oue would swiu dle a poor hard working mau iu that way. Second Street Loafer Why, what's your trouble? First Street Loafer Here I worked hard for half a day paintiug up a spar row into a redheaded Belgian canary, and I am blowed if the fellow I sold it to didn't give me a bad half crown for i it. Loudon Spare Moments. Ti Cliirugo and tht Eatt. Passengers going east for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in the eastern states always desire to "tako in" Chicago en route. All classes of passen gers will find that the "Short Line" of .he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kail- way, via Omaha and Council Bluffs, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinations in a manner that will be sure to give the utmost satisfaction. A reference to the time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Missouri river for a ticket over tho Chicago, Council Bluffs .fc Omaha Short Lino of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kail way. you will bo cheerfully furnished with the proper passport via Omaha and Chicago. Please note that all of the "Short Line" trains arrive in Chicago in ample time to connect with tbeexpresstrainsof all the great through car lines to the principal eastern cities. For additional particulars, time tablec, maps, etc., please call on or address F. A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Neb. Envelopes with your return card printed ou them, for 50 cents a hundred at The Jouhnal ofiice. NOTICE OP PROBATE OF FOR EIGN WILL. Sr tk ok Nr.Bh sk., PlHtt- county, ) -To all vereoutt interested in the estate of Hr- ey HCTlH, dpcwitrfsl: Whertfjj, Henry F. J. Hock-nl?rKer ha- bled lit my office a duly authenticated copy of an in- fatrament purporting to be the last will and tes tament of Hervey Hedged, dece&rtd, and of the probate of the came in the surrogate court of the county of Suffolk, Neiv York, and a petition praying that a time and place nrnj lie hxed for the hearing of theauie; whereupon 1 have ap pointed the 23J day of September, -ffi, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in baid county, a the time and place of proving baid will, at which time and place you and all con cerned may appear and content the probate of the taine; and due notice of thin proceeding it ordered published three neeka eucceefeivejy in The Columbus Journal, a legal newspaper of said county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto c-t my hand and affixed the seal of the county court this 7 tli day of September. 1397. J. N. Kilia.v, feeep2 (ount Jude. PROBATE NOTICE. TUKHTlTEIJKXcBKtSK, ) County of Platte, f In the county court, in and for Kiid couotj. In the matter of the estate of Heiry l'uto, !-- ceaned. late of eaid county. At a session of the county court for haid county, holden at the county Judge's office in Columbus, in said county on the 17th day of I Auguht, A. I). 18V7. present. J. N. Kilian, conn-1 r inittM fkn riMiiliniranil ft Itnr. tin. fin It VArificui I petition of S. M. Barker, prayiog that let ters of administration be issued to him on the estate of said decedent. Thereupon, it is ordered that the 10th day of September, A. D. 1697, at I o'clock, p. m be assigned for the hearing of said petition at the county judge's office in said county. And it is further ordered, that lne legal notice lie given of the pendency and hearing of said petition by publication in TheColchbus Jour Nu for three consecutive week. (A true copy of the order.) J. N. Kilian-, County Judge. Dated Columbus. Neb., Aug. 21, 1W7. 2.'ug3t EXECUTOR'S SALE. Jn the matter of the estate of Daniel Schucker, lrP(il8Cl Notice is hereby given that in pursnanee of an order of J. J. Hulli van, judge of the district court of Platte county, made on the 35th day of June, 1697, for the sale of the real ertate. hereinafter described, there will be sold at the front door of the court house in the city of Columbuit, Platte county, Nebraska, on thu 10m Day or Sektexbkk, 1W, nt 1 o'clock p. m. at public vendue, to the high est bidder lor cash, the following described real estate, to wit: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, town ship nineteen north, range four west in Platte county, Nebraska. Said sale will remain open one hour. 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