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OMAHA DALuY BEE SATURDAY , AUGUST 16 , 1884. THE OMAHA BEE. OmnliA OmcofNo.oiO Karri MU St. Ooiuicll BlunVomeo.N'o. 7 1'cJirl St Btrcot , Near Uroiulwity. ) | Now York.Ortlco . , Iloom 05 Tribune Building. [ Pnbltrticil ercrjrrprnlng , except Sunday' Th pnl ) UoniUjr morning dally , IKM9 8T MAH One Year . 110.00 I Three Months . | 3.0 BlxXoncna . R.OO | Ono Month . 1.0 Per Week , 15 Cents. Til * WXIILT B i rCBLISnlD IVIKT WIDSUDAT. IlttVS fOSITAID. UDtTetr. . . 1 .00 I Throe Monthi . t 6 Glx Months. . 1.00 | Ono Month. . . . S American News Company , Sole , Agontf , Nswido * Ml ID the United SUtos. A Ooinmnnleatloni relating to New * nd KdltorU raittcrj ihould bo addressed to the EDITOR or Tn Bit. Lsrrms. All BmlnoM Loiters unit RoraltUneoi ihonld b kddrossod to Tni linn PcnUBnmo OoMfAxr , o * * Prills , Checks and Postoinco orders to be made pa ] able to the order of the company. > SHE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS B. ROSBWATBRliter. . A. H. Filch , Manager Dally Circulation , P. O.Boj 83 ornkhn , Nob. Hnq'TR'a IUrunticAi ! STATK CKVITAI. COMMITIHB , 1 KRKMOXT , Neb , Auffiut IHh , 1881. f The different lines of railway In thin state will cl Ickcts to tbo delegates elected to the republican Btito convention to lie held at Umaha , Augiut 27th ' 81 , lor ( are for the round tilp , and to the dlitrlc conventions to be held nt Dcatrlco , Hastings am ColumtiM , August 20th , ' 84 , for one and ono fourth fare. The delegates will present their credentials to local admits w ho arc authorized to sell tickles upon such presentation. Quo. W. K. Doiuwr Chairman , As yet Bon Butler has not boot charged with any Bcandnl , Ho la scandal proof. Hit. WKAVEK continues "to arrive un- oxpoctodly" in every town in this district. It ia the unexpected that always hap- pcna. GOVEUNOH DAWKS has load enough to carry for himeolf , but with Jim Laird on hia back ho Trill bo like Sinbad , the oailor , carrying the Old Alan of the Soa. is out in Colorado looking after Mr. Hill's senatorial shoos. Mr. Hill has outflanked him by swallow ing the two republican papers in Denver. TOM IVIMIIALL and Jerry "Wilson will probably mix up a firat-clasa "Tom and Jerry" for Uncle Sam , by the time they got through with that sham investiga tion. of the first district have it within their power to nominate a can didate for congress , Trhoso nomination yrould moan an election beyond a reason able doubt. If they nominate Weaver they will run the risk of defeat. Now comes a scandal on St. John. Ho is charged with eating rock and rye candy and mince pie with brandy in it some years ago. Of course his friends say there is not a word of truth in it. They Bay that ho might have oaten mince pie , but that there was no brandy in it. THE friends of the late W. B. White , in Burt county , have brought forward as a candidate for state treasurer W. B. Roberta who stands high in that sec tion of the country , and as wo are in formed will bo supported by delegates from several counties in northeastern Nebraska. E. P. VINING'H book "An Insurious Culumbus/'will shortly bo issued from the press of Applolon's , Now York City. It will bo profusely illustrated and will certainly bo regarded as ono of the most import ant contributions over made to the his tory of the discovery of America. TUB mechanics and laborers of Omaha .aro organizing for mutual co-operation for .tho coming campaign. This is eminently proper , but they must BOO to it that the aelf'Btylcd tabor agitators who have ped dled out working men's votes at every election , and blackmailed candidates of nil parties , ere sent to the roar. GENERAL DAZX.V , chief signal oflicor , has obtained the consent of the postmas ter-general to hoist cold wave Hags on post-oQiccs for the benefit of farmers. This will provo a great benefit to farmers. There is but ono signal oilico in Nebras- lea , und that is located in Omaha. The cold-wave lUg will therefore wave from the flag stall on our poat-ollico , and wo suppose farmers from all partu of the state will visit Omaha three times a day to sco whether the ling is Hying. A OIIEAT deal is being said by iholrish and Gorman vote in the state of Now York , but a very few persons have any accurate ideas on the subject. The con- BUB of 1880 does not divide the "males of voting ago" according to nativity , -but it shows the following divisions from which calculations can bo made : Total population , native , 3,871,412 , ; foreign , 1,211,379 ( including 00,101 colored ) . Of the foreign born , 499,445 wnro born in Ireland , and U5G,113 in the Gorman em- piro. Total number of males of voting ago , ( white ) native , 802,094 ; foreign born , 530,598. It will bo soon that there are nearly 150,000 more Irish than Germans in Now York. It is esti mated that for every voter there are five persons , and dividing GQU,44E > by 5 wo find that there are 99,889 Irish votes in Now York , and dividing 350,113 by 0 wo find that there are 71,222 Gorman votes. It has boon claimed that the Irish vote in Now York now amounts to 150,000 , but this estimate is altogether too largo an increase in four years. As a rule the Irieli vote the democratic ticket , but it is conceded that In this campaign B largo number will for the first time vote the republican ticket. The Irishmen of Now York have it within their power to inaka the election of Blaine & certainty and will probably do It. 1'OIJfTJSIiS FOR JIM RY WILSO ; Jeremiah Wlhon , whoso cfliciont oj posuroof Credit Mobilior frauds in con qrcas , secured him the lucrative clionl ago of the Union Pacific railroad , 5 noi in the city taking depositions concornin the alleged exorbitant charges fo transporter mails and government aup plica over the Union Pacific. A few sug goations may assist Mr. Wilson in hi arduous labor of examining the trafl ! manager , general freight agent , and cor poratlon employes. Under the act o 18iO ( congress has prohibited any rail road or bridge company from oxactiiij a greater charge for the transportalior of government supplies , troops , or em ployes of the United States across i bridge spanning any navigable river thai the mileage rate over the road loading too : from such bridge. This act applies ti the Union Pacific bridge at Omaha which was chartered subject to congress ional regulation of rates. For n period o nearly ton years the railroad comp any , which owns and operates tin bridge , charged the government toi dollars per carload , or fivi cents per hundred pounds fo all the military and Indian supplic transported across this bridge. It hat also exacted fifty cents for transforrinc every soldier , ollicor or employe of tin government back and forth , when Hit mileage rate for the alleged distance o [ our miles should have boon twontj cents going westward and sixteen conti going eastward. But the actual distance between the Omaha depot and the Unioi Pacific transtor depot , on the east side ol Lho river , is not over two miles and i Imlt. The pretended measurement of four miles between those , wo points was n Credit Mobilior fraud , In order to get a subsidy for a fictitious inilo of road , the original starting poinl n Omaha was measured from n point r milo north of the present bridge , and the omporary tracks laid down on the rivoi > ank were subsequently ttkon up. The o.callcd official point , " 0 , " as fixed bj General Dodge on the east side , ia noarlj n milo east of the Union Pacific depot , 'ho four-mile measurement between ) tnaha and the "initial torminun , " so- ailed , includes the distance from the old olcgranh poles , ono milo north of the iridgc , to the point " 0. " So much for hat swindle. If Mr. Wilson will take the trouble to xamlno quartermasters , commissaries nd their clerks , ho may bo able also to 'ot light on moro outrageous impositions von than the bridge frauds. For in- tanco , Hock Springs coal , which haa ) eon sold in the Omahn market by the Jnion Pacific railroad nt from 87 to § 8 tor ton , has for years boon hauled to ) maha from Hock Springs , Wyoming , os tvo are told , nt one cent and n half ior ton per milo. The distance from lock Springs to Omaha being 800 miles ho government has paid to the Union 'acifio $12 per ton for carrying coal to Omaha , which the company sells at re- ail in Omaha for $7 to $8. In ether words , the government has bought coal t $2 per ton at Rock Springs and paid 12 for its transportation , making $14 or ton for what can bo obtained for $7. By a peculiar system , which Mr. Wil- on may bo able to explain , ths greater roportion of supplies that are intended or Omaha or points beyond , are billed o Council Bluffs , and then ro-billod to ) maha. The through rates to both oints are the same for carload lots , but y tlfia re-billing an extra charge is ox- ctod for the so-called haul of four miles rom the point " 0. " or point "Nix. " ) hose are a few pointers which Mr Jor- miahWilson might profit by. They show lint the Union Pacific managers regard Jnclo Sam - ' " bo im- as -'chump"who can - oscd upon nt their pleasure. Mr. Kim- mil and Mr. Shelby , of courao , have lover heard of those little discrepancies. They will probably charge it all up to oor Vining , who was BO deeply nbsorbud y the question whether lloimlot waa n vomanthat ho did not havolimo to com- mto the "difl'orontial calculus" between ho Union Pacific mid Undo Sam. B-jfoui : any member of the last Icgisla- uro is re-oluctcd , his record should be liorotighly scanned. There were several nombors of the hist legislature who ought very bravely over the dead issues f the rebellion , but who voted with the ailroads , and against the people every imo. There are others who are very ampant about the monopolists , but were Iwayu ready to vote for jobs und steals , and way down deep they were 'playing huttlo-cock and battlo-doro on antl- nonopoly bills. Before the campaign ooa very much further , wo shall refer to hose frauds und "snides , " if any of theme o re-nominated. O'lUEll LANDS 2'fhiX OURS. The franchiso"b'ill continues to bo the 11 absorbing topio of political discussion Great Britain. The standard bearers of trovious political crisis in England point ory conclusively to the final adoption of liis great measure. The extension of ho franchise to 2,000,000 now voters will equiro another measure providing for it e-allotmont of scats which will give those ow voters a share of members , and at ! io eamo time afford a reasonable guaran- oo that the majority composed of liber- Is shall not completely stamp ut all opposition. The real sue therefore is which parly liall 'make the rcapportiomncnt of the OUBO of commons alter the franchise bill as boon adopted. The character of such bill may determine the balance of the olitical power for some time to come , louco the lories , knowing that the f raili ng of It will fall into the hands of the resent government if the present par- lament lasts , are eager to force a diosolu- ion of parliament. They with to reject the franchise bill in order to provoke the government to dissolve parliament considering tha a new parliament will bo moro fnvorabli to them than the present. On the othc hand the liberals , knowing that the toric will criticise adversely , and if possibo defeat feat , a swooping scheme of rodistribu rioti , think that their best , if not the ! only chance of getting such n schcm promptly through parliament , lies ir passing the franchise bill first , bccauo then the torics will bo so willing to fac a general election , on the present allotment mont of seats , but with cunstituoncio swollen by the now votcra , that they wil accept n redistribution scheme as the lesser of two evils. The strong point in the tory strategy is their command of the house of lords enabling them to keep oil' the franchise bill , mid thereby to secure , either now or within the next eighteen months , n general oral election in which the present voters will bo the arbiters. On the other hand the strength of the liberals lies in the fact that the torics do not venture open [ y to oppoao the extension of the frau chiso. That woulel bo unpopular , and ii would acorn inconsistent with their con duct in lowering the borough franchise in 1807. Hence there is a certain unreality in the language held by both parties. The liberals -declares that i ia impossible to pass twe such great mcaauros ns a franchise bil and a redistribution bill in the same ses sion , impossible oven to keep them pend ing nt the same time. The ono train must bo got well away out of the station before the other can bo made up to follow - low it. Yet their chief roalmotivo is the desire to have a moans of compelling the Dories to accept the ministerial rcelistrl- jution bill. The lories complain of the unfairness of separating things so closely connected , but their real motive is to dictate a redistribution bill favorable to themselves by the threat of precipitating n disBolution on the present suffrage. The question now is , "What will the peers do when the bill goes up to thorn ignin in November next ? " They wil lave four months to think over the posi- Sbn , mid they will hnvo heard n [ jroal lAl said in the country not only nboiil .ho bill , but about themselves. They may then fool that they have sudiciontly shown their independence , or they may 'car a further outbreak of popular hid ig nition. If thirty peers go ever , or if a lomowhat larger number stay away , the ) ill will then bo carried. This of course a the hope of the government n hope vhich they think good enough to out- voigh the worry and fntiguo of an extra session ot parliament , with the loss of many measures which they have had to drop in this session for the oako of closing t at a data earlier than uaual. According to latest advices from China ho dmnnnda of Franco will bo rejected ind the war already begun will have to > o fought out. The capture of Kolung does not seem o hnvo been an affair out of which oven n French despatch writer can extract any nnsidurnblo amount of "glory. " No ro- istanco-waa made , no lighting occurred , and 110 difficulty waa encountered. The admiral gave n sitjnnl ; the troops wont nshoro nnd the town was theirs. The Hilnnao force "retired , " by which wo mist understand that they ran nwny , as hey made no resistance nnd were seen > y nobody , oven In roar view. So far ns s reported the only person who intor- losod any obstacle or objection to the iroccodings was the British vice consul , vho sent a paper protest to the admiral ind then wont on board the British gun- ioat. Bu uts the capture of the town cost willing in accomplishment it is not cer- ain that it will not involve a bill of some ind to bo paid hereafter. The British ice consul warned the French admiral lint Koluug was protected under treaty ith England , and if the vice consul was ight in his statement the possibilities of ncomfortablo results are by no means mall. If Great Britain chooses to ob- ect to the proceedings had in the case lore will bo no running nvray , no easy bandonmont of the objection , and 10 bloodless victory may provo to bo nuch moro costly than it appears to ave boon. From the first Franco's most orlotia danger in the east has boon not rom Chinese troops , with whom French oldiors can easily deal , but from posai- ) lo complications with western nations , vhich have very complex relations nnd itorosts in the cast ; and the danger in na direction is rendered all the greater > y the fact that Franco's European oighbors nro not particularly well pleased o sco the French power greatly extended n Asia. The information which Henry M. Stanley brings with him to England rom the Congo country is well calcu- atcd to nwnken n new interest in the lending diplomatic controversy ever the ontrol of West Africa. It gives us nero accurate knowledge than wo hnvo utd yet respecting the extent nnd char- ctur of _ the country tributary to the Congo river , nnd amply vindicates the risdom of the policy which Mr. Stanley ma pursued in his dealings with the na ive tribca of that region. From the mouth of the Congo to Stan- ey Pool , 1400 milo farther Inland than rom Now Orleans to St. Paul , there are atlsfactory facilities for commercial ox- lmnicB in the numerous trading stations vrhich have _ boon established between hcao two points. The natives nro on ho whole friendly nnd well disposed ownrd white traders , but ono tribe , the ) a Sundis , manifesting any hostility to lioui. The recent statement of Brncon. tier to the effect that the Congo is not lavigablo above Stanley Pool for steam afts is siojv ! bv Stanley rqpmrt to bo ( ' vholly uluruo , Tie having .foun'd a moan ow water depth of twelve feet lore , , than 1,000 miles nbovo the pool , 'ho expanse of territory tributary to the jougo is ao-vu'st that its limits nro only o bo conjectured at present , but its rein- ivo proportions are faintly indicated by lio"4,000 miles otjiavigablo rivers .which lieso later udvlcoa toll us nro accessible rom Stanly pool. The moat important of Mr. Stanley's Jews is hia strong disapproval of the pro * loaed treaty between Great Britain and 'ortugal for the control of commerce on lie lower Congo. Whether Great Britain vill ratify this treaty after Mr. Stanley's ositivo warning that Portuguese BU- ironiaoy ever { ho mouth of the river will iu inimical to British interests is prob. omutlcal. But , iu any event , the do- elopmont of an enormous commerce on lie Congo ia assured , nnd ether nations rill not permit the greed of England or lie absurd pretensions of Portugal to oprivo them of their share of it. The dispatches from Germany indicate liat Bismarck is by no means nu inatton- ivo spectator of the course of events in gypt and the complications between ' 'runco and England. Franco is involved n troublesome controvoreus with China nd Madagascar. A considerable party in ( Jutland seems inclined to take advantage ijthis to push British interests intho'.Med. ' : erranoan. Because Germany isby nature 1 hut out from that sea , and because of her bitter hostility to France , many Englis conservatives maintain that Bismarc would not intorforoin the Egyptian settle mont. The peace party and the libori papers which support Mr. Gladstone , o the othnr hand , nro vigorously pnintin out that willing as Germany might bo t see a rrar between Franco and England she would also bo able to seize upon sue ! n crisis ns the opportunity for riddin herself forever of the threatened "war o revenge. " A single generous act to nil the French republic in nn hour of neei would do moro to promote good fcolini and blot out the rankling memories o Sedan than a century of distrustful peaci spent In drilling armies nnd porfoctinj military organizations. The sudden death of the Duke of Wellington lington , aa ho wna entering n railway train at Brighton , has caused nn onor inous sensation in society circles , and recalls calls the death of his father , the Iroi Duke , which occurred almost aa sudden in 1852 , at Walmor Castlo. The duki who haa just died was 77 years old ane childless. Ho was married in 1829 tc Lady Elizabeth Hay , who was the daughter tor of the Marquis of Twcoddalo and i celebrated beauty , but the union wai never blessed with children. The present death raises to the Duca dignity the oldest living nephew of the latpduko , Henry Wellesley , n lieutenant colonel in the Grenadier Guards , and formerly morly a member of Parliament from An- dovor. The now heir prtsumptivo ia the now duko'a younger brother , Lieutenant- Colonel Arthur Charles \Vollcsley , of the Grenadier Guards , whnao domestic life has been clouded by n sad acnndal. He was married twelve ycara ago to Miei Kathleen Williams , by whom ho line three children , now aged respectively 11 , 8 and 5 years. After a few years o marital prosperity , the dnshinc ; grenadier adier became enamored of Knto Vnugh n pretty nnd popular danseuao nt tin Gaipty theatre. Last summer ho nccom pnnicd her upon her provincial tour , nuc the scandal became so notorious tha Mrs. Wellcsly had no difficulty in obtain ing a divorce on the ground of 'adultery The climax of Colonel Wcllcaloy's infatu ation with the pretty dancer wna roachoc n few we > oka ngo , when ho took her te Paris and made her hia wife. As then is now but ono life between Colono Wollcalcy nnd the dukedom , it is not n nil impoasiblo that the whilom queen o the ballot may not yet wear the coronet of a duchess. There is no longer 'nny doubt that the Spanish government is seriously alarmot about the disaffection in the ranks of the army , which has Intoly led to violent out breaks nt Barcelona. The ollicial and iomi-ofllcial journals , to bo sure , persist in denying that there ia nny dangorou : JT widespread insubordination , ant Senor lluex Xorilla , the rovolutionarj loader , who ia now in London , is als : very busy with denials of nny plots fora military uprising nnd of any recent conv nunication with the revolutionists in Spain. There can bo little doubt , lowover , that Senor Xorilla , whether 10 is for the moment in Geneva - nova or Paris or London , is the real director of the movement which ia imitating all the northern part of Spain. The sinister activity of the revolutionary iropaganda has lately boon alarmingly visible , and the government is taking severe repressive measures. These con- ist mostly in the removal from active orvico of suspected oQicors , but in many cases the punishment haa been extended o dismissed from the army. In the case af ono regiment stationed at Barcelona , 10 less than seventeen oflicors , including colonel , have i/aun cashiered within lie past few days ,011 the charge of dis- oyalty. Earl Granvillo'a statement in the house jf lords thnt negotiations with Mexico or a now treaty of commerce- would hortly bo resumed , recalls the recent net thnt the diplomatic relations between England and Mexico , so rudely sus pended at the fall of the Maxmlllian am- lire , have been resumed , n settlement aving been reached as to the old English obt. Diplomatic relations between franco anel Mexico were ro-ostablishod 111880 , and this was soon followed by ho establishment of a French bank in he city of Mexico. At that time there corned to bo an idea that Trench capital would counter- ct the alleged baneful intluoncoa f American cnpitnl then pouring into ho country. A soml-ollicinl paper wont 0 tnr ns to say nt that time : "Wo ap plaud the protection that is give to European capital , which is the emu wo require and which will bo moro effica cious to nrrcst the inlluonco of the Amnrican element. " With the develop ment of railroad and commercial enter- iriaes this nbaurd hostility ia dying out. jtill , Mexico looks with lungfng eye up- in European money , and it is to her rodit thnt she is "making up'1 with Eng- nnd. _ Wo nro interested in this matter , a it gives us nnother rival 111 the contester or the Mexican trado. The recent dutbrfuk nt Brussels was nninly duo to the conflict between politi- al parties over the educational eues- | ions. The recent abolition of sectarian chools has brought on a conlllct between ho Catholic , or clerical party , who do- Ire religious teaching or the public chools , nnd the liberals , who oppose uch a policy. There could bo no ( pups- Ion bettor adapted than this to excite ublio fooling , and the riots which are liroatoned in Brussels are the natural utcomo of the recent history of Belgium , 'ho question of public instruction ap- loala to religious and anti-religious bigot- y , nnd it appeals also to interest. Marshal Serrano , ono of the three fam- > ua Spaniards of the ago , is reported dy- ng. Ho Is seventy-four years old. The iftgos of romance depict few moro ro- narknblo careers than this man's. When 1 lad n private in the Spanish army , ho laa boon , since 1844 , dictator , captain- general , exile , foreign minister , president jf the senate , soldier of fortune , com- uandcr in chief , regent , president of n opubllc , inspirer of sedition , prime itnistor of a king and lover of a queen , 'his Is a typical Spanish history. Pos- eased of wonderful ability , as his conn- ry is of natural gifts , both ho and it have eon for two generations striking oinm- los of energy misspent. Mr. Gladstone's land not of 1882 was robably the nearest approach to com- lunistn which has yet boon made In any eglslativo body , Tlio operation of the aw has only been partial , owing to the liability of the courts to handle the mass f business before them. But , as a part ( its oll'oct , in two years' time , by the Ilicinl indebtedness of tenants to land- ords amounting to $12,800,000 haa boon vlped out ot legal it never had any lorul proceeding. There is no great ihilanthrophy in this proceeding , The uonny could noi have bpou collected , 'or it was not in Ireland. But it ia a itop forward to make an Irish landlord icknoulodpo the ( ruth. Seal of North Carolina tobacco In the jest. I f A. J. Weaver is nominated the op position will unite on Charles H. Brown of Omaha , who will carry Douglas counli by from 2,000 to 3,000. If John 0 Cowin is nominated , Mr. Brown will no run. Jnunv WILHO.V is now dealing with ox. port witnesses. They have n wonderful capacity of forgetting what they do nol want to remember. THI3 PlinSIDKNTIAh IIAOE. Solon ClinHO null Ottior Qrocnlmck- era Decide to Vote for Blnlno anel MAISK III.AINK HKCItflT.H I'ltOOniMS OK TI1K CA.MI'AIO.V. iVfot'STA , Me. , Atifiiist 14. [ Social. ] About ns Interesting nu opiscela ai lias oc curred in political circles in this etata Una year lin.s been the announcement of Solon Chnsp that ho shall support Dlalno. Mr. Chase's letter was given to the associated press Monday , anil Tuesday the 1'ciiobscot groenbackerH held their convention for the nomibation of camlldatex for the several county olliccs to bo supported nt the Sep tember election. The defection of Chaio led to Iho challenging of every man men- tinneel ns n candidate , to EDO what lis ! politi- rnl preferences wore , llio attempt bolng to PC- euro only Butler men , but although the con vention a < lnptod the platform of the national greenback patty , oil but ono man placed in loiijitiatlou wns in fnvor of Cleveland. Bur nt ; Iho day , John Whltn , ono of tlio promi nent greenbackers of Kiutern Maine , sent Solon Cliaso a cuustic loiter , in which ho said : To my ureat surprise 1 tind you are out for aino. I need not repeat v ° ur language , but I consider it damnable. 1 helped you to n press and typo to advocate the principles of our party , and if the statement is true which hope in God's name ia not 1 want my uonoy , the sum of 8550 , at once. Another defection from the ranks of the op position that is causing FOIIIO comment is that of I'rinco S. Sawyer , deputy secretaiy of ststo under Ciov inor Uarcelon. Mr. Sawyer has iiya been a democrat , and In "joining uiiioV forces ho will have n strong inlluonco among the democrats of lYauUlin county , where ho resides. The independent Irish movement infavor of lilaiuu ia assuming strong proportions in 1'ort- Innd , A similar movement was btarted four years ago in favor uf Garheld , but , unless all appearances fail , the ynto then polled will boar no comparison with the one to bo rolled up this yew. I prominent irishman from ] 5os- ton , who has btwn visiting this state , says that there nro over .1,000 signers to the Inde pendent Irish rolls of that citj- , and the move- nent has just began. The Hon. Kmory A. Steers is doing good work In Maine. H is one of the most popu ar unoakcra that will onpugo in the campaign in this state , and na lie lias been given but four assignments ho draws a crowded house each time. Tlio temperance workers are also looking tip. The Hon. John 13. Finch , of Nebraska , will enter thu btato next Tuesday and is to ppeak ut the great temperance ) rally to bo hold nt Ijiikn Sebaio the Saturday following. Miss Emily Pitt Stevens , of California , will also bo present on that occasion. While the crowd at Lalu'Mnramieook Tues day was awaiting the arrival of the speakers , povcral of the prominent tompernnca men of the Btato improved tlio opportunity to get up an extemporaneous meeting. A MISCEGENATION Governor Ireland ol Tcxns to bo Arrested. GALVISTOX , August 15. A warrant was to-day issued by United States Commissioner Spann for the nrrcst of John Irelnnd , governor of Texas , for violation of boction 5,510 of the revised statutes of the United States. JCmil l''rancins , upon whoso deposition tlio warrant waa issued , was convicted in 1879 under the anti-miscegenation statute of Texas and sen tenced to five years in the penitentiary. On the IHh instant Judge Sabine , of the U. S. court , granted an hearing to 1'rancois on writ of habeas corpus. When the case was called for hearing , the stiite announced that the governor had grunted full pardon to Francois , where upon the writ was dismissed , and nn order of court entered discharging Francois. The next day franco's ' refused to acceplthe | gov ernor's pardon , alleging that it did not restore him to citizenship , und ho preferred rather to rely on tha judgment rendered in a dismissal of the writ and discharge from custody by the the court , ns the best evidence of his liberty and citizenship. In his allidavit Francois de poses that Ireland as governor of Texas with the penitentiary ollicials conspired and confed erated together todeprivohimof his rights , and privileges secured by the constitution and laws of the United Statoj. Francois is pure whits. Ho married a colored woman whuho complex ion was fairer than his own. Tha statute un der which he was convicted provides only for tha punishment of a white person in cases of miscegenation , hnuce his claims for bing < lii- crimina'od nguinst. A warrant for the urrest of the governor was plncod in the hanih of Marshal Tracy to-night. The case attracts great attention. KANSAS. For Blaine and W YOKK , August 15. Col. A. A. 'Ihoin- as , of Kansa , formeily land rogiftcr of that state , fpujtkingot the political outlook at the ( lilsey liouao this evening paid "Kansas will give a larger republican majority in Novem ber thnn it did in 1880. It will undoubtedly turn its electoral vote ever to lilaine mid Lo- BIUI by about -tD OHO tr. 511,000 majority. " "lint Knnnas is St. John's own stataV "Very true. Ills candidacy for the presi dency will not amount to much there , how ever. I do not think that ho will poll much over 10,000. You see , Kansas IK natural y overwhelming republican , especially In rognrd to thu prujldency. If St. John were running for the govornortlrp or some Btato nllico ho would , in my opinion , poll n umcl larg r vote than ho did thu last time ho rai for governor. Our republicans are true blue this yrar , nnd roccgnlzo the fact that n vote for Sr , John menus ono against lilaine , who has always taema favorite there. Ho ivoiild have received its entire vote at Chicago , inly the xtatq ww ; utidor peculiar obligations Lo Gou. Aithur. A St , InmlH ST. l.cuia. August 15. llussel H , Tovl , who shot nnd seriously wounded Frank T. [ glfhanlt two years ago Inst winter , for too ntimato relations with his wife , went to his lonio nt 2851 St. Louis avenue , alxmt 10 Mock to-night and had BOIIIO angry words ivltli his wife. Kcmarking that ho thought it viiulel bo better for all of them to die , ho took t larse. pistol from the wnahstanil drawer , nnd nada a demonstration towards his wife , but ihe , divining his purpose , Hod hastily from tha oinn. 1'avls thun placed tha pistol to his > \vu Head and sent a 38 calibre bullet through lU brain , He foil dead upon the lloor. Mrs. Tevls Is sullering from hysteria , mil lit r physicians will not allow reporters to uo her , TiivU bought out hia business part- icr to-elay , nnd hid boon dunking to-night. md wns In iv remumhtt nervous and excited ioudition before he wout homo Ho waa Ul ! , -ours of ae , and of u very uervoua temper- nent. His wife is it daughter of General U'ese , U. S. A. , nnd was invohed in an un- brtunato nll'ulr wil h young lelehart two years igo for which her husband obtained a divorce , int some months later they met in Chicago , > ocaino reconciled , were re-married , and have icon living together. ' Flve-Mllo Unco. ( BOSTON , August 15. Teenier and Uosg nro uatched for n live-inlla rncu September -I'd. tusa receives live seconds start. Seal of North Carolina Tobacco is the xsst. THE MAN OF STRAW , \VhoWanis \ to Play Governor Anolhci Term , A I-'ow Itcnsons AVliy lie .Should He Shelved Tlio First District Nomlnnto n Mnn AVe Cnn Elect. CITV , Nob. , Aug. 15. To the Editor of IIIK BKR : The notion of the Saline county convention - vontion in allowing Governor Dawes to name the delegates to the state conven tion , establishes a precedent in the polit ical history of the state ; and it will bo in perfect keeping with this precedent to allow Mr. Davres to name his successor when the atato convention asaomblos in Omahn on tbo 27th inst. And if it is the intention of the "ring master" to make him the standard bearer , it would bo bettor for the party to conceSdo thatmuch to him , so that whcTn ho is defeated , nn ho certainly will be , Dnwes , and not the party _ will bo to blamo. With the record ho has maelo in two years past by commutting the sentences of two criminals who were condemned to the gallows , nnd his being hung in cfligy by the Ilnll county people ; and hia action in retaining certain officers in poweir after the matter had been thoroughly investigated by Iho legisla ture ; nnd other points to bo shown up hereafter , the republicans prefer to nom inate him in preference to such true and tried men ns Col. J. B. Dinsmoro of Clay , 90 ! . Crabb of York , Hon. J. W. Oilchriet of Suundors , Gon. Thnycr of Hall , Mr. Burton of Harlan , nnd others that I could mention , and bo dofoated. The whole blame muat not rest altogether upon Mr. Roaowator. For the subscriber knows quite n sprinkle of straight-out deep-dyed-in-the-wool re publicans who will never vote for him , and they are not such cowards ns to go "dunking" when the polls are opened , like Mr. Weaver did last fall. OTOE COUNTY' fully endorses the nomination of John 0. Cowin , Captain G. M. Humphrey or Judge Aniasa Cobb for congress from this district , believing that either of those men could bo elected beyond n doubt , while on the other hand some of ua hnvo very grave doubta about Mr. Weaver over being his own successor. Weaver nnd Dawes and their backers both think that Blaine and Lopan can pul anyjtnil through that the party can nominate. That used to bo the cusu in Nebraska when the party made n tail out of better material than is now presenting itself. itself.What What the republican party wants this fall ia _ a very strong tail to the national ticket in order to wag the head through And with such men aa I have alread ; named for governor of the state , an ! congressman of the first district , i " hades can't defeat ue. J. W. PEAKMAX. Dukota'w Governor at FAHCO , D. T. , August 15.-Governor Pearci nd family arrived in Pargo this morning , am spent the day in tha city. This evening n informal roco tlou waa tendered them in tl ; parlors of the Continental hotel. Probably thousand Indba and gentlemen met them , am exchanged courtesies. The Fargo guards am lira department paraded , and the governo : iiado n epooch of thanks. Fires. CHICAGO , August 15. A Daily News , Vcr Ian Ijl . bpccial says that the lire nt Girarc ast night was confined to eight buildings , -'art of the stocks were saved. Loss not giv AVON. Ilia. , Aueust 15 The residence ant tore of W. N. IJriggs was buniod last night josa about SIL',000 ; insurance $3,000. 'IlrnclcH ' of Healing Unparalleled In Medical History. "I hive been aflllctcd ( or twenty ycara with nn bf-tmito Bhln dl U.IEC , callol bj snnio M. IXs 1'fltr- isli , and otliera , leprosy , commencing on my ucnlp , ml In * i > ito ot all I could do , nltli tlio liclp of tin nmt skillful doctors , it , § luwly but surely extended utl n ycur nco tins winter ll covered my on tire per mi in form of dry bcjlea. Fur the latt tlirco jcaru I a.\o litcn nnaldu to Uo any labor , anil nilloiir : ( ; In unholy nil the tlino Every Uomiiif ( there could bt early a ilustpanful of tc.ilca taken Iromtho bhctton ny boil , Homo of them half as laruo na the cmclcpc : oiitaliiiii ; this letter. In tin latter part of winter , ay silcji commenced cradling open , I tried exory. liini ; ! almost tint could bo thought of without any clif. . Thu l'2th of Juno I started \Vc t , In oultl reach the Hot Hpr'ngn. I reached Detroit Mid rat ho low thouht i xtiould lm to go to the hos Ital but llnally Kot aa far as Uinelnc , MHi. , wher lial a ulster llviiiir. One Dr. - trcaltcl mo ab ut ivo weeks , but did mo no good. Al thought I hail ut a ( lion time to live. 1 earnestly prajed todle. 'racked ' through the thin nil over my back , acroba iy nbj , najia , bands , limbs , feet hidiy uwr/lUn , toe- aiN cunio oil , fln'ernalU ; ilead tnd hard ns bone , hair e.id , dry , and Hfeletsna old etrnv. O , uiy Clod ! how di.l . miter. , , My Bister hail n small pnrt of a box of Cut'cnra ' In 110 bouse. ShawimUlcii'tKhu up ; said , 'wo will ry Cutlrura. Some was applied on ono lurid nnd rm. Kiiroka ! there was relief : etoppvd the terrible urnlng eensatlon from the word BO. They Iminud- itoly ot thoCutlcura Humlrcnt Uutleura nml Cntl- uratioap lominenctil by tuliintr one talilcniuon. 111 of llo > olvrntthrce tiuico a day , ultrr ineala ; had bath once a day , water about blood heat , usedeSiti. lira Soip freely ; applied futlcura mornlni ? mid even- IK. Itemilt , ruturned to in } home In Juit nix weeks .oin time I left , and my skin * smooth an this sheet f l r r. HIUAM K. CAHl'KNTKU. ' 'Henderson , Jefferson County. N Y. Sworn to Leforo mo this nineteenth ilay of Jan. ary , 18Sa "A. II. IAFF1NQWKM/ , Jubtico of the 1'raco , " Cutltur * Unsolvent , the nc.w blood iiuilOor , inter- illy.and Cutlcura , and C'utlcura Hoap. the great , iu cures , e terD lly , clear thoComrlfilon. cleanie 10 Skin and Sc l | > , and purify the Illooil of wy > oclts of Itchluif , Scaly , IMtnplj , Scrofulous. Mercu- tl , anil Cancerous llmrors , anil Hkin Torturoi hen physlc-Uns , hnspltalu , and all other mtaus falL lid cvvrywhero , Potter Uru ? and Cniomlcal Co. Boston. Wil purify the BLOOD.-rcpii. Utu the LIVER unit KIDNEYS. anil ItKHruiiu TIIU IIKAI/L'U and VIGOR of VO0T1I. Uif ] upcla. ; Want of Appetite , In k iiigoBtlon , l.ack or tiirunRtli , ciirod , lloni'9 , muiclcsana ni-rves rvct'lvo nowforco , KnllVLMis tlio mind UIMI _ iitnillei Ural n Power. " iTiuromcomiiuii * lad T ? , rf. . " ' liii-fiilUrlo Ilielreix will InDU.IIAHTEH'SIRON TONIO a afe nad T'edy euro , ( lives u flcur. healthy compluxlon. rciiucnt at cmptii i countiTfvltliiit unlyadil lo Iho popularity uf Ihu orlgliml. J > o uut cxpurl- BCUt Kft tlio ( III10ISAI. AND IIK8T. S DilTOurddrriiloTb l > r. lIurturMed Co.V i < it'I0U < * ' < > 'or.our "DKEAM 11OOK.-1 I Follol utronBouua iueoJ.liUaimaUoareo. J CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 C&TIckots only SC. Sharoa In Proportion Louisiana state c.lii ] " We do Acr e ty etr t Wy itattt tvpcreiie Ihi nr angimtntl ( or nil tht Monthly and Sani-Annual Diainngt / the 7/otiistarm State Lottery Coinpani/ / , ami in person minarjt and control the Vravinyl thimttlvtt , and that the same ate conducted uttA honesty , Sainuft. and in good faith toward all far , tin , and ue authorise the company to utt thto etr' tiftcate , icith/ac-similti of our tignaturtt attntlti COUHIMIOXIJUI Jnocrporated In 1S83 let ! 5 ycBM by the legloUUtri f or edueitlorul aud chtrltablo purpoeos with a o p. HIU of 81.000,000-to which a reserve ) land ol ow 6950,000 hie tlnce been added. By an overwhelming populai vote Itg franchtiu was made n part of the present aUto constitution doptoJ Dcoembor 2J. A. U.-1B7B. Tbq only Lottery over voted on and on- dqruod by the people of nny Stato. It now joil ca or postpones. Its grand alnglo nnmbor drawings take place monthly. A gplondid opiwrtunlty to win n Fortnna Nintli Grnnd Drnwing Class I , in the Academy - omy of Music , Now Orleans , Tuesday , ' Sept. 'Mi , 188-1 IRJd Monthly drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE , 575,000. 100,000 Tickets nt Five Dollars Each. Frac tions , in Fiftlia in proportion , LIST OP PlUZUS. 1 CAPITALP1HZE _ . . . . JT5.00J 1 do do S5.0M 1 do do 10.000 3 piuzra oi' fdcoo wcoo B < } 0 SOOO lO.eW 10 do 1001) 10,000 20 do 600 10.0UO ICO Jo 200 20,000 SCO do 100 80,000 EDO do 60. . . . . 26000 [ CM do 25 25,000 irpRoxiMATioH rnioa. B Approximation prlzca ol J760 0,7M B do do ' 600 1,5M B do do SM 2,260 1B07 Prlzo aoiouutlns to C2M,50I Arjpllcatlon for t.tcs to clubs thculd bo made oclj ; o the oKaa of the Company Iu New Orleans. Fcr further Information write clearly giving toll uldreca. Malio P. 0. Uonoy OrJors payabla snl iddross Itrglstcrcd I.cttcrn to HK\V OULKANS NATI9NAI , BANK , Now Orlcar.9 , IA. I'os'.il Notoa and ordinary letters by Uall or Ki- iioss ( all duma of 85 ud upwards by Kxpree ; ni out ixponso ) to M , A. DAUPHIN , irM. A 1UUPITIN , Now Orleans Ln. 807 Seventh St. , Waah ngton , D. 0. 'lows from the Maximum Mineral Fountain of Sara Dga Springs , and Is the opinion of the most eminent lodlcal men Nature's Sovereign Ctiro fop Constl- )3tion , Dlspopala , Torpid Liver , Inactive Conditions of the Kidneys , and a most salutary Iterative In scrofulous affections. With ladles , gen- omen , nnd bon vivnnts cvcrvwhcro it has bccomo 10 standard of dietary expedients , fortHying the igestlvo functions and onablin ; ; free-livers to Indigo ith Impurity at table. Tlio world ofwenlth , Intel- gcnco aud refinement testlties to Its sparkling , nat- rally pure , nnd delightful quantities as ihe beveraco icompaiable , nnd accredit it with bclnR the surest ud speediest source of clear complexions , high health nd exuberant spirits. Hathorn Spring Water sold in glisa bottles ; four dozen pints are packed in case. It may bo obtained at all hotels , And o r moists , wlno mcr hants , and rocers cvcrvvihcr The me of the term " Shot Line" In connection with tht corporate name of a great road , conveys nn Idea of uat what required by the traveling pub- He a Short Line , Quick Tim * and the beat of accomraoJ.v - - - - M tlons all of which are tarn- led by the greatest railway In America. JHIOAGOILWAW.EE | | And St. Paul. It owns Mid operates ever 4,600 miles of Drthcrn Illinois , WlHCOunln , Minnesota , Iowa tkota ; and ns ta m&in litici , branches nud councc- ) na rc.-.ch all the grunt business centres of tha arthwoatand Far West , It naturally arjswors the t-cilptlou of Short Line , Mid Host Uoutu between Chicago , Milwaukee , St. Paul and Minneapolis. ChicagoMilwaukee , La Crouae nud Winnna. Ohlosgo , MUwnukeo , Aberdeen nnd Elleudalo Chicago , Milwftukeo , Eau Claire and Btlllwalor Chicago , MllnnukeoVausau and Merrill. Clilcago , Milwaukee , Beaver Dam and Oahkceh. rjlilcago , Milwaukee , Wauknsha nnd Ooonomowoa. . Chicago , Mllwaukoe , MadNon and Pralrlodti Ohlsn. Chicago , MUwaukco , Ouatonua and Falrlbauli. Uhlcago , Iltloit J no9vlUo aud Mineral Point , Chicago , iiKln : , llockford aud Dubuquo. Chicago , Clinton , nock Island and Cod r lUp ! Jt Ohlcago , Council DluffH nnd Omaha. Chicago , Sioux City , Sioux Falls und Yank ton Chicago , Milwaukee , Mitchell and Chamberlain , [ look Island , Dubuque , St. Paul nnd Minneapolis Dovcnport , C Iroar , St. P ul andMnneapoliu. ! I'lilliran S cepers and the Finest Dining CarB la 9 u. rid are run on the main lines of the CHICAGO , lAVAUKKB AND ST. PAUL UAILWAY , nnd every .cntlon is paid to passcngeru by courteous employes the Company. B. MEIIUILL , Oenl Manager. A. V II. CAIU'ENTER , Don1 Pass. Act r. CLARK , Oon'l S.int. OEO. II. HKAKKOUI ) . Ass't Goal. Pa Agt. S , H. ATWOOD , lottsmouth , - . . . . NOD. aauDiBor TiionouanB m AID man QIUDI iREFORO M JEeSEY GAHLE Arm DURoa o JIUIT KID BWIB * Yoanit etook far le. Correrooadenoa soli ti festernCornice-Wofc IRON AND SLATE ROOFIKQ. ! . SPEOHT , PROP. 1111 Doujlis SL Omfth , Nob. UANnrAOTUBER OT Galvanized Iron Cornices s , FlnUli. Tin , Iron and Ciate ) Qutr. Spcoht'ii Patent Metalllo Skylight , latent ustcd lUtchct liar and Ilracket bht'ltlng. I am general agent for the stove Hue of Koodi , Ire Fvnclui ; , Ualustrftde , V rindM , Iron 111