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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY OCTOBER 5 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TETIM3 OP SU bnllj * Cfornl.itr Kdltlon ) Including Bundny nr.r. , Onn V nr . 510 0) ForBlxMontln . f. 00 Tor Tliroo Mnrilh- . 8 M Tlio Omnlni SHiulny HUE , miillcil to any * , Ono Venn. . . . SO ) OMAHA OFFICE. No. on ASH till FAIWAM PTOBIIT. Nmv vniiK in-rtri : . n < irt ns. TIJIIU-NB llt'ii.iuvn. WA.SIIIMJTO.V OITICE , NO. M'KoUIITBKNTIISTHKKr. All communtaUiniM icliitlnt ? to nnw < nivlritl- torlul innttor houl < l bo uUUrusscd to the KM- TOU OF inn Her. All IntslncIrtUsr * nhil rcmlttnncns should lie nililrci < o < l to Tun HIM rrm.iHlnso ( Jo'ii'ANr , OMAHA. Drafts , cliccki nnil po-tonire onion * tobomadopnyutilototlioni-ilerurthccompaur , THE BEE POBLISHlifciPW , PROPRIETORS , E. IIOSEWATKU , RIMTOII. TJ1K JAII Y JUJI3. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Xt-brnskn , I _ _ County of Douglas , i ' ' Ooo. B. T/.sclmck , secretary of the llco Publishing company , does solemnly swenr Iliat thonctiint circulation of the Dally lice for the week eiiillni ; Oct. 1st , 1330 , was as follows : Saturday. Mi Sunday , ffllth . ii,0" : aiundny.imii . itsoo : Tuesday , a-stli . ii : , < WS Wednesday. 'J tl . l-.WO Thursday , "Mil . UisTr , Friday , Oct. 1st . .U,785 ! Average . K1.C90 Or.o. I ) . 'IV.srnuru. Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this yd day of October , A. IX , 1 M. N. P. Fun. , [ SISAL ] Notary Public. Oco. 1) ) . TMclmck , bolne first duly sworn , deposes and says tlmt lie in secretary of the Jico Publishing company , that the actual av- dally circulation of tlio Dallv lleo for the month of January , WW , was Kii8 : copies , for Kubru.'iry. 18SII , lO.fl'J. ' ) copies ; for March , issn , nri7 copies ; for April , ibbO , iul , l copies : lor May. 18W5. l'J,4R ! > copies ; for June , : i8hr > , 112,208 coiiles ; for July. IShO.l'VlH copies ; for Aucust , 18NJ. 12-lW copies : for September , 1SSO , 13,030 copies. Qio. 1) . THSCIUTK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this ! M day of October , A. D. , IbbO. N. P. Knit. . [ 8KALJ Notary Public. STATI3 T1O1CKT. ForOovernor-JOUN M. T11AYHU. . For Lieut Oovernor H. II. StIKIM ) . I Tor Secretary of Stato-(5. W. LAWS. PorTro ! 8iircr-0. II. WILLARD. 1'or Auditor II. A. BAllCOUK. . For Attorney General WILLIAM LEESK. 1 For Com. Public Lands JOSKi'Il SCOTT. ForSupt.PubliclnstnictIon-Gl'o.H.LANK. : KEPUULiICAN COUNTY TICKET. For Senators : GEO. AV. LININORR , KRUNO TZSCHUCK. For HonroBontatlvos : W. O. W1HTMORE , F. B IIIJJBAUD , R. S. HALL , JOHN MATTHIESOiN. JAMES R. YOUNG. T. W. BLACKBURN , M. 0. RICKETTS. For County Attorney : EDWARD W. SIMERAL. For County Commissioner : ISAAC N. PIERCE. ELECTION is approaching. That Omaha & Northwestern proposition should ma terialize promptly , if at all. TEXAS cattle men are reported to bo very hard up. Wyoming cattle men know how to sympathize with tlioir Texan brothers. MR. DOKSEV need not devote much time during the next month in looking after his political fences in the Third district. They are in a fmo state of repair. THE mayor will have to appoint an export inspector to supervise tlio con struction of the city hall building. Who ever is appointed should bo an honest , practical mechanic. GENERAL MILES is likely to end his in glorious campaign in a contest with ( ion- oral Court Martial. The president is anxious to know the true "inwardness" of Goronimo's escape from capital pun ishment. MR. PULLMAN announces that his com pany is making a great deal of money. Asuggostlon that it pay its porters who are now compel led to bog from a long Buffering traveling public will bo in order. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ COLIJV who narrowly escaped a coat of tar and feathers some years ago is a sweet bcentcd persimmon to represent the beautiful and thriving county of Gage iu the state senate. Ho should be loft at homo "by a largo majority. " / - CARDINAL TASCHERKAU , of Montreal , has served notice on liishop Gravels forbidding - bidding him to intorfora with political elections lu any shape. If Cardinal Hoi- dredge , of Nebraska , would servo notice on the gravel trains of the I ) , & M. for bidding thorn to interfere in politics In this state , there would bo ponoral satis faction exhibited iu llio Burlington terri vl tory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE swelling chorus of disgust from honest republican papers , both in and outside of the First district hews how well Church Howe is known in the state where ho has played his part for so many years. His strongest supporters on political grounds do not attempt to pretend tend that they bollovo him honest. The gang of "workers" who have undertaken I ( o. the job of foisting upon him republicans whom he has time aud again repudiated , urge ids "smartness'1 and "success" iu trickery as his chief claim for the ofllco to which he aspires. The railroad managers nnd attorneys , whoso pliant legis lative tool and corruptloniat ho has boon , advance as his chief merit the refusal of the DEE to further his can dldaoy. Docout men of both political parties will do well do examine carefully nud deliberately into the character of the man who asks their votes for national honors. It is beyond dispute that over Bluco his entrance into Nebraska politics he has boon a political contortionist , on both sides of every issue , now a republi can for gain , again u granger forgrood , aud still again n democrat for revenue. aily. With a reputation spotted like a leper by charges of blackmail , bribery , corruption and fraud , Church Howe has the brazen bravado to appeal to honest xiieu to stamp the seal of Ihoir approval upon his checkered career by sending him to Washington as the ehoson repre sentative of tlio most populous and wealthy district iu the state. Organize tlio Compan } ' . Tlio project of a road to llio northwest Is received with cordial approval by eltl * zensof Omaha. Them is n fjonor.il feelIng - Ing that Hie tlino for compromise has passed , and that the day for work has arrived , Taxpayorsamlproperty-owners sen at last how this city i. hanilicappod in her uflbrl to extend her trade. They also begin to understand that the only means of relief must come from them- solves. Tf'0 way to secure a competing road up thu KlKhorn Valley Is to build it. Under proper conditions it can be done and done under a generous and enthusiastic support from the pcoplo of Douglas comity. The committee - mitteo which has the matter in charge should pu h the matter of the organism- lion of a company to a head. Only four weeks remain before the full elections at which a proposition for aid ought to be submitted to our people. Much will do- pcmt upon I In1 nipn into whose hands the beginning of tlio work will bo intrusted. Able business men and citizens of htuli character should be selected. Douglas county has twice voted aiil to railroads only to see them pas * into tile hands of interests opposed to her own. It is proposed that the controlling interest in the stock of the new road shall bo placed in the hands of trustee ? ) bound to retain it in the interests of this city. It is further more understood that the line is to bo built honestly and economically in the interests of the counties through which it is to run. Much depends upon the popular aid voted , and the amount of the assistance will depend in turn upon llio popular confidence secured. With a company organized of tlio right material and organized for business , there is no reason to doubt tiio success of the scheme to give Omaha and the Elkhorn valley a competing road. In tlio 1'lvotnl State. Every day brings forward now testi mony showing that Governor Hill is play ing a dee ) ) and earnest game with his eye fixed Htcadily on 1888. Shrewdly as ho may attempt to conceal his plans indica tions of them will crop out hero and thoro. Wo have heretofore pointed out some of these. He is not uniformly suc cessful in carrying ids point , as when his friends in tlio state committee were com pelled to submit to tlio nomination of Judge Pockham , a pronounced Cleveland - land man. Hut in the main the Hill tactics are successful , and if Pcckham should bo defeated , a not improbable re sult , since his republican opponent , Judge Daniels , is an exceedingly strong man , the governor may use that circumstance as evidence of the mistake of disregard ing Ills judgment and thus derive strength from it. The fact is evident , however , tlwt Uovotnor Hill IMS the. fo.llo.wing o. tlio majority of his party in New York , and tiio circumstance of his being abused by the mugwump press and politicians is steadily strengthening his grip upon that following. No one can Iwvc failed to re mark that the endorsement of tlio na tional administration by the ! Now York democratic committee was less vigorous and hearty in its ti rnis than was the com inundation of the state administration , and no man can bo so dull as to need to have tlio meaning of this pointed out. The men who are Hie most potential in the management of democratic politics in Now York are tlio friends and sup porters of Hill , and whatever pretense of regard they may make for the president is insincere. They are implacably hostile to the civil service reform policy in alt its relations and bearings , and irrc'con- cilably opposed to the course of the pres ident in fostering this policy. These men believe in the traditional principle ol the party with respect to tlio distribution ot the public patronage , and they have in Governor Hill a man entirely of their own mind. Another objection to Cleve land which rtocs not rest against Hill , is tlio absolute disregard of the former for all political obligation. This is a con spicuous characteristic of the president , and its efl'ect has been to alienate many who were among his most active and use ful supporters. Even tiio politician , who is the least sentimental of men , recog nizes tlio quality of gratitude , if not for its moral worth at least for its practical advantages , but with Air. Cleveland that virtue seems to have no value whatever. Hill , on the other hand , recognizes obli gations and repays them , in some cases , as it lias turned out. to his temporary embarrassment , but still giving pvi- dcnco of Ids willingness to reward his friends which increases his claim to their continued support and draws to him other friends. It is unquestionably this sort of disposition that wins witli the politicians , and there is nothing that will quite compensate for its absence. For the reason that Mr. Hill possesses it and Mr. Cleveland docs not , the former is now and will probably bo two years hence more popular with the democracy of Now York thr.n tlio latter. And these men do not intend that their friendship shall exhaust 1 itself in a mere expression of kindly sentiment. They are politicians for ft purpose. Party success is nothing to them if it docs not bring them seine personal advantage. It lias failed to do so under the present administration , and what assurance have they that it would not still fail if tlio administration wore continued ? If Mr. Cleveland will not rccognizo ids political obligations when the desire of a second term is strong upon htm , ho certainly would not do so whoa he no longer had a personal ambition to servo , On the con trary ho might bo expected to naturally have less regard for such obligations. This Is the line of reasoning , undoubt edly , that the democratic politicians ol New York are pursuing , and from the politicians' point of view it must bo con ceded to have a great deal of forco. Tlio llniiUn and IJoml Calls , Financial circles are beginning to manifest a peed deal of interest in the probable effects of tlio continued bond calls on the circulation of the national banks , and tlio subject certainly merits serious consideration. The lust call for $15,000,003 of a per cent , bonds , includes sl,813,000 held by national banks on deposit in the treasury to secure circula tion. Under the ruling and practice- tlio department , whore these bonds cease to bear Interest they ar < no longer avail able ns security for circulation. The banks owning them will then bo con fronted with the alternative of retiring circulation to the amount of ninety per cout of the bonds rendered , or replacinc those bonds with others. In order to dc the latter the banks will have to go into tlio market and buy four per cent , bonds , which now command a premium of about twetity-nlno. and may go hlglutr if such a demand should come from the banks. Can tiicso institutions afford to do this ? There seems to bo a question whether they can , mid whether they will be disposed to. If they were allowed to issue circulation to the par value of the bonds deposited , they might do so with the prospect of at least making them selves oven in the transaction , but with tlio ninety per cent , llmitof a circulation n considerable sacrillco will bo necessary to replace the redeemed ! 1 per cent bonds with < 1 per cunts at the high rate of pre mium which they would be compelled to pay. pay.This This is the situation into which the banks are being forced by the redemp tion of the It per cent bonds , and unless there is a change in the laws which will enable these Institutions to find some oilier less expensive , wldlo equally safe , form of security than those now existing , for the protection of their circulation , the oll'ect will inevitably bo calamitous to the national banking system. It is probable that congress will bo urgently asked to give attention to the matter at the next session. Tlio European Tension. Austria's menace to Russia that she will not stand idle while any one power Is plotting to exercise exclusive control in tlio llalknns has stirred np once moro the smoldering embers of impending war in southeastern Europe. The threat was a bold challenge to Russian intrigue and a clarion note of defiance to the czar's emissaries in Ilulgarla that the house of Ilansburg feels sniliciently strong to insist upon the maintenance of the treaty of Horlin and to guarantee tlio inde pendence of the southern principalities , The announcement has scuta thrill of alarm throughout Europe. On its face it seems to portend tlmt the triple alliance of Germany , Austria and Uussia is broken and tlmt Austria lias received as surance of support from Bismarck and England. The tone of the liritisli press seems to lend countenance to this view , but Germany remains silent. The opin ion at London is that the situation in southeastern Europe is graver than at any time since the deposition of Prince Alexander. Bulgaria , emboldened by Austria's attitude , is iirmly resisting tlio demands of Uussia that shu shall release the abductors of her prince and postpone the elections until Russian money and intrigue can dictate the elioico of a successor to tlio late prince. Servia and Uoumelia stand ready to 'as sist , and Turkey , in spite of all contrary reports , has been secretly arming for months. With tlio glove thrown in her face by Austria it looks as if the c/.ar must either light or retract. Which lie will do is the question Uitt ? JijJlIiUivj Kuropc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIEKH are indications at Washington that the administration is seeking a way to get rid of the remaining republican employes in the departments , which shall not bo in open contravention of the spirit of the civil service law. The creation of rules under the law is left with the com mission , and it is said that it is now proposed - posed to give the heads of departments or bureaus the right to require an exami nation of any clerks not appointed through the commission. A plan of this kind would probably result in making a great many vacancies , for doubtless there is a largo number of employes in the departments who , wldlo qualified to perform thor oughly and ollicicntly the routine duties with which they have become familiar , would fail in such an examination as tiio commission would require. Thusadoublo injustice would bo worked in throwing tlieso clerks out of .imploymcnt and branding them as incompetents , although thoroughly capable in the work required of them. The plea that them are many incompetent pcoplo in the departments who must bo got rid of in this way is not good. There is no bar to the dismissal of such employes. If such a rule as is said to bo proposed is adopted , it will bo simply as a pretext to got rid of republican clerks without palpably violating the civil ser vice law. The example of the new public printer is perhaps irritating other officials who have less freedom of removal than ho has. THE fathers of the two men who are now tlio democratic and republican lead ers as gubernatorial candidates , in Mas sachusetts , wore twenty-live years ago of tlio same political party and acting to gether officially. Then John A. Andrew was governor of the state and Uakes Ames was a member of Jiis executive council. As luds John F. Andrew and Oliver Ames , now the democratic and republican candidates , were frequently seen about the state house in Boston , Wonderful history lias boon made in that period , and the two men who helped to make it occupy boldly contrasting posi tions in the record. Andrew stands out conspicuously among the great figures of his time an executive of commanding ability , n patriot of the most sterling quality , and moro fully equipped in all respects for the great exigency in which ho played so important a part. AB to the career of tlio other charity counsels silence , though It cannot blot out the un fortunate record. The fact of the sons of those men now confronting eacli other as opposing partisans is a rattier inter esting example of the changes and evolutions lutions time oll'ects. THE hue and cry that the republican party cannot afford to lot a dome en.t go to congress from Nebraska , even if they have to elect a reprobate and blackmailer - mailer , can have no effect upon sensible , intelligent republicans. Nebraska will have at least two republicans in congress and it would bo a worse calamity to the state and the party at largo to elect Howe than to elect an honest democrat. What assurance have republicans that Howe will remain ropublicun if it [ .be comes his interest to bn a democrat * How was it in 167G ? .Suppose the demo crats needed Church Howe's vote to give thorn control of the house , How long would it bo before they could make It to Howe's interest to Hop into their party once moro ? A man who was willing to soil out the whole republican party to Sam Tildcn and democracy is not likely to hesitate when by a singla vote ho can transfer boodle and patronage into his jeans. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WHEN the llerahl calls upon the citi zens of Douglas county to defeat as hon orable and enterprising a citizen us George W. Lininger under tlio false pre text that ; ho is n prohibitionist , it shows to what base ends Its editor would resort. to accomplish his political designs. Mr. Linlnger is a temperate man , but ho Is not n temperance fanatic , lie does not believe that prohibition has ever been made to prohibit , except where it can bo sustained by nn overwhelming public sentiment. Hoforo Mr Lininger was nominated ho defined his position on lids issue and it is tersely expressed in tlio platform adopted by the republican county convention that nominated him. Mr. Limngcr declared in so many words that during his travels all over the world ho had never found prohibition practical. Ho was unreserved in pronouncing in favor of the present law which gives local option wherever it is demanded and reg ulates the liquor trailic through high li cense. Mr. Linlnger is as sound with re gard to prohibition as Mr. 'JV.schuck , Mr. Whitmoro or Mr. lleimrod. llio assault on Mr. Liningor , coming from such a source , can linvo very little weight , even with liquor dealers. THE contractors who have taken the job of grading llarney street from Six teenth to Twentieth , to tlio newly estab lished and final grade , should bestir themselves. The cut at Sixteenth and Hartley will alter the grade on Sixteenth street between Farnam and St. Mary's avenue , which is ordered paved , and should bo llnlshod before frost. The board of trade building is now Hearing completion and ( lie street opposite it should bo paved before tlio structure is occupied. There is no good reason for the delay. IT is only four weeks from now to elec tion. KINGS AND QUEENS. Emperor William is accompanied In all his travels by tluce court physicians. Queen Victoria's family costs England over 51,000,000 in the way of salaries and al lowances. The queen o Spain's widowhood Is tinged with melancholy. It Is reported that the royal Inuy is nllllctcd with consumption. Queen Victoria's new carriage Is decorated with the rose , the shamrock and the tlilstlc. The only emblem which docs not seem to be at home Is the neat little shamrock. The KliiR of 1'ortiigid is to mnrry the Prin cess llonrlette , daughter of tlio Comto tic Flandres. Her papa is among the wealthiest princes in Europe and she will have a big dot. dot.it it Is said that the sultan of Turkey has a servant In his household whoso duty it Is to translnto funny paragraphs from the Ameri can newspapers to him. At last account the servant was a glbbeiing iilot , and \\tis getting bettor no lastcr. The empress of Japan has determined In future to wear European dross on certain ceremonial occasions , mill , hence nil the ladles of the palace are free to wy.ir the same kind dress will boon bo universal among the ladies of tlio bettor class in Japan. The 'urineo of Wnlcs is shooting deer in Scotland. Tlio princess visits the queen al most every day , and thclrsccoiul sou. ( Scorgi1 , is with his uncle , tjio duke of Eilinbun , ' , at Constantinople. , The queen recently went to church at Cratille , nenrJJalmor.il , nnil was accompanied bvthopilnce ot Wales , Princess Ueatricu and the duchess of Albany. It was the Hrst time tlio q'uuun ' hail pone to Crntlile to worship this year. The duchess of Albany sat In a pew beside her and the princes' * of Wales aud iho remainder o the party just behind her. , ' The ( jiicon of Portugal wears tlio Paris life saver's medal. In 1874 she was bathlni : with her two sons , Charles anil Alphonsc , accd eleven ami nine years , at the watering place ot'Cascaes. A big wave curried oil the two children , and the queen boldly swam out to their relief. Tlio sea was running high , and the ladv nud the boys were nearly lost in the surf , when the lighthouse keeper , seeing their danger , dashed into tlio water and suc ceeded In bringing all three to shore in safety. Her majesty wears her medal proud ly us the reward of her bravery ; but there is 110 record o any medal or any otlior reward having been given to the ) lirhtliou e man. The queen of the Belgians was the heroine of a pleasing little adventure a few days back. She had rcci-lvcd in the morning a letter from her unfortunate sister , the Em press Charlotte , expressing a desire to see her immediately. She at once ordered her little pony carriage , which she drives herself , and sot out , but was surprised on her way by a licavyisho\ver'unil forced to take refuse in some barracks which were near. As it was about luncheon time the officers prepared to Improvise a repast for her as well as they were able , but the queen refused to allow them , and said , as she was a new recruit just arrived , she would bosatlsllod with the ordi nary , aud made a meal of a plate of cabbage soup and a piece of the mess joint. to Have I'rlntcd His Picture. ' Chicago Times. Mr. E. Stone Wiggins , the Canadian earth quake and general weather crank , parts Ids hair ns well as his name ii , the middle , and has the general make-up of a dudo. If his picture hud been published simultaneously with his earthquake prognostications , tlio latter would not have produced the smallest alarm , _ Dcllcnto Tribute to Talent. llntit/in Itecnnl. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has set the price for matter published in her inagazino at 1 cent a word. A brilliant contribution re cently sent by a leading Boston poet amounted toSl.-J , In the letter , however , which ho received enclosing tlio check , which was made out lor 31.i5 ! , tlio tribute duo to talent was paid in the remark : "Owing to tlio excellence of the poem , wo have raised the amount credited to you , as you will see by the check. " Miss Cleveland bus evidently determined to get the best kind of talent , no mutter what It costs. AVIiltRwasli fur Hnynril. muhtnoton Critic. 'Daniel , " said the president as they strolled about tlio executive mansion taking a casual Inventory ol tht < Improvements. "Yes , niro , " responded Dantcl. "Tho old place looks gutter. " ' "Quito butter , sire. " "They have whitewashed pretty much everything , haven't they , Jtianlel. " "Ves , siro. " ' "I wonder If any wop loft , over , Daniel ? " "I don't Iniow , Hire , but I. will Investigate , Do you want to use it , sire ? " "Oh , no. Daniel , but ? I thou.ht , " and the president hesitated a minute , relluctlvoly , "I thought , Daniel , If there was any left wo might send It to Jlayiird In case ho wasn't quite through with Aiitiininaljjpvo. llumt Jlftuhiaf , Fair Is love whose fooUtqps wanders 'Mid the summer nieuds of spring ; Love that smlliw and laughs and ponders \Vhllo \ the swallow's on the wine ; Fair and tender Full of splendor , Full of thoughts that loses bring- Full of dicams tlmt roses bring. Sweet Is love when fervent sitmmnr Kills the liuIdH with ( lower * and fruit ; When strong imaslon , BwHt-wIni ; comer , Wakes wild echoes with Ills lute ; Songs of sweeter Notu and metro Make spring's softest music iiuito Mnko spring's sweetest music mule. Yet life's autumn brought my tieasuio ; I wnf find and tired and old , Worn nud weary bovond measure , When thy fnco 1 did behold ; Sweet love found inn , Suvcil uild crowned ma When the com WAS turning gold Wlicu the corn was turulu j cold. Keep It Itofnrp The republicans of the Fir- t district should ask themselves whether a man having sueh n record as that of rimroh Howe has any rightful claim upon the support ot any decent republican. Leav ing out of question Ids corrupt methods and notorious venality we appeal to re publicans to pause and reflect before they put a premium upon parly trea son oud conspiracy against its very exist ence. Ten years ago , when the republican party was on the VITRO of disaster , and every electoral yeti > cast for Hayes and Wheeler was needed to retain tlio party in power , Church Howe entered into a conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the hands of the enemy. This infamous plot Is not a mure conjec ture. The proof of it docs not rest on surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it one of Rosowntor'H malicious campaign slanders. The records of the legislature of which Church Howe wa ? a member in ' 7C-77 , contain ( lie indelible proofs of the treasonable enable conspiracy , and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by ids own pen. Hrielly told , the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tilden and democracy is ns follows : In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A. Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. 11. Connor presidential electors by n vote of 31,010 , as against a vote of 16i , r > l cast for tlio TildiHi and Hcndricks electors , After tiio election it was discovered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under tlio then existing law before the legislature convened. The electoral vote had to bo canvassed in December at the latest , and the regular ses sion of the legislature did not bccin until January. In order to make a legal canvass of the electoral returns , Governor Garbcr called a special session of tlio legislature to convene on the nth of December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur pose of canvassing tlio electoral vote of the state. The democratic cflbrt to cap ture republican electoral votes is historic. Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had been plotting for the capture of one of the electors from Nebraska , and It is also historic that a largo bribe was offered to one of the electors , General Strickland. Tlio call of tiio legislature broke into the plan of the plotters , and they found a will ing and reckless tool m Church Howe. When the legislature convened at the capi- tal.Uhu'rch Howe lllod a protest which may be found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of tiio Ne braska House Journal of 1877. The following - lowing extract makes intcrostingrcading : " 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legisla ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla mation of his excellency , Governor Silas Carber , for the purpose of canvassing and declaring .the result gf. the vote cast ih Ne braska for electors for president and vice president of the United States , hereby enter my solemn protest against such act , denying mat the governor has power to call this body in special session for any sunh purpose , or that this body has any authority to canvasser or declare the result of such vote upon the following grounds : First. This legislature now convened hav ing been elected under what is known as the old constitution , has no power to act In the promises , the new constitution of the state having been in foico slnco November , 1875. " The second and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. Tiio concluding sentences of this precious document are as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I protest against any canvass of the electoral vote of the state by this body , and demand that this , my protest , bo entered upon tlio journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe , member of the legislature of Nebraska. The democrats did not respond to the call of the governor and there was barely a quorum in the senate , while there were several to spare in the house of which Howe was a member. The protest en tered by Howe was doubtless prepared by tlie Tildcn lawyers in Omaha and Howe had tlio glory of being the solo champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla ture ignored Church Howe , spread his protest on its record and canvassed the electoral vote in spite of it. When the legislature convened in Jan uary , 1877 , the. presidential contest was at its height in Washington. Church Howe had changed places from the house to tlio senate. Early in the session , a resolution was introduced expressing the conviction on the part of the senate that Hayes and Wheeler having received a majority of tlio olcctornl votes were entitled - titled to their scats. This resolution gave rise to a very lively debate which lusted two days. Church Howe asked to bo excused from voting when it first came up and was so excused. On the final passage of the resolution tlio record [ page 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows tlio following result ; Yeas Ambrose , Haird , Hlanchard , Bryant , Calkins , Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield - field , Gilham , Hayes , Kennard , Knapp , Popoon , Powers , Thuramol , Van Wyck , Walton and Wlloox 20. Thpso voting in the negative wore : Aton , Drown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinman , Holt , Church Howe and North-8. During the same session of tiio legisla ture , Church Howe's vote on United States senator for the first throe ballots is recorded no haying boon cast for E. W. Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , [ .pages 103 and 208 Senate Journal. ] All this time Church Howe professed to bo a republican independent , republican on national issues and a temperance granger on local issues. Wo simply RSK what right a man witli such a record lias to the support of any republican , STATE ANU TKUIUTOUV. Nebraska Jottinga. tVahoo has a now depot. Collar Kaplds in short on residences , Safe crackers tapped an iron till in Hastings Friday night and secured $50 , The voter * of Madison will give the county scat another whirl in November. The Itnlo llridgcman is the latest nddl lion to tlio journalistic procession m the state. Jim Ulalno's picture is doing service in Jiooiii ) county to illustrate a local candi date for the legislature. O'Neill is booming , There are about twenty-four buildings , botli business and residences , under construction. Dentists are encouraging "pie socials" In the interior towns. Drilling and ex cavating are lively in consequence , A cheMmit shark sprang his gong on the wrong man In Hastings , His clapper was hushed and ho was taken to the hos pital for repairs. Dakota City is struggling without a heavenly Pilot. This accounts for the anxiety of the citizens to got on the main lino" of the Omaha & Northern. Mrs. Martha liarnet , living in Camdcn , Hall county , expedited a lire with kero- 6cuo. tibo Was burned to death , uudturco others who came to her rescue were se verely injured , Ono hundred and fiftv wngon lo.xds of bones wore brought into Valentine by Indians last week. Kneh load averaged S.-VX ) , and they got for tlio same $ ia..V ) , or for thu whole buneh sfl.HiG , which was mostly spent in that town. The wife of George U. Wolf , of lla lings l- ings , suicided with poison Friday last. Sin1 lulininlstorcd the dose as a rebuke to her husband for refusing to provide a pump instead of a windlass for the well. O'Neill ' enjoyed a shooting matinee re cently. The captain of the artillery nt- tcmpted to C'ook an over-ripe Mullen in n polllii-al souse , but milled the murk. He .succeeded in hitting the side of a bouse. The detective who caused the arrest of Hi-nry Tin-go for tiring North Uend , was warmly treated when ho visited tlio town last week in search of "fro'sli clues. " lie will 1ako his mo als standing for the next ten days. Thego was dis charged. A lame and sickly steer , in a eattlo filed In Nebraska City , tackled Foreman Hieh , took lit ) tlio slack of his pantaloons nud raised him some fifteen foot. The beauty of the bo < > 4 and tlio "action" dis played paralleled the hasty flight of Hog- gen's railroad clerk. It was an unex pectedly Hich treat. Local and imported pr/o ! fighters can rest easy. The giant of O'Neill has re tired temporarily from the ring and is engaged in the melancholy occupation of shilling a congressional satidbng for the amusement of George Dorscy. "Present engagements. " writes the giant bruiser of three rivals in a day , "prevent mo from visiting thu metropolis , and polish ing tlio ugly mugs of thcso boasting cut- tcrblrds. I'm a matured ryelone from tlio Minncchndush and no Chicago terror or Utah zephyr can blister my frame wldlo awake. 1 never sleep. " Iowa li ( Miis. The total subscriptions from Iowa to the Irish parliamentary fund , as stated b.v Treasure r James Foley , amount to $13,1)18.80. ) An Algonn farmer owns a rooster that has adopted a brood of guinea chickens. and cares for them as tenderly as coulu their own mother. Articles of Incorporation of tlio Hawkeye - eye Coal and Mining company , of Ol- tumwa , have boon tiled with thu secre tary of state. The capital stock is $200- 000. 000.Since Since January 1 , ISSj , there have been issued from the county clerk's office in Dos Moines one thousand and fifty mar riage licenses , six hundred and fourteen of which wore granted last year. Creston has eight drug stores and two bakeries. The Gazette explains the mat ter by saying that the inhabitants of tlio city are largely railroad people , and necessarily use a great deal of bread. Somebody recently entered the court liotifo at Des Monies and recaptured all the confiscated liquors stored in that hall of justice , thus destroying the evidence against the saloons. There is no ellle to the perpetrators. Alex Arnold , a carpenter , whose homo is : : : KinrossVSS iTiirtfiOra ! 6fi ttt5 3 ° ft ult. , uy unknown parties who placed his dead body on tiie railroad track in order to divert suspicion from their crime. Two tramps who were scon in the neigh borhood of the murder that day are sus pected. Tiio Capital City opera house in DCS Moines lias been engaged for the meet ings of the Iowa State Teachers' associa tion , to bo hold in that city during the holiday week next December , and rooms have been secured at the Capital hotel for MO guests during the week. A family living m Lyons show an ex traordinary avoirdupois record. The fam ily is composed of father , mother , three sons and live daughters , tho. youngest son beinp about fourteen years old. Their combined weight is 1,070 } pounds ; their average weight 185.01 pounds , and their individual weights are 3JOJ , 203 , 202 } , 203 , 211 , 172 , 1-11 } , Ml , 153. Dakota. There are live church organizations ot \Volsoy. \ There is not a paper of any kind pub lished in Unite county. Plankington is fast surging to the front as one of tlio live towns of Dakota. Moody county comes to the front with an average acreage of wheat of twenty- two bushels. Tiio DeMlwood jail is ready for occu pation and the marshal has o He red a premium to the person who becomes its iirst regular tenant. An eighty-foot electric light polo was recently raised in Kli/abethtown , and thu following night a wag raised a common hintcrn to the top. 1 ho citizens gathered and declared sueb a light an insult to the people of Elizabotlitown , and an informal indignation meeting was hold. The oloo- trio Tight company was condemned and that particular light was pronounced a fraud , When the hoax was discovered the perpetrator narrowly escaped a neck tie party. THE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR. KfCorlH at Improvements In Ijoeomo- tiVCH. San Francisco Chronicle : When George Stephcnson assorted his ability to run passongt.r coaches at a speed of twelve to fifteen miles an hour , scientific and prac tical men deemed him fit for a lunatic asylum , but time lias shown tlmt trains may bo run at a much greater velocity without materially adding to the dangers of railway travel. The flight of the last express on tlio Pennsylvania railway is a marked example of the possibilities in the way of sus'talning high rates of speed , Tins road now runs tlio fastest train In America. Nine hundred and twelve miles , including soyon stops , are accom plished in twenty-live and one-half lioiiiu and the average time is 80,80 miles an hour. A portion o > ° tlio distance la run at the rate o * seventy-live miles an hour At u epeed of sixty miles an hour the driving wheels on the locomotive on tills train miiko 2r > 8 } revolutions a minute , William Vandorbilt's spurt of eighty-one miles In slxty-onu minutes on the Now York Central is declared to bo the highest rate of speed over attained in this coun try , but this speed was not a surprise to ' good engineers , many of whom are firm in the belief that one hundred miles an hour will yet bo accomplished' Ameri can roads. Thirty-one years ago Col. Mciggs read a paper before the New York farmers' oluo on "Future Traveling , " in which ho expressed the belief that railroad-cars could bo safely propelled by steam at the rate of thrco hundred miles nn hour. Ho siad : "Tlio emperor of Hussia has taken the first great stop toward what I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel. Instead of cutting what I call a mere drill through tlio country and going around every thing in the way for a straight line , ho has cut u broad way for live hundred miles from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Ho has made It all the way two hundred feet wide so that the engineer sees every thing on the road. This is part of the future the railroad from point to point with a mathematical line ; the rails ten times stronger than are now used ; the locomotives on wheels of far greater diameter : the gauge of a relative breadth ; the signals and times perfectly settled ; the roads on both sides during the transit of traliu having the gates of tlio walls all closed then instead of traveling one hundred miles nn hour , we shall more safely travel three hundred miles an hour. " One of the latest efforts t improve ment in locomotives is that of French man named Estrade , who lias constructed an engine which ho calls LuParisionno. 'La I'uridiemio , when watered and iired , weighs forty-two tons. Its driving wbrr , six in number , mo eight and one-h. , t foci in diameter. The cylinders arei > the outside , with valve boxes on top. ' ! * length of UH stroke Is two foot and llir < inches and one-half. This engine is bn.il for highspeed , and wilt carry a piv- sure of 2CO pounds to the square iiu-'i above the atmosphere , or an absohri- pressure of 215 pounds. Kstrade's eng.ii is designed to run nt the average late of seventy-eight miles an hour. SOME FAMOUS OLD MEN. Statesmen Nolntilo for Tliclr ] j"i | > l'i ol' Day * . Youths' Companion. The longevity of famous stnlrsmon is remarkable. Imagim- Lord Pnlmerston acting vigorously : < prime minister of Kngland when over eighty , governing the vast British cmpiiv with steady hand ami making speechr * throe hours long in the house of common ? , and rising next day fresh nn n man of forty ! flunk of the veuorabln ( ttil/.oi , thu French statesman , who at the ago i f eighty-seven was still writing histories presiding o\or religious conventions , nud carrying on lively discussions in lln- lirllish academy. The late Lord Lvndlmrst matin nbin speeches in the house of lorda when In- had passed his ninetieth year ; and Ins long-lime rival , Lord Brougham , wrote Ins autobiography , in three goodly vol umes , when ho had nearly rcaeiicd ninety yours. The marquis of Lansdowno. who , ns Lord llenrv Petty , was a leading mem ber of the "All the Talents" cabinet , of which Charles James Fox was tlio chief , in IKOO , was still an active member ot tlio house of lords nearly sixty years tutor , in 180 ! ) , and dieil in that year at tlio ago of 811. The duke of Wellington took part In public affairs until Ids death In 1833 , In Ids fctfd year. In former generations energetic states men of advanced years are found thickly scattered through the pages of history. There was the old marquis of Winchester , who could remember Edward IV. , the first York sovereign , in 1-183 , and who , when lie died In 1572 at the ago of 1)7 ) , was holding olllco under Queen Eliza * both. Referring to the statesmen of our own country , It is a familliar fact that John Adams and Thomas Jcflbrson , the second and third presidents , both died the -1th of July , 182(1 ( , just half a century from tlio day on which botli signed the Declara tion of Indopondene Adams being lit and Jefferson 851. President Andrew Jackson lived to bo 82 , John Quincy Adams to be 81 , and Madison 80. A FATAL WEIGHT OF FLESH. Dentil of Captain Herman I ) . Dtiscli , ol' Hnlmkcii. New York Times : Captain Herman D. Busoh , proprietor of Uusch's hotel , in Hobokon. and tlio heaviest man in New Jersey , died at the holcl , at Third and Hudson streets , lloboken , hist week. Ho was a native of Germany and came to this country in 1811. In 1801 ho pur chased the hotel which bus since born ? his name. Ho iuad.0 hiwif : fiopniar vTltli th | W § Si llobukt- , , nnd t'iioy elected nun to represent them in tlio state legislature. He weighed then about 525 pounds. No chair could be bought largo enough to accommodate him , aud one had to bn made to order. When it was placed at his desk in tlio assembly cham ber , he could not walk through tiio passage - sago to it , nnd the aisle had to bo widened. His size became a source of annoyance and ill-health , and for the last four or five yenrs the one objeot of his life had boon to reduce himself. He tried all kinds of nostrums , placed himself in tliu care of every physician -who premised him rollofj and traveled to distant points in tiio hope of ( hiding row remedies. He had suc ceeded in reducing his weight to about 125 pounds. Still his weight was uncom fortable. Lately he had been feeling symptoms of heart troubles , and recently ho wont to the country in the hope of im proving his health , lie felt holier when ho came back , but it was not long before the old troubles began to manifest thorn- solves again and ho sank rapidly till his death. Captain Busoh was the founder of the Now York , and afterward of tiio Jersey City , Seliuetzun Corps anil the well known llobokon Quartet club. Ho was also president of the Fat Men's association and a member of tiio United Brothers' lodge F. and A. M. of New York. The funeral will take place on Wednesday. Undertaker Crane , who has charge of the arrangements , said last evening that the body and collin , when prepared for In terment , will weigh about 700 pounds. Orl iii ofa Famous Saying. Cleveland Leader : John Randolph had had a discussion with a man named Shelley , who was one of his colleagues , and who had been a shoemaker in early life. Shelley had made a speech which excited Randolph's jealousy , nnd Ran dolph , in replying to him , said that Shof- fey was out of Ins sphere , and by way of illustration told the story of the sculptor Phidias. "This sculptor , " said Ran dolph , "had made a noted figure , and having placed it on the sidewalk ho se cured a hiding place near by , where , un observed , ho might hear the criticism of those who passed upon his statue. Among those who examined the marble was aHnoemnkor , and this man criticised thu sandals and muttered over to himself as to where they wore wrong. After ho had gene oway Phidias came forth and examined the points that tlio shoemaker had objected to and found that his criti cism was correct. He removed the statue to his studio and remedied the dofaota. The next day Phidias again placed itupon tlio street and the shoemaker agalo stopped before it , Ho saw at once that the defects ho hud noticed had been rem edied , and ho now begun to orltleso very foolishly other points about the statue. Phidias listened to him for a time , and then came forth with a Latin phrase which moans "Lot the shoemaker Mick to Ins last. ' And so , " concluded Randolph , "I say in regard to my colleague. " Conkllnu at Ills Club , Indianapolis Journal ; Although his professional duties prevented Senator Roscno Conkling Iroin accepting the presidency of the Carlton , lie passes all his leisure time therein when not in court or out driving tlio speedy bay mare that Ed Stokes presented him in Ids ox- iibonint delight over tlio speech on Jay Gould's rapacity in the great tolegrapu suit. There Is a table in the dining room that is known as Mr. Conkllng'd , and it is always reserved for him. Though not practising Banting , lie is very moderate In Ills selection. His favorite dish , both for breakfast and dinner , Is English mut ton chops slightly underdone , nnd baked with potatoes very well done. Ho never drinks anything stronger than russet ci der , Ho occasionally smokes a mild cigar , There Is a capacious arm chair in tlio reading room which ho nlwayb ap propriate * , ami which not even such an audacious iconoclast as the Hon. Thomas Porterhouse Oohiltreo would think of in * vading when there WUH tlio slightest pos sibility of his being around. According to club routine Mr. Conkling 1 ? a very domestic man. II is always ready to join in the general conversation , but will never discuss politics cxcitpt with inti mate personal friends. A hundred-acre peat bog has boon dis covered near Ellendalo , Dak. The peat reaches to u depth of from seven to ton feet , and is said to overlay a eur- face of ice. JJoys in a barn at St. Thomas , Can.dis- turbed a nebt of hornets , They at once attacked u cat that was on the barn iloor , and stung her to death before she coulu Set away ,
