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THE OMAHA PAILY ittijilt'-.SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 28. -TWELVE PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or strupcnimo : * : Dnllj-fMornljif Edition ) Including Sundnr Utcr. Ono Ycnr . For Bit Month * . r > < " > VorThroo Moulin . 3 Tim Onmlm Smxlny Ilr.t : , mailed to nny n < liJio s , Ono Vcar. . . . " ° 0 orrirr. No. Ml AND BW FAIWAW Prnrrr. VonK omen , HIIOM i.i. TIIIIU'NK lit'ii.nisri. orrio : , No. 5W KUUIITKK.VTII STIIKKT. AH communication * rrlnthiR to news mul rill- torlnl innttur should bo ntliiruMctl to the l.Dl- TOii or mi ; HKF. All Ini'lnosslcttcMundruinlttnncosoliotiMbo < lilraMcd to Tin : Us * I'uui.iaitiMi OJMIMNV , OMAIK. Drafts. cheeks unit po'tofflw ) online to be nmdo payable to tlio onler of the company. THE BEE POBUSHIIiTciPW , PROPRIETORS , E. KOSEU'ATKU , KDITOII. THIS IM1UY III5K. Sworn Stntcincni. of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I _ _ County of Douglas. I ( irn. It. Tzchuck , secretary of Tlio lice I'ublMdiiR rompany , dues solemnly swear thai , the aulual ch dilation of thu Dally JJeo lor Ihceck cndlnB Nov.'Mth , 1BSO , was ns follows : Satimlay. Nov. CO 13.1MI Kiuulav. Nov. m 1H.OOO jtlomlnv , Nov. 22. IK. - " > Tuesday. Nov. SJ VJ.0 Wednesday , Nov. 21 1S.H > . TJjnrMlay. Nov. 2o 12Wi Friday , Nov. 'M .13 , list A\crace 13.1U ) Ono. H. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed anil Kworn to before me this 37III day of November , A. D. , l&NJ. N. I1. KKII. , ( SEALI Notarv Public. Subscribed ami sworn to In my presence i day ot November , A. 1) . . 1 86. N. 1' . FEU. . Notary Public. Oco. 11. Tzschuck , bolnc Ilrst duly sworn , deposes and says that ho is H-cretary of the llee I'ubli'hlnc company , that the actual av- eraiio dally circulation of the Daily Ueo for the month of January , 18M5. was lu.HiS copies , for February , Itefl , 10.503 copies ; for March. 1B 0 , 11.KJ7"copies ; for April , ISSfi , 12,101 copies : for May. ISSrt. 12,4 ! > 9 copies ; for Juno , IBS. . 12,5113 copies ; for July , IbM ) , 12,814 copies ; for August , 1S.SO , 12,4H ( copiesfor ; September. 183n , 13,0X1 copies ; for October. ISM , 12OS'J copies. Qi-o. ; II. T/sciiur-K. Contents of tun Simtlny Hoc. Vaco 1. New York Ileiald Cablegrams Sj > ecials to the UKE. ( Jen ral Telegraphic Iape2. ; Telegraphic Now. ? . City News. Mlscelliiny. I'aco i ) . Special Advertisements. General nnu Local .Market * . 1'iiKO 4. Killtorlals. Political Points. 1'rnss Coinmontfi. Sunday dossip. PftReS. Lincoln News. Miscellany. Ad vertisements. Pn u 0. Council BlulTs News. Miscellany. Advertisements. Page 7. Social Events in Omaha. Miscel lany. I'.igof ? . General City News. Local Ad vertisements. it-l'ttgoO. Chester Alan Atrhur , by oAdam Baik-an. Judah P. licnjamin. American Opor.i Company , by FranSend. . Pairo 10. Adventures of Major North , by Alfred Sorenson. Mufilcal and Dramatic. Xtlucntlonnt. Money for the Ladles. 1m- * lelles. Conmiblnllllcs. KellRious Adver tisements. Page 11. Clara llolle'H Goislo. ( Jeneral Hade-in's ffttcr. Intense Inti'llectiiallty , by Henry Adams. Prices Sixty Years AKO. Advertisements. 1'aRC 12. AIIIOIIK tlio Wits and Waes. Thcro Is No Place t lke Home. Sinjrulari- tlcs. Advertisements. DOUOLAS county can have the railroads she needs if she is willing to pay for them. ANOTIIKU bore will bo niado to verify the coal discovery and a core of the vein removed. With good coal at our doors and three now railroad lines , Omaha's boom will discount tyury rival in the trans-Missouri country. Tun olovntor accident of Friday calU renewed attention to tlio necessity for an ordinance requiring that gates or jruanh shall bo placed in front of all clcvatoi hatchways in this city. Without them every elevator is ti dangerous man trap. JUDRIXO from tlie icngtli of his latesl messages to removed ollichUs , Presidenl Clevoland's mcssagii to congress will buc stunner. It is sato to nay tliat half it ! matt or could bo cut out without abating the interest of the public. Mr. Clovclanc is too voluminous in several respects. KUS elect to the legislature shoiik bo careful to avoid all cntanglingalllaucu : before tno.v take their seats. Tno air i : full of promises which tlio railroad cap pern are scattering abroad with frui hand for bait for men of whoso allegiance they are doubtful. Strict adherence l < honest pledges and earnest oil'ort to iol low out tlio wishes of the constlUicacic irhc elected them will be safest as well a the most honorable course to PAKKS an < l boulevards will bo wortl hundred ! ! of thousands of dollars to tlii ; community in adding to its attractive ness nnd hcalthfulncss as H residenci contor. Wo shall soon liavo trade ii abundance and there is no lack of loca tions for business houses on a ( euro o streets. lint wo are Badly deficient it hnnd > omo driveways , green spots In tin midst of the interlacing streets , am breathing spaces whore children ma ; play nnd frcMi air can circulate. NBWSi'Ai'Eit discussion of a case ii court la always of questionable propriety But newspaper comments on a case lo b given to n jury in which decided opin ions are advanced as lo the guilt or inno concn of the accused always suggest i personal desire to influence : the jury o court in their decision and cannot hn lei Blronirly coudeniued. It is a singnlnr co incidence that both the Republican am Herald of yesterday luorniiigiuadodirec reference to an important case now pond > Doforo jludgn Dundy whore the gov ernmenl is prost'outing two Coloratl parties for wholesale land frauds. Tin case had been previously tried will the result of a disagree uiont , the jury standing ten fo conviction and two for acquittal. It Biillont features wore freely presetted J these columns when it cnino before th court In Lincoln , and upon ils renewal brief mention was niatlo by llio BKI : < i the oasis of llio suit , without prejudice t any of llio parlies concerned. Such inei : tion was quite within its province as newspaper , nnd culled for no critleiFn But the liepublican jumps nl the oppoi lenity to declare that "both the defom * nts nro well known to its editor , " mult assort that it "would believe them in second where it might take them an hot or so to bo impressed by the convention ! witnesses , " Of course , the editor of tli liejmblicttn is at liberty to select h friends where he chooses , hut lie lias 11 tight to use his pupor to prejudice u cou or a lury in their fa.vor wlion tlury stan indicted for wholesale fraud. , liiieler tt * ututcs. Call a Hnr MctlnK. ( The need of prompt relief for our over burdened district court is urgent. Omaha's growtli has been so rapid and so constant that the present legal facilities are inade quate to meet the requlrments. The law's delays are increased two fold by tlio Hood of cases , civil and criminal , which pour in upon the dot-kct. More than a thou sand civil nauvs alone are in arrears while the lime of one of the judges is occupied in presiding over cnnilnr.l actions for more than one haU the term time. In ad dition there are three counties besides Douglas to share the time of our district court. Two plans of relief have been suggested Kacli has its supporters in the locr.l bar. The lirst proposes to create - ate a municipal court in cities of over liO.OOO inhabitants which shall have the criminal jurisdiction of the old district court with appeal direct to the supreme court. It is also sug gested that restricted civil jurisdic tion be also given it in cases appealed from justice's court whore tlio amounts in volved do not exceed $200. In addition it is proposed to make Douglas county n single judicial district with two judges. The second plan contemplates no change in the district lines. It suggests two additional district judges , making four judges on the bench , one of whom shall bis chosen Iroin outside Douglaa county. The advocates of this method of relief urge that it will bo cheaper and more satisfactory in its operation than the other , and will give rise to no disputed questions of jurisdiction and procedure. It is for tlio bar of Douglas county and the district to decide which is preferable. The question is one requiring profes sional knowledge and a full discussion of the relative advantages of the two plans. Tlio HEI : calls upon our lawyers to con vene us soon as possible and formulate a bill which the Douglas county delegation can present to the next legislature at the opening of the session. Coercion Once Sloro. Vrm. K. Gladstone was n true prophet vhen he solemnly declared a few months go that Ihc only alternatives in tlio case f Ireland were concession or coercion. Joncessiou having been denied by a or.V government , coercion is once more o be tried. The cable brings news of lore troops having been ordered across he Irish channel , of hasty conferences at ) nblin castle , of proclamations taking .way the right of assembly and of orders in-tailing the liberty of the press. The ilive branch is to be put away until a nore convenient season and the carbine .nd bayonet are to take its placo. The gov- rnmcnt announces that it will suppress ,11 meetings of agitators , that it will en- brcc the collection of vents and that the doors of ICilmamhain jail , closed for so omr , will once more reopen to receive .uspecls . and patriots. Ireland is to liavo notlier reign of coercion , Tory land lordism again tlings down the gauntlet : uul invites a contest in which it lias been 10 often worsted. The voice of Ireland , Scotland anil Wales , which sang out so clearly amid the applauding echoes of lie Gladstone vote at the last election is .o be drowned by the buzz of the Dublin courts , and the voice of an armed sol diery. It is a hazardous export- nent. From such a contest the Irish leaders will scarcely Hindi. It means a renewed discussion of lie claims of the Irish nationalists that self-government is the only solution of the Irish problem. It places the seal oi truth on thoprophccyof England's great est statesman since L'itt , the commoner , that a rod of iron will never rule over the atVeetions or compel the loyalty of a patriotic people. And if it stirs up Irisli resentment to disorder and hot-headed crime it will only hasten the day when Kngland will join Scotland and Wales in ' .lemuiiding at the polling booths justice to Ireland through a recognition ot hei claims as an integral part of a federated British empire , with her own rulers , directed in their action by an Irish par liamcnt on College Green. Ilnlclii ( ; Omnlia ami the Gulf. It i.s more than a year since the atten tion of readers of the BEE was called tt the Held which lay open to this city in tin southwest through : i direct line fron Omaha to Central Kansas and the I'an handle of Texas. The articles wind then appeared attracted more market attention , as shown by results , in othe quarters than they did in Omaha. Vron a communication which appears in an other column on this page , it will besoci that tlio Aransas I'ass railway is nov pushing northwards to the Kansas bor der , with a view of making connccttoi with a line to Kansas City. The showinj made of the tralllc which sucl a route would certainly drav to eastern stock yards am elevators was the spur which impollet President Lott to push his line towards : northern connection. Omaha should now make an effort ti secure the terminus of this important sya torn. A road built from this city to tin norlhcast corner of the Texas panhandl would bo less than 400 miles in length It would pass through the best part of th south 1'latto country and the richest sec tion ot central Kansas. To Kllswurth Kansas , where it would cross the Kansa 1'aeilic road , is only 212 miles. To Kllen wood , where it would strike the Atohisoi & Topeka , is 213 miles , At boll these points in Kansas itvonh bring the products of those section nearer to Oinnhr. than they now are t K nsas City. A junction would bo mad with the Aransas Pass road IfiO miles fin thor south , and there tlio grazing wcall of Texas would bo practically at on doors. The Br.i : invites attention to th communication on this subject which i prints in this issue and to which it prc poses to devote more space at anothu time. The subject is one of great impoi tanco to our future. It involves an c > tension of trade territory through thre states , ami possibilities of trallio an trade which are practically limitless , Tlio Decline ofMliillsin. .Iftincs Stephens , once notorious as Fenian chieftain , ami who for somoyeai has found nn asylum in continental Ki rope , where ho lives by his pen , write from Brussels that nihilism , if not.dcai is speechless , and "may kick tlio bucl ; < at any moment , " It has lost , ho say : those tongues of Hro that threatened : one limo to rend anil .teur away tho-a'uti cratio crust Unit had crystali/.pd.its.elf , s to speak , for centuries around H'ussia living heart. Its great tipostlos have bpc either gibbeted or exiled to the bleu wastes it Siberia. Olio pr'two'iSUU abroad in London or Geneva , "but the fierce prophetic llamcs no longer piny around their lips , ami the corroding rust of despair has eaten away their pens. " 'lliorc still remain in Russia several clubs or coteries of the old school , "but llieir Icelh are drawn and their pristine power ha ? gone from them forever. " Nihilism has been absorbed by socialism. The science of political economy was sub stituted for the politics of despair. The glittering blade and the death-dealing bomb were thrown aside for the ink-pot and the pamphlet. The nihilist , hating tyranny with ah alt-consuming passion , preferring chaos or "nothingness" to gory-handed oppression , seeing no hope in the present , without faith in God or a future existence , and challenging exile or death with dauntless courage this morbid , inscrutable and relentless being , who a low years ago was believed to abide in every noble andollicial house hold of Russia and to know the most secret avenues to the palaces and cham bers of royally who Hllctl the imagina tions of czars and princes with terror and was ever before them n threatening spectre finally submerged his individ uality into tiic brotherhood which is now directing its power against what 51 be lieves to be the wrongs of society and the injustice of existing laws , and laboring for a subdivision of properly as llio first condition to man's just ami rightful en- joymcnl of the common heritage the earth. In this more peaceful , if not more hopeful work , the nihilist no longer braves danger and invites martyrdom. The avenging nemesis has become the placid apostle of social reform. The climax of nihilism was reached when it threw the fatal bomb at Alex ander II. Tlie explosion that carried death to the head of Hie Russian empire shocked the world. Even in lands where there was tlio btrongcst sympathy lor the oppressed people whoso oppressor had been thus sum marily sent into eternity there were few to approve tlio method. A conspiracy wilh assassination as its cardinal purpose could not commend it self to the just judgment of mankind , oven with all the excuses for ils existence which the political system of Russia fur nished anil still furnishes. Moreover nihilism had no defined policy or syslcni ot government wilh which lo succeed that whose overthrow it sought to accom plish. It was sati.slicd to accept political chaos , hoping that on Uionfm.s of despot ism them might be erected the fair fabric of republicanism. Tlie world has pre sented no more heroic examples of what men , anil women also , will dare and deter tor an idea than lias been atlbrded by the martyrs to nihilism. .Mankind have not been sparing of their admiration of these dauntless spirits , who laced the scalVold or the unspeakable sufferings of exile amid Siberian snows with apostolic /cal and fervor. 15ut yet tlie world could not approve murder : vs the means to any end , however greatly to be desired. Some of lliem understood this , and then division came among them. Disintegration en sued , and thus discord did the work that neither the cxar nor his lieutenants could have over effected. There are still indications , however , that the .spirit of nihilism is not wholly dead in Russia , and that there are some who yet keep alive its smouldering fires. Only a little while ago the arrest of a number of students in St. Peters' burg disclosed a supply of nihilistic doc uments and a quantity of dynamite. The extraordinary precautions lor personal security maintained by the c/.ar , whether at St Petersburg or elsewhere , is ovi donee that the grim spectre of nihilisn still haunts him , and his keen apprchen sion of danger was conspicuously showi in the tragedy only a couple of week ! ago enacted in his palace , n hen he she down one of his officers whom lie beliovel to be in the act of drawing a weapon. I is impossible to say whether or nol tin fact that llio spirit of nihilism slill prevails vails , and the fears it inspired have no died out , is of any advantage to tlie Rus sian people in tempering the dcspotisn of their rulers and relieving them Iron bovercr oppression. General Maunder Clai'lr. The appointment of S. II. II. Clark a general manager and vice president o the Missouri Pacific system , the place re cenlly made vacant by Mr. Iloxie's ' de cease , was not unexpected. It is non the less a Haltering compliment lo th veteran railroad ollicial who lias bcci chosen by Mr. Gould for Ihomosl rcspon Bible position at his disposal. For man ; years past Mr. Clark has been one o Gould's right hand men in tlio manage meiit of his railroads. lie became knowi to the great operator through his conncc tion witli the Union Pacific and he ha been strong in his conlldenco ever since Manager Clark is a man of dctaih Nothing relating to railroad opei ation escapes his observation. II has had practical experience in over , department of management and is a encyclopedia of railway knowledge. Ill methods and his abilities are well know to Mr. Gould and his choice at this June turo is what might liavo been oxpcclci There is room for congratulation as fa as Omaha is concerned in tiie fact UK Mr. Clark is an Omaha man wilh Jars private interests in our city , conyersan with her past nud confident of her ft lure. Ho knows what her needs are an how his road can 1111 them with prollt I itself , and ho will bo in n position to ben elit from his knowledge. The Now Vessel Destroyer. A great deal of intere > t has been n cently manifested in military and mm circles , not only ot the United States In of foreign countries , in the pnoiinmtlo c dynamite gun , tlie invention of Licutci ant Xalitiftka , witli which experiment have been making for several montli post at Fort Lafayette , New York. Tli company interested in the now wcapoi from which the most wonderful rcsuh are expected , have maintained a dcgrc of sccreay wilh rospecl lo the interci shown in tlie experiments by the repn scntativcs of other governments , and pa ticularly so respecting those of tli French government who liavo noted n f.ultu , and who wo are informed wci among the most enthusiastic iu predic ing the success of the gun. A Washin ; ton dispatch discloses the fact that tl military and naval attachgs ot nil tl foreign legations are watching with tn uballng interest the progress of tlie c : pcrijnents. The. British government paying Sucl.i particular regard to tl mutter , that in addition to 'its rc ulti i representatives of the two armsof tl .service : it Washington , ft recently hn present at the dxperiuieuls Colonel JiarLi of the royal engineer ? , sajd. to bo one of the bnst informed olliccrs3f Ihc British service on tlio subject -'jjarojcctlles and explosives , ami Colonel Fuj berry , also of the British army. Tim \gnillcancc of tlie prcscnco of these Irs in llio fact thai tlie steel torpedo fcrui cr Tartar , re- cently built for tlie Britisli government , is almost identical with- ( lie dynamite cruiser to be built for UiV American navy , although she goes under another das lli- cation , and it is presumably tlio wish of the Britisli government to take advan tage , in her armaimint , iof any new weapon more formidable tl\an \ those now in use. Hence its representatives arc taking a very tlecp interest in tlio now dynamite gun , which promises to surpass .all others 'n Its power of dcstructiveness. The most recent experiments with this gun have demonstrated beyond u doubt the feasibility of discharging safely golalino shells. This is the one great point that was to bo setllcd under llio act of congress authorizing the building of Ihe "dynamite" cruiser. The dcslruc- live power of Ihc now weapon lias been amply demonstrated , and seems lo es tablish the facl that if it can be made to operate perfectly under all conditions it will he irresistible. Gp-ru.u. Linv WAI.I..UM : , ex-minister to Turkey , agrees with other gentlemen who have recently represented llio United States abroad that war in Europe , result ing from tlio altitude and evident policy of Russia , is inevitable. General Wallace thinks that Russia will not stand the snubbing and ridicule she has received from Bulgaria , and that she is simply de laying u hostile movement to Unit out how large an alliance will bo formed against her. The present probability that she would have to light Austria , England , Germany and Italy is more than she could undertake , so she waits. Bul garia , however , is tlio provocation , not tlie cause of Russian aggressiveness. The thing Russia wants is an extension of her water territory. With tlie Darda nelles in tlio hands of Russia her Heels could retire there when , pressed , and from them issue on the vast stream of commerce that Hews almost within sight of their entrance. Having these , what more natural for Russia to do than in vade Asia and thence move on to India , which for decades she has eagerly cov eted ? There can bo little qucslion that all this , and perhaps more , is compre hended in Russia' policy of aggrandize ment , but there does not appear to be much promise that she will realize even a small part of it in the present genera tion , or at least while the oilier powers which confont lierarorfjled as at present. Great as her military power is she will not venture to pit it ajjainsj ; thai of Ger many , Austria , England-and Italy com bined , and these powers \vould almost certainly combine were Russia to begin hoslililies. 11 is possible tTiat Germany would remain neutral if France kept aloof , but oven against thb , | other three powers Russia would haye more than her match. Still , it is evident'that ' the Eu ropean situation is atthis-nioiiicnl under going a tremendous strain , and the out break of war in the coining" spring can not bo regarded as a wholly improbable event. It' it shall take place il will be one of the most terrible ; cpiillicts in the world's history. VANWYCIC is not a good enough republican for Ilic Omaha llcj > ttb- licitit , which lakes it upon itself to declare that wo have only one republican senj ator at Washington. Nebraska is a state heavily republican. The fact that the captions critic ot Van Wycic is nol a good enough republican paper for the people of Nebraska is seen in their re. fusal lo admit it to their homes. A read ] erless organ which pretends to set up : i standard of party allegiance which tlie party rejects when exemplified in its own columns , will carry very little weighl when denouncing a leader who has tin conlidcnce anil support of the masses ol Ihc party in the stale which he repres ents. AN analysis of the coal specimen- made by Professor Riggc , of Croighlon college , brings tlie good news thai it is genuine coal that ha : been brought to tlie surface , rich ii heating and illuminating qualities ant free from the impurities found in UK Iowa veins. Thai much having beci decided , Ihe only question to bo deter mined is the widlii of llio seam. If a : now seems probable a seven foot vein ha ; been actually found , the strike on tin river bottoms is one of incalculable valut nol only lo Omaha but to the whole ECC tion tributary. counts. The hard work o Peter E. Her gathered together n few loca capitalists to bore for oil , coal , natura gas or China. They missed the first am struck the second within sixty days. Am now n score of gentlemen are virtuousl ; indignant that they wore nol given i chance lo aid in sinking a well where : few weeks ago they wore confident Urn it was only a scheme for sinning money IN spite of the cold woaiher pavinj slill continues. It i.s a serious questioi wlielhor this is proper , especially when as in the case of lower Lcavcnwortl street , stone blocks are oing laid on : base of frozen sand , Whpn spring come and the earth thaws out llio pavement ! likely to lie rough , and the oily will liavi to straighten il out ami Idvc ] il up. Tin- ; scandals and divorce , /mil.s / of th English aristocracy , which are hoini 1 steadily aired In the courts , nro furnish I ing ti great deal of campaign'materiit r nowadays lo the agitators vjho doinini llio abutement of the houiojfif lords as s national disgrace , Iilluness and vie s Hcom lo go together as inunlt in Hie wes end of London as theydo In the Sevci Dials. s 1'OiaTIUAIj POI.VTH. Kx-Mlnlster Cox lias not yet made up hi mind whether ho will utand ns acandidat for the H ] > eakerehli. ] Henry ( ! eono's campaign expanses wei only SIX&O , and It will bo ohsnrvetl that th other follow had the most votes. Kx-iovernor ( Clancy , of Manchester , (1,1 ( tn'i'ii appointed United States senator froi New Hampshire , to succeed Austin K. I'lkt 0 deceased. Senator Palmer says thai If the republic ; ! national convention wete to bu held to-inoi row tlie Michigan- delegation would bo loan sojtdly la line for Blalne. Denver Tribune : The deiimcratlo part will be overwhelmingly defeated in 1&S3 , an there are thousands of democrats who'wil regret It.if-Cleveland Is.lite natty nominee. Philadelphia itecord : The Chlcaico Hi-nil smartly , ays that "Senator Edmundi Is a democrat In everything but his politic. . " The whole country has conlldenco In Mr. Ed munds' honesty. M. Fortnnal flaguoii has been elected to the Now llainpshiie legislature. This is the Ilrst time a Ktcnch-Onnadlnn has received n political honor of the kind In the history of the United States. Kx-Scnator Bariuim. the democratic man- aser In Connecticut , Is said to have used about S10J.OOO In the cITori lo carry the legis lature al the late election , and mo t of the money was contributed by the Standard Oil company through Secretary Whllnoy. Philadelphia Press : A new democratic combination for IVs ? Is Cleveland and Vilas an even mixture of luck and pernicious activity. The people would practice the mis- sate treatment on such a ticket In away that would bo wotlh sitting up l nlglil to see. When bt-nator Jones , of Klorhhi , was elected to the United States senate in IWi ho was a member of the It-slslatnic and voted OrluniM-lf. The tunny part of the ImMiH-sa A tlmt his vote was meoNeniylo clloct the ilectlon. anil he thus pr.ictlcnlly elected him- : olf. When .lout's saw that his vote was u-eessary ton t'lioiee ho drew himself tip to ils full lileht and , looking severely at the ) ieslillmollicer , said : "In the name and iy Hit-command of n.OOO democrats of Kscam- ) la county I cast my vote lor Charles \ \ . loiies. " The assembly burst Into uproarious auglitcr and applause. Well , Hardly. 7Voi fit TnliwHl1' ' ' .lames 1) . r-'ish , Imprisoned banker , nay be a phj steal wreck , us his triends 'lalm ' , 1ml he is hardly so imu-li of a wreck ns he bank with which he was fonneily con- leeletl. A. liilioi-nl Kdiiontlon In I'.oslon. W..iiiiis aiultc-Drnwcml. The president legrnls the lack ol early op ortunities for learning ; but he has shaken Imnds with Dr. Holmes and Mr. Lowell , and [ his , in Boston , Is considered a liberal educa- : lon. Us Klrst Symptom of Hloutiil Weak ness. I'nirMi'Hte ( II. I. } Journal. It Is reported that the relatives of the late Charles Francis Adams noticed symptoms .if mental weakness in his conduct ten years ato. That was the year , by the way , m whli-li he ran for governor of Massachusetts on the Democratic ticket. ho llaml oriiineoln. ' . Sfri/iiimi / tn Dcccmlicr f Lnolf on this cast and know the hand That bore n nation In its hold ; FKIIII this mute witness tindeistand What Lincoln was how large of mould. The man who sped the woodman's team , And tlceiiost sunk the ploughm.in'jj share , Ami pu lictl tne laden raft astream , Of late before him unaware. LO , as I ca/.eTthe staturcd man , linllt up from yon hand , appears ; A type that nature wills to plan. But once in all a people's yearn. What betler than this voiceless cast To tell of such a one as he , Since through itsllvlm ; sembeance passed The thoimht that bade a race De [ roe ! Chester Alan Arthur. iVcic Voi/i / Sun. lie should have reached to life's full span Who played so well Ids noble part ; Too soon Kate Miiote that manly heart , That kind and courteous gentleman. Vet In the press of bolder flames That surt'-poNed honor still may live. If love , it's"od men's pralsn may give A lasting place to stainless names. A SOUtllVVCHt IjillC. Editor BiiK : Alwaj's in the advance in advocating whatever is for tlie best inter ests and future growtli of Omaha , it pcoins to me that the BKB has failed to urge with its usual persistency the con- slruclion of n southwest direct road to llio Panhandle of Texas. I'rom Ihe San Antonio , Texas , Daily Express I see lliat the Aransas Pass rail road corps of engineers , are by this time making a survey for that roatl , to the Panhandle. The following taken from the Express will show what is m conleni- plation. iiAii.noAi ) XOTIS. : I5egardlii Ihc work on the extension of the Sun Antonio anil Aransas I'ass road , the lidurne Advance has the following : "The surveyors have linlslicd their work , wlndlni ; up liy locating the depot at Ker- vlllo. They passed tluougn town on Wed nesday evening on their way to San An tonio for further Instnietioiis. "r-'rcdericksburt : slill hopt-s to have a rail road. The Hiirvctioi'x on Iliclr \rltrljt > \ iu/H / locate the ronlcof Ilic iwrtltwcKtern c.rtrnxttin clair tlimmih tn tlie I'miltttnillc iiiuf pntbithlu to KiiumiK < - ' / / ( / . Where will they bejjln from' ' Humor says not trom Kurvlllo , but Irom some point on the linudalupe. We shall see. Thine will be most likely three depots , or rather Ihur-statioiiH , between San Antonio and LtoiTiie one on the Itutconus , one on the land of Mr. Von Kaub and the other at the Kiulit-mllo hill. It Is said the traclvlaylng will begin on the 15th ofthls month. As they have six milea out of San Antonio ready , the construction train and men when done at Corpus Chrlstl , will make the six miles and then the train will lianl the heavy timbers tor the lirsl bildKC. Tno timbers will bo all cut and titled In San A ntonlo , and It takes lint a short Unio to put them together. The hauling on the card makes a considerable dllleronco to the rail road company. It being much cheaper than hauling by road. In a few days work will bo begun on llio depot uroHnda. Sir. Von Haub gives the most land for Ihc rigntot ivay. The track goes through his ranch for two and one-halt miles. " I liavo italicized a paragraph of pecul' iar interest lo Omaha. Be it remembered that the suggestion for this extension ol Ihe Aransas Pass road came trom aril cles published a year ago in this cily.anil yol no nclion whalever lias boon taken b.y our citi/.ens looking to a connection witli what should be Hie Omaha & Gulf rail road a line , if buill , which would supply our slock.ynrds with fal callle from Texas earlier in the spring and later in the fall than any other road , and woulii render tributary to Omaha nn extent ol territory greater in tlio extent of its val liable productions than the Union Pacific anil Elkhorn Valley roads combined. What should bo donov In my opinion tlie Omaha , Kansas & Gulf Railroad com pany should at once bo organized , will ) : i view lo building a direct line to tin northeast corner of the Panhandle ol Texas in connection with president Lot's Aransas Pass and Panhandle road. I cannot thiiiK our business men am ! homo capitnllstsnro so billed as not losci that this should be done. Think of it , business men of Omaha The Arausas Pass road was started by i local subscription in San Antonio , Texas of but 5 > 159,000. It has now , of complete ! line , nearly -00 miles , built in llio beat manner , wilh heavy steel rails , standard gunge , sidings , station houses , etu. , etc all the requirements of a tirst-elus- line. It has been built at the lowcsi prices reatlv money could command , am from the day fifty miles were complcloi ils earnings have equaled full interest oi its cost , alter paying all operating ex ponses. If a practical , economical man ngcmenicnt for construction of a road , U be bo built in like manner as a local road cannot be had in Omaha , then organic and give u bonus to Air. Lott and hi : Aransas Puss road on condilion of hi terminating tlie rood at Omaha W * A'li A SnrpriHinu : r.-illurc. cixci.NN.m , o . NOV. sr.-j. & s. H Saeho , hoot and shoo manufacture , nsalgnot to-day.to M. J. Beck. ' Assets vsthmited a Sliw.ooo : liabilities , SJoo.ooo. The.faUur . causes iauch.surprlbO. SCNIIAV COHSII ; > . "Ir Hint seven-foot vein of coal pans out , It will ro-Mill In the blgcci-t kind of n boom for Omaha1 said n prominent man ; "but let us not be too sanguine about this coal-strike. There Is a bare possibility that theborlnic machine may have struck a vertical vein In stead of a horizontal vein ; or. pethaps.lt may be a veil leal spinof n thin horizontal vein. Until ( ho matter Is more thoroughly investigated t don't propose to enthuse too mneli. If the vein is horizontal and seven feet thick , then I shall feel like building a big botnlro and eelebnitlm : the discovery in proper style. However , the Thanksgiving strike shows that wo have coal In and around Omaha. It now remains lo ue shown beyond any doubt whether we have strurk a paying vein. That will be done as voon as possible by the inr-n who are Interested In this enter- prise1.1 ' THAT dispatch in tlu > iti.i. tlu < other day about an air line railroad to be built from ChicnRotn Omaha by Alleitou , Moirlsaitd Diamond .loo Keynolds looked to me very much like buMncw , " said a leading Oiiialm merchant. "Those iiu-n base got the inonoy fo entry out such nn i-ntt-rpriM' . and if tht-y Imveirt they n.m gnt plenty. They are not IIIPII of wind , by nny means , i m-e that they hnu- already Incorporated the company.and 1 believe they menu biiahn-js. Allertou and Morris are enthusiastic OUT the prospects nl' this city. " " 1 SAW it slated in a uewspapnr the olhur duy that It cost i.vitL'o : ) to receive and fount the votes in the recent election in San l-'rnn- Cisco , " said a gentlemen yesterday. "That " may surpiiM ) some iM-aj'lc , but it "does not surprise me In the least. A friend si.-nt me a sample ballot just alter the election , tt was about sixteen Inches long and hud on It the nniiiM of eighty-four candidates for dlfTorent olllces. Then there WIMU nineteen dllTerent tickets In the Held. To count sueh a number of names nnd scratch ? ) ! ballots of course takes time and costs money. " "Iorici : Hint Dr. Miller is boiiiK boomed for the Austrian mission , by ceilain of his ndmlrlm , ' friends , " ' teimuU'd one of Omaha's active politicians. "Vou remember Hint a few days iujo Ur. Miller olllcially announced tlmt lie would no longer net as federal soup dispenser In Nebraska , ns ho hail transfened that business to Hon. John A. Jk-Shanc. congressman-elect from this district. It looks to mi : as if this transfer was made In consideration ol'a promise on the part of Mr. AlcShnno to assist Dr. Miller In securing the Austiinn plum. " "I AM now located at Itnpht City , " said Dr. V. T. McCIIlicmldy. ex-liullan agent at i'ine ItliiL'i- , who was in the city yesterday. "I am notdoliiK much ol niiytliimr just now , but expect to KO into some kind of business early In thcsinintr. Uapid City is growing very i'nst. At the recent election we cast 1,10\ \ ) votes. This Indicates a population , I should think , of nearly tour thousand. We have an electric light plant of thnty-llvc light * . The dynamo is bemit run to ils full capacity , anil another one will have tn bo secured at an early day. We have some veiy line brick buildings. AS-JO.OOO hotel , modeled after the I'axton. is being put up. Hapid City has an excellent system of waterworks. The water Is obtained from n sming on a high hill , four miles from town. The water runs through n pipe down a valley , to the depth of eighty feel , and then up another hill to a reservoir , which IsJOO feet above the town. The waterworks , you will sco , are sell-operating. The reservoir IB constantly full , and there Is u hlx-Ini-h ovcrllow stream going to waste all the limp. The town Is well supplied with lire hydrants , the prcssme being l o pounds. Water is thrown three times higher limn nny biilldlnir In the city. The cost of the works was Wl.OOO , ami they nro owned by the city. The contractors offered llio city § 00,000 for the plant , but it was refused. 1 am secretary of the water board , and have been getting some practical information from tlio Omaha water- woiks company. Haphi City has a street railway over a mile long , and it Is paying about 'J5 per cent on the Investment , it. Is to be extended in the spring. The town is the present terminus of the Black Hills branch of the Noithwestern railway , anil nil Ihe Height for the Hills is shipped out from that point. We are going to liavo a smelter at Itnpld , but it will probably not Interfere with the Omaha smelting works , to which a vast quantity of ore fiom the Hills is being shipped. " NIWSPAIMI : : : Illustration , wliluh has boon all the 111150 lor two or three years , is now rapidly going out of fashion. Tlio novelty long since wore off , nnd people have become lieaitlly tired of seeing miserably executed and poorly printed wood-cuts take up space In the newspapers which could bn devoted to entertaining reading matter. There nro but very few dally papers In the country that print oven fair Illustration ? ! . One rea son forthls Is that good artists are scarce. They are all employed on a better class of work than newspaper illustration. Furthermore It Is almost Impossible to print oven a line wood-cut with any jusllufl in a newspaper owing to the common quality of papet used , and the rapidity of the printing press. The fact Is thai Wiper ccnl of the present now- pnpi-r Illustration Is tlio merest bolchwork. Among the papers that liavo abandoned It are the Chicago Tf ir # , HioSt. Paul I'ltnircr I'rcsH , nml the Cleveland Lnulei ; nnd others are rapidly following suit. The Now York Sun of last Sunday reduced tlio number of Its Illustrations to two or three. Some of the best papers In tlio country among which are the New Voik Times , the > civ York Tribune , and the Omaha BKI : liavo sensibly kept out of HIP picture Imslnes. The only Illustrationsdono by Ihe Nuw York llmtlil Is In the way of maps , charts and dlasiams. A vou.vo man writes us Hint ho has written several poemsuponlilchhewlshesusto pass judgment ami decide whether they nio woithy of publication. We bc'g to be ex cused Irom reading the poems , as it Is evi dent from the young imin'ij letter tlmt ho can not write the English language eont-ctly , There are n million of nnmteur poets who nro in the rinmn boat'o \ advise all siich to Mick to prose , u Is moro prolltable to saw wood than to wilto poetry. Vou can make a living sawing wood , but you can't do It by poetry. MANY TIMES MARRIED. A Miohlgniuloi- Who .lolncil IIIK For tunes Willi Twonty-Hlv Wives. Special dispatch to llio Globo-Domocrnl Irom Ktilanuixoo. Miohiirnn : Win. Jones Snrgoant died in the Main insane asylum here this afternoon , where ho was incar cerated several weeks ago for a peculiar mania , lie was one of the most noted bigamists this country over suw , but was not much heard about until Ins arrest at Jackson , in this state , where lie had mar ried ti young woman for Ills Iwi'iily-siNth \\ife. Sarireant was a man of largo pres ence and iine address anil was well edu cated. Ho had been engaged in various pursuits , but when arrested was a com mercial traveler , which occupation gave linn a peculiar advantage to gratify his remarkable mania For seine tune before hid arrest there hail been rumors of his bigamist practices and he had four times previously been in trouble about them , but had managed to escape. At the time of his last arrest his conduct led to the belief thill ho was insane and he wis so found and sent tt ) asylum. Aft-r his in carceration Hie frd ! storynbi it him came out. It was k-anipi-l that hehad. , . wlviw mid children by the score in this -anil other states , imtl that no less than .eleven unsuspecting glrJs hud iiuu'ried him in Canada. During tlie many years lie lived ) so many lives Im never by word or act or writing betrayed to one wife the fact that le had others , and although he spent several weeks at a time with ono family. 10 was never suspected of Infidolltv. Of course the tax upon him to support so nnny peoph- was more than IIP could mud , and lliis was what li-d to Ms first lotcction , his nrrpst being originally on ln charge of de'crtion and failure to support. Sargeant. when ho was witii one wife , was oblivion * lo the pxi-tctu'o of nil the others. After his arrest , iu ppnkingof omviclim , nu would as-ert hat slip was his wife , and when HIP nnino > f another victim was mentioned ho would immedintplv switch oil' onto her , completely fortretiing HIP one just pre viously mentioned. On all other subicpts 10 was ano. Before dying the unlorlu- into man recovered his mind sullieipiitlv to understand why he was imprisoned ind to realize the enormity of his crimes. A Ncwspnpor Man's 111 luiok. N'PW York Mall and Kvpress : Nut wood , the great trollin-rstallion tlmt was sold in tin ; ( .trci'iivlew sale recently for $ J8l)00 ! ) , was oiH-p the property of 'a re- ' iiorlpr on a western paper. 1'n 1871 , J. \ \ . luu > \ , oC Pittsburg. attended one of tinA. . , ) . Alf\anilpr salpx at Woodburn , Ivy. , and among other animals lie took HIP jenrling son of Bplmont and Miss Uussoll to his valley farm near the Smoky City. Air. Knox , who was u partner in the glass business , had a largo number of hori s on HIP faun , ami , nevpr doing much good with tlii-m , iiipd to keep il going with his prollls In HIP glass hoiHp. This set h'ni and his partners at loggerhead * , and thov ipiar- ruled M ) oftpn that IIP finally dcp'idcd to close out Doth glass and horses , sell everything anil < ri > lo California for n frrsh lart. lie was vcrv friendly with the newspaper man whom he induced to draw up his cninlMguu and stav with him on the farm till thp sale was over. The night bpt'oro it was over IIP told his friend that lliongh there was no rcsrrvo set on any of the .stock , yet there were a few he did not like lo let go for a song , and lie therefore Miggested that HIP news paper man should keep ins eyes open and make a bid for certain ot tlipin if they were going avcrchcaply. Among them' were Nutwood and a lilley. Ncillipr evoked smart bidding , and tint l > enninn bought the colt for $17(1 ( and ( ! ; [ lilley for fcMO. He paid his money to the auctioneer , and walked oil' with the bil of salirin his pocket. In the evening h told Mr. Knox that he would keep tlio lilley. but handed over the bill of sale on Nutwood , and asked for his $170. Knox snitl ho would not p-tiirn the moiuty , as he in- tpiitlotl his friend should keep the colt. He was sure it was : i wonder , and he was determined that the newspaper man should not llirow away a good chance. Ho woul-1 gladly lake over tlie filly , as had been agreed , but lie was sure of doing the scribe a life's service if lions- fused to take back the colt. The news paper man , however , was obstinate , and after an hour's reasoning Knox linally pnid the money and toro up the bill of sale. He was to start in a few days for Oakland , Cal. , and again during this in terval diil he urge his friend to recon sider. The scribe went to the depot to sec him oil' , and just as Ihu train was about to pull out Knox once again as sured him that tlio cell was a plienoni- non and begged to bo allowed lo take it to the cars tlipn and there for him. The newspaper man w-s obdurate. Mr Knox took Hie youngster to California , ob tained a 'J:1SJ : record for him and sold him forsfl'i.OUO. A Very Kucce sl'iii Unuo HOI-MO. London Times : Since he made his debut upon the race course in October , 18s , " ) , Ormonde has never been beaten , nnd ho has won more money in stakes than anv ot his predecessors. lit : is a son of Bcnil Or and Lily Agnes. The roeorii of tliti horso's performances I * as follows' At the Newmarket second October meeting , 188"i , ho won Ihu IVsl Sweepstakes , value ,17 > 00. At the following Honghton meet ing he won the Criterion stakes , worth illOG , and the Dowhurst plate , value i'l.flO' ' . Ormonde took part in the lirsl spring meeting at Newmarket this year. winning the Two Thousand , the actual yal vo of th ) ) race to the winner being : .C-lOtl ( ) . A liltlo later , til Kpsom , Ormonde won the Derby , healing The Bard ami seven other horses , The value of llio stake was 1,700. At the Ascol meetingOrmonde won the St. James's Palace Stakes ( worth JL'l.fiOO ) , and the llnrdwieko Stakes , value L"J-I"S. At the Doneiirttor Soplombcr meeting Ormonde won the St. Luger , beating St. Mirin ami several others. The Htaces wore worth t'-l,175. In the first October meeting at Newmarket Urn Kiglith ( Si-eat Koal slakes ( value JL'-I.IIO ) was won by Ormonde. At the same meeting ho walked over for llio Nowmarkcl St. Leger worth 170. Atllie second OrtoliPiinpoling tit head quarters , Ormonde carried oil * the Cham pion Makes , value I'l.SJJ'J Ills. He had had two cngagonipnls al llio Newnmrkol Honghton meeting , winning the Free Handicap ( i'i50) ( ) and the Private Sweep- slakes , value ill , 000. Thus in Ihirleen races Ormonde has won for the Dnko of Westminislor ' . ' l.fiOS 10s. The least val uable was tlin Newmarket St. Li.-ger I worth , lM7.ri ) and Hits mo.it ronnmerntivo the Derby ( value .CI.700) ) . Ormonde was ridden in all his races except the Two Thousand ( itiinnai and the Ilanlwlcko Slakes tit Ascot by Archer , and on t lie-so two occasions ( ! . 'itarn.-tl wta his jockey. Track in ; ; HIP CHICAGO , Nov.jr. . At HID investigation ot the Continental hotel tire by the city llio In- Hppetor to-day , four witnesses were ex amined. II. T. Tomllnson , who had boarded at the hotel for years , and who left on the day preceding the lire , said he had been con- lldcntlnlly wuinud hv .Mrs , Kownu. who was in chargft of the hofH. ami that he In turn wariic.ii several oilier friends who Inlt on the same day. No anest has yet been mrule. A London e.orrespondenl says Unit th e people of the Knglinh moliopolis in a year's time eat 'iOO.OHO oxen , 'J.OOO.OOD blicep , 200.000 calves , SIOO.OOO .swine , 8,1)00 ) , . 000 head of fowls , 5,000,000 , pounds of fish , 500,000,000 pounds of oj > lers , 200.000 lob- stor-i , some million tons of canned goods , no end of fruit and stnlV , nnd 00,000,000 bushels of wheat. It takes 200,000,000 quarts of beer to quench tno common lliirsl. Bill moro than this , they drink 10,000,000 quarts of nun find WJ.ooo.OOO quarts of winn. Taking out tint water used for sprinkling , cooking , ami fount ains , ami tlio actual drinking supply -is desperately small , ' 1 ho Director of thn St. Petersburg Technological Institute , Privy Council lor llyin , was recently assaulted by two students who had vainly asked him to reinstate HIV colleagues exn-'lled from the institute for politioning him to grant the riirht of holding mi-tilings lo Um sludonU. The CV.ar , on lunrng of the occurrence , nl once ordered llio two culprits to bo placed for two years among the military prisoners ; but thotilVair tlitl not end hen ; , lor it has since been discovered that three other t-tinleuts of llni institute wnro appointed by lot to lake Director Jlyin'fl lite. In the dwelling of the MudimN were found Nihilistic writings a * well as dyna mite. _ A woman of Lowislon , Mn. , who la a storekeeper , whHo talking with a < ni3' torner crumpled a $10 bill in her hand. Then she forgot what it was anil tasked tlio little wad into the lire. She rciuom- bored it wffeii her cash that night was if 10 short. Kranc-is Darnall anil hlssevcntei-n v.at > old son Visited ( SrJllln , IJtr. , the. other day .and crowd * followed t fit in Thy fulhor is ffiur fe'-t four Inches tall and -I'm ' EOU UiiV-n feet one. inclt.