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JT is now estimated that tlio world'i '
wheat crop , although apparently no
much below the average , will again bo t
short one.
THE colored man of St. Joe who has
been sleeping for three days , andlsprool
ncainst being roused should bo placed or
the police force.
IP there is any good reason why the
council should any longer withhold Itf
approval of the bonds of the police coin
mission , the citizens of Omaha would lik <
to know it.
KANSAS Cmis already crowing ovoi
her fall boom. The papers proclaim an
"unparalleled activity in the real estate
market , " in black typo. Isn't this forcing
the season u little , or were those stsmdinf
headlines dumped into the form by
mistake ?
A i-ouTAUi.R telephone has been invented -
vented by two Belgians , wherewith tele
phoning may bo performed on the open
ground from "anywhere to anywhere. '
This invention in connection with Edi
son's marine telephone , ought to make r
whisper ns easily audible around the
world as Emerson's shot.
TUB prohibition people should taki
U charge of the St. Louis cotninittco whicl
called upon President Cleveland yostor
i day. That the members should boconn
j' ' olitcel over the president's acceptance ii
j quite natural , but there was nothing te
, warrant them in getting drunk on the
strength of it. Wo may possibly hoar o
their painting the while house red.
THE queen graciouslv allowed W. K
Vanderbilt's yacht , Alva , to bring up the
rear in her majssty's recent maratimc
procession. It was a proud day forV
K. What further has ho now to live for :
The boy who drives the local advertising
wiisron in the wako of a circus parade
can not feel a greater spiritual cxaltatioi
than must have animated that $73,000,00 (
breast in those proud moments.
Tun opinion of the inter-state commis
sion that railroads cannot discnminat
in the sale of thousand mile tickets t <
commercial travelers , as that clement i
not a privileged class is a blow to th
traveling morchants.who for a great man ;
years have enjoyed privileges and luxurie
beyond the reach of ordinary people. Ni
mutter what the commission says tin
drummers will cling to the belief the ,
tire still a privileged class.
OLD JOHN HOIISON , of Hear Lake ii
Now llrunswick , seems to bo a SCCOIK
Noah. Ho prophesied the great Hood
now raging in Now England and hu <
lltteit himsulf out with a canoe which i
moored at his little log cabin ready'fo
business.
Mr. Hobson might find a job at Wash
ington for the next few months in th
prophesy business as to the lucky caudi
dates for presidential nomination ] .
GKOUGIA , the homo of wonders , has ac
quired another marvel , this time froi ;
the regions of infinite space. A smootl
ball of an unknown metal came blr/.in : <
through the air and buried itself live fee
in the soil near Clayton , the other oven
ing. When excavated the globe wa
found to bo engraved with a star , a rep
rcsontation of a bird-reptile and dcscnp
tions of the same in celestial short-hand
Either tlio protective taritV against tnw
ing salesmen has not kept Mr. Annania
Miilhatton from the south , or there i
hero a chance for the domi-profoum !
serio-comic Ignatius Donnelly to appl ;
his cosmic and cypher theories to the ei
liglileument of a bewildered world.
It is noted that the establishment of
silver market in this country lias aread !
had its ofl'ect in London financial circlet
A movement is reported to bo now o
foot there to Introduce speculation I
silver bullion certificates on a plan slml
lar to that inaugurated in Now Yorl
"If successful , " says the New Yor
Commercial Advertiser , this will d
nucli to take the control of the Londo
bullion market out of the hands of tli
'ihree or four great firms who now fix tli
price of silver for the world. Our coi
temporary dismisses us of no consequent
the assumption that the silver bulllo
certificates , bring representatives t
money , full under the prohibition of th
law. At all events the matter is or
which the treasury authorities will pro !
bly fool called upon.to test.
WHS
The Allen hand Lnw.
The opinion rendered by the attorney
; ciicral regarding tlio alien .land law ,
ust mtula public , agrees In all osSontiul
xirticulars with that given some tiino
go by Judge Payson , of Illinois , the
author of the law. They concur in say-
tig that the act is applicable to mines ,
aid that henceforth mineral lands can-
lot bo acquired by aliens. Foreigners may
mid stock In American corporations to
ho extent of 20 per cent , of the total
unount issued , without impairing tlio
right of the corporations to hold and
tcquiro land in the territories , and aliens
may lawfully advance money for ( ho
nirctmso anil development of mining
> ropertics but this would give thorn no
ntercst in the real estate of such
properties. Wo noted some tune ago
hat the publication of this law in
England had the immediate ef
fect of putting n slop to the
sale of mining stock in the London mar-
ict , and that the opinion prevailing there
was that if the construction given the
law by Juilgo Payson was ollicially sus-
.ainod , us has now virtually boon done
yy the attorney general , tlio result would
) o that American mining shares would
jccomo wholly unsalable in foreign mar-
wets. Undoubtedly this will be the case.
The probability is that a vigorous pres
sure will 1)0 ) made upon the next congress
to secure an amendment of the law that
will at least give more liberal scope and
security for the investment of foreign
capital iu American mining properties ,
if not to remove all'restrictions imposed
by the law. The question is seen to bo
one of most material importance , and it
is very liucly that if the meaning and in
tent of the law , as now construed , had
been apprehended by the interests nflec-
ted while . it was under con
sideration it would not have passed
in the form it did. So far as tlio law
operates to exclude foreign capital ,
whether in the hands of single individuals
or syndicates , from obserbing vast tracts
of farming and grazing lands , as has here
tofore been done to an extent of millions
of acres , the people will demand that it
shall stand unchanged. There is not the
slightest question that the very nearly
universal sentiment of the county is un
alterably opposed to permitting any
further investments of alien capital iu
the public domain , and regretfully
realizes the mistake that has boon made
in not having passed a law years ago
prohibiting such investment. So much
of the law , therefore , the people will not
tolerate any modification of or interfer
ence with.
Butvrith regard to mining properties
the conditions and circumstances are
very different. The real estate
represented by such properties is not
only as a rule inconsiderable in extent ,
but has nearly its whole value in the
mineral wealth It may contain. The
areas covered by many of these mining
properties would not subsist in agricul
tural products a score of families , ana
once having been subjected to develop
ment they do not again become available
for any other practical use. While
therefore real estate in mining property
may have for the foreign capitalist a
certain collateral value , its actual value
to anybody simply as realty amounts to
very little. It is very certain , however ,
that foreign capital cannot bo drawn
into this class of investment without this
collateral , and it is certainly : i
serious question whether for so
little so much should be risked
in imperiling , or at least greatly retard
ing , the development of the mineral resources -
sources of the country , for which there is
not yet the surplus capital in the hands
of our own people. The foreign capital
that has been drawn hero for this pur
pose has been expended in labor and machinery -
chinery , contributing very materially to
the direct enrichment of the country. No
one will pretend that without it the de
velopment of our mineral resources
would be one-half what it is , nor will any
intelligent man presume to say that we
have as yet reached the limit of those re-
sources. This being so , is it a judicious
policy to shut out needed capital for fur
ther development when we can continue
to invite it without injury to any
interest and without violence to the
real and vital principal underlying
the alien land law. Undoubtedly this it
the line of argument that will bo pro
scnted to the next congress in favor of :
modification of the law , and it would bi
no surprise if it would bo successful
Meanwhile foreign capital will keep cleai
of mining investments in the Uuitcc
States.
Not In LJOTC with the Hnlbrin.
A consplcious and significant fact it
connection with the recent democratic
convention of Ohio , which should not be
lost sight of , was the very plain evidence
it furnished that the party in that state ii
not iu love with civil service reform. I
did not have the courage to say so in it ;
platform , but the convention listeuee
without a word of dissent to the assault
on the reform in the address of its chair
man , who called for a demand upon con
gress for the immediate and uncondi
tional repeal of tlio law , and omission o !
any reference to the subject in the plat
form may with absolute fairness b <
accepted as a virtual endorsement of tin
views of the chairman. No injustic <
will bo done the democratic party of Olm
in allirming that it is opposed to civi
service reform , and that could it bo sun
its demand for a repeal of the law woule
ellect that result would not hesitate te
make the demand in the most forcibli
terms.
This feeling is not duo to any noglec
of Ohio democrats by the administration
They have been as well taken care ot a ;
the democrats of any other state except
perhaps , New York. It Is simply duo te
that bourbonism which distinguishes UK
thorough democrat everywhere , and ii
not more pronounced in Ohio than it
other states whore the so-called reforn
element is so small a minority in tin
party as to exert no iulluencn noon iti
counsels or its utterances. Mr. Poudlotot
went down in Ohio because of this bour
boidsm , and no democrat in that stati
with political aspirations has sinci
been bravo enough to champioi
civil service reform. To do si
is to invite political daath
so far as the party is concerned. It i
the same in most or all other states
Everywhere the evidence is conclusiri
that the democratic party is hostile ti
civil service reform and still believes a
heartily and earnestly as over in th <
spoils system. Mark the evasions am
declarations of all the democratic con
vontlons held or to bo hold this year am
there will be no luck of testimony as ti
how the party as a whole feels on tin
Mibjoct. What conspicuous leader is
[ hero who is an avowed and unqualified
friend of the reform , and yet it is the
only policy to which the administration
is unmistakably committed and with
which it has been able to accomplish any
thing. In respect of other policies to
which it hud pledged itscK or
was pleeiccd by the party its career has
been utterly barren of results , and prom
ises to continue so until the end , What
value , then , is to bo given to endorse
ments of the administration by demo
cratic conventions which actually or
virtually repudiate the only policy in
which the administration has any success
whatever ? Is it not manifest that such
endorsements are given whollv as a matter -
tor of expediency , and that there is not
the least bit of honesty or sincerity in
themf Never before has a political party
in this country been so helplessly in
bondage to an individual as is the dtjnio-
cratlc party at this time to Grover Clove-
laud ,
Municipal Extravagance.
Three years ago when Jowott was city
clerk his oalary was $1,200 a year. The
force in his ollico was a solitary clerk at
-fOOO a year. With this assistant Jowott
kept up the records of the council , pre
pared copies of official documents , * per
formed the clerical duties of the license
board , auelitcd the city's accounts , and
made out all city warrants , besides ac
commodating councilmcn by copying
and preparing resolutions , ordinances ,
etc. When Mr. Southard became city
clerk , an auditor was appointed to relieve
lievo him of the duties of city account
ant. The auditor received $1,500 a year.
In duo time the auditor employed two
clerks , and Mr. Southard increased his
clerical force by two men. This spring a
comptroller was chosen , who re
lieved tlio auditor of his duties. The
comptroller now employs two clerks
and the city clerk has shifted nearly all
his woric upon the shoulders of three
so-called deputies. Councilman Man-
villo's son. who has been made South
ard's deputy , draws $125 per month , and
the two other deputies $100 per month
each. Computed in dollars and cents the
city now pays1 $3,000 per year for the
clerk and $3,000 lor his assistants , while
the comptroller and his assistants draw
$5UOO a year , making n total of $11,200 a
year for services which , three years ago ,
were performed for $2,100 per year.
Granting that tlm work in the office has
doubled , or even trebled , the employment
of three deputies in the city clerk's of
fice is a piece ot reckless extravagance. .
The charter nowhere mentions a deputj
city clerk , and anybody who imperson
ates a deputy city clerk acts on question
able authority. But why should the
council allow the clerk $3,900 a year foi
assistants ? With relief from formoi
duties which the comptroller and his as *
sistrmts afford , the city clerk can rcadil\
perform all the duties of his ofllce by the
aid of one man and a typewriter clerK al
a total outlay not to exceed whal
is now paid to young Manville alone ,
This is of course on the assumption thai
the city clerk will devote his own time
wholly to the business of the city.
The same reckless waste of the city's
funds may bo noted in other depart
ments. The city treasurer is allowed one
deputy by the charter , but last month's
payroll shows two deputy treasurers at
$150 a month each. If the treasurer
uror needs more than one deputy
he can well afford to paj
for iiis services , as ho is allowed a percentage
contago on his tax collections in additior
to his salary of $1,400 per year.
These are not the only glaring instances
of extravagance as shown by the city pay
roll. An analysis of-somo of the bills in
currcd would furnish an exhibit of eve ;
worse management.
No Moro Trillin ? .
The citizens of Omaha will tolerate nc
more trilling by the council with the po
lice commission. The prime object o :
creating the police commission was te
give Omaha bettor police protection bj
divorcing the management of the police
from politics. That reform could onlj
bo achieved by taking the control of the
police out of the hands of the
council ami placing the responsibility
upon an independent board. Nearly
three months have now passed awaj
since the commission was appointed b ]
the governor. Up to this time the com
mission has had no chance to exercise it :
functions unrestricted and unhampered
Its hands have boon tied from the outse
by the attempt of the counci
to nullify the law and ar
rogate to itself powers whlcl
the frumers of the charter never pro
posed to confer upon it. The quarrc
over the chief of police has been a men
pretext. The fact that the council ha :
absolutely refused to take action upoi
the bonds of the commission shows tliu
the spoilsmen of the council nro do
tcrmincd not to losnn their grasp in tin
management of the police forco. Thi
effect of this policy has been ver :
disastrous to the city. 1
has advertised Omaha as a citj
without an organized police and i
resort of crooks and highwaymen. It ha :
had a very demoralizing effect upon tin
police force itself by encouraging insub
ordination within its ranks.
This state ot affairs has become intel
erable. The reputable men in the conn
cil can no longer uphold Hascall , liechc
and Ford In their conspiracy to nullify
the law and freeze out the police com
mission. There is a limit to all thing !
aud public endurance has been stralnct
to its utmost. The issue is not whothui
Sonvey is to remain chief of police , bu
whether Hascall , Uechcl and Ford are te
usurp the powers which wore conform
upon the police commission. On tlii
issue there should bo no more trilling b ;
the council.
A PHILADELPHIA contemporary not un
wisely suggests that ono effective raothot
of breaking up monopolies in commodi
tics would bo to repeal the high protcc
live duties behind which these comblna
tions have been organized. For example
the envelope monopoly just established
to which we made extended reference i
few days ago , could not exist but for thi
25 per cent duty on envelopes which i
prohibitory of foreign importation am
gives American manufacturers completi
control of the home market. Our con
temporary cites the repeal of the duty 01
quinine as nn example of the effect of thi
method of destroying monopoly. Tin
proposition is unquestionably sound , bu
from all present indications 'the attain
meat of the remedy will bo si
reniote that the present genera
Ion can hardly hope to derive
much advantage from It. While the leg
islators who have the Welfare ot the people
ple at heart should nbt abate their ttcal in
the effort to reach tlm sovereign remedy ,
they may profitably employ a part of
their time in endeavoring to tuid some
practicable and effective way of rollhving
the people from the extortion and op
pression of monopolies that can bo made
immediately operative. Surely the people
ple arc most unhappily situated if there
is but ono route of relief from the injus
tice of monopolies , and that route Is ren
dered Impassable by such obstructionists
as Samuel J. Randall und other sub'
servant tools of the power that sustains
monopoly.
MASTER WORKMA.U POWHERLT is at
work gathering statistics and data upon
which to base a plan for dealing with the
immigrant question. Ho thinks this will
bo a knotty problem for the statesman to
solve m the near future. This problem
will not only bo a difficult ono to solve , It
is already so. Last year a larger numboi
of pauper Immigrants than over before
was denied admittance to this country at
Castle Garelen. But this was not accom
plished without serious wrangling among
the members of the Now York board of
immigrant commissioners. Ono faction
wishes to allow nearly all who come , to
land , while the other would exclude
many that are now admitted.
This problem is at present almost ex
clusively in connection with male immi
grants. It is very difficult for them to
obtain work on lirst landing. Not
so with the females. The Castle
Garden employment bureau is thronged
with idle mnn , while it is impossible to
supply the demand for female help. Im
migrant women , who wish to work , find
places at once , employers being glad to
give them a preliminary course of in
structions to fit them for their duties ,
THE delegation of St. Louis citizens to
invite the president to visit struck the
white-house at nonn yesterday. They
had a big time , wcro successful and Mr.
Cleveland's face will shine upon the
citizens of St. Louis at some future time
yet to be fixed. The president stated in
his reply to the invitation speech that ho
did not know as it was necessary for a
hundred people to oomo so far to give
him an ' 'invito , " but yet ho was glad to
HCO thorn. Ills desire to visit St. Louis
had increased each day. lie did not sec
how ho could do otherwise than accept
the invitation , etc. , oto And so the doubt
as to Cleveland's candidatcy dwindles
away day by day. His first refusal to
come and this spectacular second invita
tion and acceptance are nothing bu I
political dodges , pure and simple.
So far , under the , present administra
tion , the democratic , heads of govern
mental departments have expo nded the
greatest part of their ingen uity anil
strength in trying to , violate tlio spirii
while seomiug to conform to the letter of
the civil service act. Heddcn , the mcali
ex-collector of the fort of New York
came to grief in this endeavor. Magone ,
his successor , has become so irritable in
trying to satisfy Now York democracy
and the civil service commission , that ho
has become a terror to all his associates
and subordinates , and ho has conclus
ively shown that ho is not a big enough
man for the place.
So iiKLLENUEiinEii no doubt richly mci
ited the punishment of death which the
law had meted out to him , but this eloca
not justify his former neighbors in tak
ing the responsibility upon themselves ol
torturing him to death after the manner ol
the dark ages. Ho denied his guilt to the
lust , supposing ho is innocent , will those
men , who participated in this miserable
crime feel at case in having his blood
upon their heads ? Ho was doomed to
death. Why could they not wait for the
law to execute its own decree ? Shellcn-
berger was probably entitled to little
sympathy , but what is this but adding
another bloody deed to the dark crime
already committed'
Why can't the city come to a poltlomonl
with the gas company. Its claims are
said to run up into the tens of thousand :
and are constantly increasing. Some
beautiful day the gas company will present
sent a bill for $25,000 or ! ? ! K,000 ) , , and the
council will generously lot it take judg
ment against the city for the whole
amount. This musty gas claim should be
promptly taken in hand by the council ,
and hereafter monthly settlements should
be made on the terms of the existing con.
tract. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IK Secretary of State Laws has any in.
tlucnco with the state printer , ho will
confer a favor upon the people of No.
braska by urging him to hurry up witli
the now session laws. Possibly Mr. Laws
can clfcct this by calling attention to the
fact that the contract requires the session
laws to bo ready for delivery within sixty
days after the legislature has adjourned.
Ouu afternoon contemporary is mis.
taken when it quotes City Attorney \ \ eb-
ster as drawing $185 per month. The
city attorney gets $250 per month , and
his assistant $125.
THE decent and honest members of the
council must separate from the bummcn
and boodlors. . '
WHAT has become of tlio Council Bluffs
wagon bridge project ! )
FOUXUNK AIS'D M1SFOUTUNE.
Peter Do Lacy , of Now York , has made
§ 200,000 on the race course , bookmaklng.
The venerable Parkd Godwin Is at Dai
Harbor. Ho is worthovcr § 100,000 , and i ;
still stout-looking.
Chasles 11. Woodruff , who has made a for
tune In printing inks tnj Philadelphia , was
once a compositor , earuluiS3 ; a week.
Just forty years ago Kobert Bonnor was
foreman of the New York Even Ink' Mirrora1
SIB a week. Uo Is now yrortii S-,000,000.
Stanley Brown , now a'carpenter in Wash-
Ineton city , was once the private secretary ol
President UarUeld , cm a salary of 53,500 c
year.
Henry Stafford Little , who is called the
political godfather of Senator Uufus Bled
cott , of Now Jersey , Is a bachelor and wortL
31,000,000.
Ex-Secretary Brlstow eels an Income ol
820,000 from his real estate investments In
Now York , and his law practice nets bin :
(40,000 more.
Addlsou Cammack , having made S200 , X
In the Ins ? two bear raids on Wall street ,
thinks ho can now afford to take a fortnlKht't
rest at Newport
Mine. Christine NlUson owns two buildIngs -
Ings in Boston that are assessed at S123.000 ,
It must not bo supposed that this property
was bought for a song.
Jacob Sellgman , ol Michigan Is a million
aire , and director of nine banks and tour
railroads. Ho 'Is less than five foot hish and
wont to Michigan twenty-five years ago with
less than SlOO in his pocket.
Jonathan 11. Green , once a famous lecturer
to thousands as the "Iteformcd Gambler , "
reached his seventy-fifth anniversary last
Monday. His life has been full of strange
vicissitudes , and for years past lie has had n
severe and perpetual battle with poverty.
No Conl Oil "In Uls'n. "
Jjotiiftttle TlniM ,
The old Itoman declines to scent his ban
dana with coal oil ,
Will bo Decided In Nnxt
CmtrttrJiturnal.
The next presidential contest will bo dcclel-
ed In congress next winter.
Not a Very Llliornl Allowance.
H'ciftrfoiiri/ mericflii. Jiiltf Jtt
The two lawyers who defended Chamberlain -
lain and Taylor , the Now Haven murderers ,
wcro allowed 315 each by the court Judge
Stoddard said that the state was not bound
to provide two counsel , nnd that the limit ol
authorized expenses was § 10 a day , which he
divided between the two attorneys employed ,
Keep An Kyo On Hnrrlson.
I'httadtlpMa llmtt.
Ex-Senator Harrison Is practicing law In
Indianapolis. Though still smarting from the
knotted lash of defeat In his own state lio.too ,
hopes that the fortune of politics may ngain
force him to the front. As the possible leg
atee of Blalnc , lie hopes for the presidency ,
but in the event of the latter's ronomina-
tlon Harrison will not turn his back on second
end place. Like Sherman and Kdtminds , he
Is his own worst enemy In the sense that he
Is utterly without personal magnetism , and
frequently offends his most trusted friends.
Nevertheless ho has a very lucrative law
practice , and he would bo a rich man 1C he1
left politics alone for a decade.
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XnUnely Itollnvcs It ,
KimwM C < ( | / TlmaDcin. ( )
Nobody believes that Thomas Powell will
bo elected governor of Ohio , because , gener
ally speaking , Ohio Is a reliably republican
state , and , further , because It Is not without
reason supposed that the Enquirer and Its
faction will knife him. Powell was nomin
ated as an out-and-out administration man ,
while Campbell was a sort of "Oath" demo
crat. The democratic convention of 1887 ,
however , proves ono thing , that the bulk of
the Ohio democracy stands by Mr. Cleveland
and applauds his course , not only In its plat
form but In its nomination.
A. Hammock Story.
Mv lady dreams with miMiiit eyes ,
Under the auplo bouirbs 1 see ,
Where on her breeze-blown couch she lies ,
Tlm talrcst thing beneath the skies
Ah I dare I hope she dreams of mo ?
Her hair Is like the sunbeam's gold.
Her face an angel's well might bo ,
Her form Is cast In beauty's meld ,
Her loveliness cannot bo told
E'en by a worshipper like mo.
I cannot leave her musing there
Aud KO my way , when only she
My lieiart and life and love can share-
All ! lady fair , dear lady fair ,
1 come to thcel 1 come to theol
She heard his footfall as he came ,
And suddenly across her ehock
There swept a vivid scarlet Ihune ,
She trembled as ho breathed her name ,
But not an unswer did she speak.
Her lace-bound hat she lightly drew
Close to heir brows , and ho oh ho I
Bent near to her eyes ot blue ,
And with a look that thrilled her through ,
He asked her king of dreams to be.
There was a tender thrill of bliss
From the brown nest above the two ,
Alter tlio silence of a kiss ,
As , with a look love would not miss
For heaven , she said , " 1 dreamed of you I"
8TATK JOTTINGS.
Chadron pays taxes on $410,000.
Ainsworth is valued for tax purposes
at f 01-18(5. (
Filloy has subscribed a bonus of1,000
for a ( louring mill.
Active work has commenced on the
Burlington bridge at Nebraska City.
The tide of emigration has turned to
Kansas. Clouds of chinch bugs passed
over Fillmore county last week bound
for that region.
A round up of Hastings shows that
buildings to cost 335,100 are now under
way. 1 ho third city is keeping up with
the procession in line shape.
Seven out of fourteen head of cattle be
longing to a settler in the western part
of ( Jhoyonno county wore killed ono day
last week by a single stroke of lightning.
Duo of the Custer county gang of
thieves , attacked by the sheriff's posse a
few weeks ago , crawled into the brush
and died. The body was di-scovercel last
week.
A Callaway boy , mounted on a pony ,
was attacked by a number of hooting
playmates. The annual was frightened
and throw tin' rider to the ground , kill
ing him instantly.
Norfolk News : "Ever since the OMAHA.
BKK announced the fact that Fremont
hud a 'silver corset band , ' wo have boon
expecting to Lear the Tribune man shout
again , 'we do lioomP "
Mr. C. L. Hall , of Central City , has
issued a pamphlet detailing the natural
and acquired advantage ? , soil , climate ,
industries und material interests of Mer-
rick county. The pamphlet will prove
an excellent immigration agent if liber
ally distributed.
Fred D. Williams utters a farewell kieik
in the Hising City Independent , which
has been sold to 1) . K. Neville. Williams
proudly proclaims that he lias never been
"licked" while the helm
at , but confesses
to have contracted a job lot of general
debility iu exchange for some robust
health.
Self-interest is the balance wheel of
opinion. A few months ago the Fremont
Tribune objected to the use of three as a
multiple in figuring the directory popula
tion of Oinalia. Now the ; samu paper
thinks three and a half is the proper mul
tiple , as it gives Fremont a population of
8-W5. "Wo do boom. "
The Broken Bow Times says : "Every
bum , hoodlum and worthless whelp ,
young or old. in tiic city is supplied with
his gun or other deadly weapon. If the
officers wotilel commence a general 'pull
ing' matinee of this class it would be a
blessing to all law loving people. There
is no necessity for these two-legged ani
mals being allowed this pnvileiru , unless
it is the calculation for about half a dozen
of them to .blow their own worthless
brains out pretty soon. "
Doc Mlddleton , the notorious , is run
ning u tent saloon at Quitmaii , the end
of tlio Ravenna branch of the B. & M.
Recently his courage bagged at the knee
as he ga/.cd into the barrel of a revolver.
The incident , as told by Conductor Ly-
inun in the Nebraska City News , shows
that Mieldleton was caught nt his old
tricks. Ho stole a consignment of liquors
from a rival , who traced them to Doc's
tent. Placing a revolver under Doc's
nose he said , ' 'You have lire minutes to
live unless vou toll me where that whisky
is. " Doe eienicd knowing anything of
the stolen property until after looking
down the barrel of the gun for about
three minutes , when POIIIO ono said :
Only two minutes to live. " At this Doc
weakened ana told where the goods were.
Mlddleton is said to have almost rccov
cred from the wounds ho received while
being captnred eight year. " ago for horse
stealing.
The verdict of the Lincoln jury plac
ing the responsibility of the Havolock
wreck on Engineer Bowser U besing vig
orously denounced as rank injustice by
railroad men , "If the company and the
law officers behove Bowser h guilty , RS
the verdict declared , why Is ho not ar
rested ? " was the conundrum lifed nt a
BKK man recently by a prominent rail
roader. "Bowser is laving around Liu-
coin , " continued the railroader , "anx
ious for a trial , which ho believes will
prove his innocence. In justice to u
wronged man the authorities should
press the case to trial and pluco the blame
where it belongs. I don't bollovo they
dare do it , because if the truth were
known the responsibility might fall on
the train dispatcher on duty in Lincoln
that night. Ho pave Bowser orders to
run through from Wavorly to Lincoln ,
and discovering his mistake after the
cast bound train had loft Lincoln , ho at
tempted to correct it by calling up the
sleepy operator at Havolock , who put
out the signal to stop after the engine
Iiul : passed the station. Let them
try Bowser and bring out
the truth. " In this connection ,
the following from the Pl.itUmouth
Journal of Saturday will bo found inter
esting : "Railroad inon report that last
night while an extra freight was passing
Havolock fetation after the engine had
gone by tlio operator turned on the rod
light signal , which the conductor hap
pened to discover nnd went to setting
brakes to stop the train ; and when tlio
operator saw that the train was almost
nt n standstill ho turned oil the signal
again. That follow deserves bouncing.
In the opinion of all railroad men It was
such a trick as that that caused the wreck
a week ago. "
MOUTUAIIY MATTKU9.
Facts About Those Who lliivo De
parted ( IllH Illl'O.
SIKS. CHAItLKS WASMKIt.
The sad news was received in this city
yesterday from Grand Islanel that Mrs.
Charles Wnsmer , formerly Miss Lilliu
Soxauer , was dead. Sunday , n telegram
came saying she was very ill and her
mother , Mrs. William Soxaticr , starteil
nt once for her bedside. The daughter
died before the mother roacheel Grand
Island , and yesterday morning , Mr. Sox
auer , father of the deceased , and her sisters -
tors , Mrs. Buck and Mrs. Myers and Mr.
Myers , a brother-in-law , wore called to
the homo of mourning. The deceased
was born and brought up in this city , her
parents being among Omaha's
oldest residents. Her husband , Charles
Wasmer also lived hero for many
years , and was for a time engaged in the
grocery business on the corner of Thir
teenth and Howard. Some years ago ho
moved to Grand Island , and has been
very successful in the grain business. It
is not known as yet whether Mrs. Was
mer will bo buried m Grand Island or
hero.
FUKU THOMPSON.
Fred Thompson died at St. Joseph's hos
pital Sunday evening. Ho was a Daneand
well known In the northern part of the
city having beenjfor some time engagcel In
the saloon business on the corner of Cum-
ing aud Saunders streets.
Reunion Supplies.
E. F. Davis , chairman of the committee
of tlio Grand Army of the Republic for
supplies of wood , hay nnd straw , to bo
delivered for use in thei next reunion of
the poleliers of this department , is
awaiting a meeting of the committee to
pass upon tlio same. Tlio time for
bidding closeil on last Saturday at noon ,
up to which time Messrs. Bedford , Nel
son and Viors had presented bids for
wooel ; Robinson and Sullivan and Sulli
van and Quick for straw.
An Ordination.
On last Wednesday Mr. J. Berberich ,
S. J. a scholastic of the Jesuit order was
ordained in Creighton college by Uishop
O'Connor. Yesterday ho said "his lirst
mass in Helena , Montana , where his
parents reside. Ho will return to this
city in a few days whore he will await
orders as to his future work ,
Hotter Milk.
Inspector Hlckstcln reports that the
milk nov being sold in this city averages
n bettor quality than any similar season
for some years.
ClIAIUjUS 8TKW/VHT IMilNKbU
The Parliamentary Career of n Great
Alan.
Harper's Magazine for August : Mr.
Parnell did not enter parliament until
1885. Few , if any , them thoiicht of him
as the coming leader of a iioworful
party. A landlord himself , a protcstant ,
only half an Irishman , with aristocratic
connections and an English university
training , ho was least likely to be the ad
vocate of a forward policy in Irish mi-
tioirilism. The early fears concerning
him entertained Iry the homo rulers are
quite intelligible. But he has belied
them In every way. lie ; has all thu qual
ities of an opposition leader. To him
lias been attached a bund of ardent
spirits , young and old. He can light if
need be ; he can diplornati/.c if that bo
better. Cool , intrepid , with a kcon mind
and an unllinching purpose , ho is an
enemy to bu avoided. No situation
seems to liallle him , and whilst others
may rise to white heat of passion , ho re
mains cnlm. And yet there is a sup
pressed passion iu his words
which powerfully appeals to
the hearer and reader , in the
earlier part of his parliamentary career
these qualities were cither lacking or un
developed , and he then lost many a point
by his want of self command. Yut Mr.
Parnell cannot be said , as a rule , to bear
too much the burden of his position. Ho
rather directs ; others work. Ho never
makes himself too cheap. His strange
elisappcariinco from the KCUIIU of notion ,
which bailie the on-lookor , and more
than once have appeared to endanger the
success of his policy , have studied meth
od in them. They lend an impressiveness -
ness to his utterances and appearances
which might not otherwise be hceurcd.
Ho is always there when needed ; and , if
necessary , no one can tnrow more force
into the work than I'arnell.
Charles Stewart Parncll is the descend
ant of men who have won timli position
in tlioir country's records. Hi.s father ,
John llenrv Parnell , of AvondaleCounty
Wicklow , nephew of Lord Congletoii ,
who was , as Sir Henry Purnoll , an ardent
liberal , married Miss Stewart , daughter
of Heurdmirnl Stow ; rt , of the Ameri
can navy , "Old Ironsides" the hero of
IHlfi. This lady is the Mrs. Parnoll of
to-day , mother of tlio Irish leader. Ik-
was born at Avondule in Irtlil. From an
early age ho was educated entirely in
En"lmd : , finally graduating at Cam
bridge. It is to lie easily understood that
his early leanings wore'conservativo and
aristocratic , but gradually , us ho began
to lake interest in politics , ho leaned to
the nationalist side.
Wo have already seen that Mr. Biggar
was the originator of obstruction in the
house of commons , but this was merely
an accident of the. movement. To I'-ir-
nell must belong the credit of making it
a policy. For the first two years ho
spoke very seildom In the house and not
very acceptably. IJutt's gentle tompor-
i/.ing elid not suit him , and the germs of
the present Parmsll party , then in the
house , determined upon a new depart
ure. Hitherto the interference of Irish
members in British or imperial matters
had been resented , whilst the proposals
made by them for their own country
were voted down. Parnell set himsulf to
alter this state of things and to lake part
in itll the donates. The "English factory
nnd workshop act'1 of 1878 , the mutiny
bill of the Famei year , and lliu
"army deciplino and regulation net"
of 187 ! ) all bear the marks of his influ
ence. But there was also another move
ment set on foot , namely , that of making
tlm Irish party independent of all the
Knclislifiietions , and using its inllucneo
olcly to the advancement of Irish inter
psts. The former policy was but to ful
fill the duties involved in membership of
the house of commons ; the latter lias
inndo the Irish party Instrumental in the
overthrow of two governments ,
This forward policy was hailed with
acclaim in Ire-land. It led , huwetvcr , to
the deposition of Hull aud the advent ol
Piinu'll to the leadership. The ) events of
these later days of the struggle nct-tl not
bo recounted , so far as they concern Mr.
Parnell. The suspensions In thu house ol
commons , the suppression of the land
league , ami the imprisonment of Parnell
are nutters of recent history familiar to
all.
FIRING INTO A TRAIN.
Ynmlalln Mntl nnel 1'nssonncr Conclicd
Klilillcd with llullciH.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat ! The passen
gers who arrived in the city e-arly this
morning by the \pandala ! express from
Indianapolis had a somewhat thrilling
exportation near Greenup crossing , K'3
miles from St. Louis. There was an no-
clelent on one of the connecting lines east
of ludlanauolls , which caused the St.
Louis oxnrcss to leave that city several
hours behind time , and this , with the de
lay which occurrtut near Grceuiup , kept
the train , which was due at 70 : ! ! p.m. .yes
terday , from reaching thu citv until 12:1(1 : (
this morning. After thu train had lofl
Indiauopolis Conductor F. M. Pfouts elis.
covered four men stealing a ride on ihei
front of one of the mail coaches , and hu
promptly ordered them to got olTat Long
Point station. They prote'iide'd to do so ,
but instead hid behind some bushes ami
jumped on the rear of tint engine's ten
der as the train pulled out from the sta
tion. Hero they were again discovered
by the conductor when ( jrccuup esrossiug
was reached , aud this time they -were
forcibly put oil' . Thny at once went into
the shadow of semie largo trees near the
track , and , as darkness had just set in ,
they wcro completely hidden from view.
UICIUKSS : riitiNei IIIXJAN.
As the train left the station the men
commenced liring into It from their
places of concealment , ami a heavy fu-
silade was kept up for several minutes.
The bullets struck the baggage and mail
cars anel passed through the windows of
the passenger coaches. Hailwav Postal
Clerks J. II. Roberts , Martin Wild and
S. Ii. Haridem , who were in the mail ear.
Intel a narrow escape , as several bullets
passed through the car so near them as
to be uncomfortable , going out the oppo
site side , showing thn character of the
weapons used. The passengers wcro ter
ribly frightened , ana ono old Gorman
imagined that ho had really been wound
ed , the bullet whi/.7.ing so close to his
head. His follow passengers examined
him carefully after the excitement had
begun to subside , but it was found that
he was only scared and not hurt. All ol
the people in the coaches heard the
whistling of the bullets as they flew
around , and this , with the crashing of
window panes , was well calculated to
frighten the average peaceful man out of
his wits.
When the firing commonccel everybody
supposed that an attempt wai being mutio
to rob the train , and a hasty anel some
what unanimous movement was made to
secrete watches , jowoJry , money , and
whatever valuables were in sight. The
mail clerks sav that twenty or twenty-
live shots were fired , and that all of the
four men who had just been put ofl' the
train took a hand in the shooting.
UKl'T.NSEI.KSS TIIAINMKN AND I'ASSKNGKKS.
Tlio train had just started anel was
moving slowly while the shooting be'gan ,
and just as it ceased Conductor PloutH
pulled the bell tu stop , and backed up to
the station , Ho then , in company with
( he brakcman anel llugincn , made a short
search for the men who had done the
shooting , but as no one on the train had
a weapon of any kind , it was thought
bet not to attempt any pursuit inte > tlm
darkness of the forest whlthur the would-
be assassins had lied. The entire train
was unprotected , anel if the men had
only known this fact , they could have
robbed without dilliculty. It was the
general belief that they had intended
to rob the train when some convenient
place was reached , but at the place where
they did the shooting they were within
sight of the telegraph ollico , and this pos
sibly prevented them from making the
attempt thoro. From the station Con
ductor Pfouts telegraphed to all the
nearest stations warning them to be on
lookout for the four mem , and it is said
that a posse was organized to go in
search of them. The conducted and
brakeman , who only saw the men In the
daruiiess , can not give an accurate de
scription of them , anel supposed them to
bo tramps at the time they wcro put elf
the train. They were evidently well
armed , as the holes in the cars made by
the bullets showed that they must have
been of very heavy caliber.V hen the
train reached thei oily last night , tram
mem wore alike worn out and mentally
exhausted by the delays ami exciting in
cidents of the day.
READY TO-DAY.
A must InturostliiK
.mpor on the cUJ : o
und direct of toriiu-
( Incn , whirlwinds ninl
ol IID r trlnil Kinrml > r
Prof. N. S SlIAI.KIt. entitled , THE INSTAIIII-
ITVOKTHK ATM Udl * IIGIt Ii. AIIIUMK tlio II
lutttnitlmiR is tin oMKruviiitt from 1111 iii.-liuitii
neiiiin iilmtOKrnph of u toriuulo nunr .lumen
town , ftiiKOtu , tnkuii on Juno Ii , I8S7. Till ) Illus-
Irilliiin rnpKKlunoil liorowllli HIOWH | tlio Direct
uT a tornado on u train nunr ' Irlunull , I own ,
"Tun PicTfur.sey.-K QUALITY OK HOL
LAND , " a most clever paper by Mr.
George Hitchcock , delightfully illustra
ted by the author.
The fiflli installment of UNi'tmt.lsiiKD
Li'.i n us or TIIA < KKKAV , will ) several
Tliackr.iy drawing including a littmor-
rU'-.trian \ | figure ! of tlii.author. . The
lellerh give a glimpse of the jjicnt Lon
don exhibition of ! K" > 1 ns seen by Thack
eray , und an amif-in ; ; account of a tnpon
the continent which Thackeray took
with his two daughtcifi.
Tun Kr.viVAi. OK IlANnici'.Al'T , liy Prof.
Jolm F. Weir , of Yal College , an es
pecially timely paprr , coiniii } ; at a time
when the subject of manual training
is exciting so much attention ,
AI-ITAL SHORT Sioidi'.siy \ T. K. Sulli
van ( "Thi : Lost Kembrandt" ) , II. II.
liojesenC'A Perilous Incoynito/'conchid-
cd ) , Mz/lc W. Clmmpney ( ' K.ithcr Aca
do's Little Game. " ) .
A fJnu..s I.IPK Kujinv Yr.Ait'b Aoo. Sc-
Icc'ions from thu Lt-tteiK of Kliza South-
jalc ; liowne , btgun In July and conclud
ed in tills number. IlmsliMcd ,
KRALI ! > M AND TIIK AUT OK FICTION , by
Ar o Hates , written from the idculi t's
point of view ; it combats the theory
which Mr. llowell'b has so vigorously ad
vocate * ! . „
I'oi'.Ms , by F.dith Thomas , Mary W. Plum-
iiur , Cbark'6 l.otiu Ilildrelh , Majlnmi
Kleinming . .ml Graham U. Toinson.
SKTII'S HUOIIIFK'K NS'ii'K , the seiialby
Harold Frederic.
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