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' ' * ' * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JTBIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1887. THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TBTtvs or sunscutpTio * ! Dally ( Mornlni ? Edition ) Including Hun Jay nr.r. Ono Year . tlO 0 ForHlJt. Monthi . 6 d For Three Month ! . 21 The Omnun Sunday DEI : , tnallcM to any addrcsa , Ono Year. . , . 2C OMAHA Ornnt. No. Oil ANn 9M FAHVAM Nrw VOHK IIKKICK , Uoou rA. TmntiiK nrm.ni'.c WA8UINUTON Ol-riCK , NO. Ml KOUKTIISTH BtKtn All communlcntioni ) rolntlnu to now * nndcd torlnl innltor uliould bo ad'lrusaod to the i.u TOH or TIIK BRK. 1IUSINK6S r.ETTEaS ! All bitflnoM letter and remittance ! Ibouldb adtlrogsod to THE HER I'unugiiiJKi COM PA MI OMAHA. lrnft , checks and pcntolfice ordai to bo inRdo payable to the ordtr of the company THE BEE POBLISBIlTciPHT , PROPRIEIOBS , E. HOSr.WATEU. Enrron. _ _ S TUE.DAIIAT DEB. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Bt t of Nebraska. I , County of Douzlas. { " " Oco. 15. Tzschucic , secretary of The Be Publishing company , docs solemnly 8we that the actual rfrrulatlon of the Daily He for the weekending AuisustSO , 1BS7 , wais follows : Saturday. AuRtist 20 . 14.25 Sunday. Auirust 21. . 14.2C Mondav.AUKiistSf. . 14.51 Tnesrlnv. A uirtist ! t . \ZWi Wednesday. AmrtHt 21 . 14.0 ! Tliunaay. Auctist'JS . VMT Friday , Auirust 20 . 14,02 Averaeo . 14. H OKO. . TZSCHUOK. nnorn to and subscribed In my prcsonc llils 27th day of August , A. I ) . 1887. N. I1. Fr.ir. . fSKAL.1 Notary Public. State of Nebraska , 1 _ . Jonirlis ) County , f" (5eo. B. 'JVichnck , belni ? first duly swnrr depoaps and Hays that he Is secretary of Th Hoc Publishing company , that the actui averape dally circulation of the Dally Hco fr the month of August , is y > , 1U,4W copies ; ft September , \W < , 13,1)30 ) copies ; for Octobo 18M1 , 12WJroples ; for November. 188(1 ( , 13l ! ! copies ; for 1 ) uceni her , ISbO. 1 ,237 copies ; fc January 1SH7 , 10,2Ccopies ; for Fobriian 1887 , I4,10o copies ; for Mnrch. 1687 , 14,40 copies ; for April , lb87. 14,310coples ; forMaj lb 7 , 1V--7 copies ; for June 1887 , 14,14 copies ; lor July , 18S7 , 14.093 copies. . , OKO. B. Tzscnucrc. Subscribed and sworn to before me thl llth day of August , A. D. , 1887. ( SEAL. | N. P. FKH Notary Public. TIIK killers of Craig Tollivor in Ken ttioky.wuro . acquitted by tlio ttowni county court. This is practical as we as poetic justice. INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINS is cvi dcntly bound to give the Utes a chanc to bo peacoablo. Ho has ordered India Agent Stollstoimer to remove all agital ors from the agency. With Colorow an his band back on thu reservation , tin order will probably terminate the India "war. " | Tin : Irish will not down. Tory proc laniations continue to bo issued again ; popular gatherings , but the meetings ar held witli their usual regularity. Sails bury will find that measures cannot b enfoiced which popular sentiment hohl to be outrageous and subversive of per sonal liberty. THE Chicago Daily News is winnin golden opinions through its clover Eurc pean scout , Mr. Ed. K. Cowen , who hti outridden the envy of rivals and succes fully kotitpaco with Mr. Blaine on a moi erratic and delusive itinerary. ' Mi Cowen also contributes on occasioi some gems to the literary columns t the News. ON the issue of the right of the pohc commission to appoint and control tli police , there can bo no compromise c concession. Seavoy'is in fact and in la1 chief of police , and no matter by whoi ho is liked or disliked as an individua ho will continue to exercise his autnorit until the commission sees'iit to make change , or he chooses to resign. IF tlio dispatches from Washington ai to believed the Chinese have at last rea ized the worth of American institutior and arc about to begin reforms iu tt methods of conducting business iu tl llowery Kingdom. In this the cole tials are many years behind their astir neighbors , the Japanese , whoso rapl civilization under Americanization hr been one uf the wonders of the centur ; If China learus its lesson as rapidly ! Japan has profited by instruction an ai vance will bo recorded in the march i civilisation such as the world lias nevi known since the beginning. THE Canadian Pacific railroad Is n < alone in its antagonism to the construi tion of the Hod river railway from Man toba to the American .boundary. Tl merchants and manufacturers of tl eastern Canadian provinces are ah showing themselves active in opposk the proposed undertaking. They hav boon growing fat upon the trade of tl Canadian northwest , whore the poop have no facilities to trade in the wester American markets , and should the no road bo opened they are almost certai to lose this source of revenue. TIIK transfer of the Baltimore & Oh express company to a rival line has r vivod the rumors concerning comSt changes of the railroad and tolograi line belonging to the same corporatio The newspapers will again bo lloodi with the sumo old Modes of what Gam is going to do and the gigantic linanci deals that will result. One feature the old tale will bo omitted , howim Poor young Mr. Ivcs will remain in t ; background and watch some more su cessful thief capture the prize for whii ho labored so hard but with buch frul loss results. Perhaps ho will witness : this from behind prison bars , if justi gets in IU work quick enough. ONE of the most heartless and oxnctii monopolies in the country is the Casl Garden railroad pool , which has bci feeding fat on the poor immigrants , is estimated that , the pool will rccol this year from passenger fares 12,000,0 and 180,000 for extra baggage. Ma ing the most liberal allowance for t expenses of the pool in the garde 160,000 , and the not receipts of the ye will reach $3,630,000. This combmati of railroads , maintained under t specious plea of protecting the imn grants , lias really robbed them mer lossly , and It is doubtful if they wou bo any worse oft' if left to shift for thoi solves on arrival. But protection can provided in another way that would quite as cfloctivo and far loss costly to t immigrants , and the investigation w have accomplished much if it shall rcsi iu breaking up this pool of coruioran Tlio I'onnitylranla Democrat * . Hathcr more than usual interest ha : > ccn felt regarding Iho attitude to bi nkcn by the democracy of Fonnsylvanlt his year on the question of revenue ro luctlon. It was foreshadowed some tun < > cforo the meeting of the state convon ion , hold at Allentown on Wednesday hat the vital matter to bo detorminci was whether the party was still dom natcd by Mr. Randall or was proparei to throw off his control and take a posl ion in sympathy with the views cuter tinned by ti majority of the party iu tin country. The element opposed to Ran dall worked for weeks past with great as siduity in urging the importance and necessity cessity of the parly making a stand the would be a practical ropudiatioi of Randall. Every argument that couli jo brought to bear to show that this pol icy would bo in the interest of the domoo racy of Pennsylvania and nt largo wa vigfcrously pressed. Delegates wer urged by circular to earnestly consido the expediency and duty of putting th party upon a dlflercnt course thanTt ha < jcon pursuing , aud at least one platforn was framed and publicly commended a representing the views of the rovenui reformers in the party. There has novo jcen witnessed a more earnest and per slstcnt effort to induce a political organ zation to change front on a vital qucs : ion to the whole party than was made i ; Pennsylvania by ( the democrats win sought the repudiation of Randall and hi i > olicy. Tlio result is not one upon which the can congratulate themselves. On tin contrary the evidence is that Mr. Randal played his part with his usual skill , am may fairly point to the revenue declara tions of the convention as an endorsement mont of his position , llo was conspio uously present , was a member of tin committee on resolutions , and his liandi work in the preparation of the oul ; really important plank of the platform i obvious. Having dnclarcd a renew al c illcgianco to the national platform c 1881 , and reaffirmed the state platform o 1830 notoriously the work of llandall- thc Allontowu convention domandci tiiat the surplus in the treasury shall bi used to pay the public deb and that the "current an unnecessary increase going on be yond the needs of the governinen shall bo immediately prevented by a wis and prudent reduction of internal taxr tion and of the duties on imports in a < cordanco with the foregoing dcclan tions. " In order to properly estimate the valu of this delcaration it is necessary to hav in mind the view of Mr. Randall regard ing the "foregoing declaration. " Ho ha always maintained that the national plal Form of 188-1 did not commit the demo cratic party to a policy of tariff revisio : such as Carlisle , Morrison and their fo lowers demand , and has insisted that th construction given that platform by th tariff reformers was a prevention c its true meaning with regar to the state platform of la ; year , the work of Mr. Rai dall , the country has ECCU that it wane no restraint upon him in the last coi gross , where ho maintained asstubbornl as over before his opposition to all effort for tariff reform , lie will enter the nes congress quite as free to pursue th course as ho was in the last , and it is nc to be doubted that such is the course h will pursuo. Ho will sticKle for "u wis and prudent reduction of internal tax : tion , " by which is meant an abandoi mont of so much of the excise revenue a will render any extensive reduction t tariff duties unsafe , and failing in this h will undoubtedly again block the wheel of revenue legislation to the full o tent of his ability. And there is notti ing in the declaration of the Allen town convention to deter him from th : course. The platform heartily endorses th president , but beyond the revenue plant possesses no general interest. The Time at Hand. The time lias come for our reputabl citizens , ana especially the leading bus ness men and taxpayers of Omaha , t give public expression to their sentimcni upon the assumption of the city couuc to control the police force. For four months the council has pu sued a policy of obstruction and iuterfc once with the police commission in tli legitimate performance of its dutio This has been tolerated in the hope thn the combination among councilrac would fall to pieces of its own wcigl when some of the dupes who have Dec playing tlio cats-paw for Hascall , liechi and Ford were given time enough to leai what their constituents thought of the conduct. But pride , bull hcadodncss and fear < Hascall have Kept these dummies in lit with the conspirators who inaugurate this ruinous policy. That there is a.deep-seated nod pont-u resentment against this policy among a classes of our citizens goes without sa ing. The hot weather has been rcspoi siblo for the delay in giyiug public o : prcssion to this feeling. The lawless action of the council i interfering with the regular police upt the eve of the Grand Army of the Ronn lie reunion and Omaha fair , forces tli issue upon us. Action must bo take promptly. Omaha tax-payers and bus ness men must voice their sentiments at wishes with no uncertain sound. Tl BEI : suggests a meeting of the board trade to which several hundred of 01 leading tax-payers and businc men , regardless of membership or part should bo specially invited. The may and council should bo invitednot as pa tics to the discussion , but to hear at learn what the most substantial cltlzei of Omaha think and desire. If after fair and full expression councilman s tit to defy public sentiment and coutini a course so damaging to the reputat'u of this city , other ways and moans w : have to bo devised to bring about got government. The KooU Supply. There does not appear to bo any fu ther reason to doubt that this counti will have an abundant food supply fro the harvests of this year , and that exco as affected by speculation there will i good cause for the prices of food pr ducts ranging materially higher than present. In the south the corn crop unprecodontedly largo , exceeding tl yield ol last year by over fifty uiillh bushels , so that it is thought the sou will this year 'bo nearly solf-aipportli as to corn. This will largely make use so far as the aggregate supply is co : cerncd , for the dclicionoy of the crop .ho west , and the financial advantage lost by the fanners of the latter seotiot will bo gained by these of th > Former , a balancing which wll eave the country no worse off. Th corn crop of the west , however , wll not bo so ohort as was feared , whil wheat is a full crop in the norlbwcs generally , and probably more thatt a ful crop in Oregon and Washington tcrri tory. The most careful estimates of th yield of corn aud wheat assume a dell ciency of from two to four hundred mil lion bushels of the former and ono him dred million bushels of the latter. The crop situation in Europe has beet reported favorable in most countries The yield of oorcals in England promise to bo bettor than for several seasons , am the outlook m the continent is said to bi satisfactory , though this may not bo en tlroly reassuring , in vlowof the fact tha' ' for several years the European crop Imvo been very unsatisfactory , thcr being a big deficiency last year. It i sitdloiont , however , ito assun a lessoned demand noon th reduced supply of this country , whic ! will prevent our running short and per haps also prevent any great advance ii the price of these products. At ai events , the solicitude that was felt i month ago regarding the food supplj has no excuse for present existence There will bo enough to feed the countr. without the practice of unusual economy for another year , and if it should happei that before the next harvest the product of the soil command a little bettor pric than now the benefit which the cigli million farmers of the country duriv will not bo any disadvantage to th country , Whom < lo They Represent ? Eleven members of the council hav deliberately placed themselves on rccor in favor of anarchy and public disturl anco. Under tlio leadership of Isaac Hascall , who has on former occasions ir cited lawlessness and abetted infamou conspiracies against tlio taxpayers an citizens of Omaha , they have adopted th following resolution : That the city clerk bo Instructed to notit the pretended appointees upon the pollc force to desist from performing any servic uuder the pretended appointment of th board ot lire and police commissioners , as n funds will bo provided to pay for any so vices rendered by virtue of such pretnnde appointments , suclL notice to bo given to tli pretended chief of police , the pretenaed cai tains and sereeants of police , as well as tli pretended policemen. What is the object of this resolutior and what will bo the natural consequenc of Its adoption ? The chief and members of the polio forno are notified officially by order c the council that they have no authorit to exercise police functions , and ths every arrest made by them will be in warranted and criminal. If the present police force has n authority to quell disturbances and ar rest law-breakers in the city , Omaha i uractically remanded to the mercy e highwaymen , crooks , pick-pockets an drunken rioters. The council has made no provisions fo a police force to take thoi places , and even Hascall , th crafty chief conspirator against th public peace does not pretend that the have such authority. What right hav these eleven councilmcn , whom the chai tor does not clothe with any authorit to appoint policemen or manage the p ( lice force , to servo notices on the polic to desist from performing their duties. Whom did these eleven councilmc represent , when they voted to precip tate anarchy and public diiturbanct in Omaha ? Did they or any on of them represent the taxpayers and citi zens that elected them ? Is there a sing ] ward in this city that has over givon'poj ular countenance or support to the star vatiou and anarchy policy ? Whom d the eleven councilmcn represent , excep ing the thugs , thieves , crooks , footpads professional gamblers , keepers of iov dens and habitual law-breakers ? AVIII They Uphold Becticl ? The Pacific Express company is a pub lie caarier , and us such , the conduct c its officers is a matter of public concert As long as its auditor , Mr. Bechel , bi havcd decently ami did not trench upo the rights of taxpayers by opencollusio with conspirators against the publi peace , nobody found fault with his ac tivity in local politics and public affair : Respeetablo citizens of Omaha lia\ felt keenly the disgrace which attache to this city by the notorious recent debaucheries bauchories of Mr. Becliel which draggo him down to the level of the bar-rooi loafer who has to bo conveyed in tl police patrol wagon. The constitucn of Mr. Bechel of the Fourth ward , con prising for the most part our heaviest ta : payers and most prominent business me have patiently forborne the outrageot misrepresentation of their wishes an interests. But every citizen who is m in sympathy with lawlessness resents tl : attempt of Mr. Bccltel to precipitate at archy and not in this city by wanton ir torfcrenco with the police force , at time when thousands of visitors are o1 pooled in our midst. If this course on the part of Auditi Bechol , of the Pacific Express cornpan meets with the approval of its manager the citizens of Omaha want i know that fact. That compati enjoys and expects protection fro : our police at the expense of the taxpayi and if it encourages conspirators again the public peace and holds in high piaci men who consort with roughs , rowdic and habitual law-breakorsand upholds policy that invites public disturbanc the business men of" Omaha will kno how to treat such a corporation. Thei is no use of mincing matters. The got oral officers of the Pacific Express con pany must show their hand now. WHAT docs John A. McShano think i the contemptible trickery by which h paper , in collusion with Cadcfr Taylo has dipped into the city treasury for paltry few hundred dollars' worth of oil advertising ? \ \ hen that fS04 proclara tion job was engineered through th council by the Republican gang , and tl swag was divided between them and tl Herald , wo did not suppose that Mr. M < Shane had given countenance to the jol But ho certainly cannot be in the dai about tbe little plot that cause Chang Morrissey to deliver ft vote i thanks to the council the day before tl job was voted. The f.icl that Mr. M Slmno'a paper did not bid against tl Itcpublican in the first place , and mac no comment upon the bare-faced fraudi lout contract , which the courts Onjoinci looks suspicious enough , but when tin Republican gang , after being enjoined turns iu and works for Mr. McShnno' paper it looks as If there was to bo an other divide between the old combine. THE statement Irotn mugwump source that Governor Hill has changed his ton regarding the presidential nomination and that ho hag lost following in Nc > York , must bo taken' ' with some allow mice , at least so far as it affirms that h is now a dovotcd Cleveland man. 1 would bo giving the governor no crodl for ordinary political sagacity to suppos he docs not see the utter impossibility c his securing the nomination , but ho 1 going to use whatever inlluonco ho pea sosses so that the successful candidat and the party shall not fail to "under stand that ho is a power not to beg \ norod. Governor Hill will have a par to play In the Now York convention tha selects delegates to the next natioua democratic convention , and ho will la ; it so that his handiwork shall bo rccog nized by Mr. Cleveland and the dimioc racy of the whole country. THE outlook for the republicans c Maryland is regarded as by no moan unfavorable , and if the administralioi should withdraw its support from 111 Gorman machine , which the president t urged to do by a class of advisers ho i wont to listen to , there is not a qucstio : that tlio republicans would carry th state. Iu the last presidential clectio the democratic plurality in Marylan was only 11,118. The prohibition vet was 0,003 , most of which will go to th republicans this year. The estimate o the vote of the reform democrats , i borne out by the result , would give th republican ticket a majority of 13,000 i ll.iltimoro alone. The leaders of the re form movement are among the inos responsible men in the stato. It look now as if the Gorman machine can sue coed only uy a free practice of the fraud with which it is entirely familiar. Tin : council bosses have earned on the spiteful little plot to punish the BE for refusing to countenance rascalitj jobbery and anarchy in city affair ; They have voted to make tlio Herald th official paper for one week at the Bin : ' contract rate , although the BIK ; undc its contract was required to do all tin official advertising for the city until contract was legally let. The Herald i delivered in the city of Omaha by thii teen carriers to less than 1,200 sub scribors. The BEE delivers over 0,00 of its evening edition in Omaha b forty-live carriers. Its advertisin , reaches fully five people where th Herald reaches ouc. A PETITION for the nardon of the Ch cage boodlcr , R. S. McClaughry , i being circulated in Illinois. The cu prit's war record is brought forward a an argument for mitigating his sentence This is absurd and wholly outside th question. If McClauirhry was guilty n the courts decided , ho should underc his punishment. If ho was not guilty great wrong lias been done him , Th boodler with a good war record shoul not bo considered a martvr if juries an courts place him on a level with othe boodlers. THE eleven pretended representative of the citizens of Omaha , who ar dancing attendance on bell-weather Ha ; call , have served notice upon the "pri tended police and patrolmen" appoiute by the "pretended police commission that they will get no pay for their sei vices. This certainly caps the climax c insolence. Do these councilmen "prt tend" to represent the wishes or interesl of their constituents ? SCIENTISTS will now turn their attoc tion to Washington Territory. A mcteo lias fallen at Spokane Falls , and strikin against the electric light wiresburst int a thousand pieces. A thousand men wil now bo looking for fragments of th celestial visitor , and local collectors hav a chance to reap a small fortune. HASCALL was voryj willing to tru ; City Attorney Webster with concocting resolution to make McShane's paper th official organ for an idcfmite period , bt : when it came to a resolution on the quo ; tion of bugus police claims , he insiste that iho city attorney was biased and ut reliable , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MAYOR BnoATcu and Chief Seavoy wil bo sustained by the citizens of Omahi irrespective of party , in ignoring the im pndcnt and treasonable resolution of tli council , and maintaining order in th city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the sluggers and crooks will no1 bring suits against police officers wli dare to interfere with their business. I'UOMIXENT i'EUSONH. Lady and Lord Lansdowne arrived a Quebec on Tuesday on their way to Ottawi on a six weeks' tishlng trip in the maritiu provinces. Mrs. Florence Jlico Knox , wife of Knc the Now York hatter , has a superb contrail voice and is a leader at Saratoga ot a musical ventures. Archibald Forbes , the famous corrcspom cut , now dying , Is In his ufticth year , il was married to General .Meics' daughter i Washington last year. Baron Farrey held , at a recent meeting ( the Paris Academy of Science , that Clcop tra did not die from , , the bite of an asp , bi from inhaling coal gas Miss Elaine Uoodalo Is delivering a nui : borof nddicsses In Connecticut on thai ! dian question. She has devoted many yea to Indian missionary work and Is hold 1 high regard by the Sioux. At her homo at San Diego , Cal. , Mrs. E. ( O. Ord possesses the celebrated Lone Sti corps flag , which floated over Uenoial Bu ler's headquarters at , New Orleans and othi ' places during the Rreat'iBtruggle. General M. U. Vallojo , the oldest Xatli Son of California , will bo a conspicuous C , uro In the annual colouration at Napa c September 9. He will ride In the processio in a chariot which ho tuado In 1813. The historical painter , Johann Orund , die recently at Baden-Uadea in his elghilel year. Ho was an Austrian by birth , but r sided for many years in Uadeu , where t acquired the rank of grand-ducal cou painter. Mr. W. D. Howells , the novelist , has r < turned to Saratoga from his Lake George B journ , ana after spending a few days ID Sa ntoca recuperating and picking up poln for the now work of lictlon upon which be said to be engaged , ho will go for a while \ Bar Harbor. According to the St. Petersburg Xovost the traveller Mikluho Maclay , the "King < the Papuas , " intends to publish an accoui of his travels , and will for this purpose r < main a year In the Russian capital. lie stll adheres to his plan of founding a large Ru < slan colony In the Islands of the Pacific. A young Persian nobleman by tno nam of Hassan Dshenedol , arrived nt Warsaw after trawling the entire distance from Tc hcrnn \Varsaw on foot , llo had made wager to walk from Teheran to PnrIsli eight months and has M far consumed si and a half months on his trip. From MOJ cow to Warsaw ho walked along the rallroa track. Ho Ima no traveling companion ; tin guarantee of his faithful performance of hi unUcrtakine lies In a sactcd oath taken b' ' him before starting which binds hltn to us no conveyance of any kind. Know-Nothings Take Notice. AVio Oiletwi I'toiydiic. There Is nothing worthy the name c American In any party organization that haler lor its object tlio exclusion of worthy pcopl who have left their old homos to better thcl condition , or for opinion's sake , and wh are ready to cast In their portion with ours and mnko the fortunes of this country 1 every sense their own. Manitoba's Now Wave. CMcrtffo Herald. Manitoba , the native lair of the sometime welcome rold wave , Is now breeding breeze of quite another temperature. Hark Homes. t KfW Toih Past. The Toledo U. Commercial Uopubllcnn say that "There are several republicans , we equipped In every way for president , wh could carry New York against any candidat the democrats mav nominate , " but It doe not tell who they arc. More Earno.qtnc-51 Desirable , New Ymlc ll'ii M. If the president would take the countr. Into his confidence more irankly and dlspla openly a little earnestness In the prosccutlo : of corruptloulsts and the breaking UD n rings ho would have less occasion to con : plain of beliij , ' misrepresented. Political Degradation. Si'iwlor Inaalls. Senator Ingalls , having been Invited t take pait In a reunion ot the republicans o Kssox county , Mas * , last Wednesday , sent with the expression of his recrcts , what th Boston Tianscript Hep. calls "this ( 'ratiiltou insult to the entire State : " Bi'tweaiuthc cor tacious vims of democracy fnnd the scull gangrene of civil-service reform , the polltlcn degradation of Massachusetts Is nearly cotr plete. AVhnt Alotlirr Bnyfl. Llibctli H. Comfns In St. Kleholai. Now. hero's a hand-class , let mo try If 1 can this time see Just one of all these tunny things My mother sees In mo. She says my eves are violets , And \\hat she says Is true , But i think they aie just two eyes ; .Don't they look so to you ? She siys my ilns are cherries red , And makes b'llovo take a bite ; They never look like that to mo , But mother's always right. She says each cheek Is like a rose ; And this 1 htirely know , I never would believe It , but What mother sa } s Is so. Slip says inv teeth are shining pearls ; Now that's so very queer. It some folks said It , why , I'd think , But then , 't was mother dear. i only see a little girl. With hair that's rather wild , Who has two eyes , a nose , and mouth , J-llco any other child. 8TAX13 AND TEUUU'OKY. Ncbrnnkn Jottings. Fairmont glories in a new lire engin house. 1'lattsmouth is promised an electri light plant. The Crete , Milford & Western railroai is the latest. Candidates for county ollices are ripen ing for tlio full. Burglars made a haul of $00 worth o pocket cutlery in Indianola Tuesda' night. In the opinion of the Lincoln Democra the Omaha prize lighters are a "pestifer ous gang. " The ministers of the Gorman Lutheran church are discussing the plan of salva tion in Columbus. Republican City draws well in th storm lino. No rival has yut appeare to shave her laurels. Humors of marriage and marriage o roomers are multiplying rapidly ii Omaha. Both can bo had for a trillb. Flattsmoulh is a city of magnificent ad ditions. Twenty-seven hundred lots hav been added to her frame within the las few months. The soldiers in Fillmore county wil hold a reunion at Cencva October 4 , and 0. Governor Thayer , Senator Man derson and Congressmen Laird aud Me Shane are expected. Dr. Mercer's motor gang introduce the Omaha plan in Platlsmouth , Tuesda night , bv.laying street railway track on road which the county commissioner wore slow in donating. The coroner's jury on the body of A' bert Liddlo , the iiroman killed in the re cent railroad wreck near Aiuswortf brought in a verdict censuring the sectio foreman for not displaying proper dai gcr signals. The Burlington road is gathering wi : dom from the disastrous experience c other companies. The wooden culvcrl and pile bridges on the main line are I bo replaced by stone and iron ones , thii discounting the possibility of a Chati worth. The industries of Nebraska City hav opened up with nu active fall trade The distillery is crushing the lightin qualities out of 1,000 bushels of corn day , and the .manufacturing compan will start its machinery next week wit a full force. Prophet Foster , of Iowa , stakes a sec tion of his fame on tlio prediction tlui the September storm period will begi on the 13th , icaeh its height on the lOtl : and close on the 10th. Ho further dt elares that it will bo a bad time for fair and outdoor work , S. II. II. Clark , of the Missouri PacHu has offered to give Nebraska City th joyful benefits ot a bob-tailed street cm on condition that the citizens donate th necessary material to pave between tli rails of the track. The proposition i open for discussion , and the chantabl people have the lloor. \V. II. Fitzgerald , the Little Hoc : printer who stumbled onto $00,000 bill through the death of an uncle , was n one time a modest country editor i Sterling , this state , and hurled types an ground out local thunder on the Gii/otU But he reformed in lima and put in practice tico the injunction , "Remember thyuncl in the days of thy youth. " The legacy i consoling proof that he got there wit body and both feet. Tim peacemakers of Fairmont are cor sidcrato creatures. A gore stained iimn grant from Missouri named Bob Franklit with a voluminous record as horsothk and killer of men , was wanted at his ol homo , and n posse of armed citizens an detectives Inid plans to capture him n his cabin door. Ho had taken a brie suin out of town , and a do/on brav men awaited his return and the rowan Ho came ut midnight , transacted the at cumulated domestic business and ail journed on the morning tram , wlillo tii minions of the law crawled out of thoi holes and disbanded , bloodless an blear eyed , and thankful that they c& capcd without a scratch. The coal barons of the east and rail roads of the west are effectively slaught oring the geese that lays the golden eggs The price of coal Is already stilnciont t > send a cold chill through the llnancin columns of the people , and the prospect of relief are decidedly slim. The Sot : tombor price for hard coal in Omaha i $10 , with an early rise threatened , bu neighboring towns are In a worse pllgh and on the brink of an unmerciful ful gouging. At Hartlngton , Wayn county , the price is up to 113.1)0 ) , wtthou any allowance for local handling. Otho towns are already crying for relief tron the railway highwaymen , but they plcac m vain and are mockingly referred U the distorted intor-stato law. The rail roads are applying the long haul with n vengeance. The present waning year has boon t < Omaha a succession of glorious day. * push , prosperity and great gatherings but the record wilt fade and fizzle in tin glaring light of ono great event boo kc ( for the sweltering days of 1888. Tin Lincoln Now Republic announces tin coming deluge as follows : "Tho nox nominating convention is t < ErohlbUion o hflii in Omaha some tltno next .Tuli or August. Let us open the throttli wide and go in under full head of steam a hundred pounds to the inch. Toll tin saloonkeepers of that city to stand fron under , not that wo propose to paint tin city red for wo have lost cnotigli of om red already. However , wo shall endeavor deavor to paint Omaha in water color from top to bottom or dip the Missour dry. " \ Iowa Items. Clinton democrats have declared for i reduced tariff. The saw mills at Clinton have shu down for want of logs. The Carroll cracker factory has re stimud operations under a new manage mont. The annual reunion of tlio Thirty- third Iowa infantry will bo held at O ka loosa September 11 , 15 aud ID. A gentleman living near Gray owns : three-lcgyed calf throe months old tha is hourly "mid doing well. " _ _ _ _ _ Miss Laura Minkler , n"blind preachoi of the gosuol ot temperance , has beet speaking at Cedar Hapids. She is t criidtmto of the college of the blind a Vinton. Sioux City rivals Lincoln in a llorid am real estatic invitation to President Cleveland land to visit the city during the corn pal nco jubilee in October. The invitatioi spreads the town over four states , am endeavors to convince his excellency tha1 it is liable to swell up aud spill itsel over the earth. It is denied that General Jones , of Du buque , gave the name of Iowa to the ter ritory. "Iowa , " says a standard histo rical writer , "in the symbolical and ox nrcssive language of tlio aboriginal in habitants , is said to signify 'the beautiful land,1 and was applied to this magnifi cent and beautiful region by its ancionl owners to express their appreciation o its superiority of climate , soil and locu tion. " But that doesn't disprove tha' ' generalJoncs might have given the lega name to the territory and state. Dakota. Frankfort is sinking an artesian well A two foot vein of coal has been struct at Huron. The Miller fair association has pur chased forty acres of laud for a show ground. A largo delegation of Yankton Grand Army men will go to the St. Louis en campment. The machinery plant necessary to de velop the tin mines in the Hills , hai been purchased and shipped fron : Chicago. The machinery weighs thirty four tons. Mathies Uary , n Cfarmor aged sixty living six miles cost of UeSmet , went tc Preston , bought a revolver , went int < the cemetery and shot himself dead. Th < cause is unknown. The soldiers and sailors of the latt intor-stato gouging match now residing in the territory , are fighting their battles over again at Woousockct , with beans and bloody talcs for ammunition. Iroquoio is excited over the report that the Chicago & Northwestern will build a connecting link between Doland and Iroquois quois for the sake of annoying the Mani toba , which runs six and a half mile : north of Iroquois. The Manitoba's graders arc already in Beadle county am their contract calls for the comuletlon of the work by September 25 , so that the ironers can begin. Thomas Ward , n convict in the Siouj Falls penitentiary , sent from Yanktor county for grand larceny , attempted sui cide the other morning. Ward has bui one hand , and his work is carrying tools to the workmen in the yard : llo bor rowed n knife in the blacksmith shop tc cut off a chow of tobacco , and stepping out of the .shop , plunged the blade intc his nock , imitating a gash five inches long , from which he nearly bled to doatli Ho was from Marshalltown , Iowa. SLICK JOHN CONDRON. llo IlentH Pour Aces niirt Captures Nine Tliouaand Dijllars. John Faylor and John Condron , ol Hniloy , Idaho , have created something of a sensation in San Francisco , not ovei a mining : venture , but the outcome of r poker game. A. K. Davis.tho well knowi president of the South Pacillo Coast rail road , had been the victim of sharpers and beintr drawn into the seductive game was lleoced out of several thousand dollars lars , and Faylor , who is on pleasan terms with.tho portly president , detorm incd to got him satisfaction. The Sar Francisco Chronicle thus tells how it win done : Faylor brought down from the Woot river country a mining superintendent named Conurqn. who is no child at cardi and who can , in a game of poker , pro > tect himself qtittq ably. Condron waf taken to the Maison Uich'j on Dupon street and wined. Thru ho was engaged in a game of poker. Ho soon buccccdci in breaking tlio amateurs who started in with him. Then word was sent to on < Crawford , bettor known as "Doc" Craw ford , who was to victimi/.o iiim. Crawford is a character. Ho hails from New York , and is a profession : ; gambler. Ho lived in San franciscc eleven years ago , and then broke nearly erery ono who gambled in "a gentle' man's game. " Then lie disappcarod , but returned about ten months ago , since which time ho has been a prominent fig ure on Kearney street. Ho is prepossess ing in appearance , faultlessly attired , and Miavo to a degree , llo has operated < orated the principal hotels , and has a1 victims all the "lly" young mon about town "upon his list. " He also has theii money , or goodly sums of it , and ' 'then distinguished consideration , " upon tin great national game. He is a skillful player and an export manipulator. lion csty is at a discount with him , and hi' conscience , if he has any , Is conducted upon the Goodyear plan. Crawford obeyed the summons with alacrity. He was introduced as "Mr , Jackson" and given a hand. The olhet players dropped out and Jackson-Craw ford boon lost his cash , something liki f2r > 00. Then cheeks were put up , Craw * ford first giving ono for $3,000. Condron not being acquainted with "Jackson."do manded an indorhcr Ho ( Crawford ) re ferred to his friend George L. Carroll , ol the firm of Carroll , Abrams it Carroll , who was present , and who promptly in dorsed the check. Ho did a like service for "Jackson" a second time , und again did the Idaho minor scoop in tlio coin. Carroll had thus made himself respon sible for f 1,000. In the meantime some one present in n forgetful mood ad- drcbfcil "Jackson" as Mr. Crawford. The luiiso did not cbcapo the quick witted Idulioan. While ho did not know Crawford personally , ho did know him by reputation. Ilu was now more than over on his guard , and a very olovet gntrio ensued. Five thousand dollar ! wore in the pot , including Crawford's clipck for f 2,600 , again endorsed by CarV roll. Some crooked work had bouu done by Crawford in the previous deal , a fact that did not escape Condron. llo said that men who played dishonestly de served no mercy. "Dishonesty , " ho said , "forfeits the pot. " The San Francisco players agreed with the uthlcs of the Idaho professor. "Then 1 will pull in this pot , " ho re plied , and milting the action to the word , proceeded to do so. > An uproar unusual to the Maison Uicho ensued. "Gentlemen , " said the Idaho man , with an emphasis on the word , "bo com posed. 1 have played an hotiost game , I am no sucker , however. Count the deck. " The count was made and the deck was found to bo five short. "Stand up , " said Condron to Craw ford. ford.As ho did so the five missing cards dropped from his lap , and the four aoos which ho had gathered through several deals , aud with' which ho hoped to square the balance against him , wont for naught. The game then broke up. Yesterday the checks were presented for payment. "No funds to mcet'thom , " . was the answer , and thojr wore promptly protested , so as to make the endorser re sponsible. Carroll repudiates responsibility , al leging that Cnmlron took the checks by force. Suits will bo brought against Car roll to recover the face value of the checks , $ i > , r > 0 ( ) the checks having boon sold to a third party yesterday. The two incidents have made consid erable stir in sporting circles and inter esting and spicy developments are ox- j pccted. In tno moan tlmo Davis was considerably mollficd over the fact that the men w'.io had been llocoing him weru beaten at their own game. The Idaho mon having sold their checks , on the strength of Carroll's indorsement , are having a very comfortable tinio and x. think of returning to the romantic seen- ' cry of the Wood river to recuperate. Are They 1'ntnot Skulln ? Boston Globe : For the past two days Boylston street , between Trcmont and Carver streets , hns presented scenes of a most umiMKil and remarkable character. All along the outer edge of the Boylston street mall of the common little heaps of human bones and grinning skulls have attracted the attention of passers-by , who lingered long and speculated and' com mented upon the unwonted exhibition. For several days past workmen em ployed by the Edl.son company have been engaged in making an exhibition from Charles to Trnmont street , immediately alone side the curbing on Boylston street , for the purpose of laying under ground wires. When at a point about opposite Carver street they came upon a brick wall about twelve inches iu thick ness , through which , with the aid of pickaxe and crowbar , they penetrated , and discovered within human bones , proving the wall to bo that of a tomb. Continuing on they soon came to another , and , in fact , their progress as far as to a point opposite the eastern ouU of the burial ground was through a con stant succession of these solidly-built tomb * , the tops of which are but a foot aud a half below the surface. In many of them skeletons were found , as in tlio first , most of them m an excellent state of preservation. The bones were shoveled up along with bricks , mortar and earth and thrown out upon the bank in indiscriminate confu sion , no attempt being made to keep the bones belonging to each skeleton to < gether , or , in fact , to preserve them at all. all.It is uvcn said that in some cases skulls were stuck upon tno pickets of tlio iron fence above , where they ga/.ed in seem ing mockery at the busy scene transpiring around them , or became the object of de risive jests from the. curious crowd as sembled in the locality. Ono of the workmen is said to have thrown ono of the best preserved skulls upon the front platform of a passing . horse car , when it was picked up by the T- driver and triumphantly carried oQ amid Iho loud auflaws of the idle throng and the workmen. A venerable old gentleman , who was an interested spectator , lust evening stated to the writer that ins father , when a boy , from the summit of Conp's Hill witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill , and that after the battle a trench wan dug along the south side of the common , and there many of the patriots who fell In that memorable battle were buried , hav ing been brought thither from Charleston in wagons. Ho firmly believed that these wore the skeletons of some of the members of that immortal band of patriots. pPRICE'S CREAM BAKING t > 0WDER w Its superior oxcollunco proven in millions of homes for more ) ( him 11 iiuiirtfr of n century. H Is used by the Unltinl Stutoa ( lovurmmmt. Endorsed by the homls of tlio < liout ( 'iihiirnl- tli'S , ni tlio btronirosl , 1'urost mill Mont Hoiilth fill. Dr. I'rlee'H tlm only Ilaklnif I'omlcr tlint docs not contain Amrnunln , Mine , or Alum. HMT YOHK UllIOAIIO. 8T , I.OUIS. THE SEPTEMBER CENTURY Contains several papers of especial time liness by reason of-tlio centennial of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. John Bach McMastor writes of "Tho Framern anu Framing of the Constitution , " Two well illustrated articles on Monticello , the Homo of Joflurson. are i > y John G. Nicolny and Frank U. Stockton , and there lire short papers on ' 'Government by the 1'eoplo , " and "Tho Federal Balance. " The frontispiece of the num ber is a portruitof Juflurson , after Stuart. The fiction comprises a critical install ment of Mr. Stockton's novel , the second end part of Joel Chandler Harris's Illus trated novellettc , and a notable short story Lincoln's nomination and election and the conventions presenting his thrco rivals are fully described , with numer ous portraits Two enthusiastic papers on Amateur Photography ani given , with nine examples of amateurs' achievements in this urt. Othtr contents Include. The conclusion of "Smibbin1 Thro' Jersuy , " with illus trations by F llopklnson Smith , George Whartnn 1'dwnrds. mid others ; "Tho Digestibility of Food , " by Prof. Atwatorj \ \ ar Papers on Petersburg , with many illustrations ; Poems ; KditoriaU ; Open Loiters ; Hrio-a-lSruo ; tito. Price , ! W cents. Sold tncrywhere.
